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gallego.senate.gov • 7 days ago

Out now! I sat down with The New York Times and didn’t hold back. Listen to our conversation now

https://www.nytimes.com/video/podcasts/100000009980483/senator-ruben-gallego-thinks-his-fellow-democrats-are-afraid.html

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radiantjaguar.bsky.social•5 days ago

Please please PLEASE #senatorgallego #senatormarkkelly

thebestgay91.bsky.social•6 days ago

You’re an embarrassment. Openly supporting a concentration camp. You’re on your way to being a human rights violator yourself. When do the war crimes start?

Fascist.

Fascist.

Fascist.

majorgen.bsky.social•3 days ago

Hey does anybody know if Governor Katie Hobbs has a Bluesky handle?

bearbabbs.bsky.social•7 days ago

Great interview

sirgeefive.bsky.social•7 days ago

Have you ever considered dressing in super bright colors and some garish outfit then marching out onto the floor to do some dramatic thumbs-down gesture? I mean since you are trying to be Kyrsten Sinema, might as well go all out, right?

unkaren.bsky.social•7 days ago

I've heard and seen enough.

krackness.bsky.social•5 days ago

This is why Gitmo is and never should be a place to send and hold immigrants. You said the worst of the worst criminals would be sent there. Guess just crossing the border makes them the worst!

Maybe next time don't listen to the Orange liar and do your own homework.

https://youtu.be/-a3KZXCcP08?si=qMqHHKmoBElIuTKO

martinhofkamp.bsky.social•7 days ago

You are more conservative than I would like, but clearly honest and clear eyed.

meganshadrick.com•7 days ago

Loved the conversation.

desertside.bsky.social•7 days ago

Whose afraid? YOU ARE. Why do you side with Crypto--just because they gave you money and have money to spend against your reelection. At least Sinema took a little time to cozy up to the billionaires. You are doing it in your first quarter in the Senate.

learningdaily.bsky.social•4 days ago

What billionaires? Please list.

desertside.bsky.social•4 days ago

dread2toe.bsky.social•6 days ago

You’re trying to shove immigrants in a concentration camp and simultaneously claiming its not a big deal

You’re both failing to help with a serious problem (an actual coup) and also making it WORSE (Laken Riley) and misdirecting about eggs and Blk History while Elon is firing ppl who do actual work

dread2toe.bsky.social•6 days ago

I thought maybe you had bad judgment or some other uncharitable issue but no - now I see you’re doing all this deliberately. You’re an active part of the problem.

Have fun at your billionaire tea party.

Remember, tokens get spent.

dread2toe.bsky.social•7 days ago

You are fashy AF

j0nd0ugh.bsky.social•7 days ago

dougwar40k.bsky.social•6 days ago

You ran as a Democrat. But you're a Republican. That makes you a liar, and a cheat. And a fascist sympathizer. Resign immediately. Return to your home and take your everlasting shame with you.

trumpdumpstier.bsky.social•6 days ago

Brother It is time to shut this Crap Down Don't give them a inch Shut the senate down don't give Musk and Trump anything else everyone says hold on to 2026 And 2028 why do you think he will allow elections I don't think trump will and GOP won't stop it SEMPER FI

nonabsorbing.bsky.social•7 days ago

Boy you sound like a real asshole, maybe should have held back

seabeevfl.bsky.social•7 days ago

Did you hold back who’s sponsoring your 5k little meet and greet? Or your recent confirmation votes to rubber stamp this GOP Nazi administration?

gavinneedham.bsky.social•7 days ago

Yeah you sure as heck don’t hold back your support for concentration camps. Just because you support trumps unconstitutional round ups, doesn’t mean you’ll be immune.

febrifuge.bsky.social•7 days ago

You didn’t hold back on sucking up to Trump voters and your wealthy oligarch backers. But you held way the fuck back on calling out the assault on our democracy and the ways that is going to impact all us ordinary people you profess to know so much about and give such a shit about.

febrifuge.bsky.social•7 days ago

And yes, I watched the whole thing

2kind1.bsky.social•5 days ago

The GOP used the language of fear, framing politics as a battle to defend our nation from foreign & domestic threats. Dems must step up their rhetoric & embrace the language of revolution to inspire action. Many voters see them as weak & unprepared to counter the GOP—it's time to prove otherwise.

jonesetc.com•5 days ago

You didn't hold back on wanting to send people to Guantanamo Bay, cool man. Hope you're real proud of yourself. You are doing a great job of alienating your constituents immediately.

jjhue.bsky.social•1 day ago

This was a great interview!

stholeary.bsky.social•7 days ago

What the fuck is wrong with you?

flbr3.bsky.social•7 days ago

Arizona people, hope you ask this guy about his decisions.

Seems like he likes approving of the fascist’s nominees, concentration camps, and giving interviews…

He is accountable to you!

papertownsage.bsky.social•7 days ago

I think they really need to stop asking "how to we get more Trump voters to vote for us" & start asking "how do we inspire the 40% of voters that walked away from voting at all, to vote for us". Democrats could have won if they showed the people that there is a real difference between the parties.

barleslee.bsky.social•7 days ago

You need to make them. They want to be elected. Force them to address grass roots concerns. Get into the street. Push your Democrat representatives to the left.

papertownsage.bsky.social•7 days ago

I agree wholeheartedly. The only addition to your statement I would make is "we need to make them"

barleslee.bsky.social•7 days ago

I’m out here. “We” aren’t doing anything. We is a collective for a lot of “I” individuals. If YOU aren’t doing anything there isn’t any “we”.

Organizing is great. It works. But everyone is too busy. Everyone has other stuff to do. You can only control you and people lead by example.

papertownsage.bsky.social•7 days ago

Yes, we all need to move to become WE. Thank you for being you

barleslee.bsky.social•7 days ago

Thank you for being you too! It’s time for coalitions. It’s all important.

steve-gibbons.bsky.social•7 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/steve-gibbons.bsky.social/post/3liacn5ovnk22

am-mccarthy.bsky.social•6 days ago

Ruben likes to vote to confirm the fascists.
Weird, since he served to protect democracy.
https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2025/01/how-many-of-donald-trumps-nominees-has-your-democratic-u-s-senator-voted-for-find-out-with-our-confirmation-vote-tracker.html

am-mccarthy.bsky.social•6 days ago

Explain why you have voted for more than one fascist Trump nominee
https://bsky.app/profile/markjacob.bsky.social/post/3lictl4bho22y

am-mccarthy.bsky.social•7 days ago

You didn't hold back your vote to confirm several of the fascists Trump put forward either

poouliinhanawi.bsky.social•7 days ago

You're an embarrassment

californiadreamy.bsky.social•6 days ago

What are you doing?

hrpac.bsky.social•7 days ago

Will check it out, thank you Senator. Seems the old Ds still in charge are sorely missing spines.

ecm1.bsky.social•7 days ago

Interesting comment that the ordinary American in the street isn't comprehending the consequences of Trumps decision simply because they're concentrating on the cost of living which is still rising. Americans suckered in by the rhetoric rather that the substance?

senoritajean.bsky.social•7 days ago

You are supporting this administration every time you say yes

pattymc.bsky.social•7 days ago

Hey, Senator Lindsey GrahamSC & Speaker Mike Johnson
How does it feel to be co-Chairs of the American Nazi Party---willingly & randomly publishing classified U.S. security information online and allowing access to millions of private financial and Social Security records to Putin⁉️ Impeach Trump🇺🇸

honestdenverman.bsky.social•7 days ago

Man, stop collaborating with fascists.

jonnykat.bsky.social•6 days ago

Meet the new sellout, same as the old sellout. We would have kept Sinema if we wanted this bullshit.

jonnykat.bsky.social•7 days ago

darrenkirschman.bsky.social•7 days ago

They will deny, but the internet never forgets!

resistanceisnow.bsky.social•7 days ago

All of us out here have come to the same conclusion. They're afraid and they don't have a plan so WTAF are we going to do?

informationbank.bsky.social•7 days ago

See my posts here & on Substack. Here's the start! Groups like Move On & Indivisible should be able to put the management team together. I can run the rapid response unit. Funding & tech support is the key! This is tailor made for Mark Cuban & JB Pritzker to lead.

resistanceisnow.bsky.social•7 days ago

Thank you!!!

gwpda.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yeah, I saw it. The price of food is meaningless. The coup d'etat isn't. Try life on the Borderlands. Casas Alitas is shut down. Nogales is shuttered. And I'm moving back to Grandmother Country.

muchmuchgo.bsky.social•7 days ago

What a great interview. YOU get it Senator Gallego! Please keep speaking truth to power to the Democratic party. We desperately need you and what you are saying. Dems need to be for and with the people!! Down with identity politics & up with power to the people.

traceydanine.bsky.social•6 days ago

You voted with Republicans to confirm fracking company CEO Chris Wright to be our country’s next energy secretary.
Shame on you!
You are a turncoat and a traitor.
Take some of your millions and buy a spine.

jroberts548.bsky.social•7 days ago

Whom else do you think we should detain in Guantanamo based on status since we can’t legally detain them here? You know it’s illegal to detain them; but you want to detain them anyway? Do you think attacking some immigrants’ rights will help protect your community? It won’t b

zelbel.bsky.social•7 days ago

Go read the Guantanamo Bay Agreement, which explicitly says the land may ONLY be used for a Naval base and fuelling depot.

DHS using it as an extrajudicial prison was unsurprisingly not mentioned.😒

oharabobara.bsky.social•7 days ago

Who is making sure people get due process before being sent to Guantanamo or El Salvador, @gallego.senate.gov ?

If they start sending dissident citizens, how would we even know?

And why didn't you care about due process in the Laken-Riley Act?

oharabobara.bsky.social•7 days ago

It feels like you're only listening to certain constituents- or perhaps only hearing what you want to hear?

I'm really disappointed at the way you approached this conversation as how Democrats didn't coddle men well enough. Sure, point out how Dems missed the mark on messaging and reaching people.

oharabobara.bsky.social•7 days ago

But Dems did talk about jobs and the economy and why do these men need to be told it's all about jobs for them??

The economy is/was good and Dems missed talking more about how the GOP blocked efforts to address prices and how some parts would take time.

oharabobara.bsky.social•7 days ago

If Trump just wanted adoration he'd just sit back and enjoy the fruits of Biden's economy but that's not enough for him.

And I am especially disappointed how you pointed out immigrants should have due process before being imprisoned for life at Gitmo (and they aren't-- please look into

oharabobara.bsky.social•7 days ago

Luis Roberto Castillo Rivera, who did nothing wrong and is being held there) but still are proud of sponsoring the Laken-Riley act which is all about circumventing due process! You say you want to help DACA "kids" but now simply an accusation can get them deported.

arleneronhaugland.bsky.social•6 days ago

I agree….where is Mark Kelley? He needs to get a Bluesky account NOW! Thank you Ruben Gallego for your strong leadership!

thebestgay91.bsky.social•6 days ago

You support concentration camps?

arleneronhaugland.bsky.social•6 days ago

Absolutely not! I believe he’s talking about very violent criminals that have had due process. Not wanting to get in an argument. It’s a tough political landscape here in AZ!

thebestgay91.bsky.social•6 days ago

So you’re saying you only support concentration camps as long as they’re legal?

arleneronhaugland.bsky.social•6 days ago

I’m not looking for a fight. You will be muted!

thebestgay91.bsky.social•6 days ago

Keep supporting fascists and see how long the fight doesn’t come to your door

sheabor.bsky.social•7 days ago

Can you explain this? https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/ruben-gallego-crypto-digital-assets-andreessen-yglesias-1235260013/

curiousuniverse.bsky.social•7 days ago

I applaud any Democrat who stands up against the fascist oligarchy that has now taken over the country. You're all gonna have to do more than adorable interviews. GET TO WORK!

informationbank.bsky.social•7 days ago

More advice for Dems!

informationbank.bsky.social•7 days ago

Lots more pieces of advice for Dems on my Substack

informationbank.bsky.social•7 days ago

The Dems seem incapable or unwilling to organize the opposition. Well here's the plan. I can run the rapid response unit. I can run the rapid response unit. Just need funding and a management team. Must act NOW! My

davidiusvox.bsky.social•7 days ago

Good interview. Years ago I heard that Dem House leadership instructed their congresspeople not to appear on the Stephen Colbert show because they didn’t want them to be ridiculed. I had an uneasy feeling back then that Dem leadership was out of touch, and their timidity would not serve them well.

oldladyinaz.bsky.social•6 days ago

You vote with Republicans and now you are bad-mouthing Democrats. You are a disgrace.

https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/123732/ruben-gallego/40/immigration

oldladyinaz.bsky.social•6 days ago

https://www.12news.com/article/news/politics/ruben-gallego-mark-kelly-vote-to-confirm-zeldin-to-lead-environmental-protection-agency-as-trump-vows-cut-climate-rules/75-17f13131-992a-4517-8d15-7966c9453b3a

oldladyinaz.bsky.social•6 days ago

Let's look at your voting record.

https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/123732/ruben-gallego

evansternnyc.bsky.social•6 days ago

It would behoove some of you to actually listen to this interview.

dougwar40k.bsky.social•6 days ago

What does it matter what he says? What he DOES is a matter of public record. And it's not good.

evansternnyc.bsky.social•6 days ago

I don’t like or agree with everything he does, but he understands how messaging works and knows how to win which is something too few on our side grasp.

dougwar40k.bsky.social•6 days ago

Ah, but it's precisely the meaning of "our side" that is in dispute here.

marydube.bsky.social•6 days ago

Messaging. Ruben is a huge admirer of the 9 years of Trump optics - say whatever you want, do whatever you want, put on a McDonalds apron, drive a garbage truck and tell them you also hate the person that took their job, money, opportunity and you will fix it all. Optics. Commonality my ass. Lies.

marydube.bsky.social•5 days ago

I did. Ruben is playing, the interviewer knows it and if he’s honoring trumps 9+ years of lies & con for ‘the win’ as if dems should lie & con & kick down at dems. Why not provide solutions? Because he’s evaluating his place in the oligarchy.

jahead.bsky.social•7 days ago

You're a fascist collaborator and you will not see the light of heaven

barleslee.bsky.social•7 days ago

Where are you Senator. I’m protesting in Tucson and I don’t see you anywhere. It sounds like YOU are afraid.

barleslee.bsky.social•7 days ago

I don’t see you doing anything, Senator. Why aren’t you protesting in person? You should be leading the marches.

stholeary.bsky.social•7 days ago

Protesting? He supports the concentration camps!!!

rwarrin.bsky.social•7 days ago

You've voted to approve over 70%, 9 out 16 of his nominees.

You're a Democrat, Mr Gallego.

And calling others out about about being scared?

maryeb2.bsky.social•7 days ago

What makes you think that voting for unqualified Cabinet nominees is helping your constituents? What makes you think that concentration camps are ok? So glad I did not donate to all those emails! @gallego.senate.gov

rwarrin.bsky.social•7 days ago

He's banking:

A: We have another federal election.
B: Democrats forget what he did
C: MAGA will vote for him.

oharabobara.bsky.social•7 days ago

I'm an Independent AZ voter (the largest voting group in AZ btw) and will be using my voice to urge Dems (or anyone really) to put up a great challenger for his seat in 2030.

State Rep Analise Ortiz could be an option.

jonnykat.bsky.social•6 days ago

Kris Mayes is another option.

rwarrin.bsky.social•6 days ago

I wish we could clone her... Governor, Senator, AG...

rwarrin.bsky.social•7 days ago

Same. Registered Republican when I turned 18, couldn't wait to vote for my new rep John McCain or Ronald Reagan.
Left when we got the Tea Party legislature that wiped out education and gave us SB1070, and I saw where the party was going.

Right there with you.

slwags.bsky.social•7 days ago

Keep fighting the good fight!

carolinecleaning.bsky.social•7 days ago

Booooooo

aprctvcd1.bsky.social•7 days ago

This is a great and insightful interview. I didn't know you. Now I do. AZ is lucky to have you! Spread your vision and word 💪. Ignore the negativity.

drgrat.bsky.social•6 days ago

marmitentoast.bsky.social•7 days ago

I only agree w about 50% of what Gallego says but I also recognize he lives in a very different part of the country. His crypto advocacy really bothers me too. However, now is the time for unity against Trump rather than policy orthodoxy. The time for other policy battles will come later. Adelante.

am-mccarthy.bsky.social•1 day ago

He's Sinema in a suit

marmitentoast.bsky.social•7 days ago

In other words, we are going to have to work together to push back against the dismantling of our institutions and will need to accept different policies and strategies that meet the many constituent types in this country. What works for a Democrat in Virginia will not work in Arizona.

informationbank.bsky.social•7 days ago

Here's a plan. We just need funding!

pwnedlib.bsky.social•7 days ago

Didn’t hold back on supporting concentration camps

pwnedlib.bsky.social•7 days ago

It’s fun that you endorsed the use of concentration camps

occupyonelove.bsky.social•7 days ago

townhall -

Resist the dismantling of our government.

You work for the US People not just for #maga.

🌊

matthewborgard.com•6 days ago

Is there a way I can get my donations back now that I know they're going to fund Trump's concentration camps?

summerbreeze0102.bsky.social•7 days ago

Rube, how long until you start demanding your constituents be sent to El Salvador?

This is unconstitutional.

Resign and let us live our lives in peace.

You are an immediate threat and danger to all Arizonans.

summerbreeze0102.bsky.social•7 days ago

Like honestly, just go be a lobbyist and please leave us the fuck alone

We don’t deserve this!

We don’t deserve to have a senator who wakes up every morning wanting to utterly and completely fucking destroy us.

Please find a new hobby. And some empathy. Christ.

summerbreeze0102.bsky.social•7 days ago

You belong in Guantanamo

summerbreeze0102.bsky.social•7 days ago

TALK TO YOU ARIZONANS, if you dare.

Hold a town hall, wuss.

summerbreeze0102.bsky.social•7 days ago

Idk why my voice to text added another word, lol. Oh my goodness 🤦🏻‍♀️

Talk to Arizonans***

philippeabujuja.bsky.social•7 days ago

Short Gallego: voters are morons, let's use Rep slogans and may be they'll vote for us. OK, a bit of a caricature and he won, but that was extremely depressing.

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