The Interview: Congressman Ritchie Torres (D-NY) on Battling The Far Left, Challenging Trump, Israel and His Potential Plans to Run For NY Governor

Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), joins Mo News for a wide-ranging conversation, starting with how his experience growing up in poverty and housing insecurity influences his leadership and how he got to Congress. 

We discuss Torres’s criticisms that the Democratic Party lost touch with the working class, as well as how Democrats are trying to fight the Trump administration. Torres talks tariffs, deportations and Israel–as one of the most prominent pro-Israel members of Congress.

Plus, New York state politics: Torres explains his criticisms of New York’s Democratic leadership, his endorsement of Andrew Cuomo for the NYC Mayor’s race and when he will make a final decision on whether to challenge sitting Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul. 

🐝 This podcast was recorded from the Mo News office at ⁠Industrious at Midtown on 50th St.⁠

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Mosheh Oinounou (⁠@mosheh⁠) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. He has 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He founded the @mosheh Instagram news account in 2020 and the Mo News podcast and newsletter in 2022.

Jill Wagner (⁠@jillrwagner⁠) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. She's currently the Managing Editor of the Mo News newsletter and previously worked as a reporter for CBS News, Cheddar News, and News 12. She also co-founded the Need2Know newsletter, and has made it a goal to drop a Seinfeld reference into every Mo News podcast.