‘We will never stop fighting’: Garcia reflects on first 100 days in Congress

With just over 100 days on the job, Long Beach Rep. Robert Garcia has proven he is the antithesis of his Republican colleagues, and relishes being the proverbial thorn in their side.

“If we were out here, all right now just kind of holding hands and trying to be bipartisan, then the House Republicans would essentially steamroll us and in 10 years, we'd lose our democracy. I mean, that's the kind of moment we're in right now,” Garcia told Spectrum News in a sit down interview in his Capitol Hill office. “I think we have to be just very serious about being tough, being aggressive, and most importantly, protecting people and uplifting.” 

Garcia, the former mayor of Long Beach, Calif., arrived on Capitol Hill just days after winning the California 42nd seat for his freshman orientation, and immediately became a well-known face and name among his colleagues. He was elected as freshman class president of his Democrat peers, and quickly decided he was not going to be a lawmaker who showed up to work and remained quiet.

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