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Rep. Robert Garcia is doubling down on his disappointment with CBS for its handling of captioning Bad Bunny’s Grammys performance.
On Wednesday, the California Democrat called out CBS for not offering Spanish-language closed captions during Bad Bunny’s performances and speech during the broadcast.
Washington D.C. - El congresista demócrata Robert García (California) envió una carta a la cadena CBS para cuestionar que no se utilizaran subtítulos para la traducción de la presentación musical de Bad Bunny y el mensaje con el cual aceptó el premio por el mejor álbum de música urbana durante la transmisión de la pasada entrega de los premios Grammy.
When Bad Bunny opened the Grammys on Sunday with a mash-up of his songs, fans and other singers stood and danced at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
But at many homes worldwide, viewers didn’t understand what the Puerto Rican artist was singing. While Bad Bunny performed in Spanish, CBS displayed captions stating he was speaking and singing in “NON-ENGLISH.”
Several House Democrats who identify as LGBTQ introduced a resolution Thursday to expel embattled Republican George Santos, pointing to his false statements about the victims of the 2016 Pulse night club shooting.
Santos, who is openly gay, told New York Public Radio that four of his employees were among the 49 victims at the 2016 shooting at the Orlando gay club. A New York Times investigation found that none of the victims appear to have worked at the various firms named in the New York Republican’s biography.
Washington D.C.- Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) announced his introduction of a resolution to expel George Santos from Congress along with LGBTQ+ freshmen Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) and Congresswoman Becca Balint (VT-AL). The resolution can be found here.
What happened: A group of House Democrats on Thursday offered a resolution to expel serial liar Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from Congress.
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Those speaking in favor of the resolution included Reps. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), Becca Balint (D-Vt.), Eric Sorensen (D-Ill.), Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) and Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.).
President Joe Biden is set to deliver his State of the Union address in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, and an undocumented Long Beach City College student, Alexis Muro, will be in attendance.
Muro will join Tuesday’s address as a guest of U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia.
As an undocumented student, “Alexis is a great example of how important it is to support immigrant communities and create pathways to citizenship,” Garcia said in a statement. The congressman and Muro share similar backgrounds; both immigrated to the U.S. as young children and were raised in Southern California.
Four new members of Congress — Reps. Robert Garcia, Mike Lawler, Summer Lee and Zach Nunn — discuss the potential for bipartisan cooperation on crime, policing, immigration, the debt ceiling, spending and more.
To watch the full panel, please click here.
Gaby O’Donnell raised her son to be a hard worker, to love the United States and to give back to the communities that welcomed them when she was a young mother who immigrated from Peru.
She made it look easy, even when it was not — like when they struggled to put food on the table, bounced from house to house or had to work long hours to make a better life for her son, future Congressman Robert Garcia. His love of public service comes from his mother, Garcia said in a January interview.
Republicans now in control of the House of Representatives and progressive lawmakers fear the GOP will use their slim majority to engage in frivolous investigations into the Biden administration.