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To the applause of several hundred Orange County voters, Rep. Robert Garcia said Saturday it was more important than ever to mobilize against Republican priorities to slash federal funding to the benefit of billionaires.
It was a typical message coming from Garcia, a Long Beach Democrat who frequently lambasts conservatives in House committees. Minutes later, however, he directed his criticisms inward, toward the Democratic Party.
“When I first came into office I came with high hopes,” Garcia said. “I have never been more disappointed in the Democratic Party than right now.”
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) released the following statement after the arrest and detention of Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk and Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, as well as other similar incidents across the nation.
Dems are taking their fight against Elon Musk and the orange man to the street.
Sesame Street, to be precise.
It all went down at a congressional hearing on Wednesday (March 26) where Democratic reps roasted the Republican Party for their harebrained efforts to defund American public media like NPR and PBS, where the beloved children’s show airs.
Unsurprisingly, the committee was led by “bleach-blonde bad-built butch-body” chairwoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who called the networks “radical, left-wing echo chambers” and accused them of “grooming” children.
Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., joins MSNBC's Alex Witt to share his support for Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on their tour to drum up support in opposing President Trump’s agenda, discuss the fallout from Trump eliminating the Department of Education, and more.
Although U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia (D) has only served in Congress since 2023, the representative for California’s 42nd Congressional District quickly emerged as a rising star in the Democratic Party who has become known as an especially outspoken critic of President Donald Trump since his return to the White House in January.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) shares his thoughts with MSNBC’s Alex Witt on Schumer’s decision to support the GOP’s spending bill to avoid a government shutdown and discusses what the Democrats should do to face Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) tells MSNBC’s Ana Cabrera that both Elon Musk and DOGE are causing massive damage across federal agencies, and that President Trump's inconsistent implementation of tariffs are causing chaos across ports and disrupting international trade, small businesses, and supply chains.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) called on New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) to resign on Wednesday following the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) move to drop federal corruption charges against him.
“I personally agree with the majority of New Yorkers and think Mr. Mayor that you should resign,” Garcia told Adams, who was testifying along with other Democratic mayors before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) announced that Yvonne Wheeler, President of the L.A. County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, and champion for working people, will be his guest to President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress on March 4, 2025.
It’s been nearly two weeks since the Department of Justice demanded Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., explain what he meant by saying fellow Democrats should “bring actual weapons to this bar fight” in an interview on CNN.
And according to Garcia, U.S. Attorney Ed Martin is going to be waiting a while longer for a response – if Garcia sends any at all. The Long Beach congressman says his office never even received the letter from Martin, and only became aware of it when a Washington Post reporter reached out for comment.