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Senate Candidate for Arizona. Iraq War Veteran USMC 0311/0341. Member of Congress for #Az03. Hispanic/Latino. Father of Michael & Isla. Husband to @syd_gallego
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Mar 14, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
Today, we held a press conference in front of the SVB offices in Tempe.

The SVB collapse is a direct result of Kyrsten Sinema’s choice to side with big banks over everyday Arizonans.. Image FEC records and public lobbying reports show that three SVB lobbyists maxed out donations to Sinema ahead of 2018 Dodd-Frank rollback which led to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Image
Mar 13, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
What is the difference between me and Kyrsten Sinema?

When the bank lobby asked me to weaken banking regulations, I said no. When they asked Sinema, she asked how much—and then voted yes. This is the consequence of choosing to side with Wall Street Banks. I remember bank lobbyists really going for it, but it sounded crazy from the get-go.

The federal government should claw back executive bonuses and investigate Silicon Valley Bank for insider trading.

nytimes.com/2023/03/10/bus…
Feb 28, 2023 7 tweets 3 min read
While everyone is talking about @kyrstensinema’s friendship w/ @TulsiGabbard, her friendship with predatory lenders is worse. She has voted to weaken the @CFPB, the agency that protects vulnerable Arizonans from predators like pay day lenders. 🧵 (1/7) In 2015, @kyrstensinema cosponsored & voted for a bill that made it harder for the CFPB to go after financial bad actors by requiring it to spend more on bureaucracy & therefore LESS on enforcement. (2/7)
Aug 16, 2021 7 tweets 2 min read
This is not the case and it is sad. The American public stopped caring about Afghanistan years ago. Nat Sec, Veterans, media and politicos were just talking to each other for years while isolating the general public. It was an unholy alliance that Washington DC and the Pentagon had gotten used to. Keeping casualties low, meant we can keep the war going and not admit defeat. You didn’t have to be the last general to “lose Afghanistan”. Or the President that pulled out.
Apr 6, 2021 5 tweets 1 min read
Why do I have to fight my son to take a bath and to get out of the bath? Is this a think with all kids? FML looking at all the answers from the parents.
Oct 26, 2020 13 tweets 3 min read
This how the 1% look at minorities. I was a classmate of Kushner let me tell you what I did to get into Harvard compared to what he did. Yes a thread. My freshman year of HS. I realized that the only way college was gonna happen was that first I had to do well on my exams. So I started buying used prep exam books and copying exams from the library. The school librarian is a close friend to this day. (Thanks Mrs. Conley)
Jan 6, 2020 8 tweets 2 min read
I saw my best friends die & for months I patrolled among Iraqis I knew there were insurgents in the towns & the crowds. I felt their eyes when I patrolled through the markets. I was filled with rage when they took my best friend. Did I want to exact my revenge on all of them? I did. What stopped me? Several things did. Once I felt death was getting closer to me I realized that if death came I wanted to leave this world with a clean conscious. I would not become the monsters that were trying to kill me and other innocent Iraqis.
Jul 14, 2019 4 tweets 1 min read
Growing up I used to hear “go back to Mexico” from many kids, though I was born in the USA. I thought then that it was just kids. I got to high school and thought that would change. I was a good student, Student Council President etc... was still told by other students to go back to Mexico.