Pablo Manríquez

Editor, Migrant Insider | Reporter, MeidasTouch | ‘Famed Oil Painter’ 🇨🇱🇺🇸

[Pablo Manríquez @PabloReports]

👀Icymi, my CSPAN debut was a hit!

[Howard Mortman @HowardMortman]

Capitol Hill reporter @PabloReports ( @VanityFair and @newrepublic ) live oil painted State of the Union from a balcony in Statuary Hall ... He did two paintings ...

[Acyn @Acyn]

PabloReports: What’s your message to the administration and to the American people about the deported veterans?

Ojeda: I really do believe that we need to find these people, and we need to bring them back because this was unacceptable. These are people that risked their lives for us.

It’s like our interpreters. I think two interpreters have died in ICE custody. This is unacceptable. This is not how we treat the people that stand up for this country. This is not how we treat the people that support this country.

[Pablo Manríquez @PabloReports]

@OrganizerMemes Here!

[Bob Golen @BobGolen]

Deported veterans observing Veterans' Day in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

[Erik Wasson @elwasson]

IMMIGRATION: @RepCuellar at presser says he has conducted outreached to WH about doing immigration deal with Trump. Says a deal can be done and democrats won’t be radical. He says they are reaching out their hand to get legal status for workers with no criminal record and agree on a strong border

[Pablo Manríquez @PabloReports]

Confirmed: I was with Charlie last night. I saw Jackson, too.

[CHARLIE COTTON @hicharliecotton]

did democrats purposely tank the hegseth impeachment vote?

i have evidence.

[CHARLIE COTTON @hicharliecotton]

did democrats purposely tank the hegseth impeachment vote?

i have evidence.

[Alex Thompson @AlexThomp]

.@DaniellaMicaela reports: Ocasio-Cortez has begun bulking up her political operation. She recently hired Freeland Ellis, who previously worked for Sen. Bernie Sanders, to help manage communications.
https://t.co/PFrW6Vof1W

[Carlos Eduardo Espina @Carlos_E_Espina]

My message to Democrats: Now is not the time to celebrate, it is the time to work for people who are hurting. Latinos voted for immigration reform and if that is not made a priority, in 2028 you will lose the gains you made this election cycle.

[Pablo Manríquez @PabloReports]

Rep. Morgan Luttrell won’t say whether or not he will be the final signature needed on the discharge petition for the Dream and Promise Act.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Garcia: I think Trump needs to reread the Constitution, which clearly lays out the powers of the Congress. Congress is an equal branch of government. Our job is to serve as a check and balance and to investigate, especially if there is corruption.

And so this idea that Donald Trump has sent his White House counsel to send me a letter threatening investigations of me, of Democrats who actually stand up to him and stand up to this corruption, is crazy. And it is so much a part of what Donald Trump does.

He tries to weaponize the government against people he perceives may be his political enemies.

The reality is that we’re not going to be intimidated. We have real investigations to conduct, and we’re going to take an aggressive posture in doing so.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Raskin: Somebody should tell Todd Blanche and his team to get a Supreme Court decision called Steffel v. Thompson, which says it’s legally actionable to bring an injunction action against the government if the government is trying to scare you out of exercising your First Amendment rights and your constitutional rights.

In our case, it’s not just that these members were exercising their constitutional rights; they were exercising their constitutional duties. We have a duty, as the Article I preeminent branch of government, to conduct oversight operations of the entire government, as well as the economy and other things happening in society.

[Acyn @Acyn]

AOC: People just got elected from their districts. There are people that are making their voices heard.

I think it is completely normal for someone to show up and say, “What’s the agenda?”

I don’t think everyday people send and elect new members of Congress to come in and immediately take orders. So I think it’s a totally fair and responsible thing to do.

You can’t make villains of people who just showed up two days ago and are asking good-faith questions.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Manu Raju: Are you supporting Jeffries?

AOC: The race is unopposed. Yeah

[Acyn @Acyn]

PabloReports: Your reaction to this intimidation letter that the White House has sent your colleagues?

Balint: It’s peak Stephen Miller. It is him trying to show that he’s still the big guy. I mean, it’s pathetic.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Raskin: Well, AOC and I have a $50 gift ban bill, which has been on the back burner for years under the Republicans.

In Congress, we are all governed by a $50 gift ban. And we can’t accept anything much more than a baseball cap. And most people are scared to do that. We just don’t take gifts.

Meantime, at the Supreme Court, they’re collecting hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in so-called gifts from people who have a tremendous interest in the work of the Supreme Court. They take trips around the world. They take luxury vacations. They get, in Justice Thomas’s case, a $400,000 recreational vehicle, a motor coach.

I think Justice Thomas also picked up private school tuition for a great-nephew. I mean, just outrageous things. Members of Congress would go to jail for any of those things, and they’re just doing it.

So the $50 gift ban applies to Congress. It theoretically applies also to people in the executive branch, and it must apply to people in the judiciary, in the Supreme Court

[Acyn @Acyn]

PabloReports: What is your message for the deported veterans on Veterans Day?

Angela Gonzales-Torres: I’ve been saying it since day one of the campaign and day one here. Those two words don’t belong together, and families belong together.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Scott Wiener: Republicans are trying to cut veterans’ benefits today, and we need to stop that.

And, you know, it’s not enough to just pay lip service to veterans. There are so many veterans who are not U.S. citizens but have fought for this country, have delivered for this country, have started businesses in this country, and paid taxes. They’re part of our community, and we need to honor them.

And the idea that they’re being rounded up and deported is absolutely disgusting, and we have to stop it.

[Acyn @Acyn]

PabloReports: How do you define belt to ass?

Ojeda: That’s exactly what it is. I grew up in a place where if you did the wrong things, you got your belt to ass.

Some of y’all need to lawyer up.

[Natasha Bertrand @NatashaBertrand]

A US Army sentinel guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier reprimanded Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a group of his senior advisers Wednesday after some in the group laughed and talked near the solemn memorial following a Veterans Day ceremony. https://t.co/MMDfZ31pPP

[Luke Radel @lukeradel]

NEW: @RepRobertGarcia reacts to the “threatening” letter he received from WH counsel Will Scharf in an interview on Capitol Hill with @MacFarlaneNews.

“Donald Trump is obviously hiding something. I think he needs to re-read the Constitution.” @MeidasTouch