Pro-Israel Rep. Ritchie Torres left the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Or did it leave him?

Torres was first elected to represent his Bronx district in 2020, becoming one of the first two gay Black members of Congress.

Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) speaks during a news conference calling for the resignation of Rep. George Santos’s (R-NY), at the US, Capitol in Washington, US, February 7, 2023.

(photo credit: MICHAEL A. MCCOY/REUTERS)

ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA

FEBRUARY 23, 2024 04:57

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