Gallego brought his wife Sydney, son Michael, and daughter Isla to his swearing-in ceremony on Capitol Hill. As the family gathered around Vice President Kamala Harris, Michael, only seven, told Harris: "I'm sorry you didn't win." A video capturing their exchange went viral on social media.
Sen. Ruben Gallego’s (D-AZ) young son told Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday that he was sorry she didn’t the presidential election
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Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) on Wednesday became the second Senate Democrat to co-sponsor a Republican-led bill to crack down on illegal immigration ahead of a procedural vote on the measure on Friday.
Sen. Gallego's son says talks with Harris at Gallego's swearing-in ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 3, 2025. She replies, "We're not defeated."
Here's what he says he's going to do Yassamin Ansari, Abe Hamadeh set to become Arizona’s newest members of Congress Ruben Gallego's son told Kamala Harris, 'I'm sorry you didn't win.'
After struggling on the issue in the 2024 election, Democrats are taking steps in the early days of the new Congress to recalibrate on immigration.
The Senate cleared the 60-vote threshold to begin debate on a GOP priority, with Democrats backing it as the party recalibrates politically on immigration. Final passage is still uncertain.
The U.S. Senate on Thursday was expected to advance a bill to require the federal government to detain migrants living in the U.S. illegally who are suspected of criminal activity, even if they are not charged with crimes,
"That's one of them. That's one of why we lost in part," the Democratic senator from Pennsylvania told Fox News.
Providing a “smooth transition” for incoming President Donald Trump, Democrats joined with Republicans to advance the “Laken Riley Act,” which will greatly empower anti-immigrant attorney generals and racist police to imprison and deport immigrants,
Congress’ first bill of the year could foreshadow how much political reality may affect the thinking of Senate Democrats.