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DemocratSinceBirth

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Sun Apr 30, 2017, 06:37 PM Apr 2017

Keep your eyes on this guy. He's a comer : Latino, Harvard grad, and Marine




“There is zero chance of any of this working out that way, and it doesn’t matter who you’re changing,” said Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), who notes that many of his colleagues who once decried his absolute opposition to Trump now agree with him. “At the end of the day,” he added, “this is Donald Trump, and we don’t want to work with him.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/30/democrats-trump-no-compromise-237791




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben_Gallego
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Keep your eyes on this guy. He's a comer : Latino, Harvard grad, and Marine (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 OP
His name? The Wielding Truth Apr 2017 #1
Sure DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 #4
Thanks. He is Ruben Marinelarena Gallego - US Rep. Dem. Arizona The Wielding Truth Apr 2017 #5
Who is he, where does he live, what does he do? NT enough Apr 2017 #2
Where is he from? Any details at all would be appreciated. n/t monmouth4 Apr 2017 #3

The Wielding Truth

(11,415 posts)
5. Thanks. He is Ruben Marinelarena Gallego - US Rep. Dem. Arizona
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 06:55 PM
Apr 2017
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben_Gallegoix
U.S. Representative for Arizona's 7th congress
ional district. A Democrat, he previously served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, serving as assistant minority leader in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2012 until his resignation to run for Congress. Gallego was elected to Congress in the 2014 midterm congressional elections. His district includes most of southern, western, and downtown Phoenix, along with a portion of Glendale.

Gallego currently sits on the boards of Valley Citizens League, the Children’s Museum, and the President’s Community Advisory Board for South Mountain Community College.[8]

n 2011, he was named as a distinguished freshman lawmaker by The Arizona Republic.[10] Gallego's first successful bill granted in-state tuition status to veterans residing in Arizona.[3] Gallego supports the repeal of Arizona SB 1070. He considers education to be the most important long-term priority for Arizona.[6] In 2012, Gallego was elected assistant minority leader.[11]

He founded the group Citizens for Professional Law Enforcement, with the goal of recalling Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Gallego cited Arpaio's immigration policies and his use of taxpayer money to investigate Barack Obama's citizenship as reasons for recalling Arpaio.[12]

Gallego works for Strategies 360 as Director of Latino and New Media operations. He also worked for Riester, one of the largest public relations firms in Arizona, and for Phoenix Councilman Michael Nowakowski.[13]
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