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Ritchie Torres Is Making Afro-Latino, LGBTQ Political History in Congress—on His Own Terms

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Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Courtesy of Torres for Congress

Ritchie Torres, the first Afro-Latino, out-LGBTQ politician in Congress, talks about poverty, depression, ambition, contracting COVID, de Blasio’s “incompetence,” and the Squad.