Senator Ruben Gallego

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611 appearances 4 recordings 3 series first heard Oct 2025 last heard 25 Apr

Senator Ruben Gallego’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Today, Explained · This Senator has an Eric Swalwell problem · 25 Apr 2026 podcast

You know, as I say, like, I have to win a red state.

There's some people that can just run and say whatever they want and be fine, right?

But I have a state where there's 300,000 more registered Republicans than Democrats.

We've been severely affected by immigration, right?

It is my job to have to explain the nuance in order for me both to win and to get all the Democrats to win in a red state.

So do I want to totally tear apart ICE and maybe even move different portions, different departments, slim it down because it's so big, it's so bloated, they're going to go after everybody?

Restrict them to make sure they are only going after criminals and that they're not doing mass deportations?

Absolutely.

If you tell me, does that mean that ICE will not exist?

Sure, ICE may not exist, but there's always going to be a deportation force, right?

And I think it's really incumbent upon people

people that are running for office to be very clear about that.

Because if not, you're really selling a bill of goods to the left because they're going to want to see something.

And also you're setting yourself up for a major hit, major hit from the right.

And in this time and in this world,

where elections have consequences, real consequences, your duty is to win an election.

No, I think the $175 billion, the fact that you have Stephen Miller that's leading it versus the DHS secretaries.

You have Judge Kavanaugh saying racial profiling is allowed.

And then just in a general attitude from this administration, they have zero accountability standards, whether it's investigations, holding people actually accountable, jailing some of these ICE agents, showing masks, showing IDs, things of that nature.

That is the actual full scope of what they're doing right now.

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