"I wasn't raised to be silent": U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela is willing to tussle with colleagues from

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"I wasn't raised to be silent": U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela is willing to tussle with colleagues from both parties

by J. Edward Moreno, Texas Tribune


WASHINGTON — Many members of Congress disagree with the president’s approach to border security. Only one, however, has told him to “take your border wall and shove it up your ass.”

That came from a 2016 letter from U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela, a Brownsville Democrat, when Donald Trump was still running for president. At the time, Vela was known as a mild-mannered, perhaps even centrist, representative. As much of Washington has come to realize since, Vela knows how to make a scene.

Since then, he has made news for firing verbal bullets toward both sides of the isle. In September, he called a Republican colleague "a racist Christian pretender who led the effort to starve America's poor." Two months earlier, he called for the firing of the executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, saying the organization was in "complete chaos."

To him, each statement has been completely warranted. Quiet voices don't often get heard in Congress, especially not now.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/11/07/filemon-vela-democrat-brownsville-makes-his-voice-heard-congress/