Who?
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) — House Financial Services Committee
LISTEN: Laslo & Torres
Ask a Pol asks:
Any thoughts on the Trump family’s new crypto venture?
Key Torres:
“I would have to look at it as a scam,” Rep. Ritchie Torres exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “Everything that the Trump family touches should be presumed to be a scam, so it's embarrassing.”
Caught our ear:
“Just like there are crooks in the physical world, there are crooks in the crypto world,” Torres tells us. “It strikes me as a grift.”
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Ritchie Torres
SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches Rep. Ritchie Torres on the steps of the US Capitol as he’s heading to the House chamber to vote.
Matt Laslo: “Trump’s sons new crypto venture?”
Ritchie Torres: “I would have to look at it as a scam.”
ML: “Yeah?”
Laslo laughs.
RT: “Everything that the Trump family touches should be presumed to be a scam, so — it's embarrassing.”
ML: “Yeah?”
RT: “It's embarrassing.”
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ML: “Does it make you nervous having them weigh in?”
RT: “No. He is, the world is — just like there are crooks in the physical world, there are crooks in the crypto world.”
ML: “Yeah?”
Both laugh.
RT: “It strikes me as a grift.”
ML: “So I take it you’re…”
RT: “But he's also done — didn't he try to create like an NFT?”
ML: “Yeah.”
RT: “Featuring like a likeness of him?”
ML: “Yeah.”
RT: “Yeah, so there's been a pattern of criminality.”
ML: “Should I take it you're not gonna invest?”
RT: “I will not be, no. I don't invest at all.”
ML: “Yeah? Preciate you.”
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