Friends,

It’s Robert Garcia. On Monday night, I had the honor and privilege of speaking at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

If you didn’t get a chance to catch the speech live, take a minute to watch it below, and if you can, contribute to my re-election campaign today to help Democrats win the House majority. [[link removed]]

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In 2020, I was in my second term as Long Beach’s mayor when the COVID-19 pandemic began.

As mayor, I made it my priority to fight for more hospital beds, more tests, and to make masks more accessible. During that first treacherous year, we needed national leadership, but instead, we got Trump. He downplayed the virus and peddled conspiracy theories, and as a result, we lost hundreds of thousands of Americans — including my mom, a healthcare worker, and my stepfather.

So when Donald Trump and his MAGA extremist cronies downplay the horror of the pandemic, it makes me furious.

But Americans spoke up and elected Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to give us the leadership and change we needed. They got the virus under control. They got folks vaccinated. And they passed the historic American Rescue Plan.

I am a proud immigrant. I came to the United States as a young child, grew up poor, and like many immigrant families, struggled to get by. But my mom brought me here because she believed in the American Dream. And when I raised my right hand and became a citizen of our beautiful country, it was the proudest day of my life.

But if it were up to Trump, someone like me would never be serving our country.

On the other hand, it's people like Kamala Harris who inspire the American Dream my mother and I were able to achieve. And that’s the kind of leader we need as our next President—one who inspires hope, resilience, and progress. But she can’t do it alone.

So please, contribute to my re-election campaign today to help Democrats take back the House majority. Kamala Harris and Tim Walz need a Democratic House and Senate to help them defend our democracy from MAGA extremism. [[link removed]]

Never did it cross my mind that the young boy who immigrated here with little to nothing would not only be serving in Congress, but speaking at the Democratic National Convention.

I am eternally grateful for the opportunity this country has given me, and when we elect Kamala Harris as our first Black woman president, I know many other young people will see that they too, can achieve their American dream.

Thank you,

Robert Garcia



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