Episode 2.1 - The 'Loquacious' Kid Who'd Run For Congress (Ritchie Torres)

On this season’s first episode of Why Here NYC city council member Ritchie Torres joins Benton & Tristan to talk politics, his run for U.S. congress and his early crushes on WWE wrestlers. Torres is gay, which makes him the first ever openly LGBTQIA official to represent the Bronx. His highly likely win in November makes this Afro-Latino, Bronx-born political star on the rise a sure bet for the future of American politics.