Patriot Brief
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Leaked texts: Sen. Ruben Gallego mocked Democratic culture in private messages, saying the party no longer allows “men to be men” and that “Dem women look like Dem men.”
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Backlash & response: Gallego confirmed the texts but framed them as part of his call for a “bigger tent” party.
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Wider context: His comments highlight internal Democratic frustrations as the party is increasingly defined by identity politics and cultural extremism.
Ruben Gallego accidentally told the truth — and that’s why his leaked text messages are blowing up the internet. In private, the Arizona Democrat admitted what the rest of his party won’t: they’ve become the “not fun party,” obsessed with correcting everyone, smothering masculinity, and turning women into political props instead of… well, women.
His blunt line, “Dem women look like Dem men,” is causing internal panic, but voters know he’s not wrong. While Democrats spiral deeper into identity politics and cultural neurosis, Gallego accidentally exposed the real problem: the party punishes honesty and rewards conformity. He just slipped.
BREAKING: Human Events has received leaked text messages from Senator Reuben Gallego (D-AZ)
"Dem women look like Dem men, Dem men look like women" pic.twitter.com/0t0xOTHYgp
— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) November 25, 2025
Western Journal reports:
In a series of leaked text messages reported first by conservative outlet Human Events, Gallego, who’s serving his first term representing Arizona in the upper chamber, mocked the appearance of Democratic women and lamented that his party used to be cooler.
In the text thread, Gallego responds to an encouragement about rising within the Democratic ranks by saying, “Oh man have you met my party? I have been yelling at them this whole time.”
“Hahaha my point exactly,” the other unidentified individual in the chat says, saying that he’d “gained the strength and the wisdom” and it “seems like it’s time for you to flex and battle your way to the top of that party.”
We might disagree on that assessment — and so, too, would the Democrats after they see these — but what followed from Gallego wasn’t necessarily inaccurate.
“We look like the not fun party,” Gallego said. “Always telling and correcting people. Not allowing men to be men. Women to be hot.”
“We used to be the party of sec [sic] drugs and rock and roll,” he said.
He added elsewhere that “Dem women look like Dem men and Dem men look like women.”
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