| New reporting from the New York Times makes clear that Juan Ciscomani’s devotion to D.C. party leaders will be a liability this November.
Earlier this month, Trump publicly attacked the Pope and posted a Jesus-like image of himself to social media – an incident that the Times reports alarmed voters across Arizona’s Sixth Congressional District.
When asked about the social media post, Ciscomani said it was not his “job” to hold Trump accountable:
“I mean, it’s not one that I would have ever done on my account, for myself and that’s – I’ll leave it at that. I mean, this is – we have to stick to our jobs. I like to stick to mine there.” — Ciscomani on 4/18/26
REMINDER: Ciscomani joined national Republicans at a rally in Arizona earlier this month to pledge his allegiance to Trump. Ciscomani is also a top recipient of House GOP leadership cash, receiving the second highest amount of any vulnerable House Republican in 2025.
DCCC Spokesperson Lindsay Reilly:
“Juan Ciscomani is too weak to stand up to D.C. party leaders.”
Read the article for yourself…
New York Times: A New Worry for Republicans: Latino Catholics Offended by Trump
- In Tucson… Mr. Sepulvida, 81, is a Vietnam veteran whose patriotism and Catholicism are deeply intertwined. He voted for President Trump three times but has never felt more betrayed by an American president than when Mr. Trump denounced Pope Leo as “weak on crime” and “terrible for foreign policy.”
- If the president’s quarrel with the pope sours more Latinos on the Republican Party, it could affect midterm races across the country.
- In Arizona’s Sixth Congressional District… Nearly a third of the district is Hispanic, and there is a significant population of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as a large Catholic community with deep history in the region.
- Mr. Ciscomani declined a request for an interview, but when a local radio host asked Mr. Ciscomani what he thought of Mr. Trump’s comments “as a man of faith,” the congressman declined to criticize the president but said, “You can trust that you won’t see any meme like that coming out of my account.”
- JoAnna Mendoza, the Democrat challenging Mr. Ciscomani this fall, has made her 20-year career in the U.S. Navy and Marines a key aspect of her story on the campaign trail… said she briefly considered becoming a nun as a teenager. She criticized Mr. Ciscomani for not condemning the president’s remarks.
- “You can’t make faith a central part of your campaign and then allow this to stand,” she said in an interview.
- Across Tucson, Latino Catholics, regardless of their past voting preferences, were similarly quick to condemn the president’s remarks.
- When Cecilia Taisipic, 71, heard about it, she said, she winced with shame about her vote for him in 2024.
- Patricia Martinez, 86 … said she cannot imagine voting for a Republican who supports Mr. Trump.
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