Rep. Rob Menendez, a U.S. Congressman representing New Jersey’s 8th district since 2023, used his Twitter account on May 18, 2026, to address food insecurity, immigration policy, and support for local students.
In a post published at 16:51 UTC, Menendez stated: “Families shouldn’t have to struggle to put food on the table. While food insecurity has long been a challenge we’ve been working to address as a country, Trump and Republicans are actively making a crisis worse by cutting critical lifelines like SNAP. Deepening this hardship” (May 18, 2026).
Later that day at 17:58 UTC, Menendez shared his participation in a community event: ” Scholarship Dinner in Elizabeth Such an honor to join Councilman Frank Cuesta to help present students with their scholarships tonight and celebrate such an incredible achievement. I’ll always support the dreams of our youth! Their future is bright—and I’ll keep fighting” (May 18, 2026).
At 21:17 UTC on the same day, he commented on immigration enforcement under former President Donald Trump’s administration: “The Trump Administration is taking people in our communities with protected status and sending them to countries that cannot support them. We will fight this Administration every step of the way.” (May 18, 2026).
Rob Menendez was born in Hudson County, New Jersey in 1985 and currently resides in Jersey City. He succeeded Albio Sires as representative of New Jersey’s 8th District beginning in January 2023 after earning degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Rutgers University-Newark.
