Christian Menefee
Role at the time: U.S. representative for Texas’s 18th congressional district
Condemned
Statement summary
Christian Menefee said Salgado Araujo should still be alive, called the killing an abomination and opposed ICE agents taking lives in Houston.
“But regardless of what the evidence shows, we should not have these folks in our city taking people's lives. Lorenzo should be here with us today. This is awful. This is an abomination. And we need ICE out of our city.”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)Rep. Menefee joins Salgado Araujo family to demand investigation and accountabilityFull transcript, final two paragraphs beginning “But regardless of what the evidence shows”
Official transcript of Menefee’s remarks alongside Salgado Araujo’s family and community leaders. He demanded the evidence and an investigation, then separately condemned the killing itself.
Why we used this label
Relative to the fatal use of force, Menefee directly calls the result awful and an abomination and says Salgado Araujo should still be alive. That is an express condemnation of the shooting.