These are just a few of the hundreds of messages I receive on a weekly basis on Facebook, Twitter, through email. They're hateful, they're racist, and they're meant to marginalize the community that I represent and the communities like mine.
Gomez shares his experience with racist messages targeting him and his community.
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I have and continue to sincerely apologize to my family, friends, and the people that I have the privilege to serve.
Young people today face challenges that would have been hard to imagine a generation ago, and we have a responsibility to ensure their needs remain front and center.
As I said when the existence of an inquiry was first reported two months ago in the media, years ago, I made personal mistakes outside my marriage.
Although my actions were consensual in nature and haven't violated the law or House Ethics rules, that doesn't diminish the impact that these mistakes have made on those I care about the most.
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