Maryland State Wire

Representing Maryland's 4th district in the U.S. Congress, Rep. Glenn Ivey utilized social media to express his actions and opinions on various national issues on April 4, 2025. Ivey, who has held his congressional position since replacing Anthony Brown in 2023, discussed themes of labor rights, economic turmoil, and due process through his Twitter account.

In a tweet posted at 5:00 PM UTC, Rep. Glenn Ivey, acting as a Co-Lead of the Public Sector Task Force, revealed his collaboration with @Labor_Caucus chairs in penning a letter, signed by all House Democrats, to President Trump. The letter demands a reversal of an executive order perceived to be anti-union, which eliminated collective bargaining rights for 1.5 million federal workers: "As Public Sector Task Force Co-Lead, I joined @Labor_Caucus Chairs in leading a letter signed by all House Democrats to President Trump demanding he reverse his anti-union EO eliminating 1.5M federal workers' collective bargaining rights. We will NOT allow illegal union-busting."

Later, at 6:43 PM UTC, Ivey expressed his concerns regarding the economic situation in a tweet, emphasizing the adverse impacts experienced by the U.S. economy. He likened the recent economic downturn to the devastation experienced during June 2020 amidst the COVID pandemic and criticized the current leadership for exacerbating inflation and commodity prices: "Yesterday was the worst day for the economy since June 2020, when the country was devastated by COVID. The candidate who ran on economic prosperity flatlined the US economy and inflated the price of goods exponentially, even before his tariffs took effect. I will not sit back and".

At 8:17 PM UTC, Ivey addressed concerns related to due process and racial assumptions in a tweet following a judicial ruling reported by NBC4. He criticized an administrative error that led to assumptions based on appearance and highlighted a case involving Abrego Garcia, praising the judicial decision to return Garcia: "An administrative error does not excuse this affront to due process. Don’t make assumptions based on one’s skin, whether color or tattoos that someone is not in our country legally. I was relieved to see NBC4 report that the judge ruled that Abrego Garcia be returned to the".