Longtime Arizona activist and politician Alfredo Gutierrez died at 79. Friends and colleagues remember him and his impact this week on The Gaggle.

The last time I saw Alfredo Gutierrez was at this year’s May Day rally outside the State Capitol. He was standing toe-to-toe with a MAGA supporter who had shown up at the protest and was marching through the crowd,

Gutierrez, 79, was a long-time immigrants' rights activist and became the Senate Democratic Leader after just two years in office.