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It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them,
Sanders said in a statement
Talk to us a little bit. Give us a little bit more resources. Show us some respect. Didn't happen,
Brady saidIf there's any immediate takeaway from Philadelphia's turnout this cycle, it is that Chairman Brady's decades-long practice of fleecing campaigns for money to make up for his own lack of fundraising ability or leadership is a worthless endeavor that no future campaign should ever be forced to entertain again,
Harris spokesperson Brendan McPhillips added in the statement
The Pennsylvania for Harris team knocked on more than two million doors in the weekend leading up to Election Day, which is two million more doors than Bob Brady's organization can claim to have knocked during his entire tenure as party chairman."
A spokesperson for Harris' team responded to Brady's criticism, telling WCAUWhile the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change,
he addedThe lack of investment in meaningful engagement by Democrats has made it easier for Republicans to appeal to Latinos frustrated by unfulfilled promises. Latinos aren’t loyal to any party—they’re loyal to those who recognize their needs and show respect,
she said
My reaction is that's precisely why they lost,
Suarez told host Alison Maloni of liberal Democrats
I think when you talk about the specific Hispanic cultures, like Cubans, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, etc., you have to look at the specific policies of their home country and how the United States is addressing those policies,
he saidThe Democrat Party has gone way left to the extreme left, almost to the point of socialism. And many of us fled our countries fleeing socialism. And so that doesn't attract us,
said Gimenez, who is the only Cuban-born congressman
Hispanics are people of faith, family, hard work, searching for the American dream, and I think those are the values of the Republican Party
he told Fox News DigitalNow my focus is to the immigration side. Now we have a real battle on our hands, not with Trump,
Muniz said,
For me, it’s work. It’s the economy. It’s groceries,
said Cruz, who's of Puerto Rican descent and was waiting to vote at the John B. Stetson Middle School in Northern PhiladelphiaI care about one thing, and that’s the money in my pocket,
said Danny Martinez, 18, a first-time voter who considered himself a Democrat but voted for TrumpThe other underlying problem is that Democrats just broadly have a problem with working-class voters,
said Mike Madrid, a longtime Republican operative, speaking to the Washington Examiner in mid-SeptemberI think the other thing that's gone is the idea of the Black and Hispanic vote being a minority,
he added
The losses among Latinos is nothing short of catastrophic for the party,
said Representative Ritchie Torres, an Afro-Latino Democrat whose Bronx-based district is heavily Hispanic
Trump carried the Latino vote, which is enormously important. Trump went from 36% of the vote to 54%,
Morris said, underscoring the staying power of this demographic shiftWhile Hispanics boosted Democratic margins by nearly 4 points in 2016 and 2020, their influence dwindled to just 1% this cycle, underscoring a pivotal shift,
Mayur wroteI think that the most significant result of the election last night, other than, of course, the outcome, is the end of identity politics; never again will a candidate be nominated because of who she or he is, what color, what color the skin is, where they're from. That now is gone as a factor in politics,
he said