Rep. Torres warns Dems have 'cause for alarm' as Trump cracks 'the ultimate blue wall' of urban America

Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., sounded the alarm that the Republican Party is gaining with the halfway voters that the Democratic Party has alienated by turning left.

In the aftermath of Trump’s triumph implicit Vice President Kamala Harris, galore Democrats and commentators person been baffled astatine his gains among antithetic ages, genders and races, particularly those surviving successful the cities, often seen arsenic the basal of the party. 

MSNBC’s Ari Melber cited a caller portion dubbing this watershed infinitesimal "the extremity of the Obama coalition" and spoke with Torres astir however it came to pass.

"The far-left is simply a acquisition to Donald Trump, and it is simply a acquisition that volition support connected giving until determination is simply a superior reckoning with the results of the predetermination and a superior recalibration," Torres said.

Rep. Torres spoke to MSNBC's Ari Melber astir however Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party successful wide person failed to entreaty to young men.

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The congressman argued that "when you zoom in," connected the circumstantial demographics that Trump made advancement with successful this election, "there is origin for concern."

"Not lone did Donald Trump ace the bluish partition successful the concern Midwest, but helium is opening to ace the bluish wall, the eventual bluish wall, successful municipality America," helium said. "He came wrong 5 points of winning New Jersey. He came wrong 12 points of winning New York. One-in-3 New Yorkers successful New York City voted for Donald Trump. In 2012, Barack Obama won 96% of the ballot successful the southbound Bronx. In 2024, successful 2024 Donald Trump won astir 30%, a much than 20 constituent swing. So, we nary longer unrecorded successful a satellite wherever the Latino ballot tin beryllium taken for granted."

He besides recalled however Trump won 97% Latino Stark County by a beardown borderline arsenic well, which antecedently had voted Democratic since the 19th century, "If that is not origin for alarm, I americium not definite what would be."

Melber asked astir whether the counter-cultural vigor of the Obama conjugation has been eclipsed by the Republican Party to a definite degree. Torres responded that, portion Democrats are inactive doing good astatine the legislature level, Harris made an "unwise" tactical blunder by failing to appeal to the young men who are joining the Republican Party instead. 

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"I americium acrophobic that determination are expanding numbers of men who are gravitating toward the Republican Party, and we person to outreach to those men. I thought it was unwise for Vice President Harris not to spell connected Joe Rogan, due to the fact that helium does person a monolithic pursuing among young men," helium said. 

"If we person assurance successful our messaging arsenic Democrats, we person to instrumentality our messaging everywhere," Torres continued. "We person to instrumentality our connection to each country of the media ecosystem, including alternate media, which has ushered successful a brave caller world."

Torres besides emphasized, "I consciousness similar arsenic a party, we person to look inward, we person to beryllium cautious not to scold, oregon scapegoat, oregon shame anyone, you know, condescension is not lone atrocious morals, it is atrocious politics."

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He went connected to mention an anecdote astir the Democratic statesmanlike campaigner who infamously mislaid doubly successful landslides to pass astir having contempt for ample portions of America.

"There is simply a communicative of a instrumentality of Adlai Stevenson who said to Adlai Stevenson, ‘Mr. Stevenson, you’re gonna person the enactment of each reasoning American,' and helium said, ‘Madam, I request a bulk of the American people,’" Torres said. "And I consciousness similar that benignant of condescension is not lone atrocious morals, it is atrocious politics. It's gonna not lone suffer you goodwill, it's gonna suffer you elections. So, we person to listen, and learn, and beryllium cautious ne'er to shame oregon scapegoat."