A Democratic congressman from New York blames the “far left” Donald Trump‘s presidential victory.

Congressman Ritchie Torres, who won his incumbent seat in New York’s 15th congressional district with 76.6 percent of the vote on Tuesday. I took it to X (before excitement) will share his thoughts on Trump’s victory on November 6.

“Donald Trump has no greater friend than the far left, which has historically succeeded in driving large numbers of Latinos, Blacks, Asians, and Jews away from the United States,” Torres wrote. Democratic Party “With bullshit like ‘Defund the Police’ or ‘River to Sea’ or ‘Latinx’.”

He continued: “There is more to lose than to gain politically by pandering to the far left that is more representative of Twitter, Twitch, and Twitch. tiktok more than in the real world. The working class is not buying the ivory tower nonsense the far left is selling.”

torres Outspoken critic of “Squad”,” a group of Democratic representatives known to have views to the left of the party Alexandria Ocasio-CortezRashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar.

Various exit polls have found growing support for Trump among Hispanic voters. According to Reuters, Edison Research figures reported that Trump’s Hispanic votes increased from 32 percent in 2020 to 46 percent. The same poll found that 13 percent of black voters supported Trump; This rate increased by 1 percent compared to the previous election.

Working-class voters also continued to support Trump; he fared better, receiving 66 percent of the employee vote Democrats The Edison poll found that, although it dropped one point among this group in 2020.

One NBC The exit poll found that 54 percent of Asian American voters chose Harris, while 38 percent chose Trump. The Edison poll found that 21 percent of Jewish voters chose Trump (the same poll did not measure Jewish votes in 2020, Forward reported).

Cast members Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan OmerGreg Cesare and Summer Lee won back their incumbent seats on November 5, even though their states overall voted for Donald Trump.

However, two members of the Squad, Cory Bush and Jamaal BowmanHe lost primaries to Democratic opponents who disagreed with him on Middle East policy.

Since the news of Trump’s win, progressives have offered their theories as to why. Kamala Harris and the Democratic party has failed to mobilize voters.

Old Democrats Andrew Yang And Bernie Sanders They blamed the lack of presidential primaries and the failure to address the concerns of working-class people.

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