Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) launched a postelection critique of progressive Democrats, claiming they helped Donald Trump win a second White Home time period.
Torres, who overwhelmingly received his reelection bid within the fifteenth Congressional District, criticized the “far-left” of his social gathering for what he sees as contributing to Vice President Harris’s loss on Tuesday and sending Trump again in to workplace.
He held progressives liable for selling slogans he mentioned pushed key voting teams aside throughout an already divisive election. Such buzzwords, he argued, chipped away at core components of the Democratic coalition.
“Donald Trump has no greater friend than the far left, which has managed to alienate historic numbers of Latinos, Blacks, Asians, and Jews from the Democratic Party with absurdities like ‘Defund the Police’ or ‘From the River to the Sea’ or ‘Latinx,’” Torres wrote on the social platform X.
The congressman, who represents a lot of the South Bronx, lamented liberals who air grievances on social media about centrist politicians and insurance policies, implying they dwell in a web based echo chamber and are making a rift that advantages the best wing.
“There is more to lose than there is to gain politically from pandering to a far left that is more representative of Twitter, Twitch, and TikTok than it is of the real world,” he wrote. “The working class is not buying the ivory-towered nonsense that the far left is selling.”
Progressives have caught warmth for a few of their controversial rhetoric round policing, particularly, getting used as fodder by conservatives, who’ve lengthy claimed that each one Democrats wish to strip legislation enforcement of its assets. Whereas the phrase “Defund the Police” particularly hasn’t been utilized by progressives for a number of marketing campaign cycles, its impression has outlasted its use, inflicting Democrats to nonetheless argue that it hurts their aspect in elections.
