representative Robert Garcia (D-CA), Vice President Co-Chair Kamala Harris The failure of the 2024 presidential campaign was grilled by the CNN anchor Jake Tapper Thursday about how he “personally” got the election “so bad.”

Tapper asked how Harris did that poorly with Latino men, Garcia said, “I mean, look, it was obviously a tough night for us nationally as far as the presidency goes.”

He continued: “I think it’s a challenge. This is something we need to work on, something Democrats need to get involved in. We must be on the ground, we must listen.

Tapper then replied: “I guess my question is: How did you personally get this wrong? There is a Latina producer on my team in Los Angeles who has witnessed this folk phenomenon in her community. mobile on the right for years. I don’t think she was surprised. I know she wasn’t surprised by what happened. You were. So how could you have been so wrong?

“I was,” Garcia replied. “I mean, look, we were looking at a lot of the same data. Lots of data across the country, state by state data. I have personally spoken to many community groups across the country, in Nevada, Arizona, and met with groups of Latino men and undecided voters.

The congressman noted: “Look, she still won, obviously, Latinos overwhelmingly. She won the Latino vote overall, but there’s a lot of work to be done with Latino men, and I think that’s something that we as Democrats need to engage in. I think especially of those of us who are Latino, those of us who are immigrants. like me, who came to this country, who worked hard, whose family worked hard in search of a better life.

He concluded: “I think there’s a lot of work to do to ensure that we communicate to people that the Democratic Party is the party of working people, is the party that supports immigrants, is the party that supports the safety net social security. »

MSNBC host Thursday Joy Reid scolded Latinos who voted for the president-elect Donald Trumptelling them: “You own everything that happens to your mixed families and your wives, sisters and abuelas from now on. »

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