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Welcome back to Washington Journal.
We're joined now by Adriano Espeot.
He is a Democrat from New York, also a member of the Appropriations and Budget Committees and Democratic Caucus Senior WIP.
Congressman, welcome to the program.
Thank you, Mimi.
Thank you for having me.
So your thoughts on the election?
Well, reboot time for the Democratic Party.
We have to listen to the American people take a deep dive into our party and figure out what's the path forward.
I think in many ways elections are cyclical, and this is one that, although it did not favor us, it gives us the opportunity to reconnect with the American people.
What do you think went wrong?
Why do you think they were angry?
And what changes do you think need to be made?
Well, I think the American people were upset with high prices, pocketbook issues, making ends meet on a regular basis, on a weekly basis, rent, of course, food, the price of food, of gas, the things that often are not talked about because they may not be sexy in the political debate, but are very important to a mama or a dad.
So we have to listen to them.
In your state of New York, a very blue state, not to state the obvious, former President Trump got 30% of the vote.
That's double his share in 2016.
He did better than any Republican in that state since 1988.
Why did he do so well in your state?
Well, it's funny that those are the numbers.
But in my district, for example, I got 84% of the vote.
So obviously many people voted for the president and voted for me as well, Democrats.
So I have to engage those voters and figure out why they felt they needed to vote for him and see what are the issues that are relevant and important to them, work with them in solutions to those problems that I think are important and often are only talked about during the election cycle, but obviously impact families on a daily basis.
A lot's been made about Vice President Harris losing support from Latino men in particular.
Your heritage is Dominican.
Tell us what's going on in that voting block.
Well, I think that what's not being looked at is that she also lost support from President Trump really got the majority of the vote from white men, white women.
We'll leave this Washington Journal segment here.
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So I just want you to know, that's why we're so close.