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Hill Democrats say their warnings about the party’s shortfalls on the border were ignored | CNN Politics

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Swing-district Democrats say they have warned for years that the party was at risk of losing working-class voters thanks to GOP attacks on the border.

But they say they were ignored by others in their party — and now the dam has broken with Donald Trump ’s second White House win.

“I was sensing something after the 2020 election, I said, Guys, there's something going on,' Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar said.

Rep. Ritchie Torres , the first out gay Afro-Latino member of Congress , watched Trump gain supporters among Latinos even in his deep-blue district that includes the Bronx since 2020 .

Rep. Dean Phillips faced party-wide scorn this year as he attempted to force a last-minute conversation about Biden ’s unpopularity a year ago .

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