Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) discusses the 2024 election results on MSNBC's 'Katy Tur Reports,' emphasizing the need for Democrats to continue engaging with the American people. He acknowledges the impact of gerrymandering on House representation but stresses the importance of upholding their oaths to the Constitution and serving the people. Host Katy Tur inquires about potential directions for the Democratic Party, prompting Crow to caution against overreaction and highlight the historical context of Trump's low popular vote win.
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” Rep. Jason Crow stated that while Democrats do have to make some changes, President-Elect Donald Trump got a low amount of the popular vote and “ Democrats would be in control of the House of Representatives if it weren’t for unbelievable gerrymandering in rewriting the district lines throughout this country.”
While discussing lessons from the 2024 election, Crow said that “you have to never stop earning the support and communicating with the American people, that this is not a history lesson, but this is present for a lot of folks, and we’re going to make the case. So, we’re going to continue to do our job. I have taken many oaths throughout my life. I was an Army Ranger. I served in Iraq and Afghanistan. I took oaths to defend the Constitution when I was fighting for our country.
Host Katy Tur then asked, “What about some more specifics, do you think that the Democratic Party should go into a new direction, learn how to talk differently, to focus on different issues? Is there something more that you can — that you would be advising, at least internally, about how to approach the next two years, especially with Congress as divided as it is, but also with the American public sending a message to the Democrats that they were so unhappy with the Democrats that they were...
Crow answered, “Well, let’s not overreact and exaggerate about what happened, first of all, right? Donald Trump won the fifth-lowest amount of popular vote of any election in the last hundred years. So, this was not any type of landslide red wave by any stretch of the imagination, and on top of that, we have the Electoral College, and on top of that, we have substantial gerrymandering.
Tur then said that it sounded like Crow is saying the Democratic Party doesn’t need to change that much. Crow countered that he isn’t saying that, but is just saying the party needs to not overexaggerate and making changes and doing soul-searching aren’t all-or-nothing propositions.
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