Tag #Ritchie Torres

What are the key policy disagreements within the Democratic Party, and how do these disagreements impact its electoral prospects?

Rep. Ritchie Torres criticizes progressive policies like "defund the police", arguing they alienate working-class voters. He cites these policies as originating from college-educated elites, contrasting them with the priorities of his Bronx constituents, who focus on economic issues. Torres uses the example of an unnamed official advocating police abolition as a case of elite social experimentation with negative consequences for working-class communities.