Last March, roughly 100 people turned up at the west steps of the Capitol in a rare public rebuke of Rep. Doris Matsui of Sacramento . They were there to demand more accessibility to the venerable politician — a woman who has represented Sacramento for 20 years.

“We need more AOCs and Bernie Sanders in Congress,” town hall co-organizer Francesca Wander told The Bee at the time. “We need fewer complacent, quiet, timid representatives who do nothing more than stay in the halls of Congress and vote ‘aye’ or ‘nay’ on legislation.”

Democrats across the country are facing the heat from Democratic voters who — polls say — are frustrated with a party that is perceived to be too old, too passive and too bereft of ideas and energy to fight back against President Donald Trump.

Criticism of Mat

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