As Democrats look to regroup, New York U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan, a moderate who outperformed his party in last year’s election, is encouraging his colleagues to adopt an aggressive message focused on reaching out to working class Americans.

He dubs it "patriotic populism" — a direct response to President Donald Trump’s right-wing populist style, which he describes as “destructive” — and argues it could be instrumental in reversing his party’s fortunes.

“The Democratic Party needs to lean more in and say: We are fighting for the middle class. We are fighting for working people, and we're fighting against folks who might do you harm, whether that's a greedy corporation, whether that's government that's not working to actually help you,” Ryan said in an interview with Spectrum News.

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