Pelosi challenger: Dems ‘got off message’ in election

Published November 20, 2016 3:10pm ET



Democratic Rep.Tim Ryan criticized his own party on Sunday for declining to focus on economic issues during the 2016 election cycle, saying Democrats need to rebrand themselves if they want to win in the midterms.

“We need a brand as a party that says we are the party that’s going to help working class people, white people, black people, brown people, gay people, straight people improve opportunity for them to grow their wages [and] to have economic security,” Ryan, who is challenging California Rep. Nancy Pelosi for House minority leader, told CNN’s Jake Tapper.

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