him. his challenger here coming from the left, alexandria ocasio-cortez, a member of the democratic socialists of america. she campaigned this week for the abolition of i.c.e. in response to all of the news around the border. she has been talking about that issue. not an issue you hear a lot of democrats talking about. beating him by double digits. crowley represents a little bit of what the past was for the democratic party. this part of new yis district, think of the show all in the family back in the 70s. archie bunker. they used to call them the white ethnics, italian, irish, culturally conservative, working class. that used to be sort of the prototype for this district. this district has changed. the country has changed. the democratic party has changed. this is now a district that is three quarters non-white.
of what the past was for the democratic party. this part of new york, his district, think of the show all in the family back in the 70s. archie bunker. they used to call them the white ethnics, italian, irish, culturally conservative, working class. that used to be sort of the prototype for this district. this district has changed. the country has changed. the democratic party has changed. this is now a district that is three quarters non-white. and there was a demographic change there, and crowley kind of represented what it used to be. ocasio-cz,hat the district more and more becoming. and maybe the democratic party too, brian. steve, you re so right. this may be the most diverse piece of political real estate anywhere in the country with the mixture of ethnic groups again in queens and part of the bronx. steve, we ll be coming back to you. let s go out to utah and kasie hunt, who is standing by. kasie, i have to tell you the president tweeted about this crowley ce tonight.
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make a good duck gumbo? i ve looked at the candidates. ted cruz is my man. he fits the bill. he s godly. he loves us. he s the man for the job. and he will go duck hunting. because today we re going. ted cruz is my man. i m voting for him. cruz, the reason we re going to vote for you, all of us, is because you re one of us, my man. thank you. that s why we re voting for you. it s now or never. i have not seen a better republican presidential campaign ad this year. whatever you think of phil robertson or of ted cruz, or of ted cruz s shooting at ducks technique, i think it is not hard to imagine that this will be a very effective political ad for the ted cruz campaign. particularly in states with lots of culturally conservative, evangelical voters.
ethnicity and spicy in their diversity. there are suburbs where people take a tolerant view, where the prevalent attitude is live and let live. in this america, your america, there are whites, blacks, latinos, people whose families came here from the asian pacific. there are progressives, moderates, and conservatives all engaged in a running argument about the kind of country they want to live in. the role they want this country playing around the globe. how we ought to be protecting ourselves. okay. that s how you see it. i got another world for you. it s mainly traditional, culturally conservative, closed in, if you will. it doesn t go to the movies. it keeps its entertainment options to reality tv. wouldn t think to catch national public radio or pbs. it doesn t really like those things. and it certainly didn t get thrilled when obama won the first time. pretty miserable now that he s won again. in fact, it can t believe it. it looks at your america, this world of the actual electio