Longest-Serving Woman in Congress Says She Feels Increasingly Alienated in Democratic Party

: WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 29: U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) (2nd L) speaks as Rep.-elect Andy Levin (D-MI) (L) and Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) (R) listen during a news conference on auto jobs November 29, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The House Democrats held a news conference to call on action to protect U.S. auto jobs and to urge General Motors to reverse course on potential auto plant closures. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The longest-serving woman in Congress, Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), told The Hill in a recent interview that she struggles with a growing sense of alienation within the Democratic party as she fights for the interests of her largely working-class Midwest constituents while the Democrat party is increasingly dominated by representatives from wealthy, often coastal districts.

“They just can’t understand,” Kaptur told the outlet, referring to the difficulty some of her Democrat colleagues have in relating to the concerns of blue-collar constituents like hers.

“They can’t understand a family that sticks together because that’s what they have.

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