LEESBURG, Va. – House Democrats anticipate that a backlash to the policies and actions of President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress will help them win control of the chamber in next year’s midterm elections.
That was the expectation in conversations here at the Lansdowne Resort, where lawmakers from the minority party gathered this week for a three-day policy conference. Democrats said that while voters last year called for lowering prices, the Trump administration hasn’t made it a priority, and instead the upheaval unleashed by the president and his allies is causing many Americans to regret their votes from last November.
“Those in my district who voted for Trump did not vote for this shitstorm,” Oregon Rep. Andrea Salinas said Thursday.
