Republicans are panicking and Democrats now have an opportunity to gain some ground, a strategist said on Sunday.
Union organizer and Democratic political consultant Chuck Rocha appeared on CNN over the weekend, and was asked about Donald Trump pulling his nomination of GOP representative Elise Stefanik.
The host asked Rocha what the move said to him.
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"That she represents a district that Donald Trump won by 60 and the Democrat got 40," he answered. "There's 128 other congressional seats around America that aren't as good as that one is. That means that if... they're worried about that race and I get it, it would be a special election and we show up in special elections. I'm not arguing that. But as somebody who helped flip four congressional seats in the last election, when Democrats got their butt kicked, from Republican to Democrat... congressional races are much different than this national thing that you see. So we move into the off year when you move into these races where you don't have 60% turnout, 70% turnout, this is the opportunity for Democrats to make a comeback."
