{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-congressman-crow-on-fighting-trump-and-standing-up-for-colorado", "ICYMI: Congressman Crow on Fighting Trump and Standing up for Colorado", "2025-11-13", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jason Crow", "C001121", "crow.house.gov", "crow", "https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Congressman Jason Crow was profiled by The Washington Post\u2019s David Ignatius in his latest piece, \u201cThis Rising House Democrat is a Voice for the Angry Middle.\u201d The article highlights how Congressman Crow is going where the fight is to stand up against Trump on behalf of Coloradans & ensure Congress is speaking for working families everywhere.\n\nIgnatius wrote: \u201cFor a Democratic Party at a crossroads, Crow offers an unusual mix: He\u2019s a former Catholic who supports abortion rights; he has been a hunter since he was 12 but advocates gun-safety legislation. He\u2019s a decorated warrior who\u2019s wary of war; and perhaps most important, he sympathizes with some of Trump\u2019s supporters but thinks the president threatens American democracy. Those might seem like contradictions, but they can be bridges, too.\u201d\n\nCongressman Crow told Ignatius about the Democratic Party: \u201cThere is a perception that Democrats talk down to certain folks in this country. There is a perception that Democrats are weak and scared of their own shadow, and you see that playing out in elections. We have lost vast swaths of rural America and working-class America, largely because of the way we\u2019ve communicated with folks.\u201d Crow continued, \u201cFolks in those districts are not going to go to the ballot box and say: \u2018Wow, the Democrats are just totally crushing it right now.\u2019 You win by having great candidates with local messages.\u201d\n\nIgnatius also spoke with other leading Democrats about Congressman Crow\u2019s mission.\n\nFormer Senior Advisor to President Obama David Axelrod argued that leaders like Congressman Crow who have working-class, military backgrounds can help the party rebuild its base. \u201cAs Democrats became more urban and college-educated, they approached working people as missionaries and anthropologists,\u201d said Axelrod. \u201cThey need to connect with these folks, genuinely and respectfully, and challenge a system they feel is tilted against them.\u201d\n\nOther highlights from the piece include:\n\n\u201cIn our conversations, he seemed like someone who might bridge the huge gap between the party\u2019s centrist and progressive factions,\u201d said Ignatius.\n\nIgnatius also wrote: \u201cCrow seems eager to play a larger role now in opposing Trump. In a House speech in September, he painted a dark picture: \u2018The walls of our democracy are being disassembled, brick by brick. Federal troops are patrolling our streets to intimidate and instill fear. \u2026 They\u2019re firing our most experienced generals and admirals who may disagree with the president.\u2019\u201d\n\n\u201cHe closed his speech this way: \u2018There\u2019s a tradition in the paratroopers, that the leader of the unit jumps out of the plane first and then the others follow. I\u2019m ready to jump.\u2019\u201d\n\nRead the full profile here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-congressman-crow-on-fighting-trump-and-standing-up-for-colorado"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3738968409597874, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}