What about a house rep who’s been in office 3 years makes you think of him as “an elected Dem in a leadership position”?

I did see this tho:

In July 2020, inspired by the George Floyd protests, a petition to recall Garcia was approved by the Long Beach City Clerk. Activists cited Garcia’s “immoral leadership” and financial support from the Long Beach Police Officers Association, the union that represents local police.[64] On November 9, 2020, the mayoral recall was canceled in the wake of the national election. Activist Franklin Sims claimed he and his supporters were being intimidated.[65]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Garcia_(California_congressman)

That’s not even getting into him literally being a Republican hiding behind a D:

Garcia was the California Youth Coordinator for George W. Bush’s 2000 presidential campaign.[49][50][51] He also founded the Long Beach Young Republicans in 2005. Describing himself as socially liberal and fiscally conservative, Garcia guided and organized the Young Republicans, which developed a charter that was recognized as an official club by the Los Angeles County Republicans.[52] Garcia also worked as an aide to Republican former vice mayor Frank Colonna when he was on the City Council and ran Colonna’s unsuccessful bid in the 2006 Long Beach, California mayoral election.[53]

The only reason he has a D is he couldn’t win with a R…

But that’s off topic:

What about a house rep who’s been in office 3 years makes you think of him as “an elected Dem in a leadership position”?