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A new report shows several members of the Democratic National Committee are deeply concerned with their current performance in battleground states that were key in securing a victory for President Trump in the 2016 election.

A report from the Daily Beast quotes several sources from the DNC expressing grave concern with the party’s unwillingness to reach out to Midwestern states that made Trump the president. Trump won in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan, all states that hadn’t opted for a Republican candidate since the 1980s.

“There’s a general unease right now among operatives and others who believe the DNC is not doing enough to build out the infrastructure before the next election,” an anonymous member of the DNC said. “There’s a deep concern that while we’re turned inwards, the Trump campaign is already out there talking to general election voters.”

The Democratic Party fractured after Hilary Clinton’s stunning loss in 2016. Those with further left-wing, liberal views pushed issues that generally appeal more to urban and coastal areas, which seemed to generate a group of 2020 presidential candidates echoing their agenda.

Trump’s reelection campaign, meanwhile, has been targeting the same Midwestern states that ushered him into the White House. “Donald Trump is in general election mode while we’re still in primary mode. We see it in Ohio,” said David Pepper, chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party. “He’s absolutely carpet-bombing Ohio online. We’re doing our best to respond.”

Other members of the DNC raised serious concern about the ability of DNC Chairman Tom Perez, who has stated he believes socialist candidates are the future of the party, to reach swing voters. Perez gave high praise to the more socialist freshmen in Congress in 2018 while dismissing recently ousted moderate Democrats as being a thing of the past. “I have three kids. two of them are daughters,” Perez said in an interview. “One just graduated college, one who is in college, and they were both texting me about their excitement over Alexandria [Ocasio-Cortez] because she really, she represents the future of our party.”

Ocasio-Cortez defeated longtime New York incumbent Democrat Joe Crowley in 2018, a man many thought would eventually lead the party. “He’s a good Democrat,” Perez said after his loss. “He’s fought the good fight.”

Co-chairman of the DNC Ethnic Counsel Jim Zogby expressed exasperation at the lack of effort from his party to reach out to states in the Midwest. “I am frustrated beyond belief at the sheer neglect of the constituencies I represent,” Zogby said of the high concentration of ethnic communities in Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.

“There’s some deep concerns brewing under the surface. Nothing that’s spilled into the public yet,” another DNC member said. “Where’s all the support? They keep talking about the calories coming. People generally are feeling Trump is beating us on all fronts right now.”