He's talking about elected representatives - who are the people who are representing these interests in Congress. There really aren't many, and those that you could point to have really been converts - they weren't elected because of those principles. And the reason for that is probably mostly the result of, first, the Tea Party having about a five year head start on the left's equivalent (remember, identity politics really rose up very quickly around 2013), and second, the fact that young people don't vote.
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