But some local Democrats disagree with the sentiment.
“If they were interested in bringing the country together, they would actually sit down and be willing to work with the administration on how we can deliver quality health care for everyone,” Jon Flack said.
“So no, it’s not going to bring national unity for someone to use a national tragedy to advance their political agenda.”
Flack said the Sept. 12 protest on taxpayer-funded spending neglects to attribute any of the spending to the previous administration.
“Now that we’ve got a popularly elected new president, I suppose all of a sudden they’ve found their values that have been forgotten by them for the prior eight years,” he said. “While I guess you can appreciate their enthusiasm, I think they’re a little late to their own party.”