An already vulnerable Democrat was caught slamming her constituents on a recent Zoom call about the redrawing of her district, recalling how she was “dismayed” over representing a county that supports former President Donald Trump.

Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA) was overheard criticizing her constituents in Carbon County during a Zoom call with fellow Pennsylvania lawmakers Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA) and Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), along with two others, and claimed the voters in the county “drank the Trump Kool-Aid.” 

“I acquired Carbon County as part of my district last year, and Matt did not then represent it. Matt had actually represented Carbon County in the past, so it was very valuable for me in terms of talking to him,” Wild said. “After Trump came along, it went from a sort of working-class blue district to a — they drank the Trump Kool-Aid — and it really became a red county. So, I was dismayed when I got that as part of my district.”

The county was initially under Cartwright’s district but was redrawn into the 7th Congressional District in 2022 after the 2020 census. Carbon County overwhelmingly voted for Trump in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.

Wild’s recent criticism of the pro-Trump county is not unprecedented for her. The congresswoman, who’s represented the 7th District since 2018, first made remarks about Carbon County’s decision to support Trump in 2022, when she claimed she might need to “school” the Republican voters on why Trump was a bad choice.

“Carbon County has many attributes, but it is a county that — although it was once an Obama county, it since has become a Trump county,” Wild said at a 2022 meet-and-greet. “I’m not quite sure what was in their heads because the people of Carbon County are exactly the kind of people who should not be voting for a Donald Trump, but I guess I might have to school them on that a little bit.”

Despite the criticism, Wild won her reelection bid in 2022 by less than 6,000 votes.

Wild said in a statement on Monday that she was “grateful” for her relationship with Carbon County voters and that she remains devoted to working in Congress on their behalf.

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“It’s the honor of my lifetime to represent Carbon County in Congress and am grateful for the partnership I have with my constituents there,” Wild told the Washington Examiner in a statement. “The first thing I did upon representing Carbon County was open an office in Lehighton so I could assist as many constituents as possible in dealing with federal agencies. I’ll continue to work tirelessly on their behalf.”