Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio told Fox Business on Monday that the Democrats will cease to have a national party unless they get their act together, describing the situation as "the house is burning down."
Ryan discussed how to unite Democrats and his bid to unseat Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) as House minority leader with Fox Business host Dagen McDowell.
"Do you think that part of it is the overall way that some of the Democrats, and I will point at Nancy Pelosi, speak to the American people," McDowell asked Ryan.
"The average American, the average working-class American flipped the middle finger to the establishment," Ryan said, agreeing with McDowell.
"I am pulling the fire alarm right now, is what I'm doing in the Democratic Party," Ryan added. "I believe we are in denial of what's happened, and I'm pulling the fire alarm because the house is burning down. And we better get our act together or we will cease being a national party. We are going to be a regional party that fails to get into the majority and fails to do things on behalf of those working class people that were the back of the Democratic Party for so long."
The election for the Democratic House leadership will be held on Nov. 30.