Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) said President Donald Trump “understood” the concerns of the American people during the 2016 election and urged her party to “understand those anxieties and put forth policies” to address them.

Dingell noted, during an interview Monday on “The Laura Ingraham Show,” that she had been “predicting by August 2015 that Donald Trump could win” the 2016 presidential election because the American people were “tired of the partisan bickering” and wanted “to see people get things done.” As her constituents watched their jobs being shipped overseas and saw no rise in their income to match the pace of inflation, Dingell said that Trump’s rhetoric and his campaign promises really resonated with them, culminating in his victory in Michigan on Election Day.

“There are a lot of the issues that matter to people — that they’re scared — in my home state,” Dingell said. “I’ve said this a million times. It’s one of the things we as Democrats have figure out, but Republicans need to worry about this too, because they’ve got to deliver on it.”

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“Nobody has forgotten what happened in 2008, 2009. They’ve seen their jobs shipped overseas. They’re afraid their jobs could be shipped overseas at any time. They really haven’t seen a raise in their income. It hasn’t kept pace with inflation,” Dingell added.

Warning that her party could lose its relevancy and effectiveness if it can’t keep pace with Americans’ concerns, the Michigan congresswoman advised Democrats to come up with concrete solutions on the economy.

“People are scared back here. Donald Trump understood those fears and talked about them,” Dingell said. “And Democrats have to — Democrats and Republicans have to understand those anxieties and put forth policies that are going to address trade, which is shipping jobs overseas, pensions that are underfunded that are either being cut or not there. These are real issues for a lot of people.”

“We need to do something about this. I’ve said to members of my own party we need to work on doing something about trade,” Dingell added. “[The voters] don’t want to see us do partisan bickering. They want to see us get it done.”

Dingell, who once served as president of the General Motors Foundation and chaired former Vice President Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign, noted she has said on many occasions that she is “prepared to work” with Trump and the Republicans, particularly on trade issues.

“I have been really clear about this: I will work with President Trump on trade. I have a responsibility to the working men and women I represent,” Dingell said. “We need to do something about trade.”

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The Michigan Democrat lamented that the trade policies pursued by previous administrations created a playing field that wasn’t “level” and hurt American workers. Dingell said she shared her concerns with President Barack Obama and was “very clear” about where she stood — even when members of her own party pressured her to “go along” with him.

“I made it clear out of respect for President Obama, but he was dead wrong on trade,” Dingell said, noting that she opposed the Trans-Pacific Partnership — which Trump killed — before she was sworn into office in 2015.

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“That’s not a level playing field. I made it very clear that I could not support anything that would hurt working men and women in my state,” Dingell said.

However, Dingell noted that she was “very disappointed in this White House” currently because it is “sending out signals” that are weaker than the policies Trump campaigned on.

“President Trump was very strong. When he came into this stage, he said we have to do something about currency manipulation,” Dingell said. “He highlighted it. People paid attention to it because he talked about it. Now he’s got people around him that don’t want to do anything.”