He is from the era where Democrats were Americans.
True...and Connecticut Dems were sometimes more CONSERVATIVE than Connecticut Republicans. My state Representative, Tim Mahoney, was very pro business anti tax Democrat. He usually was unopposed, but sometimes, a Republican did run against him and the Republican ran left of him. He was my state representative - and a great customer (we serviced his boat) and we always talked about repealing the income tax. He was one of the few Democrats who voted against the tax. He was primaried by a young liberal (who could make AOC look conservative) and Tim lost. The liberal has retired after 4 terms but the Democrats owns the seat.