Sarah Longwell

Epstein comes up a lot.

I think a lot of people thought like this isn't a real story.

This isn't actually going to matter.

But for a lot of the voters, Epstein isn't just about Epstein.

It's about the idea that Trump was supposed to be somebody who was going to be transparent.

Right.

And he was going to put people in his cabinet.

There's a secret cabal running everything.

But we're going to tell you the truth.

We're on your side.

And there's a sense of betrayal around that, which is why I always think about the people who are still part of the people who approve of Trump for them.

What they have is like they're keeping the faith in Trump that it's going to come, but they're clear that it hasn't come yet and we're not getting it right now.

Yeah.

And here's the thing about corruption.

OK, so I'm going to put a different frame on it, which is, like I said, people are focused on prices.

They're focused on affordability.

But you can make everything an economic issue.

Corruption especially can be an economic issue, right?

It's about a total story you're telling.

And it's saying he is getting rich while you're getting poor.