Sarah Longwell

Look, I think. One, as with all of these actions that we're seeing against, whether it's immigrants, whether it's against institutions, right, they are picking on the most unpopular, right, the most vulnerable. They're picking on people who are easy targets. And I do think in this in this instance. Look, I'm talking from a macro level, right?

Look, I think. One, as with all of these actions that we're seeing against, whether it's immigrants, whether it's against institutions, right, they are picking on the most unpopular, right, the most vulnerable. They're picking on people who are easy targets. And I do think in this in this instance. Look, I'm talking from a macro level, right?

Like, I think we should be, when we're talking about the attacks of the administration, let's talk about that they're stealing from farmers. Let's not make it Donald Trump. But when we're going in on those issues, when we have to go in on and respond to what is a blatant attempt to silence and intimidate people, I do think you have to go back to what we were talking about before, which is that

Like, I think we should be, when we're talking about the attacks of the administration, let's talk about that they're stealing from farmers. Let's not make it Donald Trump. But when we're going in on those issues, when we have to go in on and respond to what is a blatant attempt to silence and intimidate people, I do think you have to go back to what we were talking about before, which is that

This isn't – if they can do it here, they can do it to you. If they can do it here, they can do it anywhere. If they can do it to this institution, they can do it to my constituents. I don't think it's a fundamental change in the fights we pick. I don't think it's a fundamental change in the arguments we're making.

This isn't – if they can do it here, they can do it to you. If they can do it here, they can do it anywhere. If they can do it to this institution, they can do it to my constituents. I don't think it's a fundamental change in the fights we pick. I don't think it's a fundamental change in the arguments we're making.

I do think it is a fundamental change in the main character in the story that we're telling. And the main character in the story that we tell so often as Democrats is Donald Trump. And I think we can do a better job by making the main character our constituents. That doesn't mean that every single talking point and every single issue suddenly becomes, well, they're attacking Harvard.

I do think it is a fundamental change in the main character in the story that we're telling. And the main character in the story that we tell so often as Democrats is Donald Trump. And I think we can do a better job by making the main character our constituents. That doesn't mean that every single talking point and every single issue suddenly becomes, well, they're attacking Harvard.

Well, this farmer in my district, right? But it is the story on a macro level that you're telling, right? And so, yes, I respond to, you know, I've spoken out on a whole host of these issues that some of my colleagues, I presume, think we shouldn't be speaking out on. And we're still keeping the main thing the main thing. We can do both things.

Well, this farmer in my district, right? But it is the story on a macro level that you're telling, right? And so, yes, I respond to, you know, I've spoken out on a whole host of these issues that some of my colleagues, I presume, think we shouldn't be speaking out on. And we're still keeping the main thing the main thing. We can do both things.

And we can tell fundamentally a story that one in two kids in this country are potentially about to have their healthcare either undermined or eliminated, right? That one in five Americans are seeing their healthcare ripped out from under them. That Head Start is being defunded. And that there are families in my state that are about to lose access to quality early childhood education, right?

And we can tell fundamentally a story that one in two kids in this country are potentially about to have their healthcare either undermined or eliminated, right? That one in five Americans are seeing their healthcare ripped out from under them. That Head Start is being defunded. And that there are families in my state that are about to lose access to quality early childhood education, right?

When we talk about it, we should just keep bringing it back to the people we represent, to the flock that we represent, to the families that we're protecting. And I don't think we always do that. And I feel like that's a cliche thing to say, but we've lost that. I do think we've lost that because I think we are talking so often about

When we talk about it, we should just keep bringing it back to the people we represent, to the flock that we represent, to the families that we're protecting. And I don't think we always do that. And I feel like that's a cliche thing to say, but we've lost that. I do think we've lost that because I think we are talking so often about

nationally that like in Congress, we forget that we are representing our district and we are each messengers in our own districts.

nationally that like in Congress, we forget that we are representing our district and we are each messengers in our own districts.

I think... First off, I think one of the problems in politics is that people will often... People think that there are these binary choices between being...

I think... First off, I think one of the problems in politics is that people will often... People think that there are these binary choices between being...

true to ourselves and saying everything we believe in exactly the way that feels viscerally comforting to us, or be completely poll tested and only talk about the issues in the way that the polls tell us to talk about them or not talk about them at all because the polls aren't good. And I think that that is a false choice in our politics.

true to ourselves and saying everything we believe in exactly the way that feels viscerally comforting to us, or be completely poll tested and only talk about the issues in the way that the polls tell us to talk about them or not talk about them at all because the polls aren't good. And I think that that is a false choice in our politics.