Sarah Longwell

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Well, thank you for revealing that I was an insufferable young person. I mean, so were we.

Well, thank you for revealing that I was an insufferable young person. I mean, so were we.

I broke the first rule of politics, which was to pretend like you just rolled out of bed one day and found yourself in elected office. I was really interested as a young person. But for me, I think it was rooted in... my own journey to authenticity, my own struggle with how I fit into this world.

I broke the first rule of politics, which was to pretend like you just rolled out of bed one day and found yourself in elected office. I was really interested as a young person. But for me, I think it was rooted in... my own journey to authenticity, my own struggle with how I fit into this world.

I think as a young person, I felt alone and I worried whether the heart of this country was big enough to love someone like me. And I found hope in politics as a means to change that and as a means to build a kinder more inclusive, fair world. And so I got involved. And I think in many ways, that journey into politics prepared me for this moment.

I think as a young person, I felt alone and I worried whether the heart of this country was big enough to love someone like me. And I found hope in politics as a means to change that and as a means to build a kinder more inclusive, fair world. And so I got involved. And I think in many ways, that journey into politics prepared me for this moment.

Because I think right now, people across this country are wondering whether the heart of this nation is big enough to love them too. And I think similar to how I felt as a young person, we're facing a crisis of hope.

Because I think right now, people across this country are wondering whether the heart of this nation is big enough to love them too. And I think similar to how I felt as a young person, we're facing a crisis of hope.

So in many ways, it's prepared me for this moment because it's allowed me to understand where so many people right now in this moment are, feeling like you can't see the light at the end of the tunnel, feeling like you are unsure whether our politics could ever work for you.

So in many ways, it's prepared me for this moment because it's allowed me to understand where so many people right now in this moment are, feeling like you can't see the light at the end of the tunnel, feeling like you are unsure whether our politics could ever work for you.

But it has also left me, I think, fundamentally still hopeful because I have been able to bear witness to change that once seemed so impossible to me as a kid that it was almost incomprehensible, not only become possible, become a reality. Now, this is not the moment that I would have hoped to be entering Congress in. I hoped to be entering Congress –

But it has also left me, I think, fundamentally still hopeful because I have been able to bear witness to change that once seemed so impossible to me as a kid that it was almost incomprehensible, not only become possible, become a reality. Now, this is not the moment that I would have hoped to be entering Congress in. I hoped to be entering Congress –

at a time where we would be doing what I was able to do in the Delaware State Senate, which was pass paid family and medical leave and expand access to childcare and make healthcare more affordable. And obviously, that's not the reality that I'm entering in writ large. And then specifically, I'm entering in what is truly a perfect storm for a person like me. It's been hard. It's been...

at a time where we would be doing what I was able to do in the Delaware State Senate, which was pass paid family and medical leave and expand access to childcare and make healthcare more affordable. And obviously, that's not the reality that I'm entering in writ large. And then specifically, I'm entering in what is truly a perfect storm for a person like me. It's been hard. It's been...