Sarah Longwell

disheartening to see that so much of success in Congress on the other side of the aisle is purely defined by attention, not attention in pursuit of progress, but just attention for attention's sake. And obviously it's been hard personally to be on the receiving end of pretty sustained disinformation, misinformation, aggression,

disheartening to see that so much of success in Congress on the other side of the aisle is purely defined by attention, not attention in pursuit of progress, but just attention for attention's sake. And obviously it's been hard personally to be on the receiving end of pretty sustained disinformation, misinformation, aggression,

But I think it's also strengthened my resolve because I feel like these people cannot win. And despite the ups and the downs, and I know this sounds cliche and I know it sounds trite, but I am genuinely in awe. Like I am genuinely in awe that I have the privilege of being there. I am... I'm so grateful to Delaware.

But I think it's also strengthened my resolve because I feel like these people cannot win. And despite the ups and the downs, and I know this sounds cliche and I know it sounds trite, but I am genuinely in awe. Like I am genuinely in awe that I have the privilege of being there. I am... I'm so grateful to Delaware.

And every time I'm back in Delaware, the love that people envelop me with, in contrast to some of the experiences I have in Congress, just it fills my tank and rejuvenates my energy and it makes me fall more deeply in love with my state. And it allows me, I think, to defend them even more ferociously and persistently. And, you know...

And every time I'm back in Delaware, the love that people envelop me with, in contrast to some of the experiences I have in Congress, just it fills my tank and rejuvenates my energy and it makes me fall more deeply in love with my state. And it allows me, I think, to defend them even more ferociously and persistently. And, you know...

When you are there, I remember when I went on the floor for the first time. And it is that the air is heavy with history. And I do genuinely think back to all of the challenges that my predecessors have faced. And you cannot tell me that the reasons for hopelessness now are greater than the reasons for hopelessness then.

When you are there, I remember when I went on the floor for the first time. And it is that the air is heavy with history. And I do genuinely think back to all of the challenges that my predecessors have faced. And you cannot tell me that the reasons for hopelessness now are greater than the reasons for hopelessness then.

Yes and no. I think that this is obviously an existential moment. There is very real risk that this country backslides into perhaps at best an illiberal democracy. And I also think we have to recognize that the way to stop that is to change public opinion. And we have limited levers at our disposal, but we still have the lever of public opinion.

Yes and no. I think that this is obviously an existential moment. There is very real risk that this country backslides into perhaps at best an illiberal democracy. And I also think we have to recognize that the way to stop that is to change public opinion. And we have limited levers at our disposal, but we still have the lever of public opinion.

And I do think that there are lessons from our politics that remain true in how we change public opinion. Because I think one problem that we have had over the last several years, and look, we are not in this moment because of us. We are in this moment because of Donald Trump and a sustained right-wing disinformation and misinformation campaign.

And I do think that there are lessons from our politics that remain true in how we change public opinion. Because I think one problem that we have had over the last several years, and look, we are not in this moment because of us. We are in this moment because of Donald Trump and a sustained right-wing disinformation and misinformation campaign.

And I also think over the last few years, we as a party, as a progressive movement, lost the art of social change. We became so consumed with being pure and right. We rightfully responded to the abuse of people's grace, but we overcorrected and we eliminated grace from our politics. And I think that We have to recognize that in order to stop this, we have to win people back over.

And I also think over the last few years, we as a party, as a progressive movement, lost the art of social change. We became so consumed with being pure and right. We rightfully responded to the abuse of people's grace, but we overcorrected and we eliminated grace from our politics. And I think that We have to recognize that in order to stop this, we have to win people back over.

I think voters ask two fundamental questions. One is, do you like me? The second is, what do you think? What are your positions? They don't care about that second question if they can't answer that first question to their satisfaction. And I do think that we have... I think we did delude ourselves.

I think voters ask two fundamental questions. One is, do you like me? The second is, what do you think? What are your positions? They don't care about that second question if they can't answer that first question to their satisfaction. And I do think that we have... I think we did delude ourselves.

I think one of the priors that I have checked is I think I fell into a camp that overestimated how far we had come, that overestimated the sort of cultural victory of the left. I think that prior I have changed. The prior that I have not changed is that there is an art to politics, there is an art to building a coalition that I think we lost.

I think one of the priors that I have checked is I think I fell into a camp that overestimated how far we had come, that overestimated the sort of cultural victory of the left. I think that prior I have changed. The prior that I have not changed is that there is an art to politics, there is an art to building a coalition that I think we lost.

I don't think we are in this moment because we didn't scream and yell enough. I don't think we are in this moment because we didn't cancel and shame enough people. I don't think we're in this moment because we didn't correct enough people. I do think that we have to try something different than what we've been doing over the last couple of years as a movement. And I mean that broadly.

I don't think we are in this moment because we didn't scream and yell enough. I don't think we are in this moment because we didn't cancel and shame enough people. I don't think we're in this moment because we didn't correct enough people. I do think that we have to try something different than what we've been doing over the last couple of years as a movement. And I mean that broadly.