Sarah Longwell

And so it was and it was too long and had all these problems. It did the job for the audience that Trump is trying to reach. And I just the fact, though, that he this is the one thing. And I read Pfeiffer's message box this morning and it was we did a live stream right afterwards. And it was my initial takeaway was like the minutes that the economy got.

And so it was and it was too long and had all these problems. It did the job for the audience that Trump is trying to reach. And I just the fact, though, that he this is the one thing. And I read Pfeiffer's message box this morning and it was we did a live stream right afterwards. And it was my initial takeaway was like the minutes that the economy got.

so deeply paled in comparison to what voters would tell you is their absolute priority, which is the cost of living and the inflation. Trump barely talked about it except to blame Biden. And then he spent the rest, like if you, I should do this, I should go figure out what is the breakdown of things where Trump was talking about trans stuff Versus the economy.

so deeply paled in comparison to what voters would tell you is their absolute priority, which is the cost of living and the inflation. Trump barely talked about it except to blame Biden. And then he spent the rest, like if you, I should do this, I should go figure out what is the breakdown of things where Trump was talking about trans stuff Versus the economy.

Because I bet trans stuff got way more time.

Because I bet trans stuff got way more time.

Yeah, you get rid of DEI and everything just – prices go down. Those things exactly work together.

Yeah, you get rid of DEI and everything just – prices go down. Those things exactly work together.

Well, so here's the thing. I just don't think that many people are going to watch like the State of the Union, which is not called the State of the Union. This first one, because he's only been there a little bit of time.

Well, so here's the thing. I just don't think that many people are going to watch like the State of the Union, which is not called the State of the Union. This first one, because he's only been there a little bit of time.

Yeah, that's right. These speeches are for.

Yeah, that's right. These speeches are for.

two groups for people like us right who have to watch them and like hate watch them really yeah and for fan service and i thought it was a pretty effective fan service speech and the fact that it like blended kind of rally points and he was he was doing all the hits for the people and it's why he talked about trans stuff it's why he talked about spending it was um you know and and uh and and you know he did the thing with zelensky where he read the letter there for the first time like it was

two groups for people like us right who have to watch them and like hate watch them really yeah and for fan service and i thought it was a pretty effective fan service speech and the fact that it like blended kind of rally points and he was he was doing all the hits for the people and it's why he talked about trans stuff it's why he talked about spending it was um you know and and uh and and you know he did the thing with zelensky where he read the letter there for the first time like it was

Pretty theatrical. Again, I don't think people are going to watch it or consume it last night, but I think in terms of what they're going to get out of it. Here's the main takeaway. Republicans were pumped during this. They looked like they were having fun. The energy was high. They looked like they were winning. And Democrats...

Pretty theatrical. Again, I don't think people are going to watch it or consume it last night, but I think in terms of what they're going to get out of it. Here's the main takeaway. Republicans were pumped during this. They looked like they were having fun. The energy was high. They looked like they were winning. And Democrats...

sat there with their arms crossed, waved a cane and like didn't really know what to do in the face of like North Korea levels of enthusiasm. I mean, Republicans cheering at stuff that I'm like, well, if I showed you maniacs cheering like this because Trump sounds invading Greenland. Yeah, right? Like, you guys would never have believed me.

sat there with their arms crossed, waved a cane and like didn't really know what to do in the face of like North Korea levels of enthusiasm. I mean, Republicans cheering at stuff that I'm like, well, if I showed you maniacs cheering like this because Trump sounds invading Greenland. Yeah, right? Like, you guys would never have believed me.

You'd tell me how deranged I was if I showed you what's happening right now 10 years ago and said, no, you're going to cheer for all this stuff and he's going to sound just this moronic and you're going to love it. They would have said, no. The only thing I liked about the whole speech and the only thing that I think unifies us today Because it's supposed to be a country unifying speech.

You'd tell me how deranged I was if I showed you what's happening right now 10 years ago and said, no, you're going to cheer for all this stuff and he's going to sound just this moronic and you're going to love it. They would have said, no. The only thing I liked about the whole speech and the only thing that I think unifies us today Because it's supposed to be a country unifying speech.