What Sarah Longwell has said about Political corruption in the United States

2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 23, 2026

Sarah Longwell, Bulwark publisher who runs focus groups, has been quoted on Political corruption in the United States 2 times in 1 episode of The Ezra Klein Show, most recently on October 23, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Longwell says corruption is breaking through mainly because voters are suffering economically and resent Trump focusing on himself.
“The reason that corruption is breaking through right now is for two reasons. The first is people are suffering economically”
The Ezra Klein Show: What Hundreds of Focus Groups With Trump Voters Revealed (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 17:07
Longwell argues the scale of Trump's corruption becomes white noise unless explained step by step, as Ossoff does.
“the level of Donald Trump's corruption is so big and so multifaceted and so difficult to follow that it can become white noise”
The Ezra Klein Show: What Hundreds of Focus Groups With Trump Voters Revealed (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 22:01

What Hundreds of Focus Groups With Trump Voters Revealed
The Ezra Klein Show · Oct 23, 2026 · 1 h 8 min
Ezra Klein and Sarah Longwell draw on hundreds of focus groups to explain why Trump voters are souring on his second term and what Democrats might do.