Frank Luntz, Rick Wilson and Sarah Longwell on Donald Trump and the Midterms

On with Kara Swisher

New York Magazine

Society & Culture

4.2 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Election Day is less than two weeks away, and Republicans are poised for some major midterm gains. So today, Kara talks to three Republican strategists about midterm predictions and the effect that Donald Trump is having on these elections. Our guests are veteran pollster Frank Luntz, Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson, and Bulwark publisher Sarah Longwell. All three are long-time Republican operatives who believe that Donald Trump is a threat to democracy and to the party but they disagree on whether and how the party can move beyond MAGA and the Big Lie. Before the interview, Kara and Nayeema talk about what Rishi Sunak’s rise to prime minister means for the UK and Nick Clegg: the Meta executive who will decide if Donald Trump’s stays banned from Facebook beyond January 2023. Plus, Kara shares her unsolicited advice for more civil, less cruel, political discourse. Do you want Kara’s (solicited) advice? Send us your questions! Call 1-888-KARA-PLZ and leave a message. You can find Kara and Nayeema on Twitter @karaswisher and @nayeema. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:55.5	This is the McLaughlin group with 100% less pap you can and just kidding, this is on with
1:01.0	Kara Swisher and I'm Kara Swisher.
1:03.0	And I'm Neymaraza.
1:04.0	Today may feel like the McLaughlin group because we have a panel of conservatives for you,
1:07.7	Kara.
1:08.7	Oh yeah, it's the old conservatives.
1:09.7	It's not the new conservatives that we didn't invite Marjorie Taylor Greene or anyone else.
1:14.0	And in fact, they don't even pap you can in conservatives.
1:16.5	They're sort of your basic conservative that have been around forever.
1:19.9	This is the old style, which are now anti-Trumpest.
1:23.4	Yeah, our guests are Sarah Longwell of the Bullwark, Rick Wilson of the Lincoln Project
1:27.7	and Frank Lentz of Well, Frank Lentz fame.
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