Sarah Longwell on How Democrats Can Defeat Trump

The Good Fight by Yascha Mounk

Sep 8, 202647:52News & Politics

Yascha Mounk and Sarah Longwell discuss why the pro-democracy coalition keeps losing the narrative war—and how it can fight back. Sarah Longwell is publisher of The Bulwark, host of The Focus Group podcast, and author of...

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