People are dragging Rishi Sunak for being elite. But underneath all that, he's a Goldman Sachs banker. I'm like, I actually find it frustrating because honestly, every British Prime Minister has been elite for the most part. Wischel was a Neurista krat. Boris Johnson wasn't struggling. He was a Newtonian. No one has said this about any of the white prime ministers. It's perplexing for anyone who wants to call themselves a progressive. So they're kind of torn between this and Georgiamellani.
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.
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