Swing Voters Absolutely HATE Trump's Iran War (w/ Ashley Parker) The Focus Group, The Bulwark

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Apr 4, 2026 The Focus Group Podcast with Sarah Longwell
The Iran War has been going on for a month, and it’s deeply, DEEPLY unpopular. Plus, we get reactions from swing voters on the characters inside the Trump administration who they like (like Marco Rubio), or REALLY dislike (listen to find out). Atlantic staff writer Ashley Parker returns to the show.

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1. So does this hard core Democrat.

[Aristus]

2. Swing voters? The ones who stayed home in November, 2024?

They can fuck all the way off!

We’re in this mess more because of them than because of Trump’s demented, feckless, redneck worshippers.

[Sneederbunk]

3. Not only did TSF step in it with both feet,

but now he's tracking it in.

[Justice matters.]

4. We see how misinformed and how short their memory span is...

So they voted for the conman who said about COVID... in two weeks, it will go away, it will disappear...

So now the new repuke lie is, in five weeks, the WAR will be over and gas prices will come down like in magic land!

With voters like that, no wonder we're all screwed.

[Timewas]

5. Very soon

It will come out that it was Hegseth’s idea to start this war...And he only went along with it because he trusted him.