Challenged the characterization
“The Trump people assumed that Ossoff meant that Trump was having some sort of untoward relationship with Natalie Harp.”
Last said Trump allies supplied the affair reading and argued Harp’s documented official relationship with Trump was stranger and more concerning.
- Speaker
- Jonathan V. Last
- Capacity
- Editor and commentator at The Bulwark
- Observed
- September 4, 2026
- Published here
- September 5, 2026
- Targets
- Donald Trump, Natalie Harp
- Classification rationale
- Rejects the affair frame while defending scrutiny of the official relationship.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
The hosts discussed why the White House reacted intensely to the remark.
After the quotation
Last turned to Harp’s documented gatekeeping and devotional communications.
Evidence
Complete source record
Ossoff plays Trump like a Harp — discussion with Jonathan V. Last and Ali Vitali (opens in a new tab)Jonathan V. Last discussion of Natalie Harp
Transcript preserving Last’s argument that Harp’s documented official relationship merits scrutiny while rejecting the affair frame.