What did Pod Save America say about Roger Marshall's debt collection ad in Kansas?

Kansas senator Roger Marshall, a former OB-GYN, recorded a closing ad with his own film crew after his staff refused to answer Adam Hamilton's attacks harder. Hamilton's ads say Marshall sent debt collectors after patients, some of whom were later jailed. The hosts explained that the arrests came from bench warrants when patients missed court summonses, so Marshall's denial missed the point. Because the staff would not air it, the ad stirred up the story without any paid reach.

• Times/Siena had Hamilton ahead 49 to 44 in a sample leaning Republican by nine points.
• Voters with no opinion of Hamilton fell from 36% to 13%, and 13% of Republicans backed him.
• Marshall's favorable rating and his very unfavorable rating were both 39%.

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“I never had anyone arrested, not once” Roger Marshall · at 43:41 — open in the transcript →

Source: our own transcription of the episode. The full conversation is on Pod Save America (2026-11-03). Read the whole episode summary →

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