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Tim Murtaugh is a Washington Times columnist and founder of the Line Drive Public Affairs firm he still leads. A longtime Republican communications strategist, he is a veteran of many state, federal, and national political campaigns, including as a senior advisor on the 2024 Trump campaign and as communications director for the 2020 Trump campaign. A former radio and television reporter, he is also the author of the Amazon bestselling book, “Swing Hard in Case You Hit it: My Escape from Addiction and Shot at Redemption on the Trump Campaign.

Columns by Tim Murtaugh

Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks at a campaign rally for democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at the Wings Event Center, in Kalamazoo, Mich., Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

‘We go high’ is the persistent lie Democrats tell themselves

Democrats have long deluded themselves into believing they are many things that, in fact, they are not.

August 28, 2025

Men attacked by Democrats and liberals illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Lefty media attack on J.D. Vance reminds us that Democrats have a problem with men

A recent hit piece on Vice President J.D. Vance from a British newspaper reminds me of a real and ongoing image crisis facing Democrats, and it's largely one of their own making.

August 14, 2025

Sydney Sweeney as the left's Nazi illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Outrage at Sydney Sweeney jeans ad campaign proves the left still doesn’t get it

It's been a little while since the radical left shouted about Nazis, so maybe they feel a bit out of practice.

July 31, 2025

FILE - This photo from Thursday July 30, 2020, shows cardboard cutouts of fans in seats during a baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and Tampa Bay Rays at Truist Park stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. A Manhattan judge has rejected an attempt to force Major League Baseball to return next month's All-Star Game to Atlanta, after it was moved to Denver after Georgia Republicans enacted a restrictive new voting law. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

MLB All-Star Game exposes Democrats and media as liars

The Major League Baseball All-Star Game was settled in unprecedented fashion this week in Atlanta.

July 17, 2025

Trump hitting home runs for the United States of America illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Trump and America are on a winning streak, and the Democrats and media can’t stand it

On the first day of July, at 9:30 a.m., the Waffle House restaurant chain announced on X that it was dropping the 50-cent surcharge it had tacked on to compensate for the high cost of eggs.

July 7, 2025

A protester leaps off a burning Waymo taxi near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

Democrats and media want to normalize the L.A. riots because they have lost the immigration argument

The political left loves to talk about "normalizing" things and how that's bad. It doesn't want the media to normalize President Trump by covering his presidency with anything that even approaches reasonable objectivity.

June 19, 2025

Protecting free speech in the world illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Trump and Rumble are at the center of the global battle for free expression

This is a precarious time if you care about free speech in this country or anywhere around the globe.

June 5, 2025

Tax cuts: Republicans versus Democrats illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Tax cuts always reveal the differences between the parties

The differences between the two major American political parties are always revealed over the issue of tax cuts. There isn't a better example than the spending plan that just passed the House of Representatives.

May 22, 2025

Mugshots of 101 illegal aliens and left news coverage illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Coverage of illegal immigration news proves the extreme left controls the media

The national media are hopelessly in the grip of leftist ideology and culture.

May 8, 2025

Larry David illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Larry David’s New York Times op-ed proves Democrats are the George Costanza Party

Larry David didn't even wait for Festivus before airing his grievances with Bill Maher.

April 24, 2025

Democrats' failed election playbook illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Democrats continue to run 2024 playbook, apparently unaware they have already lost

Perhaps former President Joseph R. Biden's cognitive problems have infected his fellow Democrats because they don't seem to have any recollection that they lost the 2024 election.

April 10, 2025

Democrats and organized agitation in Republican town halls illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Democrats and media allies play politics with organized agitation in GOP town halls

When Sen. Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, canceled his book tour this month, CNN said it was because he feared his events would be disrupted by rowdy leftist protesters.

March 27, 2025

Democrats' hatred of President Donald Trump illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Democrat brand in the toilet because of insults to voters

Everyone knows the government wastes mountains of money, but Democrats stand in the way of cutting even a single dollar from the budget.

March 13, 2025

International war over free speech illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Rumble’s rumble with Brazil latest front in international war over free speech

If you've been paying attention over the last few years, you know that the innate human right to freedom of expression has been under relentless attack.

February 27, 2025

Ice Spice, from left, Taylor Swift, Este Haim and Alana Haim watch during the first half of the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Glamour magazine melts down because Taylor Swift got booed at the Super Bowl

It's obvious that some media members still haven't fully processed President Trump's victory a few months ago.

February 13, 2025

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport crash and blame Trump illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

While rescuers searched for air crash victims in the Potomac, partisans rushed to blame Trump

At about 8:50 p.m. on Wednesday above Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, a commercial airliner collided with a military helicopter, killing everyone on both aircraft.

January 30, 2025

Biden's White House communications team illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Legacy of Biden White House communications team: Failure and lies

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre gave her final press briefing this week, a few days before President Biden leaves the building for the last time.

January 16, 2025

President Joe Biden's cognitive decline illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Cover-up of Biden’s cognitive decline will be his legacy

On the last Sunday of the year, "Face the Nation" discussed the most underreported stories of 2024 and Jan Crawford offered that President Biden's "obvious cognitive decline" should have received more attention.

January 2, 2025

Pete Hegseth and the news media illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

ProPublica’s attempted hit piece on Hegseth shows drive-by media are still at it

Rush Limbaugh used to call them the "Drive-By Media." That's how the talk show host used to describe journalists who blast out reckless stories.

December 19, 2024

Liberal new media illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Biden and the Beltway news media deserve each other

Democrats are stumbling through the political wilderness now, and their allies in the media are still plenty angry about the election result.

December 5, 2024