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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

Loss of freedom of speech illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

New York AG Letitia James conducts the left’s war on free expression

It's clear that the government has orchestrated censorship in quite a lot of cases, in direct violation of free speech rights guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution.

February 15, 2024

Media and Biden's claims on illegal immigration illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Media should tear apart Biden’s claims on illegal immigration

The news media are always on the hunt for disinformation, if you believe their proclamations.

February 1, 2024

Media and government suppress Trump illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Left again uses media and government to suppress political opposition

They got away with it the first time, so why wouldn't they try it again?

January 18, 2024

Harvard President Claudine Gay, left, speaks as University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill listens, during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

Media identifies villains in Harvard president’s downfall: Conservatives, of course

Throughout my life, I've seldom thought about who runs Harvard University. And when I say "seldom," of course, I mean "never."

January 4, 2024

Alcohol addiction recovery illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

‘Swing Hard in Case You Hit It’ recounts recovery from addiction and 2020 Trump campaign

I've been lucky to live two lives so far: a drinking life and another life completely free of alcohol.

December 21, 2023

White House interns and Hamas illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden should fire all White House interns over anonymous pro-Hamas letter

In an open letter to President Biden, a group of more than 40 leftists portrayed Israel as a bloodthirsty aggressor while offering only passing condemnation to Hamas for its horrific assault on Israeli civilians on Oct. 7.

December 7, 2023

Illustration on Media Matters, X and left's antisemitism by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The left points to free speech platforms to distract from its own antisemitism

If the last couple of months have shown us anything about American politics it's that there's a sizeable antisemitism problem in the Democratic Party.

November 23, 2023

Liberal media attacks on Speaker Mike Johnson illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Media attacks on Speaker Mike Johnson just make him more relatable

You knew the media were going to attack the new Republican speaker of the House. You just didn't know who it was going to be for a while.

November 9, 2023

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s answer on antisemitism was a disaster

It's possible that President Biden's press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, misheard a reporter's question about increasing threats to Jews in America, but that doesn't make it plausible.

October 26, 2023

Mourners gather in grief around the bodies of Danielle Waldmann and her partner Noam Shai during their funeral in the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Tivon Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. The couple was killed when Hamas militants went on a brutal rampage through southern Israel last Saturday, part of an unprecedented, multi-front attack on the country.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Some in U.S. media still sympathize with Hamas over Israel

The civilized world has been in shock since the vicious and bloody attacks on Israel by Hamas terrorists from Gaza last Saturday.

October 12, 2023

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on democracy and honoring the legacy of the late Sen. John McCain at the Tempe Center for the Arts, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Media outlets trash their own polls, but they can’t hide Biden’s failures

It's gotten so bad for President Biden that the media have started to shoot down public opinion polls that are bad for him, even when the news outlets themselves pay for, conduct, and publish the poll in question.

September 29, 2023

Illustration on Biden and the news media by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Media up to their eyeballs in evidence against Biden, but claim they can’t see it

The news media are going full Philip Bump. Never go full, Philip Bump.

September 14, 2023

Illustration on news media lies by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

News media’s failure to correct false stories continues erosion of public trust

Our national news media were already broken before Donald Trump ran for president, but they are undeniably worse now.

August 31, 2023

Illustration on Biden and the Hawaii fires by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Biden fiddled while Maui burned, but media are mad at GOP

Less than two weeks before Election Day 2020, Jill Biden famously tweeted that "Empathy is on the ballot." That has turned out to be less than true, and you don't have to be the seventh Biden grandchild to realize it.

August 17, 2023

Illustration on news media protection of Biden by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

News media circle the wagons for Biden again

Corporate news media, which ignored the Hunter Biden laptop story to protect then-candidate Joe Biden at the end of the 2020 election, is on its way to treating the latest news about Biden family corruption in much the same way.

August 3, 2023

Illustration on bad reporting at The Washington Post by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Three high-profile, error-filled, biased pieces at The Washington Post

On three different occasions during July, three Post "journalists" made either gross mistakes or clear misrepresentations of facts which purposely promoted decidedly left-wing (and false) narratives.

July 20, 2023

Biden an enemy of free speech and Ministry of Truth Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Court case proves Biden is an enemy of the First Amendment

President Biden and the people around him are among the worst enemies of free speech in American history.

July 6, 2023

Illustration on shielding the Biden family from prosecution and Hunter Biden laptop by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

No, Hunter Biden wasn’t treated like everyone else, but that’s not the point

Our national news media have spent years shielding Hunter Biden from criticism, but now we're supposed to believe them when they say he's being punished enough?

June 22, 2023

Democrats' indiscriminate racist charges against Republicans Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

To Democrats and media, even Black Republicans are racist

Democrats and their media allies have been falsely calling Republicans racists for a long time.

June 8, 2023

Illustration on the debt limit fight by Greg Groesch/ The Washington Times

Americans side with House GOP in debt limit fight

The ongoing argument over raising the limit on America's credit card has revealed a gigantic gulf between people in the real world and Democrats and their allies in the media.

May 25, 2023