Tim Murtaugh

Tim Murtaugh is a Washington Times columnist, founder and principal of Line Drive Public Affairs LLC, and co-host of the Line Drive Podcast. He is a veteran of many state, federal, and national political campaigns, including as communications director for the Trump 2020 presidential campaign. A former radio and television reporter, he is also the author of the forthcoming book, “Swing Hard in Case You Hit it: My Escape from Addiction and Shot at Redemption on the Trump Campaign.”

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Columns by Tim Murtaugh

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. Published February 15, 2024

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. Published February 1, 2024

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? Published January 18, 2024

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." Published January 4, 2024

‘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. Published December 21, 2023

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. Published December 7, 2023

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. Published November 23, 2023

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. Published November 9, 2023

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. Published October 26, 2023

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. Published October 12, 2023

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. Published September 29, 2023

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. Published September 14, 2023

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. Published August 31, 2023

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. Published August 17, 2023

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. Published August 3, 2023