Today we're going to talk about the Democrats finally actually winning the messaging war.

And I interview Pete Buda judge about J.D. Vance's attacks on Tim Walts's military service.

Trump's disastrous comments on Kamala Harris's race,

and he compares the joy of the

Harris campaign to the doom and gloom of the Trump campaign.

And I'm joined by historian and star sub-stack writer Heather Cox Richardson to discuss

the dangers of Trump's agenda and how history shows us how that

agenda will lead us into autocracy. I'm Brian Teller Cohen and you're listening to

no lie.

Let's be clear for my entire career in politics

Democrats have not only been losing the messaging war but have been

complaining about losing the messaging war. When you look back to the days of

Obamacare for example while Democrats were trying to explain the

individual mandate and the implications of the ACA on Medicare Part D. You know what

the Republicans were doing? They were claiming that it would lead to death panels

and it was their narrative that stuck short They were claiming that it would lead to death panels.

And it was their narrative that stuck.

Short, pithy, impactful, the next elections would lead to perhaps

the most devastating results in living memory for Democrats.

By the time Obama left office, Democrats went from

controlling 27 state legislatures to only 13. We lost 13 governorships and 816

state legislative seats. It was the largest loss in power since Eisenhower.

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