Trump Still Finds a Way to Shape the News

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🗓️ 24 May 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Tim Murtaugh served as communications director for President Donald Trump's re-election campaign last year, witnessing firsthand how a single tweet could dominate the news cycle. Now, with Trump banished from social media platforms, the former president is still finding a way to wield his influence. Through daily postings on current events and political issues, Trump is once again commanding attention. Murtaugh, a visiting fellow at The Heritage Foundation and Daily Signal contributor, explains what it means on the latest episode of "The Daily Signal Podcast." "President Trump absolutely has a way of throwing a wrench into a news cycle if he so chooses," Murtaugh tells me. "And as much as the media likes to pretend that, oh, they hate President Trump and they're tired of the tone and the mean tweets and all that stuff, they can't get enough. And so when he puts out statements, it really does roil the news cycle for that given day." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal podcast for Monday, May 24th.
0:09.7	I'm Robert Blueey.
0:10.7	And I'm Virginia Allen.
0:12.4	On today's show, Rob talks with Tim Murta, the former communications director for President
0:17.5	Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign and a heritage foundation visiting fellow and
0:22.9	Daily Signal contributor.
0:24.6	They discuss why President Biden is getting such favorable coverage from the news media.
0:30.0	We also read your letters to the editor and share a good news story about a college
0:33.8	athlete who just became the first person with Down syndrome to compete in an athletic collegiate
0:39.1	championship event.
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1:14.9	Now stay tuned for today's show, coming up next.
1:24.2	We are joined in the Daily Signal podcast today by Tim Murtaugh, the former communications
1:28.6	director for President Donald Trump's re-election campaign, and now a visiting fellow at the
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