and the tim miller wind as the republican primary.ent about how the republican party should not and cannot nominate somebody that has been indicted three times, going on for the fourth, for four separate crimes. it's not like desantis has not criticized trump. he has criticized trump. but for some reason, he chose to make his argument that donald trump was too nice to the lgbt community. and that was the contrast he was going to make. and that he was too serious about covid. i don't know who that argument is for, that it's not for any of the people that might support ron desantis. and i think the big difference with the obama campaign is that, desantis was close to trump in december. and then, he dropped significantly. so, that is very different than what happened in 2008 -- >> it's not the direction you want to go in -- >> yeah, we should stop going to the right of trump on cultural issues. i don't like to go in the suburbs -- and instead, go at trump on his electability issues related to corruption and his failure to win in 2018, 20

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let's bring in tim miller, former communications director for jeb bush's campaign, and writer at thehy is it that nothing sticks. is it trump or the weakness of them? >> that's a pretty weird statement for the trump campaign. i never put out one like that. it's still a little disorienting to see that as on on the record quote. but look there are two things at play here, one is that trump gained power by connecting with maga republican voters, the republican primary voters, then he was president, then he ran on a campaign again, throughout that time, with a handful of exceptions, nobody ever stood up to him. nobody ever communicated to the voters, the ways in which he was letting them down. nobody talked about the scams that hurt maga voters. nobody did anything to criticize them. i don't always like the tweets but i like the policies. if you're doing that for six, seven, eight years, and all these voters are hearing good things, it's not surprising it's going to be hard to get them off trump. that's the one thing. these voters never warmed up to hear anything negative about donald tr

and tim miller is here, a contributor to the bulwark, and a former communications director for jeb bushhy i'm gonna start with you, tim. you once worked for a florida governor who wanted to be president, a republican one. what do you think of these layoffs? you are right in the thick of things, and you fire a third of your team. what does that mean? >> well, steph, i was on campaigns in 2008, 12, and 16 where we had to fire people halfway through the campaign and none of those people are president right now, i don't know if you checked. between john mccain and jeb bush, so it's not a great sign, for sure. to me, i think the more concerning sign for desantis is that he does these layoffs before he has even done a television at. and all this money that they're spending, it seems he is trying private jets for desantis to fly around, he has an entourage, he is at a fancy hotel. it is one thing to run out of money when you are at least attempting to campaign against your opponent, it's another thing to start running out of money before you have done anything while you are echoing your oppone

tim miller is the former communications director for please clap jeb bush 2016 campaign and he wrotehe desantis video. meredith mcgraw is a national political correspondent where she wrote about the lagging desantis campaign and both join me now. tim, i feel like you'll have something to say about this. i know partly what you have to say but your read on not just the video which, whatever, it's one of those artifacts but the strategy behind it and what it shows about how they're approaching this and maybe why it's not working. >> yeah, but i think we could leave jeb out, okay, chris. it's been a tough few years for but i but i appreciate it. yeah, the strategy here, i discuss at length that so stipulating that, the strategy here is the problem and you hit it in part two, right, desantis' elevator pitch here to the republican primary voters was, i'm a winner, trump is actually a loser. i can give you all the maga stuff you want to win elections and so electability is a core part and the koch brothers supported that. trump can't win. desantis can win so an ad like this runs just direct

tim miller, thank you so much for your insight tonight, my friend, as always. going back in the annals of failed republican campaigns there's no person with more experience than you, tim. it's great to see you. that is our show for tonight. "way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> have you testified before the grand jury? >> you know, i don't talk about anything j6 related. >> do you feel it's appropriate the investigation? >> what i will say in watching that video is that looks to me like somebody who's cooperating with the federal government. and mark meadows looks to me like a federal witness under a cooperation agreement, and my guess is that's what we're going to find out he is. >> that's former u.s. attorney and current republican presidential candidate chris christie speculating on why donald trump's former chief of staff was so tight-lipped yesterday. and that comes as

. >> back with us tonight is tim miller, contributor to the bulwark and former communications director for jeb bush. basil shermichael, democratic strategist and former executive director of the new york state democratic party. basil, the president had jokes to go with his economic message today. you think this is how he breaks through? >> i think so. look, there is a lot for the president to report on the economy. with respect to all of the projects he talked about. the unemployment numbers are incredibly impressive and record setting. the question is, do people feel like the economy is getting better? because we can talk about the numbers all we want. but how do you breakthrough on that message to make sure voters really feel it in their homes and pocketbooks and so on? and i think overtime it can breakthrough. i'm glad he is pushing this message now. he can to get as we get closer and closer to the election. and into next year. but he should be going around and talking about it and celebrating it to an extent. but i do think that the arc of the narrative is not just about telling th

tim miller, thanks for these your insight tonight. as always, and going back in the annals of various republican campaigns, there's no person with no more experience than you. that is our show for tonight. now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. >> good evening, lawrence. i was what >> good evening alex. i was walking down the hallway listening to your show in a hurry and i thought, and police clearly's up for me, i thought i heard chuck rosenberg accuse you of multiple bank robberies and counterfeiting money. >> yes. >> so i have to rewind to clarify what that was all about? >> i mean, the truth has finally come out, where a modern-day pop bodying clyde. he was just positing, multi about different scenarios in which he would want immunity deals and the plot got, the imaginary plot, i will say, lawrence, got quite elaborate, with me in chuck rosenberg capable of all kinds of misdeeds and wrongdoing. i have to say, i kind of like thesc

joining us, tim miller, a former communications director to jeb bush in 2016, and "usa today" susan paigend what do they need to do to reimagine it and he was considered the trump alternative? >> he was. and with the elevator pitch last christmas after the midterms, saying i can be aware. i needs a maga policy, if you want, but actually effective in putting them through. that was a compelling elevator pitch for republican primary voters. but the devil has been in the details for them. and going to trump's right on the cultural issues and just pussyfoot around trump on the electability questions, on the questions of his legal challenges that he's going to face next year. that argument has been deflated, right? and if the republican primary voters, if they're looking at somebody and they're like i'm going to run to trump's right on cultural issues, not demonstrate that i can stand up to him on electability matters, on legal matters who is that primary for? it's very reminisce center of the ted cruz campaign for 2016 which obviously had fallen well short. >> and yamiche, you saw conflicting,

tim miller, thank you so much for your insight tonight, my friend, as always. e is no person with more experience than you, tim. it's great to see you. that is our show for tonight. now, it is time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. is>> good evening lawrence,. >> good evening, alex. you know, i was walking down the hallway kind of half listen to your show in a hurry, and i thought, and please clear this up for me, i thought i heard chuck rosenberg accuse you of multiple bank robberies and counterfeiting money. >> [laughter] yes. >> do i have to rewind to clarify what that was all about? >> i mean, the truth has finally come out, where a modern-day bonnie and clyde. he was just positing, multi -- we will talk about various scenarios in what you would want immunity deals. and the, the plot thought, the

desantis has been unapologetic. >> tim miller and meredith mcgraw, thank you both.we appreciate it. coming up, an orwellian ministry of truth. how a federal judge handed the right-wing comments section in a ruling against the biden white house. this is a wild story, and it's next. stick around. stick around my skin, thanks to skyrizi. ♪(uplifting music)♪ ♪nothing is everything♪ i'm celebrating my clearer skin... my way. with skyrizi, 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months. in another study, most people had 90% clearer skin, even at 5 years. and skyrizi is just 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine, or plan to. thanks to clearer skin with skyrizi - this is my moment. there's nothing on my skin and that means everything! ♪nothing is everything♪ now's the time. ask your doctor about skyrizi, the #1 dermatologist-prescribed biologic in psoriasis. learn how abbvie could help you s

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so, tim miller, let's look at that poll for just a moment. that's not a surprise.r the last several weeks, months, perhaps even. ron desantis about 30 points to donald trump. but what's interesting if you go back to the previous monmouth screen is that the voters are not buying the argument that donald trump is going to lose the general election pip mean, the republican primary voters think, yes, he is the guy, despite everything that's coming down on him, if you look at all the cross tabs and the other questions in this monmouth poll, they really aren't so worried about the fact that they may be indicted now for a third time, with perhaps another coming in georgia before he runs for re-election here. >> yeah, that's right, willie. and i think that's kind of related to what i wrote about, right? what maybe viewers might think is the alternate universe reality republican primary is actually the real one. these people may not be dealing with facts, but it's a majority of the party, overwhelming majority of the party thinks that joe biden's win in 2020 was illegitimat

and let's be clear, our friend tim miller's book, chris christie is a guy who likes the show.nts to be in the spotlight. and as somebody whose whole job right now is to make sure donald trump does not ever return to the white house, i'm happy to have chris christie's help in that regard. because nobody knows him. look, chris christie does the thing that mike pence should do. christy almost died from the covid trump gave him. right, okay almost killed him. how many people around trump have literally died or nearly died from the gods behavior. so what i would say is that christine plays a key role for those republicans who do not like trump. who do not recognize their party anymore. and next year are going to say, you know what, maybe i'm not a democrat, maybe i'm not joe biden number one person. but at the same time chris christie speaks for somebody like me. and you know what, i'm not going back to trump. >> then reed, with the exception of chris christie, all of these other republicans who are running in this primary, is there an ultimate goal to beat trump's vp candidate? be

tim miller, thank you so much for your insight tonight, my friend, as always. and going back in the annals of [laughter] failed republican campaigns, there is no person with more experience than you, tim. it's great to see you. that is our show for tonight. now, it is time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. is>> good evening lawrence,. >> good evening, alex. you know, i was walking down the hallway kind of half listen to your show in a hurry, and i thought, and please clear this up for me, i thought i heard chuck rosenberg accuse you of multiple bank robberies and counterfeiting money. >> [laughter] yes. >> do i have to rewind to clarify what that was all about? >> i mean, the truth has finally come out, where a modern-day bonnie and clyde. he was just positing, multi -- we will talk about various scenarios in what you would want immunity deals. and the, the plot thought, the imaginary plot, i will say, lawrence, not quite elaborate with me and chuck rosenberg, capable of all kinds of misdeeds and wrongdoing. i have to say, i kind of like his scenario. i

tim miller, thank you so much for your insight tonight, my friend, as always. and going back in the annals of failed republican campaigns there's no person with more experience than you, tim. it's great to see you. that is our show for tonight. "way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> have you testified before the grand jury? >> you know, i don't talk about anything j6 related. >> do you feel it's appropriate the investigation? >> what i will say in watching that video is that looks to me like somebody who's cooperating with the federal government. and mark meadows looks to me like a federal witness under a cooperation agreement, and my guess is that's what we're going to find out he is. >> that's former u.s. attorney and current republican presidential candidate chris christie speculating on why donald trump's former chief of staff was so tight-lipped yesterday. and that comes as special counsel jack smith's grand jury is expected to meet again today in washington, d.c. >>> meanwhile, a surprise yesterday in a delaware courtroom where hunter

joining me is nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez you heard in that exchange, tim miller,r communications adviser to jeb bush back in 2016, former obama white house press secretary, robert gibbs, jonathan alter, author of several books about american presidents, and back with us is the "washington post's" reporter calling in her sources. gabe, you're on the ground with the florida governor. fair to say that former president trump took the spotlight away from desantis today. is this a good sign or bad sign? the headlines yesterday were about how he's struggling and start to go shed some staff and now the headline is that the former president may get indicted again, and nonetheless, for desantis it isn't necessarily a headline that helps his campaign. >> reporter: that's right, peter. look, every time the former president gets into legal trouble or there are mounting legal issues, he's indicted or there's a possibility of being indicted, his poll numbers seem to go up. but florida governor ron desantis' rollout of his military policy has been overshadowed by these developmen

>> the way i look at it, mike, tim miller was on the show yesterday and he referred to the fact-based. it's part of a fact-based community in america. i still look at that ruling yesterday -- i mean, i heard everything danny said, all the qualifications about what giuliani wasn't admitting to, but the truth is that giuliani did not -- he's not objecting to what these women are saying he's done, and that is a win for the fact-based community. that is a win for truth, and i mean, i look at it, yes, mike. i guess at some level, giuliani may skate on this, but democracy, you know, if you step all the way back as i know you do, democracy has been under a major stress test for the last eight years that trump has been apart of our political system and now is the accountability phase in the justice, you know, with criminal justice in these civil cases as well, and, you know, trump is being held accountable, like, we may get another indictment today. we've already had one federal indictment. we have had the new york indictment. giuliani had to back off on his statements. you saw mark meadows y

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>> the way i look at it, mike, i saw tim miller was on the show and he referred to the fact based community, i still think the show -- that's a good way to describe the show, the fact based community in america. i still look at that ruling yesterday, i heard everything danny said to qualifications about what giuliani wasn't admitting to, but the truth is that giuliani is not objecting to what these women are saying, and that is a win for the fact based community. that is a win for truth. i mean, i look at it yes, mike, in some level, giuliani may skate on this but democracy, you step all the way back as i know you do, democracy has been under a major stress test over the last eight years that trump has been part of a political system. now it is the accountability phase in the justice, with a criminal justice and the civil cases as well. you know, trump is being held accountable, we make another indictment today, we've had one federal indictment, we've had two new york indictment, giuliani had the back off on his statements you saw mark meadows yesterday say not wanting to talk about january

, just before we came on your air, that nelson peltz is giving big to super pac supporting tim scott, and millernd a few other wall street executives are hosting tim scott in the hamptons this coming month in august. there's some similar names also getting behind chris christie and his super pac, a new filing that came out moments before i came on air. some of the bigger, wealthier players, some on wall street, and elsewhere are putting their money and positioning themselves with candidates not necessarily donald trump or ron desantis desantis has big money but some big money donors are moving away from him and he's struggling to gain traction against donald trump, as are other candidates. >> where, by contrast, does former president trump stand in terms of moneys raised >> donald trump's campaign at the end of the second quarter raised the most out of the other candidates i'm pretty confident of that most of that money was from small dollar donors. it was not from the wealthier financiers we see supporting the other candidates, the tim scotts of the world, the chris christies of the world this

there was tim down in texas. >> well, there is casey miller. . tim dean. >> who's tim dean? >> tim dean is the former chief of police of summer, in texas. >> tim is your husband? >> yes. >> casey's or boyfriend? >> yes. >> you don't need me to tell you of a complicated life, charlene? >> no, i know i do. >> a complicated life that was of keen in stressed to investigators. it went like this. long after charlene broke up with josh, she met husband, tim. this was when they both worked for the texas police department. charlene was the animal control officer there. and tim, a sergeant. charlene says she foul for terms are shots demeanor. >> he was a cowboy. he wore the cowboy hat. he had the cowboy boots. he had the old-school manners. >> why did that work for you? why at that point in your life? >> because that's how i was raised. he reminded me of my dad. he played the guitar, just like my dad did. >> but not long after they got married. it all took a turn for the worst. tim dean had a three year old daughter from a previous marriage. he got in ser