Chris Hayes

Like you could imagine this being a moment where a either a single democratic figure or, you know, sort of a democratic organization or some, you know, leader on the hill, like seized this moment to grab a bunch of attention for themselves. And That hasn't really happened.

Like you could imagine this being a moment where a either a single democratic figure or, you know, sort of a democratic organization or some, you know, leader on the hill, like seized this moment to grab a bunch of attention for themselves. And That hasn't really happened.

You know, you can shout out random people, Chris Murray's been out there, AOC's been talking, but like, that hasn't really happened anywhere kind of near the scale of how like Trump would have done it.

You know, you can shout out random people, Chris Murray's been out there, AOC's been talking, but like, that hasn't really happened anywhere kind of near the scale of how like Trump would have done it.

You know, you can shout out random people, Chris Murray's been out there, AOC's been talking, but like, that hasn't really happened anywhere kind of near the scale of how like Trump would have done it.

Even back to me, I'm laughing, but just to be honest, this is how quickly things have moved in eight years. I was running communications for Jeb Bush eight years ago. We cared if we got fact-checked. If we got a negative fact-check, we cared. Jeb cared. The campaign cared. We did not want to be fact-checked. That seems so, in some ways, kind of nice and earnest and cute, but also absurd.

Even back to me, I'm laughing, but just to be honest, this is how quickly things have moved in eight years. I was running communications for Jeb Bush eight years ago. We cared if we got fact-checked. If we got a negative fact-check, we cared. Jeb cared. The campaign cared. We did not want to be fact-checked. That seems so, in some ways, kind of nice and earnest and cute, but also absurd.

Even back to me, I'm laughing, but just to be honest, this is how quickly things have moved in eight years. I was running communications for Jeb Bush eight years ago. We cared if we got fact-checked. If we got a negative fact-check, we cared. Jeb cared. The campaign cared. We did not want to be fact-checked. That seems so, in some ways, kind of nice and earnest and cute, but also absurd.

Right. We want to have a modicum of integrity, like within the bounds of campaign discourse.

Right. We want to have a modicum of integrity, like within the bounds of campaign discourse.

Right. We want to have a modicum of integrity, like within the bounds of campaign discourse.

You get DeSantis. That was exactly what was in my head before you said it.

You get DeSantis. That was exactly what was in my head before you said it.

You get DeSantis. That was exactly what was in my head before you said it.

For comm staff, it's scary for her to do an Instagram live, but it's also no risk, no reward. There is an authentic way to get attention. It doesn't have to be. You don't have to be a total sociopath. It does help to be a shameless sociopath. That is Trump's superpower. But I hate to pick on Gretchen Whitmer, but it just it happened yesterday and I was watching her. on CBS this morning.

For comm staff, it's scary for her to do an Instagram live, but it's also no risk, no reward. There is an authentic way to get attention. It doesn't have to be. You don't have to be a total sociopath. It does help to be a shameless sociopath. That is Trump's superpower. But I hate to pick on Gretchen Whitmer, but it just it happened yesterday and I was watching her. on CBS this morning.

For comm staff, it's scary for her to do an Instagram live, but it's also no risk, no reward. There is an authentic way to get attention. It doesn't have to be. You don't have to be a total sociopath. It does help to be a shameless sociopath. That is Trump's superpower. But I hate to pick on Gretchen Whitmer, but it just it happened yesterday and I was watching her. on CBS this morning.

And my buddy Peter Hamby at Puck wrote about this. And he writes, this interview wasn't bad or embarrassing. It was just rote, cautious, and forgettable. I want to play one clip from it just to give people an example of what we're talking about.

And my buddy Peter Hamby at Puck wrote about this. And he writes, this interview wasn't bad or embarrassing. It was just rote, cautious, and forgettable. I want to play one clip from it just to give people an example of what we're talking about.

And my buddy Peter Hamby at Puck wrote about this. And he writes, this interview wasn't bad or embarrassing. It was just rote, cautious, and forgettable. I want to play one clip from it just to give people an example of what we're talking about.