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Marketplace: Republican push to confirm Supreme Court justice creates fundraising windfall for Democrats

October 22, 2020 No Comments

I spoke to Samantha Fields of NPR‘s Marketplace about the role of the Supreme Court vacancy and confirmation process in turbocharging Democratic fundraising in the home stretch.

[A]ccording to the most recent Federal Election Commission filings, between July and September, Democrats raised $1.5 billion through ActBlue, more than twice the amount Republicans raised through their fundraising site, WinRed.
Liam Donovan, a Republican lobbyist, said Democrats have been really successful lately at turning news headlines that rile up their base into fundraising dollars.
“Anger is a powerful thing in terms of translating into dollars,” Donovan said. “And that’s not what Republicans have right now.”

Read or listen to the full segment here.

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Battleground Florida Podcast: Liam Donovan is Back!

February 15, 2020 No Comments

I once again joined WFTV Orlando’s Christopher Heath for his Battleground Florida podcast to talk about the state of the Democratic primary, the upcoming Nevada caucus, and where things go from here.

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NPR- From The Tea Party To Trump: The GOP In The 2010s

December 29, 2019 No Comments

I joined NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro on Weekend Edition to discuss the transformation of the GOP over the course of the decade, from the Tea Party to the party of Trump. This interview is condensed down from a 20 minute conversation, and probably deserves hours, but makes for a good listen.

Read the transcript here.

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Battleground Florida Podcast: The Horror of 269

October 4, 2019 No Comments

This week I joined Christopher Heath of WFTV for the Battleground Florida podcast. We had an excellent, wide-ranging discussion about impeachment politics, the democratic primary, and the 2020 electoral map. Check it out, subscribe, and throw Chris a follow on twitter while you’re at it.

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Veteran political analyst Liam Donovan (@LPDonovan )joins the podcast from Washington DC where Congress is on recess, the President is on Twitter, and the Georgetown University Hoyas are getting ready for another season on the hardwood. Donovan works at a DC government relations and strategic communications firm, but his resume includes four years working to get Republicans elected to the US Senate. In this episode we’ll talk impeachment, the shifting Midwest states, shifting sunbelt states, what Trump needs to do in 2020 to win, is the Democratic field weak or strong, and what happens if the electoral college ends up at 269-269?

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Deciphering Trump Tweets on BBC

March 2, 2018 No Comments

I once again joined BBC‘s Anthony Zurcher along with Susan Glasser of POLITICO and Charlie Spiering from Breitbart News to decipher President Trump’s tweets for our friends across the pond.

Link here via BBC World Service, or listen to the full segment below.

Anthony Zurcher, BBC North America reporter and his guests in Washington DC discuss the President Trump’s reactions to the Florida school shooting and calls for gun control, as well as the latest developments in the investigation into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 US election.