Tim Murtaugh, communications director for the Trump 2020 presidential campaign, hit “rock bottom” with alcoholism, but four years later he overcame it to fly on Air Force One, Murtaugh said on the show. told. Breitbart News Saturdaydetails his new book .
Murtaugh told his story briefly, but it is detailed in detail in the book, which is “unlike any political book you or your listeners have ever read.” ” he said.
“It’s about politics, and yes, there’s a lot of stories from inside the 2020 Trump campaign — a lot of stories that have never been published before. But it’s about my decades-long battle with alcohol. “But it’s true,” he said, also talking about his story of salvation.
“I go through it and reflect on how I started drinking and how it led to a real rock bottom for me. [which] On May 16, 2015, I woke up in a jail cell in Fairfax County, Virginia, and I knew in that moment that if I didn’t get myself right, I was going to be in prison for a very long time.” said Murtaugh. He said.
“I was in real legal jeopardy. … That was the last day I had alcohol, May 16, 2015, and less than four years later, I was in President Trump’s I was on Air Force One with him,” he said. “So I think it’s a pretty amazing transition to go from prison to being able to fly on Air Force One. That was the way I looked at it,” he said, adding that he has been in rehab several times. At the time, he explained that he liked reading books by people who had gone through rehabilitation. He said they inspired him to write because they helped him when he was struggling.
“They tell their stories, many of them very absurd and funny, but they tell how they got through and got through the other end. “These books helped me a lot when I was a child,” he said, expressing hope that his books would be of similar help to others.
Additionally, Murtaugh said he is “living proof” that people facing similar challenges can overcome them.
“I know a lot of people who consider themselves lucky because I was really bad. I’ve had two DUIs. The first time was the first time I spent five days in jail. The second time, I spent 10 days in jail and received an 80-day suspension. When I woke up that day in jail, I was worried about this 80-day suspension because I was sober for the second time. Because I got arrested for drinking in public while on probation for driving. And if I had been convicted of drinking in public on that charge, I would have violated my probation. If I had to go to jail for three months, that would have been the end of everything. If I had worked for Lou Valletta, I would have lost my job, and Lou Valletta “They should have fired me so many times,” he said, praising those who supported him and never abandoned him, including his wife and former congressman. Lou Barretta.
“I want to thank Secretary Sonny Perdue for hiring me as communications director at the beginning of the Trump administration. Before I went on the campaign trail, I told him, at that point, this is all in my past, but… Honestly, I had to tell my perspective and future employers what a background check would turn up, right? So I told him, President Trump, when he went on the campaign trail, “If you’re going to hire me, this is what you’re going to find.” And he said he likes a good redemption story. “He likes a good comeback story,” he said.
“But so I consider myself lucky to have made it through it. A lot of people who are in the same situation as me don’t survive. They die. Literally a lot of people die. And you is correct. It’s basically a universal problem, as far as I’ve discovered. So many people come to me, even people I’ve known for years, that they themselves are addicted to alcohol. I didn’t know I had a problem,” Murtaugh said, adding that she wrote the book because: I needed the help of others, and as you say, I just needed encouragement to believe that it was possible…maybe it was never too late for me, [and] It’s not too late for others,” he said, emphasizing that the book is his story and also providing some background on the book’s title, noting its reference to baseball.
“I was born into a baseball family. …And when I left the house every day to go to baseball practice, my dad thought it was a joke and said, ‘Hey, swing hard in case you get hit.’ he yelled at me. right. he thought he was crazy. …But I accepted it — that phrase stayed with me throughout my life, and for me it’s a very good philosophy to use for everything I encounter in life,” he wrote in the book. In it, he details his “surreal” experience from rocking and finally working on the Trump campaign.
“And I think people who like campaigning will enjoy those stories,” he added.
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