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Kimberly Butler

Author and political commentator Paul Begala.

Among the mountain of books about He Who Must Not Be Named (aka 45; aka Orange Julius; aka insert your insult or encomium here), Paul Begala certainly wins the award for the dreamiest title if you are a lefty: You're Fired: The Perfect Guide to Beating Donald Trump. Begala served in the White House as a counselor to President Bill Clinton after helping strategize during the 1992 election, and he’s written several other politics-themed books (including a pair with James Carville), as well as being a commentator for CNN. He'll discuss the book at this Wisconsin Book Festival event on Crowdcast; for extra credit, keep hope alive by following his countdown to the election on Twitter. Note: The time for this event has changed to 6 pm, one hour earlier than originally scheduled.

press release: NOTE: To accommodate Paul Begala's reporting on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's recent passing, we have rescheduled tonight's event at his request to 6pm. “You’re fired!” Donald Trump became famous bellowing those words in a make-believe boardroom. In November, tens of millions of Americans want to yell it right back at him. Yet Trump has seemed to almost defy the laws of political physics. Paul Begala, one of America’s greatest political talents, lays out the strategy that will defeat him and send him and his industrial-strength spray-on tan machine back to Mar-a-Lago.

Join the event at: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/youre-fired. Before the event begins, you will see a countdown and the event image.

In You're Fired, Paul Begala tells us how Trump uses division to distract from the actual reality of his record. Distraction, he argues, is Trump’s superpower. And this book is Kryptonite. In it, the man who helped elect Bill Clinton and reelect Barack Obama, details:

• The special weapons and tactics needed in the unconventional war against this most unconventional politician
• How to drive a wedge—or, rather, a pickup truck—between Trump and many of his supporters, especially blue-collar workers and farmers
• Where the votes to defeat Trump will come from, and how the Rising American Electorate can catch Trump flat-footed
• How Democrats can run on issues ranging from Coronavirus and healthcare to the economy, as well as climate change and Trump’s long-term plan to dominate the federal judiciary
• There is one chapter called simply, “This Chapter Will Beat Trump.” Find out why Begala is so confident and what issue he says will sink the Trumptanic

Full of memorable advice and Begala’s trademark wit, You're Fired focuses on the lessons we can learn from the party’s successes and failures—and the crucial tools Democrats need to beat Trump. On sale shortly before the DNC and RNC conventions, from the imprint leading the charge on Trump books such as Too Much and Never Enough and The Room Where It Happened, this is the handbook everyone must read in the ramp up to the 2020 election.