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Matthew Dowd is an author and MSNBC analyst. In 2021, he briefly ran for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor of Texas. He served as chief political strategist to Republican President George W. Bush.

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Matthew Dowd
stated on May 24, 2022 in an interview:

“50% of the guns sold in Texas, because of the loopholes, do not pass through a background check.”

By Tom Kertscher • May 25, 2022
Matthew Dowd
stated on March 8, 2019 in a tweet:

"Job growth and stock growth for the first two years of Trump are down from where they were (during the) last two years of Obama."

By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2019
Matthew Dowd
stated on September 20, 2015 in a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":

Says Pope Francis "took the name of a saint who basically reached out to Muslims."

By Jon Greenberg • September 22, 2015
Matthew Dowd
stated on September 6, 2015 in a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":

"Any Republican that has led for two months and led every state has won the GOP nomination."

By Jon Greenberg • September 10, 2015
Matthew Dowd
stated on December 7, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

Says President Barack Obama "has lost more members of the House and more members of the Senate than any president ever has lost" in modern times.

By Jon Greenberg • December 7, 2014

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