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Erick Erickson

The Erick Erickson Show cuts through the chaos with bold clarity and biblical conviction. Broadcasting live each weekday, Erick tackles the stories that matter - from Washington to Wall Street to your backyard - with fearless analysis rooted in Christian truth and conservative principles. No tribal talking points. No partisan spin. Just straight talk from a host who believes in the sovereignty of God, the greatness of America, and the importance of holding everyone accountable - right or left.

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S15 · E198
Yesterday · 36 min
S15 EP198: Hour 1 - Election Day: Republicans Finally Show Up, and Why Pastors Should Stop Selling Lesser Evils
On Election Day, Erick Erickson sees surprising Republican turnout in Georgia, Texas, Ohio and Florida, reads Henry Olsen's Washington Post warning of a GOP wipeout, and predicts Republicans lose the House but hold the Senate. He pleads with listeners to vote down ballot, argues pastors should stop telling Christians to vote for the lesser of two evils, and takes a Sacramento caller on Steve Hilton and whether a Republican can ever win California. Election Day turnout watch: Republican lines in Georgia, Texas, Ohio and Florida, Matt Towery of InsiderAdvantage, and the early vote Democrats banked Midterm predictions: Rick Jackson over Keisha Lance Bottoms in the Georgia governor race, Ken Paxton against James Talarico in Texas, and a GOP that loses the House but keeps the Senate Henry Olsen's Washington Post column, Chuck Todd's list of the wildest midterm campaign moments, and Stephen Miller's cult-like closing pitch Faith and voting: Charles Spurgeon, the 1984 Pentecostal Evangel voter guidelines, Edwin Edwards versus David Duke, and why evil has no party letter Steve Hilton and California, school choice as Georgia's Republican lifeline, and the New York Times list of Michigan Jewish leaders backing Abdul El-Sayed
S15 · E198
Yesterday · 36 min
S15 EP198: Hour 2 - Republicans Show Up, Buttigieg Breaks Ranks, and Why Both Parties Blame the Voters
On Election Day, Erick Erickson tracks Republican turnout in Georgia, Texas, Ohio, Florida and Nevada, blasts Vivek Ramaswamy and Roger Marshall for torching their own campaigns, and explains why Pete Buttigieg is catching heat for distancing himself from Abdul El-Sayed and Hassan Piker. He takes calls on single-payer health care, the 2028 fallout for J.D. Vance and Rubio, and why a third party never gets off the ground, then reads NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman's plea to stop the conspiracy theories after the Florida Lear 60 crash. Election Day turnout watch: Ron DeSantis on Florida, the Georgia surge, Buckhead signs for Jon Ossoff but few for Keisha Lance Bottoms, Texas needing record turnout, and a surprise Republican early vote in Nevada with Joe Lombardo Campaign meltdowns: Vivek Ramaswamy and the Amy Acton ad in Ohio, Roger Marshall in Kansas, Mark Short on Trump's approval, and the Blaze under Glenn Beck drifting toward white nationalism Pete Buttigieg on CNBC Squawk Box distancing himself from Abdul El-Sayed and Hassan Piker, and the Democrats furious at him for it Why neither party learns from elections: the under vote in Georgia and Texas, Brian Kemp as the model for 2028 Republicans, Trump's executive orders versus real legislation, and Cesar's third-party question Jared Isaacman and NASA on the Lear 60 crash and conspiracy theories, plus Iran strikes, the Masters film, and a Senate prediction of 51 to 49
S15 · E198
Yesterday · 36 min
S15 EP198: Hour 3 - Rain Helps Republicans on Election Day, Plus DOJ Target Letters for Marc Elias in Alaska
On Election Day, Erick Erickson says the 58.7 million early votes (up from 45.9 million in 2022) make turnout the whole story, explains why rain helps Republicans in Florida, Louisiana and Texas, and warns that crying "stolen election" is a mistake. He covers DOJ and FBI target letters to 20 Democrats including Marc Elias over the Mary Peltola ballot controversy in Alaska, and answers callers on why local races matter and why J.D. Vance is not the natural 2028 heir. Election Day turnout watch: 58,677,062 early votes versus 45,920,446 in 2022, Republican lines in metro Atlanta, prediction markets, and the Axios warning that Democrats are less popular than the IRS Why rain helps Republicans: rural and exurban church precincts versus urban lines in Florida, Louisiana, Houston, Shreveport, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula, plus Georgia voter file coding of hard and soft Republicans DOJ and FBI target letters to 20 Democrats including Marc Elias, the Mary Peltola ballot controversy in Alaska, Senator Dan Sullivan, and why ranked choice voting could delay results for weeks J.D. Vance and 2028: Erick Erickson walks through the GOP pattern of nominating the runner-up from Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan to Ted Cruz, and a caller from Appalachia on voting local races, sheriffs and school boards Go vote anyway: why voting is a right and not a duty, Georgia's three constitutional amendments, Trump's possible cutoff of aid to Israel, and the Magic City polls to poles watch party
S15 · E197
Monday · 36 min
S15 EP197: Hour 1 - Election Eve Panic: Republicans Fear an Early Vote Wipeout and Haley Stevens Backs Mike Rogers
On the eve of the midterms, Erick Erickson reports on the brutal early voting data that has Republican strategists panicking in Georgia, Texas, Iowa and even Florida, then explains why he still believes the polls overcount Democrats and why undecided voters break for the incumbent party. He urges frustrated Republicans to vote for Rick Jackson, Greg Abbott and other state level candidates even if they leave the Senate line blank. Then Haley Stevens crosses party lines to endorse Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate race, and Erick makes the case that character still counts. Early voting data in Georgia and Texas, Republican strategist panic, and Steve Kornacki's Meet the Press numbers on how unpopular the Democratic Party is What a campaign consultant does the day before an election: active voters by precinct, county and precinct captains, and chasing down Republicans who have not voted Why Erick will leave the Georgia Senate line blank but vote for Rick Jackson, Greg Abbott and the rest of the Republican ticket, a permission structure for frustrated voters Michigan Senate race: Haley Stevens endorses Mike Rogers, Abdul El-Sayed's 60 Minutes answers on Israel and the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Democratic backlash from Stacey Abrams and Hasan Piker Character over party, Charles Spurgeon on never being obligated to choose an evil, and a preview of the fake Dan Sullivan story in Alaska and looming Obamacare premium hikes
S15 · E197
Monday · 35 min
S15 EP197: Hour 2 - The Fake Dan Sullivan Scandal in Alaska and Why Furious Normal Voters May Punish the GOP
On the eve of the midterms, Erick Erickson breaks down the Alaska scandal in which Mary Peltola's campaign allegedly recruited a Democrat named Daniel J. Sullivan to run as a Republican against Senator Dan Sullivan, and why he thinks it could be election fraud. He argues that normal, non partisan voters are angry at the GOP over tariffs, the Iran war, diesel and fertilizer prices, and the cruelty and incompetence of deportation, even as he stays more optimistic than panicked Republican strategists about the Georgia governor race between Rick Jackson and Keisha Lance Bottoms. A caller named Roe presses him on whether the Republican party is truly open to everyone. The Alaska fake Dan Sullivan scandal: Mary Peltola's campaign, a Democrat registered as a Republican, the ranked choice ballot, a missing candidate, and why Erick says this may be electoral fraud Georgia governor race predictions: Rick Jackson versus Keisha Lance Bottoms, why a runoff is slim to none, and why Erick is more optimistic than Republican strategists about midterm election turnout Normal voters versus hardcore partisans: why undecided voters break for the incumbent party, why staying home to send a message is a mistake, and why Democrats lose ground after the Haley Stevens reaction Caller Roe on a more inclusive Republican party, the multiracial Trump coalition, Hispanic and black voters, and how deportation errors and cruelty alienate people who support immigration enforcement Iran war missile shortage, tariffs, record diesel and fertilizer prices, a 2006 style wipeout, and why Erick says Peter Navarro and Howard Lutnick should be fired if Republicans lose The Palm Beach plane crash, death as social media content, and Erick's warning about soul rot, plus a Mark 5 take on why Twitter is run by demons
S15 · E197
Monday · 36 min
S15 EP197: Hour 3 - Why Gridlock Is Good News and Tucker Carlson's Nuclear Claim
On the final day before the midterm elections, Erick Erickson tells anxious Republicans that gridlock in Washington is good for the stock market, the states, and your rights, and why a divided Congress still faces Obamacare premium hikes, the national debt, and a lame duck Donald Trump who could reset his economic team. He also takes on Tucker Carlson's claim that Trump plans a nuclear strike, the likely return to Iran after the election, and the Wall Street Journal story of the vanished Alaska candidate Dan J. Sullivan Jr. in the fake Dan Sullivan scandal. Why gridlock is good: the Founders' design, the stock market, state power, the impermanent presidency of executive orders, and what Trump can still get done with a divided Congress What Republicans should learn if the midterm elections go badly: do not blame voters, listen to exit polls, replace Peter Navarro and Howard Lutnick with Scott Bessent and Kevin Hassett, and follow the George W. Bush 2006 reset model Iran war outlook: Tucker Carlson's claim about a nuclear strike on Pickaxe Mountain, Ukrainian drone defense help for Gulf allies, falling oil prices, Netanyahu's coalition troubles, and why Erick expects the U.S. and Israel to finish the job Washington's coming collisions: Obamacare premiums up 15 to 20 percent, a national debt equal to GDP, possible Fed rate hikes, and Medicare for All fears if Democrats win Congress Election eve stories: Greg Abbott in Texas, Dave Marcus on the ground in Ohio, Steve Kornacki on Democratic favorability, the missing Alaska fake Dan Sullivan, Donald Trump Jr.'s Ohio gaffe, and the Falcons loss to the Buccaneers
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Friday · 36 min
S15 EP196: Hour 1 - Where Things Stand in the Final Days and Why Undecided Voters Break for the Incumbent
Erick Erickson opens Open Line Friday with the state of play in the U.S. Senate, explaining why late undecided voters tend to break for the incumbent party and why he still thinks Republicans hold the Senate even as early voting in Georgia, Texas, and Kansas looks grim for the GOP. He breaks down the polling averages for James Talarico, Abdul El-Sayed, Mike Rogers, Roger Marshall, Ossoff, and Keisha Lance Bottoms, takes Brooke's call from Atlanta, pays tribute to Sir Patrick Stewart, and argues that voters take away your power to fight the culture war once you break their economy. Senate races 2026: why undecided voters break for the incumbent party, Cook Political Report's call for a 25 seat Democratic House gain, and Erick's prediction that Republicans keep the Senate The Washington Post and George Mason University Kansas poll, Roger Marshall vs. Adam Hamilton, and why Democrats answer pollsters at twice the rate of Republicans Georgia early voting, Rick Jackson, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Ossoff, and the case for leaving one line blank but still voting for every other Republican James Talarico, Abdul El-Sayed, Mike Rogers, and the Democrats' new "smiling warriors" message, plus Nancy Pelosi pushing back on El-Sayed Tributes to Patrick Stewart and Captain Picard, tariffs and Georgia farmers (Vidalia onions), and the Obama "love your neighbor" pivot
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Friday · 36 min
S15 EP196: Hour 2 - GOP Is Their Own Worst Enemy and Why Congress Needs a Big Raise
Erick Erickson explains why he will vote the whole Republican ballot but leave the Georgia Senate line blank over Mike Collins, takes pushback from caller Joy, and argues that Republicans cannot win the culture war while tariffs and diesel prices wreck the economy. He also covers the fake Dan Sullivan fallout in the Alaska Senate race, Chinese farmland purchases in Texas, Florida Amendment 3 on property taxes, and his case for expanding the House and paying members of Congress $500,000. Georgia Senate race: Mike Collins, Derek Dooley, Herschel Walker, and why Erick will not vote for the lesser of two evils, plus Joy's call defending the hold your nose vote and more than a dozen pastors who texted support The economy and the midterm elections: tariffs, diesel prices, Georgia soybean farmers, truck drivers, and why Erick says voters grant a license to fight the culture war only if the economy works Alaska Senate race: reporters cannot find the second Dan Sullivan, Mary Peltola, the New York Times text messages, and the Alaska governor's warning about certifying the election Chinese land purchases in Texas, drought, diesel and grain costs, the slaughterhouse oligopoly, shrinking cattle herds, and Argentine beef imports Congress salary: Erick wants the House expanded to 1,000 members and pay raised to $500,000, with Orlando police salaries as proof, plus Vivek Ramaswamy's Ohio ad and Mar-a-Lago endorsements Florida Amendment 3: homestead exemption, property tax reform, and employee retirement benefits, with Erick saying he would vote yes
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Friday · 36 min
S15 EP196: Hour 3 - AI Hiring Robots Rejecting Gen Z, and Why Classical Education Beats the Dumbed Down SAT
Erick Erickson uses Open Line Friday to go after AI hiring tools, from the Workday class action lawsuit over alleged age and race discrimination to the New York Times report on Gen Z job seekers rejected by chatbots, and he calls on Congress to ban AI from vetting job applicants. He also takes caller Vince on the Workday rejection loop, then turns to the collapse of SAT vocabulary rigor, his son's classical Christian education and senior thesis, Common Core and Singapore math, and the new data on toddler screen time. Workday lawsuit and AI hiring: the federal class action over AI screening bias, why rejection at one Workday company means rejection everywhere, the New York Times story on Gen Z applicants (511 applications, chatbot interviewers), and Erick's proposal to ban AI vetting of job candidates Why young people turn to socialism: no rejection letters, no human contact, minimum wage hikes pushing out entry level teens in favor of retirees, HR departments under fire, and a White House General Counsel hire stalled for four and a half months by AI resume filters Caller Vince on Workday rejections within minutes, vibe coded software replacing the Adobe suite, and Erick's gripe about monthly software subscriptions for Microsoft Office and Adobe The new SAT versus the 1980s SAT: Thomas Aquinas College study, Jeremy Tate and the Classical Learning Test, collapsing vocabulary and shorter reading passages, plus Erick's son's classical Christian senior thesis, Latin, Common Core renamed Singapore math, and Samford University Toddler screen time and slower speech from the National Survey of Children's Health, the Ukrainian bear with a landmine, the Pope on holy war, Dan Orlovsky and percent on the Pat McAfee Show, and TSMC in Arizona
S15 · E194
Thursday · 36 min
S15 EP194: Hour 2 - Republicans Are Not Voting Early and a Booming Economy Still Isn't Helping the GOP
Erick Erickson sounds the alarm on early voting data in Georgia, where Keisha Lance Bottoms could beat Rick Jackson for governor if Republicans stay home, and where the same weak GOP turnout shows up in Iowa, Ohio, Texas and North Carolina. He weighs Patrick Ruffini's numbers against a 3.4 percent third quarter GDP report, a likely December interest rate hike from Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh, and why tariffs, grocery prices and wages trailing inflation hurt Republicans heading into the midterm elections. Plus data center spending, the college work ethic problem, and a possible Canada trade deal. Georgia early voting: Keisha Lance Bottoms vs. Rick Jackson, Secretary of State turnout data, Fulton, Clayton and Liberty counties, weak rural and exurban Republican turnout, and absentee ballot requests Patrick Ruffini's national early vote tracker: 33 million ballots cast, Democratic surge in North Carolina and Georgia, and why Erick still thinks Republicans can narrowly hold the Senate (Ken Paxton, Mike Collins, Michael Whatley) Third quarter GDP at 3.4 percent, the data center building boom driving concrete prices, Kevin Warsh and the Federal Reserve on a December rate hike, Scott Bessent, and tariffs hurting the GOP Grocery price tracking in swing counties by Liz Mayer, wages six months behind inflation, and the affordability problem for Republicans College graduates and work ethic, the return of the Blue Book exam, Microsoft layoffs, and why Chick-fil-A alumni and classical education produce better workers Canada, the European Union and a possible Trump trade deal, plus a surge in Republican turnout in northern border states for Susan Collins and Mike Rogers
S15 · E194
Thursday · 36 min
S15 EP194: Hour 1 - Alaska Dirty Tricks
Erick Erickson digs into the New York Times report that Mary Peltola's campaign, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee aides, and the Elias Law Group ran a "Ballot Composition Project" to put a second Dan Sullivan on Alaska's ranked choice ballot, and why he thinks the press is shrugging it off. He also covers Troy Jackson's Maine logging company that turns out to be a union consulting firm and the laundromat owner misled into his ad against Susan Collins, Abdul El-Sayed and Peggy Flanagan donor ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, and why he is leaving the Georgia Senate line blank. Plus a salute to the Milwaukee Brewers' World Series win. Alaska Senate race: Mary Peltola, the Ballot Composition Project, two Dan Sullivans, Jared Kurtz, Mark Elias, the DSCC, Dana Bash on CNN, and the Justice Department's weak certification case Why ranked choice voting invites ballot stacking, from Alaska to New York City, and why Erick says it confuses voters and erodes trust in elections Maine Senate race: Troy Jackson's logging company that is really a consulting firm paid by the International Association of Machinists, and the Scarborough laundromat owner misled into a Troy Jackson ad against Susan Collins Michigan and Minnesota Democrats: Abdul El-Sayed, Peggy Flanagan, Muslim Brotherhood donor ties, Haley Stevens on CNN, plus Dave Jolly and James Talarico on transgender athletes in girls sports Why Erick is not voting in the Georgia Senate race, rising antisemitism and extremism on both sides, and a congratulations to the Milwaukee Brewers on a small market World Series win over the big spending Dodgers and Mets model
S15 · E194
Thursday · 37 min
S15 EP194: Hour 3 - The Omar Investigation
Erick Erickson breaks down the New York Times report that Obama-era FBI and Homeland Security investigators found evidence Rep. Ilhan Omar's 2009 marriage was fraudulent, why the statute of limitations stalled the case, and how Chief Judge James Boasberg is handling the sealed search warrant fight. He also takes listener calls on the border wall, munitions production, and Anduril founder Palmer Luckey's case that America should build weapons with the factories it already has, plus China, the power grid, and Taiwan. Ilhan Omar investigation: the New York Times report on an Obama-era FBI and Department of Homeland Security probe of her marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, the five-year statute of limitations, the Chris Hayes interview, and Erick's pattern-of-fraud theory involving her father's immigration status and her passport renewals Judge James Boasberg and the Justice Department: the sealed search warrant for Omar's home, 14 news organizations and Judicial Watch seeking access, the October 30 response deadline, and why a judge hostile to the Trump administration is still letting the investigation slow roll Anduril and Palmer Luckey: why American defense manufacturing should build weapons from existing factories like World War Two Jeeps and John Deere rockets, how Ukraine builds millions of cheap drones, and General Motors turning around munitions in six weeks Listener calls: border wall progress under the Trump administration, Rick Perry on surveillance and drones, the canceled migrant caravan, and a Dayton, Ohio caller on hypersonic missiles and what the United States does not advertise Power grid and Taiwan: the military preparing every installation to run off grid for 90 days, Chinese infiltration of the power grid, water supply and telecom, Europe's warnings about Russia, and Erick's case for being prepared without fear, plus Matt Gaetz and the Cheesecake Factory
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October 28 · 36 min
S15 EP193: Hour 1 - Israel and the Arabs
Erick Erickson breaks down Benjamin Netanyahu's surprise comeback in the Israeli election, why early exit polls got the Knesset race wrong, and what it means for polling ahead of the American midterms. Then he takes on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s comments about Arab nations a week before Michigan votes, Abdul El-Sayed's Muslim Brotherhood ties, the 2002 UN Arab Human Development Report, and JD Vance on the unrest in France. Erick also explains why he is leaving one Georgia ballot line blank, his predictions for the Senate and House, and the Atlanta Dream versus Golden State Valkyries WNBA Finals scheduling mess. Israel election: Netanyahu and Likud lead, his coalition drops from 68 to 54 seats, exit polling errors, Knesset coalition math, and a possible caretaker government Midterm election 2026 predictions: Republicans hold the Senate, lose the House, why polling overstates Democrats, Ken Paxton in Texas, and Patrick Ruffini's data Why Erick is leaving a Georgia Senate ballot line blank, Mike Collins, and the case for keeping the Senate for judges and a possible Clarence Thomas retirement Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Arab culture, Abdul El-Sayed and the Muslim Brotherhood, Mike Lawler on CNN, and the UN Arab Human Development Report on book translation JD Vance on rioting in France, immigration and assimilation, Democrats and post-election protests, plus Atlanta Dream versus Golden State Valkyries WNBA Finals and caller Charles on endless campaign calls
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October 28 · 36 min
S15 EP193: Hour 2 - Dems Stacked Alaska's Ballot With Dan Sullivans, and Republicans Are Texting Their Donors Away
Erick Erickson breaks down the New York Times exposé on the Mary Peltola campaign's "Ballot Composition Project," which recruited candidates named Dan Sullivan to confuse Alaska's ranked choice voting ballot and peel votes from Senator Dan Sullivan. He then explains how Republican text message fundraising on WinRed is killing the small donor base while ActBlue surges, why early voting data shows Republicans not turning out in Georgia ahead of Keisha Lance Bottoms, and what the Wall Street Journal reports about a post-midterm Iran strike. Alaska Senate race: Mary Peltola, the Ballot Composition Project, fake and look-alike Dan Sullivan candidates, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee involvement, and why ranked choice voting invites ballot stacking Republican small dollar fundraising collapse: WinRed versus ActBlue, James Talarico's ActBlue haul, spam text messages, the RNC's $64 million in refunded recurring donations, and why super PACs pay higher TV and radio ad rates than candidates Early voting red flag: Republican strategists say reliable early voters are not showing up, Georgia nerves over Keisha Lance Bottoms and Rick Jackson, John King for insurance commissioner, and Greg Abbott in Texas Iran war: Wall Street Journal report of a short, intense US and Israeli campaign after the midterms, Patriot batteries and carrier groups, the Joint Chiefs' push for 15 more days of bombing, the Iranian missile shield, and Twelver Shia Mahdism Gallup record low support for reelecting Congress, Lisa Murkowski endorsing the Democratic governor candidate in Alaska, and Fox News ratings among 25 to 54 year olds
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October 28 · 36 min
S15 EP193: Hour 3 - Fox Ratings in Free Fall, and Texas Pastors Went Quiet Until the Heretic Showed Up
Erick Erickson digs into the Nielsen numbers showing Fox News headed for its lowest October in years, with just 98,000 viewers in the coveted 25 to 54 demo, and explains why populist movements like MAGA rarely survive the departure of the big personality, from Huey Long to Zell Miller to a post-Trump 2028 fight over Donald Trump's term limits and JD Vance. Then he takes calls on the Texas Senate race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico, why pastors stayed silent in the primary, early voting panic in Georgia and Michigan, and the Federal Reserve holding off on a rate hike until December. Fox News ratings collapse: Nielsen October numbers, a 32 percent drop in the 25 to 54 demographic, News Nation gaining, and why Erick says he refuses to be captured by his audience Populist movements after Trump: Huey Long, Zell Miller, the two term limit and the 22nd Amendment, JD Vance, 2028 presidential campaign talk, and the future of MAGA Texas Senate race: Ken Paxton versus James Talarico, undecided voters breaking for the incumbent party, and why Erick faults Texas pastors for staying quiet in the primary Midterm early vote: more than 33 million ballots cast, Michigan at one in five voters, Georgia passing two million early votes with weak rural turnout, and Patrick Ruffini on border state Republicans Federal Reserve holding rates until a likely December hike, Trump on working with a Democratic House, Christians killed in Nigeria, and Erick's warning about Carl Schmitt on the right
S15 · E192
October 27 · 36 min
S15 EP192: Hour 1 - Trump Barnstorms the Final Week Before the Midterms As Panic Sets In
One week before Election Day, Erick Erickson breaks down Donald Trump's nonstop midterm campaign swing, why 13 visits to Kansas is a red flag for Roger Marshall, and how tariffs, diesel prices, fertilizer costs, and Canadian aluminum are hurting Iowa farmers and Republicans. He also digs into Georgia early voting numbers, the Anthropic Claude voter data controversy, the Los Angeles early ballot court fight, and why he expects a possible Democratic House takeover while urging listeners to stay calm, vote, and look ahead to 2028. Trump's closing campaign tour, 13 Kansas visits, Roger Marshall, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and the GOP House majority Tariffs, diesel and fertilizer prices, Iowa farmers, Canadian aluminum, and the Maine tariff waivers for Susan Collins and Mike Rogers Georgia early voting data (1.95 million ballots), rural turnout, and the Claude-built website and Anthropic paywall controversy Midterm forecast and 2028: Democrats and the House, Senate races with James Talarico, Ken Paxton, Mike Rogers, and Sherrod Brown, Hakeem Jeffries, JD Vance, Brian Kemp, and Ted Cruz The Invesco QQQ Atlanta Gridiron Classic rant: the Georgia Florida game rename and corporate sponsorship in college football
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October 27 · 36 min
S15 EP192: Hour 2 - Why Susan Collins and Mike Rogers Can Win While MAGA Picks Struggle
Erick Erickson explains why the Senate candidates with their own brand, Susan Collins in Maine and Mike Rogers in Michigan, are beating the ones who are only known as Donald Trump's pick, from Mike Collins in Georgia and Michael Whatley in North Carolina to Ken Paxton in Texas. Then he turns to Florida, where Democratic socialist Angie Nixon's Cuba embargo answer and a criminal referral over $270,000 missing from her charity are dragging down the whole ticket, plus Attorney General James Uthmeier's Sinaloa Cartel takedown in Tampa Bay. Midterm Senate races: Susan Collins, Mike Rogers, Ken Paxton, James Talarico, Mike Collins, Michael Whatley, Sherrod Brown, and why a candidate needs his or her own brand Scott Jennings and Van Jones on CNN: Abdul El-Sayed, Barack Obama's Detroit rally, black voters, Jewish voters, and Michigan early vote polling Georgia, Texas, Florida, Ohio, and Iowa: Rick Jackson, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Greg Abbott, Ashley Moody, Vivek Ramaswamy, and the 2018 Brian Kemp lesson Angie Nixon: Florida Democratic Senate nominee, the Cuba embargo, Obama era policy, Cuban Americans, and the National Legal and Policy Center complaint over her charity Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, the Sinaloa Cartel drug ring, Tampa Bay arrests, and Erick's golf trip with the Golfer's Journal Broken Tee Society
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October 27 · 36 min
S15 EP192: Hour 3 - Obama's Cheesecake Factory Jab Exposes the Left's Snobbery
Erick Erickson unpacks Barack Obama's Cheesecake Factory joke from the Abdul El-Sayed rally in Michigan, why Donald Trump taking the bait four times hurts Republicans, and why the left's sneering at the middle class and small business owners is the real story. Then he reads the early vote one week before the midterms: Republicans leading in Nevada and Florida, the Texas Senate race between James Talarico and Ken Paxton tied, Susan Collins in Maine, Mike Rogers in Michigan, Sherrod Brown in Ohio, and a first look at the Israeli election and Benjamin Netanyahu. Barack Obama's Cheesecake Factory and White House gold leaf jab, Trump's four responses, and Scott Bessent's Cheesecake Factory lunch The left's snobbery toward the middle class and small business owners, Boeing and Apple tariff relief, and Honda warning of a 50 percent tariff on Canadian auto parts Israeli election day: Benjamin Netanyahu in trouble, a surge in Arab Israeli and young voters, and what the media will get wrong Early voting a week out: Republicans ahead in Nevada and Florida, Byron Donalds over Dave Jolly, Greg Abbott's Texas turnout machine, and why late undecideds break for the incumbent party Senate map: James Talarico versus Ken Paxton, Susan Collins versus Troy Jackson, Mike Rogers versus Abdul El-Sayed, Sherrod Brown, Vivek Ramaswamy versus Amy Acton, and Matt Towery's warning on the GOP closing message
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October 23 · 36 min
S15 EP191: Hour 1 - Ilhan Omar's Father, the Fact-Checkers Who Covered for Him, and the Fake Polls Spooking Voters
Erick Erickson opens an open line Friday revisiting the Ilhan Omar story, playing her own words to Chris Hayes and reading a Pirate Wires piece by Ashley Rindsberg that argues Snopes and the fact-check industry waved away questions about her father, Nur Omar Mohammed, while noting the immigration investigation began under the Biden administration. He then turns to the midterms: the Fox News poll with James Talarico and Ken Paxton tied in Texas, rural Georgia early voting down 50 percent from 2022, fake polls from firms like SoCal Strategies, Abdul El-Sayed on defense in Michigan, and farmer anger over tariffs. He also calls Vivek Ramaswamy's Amy Acton ad political malpractice for every Ohio Republican forced to answer for it. Ilhan Omar's clip with Chris Hayes, her father Nur Omar Mohammed, the Snopes "mostly false" rating, and why Erick says the investigation started under Biden, not Trump How Dan Rather, Power Line, Snopes, and PolitiFact explain the rise of the media fact-check industry and the left-wing narrative it protects Fox News poll shows James Talarico and Ken Paxton dead even in the Texas Senate race, plus rural Georgia early voting down 50 percent per the AJC's Patricia Murphy Fake polls and midterm Senate races: SoCal Strategies, 50 Plus One, Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers in Michigan, Peggy Flanagan, David Jolly, Angie Nixon, Ashley Moody, Sherrod Brown, and an 8 point Democratic generic ballot lead Tariffs hurting farmers in Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas, Argentine beef imports, and Vivek Ramaswamy's Amy Acton ad dragging Ohio Republicans into a fight
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October 23 · 36 min
S15 EP191: Hour 2 - Greg Abbott Fires Up Texas Turnout, and Why Tariffs Are Now the Republican Anchor
Texas Governor Greg Abbott joins Erick Erickson to sound the alarm on record Democratic early voting in the Texas governor race against Gina Hinojosa, as a new Fox News poll shows James Talarico and Ken Paxton dead even in the Senate race. Erick then spotlights rural Georgia turnout down 50 percent from 2022, tells Republicans to skip the line they dislike but still vote, and makes the case that tariffs have become the Republican anchor with a net negative 39 percent approval. He also explains why he does not believe the Vanity Fair story on Jared Kushner and lays out what the data says about marriage, free markets, and a successful society. Gov. Greg Abbott on Texas early voting, the Gina Hinojosa campaign, CAIR's endorsement, property taxes, and oil and gas Fox News poll: James Talarico and Ken Paxton tied 49 to 49 in the Texas Senate race, and why turnout decides it Rural Georgia early voting down 50 percent from 2022, Rick Jackson, Keisha Lance Bottoms, and the absentee ballot deadline Tariffs as the GOP anchor: Democrats spent more than $58 million on anti-tariff ads, Republicans spent nothing, and corruption is the top voter issue Why Erick does not buy the Vanity Fair Jared Kushner story, plus the Louvre closing over French riots and the case for marriage and free markets

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