Welcome to the Eric Erickson Show podcast, Hour One.

Hello and welcome. It is Eric Erickson here. The Eric Erickson Show across the nation. I sure hope you're doing great today. My goodness gracious, yes, you know what we're

going to spend time on out of the gate. It literally is the biggest news story of the day for a

variety of reasons. And I want you to hear it for yourself before I even dive in and really

tell you what I think about it.

You do need to understand what is about to happen to John Fetterman in Pennsylvania.

It's just not good.

But first, I want you to hear it for yourself.

This is actually how I'm not making this up. You hear it for yourself. This is how the

debate began last night in Pennsylvania. As lieutenant governor, you're running for a seat that could

decide the balance of power in Washington. What qualifies you to be a U.S. Senator? You have 60 seconds.

Hi. Good night, everybody.

Hi, good night, everybody.

The consequences of his stroke are not good.

I don't mean to make light of it,

don't mean to laugh about it,

but for months his team has denied he was as bad as he is.

Remember,

Dasha Burns is the NBC News reporter

who interviewed John Federman

for his first in-person interview.

Dasha Burns was assailed by members of the press for saying that he was not good.

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