Hello and welcome. It is Eric Eurickson nationwide. The phone number, I want to be on the program.

877973-725. We got a Supreme Court pick. We will get to. President Biden will address the nation later

day. I'm not carrying this live. I told you all weeks ago who it was going to be. I was right. It was that

obvious. Now,

we've got a special guest out of the gate today. The senator from the great state of Arkansas,

Tom Cotton, welcome to the program. How are you? Good morning, Eric. I'm doing well. I hope you and all

your listeners are well too. We sure are. Now, out of the gate, you, I want to talk to you obviously

about Ukraine. You and the Senate Republicans have been pretty united on this. I thought it

was interesting. The number of stories, New York Times, political Washington Post on the great

divide within the Republicans, and all they could point to were some statements Senator

Hawley had made, and he too is out saying we need to be more forceful against Russia on this.

The United Republican Front here, and it actually seems like the Democrats are the ones who were pretty divided on how hard the president should go after Vladimir Putin.

Yeah, Eric, Vladimir Putin is a ruthless dictator who has launched a premeditated, unprovoked,

naked war of aggression.

And I can tell you that there's certainly no love loss in my state, as I've spoken with

Arkansas this week, about Vladimir Putin in general, and of course,

for the war that he launched this week.

We can see a bully from a mile away in Arkansas, and we know how to stand up to one as well.

And we are cheering on and celebrating the brave Ukrainian people like those

Ukrainian border guards on Snake Island yesterday who told that Russian worship what it could go do

to itself. Yes. Or the moms and dads in Kiev who are now not just arming themselves

with AK-47s but making Molotov cocktails. In the spirit of Winston Churchill,

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