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The Erick Erickson Show

S11 EP59: Hour 2 - The Trump Showdown in the GOP

The Erick Erickson Show

Erick Erickson

News Commentary, News

4.5876 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Trump’s hold on the republican party is going to play out this midterm and set the stage for his potential presidential run in 2024.

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0:00.0

Now look, I want to start the hour with phone calls actually before I get in monologue.

0:05.1

People, um, wait, but I got a couple of emails.

0:08.7

I left.

0:09.4

I went and got my 20,000th cup of coffee for the day.

0:13.1

I came back and I got emails from people saying I did a disservice talking about the degenerates of all I don't

0:21.7

I you know I used to watch the Oscars I don't anymore I swore I wouldn't even

0:26.0

talk about this but a number of people saying wasn't it a ratings ploy well I got

0:32.5

five or six people wanted to know if I thought the whole thing was staged. Um, no.

0:40.1

One I, I, I, okay.

0:44.0

All right.

0:50.2

So many of us.

1:06.0

Look at Hollywood stars and we find them relatable based on interviews all of which are staged and scripted and they're movies and TV shows.

1:11.6

You don't know Will Smith.

1:14.6

You think you know Will Smith because Will Smith has one hell of a PR team that puts him in various positions to make you think he's very relatable.

1:30.8

Will Smith is not relatable.

1:32.2

Have you ever heard the interview about Will Smith's kids in the school?

1:35.3

Will Smith funded a Scientology school.

1:38.0

His kids went there for a year.

1:40.1

I mean, these are some deeply, deeply, um, unrelatable people.

1:48.1

He and his wife live in an open marriage.

1:52.3

His wife sleeps around on him and has talked about it.

1:58.0

And Chris Rock tells a dumb joke. By the way, earlier in the Oscars, people were making

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