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The Erick Erickson Show

S12 EP140: Hour 1 - Aftermath of the First Debate

The Erick Erickson Show

Erick Erickson

News, News Commentary

4.5874 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Here's everything you need to know about the very first GOP debate. Also, did anyone even watch the Donald Trump interview?

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, America. Welcome. It's Eric Eriksson here, the aftermath of the poop show in Milwaukee.

0:06.6

Oh, do I have lots to say about that? And of course, the fourth arrest of President Trump coming later today.

0:14.5

The phone number here, if you want to share your thoughts on last night's well-watched debate.

0:26.0

877-97-973-7-4-25.

0:29.7

I got to say out of the gate, I know how this works.

0:34.6

And I want you to know, I understand intuitively.

0:39.6

Your favorite candidate won the debate last night.

0:44.7

And the candidate you despised the most well, he lost.

0:46.6

I know how it works.

0:50.4

I don't want to disagree with you at all.

0:51.9

Your candidate won.

0:53.3

You know he won.

0:57.8

You feel it in your bones. Your candidate won. He or she had a stellar performance. You're right. Absolutely. You are right. And that SOB you hate,

1:06.3

well, that candidate went down in flames. I've been around the block. I know how this works.

1:13.6

I will tell you what I think of the debate. I'm going to go bouncing back and forth across the stage from worst polling to best. So we'll start with

1:29.2

Asa Hutchinson. You know, I had all of these candidates at my forum where I feel like we learned

1:34.4

more about them with 45 minutes apiece other than Bergham and Hutchinson. I kind of regret now,

1:40.0

not asking Bergham to come. Hutchinson, though, was like the ugly girl at a spin-the-bottle contest who got a sympathetic

1:46.5

kiss.

1:47.2

I mean, nobody wanted to go to Asa Hutchinson for anything, but they felt obliged to, so he

1:52.5

didn't feel bad wasting his time.

1:54.1

I don't understand why Asa Hutchinson is running.

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