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Hello, America.

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It is Eric Erickson here.

Across the nation, the phone number is 877-973-725. Greg Gianforte, the governor of Montana is going to

join me at the bottom of the hour. Now, I want to make a point. Some of you won't like the point.

I spit the entire first hour telling you this really isn't about Trump.

It's more complicated than that.

I do want to add something, though.

When you look at 2018, 2020, 2020, 2022, 2023.

You even go back 2019.

And then 2023, looking at 2024, there is a common denominator there.

It is Trump.

And I do think you're going to see on the debate stage tonight in Miami,

Christy DeSantis and Haley pointing out, and maybe Tim Scott as well, that, I mean,

the underlying current in all those was Trump. And in suburban parts of the country, we continue to

lose. And the Trump team, and if you're listing your Trump's morning, you fundamentally don't believe that.

And you think there's other factors, and there are.

But there is in swing states, in swing areas, there is a Trump factor.

So here's the thing.

As I said in the first hour, Jeff Landry in Louisiana would not have won but for being

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