My fellow Americans, it's Eric Erickson here this open line Friday.

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Glad, glad to have you with me. We must begin.

We must begin with Donald Trump and the pro-life movement now this hour. Spare me the hate mail.

I've got advice.

I've got to set the stage for you. You've got to understand what you're dealing with.

And I don't.

One of the things I've noticed is that over time, people on the left and the right, as they become more insular, they understand people outside their bubble less and less, which is unfortunate.

I want to talk about my people in the pro-life movement, and they're my people.

I have never, and I will never vote for a candidate who supports abortion rights.

Donald Trump came very close to sounding like he does this week yesterday.

And if he loses in November, yesterday, August 29th in the Year of Our Lord, 2024 will be the day he lost if he doesn't do some damage control pretty quickly.

There are in every coalition and politics single issue voters.

That is, voters who one issue reigns supreme.

And if you're not right on that issue, they won't vote for you.

Doesn't matter about all the other issues.

Doesn't matter about your issue.

You can yell at them all you want that the other side is worse, but they don't care.

They care about this issue.

And if on this issue, they think both sides are as bad, they're not going to go vote.

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