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Welcome to the Eric Erickson Show podcast, Our One.

Hello, America. Welcome. It is Eric Erickson here across the nation and a big day on this show in particular. If you are in Tulsa, Oklahoma, listening to K-R-M-G, or Dayton, Ohio, listening to W. H-I-O-H-O, or in Jacksonville, Florida, listening to W-O-K-V. I've been on in the evenings there, and as of today, live noon to 3 p.m. And if you're listening to one of those stations, when I'm normally on, you're hearing me telling you that, hey, guess what?

I'm on live now, midday in your market. Welcome. It is Eric Erickson here. The phone number,

if you want to be on the program, 8779-733-7-4-25. For those of you listening, you're like,

who is this guy? Well, I want to begin with a story. As we talk about Mitch McConnell,

you can get a sense of it. As the editor of Redstate.com for a decade, I am a long-time critic

of Mitch McConnell. In fact, there are a lot of people online on TV and on radio who are laughing about McConnell's end as Senate Republican leader.

He will step down in November.

And unlike every single one of them, I have actually paid a price for opposing Mitch McConnell. It's very interesting to

hear and see the people puffing up their chests denouncing Mitch McConnell. It cost them

nothing. I was a Fox News contributor for five years. And in 2014, as editor of Redstate.com, began an effort to draft Matt Bevan

to run against Mitch McConnell and primary him.

We were successful in getting Bevin into the race.

I helped him raise money.

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