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The Erick Erickson Show

S13 EP77: Hour 1 - “Fiery But Most Peaceful”

The Erick Erickson Show

Erick Erickson

News, News Commentary

4.5874 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Mainstream media outlets are running cover for all the protests in a very familiar way.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, America. Welcome. It is Eric Erickson here. Across the United States, I am delighted to have you with me.

0:09.5

The phone number is 877-97-973-7-4-25. As always, text Eric, E-R-I-C-K, 33-777, and you can be on the program.

0:23.6

Well, so I had a really good meeting, series of meetings on Friday and Saturday with some Republicans' super secret meeting in the vast right wing conspiracy.

0:35.4

I was flying home yesterday and I looked at

0:38.7

Philip and I said, I honestly, I don't even have to do a lot of show prep for tomorrow. I already

0:43.0

know what I'm going to talk about out of the gate because it is, it's happening again.

0:49.1

In 2020, when the George Floyd protests became a summer season of riots, the American media,

1:00.6

particularly at CNN, this is where it happened.

1:03.2

I think it was Ali Velshi at the time, who's a progressive from Al Jazeera and MSNBC and the

1:08.5

like.

1:09.3

He described the protest, I think it was him,

1:13.9

described the protests as fiery but mostly peaceful.

1:20.1

Fiery but mostly peaceful.

1:21.9

Well, there's a problem.

1:23.7

Polling has come out.

1:26.1

And the polling shows that something like 49% of Americans are opposed to what's happening.

1:38.8

49% of Americans are opposed to what's happening with the protests.

1:47.6

Only 20 percent support. Only 20 percent support. It's a pretty big deal. That is a pretty big deal. Forty-nine percent oppose only 20

2:07.1

percent support. And in fact, if you were to force the people who are completely undecided,

2:14.9

how they stand, a majority of them say they think they're opposed.

2:20.8

This is turning bad for Joe Biden. Columbia University has now canceled its graduation. Imagine

2:26.9

that you work your butt off for college. You work your butt off.

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