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The Erick Erickson Show cuts through the chaos with bold clarity and biblical conviction. Broadcasting live each weekday, Erick tackles the stories that matter - from Washington to Wall Street to your backyard - with fearless analysis rooted in Christian truth and conservative principles. No tribal talking points. No partisan spin. Just straight talk from a host who believes in the sovereignty of God, the greatness of America, and the importance of holding everyone accountable - right or left.

  1. 14h ago

    Why the GOP Got Wiped Out: MAGA's Coalition Collapsed and the Exit Polls Say It Wasn't Just Iran

    Erick Erickson breaks down the Republican wipeout in the 2026 midterms, from Texas and Georgia to South Carolina and Kansas, and argues the Trump-era GOP lost the multiracial, multiethnic coalition it built in 2024. He walks through the exit polling on inflation, tariffs, corruption, the Iran war and immigration enforcement, then explains why JD Vance blaming only the war offers an echo, not a choice, and why the loss is recoverable. Midterm wipeout: Republicans lose Texas, Georgia and South Carolina ground as Hispanic voters swing to Democrats, 62 to 35 Exit poll breakdown: 79 percent report inflation hardship, 64 percent say tariffs hurt the economy, 63 percent call the Iran attack the wrong decision Why "it was just gas prices and the war" is wrong: affordability, corruption, tariffs, deportation overreach and the ballroom JD Vance, 2028 and Reagan's "a choice, not an echo" after the 1974 Watergate wipeout Why it is recoverable: the Senate map, Nebraska and North Carolina ballot measures, and majority support for capitalism and low taxes

  2. 14h ago

    S15 EP199 Hour 2 - "It's Going to Be Okay": Erick Takes Your Calls After the GOP Midterm Wipeout

    Calling in from Nashville, Erick Erickson opens the phones the day after the 2026 midterm wipeout. He tells listeners no loss in American politics is permanent, and he puts the blame on President Trump and the Republicans who wouldn't hold him accountable, not on the voters. He credits Jon Ossoff for rebuilding the Georgia Democratic Party while the state GOP kept relitigating 2020. He also takes calls on the 2028 Senate map, J.D. Vance, the filibuster, and what a Democratic Georgia under Keisha Lance Bottoms will look like. - No permanence in politics: lessons from 1974, 1994, 2010 and Reagan's comeback, and why both parties should stop listening to the crazies - Why voters revolted: tariffs, the White House ballroom, the cruelty in the ICE response, and a Republican redistricting plan that backfired - The 2028 Senate map: Georgia, Ohio, Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania, plus the filibuster and the Supreme Court - Georgia's GOP reckoning: Josh McCoon, the state party apparatus, and how Ossoff beat Republicans fair and square - Listener calls: Michigan, Alabama, Georgia and Ohio callers on faith over politics, the Trump bargain, and what has replaced Christendom

  3. 14h ago

    Day After the Midterm Disaster: Who Gets Fired in the GOP and How You Can Feed a Family

    Erick Erickson spends the day after the 2026 midterm wipeout asking the question Republicans are dodging: who gets fired? He takes aim at Pete Hegseth, Stephen Miller, Howard Lutnick, Peter Navarro and Susie Wiles, shares texts from two U.S. senators about JD Vance and the Iran memorandum of understanding, and reminds listeners that Keisha Lance Bottoms, Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis show how much good governance and local parties matter. Plus David Huey of Hungry for a Day on how $40 feeds a family of four at Thanksgiving. Accountability after the wipeout: Erick Erickson asks who gets fired, from Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon missile shortage to Howard Lutnick's Canada trade deal, Peter Navarro's tariffs, Susie Wiles and Stephen Miller, and compares it to George W. Bush firing Donald Rumsfeld after the 2006 midterms JD Vance and Iran: two U.S. senators text Erick that Republican polling on the Iran war cratered after Vance negotiated the memorandum of understanding, so blaming only the war does not hold up Hispanic voters and ICE: why fear of deportation, gas prices and the economy broke the Hispanic coalition Trump won with 46 percent in 2024, and why no American citizen should have to show their paperwork State fallout: Keisha Lance Bottoms becomes Georgia governor, Greg Abbott loses in Texas, Ron DeSantis and school choice keep Florida red, and why a strong state party matters Listener calls and how to get involved: Trump's mouth and the White House ballroom, why local Republican parties need normal people, and why Trump endorsements of weak candidates cost winnable races Hungry for a Day: David Huey explains how $40 buys a Thanksgiving meal for a family of four, now in Atlanta, Houston, Las Vegas, Sacramento and Central Florida, at ericthanksgiving.com or text DONATE to 33777

  4. 1d ago

    Election Day: Republicans Finally Show Up, and Why Pastors Should Stop Selling Lesser Evils

    On Election Day, Erick Erickson sees surprising Republican turnout in Georgia, Texas, Ohio and Florida, reads Henry Olsen's Washington Post warning of a GOP wipeout, and predicts Republicans lose the House but hold the Senate. He pleads with listeners to vote down ballot, argues pastors should stop telling Christians to vote for the lesser of two evils, and takes a Sacramento caller on Steve Hilton and whether a Republican can ever win California. Election Day turnout watch: Republican lines in Georgia, Texas, Ohio and Florida, Matt Towery of InsiderAdvantage, and the early vote Democrats banked Midterm predictions: Rick Jackson over Keisha Lance Bottoms in the Georgia governor race, Ken Paxton against James Talarico in Texas, and a GOP that loses the House but keeps the Senate Henry Olsen's Washington Post column, Chuck Todd's list of the wildest midterm campaign moments, and Stephen Miller's cult-like closing pitch Faith and voting: Charles Spurgeon, the 1984 Pentecostal Evangel voter guidelines, Edwin Edwards versus David Duke, and why evil has no party letter Steve Hilton and California, school choice as Georgia's Republican lifeline, and the New York Times list of Michigan Jewish leaders backing Abdul El-Sayed

  5. 1d ago

    Republicans Show Up, Buttigieg Breaks Ranks, and Why Both Parties Blame the Voters

    On Election Day, Erick Erickson tracks Republican turnout in Georgia, Texas, Ohio, Florida and Nevada, blasts Vivek Ramaswamy and Roger Marshall for torching their own campaigns, and explains why Pete Buttigieg is catching heat for distancing himself from Abdul El-Sayed and Hassan Piker. He takes calls on single-payer health care, the 2028 fallout for J.D. Vance and Rubio, and why a third party never gets off the ground, then reads NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman's plea to stop the conspiracy theories after the Florida Lear 60 crash. Election Day turnout watch: Ron DeSantis on Florida, the Georgia surge, Buckhead signs for Jon Ossoff but few for Keisha Lance Bottoms, Texas needing record turnout, and a surprise Republican early vote in Nevada with Joe Lombardo Campaign meltdowns: Vivek Ramaswamy and the Amy Acton ad in Ohio, Roger Marshall in Kansas, Mark Short on Trump's approval, and the Blaze under Glenn Beck drifting toward white nationalism Pete Buttigieg on CNBC Squawk Box distancing himself from Abdul El-Sayed and Hassan Piker, and the Democrats furious at him for it Why neither party learns from elections: the under vote in Georgia and Texas, Brian Kemp as the model for 2028 Republicans, Trump's executive orders versus real legislation, and Cesar's third-party question Jared Isaacman and NASA on the Lear 60 crash and conspiracy theories, plus Iran strikes, the Masters film, and a Senate prediction of 51 to 49

  6. 1d ago

    Rain Helps Republicans on Election Day, Plus DOJ Target Letters for Marc Elias in Alaska

    On Election Day, Erick Erickson says the 58.7 million early votes (up from 45.9 million in 2022) make turnout the whole story, explains why rain helps Republicans in Florida, Louisiana and Texas, and warns that crying "stolen election" is a mistake. He covers DOJ and FBI target letters to 20 Democrats including Marc Elias over the Mary Peltola ballot controversy in Alaska, and answers callers on why local races matter and why J.D. Vance is not the natural 2028 heir. Election Day turnout watch: 58,677,062 early votes versus 45,920,446 in 2022, Republican lines in metro Atlanta, prediction markets, and the Axios warning that Democrats are less popular than the IRS Why rain helps Republicans: rural and exurban church precincts versus urban lines in Florida, Louisiana, Houston, Shreveport, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula, plus Georgia voter file coding of hard and soft Republicans DOJ and FBI target letters to 20 Democrats including Marc Elias, the Mary Peltola ballot controversy in Alaska, Senator Dan Sullivan, and why ranked choice voting could delay results for weeks J.D. Vance and 2028: Erick Erickson walks through the GOP pattern of nominating the runner-up from Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan to Ted Cruz, and a caller from Appalachia on voting local races, sheriffs and school boards Go vote anyway: why voting is a right and not a duty, Georgia's three constitutional amendments, Trump's possible cutoff of aid to Israel, and the Magic City polls to poles watch party

  7. 2d ago

    Election Eve Panic: Republicans Fear an Early Vote Wipeout and Haley Stevens Backs Mike Rogers

    On the eve of the midterms, Erick Erickson reports on the brutal early voting data that has Republican strategists panicking in Georgia, Texas, Iowa and even Florida, then explains why he still believes the polls overcount Democrats and why undecided voters break for the incumbent party. He urges frustrated Republicans to vote for Rick Jackson, Greg Abbott and other state level candidates even if they leave the Senate line blank. Then Haley Stevens crosses party lines to endorse Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate race, and Erick makes the case that character still counts. Early voting data in Georgia and Texas, Republican strategist panic, and Steve Kornacki's Meet the Press numbers on how unpopular the Democratic Party is What a campaign consultant does the day before an election: active voters by precinct, county and precinct captains, and chasing down Republicans who have not voted Why Erick will leave the Georgia Senate line blank but vote for Rick Jackson, Greg Abbott and the rest of the Republican ticket, a permission structure for frustrated voters Michigan Senate race: Haley Stevens endorses Mike Rogers, Abdul El-Sayed's 60 Minutes answers on Israel and the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Democratic backlash from Stacey Abrams and Hasan Piker Character over party, Charles Spurgeon on never being obligated to choose an evil, and a preview of the fake Dan Sullivan story in Alaska and looming Obamacare premium hikes

  8. 2d ago

    The Fake Dan Sullivan Scandal in Alaska and Why Furious Normal Voters May Punish the GOP

    On the eve of the midterms, Erick Erickson breaks down the Alaska scandal in which Mary Peltola's campaign allegedly recruited a Democrat named Daniel J. Sullivan to run as a Republican against Senator Dan Sullivan, and why he thinks it could be election fraud. He argues that normal, non partisan voters are angry at the GOP over tariffs, the Iran war, diesel and fertilizer prices, and the cruelty and incompetence of deportation, even as he stays more optimistic than panicked Republican strategists about the Georgia governor race between Rick Jackson and Keisha Lance Bottoms. A caller named Roe presses him on whether the Republican party is truly open to everyone. The Alaska fake Dan Sullivan scandal: Mary Peltola's campaign, a Democrat registered as a Republican, the ranked choice ballot, a missing candidate, and why Erick says this may be electoral fraud Georgia governor race predictions: Rick Jackson versus Keisha Lance Bottoms, why a runoff is slim to none, and why Erick is more optimistic than Republican strategists about midterm election turnout Normal voters versus hardcore partisans: why undecided voters break for the incumbent party, why staying home to send a message is a mistake, and why Democrats lose ground after the Haley Stevens reaction Caller Roe on a more inclusive Republican party, the multiracial Trump coalition, Hispanic and black voters, and how deportation errors and cruelty alienate people who support immigration enforcement Iran war missile shortage, tariffs, record diesel and fertilizer prices, a 2006 style wipeout, and why Erick says Peter Navarro and Howard Lutnick should be fired if Republicans lose The Palm Beach plane crash, death as social media content, and Erick's warning about soul rot, plus a Mark 5 take on why Twitter is run by demons

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The Erick Erickson Show cuts through the chaos with bold clarity and biblical conviction. Broadcasting live each weekday, Erick tackles the stories that matter - from Washington to Wall Street to your backyard - with fearless analysis rooted in Christian truth and conservative principles. No tribal talking points. No partisan spin. Just straight talk from a host who believes in the sovereignty of God, the greatness of America, and the importance of holding everyone accountable - right or left.

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  • Creator
    Erick Erickson
  • Years Active
    2011 - 2026
  • Episodes
    1K
  • Rating
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    © 2026 Erick Erickson
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