The Erick Erickson Show

Erick Erickson breaks down President Trump's 60 Minutes interview with Ross Douthat, where Trump said his deportation crackdown may have been too tough and floated legal status, but not citizenship, for longtime workers. Erick explains how Stephen Miller, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, and the Susie Wiles ouster fit the story, then goes after the "stolen election" claims with the final exit poll data on the Iran war, gas prices, tariffs, ICE, and the MAGA coalition that cracked in the midterms. Trump on 60 Minutes with Ross Douthat: the "too tough" admission, legal status for landscapers and hotel workers, the hardliners in the White House, and Erick's own plan (in the country before Biden, a job, no benefits, no felonies, no citizenship) Immigration politics: ICE guidance walked back, Stephen Miller's promotion, Markwayne Mullin, the 14th Amendment, and whether Democrats take a first step deal now and push for amnesty after 2028 The "stolen election" claim: Trump's post about machines and early vote dumps, James Talarico and Ken Paxton in Texas, and why Erick says the voters simply rejected the party Exit poll data: 63 percent called the Iran war the wrong decision, gas prices up from $3 to nearly $4.50, two thirds said tariffs hurt the economy, and Democrats headed for a 259 to 176 House majority, the largest since 1991 The shrinking MAGA coalition: Scott Rasmussen tracking, white evangelical men dropping from 69 to 44 percent support, independents breaking 58 to 38 for Democrats, plus a family virus and a Samford University admission update

Erick Erickson digs into the Nvidia scandal engulfing CEO Jensen Huang, his reported relationship with a Chinese intelligence operative tied to Megaspeed, the classified Marco Rubio memo, and what it means for the AI chip race and AI data centers. Then Erick takes calls on why Georgia Republicans keep losing statewide, whether a pardon is the same as amnesty for DACA recipients, and the corruption questions Ron Johnson and Marlin Stutzman are raising after the midterms. He also makes the case for the Hungry for a Day Thanksgiving fundraiser. Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the Chinese spy: the Wall Street Journal and New York Times reports, Megaspeed International, Alibaba, $2 billion in Nvidia chips, and the Rubio memo Family fallout: the apology to Nvidia colleagues, Madison and Spencer Huang, no prenup, and why pride cometh before the fall AI data centers and national security: Chinese and Russian disinformation about data center water use, Alabama and Tommy Tuberville versus Georgia and Texas Listener calls: why Georgia Republicans lose with MAGA candidates in the Atlanta suburbs, and DACA, pardon versus amnesty, and a compromise that treats the Biden era arrivals differently Hungry for a Day Thanksgiving drive: $40 feeds a family of four at ericthanksgiving.com or text DONATE to 33777, plus the midterm corruption debate and why the Republicans pushed mid decade redistricting in 2025

Erick Erickson makes the case for beating China in AI, from TikTok propaganda and Waymo letter campaigns to Chinese-seeded fears about data centers, then turns to the corruption question after the midterms: Trump's crypto fortune, World Liberty Financial, and the Ron Johnson push for Republicans in Congress to investigate their own side. He also breaks down why the Democratic Socialists underperformed, what Newt Gingrich told Republicans, and why MAGA and socialist nominees both lose the suburbs of Georgia and Texas. China and AI: why Erick says the U.S. must beat China, TikTok propaganda and face capture, AI drone swarms in Ukraine, and the claim that China seeded the AI fear campaign that won at the ballot box last Tuesday Waymo and AI-generated letters: driverless cars stuck in an Atlanta cul-de-sac and the report that 90 percent of anti-Waymo letters to the editor were written by AI Midterm corruption: 90 percent of voters called corruption a factor, Trump crypto income, World Liberty Financial, the $TRUMP meme coin, UAE and Saudi money, Howard Lutnick and Tether, Don Jr. and Kalshi, the Binance pardon, and Senator Ron Johnson's call to investigate Democrats' divide: Harry Enten on weak Bernie Sanders and DSA-backed candidates, Bill Maher on communists in the party, Scott Galloway and the Tesla story, and new Democratic governance fights in Georgia and Texas with Keisha Lance Bottoms The GOP conundrum: Newt Gingrich's advice to Republicans, Trump's 60 Minutes interview with Ross Douthat, John Ossoff beating Mike Collins, Rick Jackson, and why suburban voters reject both MAGA and democratic socialist nominees

On Open Line Friday, Erick Erickson reminds listeners that Donald Trump is still president for two more years, praises Melania Trump's Ukraine peace diplomacy, and lays out the AP exit poll data showing voters blamed tariffs and the Canada trade war, not just Iran war gas prices, for the midterm wipeout. Then he turns on the Georgia and Texas Republican parties, crediting Brian Kemp and the Rick Jackson campaign for limiting the damage while saying state party leaders squandered independent and suburban voters by still screaming about 2020. Erick also raves about Godzilla Minus One and plugs Hungry for a Day Thanksgiving meals. Trump's last two years: why the president still matters with a veto pen, judges, and foreign policy power, and Melania Trump's press conference pushing a Russia and Ukraine ceasefire and humanitarian relief Tariffs and the midterms: the AP VoteCast data in 45 states, Susan Collins in Maine over performing and still losing, the Canada trade war, and Erick's report that a veto proof bipartisan majority is building in the new Congress to end tariffs on Canada JD Vance, Donald Trump Jr., and the Iran war: why Erick calls the gas prices only explanation monocausal and says the loyalty only runs one way Georgia Republicans: Rick Jackson losing to Keisha Lance Bottoms, the Georgia state House lost by about 1,600 votes, Brian Kemp skipping mid-decade redistricting, Tyler Harper outperforming statewide, and a party "run by kooks" Texas, Colorado, and the GOP future: why winning the general election beats winning the primary, plus Godzilla Minus One, a Samford college tour, and Hungry for a Day Thanksgiving meals for $40 (text donate to 33777)

On Open Line Friday, Erick Erickson shuts down the third party dream and lays out a king for a day plan to fix Congress: grow the House of Representatives to 1,000 members, pay them $300,000, and lift donation caps so money flows to disclosed candidates instead of dark money groups. He also tells a Georgia caller how to take over the Republican Party from the precinct up, makes the case that governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms is not a monster, salutes departing Governor Brian Kemp, and reacts to Pete Hegseth impeachment talk and the breaking news that Susie Wiles is leaving and Stephen Miller becomes White House chief of staff. Hegseth and the Iran war: Erick on Pete Hegseth impeachment rumors, Marco Rubio and Marsha Blackburn denials, and who gets held accountable for a war fought with a missile shortage, the Rumsfeld comparison Why a third party fails: 14 percent Gallup approval for Congress, independent voters, Melania Trump intervening on Stephen Miller's immigration excesses, and why parties that cater only to the base lose Fix Congress: expand the House of Representatives to 1,000 or more, pay members $300,000, lift campaign contribution caps, undo the Citizens United fight with transparency, repeal the 17th Amendment, and a state-driven term limits convention Georgia politics: how to take over your local Republican Party through precinct meetings, Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms, Stacey Abrams, Jon Ossoff, and Brian Kemp's bipartisan legacy and possible 2028 or 2030 return Breaking White House shakeup: Susie Wiles announces she is leaving, Stephen Miller named chief of staff, plus prayers for North Georgia and Tennessee after a once in a thousand years flood near Blue Ridge

On Open Line Friday, Erick Erickson argues that America's political crisis is really a spiritual crisis, telling pastors to stop trading the gospel for a seat at the table, to quit pushing the lesser of two evils, and to hold the Republican Party to account as readily as the Democrats, with Josh Howerton, James Talarico, and the Christian nationalism fight inside the PCA and Southern Baptist Convention in the mix. Then he reacts to the breaking news that Stephen Miller replaces Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff after the midterm drubbing, and asks who actually gets held accountable for the botched Iran war. He also plugs Hungry for a Day Thanksgiving meals and shares a family update on his son's acceptance to Samford University. The church and politics: why Erick says the political crisis is a spiritual crisis, how churches that align with a party alienate half of a 50/50 nation, and why pastors should stick to the gospel, deep theology, and serving their own communities Lesser of two evils and Christian nationalism: Erick's response to Josh Howerton's viral defense of voting for the lesser of two evils, Charles Spurgeon, James Talarico and Adam Hamilton on the left, and the push to force non-political pastors out of the PCA and Southern Baptist Convention Pastors and the 2026 primaries: why Erick says silence on candidate character, the treatment of illegal aliens, and the Ken Paxton race left Republicans stuck defending flawed nominees, plus the Amaziah and Amos comparison Breaking White House shakeup: Donald Trump names Stephen Miller chief of staff starting Monday November 9 as Susie Wiles moves to the Trump political operation, Republican reaction on Capitol Hill, Pete Hegseth rumors, JD Vance, and who is accountable for the Iran war and the missile shortage Hungry for a Day Thanksgiving meals for $40 (text donate to 33777), plus Erick's son getting into Samford University and a Birmingham college visit

On the morning after the Republican midterm wipeout, Erick Erickson pushes back on JD Vance's one-cause blame of the Iran war and asks when Pete Hegseth gets fired. He walks through the exit data on corruption, Trump's presidential library fundraising, the cruelty of the immigration process, tariffs and cost of living, and plays Ronald Reagan's 1974 choice, not an echo speech. His case: the GOP is recoverable if it returns to its principles and stops living on one man's whims. Midterm wipeout aftermath: why Erick says the Iran war was an accelerant, not the only cause, and why he asks when Pete Hegseth gets fired JD Vance, the Iran memorandum of understanding, and Erick's warning against telling voters their priors were all correct Corruption as the top voter issue: Trump presidential library foundation fundraising, Public Square, and the Donald Trump Jr. ties Immigration policy vs. process: why voters backed the policy but saw ICE tactics and the Vivek Ramaswamy ad on Amy Acton as cruel Conservative ballot wins (California billionaire wealth tax defeated), 1974 and Reagan's choice not an echo, and why the GOP can recover in two years

Erick Erickson shows how the Republican mid-decade redistricting push blew up in the party's face, from Indiana and South Carolina to Georgia and Texas, and how it drove record Black voter turnout that cost Republicans Senate seats in the South. He breaks into the show with a market freefall, the Dow down 1,600 points and the Nasdaq in correction on AI and data center fears, then makes the case that cruelty, from ICE tactics to the White House ballroom and the Vivek Ramaswamy ad, is what voters punished. Listener calls cover the Mar-a-Lago endorsement problem and why both parties sell fear. Redistricting backfire: Sean Trende's data, the Indiana Republicans Donald Trump ousted for blocking a map that could have gone 9 to 0 or 8 to 1 for Democrats, South Carolina's 7 to 0 map that risked 6 to 1, Georgia's state House lost by about 1,600 votes, and Erick's verdict on James Blair Statewide fallout: Ken Paxton's loss in Texas, Marsha Blackburn's narrow Tennessee governor win, Cindy Hyde-Smith's weak Mississippi campaign, and the record Black midterm turnout in the South Callers John and Jordan on new GOP leaders, the Mar-a-Lago endorsement game, Michael Whatley and Vivek Ramaswamy, and why both parties tell voters the other side will cancel the election Breaking market selloff: Dow down 1,605 points, Nasdaq down 5.2% into correction, S&P 500 worst day since April 2025, Russell 2000 in correction, AI chip stocks sliding, Brent crude near $100 Cruelty on the ballot: Ted Cruz's Kansas exit poll on cost of living, spam sales and plasma donations, the ballroom and gold leaf, ICE and Hispanic voters, the golden rule, and why Erick says do not give up on the country

Erick Erickson says President Donald Trump oversold and under delivered in his second term, and that broken promises on the Iran war, tariffs and the economy are why Republicans got wiped out in the midterm elections. He warns Trump may cut bad deals with Democrats for a legacy, defends the filibuster against the Save America Act argument, and blames House saboteurs like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie. His answer for the GOP is hope instead of rage, from Barack Obama's "we are the ones we've been waiting for" to Marco Rubio, plus a call to serve your own community through Hungry for a Day. Oversold and under delivered: why Trump's second term broke the first-term pattern, the Iran war "two weeks" promise, the Strait of Hormuz, tariffs, affordability and the midterm election results, with Erick refusing to blame Peter Navarro, Howard Lutnick or Stephen Miller instead of the president Republican Party identity crisis: Trump's equity stakes in private companies, the fear of a legacy deal with Democrats on Social Security and Medicare, and why the party outsourced its principles to one transactional man Mad at the politicians, not the voters: the Save America Act and the filibuster, House Republicans Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ken Paxton's under vote in Texas, and the Indian American and Hispanic voters Republicans lost Listener calls from David and John in Jacksonville, Tim in Orlando and Larry in Edmond, Oklahoma, on Reagan, midterm history from FDR to Eisenhower, affordability, the veto and why Congress should use open rule Hope beats rage: Obama's 2008 campaign, Clinton, both Bushes and Reagan, why Marco Rubio intrigues voters for 2028, and Hungry for a Day Thanksgiving meals (text donate to 33777)

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