Erick Woods Erickson was born on June 3,1975 and is a conservative American radio host and blogger.
18 Facts About Erick Erickson
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Erick Erickson was a political contributor for CNN from 2010 to 2013, and afterwards was a contributor to the Fox News Channel before leaving the network in 2018.
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Erick-Woods Erickson was born in Jackson in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, moved to Dubai, United Arab Emirates when he was five, and returned to Jackson when he was fifteen.
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Erick Erickson's father worked for Conoco Oil as an oil company production foreman.
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Erick Erickson is an inactive member in good standing of the State Bar of Georgia.
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Erick Erickson resigned his office on February 16,2011, partway through his first term to pursue a job with WSB radio in Atlanta; The Macon Telegraph noted his poor attendance as a council member before his resignation.
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In December 2015, Erickson left his position at the site to focus on his radio show.
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From 2010 to January 2013, Erickson was a political contributor at CNN.
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In 2014 and 2015, Erickson guest-hosted the national broadcast of The Rush Limbaugh Show numerous times.
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Rush Limbaugh died on February 17,2021, and Erickson took over the late host's three-hour midday time slot in the Atlanta radio market in March 2021.
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In January 2016, Erickson launched the conservative website The Resurgent.
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The next day, Erickson disinvited Trump from a RedState gathering held in Atlanta, calling Trump's remark "a bridge too far" and that even "blunt talkers and unprofessional politicians should not cross" certain lines, including decency.
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In 2013, Erickson was criticized by Elle Reeve in The Atlantic for saying in an interview on Fox Business Network that males dominate females in the "natural world" and it was only "science" for men to be the breadwinners for their families.
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In December 2015, Erickson posted a picture of a bullet ridden copy of The New York Times that he had shot at.
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Erick Erickson later described Hogg as a "bully" after Hogg called for an advertiser boycott of right-wing Fox News host Laura Ingraham when she mocked him for not getting into a number of universities.
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In November 2018, Erickson tweeted that foreign aid to Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico would be more effectively spent installing "Pinochet types" in these countries.
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Erick Erickson added that the US should "support strong leaders who support free market reforms and promote economic stability, even if with a heavy hand".
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When challenged on this proposal, Erickson replied "I'm hoping for some helicopters in this plan", a reference to the Death flights in Chile during Pinochet's regime.