In this solo episode, Eric briefly reacts to the mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, then recaps the results of the West Virginia and Nebraska primaries. For the main topic, he tears apart a laughable attempt by Axios to claim that the Left has finally found a “counter-punch” narrative against the Right’s Culture War messaging.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro – Summarizing the mass shooting in Buffalo over the weekend
09:37 Recapping the results of the West Virginia and Nebraska primaries
16:12 Main Topic – Debunking a hilarious attempt by Axios to claim that Democrats have finally found a counter-narrative to the Culture War
SHOWNOTES:
Joe Lockhart blames Tucker Carlson and Fox News for Buffalo shooting, and Donald Trump Jr. responds: https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1525605988178468864
Axios claims to have found the counter-punch narrative Democrats need to win the Culture War: https://www.axios.com/2022/05/01/dems-gop-culture-attacks
Biden’s “Teacher of the Year” event at the White House: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-students-like-teachers-children-when-in-classroom
Biden tells teachers that students “are like your children” when in the classroom: https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1520394592465702918?s=20&t=Rzzzg30SIe81ajp1SP3AhQ
PolitiFact’s hilariously awful attempt at debunking Biden’s quote: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/28/republican-national-committee-republican/rnc-tweets-distortion-what-biden-said-teachers-abo/
An article that actually includes excerpts of McMorrow’s speech: https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2022/04/19/mallory-mcmorrow-speech-lana-theis/7371767001/
The Right Take 