Erick Erickson has never been shy in his criticism of CNN. But Abby Phillip is fighting back against comments made by the nationally syndicated radio host.
On social media, Erickson stated that CNN needed to air a disclaimer before it utilizes regular contributor Scott Jennings, stating that whatever he said in his last appearance was correct and that Abby Phillip and her primetime panel were incorrect.
“CNN needs to start each Scott Jennings appearance with a fact check where Scott said something previously, Abby and the panel insisted it was not so, and we start the next show with the video showing Scott was right the whole time,” Erickson wrote.
Phillip didn’t respond kindly to the comments from Erickson.
She fired back by arguing that Erick Erickson had taken the comments and video clip he shared out of context.
“Give me a break Eric (sic),” Phillip said. “He was not referring to the fraud investigations in that clip. He was talking about Trump and Vance denigrating the Somali community. There plenty (sic) to criticize Walz for but he did not say that investigating fraud was akin to white supremacy.”
It isn’t the first time Abby Phillip and Erick Erickson have clashed over his criticism of her program.
In 2024, Erickson revealed he had been asked to appear on the program, but scheduling conflicts had kept him from appearing. However, he said at that time that he was happy he had never appeared because the show was “an embarrassment” and that CNN should be “embarrassed to air it.”
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