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PodcastThe J. Burden ShowSeptember 22, 2026

Erick Erickson: America is Nothing and Teddy Roosevelt is Hitler

A viral intra-conservative feud over 'woke right' infiltration exposes deep splits on American identity, immigration, and dissident-right networks.

  • Erickson's exposé: Radio host Erick Erickson published an article (aided by ChatGPT, later partially retracted) claiming a network of "white guys" tied to Charles Haywood is infiltrating Southern Baptist, PCA, and Global Methodist churches with Nazi-sympathetic, racial-grievance ideology.
  • Guilt-by-association web: Erickson links Haywood (a $390,500 Claremont Institute donor) to Jack Posobiec, James Lindsay, the Society for American Civic Renewal, American Moment, J.D. Vance's orbit, and Patriot Front via a single laudatory speech.

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