Eric Shaffer
realericshaffer

Eric Shaffer is the host of The Lone Conservative podcast at Lone Conservative and an intern at MRCTV. He is a Finance major at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and plans to attend law school after he graduates for criminal law.

0
Eric Schaffer | June 4, 2019
Tuesday marked the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, a brutal event during which Chinese communist forces gunned down untold numbers of protestors seeking greater political freedoms from the oppressive regime. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo clearly knows his history, and released a statement Monday commemorating the event — angering the Chinese government and further pushing U.S.-…
0
Eric Schaffer | June 4, 2019
Being a member of what would be considered the Democratic Party’s Old Guard, you’d probably think Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee is a measured stateswoman who chooses her words carefully while showing intelligence, grace, and wisdom when it comes to making political moves. Well, if you had that notion, you’d be wrong. 
0
Eric Schaffer | June 3, 2019
As impeachment becomes a focal point in current political discourse, higher echelons of Democratic leadership feel comfortable coming out in support of it, despite Speaker of the House Pelosi’s efforts to keep the proverbial dam from bursting.   House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) made waves Sunday on Jake Tapper’s "State of the Union" when he said he believed that Trump would eventually be…
0
Eric Schaffer | June 3, 2019
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is at it again, this time taking jabs at 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful John Delaney on Twitter. This weekend, John Delaney spoke at the California Democratic Convention. At one point in his speech, Delaney claimed: "Medicare for all may sound good but it's actually not good policy nor is it good politics." This, as you might expect, was not exactly a…
Video
Eric Schaffer | June 3, 2019
The California Democratic Party’s convention over the weekend featured many 2020 Democratic candidates giving stump speeches, trying to convince the crowds they would be the person to beat Donald Trump and advocating for their various policy prescriptions.  One such candidate was John Hickenlooper, the former governor of Colorado. Hickenlooper, who is trailing near the bottom of a crowded,…
0
Eric Schaffer | May 31, 2019
Anyone who says politics is boring and predictable is dead wrong, and what happened yesterday only further exemplifies why.  In a political twist that shocked nearly everyone — which rivals the cinematic masterpiece of The Sixth Sense —  it seems as if there is a strong possibility that Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, an avowed principled conservative, and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a…
0
Eric Schaffer | May 31, 2019
As the relevance of the abortion debate in American culture rises, rhetoric seems to be heating up, especially from those on the pro-choice side of the argument.  As is the usual with overly-heated language, a growing number of people are showing their true colors. Caught in the middle of this phenomenon is Alabama state senator Garlan Gudger, who was recently pushed into the limelight by NBC’s…
0
Eric Schaffer | May 30, 2019
Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the calculating, shrewd, all-knowing Speaker of the House, came to a revelation yesterday. A revelation so shocking and full of truth that it has shaken America to its very core: that Facebook were "willing enablers" of Russian meddling in US elections.  And, as hard as it may be to believe, it seems as if Speaker Pelosi has ironclad evidence to back up this assertion.…
0
Eric Schaffer | May 30, 2019
Sephora, a giant in the beauty and cosmetics industry, announced last Thursday on Facebook that it will close “every Sephora store, distribution center, and corporate office in the US” on June 5 to host inclusion workshops for its employees.  The announcement comes just weeks after famous singer SZA claimed security was called on her in Sephora’s Calabasas location “to make sure [she] wasn’t…
0
Eric Schaffer | May 29, 2019
It was just three months ago that Alex Trebek announced he had stage 4 pancreatic cancer, a diagnosis which is extremely grim. “I’m gonna fight this. And I’m gonna keep working,” Trebek said at the time in an emotional video posted to Twitter “With the loving support of my family and friends-- and with the help of your prayers, also-- I plan to beat the low survival-rate statistics for this…