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Erickson's Choice

Talk radio host and commentator Erick Erickson has announced that he was canceling his annual Resurgent gathering.

He explained his decision by citing the climate of intolerance on the right. “I could easily disagree with George W. Bush or Mitt Romney and no conservative would bat an eyelash.” Under Trump, he wrote, that is no longer the case. “But as if to indicate how precarious the President’s supporters view his position, any sign of disagreement is met with hostility.”

The triggering event seems to have been the concerted Trumpian attack on Ambassador Bill Taylor, “a distinguished military veteran with a long career in public service,” who had come forward “with allegations of behavior he thought was abusive and/or illegal.”

“I noticed friends of mine kindly just subtweeting me for defending Taylor’s character,” wrote Erickson. “Regardless of the veracity of his claims, Taylor is an honorable man who has served his country loyalty and he should not be dismissed based on a character assassination.”

“That episode as well as seeing conservatives pile on anything and everything the President sets his sights on got me thinking.”

Erickson should keep thinking. Earlier this year he reversed his Never Trump stance and declared his intention to support Trump’s re-election. But, unlike so many others, he has kept his eyes open and he is seeing what Trumpism continues to do to conservativism and to those around us.


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