Erik Erickson, the gentleman kingmaker
— Bob Schooley (@Rschooley) August 8, 2015
Very-Nearly-Reverend Erick “Goat-Fucking Child Molester” Erickson has found an excuse to ringfence his marketable bloc of marks true Conservative believers from that nasty New York upstart [NY Daily News, because I didn’t want to link to Townhall]:
Donald Trump has been fired, from speaking at the annual RedState Gathering.
The Republican frontrunner was originally set to address the gathering’s closing tailgate party at the College Football Hall of Fame, but RedState Editor-in-Chief Erick Erickson announced late Friday night that he has been uninvited.
“I have rescinded my invitation to Mr.Trump. While I have tried to give him great latitude, his remark about Megyn Kelly was a bridge too far,” Erickson wrote on Twitter…
In a longer post on the RedState website, Erickson clarified the remarks were regarding Trump’s Friday night comment that Kelly “had blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her whatever.”
“He is not a professional politician and is known fo rbeing a blunt talker. He connects with so much of the anger in the Republican base and is not afraid to be outspoken on a lot of issues. But there are even lines blunt talkers and unprofessional politicians should not cross,” Erickson said…
… says the man who first came to public attention when he called Supreme Court Justice David Souter “a goat-fucking child molester”. Last night, from his RedState review of the debate:
…The candidates showed humor and feistiness. The candidates were wise to let the moderators mostly handle Donald Trump. Trump was hilarious, but it seems even the crowd at the RedState Gathering who like Trump thought he lacked some depth where he should have had some. There was a lot of anger toward Trump, even from his supporters at the Gathering, that he’d potentially run third party. People want to beat Hillary…
Erickson, who’s about to step away from his Chief Editor position at RedState, is busy monetizing his mailing list for a more upscale bunch of buyers. That means cutting (public) ties with the lowest tier of his audience (thus the cries of Cuckservative! arising from the Stormfront-adjacent depths of True RWNJ-ery) and hewing to the market-friendly behests of the RNC. The Base loves The Donald, but Trump has made himself an embarrassment to the Republican Party by saying out loud in public what they prefer to dogwhistle in quiet rooms. Ergo, Trump Must Go, and Erickson is the stern usher hastening to escort him from the bible study hall.
Further reporting on Redstate the Gathering to come, no doubt…
Spotted a crew from Vice/HBO covering RedState Gathering.
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) August 7, 2015
ETA:
Shouldn't @EWErickson invite David Souter to replace Donald Trump?
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) August 8, 2015
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