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Prominent sexist Erick Erickson says Donald Trump’s sexism has no place in the GOP
Vox ^ | August 8, 2015 | Max Fisher

Posted on 08/08/2015 9:37:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Late on Friday, Erick Erickson, who is a Fox News contributor and editor of the conservative blog network RedState, announced that he was uninviting Donald Trump from RedState's annual conference of GOP leaders.

The reason, Erickson said, was Trump's overtly sexist comments to Fox News host Megyn Kelly, who had moderated the recent GOP primary debate. "As much as I do personally like Donald Trump, his comment about Megyn Kelly on CNN is a bridge too far for me," he wrote. "There are just real lines of decency a person running for President should not cross."

This would seem like a good sign: finally, the Republican party is drawing some sort of line for acceptable discourse, past which misogyny is not permitted. Except that it's hard to believe that this is actually what's going on here, that this is really about sexism or "decency" at all, given that Erickson himself has a long history of overt sexism that is every bit as bad as Trump's, if not worse.

Here are a few tweets from Erickson, the conservative movement leader and Fox News contributor who wants us to believe he has rejected Trump's sexism....

(Excerpt) Read more at vox.com ...


TOPICS: New York; Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016election; cnn; election2016; erickerickson; megynkelly; megynkellyisbotoxic; newyork; pansy; politico; redstate; redstategathering; sexism; trump
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He needs to wipe his chin.


21 posted on 08/08/2015 10:40:44 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Because everyone knows, Fox ONLY hires female journalists for their extreme intellect, without any regards for their sex appeal.


22 posted on 08/08/2015 10:49:07 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: exist

#MegynKellyisBotoxic


23 posted on 08/08/2015 10:49:26 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Erickson, Kelly, Fox, Fiorina, etc. used the tactics of the Left to go after Trump. So of course the Left can see exactly what they’re doing and how transparent it is. Yet supposedly it’s Trump distracting from the conservative message.


24 posted on 08/08/2015 11:06:10 PM PDT by over3Owithabrain
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I like Erick most of the time but I agree that he didn’t reject Trump for sexism. He did it for Jeb Bush and he can be a sanctimonious bastard sometimes but he is not unique in this and he makes a living off his politics so its really hard to be totally honest when that is the case.

What he is attempting to do is a tactical kill on Trump. He’s trying to neuter him by giving focus to a totally false claim that he was suggesting Kelly was on her period. Its the same kind of hit leftists try to pull all the time but its conservatives doing it now? I’m sorry I can’t support what they are trying to do to Trump. They are too cowardly so they are trying to use Megyn Kelly as a weapon. I’ve heard of hiding behind skirts but this sure provides a new take on it.


25 posted on 08/08/2015 11:59:50 PM PDT by Maelstorm (America wasn't founded with the battle cry give me Liberty or cut me a government check!".)
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

Yeah like Jeb Bush. I recommend you watch this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls3m7NUOqxs


26 posted on 08/09/2015 12:00:39 AM PDT by Maelstorm (America wasn't founded with the battle cry give me Liberty or cut me a government check!".)
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To: nhwingut
With his background of asinine statements, it was career suicide to suddenly become the moral arbiter over an innuendo (not even a statement).

Erick Erickson is on WSB Radio in Atlanta in the daytime, filling a slot that opened up from the programming reshuffle when Neal Boortz retired. Almost every time I have listened in the past, Erick Erickson has made a misogynistic comment with sophomoric innuendo or double entendre with giggles or denials as if it was all a game.

The next time I tune in and hear him I will change to my recorded music.

27 posted on 08/09/2015 12:42:51 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: grey_whiskers

No wonder the brass at the top of Fox News like her. She could suck start a Harley!


28 posted on 08/09/2015 4:20:48 AM PDT by lostboy61 (Lock and Load and stand your ground!.)
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To: lostboy61
Just to clarify, the "I'm a journalist" is Megyn Kelly, and the lollipop is Laurie Dhue.
29 posted on 08/09/2015 4:38:57 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yeah buddy, and I can’t wait for Rush to come down on you like a ton of bricks....

Your worse than any ‘weird guy looking thru my windows at my daughter’ type...

You give me the creeps....go fall in a hole somewhere and forget you way out...


30 posted on 08/09/2015 4:53:41 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ("It's the hard working, tax paying citizens of the United States that are suffering...")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3323613/posts


31 posted on 08/12/2015 4:52:37 PM PDT by NKP_Vet
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