Within Conservative Inc., Erick Erickson is a longtime Never-Trumper whose influence is primarily situated in Georgia. He brands himself as a “Principled Christian Conservative” but the question must be asked, what has he conserved? When an incompetent black woman was named to the Supreme Court by President Biden, Erickson celebrated. When constitutional rights were being violated over a glorified flu, Erickson peddled the false Covid narratives.
Recently, Erickson has released a screed targeting the rise of far-right men infiltrating Conservative institutions and churches. The article primarily targets the influence of Charles Haywood, who became rich through shampoo manufacturing and is known for his Foundationalism system. The article contains intellectually dishonest attacks on NETTR, Carl Schmitt’s friend-enemy distinction (while employing the very concept), and tries to brand his opposition as “post-liberals,” which is itself a defense of liberalism while pretending to be conservative. He traces Haywood’s influence through his donations to the Claremont Institute, which is a conservative think tank affiliated with men like Jeremy Carl. The piece was called out for blatantly confusing Matthew Peterson, who is affiliated with New Founding and the American Mind, with Matthew Pearson, a pastoral candidate who wrote an article for American Reformer on the Friend-Enemy distinction.
The claims of dark money networks are ridiculous and farcical, especially on the same week that The Gospel Coalition admitted to taking $200K to peddle anti-AI slop content. If anything, the Right does not have an overabundance of wealth while the whales like Elon Musk often represent their own interests which so happen to be aligned at this time. It is quite obvious who is taking the dark money, and it is not the people saying that America should be for Americans.
Erickson wants to moralize against the right, but on Friday night, he was getting a little too thirsty.
This past week, a gambling company released an erotic ad campaign starring Sydney Sweeney which made many female athletes jealous, since they too want to be perceived as sexy. Erickson’s joke is that if Nike had a topless, busty blonde, their stock would improve. One could describe this as wishcasting, manifesting, and even lusting. The man calling young Christian men Nazi’s is the same one simping for Aryan women.
Yet his violations of the Ten Commandments are not limited to slander and lust, but also Sabbath-breaking. He announced his appearance on ABC’s This Week which airs Sunday Mornings during Church hours. The show is hosted by George Stephanopoulos and Erickson is to participate in a panel discussion. Steve Deace has remarked in the past that he was formerly invited onto liberal platforms when his presence would serve their interest, which was typically bashing Trump or the GOP in general, but when he did not serve their interests, the invitations ceased.
Erickson is doing his debut to bash the Right from the platforms of the Left. Much like how David French writes for the New York Times, only that he does so in violation of the Sabbath. Given that he is in the PCA, he is supposed to adhere to a Sabbatarian confession, but overcooking a brisket and bashing Christian conservatives on Sunday morning TV is perfectly permissible in the eyes of this Christian Conservative.
