Conservative Erick Erickson slams Trump supporters: 'You disgust me in cheering him on'

Donald Trump's latest comments on NATO pushed conservative Erick Erickson over the edge. Writing on The Resurgent, Erickson said he'd lost patience not only with Trump, but also with all of the Republican nominee's supporters, after Trump's suggestion that he'd only protect NATO members that had paid their dues.

Demanding payment before defending treaty allies would essentially turn NATO into a "damn shakedown scheme," Erickson wrote. "You should be ashamed of yourselves. You should be ashamed of the fact that your cult leader who claims to have been personally affected by 9/11 does not even know our NATO allies protected his ass that day. You should be ashamed that he wants to turn one of the strongest military alliances in the history of the world into a racket where protection is bought."

Anyone buying into Trump's ideas, Erickson said, is just as bad as Trump. "You people reflect the evil character of your god," Erickson wrote. "You should be ashamed, but you have no shame left. You all deserve to be defeated and annihilated. You disgust me in cheering him on. He disgusts me."

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