Bristol Palin: Erickson Wasn’t Worried About Sexism When It Came To My Mom

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Bristol Palin hammered RedState editor Erick Erickson on Monday for criticizing Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s sexism despite engaging in his own sexism when it came to her mother.

Erickson, the conservative site’s editor-in-chief, had uninvited Trump from speaking at this past weekend’s influential RedState Gathering in Atlanta. The reason was because Trump said GOP debate moderator and Fox News host Megyn Kelly must have have had “blood coming out of her wherever” when she asked him tough questions during last week’s debate.

On Monday, Bristol Palin published a blog post that torched Erickson for saying “decency” is a line politicians and “blunt talkers” alike shouldn’t cross. She pointed to the time that Erickson published a “demeaning” fake photo of her mother, former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, which depicted her in a revealing Santa Claus outfit. The younger Palin also noted that Erickson appeared to cheer for Trump when the billionaire took a sexist shot at actress Rosie O’Donnell during last week’s debate.

“Fox and Erickson need to get off their high horse on how outraged they are NOW about sexism and decency,” Bristol Palin wrote. “I used this blog to point out how liberals use the ‘outrage industry’ to manipulate people and keep their power. Now Republicans are just as bad.”

Palin also said rather than seeking “accolades” from The New York Times, which praised Kelly’s no-holds-barred style of questioning, conservatives should be focused on defeating the Islamic State terror group.

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  1. I am outraged at Bristol’s comment about liberals. It is simply outrageous.

  2. Avatar for mantan mantan says:

    A party divided or shattered like peanut brittle?

  3. Avatar for imkmu3 imkmu3 says:

    Well, I’ll sleep easy tonight knowing that Bristol Palin graced us with her words of wisdom.

  4. The GOP is more like an Alka Seltzer tablet plop plopping and fizz fizzing!

  5. Avatar for imkmu3 imkmu3 says:

    Ghost, I’m outraged over your outrage over the outrage of Sarah Jr.'s outrage. It’s just outraaaaageous!

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