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The Moral Rot Eating the American Right
J.D. Vance speaks at a Turning Point USA event at the University of Mississippi on October 29, 2025. (Brad Vest via Getty Images)
When leaders like J.D. Vance and Kevin Roberts excuse Tucker Carlson’s embrace of extremists, they’re not defending the conservative movement—they’re burning it to the ground.
By Erick Erickson
10.31.25 — U.S. Politics
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There was peace. And then, on October 7, 2023, there was war.

We saw children murdered. We saw women’s bodies destroyed by gang rape. We saw families murdered. We saw blood everywhere.

This happened. It was not a dream. It was not a lie.

I know the vice president of the United States was repulsed by this. I know Kevin Roberts, president of conservative nonprofit the Heritage Foundation, was repulsed by this.

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Erick Erickson
Erick Erickson is host of the Erick Erickson Show. He lives in Macon, Georgia, with his wife and two children.
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