. >> let's discuss that and more with conservative commentator eric erickson. he's the editor of the resurgent.com website. the president a moment ago tweeted about congresswoman maxine waters. congresswoman maxine waters, he said, a very low i.q. person, has just called for harm to supporters, of which there are many, of the make america great again movement. be careful what you wish for, max, closed quote. your reaction? >> it would be great if we had a president that tried to deescalate these situations, but he's actually a master of escalating things and it works to his advantage. this is a dangerous game for both sides to ay. i'm more and more convinced that the james hodgkins' mass assassination of republicans is not an anomaly but a reflection point in great american discourse, and that's a dangerous thing for all of us. >> why are we seeing thediscour? >> i think it has to do with the phenomenon that as the company becomes more secular, it doesn't become more religious, it's that religion shifts to other things, like politics. and people are trying to f

blogger eric erickson wrote that trump an tagnized the g-7 then made kissy face with kim jong-un.f obama had done that the republicans would be demanding his impeachment. mollie: the difference between the interventionist type and those tired of that approach to foreign policy. you saw people criticize obama meeting with castro. there is another stream that doesn't get a lot of coverage which is a more realist approach to foreign policy. one thing about the media's criticism of the praise of kim. it would be much easier to believe they were genuine if they hadn't spent the olympic praising the sister of kim. howie: some of the president was just personal. trump was incoherent, trump was naive. trump was hoodwinked. it just reminds me how visceral some of the comments are. marie: we have to separate out commentators. you can criticize the statement for being vague, short on specifics. we need to be careful not to get into personal attacks. donald trump makes so much of his attacks and commentary very personal. we are living in this age where his language feels so personal. we in th

. >> david ignatius, here's what -- more from eric erickson.he president pees in the punch bowl of the g7, insist the russians come back into the organization then apply flies off to singapore to make kissy face with a man who inhumanely treats his own people. do you think that's right? >> i think the silence from the republicans over this last week of the strange in some ways unprecedented actions president trump has taken -- the silence has been deafening. i take michael steele seriously when he says this is in effect a cult of personality. i go back two years to just remembering the way donald trump mowed through the republican establishment during the primaries. it was an insurge ensy. it was aimed at the party leadership. it was aimed at sweeping away gop leadership, i traditions. it has come full circle. people in the party are afraid of him. they don't want to cross him. we will have to see what's next. the only thing that will change this i think is if there is a buildout democratic victory in november. then republicans will come back t

"outfront" now, editor of the resurgent.com, erick erickson and ben ferg on sand radio host. ericis republican party a bit of a cultish thing by president trump. purportedly, the leader of the party, according to corker. is what republicans said a, about democrats back from 2009 to 2013 with barack obama. or 2017. that there could be no crism, anyone who krit sighed him from within the party was challenged. i' been a republican for a listening time. i was crical of george w. bush. john mccain, mitt romney. even back to bob b dole and never have seen the party turn on people critical. take mark sanford. he left his wife and children, ab abandoned them to go to argentina to take up with his mistress. came back, publicly apologized. left the governor's mansion. got elected to congress. the voters kept elect iing him. he voted against barack obama. against george w. bush p against donald trump, but then began criticize ling trump and is out of a job. >> so cult is fair to you, eric. >> i think the republican party is headed that way. where they can't abide criticism the leadership. >>