It’s all fun and games for MAGA until the Trump administration’s cruel and moronic policies affect you and your loved ones. Practically ever since the inauguration, we’ve seen die-hard Trump voters suddenly and miserably realizing that their vote means they will no longer receive the medication they need, their crops won’t sell, or they’re being booted out of the country.
Now it’s the turn of conservative radio host Erick Erickson, who hosts a nationally syndicated talk show. Erickson occupies Rush Limbaugh’s old slot, endorsed Trump for the presidency twice, but is clearly now feeling some buyer’s remorse at the Republican administration.
Erickson’s wife is currently suffering from Stage 4 lung cancer, meaning she needs the COVID-19 vaccine (presumably due to a dangerously weakened immune system). But, tragically, RFK Jr’s anti-vaccine views have now seriously restricted its use across the country, so Erickson’s wife is now in needless danger at one of the saddest and most stressful moments in her life:
My wife has Stage 4 lung cancer. She is one of the people the COVID vaccine actually helps. Thanks to the current mess at HHS, CVS is unable to get her the vaccine. https://t.co/ZqCZwxwa57
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) August 29, 2025
To be broadly fair to Erickson, he’s not a dyed-in-the-wool Trump acolyte. He’s previously criticised Trump as a “fascist”, though went on to endorse him in 2020 and 2024.. Make of that what you will.
“Elections have consequences”
On social media, it’s safe to say that sympathy for the Erickson family’s plight is limited:
Humanly it feels wrong on so many levels to "like" this but it is the truth.
— DaddyislalaDOTbskyDOTsocial (@daddyislala) August 30, 2025
Elections have consequences.
— Orion Morales (@MOOOOrion) August 29, 2025
Really sorry to hear that about your wife and I hope for her continued good health. But this is, sadly, what you voted for. I hope the guilt doesn’t destroy you.
— Beth McLennan (@zgbethie) August 29, 2025
Erickson’s situation is an increasingly common story across MAGA. It’s easy to be performatively cruel and evil when the situation isn’t directly affecting you, and like Erickson, it’s also easy to build a career on throwing pieces of red meat to idiot conservatives to chew on.
But, as many are grimly realizing, you reap what you sow. Erickson sowed the seeds of an administration with whackadoo views about medical science, promoted inane conspiracy theories, and paved the way for Trump in the White House. Now his wife is reaping the consequences of her husband’s views.
Whether or not Erickson ever reconsiders that he might just have backed the wrong horse remains to be seen. Given the MAGA lack of capacity for self-reflection and wilful ignorance of the consequences of their actions, I somehow doubt it.
