Rush Limbaugh, a controversial conservative radio talk show host, played a significant role in the rise of the Republican Party and the modern conservative movement. He was known for weaponizing conspiracy theories and bigotry, which helped to shape the political style that eventually led to Donald Trump’s rise. Since his retirement, numerous individuals have received death threats after being singled out by Limbaugh, including lawyers, scientists, and journalists who were targeted by him in 2003. Limbaugh began airing “Barack, the Magic Negro”, a racist parody song about then-Senator Barack Obama’s popularity.
PolitiFact has rated 42 statements by conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh since 2009, mostly finding them false or misleading. Some examples of his claims include Obama, climate change, and climate change. However, Limbaugh’s legacy is not limited to his radio show. For decades, he used his national broadcast to promote racial prejudice, spread unproven conspiracy theories, and denigrate women and LGBTQ people.
Limbaugh’s legacy is still being debated as podcasts and other digital media take over. President Trump has given Limbaugh the nation’s highest civilian honor for “decades of tireless devotion to our country”. Limbaugh praised Trump for his “clever” way of promoting baseless and destructive conspiracy theories. As podcasts and other digital media take over, the medium he pioneered is struggling to find new voices and a younger audience.
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Repeating a lie as though it has some value is still a lie. Anybody with morals and ethics knows this instinctively.. And that’s why president Trump is so hard to understand for so many- we actually were raised with morals and ethics. Hiding behind semantics is no excuse for a public leader who is supposed to be an EXAMPLE.
Where does Rush praise Trump? I didn’t hear praise at all. I was wondering who that man was. Rush? Really? Trump is throwing fuel on the fire. That’s correct. Trump doesn’t say he believes the things he re-tweets. That’s his game and Rush said that. Maybe there was some extremely important context that you left out?
As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and a complete narcissistic moron.” H.L. Mencken, the Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920
It’s amazing how so many people assert as if an they were an eye-witness to something as “baseless” … If something is actually “baseless”, then there would be absolutely NO precursor argument about that something.. a non-witness claiming some position without evidence or argument is simply a shill.