Limbaugh set the tone for the internet age of politics, calling women’s rights activists “feminazis”, referring to HIV/Aids as “Rock Hudson’s disease” and claiming “environmentalist wackos” were “a bunch of scientists organised around a political position”. His broadcasts, featuring attacks on opponents as purveyors of “fake news”, became the template for TV’s Fox News, and at its peak this approach played a big part in Newt Gingrich’s “Republican Revolution” of 1994, which recaptured the House of Representatives from Bill Clinton’s Democrats. has also been found in the U.S.Rush Limbaugh, who has died aged 70 after suffering from cancer, virtually created the style of political “shock jock” radio that made him so influential. New coronavirus variant prompting concern in the U.K. Trump fires back at McConnell, calling him a 'dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack'īiden lays out ambitious timeline 'to vaccinate every single American' She added: "From today on, there will be a tremendous void in our lives, and on the radio." “Rush was an extraordinary man,” Kathryn Limbaugh said. Limbaugh’s wife announced his death at the top of his syndicated radio show Wednesday. Rush Limbaugh, thank you for your decades of tireless devotion to our country.” “This is not good news, but what is good news is that he is the greatest fighter and winner that you will ever meet. Here tonight is a special man, he’s loved by millions of Americans, who just received a stage IV advanced cancer diagnosis,” Trump said in a portion of his speech that focused on health care. “Almost every American family knows the pain when a loved one is diagnosed with a serious illness. Last year, Trump awarded Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom during his State of the Union address shortly after the controversial host’s diagnosis was made public. Rush Limbaugh reacts as President Trump delivers the State of the Union address in Washington, D.C., Feb. Melania and I express our deepest condolences to his wonderful wife, Kathryn, his family, and all of his dedicated fans. Rush was a friend to myself and millions of Americans-a guiding light with the ability to see the truth and paint vivid pictures over the airwaves. "Rush was a patriot, a defender of Liberty, and someone who believed in all of the greatness our Country stands for. "The great Rush Limbaugh has passed away to a better place, free from physical pain and hostility," Trump said in a formal statement later issued by his office. Neither Harris Faulkner nor Bill Hemmer, the two Fox News hosts who interviewed Trump on Wednesday, pushed back on the former president’s false claims of election fraud. "You don't know how angry this country is,” he added. "Rush thought we won, and so do I," Trump said. Capitol, repeated the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him - and said Limbaugh believed that it was, too. Trump, who had not given a formal interview since before the deadly Jan. "I always seem to like people who like me,” the former president said. Rush Limbaugh with President Donald Trump during the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in West Palm Beach, Fla., in December 2019.
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