Crowder Says: SHOW NOTES: Remembering Rush Limbaugh: The Left Hated Him Because It Feared Him

Thursday, February 18, 2021

SHOW NOTES: Remembering Rush Limbaugh: The Left Hated Him Because It Feared Him

SHOW NOTES: Remembering Rush Limbaugh: The Left Hated Him Because It Feared Him
Brodigan - February 18, 2021 at 08:59AM

Today, we pay tribute to Rush Limbaugh. If not for him, none of us would be here. We also fact-check Joe Biden's recent CNN town hall, particularly one flagrant lie. And Biden's gun control agenda? It's worse than advertised.

Remembering Rush Limbaugh: The Left Hated Him Because It Feared Him | Louder with Crowder <a href="https://youtu.be/GaqqhN7Z870" target="_blank">youtu.be</a> Rush Limbaugh's Greatest Moments <ul class="ee-ul"> <li>Rush was pretty much the first conservative radio talk show host, starting with 56 stations and ending with more than 600. He had 27 million weekly listeners. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2017/09/21/eib-audience-spikes-to-27-million/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RushLimbaugh.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2017/09/21/eib-audience-spikes-to-27-million/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a>"The Rush Limbaugh Show" was named the highest-rated American Talk Show Program by ABC in 1988.</li> <li>Rush was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame as well as the Hall of Famous Missourians. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.radiohalloffame.com/rush-limbaugh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Radiohalloffame.com</a></li> <li>In 2008, Rush urged his listeners to register as Democrats and vote for Hillary in the primaries in a campaign dubbed "Operation Chaos." SOURCE: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoOGvkhKp2o&t=28s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a></li> <li>Rush was canceled before cancel culture was a thing. In 2003, Rush had a stint as an NFL commentator with ESPN, but was forced to resign after these comments he made about Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb. SOURCE: <a href="https://youtu.be/XGiTv_xRd5A" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a></li> <li>The left hated him because they feared him. SOURCES: <a href="https://twitter.com/robreiner/status/1362384112837824517?s=20" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/cristela9/status/1362093525068701697?s=20" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1362093953621884932?s=20" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li>Rush in his own words: what he was really about. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRg1XulVqwE&feature=emb_logo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a></li> </ul> JOE BIDEN ON VACCINES <ul class="ee-ul"> <li>Joe Biden also claimed to have no vaccine at all when he got into office. SOURCE: <a href="https://twitter.com/kayleighmcenany/status/1361868170894704643?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li>Biden HIMSELF got the vaccine in December. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHCQ3cM02DQ&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">YouTube</a></li> </ul> JOE BIDEN CALLS FOR "COMMONSENSE" GUN REFORM TO CURB VIOLENT CRIME <ul class="ee-ul"> <li>On the three-year anniversary of the Parkland shooting, Biden called on Congress to enact "commonsense" gun law reforms.</li> <li>Biden referred to this past year's rise in violent crime as a reason to pass stricter gun laws. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/02/14/statement-by-the-president-three-years-after-the-parkland-shooting/" target="_blank">White House</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/02/14/statement-by-the-president-three-years-after-the-parkland-shooting/" target="_blank"></a>Crime was consistently going down under Trump until the 2020 BLM riots without "commonsense" gun laws. SOURCES: <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-releases-2017-crime-statistics" target="_blank">FBI</a>, <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-releases-2018-crime-statistics" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FBI</a>, <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-releases-2019-crime-statistics" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FBI</a></li> <li>Police "reform" and riots lead to more violent crime in 2020, not lax gun laws. <ul class="ee-ul"> <li>Just two months after NYC eliminated cash bail, 482 people released under the new law committed 846 new crimes. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/03/05/nypd-reports-spike-in-crime-as-public-defenders-question-the-stats-1265616" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Politico</a></li> <li>After De Blasio cut $484M from the NYPD budget, NYC had a 130% increase in shootings. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/new-york-shootings-police-nypd-coronavirus-a9607581.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Independent</a></li> <li>New York has some of the strictest gun laws in the country. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2019-09-04/gov-cuomo-strengthens-new-yorks-gun-laws" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US News</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Post-riot crime surges are well documented. <ul class="ee-ul"> <li>After the 2015 riots over Freddie Gray, Baltimore police became much less aggressive in policing. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/07/12/baltimore-police-not-noticing-crime-after-freddie-gray-wave-killings-followed/744741002/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">USA Today</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/07/12/baltimore-police-not-noticing-crime-after-freddie-gray-wave-killings-followed/744741002/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a>Suspected narcotics offenses dropped 30%</li> <li>Baltimore subsequently broke its homicide record with 343 deaths. SOURCE: <a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-per-capita-homicides-20171227-story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Baltimore Sun</a></li> <li>Field interviews, where police approach a suspect for questioning, dropped 70%.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Need a quick laugh? 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