{"id":265035,"date":"2018-02-19T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=265035"},"modified":"2018-02-20T16:32:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T21:32:52","slug":"podesta-befuddled-by-question-on-deface-the-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2018\/02\/19\/podesta-befuddled-by-question-on-deface-the-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Podesta Befuddled by Question on Deface the Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: So Slay the Nation yesterday, or Deface the Nation, however you wish to call it, on CBS, John Podesta, the former campaign chairman for Hillary\u2019s presidential bid, was a guest. And the CBS infobabe, the hostette, Nancy Cordes, asked Podesta how the Russians knew to focus on Michigan and Wisconsin and Hillary didn\u2019t. Now, the Russians didn\u2019t really do the &#8212; but the media thinks they did. So we\u2019re gonna run with that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-265076\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/APP-021918-Podesta-Deface-The-Nation-x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/APP-021918-Podesta-Deface-The-Nation-x.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/APP-021918-Podesta-Deface-The-Nation-x-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The media is convinced that the Russians secured victory for Trump in Michigan and Wisconsin by gumming up the works there. They can\u2019t read the indictment. They don\u2019t know how to read the indictment. They\u2019ve got their preconceived belief, and that\u2019s what it is.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s Podesta, and of course he\u2019s used to be being given softball treatment. Hey, he\u2019s a conquering hero, he\u2019s John Podesta. He was chief of staff for Obama, he\u2019s a great guy. And this question totally befuddled him. &#8220;How is it that these Russian operatives knew to focus on purple states like Michigan and Wisconsin and your campaign didn\u2019t?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>PODESTA: Well, of course we spent a lot of time and energy and effort in all those states.<\/p>\n<p>CORDES: Hillary Clinton herself did not spend much time in those states.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VHQuzWNsOik\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>PODESTA: We &#8212; you know, we had, uh, Tim Kaine was there, uh, Barack Obama was in &#8212; and she spent enormous time in Pennsylvania and Michigan. We had more, uh, staff in Wisconsin than even President Obama had in 2012. But, but I think that begs the question. I think we &#8212; we focused on the places we thought were, uh, that were, you know, in contest. And, uh, at the end of the day, we fell short in those states, uh. And I think that this active measures, uh, effort by the Russians could have tilted the election in, uh, Donald Trump\u2019s favor.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: No, no. No, no, no. No, no, no, no. The god Robert Mueller has said that did not happen. In this narrative PR statement called an indictment that came out Friday, they said the Russians\u2019 activity had no bearing on the outcome of the election, sir. I mean, the premise here is so absurd, it\u2019s funny, except it\u2019s serious. These people actually believe the Russians are the reason Trump won in their states. And that indictment gives them further reason to believe it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: The premise here is so absurd, it&#039;s funny, except it&#039;s serious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":265076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Podesta Befuddled by Question on Deface the Nation - The Rush Limbaugh Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2018\/02\/19\/podesta-befuddled-by-question-on-deface-the-nation\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Podesta Befuddled by Question on Deface the Nation - 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