{"id":277728,"date":"2018-06-26T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=277728"},"modified":"2018-06-27T16:43:25","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T20:43:25","slug":"scott-walker-supporter-apologizes-for-doubting-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2018\/06\/26\/scott-walker-supporter-apologizes-for-doubting-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Walker Supporter Apologizes for Doubting Trump Could Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Okay. Back to the phones we go, to Barb in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. Great to have you on the program. Hi.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Thank you, Rush. And I am so glad I got through today. I am calling to humbly apologize to you. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2015\/09\/22\/your_host_blamed_for_walker_s_demise\">I called you back in late 2015<\/a>, and I was Scott Walker for president, and I really yelled at you for supporting Trump. And let me just say you were right; I was wrong. I still love Scott Walker, he\u2019s the best governor ever, but who else but Donald Trump could take on the left-wing kooks that are out there the way he does? He is my man. I love him.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-264299\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/APP-021318-Callers-FEMALE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/APP-021318-Callers-FEMALE.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/APP-021318-Callers-FEMALE-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>RUSH: This is interesting. I, too, like Scott Walker. I had a &#8212; I still do &#8212; a great deal of admiration. He was one of the people I actually thought early on would be a front-runner for the nomination precisely because he, too, has been savaged by the left in his state. Recall elections, all of the threats on his family. And he didn\u2019t cower, and he pushed back, and he beat the unions, and he was able to implement his conservative agenda over incredible odds. And I thought he would be one of the front-runners for what the Republican Party needed. I don\u2019t remember your call specifically, but I know that there were a lot of people supporting Scott Walker. When you first called me about Trump, what was it about Trump you didn\u2019t like?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: I didn\u2019t think he could win. I remember I told you, I said, &#8220;Rush, he can\u2019t win. He\u2019s too, you know, wild, and he\u2019s undisciplined.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Right. The language. He\u2019s out there &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: He\u2019s exactly what we needed. Exactly.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Saying I don\u2019t respect generals and lieutenants that get caught in war.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Right.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Yeah, that kind of stuff.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Right. And I\u2019ve gotta tell you, election night at our house was just great. That is a celebration we\u2019ll never forget. I felt bad because Trump is better than I ever thought, you know &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Good for you. Look, you don\u2019t need to apologize. I appreciate it. I understand why people objected to Trump. I just had this gut extinct that for the people that were gonna vote for him, that stuff is beyond mattering, given the crisis nature that we faced after eight years of Obama. And, anyway, well, I\u2019m glad you\u2019re still out there, and I\u2019m glad you called. Thank you much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Look, you don&#039;t need to apologize.  I appreciate it.  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