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<\/p>\nRUSH: I mean, it\u2019s so old, it\u2019s actually not news anymore, and it\u2019s really pathetic of these people on the left. It all started with me being blamed for the Oklahoma City bombing by Bill Clinton, and it\u2019s just ratcheted up from there.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s all an attempt to suppress political speech the left doesn\u2019t want to hear, and now even though the gunman at the synagogue on Saturday in Pittsburgh was a guy who hated Trump, the Drive-Bys are trying to claim that Trump and me and Mark Levin and Breitbart “radicalized” him. We are responsible for this guy shooting up the synagogue! They\u2019re actually out there running with this, and they\u2019re saying it as though they believe it.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s infantile. It\u2019s juvenile. It\u2019s irresponsible and pathetic, and it\u2019s all they\u2019ve got, and they just keep at it. Even, you know, when trying to blame me for Timothy McVeigh shooting up the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City — and back then, by the way, I was alone. I mean, that was it. That was during the Clinton administration. There was no Fox News. The conservative websites and blogs had not yet sprung to life, and it was… I\u2019ll admit it: I was livid!<\/p>\n
Of course, as a lone voice at the time, I was a little alarmed. “Can they make this stick?” Of course, they weren\u2019t able to, and even now certain members of the Drive-By caution everybody. They remind people, “Clinton tried it.” When Clinton was called on it, by the way, Clinton said (impression), “Hey! (chuckling) I wasn\u2019t talking about Limbaugh! Ha-ha! I was talking about the (chuckles) Michigan Militia Shortwave Radio Network!” Right. The Michigan Militia Shortwave Radio Network. That\u2019s what they said they were talking about.<\/p>\n
So it blew up in their faces, and this continues to too.<\/p>\n
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RUSH: We\u2019ll start with Dave in Pittsburgh. It\u2019s great that you waited, sir. Hello.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Hi, Rush. Hey, I\u2019m in Pittsburgh, and something\u2019s really bothering and upsetting me about the local news here, our local leaders. They seem to be blaming us, the people of Pittsburgh, for the shooting that happened in the synagogue. The local leaders are saying that we must come together and stop the hate. We must stop the violence. We must stop the anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Isn\u2019t that interesting? This is a great observation you were making. This is classic. You have one guy who\u2019s responsible for this. He\u2019s mentally not right, clearly off balance. He does what he does, and now all of you in Pittsburgh — everybody — is told, “We must come together,” as though everybody living their lives caused this guy to lose it and go do what he did. The rabbi of that synagogue is saying some of the most intelligent stuff of anybody, particularly in this heated, passionate moment. But, yeah, you\u2019re exactly right. Is local media doing the same?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Our local media is doing the same. Some of the national media. Some of the local leaders are doing it. We didn\u2019t shoot anybody. The guy who did it, who shot \u2019em, they\u2019re not saying anything about that guy. We need to change? I don\u2019t like being blamed for it.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, what do you think you need to do, Dave, in order to prevent this from happening again? What do you, Dave in Pittsburgh, need to do to make sure some other lunatic doesn\u2019t act like this?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Well, I used to be an armed-security officer many years ago, so —<\/p>\n
RUSH: No, no. No, no. The quick answer: You need to renounce Trump. You need to renounce your support for Trump. That\u2019s what they\u2019re trying to get you to do. Don\u2019t do it! That\u2019s what they\u2019re trying to get you to do.<\/p>\n
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RUSH: Let\u2019s go to the audio sound bites. I mentioned these earlier, and some people I\u2019m not even gonna acknowledge the things they\u2019re saying today because they\u2019re just totally off the rails. But it\u2019s as predictable as the sun coming up. It started… Well, I can\u2019t say it started with me because I\u2019m sure this had instances of occurring long before my show came along. But when the Oklahoma City Bombing took place…<\/p>\n
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Whenever it was, 1994 or whenever it was, Clinton tried to blame me for riling up Timothy McVeigh with all kinds of anti-government rhetoric. (Clinton impression) “Angry voices on the right! Angry voices on the right! (sputtering) But I — I — I wasn\u2019t talking about Limbaugh! I was talking about the Michigan Militia Shortwave Radio Network” is what the excuse was. So now that\u2019s become a meme. We have here… Is this a montage? Yep! We got a bunch of CNN people and some National Review people saying that Trump is “radicalizing” domestic terrorists just like ISIS. Listen to this…<\/p>\n
WOLF BLITZER: What are we learning about how the Pittsburgh suspect was radicalized?<\/p>\n
BRIAN STELTER: These men appear to have been radicalized.<\/p>\n
CRAIG MELVIN: These men appear to have been radicalized.<\/p>\n
SYMONE SANDERS: Radicalized people see what the president and his supporters and folks are saying…<\/p>\n
MICHAEL ERIC DYSON: (crosstalk) Whether it\u2019s Sarah Huckabee or Donald Trump, the half-truthing leads to people getting radicalized.<\/p>\n
MAX BOOT: Who is radicalizing people in America? Donald Trump certainly bears responsibility.<\/p>\n
DAVID FRENCH: The bomber was radicalized into sort of this Trump super-fan community.<\/p>\n
JULIA IOFFE: This president has radicalized so many more people (dramatic pause) than ISIS ever did.<\/p>\n