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RUSH: So Sarah Sanders put out a tweet or a Twitter announcement that the president\u2019s gonna go to the border on Thursday.\u00a0 The New York Times says, “President Trump wants to address the nation about the government shutdown on Tuesday night, and later in the week plans to travel to the southern border as part of his effort to persuade Americans of the need for a border wall \u2014 the sticking point in negotiations with Democrats who are eager to reopen shuttered agencies.”<\/p>\n

You know, this whole shutdown thing… Every time we go through one of these or any protracted disagreement like this with the left… You know, I live in the world of constant optimism that more and more are finally gonna wake up, or, if not (maybe that\u2019s not the term), they\u2019re finally gonna see what the left is really all about.\u00a0 On this one, we may have a chance.\u00a0 The latest polling data: 93% of the American people, including 88% of Democrats, think that illegal immigration is a major problem.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Now, the Democrat Party is in a very shrinking minority on this, and they all live behind fortified walls.\u00a0 Nancy Pelosi… They all live in gated estates.\u00a0 Like last night, the Golden Globes — and, by the way, the ratings bottomed out again. Although, you know, I think Trump is even teaching these people.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s one of the most amazing things. Let\u2019s look at the NFL, to explain myself here.\u00a0 I\u2019m gonna go off track for a bit, but I have not lost my place.<\/p>\n

What did Trump do?\u00a0 He railed against the political protests in the NFL, as we all well know.\u00a0 He elevated that issue to a point where the NFL couldn\u2019t escape the scrutiny of viewers. They couldn\u2019t escape the rage.\u00a0 The players were kneeling. They were disrespecting the anthem.\u00a0 Any other president would have not said a word about it!\u00a0 It would have gone on. It would still be happening. The NFL would be in deep, dire straits right now because it would have continued.<\/p>\n

They would have been shedding viewers. They would have been shedding attendees at stadiums if this had gone on.\u00a0 They would be shedding money. They would be losing money left and right, \u2019cause it would have continued had nobody said anything about it.\u00a0 Because nobody in the league was gonna have the guts to stand up to the players.\u00a0 They would have been mollified.\u00a0 Ownership and the commissioner would have done everything they could to strike deals with the players, further alienating fans.<\/p>\n

What did Trump do?\u00a0 He continued to call them out — and as Trump continued to call them out, more and more people began to dissociate themselves with the NFL.\u00a0 And the NFL and the players realized that without a strong customer base, the dominoes fall; financial underpinnings of the league will eventually collapse.\u00a0 And, if you don\u2019t think that\u2019s right, if you think I\u2019m misreading this, I need to ask you: What happened to the protests?\u00a0 They\u2019re gone, aren\u2019t they?\u00a0 The protests are gone.<\/p>\n

You know what else is coming back?\u00a0 The ratings for the NFL are coming back.\u00a0 As the players stop protesting their own country, as the players stop protesting their own flag, as they stop this incessant bleating about being slaves to a white-owned aristocracy… LeBron James tried it and what happened?\u00a0 He got shut down and had to apologize.\u00a0 That\u2019s because of Donald Trump.\u00a0 If Trump hadn\u2019t spoken up in the first place — and I knew, by the way, that this comparison to slavery was gonna happen.\u00a0 I called it two years ago.<\/p>\n

I thought it\u2019d be the media making the charge, not another athlete. I didn\u2019t know it\u2019d be LeBron James.\u00a0 But LeBron James basically came along and said the NFL is modern-day slavery.\u00a0 You\u2019ve got a bunch of white owners and an indentured servitude African-American employee base where the average salary is $2.1 million.\u00a0 Do you know what the average slave was paid?\u00a0 Anybody know?\u00a0 There\u2019s an average figure.\u00a0 I can tell you what the average… (interruption) Exactly!\u00a0 Nothing!\u00a0 The average slave was paid nothing!<\/p>\n

Do you know how many days or weeks, hours a day the average slave worked?\u00a0 However damn many he was told.\u00a0 He was paid zero for it and didn\u2019t hardly get much to eat, just enough to fuel the engine to enable the work to continue.\u00a0 But there was nothing luxurious about it.\u00a0 For these guys to come along and claim that the NFL is a modern incarnation of slavery is simply insane ridiculousness.\u00a0 But here\u2019s our old buddy LeBron James doing it.\u00a0 You notice how quickly that died?\u00a0 It wouldn\u2019t have died if it weren\u2019t for Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Those protests would have continued, LeBron James would have been hailed as a hero, and the NFL today would be an enterprise in heap big trouble.\u00a0 Trump called it out the moment it started.\u00a0 He withstood the avalanche of criticism that happened but eventually the NFL had to realize that their fan base was falling by the wayside. Not supporting the players.\u00a0 Not supporting the kneeling.\u00a0 Not supporting the protesting of the flag.\u00a0 They were just leaving!\u00a0 And they weren\u2019t watching on television.<\/p>\n

The protests have disappeared; the ratings are back.<\/p>\n

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What am I missing?\u00a0 I\u2019m telling you, Donald Trump is using the same tactics, similar tactics with the wall and in this trade war that we\u2019re having with the ChiComs.\u00a0 What is he doing?\u00a0 He\u2019s elevating the issues to apply pressure because bring focus to the fundamentals.\u00a0 Now, you might say, “Well, that\u2019s all he can do, Rush, \u2019cause he\u2019s a simpleton idiot.”\u00a0 No. He is not a simpleton idiot.\u00a0 He\u2019s a man of impeccable common sense who understands the basics of things, who understands the fundamentals.<\/p>\n

And the fundamentals are that America and our culture cannot continue with open borders like this. It cannot continue to thrive. It cannot continue to be what it is as long as the borders are open and an entire political party in this country is encouraging this attack on our basic culture!\u00a0 Okay.\u00a0 So now where are we?\u00a0 We don\u2019t have people supporting open borders, do we?\u00a0 We don\u2019t have people down there (clapping) applauding the illegals and saying, “Come on in!”<\/p>\n

They do it in private.\u00a0 They do it quietly.\u00a0 But they\u2019re not a majority.\u00a0 So now we\u2019ve gotten to the point where the NFL was hemorrhaging viewers and it was hemorrhaging fans.\u00a0 The sponsors were hemorrhaging their clientele. And the same thing could be happening here.\u00a0 When you have a poll that shows 93% of the people think illegal immigration is a big problem, I\u2019m sorry, that\u2019s not a winning issue for the open-borders crowd.\u00a0 So now Trump wants to address the nation to talk about this.<\/p>\n

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The Golden Globes last night.\u00a0 Their ratings are down.\u00a0 They tried to fix it.\u00a0 Do you know that there was no politics among the hosts? Not the award winners, but the hosts, Sandra Oh and whoever the other guy was. They purposely abandoned politics in an effort… They had been losing ratings for the past number of years, particularly the last two. All these awards shows have been dumping on Trump, and their ratings have been going south. They\u2019ve been saying, “We don\u2019t care! We don\u2019t do what we do for the ratings.”<\/p>\n

Bull. The networks that carry this crap care.\u00a0 Everybody in this cares about ratings.\u00a0 I don\u2019t care if they tell you they don\u2019t.\u00a0 The stars may not, I don\u2019t know, but the people televising this stuff do or they wouldn\u2019t go to such lengths to find proper hosts and this kind of thing.\u00a0 So the Golden Globes last night, they tried to dial it back — and the bottom still fell out!\u00a0 Their ratings are still down over what was a record low last year in 2018.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because people have long memories, and whether or not there was any Trump bashing or America bashing last night, there has been in this previous year, and people don\u2019t need to be preached to or want to be preached to by people they perceive to be ignoramuses about matters of great consequence facing the country.\u00a0 So we\u2019ll see what happens with the Epidemic Awards, but the trend here is that Trump is winning on these things — and in the process, he is saving industries, not just with our economic performance.<\/p>\n

But you can arguably say and you could do it with great credibility that Donald Trump deserves the credit for saving the NFL from what could have been a devastating decline by calling out the very destructive behavior that was being engaged in by players, malcontents or what have you. ‘Cause if that had continued — you notice the news about football games is about the games again? The news about football games is about the players and the controversies that happen on the field, the officiating.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s all about stuff that happens on the field now, not what\u2019s happening in the anthem period or the pregame. You don\u2019t see sports coverage following players to the ghetto as they try to give back because a lot of that doesn\u2019t even happen in the first place. No. They\u2019re covering the sport. They\u2019re covering the game. And, as such, the NFL is coming back.<\/p>\n

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Have you also noticed you can\u2019t find Roger Goodell anywhere? I\u2019ve seen him twice this season, both of them in little cameo appearances on camera during these playoffs games. And guess who he\u2019s sitting with? He\u2019s sitting with fans. He\u2019s not sitting with the owners in their suite. He\u2019s sitting with fans. He\u2019s giving out tickets to the Super Bowl, sitting with fans at these games. He was in Chicago.<\/p>\n

The NFL has done everything they can to get the negatives off of the front and center stage of the NFL, and it wouldn\u2019t have happened if it weren\u2019t for Trump. The same thing is happening with the ChiComs and this trade stuff. The same thing is happening with the wall. The same thing is happening with illegal immigration. There\u2019s one guy showing the way, one guy standing up, one guy educating, one guy informing, one person standing firm in his common-sense beliefs about these things.<\/p>\n

And what\u2019s being demonstrated is commitment. Patience and commitment and fortitude pay off. We don\u2019t live in a world where there are instant results despite what people think. It still takes a while for things to happen. There\u2019s a lot of people in this country, a lot of minds to shift. Doesn\u2019t happen overnight. It\u2019s why you\u2019ve gotta have intestinal fortitude and guts and once you stake a position publicly you gotta stand with it, you gotta stick with it and promote it and continue, instead of caving.<\/p>\n

But he\u2019s still out there all alone. Can you imagine if he just had some support from the Republican on any number of these things, which has been the lament that we\u2019ve had here since Trump was inaugurated back in 2017. So Trump is elevating these issues to apply pressure and bring focus to the fundamentals of each one. Trade tariffs, unfair arrangements and deals that need to be redone, border security. And we know because of the most recent polling data, voters care deeply about border security. Much more so than the Drive-By Media would ever lead anybody to believe. Congress cares deeply about votes. The Democrats care deeply about destroying the traditional, distinct American culture that was established at our founding.<\/p>\n

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The ChiComs, they care deeply about strong revenue streams from American trade. The ChiComs also care deeply about an economy in their own country that can create enough jobs every year to keep those people happy and free from revolting. The communist president of China, his number one job is job creation and make sure that the people that get these new jobs are out in the country and don\u2019t storm the cities which are already overcrowded. He needs American trade for this to happen. He needs Apple to continue to be making iPhones, 500,000 people employed at one factory to make iPhones, and they\u2019re out in the hinterlands.<\/p>\n

Trump knows all of this. The ChiCom economy depends on strong revenue streams from American trade. So applying pressure, leverage brings focus to all of these things that heretofore the American establishment, the elites, the leadership, have just figured that it\u2019s not possible, we\u2019ve gone global and so this idea that America first, America wins, America this is so antiquated and so irrelevant and it\u2019s so pedantic we can\u2019t even talk about anymore. Here comes a guy talking about it.<\/p>\n

This is how problems are solved. And isn\u2019t that the goal? So Trump now wants a national address tomorrow night according to the New York Times. You know, we have to continue to hear the little Chihuahuas yapping at Trump\u2019s ankles, from Mitt Romney and some of these Never Trumpers who just can\u2019t get over themselves and this devotion that they claim to have to manners and character and culture. I gotta make a note. I gotta make my comments about this. This whole character business, it\u2019s a dichotomy. In fact, it may even be a conundrum. ‘Cause it is in some ways frustrating. In other ways, it\u2019s liberating.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

\"\"RUSH: Looky here. Exactly what I was just saying. This is from CNBC: \u201cHow Trump\u2019s tweet storms to rally support for the government shutdown seem to be working<\/a> – Since first threatening a government shutdown last month in his battle with Congress over border wall funding, President Donald Trump has leaned heavily on Twitter to rally support among his followers. So far, the strategy seems to be working. That, however, doesn\u2019t bode well for a quick resolution to the standoff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wait just a second! If it\u2019s working, then why doesn\u2019t it bode well for a quick resolution? Hmm? It says here: \u201cAs the standoff drags on, Trump has tried to take maximum advantage of the political upheaval to rally support from his followers for his signature 2016 campaign issue. Based on a CNBC review of his wall-related tweets, the effort is paying off.\u201d<\/p>\n

So CNBC is saying that Trump has leaned heavily on Twitter to rally support among his followers, and they are apoplectic because a CNBC review of these tweets show that his effort is paying off and that the strategy is working. And it doesn\u2019t bode well for a quick resolution.<\/p>\n

In other words, CNBC is afraid public support for Trump\u2019s position might make him more reluctant to cave for the Democrats. It will strengthen his resolve and he\u2019ll hang in there and it means there\u2019s a greater chance it\u2019s gonna be the Democrats that have to cave. That\u2019s why it\u2019s bad news. These creeps. I tell you.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Greg in Sioux Falls.\u00a0 It\u2019s great to have you on the EIB Network.\u00a0 How you doing, sir?<\/p>\n

CALLER:\u00a0 Very good, Mr. Limbaugh.\u00a0 Thank you.\u00a0 One quick comment first here.\u00a0 Trump saved the NFL.\u00a0 They thought he was tearing \u2019em down, but he saved \u2019em.\u00a0 Now, what else I want to say is this.\u00a0 I just got off the phone this morning with my two senators from South Dakota, Thune and Rounds, and I made the comment to \u2019em: The Democrats don\u2019t like borders.\u00a0 We know there are all of a sudden barriers and walls around the U.S. Capitol, House, and Senate buildings.\u00a0 I asked them to put in legislation to take it down. Get rid of those borders.\u00a0 Let\u2019s see what the Democrats in Washington, D.C., think when they\u2019re exposed.\u00a0 Let\u2019s let people drive wherever they want to drive around there.<\/p>\n

RUSH:\u00a0 What\u2019d they say?<\/p>\n

CALLER: (unintelligible) … talking point to come back.\u00a0 Well, you know, you don\u2019t get to talk to those people.\u00a0 You don\u2019t get to talk to me.<\/p>\n

RUSH:\u00a0 I always get through.<\/p>\n

CALLER: (laughing) There\u2019s the difference–<\/p>\n

RUSH:\u00a0 Well, that must be… (laughing)<\/p>\n

CALLER: (laughing) — between me and Rush Limbaugh.<\/p>\n

\"\"RUSH: No, you have an excellent point here, and it\u2019s like… Let me get back to the Golden Globes for a second.\u00a0 Now, these people tried to tone down, the hosts.\u00a0 I mean, not the award recipients and the runners-up and all that, but the hosts, Sandra Oh and her flunky, whoever he was.\u00a0 They tried.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t go political at all. But some of the others couldn\u2019t help it and it became a diatribe against guns.\u00a0 They just went off on guns and little, you know, referrals, references here to climate change.<\/p>\n

But I\u2019ll tell you, I\u2019ll bet you that the number of armed security people protecting these stars at the Golden Globes last night would have been enough to stop your average invasion at the border.\u00a0 I\u2019ll bet you there was so much armed security at that place and I\u2019ll betcha there were so many barriers that the average hoi polloi couldn\u2019t cross and get close to these stars, and then once they left the awards the Beverly Hilton, then they go to wherever the parties — are and you can\u2019t just walk in there because there\u2019s armed security outside and inside, and they got barriers.<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t even get into the parking lot. And then when they leave the parties and then when it\u2019s time to go home, why, they go behind more walls and there\u2019s probably more armed security where many of them live. And here they are ripping guns and ripping anybody who wants to engage in similar practices to protect the country at large. It\u2019s why they have become a joke, and it\u2019s why they are not influential.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t that long ago, folks, that LeBron James coming out and claiming that the NFL ownership is the modern incarnation of slavery \u2019cause of a bunch of white billionaires employing 75% of their workforce African-American indentured slaves, it would have had some legs because the media would have picked it up and run with it, and at least run around and started asking, “Well, what do you think of what LeBron said?” And then they try to get some owners saying some stupid things in response to keep the story alive.<\/p>\n

But it didn\u2019t go anywhere. And it didn\u2019t go anywhere because the whole concept of the NFL as a slave enterprise doesn\u2019t pass any kind of reality test whatsoever. And so LeBron was reduced to having to apologize. It wasn\u2019t that long ago he would have been heralded as a great social scientist.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Dan in Raleigh, North Carolina. Great to have you, sir. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Thank you, sir. I\u2019ll get right to my point. I want to thank you again for saying that President Trump scrutinized the NFL and didn\u2019t let \u2019em get away with it. You, like he, just get through the disinformation and get right to the point. And I\u2019m surprised to hear the NFL numbers are up, the viewing numbers. I wanted to get your thoughts on that as well.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You\u2019re surprised the numbers are up?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, why are you surprised they\u2019re up?<\/p>\n

\"\"CALLER: Well, you know, I saw people losing faith just as many of the actions that go on, you guys scrutinize the facts, cut through it on so many fronts and get rid of the disinformation, but I wasn\u2019t sure —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah, but you know what happened? The protests stopped, the kneeling stopped, the anti-America, anti-flag, all this politicization stopped. And there was something else that happened: Offense exploded. The Chiefs and the Rams played a game of 51-48 or something.<\/p>\n

Offense was off the charts. Fans and viewers love offense. It ain\u2019t boring. I don\u2019t care if it is 51-48. You become mesmerized by it. But 10-3 defensive struggles, I mean, an unaffected fan will slog through that and watch it. Football fan is football. Football is football.<\/p>\n

But when the offense goes nuts like it did for much of this season and if you\u2019ll notice, all of the soap opera stuff this season was about the game! Look at the Steelers. The Steelers may as well be Payton Place. But none of it involved protests. None of it involved the flag. None of it involved people being ticked off at America. It was all related to what happened on the field, which is what sports fans want.<\/p>\n

So it revived the fantasy league aspect, and it makes sense. The league itself got rid of all of these distractions. They got rid of things that reminded people of negative reinforcement in terms of people and image. And the fans felt free to go back to the game and did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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