{"id":336145,"date":"2020-02-07T16:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T21:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=336145"},"modified":"2020-02-11T15:50:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T20:50:06","slug":"the-democrat-party-implodes-exactly-as-i-predicted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2020\/02\/07\/the-democrat-party-implodes-exactly-as-i-predicted\/","title":{"rendered":"The Democrat Party Implodes Exactly as I Predicted"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: We\u2019ll start with Elliott in Wilmette, Illinois. Thanks, Elliott, for holding on. And welcome to the program. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Thank you for taking my call, Rush. My very, very best wishes for you. I\u2019m very pleased to speak with you. My question has to do with the State of the Union show. From the party we were in, we could see from your surprise, we could hear you saying to yourself, \u201cKeep it together, keep it together, keep it together.\u201d My question is about Nancy Pelosi and did you notice from where you were her pre-tearing of the speech before she did so at the end?<\/p>\n

\"\"RUSH: Yeah, but I didn\u2019t know what it was. I saw her pre-tearing it, and I had no idea that it was because —<\/p>\n

CALLER: Was that before she started or along during it? And the second, what —<\/p>\n

RUSH: No. It was —<\/p>\n

CALLER: — will that do to the Democrats?<\/p>\n

RUSH: No, it was before because clearly she didn\u2019t have the strength to rip it from scratch, so —<\/p>\n

CALLER: Right.<\/p>\n

RUSH: — she had to get each page started in advance so that when she went to rip it up.<\/p>\n

CALLER: That was before he started?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, I don\u2019t — no, I think it was after he started.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Ah.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Although I have to say, I only know that based on what I\u2019ve seen since. I didn\u2019t actually see her doing that, the initial rip during the State of the Union speech. Now, what it all means for the Democrats, I don\u2019t think this is complicated, and I wish I had some unique, brand-new, you\u2019ve-never-heard-it-before answer. But you want to know what the impact of this is gonna be on the Democrats? It is going to be devastating.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m watching the media today. I\u2019ve watched the media the past couple of days. They\u2019re trying to glaze over this debacle in Iowa. Even media that you think is friendly to us, they\u2019re doing everything they can to salvage this because they need viable opponents for ratings. They need to be able to report that the Democrats have a chance, that the Democrats are gaining ground on Trump.<\/p>\n

But, folks, the mistake that they have made from the beginning, they continue to make it. They are incapable of fixing this. For whatever unreasonable, make-no-sense reasons, they hate Donald Trump. And they think everybody else does too. There\u2019s no other reason to do this. But, look. Everything they have tried has failed. Everything has blown up on them.<\/p>\n

They are the epitome of Wile E. Coyote. They are a laughingstock. They are a joke out there across the fruited plain. They\u2019re not a laughingstock or joke in the media because the media\u2019s invested in \u2019em, wants \u2019em to look good, wants \u2019em to win.<\/p>\n

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But I\u2019m telling you, ripping up the State of the Union speech that\u2019s chronicling and reporting on the greatness of the State of the Union, the improvements and the changes for the good for everybody that has happened, there\u2019s no sizable constituency out there that hates Trump so much that they\u2019re gonna applaud that. The Democrat Party makes the mistake of assuming that Twitter is national public opinion.<\/p>\n

They make the mistake of assuming that Twitter represents a majority of their support. Twitter represents maybe 20% of the thinking of this country. And they\u2019ll never figure this out. Because the media lies to them, and the media pumps them up. And they literally sit there — Pelosi literally thinks that this country hates Trump more and more every day. Why else do this? Why pull a stunt like this? If she thinks that it\u2019s going to harm the Democrats, there\u2019s no reason to do it.<\/p>\n

She obviously thinks this is gonna help \u2019em. And I think it\u2019s a great illustration of how totally out of touch they are and have been for four years. And I\u2019ll tell you something, I don\u2019t think they have ever been close the past three, four years, however you want to tabulate, they\u2019ve not been close to meeting their objectives on Donald Trump. They have not been close to getting rid of him. They\u2019ve not been close to succeeding in impeachment. They\u2019ve not been close on this Russia business.<\/p>\n

They have been embarrassingly off, out of touch. They have looked mean-spirited and ridiculous to a vast majority of normal Americans to whom their behavior doesn\u2019t make any sense. And the Democrats have no way of knowing that and seeing that. This was a big debacle. This Iowa mess is right along the line with it.<\/p>\n

As I said, I\u2019m watching the media, “The Democrats have given the candidates additional time here to work out the \u2013” Come on. This is an embarrassment. What was the result of impeachment? It killed Joe Biden. Impeachment killed Joe Biden. That\u2019s what impeachment did. Impeachment took out Joe Biden. Joe Biden finishes fourth. Biden is finished. Biden was never gonna win this thing.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m telling you. How many times did I tell you in June or May 2019? ABC does that story reporting on Biden and his kid, Hunter. I told you they\u2019re trying to take him out. Biden\u2019s not gonna be the nominee, and they don\u2019t want it to be Crazy Bernie. How about the Des Moines Register poll the right before the Hawkeye Cauci? They don\u2019t release it, claiming some kind of snafu. The snafu was they didn\u2019t like the result.<\/p>\n

These people, I think, are the ones that manipulate vote counts, not Trump. These are the people that partnered with Russia — well, Hillary Clinton did, with all of that — and no matter what they try, it blows up in their face. But go back. The last week, the last two weeks, the last month, what have you heard in the Drive-By Media? “Joe Biden is leading by a landslide, slam dunk. Joe Biden\u2019s leading in Iowa! Joe Biden wins in Iowa. He\u2019s gonna clear the decks in New Hampshire.”<\/p>\n

Joe Biden comes in fourth place in Iowa. Meanwhile, Trump\u2019s got his headline: “Acquitted! Trump Acquitted.” How stupid are they? They knew this was going to be the result. They knew Trump was going to be acquitted, and yet they went ahead with this anyway. Why? Because they think everybody hates Trump. The big mistake they make is they think they represent a majority of thinking in this country.<\/p>\n

They think that wacko liberalism\/socialism\/communism is the majority thinking in this country. It\u2019s not even close. But they think they\u2019ve gotta hold their base together. So I think that\u2019s what Pelosi ripping up the speech was, plus total frustration. Trump was acquitted. He made her look like a political novice when she supposedly is the dean of Washington politicians. Anyway, I appreciate the call.<\/p>\n

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This is Elizabeth in Columbus, Ohio. You\u2019re next. It\u2019s great to have you. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hey, Rush. It\u2019s good to hear you on the radio.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you, ma\u2019am.<\/p>\n

CALLER: My question for you is I wonder what lessons you think the Republican leadership are learning from watching the Democratic implosion. How do you think —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, if you look, the Republican Party\u2019s pretty unified behind Trump.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, I think they\u2019ve had the benefit of not being in the spotlight. But, you know, the rise of Trump was really because I think on both sides, Republican and Democrat, there are a large portion of people that feel very frustrated with not being heard and, you know, I think that\u2019s what led to Trump winning the Republican nomination. You know, he wasn\u2019t their guy, and Republican base put him in there almost as a referendum I think in some ways against the Republican leadership.<\/p>\n

RUSH: No question about it.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, so what have they learned from that and from watching the Democrats try to deal with the same, you know, divisions in their party? And how are they gonna take that once Trump is out of office?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, I don\u2019t know for sure what they\u2019ve learned, but I\u2019ll tell you what they should have learned. They should have learned… If they look at Trump\u2019s approval rating, if they look at the economy, he has the highest approval rating ever. Trump\u2019s approval rating as president, after all of this? Elizabeth, after all this impeachment, after all of the Mueller investigation (which was a perjury trap), after the Russia stuff, Trump\u2019s approval rating is at an all-time high.<\/p>\n

I think one of the lessons that I see being learned by a whole lot of Republicans is they don\u2019t have to be afraid of the media anymore. If Donald Trump is demonstrating one thing, it\u2019s you don\u2019t have to be afraid of what the media says about you. You can win if you simply connect with a majority of the American people. And Trump did, and he connected with a majority of the American people because, particularly Republicans, they\u2019re fed up. They\u2019ve been lied to campaign after campaign after campaign.<\/p>\n

Candidates have promised to do X, Y, and Z year after year after year. They get elected; it doesn\u2019t happen. Take the issue. It doesn\u2019t matter, trade or health care, you name it. Trump comes along, and he is not one of those people. He is, by definition, an outsider who is already well-known, has established an identity with people in his other businesses, and he has the unique ability to speak publicly and be believed.<\/p>\n

People take him seriously. They believe he means what he says, that he\u2019s going to do what he\u2019s gonna do, and he does it. And they\u2019ve learned it. And it just, to me, illustrates how many people in this country for so long have been frustrated with the deep state or just the way Washington works. And the way Washington works is it\u2019s all about them and their families and their kids. It\u2019s really not about you — except every election, they make it look like it is.<\/p>\n

There are some exceptions here, but most of Washington… Look at the ambassadorial corps that testified against Trump. By the way, did you see Trump might be getting rid of Vindman? Right on, dude! Lieutenant Colonel Vindman — O say can you…? Get rid of him! Get rid of all these saboteurs! Trump\u2019s approval rating will go up to 60% if he does this. Will we find out…? (interruption) We know… (interruption)<\/p>\n

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Oh, we know who the whistleblower is. He has been outed publicly the moment I mentioned his name. But look, it\u2019s nothing about Trump. Trump doesn\u2019t go back. He\u2019ll slam \u2019em as they fail, but he\u2019s gonna keep movin\u2019 forward. He leaves them in the dust. All they can do is cry over spilt milk and bellyache and whine and moan. Trump is outmaneuvering them.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s out-dancing them. He is zooming and speeding by these people on his agenda, on his approach with the media and so forth. They still don\u2019t know… It\u2019s amazing to me that they still haven\u2019t figured out and don\u2019t seem to care who he really is and how to stop him, which is fine and dandy with me. They continue to just do dumb, ignorant things as they attempt to stay true or whatever to their ideology.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: We go back to the phones. Sean in Memphis. I\u2019m glad you waited, sir. And hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Mega dittos, Maha Rushie.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you, sir.<\/p>\n

CALLER: It\u2019s such an honor to talk to you on probably the most important week in politics of my adult life. I\u2019ve been listening since \u201988. And you were talking about, you know, the unique abilities of Donald Trump. And one of the greatest ones I find is that he has the ability to tweak the left so acutely that, I mean, just giving you the Medal of Freedom — not that you don\u2019t deserve it, I a hundred percent believe that — but I know that it tweaked the left so strongly. It probably had everything to do with the tearing of the paper. I mean, it was just amazing.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, I\u2019m sure it did. Pelosi\u2019s even said that she thought Trump was going to mention John Lewis when he mentioned my name.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Then she starts ripping — in fact, let\u2019s listen to Pelosi. I\u2019ve had people ask me, “Does it bother you what they\u2019re \u2013” No, folks, that\u2019s the point. That\u2019s the whole point of Donald Trump. It shouldn\u2019t bother anybody what they say. It\u2019s predictable. It\u2019s baseless. It\u2019s all the things they claim that they\u2019re not. These are the people that engage in insensitivity and racism and bigotry and all this stuff while claiming they\u2019re the paragons of virtue and attacking everybody on the conservative side as all the isms and so forth. I\u2019ve always thought that it was a testament to my effectiveness. It was always a sign of how I get under their skin. If I didn\u2019t, they wouldn\u2019t even mention it. Here is Pelosi. This is yesterday morning as she held her weekly press conference.<\/p>\n

PELOSI: We will not allow any president to use that Capitol, that chamber of the House of Representatives, of the people\u2019s House as a backdrop for him. Now, all presidents have guests, constant guests. That was not a State of the Union. That was a state — his state of mind. Let me say how I can give a Medal of Honor (sic) — do it in your own office. We don\u2019t come in your office and do congressional business. Why are you doing that here?<\/p>\n

\"\"Quite frankly, when he started talking about someone with stage 4 cancer, all of that, I thought he was — I don\u2019t know which stage John Lewis\u2019 cancer is at, but when you start talking about someone\u2019s cancer, we thought he was gonna talk about John Lewis, a hero in our country. Come on.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You see. Trump had no business doing that in her House. We\u2019re not gonna allow any president to use that Capitol, that chamber, people\u2019s House as a backdrop for him. That\u2019s why she ripped up the State of the Union speech. I\u2019m telling you, she has literally no empathy. She has no idea how that was seen — and if she does, if she does, then it was one of the biggest political errors, unforced errors that anybody has ever made.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t like it? Be quiet about it. Move on. Don\u2019t call additional attention to it. But there she is because they think they\u2019ve got — folks, another bit of evidence here. For how long have we been told — a number of years, right? — the Democrat base, the Democrat Party, they hate Donald Trump. They can\u2019t wait for Election Day. They can\u2019t wait to get rid of Donald Trump. It\u2019s the only thing that matters.<\/p>\n

So here comes the Hawkeye Cauci. The turnout was, eh. It was embarrassingly light. Nobody even knows what the count was. They\u2019ve got Silicon Valley brains behind their operation and they can\u2019t even tabulate the vote. My theory is they can, and it was so bad they didn\u2019t want anybody to know. They don\u2019t want anybody to know who really won that because whoever probably won it has no prayer of beating Trump.<\/p>\n

And I\u2019ll betcha the turnout was tiny. Trump\u2019s not even opposed. And there were far more Republicans that — Trump beat the Obama turnout. You know, Obama was unopposed in 2012. So you get to the Hawkeye Cauci, and a lot of people showed up for Obama to make a statement, “We love the guy. He\u2019s our guy.” More people showed up for Trump than showed up for Obama. Meanwhile, the Democrats are barely over half the turnout that showed up for Trump. So where is all the supposed energy?<\/p>\n

You have no idea, you have no idea how often, how frequently, and how largely you have been lied to or misrepresented by mainstream media. And the Democrats don\u2019t, either. They\u2019re falling for all this hook, line, and sinker, as I said, believing everybody thinks about Trump the way they do. And it all boils down — let\u2019s run through the list.<\/p>\n

Pete Buttigieg, Mayor Pete. Have you seen Mayor Pete? He\u2019s a programmed, focus grouped candidate that has rehearsed his hand positions for emphasis. He has focus grouped the words. He\u2019s focus grouped the timing, meaning there isn\u2019t anything real. Crazy Bernie has got \u2019em all scared to death because they think that Crazy Bernie, if he wins, is gonna destroy the Democrat Party.<\/p>\n

I got news for you. The Democrat Party\u2019s on the way to total implosion anyway because there isn\u2019t any difference in Crazy Bernie and Elizabeth Warren or Hillary Clinton or any of the other front runners. They all want government in charge of everything. They all want to destroy the economy that has been created in the free market. They want to replace it with massive tax increases. The Democrats are fooling themselves if they believe there\u2019s a smidgen bit of difference in whoever they nominate. “Well, Mayor Pete is a centrist and \u2013” there aren\u2019t any centrists anymore.<\/p>\n

You know something, folks? I gotta tell you something else. And those of you who\u2019ve been listening to me for many, many moons know this. This idea that you have 40% left and 40% right and 20% undecided and the 20% undecided are the brilliant ones, they are the smart ones, they\u2019re the ones that haven\u2019t made up their minds, they\u2019re the ones who aren\u2019t partisan, they are the ones who study it issue by issue by issue. And they are the ones who care most about the future of the country. And so every election is a battle for all of that 20 percent.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s so bogus. There isn\u2019t any centrism out there in America anymore. We\u2019re so partisan and divided, there isn\u2019t any middle ground. Not to speak of. I mean, some people might think they\u2019re centrist, but they\u2019re not. Most of the people who have been moderates or centrists, are simply liberal Democrats who didn\u2019t want to say so. And they are dwarfed by the number of conservatives in this country. Not in California and New York, but throughout the whole country they are outnumbered by people who will self-identify as conservative versus those who self-identify as liberal.<\/p>\n

But the liberals all live in coagulated areas. Parts of New York, parts of California. They don\u2019t get out. They don\u2019t know anybody else, any other way of thinking, and there\u2019s nothing centrist about any of them. I think this is another one of the biggest scams that professional politicians — and if you want to throw media in, too — have been running on the American people, this idea that there\u2019s this great unwashed in the middle, and they\u2019re the ones we gotta pay attention to.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re the ones we gotta watch because they\u2019re the ones that are not partisan. They make up their minds issue by issue. They\u2019re not racist. They\u2019re not sexist. They\u2019re not bigoted or any of this other stuff. I have never, for the longest time… It may have been the case some years ago, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s been the case for a long time, and I think most of those people that used to be classified as centrist, the great unwashed, have moved to our side. Most of them support Trump and don\u2019t admit it.<\/p>\n

But when the time comes for them to demonstrate it and show it, there they are and there they will be. They show up at rallies. They show up at the ballot box. Does anybody really think the Democrats have anything that can compare to the Trump rally, to the energy that is at one of those things, to the commitment, to the personal bond that people have with the candidate?<\/p>\n

Do you think anybody on the left really has a personal bond with Mayor Pete? I mean, a sizable number. Does anybody have a personal bond with Joe Biden? Crazy Bernie might be the closest that has any kind of a personal bond, but the Democrats are trying to sabotage him again because they think he\u2019s gonna destroy the party. What they don\u2019t know is that it\u2019s already in dire straits, no matter if they nominate Crazy Bernie or not.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: I want to talk a little bit more about the Democrats\u2019 situation in Iowa. There are just some things I want to close the loop on. I\u2019ve been dancing all around this all day long. I think it is so much more meaningful than anybody knows. I think this debacle is a harbinger of disasters to come — and you know what it\u2019s all rooted in, ladies and gentlemen? The Democrats really cannot do elections anymore because they can\u2019t stand the way people vote.<\/p>\n

You know, I have said that the day\u2019s gonna come where some of these Democrats — and look, Schiff\u2019s already done it; I\u2019ve already made reference to it — say we gotta cancel the vote. “We can\u2019t trust the ballot box,” Schiff said. They can\u2019t trust the ballot box to do what we Democrats want, meaning, “We can\u2019t trust the American people to elect us.” They just can\u2019t stand that people vote in ways they don\u2019t like.<\/p>\n

So, look, Hillary loses, and they\u2019ve tried to tear the country apart for three years. I\u2019m not telling you anything you don\u2019t know. I just don\u2019t think this is a one-off and an isolated thing. I think it is symbolic of a trend, and I have never thought these people represent the majority of thinking in this country. I\u2019ve never thought it. The media creates the impression that they do, but I\u2019ve never thought so.<\/p>\n

In fact, there was a story… I had this. I didn\u2019t get into much detail with it at the time. It was two or three weeks ago, and it was a story about all of these liberal elites in places like Silicon Valley, California, and Hollywood. All these liberal elites, white liberal elites live their lives the same way you do. They raise their kids the same way you do. They just don\u2019t want anybody to know it.<\/p>\n

\"\"They are not exposing their kids to crime. They\u2019re not supposing their kids to sanctuary cities, and they\u2019re not exposing their kids to drugs on purpose. They\u2019re trying to shield them. They\u2019re trying to raise their kids the same way you are, but they don\u2019t dare let Democrat voters know it because it would be — if they found out — the epitome of hypocrisy. Well, it is the epitome of hypocrisy.<\/p>\n

Look at the scandal. All of these white, liberal Hollywood people are gaming the system to get their kids into elite universities. Why does that matter? That\u2019s something rich Republicans do! Well, of course it matters because it\u2019s how you grease the skids for your kids\u2019 future. They don\u2019t want anybody to know it. When it is learned that this is what some of these people are doing, look at the hell that descends on them.<\/p>\n

I maintain to you that there are a lot of people… The media\u2019s the same way. The media living in Washington, their kids go to the finest schools. Their kids do this and that. They trying to keep their kids… They\u2019re not exposing kids to all of the crap they\u2019re telling you that you have to to be understanding and fair, but they just won\u2019t admit it. So here we are in Iowa.<\/p>\n

They can\u2019t do elections \u2019cause they can\u2019t stand that people vote in ways they don\u2019t like. Hillary loses. They\u2019ve tried to tear the country apart for three years. Now Bernie is peaking as the winner. They have to jigger the votes against him. They can\u2019t stand that voters won\u2019t do what they want. Rather than try to get themselves aligns with voters, do what voters want — try to win that way — it\u2019s the exact opposite.<\/p>\n

The Biden campaign, if it ever was anything, is falling apart. I\u2019ll tell you something else: I don\u2019t think Biden ever has been the real leader. Cut me a break. Are we really gonna tell people…? Joe Biden hasn\u2019t ever gotten anywhere in a Democrat presidential primary in his life. Why, all of a sudden, is Joe Biden leading this primary? I don\u2019t believe he ever has.<\/p>\n

I think they\u2019re doing everything they can to tamp down Crazy Bernie. So the Plugs campaign is falling apart. Women of color are fleeing Pocahontas in droves. Mayor Pete supposedly surging? Pfft! Really? And then over here, “Michael Bloombito.” The guy is all of five four. He doesn\u2019t stand a prayer because I don\u2019t care how much money he spends… Hillary\u2019s being coy about running.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

Wednesday on CNBC Brian Sullivan subbed for — I don\u2019t know who — and was talking to Frank Luntz, a focus group guy. Question: “In your travels, have you found people to be any more accepting than a couple of years ago, or are we just entrenching even more and nobody\u2019s ever gonna change their mind about \u2013” This guy is asking whether or not people are gonna see the State of the Union and move to Trump.<\/p>\n

This question is actually kind of odd. \u201cIn your travels, have you found people to be any more accepting than a couple years \u2013” of what? — “or are we just entrenching even” — accepting of what? Nobody\u2019s ever gonna change their mind about anything. That\u2019s exactly right. There is no great unwashed. There is no great centrists. There is no great undecided. There aren\u2019t any great this or that. This is something the left has always counted on to put them over the top. Here\u2019s what Luntz had to say.<\/p>\n

LUNTZ: Our group actually thought that Donald Trump was not inappropriate. They did not think that he was overly partisan. They thought it was a campaign speech for 2020, which, obviously, it was. But I\u2019m afraid that the people who report the news are actually missing what the voters themselves are saying. We had two undecided voters. They moved towards Trump after the speech was done.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Exactly right because they weren\u2019t undecided. They\u2019re just telling Luntz they are. How can you possibly be undecided in the atmosphere in America today? But, but, but, I\u2019ll go with what Luntz says. If he wants to say that they were undecided and moved to Trump, fine and dandy. Now, Tuesday night, CNN, this is the actual night of the State of the Union, after the speech, Van Jones, the Obama green jobs czar, weighed in.<\/p>\n