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Well, why should that matter? You do what the news is. You deal with what the news is. You cover it. This is my point. There isn\u2019t any media anymore. There isn\u2019t media in the sense that there are people that go out there and tell you things you didn\u2019t know that happened because you weren\u2019t there.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s basically all journalism is: Sending people to places to find out things that happened where nobody else is or very few people are; come back and report. We know that that\u2019s not what the media does. To call the media “the media,” anyway, I think… You know, it\u2019s a big bugaboo of mine lately because they are part of the Democrat left-wing party, the agenda. They\u2019re not news gatherers.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re not disseminating information so that the American public has a greater understanding of things. That\u2019s the last thing that journalists are doing today. And now we got a piece where they\u2019re whining and moaning about how tough it is to cover the Trump administration.<\/p>\n
Get this: “A senior CNN producer tells the Hollywood Reporter that [CNN]\u2019s journalists are not rooting against the president in November,” noooo, “but guessed they would welcome a return to a more ‘normal\u2019 presidency and accompanying news cycle.” But they\u2019re not rooting against Trump. Noooo, no!<\/p>\n
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Not rooting against Trump? There has been a singular objective of the American media since Election Night 2016. It has been to get rid of Donald Trump. The media has worked in conjunction with the American intelligence community, the American deep state, whatever you want to call it. They have worked in conjunction with former high-ranking officials of the Obama administration.<\/p>\n
And the objective has been to get rid of Donald Trump, to reverse the election results of 2016. I\u2019m getting blue in the face repeating myself, but this is exactly what the purpose of media has been. Now they tell us they\u2019re not rooting against the president? Here\u2019s a quote from this CNN producer: “As journalists, I don\u2019t think anybody cares about what party the president of the United States is.<\/p>\n
“What they care about is being able to live their lives normally again. I think there\u2019s mental exhaustion around this presidency, and I don\u2019t know anybody who is enjoying it. I don\u2019t know anybody who wants to do another four years of this news cycle.” Translation: “We\u2019re sick and tired of being outwitted, outsmarted by a guy we think is a dimwit. We are sick and tired of being shamed.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019re sick and tired of being made to look like the fools and the idiots that we are! We are sick and tired of being unable to get rid of the guy. We don\u2019t like this news cycle, and we can\u2019t imagine having four more years of it, and we don\u2019t know anybody else who\u2019s happy with it.” Well, call me. I\u2019m happy with it.<\/p>\n
I am enjoying watching the American news media destroy itself. I am enjoying the American news media making massive fools of themselves. I\u2019m enjoying the news cycle. It doesn\u2019t wear me out. I can turn it on\/turn it off whatever I want. I know some people are bothered by the never-ending drama around Trump.<\/p>\n
Did you see the town hall last night from the Lincoln Memorial? (interruption) I didn\u2019t watch that last night? (interruption) You didn\u2019t watch that? (interruption) Are you kidding? I can\u2019t believe it. (interruption) Well, Trump was there at the Lincoln Memorial, and Fox did this town hall, and they had prerecorded video questions from people all across the fruited plain.<\/p>\n
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And, Snerdley, they let a seminar video person in there. (sniveling) “Hi, Mr. President. Uh, I\u2019m actually a hidden left-wing lunatic here being made up to look like one of your supporters, and I really love you, Mr. Trump. I really hope… I really hope that you\u2019ll succeed. I hope you\u2019ll protect us and I hope you\u2019ll protect the country. We really love you.<\/p>\n
“Why don\u2019t you shut up? Why don\u2019t you stop talking the way you talk? Why don\u2019t you make it easier for those of us who support you to support you? Why can\u2019t you stop ragging on the media? Why can\u2019t you start nitpicking this? Why…?” I said, “Wow. Seminar caller. I wish I were there dealing with this.”<\/p>\n
And Trump answered the question like he has always answered the question. (summarized) “If you hit me, if you lie about me, if you start doing me dirty, I\u2019m not gonna sit there and act ‘presidential\u2019 and act like I don\u2019t care about it. I\u2019m not gonna sit here and be boring. If you\u2019re gonna lie about me, if you\u2019re gonna make things up, then I\u2019m gonna hit back. It\u2019s the only way I know how to do it.”<\/p>\n
Now, this is… Look, I know that there are some Trump supporters who wish that he\u2019d dial it back. There are some Trump supporters who wish, like at these briefings. “Could you just stop? Okay, we got it that you don\u2019t like in the media. We got it that when the some media person asks (sniveling), ‘Mr. President today, more people have died under your presidency because the coronavirus than died in the entire Vietnam War.<\/p>\n
“‘What does this say about whether you should deserve to be reelected?'” I don\u2019t blame Trump for lighting back into the woman that asked that question. What\u2019s he supposed to do, just sit there? “Yes, he\u2019s supposed to be presidential, Mr. Limbaugh. He\u2019s supposed to be above it.” He actually gave a pretty good answer to it. But I mean those kind of — (sigh) what do you call them — provocative, rude, impolite questions?<\/p>\n
I think this is Trump being who he is. These kind of things don\u2019t… But this is the news cycle these Drive-Bys are talking about. They don\u2019t like the fact that they aren\u2019t running the show. They don\u2019t like the fact that the president is not kowtowing to them. And now, you know, they\u2019re fretting and wringing their hands over the next four-year news cycle. CNN producer, one more quote:<\/p>\n
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“His behavior is exhausting. … I don\u2019t I think have ever run into anybody who says they literally hate Donald Trump the man. They\u2019re just exhausted by his behavior, and I think that\u2019s fair. Nobody I know is openly rooting for him to lose.” Nobody you know. How about everybody at CNN, and how about everybody at the New York Times?<\/p>\n
They\u2019re all rooting for Trump to lose, and they have been trying to get rid of him since he won the election in 2016. That really is it, folks. Even with all this going on with the coronavirus, if you want to understand press coverage of virtually any story, understand it within the context of the media\u2019s objective is to get rid of President Trump.<\/p>\n
Even before the next election.<\/p>\n
It will help you. It will make it much more easy for you to decipher news coverage objectives and all.<\/p>\n
BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n
RUSH: All right. We have Trump\u2019s answer to the seminar video submitter at the town hall last night. Question (sniveling): “President Trump, my husband and I thank you, your family and staff, for your great dedication to our country. We pray for you every day. The question I have is about your manner.<\/p>\n
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“Why do you use descriptive words that could be classified as bullying? Why do you not directly answer the questions asked by the press, but instead speak of past excesses and you generally ramble. The USA needs you. Please let go of these behaviors that are turning people away from you. Please hold on to your wonderful attributes that make you our great leader and let go of the other characteristics that do not serve you,” and this is how Trump answered…<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT: I am greeted by a hostile press, the likes of which no president has ever seen. The closest would be that gentleman right up there. They always said, “Lincoln. Nobody got treated worse than Lincoln.” I believe I am treated worse. You\u2019re there. You see those press conferences.<\/p>\n
They come at me with questions that are disgraceful, to be honest. Disgraceful. Their manner of presentation and their words. And I feel that if I was kind to them, I\u2019d be walked off the stage. They come at you with the most horrible, horrendous, biased questions. And you see it, 94 or 95% of the press is hostile. We have tremendous support. But the media, they might as well be in the Democrat Party.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Might as well be? Anyway, he\u2019s right about one thing. You can\u2019t… Trust me, folks. Do not doubt me. You can\u2019t buy them. You cannot treat them well and have them come around. You cannot treat them… There is no Golden Rule, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” The weaker you are, the nicer you are…<\/p>\n
Look at George W. Bush. George W. Bush did everything he could to be “presidential,” to not soil the office, to not take it down to the gutter of politics. Look what they did! It took \u2019em six years, but they got his approval numbers down to the mid-thirties. Trump is not going to let them succeed in destroying him this way while acting presidential.<\/p>\n
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RUSH: We\u2019ve got Rob here from Key West in Florida. Great to have you, Rob. Thank you for waiting. Hello.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Hey, Rush. Rob. Longhaired, maggot-infested, dope-smoking FM type waco environmentalist dittos since Election Day \u201988.<\/p>\n
RUSH: So you are an admitted longhaired, maggot-infested, dope-smoking FM type since \u201988?<\/p>\n
CALLER: No, no, no, I\u2019m a Rush follower since Election Day 1988. That\u2019s why I was —<\/p>\n
RUSH: Oh, okay. (crosstalk)<\/p>\n
CALLER: — listening to Rush Limbaugh.<\/p>\n
RUSH: I got you. Okay.<\/p>\n
CALLER: L-i-m-b-a-u-g-h. I loved when you used to do that back in the old day.<\/p>\n
RUSH: I\u2019m sorry. To do what?<\/p>\n
CALLER: You would go Rush Limbaugh, L-i-m-b-a-u-g-h.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Yeah, that\u2019s how the name is spelled.<\/p>\n
CALLER: I miss caller abortions.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, anyway, what was the call about, Rob?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Rush, I\u2019ve been unemployed for eight weeks. I was laid off because of this thing. I\u2019ve received no money from the government, whether it\u2019s Florida, as we\u2019ve got the mess going on with the unemployment thing, or the federal government. My party\u2019s walked away from me. They want to do nothing for us. They don\u2019t want to put us back to work. I appreciate what you\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n
CALLER: I certainly do.<\/p>\n
RUSH: I\u2019m gonna assume here that you\u2019re a Republican? Are you not?<\/p>\n
CALLER: I\u2019m a Democrat, well, I\u2019m a liberal. I haven\u2019t voted since I voted for Ronald Reagan in 1984. And I\u2019m disgusted with these people that are in charge today of the Democratic Party. There\u2019s only one thing that needs to be done. Open up. People gotta have jobs. They gotta go back to work.<\/p>\n
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RUSH: Let me tell you, Rob, you are exactly right, and you have inadvertently you\u2019ve — I don\u2019t want to call it fallen into a trap, but you now qualify as the average Democrat voter. The Democrat Party today — and it\u2019s not just in the coronavirus episode. The coronavirus is just the latest opportunity for it. The Democrat Party needs suffering. The Democrat Party needs a permanent underclass. The Democrat Party needs people in need. The Democrat Party needs people unhappy.<\/p>\n
They need people unhappy at the country for being unfair and unwilling to provide for them. The Democrat Party is allowed to ride in and portray themselves as people on the white horse to the rescue, so forth. And so they need suffering, and look, the objective is to get rid of Donald Trump. The objective is not to make you whole. The objective is getting rid of Donald Trump. That\u2019s all the Democrat Party leadership sees right now.<\/p>\n
Why are these governors keeping these states closed until July when they aren\u2019t even having anywhere near — I mean, 150, 200 deaths, whatever the number is in Oregon, it pales in comparison to everywhere else. “Well, that\u2019s why, Rush, they\u2019re gonna keep a handle on it.” No, this is politics. It\u2019s pure politics. If you look at the states that are not opening up, look at the states that want to continue to drag their feet, every damn one of them is a Democrat governor.<\/p>\n
And I\u2019ll tell you what\u2019s gonna happen. The Democrat party agenda is gonna be, they\u2019re gonna try to blame Trump for two things. They\u2019re gonna try to set up so the only accountability for any of this is Donald Trump. They\u2019re gonna say Trump enabled the virus. Trump was lax with the Chinese, that Trump did not do enough to stop the virus from spreading and getting into the country.<\/p>\n
And then after that, they are then gonna move on to Trump destroyed the economy, Trump ordered the shutdown. That\u2019s what they\u2019re going to do as the campaign season heats up. Make no mistake about it. “Rush, they can\u2019t. Every governor\u2019s been involved in this. This was medical community orders.” No, no, no. When it comes to it, the Democrat Party is gonna blame Trump for every aspect of this. They\u2019re gonna try. They\u2019re gonna have the, quote, unquote, media promoting and spreading whatever nonsense they say. And so the more pain, the more suffering there is that they can then lay at the feet of Donald Trump, then the better off they think they\u2019re gonna be.<\/p>\n
Their problem is Biden. How does this guy get elected? The best thing in the world he can do is stay hidden. But he can\u2019t get elected staying hidden. He\u2019s gonna have pop up at some point. And so right now they\u2019re just taking every day as it comes. They\u2019re using what\u2019s given them and the fact that you haven\u2019t seen any money, the fact that you\u2019re not being assisted, the fact that you are still in one phase of anger or suffering or whatever, their objective is to make sure you blame Trump for it. ‘Cause it\u2019s all about damaging Trump. It\u2019s all about getting rid of Trump.<\/p>\n
Now, I can imagine what the Drive-Bys are gonna do with this later today when they hear about it. “Rush Limbaugh, after destroying our cognitive immunity, is now saying that the Democrats want people to suffer. This is outrageous.” Well, show me where they\u2019re doing anything to stop it. Everybody knows they want to get rid of Donald Trump. Everybody knows that that has been their objective since November of 2016.<\/p>\n
Look, folks. They\u2019re not doing anything differently. They\u2019re not behaving any way that they haven\u2019t been behaving in the past three and a half, four years. They haven\u2019t all of a sudden started telling the truth just in the face of the coronavirus. They are who they are. Their political objectives are their political objectives. They haven\u2019t changed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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