{"id":383884,"date":"2021-03-01T16:12:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T21:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=383884"},"modified":"2021-03-03T16:50:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T21:50:06","slug":"president-trump-pays-tribute-to-rush-in-cpac-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2021\/03\/01\/president-trump-pays-tribute-to-rush-in-cpac-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"President Trump Pays Tribute to Rush in CPAC Address"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRETT: CPAC this weekend was unbelievable.<\/p>\n

The energy level was off the charts. Sure, a lot of it had to do with the fact that you had former President Donald Trump coming in to speak to give the big stem-winder closing speech of the conference. But throughout the days that I was there on the ground in Orlando staying there at the Hyatt Regency, you could feel the energy crackling in the room.<\/p>\n

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You really could. Speaker after speaker was talking about the most important issues: immigration, election integrity, getting tough on China, getting jobs protected here in the United States of America, redoing trade deals — and, of course, undoing the horrible, horrible mess that is the Biden-Harris energy policy. But it all came down to Sunday afternoon, late afternoon.<\/p>\n

As President Trump made his way out there to the stage, the main stage there in the ballroom at the conference, you could feel the energy. You could hear people\u2019s enthusiasm. They were excited as you heard Lee Greenwood\u2019s song play, and then out came the president of the United States, and he looked revitalized. He looked like he was energized and he was ready to go.<\/p>\n

He delivered an impassioned keynote address wrapping CPAC up. Now, he didn\u2019t announce a run in 2024, but he did say he\u2019d support whoever does run and promised to be heavily involved. In fact, at the very end of the speech he said, “Well, I\u2019m gonna supporting whoever runs. I wonder who that\u2019s going to be. I wonder who that\u2019s going to be. I wonder who that\u2019s going to be.”<\/p>\n

That is coming on the heels of the straw poll that John McLaughlin put together with everybody who gets together at CPAC. Everybody gets an eight-digit code, socially distanced and that sort of stuff. Folks are still heavily, heavily invested in support of President Trump and looking for him to make a third run.<\/p>\n

As he alluded to during the festivities and during the speech… Well, less than two minutes into the former president\u2019s 90-minute speech, his first public appearance since January the 6th (and then, of course, his farewell comments there at the airport on the 20th, the morning of the 20th), he mentioned our Rush Limbaugh. Here\u2019s what he said.<\/p>\n

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PRESIDENT TRUMP: I also want to pay my love and respect to the great Rush Limbaugh —<\/p>\n

CROWD: (cheers)<\/p>\n

PRESIDENT TRUMP: — who is watching closely and smiling down on us. He\u2019s watching and he\u2019s loving it, and he loved Kathryn. Kathryn, thank you for being here. So great. Thank you, Kathryn. He loved you, Kathryn. I will tell you that. So fantastic. Thank you, Kathryn.<\/p>\n

BRETT: Now, you in the audience know that Rush was honored Saturday night at the Ronald Reagan Dinner where they inducted him into the Conservative Hall of Fame, making him the first individual — the very first individual — to receive the honor. First was actually an organization, the NRA, the National Rifle Association.<\/p>\n

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