Rush 24/7 Morning Update: Survival
RUSH: CBS News asks a question that must chill their hearts: “Could Planned Parenthood survive without federal funds?”
How Senate Republicans Can Use Rule 19 to Confirm Judge Gorsuch Without the Nuclear Option
RUSH: Whoever runs the Senate can define what a legislative day is. So McConnell will define the legislative day as the Senate not going into recess and the subject would be Gorsuch's confirmation. He'll invoke Rule 19, and the part of it that says senators can only speak twice about it. When every senator who wants to has spoken twice about Gorsuch, that is the same as getting 60 votes to stop debate. Rule 19 says that debate is over if a single Senate legislative day has taken place with no interruptions, and McConnell could be in charge of that.
A Review of Recent Polling Data
RUSH: They sit up there and they talk about Trump gets his facts wrong, lies. They just… They still don't get it. They have this derogatory, negative impression of Trump voters. They have no idea how they are seen. They really don't.
When President Truman Defended His Daughter
RUSH: Harry Truman threatened a local Washington music critic who had given a bad review to a performance by his daughter, Margaret. He threatened to beat this reviewer up.
The Democrat Party Is a Hate Group
RUSH: The Democrat Party is a shrinking and dwindling hate group. That's literally what they've become.
Trump to Lunch with Moderate Democrat Senators
RUSH: Four Democrats incurring the wrath of the Democrat base to cross over and reach across the aisle to work with the Trumpster, accepting an invitation to have lunch with him at the White House.
Trump Tells It to the Judges
RUSH: Nowhere in this statute is there any reference to the judiciary at all. There's no reference to the judiciary having review, that the judiciary must sign off on whatever the president does. That's why what Judge Robart did is totally wrong! As a matter of law, Judge Robart was way outside his legal purview in issuing the stay.
Why the Hell Would We Want a Carbon Tax?
RUSH: I awoke today to an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that actually was published late yesterday by James Baker and George Shultz advocating on behalf of the Republican establishment for a — (are you ready for it?) — dadelut, dadelut, dadelut — carbon tax!
McConnell Mitch-Slaps Fauxcahontas — And She Lashes Out at Your Beloved Host!
RUSH: In the midst of all this anger, who is on her mind? None other than your beloved host, the all-knowing, all-caring, all-sensing Maha Rushie. It happened this morning on The View, and this is just one of the many stops that Fauxcahontas has made since having been made famous as a screeching ranter last night on the floor of the Senate.
The Establishment Still Doesn’t Get Trump or His Voters
RUSH: The most important thing that the media does not know: They do not know, even today, who elected Donald Trump.
Rush 24/7 Stack of Stuff
RUSH: No longer is this just gonna be a long list of stories that I might mention on the program. Now, you will get specifically the stories that I talk about on the program and a select list of a few others that I intended to get to but ran out of time. It's going to be more of a real-time base feature rather than just a generic list of places that I go to prep the show.