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Rush Limbaugh
stated on December 15, 2020 a radio show segment

The American Medical Association rescinded a previous statement and now says "hydroxychloroquine is okay" for COVID-19.

By Bill McCarthy • December 16, 2020

Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 24, 2020 an episode of his radio show

“The coronavirus is the common cold, folks.”

By Bill McCarthy • February 27, 2020

Rush Limbaugh
stated on October 25, 2019 a statement on his radio show

Says House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump "doesn’t feature the opposition party, it doesn’t feature cross-examination."

By Bill McCarthy • October 30, 2019

Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 12, 2019 a "Fox & Friends" appearance

"Somebody in the Obama regime decided to get rid of" the citizenship question in the census.

By Bill McCarthy • July 15, 2019

Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 17, 2019 in an interview

"Climate change is nothing but a bunch of computer models that attempt to tell us what's going to happen in 50 years or 30. Notice the predictions are never for next year or the next 10 years. They're always for way, way, way, way out there, when none of us are going to be around or alive to know whether or not they were true."

By John Kruzel • February 19, 2019

Rush Limbaugh
stated on August 27, 2018 in a blog post

"It appears that the (Jacksonville) shooter was part of the Trump 'Resistance'."

By John Kruzel • August 28, 2018

Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 31, 2016 the Rush Limbaugh Show

The presence of gorillas calls into question the concept of evolution.

By Lauren Carroll • June 3, 2016

Rush Limbaugh
stated on March 10, 2015 a broadcast of "The Rush Limbaugh Show"

Says "Ted Kennedy sent a letter to then Soviet leader Yuri Andropov apologizing for Ronald Reagan and begging the Soviets not to overreact."

By Jon Greenberg • March 13, 2015

Rush Limbaugh
stated on August 15, 2014 comments on his radio show

When news broke that Ferguson 18-year-old Michael Brown was a suspect in a robbery, "MSNBC practically went off the air for a while to have behind-closed-doors meetings to figure out how to deal with this new revelation."

By Linda Qiu • August 20, 2014

Rush Limbaugh
stated on June 18, 2014 a segment on "The Rush Limbaugh Show"

The decision to cancel the trademark of the Washington Redskins "is not the Patent and Trademark Office. This is Barack Obama."

By Katie Sanders • June 19, 2014

Rush Limbaugh
stated on April 28, 2014 comments on his radio show

"Some of the wealthiest Americans are African-American now."

By Aaron Sharockman • April 29, 2014

Rush Limbaugh
stated on March 19, 2014 a radio commentary

Wisconsin is "one of the bluest" states, but under Scott Walker its unemployment rate "is around 3.5%."

April 2, 2014

Rush Limbaugh
stated on March 6, 2014 a segment on 'The Rush Limbaugh Show'

President Barack Obama shut down NASA space flights and turned the agency "into a Muslim outreach department."

By Katie Sanders • March 12, 2014

Rush Limbaugh
stated on December 6, 2013 a segment on his radio show

"Obamacare is going to increase the divorce rate."

By Katie Sanders • December 11, 2013

Rush Limbaugh
stated on April 29, 2010 his radio program

Alaska's Prince William Sound "is pristine now."

April 30, 2010

Rush Limbaugh
stated on December 8, 2009 his radio show

A recent drop in the unemployment rate is questionable because it was calculated "over two days of the Thanksgiving week."

By Louis Jacobson • December 10, 2009

Rush Limbaugh
stated on April 8, 2009 a radio broadcast

"You can't read a speech by George Washington . . . without hearing him reference God, the Almighty."

By Alexander Lane • April 10, 2009

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