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Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh is a conservative radio talk show host. His website describes him as "America's Truth Detector; the Doctor of Democracy; the Most Dangerous Man in America; the All-Knowing, All-Sensing, All-Everything Maha Rushie; defender of motherhood, protector of fatherhood and an all-around good guy."

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Rush Limbaugh
stated on January 20, 2021 a radio show segment:

Says Joe Biden and Democrats "have not legitimately won" the presidency.

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By Bill McCarthy • January 21, 2021

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The American Medical Association rescinded a previous statement and now says "hydroxychloroquine is okay" for COVID-19.

False

By Bill McCarthy • December 16, 2020

Rush Limbaugh
stated on August 21, 2020 a radio segment:

Says Joe Biden’s Democratic National Convention speech “had to be taped in segments, and the segments had to be edited together.”

Pants on Fire!

By Bill McCarthy • August 24, 2020

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

“The coronavirus is the common cold, folks.”

False

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."

False

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.

False

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."

False

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'."

False

By John Kruzel • August 28, 2018

Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 17, 2017 an episode of the "Rush Limbaugh Show":

"What Trump is alleged to have done is actually no different than what Barack Obama did in April last year when he made it known that he didn’t want Hillary prosecuted."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • May 18, 2017

Rush Limbaugh
stated on November 21, 2016 "The Rush Limbaugh Show":

"Alexander Hamilton was an immigration hawk."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • November 22, 2016

Rush Limbaugh
stated on October 5, 2016 a radio show broadcast:

Says "11 straight years of no major hurricanes striking land" in the United States "bores a hole right through the whole climate change argument."

Pants on Fire!

By Allison Graves • October 7, 2016

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

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

False

By Lauren Carroll • June 3, 2016

Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 28, 2015 an episode of The Rush Limbaugh Show:

Austin is "effectively" imposing "a ban on barbecue restaurants."

Pants on Fire!

By W. Gardner Selby • August 4, 2015

Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 20, 2015 a segment on his radio show:

"Al Franken said almost exactly what Trump said" about John McCain’s military record.

Half-True

By Will Cabaniss • July 22, 2015

Rush Limbaugh
stated on April 23, 2015 a monologue on his radio show:

"Eighty-five percent of every dollar donated to the Clinton Foundation ended up either with the Clintons or with their staff to pay for travel, salaries, and benefits. Fifteen cents of every dollar actually went to some charitable beneficiary."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2015

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."

False

By Jon Greenberg • March 13, 2015

Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 2, 2015 his radio commentary:

"A married couple that" use the same last name "is rarer and rarer in our country."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • February 13, 2015

Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 3, 2015 a broadcast of the "Rush Limbaugh Show":

The children coming across the southern U.S. border "were never examined after they got here and quarantined if they had a disease. They were just sent out across the country. Many of them had measles ... We now have an outbreak of it all because of our immigration policy."

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By Jon Greenberg • February 5, 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."

False

By Linda Qiu • August 20, 2014

Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 22, 2014 comments on his radio show:

The United States is the leading nation in the world "with the highest amount of doubt about the conventional wisdom of climate change."

Mostly True

By Linda Qiu • July 29, 2014

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Latest Fact-Checks About Rush Limbaugh

Liberals Are Cool
stated on March 17, 2013 an Internet meme:

"Q: What do these ‘Patriotic' Americans have in common? A: They are all Draft Dodgers."

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By Caryn Shinske • March 24, 2013

Mark Strama
stated on September 5, 2012 remarks to Texas delegates to the Democratic National Convention.:

Says Rush Limbaugh made it clear he’d rather see the country fail than President Barack Obama succeed.

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • September 13, 2012

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