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Rush Limbaugh Made Donald Trump Possible

I know because I used to be a target of Limbaugh’s mix of lies, bombast, insults, and bluster

Meghan Daum
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Published in
7 min readFeb 19, 2020

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An illustration of Rush Limbaugh yelling as sound waves travel out of his mouth and attack a woman hiding behind a laptop.
Illustration: Paul Hoppe

II realize that awarding Rush Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom ranks about 700th on the list of horrible things Donald Trump has done both before and during his time in office. But for some…

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Meghan Daum
GEN
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Weekly blogger for Medium. Host of @TheUnspeakPod. Author of six books, including The Problem With Everything. www.theunspeakablepodcast.com www.meghandaum.com