Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday devoted a large portion of his nationally syndicated radio show to shaming conservative media “intellectuals” for refusing to support Republican nominee Donald Trump.
The king of conservative talk radio praised a column published anonymously on Monday — The Flight 93 Election — that criticized conservative thought leaders for failing to “rouse themselves” to “vote for the first candidate in a generation who pledges to advance their interests.”
“The piece is so good,” Limbaugh exclaimed, according to a transcript posted on his website. “It is just a home run, every paragraph.”
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Limbaugh’s skewering of the Never Trump movement comes one week after Fox News host Sean Hannity said conservatives who refuse to back Trump would be responsible for a Hillary Clinton presidency.
Members of the Never Trump movement have pushed back against such criticism, arguing that the Trump boosters in conservative media would be responsible for nominating a flawed candidate should Clinton win.
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Why is it that so many conservatives who excoriate NeverTrump do so anonymously? https://t.co/0sCQBu4awy they want to deny they did later.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) September 7, 2016
As long as this is, there was still so much more to say –> No This is NOT the 'Flight 93 Election', Rush https://t.co/P2GCtr62Sb
— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) September 8, 2016
@BenHowe Furthermore, his followers believe that those who know anything about history and foreign policy are "elite" and "establishment".
— NikkiAlexander (@Tinynikki) September 8, 2016
1/ "The Flight 93 Election" is elegantly-written garden-variety sophistry. I presume the author is Mike Anton.https://t.co/83vzH1aiot
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) September 8, 2016
2/ The only noteworthy aspect is the disgusting appropriation of the memory of the heroism of Flight 93 to make the case for Trump.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) September 8, 2016
3/ Is any American more distant than Donald Trump from the spirit of heroic self-sacrifice that animated the passengers on Flight 93?
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) September 8, 2016
4/ (END) It's sad to see many alleged friends of American greatness sully true American greatness by invoking Flight 93 to defend Trump.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) September 8, 2016
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