but the problem comes that comes at the expense of reaching a much more middle of the road audience that you need in a general election. on the radio later that day rush took particular offense apt my use of the word empower. watch. who the hell empowered me? what does that mean? and who empowered fox news and who empowered matt drudge? who are these mysterious forces that are empowering us? who is it setting the table so that we can come in and dominate the way we have? who made that happen? donald trump is the embodiment of a 30-year trend in the making, an embodiment of empowering rush limbaugh, the drudge report, fox news. i don t even understand if i define these words as i know their meaning, this doesn t make any sense. who empowered me, mr. ered?