It should have been clear long ago to even the most fervent Trump supporter that Trump is and always will be all about himself. GOP Senators thinking Trump will be cowed are just whistling past the graveyard.
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If Graham and his colleagues are not now regretting their acquittal of Trump as a necessary first step to formally barring him from any federal office, they will be soon. It is clear, and quite predictable, that Trump stayed quiet during impeachment but he was just playing possum.
Trump will not and can not leave the stage. The idea that Trump would willingly surrender the spotlight and all its attention and money is utterly absurd. To do so would also be an admission of defeat another impossibility. Any Republican leader thinking Trump is going to fade away is either a fool or living in a world of delusion.
Fox News said in a press release Wednesday afternoon that the 9 p.m. Eastern broadcast of “Hannity” will feature an interview with Trump “to discuss the life and legacy of radio pioneer Rush Limbaugh.”
Trump is also expected to make appearances Wednesday evening on Newsmax and OAN, The Washington Post reported, citing a Trump spokesman.
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Limbaugh’s death was announced on his program earlier Wednesday by his wife, Kathryn Limbaugh, a little more than a year after the conservative talk radio host announced his stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis.
Fox News’s press release added that the entirety of Wednesday evening’s show, “will be dedicated to memorializing Limbaugh,” with additional appearances by Fox News host Mark Levin
Rush Limbaugh Dead at 70. Talk radio legend
Rush Limbaugh passed away Wednesday (2/17) at his home in Florida at the age of 70 after a battle with lung cancer. First diagnosed in February of 2020, Limbaugh told his national radio audience in October that his cancer was terminal. Limbaugh’s impact on not only the issues-oriented talk radio business but on media in general was profound. At the height of its popularity, The Rush Limbaugh Show laid claim to 20 million weekly listeners according to longtime syndicator
Premiere Networks. His influence on other forms of conservative media – especially cable news/talk television – can’t be underestimated. Greater than any other single talent, Limbaugh was widely credited for not only reinvigorating the politically geared talk show, but also for prolonging AM radio’s very existence. The aggregate amount of revenue he generated for operators of AM facilities carrying his daily talk show is nothing short of astonishing
The lawsuit from Rep. Bennie Thompson is part of an expected wave of litigation over the Jan. 6 riot and is believed to be the first filed by a member of Congress