RUSH LIMBAUGH: I've been thinking about something since last night. I saw Rudy Giuliani on Megyn Kelly's show out of Fox last night and he was going on about how he is friendly with so many people involved in all of this. He has friends here, friends there, talking about the Republican nomination and the various candidates, and “I know so many of them, they're close friends.” And it got me to thinking. He's exactly right, it makes this challenging. And I've even had -- I get all kinds of criticism which is fine. But some of it - you know, “Rush, I don't know. You've got to know some of these people. How do we know that you don't secretly prefer one over the other when you're not being upfront and honest about it because you know these people.” And I can understand people with that sentiment. So let me run through this because I have definite opinions about what is happening here and I want to share them with you. It's tough, just to be flat out honest. It's very hard when you know everybody involved and when you consider them friends. Sometimes, I'll tell you, it's much easier when you don't know. I mean you have no relationship. You have no personal friendship, relationship with any of the people about whom you opine or comment. But in this case that doesn't apply to me. Let's start with Roger Ailes at Fox News. Roger Ailes I have known since 1990. Roger Ailes is one of my closest, dearest friends. We confide in each other in -- quite a lot. We don't see each other as much as we would like but we communicate regularly. And I have endless respect and admiration for Roger Ailes, but it has not stopped me from being critical of certain things I see or hear on Fox. And he's never once called me and said, “Hey, what are you doing?” By the same token I, as you well know, over the years, have been criticized, sometimes fairly, sometimes unfairly, by any number of people at Fox. And I have never called Roger and I said, “Hey, what's going on?” I wouldn't think of it. I wouldn't think of calling Roger. “Hey would you get -- stop him from saying” -- it would never cross my mind. And by the same token he has never done anything like that here. Megyn Kelly. Megyn Kelly was at my wedding. She has been in my home a couple of times. I know her and her husband Doug and I know of his efforts writing novels. I've read them. I've talked about them. I have intimate, profound respect for her career and what she's trying to do and how she's going about it. Trump. I have known Donald Trump for years and I like him. I have never been angry at him. I have laughed. I have been amazed. I have had every reaction to Trump that you've had. Some of it up close and personal. I haven't divulged many of those stories. It's nothing hyper, super personal. It's just I just don't routinely speak out of school without permission.
Previously:
Trump, Fox Spar Over Kelly's Role In Debate
Rush Limbaugh: “I Did Not ... Turn On Trump”
Limbaugh Goes To Bat For His Friend Roger Ailes, Claims Falsehoods Believed By Many Fox Viewers Are True
The Right-Wing Noise Machine Implodes Over Trump -- And The GOP Gets Burned
