Rush Limbaugh: Trump told me not to apologize for homophobic attacks on Pete Buttigieg
Limbaugh: Trump said, “Rush, I just got to tell you something. Never apologize, don't ever”
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Rush Limbaugh claims that Trump told him not to apologize for his homophobic remarks about Pete Buttigieg's marriage
Citation From the February 17, 2020, edition of Premiere Networks’ The Rush Limbaugh Show
RUSH LIMBAUGH (HOST): Hell, the president even called me about this. The president checks in every now and then to see how I’m doing. He's such a nice guy. And he called. It’s uncanny. I’m -- Do I respond to him? Yeah. No, I try to reply to all of them, Dawn. I'm not going to be able to, but he calls, and yeah -- powerful, influential member of the media, folks. I have got the White House private number in my phone, so when the White House calls, it says there on my phone.
And so, invariably, it's uncanny. He calls when I am moments away from commencing a medical procedure. And I had to tell doctors, “You've got to give me a half-hour, the president's calling." “OK, we'll wait a half-hour." Then I told the White House, “Look, I've got a medical procedure in 10 minutes. Can you have the president call me back in 35?" And they did. So, he called back, and he said “Rush, I just got to tell you something. Never apologize, don't ever --" and I said, “For what?"
Well, I had no idea this thing had even bubbled up, you know? I’m doing the medical thing that I have to do here. And I wasn't even aware of this.