Rush Limbaugh: “We’re supposed to feel sorry for Biden” because his wife and children died
But we can’t feel sorry for President Trump, whose brother just died. His brother Robert — who happened to be his best friend.”
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Citation From the August 21, 2020, edition of Premiere Networks’ The Rush Limbaugh Show
RUSH LIMBAUGH (HOST): Let me tell you what was old. Let me tell you what was been-there, done-that — last night. The only reason last night is being held up as some kind of greatness, is because Joe Biden didn’t screw up. It’s because Joe Biden was able to read the prompter, not lose his place, not lose his timing.
But in terms of substance — that speech could've been given 50 years ago, could've been given 30 years ago, could've been given 20 years ago, could've been given a year ago, five years ago. There was nothing in that speech that in any way dated it to the present — other than the occasional mentions of Trump — and yet, there’s nobody talking about it that way.
And if you dare talk about it that way, they’re going to be climbing down your chili. “You can’t be mean to Biden.” See, Biden is a sympathetic figure. We’re supposed to feel sorry for Biden. Do you know why? Because his wife died in car accident, and then his beloved son Beau Biden died from brain cancer. We’re supposed to feel sorry.
But we can’t feel sorry for President Trump, whose brother just died. His brother Robert — who happened to be his best friend. “No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.” We can’t feel sorry for Trump. “Trump deserves to be miserable. As much pain and suffering as he’s causing people, Trump deserves it.”
But no, we’re supposed to feel sorry for Plugs [Biden]. We’re supposed to feel sorry for [Biden] because he’s losing his mental acuity. He lost his wife years ago, and he lost his son, Beau Biden. We’re supposed to feel sorry for him because he really can’t do what he did last night.
But I’m just, I'm here to tell you — so Trump manages to replicate the energy, the subject matter, and the excitement, the infectiousness of a 2016 rally. And what do the Democrats say, and the media? “That’s old hat, they had nothing new there. This is proof the president’s run out of excitement, proof the president’s run out of material, proof the president doesn’t know what he’s doing, proof the president has got nothing new to say.”
No, Biden proved all of that last night. Biden is who proved he's got nothing new to say. Biden is the guy who recycled a 44- or 47-year Washington career last night, in 22 minutes. But we’re not supposed to say that. No, no, no, no, no. Because that’s mean. Well, I’ll tell you, there was nothing about that speech that was innovative, there was nothing new. There was nothing in it but a bunch of clichés, overworked, a bunch of bromides.
“Light is more powerful than dark.” Oh, my God, my friends, you don’t know how I was uplifted when I heard that. When I heard [Biden] say, “Light is more powerful than dark,” I literally jumped out of my chair, started dancing around the room. Then I felt rejuvenated. I had never thought of that before. Well, that’s the reaction some of these yokels are having.