President Trump gave controversial radio host Rush Limbaugh last State the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the nation’s most prestigious civilian awards, which has previously been given to icons like Mother Teresa, Rep. John Lewis, Stephen Hawking and Maya Angelou. The New Yorker’s Jelani Cobb calls out Trump’s elevation of such a “misogynistic” figure, joining members of Congress like Rep. Ocasio Cortez who called the choice nauseating. (This interview is from MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber, a news show covering politics, law and culture airing nightly at 6pm ET on MSNBC. )
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‘Nauseating’: Trump Blasted For Giving Rush Limbaugh The Medal Of Freedom | MSNBC
Everything is for show and for sale with this trump fella.
Trump is the greatest and most successful president in modern history… Democrats support LGBTQ.
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VladI what a joke – pay for play is over
Tribal? That would be Democrat identity politics.
@William H <<--- another known russian troll/bot. #PutinsTrollArmyRealTime #DivideAmericans
Rush getting the Medal of Freedom is repulsive! There is no way he is worthy of the same award as Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr! Trump has again debased this award to nothing.
@William H I hope you are right. They vote. Lol
Buttijudge 2020
Biden 2020
Warren 2020
Sanders 2020
Yang gang MATH 2020
@Kevin Amaral “Get over yourself. Instead of making assumptions about other people, tell us what YOU stand for, what YOU believe in, what YOU support – not who you support.
13” I believe that lower taxes for individuals and corporations is good for the economy. After decades of misinformation and counterclaims by liberals, Trump and the republican tax cuts proved that to be true. I believe that the Democrats always take a reasonable idea too far and do more damage than good, such as, crashing the housing market in 2008, creating massive tuition inflation with federally guaranteed student loans, and destroying the black nuclear family with welfare to single mothers. Every major Democrat initiative has been an utter economic disaster and now they want to triple down on their crappy policy ideas by making tuition and healthcare free with would just crash our economy…again. Democrats destroy everyone and everything they come into contact with. Thats what I believe.
@judith atiri What’s funny is that the god fearing people who came here in the last two centuries built this country and asked for nothing. And you come along and try to invoke the lord to justify giving people no incentive to do anything. Why cant brown and black people take care of themselves? Give me one good reason why the government and the taxpayers have to take care of these people because of the color of their skin? Are they disabled?
@Barbara Kiewe They didn’t make a career out of hatred and division. Rush did.
I thought it was a joke, then I saw it around his neck. I couldn’t believe it.
Poor Snowflake 😂😂😂😂😂
Rush has a neck?
@R J bodey What’s it like to live with zero integrity? Asking for a friend?
@R J bodey Original much? Goober!
A Freudian slip from Prof. Cobb: “statescrass” for statescraft.
Marco Rubio what’s your degree?
Vance Watley I did not want it conjugated !?!? For emphasis Vance. Go to your refrigeration biz
Everyone knows the majority of liberal “males” are BISEXUAL and or HOMOSEXUAL 🤔
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Trump Train Rolling Into The House 2020 Demo Rats in the Sewer!
@William H oh look it’s troll boy again. Willie will Will, back @it once again with the disgusting homophobic comments…. It sure is funny that y’all cult45rs hate msnbc & CNN so much but yet HERE you are, video after video, watching & commenting, week after week…..
I do NOT have enough time to do such ignorant things, nor would I want to. What’s your deal? Maybe you should seek out professional mental health help, seriously though!
~dz
He didn’t receive the highest honor.
The highest honor became worthless the second they gave it to him.
Your name. :_< harry
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It became worthless when Trump stepped into office, like the Constitution, the WH, Senate, laws, etc.
Much like the Presidency itself, now regarded as a joke all over the world.
Amen!
AWESOME deep Star Wars reference lol clearly a fan. 👍😊
He cheapens everything he touches.
Obama does
@Pink Floyd 72 Your nickname is Pink Floyd 72 but you made a comment like that? In which year did your ability to discern good and bad desert you?
And, no; I am a lifelong Conservative voter so you can stow the bumper sticker replies.
Melania is on sale!
@Pink Floyd 72 do you make love to you wife and ask was Obama better? Seems like you do.
And Donald want’s Jackie Robinson’s medal back. He does not know he is deceased.
David V what? Seriously? Wow!!!
As far as I’m concerned, The Democratic case built against Trump was a great accomplishment Trump is guilty of both articles!! So a not guilty vote by republicans who are all in the loop, like Sonoland said.. the fact that a president with a criminal mentality hands out a undeserving medal 🥇 of freedom to a complete racist.. only proves one thing that Trump is supporter of racism!!
Trump’s rewarding Rush Limbaugh with a Medal because he speaks his kind of language, And praises Trump and stokes his fragile ego on his station, Next he’ll be rewarding David Duke with a Medal ! 🙄 🏅
What is happening to USA?
Promoter of deep state theory… Awarded a Medal? Who is next? Hannity?
How low can we go down?
This State Of The Union will go down in history as a FREAK SHOW !
@Dalene Gragg Did you watch the address or are you just being stupid. Because I thought it was a good speech, actually probably one of his best
@Bo Shepherd Nah trump’s hate rallies are way better to laugh at!
@Liber8me I’m good with it because Trump delivers for the American peeples, unlike most politicians who dont do Sh%t
Lmao America is booming and the left is upset? Wow you people must really hate America
OxyContin rush Russian propaganda
Denis Bailey Hillbilly Smack!
Perhaps the medal will fix his ED
This is so frustrating it’s literally like he’s trying to do the most absurd thing at every point in his presidency.
I think hes doing a good job. A great job actually
That’s all he knows, absurdity. Trump is one miserable human being on the inside. He hates life and everybody living it.
Rush hated Obama, and Trump loves this.
Giving an iconic radio talkshow host who has stage 4 cancer an award is absurd? Jesus you people have no soul
@Brad G. Iconic? I think you meant Acrid.
Moving forward,when we discuss the people that has received the Medal of Freedom,just don’t include Rush.
Calvin Watson Sour Losser! The Medal of Freedom, is Not Reserved Only For Democrats!
Trump Train Rolling Into The House 2020 Demo Rats in the Sewer!
@J lock Yes, opinions DO alter reality. America had the opinion that Trump had to be checked so….America turned the House Blue, in an historic voter turnout. Yeah, opinions do alter facts.
What about Ellen , diniro and Joe Biden hahaha nice try MSNBC .
@Mike Warenda Biden is being investigated for what, pray tell? For a baseless Giuliani conspiracy theory?
Disgust, disgrace and determined to VOTE THEM OUT…
💙Vote Blue No Matter Who💙
💙💙Blue Landslide 2020💙💙
Doesn’t matter both sides are corrupt, racists, egotistical maniacs.
Always have. Always will.
@candowithoutthedrama thank you for being a normal person who doesnt feel the need to worship a political party. You really have nothing to gain by doing it
@Isaiah Schmitmeyer That’s right. The American people are not stupid. We rejected Trump in ’16 and in ’18. We’ll do the same in 2020.
@88Gibson LesPaul Lol. You think one of these crappy Democrat candidates has a shot? good luck with that.
I would be giving mine back if I had one. There is no way that I would want to be associated to a racist pile of trash like him in anyway what so ever. The whole honour of being given this award has been destroyed. The honour now belongs in the trash can. What a shame it is for all the people who devoted their lives for the good of mankind have now been dragged into the sewers that this man and Dirty Donald the Chump Trump live in.
It’s like the Grammys. After Milli Vanilli won, it’s lost it’s shine.
Or the Nobel peace prize after Obama right?
You folks have to give Rush his due. It takes a lot of skill to talk working folks to vote against their own interest, and to keep them believing they did the right thing.
here you are, still watching msnbc after they lied to your face for 3 years about russian collusion. gotta give msnbc their due
How are they voting against their own interest? What if they just dont want to vote for Democrat policies?
Seminole Nation You probably still watch Fox News after they lied about WMDs and “Mexico paying for it”.
Why was Mitt Romney the only one to show a conscience?
Because Republicans dont have any conscience they were been possessed of Trump’s spirit.
Because he knows Trump wont be re-elected. Romney has been around politics his whole life, his father was governor. He knows the game inside out and he knows that in Trumps attempt to expose and smear the Bidens, hes done just that to himself. Trump has another jury to face and it will be in November. Thats why Romney is not afraid and he does not want to be known as a member of the party of Trump and since he is republican the only way to do that is go against Trump by actually not being afraid and tell the truth. It might not have been an easy decision but I`m sure he prayed on the matter. Unlike Mitch ,Lindsey. and the others they put party and their office first and decided to support Trump by acting like he did nothing wrong. Yet even the members that said Trump did it just didnt see it as impeachable and thats fine but they should have allowed witnesses but instead they chose to not let Trump be fully exposed but that act alone did them in and Romney did not want anything to do with what literally is a cover up( no witnesses). Plus Trump is not popular in Utah, they hate him.
Satan did not infect his spirit.
Why don’t Democrats and Liberals have a conscience?
In what twisted reality do we live in where Rush Limbaugh is in the same distinguished group of American Heroes as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. Get rid of these people America.
Lightning Sparx – You know he did it just to get another hysterical reaction from liberals right? These constant overreactions are killing us and he knows it.
Are we this low?