Rush Limbaugh says President Trump’s first the State of the Union address made him “happy” because the behavior of Democrats was on camera for millions of Americans.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, members of Congressional Black Caucus and their allies became social media memes Tuesday night for their facial expressions and failure to applaud at seemingly bipartisan portions of Mr. Trump’s speech. The host of “The Rush Limbaugh Show” told listeners that the American public will not forget it.
“I have to tell you,” said the conservative talk-radio icon. “I’m going to be honest. I was happy. I was happy when the Democrats sat and didn’t applaud and didn’t stand up. I was happy. I wanted the American people to see it. I was happy when Pelosi had her sourpuss face, gumming like the dentures had slipped or the Polident wasn’t working or something.”
The host and his producer recounted how members of the Congressional Black Caucus “sat there as statues and did not react even positively to the great news of African-American unemployment.”
“There were two black families that Trump highlighted last night who had lost families to crime committed by illegal immigrant gangs, MS-13. The Congressional Black Caucasians didn’t even stand for that,” Mr. Limbaugh said in stunned disbelief.
“There wasn’t a dry eye in the House, and the Democrats were unmoved by it! And yet we’re told that it’s the Democrat Party that owns compassion,” he concluded.
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The host then played a montage from Mr. Trump’s speech of Democrats refusing to clap or stand for good news.
“There were five things the Democrats refused to applaud,” Mr. Limbaugh said afterwards. “Here are the five of note: the national anthem, tax cuts, record-low black unemployment, veterans, ’in God we trust.’ Trump mentioned that ’in God we trust’ is right there over the podium in the House chamber — and the Democrats would not applaud that, either.”
Nielsen ratings released Wednesday showed big numbers for Mr. Trump’s speech: 17.3 million viewers relied on the cable news networks and 23.1 million watched on the major networks — ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox.
Fox News Channel dominated the cable news race with 11.5 million viewers compared to 3.1 million for CNN and 2.7 million for MSNBC, Forbes reported.
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