Radio host Rush Limbaugh closed out the week by telling millions of listeners that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should never be forced from the limelight.
The man behind the “golden EIB microphone” had a message for Mrs. Clinton less than 24 hours after she gave a speech to a packed house at Rutgers University: never stop talking. His commentary was inspired by her claim in New Brunswick that sexist pundits want her to “go away.”
“I was really struck by how people said that to me, you know, mostly people in the press for whatever reason. ’Oh, you know, go away. Go away,’” Mrs. Clinton said Thursday evening. “I had one of the young people who works for me go back and do a bit of research. They never said that to any man who was not elected and I was kind of struck by that.”
Mr. Limbaugh said that it would be a gross political miscalculation for anyone to silence her voice.
“I hope she keeps complaining and blaming and rambling on about whatever it is that’s on her mind,” the conservative said. “Hillary Clinton perfectly represents a party of victims. Man, if there’s ever been a prototype and an icon for a victim, a Democrat Party victim, Hillary Clinton is owning it. She’s wearing the hat. And I hope she stays front and center on the national stage. I wouldn’t even be bothered if she ran in 2020 again.”
The host then advised Mrs. Clinton to stop “trying to turn yourself into the victim in chief” and be honest about why President Trump was elected.
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“People lose in politics,” Mr. Limbaugh said. “You’ve had your share of it. And it just doesn’t look good to keep whining, and it doesn’t look good to keep blaming people that had nothing to do with it. You’re the one that didn’t work. You’re the one that didn’t go to these states that you thought you had in the bag. You’re the one that couldn’t stand up getting in the van leaving the 9/11 memorial. This is all on you. And you’re trying to put it off on American culture, that America’s women are so under the thumbs of American men that they can’t even vote their preferences without being beaten up. …”
“More than likely, though, in elite circles, it’s the men who’ve been emasculated. It’s the men who are under the thumbs of their women,” he continued.
Mrs. Clinton was paid $25,000 for her appearance Thursday night, which was hosted by The Rutgers Eagleton Institute of Politics. The honorarium will be donated to charity.
• Douglas Ernst can be reached at dernst@washingtontimes.com.
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