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applegrove

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Tue Feb 25, 2020, 12:46 AM Feb 2020

Rush Limbaugh Claims The 'Common Cold' Coronavirus Is An Effort To 'Get Trump' [View all]

Rush Limbaugh Claims The 'Common Cold' Coronavirus Is An Effort To ‘Get Trump’

The conservative radio host declared communists and the media have "weaponized" the "common cold."

By Josephine Harvey, HuffPost US

https://m.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/rush-limbaugh-coronavirus-trump_n_5e5458c8c5b65e0f11c53eac?ri18n=true&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000016

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Right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh claimed on his show Monday that the potentially lethal coronavirus afflicting several countries is nothing more than a “common cold” blown out of proportion by the media to take down President Donald Trump ― even as he also asserted it was a “bioweapon” created by China in a laboratory.

“It looks like the coronavirus is being weaponized as yet another element to bring down Donald Trump,” Limbaugh said at the start of his lengthy, misinformation-filled rant.

“Now, I want to tell you the truth about the coronavirus. ... I’m dead right on this. The coronavirus is the common cold, folks.”

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“The drive-by media hype of this thing as a pandemic, as the Andromeda strain, as, ‘Oh, my God. If you get it, you’re dead...’ I think the survival rate is 98%,” he said. “Ninety-eight percent of people who get the coronavirus survive. It’s a respiratory system virus.”

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Bet that is one arm of the Trump strayegy to stop the spread of deadly liberalism. applegrove Feb 2020 #1
I know you think you're dead right, but could you just be dead? Maru Kitteh Feb 2020 #2
ffs dweller Feb 2020 #3
Easy cure if you catch it Rush Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2020 #4
Die already, asshole dalton99a Feb 2020 #5
Sounds like a certain person with cancer should put his money where his mouth is and go get infected RockRaven Feb 2020 #6
Why hasn't that evil motherfucker died yet? Orrex Feb 2020 #7
Rush bdamomma Feb 2020 #8
Did anyone believe that Rush wouldn't take out as many as he can before he goes? Midnight Writer Feb 2020 #9
Well, that will be one less idiot on the planet 🌎 gembaby1 Feb 2020 #10
You can't make this shit up. lpbk2713 Feb 2020 #11
I thought druggie Limbaugh was dying of cancer? Hassler Feb 2020 #12
I yearn to say terrible things about him when he's gone.n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2020 #23
I really don't wish cancer on anyone. edbermac Feb 2020 #13
Hey cancer, WTF are you waiting for?? liberaltrucker Feb 2020 #14
i didn't realize he was still alive n/t orleans Feb 2020 #15
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #16
Is he not on chemo for his cancer? Tucker08087 Feb 2020 #17
It's what they did with Ebola in 2014 RandiFan1290 Feb 2020 #18
Who gives a toot what that POS thinks ? Nt raccoon Feb 2020 #19
Well, knowing Rush's stellar track record on health matters... Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2020 #20
I want the next Democratic President to rescind this asspickles Medal of Freedom maxrandb Feb 2020 #21
Magnificent! Better than he even deserves. Bravo. n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2020 #24
Maybe we shuold get former KY Governor Matt Bevin Norbert Feb 2020 #22
"I'm dead right on this"...but not soon enough Demonaut Feb 2020 #25
Social media is loaded with idiots who think it's the same virus that causes the cold. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #26
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