Last night, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi helped to boost President Trump’s already incredible popularity with American voters, when she dramatically tore up Trump’s SOTU speech for the cameras as he concluded his speech.
On Monday, conservative radio giant talk show host, Rush Limbaugh, who is also a close friend of President Trump’s announced that he’s been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.
Last night, President Trump invited Limbaugh to his SOTU speech. Rush arrived at the SOTU in a wheelchair accompanied by his 38-year-old wife, Kathryn Rogers Limbaugh.
The Great Rush Limbaugh on his way to the President’s State of the Union!
Rush: “I’m still in awe.”pic.twitter.com/ELIa47hs39
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) February 5, 2020
Rush was seated between First Lady Melania Trump and his beloved wife, Kathryn. Many were shocked to see how the ill Rush appeared and how he struggled to stand, as President Trump acknowledged and thanked him for his “tireless devotion to our country.” Nancy Pelosi shuffled papers behind Trump, behaving more like Trump’s secretary than a Speaker of the House.
Rush @Limbaugh receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom during State of the Union Address.
Full video here: https://t.co/IqZgqQAMPl#SOTU #SOTU2020 pic.twitter.com/ZT84rQCzJz
— CSPAN (@cspan) February 5, 2020
Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez didn’t attend last night’s State of the Union, but she was watching and streaming her reaction to her fans online.
When asked her reaction to Rush Limbaugh receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, AOC said “First of all, the Presidential Medal of Freedom is an extraordinarily sacred award. We’re talking about putting someone on the same level as Rosa Parks in terms of their contributions to American progress.”
“But… Rush Limbaugh is a virulent racist,” AOC continued, mispronouncing the word “virulent.” She then complained that it was awarded in the middle of the SOTU and argued that Rush’s reaction was fake because it was already reported that Rush would be receiving the Medal. Obviously, Rush’s surprise was that he was being awarded it at the SOTU, the first time such a thing has ever happened.
AOC then said, incoherently, the lack of ceremony for the award means that “all sorts of norms are being violated, not just for people’s humanity, but also for it just cheapens the value of it.”
Last night AOC mocked Rush Limbaugh, who is deaf, for being confused that he was receiving a award at the SOTU pic.twitter.com/OGSDrwEtqo
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) February 5, 2020
Probably bc he knows a Brigadier General doesn’t get civilian medals https://t.co/5hLG7DEnsj
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) February 5, 2020
Rep. Steve Scalise blasted Speaker Pelosi for remaining seated while Rush Limbaugh was being honored by President Trump:
Steve Scalise criticizes Pelosi for not standing for Rush Limbaugh's Medal of Honor presentation because Rush "inspired millions of people, still does to this day … he speaking truth to power, on both sides by the way." pic.twitter.com/JhUZtIY1Bz
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 5, 2020
AOC…the official brain trust of the Democrat Party.