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Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh is a conservative radio talk show host. His website describes him as "America's Truth Detector; the Doctor of Democracy; the Most Dangerous Man in America; the All-Knowing, All-Sensing, All-Everything Maha Rushie; defender of motherhood, protector of fatherhood and an all-around good guy."

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Latest Fact-Checks By Rush Limbaugh

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Rush Limbaugh
stated on January 20, 2021 in a radio show segment:
Says Joe Biden and Democrats “have not legitimately won” the presidency.
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • January 21, 2021
Rush Limbaugh
stated on December 15, 2020 in a radio show segment:
The American Medical Association rescinded a previous statement and now says “hydroxychloroquine is okay” for COVID-19.
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 16, 2020
Rush Limbaugh
stated on August 21, 2020 in a radio segment:
Says Joe Biden’s Democratic National Convention speech “had to be taped in segments, and the segments had to be edited together.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • August 24, 2020
Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 24, 2020 in an episode of his radio show:
“The coronavirus is the common cold, folks.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • February 27, 2020
Rush Limbaugh
stated on October 25, 2019 in a statement on his radio show:
Says House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump “doesn’t feature the opposition party, it doesn’t feature cross-examination.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 30, 2019
Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 12, 2019 in a "Fox & Friends" appearance:
“Somebody in the Obama regime decided to get rid of” the citizenship question in the census.
False
By Bill McCarthy • July 15, 2019
Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 17, 2019 in in an interview:
“Climate change is nothing but a bunch of computer models that attempt to tell us what’s going to happen in 50 years or 30. Notice…
False
By John Kruzel • February 19, 2019
Rush Limbaugh
stated on August 27, 2018 in in a blog post:
“It appears that the (Jacksonville) shooter was part of the Trump ‘Resistance’.”
False
By John Kruzel • August 28, 2018
Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 17, 2017 in an episode of the "Rush Limbaugh Show":
“What Trump is alleged to have done is actually no different than what Barack Obama did in April last year when he made it known…
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • May 18, 2017
Rush Limbaugh
stated on November 21, 2016 in "The Rush Limbaugh Show":
“Alexander Hamilton was an immigration hawk.”
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • November 22, 2016
Rush Limbaugh
stated on October 5, 2016 in a radio show broadcast:
Says “11 straight years of no major hurricanes striking land” in the United States “bores a hole right through the whole climate change argument.”  
Pants on Fire!
By Allison Graves • October 7, 2016
Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 31, 2016 in the Rush Limbaugh Show:
The presence of gorillas calls into question the concept of evolution.
False
By Lauren Carroll • June 3, 2016
Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 28, 2015 in an episode of The Rush Limbaugh Show:
Austin is “effectively” imposing “a ban on barbecue restaurants.”
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • August 4, 2015
Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 20, 2015 in a segment on his radio show:
“Al Franken said almost exactly what Trump said” about John McCain’s military record.
Half-True
By Will Cabaniss • July 22, 2015
Rush Limbaugh
stated on April 23, 2015 in a monologue on his radio show:
“Eighty-five percent of every dollar donated to the Clinton Foundation ended up either with the Clintons or with their staff to pay for travel, salaries,…
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2015
Rush Limbaugh
stated on March 10, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Rush Limbaugh Show":
Says “Ted Kennedy sent a letter to then Soviet leader Yuri Andropov apologizing for Ronald Reagan and begging the Soviets not to overreact.”  
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 13, 2015
Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 2, 2015 in his radio commentary:
“A married couple that” use the same last name “is rarer and rarer in our country.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 13, 2015
Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 3, 2015 in a broadcast of the "Rush Limbaugh Show":
The children coming across the southern U.S. border “were never examined after they got here and quarantined if they had a disease. They were just…
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • February 5, 2015
Rush Limbaugh
stated on August 15, 2014 in comments on his radio show:
When news broke that Ferguson 18-year-old Michael Brown was a suspect in a robbery, “MSNBC practically went off the air for a while to have…
False
By Linda Qiu • August 20, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on his radio show:
The United States is the leading nation in the world “with the highest amount of doubt about the conventional wisdom of climate change.”
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • July 29, 2014
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Latest Fact-Checks About Rush Limbaugh

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stated on March 17, 2013 in an Internet meme:
“Q: What do these ‘Patriotic’ Americans have in common? A: They are all Draft Dodgers.”
Pants on Fire!
By Caryn Shinske • March 24, 2013
Mark Strama
stated on September 5, 2012 in remarks to Texas delegates to the Democratic National Convention.:
Says Rush Limbaugh made it clear he’d rather see the country fail than President Barack Obama succeed.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 13, 2012
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