Posted on 07/12/2019 4:22:40 PM PDT by Kaslin
RUSH: We have audio sound bites coming up an amazing press conference, impromptu. The president on the White House lawn with more media people than Ive ever seen at one of these things, and it just went on and on and on. And Trump was even more outrageous and on point than he usually is in this press conference.
Acosta was standing right next to him for the entire thing. And the point here was to make it plane that Acosta had made the decision to resign, that Acosta was a great labor secretary, Trump really hates to see him go but he wants to go for the sake of a number of people and things. Its really a phenomenal thing. And if you didnt hear it well have the sound bites coming up and youll be able to get a taste of what this was all about.
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RUSH: Donald Trump today on the White House lawn. He was on the way out to the helicopter. Hes got event somewhere. And the labor secretary was with him, the labor secretary Alex Acosta. The story is that he called Trump today, wanted to resign, didnt want to be a distraction, didnt want to take away the focus of this issue on Epstein, Epstein should be the focus, not the labor secretary.
Trump brought him out there to let him announce it himself. Obviously, Trump has a lot of respect for Alex Acosta and wanted to afford him this opportunity. It went on for 30 minutes. It was classic, classic Trump. The press was shouting things like a gaggle of geese out there going nuts when the old codger shows up every afternoon at 4 oclock to feed em. It just was incessant and the camera shutters and the noise, the journalists shouting questions and Trump was answering every question that was sent his way, sometimes two and three times. So heres how it begins on the way to Marine One before leaving on his trip.
THE PRESIDENT: How many bites at the apple do you get? Weve gone through 500 witnesses, 2,500 subpoenas, Ive let them interview my lawyers, because I had nothing to do with Russia. Now thats come out. There was no collusion. But how many people and how many times, and this has been going on for two and a half years.
Rush Limbaugh said theres nobody else in the world that he knows that could have taken it. And on top of taking it, Ive been a great president. Listen, listen. Ive done more in two and a half years than any other president. Nobodys even close. They want to go it again and again and again. Because they want to hurt the president for the election.
Moments ago: Trump, Acosta announce resignation
The Presidents Phenomenal Impromptu Press Conference
Jul 12, 2019
RUSH: We have audio sound bites coming up an amazing press conference, impromptu. The president on the White House lawn with more media people than Ive ever seen at one of these things, and it just went on and on and on. And Trump was even more outrageous and on point than he usually is in this press conference.
Acosta was standing right next to him for the entire thing. And the point here was to make it plane that Acosta had made the decision to resign, that Acosta was a great labor secretary, Trump really hates to see him go but he wants to go for the sake of a number of people and things. Its really a phenomenal thing. And if you didnt hear it well have the sound bites coming up and youll be able to get a taste of what this was all about.
BREAK TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: Donald Trump today on the White House lawn. He was on the way out to the helicopter. Hes got event somewhere. And the labor secretary was with him, the labor secretary Alex Acosta. The story is that he called Trump today, wanted to resign, didnt want to be a distraction, didnt want to take away the focus of this issue on Epstein, Epstein should be the focus, not the labor secretary.
Trump brought him out there to let him announce it himself. Obviously, Trump has a lot of respect for Alex Acosta and wanted to afford him this opportunity. It went on for 30 minutes. It was classic, classic Trump. The press was shouting things like a gaggle of geese out there going nuts when the old codger shows up every afternoon at 4 oclock to feed em. It just was incessant and the camera shutters and the noise, the journalists shouting questions and Trump was answering every question that was sent his way, sometimes two and three times. So heres how it begins on the way to Marine One before leaving on his trip.
THE PRESIDENT: How many bites at the apple do you get? Weve gone through 500 witnesses, 2,500 subpoenas, Ive let them interview my lawyers, because I had nothing to do with Russia. Now thats come out. There was no collusion. But how many people and how many times, and this has been going on for two and a half years.
Rush Limbaugh said theres nobody else in the world that he knows that could have taken it. And on top of taking it, Ive been a great president. Listen, listen. Ive done more in two and a half years than any other president. Nobodys even close. They want to go it again and again and again. Because they want to hurt the president for the election.
RUSH: You know, when he does this kind of thing, And nobodys been better. Ive been a great president. Ive been one of the greatest presidents ever, maybe the greatest president. And you just the Never Trumpers are out there having a cow over this. The Never Trumpers are starting to tweet each other and send each other text messages, Can you believe this guy? Can you believe how braggadocious? This guy is an embarrassment to all humanity. This guy just makes me sick.
I can just see them emailing and texting each other back and forth. No president brags like this. Nobody brags how tough they are, nobody. But when you stop and think of it, go through the numbers here: 500 witnesses, 2,500 subpoenas, Trump let his lawyers talk, if it isnt obvious that there was no collusion and its been obvious since before the first allegation was made and they still wont drop it, what does that tell you.
By the way, this is the kind of story that I, in the past, have concluded that a vast majority of the American people are gonna figure out on their own, that theyre gonna see the media overreach, theyre gonna see the media overstep. Theyre gonna hear that Trump had 2,500 subpoenas, 500 witnesses, all this cooperation, but I have learned you cant count on that.
And its a very dispiriting thing. And its because of the amount of stupidity at the starting point, the amount of genuine stupidity in journalism. And it gets transmitted under the guise of being reported, the hatred and the snark and the conceit and the ignorance are in every news report, and people absorb it that way, and I think some of that stuff transfers to the people who watch, read, and hear this stuff, rather than just taking a moment to examine what theyve actually just heard.
You mean 500 witnesses and nobody had the goods? Twenty-five hundred subpoenas and those people didnt have the goods? And Trump let his lawyers speak and theres still no collusion? And of course youre gonna have people say, Yeah, well, thats because Trumps the president, he rigged the game, Rush. You deal with this and you dont know how to deal with it. Sometimes you throw your hands up in utter frustration.
See, Ive always had a naivete born of optimism, faith in the American people, that at the end of the day theyre gonna see through this. I mean this is blatant. This effort to get Trump, I mean, there is nothing that is either sophisticated or subtle about it. It is a blatant attempt, and I do have faith that people are gonna figure it out. I think Trumps rising approval ratings indicate that people have figured out it out. In fact, may even be tired of it.
Here is Trump praising Alex Acosta and ripping Paul Ryan. You just dont hear that. You never hear this kind of thing said about a fellow politician, maybe on the campaign trail but even then you dont hear it portrayed this way.
THE PRESIDENT: The fact is, he has been a fantastic Secretary of Labor. And Alex called me this morning and he wanted to see me. But I just want to let you know, this was him, not me. Because Im with him. Hes a tremendous talent. Hes a Hispanic man. He went to Harvard, a great student. And in so many ways I just hate what hes saying now, because were gonna miss him.
RUSH: Okay. Now, Trump did a version here of what a previous caller wanted. When Trump says Make America Great Again, a bunch of people say it means Trump wants to make America white again. So Trump points out that Acostas Hispanic and that he went to Harvard.
Now were supposed to conclude from this that Trumps not a racist and that he loves this guy, hes very smart, but the way the critics are gonna say it, the way the critics react to this, Trump expressed amazement that his Hispanic labor secretary could have ever gotten into Harvard, twist it and turn it.
Now he turns to Paul Ryan cause he got a stupid question. He got a question that was designed to bait him. Typical Drive-By question. The question is, its an unidentified male voice in the midst of the cacophony. Says, Mr. President, Mr. President, did Paul Ryan prevent you from making any bad decisions?
THE PRESIDENT: Paul Ryan was not a talent. He wasnt a leader. When the people in freedom and great congressmen wanted to go after the Dems for things that they did very badly, he wouldnt give subpoenas, whereas Nancy Pelosi hands them out like their cookies. Paul Ryan was a lame duck for a long time as speaker. He was unable to raise money. He lost control of the House.
The only success Paul Ryan had was the time that he was with me because we got taxes cut. I got regulation cuts. I did that mostly without him, but for Paul Ryan to be complaining is pretty amazing. I remember a day in Wisconsin, a state that I won, where I stood up and made a speech, and then I introduced him, and they booed him off the stage, 10,000 people. So for him to be going out and opening his mouth is pretty incredible, but maybe he gets paid for that. Who knows?
RUSH: Now, another classic example. People say, I cant believe Trump just ripped into Trump didnt rip into anybody. He responded. As far as Trump knows, Ryan started this. Theres a book out there, Politico writer, Tim Alberta writing about the Trump campaign and obvious Trump election, and Paul Ryan is quoted in the book as ripping Trump to shreds.
(paraphrasing) I was embarrassed. I had to leave town. I had to leave town cause of Donald Trump. I couldnt work with the guy. I couldnt govern with the guy. The guy didnt know the first thing about how government works. I couldnt put up with it anymore. I had to leave.
So Trump gets up and finds out that Paul Ryan, who made some show of trying to work with him, is now telling a reporter that Trump is a disaster, Trump doesnt know how to do anything, doesnt know how to make government work, Trumps a buffoon, what have you, so hes responding here.
Look, after the Access Hollywood video, which came out when? When was that, October the 14th or something? October 4th, I think. Access Hollywood video comes out, and Paul Ryan was one of the first Republicans and there were a slew of em who said, Trump, you gotta get out of the race. We cant have this. We cant have our nominee be this guy. You gotta quit. You gotta resign. Let us lose with honor. Remember, they all thought Trump was gonna lose in a landslide.
So now they were excited, heres a chance to get rid of Trump, put somebody in there as a fall guy thats gonna lose anyway because we were gonna lose no matter what because Hillary, to these people, was unbeatable. A lot of good that did us. The Republican Party leadership thinking Hillary Clintons unbeatable, like the Drive-By Media thought she was unbeatable, the Democrat Party thought she was unbeatable. Gonna win in a landslide.
So Ryan says, Trumps gotta go. Trumps gotta go. Then Trump didnt go. Then Trump wins. Now all of those people had to do one of the quickest 180s weve ever seen. They had to, within a three-week period, pivot from, This guy is an embarrassment. We cant possibly win. This guys the death of all of us to turning around and thanking him and praising him and I remember Ryan did that, and I thought that Ryan was really struggling saying this, but it was one of Ryans first press conferences after the election.
You remember this Snerdley? Hes standing there, This is incredible, this is one of the most incredible events in politics weve ever seen, and its all because of Donald Trump. He was trying to make everybody forget about what he had said three weeks ago, meaning Trumps gotta go, this is unacceptable, we cant have our nominee be somebody like this. Were gonna lose anyway, lets put somebody in there thats gonna lose so we can lose with honor, all that. Pivot into being one of the biggest advocates and supporters.
And like is the case with even now, a significant number of Republicans in Washington, they didnt believe it. They still wish it werent through. Youd be amazed the number of Republicans who to this moment in time still wish Trump had not won and are still fantasizing about him losing in 2020.
Now, of course the Never Trumpers are in that group, but Im talking about standard middle of the road Republicans in the House and Senate, not just the Never Trumpers, the literary community. It still is the case. Paul Ryan not a talent or a leader.
The next question from an unidentified reporter, Mr. President, Mr. President, what do you make of the infighting going on among the Democrats in Congress between Nancy Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and The Squad?
THE PRESIDENT: I think Cortez, who kept Amazon out of New York, and they dont like her for that, thousands and thousands of jobs. I think Cortez is being very disrespectful to somebody thats been there a long time. I deal with Nancy Pelosi a lot and we go back and forth and its fine. But I think that a group of people is being very disrespectful to her.
And you know what? I dont think that Nancy can let that go on. Cortez should treat Nancy Pelosi with respect. She should not be doing what shes doing. And Ill tell you something about Nancy Pelosi that you know better than I do. She is not a racist, okay? She is not a racist. For them to call her a racist is a disgrace.
RUSH: Holy cow, folks. Nancy Pelosi is not a racist. Ive worked with Nancy Pelosi for a long time, and shes not a racist. So here he is now putting her in a circumstance where Trump is defending her against her nemesis, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Now, you would think that Pelosi will be appreciative and return the No. No way. Oh, no, no, no. Pelosi is not gonna even act like shes aware of this, or if she does acknowledge it, shes gonna say that Trump didnt really mean it or what have you.
Now, lets go back to late (interruption) Oh. Theyve done that. Snerdley is asking me, When will a Democrat ever do that? The minute I started with the story youre gonna go, damn it. Yeah. How did I forget that? The vice presidential debate in 1996 you already know what Im gonna talk about. We got Algore, Algore and Jack Kemp.
And Algore is talking about all the racists and the bigots and the pigs in the Republican Party, and he turns to Jack Kemp, says, Jack, I dont think that youre one of those people. And Jack Kemp said, Thank you, Mr. Vice President and accepted the premise that the Republican Party is a bunch of racist bigots and pigs, but he graciously accepted Gores acknowledgment.
(imitating Gore) Now, youre not, Jack. Youre a good guy. Im gonna say youre good cause we know were gonna beat you, Jack. But youre not one of those people. And Jack Kemp didnt bother defending the Republican Party. He accepted the compliment. But, no, theyve done it. Its rare.
I heard parts of it this AM, but got interrupted so many times that I was really pleased to be able to read it now. (No I'm not on Rush 24/7)
Again, I thank you...
Complete and without Limbaugh remarks ...
We all knew Ryan would be John Boehner 2.0 before Ryan took over as Speaker. Both of hese guys were bought and paid for by the Chamber of Corruption.
That old windbag still on the air?
This is Rush. Not an old windbag.
Trump is definitely entertaining.
However, my top two issues are immigration and insane government spending and budget deficits.
After 30 months in office, Trump has one quantifiable achievement on immigration - he reduced the number of UN refugees from 80,000 per year to 30,000.
On government spending and budget deficits, Trump has zero quantifiable achievements.
Yes, I know - Trump is completely alone and completely helpless.
Maybe he should have explained that BEFORE he asked us to elect him President?
I can buy Trump being one of the greatest Presidents, but George Washington is still the greatest in my opinion.
Calling Rush an old windage is pretty disrespectful. He’s out there everyday promoting our cause of conservatism. Such nasty comments are how demonrats act. So cut it out.
I hope you have some asbestos underwear - you ARE going to get flamed, you know!
Trump’s braggadocio is hilarious.
LOL! When Muhammad Ali used to say "I am the Greatest," the Liberals used to have an orgasm. When Trump says "I am the Greatest," the Liberals have a cow. hahahhahaha!
Oh! So now it is politically incorrect to value Rush Limbaugh’s analysis and commentary on FR and we dare not speak our minds regarding it lest we be flamed with unbearable fire on this the heritage website of conservative/constitutional commentary and self-reliant thought??? I never thought I’d see the day!!!
Don’t let them get to you
Just a couple of oldtimers looking for relevance
Heh...
Rush Coulter et al still fighting the good fight
Whoops! My bad!
I meant that comment to go to Cboldt!
Sorry about that!
I hope you have some asbestos underwear - you ARE going to get flamed, you know!
Dang! I didit again!
Snarked the wrong person!
Sorry about that!
ROTFL. No sweat.
I just do it to get a nibble. I am a ditto head and its a term of endearment
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