I don’t think the GOPe controls Rush to nearly that extent, or we’d be looking at 30 million new Democrat voters...after all, they really, really, wanted to ‘put Amnesty behind them’.
Instead, I blame it on maybe a few factors:
1) Rubio was the only one delivering Reagan-type speeches
2) Rubio, like Rush, is from Florida
3) Rush has a fondness for Cubans...due to their outstanding cigars.
4) And maybe Rush was drugged-up for some reason.
But other than Rubio, and Cruz to a lesser extent, Rush played it pretty even during the Primary season...while the GOPe were KILLING THEMSELVES to try to stop Trump.
You may want to reconsider...he is really kicking butt now.