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Limbaugh: Most leaks coming from White House were from Bannon
Hill ^ | 01/04/18 03:47 PM EST | AVERY ANAPOL

Posted on 01/04/2018 9:19:22 PM PST by conservative98

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh said Thursday that he believes Stephen Bannon was responsible for the majority of the first-year leaks coming out of the Trump administration.

“The thing that I think everybody believes and that everybody knows is that most of the leaking that was coming out of the Trump White House was Steve Bannon,” Limbaugh said.

His comments come amid an intensifying feud between Trump and Bannon, his former chief strategist, after excerpts were published from a new book about the early days of the Trump White House that quoted Bannon harshly criticizing the president and his family.

The Trump administration has struggled with leaks since he took office and has previously accused Bannon of being responsible.

Limbaugh said on his first broadcast of the new year that he had “never heard” of Bannon before the Breitbart News chief joined the Trump campaign, and described him as “all over the place” with conflicting comments on the Trump administration.

“Bannon is all over the place,” Limbaugh said. “You go back to his '60 Minutes' interview where he was praising Trump to the hilt and he was saying that the Russian investigation was bogus and there was nothing to it. And now in this book he’s quoted as saying that Trump and [Donald] Trump Jr. were committing treason by dealing with the Russians. I never understood half of the president’s staffing. I never understood how he knew these people and ended up choosing them.”

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bannon; leaker; limbaugh; michaelwolff; sloppysteve; stevebannon; talkradio; trump
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To: Alberta's Child

Just stop. Bannon IS all over the place and when he was first dismissed remember the stories of him making it his goal to take down POTUS?

Well we all dismissed it, but clearly he was leaking and that is why he was fired. He had this “writer” up to his office at the WH a couple of times.


21 posted on 01/04/2018 10:00:47 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: Republican Wildcat
The best experts on what Rush says and doesn’t say are those like you who never listen to him.

I 'was' a daily listener until Rush dissed Newt in favor of Myth Romney, back in 2012. I made it clear in my post, that I no long pay attention to his so called 'conservative' spew. I do recall back when Rush pontificated over 'real' conservatives followed the 'original intent' of our Constitution... There is no doubt that Rush threw that claim, in his dust bin of history, when he favored two ineligible candidates in 2016.

Some people just need to repeat, what they hear, to sound like they know, what, in reality they are just too ignorant to realize they are just echos.

22 posted on 01/04/2018 10:01:48 PM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: MNDude

Comey leaked about the Trump Russian collusion stuff. Bannon leaked about inside the WH stuff and did a lot of smearing of Kushner and Ivanka.


23 posted on 01/04/2018 10:02:35 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: conservative98
Peter Thiel Planning Launch Of Conservative News Outlet With Mercers Family After Bannon Fiasco
24 posted on 01/04/2018 10:03:23 PM PST by blam
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To: Republican Wildcat

No that’s not the message ... there are powerful forces that want the economic Nationalism and Populism exorcised from the national dialogue and it looks like that’s about to happen ...Trump will be the only one left, let’s hope he holds the line on it ... keep your eyes on the snakes that did everything they could to stop Trump and MAGA , that now all of a sudden support him and leading the charge against Nationalism ... Levin and Shapiro come to mind , but there are many others


25 posted on 01/04/2018 10:04:03 PM PST by Neu Pragmatist
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To: Just mythoughts

“Steve pretends to be at war with the media, which he calls the opposition party, yet he spent his time at the White House leaking false information to the media to make himself seem far more important than he was.” - from Donald Trump’s official statement on Bannon

“Steve had the honor of working in the White House & serving the country. Unfortunately, he squandered that privilege & turned that opportunity into a nightmare of backstabbing, harassing, leaking, lying & undermining the President. Steve is not a strategist, he is an opportunist” - from Trump Jr.


26 posted on 01/04/2018 10:05:29 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: LongWayHome

It is unreal. The only other thing I can think of is they are coordinating this togrther to play the media? It is just so hard to fathom.


27 posted on 01/04/2018 10:12:04 PM PST by Phillyred
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To: sagar

I didn’t see your post but I have the same thought. They’re playing the media.


28 posted on 01/04/2018 10:13:20 PM PST by Phillyred
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To: conservative98

bookmark


29 posted on 01/04/2018 10:17:26 PM PST by GOP Poet
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To: snarkytart
I do not know Bannon and never really heard of him until last August. He was very late to the Trump campaign.. I cannot even hazard a guess on what is going on in his mind. But, his ‘rise’ and apparent fall is very much reminiscent of Glen Beck.

I never fell under Glen Beck's influence.. his tear filled rants turned me off way back. And Beck's attempts to crown Ted Cruz king of White House became SNL material.. IF Bannon believes he was the ‘key’ to getting Trump elected he is delusional.

30 posted on 01/04/2018 10:23:32 PM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: snarkytart

I’ve listened to many political talking heads over my 70 plus years and Steve Cortez is one of the best and nicest on our side. I’d definitely fine a roll inside the Trump Administration. He’s always on point and comes off as a genuine nice guy to boot.


31 posted on 01/05/2018 1:08:22 AM PST by OKITRUMP77
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To: Just mythoughts
Limbo is one to talk about positions... Since I quit listening to him back in 2012, I do wonder IF part of his so called ‘conservative’ gig, still claims to be in support of the ‘original intent’ of our Constitution... His primary support of Cruz and Rubio completely dispelled any claim he ever made of being in support of the ‘original intent’ of our Constitution.

If you quit listening to Rush in 2012, how do you KNOW that he supported Cruz and Rubio in the primaries? He did NOT.

Your thoughts are vapid.

32 posted on 01/05/2018 3:58:29 AM PST by USS Alaska (Kill all mooselimb, terrorist savages, with extreme prejudice! Deus Vult!)
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To: sagar
“...me that Bannon and Trump are in this together.”

Sorry but that is naive at best. With the egos involved this is hardball, not nerf. Bannon started believing his own BS and forgot to not smell his own farts.

33 posted on 01/05/2018 4:03:05 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: Republican Wildcat
he best experts on what Rush says and doesn’t say are those like you who never listen to him.

LOL!

34 posted on 01/05/2018 4:03:50 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
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To: conservative98

Once Bannon left and the Air Conditioning was replaced the leaking stopped.


35 posted on 01/05/2018 4:56:03 AM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: USS Alaska
...If you quit listening to Rush in 2012, how do you KNOW that he supported Cruz and Rubio in the primaries? He did NOT.

The hell he didn't.

36 posted on 01/05/2018 5:17:02 AM PST by TTFlyer
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To: conservative98

“Sloppy Steve”...


37 posted on 01/05/2018 5:30:13 AM PST by OKSooner (Joan Rivers, RIP)
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To: USS Alaska
If you quit listening to Rush in 2012, how do you KNOW that he supported Cruz and Rubio in the primaries? He did NOT. Your thoughts are vapid.

Perhaps you are unaware of the written word? There is a 'rush' thread right here on FR that is available to anyone. Sometimes even a transcript of 'rush' speak is posted...

I stopped devoting three hours a day to Rush talk after his stunt against Newt back in 2012... but I can read.

38 posted on 01/05/2018 2:33:06 PM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: TTFlyer
The hell he didn't.

Rush doesn't support any candidate in the primaries. If you think you heard him support a candidate, that's your problem.

39 posted on 01/06/2018 3:50:27 AM PST by USS Alaska (Kill all mooselimb, terrorist savages, with extreme prejudice! Deus Vult!)
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To: Just mythoughts
I stopped devoting three hours a day to Rush talk after his stunt against Newt back in 2012... but I can read.

You saw it on the net, so it has to be true. Rush doesn't support any candidate in the primaries.

40 posted on 01/06/2018 3:52:17 AM PST by USS Alaska (Kill all mooselimb, terrorist savages, with extreme prejudice! Deus Vult!)
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