Exactly.
Rush’s enemies and Trump’s enemies will try to use this as a wedge and will create headlines out of this. Rush should have been more careful. Know he’s on 3 hours, but any slight misstep like this - and against what he’s been saying for weeks - will be taken out of context.
Rush likely got a call from a friend that owns an NFL team (free sky box tickets?) who complained about Trump ‘threatening’ them.
This is a wicked unsubstantiated charge meant to impugn Limbaugh's character.
It's one thing to say that Limbaugh shouldn't voice what he feels without further reflection. But it is entirely beyond the pale to start floating undemonstrated allegations of him being bought off by something as unsubstantial as football tickets.
But that is web -- it can on occasion provoke the worst in people. And that trail will haunt them.