Nine years ago today, Rush Limbaugh offered a half-hearted apology for a three-day binge of grotesque attacks against Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown law student who had dared to offer congressional testimony about federal funding for contraception. mediamatters.org/rush-limbaugh/…
Fluke thought making birth control more widely available could aid people like your friend, who took the pills to prevent cysts from growing on her ovaries.
So Limbaugh told his audience of millions that she was a "slut" and a "prostitute" who should produce a "sex tape."
So Limbaugh told his audience of millions that she was a "slut" and a "prostitute" who should produce a "sex tape."
Limbaugh said that she “want[ed] to have all the sex you want all day long,” that she was “having so much sex” she “can’t pay for” contraception and needs the government to pick up the tab, that she "wants to be paid to have sex," and on and on for days.
As Limbaugh came under criticism, virtually the entire right-wing media and GOP ended up rallying around him.
Years later, President Trump gave him the Medal of Freedom during the State of the Union.
Years later, President Trump gave him the Medal of Freedom during the State of the Union.
It's basically the most disgusting thing I have seen in 15 years of studying right-wing media professionally. And the right defending disgusting cruelty like that absolutely paved the way for Trump. mediamatters.org/rush-limbaugh/…
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