Remembering An American Icon, Rush Limbaugh
The Charlie Kirk Show
Charlie Kirk
4.6 • 65.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
As Charlie began his radio show today, news broke that the one and only Rush Limbaugh had passed away at the age of 70 after a year-long battle with advanced lung cancer. Pivoting the entire show to honoring the man who shaped American conservatism for decades, Charlie recounts his never before told personal stories of meeting Rush Limbaugh for the first time, sharing meals and email correspondence with the legend who would become his personal friend and a treasured mentor. From receiving TPUSA's Lifetime Achievement Award to speaking at the 2019 Student Action Summit and introducing President Trump, all the way back to listening to the great "El Rushbo" growing up in Wheeling, Illinois, Charlie pays tribute to the irreplaceable American icon, Rush Limbaugh.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody. Today on the Charlie Kirk Show, we remember Rush Limbaugh. Most of this podcast was recorded live on radio while the news itself was breaking. |
| 0:10.3 | And so, to be honest with you, I did the best I could to remember a friend and an American hero and Patriot who passed away hours before the broadcast and was actually announced during our broadcast. |
| 0:22.4 | So I had very little prep time. |
| 0:24.7 | I did my best to navigate all that. |
| 0:26.4 | We played a lot of sound. |
| 0:28.0 | I make a point at the end of this episode that when I was in the White House and I was meeting |
| 0:32.1 | with the president and I would be meeting with Jared Kushner, I'd be meeting with |
| 0:35.4 | Kelly and Connolly, or I'd be meeting with people all throughout the White House. Do you know what the number one topic |
| 0:39.9 | of conversation was in the afternoon? Hey, what did Rush say today? Where was Rush on this issue? |
| 0:47.1 | What does Rush say about this? I remember people in the White House calling me saying, hey, can you |
| 0:52.0 | forward this to Rush? |
| 0:59.2 | He would be delivering the drumbeat of American public policy from a conservative perspective. |
| 1:02.2 | People created their schedules around the man. |
| 1:17.3 | He inspired people, myself included in this episode, you will see all throughout some tape, some clips, some remembrances as we look back and think and remember the great Rush Limbaugh. |
| 1:20.7 | If you want to support our program, it's Charlie Kirk.com slash support. |
| 1:25.2 | And I say this, without Rush, there would be no podcasts you're listening to right now. |
| 1:28.5 | We remember the biggest one, the guy that made all this possible. |
| 1:29.1 | Buckle up. |
| 1:30.1 | Here we go. |
| 1:31.7 | Charlie, what you've done is incredible here. |
| 1:33.8 | Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus. I want you to know we are lucky to have Charlie Kirk. |
| 1:37.4 | Charlie Kirk's running the White House, folks. |
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