{"id":142468,"date":"2021-02-17T16:59:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T21:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=142468"},"modified":"2021-02-17T17:29:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T22:29:15","slug":"im-glad-rush-limbaugh-lived-long-enough-to-get-cancer-and-die-blue-check-leftists-celebrate-rush-limbaughs-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-glad-rush-limbaugh-lived-long-enough-to-get-cancer-and-die-blue-check-leftists-celebrate-rush-limbaughs-death\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m Glad Rush Limbaugh Lived Long Enough To Get Cancer And Die.\u2019 Blue-Check Leftists Celebrate Rush Limbaugh\u2019s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fim-glad-rush-limbaugh-lived-long-enough-to-get-cancer-and-die-blue-check-leftists-celebrate-rush-limbaughs-death%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=142468&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following an unfortunately familiar pattern in the aftermath of the death of a conservative figure, Leftists rushed to mock Rush Limbaugh and celebrate news of his death after a year-long battle with lung cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Among those cheering Limbaugh\u2019s death were a host of blue checkmarks on Twitter, including celebrities, political commentators, and journalists. Here are just a few examples.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rush Limbaugh was a coward and white supremacist<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Charlotte Clymer, whose Twitter bio states that she works for the pro-abortion <em>Catholics for Choice<\/em>, took to the social media platform and described Limbaugh as a \u201ccoward and white supremacist.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHe aggressively and cynically exploited divisions in our country by weaponizing hatred and bigotry for his own personal gain. He was in service to his own greed, prejudice, and hypocrisy, and that is how history will remember him,\u201d she wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIf Rush Limbaugh deserves credit for anything, it his pioneering work in spreading disinformation and directly enabling our nation&#8217;s current state of vast distrust of experts and spurning of good faith in the public discourse. He will not be missed by rational adults.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Rush Limbaugh deserves credit for anything, it his pioneering work in spreading disinformation and directly enabling our nation&#039;s current state of vast distrust of experts and spurning of good faith in the public discourse. He will not be missed by rational adults.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlotte Clymer \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@cmclymer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cmclymer\/status\/1362095749807357952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Limbaugh died 69 years later than he shoulda<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rick &amp; Morty writer, Siobhan Thompson, tweeted \u201cRIP Rush Limbaugh died 69 years later than he shoulda.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIP Rush Limbaugh died 69 years later than he shoulda<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Siobhan Thompson, mysterious European heiress (@vornietom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vornietom\/status\/1362147029795827713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Rush Limbaugh was a terrible person while he was alive<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Host of The Young Turks, Cenk Uygur, stated that \u201cThe idea that you say artifically nice things about people after they die is weird,\u201d and that he \u201cnever understood the logic of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cRush Limbaugh was a terrible person while he was alive. He made a living by attacking the powerless. His death does not in anyway change or redeem that,\u201d Uygur added.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The idea that you say artifically nice things about people after they die is weird. I&#039;ve never understood the logic of it. Rush Limbaugh was a terrible person while he was alive. He made a living by attacking the powerless. His death does not in anyway change or redeem that.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cenkuygur\/status\/1362112857870016513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>His memory lives on through bigots everywhere<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cameron Kasky, one of the founders of the March for Our Lives movement and outspoken gun control advocate, said that Limbaugh\u2019s \u201cmemory lives on through bigots everywhere.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rush Limbaugh has passed on, but worry not- his memory lives on through bigots everywhere<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cam (@cameron_kasky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cameron_kasky\/status\/1362095437461782531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>My sincerest condolences go out to Hell\u2019s other residents<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parker Malloy, an editor at large for Media Matters, wrote \u201cI was 4 days into a weeklong break from Twitter, but Limbaugh dying felt like a necessary moment to reemerge.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMy sincerest condolences go out to hell\u2019s other residents who now have to deal with being associated with him,\u201d she continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My sincerest condolences go out to hell&#039;s other residents who now have to deal with being associated with him.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ParkerMolloy\/status\/1362100821631107073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>He did as much to polarize our politics as anyone<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senior Political Commentator for CNN, David Axelrod, described Limbaugh as a \u201cforce of historic proportions,\u201d but then proceeded to say that he \u201cdid as much to polarize our politics as anyone and laid the groundwork for Trump and Trumpism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Whether you loved him or hated him-and there are very few people in between-Rush Limbaugh was indisputably a force of historic proportions.<br \/>Over the past three decades,he did as much to polarize our politics as anyone and laid the groundwork for Trump and Trumpism.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidaxelrod\/status\/1362096669504851968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>It\u2019s more like euphoria<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scott Shapiro, a Yale Law School professor, wrote \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say I was happy that Rush Limbaugh died. It\u2019s more like euphoria,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rest-in-piss-twitter-lets-mocking-hashtags-to-trend-following-rush-limbaugh-death-as-leftists-cheer?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">later<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> setting his Twitter account to private \u201cfollowing backlash that he received online.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I wonder why Yale Law Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scottjshapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@scottjshapiro<\/a> just locked his account <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UssEryLFxZ\">pic.twitter.com\/UssEryLFxZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jack Posobiec \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1362132440140165122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Special kind of monster<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Young Turks alum Emma Vigeland wrote, \u201cMentioning Howard Stern in the same breath as Rush Limbaugh gratuitously downplays the special kind of monster Rush was. Dumb.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mentioning Howard Stern in the same breath as Rush Limbaugh gratuitously downplays the special kind of monster Rush was. Dumb. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nWE5wvGHHf\">pic.twitter.com\/nWE5wvGHHf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Emma Vigeland (@EmmaVigeland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmaVigeland\/status\/1362139973189832706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>I\u2019m glad Rush Limbaugh lived long enough to get cancer and die<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a now deleted <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PFTompkins\/status\/1362112568664367105\">tweet<\/a>, comedian Paul Tompkins wrote, \u201cIf I had to say something positive I guess I\u2019m glad Rush Limbaugh lived long enough to get cancer and die.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>One of the most harmful and poisonous people in the modern United States of America<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In this now deleted <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JYSexton\/status\/1362089521995796480\">tweet<\/a>, Jared Yates Sexton wrote that \u201cRush Limbaugh was one of the most harmful and poisonous people in the modern United States of America,\u201d and that \u201cHis pursuit of wealth and power hurt untold numbers of people and wrought incalculable damage to politics as a public good, society as a whole, and the planet itself.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>His death brings me joy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Actor Anthony Atamanuik described Limbaugh as a \u201cracist, a misogynist, &amp; homophobe,\u201d and that his death brought him \u201cjoy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rush Limbaugh was a foul fuck rat who spread nothing but hate &amp; terror throughout his career. His radio show poisoned hundreds of millions of people\u2019s minds. He\u2019s a racist, a misogynist, &amp; homophobe. His death brings me joy.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tony (@TonyAtamanuik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyAtamanuik\/status\/1362133666500124676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>I challenge you<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSNBC political analyst Mehdi Hasan wrote \u201cRush Limbaugh died. Rightwingers on Twitter are heaping praise on him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I challenge you to read the things he said about minorities, black people, gay people, women, sexual consent, torture, climate, even the Jan 6th attack, and find things to praise in there. I challenge you,\u201d Hasan continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rush Limbaugh died. Rightwingers on Twitter are heaping praise on him.<\/p>\n<p>I challenge you to read the things he said about minorities, black people, gay people, women, sexual consent, torture, climate, even the Jan 6th attack, and find things to praise in there. <\/p>\n<p>I challenge you.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mehdirhasan\/status\/1362091548402454529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Sorry for the people of Hell<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Musician Finneas tweeted, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Feeling very sorry for the people of Hell who now have to deal with Rush Limbaugh for the rest of eternity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Feeling very sorry for the people of Hell who now have to deal with Rush Limbaugh for the rest of eternity<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FINNEAS (@finneas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/finneas\/status\/1362112084679397376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>God has canceled Rush Limbaugh<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Podcast host Erin Ryan wrote that \u201cGod has canceled Rush Limbaugh.\u201d She then added, \u201cAnd on Ash Wednesday! Ok, you got me God. I&#8217;m Catholic again. I&#8217;m back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And on Ash Wednesday! Ok, you got me God. I&#039;m Catholic again. I&#039;m back.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Erin treason mullet Ryan (@morninggloria) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/morninggloria\/status\/1362119051762233345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Satan finding out Rush Limbaugh is on his way<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York Times bestselling author of \u201cThe Black Friend,\u201d Frederick Joseph, tweeted \u201cSatan finding out Rush Limbaugh is on his way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Satan finding out Rush Limbaugh is on his way. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z76erc7k6h\">pic.twitter.com\/z76erc7k6h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FredTJoseph\/status\/1362105351118716928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>How much money would you have to be paid before being willing to type out that Rush Limbaugh was \u201ca humble man?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New Yorker staff writer Isaac Chotiner tweeted \u201cJesus Christ, do these people have any dignity? How much money would you have to be paid before being willing to type out that Rush Limbaugh was \u2018a humble man?\u2019 Limbaugh, if he could see this, would laugh at it. Lowry edits an actual magazine, and has no self respect.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jesus Christ, do these people have any dignity? How much money would you have to be paid before being willing to type out that Rush Limbaugh was \u201ca humble man?\u201d Limbaugh, if he could see this, would laugh at it. Lowry edits an actual magazine, and has no self respect. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JekxXqCtoW\">https:\/\/t.co\/JekxXqCtoW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Isaac Chotiner (@IChotiner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IChotiner\/status\/1362141465313378305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>He also brought a lot of people a lot of joy by dying<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Writer Mike Drucker added, \u201cIt\u2019s easy to make fun of Rush Limbaugh right now, but it\u2019s important to remember that he also brought a lot of people a lot of joy by dying.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#039;s easy to make fun of Rush Limbaugh right now, but it&#039;s important to remember that he also brought a lot of people a lot of joy by dying<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeDrucker\/status\/1362094325199495170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Rush Limbaugh was \u201cmoderate\u201d compared to the current crop of conservative hatemongers<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a now deleted <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WajahatAli\/status\/1362150024675811333\">tweet<\/a>, Wajahat Ali, a columnist for The Daily Beast, tweeted \u201cThe sad part is Rush Limbaugh was \u2018moderate\u2019 compared to the current crop of conservative hatemongers. Shows you the future of the movement.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Known for attacking women, Blacks and Latinos<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NPR Politics reported on Limbaugh\u2019s death, saying he was known for \u201cattacking women, Blacks and Latinos.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rush Limbaugh has died at the age of 70.<\/p>\n<p>The conservative talk radio host was known for propelling Republican candidates and attacking women, Blacks and Latinos. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RDsnui92e0\">https:\/\/t.co\/RDsnui92e0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nprpolitics\/status\/1362133495418675202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Worst person to ever receive the presidential medal of freedom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Disgraced former Congresswoman Katie Hill chimed in, saying \u201cSo is Rush Limbaugh going to go down in history as the worst person to ever receive the presidential medal of freedom or is there someone else?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So is Rush Limbaugh going to go down in history as the worst person to ever receive the presidential medal of freedom or is there someone else?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katie Hill (@KatieHill4CA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KatieHill4CA\/status\/1362143278662057986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>You love to see it<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senior entertainment editor for The Daily Beast, Marlow Stern, tweeted \u201cmichael j. fox outliving rush limbaugh&#8230; you love to see it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">michael j. fox outliving rush limbaugh&#8230; you love to see it<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarlowNYC\/status\/1362143185494020097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Bigot and a misogynist<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Christopher Mathias, a senior reporter for HuffPost, shared a link to an obituary he wrote, titled \u201cRush Limbaugh, Bigoted King Of Talk Radio, Dies At 70.\u201d He also tweeted, \u201cRush Limbaugh was a bigot and a misogynist who saturated America&#8217;s airwaves with cruel lies and conspiracy theories for decades, transforming the GOP in the process. \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rush Limbaugh was a bigot and a misogynist who saturated America&#039;s airwaves with cruel lies and conspiracy theories for decades, transforming the GOP in the process. <\/p>\n<p>If you&#039;re gonna read one obit, read <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HuffPost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HuffPost<\/a>&#039;s, from me &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickrobinsearly?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nickrobinsearly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZoPJnGNG4g\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZoPJnGNG4g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/letsgomathias\/status\/1362090123022761986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i>@ighaworth<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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