{"id":142928,"date":"2021-02-17T19:38:14","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T00:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=142928"},"modified":"2021-02-17T19:58:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T00:58:27","slug":"conservative-broadcasters-pay-tribute-to-rush-limbaugh-an-icon-a-patriot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-broadcasters-pay-tribute-to-rush-limbaugh-an-icon-a-patriot\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservative Broadcasters Pay Tribute To Rush Limbaugh: \u2018An Icon. A Patriot.\u2019"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fconservative-broadcasters-pay-tribute-to-rush-limbaugh-an-icon-a-patriot%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=142928&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rush-Limbaugh-3-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Conservative broadcasters mourned the loss of Rush Limbaugh, a titan of the craft, on Wednesday following his death from complications from lung cancer that morning.<\/p>\n<p>Limbaugh\u2019s wife, Kathryn, announced her husband\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-conservative-radio-icon-rush-limbaugh-dies-at-70-after-battle-with-cancer\">passing<\/a> at the top of his radio show on Wednesday, marking an end to the yearlong battle Limbaugh fought with late-stage lung cancer. Conservative broadcasters that followed Rush roundly thanked him for his courage and credited him as an \u201cindispensable\u201d voice for conservatism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRIP Rush Limbaugh, the creator of talk radio and by extension the alternative media, an indispensable and iconic conservative voice,\u201d Ben Shapiro, co-founder of The Daily Wire and host of the podcast and radio show <em>The Ben Shapiro Show<\/em>, tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIP Rush Limbaugh, the creator of talk radio and by extension the alternative media, an indispensable and iconic conservative voice.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1362092776482107395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Glenn Beck, founder of the radio and television network The Blaze, called Limbaugh a \u201chero to many,\u201d and marked him as the savior of talk radio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo words \u2026 I just got news the Rush Limbaugh has passed away,\u201d Beck tweeted, \u201cthanks Rush for all you taught, gave and were. A hero to many. An icon. A patriot. A revolutionary that saved radio. Heavens [sic] gain, our loss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mark Levin, who hosts a radio talk show and weekend program on Fox News, remembered Limbaugh in an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcexaminer\/status\/1362104007741689857\">interview<\/a> on the network.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a tremendously sad day for those who love this country,\u201d Levin said, \u201ca tremendously sad day for those who salute the flag and embrace the military and law enforcement, a tremendously sad day because we\u2019ve lost Thomas Paine. We\u2019ve lost a voice like no other and like there will never be again, and particularly at a time when we need a voice like his.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you see what\u2019s happening to the country and you see a thousand different ways in which we\u2019re going in the wrong direction, he fought to the bitter end. He fought and fought,\u201d Levin added. \u201cEven when he was getting his treatments, he wanted to get on radio, he wanted to talk to his audience. His audience, in addition to his blood and flesh family, was his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Talk radio and Fox News host Sean Hannity said on Fox News, \u201cthere is no talk radio as we know it without Rush Limbaugh. It just doesn\u2019t exist, and I\u2019d even make the argument in many ways there\u2019s no Fox News or even some of these other opinionated cable networks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe literally did something that nobody at the time ever thought was possible,\u201d Hannity said. \u201cThere are now generations of us that, literally, he\u2019s changed the hearts and minds of generations of Americans, singlehandedly. And when he started in nationally syndicated radio, there were about less than 200 talk radio stations in this country. Now there are, like, 4,000. He saved the AM band of radio, singlehandedly. And then as, you know, radio listening shifted and talk radio started moving to the FM band, he saved that, too, in so many ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Limbaugh\u2019s producer James Golden, known by his alias Bo Snerdley, worked with the legendary radio host for over two decades. Golden, who had stood by Limbaugh throughout his battle with cancer, marked the host\u2019s passing in a tweet Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod Bless you Rush. I love you. Always and ever,\u201d Golden said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">God Bless you Rush.<br \/>I love you. Always and ever.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bo Snerdley (@BoSnerdley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoSnerdley\/status\/1362087918257463296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative broadcasters mourned the loss of Rush Limbaugh, a titan of the craft, on Wednesday following his death from complications from lung cancer that morning. Limbaugh\u2019s wife, Kathryn, announced her &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2181449,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rush-Limbaugh-3-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Conservative Broadcasters Pay Tribute To Rush Limbaugh: \u2018An Icon. 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