Breaking: Rush Limbaugh went there.
Following the mass booing of First Lady Michelle Obama (and Jill Biden, wife of the Vice President) at a NASCAR race this weekend, Limbaugh chose to buck the trend of condemning the act and offer up some dog whistling real talk.
Limbaugh, via Daily Caller:
“The NASCAR crowd doesn’t quite understand why, when the husband and the wife are going the same place, the first lady has to take her own Boeing 757 with family and kids and hangers-on four hours earlier than her husband, who will be on his 747. NASCAR people understand that’s a little bit of a waste. They understand it is a little bit of uppity-ism. First ladies have not been known to hop their own 757s four hours ahead of their husband when they’re going the same place.”
Limbaugh also said the booing was due to Obama’s suggestion people should eat healthier, which has resulted in widespread attack from the right.
“Bottom line: We don’t like being told what to eat,” Limbaugh said. “We don’t like being told how much to exercise. We don’t like being told what we’ve got to drive. We don’t like wasting money. We don’t like our economy being bankrupted. We don’t like 14 percent unemployment. The question is, what is there to cheer for when Ms. Obama and Ms. Biden show up?”
On Twitter as the news of the booing spread, many conservatives condemned it and also decried the contention among some liberal tweeters that the booing was racially motivated.
Listen to Limbaugh, as clipped by the Caller:
Evan McMorris-Santoro
Evan McMorris-Santoro has covered politics for TPM since 2009. Before that, he was a reporter at National Journal’s Hotline covering election 2008. He started his career covering local politics at newspapers in TN and his native NC.
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