Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh announced on his show this week that he’s been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.
The 69-year-old, cigar-smoking hothead said he’s been receiving treatment for the cancer since January 20, though he did not provide many additional details. “There are going to be days that I’m not going to be able to be here,” he told listeners.
Here's the audio of Rush Limbaugh announcing on his show that he has lung cancer. pic.twitter.com/V60pAOpf68
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) February 3, 2020
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In the past, Limbaugh has said he deserves “a medal for smoking cigars” and has frequently downplayed the dangers of smoking.
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In 2015, he denied second-hand smoke posed any threat.
“That is a myth,” he said on his radio show. “That has been disproven at the World Health Organization and the report was suppressed.”
“There is no fatality whatsoever. There’s no even major sickness component associated with secondhand smoke. It may irritate you, and you may not like it, but it will not make you sick, and it will not kill you.”
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He also falsely claimed that it takes at least half a century for smokers to develop lung cancer.
“Firsthand smoke takes 50 years to kill people, if it does,” he boasted. “Not everybody that smokes gets cancer. Now, it’s true that everybody who smokes dies, but so does everyone who eats carrots.”
The news of Limbaugh’s diagnosis has drawn a wide reaction on Twitter…
I remember when Rush Limbaugh,laughed & joked about Eric Garner not being able to breathe. Rush ridiculed & mocked Michael J. Fox, for having Parkinson’s and laughed about Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s cancer. Maybe now Rush will feel and show empathy for others! At least I hope so!
— san (@sanosbo1) February 4, 2020
Having lost my father to advanced lung cancer nearly 9 years ago, I have nothing but best wishes for #RushLimbaugh. Not a moment for politics.
— Cathy Young (@CathyYoung63) February 3, 2020
I hope Rush Limbaugh gets the best medical treatment and recovers quickly.
And I hope that while he is doing it he thinks about why he doesn’t think poor people deserve the same thing.
— Jon Cryer (@MrJonCryer) February 3, 2020
Rush Limbaugh once happily chimed about “I CAN breathe because I follow the law” regarding Eric Garner.
How’s that working out for you now champ?
— Yerrrda (@KiLLaCaG) February 3, 2020
It’s SICKENING to see liberals on Twitter celebrating the fact that Rush Limbaugh has cancer.
They can’t put politics aside for a man dealing with one of the most brutal diseases.
As a survivor of cancer, I am appalled and disgusted.
We need to pray for Rush, not spite him!
— Nick Adams (@NickAdamsinUSA) February 4, 2020
Conservatives will spend all day spouting bigotry and hatred toward queer people, immigrants, and people of color, but as soon as you say something rude about Rush Limbaugh they tell you to be compassionate and quote the bible at you.
— adam ellis (@moby_dickhead) February 4, 2020
I take no pleasure in Rush Limbaugh's diagnosis like he did with mocking Michael J. Fox or Ruth Bader Ginsberg in theirs-I will just say, it's a good reminder about how important clean living is.
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) February 3, 2020
Rush Limbaugh has spent decades pushing a horrid agenda that he knew was ruining numerous lives, and getting people killed.
He deserves proper medical treatment for his lung cancer. Not going to root for him to die. But I really don't give a shit what happens to him. Sorry.
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) February 3, 2020
I wouldn't wish cancer on anyone.
But I would wish Rush Limbaugh's healthcare coverage on everyone.
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) February 3, 2020
There would not be a conservative media without Rush Limbaugh.
Never forget that.
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) February 4, 2020
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Polaro
I don’t want to be mean, but this made me happy. He’s a horrible person.
Creamsicle
Yikes. Advanced Cancer is vague, but I can understand why he would want to keep the details private. Who knows how aggressive his treatments are going to be. I’m decidedly not a fan of Limbaugh, but hopefully he can make it through treatment and recover to enjoy retirement.
One of my friends was diagnosed with Lukemia at 8. It made life very hard for him at times, and I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. Can’t imagine fighting that fight at 69.
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Rush Windbag:
One of the most guy wrenching tear your heart out and make you cry like a little girl things I ever heard was by an ER Nurse when Matt Shepard was brought in barely clinging to life, his entire face was caked with blood and mud. The only flesh visable was where his tears had streamed down his face…
For your disgusting noxious abhorrent comments on Matt’s torture and brutal murder “not being a hate crime” you deserve the cancer you morbidly obese disgusting vile puddle of puke. I hope your forthcoming death is excruciating, blinding painful and prolonged. And when you finally burn your vile mortal coil, you are destined to burn in the darkest corner of Hell for the hate-filled repugnant way you led your life..
rustyiam
Seek help dude, I’m guessing your anger us transference of some kind!
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rustyiam:. What’s the going rate on the noxious troll farm these days? 0.010 cents per post?
You’ll notice I don’t even attempt to get into a battle of wits with you pathetic troll. It’s absolutely not fair, you are only half equipped…
sonic_source
Awww, poor Rushy-rush. To paraphrase the great Bette Davis, “My mother taught me to only to speak good of the dead. Rush Limbaugh is dead…good.”
1898
“He also falsely claimed that it takes at least half a century for smokers to develop lung cancer.”
he’s 69. if he started smoking in his late teens (as many people do), his claim about it taking 50 years to develop lung cancer might be correct
i loathe him but even a broken clock is right twice a day
my grandmother started smoking at 16. it took 65 years for her to develop lung cancer
my next door neighbor started at 18 and developed lung cancer 52 years later
Peter Jennings started at 11 and developed lung cancer 54 years later
smoking is bad and lung cancer is one of the very worst ways to die. i wouldn’t wish it on anyone
stan2015
Bye Felicia
Smith David
God bless him and have mercy on Rush is all I can say. None of us is perfect or without sin. I hope this news helps him to be a better remorseful person.
Hdtex
May it be a long…..slow….and excruciatingly painful death
Jared MacBride
People who take delight in Limbuagh’s misfortune become exactly what they complain about.
CurtisIsTheOne
Amen
glennmcbride
I don’t wish death on anyone, but I won’t miss this loudmouth liar.
toddlicious
Oh, the irony….
loren_1955
Perhaps a karmic response to all the hatred and lies that have come out of his mouth for so many years.
Den
Stupidity is like the mythic Hydra.
Limbaugh may be soon silenced, but two stupid hate filled people will rise to take his place. He never was worthy of his position as a “celebrity”, never was any sort of benefit to humanity.
Though I do not wish him pain, he will not be missed by many nor for very long. He will be noted by history, but certainly not in a good way.
Chevelter
Headline: Evil Man Soon to Die.
CurtisIsTheOne
On his Tombstone: “Spread lies and hate with impunity. May he find rest in the arms of the Devil.”
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
I saw him on CBS this morning and I noticed how much weight he’s lost. As to be expected neither any of you commenters nor the author behind the article mentioned his 2009 Hawaiian trip where he allegedly suffered a heart attack. Ok, maybe he did, maybe he didn’t have a heart attack but what make NO sense in that debacle was why the need to SEAL OFF the ENTIRE floor and why did it takes as long as it did to get him out of the room and to the hospital. Why no bedside pics for his fans from that hospital room letting them know he was ok even after a few days? It sounds like the man flipped out due to drug use if you asked me. In 2003 as he championed the guillotine for drug smugglers and users he himself had a so called opioid addiction (and as with all celebrities who have some sort of market value its never cocaine, meth or crack its always a prescription drug problem). Now lets go just a bit further. Limbaugh has been accused of ordering mail order brides with non of them sticking around for very long and none of them ever appeared with him in public. No dinners, no shows or GOP receptions/fund raisers and if they did I ask where is the pic to prove it and why, being the wife of a celebrity with his clout. He frequented the Dominican Republic alone with no one seeing any women entering or leaving his room but the comments of several hotel employees who did see males coming in and out of his room vanished like a fart to a hurricane wind. Could it be possible that ol’ Rush is gay? You girls should put your hatred on the side for this saintly man until you’ve learned the facts about his rise to a fortune valued at over half a billion dollars and why he kept his private life just that, private, with the help of the liberal press. Yes, they work hand in hand believe it or not. If they didn’t we would know a helluva lot more about ol’ Rush than what hasn’t been erased.
Den
“Saintly man”!?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha…let me catch my breath.
You are truly a fool!
Limbaugh has been married 4 times. Started dating before his divorce with his third wife, and apparently had the 4th wife waiting in the wings before he dumped the brief girlfriend.
He is neither a moral nor an ethical man, has done very little good in the world compared to the evil he has sown.
I do not wish him pain and discomfort, but he will not be missed by most.
Den
And the marriages were NOT to mail order brides, but to high profile “trophy wives”.
You need to come out from under that rock, bridge or manhole cover (whichever it is) more often and connect with reality.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
Den, you prove my point about the dismal education here in America and I beginning to think gays in particular. Only a damn fool couldn’t read the sarcasm in my comment and you appear to be one. I said the exact thing you just twisted into your own words. But thank you for responding.
Celtic
No sympathy. No empathy. No mercy. He is scum. He has assaulted and insulted MANY over the years during his radio broadcasts. In 2018 this sludge and slug master earned almost $85 MILLION from his noxious, toxic bloviating. Time for the Rush to experience some excruciating pain.
Ricanthony
I honestly do not care.
azjeff17
Karma is running late on this d-bag.
justyouandi
He denied the danger of SECOND-HAND smoke, and there is a lot of scientific support for that.
He did not mock Michael J. Fox. He quoted Fox’s own words in Fox’s book when he said that he often doesn’t take his medication to control his tremors when he is appearing in an event to bring awareness to Parkinsons disease so people can see how bad it can be.
He did not laugh at RBG’s cancer, and he told only the back-story to Eric Garner’s story that was not found in most the media. He didn’t make light of his passing.
reece99
Let me see, He is a homophobe, a right wing climate denier, racist, misogynist, and Trump backer. He rails against Medicare, aid for the homeless, SNAP benefits, and calls us all socialists, unless of course were gun toting right wing knuckle draggers just like him.
I certainly don’t want to wish death on anyone, but, I hope his last days are filled with pain, so that he can have just a taste of what his hate mongering has done to gay men and women, to transgender youth, and to any woman wanting to control her own body. No, don’t die to soon Rushie boy, I want you to really suffer for years maybe.
nvsugarbear
We don’t have forgive or forget, but be bigger than him.
SiamSean
Straight to hell, and the sooner the better.
NateOcean
I didn’t know that cancer can get cancer.
RandomGuy
I don’t want to take pleasure in this but the man is a monster and that’s making it difficult.
wikidBSTN
Rush – Stage 4 and you are a smoker? Yup – there are going to be days you are not going to be able to there (as you told your listeners) b/c you are going to be DEAD.
I’d say “Adios,” but I don’t think that is where you are going.
Keebler ILF
>>In the past, Limbaugh has said he deserves “a medal for smoking cigars”<<
Well, Trump just gave him a different medal at the SOTU address.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Jerry
He’s just rotting from the inside out and I couldn’t be more pleased. I just hope it’s painful. 🙂
Diplomat-G
The Devil is waiting for you Rush, If you believe in that nonsense may you enjoy that quick trip to Hell.
justyouandi
I know a lot of conservatives and not one of them would ever say the kind of things I’m seeing here if it were a major Leftist whose life was in danger. Not one!
jasentylar
I’m not a fan, but this article is in bad taste. He has cancer. No one deserves that let alone to have it politicized. Disgusting.
Parkside
That’s why you should be a good person while you can. Do you think the oppressed wouldn’t celebrate misfortune of the oppressor? You cannot downplay the damage he has done to our culture, our community in particular, and expect we be sympathetic.
Seriously folks
PEOPLE DIE ALL THE TIME, NO BIG DEAL. BYE BYE RUSH.
Invader7
Karma is a bitch. To quote Rose Nylund on the Golden Girls : ” Dead.Dead.Dead. “