Rush Limbaugh begins this "radio rally" by playing Trump& #39;s walk-up music and then a tape of crowd noise of people chanting "we love you."
Rush to Trump: "You are one of the strongest, the most unwavering, the most determined, most loyal people I have ever met...it& #39;s just a breathtaking thing.

"I want people to get to know the Donald Trump I know."
Trump starts by saying he "jumped" on the invite to do this rally because Rush& #39;s audience is so large.

Then he falsely claims on COVID-19:

"We have a cure. More than just a therapeutic. We have a cure."

Blames "fake news" for mischaracterizing everything.
Rush: "You did not have to do this.." [running for president]

Trump: "It& #39;s a great question..."
Trump hyping Regeneron, claiming: "Hundreds of thousands of vials are being sent to hospitals all over the country. People are going to get better...the press doesn& #39;t want to report that."

(There is no evidence of any of this)
"My voice is now perfect," Trump says, explaining his raspy voice in recent interviews.

"It& #39;s called a lingering thing."
[15 min of media bashing]

On Biden: "Joe shouldn& #39;t be a candidate. Joe& #39;s in no position to be a candidate," Trump says, bringing up Pelosi& #39;s 25th Amendment play.

Trump: "I think they put it in so they can get Kamala."

Rush: "Exactly! It& #39;s a trial run! It& #39;s not aimed at you."
Rush is now just playing clips of Biden statements and letting Trump react. One on fracking and then the & #39;you ain& #39;t Black& #39; radio hit w/ @cthagod

"The Black community gets it. They don& #39;t dig him."

And then Rush plays the & #39;put y& #39;all back in chains& #39; clip from years ago.
!!

As Trump goes on about Biden being "in a daze," Rush notes he did make it through the debate -- and sorta blames Trump for helping him!

Rush: "You did kind of bail him out... He couldn& #39;t answer and you kept talking at him!"
[Programming note: there are two hours of show left, unclear how long Trump is staying on the line]
Trump now grousing about Barr announcing Durham Report isn& #39;t coming before Nov. 3:

"I think it& #39;s a disgrace. It& #39;s an embarrassment."

Says he& #39;ll "say it to his face."
Into hour two or media criticism and we have a @maggieNYT name-check, just so we& #39;re all aware who continues to live rent-free in the president& #39;s head.

Rush concurs, says "there wasn& #39;t a word of truth" in any of the stories published the first two years of the Trump presidency.
Now to the Hillary portion of Trump& #39;s (2020!) closing argument:

"She deleted 33,000 emails. She should be in jail for that."

He says she "smashed her telephone with a hammer...31 phones were wiped clean" by the Mueller Report.
Trump, who as president apparently relies solely on the media to find out what& #39;s happening at the Justice Dept., says he& #39;ll be very disappointed if the @axios report on Barr not releasing Durham Report before elex is true.
Trump: "I don& #39;t think the debates mean that much."

On what& #39;s changed since 2016:

"The biggest difference is Fox...is no longer the same."

Speculates it may be because Paul Ryan is on the Fox board.

"Here& #39;s a guy who failed as Speaker."
Trump: "I watch it..." Trump says, going through the Fox anchors -- and making clear, as if his daily schedule didn& #39;t already, that he spends most of his day watching TV.

Rush: "You are a TV expert."
As Rush gets Trump into a rant about the NBA/NFL and BLM protests, Trump notes that @nflcommish gave a speech "in his basement wearing a very tight blue shirt..."
Trump now says the term "Black Lives Matter" is "very racist" and divisive...

"It& #39;s a very bad term -- for Blacks!"
Here& #39;s the fuller Trump quote:

"The first time I heard Black Lives Matter, I thought that& #39;s such a terrible term, it& #39;s such a racist term."
Trump, three days after declaring stimulus talks over until after the election...

"I would like to see a bigger stimulus package than either Democrats or Republicans are offering."
Rush notes that he and Trump have now been speaking for 1 hour and 42 minutes and that Trump seems "very solid" in terms of his illness.
Rush lauds Trump for his accessibility, says he wants everyone to know what& #39;s happening.

"There& #39;s no deception here!" he says.

(Reminder: Trump refused to disclose his tax returns, is now refusing to say when he last tested negative for COVID-19)
Limbaugh& #39;s gushing culminates with this:

"Your arrival on the scene has been providential."
Trump says mail ballots "will be the second biggest political scandal in American history" right behind "the Russia crap."

Rush: "What are you doing about it?!"

Trump: "We have many lawyers... I want to see on Nov. 3 who won the election!"
"My people tend to -- and they& #39;re all my people -- but Republicans..." tend to vote in person.

Rush says Democrats need "a little yellow bus picking & #39;em up, taking & #39;em to the polls."

Trump: "Right, right."
At the two-hour mark: "I know you& #39;ve got a jam-packed day on your schedule..."

Then Rush teases Trump& #39;s next media appearance in a few hours.

Sounds like they& #39;re wrapping up...
And we& #39;re clear. More Trump later with @marklevinshow and then @TuckerCarlson.
Absolutely no idea how I listened to all two hours and somehow missed the Trump f-bomb: https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1314627983471239168">https://twitter.com/atrupar/s...
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