Limbaugh Wonders After Tucson Memorial Ribbon, Is A Sing-A-Long Next?

Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Democrat, and Michael McCaul, a Republican, together encouraged all attendees of tonight’s State of the Union address to wear black and white lapel ribbons in honor of the Arizona shooting. Such a symbolic attempt at civility did not make Rush Limbaugh too happy.

The bipartisan letter, read by Rush, suggested wearing the Tucson Memorial Ribbon “as a symbol of solidarity with the community and the nation.” The significance of the colors is also explained:

The white ribbon represents hope for a peaceful, nonviolent society. The black ribbon is in remembrance of all who have died and been wounded as a result of violence.

Rush humorously thought that in the new era of civility maybe tonight Democrats and Republicans will also join in a sing-a-long of such musical hits like Ebony and Ivory, Imagine or We Are The World. Then Rush ridiculed the ribbon as the “Civility Ribbon” or “RINO Ribbon” and pondered why the ribbon was not blue and red instead.

Most surprising is that Rush’s criticism here was relatively tame, especially given that it’s not too hard to imagine him really getting angry over the decision to randomly make the ribbon black and white. Maybe softer jabs is Rush’s version of a new civility?

Listen to the clip from The Rush Limbaugh Show below:

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