‘This Was Payback’: Limbaugh Defends Trump Against Daily Beast Report

Rush Limbaugh defended Donald Trump today against The Daily Beast’s explosive report by calling it “payback” and “drive-by journalism.”

The report brought up an old allegation from Trump’s ex-wife Ivana Trump that he raped her (an allegation she later walked back), though the bigger story out of that report was Trump attorney Michael Cohen saying that “by the very definition, you can’t rape your spouse” (which he later walked back).

Limbaugh focused on the Daily Beast piece itself, playing a clip of reporter Tim Mak saying they looked into the story in the first place because of how vocal Trump had been about Mexican immigrant “rapists.”

Limbaugh said that’s a clear indication of the media scrambling around to find anything to attack Republicans with.

“You show up, you lob a grenade, and you head on down the road,” he said. “You take some accolades from your buddies at CBS or CNN, and then move on down the road waiting to throw the next grenade someplace.”

Listen to the audio below, via The Rush Limbaugh Show:

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