{"id":401201,"date":"2021-06-10T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T19:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=401201"},"modified":"2021-06-11T14:14:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T18:14:50","slug":"sean-hannity-on-the-night-rush-got-the-medal-of-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2021\/06\/10\/sean-hannity-on-the-night-rush-got-the-medal-of-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Hannity on the Night Rush Received the Medal of Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BRETT: There is an incredible story to be heard in the latest episode of the podcast series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1119-rush-limbaugh-the-man-beh-81488209\/\">Rush Limbaugh: The Man Behind the Golden EIB Microphone<\/a>. Sean Hannity is speaking with our Bo Snerdley, the host of the series of stories of what happened behind the scenes here on the EIB Network. Here\u2019s just a short example of Bo, or James Golden, talking with Sean.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1119-rush-limbaugh-the-man-beh-81488209\/episode\/highest-civilian-honor-83475577\/?embed=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>JAMES: Sean, I was in my garage, and I get a phone call, and my phone says, &#8220;Sean Hannity.&#8221; Uh, okay. And Sean Hannity says to me, &#8220;Listen, I don\u2019t know what your plans are tonight. I don\u2019t know what you\u2019re doing, but whatever you\u2019re doing, you have to watch President Trump\u2019s address to the nation tonight. And I can\u2019t tell you why.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SEAN: Mmm-hmm.<\/p>\n<p>JAMES: &#8220;But you have to watch it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SEAN: True story.<\/p>\n<p>JAMES: Yeah, and I\u2019m like, &#8220;Wooow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-335867\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/APP-020520-Rush-Presidential-Medal-Of-Freedom-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/APP-020520-Rush-Presidential-Medal-Of-Freedom-003.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/APP-020520-Rush-Presidential-Medal-Of-Freedom-003-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SEAN: I called you, I called Cookie, everybody that needed to know. I said, &#8220;Do not miss it,&#8221; in other words, &#8220;I didn\u2019t want you to miss it live,&#8221; and this is the Medal of Freedom.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP: Rush Limbaugh, thank you &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>CONGRESS: (wild cheers and applause)<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT TRUMP: &#8212; for your decades of tireless devotion to our country.<\/p>\n<p>CONGRESS: (sustained applause)<\/p>\n<p>BRETT: And they\u2019re talking about last year\u2019s State of the Union Address by President Trump, of course, when Rush received the Medal of Freedom award. Now, how did Sean Hannity know about it before many of us did? Well, it\u2019s worth your time to download and listen to this podcast, Rush Limbaugh: The Man Behind the Golden EIB Microphone. It\u2019s sponsored by both the <a href=\"https:\/\/tunnel2towers.org\/\">Tunnel to Towers Foundation<\/a> and of course <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mypillow.com\/\">MyPillow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t2t.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-393993 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SMALL-Tunnel-to-Towers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mypillow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-393992 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SMALL-My-Pillow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEAN: I called you, I called Cookie, everybody that needed to know. 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