{"id":5336,"date":"2015-09-18T16:52:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T16:52:54","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-09-18T16:52:54","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T16:52:54","slug":"trump_declines_to_defend_obama_s_christianity_out_of_deference_to_mrs_clinton_who_did_it_first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2015\/09\/18\/trump_declines_to_defend_obama_s_christianity_out_of_deference_to_mrs_clinton_who_did_it_first\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Declines to Defend Obama\u2019s Christianity Out of Deference to Mrs. Clinton &#8212; Who Did It First"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/\/videos\/37\/67862\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg\" alt=\"Listen to it Button\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Before we go to the phones we have a guy from Miami on the phone. Grab audio sound bite number three, \u2019cause he\u2019s calling about this.  Last night in Rochester, New Hampshire, Q&amp;A, an unidentified audience member and Trump had this exchange&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>MAN:  Okay, we have a problem in this country.  It\u2019s called Muslims.  We know our current president is one.<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP: Right.<\/p>\n<p>MAN: You know, he\u2019s not even an American.<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP:  We need this question! (laughing) This is the first question! (laughing)<\/p>\n<p>AUDIENCE: (laughing)<\/p>\n<p>MAN:  But, anyway, we have training camps growing where they want to kill us.  That\u2019s my question.<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP:  We\u2019re gonna be looking at a lot of different things and, you know, a lot of people are saying that and a lot of people are saying that bad things are happening out there.  We\u2019re gonna be looking at that and plenty of other things.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MRC TV video player\" width=\"585\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mrctv.org\/embed\/139316\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Okay.  So now there is a cacophony all across the American media because Trump did not correct the guy. He did not protect Obama, didn\u2019t shield Obama, didn\u2019t correct the guy.  And they\u2019re very, very upset about this.  Let\u2019s go back and listen to how McCain dealt with something like this.  Let\u2019s go back October 10, 2008.  This was in Lakeville, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>WOMAN:  I gotta ask you a question.  I do not, uh, believe in&#8230; I can\u2019t trust Obama.  I have read about him, and he\u2019s not &#8212; he\u2019s not &#8212; he\u2019s a &#8212; he\u2019s an Arab.  He is not &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>AUDIENCE: (laughing)<\/p>\n<p>MCCAIN:  No, ma\u2019am.<\/p>\n<p>WOMAN: No?<\/p>\n<p>MCCAIN: No, ma\u2019am.  He\u2019s a &#8212; he\u2019s &#8212; a he\u2019s a decent family man.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Right. (impression) &#8220;He\u2019s a decent family man!  In fact, he\u2019s smarter. It\u2019s smarter to vote for him than vote for me! He\u2019s a decent guy.  Yeah.&#8221;  That\u2019s how we do it.  That\u2019s how we seek the approval of the Drive-By Media, and they loved McCain for that.  Last night on CNN Anderson Cooper 360 after playing a clip of that exchange between Trump and the campaign rally guy you just heard, Anderson Cooper weighed in.<\/p>\n<p><img id=\"eZObject_111188\" class=\"alignright\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/COOP_medium.jpg\"\/><BR\/>COOPER:  He could have at that point said, &#8220;You know what?  Muslims in America are not the problem.  You know, by and large the Muslim population in America is well assimilated and are Americans just like anybody else.  We\u2019re supporting Muslim regimes around the world.  We have our soldiers and Marines who have fought and died to help Muslims around the world.&#8221;  He could have said all of that, and that\u2019s&#8230; I\u2019m imagining he wishes he possibly said that.<\/line><\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Same show, David &#8220;Rodham&#8221; Gergen was on.  Anderson Cooper said, David &#8220;Rodham&#8221; Gergen, &#8220;Is it the responsibility of a leader like Trump to actually say something like that when one of their [stupid] supporters pipes up?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>GERGEN:  It\u2019s the responsibility of the leader to push back against prejudice.  That question was heavily laden with prejudice.  Anderson, the presidency of the United States is not only the most powerful position in the world, but it also carries with it a certain moral responsibility toward the health of a society.  And if you\u2019re going to be a serious campaign for president, you\u2019ve gotta step up to that responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Chris Christie stepped up on the Today show today, interviewed by Matt Lauer.  Question: Does Mr. Trump need to apologize to the president and to Muslims out there?<\/p>\n<p><img id=\"eZObject_111189\" class=\"alignright\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/CCT_medium.jpg\"\/><BR\/>CHRISTIE:  He\u2019s gotta decide what he wants to do for himself. But I will just tell you that if somebody at one of my town hall meetings said something like that, I would correct them and say, &#8220;No, the president\u2019s a Christian, and he was born in this country.&#8221;  Those two things are self-evident, and I wouldn\u2019t have permitted that if someone brought that up at a town hall meeting of mine I would have said, &#8220;No, listen, before we answer, let\u2019s clear up some things up for the rest of the audience,&#8221; and I think you have an obligation as a leader to do that.<\/line><\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Now we go to Aben in Miami, Florida.  Hi.  Welcome to the program.  Great to have you.  Hello.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Thank you, Rush.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  You bet.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Yeah, well, my take on all that is, since when is it Trump\u2019s obligation or duty to certify Obama\u2019s religion?  He couldn\u2019t do it if he wanted to.  He\u2019s not with him when he prays.  He\u2019s not in his head.  And no one can confirm or deny anyone else\u2019s religion. So I just disagree with all of those other pundits and politicians saying that.<\/p>\n<p><img id=\"eZObject_111173\" class=\"aligncenter\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hill-As-Far-As-I-Know-2.jpg\"\/><BR\/>RUSH:  Well, you know, you got Hillary Clinton the same thing. I have a story here from the Daily Caller. This is February 21, 2015: &#8220;In March 2008, as she was vying for the Democratic presidential nomination, Clinton was asked by 60 Minutes Steve Kroft whether she believed Obama was a Muslim. Clinton initially answered in the negative, but seemed to pull back at the end. &#8216;You don\u2019t believe that Senator Obama\u2019s a Muslim?\u2019 Kroft asked. &#8216;Of course not. I mean, that\u2019s, you know, there is no basis for that. &#8230; No. No, there is nothing to base that on,\u2019 Clinton said, adding, &#8216;As far as I know.'&#8221;<\/line><\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Well, I mean, the correct way to say this, &#8220;How would I know?&#8221;  Nothing else.  Because we don\u2019t know.  Nobody knows to say, &#8220;I don\u2019t know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  But but but but but but but, the media people say that we should defend Obama \u2019cause Obama has said he\u2019s a Christian. So if we\u2019re not gonna call him a liar, then that\u2019s what\u2019s on the record.  Obama says he\u2019s a Christian.  He has never said he\u2019s a Muslim or Islamist, so that\u2019s what everybody has to go on, and given that the theory is that Trump should have corrected the audience member.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Right.  And now we have to vouch for his honesty as well as his religion.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Well, that\u2019s exactly the way McCain did it.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Yeah, I know.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  You know the drill.  Exactly.  This is how the media plays the game. <\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Exactly.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  They get to referee whether we\u2019re reprobates or not.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  That\u2019s right and people take the bait all the time.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Right.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Just be very honest.  How do I know?<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Now, Trump\u2019s out there saying &#8212; what do you think of this &#8212; Trump is saying, &#8220;Well, I wasn\u2019t quite sure what the guy was asking me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Well, I was watching when that happened, and I actually just liked his reaction, \u2019cause what he did is he just turned his head to the side, I get this on my first question, and then he let the guy go on, so that was the &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  This is the thing. <\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  You know, kind of funny.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  No, no.  She, Aben here, the caller and a lot of other people, have the same &#8212; it\u2019s not whether Obama\u2019s a Muslim or not.  It\u2019s why should we defend the guy?  The answer is, &#8220;How do I know what he is?&#8221;  &#8220;Well, he said.&#8221;  &#8220;Well, how do I know?&#8221;  It\u2019s exactly what she said, &#8220;How do I know what he is?  It\u2019s not my job to proclaim him something or not.&#8221;  So the agenda here is once again to embarrass or to stigmatize a conservative.  It\u2019s another area where Trump distances himself and does not play according to the political correctness rules, which always redounds to his benefit.  Thank you for the call, Aben.  <\/p>\n<p>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  You will not believe &#8212; and by the way, don\u2019t turn it on.  You don\u2019t need to turn it on.  I\u2019ve got it on.  I can tell you everything that\u2019s gonna happen that you need to know.  CNN and Fox News are both carrying a portion of a Hillary Clinton press conference in which she is suggesting that Trump apologize to Obama for not defending Obama\u2019s religious honor in the face of the bigoted, prejudiced question from the Trump supporter in New Hampshire last night. <\/p>\n<p>And now Fox is discussing how it\u2019s properly handled, with Joe Trippi, a Democrat consultant.  He needs to do what McCain did. He needs to follow the advice of Senator Lindsey Graham.  Hillary is addressing the media about this, and they\u2019re labeling this on CNN: &#8220;Latest Trump Controversy.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Greetings, and welcome back, Rush Limbaugh, EIB Network, Open Line Friday, 800-282-2882, and e-mail address, ElRushbo@eibnet.com. <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what this is all about.  Grab audio sound bite number three.  This is what this is all about.  This happened last night at a Trump campaign event.<\/p>\n<p><img id=\"eZObject_111186\" class=\"alignright\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/TrumpGuy_large.jpg\"\/><BR\/>MAN:  Okay, we have a problem in this country.  It\u2019s called Muslims.  We know our current president is one.<\/line><\/p>\n<p>TRUMP: Right.<\/p>\n<p>MAN: You know, he\u2019s not even an American.<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP:  We need this question! (laughing) This is the first question! (laughing)<\/p>\n<p>AUDIENCE: (laughing)<\/p>\n<p>MAN:  But, anyway, we have training camps growing where they want to kill us.  That\u2019s my question.<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP:  We\u2019re gonna be looking at a lot of different things and, you know, a lot of people are saying that and a lot of people are saying that bad things are happening out there.  We\u2019re gonna be looking at that and plenty of other things.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Okay, so apparently that was such an egregious thing to do that Mrs. Clinton called a press availability. She\u2019s addressing the media now, demanding that Trump apologize.  (imitating Hillary) &#8220;I really hope he does,&#8221; she said, &#8220;I really hope he does. We need to get back in this campaign to discussing issues, and not personalities, and it would be a great opportunity for Mr. Trump to deflect this and keep his campaign focused on the things he wants it focused on and not things like this.&#8221;  She\u2019s really being helpful.  Hillary Clinton being real helpful.  Fox and CNN both carried, I assume MSNBC did, too. <\/p>\n<p>Did they break into soap operas on the broadcast nets to carry this?  We don\u2019t know that.  It wouldn\u2019t surprise me if they did.  So the latest Trump controversy is that Trump had better apologize to Obama fast if he knows what\u2019s good for him.  Now, on the heels of this is a story at The Politico today that Trump has peaked, it\u2019s over. He\u2019s beginning to fade out. His Twitter mentions are way down. His name and common, ordinary everyday political discussion on the Web is way down.  His appearance at the debate was nothing special, just like any other guy there, seemed bored and out of it half the time they\u2019re saying, not cool. <\/p>\n<p>If any of that\u2019s true, you know, Mrs. Clinton and the media ganging up on the guy may cause there to be a miniature rebirth.  And of course all eyes will be on Trump now to see how he deals with this.  You know, if I were Trump I\u2019d go out there say, &#8220;I think President Obama is beautiful.&#8221;  I\u2019m just kidding, folks.  Just a little jocularity here on Open Line Friday. But because he didn\u2019t correct the guy asserting that Obama is a Muslim all hell has broken loose now.  And it really hasn\u2019t.  See, this is classic.  Nobody\u2019s really mad about this.  This is just the opportunity that they\u2019ve been waiting for. <\/p>\n<p><img id=\"eZObject_111202\" class=\"alignleft\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/485410320_large.jpg\"\/><BR\/>They thought Trump had stepped in it how many times before?  They\u2019re just trying to make this the instance where Trump steps in it and they can get rid of him.  Remember what I just said about the club.  The ruling class, the inside-the-Beltway elites, they don\u2019t want Trump in the club, and so they\u2019re doing everything they can here.  They\u2019re not mad. This is the thing that I think people misunderstand.  The media gets away with two things:  They act outraged when they\u2019re really not.  And then they act as though everybody in the country is outraged. <\/line><\/p>\n<p>Go back to the state of Indiana religious freedom law.  Remember that little inconsequential pizza shop that answered a probing question from a local reporterette saying, &#8220;No, we wouldn\u2019t serve pizza at a gay wedding reception.&#8221;  You would have thought the whole country wanted to storm Indiana, set the state on fire, and destroy that that little pizzeria.  They try to create this impression that everybody is as outraged as they are, when there isn\u2019t anywhere near the level of anger and outrage across the country as they\u2019re trying to portray. <\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re not even mad.  They\u2019re salivating, they\u2019re excited, &#8220;Oh, whoa, oh, look what we got. Trump stepped in it maybe.&#8221;  And they put everything in gear, everything in motion trying to make it so that this is Trump\u2019s Waterloo.  But they\u2019re not mad about this.  The anger that they may be portraying is faux, but it certainly isn\u2019t real.  And let\u2019s not forget this.  Mrs. Clinton is out there pontificating today on what Trump ought to do. <\/p>\n<p>Daily Caller has the details, February 21st, 2015.  Headline:  &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2015\/02\/21\/flashback-hillary-slammed-for-saying-obama-is-not-a-muslim-as-far-as-i-know\/\">Flashback: Hillary Slammed For Saying Obama Is Not A Muslim &#8216;As Far As I Know\u2019<\/a> &#8212; In March 2008, as she was vying for the Democratic presidential nomination, Clinton was asked by \u201960 Minutes\u2019 Steve Kroft whether she believed Obama was a Muslim. Clinton initially answered in the negative, but seemed to pull back at the end.  &#8216;You don\u00c2\u2019t believe that Senator Obama\u00c2\u2019s a Muslim?\u2019 Kroft asked. &#8216;Of course not. I mean, that\u00c2\u2019s, you know, there is no basis for that. You know, I take him on the basis of what he says. And, you know, there isn\u00c2\u2019t any reason to doubt that,\u2019 she answered. &#8216;You said you\u00c2\u2019d take Senator Obama at his word that he\u00c2\u2019s not a Muslim. You don\u00c2\u2019t believe that he\u00c2\u2019s a Muslim?\u2019 Kroft said. &#8216;No. No, there is nothing to base that on,\u2019 Clinton said, adding, &#8216;As far as I know.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, what is that?  To me that is far more egregious than not correcting a premise in a question.  Which, by the way, if you saw, Trump laughed at this guy asking the question.  This is weird here, folks, this &#8220;as far as I know.&#8221;  &#8220;Of course he\u2019s not a Muslim, as far as I know.&#8221;  And nobody jumped on her for that.  Here she is out here now as the referee getting to determine and tell Trump what he ought to do in order to fix this.  <\/p>\n<p>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Jeffrey Lord is on CNN making a brilliant point right now, folks.  Jeffrey Lord points out that he is an active member of the United Church of Christ.  That\u2019s the same church that Obama is a member of in Chicago, the same church that Reverend Wright\u2019s a preacher. And Mr. Lloyd reminds Wolf Blitzer here that Barack Obama sat in those pews for 20 years and listened to a bunch of hate-filled anti-Semitism from Reverend Wright, and who knows whatever the hell else, and never once corrected Reverend Wright, and never once demanded that Reverend Wright stop saying these hateful things. <\/p>\n<p>And then when it came time, he defended Reverend Wright and talked about how he could not throw Reverend Wright under the bus.  Barack Obama wants everybody in this country to believe that we have racism in our DNA.  Do not doubt that.  This man thinks this country was founded on racism, bigotry, and all these other things, and his mission is payback.  That\u2019s what his presidency has been about. <\/p>\n<p>As far as Mrs. Clinton is concerned, has she apologized to the parents of the men killed at Benghazi for her incompetence and for her lying about them about what happened?  I\u2019ll tell you what\u2019s happening.  The Democrats are setting a trap for Trump re this whole question of whether or not Obama\u2019s Christian or not, and it\u2019s to get Trump to backpedal.  That\u2019s the one thing that would hurt Trump is if he backpedals on anything. <\/p>\n<p>That would be Trump not being Trump, not sticking to his guns.  That\u2019s why I think if Trump\u2019s gonna react to this, he needs to go out there and he needs to appropriate this business that Jeff Lord just mentioned. &#8220;Hey, where\u2019s President Obama demanding that Reverend Wright stop with the anti-Semitism and the other hate? He heard it for 20 years, and he\u2019s still his preacher.&#8221; And, &#8220;Hillary Clinton, you\u2019re telling me I need to apologize?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Have you apologized to the parents of the men killed at Benghazi for your general incompetence?  President Obama, you got a kid who made a clock in Dallas coming to the White House.  You\u2019ve got the pope coming to the White House who\u2019s gleefully taking on America.  You haven\u2019t had the parents of Kate Steinle to the White House, Mr. President.&#8221; I\u2019d fire both barrels it all these people.  But I sure as heck would not backpedal.  Trump can\u2019t be held to account for somebody in his audience, anyway. <\/p>\n<p>Mike or somebody, see if we\u2019ve got a sound bite in our archives.  George Stephanopoulos&#8230; Obama\u2019s on a George Stephanopoulos show and he cites, quote, &#8220;my Muslim faith.&#8221;  He misspeaks.  He\u2019s rattling on about something and says, &#8220;My Muslim faith,&#8221; and Stephanopoulos gets all nervous and says, &#8220;Uh, uh, uh. You you you you you mean you mean Christian?&#8221;  &#8220;Uh, yeah, yeah! Right, right, right! Christian. Christian faith.&#8221;  I\u2019d get that ready to go. I\u2019d get all kinds of things. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"585\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XKGdkqfBICw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But now CNN is trying to say that Trump is ducking the issue now, and this is why.  There\u2019s a story here from CNN. Headline: &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/09\/18\/politics\/donald-trump-cancels-heritage-action-presidential-forum\/\">Trump Cancels South Carolina Trip<\/a>.&#8221;  From the article: &#8220;Just hours before he was expected to speak&#8230;&#8221; There\u2019s a presidential forum in South Carolina. &#8220;Just hours before he was expected to speak, GOP front-runner Donald Trump canceled a trip to South Carolina for the Heritage Action Presidential Forum because of a &#8216;significant business transaction\u2019 that is delayed, his campaign said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;He sends his regrets and looks forward to being with the great people of South Carolina,\u2019 the campaign said.  The cancellation comes as the billionaire businessman faces widespread criticism for failing to correct an audience member at one of his town hall meeting on Thursday, who falsely said President Barack Obama was a Muslim and not an American citizen.&#8221;  By the way, what is so wrong with being a Muslim?  What\u2019s so bad about that? Why is everybody saying, &#8220;No, no, no, no! He\u2019s not a Muslim!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Is there something wrong with being a Muslim?  Why do you have to make tracks correcting that?  I thought it\u2019d be an honor if you\u2019re a Muslim!  We do business with them, we defend them, we bomb other people for them.  What\u2019s the deal?  What\u2019s so embarrassing about being a Muslim, I wonder?  Anyway, the main thrust here of the CNN story is Trump did not cancel his South Carolina trip because of this. <\/p>\n<p>Long before this erupted, he announced the cancellation because there\u2019s a business deal that\u2019s supposed to have been solved by now but isn\u2019t, and he had to take care of it. CNN acknowledges that but the way the story is written makes it look like Trump is ducking the issue. &#8220;Trump doesn\u2019t challenge the claim Obama is a Muslim!&#8221;  Here\u2019s Mrs. Clinton.  Grab audio sound bite number 27.  This is Hillary.  This is from 60 Minutes back in March 2008, what I just read to you. <\/p>\n<p>Here this is in her own words.  This is Steve Kroft of 60 Minutes.<\/p>\n<p>HILLARY 2008:  Of course not.  I mean, that\u2019s&#8230; Y\u2019know, that&#8230; There is no basis for that. You know, I take him o-o-o-on the basis of what he says, and, y\u2019know, there isn\u2019t any reason to doubt that.<\/p>\n<p><img id=\"eZObject_111204\" class=\"alignright\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/470968388_large.jpg\"\/><BR\/>KROFT:  You said you take Senator Obama at his word that he\u2019s not a Muslim.<\/line><\/p>\n<p>HILLARY: Right! Right!<\/p>\n<p>KROFT: You don\u2019t believe that his a Muslim?<\/p>\n<p>HILLARY: No! No!<\/p>\n<p>KROFT: I mean or are implying, right?<\/p>\n<p>HILLARY:  Why would I?  There\u2019s no &#8212; no. There is nothing to &#8212; to base that on, as far as I know.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  &#8220;There\u2019s nothing to base that on, as far as I know.&#8221;  &#8220;There\u2019s nothing to base that on as far as I know.&#8221;  What if I were held to account for some of the things you people who call me say? That\u2019s what\u2019s going on. This is made to order. They\u2019ve been waiting for this, folks, and it\u2019s now timed here perfectly with the presumption that Carly Fiorina wiped the slate clean with the debate on Wednesday night, mopped the floor with everybody else. <\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve been wanting to get Trump from day one. <\/p>\n<p>They thought Trump stepped in it himself a number of times and it didn\u2019t happen. So this&#8230; You can see \u2019em now. They\u2019re just going into full speed, all gears, full ahead.  Left, right, 360, straight ahead to hit \u2019em, doing everything they can, marshaling everything they\u2019ve got.  And it\u2019s a trap.  Again, it\u2019s a trap for Trump to backpedal.  If he does that, then that\u2019s the worst thing he could do in the eyes of his supporters, and there\u2019s clear ammo for him to fire back at everybody involved here, including the Drive-Bys. <\/p>\n<p>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Take a look at this, folks.  The media\u2019s more worked up over something Trump did not say than Obama going out and playing golf right after ISIS had beheaded an American journalist, or all those Christians on the beach.  They\u2019re more angry over what Trump did not say than anything Obama has ever said or has done.  They\u2019re not mad! They haven\u2019t been mad about what happened at Benghazi.  They\u2019re not mad! They\u2019re not demanding that Obama explain himself on any of his policy failures. <\/p>\n<p>How about the boondoggle that\u2019s Obamacare? <\/p>\n<p>But they\u2019re all upset about Trump. By the way, if I might ask the question: Why is it Donald Trump\u2019s obligation to tell everybody who Barack Obama is?  Why isn\u2019t that Obama\u2019s responsibility?  There are a lot of people out there who believe it, and the polling data shows a lot of people think that he is Muslim.  Why is it not his responsibility to clarify this?  &#8220;Mr. Limbaugh, don\u2019t be silly!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>This is the voice of the New Castrati. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That would be so beneath the president of the United States! Do not demand this kind of thing, to speak to idiots like that. You can\u2019t.&#8221;  Then why is it Trump\u2019s obligation then, Mr. New Castrati?  You\u2019ve gotta understand what this is, folks.  I could tell you, according to a lot of polls out there&#8230; I\u2019ve seen them; you\u2019ve seen them. I don\u2019t know what the percentage is.  A sizable number of Americans still believe Obama\u2019s a Muslim. <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re still looking for that sound bite of Stephanopoulos, where Obama said &#8220;my Muslim faith&#8221; and Stephanopoulos had to correct him.  We\u2019re still looking for that.  (interruption) We have it? It\u2019s number 30?  I didn\u2019t say&#8230;? (interruption) Oh.  Okay, here it is.  Nobody told me it had been cut. Here it is.  Listen to this.  This happened on September 7, 2008 (seven years ago, folks) on This Week with George Stephanopoulos.  He said, &#8220;The McCain campaign never suggested you have Muslim connections.  John McCain said it\u2019s wrong.<\/p>\n<p><img id=\"eZObject_111192\" class=\"alignright\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/ObamaWright.jpg\"\/><BR\/>OBAMA:  Let\u2019s not play games.  What I was suggesting&#8230; You\u2019re absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith, and you\u2019re absolutely right that that is not &#8212;<\/line><\/p>\n<p>STEPHANOPOULOS:  Christian faith!<\/p>\n<p>OBAMA:  My Christian faith.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Okay, so, say what you want, Obama himself said it.  How many Americans might have heard that and still believed that it wasn\u2019t a slip of the tongue, that it was not a faux pas?  Want to listen to it again out there?  All right, here we go.  This is September 7, 2008, on This Week with George Stephanopoulos.  This is after McCain, said, &#8220;Sir! Sir, that\u2019s wrong! This man is an honorable American. He\u2019s a Christian. He\u2019s not a Muslim.  I don\u2019t want anybody in my audience speaking that way.  Got it?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>So they\u2019re talking about that, they\u2019re praising McCain for being filled with honor and so forth, and Stephy\u2019s pointing out to Obama, &#8220;McCain said that\u2019s wrong for people to call you a Muslim.&#8221;  (replaying of sound bite)  Right. Stephanopoulos says, &#8220;Christian faith! Christian faith!&#8221; Yes, yes, yes.  Make of that what you will.  But there\u2019s Barack Obama sitting at the United Church of Christ, 20 years there that Reverend Wright\u2019s the preacher.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;G&#8211;damn America! &#8230; America\u2019s chickeeeeeeeens are coming home to roost,&#8221; and all the stuff he said about Jewish people, the anti-Semitic stuff. Obama\u2019s never apologized. Obama\u2019s never demanding that Reverend Wright stop talking that way.  In fact, Obama said that he can\u2019t because of some racial fealty he has to observe.  Here\u2019s Sarah in Manhattan.  Welcome to the program.  Really glad you called.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER:  Hello.  Hi.  So I agree. Obviously they want to take [Trump] out, and I really, really want them to fail.  So I was trying to think how could he do&#8230;? How could he answer in a way that you so cleverly do, which is with a little humor and sarcasm and you throw people\u2019s words back at them.  So it occurred to me that it is very controversial to call ISIS Muslim.<\/p>\n<p>He says, &#8220;They\u2019re not Muslim.  This is not Islam,&#8221; even though they say they are.  So, if it is a minefield to question or discuss people\u2019s religion, I think perhaps Trump could just say, &#8220;I don\u2019t discuss that.  I don\u2019t know. Obama says that people who say they\u2019re Muslim aren\u2019t Muslim.  This man says that someone who says he\u2019s Christian isn\u2019t Christian.  I choose not to discuss people\u2019s religion.  I don\u2019t think that\u2019s important.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>RUSH:  Okay, well, if the Trump people are listening, they might factor that in.  It\u2019s along the lines of saying, &#8220;How would I know what he is?&#8221;  And the media say, &#8220;He said he\u2019s a Christian!&#8221; Okay, fine. Let\u2019s leave it at that, then.  I don\u2019t know.  It\u2019s not my job.  But she\u2019s right.  Obama has gone out of his way to try to tell people that ISIS is not Islam and they\u2019re not Muslims. Nah, he doesn\u2019t want anybody making that connection! Don\u2019t be confused.  They\u2019re not the same thing.  He\u2019s hell-bent on people thinking that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Before we go to the phones we have a guy from Miami on the phone. Grab audio sound bite number three, \u2019cause he\u2019s calling about this. Last night in Rochester, New Hampshire, Q&amp;A, an unidentified audience member and Trump had this exchange&#8230; MAN: Okay, we have a problem in this country. It\u2019s called Muslims. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump Declines to Defend Obama&#039;s Christianity Out of Deference to Mrs. Clinton - Who Did It First - The Rush Limbaugh Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2015\/09\/18\/trump_declines_to_defend_obama_s_christianity_out_of_deference_to_mrs_clinton_who_did_it_first\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Trump Declines to Defend Obama&#039;s Christianity Out of Deference to Mrs. Clinton - Who Did It First - The Rush Limbaugh Show\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"RUSH: Before we go to the phones we have a guy from Miami on the phone. Grab audio sound bite number three, \u2019cause he\u2019s calling about this. Last night in Rochester, New Hampshire, Q&amp;A, an unidentified audience member and Trump had this exchange&#8230; MAN: Okay, we have a problem in this country. It\u2019s called Muslims. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"GeorgePrayias\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"22 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"description\":\"Excellence In Broadcasting\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2015\/09\/18\/trump_declines_to_defend_obama_s_christianity_out_of_deference_to_mrs_clinton_who_did_it_first\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2015\/09\/18\/trump_declines_to_defend_obama_s_christianity_out_of_deference_to_mrs_clinton_who_did_it_first\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2015\/09\/18\/trump_declines_to_defend_obama_s_christianity_out_of_deference_to_mrs_clinton_who_did_it_first\/\",\"name\":\"Trump Declines to Defend Obama's Christianity Out of Deference to Mrs. Clinton - Who Did It First - The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2015\/09\/18\/trump_declines_to_defend_obama_s_christianity_out_of_deference_to_mrs_clinton_who_did_it_first\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-18T16:52:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-09-18T16:52:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9a33276eb9dc5b6d3f8218957f30e6b4\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2015\/09\/18\/trump_declines_to_defend_obama_s_christianity_out_of_deference_to_mrs_clinton_who_did_it_first\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2015\/09\/18\/trump_declines_to_defend_obama_s_christianity_out_of_deference_to_mrs_clinton_who_did_it_first\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2015\/09\/18\/trump_declines_to_defend_obama_s_christianity_out_of_deference_to_mrs_clinton_who_did_it_first\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Trump Declines to Defend Obama\\u2019s Christianity Out of Deference to Mrs. Clinton &#8212; Who Did It First\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9a33276eb9dc5b6d3f8218957f30e6b4\",\"name\":\"GeorgePrayias\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d290ab65e2eaca3719268528f83b85bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d290ab65e2eaca3719268528f83b85bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"GeorgePrayias\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/GeorgePrayias\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Trump Declines to Defend Obama's Christianity Out of Deference to Mrs. Clinton - Who Did It First - The Rush Limbaugh Show","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2015\/09\/18\/trump_declines_to_defend_obama_s_christianity_out_of_deference_to_mrs_clinton_who_did_it_first\/","twitter_card":"summary","twitter_title":"Trump Declines to Defend Obama's Christianity Out of Deference to Mrs. Clinton - Who Did It First - The Rush Limbaugh Show","twitter_description":"RUSH: Before we go to the phones we have a guy from Miami on the phone. Grab audio sound bite number three, \u2019cause he\u2019s calling about this. Last night in Rochester, New Hampshire, Q&amp;A, an unidentified audience member and Trump had this exchange&#8230; MAN: Okay, we have a problem in this country. It\u2019s called Muslims. [&hellip;]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"GeorgePrayias","Est. reading time":"22 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/","name":"The Rush Limbaugh Show","description":"Excellence In Broadcasting","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2015\/09\/18\/trump_declines_to_defend_obama_s_christianity_out_of_deference_to_mrs_clinton_who_did_it_first\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2015\/09\/18\/trump_declines_to_defend_obama_s_christianity_out_of_deference_to_mrs_clinton_who_did_it_first\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2015\/09\/18\/trump_declines_to_defend_obama_s_christianity_out_of_deference_to_mrs_clinton_who_did_it_first\/","name":"Trump Declines to Defend Obama's Christianity Out of Deference to Mrs. Clinton - Who Did It First - The Rush Limbaugh Show","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2015\/09\/18\/trump_declines_to_defend_obama_s_christianity_out_of_deference_to_mrs_clinton_who_did_it_first\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2015-09-18T16:52:54+00:00","dateModified":"2015-09-18T16:52:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9a33276eb9dc5b6d3f8218957f30e6b4"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2015\/09\/18\/trump_declines_to_defend_obama_s_christianity_out_of_deference_to_mrs_clinton_who_did_it_first\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2015\/09\/18\/trump_declines_to_defend_obama_s_christianity_out_of_deference_to_mrs_clinton_who_did_it_first\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2015\/09\/18\/trump_declines_to_defend_obama_s_christianity_out_of_deference_to_mrs_clinton_who_did_it_first\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Trump Declines to Defend Obama\u2019s Christianity Out of Deference to Mrs. Clinton &#8212; Who Did It First"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9a33276eb9dc5b6d3f8218957f30e6b4","name":"GeorgePrayias","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d290ab65e2eaca3719268528f83b85bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d290ab65e2eaca3719268528f83b85bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"GeorgePrayias"},"url":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/GeorgePrayias\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5336"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}