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Rush Limbaugh in May 2009 Sandra Fluke on May 4, 2013. The Rush Limbaugh–Sandra Fluke controversy began on February 29, 2012, when American conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh's broadcast remarks about contraceptive mandates which included statements labeling Georgetown University Law Center student Sandra Fluke as a "slut" and "prostitute".
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (/ ˈ l ɪ m b ɔː / LIM-baw; January 12, 1951 – February 17, 2021) was an American conservative political commentator who was the host of The Rush Limbaugh Show, which first aired in 1984 and was nationally syndicated on AM and FM radio stations from 1988 until his death in 2021.
"I wasn't going to be silenced," Sandra Fluke said of the 2012 attacks by the late conservative shock jock that changed her career.
Rush Limbaugh, the show's founder and original host, in 2019. The Rush Limbaugh Show had a format that it retained until Limbaugh's death. The program aired live and consisted primarily of Limbaugh's monologues, based on the news of the day, interspersed with parody ads, phone calls from listeners, and a variety of recurring comedy bits (some live, some taped).
Rush Limbaugh, the far-right conservative commentator and radio host, derided former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, calling him a leaker and a creation of wealthy GOP donors.
One boycott campaign was instigated during the Rush Limbaugh–Sandra Fluke controversy that spanned from February to March 2012, in which Rush Limbaugh made comments against a Georgetown University Law student, Sandra Fluke, who had been active advocating for including birth control in government-mandated health insurance even when the payer ...
Rush Limbaugh, left, and Geraldo Rivera. Rivera, a 77-year-old Brooklyn native who lives in the red state of Ohio, wondered how Limbaugh could say that he doesn’t know how New Yorkers think and ...
Sandra Fluke reading a prepared statement for U.S. Congressional testimony, February 16, 2012. While a law student at Georgetown, Fluke was invited by Democrats to speak at a February 2012 hearing by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on new Administration rules concerning the Conscience Clause exceptions in healthcare associated with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care ...