MSNBC host Joy Reid claimed Wednesday night that conservative talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh "used" his longtime producer to get away with saying "racist" things. RUSH LIMBAUGH, CONSERVATIVE TALK RADIO PIONEER, DEAD AT 70"[Limbaugh] used his Black sidekick as a cover to do like that kind of outright racist stuff," Reid said. MEDIA BASHES RUSH LIMBAUGH IN OBITUARIES AS 'BIGOTED' 'PROVOCATEUR' WHO 'HIJACKED THE GOP'"You should be ashamed of yourself for spreading these horrible lies," Snerdley reacted. The New York Times also raised eyebrows with its obituary of Limbaugh, which suggested that Snerdley was not a real person. "Rush Limbaugh: Thank you for your decades of tireless devotion to our country," President Trump said during the address.

Source: Fox News February 18, 2021 04:18 UTC