PoliticMO: Limbaugh: Joplin visit will “grow the Republican party”
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JOPLIN, Mo. – Conservative talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh announced Friday that he will visit Joplin on the Fourth of July to deliver a truckload of his new brand of tea. His trip will take him to the City of Joplin’s annual Independence Day celebration, in a community recovering from the most deadly tornado in half a century.
Limbaugh made the decision after creating an online poll in which listeners voted for which city they thought he should visit. With Limbaugh comes politics, and that is no different on his trip to the disaster zone.
“I’m gonna tell you something else is gonna happen at Landreth Park in Joplin on Monday night: We’re gonna grow the Republican Party. It’s a Fourth of July celebration. We have the Harvard survey from yesterday: Fourth of July parades breed Republicans. Young kids at Fourth of July parties tend to end up being Republican. Fourth of July celebrations do not have any patriotic impact on Democrats,” Limbaugh told his radio audience on Friday.
He continued, “You Democrats, you can try to throw cold water all you want on what we’re doing Monday night in Joplin, but I just want to remind you what’s actually happening Monday night in Joplin, Missouri. Not only the continuing rebirth of a great community, and not only the joining of people coming together for a singular purpose (well, actually multipurpose) but we’re also growing the conservative movement.”
Limbaugh also said, “It’s a miniature ‘Rush to Excellence Tour’ stop for us.”
A city official told PoliticMo Friday the event as planned was intended to be nonpartisan. Asked about the political nature of Limbaugh, the city official said they planned to contact the local radio station who says they are hosting Limbaugh, hoping to remind the radio host, “that’s not what this is about.”
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