Guilty by Reason of Insanity

by David Limbaugh

  18. Ken Meyer, “Harry Reid Says Trump is ‘Amoral’, Compares Him to Mobsters Who Shoot People ‘In the Head,’ ” Mediaite, January 2, 2019, https://www.mediaite.com/online/harry-reid-says-trump-is-amoral-compares-him-to-mobsters-who-shoot-people-in-the-head/.

  19. Chris Cillizza, “Harry Reid Lied About Mitt Romney’s Taxes. He’s Still Not Sorry,” Washington Post, September 15, 2016.

  20. Robert Reich, “State of Disunion: Democrats Must Not Give in to Trump’s Hateful Speech,” The Guardian, February 4, 2019.

  21. Steve Cortes, “Trump Didn’t Call Neo-Nazis ‘Fine People’ in Charlottesville. Here’s Proof,” RealClearPolitics, March 21,2019, https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/03/21/trump_didnt_call_neo-nazis_fine_people_heres_proof_139815.html.

  22. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex (@AOC), “The President defended Neo-Nazis who murdered a woman in Charlottesville. The Dept of Justice sued him for not renting to Black tenants. He launched his campaign by called Mexicans ‘rapists.’ He banned Muslims. The President is racist. And that should make you uncomfortable,” Twitter, January 8, 2019, 2:05 p.m., https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1082760135359905793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1082760135359905793&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fhomenews%2Fhouse%2F424435-ocasio-cortez-trump-is-racist-and-that-should-make-you-uncomfortable.

  23. Tim Hains, “Carl Bernstein: Border Wall Is a Symbol That Says ‘Brown People, We Don’t Want You,’ ” RealClearPolitics, January 8, 2019, https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/01/08/carl_bernstein_border_wall_is_a_symbol_that_says_brown_people_we_dont_want_you.html.

  24. Ryan Foley, “MSNBC’s Hayes: Trump’s Base Wants ‘an Ethnically Pure America,’ ” NewsBusters, Janurary 12, 2019, https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/ryan-foley/2019/01/12/msnbcs-hayes-trumps-base-wants-ethnically-pure-america.

  25. David Marcus, “Does AOC Have Any Basis for Smearing Trump as an Anti-Semite?” The Federalist, January 21, 2019, https://thefederalist.com/2019/01/21/does-aoc-have-any-basis-for-smearing-trump-as-an-anti-semite/.

  26. Chris Enloe, “House Democrat Admits ‘Sole Focus’ Is Unseating President Trump, Not Legislative Accomplishments,” The Blaze, April 28, 2019, https://www.theblaze.com/news/house-democrat-sole-focus-unseat-trump.

  27. Mark Hensch, “Comey Farewell: ‘A President Can Fire an FBI Director for Any Reason,’ ” The Hill, May 10, 2017.

  28. Byron York, “What, Precisely, Do Democrats Want to Impeach Trump For?” Washington Examiner, January 6, 2019.

  29. Tim Hains, “Rep. Al Green: ‘I’m Concerned If We Don’t Impeach This President, He Will Get Re-Elected,” RealClearPolitics, May 6, 2019, https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/05/06/al_green_im_concerned_if_we_dont_impeach_this_president_he_will_get_re-elected.html.

  30. Ryan Bort, “Rep. Rashida Tlaib Calls Trump a ‘Motherf-cker’ White Promising Impeachment,” Rolling Stone, January 4, 2019.

  31. Joe Concha, “Joy Behar Defends Freshman Dem’s Impeachment Remarks: ‘I Identify with Her,” The Hill, January 4, 2019.

  32. Concha, “Joy Behar Defends Freshman Dem’s Impeachment Remarks: ‘I Identify with Her.’ ”

  33. Brian Flood, “Joy Behar: Media Jumped Gun on Covington Video Because ‘We’re Desperate to Get Trump Out of Office,” Fox News, January 23, 2019, https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/joy-behar-media-jumped-gun-on-covington-video-because-were-desperate-to-get-trump-out-of-office.

  34. Brian Flood, “Joy Behar’s Joyless 2018: ‘The View’ Star’s Most over-the-Top-Anti-Trumpiness of the Year,” Fox News, December 19, 2018, https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/the-view-star-joy-behars-anti-trump-statements-of-2018.

  35. Brian Flood, “Melania Trump Rep Slams ‘The View’ for ‘Shameful’ Body Double Segment,” Fox News, March 12, 2019, https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/melania-trump-rep-slams-the-view-for-shameful-body-double-segment.

  36. “I’d Like to Punch Him in the Face,” Washington Post, October 25, 2016.

  37. Alicia Melville-Smith, “Robert De Niro Calls Trump an ‘Idiot’ and a ‘National Disaster,” Buzzfeed, October 8, 2016, https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/aliciamelvillesmith/robert-de-niro-calls-trump-a-pig-a-bozo-and-a-bullshit-artis.

  38. Rebecca Rubin, “Robert De Niro Says ‘F—- Trump’ at Tony Awards, Gets Standing Ovation,” Variety, June 10, 2018.

  39. Damian Jones, “Robert De Niro Hits Out at Donald Trump Again,” NME, April 5, 2018, https://www.nme.com/news/film/robert-de-niro-hits-out-at-donald-trump-again-2283192.

  40. Kelsey Harkness, “Art Exhibit Invites People to Throw Trash at Ivanka Trump Lookalike,” The Federalist, February 4, 2019, https://thefederalist.com/2019/02/04/art-exhibit-invites-people-throw-trash-vacuuming-ivanka-trump-lookalike/.

  41. Julio Rosas, “More Patriots Players Say They Won’t Visit the White House If Invited: ‘I Highly Doubt it,’ ” Mediaite, February 5, 2019, https://www.mediaite.com/online/more-patriots-players-say-they-wont-visit-the-white-house-if-invited-i-highly-doubt-it/.

  42. Emily Zanotti, “SAD: Harry Potter Actor Won’t Root for Tom Brady in the Super Bowl over Trump Hat,” Daily Wire, January 27, 2019, https://www.dailywire.com/news/42697/sad-harry-potter-actor-wont-root-tom-brady-super-emily-zanotti.

  43. Andrew Mark Miller, “Girl Who Bragged about Berating Man with MAGA Hat Doesn’t Understand Why People Are Upset with Her,” Diamond and Silk, April 30, 2019, https://www.diamondandsilk.com/blog/2019/04/30/girl-who-bragged-about-berating-man-with-maga-hat-doesnt-understand-why-people-are-upset-with-her-4/.

  44. “Alabama Abortion Law: Jim Carrey Paints Portrait of Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey Being Aborted,” AL.com, May 20, 2019, https://www.al.com/news/2019/05/alabama-abortion-law-jim-carrey-paints-controversial-portrait-of-alabama-gov-kay-ivey.html.

  45. James Barrett, “Jim Carrey Targets Trump Admin Women in More Bizarre & Bitter Posts,” Daily Wire, December 28, 2018, https://www.dailywire.com/news/39745/jim-carrey-targets-trump-admin-women-more-bizarre-james-barrett.

  46. Lee Moran, “Jim Carrey Shares Cartoon Theory of Devolution about Donald Trump’s Supporters,” HuffPost, January 5, 2019, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jim-carrey-donald-trump-supporters_n_5c30571ee4b0bcb4c25bdcb4.

  47. John Bowden, “Mark Hamill Says Darth Vader Better Than Trump: ‘He Saw the Error of His Ways’,” The Hill, December 27, 2018.

  48. Zachary Leeman, “Chelsea Handler Says Trump Supporters Don’t Care That He Is a ‘Criminal’,” LifeZette, March 5, 2019, https://www.lifezette.com/2019/03/chelsea-handler-says-trump-supporters-dont-care-that-he-is-a-criminal/.

  49. Jessica Chasmar, “Chelsea Handler Says Trump Election Drove Her to Therapy: ‘I Had a Midlife Identity Crisis,” Washington Times, April 8, 2019.

  50. Hillary Lewis, “Meryl Streep on Why People ‘Should Be Afraid’ of Trump,” Hollywood Reporter, December 9, 2018.

  51. “Maher: ‘Trump Is Holding This Country Hostage, You Don’t Deal with Terrorists,’ ” CNS News, January 20, 2019, https://www.cnsnews.com/video/maher-trump-holding-country-hostage-you-dont-deal-terrorists.

  52. Alex Rogers, “Democratic Leaders Dig in on Wall Fight: ‘Trump Must Stop Holding the American People Hostage,’ ” CNN Politics, January 9, 2019, https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/08/politics/democratic-response-trump-speech-pelosi-schumer/index.html.

  53. Scott Whitlock, “MSNBC Dismisses Trump’s ‘Immigrant Crime Stuff’ ‘Scam’ Speech,” NewsBusters, January 8, 2019, https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2019/01/08/msnbc-dismisses-trumps-immigrant-crime-stuff-scam-speech.

  54. “Menendez: Trump ‘Lies’ and Plays ‘Fast’ with ‘Half-Truths’ About the Border,” Grabien, January 8, 2019, https://grabien.com/story.php?id=216149.

  55. Josh Feldman, “Chuck Todd Previews Trump Address: POTUS ‘Manufactured One Heck of a Political Crisis for Himself,’ ” Mediaite, January 8, 2019, https://www.mediaite.com/tv/chuck-todd-previews-trump-address-potus-manufactured-one-heck-of-a-political-crisis-for-himself/.
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br />   56. “Rep. Clarke on the Shutdown: Trump ‘Has Fashioned Himself After a Banana Republic Dictator, a Con Man,’ ” Grabien, January 8, 2019, https://grabien.com/story.php?id=216153.

  57. Greg Price, “Peter Strzok Was Asked ‘What Does Trump Support Smell Like?’ and If They’re ‘Hillbillies’ During Wild House Hearing,” Newsweek, July 12, 2018.

  58. Kristine Phillips, “Politico Reporter Apologizes for Calling CNN Haters at Trump Rally ‘Garbage People’ with Bad Teeth,” Washington Post, August 2, 2018.

  59. Hank Berrien, “WATCH: Kimmel Mocks Donors to GoFundMe Page for Border Wall: ‘Dopey People… These People Are Dipping into Their Meth Money for This,’ ” Daily Wire, December 21, 2018, https://www.dailywire.com/news/39610/watch-kimmel-mocks-donors-gofundme-page-border-hank-berrien.

  60. Kevin Williamson, “Why Outrage Over Sean Spicer’s Casting on Dancing with the Stars Is a Double Standard,” New York Post, August 24, 2019.

  61. Jennifer Epstein, “Immigration Groups Ask Fortune 500 CEOs to Blacklist Trump Aides,” Bloomberg, April 5, 2019, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-05/immigration-groups-ask-fortune-500-ceos-to-blacklist-trump-aides.

  62. Alex Parker, “ ‘Hail Satan’: Satanists Fight Trump, & Satanic Temple Founder Says He’s Comin’ For All You Theocrats,” RedState, March 9, 2019, https://www.redstate.com/alexparker/2019/03/09/lucien-greaves-penny-lane-indiewire-hail-satan-interview-donald-trump-theocracy-theocratic-right/.

  CHAPTER FIFTEEN

  1. Rich Noyes, “Networks Trashed Trump with 90% Negative Spin in 2018, But Did It Matter?” NewsBusters, January 15, 2019, https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2019/01/15/networks-trashed-trump-90-negative-spin-2018-did-it-matter.

  2. Bill D’Agostino, “Networks: 2,201 Minutes on Russia Scandal, Zero for No Collusion Report,” NewsBusters, February 14, 2019, https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/bill-dagostino/2019/02/14/networks-2202-minutes-russia-scandal-zero-no-collusion-report.

  3. Kristine Marsh, “CNN’s Navarro Tells Fed Workers: Rack Up Bills at Trump Hotels, Refuse to Pay,” NewsBusters, January 25, 2019, https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kristine-marsh/2019/01/25/cnns-navarro-tells-fed-workers-rack-bills-trump-hotels-and-refuse.

  4. John Cage, “Boston Globe Writer Urgers Waiters to ‘Tamper’ with Food of Republicans,” Washington Examiner, April 12, 2019.

  5. Victor Morton, “Donald Trump Jr. Condemns Jemele Hill over ‘Getcho Hand out My Pocket’ State of the Union Tweet,” Washington Times, February 6, 2019.

  6. Brent Bozell and Tim Graham, “These Boots Are Made for Double Standards,” Townhall, December 28, 2018, https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2018/12/28/these-boots-are-made-for-double-standards-n2538154.

  7. Devan Cole, “Michelle Obama on 2017 Inauguration: ‘Bye, Felicia,’ ” CNN Politics, December 20, 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/19/politics/michelle-obama-jimmy-fallon-inauguration/index.html.

  8. Bridget Read, “Melania Trump Unveils the 2018 White House Christmas Decorations, and They’re Straight Out of Gilead,” Vogue, November 26, 2018.

  9. “What’s Up with This Year’s Surreal White House Christmas Portrait?” Vogue, December 18, 2018.

  10. Dan, “Video: Kimmel Cracks Another Joke about Ivanka Trump and It Backfired Horribly,” Daily Headlines, December 14, 2018, http://dailyheadlines.com/video-kimmel-cracks-another-joke-about-ivanka-trump-and-it-backfired-horribly/.

  11. Quin Hillyer, “CNN Opinions Dressed as Facts Really are ‘Fake News,’ ” Washington Examiner, January 8, 2019.

  12. Beth Baumann, “ ‘We Know Their Narrative’: Laura Logan Trashes Mainstream Media during ‘Hannity’ Interview,” Townhall, May 4, 2019, https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/02/20/we-know-their-narrative-lara-logan-trashes-mainstream-media-during-hannity-i-n2541977.

  13. Mollie Hemingway, “Media’s Angry Response to President Trump’s Oval Office Speech Comes Up Short,” The Federalist, January 9, 2019, https://thefederalist.com/2019/01/09/medias-angry-response-to-president-trumps-oval-office-speech-comes-up-short/.

  14. Amber Athey, “KUSI Accuses CNN of Declining an Interview After Finding Out Reporter Was Pro-Wall,” Daily Caller, January 11, 2019, https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/11/kusi-cnn-interview-border-wall/.

  15. Mike Brest, “Border Security Experts Explain Why Only One Cable Network Wants to Talk to Them,” Daily Caller, January 14, 2019, https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/14/judd-homan-border-wall-cnn-msnbc/.

  16. Adam Michel, “Don’t Believe the Fake News. Tax Cuts for Everyday Americans Are Real,” Daily Signal, February 13, 2019, https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/02/13/dont-believe-the-fake-news-tax-cuts-for-everyday-americans-are-real/.

  17. Ryan Saavedra, “WATCH: ABC News Mocks Trump as They Fantasize about His Death,” Daily Wire, December 6, 2018, https://www.dailywire.com/news/39124/watch-abc-news-mocks-trump-they-fantasize-about-ryan-saavedra.

  18. Jacob Airey, “Klavan: Media Uses Bush Funeral to Attack Trump,” Daily Wire, December 7, 2018, https://www.dailywire.com/news/39139/klavan-media-uses-bush-funeral-attack-trump-jacob-airey.

  19. Emily Zanotti, “Daily Beast Writer Smears Patriots as ‘The Preferred Team of White Nationalists,” Daily Wire, February 3, 2019, https://www.dailywire.com/news/42994/daily-beast-writer-smears-patriots-preferred-team-emily-zanotti.

  20. Lloyd Marcus, “It Is Outrageous that Supporting Trump Is Dangerous,” American Thinker, April 3, 2019, https://tmp.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/04/it_is_outrageous_that_supporting_trump_is_dangerous.html.

  21. Ethel C. Fenig, “Chicago’s Mayor Blames Trump for Jussie Smollett Hoax,” American Thinker, March 30, 2019, https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/03/chicagos_mayor_blames_trump_for_jussie_smollett_hoax.html.

  22. Mike Brest, “The Atlantic Writer Suggests Trump Is to Blame for College Bribery Scandal,” Daily Caller, March 14, 2019, https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/14/atlantic-trump-bribery-scandal-college/.

  23. Joseph A. Wulfsohn, “NBC News Panel Blames Trump for Gov. Ralph Northam’s Blackface Scandal,” Fox News, February 5, 2019, https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/nbc-news-panel-blames-trump-for-gov-ralph-northams-blackface-scandal.

  24. Mike Lillis, “Citing Virginia Race Scandals, Dem Vows Vote to Impeach Trump,” The Hill, February 8, 2019.

  25. John Nolte, “Nolte: Nine Reasons to Be Skeptical of BuzzFeed’s Cohen Report,” Breitbart, January 18, 2019, https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/01/18/nolte-nine-reasons-to-be-skeptical-of-buzzfeeds-cohen-report/.

  26. Nolte, “Nolte: Lying Media Shell-Shocked by Robert Mueller’s Fact Check,” Breitbart, January 19, 2019, https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2019/01/21/lying_media_shell-shocked_by_mueller039s_fact_check_463911.html

  27. Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotosky, and Karoun Demirjian, “In a Rare Move, Mueller’s Office Denies BuzzFeed Report That Trump Told Cohen to Lie About Moscow Project,” Washington Post, January 18, 2019.

  28. Michael Barone, “Does the Media Deserve to Be Respected and Believed?” Townhall, January 25, 2019, https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2019/01/25/does-the-media-deserve-to-be-respected-and-believed-n2540213.

  29. “Trump Denies Calling Meghan ‘Nasty’ Despite Audio Recording,” BBC, June 2, 2019, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48491602.

  30. William Saletan, “The Least Pro-Life President Ever,” Slate, February 8, 2019, https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/02/trump-is-not-pro-life.html.

  31. Brent Bozell and Tim Graham, “The Media Was Still Unglued in 2018,” Townhall, December 26, 2019, https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2018/12/26/the-media-was-still-unglued-in-2018-n2538027.

  32. Matt Vespa, “Where Was the Media Outrage When 18 Migrants Died in Custody under the Obama Administration?” Townhall, December 27, 2018, https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/12/27/where-was-the-media-outrage-when-18-migrants-died-in-custody-under-the-obama-administration-n2538105.

  33. Hank Berrien, “
WATCH: CBS Anchor to DHS Official: How Could You Let Sick Immigrant Child Out of Hospitial? Official: Uh, Have You Heard of Doctors?” Daily Wire, December 26, 2018, https://www.dailywire.com/news/39699/watch-cbs-anchor-dhs-official-how-could-you-let-hank-berrien.

  34. Vespa, “Where Was the Media Outrage When 18 Migrants Died in Custody under the Obama Administration?”

  35. Brad Wilmouth, “On MSNBC, Radio Host Mark Thompson Claims Baby Jesus Might Have Died Under Trump,” NewsBusters, January 3, 2019, https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2019/01/03/msnbc-thompson-claims-baby-jesus-might-have-died-under-trump.

  36. Brad Wilmouth, “MSNBC Blames Trump for ‘Forcing’ Illegals to Cross Desert,” NewsBusters, January 2, 2019, https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2018/12/30/msnbc-blames-trump-forcing-illegals-cross-desert.

  37. Daniel Horowitz, “The Media Never Cares When Americans Are Killed by Illegal Immigrants,” Conservative Review, December 31, 2018, https://www.conservativereview.com/news/the-media-never-cares-when-americans-are-killed-by-illegal-immigrants/.

  38. Cortney O’Brien, “Huh: Don Lemon Suggests There Be an On Air ‘Delay’ During Trump’s Speech,” Townhall, January 8, 2019, https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2019/01/08/don-lemon-suggests-there-be-an-on-air-delay-during-trumps-speech-n2538666.

  39. Joseph Curl, “SHOCKER: Former Top Editor of New York Times Admits Newspaper Is Anti-Trump,” Daily Wire, January 2, 2019, https://www.dailywire.com/news/39857/shocker-former-editor-new-york-times-admits-joseph-curl.

  40. Jim Clayton, “MSNBC Witches Fantasize About Ivanka Being Arrested,” Conservative Daily News, December 18, 2018, https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/12/msnbc-witches-fantasize-about-ivanka-being-arrested/.

  41. Ken Meyer, “CNN Security Analyst: Mueller Report Will Disclose How Trump and Family Are Compromised by Russians,” Mediaite, January 14, 2019, https://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnn-security-analyst-mueller-report-will-disclose-how-trump-and-family-are-compromised-by-russians/.