Corker rails against the 'tyranny of radio talk show hosts' in slam on Limbaugh, Coulter

[mystery-ak]

Corker rails against the 'tyranny of radio talk show hosts' in slam on Limbaugh, Coulter
By Joe Concha - 12/21/18 05:13 PM EST

Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said Friday that conservative talk radio hosts were engaging in “tyranny,” criticism apparently aimed at figures such as Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter who pressed President Trump to only accept a spending deal that includes funding for a border wall.

“Do we succumb to tyranny of radio talk show hosts?” Corker asked reporters on Friday. “We have two talk radio hosts who influenced the president — that’s tyranny isn’t it?”

Earlier this week, the White House appeared to be ready to accept a stopgap spending bill without wall funding to keep the government running until Feb. 8. But after pointed criticism from nationally syndicated talk show host Rush Limbaugh and conservative columnist Ann Coulter warning how such a capitulation would play among his supporters, the president changed course, announcing he would veto any bill without wall funding.

Trump declared Friday that he is prepared for a "very long shutdown" if Republicans and Democrats don't agree to fund the wall along the border with Mexico. A spending measure including $5 billion in funding passed in the House on Thursday but does not have the necessary 60 votes to pass in the Senate, which had earlier passed the short-term funding bill by voice vote.

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[To-Whose-Benefit?]

Stuff it Corker.

You'd obviously rather have the Tyranny of 535 elected Liars Thieves and Cheats who are far more interested in their coming sinecure on K Street than that of at least 165 Million citizens you are trying to stab in the back.

Just Stuff it!

[jmyrlefuller]

Good grief, Bob. It's 2018, not 2008. Talk radio doesn't have the clout it used to have anymore.