Either way, its dishonest to suggest that Limbaugh was just some Trump shill.
As a 24/7 subscriber and daily listener - Limbaugh was EXACTLY a Trump shill since he got in the race.
He pretended to sit on the fence, but every single time Trump said something to stymie the media - Rush spent the majority of his time chortling with glee over Trump's ability to get away with anything that would have normally sunk another candidate, and that focus became the norm.
Rush never talked about Trump's lack of Conservatism and his overt liberalism. Rush went silent on Cruz in large measure when Trump's incessant and personal attacks started taking their toll. Mark Levin was the only host to actually call Trump out on those outrageous charges and claims and warned Trump to stop or risk losing Conservative support should he win the nomination. Rush was silent on all of that.
Instead all he did was turn his show into a cheerleading session disguised as 'analysis' of Trump's ability to slam the media and the Establishment and say and do anything he liked and not suffer for it.
When Limbaugh uttered the words to a caller who said she could never bring herself to vote for Trump if he won the nomination, "then you are voting for Hillary" - I was done. Canceled my 24/7 - turned him off and have not listened to him since.
It's no different than leaving a church that has gone apostate on foundational truths. If the leadership corrupts their own congregations, the only recourse is to leave and go elsewhere to maintain and proclaim the truth.
Limbaugh's show - as well as a majority of the other pretend-Rght Wing media, are just apostates to what they paid lip service to all these years.
In Rush's case - I think he ceded all reason and sense and principles to marvel and support a golf buddy. Now he admits he misled his entire audience and betrayed the very things he preached.
Evidence?
The fruits of what Trump has accomplished in dividing and rendering totally irrelevant - Constitutional Conservatives, while supporting the very Establishment you people falsely believed he opposed. The fact he refused to hit Hillary as hard as he hit Cruz, Rubio and Fiorina. Said he was 'bored' with having to call out Hillary on her crap. The fact he has become a cartoon stereotype of every Left-wing depiction of Conservatives. The words of praise for Hillary as SecState, the funding he provided the Clintons and their foundations. Shall I go on? Or will you go and ignore, re-explain, or justify those things as your fellow acolytes have?
Your guy is a Trojan Stalking Horse for Hillary. And always has been.
But you will never see it. You are too invested in the cult of personality that is fast becoming a religion with so many rabid supporters.