Ron DeSantis announces flags soon will be at half staff for Rush Limbaugh

[DonViejo]

DeSantis offers tribute to a man who helped him along the way.

By A.G. Gancarski on February 19, 2021

In West Palm Beach Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed expectations that he would order flags to half staff for fallen radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, a local.

The lowering will happen when funeral arrangements are announced, which DeSantis spokesperson Meredith Beatrice confirmed was protocol.

For those tracking the Governor’s messaging in the two days since the conservative talk show host died of lung cancer on Ash Wednesday, the lowering of the flag represents tribute, recognition, and respect for the man regarded by many as the standard bearer of American mainstream conservatism.

DeSantis, in an appearance on “Fox and Friends” Thursday, credited the just-deceased radio talk titan with helping him reach voters and ultimately win the Governor’s race.

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[no_hypocrisy]

1. Trump to DeSantis: What am I, chopped liver?

[dchill]

5. Everyone else to Trump:

I think you have to die first.

[marmar]

2. Ugh.

[captain queeg]

3. There ought to be a law against this kind of BS

[pandr32]

7. He was a mouthpiece for hate

You would think hate speech laws should apply and should have while he was alive.

[jimfields33]

9. The United States has been lowering the flag for so many reasons.

I think they should keep it to deaths of presidents, senators and that’s it. Nope not even Vice President or house members.

[dem4decades]

4. The Confederate flag? They might as well fly that one.

[SergeStorms]

6. Just refuse to do it.

Maybe flags at State facilities will have to do it, but private citizens could ignore this bullshit.

[dubyadiprecession]

8. So now we're frivolously lowering flags to half staff for political hacks?!

DeSantis has some fucked up in the head priorities!

[tanyev]

10. I was thinking of solemnly lowering a bottle of champagne to half empty.

[Deuxcents]

16. Good idea

[hatrack]

11. American or Confederate Flags?

[CentralMass]

12. I'm waiving my bared buttocks in the general direction of West Palm Beach.

[lagomorph777]

20. Butt are you at half-staff?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

13. The patron saint of misogynistic racist homophobes everywhere

[world wide wally]

14. The US flag is at half mast.

The Confederate flag at 3/4 mast
and the Trump flag at full mast.

[zonemaster]

15. It's fitting...

Rush's staff only went to up half-staff, too.

[lagomorph777]

21. Boom!

I was trying to think up the right joke there. You nailed it!

[zonemaster]

24. What can I say? It's from the mind of a 12-year-old male...

a mind stunted for 40+ years by testosterone poisoning.

[3catwoman3]

17. This is disgusting.

Limbaugh is hugely responsible for spreading the hate that has infected so many Americans.

[PCIntern]

18. I fart in his general direction

[lagomorph777]

22. His mother smelt of elderberries.

[mcar]

19. ...

[milestogo]

23. LimpBalls is so much worse than a confederate statue.

He encouraged millions of present day Americans to hate.