Rush Limbaugh Suggests Republicans Being Blackmailed Into Retirement

In response to the mass retirement of House Republicans, Rush Limbaugh suggested that some of them are being blackmailed into leaving office. The radio host said it’s odd that a “exorbitant number of Republicans” are retiring almost simultaneously. “I think the Democrats are finding dirt, and they’re going to these Republicans, and they’re saying, ‘Do you want people to know about this? We are glad to publicize this about you.” “Oh, no, no. No, no! Please don’t.” “Well, okay. Then you gotta retire,’” Limbaugh stated on Wednesday. “Now, I can’t prove it, but some of this stuff — and some of it may be legitimate. I mean, people retiring after ten years, they may think it’s enough. It’s five terms.”-- More...