‘Our greatest champion’: Pence cites Limbaugh as a personal inspiration

By Zach Halaschak

Published February 17, 2021 8:18pm ET

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‘Our greatest champion’: Pence cites Limbaugh as a personal inspiration — In this Feb. 4, 2020 file photo, Rush Limbaugh reacts as first Lady Melania Trump, and his wife Kathryn, applaud, as President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Limbaugh, the talk radio host who became the voice of American conservatism, has died. | (Patrick Semansky/AP)

Former Vice President Mike Pence characterized Rush Limbaugh as “the anchor of conservatives” in reacting to the talk radio host’s death on Wednesday.

“Today, America lost a giant with the passing of Rush Limbaugh,” Pence said. “Karen and I literally join millions of Americans in expressing our sympathy to Kathryn, his brother David, and the tens of millions of people across this country that loved and cherished his incomparable voice.”

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