Limbaugh: Putin’s kind words won’t hurt Trump

Published December 17, 2015 9:44pm ET



Vladimir Putin’s apparent endorsement of Donald Trump this week is unlikely to scare away the GOP front-runner’s supporters, because they probably appreciate that at least the Russians are killing terrorists, talk radio host Rush Limbaugh said Thursday.

“The way that things are going for the [GOP] establishment, at least in the campaign, my guess is that Trump voters would say, ‘Hey, you know what? I kinda like the fact that Putin has endorsed Trump, [because] at least Putin is killing terrorists,'” he speculated.

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