Yesterday, Rush Limbaugh slammed the GOP’s “listening tour” re-branding effort, saying that the conservative movement does not need to listen to the American people. Rather, Limbaugh declared, “We need a teaching tour.”
Asked about Limbaugh’s rejection of the GOP listening tour today on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) did not take issue with Limbaugh’s remarks, saying only that the GOP’s objective was to help “educate the American people.” The change in rhetoric appears to have been enough to placate Limbaugh, who strongly endorsed Pence’s new goal on his radio show today:
LIMBAUGH: That is exactly what I’m saying! Scarborough and these guys are trying to twist this. And even Pence says, “Well, we’re going to listen.” Who are they going to listen to? They’re going to listen to experts about cap and trade so they can educate the American people about the truth of it. A teaching tour!
“If you don’t like ‘teaching’…then call it a ‘reminder tour’ or whatever, but someone has to go out and teach the truth about what Obama is doing,” Limbaugh concluded. Watch it:
Last week, Pence described the tour’s goals somewhat differently, telling Fox’s Shepard Smith, “[W]e’re going to listen, we’re going to learn.” Watch it:
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