On Fox News Sunday, talk radio host Rush Limbaugh said Republicans were not talking drastic action against the Barack Obama’s executive action — such as shutting down the government — because the Republican establishment actually agreed with Obama.
LIMBAUGH: The point is, this is a trick. I think the shutdown’s a trick. You know what, here’s what it really means, Chris, the Republicans want what Obama wants on immigration, and they are using the government shutdown as an excuse to not stop him. Because the truth of matter is they agree with him: Romney agrees with it, Jeb Bush agrees with it, Chamber of Commerce agrees with it. Obviously, the Republican establishment doesn’t want to stop Obama on comprehensive immigration reform.
And very conveniently, here this government shutdown. “Oh, we can’t act because they’ll blame us. They’ll be mad at us for shutting down the government.” It’s absurd. I think it’s ridiculous, and the American people are being let down here. They’re voting, they are expressing their desires, they want this stuff stopped and the Republican Party is not listening.