After a week off, Rush Limbaugh returned to his golden EIB mic on Monday to address all the hysteria surrounding the latest inevitably overblown political and social crises, including the upset defeat of reigning tennis champion Serena Williams at the hands of rising star Naomi Osaka. Since the Left spent the weekend politicizing Williams’ loss, Limbaugh decided he’d take a stab at interpreting the incident through a political lens.
“The comparisons between Serena Williams and Hillary Clinton and Naomi Osaka and Donald Trump are just stunning if you stop to think about it and if you know what happened,” said Limbaugh.
After rehashing Williams’ meltdown in the finals, in which she got “skunked” 6-2 and 6-4 by the 20-year-old upstart Japanese player, and the crowd ultimately making Osaka “feel like excrement for daring to beat” her, Limbaugh unpacked his premise: Williams blaming the “unfair” judges and the “elite circling the wagons” to defend her complaint, he said, is eerily similar to another recent upset.
“Serena Williams was left to complain that the judges were being unfair, the referees were unfair. She threw her racket in disgust after losing a point, started shouting that she’s never cheated, that she’s honest, that she’s got a daughter now, she’s tried to be an excellent role model, demanding that the referee owe her an apology,” said Limbaugh. “And the tennis elite circling the wagons around her thinking the referee blew it. They had no problem booing the winner at the U.S. Open. They booed the winner! I’m telling you, folks, the comparisons are many.”
He continued: “That U.S. Open women’s tennis final, a microcosm for how Trump is treated by the elites in Washington. Same thing. How all of us are treated, in fact. Expected to lose. Expected to be second or third class. Supposed to apologize for winning and then reject the victory and give it back, make allegations that our victory was tainted by cheating that benefited us.”
Limbaugh later described the awards ceremony in more detail, “’cause I’m telling you that the similarities are striking”:
Limbaugh: At the awards ceremony, the winner, 20-year-old winner, Naomi Osaka covered her face with her visor and cried. The crowd booed her! The president, the chairman of the United States Tennis Association, a woman named Katrina Adams opened the awards ceremony by criticizing the winner and speaking longingly of the loser. The chairman and president of the USTA actually said while the winner is there holding her trophy, “Perhaps it’s not the finish we were looking for today, but, Serena, you are a champion of all champions.” I’m sorry. “Perhaps this is not the finish we were looking for today, but Hillary you are the women of all women, you’re the champion of all champions.”
And then the president of the United States Tennis Association turned and addressed the crowd and said, “This mama,” meaning Serena Williams, “This mama is a role model and respected by all.” This role model had just embarrassed herself with numerous meltdowns, demanding apologies, accusing the referee of cheating her, not being fair and all this. It’s classic. There are no manners anywhere. There is not a single institution, it seems, that we can turn to and rely on for just common decency. And I’ll tell you why. It’s because every damn thing in life that the left has touched has been politicized by its ideology, liberalism.
Video of the rather surreal award ceremony — filled with boos from the crowd and tears from Osaka — below:
Transcript via RushLimbaugh.com