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Rush Limbaugh Explains ‘America First’ Nationalism To John McCain

Robert Kraychik

On Monday, Rush Limbaugh responded to Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) recent criticisms of American nationalism associated with President Donald Trump.

McCain’s regularly frames the “America First” platform pushed by Trump and his supporters as amounting to an American retreat from global leadership, casting the post-WWII international order as worthy of preservation and further expansion. “America First,” suggests McCain, is rooted in irrational fears of globalization and bigotry toward foreigners.

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