Limbaugh Listeners Defend Murderous Cult
Media Matters for America reports on some effects of the right-wing echo chamber:
Several minutes after Limbaugh’s rant began, conservatives on Twitter began to echo his claims. A few examples:
* “#Obama sending troops to kill christians in africa!”
* “Shorter Obama: Troops will be in Uganda until the Christians are dead or converted.”
* “Rush; from @jaketapper Obama sending troops to kill Christians protecting themselves from Muslim genocide in Sudan”
* “Obama sends our troops to kill Christian militia in Uganda in support of murderous Muslim tyrannical regime, also killing Egypt Christians”
* “#Rush Obama sends 100 US troops to take out Lords Resistance Army (Christians) in Uganda fighting agst muslims.”Some Limbaugh listeners even appear to have contacted Congress to protest Obama’s supposed assault on African Christianity. A congressional staffer, who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak on the record, told Media Matters that his office received an email and a phone call from constituents who “claimed that it was an attack on Christians and said Obama was supporting [an] Islamic regime.”