WEBVTT - Rush Limbaugh August 30th, 2017

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<v Speaker 1>On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the end to

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<v Speaker 1>an Obama ban which prevented the transfer of surplus military

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<v Speaker 1>equipment to local police departments. President Trump, who has a

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<v Speaker 1>pen and a phone, used his pen to sign an

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<v Speaker 1>executive order, overturning Obama's decision. Now. Obama's ban was put

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<v Speaker 1>in place after the liberal activists complained the police and

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<v Speaker 1>ferguson Missouri were too militarized as they tried to quell

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<v Speaker 1>riots and protect lives and save private property from destruction.

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<v Speaker 1>He was an easy choice for Obama. Blue lives didn't

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<v Speaker 1>matter as much as appeasing the anticop leftists, so he

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<v Speaker 1>stopped the military from transferring surplus armored vehicles, reneaded launchers,

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<v Speaker 1>armed aircraft, bayonets, and high caliber weapons adding insult to injury.

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<v Speaker 1>Obama warned these kinds of armaments in the hands of

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<v Speaker 1>law enforcement made the police look like an occupying force.

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<v Speaker 1>He said it would create more divisions with distrustful communities,

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<v Speaker 1>some of whom, by the way, we're committing vandalism and

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<v Speaker 1>arson and even murder. Now, one reason Congress initially approved

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<v Speaker 1>the transfer of surplus military gear to local cops was

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<v Speaker 1>to make sure the cops had the resources they need

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<v Speaker 1>to protect us and themselves from bad people, including well

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<v Speaker 1>armed terrorists and all that, and then along came Obama.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's about time that those who protect and serve

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<v Speaker 1>are given the respect they deserve and not treated like

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<v Speaker 1>they are the bad guys. We here support the lifting

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<v Speaker 1>of the Obama band