OPINION
‘Moron & Huckster’: Right Wing Conspiracy Theorist Dan Bongino Mocked on News He Will Take Over Rush Limbaugh Slot

Right wing conspiracy theorist and thrice-failed GOP congressional candidate Dan Bongino has been named to take over Rush Limbaugh’s daily 3-hour time slot on Cumulus Media’s Westwood One radio network, Fox News reports.
Bongino, a former police officer and Secret Service agent who is now a Fox News contributor, has become a well-known name in the world of MAGA politics. He says he also has an “ownership stake” in Parler, the social media platform that reportedly has been popular with white nationalists and white supremacists, the QAnon cult, and Trump supporters for its lack of content moderation. The Daily Sentinel‘s Josh Edwards in 2020 called it “a coffee shop with a sign on the door saying ‘Nazis welcome.'”
“Parler and I share common values,” Bongino announced when he invested in the platform. “We are resolutely committed to free speech, and the marketplace of ideas.”
Just before the 2018 election when he was an NRA TV show host Bongino bragged, “My entire life right now is about owning the libs. That’s it.”
Former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis expressed her excitement on the news Bongino will take Limbaugh’s time slot:
LOVE THIS! Dan Bongino is the perfect pick for this. He, like Rush, is a conservative trailblazer and not afraid to speak the truth. He’s also one of the truly nicest people and I’m proud to know him! https://t.co/2ruEen3txA
— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) March 18, 2021
Conservative pundit and Mediaite columnist John Ziegler weighs in:
This is not technically accurate, and it is weird that that Rush’s producer is promoting this narrative.
It is also quite symbolic of the demise of the credibility of talk radio that Rush Limbaugh’s time slot would be taken in at least part of the country by a moron & huckster. https://t.co/ITqIkhxWkx
— John Ziegler (@Zigmanfreud) March 18, 2021
But former Trump White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was thrilled:
Rush Limbaugh is the reason I’m in politics & media. No one will ever replace him.
I could not be more excited to see @dbongino picking up the 12-3 PM ET slot!
He is immensely talented, incredibly savvy & (like Rush) a friend & mentor to those in his industry (including me!) 🙌🏻 https://t.co/eB2VlnJD3i
— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) March 18, 2021
Here’s how some others are responding to the Bongino news:
Dan Bongino has the ideal resume to take over Rush’s radio slot: he has spent $3.5 million turning himself into a failed congressional candidate many times over, is an investor in an app that aided insurrectionists, & recently lost a laughable defamation lawsuit.
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) March 18, 2021
Dan Bongino is now taking over Rush Limbaugh’s spot.
I didn’t think they could anyone worse, but they did!
— Agolf Twitler Slayer (@bblock29) March 18, 2021
Dan Bongino taking over Rush Limbaugh radio time slot is like
Rabies taking over Syphilis— Mayday Mindy🌊 (@maydaymindy9) March 18, 2021
Kimberly Guilfoyle goes from Gavin Newsom to Donald Trump, Jr., and people who like to listen to hateful ignorance on the radio go from Rush Limbaugh to the far more stupid Dan Bongino.
Conservatives love to trade-down. https://t.co/UYO061PQpp
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) March 18, 2021
PM news:
– Bigot Misogynist Rush Limbaugh replaced by Mouth-breathing Dolt Dan Bongino
– GOP supports women by [checks notes] opposing Violence Against Women Act ?
– The Onion rejects Glenn Greenwald resume
– Louie Gohmert still awful
– John Kerry don’t need no stinking mask
— Eric the editor 🇺🇸🍻⚽️🌊 (@Editor_of_Eric) March 18, 2021
Dan Bongino has his own radio show and Kelly Ann Sleazebag has a book deal.
I have no clue how much money still rests in MAGAville – but you better get your grift started soon folks before the money runs out.
— Jonathan Gaffney 🇺🇸 (@JGaffneyUSN) March 18, 2021
If your entire life’s work can be immediately replaced by Dan Bongino, then you pissed away your existence.
— William K. Wolfrum (@Wolfrum) March 18, 2021
Bongino wouldn’t know “truth” if covered every square inch of his house. He’s incapable of logical thought & accepts any lie that is based in his toxic ideology.
— Heather e^‑1/x^2 (@HeatherMoAndCo) March 18, 2021
I wish I could tell you what Dan Bongino was tweeting, but you see, he blocked me.
I can’t even congratulate him on becoming the new Rush. That failed Congressional campaign was the PERFECT preparation for this job! The show’s record of hiring losers is intact!
— John C. Roemer (@jcroemer) March 18, 2021
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