The late Rush Limbaugh will be the first person to be enshrined into the American Conservative Union’s Conservative Hall of Fame, according to Fox News. The National Rifle Association was the first entity to be inducted back in 2018.
Limbaugh, who passed away at the age of 70 following a year-long battle with lung cancer, will also be honored at this weekend’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
Longtime Rush Limbaugh Show producer Bo Snerdley is expected to be in attendance, according to a source.
American Conservative Union (ACU) chairman Matt Schlapp told Fox News that he was hoping Rush would return to the CPAC to speak again. Schlapp recalled Limbaugh’s 2009 speech about conservatism.
“The fact that that speech stands alone as this very important moment for CPAC and for conservatism is somehow appropriate,” Schlapp told Fox News.
All the cable news network’s took Limbaugh’s 2009 speech live, helping to put CPAC on the map outside of conservative circles. His remarks were considered a “Conservative State of the Union” and allowed liberal viewers who tuned in on mainstream media outlets to get a glimpse of the conservative movement.
