“People that voted for Donald Trump really believed they would lose the country if Hillary won,” Rush Limbaugh said. | AP Photo Limbaugh dismisses Russian influence on Trump's election as 'preposterous'

Rush Limbaugh says he doesn’t buy the notion that Russia influenced the election of President Donald Trump.

It is preposterous to believe the Russians had any influence on the election, the conservative radio talk-show host said on “Fox News Sunday.”


Trump lavished praise on President Vladimir Putin during his bid for the presidency, a trend that continued during his first month in the White House. And Democrats and Republicans alike have called for a congressional investigation into Russia’s cyber interference with the 2016 campaign.

Limbaugh argued that Trump’s groundswell of support came directly from voters who feared for the country if Democrat Hillary Clinton were elected.

“People that voted for Donald Trump really believed they would lose the country if Hillary won,” Limbaugh said.