Right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh claims the global coronavirus outbreak is being “exaggerated” and “lied about” in an attempt to make President Donald Trump look bad. He also compared the virus coverage to that of hurricanes, the Russia investigation and impeachment hearings.

But Limbaugh ― a hurricane truther who repeatedly tries to downplay approaching storms ― put most of his effort into the weather comparison.

“Just as a hurricane is exaggerated and built-up, lied about before anybody knows its true strength and nature in order to advance a political agenda ― i.e., climate change ― coronavirus is being used to advance the agenda,” Limbaugh said, per a transcript on his website.

The supposed agenda: Trump doesn’t care, is incompetent, isn’t taking the crisis seriously enough and any deaths related to the infection could be blamed on the president.

However, Limbaugh also tried to imply that he was not disputing the dangers of coronavirus, either.

“Don’t attribute things to me that I’m not saying,” Limbaugh said on Tuesday after mimicking someone about to complain that he was minimizing the illness. “I’m saying exactly what I mean to say and I love hearing myself say what I say because I’m right.”

Limbaugh has previously dismissed coronavirus as a minor ailment.

“I’m dead right on this,” he said two weeks ago. “The coronavirus is the common cold, folks.”

Last month, Limbaugh announced that he had advanced lung cancer. Trump also gave him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

See more of his comments about coronavirus below, as posted online by Media Matters: