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Al Roker Rips Rush Limbaugh Over Hurricane Irma Comments

ROKER TO THE RESCUE

“He is putting people's lives at risk," Roker said.

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Al Roker called out Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday morning after the talk-radio host accused media and retailers of creating hurricane anxiety to advance a liberal climate change agenda.

“There is a desire to advance this climate-change agenda,” Limbaugh said, “and hurricanes are one of the fastest [ways] to do it.”

He continued: “Unlike UFOs, which only land in trailer parks, hurricanes are always forecast to hit major population centers.”

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Limbaugh repeatedly clarified that he is not an actual meteorologist. Roker, who is a weatherman, said to ignore the comments, and that Limbaugh’s requests to ignore warnings on Irma “borders on criminal.”

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