Rush Limbaugh snapt niet waarom een deel van de Republikeinen een generaal pardon willen voor de miljoenen illegalen in Amerika. Het worden allemaal Democraten, aldus Limbaugh. "The Republican Party is embarrassed by its own base. I assume that some Republicans think there is a new group of people that would become their base. If they just got rid of these pro-lifers, if they just got rid of this religious crowd, if they just got rid of the Christians, if they just got rid of these gun nuts."