Limbaugh: “Sotomayor was following her basic instinct; she is racist” Written by Media Matters Staff Published 06/29/09 1:29 PM EDT From the June 29 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show: Video file Video Player Media error: Format(s) not supported or source(s) not foundDownload File: https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/video/2009/06/29/rush-20090629-racist.mp4ShareCopyEmbedCopyShare to facebookShare to twitterShare to email00:0000:0000:00Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Share Previously: Conservatives react to historic Supreme Court nominee by smearing Sotomayor as “racist,” “bigot” Limbaugh calls Sotomayor “a reverse racist,” appointed by “the greatest living example of a reverse racist” Rush reacts to Newt's backtracking on Sotomayor “racist” charge: “I'm not retracting it.”