Limbaugh: 'Real Outrage Is an American Died' While NY Enforced Cigarette Tax

Rush Limbaugh has theory

(CNSNews.com) – Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh said on "Fox News Sunday" that the "real outrage" in the death of Eric Garner in New York City is that an American died while the state was enforcing tax collection on cigarettes.

"I think the real outrage here is that an American died while the state is enforcing tax collection on cigarettes. This is just absurd," said Limbaugh. "And it -- you know, people talk about the left, they want a big state, they want a powerful state. Well, here it is. You've got to take all of it," Limbaugh said.

Cigarettes cost as much as $13 a pack in New York City, over $6 of that is taxes.

Just prior to his death Garner was selling loose cigarettes when police in New York descended on him. Garner died in an ensuing struggle which involved officers sitting on the 6'5 350 lbs. Garner and either employing a chokehold or causing a carotid restriction that led to his death.