Laura Ingraham writes:

Now the Left is seizing on one satirical line from our show to paint Meghan as the victim of a right-wing hate crime. This comes from the same playbook responsible for the ongoing demonization of Rush Limbaugh -- where his take on President Obama's economic policies are misrepresented as some kind of attack on America.

Their goal is to malign outspoken conservatives (...) as members of a radical fringe movement whose right to free speech is questionable at best.