Tag Archives: Sean Hannity

“By the way, voter fraud is just one part of why mail-in voting is so problematic. Think about this. With widespread mail-in voting, the United States Postal Service, they will be the ones responsible for the outcome of the election. “Now, with all due respect to my mailman, I’ve loved my mailman ever since I was a kid, but are …

The Daily Beast reports: While the president spent part of his interview with pro-Trump Fox News host Sean Hannity discussing the apparent bird-killing qualities of windmills, he found no time to say anything about the nearly 165,000 Americans who have died from coronavirus. Portraying Harris as “against petroleum,” the president first claimed that meant Biden would be unable to win …

The Hill reports: Fox News host Sean Hannity is selling “priority access” to signed copies of his new book “Live Free or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink,” to those who donate $75 or more to President Trump’s reelection campaign. The Republican National Committee (RNC) sent an email to supporters on Monday offering them the deal on the …

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump threatened to deploy tens of thousands of Department of Homeland Security agents to “solve the problems” in cities with high crime rates and civil unrest, he said in an interview with Sean Hannity Thursday night. Trump, frustrated that cities like Chicago and New York City have denied and denounced his usage of federal force, have …

Media Matters reports: During the July 21 White House press conference, Al-Jazeera reporter Kimberly Halkett finished a round of questions with Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany by saying “ok, you don’t want to engage.” Several right-wing commentators falsely claimed that Halkett called McEnany a “lying bitch.” Halkett herself immediately clarified that she did not say that, and even the White House …

The Washington Examiner reports: Two female former Fox News employees have sued the network over claims that its most popular on-air talents sexually harassed them. Jennifer Eckhart and Cathy Areu filed a lawsuit in federal court on Monday alleging that Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Howard Kurtz, Gianno Caldwell and Ed Henry, who was fired earlier this month, of sexual misconduct …

The Week reports: President Trump praised his cognitive capabilities on Thursday, telling Fox News host Sean Hannity that he did such an “unbelievable” job during a recent assessment that it left his physicians stunned. Trump said he took a cognitive test “very recently” at Walter Reed Medical Center, because the “radical left was saying, ‘Is he all there, is he …

Mediaite reports: First son Donald Trump Jr. and other prominent Trump supporters like Fox News’ Sean Hannity seized on some glitchy audio to claim Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden committed a gaffe by introducing himself as “Joe Biden’s husband.” It’s evident even from the short clip being circulated that Biden was saying “I’m Jill Biden’s husband,” without hitting the last …

“Joe Biden, Is he really fit to serve as the commander in chief? They asked this question in 1984 about Ronald Reagan, but does Joe Biden have the mental alertness? Does he have the stamina? Does he have the strength to take on what is the hardest job in the world? “And by the way what’s going to happen when …

Politico reports: Sean Hannity traveled with President Donald Trump to Green Bay, Wis., for a Fox News town hall, and asked him this good question: “What’s at stake in this election as you compare and contrast, and what are your top priority items for a second term?” This is as standard a question as a sitting president can get — …

Vanity Fair reports: On a Friday last August, Sean Hannity flew his private helicopter to Trump National Golf Course in Colts Neck, New Jersey, to attend the wedding of Fox & Friends weekend host Pete Hegseth and Fox producer Jennifer Rauchet. Inside Fox, the wedding had been a topic of much discussion. Hegseth and Rauchet reportedly had an affair and …

The New York Post‘s Page Six reports: Fox News host Sean Hannity and his wife, Jill Rhodes, have divorced after more than 20 years of marriage, Page Six has exclusively confirmed. Hannity, 58, and former journalist Rhodes, 57, were married in 1993 and have two children, a son, Patrick, and a daughter, Merri Kelly. Friends of the former couple say …

The Hill reports: Fox News’s Sean Hannity ripped partygoers who flaunted social distancing guidelines at Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks over Memorial Day weekend, stating that “if they get the virus and then are in contact with older and more vulnerable Americans, that could be a disaster for others.” The warning from Hannity comes after videos and photos went viral …

“Thanks to WHO’s arrogant refusal to agree here and the WHO– Well, guess what? The President’s demands for accountability not happening? Great. You have now saved the U.S. taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. “I want to say thank you to WHO tonight for being stupid and being a propaganda arm now for China and choosing not to do the …

“The mob, the media go insane, as we’ve been discussing, over hydroxychloroquine. Forgetting the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons endorsed it. “And then they get the conspiracy theories over at MSDNC, the conspiracy theory state-run socialist television network of the Democratic Socialist Party. This time claiming the president’s doctor is lying, the president’s not actually taking hydroxychloroquine. “Uh, OK …

Media Matters reports: In recent days, Sean Hannity and other leading figures on Fox News have turned against Judge Emmet Sullivan, who is overseeing the case of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn. On his Fox News show on May 13, Hannity railed at Sullivan, even calling for a new judge in the case. Other Fox figures, like host …

“I’m the number one supporter in radio and television that I know of — First Amendment and the Second Amendment. Now, no one is a bigger defender of the Second Amendment than yours truly. Everyone has the right to protest, protect themselves, and try to get the country open. “This with the militia look here and these long guns, uh, …

The Daily Beast reports: Over the past month, as Fox News personality Sean Hannity seethed over his—and his network’s—treatment in The New York Times, one of the host’s closest friends quietly encouraged him to exact some revenge on the newspaper for reporting that Hannity had downplayed the threat of the coronavirus. This particular friend was none other than President Donald …

Two week ago the New York Times published a piece about a Brooklyn bar owner who died after taking a cruise, because, his family says, Sean Hannity had convinced him that the pandemic was under control. As I reported that week, Hannity went ballistic, demanding a retraction and threatening to sue. Which brings us to today: The New York Times …

Vox reports: The paper — from economists Leonardo Bursztyn, Aakaash Rao, Christopher Roth, and David Yanagizawa-Drott — focused on Fox news programming in February and early March. At the time, Hannity’s show was downplaying or ignoring the virus, while fellow Fox host Tucker Carlson was warning viewers about the disease’s risks. Using both a poll of Fox News viewers over …