Sean Hannity Apologizes for Calling Roy Moore Sex 'Consensual'

[DonViejo]

Fox News host Sean Hannity apologized Thursday night after he appeared to say on his radio show that he believed Senate candidate Roy Moore’s alleged sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl was “consensual.” Hannity tweeted, “I apologize when I misspoke and was not totally clear earlier today” before blaming the “lazy media” for taking his words out of context. On his Fox show, Hannity claimed that when he used the word “consensual” during a conversation about Moore on his radio show, he was talking about the 17- and 18-year-old girls, not the one who was 14. He went on to say that he doesn’t “rush to judgement,” unlike his “bratty friends in the media that are overpaid and lazy like fake Jake Tapper,” who called Hannity out on Twitter earlier in the night by saying 14-year-olds cannot legally consent. Tapper later deleted his tweets and said he would take Hannity “at his word” that he was not defending Moore’s alleged illegal behavior.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/sean-hannity-apologizes-for-calling-roy-moore-sex-consensual

Link to tweet

[superpatriotman]

1. Blames the media in the same breath

Typical phony scumbag.

[Girard442]

2. To quote Douglas Adams:

...when his own major intestine, in a desperate attempt to save humanity, leapt straight up through his neck and throttled his brain.

[ExciteBike66]

3. Lol, he failed to look up the definition of "consent" and has the gall to call others "lazy?" nt

[SeattlePop]

4. Hannity Is Responsible For A Large Part Of America's Problems

Spewing propaganda and lies every day for a paycheck. Trying to get imbeciles to hate "liberals". And vote for corrupt power mad traitors.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Um, Little Sean!

YOU'RE THE MEDIA, DUMBASS!

[mn9driver]

6. I spent the 80s reading and listening to way too much

Soviet propaganda as part of my job in the military.

The behavior of Fox News as a network and Hannity in particular is getting closer and closer to the insanely nonsensical Soviet style of that time. This similarity has accelerated since Trump became president.

Regular Fox viewers are so conditioned to it that they can’t see it. I work with a lot of them and they do not live in the same reality as the rest of us. They will spend time heaping scorn and derision on all the “Democrats” and “Hollywood liberals” who have had their past blow back on them, but Moore gets a shrug and a comment that it it’s just fake news.

Interestingly, back in the 80’s, about one third of ordinary Soviet citizens bought what their government was selling. Trump’s current poll numbers are eerily similar.

[Paladin]

7. Too late, Hannity. Hey, pick up line one:

Roman Polanski wants to do drinks and dinner with you next week.

[DesertRat]

9. Hannity clearly defended the child molester

A MINOR can't consent! Hannity should be fired. Here's the transcript:

[drray23]

10. what is it going to take for fox news to get rid of him?

After all, they did kick a few of their executives and even anchors like O'Reilly. I think Fox is clinging to Hannity because he is the one that holds Fox together. He is probably the last big host that still generates ratings.

[dalton99a]

11. Sean Hannity clearly defended a child molester. Period.