Hannity Rejects Fox News’ Own Poll on Texas Senate Race: ‘I Don’t Believe It for Two Seconds’

Fox News’ Sean Hannity disputed polling from his own network showing Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) leading Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) 51% to 48% in the race for U.S. Senate, remarking, “I don’t believe it for two seconds.”

The Fox News poll, released last Thursday, randomly sampled 1,006 Texas registered voters, with a margin of error of ±3 percentage points. Along with the three-point Talarico lead, the survey found that 24% of non-MAGA Republicans said they support the Democratic candidate over Paxton.

Debating former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday’s edition of Hannity, the Fox News host said, “So, you think ‘Six-Gender Talarico,’ who believes God is non-binary, who believes biological men should play women’s sports, and believes that biological men should have access to abortion —”

“Did you read your own poll today where Talarico is beating Paxton?” de Blasio asked.

“Okay, I don’t believe it for two seconds,” insisted Hannity. “Not for two.”

Paxton’s candidacy, despite winning an endorsement from President Donald Trump over longtime incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), has been scandal-ridden, with questions about alleged voter fraud, lavish vacations with what some call his “mistress,” his office’s plea deal with child sex predator Adam Hoffman, and more.

Later in the segment, de Blasio remarked that Talarico is talking about “common-sense, kitchen-table issues, which his opponent isn’t,” calling the scenario “the worst nightmare for Republicans.”

“When you lose [political strategist] James Carville, and [late-night host] Bill Maher, and you lose [CEO of Stagwell Inc] Mark Penn, who was just on, and [Sen.] John Fetterman [D-PA], and [former Sen.] Joe Manchin [I-WV], I’m telling you, it’s a canary in the coal mine,” Hannity claimed.

“Nope,” snapped de Blasio. “Young voters are gonna change these elections. You’re gonna be surprised, and they’re gonna be with the Democrats.”

Watch the full clip above via Fox News.

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