Hannity Apologizes for Tweet Seemingly Praising Russia as ‘Honest Mistake’
Fox News host Sean Hannity explained a tweet Sunday approving of a call for Americans to “make Russia great again,” calling it an honest mistake.
“Amen!!” Hannity tweeted in response to the sentiment, not realizing the original tweet was making fun of him.
Hannity has since deleted the tweet, but not before Mediaite’s own Alex Griswold wrote a story on it and tweeted it out with a snarky take.
Hannity, for one, welcomes our new Russian overlords https://t.co/cfpIYoy5ZR
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) January 8, 2017
That’s a Simpsons joke, by the way.
Hannity was not happy, responding that Griswold was “lazy” and “biased.”
Alex this is why the media is so dishonest. If you took the time to read my timeline you would have figured out it was an honest mistake. https://t.co/BvfiAQP6k1
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) January 8, 2017
Are you really that lazy and biased? How about you quote all the tweets about NOT trusting Putin or Russia. You are dishonest and lazy. https://t.co/BvfiAQP6k1
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) January 8, 2017
Hannity clarified in other tweets that he misread the initial tweet, thinking that it said make America great again.
Guilty. And you are 100% correct. My mistake and I erased it and humbly apologize. https://t.co/F1bUcB5Vsk
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) January 8, 2017
Actually that’s what I did https://t.co/XXKkXCeE7W
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) January 8, 2017
Griswold jokingly asked if Hannity had misplaced his glasses, a reference to the last excuse Hannity used when his tweets landed him in hot water.
Weren’t wearing your glasses again? https://t.co/t18BruasKG
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) January 8, 2017
Ok. Everyone got that?
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