Sean Hannity and Brian Kilmeade battled it out Thursday while talking about President Donald Trump’s controversial comments about the use of foreign intelligence in U.S. elections on Fox & Friends.
Trump opened himself to controversy yesterday when he said in an interview that he would welcome foreign dirt to use against his 2020 opponents, and rejected the idea of notifying the FBI in that event. Hannity reacted to this last night by bemoaning the media’s “phony moral selective outrage,” and on Fox & Friends Thursday, he continued that while asking “how can you not be outraged” that Hillary Clinton did “far worse” when her campaign funded a firm that produced opposition research compiled by Christopher Steele.
Kilmeade, who noted earlier in the show that Trump’s remarks were problematic, disagreed with Hannity: “The better answer for the president would’ve been ‘I’m not taking Russian or Chinese or any outside influence because I don’t need it, we don’t want it.'”
“What is wrong with listening to what they have to say?” Hannity countered.
“I don’t think you should be listening what China has to say,” Kilmeade answered.
The two continued to back and forth on this topic, with Hannity saying, “you might learn something that you share with the FBI as the president said” (Trump did not). Hannity also said that if foreign governments
“Is that okay?” Kilmeade asked.
“Sure it’s okay,” Hannity answered. “When did talking go wrong?”
Watch above, via Fox News.