On Monday, another set of texts released by CNN revealed that Fox News’ Sean Hannity, who recently became “the longest-running primetime cable news host in TV history,” functioned as a crucial propaganda link between the Trump administration and its targeted Republican voters. Hannity addressed the news on his radio show on Tuesday, saying the texts showed “everything I say on radio and TV every day” and that it wasn’t a “shocker” that he “wanted Donald Trump to win” the 2020 elections.
The newly released texts show that Hannity, on the afternoon of Election Day 2020, reached out directly to the White House chief of staff Mark Meadows asking whether Trump would win Meadows’ home state of North Carolina. As The Washington Post’s Phillip Bump noted, when Meadows replied giving him instructions, Hannity essentially parroted the gist back to his almost 14 million radio listeners.
Meadows told Hannity to use his radio show to “Stress every vote matters. Get out and vote.” Hannity responded, “Yes sir[.] On it. Any place in particular we need a push[?]” Meadows wrote back, “Pennsylvania. NC AZ,” then added “Nevada,” to which Hannity replied, “Got it. Everywhere[.]”
