Sean Hannity tries to deflect from his January 6 texts to Mark Meadows during the Capitol riot
Hannity: “Now why would they release this, except that they're trying to make a point?”
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Sean Hannity tries to deflect from his January 6 texts to Mark Meadows during the Capitol riot
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Citation From the December 14, 2021, edition of Premiere Radio's The Sean Hannity Show
SEAN HANNITY (HOST): By the way, I have contempt of Congress. I have contempt for almost everybody in Congress, but that's a different issue.
The idea that I had sent a text to Mark Meadows that day on -- on January 6th and everybody in the mob and the media, Lynda, have you been watching the hysteria?
LYNDA McLAUGHLIN (PRODUCER): It's out of control.
HANNITY: I mean, it's -- it's laughable but predictable. You know, kind of reminds me -- I mean, Lynda was joking with me today. "Well, could have been another 57 pages worth of text messages like the 13 or 12 or 13 hundred they released with you and Manafort.
McLAUGHLIN: I mean, it's true.
HANNITY: I thought we had -- I thought liberals believed in privacy in this country. Just like when we talk about COVID, I think I'm one of the few remaining Americans that believes in freedom, you know, not out there saying, "F your freedom" like other people. I mean, it's like every other day I hear somebody new saying, "F your freedom." I'm like, "Nah, sorry, that's not the country I believe in, or the people." Yeah, I mean, it's just people, just bizarre.
The country that I believe in -- I believe in medical privacy. I believe in doctor patient confidentiality. You know, nobody wants to hear it, but I think I'm right. I think the debate, for the most part, is over in terms. People have decided where they stand on vaccinations. And I don't think anything that Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Anthony Fauci, the CDC or the NIH is going to say that's going to convince them and we'll get to that later in the show today.
And the fact that, you know, they read a test -- a text from me, "Can he make a statement, ask the people leave the Capitol?" OK, now why would they release this, except that they're trying to make a point?