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pstokely

(10,522 posts)
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 02:39 AM Nov 2018

Trump calls Fox's Hannity onstage at campaign rally

Source: AP

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean Hannity spoke from the stage of President Donald Trump's last midterm election rally on Monday, after Fox News Channel and its most popular personality had insisted all day that he wouldn't.

Hannity appeared on the podium in a Missouri arena after being called to the stage by Trump. Another Fox News host, Jeanine Pirro, also appeared onstage with the president.

"By the way, all those people in the back are fake news," Hannity told the audience.

It was an extraordinary scene after the news network had worked Monday to establish distance between Hannity and the campaign. Trump's campaign had billed Hannity as a "special guest" at the rally, but Fox had said that wasn't so. Hannity himself had tweeted: "To be clear, I will not be on stage campaigning with the president. I am covering final rally for the show."

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Trump calls Fox's Hannity onstage at campaign rally (Original Post) pstokely Nov 2018 OP
Proving that Hannity is just a mouthpiece for Trump. Doodley Nov 2018 #1
Hey, nice fascism. You two guys deserve each other. rusty quoin Nov 2018 #2
Donny's little network joy boy Blue Owl Nov 2018 #3
Does anyone else feel Hannity looks and sounds like Porky Pig? My God, he's repulsive. Judi Lynn Nov 2018 #4
LOL...looks like a WOODY Sean!! Does your WIFE know about this pic?? Bengus81 Nov 2018 #25
Fox News is there, so... dubyadiprecession Nov 2018 #26
Evolution is true: Sean Manatee walks on land! Hassler Nov 2018 #5
Remember when MSNBC suspended Keith Olbermann... JaneQPublic Nov 2018 #6
If FOX were credible, they'd suspend him Adenoid_Hynkel Nov 2018 #7
It doesn't matter anymore.... Hannity will be named Attorney General after the election groundloop Nov 2018 #19
Trump calling Hannity onstage is (another) slap in the face for his son, Junior Mint. no_hypocrisy Nov 2018 #8
He'll regret his involvement with trump duforsure Nov 2018 #9
So the republicans lied again Achilleaze Nov 2018 #10
Distance?!! djacq Nov 2018 #11
When Trump goes down in flames what will happen with those 2? True Blue American Nov 2018 #13
The president called up another Fox News host and pro-Trump firebrand, Jeanine Pirro, riversedge Nov 2018 #21
If Fox was Really True Blue American Nov 2018 #22
Have mercy on the orange one! pazzyanne Nov 2018 #17
Pathetic True Blue American Nov 2018 #12
God, can't these people go elsewhere and stay away from MO? In STLMO... SWBTATTReg Nov 2018 #14
The only thing that will lure then away from a camera? A bigger camera. marble falls Nov 2018 #15
All the conservative hate media are attention freaks... Maxheader Nov 2018 #16
"It was an extraordinary scene." Not unless 'extraordinary' now means 'completely predictable'. tanyev Nov 2018 #18
Hannity pointed to the media pool at the back of the room and said: "By the way,...are fake news.".. riversedge Nov 2018 #20
Imagine if Hillary had invited Rachel or Lawrence on stage NastyRiffraff Nov 2018 #23
Agreed. GMTA. NurseJackie Nov 2018 #24

Judi Lynn

(160,450 posts)
4. Does anyone else feel Hannity looks and sounds like Porky Pig? My God, he's repulsive.
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 03:15 AM
Nov 2018

Only a Republican mother could love him.



Horsing around, the way boys do, with typical, boylike Gerald O.



Having a get-together with his friends from hell.



Sean tours the Bunny Ranch.



JaneQPublic

(7,113 posts)
6. Remember when MSNBC suspended Keith Olbermann...
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 04:06 AM
Nov 2018

...for privately donating to Dem candidates?

He didn’t even go onstage with them at a campaign rally.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/40028929/ns/politics-decision_2010/t/keith-olbermann-suspended-over-political-donations/

That's the difference between a real news channel and American Pravda.

 

Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)
7. If FOX were credible, they'd suspend him
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 04:42 AM
Nov 2018

Especially after the network spent all day swearing he wasn't campaigning with him

If FOX were credible

djacq

(1,633 posts)
11. Distance?!!
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 06:13 AM
Nov 2018

Fox News is nothing but State TV that broadcast propaganda for this Orange Clown.

The only thing Hannity and Pirro didn’t do, was to genuflect to their Orange master.

They probably did that backstage.

riversedge

(70,077 posts)
21. The president called up another Fox News host and pro-Trump firebrand, Jeanine Pirro,
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 10:30 AM
Nov 2018



Sean Hannity Strides On Stage At Trump Rally, Declares ‘All’ Media Fake News


https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-sean-hannity-rally-missouri_us_5be109dce4b01ffb1d057c43




Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro also appears with Trump, adding to the image of the cable news channel as propaganda machine for the president.

Talk show host Sean Hannity speaks alongside President Donald Trump at a Make America Great Again rally Monday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.



Despite his promises earlier in the day, Fox News host Sean Hannity joined President Donald Trump on stage at a campaign rally in Missouri on Monday, praising the president while chastising other journalists as “fake news.”

Hannity, who hosted his hourlong program live from Cape Girardeau during Trump’s last rally of the election cycle, had pledged that he was only in the state to host his show before the event amid criticism that he was stumping for the president. Those promises rang hollow, however, as Trump invited the Fox News personality on stage, praising him as one of the “incredible people” who had “done an incredible job for us.”....................................


The president called up another Fox News host and pro-Trump firebrand, Jeanine Pirro, who amplified Hannity’s comments and called the president “the tip of the spear who goes out there every day and fights for us.”

“If you like the America that he is making now, you’ve got to make sure you get out there tomorrow if you haven’t voted yet, everyone you know,” Pirro said. “Get them out there to vote for Donald Trump and all the people who are running for the Republican Party.”............................

True Blue American

(17,981 posts)
22. If Fox was Really
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 11:03 AM
Nov 2018

A news station they would have fired both of them. But now the station is branded with Trump.

No way they can change that.

pazzyanne

(6,543 posts)
17. Have mercy on the orange one!
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 08:26 AM
Nov 2018

He really is having a tough time finding celebrities to support him and his agenda. All of tRump's friends are as disgusting as he is, if not more so. I really get a kick out of his criticism of celebrities supporting Democratic candidates. Look at what celebrities support him. Ted Nugent and Kanye West? Not exactly top of the ticket performers. Poor little rich boy.

SWBTATTReg

(22,065 posts)
14. God, can't these people go elsewhere and stay away from MO? In STLMO...
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 07:36 AM
Nov 2018

We will make sure that all of their time has been wasted in MO in our efforts to ensure that Claire McCatskill is reelected (and NOT Josh Hawley, who has lied about his so called achievements (in an office not occupied no more than 9-10 months), and is a self dealing hypocrite and someone about to be shown the curb). I don't appreciate someone who hasn't even spent more than 6 months or so in office, while in his campaign for AG of MO, he criticized others for using the very same elected office he holds now in MO to move on to other elected offices. Hypocrite. Don't vote ever for him.

riversedge

(70,077 posts)
20. Hannity pointed to the media pool at the back of the room and said: "By the way,...are fake news."..
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 10:28 AM
Nov 2018



11/05/2018 11:09 pm ET
Sean Hannity Strides On Stage At Trump Rally, Declares ‘All’ Media Fake News

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-sean-hannity-rally-missouri_us_5be109dce4b01ffb1d057c43




Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro also appears with Trump, adding to the image of the cable news channel as propaganda machine for the president.

Talk show host Sean Hannity speaks alongside President Donald Trump at a Make America Great Again rally Monday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.



Despite his promises earlier in the day, Fox News host Sean Hannity joined President Donald Trump on stage at a campaign rally in Missouri on Monday, praising the president while chastising other journalists as “fake news.”

Hannity, who hosted his hourlong program live from Cape Girardeau during Trump’s last rally of the election cycle, had pledged that he was only in the state to host his show before the event amid criticism that he was stumping for the president. Those promises rang hollow, however, as Trump invited the Fox News personality on stage, praising him as one of the “incredible people” who had “done an incredible job for us.”

“Mr. President, I did an opening monologue today and I had no idea you were going to invite me up here. And the one thing that has made and defined your presidency more than anything else: promises made, promises kept,” Hannity said on stage after shaking Trump’s hand, echoing a rally motto.

Just moments earlier, Hannity pointed to the media pool at the back of the room and said: “By the way, all those people in the back are fake news.”....................................

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
23. Imagine if Hillary had invited Rachel or Lawrence on stage
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 02:59 PM
Nov 2018

The right would have lost their minds, and she wasn't president.

We have a state media now.

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