Swearing up and down that he wasn’t comparing the FBI’s Trump campaign probe to the killing of George Floyd, a black man who died at the hands of four police officers, Fox News commentator Sean Hannity did exactly that on Tuesday night as he tried to paint President Donald Trump as “a victim of crooked cops.”
“It’s not the same thing as what happened to George Floyd, but it’s horrific,” Hannity said of the FBI’s investigation into Trump’s 2016 campaign. “He was a victim of crooked cops.”
“Now, again, not the same circumstances. I’m not making any comparison,” the conservative host insisted. “A bad cop is a bad cop.”
Hannity said that the “damage” caused by Floyd’s death “is real to the country.”
“We know how a few malignant individuals can destroy lives and wreak havoc,” he added, an echo of the complaints he and Trump himself have made about the intelligence officials heading the investigation.
Hannity tried making the astonishing comparison once again near the end of his program in a meandering speech to Fox contributors Jeanine Pirro and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R).
“I said earlier there’s no comparison in the case. George Floyd didn’t need to die….But I, for three years, have also — again, one bad cop, look what happened. Look what is the result,” he rambled, going on about “abuse of power.”
“Bad people in high positions, very different, but it means something,” the host declared. “Bad people on the job are not good.”
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Hannity insists he's not directly comparing Trump to George Floyd but "he was a victim of crooked cops." pic.twitter.com/a2ocDTQw8D
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) June 10, 2020
Hannity tries to draw a comparison between the FBI's Trump campaign investigation and the killing of George Floyd. "Bad people on the job are not good." pic.twitter.com/adJfGV5YV6
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) June 10, 2020
