Supporters of President Donald Trump balked at the news that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reportedly expressed to colleagues that she wanted to see Trump in prison.
Trump responded to the report as well, calling Pelosi a "nasty, vindictive, horrible person."
Like clockwork, Trump ally and far-Right Fox News host Sean Hannity used his slot to echo Trump's sentiments, railing against Pelosi for wanting to imprison political opponents who haven't committed crimes.
Watch below:
Hannity said:
"It is now the party of anti-Trump rage and psychosis...Based on no actual crimes, [Pelosi] wants a political opponent locked up in prison. Umm, that happens in banana republics. Beyond despicable behavior."
If calls for a political figure to "locked up" without being convicted of a crime sound familiar, you aren't the only one who noticed.
New York Times White House Correspondent Maggie Haberman pointed out some glaring irony.
The "lock her up" chant has become a mainstay of Trump's rallies. It targets Trump's 2016 Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton, whom he accuses of being corrupt and lawless—despite Clinton never being convicted or charged with a crime, even after a years long FBI investigation.
It's jarring to many that Trump supporters like Hannity don't seem to realize the irony here.
Yikes.
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