On Thursday evening during one of his fake "town halls," Sean Hannity received a special award from Senator Rick Scott.
The "award" was on behalf of Florida Republican candidates and lawmakers like Marco Rubio. It's the same made up "award" Rick Scott gave to Donald Trump after the insurrection.
Hannity has been trying to boost the candidacies of Dr. Oz, Herschel Walker, Marco Rubio and many other Republicans by continually hosting softball interviews and phony town halls almost nightly. These are used to prop up floundering, unqualified right-wing celebrities, while at the same time deriding their political rivals.
"I'm the chairman of the National Republican Central Committee, I created an award for people who care about freedom," Scott said.
"Who do you think should get this?" The Florida Senator asked on Hannity's own program.
"Sean Hannity, you care about freedom. What you do on your show to fight for freedom around this country is unbelievable," The NRCC chairman said.
"This is for you," Scott said, handing Hannity a trophy.
Sean Hannity excepted the award as if he just won the Miss Teen America USA.
"My God," he said, feigning surprise.
"Well deserved," Scott said.
Hannity has made it his mission for the midterms to give millions of dollars of free publicity and infomercial-type propaganda for all Republicans.
It's become absurd that Fox News still calls itself a news network. Lawrence O'Donnell interviews Democratic candidates, but no one pretends he deserves a trophy for it.
Back in 2018, Fox News supposedly censored Hannity for appearing in a Trump rally in the final days of those midterms.
“FOX News does not condone any talent participating in campaign events,” a Fox News spokesperson said in a statement. “We have an extraordinary team of journalists helming our coverage tonight, and we are extremely proud of their work. This was an unfortunate distraction and has been addressed.”
This silly "prize ceremony" is childish and shows that any pretense the Fox bosses are miffed by Hannity's actions is out-the-window.
This is nothing new. Recall that in 1994 the House Republican freshman class gave Rush Limbaugh an honorary congressional pin that said "Majority Maker."
