Hannity Claims No Conservative Wanted Kimmel Fired — Completely Ignoring Trump Doing Just That

On Wednesday night’s episode of Hannity, the Fox News primetime host addressed ABC’s indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel and bristled at the notion that conservatives bore any responsibility.

“I would argue Kimmel did this to himself, but of course, people want to blame conservatives for this happening,” Sean Hannity said. “Well, can you name one prominent conservative? I’ve been boycotted in my career, had calls for my firing many times in my career. No liberal ever came to my defense. Ever. My private text messages released. No liberal ever came to my defense. Putting all that aside, can you name one prominent conservative that said, ‘I want Jimmy Kimmel fired?’ Because I can’t.”

Fox News contributor Joe Concha backed him up. “Can’t find it. Don’t see it online. And quite frankly, that’s because it does not exist,” Concha declared, before pivoting to an extended critique of Kimmel, arguing that the late-night host doesn’t deserve a broadcast platform.