Sean Hannity.Photo: Paul Zimmerman/Getty
More than 2,300 messages from Trump Chief of StaffMark Meadows' phone show that Hannity sought input from the top administration official on what to say to his audience as Americans headed to the polls in the presidential election, according to the CNN story published Monday.
“NC gonna be ok?“Hannity wrote.
“Stress every vote matters. Get out and vote,” Meadows responded. “On radio.”
“Yes sir,” Hannity replied, according to CNN. “On it. Any place in particular we need a push.”
“Pennsylvania. NC AZ,” Meadows wrote back. “Nevada.”
“Got it,” Hannity reportedly replied. “Everywhere.”
OnThe Sean Hannity Show, which aired from 3 to 6 p.m. on iHeartRadio, Hannity echoed that message to his listeners.
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.Patrick Semansky/AP/Shutterstock
“I am acting as though and knowing that every single, solitary vote matters,” he said,according toThe Washington Post, adding that he’d “been on the phone all day with people all over the country.”
ThePost’s reporter Philip Bump counted 58 mentions of Pennsylvania, 32 mentions of Arizona and 32 mentions of North Carolina during Hannity’s broadcast that day.
“Every single vote in every one of these states that I have just mentioned absolutely, positively matters,” Hannity said then, adding later: “If you’re going to be voting, you know, please, if you’re online, please don’t say, oh, this is going to take too long. Your vote is necessary. Every vote matters.”
A Fox News spokeswoman did not comment on the texts between Hannity and Meadows.
According to CNN, Meadows' messages include correspondence with other Fox News hosts as well as reporters from several news outlets, but he most frequently communicated with Hannity.
source: people.com
