Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” conservative commentator Laura Ingraham, much like host Sean Hannity, was skeptical of the claim that any benefit had come from the congressional baseball game held earlier in the evening.
Ingraham argued the response to attacks on Republicans is nowhere near what they would be had they been Democrats.
She went on to claim the “unity” moment celebrated at the congressional baseball game wasn’t helpful and it would have been more appropriate for Democrats to call out fellow Democrats “spewing vile rhetoric.”
Partial transcript as follows:
HANNITY: OK, this is what people are going to say about us today: “Oh really, you can’t stop for a night?”
(CROSSTALK)
INGRAHAM: If this had been done to Barack Obama or this had been done to Nancy Pelosi, I’m talking about the mock beheadings, the Shakespeare in the Park, you would have Democrat congressman on television 24/7 putting pressure on all of these entertainment companies and all of the celebrities and everyone who is propping them up. But today – I mean, we don’t even hear many Republicans tonight speaking about this. They’re having their nice moment.
HANNITY: Everyone got sucked in. I got to tell you – in 72 hours, it is going to start happening.
INGRAHAM: A kind of… I don’t think it’s actually helpful for them to do what they do because it lulls people into the sense that “oh, it’s OK. We are putting our arms around each other. See, we are wearing the LSU shirt tonight. Isn’t that great?” No, you know it would be great? Is to actually stand up and call out the people in your own caucus who are spewing this vile rhetoric that deranged individuals are marinating themselves in 24/7.
HANNITY: You know something? There was no prominent Democrat with the Kathy Griffin [beheading]? Do you know of any?
INGRAHAM: No.
HANNITY: Obama? Was Hillary?
INGRAHAM: No.
HANNITY: Was any prominent Democrat that said that is over the line?
INGRAHAM: No, not one.
HANNITY: This baseball game – which, by the way, I’m glad they are raising money for charity.
INGRAHAM: That’s great, that’s great. But I’m talking – this is a systemic viciousness. And those who would claim that ‘oh, there are those on the right who do this and those on the left” — No, no, no, no. This stuff that’s happening now, where at town hall meetings – congressmen go, are called every disgusting word and go home and find out later on there is a chalk drawing on their driveway. Their children are threatened. Remember they used to complain the Tea Party was violent? There is never any violence in the Tea Party.
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