Sean Hannity uses AP reporter as 'proof' Hillary has health issues, but there's just one problem

Greg P. | 8:25 PM on August 12, 2016

Back in June, we posted on an odd moment from the campaign trail where Hillary Clinton’s head went bonkers while she was answering questions from a bunch of reporters at a coffee shop. We wrote at the time, “LOLOL. It looks like the robot need a reboot!”

Here’s the video so you can see what we mean:

Clinton, seemingly startled by us reporters, says "try the cold Chai" when asked if she discussed VPs with Warren. pic.twitter.com/oiCD5hoE0h

— Hannah Chanpong (@hannahfc) June 10, 2016

Honest question: How does Hillary Clinton get her head to shake like this? https://t.co/tpzjwE91oV pic.twitter.com/a9hgFGXE6w

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 10, 2016

Anyway, Sean Hannity used this incident on his show last night to speculate if it was evidence of health issues, complete with neurosurgeon Ben Carson.

At one point in the segment, Hannity says that AP reporter Lisa Lerer “got scared” by Hillary’s movements:

Hannity now insisting that @llerer "got scared" by Hillary's goofy head bob. I doubt he's asked her… https://t.co/T8u9iVtxmT

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 12, 2016

There’s just one problem — Hannity never contacted Lerer to hear what she really thought of the encounter.

She tweeted:

https://twitter.com/llerer/status/764158478919274497

https://twitter.com/llerer/status/764243501877821440

https://twitter.com/llerer/status/764242877962604544

The conservative Fox News host Sean Hannity opened a 6-minute Thursday night segment titled “Hillary’s Health” by saying, “as speculation swirls about Hillary Clinton’s health,” citing a headline from the right-wing news site Drudge Report.

Hannity repeatedly played the muffin shop footage, describing what Clinton was doing as “this sort of twitching thing that she does in front of reporters that was really bad” and then as “a violent, violent, repetitive jerking of the head.”

Seemingly as “proof” that something was amiss with Clinton, Hannity exclaimed: “Watch the reporter, like, pull back as she — the reporter got scared. And she keeps doing it. What is that?”

Fox News never contacted me to ask that question. For the record, I wasn’t scared for a moment.

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