Sean Hannity apologizes to Fox viewers for 'misunderstanding' with Tucker Carlson

There was an odd moment during the handoff from Tucker Carlson to Sean Hannity where it looked that Hannity was openly criticizing Carlson over a just-concluded segment on Jeff Bezos making money off of the pandemic. Have a watch:

Tucker Carlson ended his show by criticizing the fact that Jeff Bezos has gotten richer during the pandemic.

Hands off to Sean Hannity who refutes him. pic.twitter.com/bspPD3Y5dF

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) July 22, 2020

And here’s Carlson’s entire segment:

Here was Tucker’s segment on Jeff Bezos that proceeded this exchange
pic.twitter.com/G3uYTytRpC

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) July 22, 2020

Hannity later apologized “for any misunderstanding”:

I apologize for any misunderstanding to Tucker and the fox audience. I support freedom and Capitalism. Not people taking advantage of a pandemic. If I see such evidence I will obviously condemn it.

— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 22, 2020

I was reiterating Tucker’s point on NOT being versus capitalism. I was in the chair one minute before airtime and I was specifically responding to the end of Tucker’s interview when he said he supported honest capitalism, I had not heard any of the other part of the interview.

— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 22, 2020

I was very clear I support capitalism. If someone is honestly providing goods and services people want, need, and desire I’m fine with that. If they capitalize on tragedy, that’s a different issue and I was very clear. I’ve seen no evidence of that. But if I do, watch out.

— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 22, 2020

All good? If so, at least we got this “awesome Tuckerface”:

Awesome Tuckerface moment! https://t.co/189s7bhCKf

— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) July 22, 2020

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