Sean Hannity Blames Maxine Waters for Filming Maryland Newsroom

Fox News host, Sean Hannity, suggested that Democratic representative Maxine Waters was responsible for the shootout at the Capital Gazette's press room in Annapolis, Maryland, a few days after the call from Congress to public shame of Trump officials.

"I have been saying for days now that something horrible was going to happen because of rhetoric," Hannity told the show "The Sean Hannity Show" of Premiere Radio Networks. "Really, Maxine, you want people to create -" call your friends, put them in their faces ".

Hannity also suggested that the rhetoric of former President Barack Obama was responsible for the shooting.

"And Obama said that too," Hannity continued. & # 39; & # 39; Put them in the face, call them, call your friends, bring in protesters, take them to restaurants and shopping centers, and everywhere else.

The comments were first reported by the liberal media media Matters.

Hannity's comments came amidst an active shooter situation in the Capital Gazette's press room on Thursday. Many deaths have been reported and a suspect is in detention, according to a spokesman for the city.

At a rally Sunday, Waters called for nonviolence and public shame against Trump administration officials.

"You have members of your cabinet who have been booed out of restaurants, who have protesters who are taking home their home saying," No peace, no sleep, "said Waters. One of this firm in a restaurant, in a department store, in a gas station, you go out and you create a crowd and you push back on it, and you tell them that they are no longer welcome, n & rsquo; Anywhere. "

The comments drew the wrath of President Donald Trump, who falsely declared that Waters was" calling for harm "to his supporters.

A representative of Premiere Radio Networks did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.