Sean Hannity fans destroy Keurig coffee machines after it pulls adverts in disgust at host's Roy Moore defence
Fox News host accused of casting doubt on the allegations of sexual misconduct against Roy Moore
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Your support makes all the difference.A coffee machine company's decision to pull its advertising from Sean Hannity’s Fox News show, has led some viewers to smash up their products in protest.
Keurig resolved to stop its commercials from airing around the programme, after the host was accused of being too soft on Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore who has been accused of sexual misconduct with a number of teenage girls, including a 14-year-old, when he was in his thirties.
Speaking with a co-host, Lynda McLaughlin, Mr Hannity seemed to justify Mr Moore’s reported conduct by calling one of the encounters “consensual", something he later said in a statement “was absolutely wrong” and that he “misspoke.
However, he then brought up the possibility of accusers lying for money, or for political purposes.
In light of his comments, a number of firms including Keurig, decided to pull their advertising.
Fans of Mr Hannity reacted to the news by posting videos smashing up their coffee makers on social media.
Some of the tweets received thousands of retweets and his supporters began circulating the hashtag “BoycottKeurig”.
Mr Moore, a former Alabama Supreme Court judge, has denied the claims that have been made against him.
There have been calls for him to stand down after Leigh Corfman last week.
She told The Washington Post that Mr Moore, then 32, approached her outside an Alabama courthouse, where he offered to watch out for her while her mother went inside.
When the pair were alone, she said he asked her for her phone number.
He later arranged to pick Ms Corfman, who was 14-years-old, up near her home, where she said he kissed her. On a second similar visit, she said he removed his clothes and touched her sexually,
“I wanted it over with — I wanted out," she said. “Please just get this over with. Whatever this is, just get it over.”
Mr has threatened legal action against the newspaper which published her account, along with those from two other women who made similar allegations.
But he has yet to launch proceedings.
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