Fox News host Sean Hannity tells lefty journo Taylor Lorenz ‘there seems to be a missing chip’ with her over Luigi Mangione remarks

Fox News big Sean Hannity told arguable journalist Taylor Lorenz “there seems to beryllium a missing spot pinch you” Wednesday arsenic he assailed nan erstwhile New York Times newsman for her bizarre comments astir accused CEO shooter Luigi Mangione.

The blimpish media characteristic sparred pinch Lorenz in a tense back-and-forth complete her questionable remarks astir nan convulsive decease of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, and demanded to cognize if she condemned fans of nan 26-year-old Mangione.

“Will you opportunity that anyone that’s praising this feline doesn’t person a soul, a conscience and a heart?” Hannity asked Lorenz, who offered a bewildering response.

“I don’t judge successful things for illustration belief things for illustration souls and each these things,” she said.

When Hannity repeated nan question, Lorenz besides went disconnected topic.  

“I judge that each 1 of nan 70,000 Americans that dice each twelvemonth because of deficiency of wellness security besides has a heart,” she said.  

Hannity kept prodding her pinch nan aforesaid question, but Lorenz deflected each time.

“When you talk astir souls, that’s not really my specialty. What I do specialize in is extremism,” Lorenz earlier Hannity trim successful pinch an “obviously.”

Earlier successful nan primetime question and reply pinch nan ex-Washington Post columnist, Hannity confronted Lorenz complete her past statements astir nan high-profile murder.

The exertion newsman antecedently said she felt “joy” astir nan assassination of nan joined begetter and this week she attempted to rationalize nan legions of Mangione supporters. 

“You’re gonna spot women particularly that consciousness like, ‘Oh my God, here’s this man who’s a revolutionary, who’s famous, who’s handsome, who’s young, who’s smart, he’s a personification that seems for illustration this morally bully man,’ which is difficult to find,” Lorenz said connected CNN.

Lorenz claimed Wednesday nighttime she ne'er said she felt joyousness complete nan death, but felt joyousness “that nan brutality of our healthcare strategy was yet being acknowledged.”

“I judge that our existent healthcare strategy is murderous,” she added.

Hannity past laid into her.

“Your comments fundamentally put your seal of support connected execution and assassination, and I’m trying to understand, whether you for illustration this feline aliases for illustration nan measurement he does business aliases not, you’re advocating and putting a smiley look connected assassination, and I’m trying to understand what is successful your psyche that doesn’t understand he’s a begetter and a hubby here,” Hannity said.

“What are you missing? There seems to beryllium a missing spot pinch you,” he added.

Lorenz besides claimed that nan fawning comments astir Mangione, who could look nan decease punishment if convicted astatine nan national level, is really different group deliberation astir him.

“I’m describing nan mentality of these instrumentality girls that show up astatine Luigi’s tribunal and show up extracurricular his jailhouse cell,” Lorenz said.