Hannity Fans Destroy Keurig Coffee Makers In Support Of Host

NEW YORK, NY — Fans of right-wing firebrand Sean Hannity have been destroying Keurig coffee makers in a show of support for the TV host after the coffee company pulled advertisements from his cable news show.

Keurig announced on Saturday that it worked out a deal with Fox to stop airing advertisements during “The Sean Hannity Show” in the wake of Hannity’s coverage of the Roy Moore sexual scandal.

The Washington Post reported last week that Moore, the Republican nominee for an Alabama Senate seat, had a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl when he was 32. Moore also pursued relationships with 3 other teenagers when he was in his 30s, according to the report. Moore has denied the accusations and is now threatening to sue the Post.

During his coverage of the story, Hannity urged his viewers to not rush to judgement about Moore’s guilt or innocence.

Keurig announced on Twitter Saturday that it would stop airing ads during the show, prompting Hannity fans to record themselves destroying the single-serve coffee machines.

Twitter user Snoop Baily tweeted a video of himself destroying one of the machines with a golf club on Sunday, and included the hashtags #BoycottKeurig and #IStandWithHannity in his caption.

Join me & @AngeloJohnGage in the #KeurigSmashChallenge & learn how to crush your drives as a bonus.#BoycottKeurig#IStandWithHannity#BuyBlackRifleCoffee#MAGA pic.twitter.com/WH3unkpADI
— Snoop Bailey (@vol80) November 12, 2017

Another Twitter user, Reverend Bob Levy, tweeted a video of himself taking a bat to a Keurig machine and also included the #BoycottKeurig hashtag.

In response to the kerfuffle, Keurig CEO Bob Gamgort said he regrets using Twitter to announce the company's policy.

“The decision to publicly communicate our programming decision via our Twitter account was highly unusual,” Gamgort wrote. “This gave the appearance of ‘taking sides’ in an emotionally charged debate that escalated on Twitter and beyond over the weekend, which was not our intent.”

Hannity at first egged on his fans on Twitter, retweeting some of the videos and other memes that were captioned with the #BoycottKeurig hashtag. After the statement from Gamgort was released on Monday, however, Hannity tweeted that the company realized it had been "misled by a bigot."

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