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OnPolitics Today: Hannity fans may have smashed their Keurigs too soon

Nothing better sums up politics in 2017 than fans of Fox News host Sean Hannity smashing their Keurig coffee makers this week after Keurig pulled ads from Hannity's show over his support for Roy Moore.

Then, with the K-Cup™ brewers smashed and their black plastic pieces swept away, Hannity himself neared Keurig's conclusion: Maybe Roy Moore, accused of preying on teenagers when he was in his 30s, isn't fit for a Senate seat.

"You must immediately and fully come up with a satisfactory explanation for your inconsistencies," Hannity said Tuesday night, giving Moore a 24-hour timeline. "You must remove any doubt. If he can't do this, then Judge Moore needs to get out of this race."

Also second-guessing the Republican Senate nominee is reportedly Steve Bannon, the ex-Trump adviser and Breitbart chairman who campaigned on Moore's behalf, according to a report in The Daily Beast.

Meanwhile, in Moore' state of Alabama, one resident received a robocall from a fake Washington Post reporter seeking dirt on Moore. His alleged name? Bernie Bernstein, perhaps an homage to legendary Post reporter Carl Bernstein or - as many on Twitter pointed out - a racist moniker.

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