Fox News election results: Sean Hannity’s abortion response was bonkers.

This is Totally Normal Quote of the Day, a feature highlighting a statement from the news that exemplifies just how extremely normal everything has become. “Democrats are trying to scare women into thinking Republicans don’t want abortion legal under any circumstances.” —Sean Hannity, Tuesday On Fox News Tuesday night, as the results from the elections were rolling in, the realization began to sink in that abortion really was a losing issue for Republicans. “Republicans need to learn to talk about abortion in a way that’s going to appeal to suburban voters, single mothers, married mothers, women across the political spectrum,” he said, citing the need to emphasize exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother, as well as “the barbarism of late-term abortions.” Related From Slate One Thing Is Abundantly Clear After This Year’s Election And Hannity, to the outraged disbelief of liberals who saw the clip circulate later, claimed that voters had been misled by scare tactics. “I go back to Pennsylvania 2022—the Republican candidate for governor, if I remember correctly, ‘No exceptions for rape, incest, or the mother’s life,’ ” Hannity said, “and lost to a nonincumbent gubernatorial candidate, Democrat candidate, by a margin not seen since the 1940s.” But after that acknowledgment, Hannity still fell short of fully understanding the public’s message. “So I have to believe that is an indication that women in America, suburban moms, want it, probably, legal and rare, and probably earlier than at the point of viability.” It was an odd conclusion, given that Youngkin had supported an abortion ban with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother and still was walloped on Tuesday night, ending his grand dreams of a Republican takeover in the state.