'Political suicide': Sean Hannity warns Republicans must drop 'extreme position' — or lose

A prominent Fox News host is warning Republicans that their extremist position on abortion loses elections and — if they don't allow for exceptions to the procedure — it will result in "political suicide."

Fox News host Sean Hannity joined Fox & Friends this Monday and responded to Donald Trump's recent announcement of his "official policy" on abortion, where he said the decision should be left to the states.

"The states will determine by vote or legislation, or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land," Trump said in his announcement. "Many states will be different. Many will have a different number of weeks, or some will be more conservative than others and that's what they will be. At the end of the day, this is all about the will of the people."

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During the Fox segment, Hannity said, "I have been warning Republicans and conservatives on abortion for a long time, and I've been saying that you'd better be careful ... that Democrats are going to demagogue the issue of abortion."

Hannity went on to say that Roe v. Wade was "always bad law," and what Trump did was put it in the hands of the states and not at the federal level. He added that Trump confronted the "extremism on this issue regarding abortion" from Democrats, who Hannity says don't want any limits on the procedure.

But Hannity added that "any Republican that would take a position — no exceptions for rape, incest, or the mother's life — that is political suicide."

"Any Republican that calls for a flat-out ban ... that would be outright suicide," Hannity continued. "But I'll tell you one thing, and this would be an admonition for any conservative or any Republican running ... if you're going to take that extreme position, you are going to lose votes."

Watch Hannity at this link.