Booker said allegation against Virginia’s Lt Gov. Fairfax is “deeply, deeply disturbing,” and the accuser should be commended for coming forward. “I have not read the allegations but it takes tremendous courage for someone to come forward in the way that she did.”

Cory Booker added: ”This is a deeply disturbing allegation that should be thoroughly investigated.”

Fairfax is next in line for governor of Virginia at a time when the current governor, Ralph Northam, is facing growing calls to resign over a racist image in his medical school yearbook. However, the allegations against Fairfax have led to calls for his resignation as well.

He has denied the allegations.

Attorney General Mark Herring, who is third in line for the governor’s job, is also being urged to resign after he admitted to wearing blackface makeup at a 1980s college party.

Hannity issued an “update” at the end of his show, but delivered it while referring to Booker by the mocking nickname of “Spartacus.”