A Fox News panelist caused his co-hosts to squirm today as he implied that sexual assault was to blame for why San Francisco's nudists prefer to live their lives in the buff. During today's live broadcast of The Five, Bob Beckel was seated with the usual hosts as they weighed the issue of the proposed nudity ban in San Francisco. Dana Perino sparked a debate when she inquired of her cohorts: 'What happened to these people as children that they don’t want to wear any clothes?' Scroll down for video Shock claim: Bob Beckel suggested that sexual assault was to blame when asked why anyone would like to strut around San Francisco without clothes on
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Fox News host makes incendiary comments during live broadcast of The Five program
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Later, the proposal to ban nudity in San Francisco is approved
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The legislation has caused outrage in the nudist community and a federal lawsuit
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