Fox News host Elisabeth Hasselbeck connected an ongoing National Football League controversy surrounding domestic violence to the September 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

The Fox & Friends host tweeted September 16, “Imagine if everyone that asked for transparency in the #nfl @nfl Demanded that same #transparency in our #government,” adding the hashtags "#Benghazi" and "#IRS," references to the terrorist attack and the alleged targeting by the IRS of tax exempt organizations.

Imagine if everyone that asked for transparency in the #nfl @nfl Demanded that same #transparency in our #government #Benghazi #IRS

-- elisabeth hasselbeck (@ehasselbeck) September 16, 2014

Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice was indefinitely suspended by the NFL after a video of him punching his now-wife and knocking her unconscious leaked, and the organization came under fire for not previously suspending Rice when he initially admitted to the assault. Fifteen female senators have asked NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to “institute a zero-tolerance policy for domestic violence,” and questioned whether the commissioner or other league officials may have attempted to "cover-up" evidence of the abuse.

Fox News has repeatedly attempted to claim the Obama administration engaged in a “cover up” of the Benghazi attacks, with the evening lineup alleging a “cover up” in 281 segments in the first 20 months following the attacks. Network personalities have previous invoked Benghazi in relation to meteorologists meeting with President Obama, the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, Gov. Chris Christie's bridge scandal, Yom Kippur, and Monday Night Football.

UPDATE: Hasselbeck later tweeted at the Huffington Post, which wrote up her comments:

. @HuffingtonPost We spoke w/the mom whose son was killed &men there that night. Inserting #Benghazi - is NOT ridiculous-IT IS AN #HONOR

-- elisabeth hasselbeck (@ehasselbeck) September 16, 2014