Hannity Complains Glenn Beck Declared ‘a Holy War’ Against Him For Supporting Trump

Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 09:07 pm

Very little sympathy will be found for Sean Hannity when he complains about being the object of Glenn Beck’s ire. Hannity on Monday took to the Premiere Radio Networks’ The Sean Hannity Show to say of Beck, “it’s a holy war for him at this point. I mean, he’s off the rails attacking me every day, blaming me for Trump.”

Among Beck’s recent criticisms of his former Fox News colleague, “I don’t know how he sleeps at night, I really don’t.”

Some might call that poetic justice, given their shared role in creating the environment that made Trump possible. It is made especially sweet by Hannity’s own unrelenting attacks on anyone who objects to or criticizes his hero, Trump. The list includes CNN’s Brian Stelter, Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol, Paul Ryan, Ted Cruz, and even the Pope.

Listen to Hannity’s ran courtesy of Media Matters for America:

The “Never Trump” dead-enders, that’s what I call them, now have actually taken it another step further and they’ve launched a TV ad campaign, they want to sabotage any chance Donald Trump has of beating Hillary Clinton and they want to help Hillary Clinton become president. And let me be clear: if you’re a Republican conservative and you’re not supporting Trump, you are helping to make Hillary Clinton president. Whether you want to hear that or not, that is a fact, it’s irrefutable. If you’re supporting Gary Johnson over Trump to send a message, you’re helping Hillary. That’s my answer, that’s what I believe, and I have a certain fidelity to the truth to always be honest with my audience, and that is the truth. You want to vote for Gary Johnson, that’s a half a vote for Hillary. You want to oppose Trump, you want to stay home, that’s a half a vote for Hillary.
 
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Well let me just say to all of you — and that includes the commentator class, that includes the Jonah Goldberg class, that includes radio hosts, you know, Glenn Beck, it’s a holy war for him at this point. I mean, he’s off the rails attacking me every day, blaming me for Trump. Well no, I was fair to everybody Glenn, whether you want to admit it or not. I know I was fair, my conscience is clear, and I, frankly, I’ll proudly pull the lever for Donald Trump with a clear conscience.

Hannity seems to think he has not only a right to defend Trump, but to attack those who object to Trump, while those who object to Trump (and Hannity’s support for him) have no right to speak. He has made himself an innocent victim while being anything but.

It is impossible from a factual basis to defend either man, but if Beck is waging a holy war on Hannity, it is only because Hannity has been waging a holy war for Trump, and what’s a little mutual jihad between ideologues?

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Hrafnkell Haraldsson, a social liberal with leanings toward centrist politics has degrees in history and philosophy. His interests include, besides history and philosophy, human rights issues, freedom of choice, religion, and the precarious dichotomy of freedom of speech and intolerance. He brings a slightly different perspective to his writing, being that he is neither a follower of an Abrahamic faith nor an atheist but a polytheist, a modern-day Heathen who follows the customs and traditions of his Norse ancestors. He maintains his own blog, A Heathen's Day, which deals with Heathen and Pagan matters, and Mos Maiorum Foundation www.mosmaiorum.org, dedicated to ethnic religion. He has also contributed to NewsJunkiePost, GodsOwnParty and Pagan+Politics.

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