Sean Hannity rips armed Michigan protesters for ‘attempting to intimidate officials’
On Monday night, Sean Hannity admonished armed protesters who stormed the Michigan statehouse last Thursday and demanded measures taken to combat the coronavirus be lifted. Protests have broken out all over the county in defiance of stay-at-home orders and social distancing guidelines. Some in the media blame Fox News and President Trump for fueling these protests, with Trump even tweeting last month for Michigan and other states to “liberate” themselves.
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SEAN HANNITY: No one is a bigger defender of the Second Amendment than yours truly. Everyone has the right to protest, protect themselves, and try to get the country open. This, with the militia look here, and these long guns, no.
KYLIE MAR: On Monday night, Sean Hannity admonished armed protesters who stormed the Michigan State House last Thursday and demanded measures taken to combat the coronavirus be lifted. This happening less than two weeks after President Trump tweeted "liberate Michigan!"
SEAN HANNITY: Show of force is dangerous. That puts our police at risk. And by the way, your message will never be heard, whoever you people are. No one should be attempting to intimidate officials with a show of force. And God forbid something happens. Then they're going to go after all of us law-abiding Second Amendment people.
KYLIE MAR: In a rare occurrence, Hannity split with Trump, who tweeted on Friday that the protesters were very fine people. And Hannity even butted heads with frequent Fox News contributor Dan Bongino, who made a familiar argument.
DAN BONGINO: It's the liberal media's efforts more to paint the people there as some kind of crazed bunch of lunatics more than it is the people there actually trying to represent that they have rights to--
SEAN HANNITY: They could do concealed carry, Dan, if they're worried about their safety. This is to intimidate.
