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Sean Hannity

Sean Hannity

Sean Hannity is a conservative political commentator and hosts a nationally syndicated radio show, as well as two television shows on the Fox News Channel. In a 2013 interview Hannity said that he is a “registered Conservative” and ”not a Republican, though people often mistake me for one.” Hannity has authored three books.

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Sean Hannity
stated on September 17, 2025 in an episode of "Hannity":
There was not “a single, prominent conservative voice in the country that even remotely wanted or hoped or was pushing to get Jimmy Kimmel taken…
False
By Amy Sherman, Madison Czopek • September 18, 2025
Sean Hannity
stated on April 18, 2024 in a video:
President Joe Biden was “ignored by virtually everyone” at a Pittsburgh-area gas station.
Pants on Fire!
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • April 26, 2024
Sean Hannity
stated on February 29, 2024 in a segment of "Hannity" on Fox News:
In New York City “local elections, illegal immigrants can vote.”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 1, 2024
Sean Hannity
stated on January 10, 2023 in a TV segment:
“The White House is now attempting to ban all gas ovens and burners.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Yacob Reyes • January 12, 2023
Sean Hannity
stated on June 9, 2022 in a TV segment:
“Donald Trump authorized up to 20,000 National Guard troops to protect the Capitol” before Jan. 6, 2021, but was “rejected” by Nancy Pelosi and Chuck…
False
By Bill McCarthy • June 13, 2022
Sean Hannity
stated on April 27, 2022 in a TV segment:
Conservatives gained Twitter followers after the company announced its deal with Elon Musk because “Twitter lifted a broad anti-conservative, anti-Trump shadow ban.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • May 2, 2022
Sean Hannity
stated on January 27, 2022 in a radio show segment:
“There’s never been a president (before Joe Biden) that has made race and gender the defining factor” for a Supreme Court nomination.
False
By Bill McCarthy • January 28, 2022
Sean Hannity
stated on December 1, 2021 in a TV segment:
“If you look pre-COVID” under President Donald Trump, “we didn’t import a single barrel of oil from Saudi Arabia.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 2, 2021
Sean Hannity
stated on November 3, 2020 in a tweet:
“NOT A JOKE: Ilhan Omar Tells Residents ‘You Don’t Have to be Registered to Vote’ in Minnesota.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 4, 2020
Sean Hannity
stated on July 21, 2020 in an episode of his TV show:
The Trump administration has had “zero unfulfilled equipment and supply requests from state governors.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • July 27, 2020
Sean Hannity
stated on March 16, 2020 in a TV segment:
“Now, as it stands, our health care system has adequate ventilators, ICU beds, medical professionals.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • March 18, 2020
Sean Hannity
stated on January 10, 2019 in a monologue:
“17,000 individuals with criminal records were apprehended trying to cross the border” in 2018.
Half-True
By John Kruzel • January 11, 2019
Sean Hannity
stated on November 5, 2018 in in a tweet:
On being on stage campaigning with the president
Full Flop
By John Kruzel • November 6, 2018
Sean Hannity
stated on July 16, 2018 in on television:
“In 2016, when Hillary Clinton appeared to have a firm lead in the polls — oh, just before the election, it was President Obama who…
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • July 17, 2018
Sean Hannity
stated on March 7, 2018 in his Fox News program:
Says 642,000 crimes were committed against Texans by criminal immigrants in a recent seven-year period.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 23, 2018
Sean Hannity
stated on February 9, 2017 in on Fox News:
The United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is “the most overturned court in the country.”
False
By Lauren Carroll • February 10, 2017
Sean Hannity
stated on August 23, 2016 in a slide presented on Hannity’s show during an Austin interview of Donald Trump:
Says that in 2015, “illegal” immigrants accounted for 75 percent of federal drug possession convictions and 5 percent to 30 percent of convictions for murder…
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 2, 2016
Sean Hannity
stated on August 23, 2016 in while interviewing Donald Trump in Austin:
“All of Texas is conservative, except a little bit of Austin.”
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 26, 2016
Sean Hannity
stated on June 28, 2016 in comments on his Fox News program:
“During the (Benghazi) attack, a stand-down order was given, and our troops were told to change their clothes four times.”
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 30, 2016
Sean Hannity
stated on October 19, 2015 in a segment of Fox News' "Hannity":
“The president said he’s going to bring in 250,000 (Syrian and Iraqi) refugees into this country.”  
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman, Jon Greenberg • October 26, 2015
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stated on May 6, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Video shows Fox News host Sean Hannity saying an impostor is pretending to be President Joe Biden.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 11, 2023
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stated on October 20, 2022 in an Instagram post:
A chyron on Sean Hannity’s show said, “Dr Oz admits he’s a medical quack.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • October 24, 2022
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