Trump Ally Sean Hannity Slams ‘State-Run Legacy Media’ While Hosting Show at the Capitol in Front of Republican Lawmakers

Fox News host Sean Hannity decried what he called “the state-run legacy media mob” while hosting his show in front of dozens of Republican lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol.

With President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, the GOP controls the White House and both houses of Congress. Conservatives also hold a 6-3 supermajority on the Supreme Court.

On Tuesday, it was reported that Hannity would visit the Oval Office to interview his friend Trump. Hours later, the host went to the Capitol to do his show in front of a live audience of Republican members of Congress.

Hannity took issue with a sermon delivered at the National Prayer Service, which Trump attended earlier in the day. The bishop pleaded with the president to “have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now” thanks to the president’s stated policies.

“In every corner of Washington, D.C., that is what Republicans are up against,” Hannity said. “And that is especially true for the state-run legacy media mob that I argued died on November the 5th. They have learned no lessons from the 2024 election. They’re still droning on and on about the end of the world as we know it.”

He then played two clips from MSNBC’s inauguration coverage in which Joy Reid and Rachel Maddow criticized Trump.

After the clips ended, Hannity again referred to “the state-run legacy media mob” – this time to bash pundits who criticized Elon Musk for making a salute not unlike those performed by the baddies in films about World War II.

Hannity has frequently referred to MSNBC and other liberal-leaning networks as “state-run,” but with President Joe Biden’s departure from office and full GOP control of the government, it doesn’t quite work as a dunk anymore.

In 2022, it was revealed that Hannity had been coordinating with the Trump White House between Election Day 2020 and the end of Trump’s first term. The Fox News host repeatedly texted with Mark Meadows, Trump’s then-chief of staff. On the day of the election, for example, they had this exchange:

HANNITY: Hey… NC gonna be ok?

MEADOWS: Stress every vote matters. Get out and vote… On radio

HANNITY: Yes sir… On it. Any place in particular we need a push

MEADOWS: Pennsylvania. NC AZ… Nevada

HANNITY: Got it. Everywhere

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