Sean Hannity once pulled a gun on Juan Williams, sources say

Sean Hannity is surrounded by jackasses.

The Wall Street Journal columnist who called Hannity a “dumbest anchor” on Fox News is a “jackass,” according to Hannity. The debate clergyman who suggested a blood vessel had popped inside Hannity’s mind is a “jackass.” Even a regressive MSNBC horde who infrequently criticizes President Donald Trump is a “jackass.”

If we impugn Hannity, or a Trump administration, there is a satisfactory possibility he will call we a “jackass” on Twitter. The chances of being called a “jackass” by Hannity are significantly aloft late during night. Of a 21 people Hannity called a “jackass” in a final year, scarcely half were told off between 9 p.m and 2 a.m.

Hannity, Trump’s biggest devotee on television, has pronounced this is party for him: “I am a counterpuncher,” he told one Twitter user who asked since he was so antagonistic. “I do not start fights yet we finish them. This is pristine party for me. If people take inexpensive shots we strike back.”

Still, Hannity’s chronicle of party can go too far. Last year, after finale one of his many energetic on-air arguments with magnanimous writer Juan Williams, Hannity pulled out a gun and forked it directly during Williams, according to 3 sources with believe of a incident. He even incited on a laser sight, causing a red dot to incline around on Williams’ body. (Hannity was customarily display off, a sources said, yet a variable off-camera escapade clearly uneasy Williams and others on set.)

For a record: Hannity’s colleagues brought a Williams occurrence to a courtesy of Fox News executives, yet it’s not transparent either anything came of it. The sources pronounced it went to Bill Shine, a network’s co-president and longtime Fox News executive, who is Hannity’s longtime crony and a former producer. A Fox News orator pronounced a occurrence was referred to a authorised and tellurian resources departments.

“Sean Hannity has been lerned in firearm reserve given he was 11 years aged and has a assent to lift a gun in 5 states, including New York,” Fox News pronounced in a matter to CNNMoney. “The conditions was entirely investigated and it was found that no one was put in any danger.” (The orator pronounced a occurrence took place in Oct 2016.)

The Fox News orator also supposing a following statements from Hannity and Williams.

“While deliberating a emanate of firearms, we showed my good crony Juan Williams my unloaded firearm in a veteran and protected demeanour for educational functions only,” Hannity’s matter read. “Every precautionary procession that we have been lerned in given a age of 11 was followed. I’ve had a disguise lift assent in 5 states for all of my adult life. Any other interpretation of this is undisguised fake reporting.”

“This occurrence is being sensationalized — all was underneath sum control via and we never felt like we was put in harm’s way,” Williams’ matter read. “It was transparent that Sean put my reserve and confidence above all else and we continue to be good friends.”

If it feels like Hannity is spoiling for a fight, maybe that’s since he is. Off camera, he has turn an zealous tyro of Mixed Martial Arts. He has a brownish-red belt in Karate. He even has a personal sensei (martial humanities teacher) who travels with him. Last year, Hannity and his sensei paid a revisit to UFC champion Chuck Liddell to learn some new techniques. The revisit was featured as a segment on Hannity’s show, that provides some discernment into his passion for a hobby.

On camera, Hannity also seems to lust for confrontation. The fact that Trump won a presidency — that gave Hannity “told we so” rights over his critics — did not rage him. If anything, it done him feel some-more emboldened.

Before Trump’s victory, Hannity’s attacks opposite a domestic investiture and a mainstream media were customarily singular to a informed populist complaints about ineffectual bureaucrats and overpaid liberals. He once critiqued a media for roving around in “chauffeured limousines” and enjoying “fine steakhouses” — an peculiar criticism, given that Hannity, one of a highest-paid hosts on wire news, flies in private jets and enjoys steak.

Since Trump’s victory, Hannity has turn officious conspiratorial. He recently suggested that a CIA conducted “false flag” cyberattacks opposite Americans. He has embraced a thought that there is a “deep state” of sovereign officials operative to criticise Trump from within government. He now calls a mainstream media a “propaganda press” and a “alt-left.” When MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow suggested dual pages of Trump’s 2005 taxation papers on Tuesday night, Hannity dedicated an whole shred to what he described as “corporate jihad” by her employer, NBC.

For Hannity, there is no room for gainsay from his worldview. Critics are discharged undisguised as shills and propagandists — dual terms Hannity’s critics frequently use opposite him.

Earlier this month, Hannity conducted an talk with Monica Crowley, a regressive commentator who would have turn Trump’s emissary inhabitant confidence confidant were it not for her prevalent plagiarism, that was uncovered by CNN’s KFile. Hannity announced that anyone who had questions about Crowley’s piracy — which, again, had been good documented — could “go to hell.”

Watching his show, reading by his Twitter feed, it’s transparent that Hannity has turn a produce and everybody who disagrees with him has turn a nail.

Or rather, a “jackass,” and Hannity’s life is one large diversion of pin a tail on a donkey.

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