Fox News Host Sean Hannity Blows Up At Ted Cruz On-Air: ‘You Gotta Stop!’ (AUDIO)

FILE - In this May 4, 2007, file photo, Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity speaks in Salt Lake City. Hannity has become the second cable news host whose involvement in the Trayvon Martin shooting case has gone beyond me... FILE - In this May 4, 2007, file photo, Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity speaks in Salt Lake City. Hannity has become the second cable news host whose involvement in the Trayvon Martin shooting case has gone beyond merely talking about it on the air. Hannity acknowledged having a conversation with a man he believed to be George Zimmerman, who shot and killed the black Florida teenager Feb. 26 in a case that has ignited racial tensions. Zimmerman's former lawyers, in quitting the case Tuesday, April 10, 2012, noted that their client had talked to Hannity more recently than with them. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File) MORE LESS
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Conservative radio host and non-journalist Sean Hannity got testy with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) during a Tuesday interview after the senator tried to dodge any talk about delegate wrangling in the Republican presidential race.

Asked about jockeying for delegates in the lead-up to a possible brokered summer convention, Cruz replied: “Sean, with all respect, that’s not what people care about.”

Hannity came back at Cruz, saying when he engages with “millions of people” on social media, hundreds of radio stations, and on his Fox News show, he hears from people who want this question answered.

“I’m asking you more than a process question, it’s an integrity of the election question, and everybody is asking me this question,” he said.

“Sean, the only people asking this question are the hardcare Donald Trump supporters,” Cruz fired back.

The answer clearly roiled the pundit.

“Why do you do this every single time –” Hannity began. “You gotta stop! Every time I have you on the air, and I ask a legitimate question, you try to throw this in my face. I’m getting sick of it. I’ve had you on more than any other candidate on radio and TV. So if I ask you a legitimate question to explain to the audience, why don’t you just answer it?”

Cruz coolly responded, “Sean, can I answer your question without being interrupted?”

Later on in the terse interview, Hannity said to Cruz, “senator, I don’t know why you’re mad” to which he responded, “Sean, let me be clear, I’m not mad at all.”

Listen to the interview via The Sean Hannity Show:

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  1. no one likes you Ted

  2. Funny how after all these years all of the sudden the delegate process is a problem.
    I don’t give a rats ass who wins in the republican party Cruz or the Donald, they are both horrible for America.
    And ted cut the crap you don’t give a shit about jobs or anything that benefits even your own voters.

  3. Dick fight!

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