Hannity In Twitter War After Contentious Ted Cruz Interview

The Republican civil war spilled into Sean Hannity’s Twitter feed yesterday after he and Senator Ted Cruz went at each other over delegates – and Cruz and his supporters attacked Hannity for being a Trumpster.

On his radio show yesterday, Media Matters caught the following exchange between Hannity and Cruz (which I lightly edited):

SEAN HANNITY (HOST): I think the number one question on the minds of Republicans right now is what is going on with the delegates. For example, if you can explain to people that your campaign, that you have every right within the rules, to talk to candidates that are pledged on a first ballot, to Candidate A or Candidate C, you being Candidate B, and that—tell us what that process is. You are assuming this is going to the convention, you told me that in the last two interviews. So as part of that, you’re hoping to get to a second ballot. In other words, in a second ballot, people that support Donald Trump or John Kasich or Marco Rubio, if those delegates are still relevant, can then switch their votes. So you are in the process of talking to delegates and it seems to be very extensive. Can you explain to people what’s going on?

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