Sean Hannity caller: “I kind of don't like the fact that everybody's all over Jerome Powell to lower interest rates”
Hannity on interest rates: “I'm saying they're artificially high, and I think it's because Jerome Powell has a personal animus towards Donald Trump.”
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Sean Hannity caller: "I kind of don't like the fact that everybody's all over Jerome Powell to lower interest rates"
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From the July 16, 2025, edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show
CALLER: I do have an accounting background as well as a finance background, but the reason for my call wasn't so much about how much greater Florida is. I'm coming down in ten days. The reason for my call is because, Sean, I watch you. I'm a loyal listener. I watch your show at night. And, you know, I just got some constructive criticism. I kind of don't like the fact that everybody's all over Jerome Powell to lower interest rates.
SEAN HANNITY (HOST): He sucks. He's awful. Go ahead.
CALLER: No, but listen, Sean, let's go back to ten years. Let's go back to 2008 with the Obama years when they did quantitative easing, and they maintained interest rates so low that it put banks in what we call this crisis mode. Now, you know, I agree with Trump with the tariffs. I'm all about the tariffs.
HANNITY: That was the Community Reinvestment Act. That was Bill Clinton's fault, and they lowered the standards in terms of home lending monies for people that never would have qualified. That's where the banking crisis came into effect.
CALLER: But, Sean, there was also a banking crisis if you recall when Biden was president because what they did is they lowered interest rates so low, that what happened —
HANNITY: I'm not saying to lower them so low. I'm saying they're artificially high, and I think it's because Jerome Powell has a personal animus towards Donald Trump.
CALLER: So you're going to —
HANNITY: Alright, I got it — I'm just on the clock, but I hear what you're saying. I just disagree. If you want high interest rates, you're like the only person I know that thinks that they are at the right level.