Sean Hannity on oil prices: “They're not even that bad”

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Sean Hannity on oil prices: "They're not even that bad"

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From the June 8, 2026, edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show

JAMES ROBBINS (GUEST): They'll understand that we're the ones who actually control the Hormuz Strait. I mean, you know, Iran's saying, oh, they've closed it. Okay, fine. We closed it. We closed it to everything that they need. They can't import things. They can't export things. So, how are they going to survive? You know, it's a temporary inconvenience for us with higher oil prices and, you know, whatever other disruptions.

SEAN HANNITY (HOST): By the way, they're not even that bad. They've been coming down quite consistently. 

ROBBINS: I know. People keep --

HANNITY: Now, listen, when I say that, I don't want people to think that I'm being callous and cold and insensitive to people that are struggling. I'm not. However, I do want to point out that the predictions of that oil would go up 250% have never come true.