First he gets bumped by Megyn Kelly.
Now Sean Hannity finds himself competing with Congressman Jim Himes, D-Conn., on the decibel meter.
So much for the conservative talking head’s trademark sign-off, “Let not your heart be troubled.”
The Fox News Channel commentator got into a spirited shouting match with the three-term incumbent from Fairfield County Tuesday night when Himes tried to compare the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to Hannity’s medical coverage. It wasn’t immediately clear who drank more Red Bull.
“For decades now, Congress — just like you— has gotten an employer contribution to their health care,” Himes said.
“You don’t know what I have and what I don’t have. You have no idea what I have,” Hannity countered.
“No, but I know you probably have a better health insurance plan than we do as members of Congress,” Himes said.
Hannity was not about to let Himes get the last word.
“‘You know I probably have.’ You don’t know anything,” he said.
Conservatives object to allowing members of Congress and their aides to keep their employer contribution to their medical plans under the Affordable Care Act, which requires Americans to participate in insurance exchanges if they are not covered by their employers or face fines. They contend that Congress should no longer get employer contributions, but take the subsidies offered through Obamacare. Lawmakers and their aides are precluded from receiving subsidies since the contribution remains in place, the net effect of a deal brokered by Congress.