Sean Hannity defends cutting federal funding of cancer research: “That's where the private sector comes in”

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Sean Hannity defends cutting federal funding of cancer research: "That's where the private sector comes in"

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From the April 28, 2025, edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show

SEAN HANNITY (HOST): The president's well within his bounds to cut off funding for Harvard. Frankly, I don't think we should be funding any of these universities, especially those with massive endowments like they have. 

You know, and you hear Chuck Schumer, "They're cutting cancer research. They're -- people are going to die." No. That's not how it works. That's where the private sector comes in. That's where all these companies, you know, the evil pharmaceutical companies, they do invest a fortune. They're not all evil to come up with medicines to cure human conditions that otherwise aren't going to get cured.