'Hannity' host weighs in on Democrats' response to the South Carolina Republican's rebuttal to President Biden's Congressional address Sean Hannity blasted far-left Democrats on Thursday's "Hannity" for attacking South Carolina Senator Tim Scott with a "stream of nasty, racist, despicable comments," saying the individuals "lecturing America" on being a "racist country" are the "very same people" who insulted Tim Scott with "vile smears and slander." HANNITY: Only 26 million people tuned in to Joe's address. That's just over half the audience that President Trump received during his first joint speech in 2017. But the star of the night was not even close to Joe Biden. Instead, it was South Carolina Senator Tim Scott. He delivered the Republican response. And instead of vilifying America, Senator Scott, well, he used his own incredible, inspiring life story to lift up everybody.