--- title: Eric Trump Tells Sean Hannity: Some Democrats Aren't People description: Eric Trump spoke out against the probe into his father's presidential campaign, saying Democrats who support it are "not even people." canonical: https://time.com/4809010/eric-trump-donald-sean-hannity/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-07T15:05:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T05:18:23.535Z article:section: Politics og:title: Eric Trump Says Some of His Dad's Critics Are 'Not Even People' og:description: "I've never seen hatred like this, and to me they're not even people" og:url: https://time.com/4809010/eric-trump-donald-sean-hannity/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5211922101adcdf3/6988d098fb4eac9a13892547/eric-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Grand Opening Of Trump Tower In Vancouver og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Eric Trump Says Some of His Dad's Critics Are 'Not Even People' twitter:description: "I've never seen hatred like this, and to me they're not even people" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5211922101adcdf3/6988d098fb4eac9a13892547/eric-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Eric Trump Says Some of His Dad's Critics Are 'Not Even People' by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jun 7, 2017 3:05 PM UTC  Eric Trump, son of U.S. President Donald Trump and executive vice president of Trump Organization Inc., speaks during the grand opening ceremony of Trump International Hotel & Tower in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Eric Trump, son of U.S. President Donald Trump and executive vice president of Trump Organization Inc., speaks during the grand opening ceremony of Trump International Hotel & Tower in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017.Ben Nelms—Bloomberg / Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jun 7, 2017 3:05 PM UTC [Eric Trump](http://time.com/4734889/eric-trump-syria-airstrikes-russia-assad-putin/) spoke out against the probe into his father’s presidential campaign in a TV appearance on Tuesday night, saying that Democrats who support the investigation are “not even people.” “I’ve never seen hatred like this, and to me they’re not even people,” he [said](http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/07/politics/eric-trump-hannity-democrats-obstruction/) in an interview with Fox News’ [Sean Hannity.](http://time.com/4791904/sean-hannity-seth-rich/) “You see the Democratic Party — they’re imploding. They’re imploding. They have no message. You see the head of the [DNC](http://time.com/4705515/donna-brazile-russia-emails-clinton/) who is a total whack job. There’s no leadership there. And so what do they do? They become obstructionists because they have no message of their own.” On Wednesday morning, Democratic National Committee chairman [Tom Perez](http://time.com/4685072/tom-perez-keith-ellison-donald-trump-address/) [tweeted](https://twitter.com/TomPerez/status/872446323160735744) in response, “Eric, Democrats are people. So are Muslims, immigrants, women, people with pre-existing conditions, and everyone else Trump is hurting.” \[[_CNN_](http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/07/politics/eric-trump-hannity-democrats-obstruction/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4809010/eric-trump-donald-sean-hannity/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4809010/eric-trump-donald-sean-hannity/"},"headline":"Eric Trump Says Some of His Dad's Critics Are 'Not Even People'","datePublished":"2017-06-07T15:05:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:18:23.535Z","description":"\"I've never seen hatred like this, and to me they're not even people\"","url":"https://time.com/4809010/eric-trump-donald-sean-hannity/","keywords":["White House","Donald Trump","Eric Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5211922101adcdf3/6988d098fb4eac9a13892547/eric-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5211922101adcdf3/6988d098fb4eac9a13892547/eric-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Grand Opening Of Trump Tower In Vancouver","caption":"Grand Opening Of Trump Tower In Vancouver","creditText":"Ben Nelms—Bloomberg / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4809010/eric-trump-donald-sean-hannity/","name":"Eric Trump Says Some of His Dad's Critics Are 'Not Even People'"}}]}] ```