Rivera shot back that mandates are constitutional, but Hannity jumped to again say “there’s got to be a way” to accommodate others.

“Where is the flexibility? Why is there a rigidness?” Hannity asked. “You must get the vaccine or you’re fired. How about vaccine or will you agree to be tested so people don’t lose their salary, their benefits, and their pension. Why is there only one-size-fits-all medicine here?”

Rivera responded by saying he lost his own nephew to covid-19 this year, one of the over 750,000 Americans who have died since last year.

Hannity asked, “Can we meet in the middle and find an accommodation?”

“No, there is no accommodation,” Rivera said. “I despise vaccinated people who are smug in their protection who urge unvaccinated people to exercise their freedoms.”