[2] Hansen was an opinion columnist for the Sparks Tribune and was previously a talk radio host on station KKOH in Reno for five years and later for 99.1 KKFT.

[2] He has been a proponent of states rights and has opposed what he believes is overreach by the Bureau of Land Management and other federal agencies.

[6] Hansen, who has stated that his aunt's efforts damage the Republican Party, has been reported to leave committee hearings when she gives testimony.

[15] Following the announcement, the News Review's Dennis Myers conducted an extensive search of an estimated 800 columns Hansen wrote for the Sparks Tribune from 1994 through 2010, almost all of which were only available on microfilm.

Myers had previously written articles exposing the racist and anti-Semitic legislator Pat McCarran, whom Hansen had defended.

[16] In his columns, Hansen has written that the Oklahoma City bombing was a false flag operation orchestrated by the administration of President Clinton, that women do not belong in the United States Armed Forces, that President Obama is a "negro", that he owns and flies a Confederate battle flag, that gays are disproportionally prone to engaging in child abuse, that a "grossly disproportionate" number of crimes are committed by Latinos, and that the relationship between "Negroes and Democrats" is that of a "master-slave relationship with the benevolent master knowing what’s best for his simple minded darkies.

"[21] Hansen wrote an open letter on the press page of his website, saying "I freely admit my choice of words was at times very poor.

[22] He further claimed that "this has been a carefully orchestrated attack to remove a conservative Republican from a major leadership role in State government.