1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: Hi, Thanks Scott, Shannon, and thanks to all of you. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: By the way, Happy New Year. If you aren't with 3 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: us yesterday, I'd love to hear from you. Eight hundred 4 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:09,559 Speaker 1: nine four one, Shawn. If you want to be a 5 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 1: part of our program, don't forget. We started a new 6 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: segment last night on Hannity. Probably for the first couple 7 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: of days. We'll put on maybe callers that you recognize 8 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: on this radio show. But for people that want to 9 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: be on TV and have their big moment and greed 10 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: me at the end of any show, we call it 11 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: last Call, and you just call this number eight hundred 12 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: nine four one, Sewn and say I want to I 13 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: want a great Hannity tonight on TV and tell him 14 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 1: he's awful. We will put people on that that don't 15 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: like the show. We're not We're not going to be 16 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 1: screening out the first couple of days. We need to 17 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 1: get it up and go in and started and let 18 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 1: people know what's going on here. Let me let me 19 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: start with Yes, I've watched all the you know of 20 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: the Adams Shift Show today, you know I want The 21 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: thing that's frustrating to me is that I saw this 22 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 1: coming in late November. I saw this coming into member. 23 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: I wrote the people that I knew would be involved 24 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: in this, in this event that we're struggling through to 25 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: get a speaker, and I tried to encourage them to 26 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,759 Speaker 1: get in a room, to check their egos at the door, 27 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: check their phones at the door, so they can't be 28 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 1: recording people. You gotta worry everybody's recording everything today and 29 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: to try and work this thing out, and so far 30 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: we haven't made any progress. Five votes pretty much the same, 31 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 1: the same amount of votes going to Kevin McCarthy two 32 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: hundred two, two hundred three four, whatever it happens to be. 33 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:43,199 Speaker 1: And I guess my frustration here is, um, it's it's 34 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: not great, but it's it's not big, it's not large. 35 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: Is that all of it was preventable and all of 36 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: it was unnecessary, and knowing that this all was coming, 37 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: I was urging people to resolve it privately. It's sort 38 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: of like if you have a family problem, you don't 39 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: want to bring your family problems into your work environment 40 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: on any given day. There's certain things that are just 41 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: for family only, and you deal with them behind closed 42 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: doors and hopefully you resolve it. And eventually this is 43 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: going to get resolved. And the reason I feel that 44 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: way is the reason I know it's going to be 45 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: that way, is because the agenda is the agenda that 46 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: is not going to change. The investigations that we have 47 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: all spoken about are going to go forward. It would 48 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 1: be nice if it was sooner rather than later, and 49 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: we don't have to go through another five, fifteen, twenty 50 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:42,799 Speaker 1: votes or whatever it's going to take to finally get 51 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: a Speaker of the House. I'm not taking it personally 52 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,799 Speaker 1: that there are people that have, you know, this, this 53 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 1: angst or position against Kevin McCarthy. The only thing I'm 54 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: urging them to look at is the agenda. You know, Remember, 55 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: anybody that's elected, they're supposed to be public servants. They 56 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: promise people during elections that they're going to accomplish ABCDNF, 57 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: They tell people where their positions are on important issues 58 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: of the day, and then they get voted into office 59 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: and they are expected, if they're going to be good 60 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,919 Speaker 1: public servants, to follow through on the promises that they make. 61 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: It's really that simple, and principles that guide their decision making, 62 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: that all comes into the process. And I know, regardless 63 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: of how this ends, and I can't predict that today. 64 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: Regardless of how that ends, it won't change the outcome 65 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: of what Republicans are going to do. There's going to 66 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: be Jim Jordan investigating on the Judiciary Committee whether or 67 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: not our FBI has been politicized. I believe it has. 68 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: I believe they put their thumb on the scale yet 69 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: again in twenty like they did in twenty sixteen, and 70 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 1: I believe this time it was about you know, they 71 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: had had the Hunter Biden laptop since twenty nineteen. And 72 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: then you have a guy whose college thesis in twenty 73 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: sixteen was all about Donald Trump colluding with Russia to 74 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: win the twenty sixteen election. That never happened, that has 75 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: been totally debunked, leading an effort of the FBI to 76 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: have weekly meetings with every big tech company to tell 77 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: them that they're going to be victims. They're likely to 78 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: be victims of disinformation campaigns from countries like Russia and 79 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 1: China and etc. Etc. And according to the site Integrity 80 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 1: had at the time at Twitter, this guy by the 81 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: name of mister Roth, he said, yeah, they might, they 82 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 1: might be trying to pedal information about Hunter Biden for example. Well, 83 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: the FBI knew all about Hunter Biden, and they could 84 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: have easily authenticated in what thirty days? Is that enough 85 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: sixty days to eat? Ninety days? They had this laptop 86 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 1: in December twenty nineteen, and then the New York Post 87 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:07,720 Speaker 1: publishes its story and then none of these companies would 88 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: allow that story to be disseminated. And in large part 89 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 1: I would argue because the FBI also they paid Twitter 90 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: three and a half million dollars. I couldn't believe that one. 91 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: I read that on foxnews dot com. But they put 92 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: the thumb on the scale by intimidating big tech into 93 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,159 Speaker 1: being on the lookout for something that they knew was 94 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,919 Speaker 1: likely to come out but was not this information, and 95 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,840 Speaker 1: they should have known was not this information, just like 96 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 1: in twenty sixteen, they used the dirty dossier, they were 97 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: warned not to use of them by Bruce Or in 98 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: August the twenty sixteen, and they offered. Then they had 99 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: FBI agents fly out to meet Christopher Steele. They offered 100 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: him a million dollars if he could authenticate the dirty 101 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:54,479 Speaker 1: Hillary Clinton. Boughton paid for Russian dossier and he couldn't 102 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: corroborate it. He never got his million dollars, but by 103 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 1: the end of October. As Andrew McCabe, former deputy FBI 104 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: director said, without the dossier, that wouldn't have been able 105 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: to get the FISA warrants. Well, they used it as 106 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: the bulk of information, and they basically they affirmed it 107 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,040 Speaker 1: to be true. You know, it's it's it says at 108 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: the top of a FISA warrant. Verified, it's unverifiable because 109 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 1: it was debunked, And they did it even after they 110 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 1: met Christopher Steele's source in early January twenty seventeen, they 111 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 1: still used the dirty dossier after the source for Christopher 112 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: Steele confirmed that, in fact, none of the dossier was true. 113 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: So we need this investigation. So the agenda is going 114 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 1: to be the agenda that investigation is going to take place, 115 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:45,159 Speaker 1: also whether or not the DOJ is being weaponized and 116 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 1: whether or not they're protecting you know, Democrats like Hillary 117 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: Clinton and Joe Biden and the Biden Syndicate and only 118 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 1: going after Conservatives, Republicans, etc. And I think that that 119 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 1: is going to be a very revealing investor instigation, as 120 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: I believe Jim Comber's investigation into the Biden family syndicate 121 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: is going to bear a lot of fruit, because we 122 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: now know that Joe Biden lied to the country when 123 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 1: he said he never once spoke to Hunter, not one 124 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 1: time about his farm business dealings. In fact, we have 125 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 1: photographic evidence of Hunter, his foreign business partners and Pops 126 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: Joe Biden, and we have meetings that have been chronicled 127 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: as well between Hunter, Hunter's farm business partners and Joe Biden. Well, 128 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 1: that's the opposite of what Joe Biden said, but it 129 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: kind of makes sense. When Joe Biden leveraged a billion 130 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: dollars to get a prosecutor in Ukraine fired, who turns 131 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: out was investigating his son. It was being paid millions 132 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: with zero experience. So all this is, all these things 133 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: are going to happen. Republicans are gonna deal with no 134 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: bail laws. They're gonna deal with the issue of refunding 135 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: the police. They're gonna deal with the issue of wide 136 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: open Biden borders. They're gonna deal with issues of fiscal 137 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 1: responsibility and the hiring of eighty seven thousand i RS 138 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: agents to give you the Hannity treatment. They're gonna deal 139 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 1: with all of these issues. So in the end, we're 140 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: going to get there. In the end, I don't. I 141 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: don't know any Republican that disagrees with the agenda. The 142 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: hard part for me is, and you know, I'm looking 143 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 1: at this and I'm trying to understand here. If you 144 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: don't like Kevin McCarthy, and it's personal, okay, I can 145 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 1: understand that that happens a lot. But in terms of 146 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 1: where Kevin McCarthy is his agenda, he's boxed in. His 147 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:46,959 Speaker 1: agenda is the commitments for America that he put together 148 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 1: and ran on that got that Republicans the House majority. 149 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:55,680 Speaker 1: He has already said publicly all the investigations, including the 150 00:08:55,720 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: origins of COVID, the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, all of 151 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 1: these things are going to be investigated. Now if in 152 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 1: fact he breaks his promise, you have something that is 153 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: called a motion to vacate that he agreed to with 154 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:18,080 Speaker 1: a threshold of only five Republicans needed to trigger that 155 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: motion to vacate, and then they can make the argument 156 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:25,599 Speaker 1: that he's they have a no confidence vote in Kevin McCarthy. 157 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:29,319 Speaker 1: So you know, McCarthy, by the way, says he could 158 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: still win the Speaker's race. Uh, you know where now 159 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: I'll headed to vote. We're gonna vote five or six, 160 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 1: I don't know at this point. But anyway, so you know, 161 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: they're the only thing I can't tolerate is are a 162 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: Republicans saying that they would in fact be happy or 163 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 1: be more want would prefer Hakim Jeffries over Kevin McCarthy. 164 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: That's just something that they can't even be, you know, 165 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: comprehended on any level. And then you got Democrats. They're 166 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: they're reveling in this, they're enjoying this, and frankly they should. 167 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: Politically speaking, if it was happening to them, I would 168 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: be doing the same exact thing. And things like AOC 169 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 1: suggesting bipartisan power sharing arrangements could break the speaking. Yeah, 170 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:23,680 Speaker 1: we don't want that. President Trump has now weighed in 171 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:27,839 Speaker 1: he strongly backs McCarthy. You know, I mean, the people 172 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 1: supporting McCarthy are hardly left wingers. You know, Marjorie Taylor 173 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 1: Green is hardly a left winger. If you're if you're 174 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:40,959 Speaker 1: looking for conservatives that are on board for Kevin McCarthy, 175 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: Jim Jordan is hardly a left winger. James Comer is 176 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: hardly a left winger. You know, if you look even 177 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: at the Freedom Caucus, Freedom Caucus has been treated better 178 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 1: by Kevin McCarthy, but by the last five speakers of 179 00:10:56,120 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: the House is combined. Even before the Freedom Caucus was 180 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 1: foreign is about forty member. More than half of the 181 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:07,559 Speaker 1: Freedom Caucus is supporting McCarthy. But again, it's not like 182 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: Kevin McCarthy or anybody that gets that position is going 183 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 1: to have any power or any ability to deviate at 184 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 1: all whatsoever from what the agenda is. That is not 185 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: going to change that part, I can tell you, and 186 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: that's where I put my confidence. Now, President Trump has 187 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: weighed in, Don Junior has weighed in. These are solid 188 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 1: America First, make America great again conservatives. I will say this, 189 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 1: A lot of people are comparing McCarthy to Mitch McConnell 190 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 1: and these Republicans in the Senate that went along with 191 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: this insane omnibus bell I don't see that comparison, but 192 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 1: it doesn't in the end, it doesn't matter. With a 193 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 1: motion to vacate in place, with the agenda set, there 194 00:11:55,200 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 1: won't be any deviation regardless of how this vote ends up. 195 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 1: That's where you should put your confidence in. You can 196 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 1: be frustrated at how long it's taking. You can be 197 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 1: frustrated that you know, people can't put their egos aside. 198 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 1: But you got over two hundred other Republicans that do 199 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:17,200 Speaker 1: support the guy. He has the overwhelming majority. Now, when 200 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 1: I ask people what do you want, they never seem 201 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 1: to be able to give me an answer. At one 202 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: point they wanted the motion to vacate. Just a few 203 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: days ago, Kevin McCarthy said, fine, I'll give you the 204 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,719 Speaker 1: motion to vacate. Are you happy now? Then the bar 205 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 1: got raised again. I know because I was in touch 206 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 1: with a lot of people prior to January third priority yesterday. 207 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:40,959 Speaker 1: So you know, we're going to see what happens. But 208 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 1: the anti McCarthy defectors, you're talking about twenty people here, 209 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 1: and they're holding up a lot of progress when we 210 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: can be making. I think Republicans will have patience to 211 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:55,119 Speaker 1: a point, but at some point they're gonna want results. 212 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 1: At some point they're gonna demand results. And I don't 213 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:02,960 Speaker 1: blame them, not even a little bit. It's a really 214 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 1: good speech given today by Representative elect Warren Davidson of Ohio. 215 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 1: I don't know him, but I was pretty impressed with 216 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 1: him today and he was explaining what the Republicans agree on, 217 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:19,199 Speaker 1: which is what I've been focused on He's unlike the Democrats, 218 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 1: Nearly every Republican at least campaigns on some form of 219 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:26,319 Speaker 1: small or more accountable government. Once we get here, the 220 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 1: bypartisan consensus keeps growing a bigger, less accountable government. The 221 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 1: American people know the status quo is broken, that we 222 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,079 Speaker 1: become less free, less safe, more burdened by debt. The 223 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 1: American people are sick and tired of it, and keeps 224 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: sending us reinforcements that today helped make up our majority. 225 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 1: But a majority is only a majority if we actually 226 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 1: work together. I've been saying this to all these guys. 227 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 1: You're going to succeed together or fail together. There's no 228 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 1: in between here. And he said, but we've got to 229 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 1: work together now. Lots of back home people back home, 230 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 1: they don't trust anyone in this town, and perhaps we 231 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 1: should be wise to listen to them and some of 232 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 1: the wisdom of Reagan, and he talked about trust and verify. 233 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 1: Trust is a fragile condition, easily broken. I've listened to 234 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: my friends, twenty of whom opposed Kevin McCarthy, and the 235 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: root issue is they don't trust Kevin. What can heal 236 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: the divide right now? There are a lot of colleagues 237 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 1: that don't trust the twenty or more fellow Republicans. And 238 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: by the way, there was an applause line there, and 239 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 1: then he said, right now, we remained divided, a divided majority, 240 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 1: an actual majority of the Freedom Caucus members support Kevin McCarthy. 241 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 1: This summer, a unified House Freedom Caucus started the negotiations 242 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: with a proposal for new rules, a different way to 243 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: govern that empowers committees and regular members. We propose that 244 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: a set of tools could be structured to make trust 245 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: more verifiable and allow recourse if that trust is ever broken. 246 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: Following the election of Kevin McCarthy engaged in that he 247 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: led the conference to adopt obstinitative reforms that will make 248 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: arm make us more effective, and let me list some 249 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 1: of them. Then he pointed out Andrew Clyde's proposal to 250 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 1: restore public access to the Capitol, Lauren Bobert's proposal to 251 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 1: reduce the linkage between the NRC and the Steering Committee process, 252 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 1: and he went through a whole list of chip but 253 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 1: people that aren't opposing, that are opposing Kevin McCarthy, and 254 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 1: Kevin McCarthy adopted every one of their rules everything that 255 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 1: they were asking for, and then they got the big thing, 256 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 1: which is the motion of a k. You know, we're 257 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: a big diverse conference. The real question is, you know 258 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 1: about strategy. Can we accept progress? Can we work for 259 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: a victory one first down at a time, or only 260 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: accept the high risk you know, trick plays. Can we 261 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: set about the hard work of winning debates with our 262 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 1: colleagues and be done with this process. Get your dose 263 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 1: of independence and liberty every weekday right here on the 264 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 1: Sean Hannity Show, all right twenty five to the top 265 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: of the hour. I want to remind you you probably 266 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 1: have never heard of what's called home titled theft, but 267 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 1: it happens all the time and anyway. These criminals are 268 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: out there around the world. They're targeting American homeowners. And 269 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 1: if you want to protect your home ownership, you want 270 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: to look into what I have, which is home title lock. 271 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 1: Look here's how it works. Your home's title In other words, 272 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: the document proving you own your own home is easily 273 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: found online. These thieves simply forge your signature on a 274 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:41,360 Speaker 1: legal document and claim that you sold your home to them. 275 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: Then they take out loans on your home. Then they 276 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 1: disappear and you usually don't find out until there's a 277 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:51,479 Speaker 1: late payment or you get a foreclosure notice. Now, Homeowner's 278 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: insurance and identity to have programs don't protect you. Where 279 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: home title Lock does. They have a website home title 280 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 1: Lock one word home titlelock dot com slash sean so 281 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: you can verify your home's title is still safely in 282 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 1: your name and register your address for your free no 283 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:13,320 Speaker 1: obligation title report for your files one hundred dollar value 284 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 1: free home titlelock dot com. Anyway, So now you know, 285 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 1: we move into what I guess is now the six 286 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 1: vote and all of this, all of it staying the 287 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:25,119 Speaker 1: same at least till now. And and we're just going 288 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,239 Speaker 1: to continue to follow the story as we now go 289 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:30,679 Speaker 1: forward with the same exact results, you know, for a 290 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 1: six time. Do I think they're going to get there? 291 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 1: I don't know. Yeah I do. Do I think the 292 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:38,680 Speaker 1: agenda in anyway is going to change? Nope, that's the 293 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:42,399 Speaker 1: thing that is frustrating. The agenda is locked in, and 294 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 1: the agenda is a good agenda. The agenda can help 295 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 1: this country. The investigations are necessary, desperately needed. The ability 296 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:54,919 Speaker 1: for Republicans to lay out a different vision for the 297 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 1: country that's desperately needed too. The weird thing is is 298 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 1: that much all of the two and twenty two House Republicans, 299 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,639 Speaker 1: they all agree on the agenda items. I don't know 300 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:09,919 Speaker 1: any that disagree. I don't know that there's an amit 301 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:14,639 Speaker 1: romney in the ranks of House Republicans that would vote 302 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:18,439 Speaker 1: against the party on any issue from border safety and 303 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 1: security to woke schools to no bail laws, defunding the police. 304 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: They're all against that. Anyone that would be against energy independence, 305 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:30,679 Speaker 1: they're all in the same page when it comes to that. 306 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: It's a matter of you know, who's going to run 307 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: the predetermined agenda, and that's why it's such a waste 308 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 1: of time. We do have an update on the Buffalo 309 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:44,679 Speaker 1: Bills and Damar Hamlin later on. Jim Gray will join us. 310 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 1: He's shown quote signs of improvement as he continues to 311 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 1: recover from that cardiac arrest episode. On Monday night football 312 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:54,680 Speaker 1: against the Cincinnati Bengals, got to give a shout out 313 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 1: to the great people of Cincinnati. The people of Cincinnati 314 00:18:57,359 --> 00:19:00,479 Speaker 1: are wonderful people. They really I've been out there so 315 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 1: many times, spent a lot of time. My good friend 316 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: Bill Cunningham what a great friend he is, Sean Hannity 317 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 1: or a great American. God bless you, God bless America. 318 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 1: I want a four A report. One of the greatest 319 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 1: talk show hosts of all time. Love him. Great guy, 320 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:19,360 Speaker 1: fun guy, loyal friend. I'm very grateful for his friendship. Anyway, 321 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 1: DeMar are the people in Cincinnati. They showed up outside 322 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 1: the hospital. These these were Bengals fans showing up for 323 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 1: the injured Buffalo bill player. And what we saw in 324 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 1: the field, you know, you think about you know, this 325 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 1: is saying that there's no atheists in foxholes. You know, 326 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 1: in that moment, seeing all of those players take to 327 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 1: their knee in prayer was beyond inspiring. I've talked about 328 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 1: not including politics and sports because it ruins the most 329 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 1: unifying moment we have as a country. If people of 330 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:04,400 Speaker 1: all races, backgrounds, all religions, socioeconomic differences from here to there, 331 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: and they're there with a shared passion for sport, a 332 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 1: shared passion for a home team, high fiving strangers, meeting 333 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 1: new friends. I mean, it's just a great environment. The 334 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,480 Speaker 1: last thing you need is we have enough politics. There's 335 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 1: a place for politics. I make my living talking a 336 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 1: lot about politics, but to be honest, it doesn't belong 337 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:27,159 Speaker 1: on the football field. People go to football games to 338 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 1: avoid a lot of that, and it was it was 339 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:34,919 Speaker 1: beyond touching. You know, the coaches that they made the 340 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:38,920 Speaker 1: decision together we can't play this game after this incident. 341 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: The players were too upset. You know. Um, I would 342 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 1: argue they're probably going into this weekend with teams playing 343 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 1: each other. I guarantee you there's a different mindset. You know, 344 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 1: there were always were people that were really rough, and 345 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:57,439 Speaker 1: you know, you kind of you know, you're you're bulked up, 346 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:00,439 Speaker 1: you jacked up. Your adrenaline is pumping and around to 347 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 1: crush your opponent and win and use every bit of 348 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 1: might and energy that you have. I just I just 349 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,880 Speaker 1: sense there's going to be a little bit different environment. 350 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:12,159 Speaker 1: You do your job, but you're not out there to 351 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 1: kill the other guy. This was This was a complete 352 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 1: freak accident. If you talk to any cardiologist, they're all 353 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:21,679 Speaker 1: saying the same thing. This hard hit right at his 354 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:26,680 Speaker 1: heart at the very odd second where the electrical impulse 355 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: is going through the heart caused this to happen. Very 356 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 1: rare condition. But I mean they spent nine minutes on 357 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:37,679 Speaker 1: the field trying to revive this guy performing CPR and 358 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 1: then a ministering the electrical paddles. They brought them out 359 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 1: of cardiac arrest, they put them in a ambulance and 360 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:47,920 Speaker 1: and I think I think they made the right decision 361 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 1: by by calling the game. I don't think anybody was 362 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 1: too interested in football at that time, and a lot 363 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:55,680 Speaker 1: of people were looking at this saying this is this 364 00:21:55,760 --> 00:22:01,399 Speaker 1: is so sad and so unnecessary. Some other side notes 365 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:05,639 Speaker 1: on this battle for we have AOC suggesting a bipartisan 366 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 1: power sharing arrangement. Any Republican that goes along with anything 367 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 1: that's stupid, or goes along with the idea that we'll 368 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,679 Speaker 1: just fight at Kim Jeffries and remain in the minority, 369 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:20,679 Speaker 1: that's not going to be tolerated by anybody. That's not 370 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:24,119 Speaker 1: the answer. So you know what breaks the gridlock? I 371 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: don't really know at this particular time. You know, the 372 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 1: one thing that I can't get out of the people 373 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: that are opposing McCarthy when I asked them, well, okay, 374 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 1: who who do you want to be speaker? And some 375 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 1: of them are saying Byron Donalds. I like Byron Donalds. 376 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: He's a good guy. And I think Byron Donalds, he's 377 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:48,640 Speaker 1: plays a little young in terms of being in Congress. 378 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 1: I think I think he definitely belongs in leadership. You know, 379 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 1: I looked at some numbers. We went back to twenty 380 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 1: twenty and twenty twenty two, and some eighty six million 381 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 1: dollars was given by money raised by McCarthy and company 382 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:08,399 Speaker 1: to Freedom Caucus people. And by the way, more than 383 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 1: half the Freedom Caucus supports McCarthy. Now, the problem here 384 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 1: is what do you do when you have twenty people 385 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,439 Speaker 1: on one side and over two hundred people on another side? 386 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:20,880 Speaker 1: How do you reconcile that difference? At what you know? Well, 387 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 1: we need a consensus candidate. And some people said, Jim, 388 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 1: Jim Jordan, I have asked numerous times you have any 389 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 1: interest in that? No? None. He actually said, I believe 390 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 1: God put me on this earth to do investigations because 391 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 1: I'm good at it, and that's what I want to do. 392 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 1: And he wants to head up this investigation into the 393 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 1: dj and the FBI, and he has every plans to 394 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,919 Speaker 1: get plan again going. Now this is day two of 395 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 1: this now happening, and now on the sixth vote, at 396 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 1: what point does a break occur? I don't know. I 397 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: mean historically speaking, we you know, I can go over 398 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,479 Speaker 1: the history of all of this if you want. We 399 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 1: went through a lot of this yesterday, and you know, 400 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 1: it's it. Look, it's it's happened in the past. Is 401 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: it's not the first time we've talked about For example, 402 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 1: the last time the speaker vote went to a second 403 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 1: ballot was nineteen twenty three. Now ironic it took you know, 404 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:25,879 Speaker 1: one hundred years ago, took nine ballots three days before 405 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:31,400 Speaker 1: the House reelected Speaker Frederick Jellette of Massachusetts. Now they 406 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 1: then kind of frittered away two weeks before electing Speaker 407 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 1: Howell Cobb from Georgia in eighteen forty nine. But that 408 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 1: was a fission compared to the two months that the 409 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:46,919 Speaker 1: House squandered in late eighteen fifty five and eighteen fifty 410 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 1: six before finally electing Speaker Nathaniel Banks on the one 411 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty third ballot. Linda, could you imagine one 412 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:57,119 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty three of these were only on number six? 413 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 1: That would not be interesting and get pretty old pretty 414 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 1: fast here. If I thought for a second that the agenda, 415 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,160 Speaker 1: if I thought for a second that McCarthy would not 416 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:14,200 Speaker 1: fulfill the agenda. I'd be allowed opponent. But he's so 417 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 1: boxed in, he's so committed to you know, he ran 418 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:23,160 Speaker 1: on laid out lad with the commitments to America, which 419 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: are a reflection of the America First, make America Great 420 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:31,359 Speaker 1: Again agenda. It's all down there in paper with the 421 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 1: signature on it, and on the investigations they're they're all 422 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:38,359 Speaker 1: teed up and they're all ready to go. It's not 423 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:42,880 Speaker 1: like there's any you know, any any problems there either. 424 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 1: So I'm like, let's just get this over with. At 425 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 1: some point, at some point, the American people are gonna 426 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 1: and Republicans are gonna get disgusted about this. I'm not 427 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 1: as panicked as I hear other people being panicked. Just not. 428 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 1: It's gonna it's gonna have to play out. It will 429 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 1: resolve itself over time. I'm not sure what else. I 430 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 1: ask people, what do you want? What are you looking for? 431 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:09,960 Speaker 1: And for a long time the answer was they want 432 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,480 Speaker 1: the motion to vacate. That's what I was being told 433 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 1: by a number of people that are still part of 434 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:18,159 Speaker 1: the nineteen or twenty people that are against McCarthy. Well, 435 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 1: McCarthy gave that to them with a five vote threshold 436 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 1: just a couple of days ago. In other words, at 437 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 1: any point during his speakership, if five Republicans feel he's 438 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 1: not living up to his promises, they can have a 439 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,440 Speaker 1: motion to vacate and get a House vote on whether 440 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 1: or not he should remain speaker. In other words, pretty 441 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 1: much a no confidence vote. It's a pretty powerful give 442 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 1: on McCarthy's part. If it's abused, it would be a disaster. 443 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 1: The thing that they need to all understand here they 444 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:51,240 Speaker 1: will either be successful together or they will be viewed 445 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 1: as failures together. There's not any middle ground period. Anyway. 446 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 1: Our friend Chad program is with us in the Fox 447 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: News channel. He writes what's called the Hitchhiker's Guide to 448 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:09,640 Speaker 1: Everything all Swamp and Washington, DC. He's been following this 449 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:11,879 Speaker 1: all day. We're now on what the sixth vote is 450 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,720 Speaker 1: going on right now, let's try and even though we're 451 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:17,359 Speaker 1: pretty early sean in the sixth vote, we know that 452 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,639 Speaker 1: there is going to be a seventh vote. The reason 453 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:23,119 Speaker 1: is that now eight numbers on the Republican side of 454 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 1: the aisle have cast ballots for Byron Donalds. Kevin McCarthy 455 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 1: can only lose four on each vote, and so this 456 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 1: tells us with eight votes Byron Donalds casting the eighth 457 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:36,359 Speaker 1: vote just a second ago for himself. Interestingly enough, that 458 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 1: tells you that they're going to have to go to 459 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 1: a seventh vote. Now, do they do that tonight? And 460 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,200 Speaker 1: do they do that tomorrow? You know, we took three 461 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 1: votes yesterday. This is the third vote today. Victorious Sparks, 462 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:50,359 Speaker 1: who is a Republican from Indiana who is running for 463 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 1: the Senate considering running for the Senate in Indiana. Here, 464 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 1: she has voted present on the past two votes. Now 465 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,639 Speaker 1: she supported Kevin McCarthy before the fact that she has 466 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:04,040 Speaker 1: now semi defected and is voting present, not voting for 467 00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 1: Kevin McCarthy, that hurts Kevin McCarthy. So what that means 468 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 1: is there's a universe of twenty one Republicans who are 469 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 1: not voting for McCarthy. The reason Sparts says that she 470 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 1: is voting present at this point, not casting a ballot 471 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:18,439 Speaker 1: for anyone, it is because she says, it's obvious that 472 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 1: nothing is going to budge here. She says, we need 473 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 1: to go into a closed door Republican conference meeting and 474 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 1: hash this out. But again, they've done that for a 475 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:30,160 Speaker 1: while now, and this hasn't gotten any better for Kevin McCarthy. 476 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:34,200 Speaker 1: What's interesting two new dynamics. In just the past hour 477 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 1: or so, Sean, I have noticed the tensions on the 478 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 1: house floor and in the hallway starting to increase. People 479 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 1: are getting grouchy, they're sniping at one another. There's a 480 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 1: lot of yelling back and forth and cross the aisle. 481 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:50,120 Speaker 1: That sometimes means not only are people getting tired of this, 482 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,959 Speaker 1: but sometimes that helps produce a solution. So we're just 483 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 1: beginning to see the early stages of that and the 484 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 1: other maybe they need a good fistfight and then we'll 485 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 1: be all done with this. Well we've done this before, 486 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 1: verbal or otherwise. Absolutely, that was probably the most animated 487 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:08,600 Speaker 1: we've seen on the house floor. But at some point, 488 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 1: you know, we've now had six you know, you know, 489 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 1: roll call votes where Kevin McCarthy has not prevailed, And 490 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 1: at what point did people say, look, you know, there 491 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:21,480 Speaker 1: are Newtonian physics here at work, Newtonian political physics, and 492 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 1: they're not working in your favor. Kevin McCarthy, what is 493 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:28,560 Speaker 1: our exit strategy? He is not negotiating with anybody. You know, 494 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,680 Speaker 1: if you were trying to struggle to get a bill 495 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 1: across the House floor. What you would do is you 496 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:35,920 Speaker 1: would you know, you would call people down to the basement, 497 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 1: call people into offices, you would horse trade. None of 498 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,160 Speaker 1: that is going on. That's what's so remarkable about it, 499 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:44,160 Speaker 1: because again, we really haven't changed in terms of the 500 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 1: vote matrix, with the exception of two votes since that 501 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:51,000 Speaker 1: first roll call vote on Tuesday afternoon. You know, you 502 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 1: had Byron Donalds, who initially you know, voted one way, 503 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 1: then he jumped off. He's been nominated for speaker today, 504 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 1: and now this new phenomenon of sparts voting present. Not 505 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 1: much has changed since yesterday afternoon. The only thing that 506 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:07,840 Speaker 1: I think would change it, And I'll give you a 507 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:10,120 Speaker 1: little of the behind the scenes. I saw this coming 508 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:13,560 Speaker 1: in late November and early December, and you know, I 509 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,880 Speaker 1: send text messages to people that I know, and I'm like, guys, 510 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,040 Speaker 1: you need to get it into a room. You need 511 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 1: to check your ego at the door, check your phone 512 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:22,960 Speaker 1: at the door, and you guys need to hammer out 513 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 1: an agreement. But from my standpoint, tell me if you 514 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 1: think that I'm wrong on this or right on this. 515 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,560 Speaker 1: To me, the agenda is pretty much already set. In 516 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:36,200 Speaker 1: other words, the investigations that Kevin McCarthy is supported would 517 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:39,720 Speaker 1: be supported by anybody, and that is Jim Jordan and 518 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:43,600 Speaker 1: Judiciary on the FBI and DJ that's Jim Comer on 519 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: the President, President Biden, and it's on Hunter and the 520 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:52,560 Speaker 1: Biden family. An investigation into the origins of COVID, and 521 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:57,760 Speaker 1: investigation into the withdrawal and Afghanistan, maybe one or two more. 522 00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:01,320 Speaker 1: But I don't see these Republicans disagreeing on energy independence, 523 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:07,760 Speaker 1: on border security, on lower taxes, on refunding the police, 524 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:11,040 Speaker 1: ending Nobel laws. I mean, I would argue that all 525 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,440 Speaker 1: two and twenty two would agree on that agenda, and 526 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,080 Speaker 1: that agenda seems to be set because that was the 527 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 1: commitments with America. Am I wrong? Well? You know, I 528 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:21,959 Speaker 1: saw this too well, and I might have the same 529 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:25,080 Speaker 1: Crisp ball. I remember talking to french Hill, a Republican 530 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 1: congressman from Arkansas, in September, to get a story ready 531 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:31,880 Speaker 1: for this in October, because I saw the same train 532 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 1: coming down the tracks here. I talked to french Hill 533 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:36,680 Speaker 1: about this. I talked to Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota, 534 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:38,880 Speaker 1: and I remember putting that in my reporting they're like, oh, no, no, 535 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:40,360 Speaker 1: we think he has the votes. It's not going to 536 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:42,640 Speaker 1: be a problem because he's done all the homework out 537 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 1: on the hustings here. And I did a couple of 538 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 1: TV stories about this in the fall prior to the 539 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:50,400 Speaker 1: election and just after the election, spelling out what the 540 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:53,960 Speaker 1: problem might be for Kevin McCarthy. You know. The other 541 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 1: thing is that you have a coalition of Republicans in 542 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,120 Speaker 1: the House of Representatives. And this is the group that 543 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 1: drove Paul Ryan upp a Wall, drove John Bayner rupp 544 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,080 Speaker 1: a Wall that they basically said, you know, we're not 545 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:07,880 Speaker 1: going to vote for anything. And this is where you 546 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:11,320 Speaker 1: have this, this fracture inside the Republican conference right now, 547 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 1: where the McCarthy supporters are saying, you know, we can't 548 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,240 Speaker 1: get these guys on board for anything. Now wait till 549 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,320 Speaker 1: it comes to voting to fund the government. Well, I 550 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:22,480 Speaker 1: know a lot of concessions who are made, including the 551 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:25,040 Speaker 1: motion to vacate, which McCarthy did not want to give 552 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,320 Speaker 1: in too, but he did a few days ago. I 553 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,880 Speaker 1: gotta rumble. We'll get an update from you tonight, Chad 554 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:32,720 Speaker 1: program from the Fox News Channel. 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