1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: A right our two Sean Hannity Show this Friday, eight 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 1: hundred and nine point one, Shawn or number you want 3 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 1: to be a part of the program. So last night 4 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:11,799 Speaker 1: at the town hall just outside of Des Moines, Iowa. 5 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: By the way, the people were amazing. They were just 6 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: they were phenomenal. We had a great time just meeting 7 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 1: and saying hi, throwing footballs to them, et cetera. But anyway, 8 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: so the President said a couple of things that really 9 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: stood out to me, and it's something that I've kind 10 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: of believed, and that is every problem we now have 11 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: caused by Joe Biden is you know, it's all preventable 12 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 1: and it's all solvable, very fixable. I mean, we can 13 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: get the border under control, in my view, in no time. 14 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 1: We can get back to energy independence. You know, just 15 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: unleash on day one America's energy producers and they'll do 16 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: their job. They're they're they're dying to get up and 17 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:50,520 Speaker 1: running the way they were. 18 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 2: You know. 19 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 1: Similarly, you ever wanted to fix the school system, that's 20 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: not hard. It's not hard to hire police and refund them, 21 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: get rid of these insane no bail laws, et cetera. 22 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: One of the things that stood out to me is 23 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: he said, but he was elected. No, I'll turn this 24 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: country around in six months. Listen, I want to know 25 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: if you. 26 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 3: Get elected president, how fast are you're going to be 27 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 3: able to fix our borders, bring us back to energy independence. 28 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 3: How quickly you might be able to work to change 29 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 3: the school system, bring back law and order and safety 30 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 3: and security to this country and every town in every city, 31 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 3: because I think people need that if they want to 32 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 3: pursue happiness. How quickly can you can you shift gears 33 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 3: and move this country? 34 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 4: I think very quickly. 35 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 5: Let me just say so. I heard Desankis saying, oh, well, 36 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:40,960 Speaker 5: I get eight years, I get eight years, he gets four. 37 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 5: You don't need four, and you don't need eight. 38 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 6: You need six months. 39 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 5: Within six months. 40 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 4: I said, we're within six months. 41 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 7: This can't be done. 42 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 5: Other than other than you don't need eight years. And 43 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 5: frankly I wouldn't vote for him because he said you 44 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 5: need eight years, you need six months. 45 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: Okay, So he said that, and then he also said 46 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: the military has gone woke, which, by the way, it has, 47 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 1: and if we're going to give more money, I got 48 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: to tell you something that's got to stop. 49 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 5: Our military is great a lot of things going on 50 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 5: with our military, with the woke and all this nonsense, 51 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 5: and they're not learning to fight and protect us from 52 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 5: some very bad people. 53 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 4: They want to go woke. They want to go woke. 54 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 4: That's all they talk about. 55 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 8: Now. 56 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 5: I see letters that are being sent this horrible. I mean, 57 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 5: it's really a serious rub that would end immediately. But 58 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 5: when you look at what we did, we rebuilt, We 59 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 5: rebuilt our militaries. 60 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 7: All right. 61 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 4: With all that said, we welcome to the program. 62 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,399 Speaker 1: Secretary David Bernhard He served as the fifty third US 63 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: Secretary of the Interior, working in the Trump administration from 64 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen to twenty twenty one, author of the new 65 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:57,799 Speaker 1: book You Report to Me, Accountability for Failing the Administrative State, 66 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: and anyway to talk about this the Union. I mean, 67 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 1: now pretty much every single government department in Washington has 68 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: either well has both. They have woke policies A and 69 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: they have b climate alarmist, religious cult green new Deal 70 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: policies that are heavily funded with billions of tax fair dollars. 71 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 1: And at some point you got to ask USL why 72 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,119 Speaker 1: are we wasting all of this money? And I guess 73 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: that goes into the big debate that we had this 74 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: week with Congress and last night in the Senate over 75 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 1: you know, this new debt sealing increase and well, the 76 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: real fight is going to be when we get to appropriations. 77 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: That's sometime in December. Anyway, Secretary Bernhart, good to have you. 78 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 4: How are you, sir? 79 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 2: Thanks for having me. I'm fantastic. 80 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about you know, how bad is it? 81 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: It wasn't bad under Donald Trump. But you see the 82 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: amount of money allocated towards green New Deal projects. 83 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 4: You see the amount of money that is. 84 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: Allocated towards you know, even woke in our military. And 85 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: I'm thinking, are you guys not watching what China is doing? 86 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: They're not woke. They're building the baddest, meanest, toughest, kick 87 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: ass military and the hopes that they will displace America 88 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: as the world's sole superpower. And correct me if you 89 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: think I'm wrong. 90 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 2: Well, the bottom line is that this is the you know, 91 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:20,479 Speaker 2: these are central policies, central policies of this administration, and 92 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 2: you know they're they're hostile to traditional sources of clean 93 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 2: American energy. I mean, that's just a reality. A They 94 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 2: have a worldview. They've decided what the worldview is, and 95 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 2: they're using the machinery of government to move that worldview 96 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 2: as far forward as fast as they humanly can. And 97 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 2: that's unlikely to change in the next you know, six 98 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 2: hundred days. I mean, I think that there's going to 99 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 2: take an election and the American people is going to 100 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 2: have to decide are they wanting to have that direction 101 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 2: or not. But if if they choose to pivot, if 102 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 2: the American people choose to pivot, the reality is that 103 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 2: President Trump is spot on. It doesn't take that much 104 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 2: time to change directions. Some of these things are just 105 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 2: as simple as flipping on the light switch. But what 106 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 2: they do take is they take a will to do it, 107 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 2: and more importantly, they take the resolve to do it 108 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 2: after people begin to say, hey, you know, this is 109 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 2: going to be something that not everyone in the world wakes. 110 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 2: And I've served in two administrations. I did eight years 111 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 2: under George W. Bush and I did four years under 112 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 2: President Trump. And let me tell you, when President Trump 113 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 2: wanted to go, we went and at Interior, we had 114 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 2: a policy envision that was very consistent with exactly what 115 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 2: the President wanted to do, and we implemented it and 116 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 2: we implemented in four years, frankly more positive things than 117 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 2: I did in the same agency in eight. So the 118 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 2: reality is that the government can move as fast as 119 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:55,039 Speaker 2: the president wants it to, provided he puts some people 120 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:59,160 Speaker 2: in place and issues clear direction and stays consistent. You 121 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:02,479 Speaker 2: can move the government quickly if you choose to. 122 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: You talk at length in your book about the growth 123 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: of the federal government on accounted of bureaucracy, unelected rule makers, 124 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 1: and you report how you know civil servants within agencies, 125 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: you know, make it their mission to obstruct and slow 126 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: down or in some cases even simply ignore orders of 127 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 1: a president. In the case of you working for Trump specifically. 128 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:25,799 Speaker 4: What happened. 129 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:30,599 Speaker 2: Absolutely in the book you report to me accountability for 130 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 2: the failing administrative state. We actually have an entire section 131 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 2: of vignettes from political appointees in the Trump administration where 132 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:46,799 Speaker 2: they were affected horribly negatively, and I give examples throughout 133 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 2: the book of efforts to obstruct policy. But but the 134 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 2: point of the book is that even with those efforts, 135 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 2: you can overcome them, and there are solutions, and the 136 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 2: les last half of the book is nothing. But here 137 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 2: are the solutions that the president needs to engage in 138 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 2: here's the solutions that we think Congress would be. It 139 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 2: would be helpful for Congress. And frankly, the courts are 140 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 2: already beginning to put things in the right direction in 141 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 2: the last two Supreme Court terms. And so I am 142 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 2: very optimistic about the future if we can have leaders 143 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 2: that are willing to say we need better results for 144 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 2: the American people. This stuff can be fixed. Accountability can 145 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 2: be driven into the system, but it takes a willingness 146 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 2: and a resolve to do it. 147 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: So I want to ask about this the administrative state. 148 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: How blowd do you believe it is? What percentage could 149 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: we comfortably cut back on? Knowing that government has big, 150 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 1: bloated out of control, and you know the amount of 151 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: money is coming from the American taxpayer just astronomical. You know, 152 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: if we don't get this balance, this budget and balanced shortly, 153 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 1: I think it just spirals out the out of control 154 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: to the point return as even simple interest, especially higher 155 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 1: interest rates, are just going to become unmanageable, and I'm 156 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: not sure if you ever return. 157 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 2: Well, first off, you're right, and secondly, here's the reality. 158 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 2: I testified in front of Congress a lot. I testified 159 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 2: about our budget A lot. And here's the question I 160 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 2: never got. What are your goals? And as each project 161 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 2: or program accomplishing them, we don't even have in the 162 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:33,439 Speaker 2: review process. What is the outcome we're trying to achieve 163 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,199 Speaker 2: and have we done it? And if we ask that question, 164 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 2: we might decide that the vast majority of federal programs 165 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 2: could be done better or more effectively, or maybe it's 166 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 2: not a problem we need to spend any more time on. 167 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 2: That is the real question that people don't ask in government. 168 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 2: If you go up and present a budget, they ask 169 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 2: you about the marginal increase that you're making. Most of 170 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 2: them don't want it to They want it to go 171 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 2: or not lower, and they want to think about the 172 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 2: new programs they want to develop. They don't want to 173 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 2: ask have we won the war on poverty? And if not, 174 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 2: what should we be doing differently? And maybe we don't 175 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 2: need two point two million civil servants to accomplish the 176 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,439 Speaker 2: objective that we have. Those are just simply questions that 177 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 2: no one asked in Washington. 178 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:21,319 Speaker 8: D C. 179 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 4: Shark, let me ask you this. 180 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: Your book highlighted some prominent leaders like you know, I've 181 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: been a strong critic of the government's COVID response, and 182 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: by the way, in fairness to them, in the beginning, 183 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 1: I think everybody gave them enough latitude and slack because 184 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: nobody really knew what we were dealing with the extent 185 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 1: of what we were dealing with, and so there's going 186 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: to be a learning curve in an environment like that. 187 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: So I'm not only full of criticism, but as time 188 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: went on, and especially learning that we had nih money 189 00:09:54,679 --> 00:10:00,160 Speaker 1: going to the Eco Alliance group funneled money to the 190 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 1: Wuhan virology Lab, where everybody knew gain of function research 191 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:07,840 Speaker 1: took place, and also coronavirus research took place. That to 192 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 1: me is you know, I feel we were flat out 193 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 1: lied to and there's been no accountability. You know, you 194 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: highlight in the book, for example, one leader, doctor Burkes, 195 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: boasting about the ways that she would work around the 196 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: plan of the president and the will of the president 197 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: and just basically take it upon herself to do what 198 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:28,680 Speaker 1: she wanted, not what he wanted. 199 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 2: I found that section of a book unbelievable because it 200 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 2: lays out specifically she calls her efforts a workaround around 201 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 2: the leadership in the White House a workaround. And then 202 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 2: here's the thing that's amazing to me, Sean, it's not 203 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:48,119 Speaker 2: that she did it. You know, as a political appointee, 204 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,839 Speaker 2: you expect people to try and have views and maybe 205 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 2: not handle them in the right way, and it's on 206 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 2: you to watch out for that. But here's what's amazing. 207 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 2: She wrote a book and counted it. You know, in 208 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 2: any other organization, that would be in subordination. And if 209 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 2: you did it, you wouldn't write a book and say 210 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 2: how great it is. And my point in including that 211 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 2: in this book is it is one of the best 212 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 2: examples of just how far the bureaucracy is gone from 213 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 2: their role, which is to be hopeful to whoever's elected 214 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 2: to drive you know, thoughtful measures forward to ensure that 215 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 2: there's you know that every factor is appropriately considered to 216 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 2: be hopeful, not to engage in, you know, quote workarounds 217 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 2: because I don't like the policy or I don't like 218 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 2: the answer. There's a process for resolving issues, and that 219 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 2: process can be taken up by anybody, but there's not 220 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 2: a process of these workarounds. And it just said how 221 00:11:55,960 --> 00:12:01,319 Speaker 2: far the bureaucracy has gotten from where it should be. 222 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:05,079 Speaker 2: And more importantly, here's the real problem. If the bureaucracy 223 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,200 Speaker 2: is going to ignore the president. Then what is the 224 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 2: point of you voting, Sean is none. 225 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 1: It means nothing If they're just going to do what 226 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:16,319 Speaker 1: they want. They've anointed themselves king or queen or whatever 227 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:16,960 Speaker 1: the case. 228 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 2: May be, and we can't have that. Bottom line is 229 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 2: we can't have that. 230 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 4: So I agree completely, and that's what's happened. 231 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:25,839 Speaker 2: Book to basically say here's the problem, folks, we need 232 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 2: to understand it, and here are the solutions, and hopefully 233 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:31,839 Speaker 2: people pick it up and run with them. 234 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: The book's phenomenal. It's on it's in bookstores all across 235 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:37,959 Speaker 1: the country. It's on Amazon dot com. I'm putting a 236 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 1: link up on Hannity dot com and it's called you 237 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: Report to Me Accountability for the Failing Administrative State. We 238 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:49,199 Speaker 1: really appreciate you being with us, David Bernhard, Thank you 239 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 1: so much. We appreciate it. 240 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 2: Thanks a lot, and let's hit our busy bones here. 241 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:55,199 Speaker 1: Eight hundred nine point one, Sean, if you want to 242 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: be a part of the program, Big Don Lake Ronkonkoma 243 00:12:57,640 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: out on Long Island. Don, what are you doing in 244 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: New York? Need to go down to Florida with your family. 245 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 7: I do need to go down in Florida with my family, 246 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 7: and I have half of my my half of my 247 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 7: daughters are here and the other daughters down there, so 248 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 7: it's a it's tough. 249 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 4: I would go with the smarter half of the family 250 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 4: down there. 251 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 7: Yeah, I do see myself doing that real soon. You know, 252 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:23,199 Speaker 7: it's showing. It's always uplifting to see patriotic Americans to 253 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 7: fire rainy weather that Iowa at Iowa town Hall last 254 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 7: night to attend an enthusiastic town hall meeting. It was great. 255 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 7: Do you ever run out of questions when you're viewing 256 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 7: President Trump? I mean he really never. 257 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 1: Well, I mean he's an easy interview to be very honest, 258 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: because you know, look, and I actually said this on 259 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 1: the program, and some liberals picked up and they think 260 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: this is outrageous that I said this. I don't view 261 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:53,920 Speaker 1: my role in a town hall environment. 262 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 6: Now. 263 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 1: Certainly a lot of the time we spent last night. 264 00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 1: Now we're gonna have Part two tonight and we're running 265 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 1: a half hour of Donald Trump only taking questions from 266 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 1: the town hall audience, not me. So I got my 267 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 1: questions and I could have gone on another you know, 268 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: I can go five hours with somebody like Donald Trump 269 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 1: who's interesting. 270 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 7: Yep. 271 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 1: So no, I don't run out of questions, and the 272 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 1: town hall attendees didn't run out, because we'll air that tonight. 273 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 7: No, it was interesting last night. President Trump was very 274 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 7: concerned and sympathetic about Biden's you know fall yesterday, and 275 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 7: you know, his cognitive retreat. I found that very interesting. Yesterday. 276 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 1: He was very by the way it was a true 277 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 1: story what he told. He said to me. We were 278 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 1: talking on the phone one day. I think, he goes, 279 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: I think you're being I'm not sure this is this 280 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 1: is good to be mocking the president over the fact 281 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 1: that he's a cognitive mess. And that's when I was 282 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: talking about sippy cup and warm milky and night night stories, 283 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 1: and you know, it was my way to kind of 284 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: my attempt at humor. But even on my own, I 285 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: just realized, you know what, this isn't really funny. Yesterday 286 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: was not funny to me. Well, you know, him tripping 287 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 1: off climbing the stairs at airport orse one is not 288 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: is not funny anymore. It's not only humiliating and embarrassing, 289 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 1: but it's scary because he's the president with all that power. 290 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 1: I got a roll. Though we love you don have 291 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: a great weekend. If followers you go down to Florida, 292 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 1: We're not going to be far behind, I promise. Eight 293 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 1: hundred ninety four one, Shawn. 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What's going on? 334 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:34,600 Speaker 6: Absolutely a longtime listener, love the show. I just wanted 335 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 6: to comment. I live in Florida. I lived on the 336 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 6: ground in Florida, not behind the gates of mar A Lago, 337 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 6: and I voted for Donald Trump twice. I'll vote for 338 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 6: him again, but that becomes less likely every time he 339 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 6: insists on attacking my governor and my state, the states. 340 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 6: It's ironic to me. Okay, And at a certain point 341 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 6: he can run on his record, he can run on 342 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:00,440 Speaker 6: all the facts, and there's no need to do that. 343 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: Well, what did you think of the answer that he 344 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 1: gave me last night when I asked him that question. 345 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,160 Speaker 6: Well, I agreed with all of it, but it's whining 346 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:12,280 Speaker 6: at this point. We all know what happened, we all 347 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 6: saw what happened. We're all angry. We're all angry about 348 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:16,920 Speaker 6: what happened. 349 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 1: Well, let me ask you this with knowing what happened, 350 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 1: because everybody in this audience has hippen and up to 351 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: speed on all that they did to him and the 352 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: Durham report, just you know it corroborated the absolute depths 353 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 1: of depravity, frankly immorality, even of the deep state and 354 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 1: the out the outright lying to destroy one human being. 355 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 1: And it went on for three years and nobody was 356 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 1: all accountable. If it happened to you, do you think 357 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 1: you might be a little different. 358 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 6: I'd be exactly like he is. I don't think I would. 359 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:54,479 Speaker 1: Oh, you gotta pause there. If it happened to me, 360 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: I would be exactly like he. 361 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:59,640 Speaker 6: Is, but with the exception that I wouldn't lash out 362 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 6: at cheapople that are supposed to be on the same 363 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 6: side that I'm on. 364 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 4: Okay, I would be Look, I tend to agree with you. 365 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 1: I would prefer they not be fighting now, I much. 366 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: I'm old enough to have been through enough of these 367 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:16,640 Speaker 1: primaries that I can tell you with certainty, at some point, 368 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,199 Speaker 1: if you got a close primary, it's it's it's going 369 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 1: to get to this point, it's going to be outright war. 370 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:23,679 Speaker 1: You know, we saw it with Bush and McCain in 371 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:26,919 Speaker 1: two thousand. I mean, any time there is a primary, 372 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:29,400 Speaker 1: at some point they go to war. I wish they 373 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:30,640 Speaker 1: weren't starting at war. 374 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:34,959 Speaker 6: Yeah, exactly. Yeah, I'm sixty six year old I know, 375 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,159 Speaker 6: I've been through all these and I get that. I 376 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 6: just to come out of the gate with someone that 377 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 6: supported you. And frankly, in my opinion, this is just 378 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:46,399 Speaker 6: my opinion, I like a lot of the candidates, is 379 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 6: the only other person in the in the race that 380 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 6: has the fortitude. 381 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: I did ask the President in the previous interview. I 382 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 1: don't know if you saw this this exchange. I said, Okay, 383 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: tell me about you and Rondas. You guys were friends. 384 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 1: What happened? That was the entire question. And he went 385 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 1: on to answer, you know, and he said he doesn't 386 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 1: believe he would have even gotten the nomination over Putnam 387 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: had he not stepped in to help Ron. 388 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 4: Ron was not polling well at the time. 389 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:21,120 Speaker 1: Now, if you remember in twenty eighteen, I remembered distinctly 390 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 1: how close it was down in Florida, polls showing that 391 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 1: both Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis could lose. And I 392 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 1: remember discussions that I had with Trump that he needs 393 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: to get is you know what down there and start 394 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 1: campaigning hard for those guys that we're going to lose Florida, 395 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 1: meaning lose the governorship and lose a Senate seat. And 396 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 1: I didn't want to see that happen. So from his perspective, 397 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,639 Speaker 1: whether you agree with it or not agree with it. Now, 398 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,920 Speaker 1: he played a major role in Ron winning that first race, 399 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 1: and he's like, oh, so this is how you pay 400 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 1: me back by running against me again. I'm only giving 401 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: his perspective. Yeah, now, And I would say, from Ron's perspective, 402 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: he said, yeah, you backed me, you backed the right guy, 403 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 1: and I did a good. 404 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:04,880 Speaker 6: Job, and they did a good job, and I supported 405 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:08,400 Speaker 6: you right back in twenty twenty. Okay, I mean bottom line. 406 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 4: So challenging to him directly is where the rub is? 407 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:12,919 Speaker 4: Do you see that? 408 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 8: Well? Exactly? 409 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 6: And frankly, Donald Trump has every right to be angry. 410 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 6: I'm angry. I'm angry at the RMC. I think that 411 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:24,879 Speaker 6: they do nothing but talk. I told him four or 412 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:26,639 Speaker 6: five years ago, you got to get on the ground. 413 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 6: The Democrats are on the ground. They've got a ground game. 414 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 6: They're in every precinct in every small town in this nation. 415 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 6: And the Republicans are twiddling their thumbs and saying, oh, 416 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 6: it'll be all right if we if we just play nice. 417 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 6: The Democrats aren't going to play nice. They crucify Donald Trump. 418 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 6: I go for him in a heartbeat, but he needs 419 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 6: to back off my state. 420 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:51,199 Speaker 1: And oh he's also listen, let me tell you something. 421 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 1: The Democrats see that Ron is the closest number two. Okay, 422 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 1: as of today, President Trump has a big in the polls, 423 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: but they see Ron as you know, who knows what's 424 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 1: going to happen between now and election day. You know, 425 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:10,919 Speaker 1: these legal issues should concern anybody and everybody in Trump 426 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:14,639 Speaker 1: world in my view. Okay, so they're looking at round us. 427 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:17,399 Speaker 1: They're already trying to tear him limb from limb, you 428 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:21,359 Speaker 1: see that, right, absolutely, and they will do that to 429 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 1: any Republican that they deem to be a potential threat. 430 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 4: That is who they are, that is how they operate. 431 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:29,200 Speaker 4: They're not going to change. 432 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 6: They are not going to change. They'll go lower, they'll 433 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,120 Speaker 6: go lower, they'll go dirtier. They're on the ground again. 434 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,480 Speaker 6: On my question, it would be as there are the 435 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 6: Republican's doing anything different this time, because they will get 436 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 6: into the polling places, they will get into these precincts, 437 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 6: and then. 438 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,640 Speaker 1: As of now, the answer is no, which is why 439 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:48,919 Speaker 1: I keep talking about. 440 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,119 Speaker 6: It now and you're the only one talking about it, 441 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 6: thank you. By the way, I emailed Donald Trump five 442 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 6: years ago, begging them and what's your name, miss mcdonnald McDaniel. 443 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:04,920 Speaker 1: Look, the Republicans better get in the game of overcoming 444 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 1: whatever objections around the country, a lot of Republicans and 445 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 1: Conservatives have towards early voting, email and voting that you've 446 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 1: got to get rid of it. And the second thing 447 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 1: is is legal ballot harvesting. It's legal in so many 448 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: different states in this country. And then Republicans are not 449 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:23,880 Speaker 1: in that game. You can't start out election day down 450 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: by hundreds of thousands of votes and count on having 451 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 1: the ability to catch up and win. 452 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 6: No, And I still don't think they have feet on 453 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 6: the ground in these precincts. They need to have one 454 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:34,879 Speaker 6: in every precinct in this country. They need to do 455 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:38,440 Speaker 6: the same thing. Democrats be there, be in there where 456 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 6: you can make a difference that they got out, your 457 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 6: Republicans get outplayed. I've emailed everybody, from senators to congressmen 458 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 6: and everybody begged him to please do something besides talk 459 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:51,439 Speaker 6: and let this happen again, because this is probably our 460 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:52,119 Speaker 6: last shot. 461 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: Now that I'm making it more loud and more public, 462 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:57,959 Speaker 1: I can tell you that they are taking notice, But 463 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:00,400 Speaker 1: the changes are not in place, and until they are, 464 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:01,359 Speaker 1: I'm not going to shut up. 465 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,639 Speaker 6: Okay, Well, I appreciate you very much. I called you 466 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 6: because you're the one guy I hear it from. 467 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:08,440 Speaker 4: All Right, Randy, God bless you man. 468 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 1: Enjoy enjoy the free state of Florida, as I'm you know, 469 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: trapped up here in the hell hole known as New York. 470 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,920 Speaker 1: Uh eight hundred and ninety four one. Sean, if you 471 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 1: want to be a part of the program, Paul is 472 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 1: in Chicago. What are you doing in Chicago? That's even 473 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 1: worse than New York. 474 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:24,399 Speaker 8: Oh, I'm actually at the airport getting ready to fly 475 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 8: to beautiful Charlotte. Uh so hopefully I'll get a little 476 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 8: reprieved from the communist Republic of show. 477 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:31,960 Speaker 1: Well, maybe you should make it a one way ticket 478 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: and just stay there and pick out a house and move. 479 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 8: I'm already planning to get out of here in a year. 480 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 8: So that's that's. 481 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 4: That's good for you. 482 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:40,359 Speaker 1: By the way, most people I know they're getting out 483 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 1: of all these these big blue states with the draconian 484 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,719 Speaker 1: taxes and regulations. Anyway, what's on your mind this Friday? 485 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 8: Well, I kind of wanted to take the speaker and 486 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:54,119 Speaker 8: you to task over this deal that's happened. And what 487 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 8: what this has made me think about the past few 488 00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:58,400 Speaker 8: weeks is that, you know, it's not just the Democrat 489 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 8: propaganda machine that's out spinning. I think that the Republican 490 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:07,200 Speaker 8: propaganda machine is just as effective, but not against Democrats, 491 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 8: actually against Republicans. And you know this whole we're going 492 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,200 Speaker 8: to shut down the government. We're not going to negotiate, well, 493 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,439 Speaker 8: maybe we will, or we're going to go after you know, 494 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 8: Director Ray, We're going to hold him in contempt. Well 495 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:20,679 Speaker 8: maybe not. We'll go sit in an office and do 496 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 8: what he wants. Or we're going to go after lowest 497 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:26,119 Speaker 8: learner who's now making millions on the speaking circuit. The 498 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:31,200 Speaker 8: propaganda machine is keeping us hopeful, and in my opinion 499 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 8: and part of the term, I think we've become useful idiots. 500 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,000 Speaker 8: We're being used for an election cycle. They're going to 501 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 8: throw out things like you know, oversight and special councils 502 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:46,440 Speaker 8: and congressional hearings, and we're going to get all hyped 503 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 8: up and say, maybe this time it's going to happen, 504 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:51,440 Speaker 8: and it's not. And those of us out here who 505 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:55,200 Speaker 8: are craving some change, and our businesses are dying, our 506 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 8: education systems are dying. I work about eight months a 507 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:02,160 Speaker 8: year just to pay tax here in Illinois. We need 508 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 8: that change. And you know, if they're afraid a piece 509 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,439 Speaker 8: of paper being held by Christopher Ray is going to 510 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:10,919 Speaker 8: destabilize the government, well maybe it needs to. You know, 511 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 8: maybe we need to go through that hard bump in 512 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 8: the road and have a reset that makes sense for 513 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 8: the country, not just. 514 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: Well in some ways, I mean Christopher Ray, you know, capitulated. 515 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 1: You know, now they're I guess first they agreed to 516 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,639 Speaker 1: let them see it, but with redactions. Now I understand 517 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 1: they're going to let them see it without redactions. The 518 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 1: interesting part of that equation is Comer and Grassley already 519 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 1: saw it, and they had to get the FBI to 520 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,159 Speaker 1: acknowledge that they had it. And I think one of 521 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:43,159 Speaker 1: the reasons is why, you know, these are very specific. 522 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: They say credible allegations that in fact, Joe Biden took 523 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 1: specific actions based on moneys that were going to his 524 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: family enterprise. Now, if that's true, that would be you know, 525 00:26:56,119 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 1: an allegation of bribery, high crimes, misdemeanors, and he would 526 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 1: be impeached over that, and that's something that he could 527 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:04,959 Speaker 1: get convicted for if that's proven. 528 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 8: And I agree with with that one piece of paper, 529 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:12,639 Speaker 8: but you know that the path that led to that 530 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 8: piece of paper is very long and involves many many people, 531 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:20,840 Speaker 8: both those appointed and those elected. This is not a 532 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,119 Speaker 8: one of kind of deal where someone goes rogue on 533 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,959 Speaker 8: their own and collects money while they're vice president. So 534 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 8: I think there's a lot more to this that the 535 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:32,199 Speaker 8: FBI and the powers that be don't want us to know. 536 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:34,720 Speaker 8: But you know, we're going to do things like past 537 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 8: the border protection bill in the House knowing full well 538 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 8: that's just virtue signaling and it has absolutely zero chance 539 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 8: of going through with this. 540 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:45,119 Speaker 1: I think they're laying down markers and then it's a 541 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 1: matter of whether they hold them accountable. I think conservatives 542 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 1: would would appreciate him that much more. I think the 543 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 1: stronger they fight, the better they do. 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I'm a longtime listener, 582 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 9: longer time watcher, and h well you for everything you 583 00:29:57,760 --> 00:29:58,080 Speaker 9: can do. 584 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 4: Well, I appreciate it. 585 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,120 Speaker 1: I been in Norman, Oklahoma more times than I can 586 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 1: count because of my my kids in sports. 587 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:05,920 Speaker 4: What's what's on your mind today? 588 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:09,680 Speaker 9: Yeah, So, a great job last night with the interview 589 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 9: in town hall with President Trump. You know, you know, 590 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 9: I'm concerned about President trump selectability, you know, with him 591 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 9: going low with you know, negative ads on desantus a 592 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,959 Speaker 9: month before he starts all these kind of you know, 593 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 9: just kind of childie nicknames and you know, he kind 594 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 9: of recently sort of uh sort of called out and 595 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 9: went after Tayley macanai. And I was his number one person, 596 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:43,120 Speaker 9: you know in uh, you know, for you know, you know. 597 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:44,120 Speaker 2: As part of his cabinet. 598 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 9: So I'm just concerned that the negatives are going to 599 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:48,760 Speaker 9: outweigh any possible Well. 600 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:51,480 Speaker 1: I asked him the question almost verbatim last night. What 601 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 1: did you think of his answer? 602 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 9: Well, it was a I thought, you again, you didn't 603 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:57,520 Speaker 9: want to put him totally on the spot and say, hey, 604 00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 9: what's with the name calling? 605 00:30:58,600 --> 00:30:59,800 Speaker 2: And I and I get that, but you. 606 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:03,160 Speaker 4: Get oh I said specifically name calling. 607 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:04,280 Speaker 9: Yeah you did, you did? 608 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 2: And he but he didn't. 609 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:08,800 Speaker 9: Answer it because you threw in there. You know, why 610 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:10,840 Speaker 9: do you fight back so much? And that's kind of 611 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:14,000 Speaker 9: what he focused on. I listen, I thought it was 612 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 9: funny back in twenty sixteen or Crooked Hillary. I thought 613 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:20,720 Speaker 9: it was funnier with sleepy Joe. I just don't think 614 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,240 Speaker 9: in party, I think. I think. I just think it's 615 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:26,800 Speaker 9: unbecoming of him. And if he's a team player, and 616 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,320 Speaker 9: I know there's no Iron team, but if he wants 617 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:32,760 Speaker 9: to win, you know, he's gotta he's gotta turn things 618 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 9: around and be a little bit more appealing to independence 619 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:36,800 Speaker 9: and moderates. 620 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:40,320 Speaker 1: That was the premise of my question as well. I said, 621 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:44,800 Speaker 1: I said, almost verbatim what you just concluded with. Look, 622 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,959 Speaker 1: that's gonna be up to him. I will tell you this, 623 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:52,760 Speaker 1: whatever the issues are, this beyond piece and prosperity, which 624 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:56,160 Speaker 1: we know is on the ballot in every election. Whatever 625 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,720 Speaker 1: the issues are, you know, I think Americans have to 626 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:01,640 Speaker 1: accep one thing. If you want a president's going to 627 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 1: fight like hell for a border and energy independence, and 628 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 1: fight like hell against China and North Korea, you know, 629 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 1: and and NATO and globalist forces and the WHO and 630 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:17,760 Speaker 1: the WEF and all these groups, the Paris Climate Accords. 631 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 1: Then you know, there's not a switch in somebody's mind. 632 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:23,400 Speaker 1: I've kind of accepted that there's not a switch in 633 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,040 Speaker 1: his head that's going to say, oh, okay, I'm going 634 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 1: to be a fighter, you know, twenty four to seven 635 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:28,880 Speaker 1: when I'm working, but then all of a sudden, I'm 636 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:33,240 Speaker 1: going to turn it off while I'm campaigning. I Does 637 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 1: that make sense to you? So I kind of just 638 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:35,640 Speaker 1: accept it. 639 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:39,600 Speaker 9: Does that make make sense? Yeah, that absolutely makes sense. Listen, 640 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:43,160 Speaker 9: we love Trump policies. Okay, I'm just. 641 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:46,120 Speaker 1: Saying, do you think he would benefit himself more if 642 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 1: he not moderated, but if he was a little bit 643 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:53,880 Speaker 1: more selective in the use of the fight. 644 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:55,360 Speaker 4: I got it, I understand. 645 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 1: But you know what, that's gonna come down to the 646 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:03,040 Speaker 1: Republican primary vote and that and ultimately the general election voters. 647 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:06,400 Speaker 1: You know, but don't forget on the other side. You 648 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:08,360 Speaker 1: got a corpse that can't stand on his own two 649 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 1: feet and can't think on his own two feet anyway, 650 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:13,000 Speaker 1: appreciate the call.