WEBVTT - Eliminate Shutdowns Forever - October 16th, Hour 2 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:02.480 Hour two Sean Hennedy's show, eight hundred and nine to 0:00:02.480 --> 0:00:04.000 four to one, Shawn on number If you want to 0:00:04.040 --> 0:00:08.160 be a part of the program, The tchumor shutdown continues. 0:00:08.440 --> 0:00:11.680 Spent his entire career speaking out against shutdowns. But now 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:14.880 he's got to give into his radical base, and that 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:17.799 means and he I think he thinks this is his 0:00:17.960 --> 0:00:21.400 path to cling on to power. I don't even think 0:00:21.440 --> 0:00:24.000 that Hakim Jefferys in the end is going to be 0:00:24.000 --> 0:00:27.560 able to. I think they're both both leaders in name only, 0:00:27.640 --> 0:00:30.440 let's be real about all this. But I don't think 0:00:30.440 --> 0:00:34.239 they're going to be able to. But Senate Republicans are 0:00:34.240 --> 0:00:37.360 trying everything they can do. They John Thune, the Senate 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:41.400 majority leaders, now offer Democrats a standalone vote on extending 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:45.360 enhanced Obamacare subsidies they were supposed to be temporary put 0:00:45.400 --> 0:00:49.000 in place by the Biden administration in exchange for voting 0:00:49.040 --> 0:00:51.960 to open up the government. We have gone into great 0:00:52.000 --> 0:00:55.800 specificity in detail in terms of what it is the 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:59.120 Democrats want. They they want a fund pretty much everything 0:00:59.120 --> 0:01:03.040 they want to inspe to what they say they want 0:01:03.040 --> 0:01:07.480 two hundred billion dollars in moneies that they can use 0:01:07.880 --> 0:01:12.440 for illegal immigrants two hundred billion. They want pregnancy emergency 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:16.760 Obamacare COVID subsidies. They want five hundred million restored for 0:01:16.840 --> 0:01:22.400 PBS and NPR. They want four million for LGBTQ democracy 0:01:22.480 --> 0:01:27.480 grants in the Balkans, two million for feminist democratic principles 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:31.440 in Africa. In total, they want one point five trillion 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:35.520 dollars in new spending to open the government for a 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:37.840 mere seven weeks, and then we go right back and 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:42.319 start all over again. Senate Democrats privately debating how to 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:45.880 respond to Thun's plan to jam them on a vote 0:01:45.880 --> 0:01:49.040 funding the Department of Defense. Do they really want to 0:01:49.160 --> 0:01:54.920 justify not voting to fund our military? Scott Besson, Treasury Secretary, 0:01:55.000 --> 0:01:57.680 says the government shut down is starting to cut into 0:01:57.920 --> 0:02:02.760 muscle and the economy maybe losing billions every day. It 0:02:02.880 --> 0:02:06.160 was funny last night watching AOC dodge the question this 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:08.680 is now the new tactic. You see this happening in 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:11.680 the race for mayor in New York City. As much 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:17.639 as Martha McCallum pushed moron I'm sorry more zoron Moron 0:02:18.720 --> 0:02:22.720 commie Marxist Mmdani to answer questions, he wouldn't answer a 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:26.680 single one what makes you qualified to be mayor? Well, 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:29.320 you mentioned Trump. Let me let me look directly in 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:31.840 the camera and address Donald Trump. I mean, and this 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:36.000 same phenomenon is happening in New Jersey. Mikey Cheryl, how 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:39.280 did you make seven million dollars? I have no earthly idea, 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:43.120 none at all, whatsoever. Why did you get you know, 0:02:43.160 --> 0:02:44.920 why didn't you get to walk with your class at 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:49.600 the Naval Academy. Well, here's four different excuses at four 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:53.679 different times. Same thing as happening in the Commonwealth of Virginia. 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:58.880 Abigail Spanberger, you know she can't answer questions. She she 0:02:59.000 --> 0:03:02.400 won't condemn j Jones who called for the assassination of 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:07.079 the Speaker of the House in the Commonwealth and and 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:12.600 harm to the speaker's children and family. Pretty unbelievable. But 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:15.519 that's that's the state of where things are right now. 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:20.320 And President Trump has found a way to pay our troops. 0:03:20.680 --> 0:03:24.440 Democrats claiming it's illegal, but meanwhile they're not doing a 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:26.680 thing to stop it because they really don't want to 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:29.919 stop it, because they know that this will, this will 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:33.920 you know, they'll they'll bear responsibility on it. We're going 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:36.400 to talk to Dusty Johnson in a minute of South 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:40.920 Dakota because he's not taking any paycheck, like Ted ted 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:44.200 Cruz said last night on Hannity, during this government shutdown. 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:48.080 You know, in past shutdowns, these congressmen they get paid, 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:52.160 they don't really care. It is impacting people's lives. And 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:54.400 I saw a clip of our buddy Stephen A. Smith 0:03:54.480 --> 0:03:57.960 and and there was an air traffic controller. And now 0:03:58.000 --> 0:04:02.280 he's out, you know, doing door dash deliveries just to 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:04.720 make ends meet in the interim while he's not going 0:04:04.760 --> 0:04:08.360 to be getting paid. And that really is who they 0:04:08.480 --> 0:04:10.720 all should be thinking about, because all of them have 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:14.440 the ability to get their paycheck anyway. Joining us Dusty 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:17.279 Johnson South Dakota, he's not only not taking a paycheck 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:22.680 during this government shutdown, but he is also putting forth 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:27.279 the A Bill to Eliminate Shutdowns Act, which would trigger 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:32.000 an automatic continuing resolution for fourteen days in the event 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:33.919 of a lapse of appropriations. 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:36.400 Congressmen, great to have you. How are you. 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:38.280 I'm doing fine, Thanks for having me. 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:42.080 South Dakota's beautiful. I gotta be honest. 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:44.360 I used to go to my kids played tournaments there 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:46.840 and I was there like for four years in a row. 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:48.200 Loved it. Beautiful place. 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:52.479 Oh, it is unbelievable. July fourth, I was at Mount 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:56.360 Rushmore with my old governor, good friend and Secretary of 0:04:56.400 --> 0:05:02.400 Homeland Security, Christine olm As. We swore in New Americans 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:06.440 who did it the right way. Sean, it was absolutely incredible. 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:06.880 You know. 0:05:07.400 --> 0:05:10.560 The thing is, I don't get impressed too much by 0:05:10.560 --> 0:05:14.039 going to places, and and my kids wanted to see 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:16.360 Mount Rushmore and I wanted I wanted them to see it. 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:19.240 And but you know, for me, if I look, I 0:05:19.320 --> 0:05:21.599 feel like in my mind, if I look online that 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:22.960 you really get the experience. 0:05:23.000 --> 0:05:23.440 You don't. 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:26.800 I mean to see it up close like that and 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:29.760 observe it, you realize it's it's majestic. 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:30.560 It's incredible. 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:36.119 But anyway, tell us about your your Eliminate Shutdowns Act, 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:40.200 which I think is common sense and would would basically 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:42.839 protect both sides in the end because they end up 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:46.240 taking different positions each time. I take the position that 0:05:46.680 --> 0:05:49.680 shutdowns don't really bother me too much. Everyone ends up 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:52.039 getting a vacation and back pay in the end, But 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:55.839 it is it does create strain and pressure on government 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:59.679 employees that is unnecessary and unwarranted and unfair. 0:06:00.640 --> 0:06:02.719 Well and at some point people are paying taxes and 0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:05.039 they should get what they pay for. If you're a 0:06:05.040 --> 0:06:08.400 small business, you're waiting on an SBA loan so you 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:11.680 can add a few more employees. Like, I get it. 0:06:11.680 --> 0:06:13.600 It's not the end of the world if you've got 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:16.600 to wait an extra twenty days to get that loan process. 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:19.200 But that's the kind of crap that we make fun 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:23.120 of Europe for about how slow they are to process 0:06:23.160 --> 0:06:26.960 basic tasks, And so I get it. There's not one 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:31.080 single catastrophic part of a shutdown, but there are a 0:06:31.080 --> 0:06:34.320 million stupid little paper cuts. And you're right, My bill, 0:06:34.360 --> 0:06:38.360 along with Senator Ron Johnson he's the Senate sponsor, would 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:40.240 just say we're not going to do this anymore. This 0:06:40.400 --> 0:06:43.599 is dumb to let the minority party, the Democrats in 0:06:43.640 --> 0:06:47.479 this instance, take everything hostage. As you probably know, Oshan, 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:50.120 we're one of only a couple of countries in the 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:53.000 world to do it this way. For our first two 0:06:53.080 --> 0:06:55.880 hundred years, we just said, well, if you miss the deadline, 0:06:55.880 --> 0:06:58.800 the funding levels continue until you get a deal. That's 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:01.200 how most countries do it. But that's what my bill 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:01.640 would do. 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:07.719 Well, I mean, it's basic, you know, common sense Honestly, 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:11.880 it's just simple. It would make everybody's life easier. Politically, 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:15.440 it'd be easier, but in reality, both sides try to 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:19.360 gain a political advantage in this. However, it's usually the 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:22.720 party responsible for the shutdown. In this case, the Democrats 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:25.280 that you know, as we play all these audio tapes 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:29.360 and videotapes on TV of them over the years being 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:33.960 so adamantly against shutdowns and how dangerous they are and 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:37.240 how horrible they are for people, and then to watch them, 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:39.520 you know, dig in even deeper, you know, with their 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:42.760 Trump arrangement syndrome. You know, it's kind of remarkable to 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:44.320 see the hypocrisy on display. 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:48.200 Well, and I'm glad you mentioned the performance art aspect 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:51.360 of this, because that is what is irritating me. I mean, 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:55.120 it is clear that John Thune, another great South dakotin 0:07:55.640 --> 0:08:01.400 is working hard to try to find some principled conservative 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:04.800 but pragmatic approach forward. I mean, he's calling their bluff. 0:08:05.040 --> 0:08:08.680 They're saying, we want more of a normal appropriations process. Okay, 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:11.640 big boys, big girls, Great, let's put the defense bill up. Okay, 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:13.640 you don't want that, We'll put up a three bill 0:08:13.680 --> 0:08:16.840 package that includes agg funding like let's start to open 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:21.080 back up this government. They're saying no because they don't. 0:08:21.360 --> 0:08:24.520 It appears that they don't actually want the partial solution. 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:27.640 What they want is the political theater. And when I 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:29.640 was in DC last week, when I was seeing my 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:33.199 Democratic colleagues, it was amazing how much more they were 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:37.960 focused on messaging and making noise than actually trying to 0:08:38.040 --> 0:08:38.679 get to yes. 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:41.839 But this is now the state of the Democratic Party. 0:08:41.920 --> 0:08:47.679 I mean, I've never seen a party collapse this, this dramatically 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:51.160 is we've seen since President Trump's reelection. Now, you know, 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:53.839 in the lead up to this election, I think Democrats 0:08:53.880 --> 0:08:57.360 are all into woke and DEI and open borders and 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:04.280 defunding this man and all this insanity. There's been no introspection, 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:09.640 self reflection, and there's absolutely been zero I mean zero, 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:13.720 you know, course correction, which, if anything, they've doubled down 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:16.439 on stupid And now they've got the leadership scared to 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:19.280 death of the radicals that really do rule their party. 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:23.600 You are exact, all right, it has gotten worse, you know. 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:26.120 Rather than taking some notes and I'll just back up 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:28.679 real quick, I mean, securing the border was like a 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:32.800 ninety ten issue. Getting rid of the dei nonsense was 0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:36.800 a ninety ten issue, and rather than acknowledging that they 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:40.200 had gotten out way over their speeds, over their skis, 0:09:40.559 --> 0:09:42.240 they did double down. And so now you've got this 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:45.080 Mondanie guy you were talking about in New York, who 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:48.320 is legitimately a socialist. You've got the guy who's running 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:51.920 against Susan Collins and Mayne who is legitimately a socialist. 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:55.360 I mean, they're putting all of their eggs in the 0:09:55.400 --> 0:09:56.640 far left basket. 0:09:57.120 --> 0:09:57.440 Yeah. 0:09:57.480 --> 0:10:02.320 Well, when you speak to these these liberal colleagues of yours, 0:10:03.000 --> 0:10:04.760 if you even do, I don't know if they'll talk 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:07.800 to you or not. What are these conversations like, Yeah, 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:08.040 I have. 0:10:08.000 --> 0:10:09.679 A lot of conversations with them, and I try to 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:13.120 build relationships on the other side of the aisle. I mean, 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:15.600 to get any bill passed other than once a year 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:17.920 you get a reconciliation. Everything else has got to have 0:10:18.000 --> 0:10:20.200 votes on both sides of the aisle to make it 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:22.680 out of the Senate. Maybe you like that, maybe you don't, 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:27.199 But that's the math problem. And we can periodically find 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:29.559 some guys on the left who want to do the 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:32.640 right thing. I mean, when we passed out you know, 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:36.120 the short term cr There were Democrats that were supportive 0:10:36.160 --> 0:10:39.120 of that, not a lot, but a few. And so 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:41.720 when I talk to these folks, they understand they're holding 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:45.400 a bad hand cards. They are shutting down the government 0:10:45.480 --> 0:10:49.040 on the basis of a big policy demand, as you noted, Sean, 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:52.400 that never really works. But they feel like if they 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:55.040 don't fight, if they don't fight, the base is going 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:56.120 to abandon them. 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:59.319 Well, we know that too, quick break right back bar 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:02.439 with Dusty Johnson South Dakota on the other side, can 0:11:02.480 --> 0:11:06.120 we eliminate shutdowns forever? We'll get to your calls as well, 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:08.240 coming up eight hundred and nine to four one, Sean, 0:11:08.320 --> 0:11:11.000 if you want to be a part of the program. Also, 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:17.520 Greg Jarrett analyzes what are potentially real legal troubles for 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:21.160 deep state operatives as we continue. All right, we continue now, 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:24.480 South Dakota Congressman wrote, Dusty Johnson is with us. He 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:29.000 has proposed the Eliminate Shutdowns Act in Washington, so we 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:31.080 don't have to live through this madness anymore. 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:34.160 Let me play for you if I can. 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:38.200 The I think basically leader in name only, and there 0:11:38.240 --> 0:11:43.240 was no actual polling of Democratic the Democratic Caucus. There's 0:11:43.320 --> 0:11:47.160 not widespread support for Hakim Jeffreys remaining the leader of 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:51.520 the Democratic Caucus. But he does this bizarre shutdown poem, 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:53.000 and I want to get your reaction to it. 0:11:53.480 --> 0:11:58.560 House Republicans shut the government down, then they ran out 0:11:58.559 --> 0:12:02.560 of town for the last three weeks. They're nowhere to 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:06.360 be found. What more can I say? 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:10.280 You deserve better? 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:13.439 Okay, the only problem is the House already passed it, 0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:16.640 and the Senate had another vote yesterday, So I don't 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:17.880 know what the hell he's talking about. 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:22.000 Yeah, that is a huge disconnect, and I just I don't. 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:25.320 I mean, I feel like a thousand times I have 0:12:25.400 --> 0:12:29.360 explained to people that on a bipartisan basis, we passed 0:12:29.360 --> 0:12:32.400 out of the House a bill to keep the government open, 0:12:33.160 --> 0:12:36.760 and that same package, which Democrats have voted for thirteen 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:40.959 times in the recent past, is having a hard time 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:43.720 getting out of the Senate. And so it is, but 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:46.920 Republicans there but except Rand is voting for this thing. 0:12:47.040 --> 0:12:50.079 So I know that he came. Jeffries through his turn 0:12:50.120 --> 0:12:54.280 of phrase and his poetry is trying to retcon reality. 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:58.880 But Republicans have voted repeatedly to open up the government. 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:02.200 Democrats not. And I would just say this, Sean the 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:04.360 only question before us right now, because I know we've 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:07.480 got some big things to negotiate. I mean, listen, let's 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:10.920 talk about COVID era healthcare subsidies. COVID's in the rear 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:12.560 view mirror. I don't think we need to be given 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:14.559 people with seven hundred or eight hundred percent of the 0:13:14.600 --> 0:13:18.959 poverty level subsidies for health insurance. But the Democrats want 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:21.760 to have that discussion, so we can. We should have 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:26.520 those debates when the government is open. Demanding as Schumer has, 0:13:26.600 --> 0:13:28.920 that we have those debates only while the government is 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:30.720 shut down is stupid. 0:13:31.960 --> 0:13:33.120 It's beyond stupid. 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:37.280 It's going to get interesting to watch if you even 0:13:37.320 --> 0:13:40.040 looked at his panic I played it earlier and on 0:13:40.120 --> 0:13:43.600 TV last night. I mean, even CNN is saying that, 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:47.120 especially with some of the redistricting going on in the 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:51.800 Supreme Court case on jerry mandering that they're taking up 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:56.200 that is race based, they have the potential to maybe 0:13:56.280 --> 0:13:58.960 lose nineteen more seats, which would be great for the 0:13:58.960 --> 0:14:02.520 country of my view. But Republicans, you know, be wary 0:14:02.640 --> 0:14:06.560 because you have to defy conventional political gravity and win 0:14:06.600 --> 0:14:09.120 in an off term election year. And I will tell 0:14:09.160 --> 0:14:12.600 you this is the most important tipping point midterm that 0:14:12.640 --> 0:14:14.719 we'll be facing next year, a year from now, in 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:19.400 our lifetime. We appreciate your Congressman Dusty Johnson, South Dakota. 0:14:19.440 --> 0:14:20.560 Thank you, sir, appreciate you. 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:21.400 Thank you. 0:14:21.640 --> 0:14:24.120 All right, let's get to our busy telephones. Eight hundred 0:14:24.120 --> 0:14:26.640 and nine to four one Sean, that's a number you 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:28.280 want to be a part of the program. Will start 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:31.040 my Free State of Florida. I don't know if you 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:34.960 saw last night, Pat is with us James Upmeyer, who 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:38.840 is the Age of Florida. He's doing a great job, 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:41.720 and he announced on my show last night he's suing 0:14:41.720 --> 0:14:46.320 California in Washington and he's going right to the Supreme Court. 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:49.320 When two states sue each other, you know, that's where 0:14:49.360 --> 0:14:52.720 the case is filed. And he says they are violating 0:14:52.760 --> 0:14:56.800 the Motor Vehicle Safety Act of nineteen eighty six. In 0:14:56.920 --> 0:15:01.240 twenty seventeen, for example, California passed with called the California 0:15:01.400 --> 0:15:06.760 Values Act that prohibits California law enforcement agencies from inquiring 0:15:07.200 --> 0:15:12.040 an individual's immigration status. Now, what how does that impact Florida. 0:15:12.080 --> 0:15:16.240 It impacted Florida because both Washington State and California gave 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:22.200 commercial drivers' licenses to this guy that you know, couldn't 0:15:22.240 --> 0:15:24.960 read English and couldn't read road signs. We find out 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:28.560 later that made that ridiculous U turn and three innocent 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:31.720 people were killed. And once they gave him a test, 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:35.600 he didn't. He couldn't, he couldn't, he couldn't identify road signs. 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:38.480 Insane anyway, Pat, Glad, you called. Glad, you're with us. 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:40.600 It's an honor to be speak speaking with you on 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:43.880 the phone. You you were the catalyst. You're a great American, 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:46.160 and you're the catalyst to the reason I'm looking at 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:49.280 my voter registration card right now in this Republican Party 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:52.800 of Florida. I was raised Democratic Democratic family, but I 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:55.360 never I haven't been paying attention for forty three years, 0:15:56.640 --> 0:15:58.880 but my eyes are wide open. That's because within the 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:02.280 last year I started listen to your show, and you 0:16:02.320 --> 0:16:04.480 bring it every day, so thank you for doing that. 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:06.800 You often make reference to I listen to you and 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:08.360 watch your show as much as I can. You often 0:16:08.400 --> 0:16:11.000 make reference to Trump and say you can't believe how 0:16:11.000 --> 0:16:13.280 hard he works and how he does it. I don't believe. 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:15.440 I don't know how you do it, sir, but because 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:17.680 you bring it every day is the reason I am 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:20.880 now paying attention and my eyes are wide open, and 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:24.000 the reason I had to change to the Republican Party. 0:16:24.040 --> 0:16:26.600 And I'm croud to be a Republican. I believe in 0:16:26.600 --> 0:16:29.000 my government for the first time in my life. I 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:31.960 believe I want to do for my party. So I 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:34.640 had a question for you, is, Wow, what can I do? 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:38.280 Because you changed my life in a way. And yeah, 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:40.040 I think you're a great America. I look forward to 0:16:40.120 --> 0:16:42.200 today you get the Presidential Medal of Honor. 0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:46.640 I appreciate what you There's way more deserving people to me. 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:49.320 But that's very kind of you first time. I'm going 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:52.640 to tip my hat to you because there are people, 0:16:53.280 --> 0:16:58.240 you know that there's perceptions about hosts sometimes that are 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:01.960 never rooted in reality. A lot of people that will 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:05.680 criticize me, Like I don't read comments about me, ever, 0:17:05.760 --> 0:17:09.439 because unless not really want to feel depressed, because you 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:13.240 know the comments online, these these keyboard warriors and naked 0:17:13.280 --> 0:17:16.159 in their their mother's basement or in their underwear in 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:20.480 their mother's basement anonymously, you know, they'll say anything about anybody. 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:22.960 They seem to hate everybody in the world. Themselves. But 0:17:23.760 --> 0:17:27.360 you know, I don't do the show for them. I'm 0:17:27.359 --> 0:17:28.560 doing the show for people like you. 0:17:28.640 --> 0:17:29.280 But you had an. 0:17:29.200 --> 0:17:34.800 Open mind and something in you, things that you heard 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:38.719 resonated with you and common sense and maybe you'd never 0:17:38.840 --> 0:17:41.600 heard it before. I mean, Charlie Kirk would go into 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:45.600 these hostile environments on college campuses and he talk about God, 0:17:46.080 --> 0:17:48.000 and he talked about, yeah, don't be a part of 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:50.879 hookup culture, and don't be the kid that goes to 0:17:51.480 --> 0:17:54.560 prat parties get drunk and gets drunk and is thrown 0:17:54.640 --> 0:17:57.280 up in the bushes or doing drugs. And oh, by 0:17:57.280 --> 0:17:58.960 the way, the best thing I did in my life 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:00.840 is I got to church and I got to know 0:18:01.000 --> 0:18:05.440 Jesus and it changed my life. What a horrible message, 0:18:05.440 --> 0:18:08.439 but a message that unfortunately kids aren't even hearing. But 0:18:08.560 --> 0:18:11.199 to answer your question directly about what you can and 0:18:11.240 --> 0:18:13.080 should do, first of all, you're doing it. 0:18:13.600 --> 0:18:14.960 Number one. You're in kids force. 0:18:15.000 --> 0:18:17.679 And I say this, and this is an early I 0:18:17.720 --> 0:18:19.040 was not going to I'm not going to start this 0:18:19.160 --> 0:18:24.199 till January. But if all you do next year is 0:18:24.359 --> 0:18:29.640 commit to voting in the midterm elections the way, knowing 0:18:29.680 --> 0:18:33.600 that this is a tipping point midterm. I'll take that 0:18:33.600 --> 0:18:36.720 that's a big deal that matters. I'm not going to 0:18:37.080 --> 0:18:40.280 I'm not going to minimize it. Then, if you want 0:18:40.280 --> 0:18:44.680 to take your involvement further, you know, I will give 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:47.560 you all of the issues that are relevant that will 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:51.760 impact this country, and I will probably repeat them a lot, 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:54.080 and people say, hey, do you repeat yourself. I'm just 0:18:54.400 --> 0:18:57.679 preparing you because I want all of you by the 0:18:57.720 --> 0:19:01.080 time we get to November of next year, when I 0:19:01.119 --> 0:19:05.720 start in January about what what will define this election, 0:19:06.240 --> 0:19:07.600 and I can tell you what a lot of it's 0:19:07.640 --> 0:19:11.080 going to be. You either want open borders or you 0:19:11.119 --> 0:19:15.560 want secure borders. You either want law and order and 0:19:15.600 --> 0:19:18.960 safety and security, or you're part of defund, dismantle, nobil, 0:19:19.200 --> 0:19:22.800 reimagine the police. You either want the largest tax cuts 0:19:22.800 --> 0:19:25.600 in history of the largest tax increase in history. You 0:19:25.640 --> 0:19:28.560 want energy dominance or you know it's the cost of 0:19:28.600 --> 0:19:34.640 democracy is as Kamala said about about paying higher energy prices, 0:19:35.800 --> 0:19:38.320 you want, you don't want to pay for you want. 0:19:38.400 --> 0:19:42.639 You don't want taxpayer funded sex change operations for illegals 0:19:42.680 --> 0:19:46.320 and for convicts. You don't want, you don't want taxpayer 0:19:46.320 --> 0:19:50.359 funded college to wish it you don't want all these 0:19:50.440 --> 0:19:53.399 benefits for people that don't respect our orders, our laws, 0:19:53.400 --> 0:19:56.000 and our sovereignty, you know. And then maybe you want 0:19:56.000 --> 0:19:57.840 to maybe you want to get involved in a campaign, 0:19:57.960 --> 0:20:00.960 maybe you want to donate, maybe you want, uh, you know, 0:20:01.040 --> 0:20:03.480 make phone calls to these campaigns. There's all sorts of 0:20:03.520 --> 0:20:05.439 ways you can get involved. And you can call your 0:20:05.440 --> 0:20:06.679 local Republican party. 0:20:07.760 --> 0:20:08.879 I can do that. 0:20:08.960 --> 0:20:11.399 I'm fully engaged, mister Hannity, and that you're with a 0:20:11.440 --> 0:20:14.200 catalyst for that. I would do anything for my country 0:20:14.520 --> 0:20:16.760 at this point, and that is the result of you 0:20:16.840 --> 0:20:20.400 bringing it every day. I will make phone calls. I'm inspired. 0:20:20.440 --> 0:20:23.200 I'm passionate about it. Now for the for my president 0:20:23.280 --> 0:20:26.040 talks to me. He talks to me all the time. 0:20:26.119 --> 0:20:29.199 I've never seen that in my life. It's it's I 0:20:29.200 --> 0:20:31.520 think it's going to go down as Washington, Lincoln and 0:20:31.560 --> 0:20:34.280 Trump one day when we look back at it. And 0:20:34.320 --> 0:20:36.440 you're a great American. Like I said, mister Hannity, I 0:20:36.720 --> 0:20:38.520 am honored to be on the phone speaking with you. 0:20:38.600 --> 0:20:41.560 But you changed my life in this sense, and I'm 0:20:42.040 --> 0:20:45.160 for in a good way. I was blind, I wasn't 0:20:45.160 --> 0:20:47.240 paying attention, I wasn't doing my civic duty. 0:20:47.359 --> 0:20:48.320 I just went. 0:20:48.200 --> 0:20:50.400 Along, and you know everyone, I didn't watch the news. 0:20:50.680 --> 0:20:53.760 You opened my eyes and now my eyes are wide open, 0:20:53.920 --> 0:20:55.560 and I'm going to help in any way I. 0:20:55.520 --> 0:20:59.400 Can well listen. I give all credit to you. 0:20:59.400 --> 0:21:03.119 You had an in mind, and you made your You 0:21:03.119 --> 0:21:06.359 know your heart is guiding you in this direction. Obviously 0:21:06.680 --> 0:21:11.200 it's I'm you know what, once your eyes are open, 0:21:11.640 --> 0:21:14.120 you can't close them. It's sort of like once you 0:21:14.200 --> 0:21:18.800 see how abusively biased and corrupt the news media is, 0:21:19.240 --> 0:21:23.440 how complicit they were in spreading lies and peddling conspiracy theories, 0:21:24.080 --> 0:21:27.439 you can't not see media bias anymore. I mean they 0:21:27.480 --> 0:21:30.439 don't see it. That's why they're dead that you know, 0:21:31.359 --> 0:21:35.160 this is a certain fundamental truth in broadcasting. Having done 0:21:35.160 --> 0:21:38.080 this for decades now, I can tell you if you're 0:21:38.119 --> 0:21:41.960 not honest and truthful with your audience and you're just lying, 0:21:43.600 --> 0:21:46.800 you're going to lose trust with people. And you know, 0:21:46.840 --> 0:21:48.800 we have a pretty good track record of getting our 0:21:48.840 --> 0:21:51.639 stuff right because we work hard at it. It's not 0:21:51.720 --> 0:21:56.000 a brag. It's more my responsibility and just doing my job. 0:21:57.040 --> 0:21:59.919 Pat love you man, appreciate it. Stay in touch with us. 0:22:00.119 --> 0:22:02.440