WEBVTT - A Senate Seat on a Razor’s Edge 0:00:00.640 --> 0:00:05.620 So today is runoff day in South Carolina, and that's 0:00:05.680 --> 0:00:09.920 to fill the vacant seat of Lindsey Graham. You have 0:00:10.000 --> 0:00:13.430 until you basically have less than three hours if you're 0:00:13.450 --> 0:00:15.770 in South Carolina to vote. It is going to be, 0:00:16.350 --> 0:00:20.349 according to our friend Robert Cahaley, a very, very, very, 0:00:20.810 --> 0:00:22.369 very close election today. 0:00:22.390 --> 0:00:23.410 It's a turnout election. 0:00:23.430 --> 0:00:25.430 It's like the third or fourth time the people of 0:00:25.470 --> 0:00:29.580 South Carolina have had to go vote. And I'm supporting 0:00:29.740 --> 0:00:33.580 supporting Darlene Graham for one major reason. And I always 0:00:33.620 --> 0:00:38.229 tell people who I support is she is hard and fast. 0:00:38.790 --> 0:00:41.890 She will be a reliable Donald Trump vote and supporter. 0:00:42.390 --> 0:00:43.830 I have nothing against Ralph Norman. 0:00:44.150 --> 0:00:44.470 Nothing. 0:00:44.850 --> 0:00:46.330 I actually saw him. I think I saw him in 0:00:46.350 --> 0:00:49.160 Columbia when I was down there. The problem I have 0:00:49.820 --> 0:00:51.960 and why I would vote for Darlene over Ralph is 0:00:52.240 --> 0:00:55.050 really one simple issue is that. In the primary, if 0:00:55.070 --> 0:00:58.480 you recall, Ralph Norman supported Nikki Haley over Donald Trump. 0:00:59.350 --> 0:01:01.460 And that sounds to me too much like it's going 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:05.380 to be a situation where we have a U.S. senator 0:01:06.020 --> 0:01:08.899 and a very tight margin if Republicans hold on to 0:01:08.940 --> 0:01:12.400 the Senate and even if they're in the minority. And 0:01:12.420 --> 0:01:15.380 I just don't have the confidence because of that decision 0:01:15.580 --> 0:01:17.920 that he would be a reliable Trump vote. 0:01:17.980 --> 0:01:19.059 That's my honest answer. 0:01:20.130 --> 0:01:22.660 And if I'm in South Carolina today, in the next 0:01:22.700 --> 0:01:26.140 three hours, if I haven't voted, I'm voting for Darlene Graham. Now, 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:29.920 we do polls and there's only certain pollsters I trust. 0:01:31.220 --> 0:01:33.880 One of them, John McLaughlin. One of them will join 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:37.120 us in a minute. Matt Towery, Insider Advantage. Another one, 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:40.869 Robert Cahaly, Trafalgar Group. Well, Robert came out with his 0:01:40.930 --> 0:01:45.009 final poll. Listen to this. And this is his final 0:01:45.630 --> 0:01:48.990 South Carolina runoff election tracking poll. 0:01:50.020 --> 0:01:53.260 And it's Darlene Graham is up by a tenth. 0:01:53.120 --> 0:02:01.670 Of a point, 47.9 to 47.8, undecided 4.4. If you 0:02:01.700 --> 0:02:04.070 have not voted and it's going to be a low 0:02:04.110 --> 0:02:06.730 turnout election just based on the fact that it's like 0:02:06.770 --> 0:02:09.510 the third or fourth time they've asked the people, Republicans 0:02:09.550 --> 0:02:12.790 in South Carolina, to show up and vote. And it's 0:02:13.150 --> 0:02:15.810 it's just is a weird time. It's in the middle 0:02:15.850 --> 0:02:19.210 of August. And it is a which which side is 0:02:19.270 --> 0:02:21.570 going to get their vote out is going to determine 0:02:21.590 --> 0:02:24.690 the outcome of this election. I gave you my reason 0:02:24.730 --> 0:02:27.940 why I'm supporting Darlene. I really also there's a great 0:02:28.010 --> 0:02:31.360 admiration factor. I was close to Lindsay. I think you've 0:02:31.400 --> 0:02:34.079 kind of figured that out when I gave the eulogy 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:39.000 at the National Cathedral. And we talked almost every day. 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:43.239 We talked a lot about, you know, national security and politics. 0:02:43.300 --> 0:02:47.200 I mean, we had a passion, we shared passion. We 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:49.560 also talked about our lives. I actually said in the 0:02:49.660 --> 0:02:51.919 eulogy that, you know, if we have one thing in common, 0:02:51.940 --> 0:02:54.880 we both grew up in a bar. I mean, she 0:02:54.919 --> 0:02:57.990 grew up in such poverty, lost both her parents, was 0:02:57.990 --> 0:03:02.450 13 years old. Lindsay, you know, then had to step up. 0:03:03.130 --> 0:03:06.169 And as she describes Lindsay, he became a brother, not 0:03:06.210 --> 0:03:08.990 only a brother, but a mother and a father. And 0:03:09.210 --> 0:03:12.750 Lindsay then, you know, got out of school, went to 0:03:12.790 --> 0:03:17.230 help raise his sister. It's an unbelievable story. And he 0:03:17.250 --> 0:03:20.730 found his passion in life, and his passion was politics. 0:03:21.630 --> 0:03:27.609 And what amazes me about Darlene is, you know, she 0:03:27.650 --> 0:03:28.290 lost a brother. 0:03:28.490 --> 0:03:33.410 It was very sudden. Nobody saw this coming. Nobody. And 0:03:33.550 --> 0:03:35.809 it's just sad. He was too young. I think he 0:03:35.890 --> 0:03:36.200 was 72. 0:03:36.190 --> 0:03:38.750 His dad had died of pretty much the same thing 0:03:38.810 --> 0:03:40.110 at 71, a heart issue. 0:03:41.310 --> 0:03:43.910 And so then, literally.. 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:46.650 You know, she's getting a call almost immediately from the 0:03:46.690 --> 0:03:51.390 president of our country asking her to serve the people 0:03:51.430 --> 0:03:54.490 of South Carolina. And then she's getting a call from 0:03:54.670 --> 0:03:59.330 Governor McMaster asking her to serve the state that her 0:03:59.370 --> 0:04:03.180 brother and she loved so much. And she didn't have 0:04:03.240 --> 0:04:06.860 time to mourn. She had to be sworn in before 0:04:06.900 --> 0:04:12.120 they even had a memorial or even buried her brother. 0:04:13.060 --> 0:04:16.339 She had to make up that decision. And how tough 0:04:16.360 --> 0:04:19.100 would that be? Just put yourself in her shoes for 0:04:19.140 --> 0:04:21.989 a minute. And I just admired the fact that she 0:04:22.020 --> 0:04:24.870 was willing to, at the worst moment of her life, 0:04:24.950 --> 0:04:27.350 one of the worst moments of her life, not even 0:04:27.410 --> 0:04:31.790 mourning her brother, not even burying her brother, and then 0:04:32.110 --> 0:04:34.830 taking the call from her president and a governor and saying, yes, 0:04:34.930 --> 0:04:37.029 I will step up and finish the job of my brother. 0:04:37.950 --> 0:04:41.040 And then was asked if she would you know, continue 0:04:41.100 --> 0:04:43.700 finishing his work. Now, she's been very clear that she's, 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:46.320 you know, and this was a complaint that I had 0:04:46.339 --> 0:04:47.760 with Lindsay. I said all the time, you talk too 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:51.200 much about, way too much about foreign policy. You need 0:04:51.220 --> 0:04:53.520 to focus on bread and butter issues. That's why Tim 0:04:53.540 --> 0:04:57.880 Scott always outpolls you by 20%. Anyway, Matt Towery, you've 0:04:57.920 --> 0:05:01.900 been polling your entire adult life. I mean, and I've 0:05:01.980 --> 0:05:05.940 never seen that I can remember or recall one-tenth of 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:10.000 a point separating You know, two candidates in a runoff 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:14.180 in the middle of August. Not exactly a time where 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:17.340 I believe that everybody in South Carolina is paying attention. 0:05:18.020 --> 0:05:20.219 And so this is going to be a base turnout 0:05:20.260 --> 0:05:23.460 election for both sides. And I'm giving you the reason 0:05:23.480 --> 0:05:25.900 why I'm supporting Darlene. I'd love to get your take 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:28.140 on all of it. But one tenth of a point. 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:31.700 I can't recall a poll going into Election Day like that. 0:05:32.200 --> 0:05:34.750 But I'm sure you've seen it many times. I have. 0:05:35.070 --> 0:05:37.360 And, you know, I talked to Robert, as you know, 0:05:37.420 --> 0:05:41.400 a lot throughout this entire he's been tracking this race for, 0:05:41.620 --> 0:05:44.760 I think, several weeks. He says this, you know, if 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:48.339 seniors turn out in large numbers, then she will win 0:05:48.420 --> 0:05:51.779 because she's doing very well among seniors. She was having 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:55.760 trouble in the upper part of the state. And that's 0:05:55.839 --> 0:05:59.039 not you know, that's just not a natural area for her. 0:05:59.060 --> 0:06:02.960 And but she was making progress. And the president coming in. 0:06:04.290 --> 0:06:07.450 the last few days that turned the vote around. It 0:06:07.470 --> 0:06:10.530 started moving in her direction. And it really turned this 0:06:10.570 --> 0:06:13.620 thing into a very close race. I mean, I'm not 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:16.180 saying she's not going to win. I think she could 0:06:16.220 --> 0:06:18.820 easily win. But as you said, it depends on turnout. 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:22.900 People who want to keep Lindsey Graham's legacy going and 0:06:23.140 --> 0:06:26.260 who realize that she's making a big sacrifice, they need 0:06:26.279 --> 0:06:29.020 to get out and vote for her. Because I don't 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:33.860 think it's guaranteed. And I don't know Ralph Norman. I 0:06:33.890 --> 0:06:35.460 think I referred to him on Laura's show the other 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:37.520 night as Ralph Norton for a minute because I think 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:41.299 I got confused with Arnie. Years ago, I corrected myself 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:45.180 very quickly. But I'm sure he's a great guy. I 0:06:45.220 --> 0:06:47.690 did not know Darlene either. I knew Lindsey like you did. 0:06:47.810 --> 0:06:50.690 And Lindsey, you know, the thing is, Sean, Lindsey was 0:06:50.750 --> 0:06:53.029 his own campaign manager. I know he thinks he had 0:06:53.110 --> 0:06:55.870 consultants and whatever. But you and I both know Lindsey 0:06:55.890 --> 0:06:58.750 Graham could run a campaign better than anybody on earth. 0:06:59.450 --> 0:07:01.540 He could diagnose what was needed. He could figure out 0:07:01.580 --> 0:07:04.740 what to run. I mean, he was just a genius. 0:07:04.420 --> 0:07:05.020 And a joy. 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:08.240 I had to yell at him to go against his 0:07:08.300 --> 0:07:11.810 worst instincts because, you know, I wanted him always to 0:07:11.870 --> 0:07:14.850 focus more on the things that Tim Scott focuses on, 0:07:14.870 --> 0:07:17.030 which are the issues that the people of South Carolina 0:07:17.170 --> 0:07:17.950 are talking about. 0:07:18.730 --> 0:07:22.030 Right. And he knew that, but he just kept talking 0:07:22.070 --> 0:07:24.429 about it anyway. You do that. And that was Lindsay. 0:07:24.890 --> 0:07:26.570 Well, listen, in fairness to him, he put his money 0:07:26.590 --> 0:07:29.520 where his mouth is. This guy made more trips. to 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:33.120 Ukraine than any one senator, probably all of them combined. 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:36.430 This guy went to the Middle East more often than 0:07:36.610 --> 0:07:39.250 any one person I know, and he went to Israel 0:07:39.330 --> 0:07:42.630 and every other country in between in the region. This 0:07:42.710 --> 0:07:47.690 guy was constantly, you know, his dream was for peace 0:07:47.730 --> 0:07:51.820 between Russia and Ukraine. His dream was for a lasting 0:07:51.860 --> 0:07:53.740 peace in the Middle East. Everyone thinks he was a 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:56.500 big warmonger. That was a misnomer. That was not true. 0:07:56.580 --> 0:08:00.350 He did understand that evil exists. and you can't negotiate 0:08:00.380 --> 0:08:03.130 with people that believe in convert or die. And I 0:08:03.150 --> 0:08:06.490 don't really have any desire or appetite to debate people 0:08:06.530 --> 0:08:08.330 that don't get that fundamental truth. 0:08:08.930 --> 0:08:10.050 It's a waste of my time. 0:08:10.070 --> 0:08:13.210 And you know, Sean, if you have an expertise like that, 0:08:13.310 --> 0:08:15.660 and there are certain senators who develop, you know, I 0:08:15.660 --> 0:08:18.340 worked in the Senate at one time, you get certain 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:21.360 senators who just have an area that they just naturally 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:24.280 get to, and that's sort of what they know better 0:08:24.300 --> 0:08:28.940 than anyone else. And in defense and uh... it's been 0:08:28.960 --> 0:08:31.600 a huge a huge gap uh... missing in the senate 0:08:31.620 --> 0:08:35.500 right now uh... and certainly in south carolina you know 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:36.120 the other way i. 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:39.060 Did nobody could ever replace about tim scott on uh... 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:42.300 last night and i i said a unit star cursing 0:08:42.340 --> 0:08:44.560 on my show the way lindsey did indeed of course 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:47.160 he's not going to do that uh... tim is a 0:08:47.220 --> 0:08:51.520 very devout guy and he started laughing but you know 0:08:51.580 --> 0:08:54.340 you never know with lindsey You know, when he'd say, 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:57.180 Bull Adam Schiff, and he'd say it, you know, is 0:08:57.220 --> 0:08:59.319 he going to say it was a question every time? 0:08:59.900 --> 0:09:02.220 And if he said it once, how many more times 0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:03.760 would he say it in a single episode? 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:05.839 Well, it would have been more fun to talk to 0:09:05.860 --> 0:09:06.460 him in private. 0:09:07.860 --> 0:09:11.530 Well, I'm keeping those stories private, yes. 0:09:11.950 --> 0:09:16.069 I understand. I just have very fond memories of when 0:09:16.110 --> 0:09:20.410 they had such a sad situation. But back to this election, 0:09:20.429 --> 0:09:23.589 it is going to be a last-minute thing now. You know, 0:09:24.250 --> 0:09:26.800 when you have low turnout like this, I want to 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:30.040 protect Robert a little bit. Anything can happen. So, you know, 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:31.760 he could be off by three or four points. I 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:33.660 think Robert would easily tell you that could happen. 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:36.160 Well, there's always a margin of error of three or 0:09:36.210 --> 0:09:38.709 four points, and he's got this as a tenth of 0:09:38.730 --> 0:09:39.210 a point. 0:09:39.870 --> 0:09:42.429 Yeah, yeah. And so it's still, you know, it's within 0:09:42.450 --> 0:09:45.309 the margin of error either way. What it's not going 0:09:45.350 --> 0:09:49.339 to be is somebody winning by 65%. And, you know, 0:09:49.380 --> 0:09:52.050 it's funny because You know, when I started doing this, Sean, 0:09:52.070 --> 0:09:54.420 we never had these betting markets, and I still don't 0:09:54.460 --> 0:09:58.729 quite understand them, but when I look at these markets 0:09:58.790 --> 0:10:01.580 like PolyMarket and some of these, CalSheet and the others. 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:03.800 CalSheet and the rest of them. Yeah, I know. 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:05.690 It's like a whole new world out there. You can 0:10:05.710 --> 0:10:08.270 bet on anything. There are even things you can bet 0:10:08.330 --> 0:10:10.250 on about me, I found out. 0:10:10.270 --> 0:10:12.980 I'm like, what? Somebody, you know, call me. I'm like, well, 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:14.880 what are they? And they read it to me. I'm like, really? 0:10:15.260 --> 0:10:15.980 It shocked me. 0:10:16.140 --> 0:10:18.340 I get it. Can I get on that action? Because 0:10:18.380 --> 0:10:19.750 I know you pretty well. I might be able to 0:10:19.790 --> 0:10:20.970 make some money off of that. 0:10:21.070 --> 0:10:23.370 That's called insider betting. You're going to go to jail 0:10:23.410 --> 0:10:23.709 for that. 0:10:24.270 --> 0:10:25.010 Oh, that's right. 0:10:25.610 --> 0:10:26.910 Anyway, don't worry. 0:10:26.970 --> 0:10:29.170 I don't get near those sites. But what I was 0:10:29.190 --> 0:10:32.480 going to say is those sites are both showing her 0:10:32.540 --> 0:10:35.780 winning overwhelmingly. You know, now she has dropped a little bit, 0:10:35.840 --> 0:10:38.480 I think, since Robert's poll came out. There has not 0:10:38.540 --> 0:10:42.220 been a lot of public polling in South Carolina this time. 0:10:42.660 --> 0:10:44.990 And so we've got one poll to go by and 0:10:45.030 --> 0:10:47.349 a bunch of betting odds that are going in a 0:10:47.410 --> 0:10:50.609 certain direction. So nobody really knows what's going to happen. 0:10:51.010 --> 0:10:52.950 But I think Robert's right on one thing, and that 0:10:53.010 --> 0:10:55.410 is there's a certain section of the state where she 0:10:55.450 --> 0:10:57.180 wasn't doing as well in a certain area of the 0:10:57.200 --> 0:11:00.760 state where she was doing very well. Myrtle Beach, obviously, 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:02.140 is going to be good for her. That's where the 0:11:02.179 --> 0:11:04.680 president went in to speak. But that only makes up 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:07.469 about 15 to 20 percent of the overall vote. So 0:11:07.510 --> 0:11:09.750 a lot of that vote comes out of Greenville, Spartanburg, 0:11:09.770 --> 0:11:12.690 and areas like that. So really, they had to concentrate 0:11:12.830 --> 0:11:16.490 her campaign and getting her message out to the people 0:11:16.570 --> 0:11:19.350 up there. And I think they did a pretty sizable 0:11:19.390 --> 0:11:22.330 job over the weekend. So we'll wait and see. I 0:11:22.350 --> 0:11:25.390 think it's going to be close, but there's a good 0:11:25.429 --> 0:11:26.370 chance she could still win. 0:11:26.750 --> 0:11:31.800 It's one of those moments where I've done this for 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:32.500 too long. 0:11:33.140 --> 0:11:35.380 The middle of August, runoff election. 0:11:35.890 --> 0:11:38.130 The people of South Carolina have been to the polls 0:11:38.350 --> 0:11:41.810 a lot, and it just makes it hard. 0:11:42.210 --> 0:11:42.910 It just does. 0:11:44.460 --> 0:11:47.860 But, you know, again, I think I explained in great detail. 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:51.620 The one thing I wouldn't want for South Carolina, especially 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:54.079 coming off of Lindsey Graham, who was such a staunch 0:11:54.380 --> 0:11:57.140 Trump supporter. I mean, he really was Trump's best friend 0:11:57.160 --> 0:12:00.359 in the Senate. And knowing that Darlene will fill that 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:05.970 void ably and with that consistency— And then, you know, 0:12:06.190 --> 0:12:10.329 knowing that her opponent, you know, supported Nikki Haley over Trump, 0:12:10.770 --> 0:12:13.540 that's what tips the balance for me. And also, you know, 0:12:13.580 --> 0:12:16.599 what she did and the worst moment of her life 0:12:16.660 --> 0:12:18.780 when asked by her president and governor, that kind of 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:23.040 inspires me. Nothing against anyone else in this race, but 0:12:23.140 --> 0:12:26.809 I'm just saying what I'm giving positive reasons why I 0:12:26.830 --> 0:12:29.150 would vote for Darlene. And by the way, people have, 0:12:29.170 --> 0:12:31.950 you know, about two hours and 40 minutes to go 0:12:31.990 --> 0:12:32.490 out and vote. 0:12:32.650 --> 0:12:33.730 The polls close at 7 Eastern. 0:12:34.940 --> 0:12:37.620 So let me just add this, Sean. One of the 0:12:37.660 --> 0:12:41.950 things we have found that there are two camps out 0:12:41.990 --> 0:12:44.790 there among the Republican Party. There's a very small minority 0:12:44.890 --> 0:12:48.230 who say, oh, well, Trump hasn't delivered on all his promises. Well, 0:12:48.290 --> 0:12:50.850 I mean, I think he's delivered on most of them. 0:12:51.270 --> 0:12:53.620 And quite frankly, the war is something that he felt 0:12:53.700 --> 0:12:56.199 was excellent. It had to be done. He didn't have 0:12:56.240 --> 0:12:58.440 a choice, and they need to come to understand that. 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:02.280 The vast majority of people who supported him are completely 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:05.680 behind the president, and they're very frustrated with the U.S. Senate. Now, 0:13:05.750 --> 0:13:09.050 they don't understand the intricacies of it necessarily, and that 0:13:09.070 --> 0:13:12.090 there are things at play that no one can control, 0:13:12.170 --> 0:13:14.770 and the votes are not there for some of the 0:13:14.809 --> 0:13:17.330 things they'd like to see happen. But they certainly can't 0:13:17.370 --> 0:13:19.850 afford to have someone in there who's going to immediately 0:13:19.890 --> 0:13:22.630 become a maverick and go the opposite direction and try 0:13:22.670 --> 0:13:25.380 to teach Donald Trump a lesson. Donald Trump doesn't need 0:13:25.440 --> 0:13:28.500 any lessons taught. He needs senators to vote with him. 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:32.060 Because with the Senate right now, because they haven't passed 0:13:32.100 --> 0:13:34.640 the SAFE Act and some of the other acts that 0:13:34.820 --> 0:13:39.830 they could have passed or other legislation, the Republicans look 0:13:39.900 --> 0:13:44.190 at it as being a weak Senate, and they impute 0:13:44.210 --> 0:13:45.750 it to their own party. And they say, gee, we're 0:13:45.770 --> 0:13:48.270 just not getting anything done. Well, if anything's going to 0:13:48.290 --> 0:13:50.290 help President Trump, it's going to have to be somebody 0:13:50.330 --> 0:13:53.390 like Darlene. He's in there to vote for him, with him, 0:13:53.410 --> 0:13:55.550 and he doesn't have to put up with all the 0:13:55.610 --> 0:13:57.210 nonsense he's had to put up in the last year. 0:13:57.730 --> 0:14:00.670 because it has been very frustrating for his supporters to 0:14:00.690 --> 0:14:02.860 sit by and watch the U.S. Senate the way it's operated. 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:03.640 No doubt. 0:14:03.700 --> 0:14:06.620 By the way, Matt is the author of an upcoming book. 0:14:06.679 --> 0:14:09.420 It's not available yet. He hasn't shared an early copy 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:12.260 with me, which has really pissed me off. It's called 0:14:12.340 --> 0:14:16.809 The Honoring of Ignorance. The title has really captured the imagination. 0:14:16.850 --> 0:14:19.250 I'm very curious what this is about. He won't even 0:14:19.290 --> 0:14:21.510 give me a hint. When am I going to get 0:14:21.530 --> 0:14:22.010 my copy? 0:14:22.450 --> 0:14:24.810 Oh, it's coming any day now, Sean. Any day. 0:14:25.310 --> 0:14:25.710 Any day. 0:14:25.890 --> 0:14:26.310 Okay. 0:14:26.330 --> 0:14:27.850 Well, it's in the mail. I got it. 0:14:28.150 --> 0:14:32.200 Matt Towery, Insider Advantage. Appreciate you as always. And good 0:14:32.220 --> 0:14:35.420 luck to South Carolina. We'll definitely know the results, I think, 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:36.870 by the time we get on the air at 9 0:14:36.870 --> 0:14:39.930 Eastern tonight. And best of luck to Darlene. She's such 0:14:39.970 --> 0:14:42.750 a lovely person. And it's sad what happened to Lindsay. 0:14:48.810 --> 0:14:52.150 Entertaining Americans coast to coast. 0:14:52.510 --> 0:14:55.700 Sean Hannity is on right now. 0:15:21.880 --> 0:15:22.070 Thank you. 0:15:53.870 --> 0:15:57.270 Alec Baldwin's favorite radio talk show host is on the 0:15:57.430 --> 0:15:58.530 air right now. 0:15:58.880 --> 0:15:59.430 Right, Mr. 0:15:59.480 --> 0:15:59.980 Baldwin? 0:16:01.680 --> 0:16:05.700 Here's Sean Hannity. All right, 25 till the top of 0:16:05.740 --> 0:16:08.540 the hour. It's 800-941-SEAN if you want to be a 0:16:08.620 --> 0:16:14.920 part of the program. You know, I love the new music, Linda, 0:16:15.180 --> 0:16:16.380 by the way, just for the record. 0:16:17.710 --> 0:16:18.040 Awesome. 0:16:18.330 --> 0:16:20.730 I like Charles Barkley. I don't think Charles Barkley is 0:16:21.190 --> 0:16:25.490 is Republican Democrat. I mean, but it was an interesting exchange. 0:16:25.510 --> 0:16:29.410 It was on fake news, CNN. And, you know, he 0:16:29.430 --> 0:16:34.230 was talking about the discussion about transgender and the WNBA. 0:16:35.130 --> 0:16:37.510 And he said, you know, that they should come on 0:16:37.530 --> 0:16:39.450 and say no transgender people are going to play in 0:16:39.470 --> 0:16:40.070 the WNBA. 0:16:40.110 --> 0:16:42.010 And if you don't like it, kick rocks. 0:16:42.370 --> 0:16:46.810 Always support the gay community. Always support the transgender community. 0:16:47.140 --> 0:16:50.160 I got none but love and respect for gay people 0:16:50.320 --> 0:16:55.490 and transgender people. But under no circumstances do I think 0:16:55.590 --> 0:16:56.810 men should play against women. 0:16:57.950 --> 0:16:58.310 Zero. 0:16:58.950 --> 0:17:04.320 I'm disappointed in Adam Silver and Kathy, the commissioner. First 0:17:04.340 --> 0:17:06.939 of all, you can't let stupid stuff go out to 0:17:06.980 --> 0:17:08.820 the Internet, which is one of the worst things that 0:17:08.840 --> 0:17:11.020 will happen to the world. They should have come out 0:17:11.300 --> 0:17:14.000 two weeks ago before all this. The people are looking 0:17:14.020 --> 0:17:18.400 for attention now. Including this guy. But he has a point, though. 0:17:18.900 --> 0:17:23.669 Because Kathy and Adam haven't said, hey, it's in the title, WNBA. 0:17:24.510 --> 0:17:27.370 We're not going to have transgender people in the WNBA, 0:17:27.850 --> 0:17:30.090 and we're not going to discuss it again. That's what 0:17:30.310 --> 0:17:32.690 Adam and Kathy should have done two or three weeks 0:17:32.730 --> 0:17:34.800 ago before they turned it over to the internet and 0:17:34.859 --> 0:17:37.109 every fool, idiot, and jackass to have an opinion on. 0:17:38.380 --> 0:17:38.560 Adam. 0:17:39.660 --> 0:17:42.159 Adam should come out and Kathy. I like both of 0:17:42.180 --> 0:17:46.790 them a lot. Women can, there's no transgender people going 0:17:46.830 --> 0:17:48.450 to play in the WNBA. 0:17:48.810 --> 0:17:50.210 If you don't like it, kick rocks. 0:17:50.530 --> 0:17:52.709 We're not going, and we're not going to discuss it anymore. 0:17:53.170 --> 0:17:56.170 Now I thought it was just a common sense response. I, 0:17:56.390 --> 0:17:59.629 then he was critical of basically CNN in general, but 0:17:59.670 --> 0:18:01.750 he was really being critical. I think of all of 0:18:01.810 --> 0:18:04.700 cable because people have points of view and, He's like, 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:08.460 you know, if you're watching, if you're listening to this show, 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:10.260 you know I am a conservative. 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:11.940 I'm a principal conservative. 0:18:12.000 --> 0:18:15.080 I've been a consistent conservative my entire life, from being 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:19.360 a Reagan conservative to the MAGA movement, which, again, is 0:18:19.760 --> 0:18:22.800 as conservative as we've had in our lifetime through Newt Gingrich. 0:18:23.200 --> 0:18:26.240 You know, we've had three waves of conservatism. So there's 0:18:26.350 --> 0:18:30.389 no apologies from Sean Hannity for being a passionate conservative. Like, 0:18:30.410 --> 0:18:34.960 we have this election going on in... in South Carolina today. 0:18:35.000 --> 0:18:36.300 By the way, if you haven't gotten to the polls, 0:18:36.440 --> 0:18:38.980 probably now would be a good time to go. And 0:18:39.000 --> 0:18:41.139 I'll tell you why I'm supporting Darlene Graham, as I 0:18:41.180 --> 0:18:45.760 mentioned earlier. I'm supporting Darlene because Darlene, I got to know, 0:18:45.980 --> 0:18:49.720 is a conservative that supported Donald Trump like her brother 0:18:49.760 --> 0:18:54.280 supported Donald Trump. Now, I have nothing against her opponent 0:18:54.900 --> 0:18:57.879 at all, except, you know, when it came time to 0:18:57.920 --> 0:19:00.260 supporting Donald Trump, he picked Nikki Haley. 0:19:01.190 --> 0:19:03.869 And, you know, that's fine. Everyone's entitled to their opinion. 0:19:03.890 --> 0:19:06.090 Doesn't mean we won't agree on some issues, but that 0:19:06.109 --> 0:19:07.869 tells me he's probably not going to be a reliable 0:19:08.130 --> 0:19:10.899 person in the Senate. Anyway, here's him explaining why he 0:19:10.970 --> 0:19:12.879 hates fake news CNN on CNN. 0:19:12.930 --> 0:19:15.540 One of the reasons I hate CNN now, and I 0:19:15.580 --> 0:19:20.300 work for CNN. As do I. Yeah, but I try 0:19:20.820 --> 0:19:23.160 to support to be a good man. When I'm sitting 0:19:23.180 --> 0:19:25.300 there watching the night shows, I'm like, they have two 0:19:25.340 --> 0:19:29.140 Republicans on, two Democrats. They scream at each other for 0:19:29.180 --> 0:19:31.440 an hour, and I'm like, That's just an hour of 0:19:31.500 --> 0:19:34.840 my life I can't get back. Because the Republicans are 0:19:34.859 --> 0:19:37.820 going to say everything the Democrats do is wrong. The 0:19:37.880 --> 0:19:39.660 Democrats are going to say everything the Republicans are going 0:19:39.680 --> 0:19:41.870 to do is wrong. And I'm like, and what's bad 0:19:41.910 --> 0:19:45.570 about it, they're like all successful people. Like, I want 0:19:45.590 --> 0:19:49.090 to help poor people because I tell people, this thing 0:19:49.109 --> 0:19:50.860 ain't got nothing to do. See, they make you pick 0:19:50.900 --> 0:19:52.820 a team based on race. 0:19:53.260 --> 0:19:53.420 Yep. 0:19:54.160 --> 0:19:54.780 Education. 0:19:54.859 --> 0:19:55.760 Education. 0:19:55.960 --> 0:19:58.439 Man, this is just rich people against poor people. And 0:19:58.460 --> 0:20:01.380 the rich people, they're smarter. They're like, let's just make 0:20:01.420 --> 0:20:04.199 the poor people fight with each other. And if the 0:20:04.220 --> 0:20:06.220 poor people would have like, you know, we're actually in 0:20:06.240 --> 0:20:10.189 the same boat. We want economic opportunity. We live in 0:20:10.250 --> 0:20:13.620 crap neighborhoods. We go, our kids go to crap schools. 0:20:13.740 --> 0:20:15.760 We kind of go forward to go to the big schools, 0:20:16.140 --> 0:20:18.300 but they're like, no, let's make them fight with each other. 0:20:18.600 --> 0:20:20.980 I think the funniest part, Linda, of that whole exchange 0:20:21.000 --> 0:20:24.280 is who is it? Michael Smirconish. Michael Smirconish says, I 0:20:24.320 --> 0:20:26.990 hate seeing it. I'm like, oh man, that was pretty funny. 0:20:27.010 --> 0:20:30.990 All right, let's get to our busy phones. 800-941-SHAWN. If 0:20:31.090 --> 0:20:33.150 you want to be a part of the program, Tim 0:20:33.190 --> 0:20:35.750 is in Toronto in Canada. 0:20:35.830 --> 0:20:38.110 Tim, how are you? Glad you called, sir. And thanks 0:20:38.150 --> 0:20:39.119 for listening in Canada. 0:20:40.130 --> 0:20:42.369 Sean, I'm so happy to talk to you. Me and 0:20:42.390 --> 0:20:45.359 my mother, we've been listening to you like I don't 0:20:45.390 --> 0:20:48.200