1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: An hour two Sean Hannity Show, eight hundred and nine 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 1: Fold one, Sean, if you want to be a part 3 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 1: of the program, I'm not sure enough people have heard 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 1: the incredible, courageous, unbelievable story of and As Cantor. He's 5 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: you know, former NBA player. Actually he's a free agent 6 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 1: as of right now, human rights activists. He was honored 7 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 1: at the Fox News or Fox Nation Patriot Awards, and 8 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: listening to him tell his story was just so compelling 9 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: and so interesting and so heartwarming and so touching. I 10 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: wanted him to come on the show and share it 11 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: with you. Freedom, Welcome to the program. I would assume 12 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 1: you preferred to be called Freedom. Thank you for having yes, please, 13 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 1: that's like the greatest name you can take. So well, 14 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: let's talk about that. Then let's talk about your name 15 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: change and why good question. You know, I actually have 16 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: a very funny story behind it. I came to the 17 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: United States from Turkey when I was seventeen years old. 18 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: Beca two thousand and nine, and I remember I had 19 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 1: I came here for high school. We had a practice 20 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: and right after practice and I was sitting there with 21 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:12,479 Speaker 1: my teammates and obviously we were on our phone, and 22 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: I remember, you know, one of my teammate posted something 23 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 1: and on Facebook. He was criticizing the president and I 24 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: immediately turn out. I'm like, dude, what are you doing? 25 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: He said, what happened? I was like, I saw your 26 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 1: post your kidsign the president, and he said, so, so 27 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: what happened? I was like, well, you might be in 28 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: jail tomorrow. But they all start out to laugh. They said, 29 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 1: listed man, this is not Turkey, this is America. And 30 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: I was just very confused. I'm like, what are you 31 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: talking about. He said, well, we have preymore speech here, 32 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: more protest just because of we could desiree the president 33 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 1: of the government. You're not going to be turning jail 34 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: the next day. So I was like, this is the 35 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: greatest thing that he can never have. Yeah. Yeah, your 36 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: life background is interesting too. You mentioned that you came 37 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: from Turkey. Your dad was a doctor. If I recall, 38 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 1: your mom was a nurse, and you moved to the 39 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 1: United States at seventeen to play basketball. Tell us that story. 40 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: You know, my whole life, obviously, my family was all 41 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: about education. If I would stay in Turkey, it will 42 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 1: be just about basketball. But my family wanted me to 43 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: come to America so get my education and play basketball 44 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: at the same time. So I was like, you know, 45 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 1: I came here when I was seventeen, and it was 46 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: an incredible experience because when I came here to learn 47 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: a different language, different cultures, and with so many different people, 48 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: and it definitely opened my eyes, especially you know, as 49 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: a teenager coming to America that this is that there's 50 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: so much opportunity that you can do what literally whatever 51 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: you want it in the world for you can become 52 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: whatever you want you want to in the world. So 53 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: it was definitely and I opened up for me. So 54 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: I'm glad that I chased my dreams. So you were 55 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: a third overall draft by the Utah Jazz in twenty eleven. 56 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: And and let's go through your your professional career briefly, 57 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: and then I'm gonna talk a little bit about how 58 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: you got into the political arena. Of course, you know, 59 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: I got drafted back in two eleven by Utah Chazz. 60 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:15,359 Speaker 1: You know, I was super excited because you know, obviously 61 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 1: the first time to have them played basketball, an NBA 62 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: dream come true at the nineteen year old that represented 63 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: my country, my family, my friends, and all my love. 64 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 1: Was definitely was definitely an honor for me. And then 65 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: I played eleven years, five different teams, and the last 66 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: team I played for was Boston Celtics just last year. 67 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: So let's talk a little bit about your politics. You 68 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: were quoted as saying in May of twenty seventeen, I 69 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: hope people around the world will open their eyes to 70 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: the human rights abuses. Things have gotten very bad over 71 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: the last year. This is not my opinion. We don't 72 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: know everything that is happening inside of Turkey, but we 73 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: do know some facts, and newspapers and media have been restricted, 74 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: and academics have been fired, and peaceful protesting is not allowed, 75 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: and many people have been in prison without any real charges. 76 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: And these are there are reports of torture and rape 77 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: and worse, and how this has now impacted your life 78 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 1: in terms of your ability to be with your family right. 79 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 1: You know, Back in two thousand and thirteen, there was 80 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,840 Speaker 1: a big corruption scandal happened in Turkey and President of 81 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: Doing and his family members were invovent it. And there 82 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 1: was actually for the first time that I said something 83 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 1: as a basketball player. I put literally put a tweet 84 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: out there and it became a conversation in the United 85 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: States and Turkey because of the NBA platform. So I 86 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 1: was like, even one simple tweet can affect this much 87 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: from now, and I'm going to start pay attention about 88 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: what's going in my country more so, I said to study. 89 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 1: I remember, you know, my all my teammates were going 90 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 1: out having fun. I was going back to my apartment. 91 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: I was studying. The more I studied, the more, you know, 92 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 1: big platforms started to give me this huge microphone. So 93 00:04:58,000 --> 00:04:59,919 Speaker 1: I started to talk about the problems we were happening 94 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:04,280 Speaker 1: in my home country Turkey. You know, obviously the things 95 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 1: I talked about affecting me and my family. My dad 96 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: was a scientist, you know, he got firefroman's job. My 97 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,159 Speaker 1: sister wants to medical school for six years and she 98 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: still cannot find a job. I think the satisfe was 99 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,280 Speaker 1: my little brother because he wanted to be like a 100 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 1: big brother being NBA, but he was getting kicked out 101 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: in every team because you know, because the same last name. 102 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 1: So they were getting affected so much they had to 103 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: put a statement out there and saying we are disowning 104 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 1: n AS publicly. The letter actually still out there own internet. 105 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 1: Turkish government didn't believe that, you know, they came to 106 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: my house and they raided the whole house, and they 107 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 1: literally took every electronics away owns, computers, laptops because they 108 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: wanted to see if I am still in content with 109 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: my first family or not. They couldn't find no evidence, 110 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: but they still took my gud in jail for a while, 111 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: and you know, we put so much pressure, you know, 112 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:55,479 Speaker 1: from America to Turkey. They had to let him go, 113 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: and then they revoked my passport and they actually put 114 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: my name on intopol list, so I can only go 115 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: to you know, twenty seven countries in the world because 116 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: of the excusion deals between the countries. So I think 117 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 1: I'm one of the few people that have pointed out 118 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 1: over the years that Urdan and Turkey, even though they're 119 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: members of NATO, there's no they're no ally and they're 120 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: no friends of human rights or the United States. Definitely not. 121 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:23,799 Speaker 1: I mean I whenever I sit down with a POLITICSI 122 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: in America and we always talk about the same thing. 123 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 1: We were like, you know, he's you know, asking for 124 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: f thirty fives and EFTs from America at the same 125 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: time he's gone and getting four hunters from Russia. He's 126 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 1: going shaking hands with you know, leaders like Shijan Pin 127 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:45,840 Speaker 1: and Uran and puts in. So it's like definitely not yeah, 128 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 1: I mean, so that is now you can't go see 129 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: your family, you can I understand that you're alone now 130 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: in the sense that you really can't even be in 131 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 1: contact with your family. It's been it's been ten years 132 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:01,599 Speaker 1: now last time I saw them. Because the best thing 133 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 1: is that I have been trying to get my family 134 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: out of Turkey the last six seven years and it's 135 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 1: just not working. You know. Unfortunately, the Turkish government took 136 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 1: my family's passport away and they're not letting them leave 137 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: the country. In twenty nineteen, they did an ESPN documentary 138 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: on you. It's a phenomenal documentary. I've urged people to 139 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: pull it up on demand. And you you've condemned other 140 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: dictators around the world, like President she we see you know, 141 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: he keeps talking about his geopolitical ambitions and taking over 142 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 1: Taiwan or what he calls reunification, which we know is 143 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: anything but. And you've stood up for the weaker minorities 144 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: in China. You've spoken out against other human rights abuses. 145 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 1: Now you do have a home in the US, is 146 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 1: my understanding and what does that mean? Are you building 147 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: your own life here? Sad about the fact that you 148 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 1: can't be with your family, you know? Obviously, I mean 149 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: I think I have a home, you know, because before 150 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: the last before I came to American cities, of the 151 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 1: last pi six years, I didn't have any place to 152 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: call home. But but now I can start just everything 153 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: over in this beautiful country. But um, you know, like 154 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: you said, up, I mean, I wish I have my 155 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: family with me. But I think the most beautiful thing 156 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: is that I all the beautiful things that I can't 157 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: I can have in this great country, the opportunity, the 158 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: democracy and freedom, a freedom of speech, religion, espression and 159 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 1: fiedmore protests. So it's like I just hope and people 160 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: can see that what they have in America? Do you 161 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: think most Americans? Because I believe we often take freedom 162 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 1: to use your name for granted, and I think we 163 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: take the blessings of liberty for granted. And sadly, I 164 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,959 Speaker 1: see America moving more and more towards you know, government authority, 165 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: terran protection so to speak, and a loss of a 166 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 1: lot of American freedom. Do you see the same thing? 167 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 1: You know I do, because I remember, you know, whenever 168 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 1: I was playing for the NBA and we were obviously 169 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 1: was sitting down in the lock room, and they were 170 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: just criticized in America, and they were just complaining about 171 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,439 Speaker 1: the things that are happening here and stuff. And one 172 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: day I stopped for a second. I was like, dude, guys, 173 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 1: let me this summer, whenever the season over, let me 174 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: take you guys. I will buy your ticket. Let me 175 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: take you guys in a country country out there like 176 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,719 Speaker 1: China and Russia and Iran and Venezuela and Cuba and 177 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: North Korea and some of the other victatorships. And because 178 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 1: people don't know. Obviously I'm not saying America it's perfect 179 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 1: and everything, but you know, when you look at some 180 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: of the other countries out there, right, it's just not 181 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: even close. So this conversation couldn't be held in many 182 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: countries around the world. Think about that. Oh my god, yes, 183 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: are you an example. My manager's wife is Turkish and 184 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:08,839 Speaker 1: her dad liked one of my tweets on Twitter and 185 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: she was in jail for thirteen days. It's so hard 186 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: to believe. Actually, it's what don't I say? I tell 187 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: about the story. People are just so hard time to believe. 188 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 1: I was like, it's on Internet. You can literally go 189 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 1: on Google and put the words and it will come out. 190 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 1: So if he had this conversation, if me and you 191 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:30,319 Speaker 1: are having this conversation in Turkey, me and you will 192 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: be in jail tomorrow. I'd beat dead already if I 193 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 1: was in Turkey, because I would have spoken against Urdoan 194 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 1: a long time ago. It has frustrated me that many 195 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 1: of our allies, even some powerful Americans, think that Urdowan 196 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 1: as a friend of the United States. He's not. You 197 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 1: see what's happening in China. The people are rising up 198 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 1: against these draconian COVID shutdowns. You see what's happening in Iran. 199 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 1: They are rising up against the Ayatolas and the Malas 200 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 1: of Iran. This poor woman didn't wear her quote headscarf properly, 201 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 1: was put in jail and murdered. And you saw what 202 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: happened with the soccer team. They didn't sing the national 203 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: anthem in one game, and then the Iranian Revolutionary Guard 204 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 1: came in and said, you better singing against the United States, 205 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: or we're going to go right after your family and 206 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: kill them and torture them and do whatever we need 207 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 1: to do. Or want to do. You know, I want 208 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 1: to say, quote unquote unshakable authoritarian regimes are now being 209 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: shaken at their very core. You see China, you see Ran. 210 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: It's just people are now like sickle the dictatorship and 211 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 1: they're ruled anymore, and they want their freedom, they want 212 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 1: their democracy. And that's what I was trying to tell 213 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 1: my teammates every day. I was like listening guys like 214 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 1: you guys are like sat to just talking about just 215 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,199 Speaker 1: anything elside of basketball. If you guys are in this country, 216 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:54,719 Speaker 1: all your family members will be tortured and rape already, 217 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 1: you know. So I just hope that people can see that. 218 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 1: But let me ask you by speaking out, do you 219 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: think it hurt your professional basketball career? I mean I 220 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 1: do believe. Yes, I'm being blackball. I mean I talked 221 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 1: to I remember talking about, you know, China and talking 222 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 1: about night Key for the first time. After the first game, 223 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 1: one of the one of my teammates woke up to 224 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: me in an a long room and he whispered my 225 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 1: ear and he said, you know, this is your last 226 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,959 Speaker 1: year the NBA, right, You're not gonna get another contract 227 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 1: after this. I hope you're in a championship. I hope 228 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: you can't have fun in your last year. It just 229 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 1: keep smiling, but you are not going to play basketball 230 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: ever again. I was just very confused. I was like, 231 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,439 Speaker 1: I thought, NBA it's all about social justice and more 232 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 1: than athlete, more than basketball. So you're telling me that 233 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,839 Speaker 1: the crazy thing is the things I talk about, notting 234 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,680 Speaker 1: a politics, it's human rights. So I don't care which 235 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: side you from, whatever part of you cheerport, you have 236 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 1: to care about these issues because while we driven the 237 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:58,319 Speaker 1: ball on the other side of the world in China, 238 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: there are three four million people are in concentration camps, 239 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 1: get a torture and rape every day. So just because 240 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:06,439 Speaker 1: of what took about these issues, that you're going to 241 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 1: just block on me. And this actually it happened, you know, 242 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: in the last February I got fired and since then, 243 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: not one single team that called my agents or not 244 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: one GM push out to my manager. Unbelievable. I mean, 245 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: what a sad what a sad tragedy for you. All right, quick, freak, 246 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 1: we'll have more with NBA player and as Cantor also 247 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:32,959 Speaker 1: better known as Freedom all coming up. We'll get to 248 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 1: your calls on the other side as well. Listen, you've 249 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: helped build My Pillow into the great company it is today. 250 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 1: And I love my pillow products because I fall asleep faster, 251 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 1: I stay asleep longer if they just work. Michaelendells has 252 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 1: his incredible deal ongoing with his Giza Dream Sheets made 253 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: from the world's best cotton. 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Tell me about your 272 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 1: life now, because when you describe when you spoke at 273 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: the Patriot Awards, you describe a pretty lonely existence. Yeah. 274 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: I think that what breaks my heart to most. I mean, 275 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 1: I played the MBA for eleven years. I had hundreds 276 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: of team names, unders of coaches. Now I'm like, I'm 277 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: trying to communicate with them because this is not only 278 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 1: about me. I feel like they can join me. We 279 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 1: can literally create this big movement, you know, because what's 280 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: what's driving me crazy is how can a Chinese dictatorship 281 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: can control a hundred percent American made company organization like 282 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 1: NBA and how can they fire and just newly American citizen. 283 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 1: That's what's driving me crazy. But you know, I have 284 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: been texting them, I have been calling them. Unfortunately there 285 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: is not one response because they're scared of whenever I 286 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: do an interview. Right, I'm just going to mention their 287 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: name that oh, this guy supported me and this player 288 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 1: students me, which I would never do without the permission. Um. Well, 289 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: I mean the last you know, people, people are afraid, 290 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 1: and there's a lot of money at stake for people, 291 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 1: and I understand it. Well, your story is phenomenal. Um. 292 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 1: You know, I think we're going to have you back 293 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 1: at different times. I'd love for you to. I think 294 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 1: your future maybe in television, maybe as a commentator, maybe 295 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 1: as a human rights activist. You know, Americans need to 296 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 1: speak out about what's going on in China, what's going 297 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 1: on in it Ran, what's going on in Russia. Um. 298 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 1: Your story is inspiring, um, and I hope people appreciate 299 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: what it is that you have put on the line 300 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 1: just to speak your mind. And uh, I hope you'll 301 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 1: come back and be a frequent guest. You know that'll 302 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 1: be amazing. Man having nation sure and as cantor better 303 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 1: known as freedom NBA player and human rights activists, thank you, 304 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: sir for tone and sharing your story. Do we really 305 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 1: appreciate that we live in the greatest country God gave? Man? 306 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:13,360 Speaker 1: Does it give some perspective? I hope it driving liberals crazy? 307 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:18,399 Speaker 1: Three hours a day every day. The Sean Hannity Show 308 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: is back on the air at twenty five to the 309 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 1: top of the hour. Your call is coming up in 310 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,159 Speaker 1: a second eight hundred and nine for one Sean. You 311 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: want to join us or your president. Joey has not 312 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:31,960 Speaker 1: been having a good week cognitively, first making confusing statements 313 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: about Senator Warnock and Warner, then of course meeting with 314 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 1: President McCrone. He's calling France, Frank and says Marcus day 315 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 1: Lafayette instead of Marquis. Listen, I'm going to Georgia today, 316 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:52,200 Speaker 1: the Hill, Senator Warren. Not to Georgia, friend Hill stor Warger. 317 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,920 Speaker 1: I'm doing a major fundraiser up in Boston. Thanks to 318 00:17:55,000 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: day for for for the our next to continue, Senate Canada. 319 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:06,199 Speaker 1: France was our first ally, first country to fly the 320 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 1: American flag after our revolution, and Frank posted the first 321 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: diplomatic post before. More than anything else, France has been 322 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 1: our first friend. As my friend and I were talking, 323 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 1: France is our oldest ally, our unwavering partner in Freedom's cause, 324 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: from the spirit of Marcus Lafayette, who helped secure the 325 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 1: success of our revolution, to the sacrifice of American gis 326 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:43,680 Speaker 1: who stormed the beaches of Normandy. Okay, that's your president, Joe, 327 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 1: all right, eight hundred nine one sean our number. If 328 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:48,400 Speaker 1: you want to be a part of the program, Let's 329 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,479 Speaker 1: go to Edmund in Alabama, Edmond High. How are you 330 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: glad you called? Good afternoon, mister Hannity. How are you doing, sir, 331 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: I'm good, sir. Happy Friday. What's on your mind? Yes, sir, 332 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 1: I just wanted to comment on the potential railroad strike, 333 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 1: which looks like it's going to be averted. I retired 334 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: from one of the major railroads. I had about twenty 335 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:14,880 Speaker 1: years because I came to them late in my work 336 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 1: career life. But it was the best job I ever had, 337 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: best outfit I ever worked with, and within the brotherhood 338 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: of Maintenance of Way Employees Union, the one that is 339 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:30,399 Speaker 1: not wanting to negotiate, the one that's wanting to go 340 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:36,880 Speaker 1: out on strike. And I believe that President Biden is very, 341 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: very clueless about what these men do, mister Hannity. And 342 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 1: if you have just a moment, I'd like to share 343 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 1: these men, most of them do not have local assigned jobs. 344 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 1: They have to travel when most people are going to 345 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: church on Sunday morning, Their families or their neighbors. They're 346 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:57,439 Speaker 1: packing up and getting on the road to go to 347 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:01,719 Speaker 1: the next work job. They work in all kinds of weather. 348 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: The only thing they don't work in is in lightning. 349 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:11,920 Speaker 1: I started out with the TrackMan, swinging a hammer with them, 350 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: and retired as a manager managing some of the same 351 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 1: men that I had worked with side by side. They're 352 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:23,679 Speaker 1: a great bunch of guys. They really are not unhappy 353 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 1: about their money. They are well compensated, but the time 354 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:33,400 Speaker 1: off with family does prey upon them, and they make 355 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 1: a lot of sacrifices. And I know this is the 356 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 1: job they chose, but someone has to do it, and 357 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 1: they do a great job. They make sure the track 358 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 1: infrastructure is safe for trains to roll over, not only 359 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 1: amtrack carrying passengers, but all the freight that the railroads support. 360 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 1: And they also man all the bridges said have to 361 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 1: be opened and closed. So they not only are responsible, 362 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 1: these men are not only responsible for making sure the 363 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 1: trains roll through, they make sure that maritime traffic flows 364 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 1: freely through those bridges. So can you wonder any impression 365 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 1: that I'm somehow against workers because or you just given 366 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: this knowledge out generally, or is something that I said 367 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 1: that might have caused you to think that, No, sure, 368 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:32,640 Speaker 1: I'm not. I'm giving this general knowledge out general because 369 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 1: I think a lot of the American people don't appreciate 370 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:40,639 Speaker 1: what these men and women do, mister Hannity. And frankly, 371 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: I think that talking to could I still talk to 372 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 1: railroaders that even though I'm retired, I think that they 373 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 1: would even forego paid leave as long as they didn't 374 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 1: get penalized, like the points system, for instance, penalized when 375 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: they do need to take time. All because I think 376 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: when you look at and I'm agreeing with everything you say, 377 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 1: and by the way, this goes for everybody in every 378 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:12,399 Speaker 1: every work place environment. You think of what the life 379 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 1: of a trucker, how hard is that? You think of 380 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: the life of a farmer, How hard is that? Or 381 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:22,120 Speaker 1: a rancher? Another hard job, being a nurse, being an 382 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 1: orderly being a doctor. It doesn't matter. Jobs are hard. 383 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: Life is hard. Life is difficult, and I think it's 384 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 1: designed to be and it brings us our better self 385 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 1: out of us. And when I looked at the deal 386 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 1: that was being offered to the unions, it was a 387 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: twenty four percent pay increase the average person will get 388 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 1: an eleven thousand dollars bonus, which in these inflationary times 389 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: is needed and necessary. I know there was the final 390 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:51,159 Speaker 1: dispute over six days, etc. It doesn't sound like a 391 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,359 Speaker 1: bad deal to me, considering you know, they spend a 392 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:57,119 Speaker 1: lot of time negotiating it. I'm not getting involved in it, 393 00:22:57,760 --> 00:22:59,639 Speaker 1: but it did sound like a pretty good deal that 394 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: of the unions to look at and take a part of. Well. 395 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:08,199 Speaker 1: I agree, but mister Hannity, the money is great, and 396 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:11,600 Speaker 1: the money that they're offering is great. But the men, 397 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 1: from my experience, they value time off also with families 398 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:23,920 Speaker 1: because they're they're away from their families so much. That's 399 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 1: a lot of professions. I mean, I know people that 400 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:29,160 Speaker 1: are salesmen and businessmen they have to travel all the time. 401 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 1: People in the financial industry they travel all the time. 402 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: I traveled a lot more earlier in my career. I 403 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 1: don't travel as much as I used to, but I traveled. 404 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: I did sixty five seventy cities some years in the 405 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 1: early part of my career, and it was at a 406 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 1: point where my kids were young, and to be honest, 407 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 1: looking back on it, I was way too much During 408 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: my kids younger years, and I regret it. I've told 409 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: them I regret it, But in some ways I didn't 410 00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 1: really have a choice, and I just felt like I 411 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 1: never knew how long this career of mine would last. 412 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 1: I always thought it would end because I watched too 413 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: many people in my business get fired. I didn't expect 414 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,160 Speaker 1: to be the last man standing in primetime at Fox 415 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: twenty seven years later when I started, I can promise 416 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 1: you that yes, sure, yes, sure. So you know, look, 417 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:20,560 Speaker 1: I do appreciate these guys. I appreciate our truckers. I 418 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: appreciate our farmers. You know, the people that make this 419 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 1: country great are the people we're talking about. It's not 420 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,479 Speaker 1: the talk show hosts, it's not the politicians, it's not 421 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 1: the people on TV. They can contribute in good ways 422 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:36,640 Speaker 1: and they can do their job, but frankly, they get 423 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 1: too much in terms of accolades, recognition, and the people 424 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: that really make the country work every day don't get 425 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 1: the recognition that I think they rightly deserve, including the 426 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:50,159 Speaker 1: people that you're describing. You are describing the heart and 427 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,439 Speaker 1: soul of America's greatness, and that is its people and 428 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:57,119 Speaker 1: how hard we work Americans. You know, Europe looks at 429 00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: America and they think we're all nuts because we work 430 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 1: so hard. They do not have the same work ethic 431 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 1: that we have, and I see a push towards going 432 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 1: away from that. I don't know, I I to me, 433 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 1: it's just been ingrained to me. It's in my dna. 434 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:15,920 Speaker 1: I've worked my entire life since I'm eight years old, 435 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 1: when I started as a paperboy twelve years old, washing 436 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 1: dishes by hand. I told this story a million times 437 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:23,399 Speaker 1: everybody I know. I don't know any Do you know 438 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 1: anybody that works a forty hour workweek? Because I don't 439 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 1: know anybody that works a forty hour workweek, not on 440 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 1: the railroad, for sure, mister Hannity, I never knew anything. 441 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 1: Yeah right, I mean probably your average week is a 442 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: minimum of sixty hours. I would imagine right now you 443 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 1: get time and a half for overtime, but I would 444 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 1: imagine sixty is probably the average minimum, yes, sir, and 445 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:49,119 Speaker 1: you usually start before daylight and many times ends at 446 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:52,680 Speaker 1: after sunset. Yeah. But you know, my mom did more 447 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 1: sixteen hours shifts as a prison guard. I mean, I 448 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 1: think it killed her in the end, but she did 449 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:02,400 Speaker 1: it so she could send our kids to Catholic schools. 450 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 1: She thought that there was value and education, and she 451 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,919 Speaker 1: paid a price for it for sure, and she was 452 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,639 Speaker 1: gone to all the We didn't have typical family dinners 453 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 1: when I grew up, not at all. It wasn't like 454 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 1: all right, come home, be home at six thirty for 455 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,399 Speaker 1: dinner on the table. I didn't grow up in that world, 456 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: right right, Well, you did, And I appreciate what you 457 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 1: said of the past few minutes because you paid tribute 458 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:28,199 Speaker 1: to the people in this country that need to be 459 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 1: paid tribute to. And I appreciate that. I try and 460 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:37,159 Speaker 1: do it often. When when we hear from farmers, we 461 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 1: thank them. When we hear from truckers, we thank them. 462 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: When we hear from people from nurses who are putting 463 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 1: themselves on COVID hand grenades every day, we thank them. 464 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 1: We thank our military. A lot of people to be 465 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 1: thankful for. And I'll be the first to tell you, 466 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 1: being in the public eye, we get way too much attention, 467 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,879 Speaker 1: way too much in terms of accolades, and the people 468 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 1: that do make the country don't get enough, all right. 469 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 1: So that's that's that's my heartfelt feeling. But you speak 470 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:08,120 Speaker 1: for us, mister Hannity, and we appreciate it. Thank well, 471 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 1: Thank you all. God, and I mean this, God blush 472 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 1: you and your families. I hope you have a great holiday. 473 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 1: I hope you get the contract that you guys want. 474 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,719 Speaker 1: And that's it all works out in the end, because 475 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:22,359 Speaker 1: if the country doesn't know how important rail is to 476 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 1: our supply chain issues, you'll find out real quick if 477 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 1: there's a rail strike. Anyway, my friend, God bless you. 478 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:31,359 Speaker 1: Thanks for letting us know all of that. Quick break 479 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:33,440 Speaker 1: right back to the phone's toll free. It is eight 480 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,639 Speaker 1: hundred and nine for one sean on this Friday if 481 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 1: you want to be a part of the program. 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And the major point you made when I've 507 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 1: heard you in the past talk about this that no 508 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:15,360 Speaker 1: one forced college students to take loans. That's one hundred 509 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:17,959 Speaker 1: percent true, no one did, but by the same token, 510 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:23,720 Speaker 1: no one forces businessmen, real estate developers, casino operators to 511 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:26,720 Speaker 1: take out loans or float bons either, but they are 512 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:30,920 Speaker 1: all allowed to get out of your loans and declared bankruptcy. Right, 513 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:34,600 Speaker 1: college students is a class or not. I don't particularly 514 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 1: like bankruptcy laws myself, but that's a whole separate issue 515 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:41,120 Speaker 1: for a whole separate day. But the point the point 516 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 1: is is that a loan among people who have acquired debt, 517 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:51,400 Speaker 1: college students are not allowed to discharge your loans. So 518 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 1: I look at what Biden's doing and the way, by 519 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:56,520 Speaker 1: the way, but you got to focus on one thing. 520 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,680 Speaker 1: This is for people if my memory surgery right, that 521 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:03,959 Speaker 1: making up to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year. Now, 522 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,120 Speaker 1: if somebody is having trouble paying a loan, there ought 523 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:10,920 Speaker 1: to be a mechanism where maybe they can delay their payments, 524 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:14,560 Speaker 1: extend out their payments until let's say they lose their job, 525 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 1: until they get back to work. Usually there are programs 526 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:20,560 Speaker 1: in place for that. I know people that have gone 527 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 1: back and negotiated with banks and lending institutions and have 528 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:27,720 Speaker 1: come to similar agreements. But the idea that you want 529 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:31,320 Speaker 1: the rail workers, and the guys and the truckers and 530 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 1: the carpenters and the farmers, maybe they didn't get a 531 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:37,600 Speaker 1: college degree. To pay for your college, I think is 532 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,280 Speaker 1: a little presumptuous. And then to want to empower your 533 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:42,200 Speaker 1: government to take their money and give it to some 534 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:45,320 Speaker 1: kid that went to Harvard or Yelle is to me, 535 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,600 Speaker 1: it's just total bs. If you sign a loan, pay 536 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 1: it back. If you can't pay it back on time, 537 00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 1: then work out a new agreement where you will pay 538 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:56,720 Speaker 1: it back. Well here at my point, look, I don't 539 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 1: just screw with everything you're saying, but I just do 540 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 1: some of what you're saying. I think that people who 541 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 1: are making a lot of money after college can pay 542 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:06,680 Speaker 1: it back. They should not be forgiven their loans, right. 543 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:10,360 Speaker 1: But the point is, in our country, the tax laws 544 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:15,360 Speaker 1: and the banks to laws shavor people of means over 545 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:19,400 Speaker 1: people without means. Right. Wealthy people pay on the average 546 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 1: a far lower percent of their income than do working 547 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:25,959 Speaker 1: class people. So when I look at a program like 548 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,440 Speaker 1: this from Biden, which maybe a little bit too generous 549 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:31,880 Speaker 1: on the margins, Okay, the way I'd look at it, 550 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:34,840 Speaker 1: if he's just trying to level out the playing field somewhat. 551 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:38,959 Speaker 1: It's imperfect, like all laws and government policies are. We 552 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,320 Speaker 1: don't need the government to level the playing field. Because 553 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 1: the money that's paying the money that will go to 554 00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:50,240 Speaker 1: pay off a loan that somebody intentionally went into. The 555 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:55,960 Speaker 1: they have to honor their agreement they said they would 556 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:59,040 Speaker 1: pay the money back. Why would you want to empower 557 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,160 Speaker 1: our government to take other people's money to pay back 558 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:06,280 Speaker 1: their loan that they signed onto voluntarily. I think that's 559 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 1: fundamentally unfair, Sean. The government has empowered people, other people, businessmen, 560 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 1: incorporations to level the playing field quote unquote by just 561 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,680 Speaker 1: charging their gets in bankruptcy. Okay, but you're talking about 562 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:22,440 Speaker 1: a separate issue, which is bankruptcy. We're not talking about 563 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:26,560 Speaker 1: students that are bankrupt. If they're bankrupt, then they should 564 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:29,880 Speaker 1: go back to the lending institution where they bar the money, 565 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:35,280 Speaker 1: explain their circumstances, set out new terms, probably with more interest, 566 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:38,000 Speaker 1: that they will start paying back when they get employed 567 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,720 Speaker 1: again if they're out of work, for example. But you 568 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:44,160 Speaker 1: shouldn't empower your government to take from one group of 569 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:48,760 Speaker 1: people to pay off a loan that someone willingly signed onto. 570 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,640 Speaker 1: That to me is your socialist hellhole, and all it's 571 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:56,280 Speaker 1: going to do is breed anger and contempt among people 572 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:58,880 Speaker 1: that actually have to pay for it, when they themselves 573 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:03,240 Speaker 1: got no such benefit it. And the fundamental unfairness here 574 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:06,880 Speaker 1: is ridiculous. Now in terms of people that abuse the 575 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:12,600 Speaker 1: laws regarding bankruptcy, they have no sympathy for me. And 576 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:15,720 Speaker 1: if people squandered other people's money, they should be held 577 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:21,520 Speaker 1: accountable in the end, and their wages should be garnished appropriately. Sean, 578 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:24,800 Speaker 1: the definition of bankruptcy for most people is if your 579 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:28,560 Speaker 1: liabilities exceed your assets, you're bankrupt and you're allowed to 580 00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:33,640 Speaker 1: declare bankruptcy. I understand the injustice of it, and I'm 581 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:37,920 Speaker 1: not I'm not saying I still believe if you declare bankruptcy, 582 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:40,040 Speaker 1: you should not be off the hook for the rest 583 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:43,080 Speaker 1: of your life. At some point, if you start making 584 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,560 Speaker 1: money again, you owe everybody that money. You should pay 585 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,440 Speaker 1: it back. That's my feeling, but I gotta run. We're 586 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:50,840 Speaker 1: going around in a circle here. I do appreciate your 587 00:33:50,840 --> 00:34:02,840 Speaker 1: thoughts and your call, though one