1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,240 Speaker 1: We're gonna have two nine people cross this order for 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: the first time ever. You're confident this border secure. We 3 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:08,879 Speaker 1: have a secure border in that that is the priority 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: for any nation, including hours in our administration. We're not 5 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:17,639 Speaker 1: in a recession. The labor market is exceptionally strong, the 6 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: unemployment rate extremely low. We need to move in the 7 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:23,760 Speaker 1: direction of electric vehicles. But we've got to make sure 8 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 1: that this happens quickly enough to help us be climate 9 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: change Joe Kamala Chock Nancy, Let's send them all a 10 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:36,160 Speaker 1: nice message on November the eighth, get out and vote. 11 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: It's only fifty six days still election day. Yeah, where 12 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 1: you're coming, you'll want to play our gifts off a 13 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: Seanyowr behind the scenes information on breaking news and more 14 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: bold and spy solutions for America. Going up next our 15 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:08,320 Speaker 1: final News round up and Information Overload Hour. All Right, 16 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:11,119 Speaker 1: News round Up, Information Overload Hour, Told free our numbers 17 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: eight hundred nine for one, Shawn, if you want to 18 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 1: be a part of the program, you know it is 19 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 1: amazing when you look at you know, these numbers and 20 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 1: the economy and the difficulties and two thirds of Americans 21 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: now living paycheck to paycheck and how tough it's been. 22 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: And then you look at government spending and what thirty 23 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 1: one trillion dollars record debt that we have now accrued, 24 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 1: and how do our kids ever pay that money back? 25 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: Peter Schweitzer and Eric Eggers there they co host their 26 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: own Drilled Down podcast, which is doing very very well. 27 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: By the way, they did a story yesterday about how 28 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: many government agencies are being weaponized and that starts with 29 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 1: the NIH to the EPA. We've talked a lot about 30 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: the FBI being politicized and all these whistleblowers that are 31 00:01:56,080 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: coming forward. We've talked about the DOJ being web benized 32 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: and politicized as well. But you have all these non 33 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 1: military federal agencies, even Health and Human Services, even NASA 34 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: have become increasingly militarized even over the years. And these 35 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: non military federal agencies are spending hundreds of millions of 36 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: dollars on weapons and tactical equipment. You know, for example, 37 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: how many of US knew that I S agents were 38 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 1: ever armed? You know, now we find out the IRS 39 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: spent what nearly seven hundred thousand dollars on AMMO this 40 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 1: year and they will receive eighty billion dollars to hire 41 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: eighty seven what thousand new IRS agents that will basically 42 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: be giving all of you the Hannity treatment up Hannity 43 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 1: polls file. I think that's why I have two accounting 44 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: firms and one law firm going over my taxes every 45 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: year and the words pay pay pay it come out 46 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: of my mouth every time they call me. You wouldn't 47 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: think that they would have that, or the EPA would 48 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: have weapons and tactical equipment. What is the hell is 49 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: going on here? I mean, if you look at the 50 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: Militarization of America report found that agencies spent one point 51 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 1: eight one point four eight billion dollars on guns, AMMO 52 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:14,799 Speaker 1: military style equipment between two thousand and six and twenty fourteen. 53 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: Now that includes the IRS, YR, IRS agents in need 54 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: of AR fifteenths and EPA bureaucrats wearing camouflage. Talk about 55 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 1: the Environmental Protection Agency or the Department of Veterans Affairs, 56 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: I mean eleven point six million. Here to break it 57 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: all down is Eric Eggers and Peter Schweitzer, both with 58 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: the Government Accountability Agency that they've created as well. Guys, 59 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: welcome back to the program. Thanks for having us. I'm 60 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: not doing this justice. Why don't you Peter break it 61 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 1: down and then we'll go to Eric and get his breakdown. Sure, Sean, 62 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: I mean look at it in the big perspective. Today 63 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: in the United States, there are more armed bureaucrats that's 64 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 1: people that work for NASA or Health and Human Services 65 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: than the irs. Are more armed American bureaucrats than there 66 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: are active duty members of the United States Marine Corps. 67 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 1: That is unprecedented. We have reached the point in America 68 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: where a lot of these government agencies who are failing 69 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 1: at their jobs are feeling like they need the ability 70 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: to not only have guns and ammunition, but also arrest 71 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 1: people at will. So it takes a department like the 72 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,359 Speaker 1: Department of Veterans Affairs. You've done lots of reports on this. 73 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,799 Speaker 1: We've all read the reports about how the VA has failed. 74 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 1: That's over and old and over again. Well, in nineteen 75 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: ninety six, the Veterans Administration did not have any armed 76 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 1: people working for them. Today there are thirty nine hundred 77 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:46,679 Speaker 1: agents that work for the Veterans Administration and they spent 78 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: on ammunition just up to thirty millimeters. So this doesn't 79 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: include the big stuff. Three point eight million dollars on ammunition. 80 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: Last year on guns, they spent two point four million dollars. 81 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: They bought eleven million million rounds of ammunition, which is 82 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: twenty eight hundred rounds for each of their officers. Why 83 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: the Veterans Administration, which is supposed to be helping vet 84 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,799 Speaker 1: and has failed in that job miserably, is being armed 85 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: in this way is patently ridiculous. And now we could 86 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: go on and on and on with multiple examples. Well, 87 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:20,920 Speaker 1: let me go to Eric. Let's get your broad overview. Yeah, 88 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: I think the broad overview Sean, and I agree with 89 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 1: everything that Peter said. Is this part of a larger 90 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: trend when you don't see government spending on anything go down, 91 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 1: and unfortunately that includes weapons for bureaucrats. I mean, think 92 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:35,480 Speaker 1: of the United States military spending has doubled in the 93 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: last twenty years, and conceptually, as it's in point out recently, 94 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 1: we're actually fighting too few rewards than we were, but 95 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: the amount of money that we spend continues to go up. 96 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 1: And unfortunately, what happens is you get these weapons lobbyists, 97 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: these defense contractors, and they've realized that there's other agencies 98 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: they can sell their goods too. As well, so Block, 99 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: for example, the maker of weapons, which I know lots 100 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: of people enjoy having personal firearms security and the liberty 101 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: to do so, and I support that. But Glock has 102 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 1: one hundred and seventeen contracts with various federal agencies, including 103 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: ones like the Department of Interior and ones that should 104 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 1: have no business with weapons. The IRS, as you pointed out, 105 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:16,799 Speaker 1: spent seven hundred thousand dollars on ammunitions. They spent nearly 106 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: eleven million dollars. The IRS, people with calculators, right, and lawyers, 107 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: are also spending eleven million dollars on guns and military 108 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:27,040 Speaker 1: style equipment for its two thousand agents. Now, I will 109 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: point out I think that's very troubling, but just for 110 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 1: Eric Eager's perspective, if it's going to keep me from 111 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 1: getting the handy treatment, I have no problem with the 112 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: RS being heavily armed. Right, spend the money on whatever 113 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: you want. But you know it's so Eric Egger is 114 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: a fan. But the larger trends you listen, I'm just 115 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: telling the problem. The issue here isn't about Hannity, It 116 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: just is do you know how expensive it is to 117 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: hire all the accountants? My lawyer insists on my own 118 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: personal accounts, they do my taxes. Then he insisted his 119 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:00,480 Speaker 1: accounting firm do my taxes, and then him this team 120 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,720 Speaker 1: of lawyers insist that they go over everything after the 121 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:07,040 Speaker 1: taxes are done by two accounting firms to make sure 122 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 1: that everything's right and everything's correct. I mean it's now 123 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: rich people can afford that. Wealthy people can afford that, 124 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: and they're gonna they know every rule, they know the 125 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: laws inside and out, they know the deductions inside and out. 126 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 1: And the average person, you're if you make under twenty 127 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 1: five thousand dollars a year, you're five times more likely 128 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: they get audited. Why are they going after those people 129 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: because they suspect that they're not making twenty five grand 130 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: a year, that they're hiding their income, and they afford 131 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: their accountants and attorneys. I doubt it. No, they absolutely cannot. 132 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: And it's another example of what happens when the government 133 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: gets too big. The government in the IRS has gotten 134 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: massively too big, and it's only going to get bigger, 135 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 1: and that's going to hurt everyday Americans. We're seeing the 136 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 1: same thing with the weapons the EPA. As you noticed, 137 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: they've got camouflage they've got sniper rifles, they've got silencers. 138 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: They're raiding minds. There's a famous story from Alaska. A 139 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: town in Alaska had seventeen full time residents. They sent 140 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: eight undercover EPA agents with weapons. They inspect a potential 141 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: violation of the Clean Water Act. That's something that should 142 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 1: be done by a scientist with a beaker, not a 143 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: bureaucrat in Kevint, but Eric, you're talking about the EPA 144 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: spending three point one million on guns, AMMO equipment, drones, 145 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: night vision, camouflage, other deceptive equipment at body armor, the 146 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: i RS eleven million dollars on guns, ammo, military style equipment, 147 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,559 Speaker 1: or two thousand, three hundred and sixteen special agents. It's 148 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 1: like they're ready for war. It is like they're ready 149 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: for war. And Peter Schweitzer makes a great point about 150 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 1: this is the least efficient way to do this. We 151 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: actually have people who are trained to engage in armed combat. 152 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: They're called the police. They don't work for the EPA, 153 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 1: they don't work for the Veterans Affairs. They work in 154 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: our local communities. And as Peter points on, he can 155 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: talk more about this, they're naturally oriented to be a 156 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: neutral arbiter to try to decide that actually justice should 157 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: be done without some heavy handed bureaucracy pushing the needs 158 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 1: and concerns of the everyday American to the side because 159 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:11,679 Speaker 1: they've got weapons and they didn't want to decide how 160 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:13,680 Speaker 1: to use them. You know, I'm looking at all of 161 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 1: these statistics and this report, honestly, the drill down that 162 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 1: you podcast, research that you put out, I mean, I'm stunned, Peter, 163 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 1: I'm looking at all of this. You know, and Eric 164 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: mentioned the Department of Veterans Affairs. You're right, they've done 165 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 1: a horrible job taking care of our vets. Now, under 166 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: President Trump, a lot of that was resolved and veterans 167 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 1: now have the option, thankfully that if they are put 168 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 1: on the back of the line and they're years away 169 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: from getting the assistance they need, they can now go 170 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: to another doctor and the government will pay for it. 171 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 1: That is a huge advantage. But looking at all of 172 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 1: this money, you know, eleven point six million dollars, you know, 173 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: seven point seven million on guns and ammunition, four million 174 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 1: on equipment. What do they need that at the Department 175 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: of Veterans Affairs for a good question, Sean, I mean 176 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 1: to me, it's the classic example of mission creep. You know, 177 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 1: the Centers for Disease Control, which was supposed to be 178 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 1: a central component of fighting a pandemic, was too busy 179 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 1: getting involved with regulating motorcycle helmets and playground equipment. They 180 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: went beyond what their mission was. And what you're seeing 181 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: with a lot of these government agencies is they are 182 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 1: engaged in mission creat But unlike sort of you know, 183 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:29,559 Speaker 1: typical mission creep, where there's waste and there's abuse, this 184 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,400 Speaker 1: has the potential to be really threatening to the average 185 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: American because, look, these guns are not being aimed at 186 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: a foreign power. They're being aimed at the American people. 187 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: And you know, if you think about a standoff that 188 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:45,559 Speaker 1: a ranger might have with the EPA, the EPA you 189 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:49,320 Speaker 1: claiming they're violating the Clean Water Act, you are much 190 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: better off for the EPA to come with a local 191 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: sheriff and try to discuss that than have the EPA 192 00:10:55,920 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 1: show up with our own paramilitary types to try to 193 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: deal with this issue. You need to have a neutral 194 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 1: party there, like a local sheriff. And you're not getting right. 195 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 1: But it's the same. It's the same at school board 196 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,679 Speaker 1: meetings that would be an area where if there's a 197 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 1: problem at a school board meeting, we're calling the local police. 198 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:18,719 Speaker 1: I couldn't believe that the that we even have an 199 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 1: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in the federal government, 200 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 1: but apparently we do, and they're spending millions and millions 201 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 1: on guns and ammunition, etc. Then we have NASA. I'm 202 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,679 Speaker 1: not sure why NASA would need all of this, and 203 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: then the EPA and Social Security Administration, and why would 204 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 1: the Health and Human Services Administration need thirteen million dollars 205 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 1: every year, you know, or over a course of a 206 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: couple of years for this type of spending guns and 207 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: ammunition eleven million, nearly twelve million dollars and guns and ammunition. 208 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 1: Are you kidding me? Yeah, Sean. The one that got 209 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 1: me was the National Institutes of Health, which has been 210 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 1: much in the news. There was actually a Government Accountability 211 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 1: Office report that explained that NIH reported having quote pyrotechnics 212 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:13,680 Speaker 1: and large caliber launchers, in other words, grenade launchers. Why 213 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 1: the NIH is buying and needs grenade launchers is beyond me. 214 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,560 Speaker 1: And this is the sort of thing that I think, Sean, 215 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 1: makes people fear their governments. You know, people have been 216 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: saying for years that, Oh, the reason that people are 217 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: so concerned about the government is there's been all this 218 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 1: hateful rhetoric. No, it's because the government is engaging in 219 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 1: precisely this type of behavior that makes the average American 220 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:42,199 Speaker 1: concerned and distrust government and see government not as the 221 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 1: servants of the people, but as an institution that's in 222 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 1: the sense trying to become their masters. So, as I said, 223 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: this is not just about fraud and waste. This is 224 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:54,439 Speaker 1: about the nature and the stamps that our government is 225 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 1: taking towards the people they are supposed to serve. And 226 00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 1: it's very, very disturbing as far as I'm concerned. Quick 227 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: break right back, we'll continue eight hundred and nine for 228 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: one seawan are number one with Eric Eggers and Peter 229 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 1: Sweitzer and their investigative report as we continue entertaining Americans ghosts. 230 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: All right, we continue with Eric Eggers and Peter Schweitzer. 231 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 1: Their podcast that Drilled Down has found some amazing new 232 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: information about how agencies you would never imagine how militarized 233 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 1: they've become. I give you both a lot of credit 234 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: because most people don't have the time the ability to 235 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:48,680 Speaker 1: do a real check and and on what it is 236 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:51,320 Speaker 1: the government spending money on and I know the Government 237 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: Accountability Institute, which you guys are part of, are very 238 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 1: responsible and thankfully you have whatever funding you have to 239 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: be able to do this. I would have imagine that 240 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: the average American when they found out the agent sports 241 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:09,079 Speaker 1: that heavily armed, was shocked. I don't get shocked that 242 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: off in Eric anymore. Nothing shocks me at this point. 243 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 1: But that kind of shocked me. And then as you 244 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 1: did a deeper dive into this, my mouth was open. 245 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 1: It is incredibly shocking, and I think, unfortunately what's not 246 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: shocking is the hypocrisy behind it, because think about what 247 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 1: we're talking about, and this has actually been one of 248 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 1: the central tenants that we at the Government Accountability Institute, 249 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 1: which has been basically run by Peter for the last decade, 250 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 1: have kind of really tried the hammer home to people. 251 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: People think that big business and big government are enemies, 252 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 1: but the opposite is true. They're actually business partners. And 253 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: this is a classic example of that. You've got the 254 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: gun lobbies who are now making money and in some 255 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: cases being propped up because the government is one of 256 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: their clients, while at the same time, the leader of 257 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 1: the federal government aka President Joe Biden is demonizing the 258 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 1: guns and the gun lobby when you have senseless tragedies. 259 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 1: So it's interesting that on the one hand, guns are 260 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 1: being made out to be a threat to the freedom 261 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 1: of the American people. All at the same time the 262 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 1: man who says that Joe Biden is actually leading the 263 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 1: agencies who then buy many of those same guns for 264 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: departments that would seem to have new need for them. 265 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 1: That's just one of the many examples of hypocrisy that 266 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 1: comes with the merger of big business into government. You 267 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 1: would never convince me that any of the agencies we've 268 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 1: just discussed need an arsenal. The way they've built one up. 269 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: That is insanity to me. And that's why we have police. 270 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: That's why you shouldn't defund the police. Funny, the people 271 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: that want to defund, dismantle police, and let even violent 272 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: criminals out with nobel are the ones that are arming 273 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 1: themselves to the you know, and degree. It's crazy. Anyway, 274 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 1: We appreciate both of you, Eric Eggers and Peter Schweitzer, 275 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: thank you for this report, and their podcast is called 276 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 1: The Drill Down. This is Drilling down Deep. Thanks for 277 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 1: sharing it with us. Thanks Sean holding them accountable. Sean 278 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: gets the answers no one else America deserves and know 279 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 1: the truth about Congress. All right, twenty five to the 280 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: top of the hour. We'll hit your phones here in 281 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: a second, Joe did not have a good day yesterday 282 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 1: when he was just stumbling, stammering as usual yesterday. Let's 283 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 1: play a little of Joe. It's frustrated, it's inconvenient, it's 284 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 1: bad for the environment, and there's simply no reason for it. 285 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 1: This is the United States, Kamara, for God's sake, This 286 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 1: is who we are. This is not this is not 287 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: what we should be doing. What did he say, the 288 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 1: United States? And what he didn't play that again? I 289 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 1: want to make sure I heard him right. This is 290 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: the United States, Kamara, for God's sake, This is who 291 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 1: we are. This is not this is not what we 292 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 1: should be doing. Are we the United States? A chimera? 293 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 1: Because that's what I think he said, game Gamera gomera. 294 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: It's not for nothing, now, Jill Biden spoke out. This 295 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 1: is the thing. Look, I have contacts, I have sources, 296 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 1: I know people that have been around Joe Biden. Everything 297 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: that I tell you on the air is one hundred 298 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 1: percent confirmed by people that have seen it up close regularly, 299 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 1: and frankly, I'm being told it's worse than what we see. 300 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:21,479 Speaker 1: Then that would mean that Jill Biden would know. And 301 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: the question is why do they keep forcing this guy 302 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:28,119 Speaker 1: out when he's clearly not up to the job. But 303 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,439 Speaker 1: Joe Biden, Jill Biden, wants him to run again. Listen, 304 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,719 Speaker 1: Doctor Biden has been First Lady now for nearly two years, 305 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 1: with the President saying he will run again in twenty 306 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 1: twenty four. Have you talked about it with him. Not yet, 307 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 1: We've been a little bit too busy. Not yet, but 308 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 1: I'm sure it'll be a discussion. Do you feel ready 309 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 1: you and President Biden to hit a second presidential campaign? 310 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 1: It has to be taxing. Well, you know it is taxing, 311 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 1: but you know, look at the look at all Joe 312 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 1: has done. He has kept true to what he said 313 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 1: he would do, and so I think he just needs 314 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:07,920 Speaker 1: to keep going. Look at what he's done, forty one 315 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 1: year high record inflation, highest gas prices, nearly doubled what 316 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:16,119 Speaker 1: we were paying. He's now made us dependent on the 317 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:19,679 Speaker 1: lifeblood of our economy, begging countries that hate us for 318 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 1: energy when we have plenty of resources on our own. 319 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 1: We don't need their energy. We have plenty. We'd create 320 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 1: high paying jobs in America, would lower the cost of 321 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 1: energy for everybody. That would help with inflation. Yes, we 322 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 1: had another record high inflation number today. Wide open borders, 323 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:39,719 Speaker 1: preferential treatment for people that don't respect our laws, sovereignty, 324 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:44,919 Speaker 1: our borders. People that get preferential treatment, free phones, free transportation, 325 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: no COVID tests, no vaccine mandate, nothing. What he's done 326 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 1: for America. Great job in Afghanistan to Joe. So we've 327 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 1: been trying to independently corroborate a report by CNBC in 328 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: the last half hour or so that Attorney Ken Starr 329 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 1: has passed away, apparently from complications due to a surgery 330 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 1: went through. He's been a longtime friend of the show, 331 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 1: of course, the independent prosecutor looking into Bill Clinton, controversial 332 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 1: figure at the time, one of the nicest guys you'll 333 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 1: ever meet in your life, and I just want to 334 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: send our deepest condolences to his family. Our thoughts and 335 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,160 Speaker 1: prayers are with all of them today. It's never fun 336 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 1: to lose a loved one, but he was a towering 337 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: intellect in terms of being a lawyer that I can 338 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:34,640 Speaker 1: tell you for the many appearances he made on TV 339 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 1: and radio, and he'll be missed. Let's say hi to 340 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 1: Lee Is in Ohio. Lee, Hi, how are you glad 341 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 1: you called? We're gonna have jd Vance on soon. We're 342 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 1: following his Candida. See Tim Ryan as a phony. By 343 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: the way, how much do you know about Tim Ry? 344 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,800 Speaker 1: He's a total phony. Yeah, he doesn't even come off 345 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 1: well on TV. You know this guy, he's running around Ohio. 346 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:59,159 Speaker 1: I talked to my buddy Billy Cunningham, Sean Hannity or 347 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,920 Speaker 1: a great America and God, bless you, God bless America. 348 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 1: I want a full report. That's pretty good. Right, Yeah, anyway, 349 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:08,879 Speaker 1: he votes with Biden. Get this one hundred percent of 350 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:11,919 Speaker 1: the time. One he's pretending to be a moderate. This 351 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,159 Speaker 1: is a guy that brags about getting rid of the filibuster. 352 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:17,360 Speaker 1: Says it over and over and over again. He wants 353 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 1: to get rid of the legislative filibuster. This is a guy. 354 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,479 Speaker 1: When I'm in the Senate, make no mistake, I'll proudly 355 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 1: vote to end the filibuster and pass the Women's Health 356 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,880 Speaker 1: Protection Act to protect the rights of all people in Ohio. 357 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 1: To have safe legal abortion that allowed abortion up until 358 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 1: with no restrictions. Are you kidding me? That would be 359 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: called the fantaside these late term abortions. He voted to 360 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:43,400 Speaker 1: I don't believe that people in Ohio are that dumb 361 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:47,640 Speaker 1: at sean They're not. By the way, I wouldn't say 362 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 1: it that way, but that's one way to say it. 363 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 1: I actually think the people in Ohio heart and soul 364 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 1: of the country. They're great. Yes they are, Yes they are, 365 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: And so he vote he wants to. He's even supports 366 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,360 Speaker 1: ending elective abortions in foreign countries with our tax dollars. 367 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 1: He's part of the climate alarmist cult. And now, by 368 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,479 Speaker 1: the way, when I asked about overpopulation, he said the 369 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:15,200 Speaker 1: government needs to be involved in family planning to combat 370 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 1: global warming. Is he insane? What does that mean that 371 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 1: we're going to invite the government in our bedrooms to 372 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 1: make sure that we're using birth control. Voted against the 373 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 1: Keystone X off pipeline. Wants to end fracking. You know, 374 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,120 Speaker 1: he's another one of these you know called the criminal 375 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 1: justice system racist, is against our Second Amendment rights. I mean, 376 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: it's some believe he's unbelievable. I'd on a controversial. I 377 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: don't know what population it will hire that he's catering to, 378 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 1: but there's no one that I know or anyone that 379 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 1: I've talked to, that is anywhere close to what his 380 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 1: reality is. Well, we're supporting jd. Vance. Well, he hasn't 381 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 1: really needed our attention, to be honest, because he's leading 382 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: by five six in the polls, and so we're going 383 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 1: where we're paying attention to the races that are closest. Yeah, 384 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,679 Speaker 1: good man, good man, Hey, what else calling for? It was? 385 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,359 Speaker 1: I'd like to have your input on why you feel 386 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 1: I mean, I know you can't speak for them, but 387 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 1: why do you suppose we've heard no outrage from our 388 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:23,400 Speaker 1: fives the court judges. It's a great question. I don't 389 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 1: know why. And by the way, those judges are appointed 390 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 1: by the Supreme Court Chief Justice. That would be John Roberts. 391 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:36,440 Speaker 1: If if you ever lied to a judge. There's certain 392 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 1: things I advise everybody. Never try and avoid violence your 393 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 1: whole life. Even when people try to provoke you, just 394 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 1: avoid it. You know, I've said, even though I have 395 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,359 Speaker 1: the ability to defend myself, I would run away on 396 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 1: camera and look like a little coward if it meant 397 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:54,199 Speaker 1: keeping peace, because I don't want to involve myself in that. 398 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:56,879 Speaker 1: If I have to, if I'm cornered, I have no choice. 399 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 1: But you know, certain other things always pay taxes. You 400 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,920 Speaker 1: know we have eighty seven thousand new IRS agents that 401 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 1: will be coming after you pay it taxes because you 402 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:10,679 Speaker 1: don't want to get caught. And to your point, you know, 403 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:14,399 Speaker 1: I think you're dead on accurate. You don't lie to 404 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 1: a judge, you don't lie under oath. Now my concern, though, Sean, 405 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 1: is the Democrats seem to have no problem in finding 406 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 1: judges who don't have a problem with looking the other 407 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 1: way or disregarding our constitution. I'm hoping these fives A 408 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 1: court judges aren't part of that program. But the Republicans, 409 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:39,920 Speaker 1: in our conservative base, we need to find constitutional judges 410 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:42,400 Speaker 1: to take these issues to court because most of our 411 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 1: differences are going to end up in court. I cannot, 412 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:50,200 Speaker 1: for the life of me understand they lied. No, they 413 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 1: knew for sure. They will warn before the first fives 414 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 1: application not to use it. They will warn that it 415 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: was a political document, they will warned it was un terrified, 416 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:03,239 Speaker 1: and they still signed it. And they knew by the 417 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 1: second and third fires of warrants, and certainly by the 418 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:09,640 Speaker 1: fourth fis of warrant that even the subsource of Christopher 419 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 1: Steele had debunked all of it and said none of 420 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 1: that's true, that was all bar talk, and they still 421 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 1: used it to destroy Carter Page's life and backdoor spy 422 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 1: on Donald Trump the candidate and Donald Trump the president, 423 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 1: and nobody seems to care except a few of us. 424 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 1: We've been vindicated. We got every aspect of that conspiracy theory, 425 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 1: we were able to debunk it. And yet no, I 426 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 1: haven't gotten my pulitzery yet. Maybe maybe Maggie Haberman will 427 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:38,919 Speaker 1: share hers with me because she got it for a 428 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 1: full story on the Russia collusion nonsense. Oh hey, anyway, 429 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: there's something real quick I'd like to ask you if 430 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: you wouldn't mind quick. Well, they're called in a couple 431 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,199 Speaker 1: of weeks ago, and he was from South Dakota and 432 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 1: he said they were mining lithium. And you said you 433 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 1: knew the governor, you'd had her on the show and 434 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:57,920 Speaker 1: that you were gonna have your team get in touch 435 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 1: with her. Have you had the opportunity to do the 436 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:03,119 Speaker 1: back Linda, did we follow up on that? Did we 437 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:07,879 Speaker 1: ever get to Christy nom on that I will today. Okay, 438 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 1: I think we forgot. We might have dropped the ball, 439 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:13,239 Speaker 1: but we definitely dropped the ball. Sorry, Lee, No, you 440 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 1: guys are stellar. And that's, by the way, that's Linda's fault. 441 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,880 Speaker 1: It's definitely my fall accountable. Here at the Hannity Show, 442 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 1: we take full responsibility and accountability for actions. I'm like 443 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 1: the federal government. I'm sorry, why don't we ask Christie? No, 444 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,639 Speaker 1: We'll get back to us. She's always she's the past. Yes, Lee, 445 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: what can I do for you? We'll get that. We'll 446 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:34,879 Speaker 1: get that information, all right, Lee, appreciate it, buddy. Uh. 447 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 1: Dave Pennsylvania, what's up, Dave? How are you on um? 448 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 1: Patriotic entertainer toward the country? You know, support of our country, 449 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,879 Speaker 1: our freedoms are at liberty. But I wanted to ask 450 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 1: you a couple of questions about the separation of church 451 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,119 Speaker 1: and state. And since listen, I've been looking at from 452 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: a different perspective. Um. Instead of from a policy perspective 453 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:56,720 Speaker 1: where you know, one side stays out of each other's 454 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 1: business sort of, you know, compared to one another, I 455 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,359 Speaker 1: started looking at it from an actions perspective, and I 456 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:04,239 Speaker 1: want to know your thoughts about how the government has 457 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:08,359 Speaker 1: pretty much created entitlement programs that have taken away the 458 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,760 Speaker 1: power from the church to be the humanitarian arm of 459 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:15,199 Speaker 1: this country. Basically, what specifically you're referring to, I'm not 460 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 1: quite I'm not quite following you. What specifically do you mean. 461 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:21,119 Speaker 1: It's a tricky it's a tricky perspective. I agree, we 462 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 1: talked about this on the screener. But listen, so we 463 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,160 Speaker 1: know the church is the backbone or was the backbone 464 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 1: of the humanitarian efforts in our communities and across our nation. 465 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 1: That was one of I think in many ways churches 466 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 1: still are, don't you, well, compared to the government, would 467 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 1: you not say that the government is sort of overstepping 468 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 1: the boundaries of the establishment caused by coming in and 469 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 1: being the helping hand a little bit too much towards 470 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 1: well you really, you're hitting on a very interesting point 471 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:55,200 Speaker 1: because what you're talking about is every authoritarian regime they 472 00:26:55,280 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 1: you know, they consider religion or faith. Put it that way, 473 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 1: you know, the opiate of the people and the state 474 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 1: becomes the religion. In other words, they don't believe in 475 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 1: natural law, which separates America profoundly from so many other countries. 476 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: Is our belief in natural law that we're endowed by 477 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:23,879 Speaker 1: a creator, a God, and that and that if in 478 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:28,159 Speaker 1: fact you believe that, that is predicated on another belief, 479 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,639 Speaker 1: which is that if God created every man, woman, and child, 480 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:34,880 Speaker 1: that God has created talents and abilities in each individual, 481 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 1: and that the only way you're ever really going to 482 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 1: truly self actualize and meet your potential in life is 483 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,880 Speaker 1: if you take those talents and bring them to fruition. 484 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: It's interesting that the root definition from the Latin of 485 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:54,400 Speaker 1: education is to bring forth from within, meaning God put 486 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:58,119 Speaker 1: it there, and so that separates us certainly from authoritarian 487 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 1: regimes that believe the state is, you know, rights come 488 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,560 Speaker 1: from government, not from God. That would be a huge difference. 489 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 1: That makes sense, But I think there's well I agree, 490 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,360 Speaker 1: but I just still believe there's a lot of constitutional 491 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 1: confusion behind the actions of the government and the legislation 492 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 1: and the policy laden forth by the Establishment Clause and 493 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,879 Speaker 1: the separation of Church and states. So it's labeled basically, hey, okay, 494 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,920 Speaker 1: can't over legislate into the body of Christ or into 495 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,680 Speaker 1: the body of any specific religion by the government. It's 496 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,119 Speaker 1: also laden the other way to say that, hey, you 497 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 1: can't come in here and govern from the pew or 498 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 1: the pulpit. So the ideas should go both ways. But 499 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 1: the actions of the government. They see these people come 500 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 1: into Christ with their knees down and their heads bowed, 501 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 1: you know, asking for grace, and instead of the grace 502 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 1: coming from the body of the church, they intercede by 503 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 1: becoming the entitlement program the person that's pushing into it. 504 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:58,240 Speaker 1: So that's that's the way that I well, they certainly 505 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,800 Speaker 1: want to be. They certainly want to they certainly want 506 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 1: to control every aspect of our lives. And that's that's 507 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:08,360 Speaker 1: the fallacy of socialism. You know. I wrote a whole 508 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 1: chapter and Live Free or Die the History of SoC 509 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 1: the history of socialism and its failures and whatever name, 510 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 1: whatever form, whatever manifestation it's taken on. They always promise 511 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:25,360 Speaker 1: security and guaranteed government job and wage and healthcare and 512 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 1: healthy food and pre k and college and retirement. And 513 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 1: it never comes true. It always ends the same way. 514 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:38,400 Speaker 1: It ends with unfulfilled promises, it ends with more poverty, 515 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:41,240 Speaker 1: and then it ends with a loss of freedom at 516 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,040 Speaker 1: the other on the other side of it. Because you're 517 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:46,400 Speaker 1: empowering people to do that which we should be doing 518 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 1: for ourselves. And I think, to the best of my ability, 519 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 1: i'm answering your question. It's I get what you're saying, 520 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,320 Speaker 1: and I understand it completely. I just think that most 521 00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:01,680 Speaker 1: people may not be able to quite grasp the extent 522 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:07,000 Speaker 1: to the degree that we are dependent on government or 523 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 1: elected officials for anything. We are giving up our freedom 524 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:15,719 Speaker 1: and our liberty for that so called security, and you 525 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 1: end up losing your freedom in the process. And freedom 526 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 1: is the natural state, or natural law, if you will, 527 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:25,440 Speaker 1: of God. The government in its best state is but 528 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:28,720 Speaker 1: a necessary evil, Thomas Paine said, And it's worse state 529 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,400 Speaker 1: than an intolerable evil. And I think we're seeing the 530 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 1: intolerable side of it right now. I hope that answers 531 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 1: your question, all right. What began with hundreds of people 532 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:39,160 Speaker 1: in two thousand and two is one of now the 533 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 1: top five k events in America Today. About thirty thousand 534 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:46,680 Speaker 1: people take part each year on the last Sunday in September. 535 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,440 Speaker 1: It's the Tunnel to Towers Foundation five K walk and 536 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,760 Speaker 1: run in New York City. It's a signature event and 537 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 1: it has also inspired eighty other runs, walks, and climbs 538 00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:00,080 Speaker 1: all across the country, like the annual five K on 539 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:04,160 Speaker 1: a Walk event in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Now that community means 540 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:08,520 Speaker 1: a lot to the foundation. 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They paid off the mortgage on his family's home. 545 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:27,040 Speaker 1: Proceeds from events, as well as dozens of golf outings 546 00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:31,440 Speaker 1: and barbecues across the country, they all support the foundation's programs. 547 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:34,160 Speaker 1: Now you can register for an event where you live, 548 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:37,280 Speaker 1: or maybe volunteer to start one and join Tunnel to 549 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:40,000 Speaker 1: Towers on their mission to do good and never forget. 550 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:42,960 Speaker 1: They're asking all of us to donate even in these 551 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:47,120 Speaker 1: tough economic times, including me eleven bucks a month. You 552 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,120 Speaker 1: go to their website, the letter T the number two, 553 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:52,920 Speaker 1: the letter T dot org, the letter T the number two, 554 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:56,400 Speaker 1: the letter T dot org of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, 555 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:07,480 Speaker 1: nesse of governmental lies. He's the beacon of truth. This 556 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:20,920 Speaker 1: is the Sean Hannity Show. All right, that's gonna wrap 557 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,640 Speaker 1: things up for today, big breaking news report. Can't tell 558 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:26,200 Speaker 1: you about it now, but you're gonna want to hear it. Tonight, 559 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:29,720 Speaker 1: We'll break it with John Solomon on Hannity on Fox News, 560 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:33,640 Speaker 1: Ohio Republican Senate candidate jd Vance, New King, Rich Kelly, 561 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 1: and Conway will look at the economy with Stephen Moore 562 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,880 Speaker 1: and Jim Jordan, and much much more. Nine Eastern Hannity 563 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:44,520 Speaker 1: Say DVR, Fox News. We'll see it tonight back here tomorrow. 564 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:46,880 Speaker 1: Thank you for making this show possible.