1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:01,080 Speaker 1: Well, we have come in. 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 2: Your city. Gets saying you a conscious will be desire. 3 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: And if you want a little bang, yeah, come along. 4 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 1: It is my testimony that the order is secure and 5 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 1: we are working every day, day and night to increase 6 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:26,439 Speaker 1: its security. 7 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:31,319 Speaker 3: Thousands of children are in physical danger danger because of 8 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,160 Speaker 3: what you were doing. You should have resigned long ago, 9 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 3: and if you cannot change course, you should be removed 10 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 3: from office. 11 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: You're now paying thirty five bucks out a five hundred 12 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: bucks a month for that installing. God love you man, 13 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 1: eight e I G eight percent. 14 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,239 Speaker 4: Afreidom is back in style. 15 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 5: Welcome to the revolution. 16 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: Coming to your. 17 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:59,279 Speaker 2: Sentence the way I get thousand saying you a conscious. 18 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 6: Sean Hannity Show More I'm the scene, his information on 19 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 6: freaking news and more bold inspired solutions for America. 20 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 1: Right our two Sean Hannity Show told free It's eight 21 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: hundred and ninety four to one, Shawn. If you want 22 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: to be a part of the program, joining us now. 23 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:23,119 Speaker 1: Former Vice president a friend of the program, Mike Pence 24 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 1: is back with us, sir. How are you? 25 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 5: I'm great, Sean, great to be back on. Thanks. 26 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 1: We appreciate it. As always. You know I've been spending 27 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: a lot of time talking about two issues, and I 28 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: really want to go into depth on these two issues 29 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: with you if I can. I'm looking at the economy. 30 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: It's a mess. We have given up the fight on 31 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: energy independence and we're now even importing energy oil from 32 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: from Venezuela, which is insane to me. We see what's 33 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: happening where you know, people can't afford to putting enough 34 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: food on their table. Seventy percent of Americans are suffering 35 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: because of Biden economic and energy policies. And then I'm 36 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: watching an holy alliance emerge right before my eyes. I 37 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: call it a new access of evil, and that is Russia, 38 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 1: China and Iran. And they're picking off some of our 39 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: former allies like Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and others 40 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: were discovering they're picking sides, and they're picking China to 41 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: be the dominant force or superpower in the world. And 42 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,679 Speaker 1: we have a president missing in action. So I'll throw 43 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: it out there, we get started. Whichever topic you want 44 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: to start with is fine with me. But I've never 45 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 1: been this afraid from my country as I am right now. 46 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 5: Well, Sean, look, this country's in a lot of trouble, 47 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 5: and it's because President Joe Biden has weakened America at 48 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 5: home and abroad. But not surprisingly you put your finger 49 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 5: on just what I was talking about. I gave a 50 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 5: speech at an energy conference a couple of days ago 51 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 5: in California at the Nixon Library, and we talked about 52 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 5: the economy, we talked about foreign policy. We began with 53 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 5: the Biden administration's war on energy, literally from day one, 54 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,639 Speaker 5: shutting down the Keystone and Dakota Pipeline, shutting down the 55 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 5: Alaska National Wildlife Region, I mean, suppressing additional leases and 56 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 5: exploration not only caused gasoline prices to go through the roof, 57 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 5: but as you know, it reversed all the progress we 58 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 5: made under the Trump Pens administration, where we became a 59 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 5: net exporter of energy, we achieved energy independence for the 60 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 5: first time in seventy years. Everything proceeded out of that. 61 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 5: The gusher of spending in Washington, DC lit off inflation. 62 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 5: But I mean to tell you, the fact that President 63 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 5: Biden had to go hat in hand overseas to Saudi 64 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 5: Arabia and Opek to beg them to pump more oil 65 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 5: and they turned him down just shows you what happens 66 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 5: when you have week leadership at home, when you have 67 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 5: policies that are hamstringing American energy in the American economy, 68 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 5: it weakens us not only not only here, not only 69 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 5: harming families and the budgets, but it weakens America's place 70 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 5: in the world. But it just I'm not surprised you 71 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 5: started right where it all begins. That speech I gave 72 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 5: is up on YouTube now about the central issue here 73 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 5: is the war on energy, and it's one of the 74 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 5: reasons in the next year and a half, we've got 75 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 5: to win. We've got to win the Senate, we've got 76 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 5: to win wider margins in the House, and we've got 77 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 5: to get back to energy independence and have a new 78 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 5: Republican president that will lead us back to where we 79 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:36,359 Speaker 5: were in the Trump Pens years. 80 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:40,160 Speaker 1: Do you agree with my analysis that China has created 81 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:43,360 Speaker 1: this alliance with Russia and Iran the new access of evil? 82 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 1: And do you agree with my analysis that the Saudis 83 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: have chosen sides now and they've decided to bet on 84 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 1: China being the world's loan superpower. And immediately after China 85 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 1: broke it a deal between the Saudis and ran And 86 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: now that they're doing it with Syria. What an opek do? 87 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 1: They responded by cutting down production by a million three 88 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: barrels a day. Was that were those directions coming straight 89 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 1: from China? 90 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 4: To me? 91 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 1: It looks like it. 92 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 4: Well, I think. 93 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 5: Look, I'd say this very respectfully. I think you might 94 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 5: be given China too much credit. They're just operating in 95 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 5: a vacuum of American leadership. 96 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: But aren't they aren't they trying to fill that void? 97 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 1: That's what I'm asking, Well. 98 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 5: Thousand percent right. But what I'm saying is is what's 99 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 5: changed under the Biden administration is we were leading on 100 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 5: the world stage for all. Remember all the talk in 101 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 5: twenty sixteen that America knew isolationism and America was going 102 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 5: to pull in the shutters. No, that isn't what America 103 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:53,599 Speaker 5: first meant. America first meant that we were going to 104 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 5: engage the world, But we were going to engage the 105 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,720 Speaker 5: world in a way to put America's interest in American 106 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 5: workers and Americans security first. But engaging the wider Arab world, 107 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 5: supporting Israel as never before actually resulted in the first 108 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:13,039 Speaker 5: peace agreement in twenty five years in the Abraham of course, 109 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:17,279 Speaker 5: But since this administration came in and started begging Iran 110 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 5: to come back to the table, and the Ran nuclear 111 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 5: deal capitulated long before the first shot was fired in Ukraine. 112 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 5: They capitulated to Russia on nord Stream two. They've been 113 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 5: projecting weakness on the world stage, most notably the disastrous 114 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:36,479 Speaker 5: withdrawal from Afghanistan. It's a vacuum of American leadership. And 115 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 5: you're absolutely right that, whether it's the recent deal that 116 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 5: China negotiated between Iran and Saudi Arabia, China is attempting 117 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,799 Speaker 5: to step forward and fill that void that was once 118 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 5: filled with strong American leadership. 119 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,280 Speaker 1: And these are number one, number two, and number three 120 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: geopolitical foes. And I really believe that Joe Biden has 121 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: sent abdicated his role as the leader of the free 122 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 1: world and frankly the sole superpower of the world. And 123 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 1: I think China's trying to fill it. I think a 124 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: lot of it is related to energy. You know, economically, 125 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: think about this. Is it not good for American national 126 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: security to be energy independent? Is it not good to 127 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 1: create high paying career jobs in the energy sector. Is 128 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: it not good that America has you know, it's a 129 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: lifeblood of the world's economy, and America has cheap energy. 130 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 1: Would it not be good if we became energy dominant 131 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 1: and we have all these customers, allies of ours in 132 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: Western and Europe, and provide them with all of their 133 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: energy needs. We'd be an energy rich nation, wouldn't we. 134 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 5: Well, it's it's it's not good for everybody except environmental extremes. 135 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 5: Long for these, regardless of the impact on the United 136 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 5: States and on working families. And and that's just the 137 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 5: hard fact. Your millions of listeners know that. 138 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 4: I mean that. 139 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 5: I know the Biden administration tried to blame high gas 140 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 5: prices last year on the war in Ukraine, but gasoline 141 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 5: prices were up fifty percent before the Russian invasion in 142 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 5: Ukraine even began. So this is a result not of 143 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 5: the war in Ukraine, but the war on energy. And 144 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 5: the American people. 145 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 4: See through it. 146 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 5: It's like this latest thing with the EPA and the 147 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 5: Biden administration announcing their new regulations about trying to drive 148 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 5: the American people into electric cars. As I said, I 149 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 5: was in California, you got Gavin Newsom out there that 150 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 5: this administration has praised because he essentially wants to end 151 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 5: the sale of gasoline powered cars by twenty thirty in California. 152 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 5: And you know who the big winner is on that Schina. 153 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 5: I don't have to tell you, Sean, but it's China. 154 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 5: China makes most of the batteries that go in these 155 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 5: electric vehicles, and so this administry is driving forward. They're 156 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 5: driving us into these sets new, more expensive vehicles when 157 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 5: you instead of letting the American people choose to drive 158 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 5: what they want to try. The big winner, of course, 159 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 5: it's not only radical environmentalists. 160 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 4: But China. 161 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:18,840 Speaker 1: Let me ask you about the twenty twenty election in 162 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 1: this sense, and I believe elections are about the future. 163 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 1: But we're learning a lot. We now know that Mike 164 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 1: Burrell gave testimony that in fact, it was Tony Blinken, 165 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: the Secretary of State, that initiated that letter of fifty 166 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:39,559 Speaker 1: one former Intel officials that before the election in twenty twenty, 167 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:44,719 Speaker 1: saying that the Hunter Biden laptop had all the markings 168 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: of foreign interference and it didn't look credible to any 169 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 1: of them. Fifty one top former Intel people, Tony Blincoln 170 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 1: led that effort. They had no evidence at all whatsoever 171 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 1: to back that up. We now know, oh that the 172 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 1: laptop was very real, and that the FBI had it 173 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 1: in their possession in December of twenty nineteen. You know, 174 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:10,560 Speaker 1: is that a kind of election in appearance. 175 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 5: Well, look in my recent memoir, as you know, I 176 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:22,079 Speaker 5: said that the suppression of the Hunter laptop story by 177 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:28,199 Speaker 5: major arteries of the legacy media and by big tech, 178 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 5: and now we know this collaboration of former intelligence officials. 179 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 5: It was a disgrace that that information was denied to 180 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:39,959 Speaker 5: the American people. And it would be a year and 181 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 5: a half later that these major arteries of the media said, oh, oh, 182 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:49,559 Speaker 5: by the way, the Hunter laptop was real, and therefore 183 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 5: all the information that made it into the public domain 184 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 5: exclusively through the New York Post was true, and the 185 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 5: American people deserve to know that going into the election. 186 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:04,080 Speaker 1: But here's the where it gets worse, though, because they 187 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: quick break more with former Vice President Mike Pence. On 188 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 1: the other side, is the former vice president thinking of 189 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 1: running for president? Wilask him, Great Hannity tonight, nine eastern 190 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: on Fox. Hope you'll join us, all right, we continue 191 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:22,200 Speaker 1: with former Vice President Mike Pence's with us today. The 192 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: FBI had a copy in December twenty nineteen, but they 193 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 1: also knew that Rudy Giuliani, who was the President's attorney 194 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: at the time, had a copy and that it would 195 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: likely leak. But we now have since learned that in 196 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 1: the months and leading up to the twenty twenty election, 197 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 1: that FBI officials were meeting weekly with big tech companies 198 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 1: and warning them that they may be targeted for misinformation campaigns, 199 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: And one person in particular, testifying in a case in 200 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: Missouri under then Attorney General Eric Schmidt now Senator Schmidt, 201 00:11:56,679 --> 00:12:00,599 Speaker 1: literally said Joel Roth is his name? The former integrity 202 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:03,439 Speaker 1: site had at Twitter that in fact, they warned that 203 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 1: the misinformation might be about Joe Biden or Hunter Biden. 204 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 1: Now the FBI had the laptop. How long would it 205 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 1: take the FBI to authenticate that. I don't think very long. 206 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 5: Well, it would. It would have taken them less time 207 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 5: than for Joe Biden to ask Hunter, did you leave 208 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 5: your laptop at the pawnshop? 209 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:21,319 Speaker 1: Exactly. 210 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 5: In fact, the fact that Joe Biden in the national 211 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:28,839 Speaker 5: debate cites a letter by some fifty former intelligence officials 212 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 5: who now we know all of them that have gone 213 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:34,679 Speaker 5: public have said, we had no access to any information 214 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:37,199 Speaker 5: about it. We just we signed a letter believing it 215 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 5: sounded like. 216 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 1: But Tony Blinken led up the efforts and did Tony 217 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 1: Blinkin get rewarded by being secretary as they well. 218 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 5: Thank you and thanks for what you did on television 219 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 5: last night in branches to the country. Look, I have 220 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 5: great confidence in our Republican majority that they're going to 221 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 5: put daylight on this thing. But it's I just I'm 222 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:01,839 Speaker 5: I have to tell you one of the great one 223 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:07,680 Speaker 5: of the greatest injustices in American politics that Joe Biden 224 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 5: was standing at the podium, standing at the podium in 225 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 5: that presidential debate, uh and he recited a letter saying 226 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 5: that it was the laptop story was likely Russian disinformation. 227 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 5: When Sean, why wouldn't you just ask your son? 228 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 1: By the way, I have that I have that moment, 229 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: we were running out of time. So not only I'll 230 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 1: play it, but you're one hundred percent right in what 231 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 1: you're saying. I can't let you go and not talk 232 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:41,080 Speaker 1: about your future. By the way, I want people to 233 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 1: know something about Mike Pence. You know, there was a 234 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 1: couple of negative news stories about me. I won't get 235 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:51,559 Speaker 1: into the details at all, but anyway, you're the vice 236 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:53,559 Speaker 1: president of the United States, and you pick up a 237 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:56,079 Speaker 1: phone and you call me and you say, I'm just 238 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: thinking about your praying for you, and I hope you're okay, 239 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 1: and I I was shocked at your level of kindness. 240 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 1: It meant a lot to me. 241 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:05,080 Speaker 4: Thank you well. 242 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 5: You mean a lot to our family, You mean a 243 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:10,439 Speaker 5: lot to an awful lot of people. Shots God bless 244 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 5: you well. Appreciate so much, very kind. 245 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: Let's talk about your future. I know you're thinking about 246 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: it a run potentially for the presidency. That would mean 247 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 1: you would be running against your former partner. Where are 248 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: you in that process? 249 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 5: Well, you know, we're getting a lot of encouragement from 250 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 5: around the country. I'll be back in Iowa tomorrow for 251 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 5: a Faith in Freedom gathering. I'll be in Georgia speaking 252 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 5: at a wonderful church in one of your favorite cities 253 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 5: in the country, back in Atlanta. Then we're going to 254 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 5: continue to travel and listen and learn, and I just 255 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 5: I'll end where I began this conversation. I think the 256 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 5: country's in a lot of trouble, and I think the 257 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 5: American people long to get back to the policies that 258 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 5: we were advancing under the Trump Pens administration, and we're 259 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 5: going to continue to work out as a family exactly 260 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 5: what role we'd play in that. But I promise when 261 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 5: the time comes that we're ready to make some announcement, 262 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 5: I'll make it. I'll make it right on Sean Hannity's show. 263 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: Well, we appreciate it, We really do. The four years 264 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: of your administration with President Trump were amazing for this country, 265 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: and we need to get back to that. We need 266 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 1: peace through strength. We need a president that is respected worldwide. 267 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 1: We need an economy that lifts people up, and we 268 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 1: need energy independence desperately, and we need our borders under control. 269 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 1: They're not all of this is happening, and it's never 270 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: been this bad to me. 271 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 5: Well, we did it before, and I know the American 272 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 5: people can do it again. And just couldn't be more 273 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 5: grateful for your voice. 274 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 1: All Right, Former Vice President Mike Pence, we appreciate you 275 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: being with us. Eight hundred and ninety four one, Shawn 276 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 1: our number. You want to be a part of the program, 277 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 1: Your calls comments coming up straight ahead. You are listening 278 00:15:56,640 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 1: to the best of the Sean Hannity Show. Yeah, Joseph, 279 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: Independence and liberty every weekday, right, here on the Sean 280 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: Hannity Show. I gotta admit there's a certain amount of 281 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 1: kind of joy. It's to me, it's amusing. It's not 282 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 1: overly funny, but being in this business, it's kind of amusing. 283 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 1: Fake news CNN is in a state of utter, complete chaos, 284 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: this pandemonium that is broken out there because of this 285 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 1: Trump town hall and the fact that they allowed Donald 286 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 1: Trump to be on the air, by the way, which 287 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: gave them the highest ratings, not Fox rate like ratings, 288 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 1: but gave them the highest ratings they'd seen in a 289 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: long long time. And then after the show, then the 290 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 1: every single left wing you know, so called journalist that 291 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: is really a talk show host they just lie about 292 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: it was out there just just saying everything they could 293 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 1: say about Donald Trump anyway. But they did have one 294 00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: person on there that was defending President Trump and ending 295 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: freedom of speech and defriending defending what a town hall 296 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: should be, and that was Congressman Byron Donald's of the 297 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:10,919 Speaker 1: great State of Florida. Uh, here's him fighting back against 298 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 1: you know, it's like ten on one. 299 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,199 Speaker 7: First of all, town halls are for the voters, not 300 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,640 Speaker 7: for the press, not for the person who's the moderator 301 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:22,239 Speaker 7: Caitlyn spent more time interjecting her own viewpoints or her 302 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:26,479 Speaker 7: own views on a situation. Those are actually, now, are 303 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 7: you well, are you guys not going to interject your 304 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 7: hand here? 305 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,640 Speaker 1: Do I get a chance to speak if you're Those 306 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:32,160 Speaker 1: were fasts. 307 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 7: The town hall is for the president to speak to 308 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 7: the voters of New Hampshire, not for this back and 309 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 7: forth in the Tredia. 310 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 1: Who Well, obviously they think it's their job to sit 311 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:45,880 Speaker 1: there and fact check every single thing. However, there were 312 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 1: issues involving the twenty twenty election. For example, states that 313 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 1: had laws that said partisan observers get to watch the 314 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: vote count up close and personal. Uh, those laws, there 315 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,160 Speaker 1: was no accommodations made for those laws, so they ignored them. 316 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 1: The constitution in the state of Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth there 317 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 1: is very clear about voting by mail. They get very 318 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 1: very few and very restrictive reasons why people can vote 319 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 1: by by mail. Now, the legislature got cute and rather 320 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,400 Speaker 1: than go through the arduous task of a constitutional amendment, 321 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 1: they decided to pass legislation. But that would have had 322 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 1: any court with any reason taking it up, that would 323 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 1: be deemed unconstitutional. That's Constitution. One on one, I had 324 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 1: similar issues. You had Supreme Court decision. You had the 325 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 1: Chief Justice in Wisconsin with a stinging rebuke of three 326 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: four case about how the laws of Wisconsin will be 327 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 1: in you know, absolutely ignored in that state. Now we 328 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: have more recently information about the FBI putting their cinder 329 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:53,960 Speaker 1: blocks on the scales by by telling big tech companies 330 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: that they're likely going to be victims of misinformation campaigns. 331 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:01,400 Speaker 1: And according to yol Roth, the form Integrity site had 332 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 1: at Twitter, he said, yeah, these misinformation campaign might be 333 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:09,199 Speaker 1: about Joe and Hunter Biden. Why is the FBI meeting 334 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:13,159 Speaker 1: and pre bunking any story involving Joe and Hunter Biden 335 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:16,879 Speaker 1: in the months leading up to the twenty twenty election, 336 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 1: meeting weekly with big tech companies. That doesn't make any sense. 337 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:24,200 Speaker 1: Then we learned that the fifty one former Intel officials 338 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:30,160 Speaker 1: were being apparently recruited by active CIA officials to sign 339 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: on to that document that everybody knew was false. Well no, 340 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 1: but well actually that nobody knew anything about and they 341 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: just signed on to it because they wanted to give 342 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:42,159 Speaker 1: quote Trump, I'm sorry, Biden a talking point against Trump. 343 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 1: So there are issues that need to be addressed, if 344 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: we care about integrity and our elections, if we want 345 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:50,680 Speaker 1: confidence in our results. Some things that other people said, 346 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 1: I thought it was a little nutty, And if I 347 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,679 Speaker 1: wasn't making that argument, that means I didn't agree with it, 348 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 1: and nobody proved it to me. But those are the 349 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 1: arguments I made then and I stand by today anyway. 350 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:02,640 Speaker 1: Byron Donald's from Florida's here with us, How are you, sir? 351 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:04,399 Speaker 4: Doing good? Sean? Thanks for having me on. 352 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 1: But there is a broad, sweeping generalization about like these 353 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 1: were the perfect elections in twenty twenty. I mentioned the 354 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:13,879 Speaker 1: things that stand out to me. Do you agree with 355 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 1: my point of view on those issues? 356 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 4: No? I do. I agree with you completely. I think 357 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 4: you're right. And you know, when I was doing the 358 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 4: post panel town hall stuff at CNN and I brought 359 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:28,280 Speaker 4: up Mark Elias suing and all these different jurisdictions to 360 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 4: get election procedures changed, nobody combat at what I said. 361 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 4: You know, Anderson Cooper didn't say anything. Van Jones didn't 362 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 4: say anything. David Axelrod didn't say anything. They just wanted 363 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 4: to go back and talk about how, oh well, it 364 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 4: wasn't stolen, but it wasn't stolen. And I think if 365 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 4: you go back and look at twenty twenty, you have 366 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:50,680 Speaker 4: Democrat operatives suing in these jurisdictions to change procedures. And 367 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 4: then the thing that in my view is the greatest 368 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:57,680 Speaker 4: incin contribution in the history of politics is the FBI 369 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:01,639 Speaker 4: working in my view, with the DNC to get the 370 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 4: Hunter Biden laptop story completely removed from the body politic 371 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:09,119 Speaker 4: right in the heat of an election like that in 372 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 4: of itself is interference with an election, and you know, 373 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:15,400 Speaker 4: you know, to go take it way back at twenty sixteen, 374 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 4: the Democrats are still fuming saying Russia involved themselves in 375 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 4: our election. Well, let me be very clear to everybody, 376 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:25,480 Speaker 4: Russia can't hold a candle to what the FBI did 377 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 4: with this, with this, this, this letter and their information 378 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 4: going to the social media companies in twenty twenty. 379 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 1: Or the fact they are the misinformation Russian paid for. 380 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:40,439 Speaker 1: Hillary Clinton paid for Russian disinformation dossier that ended up 381 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 1: being false but was used as the bulk of information 382 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: for four PIZA applications. That's a big deal to me, 383 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: I would think to you as well. 384 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,120 Speaker 4: It is. And I think where we go now, going 385 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 4: into twenty four is I think, you know, the RNC. 386 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:57,159 Speaker 4: You know obviously I think Donald Trump's going to be 387 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 4: our nominee. So the Trump campaign and everybody's got to 388 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:04,159 Speaker 4: be on high alert because these guys will pull any trick, 389 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 4: they will cut any corner to try to win an election. 390 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:09,919 Speaker 4: And because it's about power, Shawn, you know that I 391 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,959 Speaker 4: know that it's about them trying to ban gas stoves 392 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,679 Speaker 4: and now ban power plans that don't meet some stupid 393 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:18,919 Speaker 4: emission standard that came out of nowhere. And it is 394 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:21,879 Speaker 4: all this stuff that is actually terrible for the American people. 395 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,159 Speaker 4: But we're gonna be alert and we're gonna be on 396 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,359 Speaker 4: guard because we just want to make sure we have 397 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:29,199 Speaker 4: a fair and open election. Let the people decide it, 398 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 4: not pundits and not these shadow groups who might be 399 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 4: inside the FBI and other parts of our country. 400 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: Look as far as I'm concerned, and there were people, 401 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 1: for example, in a meeting I believe on the second 402 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 1: of January I have on tape I can played for you, 403 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 1: but I played it yesterday. I won't waste that everybody's time. 404 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: But you have Donald Trump himself, you have his chief 405 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,399 Speaker 1: of staff at the time, Mark meadows. You have Chris 406 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 1: Miller then acting the Secretary of Defense and his chief 407 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,959 Speaker 1: of staff, and then in the Inspects to General report, 408 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 1: they quote General Millie was in the room that Donald 409 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:07,159 Speaker 1: Trump was willing to authorize the National Guard troops to 410 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:11,160 Speaker 1: be called up. So we've litigated January sixth to death. 411 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:16,360 Speaker 1: They didn't call up the troops. Nobody brought up those points. 412 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 1: But that's what they want to talk about, a fake 413 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 1: new CNN. I think elections should be about the future. 414 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:24,440 Speaker 1: I think we have the worst economy we've had in 415 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 1: my adult lifetime right now, and it's getting worse. I 416 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 1: look at this new access of evil with China, Russia, 417 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,640 Speaker 1: Iran and scares the hell out of me. I see 418 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,680 Speaker 1: our allies pulling back from US and pulling away from US, 419 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:39,119 Speaker 1: and they seem to be betting that China's going to 420 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:43,520 Speaker 1: win world dominance over the United States. That concerns me 421 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 1: and should concern everybody else. But they're the ones that 422 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 1: bring up these topics and then they want to go 423 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:51,280 Speaker 1: liar liar pants on fire because they disagree with them. 424 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:54,920 Speaker 4: Well, one quick thing to fact check Kaitlyn Collins and 425 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:59,440 Speaker 4: the CNN Nancy Pelosi or not Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker 426 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 4: of the House, is in charge of security at the 427 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 4: Capitol Police. They report to the Speaker's office. So what 428 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:08,119 Speaker 4: she said in the town hall saying that, oh, Nancy 429 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 4: Pelosi's not in charge of security is a lie. She 430 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,640 Speaker 4: was in charge of security. Do they report to the speaker. 431 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:15,919 Speaker 4: That's what happens now. Kevin McCarthy's down in charge of 432 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 4: capital security. Those are the facts. But going to what's happening. 433 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:22,160 Speaker 1: Byron too, I'll add one other person to this list, 434 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:26,399 Speaker 1: and that's the former Capitol Police chief Chief Son who's 435 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 1: on this program. And he was begging for guard troops 436 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 1: in the days leading up to and the day of 437 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 1: January sixth. They wouldn't give it to them, give it 438 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:41,120 Speaker 1: to him. And then we learned that our intelligence had 439 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 1: picked up on the possibility that there were going to 440 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 1: be agitators in that crowd with plans to do something 441 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 1: like what happened that day, and they didn't act on 442 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 1: that intelligence. That was reported by Lester Holt on NBC 443 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:53,360 Speaker 1: News of all places. 444 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 4: No, that's absolutely correct. It was testified in Oversight Committee 445 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 4: that there was an intelligence report that went from FBI 446 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,119 Speaker 4: to the Capitol Police and so when members of the 447 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 4: Oversight Committee Republicans wanted to have the Capitol Police testify 448 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:10,719 Speaker 4: to that fact, Nancy Pelosi never allowed them to testify. 449 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 4: And then when that fact came out, the Oversight Committee 450 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 4: investigations were stopped, and then Nancy Pelosi started her crazy 451 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 4: January sixth one sided committee. Those are the facts, that's 452 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 4: what happened. And so I think it's important in that 453 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 4: vein to understand, now we're looking at this White House, 454 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 4: we have massive amounts of migrants at our southern border. 455 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 4: I saw a video the other day that now they're 456 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,639 Speaker 4: scrambling to throw up the border wall fence that they 457 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:37,919 Speaker 4: let sit on the ground for two years, all the 458 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,360 Speaker 4: material that they stopped construction. Now they're down there trying 459 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,360 Speaker 4: to throw it up at the last minute. I guess 460 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 4: walls work, Shawn. When you really need one, you put 461 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 4: a wall up. 462 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 1: That's why they built one at the Biden one of 463 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 1: the many Biden compounds. 464 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 4: Right, you got that, right, And so you have that. 465 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 4: Our economy obviously is a mess, this debt ceiling debacle, 466 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 4: where you know, you have a president who's just not 467 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:00,199 Speaker 4: even talking to anybody, not engaged, but he wants to 468 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:04,399 Speaker 4: blame everybody else. No, we're not taking that bait. Republicans 469 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 4: were committed to this country being better. We have plans 470 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 4: and ideas and strategies to do to make it better, 471 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:12,679 Speaker 4: to get it back on track. But we're gonna have 472 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:14,439 Speaker 4: to go get a new president because this guy is 473 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 4: a dumpster fire. That's over at sixteen hundred right now. 474 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:19,880 Speaker 1: By the way, I don't even think he knows today's Friday. 475 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:22,440 Speaker 1: I say it every day because he doesn't know. Quick 476 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:26,360 Speaker 1: break will come back more with Florida Republican Byron Donalds 477 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 1: is with US eight hundred and ninety four one, Shawn 478 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 1: a number. We'll get to your calls coming up straight ahead. 479 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 1: We continue with Congressman Byron Donalds of the Great State 480 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:37,879 Speaker 1: of Florida. You know a lot of people have been watching, 481 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: as I've been watching you emerge as a very strong 482 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 1: leader within the Republican caucus. Do you have any other 483 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 1: future political plans for yourself? 484 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,640 Speaker 4: I don't know. 485 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:54,320 Speaker 1: I have no frigid idea. I have no idea at all. 486 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:54,920 Speaker 4: I can't. 487 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:56,679 Speaker 1: By the way, I know that's an honest answer. 488 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:00,320 Speaker 4: Yeah it is. Well, you can't game plan politics. When 489 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:02,520 Speaker 4: I ran for Congress, you know, I told my voters 490 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 4: that I was going to make sure we were taking 491 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 4: the message of conservatism everywhere, because that's what we're going 492 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 4: to need to do if we're going to win the day, 493 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 4: you know. So that's the job on' man, That's what 494 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 4: I want to do, you know. I know people talk 495 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 4: about other things coming up, but we'll see what happens 496 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,440 Speaker 4: when it gets there. Right now, I'm just doing my job, 497 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:19,919 Speaker 4: you know, trying to make sure that at least in 498 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:22,199 Speaker 4: the House, we're holding the line that we're putting out 499 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 4: strong conservative policy, which is what House Republicans have been 500 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:29,199 Speaker 4: doing under the leadership of Kevin McCarthy. And we're just 501 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 4: going to go get the job done. What happens in 502 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 4: the future and I'll leave that, I'll leave that to 503 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:33,160 Speaker 4: the funual. 504 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,879 Speaker 1: You pass this border bill, which was not easy to pass. 505 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 1: You passed the no Stock Trading Bill, which I liked 506 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,440 Speaker 1: a lot. I thought that was very smart. But more importantly, 507 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 1: you passed the bill to raise the debt ceiling, and 508 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:49,399 Speaker 1: it simply will will send spending back to twenty twenty 509 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:52,680 Speaker 1: two levels, which is very reasonable of my view. We've got, 510 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 1: you know, just a couple of weeks away now eighteen 511 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 1: nineteen days away from this debt ceiling default date that 512 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:03,399 Speaker 1: Anna Yellen has given us of June one. And I 513 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:06,479 Speaker 1: guess I don't know why Joe Biden stayed away from 514 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 1: Kevin McCarthy for ninety seven days, but he did. Kevin 515 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:11,679 Speaker 1: was begging to meet with him. I'm pretty much on 516 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,639 Speaker 1: a daily basis, he said no. So I don't know 517 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,240 Speaker 1: what the White House is thinking, because I don't believe 518 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:19,679 Speaker 1: with the small majority that you have in the House 519 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:21,680 Speaker 1: that Kevin McCarthy's going to be able to go back 520 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 1: to the Republicans in the House and say we're going 521 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:27,199 Speaker 1: to offer these changes that the Democrats want. Are you 522 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 1: all going to sign on to it? I don't think 523 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 1: he's going to get a majority to do that, do you. 524 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,200 Speaker 4: No, I don't, and I don't think that at all. 525 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 4: And I think the key thing in what you said 526 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 4: is our proposal is actually a modest proposal. We think 527 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:44,040 Speaker 4: that just going back to pre COVID spending levels makes sense. 528 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:47,120 Speaker 4: And so that twenty two spending cap is to talk about. 529 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:49,480 Speaker 4: I'm gonna get a little into the weeds for the listeners. 530 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 4: What it really does. It keeps defense at the twenty 531 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 4: three level with a little bit of a kicker for defense, 532 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 4: because looking at what's going on around the globe, our 533 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 4: military has to be ready. But it also pushes all 534 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,920 Speaker 4: the agency stuff back to twenty nineteen. And the reason 535 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 4: you do that is because back in twenty nineteen, you know, 536 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 4: it's not like we were you know, it's not like 537 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 4: we were pikers out here. We were still spending money, 538 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,320 Speaker 4: but not the crazy plus ups that Joe Biden and 539 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 4: Nancy Pelosi did with these agencies. So you got to 540 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:18,400 Speaker 4: get that back. It helps us get to a sustainable 541 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:20,920 Speaker 4: playing field long term. So we view it as a 542 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 4: modest proposal, and you were able to get House Republicans 543 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:27,560 Speaker 4: on board with doing this in order to say we're 544 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,000 Speaker 4: going to raise the dead ceiling and then find further 545 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 4: ways to continue to get the nation's fiscal house in order. 546 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 4: While we were doing this for ninety seven days, like 547 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,400 Speaker 4: one hundred days now working together, and. 548 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 1: By the way, I talked to a lot of people 549 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 1: during that time. This was a heavy heavy lift to 550 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,240 Speaker 1: get all you guys on the same page. 551 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:46,080 Speaker 4: Yes, it was a heavy lift. While we're doing that, 552 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 4: Joe Biden is I don't know what he was doing 553 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 4: taking a nap, eat an ice cream. I don't know 554 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 4: what this guy was doing the Senate. And let me 555 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:55,000 Speaker 4: say real quick, Chuck Schumer, those guys were doing nothing 556 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 4: over in the Senate. So they need to get to work. 557 00:29:57,520 --> 00:29:58,800 Speaker 4: They need to come up with a plan and the 558 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,680 Speaker 4: strategy that we saw him they can pass the Senate. 559 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:03,640 Speaker 4: Because I'll tell you this, as much as Joe Biden 560 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,320 Speaker 4: said he wants a clean debt ceiling, there are no 561 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:08,200 Speaker 4: votes in the Senate. They don't have the votes in 562 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,640 Speaker 4: the Senate for a clean debt ceiling. So I think 563 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:12,840 Speaker 4: the next step is the Senate needs to pass a 564 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 4: plan and then we sit down and talk over what 565 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:16,160 Speaker 4: we can agree to that. 566 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 1: But the Senate's not going to be able to pass 567 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:22,400 Speaker 1: the plan because you got forty four Republican senators I 568 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 1: think maybe one Democrat Joe Manchin. They're saying they support 569 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:26,600 Speaker 1: the House bill. 570 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:28,720 Speaker 4: Well, I mean, I mean John says. 571 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: At that point, the default then lies with Joe Biden. 572 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:32,920 Speaker 1: That's all I have to say. And he shouldn't have 573 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,880 Speaker 1: sat on his ass for ninety seven days and did nothing. 574 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,160 Speaker 4: Totally agree and to that last point, Joe Biden could 575 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 4: have passed the debt ceiling in the Omibus bill last 576 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,800 Speaker 4: Christmas Eve. He could have done that when Nancy Pelosi 577 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:47,520 Speaker 4: was still Speaker. They didn't want to. They wanted to 578 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:50,080 Speaker 4: set up a political fight. They wanted to put our 579 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:53,800 Speaker 4: treasury markets in a lurch and in chaos. Joe Biden 580 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 4: wanted to create a crisis around this. I mean it's surprised. 581 00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 1: Well, be careful what you wish for, because things are 582 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,920 Speaker 1: bad enough. This will only accelerate the coming recession that 583 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:06,040 Speaker 1: he caused. I do wish I had more time. Congressman 584 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:08,800 Speaker 1: Byron Donald's Florida. We love having you. Thank you, sir, 585 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 1: you were great this week. God bless you for going 586 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 1: into over to fake news CNN was the only time 587 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 1: I heard common sense in a while there, So thank you. 588 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,240 Speaker 1: Thanks Sean eight hundred and ninety four one. Seawn our 589 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:22,600 Speaker 1: number if you want to be a part of the 590 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:24,200 Speaker 1: program this Friday.