WEBVTT - SAVE Act Fight Lingers On 0:00:00.640 --> 0:00:03.960 Well, welcome to the Sean Hannity Show. Thanks for joining us. 0:00:04.600 --> 0:00:05.200 Our two. 0:00:05.480 --> 0:00:07.640 We got a great guest to kick things off in 0:00:08.000 --> 0:00:11.479 Congressman Brandon Gill. Just want to say thanks. I'm Jason 0:00:11.520 --> 0:00:13.640 Chaffits again filling in for Sean. Is a little bit 0:00:13.680 --> 0:00:16.560 under the weather, but hey, we'll get him back back 0:00:16.560 --> 0:00:18.759 in the saddle soon. Honored that he would ask me 0:00:18.800 --> 0:00:21.480 to do this. It's truly a privilege. A lot of 0:00:21.480 --> 0:00:23.120 people want to do it very if you get to 0:00:23.200 --> 0:00:24.919 and again, thanks Sean for letting. 0:00:24.760 --> 0:00:25.120 Me do it. 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:27.720 But we got a lot of stuff going on. We 0:00:27.800 --> 0:00:30.040 got a lot of craziness in the world. I'd like 0:00:30.080 --> 0:00:33.240 to say, there's always somebody doing something stupid somewhere. Plus 0:00:33.960 --> 0:00:36.360 just got a lot of flat out news happening here 0:00:36.640 --> 0:00:39.960 and right in the middle of it, really making a 0:00:40.040 --> 0:00:43.080 name for himself to cutt and slice and dice and 0:00:43.320 --> 0:00:46.040 asking the questions that I think most Americans want to 0:00:46.080 --> 0:00:49.440 have answered, is none other than Brandon Gill. 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:51.960 Congressman. Thanks so much for joining. 0:00:51.760 --> 0:00:54.800 Us, Jason, Thanks for having me. It's good to be here. 0:00:56.120 --> 0:00:58.840 No, hey, look, you and I have had a chance 0:00:58.880 --> 0:01:02.279 to visit off air number of times. Super impressed with 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:06.759 what you do and how you do it, And there's, 0:01:07.080 --> 0:01:09.319 like I said, there's so much to stray, you know, 0:01:09.440 --> 0:01:15.120 craziness and stuff going on. There's some simple, basic things 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:18.360 that seem to me to be things that should be 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:22.640 easy no brainers with their eighty ninety percent issues, even 0:01:22.680 --> 0:01:26.920 with Democrats, they're wildly popular. But somehow, some way, things 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:30.440 aren't moving. And namely, I'm I'm pointing at the Save 0:01:30.520 --> 0:01:35.520 America Act. What what is going on there? How do 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:38.680 we get this over the finish line to the President's desk. 0:01:40.240 --> 0:01:42.759 Well, first of all, I agree with you. I mean, 0:01:42.800 --> 0:01:45.880 this is something that the vast majority of Americans, including 0:01:45.880 --> 0:01:51.360 Democrats outside of Washington, DC, support and think is incredibly 0:01:51.400 --> 0:01:54.160 important in their right to think that, and it's something 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:57.880 that the President has talked a lot about ensuring that 0:01:57.920 --> 0:02:01.840 our elections are done with in tech, that illegal aliens 0:02:01.880 --> 0:02:04.760 are not voting, that only American citizens are voting in 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:08.480 American elections. I think it's particularly important after four years 0:02:09.040 --> 0:02:12.440 of Joe Biden. Remember, we passed the Save America Act 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:15.200 out of the House multiple times and it's been hung 0:02:15.280 --> 0:02:18.839 up in the Senate, and there's all kinds of sort 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:22.239 of excuses for that. You hear the Senate give as 0:02:22.240 --> 0:02:24.680 to why they can't get it done, and it comes 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:29.080 down to, I think, ultimately, their unwillingness to utilize what's 0:02:29.080 --> 0:02:32.720 called a talking filibuster, which would be the procedural vehicle 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:37.359 or the procedural route to get the Save America Act passed. 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:41.840 There's been a ton of resistance over there, but that's 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:44.080 the way they can do it, and so far they've 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:46.520 been they've simply refused. 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:50.840 That's what's so infuriating. You know, when they have time 0:02:50.919 --> 0:02:53.080 to go on recess, when they have time for the 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:56.680 Easter break, when they did, when they have time for 0:02:56.840 --> 0:03:00.600 the fourth of July and everything else. As I said 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:03.600 earlier in the show, I don't understand. And look, I 0:03:03.680 --> 0:03:05.960 served there. I was there eight plus years. I was 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:09.200 chairman of the Oversight Committee. I understand how it works, 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:13.880 and I also understand that pressure on the United States Senate. 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:16.480 They have to vote, and if they don't pass it, 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:20.160 then have the majority leader bring it up again. I mean, 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:22.280 let's see how many times we can get these people 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:25.079 to actually vote on it. Instead, we always get these 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:28.639 lame excuses about well, it's the calendar and it takes time, 0:03:28.760 --> 0:03:32.120 and it's like well, really, I mean Mike Lee, Senator 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:36.560 Mike Lee, your colleague there for the Senate in you know, 0:03:36.600 --> 0:03:39.480 the senator from Utah. He put out the great graphic 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:42.280 and it was it was the calendar for the year, 0:03:42.880 --> 0:03:45.960 and it showed how many days off the Senate is 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:47.600 going to take. And if they think they're going to 0:03:47.640 --> 0:03:50.400 go into August break and the fourth of July break 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:54.480 and everything else without doing this, I think Americans and 0:03:54.560 --> 0:03:59.800 particularly the Republican base is just it's just infuriating. 0:04:00.400 --> 0:04:03.240 In their right to be infuriated. I mean, the Senate 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:05.800 just is going to be out of DC for the 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:10.600 next three weeks. If the primary argument against using the 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:14.080 talking filibusters that you don't have enough floor time, then 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:17.560 come here, work weekends, work nights, don't go home for 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:22.279 three weeks, work through August recess. I mean you have 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:25.760 to step back and think how important is this legislation. 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:28.760 It's very important to the American people, and I think 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:32.800 they're exactly right. And if the Senate realizes that, if 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:35.719 they recognize how important that is, which they don't seem 0:04:35.760 --> 0:04:38.560 to or they at least don't seem to care, then 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:40.479 I think they would say we ought to be back 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:43.760 here in DC working and getting this thing done. I mean, 0:04:43.800 --> 0:04:46.120 I think this is the single most important piece of 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:51.160 legislation the Senate could be working on right now. But ultimately, 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:55.039 you know it from the outside, I think most people 0:04:55.040 --> 0:04:56.840 are looking at the Senate and they're saying, you know, 0:04:57.520 --> 0:05:00.200 it's one big, good old boys club, and you're not 0:05:00.279 --> 0:05:04.159 in it. Because it is so I think difficult for 0:05:04.240 --> 0:05:08.240 most people to understand why the Senate doesn't under doesn't 0:05:08.520 --> 0:05:12.400 get the urgency of passing the Save America Act whenever 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:15.400 they have the ability to do it right now with 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:18.240 the talking Philip Ustern to your point, Mike Lee has 0:05:18.320 --> 0:05:22.240 laid out this case very clearly, very eloquently for a 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:26.599 long time to the other Senators so they understand what 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:29.200 this process would look like. They just simply don't want 0:05:29.240 --> 0:05:31.560 to do it. And that's why the President has been 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:35.960 so frustrated about this, and and frankly, I've been extremely frustrated. 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:38.600 Most of my colleagues in the House have been extremely 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:44.120 frustrated with this. But you know, the Senate, the Senate 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:47.520 is going to start losing a lot of legitimacy if 0:05:47.520 --> 0:05:49.400 they don't get this done. You hear a lot of 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:53.760 Senators talking about, you know, the value of the institution. 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:56.640 We need to preserve the Senate is an institution, which 0:05:56.680 --> 0:06:00.839 means maintain this arcane rule, the syllab the way they've 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:04.200 been using it currently. And the reality is they're going 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:08.000 to erode the legitimacy of the institution by not passing 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:09.560 key legislation like this. 0:06:10.880 --> 0:06:13.640 Well, and that's the thing with something that's so simple, 0:06:13.720 --> 0:06:17.560 so widely popular, and no rule change. That's my point is, 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:21.640 like Senator Lee is not asking for any rule changes. 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:24.800 Explain to people just briefly. I know they've gone been 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:29.479 through this a talking filibuster, versus it was news to me. 0:06:29.560 --> 0:06:31.960 Like when I got to Congress they were telling me 0:06:31.960 --> 0:06:32.919 about the hot line. 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:35.680 I'm like, the hotline? What is the hot line? 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:37.760 Well over in the Senate, if they want to pass 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:39.760 something on of unanimous consent, they'll. 0:06:39.560 --> 0:06:42.120 Just literally call over to each office. 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:45.040 You got any objection out of this, otherwise we're going 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:46.719 to pass it with unanimous consent. 0:06:46.760 --> 0:06:48.200 They didn't even have to go to the floor to 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:48.480 do it. 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:52.240 And so the idea that they actually senators have to 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:55.040 actually go to the floor and speak, like mister Smith 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:59.440 goes to Washington explain how this would work under Senator 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:01.159 Lee's idea. 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:04.040 Yeah, it's really simple, and you know, you can think 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:05.680 about it this way. If the Senate wants to be 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:09.840 the deliberative body, then they ought to actually deliberate legislations. 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:12.960 But in order legislation to get to the President's desk, 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:14.960 you know, you need a simple majority in the House, 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:17.920 and then the Senate has to pass a bill. And 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:20.160 there are two stages to get a bill out of 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:23.680 the Senate into the President's desk. The first stage is 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:26.800 the debate stage, and then the second stage is the 0:07:26.840 --> 0:07:30.679 actual voting on the underlying legislation. Whenever you hear about 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:33.840 the sixty vote threshold that gets talked about all the 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:38.560 time to get around the filibuster, that's for the debate stage. 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:40.800 Whenever you get over to the second stage, you only 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:43.720 need a simple majority in order to go from the 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:47.080 first to the second stage. You can either have sixty 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:50.920 senators vote for cloture to move it over to close debate, 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:55.040 go and go to phase two, or the Senate can 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:58.360 actually go The senators can actually go to the Senate's 0:07:58.360 --> 0:08:03.040 floor and run the clo by debating legislation actively on 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:06.720 the Senate floor and each senator can can speak twice, 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:09.440 they can speak for as long as they want so 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:12.360 they can fill the buster. But ultimately, I mean, you 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:15.080 can only speak for so long on the Senate floor 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:17.480 each time before you're going to collapse. I mean you 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:20.720 only speak for you know, ten twenty, I don't know 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:22.920 how long they want to go, but ultimately, at some 0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:25.840 point that clock is going to run out. And that's 0:08:25.840 --> 0:08:29.360 what we're saying. Let's make the senators actually debate this 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:32.520 and once that clock runs out, then you move over 0:08:33.080 --> 0:08:35.080 to the second stage. In other words, you can either 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:37.760 do that sixty vote threshold or you can just debate 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:41.760 the process, debate the legislation until the clock runs out. 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:46.200 And that's the way where you can pass legislation with 0:08:46.320 --> 0:08:50.200 a simple majority. And that's what we're asking. And you know, 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:55.000 remember during that process on a bill like this, I 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:57.640 think it would be great if Democrats went to the 0:08:57.679 --> 0:09:01.560 Senate floor and spent twenty hours each explaining to the 0:09:01.600 --> 0:09:06.120 American people why a basic citizenship requirement is a bad 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:10.520 idea whenever you're registering to vote. I think we will 0:09:10.559 --> 0:09:14.240 win that debate, but it's certainly the way to get 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:15.520 this passed. And that's what we're. 0:09:15.400 --> 0:09:20.280 Asking for Yeah, it's not asking for too much have to. 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:23.320 I mean, I got a National Parks Pass, you know, 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:25.960 because we had a lot of National parks in Utah, 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:28.960 five of them as a matter of fact. So I 0:09:29.040 --> 0:09:32.280 went to Zion National Park. This is like literally like 0:09:32.440 --> 0:09:35.640 last week or two weeks ago, and I go there 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:38.120 and you have to check in and show my National 0:09:38.120 --> 0:09:41.679 Parks Pass. And then the ranger says, oh, I need 0:09:41.720 --> 0:09:44.800 to see your ID. And I said, wait a second, 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:48.080 I have a National Parks Pass. It was downloaded on 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:50.520 my phone by you know, because I could get it 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:52.439 on my phone. It's like, you know, one of those 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:54.920 things you put in your wallet. And they said, oh, no, no, no, 0:09:54.960 --> 0:09:57.760 we need to verify that it's you by showing your 0:09:58.040 --> 0:09:59.319 valid driver's license. 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:01.120 And I thought, I'm just trying to. 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:03.480 Go walk on a trail in Zion National Park and 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:06.960 you got to see my ID. But for voting, Oh 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:11.319 my goodness, the world would fall apart. You'd be so discriminatory. 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:15.560 Well are we being discriminatory on people not being able 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:19.360 to use our national parks? I mean the arguments are absurd, 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:22.120 and you're right forced to debate this. All right, let's 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:25.439 move on because we're talking with Congressman Brandon Gill, who's 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:26.839 one of the best. You know, I used to chair 0:10:26.920 --> 0:10:30.000 the Oversight Committee. But you, my friend, are doing some 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:35.000 amazing things. Walk us through what these witnesses that you 0:10:35.200 --> 0:10:39.600 kind of exposed, if you will, on SNAP benefits, because 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:42.520 oh my goodness, the benefits, the waste of the fraud, 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:47.200 the abuse. You do a masterful job of exposingness. 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:51.280 Well today I appreciate that. Today we had a hearing 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:54.680 on the Doge Step Committee. It was on waste, fraud 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:58.520 and abuse and SNAP. SNAP is the supplemental nutrition program 0:10:59.240 --> 0:11:02.880 food stands is what it really is, and what I 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:06.960 wanted to better understand from one of the witnesses is 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:10.240 some of the things that SNAP is used for that 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:15.880 includes junk food and sugary sodas. So ially asked the 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:19.320 witness today, could you, you know, tell me what SNAP 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:24.760 means that supplemental nutritional program and assistance program. So just 0:11:24.800 --> 0:11:28.560 ask her what is the nutritional value of sugary sodas? 0:11:28.880 --> 0:11:32.400 And she didn't have much of an answer. Obviously she 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:36.040 didn't want to answer it because there is no nutritional 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:40.520 value to Coca Cola or any other sugary soda. But 0:11:40.720 --> 0:11:43.240 I think it raises the obvious question of should our 0:11:43.320 --> 0:11:48.720 tax dollars be funding sodas be funding people to get 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:51.680 basically free cokes? And the answer I think most people 0:11:51.720 --> 0:11:56.040 would say is obviously not. But the Democrat witness didn't 0:11:56.040 --> 0:11:59.480 want to say that. And you know, it's really incredible 0:11:59.480 --> 0:12:03.760 whenever you asked just straight forward questions like that, does 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:06.480 this benefit the American people? Does this make the American 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:10.520 people more healthy? Is it good for American nutrition? The 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:13.120 answer is obviously no, So why should we be paying 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:13.920 for this stuff? 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:15.600 Oh it's listen. 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:19.400 You're doing a masterful job there asking this simple, obvious question, 0:12:19.520 --> 0:12:22.320 what is the nutritional value? We love it. Keep it up, 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:27.160 you're doing great work. Congressman Brandon Gill really truly appreciate 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:29.880 you joining the show today and thank you. And I 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:32.720 want to remind everybody you can dial one eight hundred 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:36.600 nine four one seven three two six nine one seven 0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:40.480 three two six nine four one sean and we'll take 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:42.240 some questions after this break. 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:44.719 Stay with us. 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:48.480 We're going to take some calls the number one eight 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:51.760 hundred ninety four one sean. That's one eight hundred ninety 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:55.360 four one seven three two six and let's kick things 0:12:55.400 --> 0:12:59.320 off by going to Richard online four. Richard, I believe 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:00.560 you're in Texas, So what's your. 0:13:00.520 --> 0:13:03.840 Question, Yes, sir, Yeah, I would just like to ask 0:13:04.520 --> 0:13:09.440 Congressman Gil. There's been a lot of discussion lately. I 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:12.760 was just curious that the possibility exists for jd. Vance 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:15.199 if he was willing to take control of the Senate, 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:18.000 and how soon so that we can number one, of course, 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:21.800 get the fayback passed, and secondly, be able to finally 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:26.280 get the president's agenda through a push for codification of 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:29.040 all of his business he's taken care of thus far, 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:32.160 and be able to get his appointees all confirmed. Is 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:34.400 that a possibility or is that just out there? I 0:13:34.400 --> 0:13:36.400 think Adams did it before, if I remember correctly. But 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:38.520 I just would like to know if that is a possibility. 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:44.760 The way you structure that, like Congressman Gil is off 0:13:44.800 --> 0:13:48.200 the line and out of the building here. So, but 0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:50.640 I used to serve me Congress. I used to be 0:13:50.640 --> 0:13:52.880 a chairman of the Oversight Committee. I think I can 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:56.440 answer this question. I wasn't in the Senate, so somebody 0:13:56.480 --> 0:13:59.680 may I may stand corrected. But the role of the 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:04.120 vice president as the president of the Senate can Actually 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:09.839 his powers are limited in essentially being the tie breaking vote. 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:12.840 It's not as if he can take over the Senate 0:14:13.600 --> 0:14:18.080 any sort of ouster would, I believe, require the majority 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:23.440 of the majority in order to do that. Basically you 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:26.480 become the leader or you become the Speaker when the 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:30.880 majority then votes you into that position. So if they 0:14:30.920 --> 0:14:33.040 want to vote somebody out of that, there needs to 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:35.360 be somebody else and then the body would vote on it. 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:38.320 You saw these things play out in the House, but 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:42.160 over in the Senate again, I just don't think that's 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:45.160 necessarily going to happen. It depends how much pressure. But 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:50.800 it's not as simple as jd Vance ousting Thun and 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:54.960 then being able to pass and push the legislation forward 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:58.320 like that. I think there is a great deal of frustration. 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:02.040 A lot of things that have gone well, but a 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:04.400 lot of things with the President's agenda, the lack of 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:08.800 bills passing, and certainly the Same America Act just hasn't happened. 0:15:09.560 --> 0:15:13.200 Jason is just so maddening, you know, because and where 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:16.560 you know, even fellas I have historical support, like like 0:15:16.760 --> 0:15:20.440 tender Cruz and others, where are they whenever you're in 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:23.120 the outrage on not getting aid of this stuff done, 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:26.720 and of course with Congress in general, just getting things codified. 0:15:26.920 --> 0:15:29.960 You know, they just don't seem almost useless, you know, 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:32.480 because I mean they take off more. Yeah, and they 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:35.200 actually work and this, if there's. 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:37.600 This, if they're not all bad, some are good. Richard, 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:39.680 We're going into break, but I already remind people to 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:42.520 call in eight hundred ninety four one Sean eight hundred 0:15:42.600 --> 0:15:44.680 nine four one seven three two six. We're gonna take 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:47.880 more calls coming up after the break. Stay with us 0:15:48.160 --> 0:16:14.760 with John Hannity. 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:20.400 Check out the show twenty four to seven. Download it 0:16:20.440 --> 0:16:21.240 to your iPod. 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:26.040 Bea Hannity insider at hannity dot com. 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:29.440 Hey, I'm Jason Chief. It's filling in for Sean Hannity 0:16:29.520 --> 0:16:32.200 today and thanks for joining us. We're gonna take some calls. 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:36.080 So the number it's an easy one. Eight hundred nine 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:40.840 four one Sewan eight hundred nine four one seven three 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:41.800 two six. 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:43.080 You do that. 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:47.640 You can spell Sean S E A N. So we 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:49.400 want to get to some calls. We're going to first 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:53.120 go to Delaware Line one. Patsy, Patsy, what's your question? 0:16:54.440 --> 0:17:00.040 Hello? I just wanted to call on President Trump to 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:05.720 exercise his powers under Article two, Section three of the 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:11.840 United States Constitution and drag these senators and congressmen back 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:18.360 into session and make them do their job until it's done. 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:21.800 With all due respect, I'm one of the eighty plus 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:26.000 percent of people that are completely disgusted and set up 0:17:26.600 --> 0:17:30.400 that these congressmen just go on vacation every time they 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:33.480 feel like it. And just one more thing, speaking as 0:17:33.640 --> 0:17:37.520 your average American worker, if my replacement isn't at work, 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:39.800 I just can't get up and leave because I feel 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:42.920 like it. If the bus isn't running, if the patients 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:46.639 aren't being taken care of, if the manufacturing plant isn't moving, 0:17:46.720 --> 0:17:48.360 I can't just walk out. 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:50.600 Is that Patsy? 0:17:51.160 --> 0:17:54.280 I think, Patsy, I think you reflect the frustration that 0:17:54.359 --> 0:17:56.280 people from coast to coasts are feeling. 0:17:57.880 --> 0:17:58.160 Now. 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:00.840 I can tell you, having served in in the United 0:18:00.840 --> 0:18:03.760 States Congress, most of them are good people. They work hard, 0:18:03.800 --> 0:18:08.120 they work smart. But it's an incumbent upon the leadership. 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:11.240 That's why they're called leaders to be able to say no, 0:18:12.080 --> 0:18:14.840 this is more important than that, and this is what 0:18:14.880 --> 0:18:17.399 we're going to have to do. I think what's infuriating 0:18:17.440 --> 0:18:20.520 to so many people, is they get these recesses. They're 0:18:20.520 --> 0:18:23.760 about to go on a three week recess. Now, I 0:18:23.800 --> 0:18:27.159 guarantee you many of these senators have what are called codels. 0:18:27.400 --> 0:18:30.560 A Congressional delegation trip is what that show is short 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:34.720 for a codel. They will be traveling all over the world. Now, 0:18:34.960 --> 0:18:38.200 in part, that's their job, but it's not more important 0:18:38.200 --> 0:18:41.760 than the Save America Act. And the other thing is 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:44.680 I expressed frustration earlier leadership. 0:18:44.200 --> 0:18:47.120 Is if willing, they're unable to do what it has 0:18:47.160 --> 0:18:50.120 to do. Then again, I'm asking President Trump because I 0:18:50.240 --> 0:18:54.440 know he will do it, and that's what we want. 0:18:54.520 --> 0:18:59.040 We want our representatives in their office doing the people's work. 0:19:00.600 --> 0:19:01.080 That's right. 0:19:01.320 --> 0:19:03.760 And there's so much of the agenda, so many of 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:06.639 the appointments, so many of the things. I was glad 0:19:06.640 --> 0:19:09.639 to see the President delay the signing on the whatever 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:13.119 that Affordable Housing Act or whatever it was, delayed the 0:19:13.160 --> 0:19:15.320 signing of it and say no, no, we're not going 0:19:15.400 --> 0:19:15.760 to do that. 0:19:16.280 --> 0:19:16.439 You know. 0:19:16.480 --> 0:19:18.879 He pushed that aside and said no, we need this 0:19:18.960 --> 0:19:22.199 Save America Act. He couldn't have been more clear. And 0:19:22.280 --> 0:19:25.720 I think everybody, there's so many people, millions, by the 0:19:25.760 --> 0:19:31.400 tens of millions stepped up and created this wave that 0:19:31.640 --> 0:19:34.959 Donald Trump and the Republicans got it and guarantee you 0:19:35.000 --> 0:19:37.639 almost every single I can't think of another one who 0:19:37.680 --> 0:19:40.600 would go and say, oh, i'm i'm I am here 0:19:40.640 --> 0:19:44.160 to support the president. I am supporting his agenda. He's 0:19:44.240 --> 0:19:48.040 the president. But what's the argument against it? That's the 0:19:48.080 --> 0:19:50.840 people that are holding out, that are Republicans. What's their 0:19:50.960 --> 0:19:55.240 argument against it. That's that's what's so mystifying. So Patsy, 0:19:55.359 --> 0:19:58.200 I appreciate it. Thank you for the call. 0:19:58.600 --> 0:19:58.800 Again. 0:19:58.880 --> 0:20:04.040 The number eight hundred nine for one sean ninety four, one, seven, three, two, six, 0:20:04.480 --> 0:20:09.760 eight hundred numbers. So let's go to Sherry in Tennessee. 0:20:10.119 --> 0:20:10.320 Hi. 0:20:10.640 --> 0:20:16.240 I uh downloaded from the state of California. The requirements 0:20:16.280 --> 0:20:19.200 to vote, and to say they are shocking. 0:20:18.880 --> 0:20:19.880 Is an understatement. 0:20:20.400 --> 0:20:23.640 It basically says, if you don't have a driver's license, 0:20:23.680 --> 0:20:25.520 then you don't have the last four of your Social 0:20:25.560 --> 0:20:26.320 Security number. 0:20:26.800 --> 0:20:28.800 California will issue. 0:20:28.320 --> 0:20:30.960 Their own unique identification number to you. 0:20:31.720 --> 0:20:35.520 And to register to vote, you check a box, you 0:20:35.720 --> 0:20:39.600 pinky promise that I swear I'm a citizen. 0:20:40.520 --> 0:20:44.240 But the best part is at the very bottom of it. 0:20:44.240 --> 0:20:47.520 It says that you cannot use your voter registration card 0:20:47.680 --> 0:20:51.440 to prove your US citizen for other programs. That's a 0:20:51.560 --> 0:20:54.320 hell of a kicker, if you ask me, I think 0:20:54.359 --> 0:20:58.440 all these senators should download these requirements in these blue states. 0:20:58.200 --> 0:21:02.359 And bring those with them and say how is this legal? 0:21:03.400 --> 0:21:07.240 There's no other than you promising checking that little box. 0:21:07.280 --> 0:21:08.320 I swear I'm a citizen. 0:21:08.640 --> 0:21:12.320 That's it. Who's following up on it, who's checking it? 0:21:12.680 --> 0:21:13.240 Anybody? 0:21:14.320 --> 0:21:18.840 Yeah, Jerry, I think it's a system that is brought 0:21:18.920 --> 0:21:24.119 with it is fraud ridden because there is no trust. 0:21:24.359 --> 0:21:27.160 There is no verification process. You can go in get 0:21:27.160 --> 0:21:30.800 your driver's license and not do that. Remember, as I 0:21:30.880 --> 0:21:35.560 recall these states, some of them like California and others 0:21:35.760 --> 0:21:41.360 are allowing police officers to become police officers again not 0:21:41.400 --> 0:21:44.080 even necessarily citizens of the country. You could run for 0:21:44.200 --> 0:21:47.600 public office, not at the federal level, but you can 0:21:47.680 --> 0:21:51.760 run for local political office like a school board and 0:21:51.840 --> 0:21:55.200 not be a citizen of the United States. It's absurd. 0:21:55.520 --> 0:21:59.120 It is absolutely absurd. Again to Save America Act. There's 0:21:59.160 --> 0:22:03.800 a reason why voter identification is an eighty plus percent issue, 0:22:04.160 --> 0:22:08.080 and I a shame on those states that offer driver's licenses. 0:22:08.400 --> 0:22:11.040 They did it to say, oh, we're supposed to give 0:22:11.160 --> 0:22:13.639 driver's license because then they'll get insurance, and if they 0:22:13.720 --> 0:22:16.159 get insurance, then the roads will be safer and everything. 0:22:16.680 --> 0:22:17.000 Everything. 0:22:17.000 --> 0:22:20.840 It's it's an incentive, that's what's offered. It's an incentive 0:22:20.920 --> 0:22:23.720 to be here illegally, and it is a benefit that 0:22:23.760 --> 0:22:26.399 they're giving to people illegally, and I think it's wrong. 0:22:26.520 --> 0:22:30.800 So Sherry, thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing that, 0:22:31.119 --> 0:22:33.960