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Feb. 9, 2017 - Sean Hannity Show

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Rule 19 - 2.8

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	Mr. President, I don't think I quite understand.
	I'm reading a letter from Coretta Scott King to the Judiciary Committee from 1986 that was admitted into the record.
	I'm simply reading what she wrote about what the nomination of Jeff Sessions to be a federal court judgment and what it would mean in history for her.
	This is a reminder, not pertinent necessarily what you just shared.
	However, you stated that a sitting senator is a disgrace to the Department of Justice.
	I think that may have been Senator Kennedy.
	It is true.
	Although I would be glad to repeat it in my own words.
	The rule applies to imputing conduct or motive through any form or voice to a sitting senator.
	Form of words includes quotes, articles, or other materials.
	Or other materials.
	So quoting Senator Kennedy calling then nominee Sessions a disgrace is a violation of Senate rules.
	It was certainly not in 1986.
	In the opinion of the chair, it is.
	Mr. President.
	The Majority Leader.
	The Senators impugn the motives and conduct of our colleague from Alabama as warned by the chair.
	Senator Warren, quote, said Senator Sessions has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens.
	I call the senator to order under the provisions of Rule 19.
	Mr. President.
	The Senator from Massachusetts.
	Mr. President, I am surprised that the words of Coretta Scott King are not suitable for debate in the United States Senate.
	I ask leave of the Senate to continue my remarks.
	Is there objection?
	Object.
	I appeal the ruling.
	Objection is heard.
	The senator will take her seat.
	All right, that was the show put on by now the face of the alt-radical left, the face of all of these extremists now that are taking to protesting and talking about fantasizing about blowing up white houses and talking about how nasty they are, like the bloodstains on their sheets.
	Nasty woman.
	And she is now the face of this group of radicals, the alt-radical left, loved by the media.
	I don't think, how many interviews has she done since this issue came up last night?
	Look, the Senate is the genteel part of government where there's cordiality, and there are certain rules that are in place.
	And you can argue, well, it's violating her free speech rights.
	No, if you're a member of the Senate, they have rules.
	And Rule 19 talks about you cannot impugn the conduct or the motive of a colleague in debate.
	It's just one of the rules of the Senate.
	has been applied in the past and she's trying and what would you Oh, you can't mention Coretta Scott King on the floor of the Senate.
	Well, it was also Senator Ted Kennedy that she wanted to quote, and she wanted to insult Jeff Sessions herself.
	I'm going to say this.
	I'm just fed up with this because it's never going to end.
	And what we've got to, if you want America to change, there's two things now that are going to have to happen that are becoming very focused in my mind that we better pay attention to.
	And I've said this before.
	I did an opening monologue on Hannity one night.
	They are not your friends.
	Liberals, the people attacking President Trump.
	You've heard it now with Maxime Waters wanting to impeach him.
	You've heard Nancy Pelosi.
	You've heard Chuck Schumer.
	Chuck Schumer, there's nobody that Donald Trump could have picked for the Supreme Court that Chuck Schumer is ever going to side with and approve.
	And he's going to rally his troops as minority leader because they feel that they need to cater to this loud, small voice of people and radical leftists that think that their country has been taken over.
	Jorge Ramos writing, I don't even recognize this country anymore.
	Jorge, I have no idea what's different between the time that Trump has become president and Obama being president, except you are a radical leftist, not a newsman, but an opinion host, and you don't like the immigration policies that happen to be and always have been the law of the land.
	And America does have a right to protect its citizens.
	And Mexico, of all countries, I've never heard you criticize them for their abusive policy and abusive treatment of those that enter their country illegally that are either put in jail or sent back immediately without any questions asked.
	So what we see going on here is nothing but a flagrant double standard.
	There's only one guy that I was so glad stood up last night.
	Kudos to Senator Ted Cruz of Texas because I thought he launched the most effective response to the Democratic attempts to smear Jeff Sessions as a racist.
	All this is, it's right out of the same election handbook that didn't work for Hillary this time around.
	And it happens every two years and more importantly, especially every four years.
	That's why at the beginning of every election season, I dig back into the archives and I pull out all the greatest hits every election season.
	Republicans, if you elect them, black churches are going to burn.
	Republicans, they don't even want to count you in the census.
	I don't feel no ways tired and on and on and on.
	No, I don't want the montage.
	We won't play now.
	But my point is, so Ted Cruz gets up there last night and do you realize how few Americans think about this, have any idea that the Ku Klux Klan and Jim Crow laws, segregation and slavery, the Democratic Party owns it.
	Now, they don't teach the snowflakes in today's college campuses that need their puppies and their cookies and their play-doh and their Legos and their crayons and their coloring books and their aromatherapy.
	They don't teach them on college campuses today about the real history of civil rights and the civil rights movement.
	Bull Conner, Democrat, George Wallace, Democrat, Lester Maddox, I met Lester Maddox when I was in Georgia, Democrat, or Robert KKK Byrd, who was Hillary Clinton's mentor, was a former Klansman.
	The Democratic Party's push to keep African Americans separate and unequal.
	You know, it was Republicans that were appealed to by Lyndon Johnson to pass the Civil Rights Act of 64 and 65.
	Lincoln was a Republican, if you want to understand your history.
	And last night, thankfully, somebody in the Senate had enough guts to stand up and lift this veil on the Democrats and their ugly and racist past.
	And it was Ted Cruz.
	He was on Fox News, Fox and Friends this morning.
	He said, look, the Democrats, they're the party of the Klan.
	You look at most racists.
	You look at the Dixiecrats.
	They were Democrats who imposed segregation, Jim Crow laws, he said.
	And then he criticized the Democrats for this same tired, disgusting, divisive tactic that they use, which is raising allegations of racism anytime they have a political difference with a Republican.
	And it's beyond frustrating to me.
	And I think maybe Donald Trump is beginning to churn the waters here, that the Democratic Party that has had a stranglehold monopoly on the black vote in America, they go ask for votes every four years.
	They call Republicans racist every four years.
	But if you look at inner city schools, they're the worst in the country.
	And Democrats have done nothing to fix them, nothing to help the people in these communities.
	If you look at some of the highest crime cities and murder rate cities in the country, like Chicago, a Democratic-run city.
	You know, if I was the mayor of Chicago, you're damn right.
	I'd have police all over these areas that are filled with crime and shootings.
	How do you have 4,000 people slaughtered in your eight years of Obama's presidency and the president didn't lift a finger to help the people of Chicago?
	And 80% of those murdered happen to be black Americans.
	And all that talent and all the gifts that God gave every one of those 4,000 people, what?
	I mean, wasted because we didn't have the will, the desire to fix what was obviously a growing problem on a daily basis?
	It's an absolute disgrace.
	If you look at the areas of the country that have suffered more economically and the disproportionate impact of the Obama economy, who are impacted more than anybody else?
	What demographic groups?
	Well, blacks and Hispanics.
	And you see a higher percentage of blacks that went into poverty, that are on food stamps, that are out of the labor force during the eight years Obama's president.
	So it's a narrative that is nothing but false, libelous slander that gets advanced every single day.
	And I'm getting sick of it.
	You know, there's a, you know, you want to, if Elizabeth Warren is now going to be the spokesperson for the radical alt-radical left, okay, let's take a look at Elizabeth Warren.
	Looks like the folks working for the Consumer Protection Agency, which was founded by Elizabeth Warren, are living pretty high on the hog.
	Daly Caller pointed out that pay is flowing so generously at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that the hundreds of bureaucrats there receive more than most members of Congress.
	Paul Ryan is speaker.
	He gets $223,000 a year, but that's less than what 54 employees at the Consumer Protection Agency that she founded are being paid.
	Liberals are very generous to themselves and very generous with other people's money as they want to redistribute wealth.
	And you've got 170 employees of this very same agency that earn more than the secretaries of defense and state, the attorney general, the director of national intelligence.
	All cabinet salaries are capped at $199,700, but not at that bureau.
	You've got 39 employees that earn more than $230,000 that's paid to Mike Pence, the vice president.
	It's pretty pathetic.
	And then out of mothballs, here comes Hillary taking to Twitter to weigh in after Senate Republicans rightly enforced the rules of the Senate, blocking Warren from playing the race card on the Senate floor, tweeting out a line from Mitch McConnell, which had been widely shared since he led Republicans to block this rule breaking last night.
	And she tweeted, and it's gone viral, that nevertheless, she persisted.
	She was warned.
	She gave an explanation.
	Nevertheless, she persisted.
	And so must we all.
	Well, thanks, Hillary.
	We really needed that.
	You know, and Elizabeth Warren may be having some trouble back in Massachusetts.
	You got a WBUR poll that just came out.
	This is going to get interesting.
	44% of state voters in Massachusetts don't think she deserves re-election.
	Only a plurality, 46%, believe she doesn't deserve a second term.
	That's not good for her.
	There's talk that Kurt Schilling might run, although one poll didn't have him doing particularly well.
	A U Amherst poll last September found that Warren would be in a statistical dead heat with the lieutenant governor, Polito, or former Republican governor Bill Weld.
	Well, that would be fun to watch.
	And then, of course, you got this whole Pocahontas lie about her.
	You know, she listed herself as a minority in the American Association of Law Schools directory of faculty.
	And then she joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, later hired at Harvard Law School.
	And she touted her supposed lineage when the program faced doubts about faculty diversity.
	And she listed herself as a minority until 1995, the year she accepted a tenured position at Harvard.
	Now, she didn't know that Harvard used their heritage, she says.
	Okay, well, but she defended it over and over again in interviews, but the New England Genealogical Society said there's no proof that she was a self-proclaimed Native American that had Native American lineage.
	So on top of everything else, she's lying.
	And she couldn't prove it.
	Well, my grandmother saw this picture, and therefore she thought I was a Native American, so I just went with that.
	Really?
	Really?
	Unbelievable.
	Fighting the Trump-hating liberal media one day at a time.
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	You know, she's not even not only not Native American, she's not Pocahontas, she's like a fake Pocahontas with all the discussions about fake news.
	All right, if we're going to go back to Coretta Scott King and we're going to look at the truth and the real record of Senator Jeff Sessions, let's listen.
	Let's take a listen to Coretta Scott King and let's hear her praising Jeff Sessions for his work on putting together the Rosa Parks, what was it, a museum, a memorial, or a library?
	It was a library that they put together that he fought hard for as a number of other items for Rosa Parks and other great, heroic minorities in this country.
	To President Martindale, to Senator Sessions, Mayor Bright, Troy State Chancellor, Jack Hawkins Jr., Dr. Dorothy Heidt, Ms. Johnny Carr, Juanita Abernathy, Mamie Thiel, Mobley, to all of the distinguished program participants and guests in this audience today.
	It's a great honor and privilege for me to join you in celebrating the grand opening of the Rosa Parks Library and Museum.
	Yeah, Jeff Sessions made that happen.
	I guess that didn't come up last night on the Senate floor, nor did the history of the Democrats and their connection to racism.
	I want to get into this whole issue.
	It's very frustrating because the Democrats are so busy obstructing all of the cabinet appointments of Donald Trump.
	Look, I don't want to be overly critical, but it was very frustrating listening to the arguments last night before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals as it relates to the executive order of the president.
	It was frustrating on a couple of levels because the issue before the court was very simple.
	Does the president have the authority to do what he did?
	Does the judge have the authority to stop it?
	And that was really it.
	And they're getting into all of the nuances of the argument and what Rudy Giuliani might have said about a Muslim ban.
	And then they're questioning, well, how many Muslims are actually impacted by it?
	And is it really a Muslim ban or is this a ban against countries that have ties to terrorism?
	It was so beyond frustrating to me.
	So we'll give you the ins and outs of that.
	We're not getting a decision from the Ninth Circuit today.
	The spokesperson for the Ninth Circuit said that is not coming down today.
	And if Jeff Sessions and the Department of Justice had their own people doing this, or even if the administration brought in outside counsel, it would have been a far more effective argument from my perspective.
	Also, we got a major storm hitting the East Coast.
	We'll tell you about that next.
	He's with weatherbell.com.
	He's our good friend Joe Vistardi, Mr. Weather for the Sean Hannity Show.
	And, you know, while some people are predicting six inches for the New York and the Northeastern Seaboard, he's predicting a foot or more.
	Why do I always trust you?
	And you've only been wrong really once that I've known since I known you.
	Well, we've got six or 12 out in this city, but that could easily get to 15.
	So look, this is, well, the thing about this storm is between 5 and 7 o'clock, it's liable to just turn over from rain.
	It'll start with some rain in Philly and New York and right to what I call a thump snow.
	That's not Trump snow, even though this storm will be huge and unbelievable, believe me.
	It's a Trumpian storm coming, folks.
	Hey, you should see.
	You should be so scared.
	It's going to be huge.
	It's going to be so much snow.
	By the way, we're going to have so much winning snow, you're going to get sick of all the snow.
	We'll be sick of it.
	We'll have to build a wall to stop it next time.
	My son.
	Your imitation is horrible, by the way.
	It's better than your buddy Alec Baldwin.
	I'll tell you that right now.
	Did you see my 25 things that you might not know about?
	Sean Hannity I tweeted out the other day, and one of them, as you may not know, that I have a brown belt in mixed martial arts, Krav Maga.
	It's an eclectic blend of Krav Maga and Jiu-Jitsu and Kempo and boxing.
	And then the next item was, and the person I'd most like to use it on is Alec Baldwin.
	You know, Alec was a good wrestler.
	You know that.
	All the Baldwins were good wrestlers.
	I don't care if he's a good wrestler.
	It won't matter.
	A good double leg stops everything.
	Okay, listen, let me get serious here.
	It is going to snow very hard, 6 to 12 inches in a six-hour period in a lot of the East Coast from Philadelphia right up to New York City and Boston.
	The totals around New York, 6 to 12, locally, 15 with blowing and drifting at the end of the storm and on into Thursday night.
	How is that possible?
	It's 65 degrees in New York today.
	How is it possible?
	Sean, this happened.
	Okay, you know, I'm 61.
	In the 60s, we had a case in Atlantic City in February 67.
	Between the 5th and the 10th, we had two feet of snow, all gone by the 15th, a foot of snow on the ground the morning of the 17th.
	You get these situations where there's a lot of back and forth.
	And, of course, the atmosphere thrives on conflict, the cold versus the warm.
	So the warm is getting kicked out, and along comes a wave of low pressure, and this is what is going to happen.
	And this is going to deepen right along the eastern seaboard.
	And so it's happened before, believe me.
	It's just that a lot of times you don't remember it or you don't go back and look at the maps.
	But the Kennedy inaugural storm, even though it was much colder before, this particular storm is very much like that and very much like February 5 through 7, 1967.
	So what I do is I go back and I look at storms and say, you know what, this looks like this.
	So, you know, when I emailed you back on Sunday, I said, I have a prediction out because you see the weather pattern that happened before, and you say, well, a similar event will happen again, and here it comes.
	So it's happened quite a bit.
	But the problem with this is it's going to be.
	Can you give me a timeframe for like Philly, a timeframe for the Northeastern seaboard?
	Philadelphia changed from rain to snow between 5 and 7 in the morning, end around noon.
	New York City, from northwest to southeast, changes over from 4 a.m. in the northwestern suburbs out on the island by 8 a.m.
	The storm ends from northwest, west to east between noon and 3.
	Dumps 6 to 12 locally, 15 inches of snow.
	It comes up.
	So it's really going to be like in a four-hour period of time, you're saying we're going to get a foot of snow.
	Yeah, six hours is better, but there may be a couple of those couple hours where it's snowing two, three, four inches an hour.
	Boston and Providence, and essentially, I'm not going to say, hey, listen, we're going to shut the 95 corridor down from Philly to New York, but it's going to get very difficult tomorrow morning.
	Blowing and drifting comes in behind it because, okay, 65 now is going to be 25 tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
	It'll be 25 tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, okay?
	But Boston and Providence and some of these places, and of course, the island, where you get the wind really howling, it's going to be a big, big storm.
	And especially in light of the fact that there hasn't been much.
	And we've had a couple of storms, but this one is coming right after a real warm period.
	And then, you know, you just turn it around, and all of a sudden, here it is.
	So that's what's going on.
	All right.
	Well, I appreciate it.
	By the way, you want to hear the funniest Alec Baldwin tape in the history.
	So Alec Baldwin, I'll tell you a funny story.
	Alec Baldwin wanted to be a radio talk show host.
	And I don't know if you remember Rush used to make fun of like the Tom Dashell show and how boring the Tom Daschell show would be.
	And remember, liberals have tried their hand at talk radio for many, many years.
	It's always ended in a massive failure.
	I mean, Al Franken just flopped on his face.
	Well, I mean, because every other outlet is liberal.
	I mean, let's be honest here.
	We learned a lot through WikiLeaks about how dishonest and how they're even colluding with the Clinton campaign.
	Now, every single day, Scott Pelley and CBS and every other network wants to call Donald Trump a liar.
	CNN is the worst of the bunch.
	The New York Times maybe is right up there with them.
	And so these people have no idea.
	They don't understand the phenomenon.
	They don't understand what he's doing.
	They don't understand a politician that actually gets work done and keeps his promises.
	So anyway, back in the day, Alec Baldwin wanted to be a talk show host.
	So one day he is at my ex-wife's station in New York, and he's hosting a show with a buddy of mine, Brian Whitman.
	And he was the host, though, of the show.
	So me and Levin are on the phone together, and he goes, What do you think?
	You want to call in?
	Let's call in.
	So we call in, and our buddy Guns is running the phones that night.
	And so he puts us through.
	We get on with Alec Baldwin.
	We tag team him.
	Levin gets in his grill a little bit and he got so angry, he walked out of his own show.
	He walked out.
	And then when nobody knew about it, then he goes to my affiliate in Philadelphia, WPHT, and then he goes and he auditions there.
	And this is, we did not edit this.
	This is him doing a radio talk show, and we've got the tape.
	This is not make pretend.
	Oh, we've got some time.
	Oh, great.
	We're going to.
	When can we take some calls, Ivan?
	Whenever we want.
	We have calls that are on there now.
	No calls yet.
	No calls yet.
	What number do people call to get on the air?
	Ivan, do we have that number?
	It's right there in front of me.
	Oh, do I have the call number in front of me?
	Oh, I'm so sorry.
	That's interesting.
	Interesting.
	At 1210 at PHT.
	Of course, any other questions you have, any other comments you have, call us to the what else?
	Call us, please, at 215-1210.
	Now, if you don't call, we're going to keep reading from the Scientology manual.
	You might not feel it.
	You might not feel the energy right now.
	You might not feel the swell of what's happening here.
	Do we have any calls yet there, Ivan?
	No calls.
	Let's read some more about Scientology.
	Is Sean Hannity a Scientologist?
	Alec Baldwin posing the big questions tonight here.
	Do we have any calls here yet, Ivan?
	None.
	Boy, it's just incredible.
	Unbelievable.
	Well, none.
	And you leave us no choice, listeners.
	I did not edit that.
	You know what that is?
	I did not edit that except for time.
	I did not.
	It was.
	Remember the greatest tape ever.
	It is, but remember the Ralph Cramden when he was the chef of tomorrow and North Carolina.
	Yes, I do.
	Yeah, exactly.
	You know what's the funny thing is he really wanted to be, you know, actually, when I drive around in my car sometimes and I'm in another state, I'll just throw on a local radio station.
	You know, look, I started, I was horrible when I started at radio, but this guy's supposed to be trained in movies and whatever he does.
	I don't even know what he did in commercials.
	And, you know, he thought he was Mr. Talk Show host.
	And he comes in unprepared.
	But there's nothing more painful than listening to a radio host that's not prepared to do their show and that literally is begging for calls.
	Now, it even got worse after all you just heard, and he couldn't get anybody to call in.
	Nobody picked up the phone to call this guy.
	Then he called home and he put his mother on as a guest.
	And I didn't make that up.
	Is that not pathetic?
	She's got to be interested in giving the Thanksgiving dinners at that house.
	I feel so sorry.
	You know, I could bring up his treatment of his daughter, which was pretty bad.
	I know Billy.
	I know Billy a little bit, and Billy's a good guy overall.
	He really is.
	I love talking to him.
	Listen, Steve Baldwin is a great guy.
	He writes me.
	He's very politically informed and engaged.
	He's smart.
	And, you know, I feel sorry.
	And by the way, the brother treats him like crap.
	He won't say it, but I will.
	You know, the brother could help him out, and the guy doesn't help his own brother out.
	I don't understand that.
	Typical liberal, he's only generous with the taxpayer dollars.
	He doesn't want to dig into his own pocket.
	Thanksgiving must be something at that household.
	I'd love to go there.
	That'd be great.
	We'd have a brawl at the Baldwin house.
	That would be a lot of fun.
	Well, it happens at my house every Thanksgiving, usually, so why not?
	Except it's not political.
	But think about this.
	So Stephen ran into a couple of hard times, and unfortunately for him, it became public.
	Look, acting's a tough business.
	You do well, and then you go through dry periods, and you go through a long, dry period.
	You end up, you know, maybe in over your head on a mortgage or something like that.
	And his own brother, who made millions and millions of dollars, Mr. Liberal, Mr. Generosity, Mr. Lecturing Us about kindness and diversity, can't even help his own brother out the cheapskate.
	And it's just pathetic to me.
	And then, of course, you got the way he treated his own daughter, screaming at her on the phone and calling her every which name and then some.
	I mean, who treats their daughter like that?
	Who talks to them like that?
	Well, I don't know, but the Bathope, that's the home of the Baldwins.
	You're going to get hammered tomorrow, so get ready.
	There's a foot of snow coming.
	All right, Weatherbell.com, a very good friend of ours, and the friend of the program, the official weather guy of the Sean Hannity show, and that's Joe Vestardi.
	It's going to be huge.
	I'll talk to you later.
	Yeah, but this was Baldwin.
	Remember, I think his daughter was like 13 at the time.
	Now, here's some context.
	So one day we're having a big Twitter fight, you know, and everybody's like, Twitter or fight, Twitter or war, everybody loves it.
	And when it starts going, I'm like, all right, let's get it on.
	Me and Baldwin.
	And in the middle of the fight, his daughter, who, by the way, seems like a very nice girl.
	I don't want to bring the daughter into it, but she's still a teenager at the time.
	She's older now.
	She wrote me on Twitter and said, please stop engaging my father.
	She didn't write her father and say, why don't you just knock it off and not stop fighting Hannity?
	No, she wrote me.
	And I'm like, what am I going to do?
	Say no to a teenage girl?
	And I stopped.
	Anyway, here's how he treated her.
	Hey, I want to tell you something, okay?
	And I want to leave a message for you right now because, again, it's 10.30 here in New York on a Wednesday.
	And once again, I've made an ass of myself trying to get to a phone to call you at a specific time.
	When the time comes for me to make the phone call, I stop whatever I'm doing, and I go and I make that phone call at 11 o'clock in the morning in New York.
	And if you don't pick up the phone at 10 o'clock at night, and you don't even have that damn phone turned on, I want you to know something, okay?
	I'm tired of playing this game with you.
	I'm leaving this message with you to tell you you have insulted me for the last time.
	You have insulted me.
	You don't have the brains or the decency as a human being.
	I don't give a damn that you're 12 years old or 11 years old or that you're a child or that your mother is a thoughtless pain in the ass who doesn't care about what you do as far as I'm concerned.
	You have humiliated me for the last time with this phone.
	And when I come out there next week, I'm going to fly out there for the day just to straighten you out on this issue.
	I'm going to let you know just how disappointed in you I am and how angry I am with you that you've done this to me again.
	You've made me feel like shit and you've made me feel like a fool over and over and over again.
	And this crap you pull on me with this goddamn phone situation that you would never dream of doing to your mother.
	And you do it to me constantly and over and over again.
	I am going to get on a plane and I'm going to come out there for the day and I'm going to straighten your ass out when I see you.
	Do you understand me?
	I'm going to really make sure you get it.
	Then I'm going to get on a plane, I'm going to turn around and I'm going to come home.
	So you better be ready Friday the 20th to meet with me.
	So I'm going to let you know just how I feel about what a rude little pig you really are.
	You are a rude, faultless little pig, okay?
	Now, you might say, Hannity, anyone could have a bad day.
	Ah, no.
	Doesn't it not show what a bunch of phony hypocrites these people are?
	Really?
	How about we do Saturday Night Live and we do an imitation of Alec Baldwin, father of the year?
	How about we do a Saturday Night Live skit, Alec Baldwin, as the radio talk show star that he thinks he is?
	I'm so sick of these people.
	They're so fun at telling us how to live.
	They all have security, but don't worry, we're racist because we don't want to vet people that come in from other countries and will confer constitutional rights to them.
	Unbelievable.
	800.
	Shocking, isn't it?
	Look at you in the room.
	You guys look, you look shocked.
	I know.
	Who talks to an 11?
	He doesn't even know how old his daughter was at the time.
	It's even worse.
	Sean Hannity.
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	I just want to introduce Brian Kruzanik, who's the CEO of Intel, a great, great company.
	And Brian called a few weeks ago and said we want to do a very big announcement having to do with our country, but also having to do mostly with Arizona and the jobs and the great technology that will be produced.
	So this is Brian and Brian.
	Why don't you say a few words and maybe also talk about the product you're going to be making?
	It's amazing.
	Thank you, Mr. President, for this.
	It's an honor to be here today representing Intel and to be able to announce our $7 billion investment in our newest, most advanced factory, FAP42, in Chandler, Arizona.
	We'll be completing that factory to make the most advanced 7-nanometer semiconductor chips on the planet.
	Intel is very proud of the fact that the majority of our manufacturing is here in the U.S.
	And the majority of our research and development is here in the U.S. While over 80% of what we sell is sold outside of the U.S., we're consistently one of the top five exporters in the country and one of the top two research and development spenders in the United States.
	And we've been able to do that even while the regulatory and tax policies have disadvantaged us in the past relative to the competition we have across the world.
	And FAP42 is an investment in Intel, but also the U.S.'s future in innovation and leadership in the semiconductor industry.
	And FAP42 will employ approximately 3,000 direct, high-paying, high-wage, high-tech jobs at its peak, and over 10,000 people in the Arizona area in support of the factory.
	All right.
	That is, of course, more information coming out as it relates to the president, information about how we're going to build the economy, meeting with sheriffs and law enforcement, and the list never stops.
	I've never seen a president complete that much that fast as this president.
	The question is, can Congress keep up hour two of the Sean Hannity show?
	800-941-Sean is our toll-free telephone number.
	If you want to be a part of the program, Counsel to the President, Kellyanne Conway, is back with us.
	One of my favorite people in the world.
	How are you?
	I'm great, Sean.
	How are you today?
	I'm good, except, look, how long have we been friends?
	Over 20 years, right?
	Oh, easily.
	And, you know, you and I talked so many times during the campaign.
	What mattered to me in this election was the people in poverty on food stamps out of the labor force, no national security policy, American decline, all these things.
	And I love that you guys are moving at the speed of light and shock and awe.
	But I bet you're not sleeping very much, are you?
	Well, it doesn't look that way, does it, Sean?
	No, I think you look amazing.
	I don't mind being, well, those are the fox makeup artists.
	I don't mind being tired.
	I mind looking tired.
	But I work for a man who's just like this whirling dervish of activity.
	He just doesn't stop.
	He's all action, all impact.
	And even though there have been 20 or 21 executive actions since he's taken office, only one is getting coverage about the travel, the travel halt.
	Whereas when he opened up the Dakota and Keystone pipelines, we heard from people all across the country, relieved, feeling that their lives will be measurably changed and improved because they'll have jobs now.
	They'll have energy independence.
	The local economy will be stimulated.
	National security will be enhanced.
	When he took us out of TPP, as he promised he would, we heard from labor unions, laborers who said, look, I've been voting Democratic like my daddy and granddaddy before me my entire life, but I broke ranks and I voted for Donald Trump here in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania.
	And I did that because I believe that he's going to renegotiate these bad trade deals and keep the jobs and the factories and the work here and out of Mexico and China.
	He's, you know, he did Mexico City policy day two.
	There's so much that he's done that isn't getting coverage.
	And I think it's difficult for people to catch up with him.
	I think it's difficult for Washington to adapt to this type of pace and this type of impact.
	But that's what happens when you have some guy from the private sector who's accountable and used to delivering results and not studying them and not talking about divided government, just producing.
	I just put up on the screen regularly on TV, I keep adding to it.
	You know, he eased the burden of Obamacare on day one.
	He took action to freeze all of these regulations and is promising a 75% cut by the time all is said and done.
	You mentioned he withdrew the U.S. from TPP, instituted a ban on hiring, a federal government ban.
	He issued a ban on providing abortion funding abroad.
	He instituted executive actions for Keystone, Dakota Access, and building the pipe here in America, which helps the steel industry.
	He issued executive actions on the construction of the border wall and stripping money from sanctuary cities.
	He's following up on extreme vetting, which will keep the country safe.
	It's the right thing to do.
	He has the authority to do it.
	He has issued action on rebuilding the military.
	He issued executive action to draft a plan to defeat ISIS.
	It'll be returned to him now in about 15 days, a five-year lobbying ban.
	He nominated, as promised, an originalist to the court, Neil Gorsuch.
	And, you know, the only fear I have is, you know, Paul Ryan says the first agenda item is going to be repeal and replace or repeal and repair.
	I didn't like the change of the phrasing.
	And number two, he's talking about by year's end.
	And that means where's the economic plan?
	I mean, you've got a president that wants to work at the speed of light, and Congress, you know, to me, it's almost unconscionable that they didn't have a consensus replacement plan in place to go after eight years.
	That's the thing.
	I mean, especially if you've voted to repeal Obamacare dozens of times while in the House, you'd think that the second part would be taken care of.
	But I will tell you, we're making great progress with the House and with Speaker Ryan.
	We're waiting for the Senate to confirm President Trump's nominee to the Health and Human Services Secretary, which is Tom Price, Doctor in Congressman Tom Price.
	Once we get him in place, once we get Seema Verna over at Medicare and Medicaid, also brilliant and competent, then we'll start cooking when it comes to this replacement.
	But in a repeal and repair, if we're worried about the people who currently rely upon Obamacare for coverage, the President has made very clear, Sean, those people will be taken care of.
	But the idea that we're going to continue with a system that is top-down, that penalizes people who refuse to capitulate and buy government-run health insurance that does not put the patients front and center, but the government front and center, that gets the government in the way of you and your intimate relationship with your doctor and other health care professionals.
	The idea that you could start buying health insurance across state lines the way you can almost every other good and service.
	And the idea that you would have a health savings account with your name on it.
	I mean, all these are positive, free market, patient-centric reforms that will happen if Congress is listening to Donald Trump.
	That's his view.
	He's put out there what he thinks the replacement should be.
	Well, I agree.
	And the thing is, I love the pace at which the president's working.
	And, you know, I know his schedule.
	He doesn't go to bed till 1 o'clock in the morning.
	He's up at 5 or 6 every morning.
	And he gets up and he rolls up his sleeves and he goes to work.
	I'm just wondering, you know, why are they lowering expectations within Congress?
	It's beginning to really frustrate me because I would imagine that they support his economic plan.
	It's Reagan-esque in every way imaginable, seven brackets to three, a 15% corporate rate, repatriation.
	If we move on energy independence, we could literally create millions of career, high-paying jobs for people.
	That'll help the economy.
	Getting rid of Obamacare is going to be like a tax cut for people.
	You know, to me, it's like, let's go.
	Get your ass in gear, and I don't see the action that I want to see or the sense of urgency that clearly the president has at the White House.
	Well, remember, they're not businessmen, and they're not people that are accustomed to delivering results instead of promising them.
	And also, you just had this corrosive excuse of divided government for years.
	It has been years and years since the Republicans had the House, the Senate, and the White House.
	And it was sort of at the beginning, I think, of the Bush first term toward the beginning or middle, and it wasn't for that long anyway.
	And so this idea that, well, we would get X, Y, and Z done, but we don't have the White House.
	Well, we would get, well, you do.
	And you've got over 30 some governors, and you've got most of the state legislatures in your control.
	And that means America did that through causation, not coincidence.
	They want, they absolutely demand that action be taken.
	The other thing is, I would just appeal to some of these members of Congress through the thing that we know they all care about, the polls.
	Have you seen the IBD TIPP poll?
	Because that was the one that was accurate, always predicting every day Donald Trump was ahead of Hillary Clinton, and he was.
	But they're showing a majority supported executive order to temporarily block from those seven countries, people, the foreign nationals.
	You've got 50% who say the country's head in the right direction.
	It was 40% before he was elected.
	You have 55% saying the economy is improving.
	You have more people saying that Obamacare should be repealed than it should be left as it is, 2 to 1.
	You've got 42 to 20.
	You've got 47% in that poll saying trade deals have hurt job creation in the U.S. 22%, less than half that number, say they've helped.
	So even for those who can't keep up with a Trumpian pace that is just unprecedented and unbelievable, but promised and delivered upon and deserved, Sean, even for those who can't keep up with him, keep up with the polls.
	We all know that these politicians love the polls, and the people are telling you, meet up with his level of action and his level of impact.
	You know, I watch this guy every day.
	I'm with him throughout the day, every single day.
	His commitment to the American people, the sacrifices he and his family have made for him to be here and do this job really compels him to get so much done in such a quick amount of time.
	I have veterans in my portfolio here.
	I have opioid use in my portfolio.
	We're going to do things that impact people.
	This is not about prestige.
	This is about impact.
	And we hear from people all across the country who don't listen to the phony baloney, who don't listen to all the snark and the eye rolling and the presumptive negativity against the president.
	They're watching.
	They're not listening.
	Some people are listening to the media.
	Most Americans are watching the president.
	And they like the action.
	I agree.
	And they like the action.
	They like the movement.
	And I think Congress needs to learn a lesson here that things can get done if they just get moving.
	And I'm a little concerned at the pace of which they're describing action on, for example, repealing and replacing action on the economy, action on energy, action on the vets, action on the military.
	I'm thinking, guys, you need to keep up.
	You're really way behind here.
	I was going to ask you this out of the box, but I got a little distracted.
	Here's what I want to ask you.
	I watched you yesterday on CNN, and I have known you for 20-plus years.
	And you are one of the nicest, kindest, you know, gentle-hearted people I've ever known in my life.
	That's who you are.
	That is your nature.
	That's what makes you who you are.
	And I have been watching a steady increase in volume and rudeness.
	And I'm really get, as a friend, I'm getting annoyed for you that you have to tolerate this kind of rudeness from the media.
	And you know exactly which interview I'm talking about.
	And my question to you is, does it get to a point where if people are going to be that rude, that insulting, on a regular basis, that it's not worth your time?
	I can tell you it won't get to a point where I feel any differently about President Trump and the mission that he's put before us and the honor and the blessing it is to serve him because he's serving the American people.
	So anybody who's trying to grind us all down here, anybody who's trying to divide us, knock us down like bowling pins one by one, it's not going to work insofar as we're here to serve him.
	And if you learn nothing else about me during the campaign, it's that I'm very good about caring and loving, like you said, but also about being impervious to the naysayers and critics.
	I cannot let somebody redefine or unravel me anyway.
	No, listen, I give you all the characters on Twitter or on a TV.
	And I'm here to represent him.
	All right, hang on one second.
	We'll have more with Kelly Ann when we come back on the other side of those breaks.
	Ready to reveal and replace Obama's executive orders?
	And you've come to the right place.
	The Sean Hannity Show.
	All right, we continue with Kellyanne Conway, who is back with us.
	And, of course, she is now in the White House working with the President every day as a counselor to the President.
	Let me ask you, I know the pace at which you all are working.
	I got to see it up close and personal the first week, and it's kind of refreshing to see all of that.
	I'm watching the progress that's being made.
	From your timetable, knowing that Congress is moving at a snail's pace, how soon do you think the president gets to do his budget?
	How soon can we expect the repeal and replacement of Obamacare?
	How soon do we get to the point where energy production begins at a mass level that moves us towards independence?
	When do we start fixing the VA, which are other things?
	Again, I'm looking at the success so far, which has been shock and awe, speed of light.
	How soon do you think these other agenda items get done?
	Part of that, Sean, is dependent on Congress and the congressional schedule.
	But in terms of the president himself engaging on these issues, that's already started.
	There was actually no break, no vacation, no honeymoon period for him between talking about it as a candidate, winning on it, and then preparing as president-elect into his presidency.
	So none of that has changed, and it's just been sort of a seamless line.
	It really depends on some of the congressional on the congressional committees and the schedule.
	But we're very hopeful that so much of this will be measurable and impactful this year so that people aren't going to say, well, that's a 2019 thing.
	Let's wait till after the midterms.
	I mean, that's just not the way the president's mind works, and that's not where his commitment is.
	But in terms of a budget and one that is much more reflective of free market, anti-regulatory overreach, pro-tax relief policies that cuts out wasteful spending, that budget should be very Trumpy and it should have the hallmarks of President Trump this year.
	Repealing and replacing Obamacare, in some ways, has already started in that he has had significant meetings and policy advancements in terms of what will work and what can't work and when.
	So, but let me say something else about Obamacare.
	That sucker has lots of tentacles and runs very deep.
	The roots go very deep.
	In March, it'll be seven years since we had to suffer through Obamacare.
	And yes, I know millions of people rely upon it, but millions were hurt by it.
	And to really cut something out, reach and branch, take roots and branch, takes a while.
	And it has to be done the right way because you can't just do it piecemeal.
	But in terms of action and impact, you are going to feel that this year.
	This can't just be a planning and a studying year.
	It has to be an action and impact year.
	That's his intention.
	Well, I think, you know, all of that.
	Do you worry about the filibuster possibility on Neil Gorsuch, which I think was a superb choice by the president for the Supreme Court?
	But Democrats, they just seem to be appealing to those people like Madonna and Ashley Judd and Elizabeth Warren that are out there protesting every day.
	Do you worry if they filibuster this that the Senate will not go with the nuclear option, which Harry Reid, of course, set a precedent for?
	Yes, we do worry about that.
	It's a very real concern, only because look at what the Democrats have done just in this last week or so last night.
	You had Elizabeth Warren being rebuked for her comments about Senator Sessions reading something from 1986 and then going on Facebook Live to try to read the whole thing to anybody wanting to tune in and, of course, being a fixture on cable TV ever since she did that.
	You've got Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, since they are in the minority there.
	You have him promising to, quote, oppose any Supreme Court nominee that President Trump puts forward before he even knows who it is, before he knows his academic credentials, judicial temperament.
	There was nobody.
	There was nobody who would support.
	I know you have to learn.
	There's nobody who would support.
	That's right.
	So, of course, when you say, you know, are we concerned about this, that, and the other, we see what the Democrats are up to.
	I mean, their party's in complete meltdown, identity crisis.
	Their hair is on fire every single day.
	You don't know what's real and what's not.
	And look what it's gotten in the last two nights in a row.
	They stayed up through the night to try to protest and obstruct one of our nominees.
	Guess what happened?
	Bessie DeVos is now the Secretary of Education, and by tomorrow, Senator Sessions will be our new Attorney General.
	Great point.
	I don't know.
	Kelly, and I've got to cut you off because I'm on a hard break here.
	But there are those of us out there that are cheering you on, and we're sorry that you're putting up with so much garbage and unfairness from an abusively biased media, but we appreciate your fight every day.
	Thanks, as always, for spending time with us.
	We appreciate it.
	You got it.
	Thanks, Sean.
	Mr. President, I don't think I quite understand.
	I'm reading a letter from Coretta Scott King to the Judiciary Committee from 1986 that was admitted into the record.
	I'm simply reading what she wrote about what the nomination of Jeff Sessions to be a federal court judgment and what it would mean in history for her.
	This is a reminder, not pertinently what you just shared.
	However, you stated that a sitting senator is a disgrace to the Department of Justice.
	I think that may have been Senator Kennedy.
	It is true.
	Although I would be glad to repeat it in my own words.
	The rule applies to imputing conduct or motive through any form or voice to a sitting senator.
	Form of words includes quotes.
	Articles.
	Articles.
	Or other materials.
	Or other materials.
	So quoting Senator Kennedy calling then nominee Sessions a disgrace is a violation of Senate rules.
	It was certainly not in 1986.
	In the opinion of the chair, it is.
	Mr. President.
	The Majority Leader.
	Senators impugn the motives and conduct of our colleague from Alabama as warned by the chair.
	Senator Warren, quote, said Senator Sessions has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens.
	I call the senator to order under the provisions of Rule 19.
	Mr. President.
	The Senator from Massachusetts.
	Mr. President, I am surprised that the words of Coretta Scott King are not suitable for debate in the United States Senate.
	I ask leave of the Senate to continue my remarks.
	Is there objection?
	Object.
	I appeal the ruling.
	Objection is heard.
	The senator will take her seat.
	Glad you're with us.
	800-941, Sean Tolfrey, telephone number 25 now.
	Till the top of the hour, that was Senator Warren's grandstanding yesterday on the Senate floor.
	What did she mean?
	We can't quote Coretta Scott King.
	That means this must be a racist body.
	Everything to Democrats, racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia, Islamophobia.
	I can't even remember all the it's the same old thing.
	But there may be more to this grandstanding in the Senate that meets the eye.
	Now, this failed attempt to smear Jeff Sessions, which is well known within Senate rules.
	It's the deliberative body.
	It is the gentleman's chamber, if you will, in the United States Congress.
	It has always been, and they have rules, and those rules have always been enforced.
	But anyways, maybe she thinks it'll help her win brownie points with all these lunatics like Badonna, who's fantasizing about blowing up the White House, or Ashley Judd, who thinks she's as nasty as the bloodstains on her sheets, and all the other insanity we're hearing out of Ashton Kuchner and Merrill Streep and all the radicals now that are training martial arts so they can beat up Republicans, as I told you yesterday on the program.
	But anyway, there's a WBUR poll.
	Only 44% of Massachusetts voters think Warren deserves reelection.
	A plurality, 46%, think she does not deserve a second term.
	So that's getting interesting.
	And I know that former Boston Red Sox pitcher Kurt Schilling is considering a run.
	He's now doing a talk show himself in Boston.
	How viable he would be, that remains unclear, but we'd have to wait and see.
	Certainly, Bill Weld is considering it, although that's a possibility.
	Anyway, the person that was literally presiding over the Senate last night during this exchange with Senator McConnell and Senator Warren as Warren was trying to smear, besmirch, berate Senator Sessions, who was not there to defend himself, is Montana Senator Steve Daines, who joins us now.
	How are you, Senator?
	Yeah, I'm doing well, Sean.
	Thanks.
	Why don't you just tell everybody what the rules are and how the rules are enforced, and is this the norm?
	Well, it's clear.
	It's called Rule 19.
	It's the standing rule of the United States Senate, and it simply says no senator in debate shall directly or indirectly, by any form of words, impugn to another senator or to other senators any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming to a senator.
	That is the rule of the Senate.
	We listened to the rhetoric I did last night as I presided while Senator Warren was speaking.
	She was using words about Senator Sessions as a disgrace to his race.
	She said he was shameful.
	And you saw Leader McConnell quote when Warren said, Sessions has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens.
	That is impugning a sitting United States Senator Jeff Sessions, who I believe will be an outstanding attorney general.
	And I made the ruling from the chair that she was out of order and asked her to take her seat.
	What does the rule actually say?
	Can you tell us?
	Well, the rule does say that a senator in debate may not be able to impugn another senator.
	And by using Coretta Scott King or Senator Kennedy's remarks, that would be impugning the character.
	Is there an impact of whether or not a senator is there to defend themselves or not?
	So the issue, and this is what Senator Warren made an argument for, was that the fact she was quoting, in this case, both Ted Kennedy and Coretta King.
	Well, the rule is very clear.
	It's whether it's directly or indirectly.
	So if you're reading a quote that's impugning a senator, that is out of order.
	And that is why I ruled in favor of Leader McConnell's motion on Rule 19.
	Yeah.
	Let's go.
	Now, there's this controversy that has been going on for years where Elizabeth Warren listed herself as a minority in the American Association of Law Schools directory of faculty, I guess, when she was at Harvard.
	And, well, actually, she first did it when she joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
	And then she was hired as a law professor at Harvard.
	And Harvard touted her supposed lineage when the problem, when the program faced doubts about faculty diversity, and she claimed that she was Native American.
	And here's how some of that went down.
	If you are elected, you would be Massachusetts' first female senator.
	Would you be Massachusetts' first Native American senator?
	I would be their first senator, so far as I know, who has Native American heritage.
	My Aunt B has walked by that picture at least a thousand times, remarked that her father, my papa, had high cheekbones, like all of the Indians do, because that's how she saw it.
	And she said, and your mother got those same great cheekbones, and I didn't.
	She thought this was the bad deal she had gotten in life.
	My mom and dad were very much in love with each other, and they wanted to get married.
	And my father's parents said, absolutely not.
	You can't marry her because she's part Cherokee and she's part Delaware.
	And after fighting it as long as they could, my parents went off.
	They eloped.
	It was an issue in our family the whole time I grew up about these two families.
	It was an issue still raised at my mother's funeral.
	So what I know about my parents is I know that in that little town they grew up in, that my father's parents knew enough about my mother and her family to say, I have no doubt.
	Well, let's assume then that that's the fact that you're 132nd.
	No, that doesn't tell you.
	Don't do that.
	Well, why shouldn't I do that?
	But that isn't fact, is it not?
	No, it is not.
	Why not?
	It's not about the number.
	There are lots of people who are not enrolled in Trump.
	Forget the number.
	You have acknowledged that in that National Law Directory, you listed yourself as a minority.
	Now, the New England Genealogical Society clarified in a statement they found no proof of Elizabeth Warren and her self-proclaimed Native American lineage.
	The group also told the Globe that the candidate's family is not listed in an early 20th century census of major tribes known as a particular role that they have.
	Would it be within Rule 19 to bring that up on the Senate floor that she might have lied about her background?
	I'm not sure Rule 19 applies to that, Sean, because this comes back to another senator impugning the character of a sitting senator.
	I will say this, though.
	I think you brought the issue of diversity.
	And as I look at college campuses across this country today, diversity seems to be defined as what the liberals see that is people who think the same way.
	And we need to see diversity on college campuses that reflect diversity of worldview and diversity of opinion.
	Most campuses are 99%, it seems, anymore, coming from a liberal persuasion.
	And why don't we stand as it relates to diversity?
	It is more than just race.
	It is more than creed.
	It is also looking at political persuasion.
	And I think we need to see more diversity, frankly, and our campuses hold them accountable to have a balance of conservative views and liberal views if we're truly trying to give our students the skill sets of critical thinking and making decisions on their own versus being indoctrinated by a liberal worldview.
	You know, Senator, I want to ask you this.
	I have been critical of Senator McConnell, especially before President Trump got into office about not using the enumerated powers of the purse.
	And I thought that they could have fought harder in both the House and the Senate on specific issues, but that's kind of behind us.
	I am very happy what he did with Merrick Garland, which was a precedent set by the Democrats.
	And I'm also happy reading some of his comments about Neil Gorsuch.
	And I know we're going to have a hearing, and we may not get to 60 votes.
	Do you agree with President Trump and myself that based on the precedent set by Harry Reid, that the nuclear option should be used if the Democrats try to filibuster or if you can't get to cloture for an up-and-down vote on Neil Gorsuch and his nomination?
	Sean, we've been very clear.
	The leader's been very clear, and we simply answer that question by saying this.
	We will put Neil Gorsuch on the bench.
	End of story.
	So they're trying to work now to get bipartisan support.
	We'll see where that all goes.
	But I can assure you and your listeners that Neil Gorsuch will be appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
	Yeah, so in other words, you're saying one way or the other, he is not, that nomination is not going down.
	It is not going to be stopped by the Democrats.
	What did you make of it?
	Go ahead.
	Let me say something else, Sean.
	It's something that may have been lost in our country over the last six months.
	And your listeners are very attuned and they're very up to speed on what's going on.
	But let me remind your listeners today, as a Republican U.S. Senator, who held the ground going all the way back to a year ago.
	Scalia passed away February of 2016.
	Is it during the recess period, which there were a lot of them during the election this summer as well as most of October?
	Republican senators were going back to Washington, D.C. one at a time every four days.
	Senate, we call pro forma session.
	It takes about 30 seconds to do that.
	And by doing that, it blocked President Obama from doing a recess appointment for the United States Supreme Court.
	I remember, Sean, I was back home in Montana.
	It was Halloween.
	And I give Senator McConnell.
	Listen, I give Senator McConnell a lot of credit because he kept the Senate in session for that very purpose because if they went out of session five seconds, you know that the president would have jumped in there with a recess appointment and would have muddied the waters in a huge way.
	If you could stay just a couple of more minutes, Senator Steve Daines, he's from Montana, will talk more about the advancing agenda of Donald Trump, the president, and how the Senate plans to move.
	And will they move expeditiously as the president seems to want to?
	Final hour roundup is next.
	You do not want to miss it.
	And stay tuned for the final hour free-for-all on the Sean Hannity Show.
	And as we continue, Sean Hannity Show, News Roundup, information overload at the top of the hour.
	We go back to our top story: the battle over the president's executive order, and that is on extreme vetting.
	But we continue with Senator Steve Daines of Montana.
	He was the one presiding over the Senate last night during the exchange between Senator McConnell and Pocahontas, Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.
	Let me ask you this: look, the president has a very aggressive agenda.
	Do you agree with him?
	I know you agree with him on Neil Gorsuch, who's an originalist.
	Do you agree with him on extreme vetting, building the wall, repealing, replacing, corporate tax cuts down to 15%, a middle-class tax cut, seven brackets to three, repatriation at a low rate of trillions of dollars?
	Do you agree with him?
	Education back to the states, the VA being repaired.
	Yeah, it is refreshing to see a president who is leading and to see a Congress who is acting.
	As you know, Sean, I spent 28 years in the private sector before I came up at Capitol Hill four years ago.
	But first and foremost, our highest priority is to get President Trump, his cabinet in place.
	Do you realize this has been the slowest, slowest acting Congress in terms of approving cabinet officials dating back to George Washington?
	And that is not because of what the Republicans are doing.
	It's because the Democrats are burning every hour possible in obstructing President Trump from having his team on board.
	So we're going to move.
	We moved through Betsy DeVos yesterday.
	She's going to be a terrific Secretary of Education.
	We're going to move Jeff Essence today.
	We're going to get Tom Price, the next Secretary of HHS, Dr. Price, the orthopedic surgeon.
	They've been obstructing.
	But here's my question to you.
	Are you confident energy independence, vetting, the wall, education, the economic plan of the president are all going to get done this year?
	Because it seems like you have a year's period of time to get this done.
	And it seems to be going very slow when the president wants to move at the speed of light.
	Yeah.
	Well, Sean, as you know, we are still bound by the ability for the Democrats to burn time in the United States Senate.
	I think it's wearing thin with the American people, but we've got an aggressive plan here.
	It's going to be the Obamacare repeal and replace.
	We've got these congressional review acts moving forward here, which are repealing these Obamacare regulations, job-killing.
	When do you think that could be done by, Senator?
	Which one, the Obamacare?
	Yeah.
	I think we'll get that done most likely by the end of March, be my best estimate on it.
	How do you feel about the economic plan?
	When can we get that in place?
	So the goal here on tax reform, which I support, lowering rates, simplifying rates, think about the fact we'd eliminate depreciation and everything's expensed as an example.
	The only thing we would keep on the code here would be protecting home mortgage interest and charitable contribution.
	I think that is spot on.
	I keep those in the code, and that's how we bite down the rates by limiting all these other loopholes and deductions.
	We want to get that done before the August recess.
	And we'll do that through another reconciliation process, which means a 51-vote threshold.
	You know, the people of Montana are such good people in this country.
	It's so great to talk to a normal senator.
	You know, I'm without representation.
	You do understand that.
	I don't have a congressman that'll take my call in New York, a senator that will take my call.
	I have nobody that would represent me.
	Nobody likes me here.
	Chuck Schumer hates me.
	Well, yeah.
	Sometimes you know what you're all about who your enemies are, Sean, so congratulations.
	All right, I appreciate it.
	Senator Haines from Montana.
	Add him to the list of people that I like.
	I mean, one of the few.
	What is wrong with these people that they don't want to come on the show?
	We'll take a quick break.
	News Roundup Information Overload is next.
	The court finds that for purposes of the entry of the temporary restraining order that the state has met its burden of demonstrating that it faces immediate and irreparable injury as a result of the signing and implementation of the executive order.
	I find that the state has satisfied the test that it is likely to succeed on the merits of the claim, which would entitle them to relief.
	I find that the balance of equities favor the states.
	And lastly, I find that a temporary restraining order is in the public interest.
	If I were to apply the Ninth Circuit's alternative test, I would find that the states have established a question, a serious question going to the merits and that the balance of equities tips sharply in their favor.
	As such, I find that the court should and will grant the temporary restraining order.
	Let me ask about the, I'll call this religious discrimination claim to reach both the Equal Protection and Establishment Clause claims.
	And I'm not entirely persuaded by the argument if only because the seven countries encompass only a, I think, a relatively small percentage of Muslims.
	I mean, do you have any information as to what percentage or what proportion of the adherents to Islam worldwide are citizens or residents of those countries?
	My quick penciling suggests it's something less than 15%.
	I have not done that, Math, Your Honor, but to be clear.
	And given that all those countries are countries that have been previously tagged as subjects of concern about terrorism, granted, it's because of perhaps radical Islam sects.
	So there might be a religious motivation behind the terrorism.
	But I have trouble understanding why we're supposed to infer religious animus when in fact the vast majority of Muslims would not be affected as residents of those nations and where the concern for terrorism with those connected with radical Islamic sects is kind of hard to deny.
	Your Honor, the case law from this court and the Supreme Court is very clear that to prove religious discrimination, we do not need to prove that this order harms only Muslims or that it harms every Muslim.
	We just need to prove that it was motivated in part by a desire to harm Muslims.
	And we have alleged that.
	Why do you infer that desire if, in fact, the vast majority of Muslims are unaffected?
	Well, Your Honor, in part you can infer it from intent evidence.
	I mean, there are statements that we've quoted in our complaint that are rather shocking evidence of intent to discriminate against Muslims, given that we haven't even had any discovery yet.
	All right, news roundup and information overload hour of the Sean Hannity show.
	The first cut you heard was from the Seattle judge James Ropart about ruling for the temporary restraining order.
	And what you heard the second time was the Ninth Circuit Court Judge Richard Clifton, you know, arguing, well, how do you say this is potentially a Muslim ban when 90% of Muslims are not impacted by this?
	And in fact, that both the Obama administration and the Trump administration and Congress had identified these seven countries as it relates to issues involving terror not involving religion.
	Well, with that said, my confidence, as I've been saying, you know, in the Ninth Circuit, it's irrelevant at this point.
	800-941-Sean is our toll-free telephone number if you want to be a part of this program.
	Joining us now is the senior editor of Conservative Review, Daniel Horowitz, who's been doing great work writing about this all week.
	Representative Andy Biggs of Arizona, welcome both of you to the program.
	Let me first start with where both of you and Daniel, I'll start with you.
	You know, I know we had a Department of Justice lawyer arguing the case last night for the administration because Jeff Sessions won't be sworn in until later tonight.
	And I'm watching this whole thing, and I'm thinking I could argue this better in my sleep.
	It was frustrating to me.
	You know, it's unbelievable, Sean.
	I was listening to the same oral arguments, and I couldn't believe what I heard.
	The DOJ attorney agreed to almost nine out of the ten premises, and they didn't just walk it back.
	The government doesn't have to prove that there's a categorical threat of terrorism from each individual.
	This is what's called plenary power, that the Congress has plenary power to exclude or deport any non-citizen for any reason.
	It could be a good reason.
	It could be a prudent reason.
	It could be a bad or discriminatory reason.
	That is the subject of political debate in political branches of government.
	But the issue before them.
	Yeah, but the issue before them, isn't it simple?
	Does the president have the right and the authority as president to institute the ban?
	And if you go to the U.S. Code 8, 1182, it says whenever the president finds that the entry of any aliens of any or any of any class of aliens into the U.S. would be detrimental to the interest of the United States,
	he may by proclamation and for such period as he shall deem necessary suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or non-immigrants or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate.
	Isn't that the question?
	And the question is, in the case of Robart, did he go beyond his scope of power in this, which I would argue he did?
	Exactly.
	This was what we call at-will plenary power for the president.
	He could shut it off when he makes the determination that this is the right thing to do.
	The rest is for Congress to deal with.
	I'm actually going to have a piece out today noting that Trump is double and triple covered by statute for almost every element of this.
	It was very well written.
	What, in fact, Judge Robart and likely at least two of the judges in the Ninth Circuit are doing is not just violating the president's power.
	They're essentially saying that even Congress couldn't do this because A, Congress has already done this a number of times.
	B, they're saying there's now a constitutional First and 14th Amendment right for individuals to affirmatively immigrate.
	That is very dangerous because like I said, that means Congress could not do a similar thing.
	Also, it's important to note that presidents have used this authority 43 times.
	Well, I have it broken down.
	Reagan used it five times, George Herbert Walker Bush one time, Bill Clinton 12 times, George W. Bush six times, and Barack Hussein Obama 19 times.
	I didn't even include Carter.
	Exactly.
	And it was almost never litigated.
	The one Supreme Court case was 8 to 1 in favor of Clinton.
	And even lower court decisions have made it very clear that this is not just statutory authority, but the president has the power over foreign affairs.
	I mean, think about it.
	Could a state go and say, we feel we're adversely affected because the president has troops in Iraq and we want our soldiers home.
	I mean, that's a federal power.
	They don't have standing.
	That's such a good point.
	Congressman, let me get to you, if I may, here.
	I'm assuming you agree with Daniel and his analysis in all of this, but it really brings up a broader issue that I laid out on television last night.
	And I pointed out that the Washington Free Beacon had gotten a copy of what's called Democracy Matters Strategic Plan for Action.
	And in this, it was a meeting with David Brock, who's a left-wing radical friend of the Clintons and big Democratic donors meeting at a swanky resort in Florida, mapping out how Democrats will kick Trump's ass.
	And as part of the memo, they talk about a four-year attack plan against Donald Trump and defeating Trump through impeachment and, among other things, filing lawsuits against the Trump administration.
	And to add fuel to that fire, we're seeing the strategy to go judge shopping the way they did out in this particular case in Seattle.
	But we've got liberal groups have sued President Trump over his two-to-one executive order issued last week.
	Environmental and advocacy groups, the National Resources Defense Council, Communications Workers of America, public citizen, argue that Trump is unconstitutional.
	It's irrational.
	It seems like they are going to try and tie him up in knots in court cases.
	And having the courts now packed with liberal justices and activist justices, it's going to be a problem.
	Yeah, it's a huge problem.
	And I think what the country is seeing right now is what we in Arizona have experienced for decades, where in this instance, you have the Ninth Circuit Court that's probably, I would guess, is going to uphold this wrong-headed lower court district court ruling.
	And it's really, and the issue that we're talking about is an Article 1, Section 8 problem that is so clear where Congress has the authority to make a uniform rule of naturalization.
	That's what they're doing.
	And we gave some power to the executive branch.
	And we asked the executive branch to enforce our laws.
	Now, maybe they're a little bit disgruntled because for the last eight years, maybe longer, the executive branch has not enforced the law.
	And so we asked for the enforcement.
	We've delegated that power to fulfill our constitutional obligation.
	And so now we're fighting this.
	And you're seeing, and the rest of the nation is seeing, that now you get the Ninth Circuit, which is, I don't want to be too strong about this, but they're unhinged.
	And we are left as a nation, just like Arizona has been left for a long time, at the whim of the Ninth Circuit, which gets overturned more than any other district court, any other circuit court.
	Well, there's a reason for that.
	And actually, you wrote a series of articles, Daniel, this week, and many of which I was referring to on the program.
	One of them had to do with breaking up the Ninth Circuit.
	And you made a very strong case that as of the end of fiscal year 2016, and again, this includes Hawaii, Alaska, California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana.
	And as of the end of fiscal year 2016, there were 13,334 pending appeals before the Ninth Circuit, which is more than twice the amount of the second busiest circuit, which is the Fifth Circuit Court, and more than 10 times as much as the adjacent 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.
	And you wrote another series of articles on how they have no jurisdiction over Trump's immigration order and how rogue judges are undermining our sovereignty.
	You know, exactly.
	I mean, this is my book I put out last year, Stolen Sovereignty, about out-of-control immigration, out-of-control courts, and the convergence of the two.
	And we're seeing what Justice Galia called social transformation without representation.
	The notion that the unelected branch could bring people in and undermine national sovereignty against the will of the political branches is something that has been regarded as the most settled area of law, that courts have no jurisdiction over this.
	But, you know, liberals aren't bound by a settled law.
	Like they say we're supposedly bound by Roe and overpays and things like that.
	So it's a good idea.
	Stay right there.
	Hold that thought.
	I agree it's one direction.
	I also want to ask you about whether you agree with my judge shopping theory, because I think all the cases that are going to end up being filed will be out in the West Coast on the West Coast.
	And if they're appealed, they'll all go to the Ninth Circuit, and that's going to be done by design.
	Putting America and Americans first.
	Now, there's a novel idea.
	You're on the Sean Hennedy Show.
	All right, as we continue Sean Hannity's show, more on this battle over President Trump's executive orders as it relates to the seven countries.
	And we continue with Daniel Horowitz, senior editor at Conservative Review and Representative Andy Biggs of Arizona.
	Andy, what do you think about the idea?
	Don't you think most of these cases are going to be in the states that are in the Ninth Circuit District?
	Don't you think this is being done by design?
	And isn't this adding so much importance to the Supreme Court choice of Neil Gorsuch at this time?
	Yeah, I mean, it's ready-made.
	This circuit court is ready-made for judicial shopping, as you've mentioned.
	It allows, look, they get overturned by some estimates almost 75% of the time.
	But you have a 4-4 split on the court today, and so that exacerbates the problem.
	But there are people that are going to be looking to file these lawsuits in the Ninth Circuit.
	But what I see happening is when we dropped, the DOJ dropped the ball on the standing issue last night.
	And if that is really a critical issue when people are for him shopping like this, I just think that you're going to see this for probably the entire time that Donald Trump is president.
	And this is one more reason, in my opinion, that the Ninth Circuit.
	Why have you on the air?
	And, you know, I'm a little annoyed with what I keep reading.
	I heard Paul Ryan, your speaker, say that, well, we'll probably get Obamacare repealed and replaced or repaired.
	I don't like the word repaired because that was not what the promise was by the end of the year, and that that's our top priority.
	And then I'm thinking, well, where are you on the president's economic plan?
	You know, when are we going to get the economy moving?
	That was one of the main issues for people to go out and vote in Michigan and Wisconsin and Pennsylvania and Ohio for the president.
	And to me, waiting to the end of the year to do the president's economic plan just delays economic progress for an entire year.
	Why are things moving so slow there?
	Well, you know, I'm a newbie here, and I can tell you that I think there's a lot of people, there's a lot of activity that surrounds sometimes an almost static model.
	But I do think I will say this.
	I perceive there's a tremendous will to do something, whereas my past observations as an outsider has been that that will has not been there.
	So I think.
	But don't you think it's a little unconscionable, eight years into Obamacare, that they don't have a consensus replacement plan ready to go?
	You know, I know that they have nine plans.
	I know nine plans are very similar, but they've known since November 8th that this was going to be their future.
	What are they doing?
	It's frustrating me.
	Well, I think there's a lot of people that are frustrated, but I think the reality is I'm looking for a complete repeal.
	You know, for me, a repeal says Title X, subparagraphs A through Z or whatever it is, are gone, effective on a certain day.
	That would be a complete repeal.
	So we're trying to, you know, some of us trying to get a complete repeal.
	And then I'm not sure that replace is the right word to use.
	You know, for me personally, I look at it and I say we can do some things like repeal the antitrust exemption for health insurance companies.
	Can make a health insurance state portable, you know?
	And if you start taking these approaches, you can go forward and go and get some things done.
	I've got to go.
	I'm going to wait for Tom Price to get.
	Yeah, I agree on the price issue.
	That's a good point.
	I recommend two things to you, Congressman.
	Join the Freedom Caucus, number one.
	And number two, don't be silent.
	And if they're moving too slow, give them a swift kick boot in the ass, will you, for us out here that want things done?
	I will do that.
	That's my mission.
	That's my mission.
	I appreciate it.
	Best of luck to you.
	I hope you join the Freedom Caucus, the only people I trust right now.
	800-941 Sean.
	When we come back, Tim Tebow is going to check in with us.
	How many now hundreds of kids are getting ready for the night of their lives?
	Kids with special needs who never got the chance to go to prom.
	It's almost prom time, and this one, you're not going to want to miss.
	Every participant was crowned king or queen.
	It is about giving them a voice.
	It is about celebrating them.
	It is about loving them and letting them know that their lives matter and that they are special and giving them the time of their life.
	All over the world, there are girls walking down red carpets and being told that they're beautiful and being loved and being celebrated.
	That's why you have a crown or a tiara because you are a queen or a king.
	But every single day of your life, that's how God sees you because that's how important you are.
	All right, that, of course, is from the Tim Tebow Foundation.
	And we found that online.
	And Tim Tebow has done a tremendous job, a mission to bring faith, hope, love to those people that need brighter days in their life in the toughest hours of need.
	And Tim Tebow, our friend, is back on the program.
	How are you?
	I'm doing good.
	How are you doing, buddy?
	You know, I loved your book.
	It really did well, too.
	Congratulations.
	I actually gave a copy of it to my son.
	He's an athlete, too.
	Thank you so much.
	I appreciate it.
	That was just something that had been on my heart for about a year and a half.
	And I really wrote that to try to just be an encouragement to people because it's just life's not always easy.
	And we get knocked down.
	And it's not just about getting back up.
	It's about how we get back up and the attitude in which we get back up and ready to face life.
	You know, it's funny you say that because I think more than anybody that I can think of in sports, and this is my opinion, I just think that you've been treated very unfairly and that a lot of people kind of discriminated, I think would be the right word against you because of your outspoken faith.
	And a lot of teams, oh, they don't want the distraction.
	Oh, they don't want Tim Tebow to get the limelight, et cetera, et cetera.
	This needs to be focused on the game.
	And I've heard those comments from people.
	So in that sense, you've had your own challenges to face.
	Has that been hard?
	I think in certain areas, yeah, it's been very hard.
	But I also believe without a shadow of a doubt that everything happens for a reason.
	And so I didn't go through just the highs for a reason.
	I also went through the lows for a reason.
	I think, you know, especially in writing Shaken, you know, I think what made me be able to relate to so many more people is because of all the times that I've been cut or knocked down or, you know, the times where you may be put down.
	And so, you know, it could relate to everybody because, you know, not a lot of people can relate to championships or Heismans, but so many people, almost everybody, can relate to getting fired or getting out of a bad relationship or being told you're not good enough or you're not wanted or all of these things.
	And, you know, so I think as much as I'm grateful for the highs, I can honestly say, you know, with a clear conscience that I'm also very grateful for the lows as well.
	That's fascinating.
	Is that why you started the special foundation?
	And tell us specifically who you target here and who you're trying to help.
	Well, you know, my biggest goal in life, in life, period, is to fight for people that can't fight for themselves.
	When I was 15 years old, I met a boy in the Philippines with his feet on backwards, and the entire village wouldn't, no one would touch him except for his two best friends because they looked at him as cursed, and they wouldn't have anything to do with him.
	And he just totally changed my life.
	And now I want to fight for people like him.
	His name's Sherwin.
	And, you know, now in the Philippines, we have a hospital where we bring in kids like that.
	And we love them, we care about them.
	And they get to be wheeled in and they get to walk out with physical care, emotional care, spiritual care.
	But specifically, what you were mentioning with the night to shine is that's something that I wanted to start because, you know, Sean, you know, there's been a lot of times in my life where I've been praised or celebrated or clapped.
	And you have too.
	You know what it's like to be, you know, people say good things about you or to be celebrated.
	I know what it's like to get the crap beat out of you, too, but go ahead.
	But a lot of these kids, and they're not all young people, they don't know what it's like.
	And a lot of times they've never been cheered for.
	They've never been clapped for.
	And so, you know, is that why you call them kings and queens?
	That's because they are.
	But we call them kings and queens because that's how God looks at them every day in their life.
	And so many of these people with special needs, they never get cheered for.
	They never get clapped for.
	And when you want to talk about, you know, about treating everyone equally and loving everyone, I think the special needs is a huge community where we need to make that happen.
	And so that's why, you know, two nights from now, we're going to have 380 proms around the world where we will crown 75,000 kings and queens as our honored guests with over 150,000 volunteers in 11 countries.
	And so, you know, when we're talking about bringing people together, you know, this is one way for us to bring people together.
	All sorts of people, all walks of life from, you know, six different continents.
	And it's just, it's, for me, it's my favorite night of the year because I believe, I do believe in bringing people together the right way.
	And I think this is bringing people together in love.
	When is this coming?
	Because I'd love to go to it if I can.
	Where is it?
	It's Friday night.
	There will be one right there in Times Square, right beside where you work at Tim Malachi's.
	And we're actually hosting, that'll be at 7.30.
	So when a lot of people are walking into Broadway to watch those shows, there will be all these kings and queens that will be going down the red carpet right there in Times Square, right beside you.
	So we'd love to have you there.
	Are you going to be there?
	And are they also going to see one of the shows or are they just going to be in Times Square?
	No, they are the show.
	So, see at these proms, it's a red carpet where we have hundreds of people cheering them down red carpets.
	We have karaoke rooms.
	We have floors.
	We have huge proms.
	It's awesome.
	And I will be all over the world for it.
	I will be out of the country first, and then I'll be back in, and we'll be flying all around to different places.
	So you have to follow and check out where we're going.
	But we're going to try to make as many stops as possible.
	It sounds like a lot of fun.
	What is the website for your foundation?
	It's TimToFoundation.org.
	And yeah, but I encourage everybody to go be a part of it.
	If you have someone with special needs, then have them go to a prom.
	If they want to be a part of it as a volunteer, you know, it's just, it's an awesome time of bringing people together.
	And you know what?
	It's also really cool, Sean, is this is something where we're able to bring together 28 denominations.
	We're able to bring together businesses.
	One of our partners in ARS, they're sending thousands of their employees to support and volunteer when we have all these different people, whether it's churches, it's denominations, it's businesses, it's single parents, it's whoever, it's all over coming together to celebrate life and celebrate people that everyone matters and it's just super special and it's my favorite night of the year.
	It was great to see you in Houston.
	Was that not the greatest game you've ever seen in your life?
	Or maybe you played in games like that.
	That's a really good one.
	I think what's so cool this year for football fans is you look at the college football national championship game.
	That was one of the best.
	You look at the Super Bowl.
	That was one of the best Super Bowls.
	And I just, it's been a really good year for football, I think.
	You know, but you've had that experience.
	I mean, you won the Heisman Trophy.
	Do you won a championship when you were in Florida, right?
	Yeah.
	Did you win a champion?
	I was like to win a couple, yeah.
	Yeah, when you were down there.
	And I remember when you were quarterback for the Broncos, this was before they got Peyton Manning.
	I mean, you won a huge game in overtime yourself.
	So, I mean, you've had these moments.
	And what did you think of Tom Brady and his performance?
	I think that he is extremely clutch.
	I think he plays his best when his best is needed.
	I think that's what makes him really Tom Brady is he's not the best in the first quarter, second quarter, third quarter, but he's best in the fourth quarter when it's needed.
	I think that the way he's able to bring everybody else on his team, how unselfish he is, how he's the leader of the team.
	But when I was playing with the Patriots, they would coach him the hardest.
	When those coaches can coach Tom Brady the hardest, you think that a brand new rookie receiver or right tackle or linebacker isn't going to pay attention or listen up when Tom Brady just got coached?
	Explain what you mean by that.
	What do you mean they'd coach him the hardest?
	That's interesting.
	I've never heard that.
	Yeah, well, I mean, he's open to coaching.
	When he doesn't maybe go through a progression the right way, it's not like they'll coach him the same way.
	He'll go through meetings and he's the first one there and he's lifting.
	And in between, you know, periods in practice, he'll be out there working on something.
	And Josh McDaniels is coaching him and his footwork and he's going through drills.
	And when your best player, maybe the best player of all time, is your hardest worker and they will continue to coach him and coach him hard.
	And he wants that coaching and he asks for it.
	And he'll go up to Josh and he'll say, all right, let's go through exactly what this read was again.
	What are we thinking here?
	Why are we thinking this?
	And he's so locked in mentally and physically all the time that that means everybody else is going to fold into line.
	And when the culture of a team is so strong, Sean, that whoever the outliers are, they're going to just buy into the culture because it's that strong.
	So you see all these players that maybe were kind of outliers under their teams and they get to New England and they totally buy into the Patriot way and it works.
	And when your best player is someone that is your biggest advocate for it, that really helps.
	You know, it's pretty fascinating.
	One of the reasons I love sports and I think it's great for kids is you learn that you don't always win.
	I don't think you should get a participation trophy, which is insane to me.
	You also need to learn how to win and be a gracious winner.
	You learn how to accept defeat.
	And you also learn that the harder you work, it usually there's a direct correlation to how you're going to do.
	And I think it's a great life lesson.
	Have you found that works in your life the same way?
	There's no question.
	I totally, that's one of the best things about sports is you have to deal with highs and lows, the good and the bad, and you have to be able to have care.
	You have to build your character to handle both of those moments, whether it's humility when it goes well, whether it's determination when it goes bad, whether it's identity, because that's how so many people are going to view you, is they're going to view you as a football player or view you as a basketball or baseball, whatever it is.
	And so that also can be a struggle for a lot of athletes as they're so defined by what they do rather than who they are.
	And so that's another struggle a lot of the athletes have to deal with.
	But I think it teaches you how to handle life.
	And, you know, I've just, for me, football and baseball and basketball, everything growing up has taught me so many life lessons that are, you know, so impactful to this very day.
	How did you make the transition?
	How's it going with the New York Mets?
	I know they signed you.
	I know you're going to training camp.
	And, you know, I've talked to many, many people that are, some that are pulling for you and then some that maybe are not Thibault fans for whatever reason.
	I don't see any reason why they're not.
	Well, I just think people like to, you know, I just think people like to hate for a living, especially some sports and political writers.
	But how's it going?
	And do you think you have a real shot to make the squad this year?
	Well, I believe in myself.
	And, you know, the goal would obviously be to one day play in the bigs.
	But for me, it's just about getting ready for spring training here in a couple of weeks and doing the best I can, learning, you know, wherever they send me from there.
	Just trying to continue to develop, see as many pitches as possible, get used to it, and then try to work my way up.
	But I think at the same time, for me, so many people would be like, is it only, well, ask me, is it only a success if you make it to the bigs?
	And I will say, absolutely not.
	You know, it's a success every day when you get to live out your dream, when you get to do something you love, and you get to enjoy it every single day.
	It's not just about the end result.
	It's so much about the journey.
	And for me, the entire process has been such a joy.
	It's been so much fun.
	And yeah, it's the goal to one day play in the bigs for sure.
	But I'm also going to enjoy the entire process.
	You know, one of the things I've admired about you is you're courageous in every aspect of your life.
	You know, I also think that there's been this added scrutiny to your life because you talk about your faith and your Christianity and you're not shy about it and you show it on the field.
	And I actually think, well, it's a little bit better than some of the other athletic role models or athletes we have out there.
	They're not exactly the best role models.
	And I think there are some people that don't understand the Christianity story, and that is that we're all sinners.
	We all fail.
	You know, I'm a Christian, but I need more forgiveness, I'm sure, than you do because I'm far worse a person than you are.
	I'm just incorrigible my whole life, and I still am.
	But in a real sense, I think there are people that almost want you to fail.
	See, he's a Christian, and he failed, and I think that puts added pressure on you.
	Am I misreading that, or do you feel that?
	Well, I don't think so.
	I think some people think it's added pressure, but I got some crazy breaking news that can go to headlines is I've already failed over and over and over again.
	That's the Christianity message is it's not about our failure, it's about God's grace.
	I bet you I failed more than you did.
	So I'm just, you know, your failures are probably minuscule in comparison.
	But go ahead.
	Do you know how many times it, you know, you know how many sins it makes you a sinner?
	One.
	And you know what that word means?
	It means missing the mark.
	And every single one of us, we've missed the mark, meaning we've messed up in our life.
	We've fallen.
	But that's okay.
	It's not about being perfect.
	I don't serve a God that says you have to be perfect.
	What we get to serve is a God who is perfect.
	And that's what's so awesome about being a Christian is it's not about how good we are.
	It's not about we can ever be enough.
	It's about that he's enough and his love is sufficient for every single one of us.
	And so our goal every day is not to be perfect.
	It's just to draw closer to the one that is and just try to walk a little bit closer every day.
	And when we fall, it's just about getting back up.
	And I think so many times the Christian message can be, you know, sometimes it can be confused because people will make it all about us when it's not about us.
	It's about what Jesus did on the cross and it's about accepting what he did and putting our faith in him and just trying to live each day and love people and help people and just get a little bit closer.
	But you know what?
	You're going to have days that are good.
	You're going to have days that are bad.
	And it's not about judging people.
	It's about loving people and it's just about trying to do this life together.
	And when we talk about the church, the church isn't these buildings we go to on Sunday.
	It's a body of believers we get to do life with every single day.
	Well, that's what you're going to be doing on Friday.
	So listen, I don't want to cut you short here, but I want to make sure I get this in.
	It's TimTebowFoundation.org, right?
	Yes, sir.
	Listen, I always enjoy talking to you.
	You're a great guy.
	I love your courage.
	And I love what you're doing for these kids.
	It's awesome.
	And it's been great to get to know you, Tim Tebow.
	It's a pleasure.
	Thanks for being with us.
	Absolutely.
	Thank you, brother.
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