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	All right, glad you're with us.
	I know we're in the swamp.
	We're in Washington, D.C. What am I doing here?
	Uh 800 941 Sean, if you want to be a part of the program, and a lot coming up in the course of the show today.
	We're going to talk about the details of the tax plan.
	Freedom Caucus now is signed on to the president's plan.
	They're only releasing a framework of the plan.
	We'll have more on the NFL and the mess that Roger Godell has now gotten the NFL into uh in the course of the program.
	You know, two of the biggest NFL fans that I know are friends of mine.
	They're Monica Crowley has tickets on the 50-yard line of every jet game that she she goes to, and they're having a really stellar year, kind of like the New York Giants.
	Um, but she's a huge fan, wrote a great column about this.
	And Rose Tennant, I I think one of the more interesting cities as you watch all of this unfold as it relates to the NFL is what's happening in in Pittsburgh.
	I mean, Ben Rosslisberger, now the quarterback, he's out there, he's suggesting that uh maybe we kind of made a mistake and you know uh it just is a mess.
	So we'll get to all that today and uh much, much more.
	Listen, I uh let me give you a little bit.
	So the you had the House, Senate, and the White House, they've all gotten together.
	And let me tell you what they're trying to do and whether or not it's gonna be achievable.
	And if it's not achievable, this is it.
	This is this is their this is the end for the Republicans.
	They can't get anything done.
	I think it's gonna get done.
	I hope that it's gonna get done right.
	I suspect it's going to get done right.
	And in many ways, the very criticisms I have had about the Republicans.
	Let's go back to healthcare.
	What was one of my biggest criticisms when it started in the House of Representatives?
	I was I was there and I was suggesting this is just really dumb.
	And the reason it was dumb is the leadership put it forward a bill and they did it behind closed doors and they never built consensus.
	And you have varying factions within the Republican caucus in the House and in the Senate.
	I mean, you have your more conservative members in the Senate like like Mike Lee and Ted Cruz, and then you have a libertarian like like Rand Paul, and and you have then you have the the hate Trump people like Ben Sass and John McCain and I think half the time Lindsey Graham, Lindsey Graham vacillates, depending on what the day happens to be.
	And so you've got all these people, and I know what's said behind closed doors, and you got a bunch of other people that do not want even the president to succeed.
	You got an impotent leader in the Senate, he's the absolute worst, and his name, of course, is Mitch McConnell.
	So what didn't happen in the health care bill seems like they're at least attempting to learn from the mistakes that they made.
	Now, eventually the House passed their bill.
	So you gotta give him credit.
	And I've I spent I was up late last night.
	I was up a long time last night.
	And I was just reading and researching, reading and researching, because I got Paul Ryan on the on the show on Hannity or New Time, 9 o'clock tonight.
	And so the you know, and and Speaker Ryan, I said, well, send me the stuff that you've done just so I have a list of what you've got done, what the Senate hasn't gotten done.
	Do you know in the Senate they haven't Even confirmed half the president's appointments at this point, it's like a year.
	It's unforgivable.
	I mean, the president doesn't even have his own government.
	I'm complaining about the deep state.
	I'm complaining about Obama holdovers.
	And why Mitch McConnell lets that weasel Chuck Schumer roll over him every day is beyond comprehension to me.
	Schumer would never put up with this crap.
	Schumer would have just said goodbye.
	We're going to do a simple majority.
	Give us the vote or not, and Republicans would have said, okay, okay, I'm sorry, did I hurt your feelings?
	You know, it's just like Republicans, they they fear they're going to get blamed for a government shutdown if they're out of power, and then they fear they're going to be blamed for a government shutdown when they're in power.
	I've never met people that that just seem rudderless and and have no vision and they have literally no identity is what they don't have.
	They don't have an identity anymore.
	And that's why we didn't get the bigger, broader ideas and and and solutions and paradigms that we could have created for health care and so on and so forth.
	You know, so if all right, and Paul Ryan's people, they sent over, okay, so in the House, they passed more bills out of committee than they have in the Obama Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush administration.
	All right, that they deserve credit for that.
	And bills that were actually passed out of the House, they are above the average by quite a lot, actually.
	316 versus 196.2.
	The problem is the Senate.
	The percentage of bills enacted is below is that 43%, but they're not the big promises that they made.
	That's the problem.
	That's why this bill has to pass.
	And if you look at the bills out of the House that are stuck in the Senate, it's 268.
	Just like what the hell is McConnell doing in there?
	I I can't.
	If there's one thing anybody that works for me knows, I can't, I can't deal with nobody that people that don't do it.
	People that don't try, people that don't have urgency, people that don't have a sense of, all right, get up and go to work.
	There's not one person that works for me.
	Not one.
	That I have to tell them every day what to do.
	If I have to tell you what to do, you're wasting my time.
	I don't have time for that.
	There's nobody that works for me that takes lunch.
	What do you mean you're I'm not going to lunch?
	I grabbed a chicken wing before I came on the air.
	That's my lunch.
	It's somebody else bought.
	I said, can I have a couple of those?
	I grabbed three chicken wings.
	All right, four.
	I grabbed four chicken wings.
	I don't know people.
	I, you know, my friends say, people write me, let's do lunch.
	I'm like, what does let's do lunch mean?
	I'm like, every time somebody says that, I'm like, are you kidding me?
	Who has time for lunch?
	And I do what everybody else does.
	I roll up my sleeves and I work.
	When I was uh a contractor, I get up early and I'd throw coffee down my throat.
	I usually stop then at that point in my life at Dunkin' Donuts, grab two donuts, and I went to work.
	And then if we did get lunch, one guy would go out and get the lunch.
	And then bring it back, and then we'd all sit and eat.
	When you're done eating, you get back to work.
	And, you know, if I was working at the shipyard, then we'd all get a quart of beer and we had 30 minutes, and we'd all drink it pretty quick, and then we get back to work.
	Um what, sweet baby James?
	What are you writing me here?
	Set the Senate Duncan Donuts.
	I'll give them Duncan Donuts.
	Oh, they can have Duncan Donuts.
	So the House has done more than the Senate.
	And that's my conclusion.
	Now, with that said, I mean, look, they did do the veterans reform bill, and that was the biggest reform to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
	And we had a caller last week, and I didn't have it at the top of my head and the tip of my tongue.
	I was pissed off at myself that I wasn't up to date as I should have been.
	Anyways, remember the scandals that broke out in 2013, and you know, they have this is uh the bill that President Trump signed that boost the accountability, improves services and leads to better care and offers the choice of these vets to get the promises we made to them and they can walk into other places.
	Also, the regulatory belief uh relief is very strong.
	The House passed that, the Senate passed that.
	The stronger border security, that that was passed, 1.5 billion, but it's not the building or the wall money, which is separate and apart, although the construction of the wall has begun and nobody's reporting it, and I will give you the details of that.
	And then, of course, the 21 billion increase in defense spending, which I think we needed.
	Uh, They did make a big deal over the opioid $781 million.
	It is an epidemic.
	I mean, you got these young kids.
	They're talking about this yesterday.
	I mean, they're just addicted.
	You know, they they start taking grandma's percocets or Vicadin, and the next thing you know, they're snorting heroin because they can't afford $80 for a pill and they spend $10 for a bag of freaking heroin.
	And the dealers love it because they're making a huge profit, and those kids, it's it's like impossible to get off those those drugs.
	It's like it's almost like a death sentence the minute you start.
	And then you got they've expanded school choice, et cetera, et cetera.
	But um that doesn't give you that doesn't get us to where everybody that the benchmark really was for most people repeal and replace.
	So it doesn't yes, they've done some good.
	So what they did, I think to learn from their error and learn from their mistake, is I thought pretty smart.
	They decided not to do top-down.
	They've created a framework.
	Now the only problem with the framework is you don't have all the details you want.
	And the details, well, we'll get to the details.
	The devil's always in the details.
	That's that's the problem.
	Anyway, and the overview is that basically the Congress, the Republicans of the House, Senate, and the White House have gotten together.
	And the president laid out four principles for tax reform.
	He wants to simplify the tax code.
	That means going from seven brackets to three.
	He wants it simple and easy.
	They want to make it that a lot of people can file on a postcard or file online, and you won't even pour H and R Block, hopefully, we'll be out of business after all of this.
	And I'm not saying that I don't want people out of business, but you know what I mean.
	The American workers, the middle class are gonna get the biggest part of the tax cut here, allowing them to keep more of their hard-earned money.
	Um, and then of course, the corporate taxes.
	The president was very clear today, said, Yeah, I've been saying 15%, 15%.
	The Republicans are outlining, and Paul Ryan's talking about 20%.
	I always wonder why they're gonna push back hard push for more, but 20%, then the repatriation of trillions that are out there.
	And so what they've done is they've laid out a framework.
	And this is the Trump administration, the House Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Committee on Finance.
	So this is the framework.
	Now, if you couple all of this, the middle class tax cuts, the corporate tax cuts, enhanced child tax credit, that's gonna be a part of it, an individual alternative minimum tax.
	I actually think you should have eliminated it, itemized deductions, your mortgage or charitable deductions, that would continue.
	And then I'm reading the Washington Post on this, and I'm like, this is where the liberal media has no fundamental understanding of economics, what it means, because the headline in this, they just go on, oh, headline, GOP proposes deep tax cuts, provides few details on how they're gonna pay for them.
	Well, Reagan took the top marginal rates, and it's so sad I have to educate these big, lofty, well-educated people from the Washington Post.
	They probably went to Harvard, Judgeton, Yale, Princeton, Totmouth, and whatever institutions they they considered of higher learning that we mere mortals are not actually being a part of.
	Anyway, so long story short, they don't get it.
	Reagan doubled revenues by taking the top marginal rates from 70 to 28 percent in the course of his presidency.
	Last time we had any real tax reform was in 1986.
	That was in Reagan's second term.
	What they're trying to do here is big.
	I just hope they're not biting off too much that they can't get it done.
	Keep it simple, stupid.
	Seven brackets to three.
	It looks like it's gonna be 20, not 15% on the corporate tax rate, but a significant deduction.
	You know, the president had to say, I don't know why everybody thinks that the rich not having not getting a tax cut such a good thing.
	Because I never got a job from a poor person.
	I only work for rich people.
	I've only worked for people that could afford my services as a contractor, or my services in a restaurant, or my services and in radio and TV.
	None of them are poor.
	Anyway, so I think it should be a part of it.
	The president said today that's not part of it.
	They're not gonna, you know, the headline on Drudge was even a little worse.
	As uh I need to read their sweet baby.
	As they're actually saying the proposal includes a surcharge on the wealthiest Americans.
	Well, the wealthiest Americans, they're gonna try and save har hide their money again.
	Because they're not stupid, they didn't get rich by being stupid.
	But at the end of the day, if you do that, do energy, and you stop the competition, but people the influx of people that are keeping for jobs, you know, that's a good start.
	Let me put it that way.
	All right, 800, 941 Sean, toll-free telephone number.
	We're in the nation swamp, Washington, D.C. Paul Ryan is uh gonna be our guest tonight.
	Our new time is nine Eastern.
	And then we're gonna head to Palm Beach.
	We're gonna see Rush Lumbaugh tomorrow, and uh, he does very few interviews.
	We're excited to have him on and get his take on all things media, Trump, NFL, and everything else that's happening.
	From Washington, D.C., it's the Sean Hannity Show.
	All right, Sean Hannity Show.
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	And all right, so it's not the zero-sum game that the Washington Post says.
	Now it's a framework, details are coming.
	Uh I was pretty happy to see, and I did talk to earlier today, Mark Meadows.
	He's the chairman of the Freedom Caucus.
	And and honestly, he's one of the guys that I rely on to actually go out there and fight.
	Freedom Caucus actually put out an announcement that they support the framework.
	They're gonna support the House GOP budget, and that they support the tax reform bill that is now making its way through it.
	Listen, what's not to support?
	If you're a Republican, what part of cutting taxes don't you like?
	What part of simplifying the tax code don't you like?
	Seven to three brackets.
	You're gonna drop the top corporate rate.
	It looks like twenty percent.
	You're gonna take in all the trillions repatriated, and basically you're saying all these companies that can't stand our taxation in this country.
	All right, bring your money in, spend it in Michigan, spend it in Wisconsin and Ohio and Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Missouri and Florida.
	Go spend them there.
	And then all those people that are out of work, and then if you did secure the border, that's more.
	That's less competition for the many jobs that we have.
	And then if you take it a step further and and we become energy independent and really push towards energy independence, I know it's the lifeblood of our economy, and that means fracking and gas and and drilling and Anwar, and that means clean burning coal.
	And then we could even you know how many millions of jobs we can create.
	And in the energy sector, you're talking about high-paying career jobs for people.
	And when we were getting jobs and partnering with some of the oil companies, you know, we were getting people jobs at a hundred grand a pop that were truck drivers.
	And they were even training you.
	Now, if I'm out of work and I'm not making a lot of money, and I hear I can get a job that pays me a hundred grand, or if I'm making 40 grand a year and I can more than double my salary, I'm gonna go to the oil industry.
	I don't go down and do whatever it takes.
	All right, well, the latest on the NFL.
	We got a great lineup.
	Paul Ryan on Hannity tonight, rush tomorrow.
	Uh, don't forget our new time nine Eastern from Washington.
	It's the Sean Hannity Show.
	Quick break, right back.
	We'll continue.
	All right, 25 till the top of the hour, 800-941 Sean.
	All right, so the president just announced he's gonna visit Puerto Rico next week.
	He just took to the stage, he's in Indianapolis to talk about his economic plan and the framework that he he's announced, as well as the speaker of the house will be on Hannity tonight and Mitch McConnell.
	Here's the president.
	Thank you very much.
	You just want massive tax cuts.
	That's what you want.
	That's the only reason you're going so wow.
	But it's wonderful to be back in the great state of Indiana.
	What a place.
	I want to thank Senator Todd Young, Senator Joe Donnelly, Representative Jackie Willarski, Representative Susan Brooks, and Representative Mike Messer for joining us today.
	Thank you very much.
	Thank you very much for the appreciate.
	I also want to thank members of my economic team, Secretary Steven Minuchin, and Director Gary Cohn for joining us as well.
	We appreciate it.
	Let me begin by saying that our hearts and prayers go out to the people of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands who are suffering in the wake of yet another catastrophic hurricane.
	I mean, their island was virtually destroyed.
	Federal agencies are working closely with local partners to help these communities get back on their feet as soon as possible.
	Texas, Florida, Louisiana are doing great, and the recovery process is happening very, very quickly.
	I will be going down to Puerto Rico next week to get an on-the-ground briefing about the disaster recovery and to see all of our great first responders and to meet a lot of the people who are so affected by these storms.
	We are with you now, I tell them, and we will be there every step of the way until this job is done.
	It is truly catastrophic what happened in Puerto Rico.
	And massive amounts of water, food, and supplies, by the way, are being delivered on an hourly basis.
	From this country, I can tell you that.
	And I'm very proud of all of the folks that have worked so hard in FEMA, all of our first responders, all of our police that have gone to the island because their police force has been so badly affected, and many of their policemen, in fact, most of the police people have lost their homes, and it's been a tough go.
	But we are we're going to get it back.
	Before we go on to discuss the largest tax cut in our country's history, I also want to provide a brief update on health care.
	We have the votes on Graham Cassidy, but with the rules of reconciliation, we're up against a deadline of Friday, two days.
	That's just two days.
	And yes vote, Senator, we have a wonderful Senator, great, great Senator, who is a yes vote, but he's home recovering from a pretty tough situation.
	And with so many great features, including all of the block granting, the money to the states, et cetera, et cetera.
	Our health care plan is really going to be something excellent.
	It's going to be better managed for the people that it serves.
	Having local health care representatives is far better than having health care managed from Washington, D.C. Not even a contest.
	And many, many governors, as you also see, have agreed with us and approved it and really look forward to running it properly.
	But again, because the reconciliation window is about to close, we have to wait a few months until it reopens before we take a vote.
	So we're getting all of the good signs from Alaska and the others to repeal and replace Obamacare.
	And I was hoping this would be put on my desk right after we won the election and I'd come in and sign.
	But it didn't work that way.
	There were a couple of people that I won't say anything.
	I'm sick.
	But early next year, when reconciliation kicks back in, in any event, long before the November election, we're going to have a vote, and we're going to be able to get that through, and I think we'll actually get it through very easily, and the time makes it easier.
	But speaking of reconciliation, the Republican Senate needs to get rid of the filibuster rule, which is blocking so many great legislative reforms the American people badly want and deserve.
	By the way, the Democrats, if they had the opportunity, which hopefully they won't for many, many years, they would get rid of it on day one.
	And most of you know exactly what I'm talking about.
	We're here today in Indiana to announce our framework to deliver historic tax relief to the American people.
	Thank you.
	This is a once in a generation opportunity, and I guess it's probably something I could say that I'm very good at.
	I've been waiting for this for a long time.
	We're going to cut taxes for the middle class, make the tax code simpler and more fair for everyday Americans, and we are going to bring back the jobs and wealth that have left our country, and most people thought left our country for good.
	applause applause We want tax reform that is pro-growth, pro-jobs, pro-worker, pro-family, and yes, tax reform that is pro-American.
	Thank you.
	It's time to take care of our people, to rebuild our nation, and to fight for our great American workers.
	Thank you.
	Indiana is a tremendous example of the prosperity that is unleashed when we cut taxes and set free the dreams of our citizens.
	This state has claimed a powerful competitive edge built on low taxes and less regulation.
	And are we cutting regulation?
	Thank you.
	And businesses all across the country have taken notice.
	In recent years, Indiana has welcomed dozens of companies fleeing high taxes and high tax states.
	Thousands of new jobs and massive capital investment have followed, meaning a better quality of life for the people of Indiana.
	All of this is possible because the people of this state have made a decision.
	They chose to make Indiana competitive again.
	They chose, and their choice was so important.
	It included electing a governor who you may have heard of, who signed the largest income tax cut in the state's history, our very, very terrific person and terrific Vice President Mike Pence.
	Thank you.
	It's time for Washington to learn from the wisdom of Indiana.
	We need Washington to promote American jobs instead of obstructing them.
	That is what I've been working to achieve every day since I took office.
	That is what I talked about on the campaign trail.
	Already we're seeing the results of an economic policy that finally puts America first.
	Thank you.
	Unemployment is at a 16-year low.
	Unemployment for African Americans is near its lowest point since the turn of the millennium.
	It's really a fantastic thing to see.
	Wages are rising.
	Optimism among manufacturers has reached all-time highs.
	GDP growth last quarter reached 3%, way ahead of schedule.
	Nobody thought that was going to happen for a long time.
	And this quarter, I believe would have been better, but the hurricanes will have an impact.
	But other than that, it Would have been, in my opinion, even better.
	Your government is working for you once again, not for the donors, not the special interest, but the hardworking tax-paying citizens of our country.
	Thank you.
	America is back on the right track, and I see so many red hats.
	Make America great again.
	That's what we are doing.
	Make America great again.
	But our country and our economy cannot take off like they should unless we dramatically reform America's outdated, complex and extremely burdensome tax code.
	It's a relic.
	Compete with other countries.
	The current tax system is a colossal barrier standing in the way of America's economic comeback, because it can be far greater than it has ever been.
	But we're going to remove that barrier to create the tax system that our people finally, finally, finally and want and deserve.
	For several months, my Administration has been working closely with Congress to develop a framework for tax reform.
	Over the next few months, the House and Senate will build on this framework and produce legislation that will deliver more jobs, higher pay, and lower taxes for middle-class families, for the working man and woman, and for businesses of all sizes.
	Thank you.
	All right, for our stations along the Sean Hannity Show Network, we are going to blow the local breaks.
	Feel free to break away if necessary, and of course, we will be taking our hard break at the top of the hour more with President Trump in Indianapolis.
	These tax cuts are significant.
	There's never been tax cuts like what we're talking about.
	Our framework is based on four key ideas.
	First, we will cut taxes for the everyday hard-working Americans, the people that work so long, so hard, and they've been forgotten.
	But they're not forgotten anymore.
	I think we proved that on November 8th.
	Thank you.
	Under this framework, the first 12,000 of income earned by a single individual will be tax-free.
	And a married couple won't pay a dime in taxes on their first 24,000 of income.
	So a married couple, up to $24,000, can spend their money on their family, on their children, on what they have to do.
	So much better.
	In other words, more income for more people will be taxed at a rate of zero.
	At this 0 percent rate, taxable income will be subject to just three tax rates of 12 percent, 25 percent, and 35 percent.
	Jonathan Blanton and his wife Jamie from Greentown are here with us today.
	Where are they?
	Oh, hello, Jonathan.
	How are you?
	Jonathan does industrial janitorial work, and Jamie works at an auto company.
	Together they're raising four beautiful children, and last year they earned less than $90,000.
	Under our tax plan, they would have saved more than 1,000, and could be substantially more, and that's just on Federal taxes.
	So they would have saved at least $1,000.
	Middle-income families will save even more money with an increased child tax credit for children under the age of 17, which so many families have been calling for.
	Thank you.
	We will eliminate the marriage penalty in the existing credit and expand eligibility to include even more middle-income families, greatly expanded.
	We're also expanding the child tax credit because we believe the most important investment our country can make is in our children.
	Thank you.
	And this is just one more critical way that we're targeting relief to working families.
	In addition, under our framework, those caring for the elderly loved, and we love these people, but we're caring, and we take such care of the elderly and other adult dependents will receive financial relief in the form of a $500 tax credit.
	Thank you.
	We're doing everything we can to reduce the tax burden on you and your family by eliminating tax breaks and loopholes.
	We will ensure that the benefits are focused on the middle class, the working men and women, not the highest income earners.
	Our framework includes our explicit commitment that tax reform will protect low-income and middle-income households, not the wealthy and well connected.
	They can call me all they want.
	It's not going to help.
	I'm doing the right thing, and it's not good for me, believe me.
	But what is good for me, not only as President and legacy, what is good for me is if everything takes off like a rocket ship, like it should have for 20 years.
	That's good for me.
	That's good for everyone.
	And that's what I think is going to happen.
	And a lot of very wealthy people feel the same way, believe me.
	In fact, we are eliminating most itemized deductions that primarily benefit the wealthiest taxpayers.
	We have also given Congress the flexibility to add an additional top rate on the very highest income earners to provide even more tax relief for working people.
	Second, our framework will make the tax code simple, fair, and easy to understand, finally.
	Americans waste money.
	Americans waste so much money, billions and billions of dollars, and many hours each year to comply with our ridiculously complex tax code.
	More than 90 percent of Americans use assistance to prepare their taxes.
	Under our framework, the vast majority of families will be able to file their taxes on a single sheet of paper.
	Thank you.
	We are also repealing the alternative minimum tax or AMT.
	About time.
	The AMT is actually a shadow tax system that requires many people to calculate their taxes two different ways and pay the higher of the two amounts.
	You're all familiar with it, aren't you?
	Under our framework, the AMT will make even less sense because we are repealing many of the special interest tax breaks that it was designed to deal with.
	We are making our taxes simple again.
	We are simplifying our tax system to protect millions of small businesses and the American farmer.
	We are finally ending the crushing, the horrible, the unfair estate tax, or as it is often referred to, the death tax.
	Thank you.
	That means, especially for all of you with small businesses that are really tremendous businesses, you'll be able to leave them to your family, and your family won't have to run out and do a fire sale to try and get the money to pay the tax, lose the business, ends up going out of business.
	All of those jobs are lost.
	The farmers in particular are affected.
	They have wonderful farms, but they can't pay the tax.
	So they have to sell the farm.
	The people that buy it don't run it with love.
	They can't run it the same way.
	And it goes out.
	So that death tax is a disaster for this country and a disaster for so many small businesses and farmers, and we're getting rid of it.
	Thank you.
	Now, if you don't like your family, it won't matter.
	All right, that's a president in Indiana for tax rates, people, couples paying uh making twenty-four thousand dollars a year pay nothing in taxes, simplify the tax code, eliminate the alternative minimum tax, and make taxes simple again.
	We're in Washington, D.C. We'll have Paul Ryan on all of this tonight, and hopefully the House and Senate can get this done.
	And the idea is to jumpstart and turbocharge the economy.
	Hey, listen, first I want to remind you as we continue, eight, and we're gonna get into the football issue when we get back.
	I don't think you can disrespect our country, our flag, our national anthem.
	To me, the NFL situation is a very important situation.
	It's called respect for our country.
	Many people have died.
	Many, many people.
	Many people are so horribly injured.
	I was at Walter Reed Hospital recently, and I saw so many great young people and their missing legs and their missing arms, and they've been so badly injured.
	And they were fighting for our country.
	They were fighting for our flag.
	They were fighting for our national anthem.
	And for people to disrespect that by kneeling during the playing of our national anthem, I think is disgraceful.
	All right, hour two, Sean Hannity Show from the Nation's swamp and sewer, Washington, D.C. We're glad you're with us.
	Right down our toll-free telephone number.
	You want to join us, 800-941 Sean.
	You want to be a part of the program, the president again saying, No, this is about respect, respect for the country, respect for our flag, respect for the hundreds of thousands of people that died fighting under that flag, and why the left and the crazy media and and well, let's impeach him over his NFL comments.
	Maxine Waters and the rest of them, they just they clearly don't get it.
	They don't under it's unbelievable to me.
	Anyway, one of the biggest cities where this has had an an impact is the great city of Pittsburgh, where our friend Rose Tennant lives, and of course, Ben Rothelsberger, their quarterback, said he kind of regretted doing it.
	And then Alejandro Villanueva, I thought who was the hero, and then he's kind of backtracked and he felt like he let his team down, and he got excoriated publicly by his coach, which shocked me.
	And I've seen more people burning Pittsburgh Steeler memorabilia and jerseys than any other any other city or town that has the NFL right now.
	Also, Monica Crowley is with us, a huge NFL fan.
	She's got seasons tickets, I know, to the the ever so powerful and successful New York Jets.
	And uh on the 50-yard line.
	And uh I don't think she can give those tickets away at this particular point in time.
	Oh, they're although they they did have a great great win over the weekend, and it was fun.
	The Giants and Jets were on the same time, and I kept going back and forth, and the Jets were winning, and I wouldn't have bet it.
	But listen, we've been in a rebuilding year since Joe Navis, so I always keep hope alive, Sean.
	Uh eternally hopeful.
	Um, Rose, I gotta let's start with you because I'm watching Pittsburgh and I I know the people of Pittsburgh.
	I mean, frankly, that that's my life, my background.
	And I I remember when I was there with Trump, you were in the back of the stage sitting right behind the then candidate Trump.
	And I remember how many people in the audience they were taking their terrible towels and and waving them around, and the president even got one.
	And uh do you remember that you and I actually stumped for a former steeler, Lynn Swan?
	I do in Pittsburgh bunched stumping for him.
	I mean, the Steelers fans are unique fans.
	The team is a unique team.
	There are stiller fans all over the world.
	People that never lived in Pittsburgh are devoted to this team.
	And we've had a very honorable football team, but it looks like our legacy has been charred by this, and and and they can turn it around, but it doesn't start with a letter that Rooney wrote to the Steeler Nation yesterday.
	He he told us that what we he believes is a misperception.
	There's no misperception about the players' intentions.
	I think we perceived it quite well.
	But one of the things that he said was that the players wanted to stay out of the business of making political statements.
	But I'm telling you that taking the field and standing for the national anthem is how you avoid making a political statement.
	Standing for the anthem isn't a political statement.
	I mean, our national anthem has never been political until now.
	It's been made political.
	And and you know, the bottom line is the left has found a way to take a song that once united us and turning it into a song that divides us, but it's not working.
	Not when you find out that two thirds of the Americans still are appalled by what the NFL and the players have been doing.
	That and that that tells me that Democrats and Republicans and independents alike are appalled by this.
	I don't know how the NFL gets out of this at this point, Monica.
	I mean, I think the president I the president is captured and polls are showing that the people are with the president.
	I'm with the president.
	I'm I'm flabbergasted, you know.
	I uh we'll have Katie Hopkins on later with Heraldo.
	And and when I was watching the Jaguars and the Ravens early on Sunday morning, and I turn it on and and they kneel for for the for the anthem and then they stand for God Save the Queen.
	I'm saying, God save us.
	Yeah, I wrote a column about this yesterday for the Hill.com, and I was making this exact point.
	Look, all of the recent polling shows that the public is with Donald Trump on this.
	A vast majority of Americans agree that the players' behavior is unpatriotic, right?
	It's not a question of whether they have a right to do it.
	Of course they have a right to do it.
	The question is, is it appropriate in that venue?
	Remember Sean and Rose a couple weeks ago when the Emmy Awards were going on, and every Hollywood person who went up on the stage and made made anti-Trump and or even anti-American kind of comments.
	I put out a tweet saying, you know what, this is Hollywood helping Donald Trump get re-elected.
	This is the same exact thing.
	These people don't understand, or maybe they do understand and they don't care.
	But what I would like to see the president do, and this was the point of my column in the hill yesterday, was to flip the script because he's so good at doing this.
	Do you remember during the campaign Hillary slogan, I'm with her?
	Well, Donald Trump effectively turned that upside down, and he said, No, I'm with you.
	And what I would like Trump to say now is you know what, guys, this isn't about me.
	Okay, this is about all of you.
	This is the message that I had during my during my campaign.
	If you want to protest me and my policies and my administration, great, knock yourselves out.
	But please understand that the national anthem and the American flag are bigger than me.
	In fact, they're bigger than all of us.
	So for all of you left-wingers out there who are paying lip service to greater unity and tolerance, I ask that you demonstrate those values by respecting the flag and the anthem.
	And understand that if you think, you know, this country doesn't serve particular groups of people, well, well, you know what?
	Those very symbols will guide us to be better.
	And that's all I'm asking.
	As president, I'm just a temporary steward here.
	I'm gonna pass from the scene eventually.
	This is about America and our sacred honor.
	That's what I'd like to hear from President Trump.
	And I think if he removed himself from the equation, Sean Rose like that, I think that would go really far.
	Rose, I'm just curious what the Steelers fans are gonna do in the weeks ahead.
	It's unbelievable.
	It'd be um oh my gosh, people are so very upset right now, and we will be watching.
	Now, there's been some indication that they are going to come out and they will stand for the anthem from now on.
	That's what we've been told.
	We'll see if that happens.
	And if it does, that's fine, and that's the right thing to do.
	Oh, the thing that bothers me is that the left has created this false choice.
	And and and they take something that is so American, something that brings us together as Americans, and then they polarize it.
	They they they're protesting something, anything on the basis of any kind of grievance they can find.
	And then they put us in a position that if we go against, because that's that's what they decide is the moral high ground.
	Then if we go against it, then we're taking the morally low ground.
	And I'm tired of that.
	You know, if we defend what our American traditions, that is not taking the morally low ground.
	They've got this so upset, so upside down.
	Monica, I think you're awesome.
	I love what you had to say.
	I don't mind that President Trump has weighed in.
	I don't mind at all because he's he's been charged with protecting and preserving our constitution with honoring all those things that we hold dear.
	And he's a pretty smart guy.
	He he has touched the hearts of the average American, just as he did when he was running for office.
	People care about the national anthem.
	They care about the flag, whether they're Democrats or Republicans or independents.
	They care about that.
	And he understands that.
	You know, I th I think for most Americans, this is simple, but where does it end?
	I mean, does this end well?
	Does the NFL get their act together, Monica, or are they gonna keep this up?
	Well, I think eventually they will because they don't want to commit an economic suicide, Sean, right?
	I mean, people are leaving in droves.
	You've got the TV ratings for these games steadily sliding because nobody wants to see this.
	People don't want to see these kinds of political statements when they're trying to be entertained uh with a pro football game.
	So I think eventually just out of economic rationality, the NFL will get its act together.
	I noticed that the New England Patriots tweeted this morning that they're all gonna stand for the national anthem at their next game.
	Good.
	I think most teams will eventually get to that point, maybe sooner rather than later.
	This is just the the latest in the the latest chapter of the culture wars.
	And Sean, you're on the air every day talking about this rose, you meet too.
	The left that has inspired this whole movement, they attack sacred American institutions.
	Pro football might not seem that serious, but actually it it is.
	Because when you attack pro football like this, you're attacking um the the core values that the Constitution, the flag all all symbolize.
	And and you know, it goes after what makes us great as Americans and the fact that that culturally, economically, politically, militarily, we are the best in the world.
	Number one, we've been a superpower.
	The left goes after all of these pillars of our society and our culture and our economics and our foundation in order to tear it down so that they can rebuild some sort of left wing utopia.
	They've been doing this for a long time.
	Here's what I want to know.
	I I want to know why Roger Goodell wouldn't allow somebody to say never forget and put on his cleats 91101 on the 15th anniversary of the worst terror attack in history, why the Dallas Cowboys weren't allowed to honor the slain cops on their helmets, which they would have liked to do, or players that want to honor their mothers or fathers that are are sick in some way and in some overt way.
	Uh you can't do a lot of things in the NFL.
	You can't yell, you can't curse, you can't taunt, you can't twerk, you can't do a fake bow and arrow for crying out loud.
	So there's a lot of restrictions on freedom of speech, but Goodell, you know, I'll look I'll tell you what it says.
	It says the national anthem must be played prior to every NFL game.
	All players must be on the sideline for the national anthem.
	And during the anthem, players on the field and bench area must stand at attention, face the flag, hold their helmets in their left hand, refrain from talking.
	The home team should ensure that the American flag is in good condition.
	It should be pointed out to players and coaches that we continue to be judged by the public in this area of respect for the flag and country.
	Failure to be on the field at the start of the national anthem may result in discipline such as fine suspensions and or forfeiture of draft choices for violations of the above, including first offenses.
	Doesn't sound like it was uh there's any ambiguity there.
	There isn't if if Godell had done his job from the very beginning, nip it in the butt and immediately, we wouldn't even be seeing this right now.
	But the problem is, Sean, then it would be seen as him taking the morally low ground that he might be perceived as a racist.
	But see, this is what the left does.
	American flags on t-shirts at school, kids chanting USA.
	That's not controversial until the left generates the controversy.
	And that's what they've done here, and they've taken uh our institutions, our American uh tradition, and try to uh take take the tell tell us that we're taking the lower ground if we defend those things.
	When they use the case, we gotta leave it right there.
	We do thank both of you.
	Uh well, two of the biggest NFL fans I know, Monica Crowley and Rose Tennant.
	Guys, good to see you both.
	Good to hear from you both.
	Thanks for being with us.
	All right, as we continue, Sean Hannity shows straight to our busy phones.
	We go to News Talk, WSB, Atlanta in Georgia, saying hi to Lauren.
	Lauren, hi, how are you?
	Glad you called.
	Welcome to the show.
	Hi, thank you for taking my call.
	Um, I just wanted to make a comment on the NFL uh kneeling controversy.
	And it seems back to our public schools not teaching civics anymore.
	Um if you don't understand what your civic duties entail, um then maybe you don't fully grasp um what you're doing is completely wrong.
	Yeah, I think there's a lot of truth in this.
	Um you know, maybe it's the arguments maybe are they not even that complex.
	Let's be honest.
	The human condition is one of good and evil.
	The human soul is a struggle between that good and evil.
	It's very simple, basic stuff.
	Uh I keep quoting this week Barry Farr because it just I can't say it any better in my own words.
	And that is there's never been in the history of the world a country that has accumulated more power and abused it less than the United States.
	There's never been a country that's accumulated more power than the United States and used it for the advancement of human good and standing up to evil.
	No, we're not a perfect country.
	No, our framers and founders weren't perfect people.
	But the beauty of our constitution, we the people is that we have the means, the mechanisms in place to right wrongs, evils, injustices, and I think our history has proven, uh, albeit ever so slowly, we've made many of those adjustments for the good.
	And I I for the life of me, it's it's I I do think there is a push that there are people that want to basically just shred this country to smithereens, as if we've done no good.
	You know, it's like uh Michelle Obama.
	For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country.
	Really?
	You weren't proud of your country, defeating fascism, Naziism, communism, imperial Japan.
	For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback.
	Let me tell you something I mean first America has done so much for the advancement of the human soul.
	Don't you think?
	Oh, absolutely.
	Absolutely.
	And but I but I feel like our education system, uh, especially the public education system may, you know, be a little more left-leaning and and removing um learning about how to be a good citizen.
	Um, you know, that that's just gonna be contribute to the detriment of our society.
	Yeah, totally agree.
	All right, Lauren, all my all my best to my friends down in Atlanta.
	Winston Salem, North Carolina, Rob is next.
	Uh Rob, hi, how are you?
	Glad you called.
	Hey, Sean.
	Thanks for having me.
	I'm just gonna tell you, I've I've been a fan ever since I used to look forward to when either you or the late great Tony Snow would guess this for us.
	Oh my gosh.
	You know what?
	I Russia's paved a path for all of us.
	Um I'm really I don't get to see him enough.
	Uh and I'm gonna see him tomorrow, and uh he'll be on the show tomorrow night at our new time, nine o'clock.
	And he doesn't do a lot of TV interviews, but when he does, they're always powerful.
	So thank you for your kind words, and I'm forever grateful that that he's given me the opportunity with just to fill in for him.
	And and he frankly forged the path for all of us in this business.
	Absolutely absolutely, absolutely.
	And you guys did great work with your own show.
	And uh my my my point, you know, this handsome thing.
	Uh my first point is I believe this kneeling stunt perpetrated by Kaepernick, it's one of the sillier stunts that we've seen by agents of the far left these days.
	He says that he is protesting racism.
	You know, I just want to know where that is, because from what uh people on the left tell me that one can't be racist without power.
	Listen, racism, and I gotta run.
	And I appreciate your call and your kind words.
	It's the inherent belief in superiority.
	And if you if you're uh if you believe in God, you know that we're all created by the same person.
	Great call.
	We'll continue.
	I want to uh uh I'm gonna go there with first Tuesday seems to be the first time we can do without really disrupting first responders and the efforts that are being made to help people.
	Uh we have shipped massive amounts of food and water and supplies to Puerto Rico, and we are continuing to do it on an hourly basis.
	But that island was hit as hard as you could hit.
	When you see 200 mile an arrow winds, even Texas didn't have 200 mile an hour winds, right?
	But when you see 200 miles and even more than that, 200 mile an arrow winds hitting uh a place, and literally houses are just demolished.
	It was like tornadoes.
	It was like having hundreds of tornadoes, the winds.
	So we've never seen it actually touched down as a category five.
	People have never seen anything like that.
	And it was dead center.
	I mean, you couldn't be any more.
	And don't forget, a week before it got hit by another hurricane.
	Now that one brushed it.
	But that did tremendous damage too.
	So Puerto Rico has tremendous Problems with floods and with uh damage and collapse and I mean we're still looking for people.
	We're still looking for people.
	But I'm gonna be going there on Tuesday, and I may also stop at the Virgin Islands.
	The governor there has done a terrific job of uh I mean he's been devastated, but he's done a terrific job, and he's been very generous with what he said about the relief eff effort.
	The FEMA folks have worked so hard.
	You know, we thought after Texas they could take a little bit of a rest.
	FEMA.
	Uh what they have done is incredible.
	So they go from Texas to Florida.
	They happen to stop at Louisiana in between.
	And now uh Puerto Rico gets hit, but they've been there and they've been doing a really good job.
	So I'll be there on Tuesday, and perhaps some of you will be with me.
	Puerto Rico is very important to me and Puerto Rico.
	The people are uh fantastic people.
	I grew up in New York, so I know many people from Puerto Rico.
	I know many Puerto Ricans, and uh these are great people and we have to help them.
	Uh the island is devastated.
	It's uh I mean some people say I I read this morning it's literally destroyed.
	The infrastructure was in bad shape, as you know in Puerto Rico before the storm, and now in many cases it has no infrastructure, so it's you're really starting from almost scratch.
	But these are great people, they're wonderful people, they're hardy people.
	Uh they'll be back.
	All right, the president earlier today, 800 nine four one Sean is our toll-free telephone number if you want to be a part of the program, uh, talking about the devastation in Puerto Rico, two hundred mile per hour winds, cat five dead center hit, and the devastation is is beyond uh uh recognition.
	I know my my buddy Geraldo's been there reporting.
	He'll join us at the top of the uh next hour.
	We'll get an update from him.
	But uh as the President said, food, water, medicine supplies all going in hourly there, and one of the people that has been in the forefront, we we can't forget the people that suffered through Hurricane Harvey in in Texas and Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria.
	I mean, it's it's been one right after the other.
	Uh the place I usually go to that I know has done such a good job and they always stay and finish the job, and we can't forget, I mean, you see the hurricane and people are generous and they donate and then we forget, but the rebuilding literally will go on for some people for years.
	My good friend Franklin Graham, the Reverend Graham of Samaritan's Purse.
	Uh, Reverend, welcome back to the program.
	It's uh it's been a pretty rough hurricane season.
	I know you're in all three locations and other places like Barbuda and others where where ninety-five percent of dwellings were ruined there.
	What's going on?
	Uh uh Sean, uh thank you for letting me uh be with you today.
	This is the the I think this is probably one of the the worst uh hurricane seasons I can remember in my lifetime.
	Uh to have these back to back storms uh that have wiped out uh not only the British Virgin Islands, the American Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Barbuda, uh uh St. Martin, uh and uh the Turks and Caicos, it's uh it's just incredible.
	And then to have Harvey, uh what it did uh the and this was a record flood for Texas, they said it was a thousand year flood.
	Uh Samaritas first we're working in uh five locations in Texas.
	We're working two locations in Florida.
	Um and we we started down at Key West and we're starting to work our way north up up uh through Big Pine uh Marathon so forth.
	That that that is uh that's a tragedy.
	And then the Naples area.
	You know, you think of Naples being very wealthy, but there there are people that that are not so wealthy that that live there that uh lost everything they have, and so we're working there in Naples.
	Uh the Caribbean, uh we've we're on five different islands in the Caribbean.
	I was in Pigua uh day four yesterday and and on the island of Barbuda.
	Uh had uh our friend Greta Van Sestrum, she was uh she went with me.
	She wanted to see it.
	But the the people down there in Barbuda actually uh they said, you know, ninety percent of the homes were I didn't see one home that wasn't destroyed.
	And maybe there's a few out there that are still standing, but every ha every place was just damaged.
	And these are these are people these are not wealthy people.
	These are people that have lost everything.
	And then you take Puerto Rico on top of this.
	This is part of the United States.
	Um, and the entire infrastructure has collapsed.
	It it's a mess.
	We've been taking our our cargo DC eight in and out of there.
	Just uh uh we were there two days after the storm we got in.
	But it it is a zoo trying to fly in there.
	The the the air traffic control system's down.
	Uh, they don't have radar coverage, they can't separate airplanes coming in.
	So it's very, very difficult for humanitarian organizations like us to try to even get in there.
	We have to fight to get a slot uh to get into the airport.
	But the that's just part of the problems after storms like this.
	But I I want to say, Sean, how much I appreciate your gift, the support of thousands of people across this country that have that have been giving uh to help the victims of these hurricanes.
	And Samaritans Purse, we're responding.
	We'll be there for as you said, we'll be there for years in these places, helping people not just recover from the storm, but now that we get through the recovery, it's it's the it's the rebuild.
	And that just takes time.
	And and we just need to pray that God will give everybody patience.
	But we we need God's uh we need God's help as we move forward, and especially the people of Puerto Rico.
	They they really need our prayers.
	So I want you to explain, by the way, you're making me realize that I need to donate more, Reverend, honestly.
	I mean because I've I've actually been out with you in in Baton Rouge and other places where I see the real great work that you do with Samaritans Purse and you do stay there and you do finish the job.
	Um but there's a lot of things people can do, and it's interesting that these things happen and they're the worst things for people and their lives are devastated, and then you see all this goodness coming out of people as well.
	I mean, how many people have changed their lives and they end up working for Samaritans Purse and helping people rebuild their homes.
	I mean, every time something happens as I understand it, you're getting thousands of people volunteering to to just step up and and do whatever they can.
	We we we do, Sean, we have thousands of volunteers that that that come work with us.
	The difficulty with uh th these particular storms, uh, if you take like the keys, it's almost impossible to get the uh volunteers down there because there's no place for the volunteers to stay.
	The the the hotels are destroyed, the houses are destroyed.
	So what we're doing is we've got a church in Fort Lauderdale that's uh a Calvary Chapel that is uh that is housing our volunteers, and then we've got uh to three airplanes down there, and we've got a DC uh DC three, we've got a uh Spanish made Casa cargo plane and a Cessna caravan, and we fly the volunteers down in the morning, we make several trips, and then in the evening we make several trips back to Fort Lauderdale, just so we got a place to house them.
	And then when we get to Antigua the same thing, there's no place to stay in Barbuda.
	So we have to keep our volunteers uh in St. John's and uh Antigua and then fly them over uh to the island of Barbuda where they work for the day, then fly them back.
	But Sean, all of these volunteers are incredible men and women, and we c we couldn't do the work without 'em.
	And and more importantly, uh we want to work in these these communities, and I want to of course I do this in the name of Jesus Christ.
	I want people to know that God loves them and cares for them, that He's not mad at 'em.
	Many times people think after a storm, maybe God is mad at me, and uh and I'm going through this uh because of some sin in my life.
	But they asked Jesus the same question, and Jesus said no.
	That's it it's not that you're worse sinners.
	The point is uh the Bible says if we don't repent, we're all going to perish.
	And that's the warning I want people to know that if if we don't repent, destruction is going to come to all of us one day when we have to stand before Almighty God and He judges us.
	Is there a correlation between sin and and bad things that happen in pe people's life?
	I mean that's a that's an unbelievable philosophical question.
	Well, I think it can be some of our lifestyles, w whether you drink too much or whether you eat too much and it and and I uh I only have two two beers a day.
	I don't understand why you're yelling at me.
	I think two beers is moderate.
	I think I'm fine.
	Well, but you know, s Sean the uh we we've we've there are co consequences uh to decisions we make in life, uh health issues are so forth.
	Uh but yet there are consequences uh uh spiritually if we reject God and if we reject his son Jesus Christ, there are consequences to that.
	God is offering salvation, he's offering forgiveness, but if we reject him and reject uh his gift of of the salvation which is free, that's through faith in Jesus Christ, then he has no choice but to to uh judge us one day.
	But Sean, I and that brings up a good point.
	I want to talk about your film for a minute, uh your movie.
	Uh it is an incredible, powerful uh movie that that you've you've put together.
	Uh Let There Be Light.
	You you sent a link for me to watch that, and I was up in Alaska and I watched it on my iPhone.
	And once I started, I couldn't put it down.
	I just thought this is is uh fantastic, and you've done such a a great job.
	And when I first started watching the film, I thought, you know, I've never seen anything quite like this.
	And it and the more I watched it, the deeper it pulled me into it, and it and and it is so well done, so well produced, and you you think you've got it figured out.
	Uh this thing takes you on a roller coaster, uh of a motion, and I was just so pleased, Sean, that you You did this, and I th and I just pray that it does extremely well.
	Reverend coming from you, that that is the biggest compliment.
	You see, because I'm the bigger sinner here, so I let there be light.
	I'm I'm so proud of the message and the product that has been put together, and and all credit to Kevin and Sam Sorbo.
	They've been amazing, and their acting is amazing.
	And and what I love about it, it does take you on an emotional roller coaster that you can't possibly anticipate how this is going to end up.
	And it also has, I think a lot of modern day, you know, applications.
	I mean, how many times on college campuses if you have somebody of faith debating an atheist in this case who wrote a book, Aborting God, and the audience is on the side of the the atheist, the aborting god guy, and Christians are and people of faith are mocked and ridiculed and made fun of and considered old fashioned.
	But at the end of the day, you see the deep pain that that that individual was going through.
	I don't want to give the whole movie away.
	Right.
	And um, you know, well, coming from you, look, it's I'm I'm very proud of it, especially in light of Hollywood, I think being so one-sided in their their viewpoints.
	I do think there's an appetite out there for people to have films that will touch their hearts and touch their souls.
	I've watched this it's you know, uh it's my first foray into executive producing of a movie.
	I had no idea what I was doing or getting into, but um I'm very proud of it, and I I do think it has an uplifting message and one that we can all that can touch the heart.
	No question, Sean.
	It's uh not only does it have an uplifting message, but but you have uh God's gospel in in in this film.
	And uh you've got forgiveness in this film, you've got redemption in this film.
	Uh there's so much that you have you've been able to put into it.
	And so I'm I'm just proud of you, Sean, for for doing this.
	And your and your sweet wife, she must have had a big influence.
	You know the better half of the family, I guess.
	So uh you gave it a listen, I'm uh I always admit to you, I'm like I was the bad guy.
	I was the troublemaker.
	I was the incorrigible human being, and I think it's it's continued through my my adulthood.
	But you know, uh I'm glad you're saying it.
	Um we actually have a a website we've set up, let there be light movie.com slash pastors, and I'm just I I honestly I'm not so concerned about any investment I made in the movie as much as I think the message is powerful, and and I hope pastors will go to that website and they can show their congregations and and I think people will really really get a lot out of it, and I think it's so contemporary and it's it's it's it's it's subtle in its message.
	It's like you we're not hitting people over the head and saying do this or do that, but I think it just reveals it.
	It just reveals a choice that we all have in life.
	Well, it does, Sean.
	Not only reveals choices, uh the consequences of those choices, but but the the fact that you've got um it it's a love story.
	Um and it and it's you know, and if that's in it, uh it's it's got uh, as I said, the gospel that uh Jesus is the way, he's the truth and the life.
	Uh you've got an incredible story of redemption.
	Uh I think this is um uh you know, I think this movie will do extremely well.
	God will bless it and God will honor you.
	Uh I think Sean for doing it.
	All right, we've got to take a break.
	We'll come back more with the Reverend Franklin Graham of Samaritan's Purse, and we'll get to your calls, comments.
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	All right, as we continue with Samaritan Purses, we're Reverend Franklin Graham is with us.
	Reverend, I just I honestly, if I could learn a few things from you, I think I'd be much better off.
	Um I I just want people to know what Samaritan's Purse is doing too.
	And Reverend, I just I I want to help you any way I can.
	Anything that we can do on this program, it sounds like you're in need of funds now because your organization is being so overwhelmed.
	Uh I promise you I'll I'll wire another a bit of money to you for myself.
	I'm not asking people to do something I myself won't do.
	And uh anything else we can do, it's uh Samaritan's Purse dot org.
	Yep.
	All right, Reverend, always good to see you, and our thoughts and prayers are with all the people that have been impacted by these hurricanes, and thank you for the good work you do, and thank you for your kind words.
	We do appreciate it, and we hope to have you back soon.
	Thank you, Sean.
	All right, so if you are a pastor, by the way, it's Let There Be Light Movie dot com slash pastors.
	All right, we've got to take a quick break.
	Speaking of Puerto Rico, we're gonna check in with my buddy Geraldo Rivera, 800 941 Sean is our number as we continue from the swamp and sewer that is Washington, DC.
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	It is a major crusade of mine, a major cause of mine, and that is to get rid of the star spangled banner.
	There's so much wrong with it.
	I don't know where to start.
	But it's it's just it's a it's an abomination.
	First of all, it it raises two octaves.
	Most people can only do kind of one octave.
	I mean, when you think about it, it's bombs bursting in air, rockets, regular.
	It's all kinds of m, you know, a lot of national anthems are that way too, all kinds of military jargon.
	And the land there's only one phrase, the land of the free, which is kind of nice, and the home of the brave.
	I don't know.
	I mean, I I I get part of it.
	Are we the only ones that are brave in the planet?
	I mean, all the brave people live here.
	I mean, this is stupid, I think.
	I I'm embarrassed every time I'm t embarrassed every time we hear it.
	He started dog whistling uh to that constituency, uh, doing the campaign, and started his division.
	And don't forget Bannon said, when it's about race, we win.
	Uh, because they frighten people, uh, they play into racism.
	I hope people understand it's about all of this that he should not be the president of the United States of America.
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	I will stand here in the well of the Congress, and I will call for the impeachment of the president of the United States of America.
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	The first comment was by former fake news uh crossfire host and former MSNBC host, Bill Press.
	It's stupid the national.
	It's embarrassing the national anthem.
	And they talk about war in the national anthem.
	Wow.
	And Maxime Waters, of course, dog whistling, dog whistling, calling for Trump's impeachment over his NFL comments.
	Al Green also doing the same thing.
	Uh joining us now is uh our own Geraldo Rivera, who's been on the ground in Puerto Rico.
	And uh we also join joined by the gobby one, Katie Hopkins.
	All right, before we get into the national anthem and everything, Geraldo, uh did you even see my tweet on Twitter that I said I'd match you dollar for dollar?
	I didn't see your tweet, but I know your generosity in your heart, my brother, and I know that you will do the right thing, and let me coordinate it when I get back into the States.
	I think the best way is to go through the churches because the churches are the ones who are doing that.
	You know what?
	I just had Franklin Graham on.
	Franklin Graham is flying people in and out of there every day.
	And and I all I wrote to you on Twitter was, you know, to all our friends in Puerto Rico.
	We love you, care about you.
	Heraldo, uh I knew you were there.
	I'll match you dollar for dollar, whatever you because you know what the needs are because you've been there, and you're so rich.
	I mean, I just figure I'm gonna go bankrupt over this.
	You're you're a funny guy, but I want people to know that you really are one of the most generous people I know, also.
	Well, you and I, I'll tell you what, we'll do it for whatever you wherever you think the need is, that's what we'll we'll allocate to.
	I just saw a great church, United Church of Christ.
	The place was absolutely wrecked.
	It's been there for a hundred years.
	They provide primary care in the town of Umacao.
	I mean, that's a good starting place.
	You could pick a thousand of them.
	Well, you know what?
	If we want to rebuild the church, I'm in.
	I'll do it with you.
	Um, and I'm really sorry.
	Just give us a snapshot of how bad it's been since you've been down there.
	I know you've been following it closely.
	I think that it's not a uh a gr a good comprehension of that this is a Katrina scale disaster.
	There is scarcely a home on this island of 3.4 million that has not been severely damaged.
	I was missing one of my aunts, one of my the my father's youngest sibling.
	He was one of 17 children, uh the youngest in Ellie, 84 years old.
	She was by herself, uh not by herself, but she was uh surrounded by young relatives in a home with no electricity, no water, and a tree.
	A tree had crashed through their house, and they didn't have the uh uh, you know, the tools or the uh the physical wherewithal to uh to repair so they've been living for six days with a house with a hole in the roof, and she's one of millions, Sean.
	It is uh so generalized, the suffering, no power.
	Just imagine uh uh, you know, 3.4 million.
	This is not small, it's bigger than some states, the population without power, without them, no running water because the electricity to pump uh the water in many of these cases.
	Uh the agricultural crop for this season is absolutely destroyed.
	And the the port for some reason is working like uh part-time.
	The airport is only just now getting up to speed.
	It's been uh a very uh uh discombobulated uh response, very uh mediocre response asha.
	Well, the the president is said he would go there today.
	He said he just it it's so difficult and he doesn't want to distract from the efforts.
	He literally talked about the devastation, cat five, dead center, two hundred mile per hour winds, and all the devastation, and he said literally they are they are hourly sending in food, water, and supplies now, and they have they've been able to to fix it so they can get their planes in there, and it would have been that difficult for people.
	Obviously, I keep hearing the electric is going to be out for a long time.
	The Senate will fill up two major hits in two weeks from two hurricanes.
	I mean, that hasn't happened in uh in living in not even living memory in recorded history, and it just wiped out everything.
	You don't need uh it's food is not the issue.
	They need uh linemen, you know that uh uh that Glenn Campbell saw a lineman for the county.
	They need people that can put up telephone poles.
	They need people who could put up cell towers.
	They need uh they need that port open so you can bring in uh, you know, big scale uh heavy duty uh block stuff to to rebuild infrastructure that's absolutely destroyed.
	You know what I is quick.
	The World War II rebuild Europe with the Marshall Plan.
	I want the Trump plan to prevent Puerto Rico from uh retreating back into the third world because that's what it's gonna take, Sean.
	All right.
	Uh well I uh you know what?
	I just heard the president today.
	You would have been moved by what he said, and and he's gonna be there.
	I don't know how long you're planning on staying there.
	I have no doubt he guessed it.
	He's to reco well.
	Yeah, no, he he g he was very, very adamant about about sending in all the all the taking care of all the needs and getting down there himself.
	I think he's going down Saturday and then Tuesday he's gonna head to Puerto Rico.
	He's already made the plans to go.
	Um Katie Hopkins, you know, I got to meet Heraldo.
	I met Katie Hopkins at a dinner, and her best friend kept slugging me and punching me and hitting me after her best friend had like two drinks, and I was stunned as I sat there at the table at how violent friends of of the Brits can be.
	Hey, listen, I'm not gonna give Geraldo a hard time today, because I think he's doing a fantastic job there.
	I saw your tweet, Sean, uh offering to match him pound for pound, and I look forward to seeing what you two boys can do for Puerto Rico.
	I do see that the United uh States Navy hospital ship, the U.S. Comfort, is gonna be on its way soon.
	So that feels like a a really big bit of news in terms of that has 12 operating theaters on board, which I can only imagine is a good thing right now.
	Let's talk a little bit, Geraldo, about you know, you just heard Bill Press.
	The anthem is stupid.
	It's embarrassing.
	I remember when uh Whitney Euston sang the anthem, 1991 January, uh we had just gone in uh the Persian Gulf, and everybody in America stood up, tears falling out our eyes.
	The country was united.
	It was one of those moments.
	It wasn't black and white and brown and this and that.
	We were all Americans and it was such a stirring moment.
	We rallied on these symbols that have been around for centuries and then to to talk about it in that demeaning disgusting way.
	I I think that I mean to get a hit on uh social media because you're outrageous is just uh I was so angry absolutely all these people Katie is I never heard the president but one time ever talk about race.
	What he talked about was respect for the flag, respect for our anthem, respect for our country and with all due respect to when the Jaguars and the Ravens were playing in your country and they took a knee for the st for the Star Spangled banner for the national anthem.
	And then they sto they stood for God save the Queen.
	I nearly had a heart attack.
	I I agree with you entirely and you know I love the American national anthem.
	It's my favorite of all time I used to do a running club in Manhattan and every Sunday before we even went for a run we would sing the Star Spangled banner.
	It's my favorite anthem of all time and I think Trump is doing from an outsider's perspective Trump is doing a phenomenal thing.
	We are looking towards America once again and finally we have someone standing up for your flag.
	You have someone standing up for your country and you have other people supporting I've just seen that Direct TV I believe is offering refunds to anybody who subscribes and has uh have an issue with the take the knee.
	You know that's fantastic that advertisers and commercial sponsors are coming on board and refunding NFL money if you disapprove of this ridiculous nonsense campaign.
	I think Trump is standing strong for the flag and it's making me feel really kind of reinvigorated that patriotism is still alive and well in one country on this planet at least you know Haraldo I mean the the Dallas Cowboys wanted to honor those police officers that were that were viciously slain in Dallas last year.
	The NFL wouldn't allow it.
	You have another player wants to honor on the fifteenth anniversary of nine eleven oh one he wants to put never forget nine eleven oh one on his cleats they said you can't do it.
	You can't twerk you can't you know fake shoot a bow and arrow they have all sorts of restrictions in the NFL on freedom of speech and I I don't have any problem with any we make our living with the First Amendment.
	But you see what's happening the NFL's ratings are are literally dropping.
	They lost advertisers today and people are running as far away as they can from the NFL because they're disgusted by it.
	You know I respect uh I I I don't know if you're but I really like Katie as you said but let me say about the uh NFA protesters I respect everyone's right to purpose but I stand with Bill in the weather even though I know he's trying to backtrack now because he uh he thinks that uh he should have said solidarity with his teammates when he was up there the lone player on the Pittsburgh Steelers he stood up for the for the TV staying in a ton of pictures to say and with him and I do say that.
	And you know this is the kind of country our country uh you know where if if we don't have these uniting symbols then then what joins us?
	Is it geography?
	What what is it exactly?
	Uh you know is it's greed where where where are we if we don't have you know some some token of who we are on this planet and then this time in history of mankind.
	Haraldo we're only gonna have to let you go for one reason and that's for time constraints and the and we can barely hear you to be honest.
	You're going to congratulations on your nine o'clock I think my friends we want to have you back as soon as possible.
	We know you've had some uh uplink issues and I and I want to talk to you about uh all that's going on there and Geraldo's reporting from Puerto Rico.
	Katie Hopkins thank you for being with us and we appreciate it.
	Thank you lovely.
	And as we continue we're in the swamp we're in Washington DC and I we know that the the line wasn't great with Haraldo.
	We'll have him back when he gets back.
	Obviously communications are are dulled as a result of uh the devastation that has taken place there.
	President responding earlier today, um, and Katie Hopkins, of course.
	But you know, I was talking about you, Linda, uh, as it relates.
	I am shocked to hear that you were talking about me.
	I don't know what to do.
	Well, I don't know what happened to you two.
	You guys are like now the best friends on the face of the planet.
	You guys have become BFF because I was already BFFs with her before I decided to get drunk.
	Well, I know the word I don't think the word drunk would be appropriate.
	I think you had a little too much.
	A little bit.
	No, I call it drunk, you know.
	I go old school.
	You were you you've been out of pocket for a couple of years because you got a little baby, and you're out of the way.
	I'm definitely out of practice.
	And so you you you suck down those three drinks in 40 minutes, and uh we watched a total disintegration of the mind, heart, and soul.
	But you know, and I happen to be the one sitting next to you as the arms were flailing everywhere as you began to tell your story quite demonstrative.
	Stopping those were mere love taps.
	That was just like just I have two younger brothers, I hit them the same way.
	Is that what that was?
	That's all it is.
	It's very simple.
	You know, it's it's uh it's a slow progression, unfortunately.
	You know, when you have a few cosmos, you your arm gets a little stronger, your punch gets a little deeper, but you know.
	It was all in good fun.
	And those bruises are healing so nicely on you.
	Oh, I listen, I get beat up every day by my sense.
	I'm training every day now.
	But listen, I wanted to jump in for a second, and and I know I never do that, so it's shocking.
	But um, you know, uh in listening to Reverend Graham earlier, there's an there's another part of the uh the movie that I want the audience to know about, which is you know, it's a story about finding your faith.
	And if you want to be a part of it, if you've had hardship and there seems to be plenty of that going around, I mean we're looking at that with the hurricane victims, and you want to talk about how you found your faith again, you can share your story on the Let There Be Light Movie dot com forward slash contest.
	And there you can submit an entry and you can tell us about how you found your faith and and how that would correspond to a movie like Let There Be Light about you know finding your faith and being lost.
	And uh and then you get tickets to go down to the value voters summit, you get to meet the stars of the movie, you get a hotel, it's really nice.
	So definitely check it out.
	Let there be light movie.com forward slash contest.
	And do we have a link on Hannity.com.
	We have a link on Henny.com.
	They can look on your Twitter, my Twitter.
	There's plenty of places to find information about it.
	Yeah.
	Oh, that's awesome.
	And I'm actually gonna I'm gonna play a little bit of the trailer here and let people know what the movie's all about.
	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
	I'm coming.
	You're drunk?
	Oh, you're full of all over your eyes.
	The basic tenor of Christianity.
	Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
	Don't you dare tell me about the love and the compassion of your so-called God.
	What do you think it does to the boys to take the death of their brother and use it as part of your carnival act?
	Pace the bills.
	Daddy!
	Clinically dead in the end.
	Four minutes.
	It's a miracle.
	I saw Davy.
	Well, all I wanted to do was putting my heart around them.
	You've got the best scientific explanation.
	It hasn't brought you any comfort.
	Would you consider consulting a different source?
	All right, that's uh the movie comes out October 27th.
	We'll be putting up on uh Hannity.com.
	It's gonna be in theaters all around the country.
	I have no idea how I got involved in this, but I became the executive producer.
	I am very, very proud of the project.
	Um the reason it's so great is way beyond me.
	And uh I think it's a movie that you can take the whole family to, and it's inspiring and it's uplifting, and it's frankly not anything you're gonna get out of traditional Hollywood.
	And it is a riveting story, and you're you're gonna have more twists, more turns, more plots that uh at the end of the day I think will touch your heart.
	Well, let's put it this way.
	I would say 90% of people that I have shown the movie to have cried, including sweet baby James.
	And he doesn't cry about anything.
	All right, we'll take a quick break.
	We'll come back.
	Wide open telephones, toll free, our numbers eight hundred nine four one Sean, if you want to be a part of the program.
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	All right, so we're in the swamp.
	We're in Washington, D.C. Paul Ryan's gonna be on tonight to talk about all things Congress and what's going on, and and certainly their the tax reform proposal.
	Um I think that is the key.
	I honestly do.
	If we're gonna take care of the forgotten men and women of the country, you couple that with stopping illegal Immigration, you couple that with energy independence.
	And this is this is the key to economic growth.
	Seven brackets to three.
	Repatriation at a low rate.
	Trillions of dollars will come in and and lowering the corporate tax.
	Twenty percent.
	The president was right today.
	Twenty percent is gotta be the max.
	Otherwise, you're gonna lose any potential help and uh and support for the economy because it just every single percentage.
	Remember, corporations don't pay taxes anyway, but it'll incentivize them to spend and invest and create jobs, factories, manufacturing centers.
	We want that.
	Anyway, I was back with the speaker, and this is what his 200 day promise was, and I'll play it and and I'll ask him about it tonight.
	For eight years, you guys had a plan.
	You you kept saying promising you'll appeal, replace Obamacare.
	And I guess what people want to know is when are these things gonna get done?
	We're exactly on the timeline that we designed for ourselves.
	Obamacare is coming next.
	Our bill is coming in March.
	First, it's regulatory reform because we had this window of time to cancel bad Obama regulations, then we're doing Obamacare.
	After we're done with Obamacare, then we're doing our budget.
	And our budget is what the second budget, which will be tax reform.
	So we're doing two budgets in one year, which has never been done before.
	This is faster than has ever been done before.
	When I heard repair, my head nearly exploded.
	That's not the plan.
	The plan is repeated.
	Like we said, we ran on a plan to repeal and replace it.
	Tom Price helped write that plan.
	He is now Donald Trump's secretary of H. It is a consensus plan that's now being scored by the CBO.
	Correct.
	You're saying to the American people and conservatives that are impatient, including myself.
	You agree with every item I mentioned, even extreme vetting.
	Yeah.
	We passed that bill a year ago in the House.
	I know you now agree with building the wall.
	Yes.
	Are you telling the American people vetting refugees, building the wall, repeal replace tax reform?
	All of this is going to be done in 200 days.
	Inside the 200 day window is the regulatory reforms we talked about.
	It's the repeal and replace Obamacare.
	It's the budget, it's the rebuilding of our military, it's tax reform.
	Those are the things that we're working on.
	Any infrastructure, those are the things we're working on in this 200 2017 candidate.
	That's in there as well.
	We we we see that as part of regulatory reform.
	But in 200 days, that's you think that's doable.
	This is our plan, yeah.
	And if and if there's any slippage, we'll finish it in the fall and get it done before the end of the year.
	So if I come back in 200 days, I you're gonna you're gonna go, well, I made a promise, we gotta do it.
	Well, because I think this is so here's what I'm saying.
	We we've met this out for 200 days.
	We have a plan to do that.
	We're on schedule, but if if anything slips because of the it'll be another Supreme Court justice, yeah, or or a filibuster on a cabinet nominee, that might slip us, but we're we're making sure that we do all of this in 2017.
	Okay, let's go to the budget, which is such a big issue.
	Uh the president, seven brackets to three, fifteen percent corporate rate.
	I know you prefer twenty because that scores you receive.
	Yeah, I have to get what we can with the with the number you support repatriation, multinational corporations.
	That will be huge for that's a lot of money that can come back into the economy.
	Here's my headline of this interview.
	That you're in pretty much full agreement with what Donald Trump ran on.
	Yes.
	And number two, in 200 days from the legislative slot side, you are going to be implementing every aspect of that agenda that we talked about.
	Yep, and and just to big headline.
	And we have and we have cushion in our schedule.
	If if anything slips because it's really because of Senate issues, we still have time to accommodate all of this stuff in 2017.
	So I even have safety valves.
	I have cushions built in the schedule to make sure this all gets done in 2017.
	Because I believe in case something happens and goes sideways on the Senate.
	I'm pretty sure that'll stimulate the economy, get people back to work and get the economy moving again, which I think we need.
	That's what we're hired to do.
	All right, Mr. Speaker, you see a 200 days.
	All right, so that was the speaker when I interviewed him last.
	I don't know how many days is it, Linda.
	Do you know at this point?
	It was like 240 or some odd days.
	Um they're behind.
	The speaker rightly points out they passed a lot more bills than the Senate.
	That's true.
	But I think most Americans want it done.
	And so we'll see where that all plays out tonight, and I'll be asking a lot of the questions.
	I'm sure that a lot of you want to uh hear answered.
	All right, let's get to our phones.
	800, 941 Sean, toll-free telephone number.
	You want to be a part of the program?
	I can't hear you.
	What?
	250 days, boss.
	All right, let's get to our phones.
	Phil is in Orlando, News Talk uh W DBO.
	What's up on uh Phil?
	What's up with you?
	965, how are you?
	Hey, Sean, doing great.
	Hey, back in 1994, I was living in Rogersville, Alabama, and I tuned in to 770 W V N. First time I ever listened to Talk Radio other than MPR, and it was your show.
	So man, I've been with you a long time.
	Uh probably wiser and probably uh m less likely want to meet you in a dark alley sometime.
	You know, it's funny because you know, there's so many people that think that I I've not changed.
	You know, I've been a Reagan conservative my whole adult life on radio.
	You know, and all these people say, well, you know, nationalism and and populism is replaced conservatism, and I'm like, well, what part of the Trump agenda is different?
	Tell me.
	Because it's everything I've been advocating my whole career.
	Right.
	Anyway, well, I'm glad thank you so much.
	What's on your mind today?
	Oh, you're welcome.
	Well, this whole NFL protest thing to me, it let me just throw this out there.
	It's to me, it's just a dripping and irony in figures.
	Because think about this.
	How ironic is it, and how ignorant of history do you have to be to not know that the flag that these players are using as a symbol of oppression.
	I mean, it was the flag of the Union Army that lost 360,000 men fighting to abolish slavery in the Civil War.
	I mean, that that there's a lot of shed blood under that flag, and I think that you know, more than irony and ignorance is just that the whole football stand or neal thing is about respect or maybe just a lack of respect.
	And uh it just shows me how little thought's been put into this whole thing.
	But you know, when you're trying to win a political argument, you know, thinking isn't necessarily required.
	Look, it there's been over six hundred and fifty thousand Americans killed under that flag for a variety of reasons.
	The greatness in America is not that we ever claim we're perfect.
	You know, it's one of the things that frustrates me is that I don't know what it is about the left, but if some prominent conservative or Christian has any personal issue in their life that ow, hypocrites.
	What if you know, and I I don't know.
	I'm looking I'm not the best person to talk about religion.
	I mean, I think Franklin Graham is so much better than me.
	And but I do know this.
	I thought that that forgiveness was supposed to be a part of it.
	I think the recognition that we've all sinned is supposed to be a part of it.
	I think the fact that people want to be better people, but acknowledge that they're flawed and they failed.
	Well, like people aren't perfect, neither are governments, and neither are the people that found these governments.
	And if you listen, there was a great line by Thomas Pain, 1776, where he literally says we're the guides and dictates of conscience, God, irresistibly obeyed.
	We we wouldn't need governments.
	We wouldn't need them because we'd be perfect.
	We're not perfect.
	And then he goes on to explain the fundamental foundation and the beginnings of government.
	And government, he says in its best state is but a necessary evil, but it's in its worst state an intolerable one.
	And as a supporter of limited government, it it relies on a people united.
	It relies on the general goodness of the human soul.
	You know, we're always gonna have evil.
	And if America doesn't lead the battle against it, I don't I don't know how the world survives right now.
	Because we've got we're the only ones with the power.
	We're the only ones with the moral, frankly, integrity to get it done.
	And yeah, we're imperfect.
	Yeah, we have disagreements.
	Yeah, we had disagreements in our founding.
	But I think there are people on the left that just want to literally just ransack roughshod over the whole thing and throw the entire baby out with the bathwater, not recognizing all the good that has come of of those people that built this country and drew up this constitution of we the people, so that we can make the changes as we deem appropriate, and we can become a more perfect union.
	All of those things mean something.
	I don't think we teach our kids any of this at times.
	I'll give you the last word.
	Well, I think you're right.
	And I I think that uh if if if if people knew their history, they would know that a lot of blood was shed.
	Uh we're not perfect, but that's the reason we fight, have fought over the years is because of our imperfections.
	Um but I I think we're still like Reagan said, we're the last great hope on earth.
	We are the last great hope for man on this earth, no doubt about it.
	All right, 800-941 Sean, if you want to be a part of the program.
	John is in Florida.
	John High, how are you?
	We're glad you called.
	Welcome to the Sean Hannity show.
	Hey, Sean, thanks for taking my call.
	What's going on, sir?
	I just wanted to give you a call.
	I work for the NFL ticket office for an NFL team and I kind of wanted to give you the feedback that we've gotten since Monday, uh, since our first day back after the big game Sunday.
	Hundreds of calls each day about people either A wanting to cancel their tickets, complaining about the you know the disrespect of the flag and from all types of young, old women, men, and it's been overwhelming to be honest with you.
	We're told not to not tell anyone about it.
	Well, you're told not to tell the truth.
	I hope you're given a f oh you are given a fake name.
	I was just told them I hear.
	All right, so but the point is, you know, it it's so expensive for people to go to a ball game.
	I mean, if you look at the average salary, median income of Americans, you know, when you're paying close to five hundred bucks just to walk in the door and get parking, and then if you want a beer or two beers and a couple of hot dogs and a couple of cokes, how much do you charge for a beer at your stadium?
	Nine dollars.
	Nine bucks.
	And you can't bring in your own beer, you can get you know twelve pack for nine bucks.
	Uh you know, so they're making a lot of money and and and people enjoy it.
	They're willing to save for it, they're willing to make it a big special day.
	But then if they go there and it becomes okay, the players taking the field uh don't take the field for the anthem, or they're disrespecting the anthem and their family.
	I'm sure most people have people that fought in the military or served in the military.
	It's disrespectful to them and the country and the military and the anthem and the flag, and it shows disunity.
	And all those guys on the field, they're making on average two point four million dollars a year.
	That's a lot of money.
	And the people in the stands on average are are making forty grand or fifty grand a year.
	And it's a big deal for them to spend that thousand dollars to go to the one game that they look forward to every year.
	Are you giving them refunds or no?
	Well, no, we're we're told to take down their information, and I just want to well, you know, no one was getting a refund to be honest with you, but I would just wanted to say after a big win on a Sunday, we normally would be pumped to come in and sell tickets because we make uh commission and it was we didn't sell one ticket.
	I mean, to be honest with you, I haven't sold one ticket since Sunday after a huge win.
	So it's it's really it really stinks all the way around.
	What are your fellow for your fellow workers here in the same thing and and when you take their information down, is it that they're gonna call these people and reach out to them or you don't know?
	Um well I do they do get calls back from some managers depending on how long they've been.
	If a lot of people are just calling and complaining saying they're not going to, but there's been plenty of season ticket holders that are asking about a refund and some people that say that they have attorneys and they're looking at the contract language, and it's just been it's extremely overwhelming, Sean, all because of disrespecting the flag.
	It really makes no sense.
	Well, the NFL is in a bit of a quandary.
	Anyway, uh John, thanks for say uh sharing that information with us.
	We really do appreciate it.
	Uh Evelyn is in North Carolina.
	Evelyn, hi, how are you?
	We're glad you called.
	Welcome to the Sean Hannity Show.
	I only have about a minute.
	Real quick.
	First, when is your movie, Let There Be Light coming to the North Carolina triad area?
	Greensboro, Winston, Salem, High Point.
	When is that gonna be shown?
	I'll have a list of theaters in the next week and a half, and we'll put it on my website.
	I think we're opening in about six hundred six hundred and fifty theaters around the country.
	Well, I'll be there.
	Also, one more thing real quick.
	Um, I'm so upset about this repeal and replace that I think by October first, if they're not getting this through, it's time to give Congress Obamacare.
	Take away their platinum health plan and give them what everybody else has to suffer under.
	And I'm gonna repeal and replace come election time.
	They are not coming back.
	Well, I'll tell you right now, I've got the speaker of the House on Hannity tonight at nine, and that is one of the questions I promise you I'm gonna ask.
	Now, if they don't get this economic plan done, and it's complicated.
	It's like, why are you guys even there?
	Really?
	Why why are you there?
	And the more of the pressures on the Senate.
	I mean the president is you know, he says they're gonna come back to health care.
	He's not giving up.
	He's coming back in January.
	He says he thinks he can get it done in January or February.
	All right, God bless you, Evelyn.
	Uh, I'll have more on the movie I'll be telling you about in the days and weeks ahead.
	Um, because uh we're I'm really proud of it.
	I I have no idea why I got myself in over my head like this.
	Proud of the outcome.
	We'll take a quick break.
	We'll come back.
	Speaker Paul Ryan tonight on Hannity, our new time, 9 o'clock.
	And Rush Limbaugh in a rare exclusive interview tomorrow.
	He'll be joining us as well.
	You don't want to miss that.
	Quick break.
	Right back.
	We'll continue.
	All right, that's going to wrap things up here from the swamp.
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