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Pretty amazing.
You know, Joe got very testy at his disastrous press conference uh in Brussels yesterday, and at one point said, I never said that sanctions would deter Russia.
Really?
That's not what I recall.
Listen.
Sir, deterrence didn't work.
What makes you think Vladimir Putin will alter course based on the action you've taken today?
Let's get something straight.
You remember if you covered me from the very beginning, I did not say that in fact the sanctions would deter him.
Sanctions never deter.
You keep talking about that.
Sanctions never deter.
The maintenance of sanctions, the maintenance of sanctions, the increasing the pain.
And the demonstration why I asked for this NATO meeting today is to be sure that after a month we will sustain what we're doing, not just next month, the following month, but for the remainder this entire year.
That's what will stop him.
You believe the Asset will have an impact on making Russia change for us in Ukraine?
That's not what I said.
You you're you're playing a game with me.
I know the answer's no.
The answer is no.
Meanwhile, every single person uh in Biden's cabinet, including himself, as we stated earlier in the program, uh said exactly that.
And it gets it it gets frustrating.
I will say that.
If if you care about truth, honesty, um, that's not coming out of this administration.
They're not capable of it.
Now, here's the montage of everybody saying exactly what Joe is saying, they didn't say.
The sanctions were designed in the first instance to try to deter Russia from taking further aggression from engaging in a massive invasion of Ukraine.
Why wait for those sanctions?
If that if if if that's a kind of result that you could get, why wait?
Well, look, I mean, we we want them to have a deterrent effect, clearly.
And he hasn't invaded yet.
Uh so look, if you punish somebody for something they haven't done yet, well then they might as well go ahead and do it.
So we've been very clear about what they are, how severe they're gonna be, and we'll see what Mr. Putin decides to do.
The purpose of the sanctions has always been and continues to be deterrence.
But if Putin has made up his mind, do you feel that this threat that has been looming is really gonna deter him?
Absolutely.
We have agreed that the deterrence effect of these sanctions is still a meaningful one.
As well as our efforts to uh both try to deter Russia uh through sanctions.
The president believes that sanctions are intended to determine and as a deterrent.
If you pull the trigger on that deterrent, well then it doesn't exist anymore as a deterrent.
He has not conducted yet another invasion in Ukraine yet, and we want to get we want we still think there's time uh to prevent that.
Russia understands exactly what the scope and nature of the sanctions they will face are as a deterrent measure.
Sanctions are not an end to themselves.
They serve a higher purpose.
And that purpose is to deter and prevent.
They're meant to prevent and deter a large-scale invasion of Ukraine that could involve the seizure of major cities, including Kyiv.
They're meant to prevent large-scale human suffering that could involve tens of thousands of casualties in a conflict.
All right, joining us now is our friend Dr. Ben Carson is back with us.
Uh I want to get your thoughts as you're watching all this unfold.
Uh for me, it's pretty simple, Dr. Carson.
I believe in the Reagan doctrine.
I believe in the Trump doctrine.
In this case, the the Reagan doctrine is applicable, and that is supplying Ukraine with the weaponry to defend themselves, now especially that they've shown an incredible amount of courage and valor and and a willingness to fight for their own country.
Well, you know, the Ukrainians kind of remind me of the early Americans.
The odds that they were against, and yet they were so incredibly courageous.
They fought hard, they believed in God, and they were victorious.
And uh Ukrainians can be victorious, but they're gonna need some help.
And uh we're where the help comes from.
And clearly, if we're going to back down or be slow and ineffective, uh then that's gonna have uh real ramifications in the long run because Putin will come to recognize that we're afraid of him.
And if he knows that we're afraid of him, that he can use the threat of uh massive uh destruction.
And that we're gonna cowtowel, then he's not gonna stop.
Well, that's why I think that he keeps threatening.
Look, the threat of chemical and biological weapons has always existed with Russia.
They've used chemical weapons before.
Nuclear threats, that we've always had mutually assured destruction.
It's like all of a sudden it's a surprise to people.
Uh No, it's always been there.
But we all know what happens if anybody goes there.
That that is World War III, and that would likely end up with the death of of millions of people.
Uh and hopefully, God forbid we never get there.
But however, that reality has always existed.
Well, that reality is there, and I I hate to bust anybody's bubble, but eventually uh nuclear weapons will be used.
When terrorists get them, believe me, they're not gonna be deterred by the same things that deter everybody else.
And I don't think we're gonna be able to keep them away from them forever.
But you know, we can't live our lives as if we're constantly under the gun.
You know, we have to just do what is right and trust God to help us with the rest.
Well, and right now the you I believe the Reagan doctrine that worked in in Afghanistan in the eighties when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan should be applicable here.
Uh it's amazing.
Uh I'm surprised at two things.
I would have anticipated Russia's army to be a lot better than it has shown itself to be, number one, number two, uh, I think the the fight of the Ukrainian people is is more fierce than I would have ever bet or anticipated.
Uh all they need is Europe and the United States to provide them, let's see, uh anti uh missile defense systems, aircraft defense systems, drones, uh javelins, stinger missiles, and recording.
I'd let Poland give them the mix.
Recognize, Sean, that we wouldn't even be in this position had we not been so foolish as to give away our superiority when it comes to energy.
I mean, we were energy independent, we were a net exporter of energy, we had the cleanest air and water that we've ever had since it's been measured, and we were able to call the shots.
And if we hadn't turned all that over to Putin, he would have never even considered us.
Yeah, all of it.
You know, as I look at this administration right now, and he and Joe Biden inherited energy independence.
He inherited a country that was a net exporter of energy.
His economic and energy policies eliminated all of that.
Uh it has now contributed greatly to inflation at a 40-year high and it has been for months and months, long before Vladimir Putin uh went into Ukraine.
Gas prices are at record high prices.
Uh they were up about a buck fifty a gallon on average prior to Putin invading Ukraine.
Now they're even higher than that.
In Southern California, it's over six bucks a gallon on average.
Um it is killing the poor in the middle class.
Every American is paying more for every item we buy in every store.
Now Joe's lecturing us we may have a food shortage.
The cost of fertilizer is now three times what it was for farmers.
They've got to pass that cost on to us as well.
Um not only that, but it pushes the time frame for developing green renewable energy further back.
It has dug a deeper hole to climb out of.
And how in the world is it better to be getting oil from Venezuela and Saudi Arabia and and Iran and places that are our enemies?
How is that cleaner than getting it through our own sources which have managed to be able to extract fossil fuel quite cleanly?
None of it makes any sense.
We have more resources that we uh that we'd ever need for over a hundred to two hundred years, according to the the experts.
Why would we ever give that up in the name of quote, uh a green new deal?
I I call this the the climate or large alarmist religious cult.
It's like they would rather have a 40-year high of inflation.
They would rather apparently do a a deal with the mullahs and Iran, the number one state sponsor of terror.
They'd rather deal with a murdering thug dictator in Venezuela, Maduro, uh than use our own natural resources and be and be the masters of our own destiny.
I don't get it.
Well, they can't be stupid enough to actually believe any of that.
Well, what is you can't believe they're stupid, but they're doing it.
It's being used for a c a control issue.
If you can put everything under the umbrella of a threat of environmental catastrophe, therefore you must do this.
What do you believe that pretty soon they're going to be coming out with all kind of mandates because it's going to keep the environment safe?
That's what they're going to say.
But it gives them the opportunity to control things.
Uh on this unbelievable advantage if we allow it.
And the only people who can stop it is we, the American people.
The government is not going to stop it.
Because governments do what they do.
They grow, they infiltrate, and they dominate.
And our founders knew that that was the case, and that's why they work so hard to give the people a constitution to constrain the power and growth of the government, which they do naturally.
But we have to be courageous enough to use it.
All right, let's talk a little bit about where you see these midterms going, and if you agree with me, this is a tipping point or an inflection point in the country's history.
Because if Republicans don't get back the House and Senate, and we don't eventually get back the White House in 2024, um I'm I'm not sure if the country that we love so much remains the same.
I mean, if it wasn't for Joe Manchin and Kristen Cinema, all of this insanity would have been brought or wrought on the American people, and I don't know how you recover from it.
No, it it is a problem.
But uh, you know, the system was designed to give us the people a chance to correct things when they got way off course.
Assuming that there is election integrity, I believe that that correction will occur.
But it doesn't mean that we can rest on our laurels at that point.
And I think the other thing that's incredibly important for conservatives and for people who love America and don't want to see it fundamentally changed.
Because we have to stop with all the pet peeves.
You can't say I got this pet peeves and therefore I'm mad at them, and therefore let the socialists win.
That doesn't make any sense.
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Tell me where you are now.
I mean, you you served your time in the in the Trump administration.
Um you're one of the most gifted surgeons in the field of medicine.
I know you started a new organization, the American uh Cornerstone, and you wrote the book, uh, Why America Matters.
What are you what what are your future plans?
Well, we're gonna continue to uh expand American Cornerstone Institute, it's growing very rapidly.
Uh to give the American people the tools that they need in order to keep America as a great nation, recognizing that faith and liberty and community and life are the cornerstones upon which we're built, making sure that we provide for the young people through our young patriots program the tools that they need so that they actually understand our history, they understand our documents, and uh we don't hide anything.
You know, people say slavery is the worst thing.
Slavery is a horrible thing, there's no question about it, But we are not unique in having slavery.
Every civilization has had slavery since there's been recorded history.
But isn't the isn't the blessing of our constitution that it gives us the pathway forward to right wrongs, correct injustices, and and including the evil of slavery.
Exactly.
And that's that's the very thing.
That's what makes us unique.
We had so many people who were adamantly against it that we were willing to fight a civil war and lose a substantial portion of our population.
That's what we should be teaching our children.
And that's the kind of people that they need to be.
You know, it's pretty amazing.
I saw it on your I saw you made a post on Twitter.
The media should not be a mouthpiece for any group or ideology.
It's their job to report the truth, decide the truth.
It's their job to report.
Now, you said and not pick winners and losers.
And you're referring to the Hunter Biden laptop.
I would argue that was the biggest in kind contribution that the press gave to Joe Biden.
Well, you know, it's interesting.
I was talking to a driver.
I was coming home from the airport a couple of days ago.
I asked him about the Hunter Biden laptop.
He didn't even know about it because he doesn't listen to obviously your program or some others.
But, you know, people who listen to only a certain ideology, they don't even know half the stuff that's going on.
So a lot of times when we ascribe, you know, bad feelings to them, the fact of the matter is they simply don't know what's going on.
And that's the fault of the news media.
They do.
We got this new variant, but I don't think we have enough monoclonal antibodies.
Can you explain why that's even possible?
This late date?
Because I don't know that there's a tremendous interest in actually getting this thing under control.
Remember, we have taxlovit and other antivirals, which are extremely effective.
Ninety percent reduction in hospitalization, 90% reduction in deaths.
Can you get it?
That's that's the Merck antiviral, correct?
And uh Pfizer.
Now I my understanding is every doctor I know swears by these antivirals uh that are there.
I heard that Pfizer put on their website for people that are interested in it.
If maybe they can't get monoclonal antibodies, uh is that would you say that's the next best thing?
Um well it saved my life.
There's no question about that.
Oh, I thought I thought you got monoclonal antibodies.
I did, I got monoclonal antibodies that saved my life.
Yeah.
And I'm talking about the antivirals that are the new that are being produced by Pfizer and the Merck has some too.
Right.
We're not we're not distributing them for some strange reason.
There should be a warp speed type of program to get those out every place to be available.
Have you watched Joe Biden lately?
There's nothing speedy about him.
Uh anyway, Dr. Carson, we love having you.
Appreciate you being with us, and uh good luck with your new organization, the America Cornerstone.
Uh we appreciate it.
Thanks for being a patriot.
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Uh I got into a little bit of a uh disagreement.
I like Tulsi Gabbard.
She's a regular guest on TV, but we'll put her on radio also.
Maybe next week, Linda, we can bring her on.
Um but we were debating that there are many people out there that don't support the Reagan doctrine.
But I do.
And for me, I just it's maybe this analogy just doesn't fit because we're talking about war crimes and indiscriminate bombing, and and but seeing the images of mass graves,
dead women and children in the street, uh entire uh uh apartment complexes leveled, neighborhoods leveled, uh the death, the destruction, the rubble, indiscriminate shooting, people trying to escape.
They they've got their luggage with them.
They're not carrying a weapon, they're not a threat to any Russian soldier.
They're getting mowed down in the streets.
Uh then you got the entire city of Merriopol.
Uh it's been pretty much leveled.
We showed you the images on Hannity last night.
And it it breaks my heart.
Um now I do not believe uh this is in Europe's backyard.
They're not a member of NATO.
We don't have an agreement with them, but the Ukrainian people, they're they that's a sovereign country.
I've I've been very very openly skeptical and outspoken about the corruption in their government over the years.
I don't know a lot about Zelensky.
I I do like the fact that he didn't do it a lot, a lot of other elected officials or dictators do, and that's you know, fill an airplane full of a ton of cash and you know precious medals and take off and get to safety and get asylum in some other third country, third party country.
He didn't do that.
He's put on his own armor and gear and he's gone out with the brave uh Ukrainian people that are fighting, and they're fighting for their country.
And uh I just my my conscience, I just feel we have a moral obligation to do something, and the something that worked with Reagan was supplying the mujahideen and the freedom fighting contras, the weaponry so they can defend their own country without putting Americans at risk because we cannot be the world's policemen.
You know, we d we don't need another Afghanistan on our hands or Vietnam on our hands.
You know, these politicians, man, they they love starting these wars.
They do.
And they get all gung-ho.
They get the whole country behind them, and they give us every reason why we need to do it.
And then all of a sudden, they don't fight the war to win the war.
If you fight the war to win the war, we have the ability to win any war.
You have the ability to push buttons in the United States and take out huge targets anywhere in the world.
That's amazing weaponry technology and advancement.
Now, we better come up with our own hypersonic missile.
We better do it really fast.
My understanding is the Trump administration did operation warp speed them.
My understanding also from sources is that the Soviets stole the hypersonic technology that we had that for from us.
So anyway, that's where I stand.
Um others don't want us to do a thing.
Now, the the problem I have with that is we don't know how far these territorial ambitions of Putin go.
Now, even if he had any sense of of reality, he would know that it this effort is not going as planned.
It's not been as easy as I think he thought it would be.
Uh, he certainly appears to have some rebellion in the ranks.
Uh many people disappearing now out of no out of thin air.
That's typical Putin.
And we'll have to wait and see what happens.
But that but that's my that that's my thing.
I I just in good conscience, I don't think human beings with a heart and soul, if these people are willing to fight for themselves, they're a sovereign country, they're not a perfect country, believe me.
But if they're willing to fight as courageously as they have up to this point, give them the equipment.
And anyway, we had this little debate last night.
Uh, all right, let's get to the phones.
Janet is in the Commonwealth, the great state of Pennsylvania.
Janet, how are you?
Glad you called.
We might need to talk about it.
Thanks for taking my call, Sean.
Uh long time listener.
Uh, you were you were my information after 9-11.
Um I know everybody.
Uh yeah.
Yeah, and and and I realized two things that there was more than one uh news station, and that Fox was the best.
Um, thank you.
So we're we're all looking forward to changing things in the next election.
But unfortunately, I live in Pennsylvania, and I still feel like things aren't right here.
Things are still skewed here.
The Supreme Court is in hearing our cases, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Supreme Court are changing things to benefit the Democrats, and I just feel like it's already hard enough in Pennsylvania to win as a Republican without them doing more against us.
So As a Pennsylvanian, other than moving to another state.
Do you have any encouragement for me?
My understanding was that the state legislature, although you have a Democratic governor who's awful, um my understanding is is that they were putting in place m integrity measures.
The problem in 2020 with your state of Pennsylvania in the elections was that you have a state constitution with that identifies very strict instances when people can vote by mail.
Now there is a way to remedy that if the people of Pennsylvania wanted to do that, there you can have what's called a constitutional amendment.
But rather than go through that far more difficult process, the state legislature just decided to make mail in balloting uh uh make a new law for it and circumvent their own constitution.
Uh to me, that was the case the Supreme Court should have taken up because that now that is a incredible legal issue, just like I think they should have taken up the case in in Wisconsin also.
So whether or not the integrity measures are in place, uh this is what I've been telling people.
I told people every all last year, focus on getting your state legislatures to adopt election integrity measures, signature verification, um uh uh uh voter ID, chain of custody controls, updated voter roles.
If your state allows for partisan observers to observe, you gotta have that.
Uh certainly you can't have illegal immigrants voting like states like New York and Vermont, um, and and get these things done now, and I mean now before the 2022 election.
I've been saying it since all last year.
So it's up to every state to adopt the integrity measures.
And why do we want integrity measures?
So we can all have confidence in the results in the aftermath of the elections.
You know, the reasons now we have another variant on its way into the US from Europe, a COVID variant.
It's basically Omicron 2.0, and it's already in the Northeast, it's already in in New York City, and with Omicron, you know, I don't know how long it will last, but what if what if we have a a variant that is like Delta in November next year of this year?
Uh are they going to make accommodations that partisan observers can observe the vote count?
Because they didn't make those accommodations in 2020.
And that's where my focus would be.
Because nobody can observe the vote count if you're a hundred feet away, a thousand feet away, or twenty or six feet away.
You need to see it up close, start to finish.
And they've got to make accommodations and enforce the law so that people will have confidence in the results.
I mean, you had all these whistleblowers.
I mean I love how Democrats love whistleblowers.
Especially hearsay non-wistleblower whistleblowers.
We had a whole impeachment over such.
But when it came to the people that signed affidavits that saw irregularities in terms of the process of voting in 2020, they were just completely ignored.
And they signed these affidavits under the penalty or threat of the penalty of perjury.
Nobody wanted to hear from the real whistleblowers, which tells you I think pretty much everything you need to know.
So I think we need to be concerned, worried, but more importantly, active in making sure the state legislatures do their job and uh and adopt these integrity measures.
My understanding was Pennsylvania was in the process of doing that last I had checked.
Um anyway, Janet, let us know.
Keep in touch with us.
Appreciate the call.
Uh let's say hi to the Donna is in Florida.
Donna, how are you?
Glad you called your smart, we're dumb.
Go ahead.
Hi there.
Greetings from the free state of Florida, where we have the best governor in the whole country.
I don't disagree.
He's one of the best for sure.
Where in Florida are you?
I'm six miles south of Mar-Lago and then Palm Beach.
Oh, wow.
You're living in paradise.
I want to live I want to be your neighbor.
Well, you gotta get here more of the time.
I'm I'm from Staten Island originally, as you know.
And uh we just love it here and we never look back.
It's it's been fabulous.
Good for you.
You know what?
Good for you.
And you and you saving money on top of it.
Uh what's on your mind today?
So I wanted to say, while I'm no fan of Andrew Cuomo and Harvey Weinstein, their careers were ended by allegations of sexual proclivities with grown women.
Yet we have a SCOTIS nominee who is on the precipice of becoming uh a member of the Supreme Court.
And this will be the beginning of her notoriety.
She finds it acceptable for adults to engage in child pornography as sexual predators, and there's no outrage.
Where's the me too movement for children and babies?
Well, I mean, you make a good point.
Um, the case I highlighted from the Washington Post yesterday about this guy she only gave three months to, and the other case where you know she's sentencing this, you know, guy charged with I guess child uh in possession of child pornography.
Oh, I'm so s apologizing to the guy for sentencing him.
Uh not following sentencing guidelines, not following prosecutors' recommendations of sentencing, and just going extraordinarily rogue on an issue that I think you uh probably ninety percent of people would agree on that anybody that is accessing this type of you know despicable evil material uh has a warp sick and dangerous mind and would pose a danger to society.
Normal people don't want to see pre-pubescent in this in the case where the guy only got three months, uh kids and sex acts.
But that's what this guy had.
It's it it's it shocks the conscience that these people exist.
So um it's inexplicable to me, but every Democrat, don't worry, they're gonna they they're gonna vote for you know, Judge Jackson and and Republicans won't be able to do a thing about it.
You'll probably get Mitt Romney on their side, maybe a couple of others, who knows.
It's uh it's sad.
She won't describe her judicial philosophy, won't make a definition of what a woman is.
I I mean it's this this was a very bizarre week with these hearings, I'll tell you that.
Uh anyway, Donna, good call, appreciate it.
Uh it's it does suck, and there is selective moral outrage out there.
Don in Lake Ron Concima, what's up, big Don?
Welcome aboard, sir.
Sean, it's always great to talk to you.
Your monologues on radio and TV have just been fabulous lately.
I just wanted to say that that five hour difference to Brussels, uh where Joe Biden met the NATO leaders, it made him a little touchy with the reporters there, didn't he?
Don't you think?
Uh yeah, when he's like barking at them like he was, yeah.
Yeah.
He says sanctions never deter.
Well, I guess he's not the unit he thinks he is because his own uh uh administration was claiming that they they do.
Uh Kamala Hyrus and Anthony Blinken, his national security advisor, Jake Sullivan all uh led to us to believe that uh sanctions would deter uh Russia from going into the Ukraine.
So I guess he's just not the uniter he thinks he is.
Yeah, yeah, I would say he's not the uniter that he thinks he is.
That's probably Don an understatement.
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Oh, thank you very much, Sean.
You know, one more thing if I have if you have time.
In about 20 seconds, go.
Okay, Biden says uh in Brussels, he don't I don't think you'll find a European later who doesn't think I'm up to the job.
Well, maybe they don't think uh him brokering a deal between Russia and uh and uh Iran is such a good idea, or asking Venezuela for energy help, and uh Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates won't answer his call.
So I don't think he's the leader he really thinks he is, and I don't think they think the leader he is too.
Uh anyway, I appreciate it.
Don Likro and Concama, you have a great weekend.
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You know, when um, as you're watching the coverage of this invasion of Vladimir Putin in Ukraine, forget about government for a second.
Just look at what has happened to our fellow human beings.
No boots on the ground.
America cannot be the world's policeman.
But the Ukrainian people have shown incredible courage and valor.
And ask yourself, if this was your country, would you want other countries to give you the weaponry so we could, we, they, So we could fight back against the aggressor.
Because there's a clear aggressor here.
Putin's clearly responsible and has all this blood on his hands.