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John Rich - July 22nd, Hour 3
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I love music.
And I listen to country music.
I listen to now Christian contemporary music.
Every once in a while, a little classic rock, but not that often.
One of my favorite artists, one of the smartest guys in terms of songwriting I've ever met.
He's a genius.
For example, the line that Scott Shannon says, firing torpedoes of truth against a wall of lies.
You know, John Rich wrote that for this show.
That's how cool he is.
You know, we use his song, Come Into Your City, at the start of every hour of this program.
Anyway, he's now written a really cool song, and it immediately released today, just jumps to number one on the country music charts immediately.
It's called Progress, and when you hear it, I think you'll understand why.
And then he'll join us for a minute.
Listen.
No glory is divided on fire and street.
They say building back better will make America great.
If that's a wave of the future, all I've got to say.
Stick your prong don't shine.
Keep your big mess away from me and mine.
If you leave us alone, well, we'd all be just fine.
Stick your prong don't shine back the whole world to come living online and leave our countrymen dying in Afghanistan.
They say let go, Jesus, let government save.
You can have back your freedoms if you do what we say.
Stick your prongs where the sun don't shine.
Keep your big mess away from me and mine.
If you leave us alone, well, we'd all be just fine.
Stick your prong don't shine.
Shut down five blinds and shut down our horses.
Shut down our main streets and they shut down our torses.
Banners all over, but it's all over now.
Cause we figured it out.
We ain't backing down.
Stick your progress where the sun don't shine.
Stick your progress where the sun don't shine.
Keep your big mess away from me and mine.
And if you leave us alone, we'd all be just fine.
So stick your progress where the sun don't shine.
You know, our theme for the week has been Pete Buttigieg, Mayor Pete, Mr. Pothole from South Bend, Indiana, genius that he is.
We'll have energy independence when we can get to renewable energy independence.
Until then, the more pain, the better.
Of course, the more pain we are all experiencing from the high price of gas.
The more benefit there is for those who can access.
The more pain, the more benefit, more pain, the better it is, more pain, more benefit.
Anyway, John Rich, you know, it's kind of been our theme for the week because I can't believe they're all saying that.
And it's interesting.
They're all talking about we're going to we're in the middle of a great transition, meaning record high gas prices, 41 year high of inflation.
And it's you know, it's killing John Rich.
It's killing the poor people in this country.
It's killing the middle class in this country.
It's killing people on fixed income in this country.
It's killing the old people in this country, the people that deserve better from their government.
Well, it certainly is, Sean.
And thank you so much for playing progress.
That's the first time it's been on a radio station.
So you are the first, my friend.
I am the man.
By the way, so all of a sudden I got to tell a story.
They want to take away like every song I'm ever using in charge is like five hundred thousand dollars a day to just if I go over 30 seconds, allowable general use for music.
I call John Rich.
I'm like, John, can I use your music on my show?
He goes, hell, yeah.
Go ahead.
That was the end of that conversation.
That's right.
That's right.
But this is a great song for our time.
Tell me how this came to you.
Well, listen, I'm watching like everybody else is the systematic dismantling of our country.
And the painful irony that all the bad things happening in the country are being done under the banner of progress is so ridiculous.
You look at it and you go, if that's their definition of progress, they can stick that where the sun don't shine.
Because my definition of progress is the opposite of what I see going on in the country.
And when you look at, you know, we want to.
americans unified as much as we can well man when you start Seeing polls that say 70% of Americans agree with this, and 82% of Americans don't like that.
In a really painful way, America is finding unity in this pain.
And so I thought, you know what, man, I'm just going to write a simple country song about the way I feel.
And I'm a regular guy, you know, high school diploma, grew up in a double-wide trailer in Texas.
Nothing fancy with me.
I'm just a hardworking American guy that goes after it.
Maybe I can't do it.
By the way, John Richard works hard, plays hard.
His dad was a preacher, and he parties all night Friday and Saturday and goes to church early Sunday.
And he's got a lot of forgiven to ask for every Sunday.
I'm just kidding.
I've hung out with you too many times.
I can't hang with you.
You're too tough.
There's very few people that can do that to me.
Yeah, I've slowed it down since those days a little bit, Sean, a little bit.
But I'll say that this song is it.
I'm hoping that it becomes a battle cry song, that it becomes an anthem song for Americans that are sick and tired of what they see going on in this country under the name of progress.
It is absolutely not progress.
It's regressive.
It's not constructive.
It's destruction.
And we all know that.
So this is my way of using my art form and country music to speak out and hopefully give people something they love.
It came out, like you said, today.
You can download it anywhere you get your music.
And man, I have not posted it one time on Twitter, only on True Social.
And it has gone number one today, only from the power of True Social.
And now here comes my friend Sean Hannity.
So I'm pretty proud of that as well.
We don't need their nasty systems to have success anymore.
We really don't.
I can't tell you how many really good books we launch on this program that skyrocket right to number one because we put on smart, great people that have a lot to say and do a lot of research.
You know, let me tell you where this really dovetails into where we are as a country.
Like right now, we're getting ready to get the second quarter GDP numbers, and they're not expected to be good.
As a matter of fact, the Atlanta Fed, their estimate now for real GDP growth in the second quarter is minus 1.6%.
That would be the second quarter of growth.
That would be by definition a recession, meaning we're in a recession right now.
The Biden White House and their economists are worried because they see these numbers like I see them that if it does come back negative 1.6, which would be identical to the first quarter, that is the definition of a recession.
So they're out there trying to say that, and they're trying to signal that it's not really going to be a recession, even though it meets the traditional definition of a recession.
I'm like, I don't need the government to already tell me we're in a recession.
I'm looking at the price of gas.
I don't know if you do your own grocery shopping.
I do my own grocery shopping every week.
Of course.
And I go to the store, and like my sister bought this week a chicken.
Now, I used to buy it from the same store, fully cooked, a real, you know, the rotisserie chicken, really cool chicken, six bucks.
She paid for an uncooked one $20 for one the same exact size.
Now, I can afford it, so I'm not whining about me, but there was a big part of my adult life when I was living paycheck to paycheck.
And you know what?
I couldn't afford what's going on right now.
It is killing people.
Two-thirds of this country living paycheck to paycheck.
That's why your song's so relevant.
Yeah, you know, even as a business owner, you know, you talked about Redneck Riviera earlier.
I've kept that.
I have not changed that price at all.
It's still right where it was, like 20 bucks, right around 20 bucks.
But most businesses aren't going to do that.
They're going to ratchet it up.
You said something earlier about, you know, Pete Budajudge talking about, well, through this pain, people are making this transition, and that really benefits people that have electric cars.
You know what that reminds me of is a guy named Stalin who said, the worse things are, the better.
That was his phrase.
Meaning, the worse things get, the more control we can take from people.
And that's what we're looking at.
And it's all under the name of progress, and it's a big fat lie.
And that's what this song calls out.
All right, quick break.
We'll come back more with John Rich's new song.
You can download it wherever you download your music.
It's number one on the country music charts just out today.
It's called Progress.
You're going to love it.
We'll continue.
All right, well, with our friend John Rich, he released a new song today, so appropriate for the times we're living in.
It's called Progress.
He released it today, and it's already debuting at number one on the country music charts.
You can download it wherever you download your music.
The exact words were more pain, more benefit.
And then you got all these Democrats, all of them, they're all on the same talking point page, and they all talk about transition.
Let me tell you what transition means.
And if you can explain, if you or anybody in Tennessee, in Tennessee, seeing a major influx of people from all over the country because it's a free state with low taxes and not as much burdensome regulation, and so many people are moving there for better quality of life and a better lifestyle.
And I think a lot of people around Nashville know that Music Row is probably one of the most fun places in the country to go to.
You know as well as anybody.
And anyway, this is what they've been telling us.
This is just a period of transition.
Listen.
Just 15 years ago, America generated more than half its electricity from coal, coal-fired plants.
Today, that's down to 20% because there's a big transition happening.
This is what a transition looks like, right?
This is exactly the challenge that we're living through.
To make sure that the American consumer has what it needs to grow our economy and the global economy, but not take steps and endanger the climate work that we're trying to do to make sure that we're on a better footing to accelerate the transition.
We all have to be able to reduce the emissions.
We have to accelerate the transition.
This clean energy transition could be the peace project of our time.
When it comes to the gas prices, we're going through an incredible transition that is taking place.
And God willing, when it's over, we'll be stronger and the world is stronger.
John Rich, you're a common sense guy.
There's nothing to transition to.
The only thing that they have ruled out is domestic production of energy.
And they'd rather import oil from hostile regimes like Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, and OPEC nations.
Can you explain the logic of importing energy from them rather than producing it domestically, faster, cheaper, and cleaner?
Yeah, I can explain it.
First of all, this is an orchestrated crisis by these people.
And so you have to ask yourself, well, what's the end game for them?
Why would they go through this process?
Transition to what exactly would be the question.
So if you go in and you see some of the forums that they go to, these globalist forums, world economic forums, places like that, All these other leaders, the Justin Trudeau's of the world and the Macrones of the world, they all want the world to be codependent.
They don't want a standalone America.
They can't get what they want in the future if America is free and strong and standing up on its own two legs.
And the only way you ever reach up for help, Sean, is if you're down on your knees.
And to me, it looks like they're trying to put us down on our knees so we have to reach up to them.
I'd rather be dead than reach up to them.
I'll get down on my knees for one person only, and that's Jesus and God Almighty.
That's it.
That's right.
You know, the fact that our president is kissing the ass of a guy that he called the murderer of Jamal Khashoggi and going to a country that he said is a pariah country, hand in foot, and hand out, begging them to produce oil is humiliating for this country.
And by the way, I can guarantee you that Joe doesn't even know today's Friday, John Rich, but that's neither here nor there.
The song is called Progress.
You can download it anywhere you get your music.
John, you killed it again.
We love you.
Firing torpedoes of truth at a wall of lies, my friend.
We love you, Sean.
Have a great weekend.
God bless America.
You know, one of the things people now are all hanging on to our cars longer.
I couldn't get a new car, so I had a lease.
My lease was up, so I bought the car, which means the odds of me breaking down on the highway with an older car are greater, which is one of the reasons I'm so glad I have CarShield.com.
They offer roadside assistance, by the way, as part of their package, totally free.
So if you're paying for that elsewhere, when you get CarShield, they protect against when your car breaks down.
You know how expensive it is to replace any part in any car today.
So technologically advanced, I can't even, I can't make heads or tails when I open up the hood.
I don't even bother opening it anymore.
Where I used to do all my own work, I can't do it anymore.
It's just too complicated.
You need professionals.
Anyway, those repairs are very costly.
And whether your car has 5,000 or 150,000 miles on it, doesn't matter.
CarShield offers protection plans for around $100 a month.
They cover more parts than ever before.
Every protection plan, as I said, includes coast-to-coast roadside assistance, rental car options, trip reimbursement, all at no extra cost.
So lock in your price and your coverage will never go up today.
Now, you're keeping your car longer, keep you and your family safe on the highway this year.
Go to carshield.com slash Hannity or call 800-391-8888.
If you do that, you'll save 10% off your plan.
That's carshield.com slash Hannity or toll-free 800-391-8888.
Type board with a friend John Rich.
He released a new song today, so appropriate for the times we're living in.
It's called Progress.
He released it today, and it's already debuting at number one on the country music charts.
You can download it wherever you download your music.
The exact words were more pain, more benefit.
And then you got all these Democrats, all of them, they're all on the same talking point page, and they all talk about transition.
Let me tell you what transition means.
And if you can explain, if you or anybody in Tennessee, and Tennessee is seeing a major influx of people from all over the country because it's a free state with low taxes and not as much burdensome regulation.
And so many people are moving there for better quality of life and a better lifestyle.
And I think a lot of people around Nashville know that Music Row is probably one of the most fun places in the country to go to.
You know as well as anybody.
And anyway, this is what they've been telling us.
This is just a period of transition.
Listen.
Just 15 years ago, America generated more than half its electricity from coal, coal-fired plants.
Today, that's down to 20% because there's a big transition happening.
This is what a transition looks like, right?
This is exactly the challenge that we're living through.
To make sure that the American consumer has what it needs to grow, to grow our economy and the global economy, but not take steps and endanger the climate work that we're trying to do to make sure that we're on a better footing to accelerate the transition.
We all have to be able to reduce the emissions.
We have to accelerate the transition.
This clean energy transition could be the peace project of our time.
When it comes to the gas crisis, we're going through an incredible transition that is taking place.
And God willing, when it's over, we'll be stronger and the world is stronger.
John Rich, you're a common sense guy.
There's nothing to transition to.
The only thing that they have ruled out is domestic production of energy.
And they'd rather import oil from hostile regimes like Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, and OPEC nations.
Can you explain the logic of importing energy from them rather than producing it domestically, faster, cheaper, and cleaner?
Yeah, I can explain it.
First of all, this is an orchestrated crisis by these people.
And so you have to ask yourself, well, what's the end game for them?
Why would they go through this process?
Transition to what exactly would be the question.
So if you go in and you see some of the forums that they go to, these globalist forums, world economic forums, places like that, all these other leaders, the Justin Trudeau's of the world and the Macrones of the world, they all want the world to be codependent.
They don't want a standalone America.
They can't get what they want in the future if America is free and strong and standing up on its own two legs.
And the only way you ever reach up for help, Sean, is if you're down on your knees.
And to me, it looks like they're trying to put us down on our knees so we have to reach up to them.
I'd rather be dead than reach up to them.
I'll get down on my knees for one person only, and that's Jesus and God Almighty.
That's it.
That's right.
You know, the fact that our president is kissing the ass of a guy that he called the murderer of Jamal Khashoggi and going to a country that he said is a pariah country, hand in foot, and hand out, begging them to produce oil is humiliating for this country.
And by the way, I can guarantee you that Joe doesn't even know today's Friday, John Rich, but that's neither here nor there.
The song is called Progress.
You can download it anywhere you get your music.
John, you killed it again.
We love you.
Firing torpedoes of truth at a wall of lies, my friend.
We love you, Sean.
Have a great weekend.
God bless America.
God bless you.
God bless America.
Let's play it.
I've got to say, stink your pride.
You know, one of the things people now are all hanging on to our cars longer.
I couldn't get a new car, so I had a lease.
My lease was up, so I bought the car, which means the odds of me breaking down on the highway with an older car are greater, which is one of the reasons I'm so glad I have CarShield.com.
They offer roadside assistance, by the way, as part of their package, totally free.
So if you're paying for that elsewhere, when you get CarShield, they protect against when your car breaks down.
You know how expensive it is to replace any part in any car today.
So technologically advanced, I can't even, I can't make heads or tails when I open up the hood.
I don't even bother opening it anymore.
Where I used to do all my own work, I can't do it anymore.
It's just too complicated.
You need professionals.
Anyway, those repairs are very costly.
And whether your car has 5,000 or 150,000 miles on it, doesn't matter.
CarShield offers protection plans for around $100 a month.
They cover more parts than ever before.
Every protection plan, as I said, includes coast-to-coast roadside assistance, rental car options, trip reimbursement, all at no extra cost.
So lock in your price and your coverage will never go up today.
Now, you keep in your car longer, keep you and your family safe on the highway this year.
Go to carshield.com/slash Hannity or call 800-391-8888.
If you do that, you'll save 10% off your plan.
That's carshield.com/slash Hannity or toll-free 800-391-8888.
All right, 25 to the top of the hour, 800-941-Sean, if you want to be a part of the program.
One big victory this week that we touched on a little bit yesterday is: you know, remember earlier that Dave Chappelle was canceled at one theater in Minneapolis and they were canceled.
While we believe in artistic expression and freedom of speech, blah, blah, blah.
And then they give, you know, every woke reason why they don't want Dave Chappelle to perform.
We didn't take into account your feelings.
I'm like, Dave Chappelle is a comedian.
A comedian ought to have free reign to be funny.
And if that means making fun of people and being politically incorrect and cursing and doing what they do, let him do it.
Here's the beauty about America: you don't have to watch Dave Chappelle.
You don't have to pay the money and go see Dave Chappelle.
I would pay money to go see Dave Chappelle because I think he's funny.
Chris Rock, same thing.
You know, I couldn't believe he got slapped, but I'd like to hear him when he starts joking about that.
That's going to get pretty interesting.
And I thought that Will Smith was way over the line, but these things kind of happen in life.
And I give Chris credit.
They wanted to press charges.
He said, you know, I don't want to press charges.
And he had every right to.
But, you know, if you don't like a TV show, you don't have to watch it.
You don't like a radio show.
You don't have to listen to it.
And only recently, only like in the last couple of weeks since the New York Times did the latest hit that Joe Biden's too old, has no business running for president, that he doesn't speak well.
He clearly looks like he's going to fall over any minute.
You know, now the late night comedians are just beginning to delve into the Joe Biden.
I mean, there is a wealth of material if ever they wanted to use it, but they don't want to use it, which is just pathetic.
Anyway, so somebody sent me this today.
I don't remember who, and it's a comedian that actually was joking about Joe Biden, and I couldn't believe it.
And by the way, if you're offended at any jokes that comedians make, especially about Biden, then don't listen to this, the little short bit we're going to play for you.
Biden, it's so hard to make fun of Biden.
It's like, who am I?
What's my name?
Where's my sister?
It's my sister, my wife.
I'm running for the United States Senate.
I don't remember what I had for breakfast.
I think I had corn pops.
You want to touch the leg hairs on my leg?
If you don't vote for me, you ain't black.
I used to work for a black guy.
I don't remember that at all.
600 million people died of COVID today.
All I know is you need to get vaccinated because the hurricanes are coming.
Your daughter's hair is nice with shampoo to sheers.
Let me give it a smell.
We don't need to make America great again.
We need to make Afghanistan Taliban again.
I mean, whoever this comedian, we don't know who it is.
Do you know who it is, Linda?
No, I don't.
I've never seen him before.
But what was shocking is no comedian, I mean, there's so much material.
Obviously, this guy knows about Joe Biden.
I would bet anything he probably, because I don't know many shows that do this as often as we do here and on Hannity, the TV show.
We've been ahead of the curve, but almost every one of those issues is true.
But here's the thing: he's pulling from real life.
Like, all good humor is rooted in truth.
You know, that's an expression for a reason.
So he literally is pulling from the headlines.
You know, Joe Biden did say, you know, if you if you don't vote for me, you ain't black.
He did say that he knew a guy named Corn Pop.
He did say that the kids used to touch his hairy legs.
He does go around smelling people's heads.
He smells he spells little girl's hair.
So this is weird.
I mean, you know, weird it's you wish you were making it up, but you're not.
And he just put it all together when he said you got to get vaccinated for the hurricane.
I just about fell out of my chair.
I was like, oh, so Clay Travis tweeted this out today.
I think he knew that this was BS, but he tweeted it out.
And and then the media made a big point.
It's been debunked.
It really wasn't Donald Trump.
But I'm laughing.
So they made a replica of the press releases from Save America.
President Donald J. Trump statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th president of the United States of America.
And it said Joe Biden, who many have said is our worst president, has come down with the case of the China virus despite being vaccinated.
I hope Sleepy Joe is able to bounce back quickly, much as I was.
Doctors described my fight against the China virus as Herculean and not meaning the woke Disney Hercules, but rather the Kevin Sorbo one and the Lou Ferrigno one as well.
Joe, Joe, I wish you a speedy recovery, even though you're taking America in the wrong direction.
No one wants Kamala.
I'm pretty sure Clay Travis knew that this was a spoof.
And but in a way, you know, it doesn't mean it wouldn't surprise me all that much if it was real.
Listen, it was funny.
It was very tongue in cheek.
They basically took, in my opinion, whoever did that kind of took a jab at both Trump and Biden, because it's all the things, you know, you're like, please filter.
And then you have, you know, Biden obviously being, you know, not the strongest leader in our American history.
So to me, it's funny on both sides.
I 100 percent think that Clay knew exactly what he was doing and that it was just, you know, it was just funny.
It was just a parody.
All right.
Let's get to our busy phones.
You know, we need a little humor here.
All right, let's get to let's see.
Tom is in North Carolina.
What's up, Tom?
How are you?
Where in North Carolina are you?
In the Salisbury between Charlotte and Greensboro area.
I know the area very, very well.
What's going on?
I was going to get back to climate change, and especially since there's been speculation whether or not the Biden administration is going to do a climate change emergency.
There are some points I've never heard anybody talk about, except they're just blaming carbon dioxide and then relating that back to fossil fuels.
But if you look at some of the photographs from the International Space Station, how many lights do you see at night that are congregated?
And riding the motorcycle when I was younger, you'd leave a township, even a small one, by about three, three miles, five miles or so.
the temperatures drop drastically well probably about 10 degrees it seems like and i think you've ridden a motorcycle if i remember correctly i have and if you do it at night you can tell The difference in temperatures once you get it.
My family's taking it away from me.
Nobody in my family likes me to have it.
Yeah, I understand that.
My daughter goes crazy and starts crying.
And it's like, okay, all right.
I got it.
I got it.
You know, if you ever want to get to me, just start crying.
I'll say, how much do you want?
I'm just a sucker for it.
But anyway.
But I know what you mean.
Across the world, how much heat are they generating 24 by 7?
Not just at night, but in the daytime, the big cities become a passive solar radiator.
So the temperatures are rising there whenever the sun's out.
The other thing is, I thought at one time the rainforest supplied most of the oxygen and absorbed the carbon dioxide.
And there was a scientific show.
I don't remember which one that was talking about, no, it's not the rainforest.
It's the phytoplankton in the oceans that are the number one consumer of carbon dioxide and the number one producer of oxygen.
So then you see tapes.
I think, I don't know if Greenpeace or somebody did it, where China was just dumping barrels of probably toxic waste out in the ocean.
So we don't know how bad the oceans are polluted.
So how let's just cut to the chase here.
We became energy independent and we cleaned up carbon emissions more than any other country in the industrialized world.
That's it.
Anyway, I appreciate the call.
I want to go back to the banning guilty verdict today.
For those of you that didn't hear, he was held in contempt.
It's two misdemeanor counts, found guilty, anywhere from 30 to a year in jail for each count.
The thing that I would say, David Schoen, who's been on this program many, many times, was his attorney.
And so Steve Bannon made a choice here.
And I kind of admire the fact that he's his own man, made his own decision.
He knew what the consequences would be.
So many other people, when they can go into the January 6th committee and you could just say to them, you could just plead the fifth and walk out and you cannot be charged with contempt.
Linda, did you know that?
I said I mentioned it earlier, so you know that.
Yeah.
I mean, I think that that's a little-known fact that a lot of people don't know.
And I think a lot of people don't know what's going on.
You can walk in, you can plead the fifth and walk out, and they can't charge you with contempt.
He decided not to do it.
Now, David Schoen, who we both know to be a great attorney, they made the decision not to even put on a defense.
They knew that the fix was in.
They said, why waste our time?
And so, anyway, we'll find out, you know, more.
But, you know, Steve Bannon and I have had our agreements and disagreements over the years, more agreement than disagreement, to be honest, from my end.
And I just admire the fact that he made a decision.
He felt like this was a principle for him, and he's willing to take the penalty for it.
But I also think to your point, you know, whether you, and I think this goes without saying on this show, you know, whether we like you, dislike you, agree or disagree, there is a letter of the law that we think should be firmly applied.
And I think in this case, we are seeing yet again another instance of the law being applied on one side, but not so much on the other.
And I think that's what has most American people really upset.
Yeah.
I mean, I totally agree with you.
I mean, this doesn't happen to liberals.
This hasn't happened since G. Gordon Liddy.
G. Gordon Liddy did the same thing.
I knew G. Gordon Liddy well before he passed away.
And G. Gordon Liddy was one of the most interesting people I've ever met in my life.
And he actually does remind me a little bit of Bannon in some ways.
And he ended up having a successful radio career.
Radio show did very well.
He was just a fun guy to be around and hang out with, and he told stories, and, you know, it was just interesting.
You know, some people would not take a principle stand like that.
Now, Steve's, I believe, Steve's a single guy, so he's in a position where if he has to go to jail, one thing about I've learned about people that go to jail, if you're not a rat, and if you go to jail and you take the hit, you're usually left alone in jail.
They usually, prisoners have their own code of ethics.
If you go to jail and you ratted other people out, you're in trouble.
If you go to jail and you're there for hurting a child, you're usually in trouble.
So they got their own code of ethics.
But I remember I talked to Paul Manafort when he got out of prison.
I said, how bad was it?
And he was on this radio show he was telling us.
And, you know, he said, no, the prisoners couldn't have been nicer to him because they felt like he went in there and he just refused to.
He was in the position, and he's going to write about this in his book that's going to come out, I think, in the fall.
He was in the position that basically if he said what they wanted him to say, which he said to me would have been a lie, then they said, we'll let you out today.
And this is after they put him for, what, nine months in solitary confinement?
I mean, they really squeezed him.
Just horrible.
Yeah, it was horrible.
And he just said, my conscience wouldn't allow me to lie.
They would tell me, we'll let you out today if you tell us what we want to hear.
I mean, it's unbelievable.
Just look at, I mean, this isn't, it's not an analogy, a perfect analogy, but like, for example, you know, we had Lee Zeldon on earlier, and here he is at campaign rally.
This guy's trying to kill him or at least hurt him real bad, and he's out in hours.
Yeah.
I mean, this is a predictable outcome.
They didn't put on a defense.
He didn't show up to the Congress.
He didn't present any witnesses.
And now he's going to go on appeal.
Presumably, he'll have more to say about this.
I'm not sure if the appeal is going to get very far, to be honest.
I think it's just now a matter of biting time when he wants to spend time wherever they're going to put him.
But he did it on principle.
And I think people need to know that.
That takes a degree of courage to do that.
Like it took a degree of courage from Manafort not to tell them what they wanted to hear because he said, I'm not willing to lie.
And I think Roger Stone went through something similar.
Yeah.
You know, it's interesting, you know, as a big part of your character.
It's the whole Sammy the Beau Gravano, you know, a guy that kills 19 people.
And I watched him in a long interview one day with some podcaster or somebody.
And I watched the whole thing.
And he commits all these murders.
And because he turned on John Gotti, he was put in the witness protection program and didn't go to jail for all of those murders.
He would have been put away for the rest of his life at a minimum.
And that to me, if you offer somebody something of such great value, their life back, in exchange for testimony and you're a murderer, I think you're pretty much willing to say anything they want to hear.
And that's why I think they should not be allowed to offer something of great value in exchange for testimony like this.
That's my opinion.
I want to remind you, blinds.com, it's the summertime, and maybe you still have a home project to-do list.
If it looks anything like mine, it's probably pretty long because I don't bother doing my to-do list.
That's going to wrap things up for this Friday.
Hannity tonight, 9 Eastern.
We have the video and we'll get reaction to the attempt on his life from Congressman and gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldon.
Rand Paul, who has been a victim of violence himself, will join us.
The latest on Joe Biden and his COVID also delve into the issue of Steve Bannon, the legality, executive privilege, what it all means.
Pam Bondi and Jason Chabitz will join us.
LJ joins us tonight.
Carly Shimkis.
Oh, and we'll show you the video of this woman suing this poor guy because he didn't show up for a date.
And the fight she gets in with the judge is just priceless.
You got to see it to really, really appreciate it.
We'll show that tonight, 9 Eastern, Sety DVR, Hannity, Fox News.
See you tonight, back here tomorrow.
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