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Oct. 16, 2024 - Sean Hannity Show
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Silencing Opposition - October 15th, Hour 2
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Sean, if you want to be a part of the program three weeks from today is Election Day, officially now, 21 days until what I believe is an inflection point for the country and certainly a tipping point election for the future of the country.
I don't think the stakes could be higher.
We've gone over what's at stake.
Do you want secure borders or you want open borders?
Do you want lower taxes or do you want your taxes through the roof?
Do you want cradle to grave, womb to the tomb promises that will never be fulfilled in the Green New Deal?
Or, you know, would you prefer something called capitalism, the greatest wealth producing system on earth?
Do you believe in law and order and safety and security in every town and every city?
Or do you believe in defund, dismantled, no-bail law madness?
Do you want higher energy prices or lower energy prices?
Do you want a world that is governed by an America that is in a position of strength or the weakness that we've witnessed the last four years on the world stage?
That's what's at stake.
Now, one of the issues that I cannot for the life of me figure out is the Democrats and their obsession with illegal immigration.
You know, for me to get into the Democratic National Convention or a presidential or vice presidential debate, I'll give you as a case in point, the DNC, I got stopped four times every single night I was there, all four nights.
And I had to show my credentials, my picture ID, which they demanded, four separate times before I can get to my broadcast location.
Four times, every single time I went in there.
And now, why is it that Democrats that insist on a picture ID to get into their convention or a presidential or vice presidential debate, they don't want voter ID, they don't want signature verification, and they don't want proof of citizenship.
And why would the Justice Department announce Friday that they're suing the Commonwealth of Virginia over their efforts, in this case, Governor Glenn Young, to purge the voter rolls within 90 days of an election, which is the law that was signed into law by a predecessor, a Democrat, former vice presidential candidate himself, Tim Kaine, and he's just trying to fulfill the law?
I mean, it's unfathomable to me.
But that's where we now find ourselves.
And we have talked at length about what they are offering.
You know, what has happened that we have nearly 12 and a half million unvetted Harris Biden illegals.
Even Bill Clinton said the quiet part out loud yesterday.
If we vetted illegal immigrants, as borders are, Kamala Harris, Lake and Riley would likely be alive today.
But, you know, they haven't been doing it.
We have convicted murderers, some 13,000.
We have dozens of Americans murdered, Lake and Riley, Rachel Morrin, Jocelyn Nungari.
We had dozens of Americans, including children, that have been raped by Harris Biden illegals.
We have hundreds of Americans victims of violent crime.
We have people from over 180 countries, including Iran and Syria and Egypt, Afghanistan, Venezuela, China, Russia, our top geopolitical foes, countries with terror ties.
We have known terrorists now in the country, but we don't know where they are.
And on top of that, we have these gangs that have infiltrated small towns and big cities around the country.
We have cartels in the country.
We have drugs flowing in like it has never happened before.
And why is there this obsession, you know, to offer all of these rights and citizenship and sex change operations to illegals?
Now, anyway, Governor Glenn Young was sued, as I said, by the Harris-Piden Justice Department over following a law that a Democrat in 2006, Tim Kaine, put into place.
Anyway, here was him on fake news CNN.
He was also on with me last night.
Why not just honor that 90-day period?
Well, let me just first begin.
It's anything but a purging program.
It begins with someone identifying themselves as a non-citizen.
And I guess I would posit back to you.
Do you think that non-citizens, when they've self-identified as a non-citizen, should stay on the voter roll and therefore be in a position to potentially vote in a presidential election?
I don't think any non-citizen should vote.
How are they self-identifying?
How does that happen?
They actually tick a box that says, I am a non-citizen, or they do not answer the question that they are a citizen, and therefore they self-identify that they are not a citizen in the United States of America.
And this is why this is so out of bounds in my mind from the Justice Department.
They fully understand this.
They understand the process starts with a person self-identifying as a non-citizen, and then there is a match with that person's name on the voter rolls, and they are given not just one, but up to three times in order to try to cure it.
And this is why I find this to be a very, very unreal moment that is stunning, that they filed this suit 25 days before a presidential election, when, in fact, this has been going on in accordance with our Constitution, the federal constitution, and state law since 2006.
Unbelievable.
Here to sort this out, Greg Jarrett and David Schoen.
Greg, Fox News legal analyst, best-selling author, David, civil liberties attorney, former counsel to President Trump.
Greg, let me start with you.
Why is the left in favor of all of these benefits for unvetted Harris Biden illegals, and yet they want no voter ID, no proof of citizenship, no signature verification, and now they don't even want the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia enforced?
Because they want to use their power to influence the election.
You know, non-citizens cannot vote in federal and state elections.
That's the law.
Supreme Court precedent says so.
You can read it on the U.S. government website.
Virginia is enforcing its own companion law, which requires the state to remove non-citizens from the voter roles.
Makes perfect sense.
So that's why Merrick Garland is suing to stop it.
He cites, mistakenly, a federal law that says, well, you can't do it 90 days prior to election.
But typical of Garland, he didn't read or comprehend the law that he relies on it.
That law applies only to systemic reviews of voter roles, not individual ones, which is what Virginia is doing.
The same clearing of voter roles of non-citizens.
That was done during the administration of Virginia Democrat governors.
The DOJ never complained or sued only now because the governor is a Republican.
And forget the fact that the governor has nothing to do with it.
It's mandated by Virginia law, regardless of who's governor.
So as I say, this is yet another example of Merrick Garland's politicized DOJ.
They've repeatedly interfered in the election process to favor Democrats, notably their abusive lawfare against the Republican nominee Donald Trump.
It really is unprecedented.
I can only think of nefarious intentions.
Is it their intention to, what, keep people that would not be eligible to vote on the voter rolls in the hopes that they may vote?
I mean, what other reason would you be against enforcing what is a state law, what is a constitutional issue for the country, David Jones?
No, I think you're right.
Greg's 100% right, and Governor Yunkin was right, and you're right, Sean.
This clearly is the purpose.
They would say that their purpose is, well, we have the 90-day quiet period protection to avoid any mistakes.
But what Governor Yunkin left out of his pitch, which is an important point, is that he gives them a chance to cure.
They have 14 days to cure.
If a mistake has been made, they can point out that mistake.
But Greg's right also, the Act prohibits a systematic program, but it has to be completed 90 days before the election.
There's a question what it means to complete.
We know, for example, Alabama is being sued in the same lawsuit by the DOJ for the same reason now, because they announced 84 days instead of 90 days.
Plenty of chance to cure.
But they do it on an individualized basis.
And the question is, what does it mean to complete?
For Alabama, for example, convicted felons can be purged from the voter registration list before the election, within the 90-day period, and so on.
The Justice Department itself isn't clear on this.
On October 9th, they issued new guidelines for how to deal with removal procedures and things like that.
So everybody ought to agree that when we're talking about non-citizens, we need them to vote.
Remember, the NVRA, the National Voter Registration Act, that this lawsuit is brought under, has as its premise that all states must make a reasonable effort to remove persons from the voter list who are not eligible to vote, period.
That's what's going on here.
Can mistakes be made?
Absolutely.
In any system, the states can be made.
But here, the voter is given a chance to cure, and it's absolutely a matter of the integrity of the electoral process.
And let me say this: I've sued Alabama many times for ballot access.
I bring ballot access cases to ensure full ballot access across the country.
I represented the losing party in Shelby County versus Holder at the request of the ACLU that represented the Alabama citizen.
This is a big part of my practice, ensuring full ballot access, not for non-citizens.
And the other side of the equation, last thing I want to say is when we allow non-citizens to vote, they dilute the vote of the citizens who are entitled to vote.
I mean, it's just outright scary.
Who's going to win this battle and how quickly will this be adjudicated?
Greg Jarrett.
Well, it's unclear.
Obviously, time is of the essence with the clock ticking down to election day.
And so I would hope that upon federal court review, you know, a decision will be made that Garland is exceeding his authority and Virginia has an absolute right to do this.
And your take, David Schoen, what do you think?
When does this get adjudicated?
I mean, how quickly is there now that a lawsuit has ensued, does this stop Junckin from doing what the law requires him to do?
No, they're trying to, and they're trying to make them restore people.
First of all, not everyone's been purged already.
But anyway, I think that the states have to win the case.
I think there are a couple of principles that moved too late.
They knew that this was going on and they moved too close to the election.
So that's a principle in election law.
But also, I think that they do pretty good judges.
I think that in this case, it's clear we're talking about non-citizenship.
I think that they had checks in place, and it will be adjudicated quickly, if at all.
We continue now with our legal panel.
Greg Jarrett and David Schoener with us analyzing why the Harris Biden DOJ is suing the Commonwealth of Virginia simply for enforcing the law that says illegal immigrants can't vote in that state.
You guys have both, I'm sure, over the years been to Democratic and Republican conventions.
Why do we need Picture ID?
Why do I get stopped four separate times going into the Democratic National Convention to get to my broadcast booth?
Greg Jarrett, and yet Democrats are dead set against voter ID, signature verification, proof of citizenship, these basic simple integrity measures that I would think would be fundamental for everybody if you really do want fair and free elections.
In this day and age, you know, it's not 100 years ago where not everybody had, you know, an identification now.
You know, to walk out of your house, you've got to have an ID and to pick up your medications at the pharmacy.
You have to have an ID to travel.
You have to have an ID.
To go anywhere and gain access, you know, go to the bank and try to draw money.
You've got to have an ID.
So everybody has an ID.
I think what they really want here, secretly, is for people who are not eligible to vote to vote.
And they think they'll vote for Democrats.
That's a very cynical point of view, but I think it happens to be true.
Yeah, David, your take on that.
You're 100% right.
It's a reasonable requirement.
Look, this is not the only initiative we're seeing from the Democratic Party this election cycle.
They have aggressively, around the country, moved to stop independents and small parties from getting on the ballot.
So this idea that they want full ballot access just isn't accurate.
They want kinds of voters who they believe will vote for the Democratic Party, whether eligible or not, to be on the ballot.
Republican Party wants all eligible voters to be able to vote too, because they believe their message is a stronger message and a better message for the country.
But they don't want non-citizens, people who are not eligible to vote and decide the direction of our country to take part in the electoral process.
Simple as that.
Any predictions about where you see this election going, Greg Jarrett?
Well, it does seem close.
I ignore the national polls.
That's not how you win a presidential election.
I think it's dependent on seven swing states.
The momentum seems to be going in the direction of Donald Trump.
After the Democratic National Convention, there was a honeymoon period for Kamala Harris.
She was up in the polls.
When you look at these swing states, it's shifting in the other direction now.
I think it's a toss-up.
It may remain so over the remaining time.
This could be a squeaker.
Yeah.
Final word, David Schoen.
This world is a very dangerous place now.
When Donald Trump was president, it was a much safer place.
Iran was bankrupted.
There were peace accords in the Middle East that were unprecedented, unthought of, unheard of before.
We didn't have this kind of problem with the border that we have now.
He has a proven track record.
As you said earlier, this is a pivotal time in American history.
I believe that the safety of the country and the future for our children is at stake in this election.
Appreciate both of you.
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All right, 25 to the top of the hour, three weeks from today, Election Day in America.
Early voting going on now in many states around the country, mail-in ballots, etc.
If you want to know the law in your state, when early voting starts, when it stops, how to register, just go to Hannity.com.
We have all that information up as a public service.
We have the Kamala files her in her own words up as a public service.
The walls files him in his own words as a public service.
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You know, we're watching all these swing states.
And again, I'm just giving you snapshot pictures of where we are at any given moment in this last three weeks leading up to the election.
But I do caution everybody, and I'm saying this.
It is a very, according to the polls, and polls can be wrong.
And 2022 is supposed to be a big red wave.
I don't want to be pollyannish.
I don't want people to get overconfident.
I don't want people to lose their sense of urgency about what at a critical inflection point this is for the country.
I want to keep your motivation up as high as I possibly can because I believe that Kamala Harris's radical extremism, in her own words, are policies that will inflict a lot of harm on the people in this country.
I do not believe in her political governing philosophy.
I think it will lead to more poverty, sadness, open borders, a national security risk, the likes of which we've never seen before.
It will embolden foreign entities.
I mean, since Harris and Biden have been president and vice president, since they've been in power, the Iranians, for example, took in $200 billion in oil revenue.
Well, where's that money going?
They're the number one state sponsor of terror.
It's been going to Hezbollah out of Lebanon, Hamas out of Gaza, the Houthi rebels, and buying rockets, ballistic missiles that they're firing into Israel.
It's insane.
Anyway, the American people, this message now, finally, after months of trying to get it out to the best of my ability, deputizing all of you in this audience to share with your friends, your family, your co-workers, your neighbors, and your social media family, the Kamala files and the Walls files.
Many of you have done that.
Thank you for doing that.
That I think people are beginning to get how shallow she is, how unqualified she is.
And I think the polls are beginning to reflect it.
But I don't have overconfidence.
I don't want people to be overconfident.
I want you to be rightly nervous.
These polls are very close.
And if everybody listening to my voice will take my advice and just assume that your vote will decide this election, you know, 44,000 votes, three states in 2020.
What more do I need to tell you about the importance of your vote here?
Anyway, here is Michigan Representative Debbie Dingell saying that she doesn't think people know Kamala Harris yet.
Well, they're beginning to get to know, thanks to a lot of you and the Kamala files and the walls files that we have had up now for a while on Hannity.com.
There are real constituencies that can make a difference.
And I see you focus.
They've got to be focused on and talked to between now and election day.
The first constituency is Unit Halls.
And you've got to, I don't think people know Kamala Harris yet.
I do.
I know how great she is.
They need to, you know, they need to feel her.
And look at the state of Michigan with the electric vehicle mandate, which will result in, and God knows how many tens of thousands of high-paying career jobs in the auto industry just being wiped out and forcing companies like Ford to produce vehicles that their customers don't want and losing $4.5 billion.
You keep forcing companies to do something they don't want to do, and they lose that kind of money.
Well, the next thing that's going to happen is those high-paying career jobs are going away.
We have an update.
Here's the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, who released, and this is an answer about the distribution of FEMA funds on Face the Nation.
And this is the unedited version.
I mean, the media has become so corrupt these days.
I mean, they're the single biggest contributors to the Harris Walls campaign.
Listen.
So that's a different accounting than this 2% you say was distributed.
Yeah, so they've obligated some funds, but they've only distributed 2%.
The rescue and recovery effort's still going on.
And then we address the rest of it.
So that's a different accounting than this 2% you say was distributed.
Yeah, so they've obligated some funds, but they've only distributed 2%.
And when I was there on the ground, and you should go, I mean, bring the cameras and talk to the people there.
They'll tell you, don't take politicians' words for this or the administration's word.
Talk to the people there on the ground.
They had not been provided the resources almost two weeks out from the storm that they desperately needed.
And when I was there, 13 days post the storm hitting that state, people are still being rescued.
They're stuck in the higher elevations in the mountains because the roads are down and all the rest.
They need every available resource and all hands on deck.
The rescue and recovery effort is still going on.
And then we address the rest of it.
I mean, it really is unbelievable.
Have they not learned a thing since the 60-minutes debacle?
Apparently not.
Let's go to the great state of Tennessee and say hi to Tyler.
Tyler, glad you called.
What part of Tennessee are you from, sir?
I'm from Roan Mountain, which is right on the state line between Tennessee and North Carolina.
Oh, boy, you got whacked pretty hard then where you are.
Yeah, it's been devastating.
It's really been a tell-two story.
The community, the volunteers have been amazing.
The federal government has been slow, if not questionable, in their decision-making right now.
It's been terrible.
I mean, you heard two different answers to the same question, kind of like the 60 Minutes interview.
Is Speaker Johnson accurately describing that a very small percentage of FEMA monies are going to the people that actually need the support?
And this is, you know, over now two weeks later?
Yeah, people are getting denied left and right.
I've been denied.
I have an aunt in North Carolina.
Her father-in-law was a police officer who died in the line of duty.
Her husband is a retired police officer.
Her two sons are active police officers.
Her house was completely flooded.
No flood insurance because she wasn't in a flood zone.
FEMA's initial offer was only $11,000, enough to cover two rooms.
She lost her vehicles and everything.
Okay, that's not going to do anything for people with that kind of damage.
I mean, you're describing a situation that would probably require a minimum of $100,000, $150,000.
How are people reacting to this in terms of, if it was me, I'd be angry as hell, especially in light of all the money that I've laid out that goes to billions that goes to foreign countries and Ukraine and the Sudan and Nigeria and Jordan and Egypt, et cetera, et cetera.
I'd be so pissed off that we can't take care of our own.
And you're right, but for Neighbor Helping Neighbor and Samaritans Purse and other great organizations, I mean, I honestly feel that the people were just abandoned in many ways.
Am I wrong?
No, the joke around here is that if we hoist up a Ukraine flag, we might actually get some funding.
It's just been non-existent.
There's been no communication.
The first initial days after the flooding, people just kept asking, where's the government?
I mean, nobody was coming in.
There was no cell phone communication.
We felt like we were on an island, just completely cut off from the world.
Do you have Starlink now or no?
We do.
It's been amazing how much Starlink's been coming into the area, what Elon Musk has done to people who have donated units so that we could get cell phone service, internet, because it was about a week we had no communications at all.
You know, it's hard to expect people that have lost everything to maybe be concerned about an election in 21 days.
I'm just curious, anecdotally, when you talk to people, has this motivated them to get involved in this election or are they just too busy, you know, taking care of their families and their lives and trying to rebuild their lives?
I'm worried the slow response is to keep people unmotivated, but I'll tell you from my experience, I was never Trump in 2016, and I didn't vote for him in 2020, and I still don't agree with all of his policies.
I still have moral issues with them, but they made me mad enough to vote for them this time because if they're not going to listen to us, maybe they'll hear our votes.
Well, I think that's, and are you hearing the same thing from other people?
Yeah, I mean, this region was already heavily favorable for Trump, but people are tired of it.
I mean, we already didn't.
No, I mean, they're pissed off, and they have every right too.
I mean, especially in light of how much money we give all these foreign countries, it's disgraceful.
And, you know, that's why I didn't, I didn't think twice.
I just immediately, you know, wrote a check to Samaritan's purse because I knew how bad it was to having spoken to people that I know that were there and Sarah Carter reporting on it.
Well, I do know that the Republican, and you can go to the RNC's website, and Laura Trump mentioned this last night.
She has a special website.
We'll find a link to it.
We'll put it up.
You know, they're trying to reach people that, and at least if they want the opportunity, regardless of party, to vote, they're going to work hard and provide that.
Tyler, God bless you and your family.
I'm so sorry you had to live through that, my friend.
Thank you.
I really appreciate it.
Just continue the prayers and volunteers are needed and donations as well.
All right, quick break right back to our phones.
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Darren is in Iowa next on the Sean Hannity show.
Hey, Darren, how are you?
Doing great.
How are you doing, Sean?
I'm good, sir.
What's going on?
Hey, I was just wanting to get back with the economy numbers and the way the inflation is being calculated.
When Trump was in office, we had an inflation rate of 1.5, and then it started spiraling out of control.
And then I believe, correct me if I'm wrong here, sometime in 2021, the Biden administration changed those calculations on the inflation rate, and they came down just a little bit to reflect what they called the current math.
And if that's true, then the Fed's stating that we're at the 2% target that they're looking at.
Wouldn't we actually be at a higher number if they used different math?
Between all of the metrics that we have been given, there's this phenomenon that has occurred in the Biden-Harris years, and that is, you know, a number comes out.
Oh, the inflation numbers look good.
And then a month, two months later, it is revised upwards.
And that would include the unemployment issue as well.
And it always, the revisions always work against them, which makes me very suspicious.
Do I have any evidence to prove that they're playing games?
I don't.
Do I find it odd that they keep saying that?
I do.
You know, we know that recent GDP numbers came out and showed another month up year over year, 3.3%.
Inflation is not under control.
And do I believe that Jerome Powell's 50 basis point reduction was done for political purposes?
Frankly, I do.
Do I have any evidence of that?
I do not.
That is an opinion of mine because the numbers don't justify the rate reduction now.
Now, on the other hand, I want to see people, it's very hard for people to get into a first-time home.
It's very hard for people that maybe have wanted to make a move and they have a 30-year fixed rate mortgage to now upgrade to a bigger home or maybe downsize to a smaller home, whatever it is, because they don't want to give up that 2.9% 30-year fixed rate mortgage or the 3.5% or 3.8% fixed-rate mortgage and turn it in for a 6% fixed-rate mortgage because it raises the monthly payment dramatically.
Anyway, my friend, God bless you.
You know, just go grocery shopping.
I go grocery shopping every week.
Linda makes a little fun of me, but I like grocery shopping.
I enjoy it.
And I love talking to people in the grocery store.
You should see me, Lynn.
I talk to everybody.
I have the best time in grocery shopping.
You like to talk.
It's definitely your thing.
No, but I like to, you know, I just feel normal.
I live in a bubble.
I hardly stop working.
And it's like, for me, it's relaxation.
It's bizarre.
I believe that.
I'm a complete loser.
I mean, you can say it.
Is that true or not?
I don't think food shopping is being a loser.
I mean, you know, Ethan food shops, I food shopping.
That makes me normal.
I'm saying the rest of my life, I'm a loser.
Oh, I can't speak to that.
You know, I can't speak to that.
Yeah, you can.
Yeah, you know it's true.
When you're getting texts at three o'clock on 3 a.m., Saturday, Sunday mornings.
I just assumed you had a wild night of intoxication and decided to look at some political articles.
I mean, that's everybody's favorite thing to do.
Oh, yeah, that really happens.
Okay.
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