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July 29, 2022 32 mins

 News Roundup: Musician John Ondrasik joins Sean to tell us about his trip to Ukraine, and the suffering of its’ citizens

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
A news round up information overload hour Tolfrey. It's eight
hundred and nine four one sean, if you want to
be a part of the program. So it's day three
forty nine since Joe abandoned our fellow Americans and the
Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan. We're now coming up, you know,
next year. Next week, it'll be one year since he
made the promise that he would never do that. So

(00:21):
it's a disaster. But Joe tells us, oh no, this
one perfectly couldn't have gone any better. We still have
even Tony Blincoln admits American citizens that don't want to
be there. They are stuck behind enemy lines. Never mind
the thousands of Green card holders eligible to live in
the US legally, they're stuck there. I gotta give credit.

(00:43):
I think two of the most powerful videos I've ever
seen in my life have been done by five for
Fightings John and Drassik. He's a friend of the program.
He recently went to Ukraine and put together I think
the most powerful video I've seen in a long time. Uh.
He had a full Ukrainian orchestra as he sings his

(01:05):
song one can One Man Save the world? Right there
from the battleground of an airport that had pretty much
been bombed to smithereens listen, who is this commedian? His audience,

(01:31):
momsing man, this man Ukrainian? I don't know, great grandson
of the Hall Alocaust and East and had the West
has a lost man long area of his cross side.
Don't know? Bloody ye? Can one man save the world?

(02:30):
Can one man save the world? John and Drassik joins us.
Now I'm not you know, we've been friends a long time.
As powerful as your first video was, this one was
even way more powerful. Well, thank you, Sean, thank you
for having me. It was a surreal experience when I

(02:55):
went to Ukraine, will save our allies who I met
actually doing work in Afghanistan. We had no idea we'd
be able to film the video in front of the Maria,
the symbol of Ukrainian independence, the biggest cargo plane in
the world that Putin destroyed in the early days of
the war. To try to gut punch Ukraine and to
have this orchestra plane in that setting, in that bombed

(03:16):
out airport, with Russian tanks blown up and frankly human
remains still around, I think really showed symbolically the fortitude
of Ukrainian people through this orchestra and hopefully reminds people
of exactly what you're talking about the plight of these people,
that the war is dragging on, that we're writing checks,
but there's no oversight, and I fear sean if we

(03:37):
allow Putin to devour Ukraine, then it's going to be
our soldiers, our sons and daughters fighting this war in
Europe in a couple of years. So the consequences are historic.
We cannot allow this to happen. Our country seems to
be standing on the sidelines, and just like Afghanistan, it's
a disgrace. It's a disgrace. I just want you to

(03:58):
describe the situation though, because I mean it's very hard.
I mean, people have to watch the video. We'll put
it up on Hannity dot com. I want people to
know too that if you download this song and you go,
I'm sure most of you now want to. But he
this is his Ukrainian tribute song One Man Saved the
World with the Ukrainian Orchestra at this blown blown out

(04:22):
airport in front of Ukrainians and this the world's largest
cargo plane that Russia destroyed, and I just want you
to know that that money goes to the Save Our
Allies group and these are people that are donating their time,
risking their lives, trying to save people and helping the
Ukrainians out our Allies. Actually you know them, welsh On.

(04:43):
They saved the Fox News reporter of Benjamin Hall's life.
I literally met the guy. I saw the ambulance he
was in. They were doing incredible work in Afghanistan still
are rescued twelve thousand allies in ten days and now
are leading the humanitarian operations in Ukraine. Their relationship with

(05:04):
President Zelinski allowed us to go to Ukraine and film
this video. And this is just step one. Shn. You
talked about the fact that we have an economic policy
of political policy that's not working. We need a culture
front on this war. We need a live a type concert,
every big artist, every superstar, Springsteeing YouTube doing a global

(05:25):
concert for Ukraine this fall to put the spotlight back
on Ukraine and remind the Russian people that they are
the ones who are pariahs. Music can make a difference, Shan,
You know it, It can break borders. So we need
to do our part. As artists, and that's what I'm
calling for right now. So I'm going to tell you
behind the scenes that I've had many conservatives say, Hannity,
you've got to stop. We can't afford another quagmire, twenty

(05:48):
year conflict that's never that's always ongoing, and we only
give them enough munitions to survive, but we never give
them the munitions to win. Now, I'm going to be John.
I want Zelenski to win the war, but if we
only provide them enough weaponry to just hang in there,

(06:08):
and we don't give him the weaponry to win. You
know the arguments that conservative friends of mine are making.
And by the way, they were gung ho beating Putin.
They wanted Putin destroyed, and they wanted and pushed out
of Ukraine, and they even wanted him pushed out of Crimea.
And they also realize, as I do, that his territorial
ambitions may go way beyond Ukraine. It may go to Poland,

(06:30):
God only knows where else in Europe wants to go to.
Wouldn't be the first time that we have seen that,
would it. So I'm torn because I see these heroes,
I see great valor, I see amazing courage, and with
the equipment that they're given, they're making the best use
of it. They just don't have enough. And the question is,

(06:50):
at what point does somebody stand up and say, now,
give them the equipment to win, because that level of
commitment has never gone to Zelensk order Ukraine, has it.
It has not. We've been basically writing checks saying, oh,
we're doing something, and giving them just enough to lose.
They need long range defensive weapons. It's it's not a

(07:11):
secret how Russia wins these wars. They ground and pound you,
encircle you, and over time devour you. And we know
what Ukraine needs, we know what Lensky needs, and you're
exactly right. I understand why the American people are frustrated.
We're all frustrated. But as I said, what are the
consequences of allowing Ukraine to be taken by Kutin? It's

(07:33):
not Afghanistan, Afghanistan with a moral disgrace, but it's not
geopolitical threatens the existence the United States. And we allow
Puton to reconstitute the Soviet Union, then there will be
our soldiers dying in Eastern Europe. And we're not even
talking about Taiwan. We talked months ago, how Afghanistan, what
tip Ukraine? Here we are now Taiwan's on the brink.
You know they're watching what's happening here. So, as I said,

(07:55):
I think it's historic consequences. Hopefully this song, this concert
can shame the rest of the world into doing exactly
we're talking, because it's not just the United States. Jeremy's
promised all this military equipment. They've done virtually nothing. So
there's been a lot of talk, little action, and I
just fear fear sewn. I do not want our soldiers
dine in this escalation. I know you don't either. It's

(08:20):
historic times, but we have to will up and do
the right thing. What would Reagan do? You tell me
what would Reagan do? He would not be seen on
the sidelines assisting a slow loss to a free country.
I don't think you would either, I mean, and that's
the difference. You know. The amazing thing in all of
this to me is that this is a winnable war.

(08:41):
Most Russians do not approve of what Vladimir Putin has done.
Now he's a thug, he's a murderer, he's a dictator.
He rules by intimidation, and fear so. Most Russians have
kind of been silent about all of this, but they
don't support the war. They fully understand the side covereignty
issue involving Ukraine. They don't want to go back to

(09:03):
the days of Soviet expansionism. And yet here we are.
This one guy has all the power and he's making
all the decisions. But the fact that they've even been
able to hold them off as long as they have
has been somewhat miraculous, and I think a tribute to
the American people and Zalinski. I'm not sure if you
saw this week, but Putin now is openly saying he's

(09:24):
going for Zolensky, and I'm surprised up to this point
that he has survived as long as he has. And
believe me, I want this guy to survive. Ninety five
percent of world leaders would have been on an airplane
with millions, if not tens and hundreds of millions of
dollars in cash and currency and precious metals, and they
would be sitting on a beach somewhere, enjoying the rest

(09:44):
of their lives, not giving a flying rip about their country.
Not only did he stay, but his wife and his
children stayed knowing that they'd likely be murdered. And we
talk about freedom, We talk about liberty, we talk about
our past of doing the right thing, being the leaders
of the world, and we're looking right now at our soul.
This song is not about presidents of lyndskeepers say it's

(10:06):
taking about the Ukrainian people. It's like, who are we?
Are we the America of Normandy? Are we the America
that brought down the Berlin Wall? Or are we the
America that abandoned our citizen and allies in Afghanistan are
going to watch Putin reconstitute the Soviet Union committing atrocities daily.
I don't know sean quick break, We'll come right back
more with John and Dressik five for Fighting Back from Ukraine.

(10:28):
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and his powerful video that he shot in Ukraine with
Ukrainian Orchestra. It's amazing. You're gonna want to download it,
and if you do, all of the proceeds go to
the charity, the benefit of the Save Our Allies Charitable arm.

(12:40):
They're going in there and saving people every single day.
An amazing group. You had an opportunity when you were
in Ukraine to meet Zelenski. What do you think of him?
I didn't meet Zelenski. I met with many of his generals.
I met with many of the people there. Certainly he
was busy and I frankly I didn't go there for
a photo op. I went there to make a cultural
bullet in this war and have this video start a

(13:02):
culture front on this war. But the Ukrainian people are insane,
They're they're they're insanely courageous, They're compassionate, they are so
human they to play with this orchestra and look into
their eye. Virtually every person in that orchestra had someone
either killed or missing or at the front. And to
be there to see firsthand what their experiencing. I wish

(13:24):
every American could see what I saw. I think any
kind of doubt or hesitency to do whatever it takes
to help them when this war would would evaporate. But
no one's been amazing. I saw pictures, and you were there,
and I wonder if you picked this up as well.
They had kids that were in high school dressed up
in like their prom outfits, and you know, amongst the

(13:46):
rubble of what was Ukraine and some of these these
blown out towns now Putin and all his viciousness and
all as evil was literally targeting apartment buildings and schools
and institutions and hospital bittles. I mean, just a war
of pure terror and hostility. And then here are these
kids that would have otherwise been at their high school

(14:09):
graduations and their problems, all dressed up in their problem
dresses amongst the rubble of war, and not to me
was some of the saddest imagery I've seen out of this.
To break your heart, our translator was a young woman,
a bartender, and then she, like so stopped making fun
of bartenders. I used to do that for a living,
you know, I know you did. I was really good

(14:30):
at it too, highly esteemed profession. And but to your point,
you know, she she had the courage to quit and
join the army. And she's this woman who's about to
be married. She's this kid that should be enjoying her
early twenties, and she's fighting this war for the survival
of her country. And as you said, it's a war

(14:50):
that can be won, and the geopolitical consequences are enormous.
And I think one reason I made this video is
to try to refocus the world and bring other artists
with me, because I do think if the artists of
the world stand with Ukraine, and you really think Bono
and Bruce Springsteen will join with you in this, we'll
find out Bono went, you know, he went to Ukraine,

(15:13):
and King Floyd wrote a song about Ukraine. I think
sometimes you just need somebody to start the start the process.
You know, we saw Zelinsky drag the rest of the
world to the right side of history. He starts seeing
Polish presidents Boris Johnson go down the list. Nobody thought
they'd be in Kiev. And maybe we can do that

(15:33):
musically and take the lead on this because if we don't,
you know, God help us. I don't think we have
a president that knows where Kiev is on the map.
But that's my own personal opinion. I praise you for
what you're doing. You're a good friend, You're a brave soul,
and it's the most powerful video I think you've done
in your career. And You've had an amazing career to date,
and I'm sure you're gonna do much more. John and

(15:56):
dress and by the way, if you want to help,
if you download this Ukraine attribute song One Man can
One Man Save the World. All the benefits, all of
the profits go to the Save Our Allies group that
he worked with to get there and do this powerful
video of his. John, great to have you. Thank you,

(16:16):
my friend. Thanks so much. Sean eight hundred nine one Sean,
if you want to be a part of the program
quick Break, right back, all right twenty five now till
the top of the hour Here on a Friday, Well
it took long enough to slap herd around the world,
Will Smith posting an emotional apology video for the OSCARS
slap saying, you know, says Chris Rock's not ready to

(16:38):
speak with him? What took him so long? Why did
he do it the next day? You know, what was
that all about to begin with? He's a comedian. You
don't like his joke. Don't laugh at his joke. If
you want to say something new him, say something, he
walks on and stay bam. I actually think Chris Rock,
don't you think Linda Chris Rock by not being able

(16:59):
to talk about it, I think he's been like he's
got like PTSD over this. He can't he can't even
discuss it. I don't know. I mean, I think it's
the old school thing, like you know, if you don't
have anything nice to say, I don't say anything at all.
So Chris Rock. When has Chris Rock been so quiet
on anything? I know, I mean he's him to be quiet,
but I mean, honestly, I mean, he definitely is one

(17:19):
of those people that, you know, I think he was
in shock. I was in shock. Everybody was, and it
was like we thought like Will Smith was like, you know,
getting jiggy with it fun Will Smith. You know, like
when I think of him, I think of him fondly.
I don't think of him as in a negative way.
And to watch him go up there and hit someone
in broad daylight across the face in front of all

(17:39):
of his peers, I was like, what is happening? Like
it was just out of See. The difference is is
I used to think of him fondly, I don't think
of him finally anymore. And yeah, I think, well what
changed for you? You know, just just as this all
came up, I had no idea how strange a person
he was, and how strange his life fizz and what

(18:01):
an arrogant I think it's been a facade for a
lot of years. I think he's got a lot of
demons in there that nobody ever really knew about. And
then the more more stuff that kept coming out, I'm
reading about this guy, and I just it didn't seem
very likable to me. I mean, I think as time
has gone on, there are two types of people, right,
we talk about this all the time. There are people
who decide that they're going to remain true to who

(18:23):
they are in their core, and then there are people
who say, you know what, I'm bigger, I'm better, I
got more of this and more of that, and I'm
not that anymore. And it's a it's a it's a decision,
and he made it clearly, he definitely did. All right,
let's set our busy phones here, Let's go to Walt
is in Utah? Where in Utah are you? Walt? How
are you hi? Say Sean, thank you so much for

(18:45):
taking my call. You know what, really quickly you notice
there's a big difference between how the Democrats raise money
and how the GOP raises money. And the GOP's having
a hard hard time to get people to do that
because we're afraid that the information it's going to be
used against us. It means that they grab what do

(19:08):
you mean you think how do you think it's going
to be used against you? Most people that I know
that donate money to like one candidate can't stand it
because all this list gets shared among all the other people,
and then they're constantly being head up for money, and
it drives people nuts. It drives me nuts too, But
I can't donate because of what I do for a living,
So you know, I'm off the hulk on that donation.

(19:28):
I'd rather give it to a different charity anyway. They
have plenty of money usually, Um, what do you think
the government's going to use it as some type of
list to what go after you via the IRS? Or
what do you think they're gonna do with it? DIRS
the SDI, Now we know that they're dirty suggested you

(19:48):
know about them, They're they're futilizing the information against our people,
you know, our geopiece. And its problem is there is
there's no giving back once we put that money in there.
If I get emails from everybody that wants to give
give money out to and yet there's a huge discrepancy

(20:09):
between what we can give the GOP and what we
can give to the Democrats and the Democrats well, it's
not supposed to be like that. It's the laws are
supposed to be equal across the board. Do I think
a lot of these groups follow them though I don't. Um, listen,
I'm careful if I know somebody's part of a superpack,
I'm very careful in talking to them. As far as

(20:32):
the IRS iss whe goes. You know, I know that
this this bill that Mansion and Schumer came up with
is you know, put aside billions they think that they're
going to get by hiring all these new IRS agents.
That really is not going to impact my life because
my file gets pulled every year anyway. You know, if
if the way I describe it is more people are

(20:54):
going to get the Hannity treatment. And that's why I
tell everybody pay a taxes payment full. I mean the
amount of time, effort money that goes into getting my
taxes right every year. You wouldn't believe it, you you.
I don't have one accounting firm. I had two accounting
firms and a legal firm going over my taxes. Because

(21:14):
if we're not getting enough donations, did as GOP donating
our twenty five dollars here and our twenty five dollars there,
I wouldn't. I wouldn't worry about that part of it.
If you really look to win campaigns, do you need money?
And if if there's a candidate you like and want
to support, I would do it in a heartbeat. Well,

(21:34):
I appreciate you taking the Times wonderful. You two, sir,
have a great Friday. I have a great weekend. We'll
stay in Utah and Chase is standing by Chase, how
are you wearing Utah? Are you Soul city from How
are you doing the man? I love Crownburger. I am
like craving a Crown Burger today. I'm starving. I ate

(21:57):
next to nothing all day. Next time you're let's starting,
you're in the city, bro hit me up. Well, well
we'll go get one. Yeah, well we'll bring Rod our head.
Tell my buddy Rod, I said, hello for sure. So,
um sean, I'm a I'm a retired combat wounded veteran.
Um so I figurative. We have some skin in this game.
And you know the pull out in Afghanistan from Joe

(22:19):
besides making me sick to my stomach and I can't
even I can't even go over that right now with you.
But I have another question. Okay, So I'm a conservative.
Why are the Conservatives and the Republicans right now so spineless?
We have so much information that would bury any other

(22:43):
regular person like me or you, or somebody on the
street in prison for ten lifetimes. Yet every single time
that we get it we obtain the information, somehow it
just disappears. Everything goes away. It goes back to Hill
Marie with the emails, Nancy Pelosi with the inside trading.

(23:04):
Where does it stop, bro, Where does it stop? Listen?
I've only been able to conclude something that I'd never
thought i'd utter on the radio or TV on a
regular basis, and I do is if you're a conservative,
you're a Republican, and especially if you're a high profile
if you Jaywalker spit on the sidewalk, you're going to

(23:24):
get ten years in jail. If you're all five dollars
on your income taxes, you probably will be sent to jail.
And if you're a Democrat, you know you can be
Hunter Biden and lie on a gun application form. You
can throw the gun in a dumpster and you're not
going to get in trouble. You can make all of
this money. The cards are stacked. Yeah, I would say,

(23:46):
we don't have equal justice under the law. We don't.
I believe Mark Levin nailed it when he said we're
in a postconstitutional America. I believe that you need about
fifty more US. We need about fifty four. Matt Gates
is we need some pit bulls in the Republican Party
that got some you know, ways to go do something about.

(24:09):
I think they call him Cajones. But yes, But one
thing that I can tell you about the Democratic Party,
at least they have they go out, they will go
for broke. I mean the whole thing with President Trump.
They have been wasting time and money for how many years?
At least credit for doing it. But I give him credit.

(24:30):
I mean, I don't know how many people would be
able to take, you know, And everybody talks about what
he sends out mean tweets, and he's always fighting. He's
always fighting because he's always under attack. Now is he
the perfect person? No, Um, nobody's a perfect person. But
the fighting when he was fighting for us, and when

(24:51):
he's fighting for America and fighting for the forgotten men
and women and fighting to make America strong on the
world stay age, and when he was fighting the Caliphate
and Solomani and Baghdaddy and the al Qaida leader and Yemen,
and he when he was fighting to build his wall,
and when he was fighting to achieve energy and dependence.

(25:14):
I like that kind of fight in a politician. I
like it a lot. And we can see the difference
right now between the strong president that Donald Trump was
and this you know, cadaver of a president, you know,
decrepit Joe Biden. It's night and days and yesterday. I
as an American, I felt we were humiliated. I found

(25:36):
getting lectured by President she humiliating, you know, him telling
us what we can do and what we can't do.
You know, if you play with fire, you're gonna get burned,
go to hell. I don't really give a rip what
you think. And Nancy Pelosi's going to Taiwan and we're
gonna put more tariffs on you, and you're gonna pay
for what you did to the world with the with

(25:57):
the virus manufactured in that lab that you knew about
because you had your own travel ban as it related
to Wuhan and the province there. So you know, intellectual property, theft,
unfair trade practice, as you name it, they're responsible for it.
And Joe, because his son Hunter made all this money,
I believe is compromised by China. I think he's compromised

(26:19):
by Ukraine. I think he's compromised by Russia and Putin.
I think they have more information on zero experience Hunter
than we'd ever imagine. That's what I believe. Listen, Sean,
I just want some people in the Conservative Party of
Republican Party to fight as hard as me and my
platoon did in Afghanistan. That's all I'm asking for. By

(26:43):
the way, I'm thank you for your service country. Absolutely
for somebody who's a patriot in this country, that's all
that we ask And I know I speak for everybody
in the military. I appreciate first of all your service.
I'm sorry about your injuries. They sound pretty debilitating. I
know many people in your position. It alters your life

(27:05):
and your family's life forever. None of it is fun,
and I just we owe you a debt of gratitude.
And we can't forget our vets either. Listen. I don't
like John Stewart, but John Stewart is right on him
fighting for these vets the way he has now the
very specific issues behind the scenes a lot of people

(27:26):
don't know. But anyway, there's a bill. Republicans support the bill,
these burn Pit victims, and the only reason it didn't
pass this week was because the Democrats what they put
in the bill. They moved four hundred billion dollars in
discretionary spending to mandatory spending, and that four hundred billion

(27:46):
had nothing to do with veterans, and Democrats want to
spend another four hundred billion on new spending completely unrelated
to veterans. Chuck Schumer knows. Pat Toomey put in amendment
forward that would fix the gimmick, and they'll have an
opportunity next week to pass it again. And I want
them to pass it. But that means Schumer has to

(28:07):
give up the gimmick and the play for more money.
You know what, did John Stewart say? There's a lot
of Republican effery going on. There's a lot of Democratic
effory going on, and in the meantime, the vets get hurt.
I don't want anybody. Just do a clean bill and
let's give these guys the money they deserve and take
care of them anyway. I appreciate the call, my friend,

(28:27):
eight hundred and ninety four one, Sean, if you want
to be a part of the program, Oh Leanne, Is
it true you used to be a good humor truck driver? Yeah? Hi, Sean,
how are you man? I would have loved you as
a kid. Anytime I heard those bells. I loved here
in the ringing bells. Yeah, I drove an ice cream

(28:47):
truck during my college years here in Michigan while I
was at Michigan State. I did it every summer. It
was a great gig and it really brought a smile
to my heart when you were talking about it on Tuesday.
So I wanted to just call you up and let
you know. It was the good old days and it
was a good gig. And we had lots of laughs
because people would say, um, what did you do for

(29:10):
the summer for your summer job? Drink cold? I said,
I wrote an ice cream truck, you know, And you
look at the smiles on every kid's face. I just
remember every time i'd hear those bells or the music
if it was mister Softly, although it was mostly good
humor when I was growing up, and you know, immediately
we'd run in the house, Dad please, Dad please. And

(29:32):
my father, thank god, had a sweet tooth at the time,
and he loved toasted almonds, which I happened to like too,
and so he usually gave in more for himself than
for us, but he would usually bias the ice cream.
So it was it was great, and so it was.
It was. It was a great memory, great times. It's
it's kind of good for you, but thank you so much. Well,

(29:52):
I wanted to say one more thing, thank you so
much for everything you do and for being the calm
in this crazy storm we're in. I've been a long
time list listener and I just appreciate everything you do,
so thank you so very much. As tough as these
times are, we've been through tough times before, and we
have a chance. There is an opportunity in November to

(30:15):
shift the tide, and then there's going to be an
opportunity two years after that. We can fix this. We
can fix all of it. But it's an all hands
on deck moment. Anyway, God bless you and lean sounds
like a fun summer job you had. Thank you for
being with us. All right, folks, would you turn down
a million dollars a year? Now? All you have to

(30:36):
do is surrender your independence, abandon your principles for money. Well,
that's not exactly a good bargain, now, is it. As
a matter of fact, you can even say it's a
devil's bargain now. Sadly, it's one that many of American
colleges and universities make. But there is one college in
America that says no, and that's our favorite college, Hillsdale College. Now,

(30:58):
Hillsdale College refuses to accept one penny of taxpayer money,
not even indirectly in the form of federal student grants
and loans, and by saying no to government money, while
Hillsdale remains genuinely independent. That means free from corrupting federal
mandates and most importantly, free to pursue their original eighteen

(31:18):
forty four mission to pursue truth and defend liberty. Right now,
Hillsdale has over fifteen hundred undergraduate and graduate students on
their main campus in Michigan their satellite campus in DC.
In addition, over three million citizens have enrolled in Hillsdale's
free online courses and over six million American households like mine,

(31:39):
we'll receive Hillsdale's monthly speech digest and publication called Imprimus.
Now you can learn more about Hillsdale's independence from government.
It's a mission for defending liberty and a national outreach program.
We set up a special website at shawn Sea, N
four fo R Hillsdale dot com. One word Sean for

(32:01):
Hillsdale dot com. All right, that's gonna wrap things up
at Today Peter Doocy on the President and of of
course the definition issues that they are currently having. Charlie
Kirk gets his apologies from the hard hitting news show
The View. He'll tell us all about it. We'll talk
about Biden and the border, and the economy, the high
crime rate, everything that's gone wrong this week. It's not

(32:24):
been a good week for Joe Biden or any Democrat.
That's all coming up nine Eastern Hannity on Foxwell, see
you tonight, back here on Monday, have a great weekend.
Thank you for making this show possible. See you tonight.

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