May 2, 2025 • 31 mins
Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the House and author of the upcoming book, Trump’s Triumph, talks about the changing nation, and world, under President Trump.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
An Hour two. Sean Hannity showed this Friday, eight hundred
and nine four one. Shawn is on number. You want
to be a part of the program. Always a privilege
to welcome back to the program. Former Speaker of the House,
New King Rich Mister Speaker has a new book soon
to be released. It's called Trump's Triumph that talks about
changing the nation, the world and their President Trump. You know,
(00:23):
I'm actually kind of focusing in on the shock and
awe aspect and all the reverberations surrounding Donald Trump and
this week the milestone of one hundred days and the
left going insane and crazy and absolutely they are the
nuts party, and more importantly, how the president has taken
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on the institutionalist mindset and he looks at everything anew
and that is shocking to people. And it's not shocking
to people like yourself, because you, in your way did
it in a major way actually when you were a
Speaker of the House. But it took some used to
Before you even became speaker, they were saying you're the
screwge that stole Christmas.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Well, before we jump into that, I.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Just reminding you of the fond memories of yesterday here.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Well, we still are the only people to balance the
budget for four years and literally one hundred last century
in one hundred years. So I'm pretty proud of that.
And now we have a chance to travel. But I'm
not letting you get off of last night. I thought
you putting, first of off, putting President Trump in a
great speech at Alabama, and then pivoting immediately to Kamala
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Harris looking lonely, pathetic, confused. I thought that was as
cruel as anything I talked. I talked to the President
later on because I thought his speech was historic and extraordinary.
I told him, I thought what you did was really mean?
Speaker 1 (01:50):
What was mean about it?
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Because she's perfect. Look just by herself, she's pathetic. Would
you put her up next to Trump?
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Kind of by design? If you know, I actually think
through these things. And I thought it was a perfect transition.
I mean, and if you remember, I stopped at one
point and I said, I need to, as a public service,
thank each and every one of you for going out
and working so hard and voting in this election to
save us from that.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Oh I know, and I tell you that was as
bad as I've ever seen her.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
I mean, it was so I don't know what was worse,
the giggling, the elephants story, or the dancing.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Or just or just the look on her face. I mean,
it's like, you know, she's something. I think she cannot
come to grips with having lost, and so she's now
living in a total fantasy world.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Anyway, But isn't that the case for most people? Haven't
everyone we learned that yet? No? No, I mean, isn't
it the regular practice. Though somebody runs for president, they
all believe they're going to win. That's what I've learned. Sure,
and they they and and some people a lot of
people we've seen in our lifetime. Hillary Clinton would be one.
I'd argue John McCain was never the same after he lost.
(03:02):
Mitt Romney was never the same after he lost. I mean,
you can go down the list and people lose and
then they lose their minds.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
That's true, and maybe that's what's happened to her, which, frankly,
considering how little she had to lose, is not as
big a loss as it could have been. Because but
I just thought it was remarkable, and by the way,
I went back, I got so intrigued after the show.
I went back and got the transcript. I think there's
a section towards the end where Trump goes through ten
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lessons of life that he has learned that I think
is so remarkable that I'm encouraging the administration to find
ways to get a distributed I mean, it is the
essence of an intelligent, serious conservatism at a personal level.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
And it's funny of bringing all this up because I
watched I had never watched a long documentary about him,
and I saw one. Maybe it was on Netflix or Apple,
I don't remember, and I just watched it and I
said to him in a private conversation, and I don't
mind sharing it with you. I'm sure he wouldn't care
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that what a remarkable life this man has lived. And
I know the four hardest years. I mean, he could
have walked away in twenty twenty one and just said
I became president and gone on him with the rest
of his life, and probably they would have left him
alone as my guest. And he decided to fight back,
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and he made it his mission, and he put all
his chips in the middle of the table, and it
was either the White House or frankly, in my view
of the Big House, there was nowhere in between, and
he laid it on the line for his country, for
what he believed in, and just being the fighter that
he is. And that's what the shock and awe that
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we see politically every day.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Well, that's right, and what I was impressed with. I
put myself in the place of this young pe people
at that commencement speech. And here's the guy who is
a billionaire, who is the PRESUNDENTI states, who has survived
assassination attempts, impeachment attempts, efforts to put him in jail,
and he is literally at one point in the speech
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sharing and it's very effective. I mean I've literally spent
part of the morning going over and thinking about it,
sharing ten lessons about life that he had learned that
he wanted them to learn. And it was a reminder
to me that Trump is much more a cultural figure
with political consequences than he is a traditional political figure.
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The reason he resonates is he speaks to the very
core of American values, to the work ethic, to a
belief in a better future, to a willingness to do
what it takes to win. I mean, it is truly
and I heard all of our listeners to just get
that one section, which I'm going to post it at
the English three sixty because I think it's so.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
From you know what, In many ways, I see a
lot of similarities in you. I remember one speech you
gave I am a genuine revolutionary, you know, the speech
that I'm referring to. Yeah, and the way that people
took that the wrong way. But you know, if there
was three waves of conservatism in our lifetime, culminating in
the MAGA movement or Make America Great Again movement, I mean,
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it was Reagan, it was the Gingrich Revolution, and this
is now somebody that is literally taking a chainsaw to
the conventional thinking in Washington, which I think is beyond
refreshing to me, which is why the leftists lost their
mind in this spirit and frankly they've become, my view,
have become a soloist party.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Well, I think that's right, and you're going to see this.
You don't hear me talk about this a lot in
the next six weeks. Republic The Republican Plan on Medicaid
raises spending every year that never cuts it. The Democrats
are going to back to your point by having no
soul Democrats as a strategy, are going to lie to
the American people every day, and I think it's a
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trap for them. I think when the American people realize
and we just did a poll at the American's New
Majority Project that we run, and when people are told
the facts, only fourteen percent think that in a way
of cut. Everybody else is totally happy with it, believes
it's a fair thing to do. And this is an
example where Trump is going to be I think extraordinarily
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important and I'm hoping that he'll go on the road
and go go ten at least ten districts held by
Democrats where he had a majority of the vote and
explain exactly what's going to be in the reconciliation bill
and why you should vote yes. And I think it'll
be one of the great moments in American history because
the country will rally and the country will say, Yeah,
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this is the kind of change we need. And the
Democrats that interfaced with either crumbling and doing what Trump
wants or I think, basically put themselves in a long
term decline as a dishonest, corrupt party that votes for
things that just can't explain.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
You see, but the reason you're so knowledgeable about this,
and I lived this with you and watched it all unfold.
When you reduced it's called baseline budgeting, built in spending increases.
That that's the establishment thinking process, where you budget in
a ten percent increase every year for however many years,
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and then you know, you insisted on a seven percent
increase every year for seven years, and they were calling
it a cut. It was not a cut. It was
a seven percent increase every year. Those are the exact
numbers that we were debating back then, and the exact
same lies that Trump will deal with that you had to.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Deal with, you know, the one thing I give him
credit for, though I wasn't fine enough to couple the
idea of fake as a way of just describing all
of it. So I've said recently, the last three bastions
of opposing Trump are the fake news media, the fake
district judges, and the fake CBO. And fake CBO is
going to produce a fake score, and we need to
(09:01):
deal with it that way. We need to say that
people upfront, this is part of the corruption. You're tired of.
These people lie to you because they want your money.
I wrote a piece of the day on the movie
Jerry maguire where the football player.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
Has shown me the money.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Yeah, I said, you want to know what the heart
of the fight over reconciliation is going to be. It's
going to be every interest group saying show me the money.
There no policies, no sense.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
By the way, you know, you know who is resisting
now the most Republican lawmakers in California and New York
because they want salt deduction, state and local taxes deducted,
and how much that they ought to be able to
deduct every year, which to me only rewards states that
elect tax and spend liberal local politicians. I know why
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they're doing it, because it seems like they're bringing the
bacon back to the district.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Yeah, I think. I Look, when you're when you're in
the very marginal district, in your anxiety written you try
to figure out how to appea these people. But in
the long run you're better off to win the argument.
This will be a good bill California. By the way,
as a state legislator, just this week, a Democrat who
proposed that the first twenty five thousand dollars you steel
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in welfare should not be considered a crime.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
In this the bill you got to be kidding. And
by the way, you know what they took out of
that bill. There was this one bill if somebody's assaulted,
it would be a misdemeanor. It's against a woman I
believe sixteen or seventeen years old. Off I'm not mistaken
that they put that in the bill.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
Oh, I know. I mean the California Democrats, I think
are the epitome of having lost their minds.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Well, let me ask you. Do you think Gavin Newsom?
I think Do you agree with me? I think he
has his eyes on the White House. Do you think
he has any shot?
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Oh? Look, this is a free country. Everybody has a shot.
I mean, there were sixteen guys that got on the
stage with Donald Trump. They all had a shot. They
just didn't get to win. Do I think Newsom will
be the next president? No? I think when people learn
how really sick California has become, how many people are
leaving it because they just can't stand it, and how
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much Nuissemus part of the San Francisco mafia. These guys
are a corrupt, old machine of huge amounts of money,
and they're so far to the left that they probably
wonder you know why people at Gorbashaw were so moderate?
Speaker 1 (11:24):
All right? Quick break right back, more with former Speaker
of the House New King Rich on the other side
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(12:53):
of the House, New Gingrich is with us. So I'm
asking everybody questions only because I just just at a
pure interest. If you had the guest today, who's going
to be the Democrats nominee in twenty.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
Eight I have no idea. I think I think it
will be probably an unknown person.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
You really do it may.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
Well be a billionaire who comes out of nowhere.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Do you see any path for a moderate let's say
it Joshapiro to get the nomination, because I don't.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
Oh yeah, well there's a path, but it'll be tough.
I read Pritsker's speech in New Hampshire. Now, Prisko is
rich enough that if he wants to run, he can
fund the whole thing. Now, he's also I think a
terrible governor. He's a left wing earned not a very
attractive personality, but there's so many people like that. Out there,
and I don't think we know yet. If trump Ism
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is working, if the economy, which I think it will be,
if the economy is booming, if we really are healthier, safer,
and people feel good about it. The Democrats will be
in turmodel because some of them will rationally say, shouldn't
we kind of go towards the center, But their hard
left is going to say no. You know, you have
to be of the true faith, you have to be
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for things that are insane if you're not, which is
the whole story of the California Republic Democratic Party.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
Democratic primary voters tend to be leaning towards the more
radical left, don't you agree?
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Yeah? I think I think you get the excitement and
the turnout with the Bernie Sanders AOC, you know, and
and and you know. I mean to be fair Newsome
if if he starts with California, he has a pretty
big block to start with. But I personally find Newsome
not convincing. I mean, he is so plastic. That might
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just be my bias because I'm come from a different
brand of politics, but I mean, I frankly think that
that the governor of Michigan is much more dangerous. So
the governor of Pennsylvania are both much more dangerous than
he is.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
But again, you know, where's the energy in the party,
the energies towards AOC, Bernie and Jazz and Crockett.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
That's right. You know.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
I'm going to go over the ten things that you're
going to post on Gingridge three sixty and we'll link
to yours when you put it up on Hannity dot com.
Mister speaker, we always enjoy having you. I first interviewed
Nuke Gingridge in nineteen ninety in Decatur, Alabama, in a
holiday in hotel room. And there is a picture somewhere
(15:24):
I don't know where, but there is one I have,
and I have a renewing American civilization. What do you
call those tapes? The vhas tapes? I have those for
you that I promised I have to get a mailed
out to you.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
The American civilization was it's the course, I thought, and
then it is.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
It's been. I went back and watched it. I ordered
it on like eBay years ago, and then I kept it.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
Yeah, I think it's fair to say I got to
be a much more competent politician, and you got to
be a much more confident radio host. But boy, I
would love to have that original interview of the two
of us.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
I would I would rather never hear it as long
as I live. I really don't want to go by.
I can't stand listening to old shows of mine. I
hate it. I hate I hate watching myself or listening
to myself. It's awful, it's torture. You want to torture me,
just play tapes of me around the clock.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
That's something absurd. I sort of fell in love with
you because your pure guts. You didn't you didn't know
a lot of that, but by God, you were gonna try.
And I just thought that is exactly what we need.
And when you see this stuff from Trump, you'll see
yourself hard.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
No, okay, I'm gonna go over that one at the
bottom of the hour, New Gingrich. We appreciate it as always,
Thank you, sir. All right, let's get to our busy phones.
All right, what are you whispering in my ear? Go
to lines one and two. Okay, lines one and two.
Blake is in Texas, God bless Texas. Lida is in Nebraska.
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Blake and Lynn, welcome to the program, And Linda says,
europe First I'm not sure why welcome both of.
Speaker 4 (16:58):
You, Nasis Sanity and mister Hannity.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
How you doing, sir?
Speaker 1 (17:03):
I'm good? Who is this Lenner?
Speaker 2 (17:04):
As?
Speaker 1 (17:04):
This Blake?
Speaker 4 (17:06):
This is laying his daddy?
Speaker 1 (17:09):
Okay? Oh your your Blake's father. Terrific? Okay, Blake, how
are you doing? You're God bless Texas and Nebraska as well.
What's going on in Texas?
Speaker 2 (17:20):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (17:20):
Not much, Just trying to survive the rain. We've got
about twelve and a half inches over the last two weeks,
and trying to fix senses and keep cows in the
pasture but to creaksuck to keep washing them away.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
Now do you do you? Are you a farmer? What
do you do for a living?
Speaker 4 (17:37):
Right now?
Speaker 5 (17:38):
I'm a full time ranch hand, so you know, there's
about eight thousand acres and stuff where I work at
and trying to take care of all these cows and
horses and everything, and so.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
You're living like the Yellowstone life, which, by the way,
when I'm having a bad day, I'm thinking maybe working
a ranch wouldn't be such a bad deal.
Speaker 5 (17:58):
Well, it comes in and you know it's good and
it's bad days. You know, some days or worse than others.
But you know, we like to see the rain because
we've had We've had lunch without rain, and that's worse
than it being flooded. So I'll take high waters over
low waters at oy of the week.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
No, I get it. I mean it's it's it's tough.
I don't care if you're farming. I don't care if
you're ranching. But I'm grateful to farmers and ranchers and
truckers because they keep our store shelves full and I
get to go on Instacart or go to the store
and pick out whatever I want. And you know, I
just ordered a bunch of steaks yesterday New York Strip
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and had one for breakfast this morning with my eggs.
It was great.
Speaker 5 (18:42):
Yeah, let me say them steaks. There's a lot into
making them things. I'll kid I say that it takes
a pretty long process and the tedious process. I should say.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
Yeah, Lynn, what's going on with you in Nebraska? Is
this like your way of communicating? You got to call
the show together to communicate with each other if I'm
trying to figure this out.
Speaker 4 (19:03):
Yes, sir, oh, mister Hannity, I spoke with years ago.
I was one that got laid off on the Keystone
Xcel pipeline and Biden ham strained us about four years.
And this boy the talk to here. You you give
him ten thousand dollars one time, and I just want
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to tell you, from the bottom of my heart, from
a wonderful, pleasing father of a good son, thank you
very much because it did go straight to his college
and he is graduating to be a Texas State game warden.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
No way, I wish I could, honestly, how many years
ago is this?
Speaker 4 (19:45):
This is sir, This was probably twenty twenty one.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
It was twenty one.
Speaker 5 (19:52):
God remember the interview, because you know he just got
laid off when Joe Biden got inaugurated that day one thousands.
It's just like him got laid off. You know, he
was putting me through college. I didn't have no student
loans or anything. He was funding it. And you know
he was, you know, in a buying because you know,
he needed to provide and without money, it's pretty hard
to provide. And you know, you you've done a great
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deed and gave ten thousand dollars to my to my
college fund. And those, uh, those dollars didn't go wasted
because I graduate here in about three weeks and pursue
my pursue my lifelong goal. So we just kind of
wanted to get on here and say thank you for
thank you for that deed, and it was very much
appreciated of both of us.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
Linda, you you set this up apparently because I had
no idea that this was coming. But why Well, first
of all, it's I will tell you this my heart.
My heart goes out to the people that really make
the country great, and that is the working mental women.
And when I hear stories where politicians ruined lives, like
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in your case, lending and and here you I'm sure
a pretty at the time, a high paying career job
and on the Keystone XL pipeline and that gets ripped
out from under you for stupid political reasons and giving
into environmental you know, radicals and extremists. I mean, that's heartbreaking.
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And then you have kids, and you have bills to
pay and responsibilities and a dream that you want to
send your kid to college and help them better their lives.
I mean, I mean that that's that's that's what we
do as parents, isn't it. That's what we're supposed to do.
And if I'm able to help a little bit. I
try to help as much as I can. You know,
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I feel like I've lived an undeserved life. I never
thought i'd be successful than anything. To be very honest,
you know, I was. I was happy working in construction.
I was happy working in restaurants. I'm happier doing this,
but I never thought i'd make money doing this. As
a matter of fact, I started working for free. But
I'm glad I was able to help you guys. It
sounds like it really ended well.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
It did, mister handed In, I'm gonna tell you something.
Number One, I'd like to just say, God blessed Donald J.
Trump because he's brought us old field workers back, pipeline workers,
plant workers. And I'm gonna tell you this third and
fourth year quarters is gonna be excellent. Next year is
gonna be super excellent, and the next year after that
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is gonna be We're not gonna have enough manpower. And
it's amazing. A man that is a businessman with common
horse sense, it comes in here and gets things going.
That is a businessman that can prosper the parents, because
mister Handy, I don't work for me, I work for them. Kids.
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That is my ultimate going life. That's my God given
privilege to take care of them boys growing up and
watching them grow who I am well pleased with. I
am so thankful they was born. I just I give
thanks my Lord Jesus Christ every day because these kids
and they're growing and and it's just it's it's heartbreaking
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whenever you have a president to come in and I
may hamstrain you and cuts you down to nothing. And
all I've ever known for thirty five years is welding,
and I've done good with it. And and this is
the first time in my whole career when one man
comes in office and I'm talking, it goes from from
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good to bad.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
And it just listen.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
As a father, I can relate to everything you saying.
It ripsure guts out.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
Yes, you know.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Ever ever since my kids were born, I mean, I've
started putting whenever I could as much money away for
their for their college. I can I can proudly say
I'm that both graduated college and they went to the
colleges that they wanted to go to. I didn't have
any saying any by the way, my kids told me
where going to college. I had no saying it at
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all whatsoever, which didn't annoy the hell out of me.
But it's it's their life, it's their dream, it's not mine.
I've I pursued my life the way I wanted to,
and it's up to them now to pursue theirs. And
I'm just glad this worked out for both of you.
And and really, you know, when you really think about it,
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I think it's the goal of any parent, you know,
to hand off, you know, a better life to your
children and your grandchildren. And I know, in my case,
both my parents grew up poor. My grandparents came here,
all four of them from Ireland, four and I know
I stand on their shoulders, and uh, I'm I'm grateful
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to them because they live much harder lives than I do.
Whenever I stop bitching, moaning and complaining, whining in my
head or my heart, I stopped myself by remembering, you
know what, I don't have it so.
Speaker 4 (24:54):
Bad, Yes, sir, yes, sir, we're we're blessed. Me and
my men family is blessed and highly favored. God sees
favor us there every day, and I.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Just I'm thankful forward well, I'm proud of you. Blake
good job. Lynn, You're a great dad. I'm glad I
can help a little bit, and I'm very touched by
your story, more importantly by your faith, your your work ethic.
You both personify what makes this country great and I'm
grateful to both of you. God bless you both. Please
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stay in touch and we really appreciate you checking back
in with us.
Speaker 5 (25:31):
Thank you, yes, sir, thank you, mister Handy. It's much appreciated.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (25:35):
All right. God bless you and your kids when they're
coming along too. Uh, all right, you set me up.
Thanks a lot. But that's a good story.
Speaker 6 (25:45):
That's like one of those stories where you know, you feel,
my God, there's so much bad news. And he called
in and he was talking to Katie and he was
reminding us of when he called in. And the weird
thing is is like when you're going through it so long,
but then he's like, oh, yeah, he's graduating. I'm like what, Like,
he's done and he's moving on and he's starting his life.
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And you know, you have a little bit more than
the average bear. And the fact that you're willing to
share it with so many people is you know, it's
really not common Swan. Most people are really you know,
they're just they just don't do what you do. So
I thought it was great that he wanted to call
in and talk to you. And he's just I mean,
my God, listen to him. He's like, I'm blessed and
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favored by the Lord. I mean, the guy is so reverent,
so kind, so grateful. It's just he's just awesome.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
I don't know. I mean, I I don't understand. I
do know people in life that are cheap, I really do,
and I sometimes it's inexplicable to me. You know, I
do have this sense that if you been blessed in
your life, that you do have an obligation to help
other people. I can't help everybody out, you know, but
(26:54):
when I can, and I see the moment, you know,
like churches talk about tithing, right, and I do give
money to my church, But I'm not the big that
there's lots of ways to me you can tie. Then
maybe I'm just this is my own thought process. But
when you see somebody in need, you help them. I
think that just as if you can, you help them.
Speaker 6 (27:16):
You know, I saw this thing the other day on
X and I'm addicted to X. I'm always on it.
But this guy is a homeless guy is working in
a grocery store, and there's there's this guy that goes
around and he will pretend that he needs something, right like,
I'll walk into a store and he'll say, hey, do
you have a dollar. I'm trying to get baby food
and I can't afford it. And whoever helps him out
from the kindness of their heart, he gives them like
(27:38):
five hundred dollars or a thousand dollars or whatever. This
particular guy worked at the store gave him the dollar,
and he goes, listen, this is this is all I have,
but I hope it helps with your baby. And he
hands them five hundred dollars on the spot. Well, somebody
else stopped him on the way and he said, listen,
that guy's homeless. He just gave you a dollar out
of his pocket. He literally lives on the street and
then you know, cleans up at like a shelter and
(27:58):
then comes into work. And so he started like a
gifts and Go or a go funding online from they
raised one hundred thousand dollars for this homeless man because.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
He The American people are so generous it's unbelievable. You know,
my kids fairly recently. They're both in the car with me, right,
and I just see this old, elderly homeless guy and
it was such a sad, sad picture. I mean, his
head is down, he looks just so beaten down, depressed, defeated,
(28:31):
and I just pulled over the car and my kids
in the back are like amongst themselves, and they told
me after they're betting how much I was going to
give the guy, because they've they've seen me do this
before and we talk about it. The only thing I
do say to people when I give the money, I'm saying, please,
don't spend this money, my money on alcohol and drugs.
(28:54):
I do say that. And I asked them are you drinking?
Are you? You know? And some people are honest, some
people aren't, you know. In this case, I don't think
the guy drank. I really don't. I just hope he didn't.
Just I hope, Well, I didn't get he certainly was
sober when when I saw him, didn't seem like the
type of guy that was using drugs, And so, you know,
(29:17):
I just handed the guy I always carried cash. My
kids don't understand that either. They don't care kids today.
Don't carry cash?
Speaker 5 (29:23):
Do you?
Speaker 1 (29:23):
Kids carry? Gotta carry cash? Cash is case exactly. I
tell them all the time and I'm like, how much
do you have on you? And I'm like, oh, and
then I'm like, I'm taking money out of my pot.
Always carried cash. I have to fight with them every
single time I see them. I'm like, what do I
tell you? Always carry cash? And anyway, so I gave
the guy a hundred bucks and I'm like, and I
(29:45):
just think. And my kids asked me, well, what if
they what if they do buy alcoholic drugs? I said,
that's on them because I asked them not to do
that at that point. And there was a point in
my life I thought, well, you're just enabling people, et cetera,
et cetera. I mean, when somebody is that beaten down,
there's nothing that they're going to be that you're going
to be able to say that it's going to get
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them into a job that day or anytime soon. And
so many people have mental health issues. Anyway, I think
that it is nice. And I will say this the
American people and all of you, in your own way,
I'm sure have all reached into your pocket to help
people out when you can, and it doesn't matter. I
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don't care if it's two dollars of five dollars, I
don't care what it is. It's it's it's and it's
not a cliche to say it's the thought that counts.
It's just human decency. If you can help people, why not.
All right, take a quick break, we'll come back. We'll
continue on the other side. Eight hundred ninety four one,
Shawn is our number. If you want to be a
part of the program.
Speaker 3 (30:51):
By a SICO winning yet me either, world leaders, union, businesses,
social media. They all want to work with Trump.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
He said what he was going to do, and then
he did it.
Speaker 3 (31:02):
A White House is open for business and America is bad.
Bat Nnedy's on right now.
An Hour two. Sean Hannity showed this Friday, eight hundred
and nine four one. Shawn is on number. You want
to be a part of the program. Always a privilege
to welcome back to the program. Former Speaker of the House,
New King Rich Mister Speaker has a new book soon
to be released. It's called Trump's Triumph that talks about
changing the nation, the world and their President Trump. You know,
(00:23):
I'm actually kind of focusing in on the shock and
awe aspect and all the reverberations surrounding Donald Trump and
this week the milestone of one hundred days and the
left going insane and crazy and absolutely they are the
nuts party, and more importantly, how the president has taken
(00:44):
on the institutionalist mindset and he looks at everything anew
and that is shocking to people. And it's not shocking
to people like yourself, because you, in your way did
it in a major way actually when you were a
Speaker of the House. But it took some used to
Before you even became speaker, they were saying you're the
screwge that stole Christmas.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Well, before we jump into that, I.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Just reminding you of the fond memories of yesterday here.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Well, we still are the only people to balance the
budget for four years and literally one hundred last century
in one hundred years. So I'm pretty proud of that.
And now we have a chance to travel. But I'm
not letting you get off of last night. I thought
you putting, first of off, putting President Trump in a
great speech at Alabama, and then pivoting immediately to Kamala
(01:34):
Harris looking lonely, pathetic, confused. I thought that was as
cruel as anything I talked. I talked to the President
later on because I thought his speech was historic and extraordinary.
I told him, I thought what you did was really mean?
Speaker 1 (01:50):
What was mean about it?
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Because she's perfect. Look just by herself, she's pathetic. Would
you put her up next to Trump?
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Kind of by design? If you know, I actually think
through these things. And I thought it was a perfect transition.
I mean, and if you remember, I stopped at one
point and I said, I need to, as a public service,
thank each and every one of you for going out
and working so hard and voting in this election to
save us from that.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Oh I know, and I tell you that was as
bad as I've ever seen her.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
I mean, it was so I don't know what was worse,
the giggling, the elephants story, or the dancing.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Or just or just the look on her face. I mean,
it's like, you know, she's something. I think she cannot
come to grips with having lost, and so she's now
living in a total fantasy world.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Anyway, But isn't that the case for most people? Haven't
everyone we learned that yet? No? No, I mean, isn't
it the regular practice. Though somebody runs for president, they
all believe they're going to win. That's what I've learned. Sure,
and they they and and some people a lot of
people we've seen in our lifetime. Hillary Clinton would be one.
I'd argue John McCain was never the same after he lost.
(03:02):
Mitt Romney was never the same after he lost. I mean,
you can go down the list and people lose and
then they lose their minds.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
That's true, and maybe that's what's happened to her, which, frankly,
considering how little she had to lose, is not as
big a loss as it could have been. Because but
I just thought it was remarkable, and by the way,
I went back, I got so intrigued after the show.
I went back and got the transcript. I think there's
a section towards the end where Trump goes through ten
(03:32):
lessons of life that he has learned that I think
is so remarkable that I'm encouraging the administration to find
ways to get a distributed I mean, it is the
essence of an intelligent, serious conservatism at a personal level.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
And it's funny of bringing all this up because I
watched I had never watched a long documentary about him,
and I saw one. Maybe it was on Netflix or Apple,
I don't remember, and I just watched it and I
said to him in a private conversation, and I don't
mind sharing it with you. I'm sure he wouldn't care
(04:08):
that what a remarkable life this man has lived. And
I know the four hardest years. I mean, he could
have walked away in twenty twenty one and just said
I became president and gone on him with the rest
of his life, and probably they would have left him
alone as my guest. And he decided to fight back,
(04:30):
and he made it his mission, and he put all
his chips in the middle of the table, and it
was either the White House or frankly, in my view
of the Big House, there was nowhere in between, and
he laid it on the line for his country, for
what he believed in, and just being the fighter that
he is. And that's what the shock and awe that
(04:51):
we see politically every day.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Well, that's right, and what I was impressed with. I
put myself in the place of this young pe people
at that commencement speech. And here's the guy who is
a billionaire, who is the PRESUNDENTI states, who has survived
assassination attempts, impeachment attempts, efforts to put him in jail,
and he is literally at one point in the speech
(05:14):
sharing and it's very effective. I mean I've literally spent
part of the morning going over and thinking about it,
sharing ten lessons about life that he had learned that
he wanted them to learn. And it was a reminder
to me that Trump is much more a cultural figure
with political consequences than he is a traditional political figure.
(05:38):
The reason he resonates is he speaks to the very
core of American values, to the work ethic, to a
belief in a better future, to a willingness to do
what it takes to win. I mean, it is truly
and I heard all of our listeners to just get
that one section, which I'm going to post it at
the English three sixty because I think it's so.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
From you know what, In many ways, I see a
lot of similarities in you. I remember one speech you
gave I am a genuine revolutionary, you know, the speech
that I'm referring to. Yeah, and the way that people
took that the wrong way. But you know, if there
was three waves of conservatism in our lifetime, culminating in
the MAGA movement or Make America Great Again movement, I mean,
(06:21):
it was Reagan, it was the Gingrich Revolution, and this
is now somebody that is literally taking a chainsaw to
the conventional thinking in Washington, which I think is beyond
refreshing to me, which is why the leftists lost their
mind in this spirit and frankly they've become, my view,
have become a soloist party.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Well, I think that's right, and you're going to see this.
You don't hear me talk about this a lot in
the next six weeks. Republic The Republican Plan on Medicaid
raises spending every year that never cuts it. The Democrats
are going to back to your point by having no
soul Democrats as a strategy, are going to lie to
the American people every day, and I think it's a
(07:01):
trap for them. I think when the American people realize
and we just did a poll at the American's New
Majority Project that we run, and when people are told
the facts, only fourteen percent think that in a way
of cut. Everybody else is totally happy with it, believes
it's a fair thing to do. And this is an
example where Trump is going to be I think extraordinarily
(07:21):
important and I'm hoping that he'll go on the road
and go go ten at least ten districts held by
Democrats where he had a majority of the vote and
explain exactly what's going to be in the reconciliation bill
and why you should vote yes. And I think it'll
be one of the great moments in American history because
the country will rally and the country will say, Yeah,
(07:43):
this is the kind of change we need. And the
Democrats that interfaced with either crumbling and doing what Trump
wants or I think, basically put themselves in a long
term decline as a dishonest, corrupt party that votes for
things that just can't explain.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
You see, but the reason you're so knowledgeable about this,
and I lived this with you and watched it all unfold.
When you reduced it's called baseline budgeting, built in spending increases.
That that's the establishment thinking process, where you budget in
a ten percent increase every year for however many years,
(08:22):
and then you know, you insisted on a seven percent
increase every year for seven years, and they were calling
it a cut. It was not a cut. It was
a seven percent increase every year. Those are the exact
numbers that we were debating back then, and the exact
same lies that Trump will deal with that you had to.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Deal with, you know, the one thing I give him
credit for, though I wasn't fine enough to couple the
idea of fake as a way of just describing all
of it. So I've said recently, the last three bastions
of opposing Trump are the fake news media, the fake
district judges, and the fake CBO. And fake CBO is
going to produce a fake score, and we need to
(09:01):
deal with it that way. We need to say that
people upfront, this is part of the corruption. You're tired of.
These people lie to you because they want your money.
I wrote a piece of the day on the movie
Jerry maguire where the football player.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
Has shown me the money.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Yeah, I said, you want to know what the heart
of the fight over reconciliation is going to be. It's
going to be every interest group saying show me the money.
There no policies, no sense.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
By the way, you know, you know who is resisting
now the most Republican lawmakers in California and New York
because they want salt deduction, state and local taxes deducted,
and how much that they ought to be able to
deduct every year, which to me only rewards states that
elect tax and spend liberal local politicians. I know why
(09:48):
they're doing it, because it seems like they're bringing the
bacon back to the district.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Yeah, I think. I Look, when you're when you're in
the very marginal district, in your anxiety written you try
to figure out how to appea these people. But in
the long run you're better off to win the argument.
This will be a good bill California. By the way,
as a state legislator, just this week, a Democrat who
proposed that the first twenty five thousand dollars you steel
(10:15):
in welfare should not be considered a crime.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
In this the bill you got to be kidding. And
by the way, you know what they took out of
that bill. There was this one bill if somebody's assaulted,
it would be a misdemeanor. It's against a woman I
believe sixteen or seventeen years old. Off I'm not mistaken
that they put that in the bill.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
Oh, I know. I mean the California Democrats, I think
are the epitome of having lost their minds.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Well, let me ask you. Do you think Gavin Newsom?
I think Do you agree with me? I think he
has his eyes on the White House. Do you think
he has any shot?
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Oh? Look, this is a free country. Everybody has a shot.
I mean, there were sixteen guys that got on the
stage with Donald Trump. They all had a shot. They
just didn't get to win. Do I think Newsom will
be the next president? No? I think when people learn
how really sick California has become, how many people are
leaving it because they just can't stand it, and how
(11:08):
much Nuissemus part of the San Francisco mafia. These guys
are a corrupt, old machine of huge amounts of money,
and they're so far to the left that they probably
wonder you know why people at Gorbashaw were so moderate?
Speaker 1 (11:24):
All right? Quick break right back, more with former Speaker
of the House New King Rich on the other side
than your calls coming up eight hundred and nine four
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(12:53):
of the House, New Gingrich is with us. So I'm
asking everybody questions only because I just just at a
pure interest. If you had the guest today, who's going
to be the Democrats nominee in twenty.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
Eight I have no idea. I think I think it
will be probably an unknown person.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
You really do it may.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
Well be a billionaire who comes out of nowhere.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Do you see any path for a moderate let's say
it Joshapiro to get the nomination, because I don't.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
Oh yeah, well there's a path, but it'll be tough.
I read Pritsker's speech in New Hampshire. Now, Prisko is
rich enough that if he wants to run, he can
fund the whole thing. Now, he's also I think a
terrible governor. He's a left wing earned not a very
attractive personality, but there's so many people like that. Out there,
and I don't think we know yet. If trump Ism
(13:45):
is working, if the economy, which I think it will be,
if the economy is booming, if we really are healthier, safer,
and people feel good about it. The Democrats will be
in turmodel because some of them will rationally say, shouldn't
we kind of go towards the center, But their hard
left is going to say no. You know, you have
to be of the true faith, you have to be
(14:07):
for things that are insane if you're not, which is
the whole story of the California Republic Democratic Party.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
Democratic primary voters tend to be leaning towards the more
radical left, don't you agree?
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Yeah? I think I think you get the excitement and
the turnout with the Bernie Sanders AOC, you know, and
and and you know. I mean to be fair Newsome
if if he starts with California, he has a pretty
big block to start with. But I personally find Newsome
not convincing. I mean, he is so plastic. That might
(14:41):
just be my bias because I'm come from a different
brand of politics, but I mean, I frankly think that
that the governor of Michigan is much more dangerous. So
the governor of Pennsylvania are both much more dangerous than
he is.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
But again, you know, where's the energy in the party,
the energies towards AOC, Bernie and Jazz and Crockett.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
That's right. You know.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
I'm going to go over the ten things that you're
going to post on Gingridge three sixty and we'll link
to yours when you put it up on Hannity dot com.
Mister speaker, we always enjoy having you. I first interviewed
Nuke Gingridge in nineteen ninety in Decatur, Alabama, in a
holiday in hotel room. And there is a picture somewhere
(15:24):
I don't know where, but there is one I have,
and I have a renewing American civilization. What do you
call those tapes? The vhas tapes? I have those for
you that I promised I have to get a mailed
out to you.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
The American civilization was it's the course, I thought, and
then it is.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
It's been. I went back and watched it. I ordered
it on like eBay years ago, and then I kept it.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
Yeah, I think it's fair to say I got to
be a much more competent politician, and you got to
be a much more confident radio host. But boy, I
would love to have that original interview of the two
of us.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
I would I would rather never hear it as long
as I live. I really don't want to go by.
I can't stand listening to old shows of mine. I
hate it. I hate I hate watching myself or listening
to myself. It's awful, it's torture. You want to torture me,
just play tapes of me around the clock.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
That's something absurd. I sort of fell in love with
you because your pure guts. You didn't you didn't know
a lot of that, but by God, you were gonna try.
And I just thought that is exactly what we need.
And when you see this stuff from Trump, you'll see
yourself hard.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
No, okay, I'm gonna go over that one at the
bottom of the hour, New Gingrich. We appreciate it as always,
Thank you, sir. All right, let's get to our busy phones.
All right, what are you whispering in my ear? Go
to lines one and two. Okay, lines one and two.
Blake is in Texas, God bless Texas. Lida is in Nebraska.
(16:52):
Blake and Lynn, welcome to the program, And Linda says,
europe First I'm not sure why welcome both of.
Speaker 4 (16:58):
You, Nasis Sanity and mister Hannity.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
How you doing, sir?
Speaker 1 (17:03):
I'm good? Who is this Lenner?
Speaker 2 (17:04):
As?
Speaker 1 (17:04):
This Blake?
Speaker 4 (17:06):
This is laying his daddy?
Speaker 1 (17:09):
Okay? Oh your your Blake's father. Terrific? Okay, Blake, how
are you doing? You're God bless Texas and Nebraska as well.
What's going on in Texas?
Speaker 2 (17:20):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (17:20):
Not much, Just trying to survive the rain. We've got
about twelve and a half inches over the last two weeks,
and trying to fix senses and keep cows in the
pasture but to creaksuck to keep washing them away.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
Now do you do you? Are you a farmer? What
do you do for a living?
Speaker 4 (17:37):
Right now?
Speaker 5 (17:38):
I'm a full time ranch hand, so you know, there's
about eight thousand acres and stuff where I work at
and trying to take care of all these cows and
horses and everything, and so.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
You're living like the Yellowstone life, which, by the way,
when I'm having a bad day, I'm thinking maybe working
a ranch wouldn't be such a bad deal.
Speaker 5 (17:58):
Well, it comes in and you know it's good and
it's bad days. You know, some days or worse than others.
But you know, we like to see the rain because
we've had We've had lunch without rain, and that's worse
than it being flooded. So I'll take high waters over
low waters at oy of the week.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
No, I get it. I mean it's it's it's tough.
I don't care if you're farming. I don't care if
you're ranching. But I'm grateful to farmers and ranchers and
truckers because they keep our store shelves full and I
get to go on Instacart or go to the store
and pick out whatever I want. And you know, I
just ordered a bunch of steaks yesterday New York Strip
(18:37):
and had one for breakfast this morning with my eggs.
It was great.
Speaker 5 (18:42):
Yeah, let me say them steaks. There's a lot into
making them things. I'll kid I say that it takes
a pretty long process and the tedious process. I should say.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
Yeah, Lynn, what's going on with you in Nebraska? Is
this like your way of communicating? You got to call
the show together to communicate with each other if I'm
trying to figure this out.
Speaker 4 (19:03):
Yes, sir, oh, mister Hannity, I spoke with years ago.
I was one that got laid off on the Keystone
Xcel pipeline and Biden ham strained us about four years.
And this boy the talk to here. You you give
him ten thousand dollars one time, and I just want
(19:25):
to tell you, from the bottom of my heart, from
a wonderful, pleasing father of a good son, thank you
very much because it did go straight to his college
and he is graduating to be a Texas State game warden.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
No way, I wish I could, honestly, how many years
ago is this?
Speaker 4 (19:45):
This is sir, This was probably twenty twenty one.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
It was twenty one.
Speaker 5 (19:52):
God remember the interview, because you know he just got
laid off when Joe Biden got inaugurated that day one thousands.
It's just like him got laid off. You know, he
was putting me through college. I didn't have no student
loans or anything. He was funding it. And you know
he was, you know, in a buying because you know,
he needed to provide and without money, it's pretty hard
to provide. And you know, you you've done a great
(20:15):
deed and gave ten thousand dollars to my to my
college fund. And those, uh, those dollars didn't go wasted
because I graduate here in about three weeks and pursue
my pursue my lifelong goal. So we just kind of
wanted to get on here and say thank you for
thank you for that deed, and it was very much
appreciated of both of us.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
Linda, you you set this up apparently because I had
no idea that this was coming. But why Well, first
of all, it's I will tell you this my heart.
My heart goes out to the people that really make
the country great, and that is the working mental women.
And when I hear stories where politicians ruined lives, like
(20:57):
in your case, lending and and here you I'm sure
a pretty at the time, a high paying career job
and on the Keystone XL pipeline and that gets ripped
out from under you for stupid political reasons and giving
into environmental you know, radicals and extremists. I mean, that's heartbreaking.
(21:18):
And then you have kids, and you have bills to
pay and responsibilities and a dream that you want to
send your kid to college and help them better their lives.
I mean, I mean that that's that's that's what we
do as parents, isn't it. That's what we're supposed to do.
And if I'm able to help a little bit. I
try to help as much as I can. You know,
(21:39):
I feel like I've lived an undeserved life. I never
thought i'd be successful than anything. To be very honest,
you know, I was. I was happy working in construction.
I was happy working in restaurants. I'm happier doing this,
but I never thought i'd make money doing this. As
a matter of fact, I started working for free. But
I'm glad I was able to help you guys. It
sounds like it really ended well.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
It did, mister handed In, I'm gonna tell you something.
Number One, I'd like to just say, God blessed Donald J.
Trump because he's brought us old field workers back, pipeline workers,
plant workers. And I'm gonna tell you this third and
fourth year quarters is gonna be excellent. Next year is
gonna be super excellent, and the next year after that
(22:24):
is gonna be We're not gonna have enough manpower. And
it's amazing. A man that is a businessman with common
horse sense, it comes in here and gets things going.
That is a businessman that can prosper the parents, because
mister Handy, I don't work for me, I work for them. Kids.
(22:46):
That is my ultimate going life. That's my God given
privilege to take care of them boys growing up and
watching them grow who I am well pleased with. I
am so thankful they was born. I just I give
thanks my Lord Jesus Christ every day because these kids
and they're growing and and it's just it's it's heartbreaking
(23:07):
whenever you have a president to come in and I
may hamstrain you and cuts you down to nothing. And
all I've ever known for thirty five years is welding,
and I've done good with it. And and this is
the first time in my whole career when one man
comes in office and I'm talking, it goes from from
(23:30):
good to bad.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
And it just listen.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
As a father, I can relate to everything you saying.
It ripsure guts out.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
Yes, you know.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Ever ever since my kids were born, I mean, I've
started putting whenever I could as much money away for
their for their college. I can I can proudly say
I'm that both graduated college and they went to the
colleges that they wanted to go to. I didn't have
any saying any by the way, my kids told me
where going to college. I had no saying it at
(24:02):
all whatsoever, which didn't annoy the hell out of me.
But it's it's their life, it's their dream, it's not mine.
I've I pursued my life the way I wanted to,
and it's up to them now to pursue theirs. And
I'm just glad this worked out for both of you.
And and really, you know, when you really think about it,
(24:22):
I think it's the goal of any parent, you know,
to hand off, you know, a better life to your
children and your grandchildren. And I know, in my case,
both my parents grew up poor. My grandparents came here,
all four of them from Ireland, four and I know
I stand on their shoulders, and uh, I'm I'm grateful
(24:43):
to them because they live much harder lives than I do.
Whenever I stop bitching, moaning and complaining, whining in my
head or my heart, I stopped myself by remembering, you
know what, I don't have it so.
Speaker 4 (24:54):
Bad, Yes, sir, yes, sir, we're we're blessed. Me and
my men family is blessed and highly favored. God sees
favor us there every day, and I.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Just I'm thankful forward well, I'm proud of you. Blake
good job. Lynn, You're a great dad. I'm glad I
can help a little bit, and I'm very touched by
your story, more importantly by your faith, your your work ethic.
You both personify what makes this country great and I'm
grateful to both of you. God bless you both. Please
(25:28):
stay in touch and we really appreciate you checking back
in with us.
Speaker 5 (25:31):
Thank you, yes, sir, thank you, mister Handy. It's much appreciated.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (25:35):
All right. God bless you and your kids when they're
coming along too. Uh, all right, you set me up.
Thanks a lot. But that's a good story.
Speaker 6 (25:45):
That's like one of those stories where you know, you feel,
my God, there's so much bad news. And he called
in and he was talking to Katie and he was
reminding us of when he called in. And the weird
thing is is like when you're going through it so long,
but then he's like, oh, yeah, he's graduating. I'm like what, Like,
he's done and he's moving on and he's starting his life.
(26:06):
And you know, you have a little bit more than
the average bear. And the fact that you're willing to
share it with so many people is you know, it's
really not common Swan. Most people are really you know,
they're just they just don't do what you do. So
I thought it was great that he wanted to call
in and talk to you. And he's just I mean,
my God, listen to him. He's like, I'm blessed and
(26:26):
favored by the Lord. I mean, the guy is so reverent,
so kind, so grateful. It's just he's just awesome.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
I don't know. I mean, I I don't understand. I
do know people in life that are cheap, I really do,
and I sometimes it's inexplicable to me. You know, I
do have this sense that if you been blessed in
your life, that you do have an obligation to help
other people. I can't help everybody out, you know, but
(26:54):
when I can, and I see the moment, you know,
like churches talk about tithing, right, and I do give
money to my church, But I'm not the big that
there's lots of ways to me you can tie. Then
maybe I'm just this is my own thought process. But
when you see somebody in need, you help them. I
think that just as if you can, you help them.
Speaker 6 (27:16):
You know, I saw this thing the other day on
X and I'm addicted to X. I'm always on it.
But this guy is a homeless guy is working in
a grocery store, and there's there's this guy that goes
around and he will pretend that he needs something, right like,
I'll walk into a store and he'll say, hey, do
you have a dollar. I'm trying to get baby food
and I can't afford it. And whoever helps him out
from the kindness of their heart, he gives them like
(27:38):
five hundred dollars or a thousand dollars or whatever. This
particular guy worked at the store gave him the dollar,
and he goes, listen, this is this is all I have,
but I hope it helps with your baby. And he
hands them five hundred dollars on the spot. Well, somebody
else stopped him on the way and he said, listen,
that guy's homeless. He just gave you a dollar out
of his pocket. He literally lives on the street and
then you know, cleans up at like a shelter and
(27:58):
then comes into work. And so he started like a
gifts and Go or a go funding online from they
raised one hundred thousand dollars for this homeless man because.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
He The American people are so generous it's unbelievable. You know,
my kids fairly recently. They're both in the car with me, right,
and I just see this old, elderly homeless guy and
it was such a sad, sad picture. I mean, his
head is down, he looks just so beaten down, depressed, defeated,
(28:31):
and I just pulled over the car and my kids
in the back are like amongst themselves, and they told
me after they're betting how much I was going to
give the guy, because they've they've seen me do this
before and we talk about it. The only thing I
do say to people when I give the money, I'm saying, please,
don't spend this money, my money on alcohol and drugs.
(28:54):
I do say that. And I asked them are you drinking?
Are you? You know? And some people are honest, some
people aren't, you know. In this case, I don't think
the guy drank. I really don't. I just hope he didn't.
Just I hope, Well, I didn't get he certainly was
sober when when I saw him, didn't seem like the
type of guy that was using drugs, And so, you know,
(29:17):
I just handed the guy I always carried cash. My
kids don't understand that either. They don't care kids today.
Don't carry cash?
Speaker 5 (29:23):
Do you?
Speaker 1 (29:23):
Kids carry? Gotta carry cash? Cash is case exactly. I
tell them all the time and I'm like, how much
do you have on you? And I'm like, oh, and
then I'm like, I'm taking money out of my pot.
Always carried cash. I have to fight with them every
single time I see them. I'm like, what do I
tell you? Always carry cash? And anyway, so I gave
the guy a hundred bucks and I'm like, and I
(29:45):
just think. And my kids asked me, well, what if
they what if they do buy alcoholic drugs? I said,
that's on them because I asked them not to do
that at that point. And there was a point in
my life I thought, well, you're just enabling people, et cetera,
et cetera. I mean, when somebody is that beaten down,
there's nothing that they're going to be that you're going
to be able to say that it's going to get
(30:06):
them into a job that day or anytime soon. And
so many people have mental health issues. Anyway, I think
that it is nice. And I will say this the
American people and all of you, in your own way,
I'm sure have all reached into your pocket to help
people out when you can, and it doesn't matter. I
(30:26):
don't care if it's two dollars of five dollars, I
don't care what it is. It's it's it's and it's
not a cliche to say it's the thought that counts.
It's just human decency. If you can help people, why not.
All right, take a quick break, we'll come back. We'll
continue on the other side. Eight hundred ninety four one,
Shawn is our number. If you want to be a
part of the program.
Speaker 3 (30:51):
By a SICO winning yet me either, world leaders, union, businesses,
social media. They all want to work with Trump.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
He said what he was going to do, and then
he did it.
Speaker 3 (31:02):
A White House is open for business and America is bad.
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