jason chaffetz filling in for sean tonight. we will pass to him in just a minute. good night. ♪ ♪ >> jason: welcome to this special edition of "hannity." democrats and the deep state. i am jason chaffetz in for sean. with president trump surging in the polls, impeachment is turning into a major political disaster for the left. according to a new survey, two-thirds of voters believe democrats are more interested in the impeachment charade than actually passing legislation. meanwhile, in the 48 hours after wednesday's vote, the trump campaign raised a whoppingg $10 million. and let's not forget, one way or another, president trump will be acquitted by the

republican-controlled senate. and that is not stopping speaker pelosi from trying to declare a victory. today she told the associated press "he just got impeached. he will be impeached forever, no matter what the senate does." only one problem. remember noah feldman? the constitutional law expert that they hold him to in to testify a few weeks ago? he just wrote an op-ed entitled "trump isn't impeached until the house tells the senate." as of now, pelosi is refusing to submit the articles of impeachment to the senate for a ivote. so according to her own constitutional law expert, president trump hasn't even been impeached. either way, voters are not happy with the democrats' political stunt, as cnn recently discovered firsthand. take a look.

>> in blair county, pennsylvania, the impeachment of donald trump isn't hurting the president. >> no, i love him. >> supporters say it is helping. >> i think what they are doing is completely wrong. and i will vote for him in the coming election. >> it will help him get reelected, actually.ye >> voters here are primarily white, working class, strong conservative beliefs. what do you think this will do for democrats? >> i think it put a nail in their coffin. >> jason: joining us with reaction congressman john ratcliffe and californiass congressman tom mcclintock. both sit on the house judiciary committee. i had the honor and pleasure of serving with them and the previous congress. gentlemen, thank you for joining us tonight. congressman ratcliff, i want to go to you first. i thought you had one of the rt great best points yesterday on the floor of the house. and, as you compare the contrast between what. the house democras were saying and what the senate democrats were saying. share that with us. >> well, over and over again, jason, we heard house democrats saying the evidence is overwhelming.

it's clear, undisputed, we have everything we could possibly need to impeach donald trump right now. and at the same time,ev you head chuck schumer over in the senate saying, we need more evidence and more testimony for the trial in the senate, because he knewew he was being handed a house of cards. and i think that nancy pelosi knew that, as well, which is why she is slammed the brakes on sending the articles of impeachment over. they know that home-court advantage goes away over in the senate.. it's not adam schiff as both prosecutor and judge, it is john roberts ruling fairly on evidence that they don't have, and that makes for a very short trial. >> jason: now, congressman mcclintock, nancy pelosi is not sending the articles over to the senate. what is your read and what is your take what that really means? >> what that really means isak they are playing politics with this. they have been from the start and people can see that clearly. she has no authority to hold up an act of the house.

she has no authority superior to or independent of the house of representatives. this is strictly a ministerial act, the act is transmittal. and she is now assuming to herself the power to veto acts of the house of representative by holding them indefinitely. ironically, this is precisely the abuse of power and obstructing official acts of the congress that the democrats have falsely accuse the president of. >> jason: congressman radcliffe, is there room for a more centrist type of democrat these days, the so-called blue dog democrat? we saw a democratic defection now joining the republican ranks. a but where are these reasonable democrats?s? >> yeah, i think that is the problem. that is why you so nancy pelosi do an about-face in the last six months. she is not in charge over there. she is hostage to an

increasingly socialist mob, that rashida tlaib, omar and aoc running the show over there. themaan democrats are petrified. they are being primaried to the left, and they had to vote for impeachment or they would not survive primary.pe there is no room for jeff van drew. there is no you have to join the socialist mob or you have to leave. that is why he joined the republican party. you know, welcome to america. >> jason: congressman mcclintock, you know, nancy pelosi set up for impeachment in march of this year and suddenly she abandoned those. as congressman radcliffe just said, is she really the hostage to the democratic far radical left? >> well, i can't read minds, but i can tell you this., we just found out how many moderate democrats are in the house of representatives. there were two but now there is one because van drew switched to republican. i think they need to be very, very careful of the democrats campaigning as moderate problem solvers who would reach across the isles are to work either

party. the fact of the matter is roughly more than 30 democrats who campaigned that way two years ago. and we just discovered it was a lie. >> jason: i've only got about 20 seconds for each of you, but congressman radcliffe, attorney general barr s has spon out on martha maccallum show, "the story." do you have reaction to what the attorney general barr is adding as we look at this ig horowitz report? >> well, what we know from the report regardless how the predicate started, the predicate for counterintelligence are balanced to surveil the trump campaign died. exculpatory evidence came up and the steele dossier proved to be fake and comey but continue to lie to the fisa court 17 times. so the answer to the question whether that was misguided effort or a plot, how did it all start? that is why you see john durham looking back at the efforts ande the actions of people like jim comey and john brennan toin look and see, did this started

before the official cross fire hurricane date of july 31st? i have seen classified documents that indicate that it did. >> jason: your service on and d both the judiciary committee and intel committee is really insightful. i appreciate it. congressman mcclintock, i wish i had a chance to go back to you as well. but i have to wish you both a merry christmas. thank you again for joining us tonight. again, thanks to both of you. tonight, even democrats are starting to realize impeachment is not only bad for the country, ft also a political nightmare. the infighting has officially begun. and last night's democratic debate, andrew yang called out his own party. watch this. >> the media did not do his favorite by the recent donald trump became the president and the first place.ri if you turn onir cable networks, news today, you would think he is the president because of some combination of russia, racism, facebook, hillary clinton, and emails, all mixed together. but americans around the country no different.

country know different. the more we act like donald trump is the cause of our problems, the more americans lose trust that we can see what is going on in the communities and solve those problems. what we have to do is we have to stop being obsessed over impeachment, which strikes many americans like a ball game where you know with what the score is going to be. >> jason: i love that analogy. you already know what the score will be. yang's fellow 2020 contender congresswoman tulsi gabbard also had strong words for members of her own party, including speaker nancy pelosi. watch. >> if they don't end up transmitting that, what messagea does that send about the entire process? >> i was surprised to hear that. look, i think you can't kind of just shift and change and make up the rules as you go along. if you are going to pursue this process, you've got to let it play out the whole way through. >> jason: yeah, joining me with more is fox news contributor, ari fleischer and american conservative union

chairman matt schlapp. thank you gentlemen both for joining us tonight. ari, i want to start with you. andrew yang had a good point but i haven't heard many democrats make it, but it seems resonatinw even with a guy like me. >> it is amazing if you make a point we need to focus on the american people and the working people who will seek their way out of poverty and make their way to the middle class. that is what the american people are focused on. and you sort of stand out on democratic debate stage because you're different. what a night. i did fall asleep halfway through the debate, so i did not watch at all. [laughter] >> jason: fairir enough. matt, you heard what andrew yang said, but also what tulsi gabbard did. a lot of democrats scratching their head. the democrats made the point they had to rush, hurry up and

they can't stand donald trump and now they will not even transmit it? how do you read what's going on. >> i think the democrats are in real trouble here and republicans have made similarr mistakes in the past so parties have been guilty of this. but democrats are way over their skis. they got so hyped up with their wins in 2018 that they forgot to listen to the voters. one of the reasons the democrats did so well in the house, not the senate, but in the house, ii because they were talking about practical problems, like pre-existing conditions. we haven't heard anything from the majority in the house on practical solutions to problems, but what we have heard is trump hatred. what they hate trump for isso something involving foreignre a. you know, jason, you have heard this from congress a lot of times. the american people are not that high on foreign aid to begin with. the whole issue is kind of silly. if you look at usmca and the china trade deal, it reiterates that what a lot of independents, democrats and republicans want to do is get back to this idea of focusing on the chinese threat and making sure the american worker is put first.

and this is not really a republican talking point, and i can't believe the democrats are just ceding the ground to president trump, but i'm glad they are. >> jason: ari, you are a communications expert, spokesperson for the president. do the democrats, nancy pelosi making any sense to anyone by holding back the transmission of the articles to the senate? >> this will go down as one of the greatest political mistakes the speaker has ever made. when you have the momentum to impeach because your party wholeheartedly believes it is the right thing to do and urgent to remove the president fromen power because of the peril he presents, and then you sit on it? all you are doing is showing this was a hollow exercise all along. what we know now, impeachment began without a formal vote to authorize impeachment, and it is ending with a thud. they don't even want to move it to the senate because they want to use it as some type of leverage. and there is no leverage to be had on this because it was a waste of time when it began. now, it is even more a waste of time.

look, if i'm mitch mcconnell, you want to match what nancy pelosi does. if she is going to delay, he should delay, and schedule the child to begin ten days before the iowa caucus, and run straight through the new hampshire primary. >> jason: i agree. jason, classic politics.ic i agree, ari, this impeachment thing has boomeranged that is different than what we saw, talking throughout, 2020 and actually prove to the president's benefit.g crimeless impeachment being matched with trialless impeachment, and it just seems so absurd. >> jason: look, real quickly, i only have 20 seconds for each of you, but is it a coincident that the usmca came up for a vote immediately after this impeachment? or did she just told that in her pocket to cover the mess of this albatross that is over their neck in terms of impeachment?

>> she's getting the pressure from the so-called moderate members to get something done. so she held it in her pocket. and it's something that president trump can run on with success. but it's not big enough to cover up the blemish of impeachment. that is the problem of the democrats are going to have despite usmca. the democrats since they took the house known for one thing: and that was wasting the nation's time with impeachment. >> jason: real quick, matthew, your perspective. >> she didn't want to go earlier in the year on usmca, because she knew this creates hundreds of thousands of new jobs in america. she wanted to deny president trump the economic impact, but guess what? this economy is rolling. the usmca will just add to it. that is what voters in america care the most about, what is going on with their family's financial situation. let's face it, it is so much better than it was all the years of obama's socialism. >> jason: yeah, the usmca was ready to go a year ago, but i think you are right.

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four individuals with some association or connection to the trump campaign." and here is where it gets really good. comey is actually claiming that after he briefed the obama white house, including the president himself, that a presidential campaign may be working with russia, "no one at the meeting responded or followed up with any questions." does anybody actually believe that? that the room was completely silent? but it gets even better. because the report details that attorney general lynch and barack obama both brought up the issue of providing candidate trump a defensive briefing. but comey never did it, despite the fbi giving one to the clinton campaign. just listen to the inspector general. d >> did they ever brief hillary clinton about efforts to foreign influences involving her campaign, do you know? >> i've heard that, but i don't know for a fact. >> they did.

good for them. and they stopped it. was ever there a defensive briefing by the fbi department of justice to donald trump about the concerns? >> there was not. >> jason: "there was not." the corruption, the abuse of power could not be more clear. now, thankfully, the fisa court is finally taking notice of all of this abuse. because, just today, the court declassified another directive to the justice department ordering officials to identify previous surveillance requests by an fbi lawyer linked to the carter page warrant. but as "the wall street journal"'s kimberley strassel points out, why did the fisa court stonewall for so long? remember, congressman devin nunes laid this all out nearly two years ago, and the court was suspiciouslyll silent. and even more unfortunate, the deep state's abuse of power is

just the latest chapter in a long line of malfeasance and corruption inside of the washington swamp. as i lay out in a new piece on foxnews.com, it's up right now, the democrats spying on political adversaries is nothing new. from the irs targeting conservatives to the obama justice department spying on reporters, to the corrupt shifty adam schiff weaponizing the subpoena process to collect phone data of the president's s allies, the blatant hypocrisy of the left could not be more obvious. but the good news is, we are inching closer and closer to holding those that abuse power accountable. fisa abuse has been exposed. the durham probe is now a full-scale criminal investigation. and a deep state reckoning is on the horizon. joining me now for reaction to all of this is author of the fabulous book "witch hunt" fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett,

along with "wall street journal" columnist kimberley strassel, thank you both for joining us tonight. kimberly, i want to start with you. you have an op-ed in "the wall street journal" today. it really points out the problems on the side of the fisa court. because they were put on warning nearly two years ago by devin nunes, and yet, they did nothing. >> yeah, and it isn't just that he exposed this publicly. he actually reached out to the fisa court. i published in my column two letters one in february 2018, 1m in june 2018, in which he detailed the ways in which the fbi had misled the court. the second letter, actually, contained or had accompanied with it a classified letter that listed examples of this happening. and in both cases the fisa court just blew off the committee. sent these very perfunctory responses that said, they really didn't want to know about it.

and as we know, they closed their eyes and ears to it until they no longer could avoid it because of the ig report.d >> jason: no, look, proving yet again that what devin nunes and the intel committee were putting out the truth, and what adam schiff was putting out there was just a blatant lies and misdirection. gregg, i want to go to you because buried in the inspector general report, 450 plus pages, is this idea that my barack obama, as the president of the united states in 2016, was given a briefing. senior people in the white house did know this was going on. >> yeah, as i pointed out in my book, there was a text message between peter strzok, lisa page saying the white house wants to know everything we are doing onn this. that is also repeated in the inspector general report. look, you don't have to have counterintelligence operation on an opposing party candidate and the president of the united states doesn't know, of course barack obama knew, and james comey is feigning amnesia

and ignorance, as he normally does. what is outrageous is the white house said you should give a defensive briefing. they gave it to hillary clinton, but not to donald trump, why? because comey wanted to continue to escalate his investigation of trump and spy on the trump campaign. of course, he did so by lying to the fisa court, deceiving the judges, and concealing vital evidence. in one particular case, actually a lawyer doctoring the evidence for the fisa warrant application.n. this is appalling. and the fisa court presiding judge, her reaction to this is sort of, oh, kumbaya, let us know in january what remedies you will take. for me, that should be the end of the road for the fisa court. it should be abolished, and replaced with a new system that doesn't automatically rely on the fbi to be honest and

trustworthy, because they haveti proven they can't be. >> jason: no, it really is stunning. if things were not bad enough for james comey, the idea of the president, the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, all recommended defensive briefings that never happened. i have just a few seconds left for each of you, but kimberly one of the great concerns here is that they continue, the democrats have been spying at all levels. >> well, the most recent example, of course, you mentioned, is adam schiff obtaining the phone records of the president's personal attorney. and then publishing informationo about sitting congressman and a reporter. americans should be terrified when politicians are using the powers of the state to snoop on individuals and their rivals. which this is the founders' worst nightmare. >> jason: no, and you do a great piece in "the wall street journal," highlighting this tha they were warned at the court and given the specifics and the courts did nothing about this. kimberly and gregg, thank you

for joining us, i really do appreciate it. also tonight, breaking news from judicial watch, they filed a lawsuit against congressman schiff and the phone l house intelligence committee, over the phone records subpoenaed targeting president trump and his allies. and even journalist john solomon. joining me to explain more is fox news contributor sara carter, judicial watch tom fitton, and former united states attorney brett homan. thank you, all three, for being here.nd i actually want to start with brett because this fisa court fiasco that we are looking at here, the federal, the department of justice has duties and obligations under the law to update the fisa court, doesn't it? and at what point should they actually have cut off this investigation because they were gaining more information? >> jim comey says it was something that occurred, you know, levels below him. the reality is the fisa court is at a level at the highest levels of the department and the bureau. so he was where he needed to be

and the fisa court knows the deputy attorney general and theh attorney general, as well as the director of the fbi, has to routinely review and reassess what they are presenting to make sure that their evidence is sufficient to justify further surveillance and further subpoenas, in order to conduct the spying that they are authorized to do..er in this case, it didn't happen. and now people are wondering, why didn't they shut this down if their evidence was getting weaker and weaker as they went? >> jason: no, and i think that is why we have the attorney attorney general and mr. durham looking into this further, because the suspicion is off of the charts. you combine that with the court now asking for department of justice to provide more information about an attorney who changes the scope of an email in order to justify. its existence. what an absolute mess. sara, i want to go to you because horowitz, it was the day

of the impeachment, didn't get much attention, but horowitz testified in front of committee and provided more details. what did we learn there? >> horowitz said it should not have gone this far. the fbi should not have basically come he said they basically, he said they should have pulled back.e they should not have been spying on carter page. it absolutely should not have happened. look, this is something horowitz laid out in his report.on i know everybody was disappointed because horowitz they believed he didn't go far enough. how can there not be bias when we saw so many text messages that actually showed bias. i think, right here, what happened, horowitz laid everything out and said, this is what's going on. it's up to john durham and others in the doj to continue this investigation. and that is why it became so expensive. expansive. this is what we heard from attorney general william barr, when he said this isn't just about the fisa. we are looking beyond that. we are looking at the pretext of this investigation. now remember, carter page, carter page did not have any opportunity inside that fisa

court.t.r, no one does. to have anyone represent him. and they basically lied to the fisa court judges. so now, it will be up to the fisa court, as well as to attorney general william barr, on what happens next, what is the remedy next in this whole process? and i think, come march, when fisa comes up for renewal, it will not be renewed unless dramatic reforms of the court is changed altogether. >> jason: judicial watch does some very amazing, very important work. one of the great scandals, i think, is that adam schiff, in my opinion, overused his powers of subpoena and went and did some things by getting records of the president and the president's team. you know, journalists and devin nunes. tell us what judicial watch did today in filing suit. >> we asked under the open records, the general open records rights that the americans have for access to these documents.

it was not speech or cover the activity, but we sued in federal court to get access to the subpoenas and these records. overuse of power is a generous way ofna putting it. the question is, did he have the power to issue the subpoenas? was it a potential crime for at&t or whoever was directed ort whoever received the subpoenas to share the phone records with schiff?ar to make it worse, he then published these private phone records and his sham impeachment report. a real abuse of power. but quickly, i want to get back to the fisa court, as well. i just don't think the fisa court, we were in court earlier this week, jason, hillary clinton's email. the justice department sent six lawyers to try to set us down, and the court has been very interested inat how the doj and state department lawyers may have been misleading it. this is a major issue with the justice department. they do what they can to get away with accountability and

lying to the court, across the board. and too often, the courts give them a pass. this fisa court has been asleep at the switch. we found out, through our own litigation that the fisa court held out one hearing on any of these warrants, targeting the president of the united states. if they will rubber-stamp warrants targeting the president, what will they do for the other americans who end up before their court? do you think they get full justice either? a terrible situation. >> jason: no, and one of the things that needs to change, the inspector general needs congress in order to investigate individual attorneys. right now, you can't look at them. and that is a crime, crying shame. sara, brett, and tom, thank you for joining us tonight. i really do appreciate it. at last night's debate, theom democrat candidates show they want to force government into every aspect of our lives. herman cain, jeffrey lord, and jenna ellis will react next.

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display. take a listen to the left's vision for america's economy in their own words. >> apart from health care, wouli hike taxes an additional $8 trillion over the decade, the biggest tax increase since world war ii, how do you answer top economists who say taxes of this magnitude would stifle growth and investment? >> oh, they are just wrong. >> i'm in favor of undoing all the tax breaks for rich people and big corporations that this administration has put through. >> taxes on wealthy individuals and on corporations will have to go up. >> introduce sweeping legislation to put a price on carbon. >> raise personal taxes. >> would you be willing to sacrifice some of that growth, even knowing it could potentially displace thousands or maybe even hundreds of thousands of blue-collar workerk

to transition to that economy? >> the answer is yes. >> jason: wow, in case those proposals are not radical enough, these candidates are also completely obsessed with race, gender, and toxic identity politics. take a look. >> our country is deeply misogynist, and most of all us know that. >> mr. mayor, you said last month the u.s. owes compensation to children separated from their families at the southern border. are you committing, as president, to financial compensation for those thousands of children? >> yes. >> do you support reparations for african-americans? >> i support hr-40, which is a bill proposed in congress to establish to look at reparations.s. >> senator sanders, you are the oldest candidate on stage. >> and i'm white, as well. >> jason: joining me now with reaction, the new voice ceo herman cain, conservative jeff lord, and senior legal advisor to trump 2020 campaign, jenna

ellis, joinig us here in new york. thanks to all of you, but i would start with herman cain. there was a lot of talk about it was about raising taxes, spending more, and raising taxes even higher. what was your reaction to that, herman?? >> my reaction, jason, is memo to bernie sanders: black, y so what? the color is green. the color of success is green. he doesn't seem to get that. and none of the people on that stage gets that. that debate last night, those people that were there, who represented the democratsat presidential wannabes have takea over the democrat party. moderates have lost, and the extremist, socialists, they have taken it over.t not one idea that they proposed is workable. now, there is only two things standing in the way of themm shoving these lunatic ideas down the throats of the american people. one, they have to get the nomination. that is why they are so lunatic in their ideas. and number two, they have to get

elected president. based upon the way they are destroying the democrat party, it is unlikely that even if one of them gets the nomination, that they will become president. >> jason: that is good news. jenna, you are joining me on set together. identity politics. it seems to be the go-to issue for democrats, and they can't get enough about it.mo they talked about it a lot last night in the debate. t >> unfortunately, they are catering to may be the 1% extreme leftists of their party because normal americans who love freedom and liberty don't care about identity politics. they care about results. president trump is winning iner the economy, and that is a nonpartisan issue for all americans. so we are seeing success for the women for trump, the black voices for trump, and all of these different coalitions and now, democrats for trump that

was just launched last night for disaffected democrats. andrew yang and tulsi gabbard, when you are so fed up with your party for all of the extreme leftist policies that aree socialist and completely empathetic and everything that america stands for, join team trump, because it's for all of america. identity politics, i don't think will win for the democratic party. that is why they are not talking about policy and that is why everyone including nancy pelosi is so focused on this impeachment sham. that is the only way they will win at the ballot box. they will not win with these issues that the candidates are running.ngelhi >> jason: and jeff, part of the issue is they don't have an economicic message. how can they compete against the success of donald trump? but they did spend a lot of time talking about reparations, not only for african-americans but reparations for people here illegally. is that going to resonate with people? >> no, and you notice the one thing they studiously ignore, which is the political party that supported slavery? that would be the democratic party. which is the party that

supported segregation for 100 years? that would be the democratic party. are they suggesting at all the democratic party candidates will pay reparations for this? no, no, no. they want to shift the blame elsewhere, shift the financial costs elsewhere. one other thing. i know joe biden and hishe response, yes, he would cut the jobs and all of this, joe biden makes much from being from pennsylvania where i am from, that little clip will be replayed over and over until he replayed over and over if he gets the nomination. he betrayed his home state. there is at least 8,000 natural gas drilling wells in his state that employed thousands of people.. he would throw them all out of work. good luck carrying pennsylvania if that is what you are going to campaign on. >> jason: i only have seconds for each of you, herman cain first. quick question for you. what is the message that the democrats are trying to put out there? hurry, quick, can you even name the message?

>> the message is, we want to destroy america period. that is the democrats message. every idea will destroy america and destroy prosperity that we are now enjoying under president donald j. trump. >> jason: jenna, where is this jheaded? what are the democrats going to try to squeeze in the general election? >> we hate trump because we hate the american people and we hate the constitution. tg that is what they are after. >> jason: jeff, what is your take on it? >> i can't say anything better than that. they are out to destroy america and they are on track. >> jason: i think they have trump derangement syndrome.an i think they need to change the subject, because foreign policy and the economy is going exceptionally well go under donald trump. they don't have much to talk about. they are trying to sully, dirty up donald trump, but it will not work. herman, jeff, and jenna, have a wonderful holiday. merry christmas to all of you. >> merry christmas. >> jason: members have the mainstream media starting to take notice of the fisa/burisma problem, but you won't believe how one post tried to spin the scandal.

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controversy was hoping the controversy was helping the democrats 2020 chances. watch this. >> i'm going to retire, my gosh. we were having a debate at the end of this impeachment inquiry as to whether hunter biden or joe biden or whether all the attacks would hurt. my god, no, it's been a godsend for joe biden, because now every democrat said, wait a second. why is donald trump so freaked out about running against joe biden that he will risk impeachment, that he will hold up $400 million in military aid for a democratic ally being invaded by russia? >> jason: joining us now for reaction, fox news contributor charlie hurt, and "women for trump" national coach, gina loudon. thank you both for joining us tonight. gina, i want to start with you because to hear joe scarborough say it, this is a political

godsend that his son, hunter, is being looked out. there are a lot of legitimate questions about hunter and vice president joe biden, aren't there? >> very legitimate questions. we have to realize that this is exactly what the democrats are trying to say about president trump that has proven completely untrue. we are talking about joe biden pressuring ukraine to say -- to put pressure on their prosecutor to not prosecute a company that his own son was actually doing work for. the firm that his son was doing work for. this is actually the quid pro quo, or we might call it kid quo pro for his son, hunter biden, to make lots of money. the bidens have profited millions and millions of dollars off of what joe biden has done. i personally don't understand why they are not investigated and why they are not in jail at this point. i think most of america feels this way. >> jason: a charlie, joe biden

is kind of complaining that republicans are unfairly picking on him. what is your take on that? >> [laughs] you know, thatbl clip from scarborough, joe scarborough is absolutely amazing. i don't know how you managed to connect all those dots to come up with that theory. perhaps the only way that maybe all of this helps joe biden is that it draws attention away from his ridiculous gaffes and stupid things he says and the stupid stories that he tells from his time as a lifeguard? i don't know. but the real scary thing about all of this is that you have millions of people, democratic voters out there, who have been lied to, now, by people like nancy pelosi, joeem scarborough, and adam schiff.f. they have been lied to for years now about how they were going to get rid of donald trump. f they were going to impeach him and throw him out of office. those people -- and they are

still lying, of course, you have to keep the lie going if you are going to tell a lie like this. but eventually, those voters are going to realize that they have been lied to for three, four years. and when that reckoning occurs, it is going to be terrible. and i hope it is just as terrible for joe scarborough as it will be for joe biden and hunter biden. >> jason: look, i think the democrats have a problem. the economy is singing. foreign policy is going wild. the trade deals are now in place. they are making progress with china. they got the usmca in place. and you look at the poll numbers and impeachment went absolutely the wrong direction for them. they have some problems. >> they are running against the success of america today. >> jason: they are, they don't like white prosperity. like prosperity. i've got to say, both of you, we are up against a hard break but coming up after the break, sean hannity spoke at the student action summit today where he shared some wise advice. you don't want to miss it. it is up next.

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doing construction. i would be calling talk radio programs. one day i found out there might be a job in talk radio. only in america as it happened where i start there and i can be here with you tonight, and i want all of your hopes and all of your dreams and all of your aspirations to come to fruition as mine have. there is only one system of governance that will allow that to happen. and that is freedom. that is capitalism. don't ever live your life in fear, more advice from a data. i don't care come i want you to go to the high dive, right, i will jump and be courageous.an we are the land of the free on the home of the brave, right? be brave and be courageous in your life. don't be afraid to take chances. >> great advice from sean and homany thanks for john for allowing me to host. i want to put in one more shameless plug for my book, that

is going on right now but most of all tonight, i want to thank the men and women who are serving the united states i military. god bless you. thank you for your service. you are away from your family.re we want to thank those family and those men and women's. the united states of america is the greatest country on the face of the planet. ♪ >> laura: i am laura ingraham and this is a special edition of "the ingraham angle." nancy's impeachment and the subsequent flameout that occurred the same week. a fisa court judge demanded info about fbi lawyer linked to carter page's warrant. congressman andy biggs and former whitewater independent counsel robert ray are here tonight to respond. also tonight, the failure of the 2020 democrats to push back successfully against the presidents roaring economy will be the story of next year's election. we are ready here at "the ingraham angle" and