something. we will be back tomorrow night, 8:00 p.m., the show that is the sworn enemy of my income lying, pomposity, smugness, and groupthink. we will join you tomorrow. in the meantime, sean hannity takes over from here. >> sean: all right, tucker, thank you, and welcome to "hannity." tonight, the ongoing five-year smear campaign against former president, or as jimmy acosta says, president trump in exile, disguises yet another senate impeachment trial, set to proceed early next week. one big problem for the democrats, media mob, we already know the outcome. the former president will be acquitted. 45 senators already on record saying the whole thing is unconstitutional, and it is. it doesn't seem to matter to this new radical extreme democratic party, and mr. unity is not weighing in. they will never miss an opportunity to try to politically bludgeoned donald trump. in the middle of a pandemic law they will do anything to prevent

him running in 2024. that right, that fear is palpable. so come in the middle of a pandemic, lawmakers will be focused on yet another unfounded impeachment charade schiff shall commit ultimately we know the outcome. president trump will be acquitted for three main reasons. let's start with reason one. the trial is, they are right. the 45 republicans, it's totally unconstitutional. the u.s. senate has no jurisdiction over a private citizen. that's clear-cut. that's simple. you don't need to be a harvard law grad to figure it out. and there is a reason why john roberts is not presiding. with democratic senator, patrick leahy, imagine this, presiding. it's officially a kangaroo court because he's already said he wants a conviction. wow, that's real equal justice and due process, isn't it? so, number two. the reason this will fail. the incitement claims are bogus. look at this. you even have the fake news media, the "washington post," cnn, we also have the fbi and

court documents, and now, even congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez saying the breach was well planned before january 6th. we even have details to prove that point. oh, it wasn't spontaneous excitement based on words. it was planned. three democrats now setting what is an insane standard for what will constitute their favorite new word, insurrectionist rhetoric that they will be highlighting. now, according to the article of impeachment, president trump is accused of inciting an insurrection because of his remarks on january 6th, "he willfully made statements that in context encouraged and foreseeable resulted in lawless action at the capitol such as if you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country anymore." just think about how crazy that is. democrats are officially trying to remove a former president from an office he no longer holds because he told his supporters to fight like hell.

he also said at the rally, now many of you will peacefully and patriotically march to the capitol. peacefully. to make your voices heard. keyword, peacefully. of course, that's left out of the article and what the mob and media tells you. if this is the new standard for incitement to insurrection, then when will we begin the process of holding everyone in the democratic party accountable? because the list is long. as you might imagine they frequently encourage their supporters, believe it or not, they encourage this. to fight like hell. well, we did a little background check, and we found out, fairly common term. take a look. >> what does congress do about this? >> we fight. we keep fighting. >> we're going to keep fighting and fighting and fighting for this. >> it doesn't mean we don't fight.

i think we have to fight harder than ever. >> we know this will be a hard fight. it will be a competitive fight. >> we should dream big, fight hard, and take back our country. >> this is a fight of our lives. >> stand up and fight for the best of who we are. >> and i'm prepared to fight and i know how to fight. >> i'm ready for that fight. increasing numbers of people are ready for that fight. >> stand up and fight for democracy. >> i will fight every day until he is impeached. >> there is only two ways to win a fight. you can win a fight through submission, or through exhaustion. >> we can't just imagine a better future. we've got to fight for it. >> we continue to fight for progressive agenda in our future. >> that's what we're fighting against. when we fight republicans in congress, who don't want to pass legislation now. >> it's time for every single one of us to get up and fire for our country. >> this new class in congress have got to come in and set the agenda and fight, fight, fight.

>> sean: obama said if they bring a knife, we bring a gun. keep in mind this pales compared to violent rhetoric from some top democrats, although many democrats have made similar comments. we start with chucky schumer, he physically threatened to u.s. supreme court justices right on the steps of the united states supreme court building based on his standards. chuck schumer needs to be impeached. republicans, you ought to put forward the article. if you're going to follow their standards, maxine waters encouraged her supporters to harass and attack white house employees, remember, and follow them into the grocery store and create a crowd and get in their faces. they aren't wanted anywhere anymore, and don't forget, she also said i'm going to take trump out tonight. that sounds like a threat of murder. joe biden openly fantasizing about taking a sitting president, donald trump, behind the gym and beating the hell out of him.

that sounds like a threat. sounds insurrectionist, and almost every democrat excused, ignored, or condoned the violent riots from over the summer. so, let's focus now on applying these same standards to all of these democrats, and we'll start tonight with one person in particular. now, remember, days after a minneapolis precinct was burned to the ground, and then, the violent riots that ensued, and they were wreaking havoc on multiple cities, including minneapolis, and then senator harris said, they are not going to stop, and you beware. they are not going to stop. remember. police precinct was just burned down. remember, they were just in the middle of rioting. they are not going to stop before the election, election day in november. they are not going to stop after election day, and everyone, you need to take note of that on both levels. they are not going to let up.

they should not, and we should not. oh, my gosh. wow. to that end, kamala harris even promoted a bail fund to get violent rioters involved in the insurrection out of jail. according to a brand-new foxnews.com report, one accused rioter was bailed out twice thanks to this fund. the one kamala harris supported and wouldn't you believe it, he has just been arrested for a third time. according to kamala, they aren't going to let up even after the election. they shouldn't let up. vice president harris was clearly calling for insurrection. is vice president harris not guilty of incitement? if we apply the democratic party standards, and she's in office, you could have a real impeachment, one that's constitutional, and she can be removed from office and john roberts would have to preside. now, will congressional

democrats and media mob ever hold her accountable? don't hold your breath. or is the post-presidential impeachment show just one big political charade as i'm saying? republican members now need to apply the same standards to all elected officials. that's one way to end this madness. should they really? no, but if they are going to play that game and that's their standard, all the rules should apply equally. and now that we have the honorable patrick leahy presiding, the guy that's already determined that trump is guilty, maybe we should let jim jordan preside, and imagine having a trial where the judge and half the jury come out against you. it's beyond ludicrous. and on monday, senator lindsey graham rightly issued a stern warning, not physical warning, but a warning, to democratic colleagues, take a look. >> do you anticipate witnesses being called, and then being cross-examined? >> i hope not. they didn't call any in the house.

i think we know what happened that day, but if you open up a can of worms, we want the fbi to come in and tell us about how people actually pre-planned these attacks, and what happened with the security footprint at the capitol. you open up pandora's box if you call one witness. i hope we don't call any and we vote and we get this trial over next week when it starts. >> sean: we'll dig deeper with senator graham. he'll join us in a moment. he's right. if senate democrats want to start calling witnesses, i imagine the president's defense team will do the same. and while they are at it, i would bring up all the tapes of every democrat saying fight like hell. fight, fight, fight, fight, and the threats against gorsuch and kavanaugh, and, of course, they are not going to stop. they shouldn't stop. we shouldn't stop. we can bring that up, as well. i'm gonna take him behind the gym. imagine any prominent conservative today saying "i would like to take joe biden behind the gym" and talk real tough like joe and beat the hell out of him. we can go, of course, to maxine

waters. imagine if any conservative talked like she did about taking trump out tonight, maybe we can get to the bottom of why the national guard also was not brought in to secure the building, in spite of six requests from the capitol police chief. keep in mind, that capitol police chief answers to congress. and nancy pelosi is the speaker of the house. that would mean she's in complete control and in charge. that she dropped the ball. did any other leaders drop the ball? who is responsible for this breakdown in security? we need a 9/11-style commission to study this because according to multiple reports, court records, law enforcement, yep, they all had prior knowledge that certain individuals were plotting an attack on the capitol. it doesn't mean that some people, 1%, not the 99 at the rally. yep, they stupidly got caught up in the nonsense and they will all pay a price. as they should, but there should have been protection. there was a breach in 30 seconds

to a minute. that can't happen in this country, in a post 9-11 world. that's madness. even congresswoman ocasio-cortez says she was directly warned about the attack a full week before the capitol breach. i want to know, what did she know? when did she know it, and what did she tell pelosi? and when did she tell her? take a look. >> a week before, one week before, the week prior to the insurrection, i started to get text messages that i needed to be careful. and that, in particular, i needed to be careful about the 6th, and those text messages came from other members of congress. not -- they were not threats. but they were other members saying that they knew. >> sean: let's be clear. congresswoman ocasio-cortez said every single representative, i don't care what your political party affiliation is, we must protect every elected official.

i'm assuming, i have no reason to doubt what she just said here. this is critical evidence and we need all of it passed on and we need to know why nobody took the proper precautions in light of knowing hundreds of thousands of people would be marching to the capitol. and by the way, the article of impeachment, when you get to the heart of it, is completely bogus. now, did congresswoman ocasio-cortez communicate these threats to nancy pelosi? what did nancy know and when did she know it? clearly this has always been a political smear campaign. we get it. democrats and friends and media mob don't like donald trump. they have been telling, yelling, screaming about him for five years. we're in the middle of a pandemic, in case you forgot, and just a few months removed from one of the most divisive elections in history. next week's proceeding is unconstitutional. it is hypocritical. it is a complete show trial. and it is theater with no drama because everyone knows how it will end.

acquittal. it doesn't improve the lives of any americans. it doesn't make the country a better place. democrats are not looking out for you and your finances and when you think about it, you might want to bring those thoughts with you in the polls. joining us now, a preview of next week's charade, our own chad pergram is with us. chad, 45 senators say it's unconstitutional. any chance that this could reverse itself and that there would be a conviction next week? i don't think so. >> probably not. you know, this question about calling witnesses and maybe dragging this out, that could backfire in a number of ways on democrats. it would extend the trial, for sure. keep in mind that democrats want to hold former president trump accountable. but they also want to pass a covid relief bill. extending this trial would tie up the floor, that means no senate confirmations for cabinet level officials. this is a problem for chuck schumer, the majority leader. he says there is no framework for the trial just yet. listen.

>> the impeachment resolution on the trial, you know, has been set back because the president keeps switching lawyers. and so, you know, we have to negotiate if we want to get it bipartisan, his lawyers are part of the deal. >> for the impeachment trial last year, the senate set up parameters once the impeachment managers and president trump's defense team completed their arguments. senators posed written questions and then the senate conducted what we'll call a gateway vote. that vote was built into the organizational agreement for the trial. at that gateway, the senate could have voted to hear from witnesses. the senate rejected that. already the attorney for the q-anon shaman has indicated he would be willing to serve as a witness. now, witnesses, if you're going to have witnesses in an impeachment trial, they have to be deposed. you have to have depositions offstage that would probably consume weeks. the trial on the floor shuts down. this is why president trump supporters believe they could better defend the president perhaps through witnesses.

sean? >> sean: thank you. we'll have more on this impeachment charade in a moment. breaking tonight, according to another foxnews.com story, the biden administration just pointed an assistant attorney general with deep ties, we understand, to hunter biden. he's been seen a lot at the white house in recent days. in fact, the acting a.g. was once a colleague of hunter biden's defense attorney. now, remember, the president's son is currently facing a federal criminal investigation for international money laundering and tax evasion. this after years, as we've chronicled since january 2018, of accepting millions and millions and millions of dollars, let's see, from chinese nationals, shopping sprees, $3.5 million wire transfer, russian oligarch. ukrainian oligarch. money for cars, and other sketchy foreign nationals. on top of burisma and on top of

the bank of china deal. can you imagine the hysteria from the mob and the media and the big tech companies allowing all the stories in the world to pass through, if this was one of president trump's sons. don jr., eric, or baron or any of his daughters, as well. ivanka, tiffany, goes on from there. anyway, joining us now from the trump organization, eric trump. the first interview, i think, since all of this has gone on. you're watching this madness. you're also watching joe biden. get your initial thoughts. >> listen, my initial thoughts are, i mean, sean, just looking at what he's accomplished in the last couple of days and how disastrous for our country it has been, it's cost thousands of jobs. that xl pipeline, something that would have been amazing for this country, for the energy independence, only person happy about the xl pipeline is warren buffet because now all the fuel can go across trains. kept gas prices down.

look at what they are doing with immigration. they canceled the wall. biden said there won't be another inch of wall built in this country. who does that benefit? that certainly doesn't the millions of americans out of work, our population, a nation that's going through a pandemic, not knowing who is coming into the country. it doesn't benefit, you know, the safety of our neighborhoods, with cartels and certainly, you know, bad people who smuggle drugs across the border. i mean, look at what this guy is doing. paris climate agreement. we're going to start paying for all the environmental problems of china again? we'll start paying for the environmental problems of india again. you go down the list, honestly, i think people are going to miss donald trump really quickly. i think they will miss him really quickly because some of these executive orders, 40, 40 in the first day, are madness, sean. they are just madness. >> sean: you know, it's interesting. i think the people that will miss him the most probably in the end will be the media mob

because, your father calls him sleepy joe, i call him the weak struggling, frail, cognitively struggling joe biden. said 300 americans twice are going to get the vaccine by summertime. okay. catch up, joe. but there has been nothing, from the day your father and melania trump, came down the escalator trump tower, never ending, you, barron, melania, everybody, and it continues now. we know the outcome of this latest charade. i played the double standard, and i'm just curious, as you hear the remarks of democrats and compare them to the remarks of your dad, what your thoughts are. >> listen, sean, i was there. 20 minutes after election, 20 minutes after election day in 2016, it was beautiful day. i remember the "washington post" writing that story which is, this is the minute that

impeachment begins, and they tried and they tried to get him with the russia hoax and they tried to get him with ukraine. they tried to take down kavanaugh. they tried to get him again. they tried to manufacture everything under the sun against my father, all of us, every single day. they continue to do it even when he's a private citizen they are still trying to impeach him. that's how deep this whole thing goes. they want to tar and feather him. they know he did a great job for this nation there. has never been a more beloved political figure in our country's history. there are 75 million americans who would follow him to the end of earth. i mean, they love the man. they love what he stands for. they love that he was a fighter. that he carried that fight largely alone. oftentimes, he had to fight for the entire republican party. all right? because they weren't doing a whole lot. now you have a lot of good fighters but you didn't back then, and people love that about him. people love that -- and then you look at biden by contrast. he doesn't have any of those traits. he's not doing great things for this nation. his heart is not in the right place.

as you said come he's probably not 100% there. he's not. his policies are disastrous. but they want to feather the man and do everything he can to not have him be a political force in the future. and honestly, they are only ingratiating my father's base even more because every single time they go off on one of these charades, they expose the party. the radical left for exactly who they are, sean. and, you know, they can be evil and they can be mean and calculating. >> sean: like i'm playing the montage of all of these democrats, go out and fight. go out and fight. i'm reading this nonsense. president trump said fight like hell. they all say the same term. you heard kamala harris's comments. joe biden's comments. chucky schumer's threats to supreme court justices. >> what about eric holder? what about eric holder? how about you kick them when they are down. you run up to them and you kick them when they are down.

i mean, there are so many. the hypocrisy. sean, you know it. we've talked about this a million times. the things that get said about me and don and ivanka and tiffany and baron and our whole family. there is a double standard in this country. a massive double standard. there is unequal justice in this country. you mentioned it with the new, you know, doj guy, head of the doj, who happens to represent hunter biden. i mean, you see that. can you imagine my father ever tried to do that. there is unequal balance of justice in this country, and half of america sees it and it's quite frankly disturbing to them. >> sean: all right. you know, it's interesting, let me ask you a question. if your dad decided to run in 2024, he comes to you, and he asks you your thoughts, what would you say to him? >> listen, what my father did is something no political figure has done in american history. he changed this country, and he

changed for the better. he taught people how to fight and gave americans the greatest civic lesson, and it's exactly, frankly, what this country needed. he's a father to america and i'm incredibly proud of him and i would be right by his side, as painful as it was, and you know how painful it was, as painful as it was, i would be right by his side encouraging him. he's an amazing guy, and i have never been more proud of him. i'm just never been more proud of him. >> sean: eric trump, thank you. good to see you again. thanks for being with us. when we come back, lindsey graham has a dire warning for the democrats, and their impending schiff show charades. straight ahead. ♪ ♪

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unconstitutional post-presidential impeachment madness. and if democrats do decide to call witnesses, it will open up a can of worms and even prompt republicans to call on the fbi to testify about just how much of this attack was, in fact, pre-planned.e here now with reaction is south carolina senator lindsey graham. i'm looking at three defenses here. it should be over in three hours, in my view. maybe four. i've known david schoen for a long time. he's a good attorney. one, the constitutionalon argument, two, it ought to be okay. we have court documents, fbi, we even have the fake news media. ocasio-cortez, congresswoman, now saying this was pre-planned. well, that goes against the articling impeachment and the very word of it. third, not less important, if they are going to make it the standard that means all these democrats need to be held accountable for their words of insurrection. >> okay. let's walk through what you just

said. number one, the democratic party is going to make america relive january the 6th, beginning next tuesday. not to pursue justice, just for politics. we all know what happened that day.su they have charged the president with inciting a riot. you haven't seen one piece of tape playing anywhere in the country where his wordsy would amount to incitement under any statute. the president did not commit a crime through the speech he gave. the conversation with the secretary of state in georgia, the secretary of state said i didn't feel coerced or threatened. so, case is going to fall. the unconstitutional nature of impeachment will be addressed on day one.oi i predict there will be somewhere north of 45 votes on the very first day to say the entire trial is unconstitutional, because you're impeaching a guy in florida who is out of office so the question for the country and the democratic party is how much pain are you going to put us

through until we get to a verdict of acquittal? if you want to call one witness, my friend, to my democratic colleagues, you're going to have a lot of witnesses. you're going to stop the trial for weeks and months, and for what purpose? i'm urging you to allow this trial to get over as quickly as possible when it's clear there is not enough votes to convict the president, and that will happen on day one. >> sean: lindsey, you know your democratic colleagues. we read the 50-page piece. they are going to cut and splice their audiotape. i think the republicans, you know, it's time to fight fire with fire. do you see in the 45 votes that were taken, rand paul's vote, do you see any of those 45 changing their mind? because, basically, they are saying it's unconstitutional. that should be game over. checkmate. >> so, the point you make is, what happens when we get the vote and there is over 45? there will be more than 45 this

time because you'll actually have an argument to consider. i think the vote early on will be more than 45. that it's unconstitutional. what purpose is there to replayo tapes over and over when we actually lived through the thing itself? they didn't call one witness in the house. they impeached the president of the united states in less than 50 hours without a lawyer present.t. so you're going to try to re-create the trial in the senate? i think the senate would be doing the country a great service by telling the house you didn't call any witnesses in the house. you're not going to call any in the senate. you're not going to drag this out for political purposes. we're going to get this trial over in three or four days. not three or four weeks, and we're going to move on doing the business of the american people. that's what i hope republicans will say to democrats and i hopp the american people will be behind us to end this because we know how it ends. what good comes from reopening this wound? >> sean: i don't know, senator. i think maybe it's time for the american people to hear the

rhetoric of the democratic party. i may be, you know, maybe i'm a lone voice here. i would like to see -- >> you may be right about that. >> sean: listen, i'll be frank. do i really think chuck schumer should be impeached for his words against gorsuch and kavanaugh for his threatening comments on the steps of the supreme court? i don't think it meets the standard but it meets his standard and if that standard is going to be applied to trump ite should be applied to schumer. the one i really think has a big problem is kamala harris. they aren't going to stop, be aware, take note. we're not going to stop. after the police precinct was burned down, et cetera, then you've got joe biden wanting to beat the hell out of a sitting president.t. i don't know, if you said that, i think you might be in a little more trouble than joe. and maybe it's a -- it will be a good exercise to let the country see it all because not everybody watches my show. i wish everybody in the country watched every night, but not everybody.

>> well, i can promise you this, sean. if you're going to pursue this, and you want to start calling witnesses, and you want to drag this thing out, it would be fair to have kamala harris's tape played where she bailed people out of jail. what more you could do to incite future violence than paying the bail of the people who broke up the shops and beat up the cops?a how is that not inciting future violence? be careful what you wish for, my democratic colleagues, be careful what you wish for. >> sean: i don't know. you are making it more appealing every time.re you did point out, even something like merrick garland will be held up as a result of this, and i don't blame you at all. this is too important to take a back seat to anything. you can tell your buddy out there in chicago. sorry, rich, ain't going to happen. [laughter] >> okay. adios. >> sean: all right.>> you can tell your friends i said his. >> i think they got the message. i think they got it.

>> sean: i think i would apply it to them. maybe there is a side of me that's too much of a talk-show host. senator, thank you. coming up, wait until you see what happened between lebron james and a fan at last night's laker game. f trace gallagher has a live report. the biden press office allegedly screening questions before their press briefings. and before they hear, i'll circle back. imagine if kayleigh mcenany did this? joe concha breaks it down. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ >> sean: so during last night's lakers/hawks nba game, officials stopped play to deal with a fan who got into an argument with lebron james.

our own trace gallagher is here with the very latest, includinge charges that, you know, the b word was thrown here, and otherwise thrown there. what happened? >> the woman, sean, now being referred to as a courtside karen, is an instagram model who was sitting courtside with her husband chris carlos. the woman claims her husband was trash talking lebron james and the two men got into a verbal dispute. that's when she jumpedth in telling lebron, "don't blanking talk to my husband." she then claims lebron james responded saying "sit the blank down" which she responded "don't call me a blank." the two were escorted out of the arena and as you might imagine along the way she gave the camera, crowd, and apparently king james a well-known hand signal. today, she apologized saying she takes full responsibility for crossing the line. lebron says he's happy fans are back because he misses the interaction. and lebron james also tweeted

that courtside karen was mad, mad. you see there with a bunch of laughing emojis, in case you're wondering, the lakers beat the hawks, 115-108. nobody went to jail. sean? >> sean: for future reports, is it possible to say what the blank-blank to give at least a letter or something? the kids i think -- it will go over their head. >> listen, it's your show, i'll do whatever you want to do but i think you get gist. >> sean: i get the gist, but there are some that begin with this letter, that letter. they take on different meanings. i don't know. what a mess. >> listen, blank may be and blank -- you can figure it out. >> sean: i'm not going to feign outrage like everybody in the media. i played ice hockey growing up. i kind of like when the teams start to fight. sorry, can't help it. trace gallagher, thank you. now, the biden administration's efforts to control their allies and media mob are becoming more evident as a new report lays out how the press office is

reportedly screening questions before they are even asked. in response, some so-called journalists are defending the biden white house. of course, they are. that's all they will ever do. claiming it's just business as usual. but don't you think they mighton be singing a slightly different tune in this was, oh, donald trump. sarah sanders, kayleigh mcenany. but when it comes to jen psaki, she will circle back to us. enduring, continuing to endure daily struggles. for example, today she decided to mock the space force. that was now an entire branch of the u.s. military. i think every american should be kind of proud of but what do i know? >> has the president made a decision on keeping or keeping the scope of space force? >> wow, space force. it's the plane of today. it is an interesting question.

i'm happy to check with our space force point of contact. t i'm not sure who that is. i'll find out and see if we have any update on that. >> sean: of course, psaki continues to promise the press corps she'll get right back to them, or she calls it, i'll circle back with you.he >> i'll circle back with our team on that specific report. i'll have to circle back.t i'll have to circle back. circle back. circle back. we'll circle back. certainly circle back. i'll circle back.. i hate to disappoint you, but i'll have to circle back. circle back. circle back. i often note i'm going to circle back. i hate to disappoint conservative twitter but i'm going to circle back.ba >> sean: i'm going to circle back on this show. i'll see you -- oh, laura is on. anyway, early stumbles for the biden team may be why they are desperate to censor conservatives and silence them. yes, cancel their viewpoints because look at this. a report in "the new york times" explaining how joe biden has apparently being urged by some

so-called experts to appoint "a reality czar to tackle disinformation." that sounds like a ministry of truth. t welcome to state activism, authoritarianism. your socialist utopia. my fellow comrades. isn't it interesting how the same people claim to be for the free flow of information. pro first amendment. o they are also the first to call for censorship and silencing, and canceling when it doesn't fit their far left worldview. of course, here on this show, no, we don't boycott, call for censors, try to silence or make fun of you. we expose you, but we never try to silence you or cancel you. first amendment, freedom of expression. it is something that makes this country unique, special, and great. here with reaction, fox's contributing media report. joe concha. i'm just going to leave it wide open because you live, eat, and breathe this. you've got to be salivating coming on tonight.

[laughter] >> salivating is a word. what did you play in hockey, by the way. you look like a defenseman? i'm just guessing. >> sean: nope. my dream was to be bobbyby clark with no teeth. broad street bully, and a center. i was a center. >> you were a center. okay. didn't see that coming. let's go through some of these things here, sean. as far as a truth czar or whatever that may be, if you recall alexandria ocasio-cortez wants to form a truth committee to treat media literacy. this is the same person who has been fact checked 10 times. eight of those 10 times they determined she was telling half truths, completely untruths, or being pants on fire. hopefully she's not the person that will be the truth czar in this situation. as far as the daily briefings, and questions being given ind advance, it is interesting that "daily beast" story. the literal headline story is, "the biden team asks for questions in advance."va

so it's not like it's topics that were shared during a gaggle with the press secretary. before a particular press briefing. we're talking about questions.wi a reporter with "politico," former abc, is regarded as a solid reporter in most circles. she says this. "if psaki knows you have a tough question, she doesn't call for you. so far, she hasn't had to deal with a real bomb. you wonder why that may be." look, we saw this going back to the campaign, in terms of joe biden, whenever he took questions, it was done, given a predetermined list of reporters, that a staffer decided on beforehand. joe biden, the leader of the free world, wouldn't call on reporters himself. he depended on his staffer to do it. those reporters were mostly cordial. instead of asking questions, and the peter doocys of the world were boxed out and had to ask after the fact in order to get

anything in. in terms of being the most accessible president of all time or in terms of anything regarding transparency, this is the exact opposite that we sawct under president trump who took any questions at any time and didn't need a staffer to call on reporters. t he called on them himself, and you could agree or disagree with the answer, but he was the most accessible president of all timm to the point where in his four years he probably took more questions than the previous three presidents did in their eight years combined. so that's where we are at this point, sean. >> sean: great analysis as always. joe concha, thank you. he's in charge of our media watch. here on the "hannity" program. coming up, after the mob preys on blue states for imposing draconian lockdowns. many red states fighting covid-19 without restricting your freedom. this includes texas. wait until you hear the words of texas governor abbott and more as we continue. ♪ ♪ e as we continue.

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♪ ♪ >> sean: so, from the socialist republic of california to d.c. liberal leaders, they are too concerned with far left fantasies instead of taking steps to improve the quality of people's lives. safety, security, education for their kids. listen to texas governor abbott laying it all out in his state of the state address. a lot to learn here. >> not other states like california and new york, they use heavy-handed governor tactics that drive away businesses.no the texas legislature, on the other hand, has built a framework that helps small businesses thrive.

we won't follow the lead like portland, seattle and minneapolis by defunding the police. that's crazy.he some government officials across the country shut down churches during the pandemic. even in texas, some local officials tried closing churches. that is wrong. politicians from the federal level to the local level have shouted, heck, yes, the government is coming to get your guns. we won't let that happen in texas. >> sean: here with reaction, the best-seller "fire brand," republican congressman matt gaetz. along with former acting intelligence of intelligence, ric grenell. second amendment, that's one, cutting taxes, red tape, securing the borders, energy independence, constitutional judges, free, fair trade, save neighborhoods, good schools, save healthcare, tell me what

i'm missing, matt gaetz, because that's it, america first. >> we certainly haven't missed what sounded like governor abbott's announcement for president in 2024, and i have it on pretty good authority that governor abbott has already inquired with former president trump about there handicap accessibility at camp david. he would be a great candidate.di we're also proud of our governor in florida who has embraced freedom, but sean, wouldn't bit nice if america's largest state, california, was able to live a little more freely. right here, tonight, on your show, ric grenell should announce he seeking the governorship of california.li >> sean: i'm not going to let that die. i will let matt gaetz take over the hosting of the show and letn you answer his question. >> [laughs] look, my friend matt gaetz is somebody who really knows how to get media attention. >> sean: he really does. he is a warrior. by the way, i watched you in the plot against the president.

you were great. thank you both for all you have done. >> thanks. look, sean, i think what you just pointed out with leadership in texas and what matt gaetz has pointed out about leadership in florida, that is what california needs. we are dying to have somebody who listens to the science. i mean, wee have a governor, gavin newsom, who shut down the beaches. now, this is not part of science. havee a governor who played politics. but we also have a state that is completely run by one party. if you want to have the insiders from one political party and the well-connected constantly get what they want, then you have to keep electing the same people over and over, and that is what we have in california. i think governor abbott is exactly right. we need more freedom. we certainly shouldn't be shutting down churches or breaches. >> sean: ric grenell, are you announcing that you are considering running for governor of california? because if you do, if you wouldd

want it, you have mine and matt gaetz's endorsement. >> that will kill him. >> sean: that's probably true. [laughs] i will oppose you if needed. i will do whatever you want. >> look, again, we have a one party system in california. anybody who wants to be a governor who is a republican in this state is going to have a very tough time. i'm more interested in trying to find ways to fix our problems in california. voter integrity is incredibly important. we do need to recall's gavin newsom. that is obviously a different day. >> sean: who's going to run? >> hold on, sean. i want to get in on this. >> sean: go ahead, my cohost. >> it was a tough time to take on the intelligence community and declassify documents, and ric grenell did not shy away from that at all. it is my expectation that a recall election, it would be a very different electorate in the state of california, a republican could win, and ric grenell could beat an

opponent. >> sean: i second the notion, but whether or not -- you are lucky because we are out of time, ric. you have been saved, literally, by the music. but next time, we want an answer. i'm going to bring matt back and you back from all right? all right, more "hannity" after this. ♪ ♪ >> at aspen dental where new starts happen, every day. get exceptional care at every step, unparalleled safety at every visit, and flexible payment options for every budget. now, during the everyday smiles event new patients get a full exam & set of x-rays with no obligation. no insurance? no worries, it's free. plus, now all patients can get 20% off their treatment plan. find every reason to smile. every day at aspen dental. call 1-800-aspendental or book today at aspendental.com

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get to the bottom of it because the rest of the world in many of our enemies are watching. we have to protect our politicians and institutions. that is all the time we have left this evening. we will always be independent, fair, balanced, set your dvr every night. let not your heart be troubled but laura ingraham takes it from here, hi periods be doing dumb xp when we honor the service of all those in uniform no matter where they are stationed and sas family and the country, but we move forward and i hope while learning a lot from all of this. and we talked about that at the end of your show, fantastic show. >> sean: have a great show. >> laura: it's is laura ingraham and "the ingraham angle." the state governors tortured their state with the to destructive covid policy and many corresponding violent crime as well. about one state leader has stood above the rest. california governor kristi noem is here why her leftist critics