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All right, news roundup and information overload hour. Here's our toll-free telephone number if you want to be a part of the program. It's 800-941-SHAWN if you want to join us. We're going to get an update on the big, one big beautiful bill that the president now has given the Senate permission to mark it up and make improvements and even find more cost savings, which I know will make a lot of House members happy that have been, you know, part of the conflict leading up to that bill.

vote, it was close, but what will happen is the Senate will pass their version. They'll go in a conference.

and then hopefully both sides, both the Senate and the House will vote and the president will sign the bill and we'll have money to secure our borders. We'll have money to deport illegal immigrants. We'll have money to build the next generation of weaponry. We'll have money to begin the process of being energy dominant. We will also have the largest tax cut in American history with no tax on tips, social security or overtime, all big things that the president is putting in place

And but before we get to that, I want to go to the issue of Russia and Vladimir Putin. And this is what the president said about Putin yesterday. I'm not happy with what Putin's doing. He's killing a lot of people. And I don't know what the hell happened to Putin. I've known him a long time, always gotten along with him. But he's sending rockets into cities and killing people. And I don't like it at all. OK.

We're in the middle of talking and he's shooting rockets into Kiev and other cities. I don't like it at all. You mentioned you're unhappy with President Putin. You've talked before about putting more sanctions on Russia. Is that something you're considering more? Absolutely. He's killing a lot of people. I don't know what's wrong with him. What the hell happened to him, right? He's killing a lot of people. I'm not happy about that.

Anyway, then he further went on to say that he's gone crazy. There are now 82 senators that have signed on to a huge, massive Russia sanctions bill. I would argue that is one part of the equation. But unfortunately, it's been Europe and the continent of Europe that has been funding Putin's war machine because they've been purchasing oil and gas from Vladimir Putin for the longest period of time at a discounted price.

And none of these countries are paying their fair share when it comes to NATO. Anyway, here to weigh in on this, the economy and so much more is Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas. Senator, always a pleasure to have you. Welcome back, sir. Hello, Sean. It's good to be back on with you. I am tired of Europe making Putin rich. They want to buy cheap energy. He's giving them energy at a discounted price.

That is funding his war machine. And meanwhile, they will not pay their fair share to NATO. And it's their continent that is under fire and under threat by Vladimir Putin and his unpredictability and his territorial ambition. Why would Europe make Putin rich the way they're making him rich now?

Well, Sean, it's because they want to have their cake and eat it too. And that's been the case with Europe, especially Germany and Russia for many years. They've helped underwrite the Russian war machine by continuing to buy cheap energy from Russia. But as you heard President Trump say just then, his

Patience is wearing out. Vladimir Putin has been incredibly disrespectful to President Trump's efforts to negotiate a ceasefire here. President Trump and President Zelensky are willing to put out terms for a 30-day ceasefire. And what does Vladimir Putin do? He doesn't continue.

continue the fighting on the front lines. He launches unprecedented missile and drone attacks on civilians in cities far away from the front lines. He's also mentioned the legislation that we have in the Senate with over 80 senators that would crack down on Russia's energy exports.

A lot of those, by the way, go to China. We would make sure that it makes it completely uneconomical for Russia to continue to export that oil, and that would also stop its financing for its war machine. But we do need Europe to take European security at least as seriously as we here in the United States take it.

Well, I agree. So the sanction bill is going to pass. Don't we need to insist ahead of time that Europe stop all business with Russia until this war comes to an end? And what pressure can the president put on President Xi and India to stop importing energy from Russia?

Well, I think President Trump is in exactly right to pressure Europe to cut back on its energy imports from Russia. And I think he can show that this bill that we could pass in the Senate would not be directed just towards countries like China that's importing so much Russian oil, but European countries as well. And again, they can't expect us to take their security more seriously than they take it. They can't expect us to put at risk the international energy markets themselves.

It's while they are continuing to try to buy cheap energy from Russia. That has had some success in the defense space, Sean. You know, you've probably seen the news that other countries, notably Germany, has increased the amount of defense support it's providing to Ukraine. It's just lifted the range restrictions on the missiles it's already provided to Ukraine. I think that's a direct result of President Trump insisting that they begin to pull more of their share of the load. So hopefully you see the same thing in the energy space as well.

Yeah, I think we definitely need to. Let's talk about this one big, beautiful bill. I know there's been some some vocal opposition. Rand Paul is one person. Ron Johnson has been another person. Senator Ted Cruz believes that they can find more monies to cut from the from the House version. I'm fine with that. I think it'll actually go over pretty well in the House. Where does it stand in the Senate? And do you believe it's going to pass?

Well, we're excited that the House passed the legislation last week. We're looking forward to taking it up next week and in the weeks ahead. I commend the Speaker for navigating very difficult politics in the House. Obviously, the Senate will have some input on the bill. You mentioned some of it, Sean. We'd like to find a little bit more savings in Medicaid. Medicaid is a critical program for many Arkansans for...

Elderly, poor, for pregnant women, for poor children, for the blind, the disabled. It shouldn't be providing health insurance, though, to freeloaders and illegals. If you're a grown man, you should be able to continue to work if you're able-bodied or at least go to school or get job training if the taxpayer is going to provide for your health insurance. Likewise on the tax code.

The House passed a bill that doesn't have complete permanence. We would love to be able to get a way to make sure all of those tax cuts for families and for small businesses are permanent so we don't have this cycle again in another six, eight, ten years so families and businesses can plan for the future. So those are just a few areas where we hope to make some small improvements on the bill, but I think it's going to be something that the House can pass once we're done with it and the President can sign very soon.

Yeah. Well, what do you think the improvements will be? Like, for example, we can go over the Medicaid provisions. I mean, what Dr. Oz was telling us on this program is is beyond alarming in terms of of Medicare and what it is. It's like a cancer that is metastasized. And, you know, if you look at, for example, medic Medicaid outlays,

They have been skyrocketing through the roof the last 20 years. The Fed spent $160 billion in fiscal year 2003, $591 billion in fiscal year 2023. That's three and a half times as much. State-level spending has gone up three times. And Democrats have steadily been pushing towards this universal health coverage at taxpayer expense.

And, quote, Medicare for all, you know, except using the program originally intended to cover the poor, not one designed for the elderly. And in the process, Medicaid has grown from covering the poor to covering the near poor and covering pretty much everybody.

Yeah, Sean, I think Dr. Oz made some good points and laid out some possible changes. Again, there are work requirements in the House bill for Medicaid. We might like to try to pull those work requirements forward. I mean, we think, again, able-bodied men should be working. A taxpayer is going to put the bill for their health insurance. It's not a program for freeloaders or, for that matter, illegal aliens, as is the case in many Democratic states like California. Another possible form is that a lot of Democratic states

states, in effect, game the system. They take $1 in tax from their hospitals. In return, they're getting multiple dollars back from the federal government to give back to those hospitals. We don't want to see those kind of abuses in Democratic states because Republican states generally are running a tighter ship. We don't want anyone to lose benefits if they deserve those benefits, but we want to make sure that no one is getting Medicaid benefits that doesn't deserve it. Because as Dr. Oz says, the finances for Medicaid in the long term are not looked

very good. Oh, it's pretty amazing. And I'm pretty confident it's going to pass. I think this is the most conservative bill I've seen in my lifetime. Am I wrong in believing that? When you factor in securing our borders, deporting illegals, what it does for opening up energy dominance, what it does in terms of the largest tax cut in history,

including no tax on tips, Social Security or overtime, what it does to build the next generation of weaponry. I'm not saying it's the perfect bill. I'm saying it's the most conservative bill, ambitiously conservative bill that I think I've seen in my lifetime.

Yeah, Sean, this bill is going to pass and it's going to go to the president for his signature. Obviously, we'll work through whatever small differences we have for the states and the districts that we all represent. But there's just too much at stake here. It's not just the

the fact that you have the largest tax increase in American history coming at the end of the year if we don't pass the bill, but all the points you just made, Sean, that sometimes get lost in the shuffle because there's so much focus on taxes and on health care, this bill will start to rebuild our military. It'll provide the administration the resources it needs to completely secure the border and begin more effective and efficient deportation against illegals in the country. It'll help unleash American energy production. So I think this

This bill is going to pass the Senate. It's going to pass it hopefully sooner rather than later. And then I think the House can pass it and send it to the president.

Yeah, that'll be that'll be pretty good. Let me ask you this. The issue of the Middle East and Iran is coming to a head. My understanding is they're over 60 percent in terms of enrichment to go from 60 to 90 percent, which is weapon grade weapons grade enrichment is can happen in a very short period of time, weeks, not months.

and that these negotiations are critical. To me, there are two very key provisions that must exist. One is they can no longer enrich uranium. They should have to dismantle their nuclear facilities. If they want nuclear power, they can do what the UAE does and import the rods that then cannot be turned into weapon-grade uranium.

And beyond that, we need anywhere, any place, any time, American inspectors. If you want other countries, that's fine. But American inspectors need to be able to go where they want, when they want, and check out these facilities. Without that insurance policy, I think any terms you come to with the Iranians would be useless.

Yes, Sean, I think that's exactly right. And it's what President Trump has said and Steve Witkoff, his chief negotiator, said a red line is any kind of enrichment ability, because if you can enrich to any level, you can enrich to weapons grade. And that's what Iran has proven over the last four years as they started to break out towards weapon grade level enrichment during the Biden administration. And that's why President Trump and Steve Witkoff and Marco Rubio and J.D. Vance have all been perfectly clear. Any enrichment

enrichment program for Iran is a red line that the United States cannot allow. All right, quick break. Right back more with Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton on the other side as we continue. Then your call is coming up. Eight hundred nine four one. Sean, straight ahead. We continue with Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton is with us. Let me ask you this. As as you look at the Democratic Party and all this discussion about Joe Biden and his cognitive state,

Senator, with all due respect to everybody in this what I call state run legacy media mob, I we went back on this radio program in 2019. We were pointing out Joe Biden's cognitive decline. We pointed it out all through the 2020 election. We pointed it out on TV, on on Hannity every single night.

And for people to act like they're shocked and surprised and they can't believe it and they didn't know it until the debate happened is frankly just a lie. And and to me, it's now evolved into the biggest White House scandal in our lifetime by far. And that is the Joe Biden cognitive cover up your reaction to it all.

Sean, it's a total lie. It's media and the Democrats trying to blame each other for lying to the American people. You, I, and anyone with common sense and two eyes could tell, not in 2024, but in 2019, that Joe Biden was no longer fit to be president. They covered it up all the way back then. The original sin was not him running for reelection. It was him running for election in 2019, 2020. And the Democrats and the media covered it up back then. All

Also, Sean, I have to add, even if Joe Biden had been sharp as a tack and fit as a fiddle, he still would have lost in 2024. And Harris did lose in 2024, not just because he was old, but because he was a failure and his liberal policies were a failure for America.

Well, that's why this one big, beautiful bill will get us out from underneath the Biden economy. And I am very confident that there's going to be more trade deals. Let's see how right I am. And I'm predicting that we're going to probably hear about them in the week in days and weeks to come.

And hopefully we can, you know, get an end to war in Europe, a war and an end to the war in the Middle East. And hopefully we can get the economy humming and hopefully everybody will earn reelection and the Democrats won't get their dream of impeaching Donald Trump 30 times. Anyway, Senator Tom Cotton, Arkansas, we appreciate you. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Sean. Hey, everyone. Laura Ingram here. And I have a quick message for you.

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You know, it's really amazing to me that James Comey, Mr. Higher Honor, is as arrogant as he is.

This is a guy that signed that was warned not to use Hillary Clinton's dirty Russian disinformation dossier because it was political in nature and it was unverified and it was debunked before he signed the second FISA warrant. And the FISA warrant, the bulk of information provided to the FISA court was that dirty dossier. He signed three of the four warrants.

against Carter Page, which gave a backdoor into Trump world because of Carter Page's work into work with the Trump campaign. I mean, it's pretty unbelievable. The same guy that even though they find top secret classified information all over Hillary Clinton servers, even though they knew that that she destroyed, you know, servers with bleach bit and destroyed devices with hammers and remove SIM cards. No reasonable prosecutor would prosecute.

But and the same thing with Joe Biden is top secret classified information in four separate locations. The FBI does nothing, nothing. And neither Hillary nor Joe Biden had presidential immunity because neither had been president by that at that time.

And Donald Trump was president. He didn't pack the boxes that went to Mar-a-Lago. And he was working with the FBI. He gave access, free reign to the FBI to go all over Mar-a-Lago. And after they did, they said, would you mind putting an extra padlock on one particular door or room that they had been in? Nobody was stopping them from taking anything out of that room.

And meanwhile, they just come and they raid Mar-a-Lago. Now we need to get to the bottom of that and the double standard.

But you talk about the weaponization of justice, and then you think of other things that happened during Comey's term. I mean, this is when we started, you know, looking at moms and dads at school board meetings, you know, moms like Linda that are kind of loud and outspoken and go to school board meetings and stir up the pot a little bit. All right, looking at them as domestic terrorists or peaceful pro-life protesters, right?

Well, now we know where the mindset comes from. Listen to what James Comey had to say about one of the two political parties is white supremacists adjacent at a minimum.

This is Mr. 8647 just tapping the CC shells that said, yeah, 8647. I had no idea that meant maybe to kill Donald Trump. Listen, probably there could be changes at the margins. But in the main, we have the tools. There are cultural impediments to doing this work. Let's say you work in the FBI. You know that one of the two political parties is.

Let me put it nicely, white supremacist adjacent at a minimum. And so why would you want to throw your career on that side of the line and be summoned to Capitol Hill to be asked, why are you pursuing these innocent groups? And so we have a cultural impediment to working it effectively that should get more attention than it does. We know one of the two political parties is white supremacist adjacent at a minimum.

This man has a prejudice against conservatives that is palpable. Now, he declined to explain calling Republicans and conservatives

white supremacist adjacent he had the opportunity the day after he said this to to clarify and here's what he said i was just going to ask you about the msnbc interview you were doing because on social media everyone's saying he's talking about the white supremacist adjacent republican party everybody in the party yeah voters what what's you want to clarify no clarification at all no i'm not going to comment on it okay yeah yeah

Thank you. Hello. I'm not going to comment on that. It's so frightening that this guy was the FBI director. It really is. I am so excited about

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bumping into boats or, you know, a boat bumping into another boat or some guy was looking at a girl and his wife or girlfriend got jealous, that type of stuff. But sometimes it gets violent and you have to stop and intervene, of course.

I carry right now, but I don't want to take and shoot somebody for something that is a mistake. You know what I mean? They were drunk or they accidentally did this or that. So what? Well, Matt, if you have a license to carry, you don't even need a license to carry a burner.

You know, the only thing I would do is I probably would go to your company and say, hey, I'd rather use this nonlethal option in a situation and not only have the option of lethal force. And I don't see why they would ever say no. Now you have over and we're getting close to a thousand, but well over 500 government agencies and law enforcement agencies.

and police departments and security firms like yours that are using this burner technology because it is so effective at incapacitating people. We have the videos when you go to their website, byrna.com. I don't see why they wouldn't let you have it. I like both options. My first option is to talk my way out of something and walk away and nobody gets hurt. If I have to, my second option would be the burner launcher.

And then if it's a life or death situation, you know, only as a last resort would I ever want to pull out a firearm because if you pull it out, you better intend to use it.

Exactly. But which, my question is, though, they come in 300 or 400 feet per second or so, which? Right. That's the smallest version, which is the easiest to carry, is the CL model that they just produced. It's four inches long, about two cell phones thick, and it's a very powerful launcher. It does the job, and it's simple to carry.

And then it shoots the kinetic rounds and pepper spray.

Yes, sir. Pepper spray and tear gas, depending on what state you're in. But they like, for example, if you order it, they know what the state law is and you'll get the proper projectiles. But everybody can use the kinetic rounds. And but yeah, you know, like, for example, my free state of Florida allows pepper spray and tear gas. New York did not allow that. So I had a more modified projectile that I used in New York when I would carry it in New York.

Okay. Well, that's what I was, my question was, you know, which, how powerful should I get, you know? Well, they're all powerful. They're all effective. It just is a matter of, you know, if you're carrying another firearm, you probably want the CO, which is more compact and would do the job for you. If you want the larger one, you can get it. I actually get red dots on all of mine. I just like, I just, I just happen to like it.

You don't have to think at that point. And in a moment where even though I was a pistol marksman at 11, I don't see as well as I used to, number one and number two. Although I've got to be honest. I mean, I can fire this where I can't fire a firearm because of hearing loss from doing radio for so long. But I use it for target practice all the time. And I make a pretty nice cluster. They have inert rounds you can fire and practice with. Oh, nice.

You'll like it. And you can go out in your backyard or go to a safe place, go to a range, wherever you want to do it. All right, my friend, Richard, check it out. Byrna.com. I think you'll be happy with it and it'll give you another option. Herb in South Carolina next, Sean Hannity Show. What's up, Herb? How are you? Hey, Uncle Sean. I know when I get sick, I know who to call. Oh, boy. Great. You know, and the thing is, I was glad to help Velma, but man, she gave me a hard time. I promise I won't.

Well, I mean, if I feel like somebody is not doing their job or I feel like they're not taking it seriously or they're not giving her the attention that she needs, I'm going to I'm going to be as forceful as I need to be. I was polite, but I was forceful. And I'm like, no, that's not good enough. You know, I remember that one day they were trying to get blood, draw blood from her and that they were having a hard time. And I'm like, giving up is not an option here.

And then the one nurse had to go get another nurse. Then they had to get another. I'm like, will you please get an expert, get a medical doctor, somebody that does this professional professionally. And we finally got him. We got our blood. And it was important that we were able to draw that blood at that time. I'm a pretty good patient advocate. I fight for people if I care about them.

I do likewise. I just don't have the connections that you do, and thank God there are people like you, and we appreciate it. Sean, my pet peeve for the week is Scott Pelley and the commencement at Wake Forest that he gave. It's amazing how these, I don't want to call them what I think, but these people managed to weasel their comments in at such a,

underhanded ways, like Springsteen and Scott Pelley. And it's disgusting. It's still all false narrative. Whoa, you know, Donald Trump is taking away our freedom of speech. If anybody's taking away the freedom of speech, it's the liberal news. And they just keep on. I'd love to see these people

Start defending what Biden did instead of just knocking what Trump may or may not do. Let's give the man a chance for we had to listen to their nonsense for for for the whole through the whole last administration. Nothing but false narrative.

I'm so sick and tired of these people claiming to be something they're not. They claim they are journalists. He's not a journalist. He is a liberal talk show host. And he exposed himself for who he is. It's sort of like fake Jake Tapper. They all claim to be journalists. They're not. I've been saying this for years. Now, I'm a member of the media. They're members of the press. They're like I am.

However, I'm honest about what I do. And we do straight news. I do plenty of straight news. I give a lot of information out you're not gonna get elsewhere. We do investigative reporting. I mean, we're the ones that got the Russia collusion story right, the Pfizer story right, the valuation of Mar-a-Lago right. We're the ones that got, you know, that this whole trumped up charges, pun intended, you know, by Alvin Bragg was wrong.

We're the ones that, you know, we got the issue of Duke Lacrosse right and Ferguson, Missouri, right. And Freddie Gray in Baltimore, right. And early in my career, Richard Jewell, right. Because we take great pride in getting it right. Doesn't mean I haven't been wrong occasionally. You know, they're the ones that covered up Joe's cognitive decline. Not me. We were all over that story.

And I think one of the reasons that people didn't listen to them and all their Trump hatred in the lead up to the election is because people don't trust them anymore. Absolutely. Anyway, I do appreciate the call, my friend. So let not your heart be troubled. America doesn't trust them, nor should they ever again.

800-941-SHAWN is our number. All right, that's going to wrap things up for today. A Hannity investigation tonight. James Comer wants to know who knew what when about Joe Biden and his cognitive decline and the cover-up that ensued. Also, Mary Catherine Hampton, Cruz Steve Miller tonight. Paula White will join us tonight. And Tommy Lahren.

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