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EPISODE · Oct 21, 2026 · 30 MIN

Texas At A Turning Point

from The Sean Hannity Show · host Sean Hannity

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich joins Sean Hannity to discuss his new book, America's Golden Age: Trumpism and an Era of Limitless Possibilities, offering an optimistic vision of America's future and a look at the political landscape just two weeks before Election Day. Gingrich examines emerging polling trends, voter enthusiasm and the possibility of Republicans outperforming expectations. Later, Texas Governor Greg Abbott joins Sean to discuss his reelection campaign, border security, taxes, energy policy and the fight to keep Texas Republican. Abbott explains why he believes voter turnout will be decisive and outlines the differences between his administration and Democratic challenger Gina Hinojosa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This is an iHeartPuckist, guaranteed human. Nukingrich, he's written an amazing new book. It's called America's Golden Age, Trumpism, and an era of limitless possibilities. It is now debuting today.

We have a link on Hannity.com. You can go to Amazon.com, now bookstores all around the country. And he talks in this book, imagine it's 2076. And imagine America celebrating its 300th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

And despite fears over the AI revolution and pessimism, to me it's a lot like Y2K. And pessimism from the left, Engrich is laying out a future in which the president's transformational time and office and rapid technological breakthroughs are ushering in an incredible opportunity where every American, and Elon Musk talks about this, can be wealthy and have lives that we've never dreamed of. That's what I want for every American. I know that's what our parents and grandparents wanted for all of us.

Anyway, it's maybe one of your best books ever, a culmination of your life's work in many ways. I read a cover to cover. Mr. Speaker, great to have you.

And congratulations on the new book. Well, thank you. I'm not thrilled. We're already up by the number two or three at Amazon.

And we're really, really excited by it. But also, if it's in the conversation you're not having, I'm an optimist. I think in their heart, most Americans are optimists. They want a better future.

They want things to work. They instinctively know that being an optimist beats being a pessimist. And I don't know what's happened last week or two. We have a great mutual friend in Matt Towery, who has been looking at every single cent of race every week with his polling firm.

He just let me know two nights ago. He sees a clear swing towards the Republicans. He sees a real potential for us to start a winning seat to people who won't come to win. That's in the Senate side where he's focused.

But the same pattern is affecting the House. And there's a story this afternoon which, candidly, I've not been able to bet. So this is sort of a long, radiant moment. But there is a story that in early voting in Ohio, where the Democrats have a lot of hope, that Republicans are up 52,000 in early voting.

If that turns out to be true, in Ohio, in fact, returns to being what has been recently, which is a solid Republican state, that goes very badly for the Democrats. Look, I know they put a lot of money and time and energy and resources in a guy by the name of Sherrod Brown. Sherrod Brown is a Green New Deal radical DSA socialist. He voted with Biden 99% of the time.

He never once spoke out to protect our borders or protect, you know, or fight for the American people. That's why the people in Ohio threw him out the first time. And I think this is, it would be the biggest mistake in the country at the Buckeye state. Somehow went back to him.

I don't see it in the end happening. But you know, until I hear Fox News can project, that John Husted is gonna win in Ohio. I'm concerned. Sure.

I think you should be. And I would say that to all of our listeners, look, we sort of have glimmerings. We sort of have kind of an idea of what's going on. But the truth is, until you see the actual precincts and you find out who actually voted, remember it's one thing to sit at home, get a phone call and get your opinion.

It's another thing to get off your tail, go somewhere and vote and actually take the time and effort. The people willing to do that are gonna change the lecture. And one of the points that Towery made to me was that in his polling data, all the talk about the government socialism is a big impact. And he's seeing for 50 years old and over, a real solidification towards the Republicans as they think about just how the Democrats will be.

And then you get stuff like the rioting in France, a reminder of where the left goes. You've got the Democratic candidate in Michigan who turns out to be tied to the Marxist Brotherhood. And his sister was actually on a watch list twice, not once, twice, has a potential terrorist. And you start looking around and you realize, they have a lot of vulnerabilities.

Well, look, I've known Matt for years, if you, and I'm doing a podcast coming up with him on this election with Robert Cahaly, as independent posters, they have the best track record, especially when it comes to the last three presidential cycles. It's not an accident. I know the media likes to hold up Nate Silver's, Nostradamus, Nate Silver gave Donald Trump a 27% chance of winning in 2016. He gave Kamala a 50-50 shot in the last election.

And as close as 2020 was, he had Joe Biden winning by a lot. So I look at the people with the best track record and Matt Towery is there. However, pulls me nothing. There's really only one poll that matters and that's what happens when they start counting the votes two weeks from today.

That's exactly right. And people need to know your vote really matters. So get out there and vote, remind your relatives, your friends, your neighbors. If all of us vote, we're gonna win.

The greatest danger is people who for one reason or another stay home and allow the hard left to mobilize its base and turn out its base. That's the greatest danger we face. I think it is too. You said something, you wrote a column about a month ago and we had you on the program.

And you were saying that you could make a case that yeah, this blue wave quotes the nominee that the left wing media's been pushing on us now for a long time, which is something they do regularly. And as we go back in history, we begin to see that the pollsters, you know, short of Matt and Robert and Rasmussen and John McLachlan, we see that they have been off these last, you know, cycles since 2016 moving forward. They have been off anywhere between five and eight points in Senate races, presidential races, and they never get held accountable for being so bad. And then this year is even worse, as evidenced in Michigan, Elsayed was supposed to win by 20 plus points.

He didn't, he barely won by a point. Francesca Hong was supposed to win by 20 to 30 points. She lost her race. So I'm telling people don't trust the polls and assume that your vote will define the outcome of any election.

Yeah, I think I'm very puzzled by this frankly, that a very consistent pattern partially because I've had three different conservatives say to me, they never answer polls. So it's possible that you literally cannot poll and throw these anymore because they just hate the poll so much, but there's no question that for four or five elections, Republicans have been sort of under projected by about five. Well, I mean, if that's true, I'm not saying it is, and nobody should go bad on this, but if that's true, then we're gonna win an amazing number of seats that people currently think are up in the air. And I think that's, I mean, you go through take the current polling numbers and just shift five to the Republican and you're talking about not a democratic blue tsunami, no matter Republican wave, it would truly be historic.

Yeah, well, you know what, I gotta tell you something, it would shock the world. Look, historical trends are what they are, and we just have to look at that history and I've looked at it very soberly as I analyze this race. Now, on the one hand, I'm speaking out of both sides of my mouth, I'm telling this audience not to pay attention to the polls, especially this year, because they've been so bad. On the other hand, I pay attention to the polls.

That kind of makes me a little bit of a hypocrite, doesn't it? Look, no, look, you and I are both in the sort of talking head business. So we kind of have to pay attention to it, but what I would say to every citizen is your vote is gonna matter this year, and you should do everything you can to go out and vote, and not just you. You should make sure your family votes, everybody who's on your email list votes, you should encourage people like if you're on Facebook or whatever, encourage them to go vote.

The more people who vote, the more likely we are to win. Not much the world has changed. I mean, the great FDR majority has been replaced by the potential Trump majority, and that requires maximizing turnout. All right, quick break, right back.

We'll continue more with New King, where she has this new book out. I think one of his best, and I've read all of them, America's Golden Age, Trumpism, and an era of limitless possibilities. Governor Greg Abbott, we need him in Texas desperately, will join us on the other side as well, and your call is 800-941-Shawk. Transmitting to over 700 radio stations.

Wow, wow, this is the Sean Hannity show. All right, we continue New King riches with us. Let me ask you this, because you have been outspoken about the possibility of shocking the world here. Why is it that there are people that for whatever reason, oh, look, I understand that Donald Trump is Donald Trump.

I understand that he sucks all the oxygen out of any room, and he could definitely wear people out, because he moves at a pace that nobody can match. However, he's gotten all these things done, I've listed his accomplishments, they're up on Hannity.com, just in the second term alone. I put up with the DSA candidates or have put on their platform, which would utterly shred our Constitution. What do you say to people that are mad at, let's say, gas prices, and that's gonna prevent them from voting for Republicans?

I'm very straight about this. I mean, I was at the list of Saturday, and we had to go out and fill up a car, and I'm staring at a price I don't remember. It's annoying. Ever.

It's frustrating, I know. I got the car, I said there, ah, I really understand why people are so mad. Here's my point. If you're really so angry today, you can't help yourself, you're probably gonna go dumb-crats.

However, if you're worried about tomorrow, and what the Democrats are gonna do to your country, you're probably gonna go Republican. And I think that's the tension that you're seeing in these races. If the Democrats had nominated normal everyday traditional Democrats, they'd probably be winning this year. But instead, they would not go away.

I mean, they'd take one of my favorites, which is a total root goal in Texas. We don't have a great candidate in Texas, and no, honestly. But when you're a guy who describes God as non-binary, and I have to tell you, you'll laugh at me, I had to actually ask my team, what does this mean? And it means he could be either male or female.

Well, for over 2000 years, we've said, our father who art in heaven, now the idea was gonna replace that with our non-binary who art in heaven strikes me as insane. And it all turns out, it strikes anybody with common senses insane, or six genders, God created men and women. I don't know men and women. I don't know what the other four genders are.

But Mr. Speaker, it's even worse than that. They're saying it's in writing. They wanna eliminate the Senate.

We no longer pick a president. They're saying they wanna pack the courts. Amnesty for illegals, abolish borders and ICE and end deportation and defund the Department of War and eliminate cash bail and abolish prisons and police and a wealth tax, public ownership of corporations, cradle to grave, womb to tomb, a new green deal, which is $212 trillion. They're saying it.

That's what we're up there. It's not one Republican that supports that, not one. And that includes Ken Paxton. Tallerico will go along with all of it.

Sherrod Brown will go along with all of it. Abdul El-Sayed will go along with all of it. Troy Jackson, he'll go along with all of it. You get the last word.

I was gonna say it. And that's the key. If you think that's acceptable, then gas prices might lead you to a Democrat. But if you think that's crazy, then you're gonna say, okay, I hope the Republicans fix this stuff, but I'm not gonna turn my country over to a bunch of people who are crazy.

Mr. Speaker, I urge everyone, this may be a culmination of your life's work. Your brand new book, out today, it's on Amazon.com, Hannity.com, bookstores around the country, America's Golden Age, Trumpism, and an era of limitless possibilities. I urge everyone to get a copy because, you know what, if you, you know, the Bible says whether there's no vision, the people will perish.

This is a vision for the greatest America and the greatest era in American history. If only we embrace it. Mr. Speaker, thank you, my friend.

We'll talk often from now to election day the next week. We appreciate it. We'll enjoy it. Take care.

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I'm very fond of our next guest. To me, there are two great governors in this country, two of the greatest. I have one in my free state of Florida and the other one is in the great state of Texas, God bless Texas, and that governor is Greg Abbott. I know there's been a lot of focus on the Senate race in Texas, but I am, I, I do not want the people, the great people of Texas, so I love and admire.

I love the state of Texas and Texas has got to remain red. And that means you have to re-elect our friend, Governor Greg Abbott and yes, Ken Paxton needs to go to the Senate. Talarico is, he's part of this group that wants to shreds the US Constitution. And if you listen to the media, which I'm telling you not to, they've been so bad in the last three presidential election cycles and they're so bad so far in this primary cycle that you can't trust them.

So you can't let them deflate your motivation. He has been the single best governor in our lifetime for the people of Texas. And it's, I'm proud and privileged to call him a friend. I'm asking all of my friends in Texas to please vote for Governor Abbott.

He joins us now. As a matter of fact, you're filling in for me. I have an event. I cannot get out of on Friday.

I'm very honored that you'll be here on this program. You've filled in before, you've done a great job. We're grateful for all you've done for the people of Texas and the country. Thank you Governor for being with us.

Hey, what's up with you again? Thank you Sean. All right, let's talk about the state of your race at this time. My right is kind of bizarre in this sense.

And that is you and your audience know very well the progressive leftist, Talarico. What most people do not know is that my opponent and the race for Governor is to the far progressive left of Talarico. She was voted the number one most farthest left member of the Texas Health Representative. And so it's crazy how Tarico is.

My opponent, her name is Jim. And it's to the far left. And it would be catastrophic for Texas. Let me just give you a couple of quick examples.

She voted for income tax in Texas. She voted to raise poverty taxes 40 separate times. She thinks Sean, you know, very well what I did on the border to secure the border. Imagine if we have an open border, Joe Biden, open border in Texas who supports sanctuary cities.

That would decimate not just Texas but the entire country. And without a Texas government able to secure the border whenever Trump does the office. And so there's a lot on the line. And to show you how crazy and how like think my opponent is with a like the Minneapolis and LA and New York, she voted to defund the police in Texas, not the California policy, not a Texas policy.

And so she's a radical leftist that Texans need to be awakened to those those Texas really still haven't even heard about her. But when they realize what a record is, people have to be rushing to the polls to vote to make sure that we win the election. You know, it's amazing. I thought what you did in Texas, what Governor DeSantis did in Florida, the greatest political jujitsu move in my lifetime.

And that is, okay, you're a sanctuary city, you're a sanctuary state and you want all of these illegals. Okay, we're gonna ship them out and we're gonna send them to your sanctuary city or state. And you know, you're so fond of standing up for them. You take care of them.

I was down there at the border at the Rio Grande with you and you were virtually helpless during the Biden years. And it was you and your state independently having to defend your state from what was an invasion that we were covering every single night and day as Biden, Harris and Mayorkas lied about the border being closed and the border being secure. But you did it because you needed to protect the people in your state. And all that's true, let me make it even worse.

Somebody that you have gotten to know and hopefully most of your audience has got to know. And that is Alexis Nungri. Alexis Nungri is the young woman who lost a 12 year old daughter who was assaulted and murdered by two illegal immigrants that Joe Biden led into the United States and refused to deport. And I tried to get a law passed this last session.

And named after the young girl, her name is Jeff Nungri. And I tried to get Jeff's law passed and what it would do, it would deny bail for illegal immigrants who are arrested for murdering a Texan. It did not get across the finish line in part because my opponent right now voted against it. My opponent voted in favor of prioritizing illegal immigrants over the lives of our fellow Texans.

That's just appalling. And again, once Texans began to learn about things like this, they're going to come out in droves. Now one last one, Sean, this really is a race between common sense versus crazy. One more crazy thing that she's done.

And that is in Texas, I signed the law saying that only United States citizens can vote in our elections. She voted against that. She voted against where the mainstream Democrat and independent Republicans are. And why she doesn't want to prohibit illegal immigrants from voting in our election.

I have no idea, but it surely is contrary to where most Texans are. What I worry about for you, Governor, and Republicans in your state is you are a welcoming state. You have attracted a lot of people from a very liberal state known as California. We have chronicled the cost of a U-haul from California to Texas is usually around 2,500 bucks.

But if you take that very same U-haul from Texas to California, you could probably get it for $300 or $400, because you're doing U-haul a favor. And what I worry about is did some of the mass migration into the attractive economic state and regulatory state of Texas that you created, did they bring with them their stupid policies that they abandoned in California? That worries me a little bit. Well, if people get worried about what you said, not knowing what the next fact is, and that as you talked about the immigration from California, what you did not mention is the out migration from Texas.

And there are Texans that leave the state every year, and they go to California the most, and they're not going there because jobs are going there, because that's not happening, because the jobs are coming from California to Texas. I think the Texans are leaving Texas to go to California for the policy to California. So we may have a big exchange program going on where we are getting some of the conservatives from California, people like Joe Lanzell and many others like that, that are coming and trying to make Texas again. And while we're shedding some of the people who are on the liberal side to going up to California, you'll be surprised, especially you where you live, you'll be surprised, really number two state, the people come to Texas from and that is Florida.

But listen, this is really going to be a race about two things. One is making sure that people know the extreme contrast between the common sense principles that I stand behind that are in alignment with the overwhelming majority of Texans, versus the craziest of the policies that my opponent has voted for. And the other thing is going to be voter turnout. What we need Sean, we need everybody in the state of Texas to go vote, there's going to be a massive amount of people going to vote if Republicans stay at home.

It's going to mean that Texas could be turned over to the most radical leftist leaders, not just in the history of Texas, but in the history of the country. And so there's so much on the line. I want to suggest one other thing, I want to ask everybody on my phone, especially those who are Texans, to go to the Abbott Impact App. You can go to your App Store, click on your App Store, plug in the name Abbott, first thing that will show up, after typing in ABBOTTT, there's going to be Abbott Impact.

Click on it, and then when you click on that, you can connect it with all of your contacts in your phone, and then connect all the contacts in your new app with the Texas voter database. You will know instantly who did it and who did not vote yesterday, the first day of early voting. And you'll be able to contact all your friends, all your family, through that one app, and make sure that they do actually go vote. You know what's fascinating, the Democrats, they know the importance of Texas in this sense, that if Texas ever goes blue, they know that they will have a stranglehold on the Electoral College and Presidential elections, that's also a big factor here.

And which is why they're spending hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars in your state right now to take you down and take Ken Paxton down. Yeah, you're spot on. Obviously, this is highly consequential too, the state of Texas is highly consequential too, our ability to continue to produce one and gas, which by the way, Janie Hill is, I guess, one and gas, and most of those agreeing to deal, so it would be catastrophic for Texas, however, what you said is absolutely correct, because this is the big, and we lose Texas. There's no chance ever for the future of the United States.

We just think one simple thing, and that is for people to go vote. Whether you're happy or not, we gotta realize what's at stake here. And if anybody stays home and doesn't go vote, because Texas at risk is gonna put the United States at risk. And we do have this mathematical fact in our favor shown, and that is, there are still more Republicans than Texas than our Democrats.

And so what I know is if all Republicans will go vote, we're gonna win this race. If however, they stay home, it's gonna be a very tough night on election night. We have on my website, Hannity.com, the printed DSA agenda. That's what Governor Abbott is dealing with.

That's what the state of Texas is now confronting, and that is the choice election of all choice elections. But there's only one way to prevent this movement and stop a debt and it tracks. And you know, you said a governor, and that is people have got to do their part, they've gotta get out and vote. There's too much at stake in this midterm election.

And you know, at the end of the day, I don't think Texans are radical socialist communists. I don't think they're gonna vote for crazy. I think they're gonna come around. That's my belief.

But it's true. And the hurdle that we have here is that, I think not our protections really know how radical, crazy leftist our opponents truly are. You know, they tried that candy coat, who they were and literally not lying about the records. But when people realize that they're, if our opponents are elected, if Jeannie Hill is elected, your taxes are going up, your committee will be more dangerous, not the borders will be open.

And it's gonna lead to a worse affordable situation because forever you're gonna have skyrocketing prices at the pump because she will decimate the oil and gas industry in the state of Texas, leading hundreds of thousands of oil and gas workers in Texas straight to the unemployment line. People wanna get in touch with you and your campaign. How do they do it? Easy.

Go to gregabbits.com, g-r-e-b-b-o-t-t.com. And what is the app if people wanna encourage their friends to vote? If you go to that store and just type in the name abbot, abbot, abbot, it'll be the first thing you see. It's called Abbot Impact, IMPAT.

Just click on it and take it from there. All right, this is an important race for the country. Governor Greg Abbott, by the way, he'll be hosting the show on Friday. We appreciate you being with us, Governor.

We are counting on the people of the great state of Texas. To get out there in massive numbers and vote as if, you know, the future of your children and grandchildren depend on it because it does. Thank you, sir. Appreciate you being with us.

You guys, Sean. Thank you. Take care. Oh, here at the Sean Hannity Show, we want a thriving economy, border security, and protection of our children.

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