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All right, news roundup and information overload hour. Our toll-free telephone number is 800-941-SHAWN if you want to be a part of the program. You know, it's always an honor, a privilege, a pleasure to welcome back our dear friend Chris Hahn of the Chris Hahn Show. What are you on? How many radio stations now, Chris? Not enough, baby. You should attach me to all of yours. I think it'd be a great balance. Right, so you are an acolyte, a disciple of Chuck Schumer, correct? I mean, you grew up with Chuck. You're best friends with Chuck. You talk to Chuck often, right? My first real job was working for Chuck Schumer, yes. But you're still friends with him. You talk to him a lot. Of course, of course. I'm part of Schumer land, my friend, and I love him.
Would you like me to play a montage of all of Abdul El-Sayed's crazy positions and comments? Because Abdul El-Sayed, the Michigan Senate candidate, went to Washington last week, as I'm sure you're very well aware, and got $10 million in the pledge from Schumer and the Democrats for his campaign. So am I to take that to mean that Hassan Piker's best friend El-Sayed has Chuck Schumer's seal of approval? I think Chuck Schumer would rather have El-Sayed than Mike Rogers, and I think the people of Michigan feel the same way. Okay, but let me ask you a question. You were there in New York on 9-11, weren't you? I was working for Chuck Schumer on 9-11, yes. Okay, and you remember what happened that day, right? I do. And what do you think about people that say America deserved 9-11? I think that's a ridiculous statement. You think it's sick, right? Yeah, I think it's sick. And when Abdul El-Sayed won't condemn his best friend that he invited on the campaign trail, would you say that is, at the very, very least, poor judgment on his part? Yeah, I think you should condemn him for saying that. But he hasn't, and he won't.
He's been given numerous opportunities to do so. Yeah. I mean, look, people do all sorts of strange things when they're campaigning. They think they're going to lose votes. I mean, Donald Trump didn't. This is not a strange thing. This is a guy who's best friends with a guy that said the street should run red with the blood of capitalists. And he won't condemn that guy. And he's friends with that guy. And Chuck Schumer now is friends with a guy who's best friend is saying all this crazy stuff. I think far too much is being made of Hassan Piker in this election because I guess. No, it's not. When Abdul El-Sayed invites him on his campaign to campaign for him, he knows what he's doing.
Let's not act stupid here. He did it consciously, and now he's trying to distance himself, but without condemning him, because he did invite him. Oh, he's just a California podcaster and blogger, blah, blah, blah. It's not. The political expedient thing for him to do would be to condemn him and move on. He hasn't. We'll see if that works.
I think that the people of Michigan are more concerned about gas prices and the $6,000 a year they're spending because of Trump's trade war and other things. And I think that's where this election's won and lost. Okay. Well, look, I don't know. You can't tell us with any degree of certainty how this midterm is going to end, nor can I. That's just a fact. But did you read the new census data that came out last week that under Donald Trump's policies that Hispanic and black poverty...
and Native American poverty has now hit an all-time low? Did you see that incomes for the lowest 25% of Americans rose to the highest level ever? Did you see that median income rose to $87,600, a record most ever? Do you not see a complete reversal? How many months do you think that oil under Obama, Biden, etc., their years closed above $100 a barrel in the years of Obama and Biden? How many days did oil close above $100 a barrel? Do you have any idea?
You know, you sound like Rachel Maddow four years ago during the Biden administration. I'm asking you a question. The price of oil under Biden and Obama in those years when they're president, how many days did the price of oil close above $100 a barrel? I don't know. And it's irrelevant to this year's election. Really? Really? No, it's very relevant because I think people want to take that as their big issue and ignore all the great economic news. What is the Atlanta Fed projecting growth for the third quarter to be this year? Do you know what it is?
I don't know what they're projecting, but it's... The projection is 5.1%, which is more than double the best year of Biden. Sean, Sean, you're trying to tell people what to feel about the economy. You're giving them numbers that they don't even understand. No, they do. No, the average American, because the price of oil closed above $100 a barrel under your buddies, Obama and Biden, over 1,000 days. How many days under Donald Trump, in both terms, do you believe the price of oil closed over $100 a barrel? Well, remember, when he... No, no, no. No, no, no. Remember nothing. You don't answer questions.
Over 1,000 days under your president's, how many days under now the second term of Donald Trump, nearly six of his eight years, how many years has the price of oil been above $100 a barrel on closing? It doesn't matter. It does matter. It matters. What about affordability? Because during the Obama-Biden years, affordability didn't come out of your mouth. And meanwhile, on every metric, the president is outperforming the last four years, and you just don't want to talk about it. Okay, Minka Brzezinski. I'm telling you right now. Minka Brzezinski, do you think you're clever? Is this supposed to be funny?
I think it's hilarious because you sound just like her three years ago, right before the election in 2024. Listen, I'm just telling you. Now, you have 250 DSA Democratic elected officials in 40 states right now. Did you know that? Since 2019. You know you got a Nazi running with the endorsement of the Speaker of the House for Congress in Texas, Brendan Herrera. And Republicans have distanced themselves from that guy. I'm asking you a question. You have 250 DSA candidates elected since 2019, 40 more on the ballot this year. Do you know what's on the DSA agenda that Chuck Schumer fails to criticize? Your friend, your buddy?
He's supporting a DSA candidate by the name of Abdul El-Sayed. Abdul El-Sayed. And James Telefrico in Texas. Neither one of them are in the DSA. Neither one. Excuse me. Abdul El-Sayed is in full agreement with the DSA. No, but you're saying he's in the DSA. He's not in full agreement with the DSA. What does the DSA agenda call for? Do you support eliminating the U.S. Senate? DSA agenda calls for a lot of crazy things. Do you support that part of it? Do you support packing the U.S. Supreme Court? We'll both be in the United States Senate next year.
Do you support packing the U.S. Supreme Court? No, I do not. You know, should the people of this country or Congress choose our president? People of this country. Oh, that's not what they support. Should we give amnesty for illegals, abolish borders, abolish ICE and end all deportation? We should end the occupation of our cities by ICE. I'll tell you that. The murder rate under Donald Trump in 2025 was the lowest in the history of this country. Did you know that? And rapes are down and murder is down and robberies are down at record lows in 25 and getting lower in 26. Did you know that? In blue cities, they are. Red states.
Well, that's where the defund, dismantle, no bail madness is going on, so the president has been fixing it. You do realize that only 15% of the people detained by ICE have those kinds of records. The point is, Joe Biden let them in, and people like you and Chuck Schumer was quiet. Chuck Schumer never had a press conference saying, you know, that you'll rue the day, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, blah, blah, blah. We didn't hear that, Chuck Schumer. I'm trying to understand the question there. What's the question?
The question is, your party supported all of it, and your silence was deafening. You let it all happen, and it was happening before our eyes. And meanwhile, Joe Biden went out, and Mayorkas went out, and Kamala Harris went out lying and saying the border was closed when it wasn't. They lied to us, didn't they? And then America voted for Trump. Hold on. Did they lie to us or not? Were they lying for four years or not? I don't know if they were lying or not, but... When they said the border's closed and secure, they said it repeatedly. The American people voted for Trump for three reasons. He said he closed the border. He did do that. Okay, but did Mayorkas, Biden, and Harris flat out lie to us when they repeatedly said the border's closed, the border's secure? Why can't you answer a question?
Did they lie? Just say, did they lie to us? Yes or no? Oh, the statement or the context of the statement? Okay, I'm going to pull it up and play it for you. Make it easy so you can remember. Let's go back. Sounds to those folks like a crisis. Well, look, it's way down now. We've now gotten control. Precisely that. The border is closed, nor could I have been clearer and continue to be so, which is the border is closed. The United States will continue to enforce our laws and secure our border. The border, we are working to make the border more secure. You're confident this border is secure.
We have a secure border in that that is a priority for any nation, including ours and our administration. We agree that the border is secure. Were they lying or not? I think they were somewhat misleading in those answers, yeah. Somewhat misleading or lying? Yeah, I mean, I don't know the full context of what you're asking here. Because every night, if you watch my TV show, which you should be watching, we showed images of them lying to us. They said that Joe was cognitively strong for four years. Since 2019, I was saying he was a cognitive mess. It was right. They were or I was.
I think that towards the end of his presidency, he was a cognitive mess. No, he was a cognitive mess before his presidency. No, he wasn't a cognitive mess before his presidency. I will tell you that was with him. But during his presidency, he clearly made a rapid decline. And I think it was a mistake for people to hide that. Let me play, Joe, before the election in 2020. And you tell me if this was not a strong indication that he was a cognitive mess. Let me play it. If you agree with me.
Go to Joe 30330. We choose truth over facts. Four kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids. Play the radio. Make sure the television, excuse me, make sure you have the record player on at night. Make sure the kids hear words. We hold these truths to be self-evident. Sounds corny. Not a joke. Think about it. We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created by that. Go, you know the thing. The thing. That was before the election. Chris Hahn of the Chris Hahn Show. You know that we put together a supercut of me and you doing the same thing, right?
No, not me. You, maybe. Not me. There's plenty of gaps in both of our careers. We've been on radio and TV long enough where there's thousands of super cuts available of us. All right, quick break. Right back. We'll try and get some answers from the one and only Chris Hahn, Chuck Schumer's disciple on the other side, 800-941-SHAWN. Also, Judge Jeanine Pirro at the bottom of the half hour. She had a presser on animal cruelty. I can't believe that people could ever be cruel to animals, but, you know, we're cruel to each other. Why would I not believe it?
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Football's back. Hey, it's Drew Franklin from NFL Cover Zero. Enjoy the NFL season while listening to NFL Cover Zero. We have storylines, predictions, and lots of silliness. Here's what you can expect from the podcast in our second season. When you meet people and you say your job's a sports announcer, it's always interesting to see what the first thing they say is. I did have one of the more difficult questions, though. He sits next to me and he sees I'm on my computer and he goes, big sports fan. And I was like, yeah, actually. And he goes, we think about my Jaguars this year. I realized like no one's ever asked me that question ever about anything. And I was like.
Listen to NFL Cover Zero on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. In a minute, we're going to talk to my dear friend, Judge Jeanine Pirro. Now, you know, she's the U.S. attorney now for the District of Columbia. And she had a presser today with Brooke Rollins and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. You know, we read the story last week. I hardly can comprehend such real bizarre.
Because I think if you hurt an animal, it's evil. There's no other way to put it. And anyway, this person having sex with an animal, I mean, it's so disgusting, I can't even comprehend the level of depravity that's in play here. But anyway, this meeting brought together the DOJ, USDA officials, to identify, refer, prosecute cases now on a federal level, which I'm really happy about. And, you know, it builds on a broader Trump administration effort in 2026 that they had targeting puppy mills and dog fighting and chronic animal welfare act. I mean, these stories pop up quite a bit. And by the way, Janine and I often talk about our love of animals. I mean, she's had plenty of dogs. I'm getting my new dog after it's finished with its training. She recently adopted, I don't know why, beagles. She either likes beagles or those super big giant poodles, which are unbelievable. They run around like crazy people. But anyway, she loves animals. She's framed this animal cruelty as a precursor also.
to human violence. If you see young kids and teenagers that mistreat animals, it's usually consistent with behavior that will manifest itself towards humans later in life. That is a common phenomenon. Anyway, Judge Shapiro joins us now. She is the U.S. Attorney for D.C. My friend, how are you? Welcome back.
I miss you, Sean. And, you know, it's true. I do. I have six rescues. And you always said my poodles were real dogs, but they are wonderful. But I decided after I heard about the abuse at Richland Farms from Laura Trump and Laurie Simmons from the Big Dog Ranch that I would get involved. And, of course, I got two beagles. And, you know, Sean, I always say I didn't rescue these animals. They rescued me. And what is happening now in the Trump administration, and I'm so proud to be a part of it, is the president is cognizant of the fact.
that so much needs to be done. As you said so well, animal cruelty is very much a precursor to violence against humans. And, you know, the problem is a lot of people think that animal cruelty is nothing more than a footnote. It is a crime. And too often it's a gateway crime where people who torture animals don't stop there. They're dogfighting rings. They deal in firearms, narcotics, illegal gambling, as well as violence. And at this presser today that we had with Secretary Rollins, Agriculture and Health and Human Services, Secretary Kennedy, I spoke about the fact that right now.
In the District of Columbia, I have 20 cases that involve animal cruelty, which apparently is as many as the whole United States attorney's offices have in the United States. I don't know why. Maybe I love animals like crazy. But my cases involve shooting animals. They involve punching animals, breaking their orbital bones, stepping on them, killing them. And I think it's time for people to recognize that I'm at the end of the game. We're going to have USDA who's going to inspect and identify, and then we're going to have the OIG who's going to report from USDA, and they're going to get us to these prosecutors, and I'm going to jail them.
And the problem right now is that they see this as not a real crime, when in truth it is one of the most violent crimes we can see. And now we've got this historic collaboration, a crackdown between the USDA, the U.S. attorney's offices, and it's very simple. We're going to use the teeth of the criminal justice system to protect animals, and we're going to make sure that the defendants and judges, and Sean, make no mistake, we've got to educate the judges. The judges are like, and I'm looking at some of these cases, 20 days. No, that's not enough, judge. And this is like I did with domestic violence.
You know, you think they always strangle her. Hey, there's 800 percent chance if he strangles her again, he's going to kill her. So we've got to educate judges who may not think that this is as serious as it is. And I'm very proud to be a part of this. And I wanted to share it with you, Sean. You're the first person I thought of. I really appreciate it. I mean, we've had a long term friendship going back, you know, forever. In spite of public media, why do public, why do these public, you know, keyboard anonymous warriors in their basement, you know, try to create trouble all the time? You've always been a good friend of this program and a friend of mine. You know, we've been we've been covering stories on this program. I'm going to tell you the story about snuggles.
And it's a 110-pound Anatolian Shepherd dog. And this dog, about a year ago, so you have two veterans, Jennifer and her husband, and Snuggles, there was an incident. And the incident was a provoked incident, a first-bite incident with a family member who admits that they were provoking the dog. And the person wants the dog returned to the family. I mean, in other words, the victim in this case. So anyway, it was an isolated, provoked event. You know, there's certain things you don't do with dogs. You don't take their bone. You know, you don't pull their ears. You don't mistreat them. And the person admitted that they provoked what happened. It was a one-time thing.
They took the dog away. The ruling is they're going to euthanize this dog. For a year, we've been trying to help this family get their dog back. They have like six acres or seven acres. It's not like they don't have a big piece of property. The dog never leaves the property. And the dog has been held ever since in an animal care center and is awaiting, you know, its death date. I mean, they're going to kill this dog for nothing. I don't understand that. That's Arizona. Arizona. I know. It makes no sense. And, you know, this audience has gotten very, very involved in the case. And we want Snuggles returned to two American heroes.
This dog was a service dog, was in Iraq and Afghanistan, for crying out loud. See, here we go. I want to help. I want to get involved in this, Sean, because I'm sick and tired. You know, sometimes you've got dogs who you get dogs who are big so that they can protect you. And you know what? They are animals, and sometimes things happen. But at the same time, if this is a couple, they're both veterans. Is that what you're telling me? Yeah, they're both veterans. And this dog literally, you know, is needed by the husband because, you know, he came back with a lot of stress issues. It's a family member that's been taken away from them.
Well, you know what? I'm going to try to find out. I'll get you all the information. How's that? If we can help snuggles, that would be great. I'm going to try. Look, what we need is we need to make sure that we're not just a one-man or a one-lane kind of operation. There are some cases that deserve prosecution and some cases where the dogs, we can seize them, but some need to go back, and I'm happy to help with this. But in any event...
I think that what we've got now is the opportunity through the president to be able to get USDA and get the OIG and get the Department of Justice involved. And I'm over here. It's an old game, and I'm back in it because I believe that these animals— You're back in it because you wouldn't take my phone call. Let's be blunt. That's an inside joke for people that have no clue what we're talking about. Well, if you could help with this, it would be amazing. But also, it's very important that people know that you cannot abuse animals, if you do, that there's going to be a price to pay. Period. And I don't get this creepy stuff with people and animals. I really don't. People that are either mean to them, you know, this... Did you read that story about this woman having sex with a dog?
Good grief. You know what? It's disgusting. But I see more often when I analyze all my cases in a domestic violence case, the abuser will take the animal of the victim and kill the animal, throw the animal out a window, shoot an animal. Oh, my word. A beautiful dog took it into an alley, shot it three times. And the defense is trying to say that the statute doesn't prevent the killing of animals. I mean, in Washington, you can bring up the craziest defenses and they take it. They take them seriously. But we're trying to make sure that, you know, this case is a case that will end up in a serious conviction with some serious time once we educate the judges to the danger and the proclivities that arise from these kinds of cases.
Well, that's what makes you a dear friend and the best. You've always had a heart of gold. We love you. Janine Pirro, you're doing a great job, by the way, and we're very proud of you. Keep it up, and please stay in touch with us. Come on the show as often as you can. And when you're down here over the winter, we'd love for you to do the podcast. Good to see you, definitely. All right, look forward to it. All right, Judge Pirro, thank you. 800-941-SHAWN is our number. Dan is in my free state of Florida. Dan, what's going on? Glad you called.
Sean, I just want to thank you so much personally for being the voice of reason in America. Thank God. I'm trying my best. I'm worried that people are too complacent heading into this midterm. I really am very, very concerned about it.
I agree 100%. This is just an onslaught that you never thought would happen, ever. I mean, this is something that just came out of the blue. And just the fact that people agree with this, I mean, some people, it just shows you how this is so imperative that we go out and vote. There's just no question. We can't let the nuts run the insane asylum. It's over. It's just insane. We better take it seriously. 43 days. Early voting has already started in some states like the Commonwealth of Virginia. Real quick, Jeff in Vegas. Jeff, you're on The Sean Hannity Show. I just wanted to point out that last week, I think you missed, slightly missed.
I point how the DSA really wants to change our country. So they want to fundamentally change the country from where we've been governed by a 250-year-old document that millions of people have died to reserve to being governed by a neurotic, crazy party that has no sense of history. That's what I wanted to point out. It's a good point, but there's a million ways you can say it. And when I say they want to shred the Constitution, we have constitutional order. We are a constitutional republic. And if you eliminate...
You know, just just letting a party get rid of our get rid of the Senate, our ability to choose a president, pack in the courts, eliminating all rule of law and implementing open borders and amnesty for illegals and defunding the Department of War. And this is that would be a death sentence for our country. Our geopolitical foes would love it. Abolish prisons, police, public ownership of corporations and their new Green Deal, $212 trillion disaster. We won't survive it.
The country will not be able to recover if that ever gets implemented. That's what's on the ballot in just a few short weeks here. I hope people are paying attention, man. I really do. Jeff, appreciate you. 800-941-SHAWN if you want to be a part of the program. All right, that's going to wrap things up for today. We've got a great, great Hannity tonight, 9 Eastern on the Fox News Channel. A lot of ground to cover. 43 days to the most important midterm in our lives. Senator Ted Cruz. We have Jack Keene. We have Nancy Grace. We have Larry Elder. We have Riley Gaines. We have news you'll never get from the legacy media mob.
the abusively biased and corrupt media. So we'll get to all of that. What is at stake in 43 days? What does it mean for your individual state? And how important is it that you involve yourself in this race? In my view, I don't know. It's all on the line. Their stated agenda should put a chill down everyone's spine, in my humble opinion. Anyway, we'll have all that tonight. Set your DVR, Hannity, 9 Eastern, on Fox. We'll see you tonight. We'll be back here tomorrow. And as always, thank you for making this show possible.
Hey, it's Drew Franklin from NFL Cover Zero. The 2026 season is underway and we are loving football on TV. Here's what you can expect from the podcast in our second season. I would suggest for these preseason games, I think they should do what they do on the NFL draft. You know, when coverage of the NFL draft is basically for moms and they're just like, hey, he has a dog named Spartan. Listen to NFL Cover Zero on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.