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All right, Leonard Skinner, Simple Man, that can only mean one thing on this radio program, and that is all things self-described. Simple Man, that means all things Bill O'Reilly, all things Bill O'Reilly at BillOReilly.com. As we report today, Mr. O'Reilly, from the Republican Midterm Convention, we are in the great city of Dallas, in the great state of Texas. God bless Texas. They have a Senate candidate that believes that there are six genders, not two, and thinks that God is non-binary, is running a vegan campaign in a cattle state, does not want drilling in the country in an oil state.
and absolutely supports the right of biological men to play women's sports and wants access for all trans people, including biological men, to have access to abortion. I have to go back to biology school and take biology classes in school because I only thought there were two genders. Do you know what the other four are? Do I know? Yeah, do you know? Yeah. Tallarico says there are six genders. I want to know if you know what the other four are. What's so hard about that question? Listen, I got two genders. What do you mean you got two? So you don't know the answer to the question, do you? I don't know much about history, no.
Did we get it wrong? Do I need to go back and take more theology classes, Latin classes, go to mass more often? What do I need to do? Because Tallarico thinks that God is non-binary. You know, I don't think anybody follows what Tallarico thinks. The people who are going to vote against Paxson don't like him. It's a personality vote. But I'm glad you brought it up because I made a point yesterday and I expanded upon it today. As you know, I have a book coming out next week called Confronting America, What Has to Change. And I'm trying to explain to voters who would show up in November, you're not voting for a guy. You're not voting for Paxson or Tallarico. And they look at me like, what? I said, you're voting for a movement.
You're voting for a radical left movement, Tallarico, and his cohorts, or a more traditional movement, Paxton. That's what you're voting for. And this election in particular, it doesn't really matter about the people involved. It matters what their vision is and what they will support. So if you want open borders, then you'll vote Democrat, right? If you want 15 genders, then you'll vote Democrat, right?
And so that the independent Democrats, the people in the middle who don't like Trump or don't like this or don't like that, try to get through to them. It's not about that. President Trump will be out of office in two and a half years. It's about the future of our country. Whether you destroy what we have and build it up in Tallarico's vision, because he'll go right down the list with every progressive insanity there is, or you hold the line.
as Toto once sang. You hold the line and say, not a perfect country. It's a subtitle in my book. What has it changed? However, we don't want to destroy it. Calo Rico wants to destroy it. And if the Republicans can get that message across, they'll pick up a lot of independent voters.
I think that is a spot on, dead accurate, top dead center analysis by Mr. O'Reilly. I think you're 100 percent right. That's what it's going to come down to. A part of the process. Now, you took a nice vacation, rightly so, because it gets very quiet in the month of August. Let's be blunt. And so you took a couple of weeks off and you recharge your battery and you do have your book tour coming up. By the way, I'm halfway through your book. I got an early copy. Thank you. I will not disclose the contents that I that I now know that are in that book. I've perused the entire book, but I've actually read half of it and I will finish it by the time you're on the air for release.
And I think that if people hear what you're saying and understand it, I think this is a very winnable election for the Republicans. It runs deeper than that. I think the most profound thing that you said. is they want to fundamentally alter the America that has existed for 250 years. They want to take the Constitution and shred it. If you want to eliminate the U.S. Senate, prevent the American people from voting directly for president, if you want to upend our court system and pack the judiciary with activist liberal justices, abolish borders, amnesty for illegals, abolish ICE, end all deportation, defund the Department of War, if you want to abolish prisons and defund dismantle no bail laws with the police, public ownership of corporations.
a wealth confiscation scheme, and a cradle-to-grave socialist Marxist utopia, then that is going to be any Democrat you vote for. That's what they're going to end up supporting, because that is the power structure now of a formerly normal party. I mean, you and I got along with plenty of Democrats over the years. I mean, great show. That's your best historical yardstick. So you went on, you had civil debate every night, you had some laughs. And now if you disagree with people on both sides, I have to say, they hate you, a lot of them. They hate your guts. And there's a Trump quotient in that, but it's a personal failing on a lot of a part of Americans. But you're absolutely right when you say there's only one Democrat that I know of that will defy the leadership, and that's Fetterman of Pennsylvania. And he's going to have to become a Republican. There's no doubt. He can't stay in his party. They're going to drum him out.
And so that no matter who it is in Maine or in Michigan or in Montana, no matter who it is, you cast that vote for a Democrat. Even though you may like that person better than the Republican running, you are voting for Armageddon the way the country has been run since the turn of the 20th century, which is when we assembled our economic power. We started assembling that and have become the most powerful nation on earth, providing the most opportunity for the most people. You want to vote against that? You don't want that? You believe Calarico when he says, I'm going to give everybody free health care? You think you're not going to wait six months for a doctor's appointment? You think you're not going to have more affordability? Affordability? Go to California and look at the gas prices. Look at the tax structure. This is run by Democrats, and they're screaming affordability? There's going to be more money coming out of your house if the Democrats win than you will believe. You won't believe how much tax you're going to have to pay. And that's everybody, except for the dire poor.
And so people don't think this deeply. They're thinking about a gallon of gas costing this much, so I'm going to vote against Trump. Is that a foolish vote when we're looking at a possible destruction of traditional America? Yes, it is a foolish vote. You've got to get the bigger picture. And that's the campaign I'm on with the book and with the midterms.
Again, I don't think I can define what's at stake any better. And to be honest, the reason that gas prices have spiked, but they've come back down many, many times, every time they spike, they come right down. The main reason is, is this president had to make a call, a decision. And it's never easy to make a decision to use military force. Every single person that I know, and you know, I have a lot of connections in the administration, the people that know, the people that read the presidential daily briefings bill, they all, in one shape, manner or form, gave me the same.
description of why the president needed to do what he's doing in Iran. And their description is simple. The president had no choice. They were that close to becoming a nuclear power, a nuclear armed Iran that also, and we discovered this during Epic Fury, has ballistic missile range that nobody, nobody knew or anticipated. They have range that they can actually put a nuclear warhead and hit Paris or London. And probably not long after that, the continental United States.
That is a clear and present danger to the world. I don't think the president has gotten enough credit for that or controlling the borders or the largest tax cut in American history or deregulation or energy independence. I don't think the Democrats have gotten enough blame for leaving wide open borders and lying to us for four years, lying about a cognitively impaired president, voting for the largest tax increase in history instead of the largest tax cut. There's a lot at stake here. And there are two competing visions for the country. Cradle to grave, wound to the tomb. Look at what this Green New Deal offers you, Bill. You know, they want to offer you guaranteed daycare.
Guaranteed government jobs, guaranteed government salaries, guaranteed government schools for your kids. We pay the most per capita in education than any other country in the industrialized world with the worst results bill. And now we're going to give these kids over to the government. What? When they're when they're children. You heard Al-Sayed's comments yesterday. And then I guess, you know, then you get a government guaranteed retirement, government guaranteed health care. I guess the government guaranteed pine box, you know, to put you in a government field when you croak, because that's where that's where they're headed. It's been tried before. Many names, forms, manifestations. It fails every time, Mr. O'Reilly.
But most Americans are not smart enough to understand it because the public school system has collapsed. It's collapsed. You're targeting, the Democratic Party is targeting people that Rush Limbaugh used to call low-informed voters. And those groups are mounting. more and more and more, particularly when you have all of this money from the real progressive left, like Pritzker, 200 million, Soros, unbelievable amounts of money. And these people don't know, A, how the country was founded, and B, what the danger that lies ahead will be. They're susceptible to propaganda. They hear it from their friends. Their friends are dumber than they are. I see it all the time. I see it wherever I go. I ask one question to these people. They go affordability. As soon as I hear that word, I go, isn't California a democratic state?
Top to bottom? Okay. You think California's affordable? In what area is it affordable? Can't buy a house? Okay. What do they have? $100 billion debt? Can't see a doctor? All right, if you're on the dole, try to get a doctor's appointment in L.A. if you're doing Medicaid. Try. See how long it takes you. It's Medi-Cal, and it's given to free to illegal immigrants. Your state of New York is not much better, Bill. No, but Hochul could lose here.
Right now, it's a four-point race. And I hope and pray for all of my friends in New York. I think this might be the last shot you have to save your estate with Bruce Blakeman. Well, if Mandami keeps yapping, Blakeman's going to win. Because they've successfully, the party here in New York, Republican Party, has tied Mandami around Hochul's neck. All right, Mr. O'Reilly, got to run, man. Looking forward to the new book. Let's put it this way. I've read half of it in one sitting.
I didn't put it down. I stayed up much later than I should have. Anyway, we'll talk to you next week, Mr. O'Reilly. Appreciate you.
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. I just, because of Linda's visceral reaction, force, force, force, about Abdul El-Sayed. The idea that the left, I mean, it was a big controversy when Hillary Clinton said it takes a village, as I discussed earlier. For this guy to say that he wants communal responsibility over our children. With all due respect, parents are not potted plants. You bring children into the world, they're your responsibility. And, you know, Abdul El-Sayed, he can have all the kids he wants. He can instill whatever nutty values that he wants in his own children.
He can, you know, bring Uncle Hassan, Hassan Piker, that claimed America deserved 9-11 over as often as he wants and indoctrinate them into this this radicalized thinking of theirs. The last person I want raising my kids are people like El Sayed or Pocahontas or Bernie Sanders, Grandpa Bernie or AOC in the squad or six gender Tallarico here in Texas. No, thank you. I think I could do fine without them. But this is what El Sayed said.
I'm not a socialist. I'm a scientist. I'm a doctor. But if I have one political philosophy, right, it's that I want us to build what we would build if we took seriously the idea that all of our kids were all of our kids. All of our kids are all of our kids. Linda, your kids are not your kids. You have Uncle Abdul El-Sayed ready to help you with your children. Over my dead body, I do. Forget about it. Be a cold day in hell. Cold day in hell for Linda. And this is, by the way, what he said, you know, claiming that what America did after 9-11 scarred millions of other people. Listen, there was a before 9-11 and after 9-11 for all of us, but especially for people like me. We have a choice about where we go from here.
Thousands of refugees from our war in Afghanistan are awaiting resettlement. Already, the same voices who pounded the drums for war are fear-mongering the lives they displaced. But we owe them so much more. Our war destroyed their lives and livelihoods. Perhaps this is the opportunity to, in some small way, turn the page on an era of death, destruction, and destitution. Because even if the war is over, the stain of the war lives on. And though we lost the war, perhaps we can yet win a peace. 9-11 scarred our country in profound ways. But what we did after 9-11 scarred millions of other people. When we talk about 9-11, we often fail to center them. Unbelievable mentality. No wonder his best friend in the world is Hasan Piker.
All right, Chad in Texas, where we are today. Chad, how are you? Glad you called, sir. God bless Texas, and thanks for checking in. Love to hear that, Sean. Welcome to Dallas. I'm bringing up something that your humbleness in you that you don't talk about on September the 10th because of what happened the next day. I'm doing it today because you're not going to want to hear tomorrow. 25 years nationally syndicated. You've got to pinch yourself because this is real. I mean, 25 years ago, did you see yourself, man, I don't know how long this is going to be. Do you still wake up every day like, this is actually real?
So this is just a, I haven't called in in a long time. I still listen to you, but I haven't called in. I did today. So just want to thank you for everything that you do, Sean, whether it's election year or not, breaking news, the guests that you have on, I tune into your podcast as well. But this is really just a big thank you to you, all of your listeners. We love you, Sean. I mean, 25 years down, hopefully 25 more to go. And just a big thank you, Sean. I know you don't like to talk about September the 10th, 2001, because of what happened the next day. So this is just a big, you know, congratulations. And thank you for everything that you've done, do, and will still do.
I get very uncomfortable. I'm not very good at taking a compliment. I'm just not, but I'm very grateful. The thankfulness really is on my part. And you are right. We never mention on September 10th, the anniversary of this program going into syndication.
And there's a reason because I know what happened the next day. It just doesn't seem appropriate to me. It seems self-centered and narcissistic to me. It seems like it just it just I can't I can't bifurcate one day from the other, if that makes sense. But do I have a deep sense of gratitude and thanks beyond which I could probably even express to all of you in this audience? And you've been with me all these years and you stick by me. I mean, I can't do this job without all of you and your support. I can't be on TV without all of you and your support, the podcast.
You know, I'm trying to do that differently than the way other people do it. And so far, it's been out of the box. A much bigger success than anybody ever thought. And I'm so grateful to everybody for it. I really, I kind of...
How do I say this? I just know. The answer to your question is I never thought I would survive in radio. I never saw TV on the horizon and always believed I was doing my last show. And there's a part of me in the back of my head that actually still thinks that way. And I can't explain why. Maybe it's just, I don't know, talent insecurity. I don't know. But it drives me to try to be better and better and better and better. And I read comments about me in the last week that were critical of me. And I took it to heart, some of it. And I said, OK, I think maybe I can improve in that area.
I won't go into the details of what it was, but I'm, you know, I always want to be the best I can be. But really the gratitude is on my part because I, when I started in 1987 and first got behind a microphone, trust me, if you think I thought I'd ever be successful, you don't know what was going through my head. I was scared to death on that first show, but I knew I just wanted to, that's all I wanted to do. And so when you find something that you, I never thought I'd get paid doing it. Did it for free in the beginning. Got paid 19 grand a year in my first paid gig. And I was so happy just to be able to do it. And I'm happy to be able to do it today. And you make that happen. So really the gratitude comes from me. You're right. I don't want to, it's just not right to celebrate that anniversary. Just not. And, but I'd be negligent if I didn't say, express my appreciation to each and every one of you. I think I have been living an undeserved life. And for those that hate me, they would agree.
It's an undeserved life. You don't deserve to be on the air. And people have tried a lot over the course of my career to get me off the air. But I'm grateful to all of you that have shown me that kind of support. It is more meaningful than I can express. Thank you. All right, quick break. Right back to our busy phones. It's toll free. It's 800-941-SHAWN. As we continue, we are in beautiful Dallas, Texas for the Republican Midterm Convention. Two hours of coverage tonight on Hannity, say DVR, 9 to 11 Eastern, 8 to 10 local. But more of your calls straight ahead. Roundup is next. You do not want to miss it. And stay tuned for the final hour free for all on the Sean Hannity Show.
Dallas for the Republican National Midterm Convention. It's the Sean Hannity Show. Back to our busy phones. Dennis, Long Island, New York. What's up, Dennis? Where in Long Island are you, sir? Please, New Yorkers, Bruce Blakeman has a shot. He's within four. He's within striking distance. Please help Bruce Blakeman. Oh, absolutely. No doubt.
No doubt, no doubt. Sean, I've been listening for a few decades, too. In fact, you and I shared coffee and conversation at the ice rink. Our kids played ice hockey a long, long time ago. Oh, probably Iceworks and Syosset. That one, but you did Superior, too. Yes, I did. I know in the beginning, my son was a hockey player. He later trained sports, but he broke his leg skiing with me one time, one year. You had black hair, then I had blonde, but those days are rough. I still got some black laughs. This is not all black. Oh, yeah, and I got none. It's all white. All right, anyway, Sean, I like the idea of you reminding everybody what's at stake for the midterms.
And I think it needs to be hammered home all the time. And the RNC isn't doing such a great job of it. But what I'm really concerned about is the amount of vote. They have to. Too big to rig. It's got to come out of their mouths every day. More, you know, this whole three days, it's got to come out. We've got to get the amount of people that came out for the president to come out in the midterm. And I think they're missing that. And it should be a big priority of what's going on, especially the next three days. And from right from now until it's time to vote, people got to get out to vote. That's the one thing that will be the most if they don't. It's simple as that. I think we're hearing enough of it from the president or the administration or the RNC. The kickoff to the campaign starts this week. So that's why we're in Dallas.
And people, you know, tend to get back to their normal schedules. Kids get back to school. I know some people in other parts of the country, their kids already started in school in August. But, you know, for the rest of the country, they're going back to school this week or next. And with that comes a the regular routine comes back. People get back to their normal lives. People will dial into the news a little bit more. It's normal to have slow summer news periods. People need a break. They're on vacation. They're traveling. So on and so forth. I will say this. And it's a combination of the discussion I had with O'Reilly earlier and a conversation I had last week with our own Linda, you know, and.
That is, if what O'Reilly is saying, I agree with. If you vote for any Democrat, you are voting for an ideology and you're voting for somebody that will go along with the radicalized crowd. There's not going to be many elected Democrats that will join John Fetterman. It won't happen. We have 250 elected DSA members since 2019, 40 plus more on the ballot this year. So you are voting for that philosophy. Whatever way they're told and pressured, they're going to vote. So it's like you're voting for Abdul El-Sayed.
If you vote for any Democratic senator, let me make it that plain or Tallarico or Troy Jackson in Maine. It's like you're voting for any Democrat. And the Linda part of it is, you know, she thinks we have a uniparty. And I'm like, no, because there's not one Republican that's supporting any DSA policies. And there's a lot of Republicans that I wish were stronger. I really do. I'll give you the last word. I still think that it needs to be a priority to get the vote out. We have to make it a priority. And I do have, so you know, with Linda's here, I have a trick for the swear words. What is your trick? So Linda, back in the day, I was a local elected official. So you'd have to.
you know, give policy speeches or do events, you know, shake hands, give babies, that type of thing. There was a person in my community who came to me, always wanted me to run for stuff. And she said to me, listen, do me a favor. When you are about to drop the F-bomb, I want you to change it to flippant. And I laughed, she laughed, but I did it. And I'm telling you, Linda, after a while of just saying flippant every time I wanted to drop an F-bomb, it worked. And a day, decades later, I still say flippant and not drop the F-bomb.
Hey, Dennis, she is backsliding and incorrigible. No way. And the worst part of the whole story is she gave up. And instead of even trying to conquer this and give it up for... Oh my God, would you look at that? We're out of time. Time for commercial. All right, Dennis, we appreciate you, man. Thank you. Bye. Have a great day. 800-941-SHAWN, as we continue from Dallas tonight, 9 to 11. Hannity, two hours on this special Republican midterm convention.
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 Spark. Listen to NFL Cover Zero on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.