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SEAN HANNITY, HOST: And this is a "Fox News Alert." U.S. officials
confirm to the Fox News Channel that North Korea has test-fired a
ballistic missile, raising tensions with the United States and the
entire world. Dr. Sebastian Gorka will join us tonight with
reaction. Also, Larry Elder, Geraldo Rivera, Jay Sekulow, Michael
Cohen and the NRA's Wayne LaPierre will all be here tonight.
But first, it's been a very busy week for President Trump, with
tomorrow marking his 100th day in office. Now, despite President
Trump's long list of accomplishments, well, that's getting bigger,
by the way, by the day, the alt radical left destroy Trump media --
they continue to viciously attack the commander-in-chief all in an
attempt to damage and delegitimize his presidency.
Tonight's "Opening Monologue" will tell you what they won't.
All right, here we are, day 99 of the Trump presidency. And today,
the president was busy keeping promises that made to you, the
American people. Now, earlier today, President Trump signed an
executive order that could lead to a major boom in drilling in the
Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, which is a big part of his energy
independence plan that will create a lot of jobs.
This is just one way (ph) of the president's many accomplishments.
Democrats, the destroy Trump media -- they will never tell you about
these things because it doesn't fit into their ideological
narrative. They will distort, they will ignore everything the
president has accomplished.
Now, like appointing, for example, Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme
Court. Remember, that was a key part of his campaign. Now, Judge
Gorsuch came directly from then candidate Trump's list of judges to
fill Antonin Scalia's seat.
Now, the president is overseeing, as well, a resurgence in American
job creation. Get this. Since January, over a half a million jobs
have, in fact, been created. The stock market is soaring, and
business confidence is now at an all-time high. Anybody in the media
reporting this?
Well, not to mention major companies, manufacturers -- let's see,
Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Fiat Chrysler, Intel, Carrier -- too
many to list -- many others are already or have promised to create
jobs and in the process pump billions of dollars into the American
economy.
Now, the Trump administration has taken a chainsaw to Obama-era
burdensome regulations, and he's promised to cut rules and
regulations that are killing and choking off business by up to 75
percent.
Also, getting the coal miners back to work -- that was a big part of
the president's plan -- and he's put an end to the war on coal that
was carried out by the Obama administration. Also, illegal
immigration is now plummeting at America's southern border.
Crossings are down a whopping 60 percent. And that's without the
border wall that the Democrats are blocking. That's only by
enforcing the laws that are on the books that Obama never did.
Now, the president is also trying to fight back against sanctuary
cities despite the alt radical left blocking those efforts -- and
they do it by, of course, judge shopping in left-wing activists
courts in the West Coast, and of course, they talk about, well,
where are they going to bring it? To a judge that will rule against
President Trump and bring to the 9th circuit.
He's also drafted a plan to defeat ISIS and he's making progress in
taking back territory from that terrorist group in Iraq. Now, the
president also said he'd drain the swamp. Part of that includes his
5-year lobbying ban.
The Trump administration also sanctioned Iran over their ballistic
missile test and they put the rogue regime in Tehran on notice. And
more importantly, the president has ordered a full review of what is
the disastrous Iranian nuclear deal. And unlike his predecessor,
President Trump -- he responded to Syria's use of chemical weapons
with a tactical and precise Tomahawk missile strike. Why? To send a
message to Bashar al Assad. And by the way, the Trump administration
also sanctioned Syria just like Tehran.
Now, the White House also introduced this week a massive tax reform
plan and that would slash personal and corporate taxes. And that
means putting more money back in your pockets and giving American
companies the money they badly need to create jobs.
And earlier this week, the president started the process to begin
renegotiation of NAFTA with Mexico and Canada, like he promised on
the campaign trail.
The president has also created a task force to reduce crime and is
focusing on stopping gangs like MS-13. He signed executive orders to
finally protect police officers and to go after drug cartels.
And the president is also working on sending education -- he did it
this week -- to the states by signing the executive order to review
federal control over the educational system. Also this week, the
White House is working to fix the Department of Veterans Affairs,
another big campaign promise. The president signed an order to
improve accountability and to protect whistleblowers.
Now, all of these are real, tangible accomplishments you won't hear
about in the mainstream media. The Democrats, the destroy Trump
media, refuse to face reality, give him any kind of credit, and
that's why what I just told you you will never hear from them.
Now, just take a look at how the obstructionist Democrats -- look at
how they in all their partisanship, with all their obstruction, have
graded the president in his first 100 days.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
REP. NANCY PELOSI, D-CALI., MINORITY LEADER: President Trump has
shown that he does not value the future of our children, our
seniors, working families, and our country.
The grades are coming due for President Trump after a historically
dismal first 100 days. Budgets F. Creating jobs F. Draining the
swamp F. Health care, F-minus.
SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER, D-NY, MINORITY LEADER: Unless his approach
changes, the next 100 days will be just like the first, a series of
broken or unfulfilled promises and very few results for America's
working families.
I don't think he's improving or learning in the job. It, as my
colleague said, it's an F.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: Of course, congressional Democrats -- now, they're not the
only ones who have endlessly every day gone after the president.
Now, the destroy Trump media -- they viciously attack him day in,
day out, even before he became president. Watch this.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
SETH MEYERS, COMEDIAN: Trump has been saying that he will run for
president as a Republican, which is surprising since I just assumed
he was running as a joke.
(LAUGHTER)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We better be ready for the fact that he might be
leading the Republican ticket.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Next--
(LAUGHTER)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I know you don't believe that, but I want to go
on--
(CROSSTALK)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Which Republican candidate has the best chance of
winning the general election?
ANN COULTER, CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATOR: Of the declared ones? Right
now, Donald Trump.
(LAUGHTER)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I understand why so many people voted for him.
I understand where you were coming from. I understand why you liked
him. But this man is lying to you.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Trump's critics, those who are worried about this
president and this White House, saw a live special television event
brought to you by narcissism, thin skin, chaos and deeply personal
grievances.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This was a whitelash. This was a whitelash
against a changing country. It was a whitelash against a black
president, in part. And that's the part where the pain comes.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When he said today, "America first," it was not
just the racial -- I mean, the -- I shouldn't say racial, the
Hitlerian background to it--
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is a very sad night for the country. You
can't polish this turd.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When he called you fake news, what if you had
called him a fake president?
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: All right, the destroy Trump media obviously -- they've
also been criticizing the president for not going to the White House
correspondents dinner tomorrow night. Why wouldn't you want to hang
out with all those wonderful people? Now, instead, he's holding a
rally in Pennsylvania because he'd rather be with the people that
need his help, the people that voted for him.
And here's the president explaining that decision. Take a look.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I'm treated very
unfairly and very dishonestly by the press. And I thought it was
inappropriate to go this year. If I were treated even slightly
fairly by the press, I would have gone. But I mean, look, they're
writing stories about how unfairly I get treated by the press. So I
just felt it was inappropriate. I thought it would be very
disingenuous if I went. I thought it would be, actually, in a
certain way, dishonest if I went.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: All right, that is exactly why this channel you're now
watching is so important. Why? Not just this show. We are the only
news outlet in the country that is even willing to give this
president just a fair shake.
Now, after almost 100 days in office, here's what we know for
certain. The Democrats, the destroy Trump media -- they will do
anything they deem necessary to try and damage this president and
presidency. Their goal is simple. They want him out of office, and
they won't stop until that day comes and that happens.
They also want to destroy anyone and everyone that works for him or
dares to support him. They've even attacked his wife, his daughter,
his 10-year- old child. Now, that obviously creates a huge challenge
for the president.
But here's what really matters tonight. President Trump -- he's been
keeping his promises to you, the American people, and checking off
his list. And according to a brand-new Washington Post/ABC News
poll, 96 percent of the people who voted for President Trump -- they
say it was the right thing to do.
Democrats, liberal snowflakes, the propaganda media -- they can
criticize the president all they want. But that right there proves
that President Trump is doing exactly what he promised he would do,
which is refreshing to you, the American people. It's also why this
president is confident in what he has accomplished so far.
Now, here's what the president told our own Martha MacCallum earlier
today about his first 100 days. Take a look.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRUMP: I think we're doing tremendously well. I don't think anybody
has ever done this much in 100 days.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: In my opinion, the president should be happy with what he
has accomplished so far because he's done it without any, zero help
from Congress! Now, the Democrats in Congress -- they've shown they
aren't going to cross over the political aisle to work with this
president regardless of what he proposes.
Congressional Republican leaders, as well -- they clearly,
pathetically were not ready to govern even though they asked for the
House in 2010, the Senate in 2014, and the White House in 2016.
Well, some of them did. Some of them didn't support then candidate,
now President Trump.
Now, just look at the effort to repeal and replace ObamaCare. This
is pathetic. For nearly eight years, Republicans said they would put
an end to ObamaCare. But they were not ready to go. They didn't
build a consensus bill. Nobody even saw the bill before they
released it. So the process is taking such a longer period than it
otherwise should have.
That doesn't mean it won't get done because, as we've seen over the
first 99 days, the president intends to keep the promises he made to
you, the American people. So that is the first 100 days that your
mainstream alt radical left media will never tell you because
they're biased, abusively so. As I've said many times on this
program, journalism is dead. Now, they're in full destroy Trump
mode, and I don't trust them and nor should you.
Anyway, thank you for your support with us every night.
Now, coming up, more with the breaking news, North Korea test fires
a ballistic missile. We get reaction from Dr. Sebastian Gorka
straight ahead.
And then later tonight--
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I was thinking more of a creature that stalked
the night, that these things just came out at night like a vampire
and tweet us these things. But now it's spread to the morning.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The vampire, the left has been losing it since
the day the day that President Trump was sworn into office. We will
explain. We'll get reaction tonight from Geraldo Rivera and Larry
Elder. And the NRA's Wayne LaPierre is here tonight.
That's all coming up on this busy Friday news night.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
HANNITY: And welcome back to "Hannity," and this is a "Fox News
Alert." Earlier today, North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile.
According to the U.S. military, the missile was in the air for about
15 minutes, traveled about 25 miles, and once again, it failed. It
broke up over the Korean peninsula, making it another huge failure.
Earlier today, before this test, the secretary of state, Rex
Tillerson was at the U.N. calling for sanctions against North Korea.
Watch this.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
REX TILLERSON, SECRETARY OF STATE: The threat of a North Korean
nuclear attack on Seoul or Tokyo is real. And it is likely only a
matter of time before North Korea develops the capability to strike
the U.S. mainland.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: And yesterday during an interview with Reuters, the
president said this.
(BEGIN AUDIO CLIP)
TRUMP: There is a chance that we could end up having a major, major
conflict with North Korea. Absolutely.
(END AUDIO CLIP)
HANNITY: Joining us with reaction is the deputy assistant to the
president, Dr. Sebastian Gorka. Dr. Gorka, good to see you again.
Let's talk about the president's comments. A good chance we could,
in fact, have this conflict with North Korea.
Your advice especially -- look, we know they have nuclear weapons.
We know they don't have ICBM capability. They want it. That means
they would reach the continental United States. But in the interim,
they certainly can reach China and South Korea and Japan, a real,
clear present danger to that region of the world.
SEBASTIAN GORKA, DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT: Sean, this is a
rogue regime. It is a pariah. It is more Stalinist than Josef
Stalin's own Soviet Union. The NSC, the White House is aware of what
happened and the president has been informed.
As you stated, we are not surprised that the new test occurred, but
nor are we surprised that it was failure. Nevertheless, despite it
being an embarrassing failure, the reality is, it demonstrates
intent.
When you are looking at any potential threat, whether it's somebody
who wants to commit murder or whether it's a nation that wants to go
to war, you look at two things, Sean. You look at capability and you
look at intent. North Korea has both capability and intent to
destabilize. And you heard Secretary Tillerson. You've heard the
statements of the president. We will not let this unfold in to
something that can harm our friends or Americans!
HANNITY: It can't and it's more difficult, and we ought to learn
this lesson as it relates to the Iranians and their pursuit of
nuclear weapons. Now that they have nuclear weapons, by the way,
Bill Clinton assured us they'd never get them and as he gave away $4
billion in taxpayer money, he assured us that wasn't going to
happen. It happened. Capitulation doesn't work. It never will.
But what's scary is now that they have nuclear weapons, it makes it
militarily that much more difficult. What are the potential options
to deal with a nuclear-armed North Korea and prevent them from
getting ICBM capability, knowing that this, you know, chubby despot
might fire off a missile that could be blown up in the region?
GORKA: You're completely correct. Capitulation never works. You
never, never trust a dictator, whether it was Hitler in 1938 in
Munich, whether it was the Soviets, whether it was Saddam Hussein or
whether it's this individual. So Reagan was right. You have to
verify everything.
What are our options? Well, this president understands better than
almost than anybody else why we have a huge range of options and
what we can do to use them. And we don't talk about our game plan.
And we don't say, Let's just have some kind of meeting in Geneva or
in Vienna with our diplomats. That's how we got to the disastrous
situation with the JCPOA and Iran deal.
Look at what's happened with the last failed test before this one.
You don't necessarily have to go to full-out war. There are things
we can do to undermine the regime. And don't forget, 70, 80 percent
of the economy, of the exports that go into North Korea come from
China, and look what happened at Mar-a-Lago.
HANNITY: Well, I want to--
GORKA: The president -- the president connected with Xi Jinping.
HANNITY: That to me was the most underreported story. Now, correct
me if I'm wrong. My understanding was the president was supposed to
meet with the president of China at Mar-a-Lago for two separate
sessions, maybe a half hour, 45 minutes each.
GORKA: Right.
HANNITY: They both went beyond four hours, is my understanding, and
they got along famously. And it was during dessert that the
president told the president of China that, in fact, he had launched
59 Tomahawk missiles as it relates to Syria and the use of chemical
weapons.
Then, when he goes back to China, he puts 175,000 troops on the
border. And then he sent North Korean coal back and imported
American coal. And we have a Chinese state-run tabloid, well known
to be a mouthpiece of the communist regime in China -- they actually
go as far as to warn North Korea that another provocative move --
this was before today -- the Chinese society (ph) will be willing to
see the U.N. Security Council adopt more restrictive measures that
have never been seen before, such as restricting oil imports from
the North.
But you know, this -- you know, Kim Jong-un is willing to do this
anyway in spite of that China alliance with Trump. Is this guy just
crazy, or is he just underestimating?
GORKA: Look, the president is not a politician. He's a results-
driven businessman. He is an -- he was successful. Not just
successful, he was incredibly successful in the hardest market in
the world, New York real estate. As a result, he looks at the world
as it is and he's interested in results.
And he knows some issues require kid gloves because they're
sensitive. But sometimes, you have to make a fist inside that kid
glove and you have to use it. The MOAB bomb, the 59 cruise missiles
-- they're not just about Afghanistan. They're not just have about
Syria.
The premier in Beijing understood that and he changed his stance.
Even Vladimir Putin said, I'm not going to meet with your secretary,
then he changed his mind. That's thanks to Donald J. Trump.
HANNITY: Dr. Gorka, we always appreciate you being on. By the way, I
know the left is attacking you, too. But they're also attacking the
president's wife, his daughter and his 10-year-old son, so--
GORKA: And you.
HANNITY: -- hang in there. I know -- oh, yes, I got to -- but I've
been attacked for 30 years. I'm used to it. But I know he -- I know
you have his full support. Thank you for being with us tonight. We
appreciate it.
And up next tonight right here on "Hannity"--
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Republican leaders and President Trump don't give
a (EXPLETIVE DELETED) about the people they were trying to hurt!
REP. MAXINE WATERS, D-CALIFORNIA: I will fight every day until he is
impeached! Impeach 45! Impeach 45!
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: Loony Democrats stooping to new lows during the president's
first 100 days. When we come back, we'll play you the lowlights of
this liberal lunacy and get reaction from Larry Elder and Geraldo
Rivera.
Also on this busy Friday news night--
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRUMP: The eight-year assault on your 2nd Amendment freedoms has
come to a crashing end!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: That was President Trump earlier today addressing the NRA,
the first sitting president to do so in over three decades since
Ronald Reagan. Later tonight, the NRA's chief executive officer,
Wayne LaPierre, on this historic speech.
And Jay Sekulow, Michael Cohen weigh in on the left's assault on
freedom of speech, and of course, liberal fascism.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
(NEWSBREAK)
HANNITY: And welcome back to "Hannity." So this Saturday marks 100
days in office for President Trump. And while the 45th president has
accumulated a record number of accomplishments, in the face, by the
way, of some pretty difficult, tough odds. well, Democrats, now the
party of obstruction, have been in complete disarray.
Now, in case you missed it, here are some of the lowlights from the
Democrats, their 100-day meltdown, we call it. Take a look.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER, D-NY, MINORITY LEADER: This executive order was
mean- spirited and un-American.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: These Republican leaders and President Trump
don't give a (EXPLETIVE DELETED) about the people they were trying
to hurt!
WATERS: I will fight every day until he is impeached! Impeach 45!
Impeach 45!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is a bunch of scumbags. That's what they
are--
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Those are very strong words, Congressman.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: -- who are all organized around making money.
PELOSI: We've seen nothing that we can work -- that I can work with
President Bush (sic) on. I'm trying really hard to find something
positive. This morning, he had three tweets. I was thinking he was
more of a creature that stalked the night, that these things just
came out at night, like a vampire. (INAUDIBLE) these things. But now
it's spread to the morning.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: Joining us now, Salem radio nationally syndicated host
Larry Elder, Fox News correspondent, he's laughing, I think that's
you, Geraldo Rivera.
GERALDO RIVERA, FOX NEWS SENIOR CORRESPONDENT: We both are.
HANNITY: Geraldo, you, seriously, you always come on this program,
and you are one of my dearest friends, and you always say, oh,
President Trump needs to a, b, c, and d. What about you taking on
some liberals that you know? You know, crocodile tears Schumer and
all these people, all the vitriol, the hatred, the mean-spirited,
the obstruction that has been thrown in Trump's direction. I've
never seen anything like it in my life. I never hear you attack
them.
GERALDO RIVERA, FOX NEWS SENIOR CORRESPONDENT: I don't think that's
fair, Sean. For all love I have for you, my brother, I think that if
you look back on what Mitch McConnell, how he behaved, how the
Republicans behaved during Obama's eight years in office, you see a
direct parallel. This is tit-for-tat. The Republicans were the party
of obstruction. Now the Democrats are the party of obstruction. What
I would like to see.
HANNITY: Geraldo, wait a minute though, in fairness.
RIVERA: One second. I would like to see Chuck Schumer and President
Trump put on hazmat suits if they have to, meet privately if they
have to, and try to find common ground for the good of the American
people.
HANNITY: We've got to call it the "Geraldo hazmat suit beer summit."
Maybe you will have to broker it. We will send you and Bo in
together.
Larry, the important part is we have never had for partisan reasons
a Supreme Court justice that wasn't given an up or down vote. The
Democrats did that. You know, Republicans they play fair. Elena
Kagan vote, Sonia Sotomayor, vote. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, all
leftists, liberal --
RIVERA: Merrick Garland. Merrick Garland. Tit-for-tat.
HANNITY: Chuck Schumer sad don't vote in the final year of a
presidency. OK, we're going to sing to each other now? Larry?
LARRY ELDER, SALEM RADIO NATIONAL SYNDICATED HOST: Well, Republicans
opposed Obama, Geraldo, for policy reasons. You didn't find
Republicans, for example, calling top Obama advisors a Nazi the way
Howard Dean called Steve Bannon. You didn't have people calling his
cabinet appointees scumbags the way Maxine Waters has. You haven't
seen this kind of attack against Barack Obama personally like this,
Nazi homophobe, xenophobe.
RIVERA: You have a very short memory, Larry. You have a very short
memory.
ELDER: This is insane.
RIVERA: Maxine Waters is the Steve king of the Democrats.
HANNITY: One at a time, guys.
ELDER: I sat next to Geraldo in Cleveland. Geraldo, remember we saw
Trump's speech. Geraldo is very rational off camera. Put him in
front of the camera he becomes Cujo.
RIVERA: I am a Republican. And if Donald Trump, listen, I have known
him for 40 years. I want him to succeed with all my vim and vigor.
HANNITY: That's true.
RIVERA: This president can be a great man. But he has to reach
across the aisle. He can't get all Republicans to be in the same
camp for Obamacare, for example. If you can't have your own caucus
united, how do --
HANNITY: That's Paul Ryan's fault.
RIVERA: That very well may be.
ELDER: That's not fair. Donald Trump is a populist on many issues.
He is a centrist on many issues. For crying out loud he said same
sex marriage is settled law. Ivanka says she wants six weeks paid
maternity leave. He reiterated that. During the debate he was asked
to name the three functions of government, he said national
security, which is right, but then he said healthcare and education
which Ronald Reagan never would have said. So this guy is very close
to the way a lot of people on the left are to a degree that I
haven't seen in a Republican president in many years. Yet you guys
hate this man. It's amazing.
RIVERA: I was with Sean, bursting with pride to see my almost
lifelong friend become the 45th president of the United States on
inauguration day. The speech that I wanted to hear was come on,
let's get together. Let's get past this eight years of partisan
divide. Let's make this country great again by working together.
Instead, the speech that I heard was us against them. It was the
campaign continuing. Now, I want Donald Trump to be the way he was
with Syria, the way he was in Afghanistan, the way --
HANNITY: What grade would you give him for the first 100 days, what
grade?
RIVERA: In terms of the economy I have made a fortune since November
8th I give him an A. In terms of world affairs --
HANNITY: I have made fortune. It's all about you. It's all about
you, Geraldo.
RIVERA: A rising tide lifts all boats, even my modest craft.
HANNITY: OK.
RIVERA: But I think in terms of the refugee ban and immigration and
some of the division that has been forced in this country, I think
Donald Trump really gets a C. He needs to improve. He needs to have
that moderate tone, not the anger, not the us against them.
HANNITY: I have got to roll, guys. You are both phenomenal. Have a
great weekend.
RIVERA: Have great weekend.
HANNITY: Coming up, free speech under assault in America. And now
the New York Times is actually blaming conservatives for the brutal
attacks from the left. We'll get reaction, an explanation from Jay
Sekulow and Michael Cohen. That's next. And later tonight --
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRUMP: As your president, I will never ever infringe on the right of
the people to keep and bear arms, never, ever.
(APPLAUSE)
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: President Trump spoke to the NRA earlier today. He is the
first sitting president to do so since Ronald Wilson Reagan. Later
Tonight Wayne LaPierre joins us with reaction and more on this busy
news night Friday straight ahead.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
HANNITY: Welcome back to "Hannity." So once again the alt radical
left is going after Republicans and freedom of speech. A "New York
Times" columnist is even apparently blaming conservatives like Ann
Coulter for the brutal attacks coming from the left. Now, Jeremy
Peters wrote, quote, "Across the country conservatives like her are
eagerly throwing themselves into volatile situations like the one in
Berkeley emboldened by a backlash over what many Americans sees as
excessive political correctness, a president who has gleefully taken
up their fight and liberals they accuse of trying to censor any idea
they disagree with."
Joining us now with reaction from the American Center for Law and
Justice Jay Sekulow, the national deputy chairman of the RNC finance
leadership team, personal attorney to President Trump, Michael
Cohen. Good to see you both.
JAY SEKULOW, AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE: Hi, Sean.
HANNITY: Jay, let me start here. I have spent a lot of time this
week on this Coulter situation, campuses all across the country. The
fact that conservatives, every word is monitored, every second of
every day on Fox, on talk radio. I really believe this is liberal
fascism and no prominent liberal ever speaks up and defends the
right of conservatives to express their views.
SEKULOW: Well, you are exactly correct. If you take the university
campus, that's supposed to be uniquely the marketplace of ideas. And
the price of freedom is in a free country you are going to hear
speech you disagree with. But you don't respond with violence or
shutting the speech down. You respond to it with more speech.
So that's the idea, that's the entire basis on which our
constitutional Republican exists, this idea of free discourse,
freedom of speech. But those that are opposed to a particular view
are engaging in classic censorship. I have been arguing those cases,
Sean, at the Supreme Court for three decades, this idea you can
target a particular view for censorship. And the Supreme Court has
always, unanimously right and left said you don't do that in free
speech areas.
HANNITY: It is interesting, on the other hand, Michael, that is, all
right, you represent on a personal level the president of the United
States, you work for the Trump organization. And what is amazing is
they want is the right to say any and everything about the man you
know and have known for decades.
MICHAEL COHEN, PERSONAL ATTORNEY TO PRESIDENT TRUMP: Yes. And Sean,
unfortunately, the First Amendment applies to fools and sleazy
people. And you know, people like Maxine Waters and Nancy Pelosi
have to understand that while they are protecting their First
Amendment rights to say whatever they want, they have to understand
that the other side has First Amendment rights as well. And their
rights don't trump, for lack of a better word, the other side.
What happened at Berkeley is a disgrace. The people, the
administration at Berkeley should be ashamed of themselves, and so
should the students for that matter.
HANNITY: And this is the thing, there is nobody, Jay, on the left. I
have a couple of friends on the left that said I'm right about this.
Maybe they think -- maybe they believe it, but the fact that they
don't stand up for Ann Coulter.
Now, I will give you an example. I have said many times on this
program I think Bill Maher is a slob. I can't stand the guy. I think
he is horrible on TV. He is arrogant. He's elitist. He's
condescending. But, in a weird way, good for America because if he
can say all that crap on the left that he says then maybe the left
won't go after conservatives and try to shut them down like they are
presently trying to demolish and shut down the Fox News Channel.
SEKULOW: Well, can you fundamentally disagree with someone on both a
practical level and a policy level and fundamentally disagree. And
you may not agree with Bill Maher. But that doesn't mean he doesn't
have the right to speak. Just like you have the right to speak and
others have the right to speak.
And this idea that we're now going to enter into this sanitized
version of free speech so that if someone is personally offended by
a message they can censor that message. You know, this idea that the
offended observer, someone that hears something they disagree with,
can run to the police department of their school and say arrest that
person or shut them down, I'm offended by that speech.
HANNITY: There is another way, too.
SEKULOW: How much danger we are in.
HANNITY: But then they have the boycott thing that they do. So
people are paid. This is well-funded, well-organized, to monitor
every word that I say on radio and TV every day. And then if I say
one thing out of place that they disagree with, politically
incorrect, then they will just say, oh, let's start an advertising
boycott, and that's just another background way to --
COHEN: You know what, Sean, as per the president, just because they
have the First Amendment right to say what it is they want doesn't
mean it's the right thing to do. Parents are always telling their
children just because you have the right to say something doesn't
mean that you should, and a little censorship goes a long way.
Unfortunately it doesn't appear to be happening and it's not
something that the left wants as it relates to President Trump.
Everything that he does, everything that he says comes in with
scrutiny. The scrutiny is most of the time --
HANNITY: It warped.
COHEN: It's obnoxious, it's rude, and worse than that, it's
offensive to the office of the presidency. And they need to stop.
HANNITY: That's a great point.
COHEN: They just need to stop.
HANNITY: They're not going to stop. They're not going to stop. Jay,
where does this end? We have got to take a break.
SEKULOW: Well, the fact is that self-censorship is one thing. You
can decide I'm going to stop saying something, but that doesn't give
the other person the right to stop speaking. Where does it end?
Unless people stand up and fight for that free speech right
enshrined in the constitution, we lose it. We either protect it or
we lose it. It's that simple.
COHEN: Except also when President Trump turns around and you start
to look at the accomplishment that he's going to be rolling out day
after day, week after week, year after year. And then people start
to see with more money in their pockets, with jobs, you see national
security, our military, our veterans taken care of. They can start
to understand that he is the man that he -- that we all know him to
be. And then they will feel ashamed of themselves.
HANNITY: I'm not so sure they are ever going to feel ashamed of
themselves, Michael. I wish that were true. You're assuming that ---
I believe that the left has become so unhinged. They never saw this
coming. They don't understand him. And they are in a complete
meltdown mode and anything goes for them, meaning saying anything.
SEKULOW: They're stopping other people from speaking. They are
stopping other people from speaking.
COHEN: Ultimately they are going to understand that he is going to
bring success and he is going to make America great. And they are
going to feel it in their pockets.
HANNITY: Liberal fascism is alive and well. There are groups of
people, they will take everyone, every single conservative out in
the meantime. Anybody around the president that supports the
president.
COHEN: Look at me. Look how they attack me on a day-by-day basis.
HANNITY: That's true, or me or Jay or anybody. Anybody who supports
the president is getting hit, and even his own 10-year-old son and
his daughter and his wife. It's ridiculous.
COHEN: True. Have a good one.
HANNITY: Up next tonight right here on "Hannity."
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRUMP: The eight year assault on your Second Amendment freedoms has
come to a crashing end.
(APPLAUSE)
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: President Trump addressing the NRA earlier today. He is the
first sitting president to do this in more than three decades. Up
next we have reaction from the NRA's Wayne LaPierre as we continue
this busy Friday news night. Stay with us.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
HANNITY: Welcome back to "Hannity." So earlier today President Trump
traveled to Atlanta and addressed the National Rifle Association's
annual meeting. Now President Trump's speech is the first time a
sitting president spoke at the NRA since Ronald Reagan addressed the
group in 1983. Here are some of the highlights from earlier today.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRUMP: We have news that you've been waiting for for a long time.
The eight year assault on your Second Amendment freedoms has come to
a crashing end.
(APPLAUSE)
TRUMP: You have a true friend and champion in the White House. No
longer will federal agencies be coming after law abiding gun owners.
(APPLAUSE)
TRUMP: So let me make a simple promise to every one of the freedom-
loving Americans in the audience today. As your president, I will
never ever infringe on the right of the people to keep and bear
arms, never, ever.
(APPLAUSE)
TRUMP: Freedom is not a gift from government. Freedom is a gift from
God.
(APPLAUSE)
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: And joining us now is the NRA executive vice president,
CEO, Wayne LaPierre. That was about as powerful a speech and
statement that I have ever heard from any president, including
Ronald Reagan on the Second Amendment. Your reaction?
WAYNE LAPIERRE, NRA EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CEO: You know,
Sean, I was listening to it and I was thinking the exact same thing.
I was thinking oh, my gosh. This is a president that really
understands what makes America unique are those freedoms that we
have in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. That's what makes
our country different from every other country in the world.
And at the same time listening to him, it's a president that
understands when there is evil at the door, you don't disarm the law
abiding. The Second Amendment is a strength, not a weakness. He
really gets that it's evil people and is proposing a novel concept
of, hey, let's go after the bad guys and leave all the good people
alone.
HANNITY: It's actually very refreshing. Think the first time since
Ronald Reagan did this in 1983. But, you also, as a group, endorsed
him earlier than you had previous candidates. What made you so
certain? And, by the way, you can check this off. Trump made another
promise, one of the things that I think really defines his first 100
days is keeping his word on so many issues, big issues. Why were you
so confident early on that he would keep his promise when others
were doubting, fellow conservatives were doubting?
LAPIERRE: You know, we're a grassroots organization, and I kept out
there all over the country I kept going what do you think? And
people kept looking their head I have never worried about this
country until now. And I would say what do you think? And they would
go Trump.
And I always thought this election was about hope and about someone
that had to change the status quo, and here was somebody willing to
put everything aside and go out there and take tremendous courage
and, you know, go out and fight to save this country.
And Hillary Clinton would have been catastrophic to the Second
Amendment. The Supreme Court, as an individual right with her
appointments would have eliminated the Second Amendment as an
individual right. And, my gosh, look at the change. I mean, Judge
Gorsuch now, it's all the difference in the world.
I see a tremendous pride wave out there in the heartland of the
country with this president, Donald Trump, and the fact that he is
will to fight. But I also see people that are very clear-eyed about
what they are facing. I mean, they understand there are leftist
organizations and elite media that want to wreck this president. And
they understand that we have to have this president's back.
I see the media out there putting out a narrative every day and then
going and trying to market it as truth when most of the time it's
completely inaccurate. And this is a battle and we have got to have
this president's back. He has to succeed and we have to help him.
HANNITY: He was also right about one other thing, and that was that,
yes, there has been an assault on the Second Amendment now going on
for a long time. And they don't understand what most of us that are
pro-Second Amendment are trained and believe in the safety and the
safe use and the safe storage of firearms. And a lot on the left
don't understand it.
Wayne, great day for your group. Thanks for being with us.
LAPIERRE: Thanks, Sean, for having me.
HANNITY: You are very welcome. And coming up tonight, we need your
help. A very important "Question of the Day" as we continue this
Friday edition of "Hannity."
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
HANNITY: Welcome back to HANNITY. It's time for "Question of the
Day." So what do you think is the president's biggest accomplishment
in his first 100 days? We want to hear from you. Go to
Facebook.com/SeanHannity, @SeanHannity on Twitter, let us know what
you think.
Can't believe, what a week. It was so slow news-wise. That's all the
time we have left this evening. Thank you for being with us. Don't
forget, set your DVR so you never miss an episode. Have a great
weekend. We will see you back here Monday night.
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Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
confirm to the Fox News Channel that North Korea has test-fired a
ballistic missile, raising tensions with the United States and the
entire world. Dr. Sebastian Gorka will join us tonight with
reaction. Also, Larry Elder, Geraldo Rivera, Jay Sekulow, Michael
Cohen and the NRA's Wayne LaPierre will all be here tonight.
But first, it's been a very busy week for President Trump, with
tomorrow marking his 100th day in office. Now, despite President
Trump's long list of accomplishments, well, that's getting bigger,
by the way, by the day, the alt radical left destroy Trump media --
they continue to viciously attack the commander-in-chief all in an
attempt to damage and delegitimize his presidency.
Tonight's "Opening Monologue" will tell you what they won't.
All right, here we are, day 99 of the Trump presidency. And today,
the president was busy keeping promises that made to you, the
American people. Now, earlier today, President Trump signed an
executive order that could lead to a major boom in drilling in the
Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, which is a big part of his energy
independence plan that will create a lot of jobs.
This is just one way (ph) of the president's many accomplishments.
Democrats, the destroy Trump media -- they will never tell you about
these things because it doesn't fit into their ideological
narrative. They will distort, they will ignore everything the
president has accomplished.
Now, like appointing, for example, Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme
Court. Remember, that was a key part of his campaign. Now, Judge
Gorsuch came directly from then candidate Trump's list of judges to
fill Antonin Scalia's seat.
Now, the president is overseeing, as well, a resurgence in American
job creation. Get this. Since January, over a half a million jobs
have, in fact, been created. The stock market is soaring, and
business confidence is now at an all-time high. Anybody in the media
reporting this?
Well, not to mention major companies, manufacturers -- let's see,
Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Fiat Chrysler, Intel, Carrier -- too
many to list -- many others are already or have promised to create
jobs and in the process pump billions of dollars into the American
economy.
Now, the Trump administration has taken a chainsaw to Obama-era
burdensome regulations, and he's promised to cut rules and
regulations that are killing and choking off business by up to 75
percent.
Also, getting the coal miners back to work -- that was a big part of
the president's plan -- and he's put an end to the war on coal that
was carried out by the Obama administration. Also, illegal
immigration is now plummeting at America's southern border.
Crossings are down a whopping 60 percent. And that's without the
border wall that the Democrats are blocking. That's only by
enforcing the laws that are on the books that Obama never did.
Now, the president is also trying to fight back against sanctuary
cities despite the alt radical left blocking those efforts -- and
they do it by, of course, judge shopping in left-wing activists
courts in the West Coast, and of course, they talk about, well,
where are they going to bring it? To a judge that will rule against
President Trump and bring to the 9th circuit.
He's also drafted a plan to defeat ISIS and he's making progress in
taking back territory from that terrorist group in Iraq. Now, the
president also said he'd drain the swamp. Part of that includes his
5-year lobbying ban.
The Trump administration also sanctioned Iran over their ballistic
missile test and they put the rogue regime in Tehran on notice. And
more importantly, the president has ordered a full review of what is
the disastrous Iranian nuclear deal. And unlike his predecessor,
President Trump -- he responded to Syria's use of chemical weapons
with a tactical and precise Tomahawk missile strike. Why? To send a
message to Bashar al Assad. And by the way, the Trump administration
also sanctioned Syria just like Tehran.
Now, the White House also introduced this week a massive tax reform
plan and that would slash personal and corporate taxes. And that
means putting more money back in your pockets and giving American
companies the money they badly need to create jobs.
And earlier this week, the president started the process to begin
renegotiation of NAFTA with Mexico and Canada, like he promised on
the campaign trail.
The president has also created a task force to reduce crime and is
focusing on stopping gangs like MS-13. He signed executive orders to
finally protect police officers and to go after drug cartels.
And the president is also working on sending education -- he did it
this week -- to the states by signing the executive order to review
federal control over the educational system. Also this week, the
White House is working to fix the Department of Veterans Affairs,
another big campaign promise. The president signed an order to
improve accountability and to protect whistleblowers.
Now, all of these are real, tangible accomplishments you won't hear
about in the mainstream media. The Democrats, the destroy Trump
media, refuse to face reality, give him any kind of credit, and
that's why what I just told you you will never hear from them.
Now, just take a look at how the obstructionist Democrats -- look at
how they in all their partisanship, with all their obstruction, have
graded the president in his first 100 days.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
REP. NANCY PELOSI, D-CALI., MINORITY LEADER: President Trump has
shown that he does not value the future of our children, our
seniors, working families, and our country.
The grades are coming due for President Trump after a historically
dismal first 100 days. Budgets F. Creating jobs F. Draining the
swamp F. Health care, F-minus.
SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER, D-NY, MINORITY LEADER: Unless his approach
changes, the next 100 days will be just like the first, a series of
broken or unfulfilled promises and very few results for America's
working families.
I don't think he's improving or learning in the job. It, as my
colleague said, it's an F.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: Of course, congressional Democrats -- now, they're not the
only ones who have endlessly every day gone after the president.
Now, the destroy Trump media -- they viciously attack him day in,
day out, even before he became president. Watch this.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
SETH MEYERS, COMEDIAN: Trump has been saying that he will run for
president as a Republican, which is surprising since I just assumed
he was running as a joke.
(LAUGHTER)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We better be ready for the fact that he might be
leading the Republican ticket.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Next--
(LAUGHTER)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I know you don't believe that, but I want to go
on--
(CROSSTALK)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Which Republican candidate has the best chance of
winning the general election?
ANN COULTER, CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATOR: Of the declared ones? Right
now, Donald Trump.
(LAUGHTER)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I understand why so many people voted for him.
I understand where you were coming from. I understand why you liked
him. But this man is lying to you.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Trump's critics, those who are worried about this
president and this White House, saw a live special television event
brought to you by narcissism, thin skin, chaos and deeply personal
grievances.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This was a whitelash. This was a whitelash
against a changing country. It was a whitelash against a black
president, in part. And that's the part where the pain comes.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When he said today, "America first," it was not
just the racial -- I mean, the -- I shouldn't say racial, the
Hitlerian background to it--
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is a very sad night for the country. You
can't polish this turd.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When he called you fake news, what if you had
called him a fake president?
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: All right, the destroy Trump media obviously -- they've
also been criticizing the president for not going to the White House
correspondents dinner tomorrow night. Why wouldn't you want to hang
out with all those wonderful people? Now, instead, he's holding a
rally in Pennsylvania because he'd rather be with the people that
need his help, the people that voted for him.
And here's the president explaining that decision. Take a look.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I'm treated very
unfairly and very dishonestly by the press. And I thought it was
inappropriate to go this year. If I were treated even slightly
fairly by the press, I would have gone. But I mean, look, they're
writing stories about how unfairly I get treated by the press. So I
just felt it was inappropriate. I thought it would be very
disingenuous if I went. I thought it would be, actually, in a
certain way, dishonest if I went.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: All right, that is exactly why this channel you're now
watching is so important. Why? Not just this show. We are the only
news outlet in the country that is even willing to give this
president just a fair shake.
Now, after almost 100 days in office, here's what we know for
certain. The Democrats, the destroy Trump media -- they will do
anything they deem necessary to try and damage this president and
presidency. Their goal is simple. They want him out of office, and
they won't stop until that day comes and that happens.
They also want to destroy anyone and everyone that works for him or
dares to support him. They've even attacked his wife, his daughter,
his 10-year- old child. Now, that obviously creates a huge challenge
for the president.
But here's what really matters tonight. President Trump -- he's been
keeping his promises to you, the American people, and checking off
his list. And according to a brand-new Washington Post/ABC News
poll, 96 percent of the people who voted for President Trump -- they
say it was the right thing to do.
Democrats, liberal snowflakes, the propaganda media -- they can
criticize the president all they want. But that right there proves
that President Trump is doing exactly what he promised he would do,
which is refreshing to you, the American people. It's also why this
president is confident in what he has accomplished so far.
Now, here's what the president told our own Martha MacCallum earlier
today about his first 100 days. Take a look.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRUMP: I think we're doing tremendously well. I don't think anybody
has ever done this much in 100 days.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: In my opinion, the president should be happy with what he
has accomplished so far because he's done it without any, zero help
from Congress! Now, the Democrats in Congress -- they've shown they
aren't going to cross over the political aisle to work with this
president regardless of what he proposes.
Congressional Republican leaders, as well -- they clearly,
pathetically were not ready to govern even though they asked for the
House in 2010, the Senate in 2014, and the White House in 2016.
Well, some of them did. Some of them didn't support then candidate,
now President Trump.
Now, just look at the effort to repeal and replace ObamaCare. This
is pathetic. For nearly eight years, Republicans said they would put
an end to ObamaCare. But they were not ready to go. They didn't
build a consensus bill. Nobody even saw the bill before they
released it. So the process is taking such a longer period than it
otherwise should have.
That doesn't mean it won't get done because, as we've seen over the
first 99 days, the president intends to keep the promises he made to
you, the American people. So that is the first 100 days that your
mainstream alt radical left media will never tell you because
they're biased, abusively so. As I've said many times on this
program, journalism is dead. Now, they're in full destroy Trump
mode, and I don't trust them and nor should you.
Anyway, thank you for your support with us every night.
Now, coming up, more with the breaking news, North Korea test fires
a ballistic missile. We get reaction from Dr. Sebastian Gorka
straight ahead.
And then later tonight--
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I was thinking more of a creature that stalked
the night, that these things just came out at night like a vampire
and tweet us these things. But now it's spread to the morning.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The vampire, the left has been losing it since
the day the day that President Trump was sworn into office. We will
explain. We'll get reaction tonight from Geraldo Rivera and Larry
Elder. And the NRA's Wayne LaPierre is here tonight.
That's all coming up on this busy Friday news night.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
HANNITY: And welcome back to "Hannity," and this is a "Fox News
Alert." Earlier today, North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile.
According to the U.S. military, the missile was in the air for about
15 minutes, traveled about 25 miles, and once again, it failed. It
broke up over the Korean peninsula, making it another huge failure.
Earlier today, before this test, the secretary of state, Rex
Tillerson was at the U.N. calling for sanctions against North Korea.
Watch this.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
REX TILLERSON, SECRETARY OF STATE: The threat of a North Korean
nuclear attack on Seoul or Tokyo is real. And it is likely only a
matter of time before North Korea develops the capability to strike
the U.S. mainland.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: And yesterday during an interview with Reuters, the
president said this.
(BEGIN AUDIO CLIP)
TRUMP: There is a chance that we could end up having a major, major
conflict with North Korea. Absolutely.
(END AUDIO CLIP)
HANNITY: Joining us with reaction is the deputy assistant to the
president, Dr. Sebastian Gorka. Dr. Gorka, good to see you again.
Let's talk about the president's comments. A good chance we could,
in fact, have this conflict with North Korea.
Your advice especially -- look, we know they have nuclear weapons.
We know they don't have ICBM capability. They want it. That means
they would reach the continental United States. But in the interim,
they certainly can reach China and South Korea and Japan, a real,
clear present danger to that region of the world.
SEBASTIAN GORKA, DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT: Sean, this is a
rogue regime. It is a pariah. It is more Stalinist than Josef
Stalin's own Soviet Union. The NSC, the White House is aware of what
happened and the president has been informed.
As you stated, we are not surprised that the new test occurred, but
nor are we surprised that it was failure. Nevertheless, despite it
being an embarrassing failure, the reality is, it demonstrates
intent.
When you are looking at any potential threat, whether it's somebody
who wants to commit murder or whether it's a nation that wants to go
to war, you look at two things, Sean. You look at capability and you
look at intent. North Korea has both capability and intent to
destabilize. And you heard Secretary Tillerson. You've heard the
statements of the president. We will not let this unfold in to
something that can harm our friends or Americans!
HANNITY: It can't and it's more difficult, and we ought to learn
this lesson as it relates to the Iranians and their pursuit of
nuclear weapons. Now that they have nuclear weapons, by the way,
Bill Clinton assured us they'd never get them and as he gave away $4
billion in taxpayer money, he assured us that wasn't going to
happen. It happened. Capitulation doesn't work. It never will.
But what's scary is now that they have nuclear weapons, it makes it
militarily that much more difficult. What are the potential options
to deal with a nuclear-armed North Korea and prevent them from
getting ICBM capability, knowing that this, you know, chubby despot
might fire off a missile that could be blown up in the region?
GORKA: You're completely correct. Capitulation never works. You
never, never trust a dictator, whether it was Hitler in 1938 in
Munich, whether it was the Soviets, whether it was Saddam Hussein or
whether it's this individual. So Reagan was right. You have to
verify everything.
What are our options? Well, this president understands better than
almost than anybody else why we have a huge range of options and
what we can do to use them. And we don't talk about our game plan.
And we don't say, Let's just have some kind of meeting in Geneva or
in Vienna with our diplomats. That's how we got to the disastrous
situation with the JCPOA and Iran deal.
Look at what's happened with the last failed test before this one.
You don't necessarily have to go to full-out war. There are things
we can do to undermine the regime. And don't forget, 70, 80 percent
of the economy, of the exports that go into North Korea come from
China, and look what happened at Mar-a-Lago.
HANNITY: Well, I want to--
GORKA: The president -- the president connected with Xi Jinping.
HANNITY: That to me was the most underreported story. Now, correct
me if I'm wrong. My understanding was the president was supposed to
meet with the president of China at Mar-a-Lago for two separate
sessions, maybe a half hour, 45 minutes each.
GORKA: Right.
HANNITY: They both went beyond four hours, is my understanding, and
they got along famously. And it was during dessert that the
president told the president of China that, in fact, he had launched
59 Tomahawk missiles as it relates to Syria and the use of chemical
weapons.
Then, when he goes back to China, he puts 175,000 troops on the
border. And then he sent North Korean coal back and imported
American coal. And we have a Chinese state-run tabloid, well known
to be a mouthpiece of the communist regime in China -- they actually
go as far as to warn North Korea that another provocative move --
this was before today -- the Chinese society (ph) will be willing to
see the U.N. Security Council adopt more restrictive measures that
have never been seen before, such as restricting oil imports from
the North.
But you know, this -- you know, Kim Jong-un is willing to do this
anyway in spite of that China alliance with Trump. Is this guy just
crazy, or is he just underestimating?
GORKA: Look, the president is not a politician. He's a results-
driven businessman. He is an -- he was successful. Not just
successful, he was incredibly successful in the hardest market in
the world, New York real estate. As a result, he looks at the world
as it is and he's interested in results.
And he knows some issues require kid gloves because they're
sensitive. But sometimes, you have to make a fist inside that kid
glove and you have to use it. The MOAB bomb, the 59 cruise missiles
-- they're not just about Afghanistan. They're not just have about
Syria.
The premier in Beijing understood that and he changed his stance.
Even Vladimir Putin said, I'm not going to meet with your secretary,
then he changed his mind. That's thanks to Donald J. Trump.
HANNITY: Dr. Gorka, we always appreciate you being on. By the way, I
know the left is attacking you, too. But they're also attacking the
president's wife, his daughter and his 10-year-old son, so--
GORKA: And you.
HANNITY: -- hang in there. I know -- oh, yes, I got to -- but I've
been attacked for 30 years. I'm used to it. But I know he -- I know
you have his full support. Thank you for being with us tonight. We
appreciate it.
And up next tonight right here on "Hannity"--
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Republican leaders and President Trump don't give
a (EXPLETIVE DELETED) about the people they were trying to hurt!
REP. MAXINE WATERS, D-CALIFORNIA: I will fight every day until he is
impeached! Impeach 45! Impeach 45!
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: Loony Democrats stooping to new lows during the president's
first 100 days. When we come back, we'll play you the lowlights of
this liberal lunacy and get reaction from Larry Elder and Geraldo
Rivera.
Also on this busy Friday news night--
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRUMP: The eight-year assault on your 2nd Amendment freedoms has
come to a crashing end!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: That was President Trump earlier today addressing the NRA,
the first sitting president to do so in over three decades since
Ronald Reagan. Later tonight, the NRA's chief executive officer,
Wayne LaPierre, on this historic speech.
And Jay Sekulow, Michael Cohen weigh in on the left's assault on
freedom of speech, and of course, liberal fascism.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
(NEWSBREAK)
HANNITY: And welcome back to "Hannity." So this Saturday marks 100
days in office for President Trump. And while the 45th president has
accumulated a record number of accomplishments, in the face, by the
way, of some pretty difficult, tough odds. well, Democrats, now the
party of obstruction, have been in complete disarray.
Now, in case you missed it, here are some of the lowlights from the
Democrats, their 100-day meltdown, we call it. Take a look.
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SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER, D-NY, MINORITY LEADER: This executive order was
mean- spirited and un-American.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: These Republican leaders and President Trump
don't give a (EXPLETIVE DELETED) about the people they were trying
to hurt!
WATERS: I will fight every day until he is impeached! Impeach 45!
Impeach 45!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is a bunch of scumbags. That's what they
are--
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Those are very strong words, Congressman.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: -- who are all organized around making money.
PELOSI: We've seen nothing that we can work -- that I can work with
President Bush (sic) on. I'm trying really hard to find something
positive. This morning, he had three tweets. I was thinking he was
more of a creature that stalked the night, that these things just
came out at night, like a vampire. (INAUDIBLE) these things. But now
it's spread to the morning.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: Joining us now, Salem radio nationally syndicated host
Larry Elder, Fox News correspondent, he's laughing, I think that's
you, Geraldo Rivera.
GERALDO RIVERA, FOX NEWS SENIOR CORRESPONDENT: We both are.
HANNITY: Geraldo, you, seriously, you always come on this program,
and you are one of my dearest friends, and you always say, oh,
President Trump needs to a, b, c, and d. What about you taking on
some liberals that you know? You know, crocodile tears Schumer and
all these people, all the vitriol, the hatred, the mean-spirited,
the obstruction that has been thrown in Trump's direction. I've
never seen anything like it in my life. I never hear you attack
them.
GERALDO RIVERA, FOX NEWS SENIOR CORRESPONDENT: I don't think that's
fair, Sean. For all love I have for you, my brother, I think that if
you look back on what Mitch McConnell, how he behaved, how the
Republicans behaved during Obama's eight years in office, you see a
direct parallel. This is tit-for-tat. The Republicans were the party
of obstruction. Now the Democrats are the party of obstruction. What
I would like to see.
HANNITY: Geraldo, wait a minute though, in fairness.
RIVERA: One second. I would like to see Chuck Schumer and President
Trump put on hazmat suits if they have to, meet privately if they
have to, and try to find common ground for the good of the American
people.
HANNITY: We've got to call it the "Geraldo hazmat suit beer summit."
Maybe you will have to broker it. We will send you and Bo in
together.
Larry, the important part is we have never had for partisan reasons
a Supreme Court justice that wasn't given an up or down vote. The
Democrats did that. You know, Republicans they play fair. Elena
Kagan vote, Sonia Sotomayor, vote. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, all
leftists, liberal --
RIVERA: Merrick Garland. Merrick Garland. Tit-for-tat.
HANNITY: Chuck Schumer sad don't vote in the final year of a
presidency. OK, we're going to sing to each other now? Larry?
LARRY ELDER, SALEM RADIO NATIONAL SYNDICATED HOST: Well, Republicans
opposed Obama, Geraldo, for policy reasons. You didn't find
Republicans, for example, calling top Obama advisors a Nazi the way
Howard Dean called Steve Bannon. You didn't have people calling his
cabinet appointees scumbags the way Maxine Waters has. You haven't
seen this kind of attack against Barack Obama personally like this,
Nazi homophobe, xenophobe.
RIVERA: You have a very short memory, Larry. You have a very short
memory.
ELDER: This is insane.
RIVERA: Maxine Waters is the Steve king of the Democrats.
HANNITY: One at a time, guys.
ELDER: I sat next to Geraldo in Cleveland. Geraldo, remember we saw
Trump's speech. Geraldo is very rational off camera. Put him in
front of the camera he becomes Cujo.
RIVERA: I am a Republican. And if Donald Trump, listen, I have known
him for 40 years. I want him to succeed with all my vim and vigor.
HANNITY: That's true.
RIVERA: This president can be a great man. But he has to reach
across the aisle. He can't get all Republicans to be in the same
camp for Obamacare, for example. If you can't have your own caucus
united, how do --
HANNITY: That's Paul Ryan's fault.
RIVERA: That very well may be.
ELDER: That's not fair. Donald Trump is a populist on many issues.
He is a centrist on many issues. For crying out loud he said same
sex marriage is settled law. Ivanka says she wants six weeks paid
maternity leave. He reiterated that. During the debate he was asked
to name the three functions of government, he said national
security, which is right, but then he said healthcare and education
which Ronald Reagan never would have said. So this guy is very close
to the way a lot of people on the left are to a degree that I
haven't seen in a Republican president in many years. Yet you guys
hate this man. It's amazing.
RIVERA: I was with Sean, bursting with pride to see my almost
lifelong friend become the 45th president of the United States on
inauguration day. The speech that I wanted to hear was come on,
let's get together. Let's get past this eight years of partisan
divide. Let's make this country great again by working together.
Instead, the speech that I heard was us against them. It was the
campaign continuing. Now, I want Donald Trump to be the way he was
with Syria, the way he was in Afghanistan, the way --
HANNITY: What grade would you give him for the first 100 days, what
grade?
RIVERA: In terms of the economy I have made a fortune since November
8th I give him an A. In terms of world affairs --
HANNITY: I have made fortune. It's all about you. It's all about
you, Geraldo.
RIVERA: A rising tide lifts all boats, even my modest craft.
HANNITY: OK.
RIVERA: But I think in terms of the refugee ban and immigration and
some of the division that has been forced in this country, I think
Donald Trump really gets a C. He needs to improve. He needs to have
that moderate tone, not the anger, not the us against them.
HANNITY: I have got to roll, guys. You are both phenomenal. Have a
great weekend.
RIVERA: Have great weekend.
HANNITY: Coming up, free speech under assault in America. And now
the New York Times is actually blaming conservatives for the brutal
attacks from the left. We'll get reaction, an explanation from Jay
Sekulow and Michael Cohen. That's next. And later tonight --
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRUMP: As your president, I will never ever infringe on the right of
the people to keep and bear arms, never, ever.
(APPLAUSE)
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: President Trump spoke to the NRA earlier today. He is the
first sitting president to do so since Ronald Wilson Reagan. Later
Tonight Wayne LaPierre joins us with reaction and more on this busy
news night Friday straight ahead.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
HANNITY: Welcome back to "Hannity." So once again the alt radical
left is going after Republicans and freedom of speech. A "New York
Times" columnist is even apparently blaming conservatives like Ann
Coulter for the brutal attacks coming from the left. Now, Jeremy
Peters wrote, quote, "Across the country conservatives like her are
eagerly throwing themselves into volatile situations like the one in
Berkeley emboldened by a backlash over what many Americans sees as
excessive political correctness, a president who has gleefully taken
up their fight and liberals they accuse of trying to censor any idea
they disagree with."
Joining us now with reaction from the American Center for Law and
Justice Jay Sekulow, the national deputy chairman of the RNC finance
leadership team, personal attorney to President Trump, Michael
Cohen. Good to see you both.
JAY SEKULOW, AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE: Hi, Sean.
HANNITY: Jay, let me start here. I have spent a lot of time this
week on this Coulter situation, campuses all across the country. The
fact that conservatives, every word is monitored, every second of
every day on Fox, on talk radio. I really believe this is liberal
fascism and no prominent liberal ever speaks up and defends the
right of conservatives to express their views.
SEKULOW: Well, you are exactly correct. If you take the university
campus, that's supposed to be uniquely the marketplace of ideas. And
the price of freedom is in a free country you are going to hear
speech you disagree with. But you don't respond with violence or
shutting the speech down. You respond to it with more speech.
So that's the idea, that's the entire basis on which our
constitutional Republican exists, this idea of free discourse,
freedom of speech. But those that are opposed to a particular view
are engaging in classic censorship. I have been arguing those cases,
Sean, at the Supreme Court for three decades, this idea you can
target a particular view for censorship. And the Supreme Court has
always, unanimously right and left said you don't do that in free
speech areas.
HANNITY: It is interesting, on the other hand, Michael, that is, all
right, you represent on a personal level the president of the United
States, you work for the Trump organization. And what is amazing is
they want is the right to say any and everything about the man you
know and have known for decades.
MICHAEL COHEN, PERSONAL ATTORNEY TO PRESIDENT TRUMP: Yes. And Sean,
unfortunately, the First Amendment applies to fools and sleazy
people. And you know, people like Maxine Waters and Nancy Pelosi
have to understand that while they are protecting their First
Amendment rights to say whatever they want, they have to understand
that the other side has First Amendment rights as well. And their
rights don't trump, for lack of a better word, the other side.
What happened at Berkeley is a disgrace. The people, the
administration at Berkeley should be ashamed of themselves, and so
should the students for that matter.
HANNITY: And this is the thing, there is nobody, Jay, on the left. I
have a couple of friends on the left that said I'm right about this.
Maybe they think -- maybe they believe it, but the fact that they
don't stand up for Ann Coulter.
Now, I will give you an example. I have said many times on this
program I think Bill Maher is a slob. I can't stand the guy. I think
he is horrible on TV. He is arrogant. He's elitist. He's
condescending. But, in a weird way, good for America because if he
can say all that crap on the left that he says then maybe the left
won't go after conservatives and try to shut them down like they are
presently trying to demolish and shut down the Fox News Channel.
SEKULOW: Well, can you fundamentally disagree with someone on both a
practical level and a policy level and fundamentally disagree. And
you may not agree with Bill Maher. But that doesn't mean he doesn't
have the right to speak. Just like you have the right to speak and
others have the right to speak.
And this idea that we're now going to enter into this sanitized
version of free speech so that if someone is personally offended by
a message they can censor that message. You know, this idea that the
offended observer, someone that hears something they disagree with,
can run to the police department of their school and say arrest that
person or shut them down, I'm offended by that speech.
HANNITY: There is another way, too.
SEKULOW: How much danger we are in.
HANNITY: But then they have the boycott thing that they do. So
people are paid. This is well-funded, well-organized, to monitor
every word that I say on radio and TV every day. And then if I say
one thing out of place that they disagree with, politically
incorrect, then they will just say, oh, let's start an advertising
boycott, and that's just another background way to --
COHEN: You know what, Sean, as per the president, just because they
have the First Amendment right to say what it is they want doesn't
mean it's the right thing to do. Parents are always telling their
children just because you have the right to say something doesn't
mean that you should, and a little censorship goes a long way.
Unfortunately it doesn't appear to be happening and it's not
something that the left wants as it relates to President Trump.
Everything that he does, everything that he says comes in with
scrutiny. The scrutiny is most of the time --
HANNITY: It warped.
COHEN: It's obnoxious, it's rude, and worse than that, it's
offensive to the office of the presidency. And they need to stop.
HANNITY: That's a great point.
COHEN: They just need to stop.
HANNITY: They're not going to stop. They're not going to stop. Jay,
where does this end? We have got to take a break.
SEKULOW: Well, the fact is that self-censorship is one thing. You
can decide I'm going to stop saying something, but that doesn't give
the other person the right to stop speaking. Where does it end?
Unless people stand up and fight for that free speech right
enshrined in the constitution, we lose it. We either protect it or
we lose it. It's that simple.
COHEN: Except also when President Trump turns around and you start
to look at the accomplishment that he's going to be rolling out day
after day, week after week, year after year. And then people start
to see with more money in their pockets, with jobs, you see national
security, our military, our veterans taken care of. They can start
to understand that he is the man that he -- that we all know him to
be. And then they will feel ashamed of themselves.
HANNITY: I'm not so sure they are ever going to feel ashamed of
themselves, Michael. I wish that were true. You're assuming that ---
I believe that the left has become so unhinged. They never saw this
coming. They don't understand him. And they are in a complete
meltdown mode and anything goes for them, meaning saying anything.
SEKULOW: They're stopping other people from speaking. They are
stopping other people from speaking.
COHEN: Ultimately they are going to understand that he is going to
bring success and he is going to make America great. And they are
going to feel it in their pockets.
HANNITY: Liberal fascism is alive and well. There are groups of
people, they will take everyone, every single conservative out in
the meantime. Anybody around the president that supports the
president.
COHEN: Look at me. Look how they attack me on a day-by-day basis.
HANNITY: That's true, or me or Jay or anybody. Anybody who supports
the president is getting hit, and even his own 10-year-old son and
his daughter and his wife. It's ridiculous.
COHEN: True. Have a good one.
HANNITY: Up next tonight right here on "Hannity."
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRUMP: The eight year assault on your Second Amendment freedoms has
come to a crashing end.
(APPLAUSE)
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: President Trump addressing the NRA earlier today. He is the
first sitting president to do this in more than three decades. Up
next we have reaction from the NRA's Wayne LaPierre as we continue
this busy Friday news night. Stay with us.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
HANNITY: Welcome back to "Hannity." So earlier today President Trump
traveled to Atlanta and addressed the National Rifle Association's
annual meeting. Now President Trump's speech is the first time a
sitting president spoke at the NRA since Ronald Reagan addressed the
group in 1983. Here are some of the highlights from earlier today.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRUMP: We have news that you've been waiting for for a long time.
The eight year assault on your Second Amendment freedoms has come to
a crashing end.
(APPLAUSE)
TRUMP: You have a true friend and champion in the White House. No
longer will federal agencies be coming after law abiding gun owners.
(APPLAUSE)
TRUMP: So let me make a simple promise to every one of the freedom-
loving Americans in the audience today. As your president, I will
never ever infringe on the right of the people to keep and bear
arms, never, ever.
(APPLAUSE)
TRUMP: Freedom is not a gift from government. Freedom is a gift from
God.
(APPLAUSE)
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: And joining us now is the NRA executive vice president,
CEO, Wayne LaPierre. That was about as powerful a speech and
statement that I have ever heard from any president, including
Ronald Reagan on the Second Amendment. Your reaction?
WAYNE LAPIERRE, NRA EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CEO: You know,
Sean, I was listening to it and I was thinking the exact same thing.
I was thinking oh, my gosh. This is a president that really
understands what makes America unique are those freedoms that we
have in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. That's what makes
our country different from every other country in the world.
And at the same time listening to him, it's a president that
understands when there is evil at the door, you don't disarm the law
abiding. The Second Amendment is a strength, not a weakness. He
really gets that it's evil people and is proposing a novel concept
of, hey, let's go after the bad guys and leave all the good people
alone.
HANNITY: It's actually very refreshing. Think the first time since
Ronald Reagan did this in 1983. But, you also, as a group, endorsed
him earlier than you had previous candidates. What made you so
certain? And, by the way, you can check this off. Trump made another
promise, one of the things that I think really defines his first 100
days is keeping his word on so many issues, big issues. Why were you
so confident early on that he would keep his promise when others
were doubting, fellow conservatives were doubting?
LAPIERRE: You know, we're a grassroots organization, and I kept out
there all over the country I kept going what do you think? And
people kept looking their head I have never worried about this
country until now. And I would say what do you think? And they would
go Trump.
And I always thought this election was about hope and about someone
that had to change the status quo, and here was somebody willing to
put everything aside and go out there and take tremendous courage
and, you know, go out and fight to save this country.
And Hillary Clinton would have been catastrophic to the Second
Amendment. The Supreme Court, as an individual right with her
appointments would have eliminated the Second Amendment as an
individual right. And, my gosh, look at the change. I mean, Judge
Gorsuch now, it's all the difference in the world.
I see a tremendous pride wave out there in the heartland of the
country with this president, Donald Trump, and the fact that he is
will to fight. But I also see people that are very clear-eyed about
what they are facing. I mean, they understand there are leftist
organizations and elite media that want to wreck this president. And
they understand that we have to have this president's back.
I see the media out there putting out a narrative every day and then
going and trying to market it as truth when most of the time it's
completely inaccurate. And this is a battle and we have got to have
this president's back. He has to succeed and we have to help him.
HANNITY: He was also right about one other thing, and that was that,
yes, there has been an assault on the Second Amendment now going on
for a long time. And they don't understand what most of us that are
pro-Second Amendment are trained and believe in the safety and the
safe use and the safe storage of firearms. And a lot on the left
don't understand it.
Wayne, great day for your group. Thanks for being with us.
LAPIERRE: Thanks, Sean, for having me.
HANNITY: You are very welcome. And coming up tonight, we need your
help. A very important "Question of the Day" as we continue this
Friday edition of "Hannity."
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
HANNITY: Welcome back to HANNITY. It's time for "Question of the
Day." So what do you think is the president's biggest accomplishment
in his first 100 days? We want to hear from you. Go to
Facebook.com/SeanHannity, @SeanHannity on Twitter, let us know what
you think.
Can't believe, what a week. It was so slow news-wise. That's all the
time we have left this evening. Thank you for being with us. Don't
forget, set your DVR so you never miss an episode. Have a great
weekend. We will see you back here Monday night.
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