Dems Divided - October 17th, Hour 2
The Sean Hannity Show
Sean Hannity
4.0 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
House Republicans government shutdown sparks fury, but the show pivots as Sean Hannity spotlights failures in Democratic leadership on crime and border security, citing high murder rates in Illinois and lackluster border enforcement. Alderman Raymond Lopez of Chicago, a rare Democrat openly criticizing his party's handling of violence and immigration, joins Sean, calling for bipartisan cooperation and lamenting Democrats' refusal to honor victims or work with the federal government. Sean frames Lopez as a beacon of sanity in a party that lost its soul, highlighting Lopez's advocacy for law and order despite party backlash. This matters because it exposes growing intra-party rifts on public safety and national security, with real impacts for families and cities across America.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.1 | Hour to Sean Hannity Show, 800941, Sean, if you want to be a part of the program. |
| 0:09.8 | It is remarkable to me and it is sad. |
| 0:13.5 | It is pathetic. |
| 0:15.4 | It is unconscionable. |
| 0:17.7 | And I said this about the Democratic Party that after they wouldn't stand for the family of Lake and Riley at the joint session speech, and they wouldn't stand for the family of Jocelyn Nungary, a little 12-year-old girl brutally raped and murdered in Houston, Texas. |
| 0:33.1 | And they wouldn't stand for a young man that had just beaten cancer, he's 12 years old, |
| 0:38.8 | had it for four years and became a secret service agent. |
| 0:42.2 | I said, this is a party that has lost its heart, its soul, and its conscience. |
| 0:47.2 | I mean, how do you not stand? |
| 0:49.1 | How do you put politics above families that lost loved ones? |
| 0:53.3 | What they don't like is it is a reminder to America |
| 0:57.5 | that the, you know, 12 to 20 million unvetted Biden Harris, Mayorkas, illegals have included |
| 1:05.9 | known terrorists and murderers rapists and other violent criminals and murder and and cartel members |
| 1:13.2 | and and gang members and drug dealers. And they're not making our city safe and secure. |
| 1:19.6 | You can't pursue happiness. It's a prerequisite that you have law and order and safety and security. |
| 1:28.6 | That's why everyone, you put your trust in government. |
| 1:31.6 | How's defund, dismantle, Nobel, reimagined, sending the social workers working out for you? |
| 1:37.3 | How's your educational system, you know, in blue states and cities, you know, run by Democrats |
| 1:43.0 | for decades. |
| 1:44.6 | They have failed spectacularly. |
| 1:47.9 | And then in comes Donald Trump. |
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