Fighting for California
The Sean Hannity Show
Sean Hannity
4.0 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Mark Simone takes calls from across the country while covering California politics, media culture, and conservative momentum ahead of the next election cycle. The hour opens with Steve Hilton discussing his campaign for governor of California, arguing that one-party Democratic rule has led to rising costs, crime, homelessness, and economic frustration throughout the state. Hilton outlines his platform centered around affordability, lower taxes, energy costs, and government accountability while warning that California is approaching a tipping point.
The show also covers the Los Angeles mayoral race, frustrations with progressive leadership, media bias, and voter concerns over election integrity. Listeners hear discussions about Marco Rubio, Trump’s foreign policy approach, Cuba’s instability, late-night television’s political shift, and reactions to President Trump’s growing influence in Florida and beyond. Throughout the hour, Mark mixes political commentary with listener calls, humor, and sharp observations about culture, media, and the changing political landscape across America.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:25.3 | Guaranteed Human. Hey, it's Mark Simone here for Sean Hannity. He's on his way back from China. He's on Air Force One as we speak. I'm normally here on our big flagship station, W-O-R in New York. Now, California, you've got a mural race. You've got a governor's race. It's very important that Steve Hilton, a get-elected governor. you got to help them race you got a governor's race very important that Steve Hilton a get elected governor you got to help them donate volunteer whatever you can do go to Steve Hilton for governor.com and help out Steve Hilton for |
| 0:30.5 | governor.com he's running around campaigning like crazy and he's on the line with |
| 0:35.0 | us right now Steve H, how you doing? |
| 0:44.6 | I'm great. Great to be with you. Another crazy debate last night where you had a lineup of Democrats trying to pretend they haven't actually been in charge of this state |
| 0:50.2 | 16 years and driven it into the ditch. It's just incredible. |
| 0:54.6 | They've got no shame. |
| 0:55.8 | It's as if they've just sort of been in a parallel universe where Democrats haven't been |
| 1:00.0 | running California. |
| 1:01.1 | Instead, it's something called MAGA, apparently, that's been in charge of California for 16 |
| 1:06.9 | years. |
| 1:07.2 | It's insane. |
| 1:08.2 | They do that here in New York. |
| 1:09.2 | We've had a Democratic governor, state legislature, Democratic mayor, Democratic City |
| 1:13.2 | Council for 12 years, 13 years, and then they campaign on the affordability crisis. |
| 1:18.8 | You're right. |
| 1:19.2 | They created it. |
| 1:20.2 | But why doesn't the public see that? |
| 1:21.9 | How do you get that message across? |
| 1:23.9 | I think they are seeing it, and that's why I'm leading in the polls and looking good |
| 1:27.0 | for the primary and looking good for the |
| 1:27.5 | primary and into the general election against whoever they send looks right now like it's |
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