Shutdown Gamble Backfires
The Sean Hannity Show
Sean Hannity
4.0 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Sean Hannity opens with Bill O'Reilly discussing Democrats risky government shutdown strategy, which is backfiring as polls show rising Republican popularity. O'Reilly, author of "Confronting Evil," frames the Schumer shutdown as Democrats caving to their party's radical wing for leverage, even at the expense of military pay and SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans. The conversation highlights Democrats push to extend costly COVID-era Obamacare benefits and provide healthcare for illegal immigrants, positioning them as out-of-touch with mainstream voters. Special guest O'Reilly provides sharp analysis on why this matters: these moves risk long-term damage to the Democratic brand and could sway crucial races in New Jersey and beyond.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:07.2 | All right, Leonard Skinner, Simple Man, |
| 0:09.1 | that can only mean one thing on this radio program. |
| 0:11.8 | That is All Things Self-Proclaims, Simple Man, |
| 0:14.4 | that means all things, Bill O'Reilly, all things. |
| 0:17.5 | Bill O'Reilly.com, author of the number one New York Times bestseller |
| 0:22.1 | seller just out confronting evil. |
| 0:25.7 | Congratulations, Mr. O'Reilly. |
| 0:27.2 | This book is Legs, and it's staying right at the top of the New York Times bestseller list. |
| 0:32.3 | Eric Trump did bump you out of the number one spot, but I think after the run you've had, you're doing pretty well. |
| 0:38.6 | Yeah, I feel sorry for Eric, so that's okay. |
| 0:42.0 | What do you mean? |
| 0:42.4 | Well, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. |
| 0:43.1 | What do you mean you feel sorry for Eric? |
| 0:45.3 | No, you don't. |
| 0:46.4 | You're so freaking competitive, you know, even though you're number one for weeks, it irritates |
| 0:51.8 | you, admit it. |
| 0:52.8 | No, really. |
| 0:57.7 | I'm absolutely fine with free competition. You had Eric Trump on your show. I had him on mind. I like him because |
| 1:04.7 | he's feisty. You know, he gets involved in whatever the conversation is. |
| 1:11.8 | We're on to L.A. next week because they bought Confronting Evil for the movies. |
| 1:18.6 | And we're trying to figure out who the narrator is going to be. |
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