HAVE ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION AT ALL.
TIME NOW FOR OUR HANNITY
HOTSEAT.
JOINING ME NOW REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN MATT GAETZ AND THE
COHOST OF THE FIVE GERALDO
RIVERA.
I HAVE KNOWN YOU A LONG TIME.
PLEASE DON’T RAISE MY BLOOD
PRESSURE.
IT IS ALMOST FRIDAY.
PLEASE TELL ME.
>> YOU PUT ME OPPOSITE MATT
GAETZ AND DON’T WANT ME TO RAISE
YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE?
>> WE WILL GIVE MATT A CHANCE TO
RESPOND IN A MINUTE.
PLEASE TELL ME YOU WILL NOT LET
FANG FANG’S BOYFRIEND TO STEP UP
ON THE INTEL COMMITTEE.
NEITHER HE NOR SHIFT IN MY VIEW
SHOULD EVEN BE ABLE TO GET A
CLASSIFIED ANYTHING IN THE
PRIVATE SECTOR NEVERMIND THE
GOVERNMENT.
ADAM SCHIFF IS A PROVEN LIAR.
HE USED HIS POSITION ON THE
INTEL COMMITTEE AND HE LIED TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
I KNOW THAT HE LIED BECAUSE FOR
ALMOST THREE YEARS NIGHTLY ON
THIS SHOW WE EXPOSED HIS LIES
AND THE THINGS THAT HE WAS DOING
AND THE INTEL COMMUNITY
WEAPONIZING AND POLITICIZING
INFORMATION BY TELLING THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE THINGS THAT
WEREN’T TRUE.
ARE YOU SUPPORTING THESE TWO
GUYS?
>> I AM NOT.
THE REASON IS WHEN SPEAKER
PELOSI DEEMED THAT JIM BANKS AND
JIM JORDAN WERE UNSUITABLE TO BE
ON THE JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE,
THAT TO ME WAS A POLITICAL
VENGEANCE.
GOOD FOR THE GOOSE, GOOD FOR THE
GANDER.
THE FACT THAT McCARTHY IS
DOING IT NOW, THEY SHOULD HAVE
KNOWN IT’S JUST A MATTER OF
TIME.
POLITICAL CYCLES WORK THEIR WAY
THROUGH.
IF HE DID IT TO ME I WILL DO IT
BACK TO YOU.
WHERE I AM ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGED
IS HOW THIS NEW CONGRESS IS JUST
A REFLECTION OF THE LAST
CONGRESS.
IT’S A DO-NOTHING CONGRESS.
WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE THEY
THEREFOR?
MATT GAETZ, WHY ARE YOU PURSUING
ADAM SCHIFF AND PASSING
LEGISLATION TO GET HIM BARRED
FROM INTELLIGENCE?
>> TO PROTECT THE COUNTRY.
>> AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER
MEANINGFUL THINGS FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THINGS THEY CARE ABOUT.
THEIR POCKETBOOK.
THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR SAFETY.
GO AFTER REAL ISSUES.
>> I THINK THAT IF YOU LOOK AT
THE WORK OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES TODAY WE WERE
PASSING LEGISLATION TO STOP JOE
BIDEN FROM PLAYING POLITICS WITH
THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE.
YOU OR ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WE SHOULD PURSUE CLAWBACKS WHERE
THERE WAS FRAUD IN A LOT OF
THESE PROGRAMS.
WE OUGHT TO DO THAT BEFORE
RAISING THE DEBT LIMIT.
WE OUGHT TO IMPOSE WORK
REQUIREMENTS.
YOU CAN TAKE MY GUEST PASS AND
COME OBSERVE A CONGRESS THAT IS
QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THE LAST
CONGRESS IF FOR NO OTHER REASON
THAN DURING THE BATTLE FOR THE
SPEAKERSHIP WE DEMANDED OPEN
RULES AND OPEN AMENDMENTS.
TODAY WE TOOK VOTES ON OVER 20
AMENDMENTS.
SOME BY DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS.
NO ONE CAN DEFEND ADAM SCHIFF
AND ERIC SWALWELL.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO MADE
CAREERS LEAKING AND EMBROIDERING
LIES ONTO THOSE VERY LEAKS.
ADAM SCHIFF DOESN’T JUST GO ON
TikTok TO PUBLISH
INFORMATION.
A REAL CRITIQUE THAT WE HAVE IS
FOR THREE YEARS WHEN REPUBLICANS
WANTED ACCESS TO INTELLIGENCE
ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF THE
CORONAVIRUS ADAM SCHIFF WAS
ESSENTIALLY THE BLOCKING TACKLE
FOR THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY
AND DID NOT GET THAT INFORMATION
OUT IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC.
>> CONGRESSMAN, YOU SOUND A GOOD
GAME.
WHAT IN THE WORLD WERE YOU AND
YOUR 19 COLLEAGUES DOING
TORTURING THE SPEAKER, YOUR
SPEAKER, YOUR SPEAKER DESIGNATE
KEVIN McCARTHY?
WHAT WAS THAT FOR?
WHAT DID YOU HOPE TO ATTAIN IN
THAT?
>> FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE SOME
CONSTITUENTS IN THE MILITARY
THAT CAN TALK TO ABOUT TORTURE.
I DON’T THINK SITTING THROUGH 15
VOTES QUALIFIES.
WE BELIEVE THAT INSTEAD OF
HAVING OMNIBUS SPENDING
LEGISLATION THAT COMES TO US
WITH ONLY A FEW HOURS TO
CONSIDER THOUSANDS OF PAGES AND
THEN VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT
FUNDS EVERY AGENCY OF THE
GOVERNMENT ALL AT ONCE THAT WE
SHOULD TAKE INDIVIDUAL VOTES ON
APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.
THAT’S A CONCESSION WE DIDN’T
HAVE WHEN VOTING BEGAN.
IT IS ONE WE EARNED BY THE TIME
IT ENDED.
WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN BILLS ARE
CONSIDERED THEY SHOULD COMPORT
TO A SINGLE SUBJECT SO I DON’T
HAVE TO DO WHAT I DID IN THE
PAST AND VOTE ON THE FARM BILL
AT THE SAME TIME VOTING ON
WEATHER OR NOT THERE IS WAR
POWERS IN YEMEN.
WE WANTED OPEN AMENDMENTS SO
REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS COULD
OFFER GERMANE ADJUSTMENTS TO
LEGISLATION AND EVERYONE COULD
TAKE VOTES ON THESE THINGS.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS COME AND GO.
>> CONGRESSMAN, WITH YOUR
FILIBUSTER RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE
PORTRAYING YOURSELF TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AS A THOUGHTFUL
LEGISLATOR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE PUBLICITY THAT YOU GET
CHARACTERISTICALLY AND ALMOST
INEVITABLY IS FLAMBOYANT.
IT IS CONFRONTATIONAL.
>> LET ME STEP IN FOR A SECOND.
>> A SUBSTANTIVE ARGUMENT ABOUT
CHANGES TO THE PROCESS?
>> HE ANSWERED YOUR VERY
SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT WHAT HE
WAS FIGHTING FOR.
MY ONLY ARGUMENT, AND MATT AND I
TALKED IN DECEMBER.
YOU CAN VERIFY THIS AS TRUE.
MY ONLY BEEF WITH EVERYBODY IS I
WANTED EVERYBODY TO BE IN FULL
AGREEMENT BY JANUARY 3RD.
FOR DAYS IT CAME AND WENT.
NOW EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME
PAGE.
HE GAVE YOU VERY SPECIFIC
ARGUMENTS ABOUT WHAT HE WAS
FIGHTING FOR, HOW THIS CONGRESS
IS DIFFERENT AND BETTER THAN THE
LAST ONE.
WHY ARE YOU ATTACKING HIM
PERSONALLY?
>> I THOUGHT THAT IS WHY YOU
INVITED ME, SEAN.
TO GO NOSED AND NOSE WITH YOUR
RIGHT WING CHAMPION.
I AM HERE.
I SHOWED UP.
I DON’T KNOW MATT GAETZ.
I DON’T KNOW YOU.
ALL I KNOW IS WHAT I READ IN THE
NEWSPAPERS. >> THAT HAS GOT TO BE TRUE.
>> THAT HAS GOT TO BE TRUE.
CROSSTALK.
>>> SOMETIMES WILL THE
REPUBLICANS COME TOGETHER?
WILL THEY COME TOGETHER ON THE
DEBT SEALING AND WILL THEY STAND
STRONG IN 2022?
BIDEN IS BETTING AGAINST THAT.
THAT’S WHY HE SAYS NO
NEGOTIATION.
>> IF WE PICK THE RIGHT FIGHT, I
WAS DISCOURAGED TO SEE DON BACON
ANNOUNCED ON MEET THE PRESS THAT
HE BELIEVES NO CUTS AND
ENTITLEMENTS COULD BE ACCEPTABLE
TO HIS SWING OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE WORK
REQUIREMENTS.
IF WE IMPOSE WORK REQUIREMENTS
ON SNAP AND MEDICAID WE WOULD
HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAVE $1 TRILLION.
$1 TRILLION.
>> WILL REPUBLICANS UNITE?
>> A MOTHER WITH THREE CHILDREN
AT HOME, MAKE HER WORK?
>> YEAH.
YOU CAN MEET WORK REQUIREMENTS
AND A LOT OF STATES BY
VOLUNTEERING AT NONPROFITS AND
HELPING OUT AT A LOCAL CHURCH.