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Brought back into our country . Nobody. The biggest tax cuts in the history of our country. This is bigger than actually president reagans many years ago. Im very honored by it. Democrats dont like tax cuts. They want to raise your taxes. They dont want to lower your taxes. They want to raise your taxes and spend money foolishly. David the president being very loose in his speech today and as those lawmakers leave washington for christmas, major battles are set for when they get back in january. However, the president is after passing massive tax cut bill joining us now fox news chief neacialt ed henry. I have got to tell you im excited. The president began speaking we cut to it millions of people heard what he said today. And he was just being trump, ed. Yeah, look. He has been on defense for a large chunk of the year. You have got the mullen investigation out there he still has to deal with going into the new year. They failed on healthcare. They hope to take another crack at it in 2018. You had all these critics and nay sayers saying he is not going to get the tax cut. Republicans cannot govern. They have the white house, the house, and the senate. They stepped up here. You heard mcconnell and ryan and others say it was president ial leadership that got this across the finish line. We have heard Chuck Schumer for weeks now say that this is not going to trickle down. The workers, you know, the employees are not going to feel the Corporate Tax cut from 35 to 21 . Whats happened the last 48 hours here. David been determined before it was even written or read. Chuck schumer says republicans will roux the day. What about the political battle thats shaping up . Its going to be a difficult 2018 for republicans. Youve got to be fair and acknowledge that that any party in power when you have got a new president , barack obama faced this, bill clinton faced, this either party, you are going to likely face losses in the mid terms. But, this tax cut may mitigate that that may help this president big time. Because when Chuck Schumer says this is not going to trickle down to employees and then a whole bunch of Companies Like boeing and tat say we are giving out 1,000 bonuses. We may be hiring more people. We are investing in our company. Thats exactly what the president promised would happen and which democrats said would not happen. And so if you have an economy thats already been picking up steam in recent weeks and months, all of a sudden take off in 2018 thats going to wreck some of the democratic plans for major gains in the mid terms terms. David thousand more bucks in my pocket. Im paying less taxes. Double standard deductions. Im not paying taxes on that money. If that matters in the political narrative. Sure. David some numbers matter here and you say tat at t and they give 201,000. They are actually putting somewhere around 200 million, give or take an many employees into pockets in the economy. How does the democrat goes against that. They go out and buy a television for the holidays. They put food on the table. I went back and looked in 2012 barack obama in the election year, of course, was talking about a one time tax rebate that was small. 40. 40. You probably remember that on the radio show. David i remember that. Democrats were saying this is going to make a big difference. 40 . That was flog compared to the average family, middle class family 75,000, family of four is going to get a tax cut of about 2,000. That puts the 40 to shame. And by the way, you now have every single democrat in the house and senate who is on record voting for higher taxes and lower wages because they didnt want to see whats playing out now play out. If the republicans cant write a 30 second tv ad pointing out that every democrat voted for higher taxes, they should get another line of work. David thats a very good point. Republicans we are going to talk to the chair woman of the rnc in just a minute. They have got a big job ahead of them. They have got to go out. They dont need to sell it. It is signed. It is law. Thats what the president said. I dont need to travel. It will sell itself. Well see. David they need to gout and explain the benefits of it to the American People. They have to rebut the attacks on corporations. Its not just mega corporations its small companies. We have to point out immigration reform. Infrastructure, there is a lot, heck. Are they going to take another bite at the apple. They promised voters republicans, repeal and replace. They failed this year. Can they come back third way not obamacare not repeal and replace. Is there some way to move forward. Lets be clear there are challenges for the president heading into 2018 but this tax cut gives them a head of steam. David for sure. People paying obamacare taxes to the irs 80 of them make under 50,000. That means repealing that individual mandate, the funding mechanism is a big boost for americans. Major boost for americans. Opposite of what Democratic Leaders have been saying. Think about Chuck Schumer saying this is all about the rich. Nancy pelosi saying if this bill passes people are going to die. That he was the way they bill this. Maybe the opposite is happening. David a Christmas Present. Im wearing my christmas tie. Ed henry good see it you my friend. Joining us with reaction rnc chair ronna mcdaniel. Great to see you. We have talked through this entire process on radio and in person about this and a major achievement the president gets a major legislative win. And the rnc i said to them you guys have to take it to the streets. Where do you begin . It is historic day. Taps great Christmas Present. And President Trump led the way. You know, i think about a year ago when he was coming to my state of michigan and traveling this country, and recognizing that wages were stagnant, that people were suffering. And now today, he has said we are fighting for you. We are going to give the middle class a huge tax cut. We are going to make your paycheck bigger. We are going to increase jobs. Were going to grow our economy. Were going to fight for the American People. So, at the Republican Party we are going to keep hammering home the great accomplishments of this the and senator mcconnell and speaker ryan. And then we are going to remind them that the democrats were nowhere to be found. In fact, joe manchin went home and he saw a big banner that said well remember in november. Well, were going to make sure they remember in november that no democrat supported middle class tax cuts in helping the American People. David lets talk about the major driver of the economy and that is the corporate side of this. And im not talking about the mega corporations. Escorts, l corpse. Corps. S corps. Individual truckers call every day and ask what does this mean to me . What does it mean to them the people in that 50 to 75,000 income level . But they have a pass through. They have a business. What does it mean to them . Well, it means they are going to take more money home. Its twofold. Twofold in that we have cut so many regulations. The president focused on that at the first three months of his administration cutting regulations. And that is so important to the Small Business owner because they were so constricted by these cumbersome regulations that were preventing them from growing and being able to expand their businesses. So that. And then county tax cuts take more money home. Invest in their businesses and help in their families, this is great day for Small Businesses for like you said truck drivers, people across the country are going to benefit. Thats exactly who President Trump targeted with this huge tax reform bill. David all right. Ed henry brought it up a little while ago, ronna. Has a good point. Can the republicans write a 30second ad that lays out for the American People what does that ad say to the American People in say 30 seconds . Republicans are putting the American People first. And we are increasing their paychecks. We are going to focus on creating more jobs. We are going to increase wages and grow this economy. We are going to make america a better place for all americans. And we have delivered at every turn this year. We are are going to keep doing it give us the majority in 2018. David now lets talk about some other things. I would like to cover the things not always there. Tax cuts. Great Christmas Present for americans. What about other things . Regulatory reform. We have immigration on the table to deal with daca. We have so many issues. There has been a divide at spoins in the Republican Party. Is the party going to come together now that the president has a head of steam and with the help of the rnc words out, the president border to look at these walls. So much has been accomplished in this year as we look at the year in review. Look at the judicial appointments. Look at neil gorsuch, look at veterans accountability act. Look at increased military spending and deregulation and tax cuts. We are just going to keep doing that the president has signaled he wants to tackle fracture next year. Thats something that should bring bipartisan support. Theres a lot in the accomplishment column for republicans. Have democrats done this year . What have they accomplished . Nothing. Resist and obstruct and fighting this president at every turn even if its in the best interest of their constituents is not a message that theyre going to be able to run on in 2018. This tax bill has shown that we can come together as a party. We can governor as a party. We have a president who is leading the way. We are going to continue fighting for the American People. Our hand is out to democrats. We want them to come across the aisle and work with us. If they are not going to, we are going to get it done. Are they really going come across the aisle as we wrap this up. We heard Chuck Schumer say republicans are going to roux the day when they do this. Nancy pelosi, this is the worst thing. This is armageddon. Im paraphrasing. You know the words that are being used. And they are not reading the bills. Nothing new for democrats. , about but, are they really going to come to the table . There is some senators ohio think are going to be looking at 2018. Joe manchin, heidi heitcamp. Joe donnelly, john tester, sherrod brown. These senators in these red states where President Trump won, they want the photo op. With the president. They want to to show they are bipartisan. So far they are totally beholden to their leadership nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer. When they go to the ballot box they will ask what did my senator do. We have the opportunities to pick up seats they f. They cant come across the aisle and work on other things especially middle class tax cuts and infrastructure. David thanks, ronna. By the way great to see you and your family. You worked very hard in the first part of this term. Good luck. Have a great christmas. You deserve a break. Merry christmas. Merry christmas. Thank you, david. David meanwhile liberals over at msnbc they have been trashing the president s tax plan. But it turns out they shouldnt be. Before we explain why. Watch this. . Is something donald trump, with all the cruchings and alcrunches. This tax plan proves autocrat across the world. Donald trump has perfected the art of the selfdeal. Look at them like lem mention, are they going to back him on firing mueller . Look at them. Looks like a north korean parade. There is a difference between giving it to the corporations and hoping that the corporations hand them out and we will see who else decides to do. This and giving it directly to the American People. In the form of larger tax cuts for the individuals, for the middle class and not just the wealthy or the corporations. So the effects of the tax bill started to reverberate today as the wealthiest people and the most powerful corporations in this country started almost literally scrambling to figure out how they are going to handle all the money the republican tax bill just gave them. So when your familys taxes go up because of this bill can you take comfort in knowing thats what you are paying for. Instead of attacking the g. O. P. Tax bill, maybe these liberal hosts should be thanking President Trump. Hires why. Hire heres why. Comcast the parpght company of nbc have announced they will be giving 1,000 bonuses to over 100,000 employees because of the tax bill. And the fccs actions on broad band. So think about that for a moment. Do the numbered a up to the rhetoric and joining us with reaction, Fox News Contributor deresolve murder dock, radio talk show most and Fox News Contributor Leslie Marshall and republican strategist noel nikpour. You talk about the civil rights industry a lot. This is the liberal Media Industry selling the narrative. Do the numbered a up when the very employees of comcast are getting millions of dollars that they will inject into the economy on their own . We heard from Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi that this money will be going just to the ceos and the top executives. The day after this one tax cut plan was passed, were now finding thousand dollars bonuses for 100,000 employees. If you are Rachel Maddow or Joe Scarborough maybe 1,000 bucks is not a lot of money. Think about it cable guy, somebody working in Customer Service call center or maybe somebody who is working secretarial type position. That 1,000 will be quite a bit of money and appreciated this time of year particularly before christmas. David leslie good to see you. Is this a Christmas Present for america . I know the democrats want to paint this as a disaster. They havent seen it play out. But to deroys point, to the money going into the economy, some 200 million from at t going to employees, 100 million from comcast, may not matter to the rich elitist but what about the americans out there . Lets talk about the truth. The reason the at t did this i know we want to make it altruistic but its not. Basically the reason they did it was the 28 million tax incentive for this them this year because they would get screwed next year. In addition, lets talk about the hundreds i have jobs being establish away from individuals. Layoffs they are having at at t. Over 600 ever them even nor concentrate you had in illinois. David you are conflating layoffs. Neither are from the trump tax plan. The timing. David why bring it into the trump tax plan . They are protecting themselves because of the changes for them as a corporation. They actually will get a better tax break of 28 million more as opposed to they would lose 48 million more if they wait until 2018 versus 2017. They need to distribute the money and it makes them look good to say hey, here are some bonuses. So when you ask is it a Christmas Present . It may appear that way but thats not the reason. Is it a Christmas Present to the poor . Is it a Christmas Present to the elderly . Is it a Christmas Present to the disabled or to people that dont make between 300 and hundred thousand dollars a year or dont itemize their takes taxes. We would say no. David we know they dont have to itemize anymore if they are below a certain income level. Tat just spent 200 million to cover 28 million. Im not following the numbers here. First of all, i have got to tell you something. I am really angry. Im very angry with what the democrats have done to spin this. Number one, lets just look at corporation ceos, corporations employ 152 million American People. And i am really tired of the media spin that corporation ceo and Corporate America is evil. They supply us with jobs. Dher not heaval. The last time i checked both democrats and republicans they own dorptions. The other thing i would like to say which is just very irritating for me is the fact that you know this tax cut really amplifies what donald trump is trying to do. He got elected on the backs of the working man because the democrats werent representing them. He turned blue states into red states. Look at the ones that he won. Made good on promise. Going to see money in paychecks. Corporations corporations giving back to their employees. They are not evil doers, nice try for the democrats narrative to spin it to where, you know, the corporations are big fat cats and taking home a bunch of cash. They are giving it down to their employees. There may be one or two bad actors that leslie can maybe trump me on, burr the majority these guys, these women and men ceos of american corporations they are giving it back. David deroy, lets do some numbers here. I like the fact that when you look at some of the things, we have doubling the standard deduction 12,000 if you are single. 18,000 i like that addition if you are a single parent. And 24,000. That means if you are a hold hold under that 40 or 50,000, you sudden live got more of your money to use on top of that. Talking point hebrew increased; added of 500. Do the numbers matchlesslys narrative . They dont. This is money people wont be able to keep in their pockets. In addition to that, if you used to pay the penalty for not having obamacare, thats gone. Obama basic solid voluntary now if you want obamacare, can you have it. If you dont want to do it you dont have to have it any longer. Something called 59 plan going to let people put money aside if never putting kids k through 12 private school. Parochial school, what have you. Thats a fantastic thing that ted cruz put in. That is probably the biggest boost for School Choice in decades. Whatever at ts motives are. They made clear they will give a special benefit giving to their employees. What about wells fargo. Fifth third bank. What about at ts motives might be doctoring other agencies giving bonuses. Worker he had itsing youened spends monday on construction of fittings. This is within 48 hours of passage and a few hours of this bill being signed. I think next year is going to be a boon year for this economy. Its going to grow like crazy. The party of no. Democrats said no to this and all these benefits will have trouble next november going before the voters as people enjoy these very beneficial things gee we didnt allow you to step up and have theme they voted no on all of these. Shame on them. David lets give a tax break to the poor and lower rungs of the income ladder. In this is the repeal of the Obamacare Mandate. 80 of the people according to the irs taxed by out Obamacare Mandate make under 50,000. Wouldnt democrats be on board with this . After all, these people dont make much and now they dont have to by onerous task. David, no. Im glad you asked me that because of the healthcare dined of things. The wean they both thought we had need for reformation. I know everybody likes to look at the numbers. Lets look at different numbers, not the economy. Pure numbers of how many sick versus all people. The hj rooms have been deare bombarded. Didnt have insurance care for preventative. David im going to give you the last 15 seconds. No, no. You are going off to try to sell it, go ahead, noelle. I know leslie is complaining heres the thing. The democrats had a shot to get some things they needed. Remember, at a certain time, we werent sure if we had enough republican votes. Here are the democrats sitting here in a big cluster and nobody really came forward to see if they could get some things in the bill to maybe help and vote for it. So they didnt participate. So, its really kind of unusual that they are sitting here complaining and crying over spilt milk so to speak when they didnt do anything for the process to get anything that they want. Now you can cry over spilled eg eggnog. Democrats out there go dry in your eggnog. Its christmas season. We will keep the spilled milk. We will tell what action attorney general Jeff Sessions is taking following reports that the Obama Administration gave a free pass to a fares group. Also we are learning more details about the fbis potential role in sharing the antitrump dossier with the media. Stay with us. Yeeeeaaaahhh hmmhmm. Uh oh. A painful sore throat . Not now. If you want a max strength alternative to cough drops take cepacol instamax. This will provide fast relief. Look unlike regular cough drops it contains 2 max strength pain relievers and cools in seconds. Dual power in one lozenge. Bye bye sore throat. Knock out sore throat fast. Take cepacol instamax. David welcome back to this special edition of hannity. Major developments tonight in two big scandals. Fox news exclusively reporting that attorney general Jeff Sessions award add Justice Department review of obama era Law Enforcement initiative called project cassandra. That initiative targeted hezbollahs Drug Trafficking operations in the United States and abroad. Sessions move follows a recent political report that alleges the Obama Administration shut down this initiative in order to secure nuclear deal with iran. Also tonight, politico reporting that james baker, the fbis top lawyer was in contact with a liberal journalist david corn of mother jones in the weeks before the outlet broke the first news story about the existence of the antitrump dossier. Here with reaction to all of this former utah congressman and Fox News Contributor Jason Chaffetz and fox news legal analyst greg g8. Let me go to you first on this with the legal aspect of this. The idea of prosecutorial discretion. Right. David what is it and how would you apply it to something of this scope with a billiondollar enterprise or criminal enterprise . It does not apply to this. Heres why. The federal courts have universally held that prosecutorial discretion only applies to individual cases and small groups of cases. This was a Massive Group of cases involving the terrorist Group Hezbollah and not prosecuting them for Drug Trafficking as well as money laundering. You cant hide behind prosecutorial discretion for that. Which means that i have concerns that justice may have been o obstructed by the Obama Administration. You are not allowed to interfere with the due process of law for political purposes. It as that the Obama Administration was doing precisely that trying to curry favor with iran on the nuclear deal. How Many American lives were lost because of the influx by hezbollah of cocaine into america . David not just that jason, let me bring you in on this because its not just the lives that greg talks about but its the effect on others around the world. We are talking about if this political report is to be believed and if it is true, that there were 30 agencies or so involved in this. Not just one agency. This is beyond discretion. What about the different layers of this and does congress have a responsibility here with oversight and how so . Oh, i know, Congress Absolutely needs to get to the bottom of this. This is exactly one of those disgusting stories where for purely political reasons so that the Obama Administration can complete a deal with iran they turn their nose away. These investigators, they put their lives on the line. They are doing a great investigation and then it gets to the point where they are seeing that untold amend of drugs and cocaine coming into the United States of america via hezbollah of all people. And they just are to turn a blind eye to not prosecute, to just tone it down . I mean, politico, hats off to them. Because this is one of the best investigative pieces of journalism given the these people are on the record. They are not some anonymous source. But the author of this piece has got to be proud of the work because he has done a good job documenting. This congress should look at it and its a disgusting story. All right. So, greg, there are a couple things in this story, unsealed indictments. There is a filing under pre, big critic of President Trump. There seems to be a host of issues coming out of justice. What about those aspects of this . Can those be brought back into play . It depends on the statute of limitations. We dont know the dates of the transactions that gave rise to what were supposed to be criminal prosecutions. If the statute hasnt run, those prosecutions ought to be presented in court. People indicted. People prosecuted and convicted and thrown behind bars. We just dont know. Hopefully these can still be prosecuted. But, the Obama Administration may have been may have prevented that by what appears to be inappropriate, if not illegal action. David all right. So lets go to jason. Because i like to ask questions, especially of our former congressman of what the Inspector Generals Office is doing in washington, d. C. We now have another political report. And this one is about a senior counsel, james baker, and what may, what may have been a connection to the trump dots dossier. Where is the Inspector General in this . How does congressional oversight get into play here . Well, trey gowdy is the chairman of the Oversight Committee took up after i lift. And actually the inspectors general kind of report up on a jurisdictional basis through the Oversight Committee. Michael horowitz is the one that actually runs, is the Inspector General at the department of justice for 150 employees. A massive budget. They have been doing the investigation on the comey matter. The Hillary Clinton email matter. They have been silent. You havent heard leaks. And now we have seen two publicly released news reports. One back in july saying in is james baker, the senior most counsel there at the department of justice was being looked at for releasing classified information to a journalist. And then just today as you said, it popped that he has been reassigned. Now, we dont know exactly why that happened or what happened there, but, you know, people like trey gowdy and John Radcliff on the Judiciary Committee. Devon nunez of the Intel Committee im sure are going to be all over this. But i have a lot of faith in the Inspector General. I think they have roaded out a lot of things. David lets bring you guys together on this aspect of this. We have a couple minutes to wrap this up. First to you, greg, what can be done inside justice to work with congress to bring this to a real hearing . Not another d. C. Political hearing . Go back to jason. Share information and documents. Look, i dont believe in coincidences as a lawyer. I find it hard to believe that its just a coincidence that james baker, general counsel at the fbi suddenly gets reassigned at the moment of Department Investigates him for leaking important antitrump dossier material to a liberal reporter just before the election. Is that a series of fantastic coincidences . My instincts as a lawyer tell me absolutely not. Jason, if those arent coincidences, the only way to find out is a real investigation. Can house judiciary get involved . Can House Oversight get involved in this . Yes, i thinks it starts with the Inspector General and the 450 employees there. I think by the end of march, you will see them come out with a defennive report. That is going to be a critical piece. It was something that myself and he a elijah consumption in a bipartisan way asked and started. I hate to say this but i said it previously. I do think they need a change at the attorney generals office. I dont think that attorney general sessions is up to the job. He needs to recuse himself of all of this. Its why we have director mueller. There are deep seeded systemic problems within the department of justice that need to be rooted out. Again, its going to be people like trey gowdy and John Radcliff and host of other people got to get their fingers into it. They have got to file documents and follow transcribed introduce and do the interviews they need to do. David greg jared attorney extraordinary here at fox have a great christmas. Good to see you. Come up, special counsel mueller could be fired no matter what the white house says. But the white house says its not going to happen and they still say he is going to be fired. Is the left trying to create a crisis . Stay with us as this special edition of hannity continues. This counselor counsel to remove special counsel mueller from his position or to pardon key witnesses in any effort to shield them for from a accountability, or to shut down the investigation would be a gross abuse of power and a flagrant violation of executive Branch Responsibilities and authorities. If there is a firing of Robert Mueller or pardon, both would cross a red line and undoubtedly lead to a firestorm, much as there was in the saturday night massacre when Richard Nixon tried to do the same. If they are watching that spectacle in the Judiciary Committee and listening to republican members talk about a cue and tal coupe and tt criminal activity, that will encourage the president to fire mueller with impunity. If the president were to fire special counsel mueller, our country would face a constitutional crisis. David all right, welcome back to special edition of hannity. Those are several democrats in the last few days trying to manufacture a false narrative that President Trump may fire special counsel mueller. According to our own john roberts today, sources familiar with the matter saying that President Trump is definitely not going to fire mueller and that and all this rhetoric from democrats, its based on pure speculation. Joining us now with reaction we have got radio host steve leavy, Fox News Contributors, doug schoen and deneen borelli. We have Allstar Group to do. This first let me go to deneen first. Happy anniversary. Thank you very much. David very happy time for you and your husband. Thank you. David by the way the pardon not happening was the news. We pardon michael flynn, whatever. Why are they driving this narrative. The white house spokesman, Sarah Sanders said this is not happening. We have gone from fake news to fake firing, david. What part of theres no intention to fire mueller does the left not get. I think really they are desperate right now. They are desperate with their message because all we hear is identity politics. They are desperate with the fact that they dont want any of the good news coming out of this administration to make the headlines. Look at what the economy is doing. Look at what the companies what the lower tax cuts will be able to reinvest in their companies and their employees, giving out bonuses. They dont want to talk about the good that is coming up. But what they are also doing is deflecting from all of the bias that we have heard within the fbi administration,. David i have known you for years, you are good on messaging, you understanding what works, what doesnt. There is a huge story today. Does mueller or the firing or predicted firing, whatever you want to call it, does it touch the story of the tax bill today . In other words, is it effective . Heres what i would say. When the president hinted at the possibility that general flynn could be pardoned, when he said well see. I think that raised the specter of what a number of the democrats talked about happening. Now, in fairness, the president has been very clear that former director mueller is not going to be fired and i think the democrats and the republicans would best focus on getting these investigations finished and completed, also look at the fbi agents for their behavior. And indeed to add a little maraschino cherry for deneens very happy day, i think we need also to look at uranium one and secretary clinton. But my focus is lets get the investigations done before we rush to judgment or politicize. David let me bring steve levy in on this. You are the new guy here. We gave you a chance to warm up. You are a radio talk show host like me. You talk to people every day. Right. David the president said he is not going to do it. Doug is right. When you hint at something they take and run with it. Does this story override the question i asked doug, and then what do the democrats do next when he doesnt fire mueller mueller. David, i wrote a book something called bias in the media, great extent when i shifted from when i changed my registration from democrat to republican. And i can tell you after what i have witnessed over the last three days in the media. It was incredible. The last three days on these other outlets in the media by this fake story. It started when the democratic congresswoman jackie spears said she heard a rumor tha there might after christmas be some type of nixonian saturday night massacre of firings, totally unsubstantiated. But i will tell you, david, i think this was orchestrated in back rooms by democratic operatives because you saw thereafter talking points. Senators schumer and warner went to the floor of the senate saying we are having a constitutional crisis. Nancy pelosi wrote to speaker ryan saying you must stop this. And they were aided and abetted by the liberal media giving to this nonsense. So unfortunate because it obscured real stories that those other outlets never covered on things like uranium one. The dossier, and this hezbollah opiate scandal. David deneen, it reminds me of backlash and the back lacial that you put up with in the media. Is the media so intent that they are business to it. The credibility is in the tank, right . You have the progressive media, the liberal media. Its all one big club and they are all writing and saying the same thing. Instead of reporting the truth, the facts to americans, they are doing a disservice to the country. David we are businessmen and women here. To me, they are destroying their business. Well, i will say this. The lack of diversity in the media is deeply troubling. I wish i could sit here and say to deneen and steve levy youre all wrong but sadly there is more what we call fake news out there than any of us would like to say. And im on the other side of the aisle. Im a democrat but sadly what steve reports has and does happen. David all right. Guys. Stay with us. Coming up, democrats appear to be ramping up their impeachment efforts again. Oh, come on. We will tell you what they are planning for 2018. Stay with us right here on hannity. Is this a phone . Or a little internet machine . It makes you wonder shouldnt we get our phones and internet from the same company . Thats why Xfinity Mobile comes with your internet. You get up to 5 lines of talk and text at no extra cost. So all you pay for is data. See how much you can save. Choose by the gig or unlimited. Xfinity mobile. A new kind of network designed to save you money. Call, visit, or go to xfinitymobile. Com. David welcome back to this special edition of hannity. And ever since he took office, you know it is the president , democrats in the media have been questioning his fitness for office, even calling for his impeachment. Take a look at this. His motives and his actions are contemptible and i will fight every day until he is impeached. Impeach 45. I rise today, mr. Speaker, to call for the impeachment of the president of the United States of america. The president s decision to end daca was heartless, and it was brainless. We all agree that President Trumps decision to end daca is a despicable act of political cowardice. Are we getting closer and closer to the possibility of yet another impeachment process . After watching the clinton impeachment i thought i would never see another one. I think we are in impeachment territory for the first time. President trump did a tweet last night and a tweet this morning, not president ial. President s fitness for office is something that is being called into question. Im very worried about his fitness. David well, its nice to know nancy is very worried about it according to the washington post, and the appointment of jerry nadler, the ranking democrat on the Judiciary Committee is a clear sign of the lefts intentions to impeach the president. I dont know what they are going to charge him with. Lets not talk about the constitution. That doesnt seem to matter on that process. Still with us, radio talk show host steve leavy, Fox News Contributors doug schoen and deneen borelli. You know what . Lets go to doug schoen right here. Whats the strategy here . Whats the plan . I mean, Maxine Waters, by the way, the poverty warrior that she is, has a 4. 5milliondollar mansion on 450,000 claimed income. Thats another story i need to get. In what are they selling to their base, doug . They are selling resist. Im a centrist democrat. The party has moved far left. They recognize they can keep everybody together with one simple principle. Resist and attack donald trump. I would have put forward an alternative tax plan. They didnt do that. Now, in fairness, the republicans werent that eager to compromise the democrats didnt want. Its all about resist and attack and ultimately, if you listen to the talking points we just heard, ultimately, move towards impeoplement. David steve, happening on a second. I will get to you. Doug i want to take a redirect on. This please. If the democrats plan to resist. And base coalition dwindling. How do they stay a National Party . Well, they did very well in virginia. They did very well in new jersey. They have won a bunch of legislative seats. They are up by double digits in the generic vote, which usually prestages a substantial victory in the house elections. Thats the deal and thats the strategy. David steve levy you heard the strategy from doug. I have got to tell you in the senate they are going to defend some 24 seats or. So and the republicans are going to defend four, maybe six, so are the numbers really with the democrats on this . Well, the numbers are with the democrats if they take control of the house. And if they do, i think you can bet on impeachment being almost a certain at this. You have to understand jerry nadler, i know him because i was in new york politics during the 1990s when he first got elected into congress. He is a very smart fellow but very, very partisan. He is a pit bull. He has already said that while the election was legitimate, the president is illegitimate at this point because of the russian probe. And that has been echoed by a number of other democrats. In fact, that little blurb you had about the impeachment resolution actually got 58 votes before there had been any type of investigation that was started at all. On top of that, i saw a tv ad today by billionaire leftist tom styer who is now calling for impeachment because he doesnt like the president s tax plan. Have we come to that now, david, where if you disagree with policy its going to be impeachable . Its scary. A lot of these folks in the Democratic Party are moving the goal post. First they said it was about, you know, collusion, they couldnt get the smoking gun. So they shifted to talk about obstruction. Not enough there. So then they Start Talking about the president s personal frnses in the 1990s. Maybe not enough there. So we will Start Talking about his relationship with women in the 1980s. It really gives to say that they plan to undo the election. David clearly deneen got against him. Bill clinton who was impeached on the 19th of this month back in 1998 had to be charged with a crime. Theres to be a chargeable crime to impeach a president in the house. And, yet, nothing they have brought up in reasons works. Cases keep getting thrown out. They are saying just because he is president he should be impeached. Even had Maxine Waters screaming for impeachment at a eulogy. This is how low the democrats will go because they are so desperate. They dont like the fact that President Trump is in office. David all right, well, guys, great to see you. Good to see you. David steve leavy, doug schoen, deneen borelli. You do a great job. Look at this lineup, radio, television, and someone who actually tells it by the numbers. Doug, i dont know, they will throw you out of the party. Hey. I think they have already inched me out. They are resisting me, david, sometimes. David coming up, more hannity after the break. Stay with us. Welcome back to hannity. Unfortunately, thats all the time we have left this evening. Dont forget to set your dvr so you never miss an episode of hannity. You can listen to my show monday through friday 9 00 a. M. Eastern on sirius xm. Listen to the staff, the team, the camera men, everybody, the producers. Have a very merry christmas. Jesse waters filling in for lal good evening. Im jesse waters in for laura ingraham. This is the ingraham angle from new york. Thanks for watching the special the trump agenda in 2018. That agenda got a huge start when the president signed the tax cut law into law this morning. We had the largest tax cuts in our history just approved. I was growing to wait for a formal signing in early january, but i watched the news this morning and they all said will he keep his promise . Will he sign it by christmas . Its an honor to have you with us