Americafirst agenda to next level and a different generation to do it stuart that does it. I repeat, that does it. For the second republican primary debate live from the Ronald Reagan president ial library. Dana thank you to all the candidates we loved having you here tonight and we will see you out on the campaign trail. Ilia have a great evening everyone, good night. Sean welcome to hannity, the second Republican Debate is now in the books and we are live from the spin room at the Ronald Reagan president ial library in beautiful simi valley california. Coming up in just moments governor ron desantis, nikki haley, vivek ramaswamy, mike pence senator tim scott will join us right here on set. By the way someone you might not expect to see at a Republican Debate, California Governor Gavin Newsom will join us. I have to ask him, i came to the state first thing i see is 7 a gallon for gasoline. We have a question, too, though to ask him but they do have In And Out Burger. At first sparks were flying at tonights debate as all seven candidates easily demonstrated the ability to run circles around joe biden, we can start with that point. Well get Laura Ingrahams take in just a minute. But first here with reaction in the spin room Fox News ContributorKellyanne Conway and fox business host larry kudlow. Good to see you both. Headlines you run away with. Anybody on that stage do a better job than joe biden and Kamala Harris, i think donald trump is a little bit of a winner tonight because when his name was invoked he kept saying he should be here to defend his record and debate and face the people. Why would you want him there when hes going to eat into your time and i think eat into some of their sound bites. I thought it was a little flat today. I thought everybody had a good moment, but moments, sean, will not overtake a front runner leading by 40 points. Moments wont tell the American People what you would do differently. Sean it has to be a big moment. Were in the Reagan Library so we can say this remember there were a lot of questions about reagan going into the second debate with mondale and he turns to him and goes i will not allow my opponents youth and inexperience become in this campaign. Even mondale laughed. There was nothing like that. Everyone did enough to make it to the next debate in miami which is the goal. What are you doing between the debates, you have to get out there and mix it up with the people. I thought the moderators were very well prepared. You get extra credit if you actually answer questions, they came to play but had something to get out. They took to china which was great, taking On Bidenomics and inflation, young people cant afford a house, people in debt, 40 year high Interest Rates and inflation, people are suffering every day. I think there was enough Connective Tissue from these candidates tonight that they can make a case. I know a little bit more about your struggles than maybe joe biden, but i dont i think the polls arent going to move much. Sean yeah. Larry. Yeah, there were a lot of little moments, no big moments. Its hard to get a big moment. Remember reagan said to carter, there he goes again. Sean there he goes again. Oh, god, for 40 years people have been using that line. So its hard to get a big moment, i agree with kellyanne. I wanted somebody to say, as per reagan, like i worked for reagan a long time ago, i come into the Reagan Library, we played all these Reagan Clips On My Show tonight, i wanted someone to say, as per reagan, that government is the problem not the solution. Sean yeah. Actually played that clip of reagan when he said it, nine words, i believe, in the english language. Yeah, im here from the government and im here to help you. Sean here to help you. Thats right. I also wanted someone to say that we need to get four or 5 Economic Growth not 1 so we should be slashing taxes across the board, we should be lowering marginal tax rates the way John FkennedyRonald Reagan and donald trump did. I want someone to say that tough stuff to get the economy moving. There are a lot of good points on the economy. They acted more like republicans this week than they did the last debate. Did they make the sale on the economy . Im not entirely sure. But they punched away at it to some extent. I still dont Think Bidenomics was buried today on that stage. I just dont think so. I dont think they were direct hits and i was disappointed. Sean would you both agree with me . I felt there were a couple of people, and im not going to sit here and be insulting and name nays that just didnt have much Business Being on that stage, we all know they dont have a chance and for them this is their moment. Maybe the criteria needs to be a little tighter going into any future debate . Well, theres going to come a time sean and larry where you have to justify being on the debate stage if youre mired in Single Digits. If you truly want to get rid of joe biden and Kamala Harris, they talk about yawn at this time, they say the democrats have unity, every single democrat was the same way, inflation reduction act, not for the jobs act, amy coney barrett, they all voted for hakeem jeffries, every one of them. We can have unity to defeat joe biden. Its early in the process but if youre mired in the Single Digits in the early states and nationwide, you have to ask yourself how much can isaac fuse on behalf of the team to get rid of joe biden . Well see what gavin newsom has to say, hell probably bring a message tonight thats a little bit better than maga maga maga Republican Demurable Irredeemable but if youre a democrat tonight you have to be very worried that joe biden and Kamala Harris are not even being asked what they have to say about it. Sean right, let me ask you this. Sean can i ask a question. Sean this is a Exit Question we have the governor coming on on in a minute. Heres my Exit Question did any one distinguish themselves as a clear person with donald trump having such a dominate lead in the polls as the one person that could give him any run for his money . I dont think there was a breakout breakout if thats what youre asking, no. I dont think so. Sean kellyanne. No, not enough to overcome him in the polls. Enough to survive. So i think their best argument, War Of Attrition slow and steady wins the race. But, no, nobody there made the case as to what they would do differently or better than he did. They want to build a wall, they want to secure the border, they sounded a lot like him. And, look, i give them credit for taking on the big issues, but i dont think that there was enough clarity. And, sean, i said to larry earlier in the day, i want to come out tonight feeling like i didnt feel in the first debate which each person has a two or three point prescriptive plan to fix this issue or that issue. Forget what we want to hear. This is what the American People want to hear and the Debate Moderators were asking questions on behalf of We The People that werent being answered with We The People. Tim scott i have to give him a lot of credit because he did this riff on blacks, african americans, somehow surviving through slavery and then went on to say that the Great Society of lbj and all the democratic president s since then have made the black situation worse, not better. Breaking up the black family. Sean that was a powerful moment. I thought so. Sean he faced discrimination but americas not a racist country. I have to give him credit for that whether he wins loses or draws that was something to behold. Sean hes an inspiring speaker. You have to be brave to say that kind of thing and the data shows that senator tim scott is absolutely right. The worst thing to happen to Minority Groups and africanamericans in particular in this country in the last hundred years was the Great Society. And theyre leaving the Democratic Party hispanics particularly. Sean good to see you both. By the way great being on your show earlier, too. Thank you appreciate it. Sean joining us now with more, i see ron desantis is pulling up, hell be the first guest, is the host of the hit show the Ingraham Angle, The One And Only laura ingraham. Now, just a moment, if i may. The single most question im asked is, how come we dont have the handoffs anymore . How come laura doesnt, you know, poke at you every night. I know, my football, i left tonight the other room, darn it. I was going to throw it at the screen but theyd be matt at me if i break another camera. Sean number one i miss you but you look great, doing a fantastic job. But let me tell you, do have tailing into your previous conversation with kellyanne and larry. I think after watching this tonight the debate i want to see before your debate that youre going to host between, of course, desantis and newsom, is desantis and nikki haley. Because for me, at least, tonight those two emerged as the strongest advocates for their brand of conservatism. Nikki haley is a lot closer to the gop establishment, donor base, on issues regarding ukraine and, you know, the Immigration System is broken, all that kind of lingo. And then you have desantis, whos much more in the pupulous strain of donald trump, and probably the person, if trump ends up being the nominee, the likely person to pick up the torch after trump. So a debate between those two, maybe without a moderator, unless its you, i think would be fascinating for the American People. Sean youre saying you want to have Governor Desantis debate nikki haley on your show. I got it. A little bit. But, no, us what im saying. You see what im saying about this . Sean no, i understand. Thats it. Thats the struggle inside the party, the populous part of the party is much bigger, 84 of the party versus, what, 26 of the party or 16 of the party depending on what polls you look at. So i think that would be interesting. But i agree, i dont think anyone had like a socko moment i know viveks coming up hes a very bright guy but he seemed like he was on the defense they were coming on him. Burgum seems like nice guy but intoes move on down the road. Chris christie and pence, god bless them i love both of them but. Sean thats not a platform people want to hear. No, desantis and nicky hailey is the debate we want to see if Donald Trumps not going to be on the stage at least. Sean im going to ask the governor right now, considering you pushed that. Anyway, laura, we do miss you but were happy youre doing great at 7 00 thanks so much for staying up and being with with us we appreciate it. After another Strong Performance governor ron desantis. Good to see you. Tell you what ive been in california, got in sunday night. Sean good afternoons in the room. I was going to say people are buzzing about the debate youre going to do. I think its going to be incredible. But tonight there was a lot of bickering on the stage and my thing is look, we owe it to the American People to give our version about how were going to verse this countrys decline. I think i was able to do that. I think some of the cross talk, if i was at home watching that, i would turn the channel when i saw that. So i think we were able to rise above that and deliver our message. Sean in my view there were a couple people on that stage in my view that probably shouldnt have been there. Right. Sean at that point it lends itself more to a conversation. It is interesting, i think this debate with you and the governor is going to be very interesting, so im looking forward to moderating that, and i think with 90 minutes, just plenty of breathing room, that will lend itself to more conversation. And you know what . Maybe we can say, since the former president couldnt come here maybe he would be willing to do one with you and i. I think he owes it to our voters to come and make the case. Sean so this is going to be hannity one on one debate central. Lets do it. Sean ill ask him. Heres the thing you owe it to the voters to come and make the case. No ones entitled to anything. You can say some poll months before. No, you have to make the case and you owe it to the voter. Im going to show up everywhere, and i think there were some important issues that were discussed tonight, theres also others that i know you and i have talked about that werent discussed, but at the end of the day i think the thing that was clear for this, theres a lot of talk, a lot of people had good things to say, im the guy thats done it. In florida i did everything i promised, we delivered and were sick of the talk with republicans. They always promise all that. What are the two biggest issues right now . The debt and the border. You and i have been talking about this for as long as weve known each other. Isnt it time we get a person to come in and bring it to a conclusion and a landing. And i think if we can do that with the nomination and election were going to get this done. Sean nobody brought up the point regarding the border and i thought you had a strong position regarding what you would do to close the border and, you know, no nonsense, get this thing closed. Its now become to me, more than anything else, a National Security issue. Yes. Sean we are catching people that are on the terror watch list. Were not vetting anybody. We have no idea what their background is. People are coming from china, russia, iran. All of our enemy countries, theyre coming across the border. I hope im wrong but if i had to bet my life savings i will bet that there will be a Terrorist Attack that happens in the future of this country thats going to be. Sean i pray were wrong. Heres the thing, these guys in dc they dont care. Theres no urgency, some of our guys in the house care but the elites in dc they dont care, biden doesnt care. Hes missing in action on this as the carnage mounts. I agree. I think that this is above all a National Security issue. Now, theres also nuts and bolts issues. I mean, the amount of illegals that are pouring in, medical care is being taxed, schools, its overwhelming communities far away from the border. You see it in new york city. Sean in new york city, theyre paying on average 40,000 per illegal immigrant. And theyre kicking out the veterans to make room for illegals. Sean the veterans never had the four star hotels. Theyre building all these facilities, they expect to spend 12 billion in the next 18 months and, you know, theyre claiming this came from governor abbott. No. Greg has sent some i think its very good. Sean its 13 . Heres the problem with this government we have and people are frustrated. They cant tell us how many illegals are coming across the border or how many tanks we nest afghanistan. They cant tell where you the money in ukraine went. They cant tell you how cocaine went in the white house. But if you do 601. Sean they spent ten long days investigating where the cocaine came from, and they concluded theyll never get a conclusion. But in the menendez case they found the fingerprints on the envelope so they claim who handed it to senator menendez. I cant believe he had all the gold bars, thats a real testament to bidenflation. Sean how much is a keel 0 of gold worth . You cant make this up. Generally speaking, i guess the theme of the night, as i watched and listened to you tonight was, okay, these are the tough stances i took in florida. Thats my proven track record, and thats what i want to bring to the white house. Thats your yes, look, i think its leadership and its deliverables. So we can have great Slogan Earring we can have great debates but if were not going to get this done then none of it matters. One of the things im thinking about lately preparing here i looked at reagans farewell address, in 2023 in january what would i say to the American People after serving two terms and thats really the vision of, youre going to be able to get ahead again in this country were going to have an economy that works for people, our sovereignty restored and borders enforced. Were going to make sure we have education not indoctrination. We will be the worlds leading super power and we will fend off the threat from china successfully. Were not going to have crime overrunning every city in america anymore and were going to restore the constitution so we have a limited government that words beside us on our behalf not one that works over us. If we can do that we can restore the shining City On The Hill reagan talks about and turn over america to our kids and grandkids better than we found it. Sean governor thank you for coming by. Thank you. Sean good to see you. Another candidate with a Strong Performance tonight gop outsider vivek ramaswamy. Take a look. One is we do have to seal that southern border. Building the wall is not enough. Theyre building cartel financed tunnels underneath that wall, semi strucks can drive through them. We need to use our military to seal the swiss cheese of the boar