Sean Hannity tells House Republicans to vote against bill funding the government

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Sean Hannity tells House Republicans to vote against bill funding the government

Sean Hannity from the shoulders-up with soundwaves in the background

From the January 18, 2024, edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show

SEAN HANNITY (HOST): What about the proposal now of Speaker Johnson, of doing yet another CR that would extend the government funding until March 1 to March 8. Are we going to get any spending cuts as a result of that?

REP. ANDY OGLES (R-TN): I think largely what you're seeing here is a deal that was driven by the Senate, not by House Republicans so I don't expect any substantive cuts. I expect top-line numbers to be higher than they should be. We've really got to -- I think you look at Iowa. My buddy, Zach Nunn, you know he can speak to it firsthand, but the border crisis, the fentanyl crisis is a driving issue for this election. This is a winning message for us and so we've got to get past this spending debacle and really do something substantive on the border. And you've got, you know -- The House Freedom Caucus has been one of the tips of the spear, if you will, on trumpeting this issue, fighting for this issue. But I just want --

HANNITY: But that's all true. But the problem is you've got other Republicans that are  willing to go along with this and not willing to take a stand on, I would argue 80/20 minimum -- 90/10 issues. If everybody just held the line there, they'd have to make changes. There's power there.

OGLES: I agree with you 100%. That's why we continue to message on this point.