Glenn Youngkin: From Dishwasher to Governor… and His Next Big Move | Hang Out with Sean Hannity
4/7/202654 min
Governor Glenn Youngkin joins Sean Hannity to share his incredible journey from washing dishes at a beach diner to leading the Commonwealth of Virginia. Discover how faith, basketball, and family values fueled his rise in business and politics.
In this episode of "Hanging Out with Hannity," Sean sits down with Former Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin for a deep dive into the experiences that shaped his life. They discuss Youngkin's early days working as a dishwasher and breakfast cook, his time playing D1 college basketball at Rice University, and his successful career at the Carlyle Group before entering...
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First 90 secondsGlenn Youngkin· Guest0:00
[rock music] Really, it's fun to be here kinda hanging out. You got a pool table, you got a bar, you've got stuff you care about wrapped around you, and, uh, there's a surfboard over here.
Sean Hannity· Host0:11
It is really good.
Glenn Youngkin· Guest0:12
Do you ever use that surfboard?
Sean Hannity· Host0:13
Nah, never in my life. You ran one of the best campaigns, 'cause I remember interviewing you at the time. I'm like, "This guy's got it."
Glenn Youngkin· Guest0:21
At that point in the entire Commonwealth of Virginia, there was one person who thought I could win.
Sean Hannity· Host0:26
Suzanne.
Glenn Youngkin· Guest0:27
And it was not my wife, it was me.
Sean Hannity· Host0:28
[laughs] Oh, she didn't think you could win?
Glenn Youngkin· Guest0:30
She, she was very supportive of what I wanted to do.
Sean Hannity· Host0:33
Virginia, what a history.
Glenn Youngkin· Guest0:34
Yeah. Washington.
Sean Hannity· Host0:35
Yeah.
Glenn Youngkin· Guest0:36
Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Patrick Henry.
Sean Hannity· Host0:40
Oh, give me a- I mean, I...
Glenn Youngkin· Guest0:41
You know, m- my, my name is on the same list with Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson? Are you kidding me?
Sean Hannity· Host0:47
[rock music] All right. Welcome to Hanging Out With Hannity. You never know where this show's gonna go. You have no idea. The great governor, Glenn Youngkin, Commonwealth of Virginia. I think your state's blue. Am I wrong?
Glenn Youngkin· Guest1:05
Uh, it's looking blue right now, I'll tell you. It wasn't blue when I was governor.
Sean Hannity· Host1:09
Blue and ugly.
Glenn Youngkin· Guest1:10
And- No, you did a great job ... but I tell you, things have changed materially, and it's only been six weeks- Yeah ... which is hard to believe. You know, I, I, uh, through a year of campaigning and four years of governor, Sean, it went by, uh, that five years went by in five seconds.
Sean Hannity· Host1:22
Wow.
Glenn Youngkin· Guest1:23
Like that. And then the last six weeks feel like six, feels like six decades.
Sean Hannity· Host1:27
We have right now great governors. We got Governor DeSantis