Verdict with Ted Cruz - Cartels Now Terrorist Targets, Texas Pushes Back Against Blue Hypocrisy & Search Engine or Election Engine？ Week In Review

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00:00:05.420 Welcome, it is Verdict with Ted Cruz, Weekend Review.

00:00:08.840 Ben Ferguson with you, and these are the stories

00:00:10.740 that you may have missed that we talked about this week.

00:00:13.320 First up, Donald Trump has directed the military

00:00:16.280 to go after drug cartels

00:00:18.540 that have been designated as terrorist organizations.

00:00:21.680 So what does that actually look like?

00:00:23.540 We're gonna give you all the details

00:00:24.900 of exactly what the cartels are planning for.

00:00:28.000 Also, if you are a Republican

00:00:31.000 in a gerrymandered blue state,

00:00:34.140 how do you fight back

00:00:35.400 over what the Democrats have been doing for decades?

00:00:38.480 All of this part of the conversation

00:00:40.160 after the big fight in Texas

00:00:42.520 over redistricting and the Democrats leaving the state.

00:00:45.920 We'll have that explained for you as well.

00:00:48.260 And finally, Google caught again

00:00:50.580 interfering in the voting process.

00:00:53.500 This time, conservative emails

00:00:56.060 not making it into your inbox

00:00:58.160 while Democratic emails from candidates

00:01:00.440 and organizations had no problem

00:01:02.520 going to the top of your list.

00:01:04.660 It's the Weekend Review,

00:01:06.100 and it starts right now.

00:01:08.580 It also goes back to the second part of the show,

00:01:11.700 and it deals with the president

00:01:12.800 making very big steps, bold steps here.

00:01:15.840 And look at what he has decided to now do

00:01:18.500 when it comes to dealing with drug cartels.

00:01:22.220 He's made them,

00:01:24.080 some of them have been named terrorist organizations,

00:01:26.820 and this was done deliberately

00:01:29.860 on purpose by this president

00:01:31.980 to be able to go after the drug cartels,

00:01:34.420 which these cartels are clearly

00:01:36.780 killing Americans each and every day 0.95

00:01:40.160 with the drugs coming across the border

00:01:42.080 and also the violence that comes across the border.

00:01:44.820 And the president now has enough.

00:01:46.620 He put out a tweet,

00:01:48.000 and he's ordering now the U.S. military

00:01:50.360 to destroy not only the drug cartels,

00:01:52.740 but the New York Post is reporting as well

00:01:54.640 that the president has apparently

00:01:56.340 authorized military force

00:01:57.920 against Latin American drug cartels

00:01:59.640 classified as foreign terrorist organizations.

00:02:02.880 Pete Hedgeseth went on

00:02:04.180 a Laura Ingraham show tonight,

00:02:05.620 was asked about it.

00:02:06.360 He's like, look,

00:02:06.780 we know a lot more about these cartels

00:02:08.600 than they realize.

00:02:10.120 We know a lot more about where they are,

00:02:11.780 what they're doing,

00:02:12.460 where they're moving.

00:02:13.680 And the president said,

00:02:15.220 this is a top priority,

00:02:16.040 and I'm working on it.

00:02:17.300 And that was a pretty bold statement

00:02:19.060 from the man in charge of the Pentagon.

00:02:22.220 Absolutely, yes.

00:02:23.100 Here's what the New York Post reported.

00:02:24.660 Quote,

00:02:25.200 President Trump has secretly authorized

00:02:26.920 the military to use force

00:02:28.320 against Latin American drug cartels

00:02:30.140 classified as foreign terrorist organizations.

00:02:33.280 The move is the most aggressive action

00:02:35.180 Trump has taken yet

00:02:36.180 against gangs trafficking drugs

00:02:38.260 like fentanyl across the U.S.-Mexico border,

00:02:40.740 the activities of which were previously

00:02:42.680 the purview of federal law enforcement.

00:02:44.700 The order,

00:02:45.580 first reported Friday

00:02:47.100 by the New York Times,

00:02:48.660 gives U.S. forces official permission

00:02:50.720 to engage cartels

00:02:52.400 on land

00:02:53.800 and sea.

00:02:56.160 Quote,

00:02:56.860 the president is determined

00:02:58.300 to not just dismantle,

00:03:00.560 but completely destroy

00:03:02.680 Maduro's cartel

00:03:04.780 de los Soles

00:03:05.760 and to obliterate 0.79

00:03:07.700 their operations

00:03:08.500 in the Western Hemisphere,

00:03:10.240 a source close to the White House said.

00:03:12.220 The State Department's list

00:03:14.040 of foreign terrorist organizations

00:03:15.460 include involved

00:03:16.540 in drug trafficking,

00:03:17.900 include Venezuela's

00:03:19.220 Tren de Aragua

00:03:20.040 and Cartel de los Soles,

00:03:22.240 as well as El Salvador's

00:03:24.220 rooted

00:03:24.780 Mara

00:03:25.800 Salvatrucha,

00:03:27.140 known as MS-13.

00:03:28.720 And

00:03:29.380 that is

00:03:31.240 incredibly

00:03:32.680 consequential

00:03:33.740 because it now

00:03:35.380 sets up the stage.

00:03:36.640 I would expect

00:03:37.460 to see

00:03:37.980 military action

00:03:39.120 taking out

00:03:40.680 the cartels

00:03:41.540 that have been

00:03:42.000 designated

00:03:42.700 as terrorist

00:03:43.900 organizations.

00:03:44.900 That takes this

00:03:46.060 to a whole new level.

00:03:47.640 And

00:03:47.700 just like

00:03:48.920 what the president

00:03:49.540 is doing in D.C.,

00:03:50.840 that has Democrats

00:03:52.060 beside themselves

00:03:53.160 because given a choice

00:03:54.360 between siding

00:03:55.540 with law-abiding

00:03:56.400 American citizens

00:03:57.340 or murderers 0.98

00:03:58.200 and gang members,

00:03:59.540 today's Democrats

00:04:00.420 side with the murderers

00:04:01.620 and gang members,

00:04:02.300 and given a choice

00:04:03.100 between siding

00:04:04.300 with international

00:04:06.060 gangs and drug

00:04:07.660 cartels

00:04:08.340 that are trafficking

00:04:09.100 poison to our kids

00:04:10.360 and murdering 1.00

00:04:11.360 Americans 1.00

00:04:11.800 or standing

00:04:12.540 with American families,

00:04:14.120 sadly,

00:04:14.720 the Democrats

00:04:15.160 choose to get

00:04:16.060 on a plane

00:04:16.500 and go down

00:04:17.000 to El Salvador

00:04:17.620 and have daiquiris

00:04:18.980 with MS-13

00:04:19.880 human traffickers.

00:04:21.040 Well,

00:04:21.600 let's talk about

00:04:22.320 the narrative

00:04:22.820 as well on this.

00:04:24.400 Today,

00:04:25.300 I was watching

00:04:26.100 and they were saying,

00:04:27.120 well,

00:04:27.420 this is the president

00:04:28.440 sanctioning

00:04:29.420 World War III.

00:04:31.340 This is the president

00:04:32.100 sanctioning

00:04:32.780 an attack

00:04:33.580 on Mexico

00:04:34.960 and that's

00:04:37.400 going to start

00:04:37.800 a war.

00:04:38.880 I think those

00:04:39.840 might be

00:04:40.500 two of the most

00:04:41.160 egregious

00:04:41.820 and just absurd

00:04:42.560 statements.

00:04:43.520 The president,

00:04:44.260 if we attack

00:04:44.840 the cartels

00:04:45.420 or terrorist

00:04:45.840 organizations,

00:04:46.760 that's not an attack

00:04:47.640 on Mexico.

00:04:48.400 That's not going

00:04:48.780 to war with Mexico

00:04:49.660 even though the Democrats

00:04:50.940 and those in the media

00:04:52.280 are trying to explain

00:04:53.420 it that way.

00:04:53.840 I don't think

00:04:54.420 the American people

00:04:55.160 would see it that way

00:04:55.900 either,

00:04:56.320 especially with Americans

00:04:57.320 dying on a daily basis.

00:04:59.400 Look,

00:04:59.800 I think that's right

00:05:01.020 and I'll point out

00:05:02.200 also that there is

00:05:03.520 a clear precedent

00:05:04.200 for this.

00:05:05.720 When George W.

00:05:06.960 Bush was president,

00:05:07.920 you had the nation

00:05:08.560 of Colombia

00:05:09.100 just racked

00:05:10.220 by drug cartels,

00:05:11.560 the Medellin cartel,

00:05:12.580 the Cali cartel,

00:05:14.120 and the result

00:05:15.060 of these cartels

00:05:16.060 is crime in Colombia

00:05:17.320 was out of control,

00:05:18.760 the murder rate

00:05:19.420 was out of control,

00:05:20.380 you had acts

00:05:20.920 of terrorism

00:05:21.700 that were attacking

00:05:24.920 and the cartels

00:05:27.420 were murdering, 0.69

00:05:28.560 were blowing up,

00:05:29.440 were shooting

00:05:30.080 police officers

00:05:31.840 and judges

00:05:33.020 and elected officials

00:05:34.640 and mayors

00:05:35.580 and it was really

00:05:37.140 in bad shape

00:05:37.920 and the people

00:05:38.900 of Colombia

00:05:39.380 elected President Uribe

00:05:41.000 as the president

00:05:42.040 of Colombia

00:05:42.520 and he asked

00:05:44.260 President George W. Bush,

00:05:46.320 will you help us?

00:05:47.520 And Bush launched

00:05:49.020 what was called

00:05:49.680 Plan Colombia.

00:05:51.440 Plan Colombia

00:05:52.260 sent the military in

00:05:53.860 and just decimated

00:05:55.880 the cartels.

00:05:57.200 Turns out our military

00:05:58.300 is really good 0.95

00:05:59.100 at killing the bad guys 0.99

00:06:00.120 and we did so 0.97

00:06:02.500 and it ended up

00:06:04.280 turning Colombia around.

00:06:05.700 It made a massive difference

00:06:07.180 in the nation of Colombia.

00:06:08.360 So our military

00:06:09.460 knows how to do this.

00:06:10.720 There's clear precedent.

00:06:12.780 With some of these,

00:06:14.420 with some of these cartels,

00:06:18.420 we will be asked in

00:06:20.800 by the governments

00:06:21.540 with open arms.

00:06:22.540 In other instances,

00:06:23.860 you may have

00:06:24.680 elected officials

00:06:25.520 and governments

00:06:26.540 that resist America

00:06:28.000 coming in.

00:06:28.620 That becomes more complicated.

00:06:30.580 The United States

00:06:31.340 has acted against

00:06:32.460 terrorists in foreign nations

00:06:33.820 even when

00:06:34.680 the sovereign government

00:06:36.220 is less than thrilled

00:06:37.260 about that.

00:06:37.840 But it's more complicated

00:06:38.940 if the government

00:06:39.560 is asking us not to.

00:06:41.540 But it is nonetheless

00:06:42.880 how exactly

00:06:44.220 the Trump administration

00:06:45.180 navigates that.

00:06:46.260 That will be an open question

00:06:47.740 over the next three years.

00:06:49.580 But I've got to tell you this, 0.99

00:06:50.680 if you're a Mexican drug lord, 0.98

00:06:53.320 if you're a drug lord anywhere, 0.97

00:06:55.480 particularly in one

00:06:56.760 of these gangs

00:06:57.540 that has been designated

00:06:59.080 a terrorist organization

00:07:00.280 by the president,

00:07:01.780 I would sleep

00:07:02.480 with one eye open

00:07:03.400 because, you know,

00:07:04.320 a predator drone

00:07:05.660 is really good

00:07:07.240 at making things

00:07:08.080 go boom in the night.

00:07:09.360 And I think

00:07:10.380 the terrorists

00:07:11.940 and the drug cartels

00:07:13.160 are all sleeping

00:07:14.820 a lot less comfortable

00:07:15.820 right now.

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00:07:55.000 Now on to story number two.

00:07:57.260 Let me ask you this question.

00:07:58.720 You hear these numbers.

00:07:59.960 This is where I think

00:08:00.900 Democrats screwed up.

00:08:02.920 Nationwide,

00:08:03.340 when they were coming

00:08:04.000 to the aid of the Democrats

00:08:05.360 from Washington,

00:08:06.280 I mean, from Texas,

00:08:07.280 and they're like,

00:08:07.640 you know,

00:08:07.820 we're going to stand by you

00:08:08.920 and we'll gerrymander

00:08:09.780 even more

00:08:11.480 if they take away seats

00:08:13.120 from you in Texas,

00:08:14.120 yada, yada, yada.

00:08:15.360 Now people see this.

00:08:17.280 We're talking about it.

00:08:18.700 Everyone else

00:08:19.420 in the political world

00:08:19.960 is talking about it.

00:08:20.680 There's a lot of Republicans

00:08:21.800 that are going to be angry.

00:08:23.000 How do you fight back

00:08:24.140 if you're in a state

00:08:24.800 where, I don't know,

00:08:25.440 30, 40 percent, right,

00:08:27.260 of the,

00:08:28.960 or more than 40 percent

00:08:30.060 in some of these states

00:08:30.600 are voting Republican

00:08:31.580 and they're getting

00:08:32.620 zero representation

00:08:33.760 in Congress?

00:08:34.780 What do you do now?

00:08:36.060 Is there a legal way

00:08:37.300 to say this is gerrymandering?

00:08:39.300 Well, look,

00:08:39.800 they are being shown 1.00

00:08:41.500 to be complete hypocrites 0.99

00:08:42.860 and I want you now 0.99

00:08:44.120 to listen to this clip

00:08:45.460 from NBC

00:08:46.920 where the governor

00:08:48.560 of Illinois,

00:08:49.280 Governor Pritzker,

00:08:50.400 is called out 0.99

00:08:51.560 on his utter hypocrisy. 0.97

00:08:53.620 Give a listen. 0.97

00:08:54.460 Every major group

00:08:55.860 that grades the fairness

00:08:56.860 of congressional maps

00:08:58.480 gives your state

00:08:59.440 an F. 0.55

00:09:00.580 Common cause

00:09:01.440 and nonpartisan government

00:09:02.680 watchdog

00:09:03.520 even says your map,

00:09:05.260 and I'm going to quote,

00:09:06.060 represents a nearly perfect model

00:09:08.160 for everything

00:09:09.020 that can go wrong

00:09:10.000 with redistricting.

00:09:11.400 And I guess the question is,

00:09:12.400 you talk about preserving democracy.

00:09:13.900 How do you preserve democracy

00:09:15.060 if you're using

00:09:16.220 the same tactics

00:09:17.200 that you've criticized

00:09:18.260 Texas Republicans for?

00:09:19.640 But as I say,

00:09:21.660 what they're talking about

00:09:22.760 is a distraction.

00:09:24.340 The reality is

00:09:25.320 that the violation

00:09:26.480 of people's voting rights

00:09:28.000 is what Texas

00:09:29.040 is attempting to do.

00:09:30.360 That's what's wrong

00:09:31.300 with their efforts right now.

00:09:33.140 And the fact that

00:09:33.860 the president

00:09:34.320 of the United States

00:09:35.040 knows it

00:09:35.780 and nevertheless

00:09:37.080 is asking them to do it.

00:09:39.380 That is what's wrong

00:09:40.620 with what we're seeing

00:09:41.540 right now.

00:09:42.520 Democracy is at stake.

00:09:44.300 I love it.

00:09:45.300 They always go back

00:09:46.120 to democracy

00:09:46.980 as at stake, Senator.

00:09:48.180 Like, don't answer

00:09:48.780 the question of democracy.

00:09:49.800 How do you know

00:09:50.800 that a Democrat is lying?

00:09:52.460 They start talking

00:09:53.200 about democracy at stake?

00:09:54.740 His lips are moving.

00:09:56.180 Yeah, that's true.

00:09:57.040 That's true.

00:09:57.640 It is utterly brazen.

00:09:59.960 So let's go back

00:10:01.080 to the numbers

00:10:01.820 because the numbers matter.

00:10:04.560 So Illinois,

00:10:05.720 54% of people

00:10:06.960 in Illinois vote Democrat.

00:10:08.760 And yet their map

00:10:10.040 right now elects

00:10:11.180 82%

00:10:12.580 of the congressional delegation

00:10:14.960 is Democrat.

00:10:15.560 Now, Texas,

00:10:16.760 Texas right now today,

00:10:20.040 Texas,

00:10:21.220 56% of the state

00:10:23.020 in 2024

00:10:23.740 voted Republican.

00:10:25.680 Our map,

00:10:26.740 we have 38 seats in it,

00:10:29.620 24 Republicans,

00:10:31.120 14 Democrats.

00:10:32.440 That means

00:10:33.060 that right now

00:10:34.660 in Texas,

00:10:35.480 54% of the Republicans

00:10:37.200 elect

00:10:38.920 63%

00:10:40.560 of the congressional

00:10:41.340 delegation.

00:10:43.140 So,

00:10:43.600 it's slightly more

00:10:44.820 more than the statewide

00:10:45.420 percentage,

00:10:46.020 but not nearly as

00:10:47.180 egregious as the other

00:10:48.040 states.

00:10:48.520 Now,

00:10:48.800 what Texas is doing

00:10:50.340 is redrawing

00:10:52.280 the districts

00:10:53.000 so that five new

00:10:54.560 Republicans are likely

00:10:55.600 to be elected.

00:10:56.320 So instead of

00:10:57.020 breaking down

00:10:58.080 24-14,

00:10:59.340 it is likely to

00:11:00.080 break down

00:11:00.800 29-9.

00:11:03.600 That means

00:11:04.380 that we would go

00:11:05.920 from 63%

00:11:07.580 of the congressional

00:11:08.320 delegation

00:11:09.000 being Republican,

00:11:09.980 we would go

00:11:10.600 from that

00:11:11.200 to 76%.

00:11:13.120 Now,

00:11:14.360 76%

00:11:15.340 is still

00:11:16.200 lower

00:11:17.320 than California,

00:11:18.800 which is

00:11:19.040 83%.

00:11:19.960 It is lower

00:11:21.540 than Illinois,

00:11:24.320 which is

00:11:24.600 82%,

00:11:25.780 and it's

00:11:27.320 obviously lower

00:11:28.280 than Massachusetts,

00:11:29.640 which is

00:11:30.220 100%.

00:11:31.080 And the irony,

00:11:33.660 the loudest

00:11:34.720 voices that are

00:11:35.600 denouncing what

00:11:36.360 Texas is doing

00:11:37.240 are the governors

00:11:38.780 of California,

00:11:40.300 Illinois,

00:11:40.920 and Massachusetts.

00:11:41.720 Three Democrat

00:11:42.740 Hippocrats

00:11:43.420 that are all

00:11:44.420 saying,

00:11:45.720 you guys

00:11:46.440 are drawing

00:11:47.760 your maps,

00:11:48.420 not nearly as bad

00:11:49.460 as we've drawn it,

00:11:50.500 but how dare

00:11:51.560 you get even

00:11:52.520 close?

00:11:53.880 And by the way,

00:11:54.740 don't forget

00:11:55.780 the New York

00:11:56.800 governor,

00:11:57.460 Hochul,

00:11:57.840 got in on this

00:11:58.480 as well.

00:11:58.960 She was called

00:11:59.580 out for it

00:12:00.160 on Fox News

00:12:00.760 Channel.

00:12:01.120 Listen to this.

00:12:02.500 Summarize it.

00:12:03.140 They said it was

00:12:03.620 only three years

00:12:04.400 ago that New

00:12:04.980 York's Democratic

00:12:05.680 legislature drew

00:12:06.580 up a map so

00:12:07.280 brazenly

00:12:08.100 contemptuous

00:12:08.820 of basic rules

00:12:09.760 that govern

00:12:10.620 a district's

00:12:11.220 contiguousness

00:12:12.180 that the state's

00:12:13.160 Democrat-dominated

00:12:14.140 Court of Appeals

00:12:15.000 threw it out.

00:12:15.600 The New York

00:12:15.880 Times at the time

00:12:16.760 called those maps

00:12:17.700 comically contorted.

00:12:19.480 That's their quote.

00:12:20.580 So your state's

00:12:21.220 highest court

00:12:21.740 at the time,

00:12:22.540 all the judges

00:12:23.100 appointed by

00:12:23.720 Democratic governors,

00:12:25.420 they threw

00:12:25.840 the maps out.

00:12:26.660 So fair to say

00:12:27.600 Democrats have done

00:12:29.160 what they're now

00:12:29.880 accusing Republicans

00:12:30.800 of doing.

00:12:31.680 No, we followed

00:12:32.440 the rules.

00:12:33.380 We do it every

00:12:34.020 10 years.

00:12:35.120 We base it on

00:12:35.660 census.

00:12:35.940 You said you

00:12:36.340 didn't follow

00:12:36.960 the rules.

00:12:37.600 Well, we did

00:12:38.060 follow the rules.

00:12:38.960 So the court

00:12:39.340 was wrong?

00:12:40.300 Well, we followed

00:12:40.960 the rules.

00:12:42.200 We followed the

00:12:42.960 rules.

00:12:43.160 No, you didn't.

00:12:43.660 The court said

00:12:44.240 you didn't.

00:12:44.500 No, no, we

00:12:44.880 followed the rules.

00:12:45.380 No, no, no.

00:12:45.960 The court said

00:12:46.460 you didn't follow

00:12:46.960 the rules.

00:12:47.660 That's how bad

00:12:48.500 they were in

00:12:49.000 New York on

00:12:49.560 that, Senator.

00:12:50.040 And understand

00:12:51.500 in New York,

00:12:53.040 Democrats get

00:12:53.900 55%, 56%

00:12:55.620 of the vote,

00:12:56.200 and they get

00:12:56.760 73% of the

00:12:59.320 congressional district.

00:13:00.300 And by the way,

00:13:01.120 the way they do

00:13:02.080 that in New York

00:13:03.220 is they break

00:13:04.200 up Long

00:13:05.440 Island, they 1.00

00:13:06.000 break up

00:13:06.420 Republican parts

00:13:07.420 and try to

00:13:07.960 elect Democrats

00:13:09.480 there.

00:13:10.020 The way they do

00:13:10.500 it in California

00:13:11.140 is they break

00:13:11.660 up Southern

00:13:12.060 California, they

00:13:12.760 break up Orange

00:13:13.340 County, and they

00:13:14.320 try to break up

00:13:15.160 Republican votes.

00:13:16.100 The way they do

00:13:16.520 it in Chicago

00:13:17.120 is they break

00:13:17.820 up the more

00:13:18.720 conservative votes

00:13:19.560 that are outside

00:13:20.080 of Chicago.

00:13:21.860 All of that,

00:13:22.860 that's the strategy

00:13:23.820 the Democrats

00:13:24.560 do.

00:13:25.800 And listen,

00:13:26.460 the reason Texas

00:13:27.240 is acting to

00:13:28.240 do this is

00:13:30.080 because it

00:13:30.960 matters,

00:13:32.680 number one,

00:13:33.340 nationally,

00:13:33.800 if we have a

00:13:34.420 Republican majority

00:13:35.200 in the House.

00:13:35.800 We have a very

00:13:36.240 slim majority

00:13:37.000 right now.

00:13:37.640 Electing five

00:13:38.260 new Republicans

00:13:39.480 will make a

00:13:40.540 difference,

00:13:41.000 will significantly

00:13:41.840 increase the

00:13:42.580 chances of

00:13:43.260 keeping a

00:13:44.600 Republican majority

00:13:45.740 in the

00:13:47.880 2026 election.

00:13:49.560 But it also

00:13:51.060 reflects the

00:13:51.920 values of

00:13:52.880 the voters

00:13:53.320 of Texas.

00:13:54.160 Texas is a

00:13:55.000 red state.

00:13:55.820 Texans want 0.64

00:13:56.480 low taxes.

00:13:57.600 We want low

00:13:58.520 regulation.

00:13:59.340 We want a

00:13:59.720 secure border.

00:14:00.540 We support

00:14:01.060 law enforcement.

00:14:02.080 We support

00:14:02.480 keeping our

00:14:02.940 families safe.

00:14:03.860 We support

00:14:04.560 the Constitution.

00:14:05.100 We want

00:14:05.640 free speech

00:14:06.280 and religious

00:14:06.740 liberty in

00:14:07.240 the Second

00:14:07.600 Amendment.

00:14:08.680 Texans believe

00:14:09.800 in fundamental

00:14:12.060 liberty,

00:14:13.680 fundamental

00:14:14.120 values,

00:14:14.820 and today's

00:14:16.260 left-wing 1.00

00:14:17.120 lunatic 1.00

00:14:17.620 Democrat

00:14:18.120 party is

00:14:18.820 directly

00:14:19.940 contrary to

00:14:20.760 the values

00:14:21.380 of the

00:14:21.620 people of

00:14:22.000 Texas.

00:14:23.040 And so

00:14:23.340 what the

00:14:23.620 legislature

00:14:24.060 is doing

00:14:24.640 is drawing

00:14:26.000 a map

00:14:26.440 that will

00:14:27.520 elect a

00:14:28.140 congressional

00:14:28.560 delegation

00:14:29.180 that reflects

00:14:30.000 the values

00:14:30.700 of the voters.

00:14:31.220 That is not

00:14:32.200 only not

00:14:33.220 contrary to

00:14:34.300 democracy,

00:14:34.760 that is the

00:14:35.400 essence of

00:14:35.980 democracy,

00:14:36.500 which is

00:14:37.420 allowing the 0.66

00:14:38.300 voters to

00:14:38.840 actually elect

00:14:39.980 representatives

00:14:41.080 who share

00:14:41.920 their values.

00:14:43.540 And what

00:14:44.140 the Democrats

00:14:45.500 are mad about

00:14:46.380 is that this

00:14:47.620 map will allow

00:14:48.400 the voters

00:14:48.800 of Texas

00:14:49.320 to elect

00:14:50.100 representatives

00:14:50.680 who share

00:14:51.240 their values.

00:14:52.160 In their

00:14:52.880 view,

00:14:54.000 any time you

00:14:54.820 hear a Democrat

00:14:55.500 use the words

00:14:56.500 assault on

00:14:57.340 democracy,

00:14:58.800 what they

00:14:59.420 really mean

00:15:00.240 is electing

00:15:00.940 Republicans.

00:15:02.240 It's just

00:15:03.020 about power.

00:15:04.220 It's why

00:15:04.880 these same 1.00

00:15:05.620 hypocrites did 1.00

00:15:06.640 everything they 1.00

00:15:07.200 could to remove

00:15:07.920 Donald Trump

00:15:08.500 from the ballot.

00:15:09.880 Because,

00:15:10.440 nothing says

00:15:11.780 defending

00:15:12.220 democracy

00:15:12.820 like taking

00:15:14.080 your opponent

00:15:14.600 off the ballot

00:15:15.240 and stopping

00:15:15.920 the pesky voters

00:15:16.820 from voting

00:15:17.320 for them.

00:15:18.040 They don't

00:15:18.540 believe in

00:15:19.100 democracy.

00:15:19.800 They believe

00:15:20.380 in power,

00:15:21.620 raw power,

00:15:22.920 so they're

00:15:23.380 perfectly comfortable

00:15:24.200 with Massachusetts

00:15:25.060 having 100%

00:15:26.440 of its delegation

00:15:27.240 being Democrats,

00:15:28.400 but they're

00:15:29.040 furious if a

00:15:30.360 Republican state

00:15:31.280 actually tries

00:15:32.120 to have its

00:15:32.660 delegation reflect

00:15:33.660 the views

00:15:34.240 of its voters.

00:15:35.600 That is the

00:15:36.440 beauty of

00:15:36.920 democracy.

00:15:38.000 And if you

00:15:39.000 think I'm being

00:15:39.620 too harsh,

00:15:40.440 if you think

00:15:42.160 I'm being

00:15:43.060 too harsh

00:15:45.100 and too

00:15:45.540 judgmental

00:15:46.080 of the

00:15:46.260 Democrats,

00:15:46.980 I want you

00:15:47.740 to listen

00:15:48.100 to my

00:15:48.400 erstwhile

00:15:48.920 opponent,

00:15:49.460 Beto O'Rourke.

00:15:50.280 Now,

00:15:50.460 Beto,

00:15:51.060 you recall,

00:15:51.640 ran against

00:15:52.160 me in

00:15:53.520 2018 for

00:15:54.600 the Senate.

00:15:55.280 He became

00:15:55.700 a cause

00:15:56.100 celeb.

00:15:56.920 All of the

00:15:57.380 Democrats,

00:15:58.540 all of the

00:15:58.840 media,

00:15:59.180 their hearts

00:15:59.560 went pitter-pat.

00:16:01.000 And he was

00:16:01.660 a phenom.

00:16:02.600 And he came

00:16:03.320 within a few

00:16:03.780 points of

00:16:04.220 beating.

00:16:04.380 He lost.

00:16:06.160 And then he

00:16:06.900 ran for

00:16:07.240 president as

00:16:08.080 a Democrat

00:16:08.480 and he

00:16:08.860 lost.

00:16:09.500 And then he

00:16:09.900 ran for

00:16:10.280 governor against

00:16:11.380 Greg Abbott and

00:16:12.020 he lost.

00:16:12.620 So at this

00:16:13.040 point he's 0

00:16:13.600 for 3.

00:16:14.860 And he's

00:16:15.180 kind of pissed

00:16:15.640 off about it.

00:16:16.460 And so when

00:16:17.480 he's pissed

00:16:17.880 off about it,

00:16:18.960 he's really

00:16:19.620 honest and

00:16:20.420 candid.

00:16:20.880 Give a listen

00:16:21.320 to what

00:16:21.620 Beto had

00:16:21.960 to say.

00:16:22.720 We're not

00:16:23.360 going to let

00:16:24.040 him stop

00:16:24.620 us.

00:16:24.840 Are you

00:16:25.060 with me

00:16:25.400 on that?

00:16:27.260 It also

00:16:29.980 means,

00:16:30.600 as Mark

00:16:32.160 was saying

00:16:32.640 earlier,

00:16:33.600 we don't

00:16:34.740 await the

00:16:35.460 punch thrown

00:16:36.140 by these

00:16:37.160 would-be

00:16:37.580 fascists to

00:16:38.360 land. 1.00

00:16:39.040 We punch

00:16:39.740 first and

00:16:40.640 we punch

00:16:41.080 harder.

00:16:41.780 We want

00:16:42.080 California

00:16:42.760 and New

00:16:43.360 Jersey

00:16:43.740 and Illinois

00:16:44.520 and Maryland

00:16:45.680 and every

00:16:46.420 other state

00:16:47.020 where the

00:16:47.340 Democrats

00:16:47.800 hold the

00:16:48.380 governor's

00:16:48.820 mansion,

00:16:49.620 the

00:16:49.700 assembly

00:16:50.160 and the

00:16:50.620 state

00:16:50.840 senate,

00:16:51.320 to redraw

00:16:52.280 their

00:16:52.520 congressional

00:16:52.980 districts

00:16:53.420 now,

00:16:54.180 not wait

00:16:54.780 for Texas

00:16:55.260 to move

00:16:55.780 first,

00:16:56.280 to maximize

00:16:57.140 Democratic

00:16:58.000 party

00:16:58.400 advantage.

00:16:59.560 Listen,

00:17:00.440 you may

00:17:00.840 say to

00:17:01.200 yourself,

00:17:01.760 well,

00:17:01.980 those aren't

00:17:02.500 the rules.

00:17:03.380 There are

00:17:03.720 no refs in 0.92

00:17:04.440 this game. 1.00

00:17:05.040 F*** the 0.99

00:17:05.400 rules. 0.99

00:17:05.780 We are

00:17:06.020 going to

00:17:06.220 win whatever

00:17:06.920 it takes.

00:17:08.220 We're

00:17:08.680 going to

00:17:08.820 take this

00:17:09.240 to them

00:17:09.620 in every

00:17:10.140 way that

00:17:10.640 we can.

00:17:12.580 You got

00:17:13.520 to love

00:17:13.820 Beto there.

00:17:14.480 Family

00:17:14.700 values guy,

00:17:15.480 right?

00:17:15.740 That's why

00:17:16.160 I say he's

00:17:16.660 such a

00:17:17.000 just dynamic

00:17:17.680 candidate.

00:17:18.700 But look,

00:17:19.300 he is honest.

00:17:20.440 This is

00:17:21.180 today's

00:17:21.700 Democrat

00:17:22.080 party.

00:17:22.680 It is

00:17:23.080 about

00:17:23.460 power.

00:17:24.620 Nothing

00:17:24.860 else matters.

00:17:25.820 Democracy

00:17:26.300 doesn't

00:17:26.700 matter.

00:17:27.120 The will

00:17:27.360 of the

00:17:27.580 voters

00:17:27.840 doesn't

00:17:28.280 matter.

00:17:29.140 It is

00:17:29.520 their

00:17:30.100 imposing

00:17:30.860 their

00:17:31.260 radical

00:17:31.720 left-wing

00:17:32.300 values.

00:17:32.840 And the

00:17:33.020 reason they

00:17:33.420 have to be

00:17:33.760 so obsessed

00:17:34.200 with power

00:17:34.740 is their

00:17:35.580 ideas are

00:17:36.540 unpopular.

00:17:37.220 If you

00:17:37.620 put a

00:17:37.940 referendum

00:17:38.360 in front

00:17:38.740 of the

00:17:38.940 American

00:17:39.240 people,

00:17:39.800 you want

00:17:40.360 open

00:17:40.640 borders?

00:17:41.540 The

00:17:41.640 overwhelming

00:17:42.040 majority of

00:17:42.620 Americans say

00:17:43.260 no.

00:17:43.680 No,

00:17:43.880 we don't.

00:17:44.520 You put

00:17:44.900 a referendum

00:17:45.400 in front

00:17:45.740 of the

00:17:45.940 American

00:17:46.220 people,

00:17:46.640 hey,

00:17:46.800 do you

00:17:46.980 want to

00:17:47.260 release

00:17:47.580 murderers 0.60

00:17:48.120 and rapists 1.00

00:17:48.560 and child

00:17:48.980 molesters?

00:17:49.820 American

00:17:50.080 people say

00:17:50.620 no.

00:17:51.240 Hey,

00:17:51.500 do you

00:17:51.680 want to

00:17:51.980 confiscate

00:17:52.520 everyone's

00:17:52.980 guns?

00:17:53.560 The

00:17:53.720 American

00:17:53.980 people say

00:17:54.580 no.

00:17:55.460 Hey,

00:17:55.920 do you

00:17:56.180 want boys

00:17:56.880 competing

00:17:57.260 in girls

00:17:57.700 sports?

00:17:58.160 The

00:17:58.280 American

00:17:58.520 people say

00:17:59.060 no.

00:17:59.520 And so

00:17:59.780 if you're

00:18:00.180 a party

00:18:00.720 whose

00:18:01.580 entire

00:18:02.100 platform

00:18:02.680 is wildly

00:18:03.660 unpopular

00:18:04.360 is on

00:18:05.300 the 20

00:18:05.940 side of

00:18:06.620 80-20

00:18:07.220 issue

00:18:07.600 after 80-20

00:18:08.380 issue

00:18:08.660 after 80-20

00:18:09.300 issue,

00:18:09.920 the only

00:18:10.880 way you

00:18:11.460 can implement 0.83

00:18:12.080 your crazy 0.83

00:18:12.720 ideology 0.99

00:18:13.400 is through

00:18:14.640 brute force

00:18:15.760 and power.

00:18:16.800 And Beto,

00:18:17.680 I'll commend

00:18:18.200 him for

00:18:19.000 being honest.

00:18:19.780 He's just

00:18:20.480 interested,

00:18:21.620 ironically,

00:18:22.700 in being a 0.90

00:18:23.420 fascist, 0.92

00:18:23.960 in being a 0.75

00:18:24.560 totalitarian.

00:18:25.320 The language

00:18:25.740 he uses,

00:18:26.940 he doesn't

00:18:27.680 want the 0.55

00:18:28.180 voters to

00:18:28.640 have a

00:18:28.960 say.

00:18:29.540 He wants

00:18:30.040 to force

00:18:30.620 his radical

00:18:31.180 policies on

00:18:32.200 them.

00:18:32.880 That's what

00:18:33.440 the Democrats

00:18:34.000 are revealing

00:18:34.520 to the

00:18:34.820 whole country.

00:18:35.680 As before,

00:18:36.760 if you want

00:18:37.220 to hear the

00:18:37.560 rest of

00:18:37.900 this conversation

00:18:38.660 on this

00:18:39.400 topic,

00:18:39.940 you can go

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00:18:44.920 Canadian

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00:18:49.440 leaders,

00:18:50.000 and the

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00:18:51.220 And that's

00:18:51.560 why we're

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00:18:52.360 introduce the

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00:18:54.940 I'm Jennifer

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00:19:14.140 I want to

00:19:16.540 get back to

00:19:17.200 the big story

00:19:18.200 number three

00:19:18.740 of the

00:19:18.940 week you

00:19:19.280 may have

00:19:19.580 missed.

00:19:20.400 Senator,

00:19:20.860 it's time

00:19:21.440 we talk a

00:19:22.060 little bit

00:19:22.320 about Google

00:19:23.140 and it

00:19:25.000 is another

00:19:25.720 bombshell

00:19:26.380 that's come

00:19:26.860 out showing

00:19:27.860 massive bias

00:19:29.580 with Google,

00:19:30.360 their search

00:19:30.880 engines,

00:19:31.480 also the

00:19:32.100 emails that

00:19:32.840 make it to

00:19:33.280 your inbox

00:19:33.920 and those

00:19:35.080 they decide

00:19:35.700 purposely to

00:19:36.520 send a

00:19:36.860 spam.

00:19:38.060 There's even

00:19:38.600 shocking

00:19:39.160 revelations now

00:19:40.240 that sending

00:19:40.980 a firm that

00:19:41.720 sent the

00:19:42.060 same email,

00:19:43.640 the same

00:19:44.100 exact wording,

00:19:45.260 one with a

00:19:45.900 link to a

00:19:46.900 conservative

00:19:47.540 group went

00:19:48.340 to spam,

00:19:49.080 but if it

00:19:49.720 had a link

00:19:50.480 to a

00:19:50.900 hardcore

00:19:51.300 lefty group,

00:19:52.200 it went

00:19:52.580 straight to

00:19:53.160 the top

00:19:53.540 of your

00:19:53.740 inbox.

00:19:54.440 How the

00:19:54.960 hell are

00:19:55.220 they getting

00:19:55.560 away with

00:19:55.980 this?

00:19:58.220 Well,

00:19:58.860 unfortunately,

00:19:59.420 it appears

00:20:00.020 to be blatant

00:20:00.900 bias and

00:20:02.040 listen,

00:20:03.120 I have long

00:20:03.720 believed that

00:20:04.600 big tech

00:20:05.320 censorship and

00:20:06.320 bias poses

00:20:07.180 the single

00:20:07.800 greatest threat

00:20:08.460 we have to

00:20:09.180 free speech

00:20:09.720 in America

00:20:10.220 and the

00:20:11.280 single greatest

00:20:11.840 threat we

00:20:12.360 have to

00:20:12.800 free and

00:20:13.120 fair elections

00:20:13.720 in America

00:20:14.240 and big

00:20:15.520 tech,

00:20:16.040 the giant

00:20:16.480 tech oligarchs

00:20:17.500 have been

00:20:17.860 hardcore

00:20:18.280 leftists and

00:20:19.000 they have

00:20:19.280 abused their

00:20:20.120 monopoly power

00:20:21.060 to try to

00:20:22.280 elect Democrats

00:20:23.220 and by far 0.82

00:20:25.220 the worst

00:20:26.520 actor in this

00:20:27.420 historically has

00:20:28.260 been Google.

00:20:28.960 Google openly

00:20:29.860 censors conservative

00:20:30.980 speech,

00:20:32.060 it skews its

00:20:32.980 search results to

00:20:34.000 favor Democrats.

00:20:35.620 In the 2016

00:20:36.560 election,

00:20:38.100 the employer for

00:20:39.340 the largest

00:20:40.040 amount of

00:20:40.800 campaign

00:20:41.280 contributions

00:20:41.960 to Hillary 0.99

00:20:42.440 Clinton

00:20:42.760 was Google

00:20:43.840 and so

00:20:45.040 they are

00:20:45.720 all in

00:20:46.380 with the

00:20:46.680 Democrats.

00:20:46.800 Hold on,

00:20:47.360 hold on,

00:20:47.660 say that

00:20:48.040 again so

00:20:48.580 people really

00:20:49.440 understand how

00:20:50.680 biased they

00:20:51.240 are.

00:20:51.460 Say that

00:20:51.760 one more

00:20:52.100 time.

00:20:53.840 Okay,

00:20:54.060 in 2016,

00:20:55.020 think of

00:20:55.340 all of the

00:20:56.340 people that

00:20:56.800 made campaign

00:20:57.480 contributions

00:20:58.200 to Donald

00:20:58.900 Trump and

00:20:59.440 Hillary Clinton.

00:21:00.720 So when you

00:21:01.520 make a campaign

00:21:02.200 contribution,

00:21:03.040 you report on

00:21:03.680 the FEC,

00:21:04.500 you put your

00:21:04.960 name, you put

00:21:05.620 your address,

00:21:06.300 you put your

00:21:06.720 employer and

00:21:07.440 any contribution,

00:21:09.240 $200 and

00:21:09.980 above, gets

00:21:10.460 reported.

00:21:11.640 And so

00:21:11.960 then they

00:21:12.360 make reports

00:21:13.060 and you

00:21:13.360 can see,

00:21:13.920 all right,

00:21:14.200 where does

00:21:14.540 the most

00:21:14.860 money come

00:21:15.340 from?

00:21:16.120 The number

00:21:17.100 one source,

00:21:18.140 not number

00:21:18.500 two, not

00:21:18.900 number three,

00:21:19.400 number one

00:21:19.900 source for

00:21:20.520 campaign

00:21:20.980 contributions,

00:21:21.800 hard money

00:21:22.180 contributions to

00:21:23.380 Hillary Clinton

00:21:23.920 was Google.

00:21:25.400 Actually,

00:21:25.740 technically it was

00:21:26.360 Alphabet, which

00:21:27.120 is Google's

00:21:27.980 parent company,

00:21:28.700 but that's

00:21:29.040 Google.

00:21:30.100 They were her 0.61

00:21:30.820 number one

00:21:31.340 donor.

00:21:31.900 And by the

00:21:32.520 way, there

00:21:34.080 is a

00:21:34.740 psychologist,

00:21:36.300 Robert Epstein,

00:21:37.300 who I've had

00:21:37.940 testify in front

00:21:38.980 of my committee,

00:21:39.660 the Senate

00:21:39.900 Commerce

00:21:40.260 Committee,

00:21:40.800 who did

00:21:41.980 empirical research

00:21:43.180 on Google

00:21:43.660 and found

00:21:44.200 that Google

00:21:44.820 skewed search

00:21:46.220 results and

00:21:46.980 moved millions

00:21:48.100 of votes from

00:21:49.080 Donald Trump

00:21:49.800 to Hillary 0.99

00:21:51.180 Clinton.

00:21:51.660 And by the

00:21:52.060 way, Dr.

00:21:52.700 Epstein was a

00:21:53.500 liberal Democrat

00:21:54.120 who voted for

00:21:54.800 Hillary.

00:21:55.160 He was still

00:21:55.560 horrified at the

00:21:56.220 results.

00:21:56.700 Well, the

00:21:57.580 latest report

00:21:58.240 I'm going to

00:21:58.500 read from the

00:21:58.880 New York Post,

00:21:59.660 quote,

00:21:59.900 Google caught

00:22:01.280 flagging GOP

00:22:02.400 fundraiser emails

00:22:03.440 as suspicious,

00:22:04.500 sending them

00:22:04.960 directly to

00:22:05.680 spam.

00:22:06.760 Google is at

00:22:07.620 it again.

00:22:08.120 The GOP

00:22:08.620 campaign donations

00:22:09.580 could be a

00:22:10.280 casualty.

00:22:11.580 The search

00:22:12.020 giant has been

00:22:12.740 caught this

00:22:13.260 summer flagging

00:22:14.200 Republican

00:22:14.780 fundraising emails

00:22:15.880 as, quote,

00:22:16.820 dangerous spam,

00:22:18.740 keeping them

00:22:19.180 from hitting

00:22:19.620 Gmail users'

00:22:20.720 inboxes,

00:22:21.680 while leaving

00:22:22.680 similar solicitations

00:22:24.180 from Democrats

00:22:25.120 untouched,

00:22:26.520 a consulting

00:22:27.180 firm warned.

00:22:28.240 That's despite

00:22:29.780 repeatedly sparking

00:22:30.800 headlines and

00:22:31.420 lawsuits in

00:22:32.000 recent years

00:22:32.600 over this

00:22:33.160 allegedly

00:22:33.680 partisan

00:22:34.200 practice.

00:22:35.860 This is

00:22:36.420 something,

00:22:36.880 this has been

00:22:37.300 a pattern,

00:22:37.860 it's been a

00:22:38.300 problem,

00:22:38.740 it's been

00:22:39.040 going on

00:22:39.480 for a long

00:22:40.040 time,

00:22:40.620 and it

00:22:41.100 appears Google

00:22:41.740 is doubling

00:22:42.260 down and

00:22:42.820 continuing to

00:22:44.440 block Republican

00:22:45.840 fundraising emails

00:22:46.980 while green

00:22:48.660 lighting Democrat

00:22:49.640 fundraising emails.

00:22:51.340 It really is

00:22:52.140 incredible,

00:22:52.900 and this just

00:22:53.540 goes, I think,

00:22:54.460 to the radicalness

00:22:55.440 of the left,

00:22:56.920 whether it's

00:22:57.460 Google or

00:22:58.200 we now have

00:22:59.000 a guy that

00:23:00.740 apparently was

00:23:02.040 in the Department

00:23:02.960 of Justice

00:23:03.520 who just

00:23:04.100 decided, I

00:23:04.720 got a subway

00:23:05.340 sandwich, I'm

00:23:06.060 going to throw 0.55

00:23:06.600 it at police

00:23:07.800 officers and

00:23:08.520 run away,

00:23:09.480 and now we

00:23:10.080 find out even

00:23:10.920 the people that

00:23:11.900 are still working

00:23:12.660 in the deep

00:23:13.040 state are

00:23:13.580 willing to do

00:23:14.180 things like

00:23:14.840 this.

00:23:15.720 We've now

00:23:16.160 found out who

00:23:16.660 he is, he's

00:23:17.480 lost his job,

00:23:18.540 and he's been

00:23:19.140 arrested.

00:23:20.200 Well, listen,

00:23:21.060 we've talked a

00:23:22.480 lot on this

00:23:22.960 podcast about how

00:23:23.920 the Democrats

00:23:24.460 have lost their

00:23:25.660 ever-loving

00:23:26.100 mind.

00:23:26.880 They hate

00:23:27.440 Donald Trump

00:23:28.020 so much

00:23:28.640 that they've

00:23:29.400 just gone to

00:23:29.900 crazy town.

00:23:31.020 They've taken

00:23:31.820 just about every

00:23:33.040 80-20 issue in

00:23:34.000 America, they've

00:23:34.640 decided to embrace

00:23:35.580 the 20% side.

00:23:36.900 So when it

00:23:37.240 comes to

00:23:37.560 immigration,

00:23:38.280 they're for

00:23:38.540 open borders.

00:23:39.980 When it comes

00:23:41.160 to sports,

00:23:41.820 they want boys

00:23:42.420 competing in

00:23:42.940 girls' 0.95

00:23:43.320 sports.

00:23:43.660 When it comes

00:23:44.160 to kids,

00:23:44.780 they want

00:23:45.160 children being

00:23:45.920 sterilized and

00:23:46.780 having gender

00:23:48.740 mutilating surgeries.

00:23:50.380 And when it

00:23:51.080 comes to criminals,

00:23:52.660 they're in favor of

00:23:53.580 them.

00:23:53.680 They're in favor 1.00

00:23:54.220 of releasing

00:23:54.680 murderers and

00:23:55.440 rapists and 1.00

00:23:56.200 Venezuelan gang 1.00

00:23:57.900 members.

00:23:59.140 And the left

00:24:00.240 right now is

00:24:00.860 losing their mind

00:24:01.800 about D.C.

00:24:02.580 and the fact

00:24:03.040 that Donald Trump

00:24:03.820 is exercising

00:24:04.840 clear constitutional

00:24:05.840 authority,

00:24:06.480 clear statutory

00:24:07.640 authority to

00:24:09.380 ensure law and

00:24:12.060 order in D.C.

00:24:13.020 and to keep

00:24:13.400 people safe.

00:24:14.120 D.C.

00:24:14.480 has the fourth

00:24:15.240 highest murder

00:24:15.920 rate in America.

00:24:17.840 It has a higher

00:24:18.860 murder rate than

00:24:20.380 Bogota, Colombia.

00:24:21.660 It has a higher

00:24:22.340 murder rate than

00:24:23.220 Mexico City.

00:24:24.360 The murder rate

00:24:25.380 in Washington, D.C.

00:24:26.400 is six times the

00:24:27.960 murder rate in

00:24:29.200 New York.

00:24:29.800 And yet, leftists

00:24:31.420 are furious that

00:24:33.240 Trump is saying

00:24:34.100 we're going to

00:24:34.800 stop murderers.

00:24:35.700 And so what

00:24:36.140 happened this week

00:24:36.940 is you had a

00:24:38.380 leftist on the

00:24:40.840 streets who saw

00:24:41.760 a federal law

00:24:42.540 enforcement officer,

00:24:43.440 and in this case

00:24:44.140 a Customs and

00:24:44.780 Border Patrol

00:24:45.240 agent.

00:24:46.160 And this leftist

00:24:47.300 began jumping up

00:24:48.440 and down and

00:24:49.160 screaming, screaming

00:24:50.440 and cursing at

00:24:51.280 him and calling 0.99

00:24:51.640 him a fascist, 0.79

00:24:52.400 calling him a 0.93

00:24:52.840 fascist.

00:24:53.720 And if you 0.69

00:24:54.840 haven't seen the

00:24:55.380 video, you've

00:24:55.840 got a picture.

00:24:56.400 This guy is

00:24:56.920 jumping up and

00:24:57.480 down, jumping up

00:24:58.120 and down.

00:24:58.580 He's wearing a

00:24:59.280 pink polo shirt

00:25:00.260 and these

00:25:01.460 incredibly tight

00:25:02.700 shorts that, let

00:25:05.220 me just say, it

00:25:05.800 looks like a

00:25:06.560 costume.

00:25:07.880 And he's jumping

00:25:08.800 up and down.

00:25:09.700 He's behaving like

00:25:10.500 a five-year-old.

00:25:12.140 And he's screaming

00:25:13.380 and screaming at

00:25:14.460 this federal law

00:25:15.180 enforcement agent.

00:25:16.600 And then he's

00:25:17.480 holding in his

00:25:18.180 hand a Subway

00:25:19.260 sandwich.

00:25:19.720 sandwich.

00:25:20.520 And he turns to

00:25:21.380 walk away and

00:25:21.940 then he turns

00:25:22.420 around and he

00:25:22.960 just throws as

00:25:23.760 hard as he can

00:25:24.440 the Subway

00:25:24.920 sandwich into

00:25:26.120 the chest of

00:25:26.800 the federal law

00:25:27.360 enforcement officer.

00:25:28.940 And then suddenly

00:25:29.940 he realizes, oh,

00:25:30.920 maybe that was a

00:25:31.520 mistake and he

00:25:32.060 turns around and

00:25:32.580 runs away.

00:25:33.760 Well, federal law

00:25:34.920 enforcement pursues

00:25:36.300 him.

00:25:37.100 They catch him

00:25:38.040 and they arrest

00:25:39.360 him.

00:25:40.340 Now, this is when

00:25:41.420 the story changes.

00:25:42.600 Under Joe Biden,

00:25:43.660 nothing would have

00:25:44.680 happened.

00:25:45.040 under Barack

00:25:46.880 Obama, nothing

00:25:48.000 would have

00:25:48.580 happened.

00:25:49.000 Well, under

00:25:49.460 Donald Trump, he's

00:25:51.180 being prosecuted.

00:25:52.060 He's being prosecuted

00:25:53.000 for a felony.

00:25:53.800 It is assault to

00:25:55.960 throw anything at

00:25:57.940 someone.

00:25:58.420 You don't have the

00:25:58.820 right to throw

00:25:59.320 something.

00:26:00.200 And even if it is

00:26:01.160 a sandwich, which

00:26:01.900 looks, a sandwich is

00:26:02.900 not a deadly item,

00:26:03.900 but it is assault to

00:26:05.440 throw it. 0.99

00:26:05.960 And what Pam

00:26:07.500 Bondi, the Attorney

00:26:08.200 General, said and

00:26:09.020 what the U.S.

00:26:09.660 Attorney, Janine

00:26:10.360 Pirro, said is we're

00:26:11.460 going to protect

00:26:11.960 law enforcement.

00:26:12.660 If you assault a

00:26:13.500 law enforcement

00:26:14.040 officer, you will

00:26:15.740 be prosecuted.

00:26:16.880 You will go to

00:26:17.400 jail.

00:26:18.440 And then this is

00:26:19.080 where the case

00:26:19.680 took a strange

00:26:20.440 turn, that this

00:26:21.340 pink polo clad 0.84

00:26:23.280 jumping up and

00:26:24.080 down nutcase,

00:26:26.000 turns out he was 0.93

00:26:27.000 actually an

00:26:27.900 employee of the

00:26:29.200 Department of

00:26:29.720 Justice, a

00:26:30.280 current employee.

00:26:32.060 Now, Ben, I

00:26:33.520 used to work at

00:26:34.240 the DOJ.

00:26:34.880 I've worked a lot

00:26:35.720 of years in law

00:26:36.480 enforcement.

00:26:37.720 It is not

00:26:38.500 complicated if

00:26:39.540 you're an

00:26:39.820 employee at the

00:26:40.480 Department of

00:26:41.000 Justice to learn

00:26:43.260 to treat

00:26:43.820 federal law

00:26:44.460 enforcement

00:26:44.840 agencies with

00:26:45.760 respect.

00:26:46.720 I've got to

00:26:47.340 say, I'm 54

00:26:48.040 years old.

00:26:48.720 I've never had to

00:26:49.580 restrain myself

00:26:50.500 once from a

00:26:52.280 desire to

00:26:53.080 assault a

00:26:54.400 federal law

00:26:54.960 enforcement officer.

00:26:55.860 And yet, the

00:26:56.980 left, they are so

00:26:58.160 radicalized, they're

00:26:59.300 so, their

00:27:01.500 worldview is so

00:27:03.140 full of rage and

00:27:04.120 anger that when

00:27:05.020 they see a federal

00:27:06.120 law enforcement

00:27:06.860 officer there to

00:27:08.360 stop murderers,

00:27:09.820 there to stop

00:27:10.680 crime, this DOJ

00:27:13.260 employee entered

00:27:14.680 into sandwich

00:27:15.940 gate.

00:27:17.200 And I will

00:27:18.180 say, I did

00:27:19.040 laugh out loud at

00:27:20.300 Janine Pirro when

00:27:21.080 she put out a

00:27:22.120 video saying,

00:27:23.020 well, he may

00:27:24.700 have to stick that

00:27:25.520 sandwich somewhere

00:27:26.900 else instead,

00:27:27.880 which it was, it

00:27:30.780 was not subtle what

00:27:32.160 she was saying.

00:27:33.720 As they might say

00:27:35.020 in the South, you

00:27:36.060 know, stick it

00:27:36.660 somewhere, the sun

00:27:37.400 don't shine.

00:27:38.640 Yeah, it's nice to

00:27:39.480 see that in

00:27:40.300 Washington, D.C.,

00:27:41.120 certainly in the

00:27:41.600 Trump administration,

00:27:42.240 they're not

00:27:42.720 messing around

00:27:43.260 anymore, they're

00:27:44.020 going after these

00:27:45.000 criminals.

00:27:46.400 And Ben, your

00:27:47.280 dad was a cop, I

00:27:48.360 mean, how glad are

00:27:49.300 you to see an

00:27:49.920 administration that

00:27:50.820 defends cops and

00:27:51.840 says you can't

00:27:52.420 assault them?

00:27:53.080 As always, thank

00:27:54.420 you for listening to

00:27:55.560 Verdict with

00:27:56.180 Senator Ted Cruz,

00:27:57.240 Ben Ferguson with

00:27:58.000 you, don't forget

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00:28:05.220 I'd love to have

00:28:05.980 you as a listener to,

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00:28:10.960 morning.

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