Verdict with Ted Cruz - August 16, 2025


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


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00:00:00.000 This is an iHeart Podcast.
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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
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
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
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
00:04:11.360 Americans
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,
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
00:05:59.100 at killing the bad guys
00:06:00.120 and we did so
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,
00:06:50.680 if you're a Mexican drug lord,
00:06:53.320 if you're a drug lord anywhere,
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
00:08:41.500 to be complete hypocrites
00:08:42.860 and I want you now
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
00:08:51.560 on his utter hypocrisy.
00:08:53.620 Give a listen.
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.
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
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
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
00:14:17.120 lunatic
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
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
00:15:05.620 hypocrites did
00:15:06.640 everything they
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.
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
00:17:04.440 this game.
00:17:05.040 F*** the
00:17:05.400 rules.
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
00:17:48.120 and rapists
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
00:18:12.080 your crazy
00:18:12.720 ideology
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
00:18:23.420 fascist,
00:18:23.960 in being a
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
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
00:18:40.340 back and
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00:18:42.960 hear the
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00:18:44.920 Canadian
00:18:45.400 women are
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00:18:47.020 More out of
00:18:47.400 themselves,
00:18:48.100 their businesses,
00:18:49.040 their elected
00:18:49.440 leaders,
00:18:50.000 and the
00:18:50.380 world around
00:18:50.820 them.
00:18:51.220 And that's
00:18:51.560 why we're
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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
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
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
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
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
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'
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
00:23:54.220 of releasing
00:23:54.680 murderers and
00:23:55.440 rapists and
00:23:56.200 Venezuelan gang
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
00:24:51.640 him a fascist,
00:24:52.400 calling him a
00:24:52.840 fascist.
00:24:53.720 And if you
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.
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
00:26:23.280 jumping up and
00:26:24.080 down nutcase,
00:26:26.000 turns out he was
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
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00:28:07.100 again, the Ben
00:28:07.820 Ferguson podcast, and
00:28:09.000 we will see you back
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00:28:10.960 morning.
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