Verdict with Ted Cruz - How Can We STOP School Shootings - and, Maddeningly, Why Democrats Keep Blocking Real School Safety Legislation

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00:00:05.600 Welcome. It is Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz.

00:00:08.360 Ben Ferguson with you as always.

00:00:10.400 And if you're a regular, you know we put out our podcasts

00:00:13.380 Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays.

00:00:16.120 This is Thursday.

00:00:17.480 And why are we going a day early?

00:00:19.240 Because there's some legislation that's going to be introduced

00:00:22.000 by the senator that's extremely important.

00:00:23.980 And it deals with school safety and the shooting issue

00:00:27.780 that just happened in Nashville.

00:00:29.340 Senator, this is something that is heartbreaking for me,

00:00:34.440 and I know for you, because what you're working on

00:00:37.520 in the legislation is exactly the same thing

00:00:40.400 that could have been done in September of 2022.

00:00:44.560 Here we are again after another school shooting

00:00:46.640 where there are not guards there to protect these kids.

00:00:49.860 It was a gun-free zone without a resource officer,

00:00:52.780 and we had the same outcome, unfortunately.

00:00:55.780 And now you're going to continue to fight

00:00:58.860 to protect our kids in their schools with resource officers

00:01:02.960 and with everything that you could possibly need

00:01:05.620 to do everything you can to keep kids safe.

00:01:08.240 Well, let me say, first of all,

00:01:10.120 what happened at Covenant School in Nashville.

00:01:12.760 It's just terrific.

00:01:14.340 It is every parent's nightmare.

00:01:16.600 a deranged lunatic murdered three nine-year-old children,

00:01:23.020 murdered three adults.

00:01:26.440 I've got to say, I cannot imagine

00:01:28.720 the quantity of evil that leads someone to murder children.

00:01:35.700 I think it is the worst crime there is.

00:01:38.800 There is a level of lunacy.

00:01:43.740 And by the way, when I say someone,

00:01:45.760 one thing to be clear,

00:01:47.280 I will not say the someone's name.

00:01:50.220 And this is actually a policy

00:01:52.400 that I strictly enforce on myself.

00:01:54.800 I don't repeat the names of these mass murderers.

00:01:58.500 They want to be remembered.

00:02:00.240 They want to go down in history in infamy.

00:02:02.780 I think they deserve to be forgotten 1.00

00:02:05.120 as the deranged lunatics they are. 0.98

00:02:08.720 And I wish everyone in politics, 0.95

00:02:10.460 I wish everyone in the media

00:02:11.640 would follow the same rule.

00:02:14.060 And I'll refer to the shooter.

00:02:16.440 I'm happy to repeat a victim's name.

00:02:20.700 But these monsters do not deserve

00:02:23.560 to have their names repeated.

00:02:25.700 What happened at that school

00:02:27.740 is grotesquely evil.

00:02:30.320 I think of the pastor of that Christian school

00:02:33.480 whose little girl was murdered that day.

00:02:38.600 The agony of the parents,

00:02:40.680 the agony of the children.

00:02:42.980 It is horrific.

00:02:45.000 And, you know, we've seen with this

00:02:47.920 terrible crime,

00:02:50.900 we've seen all the pathologies

00:02:53.540 of our political system.

00:02:56.220 We've seen the instant the news broke,

00:02:58.740 the Democrats leaping

00:03:01.780 immediately to their political objective

00:03:04.720 of gun control.

00:03:05.720 They seem never as filled with joy

00:03:09.500 as in the wake of a horrific mass murder

00:03:12.620 because it lets them

00:03:13.680 advance their political position.

00:03:16.120 We saw the media

00:03:17.020 eagerly participating at that at the outset.

00:03:20.680 And then we saw

00:03:21.500 a remarkable about face

00:03:23.480 because when the news came

00:03:24.920 that the shooter

00:03:25.620 was an individual

00:03:27.280 who's transgender

00:03:28.180 who appears

00:03:30.240 to have been targeting the school

00:03:32.440 because it's a Christian school,

00:03:34.160 suddenly the media

00:03:34.920 didn't know what to do

00:03:35.820 because that was not

00:03:37.260 their preferred narrative.

00:03:39.160 And so the media

00:03:40.220 has been in a bit of crisis.

00:03:41.700 They haven't been sure

00:03:42.560 whether to just ignore it altogether

00:03:44.740 or try to spin it.

00:03:47.640 Some of the most absurd spins

00:03:49.380 that the media has tried

00:03:50.500 is this mass murder

00:03:52.740 is your fault. 0.59

00:03:55.300 If you believe

00:03:56.900 that five-year-olds

00:03:59.100 shouldn't go to explicit drag shows, 0.99

00:04:01.300 if you believe

00:04:02.180 that children shouldn't be mutilated

00:04:05.580 to try to change

00:04:07.140 their biological gender

00:04:08.540 because they lack the maturity

00:04:10.520 to make that decision,

00:04:11.520 then it's your fault 1.00

00:04:12.540 this lunatic murdered those children. 1.00

00:04:15.140 All of that 1.00

00:04:16.100 is infuriating.

00:04:19.720 But I got to tell you, Ben,

00:04:20.960 there's something more infuriating

00:04:22.140 than that,

00:04:23.100 which is I believe

00:04:24.360 this could have been prevented.

00:04:26.400 Look, I've been

00:04:27.760 the U.S. Senator from Texas

00:04:29.540 for 11 years now.

00:04:30.980 One of the worst

00:04:32.020 and hardest aspects

00:04:32.920 of this job

00:04:33.980 is that I've been

00:04:35.020 on the ground

00:04:36.880 at mass shooting

00:04:38.700 after mass shooting

00:04:39.540 after mass shooting.

00:04:41.360 I was there

00:04:42.540 at Santa Fe High School.

00:04:44.780 Santa Fe High School,

00:04:46.260 it's about 45 minutes

00:04:47.840 from my house.

00:04:48.480 I was home that morning

00:04:49.520 when the shooting happened.

00:04:51.100 I got the call

00:04:52.140 within minutes of the shooting.

00:04:53.380 I jumped in a truck

00:04:54.480 and headed down there.

00:04:55.320 I was there

00:04:55.920 a little more than an hour

00:04:57.580 after the shooting occurred.

00:04:58.680 I was there

00:04:59.200 with the students,

00:04:59.980 with the families.

00:05:00.740 I saw the horrors 0.99

00:05:02.560 of that lunatic 1.00

00:05:03.420 that murdered those children. 1.00

00:05:04.980 I was there

00:05:07.780 in Sutherland Springs,

00:05:09.220 the site of the worst

00:05:11.380 church shooting

00:05:12.600 in the history

00:05:13.960 of our country, 1.00

00:05:14.680 a deranged lunatic 1.00

00:05:15.820 who came in 1.00

00:05:16.560 and murdered

00:05:17.420 innocent people,

00:05:18.200 including shooting

00:05:19.720 point blank

00:05:20.540 an 18-month-old infant.

00:05:23.120 I stood

00:05:24.220 in that sanctuary

00:05:26.720 the day after the shooting.

00:05:28.620 When I was there,

00:05:30.460 there was still blood

00:05:31.640 everywhere across

00:05:32.720 the sanctuary.

00:05:33.560 There was shattered glass.

00:05:34.620 There were pews

00:05:35.740 that had been

00:05:36.720 strewn about

00:05:38.100 as people terrified

00:05:39.460 tried to flee

00:05:40.080 for their lives.

00:05:40.820 I remember seeing

00:05:41.500 a shattered cell phone

00:05:43.240 covered with blood.

00:05:45.060 That mass shooting

00:05:46.020 was stopped

00:05:46.700 only because

00:05:47.820 a heroic neighbor,

00:05:50.140 a plumber

00:05:50.600 named Stephen Williford,

00:05:52.240 heard the shooting,

00:05:53.300 went and grabbed

00:05:53.920 his AR-15,

00:05:55.020 ran down,

00:05:55.980 and engaged

00:05:56.600 with the shooter,

00:05:57.220 shot the shooter,

00:05:57.920 and took him out.

00:05:59.260 I was there

00:06:00.180 on the ground

00:06:00.700 in El Paso

00:06:01.540 after that mass shooting.

00:06:03.440 I was in Midland-Odessa

00:06:04.680 after that mass shooting.

00:06:06.180 I was in Dallas, Texas

00:06:07.480 after a crazed

00:06:09.720 Black Lives Matter 0.60

00:06:10.700 radical

00:06:11.320 murdered five police officers.

00:06:13.880 I've been to 0.95

00:06:14.660 too damn many of these.

00:06:16.260 And let me start 0.98

00:06:17.640 by saying,

00:06:18.240 Ben,

00:06:18.480 when you and I

00:06:19.280 were kids,

00:06:20.440 this wasn't a thing.

00:06:22.460 Yeah,

00:06:22.640 it didn't happen.

00:06:24.320 Like,

00:06:24.720 look,

00:06:25.400 when you went to school,

00:06:26.720 maybe you worried

00:06:27.500 about getting in a fight

00:06:28.900 in the playground.

00:06:29.780 Maybe you might get

00:06:30.340 a bloody nose.

00:06:31.980 But I don't remember

00:06:33.820 once in school

00:06:35.700 worrying that

00:06:36.560 some psychopath

00:06:37.440 was going to come 1.00

00:06:39.020 shoot us. 0.77

00:06:40.000 Yeah, 0.99

00:06:40.200 I asked my dad,

00:06:41.700 I said,

00:06:42.080 Dad,

00:06:42.260 did you ever worry

00:06:43.120 about us in school

00:06:44.120 and even in church?

00:06:45.000 And he said,

00:06:45.480 he was in law enforcement.

00:06:46.440 He said,

00:06:46.780 no,

00:06:47.320 never.

00:06:48.340 Never once

00:06:49.160 did I ever think

00:06:49.940 I need to teach you

00:06:50.680 how to hide under a desk

00:06:51.740 or hide from a shooter

00:06:53.280 or what to do

00:06:53.960 if you hear gunshots

00:06:55.020 in the hallway

00:06:55.540 of a school.

00:06:56.660 This is a new thing.

00:06:58.820 Look,

00:06:59.260 you're a parent,

00:07:00.220 Ben.

00:07:01.140 It scares the hell

00:07:02.180 out of you.

00:07:03.040 Yeah.

00:07:04.120 Well,

00:07:04.580 my wife and I

00:07:05.180 had the conversation.

00:07:06.240 What do we say

00:07:06.840 to our kids now

00:07:07.880 and how do we talk

00:07:10.800 to them,

00:07:11.260 my oldest is six,

00:07:12.480 about if this happens,

00:07:14.200 what is he to do?

00:07:15.820 Do we have

00:07:16.700 that conversation?

00:07:18.040 How do you have

00:07:19.000 that conversation?

00:07:20.120 This is something

00:07:21.180 that no parent

00:07:22.000 wants to even have

00:07:22.740 to talk about

00:07:23.380 with their kids,

00:07:23.880 but the reality is

00:07:24.640 now we are forced to.

00:07:26.360 We are forced to.

00:07:28.520 Every parent

00:07:29.200 is scared for their kids

00:07:30.460 and every rational person

00:07:34.500 wants to prevent this

00:07:36.800 and listen,

00:07:38.620 I've spent 11 years

00:07:39.560 in the Senate,

00:07:40.160 number one,

00:07:41.780 fighting to stop

00:07:42.960 the Democrats'

00:07:44.200 efforts at gun control,

00:07:45.520 which are unconstitutional

00:07:47.260 and they don't work.

00:07:48.660 They don't stop

00:07:49.860 mass murders

00:07:51.260 and the Democrats,

00:07:52.980 that's not their priority,

00:07:54.900 but I've also been fighting

00:07:56.260 to stop these crimes.

00:07:58.560 I don't want to see

00:07:59.440 another parent

00:08:00.080 who's lost their kids.

00:08:01.380 I've seen too many of them

00:08:03.000 and if you want to

00:08:05.280 stop violent crimes,

00:08:06.420 there's a way to do it,

00:08:07.460 which is you target

00:08:09.100 the bad guys,

00:08:09.840 you target the felons,

00:08:12.120 the fugitives,

00:08:12.980 those with serious

00:08:13.600 mental illness, 0.99

00:08:14.640 you go after them,

00:08:15.820 you prosecute them,

00:08:17.120 you put them in jail

00:08:18.320 when they try

00:08:18.860 to illegally buy guns,

00:08:20.180 you lock them up,

00:08:21.860 you protect people,

00:08:23.300 you also secure

00:08:24.700 our schools.

00:08:25.680 If you look at

00:08:26.720 ever since Columbine, 0.74

00:08:28.900 these deranged people

00:08:30.320 think, 0.75

00:08:30.800 okay,

00:08:31.300 I can be famous

00:08:32.720 and they go target

00:08:34.980 children and so

00:08:35.980 if you want to

00:08:37.600 protect our kids,

00:08:38.620 the steps that are

00:08:39.560 most important

00:08:40.500 are making our schools

00:08:42.840 safer,

00:08:43.680 enhancing physical security

00:08:45.000 and the single biggest

00:08:46.480 step that matters

00:08:47.840 is having armed

00:08:49.860 police officers

00:08:50.900 officers on campus

00:08:52.360 at the front door

00:08:54.100 so they can stop 0.98

00:08:55.860 a lunatic 0.88

00:08:56.660 before he or she 0.99

00:08:58.520 gets into the campus 0.99

00:08:59.860 and is able to kill kids.

00:09:02.140 That's how you stop 0.65

00:09:03.240 a bad guy

00:09:03.920 and so,

00:09:05.880 look,

00:09:06.560 in the wake of Uvalde

00:09:07.800 and I was there

00:09:08.760 at Uvalde

00:09:10.680 right after the tragedy,

00:09:12.180 it was horrific,

00:09:13.000 it happened in Texas,

00:09:14.560 the evil is indescribable.

00:09:18.200 After Uvalde,

00:09:19.160 I filed legislation

00:09:20.460 that would provide

00:09:23.080 very substantial funds

00:09:24.760 to enhance

00:09:26.320 the physical security

00:09:27.500 of schools

00:09:28.180 that would double 0.60

00:09:30.420 the number

00:09:31.440 of police officers

00:09:32.600 in schools

00:09:34.180 and by the way,

00:09:35.380 public schools,

00:09:36.320 private schools,

00:09:37.100 parochial schools,

00:09:38.160 it would give the funds

00:09:40.500 $15 billion

00:09:42.400 to put armed police officers

00:09:45.000 on campus

00:09:45.720 so if any lunatic

00:09:47.060 comes after your kids, 0.92

00:09:49.660 there'd be an officer there

00:09:51.160 or multiple officers there

00:09:53.180 to stop them

00:09:54.340 before they got in

00:09:55.640 and it also provided

00:09:56.840 $10 billion

00:09:58.400 in funding

00:09:59.480 for mental health counselors.

00:10:01.920 So many of these crimes

00:10:03.080 are committed

00:10:04.080 by deeply disturbed

00:10:06.360 young people

00:10:07.260 and having the counseling

00:10:09.480 there to stop

00:10:10.440 these troubled teenagers

00:10:13.840 before they commit

00:10:15.000 a horrific crime

00:10:15.720 of violence

00:10:16.180 is incredibly important

00:10:17.720 and here's the thing

00:10:18.480 that's so frustrating.

00:10:19.980 I tried to pass

00:10:21.140 this legislation

00:10:21.880 and the Democrats

00:10:23.700 blocked it.

00:10:24.400 I forced a vote on it.

00:10:25.960 The bill was called

00:10:26.900 Cruz Barrasso

00:10:27.900 so I wrote it

00:10:29.140 along with John Barrasso

00:10:30.420 from Wyoming.

00:10:32.680 Every single Democrat

00:10:35.020 voted no.

00:10:36.860 They wanted to pass

00:10:37.760 a gun control bill instead

00:10:39.100 so protecting the schools

00:10:40.840 was not their priority.

00:10:41.720 They wanted to take away

00:10:43.200 the firearms

00:10:44.520 of law-abiding citizens.

00:10:46.500 After that,

00:10:47.780 after every Democrat

00:10:48.820 had voted no,

00:10:49.460 I went to the Senate floor

00:10:50.600 and I tried to pass

00:10:52.380 the bill by unanimous consent.

00:10:53.900 Now the way

00:10:54.260 unanimous consent works

00:10:55.220 is you stand up,

00:10:56.700 you ask to pass it

00:10:59.280 by unanimous consent

00:11:00.220 and if one senator

00:11:01.240 stands up and objects, 0.93

00:11:02.560 it gets killed.

00:11:04.220 In this instance,

00:11:06.060 the person who objected

00:11:08.060 was Chris Murphy

00:11:09.880 who was the Democrat

00:11:10.720 from Connecticut

00:11:11.480 he's the leading advocate

00:11:13.240 of gun control

00:11:14.180 in the Senate

00:11:15.220 and he stood up

00:11:16.560 and with no justification

00:11:18.620 whatsoever

00:11:19.380 objected and killed

00:11:21.940 the legislation

00:11:23.260 that could have prevented

00:11:26.460 this murder

00:11:27.360 at the Covenant School,

00:11:28.640 that could have funded 0.58

00:11:30.160 having a police officer

00:11:31.500 at the front door 1.00

00:11:33.100 to shoot this lunatic 1.00

00:11:35.020 before the shooter 1.00

00:11:37.160 killed even a single child.

00:11:38.940 I cannot tell you

00:11:41.100 how angry I am

00:11:41.920 about that,

00:11:42.640 that we could have

00:11:44.000 stopped this,

00:11:45.240 but the Senate Democrats

00:11:47.120 weren't willing to do

00:11:49.060 what it takes

00:11:49.540 to stop this.

00:11:50.400 And you mentioned it,

00:11:51.480 it was because

00:11:52.320 they didn't want

00:11:53.980 to arm

00:11:54.920 and protect the kids.

00:11:56.220 They wanted

00:11:57.220 the solution

00:11:58.020 to the problem

00:11:59.240 to only be one option,

00:12:01.400 which was to take away

00:12:02.840 our Second Amendment rights.

00:12:04.120 You could even see this

00:12:05.780 after the shooting

00:12:06.320 that happened

00:12:06.980 in Nashville.

00:12:09.320 Immediately they said

00:12:10.540 that it was the gun's fault,

00:12:12.120 it was an AR-15.

00:12:13.120 We found out it was an AR-15

00:12:14.460 that she was using

00:12:15.080 in the videos.

00:12:15.680 It was a carbine

00:12:16.460 that uses

00:12:17.460 the same ammunition

00:12:19.400 that handguns use.

00:12:20.880 It was not an AR-15.

00:12:22.780 And then,

00:12:23.400 in fact,

00:12:24.020 if you really want

00:12:24.700 to get into it,

00:12:25.880 the only AR-15

00:12:26.940 that was used

00:12:28.240 in that confrontation

00:12:29.400 between the shooter

00:12:31.300 and the police

00:12:31.960 was the police officer

00:12:33.780 who used an AR-15

00:12:35.180 to take her down. 0.95

00:12:37.980 And the media

00:12:38.780 lied about all of it.

00:12:40.300 Yep.

00:12:40.780 And I will say,

00:12:42.020 Ben,

00:12:42.200 I know you've watched

00:12:43.140 as I have

00:12:43.880 the body cam footage

00:12:45.520 of those officers.

00:12:46.980 Let me commend

00:12:47.680 those officers,

00:12:49.420 those Nashville police officers

00:12:50.780 who went in

00:12:51.460 right after the shooting

00:12:52.700 had began

00:12:53.220 and the body cam footage,

00:12:54.400 look,

00:12:54.580 they're coming onto the campus,

00:12:55.720 they don't know

00:12:56.080 where the shooter is,

00:12:57.120 they don't know

00:12:57.560 what's happening.

00:12:58.240 They're scared,

00:12:58.900 anyone would be scared

00:12:59.720 in that instance,

00:13:00.420 but they're searching

00:13:01.140 they're trying

00:13:01.920 to save the kids,

00:13:02.960 they're running up the stairs,

00:13:04.400 they hear the gunshots

00:13:06.340 and they don't run away,

00:13:08.120 they don't hide,

00:13:08.780 they run towards

00:13:09.540 the gunshots.

00:13:10.420 They run towards

00:13:11.300 the gunshots,

00:13:12.100 they engage with the shooter

00:13:13.220 and they take

00:13:14.000 the shooter down.

00:13:14.860 And I gotta say,

00:13:15.540 watching that body cam footage,

00:13:17.600 those officers are heroes.

00:13:20.920 And the fact that they engaged

00:13:22.320 and took that shooter out

00:13:23.420 saved many lives that day.

00:13:25.880 That shooter

00:13:26.440 would have kept 0.97

00:13:27.320 killing children, 1.00

00:13:28.220 would have kept 1.00

00:13:28.620 killing adults 0.96

00:13:29.440 and the only thing

00:13:31.040 that stopped the shooter

00:13:32.100 was the officer's heroism.

00:13:34.180 Now imagine the same thing

00:13:35.720 with one detail changed.

00:13:38.720 Instead of the officers

00:13:39.960 coming in 15 minutes

00:13:41.400 after the shooting began,

00:13:43.100 because that's when

00:13:43.860 they got to the school,

00:13:45.800 imagine the officers

00:13:46.980 are there at the front door

00:13:48.160 to begin with.

00:13:49.300 The shooter came in

00:13:50.500 and shot through the front door,

00:13:52.100 shot through the glass

00:13:53.160 and entered through the glass.

00:13:54.980 If the shooter had tried that

00:13:56.500 and there had been an officer

00:13:57.400 or multiple officers there,

00:13:59.040 they would have shot

00:14:00.040 the shooter dead 0.89

00:14:00.940 on the steps

00:14:02.160 and those precious children

00:14:04.400 would be alive.

00:14:05.560 That's why it matters

00:14:06.940 to have police officers

00:14:09.380 there to protect our kids.

00:14:11.240 It's why it's so infuriating

00:14:13.760 that Democrats

00:14:15.680 are adamantly opposed

00:14:18.340 to doing what would actually work

00:14:20.400 to stop these kind of horrific crimes.

00:14:23.860 Yeah, every time we see

00:14:24.860 one of these school shootings

00:14:25.820 or like you mentioned,

00:14:26.780 the church shooting,

00:14:27.920 it always takes a good guy

00:14:29.500 with a gun to come and stop

00:14:30.740 a bad guy with a gun.

00:14:33.180 I want to go back

00:14:34.400 to what you said

00:14:35.740 in September,

00:14:36.960 September the 14th of 2022,

00:14:39.380 when you originally talked

00:14:41.980 about this legislation,

00:14:43.320 because it's important

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00:16:24.480 Senator, I want to play

00:16:25.280 for everybody

00:16:26.500 this clip of you.

00:16:27.920 It's a longer clip.

00:16:28.760 It's an important clip.

00:16:30.160 It's a clip from September 2022

00:16:32.460 where you were advocating

00:16:34.400 then for exactly

00:16:35.960 what you're saying

00:16:36.640 we need now.

00:16:37.320 and after Nashville

00:16:38.580 there's just more proof

00:16:39.560 this is what needs to happen.

00:16:41.460 In legislative session,

00:16:43.740 I ask unanimous consent

00:16:45.060 that the Senate proceed

00:16:46.120 to the immediate consideration

00:16:47.280 of S-4845,

00:16:50.520 which is at the desk.

00:16:52.920 Further, that the bill

00:16:54.140 be considered read

00:16:55.280 a third time and passed

00:16:56.740 and that the motion

00:16:58.100 to reconsider

00:16:58.740 be considered made

00:16:59.920 and laid upon the table.

00:17:02.080 Is there objection?

00:17:03.740 Madam President.

00:17:05.000 Senator from Connecticut.

00:17:06.500 Madam President, I object.

00:17:08.700 Objection is heard.

00:17:10.600 Madam President,

00:17:11.740 what we just saw

00:17:13.460 on this floor was stunning.

00:17:16.360 I am genuinely

00:17:18.120 at a loss for words.

00:17:19.960 This bill is common sense.

00:17:22.520 There is not a constituent

00:17:24.040 in Texas

00:17:25.740 or Nevada

00:17:27.440 or Connecticut.

00:17:29.220 If you asked

00:17:30.060 would it be a good thing

00:17:31.260 to have more police officers

00:17:33.660 keeping our kids safe

00:17:34.780 wouldn't say

00:17:35.180 of course it would.

00:17:37.000 There is not a constituent

00:17:38.440 of ours

00:17:38.980 who if you asked

00:17:40.020 would it be a good thing

00:17:40.980 to have more mental health

00:17:42.040 counselors on campus

00:17:43.400 to stop people

00:17:44.420 from committing crimes

00:17:45.260 would say of course it would.

00:17:47.560 I was informed

00:17:48.560 a few days ago

00:17:49.480 that when I was going

00:17:50.160 to seek unanimous consent

00:17:51.480 the Senator from Connecticut

00:17:52.520 was going to object.

00:17:55.920 Now the Senator

00:17:56.760 from Connecticut

00:17:57.420 styles himself

00:17:58.400 the leading advocate

00:17:59.600 of gun control

00:18:00.400 in the U.S. Senate.

00:18:01.140 I was asked

00:18:03.320 I was asked by reporters

00:18:03.980 why are the Democrats

00:18:05.180 objecting to this

00:18:06.160 and I'll tell you

00:18:06.860 what I told reporters

00:18:07.740 I have no idea

00:18:09.540 they haven't said

00:18:11.240 they haven't told me

00:18:12.940 why they object to it

00:18:14.000 and so I was genuinely

00:18:16.940 looking forward

00:18:17.960 to seeing

00:18:18.860 the Senator

00:18:20.000 from Connecticut's remarks

00:18:21.120 I was sitting here

00:18:21.960 waiting to see

00:18:22.720 why do you oppose

00:18:24.120 more police officers

00:18:25.100 to keep our kids safe?

00:18:26.100 why do you oppose

00:18:28.260 mental health counselors

00:18:29.720 in schools?

00:18:32.940 I've been in the Senate

00:18:34.000 10 years

00:18:34.580 the Senator from Connecticut

00:18:35.400 and I were elected

00:18:36.220 at the same time

00:18:37.080 I've engaged in many debates

00:18:39.740 on this floor

00:18:40.360 including with the Senator

00:18:41.320 from Connecticut

00:18:41.880 the fact

00:18:44.600 that he chose

00:18:46.060 not to say

00:18:47.240 a word

00:18:48.400 about why he objects

00:18:53.200 is stunning

00:18:54.440 I find myself

00:18:55.680 genuinely flabbergasted

00:18:58.180 I will say

00:19:00.640 one of the reasons

00:19:01.280 I think the Senator

00:19:01.940 from Connecticut

00:19:02.540 feels content

00:19:03.480 not only not to argue

00:19:05.080 but now to walk off

00:19:06.040 the floor

00:19:06.480 and not even listen

00:19:07.300 to the debate

00:19:07.880 he's ostensibly

00:19:08.600 participating in

00:19:09.540 one of the reasons

00:19:12.360 he feels free

00:19:13.120 to do so

00:19:13.860 is if you look up

00:19:14.820 to the Senate gallery

00:19:15.760 I can count them

00:19:16.820 there are precisely

00:19:17.700 zero reporters

00:19:19.120 in this gallery

00:19:19.800 not a single one

00:19:23.700 of the corporate media

00:19:24.760 will report on this

00:19:26.620 and I think the Senator

00:19:27.260 from Connecticut

00:19:27.760 feels absolutely certain

00:19:29.280 when he walks out

00:19:31.680 he will have reporters

00:19:32.980 that will say

00:19:33.900 tell me how terrible 0.97

00:19:35.100 Donald Trump is 0.93

00:19:35.920 and he'll lean in

00:19:36.900 and say

00:19:37.120 oh Donald Trump 0.95

00:19:38.020 is really terrible

00:19:38.780 but not one of the reporters

00:19:41.700 will ask

00:19:42.240 hey wait a second

00:19:43.160 why don't you want

00:19:43.980 police officers

00:19:44.680 keeping our kids safe

00:19:45.600 none of them will

00:19:47.260 the Democrats

00:19:48.160 are protected

00:19:49.220 by a dishonest

00:19:51.860 army

00:19:53.720 of propagandists

00:19:55.540 in the corporate media

00:19:56.520 CNN will not have

00:19:58.260 a panel

00:19:58.680 sitting around

00:19:59.640 discussing

00:20:00.240 why is it

00:20:01.460 that the Democrats

00:20:03.300 simply

00:20:04.560 do not care

00:20:06.220 to defend

00:20:08.080 their positions

00:20:08.820 let me tell you

00:20:09.520 when there's

00:20:10.620 a mass murdering 0.89

00:20:11.600 and the Democrats

00:20:13.380 stand up

00:20:14.040 and give speeches

00:20:14.760 and they point

00:20:15.460 at Republicans

00:20:16.100 and say blood

00:20:17.280 is on your hands

00:20:18.460 it's great

00:20:19.220 political rhetoric

00:20:20.060 it's dishonest

00:20:22.100 but boy

00:20:24.580 it gins up

00:20:25.380 their donors

00:20:25.980 it gets people

00:20:27.960 to go

00:20:28.380 and write checks

00:20:29.180 to Democrats

00:20:29.740 and fund their campaigns

00:20:31.080 what we just saw

00:20:33.280 reveals

00:20:33.920 that Democrats

00:20:36.480 have one objective

00:20:37.700 when a mass murder

00:20:38.500 happens

00:20:38.920 and that is

00:20:39.640 to take away

00:20:40.780 the second amendment

00:20:41.560 rights of law

00:20:42.220 abiding citizens

00:20:42.900 that is always

00:20:44.020 always

00:20:44.500 always their solution

00:20:45.540 never mind

00:20:47.620 that it doesn't

00:20:48.020 work

00:20:48.280 never mind

00:20:48.800 that it doesn't

00:20:49.320 stop violent crime

00:20:50.300 never mind

00:20:51.220 that if you look

00:20:52.160 at the jurisdictions

00:20:53.080 across the country

00:20:54.300 with the strictest

00:20:55.340 gun control laws

00:20:56.300 almost every single

00:20:59.680 one of them

00:21:00.600 consistently has

00:21:03.780 among the highest

00:21:05.640 crime rates

00:21:06.520 and murder rates

00:21:07.800 earlier this year

00:21:10.360 the senator

00:21:10.860 from Connecticut

00:21:11.600 authored his

00:21:12.740 big gun control package

00:21:14.420 rammed it through

00:21:15.660 this body

00:21:16.300 a package

00:21:18.420 which will do

00:21:19.120 nothing

00:21:19.840 zero

00:21:20.700 to stop mass murders

00:21:22.540 we will see

00:21:23.440 another mass murder

00:21:24.380 I pray that we don't

00:21:27.700 but evil exists

00:21:30.200 in the world

00:21:30.920 and if another lunatic 0.94

00:21:32.180 attacks the school

00:21:33.220 and there's not

00:21:35.220 a police officer

00:21:36.160 at the front door

00:21:37.080 to stop him

00:21:37.960 remember right now

00:21:40.420 remember this moment

00:21:43.340 when the Democrats

00:21:44.120 said no

00:21:45.220 we will not

00:21:46.660 protect our kids

00:21:47.940 there are lots

00:21:49.520 of arguments

00:21:50.120 the senator

00:21:51.360 from Connecticut

00:21:51.940 could have made

00:21:52.500 he chose to make

00:21:54.180 none of them

00:21:54.780 senator

00:21:55.960 it's amazing

00:21:56.880 he chose to make

00:21:58.060 none of them

00:21:58.700 and what you're

00:22:00.280 talking about

00:22:01.000 there clearly

00:22:01.820 shows the agenda

00:22:02.900 of the Democratic

00:22:04.200 Party

00:22:04.620 which is not

00:22:05.140 to protect kids

00:22:05.920 even when

00:22:06.600 there are clear

00:22:07.640 vulnerabilities

00:22:08.220 that we keep

00:22:09.200 witnessing every time

00:22:10.640 there's one of these

00:22:11.180 mass shootings

00:22:11.740 and there's no one

00:22:12.880 there to be a

00:22:13.580 first responder

00:22:14.280 and we have to

00:22:15.420 wait on police

00:22:16.000 and even when

00:22:16.780 it's done perfectly

00:22:17.580 like it was done

00:22:18.420 in Nashville

00:22:19.000 it was still

00:22:20.260 what 14 minutes

00:22:21.260 in

00:22:21.540 yeah

00:22:22.440 look I will say

00:22:24.940 listening to that

00:22:25.880 again

00:22:26.300 it infuriates me

00:22:27.700 once again

00:22:28.260 because

00:22:29.940 we could do

00:22:32.220 much much more

00:22:33.440 to keep our kids

00:22:34.260 safe

00:22:34.600 and the Democrats

00:22:37.280 who claim to care

00:22:39.020 so desperately

00:22:40.060 much

00:22:40.600 they're the ones

00:22:42.620 who block it

00:22:43.420 now I will say

00:22:45.360 one of the

00:22:46.220 standard

00:22:48.220 Democrat

00:22:49.440 talking points

00:22:50.240 now

00:22:50.540 is following

00:22:52.760 Uvalde

00:22:53.440 anytime you say

00:22:55.500 if you want to

00:22:56.000 protect our kids

00:22:56.720 we need more

00:22:57.180 police officers

00:22:57.980 they point out

00:22:59.260 the police officers

00:23:00.360 didn't do what

00:23:01.840 they needed to do

00:23:02.460 in Uvalde

00:23:02.960 and I gotta say

00:23:03.960 that's right

00:23:05.720 the officers in

00:23:07.700 Uvalde

00:23:08.160 screwed up badly

00:23:09.280 they sat there

00:23:11.000 forever

00:23:12.180 while the shooting

00:23:13.260 was ongoing

00:23:14.000 the timeline

00:23:14.760 now shows

00:23:15.660 that it was

00:23:16.380 an hour

00:23:16.980 and 14 minutes

00:23:18.420 from when

00:23:19.280 the first police

00:23:20.160 officer arrived

00:23:21.140 on campus

00:23:21.820 to when

00:23:22.780 the officers

00:23:23.440 stormed into

00:23:24.100 the classroom

00:23:24.840 and killed

00:23:25.760 the shooter

00:23:26.240 during that hour

00:23:26.940 and 14 minutes

00:23:27.940 gunshots

00:23:29.260 were going off

00:23:30.140 one after the

00:23:31.340 other

00:23:31.620 after the other

00:23:32.500 during that hour

00:23:33.160 and 14 minutes

00:23:34.120 children were

00:23:35.240 calling into

00:23:35.920 9-1-1

00:23:36.720 in panicked

00:23:37.760 terror

00:23:38.620 and tragically

00:23:40.640 because the officers

00:23:41.700 didn't go in

00:23:42.780 earlier

00:23:43.800 we ended up

00:23:45.140 having 19

00:23:46.180 fourth graders

00:23:46.980 and two teachers

00:23:47.900 murdered that day

00:23:49.400 and that makes

00:23:51.080 me angry too

00:23:52.200 I was there

00:23:53.120 right after

00:23:53.760 that shooting

00:23:54.840 I met with

00:23:55.940 the leadership

00:23:57.420 of the police

00:23:59.160 officers who

00:23:59.860 lied to us

00:24:00.600 who lied to me

00:24:01.460 who lied to

00:24:02.500 John Corden

00:24:03.100 the other senator

00:24:03.780 who lied to

00:24:04.320 Greg Abbott

00:24:04.760 the governor

00:24:05.220 and almost

00:24:06.700 everything they

00:24:07.380 described about

00:24:08.020 what had happened

00:24:09.180 in Uvalde

00:24:09.800 was wrong

00:24:10.620 as we found out

00:24:12.160 the several days

00:24:12.820 that followed

00:24:13.320 but the lesson

00:24:15.740 that Democrat

00:24:16.580 and lefty

00:24:17.500 activists

00:24:18.080 have taken

00:24:19.420 from that

00:24:20.160 is because

00:24:21.820 the police

00:24:22.600 officers there

00:24:23.720 did not act

00:24:24.660 swiftly

00:24:25.160 to take out

00:24:26.260 the shooter

00:24:26.720 therefore

00:24:28.580 they've concluded

00:24:29.560 police officers

00:24:30.880 can never

00:24:31.600 stop a shooter

00:24:32.360 and that

00:24:33.260 is wrong

00:24:34.340 look I wish

00:24:35.520 those officers

00:24:36.940 had gone in

00:24:37.660 in Uvalde

00:24:38.300 within minutes

00:24:39.100 of getting there

00:24:39.840 and had taken

00:24:40.620 out that shooter

00:24:41.380 and there would

00:24:41.940 be a lot

00:24:43.040 more children

00:24:44.260 alive today

00:24:45.120 if they'd done

00:24:45.720 that

00:24:45.980 they didn't

00:24:48.080 and and that

00:24:49.540 that is a

00:24:50.660 absolute tragedy

00:24:52.340 but I gotta say

00:24:53.200 one of the things

00:24:55.520 that that Nashville

00:24:56.400 shows

00:24:56.940 is their talking

00:24:58.860 points that

00:24:59.460 cops don't stop 0.98

00:25:00.460 mass shootings

00:25:01.400 is a total lie

00:25:03.180 in in Nashville

00:25:04.260 the officers did

00:25:05.880 what should have

00:25:06.560 been done

00:25:06.920 in Uvalde

00:25:07.500 which is the

00:25:08.880 instant they

00:25:09.420 found out about

00:25:10.080 it they went

00:25:10.600 in

00:25:10.900 they had

00:25:11.440 bulletproof vests

00:25:12.260 they went in

00:25:12.820 and they shot

00:25:13.420 the shooter

00:25:13.880 and they took

00:25:14.340 him out

00:25:14.700 that's what

00:25:16.180 they should

00:25:16.660 have done

00:25:17.240 but I gotta

00:25:18.640 say it's also

00:25:19.640 what is so

00:25:20.680 frustrating

00:25:21.300 the only thing

00:25:23.960 Democrats want 0.51

00:25:25.000 to do is they

00:25:25.540 say you know

00:25:26.020 if we take

00:25:26.520 Ben Ferguson's

00:25:27.260 guns

00:25:27.540 that'll be

00:25:29.180 great

00:25:29.460 you know

00:25:29.720 Ben

00:25:29.920 you're not

00:25:31.080 gonna be a

00:25:31.560 mass murderer 0.98

00:25:32.100 I have zero

00:25:33.080 concerns about

00:25:33.860 that

00:25:34.180 the Democrats

00:25:35.940 to be honest

00:25:36.780 the Democrats

00:25:37.280 don't have

00:25:37.720 concerns either

00:25:38.420 they don't

00:25:39.060 think law

00:25:39.560 abiding citizens

00:25:40.240 are gonna

00:25:40.680 become

00:25:41.120 commit crimes

00:25:42.640 but

00:25:44.360 ideologically

00:25:45.780 they have

00:25:47.600 set their

00:25:48.140 priorities

00:25:48.740 we want

00:25:49.400 the guns

00:25:49.820 we want

00:25:50.400 the guns

00:25:51.060 from law

00:25:52.120 abiding

00:25:52.420 citizens

00:25:52.820 we want

00:25:53.200 to take

00:25:53.500 away

00:25:53.760 your right

00:25:54.460 to protect

00:25:55.120 your home

00:25:55.620 and your

00:25:55.880 family

00:25:56.340 and look

00:25:57.980 I have

00:25:59.280 led the

00:25:59.760 fight against

00:26:00.520 their

00:26:01.260 unconstitutional

00:26:02.680 gun control

00:26:03.280 proposals

00:26:03.780 from day

00:26:04.900 one in the

00:26:05.460 Senate

00:26:05.700 but what

00:26:07.400 I genuinely

00:26:08.120 don't

00:26:08.520 understand

00:26:08.920 is why

00:26:09.480 they pair

00:26:10.120 it

00:26:10.380 with an

00:26:11.540 absolute

00:26:12.160 refusal

00:26:12.940 to go

00:26:14.920 after gun

00:26:15.640 criminals

00:26:16.080 what is

00:26:16.580 weird

00:26:17.200 is if

00:26:19.040 you're a

00:26:19.320 law abiding

00:26:19.800 citizen

00:26:20.280 who poses

00:26:20.880 no threat

00:26:21.460 they want

00:26:21.860 to disarm

00:26:22.340 you

00:26:22.640 if you're

00:26:23.740 a gang

00:26:24.220 banger

00:26:24.620 who's

00:26:25.220 shooting

00:26:25.480 people 1.00

00:26:25.900 they want

00:26:26.220 to let

00:26:26.460 you

00:26:26.580 free

00:26:27.400 from

00:26:27.660 jail

00:26:28.080 they don't

00:26:29.120 want to

00:26:29.480 lock up

00:26:29.880 the criminals

00:26:30.540 who commit

00:26:30.960 crimes

00:26:31.380 with guns

00:26:31.940 they just

00:26:32.700 want the 0.55

00:26:33.120 people who

00:26:33.620 don't commit

00:26:34.320 crimes

00:26:34.860 to lose

00:26:35.680 their guns

00:26:36.220 Canadian 0.59

00:26:37.440 women are 1.00

00:26:37.940 looking for

00:26:38.440 more

00:26:38.820 more out of

00:26:39.460 themselves

00:26:39.900 their businesses

00:26:40.740 their elected

00:26:41.500 leaders

00:26:41.860 and the world

00:26:42.620 around them

00:26:43.080 and that's why

00:26:43.720 we're thrilled

00:26:44.240 to introduce

00:26:44.880 the honest

00:26:45.600 talk podcast

00:26:46.580 I'm Jennifer

00:26:47.520 Stewart

00:26:47.920 and I'm

00:26:48.500 Catherine Clark

00:26:49.140 and in this

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00:27:06.220 I was having

00:27:08.760 this debate

00:27:09.400 earlier today

00:27:09.900 you and I

00:27:10.180 were talking

00:27:10.420 about this

00:27:10.720 before where

00:27:11.300 I was debating

00:27:11.920 the issue

00:27:12.720 of guns

00:27:13.300 with

00:27:13.640 Geraldo Rivera

00:27:15.540 and Piers

00:27:16.040 Morgan

00:27:16.440 and I

00:27:17.080 went back

00:27:17.820 and I

00:27:18.020 tried to

00:27:18.440 simplify it

00:27:19.060 boy what a

00:27:19.620 crew there Ben

00:27:20.280 I know right

00:27:21.240 that's when

00:27:21.900 you're

00:27:22.080 yeah

00:27:22.560 but I look

00:27:24.220 at them

00:27:24.500 and they're

00:27:25.000 the mouthpiece

00:27:25.980 of being

00:27:26.320 anti-gun

00:27:26.920 they're the

00:27:27.180 mouthpiece

00:27:27.600 of obsession

00:27:28.100 of taking

00:27:28.460 away guns

00:27:29.000 and I

00:27:30.120 ask them

00:27:30.520 the question

00:27:30.960 because I

00:27:31.220 try to

00:27:31.600 bring it

00:27:31.920 down to

00:27:32.320 a basic

00:27:32.740 level when

00:27:33.200 I'm trying

00:27:33.520 to change

00:27:33.920 someone's

00:27:34.280 mind

00:27:34.500 I'm like

00:27:34.900 this is

00:27:35.680 what I

00:27:35.940 don't

00:27:36.120 understand

00:27:36.640 why is it

00:27:38.740 that we

00:27:39.000 protect our

00:27:39.660 money in

00:27:40.040 our banks

00:27:40.540 with more

00:27:41.100 security than

00:27:41.700 we protect

00:27:42.140 our children

00:27:42.740 in our

00:27:43.120 schools

00:27:43.480 why is it

00:27:45.180 that we

00:27:45.400 defend and

00:27:45.900 protect our

00:27:46.340 president

00:27:46.660 with guns

00:27:47.280 but we

00:27:48.060 won't protect

00:27:48.540 our kids

00:27:48.980 in our

00:27:49.260 schools

00:27:49.580 with guns

00:27:50.280 why is it

00:27:51.180 that we

00:27:51.420 defend and

00:27:52.020 protect our

00:27:52.560 celebrities

00:27:53.080 with guns

00:27:53.840 but we

00:27:54.240 don't do it

00:27:54.760 with our

00:27:55.020 children

00:27:55.400 we do it

00:27:56.740 at our

00:27:57.000 courts

00:27:57.500 we do it

00:27:58.160 with our

00:27:58.460 valuables

00:27:59.160 we do it

00:27:59.760 at places

00:28:00.380 like jewelry

00:28:01.040 stores

00:28:01.460 we do it

00:28:02.420 even at

00:28:02.880 sporting

00:28:03.460 events

00:28:04.200 we want to

00:28:04.920 protect people

00:28:05.660 at sporting

00:28:06.120 events

00:28:06.400 but we don't

00:28:06.880 want to

00:28:07.100 protect our

00:28:07.600 kids in

00:28:08.000 our schools

00:28:08.600 we do this

00:28:09.820 at any

00:28:10.280 major event

00:28:11.100 music festival

00:28:12.080 the list

00:28:12.440 goes on

00:28:12.940 and on

00:28:13.320 and the

00:28:13.980 only thing

00:28:14.440 that we

00:28:14.680 seem to

00:28:15.080 keep having

00:28:15.920 to quote

00:28:16.860 protect our

00:28:17.440 kids is

00:28:17.980 this is a

00:28:18.880 gun free

00:28:19.340 zone

00:28:19.760 and this

00:28:21.800 is a place

00:28:22.320 where you're

00:28:22.520 not allowed

00:28:22.760 to bring

00:28:23.520 a gun

00:28:23.760 well every

00:28:24.200 single time

00:28:24.720 someone tests

00:28:25.440 that right

00:28:26.120 and says

00:28:26.540 okay I'm

00:28:26.880 not going

00:28:27.120 to abide by

00:28:27.460 that rule

00:28:27.800 what happens

00:28:28.440 we usually

00:28:29.320 have massive

00:28:29.820 loss and

00:28:30.460 carnage

00:28:31.080 and I think

00:28:32.700 it's very

00:28:33.300 clear now

00:28:34.100 that we

00:28:34.420 should protect

00:28:34.980 our children

00:28:35.720 with more

00:28:37.740 ferocious

00:28:40.600 passion

00:28:42.000 and defense

00:28:43.360 than we do

00:28:44.640 money in

00:28:45.240 our banks

00:28:45.880 we shouldn't

00:28:46.800 value our

00:28:47.420 dollars more

00:28:48.120 than our

00:28:48.460 children

00:28:48.880 but we do

00:28:49.640 every bank

00:28:50.280 I've ever

00:28:50.580 been to

00:28:51.000 has an

00:28:51.380 armed guard

00:28:51.920 and they

00:28:52.580 have really

00:28:53.180 good doors

00:28:53.860 to protect

00:28:54.540 the valuables

00:28:55.680 we're going

00:28:56.440 to learn a lot

00:28:56.980 from Nashville

00:28:57.700 Senator

00:28:58.460 you and I

00:28:59.120 both know

00:28:59.500 that we're

00:28:59.880 going to

00:29:00.060 we saw

00:29:00.460 the video

00:29:00.860 of our

00:29:01.160 shooting

00:29:01.460 through those

00:29:01.920 glass doors

00:29:02.540 there are

00:29:03.320 going to

00:29:03.540 have to be

00:29:04.020 things that

00:29:04.440 change

00:29:04.780 there are

00:29:05.100 already

00:29:05.360 it was the

00:29:05.760 first question

00:29:06.300 I asked

00:29:06.620 my kids

00:29:07.060 school

00:29:07.380 hey we've

00:29:08.340 got some

00:29:08.740 of those

00:29:08.980 glass doors

00:29:09.580 now knowing

00:29:10.240 that even

00:29:10.500 when they're

00:29:10.740 locked

00:29:11.040 it's how

00:29:11.340 easy you

00:29:11.620 can get

00:29:11.840 through them

00:29:12.320 and they

00:29:12.900 already said

00:29:13.300 we're on

00:29:13.760 it

00:29:13.960 that's what

00:29:14.640 I was told

00:29:14.980 immediately

00:29:15.240 we're on

00:29:15.740 that

00:29:15.880 we're looking

00:29:16.420 at this

00:29:16.740 we're going

00:29:16.980 to learn

00:29:17.340 from this

00:29:17.860 but when I

00:29:18.740 went and

00:29:19.080 enrolled my

00:29:19.500 kid my

00:29:19.840 wife and I

00:29:20.320 had very

00:29:20.800 different

00:29:21.080 conversations

00:29:21.760 we were

00:29:22.140 looking at

00:29:22.480 schools for

00:29:22.960 my youngest

00:29:23.420 and she

00:29:24.580 was talking

00:29:25.080 about academics

00:29:25.720 she was

00:29:26.180 talking about

00:29:26.920 faith

00:29:28.800 she was talking

00:29:29.960 about you know

00:29:30.720 religious teaching

00:29:31.600 at the school

00:29:32.200 these things

00:29:32.900 matter

00:29:33.260 the number

00:29:34.040 one thing

00:29:34.480 I asked

00:29:34.880 about was I

00:29:35.520 want to know

00:29:35.840 about safety

00:29:36.440 here

00:29:36.780 I want to

00:29:38.220 know that there

00:29:38.720 are men and

00:29:39.320 women or I 0.99

00:29:40.040 don't care who

00:29:40.440 they are that

00:29:41.020 are able to

00:29:41.620 protect my

00:29:42.100 child if there

00:29:42.860 is some sort

00:29:43.720 of circumstance

00:29:44.320 that was my

00:29:45.300 number one

00:29:45.640 priority

00:29:45.900 granted I

00:29:47.040 have a

00:29:47.280 different

00:29:47.420 perspective

00:29:47.980 I used a

00:29:49.260 gun to

00:29:49.500 protect my

00:29:50.000 life to

00:29:50.560 save my

00:29:50.980 life I

00:29:51.320 didn't have

00:29:51.620 a gun

00:29:51.880 with me I

00:29:52.300 wouldn't be

00:29:52.700 here doing

00:29:53.060 the show

00:29:53.380 with you

00:29:53.640 today so

00:29:54.720 I call it

00:29:55.580 PTSD from

00:29:56.460 that moment

00:29:56.900 in my life

00:29:57.320 where I had

00:29:57.580 to pull the

00:29:58.020 trigger to

00:29:58.380 save my

00:29:58.720 life but I

00:29:59.700 realize that

00:30:00.860 if you don't

00:30:01.540 have a good

00:30:02.080 guy there with

00:30:02.540 a gun you

00:30:02.980 are waiting

00:30:03.560 on the good

00:30:04.080 guy to get

00:30:04.480 there whether

00:30:05.280 it's three

00:30:05.820 minutes five

00:30:06.520 minutes eight

00:30:07.080 minutes or

00:30:07.480 ten minutes or

00:30:08.080 fourteen

00:30:08.440 minutes even if

00:30:09.180 you get it

00:30:09.520 perfect like

00:30:10.020 they did in

00:30:10.380 Nashville this

00:30:12.340 is very

00:30:14.320 moment it

00:30:15.060 when I

00:30:15.420 needed a

00:30:15.800 gun if I

00:30:16.460 didn't have

00:30:16.920 it at that

00:30:17.400 moment to

00:30:18.480 respond at

00:30:18.960 that moment I

00:30:19.580 was a dead

00:30:20.840 person I was

00:30:22.360 a dead man

00:30:23.320 and if we

00:30:24.720 care about all

00:30:25.420 these other

00:30:25.760 things so much

00:30:26.500 senator that

00:30:27.360 does it worry

00:30:29.320 you that the

00:30:30.280 Democrats are

00:30:31.100 this obsessed

00:30:31.820 with gun

00:30:32.140 control they

00:30:32.520 can't understand

00:30:33.300 that we are

00:30:34.120 valuing all

00:30:34.900 these other

00:30:35.220 things above

00:30:35.780 the lives of

00:30:36.440 children that's

00:30:37.180 what I just

00:30:37.840 can't understand

00:30:38.980 well look it

00:30:41.100 is very much

00:30:42.200 like yesterday's

00:30:43.460 podcast we

00:30:44.240 talked about

00:30:45.080 Alejandro

00:30:46.080 Mayorkas the 0.98

00:30:46.820 secretary of

00:30:47.380 homeland security

00:30:48.160 and his

00:30:49.060 testimony before

00:30:50.600 the senate

00:30:51.000 judiciary committee

00:30:51.840 and the

00:30:52.360 cross-examination

00:30:53.480 that I gave

00:30:56.160 to him you

00:30:57.420 know in

00:30:58.520 respect to

00:30:59.520 our southern

00:30:59.920 border the

00:31:01.580 Democrats have

00:31:02.500 a political

00:31:03.040 objective maximize

00:31:04.060 the number of

00:31:04.760 illegal aliens

00:31:05.380 because they

00:31:05.880 think they will

00:31:06.380 vote Democrat

00:31:07.060 and keep them

00:31:07.560 in power and

00:31:09.140 they're willing to

00:31:10.040 ignore suffering

00:31:12.320 they're willing to

00:31:13.060 ignore children

00:31:14.100 being physically

00:31:14.820 abused sexually

00:31:15.720 abused they're

00:31:16.740 willing to ignore

00:31:17.660 dead bodies

00:31:18.580 piling up the

00:31:19.460 Biden body bags

00:31:20.500 piling up they're

00:31:21.320 willing to ignore

00:31:22.180 a hundred thousand

00:31:23.280 overdoses last year

00:31:24.520 the highest in

00:31:25.220 history because all

00:31:27.000 they care about is

00:31:27.780 their political

00:31:28.220 objective the exact

00:31:30.580 same thing is true 0.90

00:31:31.720 when it comes to

00:31:32.340 guns they have a

00:31:34.100 political objective

00:31:34.940 disarm law-abiding

00:31:36.020 citizens and it

00:31:37.020 excites all of their

00:31:38.740 activists who give

00:31:39.560 monies and fund

00:31:40.420 their campaigns

00:31:41.080 they're willing to

00:31:43.520 oppose the

00:31:45.680 common sense

00:31:46.420 steps that would

00:31:47.220 actually stop

00:31:48.560 these crimes

00:31:49.340 because the only

00:31:51.080 thing that matters

00:31:51.720 to them is their

00:31:52.280 political objective

00:31:52.980 and let me be

00:31:53.440 clear you were

00:31:54.260 talking about the

00:31:54.980 importance of of

00:31:56.360 the right to keep

00:31:57.040 and bear arms

00:31:57.580 which as you know

00:31:58.220 I believe in

00:31:58.800 passionately and

00:32:00.780 the right to protect

00:32:01.680 yourself and your

00:32:02.460 family and look in

00:32:03.420 schools there are

00:32:05.380 vigorous debates

00:32:06.700 about for example

00:32:07.720 should teachers

00:32:08.540 allow to be armed

00:32:09.420 I think the answer

00:32:10.120 should be yes

00:32:10.820 absolutely

00:32:11.520 I pointed out in

00:32:13.100 schools there are a

00:32:13.900 lot of teachers

00:32:14.600 you know sometimes

00:32:16.020 gym teachers or

00:32:16.820 others who are

00:32:17.660 former law

00:32:18.440 enforcement who are

00:32:19.200 former military who

00:32:20.260 are trained to know

00:32:21.080 how to handle a

00:32:21.720 firearm I think a

00:32:22.940 school would be

00:32:23.460 safer if teachers

00:32:24.960 were allowed to be

00:32:25.700 armed now the left

00:32:26.820 comes back with

00:32:27.680 these sort of crazy

00:32:28.440 hypotheticals of

00:32:29.940 imagining this 90

00:32:31.380 year old librarian

00:32:32.340 that you're suddenly

00:32:33.060 thrusting a 44 magnum

00:32:34.420 in her hands as

00:32:35.440 she's teetering on

00:32:36.360 her walker and

00:32:38.040 nobody is talking

00:32:39.320 about forcing

00:32:40.320 teachers to be

00:32:41.100 armed to be

00:32:41.880 clear it is about

00:32:43.680 allowing teachers

00:32:44.820 who have the

00:32:46.220 training and

00:32:46.820 experience and

00:32:47.580 know how to use

00:32:48.180 a firearm to be

00:32:48.900 in a position to

00:32:49.520 use it but here's

00:32:50.760 my point on this

00:32:51.580 you and I both

00:32:53.140 agree that makes

00:32:53.960 sense but but

00:32:54.840 let's say someone

00:32:55.700 doesn't I think

00:32:56.760 that's actually an

00:32:57.460 issue on which

00:32:58.260 reasonable minds

00:32:59.180 can disagree here's

00:33:01.280 my point what I

00:33:02.060 was proposing wasn't

00:33:03.240 allowing teachers to

00:33:04.800 be armed it was

00:33:06.880 having police

00:33:08.080 officers present

00:33:09.900 on campus and

00:33:11.300 to be clear 0.98

00:33:12.000 every damn 0.99

00:33:13.540 democrat politician 0.99

00:33:14.680 who voted against

00:33:15.500 it which would be

00:33:16.280 every single

00:33:16.900 democrat senator in

00:33:17.960 the senate all of

00:33:20.240 them are protected

00:33:21.140 by the capitol police

00:33:22.360 every single day

00:33:24.000 I don't understand

00:33:26.020 it's it's why by

00:33:27.560 the way the reason

00:33:28.200 I said in in in

00:33:29.740 that floor speech

00:33:30.660 I said you couldn't

00:33:32.120 find a constituent in

00:33:33.140 texas or

00:33:34.420 connecticut or

00:33:35.080 nevada the

00:33:36.260 presiding officer

00:33:37.240 that day was

00:33:37.900 jackie rosen from

00:33:38.780 nevada and the

00:33:41.460 democrat a democrat

00:33:43.220 and and the

00:33:43.940 democrat who

00:33:44.420 objected was

00:33:45.000 connecticut I

00:33:46.200 could go to

00:33:46.940 connecticut and I

00:33:47.820 don't think you

00:33:48.260 could find a parent

00:33:49.260 who would say gosh

00:33:51.200 I I I wouldn't

00:33:52.720 like to have a

00:33:53.320 police officer

00:33:53.980 present at my

00:33:54.680 school and yet

00:33:56.540 all of the

00:33:57.960 democrats voted

00:33:58.680 against it and

00:33:59.560 and they objected

00:34:01.300 and blocked it

00:34:02.360 and and it's

00:34:04.080 worth underscoring

00:34:05.700 what I said that

00:34:06.520 day I said

00:34:07.260 look tragically

00:34:09.420 there's going to 0.99

00:34:10.240 be another lunatic 0.99

00:34:11.120 who comes to a 1.00

00:34:12.780 school to murder 0.99

00:34:13.300 kids I wish there 0.99

00:34:14.120 wasn't but there

00:34:15.260 is evil in this

00:34:16.180 world and if

00:34:18.400 there is not a

00:34:19.480 police officer at

00:34:20.420 the front door

00:34:21.100 remember this day

00:34:23.320 well you know

00:34:23.740 what that happened

00:34:24.540 in Nashville

00:34:25.140 Tennessee at the

00:34:26.400 covenant school 1.00

00:34:27.120 another lunatic 0.99

00:34:28.140 came to a school 0.97

00:34:29.160 and there wasn't

00:34:30.120 a police officer

00:34:30.900 there and if the

00:34:32.220 democrats hadn't

00:34:33.200 shut this down

00:34:34.280 the legislation I

00:34:36.640 proposed could

00:34:37.860 have put a police

00:34:39.000 officer there and

00:34:39.920 could have saved

00:34:40.520 the lives of

00:34:41.640 everyone murdered 0.86

00:34:42.420 that day I want

00:34:43.780 to talk about

00:34:44.260 funding because one

00:34:45.240 of the things that

00:34:45.920 democrats say is

00:34:47.000 we can't afford

00:34:47.920 this and they're

00:34:49.220 going to say back

00:34:49.980 in September when

00:34:50.920 you did this in

00:34:51.760 2022 well this was

00:34:53.260 a pie-in-the-sky

00:34:53.920 idea that we

00:34:54.520 couldn't afford

00:34:55.260 let's talk about

00:34:56.580 the financial side

00:34:57.420 of this it's got to

00:34:58.020 be paid for

00:34:58.760 before we do

00:34:59.540 that I want to

00:34:59.960 tell you about

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00:36:17.200 slash verdict senator I

00:36:19.340 want to talk about the

00:36:20.180 funding side of this

00:36:20.840 because there are

00:36:21.780 going to be so many

00:36:22.360 different people that

00:36:22.960 say well we just can't

00:36:24.380 afford this all right

00:36:25.580 the the question is can

00:36:28.560 we and you had a plan

00:36:30.220 for that last year there

00:36:31.720 was money sitting there

00:36:32.700 that could have been

00:36:33.160 used for this I want to

00:36:34.700 play that from your

00:36:35.580 four speech then I'm now

00:36:38.240 going to propound a

00:36:39.120 second unanimous consent

00:36:40.220 bill there are right now

00:36:43.200 135 billion dollars in

00:36:47.040 unspent COVID relief funds

00:36:50.660 to schools under the

00:36:52.560 rules the Democrats have

00:36:53.680 put in place those funds

00:36:54.840 cannot be spent on school

00:36:57.520 school school security the

00:37:00.120 second bill that I'm going

00:37:01.040 to ask this body to pass is

00:37:03.580 a bill that is very simple

00:37:04.800 it's one page it says

00:37:07.140 schools can spend some of

00:37:10.380 that 135 billion on school

00:37:13.480 security they can decide

00:37:15.340 what to spend it on but if

00:37:18.060 they decide they want to

00:37:19.160 hire an additional police

00:37:20.160 officer they can spend the

00:37:21.080 money on that if they decide

00:37:23.580 they want to enhance the

00:37:24.600 physical security of their

00:37:25.800 campus to make their

00:37:26.620 students safer they can

00:37:27.460 spend it on that they can

00:37:30.320 invest in school security

00:37:31.940 right now the Democrats have

00:37:33.180 blocked them from doing this

00:37:34.320 these are funds Congress has

00:37:36.540 already appropriated that

00:37:38.020 haven't been spent and this

00:37:41.140 bill is unbelievably simple it

00:37:42.820 says the schools can choose

00:37:44.640 to invest in school security

00:37:47.940 therefore madam president as if

00:37:51.040 in legislative session I ask

00:37:53.460 unanimous consent that the

00:37:54.540 committee on health education

00:37:55.980 labor and pensions be

00:37:57.880 discharged from further

00:37:59.060 consideration of s 4586 and

00:38:03.140 that the senate proceed to its

00:38:04.400 immediate consideration further

00:38:06.800 that the bill be considered read a

00:38:08.640 third time and passed and that the

00:38:10.920 motion to reconsider be considered

00:38:13.460 made and laid upon the table

00:38:14.900 pretty straightforward right you

00:38:17.540 would think that they would say oh

00:38:18.900 we have funds let's do this let's

00:38:21.000 give it a shot and yet they still

00:38:22.820 said no

00:38:23.440 Chris Murphy had a very eloquent speech

00:38:26.500 in response he said quote I

00:38:30.460 object

00:38:31.660 the Democrats 0.97

00:38:33.820 they literally don't give a damn

00:38:36.820 now mind you

00:38:38.320 you know you said a moment ago said

00:38:40.460 well

00:38:40.820 some people will say how can we

00:38:43.380 afford this to be honest no

00:38:44.520 Democrat would say this they

00:38:45.520 don't care how you can afford

00:38:46.500 afford something they will spend

00:38:47.860 trillions

00:38:48.860 that we don't have

00:38:50.360 they spend like drunken sailors and

00:38:53.160 that's not fair to the sailors

00:38:54.280 because the sailors are spending

00:38:55.400 their own money

00:38:56.020 so no Democrat in fact asked the

00:38:59.260 question how do we pay for this

00:39:00.540 because that could not conceivably

00:39:03.260 matter to them

00:39:03.880 they simply objected and I want

00:39:07.080 you to to look what I said on the

00:39:09.820 Senate floor there was 135

00:39:11.260 billion dollars Congress had

00:39:12.960 already appropriated for schools

00:39:15.440 that had not been spent

00:39:17.920 and all I was saying is look if a

00:39:20.780 school wants to it's got all this

00:39:22.460 cash raining down from Washington

00:39:24.360 it ought to be able to use some of

00:39:26.400 it to make the school safer

00:39:27.780 I I genuinely look I I think I'm a

00:39:32.780 fairly bright guy I don't know how

00:39:36.320 to articulate the argument against

00:39:37.940 it like if if you test me I don't

00:39:40.500 I don't know maybe the the chat GPS

00:39:42.520 the AI program is better than I did

00:39:44.780 if you test that you could come up

00:39:46.920 with give a speech against allowing

00:39:49.560 schools to spend some of the COVID

00:39:51.240 relief money on school security maybe

00:39:53.600 it could come up with a speech I don't

00:39:55.200 know what I would say I was a college

00:39:57.840 debater I'm pretty good at debating a

00:40:00.380 lot of propositions I genuinely been

00:40:03.620 do not know what arguments you would

00:40:05.140 give and you know what neither do the

00:40:06.980 Democrats because they know the media

00:40:10.460 is utterly corrupt look this week as

00:40:12.520 I've had reporters stop me and ask

00:40:14.880 about the shooting and all they say is

00:40:16.340 well is it time to pass gun control

00:40:18.180 and I say no it's time to pass the bill

00:40:20.700 I introduced over a year ago that could

00:40:24.660 have stopped this mass murder by

00:40:26.300 putting police officers on the ground

00:40:27.920 by allowing schools to invest in school

00:40:30.380 safety that the Democrats block and I

00:40:32.800 I've asked probably a dozen reporters

00:40:34.480 this week I've said has any one of you

00:40:37.820 asked even a single Democrat why did you

00:40:41.760 vote against increasing the number of

00:40:44.640 cops in schools why did you vote against

00:40:47.460 allowing schools to invest in school

00:40:51.280 safety to the best of my knowledge no

00:40:54.200 reporter has asked any of those

00:40:55.880 Democrats certainly no reporter has

00:40:57.780 asked Joe Biden he doesn't get

00:40:59.620 questions like that now he rarely answers

00:41:02.560 questions harder than what what's your

00:41:04.140 favorite flavor of ice cream but the two

00:41:08.480 exchanges you played in this podcast I

00:41:11.720 will wager a thousand dollars that

00:41:14.820 nobody listening to this podcast has

00:41:16.800 heard those exchanges before unless you

00:41:19.800 sit there watching c-span and it's kind

00:41:23.340 of like 12 little old ladies that watch 1.00

00:41:25.800 c-span all day long and the rest of

00:41:27.540 America is busy living their lives you 0.70

00:41:31.980 haven't heard that and as I mentioned in

00:41:34.740 in the first floor speech the Senate

00:41:36.920 gallery was empty the reporters refused

00:41:39.300 to cover it and then they come back and

00:41:42.200 say well the Republicans have no answer

00:41:45.020 so one of the classic back and forths

00:41:47.080 when when this horrific crime happened I

00:41:51.400 sent out a tweet and I said Heidi and I

00:41:53.620 are praying for the families who lost

00:41:56.140 their loved ones we're playing praying

00:41:57.820 for the community at Covenant School you

00:42:00.580 know may God's peace and grace be upon

00:42:02.800 them and listen I'm a Christian as a

00:42:05.420 believer when people are hurting when

00:42:07.680 people are suffering I will lift them up

00:42:09.960 in prayer I believe in the power of

00:42:11.400 prayer I don't know that there's

00:42:13.780 anything that triggers the left more

00:42:15.460 than that and they start screaming

00:42:16.740 thoughts and prayers thoughts and

00:42:18.300 prayers and they hate thoughts and

00:42:20.160 prayers and and one of the things that

00:42:23.460 I've said this week is is so their

00:42:25.760 standard talking point is thoughts and

00:42:27.600 prayers aren't enough now here's the

00:42:29.680 amazing thing I think prayer is

00:42:31.180 incredible and powerful and important

00:42:32.940 but I actually agree with the statement

00:42:34.860 thoughts and prayers aren't enough we

00:42:37.480 ought to have thoughts and prayers we

00:42:38.840 all also ought to have armed police

00:42:41.060 officers on campus to stop the next

00:42:43.700 lunatic because I don't want another

00:42:46.420 little kid killed and yet the Democrat

00:42:50.820 and media lie is well the only solution

00:42:54.400 to this is gun control Republicans have

00:42:57.440 no answer to these crimes other than

00:43:00.080 thoughts and prayers well I have a very

00:43:01.820 detailed answer and it is the Democrats

00:43:04.500 who are blocking it from happening how

00:43:07.360 will this go down I know you're going

00:43:08.740 to look at this legislation that's why

00:43:10.440 we're doing this show a day early

00:43:11.780 instead of putting it out on Friday

00:43:13.020 we're doing on Thursday what can people

00:43:15.060 be watching for and how will this work

00:43:17.040 and and who do they need to be calling

00:43:19.000 because I think a lot of people say tell

00:43:20.540 me what to do give me guidance is it

00:43:23.280 call your senators tomorrow and say hey

00:43:25.400 support this well the plan is this

00:43:28.480 afternoon I'm going to go back to the

00:43:30.140 Senate floor and I'm going to try to

00:43:31.420 pass these again by unanimous consent so

00:43:33.420 it's going to be the same proceeding

00:43:34.680 you just played I'm going to do it

00:43:36.400 again this afternoon as I sit here right

00:43:39.240 now I don't know for a fact that the

00:43:42.240 Democrats will object but I'll be

00:43:43.820 astonished if they don't I don't know

00:43:45.860 if it'll be Chris Murphy or objects or

00:43:47.480 if they send someone else to do it but

00:43:49.560 my plan is to go to try to pass this

00:43:51.660 tomorrow and my assumption and we'll

00:43:54.960 talk about this in the next podcast on

00:43:56.900 Monday but my assumption is the

00:43:59.380 Democrats will object and I think they

00:44:01.080 will do the exact same thing they will

00:44:03.220 refuse to engage in a substantive

00:44:04.880 debate they won't defend their

00:44:06.240 positions they'll just send someone up

00:44:08.520 there to say I object and then run off

00:44:10.440 the floor by the way I talked about

00:44:11.820 while I'm giving the floor speech Chris

00:44:14.140 Murphy literally walked off the floor he

00:44:15.940 did not care what I had to say he

00:44:18.600 doesn't care about the substance of how

00:44:20.680 to stop these crimes he's got a political

00:44:23.040 agenda and so my assumption is the

00:44:25.680 Democrats will do it again later this

00:44:27.400 afternoon and and we'll know for sure so

00:44:30.120 you can watch it on C-SPAN and you

00:44:31.920 ought to you ought to highlight join the

00:44:35.360 10 people the 10 little old ladies 1.00

00:44:37.460 watching C-SPAN this afternoon and

00:44:39.140 watch the exchange see what happens

00:44:40.640 watch the exchange and also you can you

00:44:43.260 can watch how the media doesn't cover

00:44:45.320 this for a second time in another year

00:44:48.420 this is such an important moment in our

00:44:52.820 history and that's where we do have to

00:44:55.240 make sure that we stay active we focus

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00:45:59.200 always a pleasure to chat with you about

00:46:01.180 this good luck on the floor of the

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Verdict with Ted Cruz - March 30, 2023

How Can We STOP School Shootings - and, Maddeningly, Why Democrats Keep Blocking Real School Safety Legislation

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