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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00:00:00.000 This is an iHeart Podcast.
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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
00:02:05.120 as the deranged lunatics they are.
00:02:08.720 And I wish everyone in politics,
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.
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,
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
00:04:12.540 this lunatic murdered those children.
00:04:15.140 All of that
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
00:05:02.560 of that lunatic
00:05:03.420 that murdered those children.
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,
00:05:14.680 a deranged lunatic
00:05:15.820 who came in
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
00:06:10.700 radical
00:06:11.320 murdered five police officers.
00:06:13.880 I've been to
00:06:14.660 too damn many of these.
00:06:16.260 And let me start
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
00:06:39.020 shoot us.
00:06:40.000 Yeah,
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,
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,
00:08:28.900 these deranged people
00:08:30.320 think,
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
00:08:55.860 a lunatic
00:08:56.660 before he or she
00:08:58.520 gets into the campus
00:08:59.860 and is able to kill kids.
00:09:02.140 That's how you stop
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
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,
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,
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
00:11:30.160 having a police officer
00:11:31.500 at the front door
00:11:33.100 to shoot this lunatic
00:11:35.020 before the shooter
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.
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
00:13:27.320 killing children,
00:13:28.220 would have kept
00:13:28.620 killing adults
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
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
00:14:45.620 that we look at
00:14:46.600 what we could have done
00:14:47.720 and learn from these mistakes.
00:14:49.600 And it seems, unfortunately,
00:14:51.460 like Democrats are still
00:14:52.720 dug in now saying,
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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
00:19:35.100 Donald Trump is
00:19:35.920 and he'll lean in
00:19:36.900 and say
00:19:37.120 oh Donald Trump
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
00:26:37.440 women are
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
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00:26:46.580 I'm Jennifer
00:26:47.520 Stewart
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00:26:57.400 stages of their
00:26:58.280 journey
00:26:58.600 so if you're
00:26:59.680 looking to
00:27:00.120 connect
00:27:00.460 then we hope
00:27:01.140 you'll join us
00:27:01.900 listen to the
00:27:02.560 honest talk
00:27:03.000 podcast
00:27:03.520 on iHeartRadio
00:27:04.520 or wherever
00:27:05.060 you listen
00:27:05.480 to your
00:27:05.700 podcasts
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
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
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
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
00:33:12.000 every damn
00:33:13.540 democrat politician
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
00:34:10.240 be another lunatic
00:34:11.120 who comes to a
00:34:12.780 school to murder
00:34:13.300 kids I wish there
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
00:34:27.120 another lunatic
00:34:28.140 came to a school
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
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
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
00:41:25.800 c-span all day long and the rest of
00:41:27.540 America is busy living their lives you
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
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
00:44:58.060 wherever you're listening call your
00:44:59.760 senator and ask them to support this
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