Verdict with Ted Cruz - September 04, 2024


Illegals Are SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT of Arrests in NYC plus NY Governor's Aide Arrested for being a Chinese Spy & Gold Star Families Denounce Kamala


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Sen. Ted Cruz is joined by Ben Ferguson (R-NJ) to discuss the surge in illegal immigrant arrests in New York City, a Chinese spy being caught by the FBI, and the Gold Star Families of the slain soldiers.

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00:00:00.000 This is an iHeart Podcast.
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00:00:05.380 Welcome.
00:00:06.140 It is Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz.
00:00:08.140 Ben Ferguson with you.
00:00:10.120 Senator, I am actually shocked by the first story
00:00:15.020 because I can't even believe the headline,
00:00:17.320 and it deals with the number of people that are arrested in New York City,
00:00:21.260 like in the city,
00:00:22.280 and the percentage of them that are illegal immigrants.
00:00:26.340 I didn't even believe it.
00:00:27.880 Well, this is a stunning story from the New York Post.
00:00:31.900 It says that of the people arrested in Midtown New York,
00:00:39.100 fully 75% of them, 75, three-fourths, are illegal immigrants.
00:00:45.680 It's truly stunning.
00:00:48.180 We're going to break that down because it will make you understand
00:00:51.500 the very real-world consequences of this invasion at our southern border.
00:00:56.000 There's another story out of New York.
00:00:57.880 That is equally stunning, which is the New York Democratic governor
00:01:01.340 had as one of her top officials, her deputy chief of staff, a Chinese spy.
00:01:07.180 A Chinese spy, allegedly, who was just indicted by the Biden Justice Department.
00:01:13.060 The FBI came and searched her house.
00:01:14.940 Her husband was also indicted for being a Chinese spy.
00:01:18.760 This is the number two person in the New York Democratic governor's office.
00:01:23.560 We're going to break that down as well.
00:01:24.860 And then finally, a disturbing, a powerful story of the Gold Star families of the 13 servicemen and women
00:01:34.840 who were murdered in Afghanistan during Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's absolutely botched
00:01:42.560 and incompetent withdrawal.
00:01:45.460 They put out statements this week just utterly denouncing Kamala,
00:01:51.160 denouncing her political attack on Donald Trump over Arlington Cemetery.
00:01:55.860 And I got to tell you what they said.
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00:02:09.680 They've given their sons and daughters for their nation.
00:02:13.300 And we've got a Democrat nominee for president who's disrespecting that sacrifice.
00:02:20.180 These Gold Star families, as you said, they're incredible families and their bravery
00:02:24.460 and just their honesty this week.
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00:04:24.720 So, Senator, let's just start with the headline.
00:04:27.660 Migrants flooding New York City's justice system, making up to 75% arrests in Midtown
00:04:35.100 as pathetic sanctuary city laws handcuff the police, and even the mayor now is admitting, 0.79
00:04:42.440 yeah, we can't do anything to stop this. 0.92
00:04:44.560 They own our city now.
00:04:45.800 Well, and this article is so shocking, I think it's worth just going over in some depth,
00:04:53.720 because almost every sentence of it is going to blow you away.
00:04:57.260 So it begins, New York Post, quote,
00:05:00.280 Jefferson Maldonado, a 31-year-old migrant from Ecuador, has been arrested in New York City
00:05:06.980 five times since arriving in the U.S. earlier this year.
00:05:12.260 His latest bust was for stealing a pair of pants and a beer from the Target near Herald Square.
00:05:20.360 Asked why he committed the crime, the migrant thief said, quote,
00:05:25.880 I wanted to change my clothes and think.
00:05:28.600 I wanted to sit down and think about my life, about what to do,
00:05:32.740 because this is not a normal world.
00:05:36.220 He was just one of five migrants in a Manhattan courtroom for arraignment on one night last week.
00:05:44.860 Across New York, recently arrived migrants are flooding the criminal justice system 1.00
00:05:51.320 at far higher rates than public officials have acknowledged.
00:05:55.500 Police sources shared with the Post a staggering estimate that as many as 75 percent
00:06:02.960 of the people they've been arresting in midtown Manhattan in recent months
00:06:07.000 for crimes like assault, robbery, and domestic violence are migrants.
00:06:12.240 In parts of Queens, the figure is more than 60 percent, sources there estimate.
00:06:18.940 On any given day, Big Apple criminal court dockets are packed with asylum seekers 1.00
00:06:24.860 who have run afoul of the law.
00:06:27.860 The problem is made much worse by sanctuary city laws that mean New York cops
00:06:33.060 aren't allowed to work with ICE on cases in which they believe suspects are in the country illegally.
00:06:39.160 Additionally, the NYPD says it is barred from tracking the immigration status of offenders.
00:06:47.140 This makes it almost impossible for authorities to get their arms around the problem,
00:06:52.500 experts and sources on the ground say.
00:06:55.120 Quote, New York City eliminated a lot of tools to get rid of violent criminals.
00:06:59.940 What a mess.
00:07:01.440 Jim Quinn, a veteran former prosecutor at the Queens District Attorney's Office, told the Post. 0.99
00:07:06.560 Quote, the sanctuary city law is pathetic. 0.99
00:07:11.020 It's disgusting. 1.00
00:07:12.680 It's crazy. 0.65
00:07:14.860 Making matters worse, police sources say.
00:07:18.020 Word has gotten out in the shelters about the city's lax bail guidelines,
00:07:21.820 meaning migrants know they're going to get kicked back onto the street quickly after they're nabbed.
00:07:27.920 A city hall spokesman pointed to Mayor Eric Adams' previous calls for the city council
00:07:32.660 to change the sanctuary city's laws.
00:07:35.540 Let me jump in.
00:07:36.600 That's a Democrat mayor begging the city council, please stop making us a sanctuary city. 0.98
00:07:43.200 Here's how the Post article continues.
00:07:45.120 Last week, Adams said, quote,
00:07:47.560 Right now, we don't have the authorization to be able to go and coordinate with ICE.
00:07:52.820 We have to follow the law.
00:07:54.920 The mayor's office also said the city is working with the Midtown Improvement Coalition
00:07:58.760 to better police the neighborhood.
00:08:01.840 An NYPD spokesperson said overall crime is down so far this year compared to last year
00:08:06.800 and added, quote,
00:08:08.420 New Yorkers can count on the NYPD's ongoing vigilance in every neighborhood.
00:08:14.520 Kumbaya.
00:08:15.720 The kumbaya added.
00:08:17.520 However, the spokesperson also noted, quote,
00:08:20.440 Police officers are prohibited from asking about the immigration status of crime victims, witnesses, or suspects,
00:08:28.580 and therefore the NYPD doesn't track data pertaining to immigration statuses.
00:08:33.320 As a result, the only people who have a full understanding of the scale of the problem
00:08:37.960 are the police officers and the court workers who see it day in, day out.
00:08:43.460 Quote,
00:08:45.020 I would say about 75% of the arrests in Midtown Manhattan are migrants,
00:08:51.600 mostly for robberies, assaults, domestic incidents, and selling counterfeit items,
00:08:57.220 a Midtown officer said.
00:08:58.880 He said the figure is an estimate because, quote,
00:09:01.160 You can't be 100% sure they're migrants unless you arrest them in a shelter 1.00
00:09:05.040 or they're dumb enough to give you a shelter address. 0.97
00:09:07.240 By the way, the shelters means places that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are sending them, 0.99
00:09:14.240 deliberately sending in illegal immigrants to New York City.
00:09:18.940 Back to the post.
00:09:20.460 Quote,
00:09:21.060 Another Manhattan cop said that excluding petty larcenies at drugstores,
00:09:24.540 the number of local arrests involving migrants is, quote,
00:09:28.160 easily 75%,
00:09:30.060 noting that most who get caught shoplifting go for the more pricey branded goods.
00:09:35.820 Quote,
00:09:36.340 They can't be bothered with lower-end stores.
00:09:39.320 They like Lululemon and Sunglasses Hut.
00:09:41.960 He said, adding that migrants are behind, quote,
00:09:44.900 most of the pickpocketing and phone and chain snatches the NYPD is encountering.
00:09:51.060 The problem is visible in Queens courts, too.
00:09:53.920 Quote,
00:09:54.620 There are days we have so many migrant cases we have to call in for extra Spanish interpreters,
00:10:01.240 a law enforcement officer at the Queens Criminal Courthouse told the Post.
00:10:04.380 Another court officer said,
00:10:07.140 Quote,
00:10:07.700 Come on Mondays.
00:10:08.720 Almost every case is a migrant. 0.91
00:10:11.400 While many of the crimes are domestic incidents or petty thefts,
00:10:14.880 others are far more heinous,
00:10:16.660 sometimes involving gang violence or vicious sexual assaults.
00:10:19.960 Venezuelan migrant Urelex Daniel Guzman Quintero was arrested in Queens Criminal Court on August 28th,
00:10:29.280 accused of a deplorable act of sexual abuse against his girlfriend in which he choked her and held a knife to her head.
00:10:36.940 Court documents allege it all happened in front of her child. 0.57
00:10:42.000 That same day, migrant Dionisio Moran Flores was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court for allegedly raping his five-year-old daughter.
00:10:54.820 He was ordered held on a $150,000 bail.
00:10:59.440 Meanwhile, Tren de Aragua, the vicious Venezuelan prison gang wreaking armed havoc around the country,
00:11:08.440 has set up shop in New York City and is already tied to hundreds of crimes,
00:11:15.520 including the shootings of two NYPD cops who were trying to arrest a member in June.
00:11:21.020 The very same pack of thugs has been arming up to facilitate further terrorizing the city,
00:11:26.400 smuggling guns into city-run shelters and food delivery bags to evade metal detectors.
00:11:32.020 Quote,
00:11:32.560 Most of the people we arrest are professionals.
00:11:34.660 These aren't their first crime.
00:11:36.160 Crimes, one law enforcement source said.
00:11:38.800 The cops added that the Biden-Harris administration's lax border policies,
00:11:42.480 combined with sanctuary city laws,
00:11:44.380 have allowed the problem to fester.
00:11:46.260 Quote,
00:11:46.980 Crime would be down significantly if there was a wall
00:11:50.500 and we could account for everyone who comes into this country,
00:11:53.560 the source grumbled.
00:11:54.460 And more importantly,
00:11:55.760 throw them out if they commit a crime.
00:11:59.920 Some migrants have become recurring guests of city jails and courtrooms
00:12:02.980 and are often back on the streets to reoffend as quickly as they were captured.
00:12:07.080 Quote,
00:12:07.880 They don't care if they get arrested.
00:12:09.340 They laugh if they get sent to Rikers.
00:12:11.360 Where they come from,
00:12:12.720 they get tortured in jail,
00:12:14.480 a Bronx cop said.
00:12:16.120 He added that while most people arrested in the boroughs are migrants,
00:12:19.900 it's impossible to say they entered the country during the massive wave that began in spring of 2022.
00:12:25.560 About 64,000 migrants remain in the city's shelter and social service system.
00:12:32.700 This is what,
00:12:33.860 and actually,
00:12:34.880 migrant arrest numbers in Queens don't fare much better than for Manhattan.
00:12:39.540 A cop estimated that more than 60% of the people arrested in Jackson Heights are migrants
00:12:43.880 whose offenses involve such crimes as robbery,
00:12:47.000 grand larceny,
00:12:47.960 and assault.
00:12:48.660 Quote,
00:12:49.540 Roosevelt Avenue and 91st Street
00:12:51.580 looks like a scene from Casablanca
00:12:54.560 with all the vendors.
00:12:56.660 You can buy food,
00:12:57.740 clothes,
00:12:58.340 toys,
00:12:58.800 electronics,
00:12:59.740 toys,
00:13:00.120 and get your car washed,
00:13:01.100 the NYPD source says,
00:13:02.540 of the mass-scale open-air bazaar
00:13:04.860 that has sprung up along the sidewalks.
00:13:06.840 The area has become a third-world country,
00:13:11.040 and it seems like City Hall doesn't care about the taxpayers who live and work here.
00:13:15.880 He said Elmhurst,
00:13:16.780 particularly the area along Roosevelt Avenue,
00:13:19.280 has experienced a nearly 22% uptick in crime compared to last year,
00:13:24.000 much of it migrant-related,
00:13:25.840 putting it in the second-worst place for the worst increase of crime citywide,
00:13:31.140 trailing only Central Park in Manhattan.
00:13:33.920 It goes on to say,
00:13:36.420 the number of prostitutes have doubled in the last two months.
00:13:39.480 They're starting to act like they are part of the community now.
00:13:42.240 We see them every day.
00:13:43.100 It's like the same people wearing the same outfits.
00:13:45.440 It's really strange.
00:13:47.720 This is shocking.
00:13:50.700 75%.
00:13:51.180 You look at the number,
00:13:53.460 and like you said,
00:13:54.560 it's shocking.
00:13:55.340 It's almost,
00:13:56.820 you would say,
00:13:58.180 it doesn't even seem like that's real or possible.
00:14:00.660 But then when you hear what they're saying in the court system,
00:14:04.140 you hear what the whistleblowers are saying.
00:14:06.380 You hear what the mayor says.
00:14:08.240 Then you find out that 20,
00:14:09.600 25% of the people in the hotels are illegal immigrants in New York City.
00:14:13.420 It all makes sense.
00:14:14.780 But once you realize that you can commit crime center and just get let out as fast
00:14:21.020 as you're caught,
00:14:22.580 there's no downside.
00:14:24.180 There's no real repercussion.
00:14:26.280 Yeah,
00:14:26.540 because you're not even an American citizen.
00:14:28.100 You're like,
00:14:28.400 I don't care about your laws.
00:14:29.600 I don't care about your tickets.
00:14:30.980 I don't care about your court system.
00:14:33.280 If there are no consequences,
00:14:34.740 you go and steal pants because you want a new pair of pants.
00:14:37.100 You go and steal French fries because you want some French fries.
00:14:39.440 You go and rob people because you want their money.
00:14:41.800 If there's no consequence,
00:14:44.960 why,
00:14:45.720 if you're a criminal,
00:14:46.440 would you not keep committing crimes?
00:14:48.480 So this goes back to the other bigger crimes that are also being committed in the
00:14:53.100 country.
00:14:53.420 You see these apartment complexes that have been taken over by different gang members
00:15:00.200 from different countries.
00:15:02.060 We've seen the warnings that have been coming out that places like Venezuela have allowed
00:15:06.860 some of their worst criminals out of their jails as long as they get out of the country,
00:15:10.300 a.k.a.
00:15:10.800 come to America.
00:15:12.220 Early on,
00:15:13.040 when Donald Trump and others talked about it,
00:15:15.260 they were,
00:15:15.720 oh,
00:15:15.900 it's a conspiracy theory.
00:15:17.240 You can't prove that.
00:15:18.760 Now we're seeing them set up shop in the United States of America,
00:15:21.340 and they're making a hell of a lot of money doing this,
00:15:23.420 sir.
00:15:24.640 They are.
00:15:25.660 And,
00:15:25.840 and,
00:15:26.120 you know,
00:15:26.240 the message has gone out.
00:15:27.560 So one of the things the New York post talks about is the city PBA president,
00:15:31.120 Patrick Hendry,
00:15:32.520 did cry,
00:15:33.360 the out of control lawlessness taking root across the city.
00:15:35.860 And he said,
00:15:36.440 quote,
00:15:36.700 our justice system is already failing to protect New Yorkers and hold lawbreakers accountable,
00:15:42.260 regardless of where they come from.
00:15:44.960 But now word has gotten out that you can come to New York to commit crimes and attack police
00:15:51.480 officers and be out the next day.
00:15:55.200 That message needs to change in order to keep dangerous people off our city streets.
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00:16:33.020 You also have a,
00:16:34.540 a Harris team,
00:16:36.320 and I'm talking about specifically their presidential team that is trying to
00:16:39.840 change her and separate her from being the borders are to, 0.78
00:16:43.100 Hey,
00:16:43.280 I want to secure border and I want there to be a wall.
00:16:47.040 Can they pull off that Jedi mind trick knowing now what we know? 0.98
00:16:51.300 And I say that as there was also another interesting moment today as Pelosi is
00:16:57.160 quote,
00:16:57.500 firing back about the funding for migrants to buy houses.
00:17:02.900 I want you to listen to this from Fox as they're saying,
00:17:05.640 yeah,
00:17:05.720 we're going to underwrite them in California.
00:17:07.680 So the former speaker of the house telling Americans to keep on dreaming.
00:17:11.420 Nancy Pelosi backs funding for illegal immigrants to buy a home specifically after a bill was passed in
00:17:18.500 California,
00:17:19.140 despite millions of taxpayers struggling to reach that goal themselves.
00:17:23.120 The Congresswoman standing by that with Bill Maher on Friday night.
00:17:27.660 What I would like to do is move them to documented.
00:17:30.460 One of the best things that we can do for our economy is to pass comprehensive immigration reform.
00:17:38.080 That's kind of a different place than the democratic party used to be on immigration.
00:17:42.960 Is it not?
00:17:43.480 Well,
00:17:43.760 let me just say immigration had always been a bipartisan issue.
00:17:48.060 I refer you to the non free houses.
00:17:53.020 Good final line.
00:17:54.660 Two things here.
00:17:55.680 One,
00:17:56.140 I'm,
00:17:56.420 I'm becoming more of a fan of Bill Maher than ever before center because he's even like,
00:18:00.440 come on,
00:18:00.900 like free homes.
00:18:01.720 Are you kidding me?
00:18:02.580 Like there's no such thing as a free lunch.
00:18:04.680 There's no such thing as a free home.
00:18:05.960 Somebody has got to pay for it.
00:18:07.020 It's clearly the taxpayers,
00:18:08.180 but,
00:18:09.060 but this is how you entice people to run across the border.
00:18:12.960 Because if you go to the right place,
00:18:14.880 whether it's New York city or California,
00:18:17.420 come on in as many of you that want to,
00:18:21.380 and we're going to create a situation where you're going to take significant amount of cash from American citizens.
00:18:27.720 And we're going to give it to the people that broke the law.
00:18:30.360 That is beyond a broken system.
00:18:33.020 Well,
00:18:33.520 listen,
00:18:33.820 we've talked about Bill Maher before.
00:18:35.340 Bill Maher is an old school liberal and he's asking a very real question.
00:18:39.680 When did Democrats decide that they like illegal immigrants more than American citizens,
00:18:44.620 that they're willing to give illegal immigrants money and benefits and free homes,
00:18:49.280 which they don't give to American citizens.
00:18:51.560 And,
00:18:51.880 and,
00:18:51.960 and,
00:18:52.060 and by the way,
00:18:53.360 when did,
00:18:54.080 would Democrats decide they like illegal immigrants more than African Americans who've been born here and grew up here?
00:18:59.840 And many of whom are struggling because,
00:19:01.800 you know,
00:19:02.020 that,
00:19:02.320 that,
00:19:02.420 that same law is not providing African Americans with free homes.
00:19:05.440 And,
00:19:05.960 and,
00:19:06.060 and,
00:19:06.180 and I think Bill Maher is also saying,
00:19:08.580 or I think he has said at other times,
00:19:10.060 when did Democrats decide they like criminals more than the victims of crime?
00:19:14.320 That combination is truly a compilation of how radicalized the Democrat party has been.
00:19:24.860 And,
00:19:24.940 and California is the foreshadowing of where all of this goes.
00:19:28.400 Look,
00:19:28.800 I'll tell you,
00:19:29.360 I,
00:19:29.480 I'm,
00:19:29.780 I crisscrossed the state of Texas campaigning.
00:19:31.860 I'm out on the road all day long,
00:19:33.720 all across Texas.
00:19:35.040 And as I'm doing so,
00:19:37.160 I literally every day,
00:19:38.600 Ben,
00:19:38.780 I encounter at least one person who comes up to me and says,
00:19:42.100 today,
00:19:42.420 I had a couple come up to me and say,
00:19:44.000 we're from California.
00:19:45.040 We couldn't stand the insanity there.
00:19:47.900 We had to get out.
00:19:48.720 We're so glad we're in Texas.
00:19:50.880 It is literally every day.
00:19:52.500 I have Californians who've moved to Texas,
00:19:54.500 who,
00:19:54.860 who,
00:19:55.080 who say almost word for word,
00:19:57.180 the same thing.
00:19:57.780 And it's because they can't stand the nuttiness that is driving them out of their,
00:20:01.840 state.
00:20:03.160 Yeah,
00:20:03.660 it is driving them out.
00:20:05.140 And the scary part is I just hope they don't bring all these liberal values to different
00:20:09.740 places.
00:20:10.140 They're going.
00:20:10.900 That's the concern.
00:20:11.920 It's like,
00:20:12.820 but don't do that.
00:20:15.480 Yeah.
00:20:15.680 Look,
00:20:15.940 I get that concern,
00:20:17.400 but listen,
00:20:17.940 I break the migrants that this is the U S citizen migrants that are coming into Texas 1.00
00:20:22.460 into two groups.
00:20:24.440 Number one are the people that are fleeing blue states because they can't stand it.
00:20:28.340 And they want to come to Texas.
00:20:29.980 And I think the data show that those are more conservative than the median Texas voter.
00:20:34.740 I call them refugees for freedom.
00:20:36.940 They're awesome.
00:20:37.660 They come to Texas, 1.00
00:20:38.720 they buy a pickup truck,
00:20:40.380 they get a hat and a,
00:20:41.720 and boots and a shotgun.
00:20:43.240 And they're awesome.
00:20:44.500 Those guys we want.
00:20:47.420 There's another subset.
00:20:48.680 And this is where,
00:20:49.640 where the internal migration is more complicated,
00:20:51.740 which is a company moves to Texas and it transfers all its employees.
00:20:57.320 And the employees didn't necessarily decide they wanted out.
00:21:00.560 They didn't decide they want to be in Texas.
00:21:02.580 They just stick with their job.
00:21:04.520 And I think the data suggests that those employees tend to vote exactly like where they have,
00:21:10.800 they came from.
00:21:12.080 And so a state like Florida in some ways is fortunate because it's got overwhelmingly category one people fleeing blue states and coming for freedom.
00:21:20.380 So Florida is getting redder and redder.
00:21:22.840 Texas is really a victim of our own success because we're such an attractive place to do business that we've got companies coming week after week after week.
00:21:31.640 And so we've got hundreds of thousands of employees being transferred to Texas.
00:21:36.860 And so we have both categories.
00:21:38.840 And so assessing what the impact is on Texas is complicated.
00:21:42.440 Yeah,
00:21:42.940 it is.
00:21:43.340 And it's,
00:21:43.760 it's like you said,
00:21:45.100 complicated.
00:21:45.820 That's a great way of putting it.
00:21:47.100 And by the way,
00:21:47.620 I just want to be clear,
00:21:48.580 Senator,
00:21:49.300 I care about safety and security.
00:21:52.020 And,
00:21:52.180 and you know that I,
00:21:53.940 I'm only going to offer this up as a sacrificial lamb here.
00:21:57.860 There's,
00:21:58.300 there's rumor that you might actually get to see the U.S.
00:22:01.440 Open in New York.
00:22:02.380 There's rumor.
00:22:03.300 And look,
00:22:04.020 I don't want Heidi to not be in a safe place.
00:22:06.260 So if she doesn't feel comfortable and you need a stand in,
00:22:09.920 just know I will go with you to the Open.
00:22:12.700 I want to make that very clear.
00:22:14.180 Okay.
00:22:14.580 It's just not because I like tennis or anything like that.
00:22:17.440 I just want to let you know it's safety.
00:22:18.900 Okay.
00:22:19.880 Look,
00:22:20.380 Ben,
00:22:20.660 you're very nice.
00:22:21.540 You're very charming,
00:22:22.640 but Heidi's a hell of a lot hotter than you are. 1.00
00:22:25.380 So sorry.
00:22:26.400 You are not bumping my wife as my date. 0.55
00:22:29.660 That's a good try.
00:22:31.440 But it just ain't working.
00:22:33.140 And you need to work on your Southern charm.
00:22:35.600 It was a solid sell.
00:22:37.080 That was the best sales pitch I could come up with there.
00:22:39.640 You just,
00:22:39.940 you just make sure she under,
00:22:41.520 if she gets a call for anything,
00:22:42.760 it's about safety.
00:22:44.120 I'm all about safety.
00:22:45.320 Okay.
00:22:45.660 All about safety here.
00:22:48.720 Now,
00:22:49.240 by the way,
00:22:49.880 this isn't the only problem New York's having right now.
00:22:53.300 Illegal immigration. 1.00
00:22:53.940 They've got another problem coming out of the governor's office.
00:22:58.680 Chinese agent was embedded in not one,
00:23:03.120 but two New York governor administrations.
00:23:07.040 There seems to be a hell of a lot of Chinese agents that are hanging out with Democrats,
00:23:13.000 whether it's drivers of top Democrats in the Senate or congressmen that are cuddling up for a couple of years with Chinese spies.
00:23:21.120 And now we've got one in the governor's mansion.
00:23:23.220 Really?
00:23:24.560 And let's be clear.
00:23:25.800 The first person you referenced was Dianne Feinstein,
00:23:28.420 whose driver was a Chinese spy.
00:23:30.720 The second person you mentioned was Eric Swalwell,
00:23:33.960 who,
00:23:34.340 who was tickling the toes beneath the sheets with,
00:23:37.000 with Fang Fang, 0.79
00:23:38.200 a Chinese spy.
00:23:39.420 And now we have the news breaking this week that the former deputy chief of staff to current New York governor,
00:23:46.540 Democrat Kathy Hochul,
00:23:48.280 and a staffer also to the previous New York Democratic governor,
00:23:52.700 Andrew Cuomo,
00:23:53.800 was arrested along with her husband.
00:23:55.800 And the 64-page indictment accuses Linda Sun and her husband Christopher Hu of laundering and splurging their gains,
00:24:07.380 working for the Chinese government and purchasing a $4 million Manhasset mansion,
00:24:14.240 a $2 million second home in a Honolulu high-rise,
00:24:18.240 and luxury cars,
00:24:20.420 including a 2024 Ferrari Roma.
00:24:24.400 And this was the FBI searched their home at several points.
00:24:35.080 Sun allegedly bragged to Chinese consulate officials about effectively blocking Cuomo and Hochul from meeting with
00:24:42.100 or publicly even mentioning Taiwan,
00:24:46.820 including when Taiwan sent 200,000 masks to New York City during the COVID pandemic.
00:24:53.160 They still didn't mention it.
00:24:56.220 And here's what the indictment says.
00:24:57.720 Quote,
00:24:58.440 The defendant, Linda Sun,
00:24:59.420 received substantial economic and other benefits from representatives of the PRC government
00:25:03.200 and the CCP,
00:25:04.980 including the facilitation of millions of dollars of transactions
00:25:08.560 for the PRC-based business activities of Sun's husband,
00:25:12.760 the defendant, Chris Hu.
00:25:14.180 The two of them were released on bonds.
00:25:20.460 $1.5 million for Sun, $500,000 for Hu.
00:25:25.240 And it is truly stunning.
00:25:30.240 It makes you wonder how many other Democrats have Chinese spies working in senior positions
00:25:36.980 in New York,
00:25:38.860 in California,
00:25:39.940 elsewhere.
00:25:41.160 Why are the bonds so low there?
00:25:43.040 I mean,
00:25:43.200 that's the first thing that just pops a red flag.
00:25:45.560 It's like,
00:25:45.940 look,
00:25:46.240 if you're accusing them of getting millions of dollars from the Chinese Communist Party,
00:25:52.040 I think,
00:25:53.040 you know,
00:25:53.360 they're going to be able to come up with the money needed to get out of jail if it's a million and a half million,
00:25:57.900 right?
00:25:58.220 Like that it's 10% of that.
00:26:00.260 They clearly have the cash to do that.
00:26:03.060 Why would you let spies out for that little amount of cash,
00:26:06.080 especially if you've infiltrated at the highest levels in state government in New York?
00:26:12.020 Yeah,
00:26:12.160 look,
00:26:12.380 I don't know if DOJ considers them a flight risk.
00:26:15.500 If they're Chinese spies, 0.50
00:26:16.780 you would think that that would almost inherently be a flight risk that they would go back to China.
00:26:21.800 You know,
00:26:22.580 I have kind of a mixed reaction,
00:26:24.220 given what we see Democrat judges doing all the time.
00:26:29.980 You know,
00:26:30.280 in Boston,
00:26:31.820 the Haitian illegal immigrant that Kamala Harris and Joe Biden flew from Haiti to Boston and released, 0.96
00:26:38.220 who raped a 15-year-old girl with severe mental disabilities, 0.55
00:26:42.680 he was released on a $500 bond. 0.98
00:26:45.520 So given that left-wing Democrats think $500 is sufficient for raping a child, 0.91
00:26:51.960 at one level,
00:26:54.020 $1.5 million actually at least sounds like a real bond,
00:26:57.080 unless they end up fleeing to China and never being prosecuted.
00:27:00.580 And I would certainly be concerned about that,
00:27:02.340 given the allegations.
00:27:03.160 I want to play for you,
00:27:06.740 New York Governor Deputy Linda Sun demanding,
00:27:10.320 quote,
00:27:10.500 equity in the U.S.
00:27:13.160 And this tells you,
00:27:14.800 I think,
00:27:15.820 also,
00:27:16.460 why the Chinese Communist Party is like,
00:27:18.160 hey,
00:27:18.320 we can get in with these people.
00:27:19.540 It's not hard.
00:27:20.220 You just speak their language.
00:27:21.320 I think when people say diversity and inclusion,
00:27:26.280 I think everybody agrees,
00:27:27.860 or most people generally agree that it's a good thing,
00:27:30.660 right?
00:27:31.420 But I think right now,
00:27:32.980 we also need to bring in the word equity,
00:27:35.780 right?
00:27:36.780 Diversity is when you say that there's,
00:27:38.660 you know,
00:27:38.960 many different types of people with different backgrounds,
00:27:42.300 and they're all,
00:27:43.540 you know,
00:27:43.820 invited to the table.
00:27:45.040 Inclusion is when,
00:27:45.920 you know,
00:27:46.080 we include all of their ideas.
00:27:47.780 But equity is when we make sure that all of the people who are at the
00:27:51.840 table have equal access to making sure that their ideas and their
00:27:55.920 thoughts are heard.
00:27:57.880 And unfortunately,
00:27:58.860 I think some of the statistics that you quoted is that we don't have that
00:28:03.160 much leadership or representation.
00:28:06.040 I mean,
00:28:06.660 you hear this and I play it because it's like,
00:28:09.080 oh,
00:28:09.440 they figured it out.
00:28:11.080 Speak these people's language.
00:28:12.760 They'll welcome you into the fray.
00:28:15.080 Apparently,
00:28:15.560 we don't do any vetting anymore.
00:28:17.360 If you're in the democratic party,
00:28:18.540 just talk the talk and come on in.
00:28:20.640 Who cares if you've got ties to tire terrorists like Hamas or, 0.96
00:28:24.780 or connections to Chinese communist party,
00:28:27.020 or you're just a straight up spy.
00:28:28.520 You said what we wanted to hear.
00:28:29.860 You're in the,
00:28:30.380 you're in the fam.
00:28:31.740 Well,
00:28:32.360 and apparently equity and inclusion don't include anyone from Taiwan.
00:28:37.320 They,
00:28:37.740 they don't include any criticism of the Chinese communist party.
00:28:40.900 The indictment describes where,
00:28:44.040 where,
00:28:44.440 where she texted one Chinese official said,
00:28:47.040 quote,
00:28:47.360 I almost had a heart attack when we referred to Taiwan as a country,
00:28:51.440 uh,
00:28:52.580 in,
00:28:52.900 in a 2020 October,
00:28:54.220 2020 press release,
00:28:55.320 the indict.
00:28:55.780 And then she said,
00:28:57.220 thankfully I had the press team correct it immediately.
00:29:00.660 Um,
00:29:02.240 but on the other hand,
00:29:03.500 um,
00:29:04.280 she successfully got Andrew Cuomo to publicly thank,
00:29:07.840 quote,
00:29:09.000 PRC official one,
00:29:10.720 who's named in the indictment and appears to be consul general,
00:29:13.440 Huang ping on social media for helping give 1 million surgical maps,
00:29:19.880 masks to New York essential workers.
00:29:21.980 So,
00:29:23.040 uh,
00:29:23.060 uh,
00:29:24.000 uh,
00:29:24.200 uh,
00:29:24.780 and at another point,
00:29:26.640 son gets praises,
00:29:28.360 uh,
00:29:29.380 from a Chinese official after she claims to a blocked a speech writer from having governor
00:29:35.620 Hochul mentioned the plight of the Uyghurs.
00:29:38.260 There are over 1 million Uyghurs who are in concentration camps in China.
00:29:45.520 And this Chinese spy was saying,
00:29:47.660 no,
00:29:47.760 no,
00:29:47.900 no,
00:29:48.240 Madam Democrat,
00:29:48.920 don't mention the concentration camps.
00:29:51.880 We don't say that.
00:29:53.080 And,
00:29:54.100 and,
00:29:54.540 and she messaged her Chinese handler that the relationship between the U S and China,
00:30:01.500 quote,
00:30:02.380 turned sour because of people like the speech writer.
00:30:06.960 And this is,
00:30:10.220 and by the way,
00:30:12.180 do you know what,
00:30:13.200 what,
00:30:13.580 what,
00:30:13.880 what the official's personal chef prepared for the spies?
00:30:18.460 What was that?
00:30:20.300 The,
00:30:20.520 the Chinese communist official's personal chef,
00:30:23.080 had prepared,
00:30:24.940 quote,
00:30:25.360 Nanjing style salted ducks that were delivered to son's parents.
00:30:31.000 Unsurprisingly,
00:30:31.960 both Hochul and,
00:30:32.940 and Cuomo are desperately running away from this alleged Chinese spy,
00:30:38.400 but,
00:30:38.540 but,
00:30:38.740 but it's striking.
00:30:39.620 So,
00:30:39.820 so here are the quotes that they,
00:30:41.440 that they gave the New York post.
00:30:43.640 Um,
00:30:44.640 once this is a spokesperson from,
00:30:47.340 from governor Hochul's office,
00:30:48.520 quote,
00:30:49.160 we terminated her employment in March of 2023.
00:30:53.080 After discovering evidence of misconduct,
00:30:56.100 immediately reported her actions to law enforcement and have assisted law enforcement throughout this process.
00:31:02.740 Now that suggests in March of 2023,
00:31:05.420 they may have known she was a Chinese spy.
00:31:07.760 Then what was the evidence of misconduct?
00:31:10.560 What was it that led to her firing?
00:31:12.900 And,
00:31:13.040 and,
00:31:13.380 you know,
00:31:13.620 boy,
00:31:13.900 they're desperately trying to run away.
00:31:15.360 But actually Cuomo's spokesperson is even funny.
00:31:18.460 So Cuomo's spokesperson basically puts all the blame on Hochul.
00:31:22.120 And here's,
00:31:22.420 here's what Cuomo's spokesperson says.
00:31:24.820 Quote,
00:31:25.960 while Ms. 1.00
00:31:26.680 Sun was promoted to deputy chief of staff in the subsequent administration,
00:31:31.180 during our time,
00:31:32.300 she worked in a handful of agencies and what was one of many community liaisons who had little to no interaction with the governor.
00:31:39.560 In other words,
00:31:40.140 look,
00:31:40.340 we don't know about our successor and she may have been palling around with a Chinese spy,
00:31:44.700 but,
00:31:44.940 you know,
00:31:45.180 the governor,
00:31:45.880 he,
00:31:47.120 now,
00:31:47.460 mind you,
00:31:47.760 they didn't say,
00:31:48.320 yeah,
00:31:48.500 he sexually harassed every woman who came near him,
00:31:50.420 but,
00:31:50.680 but apparently she didn't meet that threshold.
00:31:52.660 So he did not,
00:31:54.000 he didn't,
00:31:54.900 he little,
00:31:55.400 he had little to no interaction with,
00:31:57.020 with,
00:31:57.240 with her.
00:31:57.860 It's all Hochul's fault.
00:31:59.860 One thing I've learned from this story,
00:32:01.640 if there's two ways to get a Ferrari center, 0.80
00:32:04.080 one,
00:32:04.460 you just work really,
00:32:05.300 really hard and save and save and save and maybe one day you're lucky enough,
00:32:08.320 or you can just work for the Chinese Communist Party and get one real fast.
00:32:11.820 It's,
00:32:12.020 it's all,
00:32:12.440 it's,
00:32:12.620 it just depends on how quick you want to get to the car.
00:32:15.280 I think it's fair to say there are more than two ways to get a Ferrari,
00:32:18.380 but we,
00:32:18.780 we don't need to,
00:32:19.600 to,
00:32:20.240 to,
00:32:20.440 to detail all of the ways to get a Ferrari.
00:32:23.400 Those are at least two of them.
00:32:25.500 At least two.
00:32:28.120 Fair,
00:32:28.440 well played,
00:32:29.480 fair point.
00:32:32.740 Oh,
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00:34:45.260 Senator,
00:34:45.820 I also want to talk about another story, 0.98
00:34:47.980 and it may be one of the most pathetic, 0.93
00:34:53.420 vile attacks that we have seen from the Harris campaign so far. 0.97
00:34:57.940 And it was a fake story,
00:35:01.360 a fictitious story that was clearly,
00:35:03.840 I think,
00:35:04.720 drawn up a play by the Harris campaign to,
00:35:07.900 hey,
00:35:08.180 let's make people not like Donald Trump.
00:35:10.820 Let's attack Donald Trump for standing at Arlington Cemetery with the family members of those that lost love.
00:35:17.960 ones on the pullout from Afghanistan on that arbitrary date that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris wanted to say,
00:35:25.820 we ended America's longest roar.
00:35:27.520 We don't care when we're pulling out who dies or how many people that helped America are left behind to be attacked and tortured by the terrorists.
00:35:34.940 We were literally taking orders from the Taliban at the very end.
00:35:38.760 And Afghanistan Gold Star family members have come forward united in an incredible way.
00:35:45.520 And I think it's sad that they had to come forward.
00:35:48.520 They just wanted to honor their loved ones that gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
00:35:54.220 They asked Donald Trump to come and be with them.
00:35:58.240 The Harris campaign accused Donald Trump in a direct tweet that Kamala Harris put out of using this as a,
00:36:05.800 basically a publicity stunt.
00:36:09.420 And these Gold Star families came forward and said,
00:36:12.400 no,
00:36:12.900 that's not true.
00:36:14.260 We're not going to let you do this to Donald Trump.
00:36:16.360 We're not going to allow the media to do this and drag him through the mud.
00:36:19.860 He was our guest.
00:36:21.020 We asked him to come.
00:36:22.720 This was not a publicity stunt.
00:36:24.500 And not only that,
00:36:25.720 they said,
00:36:26.260 he knows our family members' names.
00:36:28.920 That's more than we can say for you,
00:36:30.560 Kamala,
00:36:30.860 who have not talked to us,
00:36:32.280 don't know our kids' names,
00:36:33.780 and have not reached out.
00:36:36.020 Well,
00:36:36.440 I have to say this whole thing has been utterly disgraceful,
00:36:40.000 how Kamala Harris and her campaign has handled it.
00:36:42.660 It started with Donald Trump went to Arlington Memorial Cemetery to honor the 13 servicemen and women who were murdered,
00:36:51.400 who were murdered in Afghanistan.
00:36:52.980 He went and laid a wreath at their tombs to honor their death.
00:36:57.660 And he did so at the invitation of the Gold Star families who wanted him there.
00:37:01.880 They also invited Kamala Harris.
00:37:03.560 Kamala Harris declined to come.
00:37:05.180 Kamala Harris was in D.C. 0.71
00:37:07.100 She was at her residence.
00:37:08.120 She was just a few miles away,
00:37:09.260 but she was not willing to come to Arlington Cemetery to acknowledge their deaths.
00:37:13.680 And to be clear,
00:37:14.620 that's consistent with the pattern of Kamala Harris and Joe Biden,
00:37:17.900 of ignoring these 13 fall as servicemen and women.
00:37:22.080 In fact,
00:37:22.780 Joe Biden claimed that no servicemen and women had fallen under his presidency,
00:37:27.280 which is just a brazen lie.
00:37:31.300 And so instead of,
00:37:33.680 look,
00:37:33.920 Kamala can't defend the absolute incompetence, 1.00
00:37:38.000 the disaster that was the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
00:37:41.340 So she wants to change the subject.
00:37:43.160 And so she immediately blasted Trump because while he was there,
00:37:48.780 he took photographs with the families of the fallen servicemen and women.
00:37:53.560 And he did so at their request.
00:37:55.140 And she tried to say,
00:37:56.640 this is a political stunt because he took photographs with the families.
00:37:59.640 Now,
00:38:00.120 to be clear,
00:38:00.660 the families asked him to take photographs.
00:38:02.440 I guess in her view,
00:38:04.660 you should tell the grieving mother of a soldier who was killed.
00:38:10.460 No,
00:38:10.900 I'm not willing to take a picture with you.
00:38:12.660 That would have been insane.
00:38:14.980 In response,
00:38:17.060 families of seven of the 13 fallen servicemen and women put out a joint statement.
00:38:22.920 And this joint statement powerful doesn't begin to cover it.
00:38:27.240 Let me just read it.
00:38:28.060 It's not very long quote.
00:38:30.520 We,
00:38:30.900 the families of the brave service members who were tragically killed in the Abbey gate bombing are appalled by Vice President Kamala Harris's recent attempts to politicize President Trump's visit to the Arlington National Cemetery.
00:38:43.740 President Trump was invited by us,
00:38:46.940 the Gold Star families,
00:38:48.700 to attend the solemn ceremonies commemorating the three-year anniversary of our children's death.
00:38:54.720 He was there to honor their sacrifice.
00:38:57.780 Yet,
00:38:58.120 Vice President Harris has disgracefully twisted this sacred moment into a political ploy.
00:39:05.600 Vice President Harris bears responsibility for the deaths of our sons and daughters.
00:39:10.640 Let me read that again.
00:39:11.520 Vice President Harris bears responsibility for the deaths of our sons and daughters.
00:39:20.380 Her administration's catastrophic mishandling of the Afghanistan withdrawal directly led to the murder of 13 service members,
00:39:30.420 including our children.
00:39:32.180 Despite our multiple requests for a meeting to discuss the loss of our loved ones,
00:39:38.200 Vice President Harris has repeatedly ignored us,
00:39:43.020 showing a complete lack of empathy and accountability.
00:39:46.520 This refusal to face the consequences of her administration's decisions is a deep betrayal to us as Gold Star families.
00:39:55.860 President Trump,
00:39:57.560 President Trump,
00:39:57.600 President Trump,
00:39:57.700 on the other hand,
00:39:58.860 has been the only commander in chief to consistently recognize the heroism of our children.
00:40:05.600 His attendance at Arlington was not for political gain,
00:40:09.320 but to stand with us,
00:40:11.040 to grieve with us,
00:40:12.620 and to honor the legacy of those who gave everything for this nation.
00:40:17.160 His leadership during his time in office was strong,
00:40:20.840 and we have no doubt that if he were still commander in chief,
00:40:25.500 our children would be alive today.
00:40:29.020 Vice President Harris has proven herself unfit to serve as commander in chief.
00:40:35.160 Her actions,
00:40:37.420 both in the failure of the Afghanistan withdrawal,
00:40:40.840 and in her disgraceful politicization of this anniversary,
00:40:44.980 have shown that she lacks the judgment,
00:40:48.300 compassion,
00:40:49.180 and leadership required for the position.
00:40:52.440 We will continue to hold her accountable for the role she played
00:40:56.380 in the deaths of our children,
00:40:58.900 and we will not stand by as she disrespects their memory.
00:41:03.480 America deserves better.
00:41:06.660 Our children deserved better.
00:41:10.380 You see these families come together,
00:41:12.440 and this is not a fight they asked for.
00:41:15.380 This was not publicity they asked for.
00:41:17.360 This was not a moment they asked for.
00:41:19.300 These Gold Star families have also now come out saying that
00:41:22.300 Kamala's attack on Trump made us a target for a lot of hate.
00:41:26.560 They weren't wanting this hate.
00:41:29.400 And all because
00:41:31.480 when you're the vice president,
00:41:34.700 your words have power.
00:41:37.200 And when you have Vice President Harris,
00:41:38.960 who's the leading candidate, right,
00:41:40.540 for the Democratic Party,
00:41:41.440 that, by the way,
00:41:41.880 no one's ever voted for,
00:41:42.840 but she's the nominee,
00:41:44.640 attacking Trump,
00:41:46.340 accusing him of playing politics
00:41:47.960 by going to a cemetery
00:41:49.160 to honor the 13 fallen service members
00:41:51.180 who lost their lives.
00:41:52.440 As a result,
00:41:53.480 as you just read there,
00:41:54.580 Biden's administration's
00:41:56.820 disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan,
00:41:59.120 but they say,
00:42:01.280 yes,
00:42:02.260 this has made us a target of a lot of hate
00:42:05.940 because now people are hating them
00:42:08.400 for defending Trump,
00:42:10.080 saying,
00:42:10.340 oh, well,
00:42:10.700 they're just Trump supporters,
00:42:12.480 you know,
00:42:12.940 the heck with them,
00:42:13.720 and attacking them on social media,
00:42:15.840 all because they were trying to honor
00:42:18.620 the memory of their sons and daughters,
00:42:21.340 their husbands and their wives,
00:42:23.280 their family members that were killed,
00:42:25.480 and Vice President Harris,
00:42:27.460 I think it's important to read
00:42:28.900 part of what she put out on X,
00:42:30.700 which started all of this,
00:42:32.680 and clearly,
00:42:33.620 this is my opinion,
00:42:34.840 I want to know what you think
00:42:36.280 about this, Senator,
00:42:37.400 I think this was written
00:42:38.260 by a campaign staff
00:42:39.540 who said,
00:42:40.100 let's start this thing,
00:42:42.160 and she said,
00:42:42.940 quote,
00:42:43.140 as Vice President,
00:42:43.980 I've had the privilege
00:42:45.080 of visiting Arlington National Cemetery
00:42:47.060 several times.
00:42:48.640 It is a solemn place,
00:42:49.800 a place where we come together
00:42:51.380 to honor American heroes
00:42:52.500 who have made the ultimate sacrifice
00:42:54.160 and service of this nation.
00:42:55.900 It is not a place for politics.
00:42:59.740 And yet,
00:43:00.780 as we reported this week,
00:43:03.200 Donald Trump's team
00:43:04.160 chose to film a video there,
00:43:06.380 resulting in an altercation
00:43:07.920 with cemetery staff,
00:43:09.140 that apparently never happened,
00:43:10.660 let me be clear,
00:43:11.880 she writes,
00:43:12.500 the former president,
00:43:14.360 disrespected sacred ground,
00:43:16.660 all for the sake of a political stunt.
00:43:19.040 So a woman who says 1.00
00:43:20.240 this is not supposed to be about politics,
00:43:22.080 literally makes it a political stunt
00:43:25.260 on her behalf
00:43:26.580 to try to make people
00:43:27.580 hate Donald Trump,
00:43:28.580 which then in turn
00:43:29.460 brought in these families,
00:43:30.880 and now they're hating
00:43:32.300 on them as well.
00:43:33.680 Look,
00:43:34.240 this was just a cynical attempt
00:43:36.220 from the Kamala Harris campaign
00:43:38.060 to shift the attention
00:43:40.060 to one of the most egregious
00:43:42.200 and catastrophic
00:43:43.380 foreign policy failures
00:43:45.440 of Joe Biden
00:43:47.060 and her leadership.
00:43:48.100 And this is a failure
00:43:49.420 that led directly
00:43:50.640 to the deaths
00:43:51.940 of 13 servicemen and women.
00:43:54.140 And let me make clear,
00:43:55.200 that joint statement
00:43:56.020 that I read a minute ago,
00:43:57.720 it didn't just come
00:43:58.820 from one or two family members.
00:44:00.660 It came from Misty Fiocco,
00:44:03.400 who is the sister 0.53
00:44:04.260 of Sergeant Nicole LG.
00:44:06.340 It came from Cheryl Jules,
00:44:08.740 who is the aunt
00:44:09.860 of Sergeant Nicole LG.
00:44:12.180 It came from Christy Shamblin,
00:44:14.200 who is the mother-in-law
00:44:15.240 of Sergeant Nicole LG.
00:44:17.540 It came from Mark Schmitz,
00:44:19.600 who is the father
00:44:20.400 of Lance Corporal
00:44:21.380 Jared M. Schmitz.
00:44:23.000 It came from Jacqueline Schmitz,
00:44:25.340 who is the stepmother
00:44:26.240 of Lance Corporal
00:44:27.420 Jared M. Schmitz.
00:44:28.840 It came from Herman Lopez,
00:44:30.880 who is the father
00:44:31.660 of Corporal Hunter Lopez.
00:44:34.340 It came from Jim McCullum,
00:44:36.520 who is the father
00:44:37.360 of Lance Corporal
00:44:38.560 Riley J. McCullum.
00:44:40.560 It came from Steve Nekui,
00:44:43.340 who is the father
00:44:44.400 of Lance Corporal
00:44:45.540 Kareem M. Nkui. It came from Coral Doolittle, who is the mother of Corporal Humberto A. Sanchez.
00:44:55.160 It came from Darren Hoover, who is the father of Staff Sergeant Darren T. Hoover. And it came from
00:45:02.480 Kelly Barnett, who is the mother of Staff Sergeant Darren T. Hoover. Now, you want to talk about
00:45:09.920 people who have moral gravity. They've given the ultimate sacrifice of their own children who died.
00:45:19.040 And yet, you know what they also have said? So Christy Shamblin, who was one of the people who
00:45:25.340 signed it, she is the mother-in-law of Sergeant Nicole LG. She has said that Kamala Harris's
00:45:34.020 behavior shows that she believes, quote, service members are disposable. And it is striking.
00:45:45.240 Here's what she said. She said, quote, I think it shows that she believes our service members are
00:45:51.440 disposable. And that's exactly the feeling that we've got from the White House, is that our heroes,
00:45:57.160 our children, my daughter-in-law, was disposable and replaceable and not important. And I can't live
00:46:07.220 with that. It's not acceptable. Our service members are the most important people in our society.
00:46:14.200 And Nkui, another one of the Gold Star family members, said not hearing from Harris is, quote,
00:46:21.260 just typical, from this whole administration. You know, they want to sweep this under the rug,
00:46:27.860 never talk about it again, never honest. For them to honor and recognize the sacrifice of our children
00:46:34.380 would force them to recognize that there was a mistake. And so they won't bring it up, you know.
00:46:40.320 They'll keep it under the rug. And we're, I'm pretty much used to it, but I'm gonna, I'm gonna fight it,
00:46:45.960 you know. I'm gonna call that out every step of the way. And McCollum added that Harris utterly
00:46:54.980 ignored them, never gave them a call. And here's what McCollum said, quote,
00:46:59.340 complete lack thereof to just abandon the 13, to never reach out, no condolences, no I'm sorry,
00:47:08.520 no explanation, just absolutely ignore us and basically shut us up. She's lacking character. 1.00
00:47:16.960 She has no respect. Wow. I think it's a perfect note to end on. Don't forget, share this podcast
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