Verdict with Ted Cruz - April 24, 2024


Israel, Ukraine & TikTok Bill in Depth： The Good, the Bad & the Ugly


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34 minutes

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163.65541

Word Count

5,622

Sentence Count

321

Misogynist Sentences

3

Hate Speech Sentences

25


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00:00:05.740 Welcome. It is Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz.
00:00:08.200 Ben Ferguson with you and Senator with overwhelming support from the Senate.
00:00:13.600 This foreign aid package has passed.
00:00:16.080 That obviously is the center of the world right now for not only in this country,
00:00:19.920 people wondering what was going to happen,
00:00:21.200 but obviously these nations around the world, including Israel.
00:00:24.260 Well, that's exactly right.
00:00:25.860 It is a major foreign aid bill that just passed the Senate
00:00:28.480 and is now headed to President Biden's desk.
00:00:31.540 We're going to break it down.
00:00:32.820 We're going to get into the good, the bad, and the ugly
00:00:34.620 about what was in it and what's going to happen next.
00:00:37.700 We're also going to talk about what continues to happen on college campuses,
00:00:41.360 the anti-Semitism.
00:00:42.560 It keeps getting worse.
00:00:43.960 And we're going to talk about the Biden White House's pathetic response
00:00:47.740 to these instances of violence and anti-Semitism
00:00:50.900 that sadly the radicals and his party support.
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00:02:24.960 Now, Senator, before we get into the vote,
00:02:27.140 I have a surprise for you
00:02:28.520 and I know you're going to be excited about this.
00:02:30.680 Okay?
00:02:31.100 You got to,
00:02:31.500 and this is headlines now.
00:02:34.900 National Enquirer has come out in the court case in New York
00:02:38.460 and admitted they made up the story, Senator,
00:02:41.380 about your father.
00:02:43.440 Yes, Ted Cruz's father linked to the JFK assassination.
00:02:46.720 They're admitting they made it all up.
00:02:48.320 I want everybody to hear from you first on that.
00:02:51.420 Well, look,
00:02:52.240 just because the National Enquirer made up
00:02:54.760 that my father played a part in killing Kennedy
00:02:57.960 doesn't mean that he didn't secretly play a part in killing Kennedy.
00:03:01.540 I'm just saying that they haven't proven a negative,
00:03:05.100 although they did admit they doctored the photograph
00:03:07.480 and, like, basically mashed two photos
00:03:10.380 to create literally the very embodiment of fake news.
00:03:14.120 And I got to say,
00:03:15.100 my favorite response on this whole issue
00:03:17.400 was something Marco Rubio said at a set at lunch
00:03:20.920 shortly after this idiotic story broke
00:03:23.040 where Marco stood up and he said,
00:03:25.340 look, I need all of y'all to know
00:03:27.060 that I know for a fact
00:03:29.380 this story about Ted's dad is a lie.
00:03:33.280 And Marco's explanation,
00:03:34.980 he said it has to be a lie
00:03:36.460 because if a Cuban had done that,
00:03:39.000 he would have told everybody.
00:03:41.440 And so I appreciated Marco coming to my dad's defense.
00:03:45.160 I love this.
00:03:46.120 I hope you frame this for your father
00:03:48.300 because it's hysterical
00:03:49.720 and you should put it side by side
00:03:51.480 and give it to him for Father's Day
00:03:52.980 because it's just amazing.
00:03:54.460 It is official.
00:03:55.380 The National Enquirer made up the story
00:03:57.140 about your father.
00:03:58.400 Yeah, I got to say,
00:04:00.400 does that mean that Elvis
00:04:01.980 is not working at a Walmart in Idaho?
00:04:05.160 There is a chance.
00:04:07.040 There is a chance.
00:04:07.840 But they haven't confirmed that yet,
00:04:09.400 so let's not jump to conclusions here.
00:04:11.380 We'll get fact-checked on that one.
00:04:13.000 But congrats to your dad.
00:04:13.680 And the aliens are real.
00:04:15.180 The space aliens are real, yes.
00:04:16.700 See, I'm no longer afraid of your dad.
00:04:18.500 Like, we hang out.
00:04:19.280 I've always been a little nervous.
00:04:20.560 Now I know he's just really a nice guy and a pastor.
00:04:22.600 Just watch your P's and Q's.
00:04:24.700 I love it.
00:04:25.300 All right, let's get into this vote in Washington.
00:04:28.180 And explain for everyone listening,
00:04:31.500 this came out of the House.
00:04:33.020 It was a big fight.
00:04:34.580 There is a very divided,
00:04:36.480 I think, conservative mindset on this.
00:04:39.860 I have a lot of friends
00:04:41.200 that are very upset about this.
00:04:42.740 I have others that say
00:04:43.960 it's important that we fund Israel
00:04:46.920 and other things.
00:04:48.080 This then came to the Senate.
00:04:50.400 Walk us through the mindset
00:04:51.840 of not only you,
00:04:53.380 but also other Republicans
00:04:54.580 that are saying
00:04:55.380 this is something that needed to get done
00:04:56.980 and that's why we passed it.
00:04:58.860 Well, listen,
00:04:59.360 this is a bill, number one.
00:05:00.640 The House struggled mightily
00:05:02.600 to vote out.
00:05:03.880 It was a huge battle.
00:05:05.080 There were lots of pieces there
00:05:06.140 that they agonized on
00:05:07.940 and ultimately voted it out.
00:05:10.080 Before the Senate,
00:05:11.800 listen,
00:05:12.100 I struggled with this vote.
00:05:13.420 I struggled with this vote
00:05:14.760 as much as any vote
00:05:15.660 I've ever cast in the Senate.
00:05:16.980 And the reason is
00:05:18.280 there are elements in this bill
00:05:20.200 that I very strongly support.
00:05:22.880 And there are elements in this bill
00:05:24.520 that I really dislike.
00:05:26.700 And sometimes you have legislation
00:05:28.780 that combines good and bad
00:05:31.360 and you've got a way,
00:05:32.860 okay, does the bad outweigh the good?
00:05:35.360 And in this case,
00:05:36.880 I found a very difficult decision.
00:05:40.340 I spent hours and hours
00:05:41.820 thinking through the pros and cons
00:05:43.380 and what the right principled approach was.
00:05:46.060 Let me tell you what's good
00:05:46.920 about this bill.
00:05:48.700 The biggest thing
00:05:49.980 that is good and important
00:05:51.000 about this bill
00:05:51.900 is it finally provides
00:05:54.040 emergency military aid to Israel.
00:05:56.620 Israel is in the middle of a war.
00:05:58.220 It has been in a war
00:05:58.980 since October 6th,
00:06:00.140 the horrific terrorist attack
00:06:01.500 that occurred.
00:06:02.440 It has been battling Hamas in Gaza,
00:06:05.320 battling Hamas
00:06:06.100 while the Biden administration
00:06:07.360 has been undercutting it
00:06:08.860 over and over and over again
00:06:10.460 and pressing the government of Israel
00:06:12.360 to stop killing Hamas terrorists.
00:06:14.200 It's also been the subject
00:06:16.880 of a massive attack from Iran,
00:06:19.480 over 300 drones and missiles,
00:06:22.760 cruise missiles and ballistic missiles.
00:06:24.980 Iran has been waging war against Israel.
00:06:28.260 And so I think it's critically,
00:06:29.800 critically important
00:06:30.600 that we provide military aid to Israel.
00:06:34.000 Now, and that's going to happen now.
00:06:36.180 So I'm very glad of that.
00:06:38.440 That aid is finally going to go.
00:06:40.560 Let me be clear, though.
00:06:41.400 Well, this military aid to Israel
00:06:43.760 should have gone six months ago.
00:06:45.360 It should have gone
00:06:45.980 right after October 7th.
00:06:47.600 It should have gone
00:06:48.440 when this war started.
00:06:50.740 And you'll recall back in November,
00:06:52.980 I and several other senators
00:06:54.520 forced a vote on the Senate floor.
00:06:57.460 We took over the Senate
00:06:58.460 from Chuck Schumer.
00:06:59.980 We used a rare procedural technique
00:07:02.140 called a rogue cloture petition
00:07:04.440 to force a vote
00:07:05.820 on a standalone Israel
00:07:09.000 emergency military aid bill.
00:07:11.020 And every single Democrat,
00:07:13.380 all of them voted no.
00:07:15.220 And the only reason
00:07:16.980 this military funding
00:07:18.100 didn't go six months ago
00:07:19.500 is because the Democrats
00:07:21.560 obstructed it
00:07:22.640 each and every day since then.
00:07:24.460 And so I'm glad,
00:07:26.720 finally, that military aid
00:07:27.980 is going to Israel.
00:07:28.760 But it should have gone last month.
00:07:30.260 It should have gone the month before.
00:07:31.340 It should have gone
00:07:31.980 all the way back
00:07:33.100 six months ago.
00:07:34.420 And it's the Democrats' fault
00:07:35.480 it didn't.
00:07:36.980 So let's talk about
00:07:38.300 some of the other things
00:07:39.240 that were in this bill as well
00:07:41.580 and explain what all is
00:07:43.160 in this big kind of conglomerate here.
00:07:46.320 Well, let me tell you
00:07:47.360 what else is good in the bill.
00:07:48.620 So number one,
00:07:50.380 the military aid to Israel.
00:07:52.320 Number two,
00:07:53.840 this bill includes
00:07:55.460 the House's bill
00:07:56.500 to force the Chinese Communist Party
00:07:58.540 to give up control
00:07:59.520 of TikTok in the United States.
00:08:01.340 That's something also
00:08:02.740 that I strongly support.
00:08:04.480 I think it is very important
00:08:05.920 for national security.
00:08:07.340 The Chinese Communist Party
00:08:08.580 uses TikTok.
00:08:10.220 It has the capacity
00:08:11.180 for number one,
00:08:12.900 espionage and surveillance
00:08:14.440 of every American.
00:08:16.640 I think that is very dangerous.
00:08:18.180 Number two,
00:08:18.860 the Chinese Communist Party
00:08:20.060 uses this to push propaganda,
00:08:23.460 particularly to our young people.
00:08:24.940 And so this bill
00:08:25.960 forces the CCP
00:08:27.660 to divest from TikTok.
00:08:29.180 That's another very good thing
00:08:30.360 in this bill.
00:08:31.340 Thirdly,
00:08:32.880 this bill also includes
00:08:34.420 $8 billion
00:08:35.200 in funding for Taiwan
00:08:38.040 to defend itself
00:08:39.760 against aggression from China.
00:08:42.560 And listen,
00:08:43.500 I have long,
00:08:44.400 long made clear
00:08:46.160 that China,
00:08:48.080 I believe,
00:08:48.860 represents the most significant
00:08:50.560 long-term geopolitical threat
00:08:52.420 to the United States.
00:08:53.460 and Taiwan is on the front lines
00:08:56.420 of China's global aggression.
00:08:58.480 And so I think
00:08:59.200 it is critically important
00:09:00.340 that we continue standing
00:09:02.980 with the people of Taiwan.
00:09:04.720 So those are three
00:09:05.880 really good things
00:09:06.880 in the bill.
00:09:07.800 Let's go back to TikTok
00:09:08.600 for a second
00:09:09.360 and explain
00:09:10.440 when will this kick in,
00:09:13.000 the metrics of it,
00:09:14.540 how this will work.
00:09:15.520 And I want to go back
00:09:16.460 and compare this
00:09:17.840 also on a story
00:09:19.100 we've done before.
00:09:19.780 TikTok has had
00:09:21.820 like 40 to 1
00:09:23.120 stories supporting
00:09:25.880 the Palestinians
00:09:27.260 slash Hamas
00:09:28.340 over Israel.
00:09:29.940 Clearly,
00:09:30.360 that has had a major impact
00:09:32.360 on younger people
00:09:33.160 who are actually
00:09:34.400 against Israel.
00:09:35.360 And we've seen this
00:09:36.060 on the college campuses.
00:09:37.060 And this is being used
00:09:39.040 as a mind war machine
00:09:40.720 to clearly influence
00:09:42.740 and change public opinion
00:09:44.420 on people like Jewish people,
00:09:47.100 the Israeli government,
00:09:48.560 and even to make people
00:09:50.700 sympathetic towards terrorists.
00:09:52.720 That's what China's been doing.
00:09:54.660 And this is just in real time
00:09:56.240 when it comes to Israel.
00:09:57.980 Yeah, no,
00:09:58.280 that's exactly right.
00:09:59.360 That TikTok,
00:10:01.000 the CCP uses TikTok
00:10:02.560 to push pro-Hamas propaganda
00:10:04.400 to undermine Israel,
00:10:05.780 to push anti-American propaganda,
00:10:08.500 including things
00:10:10.080 like trending,
00:10:12.040 Osama bin Laden
00:10:13.360 speaking out
00:10:14.420 on jihad
00:10:15.700 and against America.
00:10:17.660 And so,
00:10:18.380 removing the ability
00:10:19.720 of the Chinese Communist Party
00:10:21.020 to have control over that,
00:10:22.040 that's really important.
00:10:24.200 How long will this take,
00:10:25.980 then,
00:10:26.200 for the division
00:10:26.900 and for it truly
00:10:28.180 to be a separation
00:10:29.080 where China isn't dictating
00:10:30.620 what happens on the platform?
00:10:31.980 Is this going to be
00:10:32.720 immediate before the election
00:10:34.860 or in reality
00:10:36.040 is this going to be
00:10:36.640 after the election?
00:10:37.580 Well,
00:10:37.900 one of the prices
00:10:38.660 that the Democrats
00:10:39.480 insisted upon
00:10:40.700 to pass this
00:10:41.660 was that it be delayed
00:10:42.940 until after the election.
00:10:44.140 So it will be
00:10:44.420 after the election.
00:10:45.500 Yeah,
00:10:45.780 you know,
00:10:46.160 that's how the Democrats
00:10:47.520 approached it.
00:10:48.820 Yeah,
00:10:49.080 because they wanted
00:10:49.740 to make sure
00:10:50.420 that they had the advantage
00:10:51.420 using TikTok
00:10:52.140 all the way up
00:10:53.020 and through the election.
00:10:55.500 Those are the Democrats
00:10:57.560 we have.
00:10:58.840 So,
00:10:59.440 you look at this bill
00:11:00.700 and you talk also
00:11:02.140 about Taiwanese
00:11:02.880 and the allies
00:11:04.160 and them being able
00:11:04.980 to defend themselves.
00:11:05.980 There was some criticism
00:11:06.880 that this wasn't enough money
00:11:08.200 for them to actually
00:11:09.160 defend themselves
00:11:09.820 against China.
00:11:10.860 Can you explain
00:11:11.920 why this amount of money
00:11:13.040 was chosen
00:11:13.600 and why you think
00:11:14.620 this is adequate
00:11:15.200 at this moment?
00:11:16.640 Look,
00:11:16.980 $8 billion
00:11:17.500 is a significant amount
00:11:19.120 of military aid
00:11:20.080 and it's designed
00:11:20.860 to help Taiwan
00:11:22.620 be more resilient.
00:11:24.620 You know,
00:11:24.840 in military defense theory,
00:11:27.280 the idea,
00:11:27.900 obviously,
00:11:28.260 the Taiwanese army
00:11:29.240 is not sufficient
00:11:30.080 to defeat
00:11:31.240 the Chinese army.
00:11:33.060 China is a much more
00:11:34.140 massive country
00:11:35.400 with a much larger military,
00:11:36.980 but the idea
00:11:37.940 is to make Taiwan,
00:11:39.980 the phrase that is often used
00:11:41.180 is a porcupine,
00:11:42.160 make Taiwan
00:11:43.080 difficult to invade,
00:11:45.320 to deter China
00:11:46.200 from doing so.
00:11:47.100 And so that's really
00:11:47.960 what the military aid
00:11:48.740 is focused on doing
00:11:49.800 is helping Taiwan
00:11:51.860 be more resistant
00:11:53.260 to an amphibious
00:11:54.200 military assault
00:11:55.420 so that China
00:11:56.700 doesn't engage in war.
00:11:59.900 And listen,
00:12:00.520 that is often
00:12:01.660 the smartest way
00:12:02.620 to approach
00:12:03.740 national security
00:12:04.740 is to engage
00:12:06.100 in deterrence
00:12:06.740 so you don't have
00:12:07.520 to engage in war
00:12:08.540 and that's exactly
00:12:09.580 what this is trying
00:12:10.300 to do with China
00:12:11.180 and Taiwan.
00:12:13.520 Let's talk about
00:12:14.620 how,
00:12:15.540 what was in the bill
00:12:16.060 that was frustrating
00:12:16.980 for you,
00:12:17.500 that upsets you,
00:12:18.740 that is irritating.
00:12:20.420 The reality is
00:12:21.180 I'd love that
00:12:21.840 if we could just
00:12:22.640 get only what we want,
00:12:23.820 there are compromises
00:12:24.740 that have to be made,
00:12:25.740 there's Democrats
00:12:26.560 who are the majority
00:12:27.600 in the Senate
00:12:28.140 and we have
00:12:30.060 a very slim majority
00:12:31.320 now in the House,
00:12:32.100 Republicans,
00:12:32.720 you have a president
00:12:33.380 who's a Democrat,
00:12:34.680 so what in here
00:12:35.880 is frustrating
00:12:36.820 that you say,
00:12:38.100 hey, yeah,
00:12:38.640 I'm not okay with this
00:12:39.680 but this is the reality
00:12:40.860 of how this went down?
00:12:41.820 Well,
00:12:43.020 there were several
00:12:43.960 other elements
00:12:44.980 in the bill
00:12:45.560 that in total
00:12:47.500 were too problematic
00:12:48.480 for me to support
00:12:49.800 the full package.
00:12:51.620 First of all,
00:12:52.460 the bill spends
00:12:53.140 over $9 billion
00:12:54.340 on so-called
00:12:56.160 humanitarian aid,
00:12:57.420 much of which
00:12:58.140 goes to Gaza,
00:13:00.420 which is controlled
00:13:01.400 by Hamas
00:13:02.220 and we have seen
00:13:03.200 under Joe Biden
00:13:04.100 this pattern
00:13:05.160 over and over again
00:13:06.320 of their sending
00:13:07.300 millions and millions
00:13:08.260 of dollars to Gaza
00:13:09.300 only for it
00:13:10.520 to be diverted
00:13:11.060 by Hamas
00:13:11.780 only for it
00:13:12.480 to be used
00:13:13.200 for terrorism
00:13:14.600 and this bill
00:13:16.960 follows that pattern.
00:13:18.460 It does not,
00:13:19.500 it doesn't learn
00:13:20.720 from the failures
00:13:21.620 of the Biden administration
00:13:22.680 and it keeps
00:13:23.520 sending money
00:13:24.320 that will be used
00:13:26.040 ultimately
00:13:26.580 against America
00:13:27.560 and against our allies.
00:13:28.920 When you see
00:13:30.100 this happen
00:13:30.840 and the way
00:13:31.520 it came out
00:13:32.100 of the Senate,
00:13:32.820 for conservatives
00:13:33.760 that are listening
00:13:34.440 that are just frustrated
00:13:35.900 because they feel
00:13:36.520 like we're sending
00:13:37.120 too much money overseas,
00:13:38.440 we're not securing
00:13:39.460 our southern border,
00:13:40.340 and we're putting
00:13:42.040 other countries
00:13:42.700 ahead of our interests.
00:13:44.760 What is your message
00:13:45.700 to them?
00:13:46.280 Because that's
00:13:46.900 an important one
00:13:47.620 right now.
00:13:49.100 Well, look,
00:13:50.080 there are aspects
00:13:51.300 when it comes
00:13:51.840 to military aid,
00:13:53.060 particularly for Israel
00:13:54.040 and Taiwan,
00:13:55.500 we are doing that
00:13:56.840 because that is
00:13:57.920 in America's interest.
00:13:59.560 That the enemies
00:14:01.000 of Israel
00:14:02.120 are the enemies
00:14:03.080 of America
00:14:03.700 and standing
00:14:04.500 with Israel
00:14:05.320 advances America's
00:14:07.240 national security interest.
00:14:08.300 And by the way,
00:14:08.860 we get enormous
00:14:09.940 military benefits
00:14:10.980 from our alliance
00:14:12.440 with Israel,
00:14:13.180 including benefits
00:14:14.020 from the Mossad,
00:14:14.940 intelligence benefits,
00:14:16.560 that the people
00:14:17.980 they are fighting,
00:14:19.080 listen, Iran,
00:14:20.000 there is a reason
00:14:20.860 the Ayatollah
00:14:21.580 in Iran chants
00:14:22.580 death to America
00:14:24.080 and death to Israel.
00:14:25.240 The Ayatollah
00:14:25.840 also refers to Israel
00:14:27.200 as the little Satan
00:14:28.700 and America
00:14:30.660 as the great Satan.
00:14:32.080 and so helping
00:14:34.540 Israel prevail
00:14:35.820 benefits American
00:14:37.880 national security.
00:14:38.960 It keeps us safer.
00:14:40.120 The same is true
00:14:40.920 with Taiwan
00:14:41.580 that deterring China,
00:14:43.120 listen,
00:14:43.440 if China,
00:14:44.100 God forbid,
00:14:45.380 were to invade Taiwan,
00:14:46.700 that would be
00:14:47.300 an enormous problem
00:14:48.640 for U.S. national security
00:14:50.080 interest
00:14:51.880 for a lot of reasons,
00:14:52.880 but let me just focus
00:14:53.700 on one,
00:14:54.360 which is advanced
00:14:55.060 semiconductors.
00:14:55.960 Right now,
00:14:57.120 we manufacture
00:14:58.200 very few,
00:14:59.440 a very small percentage
00:15:00.520 of advanced
00:15:01.060 semiconductors
00:15:01.920 are manufactured
00:15:03.100 in the United States.
00:15:04.040 The overwhelming majority
00:15:05.080 is manufactured overseas,
00:15:06.860 primarily in China
00:15:08.200 and Taiwan,
00:15:09.080 and if China
00:15:10.820 were to invade Taiwan,
00:15:13.160 it would give
00:15:14.000 the Chinese Communist Party
00:15:15.400 the ability
00:15:15.900 to have the American economy
00:15:17.160 and the American military
00:15:18.340 in a stranglehold.
00:15:20.840 You look at virtually
00:15:21.920 everything we use
00:15:23.440 in today's modern life,
00:15:25.260 it involves
00:15:25.840 semiconductors
00:15:26.620 and advanced semiconductors.
00:15:27.880 That's true
00:15:28.360 for your phone,
00:15:29.860 that's true
00:15:30.340 for your car or truck,
00:15:31.920 that's true
00:15:33.260 for just about
00:15:34.360 every appliance
00:15:34.980 you have in your home,
00:15:36.500 that's true
00:15:37.140 for just about
00:15:37.760 every serious piece
00:15:38.560 of military equipment
00:15:39.360 we have,
00:15:39.920 whether it's every tank
00:15:41.020 or every fighter jet
00:15:42.200 or every ship
00:15:43.740 or every computer.
00:15:46.160 We are massively
00:15:47.720 dependent
00:15:48.340 on advanced
00:15:49.480 semiconductors.
00:15:50.380 It's one of the reasons
00:15:51.180 I have been so vigorous
00:15:52.680 in fighting to bring
00:15:54.320 semiconductor manufacturing
00:15:55.760 back to the United States,
00:15:57.160 back to Texas.
00:15:57.880 It's one of the reasons
00:15:59.300 why I co-authored
00:16:00.640 legislation
00:16:02.040 to streamline
00:16:03.340 the environmental permitting
00:16:05.180 for building
00:16:05.880 new semiconductor fabs,
00:16:07.620 including massive ones
00:16:08.780 that are going into Texas.
00:16:10.180 My legislation,
00:16:11.400 which I authored
00:16:12.040 with Mark Kelly,
00:16:13.140 Democrat from Arizona,
00:16:14.620 the Kelly-Cruise bill
00:16:15.660 passed the Senate
00:16:16.540 100 to nothing.
00:16:18.000 We're working to get it
00:16:19.100 through the House,
00:16:19.940 but in the interim,
00:16:21.860 until this passes into law,
00:16:23.400 until we build up
00:16:24.360 semiconductor manufacturing
00:16:25.700 capacity in the United States,
00:16:28.000 America is incredibly vulnerable,
00:16:29.840 and so deterring
00:16:30.640 Chinese aggression
00:16:31.560 in Taiwan
00:16:33.060 is all about
00:16:33.920 protecting America's
00:16:35.840 national security interests.
00:16:37.380 Yeah, great point.
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00:18:42.740 Senator,
00:18:43.120 I know there was
00:18:43.640 a couple other problems
00:18:44.880 in this bill
00:18:45.540 that you also wanted
00:18:46.380 to highlight.
00:18:47.140 What are those?
00:18:48.600 Well,
00:18:48.840 they're big problems.
00:18:49.820 Number two,
00:18:50.880 this bill has
00:18:51.920 $3.4 billion
00:18:53.380 for, quote,
00:18:54.880 migration and
00:18:56.060 refugee assistance.
00:18:57.680 And that's
00:18:58.760 the pocket of money
00:19:00.480 the Biden administration
00:19:01.480 has used
00:19:02.440 to pour cash
00:19:03.620 into the NGOs
00:19:04.960 that are assisting
00:19:06.220 with illegal immigration
00:19:07.360 at our southern border.
00:19:08.400 And so this gives them
00:19:09.500 billions more
00:19:10.980 to keep funneling
00:19:11.960 into these organizations
00:19:13.040 that are trafficking
00:19:14.980 people illegally
00:19:15.780 into this country
00:19:16.480 and helping traffickers
00:19:17.660 bring people illegally
00:19:18.860 into the country.
00:19:19.580 I can't support that.
00:19:22.160 No,
00:19:22.660 that's something
00:19:23.220 that is obviously
00:19:24.040 very frustrating.
00:19:25.260 And this is what
00:19:26.320 I think so many
00:19:27.420 conservatives
00:19:28.120 have been hearing about.
00:19:29.220 And they're frustrated
00:19:29.920 because why is it
00:19:30.900 that this always happens?
00:19:32.920 Well,
00:19:33.160 and listen,
00:19:33.920 that leads to the third
00:19:36.020 and the single biggest
00:19:37.000 problem with this bill
00:19:38.080 is it does nothing,
00:19:40.440 zero,
00:19:40.820 nada
00:19:41.280 to secure
00:19:42.560 our southern border.
00:19:44.060 It doesn't
00:19:44.820 it doesn't address
00:19:46.660 the crisis
00:19:47.580 and it is an existential crisis.
00:19:49.540 We are seeing
00:19:50.540 a full-on invasion
00:19:52.340 and just a few months ago
00:19:55.160 Republicans all stood united
00:19:56.840 and said
00:19:58.380 we are going to use
00:20:00.060 this Ukraine bill
00:20:01.900 as leverage
00:20:02.840 to force the Democrats
00:20:04.500 to do something
00:20:05.320 on our southern border.
00:20:06.280 And all of us initially
00:20:07.340 stood united on that.
00:20:09.000 Listen,
00:20:09.840 I still believe that.
00:20:11.100 I still believe
00:20:11.880 and the Democrats,
00:20:13.500 they care passionately
00:20:15.920 about this Ukraine aid bill.
00:20:17.460 Listen,
00:20:17.700 we saw
00:20:18.240 in the House of Representatives,
00:20:20.160 we saw House Democrats
00:20:21.620 ridiculously
00:20:23.520 waving Ukrainian flags
00:20:25.900 on the floor of the House.
00:20:27.260 It was a pitiful spectacle.
00:20:30.640 And as an aside,
00:20:31.780 can you imagine
00:20:32.480 those Democrats
00:20:33.260 ever showing
00:20:34.540 the same joy
00:20:35.640 waving an American flag?
00:20:37.680 It's hard to imagine.
00:20:38.760 But no,
00:20:39.140 they were happy
00:20:39.880 to jump up and down
00:20:41.460 and wave Ukrainian flags
00:20:42.880 on the House floor.
00:20:44.480 It's clear
00:20:45.320 they care passionately
00:20:46.440 about that.
00:20:47.080 And so I believe
00:20:48.040 we should have stuck
00:20:49.400 to our guns
00:20:50.100 and said,
00:20:50.640 OK,
00:20:51.620 if you want additional money
00:20:52.900 for Ukraine,
00:20:54.340 let's take serious steps
00:20:56.340 to secure the border.
00:20:57.360 Not the bogus
00:20:58.740 Chuck Schumer bill
00:20:59.720 that would have made
00:21:00.360 the problem worse
00:21:01.240 and would have put
00:21:01.800 catch and release
00:21:02.940 into law
00:21:03.480 and would have normalized
00:21:04.460 2 million illegal immigrants
00:21:05.660 a year,
00:21:06.780 but serious legislation
00:21:09.120 to secure the border.
00:21:10.820 Once again,
00:21:11.780 in front of the Senate,
00:21:12.760 I introduced H.R. 2
00:21:13.960 as an amendment
00:21:14.580 to the bill.
00:21:15.200 And to be clear,
00:21:16.240 if they had attached
00:21:17.960 H.R. 2,
00:21:18.980 strong border security
00:21:20.180 to this bill,
00:21:20.900 I would have voted yes.
00:21:22.800 But they didn't.
00:21:24.720 And ultimately,
00:21:26.840 the House was not able
00:21:28.020 to move it out
00:21:28.720 with border security included.
00:21:30.760 And for me,
00:21:31.740 as a senator
00:21:32.880 representing the great
00:21:33.900 state of Texas,
00:21:34.540 I can't sit by
00:21:36.040 while our state
00:21:37.420 and our country
00:21:38.180 is invaded
00:21:39.180 and allow this moment
00:21:42.880 to go by,
00:21:43.580 I can't support this bill
00:21:44.940 without border security.
00:21:47.120 I can't allocate funds
00:21:48.520 to secure Ukraine's border
00:21:50.240 before we secure
00:21:52.240 our own border.
00:21:53.140 And that is the number one reason
00:21:54.480 that I had to vote no,
00:21:56.100 is the crisis we have at home
00:21:59.280 is too grave
00:22:00.980 to allow this bill
00:22:02.660 to move,
00:22:03.140 at least with my support,
00:22:04.540 without fixing the problem
00:22:08.020 here at home.
00:22:08.880 You mentioned the open border.
00:22:11.260 House Committee
00:22:12.040 on Homeland Security
00:22:13.000 found that illegal aliens
00:22:14.360 are costing us
00:22:15.340 an estimated $451 billion
00:22:19.060 per year.
00:22:21.120 The majority of that
00:22:21.900 going to health care
00:22:22.840 for illegal immigrants
00:22:24.260 as crime is skyrocketing.
00:22:26.440 Now our hospitals
00:22:27.460 are being filled
00:22:28.020 with illegals
00:22:28.500 who can't pay.
00:22:29.820 And that is what they found.
00:22:31.000 And yet we're sending money,
00:22:32.180 like you said,
00:22:32.700 to secure
00:22:33.200 another country's border.
00:22:35.020 Well, and it's,
00:22:36.240 the Democrats
00:22:36.860 have gone all in.
00:22:38.460 They have decided
00:22:39.360 that they are
00:22:40.380 the open border party.
00:22:41.920 That they are
00:22:42.980 willing to give up anything,
00:22:44.740 including,
00:22:45.380 apparently,
00:22:45.860 they were willing
00:22:46.240 to give up Ukraine aid
00:22:47.500 in order to keep
00:22:49.120 the open borders.
00:22:50.220 I think we should have
00:22:51.260 held the line
00:22:52.060 and used this
00:22:54.040 to force
00:22:54.800 real border security,
00:22:56.580 not the fake
00:22:58.220 fake kind
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00:23:01.280 was trying
00:23:02.340 to get attached to this.
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00:23:35.180 I want to move also
00:23:36.580 to another major issue,
00:23:38.140 Senator,
00:23:38.360 and that is
00:23:38.900 we've been covering
00:23:39.760 anti-Semitism
00:23:40.540 on college campuses
00:23:41.760 and exposing
00:23:42.960 what's been happening.
00:23:44.600 But now we're getting
00:23:45.920 to see the White House,
00:23:47.320 specifically the President
00:23:48.360 of the United States
00:23:48.880 of America,
00:23:49.600 is just pathetic,
00:23:51.900 and that word
00:23:52.420 doesn't seem strong enough,
00:23:54.120 but a pathetic
00:23:54.920 response to
00:23:55.840 anti-Semitism
00:23:56.620 on college campuses.
00:23:59.080 I want to play
00:23:59.900 this for you
00:24:00.660 from a reporter
00:24:01.600 to the President
00:24:03.040 of the United States
00:24:03.800 of America
00:24:04.380 and get your reaction
00:24:05.520 to it.
00:24:06.140 Listen to this.
00:24:06.920 And the anti-Semitic
00:24:08.340 protests
00:24:08.860 on college campuses.
00:24:10.660 I condemn
00:24:11.200 the anti-Semitic protests.
00:24:12.620 That's why I've set up
00:24:13.540 a program
00:24:14.460 to do with that.
00:24:15.620 I also condemn
00:24:16.340 those who
00:24:17.060 don't understand
00:24:18.180 what's going on
00:24:18.880 with the Palestinians
00:24:19.660 and how they're being...
00:24:21.900 Should the Columbia
00:24:22.600 University president
00:24:23.660 resign?
00:24:24.180 I didn't know that.
00:24:26.380 I'll have to find out
00:24:27.360 more about that.
00:24:28.680 I love that they asked,
00:24:30.080 should she resign?
00:24:30.740 He goes,
00:24:30.940 I didn't know that.
00:24:31.720 I'll have to find out
00:24:32.540 more about that.
00:24:33.220 But he condemns
00:24:34.300 people that are
00:24:36.560 anti-Semitic
00:24:37.320 and then says,
00:24:37.920 I also condemn
00:24:38.560 those that don't know
00:24:39.660 about the Palestinians.
00:24:41.060 Like,
00:24:41.380 what in the hell
00:24:41.900 is the President
00:24:42.400 doing here, sir?
00:24:43.620 Well, look,
00:24:44.380 he said he didn't
00:24:45.640 know that,
00:24:46.280 and I actually believe
00:24:47.540 that's some of the most
00:24:48.300 honest words
00:24:49.100 that he said.
00:24:49.880 I think he has no idea
00:24:51.100 what's going on.
00:24:51.960 He's not aware
00:24:52.520 of what's going on,
00:24:53.280 and in particular,
00:24:54.060 he's professing ignorance
00:24:55.800 as to what's happening
00:24:57.640 at Columbia,
00:24:58.340 what's happening at Yale,
00:24:59.320 and it is utterly
00:25:00.620 disgraceful.
00:25:01.800 But you know
00:25:02.300 who's not ignorant?
00:25:03.180 I mean,
00:25:03.380 I agree,
00:25:04.020 he's oblivious,
00:25:04.840 but who's not ignorant
00:25:06.280 are the other Democrats
00:25:07.300 who are supporting this,
00:25:08.940 and I want you
00:25:09.660 to listen to,
00:25:10.560 so there was an event,
00:25:13.380 a Climate Corps event,
00:25:15.320 where AOC was speaking
00:25:18.240 right next to Joe Biden,
00:25:19.860 and he was right there,
00:25:21.360 and AOC had something
00:25:22.940 to say on this
00:25:23.680 that I want everyone
00:25:24.360 to listen and hear.
00:25:25.680 Here's AOC addressing
00:25:28.100 Columbia and Yale.
00:25:29.780 It is especially important
00:25:31.500 that we remember
00:25:32.320 the power of young people
00:25:33.780 shaping this country today
00:25:35.540 of all days,
00:25:36.580 as we once again witness
00:25:39.000 the leadership
00:25:40.020 of those peaceful
00:25:41.440 student-led protests
00:25:42.820 on campuses
00:25:43.560 like Columbia,
00:25:44.740 Yale,
00:25:45.160 Berkeley,
00:25:45.620 and many others.
00:25:46.960 Really?
00:25:47.620 Because a group
00:25:48.440 of Yale Students Center
00:25:49.620 formed a human chain
00:25:51.640 to block a Jewish student
00:25:53.680 from entering
00:25:54.140 the university yesterday,
00:25:56.340 and if you know history,
00:25:58.820 this was a chilling act
00:26:00.900 of anti-Semitism
00:26:01.920 that echoed 1939
00:26:03.620 when Nazis blocked
00:26:05.080 Jewish students
00:26:05.800 from entering
00:26:06.300 Vienna University
00:26:07.500 simply because
00:26:08.320 they were Jews.
00:26:09.340 No, that's absolutely right,
00:26:11.640 and you also had
00:26:12.920 a Jewish student
00:26:13.700 at Yale
00:26:14.240 who was poked
00:26:15.940 in the eye
00:26:16.600 with a flag
00:26:17.280 and had to seek
00:26:18.020 medical treatment
00:26:18.860 because of that,
00:26:20.640 and to say
00:26:22.180 when you have threats
00:26:24.080 of murder
00:26:25.280 and violence
00:26:26.160 and death,
00:26:27.100 when you have,
00:26:27.800 as you had it
00:26:28.480 at Columbia,
00:26:30.060 a student
00:26:31.280 saying that
00:26:32.820 Hamas should murder
00:26:34.820 the Jewish students
00:26:36.020 on that campus,
00:26:38.800 that is not peaceful.
00:26:40.760 Threats of violence
00:26:41.840 and calling from
00:26:42.580 the murder
00:26:42.960 of your former students
00:26:44.060 is not remotely peaceful,
00:26:46.560 but understand,
00:26:47.400 AOC,
00:26:47.880 this is a sitting
00:26:48.660 member of Congress,
00:26:50.600 she's singling out
00:26:51.920 Columbia and Yale.
00:26:53.420 She's praising
00:26:54.760 what's happening
00:26:55.640 at Columbia and Yale.
00:26:56.700 Understand,
00:26:57.600 she supports
00:26:58.760 this vicious anti-Semitism,
00:27:00.860 and there is Joe Biden
00:27:02.340 happily sitting there,
00:27:04.260 in fact,
00:27:04.680 he said at the same event
00:27:05.840 that he's learned
00:27:06.560 that when AOC speaks,
00:27:09.220 you've got to listen to her.
00:27:10.840 Well,
00:27:11.360 you know,
00:27:11.720 that is unfortunately
00:27:13.360 today's Democrat Party,
00:27:14.880 which is,
00:27:16.640 the White House
00:27:17.840 is utterly tepid,
00:27:19.100 unwilling to condemn
00:27:20.300 specifically what is happening
00:27:21.760 at Columbia and Yale,
00:27:23.560 and the radicals
00:27:25.720 in their party
00:27:26.400 explicitly endorse it
00:27:28.320 and celebrate it.
00:27:29.320 You mentioned the radicals
00:27:31.180 of the Democratic Party.
00:27:32.340 You and I have said this
00:27:33.160 for a long time.
00:27:34.060 When they tell you
00:27:34.840 what they believe in,
00:27:36.460 believe them.
00:27:38.080 I'll give you an example of this.
00:27:39.580 A group of Columbia University
00:27:41.200 professors actually held
00:27:42.560 a rally Monday.
00:27:44.700 These are the professors
00:27:45.700 who are indoctrinating the kids
00:27:47.180 to hate Jews
00:27:48.000 and hate Israel.
00:27:49.720 They held a rally
00:27:50.980 to express solidarity
00:27:52.840 with the anti-Semitic students
00:27:55.760 that had been suspended
00:27:57.320 for holding unauthorized
00:27:59.000 protests on campus.
00:28:01.020 And not only that,
00:28:02.440 but when you go back
00:28:04.340 and look at what these leaders,
00:28:06.140 these universities believe,
00:28:07.260 whether it's,
00:28:07.760 you know,
00:28:08.360 Claudine Gay,
00:28:09.120 who we've exposed
00:28:09.940 on this show multiple times.
00:28:12.020 But at an event
00:28:13.080 just two months
00:28:14.240 after 9-11,
00:28:16.320 Columbia University's
00:28:17.480 current president
00:28:18.740 remarked,
00:28:20.240 and this was two months
00:28:21.580 after 9-11,
00:28:22.360 that terrorism
00:28:23.960 is a,
00:28:25.080 quote,
00:28:25.540 form of protesting.
00:28:28.100 When they tell you
00:28:29.220 who they are,
00:28:30.100 believe them,
00:28:30.780 listen to this.
00:28:31.700 So it's not,
00:28:32.360 you'll always have individuals
00:28:33.500 who will have extreme views.
00:28:35.660 But what's really troubling
00:28:37.200 in the region
00:28:37.860 is that there's actually
00:28:39.180 quite a broad base
00:28:40.380 of society
00:28:41.040 which has some sympathy
00:28:42.180 for the terrorists.
00:28:43.280 Not so much because
00:28:44.200 they approve of their methods,
00:28:45.640 but it's a form of protesting
00:28:47.200 against a system
00:28:48.100 which is not delivering
00:28:49.180 for them on the economic
00:28:50.220 or the political front.
00:28:51.800 I mean,
00:28:52.160 that's no wonder
00:28:53.580 that this university
00:28:55.100 is totally,
00:28:56.400 it just lost its mind
00:28:58.540 and we're watching
00:28:59.640 this anti-Semitism.
00:29:00.760 If that's what you're saying
00:29:02.060 in public two months
00:29:02.940 after 9-11,
00:29:04.100 then imagine how many children
00:29:05.540 you've been able
00:29:06.140 to indoctrinate college students
00:29:07.700 to believe that the Jews
00:29:08.580 are Israel
00:29:09.220 and that you should feel
00:29:10.460 sympathy for Hamas,
00:29:11.740 Hezbollah,
00:29:12.320 ISIS,
00:29:12.760 Al-Qaeda,
00:29:13.180 the list goes on and on.
00:29:15.080 Well,
00:29:15.620 and when she says
00:29:16.420 there's a broad base
00:29:17.460 of society
00:29:18.120 that has sympathy
00:29:19.040 for these terrorists,
00:29:21.020 she's revealing a lot
00:29:22.400 about the world
00:29:23.120 in which she lives,
00:29:24.200 about Ivy League universities,
00:29:27.000 about our elite universities,
00:29:28.500 about our academic system,
00:29:29.780 about the left.
00:29:31.120 Everyone she associates with
00:29:33.240 falls into that crowd.
00:29:35.380 When they look at the terrorists
00:29:37.200 and understand,
00:29:37.940 we're not talking about terrorists
00:29:39.040 in the abstract.
00:29:39.840 We're talking about Hamas
00:29:41.560 and what they did
00:29:42.340 on October 7th,
00:29:43.420 murdering 1,200 Israelis,
00:29:45.800 murdering some 30 Americans,
00:29:47.520 raping women
00:29:48.600 and little girls,
00:29:49.680 committing atrocities
00:29:51.040 that the world
00:29:52.280 has not seen
00:29:53.540 since the Nazis.
00:29:55.740 And in today's
00:29:57.460 leftist academy,
00:30:00.340 using the president
00:30:01.420 of Columbia's own word,
00:30:02.580 they have some sympathy
00:30:03.420 for that.
00:30:04.200 No,
00:30:04.500 there is no sympathy.
00:30:06.060 Terrorism is not
00:30:06.980 a form of protest.
00:30:08.460 Terrorism is a horrific
00:30:09.580 form of violence
00:30:10.680 that targets civilians,
00:30:12.320 that targets women
00:30:13.020 and children,
00:30:13.580 that commits murder
00:30:14.840 an act of cruelty
00:30:15.920 and that's exactly
00:30:17.000 what Hamas did
00:30:19.820 and it's what,
00:30:21.300 it's the reason
00:30:22.280 these college campuses
00:30:24.220 are allowing
00:30:25.320 these anti-Semitic protests
00:30:28.160 to go on,
00:30:28.880 these threats
00:30:29.400 against Jewish students
00:30:30.500 to go on.
00:30:31.140 It's the reason
00:30:31.640 Jewish students
00:30:32.380 are being advised
00:30:34.160 by the Orthodox rabbi
00:30:35.940 at Columbia
00:30:36.780 to stay home
00:30:38.000 because Columbia
00:30:39.380 will not protect
00:30:40.500 your physical safety
00:30:41.720 and the reason
00:30:42.400 is the president
00:30:43.680 of Columbia,
00:30:44.380 the administrators
00:30:44.920 of Columbia,
00:30:46.240 they explicitly
00:30:48.060 side with the radicals
00:30:51.500 and with the terrorists
00:30:52.660 and it is shameful
00:30:54.980 and it's sick.
00:30:56.480 Finally on this,
00:30:57.540 we're going to do
00:30:58.000 a deep dive
00:30:58.620 about the dark money
00:30:59.700 that is clearly
00:31:00.920 backing and orchestrating
00:31:02.700 these not only events
00:31:05.320 but the shutting down
00:31:06.000 of roads and bridges
00:31:07.140 and supporting
00:31:08.640 what's happening
00:31:09.760 on these college campuses
00:31:10.880 being anti-Semitic
00:31:12.340 but there is
00:31:13.520 one caveat
00:31:14.660 and this should be
00:31:16.640 talked about
00:31:17.220 and like I said,
00:31:18.060 we're going to give you
00:31:18.520 a lot more on this
00:31:19.200 in another episode
00:31:20.020 but we've now found out
00:31:21.760 that the NFL,
00:31:23.320 the National Football League
00:31:24.580 funded a left-wing group
00:31:26.120 bailing out
00:31:27.440 anti-Israel
00:31:29.040 bridge blockers
00:31:30.720 and this is,
00:31:32.540 again,
00:31:33.180 how the left
00:31:34.240 just holds these companies
00:31:35.600 and these organizations
00:31:36.640 hostage like,
00:31:37.420 you better give us money,
00:31:38.140 we need some money
00:31:38.600 to bail out some people
00:31:39.360 and they just do it.
00:31:40.880 Well,
00:31:41.600 and look,
00:31:42.040 we talked about
00:31:42.900 in the wake of October 7th
00:31:44.260 how Black Lives Matter,
00:31:46.140 how the Chicago chapter
00:31:47.220 put out a tweet
00:31:48.140 praising Hamas
00:31:50.440 saying we stand
00:31:51.140 with Palestine
00:31:51.760 and having a picture
00:31:54.000 of a paraglider,
00:31:55.600 remember it was
00:31:56.220 the paragliders
00:31:57.140 that came in
00:31:57.840 that the Hamas terrorists
00:31:58.780 used to murder
00:31:59.460 young people in Israel
00:32:00.620 and the cultural Marxist,
00:32:03.940 they support each other
00:32:05.700 and we're seeing that,
00:32:08.240 look,
00:32:08.660 on Columbia
00:32:09.640 it's not just
00:32:10.340 the students
00:32:10.960 that are facing
00:32:11.600 threats of violence,
00:32:12.400 it's the faculty too.
00:32:14.120 So a Columbia professor,
00:32:16.380 Shai Davidai,
00:32:18.620 wanted to go
00:32:19.920 and we talked about this
00:32:21.520 on Monday's pod
00:32:22.800 that he intended to go
00:32:24.460 and be right among
00:32:25.520 these protesters
00:32:26.300 and stand up for Israel
00:32:27.580 and what Columbia did,
00:32:29.460 they revoked
00:32:30.300 his pass to campus,
00:32:31.660 they zeroed out
00:32:32.580 his access
00:32:33.160 and blocked him.
00:32:34.340 This is the administration
00:32:35.840 of Columbia
00:32:36.620 they decided
00:32:37.460 between a professor
00:32:39.580 on their faculty
00:32:40.720 who happened
00:32:41.380 to be Jewish
00:32:42.000 or
00:32:43.440 the anti-Semitic
00:32:46.020 protesters
00:32:46.580 who were threatening
00:32:47.320 violence
00:32:47.960 that the problem
00:32:49.140 was the professor
00:32:50.060 who dared
00:32:50.740 to be Jewish.
00:32:52.380 You know,
00:32:52.700 one of the things
00:32:53.440 that this professor
00:32:54.500 Davidai tweeted out,
00:32:56.280 he said,
00:32:56.780 quote,
00:32:57.060 to all the journalists,
00:32:58.020 I promise I will try
00:32:58.920 to get back to each
00:32:59.740 and every one of you.
00:33:01.120 In the meantime,
00:33:01.920 I want you to consider this.
00:33:03.160 To the best of my knowledge,
00:33:05.860 the last time
00:33:06.800 that a professor
00:33:07.380 was denied access
00:33:08.540 to their own university
00:33:09.840 for being Jewish
00:33:11.680 was Nazi Germany.
00:33:13.780 Well,
00:33:14.200 actually that's not accurate
00:33:15.380 because we covered
00:33:16.220 on this podcast
00:33:17.180 how USC did that
00:33:19.000 to a USC professor
00:33:21.040 where they ordered him
00:33:22.300 to stay at home
00:33:23.700 and teach from home
00:33:24.840 for precisely
00:33:25.620 the same reason
00:33:26.580 because anti-Israel protesters
00:33:28.560 were threatening violence
00:33:29.600 and they decided
00:33:30.260 not to protect him
00:33:31.400 but instead
00:33:32.320 to stand with
00:33:32.940 the protesters.
00:33:34.180 Yeah,
00:33:34.360 we're going to talk
00:33:34.940 more about this dark money,
00:33:36.100 I can promise you that.
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