Verdict with Ted Cruz - November 23, 2022


Senate Moves On Same Sex Marriage Vote & Chinese Police on US Soil


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37 minutes

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169.49615

Word Count

6,413

Sentence Count

133

Misogynist Sentences

13

Hate Speech Sentences

18


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Transcript

00:00:00.000 This is an iHeart Podcast.
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00:00:04.760 Welcome, it's Verdict with Ted Cruz.
00:00:06.600 Ben Ferguson with you.
00:00:07.920 Senator, nice to chat with you today.
00:00:09.940 Many people are on the road going to see family for Thanksgiving
00:00:13.160 and listening to this podcast.
00:00:15.720 And I want to start with some good news.
00:00:17.440 And that is, we are seeing a lot of pressure on a lot of senators in D.C.
00:00:22.200 on this gay marriage vote.
00:00:24.240 Before we get into the pressure side of things,
00:00:26.780 I want to go step backwards for people that may have missed
00:00:29.280 this important issue.
00:00:30.740 Explain this vote and explain the Mike Lee Amendment
00:00:34.400 that is so important to protect religious institutions,
00:00:38.520 schools, and private schools,
00:00:40.880 especially from being persecuted by our government.
00:00:44.500 That's why this amendment for Mike Lee is so important.
00:00:48.540 Well, Democrats in Congress are pushing through a bill
00:00:52.540 that embraces and codifies in the federal law, gay marriage.
00:00:57.900 Twelve Republicans in the Senate have supported that bill.
00:01:02.280 Now, different people, both Republicans and Democrats,
00:01:06.580 have different views on gay marriage.
00:01:08.020 And there's no doubt that views on gay marriage
00:01:10.040 have changed and changed a lot with the American people
00:01:13.120 over the last 10 years.
00:01:14.240 The biggest danger of this vote is that it will empower the Biden administration,
00:01:23.420 and in particular the Biden IRS, to target people of faith.
00:01:29.060 And by that I mean churches, I mean universities,
00:01:33.700 I mean K-12 schools, I mean charities.
00:01:36.840 Any organizations that, because of their faith,
00:01:40.880 believe marriage is the union of one man and one woman
00:01:44.040 and do not embrace same-sex marriage.
00:01:47.440 And what it will empower the Biden IRS to do
00:01:50.400 is to go after those institutions and persecute them,
00:01:53.960 to strip them of their 501c3 status,
00:01:58.080 to bar them from engaging with the government
00:02:02.820 in providing services to the public.
00:02:05.940 We've seen this happen.
00:02:07.340 For example, the city of Philadelphia did this to Catholic charities
00:02:11.480 because Catholic charities in Philadelphia,
00:02:13.840 when it came to adoptions,
00:02:15.700 would not facilitate adoption to a same-sex couple.
00:02:19.820 The city of Philadelphia said Catholic charities
00:02:22.280 is out of the business of adoption.
00:02:23.860 We won't allow them to assist with adoption.
00:02:26.980 Now, mind you, there are lots of other adoption agencies,
00:02:28.840 so if a same-sex couple in Philadelphia
00:02:30.620 wanted to adopt a child, they could do so.
00:02:33.900 They just couldn't conscript Catholic charities
00:02:36.420 to doing so in a way they believed
00:02:39.100 was contrary to their faith.
00:02:41.040 That particular policy was challenged
00:02:43.000 when all the way to the Supreme Court was struck down.
00:02:45.640 The real-world consequence of this bill before the Senate
00:02:49.140 is the Biden IRS will now have an excuse
00:02:52.680 to target and go after, for example,
00:02:55.620 Liberty University.
00:02:56.520 On the last podcast, I predicted Liberty University
00:02:59.600 would be the very first target of the Biden IRS
00:03:03.000 to try to deny their 501c3 status.
00:03:07.640 So to prevent that, Mike Lee, Senator Mike Lee from Utah,
00:03:11.880 has introduced an amendment that is an ironclad amendment
00:03:14.260 that prohibits the IRS and the Biden administration
00:03:18.080 from targeting organizations because of their views on marriage.
00:03:23.120 Now, what's the problem?
00:03:24.640 Well, the Democrats have put fake religious liberty protections
00:03:29.200 into their bill.
00:03:29.980 In particular, they've said nothing in this bill
00:03:32.500 will deny people their 501c3 status.
00:03:36.040 Here's the problem.
00:03:37.320 The Biden IRS would say,
00:03:38.880 well, no, no, no, it's not the bill that's denying them.
00:03:40.540 It's us that's denying them.
00:03:42.860 It's a classic lawyer's sleight of hand
00:03:45.740 that leaves a gaping hole.
00:03:50.980 Now, so far, the Democrats have refused
00:03:54.300 to accept Mike Lee's amendment.
00:03:56.340 Why have they refused to accept Mike Lee's amendment?
00:03:58.640 Because 12 Republicans are giving them the votes they need,
00:04:01.220 so they don't have to accept Mike Lee's amendment.
00:04:02.840 They got the vote,
00:04:03.640 so their response to Mike Lee has been pound sand.
00:04:08.020 On Monday, the Monday after Thanksgiving,
00:04:10.180 we have a comeback vote Monday at 5.30 p.m.
00:04:14.500 It is a 60-vote threshold to move this vote forward.
00:04:18.620 That means if just three of the 12 Republicans
00:04:22.640 who voted with the Democrats say,
00:04:26.220 we will not vote for cloture,
00:04:28.200 we will not vote to move this bill forward
00:04:30.800 unless you adopt the Mike Lee amendment,
00:04:34.980 one of two things will happen.
00:04:36.520 Either, number one, the Democrats say,
00:04:40.360 okay, we'll adopt the Mike Lee amendment,
00:04:42.740 in which case it gets adopted,
00:04:44.040 and then the bill passes.
00:04:45.540 Or, number two, the Democrats say,
00:04:48.640 no, pound sand,
00:04:50.240 in which case the bill doesn't pass.
00:04:52.500 But what that takes is three of the 12 to say,
00:04:56.400 damn it, we're not going to be responsible
00:04:59.180 for empowering the Biden IRS
00:05:01.280 to persecute people of faith.
00:05:03.400 And I got to say,
00:05:05.060 I think that is just an incredibly important issue
00:05:08.020 that a week ago many people didn't understand.
00:05:12.280 I will say, I do think that this podcast
00:05:14.980 has helped increase the number of people
00:05:18.220 who understand what's at stake.
00:05:20.000 It's so important.
00:05:21.220 And if you are about to check out for the holidays,
00:05:23.800 we all do it.
00:05:24.860 We all spend time with our families.
00:05:26.660 Before you check out,
00:05:28.200 you need to be calling your senator.
00:05:29.480 Senator, you need to be making sure
00:05:31.220 they feel the pressure over the holidays
00:05:33.620 and tell them that they need to stand up,
00:05:36.440 especially if it's one of these 12.
00:05:38.260 We talked about this in the last podcast.
00:05:40.140 You can go back and listen,
00:05:41.220 and that list is there for you
00:05:42.720 of those senators that you need to be talking to
00:05:45.300 and let them know we need to flip them
00:05:47.660 and make sure that some of them,
00:05:49.220 at least three or more,
00:05:50.600 support this Mike Lee amendment,
00:05:52.220 which is so vitally important for this issue
00:05:55.200 to protect religious liberty
00:05:56.640 and so that the government doesn't have the ability
00:05:58.600 to come out and attack.
00:06:00.120 This is an important issue
00:06:01.420 where we're winning right now.
00:06:02.720 I love this part of the podcast
00:06:04.080 because we get to encourage
00:06:05.360 and inform you on what's really happening
00:06:07.900 in Washington,
00:06:08.680 and this is one of those issues
00:06:10.820 that you need to get involved with.
00:06:13.080 Ben, let me explain also
00:06:14.860 because it's not hard to see
00:06:17.260 where the puck is going on this.
00:06:21.060 I think you're going to end up
00:06:22.680 with most of those 12 saying,
00:06:24.660 oh, I support the Mike Lee amendment.
00:06:26.100 If we had a vote, I'd vote for it.
00:06:28.060 Well, in the Senate,
00:06:29.100 just saying you'd vote for it
00:06:30.520 when it's teed up,
00:06:31.540 say, as a 50-vote threshold
00:06:32.840 with a Democrat majority
00:06:34.360 is not really saying you care about it.
00:06:38.660 That's what's called a show vote.
00:06:40.080 Yeah, oh, sure, I'm for that.
00:06:41.420 No, we don't get that.
00:06:42.460 Okay, well, never mind.
00:06:43.200 I don't really care much.
00:06:44.060 I'll let it go.
00:06:44.680 The only leverage the minority has
00:06:48.480 is to use 60-vote thresholds
00:06:52.000 and deny your vote
00:06:53.580 unless the majority gives in.
00:06:56.660 As I said, one of the main Democrat sponsors
00:06:58.600 was in the cloakroom last week
00:07:00.180 and was saying,
00:07:01.220 well, sorry, the Democrats
00:07:02.300 just aren't willing to accept this.
00:07:04.500 Well, of course they're not.
00:07:06.160 They'd be idiots if they were
00:07:07.880 because the Republicans started by saying,
00:07:10.520 we'll support you without it.
00:07:12.340 Why would the Ds move?
00:07:13.560 The only way they will move
00:07:15.280 is if we get 41 Republicans
00:07:18.860 to say we will block cloture
00:07:22.940 and for that to happen,
00:07:24.420 three of the 12 Republicans has to say,
00:07:27.220 no Mike Lee amendment, no bill.
00:07:31.200 It's exactly what you need to ask for.
00:07:33.560 Make sure you reach out to these senators,
00:07:35.280 put pressure on them
00:07:36.500 because they're going to come back
00:07:37.940 from Thanksgiving break
00:07:38.960 and this is going to be right up immediately.
00:07:41.240 They're trying to get this through
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00:09:19.740 Senator, I want to move
00:09:20.700 to another issue
00:09:21.580 and my social media
00:09:23.120 has blown up over this.
00:09:24.120 People have been reaching out
00:09:25.360 and this is maybe
00:09:27.600 one of the weirdest headlines
00:09:28.580 I've seen in a long time.
00:09:29.800 That China is operating
00:09:31.580 police stations
00:09:32.740 in the United States of America.
00:09:34.960 The FBI chief
00:09:36.400 has now admitted
00:09:37.620 that that is exactly
00:09:38.820 what has happened here.
00:09:40.640 The FBI Director Wray
00:09:41.900 confirmed the Bureau
00:09:43.180 is investigating
00:09:44.380 the Chinese government's efforts
00:09:46.500 to set up police stations
00:09:48.900 in the United States of America
00:09:49.860 saying he's very concerned
00:09:51.180 about Beijing's outrageous
00:09:52.960 transitional repression schemes.
00:09:56.700 He says there's not only
00:09:57.560 investigations in the U.S.
00:09:58.900 but also in Europe and Canada
00:10:00.300 and elsewhere
00:10:00.860 that were spurred
00:10:02.300 by Safeguard Defenders.
00:10:03.760 It's a non-profit organization
00:10:05.260 releasing a report
00:10:07.140 on Chinese transitional policing
00:10:09.260 gone wild
00:10:10.160 as they described it
00:10:11.140 with this Spain-based
00:10:12.940 human rights advocacy group
00:10:14.220 saying there are 54
00:10:15.500 overseas Chinese police
00:10:18.180 service stations
00:10:19.260 operating in 30 countries
00:10:21.000 across five continents
00:10:22.240 that have been uncovered
00:10:23.660 by the group so far
00:10:25.160 meaning there's probably more.
00:10:27.280 Wray was grilled
00:10:28.140 about the Chinese efforts
00:10:29.420 by Senator Rick Scott
00:10:30.460 during a Senate hearing
00:10:31.400 on Thursday
00:10:32.040 right before everybody
00:10:33.260 left for the holidays
00:10:34.300 and the FBI Director
00:10:35.840 pointed the finger
00:10:37.340 directly at the Chinese leader.
00:10:39.860 I want to play
00:10:40.640 for everybody this audio.
00:10:42.620 Take a listen
00:10:43.420 to the FBI Director
00:10:45.420 admitting this is happening
00:10:46.600 not just around the world
00:10:47.460 but in the United States
00:10:48.280 of America right now.
00:10:49.840 It's been reported
00:10:50.400 that the Chinese Communist Party
00:10:51.640 are operating police stations
00:10:52.820 in the United States
00:10:53.660 in an effort to surveil
00:10:54.620 Chinese dissidents.
00:10:56.280 It seems obvious
00:10:56.840 the U.S. shouldn't allow
00:10:57.660 its most significant
00:10:58.380 geopolitical rival
00:10:59.820 and oppressive communist regime
00:11:01.120 to establish police stations
00:11:02.280 in the U.S.
00:11:03.700 What authority
00:11:04.500 or jurisdiction
00:11:05.240 does the CCP have
00:11:07.260 in the U.S.?
00:11:07.900 And I don't know
00:11:08.320 which one
00:11:08.780 I want to testify.
00:11:10.840 Well, Senator
00:11:11.860 like you
00:11:13.020 I'm very concerned
00:11:13.860 about this.
00:11:14.820 We are aware
00:11:15.900 of the existence
00:11:17.320 of these stations.
00:11:18.640 I had to be careful
00:11:19.600 about discussing
00:11:20.480 our specific investigative work
00:11:22.500 but to me
00:11:23.600 it is outrageous
00:11:24.360 to think that
00:11:25.760 the Chinese police
00:11:27.000 would attempt
00:11:28.020 to set up shop
00:11:29.380 in New York
00:11:30.360 let's say
00:11:30.720 without proper coordination.
00:11:32.240 It violates sovereignty
00:11:33.600 and circumvents
00:11:34.980 standard judicial
00:11:37.080 and law enforcement
00:11:37.900 cooperation processes.
00:11:39.920 And the reason
00:11:40.500 this is so important
00:11:42.760 is because
00:11:43.920 we have seen
00:11:44.520 a clear pattern
00:11:45.500 of the Chinese government
00:11:47.240 the Chinese Communist Party
00:11:48.680 exporting
00:11:49.760 their trans
00:11:51.600 their repression
00:11:52.400 right here
00:11:53.060 into the U.S.
00:11:53.800 And we've had now
00:11:54.480 a number of indictments
00:11:55.440 that you may have seen
00:11:56.400 of the Chinese
00:11:58.120 engaging in
00:11:59.120 uncoordinated
00:12:00.000 law
00:12:00.340 quote unquote
00:12:00.980 law enforcement action
00:12:02.080 right here
00:12:02.520 in the United States
00:12:03.360 harassing
00:12:04.080 stalking
00:12:04.740 surveilling
00:12:05.400 blackmailing
00:12:06.320 people who
00:12:07.960 they just
00:12:08.400 don't like
00:12:09.220 or disagree
00:12:09.880 with the
00:12:10.620 the Xi regime
00:12:11.580 and so
00:12:13.020 it's a real problem
00:12:14.000 and it's something
00:12:14.560 that we're talking
00:12:15.380 with our foreign partners
00:12:16.720 about as well
00:12:17.440 because we're not
00:12:17.920 the only country
00:12:18.640 where this has occurred.
00:12:21.300 Can you
00:12:21.540 do they
00:12:22.320 they don't have any
00:12:23.240 right to be here right?
00:12:25.780 Well we're looking
00:12:26.620 into the legal
00:12:27.680 parameters of it
00:12:29.060 so I want to be
00:12:30.660 a little bit careful
00:12:31.380 to get
00:12:31.780 not to get out
00:12:32.440 over my skis on that
00:12:33.540 but suffice to say
00:12:34.720 I can tell you
00:12:35.300 from an FBI director
00:12:36.240 perspective
00:12:36.780 I'm deeply concerned
00:12:37.880 about this
00:12:38.600 and I'm not going
00:12:39.540 to just let it lie.
00:12:41.220 Senator
00:12:41.280 he says he's not
00:12:41.920 going to let it lie
00:12:42.540 well if that's the case
00:12:43.660 and if he's deeply
00:12:44.360 concerned
00:12:44.860 how do we get
00:12:45.680 to the point
00:12:46.080 where A they're here
00:12:46.860 B they're set up
00:12:47.620 and C they're operating?
00:12:49.820 So the answer
00:12:50.700 to they don't have
00:12:51.400 any right to be here
00:12:52.360 should have been
00:12:53.160 hell no
00:12:53.760 and I got to say
00:12:55.400 this actually underscores
00:12:56.640 what the FBI
00:12:57.520 should be focused on
00:12:59.020 instead of harassing
00:13:00.700 and targeting
00:13:01.280 the political enemies
00:13:02.300 of the Biden White House
00:13:03.500 instead of
00:13:04.380 raiding Mar-a-Lago
00:13:05.740 instead of raiding
00:13:06.700 the homes
00:13:07.280 of pro-life activists
00:13:08.460 instead of
00:13:09.300 investigating
00:13:10.240 and persecuting
00:13:11.060 parents
00:13:11.460 who go to
00:13:11.800 school boards
00:13:12.400 the FBI
00:13:13.460 ought to be
00:13:13.900 going after
00:13:14.420 Chinese spies
00:13:15.320 and ought to be
00:13:16.580 going after
00:13:17.360 these apparently
00:13:19.320 police stations
00:13:20.460 Chinese police
00:13:21.280 stations
00:13:21.780 operating on
00:13:23.020 U.S. soil
00:13:23.700 now the FBI
00:13:24.620 would say
00:13:25.040 we are
00:13:25.560 well you're not
00:13:26.580 devoting enough
00:13:27.200 resources
00:13:27.660 because you say
00:13:28.260 well gosh
00:13:28.700 I have to look
00:13:29.260 into it
00:13:29.700 how about take
00:13:30.460 all the folks
00:13:31.680 you're using
00:13:32.380 to play political
00:13:34.040 enforcers
00:13:34.700 and have them
00:13:35.400 targeting the bad
00:13:36.280 guys
00:13:36.680 listen
00:13:37.380 China has
00:13:38.060 been engaged
00:13:38.760 in what they
00:13:39.560 call
00:13:39.860 Operation Fox Hunt
00:13:41.400 and that is
00:13:42.800 a global effort
00:13:43.840 aimed at forcing
00:13:45.600 Chinese dissidents
00:13:46.780 aimed at forcing
00:13:47.560 Uyghurs
00:13:48.160 to return
00:13:49.540 to China
00:13:50.440 and when this
00:13:52.060 non-profit
00:13:52.720 that's based
00:13:53.280 in Spain
00:13:53.820 when it published
00:13:54.900 this report
00:13:55.700 the Chinese
00:13:57.700 Ministry of Foreign
00:13:58.860 Affairs
00:13:59.280 told El Correo
00:14:00.680 a newspaper
00:14:01.080 in Spain
00:14:01.820 quote
00:14:02.460 I don't see
00:14:03.860 what is wrong
00:14:04.460 with pressuring
00:14:05.040 criminals
00:14:05.480 to face
00:14:05.920 justice
00:14:06.380 with all
00:14:07.540 the guarantees
00:14:08.380 contained
00:14:09.140 in Chinese
00:14:09.980 law
00:14:10.340 and the
00:14:10.940 Chinese
00:14:11.340 foreign
00:14:11.800 ministry
00:14:12.100 continued
00:14:12.660 quote
00:14:13.480 the sites
00:14:14.520 you mentioned
00:14:15.120 are not
00:14:15.900 police stations
00:14:16.800 or police
00:14:18.280 service centers
00:14:19.040 they assist
00:14:20.400 overseas
00:14:21.040 Chinese
00:14:21.540 nationals
00:14:22.160 who need
00:14:22.500 help
00:14:22.980 in accessing
00:14:24.460 online service
00:14:25.560 platforms
00:14:26.120 to get
00:14:26.580 their driving
00:14:27.400 licenses
00:14:28.020 renewed
00:14:28.480 and receive
00:14:29.460 physical
00:14:29.940 checkups
00:14:30.520 for that
00:14:31.300 purpose
00:14:31.700 it is
00:14:34.680 stunning
00:14:35.680 the words
00:14:37.020 that China
00:14:37.520 is saying
00:14:38.200 right there
00:14:38.680 that's what's
00:14:40.120 known as a lie
00:14:40.820 it's an obvious
00:14:42.240 lie
00:14:42.520 I will say
00:14:43.020 one of the
00:14:43.400 things about
00:14:43.840 the Chinese
00:14:44.540 Communist Party
00:14:45.420 they are liars
00:14:46.120 but they're
00:14:46.480 really bad
00:14:47.020 at it
00:14:47.280 they don't
00:14:47.640 even really
00:14:48.120 pretend
00:14:48.640 they're just
00:14:50.840 horrible
00:14:52.320 liars
00:14:52.900 and this
00:14:54.300 is
00:14:54.760 it's
00:14:56.340 reminiscent
00:14:56.860 of in
00:14:57.420 2020
00:14:58.000 you may
00:14:59.420 remember
00:14:59.860 the Trump
00:15:00.300 administration
00:15:01.040 closed
00:15:02.700 the Chinese
00:15:03.480 consulate
00:15:04.080 in Houston
00:15:05.400 my hometown
00:15:06.340 yeah
00:15:06.940 and closed
00:15:08.480 it because
00:15:09.000 the Chinese
00:15:09.580 consulate
00:15:10.260 quote
00:15:11.420 was a
00:15:12.020 hub
00:15:12.460 of spying
00:15:14.000 and intellectual
00:15:15.380 property theft
00:15:16.320 in other words
00:15:16.820 they had a
00:15:17.100 consulate that
00:15:17.640 was ostensibly
00:15:18.420 doing all that
00:15:19.820 stuff that
00:15:20.340 the Chinese
00:15:21.040 foreign ministry
00:15:21.620 said
00:15:21.960 driver's licenses
00:15:22.780 and assisting
00:15:23.300 people
00:15:23.640 but what it
00:15:24.320 really was
00:15:24.800 doing is
00:15:25.240 it was
00:15:25.500 the central
00:15:26.120 nerve center
00:15:26.780 of a bunch
00:15:27.560 of Chinese
00:15:28.040 spies
00:15:28.520 who were
00:15:29.580 spying
00:15:30.060 on people
00:15:30.620 all throughout
00:15:31.200 Houston
00:15:31.620 and the
00:15:31.920 region
00:15:32.260 who were
00:15:33.060 engaged
00:15:33.800 in the
00:15:34.220 theft
00:15:34.500 of
00:15:34.660 intellectual
00:15:35.060 property
00:15:35.540 were trying
00:15:35.980 to steal
00:15:36.580 intellectual
00:15:37.140 property
00:15:37.640 from
00:15:37.980 companies
00:15:39.060 from
00:15:39.420 universities
00:15:40.000 from medical
00:15:40.720 centers
00:15:41.240 and who
00:15:43.020 were also
00:15:43.660 listen I
00:15:44.460 talked to
00:15:44.920 individuals
00:15:45.340 who were
00:15:45.740 involved
00:15:46.260 in closing
00:15:46.760 that
00:15:47.040 consulate
00:15:47.560 and it
00:15:48.460 was by
00:15:48.840 all accounts
00:15:49.580 a hellhole
00:15:50.640 literally
00:15:51.700 with
00:15:52.100 detention
00:15:53.260 cells in
00:15:54.200 there
00:15:54.460 with rats
00:15:55.260 in there
00:15:55.940 and and
00:15:57.000 the Chinese
00:15:57.740 behave with
00:15:59.340 impunity
00:16:00.040 they are
00:16:00.560 engaged
00:16:01.400 in in
00:16:02.460 in an
00:16:03.820 ongoing
00:16:04.740 essentially a
00:16:06.600 new cold
00:16:07.200 war against
00:16:08.080 us and
00:16:08.700 and the
00:16:09.060 Biden
00:16:09.340 administration
00:16:10.020 is not
00:16:11.340 fighting back
00:16:12.040 which makes
00:16:13.460 the Chinese
00:16:14.100 communists
00:16:14.720 only more
00:16:15.500 aggressive
00:16:15.940 and I got
00:16:16.820 to say
00:16:17.120 Ben right
00:16:17.560 now the
00:16:18.940 fact that it
00:16:19.620 was a
00:16:20.020 Spanish
00:16:20.540 non-profit
00:16:21.380 organization
00:16:22.120 that highlighted
00:16:22.840 this
00:16:23.320 what the
00:16:24.760 hell is
00:16:25.040 the Biden
00:16:25.400 administration
00:16:25.820 doing
00:16:26.360 why are
00:16:27.340 they not
00:16:27.920 going after
00:16:28.480 this
00:16:28.840 that's what I was
00:16:29.360 going to ask
00:16:29.780 you because
00:16:30.220 Ray even
00:16:30.660 said this
00:16:31.260 he said
00:16:31.500 the reason
00:16:31.920 there is
00:16:32.280 this is so
00:16:33.080 important is
00:16:33.580 because we
00:16:34.020 have seen
00:16:34.280 a clear
00:16:34.620 pattern
00:16:35.120 of the
00:16:35.920 Chinese
00:16:36.240 government
00:16:36.540 the Chinese
00:16:37.100 Communist
00:16:37.460 Party
00:16:37.820 exporting
00:16:38.500 their
00:16:39.500 repression
00:16:40.400 right here
00:16:41.040 in the
00:16:41.280 U.S.
00:16:41.660 and we've
00:16:42.020 had now
00:16:43.260 a number
00:16:43.960 of indictments
00:16:44.760 that you
00:16:45.080 may have
00:16:45.360 seen
00:16:45.720 of the
00:16:46.120 Chinese
00:16:46.440 engaging
00:16:46.920 in
00:16:47.120 uncoordinated
00:16:48.620 quote unquote
00:16:49.400 law enforcement
00:16:50.260 actions
00:16:50.700 right here
00:16:51.020 in the
00:16:51.140 United States
00:16:51.520 of America
00:16:51.960 harassing
00:16:52.640 stalking
00:16:53.360 surveilling
00:16:54.360 blackmailing
00:16:55.480 people
00:16:55.920 who they
00:16:57.120 just don't
00:16:58.120 like or
00:16:58.680 who disagree
00:16:59.260 with the
00:16:59.760 G regime
00:17:00.220 my question
00:17:01.480 is we
00:17:02.160 clearly have
00:17:02.860 known about
00:17:03.360 this the
00:17:03.940 only reason
00:17:04.360 why they're
00:17:04.680 now responding
00:17:05.400 is because
00:17:05.860 they're being
00:17:06.200 asked by
00:17:06.900 Senator Scott
00:17:07.860 because of
00:17:08.560 this human
00:17:09.060 rights group
00:17:09.520 that has
00:17:09.800 exposed this
00:17:10.640 is the
00:17:11.680 reason why
00:17:12.720 the Biden
00:17:13.700 administration
00:17:14.100 has allowed
00:17:15.320 them to
00:17:15.820 operate in
00:17:16.280 the U.S.
00:17:16.660 because they're
00:17:17.320 compromised
00:17:17.800 with this
00:17:18.480 deal that we
00:17:19.620 now know
00:17:20.200 about with
00:17:20.880 Joe Biden
00:17:21.560 being the
00:17:21.980 big guy
00:17:22.500 Hunter
00:17:22.840 Biden
00:17:23.200 and the
00:17:23.800 billions of
00:17:24.480 dollars in
00:17:25.020 loans and
00:17:25.900 the millions
00:17:26.380 of dollars
00:17:26.840 coming into
00:17:27.320 his family
00:17:27.880 with these
00:17:28.560 deals
00:17:28.780 I mean hell
00:17:29.080 we just
00:17:29.460 gave some
00:17:29.860 of our
00:17:30.020 strategic oil
00:17:30.620 reserves in
00:17:31.180 a tanker
00:17:31.700 directly to
00:17:32.280 a company
00:17:32.820 that Hunter
00:17:33.780 Biden
00:17:34.140 apparently still
00:17:34.820 has a
00:17:35.080 financial stake
00:17:35.780 in at least
00:17:36.280 on their
00:17:36.620 corporate
00:17:36.980 documents
00:17:37.680 the White
00:17:38.360 House claims
00:17:38.860 he sold
00:17:39.360 it but the
00:17:40.280 corporate documents
00:17:41.060 say no he
00:17:41.580 didn't
00:17:42.780 well there
00:17:44.860 as you
00:17:45.600 noted there
00:17:46.120 are serious
00:17:47.120 concerns about
00:17:48.140 corruption with
00:17:48.900 Joe Biden
00:17:49.500 and corruption
00:17:50.160 involving taking
00:17:52.060 very substantial
00:17:53.100 sums of money
00:17:54.000 directly from
00:17:54.900 the Chinese
00:17:55.400 communists in
00:17:56.200 business dealings
00:17:57.160 with his son
00:17:58.240 that need to be
00:17:59.120 made public
00:17:59.740 that I'm confident
00:18:00.780 the House of
00:18:01.760 Representatives is
00:18:02.540 going to examine
00:18:03.320 and that need
00:18:05.680 to be investigated
00:18:06.940 in the Department
00:18:07.460 of Justice
00:18:08.000 but mind you
00:18:09.060 DOJ is too
00:18:09.880 busy going after
00:18:10.620 Donald Trump
00:18:11.180 to have time
00:18:11.680 to do something
00:18:12.160 like that
00:18:12.760 although your
00:18:14.720 question was
00:18:15.720 is the reason
00:18:17.340 why they're
00:18:17.920 doing it
00:18:18.380 because Biden
00:18:19.120 is compromised
00:18:19.700 and I actually
00:18:20.120 don't think
00:18:20.560 that's the
00:18:20.960 reason they're
00:18:21.340 doing it
00:18:21.760 the Democrat
00:18:23.320 Party was
00:18:23.920 pro-China
00:18:24.540 long before
00:18:25.180 Joe Biden
00:18:25.700 it's not
00:18:26.460 because of
00:18:26.980 Joe Biden's
00:18:27.740 issues of
00:18:28.220 corruption
00:18:28.600 that the
00:18:29.840 Democrat
00:18:30.160 Party is
00:18:30.700 pro-China
00:18:31.200 the Democrat
00:18:31.700 Party is
00:18:32.260 pro-China
00:18:32.940 because it
00:18:33.480 is structurally
00:18:34.440 pro-China
00:18:35.660 if you look
00:18:36.360 at the
00:18:37.620 major funders
00:18:39.220 of today's
00:18:40.000 Democrat
00:18:40.360 Party
00:18:40.840 they are
00:18:42.160 big business
00:18:42.860 they are
00:18:44.180 big Hollywood
00:18:44.960 they are
00:18:46.980 big universities
00:18:48.380 and they
00:18:49.160 are big
00:18:49.520 tech
00:18:49.880 all four
00:18:51.860 of those
00:18:52.560 are in
00:18:53.340 bed with
00:18:54.260 Communist
00:18:54.720 China
00:18:55.120 and so
00:18:56.260 the Democrat
00:18:56.820 Party
00:18:57.320 today
00:18:57.940 cannot be
00:18:59.300 vigorous standing
00:19:00.220 up against
00:19:00.760 Communist
00:19:01.180 China
00:19:01.480 oh sure
00:19:01.820 they can
00:19:02.260 they can
00:19:03.400 give a
00:19:03.740 comment here
00:19:04.420 or there
00:19:04.940 but they
00:19:06.160 can't actually
00:19:07.040 take action
00:19:07.920 to stand
00:19:08.540 up to
00:19:08.880 Communist
00:19:09.240 China
00:19:09.680 because the
00:19:10.480 people writing
00:19:11.080 the checks
00:19:11.560 to them
00:19:12.080 they're all
00:19:12.880 Hunter Biden
00:19:13.520 that they're
00:19:14.600 all in bed
00:19:16.060 with prostitutes
00:19:16.900 smoking crack
00:19:17.600 with Chinese
00:19:18.140 communists
00:19:18.740 now to be
00:19:20.020 clear I mean
00:19:21.000 that metaphorically
00:19:21.980 other than Eric
00:19:22.520 Swalwell
00:19:22.900 but that is
00:19:25.760 the reality
00:19:26.500 of today's
00:19:28.200 Democrat Party
00:19:29.300 and for
00:19:30.880 someone who
00:19:31.460 says oh
00:19:31.900 come on Ted
00:19:32.500 you're being
00:19:32.880 hyperbolic
00:19:33.500 I want to
00:19:34.640 point out
00:19:35.120 a vote
00:19:36.620 that I
00:19:37.000 had I
00:19:37.500 forced last
00:19:38.580 year in the
00:19:39.140 United States
00:19:39.640 Senate
00:19:39.900 I forced a
00:19:41.600 vote that
00:19:42.360 said that
00:19:44.320 no government
00:19:45.140 funds could
00:19:45.920 be spent
00:19:46.580 to facilitate
00:19:48.460 the acquisition
00:19:49.400 of electric
00:19:50.040 cars or
00:19:50.740 parts for
00:19:51.300 electric cars
00:19:52.160 that were
00:19:53.300 manufactured with
00:19:54.460 slave labor
00:19:55.400 in concentration
00:19:57.220 camps in
00:19:58.120 Communist
00:19:58.480 China
00:19:58.820 there are
00:20:00.100 over 1
00:20:00.600 million Uyghurs
00:20:01.320 currently in
00:20:02.220 concentration
00:20:02.680 camps
00:20:03.300 right now
00:20:03.940 today
00:20:04.160 we voted
00:20:05.800 on the
00:20:06.140 Senate
00:20:06.360 floor
00:20:06.780 and every
00:20:08.600 single
00:20:09.460 Democrat
00:20:09.980 except one
00:20:10.780 Joe Manchin
00:20:11.440 voted against
00:20:13.540 that amendment
00:20:14.020 in other words
00:20:14.560 every Democrat
00:20:15.480 when given
00:20:15.960 the chance
00:20:16.620 should the
00:20:18.020 Biden White
00:20:18.720 House be
00:20:19.280 funding
00:20:19.920 Chinese
00:20:20.580 concentration
00:20:21.200 camps
00:20:21.900 with modern
00:20:22.800 day slavery
00:20:23.580 every single
00:20:24.760 Democrat said
00:20:26.100 you betcha
00:20:26.940 and voted
00:20:27.780 yes
00:20:28.140 that's today's
00:20:29.160 Democrat Party
00:20:29.960 that's the
00:20:30.800 fundamental
00:20:31.100 problem
00:20:31.540 but I'll
00:20:31.820 tell you
00:20:32.020 this Ben
00:20:32.420 I'm a
00:20:34.180 member of
00:20:34.600 the Judiciary
00:20:35.160 Committee
00:20:35.540 and I'm a
00:20:35.880 member of
00:20:36.080 the Foreign
00:20:36.360 Relations
00:20:36.800 Committee
00:20:37.160 I believe
00:20:38.620 both the
00:20:39.620 Judiciary
00:20:40.140 Committee
00:20:40.600 and the
00:20:40.900 Foreign
00:20:41.120 Relations
00:20:41.620 Committee
00:20:42.060 should hold
00:20:43.300 hearings
00:20:43.960 on Chinese
00:20:45.860 police stations
00:20:46.760 on U.S.
00:20:47.400 soil
00:20:47.640 we need to
00:20:49.320 ascertain
00:20:49.960 how widespread
00:20:51.400 this is
00:20:52.120 where they are
00:20:53.000 what they're
00:20:53.600 doing
00:20:53.960 and we need
00:20:54.880 to pressure
00:20:55.600 the Biden
00:20:56.140 administration
00:20:56.600 to shut
00:20:57.240 them down
00:20:57.800 I don't
00:20:58.580 know if
00:20:58.900 that will
00:20:59.200 happen
00:20:59.500 if we
00:20:59.880 had won
00:21:00.340 on election
00:21:00.800 day
00:21:01.040 if we
00:21:01.320 had
00:21:01.440 Republican
00:21:01.900 majorities
00:21:02.880 on election
00:21:03.420 day
00:21:03.660 I could
00:21:03.960 go on
00:21:04.220 this podcast
00:21:04.720 and tell
00:21:05.280 you that
00:21:06.140 will happen
00:21:07.040 because with
00:21:07.500 a Republican
00:21:07.980 majority
00:21:08.540 I have
00:21:09.280 100%
00:21:09.920 certainty
00:21:10.420 we would
00:21:10.820 have held
00:21:11.100 those
00:21:11.360 hearings
00:21:11.740 and used
00:21:13.000 the ability
00:21:13.760 to pressure
00:21:14.720 the Biden
00:21:15.760 administration
00:21:16.380 into action
00:21:17.040 with Democrat
00:21:18.260 majorities
00:21:18.920 it comes down
00:21:20.280 to Dick
00:21:20.600 Durbin
00:21:20.920 and Bob
00:21:21.300 Menendez
00:21:21.780 and maybe
00:21:22.860 they'll hold
00:21:23.340 the hearings
00:21:23.740 maybe they won't
00:21:24.380 what I can tell
00:21:25.100 you is I'm
00:21:26.400 going to do
00:21:26.680 everything I can
00:21:27.640 to press them
00:21:28.320 to do that
00:21:28.920 and I hope
00:21:29.600 they do the
00:21:31.420 right thing
00:21:31.960 and hold
00:21:32.440 those hearings
00:21:33.120 and let the
00:21:33.960 American people
00:21:34.680 know what on
00:21:35.380 earth is going
00:21:35.820 on here
00:21:36.220 Canadian women
00:21:38.340 are looking
00:21:38.800 for more
00:21:39.400 more out of
00:21:40.040 themselves
00:21:40.500 their businesses
00:21:41.320 their elected
00:21:42.100 leaders
00:21:42.440 and the world
00:21:43.200 are out of them
00:21:43.660 and that's why
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00:22:06.820 lastly on this
00:22:10.080 subject senator
00:22:10.920 there's one thing
00:22:12.100 that Ray said
00:22:12.900 at the very end
00:22:13.820 of his testimony
00:22:14.760 that was kind
00:22:15.420 of shocking
00:22:15.900 to me
00:22:16.300 he said
00:22:16.880 the justice
00:22:18.240 department
00:22:18.860 might need
00:22:19.900 to pursue
00:22:20.440 quote remedies
00:22:21.520 and there may
00:22:23.040 be a state
00:22:24.040 department
00:22:24.760 dimension
00:22:25.360 to this
00:22:25.920 that we're
00:22:26.280 looking into
00:22:27.040 if we're
00:22:28.220 holding out
00:22:28.880 for the
00:22:29.160 state department
00:22:29.720 to fix
00:22:30.160 this problem
00:22:30.600 with China
00:22:31.060 how screwed
00:22:31.880 are we
00:22:32.340 well
00:22:33.920 actually
00:22:35.060 I don't
00:22:35.480 take particular
00:22:36.260 issue with
00:22:36.820 that comment
00:22:37.440 because when
00:22:38.260 you're dealing
00:22:38.820 with a foreign
00:22:39.520 nation the
00:22:40.140 state department
00:22:40.700 is your
00:22:41.060 principal mode
00:22:41.900 of communication
00:22:43.120 and so for
00:22:43.920 example one
00:22:44.680 state department
00:22:45.340 remedy is is
00:22:46.320 what the trump
00:22:46.820 administration
00:22:47.220 did in 2020
00:22:48.280 which is shutting
00:22:48.920 down a consulate
00:22:49.720 that's a major
00:22:51.500 force of leverage
00:22:52.560 and so there's
00:22:54.400 no doubt when
00:22:55.920 interacting with
00:22:56.780 with China
00:22:57.360 let's be clear
00:22:58.220 I'm not advocating
00:22:59.320 going to war
00:23:00.100 with communist
00:23:00.660 China
00:23:01.060 no one in
00:23:01.560 their right
00:23:01.900 mind wants
00:23:03.460 two superpowers
00:23:04.320 with nuclear
00:23:04.820 weapons to start
00:23:05.540 shooting at each
00:23:06.100 other
00:23:06.300 what I am
00:23:07.640 advocating is
00:23:08.400 we protect
00:23:08.920 US sovereignty
00:23:09.700 and we prevent
00:23:10.680 the Chinese
00:23:11.720 military and
00:23:12.480 the Chinese
00:23:12.940 police from
00:23:13.820 engaging in
00:23:14.480 unlawful conduct
00:23:15.520 on United States
00:23:16.600 soil and and
00:23:18.080 that that is
00:23:19.740 primarily a law
00:23:20.800 enforcement action
00:23:21.600 that is the
00:23:22.000 Department of
00:23:22.480 Justice and the
00:23:23.100 FBI but the
00:23:24.460 State Department
00:23:25.060 also has an
00:23:26.100 element in terms
00:23:27.140 of exerting
00:23:27.900 pressure and
00:23:29.220 being willing to
00:23:30.100 stand up and
00:23:30.660 fight but they've
00:23:31.280 got to be willing
00:23:32.160 to stand up and
00:23:33.920 as I mentioned
00:23:34.740 at least so far
00:23:35.780 the Biden
00:23:37.200 administration has
00:23:38.480 has rolled over
00:23:39.860 repeatedly for
00:23:41.660 communist China
00:23:42.380 yeah to put it
00:23:43.720 in perspective for
00:23:44.460 everybody listening
00:23:45.200 the Chinese
00:23:45.700 police station
00:23:46.540 reportedly operates
00:23:47.620 in lower
00:23:48.080 Manhattan it's
00:23:49.020 run by the
00:23:49.520 American Chang
00:23:50.340 Li Association
00:23:51.260 in New York
00:23:52.180 Incorporated which
00:23:53.860 had its tax
00:23:54.600 exempt status
00:23:55.300 pulled by the
00:23:55.920 IRS in May
00:23:56.560 after it failed
00:23:57.160 to submit its
00:23:57.740 taxes for three
00:23:58.600 years in a row
00:23:59.500 the outlets of
00:24:00.700 the documents show
00:24:01.380 the nonprofit
00:24:01.900 group was founded
00:24:02.720 in 2013 so it's
00:24:04.520 been around for a
00:24:05.260 while in the US
00:24:05.940 and paid 1.3
00:24:07.100 million three years
00:24:07.820 later for a suite
00:24:09.180 of offices that
00:24:10.140 houses this
00:24:11.900 Chinese police
00:24:13.060 station so there
00:24:14.400 you have it
00:24:14.940 senator I want
00:24:15.480 to move to
00:24:15.960 another issue
00:24:16.700 and that is
00:24:17.440 you predicted
00:24:18.260 the future
00:24:18.920 it will go back
00:24:20.660 to a tweet of
00:24:21.680 yours from
00:24:22.120 about a year
00:24:22.720 ago you said
00:24:24.640 the chances
00:24:25.120 the GOP
00:24:25.820 retake the
00:24:26.380 house in
00:24:26.800 2022 are
00:24:27.680 over 90%
00:24:28.520 that's now
00:24:29.060 happened and
00:24:30.300 you had a
00:24:30.740 prediction you
00:24:31.580 said come
00:24:32.040 2023 Eric
00:24:33.180 Swalwell who
00:24:33.880 likes to sleep
00:24:34.460 with the Chinese
00:24:34.980 enemy Omar
00:24:36.040 and others are
00:24:37.860 getting ready to
00:24:38.540 have a lot more
00:24:39.460 time on their
00:24:40.780 hands fast
00:24:41.780 forward Kevin
00:24:42.460 McCarthy now
00:24:43.200 says he wants
00:24:43.820 to block
00:24:44.260 three Democrats
00:24:45.680 from committees
00:24:46.940 the same three
00:24:47.660 that you said a
00:24:48.480 year ago was
00:24:49.140 going to happen
00:24:49.780 this is obviously
00:24:51.220 very good news
00:24:52.260 for national
00:24:52.740 security
00:24:53.280 well it is
00:24:55.420 and and so
00:24:56.460 Kevin McCarthy
00:24:57.360 has has announced
00:24:58.660 publicly that
00:24:59.680 that that he is
00:25:00.780 going to remove
00:25:01.760 Ilhan Omar
00:25:02.500 from the foreign
00:25:03.860 affairs committee
00:25:04.600 and Adam Schiff
00:25:05.980 and Eric Swalwell
00:25:07.300 from the House
00:25:07.880 Intelligence Committee
00:25:08.680 and listen that
00:25:10.820 this is an obvious
00:25:11.660 step that that
00:25:13.140 McCarthy should
00:25:13.980 take and it
00:25:15.640 makes sense
00:25:16.300 although I will
00:25:16.940 I will pause
00:25:17.640 and say I
00:25:18.280 I regret that
00:25:19.080 this is happening
00:25:19.760 and here's why
00:25:20.840 this was all
00:25:22.560 predicated on
00:25:24.280 a year ago
00:25:25.500 when Nancy
00:25:26.900 Pelosi threw
00:25:28.020 several Republicans
00:25:29.000 off of committees
00:25:29.880 and and I
00:25:31.720 don't think
00:25:32.440 either party's
00:25:33.880 leader should
00:25:35.460 have the authority
00:25:36.380 to throw the
00:25:37.360 other party's
00:25:38.260 members off of
00:25:39.080 committees
00:25:39.440 this will become
00:25:41.320 an escalating war
00:25:42.460 and so when
00:25:44.000 Pelosi and by the
00:25:44.920 way she did this
00:25:45.700 on the January
00:25:46.400 6th committee
00:25:47.120 that kangaroo
00:25:47.900 that kangaroo
00:25:49.400 court when when
00:25:50.580 McCarthy wanted to
00:25:51.580 put Jim Jordan
00:25:52.500 and Jim Banks
00:25:53.980 on the committee
00:25:54.580 Pelosi said no
00:25:55.740 no no no
00:25:56.080 we don't actually
00:25:57.000 want any Republicans
00:25:58.060 who will vigorously
00:25:59.260 question our
00:25:59.800 witnesses we don't
00:26:00.460 want any Republicans
00:26:01.240 who will take the
00:26:01.860 other side we don't
00:26:02.560 want any Republicans
00:26:03.560 who will defend
00:26:04.440 Donald Trump so
00:26:05.200 we won't allow
00:26:06.420 those Republicans
00:26:07.920 on only the ones
00:26:09.160 that are willing to
00:26:09.720 be useful idiots
00:26:10.480 and say what we
00:26:11.140 the Democrats want
00:26:12.000 it really
00:26:14.180 that's not how
00:26:16.660 Congress should
00:26:17.280 work
00:26:17.640 Republicans should
00:26:19.620 determine which
00:26:20.320 Republicans are on
00:26:21.260 committees
00:26:21.680 Democrats should
00:26:22.880 determine which
00:26:23.520 Democrats are on
00:26:24.380 committees thankfully
00:26:25.080 that's the way the
00:26:25.760 Senate works
00:26:26.380 so Chuck Schumer
00:26:28.280 can't throw me
00:26:29.280 off of any
00:26:29.820 committee
00:26:30.140 and Mitch McConnell
00:26:32.200 can't throw any
00:26:32.900 Democrat off any
00:26:33.700 committee and
00:26:34.040 actually the Senate
00:26:34.840 works even better
00:26:35.660 than that because
00:26:37.240 on the Republican
00:26:38.220 side at least
00:26:39.000 Mitch McConnell
00:26:39.680 can't throw me
00:26:40.340 off any committee
00:26:41.040 whereas in the
00:26:41.780 House the
00:26:43.340 Republican leader
00:26:44.260 can remove
00:26:45.300 Republicans from
00:26:46.000 committees the
00:26:46.600 Speaker of the
00:26:47.400 House has much
00:26:48.840 more authority
00:26:49.560 than the Senate
00:26:50.140 majority leader
00:26:50.920 but where the
00:26:53.480 House went last
00:26:54.500 year was a truly
00:26:55.740 unprecedented escalation
00:26:57.500 if Pelosi wanted
00:26:59.040 to strip Swalwell
00:27:00.200 from his committee
00:27:01.440 assignment and say
00:27:02.420 look Eric
00:27:03.080 you know the
00:27:04.360 fact that you
00:27:05.060 were sleeping
00:27:05.520 with a Chinese
00:27:06.160 spy it's kind
00:27:07.100 of a problem
00:27:07.620 for you sitting
00:27:08.200 on the
00:27:08.460 intelligence
00:27:08.920 committee so
00:27:09.660 we're going
00:27:10.020 to remove
00:27:10.400 you
00:27:10.660 that actually
00:27:11.720 would have
00:27:11.980 made some
00:27:12.360 sense if
00:27:12.940 Nancy Pelosi
00:27:13.880 had said
00:27:14.280 to Ilhan
00:27:14.700 Omar
00:27:14.960 listen you
00:27:16.160 keep making
00:27:17.580 anti-Semitic
00:27:18.960 comments you
00:27:19.820 keep repeating
00:27:20.720 vicious anti-Semitic
00:27:23.440 tropes we're not
00:27:25.040 going to put you
00:27:25.460 on the Foreign
00:27:25.820 Affairs Committee
00:27:26.640 that would have
00:27:27.340 been a reasonable
00:27:28.220 thing for Nancy
00:27:29.040 Pelosi to do
00:27:29.920 in her own
00:27:31.000 party if she
00:27:31.640 actually cared
00:27:32.520 about not being
00:27:34.060 compromised to the
00:27:34.900 Chinese communists
00:27:35.840 or standing up
00:27:37.220 against anti-Semitism
00:27:38.560 she didn't do
00:27:39.900 that instead
00:27:41.180 she went after
00:27:42.180 Republicans and
00:27:42.980 engaged in
00:27:43.520 partisan warfare
00:27:44.360 and I predicted
00:27:45.620 then I said
00:27:47.040 the obvious
00:27:47.560 tit for tat
00:27:48.320 is when Republicans
00:27:50.020 take control
00:27:50.800 they're going to
00:27:53.060 have to remove
00:27:54.020 some of these
00:27:55.560 obvious low-hanging
00:27:56.700 fruit but the
00:27:58.200 problem is this
00:27:59.300 can only
00:28:00.160 escalate I
00:28:01.000 don't think we
00:28:01.440 should go down
00:28:01.940 this road at
00:28:02.540 all and what's
00:28:04.180 bizarre it's
00:28:05.980 actually a very
00:28:06.720 interesting entree
00:28:09.180 into the psyche
00:28:10.260 of today's angry
00:28:13.080 congressional Democrat
00:28:14.320 because at the
00:28:16.020 time Pelosi
00:28:17.160 removed Republicans
00:28:18.900 from committee
00:28:19.420 assignments they
00:28:20.840 all knew
00:28:21.500 Republicans were
00:28:22.200 getting ready to
00:28:22.720 take over so
00:28:23.360 this was not a
00:28:24.120 mystery when I
00:28:24.660 sent my tweet
00:28:25.320 everyone agreed
00:28:26.740 that Republicans
00:28:28.200 were getting ready
00:28:28.720 to take over
00:28:29.280 in fact most
00:28:30.960 of us thought it
00:28:31.620 was going to be a
00:28:32.040 much bigger majority
00:28:33.020 than unfortunately
00:28:33.640 we had but they
00:28:34.380 all knew as I
00:28:36.060 said in my tweet
00:28:36.760 a year ago the
00:28:37.500 odds were 90% or
00:28:38.700 greater than
00:28:39.140 Republicans were
00:28:39.720 getting ready to
00:28:40.200 take over so
00:28:41.160 they did it anyway
00:28:42.140 because they're just
00:28:43.960 so angry burn it
00:28:45.500 all down they
00:28:47.160 didn't care about
00:28:48.160 where the next
00:28:48.920 escalation would go
00:28:50.440 and I think that
00:28:52.280 process is only
00:28:53.100 going to continue
00:28:53.640 you look at Eric
00:28:56.540 Swalwell for example
00:28:57.660 and one of the
00:28:58.300 points that I think
00:28:59.080 the media has missed
00:29:00.100 centers the fact
00:29:01.440 that you know if
00:29:02.460 there's a reason to
00:29:03.240 have him not be on
00:29:04.020 a committee it's
00:29:04.580 because if he was in
00:29:05.360 the private sector
00:29:06.320 many have point out
00:29:07.120 he wouldn't be able
00:29:07.680 to get security
00:29:08.200 clearance it's not
00:29:09.320 because he's a
00:29:09.800 Democrat it's because
00:29:10.560 he's been compromised
00:29:11.420 and and that's one
00:29:13.100 of the facts that
00:29:13.900 that some have
00:29:14.980 brought up but so
00:29:15.920 many have also
00:29:16.700 overlooked is if
00:29:18.060 you want to say
00:29:18.640 that he shouldn't
00:29:19.060 be on a committee
00:29:19.640 it's from that
00:29:21.060 standpoint it
00:29:21.700 shouldn't be as you
00:29:22.320 just mentioned it
00:29:22.920 Republicans attacking
00:29:23.920 Democrats and this
00:29:24.840 escalated all right
00:29:25.800 we're going to kick
00:29:26.260 your guys off and
00:29:27.100 we're in control and
00:29:27.860 vice versa that's not
00:29:29.320 how government's
00:29:29.860 supposed to work
00:29:30.800 well and I'll point
00:29:32.500 out also so Swalwell
00:29:33.720 and Schiff are both
00:29:34.780 on the Intelligence
00:29:35.520 Committee and even
00:29:36.640 within Congress so
00:29:38.400 the Intelligence
00:29:39.080 Committee is special
00:29:40.080 it gets access to
00:29:41.940 very very classified
00:29:44.100 materials there's a
00:29:45.020 whole range of
00:29:46.340 classification within
00:29:47.400 government materials
00:29:48.300 and and you have
00:29:49.880 the highest level
00:29:51.800 of classification
00:29:52.460 that they keep
00:29:53.340 incredibly tight
00:29:54.780 constraints on and
00:29:56.700 typically the Intel
00:29:58.220 Committee gets access
00:29:59.200 to that information
00:30:00.120 and most other
00:30:00.800 members of Congress
00:30:01.480 don't so I'm not
00:30:02.440 on the Intel
00:30:02.940 Committee I'm on
00:30:04.500 foreign relations
00:30:05.520 so I and judiciary
00:30:07.520 so I get access to
00:30:08.660 a lot of classified
00:30:09.480 information but
00:30:10.720 there's stuff Intel
00:30:11.620 has that that I
00:30:13.240 don't ordinarily have
00:30:14.280 access to and if I
00:30:15.260 wanted to I could be
00:30:17.080 on Intel I chose to
00:30:18.320 be on foreign
00:30:18.780 relations instead of
00:30:19.700 Intel which it has a
00:30:22.000 broader jurisdiction
00:30:22.940 Intel is more
00:30:23.760 specialized but the
00:30:25.940 Intel Committee in
00:30:27.000 particular you want to
00:30:28.120 talk about our most
00:30:29.780 valuable secrets are
00:30:33.040 secrets that that
00:30:34.280 implicate American
00:30:36.420 lives that potentially
00:30:37.700 reveal American
00:30:39.200 covert operatives that
00:30:40.440 that literally can
00:30:42.360 result in in CIA
00:30:45.360 officers being murdered
00:30:46.800 by our enemies if
00:30:47.960 they fall into the
00:30:48.700 wrong hands if
00:30:50.080 there's one committee
00:30:51.000 you want to make
00:30:51.820 sure the members of
00:30:53.760 that committee are not
00:30:54.800 compromised in any way
00:30:56.180 are not going to share
00:30:57.460 secrets with our
00:30:58.780 enemies it's the Intel
00:30:59.860 Committee and it is
00:31:00.860 fairly stunning that
00:31:03.000 both Swalwell and
00:31:04.200 Schiff are on the
00:31:05.180 Intel Committee today
00:31:06.420 in January they're not
00:31:08.080 going to be yeah which
00:31:09.540 is obviously good news
00:31:10.760 from that standpoint of a
00:31:11.780 safety and security
00:31:12.520 measure want to remind
00:31:13.920 you don't forget share
00:31:15.800 verdict with your family
00:31:16.640 and friends hit that
00:31:18.020 subscriber auto download
00:31:19.140 button so you get this
00:31:20.100 show three days a week
00:31:21.060 and get involved and
00:31:22.760 make sure you reach out
00:31:23.740 to your senators
00:31:24.400 especially that list of
00:31:25.580 12 that we talked
00:31:26.480 about on the gay
00:31:27.940 marriage bill and the
00:31:28.700 Mike Lee amendment
00:31:29.420 make sure it's attached
00:31:30.560 to the bill it's not an
00:31:31.340 up or down vote on its
00:31:32.220 own make sure you know
00:31:32.880 what you're asking for
00:31:34.000 you can go back and
00:31:35.440 listen to the extended
00:31:36.460 version of that
00:31:37.380 conversation in a prior
00:31:39.020 verdict so grab that
00:31:40.620 one and this is the
00:31:41.800 last time we're going to
00:31:42.620 talk to you before
00:31:43.260 Thanksgiving so to all
00:31:44.440 you happy Thanksgiving
00:31:45.340 Senator I know you want
00:31:46.080 to say something to
00:31:46.600 everybody listening about
00:31:47.500 Thanksgiving as well
00:31:48.440 well I hope everyone has
00:31:50.160 a wonderful and blessed
00:31:51.460 Thanksgiving I hope you
00:31:52.780 enjoy some some turkey and
00:31:54.580 stuffing and and pie we're
00:31:57.400 going to have a great
00:31:57.980 Thanksgiving with with our
00:31:59.240 family we're going to be
00:32:00.340 with with our extended
00:32:01.380 family Caroline is going to
00:32:04.460 make chocolate pies for
00:32:06.300 everyone and we're going
00:32:07.340 to have it's a Cuban
00:32:08.720 Thanksgiving so we'll be
00:32:10.100 be sitting around around the
00:32:11.600 table after eating and
00:32:12.600 we'll play some dominoes
00:32:13.680 and be yelling there's
00:32:15.100 there's an old joke if
00:32:16.260 if Cubans can't yell can
00:32:17.760 they talk and the answer
00:32:18.700 is no that's the only way
00:32:19.760 Cubans can communicate with
00:32:20.840 each other screaming but
00:32:23.240 you know I hope Thanksgiving
00:32:24.780 is a time I'll probably play
00:32:26.320 my nephew some some one-on-one
00:32:28.060 basketball which I've been
00:32:29.240 playing him since he was
00:32:30.700 about four years old and I've
00:32:32.060 been beating him and
00:32:32.680 beating him and beating him
00:32:33.380 he just graduated from
00:32:34.320 Baylor and I will say it's a
00:32:35.360 depressing mark he's now oh
00:32:38.480 22 23 years old you know
00:32:40.860 big strapping young guy was
00:32:43.040 the captain of his high
00:32:43.740 school basketball team and
00:32:45.480 and it's gotten to the
00:32:46.520 point I can can still beat
00:32:48.100 him but he's now beating me
00:32:49.420 which is which is always a
00:32:50.820 sort of it's actually it's
00:32:53.840 it's both depressing and it's
00:32:55.500 a moment of pride when you
00:32:56.760 when you see someone that
00:32:58.020 you've been been teaching a
00:32:59.160 game and playing with since
00:33:00.160 they were a tiny kid gaining
00:33:03.080 skills so I'll do that
00:33:04.280 hopefully I won't break an
00:33:05.260 ankle but I hope everyone
00:33:07.300 take time to be with your
00:33:08.780 family take time to hug your
00:33:10.280 kids take time to hug your
00:33:12.380 mom hug your dad look you
00:33:14.180 don't you don't know if
00:33:15.020 everyone that's that's at the
00:33:16.400 family table tomorrow if
00:33:18.520 they'll be there for the next
00:33:19.500 Thanksgiving it's it's one of
00:33:20.740 the great reminders that that
00:33:22.820 every day we have is is a
00:33:25.060 blessing and a gift from God
00:33:26.320 and and and I would encourage
00:33:28.140 everyone take time take rest
00:33:31.400 but but try to do also
00:33:34.080 particularly with your kids try
00:33:35.660 to remember what Thanksgiving
00:33:36.700 is about about giving thanks
00:33:38.520 to God giving thanks to the
00:33:40.700 blessings you have and one of
00:33:43.240 the things we try to do with
00:33:44.460 our girls every every Sunday as
00:33:46.300 we drive to church in the car we
00:33:47.740 ask each each of our girls both
00:33:49.720 of our girls what are three
00:33:52.460 things you're grateful for and we
00:33:54.280 try to make that a weekly and
00:33:55.680 Heidi and I go around you know I
00:34:00.680 would say take Thanksgiving to to
00:34:02.740 at least have a little time of
00:34:04.280 reflection for all the things we
00:34:07.100 have to be thankful for that that
00:34:08.760 you know it's easy to be so angry
00:34:11.040 it's easy to be frustrated there's
00:34:12.720 lots to be angry about there's lots
00:34:14.080 to be frustrated about but there's
00:34:16.380 also lots to say thank you God thank
00:34:19.040 you for your incredible blessings
00:34:20.800 thank you that we live in the United
00:34:22.180 States of America thank you that we
00:34:23.660 enjoy freedom that thank you that
00:34:25.920 that at least right now these Chinese
00:34:27.840 police stations are not coming to
00:34:29.340 arrest me that's that that that's
00:34:31.240 something to be very grateful for
00:34:32.500 thank you that that we enjoy peace
00:34:37.600 and freedom and prosperity that for
00:34:42.160 almost the entirety of human history
00:34:44.440 has not existed on planet earth that
00:34:48.600 there is truly no better time to be
00:34:52.040 alive than right now and with all of
00:34:53.940 the challenges and look everyone we're
00:34:56.460 fighting against forces that are trying
00:34:58.300 to tear down our country that's a fight
00:34:59.800 worth fighting you know what I'm
00:35:00.940 thankful for I'm thankful that we get
00:35:03.100 to fight that fight I'm thankful that
00:35:04.620 we get to be in the arena and fight for
00:35:07.260 things that matter and so love your
00:35:09.660 kids love your family rest eat eat till
00:35:13.560 you're stuffed watch some football but
00:35:16.620 but spend time also giving thanks
00:35:18.720 because we've got a lot to be thankful
00:35:20.780 for no doubt about it I got one last
00:35:22.880 question this important one senator
00:35:24.380 fried smoked or oven baked how's the
00:35:28.440 turkey going to come out of your house
00:35:29.740 oven baked there we go traditional oh
00:35:33.120 yeah yeah no I've never done the fried
00:35:35.480 thing I've heard lots of good things
00:35:36.840 about the fried thing but I've never
00:35:38.100 been adventurous enough to try that
00:35:39.800 smoked is okay but I like to oven bake
00:35:42.220 better I just think it tastes better and
00:35:43.740 my mom makes really good stuffing and and
00:35:46.100 so we'll do we'll do that which is fun I
00:35:48.840 will tell you my sister Miriam years ago
00:35:52.060 when when I was in college my sister
00:35:55.440 Miriam who's nine years older than I am
00:35:57.400 and and she's the sister who passed away
00:36:00.740 from an overdose about a decade ago but
00:36:04.400 she was living in Philadelphia and so I
00:36:07.800 was I don't know 19 20 years old so she's
00:36:10.520 28 29 and her son Joey my nephew was was a
00:36:15.400 little boy at the time and I was going
00:36:16.860 to spend Thanksgiving with Miriam at her
00:36:19.240 apartment and Miriam I loved her deeply
00:36:22.440 she was a good person but she made lots
00:36:25.620 and lots of foolish decisions and and she
00:36:28.020 was a little scatterbrained so she was
00:36:30.800 having her little brother over for
00:36:32.740 Thanksgiving dinner and she'd never done
00:36:35.260 that before and so she put the turkey in
00:36:37.080 the oven but she didn't quite understand
00:36:39.420 how long you needed to cook the turkey
00:36:41.380 and so what I got yeah Thanksgiving dinner
00:36:43.320 it wasn't ready and it wasn't ready and
00:36:46.400 it wasn't ready and it was finally ready at
00:36:49.720 two in the morning so we had Thanksgiving
00:36:52.740 dinner at two in the morning and Joey and
00:36:55.260 I are just laughing at my sister it was it
00:36:57.240 was a wonderful and fun time but we're
00:36:59.480 cracking up that like well done Miriam a
00:37:01.820 2 a.m. Thanksgiving dinner you know not
00:37:05.080 Julia Childs but you know what it was
00:37:06.840 family and there was love so that that's
00:37:09.180 what you want Thanksgiving hey at least
00:37:11.040 she didn't leave the bag of the innards
00:37:13.680 inside the cavity I've had that experience
00:37:16.080 of going to someone's house they asked me
00:37:17.960 to carve the turkey at our family
00:37:20.080 friends my dad looked at me and I looked
00:37:22.380 at him and I was like what do we do now
00:37:24.880 he was like we take it out we don't say
00:37:26.380 a darn word about it and that's what we
00:37:27.880 did senator happy Thanksgiving to you and
00:37:30.080 your family for everybody listening happy
00:37:32.100 Thanksgiving to you guys as well don't
00:37:34.180 forget on Friday we'll have a new
00:37:35.980 episode for you not a rerun so on your
00:37:38.300 way home from seeing family and friends
00:37:40.180 make sure you download verdict on
00:37:41.520 Friday we'll have a new episode for you
00:37:43.460 then happy Thanksgiving we'll see you
00:37:44.840 back here on Friday morning this is an
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