Verdict with Ted Cruz - Shutdown Precipice & Dems Holding Military Hostage-LIVE from the Texas Youth Summit

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00:00:05.500 Welcome.

00:00:06.420 It is Verdict live on the road at the Texas Youth Summit.

00:00:17.320 Ben Ferguson with you is Senator Ted Cruz.

00:00:20.600 Senator, I feel like this is a hostage video.

00:00:23.680 You are in Washington held hostage right now

00:00:26.220 because of a looming government shutdown

00:00:29.420 We know that the president, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

00:00:33.040 one of your best friends

00:00:34.620 they're excited about this shutdown

00:00:36.900 Explain to everybody what's going to happen with a shutdown

00:00:41.240 and how it's playing out.

00:00:43.300 Well, for this hostage video

00:00:45.020 I will try to refrain from blinking SOS with my eyelids

00:00:48.520 but I am indeed trapped in a lunatic asylum

00:00:53.220 I'm in Washington, D.C.

00:00:55.140 My plan had been to be back there with you

00:00:57.560 I've been to the Texas Youth Summit

00:00:59.060 multiple years

00:01:00.480 It's a fantastic gathering

00:01:01.900 Let me say to all the young men

00:01:03.220 all the young women who are there

00:01:04.540 who are standing up

00:01:05.540 who are speaking out

00:01:06.620 who are engaging and making a difference

00:01:09.160 making a difference in your community

00:01:10.600 making a difference in Texas

00:01:11.920 making a difference in the country

00:01:13.440 Thank you for your leadership

00:01:15.020 It is a great event

00:01:16.680 that's why I always love coming

00:01:18.360 but I'm right now stuck in D.C.

00:01:21.020 because we are hours away

00:01:22.900 from yet another government shutdown

00:01:24.480 and so if Congress doesn't act

00:01:28.180 and I think the chances of Congress acting

00:01:30.060 are very, very low

00:01:31.760 I think it is extremely likely

00:01:33.240 that we'll have a shutdown

00:01:34.560 If Congress doesn't act

00:01:36.020 by midnight tonight

00:01:37.500 then at 12.01 a.m.

00:01:39.740 funding for the federal government will end

00:01:41.740 and I think we're likely to have

00:01:43.300 an extended government shutdown

00:01:45.040 I think it's going to last a while

00:01:46.260 Let's talk about the politics of a shutdown

00:01:49.660 Each side has to have a calculation

00:01:51.800 They have these conversations

00:01:53.380 who wins, who loses

00:01:55.000 and how this is going to be affecting their party

00:01:58.600 What is a shutdown?

00:02:00.520 You've been through a couple of these

00:02:01.920 What are your concerns?

00:02:04.160 And also there's some civility

00:02:05.880 that should be in these shutdowns

00:02:07.200 that certain people get paid

00:02:08.780 and yet there are good men and women

00:02:10.900 that protect and defend this country

00:02:12.520 who Democrats seem to be wanting to play politics

00:02:15.180 with them not getting a paycheck

00:02:16.180 That really bothers me

00:02:18.020 Well, there's a constraint of two things

00:02:21.020 One, a basic constitutional principle

00:02:23.240 that the federal government cannot spend money

00:02:25.520 unless Congress has appropriated it

00:02:28.040 So what's causing this shutdown

00:02:29.820 is the fiscal year

00:02:31.460 the federal fiscal year

00:02:32.620 ends today, September 30th

00:02:34.620 and that's where the appropriations run out

00:02:39.000 which means you need new appropriations

00:02:41.060 There are typically three ways

00:02:43.400 that Congress will appropriate

00:02:44.920 One, you can pass individual appropriation bills

00:02:47.880 for particular government programs

00:02:50.400 or cabinet agencies

00:02:51.860 That's called regular order

00:02:53.420 That's the way it used to happen routinely

00:02:55.980 That happens very rarely now

00:02:57.700 A second way to do it

00:02:59.780 is you can pass what's called an omnibus

00:03:01.860 which is basically taking a bunch of those appropriation bills

00:03:04.980 combining them all together

00:03:06.800 and passing them as one gigantic

00:03:09.420 multi-trillion dollar spending bill

00:03:11.640 That happens with some regularity

00:03:13.940 The third way is you can pass what's called a CR

00:03:17.360 a continuing resolution

00:03:18.700 and a continuing resolution

00:03:19.940 basically just kicks the can down the road

00:03:22.580 It typically extends government spending

00:03:25.700 for a finite period of time

00:03:27.520 so you can have a one-week CR

00:03:30.940 a two-week CR

00:03:32.000 a 30-day CR

00:03:33.140 a 90-day CR

00:03:34.320 It just depends on what the sides negotiate

00:03:37.140 If none of those get passed

00:03:39.420 and I think none of those are

00:03:40.900 the most likely outcome today

00:03:42.860 is none of them will get passed today

00:03:44.360 then what happens is

00:03:46.920 federal government spending stops

00:03:49.940 but federal workers who are deemed essential workers

00:03:54.620 still have to go to work

00:03:55.780 So for example, the military

00:03:57.660 If you're stationed in harm's way

00:04:00.480 the military still has to go to work

00:04:02.060 because they're essential workers

00:04:03.600 Air traffic controllers

00:04:05.360 Everyone who wants to get on an airplane tomorrow

00:04:07.380 don't worry

00:04:08.700 you're not going to get on an airplane

00:04:09.900 and discover there are no air traffic controllers

00:04:11.780 and planes are just flying willy-dilly

00:04:13.500 Air traffic controllers are essential

00:04:15.520 They show up and go to work

00:04:17.820 and so there are thousands upon thousands of federal workers

00:04:20.360 that are deemed essential

00:04:21.780 who come in and go to work

00:04:23.120 but they don't get paid

00:04:25.800 They go to work

00:04:27.000 but they don't get a paycheck

00:04:28.040 Now, in the past

00:04:30.180 and also there are programs

00:04:32.340 that are mandatory programs

00:04:34.380 that are benefit programs

00:04:35.580 those programs continue

00:04:37.420 So for example, Social Security and Medicare

00:04:40.120 the checks people are getting in the mail

00:04:41.980 those checks keep coming

00:04:43.400 So that part

00:04:44.820 which is a big part of the federal budget

00:04:47.380 that continues automatically

00:04:49.240 what stops is discretionary federal spending

00:04:52.860 that is non-essential

00:04:54.700 and if Congress doesn't act today

00:04:58.220 that will stop at 12.01 a.m. tonight

00:05:00.640 You are obviously a huge proponent

00:05:04.000 of fiscal responsibility

00:05:05.460 I just pulled up on my phone

00:05:07.840 the national debt clock

00:05:09.100 Right now, the national debt's at

00:05:10.320 $33,121,494,000,000

00:05:17.040 Debt per citizen

00:05:18.680 highest we've ever seen

00:05:20.200 at $98,667,000 a person

00:05:23.420 but not everybody pays taxes

00:05:25.020 That means right now

00:05:26.560 debt per U.S. taxpayer

00:05:27.840 is $255,000

00:05:31.060 $353,000

00:05:33.720 and counting

00:05:35.100 You look at these government shutdowns

00:05:38.060 and the argument is

00:05:38.860 we're trying to fight

00:05:39.880 for more fiscal responsibility

00:05:41.440 What do Republicans need to do?

00:05:43.720 Because this is at a point

00:05:44.860 where we're bankrupting

00:05:46.160 not just this country

00:05:48.080 but the future of this country

00:05:49.740 and the kids and the grandkids

00:05:51.200 in this country

00:05:51.880 Well, look, that's exactly right

00:05:54.400 I think a shutdown

00:05:55.680 is very, very likely

00:05:57.000 because the incentives

00:05:58.360 of all the players

00:05:59.460 are such

00:06:00.100 that it's just inevitable

00:06:01.420 that they're just crashing

00:06:02.420 into each other

00:06:03.200 I think Joe Biden

00:06:04.700 and Chuck Schumer

00:06:05.480 both really want a shutdown

00:06:06.820 They have decided

00:06:08.520 politically

00:06:09.360 it's good for them

00:06:10.720 to have a shutdown

00:06:11.380 Now, why is that?

00:06:12.340 the reason they think

00:06:13.900 it's politically good

00:06:14.840 for Democrats

00:06:15.500 to have a shutdown

00:06:16.180 is inevitably

00:06:17.620 100 out of 100 times

00:06:19.680 the media

00:06:20.640 the official parrots

00:06:23.600 for the Democrat Party

00:06:25.320 blame every shutdown

00:06:26.740 on Republicans

00:06:27.540 That happens

00:06:28.420 like night follows day

00:06:30.320 every yapping marionette 0.99

00:06:32.160 in the media

00:06:32.860 is going to do that

00:06:33.680 So the Democrats

00:06:34.420 are saying

00:06:34.880 hey, you know

00:06:36.180 the Biden agenda

00:06:37.300 is going really badly

00:06:38.480 the border is total chaos

00:06:40.180 the economy is a mess

00:06:41.980 We don't want to talk

00:06:42.940 about any of that

00:06:43.720 Let's have a shutdown instead 0.81

00:06:45.140 and have all the media

00:06:46.620 blaming those mean 0.93

00:06:47.980 terrible Republicans

00:06:48.980 for shutting down 0.96

00:06:49.740 the government

00:06:50.180 That's why I think

00:06:51.620 Biden and Schumer

00:06:52.320 want a shutdown

00:06:53.120 On the other hand

00:06:54.620 in the House

00:06:55.160 and this is principally

00:06:56.140 a battle between

00:06:56.760 House Republicans

00:06:57.560 and the White House

00:06:58.880 in the House

00:06:59.560 Kevin McCarthy

00:07:01.060 is the Speaker

00:07:01.660 of the House

00:07:02.140 but he has just

00:07:02.880 a four-vote majority

00:07:04.080 It's an incredibly

00:07:05.020 narrow majority

00:07:06.720 What Biden and Schumer

00:07:09.000 are demanding

00:07:09.820 of McCarthy

00:07:10.680 is complete

00:07:11.720 and total surrender

00:07:13.040 Surrender altogether

00:07:14.220 Fund every single one

00:07:16.560 of our big government

00:07:17.500 left-wing priorities

00:07:18.680 and if you don't

00:07:20.020 we'll shut down

00:07:21.060 the government

00:07:21.520 Kevin can't give in

00:07:23.880 It is impossible

00:07:24.980 for Kevin

00:07:25.780 to surrender

00:07:27.100 the way Schumer

00:07:27.920 and Biden are demanding

00:07:28.900 because if Kevin surrenders

00:07:30.360 his speakership

00:07:31.820 will be over

00:07:32.320 You will see

00:07:33.960 a House Republican member

00:07:35.420 file what's called

00:07:36.980 a motion to vacate

00:07:38.060 the chair

00:07:38.500 and he'll be voted

00:07:39.820 out as Speaker

00:07:40.460 and so Kevin

00:07:41.220 cannot politically

00:07:42.960 survive

00:07:43.920 surrendering to

00:07:45.320 Biden and Schumer

00:07:46.000 Given those dynamics

00:07:48.280 I don't think

00:07:49.060 Schumer and Biden

00:07:50.440 are going to budge

00:07:51.080 and I don't think

00:07:51.660 Kevin can give them

00:07:52.580 everything they want

00:07:53.480 I think we go

00:07:54.660 to a shutdown

00:07:55.240 Now once a shutdown

00:07:56.060 happens

00:07:56.560 what happens next?

00:07:58.160 Well, it ratchets

00:07:59.440 up pressure

00:08:00.140 People start

00:08:00.800 discovering things

00:08:01.860 they're not happy about

00:08:03.240 For example

00:08:03.940 if there's a shutdown

00:08:04.840 tomorrow our national

00:08:06.660 parks are closed

00:08:07.580 So maybe some of y'all

00:08:09.120 were planning to go

00:08:09.760 to a national park

00:08:10.580 go hiking in Yellowstone

00:08:11.720 All of that's closed

00:08:13.020 when there's a government

00:08:13.740 shutdown

00:08:14.200 Maybe some families

00:08:16.320 coming to Washington D.C.

00:08:17.680 and planning to come

00:08:18.400 to the Smithsonian

00:08:19.040 If there's a shutdown

00:08:20.540 tomorrow the museums

00:08:21.760 are all closed

00:08:22.600 Those tend to be

00:08:24.300 some of the things

00:08:25.020 early on

00:08:25.800 that really tick off

00:08:27.340 people interacting

00:08:29.000 with the government

00:08:29.660 Now

00:08:29.980 the nightmare

00:08:31.960 for Democrats

00:08:32.740 is you have

00:08:33.320 a government shutdown

00:08:34.140 and the people

00:08:34.780 by and large

00:08:35.400 don't notice

00:08:36.000 and I'll have to say

00:08:36.800 an awful lot of people

00:08:37.720 if you're not

00:08:38.480 specifically using

00:08:39.680 some federal

00:08:40.580 asset or activity

00:08:42.380 you may notice

00:08:43.280 very little is different

00:08:44.320 during a government shutdown

00:08:45.440 and that's

00:08:46.780 that's a dangerous lesson

00:08:48.920 Democrats don't want

00:08:51.820 the American people

00:08:52.640 to learn that

00:08:53.340 That being said

00:08:55.500 the breadth

00:08:56.360 of a shutdown

00:08:56.980 varies because

00:08:58.100 often

00:08:59.060 Congress will have

00:09:00.540 passed some

00:09:01.220 appropriation

00:09:02.000 So

00:09:02.280 in past shutdowns

00:09:04.160 we've always

00:09:05.460 paid our military

00:09:06.220 That's what

00:09:07.620 typically happens

00:09:08.520 and this week

00:09:09.320 I've gone to the

00:09:10.700 Senate floor

00:09:11.240 three different times

00:09:12.260 trying to pay

00:09:12.880 our military now

00:09:13.940 and in particular

00:09:15.420 I want to contrast

00:09:16.200 Ben

00:09:16.460 what happened this week

00:09:18.060 to what happened

00:09:19.480 ten years ago

00:09:20.280 in 2013

00:09:21.000 we had a big

00:09:22.220 government shutdown

00:09:23.020 I was right in the

00:09:23.860 middle of that battle

00:09:24.620 that was over Obamacare 0.88

00:09:26.380 Government was shut down

00:09:28.320 for 16 days

00:09:29.400 but we paid

00:09:31.200 all of our

00:09:32.000 active duty military

00:09:32.940 that was actually

00:09:33.600 a bill that passed

00:09:34.500 right at the beginning

00:09:35.140 of the shutdown

00:09:35.620 it passed unanimously

00:09:37.320 so it was a

00:09:38.000 Harry Reid Senate

00:09:38.860 it was a Democrat Senate

00:09:40.000 100 to nothing

00:09:42.020 paying our military

00:09:43.920 during the shutdown

00:09:44.740 passed

00:09:45.300 the House

00:09:46.160 435 to nothing

00:09:47.620 it passed unanimously

00:09:48.720 and Barack Obama

00:09:50.000 signed it into law

00:09:50.820 so ten years ago

00:09:51.820 everyone agreed

00:09:52.860 alright if there's

00:09:53.380 a shutdown battle

00:09:54.260 let's not hold

00:09:55.900 our active duty

00:09:56.660 military hostage

00:09:57.680 the most recent

00:10:00.200 shutdown was 2019

00:10:01.660 it was the Schumer

00:10:02.620 shutdown

00:10:03.040 it lasted 35 days

00:10:05.580 during those 35 days

00:10:07.680 Chuck Schumer

00:10:08.360 had a showdown

00:10:09.280 with Donald Trump

00:10:10.560 Schumer did not

00:10:11.560 want to fund

00:10:12.260 a border wall

00:10:13.500 did not want to fund

00:10:14.440 additional resources

00:10:15.480 to secure the border

00:10:16.520 Schumer wants

00:10:17.740 open borders

00:10:18.580 we had a 35 day

00:10:20.240 shutdown

00:10:20.660 during that period

00:10:21.940 Congress had passed

00:10:24.000 the appropriations

00:10:25.200 for DOD

00:10:26.400 for the Department

00:10:27.040 of Defense

00:10:27.420 so that meant

00:10:28.220 our soldiers

00:10:29.200 our sailors

00:10:29.820 our airmen

00:10:30.380 our Marines

00:10:31.060 and our Space Force

00:10:33.620 members

00:10:34.000 all got their paychecks

00:10:35.420 but the Coast Guard

00:10:37.040 did not

00:10:37.560 the Coast Guard

00:10:39.160 is not under DOD

00:10:40.360 the Coast Guard

00:10:41.820 is under DHS

00:10:42.900 the Department

00:10:43.560 of Homeland Security

00:10:44.460 and so for 34 days

00:10:46.920 the Coast Guard

00:10:47.700 went with no paychecks

00:10:49.540 and I went

00:10:50.760 back then

00:10:51.340 in 2019

00:10:52.020 to the Senate

00:10:52.760 floor

00:10:53.120 to try to pass

00:10:53.940 legislation

00:10:54.580 to say

00:10:55.860 let's treat

00:10:56.500 the Coast Guard

00:10:57.180 fairly

00:10:57.560 let's not

00:10:59.140 discriminate

00:10:59.600 against the Coast Guard

00:11:00.660 let's not

00:11:01.340 treat them

00:11:01.800 like the red-haired

00:11:02.580 stepchild

00:11:03.320 of our military

00:11:04.460 they deserve

00:11:05.360 to be paid

00:11:05.940 just like all

00:11:06.640 of the other

00:11:07.000 branches

00:11:07.340 of the military

00:11:07.960 and in 2019

00:11:09.660 Democrat leadership

00:11:10.800 stood up

00:11:11.500 and blocked it

00:11:12.280 objected

00:11:13.020 to that legislation

00:11:13.940 and so Coast Guardsmen

00:11:15.780 went for over a month

00:11:16.900 with no paycheck

00:11:17.640 fast forward

00:11:19.220 to today

00:11:19.760 this week

00:11:21.280 Dan Sullivan

00:11:22.100 senator from Alaska

00:11:23.140 good friend of mine

00:11:24.040 and he's in the

00:11:25.080 Marine Reserves

00:11:25.880 he's also a colonel

00:11:26.880 in the Marines

00:11:27.420 Dan and I

00:11:28.700 went to the Senate

00:11:29.540 floor to try to pass

00:11:30.740 a simple

00:11:31.680 straightforward bill

00:11:32.740 first of all

00:11:33.540 to pass the bill

00:11:34.840 I authored

00:11:35.620 that says

00:11:36.800 if you pay

00:11:37.520 the Army

00:11:38.800 Navy

00:11:39.200 Air Force

00:11:39.680 and Marines

00:11:40.180 you should pay

00:11:41.280 the Coast Guard

00:11:41.860 too

00:11:42.120 so it was a

00:11:42.720 parity bill

00:11:43.400 the Democrats

00:11:44.800 stood up

00:11:45.320 and objected

00:11:45.940 Pat Murray

00:11:46.620 who's chairman

00:11:47.800 of the Appropriation

00:11:48.600 Committee

00:11:48.980 Patty Murray 0.97

00:11:49.580 she objected

00:11:51.060 on behalf of Schumer

00:11:51.920 and what she said

00:11:52.740 is well

00:11:53.160 I object

00:11:54.480 because this

00:11:55.080 doesn't mandate

00:11:55.800 that we pay

00:11:56.380 everyone

00:11:56.740 it just says

00:11:57.320 you treat

00:11:57.660 them equally

00:11:58.080 and Sullivan

00:11:59.540 and I said

00:12:00.080 okay great

00:12:00.640 so we came

00:12:01.520 this week

00:12:01.960 with Sullivan's

00:12:02.700 bill

00:12:02.900 which is pay

00:12:03.960 all of our

00:12:04.580 active duty

00:12:05.120 military

00:12:05.600 pay our

00:12:06.020 soldiers

00:12:06.400 sailors

00:12:06.820 airmen

00:12:07.340 Marines

00:12:08.400 Coast Guardsmen

00:12:09.940 Space Force

00:12:10.740 Guardians

00:12:11.180 pay them all

00:12:11.780 the Democrats

00:12:13.340 objected

00:12:13.840 they've objected

00:12:14.680 twice

00:12:15.240 and so

00:12:16.020 tomorrow

00:12:16.600 if our

00:12:17.660 active duty

00:12:18.220 military

00:12:18.700 loses their

00:12:19.360 paycheck

00:12:19.720 tomorrow

00:12:20.360 it is because

00:12:21.420 Democrats

00:12:21.920 said two

00:12:22.560 words

00:12:23.020 yesterday

00:12:24.020 on the

00:12:24.500 Senate

00:12:24.700 floor

00:12:25.000 and those

00:12:25.360 two words

00:12:25.900 were

00:12:26.160 I object

00:12:27.340 that killed

00:12:28.140 the bill

00:12:28.420 what is your

00:12:29.700 gut on

00:12:30.300 Democrats 0.80

00:12:30.920 are they

00:12:31.760 going to

00:12:32.100 feel the

00:12:32.460 pressure

00:12:32.780 to do

00:12:33.300 the right

00:12:33.660 thing

00:12:33.860 because

00:12:34.240 you shouldn't

00:12:35.220 hold these

00:12:35.960 people hostage

00:12:36.820 that are

00:12:37.440 protecting and

00:12:38.080 serving

00:12:38.420 but my

00:12:39.300 gut is

00:12:40.060 they probably

00:12:40.860 say no

00:12:41.420 just because

00:12:42.140 this makes

00:12:43.020 too much

00:12:43.440 sense

00:12:43.780 and they

00:12:44.060 want this

00:12:44.480 to hurt

00:12:44.900 they want

00:12:46.880 it to hurt

00:12:47.380 this week

00:12:48.800 one of the

00:12:49.200 arguments

00:12:49.580 Patty Murray 0.97

00:12:50.120 made

00:12:50.460 she said

00:12:51.020 well gosh

00:12:51.640 I want to

00:12:52.640 pay the

00:12:52.920 military

00:12:53.300 but I want

00:12:53.760 to pay

00:12:53.960 everyone else

00:12:54.460 too

00:12:54.660 I want to

00:12:54.980 pay all

00:12:55.300 the federal

00:12:55.660 government

00:12:56.040 and so we

00:12:56.460 need to

00:12:56.740 fund the

00:12:57.080 entire

00:12:57.420 federal

00:12:57.720 government

00:12:58.080 I made

00:12:58.440 clear

00:12:58.700 look

00:12:59.020 there's

00:12:59.640 a 19

00:13:00.120 year old

00:13:00.540 marine

00:13:00.880 right now

00:13:01.440 at the

00:13:01.680 DMZ

00:13:02.220 that is

00:13:02.640 facing

00:13:03.140 North

00:13:03.520 Korean 0.73

00:13:03.900 machine

00:13:04.380 guns

00:13:04.840 and that's

00:13:05.880 fundamentally

00:13:06.380 different

00:13:07.080 than an

00:13:08.220 ordinary

00:13:08.600 federal

00:13:09.000 worker

00:13:09.400 and the

00:13:10.160 Democrats

00:13:10.700 view is

00:13:11.320 they care

00:13:11.820 more

00:13:12.260 about the

00:13:12.960 IRS 0.92

00:13:13.400 agent

00:13:13.800 coming to

00:13:14.260 harass

00:13:14.640 small

00:13:14.940 businesses

00:13:15.320 and

00:13:15.580 Texans

00:13:16.040 they care

00:13:16.840 more

00:13:17.140 about

00:13:17.380 the

00:13:17.560 regulators

00:13:18.100 trying to

00:13:18.620 shut

00:13:18.820 down

00:13:19.080 oil

00:13:19.280 and

00:13:19.440 gas

00:13:19.720 in

00:13:19.920 Texas

00:13:20.320 they care

00:13:21.780 more

00:13:22.120 about

00:13:22.380 the

00:13:22.560 bureaucrats

00:13:23.200 at

00:13:23.340 the

00:13:23.460 EPA

00:13:23.820 trying to

00:13:24.820 destroy

00:13:25.160 jobs

00:13:25.740 than they

00:13:26.040 do

00:13:26.260 actually

00:13:26.700 the brave

00:13:27.180 young men

00:13:27.600 and women

00:13:28.000 who defend

00:13:29.080 us

00:13:29.460 and you

00:13:30.040 know

00:13:30.140 Ben

00:13:30.280 it's worth

00:13:30.680 reflecting

00:13:31.400 what's

00:13:31.800 changed

00:13:32.260 so listen

00:13:33.660 10 years

00:13:34.240 ago

00:13:34.620 everyone

00:13:35.960 agreed on

00:13:36.720 this

00:13:36.920 I pointed

00:13:37.380 out

00:13:37.620 repeatedly

00:13:38.080 on the

00:13:38.620 Senate

00:13:38.800 floor

00:13:39.220 Patty 0.89

00:13:40.180 Murray

00:13:40.440 voted

00:13:40.760 for this

00:13:41.180 10

00:13:41.400 years

00:13:41.640 ago

00:13:41.960 Chuck

00:13:42.720 Schumer

00:13:43.120 voted

00:13:43.480 for this

00:13:43.920 10

00:13:44.160 years

00:13:44.400 ago

00:13:44.600 Dick

00:13:44.880 Durbin

00:13:45.300 voted

00:13:45.900 for this

00:13:46.340 10

00:13:46.580 years

00:13:46.760 ago

00:13:46.920 what's

00:13:47.300 changed

00:13:47.680 and I'll

00:13:47.920 tell you

00:13:48.180 what's

00:13:48.420 changed

00:13:48.780 when we

00:13:49.960 had this

00:13:50.340 debate

00:13:50.620 on the

00:13:50.900 Senate

00:13:51.100 floor

00:13:51.440 yesterday

00:13:51.960 I looked

00:13:53.580 up in

00:13:53.900 the

00:13:54.020 gallery

00:13:54.440 there

00:13:55.860 were no

00:13:56.180 reporters

00:13:56.700 completely

00:13:58.060 empty

00:13:58.560 what has

00:14:00.060 changed

00:14:00.660 as the

00:14:01.060 corrupt

00:14:01.440 corporate

00:14:01.880 media

00:14:02.280 has become

00:14:02.860 so

00:14:03.160 thoroughly 0.97

00:14:03.740 corrupt

00:14:04.320 that if

00:14:05.140 you rely

00:14:05.940 on CNN

00:14:06.720 or MSNBC 0.85

00:14:08.280 or ABC

00:14:09.000 CBS

00:14:09.600 NBC

00:14:10.160 for your

00:14:11.200 news

00:14:11.580 you have

00:14:12.320 no idea

00:14:13.140 that the

00:14:14.420 reason our

00:14:15.040 military is

00:14:15.680 not going to

00:14:16.060 get a

00:14:16.280 paycheck

00:14:16.520 tomorrow

00:14:17.100 is because

00:14:17.860 the Democrats

00:14:18.560 decided to

00:14:19.320 block it 0.94

00:14:19.840 to hold

00:14:20.160 them hostage

00:14:20.620 and the

00:14:21.760 reason the

00:14:22.280 Democrats

00:14:22.640 do this

00:14:23.200 is they

00:14:23.460 know

00:14:23.640 they'll

00:14:23.860 never

00:14:24.060 be

00:14:24.260 questioned

00:14:24.620 I point

00:14:25.340 out to

00:14:25.660 reporters

00:14:26.080 reporters

00:14:26.740 are all

00:14:27.160 running up

00:14:27.600 to me

00:14:27.820 in the

00:14:28.000 Capitol

00:14:28.300 this week

00:14:28.800 and they're

00:14:29.080 saying

00:14:30.300 do you

00:14:31.280 think it's

00:14:31.640 right

00:14:31.900 that those

00:14:32.240 terrible 0.96

00:14:32.640 Republicans 0.98

00:14:33.180 are going

00:14:33.420 to shut 0.69

00:14:33.720 down

00:14:34.060 the

00:14:34.440 government

00:14:34.780 and I

00:14:35.100 laugh

00:14:35.480 and I

00:14:35.740 say

00:14:36.000 funny

00:14:37.660 how come

00:14:38.560 you're not

00:14:39.000 asking if I

00:14:39.640 think it's

00:14:40.020 right that

00:14:40.400 that terrible

00:14:41.040 Chuck Schumer

00:14:41.660 and that

00:14:42.000 terrible

00:14:42.320 Joe 0.86

00:14:42.560 Biden

00:14:42.840 are going

00:14:43.060 to shut 0.69

00:14:43.340 down

00:14:43.540 the

00:14:43.700 government

00:14:47.100 don't have

00:14:47.520 they want

00:14:48.040 to continue

00:14:48.560 driving

00:14:49.000 inflation

00:14:49.480 up to

00:14:49.900 hurt

00:14:50.140 people

00:14:50.440 all across

00:14:50.920 the country

00:14:51.460 and by

00:14:52.140 the way

00:14:52.540 because they

00:14:53.300 refuse to

00:14:54.000 do a 0.96

00:14:54.380 damn thing 0.98

00:14:55.000 to secure 1.00

00:14:55.500 the southern

00:14:55.940 border

00:14:56.300 because they

00:14:57.060 want these

00:14:57.800 open borders

00:14:58.600 and they're

00:14:58.920 willing to

00:14:59.340 shut the

00:14:59.700 government

00:14:59.980 down on

00:15:00.520 it

00:15:00.640 and I

00:15:01.160 turn to

00:15:01.500 reporters

00:15:01.880 I say

00:15:02.320 did you

00:15:03.700 write a

00:15:04.080 story

00:15:04.400 about the

00:15:05.780 Democrats

00:15:06.320 blocking

00:15:06.980 paychecks

00:15:07.600 for our

00:15:07.920 military

00:15:08.260 they're all

00:15:08.600 like no

00:15:09.000 but I'm

00:15:09.620 like shut 0.95

00:15:09.980 up why 1.00

00:15:10.360 are you

00:15:10.580 talking to

00:15:11.000 me

00:15:11.160 you are

00:15:12.400 a parrot 0.61

00:15:13.340 you are 0.98

00:15:13.980 a hack 0.99

00:15:14.540 you are

00:15:15.020 a propagandist 0.99

00:15:16.020 you lie

00:15:16.880 for a

00:15:17.700 living

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00:15:18.480 you want

00:15:18.760 to prove

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00:15:19.500 go sit

00:15:20.000 down at

00:15:20.380 your little

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00:15:21.320 and type 1.00

00:15:22.000 a damn 1.00

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00:15:22.860 about what

00:15:24.140 I said

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00:15:25.260 the Democrats

00:15:25.780 said

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00:15:31.520 because Patty

00:15:32.640 Murray objected

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00:15:34.520 thought it was

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00:17:51.440 i think it's

00:17:52.000 clear

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00:17:53.940 their senators

00:17:54.540 their congressmen

00:17:56.040 and advocate

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00:17:59.200 we've had

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00:18:00.480 senator with

00:18:01.020 verdict

00:18:01.320 changing policy

00:18:02.820 but this is

00:18:04.980 one of those

00:18:05.580 moments

00:18:06.180 where everybody

00:18:07.240 listening

00:18:07.940 everybody

00:18:08.380 watching

00:18:08.940 they need

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00:18:10.980 reach out

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00:18:12.080 and senators

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00:18:12.700 do the

00:18:13.020 right thing

00:18:13.520 well and

00:18:15.580 and i'll

00:18:16.120 say also

00:18:16.740 right before

00:18:17.280 we started

00:18:17.800 recording

00:18:18.340 uh the podcast

00:18:20.060 christian collins

00:18:20.880 came out

00:18:21.360 welcomed everyone

00:18:22.140 christian's a good

00:18:22.860 friend i appreciate

00:18:23.720 his terrific

00:18:24.340 leadership

00:18:24.820 uh and he

00:18:26.160 suggested to

00:18:26.840 everyone subscribe

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00:18:28.440 and i'm going to

00:18:29.200 tell you there's

00:18:29.680 actually a very

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00:18:31.160 so so ben i'm

00:18:32.360 relying on you

00:18:33.020 to be my eyes

00:18:33.720 here because i

00:18:34.240 can't see the

00:18:34.840 students gathered

00:18:35.480 there but but i

00:18:36.900 want to ask

00:18:37.560 everyone pull out

00:18:38.880 your cell phone

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00:18:53.400 text the word

00:18:54.280 verdict to the

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00:18:59.620 let me give that

00:19:01.280 to you again the

00:19:02.080 number is 24005

00:19:05.700 text the word

00:19:07.340 verdict to that

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00:19:17.180 do it monday

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00:19:18.300 friday and the

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00:19:20.460 is the corporate

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00:19:25.900 happening by

00:19:26.820 watching cnn all

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00:19:32.360 white house wants

00:19:33.200 you to know and

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00:19:37.020 we are breaking

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00:19:51.220 you're talking to your

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00:19:52.500 family and and and

00:19:53.880 you're able to be

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00:19:57.160 but you got to have

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00:19:59.500 got to know what's

00:20:00.220 happening and so this

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00:20:09.980 you know what the

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00:20:12.340 know the facts and

00:20:13.840 you're able to be a

00:20:14.980 whole lot more

00:20:15.460 effective final

00:20:17.000 question senator for

00:20:18.320 you and this is an

00:20:19.120 important one before we

00:20:20.000 get to do what we

00:20:20.800 both love and that's

00:20:21.640 q a when we do live

00:20:23.520 verdict events is

00:20:25.080 there is one story

00:20:27.440 that this government

00:20:28.060 shutdown is going to

00:20:29.200 cover up that is the

00:20:31.100 impeachment inquiry to

00:20:33.000 the biden crime family

00:20:34.520 and the president

00:20:34.940 united states of

00:20:35.560 america joe biden

00:20:36.680 and also some shocking

00:20:38.680 news this week that

00:20:40.440 there was money to

00:20:42.540 payments more than a

00:20:44.280 quarter million dollars

00:20:45.400 in the summer of

00:20:46.760 2019 we talked about

00:20:48.960 this on a previous

00:20:49.720 verdict and if you

00:20:50.400 missed it go back and

00:20:51.200 listen to it that went

00:20:53.280 to the biden family and

00:20:54.820 the address used was the

00:20:57.360 address of the sitting

00:20:58.560 president united states

00:20:59.360 of america now his

00:21:00.440 delaware address now

00:21:01.540 what's interesting is in

00:21:03.700 hunter biden's own

00:21:04.860 memoir he said during

00:21:05.880 that time he lived in

00:21:06.720 california we also know

00:21:08.720 that in the sweetheart

00:21:09.560 plea deal that hunter

00:21:10.700 biden got in that plea

00:21:13.360 agreement it also stated

00:21:15.820 that he was living in

00:21:17.120 california at the time of

00:21:18.140 that wire transfer i know

00:21:19.620 the media is hoping this

00:21:20.620 story gets covered up but

00:21:22.020 you combine that with

00:21:23.260 this impeachment inquiry

00:21:24.860 that's happening this is

00:21:26.280 a very important time for

00:21:28.680 truth and what's coming

00:21:30.080 out against what the

00:21:30.860 biden's were doing look

00:21:32.800 that that that is

00:21:33.540 exactly right and and

00:21:35.160 we do in addition to the

00:21:36.320 podcast monday wednesday

00:21:37.440 and friday we do a

00:21:39.040 saturday issue that is a

00:21:40.320 best of we can review and

00:21:41.800 actually today's saturday

00:21:43.680 podcast focuses on one of

00:21:45.580 the stories it highlights is

00:21:46.760 exactly this story that

00:21:48.660 that hunter biden had

00:21:49.920 wired to him two hundred

00:21:51.300 and fifty thousand dollars

00:21:52.440 a quarter million dollars

00:21:53.540 from communist china and

00:21:55.460 the home address on that

00:21:56.620 wire was joe biden's own

00:21:58.520 residence it was daddy's

00:21:59.880 residence now listen that's

00:22:01.320 not surprising hunter biden

00:22:02.920 has no skills he has

00:22:04.560 nothing marketable he

00:22:05.640 doesn't do anything when's

00:22:07.440 the last time you had a

00:22:09.140 complex job and you said

00:22:10.580 what i really need is a

00:22:11.640 crackhead that is not what

00:22:14.520 hunter biden is selling what

00:22:16.660 hunter biden sells is daddy

00:22:18.680 joe biden is the product

00:22:21.480 favors from daddy is what 0.79

00:22:23.600 hunter got paid millions and

00:22:26.000 millions of dollars and tens of

00:22:27.700 millions of dollars is selling

00:22:29.140 favors from daddy and and by

00:22:31.880 the way at the same time that

00:22:33.700 that two hundred and fifty

00:22:34.620 thousand dollar wire from

00:22:35.860 communist china was coming 1.00

00:22:37.600 with the home address of joe

00:22:39.640 biden joe biden was telling

00:22:41.500 national reporters hunters

00:22:42.740 never gotten anything from

00:22:43.760 china he was just flat out

00:22:44.860 lying and one of the things

00:22:46.900 we try to do with the podcast

00:22:48.100 is walk through the actual

00:22:50.500 evidence of what's going on on

00:22:52.160 biden impeachment the podcast

00:22:53.660 has walked through it chapter

00:22:55.860 and verse the specific

00:22:57.240 evidence taking on for

00:22:58.620 example the lie from

00:23:01.580 democrats and and and their

00:23:03.880 puppets in the press that

00:23:05.720 there is no quote direct

00:23:07.760 evidence of joe's involvement

00:23:09.420 in corruption that's a flat

00:23:11.060 out lie we explain why uh one

00:23:14.040 of the things we covered this

00:23:15.120 week on the podcast is the

00:23:16.900 evidence that broke that there

00:23:18.240 were three iranian operatives

00:23:21.020 assets being managed by the

00:23:23.640 iranian government who were

00:23:25.440 working in senior positions of

00:23:27.400 influence with the biden

00:23:28.540 administration helping set

00:23:30.620 national security policy for

00:23:32.640 the biden administration you

00:23:33.940 literally have people controlled

00:23:37.160 by the ayatollah and the mullahs

00:23:39.460 in iran in senior positions

00:23:42.160 advising on or working on biden's

00:23:45.060 national security right now

00:23:46.780 there's still one of them at the

00:23:47.960 department of defense still

00:23:49.120 drawn a paycheck with a security

00:23:51.120 clearance even though that person

00:23:53.400 is an iranian asset

00:23:54.940 it's unbelievable i want to get

00:23:57.580 questions this is something that

00:23:58.820 you and i both love uh and so

00:24:01.000 you guys come up to these

00:24:02.140 microphones you can ask

00:24:03.040 questions i would ask you since

00:24:04.520 we are remote keep them uh short

00:24:06.760 and concise uh so that we can

00:24:09.040 make sure that we get as many as

00:24:10.300 possible in here if you'll also

00:24:11.860 state your name and where you live

00:24:14.040 uh and senator we're gonna do a

00:24:15.480 little bit of q a we'll start over

00:24:16.680 there go ahead

00:24:17.260 hello my name is chloe castillo i'm

00:24:20.260 from san antonio texas thank you so

00:24:22.200 much for being here today mr cruz

00:24:24.140 um so my question for you is kind

00:24:26.480 of a cultural question with your

00:24:28.280 recent pushback on uganda regarding

00:24:30.380 homosexual crimes what are your 0.68

00:24:32.200 thoughts on how the western popular

00:24:33.960 music culture actively pushes the

00:24:36.300 lgbtq agenda on our youth

00:24:38.500 look chloe it's it's it's a great

00:24:41.440 question and there's no doubt that

00:24:43.200 hollywood and and the entertainment

00:24:45.480 media as a whole pushes a radical

00:24:48.400 left-wing agenda and that includes

00:24:50.480 lgbtq lmnop i i can't keep up with

00:24:54.160 all the letters that are attached to

00:24:55.380 it now but but they push all of that

00:24:57.700 um that they push the transgender 1.00

00:25:00.000 agenda um that they're obsessive in

00:25:02.900 pushing the transgender agenda and 0.98

00:25:04.360 pushing it on kids pushing it on kids

00:25:06.260 as young as they can find it i mean

00:25:08.660 look we recently had target who was

00:25:11.140 exposed selling selling uh bathing

00:25:14.060 suits uh for for infants and for

00:25:18.060 toddlers for little boys to tuck to 0.92

00:25:21.240 hide their genitals to pretend to be 0.99

00:25:22.940 girls and this is this is being 0.99

00:25:24.760 marketed to two and three year olds

00:25:26.440 there is a pervasive effort to

00:25:30.500 brainwash it in particular brainwash

00:25:32.780 kids i think it is incredibly dangerous

00:25:35.040 i've got a new book that is coming out

00:25:37.860 next month in november the name of the

00:25:40.660 book is unwoke how to defeat cultural

00:25:44.160 marxism in america and what the book

00:25:46.580 does it talks through every major or

00:25:50.000 many of the major organs of society

00:25:52.540 that the radical left has seized so it

00:25:54.880 starts with with universities it goes

00:25:56.840 to k-12 education it goes to journalism

00:25:59.660 it goes to entertainment music sports it

00:26:03.600 goes to science it goes to big tech it

00:26:06.140 goes to big business i actually talk

00:26:08.240 quite a bit about target target and

00:26:10.220 bud light together uh that's a big

00:26:12.560 chunk of of the chapter on big business

00:26:15.020 because the reaction to that between

00:26:17.480 bud light and target that's the first

00:26:19.280 time we've seen real consequences to

00:26:22.280 corporate america undermining our basic

00:26:24.780 values and so you know you mentioned

00:26:27.100 uganda uganda made it a criminal offense

00:26:29.480 uh to engage in homosexual conduct i don't

00:26:32.540 support that i'm actually quite libertarian in

00:26:34.660 my leanings i think what consenting adults

00:26:37.240 want to do in their own bedroom is their 0.84

00:26:39.020 own damn business and so i don't think it 0.98

00:26:41.080 should be a criminal offense whatever you 0.99

00:26:43.460 choose to do in that regard but there's a

00:26:45.400 big difference between saying consenting

00:26:47.880 adults can decide what to do in their own

00:26:50.000 sex lives and saying that that you want to 0.94

00:26:53.340 see a a radical agenda proselytized to

00:26:57.840 children and and normalized listen i am i'm a

00:27:01.740 christian um the bible teaches that marriage is

00:27:05.160 the union of one man and one woman those are

00:27:07.000 my beliefs that's that's certainly what

00:27:08.940 what i teach and what i believe and i'm not

00:27:12.880 interested in in having an agenda shoved down

00:27:16.500 our throat and and i think we need to be in

00:27:19.600 all of these topics we need to be happy

00:27:21.420 warriors we need to be be saying what we

00:27:24.740 believe with a smile because the other side is

00:27:27.400 so angry let's go over here senator you're

00:27:31.320 going to love this the t-shirts of the texas

00:27:33.320 youth summit are don't tread on me which is

00:27:37.360 awesome and our next question is coming from

00:27:39.160 someone that has that t-shirt on i love it

00:27:40.700 well done hello senator cruz um my name is

00:27:43.560 jenna i go to u of h here and i work at a

00:27:47.000 tax firm as a tax consultant and the tax

00:27:49.800 deadline is coming up october 18th and i was

00:27:52.380 wondering how the government shutdown is

00:27:54.280 going to affect the irs and the accounting

00:27:57.400 industry regarding that deadline that's

00:27:59.480 coming up and if you could explain kind of

00:28:02.100 what's gonna yeah look that's that's a very

00:28:04.600 good question uh and i expect that if the

00:28:07.380 shutdown goes long and it could easily go a

00:28:10.360 month the last one was 35 days in 2019 the

00:28:13.540 schumer shutdown it could easily go a month

00:28:16.200 what it would mean as a practical matter is

00:28:19.500 that much of the manpower at the irs that

00:28:22.160 would be available to assist you that would

00:28:24.020 be available to process uh returns that

00:28:27.620 would be available to answer questions much

00:28:29.500 of that manpower is not going to be there

00:28:32.060 they will keep essential workers and it's

00:28:34.120 up to each agency to decide who is

00:28:37.260 essential but things like customer service

00:28:40.260 almost always get deemed non-essential

00:28:42.700 and you end up with a significantly reduced

00:28:45.860 workforce and so you're working at a private

00:28:48.700 firm that that that's going to mean that

00:28:51.040 your clients are going to need your advice

00:28:52.900 more significantly because the irs is going

00:28:56.520 to be less available to be responsive even

00:28:59.820 less than they normally are let's take a

00:29:02.940 question from over here hi senator cruz my

00:29:05.900 name is helen and i'm from the woodlands

00:29:07.680 my question to you is are you in favor of the

00:29:11.060 age and term limits to be elected for senate

00:29:14.180 and congress thank you helen thank you for

00:29:17.780 that question so so let me break them down

00:29:19.840 one at a time you asked about age limits and

00:29:22.160 term limits um on age limits the only age

00:29:25.900 limit we have for the senate is the

00:29:27.620 constitution so the constitution provides

00:29:29.720 that you have to be 25 years old to be

00:29:32.180 elected to the house of representatives

00:29:33.560 you have to be 30 years old to be elected

00:29:36.600 to the senate and you have to be 35 years

00:29:38.920 old to be elected president other than that

00:29:41.580 there are currently no limits when it comes

00:29:43.660 to to serving in federal elected office and

00:29:46.480 it's one of the reasons why you see so many

00:29:48.640 people in the senate who are 142 years old um i i have joked if you ever want to feel

00:29:54.880 young come work in the u.s senate because the the median age is such that i have colleagues

00:30:01.360 reminiscing about eisenhower i mean it's uh you know i feel like a sprightly young lad

00:30:07.360 in the in the body in which i serve um term limits is something that that i emphatically support and and so uh i have repeatedly introduced in the senate a constitutional amendment to mandate term limits to limit senators each senator to two terms to limit each house member to three terms um you know it's interesting term limits was something i supported before i got to the senate but having seen this place firsthand now i support it

00:30:37.360 a thousand times a thousand times a thousand times more because this place is the swamp it is corrupt and the people who are here a long time are the worst you get drawn in and corrupted by the swamp and it's both parties look the democrats are bad

00:30:50.080 but for much of this spending that is bankrupting the country we have a uniparty we have republican career politicians who jump in bed with the democrats and eagerly spend trillions of dollars and and so term limits

00:31:05.080 term limits would be a major step to reducing that power and reducing that corruption and it's an amazing thing if you look at term limits nationally over seventy percent of americans support term limits that's true among republicans among democrats and among independents you see massive majorities supporting term limits the one group that doesn't is career politicians in washington in the senate i have zero democrats who support my term limits amendment

00:31:35.060 every one of the every one of every one of every one of every one of every one of the democrats is opposed to it and uh i've chaired i used to be chairman of the constitution subcommittee the senate judiciary committee i chaired a hearing on term limits brought in witnesses to talk about term limits and the reality is in the senate the young guys support my term limits amendments and none of the long time career politicians do

00:32:05.060 because they oppose it because they oppose it because they oppose it that much so i've been fighting but i have not been able to get it on the floor because schumer and mcconnell control what gets on the floor

00:32:13.180 let's get a question on this side over here howdy my name is chad i'm a sophomore in houston and i wanted to ask how congress can give back some 10th amendment rights to the state and people after events like 9-11 and covid have taken it away and given it to the federal government

00:32:29.060 look that that is a fantastic question um if you look at the the bill of rights and you asked about

00:32:36.640 the 10th amendment when i was in college i wrote my senior thesis on the ninth and 10th amendments to the

00:32:41.880 constitution and i'll tell you a little bit of the history of why they're written and and and then i will

00:32:47.140 get straight to your question but originally the constitution was written there was no bill of rights

00:32:52.140 uh it was just the constitution itself and then there was a debate over whether to ratify the

00:32:57.120 constitution and the two groups there were the federalists and the anti-federalists and the

00:33:01.540 federalists were advocating the constitution's a good idea we should ratify it we should have it be

00:33:06.660 the organic document forming our government the anti-federalists were arguing against it and one of

00:33:11.980 the big arguments the anti-federalists had is they said well there's no bill of rights this is a flawed

00:33:17.320 document because there's no no provision in it protecting our fundamental liberties now the

00:33:22.420 federalists came back and they said no no no we don't need a bill of rights and the reason the

00:33:27.920 federalists gave is they said this is a government of enumerated powers if you look at article one

00:33:33.560 section eight of the constitution article one establishes the congress the legislative function

00:33:38.740 and article one section eight specifies it enumerates 18 specific powers that congress has

00:33:46.420 and the argument the federalists said is look we don't need to say that that the federal government

00:33:53.260 cannot violate your free speech cannot violate your religious liberty cannot violate your right to keep

00:33:58.600 and bear arms because there's nothing in the enumerated powers that gives the federal government

00:34:03.940 the power to violate those rights and so we've already done that by limiting the federal government's

00:34:09.600 authority initially now the anti-federalists came back and they had lots of arguments one of which was

00:34:16.420 well there's nothing to stop them from violating those rights within the enumerated powers so for

00:34:22.840 example one of the enumerated powers is the power uh to create and maintain post offices under the

00:34:29.520 original constitution without a bill of rights a government could say the biden administration will

00:34:34.680 say we will only transport letters from democrats all republicans we've decided we don't want

00:34:42.080 republicans speaking anymore so we won't transfer their we won't transport their letters now if the

00:34:48.600 government tried to do that today that would obviously be an unconstitutional violation of free speech

00:34:53.660 without a bill of rights it would be permissible i think the anti-federalists won that debate

00:34:59.160 so we now have a bill of rights the first 10 amendments to the constitution are the bill of rights

00:35:04.840 and the first eight are protecting specific rights and then amendments 9 and 10 both say amendment 9 says

00:35:19.060 the enumeration of certain rights in the bill of rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage

00:35:24.740 other rights retained by the people the 10th amendment says the powers not given to the federal government

00:35:31.040 uh are reserved to the states and to the people basically the the ninth and 10th amendments restate

00:35:39.960 that the constitution is a constitution of of enumerated powers in other words they say

00:35:45.040 even though we just listed these eight bill of rights we agree that the federal government probably

00:35:49.800 couldn't have done any of this anyway but we want belt and suspenders and so the question i think the

00:35:56.400 tenth amendment solves an enormous number of problems in our country i think federalism having states

00:36:02.440 decide um and i i would actually advise you to take a look at a center at the texas public policy

00:36:08.860 foundation it's called the center for tenth amendment studies i i started it i was the first uh director

00:36:15.440 the first leader of the center for tenth amendment studies at tppf and and and it's continued it is

00:36:21.580 ongoing i agree that a vast we should put as much decision making as much authority as possible

00:36:29.220 at the state level or even better at the local level because it's more likely to meet the needs

00:36:35.460 of the people that are being affected and it's also more accountable you the citizen are much more

00:36:41.240 able to express your views and hold accountable local officials and state officials than some

00:36:47.680 bureaucrat in a windowless office in washington dc let's get a couple more questions in here on 0.71

00:36:53.160 this side go ahead uh hello senator cruz my name is mary mullivide i am 18 and from magnolia texas um

00:37:01.400 it appears that democrats have control of the elections illegally through mules and in counting ballots

00:37:11.060 how is our vote even going to matter is there a plate a plan in place for actually having our votes

00:37:19.560 count well mary thank you for that question it's a hugely important question um you are right that

00:37:26.780 voter fraud is a real problem it is a persistent problem uh it's a problem that that has been around

00:37:33.220 since since the dawn of time since the very first elections i'm convinced that when the caveman sat got

00:37:39.380 together to vote on who was going to be grand poobah somebody stuffed the ballot box that's that's

00:37:44.840 just human nature that that we have crooks and crooks try to steal things um so we need to fight

00:37:51.720 against voter fraud we need to fight to preserve voter integrity now the good news is we're in texas

00:37:59.220 and texas the texas legislature has passed legislation strong legislation designed to prevent voter fraud

00:38:07.700 it's not perfect it still exists but we have tools in place to prevent voter fraud there are things

00:38:13.840 like requiring photo id which we do in texas that reduces fraud there are things like prohibiting

00:38:20.480 ballot harvesting prohibiting paid political operatives from handling someone else's ballot

00:38:25.680 that reduces voter fraud significantly ballot harvesting invites voter fraud things like limiting

00:38:32.780 mail-in ballots in texas we do so only in limited circumstances typically seniors or people with

00:38:38.780 significant disabilities but for the vast majority of texans the way you vote is you go vote in person

00:38:44.220 we have a two-week period of early voting so it's actually pretty easy to vote but you vote in person

00:38:49.380 in-person voting reduces the chances of voter fraud i think we need to be vigilant fighting against voter

00:38:56.800 fraud i've spent 20 plus years fighting against voter fraud fraud at the same time if you look

00:39:03.700 nationally they're blue states they're purple states that they're not going to pass legislation

00:39:08.680 to protect election integrity because the democrats have decided they support voter fraud it helps them

00:39:15.020 and it's a way the world's changed 10 years ago there were democrats who would work with you on

00:39:20.820 something like photo id there are none today because they've decided voter fraud is good for them

00:39:26.380 in blue states and purple states they're not going to change their laws to stop voter fraud here's the

00:39:32.860 good news historically voter fraud typically only matters at the margins it matters in a close election

00:39:40.320 so the answer is in those blue states and purple states we got to win by a big enough margin they can't

00:39:47.400 steal the race from us now that's not fair it's frustrating but the alternative is give up on our country 0.99

00:39:54.900 and i got to tell you there are a lot of democrats and a lot of people in the corporate media

00:39:58.240 that want all of us to give up on our country they want conservatives to say well

00:40:03.700 voter fraud is still there so i'm not going to vote to hell with it and i'll tell you what if we do that

00:40:10.180 that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy then our country truly is lost and i'll point as as a moment

00:40:18.780 of encouragement look no further than the state of virginia virginia went for joe biden by 10 points

00:40:27.380 virginia has been blue for the past decade biden won virginia by 10 points one year later in 2021

00:40:34.600 glenn youngkin who's a good friend of mine i campaigned with glenn youngkin all over virginia

00:40:39.680 spent two days barnstorming the state of virginia with glenn one year after biden was elected glenn youngkin

00:40:46.800 was elected as a republican in virginia now virginia had not changed a single voter integrity law they

00:40:52.680 had the same lousy election laws they had the year before but a whole bunch of moms moms who had voted 1.00

00:41:00.560 for joe biden got ticked off at what the schools were doing to our kids and they flipped over and

00:41:06.460 voted republican that gives us a roadmap to what we can and i think what we have to do in this next election

00:41:12.940 senator it's uh it's always a pleasure to see people in person i love doing these uh verdict

00:41:20.760 lies for that don't forget we do this show three days a week monday wednesday fridays we have our best

00:41:26.820 of recap on saturdays make sure you subscribe in those days in between download my podcast the ben

00:41:33.360 ferguson podcast as well i'll keep you updated on the biggest news i want to give a big thank you

00:41:38.700 to all of you that are here senator i know it's a pleasure i know you wish you're here not being

00:41:43.720 held hostage in dc but give senator cruz a big round of applause

00:41:46.620 you guys are awesome and hopefully next year we'll be back in person here thank you guys so much god

00:41:57.440 bless and uh we'll see you again soon

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