Verdict with Ted Cruz - March 06, 2024


Super Tuesday BLOWOUT! plus UNANIMOUS Supreme Court Victory for Trump & Unanimous Reversal of 100+ J6 Sentences


Episode Stats

Length

36 minutes

Words per Minute

171.84349

Word Count

6,248

Sentence Count

352

Misogynist Sentences

4

Hate Speech Sentences

7


Summary


Transcript

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00:00:05.300 Welcome. It is Vertiquist Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson, with you on the Super Tuesday Evening Center.
00:00:12.260 It's a fun night for American democracy.
00:00:14.700 Well, that's exactly right. A lot is going on.
00:00:16.480 We just had Super Tuesday. We had elections all over the country.
00:00:19.820 Dominating night for Donald Trump. Dominating night for Joe Biden.
00:00:23.560 Pretty disappointing night for every other candidate out there.
00:00:26.000 I think this race is cooked, but we will analyze it in depth, as we always do.
00:00:32.280 Beyond that, we've got this week the blockbuster decision from the Supreme Court, 9-0, unanimous, ruling that Donald Trump will remain on the ballot, will remain on the ballot in Colorado.
00:00:43.540 That also means he'll remain on the ballot in Maine. That also means he'll remain on the ballot in Illinois.
00:00:47.980 That is precisely what you and I predicted on verdict two months ago.
00:00:52.600 We'll break that down and analyze that decision as well.
00:00:55.380 And finally, a big decision out of the D.C. Circuit Federal Court of Appeals.
00:01:00.620 That court ruled unanimously that a number of federal district courts in D.C. were improperly enhancing the sentences of January 6th defendants.
00:01:10.820 That the Biden Department of Justice wrongly sought an enhancement of their sentence, a sentence that the law didn't require.
00:01:17.620 And so they have effectively lowered the sentences of some 100 defendants.
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00:03:18.100 Senator, let's start with Super Tuesday.
00:03:20.040 I got to say, I had a really fun day today because I got to take my son out of school.
00:03:24.460 He's in first grade.
00:03:26.100 He went to vote for it with me today.
00:03:28.900 Congratulations.
00:03:29.380 Congratulations.
00:03:29.980 Talk about a smackdown.
00:03:31.500 You got over 89% of the vote, which is awesome.
00:03:34.420 But if you look at the raw numbers, that's the part that was the most exciting.
00:03:38.420 1.28 million votes for you, Senator.
00:03:43.940 And then if you look on the Democratic side over there,
00:03:47.360 Allred got only 357,000, as we're recording this right now, number of votes.
00:03:54.660 That's a huge difference.
00:03:56.020 That's got to feel good.
00:03:57.180 Well, it was a great night.
00:03:58.100 It was very gratifying.
00:03:59.020 I'm glad you brought him in, and thank you.
00:04:02.020 It was so much fun.
00:04:03.360 Let's talk about the overall Super Tuesday results that happened.
00:04:08.000 Nothing really that surprising, except for the fact it was overwhelming victory for Donald Trump nationwide.
00:04:15.660 This is, I think, clearly connected to the Supreme Court decision.
00:04:19.200 There's a lot of really mad Republicans in this country right now.
00:04:22.040 Well, look, I think saying it's overwhelming is a bit of an overstatement.
00:04:26.060 And yes, it's true that Trump won Iowa.
00:04:28.040 Yes, it's true he won New Hampshire.
00:04:29.440 Yes, it's true that he won South Carolina.
00:04:31.960 Yes, it's true that he won Nevada.
00:04:33.600 Yes, it's true that he won on Super Tuesday.
00:04:35.840 He won Idaho.
00:04:36.620 He won Nevada.
00:04:37.320 He won Colorado.
00:04:38.120 He won Texas.
00:04:38.820 He won Oklahoma.
00:04:39.660 He won North Dakota.
00:04:40.560 He won Minnesota.
00:04:41.260 He won Iowa.
00:04:42.060 He won Missouri.
00:04:42.820 He won Arkansas.
00:04:43.420 He won Alabama.
00:04:45.120 He won Tennessee.
00:04:45.940 He won Michigan.
00:04:46.720 He won South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia.
00:04:49.540 He won Vermont.
00:04:51.480 He won Massachusetts.
00:04:52.500 And he won Maine.
00:04:53.380 But it's not fair to say it's overwhelming, Dan, because Nikki Haley won the District of Columbia.
00:05:00.200 That's true.
00:05:01.100 The swamp.
00:05:01.760 She won the swamp.
00:05:02.760 That's a valid point.
00:05:03.800 I apologize for insulting Nikki Haley's tough campaign work in the District of Columbia with all the swampsters there.
00:05:10.720 But so to quote the classic movie, Dumb and Dumber, you're saying I got a chance.
00:05:16.620 That's right.
00:05:17.200 That's right.
00:05:17.680 So I got to ask at this point, if you're Nikki Haley and you're on her campaign and you're the never and you're the never Trumpers and you've been feeding her cash, what's going through your head tonight?
00:05:29.480 And at this point, does it even matter what she does anymore?
00:05:33.280 Well, listen, understand the dynamic of presidential campaigns.
00:05:36.020 Virtually every candidate who drops out of a presidential campaign does so for the identical reason.
00:05:42.240 They go broke.
00:05:43.340 They run out of money.
00:05:44.420 When candidates run out of money, they drop out.
00:05:47.420 Now, in Nikki's case, she has up until now had donors willing to write her checks.
00:05:53.100 And as long as they keep writing her checks, she's likely to continue in the race.
00:05:56.240 At some point, the donors say, why are we writing checks for a candidate who can't win?
00:06:01.460 And when that happens, she'll drop out.
00:06:03.780 Now, listen, I don't feel the particular need to jump on the bandwagon and say you must get out.
00:06:08.420 You must get out.
00:06:09.080 I will say this.
00:06:10.120 I think it is not productive to have Nikki or other Republican candidates just amplifying the attacks on Donald Trump that Democrats are using.
00:06:19.880 And the reason is, at this point, Donald Trump is going to be our nominee.
00:06:24.580 That is clear.
00:06:25.440 I think that is indisputable.
00:06:27.120 Given that, I don't think it is helpful to have Republicans being the point of the spear on attacking our nominee.
00:06:34.080 Look, I've endorsed Donald Trump.
00:06:35.580 I want Donald Trump to win in November.
00:06:38.260 I am absolutely convinced that the Biden agenda has been a disaster for this country.
00:06:44.020 And so Nikki Haley will decide to do what she wants to do, and she'll do it on her own time frame.
00:06:48.720 But I think just being a battering ram, making the case that Donald Trump is the devil, is only playing into the hands of Democrats,
00:06:57.980 whose only argument in November is going to be Donald Trump is the devil.
00:07:02.760 And they'd love to use Republican mouthpieces to say that if they can.
00:07:07.580 Let's talk about the Supreme Court, and I want to talk about the politics of it just for a second.
00:07:11.700 The nine-on ruling that came down this week, predicted on this show literally months ago,
00:07:17.740 you look at that, how much of an impact do you think that had on voters today wanting to show up and send a clear message
00:07:24.760 that we're standing behind Donald Trump and other candidates like him?
00:07:29.000 Well, I don't think the Supreme Court decision keeping Trump on the ballot impacted the results tonight.
00:07:35.760 Look, I think Trump was going to win.
00:07:37.640 As you'll recall, I endorsed Trump right after Iowa, right after he had a dominating night,
00:07:42.760 in which he won 98 of the 99 counties.
00:07:45.140 He won by 20 points.
00:07:47.120 It was clear then that he was going to be the nominee.
00:07:49.480 Now, I do think the Supreme Court decision, we ought to pause and talk about it,
00:07:54.720 because as soon as the Colorado Supreme Court made its decision, a divided 4-3 decision,
00:08:02.140 where four partisan Democrat justices ordered Trump thrown off the ballot,
00:08:08.240 you and I went on this podcast immediately thereafter, and we said that day,
00:08:13.940 we said, this is not going to stand, this decision will be reversed, and indeed I said,
00:08:19.900 the chances of it being reversed, I believe, are 100%.
00:08:23.740 Now, look, that's always dangerous to make a prediction where you're predicting 100%.
00:08:27.780 Sure.
00:08:28.540 But we went further, because I said, not only is it 100% that it'll be reversed,
00:08:33.160 I said at the time, literally the day after the decision, I said,
00:08:36.660 I think there's a very good chance the decision is unanimous.
00:08:40.260 Now, at the time, there were not many people saying that.
00:08:43.000 There were lots of commentators on TV saying, well, they may reverse it,
00:08:46.360 it'll be partisan, it'll be divided among party lines.
00:08:49.460 Well, that was not the case.
00:08:52.100 What is most significant about Monday's decision is that it was 9-0.
00:08:56.580 It was 9-0, and it was interesting, it was not a signed opinion, it was a per curiam.
00:08:59.640 Per curiam opinions are done, it does not have any particular justice who has authorship of the opinion.
00:09:08.180 My strong suspicion is the opinion was authored by Chief Justice Roberts, but he didn't put his name on it.
00:09:14.100 He made it a per curiam, and per curiam can be a tool to emphasize that this is the opinion of the entire court.
00:09:22.380 And it is critically important.
00:09:24.240 Look, we have some very liberal justices.
00:09:27.020 We have Elena Kagan, we have Sonia Sotomayor, we have Ketanji Brown-Jackson.
00:09:31.300 And all of them agreed with the outcome that the Colorado Supreme Court decision was wrong,
00:09:38.940 and that Donald Trump should stay on the ballot.
00:09:41.680 That is a big, big deal, and I am so grateful.
00:09:44.660 As I sit here tonight, I am grateful it was 9-0.
00:09:48.780 If we had woken up, if we had turned on the TV or picked up our phones and looked and saw that it was a 6-3 decision,
00:09:56.260 it was just straight party lines, and the three Democrat appointees were like,
00:10:00.020 no, no, no, you must throw Trump off the ballot, he's an insurrectionist.
00:10:04.480 The result would have been the same, Trump would have stayed on the ballot.
00:10:07.440 But I think that would have been a terrible outcome for the country,
00:10:11.560 and I think it would have been a terrible outcome for the court.
00:10:13.620 Look, just about every major institution in our country, its credibility has been undermined in recent years.
00:10:19.140 People have less faith in the institutions of our country, and I understand why.
00:10:22.920 We've seen a lot of our institutions really corrupted, and you and I talk about that a lot on this podcast.
00:10:29.240 But for the court, I think it's important for the long-term rule of law in our nation.
00:10:34.800 I think it's important for the protection of our constitutional liberties,
00:10:37.780 for the court to have some modicum of credibility.
00:10:40.240 And so I am grateful for the Democrat appointees for doing the right thing,
00:10:45.860 the right thing under the law, but it was important for the court,
00:10:49.120 and I think it is important for the country.
00:10:50.900 I think the statement that the unanimity makes...
00:10:55.580 Look, there have been big decisions.
00:10:57.240 If you look back to 1954,
00:10:59.440 1954 was when the Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
00:11:04.660 That is the decision that desegregated our public schools.
00:11:08.040 Prior to Brown, the rule of law had been the rule that was articulated in a case called Plessy v. Ferguson.
00:11:14.860 Plessy v. Ferguson laid out a doctrine that was called separate but equal.
00:11:18.900 And Plessy upheld the notion that it was okay for public schools to be segregated by law,
00:11:24.740 to explicitly have classrooms that were white only and have classrooms that were black only,
00:11:29.640 and they claimed the law allowed that that they were,
00:11:32.680 and the phrase they used was separate but equal,
00:11:35.180 and they claimed that was consistent with the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.
00:11:40.420 In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court reversed Plessy
00:11:44.060 and ordered that our schools be desegregated.
00:11:47.020 The law could not treat the races differently based on race.
00:11:50.960 That was unequivocally the right decision.
00:11:53.360 Brown v. Board of Education is one of the most important,
00:11:55.940 if not the most important decision the Supreme Court has ever issued,
00:11:59.360 and Brown critically was unanimous as well.
00:12:02.840 The justices understood that ordering schools to desegregate,
00:12:07.420 schools that had been segregated for a long, long time,
00:12:10.440 schools that had a long history of racial animus,
00:12:13.200 that that was going to be a controversial decision,
00:12:15.120 and the court wanted to speak with one unanimous voice.
00:12:17.960 I am grateful that here the court likewise spoke with one unanimous voice,
00:12:23.680 and this decision, in my view, says democracy is paramount,
00:12:27.580 that it is the voters who decide,
00:12:29.360 that it is not partisans,
00:12:31.500 whether that be partisan judges as we had in Colorado,
00:12:35.120 or partisan officials as we had in Maine or Illinois.
00:12:38.500 It is not partisans of either party
00:12:40.240 that should be in the business of saying,
00:12:42.940 I don't want the voters to vote for their choice.
00:12:46.200 I want to throw my opponent off the ballot.
00:12:48.600 Why?
00:12:49.360 Not because they did something wrong,
00:12:51.500 and by the way, there are lots of ballot litigation
00:12:54.720 where, say, you've got to have 50,000 signatures,
00:12:57.840 and someone fails to get 50,000 signatures,
00:12:59.680 and then they get thrown off the ballot,
00:13:00.840 because that's pursuant to the requirements of law
00:13:03.560 that you've got to do whatever it takes to qualify for the ballot.
00:13:06.320 But that's not what was going on in these decisions.
00:13:09.380 In these decisions, it was not any objective requirement of the law.
00:13:15.080 It was simply these partisans hated Donald Trump,
00:13:17.960 and fundamentally, I think they were afraid the voters,
00:13:21.260 if given the chance, would vote for him.
00:13:23.060 I think that's right,
00:13:23.920 and I'm glad the Supreme Court said,
00:13:26.380 you know what, the voters are going to decide.
00:13:27.960 It's not going to be partisans.
00:13:29.300 You know, one of the most, I think, encouraging moments,
00:13:32.440 and it was a moment, I want to be clear about that,
00:13:34.920 was how the media covered the decision instantly when it came down.
00:13:40.740 ABC, NBC, CBS,
00:13:44.100 they actually covered it in a way that was, I think,
00:13:47.080 genuine and authentic for that moment,
00:13:49.500 before the partisan hackery that, of course,
00:13:51.660 they got into pretty quickly after this decision.
00:13:54.400 But take a listen to ABC News.
00:13:56.480 This is just one example of how they covered this
00:13:58.540 right in front of the Supreme Court.
00:14:00.140 A rare moment of unanimity on a usually divided court.
00:14:03.660 All nine justices of the Supreme Court agree
00:14:06.440 that states cannot kick candidates off the ballot
00:14:10.120 under the 14th Amendment,
00:14:11.660 that clause which you mentioned,
00:14:13.220 which passed after the Civil War,
00:14:15.300 held that people who had sworn an oath
00:14:17.420 to uphold the Constitution
00:14:18.740 and then engaged in insurrection
00:14:21.160 are banned from holding federal office further.
00:14:24.920 And what the Supreme Court said
00:14:26.240 is that states can't enforce that,
00:14:28.840 that it requires Congress
00:14:30.220 to pass a law to outline
00:14:32.860 how that clause should be enforced,
00:14:35.360 concluding very simply
00:14:36.600 that responsibility for enforcing
00:14:39.860 that part of the Constitution
00:14:41.060 rests with Congress
00:14:42.480 and not with the states.
00:14:44.100 The Supreme Court expressing real concern
00:14:45.980 that states could go different ways.
00:14:48.060 Some states would perhaps ban one candidate,
00:14:50.500 some states perhaps ban another candidate.
00:14:52.600 Other states keep them both on the ballot
00:14:54.220 and they express concern
00:14:56.120 about the disruption that that would.
00:14:58.560 I mean, Senator,
00:14:59.060 that was a moment of real journalism.
00:15:01.140 It was impressive.
00:15:02.320 Well, it accurately covered what happened.
00:15:04.580 And I'll point out,
00:15:05.800 when you and I analyzed this decision,
00:15:08.300 we laid out the basis.
00:15:09.980 And in fact, as you know,
00:15:10.940 I filed an amicus brief
00:15:12.260 on behalf of 179 members of Congress
00:15:14.560 in which I argued for the exact ground
00:15:17.460 upon which the court decided,
00:15:19.100 which is that I argued and said
00:15:21.040 it is not for the states to determine
00:15:23.700 who violates the 14th Amendment, Section 3,
00:15:26.960 and who does not.
00:15:27.680 Rather, it is for Congress
00:15:28.800 that the 14th Amendment
00:15:29.880 explicitly gives that power to Congress
00:15:32.420 and Congress can determine
00:15:33.520 whether or not to seat a candidate,
00:15:35.260 but it is not.
00:15:36.400 And Congress has not created
00:15:37.900 a mechanism to adjudicate this
00:15:40.460 that has been followed here.
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00:17:45.160 Now, Senator,
00:17:45.840 I said a moment ago
00:17:46.760 that, you know,
00:17:47.340 this is a great moment
00:17:48.200 of journalism
00:17:48.900 and it happened.
00:17:50.120 And then,
00:17:51.360 they decided,
00:17:52.260 all right,
00:17:52.600 we're done with that.
00:17:53.600 Let's go back
00:17:54.280 to the partisan hackery.
00:17:55.920 Take a listen
00:17:56.460 to this montage
00:17:57.220 of the media
00:17:57.920 losing their minds
00:17:58.860 over a 9-0 decision
00:17:59.840 from the Supreme Court.
00:18:00.780 We've learned
00:18:01.500 that it was
00:18:01.940 a 9-0 decision
00:18:03.620 ruling that
00:18:04.340 Donald Trump
00:18:04.900 can be on the ballot
00:18:05.960 in Colorado
00:18:06.460 and other states.
00:18:08.220 I'm not confident
00:18:09.260 that that will produce
00:18:10.940 a result that's good
00:18:12.700 for American democracy.
00:18:14.180 This is actually
00:18:14.840 what I had been
00:18:15.700 concerned about.
00:18:16.460 I had been concerned
00:18:17.180 that should it go
00:18:17.980 to the Supreme Court,
00:18:19.360 they would rule
00:18:20.040 this way.
00:18:20.840 I'd laugh
00:18:21.540 if it weren't so sad.
00:18:22.940 My next guest
00:18:23.640 says Donald Trump
00:18:24.400 is still an
00:18:25.240 oath-breaking insurrectionist.
00:18:26.620 Do you have confidence
00:18:27.180 in the Supreme Court?
00:18:28.140 Do you think
00:18:28.420 this court is partisan?
00:18:29.460 The court itself
00:18:30.460 may have overstepped.
00:18:32.000 The court went
00:18:32.820 way further
00:18:34.080 than it needed to go.
00:18:35.360 Our colleague
00:18:35.840 Melissa Murray
00:18:36.540 has called
00:18:37.120 this Supreme Court
00:18:38.160 the YOLO court.
00:18:39.400 The criticism
00:18:39.800 of the court
00:18:40.380 is that they're
00:18:40.860 playing interference.
00:18:42.260 Not since Bush v. Gore
00:18:43.520 have we seen
00:18:44.160 a court
00:18:44.640 that's had
00:18:45.300 this many opportunities
00:18:46.480 to interfere
00:18:47.560 in the election.
00:18:48.840 The headline here
00:18:49.480 is that this
00:18:50.460 is a unanimous ruling,
00:18:51.960 but if you
00:18:52.360 scratch the surface
00:18:53.640 just a little...
00:18:54.500 This is a 5-4 ruling.
00:18:56.060 I'm part of it.
00:18:56.860 This is actually
00:18:57.640 a 5-4 decision.
00:19:00.100 It's 5-4.
00:19:01.340 Trump will take this,
00:19:02.820 spin it,
00:19:03.800 spread the misinformation,
00:19:05.000 disinformation on it,
00:19:05.880 so it's a win for them.
00:19:07.100 He's on the ballot
00:19:08.060 and voters will vote
00:19:09.160 and he looks like
00:19:10.440 he's headed
00:19:10.800 to become
00:19:11.780 the Republican
00:19:12.440 nominee for president.
00:19:13.980 You can't save
00:19:14.720 the people
00:19:15.120 from themselves.
00:19:16.600 If they're determined
00:19:17.400 to re-elect him
00:19:18.860 after he organized
00:19:20.440 that insurrection,
00:19:21.780 then there's nothing
00:19:22.680 to stop the people
00:19:23.640 from doing that.
00:19:25.060 Wow.
00:19:25.660 That is your media
00:19:27.500 right after this
00:19:28.800 saying it's somehow
00:19:29.580 a 5-4 decision
00:19:30.820 and this is just
00:19:32.460 laying the groundwork
00:19:33.300 for what they want to do.
00:19:34.240 If the Supreme Court
00:19:34.900 doesn't do it
00:19:35.420 with the left once,
00:19:36.080 they just want to
00:19:36.620 pack the quarter,
00:19:37.360 say it's an illegitimate quarter,
00:19:38.820 get rid of it altogether.
00:19:40.220 Well, look,
00:19:41.040 those are partisan hacks
00:19:42.560 in the media
00:19:43.040 who are losing their minds
00:19:44.160 and, you know,
00:19:44.580 my favorite comment
00:19:45.380 in that montage was,
00:19:46.880 are the Supreme Court
00:19:47.780 just partisans?
00:19:48.680 And understand
00:19:49.100 what they're saying.
00:19:50.260 They're saying
00:19:51.060 Elena Kagan,
00:19:52.600 appointed to the Supreme Court
00:19:53.560 by a Democrat president,
00:19:54.880 is a partisan Republican.
00:19:56.440 They're saying
00:19:56.880 Sonia Sotomayor,
00:19:58.540 appointed to the Supreme Court
00:19:59.980 by a Democrat president,
00:20:01.500 is a Republican partisan.
00:20:03.120 And my favorite
00:20:03.700 is they're saying
00:20:04.340 Ketanji Brown-Jackson,
00:20:05.920 appointed to the Supreme Court
00:20:06.960 by Joe Biden,
00:20:08.340 is a partisan
00:20:09.540 in the tank
00:20:10.580 for Donald Trump.
00:20:11.500 That's what they just said
00:20:12.520 and it's truly absurd.
00:20:14.100 Look,
00:20:14.740 was there a disagreement
00:20:15.960 over some of the grounds
00:20:17.220 of the decision?
00:20:18.040 Yes.
00:20:18.360 But I actually want to read
00:20:19.520 from a portion of,
00:20:21.800 Amy Coney Barrett
00:20:22.580 wrote a very short concurrence
00:20:24.680 and I want to read
00:20:26.120 from her final paragraph.
00:20:27.740 The majority's choice
00:20:28.760 of a different path
00:20:29.680 leaves the remaining justices
00:20:31.600 with a choice
00:20:32.440 of how to respond.
00:20:34.140 In my judgment,
00:20:35.020 this is not the time
00:20:35.900 to amplify disagreements
00:20:37.380 with stridency.
00:20:38.880 The court has settled
00:20:40.180 a politically charged issue
00:20:41.860 in the volatile season
00:20:43.660 of a presidential election,
00:20:45.580 particularly in this circumstance.
00:20:48.380 Writings on the court
00:20:49.420 should turn the national
00:20:51.400 temperature down,
00:20:53.380 not up.
00:20:54.580 For present purposes,
00:20:56.280 our differences
00:20:57.300 are far less important
00:20:59.280 than our unanimity.
00:21:01.580 All nine justices
00:21:04.060 agree on the outcome
00:21:06.120 of this case.
00:21:07.900 That is the message
00:21:09.480 Americans should take home.
00:21:11.620 I think Amy Coney Barrett
00:21:12.780 was exactly right.
00:21:14.160 The fact that it was unanimous
00:21:16.020 is an important victory
00:21:17.340 for the Supreme Court,
00:21:18.420 it's an important victory
00:21:19.240 for the rule of law,
00:21:20.740 it's an important victory
00:21:22.020 for the country,
00:21:22.920 and it's an important victory
00:21:23.840 for democracy.
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00:21:56.240 You know,
00:21:56.860 I've said this for a while
00:21:57.800 and I keep saying
00:21:58.420 I think the Democratic Party
00:21:59.580 for all intents and purposes
00:22:00.760 is dead.
00:22:01.540 I think they're masquerading
00:22:02.600 as Democrats
00:22:03.260 and they're really communists.
00:22:05.020 And Democratic Representative
00:22:06.220 Jamie Raskin
00:22:07.080 immediately went on CNN Center
00:22:08.920 and said this
00:22:09.960 and I want to get
00:22:10.680 your reaction to it.
00:22:12.180 I am working with
00:22:13.100 a number of my colleagues
00:22:14.400 including
00:22:14.860 Debbie Wasserman Schultz
00:22:16.680 and Eric Swalwell
00:22:17.600 to revive legislation
00:22:19.640 that we had
00:22:20.320 to set up a process
00:22:22.040 by which we could determine
00:22:23.700 that someone
00:22:24.740 who committed insurrection
00:22:26.600 is disqualified
00:22:27.680 by Section 3
00:22:28.480 of the 14th Amendment.
00:22:29.600 And the House of Representatives
00:22:30.600 already impeached
00:22:31.820 Donald Trump
00:22:32.760 for participating
00:22:33.600 in insurrection
00:22:34.320 by inciting it.
00:22:36.180 So the House
00:22:37.100 has already pronounced
00:22:37.920 upon that.
00:22:38.700 I mean,
00:22:39.400 you hear him there.
00:22:40.200 These people are psycho.
00:22:41.560 They're obsessed
00:22:42.140 with taking away
00:22:43.200 the rights
00:22:44.480 of the American people
00:22:45.740 to decide
00:22:46.220 who they want
00:22:46.720 to be president
00:22:47.300 of the United States
00:22:48.040 of America
00:22:48.540 and even after
00:22:49.920 the liberals
00:22:50.400 smacked them down
00:22:51.220 in a nine-to-nothing decision
00:22:53.300 protecting democracy,
00:22:54.740 they immediately are like,
00:22:56.000 nope,
00:22:56.240 we're going to go
00:22:56.660 right back to the House.
00:22:57.720 We're going to do
00:22:58.140 what we can
00:22:58.720 to make sure
00:22:59.200 you can't vote
00:22:59.880 for Donald Trump.
00:23:01.120 Well,
00:23:01.260 and I'll give you
00:23:01.680 a couple of additional facts.
00:23:02.900 Number one,
00:23:03.340 Jamie Raskin
00:23:04.060 was a constitutional law professor.
00:23:06.140 So he's actually
00:23:06.920 a very smart,
00:23:08.020 very well-respected
00:23:08.960 law professor and lawyer.
00:23:10.640 But yet,
00:23:11.200 his partisan extremism
00:23:12.900 is overwhelming.
00:23:14.180 Number two,
00:23:14.640 here's an amazing thing.
00:23:16.260 So Jamie Raskin
00:23:17.100 was elected
00:23:17.700 and you know,
00:23:18.180 one of the very first things
00:23:19.160 he did when he was elected
00:23:19.980 to the House?
00:23:21.180 What was that?
00:23:22.080 He showed up
00:23:22.900 on the floor of the House
00:23:23.880 on January 6th,
00:23:26.300 2017,
00:23:26.880 and he stood up
00:23:28.360 and objected
00:23:29.200 to the election
00:23:30.400 and certification
00:23:31.020 of the election
00:23:31.820 of Donald J. Trump.
00:23:33.360 So what he calls
00:23:35.140 an insurrection
00:23:35.960 is actually
00:23:37.980 one of the very first acts
00:23:39.480 Jamie Raskin
00:23:40.280 ever did
00:23:41.280 in Congress.
00:23:42.980 And yet,
00:23:44.180 look,
00:23:44.740 today's Democrat Party,
00:23:46.520 they're so consumed
00:23:47.860 by hate
00:23:48.660 that they really
00:23:50.120 have convinced themselves
00:23:51.440 that Trump is the devil,
00:23:52.800 that Trump is Hitler,
00:23:53.660 that Trump is so horrible
00:23:55.540 that anything,
00:23:56.680 anything,
00:23:57.200 anything is justifiable.
00:23:58.900 And the irony is
00:24:00.300 every one of those Democrats
00:24:02.240 still puffs out their chest
00:24:03.560 and says,
00:24:04.060 we must defend democracy.
00:24:06.180 And in their telling,
00:24:08.000 we must defend democracy
00:24:09.260 by stopping
00:24:10.180 the damn voters
00:24:11.520 from voting
00:24:12.720 for someone
00:24:13.300 we don't want
00:24:14.720 them to vote for.
00:24:15.920 Yeah,
00:24:16.440 there's no accepting
00:24:18.560 that they may be wrong
00:24:19.780 or that they lose,
00:24:21.500 whether it be an election
00:24:22.380 or a ruling.
00:24:23.800 I mean,
00:24:23.940 you look at Keith Olbermann.
00:24:25.260 He called for the court
00:24:26.440 to be dissolved
00:24:27.400 in response to the ruling,
00:24:29.620 and it's not,
00:24:30.300 like,
00:24:30.460 I know he's crazy,
00:24:31.960 but the number of people
00:24:33.040 that retweeted him
00:24:34.340 and advocated for this
00:24:35.920 in the Democratic world
00:24:37.100 after he said it,
00:24:38.420 they're like,
00:24:38.820 all right,
00:24:38.980 we didn't get our way,
00:24:39.720 all right,
00:24:39.980 well,
00:24:40.240 then just get rid
00:24:42.100 of the Supreme Court
00:24:42.820 altogether.
00:24:43.480 That's not normal.
00:24:45.180 No,
00:24:45.400 it's extremism,
00:24:46.280 and it is one
00:24:47.220 of the saddest things.
00:24:48.920 Listen,
00:24:49.200 when I first arrived
00:24:50.080 in the Senate
00:24:50.500 12 years ago,
00:24:51.980 there were moderate Democrats.
00:24:53.900 There are none left.
00:24:55.520 In the U.S. Senate,
00:24:57.480 there are only two
00:24:59.220 even arguable
00:25:00.540 moderate Democrats,
00:25:01.940 and they are
00:25:02.500 Joe Manchin
00:25:03.140 and Kyrsten Sinema.
00:25:04.100 And as of this week,
00:25:06.140 we now know
00:25:06.900 that the chances
00:25:07.800 of either of them
00:25:09.480 being in the Senate
00:25:10.160 next year
00:25:10.820 are zero percent.
00:25:12.280 Joe Manchin has announced
00:25:13.200 he's not running again,
00:25:14.300 and then just today,
00:25:15.360 Kyrsten Sinema announced
00:25:16.300 she's not running again.
00:25:18.200 So we know
00:25:19.020 to an absolute certainty
00:25:20.180 that come next year,
00:25:21.620 there will be
00:25:22.620 zero
00:25:23.560 moderate Democrats
00:25:25.040 left.
00:25:25.520 They will all
00:25:26.180 be extreme partisans.
00:25:28.000 They have all
00:25:28.940 become Bernie Sanders.
00:25:30.420 They have all
00:25:30.820 become Elizabeth Warren.
00:25:32.140 They have all
00:25:32.560 become AOC.
00:25:34.440 And look,
00:25:35.000 much of that
00:25:35.480 is a reaction
00:25:36.080 to Donald Trump.
00:25:36.920 I've said many times,
00:25:37.880 I think he broke
00:25:38.900 the Democrat Party.
00:25:39.920 He got in their head
00:25:40.840 and he shattered
00:25:41.460 their brains.
00:25:42.860 But I gotta tell you,
00:25:43.620 Ben,
00:25:43.740 I think it's really bad
00:25:44.820 for the country.
00:25:45.580 I don't like seeing
00:25:46.900 the Democrat Party
00:25:47.980 this extreme.
00:25:49.880 Listen,
00:25:50.900 it is healthy
00:25:51.700 for democracy
00:25:52.460 to have two
00:25:53.400 normal parties,
00:25:54.460 to have two
00:25:55.200 somewhat mainstream
00:25:56.580 parties who have
00:25:57.400 disagreements
00:25:58.220 but are not
00:25:59.360 deranged.
00:26:00.260 and what
00:26:01.180 Trump has done
00:26:01.880 and look,
00:26:03.380 Trump bears
00:26:04.200 some responsibility.
00:26:05.580 He takes great joy
00:26:06.640 in jabbing his thumb
00:26:08.000 in the eyes
00:26:08.620 of the Democrats
00:26:09.220 but the effect
00:26:10.560 of it is
00:26:11.060 their brains
00:26:11.720 have exploded
00:26:12.260 out their ears.
00:26:13.400 Yeah,
00:26:13.960 it's a great point
00:26:14.760 and you go back
00:26:15.920 to you move
00:26:17.020 from just the
00:26:17.680 Supreme Court ruling
00:26:18.660 to what we also
00:26:19.960 found out this week
00:26:21.060 and it goes back
00:26:21.800 to corruption.
00:26:22.540 You know,
00:26:22.720 we have a judicial
00:26:24.020 system that's trying
00:26:24.880 to lock up Donald
00:26:25.640 Trump everywhere they can
00:26:26.840 going after him
00:26:27.800 trying to bankrupt
00:26:28.560 him,
00:26:28.820 bankrupt his family
00:26:29.800 basically sending
00:26:31.040 warning shots
00:26:31.720 across about any
00:26:32.520 other conservative
00:26:33.160 that's thinking
00:26:33.520 about running
00:26:33.980 for office.
00:26:35.220 But then we also
00:26:36.060 have learned a lot
00:26:36.940 more about what
00:26:37.800 happened on January
00:26:39.280 6th to those
00:26:40.740 that were there
00:26:42.140 on January 6th
00:26:42.940 that were sentenced
00:26:43.700 to jail.
00:26:45.640 There was major
00:26:46.360 corruption
00:26:47.020 within the Biden
00:26:49.460 Department of Justice
00:26:51.040 and I think it's
00:26:52.220 really,
00:26:52.720 this has been
00:26:53.200 underreported
00:26:54.240 and I think it's
00:26:54.780 an extremely
00:26:55.300 important story
00:26:56.060 that I would
00:26:56.480 challenge everyone
00:26:57.480 listening right now
00:26:58.300 take this part
00:26:59.920 of the podcast
00:27:00.500 and put it
00:27:01.520 on social media
00:27:02.520 because what
00:27:03.620 we're about
00:27:04.040 to explain
00:27:04.600 to you
00:27:05.060 it tells you
00:27:05.980 just how corrupt
00:27:07.180 the Biden
00:27:08.160 Department of Justice
00:27:09.040 is when they
00:27:09.420 come against
00:27:10.100 conservatives.
00:27:12.020 Well,
00:27:12.080 unfortunately
00:27:12.540 that's exactly
00:27:13.220 right.
00:27:13.660 In the past few
00:27:14.200 days there was
00:27:14.800 a decision
00:27:15.380 from the D.C.
00:27:16.520 Circuit Court
00:27:17.020 of Appeals.
00:27:17.560 Now the D.C.
00:27:18.100 Circuit Court
00:27:18.560 of Appeals
00:27:19.020 is the Federal
00:27:19.500 Court of Appeals
00:27:20.240 in D.C.
00:27:21.580 It is considered
00:27:22.800 the second highest
00:27:24.080 court in the land
00:27:24.800 second only to
00:27:25.500 the U.S.
00:27:25.980 Supreme Court.
00:27:26.680 There are a total
00:27:27.020 of 13 different
00:27:27.780 courts of appeals
00:27:28.520 but the D.C.
00:27:29.220 Circuit is the
00:27:29.720 most prestigious.
00:27:31.380 Judges from the
00:27:32.040 D.C.
00:27:32.420 Circuit regularly
00:27:33.380 become Supreme
00:27:34.140 Court justices
00:27:34.860 afterwards
00:27:35.320 and this was
00:27:36.880 a unanimous
00:27:37.620 decision from
00:27:38.320 a panel
00:27:38.780 and it's a panel
00:27:39.580 that the full
00:27:41.260 D.C.
00:27:41.660 Circuit is one
00:27:42.240 of the most
00:27:42.620 liberal circuits
00:27:43.920 in the country
00:27:44.480 but this panel
00:27:45.280 was three judges
00:27:47.280 appointed by
00:27:47.860 Democrats.
00:27:49.040 The opinion
00:27:49.620 was authored
00:27:50.540 by Patty Millett
00:27:51.400 who was an
00:27:52.260 appointee
00:27:52.820 of Barack
00:27:53.360 Obama.
00:27:54.040 It was joined
00:27:54.940 by Cornelia
00:27:55.780 Pillard
00:27:56.300 who was an
00:27:56.900 appointee
00:27:57.440 of Barack
00:27:57.920 Obama
00:27:58.300 and it was
00:27:59.440 joined by
00:27:59.940 Judith Rogers
00:28:00.620 who was an
00:28:01.100 appointee
00:28:01.520 of Bill
00:28:01.820 Clinton.
00:28:02.320 So you have
00:28:02.940 three Democrat
00:28:04.880 appointees
00:28:05.620 and they
00:28:06.660 concluded
00:28:07.560 that the
00:28:08.540 Department of
00:28:09.320 Justice
00:28:09.640 was wrong
00:28:10.620 when they
00:28:11.960 enhanced
00:28:12.840 the sentences
00:28:13.640 of individuals
00:28:15.220 convicted
00:28:16.840 of rioting
00:28:17.740 or storming
00:28:18.220 the Capitol
00:28:18.680 on January 6th
00:28:19.840 and they
00:28:20.280 used an
00:28:20.940 enhancement
00:28:21.460 called the
00:28:22.620 administration
00:28:23.180 of justice
00:28:24.060 enhancement
00:28:24.600 and here's
00:28:25.740 what Judge
00:28:27.200 Millett
00:28:27.540 wrote for
00:28:28.180 the unanimous
00:28:28.940 opinion
00:28:29.280 quote
00:28:29.680 the phrase
00:28:30.720 administration
00:28:31.220 of justice
00:28:31.920 does not
00:28:32.460 encompass
00:28:32.940 Congress's
00:28:33.640 role in
00:28:34.820 the electoral
00:28:35.460 certification
00:28:36.020 process
00:28:36.920 quote
00:28:37.640 text
00:28:38.540 context
00:28:39.700 and commentary
00:28:40.840 show that
00:28:41.960 the administration
00:28:42.580 of justice
00:28:43.360 refers to
00:28:44.020 judicial
00:28:44.580 quasi-judicial
00:28:46.100 proceedings
00:28:48.980 but does
00:28:50.180 not extend
00:28:50.940 to the
00:28:51.280 unique
00:28:51.640 congressional
00:28:52.300 function
00:28:52.840 of certifying
00:28:53.760 electoral
00:28:54.400 college
00:28:55.000 votes
00:28:56.060 quote
00:28:57.060 administration
00:28:58.320 of justice
00:28:59.160 enhancements
00:28:59.920 are typically
00:29:00.900 reserved for
00:29:01.540 defendants
00:29:02.000 who disrupt
00:29:02.680 judicial
00:29:03.360 proceedings
00:29:04.000 such as a
00:29:04.600 courtroom trial
00:29:05.540 or a
00:29:06.280 grand jury
00:29:06.880 investigation
00:29:07.700 more than
00:29:09.060 100
00:29:10.120 of the
00:29:11.540 defendants
00:29:12.180 have had
00:29:13.360 administration
00:29:14.040 of justice
00:29:14.920 enhancements
00:29:15.840 applied to
00:29:16.760 their sentences
00:29:17.420 wow
00:29:18.620 and and
00:29:20.240 every one
00:29:21.480 of them
00:29:21.740 now is
00:29:22.220 going to
00:29:22.560 go and
00:29:23.040 seek and
00:29:23.840 presumably
00:29:24.300 receive a
00:29:25.360 lower sentence
00:29:26.180 and potentially
00:29:26.840 a significantly
00:29:28.040 lower sentence
00:29:29.140 and and what
00:29:30.620 is striking
00:29:31.220 is the
00:29:33.300 Biden Justice
00:29:34.000 Department
00:29:34.580 sought this
00:29:35.380 enhancement
00:29:35.880 contrary to
00:29:36.580 the law
00:29:36.960 over and
00:29:38.440 over and
00:29:39.180 over again
00:29:39.840 because they
00:29:40.560 are engaged
00:29:41.560 in a
00:29:41.980 jihad
00:29:42.540 they are
00:29:43.560 like Javert
00:29:44.260 going after
00:29:45.300 Jean Valjean
00:29:46.700 it is their
00:29:47.580 quest look
00:29:48.400 Merrick Garland
00:29:49.120 has absurdly
00:29:49.960 said the
00:29:50.840 Department of
00:29:51.420 Justice has
00:29:52.020 devoted more
00:29:52.800 resources to
00:29:53.640 going after
00:29:54.280 the January
00:29:55.000 6th protests
00:29:56.180 than any
00:29:57.700 other event
00:29:59.060 in our nation's
00:30:00.000 history and by
00:30:00.500 the way that
00:30:00.820 includes September
00:30:01.780 11th what an
00:30:02.560 absurd statement
00:30:03.820 and and to
00:30:05.640 be clear
00:30:06.200 individuals who
00:30:07.680 engaged in
00:30:08.480 violence on
00:30:09.240 January 6th
00:30:10.120 and there
00:30:10.320 were certainly
00:30:10.740 individuals who
00:30:11.500 engaged in
00:30:12.080 violence who
00:30:12.600 assaulted police
00:30:13.420 officers if you
00:30:14.300 engage in
00:30:14.840 violence you
00:30:15.440 should be
00:30:15.780 prosecuted and
00:30:16.980 go to jail but
00:30:18.200 what the Biden
00:30:18.800 Justice Department
00:30:19.660 has done is
00:30:20.460 use the excuse
00:30:21.680 of the violence
00:30:22.780 of a limited
00:30:24.060 number of
00:30:24.700 individuals to
00:30:26.400 persecute hundreds
00:30:28.500 and even
00:30:29.140 thousands of
00:30:30.140 individuals who
00:30:30.920 engaged in
00:30:31.680 peaceful protest
00:30:32.560 who spoke who
00:30:33.920 expressed their
00:30:34.640 passionate First
00:30:35.520 Amendment views but
00:30:36.820 did not engage in
00:30:38.020 violence and this
00:30:38.780 enhancement was an
00:30:40.440 effort that they
00:30:41.100 wanted to go after
00:30:41.900 you even if you
00:30:42.580 engage in no
00:30:43.300 violence they wanted
00:30:44.000 to lock you up they
00:30:44.800 wanted to lock you
00:30:45.420 up a long time for
00:30:47.000 the crime of being a
00:30:48.160 Donald Trump supporter
00:30:49.160 and it is striking to
00:30:51.020 have a unanimous
00:30:52.040 decision from three
00:30:54.180 judges all three
00:30:55.640 appointed by
00:30:56.320 Democrat presidents
00:30:57.360 saying no this is
00:30:59.160 not the law and of
00:31:01.020 course sadly the
00:31:02.680 corporate media has
00:31:03.780 not covered this
00:31:04.720 virtually at all.
00:31:05.580 They haven't and it's
00:31:06.820 not just that it's
00:31:07.760 also journalists that
00:31:08.860 are involved and
00:31:09.860 there's still harassment
00:31:11.200 that's going on from
00:31:12.480 January 6th which I
00:31:13.960 mean this was January
00:31:15.000 6th was you know
00:31:16.200 several years ago now
00:31:17.720 blaze news investigative
00:31:20.780 writer Steve Baker
00:31:21.980 who had been reporting
00:31:23.800 on January 6th was
00:31:25.280 charged he was by the
00:31:27.000 FBI handcuffed by the
00:31:28.860 FBI and this is
00:31:30.120 another example of the
00:31:31.160 abuse of power here I
00:31:33.500 think this is a writer
00:31:35.240 a guy who's been
00:31:36.040 reporting on January
00:31:37.180 the 6th and it's like
00:31:38.660 they went after him
00:31:39.500 because they don't like
00:31:40.400 what he was actually
00:31:41.360 reporting on and he
00:31:44.140 said this after he was
00:31:45.780 arrested by the FBI this
00:31:47.960 is what he said I
00:31:48.980 probably don't have a
00:31:50.320 lot to say right now I
00:31:51.960 need to process for a
00:31:53.200 little while I I'm
00:31:55.160 actually still shaking a
00:31:56.740 little bit I I don't
00:31:58.240 like what I just went
00:31:59.200 through I don't like the
00:32:00.600 deliberate humiliation
00:32:01.740 that they put me
00:32:02.460 through there was no
00:32:03.280 reason to do that there
00:32:04.320 was no reason to march
00:32:05.220 me into a courtroom in
00:32:07.020 the leg chains today
00:32:08.160 there was somebody
00:32:10.480 there answering for a
00:32:12.160 felony and they
00:32:13.640 weren't in chains my
00:32:15.780 charges are misdemeanors
00:32:17.080 it's just it's it's
00:32:19.420 mind-boggling but that
00:32:21.540 is unfortunately the
00:32:24.440 type of selective
00:32:26.240 persecution that January
00:32:28.500 6th defendants are
00:32:29.720 facing and ultimately
00:32:31.800 what we are looking at
00:32:33.740 here and probably the
00:32:35.040 only reason that many
00:32:37.020 of the January 6th
00:32:38.580 defendants have had to
00:32:39.480 go through what they've
00:32:40.200 had to go through is
00:32:41.520 because of what I've
00:32:42.240 talked about so many
00:32:43.100 times and what I've
00:32:43.880 written about so many
00:32:44.680 times it's called scary
00:32:46.300 words it doesn't matter
00:32:47.820 if it's Stuart Rhodes it
00:32:50.120 doesn't matter if it's
00:32:51.360 the grandmother who
00:32:52.320 chanted USA USA in the
00:32:54.620 Capitol it's the scary
00:32:56.940 words that were said if
00:32:58.780 you don't say the right
00:32:59.660 thing at the right time
00:33:00.780 and comport to the right
00:33:03.440 narrative that's what
00:33:04.820 they're going to do is
00:33:05.640 they're going to come
00:33:06.140 after us and and that's
00:33:07.560 exactly what's happened
00:33:08.440 it's not this these
00:33:10.180 charges have nothing to
00:33:11.080 do with my behavior at
00:33:12.460 the Capitol these charges
00:33:13.820 are reflective of what I
00:33:14.980 said before and after my
00:33:17.880 speech what I thought
00:33:19.740 about things what I joked
00:33:21.900 about that's what this is
00:33:24.020 reflective of and so that's
00:33:26.380 what we're up against
00:33:26.920 right now I mean you
00:33:28.440 hear him and and it's
00:33:29.800 not what he did on
00:33:30.660 January 6th what he said
00:33:31.700 before and after he
00:33:33.280 talked about that
00:33:34.020 grandmother that was
00:33:34.740 charged when she chanted
00:33:35.800 USA USA USA I mean they
00:33:38.100 went after anyone that
00:33:39.400 was in around January 6th
00:33:40.960 even if you were not
00:33:41.960 violent and if you
00:33:43.240 reported on it and they
00:33:44.180 don't like your narrative
00:33:44.940 they came after you and
00:33:45.980 they put this guy in leg
00:33:46.980 change just to prove a
00:33:48.240 point we are bigger than
00:33:49.540 you well it is selective
00:33:51.420 persecution and it's not
00:33:52.880 prosecution it is
00:33:53.920 persecution it is
00:33:54.980 targeting the enemies of
00:33:57.100 the regime and and I
00:33:58.440 have to say it is sad you
00:34:00.260 know Merrick Garland used
00:34:01.440 to be a judge actually a
00:34:02.520 judge on the DC circuit
00:34:03.800 it was his old colleagues
00:34:05.780 who slapped him down
00:34:06.700 understand there's a
00:34:07.520 personal element to this
00:34:08.560 they all served with
00:34:09.500 Merrick Garland for years
00:34:10.820 he was very well respected
00:34:12.500 when he was on the DC
00:34:13.400 circuit and yet three of
00:34:15.220 his Democrat appointed
00:34:16.140 colleagues just
00:34:17.120 unanimously reversed what
00:34:18.860 his department is doing
00:34:20.260 because it was contrary to
00:34:22.480 the law and it's sad to
00:34:24.820 see Merrick Garland turning
00:34:26.280 the Department of Justice
00:34:27.400 into just a a partisan
00:34:29.480 enforcement arm it's doing
00:34:31.640 enormous damage to the rule
00:34:33.360 of law and two unanimous
00:34:35.440 decision with within days of
00:34:37.440 the of each other doesn't
00:34:39.400 seem to have caused them
00:34:40.680 even a moment of pause a
00:34:42.500 moment of hesitation to say
00:34:44.080 hey maybe we should change
00:34:45.920 our course and and I will say
00:34:47.800 also more broadly we're going
00:34:49.040 to discuss in a later pod the
00:34:51.760 persecution of the media that
00:34:54.500 the Biden Justice Department
00:34:55.740 is engaged in and you just
00:34:56.880 gave a good example but this
00:34:58.320 is all about not the fair and
00:35:00.920 even-handed administration of
00:35:02.380 justice this is about abusing
00:35:04.260 power to go after the
00:35:06.900 political enemies of the
00:35:08.280 White House and and today the
00:35:10.480 DC circuit decision that just
00:35:12.100 just came down a few days ago is
00:35:14.180 a big victory for the rule of
00:35:15.960 law against the political abuse
00:35:17.980 of power by the Biden Justice
00:35:19.340 Department no doubt about it we
00:35:21.060 will talk about the media like
00:35:22.180 you said in in future episodes
00:35:24.040 there was one headline just to
00:35:25.820 put a exclamation point on the
00:35:27.840 absurdity of of what's happening
00:35:29.540 to journalists it says breaking
00:35:30.900 January 6th journalist Steve
00:35:33.340 Baker arrested for reporting on
00:35:35.580 January the 6th there's a
00:35:37.360 headline for you let that sink in
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