1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: Welcome its verdict with Senator Ted Cruz Ben Ferguson with you, Senator, 2 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: it is the day after Easter, but the White House 3 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: wouldn't want you to know that Easter even happened on Sunday. 4 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: They were too obsessed with making sure that everybody knew 5 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: about the see everybody that's transgender day. 6 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:21,080 Speaker 2: Well, listen, I hope everyone had a wonderful and blessed 7 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:23,600 Speaker 2: Easter yesterday. I hope you had a weekend with your 8 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 2: family where you gave thanks to God for God's blessings. 9 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 2: And I got to say, right in the middle of it, 10 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 2: seeing the Biden White House say essentially Easter doesn't happen 11 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 2: in this White House, that they're woke priorities Trump and 12 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 2: any recognition of Christianity or even acknowledgment of Christianity is 13 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:46,279 Speaker 2: really sad. We're also going to talk in this episode 14 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 2: today about California's new twenty dollars minimum wage law, which 15 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 2: sadly has had having exactly the predicted effect of causing 16 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 2: thousands upon thousands of workers to lose their job. 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It is a day when you see 65 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: people come to church at staggering numbers, uh and come 66 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 1: together as families. But you look at the White House 67 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: and you go to White House dot gov, they had 68 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: a very different message for Americans. In fact, they tried 69 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: to hijack I would argue Easter altogether for another woke moment. 70 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 2: Well, that's exactly right. The White House put out an 71 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 2: announcement on Friday, on Good Friday that that that that 72 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 2: read quote. Now, therefore, I, Joseph Arbiden, Junior President of 73 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 2: the United States, by virtue of the authority vested in 74 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 2: me by the Constitution and the Laws of the United States, 75 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 2: do hereby proclaim marks thirty first, twenty twenty four as 76 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 2: Transgender Day of Visibility. Sunday was Easter Sunday. Yeah, look, look, 77 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 2: listen as a Christian that there is no more important 78 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,919 Speaker 2: day in the calendar Listen, Christmas is a wonderful celebration 79 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 2: of Jesus' birth, but at the end of the day, 80 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 2: the entirety of Christianity is about Jesus' crucifixion on Good 81 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 2: Friday and his resurrection on Easter. Obviously not on those 82 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 2: exact days, but those are the days we celebrate his 83 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 2: dying for our sins. And I got to say, for 84 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 2: the White House to decide, you know, Easter is not 85 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 2: really important. The only thing that matters to us is 86 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 2: our politics, and nothing matters more than's transgender Day of 87 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 2: Visibility like that that that's truly stunning. 88 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: Not only is it stunning, but it's also one of 89 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 1: those moments and people that have not been around a 90 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 1: White House. This is not by accident. And there were 91 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: even some people going, look, you guys are of reacting 92 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: AKA Christians, they're just acknowledging. They didn't create this day, right, 93 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: The President is acknowledging this transgender visibility day. And this 94 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: could have been just you know, doing two things at once, 95 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:22,279 Speaker 1: and they're not really they're not really overlooking Easter. I 96 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 1: don't believe that for a moment. This is me personally 97 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: saying that I think this was a deliberate moved by 98 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 1: this White House to spit in the face of Christians 99 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: and to say to younger voters that maybe don't believe 100 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: in God and the extremists on the Democratic side, hey, 101 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: we are your party. I think this was deliberate for 102 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 1: November because they're trying to shure up younger voters are 103 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: saying they may stay home and not vote for Joe Biden. Yeah. 104 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 2: See, I guess I disagree with you on that, Ben. 105 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 2: I don't really think this was like a overt political decision. 106 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 2: I think the senior officials at the White House, most 107 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 2: of them have no idea it's Easter. I think they 108 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 2: are so second I think faith is so distant from 109 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 2: their lives that it doesn't even occur to them. I 110 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 2: don't think they had a warning sign. 111 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 3: You know. 112 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 2: It reminds me of you remember a couple of years 113 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 2: ago when Jill Biden was down in San Antonio, Texas, 114 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 2: and she was speaking at a LATINX conference. Oh yeah, 115 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 2: and in her remark she said that that that that 116 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:25,840 Speaker 2: that Hispanics are as diverse as breakfast tacos, which was 117 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 2: so utterly offensive. My response immediately was, well, I'm a 118 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 2: jonag and chee, so thank you, Jill, and it truly is. 119 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:38,919 Speaker 2: But what was interesting about that, what was revealing about 120 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 2: that it was not a gaff. It was not an 121 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 2: off the cuff comment, that's the sort of thing Joe 122 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 2: Biden might say off the cuff. It was written in 123 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 2: her remarks, which means the political office at the White 124 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 2: House signed off on it. And they are so woke 125 00:06:56,120 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 2: that to them being condescending to Latinos who they want 126 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 2: to call latinx. And by the way, anyone who uses 127 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 2: the word LATINX, I promise you is not a Latino 128 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 2: and not a Latina. They are a rich white liberal 129 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 2: and to them it sounds perfectly perfectly normal to say, 130 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 2: you cute little Latinxes are as diverse as Tacos. I 131 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 2: think it's the same sort of thing here. They put 132 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 2: this out and and all of them, I actually think 133 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 2: they're home celebrating transgender Day of Visibility. They're they're not 134 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 2: not really aware it's Easter. I guess they know that 135 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 2: there there are a lot of bunny rabbits around for 136 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 2: some reason, but I don't know that they could tell 137 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 2: you why. 138 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: All right, so let me ask you this let's go 139 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: with your theory for a second, because there's a there's 140 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: definitely a chance that you're correct on this. But the 141 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: White House spoken. 142 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 2: And the truth is probably the truth is probably some 143 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 2: of both, it is, but but the question is which 144 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 2: is the predominant one. And I lean to there just 145 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 2: being that oblivious that they don't even realize they don't 146 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 2: know any person of faith who actually celebrates Easter, so 147 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 2: it doesn't occur to them that there's anything offensive about 148 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 2: what they're saying. 149 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 1: All right, So let's talk about the double down, because 150 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 1: the White House spokesman John Pierre doubled down after President 151 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: Joe Biden declared Easter Sunday Transgender Day of Visibility. She 152 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: put a statement out on xt Saturday, following the backlash 153 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 1: to Biden's animated affirmation of the controversial quote holiday that 154 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: happens to me on the same day as the holiest 155 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: Christian holiday that we have on the calendar. Quote on 156 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: Transgender Day of Visibility. The Biden Heri's administration honors the 157 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: extraordinary courage and contributions of transgender Americans and reaffirms our 158 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: nation's commitment to forming him are more perfect union where 159 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: all people are treated equally. That is what she put 160 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 1: on X on Saturday. Do you think they just doubled 161 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 1: down because they had no choice? It was like, all right, 162 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: we look like idiots. We've just offitted a ton of 163 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: Christians and people of faith this country who basically just 164 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 1: spit in their face. So this will be our way 165 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: of saying, hey, we're kind of doing two things at once. 166 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: Calm down. 167 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,599 Speaker 2: So I don't think they know anyone they offended. I 168 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 2: think they view anyone who would be offended as a 169 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 2: deplorable So it's I genuinely believe there was not a 170 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 2: person in this White House who was offended. And most 171 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,199 Speaker 2: of them would tell you, I think they don't know 172 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 2: anyone that they if they have a family member, they 173 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 2: think they're an ignorant family member they don't talk to anymore. 174 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 2: And listen, I'll tell you what I was actually more 175 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 2: okay the two things on this number one, I put 176 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 2: out a statement as it did a lot of people 177 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 2: pointing out how ridiculous this was, and I put it 178 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 2: out on AX, and it was interesting all the lefties 179 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 2: who responded to me. There were a bunch of them 180 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:43,439 Speaker 2: that said, weh, no, no, it just transgender Day. Of 181 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 2: visibility happened to occur this Sunday. It's not our fault 182 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 2: that Easter coincided with what is clearly this day is 183 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 2: transgender Day. And it was kind of like, Okay, I'm 184 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 2: not sure about this holiday you're talking about, but Easter 185 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 2: spin around a couple thousand and years. It's like they 186 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 2: treat Easter like, who is this interloper that dare land 187 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 2: in the midst of our celebration. But let me say 188 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 2: something else that actually I found even more offensive, which 189 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 2: is every year the White House has an Easter egg roll. 190 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:20,439 Speaker 2: And the Easter egg Roll is a fun event, and 191 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 2: you know, you have a lot of people who take 192 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 2: their kids there and they have Easter eggs and that 193 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 2: they're wooden and they're painted, they're really neat, and there's 194 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 2: a contest for kids. Well, the Biden White House has 195 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:34,439 Speaker 2: a contest for kids to paint Easter eggs. And they 196 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 2: had a flyer describing what the kids must do. And 197 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 2: here's what the flyer for the content said. An Easter 198 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:46,439 Speaker 2: egg design submission quote must not include any questionable content, 199 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 2: religious symbols, overtly religious themes, or partisan political statements. So 200 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:57,599 Speaker 2: understand and by the way. This is on behalf of 201 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 2: first Lady Jill Biden. Surprised you didn't call it the 202 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:04,679 Speaker 2: LATINX Easter egg roll. They invite people there and understand 203 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 2: they want you to paint Easter eggs that, according to 204 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 2: their dictate, have nothing to do with Easter. They literally prohibit, 205 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 2: they say, any religious themes, symbols, or content on a 206 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 2: celebration of Easter. 207 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 1: Rights, yeah, cross would be overly religious. The words? 208 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 2: All right, what are the most common three words that 209 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:34,439 Speaker 2: any Christian says on Easter? He has he has risen? 210 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 2: And what does everyone respond? He has risen? Indeed, I 211 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 2: sat down, I texted a whole bunch of my friends 212 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 2: today and and and and texted them scriptures. But he 213 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 2: has risen. So according to the Biden rules, you're not 214 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 2: allowed to put he has risen. You are allowed to 215 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 2: put an Easter bunny. Uh, you are allowed to put 216 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 2: something utterly secular. And and look what I find grotesquely offensive? 217 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 2: Is I listen? This White House puts out celebrations of 218 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:05,359 Speaker 2: Rashashan on Jan kupor, as they should on the Jewish holidays. 219 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,680 Speaker 2: Do they have a rule no Jewish symbols on the 220 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 2: Jewish high holidays. They celebrate Ramadan. What are the odds 221 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 2: you think on Ramadan? They say, nope, you cannot say 222 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 2: anything Muslim on Ramadan, like Easter is a Christian holiday. 223 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 2: And these bastards, I mean this, it really does. They're 224 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 2: telling children when you celebrate Easter at the White House, 225 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 2: it cannot actually be Easter. 226 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, I rarely, and I'm going to ask your permission. 227 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: I know what the answer is going to be. But 228 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 1: I don't share our texts, but I'd like to read 229 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 1: part of your text today that you mentioned. Is that 230 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: Is that okay? 231 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 4: Yeah? 232 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 1: Sure? So one of the scriptures that you sent in 233 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: a text that I got from you, it says he 234 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: is not there, he has risen. Remember how he told 235 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: you while he was still with you in Galilee, the 236 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,559 Speaker 1: son of Man must be delivered over to the hands 237 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: of sinners, be crucified, and on the third day be 238 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: raised again Luke twenty four six through seven. Now I 239 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 1: love that verse and you sent it to me this morning. 240 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 1: Thank you for that, by the way. And it was 241 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 1: one that I was thinking about that kids learn. In fact, 242 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: my kids in school learned Luke twenty four six and 243 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: seven this week. It was their memory verse. What if 244 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 1: a kid wanted to put that on an egg? My 245 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 1: kid would have thought of that, right, because this is 246 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 1: part of the holiday, and they would have been I 247 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: guess disqualified or not even be allowed in the Easter 248 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 1: egg art contest of the White House because that would 249 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:42,199 Speaker 1: be religious texts, which would be I guess extremism in 250 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 1: the eyes of the White House. 251 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 2: So let me read more of the White House's official guidance. 252 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 1: Quote. 253 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 2: Selected designs representing the unique experiences and stories of National 254 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 2: Guard children will be brought to life on real hend 255 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 2: eggs by talented egg artists from across the country and 256 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 2: display at the White House this Easter and Passover season. 257 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 2: Children can't promote material that promotes quote bigotry, racism, hatred, 258 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 2: or harm against any group or individual. Okay, I'm good 259 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 2: with all that. You shouldn't be promoting that or promotes 260 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 2: discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, 261 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 2: or age. So under their definition, anything that acknowledges Christianity 262 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:29,000 Speaker 2: presumably is promoting discrimination based on religion. If you quote 263 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 2: Jesus as saying, I'm the way the truth in the life. 264 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 2: No man comes to the Father but by me. That 265 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 2: according to the White House rules. Nope, you're not allowed 266 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 2: to acknowledge it on Easter. Easter is the celebration. Why 267 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 2: are we having a holiday? Do we just somehow think 268 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 2: bunny rabbits lay eggs? 269 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 5: Like? 270 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 2: What is the purpose of this event? And that level 271 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 2: there is. 272 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 1: A can we call it that towards Christians? That's what 273 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 1: it is. 274 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 2: It is abiding hate for people of faith generally, but 275 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 2: especially for Christians. And that's true for Catholics, that's true 276 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 2: for Evangelicals, it's true. Look, if you celebrated Easter, I 277 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 2: mean I want to ask you if you were asked, hey, 278 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 2: do you want to paint an egg for the White House? 279 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 2: And would it occur to you if it was an 280 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 2: Easter egg to say something about what the holiday is about? Well, 281 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 2: that is prohibited under the rules from this White House. 282 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 2: I got to say that really pisses me off. 283 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 1: This also makes me go back to when people said 284 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 1: that conservatives like myself. I don't know if you've ever 285 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 1: tweet something like this, So I'll ask you. You know 286 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 1: when several years ago when we talk about I say Christmas, 287 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 1: the real meaning of Christmas under attack and people are 288 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: trying to take Christ out of Christmas, and then the 289 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: left is like, you guys are crazy, You're paranoid, you're 290 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 1: radical extremists. Christians, no one's trying to take Christ out 291 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 1: of Christmas and the slippery and then you fast forward 292 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 1: to this Easter. The White House is saying nothing religious 293 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:07,160 Speaker 1: on the Easter eggs. We're making, you know, Eastern the 294 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 1: same as Transgender Visibility Day. And I'm sitting there going, see, 295 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 1: I'm not crazy. I know what you're doing, and I'm 296 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 1: watching it and I'm calling you out on it. And 297 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 1: you guys don't understand that we understand when we should 298 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 1: be offended by what you're trying to do, which is 299 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 1: have Christmas without Christ, have Easter without the Resurrection. 300 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 2: So I'll tell you in the Senate, I mean, there's 301 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 2: a consistent divide. Democrats won't say Merry Christmas. It is 302 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 2: only Republicans. And actually when you say Marry Christmas, you 303 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 2: almost feel like a crazy rebel. I mean, I mean 304 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 2: it is a bizarre you know, it's it's happy holidays, 305 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 2: but you're kind of like, gee, what what is the 306 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 2: holiday you're you're celebrating And by the way, look for 307 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 2: my Jewish friends when they're celebrating Jewish holidays. I am 308 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 2: happy to wish them the best celebrating holidays that are 309 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 2: important to their faith. But but but as a Christian, 310 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 2: I celebrate Christmas, I celebrate Easter. And for the left, 311 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 2: look that they're antagonistic to faith across the board. But 312 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:14,199 Speaker 2: there is a particular vitriol, hatred, antagonism, resentment, all of 313 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 2: those are there to Christianity in particular, which is why 314 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:20,400 Speaker 2: they literally want to erase Christ from Christmas. It's apparently 315 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:22,880 Speaker 2: about a fat guy in a sleigh, and they want 316 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 2: to erase Christ from Easter. It's apparently about bunny rabbits 317 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 2: and eggs. 318 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: It's incredible. Let me tell you about our friends ever 319 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:34,160 Speaker 1: at Patriot Mobile. 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I say shocking tongue in cheek. 355 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 1: There are tons of warnings and data points and history 356 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: that back up that when you mandate ridiculous wages, it 357 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,959 Speaker 1: ends up hurting the people that you claim you're helping 358 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 1: the most. Specifically on big increases in minimum wage. Now, 359 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 1: the federal government has a minimum wage, but states have 360 00:19:56,160 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 1: gone to another level mandating higher wages. Fast forward to California. 361 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:05,200 Speaker 1: They have the highest unemployment rate of any state in 362 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 1: America right now, and they've just gone and pushed their 363 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 1: twenty dollars minimum wage. When it comes to fast food workers, 364 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: they did this and guess what happened over eight hundred 365 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 1: For example, pizza delivery drivers got noticed that they were 366 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:24,400 Speaker 1: being laid off and they deliver for Pizza Hut because 367 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:28,199 Speaker 1: it is unsustainable to pay twenty dollars an hour to 368 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 1: deliver pizzas, and yet Democrats are still cheering on this insanity. 369 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:36,239 Speaker 2: Well, it's a lot more than that. So this new 370 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:39,720 Speaker 2: law goes into effect today Monday, and it is twenty 371 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 2: dollars an hour for fast food workers at chains with 372 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:46,440 Speaker 2: more than sixty locations in the United. 373 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 1: States, now in California, in the in the United States. 374 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 2: And by the way, that is a twenty five percent 375 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:57,719 Speaker 2: increase from the old minimum wage of sixteen dollars an 376 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:03,719 Speaker 2: hour in California. And the layoffs have been massive and 377 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 2: far reaching. So Pizza Hut laid off more than one 378 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 2: tho two hundred delivery workers that was in Pizza Hut. 379 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 2: Round Table Pizza chain of about four hundred locations, said 380 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:21,400 Speaker 2: it will lay off one two and eighty delivery workers. 381 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:25,199 Speaker 2: Ex Caliber Pizza, one of his franchises, has plans to 382 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 2: cut seventy three drivers workers, twenty percent of its workforce. 383 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 2: And by the way, McDonald's, Chipotle, Jack in the Box 384 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:33,879 Speaker 2: and other change say, what they're going to do is 385 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 2: raise the menu prices to offset the costs. By the 386 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 2: way they're doing more so, California based El Poyo Loco 387 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 2: has told investors. It is automating some of its salsa 388 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 2: making to mitigate minimum wage rises. Jack in the Box 389 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:56,880 Speaker 2: is testing friar robots and automatic drink dispensers. And understand, 390 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 2: none of this is surprising. This is to be predicted. 391 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 2: In California. There are roughly five hundred and fifty seven 392 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:10,400 Speaker 2: thousand fast food workers and they're about thirty thousand restaurants 393 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 2: in California. This minimum wage increase is going to drive 394 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:15,879 Speaker 2: some of those restaurants out of business. Some of them 395 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 2: will go broke. When they go broke, all of their 396 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 2: employees will lose their jobs, both the minimum wage employees 397 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 2: and the higher ones, the managers. Everyone will lose their 398 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 2: job when the restaurants go broke. The ones that don't 399 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:30,879 Speaker 2: go broke, we are seeing literally thousands upon thousands of 400 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 2: people being fired. And by the way, the pizza places, 401 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:35,920 Speaker 2: what they're saying they're gonna do is they're going to 402 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:39,200 Speaker 2: use door Dash and Uber Eats. They're just gonna use 403 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 2: third party apps, and they're they're firing all their drivers. 404 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 2: So and it's interesting that that there was a quote. 405 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:47,959 Speaker 2: There's an article in the Daily Mayor Male that quotes 406 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:51,639 Speaker 2: quotes one guy Michael o'heeda, twenty nine, who's a pizza 407 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:55,160 Speaker 2: Hunt driver in Ontario, California, and he said he received 408 00:22:55,160 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 2: a notice from his pizza Hunt franchisee in December warming 409 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 2: him that his last day would be in February. And 410 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 2: here's his quote, Pizza Hutt was my career for nearly 411 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:09,159 Speaker 2: a decade, and with little to no notice, it was 412 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:13,920 Speaker 2: taken away. Well, there are consequences when you elect radical 413 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 2: democrats in California has done it across the board. They 414 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 2: have every state wide elected officials a Democrat. They have 415 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:23,720 Speaker 2: super majorities in both houses of the legislature. And understand, 416 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 2: over and over and over again, when you jack up 417 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 2: the minimum wage, this is what happens. And one of 418 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 2: the things I like to do when people say, well, 419 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 2: we want a twenty dollars minimum wage that helps people, Okay, Well, 420 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 2: if it helps people, why would you stop at twenty? 421 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:38,359 Speaker 2: Why not fifty dollars an hour? Why not a hundred? 422 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 2: Why not one thousand dollars an hour? Let's pass a 423 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:45,399 Speaker 2: law that everyone must be paid at least one thousand 424 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:47,920 Speaker 2: dollars an hour. Wouldn't that magically mean that money would 425 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 2: rain into the hands of everyone isn't that how it 426 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:50,680 Speaker 2: works been. 427 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: Apparently, if if you've never been to school and you 428 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 1: don't know how the economy, how economy work, and how 429 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: inflation works, and yet you have warnings. We've seen this 430 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 1: time and time again. There are professors that will come 431 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: out and say, when you increase sinum wage, you think 432 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 1: you're helping people, but in reality, the costs of basic 433 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 1: food and milk and bread and all these things go up, 434 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,119 Speaker 1: so it actually takes more money out of their pocket. 435 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,479 Speaker 1: And yet they still keep doing it. And this on 436 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:21,120 Speaker 1: top of the fact that they already had the highest 437 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 1: unemployment rate of any state in America right now, this 438 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:27,880 Speaker 1: is only going to make it not just a little 439 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 1: bit worse, a lot worse. 440 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:31,400 Speaker 2: So let me tell you, Ben, I spend a lot 441 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:34,880 Speaker 2: of time actually talking to small business owners and restaurant 442 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 2: tours in particular. I love restaurant tours, and I tell 443 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 2: whether it's Burger King franchises or Mexican restaurants or also 444 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 2: I meat up with all sorts of restaurant owners, both 445 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 2: in Texas and when they come to Washington. 446 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 1: And one of the things I explain it when you 447 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 1: say restaurant tour, because I don't think people understand exactly 448 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 1: what that means. 449 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 2: It's someone who owns a restaurant. Someone who owns a restaurant, 450 00:24:56,560 --> 00:25:00,240 Speaker 2: and sometimes they have one restaurant. Sometimes they'll have a 451 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 2: dozen Jack in the Boxes or a dozen Burger Kings, 452 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 2: or But when I meet with restaurant owners, one of 453 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:09,720 Speaker 2: the things I tell them all the time is I say, listen, 454 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 2: you may think you're in the food business, but I 455 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,800 Speaker 2: actually don't think you're in the food business. You're in 456 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 2: the opportunity business. Because for millions and millions of Americans, 457 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 2: their first job is in a restaurant. And one of 458 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:29,680 Speaker 2: the things I do all the time, Ben when I'm 459 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 2: at a town hall, I've got, you know, three four 460 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 2: hundred people in a room, I'll ask them how many 461 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 2: people in this room have ever worked at a restaurant. Inevitably, 462 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,439 Speaker 2: about half the hands in the room go up. Now, 463 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 2: the argument lefties say is, well, you know, if you're 464 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 2: making ten bucks an hour flipping burgers, you can't feed 465 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 2: a family of four on ten bucks an hour. And 466 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:52,679 Speaker 2: you know what, they're right, It's actually very hard to 467 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 2: feed a family of four on ten bucks an hour. 468 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 2: Here's the problem. Most people are not feeding a family 469 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 2: of fourping burgers. What happens and what restaurants are all 470 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 2: about is they're often the entry level job. So you 471 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,879 Speaker 2: get a lot of teenagers, You get a lot of sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, 472 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 2: nineteen year old it's their first job, and they learn skills. 473 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 2: They learn to show up. They learned to show up 474 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:21,399 Speaker 2: on time that they learned to interact with customers, they 475 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,719 Speaker 2: learned to make change, they learned to work hard, they 476 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 2: learned to be disciplined, all of the skills that enable 477 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:33,400 Speaker 2: them to get promoted. So very few people spend their 478 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,479 Speaker 2: entire career flipping burgers at ten bucks an hour. That's 479 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 2: an entry level job. And by the way, if you 480 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 2: do it and do a good job, you almost inevitably 481 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 2: get promoted. So let me give a personal story from 482 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 2: my family background. When my dad came from Cuba, it 483 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,199 Speaker 2: was nineteen fifty seven and he came to Texas. He 484 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,920 Speaker 2: was eighteen. He had nothing, he was broke, and he 485 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 2: couldn't speak English. So the very first job he got 486 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 2: was washing dishes at a restaurant and he made fifty 487 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:03,639 Speaker 2: cents an hour. Now why did he get that job? 488 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,800 Speaker 2: Because he couldn't speak English and a lot of jobs. 489 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:09,399 Speaker 2: Most jobs in Texas at the time in nineteen fifty 490 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 2: seven you had to speak English. You didn't have to 491 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:14,040 Speaker 2: speak English to wash a dish. So that's what he 492 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 2: could do with the skill set he had at that time. Now, 493 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:20,240 Speaker 2: I will point out that by the time that he 494 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:22,440 Speaker 2: and my mom had me, he wasn't making fifty cents 495 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 2: an hour anymore. But his first job let him get started. 496 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 2: And by the way, he was a freshman at ut 497 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:31,360 Speaker 2: that money at the time he paid his way through school. 498 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:36,640 Speaker 2: But what happened is very quickly thereafter he started learning English, 499 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 2: and when he learned English, she got promoted. His second 500 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 2: job was at the same restaurant, and it was as 501 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 2: a cook, and a second job, he made eighty cents 502 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,160 Speaker 2: an hour. Now he thought a cook was a much 503 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 2: better job than a dishwasher, and it was an eighty 504 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:54,360 Speaker 2: cents an hour was a lot better than fifty cents 505 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 2: an hour. His next job after that was as a 506 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 2: teaching assistant at University at Texas, teaching undergrad's math, and 507 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 2: his next job after that was as a computer programmer 508 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 2: at IBM. But he doesn't get those subsequent jobs without 509 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:14,920 Speaker 2: that first job washing dishes, and the left doesn't get 510 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:16,880 Speaker 2: that when you do this, the people who are being 511 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 2: laid off, by the way, are predominantly low skilled, low income, 512 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:24,639 Speaker 2: and very young. The majority of people who California just 513 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 2: laid off, the statistics tell us, are very likely to 514 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:32,160 Speaker 2: be Hispanic or African American, to be teenagers with limited skills, 515 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 2: and this was their first job where they were getting skills. 516 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 2: And Democrats are pulling up the ladder and saying, you 517 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 2: don't get to get skills. Instead, you should be unemployed. 518 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 2: But guess what, we got a welfare check for you, 519 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 2: and you can just stop working right now because we'll 520 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 2: pay you as long as you vote Democrat. 521 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: Here's my question, and it comes back to California really 522 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 1: full circle. You have all these people that are laid off. 523 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 1: I wonder how many of them will not vote for 524 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:05,240 Speaker 1: Democrats next time number one or two. They just say, Okay, 525 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 1: it is what it is, and I'll get some free 526 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 1: cash for a little bit and then I'll find another job. 527 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 1: Or is there gonna be a turning point do you 528 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 1: think center where it gets so bad with the absurdity 529 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,640 Speaker 1: of twenty dollars an hour, twenty five an hour, whatever 530 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 1: it is and the sustainability of it, that there's no 531 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 1: other way but for people's eyes to be open. I 532 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 1: just don't have a lot of confidence. 533 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, look, I don't know, and I suspect it will 534 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 2: be some of both. So one of the things, again 535 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:37,080 Speaker 2: that a lot of Democrats don't understand, is that in 536 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 2: any business you have a trade off between labor and capital, 537 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:43,560 Speaker 2: and so you have a choice which one to invest in. 538 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 2: So the example I use when my dad was washing 539 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 2: dishes making fifty cents an hour. Thank god, some well 540 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 2: meaning liberal didn't come along and pass a two dollars 541 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 2: minimum wage law. Now they might have said, I want 542 00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 2: to help those poor people making fifty cent an hour, 543 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:03,280 Speaker 2: so I'm gonna mandate you cannot pay anyone less than 544 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:04,960 Speaker 2: two dollars an hour. You know what they would have done. 545 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,040 Speaker 2: They would have fired my father. Yeah, and they would 546 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:11,400 Speaker 2: have bought a dishwasher. That you have a trade off 547 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 2: do you use labor or do you use capital. Notice 548 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,560 Speaker 2: when I was going through in California that they're discussing 549 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 2: stores that are that they're looking at automated salsa makers, 550 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:24,160 Speaker 2: that are looking at robotic French fry friars, that are 551 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 2: looking at automated soft drink dispensers. Have you ever been 552 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,280 Speaker 2: to a restaurant and ordered an iPad or in a kiosk? 553 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:32,960 Speaker 1: Yes, and it's becoming more regular now. 554 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:35,400 Speaker 2: And you know what that is. This is this is 555 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,520 Speaker 2: actually ancient history. But I used to describe iPads and 556 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:42,200 Speaker 2: kiosks as a fifteen dollars waitress. Which is what happened 557 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:45,080 Speaker 2: is some well meaning Democrats said you got to pay 558 00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 2: people fifteen dollars an hour. And you know what, the 559 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 2: restaurant owner said, I can't stay in business. The math 560 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,480 Speaker 2: doesn't work. So I'm gonna fire the waitress. I'm gonna 561 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:54,640 Speaker 2: fire the waiter, and I'm gonna put a piece of 562 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 2: metal and you know what, I have to pay the 563 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:58,800 Speaker 2: piece of metal zero dollars an hour. Now I've got 564 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 2: some upfront capital, but once I put the iPad of 565 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 2: the kioska, I don't have to pay them an hourly wage. 566 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:09,440 Speaker 2: And when you jack up the cost of labor, inevitably 567 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:13,080 Speaker 2: the result is people lose their jobs. And the people 568 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:18,160 Speaker 2: who lose it understand who democrats hurt. They hurt the 569 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 2: most vulnerable. By the way, the same thing is true 570 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:26,600 Speaker 2: when Democrats did shutdowns during COVID when they shut schools down, 571 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,720 Speaker 2: the people who got hurt the most were low income kids. 572 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:32,600 Speaker 2: They were African American kids, they were Hispanic kids. The 573 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 2: data show we have the biggest learning gap since we 574 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:40,040 Speaker 2: have been recording learning results. And by the way, the 575 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:44,400 Speaker 2: racial gap grew more during the COVID lockdowns than in 576 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 2: any period in recorded history. So understand, this is what 577 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:50,800 Speaker 2: democrats do. And by the way, if your parents were rich, 578 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,800 Speaker 2: guess what the school shut downs. They were inconvenient, but 579 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:58,120 Speaker 2: you could hire a tutor, you had resources. Your kids. 580 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:02,920 Speaker 2: Rich kids didn't fall behind all that much during the lockdowns. 581 00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:06,400 Speaker 2: Low income kids if they had a single mom with 582 00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:12,480 Speaker 2: three four kids, for millions of them, they essentially didn't 583 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:15,160 Speaker 2: go to school for months and months and months on end. 584 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 2: And again, this is what Democrat policies systematically do. They 585 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:24,560 Speaker 2: hurt the most vulnerable while at the same time they're 586 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,480 Speaker 2: sermonizing about how they want to help the most vulnerable. 587 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 1: Yeah. Great point. 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She 618 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:17,120 Speaker 1: was hired, it came out, and what ended up happening 619 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:22,120 Speaker 1: was virtually every name that was a host of a show, 620 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:26,480 Speaker 1: a big talent at NBC, including me. The press said, 621 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:30,000 Speaker 1: we're not going to work with her, she's a radical 622 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:35,160 Speaker 1: Trump extremist. January sixther We're not going to work with her, 623 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:39,600 Speaker 1: and they literally ripped her on air in a way 624 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,000 Speaker 1: that I didn't even think they would do, but they 625 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,439 Speaker 1: did it. And here's a montage of just how bad 626 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:44,839 Speaker 1: it was. 627 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:48,800 Speaker 3: Joined by former RNC chair Roni McDaniel in her first 628 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:52,680 Speaker 3: interview since stepping down as party chair. In full disclosure 629 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:55,719 Speaker 3: to our viewers, this interview was scheduled weeks before it 630 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:59,200 Speaker 3: was announced that McDaniel would become a paid NBC News contributor, 631 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:03,280 Speaker 3: will be a news interview and I was not involved 632 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:04,080 Speaker 3: in her hiring. 633 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:06,919 Speaker 6: I think our bosses owe you an apology for putting 634 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:09,080 Speaker 6: you in this situation. And look, there's a reason why 635 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:11,440 Speaker 6: there's a lot of journalists at NBC News uncomfortable with this, 636 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:14,719 Speaker 6: because many of our professional dealings with the RNC over 637 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:17,800 Speaker 6: the last six years have been met with catilating, have 638 00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:19,160 Speaker 6: been met with characters fascination. 639 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:21,600 Speaker 3: We weren't asked our opinion of the hiring, but if 640 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:23,640 Speaker 3: we were, we would have strongly objected to it. 641 00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:27,560 Speaker 4: At NBC News, either wittingly or unwittingly, is teaching election 642 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:32,120 Speaker 4: deniers that what they can do stretches well beyond appearing 643 00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:34,759 Speaker 4: on our air and interviews to pedal lies about the 644 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:38,040 Speaker 4: sanctity and integrity of our elections so that they can 645 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:41,799 Speaker 4: do that as one of us, as badge carrying employees 646 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:43,719 Speaker 4: of NBC News, there. 647 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:48,840 Speaker 6: Is an easy way to avoid the controversy NBC News 648 00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:49,920 Speaker 6: has stumbled into. 649 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,719 Speaker 1: Don't hire anyone close to the crimes. 650 00:35:55,360 --> 00:36:01,080 Speaker 6: She literally backed an illegal scheme to an election in 651 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:01,840 Speaker 6: the state of Mission. 652 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,879 Speaker 5: That is the type of experience that Ronald McDaniel brings 653 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:07,839 Speaker 5: to the table, and that experience does not get us 654 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:10,680 Speaker 5: to a deeper understanding of anything in the public debate. 655 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,560 Speaker 5: I want to associate myself with all my colleagues, both 656 00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:17,800 Speaker 5: at MSNBC and at NBC News who have voiced loud 657 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:22,320 Speaker 5: and principled objections to our company putting on the payroll 658 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:27,280 Speaker 5: someone who hasn't just attacked us as journalists, but someone 659 00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:29,560 Speaker 5: who is part of an ongoing project to get rid 660 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:30,680 Speaker 5: of our system of government. 661 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:36,040 Speaker 1: Senator that was clearly orchestrated by the talent. They were 662 00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:37,480 Speaker 1: not going to work with her, and they were going 663 00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:39,440 Speaker 1: to ruin her career before it even started. 664 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:45,160 Speaker 2: Well, look, NBC News sadly is a joke MSNBC News. 665 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:47,640 Speaker 2: It would be a joke if anyone watched it. But 666 00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:52,080 Speaker 2: it's just sort of a left wing primal scream and 667 00:36:52,840 --> 00:37:00,239 Speaker 2: the utter hypocrisy of everyone. So much of this was 668 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:03,440 Speaker 2: started by Chuck Todd, and Chuck Todd had this whole screed, 669 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,440 Speaker 2: this self righteous, holier than the now screed that he 670 00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:10,560 Speaker 2: did on Meet the Press. Now here's an interesting bit 671 00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:12,680 Speaker 2: you may not know. Do you know how Chuck Todd 672 00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:15,680 Speaker 2: got his start? How was that as a staffer in 673 00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:19,680 Speaker 2: nineteen ninety two for the presidential campaign of Senator Tom Harkin, 674 00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:24,319 Speaker 2: a Democrat. So Chuck Todd was a Democrat staffer on 675 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:27,359 Speaker 2: a presidential campaign. Mind, you're not just in passing. But 676 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:31,640 Speaker 2: let's go back to Chuck Todd's predecessor, Tim Russert. Tim 677 00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:34,800 Speaker 2: Russer the gold standard of Meet the Press, the gold 678 00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:38,400 Speaker 2: standard of NBC News. Did you know what Tim Russer 679 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:39,520 Speaker 2: did before he went NBC. 680 00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:41,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go out and a lemon and say a 681 00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:42,160 Speaker 1: Democratic staffer. 682 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:46,080 Speaker 2: He worked for US Senator Daniel Patrick Boynihan, a Democrat 683 00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:49,360 Speaker 2: from New York. He served as special counsel to Daniel 684 00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:53,120 Speaker 2: Patrick Boynihan. He served as chief of staff to Daniel 685 00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:56,120 Speaker 2: Patrick Boynihan, and then in nineteen eighty three he became 686 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:59,360 Speaker 2: a top aid to New York Governor Mario Cuomo, also 687 00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:04,520 Speaker 2: a Democrat. So he was a senior Democrat staffer over 688 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:07,600 Speaker 2: and over again for multiple Democrats, and then he went 689 00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:11,040 Speaker 2: to NBC News. Let's fast forward George Stephanopolis. Where did 690 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:15,000 Speaker 2: George Stephanopolis make his name as a senior press hack 691 00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:17,880 Speaker 2: for the Clinton White House? He was a political staffer 692 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:21,160 Speaker 2: his entire life. By the way, he's the premier political 693 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:25,440 Speaker 2: commentator at ABC now. And let's not forget Jen Saki 694 00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:30,719 Speaker 2: happily ensconced at MSNBC. She was, of course Joe Biden's 695 00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:33,600 Speaker 2: White House Press secretary. She stood up there and spin, 696 00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:36,920 Speaker 2: baby spin, baby spin, and she got hired basically straight 697 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:39,480 Speaker 2: from the White House, where she continues to do the 698 00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:42,040 Speaker 2: same job. She is still, as far as I'm concerned, 699 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:44,480 Speaker 2: the White House Press secretary. She's actually a much better 700 00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:48,640 Speaker 2: press secretary than Kareem John Pierre. Why because Kring John 701 00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:51,640 Speaker 2: Pierre is not very good at her job. All she 702 00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:56,400 Speaker 2: does is lie. To Sak's credit, she actually rarely directly lied. 703 00:38:56,800 --> 00:39:00,279 Speaker 2: She just pivoted, she circled back, she spun, but she 704 00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:05,839 Speaker 2: rarely made flat out, demonstrably provable falsehoods, whereas Krane John 705 00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:08,480 Speaker 2: Pierre seems to do so on an almost daily basis. 706 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:13,360 Speaker 2: But the entirety of that, understand, the position of NBC 707 00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:22,440 Speaker 2: is essentially, we cannot tolerate an actual Republican who works 708 00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:25,080 Speaker 2: for us. And by the way, there were a few 709 00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:27,440 Speaker 2: folks who got online and they said, no, no, no, that's 710 00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:29,920 Speaker 2: not true. That's not true. That's not true. Because Nicole 711 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:33,000 Speaker 2: Wallace is on MSNBC and she was a Republican staffer, 712 00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:39,080 Speaker 2: and Joe Scarborough he was a Republican congressman. Well that's true, 713 00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:43,760 Speaker 2: they were in a prior life Republicans, but both Nicole 714 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:48,840 Speaker 2: Wallace and Joe Scarboro voted for Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. 715 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:53,440 Speaker 2: So the position of NBC News is we cannot actually 716 00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:56,719 Speaker 2: hire anybody who voted for Donald Trump. As long as 717 00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:59,440 Speaker 2: you vote for Democrats, you could have been a Republican 718 00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,800 Speaker 2: long in your distant life, but you must have abandoned 719 00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:06,239 Speaker 2: half of the country and decided they're evil deplorables. Those 720 00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:08,520 Speaker 2: are the only people we are willing to hire. 721 00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:12,160 Speaker 1: Welcome to MSNBC and NBC News as you described it. 722 00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:16,040 Speaker 1: And again I'm not a big person advocating or supporting, 723 00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:19,120 Speaker 1: like oh, sue somebody, but I hope she gets a 724 00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:22,440 Speaker 1: big payday the way they treat her, and apparently she 725 00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:25,480 Speaker 1: found out she was fired through media reports, not even 726 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:29,040 Speaker 1: from a phone call from NBC News. I hope that 727 00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:32,320 Speaker 1: she gets a huge payout from this. She deserves every 728 00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:35,600 Speaker 1: dime after watching her colleagues run her name through the 729 00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:37,239 Speaker 1: mud the way they did and treat her the way 730 00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:37,840 Speaker 1: they did. 731 00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:40,399 Speaker 2: So and let me make an important point on this. 732 00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:45,400 Speaker 2: So MSNBC has a niche as a hard left network, 733 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:47,000 Speaker 2: that's why they have so few viewers. 734 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:47,880 Speaker 1: But they're hard left. 735 00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:52,440 Speaker 2: Let me ask you something, Why does NBC I mean, 736 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:56,640 Speaker 2: and what NBC pretends to actually be a real journalistic outfit. 737 00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:00,080 Speaker 2: Why do they have a subsidiary that is just a 738 00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:05,360 Speaker 2: hard left platform. By the way, they all decry Fox News, 739 00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:10,600 Speaker 2: but MSNBC is hard left, unapologetically so. And by the way, 740 00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:14,080 Speaker 2: you know what the MS stands for Microsoft. Why exactly 741 00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:19,600 Speaker 2: is Microsoft funding hard left propaganda? Why is NBC? Why 742 00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:23,799 Speaker 2: are they okay with a network that has an explicit 743 00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:27,920 Speaker 2: ideological agenda? And one of the points to understand, it 744 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:34,200 Speaker 2: was NBC News that hired Ron McDaniel. And I'm going 745 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:36,080 Speaker 2: to make the case to you there is no difference 746 00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:39,720 Speaker 2: between MSNBC and NBC. They are one and the same. 747 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:45,360 Speaker 2: NBC no longer pretends to be journalists. They are advocates. 748 00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:48,640 Speaker 2: They are MSNBC. They are the left wing of the 749 00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:51,480 Speaker 2: Democrat Party. There's a reason, by the way, in the 750 00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:54,360 Speaker 2: last presidential cycle they were thrown out of moderating because 751 00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:59,200 Speaker 2: they're so hardcore and partisan. Now, I guess somebody in 752 00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:01,840 Speaker 2: their corporate leader ship decided they wanted to at least 753 00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:06,319 Speaker 2: have a nod of have somebody on the staff who 754 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:09,799 Speaker 2: had voted with half of the country. But let me 755 00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:14,120 Speaker 2: ask you, Ben, so you actually have been a paid 756 00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:17,400 Speaker 2: conservative at a left wing network at CNN, you were 757 00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:19,960 Speaker 2: paid for a number of years. What was that like then, 758 00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:24,800 Speaker 2: and give us your perspectives from having been in Rana's shoes, 759 00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:26,040 Speaker 2: although at a different time. 760 00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:28,920 Speaker 1: It's funny that you asked this because I was doing 761 00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:30,840 Speaker 1: out Numbered, hosting out Numbered on I think it was 762 00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:33,440 Speaker 1: Wednesday when this story broke and they came to me. 763 00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:35,680 Speaker 1: They're like, look, you've got an instume perspective. I said, yeah, 764 00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:42,359 Speaker 1: I was hired for My contract was extended when I 765 00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:44,360 Speaker 1: was at CN and I was there totally seven years, 766 00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:47,560 Speaker 1: but the last year was just and this is how 767 00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:50,520 Speaker 1: much it even changed at CNN. They used to want 768 00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:53,560 Speaker 1: when they when Jeff Zecker took over a Grand Debate, 769 00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:56,640 Speaker 1: they wanted conservatives to have people that they thought were 770 00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:59,640 Speaker 1: well representing them so that consertaives wouldn't you know, basically 771 00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:04,640 Speaker 1: immediately skip over the channel one Stunnald Trump one in 772 00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:08,560 Speaker 1: sixteen Wills came off at CNN they hated him. They 773 00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:11,359 Speaker 1: hated and they yelled and screamed and tried to turn 774 00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:15,120 Speaker 1: you into bigot, racist homophobes NFOI everything they could and 775 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:16,879 Speaker 1: try to ruin your career when you were on because 776 00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:18,560 Speaker 1: the couldn't yell at Trump, but they could yell at 777 00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:21,200 Speaker 1: you and you were supporting Trump or defending Trump. But 778 00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:24,280 Speaker 1: in the last year that I was there, they hired 779 00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:26,200 Speaker 1: me just to have my name on a piece of 780 00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:28,680 Speaker 1: paper as it get out a free jail card when 781 00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:30,839 Speaker 1: someone said you guys have no conservatives, and they would 782 00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:32,920 Speaker 1: say no, no, no, no, no, look over here, we have 783 00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:37,360 Speaker 1: Ben Ferguson. In my last year, I did two appearances 784 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:42,239 Speaker 1: on CNN. Now that's absurd from a financial standpoint. If 785 00:43:42,280 --> 00:43:45,000 Speaker 1: you were a financial person, why would you hire a guy, 786 00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:46,560 Speaker 1: give him a salary and only have him come to 787 00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:48,080 Speaker 1: work two days out of three hundred and sixty five 788 00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:51,360 Speaker 1: days in a year. One of those two appearances was 789 00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:56,280 Speaker 1: after the Hollywood Reporter did a story about me being benched, 790 00:43:57,040 --> 00:43:58,560 Speaker 1: and then they put me on the next day on 791 00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:02,239 Speaker 1: a Saturday, for four minutes, just to say no, see 792 00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:05,600 Speaker 1: he's not benched. We just used him today, and then 793 00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:09,239 Speaker 1: never used me again, and with Ronald McDowell. I have 794 00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:12,200 Speaker 1: to say with her, I think that's part of what 795 00:44:12,239 --> 00:44:14,880 Speaker 1: they wanted. They wanted to go into this election cycle 796 00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:18,239 Speaker 1: saying noo, we've got a token concern. This lady just 797 00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:22,359 Speaker 1: ran the RNC. We see we're not biased. We've got 798 00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:23,040 Speaker 1: her on the air. 799 00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:27,840 Speaker 2: By the way, and i'll tell you Jensaki, So as 800 00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:31,440 Speaker 2: Verdict listeners know, my latest book, Unwoke, How to Defeat 801 00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:34,040 Speaker 2: Cultural Marxism in America. When it came out, I did 802 00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:36,680 Speaker 2: a ton of radio interviews. We actually called an offer 803 00:44:36,719 --> 00:44:39,600 Speaker 2: to go on Jensaki show. She said no, no, we 804 00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:42,759 Speaker 2: don't want you. We don't that they're and by the way, 805 00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:45,000 Speaker 2: the view also turned me down. So the last two 806 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:47,000 Speaker 2: books I did previously, I went on the view for 807 00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:51,440 Speaker 2: both of them, and and look I. 808 00:44:50,719 --> 00:44:52,320 Speaker 1: And the ratings were huge. 809 00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:55,040 Speaker 2: When the ratings were massive, and and and I don't 810 00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:57,160 Speaker 2: think it is an overstatement to say it did not 811 00:44:57,400 --> 00:45:00,480 Speaker 2: go well for the host because they didn't know what 812 00:45:00,520 --> 00:45:02,479 Speaker 2: they were talking about. And I pointed out they didn't 813 00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:06,680 Speaker 2: know what they were talking about. Look with with Whoopy Goldberg, 814 00:45:06,719 --> 00:45:12,560 Speaker 2: when I went on for my book Justice Corrupted, How 815 00:45:12,719 --> 00:45:14,920 Speaker 2: how the Left is weaponized the legal system. I went on, 816 00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:18,160 Speaker 2: and all the hosts of the view begin screaming at me, 817 00:45:18,239 --> 00:45:22,360 Speaker 2: and they're like, you know, you Republicans are all election deniers, 818 00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:25,680 Speaker 2: election deniers, and and they're used to everyone who agrees 819 00:45:25,719 --> 00:45:27,279 Speaker 2: with them, so they think that that's just like a 820 00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:30,520 Speaker 2: kill shot. And I said, oh, you mean like when 821 00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:33,720 Speaker 2: when Hillary Clinton insisted that she won and that Donald 822 00:45:33,719 --> 00:45:36,520 Speaker 2: Trump's election was illegitimate. She said she didn't say that, 823 00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:38,080 Speaker 2: so I had the quote and I read it out loud, 824 00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:41,200 Speaker 2: or I said, do you mean when when Al Gore 825 00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:44,239 Speaker 2: said that George W. Bush was illegitimately elected and the 826 00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:46,000 Speaker 2: election was stolen from him? Or do you mean like 827 00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:49,560 Speaker 2: when Stacy Abrams said that she was the governor of 828 00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:52,200 Speaker 2: Georgia and that there was illegitimate or do you mean 829 00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:56,480 Speaker 2: like when Joe Biden said George W. Bush was illegitimate elected. 830 00:45:56,520 --> 00:45:58,600 Speaker 2: I just read quote after quote after quote. They'd never 831 00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:00,359 Speaker 2: heard any of them, by the way. What we later 832 00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:02,680 Speaker 2: they had Chelsea Clinton on to say, my mother never 833 00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:05,840 Speaker 2: said that quote that she's on TV saying, and that 834 00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:09,280 Speaker 2: I read verbatim. But then the next exchange with Whoopy 835 00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:13,040 Speaker 2: was really interesting because after saying election denial, which is 836 00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:15,400 Speaker 2: their sort of first response. Then she said, and you 837 00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:21,440 Speaker 2: guys are all a bunch of angry, rioting criminals, to 838 00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:25,320 Speaker 2: which I laughed and said, really, you mean what about 839 00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:30,080 Speaker 2: the entire year of Black Lives Matter and Antifa riots 840 00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:33,640 Speaker 2: that burned American cities across this country for a year, 841 00:46:34,440 --> 00:46:38,280 Speaker 2: And Whoopy looks at me, completely confused, and she says, 842 00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:41,160 Speaker 2: I don't know what an antifa riot is. I have 843 00:46:41,239 --> 00:46:45,239 Speaker 2: no idea what that is. And it was they're in 844 00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:49,280 Speaker 2: such an echo chamber they will only talk to people 845 00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:52,640 Speaker 2: who agree to them, and sadly they're a couple of million, 846 00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:56,799 Speaker 2: mostly women watching the view who are just listening to 847 00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:01,680 Speaker 2: partisan propaganda. And then there were there are no Antifa riots. 848 00:47:01,719 --> 00:47:05,040 Speaker 2: That doesn't exist. And by the way, for the last 849 00:47:05,040 --> 00:47:07,600 Speaker 2: book Unwoke, the View said Nope, we don't want you. 850 00:47:07,719 --> 00:47:10,279 Speaker 2: And that didn't go well for us at all. And Jensaki, 851 00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:12,799 Speaker 2: who I've never been on her show, you would think 852 00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:14,720 Speaker 2: she might be interested. And by the way, I'm perfectly 853 00:47:14,719 --> 00:47:17,080 Speaker 2: happy her to come attack me and scream and be 854 00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:19,520 Speaker 2: a crazy nut if she wanted to. I mean, I 855 00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:23,320 Speaker 2: was not expecting a love fest, but their view was sorry, no, 856 00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:25,719 Speaker 2: we don't want you on it all. We have one 857 00:47:25,840 --> 00:47:28,560 Speaker 2: view and we will never ever ever have anything to 858 00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:33,120 Speaker 2: the contrary. That is MSNBC and apparently that's NBC two. 859 00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:36,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, great point. Don't forget. We did this show Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 860 00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:40,800 Speaker 1: and a week in review on Saturdays. Hit that subscribe 861 00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:44,080 Speaker 1: or follow or auto download button. And on those in 862 00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:48,000 Speaker 1: between days grab my podcast, the Ben Ferguson Podcasts. I'll 863 00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:50,000 Speaker 1: keep you up to down the latest breaking news on 864 00:47:50,040 --> 00:47:52,200 Speaker 1: those in between days and the Senator and I will 865 00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:53,840 Speaker 1: see you back here Wednesday morning.