1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,400 Speaker 1: Welcome. It's Verdict with Center Ted Cruz. 2 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 2: It's nice to be with you in person today on 3 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:09,560 Speaker 2: a somber day, October seventh, it's the one year anniversary 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 2: of the horrific attack, the worst attack on the Jewish 5 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 2: people since the Holocaust, and it is one of those 6 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:18,160 Speaker 2: moments I think we should pause and really look at 7 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:19,479 Speaker 2: what's happened over the last year. 8 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:23,480 Speaker 3: Well, that's exactly right. Today is a horrific memorial. It 9 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,439 Speaker 3: has been one year since the mass murder that took 10 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 3: the lives of one thy one hundred and ninety five Israelis. 11 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 3: It was utterly horrific. It has changed Israel forever. It 12 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:37,199 Speaker 3: has changed America forever. It has changed, I believe, the 13 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 3: world forever. We're going to examine what happened on October seventh, 14 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 3: one year ago, and what has happened in the year 15 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,879 Speaker 3: since then. We're also in today's pod going to have 16 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 3: an interview with a special guest, Sean Theory. Sean is 17 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 3: a member of the Texas State House and she's an 18 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 3: elected Democrat, or at least she was. She was an 19 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 3: elected Democrat elected from Houston. She was elected four terms 20 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 3: to the House of Representatives as a Democrat and she 21 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 3: finally said enough is enough. She left the Democrat Party. 22 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 3: She has changed to being a Republican. She's going to 23 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 3: tell her story because her story is something we're seeing 24 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,119 Speaker 3: across the country. As the Democrat Party is getting more 25 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 3: and more radical, people are saying, I can't take it anymore. 26 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 3: I want to get back to sanity. We're going to 27 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 3: break that down that as well. 28 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a really cool and an interesting story that 29 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 2: I think inspires other Democrats to lead their party as well. Yeah, 30 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 2: we're going to talk about that. There are so many 31 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 2: of you that have asked about what you can do 32 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 2: to help the people in Israel, and right now this 33 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 2: is a moment where I'm going to ask a lot 34 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 2: of you to get involved, especially on this one year 35 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 2: anniversary with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. As 36 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 2: I said a moment ago, October the seventh is the 37 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 2: one year mark of the worst masker of the Jewish 38 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 2: people since the Holocaust. Twelve hundred Israelis were murdered and 39 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 2: more than two hundred and fifty taken hostage, many of 40 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 2: them still being held hostage. 41 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: Yet. 42 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 2: The war in Israel is raging on today with a 43 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 2: ran firing a massive barrage of nearly two hundred ballistic 44 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 2: missiles earlier this month. 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As we 62 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 2: sit here, it's shocking that's the one year anniversary from 63 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 2: a standpoint that they still have hostages, and I think 64 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 2: we should start with that because this is a day 65 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 2: for those family members. I can't imagine what they've gone 66 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 2: through last year, but to even think it's been an 67 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 2: entire year since they've seen their. 68 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 3: Loved ones, it's been a year of living hell. As 69 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 3: I mentioned, oney, one hundred and ninety five people were 70 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 3: murdered on that day. The estimates are not exactly clear, 71 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 3: but the best estimate is two hundred and fifty one 72 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 3: hostages were taken on October seventh. Now, of those two 73 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 3: hundred and fifty fifty one hostages, we estimate that ninety 74 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 3: seven remain in Gaza, plus an additional four hostages who 75 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 3: were captured before October seventh, And to review what has happened, 76 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 3: seventy hostages have died either on October seventh or in 77 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 3: the month since then. Thirty four of the hostages who 78 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:21,359 Speaker 3: have remained in Gaza are dead, according to Israeli officials, 79 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 3: and Hamasa has released one hundred and nine of the hostages. 80 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:31,039 Speaker 3: Eight of the hostages were rescued by the IDF, including 81 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 3: the recent rescue of an Arab Israeli Muslim on August 82 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 3: twenty seventh. Thirty seven of the deceased hostages have been 83 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 3: returned to Israel, and on August thirty first, the IDF 84 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 3: retrieved the body of American hostage Hirsch Goldberg Pollen, and 85 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 3: five Israelis who were executed by Hamas and Southern Rapha 86 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 3: after surviving for what was eleven months in captivity. There 87 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 3: are thought to be four four American hostages still alive. 88 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 3: The fifth was Goldbert Pollen, and he was one of 89 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 3: the six people murdered and recovered on August thirty first. 90 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 3: The four American hostages thought to still be alived are 91 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 3: number one, Keith Siegel. Keith is a grandfather born in California. 92 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 3: He was last seen in a video released by Hamas 93 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 3: in April. He was gaunt and weeping. The second American 94 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 3: hostage believe still held is Eden Alexander, who grew up 95 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 3: in New Jersey, and also Sagi decl Chen, a father 96 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:39,040 Speaker 3: of three, both of whom were spotted alive in late 97 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 3: twenty twenty three by other hostages. So we don't know 98 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 3: that they're still alive. It's been some time since they've 99 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 3: been spotted alive. The fourth Omernutra is a New York native, 100 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 3: was shown being pulled out of a tank by hamas 101 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 3: gunman in a blurry clip recorded on October seventh. So again, 102 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,799 Speaker 3: it's been a full year since since Omer has been seen. 103 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 3: And as for the total number of Americans. Last month, 104 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 3: the FBI unsealed a complaint against hamas leaders for the 105 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:19,159 Speaker 3: October seventh crimes and others, and the charges were filed 106 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 3: in February, but they were kept under seal and the 107 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 3: precise language of the Department of Justice complaint is quote. 108 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 3: As of the date of this complaint, at least forty 109 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:34,359 Speaker 3: three American citizens were among those murdered, and at least 110 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 3: ten American citizens were taken hostage or remain unaccounted for. Wow, 111 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,119 Speaker 3: and look, I wanted to go through those numbers because 112 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 3: it's easy and a lot of the news coverage will 113 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 3: allide over what actually happened. Twelve hundred people murdered, two 114 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 3: hundred and fifty one hostages. It is truly horrific. As 115 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:58,039 Speaker 3: you noted, it was the worst single day mass murder 116 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 3: of Jews since the Holocaust. It's also one of the 117 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 3: worst terrorist attack in American history. Americans are hostages right now. 118 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 3: I have to say, I do not understand why Joe 119 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 3: Biden and Kamala Harris do not talk about the American hostages, 120 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 3: why they don't lean in and instead why they lean 121 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 3: in repeatedly urging Israel to stop killing the terrorist instead 122 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 3: of demanding that the hostages be released. But it was 123 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 3: an act of horrific evil. And I will say, look, 124 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 3: I remember in the days after October seventh, I reached 125 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 3: out and I called and texted a lot of friends 126 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 3: of mine, and I just asked him. I said, hey, 127 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 3: I don't know if you have family in Israel, if 128 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 3: you have people in harm's way, I gotta say bet. 129 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 3: It was stunning to me the number of people I 130 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 3: reached out to in the aftermath of October seventh who 131 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 3: were directly connected to someone. 132 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: The Jewish community. 133 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 2: It's amazing how much of a connection there is between 134 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 2: people America and people that are in Israel. 135 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 3: I've probably reached out to twenty five or thirty of 136 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 3: my friends, and more than half of them had a 137 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 3: direct connection of someone where they'd say, yeah, my sister 138 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 3: was there, Yes, my wife was there, my college roommate 139 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 3: was there. It is. The Jewish community in America and 140 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 3: the Jewish community in Israel are in many ways deeply interconnected. 141 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 2: And the. 142 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 3: Trauma and horror and evil of that day, October seventh 143 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 3: will go down as one of the darkest days in history. 144 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 2: There's another aspect of this too, And it's amazing how 145 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 2: in this country, and I think even the Democratic Party 146 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 2: has has really defended Hamas and they've defended that the 147 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 2: people that did this. And you look at how they've 148 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 2: treated these hostages and the reports have come out. You 149 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 2: hope that if someone's taken hostage, at least they're treated humanely. Yeah, 150 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,439 Speaker 2: and that's not happen And I think that's part of 151 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 2: the story that people need to understand the brutality of 152 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:08,840 Speaker 2: these terrorists. They are starving these hostages. The bodies that 153 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 2: have been found in returned. They talk about that. It 154 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 2: looks like they've taken a lot of abuse and malnourished 155 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 2: and living conditions that are just horrific, not clean at all. 156 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 3: Well, and they are using rape as a weapon of 157 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 3: sexual violence. On October seventh, and sadly, in the time 158 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:31,320 Speaker 3: since then, they have targeted and repeatedly raped women and 159 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 3: young girls. I will tell you, and I've talked about 160 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 3: this on the podcast watching videos of October seventh, watching 161 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 3: what happened, watching the dehumanization of Jews by the Hamas terrorists, 162 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 3: that they don't view them as human beings. And I 163 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 3: think I shared with you listening to the audio from 164 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 3: that video that repeatedly the Hamas terrorists were referring to 165 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:59,680 Speaker 3: the Jews that they were murdering as it not even here, 166 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 3: but it they mutilated the bodies. They would often cut 167 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 3: the genitals, burn the faces. That a lot of the 168 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 3: degradation was focused on sexual violence, and it is a 169 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 3: level of evil. You know, in ordinary life, you don't 170 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 3: encounter that grotesque evil the way October seventh was. But 171 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:27,439 Speaker 3: I'll tell you, I'm reminded of the Book of Genesis 172 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 3: when when Joseph has been sold into slavery by his brothers, 173 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 3: and then when he re encounters his brothers, what Joseph 174 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 3: says to them is is what you intended for evil, 175 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 3: God intended for good. And I think that principle is right. 176 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:47,719 Speaker 3: But what man means for evil to result, God can 177 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 3: use for good. And I do think in the past 178 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 3: year there are two significant consequences of October seventh, both 179 00:10:56,160 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 3: of which have been very very good. One is clarity 180 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 3: this October seventh, in the aftermath, I don't think, to 181 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 3: my mind, there is no gray. This is a battle 182 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 3: between good and evil. This is a battle between civilization 183 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 3: and barbarism. And everyone has to decide where you stand. 184 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 3: Do you stand with the people of Israel or do 185 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 3: you stand with the Hamas terrorists? And that clarity, I 186 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,440 Speaker 3: think has been incredibly valuable in the political world for 187 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 3: elected officials to decide who do I stand with. It 188 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 3: also has been incredibly valuable on college campuses. It is 189 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 3: unmasked and revealed vicious, vicious anti Semitism. That clarity is 190 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 3: important if we're going to combat evil. We have to 191 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 3: see and understand and know who we're dealing with and 192 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 3: have it be out in the open. And I think 193 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:55,199 Speaker 3: that clarity has been enormously consequential and enormous enormously beneficial. 194 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 3: But I think secondly, a second, very good consequence of 195 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 3: the hurrrific evil of what happened on that day is 196 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 3: Israel's stated commitment to utterly and completely eliminate Hamas. Yeah, 197 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:12,679 Speaker 3: and eliminating Hamas, and they have made incredible progress eliminating 198 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 3: Hamas and now eliminating many of the leaders of Hesbela 199 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 3: as well. Eliminating Hamas and eliminating Hesbela is unequivocally good 200 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 3: for the national security of Israel, and it is unequivocally 201 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 3: good for the national security of America. And so both 202 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 3: of those consequences have real and lasting effect in Israel, 203 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 3: in America, and across the world. 204 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 2: Let's talk about there was something I'll never forget. You 205 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 2: saw it before I did, and I was asked to 206 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 2: come watch the videos of the attack on this day. 207 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: You saw it with I think several other senators if 208 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:47,719 Speaker 1: I had. 209 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:49,599 Speaker 3: About the Safity senators, about half the Senate went and 210 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:50,079 Speaker 3: watched it. 211 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 2: And I was asked to go to Israeli consulate and 212 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 2: watch and to have a briefing. And I will never 213 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 2: forget what I witnessed. I think you're probably the same. 214 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 2: But it also was. 215 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 3: It made me physically sick, yes, like it made you 216 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 3: want to vomit watching. And this is not Hollywood's sort 217 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 3: of play acting. These are real people being murdered by 218 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 3: people filled with genocidal hate. It was Nazi tactics for 219 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 3: Nazi purposes carried out that day. 220 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 2: I watched it, and I watched it, and I never 221 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:29,560 Speaker 2: wanted to see it again. I'm glad that I saw 222 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 2: it because you understand who you're up against. And I 223 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 2: also maybe very clear that they trained with the help 224 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 2: of Iran. Yes, and without Iran's funding. I don't think 225 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 2: it would have happened a year ago today, and now 226 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 2: we see Iran doing exactly what we knew they were 227 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 2: doing all along, directly now trying to take out Israel. 228 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 2: That's another aspect of when you talk about good and evil, 229 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 2: and evil can show what's happening, and then there can 230 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:58,679 Speaker 2: be good that comes from I think anyone that doesn't 231 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 2: understand now the threat to the world from Iran, you're blind. 232 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 2: We saw what they did with these ballistic missile attacks 233 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 2: just days ago. What happens next now with that, because 234 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 2: that's a large part of this story. 235 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 3: Look, I think it is one of the most consequential 236 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 3: elements of this election. In November, we're right about thirty 237 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 3: days away, just over thirty days away from the election, 238 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 3: and if Donald Trump is reelected, if we have a 239 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 3: Republican Senate in a Republican House, the billions of dollars 240 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 3: that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and the Democrats have 241 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 3: flowed to Iran. That stops in January. Over four years, 242 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 3: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris have flowed over one hundred billion 243 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 3: dollars to Iran. It's a massive amount of money. Ninety 244 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 3: percent of the budget for Hamas comes from Iran. Ninety 245 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 3: percent of the budget for HESBLA comes from Iran. So, 246 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 3: in a very real sense, the death squads that carried 247 00:14:56,440 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 3: out horrific rapes and murders on October seventh were paid 248 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 3: for by this White House. I gotta say, I don't understand. 249 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 3: I mean, we spent a lot of time in this 250 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 3: podcast talking about the ideology of the hard left, but 251 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 3: I genuinely don't understand why you would send billions of 252 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 3: dollars to people who want to murder you. Because the 253 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 3: Iatola is not subtle. 254 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 1: They are not yet. 255 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 3: The Iyatola chance death to America and death to Israel. 256 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 3: He refers to Israel as the little Satan, in America 257 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 3: as the great Satan. And we should be absolutely clear 258 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 3: that if he could murder you or me or any 259 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:40,479 Speaker 3: of us, he would, And to be clear, the Iatola 260 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 3: and Iran is actively trying to murder Donald Trump right now, 261 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 3: and is paying for hitmen and assassins to try to 262 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 3: carry that out. And yet there is something in the 263 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 3: ideology of the far left that giving him billions of 264 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 3: dollars to enable him to wage genocidal war against Israel 265 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 3: and kill Jews and to target Americans some how makes 266 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 3: sense to this White House. I am aware of their 267 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 3: positions and look in public discourse, I try to you 268 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 3: try to show grace to those on the other side 269 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 3: and understand them. I genuinely have a hard time if 270 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 3: you asked me to articulate their argument. 271 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 1: What is it. 272 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 3: I don't know how to think that way to say, Hey, 273 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 3: this person wants to murder me, let's give them a 274 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 3: bunch of money. 275 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 2: I don't get that final question on this, and it 276 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 2: comes up to the issue of the rand nuclear site. 277 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 2: Iran is clearly trying to get a nuclear weapon. There 278 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 2: was a report that came out that they could be 279 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 2: days away, weeks away, as in not less than a month. 280 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 2: It's been interesting to see how the American medias frame this. 281 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 2: It's like they've asked the White House their thoughts on 282 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 2: do you take out this site? You know what they 283 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 2: want to do you know what they're chanting And they've 284 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 2: said they've kind of punted and said, well, this is 285 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 2: up to Israel if they want to do that. You 286 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 2: look at that, and you look at the White House 287 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 2: kind of just not really taking a stand on this. 288 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 1: I think a nuclear ran is a threat to the world. 289 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 2: Yes, they're obviously a threat to digital but they're a 290 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:11,120 Speaker 2: threat to the world when you look at this position 291 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 2: of well, punt to Israel, is that a good foreign 292 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 2: policy from Biden Harris? 293 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 3: Well, and understand it's also a dodge listen of course, 294 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,199 Speaker 3: just this White House Kamala Harris doesn't want to do 295 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:26,399 Speaker 3: anything to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Today, 296 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 3: a year after October seventh, they're still not enforcing the 297 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 3: oil sanctions. Today Iran is selling two million barrels of 298 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 3: oil a day. They could stop that if they wanted to. 299 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:38,480 Speaker 2: And what was it when I think it's important to 300 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 2: remind people how many barrels of oil was Iran selling 301 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 2: when Donald Trump was in office at the end of 302 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:46,240 Speaker 2: his three hundred thousand and that's why they were broke, 303 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 2: and that's why you were seeing unrest in the country 304 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 2: because without oil money there broke. 305 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 3: The regime was was near collapse, and Joe Biden, Kamala 306 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 3: Harris Gain Revive Life Preserver, gave them a massive subsidy. 307 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 3: I mean it is they gave him CPR. Yes, yes, 308 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 3: that they were their lifeline. And look saying that's up 309 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 3: to Israel to decide. You know, I'm reminded of many 310 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 3: many years ago when Obama was president. There was an 311 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 3: article in the Atlantic by Jeffrey Goldberg, and it got 312 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:19,639 Speaker 3: a lot of attention at the time, and and and 313 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:26,200 Speaker 3: what got attention is it was an insult from an 314 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:29,679 Speaker 3: unnamed senior official in the Obiden White House in the 315 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 3: in the Obama White House. Rather who what got all 316 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:35,919 Speaker 3: the attention He referred to Benjamin Netanyah, who was the 317 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 3: Prime Minister of Israel then as well. And and and 318 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,920 Speaker 3: he used an epithet that that that because this is 319 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:44,440 Speaker 3: a kid friendly show, I won't repeat other than to 320 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 3: say it was poultry beneu her. And he was a 321 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 3: little more colorful than that. And that got all the attention. 322 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 3: And I remember at the time that article came out, 323 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:55,440 Speaker 3: I thought it wasn't news at all. It was obvious. Yeah, 324 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 3: that's what the Obama white House thought of Netanyah, who 325 00:18:58,040 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 3: they treated him that way every day. So I was like, 326 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 3: what's the news in this They're saying what they obviously believe. 327 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 3: The most consequential element of that article to me was 328 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 3: a different quote attributed to the same senior advisor in 329 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:12,400 Speaker 3: the White House. And by the way, there's a lot 330 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 3: of speculation in Washington that that quote senior advisor was 331 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,919 Speaker 3: named Barack Obama, that it was the President pretending to 332 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 3: be a senior advisor. I don't know that for sure, 333 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 3: but that's the surprise. That's the diplomatic chatter in Washington. 334 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:30,119 Speaker 3: But the quote was something to the effect of the 335 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 3: very best thing is we have delayed Israel from acting 336 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 3: militarily for so long that they no longer have the 337 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 3: military capacity to stop Iran from acquiring a nuclear arsenal. 338 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 3: That was the sentence that was chilling. Look this White House. 339 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 3: They're not stupid. They know the endgame of what they're 340 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 3: playing is a nuclear Iran. And I think ideologically they 341 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 3: believe America has no right to stop the iotola from 342 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 3: getting nuclear weapons. I think that makes no sense at all, 343 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:03,920 Speaker 3: and it is one of the many ways in which 344 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 3: Americans are much less safe today because of the weakness 345 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:14,120 Speaker 3: of Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and tragically twelve hundred Israelis 346 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:18,360 Speaker 3: lost their lives a year ago today because of that weakness. 347 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,440 Speaker 2: They need prayers, they need support this one year anniversary, 348 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 2: there's a lot of people today that are suffering. We 349 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 2: need to pray for those hostages as well. Sa ay 350 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 2: trend we're seeing of Democrats become a Republican that are 351 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 2: in office. 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For once, 385 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 2: we are seeing elected officials who are Democrats switching to 386 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:20,880 Speaker 2: the Republican Party, and one of them is right here 387 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 2: in Texas. 388 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:22,399 Speaker 1: And our guests tonight. 389 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,239 Speaker 3: Well, that's exactly right. And as you know, and as 390 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:27,640 Speaker 3: our viewers know, we had Eric Johnson, who's the mayor 391 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:30,679 Speaker 3: of Dallas. He was an elected Democrat. Four years he 392 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:33,400 Speaker 3: was an elected Democrat state rep and elected Democrat mayor 393 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:35,119 Speaker 3: and then he shifted to be a Republican. We had 394 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,479 Speaker 3: him as a guest on this podcast. He told his story. 395 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 3: We now have another guest, Sean Theory, is with us today. 396 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 3: Sean is a state representative in Texas. She was an 397 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:47,680 Speaker 3: elected Democrat, first elected in twenty seventeen, then elected again 398 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 3: in twenty eighteen and twenty twenty in twenty twenty two. 399 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 3: She's been an elected Democrat her entire career in politics 400 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 3: until just recently when she publicly announced enough was enough 401 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 3: and she switched to the Republican Party. And so Sean, 402 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:04,440 Speaker 3: welcome to Verdict. We're very glad to have you with us. 403 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:07,159 Speaker 4: Thank you, senator, thank you for having me. It's a pleasure. 404 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 3: You know, you and I were sitting down talking and 405 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 3: I said, listen, I want you to tell your story. 406 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:17,120 Speaker 3: Tell your story to our listeners, to our viewers and Verdicts. 407 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 3: So let's just start with tell us, tell us your 408 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 3: personal story where you grew up and and and what 409 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,159 Speaker 3: drew you to the world of politics, what drew you 410 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 3: to running for the for the state legislature. 411 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 4: Sure, thank you, Senator. Well, I'm a native Houstonian, born 412 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:39,479 Speaker 4: and raised here. Pretty uneventful story, but just grew up 413 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:45,359 Speaker 4: a Christian, both parents married at home and hardworking folks. 414 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,920 Speaker 4: And always say my parents were Democrats because I believe 415 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,479 Speaker 4: they felt like that was the party of you know, 416 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 4: middle class folks. 417 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:52,880 Speaker 1: Right. 418 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,640 Speaker 4: My mom was a teacher, an English teacher. My dad 419 00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 4: worked for the City of Houston, and so we were Democrats, 420 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 4: thinking that that was just the party of middle class, 421 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 4: hardworking people. And I went away to college Howard University, 422 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:11,119 Speaker 4: I came back, went to law school here at Thirdgard 423 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 4: Marshall School of Law. And really I always had a 424 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 4: heart for public service. My parents kind of raised us 425 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:20,440 Speaker 4: that way, from being in Girl Scouts all the way 426 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,199 Speaker 4: through doing things at my church at my church. And 427 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 4: so folks asked me to run, and I wasn't sure 428 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 4: if I wanted to do it, because I knew that 429 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 4: I didn't really like the politics of politics, but I 430 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:37,720 Speaker 4: did have a heart for public service. So when the 431 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:40,120 Speaker 4: seat for State rep House District one forty six became 432 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 4: available in twenty sixteen. I said, well, okay, I'll do it, 433 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:49,679 Speaker 4: and I won, and I really just kind of jumped 434 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 4: right in the moment I got elected. I started writing 435 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 4: legislation to help women and childbirth and term mortality, legislation, 436 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:01,119 Speaker 4: helping the elderly, doing work to prevent a anti prevent 437 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:06,639 Speaker 4: human trafficking, should I say, and just never really always 438 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 4: thought of it in terms of party. I always looked 439 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 4: at it in terms of people. But as time went on, 440 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:18,159 Speaker 4: I started to notice session after session the Democratic Party 441 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:24,679 Speaker 4: moving further and further away from mainstream values. And I 442 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:27,919 Speaker 4: kept quiet, but it was something that always kind of 443 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 4: troubled my soul. And I was hoping that I could 444 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 4: continue to be the voice of reason, which I was 445 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 4: a lot of times. I was always kind of the 446 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,440 Speaker 4: moderate voice in the room and kind of became known 447 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,920 Speaker 4: as that. In the Ledge text Ledge, I was known 448 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 4: as a consensus builder. And I don't want to be 449 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,199 Speaker 4: too much of a spoiler alert. We can talk about it, 450 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 4: but this past session, the Democrats really started pushing policies 451 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 4: that were so contrary to the well being of children 452 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 4: and just our country. Overall, I said, as you said 453 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:06,479 Speaker 4: at the top, enough is enough. I said, you know, 454 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:09,480 Speaker 4: get me off the bus now. And I made a 455 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:12,639 Speaker 4: very personal decision. It was very difficult because I knew 456 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 4: the attacks that I would receive. But just like my 457 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,720 Speaker 4: good friend Mary or Eric Johnson, I did what I 458 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 4: know is right for me, where I can look myself 459 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 4: in the mirror every day. 460 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:26,399 Speaker 1: What they treat you like afterwards, I mean, when you 461 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:27,400 Speaker 1: leave the party. 462 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 2: I think people don't understand in politics that is like 463 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:35,159 Speaker 2: a really bad day because all of these people you 464 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 2: build these consensus with, now you're the enemy to them. 465 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:41,920 Speaker 4: Well, mine was a little anti climactic on some level 466 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 4: because I took a stance. Honestly, during session a year 467 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:49,400 Speaker 4: and a half ago, I spoke out against child sex 468 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 4: change surgeries. This legislation where we had was to decide 469 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 4: to decide what is the appropriate age. This sounds weird 470 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:02,920 Speaker 4: for a child to have sex chain surgery, which most 471 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 4: people would say, well, why would a yall be doing 472 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:06,880 Speaker 4: that anyway, But that's what we were dealing with because 473 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 4: it was happening in the state of Texas. Girls and 474 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 4: boys as young as eleven, twelve, thirteen were getting their 475 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:18,440 Speaker 4: bodies mutilated, also taking drugs like lupron to stop them 476 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:22,639 Speaker 4: from going through puberty. And so the bill, which seemed 477 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 4: very reasonable, just set the age of consent to eighteen, 478 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,240 Speaker 4: which is the age of consent for most things in Texas, 479 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:34,120 Speaker 4: if not twenty one, honestly. And so I said, well, 480 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 4: I'll support that that we need some safeguards. And you 481 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:43,680 Speaker 4: wouldn't believe my former party, the Democratic Caucus, went crazy. 482 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:47,800 Speaker 4: They started pulling me to the side saying, Sean, you 483 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 4: cannot do it. We're going to kill this bill. And 484 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:55,720 Speaker 4: because I would not agree that children should undergo this 485 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:58,879 Speaker 4: type of harm, which by the way, many of my 486 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 4: colleagues privately told me they know it's wrong. But because 487 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 4: I wouldn't co sign with that, I started getting attacked 488 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:08,199 Speaker 4: right then and there. So I've been going through it 489 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 4: for a year and a half. 490 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, and look, this is an issue that you know, 491 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:14,360 Speaker 3: it's amazing that this is an issue now. I mean 492 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 3: even a few years ago, there was no one in 493 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 3: the political arena that was talking about little children eight, nine, ten, 494 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 3: eleven year old kids being sterilized, being permanently surgically altered. 495 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 3: And look, my view, which I think is the common 496 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 3: sense of you, of the vast majority of Texans, is 497 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 3: that a child doesn't have the emotional maturity to make 498 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 3: that decision. That no eight year old or ten year 499 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 3: old can decide I never want to be a father, 500 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 3: I never want to be a mother, and go in 501 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 3: and make it so that I can never never have children. 502 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:52,840 Speaker 3: That I think it is a very reasonable position to say, 503 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 3: if you're going to do something with those sorts of consequences, 504 00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 3: you need to be an adult and have the the 505 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,640 Speaker 3: emotional maturity to make that decision. That that's a very 506 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:09,680 Speaker 3: common sense view. And yet when you articulated that, you know, 507 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 3: one of the things that struck me when you and 508 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,040 Speaker 3: I were talking is you said that a lot of 509 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 3: your Democrat colleagues in private agreed, but they were scared 510 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 3: to say it. 511 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:21,240 Speaker 4: Yes, the party has just been completely, i'll say it now, 512 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 4: completely hijacked by radicals who have a chokehold on elected 513 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 4: Democratic officials, who have told them you will fall lockstep 514 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:32,720 Speaker 4: in line with this ideology, and if you do not, 515 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:36,240 Speaker 4: we will put millions of dollars into a primary to 516 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:37,320 Speaker 4: get you on the life. 517 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:39,560 Speaker 1: In other words, you're being held hostage for your job. 518 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 2: Absolutely, the Democratic party says you don't go along with this, 519 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 2: we'll find somebody that will will run against you and 520 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:46,200 Speaker 2: beat you. 521 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 3: Its that sin and threaten with money, with real money, 522 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:49,160 Speaker 3: real money. 523 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 4: And I'm living proof of it. But I like to 524 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 4: say I'm a positive testimony because I tell people, losing 525 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 4: a seat is one thing, but losing your soul is another. Yeah, 526 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:00,479 Speaker 4: and I did not lose my soul. But they put 527 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:03,480 Speaker 4: in over a million dollars in a race against me, 528 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:05,200 Speaker 4: and they absolutely found someone. 529 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,800 Speaker 3: And this is a primary and a state rep race 530 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 3: in Texas for a million bucks. 531 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,240 Speaker 2: What was it before when you ran, Like, what was 532 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,000 Speaker 2: a normal amount of money? Put in perspective compared to 533 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 2: a million I. 534 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:15,600 Speaker 4: Don't think I've ever had anybody spend over fifty thousand 535 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 4: dollars running against me. 536 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:20,040 Speaker 2: And listen, if you're listening to this right now or 537 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:23,080 Speaker 2: you're watching this, when you think about going from fifty 538 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:27,720 Speaker 2: thousand dollars race to a million dollars against you, that's 539 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 2: a political assassination on your career. That's saying we're just 540 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,560 Speaker 2: going to buy a winner and make sure you're a loser, 541 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 2: because that's how much we want to punish you and 542 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 2: make sure everybody else stays in line. 543 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 4: Exactly. It always help folks. It was literally to make 544 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 4: an example out of me and to warn others don't 545 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:48,120 Speaker 4: get any right ideas. Don't stand up there and speak 546 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:51,040 Speaker 4: out and tell the truth for your constituents, because we 547 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 4: will shan theory you and put over a million dollars 548 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:57,479 Speaker 4: in your race. But I said it on the house floor, 549 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:01,320 Speaker 4: you know, I always say sunlight is the disinfectant Senator. 550 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:03,560 Speaker 4: And so I did rip the lid off of it, 551 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:06,600 Speaker 4: and I exposed the harms, and I exposed the hypocrisy. 552 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 4: You talked about eighteen being such a reasonable age. Every 553 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,800 Speaker 4: policy that the Democrats put forth is usually to raise 554 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:17,800 Speaker 4: the age. This is the only area where not only 555 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:19,720 Speaker 4: do they not want to set the age, they want 556 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:22,480 Speaker 4: no age. If they want to raise the age from 557 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:24,920 Speaker 4: eighteen to twenty one for it to have a gun. 558 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:27,880 Speaker 4: We raised the age from eighteen to twenty one to 559 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:32,560 Speaker 4: buy tobacco cigarettes, which everyone you know agreed. We raise 560 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:34,320 Speaker 4: the age from eighteen to twenty one to work in 561 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:39,280 Speaker 4: a sexually oriented business. We have acknowledged. They said they're 562 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:41,760 Speaker 4: the Party of science. They said the frontal lobe of 563 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:45,760 Speaker 4: the brain is not developed until almost twenty five. Why 564 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:49,840 Speaker 4: on earth are Democrats saying, as you said very well, Sentator, 565 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:53,640 Speaker 4: that a child as young as nine, who hasn't even 566 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:58,840 Speaker 4: entered puberty has the capacity to sign away their future 567 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:02,320 Speaker 4: in terms of being astrated and sterilized. What is this? 568 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:08,080 Speaker 3: So so tell us the sort of things. What did 569 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 3: your then fellow Democrats say to you as this is 570 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:12,959 Speaker 3: all going down? What sort of conversation did y'all have? 571 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:15,200 Speaker 4: Well, I guess the cat kind of got out of 572 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:19,960 Speaker 4: the bag that there was a potential dissident who wasn't 573 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,800 Speaker 4: going along with the program, and so they started pulling 574 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:24,800 Speaker 4: me to the side, usually in like groups of three, 575 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:28,960 Speaker 4: then groups of six and telling me, you know, Sean, 576 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:30,520 Speaker 4: what's going on here? 577 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:32,479 Speaker 1: A lot of these are your friends, right, I mean 578 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 1: these are the people, they're. 579 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 4: Colleagues, colleagues, Uh, some friends. The friends were the ones 580 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 4: that really just came with the warning. They said, Sean, listen, 581 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:45,920 Speaker 4: because I was pulling out papers and showing what lupron does, 582 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:49,920 Speaker 4: showing that it causes early on set osteoporosis, and that 583 00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:51,640 Speaker 4: some of these cross sex. 584 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:54,680 Speaker 3: Weren't tell our viewers and listeners what is lupron? So 585 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:55,560 Speaker 3: give some of those teachers. 586 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:58,840 Speaker 4: Sure, So, Lupron is the drug that they want to 587 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,160 Speaker 4: give children in a mirror could to stop them from 588 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:07,280 Speaker 4: going to puberty. It is prescribed for men who who 589 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:10,600 Speaker 4: have prostate cancer. It is a chemotherapy drug. Wow, this 590 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:13,520 Speaker 4: is a drug you are giving children that do not 591 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:18,120 Speaker 4: have cancer. The only other use for it. It gets 592 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:20,960 Speaker 4: even grosser that they want to give it to children. 593 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:24,040 Speaker 4: This drug is given as a chemical castration drug to 594 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:27,080 Speaker 4: child rapists, to pedophiles. 595 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:30,840 Speaker 2: And they're giving it to kids because they say, or 596 00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:33,320 Speaker 2: the parents say, they want to transition at the age 597 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:34,880 Speaker 2: of eight or nine or ten. 598 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,600 Speaker 3: And by the way, if the kids when they get older, 599 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:42,440 Speaker 3: they change their mind. Much of this is irreversible. If 600 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:46,280 Speaker 3: you have a teenage girl who has a double misectomy, 601 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:48,440 Speaker 3: you don't get your breast back. That's right, that's right, 602 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:50,600 Speaker 3: that's it and forever. 603 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:53,360 Speaker 4: It's too late. And that's what the loopron is for. 604 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,640 Speaker 4: It is to put you on the trajectory for a 605 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:58,520 Speaker 4: sex change, to make it easier, because if your body 606 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,680 Speaker 4: never develops in the first place, is that much easier 607 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:05,720 Speaker 4: to start mutilating and amputating body parts. So I started 608 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:09,520 Speaker 4: to meet Now you talked about transitioning. There's a group 609 00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:13,480 Speaker 4: of young people called d transitioners. These were the kids 610 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,919 Speaker 4: there are now many of them are grown that went 611 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:20,000 Speaker 4: through this that have deep regret, and they visited the 612 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:23,960 Speaker 4: Capitol as well. Unfortunately, their voices were shut out by 613 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,800 Speaker 4: these radical activists and they didn't want us to listen 614 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:30,839 Speaker 4: to these kids. I met a young lady who had 615 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:36,000 Speaker 4: a double misectomy and a full hysterectomy. She's only twenty six. Wow, 616 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:38,680 Speaker 4: she said, rep theory, crying in the hallway to me, 617 00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:42,040 Speaker 4: I have the biological profile now of a seventy two 618 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:42,760 Speaker 4: year old woman. 619 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,560 Speaker 1: She said, biological profile is seventies woman. 620 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:50,919 Speaker 4: She's in full full men pause. She's twenty four. She said, 621 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:54,880 Speaker 4: my bone, my bones hurt me so badly. She was 622 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:59,000 Speaker 4: on so much testosterone. So now she said, I realized 623 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:02,600 Speaker 4: I never I really wanted to be a boy. She said, 624 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:05,319 Speaker 4: I was love bombed. And I said, tell me more 625 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:08,240 Speaker 4: about that, and she said, I was a lonely child, 626 00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:11,200 Speaker 4: a girl. She said, I think I'm gay. She said, 627 00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:13,439 Speaker 4: but I don't want to be a man. And she said, 628 00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:16,359 Speaker 4: but I watched a lot of YouTube and she met 629 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:21,719 Speaker 4: these transgender ideologists who love bombed her and then she 630 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:24,560 Speaker 4: told her mom. Her mom was scared. She took her 631 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:29,279 Speaker 4: to her gender clinic somewhere outside of Austin. Despite what 632 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,879 Speaker 4: they tell you, she said, in thirty minutes, they had 633 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,600 Speaker 4: a letter authorizing for her to get on all of 634 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:36,560 Speaker 4: these hormones. 635 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:39,759 Speaker 2: Wow, thirty minutes. And they always say that there's all 636 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:43,360 Speaker 2: this profiling that's done in all these interviews and mental 637 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:46,839 Speaker 2: you know, they look at everything. Thirty minutes, here's your letter, 638 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:48,400 Speaker 2: go change sex. 639 00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:52,360 Speaker 4: I have a child, absolutely, And Senator, here's the part that 640 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:55,680 Speaker 4: really got me. She said that they told her mother 641 00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:57,719 Speaker 4: because her mom thought she was doing the right thing. 642 00:35:57,719 --> 00:35:59,800 Speaker 4: Her mom wasn't one of those women that was pushing 643 00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:03,399 Speaker 4: it on her kid. You can either have a dead 644 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:08,160 Speaker 4: daughter or a living son. Threatening her mother that she 645 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:10,960 Speaker 4: would kill herself, and she said, I never said that, 646 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:13,560 Speaker 4: She said she goes. But then I started to believe that. 647 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:17,160 Speaker 4: And so when I was talking to the D transitioners, 648 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:19,160 Speaker 4: they even took a photo of me. I think it's 649 00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:22,080 Speaker 4: on Twitter somewhere and it said look at rep theory, 650 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:25,520 Speaker 4: you know, meeting with these They called the D Transitioners 651 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:27,960 Speaker 4: a hate group. These are elga. 652 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:31,799 Speaker 2: They're saying, we've already done this, listened to us, and 653 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:32,879 Speaker 2: then they call them a hate group. 654 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, that I was meeting with a hate group that 655 00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:37,600 Speaker 4: I was anti lgbt key. 656 00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:41,919 Speaker 3: It's amazing. Is there's no compassion for these kids and 657 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,880 Speaker 3: the life altering decisions that I think in many instances 658 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:50,759 Speaker 3: it's adults who are foisting it on them. So let 659 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:54,120 Speaker 3: me ask you, if you listen to the media, if 660 00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:58,680 Speaker 3: you listen to the conventional wisdom, Republicans are a bunch 661 00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:06,840 Speaker 3: of intolerant biggots. You were a four time elected Democrat representative, 662 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:11,120 Speaker 3: you flipped over to the Republican Party. What has the 663 00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:14,400 Speaker 3: reaction on both sides, ben and what have you? What 664 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:15,359 Speaker 3: have you found? 665 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:19,960 Speaker 4: Well, the reaction was one very welcoming, from the Governor 666 00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:22,839 Speaker 4: of Texas, to the Speaker of the House, to all 667 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:26,239 Speaker 4: of my colleagues, to just regular folks writing me on 668 00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:29,320 Speaker 4: Facebook and in boxing me and saying welcome rep Theory, 669 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:32,759 Speaker 4: Praise God. You know, we're so grateful to have you. 670 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:37,200 Speaker 4: So there was none of this boogeyman racism that people 671 00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:40,120 Speaker 4: that the Democrat Party is using to fear monger I 672 00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:44,400 Speaker 4: think half of America. But I knew that because I 673 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:47,880 Speaker 4: served with this folks and you know, all of this 674 00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:53,720 Speaker 4: talk of calling people bigots and Nazis and white supremacists. 675 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:56,480 Speaker 4: It was always so bizarre to me because I would 676 00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:58,759 Speaker 4: sit with my colleagues who were seeing those things, and 677 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,319 Speaker 4: they would be in the members longe five minutes later 678 00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:05,120 Speaker 4: sharing ice cream with these very folks that they were 679 00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:08,360 Speaker 4: calling Nazis. And then they actually started calling me a Nazi. 680 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:11,400 Speaker 4: And I'm like me, I'm a black woman. I'm not okay, 681 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:14,600 Speaker 4: I'm a Nazi now. So Sinat, I knew, you know 682 00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:17,880 Speaker 4: that that was just a bunch of crazy talk. The 683 00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:21,120 Speaker 4: Democrats had been, Like I said, from the moment I 684 00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:24,640 Speaker 4: stood up on that bill. I started getting death threats 685 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:27,279 Speaker 4: the night before because the cat got let out the 686 00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:30,560 Speaker 4: bag that rep theory is probably gonna vote in favor 687 00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:31,840 Speaker 4: of setting it. 688 00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:34,840 Speaker 3: Did any other Democrats crossover and both of the film. 689 00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:40,080 Speaker 4: Three others, three others, so four and they told me 690 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,200 Speaker 4: each one of them said they would not have done 691 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:44,719 Speaker 4: it but for hearing my speech. I gave a twelve 692 00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:47,640 Speaker 4: minute speech on the House floor. I think it's on YouTube. 693 00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:48,160 Speaker 3: And it's gone viral. 694 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:50,839 Speaker 4: It went viral. The letter I wrote explaining it got 695 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:53,319 Speaker 4: over two and a half million views on Twitter. But 696 00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:57,160 Speaker 4: if you watch it, my hands were shaking, my voice 697 00:38:57,200 --> 00:39:01,440 Speaker 4: was cracking because I was so sleep deprived, because for days, 698 00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:04,600 Speaker 4: you know, they had just been harassing me and pounding 699 00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:07,920 Speaker 4: me and threatening me and trying to change my mind submission, 700 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:12,600 Speaker 4: just like a cult. And there was one colleague who 701 00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:14,560 Speaker 4: you said could be a friend. And I remember he 702 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:18,320 Speaker 4: pulled me to the side and he said to me, Sean, 703 00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:23,160 Speaker 4: hold your nose. You better hold your nose and vote 704 00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:24,719 Speaker 4: with us if you want to make it back here. 705 00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:28,040 Speaker 4: And I just looked him in the face and said, 706 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:31,480 Speaker 4: I can't do that. I can't do it. 707 00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:34,080 Speaker 2: A lot of people listen are going to ask, are 708 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:36,919 Speaker 2: you a cautionary tale? Are you safe now in your 709 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:40,600 Speaker 2: elected position? What's the end of the story for your 710 00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:43,440 Speaker 2: career when it comes to this position that clearly you 711 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:44,560 Speaker 2: won four times? 712 00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:47,680 Speaker 4: Well, I did not win my seat for reelection. I 713 00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:48,279 Speaker 4: went to a run. 714 00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:51,120 Speaker 1: The question that everybody listening right now is like, what happened? 715 00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:54,480 Speaker 3: They beat her in the Democrat primary with a million 716 00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:55,240 Speaker 3: dollars worked. 717 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:57,960 Speaker 4: They found a candidate who said she was a dual 718 00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:01,640 Speaker 4: identity queer black woman that had never run for office. 719 00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:04,600 Speaker 4: I'd never seen her in the district one time, volunteering 720 00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:07,880 Speaker 4: doing anything it never served. Put the money behind that candidate, 721 00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:12,400 Speaker 4: and even though nobody knew her, she won. However, I 722 00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:17,000 Speaker 4: always say there's a comma, not a period there, Okay, 723 00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:22,360 Speaker 4: As I said again, that's a temporary pit stop. My 724 00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:24,719 Speaker 4: dad who passed away, I share it. We were talking 725 00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:27,560 Speaker 4: about our fathers when we sat down and talked, and 726 00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:29,640 Speaker 4: before my dad passed away, it must have been very 727 00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:31,840 Speaker 4: fratuitous of him for no reason at all. He was 728 00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:34,520 Speaker 4: in the hospital and he looked at me and he said, John, 729 00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:37,160 Speaker 4: I want you to promise me one thing. I was like, 730 00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:40,560 Speaker 4: of course, Daddy, and he said, don't ever let the 731 00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:44,600 Speaker 4: power and the prestige of the position cause you to 732 00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:50,040 Speaker 4: sell your soul. And I didn't, and I stay with that. 733 00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:52,359 Speaker 4: So I think people need to look at it and say, 734 00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:56,160 Speaker 4: you can't survive it. I'm still here. They censored me, 735 00:40:56,800 --> 00:41:00,120 Speaker 4: but they did not silence me. So I think that 736 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:03,200 Speaker 4: the good news is you can survive it. I've switched 737 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:06,239 Speaker 4: parties not because I'm so much politically ambitious, but because 738 00:41:06,239 --> 00:41:08,759 Speaker 4: I'm a citizen. I'm an American and i want to 739 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:11,120 Speaker 4: do what's right for our country. And so now I'm 740 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:14,560 Speaker 4: speaking out. I'm using whatever platform I have to educate 741 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,560 Speaker 4: Americans and Senator so many folks, and I'll even say 742 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:22,160 Speaker 4: African American voters have come to me and said Rep. Fiery, 743 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:24,840 Speaker 4: If only I had known, I didn't even know the 744 00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:26,319 Speaker 4: Democrat Party was up to this. 745 00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:30,360 Speaker 3: Well, Sean, thank you for your courage and thank you 746 00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:33,239 Speaker 3: for sharing your stories. Stories are powerful. A lot of 747 00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:36,360 Speaker 3: what we try to do on this podcast is tell stories, 748 00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:40,399 Speaker 3: stories that impact people's lives, stories that are reality. As 749 00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:43,359 Speaker 3: you know, the media has their own narrative that they 750 00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:45,600 Speaker 3: want to convince people of, and it's part of the 751 00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:49,040 Speaker 3: reason we've seen things like podcasts grow so much. It's 752 00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:51,880 Speaker 3: people are hungry for the truth. And so I appreciate 753 00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:54,359 Speaker 3: you coming and joining us, and thank you for standing up. 754 00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:54,880 Speaker 4: Thank you. 755 00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:56,720 Speaker 1: I can't wait to see what's next. 756 00:41:56,760 --> 00:41:58,600 Speaker 2: I want to I love how you describe it as 757 00:41:58,440 --> 00:41:59,600 Speaker 2: it's like a comma. 758 00:41:59,640 --> 00:41:59,960 Speaker 1: It's not. 759 00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:03,160 Speaker 2: The story has not been fully written. I wish you well. 760 00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:05,760 Speaker 2: I'm excited you ever want help. I'm on your team 761 00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:06,279 Speaker 2: on this one. 762 00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:08,520 Speaker 4: Hey man, thank you. Only i'd say God is going 763 00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:10,319 Speaker 4: to continue to order my footsteps. 764 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:11,480 Speaker 1: I love it, I love it. 765 00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:13,040 Speaker 2: I want to tell you real quick about our friends 766 00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:15,279 Speaker 2: over Blackout Coffee. If you're like me and you start 767 00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:18,520 Speaker 2: your morning early and you love having a good cup 768 00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:20,840 Speaker 2: of coffee, you got to check out Blackout Coffee. 769 00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:21,000 Speaker 1: Now. 770 00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:23,120 Speaker 2: This is the best cup of coffee I've had in 771 00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:25,759 Speaker 2: my entire life. 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