1 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:02,520 Speaker 1: Welcome. 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 2: It is verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 2: you and Senator there are a couple big issues we 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 2: get to deal with today that are really important, including 5 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 2: a shock that almost one hundred terror linked migrants were 6 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 2: released into the United States of America in twenty twenty 7 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 2: four a loan by the Biden administration. 8 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:23,600 Speaker 3: It really is a shocking story. 9 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 4: Tulsea Gabbard revealed an eagle pass in Texas that the 10 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 4: intelligence community had informed the Biden administration that of hundreds 11 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 4: of terror linked illegal immigrants, that roughly one hundred of 12 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 4: them were arrested in twenty twenty four, and that they 13 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 4: released all but eight of them after they knew that 14 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 4: they were linked to terrorist organizations. It's a shocking story. 15 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 4: We're going to break it down and give you the details. 16 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 4: We're also going to talk about the Take It Down Act. 17 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 4: To Take It Down Act is my legislation protecting women, 18 00:00:54,920 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 4: protecting teenage girls, teenage boys from revenge porn, from deep 19 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 4: fakes online. And this week the First Lady of the 20 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 4: United States, Millennia Trump, she came to the Capitol supporting 21 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:08,959 Speaker 4: my legislation. We did a roundtable together, so We're going 22 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 4: to bring you into what Malania had to say about 23 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 4: to Take It Down Act, and also President Trump at 24 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:17,320 Speaker 4: the State of the Union praise the Senate for passing 25 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 4: my Take It Down Act unanimously and called on the 26 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 4: House to pass it. 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So let's go back center to the 75 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 2: headline almost one hundred Terrace linked migrants released in twenty 76 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 2: twenty four. The part that I think we really should 77 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 2: hone in on is this wasn't an accident. It wasn't 78 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 2: like a misappropriation of paperwork. 79 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: This was done on purpose. 80 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, they knew, they had full knowledge. And look, don't 81 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 3: take my word for it. Listen to Tulsa Gabbard and 82 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 3: what she said this week down in Texas at to 83 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 3: Eagle Pass. Give a listen. 84 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 5: Pump has been in office. Really, what you're seeing here 85 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 5: today and what you'll continue to see as a unified 86 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 5: effort across President Trump's National security team, the Department of 87 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 5: Homeland Security towards our mission, which is to ensure a safe, free, 88 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 5: and prosperous society for Americans. As Director of National Intelligence. 89 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 5: There are a number of areas where we are focused. 90 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 5: The President talked about. 91 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:50,840 Speaker 1: In his speech. 92 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 5: Over twenty one million people have come across our borders 93 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 5: illegally under Joe Biden's administration. There are many of them 94 00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 5: that we don't know who they are. They have not 95 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 5: been vetted, we don't know where they are. 96 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: I'll give you. 97 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 5: One quick example of one of the problems that we 98 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 5: are getting after from Central Asia. There were over four 99 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 5: thousand people who came across our borders using an ISIS 100 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 5: affiliated network. Our National counter Terrorism Center went through and 101 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 5: identified those individuals. 102 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 3: There were hundreds of them who. 103 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 5: Were either known terrorists or associated with known terrorists. That 104 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 5: information was provided to the Biden administration. You may remember 105 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:30,239 Speaker 5: in some of the news a little over one hundred 106 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 5: of those people were arrested in twenty twenty four. 107 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 3: Of those who. 108 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:39,919 Speaker 5: Were arrested, only eight were either deported or remained in custody. 109 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: Only eight. 110 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 5: The rest of them were released back into our country. 111 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,720 Speaker 5: Where are they, what are they doing? What may they 112 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 5: be plotting? This is just the beginning. There are many 113 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 5: many areas that we need to stay very focused on, 114 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 5: working with Department of Homeland Security, working with the FBI 115 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:00,040 Speaker 5: to ensure that we're keeping the American people safe. The 116 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 5: Honor Terrorism Center is working on making sure that we 117 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 5: have that single source for vetting so that we can 118 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 5: figure out who is actually in our country and identify 119 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 5: those who pose a threat and get them removed. 120 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 3: The President's designation. 121 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:17,159 Speaker 5: Of the cartels as foreign terrorists organizations falls directly into this, 122 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 5: especially as we're seeing some of the tactics that these 123 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 5: cartels are using reflect some of the tactics that we've 124 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 5: seen used by Islamus terras in countries that many of 125 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 5: us have served in overseas. 126 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 3: Our mission is very clear. 127 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 5: Our objective is to keep the American people safe. 128 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 3: I'm grateful to be. 129 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 5: A part of this team that President Trump has assembled 130 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 5: to accomplish that mission. 131 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 6: Thank you. 132 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: I love the focus. 133 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 2: The Vice President was down there as well the team, 134 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 2: and you compare that to the borders are who never 135 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 2: decided to go to egle Pass, didn't want anything to 136 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 2: do with it, and now we understand again more why 137 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,239 Speaker 2: because they knew they were doing all of the things 138 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 2: that they were doing to put America's national security at risk. 139 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, and it's worth really focusing on the facts that 140 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 4: Telsea Gabbard is now the Director of National Intelligence. What 141 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 4: she said, she said from Central Asia, there were more 142 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 4: than four thousand people who came across our borders using 143 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 4: an ISIS affiliated network. So isis, you know, kind of 144 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 4: bad guys, terrorists who've killed lots and lots of Americans. 145 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 4: They're smuggling over four thousand people illegally into this country 146 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 4: from Central Asia. By the way, Central Asia includes multiple 147 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 4: Islamic countries like Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, where radical Islamic terrorism 148 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 4: is a real threat. And Tulsi said, the National counter 149 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 4: Terrorism Center went through and identified those over four thousand 150 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 4: individuals and there were hundreds of them, hundreds of the 151 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 4: word she used, who were either known terrorists or associated 152 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 4: with known terrorists. And then she says, quote that information 153 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 4: was provided to the Biden administration, So the Biden administration 154 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 4: knew hundreds of either known terrorists or people associated with 155 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 4: known terrorists were smuggled into America. Illegally by an ISIS 156 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 4: affiliated network. And then she goes on to say, in 157 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 4: twenty twenty four, a little over one hundred of those 158 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 4: terror leaked people were arrested, and then the shocking thing 159 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 4: of the little more than one hundred, only eight were 160 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 4: either deported or remained in custody. 161 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 3: Only eight. 162 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:38,680 Speaker 4: Quote the rest of them were released back into our country. 163 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 4: So this is not illegal aliens crossing the border that 164 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 4: get apprehended at they let them go, but they don't 165 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:48,839 Speaker 4: know their terrorists. These are people they know are either 166 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 4: themselves known terrorists or associated with known terrorists. They also 167 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 4: know that they were smuggled illegally into this country by 168 00:08:56,440 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 4: an ISIS affiliated network, and they were arrested again. And 169 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 4: yet over ninety of them, nearly one hundred, the Biden 170 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 4: administration released into America into your community, into my community 171 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 4: in a single year. 172 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 3: This isn't twenty twenty four. That is stunning. 173 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:20,199 Speaker 4: And I got to tell you, bet, I've never heard 174 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 4: a single Democrat give any justification for what is just idiocy. 175 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 4: Let's release terror linked illegal immigrants into America. 176 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 3: What possibly could go wrong with that? 177 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 2: When you look at the and you sometimes it's just 178 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 2: people are stupid, is it? 179 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: But it also could be more I could be more 180 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 1: sinister than that, I guess. 181 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,439 Speaker 2: I look at this, I'm like they knew it, did 182 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 2: They just not want to admit that the open border 183 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 2: would allow for so many bad actors to come across, 184 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,440 Speaker 2: with many that may just be coming across right for 185 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 2: a better life a job if you put it in 186 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 2: the best like possible center. And so they knew that 187 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 2: if they admitted they caught these people and then they 188 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 2: didn't release them, and they actually prosecuted them or sent 189 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 2: them back to their country, there's a lot of options 190 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 2: here that was going to sign a huge light on 191 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 2: the problem. So therefore, hey, we can't admit it's happening. 192 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 2: So we're just gonna go with this anarchy and in 193 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:16,839 Speaker 2: Sandy till the end. 194 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 3: Look, Bet, I really don't know. 195 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 1: You know. 196 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:23,559 Speaker 4: I had my very first boss at a phrase he 197 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 4: used to say. He said, never attribute to incompetence and 198 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,559 Speaker 4: never attribute to malice. What can be explained with incompetence, 199 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 4: And look, I think there's a lot of wisdom to 200 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 4: that that a lot of times people are just they 201 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:41,719 Speaker 4: just do dumb things. That being said, Listen, I do 202 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 4: I believe the Biden administration wants terrorists to attack America. No, 203 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 4: but then why the hell would you release these people? 204 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 4: And I guess the only plausible explanation I can come 205 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 4: up with is there such radicals on open borders they're 206 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:02,439 Speaker 4: so committed to their open bodor because they want millions 207 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 4: and millions of illegal immigrants, because they they view them 208 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 4: as future Democrat voters, that they're just deportation was off 209 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 4: the table. They're not in that business. They don't do it. 210 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 4: I don't know. Listen, this is related to a story 211 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 4: we covered in a pod a couple weeks ago. We're 212 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:25,319 Speaker 4: in Massachusetts right now. They're taking violent child abusers, child molesters, 213 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 4: people who are raping children, who are illegal aliens, and 214 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 4: even with violent child rapists, the Massachusetts authorities are releasing 215 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 4: them rather than give them over to Ice to be deported. Now, look, 216 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 4: reasonable people, you could have an argument about what should 217 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 4: be the level of illegal immigration. 218 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,360 Speaker 3: You could. There are all sorts of things you'd have 219 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 3: reasonable disagreements on. 220 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 4: But I mean, Ben explained to me why someone says, 221 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 4: you know what we need more of? We need more 222 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 4: child rapists in our community. Let's let these go. Like 223 00:11:55,679 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 4: I my brain cannot wrap itself around those repeated actions. 224 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 4: And yet that's what's happening. This is the same sort 225 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,560 Speaker 4: of thing you apprehend someone who's a known terrorist who 226 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 4: was smuggled into America by ISIS, and you say, oh, 227 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 4: let's let them go like like I, I don't know. 228 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 1: You know. 229 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 2: The poll numbers that came out from the present speech 230 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 2: the other night were truly incredible. Seventy six percent approved 231 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 2: of Trump's address to Congress. That is a massive win 232 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 2: for the president. You look at some of the other 233 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 2: ones and poll numbers. Not only that, ninety one percent 234 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 2: said Trump spent time on issues they cared about. 235 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, that is a home run. 236 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 2: Seventy one percent said the speech was quote inspiring, and 237 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 2: sixty two percent said it was unifying. And they said 238 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 2: that this speech sixty eight percent, so they felt hopeful 239 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 2: fifty four percent, so they felt proud of the country 240 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 2: from the speech. 241 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: And when you look at these numbers, even on the. 242 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 2: Issue of inflation, where Democrats leaned in heavy over the 243 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 2: last few weeks to try to say everything that's you know, 244 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 2: eggs and everything else are the problem of Donald Trump. 245 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 2: The American people aren't buying that either. When they were 246 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 2: asked for the president a clear plan to battle inflation, 247 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,680 Speaker 2: sixty eight percent said yes to that as well. And 248 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:16,560 Speaker 2: then on the issue of immigration at the border, the 249 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:21,200 Speaker 2: people watched in seventy seven percent said they were in 250 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 2: favor of Donald Trump's plan on immigration at the border. 251 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 2: When you see this right and you look at what 252 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 2: the President's saying, and then all those that are working 253 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 2: towards this, You've got the Vice President, You've got Tolca, 254 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:37,960 Speaker 2: you've got the Secretary of State. Everyone seems to be 255 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 2: in lockstep on this issue of the border. Is that 256 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,839 Speaker 2: the reason why you think the President's winning so much 257 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 2: right now on securing this border, because he's explaining it 258 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 2: the way we are right now as well. 259 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 4: Because he is not absolutely frigging nuts. Yes, I think 260 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 4: the Democrat Party has gone insane. Releasing murderers and rapists 261 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 4: and child molesters to America is a really bad idea, 262 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 4: and it turns out it's. 263 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 3: A really unpopular idea. 264 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 4: Releasing terrorists into America is a really bad idea, and 265 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 4: it turns out it's a really unpopular idea. Look, you 266 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 4: and I the we covered did a pod the Night 267 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 4: of the State of the Union, UH and we talked 268 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 4: a lot about how the Democrats, for the first time ever, 269 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 4: didn't applaud for the president of the United States, didn't 270 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 4: stand for the President of the United States, didn't applaud 271 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 4: and anything. I'll tell you Actually, yesterday the Senate, Jim 272 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 4: I had a conversation with a Senate Democrat. I'll keep 273 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:34,400 Speaker 4: him anonymous, but he was a Senate Democrat, one of 274 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 4: my colleagues, and. 275 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 3: He made a comment. 276 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 4: He said something about he thought we were just living 277 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 4: in a surreal world. And I said, look, I got 278 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 4: to say, I was shocked that you guys didn't applaud 279 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 4: or stand for the president at all. And he and 280 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 4: he was like, well, you got to understand, we just 281 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 4: think he's destroying the Constitution. And I said, look, I 282 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 4: stood and applauded every year for Barack Obama, I stood 283 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 4: and applauded every year for Joe Biden. And I disagreed 284 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 4: with almost everything they were doing, but I respect the 285 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 4: office and I respect the American people. And he just 286 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 4: kind of shrugged and said, we're living in different universes 287 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 4: and we're our bases are fundamentally different. You look at 288 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 4: Secretary of State Marco Rubio. 289 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 2: He also announced a policy to penalize foreign countries that 290 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 2: allow the transit of illegal immigrants and is pressuring many 291 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 2: countries that refuse to accept to the return of their 292 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 2: migrants as well. This could also have a big impact 293 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 2: on this country. I want to get your thoughts on that. 294 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 7: Yeah. 295 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 4: Look, this administration is securing the border. They're doing it 296 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 4: right now, and they are going to deport illegal aliens. 297 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 4: They are going to send out of the country, especially 298 00:15:56,920 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 4: the violent criminal illegal aliens, the murderers, the rapists, theild molesters, 299 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 4: the gangbangers, and the countries that don't take it, they're 300 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 4: they're going to make them take it. And that's what 301 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 4: a strong president who's actually defending this country does. 302 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 2: All right, I want to move on to this other 303 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 2: really important issue, and I want to say, sincerely, Senator, 304 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 2: thank you for leading on the Take It Down Act. 305 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 2: It is going to have a huge impact in this 306 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 2: country at protecting people against deep fake porn and people 307 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 2: that are trying to harm them, especially young girls. You've 308 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 2: highlighted it and explained it, and the First Lady is 309 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 2: now all in on this issue as well. And you 310 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 2: guys had a round table on Capitol Hill talk a 311 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 2: little bit about this. 312 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 4: Well, yeah, So the First Lady came this week to 313 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 4: Capitol Hill and this is the first legislative issue she's 314 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 4: gotten involved in this term, and she's leaned in hard 315 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 4: in support of my Take It Down legislation. And so 316 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 4: we did a roundtable that she came in diticipated in, 317 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 4: and we had several of the victims who had been 318 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 4: targeted share their stories and it was really powerful and 319 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 4: her leadership will really have a powerful effect here. I 320 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 4: want you to listen. These are my opening remarks at 321 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 4: the roundtable. 322 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 3: Give a listen. 323 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 4: Start by thanking the First Lady for joining us today, 324 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 4: and thank you for your support of this incredibly important 325 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,960 Speaker 4: legislation to Take It Down Act, which has already passed 326 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:31,160 Speaker 4: the Senate unanimously, and I am hopeful that the House 327 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 4: will soon take it up and pass it and put 328 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:35,680 Speaker 4: it on the President's desk to be signed into law 329 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:41,120 Speaker 4: to protect young women and young boys and all of those. 330 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,400 Speaker 3: Who are being victimized across the country. 331 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:47,639 Speaker 4: I also want to thank our brave victims and victim 332 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:52,480 Speaker 4: advocates who are here, Aliston, Barry, Francesca Mani, Brandon Guffy, 333 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 4: and Breezeloo. 334 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 3: Thank you for being here. 335 00:17:55,520 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 4: Each of you have endured the unspeakable, and your courage 336 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:05,879 Speaker 4: standing up and speaking for others is really remarkable. I 337 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:09,640 Speaker 4: also want to thank Stephan Turkheimer with RAIN for your 338 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 4: advocacy and support on. 339 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 3: This issue as well. 340 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:14,680 Speaker 4: Thank you for your leadership, and of course I want 341 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 4: to thank Senator Klobuchar, who's the lead Democrat sponsor in 342 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 4: the Senate, and Representative Salazar and Representative Dean who are 343 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 4: the lead sponsors in the House, who've worked alongside in 344 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 4: this important bipartisan legislation. If you're a victim of revenge 345 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:39,399 Speaker 4: porn or AI generated explicit imagery, your life changes forever. 346 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 4: Most likely you've been targeted by someone you know, and 347 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 4: you're likely struggling to have that material removed from the Internet. Disturbingly, 348 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:55,360 Speaker 4: many of these victims are teenagers at American high schools 349 00:18:56,080 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 4: who are facing a surge in AI generated sexual images. 350 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:06,880 Speaker 4: Hundreds of teens, often targeted by their own classmates, are 351 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:11,880 Speaker 4: enduring senseless psychological harm knowing that these fake images exist 352 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 4: and they're still out there, and in many case there's 353 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 4: no recourse for these teenage victims. But this issue extends 354 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:24,920 Speaker 4: beyond high school. There are thousands of cases where predators 355 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 4: have used non consensual intimate images to extort victims, both 356 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 4: sexually and financially, and the results can be even more 357 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:45,360 Speaker 4: traumatic than financial loss, as we'll here today. In dozens 358 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 4: of instances, parents and siblings have suffered unbearable pain having 359 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 4: lost their child, or their brother or their sister to 360 00:19:56,080 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 4: suicide because the victim felt there was no way out. 361 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 3: From sextorship outside of high school. 362 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:08,719 Speaker 4: Many adults are also dealing with the very real and 363 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 4: dire consequences of having their sexually explicit images shared online 364 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 4: without their consent. I have heard from victims of sexual abuse, 365 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 4: of rape, of human trafficking who strongly support the Take 366 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,399 Speaker 4: It Down Act because they desperately want some of the 367 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:31,640 Speaker 4: most traumatic moments of their lives taken off the Internet. 368 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:36,680 Speaker 4: The Take It Down Act empowers victims across the entire 369 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:42,120 Speaker 4: United States. It makes it a felony for these deviants 370 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 4: to publish any non consensual intimate images, including fake lifelike. 371 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 3: Pornographic images of real people. 372 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:58,399 Speaker 4: Just as importantly, our bipartisan bill requires big tech to 373 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:03,400 Speaker 4: have a notice and takedown propit so that every victimized American, 374 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 4: not just the rich and famous, but everyone has a 375 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:13,919 Speaker 4: right to get these disturbing images taken offline immediately. We 376 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:19,160 Speaker 4: are today one step closer to making this dream of reality. 377 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 4: Just three weeks ago, the Senate unanimously passed to Take 378 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 4: It Down Act. Now it goes to my House, colleagues, 379 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 4: and I have every assurance and confidence that the House 380 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,120 Speaker 4: will take it, take this up, pass it, and put 381 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 4: it on the President's desk so that we can protect 382 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:40,119 Speaker 4: the victims of these predators. And we're very excited to 383 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:42,880 Speaker 4: be joined today by the First Lady of the United States, 384 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 4: Milania Trump. Missus Trump has long been a champion for 385 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 4: protecting our nation's children with her be best initiative, and 386 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,639 Speaker 4: I can think of no more important issue for our 387 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:59,360 Speaker 4: First Lady to lean on than protecting children online. Your 388 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:03,960 Speaker 4: success will mean our children's success and healing for thousands 389 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 4: of victims. 390 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:10,720 Speaker 2: I mean, it's incredible this legislation, and it's also awesome 391 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 2: to see the First Lady coming to the forefront on 392 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,160 Speaker 2: this issue and saying I want to champion this as well. 393 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 7: Yeah. 394 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,679 Speaker 4: Look, it was tremendously important. She reached out, she wanted 395 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:25,440 Speaker 4: to do this, she actively participated in the roundtable, and 396 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 4: here I want to play a moment of what she 397 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 4: had to say at the round table. Here's the first Lady, 398 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 4: Milennia Trump. 399 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:37,160 Speaker 8: I was hardened to learn that Senator Bruce and Senator 400 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,679 Speaker 8: Toobechi united to poritize these from AMENTA. 401 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 3: Then I must the lead. 402 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:48,159 Speaker 8: However, I expected to see more Democrats leaders in US 403 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:54,640 Speaker 8: to add as the serious issue. Surely, as adult, you've 404 00:22:54,640 --> 00:23:02,200 Speaker 8: fize Americans chisi ahead of farms far. I urged Congress 405 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:06,880 Speaker 8: to to prioritize the passage of the paying down EQUIL. 406 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 8: This limitation desential for addressing the growing concerns related to 407 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:21,160 Speaker 8: online safety, protecting individual routs, and promoting a healthier digital environment. 408 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 8: By advocating Field, Congress and take. 409 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,160 Speaker 9: An important step towards ensuring. 410 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:35,640 Speaker 8: Accountability and postling responsibly online delilation to take it down. 411 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 8: Andy represents power from step to justice. 412 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:42,719 Speaker 7: Healing and unity. 413 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 2: The first lady there, and I do love that she 414 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,399 Speaker 2: was honest. She's like, how are there not more Democrats 415 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:50,680 Speaker 2: with this? 416 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 4: Well, and look it's the answer is the anger and 417 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 4: rage we saw at the State of the Union. They're 418 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,640 Speaker 4: just filled with anger in rage. But I will say 419 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,680 Speaker 4: the fact that the first Lady got involved so last 420 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 4: year we passed the Take It Down Act out of 421 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 4: the Senate. We got it passed out of the Senate 422 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,879 Speaker 4: and went to the House, and unfortunately the House did 423 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:13,720 Speaker 4: not take it up and pass it. Now, the House 424 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:16,399 Speaker 4: tried to, and they actually had it attached to the 425 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 4: continuing Resolution at the end of the year, and then 426 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,399 Speaker 4: it dropped out at the end of the day. And 427 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 4: so here's how this happens. When the First Lady wanted 428 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 4: to come, she came, and we invited multiple victims. 429 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 3: To tell their stories and it was very powerful. 430 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 4: But we also invited the Speaker of the House and 431 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:40,439 Speaker 4: the majority leader in the House, and so both Speaker 432 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:43,920 Speaker 4: Johnson and Leader Scalise came, and then both Mike and 433 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:47,240 Speaker 4: Steve are good friends. But look, what are the challenges 434 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 4: of getting any legislation to move in either body is 435 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 4: getting leadership to prioritize it. There are lots of priorities, 436 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 4: There are lots of people pulling in all sorts of 437 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 4: different directions, and so you're always battling to say, Okay, 438 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 4: this should be high enough up on the priority list 439 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 4: to move. And the fact that the First Lady leaned 440 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 4: in now makes it a certainty. Both the Speaker and 441 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 4: and and the majority leader committed the House will take 442 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:13,239 Speaker 4: it up and they will pass it. And I think 443 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 4: they're going to do so quickly. And Elliston Berry, So 444 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 4: Elliston was there, and and she is She's from Texas. 445 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 4: She is a fifteen year old girl. And what happened 446 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 4: to her She's from Aledo, Texas, up in North Texas. 447 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 4: And what happened to her is is is she woke 448 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 4: up one morning and she was in ninth grade, and 449 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 4: she was getting all these texts and calls from her friends. 450 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,880 Speaker 4: And it turns out a classmate of hers, a boy 451 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:42,119 Speaker 4: in her class, took a perfectly innocent picture of her 452 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 4: from social media and used an app, an ai app, 453 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 4: to create a deep fake that that turned her picture 454 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 4: into naked pictures. Now it wasn't real, but anyone looking 455 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:56,440 Speaker 4: at it would think it was real. It appeared to 456 00:25:56,480 --> 00:26:00,440 Speaker 4: be real. And then this, this, this, this ninth grader 457 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 4: emailed it, or not emailed it, but sent it on 458 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 4: snapchat to to all of her classmates. And and so 459 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 4: she woke up, you know, just in tears because all 460 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:11,919 Speaker 4: of her classmates. I mean, look, remember how hard freshman 461 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,440 Speaker 4: year is. It's hard to be a teenager. And and 462 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 4: the nightmare. You're a teenage girl and suddenly all your 463 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 4: friends think they're looking at naked pictures of you, and 464 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 4: and and there was nothing she could do about it. 465 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:26,879 Speaker 3: The boy they found out who did it, and and. 466 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 4: And he he did not get in significant trouble, and 467 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,200 Speaker 4: and and and she was frustrated out of her mind 468 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 4: that now it's it's kind of a cool story. How 469 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:40,880 Speaker 4: the take it Down legislation happened, which is she she's 470 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:44,399 Speaker 4: a textan, she's a constituent. And so her mother called 471 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 4: my office and described what had happened to her to 472 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,199 Speaker 4: her daughter and said, look, can y'all help help us 473 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 4: with this? And and my team brought it to my attention, 474 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:55,639 Speaker 4: and I said, look, this is horrible. Let's do something 475 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 4: about it. And so Elliston was was actually the inspiration 476 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 4: for this legislation because I heard what happened to her, 477 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 4: and I said, this isn't right. And so we drafted 478 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 4: the bill, and we invited Elliston and her mom, Anna 479 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:12,680 Speaker 4: to come up to DC and they were at the 480 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:16,679 Speaker 4: press conference where we introduced the bill, and Bennett was striking. 481 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 4: We were meeting in my office before the press conference, 482 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:20,720 Speaker 4: and I was talking this the first time I'd met 483 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:24,040 Speaker 4: them in person, and I was talking and I asked 484 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 4: in the middle of the conversation, I said, okay, so 485 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:29,959 Speaker 4: what happened to the pictures? And they both looked at 486 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 4: me in enormous frustration, and they said they're still up. 487 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:36,680 Speaker 4: It had been nine months since this had happened, and 488 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:41,400 Speaker 4: Elliston's mom said she had called Snapchat repeatedly, she'd emailed them, 489 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 4: and she just got the stiff arm. She said it 490 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:47,360 Speaker 4: was they were just stonewalling. They would get no response whatsoever. 491 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:50,120 Speaker 4: And so I turned to my staff and I said, 492 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 4: I want you to get the CEO of Snapchat on 493 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,680 Speaker 4: the phone today and I said, I want this garbage 494 00:27:56,800 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 4: down today. Within two hours, they pulled them down. 495 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:02,119 Speaker 1: Incredible. 496 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:06,359 Speaker 4: Now, look, it's maddening, but it shouldn't take a sitting 497 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:09,920 Speaker 4: US senator making a phone call to the CEO to 498 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,679 Speaker 4: get it down. The victims ought to have the right 499 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,320 Speaker 4: to get it down. So what we wrote into the 500 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:16,840 Speaker 4: Take It Down Act is Number One, we make it 501 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 4: a felony to post non consensual intimate images, either real pictures. 502 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:24,920 Speaker 4: Let's say you have and real pictures can come from 503 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,400 Speaker 4: a number of places. They can come from. Number one 504 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:31,880 Speaker 4: people who are in a romantic relationship and they take 505 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 4: a picture, they take a video, and then they have 506 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,639 Speaker 4: a breakup and somebody's pissed and decide to post it 507 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:39,640 Speaker 4: to the world. And that's a grotesque violation of privacy. 508 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,040 Speaker 4: You don't have a right to do that to somebody else. 509 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:48,760 Speaker 4: Or they can come from deep fakes, and we're seeing 510 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:52,880 Speaker 4: the numbers. The numbers have increased three thousand percent of 511 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 4: deep fakes that are being put out. They're real pictures, 512 00:28:56,480 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 4: but they're real people, but fake either explicit pictures or 513 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 4: in some cases explicit videos that appear to be sexual 514 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:09,000 Speaker 4: videos and they're generated by AI, but nobody watching can tell. 515 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 4: And this is exploding. And one of the reasons you 516 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 4: need the legislation is a number of states of past 517 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 4: laws criminalizing revenge porn, but the laws often don't cover 518 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 4: deep fakes, that they only cover real pictures, and so 519 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:24,920 Speaker 4: deep fakes fall into a hole in the law. 520 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,040 Speaker 3: And I'll tell you, Ben, there's another. 521 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 4: Instance where this happens, which is kids are subject to 522 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 4: human trafficking and are sexually abused and violated, and you 523 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:41,280 Speaker 4: have the predators will put those images out online. And 524 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:46,480 Speaker 4: the second component of this bill is a requirement that 525 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 4: any tech platform take down these images or these videos 526 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 4: once they're notified by the victim, a legal requirement that 527 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:58,920 Speaker 4: once you're notified, you got forty eight hours to take 528 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:04,120 Speaker 4: it down or else they face serious penalties. And that 529 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:08,000 Speaker 4: the number of victims I've heard who have been so 530 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:11,800 Speaker 4: frustrated getting big tech to act. In many ways, that's 531 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:13,800 Speaker 4: the most important part of this bill is getting this 532 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:15,600 Speaker 4: garbage taking down and creating a. 533 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 3: Legal right for any victim to remove the content. 534 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:23,040 Speaker 2: One of the things that I also love seeing now, 535 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 2: and I want you to expand on this just for 536 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:27,640 Speaker 2: a moment, was the fact that when you guys had 537 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:31,720 Speaker 2: this roundtable, you mentioned Speaker Johnson was there. How important 538 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 2: is it to get legislation done that Republicans and the 539 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,720 Speaker 2: senat are working with the Republicans in the House because 540 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 2: this is that type of I call it harmony that 541 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:43,880 Speaker 2: I know makes a huge difference in getting an idea 542 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:44,960 Speaker 2: to become a reality. 543 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:49,480 Speaker 4: Oh look, it's very important, and personal relationships make a difference. 544 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:51,480 Speaker 4: I mean, I had dinner with Steve Scalise last week. 545 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,800 Speaker 4: Steve is a good friend. Mike Johnson is a good friend. 546 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:57,800 Speaker 4: Mike and I have had dinner multiple times. We spent 547 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:00,960 Speaker 4: a lot of time together. And that's that's how you 548 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 4: move legislation is through personal relationships, through strategizing, through working together. 549 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,040 Speaker 4: And so when the first lady said she was coming, 550 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 4: I reached out and invited both of them, and invited 551 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:15,960 Speaker 4: Brett Guthrie, who is the committee chairman of the Energy 552 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,240 Speaker 4: and Commerce Committee, which is the committee that has jurisdiction 553 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,560 Speaker 4: over this. It's the equivalent of the Senate Commerce Committee 554 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 4: that I'm the chairman of. And Brett's a friend as well. 555 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:25,360 Speaker 4: He and I have had dinner. I mean a lot 556 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 4: of what if you want to actually move things through Congress, 557 00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:33,080 Speaker 4: the personal relationships really matter. And I got to say 558 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:34,960 Speaker 4: I was really excited because at the State of the 559 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:40,680 Speaker 4: Union address, Elliston Barry was sitting right next to Milania Trump, 560 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,920 Speaker 4: she was her guest, was right there in the box 561 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:49,800 Speaker 4: and actually President Trump explicitly called on Congress to pass 562 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:51,280 Speaker 4: the Take It Down Act. I want you to listen. 563 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:53,400 Speaker 4: This is the President at the State of the Union 564 00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:54,520 Speaker 4: calling on Congress to act. 565 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:58,520 Speaker 7: And Elliston Berry, who became a victim of an illicit 566 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 7: deep fake image produced by a peer With Elliston's help, 567 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 7: the Senate just passed the Take It Down Act. 568 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,240 Speaker 1: And this is so important. 569 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:14,480 Speaker 7: Thank you very much, John, John Thune, thank you, stand up, John, 570 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:16,560 Speaker 7: Thank you John. 571 00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:22,880 Speaker 1: Thank you all very much. 572 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:33,320 Speaker 7: Thank you, and thank you to John Thune and the Senate. 573 00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 7: Great job to criminalize the publication of such images online. 574 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:43,160 Speaker 7: This is a terrible, terrible thing, and once it passes 575 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:47,400 Speaker 7: the House, I look forward to signing that bill into law. 576 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:48,240 Speaker 5: Thank you. 577 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:50,600 Speaker 7: And I'm going to use that bill for myself too, 578 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:53,840 Speaker 7: if you don't mind, because nobody gets treated worse than 579 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:58,080 Speaker 7: I do online, nobody. That's great. Thank you very much 580 00:32:58,160 --> 00:32:59,040 Speaker 7: to the Senate. Thank you. 581 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:06,160 Speaker 2: I mean, I love how they're just enthusiasm, there's excitement, Yeah, 582 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:07,000 Speaker 2: there's momentum. 583 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:07,840 Speaker 7: Yeah. 584 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:11,760 Speaker 4: And it makes the chances. I think it's a certainty. 585 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:13,240 Speaker 4: Now the House will take it up. As I said, 586 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,680 Speaker 4: the Speaker and the Majority Leader both committed to doing 587 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,680 Speaker 4: that and doing so quickly. And the President and First 588 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:22,040 Speaker 4: Lady Engaging just raises it on the priority list. So 589 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:26,560 Speaker 4: that's really good. Elliston. Was there another teenage girl, Francesca Mani, 590 00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:29,800 Speaker 4: who's from New Jersey. She's the same age, fifteen. She 591 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:33,120 Speaker 4: had the same month this happened to Elliston, in Texas. 592 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:36,400 Speaker 4: The identical thing happened to Francesca in New Jersey. They 593 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:40,000 Speaker 4: had the exact same experience. And both Elliston and Francesca 594 00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:42,960 Speaker 4: I've had testify at a field hearing I did on 595 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:46,200 Speaker 4: the Take It Down Act that I held in Dallas, 596 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 4: and they both testified there. And these are two young 597 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:53,520 Speaker 4: ladies who were really, really effective. Francesca was featured in 598 00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:57,440 Speaker 4: sixty Minutes. She's really powerful. Ellison and I did Good 599 00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:59,920 Speaker 4: Morning America together and she told her story there. I 600 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:03,280 Speaker 4: kind of tell you she's so so articulate that the 601 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:06,920 Speaker 4: Good Morning America host we're laughing and saying that Ellison 602 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,719 Speaker 4: was coming for their jobs, and I think that's right 603 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,600 Speaker 4: here here listen to listen to Ellison telling a little 604 00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:15,799 Speaker 4: bit of her story in her own voice. 605 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,640 Speaker 6: I'm Ellison Barry. I'm fifteen years old. I'm from Fort Worth, Texas. 606 00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:23,680 Speaker 6: I was a survivor of AID fakes. A classmate of 607 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,440 Speaker 6: mine targeted me and eight other of my friends and 608 00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:30,000 Speaker 6: put an innocent picture of Instagram through an AI ending 609 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:32,719 Speaker 6: app that stripped our clothing off. And since you round 610 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,040 Speaker 6: my whole school, I was able to get in touch 611 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:37,640 Speaker 6: with Ted Cruz's office and we were able to write 612 00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:41,960 Speaker 6: up the Take It Down Act, which protects America's children 613 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:46,360 Speaker 6: from these heinous acts. Thankfully, the First Lady's office was 614 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:48,080 Speaker 6: able to reach out. And it's really just been such 615 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:51,320 Speaker 6: an amazing experience knowing that she has the heart for 616 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:54,760 Speaker 6: my situation and that she cares, and that the overall 617 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:59,320 Speaker 6: support behind this act in this situation is so amazing 618 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:01,680 Speaker 6: and were protecting the future generation. 619 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:08,160 Speaker 2: It's sad that this story has to even be a story, 620 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:10,719 Speaker 2: but what an incredible young lady at fifteen to be 621 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:14,480 Speaker 2: this articulate and to be able to understand that she 622 00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:17,000 Speaker 2: can help so many others and to contact your office, 623 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:18,920 Speaker 2: and that you were able to help her and so 624 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:19,799 Speaker 2: many others. 625 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:21,200 Speaker 1: This way is just truly incredible. 626 00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:23,240 Speaker 3: It is really powerful. 627 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:25,960 Speaker 4: And I'll tell you we had multiple victims testify and 628 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:31,040 Speaker 4: sometimes the consequences of this are even worse. And so 629 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:33,000 Speaker 4: I want you to give a listen to the testimony 630 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:37,120 Speaker 4: of Brandon Guffy at the Roundtable to describing what happened 631 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:41,840 Speaker 4: with his son. Although the vast majority of the targets 632 00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:45,280 Speaker 4: of this abuse are women and young girls, young boys 633 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:48,840 Speaker 4: can be targeted as well, and the FBI has warned 634 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:54,680 Speaker 4: that there's a growing threat of sextortion, deliberately targeting miners online, 635 00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:59,760 Speaker 4: where evil people use either real or fake explicit images 636 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:05,520 Speaker 4: to extort their victims, both sexually and financially, and in 637 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:09,239 Speaker 4: some instances the results can be even. 638 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:11,760 Speaker 3: More devastating and catastrophic. 639 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:16,920 Speaker 4: And that was the tragic situation that that South Carolina 640 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:21,359 Speaker 4: State Representative Branded Guffey and his family experienced in twenty 641 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:25,320 Speaker 4: twenty two. Representative Guffey, would you please share what happened 642 00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,760 Speaker 4: with your son, Thank. 643 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:33,800 Speaker 9: You, Senator Cruz. July twenty seventh, twenty twenty two, I 644 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:38,880 Speaker 9: lost my oldest son, Gavin Guffy, to suicide. We quickly 645 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:42,440 Speaker 9: found out that he was being extorted online, that someone 646 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:48,120 Speaker 9: pretending to be a young female at another college requested 647 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:50,480 Speaker 9: images to be shared back and forth, and as soon 648 00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:54,719 Speaker 9: as he shared those images, he took his life. It 649 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:56,960 Speaker 9: was an hour and forty minutes from the time that 650 00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:59,879 Speaker 9: he was contacted until the time that he took his life. 651 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:03,800 Speaker 9: At that time, I had never heard of the crime 652 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:12,960 Speaker 9: of sextortion. I was always a more liberty minded politician, 653 00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:17,040 Speaker 9: even though I hate to say that word, and you know, 654 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:20,279 Speaker 9: I wanted freedom as much as possible, but as I 655 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:23,279 Speaker 9: started looking into this. I started to see that big 656 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:27,200 Speaker 9: tech operates, and they are the equivalent of big tobacco, 657 00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:32,359 Speaker 9: of this of today's generation. The account that targeted my son, 658 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:35,480 Speaker 9: that caused him to take his life, was taken down 659 00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:39,960 Speaker 9: online once Homeland Security reached out. However, they left the 660 00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:44,960 Speaker 9: additional accounts up. If I send a friend request, I 661 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:48,440 Speaker 9: can choose remove this account and any other accounts associated. 662 00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:50,200 Speaker 3: Yet they left these. 663 00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:53,640 Speaker 9: Other accounts up, and those other accounts began to extort 664 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:56,960 Speaker 9: my fourteen year old cousin, my sixteen year old son 665 00:37:57,040 --> 00:38:00,680 Speaker 9: who had just lost his brother, and myself as well, 666 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:03,840 Speaker 9: going as far as sending a message saying, did I 667 00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:07,200 Speaker 9: tell you that your son begged for his life? From 668 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:12,000 Speaker 9: that day forward, I've made it my life's mission. Politics 669 00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:18,400 Speaker 9: are not to fight to protect children online. Since December 670 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:23,640 Speaker 9: of twenty twenty two, whenever I took office, within four months, 671 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:26,240 Speaker 9: we were able to pass Gavin's Law in South Carolina, 672 00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:31,400 Speaker 9: which criminalized digital sextortion. And the first person that we 673 00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:35,120 Speaker 9: were able to convict under Gavin's Law was actually under 674 00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:41,640 Speaker 9: an AI photograph. I have helped thousands of children since then. 675 00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,359 Speaker 9: Matter of fact, I've dealt with three within the past 676 00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:46,719 Speaker 9: forty eight hours, the families that are reaching out that 677 00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:51,160 Speaker 9: are being extorted in these situations. I've worked with groups 678 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,239 Speaker 9: such as in Cozy and Nick Meck. Here on the Hill, 679 00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:58,400 Speaker 9: I have showed up with parents and unfortunately, the amount 680 00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:03,080 Speaker 9: of parents that are losing children are growing daily. Since 681 00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:07,440 Speaker 9: my son took his life, there's been forty other teens 682 00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:10,520 Speaker 9: that are public about this. I can tell you there's 683 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:12,920 Speaker 9: more than a dozen that I know of that just 684 00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:16,239 Speaker 9: do not feel comfortable share in their stories. But I'm 685 00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:20,040 Speaker 9: witnessing teens constantly take their life and as you said, 686 00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:23,600 Speaker 9: Senator Cruz, trying to get an image down. Now, granted, 687 00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:26,359 Speaker 9: I'm just a state representative, but I have a little 688 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:28,920 Speaker 9: bit more pull than the average citizen, and I'm able 689 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:32,960 Speaker 9: to get some of these taken down occasionally, but that's 690 00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:36,439 Speaker 9: generally not the case. And with something such as take 691 00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:39,080 Speaker 9: it Down, it would allow families to be able to 692 00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:43,720 Speaker 9: have those images taken down and to have the voice 693 00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:50,000 Speaker 9: that my son did not have. There was no recourse 694 00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:52,040 Speaker 9: of being able to know to be able to get 695 00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:55,759 Speaker 9: these images down, and in his mind, no one had 696 00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:59,440 Speaker 9: his back, and this wasn't talked about. So since then 697 00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:03,279 Speaker 9: it's been my mission to speak up, scream it from 698 00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:07,759 Speaker 9: the mountaintops on how we have to hold big tech 699 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:12,400 Speaker 9: accountable and take it down. Does that? So for everyone involved, 700 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:16,920 Speaker 9: I really thank you for your involvement and urge for 701 00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:18,240 Speaker 9: passage within the House. 702 00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:21,120 Speaker 1: Sentta you hear that part of the story, and it's heartbreaking. 703 00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:24,080 Speaker 2: It's also incredible to listen to a father making its 704 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:25,520 Speaker 2: life's work to help others. 705 00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:28,440 Speaker 3: Afterwards, you know what a friggin nightmare. You and I 706 00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:31,320 Speaker 3: are both dads. I mean, that's it's terrifying. 707 00:40:32,239 --> 00:40:36,800 Speaker 4: And and you know young people will anyone, but especially 708 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:39,719 Speaker 4: teenagers are are targeted and victimized by this, and and 709 00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:41,840 Speaker 4: and that's why the bill bill is really important and 710 00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:44,680 Speaker 4: it's it's a it's a huge problem. So listen, I'm 711 00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:46,520 Speaker 4: grateful to the first Lady, and I'm grateful to the 712 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:49,000 Speaker 4: President for for for leading on this, and we're going 713 00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:50,640 Speaker 4: to get it done. And I'll tell you I told 714 00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:54,680 Speaker 4: I told Brandon, I told Elliston and and and Francisca 715 00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:58,239 Speaker 4: and and all of the victim advocates there that that uh, 716 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:01,400 Speaker 4: they're going to be in the Oval Office for the 717 00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:03,680 Speaker 4: bill signing. The President's going to sign the bill, and 718 00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:05,920 Speaker 4: each one of them is going to get a signing 719 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,480 Speaker 4: pen that they're going to get to take home. And 720 00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:10,560 Speaker 4: then that's you know, that's really who we're fighting for, 721 00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:12,200 Speaker 4: are the victims who are targeted here. 722 00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,759 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's incredible. Make sure you share this podcast with 723 00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:17,680 Speaker 2: your family and friends. It is a really important one. 724 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,080 Speaker 2: We did this Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. You can grab 725 00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:22,640 Speaker 2: my podcast a Ben Ferguson's show on those in between 726 00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:24,200 Speaker 2: days and we'll keep you up there in the latest 727 00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:26,480 Speaker 2: breaking news and the Senat and I will see you 728 00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:29,600 Speaker 2: back here for the week in review the top stories 729 00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:31,160 Speaker 2: of the week on Saturday morning as well