1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:01,480 Speaker 1: Welcome. 2 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 2: It is verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with 3 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 2: you and Senator Uh. I got to say, this is 4 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 2: an email I feel like should be sent out every 5 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:10,880 Speaker 2: single week. 6 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:12,720 Speaker 1: What did you do at work last week? 7 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 2: That is an actual email sent out from doges to 8 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 2: government employees. 9 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: You even responded to it, well, it's it's amazing. Uh. 10 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 3: Every day, it seems we see the same story playing out. 11 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 3: We see Elon Musk holding the federal government to account. 12 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 3: We see Donald Trump standing up to the swamp in Washington, 13 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 3: and we see the media and the Democrats losing their mind. 14 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 3: Elon Musk with the most basic question any any boss, 15 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 3: asks of what did you accomplish this week? And and 16 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 3: somehow that is deemed shocking and unbelievable and and it 17 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 3: really is a sign of of of what needs to happen. 18 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 3: We're going to break that down and break down the 19 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 3: response to it as well. We're also going to talk 20 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 3: about a back and forth between President Trump and the 21 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 3: governor of Maine, where the governor of Maine, a Democrat, 22 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 3: is continuing what a lot of the Democrats are doing, 23 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 3: which is massive resistance. And in this case, boys and 24 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 3: Girls Sports, it turns out the Democrats they want them 25 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 3: some boys and girls sports, and they're willing to stand 26 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 3: and fight and do anything. And Trump made clear Maine 27 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 3: is at risk of losing hundreds of millions of dollars 28 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 3: in federal funds if they continue to defy the executive 29 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,320 Speaker 3: orders on boys and girls sports. And the Democrat governor 30 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 3: is eager for that fight because that is apparently what 31 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:33,639 Speaker 3: today's Democrat party is all about. 32 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,119 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a really important one. We're going to talk 33 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 2: about that in a moment. I want to tell you 34 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 2: real quick about our friends over at the IFCJ. 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One to this audience, You guys are incredible, 62 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 2: and thank you for hitting that subscribe and auto download button. 63 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 1: And making sure you save the show. 64 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 2: They have changed the algorithms to actually hurt podcasts like 65 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 2: this one, So we want to remind you make sure 66 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:33,079 Speaker 2: you hit that subscriber auto download button and save each 67 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:37,119 Speaker 2: episode so that we can continue to grow the audience 68 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 2: and find other people out there and help give them 69 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 2: the important news we give you every single day. But 70 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 2: we also got to say thank you because this podcast. 71 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 2: They put out a list of the best one hundred 72 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 2: election podcasts, and I got to say, because of the audience, 73 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 2: Senator you and I, this podcast, Verdict with Ted Cruz, 74 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 2: was ranked number one political podcasts in America for the election, 75 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 2: and that's amazing. 76 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 3: Well, that's right. This is a list that is done 77 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 3: by million Podcasts dot com, Millionpodcasts dot com and they 78 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 3: rank podcasts. They rank them based on their content, and 79 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,919 Speaker 3: they put out a ranking of the best one hundred 80 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 3: election podcasts, and I got to say it was pretty fantastic. 81 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 3: But Verdict was number one in the entire country, the 82 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 3: single best election podcast in the country, according to Millionpodcasts 83 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 3: dot Com. And so that that I want to say 84 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 3: thank you, as Ben did to all of our listeners, 85 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 3: because the content we're putting out day after day is 86 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,679 Speaker 3: very hard to get there. There is not another place 87 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 3: you can get it, and so thank you, and that's 88 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 3: a big win. 89 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, huge win there, and you want to talk about 90 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 2: another big win you mentioned in a moment ago. I 91 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 2: got to say, there's certain emails that happen in headlines 92 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 2: right now with this administration that center I find great 93 00:04:57,960 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 2: joy in. 94 00:04:59,120 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: I smile. 95 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 2: I think a lot of people listening to show we're 96 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,720 Speaker 2: going to smile at this story we're about to tell 97 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 2: you about, which is there was an email that went 98 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 2: out to all government employees saying, what'd you do last week? 99 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,159 Speaker 1: Tell me the top five things you did in your job. 100 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 2: And the left and the unions and the woke people 101 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 2: in the government are just like crying and losing their minds. 102 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 4: Well. 103 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 3: Elon Musk tweeted out this week quote, consistent with President 104 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:28,679 Speaker 3: Trump's instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email 105 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 3: requesting to understand what they got done last week. Failure 106 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 3: to respond will be taken as a resignation. Very simple, 107 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 3: five bullet points, tell me what you got done in 108 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 3: the past week. Now, the media and the Democrats, they 109 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 3: are freaking out. A classic example is Senator Tina Smith, 110 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 3: senator from Minnesota, very liberal Democrat. She tweeted out the 111 00:05:55,440 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 3: following quote, this is the ultimate dick boss from Musk, 112 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 3: except he isn't even the boss, He's just a dick. 113 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 3: So that's the Democrats response. Asking someone what did you 114 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 3: get accomplished this week at work? Is unacceptable because they 115 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 3: live in a world where apparently meritocraty doesn't exist, where 116 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 3: government workers aren't expected to do anything positive for the voters, 117 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,720 Speaker 3: for the taxpayers. And Elon responded to Tina Smith a 118 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:32,359 Speaker 3: very simple question, what did you get done last week? Now, 119 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 3: I got to say I read that, and my reaction 120 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 3: immediately was, Okay, this is something, frankly, bosses do all 121 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 3: the time. It's a very reasonable thing. I've been in 122 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 3: a lot of jobs where my bosses have asked for 123 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 3: a weekly report at the end of the week, what 124 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:53,039 Speaker 3: did you get accomplished. I've submitted hundreds or thousands of 125 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 3: weekly reports over the year of what's been accomplished during 126 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,720 Speaker 3: the past week. That's something a lot of very productive 127 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 3: workplaces do. So I responded on Twitter. Here's what I 128 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 3: tweeted out in response to Elon A fair question, Elon Musk, 129 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 3: Here's mine. One passed out of the Senate to Take 130 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 3: it Down Act to Protect Kids from Deep Fake Porn. 131 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 3: Two confirm cash Pattel at FBI and Lutnike at Commerce. Three, 132 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 3: pass the Budget Resolution to secure the border, rebuild our military, 133 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 3: and unleash energy. Four char it a hearing on freeing 134 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 3: up six hundred Megahertze spectrum for commercial development so the 135 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 3: US will beat China to six G and five met 136 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 3: with twenty African ambassadors on strategies to combat China in Africa. 137 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 3: So that's what I did last week. And I got 138 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 3: to say, you know, it's an interesting thing. Why does 139 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 3: it all hundred senators report back on what they accomplished 140 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 3: last week. I think it's a perfectly fine thing for 141 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 3: federal employees to do it. But at the end of 142 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 3: the day, I've got thirty one million bosses. I work 143 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 3: for every man, woman, and child in the great State 144 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 3: of Texas, and I try on a regular basis. In fact, 145 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 3: this podcast is an aspect of that accountability. It's an 146 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 3: aspect of sharing with the men and women I work for, 147 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 3: what it is that I'm doing, what I'm fighting for, 148 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 3: and what we're able to get accomplished. And it really 149 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 3: does say something about the current surreal expectations of Democrats 150 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 3: and federal government workers that asking what did you do 151 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:45,079 Speaker 3: last week? 152 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 2: You know when the woke left was like, oh, we 153 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 2: got to have like safe spaces for people in colleges 154 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 2: and kids. That's in essence what their response is here. 155 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 2: They came out hardcore and they're like, how dare you? 156 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 2: This is harassment to ask what we did last week? 157 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:05,080 Speaker 2: You're making us stressed out. This is making people worry 158 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 2: and fearful for their jobs. Yeah, if you're not doing 159 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 2: your job, you should be fearful. If your job is 160 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 2: something that you can't even explain, you should be fearful 161 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 2: you're going to lose your job. But this idea that 162 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:21,199 Speaker 2: this is quote harassment, We had unions that came out 163 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 2: saying you can't harass our union members this way, all 164 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 2: by asking a simple question. 165 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: What did you do? 166 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 3: Let me ask you, Let me ask you, Ben, you've 167 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 3: worked in a white house in comms, is this a 168 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 3: strange question to get? 169 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:35,839 Speaker 1: What did you accomplish last week? 170 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 2: No? And especially when you work, for example, on campaigns, 171 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:43,559 Speaker 2: you know there's accountability every ten, twelve, fifteen, twenty four hours. 172 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: What did you do to respond to this? What are 173 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: you doing this? 174 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 2: Here's the next project? What have you done with this? 175 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 2: Like that is a very normal way of doing things. 176 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 2: And I can tell you whether it was on the 177 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,559 Speaker 2: campaign or we were working on Social Security reform, you 178 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 2: had deadlines and you had meetings every day, and if 179 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,320 Speaker 2: you came in unprepared, it could cost your job, no 180 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 2: doubt about it. 181 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 4: Yeah. 182 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 3: Look, it's the basic idea of having deliverables. But there's 183 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 3: a very strange dynamic in Washington right now. The average 184 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:21,199 Speaker 3: federal office building, up until a few weeks ago, was empty. 185 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 3: The attendance is five to eight percent. More than ninety 186 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 3: percent of federal workers are not going to the office now. 187 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 3: Now that is bizarre. Look, I get in the height 188 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 3: of COVID, there was a period where everyone stayed home. 189 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 3: But you know what happened. The rest of the world 190 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 3: went back to work. Like everyone's gone back to work. 191 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 3: And in the private sector, I don't know a place 192 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,440 Speaker 3: where people don't go into the office anymore except the 193 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 3: federal government. And I got to say to Democrats this 194 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:54,199 Speaker 3: is treated as an entitlement that they are owed this, 195 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 3: and to see people freaking out, well, if we have 196 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 3: to go to work, that makes it very hard to 197 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 3: figure out child care. Well, guess what that that's called work? Yeah, 198 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 3: it is hard to figure out childcare. I mean every parent, 199 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 3: that's real. Look, every parent who has a job has 200 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 3: to figure out childcare. Why do federal employees get to 201 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 3: stay at home in their pajamas and bunny slippers when 202 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:18,959 Speaker 3: everyone else has to. 203 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 1: Go to work? 204 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:23,079 Speaker 3: And and and it. I think these two are intertwined. 205 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 3: That this this expectation. I am entitled to a federal 206 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 3: paycheck for the rest of my life. I don't have 207 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 3: to produce anything, I don't have to ever go to 208 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 3: the office. And I can do my job simply by 209 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:42,679 Speaker 3: diverting funds to radical left wing groups. All of this 210 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 3: is intertwined. It is the politicization of government. It is 211 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:54,680 Speaker 3: the lack of respect for the taxpayers, the lack of respect. Look, 212 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 3: this is intertwined. We've talked about this as well with 213 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 3: how Joe Biden behaved the last three months of his 214 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 3: presidency after the election. I have never in my life 215 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 3: seen a president behave like Joe Biden did, because he 216 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 3: behaved with absolute contempt. He spent three months trying to 217 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 3: do everything he could to stop Donald Trump from delivering 218 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 3: on the promises that he made to the American people 219 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 3: that the voters said overwhelmingly we want. Most presidents when 220 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 3: they leave, when they lose, they're like, okay, fine, all right, 221 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,079 Speaker 3: the next guys are coming in. We're going to transition over. 222 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:28,680 Speaker 3: The voters have spoken. You know, I may not like 223 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 3: what the voters say. I was on the other side, 224 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 3: you know, if you if your side loses. But the 225 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:41,559 Speaker 3: absolute arrogance, the lack of regard for the voters and 226 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 3: the taxpayers, it is also intertwined. Name a Democrat, an 227 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:51,319 Speaker 3: elected Democrat who has said once, thank god doj just 228 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 3: pointing out all of this waste, fraud and abuse. Thank 229 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 3: god we have stopped sending millions of dollars for transgender 230 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 3: surgeries in Guatemala. I haven't heard a single Democrat, not 231 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 3: one of them. And it's because they don't think they 232 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 3: owe anything to the taxpayers or the voters. For them, 233 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 3: it's about power. It's not about honoring the commitment you 234 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 3: made to the men and women who elected you. 235 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:16,560 Speaker 1: You know. 236 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 2: The other part about this is there was a lot 237 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 2: of people that were trying to spend this email as 238 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 2: like this was a national security risk because it went 239 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:27,360 Speaker 2: out to all employees and there was guidance that came 240 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 2: back very quickly from certain departments going hey, like, you 241 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:33,839 Speaker 2: can't necessarily say what you did this week, so hold 242 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 2: on before you respond back. And yet the media tried 243 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 2: to spin this into oh my gosh, all these rules 244 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 2: were about to be broken, and you were putting people's 245 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 2: lives at risk, Elon must by sending out this email. 246 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 2: I think it's important that we clarify. Look, there were 247 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 2: some positions that it was totally fine to say, hold on, 248 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 2: we can't do this. 249 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, look, of course, and so there were natural places 250 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 3: where employees were told don't respond to this email. For example, 251 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 3: cash Betel told FBI agents, don't respond to this email. 252 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 3: Un run through your management to respond to this email. 253 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 3: Why because when you're dealing with classified and confidential law enforcement, 254 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 3: there are national security and intelligence operations where you can't 255 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 3: have this kind of report going and going through non 256 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 3: classified channels. So of course that's the case. But if 257 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 3: you're a run of the mill employee in the FED 258 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 3: federal agency, those constraints are not there, and those employees 259 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 3: are are obligated to respond, no. 260 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 2: Doubt about it. Also, let's talk a little bit about 261 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 2: c pack. You at a meeting with Elon Musk right 262 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 2: after he was given this chainsaw. You even got a 263 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 2: picture I was there with the chainsaw that we tweeted out. 264 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 2: It was actually really fun and Elon Musk is loving 265 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 2: this new opportunity to make a difference in this country. 266 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, I will say. And in addition to the five 267 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 3: things that I tweeted that I accomplished last week, I 268 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 3: did did follow up with one more tweet and said, 269 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 3: oh yeah, and six, I got to hold a really 270 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 3: badass chip chainsaw. And and and this is okay, you 271 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:19,239 Speaker 3: got to understand. So Javier Malay, the President of Argentina, 272 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 3: showed up with a gold and silver chainsaw for Elon Musk. 273 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 3: And this is not a run of the mill chainsaw. 274 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 3: This is a gold plated chainsaw. It had Elon Musk's 275 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 3: musk on it. It had Viva la Libertad on the blade. 276 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 3: The blade was long, it was it was a massive chainsaw. 277 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 3: It had uh, brass spikes coming coming out of the 278 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 3: main body of the chainsaw, like something out of Mad 279 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 3: Maxim Thunderdome. And and and and the pull cord where 280 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 3: you started was a set of brass knuckles. 281 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: I mean, it was just that was just so cool. 282 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 3: It was seriously bad ass and and and and it was, 283 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 3: I told Elon. So you and I spent the afternoon 284 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 3: at Seapack last week and we did Friday's podcast. We 285 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 3: did from Seapac on Thursday, and we interviewed Pambondy. We 286 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 3: interviewed Pambondy live on the stage. We've done done Verdict 287 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 3: live on the stage of Seapac several times. Let me 288 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 3: encourage folks, by the way, if you didn't listen to 289 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 3: Friday's podcast interviewing Pam Bondy, it was one of the 290 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 3: very first major interviews of the new Attorney General that 291 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 3: has happened. Pam and I have been friend friends a 292 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 3: long time, and so we had a really good and 293 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 3: candid conversation about what she's doing, what she's accomplishing, what 294 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 3: her objectives are. So if you didn't listen to Friday's podcast, 295 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 3: go back and listen to it, because it was an 296 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 3: interview that I think was really worthwhile. But afterwards, you 297 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 3: and I hung out. Afterwards, I spent about twenty minutes 298 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 3: with Elon and Javier and Malay delivered this chainsaw to Elon. 299 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 3: By the way, Malay brought it up on stage while 300 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 3: you and I were doing the podcast. I gotta say 301 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 3: my security guys were freaked out. They're like, a guy 302 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 3: is running on stage with a chainsaw, and and never 303 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 3: mind that it was ahead of state running on stage 304 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 3: with a chainsaw. That that's just a little surreal, Like 305 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 3: you have guys that whose job it is to keep 306 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 3: you safe. It is despite the movie Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 307 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 3: we rarely deal with people running at us with chainsaws. 308 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,439 Speaker 3: And yet yet that happened at Seapack, and yet somehow 309 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 3: it was okay, Yeah. 310 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 1: It really was. 311 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 2: There was also another bad A moment, since we're talking 312 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:35,679 Speaker 2: about bad A moments at the White House, that happened 313 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 2: while we were. 314 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:38,959 Speaker 3: Come on, Benjamin and Benjamin, if you're gonna do it, 315 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 3: to do. 316 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:41,399 Speaker 1: There is a badass moment there we go. 317 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:45,640 Speaker 3: There was a bad right, I'm trying to rest I'm 318 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 3: trying to rescue your dignity because because a bad A 319 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 3: moment is just a weeny way of putting this. 320 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 1: All right, well go with bad house. 321 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 2: There's a badass moment the White House where the President 322 00:17:56,160 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 2: straight up called out a governor who was in attendance 323 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 2: for the governors that a bunch of governors come to 324 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:03,400 Speaker 2: the White House. 325 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:04,640 Speaker 1: They had their big governors at meeting. 326 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 2: They invited these governors come to the White House, and 327 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 2: the President just straight out called out or the governors 328 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:14,119 Speaker 2: for the plan that had leaked in essence that he 329 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:19,400 Speaker 2: was going to defy the directive from the federal government 330 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 2: about protecting women from men playing in their sports transgendered 331 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 2: you know, individuals claiming that their chick and the President 332 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 2: just said like, I don't. 333 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 1: Care, you're here, Glad you're here. Are you going to 334 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:33,199 Speaker 1: not go along with what I told you do? 335 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 2: And it was one of those flashpoint moments, just showing you. 336 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:38,280 Speaker 2: I think the difference is time and the mentality of 337 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 2: this president. 338 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 3: Yeah, no, that's exactly right. Trump is not backing down. 339 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 3: And I got to say the Democrats that seems they've 340 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 3: learned nothing from the election. Here, give a listen to 341 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,679 Speaker 3: the exchange betwtween the governor of Maine and President Trump. 342 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 4: The NCAA has complied immediately, by the way, that's good, 343 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 4: But I understand Maine is the main here, the governor 344 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 4: of Main are you not going to comply with it? Well, 345 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:08,199 Speaker 4: we are the federal law. Well you better do it. 346 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:09,880 Speaker 4: You better do it because you're not going to get 347 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 4: any federal funding at all if you don't. And by 348 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 4: the way, your population, even though it's somewhat liberal orlough, 349 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 4: I did very well there. Your population doesn't want men 350 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:21,679 Speaker 4: playing in women's sports, so you better you better comply 351 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 4: because otherwise you're not getting any federal funding. Every state. Good. 352 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:28,400 Speaker 4: I'll see you in court. I look forward to that. 353 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 4: That should be a really easy one. And enjoy your 354 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 4: life after governor, because I don't think you'll be an 355 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:35,119 Speaker 4: elected politics. 356 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:37,479 Speaker 1: I mean, the trush talking. 357 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 2: I just got to say, looking at the female governor, 358 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 2: maintained like, hey, the people there want this too. You 359 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,359 Speaker 2: should listen to people. I'll see you in court, all right, great, 360 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 2: look forward to it. I don't think you're in me 361 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:50,640 Speaker 2: in politics much longer either, if you keep this up. 362 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,159 Speaker 2: This is just a different Donald Trump this time around. 363 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 3: Well it is, and by the way, there's also real 364 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:02,920 Speaker 3: teeth to it. So simultaneously with this exchange, the US 365 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,639 Speaker 3: Department of Agriculture announced that it had initiated a compliance 366 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 3: review of the University of Maine, and the state could 367 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:13,119 Speaker 3: be in jeopardy of losing one hundred million dollars in 368 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 3: federal USDA funding over non compliance with the Executive order 369 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:21,399 Speaker 3: on keeping males out of female sports. And at the 370 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 3: end of the day, and and and by the way, 371 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 3: this is not hypothetical that this is happening in in Maine. 372 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 3: Uh in Maine, that there was a transgender boy who 373 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 3: identifies as a girl who took first place in the 374 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 3: girls pole vaulting at Maine's Class B state championship. And 375 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:44,879 Speaker 3: and it's a win that helped helped the high school 376 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 3: take first place overall. And and and so you know, 377 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:51,200 Speaker 3: how would you feel if it if it's your daughter 378 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 3: who's in second, and she's the best pole vaulter in 379 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 3: her in the state, who's a girl, but there's a 380 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 3: dude who says, no, I'm a girl who beats her 381 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 3: and dominates. It's just fundamentally unfair. And I got to 382 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:11,119 Speaker 3: say overwhelmingly eighty to ninety percent of Americans agree with 383 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:17,160 Speaker 3: that proposition. And what's striking is this is not Democrats 384 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:20,880 Speaker 3: fighting on some issue where where the voters are with them. 385 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 3: I promise you, even in Maine, the voters don't want this. 386 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:31,400 Speaker 3: They're not happy about this. And today's Democrat party this election. 387 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:36,120 Speaker 3: If there is an elected Democrat who learned anything from 388 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:39,400 Speaker 3: this election, I don't know who it is, because not 389 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 3: only are they this has. 390 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:43,119 Speaker 2: Become like the new Littus Test though of the extreme 391 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 2: left right. 392 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 3: They're also doubling down in open borders. They're also doubling 393 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 3: down on anti Israel. Look that the Democrats in the 394 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 3: Senate voted against sanctioning the ICC, the International Criminal Court, 395 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 3: which has gone after Benjamin et Yahu in Israel. Every 396 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 3: Democrat but one Democrat but John Fetterman, voted against Israel. 397 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:04,720 Speaker 3: And they did that after the election. They did that 398 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 3: just a few weeks ago. I mean, that's where the 399 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 3: Democrats are right now, is they're still open border, they're 400 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 3: still anti Israel, They're still pro boys and girls sports. 401 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 3: And it's look, look, this is the same issue we 402 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 3: started with fundamentally. I think, you know, the Democrats love 403 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 3: to prattle on about democracy, but when they prattle on 404 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:30,680 Speaker 3: about what democracy, what they really mean is they want power, 405 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 3: and they don't care what the voters want. They don't 406 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:39,640 Speaker 3: care about respecting the will of the voters. Instead, they 407 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 3: want to fight against the will of the voters. It's 408 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 3: why they indicted Trump not once, not twice, not three times, 409 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 3: but four times. It was designed to stop democracy It's 410 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 3: why you had multiple Democrats, judges, and state officials trying 411 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 3: to remove Donald Trump from the presidential ballot because nothing 412 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 3: says defending democracy like stopping the damn voters for voting 413 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 3: for your opponent and making it impossible. This is all intertwined, 414 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:11,440 Speaker 3: which is it is a lack of humility, a lack 415 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:17,360 Speaker 3: of understanding that you have a boss, and the boss 416 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 3: is the men and women who elected you. 417 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:24,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a great point, and it goes back, I 418 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:28,879 Speaker 2: think to the core issue of he's listening to the people, 419 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 2: as you mentioned, and he's doing what the people said 420 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:36,639 Speaker 2: with a mandate, and that is what this election was about. 421 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 2: And it's also I think it's clear the reason why 422 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 2: he's doing things which. 423 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 1: Moves me to the FBI. 424 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:45,399 Speaker 2: You got to go to the squaring end of cash 425 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,640 Speaker 2: Fortell at the FBI. But it's clear that the presence 426 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:51,159 Speaker 2: not just like checking a box at the top and 427 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 2: saying okay, now, business as usual. We also found out 428 00:23:55,800 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 2: today that he has decided to name Dan Bongino, who 429 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 2: many that listen to show probably listen to his show 430 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,400 Speaker 2: his podcasts as well, and knowing from Fox News Channel, 431 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 2: former Secret Service agent, former police officer in New York City, 432 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 2: a very outspoken critic of the deep state. He's now 433 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:16,639 Speaker 2: the deputy director of the FBI. I mean he is 434 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 2: truly draining the swamp and bringing in people that are 435 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 2: all about reform. 436 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:23,120 Speaker 4: Yeah. 437 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 3: On Friday, I was at Cash Betel swearing in, and 438 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,880 Speaker 3: it was a terrific moment. I think Cash is going 439 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 3: to bring fundamental reform to the FBI, and I think 440 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 3: it is desperately needed. 441 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: The FBI is an institution. 442 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 3: It is an institution with a long and storied history, 443 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 3: and I don't think there is any institution in America 444 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 3: that has lost more respect, that has had its integrity 445 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 3: compromised more than the FBI has. Actually, the CDC may 446 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 3: be rivaling it. FAUCI may have done as much damage 447 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 3: to the credibility and respect of government health sciences as 448 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,919 Speaker 3: James Comey and Christopher Ray did did to the FBI. 449 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 3: But both institutions are sorely in need of reform. I 450 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:06,439 Speaker 3: think Cash Hotel's going to come in and do that. 451 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:08,640 Speaker 3: And I got to say, Dan Bongino, he's a good 452 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,119 Speaker 3: friend of mine, he's a good friend of yours. He 453 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:13,639 Speaker 3: is a strong conservative, he is a reformer and that 454 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:17,200 Speaker 3: combination of Cash Motel and Dan Bongino, I think. 455 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: Is going to be really. 456 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:24,959 Speaker 3: Potent to bring the FBI back to its core mission, 457 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 3: and its core mission is stopping bad guys. It's stopping 458 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:32,159 Speaker 3: violent crime. It's catching the very worst criminals. It's stopping terrorism. 459 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:36,680 Speaker 3: It's putting terrorists in jail. It's keeping America safe. It's 460 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:43,640 Speaker 3: not being a politically woke enforcer for left wing ideology, 461 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:45,640 Speaker 3: or for that matter, for right wing ideology. I don't 462 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 3: expect the FBI to suddenly be a right wing inforce. 463 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 3: So I want the FBI to lock up murderers. And 464 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,160 Speaker 3: to be clear, I want him to lock up murderers 465 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 3: whether they're Republicans or Democrats. I don't care if you're 466 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 3: killing people, if you're raping women, if you're hurting kids, 467 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 3: if you're human trafficking, if you're drug trafficking, if you're 468 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:06,680 Speaker 3: a terrorist, I want the FBI to go after you 469 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 3: and lock you up. And that's what their core more 470 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:13,199 Speaker 3: mission is. And I'm very confident that Cash Mattel and 471 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 3: Dan Bongina, with Pam Bondy as Attorney General, that they're 472 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 3: going to bring the FBI right back to that. 473 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,639 Speaker 2: Let's give a quick update about where we are with 474 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 2: all these cabinet positions. You guessed that you thought all 475 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,400 Speaker 2: the big ones were going to get through so far 476 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,680 Speaker 2: that has been exactly the case. And look, they didn't 477 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:35,400 Speaker 2: want Pam, they didn't want Patel, they didn't want several 478 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 2: of these others. They went after Christy Noame. We saw 479 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 2: a lot of them at SEAPAC this weekend. The big, 480 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:45,399 Speaker 2: big positions are getting filled with the people that Donald 481 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,920 Speaker 2: Trump promise the American voter. How encouraged are you by 482 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 2: I would also say the Republicans that are in Congress 483 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 2: right now seeming to stick together pretty well. 484 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:56,440 Speaker 1: Yeah. 485 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 3: Look, I think the Republicans in the Senate and the 486 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 3: Republicans and the House are aware that that that we've 487 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 3: got an historic mandate from the election in November, and 488 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 3: we've got an obligation to deliver on our promises. We 489 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 3: can't screw around. Failure is not an option. And I 490 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 3: do think that is something in both the House and 491 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:19,200 Speaker 3: Senate that that that that Republicans get. I'll tell you 492 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 3: when it comes to confirmations, we we are moving at 493 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,679 Speaker 3: the fastest pace in twenty five years. We're moving at 494 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 3: a much faster pace than than cabinet nominees were confirmed 495 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:33,200 Speaker 3: under Biden or in the first Trump term. I predicted 496 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 3: on this podcast that that that all of President Trump's 497 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 3: cabinet nominees would be confirmed. And that's been the path, 498 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,439 Speaker 3: that's that's been the ones they went after. They went 499 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 3: after Pete Hegseth. Hegseth was confirmed. They went after Toolsei 500 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:47,879 Speaker 3: Gabbard Tulci was confirmed. They went after Bobby Kennedy Bobby 501 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:51,000 Speaker 3: was confirmed. Uh, and and so other than Matt Gates 502 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 3: who withdrew very early and and and Gates would have 503 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 3: faced a very rocky path. But other than that, once 504 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 3: once once Gates withdrew, and I made the prediction after 505 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:06,439 Speaker 3: Gates withdrew, that's exactly what happened, which is every cabint 506 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 3: nominee has been confirmed. 507 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's incredible. 508 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 2: What do we have on the horizon when it comes 509 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 2: to what's next when it comes to confirmations. 510 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 3: Well, next week the confirmations that are coming up, we're 511 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:21,719 Speaker 3: going to do the Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll uh. 512 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:23,920 Speaker 3: And then we'll be voting on Jamison Greer to be 513 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,880 Speaker 3: the United States Trade Representative. Both of those are expected 514 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,719 Speaker 3: next week, and then we're going to go after some 515 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 3: of Biden's failed energy policies in the Senate. We're going 516 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 3: to go after rules and regulations that drive up the 517 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 3: cost of energy and make it harder to to heat 518 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 3: your home, harder to to that that drive inflation and 519 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,320 Speaker 3: so that So that's going to be the priority in 520 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:47,360 Speaker 3: the Senate this coming week. 521 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 2: It's going to be awesome. We're going to have it 522 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:51,960 Speaker 2: all here for you. 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