1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 1: Welcome. It is Verdict with Ted Cruz, the Week in Review, 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: Ben Ferguson with you, and these are the big stories 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 1: that we talked about this week that you may have missed. 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: First up, judicial activism having a major impact at trying 5 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: to stop Donald trump In's administration. Well, there was a 6 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,959 Speaker 1: very big victory for the Trump administration and it's gonna 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: have precedents nationwide. We'll break that story down for you 8 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: in just a moment. Up next, an investigation has been 9 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: opened into US fencing after they disqualified a woman who 10 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: refused to fight against a trans fencer aka a dude 11 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: acting like a chick. They gave her the black card, 12 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 1: disqualifying her from the entire competition because she stood up 13 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: for what she believed in. And now there's an investigation 14 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: and to not find the law when it comes to 15 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: US fencing. And finally, in a shocking move, Mexico has 16 00:00:56,280 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: been stealing water from American farmers on the border. It 17 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:04,760 Speaker 1: is now costing them their livelihoods and President Trump is 18 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 1: fighting back. It's the Week in Review and it starts 19 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,480 Speaker 1: right now. Another threat and it's not been covered in 20 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 1: the news the way that it should have because we've 21 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: been dealing with this. Obviously led with this issue because 22 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: it's very important, but it's judicial activism that's having a 23 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:23,559 Speaker 1: major impact on this administration, and in a shocking way, 24 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: I would even say historic way when you look at 25 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: the numbers. You're dealing with this now in the Senate, 26 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: with these judges that are basically getting to be activists, 27 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: but their injunctions are having a whole nationwide A lot 28 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: of people didn't even know that was a possibility. Isn't 29 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: an abuse of power? Is there a check and balance 30 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: that we need to have on that. Lit's dive into 31 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:43,320 Speaker 1: that as well. 32 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 2: So it's an absolute abuse of power. It is worse 33 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 2: than it has ever been. We have seen against Donald 34 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 2: Trump in the first two months of administration, more nationwide 35 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 2: injunctions issued against President Trump than in the entirety of 36 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 2: the George W. Bush administration all eight year, the entirety 37 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 2: of the Barack Obama administration all eight years, the entirety 38 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 2: of the Joe Biden administration all four years. More in 39 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 2: two months than in those twenty years. We have two 40 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 2: months and twenty years. 41 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 1: You say it, You said it quickly. I want people 42 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:17,799 Speaker 1: to just pause and think about how much of abuse 43 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 1: of power there has to be if they're doing it 44 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: that much like this is deliberate. 45 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 2: Well, and listen to Attorney General Pambondi talk about this. 46 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 3: The President is going to comply with the law. He 47 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 3: was overwhelmingly elected by an overwhelming majority of the United 48 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 3: States citizens to be our commander in chief, and that's 49 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 3: what he's been doing, Shannon. Just since January twentieth, we've 50 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 3: had over one hundred and seventy lawsuits filed against us. 51 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 3: That should be the constitutional crisis right there. Fifty injunctions. 52 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 3: They're popping up every single day, trying to control his 53 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 3: executive power, trying to control where he believes our tax 54 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 3: dollars should be allocated. And saying he won by an 55 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 3: overwhelming majority is so important because that's what the American 56 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 3: people want, what President Trump campaigned on and what he 57 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 3: want on, and he's implementing that agenda at a rapid speed. 58 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 3: None of us can keep up with them every single day, 59 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 3: and so it's just we're going after all of these lawsuits, 60 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:18,639 Speaker 3: we're defending them all. We just got a great win, 61 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 3: and we'll continue to fight. 62 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,080 Speaker 1: I talked to a judge this week and he described 63 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: it this way, because I was wanting to understand this subject. 64 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: Obviously we're going to talk about it's important, and we 65 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: haven't dealt with this a lot. 66 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 2: He said. 67 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: In essence, what the court's doing, Ben is they are 68 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: doing a coup against Donald Trump by neutering him with 69 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: his agenda. And he said that is not how the 70 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: constitution was set up, Like, you should not be able 71 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: to neuter a president this way, saying we know you won, 72 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: we know the American people support you, they voted for you, 73 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: but we're not going to let you do what you're 74 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: supposed to do as president anyway. 75 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 2: Well, and Barack Obama and Joe Biden put left wing 76 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 2: radicals on the courts, and then this is Democrat State 77 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 2: Attorney's General and left wing radical groups going and seeking 78 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 2: out these radical judges, of whom, by the way, used 79 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 2: to work for the groups that are suing. I mean, 80 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 2: I mean it is. It is fundamentally corrupt, and it 81 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 2: is one judge. Normally a judge has the authority over 82 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 2: the parties before him or her, but these judges are 83 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 2: issuing nationwide orders trying to stop everything President Trump is 84 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 2: trying to do. We had a hearing of the Judiciary 85 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 2: Committee last week on this that was focusing on the 86 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 2: threat to democracy and the rule of law from these 87 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 2: nationwide injunctions. Here's what I had to say at the hearing. 88 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 2: It's long been said that hypocrisy is the tribute that 89 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 2: vice pays to virtue. I have to admit I'm enjoying 90 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 2: listening to my Democrat colleagues suddenly discover the virtues of 91 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 2: the rule of law after four years where they brazenly 92 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 2: supported the most lawless Department of Justice and the most 93 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 2: politically weaponized Department of Justice our nation has ever seen. 94 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 2: We just heard the Senator from Rhoye Island talk about 95 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:56,359 Speaker 2: the imperative of protecting judges, and yet not a single 96 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 2: Democrat senator cared about the violent protesters that showed up 97 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:03,799 Speaker 2: outside Supreme Court justices homes, including I might note female 98 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 2: justices like Justice Amy Coney Barrett, threatening their family. And 99 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 2: Joe Biden's Attorney General didn't do a damn thing and 100 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 2: refused to enforce the law to protect those judges. Why 101 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 2: because he agreed with the violent protesters and he wanted 102 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 2: to intimidate and threaten those judges. Professor Bray, under our constitution, 103 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 2: who should decide elections the voters are unelected judges. 104 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:36,600 Speaker 4: The voters are the ones who should vote in the 105 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 4: election according to the laws, and the laws sometimes have 106 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 4: to be applied by the judges if they're anse. 107 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 2: And under our constitution, who is charged with making policy decisions? 108 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 2: Elected representatives elected by the people or unelected federal judges? 109 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 4: I think the question of policy, Senator, is a little 110 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:01,920 Speaker 4: broader than the particular case. The laws should be enacted 111 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:03,719 Speaker 4: by Congress. That's where the fountain of. 112 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 2: La polacy decisions are the elected branch. Right, law is 113 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 2: the province of the court. Policy is the province of 114 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 2: the elected branches. These are not complicated, Professor bry Let 115 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 2: me ask you this. Do the federal courts have power 116 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 2: to issue remedies for people who are not parties to 117 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 2: a case? 118 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 4: That's the question, I agree is not complicated. They do 119 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 4: not have that power. 120 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 2: Is the phrase nationwide injunction or universal injunction found anywhere 121 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:29,479 Speaker 2: in the Constitution? 122 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 4: It is not. 123 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 2: First chart the first one hundred and fifty years of 124 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 2: our republic, how many nationwide injunctions were issued? 125 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 4: My view is that there were not any until nineteen 126 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 4: sixty three zero. 127 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 2: Now fast forward, how many nationwide injunctions were issued in 128 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 2: the entire twentieth century. 129 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 4: It's a small number, I would I would think it 130 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,359 Speaker 4: would be a dozen. Giver take it's not large. 131 00:06:55,760 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 2: Twenty seven actually, excluding Trump's first term. How many nationwide 132 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 2: injunctions were issued in the last twenty. 133 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 4: Years far more than that thirty two from. 134 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 2: Twenty twenty and one to twenty twenty four against Biden, 135 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 2: Obama and Bush thirty two. And how many nationwide injunctions 136 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 2: have been issued in the last two months alone. 137 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 4: There have been quite a few thirty seven. 138 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 2: Let that sink in. There have been more nationwide injunctions 139 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 2: in the past two months against President Trump than in 140 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 2: the entire twentieth century. There have been more nationwide injunction 141 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:44,119 Speaker 2: against President Trump in the last two months than both 142 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 2: terms of George W. Bush, both terms of Barack Obama, 143 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 2: and Joe Biden's term. We saw during the Biden presidency 144 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 2: law Fair indicting President Trump four times, using the machinery 145 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 2: of justice to attack him, and that was an attack 146 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 2: on democracy. Because democrats today hate democracy. Democrats today are 147 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 2: angry at the voters for re electing Donald Trump and 148 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 2: electing a Republican Senate in a Republican House, and they 149 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 2: engage in lawfair to stop democracy from operating. Understand, this 150 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 2: is the second phase of lawfair. Second chart. This is 151 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 2: the second phase of lawfair. Now that their efforts to 152 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 2: indict President Trump and stop the voters from re electing 153 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 2: him have failed, they're going and seeking out individual radical 154 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 2: judges to try to shut down policies, and they are 155 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 2: forum shopping like crazy. Give me any loon judge put 156 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 2: on the bench by Obama or Biden who disagrees with 157 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 2: the policy. We just saw a judge flagrantly ignore US 158 00:08:53,840 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 2: immigration law concerning TPS being revoke. US law explicitly said 159 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 2: there's no judicial review for that. But hey, they found 160 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 2: a judge that says, you know what, we the Democrat Party, 161 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 2: we are the party of illegal aliens. We are the 162 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:12,679 Speaker 2: party of murderers and rapists and gang members. And the 163 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:18,080 Speaker 2: Democrat Party exists here to fight to keep murderers and 164 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 2: rapists and gang members in your communities. There's a reason 165 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 2: the Democrat Party is at twenty six percent approval nationwide 166 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 2: because they put radical policies ahead of rule of law nationwide. 167 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 2: Injunctions are an abuse of power. It is the judiciary 168 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 2: acting as policy deciders, and it is incumbent on this 169 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 2: committee and this body to rein in the abuse of 170 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 2: power from these unelected radical judges who are trying to 171 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 2: overturn the election because they disagree with what the voters decided. 172 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,559 Speaker 1: So here's my question you just teased at the end, 173 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,679 Speaker 1: that is it's our job to look at raining them in. 174 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: How long does that take? Can it be done through legislation? 175 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: What are the options here? And how quick can we 176 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 1: get this under control? 177 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 2: Well, it could be done quickly. There's legislation. In fact, 178 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 2: there's legislation we were talking about at that hearing that 179 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:18,839 Speaker 2: Chuck Grassley's introduced that I'm a co sponsor of that 180 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:21,319 Speaker 2: would remove the power of a district judge to issue 181 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 2: nationwide injunctions. I think that makes an awful lot of sense. 182 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 2: Is that going to pass? Probably not, because for it 183 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 2: to pass in the Senate would take sixty votes, which 184 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 2: would mean we would need seven Democrats to support it. 185 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 2: Every Democrat they're enthusiastic about this lawfare. They want to 186 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 2: see more of it, so they are dug in. That 187 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 2: remedy is not there. The other remedy that you and 188 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 2: I have talked about before is impeachment. Impeachment, You can 189 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 2: impeach a judge in the House with a majority vote 190 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 2: to utter and eighteen votes. It may well make sense 191 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 2: that one or more of the most egregious district judges 192 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 2: who are fying their oath of office should and perhaps 193 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 2: will be impeached by the House. However, if and when 194 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 2: that happens, it'll come over to the Senate for the trial. 195 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 2: And under the Constitution it takes two thirds to convict. 196 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 2: That means we'd need Democrats, and the Democrats are not 197 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,839 Speaker 2: going to convict. There may be value in impeaching one 198 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 2: or more of these judges anyway to highlight the utter, 199 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 2: brazen lawlessness of it, and doing so would mean we 200 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:29,560 Speaker 2: could have a trial on the floor of the Senate 201 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 2: to lay out just how lawless their conduct was. But 202 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 2: the judge is not going to be removed because the 203 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 2: Democrats are all in in support of illegal aliens and 204 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 2: against the rule of law. That means the remedy are 205 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:46,199 Speaker 2: number one, the court of public opinion making people understand 206 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 2: sure just what an abuse of power this is, and 207 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 2: number two the appellate process, the courts of appeals and 208 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 2: ultimately the Supreme Court. Now I will say. Immediately after 209 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 2: I finished my questioning, Amy Klobuchar spoke next, and I 210 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 2: think my comments rattled her because she she tried to respond, Uh, 211 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 2: and I got to say what she was saying made 212 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:11,720 Speaker 2: so little sense. I couldn't resist jumping in and and 213 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 2: and we had some real fireworks. So here give a listen. 214 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 1: And the only reason there's all these injunction center Cruise 215 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 1: is because he's violating the constitution. Why would Trump appointed judges? 216 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 2: Why don't you file him in red red districts? 217 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 3: Senator Why what did you just say? 218 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 2: Why don't you file him in red districts? Why are 219 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 2: the Democratic tournator generals seeking out Senator Cruz? Left wing? 220 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 2: Senator Cruz's activity in. 221 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 3: I'm just gonna ask for a point of order center 222 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 3: center Moody. 223 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 2: We have debates on this committee that that. 224 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:49,839 Speaker 3: Let's let her have her time and then we'll get 225 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 3: back to that. If you wait, we'll get back to cinema. 226 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:57,680 Speaker 2: A choice ahead. So I was following Senator Cruz once again, 227 00:12:58,480 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 2: but I. 228 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 3: Will excuse me. I I didn't hear you. 229 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 4: What did you say to be following him? 230 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 2: He and I have a one. I was. 231 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 3: Permitting you your time to continue to oh, would be 232 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 3: following him in order excuse me, go ahead, Senator klob 233 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 3: during hearing. Go ahead, that's what I'm rehiring. 234 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 1: To go ahead, and I will take more than my 235 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: time since he's taken more than his time to yell 236 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 1: at me. 237 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:21,959 Speaker 2: I'm not yelling. 238 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 3: I asked a question, Senator Cruz, Please, I'll give you time. 239 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 1: I do have to say, I've seen you yell. 240 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 2: That was not yelling. I didn't raise my voice at all. 241 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,959 Speaker 2: And by the way, Amy Klobachar had no answer none. 242 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:36,559 Speaker 2: She's like, well, oh, these injunctions are issuing because everything 243 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 2: he's doing is illegal. It's like, great, why don't they 244 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 2: file him in red districts? Why are you seeking out 245 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 2: the most left wing judges in the country who used 246 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 2: to be radical activists, who were nominated because they're radical 247 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 2: activists who used to work for the left wing groups 248 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 2: that are now bringing the lawsuits. Why are you only 249 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 2: filing them in their courts? If it was so clear, 250 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 2: if it was such a slam dunk, you ought to 251 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 2: be able to file them in in red districts. And nope, Nope, 252 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 2: they ain't gonna do that. She had no answer whatsoever. 253 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:08,320 Speaker 2: Because this is about power and abuse of power. This 254 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 2: is not about the rule of law. 255 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,599 Speaker 1: Now, if you want to hear the rest of this conversation, 256 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: you can go back and listen to the full podcast 257 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 1: from earlier this week. 258 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 2: Now onto story number two. 259 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: Senator, There's also another important story that is one that 260 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: is I think exciting for transparency, but also frustrating at 261 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 1: the same time. You have opened an investigation into US 262 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 1: Fencing over their transathlete policy. Give us the backstory on 263 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: this and why you're so involved. 264 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 2: So. USA Fencing has received widespread criticism for something that 265 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 2: happened last week. Stephanie Turner, who's a female fencer. She 266 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 2: refused to compete against the transgender opponent, a biological male 267 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 2: who decided that he was a she. And what happened 268 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 2: is Stephanie Turner, rather than compete against this biological mail 269 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 2: Stephanie Turner took a knee and as a result, she 270 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 2: was disqualified from the tournament. She was given a black 271 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 2: card and disqualified from the tournament. It was treated as forfeiting. 272 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 2: And I saw this frankly. I saw this on x 273 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 2: I saw this on Twitter, and I thought this was 274 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 2: outrageous because women should not be forced to compete against 275 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 2: men in sports. That's not right. Now. As you know, 276 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 2: I am the chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, 277 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 2: and Transportation. The Commerce Committee has massive jurisdiction, as jurisdiction 278 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 2: over roughly forty percent of the US economy. One of 279 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 2: the things we have jurisdiction over is sports. We have 280 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 2: jurisdiction over collegiate sports, Olympic sports, and any kind of 281 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 2: sports competition. And USA Fencing is explicitly it is the 282 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 2: vehicle through which the American fencing team in the Olympics 283 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 2: has chosen. And so last week I launched an investigation 284 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 2: and I sent an oversight letter to USA Fencing asking 285 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 2: for the documents on what their policy is, how many 286 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 2: transgender athletes have attempted to compete, how many women they 287 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 2: have disqualified for decline and compete, how many injuries have occurred. Look, 288 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 2: there are biological differences. Men are made differently than women, 289 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 2: and we've seen in many other sports significant injuries from 290 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 2: women being forced to compete against biological men. And at 291 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 2: the end of the day, the Congress has a very 292 00:16:55,360 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 2: direct remedy, which is we have the ability to to 293 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 2: cease the designation of USA Fencing as the organization that 294 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 2: chooses US Olympic athletes, and so this oversight is an effort. 295 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:12,679 Speaker 2: I want to get them to change their policy. I 296 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 2: want to get them to protect women. I think women's 297 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 2: sports matters, girls sports matters, and I don't think any 298 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 2: women should be forced to compete against a man in sports. 299 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 2: I don't think any girl should be forced to compete 300 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:25,360 Speaker 2: against a boy in sports. 301 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:28,920 Speaker 1: What does it look like if they're actually held accountable for. 302 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,919 Speaker 2: This, What it looks like is they change their policies. 303 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 2: That That is my objective here, is to change the 304 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 2: policy so that you don't end up having having women 305 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:46,919 Speaker 2: discriminated against and put in a position where they're competing unfairly, 306 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 2: where they're put in a position where they're risking real, 307 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:52,880 Speaker 2: real injuries. 308 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 1: It'll be very interesting to see what that injury report 309 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:58,440 Speaker 1: looks like. Is there a timeline for them getting back 310 00:17:58,480 --> 00:17:59,680 Speaker 1: to you with this request? 311 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 2: Sure? So here's what I said to my letter. I 312 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 2: wrote it to the chief executive officer of USA Fencing, 313 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 2: and I said, dear mister Andrews, it has come to 314 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 2: my attention that USA Fencing is still permitting men to 315 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 2: compete in women's fencing in violation of federal law. I'm 316 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:18,480 Speaker 2: writing to ask why your organization is the recognized national 317 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:21,520 Speaker 2: governing body for fencing in the United States, but to 318 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:25,200 Speaker 2: remain so, it must comply with the United States Olympic 319 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 2: and Paralympic Committee rules and procedures, its statutory obligations to 320 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 2: protect women, and President Trump's recent executive order on keeping 321 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:37,919 Speaker 2: men out of women's sports. If it does not, and 322 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:41,720 Speaker 2: instead continues to put women at risk, Congress may be 323 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 2: forced to terminate USA Fencing's NGB certification. Last week, Stephanie 324 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 2: Turner from the Fencing Academy of Philadelphia competed at the 325 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 2: USA Fencing sanctioned Cherry Blossom Open Circuit at the University 326 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,359 Speaker 2: of Maryland. The young woman was set to face a 327 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 2: man who now claims to be a transgender woman in 328 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 2: a fencing bout. However, at the start of the match, 329 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 2: Miss Turner bravely took a knee and refused to compete 330 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 2: against her male opponent. In response to this young woman's courage, 331 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 2: tournament officials presented her with a black card and disqualified 332 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 2: her from the entire tournament. USA's Fencing's Director of Communications, 333 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 2: Brian Wendell, said, the young woman's disqualification was quote the 334 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 2: direct result of her decision to decline defense an eligible opponent, 335 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 2: a supposed violation of the International Fencing Federation rules. He 336 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 2: reiterated the USA Fencing's remains committed to inclusivity. USA Fencing's 337 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 2: commitment to inclusivity is nothing less than a full throat 338 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 2: of support for males competing in women's sports in violation 339 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 2: of federal law. As the recognized MGB for fencing, USA 340 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 2: Fencing is required to provide quote support and encouragement for 341 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:02,440 Speaker 2: participation by women where programs for male and female athletes 342 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,919 Speaker 2: are conducted on a national basis, as well as quote 343 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 2: safe environments and sports. Failure to do so is grounds 344 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 2: for the United States Congress to terminate USA Fencing certification 345 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:18,639 Speaker 2: as an MGB. And I go on to say that 346 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 2: they have to comply with President Trump's executive order. And 347 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:26,160 Speaker 2: I point out that male fencers naturally possess inherent advantages 348 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 2: over potential female competitors. Men tend to be taller, have 349 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 2: greater muscle mass, and more testosterone, all advantages for fencing 350 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 2: movements like lunges, jumping, or leg power measures. And I 351 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,439 Speaker 2: point out that under the rules of the Senate, the 352 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 2: Commerce Committee has a duty and an authority to review 353 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 2: and study on a continuing basis both sports and sports 354 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:55,919 Speaker 2: agencies such as USA Fencing, and so I ask, I 355 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 2: ask a whole series of questions, and I want documents 356 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 2: and answers April twenty first, twenty twenty five, and it's 357 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 2: documents about their transgender policy. How many men or transgender 358 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:10,440 Speaker 2: women currently compete in the women's division in the last 359 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 2: four years. How many bouts have occurred between transgender women 360 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 2: and women? How many times does the female athlete prevail? 361 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:20,360 Speaker 2: How many times did the female athletes suffer an injury? 362 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:24,879 Speaker 2: Does USA Fencing comply with the President's executive order? And 363 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,640 Speaker 2: I have a whole series of additional questions. But this 364 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:32,400 Speaker 2: is an example of holding to account. And you've got 365 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 2: throughout sports, these radical associations, organizations that have embrace the 366 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 2: woke ideology. There's no difference between men and women, and 367 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:48,440 Speaker 2: that is profoundly unfair to women and girls competing in sports. 368 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 2: And I'm going to do everything I can to stop it. 369 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 1: As before, if you want to hear the rest of 370 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 1: this conversation on this topic, you can go back and 371 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 1: dow the podcasts from earlier this week to hear the 372 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 1: entire thing. I want to get back to the big 373 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:04,199 Speaker 1: story number three of the week you may have missed. 374 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 1: I want to ask you about this other I would 375 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 1: just say insane news because I can't believe they've been 376 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:13,679 Speaker 1: allowed to do it for so long. And that is 377 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 1: that is Mexico stealing water, which is suffocating farmers. 378 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 2: Yeap. 379 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:25,680 Speaker 1: Specifically, it's happening in Texas and it's it's making farming 380 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: industry collapse and farmers disappearing from areas because there is 381 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:30,359 Speaker 1: no water. 382 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:32,439 Speaker 2: So let me give you the background because this is 383 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 2: a really important issue. It's important in Texas, but it's 384 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,679 Speaker 2: important in the country, which is there's a water treaty 385 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,439 Speaker 2: that we signed with Mexico in nineteen forty four, the 386 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 2: Mexican Water Treaty of nineteen forty four. It obligates Mexico 387 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 2: to provide three hundred and fifty thousand acre feet of 388 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 2: water a year to South Texas. That's over a five 389 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:59,120 Speaker 2: year period. Okay, for the last five years Mexico has 390 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:05,360 Speaker 2: been openinley and brazenly violating the treaty. They've not been 391 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 2: providing the water. They are right now in this five 392 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:15,440 Speaker 2: year period, one point three million acre feet in arrears water. 393 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 2: They have not provided that they've committed by treaty to provide. 394 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,639 Speaker 2: Now what are they doing. They're diverting that water that 395 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 2: should go to South Texas farmers under the treaty to 396 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 2: Mexican farmers. And a couple of things are happening. So 397 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:31,360 Speaker 2: in South Texas there is a massive drought going on. 398 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 2: It is doing enormous damage to farmers. And I spent 399 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 2: a lot of time in South Texas and the damage 400 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 2: to farmers. We're seeing a lot of South Texas farmers 401 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 2: that are taking half of their acreage out of production. 402 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,439 Speaker 2: They're shutting down half of their farms just because they 403 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 2: don't have the water to do it right. They're laying 404 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 2: off thousands of workers. So there was one sugar mill 405 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 2: in all of Texas last year. It shut down because 406 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 2: of water, and it shut down because the sugar farmers 407 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 2: did not have the water to raise the sugar. Wow, 408 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 2: and it's gone. 409 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 1: And Mexico on the other side of green as can be. 410 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 2: It is green as can be. The Mexican farmers are prospering. 411 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 2: They're literally stealing our water. And by the way, like 412 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:24,359 Speaker 2: President Trump talks a lot about foreign countries taking advantage 413 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 2: of America. Example this is this is literally the Mexican 414 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 2: government stealing our. 415 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 1: Water and if Joe Biden do anything to stop. 416 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 2: This, zero and he knew about it, so he knew 417 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 2: about it. So I've engaged this issue. I engaged. I 418 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 2: started engaging about two years ago. And I started engaging 419 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:41,120 Speaker 2: when I was down in South Texas and I did 420 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 2: a roundtail with farmers and they raised this issue to me. 421 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 2: And two years ago, I didn't know what the water 422 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 2: Tree of nineteen forty four was, and they explained it 423 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 2: to me. And at the time they were really worried, 424 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 2: we're going to lose our sugar mill if this doesn't change. 425 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,239 Speaker 2: And I said, look, I think I can help. I'm 426 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 2: going to lean in. And I began leaning in aggressively. 427 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 2: I forced a vote on the Senate floor on an 428 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 2: amendment to direct the state Department to use every lever 429 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:11,600 Speaker 2: point we have to force Mexico to comply with a 430 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 2: water treaty. I got a majority of the senator, bipartisan majority. 431 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,639 Speaker 2: And then there's a water commissioner for the United States. 432 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 2: I leaned in with the water commissioner said Look, the 433 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 2: Senate has spoken a bipartisan majority, and here's the fundamental problem. 434 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 2: Joe Biden didn't give a damn about this. So I 435 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 2: desperately tried to get the Biden administration to exert leverage. Yeah, 436 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:35,160 Speaker 2: and they just didn't care. 437 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,679 Speaker 1: Now, by the way, leverage for Donald Trump at this 438 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: point was him saying, hey, I'm coming after you with 439 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 1: tariffs or sanctions, so do the right thing now before 440 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 1: I have to do that, and they know he means it. 441 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: Unlike even if you had that same statement from Joe Biden, 442 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 1: he ain't gonna do anything. 443 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 2: So in South Texas, cities are also facing massive drought. 444 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:55,359 Speaker 2: You're literally facing the cities not having enough water for 445 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 2: their citizens because Mexico's stealing the water. And so I 446 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 2: leaned in. I could not get the Biden's administration do 447 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:05,360 Speaker 2: a damn thing. In December, as part of the Continuing Resolution, 448 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:10,399 Speaker 2: I authored legislation that got adopted that provided two hundred 449 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 2: and eighty million dollars in emergency relief for Texas farmers 450 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:17,919 Speaker 2: because they're they're going broke. And we're talking about generational farms, 451 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 2: farms that have been three four generations who were being 452 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 2: bankrupted because their government is not enforcing the treaty and 453 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 2: they're being starved of water. And so several weeks ago 454 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 2: I went down to South Texas with Brook Rawlins. Brook 455 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 2: Rollins is the Secretary of Agriculture. Brooke has been a 456 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 2: good friend of mine for twenty five years. She's a Texan. 457 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:41,360 Speaker 2: She's the first Texan in the history of the country 458 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 2: to be the Secretary of Agriculture. She's also the first 459 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:48,720 Speaker 2: Secretary of Agriculture ever to go to the Rio Grande Valley. Wow, 460 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:50,919 Speaker 2: and she came to the valley at my request. I 461 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:55,199 Speaker 2: asked her come down with me, and we did. We 462 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 2: did a press conference number one where she announced I've 463 00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 2: got two hundred and eighty million dollars I'm giving the 464 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:02,879 Speaker 2: South Texas because your federal government has been screwing you 465 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,919 Speaker 2: by not getting the water back and Mexico is starving you. 466 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 2: But we also did a roundtable. We did a roundtable 467 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 2: with farmers where Brooke and I talked with the farmers 468 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 2: and the Rio Grand Valley has been bright blue for 469 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:23,160 Speaker 2: one hundred years. In twenty twenty four, the Rio Grand 470 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 2: Valley flipped red. I won the valley and Donald Trump 471 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 2: won the valley. Indible. That has never happened. I won 472 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,920 Speaker 2: Hispanic state wide in Texas by six points. That's never happened. 473 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:38,200 Speaker 2: I have spent an enormous amount of time and millions 474 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 2: of dollars in the valley trying to flip the valley 475 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,639 Speaker 2: red because I saw the potential there. And so I 476 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 2: think I've invested more than any elected official in Texas 477 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:49,120 Speaker 2: in terms of turning the valley red. Well, I got 478 00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:51,439 Speaker 2: to say, sitting there at that roundtable, you got farmers 479 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 2: and ranchers and you're just asking them. Look, over the 480 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 2: last four years, did Joe Biden do a damn thing 481 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,959 Speaker 2: for you? No? And that's how you turn this And 482 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 2: what I told them as I said, listen, if there's 483 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 2: one thing you know about Donald Trump, he will stand 484 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:10,879 Speaker 2: up to foreign countries and fight for you. And I 485 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:16,360 Speaker 2: made that commitment. And frankly, look, these are voters who 486 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 2: their entire lives have voted Democrats. Their parents voted Democrat, 487 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:26,919 Speaker 2: their grandparents voted Democrat, their great grandparents voted Democrat. And 488 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,200 Speaker 2: this last election, for the first time, they pulled the 489 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:32,920 Speaker 2: lever for Republican going down there and saying, look, we're 490 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 2: fighting for you. We're going to get you the damn 491 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,960 Speaker 2: water is one of the ways you lock those votes. 492 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 2: And it's a generational shift for Texas. 493 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:42,800 Speaker 1: By the way, this is the first time for Verdict. 494 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 1: They've just opened the vote. They're only keeping it open 495 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 1: for fifteen minutes. 496 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:48,479 Speaker 2: So I'm gonna go momentary. 497 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 1: You're gonna go momentarily, which means actually it's about twelve 498 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 1: minutes because I'm a couple minutes behind. Just this is 499 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 1: why I love doing Verdict, because this is how it 500 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 1: really works. And in Sandy in the Senate. 501 00:28:57,040 --> 00:29:01,520 Speaker 2: So I will say this. I called President Trump a 502 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:04,960 Speaker 2: week ago and I said, miss President, would make a 503 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 2: huge difference if you leaned in personally with the president 504 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:12,320 Speaker 2: of Mexico and said, provide us the water. 505 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, knock it off. 506 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 2: And he said, I'll tell you what. I'll send a 507 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 2: truth social post. And so I worked with him on 508 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:22,280 Speaker 2: the wording of it, and tonight when I was in 509 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 2: the Oval, I said, miss President, can you send that 510 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:26,680 Speaker 2: truth post? 511 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 4: Yeah? 512 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 2: He sent it tonight. I'm going to read it to you. 513 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 2: Here's what President Trump sent this evening. Mexico owes Texas 514 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 2: one point three million acre feet of water under the 515 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 2: nineteen forty four water treaty, but Mexico is unfortunately violating 516 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:47,440 Speaker 2: their treaty obligation. This is very unfair and it is 517 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 2: hurting South Texas farmers very badly. Last year, the only 518 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:58,120 Speaker 2: sugar mill in Texas closed because Mexico has been stealing 519 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:02,600 Speaker 2: the water from Texas farmers. Ted Cruz has been leading 520 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 2: the fight to get South Texas the water it is owed, 521 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:11,720 Speaker 2: but Sleepy Joe refused to lift a finger to help 522 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:18,160 Speaker 2: the farmers. This ends now. I will make sure that 523 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:23,200 Speaker 2: Mexico doesn't violate our treaties and doesn't hurt our Texas farmers. 524 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 2: Just last month, I halted water shipments to Tijuana until 525 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 2: Mexico complies with the nineteen forty four water treaty. My 526 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:38,040 Speaker 2: Agriculture Secretary Brook Rollins is standing up for Texas farmers 527 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:45,840 Speaker 2: and we will keep escalating consequences, including TIFFs and maybe 528 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:52,680 Speaker 2: even sanctions, until Mexico honors the treaty and gives Texas 529 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:55,280 Speaker 2: the water they are owed and gives Texas the water 530 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 2: they are owed. Is an all caps There you go. 531 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,480 Speaker 2: That tweet got sent out tonight. I'll tell you in 532 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,719 Speaker 2: just within an hour of that tweet going out, the 533 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,160 Speaker 2: President of Mexico is sent out a tweet saying we're 534 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 2: gonna fix this. We're gonna fix this, and the Mexican 535 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 2: government is freaking out. That's what it looks like to 536 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:16,040 Speaker 2: be a leader president who is fighting for America. Joe 537 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,200 Speaker 2: Biden could have done that for four years, but he 538 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 2: didn't give a flip about farmers in South Texas going 539 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:24,920 Speaker 2: out of business. The President's tweet, and I can tell 540 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 2: you Mexico is in the process now negotiating with the 541 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:31,920 Speaker 2: state Department to provide for the water. We're gonna get 542 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 2: the water, and that's a great that's a greatreat victory 543 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,200 Speaker 2: for Texas in America. Go vote. You're on the clock now. 544 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:38,840 Speaker 2: I love it as always. 545 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:42,080 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to Verdict with Center Ted Cruz 546 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:44,280 Speaker 1: Ben Ferguson with you don't forget to down with my 547 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:46,560 Speaker 1: podcast and you can listen to my podcast every other 548 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:48,560 Speaker 1: day you're not listening to Verdict or each day when 549 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:51,080 Speaker 1: you listen to Verdict. Afterwards, I'd love to have you 550 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:53,960 Speaker 1: as a listener to again the Ben Ferguson podcasts, and 551 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,400 Speaker 1: we will see you back here on Monday morning.