1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:01,520 Speaker 1: Welcome. 2 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 2: It is Verdict with center Ted Cruz Ben Ferguson with you. 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 2: Usually I'm the one that's out of town, far far away. Tonight, 4 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 2: as we do the show, you're in another country center 5 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:17,080 Speaker 2: and you're on a codel through Latin America. 6 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 3: Well, that's exactly right. As you and I are talking, 7 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 3: it is late Tuesday night, and I am in El Salvador. 8 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 3: I've spent the entire day in El Salvador, meeting with 9 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 3: senior government officials, meeting with the President of El Salvador. 10 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 3: I'm going to walk you through exactly what I heard, 11 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 3: what I saw, what is happening on the ground. We're 12 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 3: also going to talk about You're in my favorite Maryland man, 13 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 3: the MS thirteen gangbanger, who the Democrats have decided to 14 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 3: make the poster child for their entire party, and he 15 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 3: has once again been arrested by Ice and is facing deportation. 16 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 3: We're in the lay out the facts of what's happening there. 17 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 3: And finally, Cracker Barrel. Cracker Barrel, after deciding they hate 18 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 3: their customers, after deciding they hate everything their company was 19 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 3: founded upon, they utterly and completely surrendered. They threw in 20 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 3: the cracker They threw in the barrel. We're going to 21 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 3: break down the absolute mess that was behind that, and 22 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 3: I'll give you the punchline early, Go woke, go broke. 23 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: Go broke. 24 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 2: And the best part about this story is this controversy 25 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 2: they were warned about a long time ago, and we've 26 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 2: got a new time on on it. It wasn't just 27 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 2: over the last week and a half. All right, Let's 28 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 2: talk real quick about how you. 29 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: Start your morning. 30 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 2: Have you ever started your morning with a perfect cup 31 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 2: of small batch coffee? 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Use my name Bang, get twenty percent off. 59 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 2: You're gonna love it. You'll be addicted just like I am, 60 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 2: and you'll get to start your day off with way 61 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:15,079 Speaker 2: better coffee than what you're drinking right now, all right, 62 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 2: So centater let's talk about why you are where you 63 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:22,079 Speaker 2: are right now in El Salvador. Explain quickly what a 64 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 2: codell is, what it means, and then why you chose 65 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 2: to do this in Latin America. 66 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 3: Well, a codell is very simple. That is an abbreviation 67 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:33,639 Speaker 3: for congressional delegation, and that is official travel as part 68 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 3: of your job serving in Congress or in my case, 69 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 3: serving in the Senate. And I've done a number of 70 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 3: codells to different parts of the world. You do it 71 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 3: because you need to go and meet with foreign leaders. 72 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 3: You need to understand the challenges in different countries as 73 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 3: they impact the United States. And so I am right 74 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 3: now this week on a codell throughout Latin America, and 75 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 3: it started today in El Salvador And the reason I 76 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 3: started in El Salvador is because it's a country that 77 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 3: is impacting the United States profoundly. It is impacting the 78 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 3: United States because in the last several years, particularly in 79 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 3: the Biden administration, we saw a massive influx of illegal 80 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 3: immigration from El Salvador that impacted Texas in the whole country. 81 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 3: And then we've seen El Salvador turn itself around. President 82 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 3: bu Kelly, the president here who was elected with overwhelming support, 83 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:27,559 Speaker 3: re elected with massive support. The success he has had 84 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 3: turning crime around, targeting the cartels, targeting the gangs is extraordinary. 85 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 3: And I spent quite a bit of time this evening 86 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 3: with President Bukelly with his senior team, and that has 87 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 3: made El Salvador safer. But it's also made America safer. 88 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,720 Speaker 3: So that's why I'm here. Now. Let me tell you 89 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 3: how CODELL begins. So I started the day early this 90 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 3: morning in Houston in my home. I got up, went 91 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 3: to the airport, and I flew down to El Salvador. 92 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 3: I got off the plane, and I have a team 93 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 3: for my office is with me, of my national security 94 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 3: and foreign policy team. We started by going to a 95 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 3: military base that that that the United States Navy has 96 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,279 Speaker 3: right by the airport, UH. And I met with a 97 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 3: number of American sailors who are there. They're engaged UH 98 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 3: significantly in drug interdiction and and counter terrorism efforts and 99 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 3: and and it's an air base where where they can 100 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:29,280 Speaker 3: they can support they can support planes, they can support 101 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 3: drones and and and they can support all sorts of 102 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 3: air missions UH, fighting terrorism and fighting cartels, and and 103 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:41,480 Speaker 3: so I met with the leadership there of the base 104 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 3: and and I met with There were a number of 105 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 3: sailors from Texas, and so I started by having lunch 106 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 3: with them, uh, asking them about how it was living 107 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 3: in El Salvador, what what their backgrounds were, and they 108 00:05:55,279 --> 00:06:01,839 Speaker 3: were from multiple places throughout throughout Texas. What is interesting, ben, 109 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 3: I asked each of those sailors. I said, okay, you 110 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:08,159 Speaker 3: guys have lived it varied anywhere from from a few 111 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 3: weeks to two years. Down in El Salvador, I said, okay, 112 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 3: how have things changed and what kind of job is 113 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 3: President Boukelly doing. Every single American sailor I spoke with said, 114 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 3: it's extraordinary, Like this country has changed. It is safe. 115 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 3: It used to be incredibly dangerous. It is now safe. 116 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 3: People are willing to walk the streets. They said. People 117 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 3: would not walk the streets at night. It was not safe. 118 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 3: You would not go out after dark because you would 119 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 3: be assaulted, you'd be kidnapped, you'd be murdered. And it 120 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 3: is now become incredibly safe. That that was the assessment 121 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:50,839 Speaker 3: of our sailors. I then went to the US Embassy 122 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 3: and I met with with our country team. 123 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 4: There. 124 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:57,600 Speaker 3: I had a classified briefing in a skiff where they 125 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:00,159 Speaker 3: walked through everything that's happening in El Salvador. And then 126 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 3: I met with a number of US Marines. They were 127 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 3: all young men that they had been in the country 128 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 3: anywhere from actually one fellow was there literally a day wow, 129 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 3: and it ranged this was his second day in country, 130 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 3: and it ranged from I think that the marine had 131 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 3: been there. The longest was nine months. And I asked 132 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 3: them the same questions about a dozen Marines, and so 133 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 3: I went and talked with them, and I said, okay, 134 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 3: what do you think of the country? Every one of 135 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 3: them said, this is an incredible place. We love it 136 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 3: down here. But I also asked, okay, what kind of 137 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 3: job is the current administration doing? And again they raved 138 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 3: about it. It was one of the interesting things been 139 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 3: every single person I asked on this trip, I asked, 140 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 3: how is President bou Kelly doing. I did not find 141 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 3: a single person, a single Salvadoran, a single American. And 142 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 3: I met, as I said, I talked with a number 143 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 3: of especially American servicemen and women. I didn't find a 144 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 3: single one who had anything negatives say. That is rare, 145 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 3: and there's a reason for that. After meeting with the Marines, 146 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 3: after meeting with our country team at the embassy. I 147 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 3: went and sat down with the Justice Minister and I 148 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 3: got to say the Justice Minister, that presentation been their 149 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 3: very few presentations I've been in in my entire time 150 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 3: in the Senate that have been more impressive real because 151 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 3: the Justice, Yes, the Justice Minister laid out what they've done. 152 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 3: In twenty fifteen, do you know that El Salvador was 153 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 3: the murder capital of the world. 154 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a and I'm pretty sure if I 155 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 2: remember correctly, the State Department put it out there in 156 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 2: essence as they do not travel zone for Americans. 157 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 3: In fact, in twenty fifteen, here are the data. The 158 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 3: murder rate in El Salvador was one hundred people per 159 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 3: one hundred thousand. That meant one out of one thousand 160 00:08:55,920 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 3: people in the country was murdered. That was the single 161 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 3: highest murder rate of any country on the planet. President 162 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 3: bu Kelly came in, and he came in and began 163 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 3: going after the cartels and he began arresting. He arrested 164 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 3: over eighty thousand gang members. He went after MS thirteen 165 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 3: and he locked them up. He built a gigantic prison, 166 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 3: the Seacot Prison, that houses up to forty thousand people. 167 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 3: It was designed to house gang members. One of the 168 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 3: things that Justice Minister said, he said, look, in the 169 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 3: United States MS thirteen. To become a member of MS thirteen, 170 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 3: you know, you know what you have to do. 171 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:36,559 Speaker 1: If I remember correctly, you've actually got to kill somebody. 172 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 3: That's exactly right. That is the test for membership is 173 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 3: you have to murder someone. So here's what the Justice 174 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 3: Minister told me that I did not know. Do you 175 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 3: know what the requirement was to become a member of 176 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 3: MS thirteen and. 177 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: L Salvador, I'm assuming it's worse. 178 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 3: You had to murder ten people? 179 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:56,319 Speaker 1: Wow? 180 00:09:56,360 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 3: Ten, So you showed ten people? 181 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 1: Well, and that explains the murder rate. 182 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 3: If you've killed nine. If you killed nine, you're not 183 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 3: in yet. You're not bad enough. You only killed nine, 184 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 3: You're still an amateur. And it was it was fascinating, 185 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:15,199 Speaker 3: like listening to the job. Describe it. He described how 186 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 3: the old government of El Salvador, the leftist, they made 187 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:24,200 Speaker 3: a decision to essentially hand government over to the cartels, 188 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:29,319 Speaker 3: to disempower the police, to disempower the judiciary, to disempower 189 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 3: the government from enforcing law and order. And he said, look, 190 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 3: there was a government, and the government was the gangs. 191 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 3: The gangs were in charge, the gangs in post taxes. 192 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 3: The gangs had an army, the gangs had had a 193 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 3: justice system. They were running the country and and and 194 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 3: it was the murder rate was so bad that nobody 195 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 3: went out at night. I was listening to I was 196 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 3: talking to American personnel who lived there, and they said, 197 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 3: if they had, say a Salvadoran employed who was working 198 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 3: for them, they would insist on going home about four pm. 199 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 3: Why because they would not drive after dark, because if 200 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 3: they did, they might be kidnapped, they might be assaulted, 201 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 3: they might be murdered. So you would not drive after dark. 202 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 3: So Bikelly came in and they said, we're not going 203 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 3: to let the gangs be the government of l Salvador. 204 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 3: We are going to be the government, and we're going 205 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 3: to go after them. And they went in and what's 206 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 3: fascinating is they said the prior government had a list 207 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 3: of most of the gang members. They'd arrest them. They 208 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 3: knew who the gang members were, they'd let them go, 209 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 3: they'd arrest them again, they'd let them go again. They'd 210 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 3: arrest them again, they'd let them go again. So they 211 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:41,800 Speaker 3: had a comprehensive list. What it took was a simple decision, 212 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 3: We're done. We are not letting gang members recavoc murder 213 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:52,439 Speaker 3: our citizens, caused terror throughout the country. And so they 214 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 3: went and began arresting gang members. They began arresting gang 215 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 3: leaders and putting them in jail, taking them off the street. 216 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 3: Now Here is what is amazing, ben The murder rate 217 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 3: went from the worst murder rate on planet Earth to 218 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 3: becoming one of the safest countries in the world. It 219 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 3: went from one hundred murders per one hundred thousand people 220 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 3: to last year in twenty twenty four, it was one 221 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,599 Speaker 3: point nine murders per one hundred thousand people. It was 222 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 3: a ninety eight percent decrease in murders. It is stunning. Yeah, 223 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 3: and that's why President Bucala got re elected with over 224 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,320 Speaker 3: eighty percent of the vote. Because when you take people 225 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 3: from a mad max in thunderdome dystopian hellscape where you're 226 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 3: terrified to be out at night, you do not leave 227 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,560 Speaker 3: your house because you and your family are risking death, 228 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 3: to a place where this evening I was in the 229 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:57,560 Speaker 3: capital city and people were walking on the streets and 230 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 3: they're safe and they're not afraid. It turns out locking 231 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 3: up the criminals getting him off the street that works. 232 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 2: All of you know that I am a pro Second 233 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 2: Amendment guy. I've shared on numerous occasions how caring my 234 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 2: firearms saved my life from a gang related attack. But 235 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:16,680 Speaker 2: for those of you out there with family members who 236 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 2: may not be comfortable having a gun by their side, 237 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 2: you still want them to be able to protect themselves 238 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 2: and others in times of danger. And that's where the 239 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 2: Burno launcher comes in. Berna is a handheld pistol that 240 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 2: fires both kinetic rounds and chemical irritants to separate you 241 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 2: from an attacker. And I'm here with Josh Cherrard from 242 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 2: Berna to share the true story of how an avid 243 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 2: hiker uses burned to stop an attacking mountain lion. Josh 244 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 2: tell us what happened. 245 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, Jason is an avid hiker deciding to 246 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 5: take his family out on a hiker he's done several times, 247 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 5: super easy, high but super fun, all armed with his Berna. 248 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:54,319 Speaker 5: You know, this is one of those things where he 249 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 5: didn't expect to see anything, and all of a sudden, 250 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 5: on this hike, this mountain lion appears out of no work. 251 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:01,839 Speaker 5: Of course, He's sin his family on down the trail, 252 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 5: watches the line for a few minutes, realizing it's not 253 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 5: going away, so uses his burner, fires a few rounds 254 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 5: to scare it off. Continues down the trail, but unfortunately 255 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 5: this mountain line appears again, at which point he realized 256 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:16,960 Speaker 5: he was going to have to up his aggression with 257 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 5: that burner. Fire's four rounds was able to strike the 258 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 5: mountain lion all four times at chest and torso, at 259 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 5: which point that mountain lion airs off, never to be 260 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 5: seen again. These guys make it down the trail, back 261 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 5: to their car and back to home safely. Fortunately, this 262 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 5: is all it took to make sure and get this 263 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 5: family back home safe off a hike that could have 264 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 5: taken an obvious turn for the worst. 265 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 2: And I'm going to guess that burner has been used 266 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 2: to stop other types of animal attacks as well. 267 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 5: Absolutely, we get stories all the time of users with 268 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 5: whether it be dogs or other wildlife. We even have 269 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 5: an ecological park whose security carries burna four bears out 270 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 5: in the smoky mountains out there. That's been effective there 271 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 5: as well, So once again, not just a tool for people, 272 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 5: but very effective against animals as well. 273 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: It's really incredible. 274 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 2: If you want to get more information on how you 275 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 2: and your family member can protect themselves with the Burner launcher, 276 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 2: go to Berna dot com. That's by r NA dot com. 277 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 2: Again by RNA dot com, Burner dot com. 278 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,359 Speaker 1: You know, this also reminds me so much. 279 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 2: Of the conversation that I think we're trying to have 280 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 2: right now in this country. In so many of these 281 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 2: dangerous cities. It just takes the willpower and the leadership, 282 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 2: whether it's New York, whether it's Memphis or Detroit, or 283 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 2: Saint Louis or New Orleans, Baltimore. The list goes on 284 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 2: and on, California, San Francisco, right in La those types 285 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 2: of areas where we've seen the criminals take over. 286 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 1: We've seen the gangs takeover. 287 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 2: We've seen cartels that have clearly got their tentacles into 288 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 2: so many of these cities and are making countless dollars 289 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 2: off the drug trade, the human trafficking, the sex trafficking, 290 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 2: the child trafficking. The list goes on on. It just 291 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 2: takes somebody willing to say enough, that's what the President's doing. 292 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 2: In Washington, d C. We're witnessing it and have instant effects. 293 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 2: It's a lot like what you're talking about right now 294 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 2: where you are. 295 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, it is a political choice, and that's what everyone 296 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 3: here was emphasizing. It was a choice before we're going 297 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 3: to allow the gangs to run this country and we 298 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 3: don't care if people are murdered, We're not going to 299 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 3: do anything about it. It was a choice to end it, 300 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 3: and it was a choice that was dramatic in terms 301 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 3: of the effects. You know, when I was sitting with 302 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 3: a Justice minister, he pulled up on the computer that 303 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 3: they have in very detailed statistics. So in twenty eighteen, 304 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 3: right before Bukelly came into office, there were across the 305 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 3: country roughly two thousand, three hundred murders. Do you know 306 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 3: how many murders there have been this year? How many fifty? 307 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: Wow? 308 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 2: It went from you to talk about a legacy by 309 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 2: the way hundred Yeah, I mean, just think about a 310 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 2: leader legacy. 311 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, you're literally saving lives through this policy. 312 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 3: And so the Justice minister pulled up on the computer 313 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:14,479 Speaker 3: they have all across the country. He had every single 314 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 3: police officer in the country on this computer. You could 315 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,119 Speaker 3: see the cars, you could see the foot patrols. He 316 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 3: could click on them and you would get the names 317 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 3: of this his officer so and so, officer so and 318 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:27,680 Speaker 3: so in every city across the country where they were. 319 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 3: He could actually click on them and connect with them. 320 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:32,400 Speaker 3: He could call them on their cell phone. He could 321 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:35,639 Speaker 3: video stream with them on their cell phones. He also 322 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 3: had a record of every person that had been arrested 323 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:41,399 Speaker 3: that day. There were four people who were arrested today 324 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:43,880 Speaker 3: and he had you could click on them and at 325 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 3: four thirty two pm. I'm making that up. I don't 326 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 3: remember the time, but you know, one guy was arrested 327 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 3: for theft or whatever whatever it was, and you could 328 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 3: click on it. You could see their arrest report. You 329 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:55,920 Speaker 3: could actually see the mugshot. I saw the mugshot of 330 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 3: a guy was arrested today. And he had real time 331 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 3: data literally all across the country. And they're developing AI 332 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 3: systems to go and target it, and where they see 333 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 3: crime is greater, they go and devote the resources and 334 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 3: they get the criminals off the street. Well, I got 335 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 3: to say, having met with the Justice Minister, then then 336 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 3: I went to the Presidential office and I met with 337 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 3: President Bukelly, and I get to say President Bukelly is 338 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 3: one of the most impressive leaders I've ever met. He's young, 339 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 3: he's charismatic, and his record of success is extraordinary. His 340 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 3: country is fundamentally different. I shared with him. I shared 341 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 3: with him the story that every person I had met 342 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 3: in the country today, I asked, Hey, what do you 343 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:49,360 Speaker 3: think of the president? All of them, everyone, every Salvador, 344 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 3: and every American said he's doing a phenomenal job. I 345 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 3: laughed and said, you know what, I don't know if 346 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 3: a politician in America that would be true. It's certainly 347 00:18:57,359 --> 00:18:58,600 Speaker 3: not true of me. If you ask a guy on 348 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:00,640 Speaker 3: the street, there's some people who like this job I'm doing. 349 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:03,679 Speaker 3: There are other people who would tell you what a terrible, 350 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:05,880 Speaker 3: horrible human being I am that that that's a little 351 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 3: bit of the price of politics, It says something. But 352 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:12,920 Speaker 3: you know what, when you go from the worst murder 353 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 3: capital on the planet to one of the safest countries 354 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:20,160 Speaker 3: in the world, turns out people really appreciate that well. 355 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 2: And when you're living in that type of fear in hell, 356 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:24,919 Speaker 2: it's not political. It's about your family and safety. And 357 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 2: it sounds like people are judging him based on that, 358 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:30,399 Speaker 2: not on like, look, you you interact with someone that's conserved, 359 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 2: they're going to love you. Liberals automatically hate you. That's 360 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 2: that's like a fifty to fifty split right away when 361 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:38,400 Speaker 2: you wake up every morning. It would be nice, by 362 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 2: the way, if while President Trump is doing what he's 363 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 2: doing in DC, if people in DC would look at 364 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 2: this as a safety issue. 365 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 1: Now's a political issue. 366 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 2: Maybe they could take that away from from what you're 367 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:50,400 Speaker 2: witnessing down there right now. 368 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 3: Well and listen, President mc kelly expressed real frustration because 369 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:57,440 Speaker 3: the Biden administration did everything they could to undermine him, 370 00:19:57,440 --> 00:19:59,919 Speaker 3: to attack the government of L. Salvador, and I was 371 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,879 Speaker 3: laughing with President m kelly, saying, you know, it is bizarre. 372 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,199 Speaker 3: I think the policy of America ought to be that 373 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 3: we treat our friends well, we are good friends to 374 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 3: our friends, and we stand up to our enemies. And 375 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 3: under Biden, the policy seemed to be that we treat 376 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 3: our friends like crap, and we give in and show 377 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 3: weakness and appeasement to our enemies. And I got to say, 378 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 3: I think President m kelly he agreed with that. The 379 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 3: Biden administration puts sanctions on government officials in L. Salvador. 380 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 3: They undermined it. They attacked it, and they did everything 381 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 3: they could to drive l Salvador away. By the way, 382 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 3: when they're locking up these MS thirteen gang members, these leaders, 383 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:47,439 Speaker 3: they're making America safer, and yet the Biden administration undermined him. 384 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 3: And one of the things President m kelly was very 385 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,879 Speaker 3: grateful about is President Trump is exactly the opposite. He 386 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 3: and President Trump are quite close. You remember, not too 387 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:59,159 Speaker 3: long ago he was in DC in the Oval Office 388 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:02,680 Speaker 3: with President Trump. They've worked together very very closely. And 389 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 3: the difference in what he was emphasizing. He said, this 390 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 3: is a choice. It is a choice, and we talked 391 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:12,439 Speaker 3: about DC. We actually analogized it. Look, the President in 392 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:14,879 Speaker 3: d C said we're gonna we're gonna put federal law 393 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 3: enforcement officials on the ground. We're going to arrest murders. 394 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 3: We're going to arrest criminals and keep people safe. And 395 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:23,879 Speaker 3: the results have been dramatic. Violent crime has dropped significantly 396 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 3: in DC because of the simple act of saying we're 397 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 3: going to arrest violent criminals. That's a choice, I'll tell you. 398 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 3: President bmu kelly brought up San Francisco. He brought up 399 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 3: when when she from China came to San Francisco and 400 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 3: he said it was amazing. Suddenly all the homeless people 401 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:41,199 Speaker 3: and drug addicts, they removed them all from the streets. 402 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:42,960 Speaker 3: And I was laughing. And this is what you and 403 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 3: I talked about just two days ago on the podcast. 404 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:49,679 Speaker 3: Gavin Newsom, when he was able to clean up San Francisco, 405 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 3: he told every resident of San Francisco, you don't matter 406 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 3: to me. Let's assume Ben, this is a little bit 407 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:01,360 Speaker 3: of a stretch, but you're let's assume you're a lefty, 408 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 3: granola crunching Marxist in San Francisco, and you've been told 409 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 3: over and over again, there's nothing we can do about homelessness. 410 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:14,399 Speaker 3: So there were nothing we can do about heroin addict 411 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 3: shooting up on the street, There's nothing we can do 412 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:21,159 Speaker 3: about people defecating on the streets. And then suddenly the 413 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:24,160 Speaker 3: leader of communist China shows up and Gavin Newsom cleans 414 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:28,120 Speaker 3: everything and it's sparkling, spick and span. And how even 415 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 3: if you were the most left wing democrat on earth, 416 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 3: how do you not stop and say, wait a second. 417 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 3: You told me you couldn't fix this, and then in 418 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 3: twenty four hours you fixed it. What that means is 419 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 3: you could have fixed it a week ago, a month ago, 420 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 3: a year ago, and you didn't because my kids don't 421 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 3: matter to you as much as the leader of China. 422 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:51,439 Speaker 3: And that's what Kelly brought up. And he and I 423 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 3: were both agreeing, you can fix this problem if you 424 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,879 Speaker 3: choose to fix this problem. And I gotta say bo 425 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 3: Kelly's results, and we talked about I did a press 426 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 3: conference this evening where of course the reporters were attacking 427 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,160 Speaker 3: Bukelly because they don't like his results. And I said, listen, 428 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 3: when you have a ninety eight percent reduction in the 429 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:15,400 Speaker 3: murder rates, the results speak for themselves. And I said, 430 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 3: there's an analogy to President Trump in the United States, 431 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:20,920 Speaker 3: where when he got sworn in, we have a ninety 432 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 3: nine percent reduction in the rate of illegal boarding crossing 433 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 3: border crossings that happened immediately. And I did point out 434 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 3: to bu Kelly when I said that. I said, look, 435 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 3: you're at ninety eight. President Trump's at ninety nine. I'm 436 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 3: not trying to wane op you. And I said, to 437 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 3: be fair, I said, to be fair, your status murder 438 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 3: So that's like incredibly acute. But if we're arguing between 439 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 3: ninety eight ninety nine. That is incredible success for both 440 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 3: our nations. 441 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:52,120 Speaker 2: This, by the way, brings me to subject number two, 442 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 2: and you talk about how the left is just hell 443 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:59,360 Speaker 2: bent on crime and making sure that crime stay is high. 444 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 2: They're fighting law in order everywhere they can. They still 445 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 2: haven't even learned of how bad it makes them look 446 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:11,119 Speaker 2: to support an illegal alien criminal who has become the 447 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:14,640 Speaker 2: poster child of the Democratic Party. And let's talk about 448 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,719 Speaker 2: the update to this Kamarabrego Garcia story. 449 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:22,679 Speaker 3: Well, this is the Maryland man who the Democrats have 450 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 3: decided is who they stand for. And he's an MS 451 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 3: thirteen gangbanger. And he was arrested, he was deported Dell Salvatory, 452 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,119 Speaker 3: he was brought back. He's been charged with human trafficking. 453 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:40,960 Speaker 3: He's also been alleged to have physically assaulted and beaten 454 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:45,119 Speaker 3: his wife. You and I on this podcast read through 455 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 3: the indictment and the human trafficking, the crimes that he'd 456 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 3: been involved with MS thirteen for a decade. And yet 457 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 3: Democrat senators, including Chris van Holland, the Democrat from Maryland 458 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,680 Speaker 3: who's my colleague, flew down to El Salvador and did 459 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:03,640 Speaker 3: something very different than what I did. I sat down 460 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,360 Speaker 3: with mckelly and wanted to talk about his incredible success 461 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 3: making the country safer and protecting innocent families. Chris Van 462 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 3: Holland wanted to go to the prison where where Abrego 463 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 3: Garcia was and sit down and have Margherita's with him 464 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:19,919 Speaker 3: and be like, Oh, it's terrible that they're locking up 465 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 3: gang members. And you know what, you know what Americans want. Apparently, 466 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 3: what what Van Holland thinks Marylanders want is more illegal 467 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:31,119 Speaker 3: immigrants and more gang members. And and so what what 468 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:35,119 Speaker 3: happened is I arrested Bregor Garcia and then they're in 469 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:38,119 Speaker 3: the process of deporting him yet again, and and and 470 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 3: the Democrats are once again circling around him because apparently 471 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 3: they believe that's what Americans want. And I want you 472 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:52,640 Speaker 3: to listen to to this clip of of what happened 473 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 3: when when what concerning his arrest. Give a listen. 474 00:25:56,560 --> 00:26:00,880 Speaker 4: I think MS President today, I'm as thirteen baker and 475 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:04,920 Speaker 4: human trafficker Kilmar Abregio Garcia turned himself into ice in Baltimore. 476 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,119 Speaker 4: Give any comment on this and why the Democrats so 477 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 4: emotionally attached this man who beats his wife and is 478 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 4: part of a terrorist organization. 479 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 6: Because they think he's going to be good for VOTs, 480 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 6: and I think he's very bad for votes. These people 481 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:23,399 Speaker 6: are deranged. He's not good for votes. He beat the 482 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:24,399 Speaker 6: hell out of his wife. 483 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: His wife is. 484 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 6: Afraid to even talk about him. She's been mauled by 485 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:33,719 Speaker 6: this animal. And you know, through a system of liberal courts, 486 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 6: you know, he's doing things. But now we have that 487 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 6: under control, and Pam has got that very much under Conville. 488 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 6: You want to comment on it. 489 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 7: No, no, we've got him under control. He will no 490 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 7: longer terrorize our country. He's currently charged with human smuggling 491 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 7: and concluding children. The guy needs to be in prison. 492 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,680 Speaker 7: He doesn't need to be on the streets like all 493 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 7: these liberals want him to be. And as part of 494 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,720 Speaker 7: this operation here in d we've also taken off MS 495 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 7: MS thirteen members. We've taken I think just last night 496 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 7: we got a TDA guide off our streets right here, 497 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 7: right around from where we all work. Another TDA member 498 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 7: gone because of this project. So we're going to keep 499 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:20,120 Speaker 7: America safe from all of these foreign terrorist organizations, including 500 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:21,120 Speaker 7: a breako Garcia. 501 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 3: You know, one of the funniest things, Pam Bondi when 502 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:27,119 Speaker 3: she's talking about it, she said, you know, in DC, 503 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,880 Speaker 3: we got an MS and she starts to say MSNBC, 504 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:35,119 Speaker 3: and she's like an MS in thirteen. Yeah, and like 505 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 3: an MSNBC reporter at MSNBC commentator off the street who 506 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 3: To be honest, there may not be a massive difference 507 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 3: because on MSNBC, what are they doing. They're defending MS thirteen. 508 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 3: But I just thought that was a really amusing Freudian slip. 509 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, now, you can't make it up. It's one of 510 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 1: those that makes me laugh. 511 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 2: You look at this story, and I got to say, 512 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,040 Speaker 2: I really like our chances right now going into a 513 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:05,200 Speaker 2: midterm if Democrats cannot get it together, even their national 514 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:07,360 Speaker 2: I don't know, convention, whatever the hell you call it. 515 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 2: They're obsessed over words and language. They're obsessed with defending 516 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 2: criminals and illegal alien criminals. They're learning nothing, and they're 517 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 2: certainly not listening to the American people and what they're 518 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 2: saying either, which is the most important thing. 519 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 3: Yeah. Well, look, we saw an illustration of this with 520 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 3: Cracker Barrel. Cracker Barrel is a terrific institution, particularly in 521 00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:33,119 Speaker 3: the South, and their woke leadership decided that everything the 522 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:35,440 Speaker 3: company was built on they didn't like, and in particular, 523 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 3: they didn't like the customers. You know, their customers they 524 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:42,200 Speaker 3: thought were not nearly as enlightened as they should be, 525 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 3: they were not nearly as woke as they should be. 526 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:47,240 Speaker 3: And the whole thing was very reminiscent of bud Light. 527 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:49,760 Speaker 3: You know, bud Light. You had a marketing executive who said, 528 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:51,960 Speaker 3: you know, the people who buy bud Light, we don't 529 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:55,400 Speaker 3: like them. We need to have you know, a bunch 530 00:28:55,440 --> 00:29:00,920 Speaker 3: of woke transgender activists drinking our beer instead. It was 531 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 3: reminiscent of what happened with Target, where they decided to market, 532 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:12,320 Speaker 3: you know, to market to transgender toddlers and do it 533 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 3: prominently pushing, pushing bathing suits for two year old boys 534 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:21,040 Speaker 3: to tuck their genitals, to hide them away, to pretend 535 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 3: they're not boys. That was Target thinking, this is really 536 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 3: what America wants, because you know, if you're the parent 537 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 3: of a two year old, clearly you want your son 538 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:32,000 Speaker 3: to believe he's a daughter when he's two. This is 539 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:36,520 Speaker 3: a phenomenon of business leaders who buy into an ideology 540 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 3: that is wildly unpopular and ultimately directly antithetical to their customers. 541 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 3: And so Cracker Barrel had a logo, had a logo 542 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 3: of you know, an old old guy sitting on a 543 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:52,440 Speaker 3: chair next to a giant barrel. And they decided, okay, 544 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:54,120 Speaker 3: let's get rid of the cracker, let's get rid of 545 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 3: the barrel, let's get rid of it all, and we'll 546 00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:01,600 Speaker 3: just have anodyne words because we're really embarrassed that that 547 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 3: that were for anything nostalgic, anything that that that that 548 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 3: is Americana. And the pushback has been phenomenal. There's stock 549 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 3: prices tank just like bud Light, just like Target, and 550 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:18,400 Speaker 3: and just today they announced never mind, Okay, yeah, this 551 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:21,840 Speaker 3: has not worked well. The beatings are really hurting, so 552 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:22,880 Speaker 3: we're going to stop. 553 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:23,600 Speaker 5: Uh. 554 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:28,280 Speaker 3: But but it is it is striking that that it 555 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:31,400 Speaker 3: took the reaction of the market for them to figure 556 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 3: it out. I want to say though, it is a great, 557 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:38,840 Speaker 3: great victory for common sense that Cracker Barrel finally gave 558 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,560 Speaker 3: in and said, you know what, we're going to stop 559 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 3: being woke because we'd like to actually have one or 560 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:45,640 Speaker 3: two customers when this is all said and done. 561 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:46,120 Speaker 1: Yeah. 562 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:50,680 Speaker 2: The the I think the frustration of conservatives now voting 563 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:53,320 Speaker 2: with our dollars, and that is what ultimately this came 564 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 2: down to a Cracker brought. This was a bunch of 565 00:30:55,640 --> 00:31:00,720 Speaker 2: Americans that said, Okay, you despise us, you despise you 566 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:04,800 Speaker 2: know who we are as a customer base. You're basically 567 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:08,520 Speaker 2: telling us you don't want us anymore. Watch this, And 568 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 2: that is exactly how they got this point very quickly. 569 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 2: And look, I also think when you have people like 570 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,320 Speaker 2: you and the President who are willing to speak out 571 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 2: on this and say you guys are being stupid, they 572 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:22,120 Speaker 2: realize how quickly others are like yeah, us too, like 573 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 2: we're gonna you know what, We're going to say that 574 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:28,440 Speaker 2: we think this is ridiculous, and we're starting to finally, 575 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 2: I think see the pendulum swing back the other way, 576 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 2: which is really really cool. 577 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:37,400 Speaker 3: I was gratified because yesterday President Trump publicly called out 578 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:39,560 Speaker 3: Cracker Barrel and said, look, you need to just go 579 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:41,800 Speaker 3: back to your old logo, like give this up in 580 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,640 Speaker 3: the rebranding and accept that you were wrong. And I'll 581 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:47,280 Speaker 3: tell you. I jumped in on Twitter. I retweeted him, 582 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 3: I said this is absolutely right, and the two of 583 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,440 Speaker 3: us were very vocal saying go back to where you 584 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:55,240 Speaker 3: were in Twenty four hours later they did so that 585 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,360 Speaker 3: that was gratifying. It's not always that people listen, they 586 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:01,440 Speaker 3: listen to common sense. In this case, they did, and 587 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:06,520 Speaker 3: it's worth noting it isn't just in the last week 588 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:11,280 Speaker 3: that people noticed that what Cracker Barrel was doing was nuts. 589 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:17,120 Speaker 3: Almost a year ago November of last year, a big 590 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 3: investor in Cracker Barrel Guy named Sardar big Laurie. He 591 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:26,520 Speaker 3: owns approximately five percent of the restaurant chainstock. He wrote 592 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 3: to his fellow shareholders that the Cracker Barrel transformation was 593 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 3: a quote mistake of misguided executives falling into a textbook 594 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:41,480 Speaker 3: trap of overspending on cosmetic remodeling. And he continued the 595 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:46,200 Speaker 3: day Cracker Barrel opened, it was already old, its theme 596 00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,959 Speaker 3: derived from the nineteen twenties, and he wrote, I am 597 00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:53,320 Speaker 3: concerned that not only will the remodel not work, but 598 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:59,680 Speaker 3: it could actually damage the brand further. These decisions are 599 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,720 Speaker 3: taking us down the same path I believe as Ruby Tuesday, 600 00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:06,280 Speaker 3: Red Lobster, Tgi Fridays and the like. Let me make 601 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:12,000 Speaker 3: my position clear. The company's seven hundred million dollars remodel 602 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:17,000 Speaker 3: plan will not work. And he called at a letter 603 00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:20,400 Speaker 3: to the shareholders in October twenty twenty four the board's 604 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:26,800 Speaker 3: transformation plan quote obvious folly. And yet the corporate leadership 605 00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:30,360 Speaker 3: ignored the shareholder own five percent of the company, and 606 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:34,719 Speaker 3: they charged down that road anyway, and they vaporized roughly 607 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:38,840 Speaker 3: fifteen percent of the market cap of the company because 608 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:43,360 Speaker 3: that they were more interested in listening to woke marketing executives. 609 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:46,080 Speaker 3: And by the way, the entire marketing world, much of 610 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:49,880 Speaker 3: that is a scam of left wing, woke people who 611 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:53,160 Speaker 3: despise their customers. And let me say, if you're in 612 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:57,080 Speaker 3: corporate America, don't listen to marketing executives that don't understand 613 00:33:57,080 --> 00:34:00,680 Speaker 3: and don't like your customers. But in this instance, Cracker 614 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 3: Barrel should have listened to its investor and not these 615 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:05,720 Speaker 3: marketing execs, and it paid the price. But the good 616 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:10,160 Speaker 3: news is they finally, finally, finally listened and reversed and said, 617 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:13,040 Speaker 3: you know what, the principles we were founded on, the 618 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:16,880 Speaker 3: principles America was founded on. Those principles are pretty good. 619 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:17,919 Speaker 3: We're going to get back to them. 620 00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:21,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's incredible. All right, final question for you. You've got 621 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:24,200 Speaker 2: day one in the books that Codell you're going to 622 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:27,480 Speaker 2: be down there and also doing more we're going to 623 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:29,239 Speaker 2: be able to talk about that coming up on the 624 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:30,400 Speaker 2: next episode of Verdict. 625 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:34,200 Speaker 3: That's right. This is a multi day trip and we're 626 00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:37,480 Speaker 3: traveling to two other countries throughout Latin America, and the 627 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:40,360 Speaker 3: focus is really on meeting with heads of state, meeting 628 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:44,360 Speaker 3: with leaders in each of these countries where the issues 629 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:48,560 Speaker 3: directly impact the United States, directly impact Texas, they impact 630 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:51,799 Speaker 3: our national security, they impact our economy. By the way, 631 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,120 Speaker 3: I had dinner tonight with the Economy Minister here in 632 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:58,480 Speaker 3: El Salvador. They're very focused on American investment on energy, 633 00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:03,799 Speaker 3: on technology, on pharmacyceuticals, on creating jobs, and by the way, 634 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:06,719 Speaker 3: to give a sense of how much these changes matter, 635 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:08,600 Speaker 3: I'm going to give you two stats to wrap up with. 636 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:14,000 Speaker 3: The Justice Minister told me they've had over ten thousand 637 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:16,960 Speaker 3: applications for people who want to be police officers. Suddenly, 638 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:20,319 Speaker 3: people are eager to be police officers because it's making 639 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:23,880 Speaker 3: a difference because as they're making their community safe. Previously, 640 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,640 Speaker 3: when the gangs were running the country, they had in 641 00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:30,000 Speaker 3: one year over three hundred police officers murdered. Being a 642 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:34,400 Speaker 3: police officer was literally taking your life and your family's 643 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:36,480 Speaker 3: life in danger. Now people are lining up to be 644 00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:39,480 Speaker 3: police officers because they see the difference. But here's something else. 645 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:42,759 Speaker 3: It used to be that the people of El Salvador 646 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:45,880 Speaker 3: were fleeing this country because, look, you were risking being murdered, 647 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:48,799 Speaker 3: your kids were risking being murdered. You wanted to get out. 648 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:54,680 Speaker 3: Now we are seeing reverse migration. They're roughly six million 649 00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:57,960 Speaker 3: Salvadorans in El Salvador. They are about three million Salvadorans 650 00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:02,800 Speaker 3: in the United States. President Beccaulay told me roughly half 651 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,840 Speaker 3: of those Salvadorans in America, about one and a half million, 652 00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:08,680 Speaker 3: have said they want to come back to El Salvador. 653 00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:12,680 Speaker 3: They're seeing reverse migration because suddenly people are saying, wait, 654 00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:14,840 Speaker 3: I fled my country because I was terrified for my 655 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:18,279 Speaker 3: safety and my family. Now the country's safe, I want 656 00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:20,520 Speaker 3: to come back. I love love the beach and the 657 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:24,400 Speaker 3: mountains and the people and the culture. That is changing 658 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:27,560 Speaker 3: this country. And it ought to be an encouragement to 659 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:32,080 Speaker 3: any other leader, to any mayor, to anyone facing crime 660 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:35,840 Speaker 3: and challenges. When you fix these problems, it doesn't just 661 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:39,760 Speaker 3: keep people safe, which it does, but it has economic benefits. 662 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:45,160 Speaker 3: It literally transforms your community. That's inspirational and as I said, 663 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:47,560 Speaker 3: this is the beginning of a multi day trip throughout 664 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:50,239 Speaker 3: Latin America. So in two days we'll report on the 665 00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:50,880 Speaker 3: rest of the trip. 666 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:52,360 Speaker 1: It's going to be awesome. Don't forget. 667 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:54,799 Speaker 2: We do this show Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. So hit 668 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,680 Speaker 2: that subscriber auto download button and the center and I 669 00:36:57,719 --> 00:36:59,799 Speaker 2: will see you back here in a couple of days.