1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 1: Welcome. It is Verdict Live on. 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 2: The Road at the Texas Youth Summit. Ben Ferguson. With 3 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 2: you is Senator Ted Cruz. Senator. I feel like this 4 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 2: is a hostage video. You are in Washington, held hostage 5 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:26,080 Speaker 2: right now because of a looming government shutdown. We know 6 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 2: that the President, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, one of 7 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 2: your best friends. 8 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 1: They're excited about this shutdown. 9 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 2: Explain to everybody what's gonna happen with a shutdown and 10 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:38,160 Speaker 2: how it's playing out. 11 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 3: Well for this hostage video, I will try to refrain 12 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:46,959 Speaker 3: from blinking sos with my eyelids, but I am indeed 13 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:48,959 Speaker 3: trapped in a lunatic asylum. 14 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 4: I'm in Washington, DC. 15 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 3: My plan had been to be back there with you. 16 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,319 Speaker 3: I've been to the Texas Youth Summit multiple years. It's 17 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 3: a fantastic gathering. Let me say to all the young men, 18 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 3: all the young women who are there, who are standing up, 19 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 3: who are speaking out, who are engaging and making a difference, 20 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 3: making a difference in your community, making a difference in Texas, 21 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 3: making a difference in the country. Thank you for your leadership. 22 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 3: It is a great event. That's why I always love coming. 23 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 3: But I'm right now stuck in DC because we are 24 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:22,039 Speaker 3: hours away from yet another government shutdown. And so if 25 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,399 Speaker 3: Congress doesn't act, and I think the chances of Congress 26 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 3: acting are very very low, I think it is extremely 27 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 3: likely that will have a shutdown. If Congress doesn't act 28 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 3: by midnight tonight, then at twelve oh one am, funding 29 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 3: for the federal government will end, and I think we're 30 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 3: likely to have an extended government shutdown. 31 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 4: I think it's gonna last while. 32 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 2: Let's talk about the politics of a shutdown. Each side 33 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 2: has to have a calculation. They have these conversations who wins, 34 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 2: who loses, and how this is going to be affecting 35 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 2: their party. What is a shutdown? You've been through a 36 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 2: couple of these, what are your concerns? And also there's 37 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 2: some civility that should be in these shutdowns, that certain 38 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 2: people get paid. 39 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: And yet there are good. 40 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 2: Men and women that protecting to find this country who 41 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 2: Democrats seem to be wanting to play politics for them 42 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 2: not getting a paycheck. 43 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: That really bothers me. 44 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 4: Well, there's a constrain of two things. 45 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 3: One a basic constitutional principle that the federal government cannot 46 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 3: spend money unless Congress has appropriated it. So what's causing 47 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 3: this shutdown is the fiscal year. The federal fiscal year 48 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 3: ends today September thirtieth, and that's where the appropriations run out, 49 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 3: which means you need new appropriations. They're typically three ways 50 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 3: that Congress will appropriate. One you can pass individual appropriation 51 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 3: bills for particular government programs or cabinet agencies. That's called 52 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 3: regular order. That's the way it used to happen routinely. 53 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 3: That happens very rarely now. A second way to do 54 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,799 Speaker 3: it is you can pass what's called an omnibus, which 55 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 3: is basically taking a bunch of those appropriations bills, combining 56 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 3: them all together, and passing them as one gigantic, multi 57 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:10,359 Speaker 3: trillion dollar spending bill. That happens with some regularity. The 58 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 3: third way is you can pass what's called a CR, 59 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 3: a continuing resolution, and a continuing resolution basically just kicks 60 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 3: the can down the road. It typically extends government spending 61 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 3: for a finite period of time. 62 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 4: So you could have. 63 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,239 Speaker 3: A one week CR, a two week CR, a thirty 64 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:31,679 Speaker 3: day CR, a ninety day CR. Just depends on what 65 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 3: the sides negotiate. If none of those get passed, and 66 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 3: I think none of those are the most likely outcome 67 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 3: today is none of them will get passed today. Then 68 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 3: what happens is federal government spending stops, but federal workers 69 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 3: who are deemed essential workers still have to go to work. 70 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:56,119 Speaker 3: So for example, the military, if you're stationed in harm's way, 71 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 3: the military still has to go to work because they're 72 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 3: essential workers. Air traffic controllers. Everyone wants to get on 73 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 3: an airplane tomorrow. Don't worry, you're not going to get 74 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 3: on an airplane and discover the no air traffic controllers 75 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 3: and planes are just flying willy dilly. Air traffic controllers 76 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 3: are essential. They show up and go to work. And 77 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,479 Speaker 3: so there are thousands upon thousands of federal workers that 78 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 3: are deemed essential who come in and go to work, 79 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 3: but they don't get paid. 80 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,480 Speaker 4: They go to work, but they don't get. 81 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 3: A paycheck now in the past, and also there are 82 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 3: programs that are mandatory programs that are benefit programs. Those 83 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 3: programs continue, so for example, Social Security and medicare the 84 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 3: checks people are getting in the mail. 85 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:39,159 Speaker 4: Those checks keep coming. 86 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 3: So that part, which is a big part of the 87 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 3: federal budget, that continues automatically. What stops is discretionary federal 88 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 3: spending that is non essential, and if Congress doesn't act today, 89 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 3: that will stop at twelve o one am tonight. 90 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 2: You are obviously a huge proponent of fiscal responsibility. 91 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: I just pulled up on my phone the national debt clock. 92 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 2: Right now, the national debts at thirty three trillion, one 93 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 2: hundred and twenty one billion, four hundred and ninety four million. 94 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 2: Debt per citizen highest we've ever seen a ninety eight 95 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:19,160 Speaker 2: thousand and six sixty seven a person. 96 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 1: But not everybody pays taxes. 97 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 2: That means right now debt per US taxpayers two hundred 98 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 2: and fifty five thousand dollars three hundred and fifty three. 99 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: Dollars and counting. 100 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 2: You look at these government shutdowns, and the argument is 101 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 2: we're trying to fight for more physical responsibility. What are 102 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 2: Republicans need to do because this is a point where 103 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 2: we're bankrupting not just this country, but the future of 104 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 2: this country and the kids and the grandkids in this country. 105 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 4: Well, look, that's exactly right. 106 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 3: I think a shutdown is very very likely because the 107 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 3: incentives of all the players are such that it's just 108 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 3: inevitable that they're just crashing into each other. I think 109 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 3: Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer both really want a shutdown. 110 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:06,599 Speaker 3: They have decided politically it's good for them to have 111 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 3: a shutdown. Now, why is that? The reason they think 112 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 3: it's politically good for Democrats to have a shutdown is 113 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:16,359 Speaker 3: inevitably one hundred out of one hundred times, the media, 114 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 3: the official parents for the Democrat Party, blame every shutdown 115 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 3: on Republicans that happens like night follows day, every yapping 116 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 3: marionette in the media is going to do that. And 117 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 3: so the Democrats are saying, hey, you know, biden agenda's 118 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 3: going really badly. 119 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 4: The border is total. 120 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 3: Chaos, the economy is a mess. We don't want to 121 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 3: talk about any of that. Let's have a shutdown instead 122 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 3: and have all the media blaming those mean, terrible Republicans 123 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 3: for shutting down the government. That's why I think Biden 124 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,359 Speaker 3: and Schumer want a shutdown. On the other hand, in 125 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 3: the House, and this is principally a battle between House 126 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 3: Republicans and the White House. In the House, Kevin McCarthy 127 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 3: is the Speaker of the House, but he has just 128 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 3: a four vote majority, incredibly narrow majority. What Biden and 129 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 3: Schumer are demanding of McCarthy is complete and total surrender. 130 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 3: Surrender altogether, fund every single one of our big government 131 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 3: left wing priorities, and if you don't, we'll shut down 132 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:17,239 Speaker 3: the government. 133 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 4: Keaven can't give in. 134 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 3: It is impossible for Kevin to surrender the way Schumer 135 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 3: and Biden are demanding, because if Kevin surrenders, his. 136 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 4: Speakership will be over. 137 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 3: You will see a House Republican member file what's called 138 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 3: a motion to vacate the chair, and he'll be voted 139 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 3: out as speaker. And so Kevin cannot politically survive surrendering 140 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 3: to Biden and Schumer. Given those dynamics, I don't think 141 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 3: Schumer and Biden are going to budge and I don't 142 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 3: think Kevin can give them everything they want. I think 143 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 3: we go to a shutdown, and once a shutdown happens, 144 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 3: what happens next, Well, it ratchets up pressure. People start 145 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 3: discovering things they're not happy about. For example, if there's 146 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 3: a shutdown tomorrow, our national parks are closed. So maybe 147 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 3: some of y'all were planning to go to a national park, 148 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 3: go hiking in Yellowstone. 149 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 4: All of that's closed. When there's a government shutdown. 150 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 3: Maybe some families come into Washington d c and planning 151 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 3: to come to the Smithsonian if there's a shutdown tomorrow 152 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 3: the museums are all closed. Those tend to be some 153 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 3: of the things early on that really tick off people 154 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 3: interacting with the government. Now, the nightmare for Democrats is 155 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 3: you have a government shutdown and the people buy and 156 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 3: large don't notice. 157 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,439 Speaker 4: And I'll have to say it, awful lot of people. 158 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 3: If you're not specifically using some federal asset or activity, 159 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 3: you may notice very little is different during a government shutdown, 160 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 3: and that's a dangerous lesson. Democrats don't want the American 161 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:52,079 Speaker 3: people to learn that. That being said, that the breadth 162 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 3: of a shutdown varies because often Congress will have passed 163 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 3: some appropriations. So in past shutdowns, we've always paid our military. 164 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 4: That's what typically happens. 165 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 3: And this week I've gone to the Senate floor three 166 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 3: different times trying to pay our military. Now, and in particular, 167 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 3: I want to contrast Ben what happened this week to 168 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 3: what happened ten years ago. In twenty thirteen, we had 169 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 3: a big government shutdown. I was right in the middle 170 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 3: of that battle that was over obamac here. Government was 171 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 3: shut down for sixteen days, but we paid all of 172 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 3: our active duty military. That was actually a bill that 173 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:33,199 Speaker 3: passed right at the beginning of the shutdown. It passed unanimously, 174 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 3: so it was a Harry Reid Senate. It was a 175 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 3: Democrat Senate one hundred to nothing, paying our military during 176 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 3: the shutdown, pass the House four hundred and thirty five 177 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:46,079 Speaker 3: to nothing. It passed unanimously, and Barack Obama signed it 178 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:48,720 Speaker 3: in the law. So ten years ago, everyone agreed, all right, 179 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 3: if there's a shutdown battle, let's not hold our active 180 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 3: duty military hostage. The most recent shutdown was twenty nineteen. 181 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 3: It was the Schumer shutdown. It lasted thirty five days. 182 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:04,959 Speaker 3: During those thirty five days, Chuck Schumer had a showdown 183 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 3: with Donald Trump. Schumer did not want to fund a 184 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 3: border wall, did not want to fund additional resources to 185 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 3: secure the border. Schumer wants open borders. We had a 186 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:19,680 Speaker 3: thirty five day shutdown. During that period, Congress had passed 187 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 3: the appropriations for DoD for the Department of Defense. So 188 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 3: that meant our soldiers, our sailors, our airmen, our marines, 189 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 3: and our Space Force members all got their paychecks, but 190 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 3: the Coast Guard did not. The Coast Guard is not 191 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 3: under DoD. The Coast Guard is under DHS, the Department 192 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 3: of Homeland Security, and so for thirty four days the 193 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:46,959 Speaker 3: Coastguard went with no paychecks. And I went back then 194 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 3: in twenty nineteen to the Senate floor to try to 195 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:54,559 Speaker 3: pass legislation to say, let's treat the Coastguard fairman, Let's 196 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 3: not discriminate against the coast Guard. Let's not treat them 197 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:00,559 Speaker 3: like the red haired stepchild of our millet terry. They 198 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 3: deserve to be paid just like all of the other 199 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 3: branches of the military. And in twenty nineteen, Democrat leadership 200 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 3: stood up and blocked it, objected to that legislation, and 201 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 3: so coastguardsmen went for over a month with no paycheck. 202 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 3: Fast forward to today. This week, Dan Sullivan, Senator from Alaska, 203 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 3: a good friend of mine and he's in the Marine Reserves. 204 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 4: He's also a colonel in the Marines. 205 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:25,960 Speaker 3: Dan and I went to the Senate floor to try 206 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:29,680 Speaker 3: to pass a simple, straightforward bill. First of all, to 207 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:33,080 Speaker 3: pass the bill I authored that says if you pay 208 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:36,959 Speaker 3: the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines, you should pay 209 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 3: the Coastguard to so it was a parody bill. The 210 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,559 Speaker 3: Democrats stood up and objected. Pat Murray whose chairman of 211 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 3: the Appropriation Committee, Patty Murray, she objected on behalf of 212 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 3: Shumer and what she said as well, I object because 213 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:52,960 Speaker 3: this doesn't mandate that we pay everyone. It just says 214 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 3: you treat him equally and Sullivan and I said, okay, great. 215 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 3: So we came this week with Sullivan's bill, which is 216 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 3: pay all of our active duty military. Pay our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, coastguardsmen, 217 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 3: space force guardians, pay them all. 218 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 4: The Democrats objective. 219 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 3: They've objected twice, and so tomorrow, if our active duty 220 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 3: military loses their paycheck tomorrow, it is because Democrats said 221 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:21,199 Speaker 3: two words yesterday on the Senate floor, and those two 222 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 3: words were I object That killed the bill. 223 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: What is your gut on democrats do? 224 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 2: Are they going to fill the pressure to do the 225 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 2: right thing, because you shouldn't hold these people hostage that 226 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 2: are protecting and serving. But my gut is they probably 227 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 2: say no, just because this makes too much sense and 228 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 2: they want this to hurt. 229 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:44,439 Speaker 4: They wanted to hurt this week. 230 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 3: One of the arguments Patty Murray made, she said, well, gosh, 231 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 3: I want to pay the military, but I want to 232 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 3: pay everyone else to I want to pay all the 233 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 3: federal government, and so we need to fund the entire 234 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 3: federal government. 235 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 4: I make clear. 236 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,200 Speaker 3: Look, there's a nineteen year old marine right now at 237 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 3: the DMZ that is facing North Korean machine guns, and 238 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 3: that's fundamentally different than an ordinary federal worker. And the 239 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:09,439 Speaker 3: Democrats view is they care more about the IRS agent 240 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 3: coming to harass small businesses in Texans. They care more 241 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,439 Speaker 3: about the regulators try to shut down oil and gas 242 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 3: in Texas? Did they care more about the bureaucrats at 243 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 3: the EPA trying to destroy jobs than they do? 244 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 4: Actually? 245 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 3: The brave young men and women who defend us, and 246 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 3: you know, Ben, it's worth reflecting what's changed? So listen, 247 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 3: ten years ago, everyone agreed on this. I pointed out 248 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 3: repeatedly on the Senate floor. Patty Murray voted for this 249 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 3: ten years ago. Chuck Schumer voted for this ten years ago. 250 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:43,320 Speaker 3: Dick Durbin voted for this ten years ago. What's changed? 251 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 3: And I'll tell you what's changed. When we had this 252 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 3: debate on the Senate floor yesterday, I looked up in 253 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 3: the gallery. There were no reporters, completely empty. What has 254 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 3: changed is the corrupt corporate media has become so thoroughly corrupt, 255 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 3: that if you rely on CNN or MSNBC or ABC, CBS, 256 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:10,079 Speaker 3: NBC for your news, you have no idea that the 257 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 3: reason our military is not going to get a paycheck 258 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:15,679 Speaker 3: tomorrow is because the Democrats decided to block it to. 259 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:16,559 Speaker 4: Hold them hostage. 260 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 3: And the reason the Democrats do this is they know 261 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 3: they'll never be questioned. I point out to reporters. Reporters 262 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 3: are all running up to me in the Capitol this 263 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 3: week and they're the they're and they're saying saying, do 264 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 3: you think it's right that those terrible Republicans are going 265 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 3: to shut down the government? And I laugh and I say, funny, 266 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 3: how come you're not asking if I think it's right 267 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 3: that that terrible Chuck Schumer and that terrible Joe Biden 268 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 3: are going to shut down the government because they want 269 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 3: to continue spending trillions of dollars we don't have. They 270 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 3: want to continue driving inflation up to hurt people all 271 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 3: across the country. And by the way, because they refuse 272 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 3: to do a damn thing to secure the southern border, 273 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 3: because they want these open borders, and they're willing to 274 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 3: shut the government down on it. 275 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 4: And I turn to reporters. 276 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 3: I say, did you write a story about the Democrats 277 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 3: blocking paychecks for our military? 278 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 4: They're all like no, But I'm like, shut up, why 279 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 4: are you talking to me. 280 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 3: You are a parrot, you are a hat, you are 281 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 3: a propagandist. 282 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 4: You lie for a living. 283 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 3: And if you want to prove me wrong, go sit 284 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 3: down at your little typewriter and type a damn story 285 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 3: about what I said and what the Democrats said, so 286 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 3: that the soldiers back in Washington State. 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You cannot learn what is happening by watching CNN. 349 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:56,479 Speaker 3: All you can learn is the regime's talking points of 350 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:58,959 Speaker 3: what the Biden White House wants you to know. And 351 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 3: so this podcast is designed every week we are breaking 352 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 3: news and explaining what's going on that you can't get 353 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,880 Speaker 3: anywhere else. And really what it's designed. Look, you got 354 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:12,400 Speaker 3: a couple of thousand young people gathered there right now. 355 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 4: Each of you. 356 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 3: Has a circle of influence around you. You're talking to 357 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 3: your friends and your family, and you're able to be 358 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 3: champions for liberty. But you got to have the information. 359 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 3: You got to know what's happening. And so this podcast 360 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 3: is designed to give you the tools, give you the 361 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 3: equipment so that when you're talking with your classmate or 362 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 3: your next door neighbor, your buddy, or your boyfriend or 363 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:35,640 Speaker 3: your girlfriend, you. 364 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 4: Know what the heck's going on. 365 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,639 Speaker 3: You know the facts, and you're able to be a 366 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:40,680 Speaker 3: whole lot more effective. 367 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 2: Final question center for you, and this is an important 368 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 2: one before we get to do what we both love, 369 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 2: and that's Q and A when we do live Verdict events, 370 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 2: is there is one story that this government shutdown is 371 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 2: going to cover up. That is the impeachment inquiry to 372 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 2: the Biden crime family and the President Knights America, Joe Biden. 373 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:05,679 Speaker 2: And also some shocking news this week that there was 374 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:10,639 Speaker 2: money to payments more than a quarter million dollars in 375 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:13,879 Speaker 2: this summer of twoenty and nineteen. We talked about this 376 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 2: on a previous Verdict and if you missed it, go 377 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:18,679 Speaker 2: back and listen to it. That went to the Biden 378 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:22,919 Speaker 2: family and the address US was the address of the 379 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:26,160 Speaker 2: sitting president United States of America, now his Delaware address. 380 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 2: Now what's interesting is in Hunter Biden's own memoir he 381 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,159 Speaker 2: said during that time he lived in California. We also 382 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 2: know that in the Sweetheart Plea deal that Hunter Biden got. 383 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 2: In that plea agreement, it also stated that he was 384 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 2: living in California at the time of that wire transfer. 385 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:46,360 Speaker 2: I know the media is hoping this story gets covered up. 386 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 2: But you combine that with this impeachment inquiry that's happening, 387 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 2: this is a very important time for truth and what's 388 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:56,400 Speaker 2: coming out against what the Bidens were doing. 389 00:20:57,359 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 4: Look that that is exactly right. 390 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 3: And we do in addition to the podcast Monday, Wednesday, 391 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 3: and Friday, we do a Saturday issue that is a 392 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:09,119 Speaker 3: best of week in review, and actually today's Saturday podcast 393 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 3: focuses on one of the stories it highlights is exactly 394 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:15,639 Speaker 3: this story that that Hunter Biden had wired to him 395 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 3: two hundred and fifty thousand dollars a quarter million dollars 396 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 3: from communist China and the home address on that wire 397 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 3: was Joe Biden's own residence. 398 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 4: It was Daddy's residence. Now, listen, that's not surprising. 399 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:30,399 Speaker 3: Hunter Biden has no skills, he has nothing marketable, He 400 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 3: doesn't do anything. When's the last time you had a 401 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 3: complex job and you said, what I really need is 402 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:40,399 Speaker 3: a crackhead. That is not what Hunter Biden is selling. 403 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:45,639 Speaker 3: What Hunter Biden sells is Daddy. Joe Biden is the 404 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 3: product favors from Daddy is what Hunter got paid millions 405 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:53,360 Speaker 3: and millions of dollars and tens of millions of dollars 406 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:57,239 Speaker 3: is selling favors from Daddy. And by the way, at 407 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 3: the same time that that two hundred and fifty thousand 408 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 3: dollars wire from communist China was coming with the home 409 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:07,160 Speaker 3: address of Joe Biden, Joe Biden was telling national reporters 410 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 3: Hunter's never gotten. 411 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 4: Anything from China, just flat out line. 412 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:12,399 Speaker 3: And one of the things we try to do with 413 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:16,160 Speaker 3: the podcast is walk through the actual evidence of what's 414 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 3: going on on biden impeachment. The podcast is walked through 415 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 3: chapter and verse the specific evidence, taking on, for example, 416 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 3: the lie from Democrats and their puppets in the press 417 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 3: that there is no quote, direct evidence of Joe's involvement 418 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:34,920 Speaker 3: in corruption. 419 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:37,680 Speaker 4: That's a flat out lie. We explain why. 420 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:40,320 Speaker 3: One of the things we covered this week on the 421 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 3: podcast is the evidence that broke that there were three 422 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 3: Iranian operatives assets being managed by the Iranian government who 423 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 3: were working in senior positions of influence with the Biden administration, 424 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:57,400 Speaker 3: helping set national security policy for. 425 00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 4: The Biden administration. 426 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 3: You literally have people controlled by the Ayatola and the 427 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 3: Malas in Iran in senior positions advising on or working 428 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 3: on Biden's national security Right now, there's still one of 429 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 3: them at the Department of Defense, still drawing a paycheck 430 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 3: with a security clearance, even though that person is an 431 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 3: Iranian asset. 432 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 2: It's unbelievable. I want to get questions. This is something 433 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 2: that you and I both love, and so you guys 434 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 2: come up to these microphones you asked questions. I would 435 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:31,679 Speaker 2: ask you, since we are remote, keep them short and 436 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 2: concise so that we can make sure that we get 437 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:35,880 Speaker 2: as many as possible in here. 438 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:36,919 Speaker 1: If you'll also. 439 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 2: State your name and where you live and send it 440 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 2: were a little bit of Q and A. We'll start 441 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:41,640 Speaker 2: over there. 442 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: Go ahead. 443 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 5: Hello, my name is Chloe Castillo. I'm from San Antonio, Texas. 444 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 5: Thank you so much for being here today, mister Kruz. 445 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 5: So my question for you is kind of a cultural question. 446 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 5: With your recent pushback on Uganda regarding homosexual crimes, what 447 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 5: are your thoughts on how the Western popular music culture 448 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 5: actively pushes the LGBTQ agenda on our youth. 449 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 4: Look, Chloe, it's it's it's a great question. 450 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 3: And there's no doubt that Hollywood and the entertainment media 451 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 3: as a whole pushes a radical left wing agenda, and 452 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:18,919 Speaker 3: that includes LGBTQ Elemento p I can't keep up with. 453 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 4: All the letters that are attached to it now. But 454 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 4: but they push. 455 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 3: All of that that they push the transgender agenda. That 456 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 3: they're obsessive in pushing the transgender agenda and pushing it 457 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 3: on kids, pushing it on kids as young as they 458 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 3: can find it. I mean, look, we recently had Target 459 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 3: who was exposed selling selling bathing suits, uh for for 460 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 3: infants and for toddlers, for little boys to tuck to 461 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 3: hide their genitals, to pretend to be girls. And this 462 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 3: is this is being marketed to two and three year olds. 463 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:56,919 Speaker 3: There is a pervasive effort to brainwash it, in particular 464 00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 3: brainwash kids. I think it is incredibly dangerous. I've got 465 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 3: a new book that is coming out next month in November. 466 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 3: The name of the book is Unwoke, How to Defeat Cultural. 467 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,120 Speaker 4: Marxism in America. 468 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 3: And what the book does, It talks through every major 469 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 3: or many of the major organs of society that the 470 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:21,399 Speaker 3: radical left has see. So it starts with universities, it 471 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,680 Speaker 3: goes to K through twelve education, It goes to journalism, 472 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 3: it goes to entertainment, music, sports, it goes to science, 473 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 3: it goes to big tech. 474 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 4: It goes to big business. 475 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 3: I actually talk quite a bit about Target, Target and 476 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,879 Speaker 3: bud Light together. That's a big chunk of the chapter 477 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 3: on big business because the reaction to that between bud 478 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 3: Light and Target, that's the first time we've seen real 479 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:49,719 Speaker 3: consequences to corporate America undermining. 480 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 4: Our basic values. And so, you know, you. 481 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,600 Speaker 3: Mentioned you've gotten to made it a criminal offense to 482 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:58,399 Speaker 3: engage in homosexual conduct. I don't support that. I'm actually 483 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 3: quite libertarian in my leaning. I think what consenting adults 484 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:03,919 Speaker 3: want to do in their own bedroom is their own 485 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,159 Speaker 3: damn business, and so I don't think it should be 486 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:09,680 Speaker 3: a criminal offense whatever you choose to do in that regard. 487 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 3: But there's a big difference between saying consenting adults can 488 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:16,120 Speaker 3: decide what to do in their own sex lives and 489 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 3: saying that you want to see a radical agenda proselytized 490 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:26,920 Speaker 3: to children and normalized. Listen, I am. I'm a Christian. 491 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 3: The Bible teaches that marriage is the union of one 492 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 3: man and one woman. Those are my beliefs. That's that's 493 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:37,440 Speaker 3: certainly what I teach and what I believe, and I'm 494 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 3: not interested in in having an agenda shoved out our throat, 495 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,919 Speaker 3: and I think we need to be in all of 496 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 3: these topics. 497 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:47,159 Speaker 4: We need to be happy warriors. We need to be. 498 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:52,360 Speaker 3: Saying what we believe with a smile because the other side. 499 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 4: Is so angry. 500 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 1: Let's go over here, senter, You're gonna love this. 501 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:59,439 Speaker 2: The T shirts of the Texas Youth Summit are don't 502 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 2: tread on Me, which is awesome. And our next question 503 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 2: is coming from some of that has that T shirt 504 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:05,439 Speaker 2: and I love it. 505 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 1: Well done. 506 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,359 Speaker 6: Hello, Senator Cruz. My name is Jenna. I go to 507 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 6: u of H here and I work at a tax 508 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:15,119 Speaker 6: room as a tax consultant, and the tax deadline is 509 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 6: coming up October eighteenth, and I was wondering how the 510 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,639 Speaker 6: government shutdown is going to affect the IRS and the 511 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:25,400 Speaker 6: accounting industry regarding that deadline that's coming up, and if 512 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 6: you could explain kind of what's going to have. 513 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, look, that's a very good question. 514 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:33,639 Speaker 3: And I expect that if the shutdown goes long, and 515 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 3: it could easily go a month. The last one was 516 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:39,679 Speaker 3: thirty five days and twenty nineteen, the Schumer shutdown, it 517 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 3: could easily go a month. 518 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 4: What it would mean as. 519 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:46,080 Speaker 3: A practical matter, is that much of the manpower at 520 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 3: the IRS that would be available to assist you, that 521 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 3: would be available to process returns, that would be available 522 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:56,439 Speaker 3: to answer questions, much of that manpower is not going 523 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 3: to be there. They will keep essential workers, and it's 524 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 3: up to eat each agent see to decide. 525 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:02,639 Speaker 4: Who is essential. 526 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 3: But things like customer service almost always get deemed non 527 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 3: essential and you end up with a significantly reduced workforce. 528 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 3: And so you're working at a private firm, that that's 529 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 3: going to mean that your clients are going to need 530 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:21,439 Speaker 3: your advice more significantly because the IRS is going to 531 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:25,239 Speaker 3: be less available to be responsive, even less than they 532 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:25,720 Speaker 3: normally are. 533 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:28,639 Speaker 1: Let's take a question from over here. 534 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 7: Hi, Senator Cruz, my name is Helen and I'm from 535 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:35,040 Speaker 7: the Woodlands. My question to you is are you in 536 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 7: favor of the age and term limits to be elected 537 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 7: for Senate and Congress? 538 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 4: Thank you, Helen, Thank you for that question. 539 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 3: So let me break them down one at a time. 540 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 3: You asked about age limits and term limits. On age limits, 541 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,240 Speaker 3: the only age limit we have for the Senate is 542 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 3: the Constitution. 543 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 4: So the Constitution. 544 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 3: Provides that you have to be twenty five years old 545 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 3: to be elected to the House of representatives. You have 546 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,000 Speaker 3: to be thirty years old to be elected to the Senate, 547 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 3: and you have to be thirty five years old to 548 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 3: be elected president. Other than that, there are currently no 549 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 3: limits when it comes to serving in federal elected office, 550 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 3: and it's one of the reasons why you see so 551 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 3: many people in the Senate who. 552 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 4: Are one hundred and forty two years old. 553 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 3: I have joked, if you ever want to feel young, 554 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,960 Speaker 3: come work in the US Senate, because the median age 555 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:27,760 Speaker 3: is such that I have colleagues reminiscing about Eisenhower. I mean, 556 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 3: it's you know, I feel like a sprightly young lad 557 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 3: in the body in which I serve. Term limits is 558 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:42,760 Speaker 3: something that I emphatically support, and so I have repeatedly 559 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:47,440 Speaker 3: introduced in the Senate a constitutional amendment to mandate term limits, 560 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 3: to limit senators, each senator to two terms, to limit 561 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 3: each House member to three terms. 562 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 4: You know, it's interesting. Term limits was something. 563 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 3: I supported before I got to the Senate, but having 564 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 3: seen this place firsthand, now I support it a thousand 565 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 3: times more because this place. 566 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:06,240 Speaker 4: Is the swamp. 567 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:08,760 Speaker 3: It is corrupt, and the people who are here a 568 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 3: long time are the worst. You get drawn in and 569 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 3: corrupted by the swamp, and it's both parties. Look, the 570 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:18,320 Speaker 3: Democrats are bad, but for much of this spending that 571 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:21,880 Speaker 3: is bankrupting the country, we have a uniparty. We have 572 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:26,120 Speaker 3: Republican career politicians who jump in bed with the Democrats 573 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:30,320 Speaker 3: and eagerly spend trillions of dollars. And so term limits 574 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 3: would be a major step to reducing that power and 575 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:38,120 Speaker 3: reducing that corruption. And it's an amazing thing. If you 576 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:41,960 Speaker 3: look at term limits nationally, over seventy percent of American 577 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:47,000 Speaker 3: support term limits. That's true among Republicans, among Democrats. 578 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:47,400 Speaker 4: And among independents. 579 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:51,840 Speaker 3: You see massive majorities supporting term limits. The one group 580 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:56,200 Speaker 3: that doesn't is career politicians. In Washington, in the Senate, 581 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,719 Speaker 3: I have zero Democrats who support my term limits amendment. 582 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:01,840 Speaker 4: One of the Democrats as opposed to it. 583 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 3: And I've chaired I used to be chairman of the 584 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,320 Speaker 3: Constitution's sub committee, the Senate Judiciary Committee. I chaired a 585 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 3: hearing on term limits, brought in witnesses to talk about 586 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 3: term limits. And the reality is in the Senate, the 587 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 3: young guys support my term limits amendments, and none of 588 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 3: the long time career politicians do. 589 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:25,080 Speaker 4: And that's why neither. 590 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:28,240 Speaker 3: Chuck Schumer nor Mitch McConnell wants term limits to get 591 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:29,680 Speaker 3: a vote on the Senate floor. 592 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 4: Because they oppose it that much. 593 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,680 Speaker 3: So I've been fighting, but I have not been able 594 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 3: to get it on the floor because Schumer and McConnell 595 00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:38,040 Speaker 3: control what gets on the floor. 596 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:40,680 Speaker 1: Let's get a question on this set over here. 597 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,320 Speaker 8: How do you My name is Chad i' mis sophomore 598 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:46,560 Speaker 8: in Houston, and I wanted to ask how Congress can 599 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 8: get back some tenth moment rights to the Satan people 600 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:52,080 Speaker 8: after events like nine to eleven and COVID have taken 601 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:53,800 Speaker 8: it away and given it to the federal government. 602 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:59,560 Speaker 3: Look, that is a fantastic question if you look at 603 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:02,240 Speaker 3: the Bill of Rights and you asked about the tenth Amendment. 604 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:05,120 Speaker 3: When I was in college, I wrote my senior thesis 605 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 3: on the ninth and tenth amendments to the Constitution. 606 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:08,560 Speaker 4: And I'll tell you. 607 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 3: A little bit of the history of why they're written, 608 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,760 Speaker 3: and then I will get straight to your question. But 609 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,960 Speaker 3: originally the Constitution was written, there was no Bill of Rights, 610 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:20,040 Speaker 3: it was just the Constitution itself. And then there was 611 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 3: a debate over whether to ratify the Constitution, and the 612 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:26,120 Speaker 3: two groups there were the federalists and the anti federalists, 613 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:28,920 Speaker 3: and the federalists were advocating, the Constitution's a good idea, 614 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,560 Speaker 3: we should ratify it, we should have it be the 615 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:35,760 Speaker 3: organic document forming our government. The anti federalists, we're arguing 616 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:38,000 Speaker 3: against it. And one of the big arguments the anti 617 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:41,240 Speaker 3: federalists had is they said, well, there's no bill of rights. 618 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:44,959 Speaker 3: This is a flawed document because there's no provision in 619 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:48,240 Speaker 3: it protecting our fundamental liberties. Now, the federalists came back 620 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:50,840 Speaker 3: and they said, no, no, no, we don't need a bill 621 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:54,080 Speaker 3: of rights. And the reason the federalists gave is they said, 622 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,440 Speaker 3: this is a government of enumerated powers. If you look 623 00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,080 Speaker 3: at Article one, section eight of the Constitution, Article x 624 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:05,000 Speaker 3: one establishes the Congress the legislative function, an Article one, 625 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:11,200 Speaker 3: section eight specifies it enumerates eighteen specific powers that Congress has. 626 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:15,080 Speaker 3: And the argument the federalists said is, look, we don't 627 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:19,160 Speaker 3: need to say that the federal government cannot violate your 628 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:22,880 Speaker 3: free speech, cannot violate your religious liberty, cannot violate your 629 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:25,800 Speaker 3: right to keep in bear arms, because there's nothing in 630 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:29,400 Speaker 3: the enumerated powers that gives the federal government the power 631 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:32,760 Speaker 3: to violate those rights, and so we've already done that 632 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:37,719 Speaker 3: by limiting the federal government's authority initially. Now, the anti 633 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:40,520 Speaker 3: federalists came back and they had lots of arguments, one 634 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:43,440 Speaker 3: of which was, well, there's nothing to stop them from 635 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:48,040 Speaker 3: violating those rights within the enumerated power. So, for example, 636 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:51,200 Speaker 3: one of the enumerated powers is the power to create 637 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:55,760 Speaker 3: and maintain post offices. Under the original Constitution, without a 638 00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:59,200 Speaker 3: Bell of Rights, a government could say, the Biden administration 639 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:05,120 Speaker 3: will say, we will only transport letters from Democrats all Republicans. 640 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:09,279 Speaker 3: We've decided we don't want Republicans speaking anymore, so we 641 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:13,200 Speaker 3: won't transfer there. We won't transport their letters. Now, if 642 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:15,840 Speaker 3: the government tried to do that today, that would obviously 643 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:20,359 Speaker 3: be an unconstitutional violation of free speech. Without a Bill 644 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:22,560 Speaker 3: of rights, it would be permissible. I think the anti 645 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,839 Speaker 3: federalist won that debate. So we now have a Bill 646 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:28,920 Speaker 3: of Rights. The first ten amendments to the Constitution are 647 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:33,640 Speaker 3: the Bill of Rights, and the first eight are protecting 648 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:41,920 Speaker 3: specific rights, and then Amendments nine to ten both say 649 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:45,759 Speaker 3: Amendment nine says the enumeration of certain rights in the 650 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,560 Speaker 3: Bill of Rights shall not be construed to deny or 651 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:50,960 Speaker 3: to disparage other rights. 652 00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:51,600 Speaker 4: Retained by the people. 653 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:55,040 Speaker 3: The Tenth Amendment says the powers not given to the 654 00:34:55,040 --> 00:35:00,440 Speaker 3: federal government are reserved to the states and to the people. 655 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,239 Speaker 4: Basically, the ninth and tenth Amendments. 656 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:08,880 Speaker 3: Restate that the Constitution is a constitution of enumerated powers. 657 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:11,160 Speaker 3: In other words, they say, even though we just listed 658 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:13,960 Speaker 3: these eight Bill of Rights, we agree that the federal 659 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:17,480 Speaker 3: government probably couldn't have done any of this anyway, but 660 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:19,120 Speaker 3: we want Belton suspenders. 661 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:20,560 Speaker 4: And so the question. 662 00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:23,600 Speaker 3: I think the Tenth Amendment solves an enormous number of 663 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:29,040 Speaker 3: problems in our country. I think federalism having states decide 664 00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,839 Speaker 3: and I would actually advise you to take a look 665 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:35,000 Speaker 3: at a center at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. It's 666 00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:38,040 Speaker 3: called the Center for Tenth Amendment Studies. I started it. 667 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:41,319 Speaker 3: I was the first director, the first leader of the 668 00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:46,120 Speaker 3: Center for Tenth Amendment Studies at TPPF, and it's continued 669 00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:50,560 Speaker 3: and is ongoing. I agree that a vast we should 670 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:54,080 Speaker 3: put as much decision making, as much authority as possible 671 00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:57,560 Speaker 3: at the state level, or even better at the local level, 672 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:00,640 Speaker 3: because it's more likely to meet the knee of the 673 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:03,400 Speaker 3: people that are being affected, and it's also more accountable. 674 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:07,680 Speaker 3: You the citizen are much more able to express your 675 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:12,120 Speaker 3: views and hold accountable local officials and state officials than 676 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:15,040 Speaker 3: some bureaucrat in a windowless office in Washington, d C. 677 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:18,319 Speaker 1: Let's get a couple more questions in here on this side. 678 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:22,719 Speaker 9: Go ahead, Hello, Senator Cruz. My name is Mary Melvied. 679 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:29,359 Speaker 9: I am eighteen and from Magnolia, Texas. It appears that 680 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:34,759 Speaker 9: Democrats have control of the elections illegally through mules and 681 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:40,000 Speaker 9: in counting ballots. How is our vote even going to matter? 682 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:43,440 Speaker 9: Is there a plate a plan in place for actually 683 00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:44,720 Speaker 9: having our vote to count? 684 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,640 Speaker 3: Well, Mary, thank you for that question. It's a hugely 685 00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:52,320 Speaker 3: important question. You were right that voter fraud is a 686 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:56,279 Speaker 3: real problem, and it is a persistent problem. It's a 687 00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:59,520 Speaker 3: problem that has been around since since the dawn of time, 688 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,839 Speaker 3: since the very first elections. I'm convinced that when the 689 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:05,680 Speaker 3: caveman sat got together to vote on who was going 690 00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:08,400 Speaker 3: to be Grand Poobah, somebody. 691 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:09,160 Speaker 4: Stuffed the ballot box. 692 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:12,960 Speaker 3: That's just human nature that we have crooks, and crooks 693 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:17,439 Speaker 3: try to steal things. So we need to fight against 694 00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:22,200 Speaker 3: voter fraud. We need to fight to preserve voter integrity. Now, 695 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:25,960 Speaker 3: the good news is we're in Texas, and Texas the 696 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:31,640 Speaker 3: Texas legislature has passed legislation strong legislation designed to prevent 697 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,920 Speaker 3: voter fraud. It's not perfect, it still exists, but we 698 00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:38,279 Speaker 3: have tools in place to prevent voter fraud. There are 699 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:41,560 Speaker 3: things like requiring photo ID, which we do in Texas, 700 00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:46,239 Speaker 3: that reduces fraud. There are things like prohibiting ballot harvesting, 701 00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:51,080 Speaker 3: prohibiting paid political operatives from handling someone else's ballot that 702 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:56,560 Speaker 3: reduces voter fraud significantly. Ballot harvesting invites voter fraud, things 703 00:37:56,719 --> 00:37:59,759 Speaker 3: like limiting mail in ballots. In Texas, we do so 704 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:04,880 Speaker 3: only unlimited circumstances, typically seniors or people with significant disabilities, 705 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,440 Speaker 3: but for the vast majority of Texans. The way you 706 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:09,840 Speaker 3: vote as you go vote in person. We have a 707 00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:12,360 Speaker 3: two week period of early voting, so it's actually pretty 708 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:15,200 Speaker 3: easy to vote, but you vote in person. In person 709 00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:18,680 Speaker 3: voting reduces the chances of voter fraud. I think we 710 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:22,360 Speaker 3: need to be vigilant fighting against voter fraud. I've spent 711 00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:26,240 Speaker 3: twenty plus years fighting against fraud. 712 00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:29,560 Speaker 4: At the same time, if you look nationally. 713 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:32,319 Speaker 3: They're blue states, they're purple states that they're not going 714 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:36,239 Speaker 3: to pass legislation to protect election integrity because the Democrats 715 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:40,560 Speaker 3: have decided they support voter fraud. It helps them, and 716 00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:43,680 Speaker 3: it's the way the world's changed. Ten years ago, there 717 00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:46,000 Speaker 3: were Democrats who would work with you on something like 718 00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:49,919 Speaker 3: photo ID. There are none today because they've decided voter 719 00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:54,800 Speaker 3: fraud is good for them. In blue states and purple states, 720 00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:57,240 Speaker 3: they're not going to change their laws to stop voter fraud. 721 00:38:57,239 --> 00:38:58,120 Speaker 4: Here's the good news. 722 00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:03,280 Speaker 3: Historically, voter fraud typically only matters at the margins. 723 00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:05,000 Speaker 4: It matters in a close election. 724 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:09,560 Speaker 3: So the answer is, in those blue states and purple states, 725 00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:11,839 Speaker 3: we got to win by a big enough margin. They 726 00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:15,160 Speaker 3: can't steal the race from us. Now that's not fair, 727 00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:19,680 Speaker 3: it's frustrating, But the alternative is give up on our country. 728 00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:20,759 Speaker 3: And I got to tell you there are a lot 729 00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:22,720 Speaker 3: of Democrats that a lot of people of the corporate 730 00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:26,120 Speaker 3: media that want all of us to give up on 731 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:29,919 Speaker 3: our country. They want conservatives to say, well, voter fraud 732 00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:31,279 Speaker 3: is still there, so I'm not. 733 00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:33,480 Speaker 4: Going to vote to hell with it. And I'll tell 734 00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:33,799 Speaker 4: you what. 735 00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:37,880 Speaker 3: If we do that, that becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. 736 00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:43,160 Speaker 3: Then our country truly is lost. And I'll point as 737 00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:46,399 Speaker 3: a moment of encouragement, look no further than the state 738 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:52,160 Speaker 3: of Virginia. Virginia went for Joe Biden by ten points. 739 00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:55,359 Speaker 3: Virginia has been blue for the past decade. Biden won 740 00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:59,520 Speaker 3: Virginia by ten points. One year later, in twenty twenty one, 741 00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:02,600 Speaker 3: Glenn who's a good friend of mine, I campaign with 742 00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:06,160 Speaker 3: Glenn Youngkin all over Virginia. Spent two days barnstorming the 743 00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:10,840 Speaker 3: state of Virginia with Glenn. One year after Biden was elected, 744 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:14,480 Speaker 3: Glen Youngkin was elected as a Republican in Virginia. Now, 745 00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:17,480 Speaker 3: Virginia had not changed a single voter integrity law. They 746 00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:21,000 Speaker 3: had the same lousy election laws they had the year before. 747 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:25,400 Speaker 3: But a whole bunch of moms, moms who had voted 748 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:28,520 Speaker 3: for Joe Biden, got ticked off at what the schools 749 00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:31,120 Speaker 3: were doing to our kids, and they flipped over and 750 00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:34,880 Speaker 3: voted Republican. That gives us a roadmap to what we 751 00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:36,880 Speaker 3: can and I think what we have to do in 752 00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:37,680 Speaker 3: this next election. 753 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:43,960 Speaker 2: Senator, It's always a pleasure to see people in person. 754 00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:47,720 Speaker 2: I love doing these vertic lives for that don't forget. 755 00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:50,920 Speaker 2: We do this show three days a week Monday, Wednesday, Fridays. 756 00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:53,880 Speaker 2: We have our best of recap on Saturdays. Makes you 757 00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:57,760 Speaker 2: subscribe and those days in between down with my podcast. 758 00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:00,319 Speaker 2: Have Ben Ferguson podcasts as well, if. 759 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:01,640 Speaker 1: You update on the biggest news. 760 00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:04,279 Speaker 2: I want to give a big thank you to all 761 00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:05,880 Speaker 2: of you that are here, Senator. 762 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,240 Speaker 1: I know it's a pleasure. 763 00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:09,000 Speaker 2: I know you wish you're here, not being held hosted 764 00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:11,360 Speaker 2: in DC, but give Center Cruz a big round applause. 765 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:15,920 Speaker 4: You guys are awesome. 766 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:20,439 Speaker 2: And hopefully next year we'll be back in person here. 767 00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,439 Speaker 1: Thank you guys so much. 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