1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: Welcome in his verdict with Center, Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: with you. It's nice to have you along with us today, 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: and Senator, you've run for president before, and Hunter Biden 4 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: may be calling you because apparently he's saying about running 5 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 1: for president as well in this new interview, on top 6 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: of the fact he's very angry with rich Democrats and 7 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: helped his dad get elected the first time. 8 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 2: I gotta say, we've seen bad interviews, but wow, but 9 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 2: like Hunter Biden utterly and completely melted down. There's an 10 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 2: old line that a gaff in Washington is when a 11 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 2: politician actually says something they believe. Well, Hunter Biden, let loose. 12 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 2: He is the ID of the Democrat Party. He's announced 13 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 2: apparently he's launching a campaign for president. I actually think 14 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 2: he'd be a fantastic representative of today's Democrat party. He 15 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:53,480 Speaker 2: embodies everything today's Democrats stand for. We're gonna break down 16 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 2: this train wreck of an interview, and actually that's not 17 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 2: fair to train wrecks because they're usually more discipline, more orderly, 18 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 2: and result in less chaos than this interview. We're also 19 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:09,759 Speaker 2: going to talk about legislation that I've introduced this week 20 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 2: called the Stop Funders Act to go after the people 21 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:16,479 Speaker 2: who are writing the checks that are funding these pro 22 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 2: illegal immigrant riots, that are funding anti Semitic riots, that 23 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 2: are funding Antifa riots, that are funding Black Lives Matter riots. 24 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 2: We're going to talk about following the money. And finally, 25 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 2: we're going to talk about a growing national security threat 26 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 2: and law enforcement threat, which is drones. 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That's 79 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 4: takeaway number two. 80 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 1: He's really angry though at the Democratic Machine for turning 81 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: on Daddy. 82 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 4: That got him really fired up. 83 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 5: Yeah. 84 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 2: I gotta say one of the consequences of this interview, Uh, 85 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 2: it's actually had a real impact on the Verdict podcast 86 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 2: because it's forced us to increase our compensation for Diaz, 87 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 2: our producer, because the amount of time that he's had 88 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 2: to put in just to bleeping the F bombs. Yes, 89 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 2: I mean it really is throwing it that there were 90 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 2: overtime limits. We're gonna play this and and and and 91 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 2: let me say thank you to Diaz for hitting bleep 92 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 2: bleep bleep. You got to be really fast on this. 93 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 2: Give a listen to to Hunter Biden's careful, nuanced assessment 94 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 2: of George Clooney, of David Axelrod, of the graybeard eminences 95 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 2: in the Democrat Party. Here, give a listen. 96 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 3: I don't have to be nice number one. I agree 97 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 3: with Quentin Guarantino. George Clooney is not an actor. He 98 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 3: is a like I don't know what he is. You 99 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 3: what do you have to do with anything? Why do 100 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 3: I have to listen to you? What right do you 101 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:13,840 Speaker 3: have to step on a man who's given fifty two 102 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 3: years of his life to the services of this country 103 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 3: and decide that you, George Clooney, are going to take 104 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 3: out basically a full page ad in the New York 105 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 3: Times to undermine the president at a time in which, 106 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 3: by the way, what do people care about the most? 107 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 3: Why do you think that the Republicans have an advantage 108 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,359 Speaker 3: over us because they're unified, they won't go along with anything. 109 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 3: I wasn't asking anybody to go along with anything. I 110 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 3: was asking people to go along with this. The most 111 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 3: successful administration in my lifetime. 112 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: I mean, Senator, it was successful. Hunter Biden said so. 113 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 1: And he wasn't ask anybody to go along with anything 114 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: unless you were sending money from Ukraine, or from Russia, 115 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: or from China outside of that, or buying some of 116 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: his artwork. 117 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 4: I mean, this was just a straight shooting guy, right. 118 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 2: Look, it was the most successful administration of his lifetime. 119 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:04,359 Speaker 2: New To be clear, Hunter has a memory of about 120 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 2: four seconds, so in the last four seconds that he 121 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,239 Speaker 2: can remember, it was the most successful he can remember 122 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 2: because he's blocked out the current administration. You look at listen, 123 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 2: even Democrats are not making arguments that Joe Biden was 124 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:22,239 Speaker 2: a successful administration. It was a train wreck. Joe Biden 125 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 2: gave us a new Trump presidency, he gave us a 126 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 2: Republican sanity, gave us a Republican House. And it's because 127 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 2: every policy that the Democrats adopted was a disaster. Open borders, 128 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 2: twelve million people invading this country. The American people didn't 129 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 2: like the victims of crime. The American people didn't like 130 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 2: the disastrous War on American energy, that drove inflation, drove 131 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 2: up the cost for working people across the country. The 132 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 2: American people didn't like. And as bad as all the 133 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 2: domestic policy was, the foreign policy was even worse. Every 134 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 2: friend of America Joe Biden, the Democrats abandoned every enemy 135 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 2: of America Joe Biden. The Democrats showed weakness and appeasement. 136 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:04,719 Speaker 2: So Biden, the Democrats inherited peace and prosperity, and we 137 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 2: were given instead two wars. We were given the war 138 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 2: in Ukraine and the absolute disaster of October seventh. Why 139 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 2: because Joe Biden the Democrats gave a hundred billion dollars 140 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 2: to Iran that they used to fund the death squads 141 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 2: on October seventh. That is the legacy of the Biden presidency. 142 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 2: There is not a single Democrat in the Congress that 143 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 2: I know of that is defending the Biden presidency. But 144 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 2: to Joe Biden and to Hunter Biden, the problem is 145 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 2: George Clooney, That clearly is the problem. But I got 146 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 2: to say, Hunter went further than that, and I want 147 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 2: to listen to I want you to listen to what 148 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 2: he had to say about Al Salvador, because he's really 149 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 2: really mad that President Trump is deporting violent criminal, illegal 150 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 2: alien Venezuelan gang members listen to Hunter Biden's solution to 151 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 2: stop this. 152 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 3: But these guys think that we need to run away 153 00:07:57,640 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 3: from all values in. 154 00:07:59,040 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 4: Order for us to leave. 155 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 3: I say you, how are we getting those people back 156 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 3: from fucking El Salvador? Because I'll tell you what, if 157 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 3: I became president in two years from now, or four 158 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 3: years from now or three years from now, I would 159 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 3: pick up the phone and call the president of El 160 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 3: Salvador and say you either send them back or I'm 161 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 3: going to find. 162 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 4: In Vaine is a crime. What they're doing. 163 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 3: He's a dictator, thug Well Kelly or Trump. 164 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: Both Biden twenty twenty eight campaign right there slogan, I'll 165 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 1: invade El Salvador and anybody else that makes me blanket angry. 166 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 4: Right. 167 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 2: So to be clear, you're doing some math there because 168 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:39,439 Speaker 2: you said it's Biden twenty twenty eight, and Hunter was 169 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 2: clear he said if I became president in two. 170 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 4: Years or four years or three years. 171 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker 2: Apparently he doesn't know when the presidential election was. Maybe 172 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 2: it's twenty seven, maybe it's twenty eight, maybe it's twenty nine, 173 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:49,680 Speaker 2: maybe it's forty two. 174 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:51,559 Speaker 4: You know, man. 175 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 1: Speaking at Bernie's at the White House when he was there, 176 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: does it really matter what election year it is? 177 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 4: Right? 178 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 2: I do like that he broke the news that apparently 179 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,559 Speaker 2: Hunter is running it is one hundred and twenty eight. 180 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 2: You're right, that's at least what they'll print on the 181 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:09,439 Speaker 2: bumper stickers. And by the way, does anyone better represent 182 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 2: the mess that is today's Democrat Party? The corruption, the anger. 183 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 2: Listen to what he just said. If he were president, 184 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 2: he would invade El Salvador. He would send the military 185 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 2: to invade l Salvador to what end, to bring back 186 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 2: criminal illegal aliens, to bring back murderers and rapists and 187 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 2: child molesters who are MS thirteen gang members, because he 188 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 2: would send the army to say, you know what, we 189 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 2: don't have enough criminals and murderers and rapists. I'm going 190 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 2: to send the army to bring us some more. That 191 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 2: is today's Democrat Party. 192 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 4: But holy cow, yeah, it makes sense. 193 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: I'm kind of digging the honesty here, right, and this 194 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 1: is coming from the same Now, let's also be clear, 195 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: Joe Biden said Hunter Biden was the smartest man he knew. 196 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: So this is the guy that's like wat's this, here's 197 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: foreign policy. If you want to know who was running 198 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:14,960 Speaker 1: the White House. What does worry me is how much 199 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: Hunter Biden was around the White House, content. 200 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:21,560 Speaker 2: Around emails. He was plugged in. If there was any 201 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 2: foreign despot, if there were any any enemy of America, 202 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 2: Hunter Biden was plugged in. Why because he would then 203 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 2: shake down people for tens of millions of dollars. This guy, Look, 204 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 2: we are watching one of the great businessmen of modern times, 205 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 2: because he has figured out he could sell access to 206 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 2: Daddy and favors from Daddy and make tens of millions 207 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 2: of dollars. And look you listen to his answer just 208 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 2: a minute ago where he said, if he were president, 209 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 2: he would send in the military to invade El Salvador 210 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 2: to bring back illegal immigrants. You might think this guy 211 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 2: loves illegal immigrants. He just has a warm spot. He 212 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 2: has a heart for immigrants. He thinks they're wonderful, incredible people. 213 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 2: Well not so much. Listen to this clip where he 214 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 2: describes what he really thinks of the illegal immigrants that 215 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 2: Daddy led into this country. 216 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:13,559 Speaker 3: People are really upset about illegal immigration. You how do 217 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 3: you think your hotel room gets cleaned? How do you 218 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 3: think you have food on your table? Who do you 219 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 3: think washes your dishes? Who do you think does your 220 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 3: fucking garden. I would pick up the phone and call 221 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 3: the President of Salvador and say you either send them 222 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 3: back or I'm going to invade. It's a facking crime 223 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 3: what they're doing. He is a fucking dictator. 224 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 2: Well, look you that is what Hunter thinks of immigrants. 225 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 2: They clean hotels, they clean your dishes. It reminds me 226 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 2: of that wack adoodle Democrat Congresswan from Vermont who said 227 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 2: if we don't let any illegal illegal immigrants, who's going 228 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 2: to wipe your ass? I mean, it is a level 229 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 2: of contempt and condous. 230 00:11:58,360 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 4: Says what I want, isn't it? 231 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:05,319 Speaker 2: Yet? Look look they they look down on the illegals 232 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:08,079 Speaker 2: that they allowed to flood into this country, but they 233 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 2: think they're dumb enough that they will end up voting 234 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 2: for Democrats ultimately, So it's all about political power. But 235 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 2: this is the condescension and contempt, and Hunter is not unique. 236 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:23,959 Speaker 2: He is today's Democrat party that they have. Everything is 237 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 2: politics and partisan politics. They are willing to endanger your 238 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 2: family and my family if they believe it will elect 239 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 2: more Democrats. 240 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: The takeaway from this interview was for me two big themes. 241 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:42,680 Speaker 1: Number One, it is scary who had access to this 242 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 1: White House and influence over the president, especially when he 243 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 1: was in such a cognitive decline. That terrifies me that 244 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 1: Hunter Biden was around and flying on Air Force one 245 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 1: and involved in meetings and was read in and was 246 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 1: on all the email chains that we've witnessed recently. 247 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 4: That number one. 248 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: But number two, it also tells you I think about 249 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:07,680 Speaker 1: just the disarray of the Democratic Party and the fact 250 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:11,320 Speaker 1: that they turned so quickly on Joe when they saw 251 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:13,839 Speaker 1: the debate. And now he's like, well, I want to 252 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,679 Speaker 1: burn it all down, and everybody that didn't stand with 253 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:19,440 Speaker 1: my dad, how dare you? And I may even come 254 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:22,560 Speaker 1: back and president. Like, there's a derangement aspect of the 255 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:23,839 Speaker 1: Biden family at this moment. 256 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 2: And listen, I don't fault Hunter for defending his dad. 257 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 2: I actually support familiar loyalty. But he is lashing out 258 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 2: in a way that is unhinged and unconnected to reality. 259 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:39,439 Speaker 2: He's mad at George Clooney, he's mad at David Axelrod, 260 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 2: he's mad at the Democrats, and one exchange, he explains 261 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 2: he actually broke some news, he said, the person who 262 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 2: was responsible for his father being pulled from the ticket. 263 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:53,959 Speaker 2: And it turns out, according to Hunter, it was Nancy 264 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,079 Speaker 2: Pelosi here give a listener. 265 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, And you would have the speaker of emeritus that 266 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:01,560 Speaker 3: would say, well, you know, I'm going to leave it 267 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 3: up to but I don't know. And and and they'd 268 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 3: already made a decision. They clearly made a decision. And 269 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 3: when I say they, I mean the speaker. And you know, 270 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 3: I heard Alexander Pelosi say something call my mo, like 271 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 3: put your big girl pants on to my mom or something, 272 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 3: and I kind of want to feel like saying, who 273 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 3: the heck do you think you are. I would never 274 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 3: speak about your mom that way. I would never speak 275 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 3: about your father that way. I would never insult your 276 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 3: parents that way. 277 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 4: He would never, but he's really mad about it right now. 278 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 2: He would never, except for the moment that he is. 279 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 2: All right, Let's shift to the next topic, which is 280 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 2: violence in America. Look, the last five years, we've seen 281 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 2: a pattern of riot after riot after riot. We saw 282 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 2: in twenty twenty the Black Lives Matter and Antifa riots. 283 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 2: We saw s all across this country lit on fire. 284 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 2: We saw police cars firebombed, we saw stores looted, we 285 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 2: saw people murdered. We saw following October seventh, anti Semitic 286 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:18,960 Speaker 2: riots and hostile protests on college campuses all across this country, 287 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:24,640 Speaker 2: especially in bright blue liberal states. And now this year 288 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 2: we've seen violent protests, typically in Democrat cities, started in 289 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:35,359 Speaker 2: Los Angeles, spread across the country in favor of illegal immigrants, 290 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 2: in favor of Venezuelan gang members, opposing deportation, saying we 291 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 2: want as many criminal illegal aliens in this country. There 292 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 2: is a pattern behind all of these, which is these 293 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 2: are not organic. These are not just people who got 294 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 2: pissed off and decided I'm going to go protest. There 295 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 2: is money behind these. Checks are being written that are 296 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:03,480 Speaker 2: funding them. And so I introduced legislation this week called 297 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 2: the Stop Funders Act. And what the Stop Funders Act 298 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 2: does is very simple. It adds to the list of 299 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 2: predicate crimes for RICO rioting. Now what does that mean. 300 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 2: RICO is legislation that is used to go after racketeering, 301 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 2: and it's very powerful legislation that prosecutors have used to 302 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 2: go after the mob. And it goes after a criminal enterprise, 303 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 2: a criminal organization. Right now, rioting is not one of 304 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 2: the predicate crimes. But in this instance, if you want 305 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 2: to go after for five years, we have seen these 306 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 2: violent riots. And look, I'm not the only person in 307 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 2: the country who noticed that the anti Semitic riots on 308 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 2: college campuses, that many of the protesters had matching tents. Yeah, 309 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 2: there are clearly checks being written. Some of them I 310 00:16:56,200 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 2: believe are from foreign nations like Cutter or Ran, but 311 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 2: others are from radical left wing organizations. And during the 312 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:08,920 Speaker 2: Biden administration, you and I on this podcast repeatedly called 313 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 2: on the Department of Justice to follow the money. With 314 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:15,399 Speaker 2: Pambondi and Cash Bettel, I've told both of them, follow 315 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:18,760 Speaker 2: the money, prosecute the people who are writing checks, not 316 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:21,480 Speaker 2: just the thugs who are on the street, who are 317 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 2: attacking police officers, who are attacking innocent people, but the 318 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:29,680 Speaker 2: people who are paying for it all. And and going 319 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:33,320 Speaker 2: after the money is the best way to stop these 320 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:37,440 Speaker 2: violent riots. And if we don't, they will continue, because 321 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 2: understand the radical left wants them to continue. 322 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,399 Speaker 1: Yeah, this is one of those where as you mentioned, 323 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: follow the money, it's very quarly well organized. We're seeing 324 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 1: this even over the last two weeks when they've gone 325 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: after the President of the United States of America. And 326 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 1: we see all these you know, protests that they try 327 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 1: to act like they're spontaneous. No, they're paid for, they're funded, 328 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:01,159 Speaker 1: they're well organized. Senator, every every one can see it. 329 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:04,119 Speaker 1: And so the question people, I'm sure are going to say, well, 330 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 1: hold on a second, if I want to spend my 331 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: money to support a protest, why should I be held 332 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 1: accountable for that if they decide to get angry or 333 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:15,160 Speaker 1: violent on their own. 334 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 4: How do you separate those two things. 335 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:20,360 Speaker 2: Well, you have to demonstrate under RICO that you're part 336 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 2: of a criminal enterprise and the predicate act. Rioting is 337 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 2: different from protesting. Peaceful protest is protected by the Constitution, 338 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 2: but rioting is not. When you're using violence, when you're 339 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 2: using weapons, when you're intimidating, when you're threatening, when you're hurting, 340 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:39,119 Speaker 2: when you're murdering people, and many of these riots have 341 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:45,200 Speaker 2: involved people being killed. That is fundamentally different. And I'll 342 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:48,400 Speaker 2: use it example when we've talked about occasionally on this podcast. 343 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 2: Last year, for a period of about nine months, Heidi 344 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 2: and I had every Saturday morning pro Haamas protesters at 345 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 2: our house. Yeah, they would show up at seven am. 346 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:04,159 Speaker 2: They would leave it eight When they showed up, they 347 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 2: would scream, they would bang cowbells, they would blow missiles up, whistles. 348 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 2: Rather they thankfully they did not blow missiles, but they 349 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 2: whistles intense. Yeah, that that that would have been different. 350 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,399 Speaker 2: They would scream, curse words. They cursed as much as 351 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:23,440 Speaker 2: Hunter Biden did. They dropped f bombs over and over 352 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 2: and over again. Look, we have teenage daughters. There are 353 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,159 Speaker 2: a few things that can tick teenagers off more than 354 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:32,199 Speaker 2: waking them up at seven am on a Saturday. Teenagers 355 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:34,920 Speaker 2: like to sleep in, certainly my girls do. Yeah, And 356 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 2: it was week after week after week. Now what was striking. 357 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:44,239 Speaker 2: This was a job. It was clearly paid for. They 358 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 2: showed up at seven am, they left at eight am. 359 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 2: That was what they were paid for. One hour boom, 360 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 2: they were done and then after nine months spent. It 361 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:56,359 Speaker 2: just stopped and it didn't trickle off. It didn't occur 362 00:19:56,480 --> 00:20:01,640 Speaker 2: only occasionally. It was the instant the money was over, 363 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:02,919 Speaker 2: it was done. 364 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: And in other words, these weren't actual protesters. These were 365 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:08,959 Speaker 1: paid agitators. 366 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 2: Yeah. Look, this is apparently the living they have as 367 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:14,919 Speaker 2: they go to places where people pay them to scream 368 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 2: and yell and be obnoxious. And in the case of 369 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 2: the riots, you have people who are criminals who will 370 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 2: engage in violence. But the real driver behind this is 371 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 2: the money. It's the funders, and we need to go 372 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:30,919 Speaker 2: after and cut off the money. 373 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 1: So if you cut off this money, how long does 374 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,119 Speaker 1: it take for this to become a thing where people 375 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 1: are then afraid to fund these types of things, these 376 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 1: extremist riots. And how fast could these rico laws be 377 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:44,879 Speaker 1: used if this becomes reality. 378 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, it doesn't take long. Look, one or two people 379 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:52,400 Speaker 2: writing checks gets prosecuted, gets put in jail, and people 380 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 2: will be very reluctant. It's much like funding terrorism. Look, 381 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:58,639 Speaker 2: you and I and normal people don't write checks to 382 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:00,920 Speaker 2: hamas because if you write checks to hamas, they will 383 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 2: prosecute you and put you in jail. And so there 384 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 2: is a high threshold. The Department of Justice has brought 385 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:13,639 Speaker 2: a lot of cases for people funding terrorist organizations. These 386 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:17,920 Speaker 2: violent riots, they're not organic, they're not just occurring. If 387 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 2: you look at it. The college campuses where they've arrested people, 388 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 2: they typically find about half the people there are not 389 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 2: students and not affiliated with the university. They've showed up 390 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 2: because their business is rent a riot and listen, I'm 391 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 2: interested in the thugs who are engaging in violence, but 392 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 2: I'm more interested in the people who are sitting there 393 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 2: funding this and saying we're going to tear down our country. 394 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:45,119 Speaker 2: We're going to tear down our universities. We are going 395 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 2: to promote radical hatred, hatred of Jews, hatred of America, 396 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 2: hatred of our constitution. And the key is going after 397 00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 2: the money. By the way, it speaks volumes in the 398 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:06,199 Speaker 2: entire Joe Biden presidency, they did not indict anybody for 399 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 2: funding these protests. They did not prosecute anybody for funding 400 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 2: these protests. And the reason Ben is the same people 401 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 2: writing checks and funding these protests are the same people 402 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:20,199 Speaker 2: writing checks and funding Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and 403 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,120 Speaker 2: the Democrats. And they're not going to go after their 404 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 2: donors because their donors are paying the bills. And by 405 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:29,040 Speaker 2: the way, these are also the people that funded Mondani's 406 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:33,119 Speaker 2: campaign in New York, who's an open Marxist. He's not 407 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 2: a socialist, he's not a leftist, he is a communist. 408 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,360 Speaker 2: And that is who is funding this. As people who 409 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 2: support destroying this country, we need serious, focused law enforcement 410 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:48,400 Speaker 2: and all the tools to go after the people who 411 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 2: are paying to undermine this country. 412 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a great point. 413 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 1: What are the chances you think that's becoming a reality, 414 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 1: by the way, for people that are excited. 415 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 2: I don't know. Right now, we have no Democrats supporting it. 416 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 2: We have another we have seven Republicans who are supporting it. 417 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 4: We have no Dea. I wonder why, right, no Democrats. 418 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 4: I wonder why. 419 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:07,879 Speaker 2: It's because these are their donors, these are the people 420 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:11,159 Speaker 2: that fund their campaigns. My hope is I'm going to 421 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 2: press for us to have a vote. I want to 422 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:16,119 Speaker 2: put the Democrats on record. My guess is most not 423 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 2: all the Democrats will vote no. I don't want to 424 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 2: go after the funders of these riots because they won't 425 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 2: say this, but because we the Democrats support the riots. 426 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 2: But let's put them on record. Let's have them take 427 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 2: a position, because this ought to be a simple, common 428 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 2: sense position. And my suspicion is every Democrat will vote no. 429 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 2: But if they do, that will be highly, highly revealing. 430 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 1: I want to move to something else, and this is 431 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: about securing our skies, law enforcement and drones and public 432 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,159 Speaker 1: safety or something. I think a lot of people are 433 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 1: paying attention to, especially since we really exposed this on Verdict, 434 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:56,160 Speaker 1: where we were talking about how the cartels have got 435 00:23:56,240 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: an amazing ability to use drones. Now they are heavily 436 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:05,400 Speaker 1: advanced and and and have advanced invested in this technology 437 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 1: for drones to be able to see what we're doing 438 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 1: on our side of the border, see when border patrol 439 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: agans are on going one direction or the others, they 440 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:13,880 Speaker 1: can get people across, drugs across. 441 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 4: It's incredible. 442 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:18,639 Speaker 1: There's also another national security standpoint on drones as well. 443 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 1: We've witnessed what drones have becoming this war with Russia 444 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,720 Speaker 1: and Ukraine, and it terrifies me what we're seeing now 445 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 1: with drone technology and how drones are changing warfare. UH 446 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 1: and unfortunately you're seeing it have a massive impact on 447 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 1: the number of casualis between Russia and Ukraine. 448 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 4: You combine those. 449 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 1: Two things, the cartels, the drugs, the human trafficking, sex trafficking, 450 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:47,919 Speaker 1: child trafficking, the fetanyl and uh, the war aspect of this, 451 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 1: and there's a nefarious individual's isis how kind of the 452 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:54,160 Speaker 1: list goes on and on. You guys are looking at 453 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 1: this from an issue of we got to secure our 454 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 1: skies with this new legislation that you're advocating for. 455 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:04,560 Speaker 2: Talk about that, well, war often foreshadows the next threats 456 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,119 Speaker 2: we will face, the next threats we will face from terrorism, 457 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 2: the next threats we will face from criminal attacks, and 458 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 2: you're right the war in Ukraine right now. If you 459 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 2: look at how drones are being used, it illustrates the 460 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 2: profound threat. We had a hearing this week in the 461 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 2: Senate Judiciary Committee. I raised some questions on this. I 462 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 2: laid this out. Give a listen to what I had 463 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 2: to say in the Judiciary Committee hearing this week. In 464 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 2: twenty twenty four, Thomas Crooks flew a drone over a 465 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:37,399 Speaker 2: Trump rally site for eleven minutes, scouting the grounds before 466 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,639 Speaker 2: his attempted assassination of President Trump. 467 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 4: That same year, drones. 468 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 2: Hovered over Naval Air Station Fort Worth for more than 469 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 2: two hours unintercepted. At our southern border, cartels now operate 470 00:25:55,440 --> 00:26:01,159 Speaker 2: drone fleet, smuggling fentanyl, coordinating illegal crossings, and jamming US surveillance. 471 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:11,359 Speaker 2: They form specialized drone units. They've dropped bombs, They've deployed jammers. 472 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:18,440 Speaker 2: Drones right now are outpacing our law enforcement at every turn. 473 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 2: In our prisons, drones drop weapons, phones, and fentanyl, arming 474 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:33,119 Speaker 2: inmates and fueling the deadliest drug epidemic in American history. 475 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:39,360 Speaker 2: And here's the most damning part. Cartels right now have 476 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:44,919 Speaker 2: more drone capability than American law enforcement. Let me repeat 477 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 2: that cartels today have more drone capability than American law enforcement. 478 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,879 Speaker 2: Mister Hardy, you work at the intersection of law and 479 00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:02,199 Speaker 2: policy regarding drones at the DOJ. Is it true that 480 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 2: only a handful of federal agents under narrow legal authority 481 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 2: can intercept or disable a drone? 482 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 4: Thank you, Senator. 483 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 5: That is generally true under the twenty eighteen Act that 484 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:20,120 Speaker 5: gives DHS and DHS a DJ authority to conduct detection 485 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:21,360 Speaker 5: and mitigration operation. 486 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 1: That shocking, Centator, that's it, Like you want to talk 487 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,199 Speaker 1: about being behind me the eight ball like good grief. 488 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 2: Yes, And it's not just that. The hearing we also 489 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 2: got into the fact that federal law enforcement is highly 490 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 2: limited and actually stayed in. Local law enforcement is even 491 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 2: more limited. So understand the threat we're going to face. 492 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 2: We are going to see a major terrorist attack carried 493 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 2: out by drones. We are going to see people killed 494 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 2: via drones. We may see a drone flown into a 495 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 2: commercial airline. We are going to see I believe political 496 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 2: leaders assassinated using drones. The threats are massive, and right now, 497 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 2: the authority of law enforcements take out a drone. If 498 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 2: there's a drone that is over a sports stadium for 499 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,879 Speaker 2: a football game, a baseball game, a World Cup game, 500 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 2: right now there is extremely limited, almost no authority to 501 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:26,960 Speaker 2: take out that drone, even moments before it detonates a bomb, 502 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:32,160 Speaker 2: or distributes a bioweapon, or engages in some other act 503 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:32,920 Speaker 2: of terrorism. 504 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:35,440 Speaker 4: This is the most scary. 505 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 1: I think part about red tape with government is if 506 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 1: you see a threat and it's there, it's almost like 507 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 1: you have to hope that law enforcement would just say 508 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:46,800 Speaker 1: I'll deal with one of the consequences later because I 509 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 1: know I'm doing the right thing, and you worry that 510 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 1: people are like, well, hold on a second, you can't 511 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 1: do that. You don't have the authority, and then the 512 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:54,360 Speaker 1: worst case scenario happens. 513 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:54,960 Speaker 4: Yeah. 514 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 2: Look, and this hearing is driving we need legislation that 515 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 2: gives law enforcement the authority to protect us, to take 516 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 2: out drones, to take out drones that are a threat 517 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:08,800 Speaker 2: to airplanes. I am very concerned about an aviation accident 518 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 2: of a drone getting in the way of a commercial aircraft. 519 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 2: We need authority to take out drones that pose a 520 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:20,120 Speaker 2: threat to civilians, pose a threat to sports gatherings, pose 521 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 2: a threat. As I laid out the assassination attempt on 522 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:30,600 Speaker 2: Donald Trump, the assassin who shot President Trump used a 523 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:34,920 Speaker 2: drone initially to scout it out. This is coming and 524 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 2: it is dangerous, and I think we have a responsibility 525 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 2: to act and to act. There's a long phenomenon that 526 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 2: when it comes to warfare, generals far too often fight 527 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:50,040 Speaker 2: the last war rather than the next war. If you 528 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 2: look at the war in Ukraine, it gives us a 529 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:57,080 Speaker 2: window into the future because drones allow for asymmetric attacks 530 00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:02,000 Speaker 2: for those who lack power to use a four hundred 531 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 2: dollars drone to take out a multimillion dollar tank or 532 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 2: a multimillion dollar fighter jet. That asymmetry is dangerous and 533 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 2: I think we need real leadership, real leadership on the 534 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,040 Speaker 2: part of the Trump administration, real leadership on the part 535 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:22,240 Speaker 2: of Congress to enhance our ability to stop dangerous drones 536 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 2: and to recognize this is the next frontier for warfare, 537 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 2: for terrorism, and for threats of violence against civilians across 538 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:33,800 Speaker 2: this country. 539 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: Final question on this, do you believe this is at 540 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 1: least one of those issues where you can get bipartisan support, 541 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 1: that this won't be Republican to v Democrat and make 542 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:44,560 Speaker 1: this so hard to do. 543 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 4: Our Democrats on board with us because it's a national 544 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:49,880 Speaker 4: security issue. 545 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:52,440 Speaker 2: So I hope. So I don't know yet if Democrats 546 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:53,600 Speaker 2: will be willing to work together. 547 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 4: It should be. 548 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,400 Speaker 2: I mean, this ought to be a level of common 549 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:59,600 Speaker 2: sense that people would recognize. This threat is not a 550 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:01,680 Speaker 2: part of threat. It's not a right wing threat or 551 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 2: a left wing threat. It's a vulnerability we have as 552 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:07,120 Speaker 2: a society. And so I'm certainly going to try to 553 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:09,560 Speaker 2: get Democrats and Republicans to come together, but I will 554 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 2: say it as early so we don't know for sure, 555 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:14,080 Speaker 2: but this ought to be an issue that brings us 556 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 2: all together. 557 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:16,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a great point. Don't forget we did this 558 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,400 Speaker 1: show Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Hit that subscribe or auto 559 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:24,040 Speaker 1: download button wherever you get your podcasts so that you 560 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:26,280 Speaker 1: don't miss a single episode of VERTICU with Ted Cruz 561 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 1: and the Centaer. 562 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,720 Speaker 4: I will see you back here on Friday morning.