1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:01,520 Speaker 1: Welcome. 2 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 2: It is verdict with Ted Cruz that we can review 3 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 2: and Ben Ferguson with you. And here's some of the 4 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 2: big stories that you may have missed that we talked 5 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:11,800 Speaker 2: about this week. First up, fighting the crime epidemic in 6 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 2: liberal blue cities. Donald Trump taking it on and having 7 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 2: massive success. So why are Democrats still fighting against him 8 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 2: even when the data shows it's working. 9 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: We'll have that for you. 10 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 2: Also, the government shutdown is continuing and is there an 11 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 2: end date in sight? 12 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: We'll have that as well. 13 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:34,520 Speaker 2: And finally, Justice Kavanaugh attempted murder suspect given an incredibly 14 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 2: light sentence due to a radical judge. It's the weekend 15 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 2: review and it starts right now. All right, I want 16 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:45,200 Speaker 2: to move to something else that's really important. The Senate 17 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 2: Judiciary is having a big hearing and it deals with 18 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 2: blue city chaos, democratic run cities. The report that's out 19 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 2: now is pretty clear. The top twenty most crime ridden cities, 20 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 2: eighteen of them are controlled by left wing hard court Democrats. 21 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 2: And you guys are now looking into this, so what 22 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 2: does this actually mean? 23 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 3: Well, this week the Judiciary Committee held a hearing on 24 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 3: out of control crime in Democrat cities and it really 25 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 3: is horrific the policies. It turns out when you let 26 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 3: violent criminals go, when you undermine the police, when you 27 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 3: put in place prosecutors who won't prosecute crime, you get 28 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 3: more crime. This summer, the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chuck Grassley's 29 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 3: the chairman, put out a report that showed that the 30 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 3: Biden Department of Justice sent taxpayer funded grants to Soros 31 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 3: backed soft on crime and goos. And in particular, here's 32 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 3: what the report said. Under the Biden Harris administration, the 33 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:46,759 Speaker 3: Vera Institute was awarded millions of taxpayer dollars to prop 34 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 3: up left wing district attorneys who would then partner with 35 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 3: the Vera Institute to implement Soros backed progressive policies. These 36 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 3: policies included prioritizing violent criminals over victims and declining to 37 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 3: fully process acute felony charges including assault, kidnapping, rape, and murder. 38 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 3: And here's some of the key findings from the report. 39 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 3: In New York, New York County DA Alvin Bragg partnered 40 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 3: with the Vera Institute and declined to prosecute certain misdemeanor felonies, 41 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 3: actively working to downgrade felony charges to misdemeanors and refused 42 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 3: to detain criminals before their trials. Meanwhile, Bragg attempted to 43 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 3: prosecute President Donald Trump for federal campaign finance violations. In 44 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 3: the year twenty twenty five, there were over forty eight 45 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:39,799 Speaker 3: thousand individuals arrested for misdemeanors in New York County WOW, 46 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,920 Speaker 3: but only three thousand of them were detained. Forty eight 47 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 3: thousand arrested, three thousand detained. In Georgia, Athens, DA Debor 48 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 3: Gonzalez partnered with the Vere Institute and pledged to protect 49 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:57,239 Speaker 3: illegal immigrant defendants and release criminals on bonds that did 50 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 3: not require the posting of money. In Wisconsin, Milwaukee DA 51 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 3: John Chisholm partnered with Veri Institute to implement progressive, soft 52 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 3: on crime policies and reportedly told the Milwaukee Sentinel Journey quote, 53 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 3: is there going to be an individual I divert or 54 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,239 Speaker 3: who I put into a treatment program who's going to 55 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 3: go out and kill somebody? 56 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 4: You bet? 57 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 3: That is the Soros DA bragging he's going to release 58 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 3: criminals who murder people. And in twenty twenty, the Milwaukee 59 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 3: DA's office released a criminal twice before he ultimately drove 60 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 3: an suv through a Christmas parade, killing six and injuring 61 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 3: sixty two others. This pattern is happening over and over 62 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 3: and over again. What is amazing is the Democrats are 63 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 3: not learning. They're not saying, gosh, maybe we should stop 64 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 3: siding with the criminals. Instead, they're doubling down. 65 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 1: They're doubling down. And you see these stories that pop up. 66 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 2: And there was one dad that went before Congress to 67 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 2: testify about his daughter and just how many times the 68 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 2: man that killed his daughter, that took his daughter's life 69 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 2: had been arrested and released. And if you didn't hear that, 70 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 2: people should go listen to it because I think it's 71 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 2: really important. But we're seeing this happen where criminals are 72 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 2: being caught and released dozens of times, like dozens of 73 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 2: Time Center and they're just like, yeah, so what they 74 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 2: go out and then they kill somebody, Like okay, maybe 75 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 2: we should have guess locked that guy up, My bad, 76 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 2: it's insane. 77 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 3: Well, and here was a portion of the hearing this week, 78 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 3: Give a listen, prosecute violent criminals. Innocent victims die right 79 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,359 Speaker 3: here in Washington, d C. In twenty twelve murders in 80 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 3: DC totaled fewer than one hundred. By twenty twenty three, 81 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 3: murders had nearly tripled two hundred and seventy four lives 82 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 3: taken in a single year. These are the real world 83 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 3: consequences of Democrat crime policies that let murderers go. 84 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 2: And the policy to be clear sent is a simple one. 85 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:05,600 Speaker 2: Das were instructed when they took money basically from Soros. 86 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 2: They're bought and paid for by Soros, and what they 87 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 2: were instructed to do was to have prison reform and 88 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 2: bail reform. They wanted people out of the prisons. They 89 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 2: didn't want pe to go to prisons, they didn't want 90 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 2: Peo to be held in prison because of bail, and 91 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 2: so that is part of what they're advocating for here. 92 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 3: It's comprehensive and it's at every stage. It's a left 93 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 3: wing agenda that wants to number one, abolish the police, 94 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,279 Speaker 3: wants to defund the police. And by the way, that's 95 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 3: not just empty rhetoric. If you look at jurisdictions across 96 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 3: the country. In Minneapolis, they slashed funding for the police department. 97 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 3: In New York City, the NYPD, they cut over a 98 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 3: billion dollars from the NYPD's budget in Austin, Texas, our 99 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 3: home state, one hundred and fifty million dollars cut from 100 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 3: the police department. So that's one way they do it 101 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 3: is they attack the police directly to wanting to either 102 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 3: abolish or defund the police. But secondly they go after 103 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 3: DA's and George Soros has spent tens of million millions 104 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 3: of dollars funding DA campaigns for radicals who've gotten elected 105 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 3: in many major cities across the country. And when they 106 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 3: get in, they refuse to prosecute violent criminals. They downgrade 107 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:15,599 Speaker 3: felonies to misdemeanors, they abolish cash bail, so they catch 108 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 3: a murderer, they let them go. They catch a violent criminal, 109 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,279 Speaker 3: they let them go. Here's another portion from the hearing. 110 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:24,599 Speaker 3: You know, it's clear from this hearing the Democrat talking 111 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:28,279 Speaker 3: points have come out. Both Senator Padilla and Senator Booker 112 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 3: spent a great deal of time talking about quote red 113 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 3: states as a reason they were talking about red states 114 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:37,840 Speaker 3: because unfortunately, most red states had blue cities and that's 115 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 3: where the crime is. If you want to look at 116 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 3: in twenty twenty three, the large cities with the most 117 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 3: homicides per one hundred thousand people number one was New Orleans, Louisiana. 118 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 3: Number two was Memphis, Tennessee. Number three was Saint Louis City. 119 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 3: Number four was Baltimore City. Number five was Washington, DC. 120 00:06:55,680 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 3: Democrat crime policies kill people. Soros das who let murderers 121 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 3: out of jail kill people. 122 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 2: So when you look at this being exposed the way 123 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 2: that you guys are doing it, what is going to 124 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 2: be the mechanism that can obviously help stop this from happening? 125 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 2: And how can Congress use that leverage? 126 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 3: Well, there are lots of things we can do. One 127 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 3: is what President Trump has done, which is he sent 128 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 3: the National Guard to Washington, DC. And the result of 129 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 3: that is the crime rates of plummet. The plummeted. The 130 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 3: murder rates have dropped fifty eight percent. 131 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 4: Now you would. 132 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 3: Think rational people that if Democrats were rational people, they'd 133 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 3: be celebrating, Wow, the murder rate has plummeted. That means 134 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 3: people are alive because the National Guard is they're stopping murders. 135 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 4: But they're not. They're furious. And I'll tell you. 136 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 3: In the wake of George Floyd dying, the DC City 137 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 3: Council passed a soft on crime package of legislation that 138 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 3: lessened the penalty for violent crime across the board, that 139 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 3: tied the police hands and made it much much harder 140 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 3: to prosecute crime. And the result was crime rose dramatically, 141 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 3: carjacking and violent crime rose dramatically. I've introduced legislation in 142 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 3: the Senate called the Clean DC Act. The Clean DC 143 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 3: Act reverses those twenty twenty two laws. It reinstates tougher 144 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 3: penalties on violent crimes, and it allows the police to 145 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 3: actually go after the violent criminals. At the hearing, the 146 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 3: head of the DC Police Union testified and he explicitly 147 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 3: asked the Senate to pass my legislation. Pass the Clean 148 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 3: DC Act. Give a listen to the head of the 149 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 3: DC Police Officers Union. 150 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 5: That is why we also support the Clean DC Act. 151 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 5: It begins the process of undoing harmful legislation, restoring balance, 152 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 5: and rebuilding MPD strength. This is not just a DC issue. 153 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 5: Other cities that embrace the same policies are now facing 154 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 5: the same consequences. The lesson is clear. When leaders attack police, 155 00:08:55,480 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 5: communities suffer. When lawmakers strip away tools and protections, criminals thrive. 156 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 5: If this is not corrected, the crisis will deepen here 157 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 5: and nationwide. Urge Congress to act, support the Clean DC Act, 158 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 5: roll backfield legislation, and work with law enforcement instead of 159 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 5: against US officers want nothing more than to protect their communities, 160 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 5: but they cannot do it alone. Again, I thank you 161 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 5: for the opportunity to testify, and I welcome any questions 162 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 5: the committee may have. 163 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 6: Thank you. 164 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:24,679 Speaker 2: One of the things Centaer I like about where you 165 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 2: guys are going with this is that this is not 166 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 2: going to be a short term thing. This is actual 167 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 2: reform you are advocating for to make sure that these 168 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 2: cities don't go back to these liberal policies where innocent 169 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 2: people are dying every single day. 170 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 4: Now, that's exactly right. 171 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:44,439 Speaker 3: And the first obligation, the first obligation the president, the 172 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 3: commander in chief has is to protect this nation, to 173 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 3: keep us safe. The first obligation really every elected official 174 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 3: should should put front and center is protecting the health 175 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 3: and safety of the men and women you're elected to represent. 176 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 3: And you know it is striking, just like like we 177 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 3: talk about a minute ago with the shutdown where the 178 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 3: Democrats are engaged in gaslighting. You heard in the segment 179 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 3: I was talking about what both Corey Booker and Alex 180 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 3: Padilla said in that hearing where they both had talking 181 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 3: points almost exactly the same, where they said, well, you know, 182 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 3: there are bad crime stats in a bunch of red states, 183 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 3: and they went through a bunch of red states, and 184 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 3: then they're right, there are red states where the crime 185 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 3: stats are problematic. My response, which they have no refutation to, 186 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 3: is that is entirely driven by the blue cities and 187 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 3: those red states that are governed by left wing Democrat 188 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 3: mayors and left wing Democrat das who refuse to prosecute 189 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 3: violent crime. And so, yes, look, Memphis, Tennessee was number 190 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 3: two on the list. Now, Tennessee is a red state. 191 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 3: But you know, God help you if you live in 192 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 3: Memphis when you have local officials who will not prosecute. 193 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:49,680 Speaker 4: The bad guys. 194 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 3: And that's true in Baltimore, that's true in New Orleans, 195 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 3: that's true in Washington, DC. And rather than address it 196 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 3: and admit it and fix it, the Democrats are trying 197 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 3: to distract people by engaging in dishonest rhetoric. 198 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 2: Now, if you want to hear the rest of this conversation, 199 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 2: you can go back and listen to the full podcast 200 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 2: from earlier this week. Now onto story number two. Is 201 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 2: this going to be a really long term shutdown or 202 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 2: is this going to be something that's going to get 203 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 2: resolved pretty quickly. So let's talk about you and Washington. 204 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 2: Last week there were votes and movement, but it did 205 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 2: not move enough to make the government go back to 206 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 2: actually working for the American people. When FDC, what was 207 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 2: a temperature and you said, now, Democrats, you feel like 208 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 2: are actually freaking out? 209 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:39,439 Speaker 3: Yeah, Look, I and every other Republican has voted repeatedly 210 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 3: to open up the government. The House of Representatives has 211 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 3: passed a clean cr a clean continuing resolution that keeps 212 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 3: the government open, and it's the Democrats who keep voting 213 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 3: it down. And we're going to this week, we're going 214 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 3: to be back in. We'll be in Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 215 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 3: maybe Friday. Every day we will vote to open the government. 216 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 3: Right now. If the Democrats don't change, every day, the 217 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 3: Democrats will vote to keep the government shut down. And 218 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:09,079 Speaker 3: the challenge is they don't have an off ramp that 219 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 3: they're trying to make up all sorts of things to say, 220 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 3: we're going to shut the government down because. 221 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:16,679 Speaker 4: Of X, because of Y. 222 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 3: They're claiming it's all about that they really really really 223 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 3: want to give health care to illeal aliens. Actually, ironically, 224 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 3: they're not claiming that that's in the language of the 225 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 3: bill they keep voting for. So every Democrat keeps voting 226 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 3: for a bill that would provide government provided health care 227 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 3: for illegals, and then they're going on TV saying what us, No, no, no, 228 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 3: we don't want health care for illegals. Who's ever heard 229 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 3: of such a thing? That's not possibly what we want. 230 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 3: So there's a level of incoherence in terms of what 231 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 3: they're ask is. But there's a reason for that. They 232 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 3: don't actually have a real ask. What they have is 233 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 3: a political problem for Chuck Schumer. When he last kept 234 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 3: the government open, he came very close to losing his job. 235 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 3: Left wing rose up, they were furious. I got to say, 236 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 3: Bennett is astonishing. Every single Democrat Senate candidate in the 237 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 3: country who has been asked, do you support Chuck Schumer 238 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 3: to remain the Democrat leader in the Senate? Not one, 239 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 3: not a single incumbent, not a single challenger has said yep, 240 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,440 Speaker 3: he's our leader. They're all running terrified, And so you 241 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 3: want to know why there's a shutdown because Schumer needs 242 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,439 Speaker 3: to beat his chest now at some point he'll stop 243 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 3: beating his chest and the government will reopen. But just 244 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 3: this week, CBS did a poll and I got to say, 245 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 3: the Democrats' numbers are near an all time low. The 246 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 3: democrats favorability rating is at thirty four percent sixty six 247 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 3: percent unfavorable, and it really is striking. So CBS, now 248 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 3: this is not a right wing poll, this is CBS. 249 00:13:56,679 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 3: CBS asked what words describe the Democrat Party? 250 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 7: What do you think? 251 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 2: The number one word was, I'm gonna guess it wasn't 252 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 2: like inspirational, like hope and change. 253 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: Back in the day when Obama is. 254 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:17,080 Speaker 3: Around week there you go week week was sixty four 255 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 3: percent of Americans bold said the Democrat Party is weak? 256 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 4: What do you think? The number two word. 257 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: Was I'm gonna go with not strong. 258 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 3: Extreme forty six percent set extreme, So weak in extreme 259 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 3: are the top two words. Now after that, you've got 260 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 3: reasonable reasonable is it forty four percent? 261 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 1: Strong? 262 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 3: You actually asked about strong. What percent do you think 263 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 3: say the Democrat Party is strong? 264 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 2: I mean, if I had a guess, I'd say thirty 265 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 2: five percent. Twenty seven Wow, so. 266 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: Even lower than I thought, because thirty five was not 267 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 1: like a good number. 268 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 3: By the way, and by the way, effective, what percent 269 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 3: do you think say the Democrat Party is effective? 270 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: Going to say, based on what you just said a 271 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: moment ago, twenty five percent? 272 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 3: Twenty six there you go. Okay, God, so all right, 273 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 3: think think for a minute. You are running the Democrat 274 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 3: Party Senate campaign, the Democrat Party House campaign. Your message 275 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 3: right now, two thirds of Americans think we're weak. Half 276 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 3: of Americans think we're extreme. We've got a full quarter 277 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 3: of Americans who think we're strong and effective. So we're 278 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 3: telling you quarter of Americans we are strong and effective. 279 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 3: Everyone else, you know, we're full of crap. That is 280 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 3: the definition of a political crisis. You want to know 281 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 3: why my colleagues are nervous. Look, I this past week 282 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 3: I sent out a meme so you may have seen, 283 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:47,480 Speaker 3: in fact, I know you've seen. Ben President Trump sent 284 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 3: out a meme of Hakeem Jeffries wearing a sombrero with 285 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 3: a big handlebar mustache. 286 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 1: Bye. 287 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 2: By the way, so good and hilarious and just funny, 288 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 2: and people need to calm down. But of course Democrats 289 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 2: start screaming race right away. 290 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 4: Look, it was funniest crap. 291 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 3: It was ai so it had chuck Schumer saying, all right, 292 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 3: nobody's voting for Democrats because they know our bs, and 293 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 3: we would have actually played the meme, but the AI 294 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 3: curses a number of times, and this is a family 295 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 3: friendly podcast, so we're not going to play the curse 296 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 3: words here. But I have to admit I doubled over laughing, 297 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 3: and look, it's obviously AI. Nobody thinks that the yeah 298 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 3: it Schumer actually said, we the Democrats are are full 299 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 3: of crap, Like it's obvious they're lying. But what people 300 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 3: have gone nuts about is a king Jeffries is there. 301 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 3: They're saying, Okay, nobody votes for us. Everyone hates us. 302 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 3: So we've decided to go all in on free healthcare, 303 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 3: free illegals because maybe the illegals they don't speak English, 304 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 3: so maybe they'll support us at least for a while, 305 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 3: so they discover how horrible we are and then they 306 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 3: won't support us either. That's a paraphrase of what Schumer 307 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 3: says in the video. And you have a Keem Jeffries 308 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 3: at a sombrero and a big mustachio next to him, 309 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 3: and I have to admit my team we took a video. 310 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,640 Speaker 3: There are forty four Democrats who keep voting to shut 311 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 3: the government down. So we took pictures of all forty 312 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 3: four of those Democrat senators and we used a little 313 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 3: bit of AI and we stuck sombreros and big old 314 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 3: mustaches on them, and we put it out, and we 315 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,119 Speaker 3: put it out. Actually, I want to play the tune 316 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:24,359 Speaker 3: and we're not going to play the whole thing, but 317 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 3: I want to play the tune that we put it 318 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:30,680 Speaker 3: out to because it's it's very neutral and non political. 319 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 3: Give a listen to the song that we put out. 320 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 3: And mind you, while you're listening to this song, you 321 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 3: have a cascade of forty four Democrat senators with sombreros 322 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 3: and big handlebar mustaches. 323 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 7: Give a listener. 324 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 6: Nomber Cono is never gonna be Novem gonna make the 325 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:08,640 Speaker 6: goodry better than you can remember. Count Moo is never 326 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:13,879 Speaker 6: gonna be me in November when the inside do the 327 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:17,640 Speaker 6: Magarito shake it up. But Treila campaign now they all 328 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 6: love me because I'm Dante and never going to American 329 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:24,959 Speaker 6: wants me. Votes for me. Jn't just be on himself. 330 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 6: The Ferre tim this sweep votes for me. Jot just 331 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:31,199 Speaker 6: be on himself. The ferre dumb This sweep co. 332 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: Tho is never gonna be me. 333 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 6: You no gonna make the good you better than you 334 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 6: can remember. 335 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 1: All right. 336 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 2: I gotta say you know that Donald Trump loves this 337 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 2: kind of stuff. I cannot wait to see what he 338 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 2: says to you when you guys hang out next. 339 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:48,679 Speaker 3: Uh oh, look, it's hysterical and you gotta envision if 340 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 3: if you haven't watched it online. While the song is playing, 341 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 3: we've just got image after image of Democrats. So we 342 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 3: have Chris van Holland sitting down with the MS thirteen 343 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 3: member having dakery with a giant sombrero and heinelbar mustache. 344 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:06,920 Speaker 4: We just just have fun with it. 345 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 3: By the way, I will say the Macarena so as 346 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 3: you know, my communications director's named Makarena Martinez. She's fantastic, 347 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:17,359 Speaker 3: really really good. But I was talking to like several 348 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 3: of the young staffers in my office and I said, 349 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:22,920 Speaker 3: you know, there's only one member of our staff who 350 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 3: has been the title of a number one song worldwide, 351 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 3: And like the twenty two year olds in my office 352 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:31,440 Speaker 3: had no idea what I was talking about. 353 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:35,400 Speaker 1: Isn't it amazing? Like they've never heard of You're right now? 354 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, Like it's it's it's for all of so so 355 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 3: this pod has a lot of younger listeners. There was 356 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:46,159 Speaker 3: a song what twenty years ago, twenty five long time ageah, 357 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 3: long longer than that maybe, Yeah, that was the makarena, 358 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 3: and there there was a dance. I will say, if 359 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 3: you've never seen it, there's an image you don't want 360 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 3: to see of Hillary Clinton dancing the macarena. And it 361 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 3: is just it will it will make you feel like 362 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 3: the gift of Homer Simpson wanting to pour bleach in 363 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 3: your eyes. You do not want to see Hillary. Trust me, 364 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:11,920 Speaker 3: do not google Hillary Clinton dancing the macarena. You will 365 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:12,640 Speaker 3: never be the same. 366 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 1: That was that at the Democratic Convention. I'm having a 367 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 1: flashback right now. 368 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I don't remember trying to be cool 369 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 2: right and it just completely backfired. 370 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 4: It was horrible. 371 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:26,399 Speaker 3: Now, I will tell you when I sent out this 372 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 3: this video of all the Democrats, Tim Kane, Democrat from Virginia, 373 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 3: who Tim and I are friends, but he like popped 374 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 3: me back on Twitter. He's like, hey, did you buy 375 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 3: those sombreros and can kun, which I was. I immediately 376 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 3: responded yes I did. And by the way, Tim, instead 377 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 3: of making dumb jokes about kN kun. How about we 378 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 3: reopened the government since half of your friggin state Virginia 379 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 3: works for the government and you've taken away all their 380 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 3: paychecks and and he didn't like that. So I will 381 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 3: say on the Senate floor, I was giving Tim a 382 00:20:57,920 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 3: little bit of grief for that, and he was kind 383 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 3: of He's like, did you like my can't gun joke? 384 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,879 Speaker 3: And I'm like, yeah, but I'd like it better if 385 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 3: you opened the government. 386 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 1: If you opened the government. So all right, look into 387 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:08,840 Speaker 1: your crystal ball. 388 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 2: Based on what DC was like in the mood when 389 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 2: you left and going back in there on Monday, do 390 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:19,159 Speaker 2: you think that we will get the government reopened this 391 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:22,160 Speaker 2: week or do you think that that Schumer I do still. 392 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:22,959 Speaker 4: Dig in now. 393 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 3: I think they cave this week, and I want to 394 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 3: play for you. So last week Schumer was on the 395 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 3: Senate floor, and I want to paint the picture. He's 396 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 3: giving a speech for one of the multiple times the 397 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:35,919 Speaker 3: Democrats are voting to shut the government down, and they 398 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:40,400 Speaker 3: know the polling is going terribly and so Schumer got 399 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:45,479 Speaker 3: up and his line he said, well, okay, they're polls 400 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 3: that Republicans are talking about, but those are biased Republican polls. 401 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 3: And he says, well, it's the New York Times, but 402 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:52,959 Speaker 3: it's biased. 403 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 4: And I got to say. 404 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 3: I was standing ten feet away from Schumer, and I 405 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 3: and every other Republican just cracked up laughing because he's 406 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,959 Speaker 3: like claiming the New York Times is a biased right 407 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 3: wing publication. And it was spontaneous. We did not organize this. 408 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 3: We just like doubled over laughing, and Schumer he stammered, 409 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 3: he stopped. He's like, uh uh, well, I mean it 410 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:20,119 Speaker 3: was Look, who knew Schumer could be so funny. I 411 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,440 Speaker 3: want you to play The video is better, but I 412 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 3: want you to play the audio Schumer saying this and 413 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 3: the spontaneous reaction appeals of laughter on the Senate floor. 414 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:31,680 Speaker 8: Now I want to know the leader is going to 415 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 8: show a poll that says that Democrats will be blamed 416 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 8: for the shutdown. There are many more polls that show 417 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 8: Republicans are blamed. The question in that poll is biased, 418 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:45,679 Speaker 8: biased in the New York Times, but it's biased if 419 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:46,920 Speaker 8: you turned the quot. 420 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 3: That's true. 421 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,199 Speaker 8: I don't always believe the New York Times. You can 422 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 8: be sure of that. Neither do you. 423 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:01,440 Speaker 2: Okay, it's amazing by the way, like you're here and there. 424 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:03,639 Speaker 2: It's kind of like he realized he stepped in it. 425 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 1: And he and even if he. 426 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:11,399 Speaker 3: Really was, like I'm standing ten feet from him and 427 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 3: all of us wet. Like, okay, the microphone on the 428 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 3: Senate floor, when you're speaking, you have a little microphone 429 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:21,639 Speaker 3: on your pel nobody else's micd That gives you a 430 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 3: sense of how loud the laughter was. That that's all 431 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:29,439 Speaker 3: coming through Schumer's mic, and we were just doubled over laughing. 432 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 3: And you watch his expression, He's like, oh, oh, oh wait, okay, okay, 433 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 3: that's really dumb. Oh crap, uh yeah, Okay. The New 434 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 3: York Times is a right wing biased publication. 435 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, maybe that's not like. 436 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 3: This is why my prediction is the shutdown will end 437 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 3: this week because I think the Democrats, as much as 438 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,200 Speaker 3: Schumer feels he's in trouble with the left wing, I 439 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:54,200 Speaker 3: think a lot of the Democrats say, we're on fire, 440 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 3: we don't have a win, this is not going well. 441 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,399 Speaker 3: There's a combination of two things. One, an awful lot 442 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 3: of Americans the government is shut down and they don't care. 443 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 3: It doesn't impact their lives. That is the nightmare for 444 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 3: any big government Democrat is if the government shuts down 445 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 3: and nobody notices and look, during a government shutdown, eighty 446 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:17,360 Speaker 3: three percent of the government keeps functioning. So the military functions, 447 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 3: law enforcement functions, the FBI functions, the border patrol functions, 448 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 3: ice functions, so security, medicare, Medicaid, all of that function, 449 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:32,120 Speaker 3: The A benefits continue, and so it is a nightmare 450 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 3: if your entire political career is built on telling the 451 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:39,920 Speaker 3: American people the most important thing in your life is 452 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 3: the federal government. If the government shuts down and everyone 453 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 3: yawns and goes about their life, that's a disaster. But 454 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:50,199 Speaker 3: a second disaster is to the extent people are focused. 455 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 3: So listen, if you're going to DC this week and 456 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:55,159 Speaker 3: you wanted to go to the Smithsonian and goes to 457 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 3: see the Air and Space Museum, you can't because the 458 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 3: Democrats shut down the Smithsonian. They shut down Yellowstone National Park, 459 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:05,439 Speaker 3: in all the national parks, and so people are going 460 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 3: to get pissed off gradually over time. But I think 461 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:11,120 Speaker 3: the vast majority of people are blaming the Democrats, saying 462 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 3: why are they shutting this down? 463 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: As before? 464 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 2: If you want to hear the rest of this conversation, 465 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 2: on this topic. You can go back and down the 466 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:21,400 Speaker 2: podcast from earlier this week to hear the entire thing. 467 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 2: I want to get back to the big story number 468 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:27,400 Speaker 2: three of the week you may have missed. I want 469 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 2: to move to another topic that we mentioned earlier, and 470 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 2: that is there is a lot of quiet outrage for 471 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:37,920 Speaker 2: people that have been paying attention to the Brett Kavanaugh 472 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 2: assassination scandal. You have a quote transgender man who plan 473 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:52,399 Speaker 2: to assassinate Brett Kavanaugh only receiving eight years for that crime. 474 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 2: There are a lot of people that are upset and 475 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 2: angry about it. I'm one of them. I think you 476 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:01,160 Speaker 2: are as well. And somehow, Oh, I guess being transgender 477 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 2: now has allows three to avolesse accountability for your actions. 478 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:06,360 Speaker 1: Explain this one. 479 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:11,719 Speaker 3: Yeah, I have to admit this story makes me incredibly angry. 480 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,360 Speaker 3: When I saw it I read the news story this week, 481 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:16,879 Speaker 3: I was literally yelling out loud as I was reading 482 00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:20,920 Speaker 3: my phone. Heidi and I and our daughter Caroline, we 483 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 3: were in New York this weekend. I was with a 484 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 3: half dozen NYPD cops and I got admit. I vented 485 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 3: to the cops who were all pissed about this. So 486 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 3: the man who planned to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett 487 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:39,400 Speaker 3: Kavanaugh in twenty twenty two. He flew from California to Maryland. 488 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,880 Speaker 3: He arrived there, he had with him. 489 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 4: He had. 490 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,879 Speaker 3: A knife, he had a gun, he had duct tape, 491 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 3: he had zip ties, and he had planned to murder 492 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 3: not just Brett Kavanaugh, but a total of three Supreme 493 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 3: Court justices. He was deranged, and he was caught on 494 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,880 Speaker 3: the street right outside Justice Kavanaugh's home. And by the way, 495 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 3: he was also threatening Justice Kavanaugh's why wife and their 496 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:09,359 Speaker 3: two daughters. Well, this guy was prosecuted quite rightily, and 497 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:12,119 Speaker 3: the Department of Justice asked for thirty years, which is 498 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 3: a pretty reasonable sentence for someone trying to kill a 499 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 3: Supreme Court justice. Well, this left wing judge, her name 500 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 3: is Deborah Boardman, she's a Joe Biden appointee to the 501 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 3: Maryland Federal Court. She made a twenty two year downward departure. 502 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 3: So instead of thirty years, she sentenced him to eight years. 503 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:38,920 Speaker 3: And her reasoning was essentially, instead of thirty years, you 504 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 3: get eight Why because you're transgender. Here's what Judge Boardman said, quote, 505 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:46,879 Speaker 3: under the law, I must consider the sentencing guidelines. The 506 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 3: guidelines in this case are three hundred and sixty months 507 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:53,399 Speaker 3: to life. It's important to understand the Supreme Court stands 508 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 3: on guidelines. They used to be mandatory, but in a 509 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 3: case called Booker, the Supreme Court held they were advisory. 510 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:03,880 Speaker 3: The judge acknowledge that quote this case did involve domestic terrorism, 511 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:08,159 Speaker 3: but she undid most of the terrorism enhancement created by 512 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:13,120 Speaker 3: the sentencing commission and said, quote, I have not seen 513 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 3: evidence that the sentencing Commission relied on evidence that it 514 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 3: would reduce recidivism. The sentencing took more than seven hours, 515 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 3: and she discussed at length her justification for the light sentence. 516 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 3: Here's what she said, Miss Roski. Of course she calls 517 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 3: the man a woman because she's a leftist. Miss Rosky 518 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:36,200 Speaker 3: came out to herself, to herself like this is a 519 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 3: private like just in the quiet of night, I've decided 520 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,239 Speaker 3: I'm a woman. Mis Rosky came out to herself as 521 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 3: transgender in twenty twenty, but kept it a secret. Mis 522 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,800 Speaker 3: Roski's sister came out as gay two years prior, but 523 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 3: miss Roski saw their parents struggle to recognize her sexuality 524 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 3: with their religious beliefs. By the way, it is not 525 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 3: it is not subtle or implied. The judge thinks religious 526 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:03,560 Speaker 3: beliefs on this are horrible and terrible, and you are 527 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:09,320 Speaker 3: bad if you have religious beliefs concerning sexuality. The judge continues, quote, 528 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 3: I am heartened that this terrible infraction has helped the 529 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 3: Roski family accept their daughter, by which she means Nicholas 530 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 3: Rosky for who she is. So you have someone attempting 531 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 3: to murder as sitting Supreme Court justice and the federal 532 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:33,320 Speaker 3: district judge who's sentencing the attempted murderer says, I'm heartened. 533 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 3: The great thing about this is the parents are now 534 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 3: accepting of their psychopathic, murderous son that thinks he's a daughter. 535 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 3: The mother of the murderer told the judge on Friday 536 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 3: that quote, I've attended p flag meetings. I have attended 537 00:29:55,280 --> 00:30:01,240 Speaker 3: p flag meetings and learned about the LGBTQ plus community. 538 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:06,240 Speaker 3: I am committed to going on this journey with Sophie, 539 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 3: by which she means her son, Nicholas. She was frustrated 540 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 3: with what was going on in the world, and we 541 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 3: weren't a safe place to process it. And by the way, 542 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:21,800 Speaker 3: the Daily Wire in their story the next sentence says, 543 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 3: as his mother wept. Nicholas Rosky also choked up his 544 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:33,960 Speaker 3: Adam's apple, bobbing up and down. Now here's what the 545 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:39,160 Speaker 3: judge continued saying. Quote, any prison time is punishment for her. 546 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:45,240 Speaker 3: The length doesn't need to be particularly long. Unduly harsh 547 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:49,880 Speaker 3: conditions make a difference too. She will be imprisoned in 548 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 3: a male facility even though she is a transgender prisoner, 549 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:59,040 Speaker 3: pursuant to an executive order from the President. Before the 550 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:02,320 Speaker 3: executive order, that wasn't the case. In other words, this 551 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:05,360 Speaker 3: judge really wanted to send this dude to a woman's prison, 552 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:08,720 Speaker 3: where after attempting to murder a sitting Supreme Court justice, 553 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:15,560 Speaker 3: he could assault women who were incarcerated. This is I 554 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 3: want to be clear, this is lunacy. This is nuts. 555 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:24,400 Speaker 3: I have to admit. I literally yelled and cursed out loud. 556 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:26,600 Speaker 4: Listen. Number one. 557 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,240 Speaker 3: Brett Kavanaugh's a friend. I've literally known Brett Kavanaugh for 558 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:32,520 Speaker 3: thirty years. His wife Ashley, Heidi, and I were with 559 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:36,640 Speaker 3: Ashley on the two thousand George W. Bush campaign. She's 560 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,640 Speaker 3: a West Texas girl. She's a wonderful woman. They have 561 00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:43,680 Speaker 3: two daughters who went through an utter nightmare going through 562 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 3: his confirmation hearing. Night after night after night, the Kavanaugh House, 563 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:53,080 Speaker 3: along with the house of every Supreme Court justice, had angry, 564 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:57,120 Speaker 3: violent left wing protesters out front, screaming, violating federal law. 565 00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:01,240 Speaker 3: It is a crime to protests at the home of 566 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 3: a justice seeking to change the decision of an opinion, 567 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 3: and yet the Biden Justice Department refused to enforce that law. 568 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 3: They would not prosecute those felonies and the heated rhetoric. Look, 569 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 3: this is very much like what we're seeing with Ice, 570 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 3: where Democrat rhetoric gets the lunatics and their party energized 571 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:25,200 Speaker 3: to go commit crimes of violence. I want to be clear, 572 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:29,600 Speaker 3: violence is never, ever, ever justified, So I'm not advocating 573 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:33,160 Speaker 3: violence against any Democrat. I'm not advocating violence again any 574 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:38,320 Speaker 3: left wing judges or justices. Violence is wrong. And by 575 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:42,640 Speaker 3: the way, when it comes to politically motivated violence, it 576 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:47,080 Speaker 3: is almost exclusively a left wing phenomenon. Look, when George 577 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 3: Floyd died, we saw riots in American cities, on fire, 578 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 3: being burned to the ground. We saw police cars being 579 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:57,680 Speaker 3: firebomb we saw people being murdered. When Charlie Kirk was murdered, 580 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,680 Speaker 3: we saw prayers across the countries. People went went out 581 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 3: and lit candles and prayed and sang together. And we 582 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:09,480 Speaker 3: did see violence, but not from the people supporting Charlie Kirk. 583 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:14,680 Speaker 3: Instead from the same left wing violent activists who were 584 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:18,600 Speaker 3: attacking the people in prayer visuals. There is a difference. 585 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:24,560 Speaker 3: And and and I have to say this judge, this 586 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:28,320 Speaker 3: judge is demonstrated she is utterly unfit to be a 587 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:32,959 Speaker 3: federal judge. I think the House of Representatives should seriously 588 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:35,200 Speaker 3: contemplate impeaching this judge. 589 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:39,800 Speaker 2: And and I don't by the way, does that happen 590 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,120 Speaker 2: for what you're describing right now, because everybody listening is 591 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:43,200 Speaker 2: to me, like a hold on a second. 592 00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:45,160 Speaker 1: If this is the case, then why don't we do it? 593 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:47,680 Speaker 1: Does it happen? How many votes do you need to 594 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 1: do it? How does that work? 595 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:53,479 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's happened a number of times. There have been 596 00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:56,440 Speaker 3: multiple federal judges who've been impeached and removed from office. 597 00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:00,440 Speaker 3: Typically they are impeached after committing a crime, something like 598 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:05,600 Speaker 3: committing accepting bribes. So Alsei Hastings, for example, was a 599 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:09,880 Speaker 3: federal judge who was convicted of accepting bribes as a judge. 600 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:12,600 Speaker 3: He was removed from office and then he turned around 601 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:15,520 Speaker 3: and ran for Congress as a Democrat and got elected 602 00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:19,560 Speaker 3: as a congressman. So he was a Democrat congressman who 603 00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,080 Speaker 3: had been impeached and removed from office for being a 604 00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:25,359 Speaker 3: federal judge taking bribes. So that I'm going to let 605 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:28,880 Speaker 3: you draw all the inferences you want. Those facts are objective. 606 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:32,560 Speaker 3: It is not easy to impeach a judge, although under 607 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:36,040 Speaker 3: the Constitution, to impeach a judge it takes a majority 608 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:38,960 Speaker 3: vote in the House of Representatives. And I actually think 609 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:42,840 Speaker 3: in this instance, a judge who thinks someone trying to 610 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:47,080 Speaker 3: murder a Supreme Court justice because he disagrees with a 611 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:51,320 Speaker 3: decision the Supreme Court justice is rendering that is a 612 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,959 Speaker 3: fundamental assault on our judicial system, on the rule of law, 613 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:58,000 Speaker 3: on the basic protection of rights all of us have. 614 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:03,440 Speaker 3: And if you are such a zealot, such a partisan ideologue, 615 00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:06,759 Speaker 3: that you will not follow the sentencing guidelines, you will 616 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:10,759 Speaker 3: not acknowledge this is terrorism, and instead you say, you 617 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:14,959 Speaker 3: know what, this person's transgender, and my ideology is such 618 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,239 Speaker 3: that I love transgenders, and so instead of thirty years, 619 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,640 Speaker 3: I'm going to give this person eight years. And by 620 00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:22,920 Speaker 3: the way, I really think this man should be in 621 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:26,120 Speaker 3: a woman's prison. But that mean mean president won't let 622 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:26,440 Speaker 3: me do. 623 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:29,400 Speaker 4: That, I believe. And I don't know this woman at all. 624 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:33,000 Speaker 3: I don't know this judge, but just how she conducted 625 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:37,120 Speaker 3: herself in this proceeding to me, demonstrates she is completely 626 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:41,440 Speaker 3: unfit to be a federal judge. I would urge the 627 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:44,239 Speaker 3: House Representatives take up impeachment and I would love to 628 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:47,400 Speaker 3: have a trial in the Senate. Do we want judges 629 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:51,800 Speaker 3: who refuse to enforce the criminal law for psychopathic murderers 630 00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,799 Speaker 3: who are trying to murder Supreme Court justices? I think 631 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:58,600 Speaker 3: the obvious answer is does tell you this? 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