1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:00,760 Speaker 1: Welcome. 2 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 2: It is Verdict with Center, Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you. 3 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 2: It's so nice to have you with us wherever you 4 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 2: are listening to us around the country and Center. We've 5 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 2: got a big show today, including China yet again being 6 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 2: accused of not playing by the rules, having a shadow 7 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 2: fleet of fishing boats that are not a few, a 8 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 2: lot that are destroying international waters and hurting so many 9 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 2: other countries. 10 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 3: Well, on today's podcast, we're going to talk to you 11 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 3: about Chinese communists, We're going to talk to you about 12 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 3: American communists, and then we're going to talk to you 13 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 3: about the Democratic National Committee. And you will notice there 14 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 3: is a thread that connects them all. But let's start 15 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 3: with the Chikoms. Let's start with the Chinese Communist Party. 16 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 3: We all know the horrible. 17 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 4: Things they do. 18 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 3: We know the murders, the tortures, the concentration camps, the genocide, 19 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 3: the lying, the producing COVID virus and causing massive damage 20 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 3: to the world and covering it up. All of those 21 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 3: are a given. But you know what you made. Maybe 22 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 3: didn't know that China is responsible for one of the 23 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 3: greatest ecological disasters across the globe and a systemic theft 24 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:13,400 Speaker 3: in the oceans, and it's something that's called illegal, unreported 25 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:17,399 Speaker 3: and unregulated fishing. I you you as the acronym. Now, 26 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 3: the Chinese Communist Party has a distant water fishing fleet. 27 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 3: How big do you think their fleet is that does 28 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 3: distant water fishing in other words, not around China. It's 29 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 3: not fishing around China, it's fishing on the other side 30 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 3: of the world. How big do you think their fleet is? 31 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 2: I mean fifty ships, sixty ships would be my guess. 32 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 3: It is somewhere between two thousand vessels and sixteen thousand vessels. 33 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 2: And they engage way the fact we don't know, as 34 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 2: you just mentioned and tells you how big the fleet is. 35 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 3: It is a massive number. It's engaged in theft. But 36 00:01:53,120 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 3: it's illegal fishing at a scale that constitutes ecoside combined 37 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 3: with gross human rights violations. And so this is an 38 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 3: issue I've been involved with a long time and trying 39 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 3: to urge the federal government to use the tools we 40 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 3: have to stop this massive illegal fishing. By the way, 41 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 3: this illegal fishing, it happens in the Gulf of America, 42 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 3: it happens in the Atlantic Ocean, it happens all around Africa, 43 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 3: does massive damages to Africa. It happens in and around 44 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 3: South America, it happens in the Indian Ocean, it happens 45 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 3: all over the globe. And the consequence of it, it 46 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 3: is subsidized by billions of dollars from the People's Republic 47 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 3: of China. Between twenty twenty two and twenty twenty four, 48 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 3: Chinese illegal fishing accounted for forty four percent of global 49 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,359 Speaker 3: fishing all over the world. Forty four percent, nearly half. 50 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: You just said illegal. 51 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 2: So that's outside of their quote legal fishing they're doing 52 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 2: in and around. 53 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 3: China, Yes, measuring at least one hundred and ten million 54 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 3: hours of fishing in more than ninety countries. And by 55 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 3: the way, not only do they engage in illegal fishing, 56 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 3: they also kill hundreds of critically endangered animals, including sharks, whales, dolphins. 57 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:26,639 Speaker 3: They've destroyed tens of thousands of acres of coral reefs. 58 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 3: And they use forced laborers, so they've got slave labor 59 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 3: that they put on the boats. That's who's doing the 60 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 3: illegal fishing. Are are people who are enslaved and they're 61 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 3: subjected to physical abuse, malnutrition, over work, and withheld pay. 62 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 3: In many instances for years, and so it is an 63 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 3: enormous challenge and one that I've had real progress fighting with. 64 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 3: There's a lot more that we can and need to do. 65 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 1: It's incredible. We're going to talk about that. 66 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 2: We're also going to talk about the craziness happening with 67 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 2: the Democratic Socialist of America one hundred days out from 68 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 2: the midterms, and also the DNC Democratic National they're broke. 69 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 2: We're going to have all that for you coming up 70 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 2: in a moment. Before we get to that, I want 71 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 2: to talk to you a moment about what you can 72 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 2: do in simply praying for the people right now that 73 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 2: are under attack in Israel. The headlines move on, but 74 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 2: the Harday can tear. 75 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:22,039 Speaker 1: They do not. 76 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 2: Iran and its terrist proxies are continuing to target Israel, 77 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 2: and Hesblad continues its attacks in the North, forcing families 78 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:33,239 Speaker 2: to live under constant threat. Israel is not only defitting 79 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,719 Speaker 2: her people, she is standing on the front lines against 80 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:39,159 Speaker 2: terror that literally threatens all of us now. 81 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:41,280 Speaker 1: Even when the news crews leave. 82 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 2: Israel, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, they remain. 83 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 2: Every day they are on the ground, providing life saving 84 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 2: aid and near Israel's border with Lebanon. A hesblod drone 85 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 2: recently struck the home of Yolina. She was widowed earlier 86 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 2: this year, living alone, and she was trapped inside by 87 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 2: that blast. Now, thank she was not injured, but she 88 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:05,280 Speaker 2: remained displaced. It's hard these days, she said, but I 89 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 2: don't want to leave, and honestly, why should she have 90 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 2: to leave her home. As Christians, we're called to stand 91 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 2: with God's people and pray for those defending Israel and 92 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 2: protecting the freedoms we hold. Dear, I want you to 93 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 2: join the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews and praying 94 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 2: for the peace of Jerusalem and for the soldiers, the 95 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 2: families and civilians carrying the burden of this fight. Right now, 96 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 2: you can go right now and help and learn who 97 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 2: you can pray for by visiting PRAYIFCJ dot org. That is, 98 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 2: pray IFCJ dot org. Pray IFCJ dot Org. Senator, I 99 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 2: want to go back to you mentioned Africa a moment ago, 100 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 2: and this is one of the things that's really come 101 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 2: out of this story is when you have a fleet 102 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 2: that is as large as as the Chinese Communist Party does, 103 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 2: and they're all over the world, and they're doing all 104 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 2: this illegal fishing twenty four to seven and using slave 105 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:02,359 Speaker 2: labor to do it. They're also destroying the fishing around 106 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 2: many people who desperately need it for survival. And when 107 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 2: I say survival, I'm talking about life and death. Africa 108 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,159 Speaker 2: is one of the countries they've targeted off there, off there, 109 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 2: you know, off their their shoreline, and it is having 110 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 2: it's decimating their local fishing, which is survival. Not only 111 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 2: for the food, right because that food's not going to 112 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:22,719 Speaker 2: Africa when they catch us fish, they're going back to 113 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 2: the international market. They're not taking back to shore like 114 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 2: the local fishermen do. But also it's putting countless fishermen 115 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 2: out of work. 116 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 3: Yeah. Look, it's it's a huge problem from food supply, 117 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 3: especially in Africa where you have many countries that are 118 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 3: struggling have significant problems with food and security and hunger. 119 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 3: It also means the jobs of the local African fishermen 120 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 3: are imperiled because you have the Chinese stealing their fish. 121 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 3: They overfish it, so they destroy the fishing population. So 122 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 3: not only are they denying them food and denying them 123 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 3: jobs now, but if you responsibly fish, it's a sustainable 124 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 3: harvest and you can keep on fishing and keep on fishing. 125 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:01,479 Speaker 3: The Chinese don't get dam and they will fish a 126 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 3: population out of existence and they'll just move on. I mean, 127 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 3: I mean, it's almost like locusts descending and just consuming everything, 128 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 3: so they don't engage in responsible fishing. Look, you and 129 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 3: I both live in Texas. There are a lot of 130 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 3: Texans who are fishermen. There's a big commercial fishing operation 131 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 3: in Texas, whether it's shrimpers or red snapper. It's an 132 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 3: important part of our economy. But it is it is 133 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 3: understandably and necessarily regulated because if you overfish a population, 134 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 3: it goes away and you destroy the ability to keep 135 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 3: going back and fishing it. We have this problem the 136 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 3: Gulf of America with Mexicans, many of whom are funded 137 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 3: by the Mexican drug cartels, using illegal lanchas to come 138 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 3: up and fish red snapper. And in fact they fish 139 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 3: snapper from the Gulf of America, they do it illegally, 140 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 3: they steal it, they take it back down to Mexico, 141 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 3: they smuggle into the United States and they sell it 142 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 3: here and pretend it's domestic cot And so it is 143 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 3: an other form of theft that tends to be more 144 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 3: of the Mexican drug cartels, where they'll get local Mexican 145 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 3: fishermen and literally put a gun to their head and say, okay, 146 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 3: go get us some snapper in violation of the laws. 147 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 3: The Chinese provide funds for that as well. But look 148 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 3: in and around the United States, we have the Coastguard, 149 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,679 Speaker 3: we have our military, We're able to do a pretty 150 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 3: good job of guarding our waters. In a continent like 151 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 3: Africa that the nations there, their coastguards and navy are 152 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,559 Speaker 3: just just much much smaller, so they have very limited 153 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 3: ability to counteract it. And the same is true around 154 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:41,439 Speaker 3: South America where you see the Chinese taking advantage. Again. 155 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,679 Speaker 3: And let me talk about the mechanics of how you 156 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 3: fight this, because this is it's interesting and complicated. Look, normally, 157 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 3: if you deal with a fleet that is doing something illegal, 158 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 3: you would sanction them out of existence. So to run 159 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 3: a fleet, you need flagging, you need findancing, you need insurance, 160 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 3: you need fuel, you need port services, you need customers 161 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 3: willing to purchase goods. You need crews, and the crews 162 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:11,199 Speaker 3: themselves need food and medical care. So you can impose 163 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 3: sanctions on an illegal fleet and shut them down. Now 164 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:18,320 Speaker 3: how does a Chinese fleet get around that? Well, ordinarily, 165 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 3: when a ship is out at sea, they keep what's 166 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 3: called their AIS, their automatic identification system turned on. It's 167 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 3: essentially the way everyone else can spot them, so that 168 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 3: you know if an illegal ship, if the USS ben 169 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 3: Ferguson is out fishing illegally, you can go see the 170 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 3: AIS and you can go in and addict them. Well, 171 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 3: what the Chinese do is they turn their AIS off 172 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 3: and so you're not able to spot them. And you 173 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:50,319 Speaker 3: look at the capacity sixteen thousand ships with their AIS 174 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 3: af so you can't spot them. And the way they 175 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 3: make this operate is they have an elaborate hub and 176 00:09:55,480 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 3: spoke system. So they have fishing vessels that are out fishing, 177 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 3: they have their AIS off so you can't see them. 178 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:09,959 Speaker 3: But then to make the fleet operate, they have refrigerated 179 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 3: reefers that collect the catches at sea and sell them 180 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 3: in bulk. And they have to keep their AIS on 181 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 3: because the illegal fishing vessels all have to know where 182 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 3: to go to drop off their catch. They also have 183 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 3: tankers that refuel the fishing vessels, so they have a 184 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 3: big tanker and the illegal fishing vessels will get up, 185 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 3: refill and go back to fish. And on top of that, 186 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:35,959 Speaker 3: they have floating bases which provide the crews with their 187 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 3: medical care and other services. And so what I have 188 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 3: been leading the fight to do is to go after 189 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 3: the refrigerated reefers, the tankers, and the floating bases with 190 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 3: medical care. Because those support vessels can be sanctions. They 191 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 3: have to keep their ais on or the sixteen thousand 192 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 3: vessels can't figure out where they are and they're limited number. 193 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 3: So fifty five accounted for nearly half of the shipping. 194 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 3: Ten tankers represented sixty one percent of all global bunkering activities. 195 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 3: And so we have the ability by targeting those support 196 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 3: vessels to cripple the illegal fishing. Now, now here's where 197 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 3: it gets frustrating. Last year when we were passing the 198 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:26,080 Speaker 3: Working Family's tax cut. As we talked about in this 199 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 3: podcast before, the way a big reconciliation bill works is 200 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:34,439 Speaker 3: each committee chairman is responsible for writing the portion of 201 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 3: the bill that is within your committee's jurisdiction. So I'm 202 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:41,199 Speaker 3: the chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 203 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 3: We have jurisdiction over about forty percent of the US 204 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 3: economy that includes the Coastguard. So I wrote the entire 205 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 3: title on the Coast Guard that is within the Reconciliation Bill, 206 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 3: and we ended up providing twenty and a half billion 207 00:11:56,160 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 3: dollars in funding for the Coastguard. That is the single 208 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 3: largest investment in the Coast Guard in American history, and 209 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 3: it is having massive positive benefits, including we are now 210 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 3: bringing ship making back to America. I was at the 211 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 3: groundbreaking for Davy ship building in Galveston, Texas a billion 212 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 3: and a half dollars where they're going to build Arctic 213 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 3: ice cutters so that we can compete with China and 214 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 3: compete with the Russians in the Arctic. We're right now 215 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 3: getting our tails whipped. But the funding stream that we 216 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 3: put in place for the Coast Guard enables us to 217 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 3: sign contracts. By the way, we also had a huge 218 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:40,320 Speaker 3: announcement ben just last week Saronic, which we've talked about before. 219 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 3: Saronic is the drone company based in Austin that builds 220 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 3: naval drones, that builds drones from little ones to big ones. 221 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:52,319 Speaker 3: Remember we covered on this podcast how Saronic sent drones 222 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:55,199 Speaker 3: to rescue the two Apache pilots who were shot down 223 00:12:56,120 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 3: over Iran, and also Saronic drones were us militarily to 224 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 3: attack Iranian facilities. Well, Saronic was just in the middle 225 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 3: of a big decision about where to build their brand 226 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:14,200 Speaker 3: new shipyard, and the choice was Texas or Californian. They 227 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 3: were going back and forth, back and forth. They have 228 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:19,839 Speaker 3: significant facilities in California. Two, you will not be surprised 229 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 3: to know Number one, I weighed in vigorously on that question, 230 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 3: and my views were not subtle or difficult to understand, 231 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 3: and I'm very glad to say they made exactly the 232 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:35,239 Speaker 3: right choice. So Saronic is building a brand new shipyard 233 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 3: in Brownsville, Texas, right on the water. Three and a 234 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 3: half billion dollars. So all of this ship building is 235 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:46,080 Speaker 3: coming to Texas, and it's a direct result of what 236 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 3: we did in the Working Family's tax cut that I 237 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 3: was able to write in the funding to provide for this. Well, 238 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 3: also as a part of that, I specifically allocated to 239 00:13:55,840 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 3: the Coastguard one hundred and seventy million dollars for marine 240 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 3: domain awareness that was to fight this Chinese illegal fishing, 241 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 3: so that we would know where the reefers are, know 242 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 3: where the tankers are know where the medical ships are. 243 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,079 Speaker 3: That one hundred and seventy million dollars would have given 244 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 3: the Coastguard the tools to shut much of this down. Now, 245 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 3: this is where the story gets frustrating. We wrote that 246 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 3: in law it was specifically designated to go to marine 247 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 3: domain awareness. You know what happened. 248 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 1: What happened, They let me gees. Somebody took it from you. 249 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 3: DHS took the money go and allocated it to the 250 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 3: World Cup instead. And they can do that, right, No, No, 251 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 3: actually they can't. The law was very clear they can't 252 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 3: do that. They did it, And listen, World Cup security 253 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 3: is important. I don't dispute that having security at the 254 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 3: World Cup was important, but the law was very clear 255 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 3: that that money was designated for marine domain awareness to 256 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 3: fight a very real problem of Chinese illegal fishing that 257 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 3: is destroying entire fish populations, that is doing massive damage 258 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 3: to the environment, that is hurting jobs, and that is 259 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 3: continuing completely unabated right now. So listen my commitment. I 260 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 3: just just this week wrote this letter here joined by 261 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 3: nine other Senators to the Treasury Secretary, calling on the 262 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 3: Treasury Secretary to sanction these vessels. And you could actually 263 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 3: see in the letter. I identify quite quite a few 264 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 3: of these vessels by name. I give their their specifics, 265 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 3: and so the known Chinese supply vessels, I lay out 266 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 3: where they're flagged, their name and all their information, and 267 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 3: I'm calling on Treasury to sanction them. We're also going 268 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 3: to get that one hundred and seventy million back, and 269 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 3: so I'm irritated DHS did that, but we're going to 270 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 3: get that money and make sure it goes where it belongs, 271 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 3: which is to maritime domain awareness. 272 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 2: Final question on this, I took the boy fishing up 273 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 2: and if you've ever watched the TV show Wicked Tuna, 274 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 2: we went to the same port where a lot of 275 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 2: those ships come out of. And one of the things 276 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 2: that was interesting was the guy that took us out 277 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 2: fishing for summer vacation said that the tuna have moved 278 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 2: and it's much harder for than to fish compared to 279 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 2: what it used to be. Is that possibly because they 280 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 2: just said things have changed and there's not as much 281 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 2: there used to be? 282 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 1: Is part of that? 283 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 2: Because of what we're witnessing. I mean, it's not just 284 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 2: Africa it's being affected. It also is the United States 285 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 2: of America. 286 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 3: It is the Atlantic and Pacific as well. And it 287 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 3: absolutely this is a worldwide problem. You're looking at roughly 288 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 3: half of fishing that's occurring in the world is Chinese 289 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 3: illegal fishing, and it's doing massive damage. And it's not 290 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 3: only illegal, but it's deliberately irresponsible. It's you know, and 291 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 3: this goes back to the principle. Look, do you know 292 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 3: who cares the most about preserving fish population? 293 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 2: I would have assume fishermen because they don't want to 294 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 2: be out of a job next year, right. 295 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 3: Right, And the principle is the same, Like when it 296 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:05,399 Speaker 3: comes to conserving wildlife species, hunters are among the most 297 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:09,640 Speaker 3: vigorous conservationists. You know, I'm friends with Ted Dujin. Ted 298 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 3: Ted lights up my phone texting all of these stories 299 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 3: about Look, hunters want to preserve biodiversity. They want now 300 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:20,880 Speaker 3: they like to hunt the animals. But that means Look, 301 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 3: if there is a hunting market, there is incentive to 302 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:28,919 Speaker 3: preserve and protect the species and grow the population. You 303 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:32,720 Speaker 3: actually see this in different African countries. The African countries 304 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:36,479 Speaker 3: that have prohibited safari hunting, they end up having their 305 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:40,880 Speaker 3: populations dwindle mightily because there's no economic value in preserving 306 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:45,159 Speaker 3: the species. Whereas those African countries that allow safari hunting, 307 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 3: that they regulate it, that they sell. You've got to 308 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 3: buy a tag to hunt a particular species. Suddenly that 309 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 3: species has economic value, and so the park are preserve 310 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 3: where they are. They invest real money in stop stopping poachers, 311 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 3: in protecting the animals, and you see the population grows. 312 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,400 Speaker 3: It's a basic principle that if you have a property 313 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:10,719 Speaker 3: rights system that allocates value to something, then there's an 314 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:15,160 Speaker 3: incentive to protect it. If nobody has value on something, 315 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:17,199 Speaker 3: then you end up having what the Chinese are doing, 316 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:19,880 Speaker 3: which is just they would fish it till there were 317 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 3: no more fish in the world, and they just don't 318 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:22,439 Speaker 3: give a. 319 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 2: Damn And then they've moved on to something else, like 320 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:26,360 Speaker 2: they wouldn't care. They don't care if they extinct tune 321 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 2: or any other fish. They just say, move on next. 322 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 2: What can we do, What can we destroy and capture 323 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 2: now for our personal gain. 324 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 1: It is incredible. 325 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,919 Speaker 3: And by the way, these are the same fishermen that 326 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 3: also do shark finning, which is a particularly grotesque process 327 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 3: where you catch a shark and you pull it up 328 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 3: and you just cut the fin, the dorsal fin off 329 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 3: and in Chinese cuisine that's considered a delicacy. I think 330 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 3: it's supposed to be an aphrodisiac and have all sorts 331 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 3: of medicinal qualities. But they cut the fin off and 332 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:58,399 Speaker 3: then throw the shark back, and the shark diyes like 333 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:01,160 Speaker 3: without thin the shark bleeds and dies, and they don't 334 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 3: care about how many animals they kill. 335 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 2: The same with whaling. They have no problem with whaling. Yes, 336 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 2: at least the wailing is huge for China. 337 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 3: It is a massive problem, and so I am fighting 338 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:16,320 Speaker 3: hard to end it because it's the responsible thing to do, 339 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 3: from the environment, from preserving wildlife populations, from jobs, and 340 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 3: from food security across the globe. 341 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:27,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a great point. We're going to keep you 342 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:29,880 Speaker 1: update on the story. It's an important one. I want 343 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:30,120 Speaker 1: to move. 344 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 2: We are one hundred days out from the midterms, and 345 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:35,719 Speaker 2: if you thought the Democratic Party was going to make 346 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 2: a course correction with the Democratic Socialists of America, uh, 347 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,920 Speaker 2: you would be wrong. We are now witnessing this midterm 348 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 2: election center. The best way I can describe it, it 349 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 2: is a Democratic Socialist midterm and the Democratic Party is 350 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,679 Speaker 2: a part of it. They are involved in it, but 351 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:55,119 Speaker 2: they're not calling the shots at this point. It is 352 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 2: the Democratic Socialist and the candidates that is the midterms. 353 00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:01,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, here listen to to left Wag journalist Steve Karnaki 354 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 3: described the current state of affairs. 355 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 5: We've been seeing it in the primary season, socialists winning 356 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:10,439 Speaker 5: Democratic primaries, candidates from the far left. And look at 357 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 5: this here among Democrats, this is that Fox pool. A 358 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 5: majority have a favorable view of socialism. Step outside the 359 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 5: Democratic Party, it's a totally different world. Look at Independence, 360 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:23,160 Speaker 5: Socialism deeply unpopular there. 361 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 2: This is interesting views of socialism Democrats fifty two percent favorable, 362 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 2: forty three percent unfavorable. It's what you and I have 363 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:33,880 Speaker 2: been saying for a long time. I think the Democratic 364 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 2: Party is dead. I think it is Marxist socialism and communists. 365 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:39,200 Speaker 2: They use the word democrat does not scare too many 366 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 2: people off. But this midterm is absolutely this agenda. 367 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 3: Well, and that clip. If you guys are not watching 368 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 3: the video on YouTube, you will not have seen it. 369 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:50,959 Speaker 3: But the more general polling for the American people on 370 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 3: socialism socialism seventy seven percent unpopular, thirteen percent favorable. So 371 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 3: among normal people that includes Republicans and Independence, they're like, no, 372 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 3: we don't want socialism. And let's be clear, even socialism 373 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 3: is a euphemism. These people are Marxists, They're outright communists. 374 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 3: I want you to listen right now to the co 375 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 3: chair of the DSA, the Democrats Socialists of America, explaining 376 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 3: their radical agenda. Give a listen to the DSA co chair. 377 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:21,879 Speaker 4: So we're going to put up on the screen a 378 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 4: few of the things that are part of your platform, 379 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 4: and I want to ask you just give me sort 380 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:30,920 Speaker 4: of a true false on these. Abolish the Senate, true okay. 381 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 4: Replace the Presidency and Supreme Court as we now know them. Yep. 382 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 4: Abolish ice. Absolutely, abolish borders and give amnesty to anyone 383 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 4: currently in the US illegally as a long term plan. 384 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 5: Yep. 385 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 4: Defund the Pentagon. Absolutely, abolish prisons, at least in large part. 386 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:58,680 Speaker 4: Yeah again, that is part of a long term program. 387 00:21:58,760 --> 00:21:59,400 Speaker 1: Yeah okay. 388 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:06,280 Speaker 4: So no government or public ownership of most large corporations. Yeah, absolutely. 389 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 1: You listen to that. 390 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,120 Speaker 2: And I got to give them credit. I love when 391 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:14,119 Speaker 2: people in politics don't lie. It's very refreshing. This is 392 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 2: who they are. When they tell you who they are, 393 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 2: center believe them. 394 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:18,880 Speaker 1: They're not lying to you. 395 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 3: Look these are people that want to rip the Constitution 396 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 3: to shreds. They want to abolish the presidency, they want 397 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,560 Speaker 3: to abolish the Senate. They want to abolish the Supreme Court. 398 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,640 Speaker 3: So there's nothing protecting your rights. You have no rights 399 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:34,359 Speaker 3: in their world, understand, abolishing the Supreme Court. That means 400 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 3: they can do anything you want, and you don't have 401 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,200 Speaker 3: free speech, you don't have religious liberty, you don't have 402 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 3: a Second Amendment. The government is in charge of everything. 403 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:46,399 Speaker 3: That's what they believe now. They also want to abolish 404 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 3: the Pentagon. So we have no military, we're unable to 405 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,879 Speaker 3: defend ourselves. That means the Chinese and the Russians and 406 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 3: Hamas and Hesbal and every terrorist on Earth can run 407 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 3: all over us, and we have no military. We can't 408 00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 3: defend ourselves. They want to abolish ice. We're not able 409 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 3: to enforce our borders, which is okay, because they want 410 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 3: to abolish borders. They want to say anyone on planet 411 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,880 Speaker 3: Earth that wants to come to America can come to America. 412 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 3: They want to grant amnesty and American citizenship to every 413 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:16,160 Speaker 3: illegal person here, so that every left wing radical everyone 414 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:22,360 Speaker 3: has broken the law, every every human trafficker, every gang member. 415 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:26,440 Speaker 3: All of them are the people who vote, and they 416 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 3: want to close down prisons. So they want murderers and 417 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 3: rapists and child molesters living right next to you. And 418 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 3: mind you, they're no police because they've abolished the police. 419 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:39,360 Speaker 3: So let all the murderers go and eliminate the police. 420 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:42,440 Speaker 3: And then and then, to be clear, this is why 421 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 3: I said these people are communists. They also Shannon, I'll 422 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 3: give her credit. She asked to you want the federal 423 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 3: government to own most big companies in America. She said yes, 424 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 3: So whatever company you work for, guess what, you just 425 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 3: become a federal government employee because the government seizes all 426 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 3: of the companies. Now, these young people are too ignorant 427 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:04,720 Speaker 3: to know that what they're proposing has been implemented. It 428 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 3: has been implemented in the Soviet Union, it's been implemented 429 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 3: in Cambodia. It's been implemented in Vietnam. It's been implemented 430 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 3: in Cuba, it's been implemented in North Korea. It's been implemented, 431 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 3: although with a twist, in China, and every place it's 432 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 3: been implemented, it's been an absolute disaster. It doesn't work. 433 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:25,400 Speaker 3: And here's what happens. You have massive human rights abuses. 434 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 1: Yep. You have people every time. 435 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:33,920 Speaker 3: In prisoned, tortured, murdered, you have genocide, You have concentration camps. 436 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,920 Speaker 3: Right now, the Chinese communists have concentration camps with over 437 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 3: one million weekers, over one million people held in concentration camps. 438 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:42,399 Speaker 4: Right now. 439 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:46,879 Speaker 3: The DSA wants to turn America into the equivalent of China, 440 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 3: the same sort of government. And when it comes to look, 441 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 3: they don't know or they don't care, because it is 442 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:57,400 Speaker 3: all about power. And by the way, you know what, 443 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 3: these DSA guys just like you, you know the Black 444 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 3: Lives Matter, who are also a Marxist organization, a communist organization. 445 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:08,400 Speaker 3: They raise lots of money, many of them from useful 446 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,160 Speaker 3: idiots on the left and in big companies that wrote 447 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 3: checks and a bunch of giant American companies that wrote 448 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:16,920 Speaker 3: checks to Black Lives Matter, who then used to try 449 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 3: to destroy the capitalist system and moves us towards a 450 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 3: Marxist system where the government takes over their companies. But 451 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:26,840 Speaker 3: you know what, the people running DSA or Black Lives Matter, 452 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 3: they tend to live in multimillion dollar mansions. They're stealing 453 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 3: the money like blind And I'll give them credit for 454 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 3: that in this they are real communists because that's the 455 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 3: same thing Putin does. That's the same thing she does. 456 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:42,159 Speaker 3: That's the same thing Castro does. That's the same thing 457 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:46,440 Speaker 3: Kim Jong un does. Look, in communism you have billionaires. 458 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 3: The only billionaires though, are the ones with the machine 459 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 3: guns that are robbing the people. And actually there's a 460 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 3: reason we connected these two stories. Ask yourself, how does 461 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 3: the Chinese fishing fleet behave Do they demonstrate any responsibility, 462 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 3: do they demonstrate any concern about the environment, Do they 463 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,760 Speaker 3: demonstrate any concern about people who need jobs, about people 464 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 3: who are hungry, about people who'd like a living or 465 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:19,120 Speaker 3: do they act purely as rapacious theeves? And I think 466 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 3: that tells you where these radicals want the Democrat Party 467 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:23,919 Speaker 3: to go and where they want America to go. 468 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 1: Yeah. 469 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 2: Well, and if you want to know how much the 470 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 2: Democratic sources of America have a hold right now on 471 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:32,919 Speaker 2: the Democratic Party, this is abnormal going into a mid 472 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 2: terms that people understand. Usually the party that is out 473 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 2: of power the people that support them. Whether you're a 474 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,640 Speaker 2: Republican or Democratic, you're in the minority, you usually have 475 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:45,400 Speaker 2: a lot of fundraising because then you say, Okay, now 476 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:47,359 Speaker 2: my ideals are under threat. I'm no longer taking them 477 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:50,120 Speaker 2: for granted. This other side has got power, we want 478 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,640 Speaker 2: to get it back. And usually you have a surge 479 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,360 Speaker 2: in fundraising. It is typical to see the party out 480 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 2: of power have a great amount of cash come in 481 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 2: once they're ideals, what they believe in, or under attack. 482 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 2: The Democratic National Committee does not have the money. In fact, 483 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 2: we're now being told that going into the midterms, their 484 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:10,159 Speaker 2: in essence completely broke. 485 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,680 Speaker 3: Well, that's right, and our source for that is admittedly 486 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 3: a very right wing outlet. So you've got to take 487 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:20,439 Speaker 3: what they say with a grain of salt. And that 488 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 3: would of course be the New York Times and the 489 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 3: New York Times. I want to read from the beginning 490 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:31,359 Speaker 3: of the article inside the phone throwing drama at the 491 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:37,320 Speaker 3: troubled broke Democratic Party. The Democrat should be well positioned 492 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 3: to make gains in this year's midterms, but inside party 493 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 3: headquarters every week brings paranoia, worries about money, and on occasion, 494 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 3: emotional eruptions. The Democratic Party is so short on cash 495 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,719 Speaker 3: that leaders at its headquarters have undertaken a new gambit 496 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 3: to mass the severity of problems, asking vendors not to 497 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 3: send bills until after the midterm elections. The bookkeeping maneuver, 498 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 3: which was described by three people briefed on it, is 499 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,119 Speaker 3: the latest sign of financial duress for the DNC, and 500 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:11,679 Speaker 3: it's as it's embattled leader, as money troubles threatened to 501 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 3: undercut Democratic momentum with one hundred days until the mid terms. 502 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 3: And to give you a sense of the money differential directly, 503 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 3: here's what the New York Times says. The Democratic Party 504 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 3: and its allies are far beyond Republicans when it comes 505 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:30,960 Speaker 3: to money. Mister Trump controls a four hundred million dollar 506 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 3: superpack and the Republican National Committee is sitting on nearly 507 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:39,720 Speaker 3: one hundred and thirty million dollars. Where's the DNC two 508 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 3: million dollars in debt? Wow? When you have the New 509 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 3: York Times saying what in the hell is going on 510 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 3: with you people? You know it goes on to say trusted. 511 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 3: Mister Martin, the head of the DNC, was sapped by 512 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,480 Speaker 3: his handling of a long promise autopsy of the twenty 513 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 3: twenty four election. Late last year. He said he would 514 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:02,120 Speaker 3: not release the docum, but then his criticism mounted he 515 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 3: released an incomplete draft that featured searing annotations from the 516 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 3: DNC that undermined the report. Now, mister Martin is both 517 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 3: paralyzed by the idea of leaks and surrounded by them. 518 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,520 Speaker 3: During a May meeting with the full staff of the 519 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 3: DNC days after the drafts autopsy's release, he admitted that 520 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 3: times were tough, and he chided his team for revealing 521 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 3: the reporters what was happening inside party headquarters. Quote. It 522 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 3: pisses me off when I see leaks out of this building. 523 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 3: No more, mister Martin said, he saw a lot of 524 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:34,400 Speaker 3: down faces and people hanging their heads. Keep your heads up, 525 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:37,280 Speaker 3: keep a smile on. My success is your success. So 526 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:41,280 Speaker 3: the weaker, I am the weaker. All of you are, well, 527 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:46,200 Speaker 3: what kind of manager it is this fellow? Let me 528 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:49,040 Speaker 3: tell you, well, this is clearly someone who knows how 529 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 3: to watch his pennies. Here's another quote from the New 530 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 3: York Times article, the single biggest expense of the Martin era. 531 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:56,640 Speaker 3: What do you think that was? 532 00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:56,960 Speaker 4: Ben? 533 00:29:57,520 --> 00:29:59,600 Speaker 2: I'm going to go with private jets just because I 534 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:01,400 Speaker 2: know how much I'd say we love those private jets 535 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 2: in the DNC. 536 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 3: I have every certainty of the private jet bill is massive, 537 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:07,400 Speaker 3: but that was not the single biggest expenditure. The single 538 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:12,920 Speaker 3: biggest expenditure was seven point three million dollars to buy 539 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:17,400 Speaker 3: the remnants of Kamala Harris's campaign list from her failed 540 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 3: twenty twenty four bid. Miss harris Political Action Committee then 541 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:26,320 Speaker 3: used that money to cover additional remaining debts. So that's 542 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 3: his biggest expenditure is bailing out Kamala Harris's bankrupt campaign 543 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 3: rather than actually trying to win elections going forward. And 544 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:42,120 Speaker 3: here's a little more about his very gentle experience management style. 545 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,880 Speaker 3: Another paragraph from The New York Times, mister Martin's fraying 546 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 3: nerves are showing. In a peak of frustration in early July, 547 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:55,960 Speaker 3: he threw his phone at the desk of a junior 548 00:30:56,080 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 3: aid while upbraiding the person. The phone tossing in resulted 549 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:05,560 Speaker 3: in a formal complaint to the DNC's human resources department. 550 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,280 Speaker 3: The fallout from the phone throwing episode was described by 551 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:12,360 Speaker 3: half a dozen people familiar with the incident, who spoke 552 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 3: on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized 553 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:19,160 Speaker 3: to discuss internal party matters. None of them witnessed the account, 554 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:22,000 Speaker 3: and there was some dispute over how aggressively the phone 555 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:25,560 Speaker 3: was tossed. Mister Martin was said to have thrown the 556 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:26,840 Speaker 3: phone at the desk. 557 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:30,400 Speaker 1: Rather than the aid oh there you go, that makest. 558 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,720 Speaker 3: There you go. You know what, somehow I've managed to 559 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:37,280 Speaker 3: live fifty five years on planet Earth, to work at 560 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:39,160 Speaker 3: a bunch of different offices, to work with a lot 561 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:40,920 Speaker 3: of people that have a lot of people working for me. 562 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 3: I've magically managed to refrain from from throwing a phone 563 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 3: at anybody. And you know, I got to says at 564 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:51,640 Speaker 3: at a desk. I've got to say, it hasn't been difficult. 565 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:54,320 Speaker 3: I think the only thing I've ever thrown at anyone 566 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:57,360 Speaker 3: who works for me is I have thrown a nerf basketball. 567 00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:01,480 Speaker 3: So if that counts, please guilty to that. But but 568 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:04,520 Speaker 3: but when it comes to like not throwing hard metal 569 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:08,560 Speaker 3: objects at your employees, that does not take massive restraint. 570 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess it doesn't. It doesn't a boost morale. 571 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:13,760 Speaker 2: It's incredible that is the Democratic Party. 572 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:16,960 Speaker 3: Although although I do need to, I do need to 573 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 3: come clean. Although I haven't thrown anything at one, young Benjamin. 574 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 1: This is this is true. You have broken bones. 575 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:27,440 Speaker 3: I have, in fact broken his finger, so so so 576 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:28,640 Speaker 3: maybe maybe it's. 577 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:30,200 Speaker 1: Folks there it is. 578 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:32,640 Speaker 2: You see the crookedness there, folks, you see I just 579 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:35,400 Speaker 2: want everybody watching to see that is not straight anymore. 580 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:37,600 Speaker 1: That is a Ted Cruz broken bone right there. 581 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:41,000 Speaker 3: And it's just to clear that. Look, it's important to 582 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:45,040 Speaker 3: acknowledge that you have this, you know, big strapping division 583 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:48,720 Speaker 3: one college athlete. This like study. And if you don't 584 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:50,960 Speaker 3: know how Studeley is, give Ben a minute. He'll tell 585 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,360 Speaker 3: you how Studeley is. He's very proud of being a 586 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:57,280 Speaker 3: Division one college athlete, and he's playing hoops with little 587 00:32:57,280 --> 00:33:00,520 Speaker 3: old me, a college debater, And I'm just saying the 588 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:03,320 Speaker 3: consequence of playing hoops is his bones are broken. 589 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:06,520 Speaker 2: And when you're losing, Ted doesn't play fair. That's what 590 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,680 Speaker 2: I learned from that. When you're losing, Ted doesn't play fair. 591 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:11,840 Speaker 2: And this is what happens. It's crooked for life. 592 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:15,560 Speaker 3: It's so you're admitting to our listeners that not only 593 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:18,600 Speaker 3: did your finger get broken, but you also lost that. 594 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:19,080 Speaker 3: That's good. 595 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:24,200 Speaker 1: I don't think so that was broken? 596 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:25,960 Speaker 3: No, No, I think. 597 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:27,719 Speaker 1: Lies. 598 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:29,720 Speaker 2: Do you want to know what I keep on my desk? 599 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:32,080 Speaker 2: This is the true story. So we were in Austin, 600 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:34,680 Speaker 2: we were playing the game. This is the remnants of 601 00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:37,040 Speaker 2: the tape that is still left that I used to 602 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:40,400 Speaker 2: tape said finger together, the crooked finger right there, and 603 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 2: keep playing an entire another game. So I kept it 604 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,280 Speaker 2: as it. I just you know, that's just that's that's 605 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:45,719 Speaker 2: that's right. 606 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,440 Speaker 3: Well, be Ben, just Ben, just don't ever say I 607 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:49,360 Speaker 3: never gave you anything. 608 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:51,680 Speaker 2: There you go, I like it, don't forget. We do 609 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:55,120 Speaker 2: this show Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Hit that subscribe Rauto 610 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:56,920 Speaker 2: download button in the Senate and I will see you 611 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:58,360 Speaker 2: back here in a couple of days.