1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: That when and if the Democrats return to power, they. 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 2: Will remove the filibuster. Is that how you feel good? 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 2: People can disagree in that point, but I think that's 4 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 2: the split in their Pumpkin Party. There are those of 5 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 2: us who are firmly confident that that's exactly what they do. 6 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 2: And so we better move first, particularly with the things 7 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 2: we want to do. We want secure elections, we want 8 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 2: to further secure our board if the Democrats do it. 9 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 2: It's all about turned Puerto Rico DC and the state's 10 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 2: tapt the Supreme Court, what with Sidney Ward and Tansie Browns. 11 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 3: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. 12 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 1: Good Saturday morning to you. Ben Ferguson with you, and 13 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: these are some of the stories that you may have 14 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: missed that we talked about this week on the forty 15 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: seven Morning Update. First up. For years now, Democrats have 16 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: made one thing crystal clear. They do not just oppose 17 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: Donald Trump politically. They believe he represents a fundamental threat 18 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: to the country itself. Well, now they're running off the issue. 19 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: We're now being told in the midterm elections. We'll explain 20 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: it all. It's a forty seven morning update and it 21 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: starts right now. 22 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 3: Story number one. 23 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 2: All right. 24 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: For years now, Democrats have made one thing crystal clear. 25 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: They do not just oppose Donald Trump politically. They believe 26 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 1: he represents a fundamental threat to the country itself. That's 27 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: part of the reason why they've said over and over 28 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: again that they want to put Donald Trump in prison. 29 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,839 Speaker 1: Well now they're running off the issue we're now being 30 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 1: told in the midterm elections. And by the way, this 31 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: has been years in the making. Just remember what Kamala 32 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: Harris said. She said that Donald Trump was an existential 33 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: threat to the United States of America. Joe Biden and 34 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: the Democratic Party have gone even further, describing Trump as 35 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: an excidentral threat to all of us and again our 36 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: democracy their favorite word. Now, when you think about wording 37 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:57,919 Speaker 1: existential threat, that means, in their view, not just wrong, 38 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: but dangerous to the survival of the system itself. And 39 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: that's true when it comes to the Democratic Party. Donald 40 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: Trump is a threat to their system. Now, Democrats in 41 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: the House and beneath the top leadership, they've used even 42 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 1: more blunt words. Alyssa Slogan warned in an official Democratic response, 43 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 1: the democracy is at risk if Trump's actions go unchecked. 44 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 1: At rallies across the country over the weekend, you know, 45 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: the No King's rallies, you had prominent democrats and activists 46 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 1: echoing the same message, framing Trump is a danger to 47 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: the republic and warning about authoritarianism and threats to again 48 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: their favorite new word to love democracy. Well, now we're 49 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: learning what they actually want to do when it comes 50 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: to if they gain power back, if Democrats take the House. 51 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: We learn now from the No King's rallies in their 52 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: own words, that they are laying the groundwork for a 53 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: law fare if Trump is quote a threat to democracy, 54 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: an existential threat, someone putting the system at risk, that 55 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: in their minds, aggressive investigations aren't political, they're necessary. That's 56 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: what they said over the weekend. What does that actually mean? 57 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: Number one, relentless investigations in a Donald Trump and the 58 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: people around him, his inner circle now not just oversight, 59 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 1: but their mission, they say, would be to dismantle and 60 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:34,519 Speaker 1: politically weaken what they view as a dangerous movement, meaning 61 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: who the American people chose to be their president. The 62 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: Democrats also said over the weekend very clearly that if 63 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 1: they went back the House, they will expand their probes 64 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: into federal agencies, they say, especially around quote elections, the 65 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: Department of Justice actions under Trump's leadership and executive authority, 66 00:03:56,880 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: all because Democrats have already signaled concerns about democ credit 67 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 1: norms being undermined, even though they're the king pins of 68 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: doing massive amounts of executive orders when Joe Biden was president. 69 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: Now we also have to talk about who they're going 70 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: to target. We have now learned that Democrats aren't just 71 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: going to target their political adversaries. They want to target 72 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: corporations and anyone they believe was an ally to President 73 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: Donald Trump or conservatives. If they believe Trump's policies threatened democracy. 74 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: They now say that companies tied to those policies will 75 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: become part of their investigation. They also want to take 76 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 1: they say, big action towards big tech and AI. Their 77 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 1: framing as protecting you from misinformation, election interference, and the 78 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: algorithm influence, but in reality, they want to go back 79 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: to total control of AI and social media, just like 80 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 1: we witness under Joe Biden and Barack Obama's time in 81 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 1: office when they were sending lists of people they want 82 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: to silence or shut down on X on Twitter, on Instagram. 83 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: It was a conservative hit list of anyone they wanted 84 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 1: to silence. Now, under the justification, of course, of combating 85 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 1: threats to democracy, they want social media to crack down 86 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: even more on individuals they say shouldn't have free speech 87 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:26,840 Speaker 1: and should have their content moderated by these social media platforms. 88 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:29,280 Speaker 1: There's no reason to believe, by the way, that big 89 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: tech wouldn't go back to exactly what they did before, 90 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: going after any person the Democrat or a member of 91 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 1: Congress or a governor sends them that there's a conservative 92 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: that is getting too big or too powerful online that 93 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 1: they want a silence. And here's the reality. When Democrats 94 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: say Trump is just wrong, that's politics. When they say 95 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: the threat to democracy, that is something entirely different, because 96 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: once you cross that line, and they've crossed it, you 97 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 1: are no longer debate policy. You are now justifying using 98 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: government tools, government power, government legal systems to stop someone 99 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: you believe is dangerous because you don't like them. And 100 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:19,599 Speaker 1: that's why the twenty sixteen election was so shocking for Democrats, 101 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: how quickly they decided to weaponize the government to go 102 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: after Donald Trump, to overthrow the will of the people. 103 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 1: The scary part is in twenty twenty six, ten years later, 104 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 1: that's exactly the same playbook Democrats are going to use 105 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: this time, because if the Democrats win, they won't just 106 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 1: claim a mandate to govern. We now know they'll claim 107 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: a mandate to investigate, a mandate to subpoena, a mandate 108 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: to go after what they've already defined is a threat 109 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:54,039 Speaker 1: to the country itself. So when you step back and 110 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: look at everything we just laid out tonight, the rhetoric, 111 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 1: the warnings, the language Democrats are using, you start to 112 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 1: understand what's really at stake. This isn't just about oversight, 113 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: this isn't about subpoenas, and this is definitely not just 114 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: about accountability. This is about the weaponization of our government, 115 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 1: putting it on steroids what they did in twenty twenty, 116 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: in twenty sixteen, and because when one party repeatedly tells 117 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: the American people that a former president and anyone that 118 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: supported him, anyone involved in the movement, anyone that supported 119 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 1: him on election day is a threat, an existential threat 120 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: to democracy, that changes the entire ballgame. That's not just 121 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: politics anymore. That's justification, justification for aggressive, overreaching investigations, something 122 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: they've already done before. It's justification for endless subpoenas, something 123 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: they've already done before in the Democratic Party towards Donald 124 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: Trump and anyone around him. The justification for dragging people 125 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: into here again, something the Democrats have already done before, 126 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: forcing testimony and putting targets on the backs of anyone 127 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: connected to an agenda or a person or an individual 128 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 1: they oppose. And history tells us something very important. When 129 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: politicians convince themselves they are saving democracy, they will push 130 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: the limits of power to do it. So don't think 131 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: for a second that this would be a normal return 132 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: to divide a government. I want to be clear. The 133 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: no King's rally proved one thing. It's this. It won't be. 134 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: It is a green light. That's what they're asking for. 135 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: A green light for committee chairs to launch investigations and 136 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: then more investigations, and then more investigations into any conservative, 137 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:52,679 Speaker 1: Christian or Trump supporter. It's a green light to go 138 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 1: after every administration official. It's a green light to go 139 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: after private companies that donate to Donald Trump or that 140 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: are conservative minded. It's a green light to go after 141 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 1: tech leaders and force them back into submission where they 142 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 1: will do whatever the Democratic Party says, including silencing Americans. 143 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: And it's a green light to go after political allies 144 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:18,840 Speaker 1: of the president of the United States of America. I 145 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:21,680 Speaker 1: would be one of those. By the way, this green 146 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 1: light is to dominate the headlines with one goal in mind, 147 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:29,959 Speaker 1: stop Trump, weaken the movement, reshape the political battlefield heading 148 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: into the presidential elections in twenty twenty eight. And here's 149 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: the part that matters most for every single person listening 150 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 1: right now. This doesn't stay in Washington because when government 151 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 1: turns its focus towards investigations at this scale, it will 152 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:48,720 Speaker 1: impact the economy. It will impact the stability of multiple businesses, 153 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: it will impact the future of innovation and the tone 154 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 1: of political speech in this country as well, because when 155 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:01,679 Speaker 1: subpoenas start flying for no reason it's law fair, people 156 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: don't just get questioned, They get cautious, they get quiet, 157 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: and in some cases they get pushed out. So, as 158 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 1: an American, the choice in twenty twenty six is actually 159 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: bigger than just control of the House. It's about what 160 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 1: kind of country we're going to be. Are we going 161 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: to be a country where elections settle debates or a 162 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:24,200 Speaker 1: country where elections trigger investigations. Are we going to move forward? 163 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 1: Are we going to spend years locked in political trench 164 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: warfare where one side uses every tool it can to 165 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 1: go after the other. Because the Democrats, they made it 166 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: clear over the weekend, the warning signs are here. They 167 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 1: told us what they're going to do. Believe them. They've 168 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 1: told you what to fear. Believe them. And if they win, 169 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 1: they've told you exactly what they're prepared to do to 170 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 1: all of us. And that's exactly why it's so important 171 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 1: they're walking away from these No king rallies. You understand 172 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 1: exactly what they were calling for. 173 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 3: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 174 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 3: with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever 175 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 3: you're listening to this podcast right now and for more 176 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 3: in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast 177 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 3: and we will see you back here on Monday morning.