1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:01,639 Speaker 1: Welcome. 2 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 2: It is verdict of Center Ted Cruz Ben Ferguson with you. Obviously, 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 2: many of you are going to be on the road 4 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:09,959 Speaker 2: as you're listening to this. Be safe with your family 5 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 2: over Thanksgiving. And there is some good news. There are 6 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 2: is a ceasefire that has been announced. Israel has approved 7 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 2: a ceasefire with Hamas. We're being told that fifty hostages 8 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 2: are set to be released. Senator, this is obviously a 9 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 2: significant movement. They're saying it would be a five day ceasefire. 10 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 2: Tell us everything that you know. 11 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:36,879 Speaker 3: Well, the Israeli cabinet announced this yesterday and it is 12 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 3: a deal that they have negotiated with Hamas that Hamas 13 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:46,520 Speaker 3: has committed to releasing fifty hostages, women and children. Israelis 14 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 3: that they captured and that's reason to celebrate. I have 15 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 3: to tell you I have sat down with multiple family 16 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 3: members of hostages who were taken in Israel, and it 17 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 3: is truly horrific. Over two hundred hostages were taken and 18 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 3: every one of them right now is praying that their 19 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 3: loved ones, that their wives, their mothers, their daughters, their 20 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 3: children are among the fifty. 21 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: That are set to be released. That is a big deal. 22 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 3: Now, the Israeli war cabinet debated for five hours about 23 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 3: whether to do this, and the reason they debated for 24 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 3: five hours is any time that you are negotiating in 25 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 3: exchange for hostages, you are giving up significant things, and 26 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 3: that there are serious downsides to this deal. But the 27 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 3: Israeli government has decided it's in their interest to make 28 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 3: this deal. The downsides are as follows number one, and 29 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 3: in exchange for the fifty hostages being released, Israel has 30 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 3: apparently committed to releasing one hundred and fifty Palestinians that 31 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 3: are in jail, and according to the terms of the agreement, 32 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 3: the Palestinians being least are also women and children. Now, 33 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 3: on the face of it, Israel doesn't take hostages, so 34 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 3: these are not civilians that were taken as hostages, but 35 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:14,119 Speaker 3: rather they are criminals who were arrested for committing crimes, 36 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 3: and presumably crimes directly related to terrorism. And so even 37 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:23,639 Speaker 3: though they are described as children, we have not as 38 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:25,519 Speaker 3: have yet seen the list of the one hundred and 39 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 3: fifty Palestinians to be released, and Hamas with regularity, uses 40 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:35,519 Speaker 3: teenagers uses sixteen seventeen year olds to commit acts of terrorism, 41 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 3: so it is entirely possible that among those one hundred 42 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:42,839 Speaker 3: and fifty being released are a number of people who 43 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 3: have been terrorist and who, upon being released, will return 44 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 3: to being terrorist fighting with Hamas. We don't know that 45 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 3: for sure, but that is a very likely risk. In addition, 46 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 3: under the terms of the agreement, Israel is engaging in 47 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 3: a four day pause in fighting in Gaza, and so 48 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 3: it is stopping. Israel has been making major advances in 49 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 3: Gaza working to eliminate Hamas. The four day pause is 50 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 3: going to give Hamas time to restock, time to rebuild, 51 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 3: time to get stronger. And as a component of this deal, 52 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:26,679 Speaker 3: Israel agreed to allow roughly three hundred AID trucks per 53 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 3: day into Gaza from Egypt. Now included in those AID 54 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 3: trucks will be fuel trucks, and that fuel will be 55 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 3: a significant benefit for Hamas. Hamas. Right now, many of 56 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 3: the Hamas terrorists are are hiding in tunnels in Gaza, 57 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:49,279 Speaker 3: and those tunnels are are kept lighted and kept ventilated 58 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 3: using generators, and so they need the fuel to stay 59 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 3: in the tunnels to evade capture, to an evade being 60 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 3: taken out by the Israeli military, and so allowing that 61 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 3: much fuel to flow into Gaza enables Hamas to be stronger, 62 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 3: and so the consequence of this is it is going 63 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 3: to be more difficult to follow through on Israel's stated commitment, 64 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 3: a commitment that I believe is critical that they follow 65 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 3: through on to utterly eliminate Hamas because Hamas will become stronger. 66 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 3: But that being said, fifty hostages coming home is a big, 67 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 3: big deal, and so we should celebrate fifty hostages coming home. 68 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 2: When you talk about what this means for the future, 69 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 2: there's going to be some people that are going to 70 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 2: be very concerned over Okay, does this incentivize terrorist organizations, 71 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 2: not just Hamas but others to start taking hostages because 72 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,479 Speaker 2: then you can use them to your advantage in the future. 73 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 2: When you know we've had a quote unquote policy if 74 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:50,279 Speaker 2: we do not negotiate with hostages and with terrorists. Yet 75 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:53,359 Speaker 2: clearly this administration and Biden administration has done that. We 76 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 2: saw it with Iran. We've also seen it with what 77 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 2: happened in Russia. For example, when we decided that we 78 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,239 Speaker 2: would get back a NBA player but leave another man 79 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:05,159 Speaker 2: over in Russia in that trade for the merchant of death. 80 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 2: This concerns me obviously from that perspective, from a national 81 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 2: security standpoint, for Americans, your reaction from that perspective. 82 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 3: So, look, of course, it incentivizes the taking of hostages. 83 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:22,040 Speaker 3: And one of the tragedies this is what happens when 84 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 3: terrorists take hostages, is that it forces individuals and families. 85 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:30,360 Speaker 3: It forces countries to make bad decisions and to make 86 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 3: sometimes terrible deals. Now, sometimes the deals are really terrible, 87 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:39,479 Speaker 3: such as the Biden administration giving six billion dollars for 88 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 3: five American hostages, basically setting a bounty of one point 89 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 3: two billion dollars per American you take hostage. We don't 90 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,840 Speaker 3: know if among these these fifty hostages being released, if 91 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 3: any of them are Americans. We do know that Hamas 92 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,599 Speaker 3: on October seventh, and in the aftermath of it, murdered 93 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 3: thirty one Americans. We know roughly a dozen Americans are 94 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 3: held hostage. We don't know if any of these hostages 95 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 3: being released are Americans. But yes, and and and I 96 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 3: will say, look, Israel has has been in this situation before. 97 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 3: When you when you're fighting terrorists and they're taking hostages, 98 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:21,480 Speaker 3: Israel is engaged in hostage negotiations. Israel is engaged in 99 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 3: prisoner exchanges before and then that's part of being a 100 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 3: nation at war. But I'm sure it is why the 101 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:32,039 Speaker 3: Israeli War Cabinet debated and debated for five hours and 102 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 3: and and I'm sure this was not an easy decision, 103 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,719 Speaker 3: uh And and it was not an easy decision because 104 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 3: because it does incentivize it does incentivize the taking of hostages. 105 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 3: In terms of the war cabinet, only three members of 106 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 3: the War Cabinet voted no. They were all ministers of 107 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 3: the Jewish Power Party, which is which is in Israeli 108 00:06:56,360 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 3: politics on the far right. There were another three ministers 109 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 3: of the religious Religious Zionist Party who before the meeting 110 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 3: said they were going to vote no, and they changed 111 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 3: their position after hearing from the heads of the security 112 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 3: services who recommended approving the deal. And and and I 113 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 3: know everyone in the Israeli government wrestled with this because, 114 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 3: as I said, this will may come as stronger. That 115 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 3: is a bad thing. But when fifty women and children 116 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 3: come home and hug their moms and dads, and hug 117 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,679 Speaker 3: their brothers and sisters and and and hug their their 118 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 3: their husbands, that is an incredible thing. And that that 119 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 3: that is worth celebrating now. At the same time, while 120 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 3: we are celebrating the return of fifty hostages, we need 121 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 3: to remember that there are between one hundred and fifty 122 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 3: and two hundred additional hostages that are still being held. 123 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 3: And Prime Minister net Yahoo has said that if Hamas 124 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 3: continues releasing hostages that he will extend the pause in 125 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 3: the invasion of Gaza, and he will extend it at 126 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 3: a rate of ten hostages per day. So Hamas can 127 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 3: buy additional time by releasing hostages, and there's a trade off. 128 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 3: That's a horrible trade off, but it's worth remembering. Ben 129 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 3: Israel laid out two objectives in the days immediately following 130 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 3: October seventh. Number one was get the hostages back, get 131 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 3: them home, and this accomplishes a significant step towards that 132 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 3: there are still far too many hostages, but fifty hostages 133 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 3: coming home is a major step forward. But secondly, Israel 134 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:52,839 Speaker 3: pledged to utterly and completely eliminate Hamas. That was the 135 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 3: right thing to do, and I will say I very 136 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 3: much hope that as this deal goes into effect that 137 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 3: we know we will see the global community and all 138 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 3: of the left and all of the global press and 139 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 3: all of the the woke press leaning on Israel not 140 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:16,559 Speaker 3: to resume the invasion of Gaza, not to resume trying 141 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 3: to take out Hamas. And I very much fear the 142 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 3: Biden White House will will be the loudest among those 143 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 3: voices saying okay, enough, don't go after Hamas anymore. 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Do we know that? 178 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,479 Speaker 2: And then what is the total number of American hostages 179 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:42,680 Speaker 2: at this point, what is that number count that we 180 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 2: have so far that are still waiting. 181 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 3: So on the second point, we don't have a firm number. 182 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 3: We know thirty one Americans were killed. We believe roughly 183 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 3: a dozen Americans were taken hostage. To date, four hostages 184 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:58,680 Speaker 3: have been released, two of them were Americans, two of 185 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 3: them were Israelis. So we assume there are about ten 186 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,959 Speaker 3: American hostages still in captivity. Some of them may be killed. 187 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 3: We don't know the status of them, and we don't 188 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 3: have an exact count, but it is in It is 189 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 3: in the range of ten American hostages and two who 190 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 3: have already been released and thirty one who were murdered 191 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 3: on October seventh. 192 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:25,559 Speaker 2: Well, I want to ask you also about some of 193 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,319 Speaker 2: the videos that have been coming out, and I think 194 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 2: it's really important that we highlight this because so many 195 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 2: center in the media have been refusing to talk about this. 196 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:39,079 Speaker 2: And that is the extensive tunnel system that now clearly 197 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:45,439 Speaker 2: is under the hospital in Gaza. And also now we 198 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 2: know that some of these hostages were taken to that 199 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 2: hospital after they were taken hostage. It is very clear, 200 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 2: it's obvious that this hospital in Gaza that everyone had 201 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 2: heard about the apparently Israel bomb which didn't actually happen, 202 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,960 Speaker 2: has clearly been used in essence like a base for 203 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 2: hamas a human shield for Hamas. And the tunnel system 204 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 2: which they have now been able to find that is 205 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 2: going in and out that hospital is incredibly an intensive 206 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 2: underground network, and some of this fuel, like you mentioned, 207 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 2: goes directly to turning those lights on in the ventilation 208 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 2: of that tunnel system which Israel has found and is 209 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 2: obviously trying to get rid of. 210 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:32,480 Speaker 3: That is exactly right. And listen, this has been a 211 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 3: point that has been true for a long time. In fact, 212 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 3: nine years ago in twenty fourteen, I wrote an op 213 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 3: ed that was entitled a Tale of two hospitals, one 214 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 3: in Israel, one in Gaza, and I'll read you the 215 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 3: beginning of that op ed I wrote on July thirtieth, 216 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 3: or twenty fourteen. If you want to judge a nation, 217 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 3: look at how it treats its most vulnerable civilians. Hospitals 218 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 3: are a good place to Startah the largest hospital in 219 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 3: Gaza is housed in a converted British Army barracks, some 220 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 3: one hundred and twenty six miles north is Israel's Ziv 221 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:18,160 Speaker 3: Medical Center in Zafat. Hamas, which controls Gaza, is using 222 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 3: the civilian population as human shields. The terrorist group has 223 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 3: placed its missiles in schools and mosques, and even more 224 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 3: deplorably burrowed its command center underneath the Al Shifa hospital. 225 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 3: Hamas's activities are taking place in plain sight. Just two 226 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 3: weeks ago, and mind you, this was back in twenty fourteen, 227 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 3: the Washington Post described Al Shifa as a quote de 228 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 3: facto headquarters for Hamas leaders. These terrorist facilities are of 229 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 3: course well known not only to the foreign journalists who 230 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 3: interview Hamas fighters there, but also to the Israelis, who 231 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 3: would by necessity consider such a location a legitimate target 232 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 3: for any action against Hamas. However, the terrorist group has 233 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 3: tried to immunize their headquarters by digging it under a hospital, 234 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 3: leaving Israel no option but to target Al Shifa if 235 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 3: they want to get rid of the Hamas terrorist leadership. Now, 236 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 3: as you noted, we've seen those videos. Now it's that 237 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 3: same hospital Al Shifa, and we've now seen the videos 238 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 3: of the tunnels going under that hospital. And they do 239 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 3: it deliberately because they're trying to place the IDF in 240 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 3: an impossible choice. Either you don't target the headquarters, in 241 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 3: which case the terrorists continue to flourish and wage war 242 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 3: and plot murder of civilians, or the IDF does target 243 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 3: the headquarters, and if they did it using bombs, the 244 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 3: result would be hundreds of dead Palestinians, the women and 245 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 3: children who are patients in the hospital that Hamas is 246 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 3: using as human shields. What happened Israel did not bomb 247 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 3: the hospital, but the IDF forces have gone in the 248 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 3: ground forces and they've exposed the headquarters that was there. 249 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 3: And that's precisely how Hamas uses Palestinians, hoping that they 250 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 3: will be casualties of war, because they then know that 251 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:24,720 Speaker 3: the useful idiots in the media will use those casualties 252 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 3: of war to demonize and undermine the state of Israel. 253 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 2: When you look at moving forward with this war, it 254 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 2: seems to me, and I may be wrong, but it 255 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 2: seems like we are far from the end of this 256 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 2: and that's because of Israel's stated objective and that doesn't 257 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 2: seem to be changing because of this hostage negotiation. This 258 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 2: ceased fire for four days, and again you mentioned earlier, 259 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:54,800 Speaker 2: you can extend that by releasing ten more hostages each 260 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 2: day if Hamas wants to do that. Obviously, Hamas is 261 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 2: going to use this time, as you say, to basically 262 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 2: replenish their supplies and reorganize. And that's bad for Israel, 263 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 2: that's bad for anyone that agreees that terrorism is wrong 264 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 2: and evil. But you look at the reality of this, 265 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:14,919 Speaker 2: there is still a lot that has to be accomplished 266 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 2: to get rid of Hamas, and the words of Netanyahu, 267 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 2: they're not going to stop until this is over. I 268 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 2: think people need to kind of have a mentality of 269 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 2: this isn't a week away from finishing or two weeks away. 270 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,239 Speaker 2: This is still going to take some time. This is 271 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,440 Speaker 2: dismantling a massive terrorist organization. 272 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, in all likelihood, this war is going to take 273 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 3: a matter of months. It's going to be an extended operation, 274 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 3: in particular because Hamas is burrowed in. It's burrowed in 275 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 3: in the midst of civilian targets. They deliberately are in hospitals, 276 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 3: they deliberately are in schools, they are deliberately in the tunnels. 277 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 3: And as a result of three hundred trucks a day 278 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:54,719 Speaker 3: coming in, including fuel trucks, they're going to replenish their 279 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:57,439 Speaker 3: fuel supplies, which means they can stay in the underground tunnel. 280 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:00,640 Speaker 3: Some of the tunnels the Israelis have discovered, others they 281 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 3: have not. It's very hard to locate a tunnel that 282 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 3: is buried underneath a dense urban environment. We also know 283 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:11,200 Speaker 3: that in the coming days and weeks, we're going to 284 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 3: see continued propaganda. You know, one episode we did of 285 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 3: Verdict last week, we show this was one of the 286 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 3: video episodes that we did on YouTube, and we showed 287 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 3: video of an individual that appears to be a crisis actor, 288 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:28,479 Speaker 3: and there are multiple instances of him essentially working for 289 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:31,399 Speaker 3: Hamas and pretending to be all sorts of different characters 290 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 3: in Gaza, from hospital workers to an injured person to 291 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 3: a dead person. And he's put out multiple videos where 292 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 3: he miraculously is pushing forward the Hamas propaganda in every instance. 293 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:47,680 Speaker 3: And he put out the raw footage that was designed 294 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:52,399 Speaker 3: to show the horrible atrocities carried out by the Israelis. 295 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:56,919 Speaker 3: And as we pointed out, multiple news entities including CBS 296 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:00,479 Speaker 3: picked up his footage and ran at his news and 297 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 3: they just identified the source as quote social media. It's 298 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 3: not difficult to find out that this guy is widely 299 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:11,920 Speaker 3: considered a fraud online. But yet the narrative fit the 300 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:15,640 Speaker 3: story that CBS and and the fake media wanted to tell. 301 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:21,679 Speaker 3: And one of the astonishing aftermaths of that is after 302 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 3: we put out our verdict, YouTube censored our podcast. And 303 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 3: in particular, if you want to watch that episode, if 304 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 3: you just try to click on YouTube and you're not 305 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,120 Speaker 3: logged in, it will not let you watch that episode. 306 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:37,960 Speaker 3: It said you must sign in and you must give 307 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 3: your age, so if you're under eighteen, you're not allowed 308 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 3: to give it to watch that episode, and it gives 309 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 3: a warning of graphic content and listen. The result of 310 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:51,360 Speaker 3: that is substantially throttling the number of people who can 311 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 3: see that episode. And it is an instance, it is 312 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 3: a powerful instance of what I talk about in my 313 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 3: new book that just came out on Woke, how to 314 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 3: defeat the cultural Marxism in America, where you have big 315 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 3: tech shilling for the corporate media, because neither big tech 316 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 3: nor the corporate media wants you to know that they 317 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 3: are disseminating false propaganda. And this is an example of 318 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 3: the corruption we see. By the way YouTube to date 319 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 3: still hasn't fixed it, so it is right now age 320 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:29,160 Speaker 3: gated on YouTube. The irony is they claim it's violent content. 321 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:32,640 Speaker 3: We're literally showing a CBS News broadcast. I don't think 322 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 3: they agegate CBS News. And in fact, the content, by 323 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:41,399 Speaker 3: all appearances, appears to be fake. So it is fake 324 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 3: violence that happen to be shown on CBS News that 325 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 3: CBS News won't admit is likely fake. And yet YouTube 326 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:50,360 Speaker 3: says we're going to live with the number of people 327 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:50,919 Speaker 3: who can see this. 328 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's amazing. 329 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 2: When this happened, you and I were texting each other 330 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 2: and honestly in shock. 331 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: It was like, are you kidding me? 332 00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 2: We're exposing this and now they want to just silence, 333 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 2: shut it down and act like it never happened. You 334 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:06,120 Speaker 2: can grab that episode on YouTube and share it. Make 335 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:08,359 Speaker 2: sure you share it and log in and so you 336 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:11,439 Speaker 2: can see what we expose and just how much the 337 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 2: left will throttle things if they don't want to get 338 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:14,640 Speaker 2: out there. 339 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 1: This is a perfect example of it. 340 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 3: And Ben, you know, it's striking. We've been doing Verdict 341 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 3: now for several years. This is the first instance that 342 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:26,359 Speaker 3: YouTube has stepped forward and blocked our content. So we've 343 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 3: talked about COVID. At the early parts of COVID, we 344 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 3: laid out in Verdict in this podcast evidence that the 345 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 3: COVID virus escaped from a Chinese lab from the Wuhan 346 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:41,720 Speaker 3: Institute for Virology. This was the same time that Twitter 347 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:46,440 Speaker 3: and Facebook were suppressing anyone making that point. For whatever reason, 348 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 3: YouTube did not block our early podcast even though we 349 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:52,919 Speaker 3: were getting a lot of viewers that were watching it. 350 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 3: And we've talked a lot about taking on the corruption 351 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:02,439 Speaker 3: of Washington, and every every episode we've done it says 352 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 3: something that this is the first one they blocked. And 353 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:09,160 Speaker 3: I think it's the combination that big tech is all 354 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 3: in with the corporate media in driving their cultural Marxist 355 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 3: narrative that Israel are the bad guys and the Hamas 356 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 3: terrorists are the oppressed victims, and anything that gets away 357 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:24,399 Speaker 3: in the way of that narrative, they're more than willing 358 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:27,439 Speaker 3: to abuse their power. It relates to, you know, the 359 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 3: same episode we talked about TikTok and the trending videos 360 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 3: on tik tac of young people praising Osama bin Laden, 361 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 3: which sadly the CCP is aggressively pushing. On one level, 362 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:45,879 Speaker 3: you can understand why the Chinese communists are doing that. 363 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 3: How harmful that is. But YouTube is ostensibly an American 364 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 3: country company. Why is YouTube doing that? 365 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:56,919 Speaker 2: Yeah, And the question you have to ask is is 366 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 2: it just because they want to silence and censor respeech 367 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:06,120 Speaker 2: and specifically do they want to censor views they disagree with. 368 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 2: That's my takeaway from this because I don't believe that 369 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 2: this was an accident at all. This was us taking 370 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:15,920 Speaker 2: a stand, showing people what's happening and letting people know 371 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 2: that there are these crisis actors on the side of 372 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 2: the terraces that are working for hamas and they can't 373 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 2: stand for that narrative to get out there. 374 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:28,159 Speaker 3: Well, if it was an accident, it is possible that 375 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:33,119 Speaker 3: their algorithms flagged it because it is images that are purported, 376 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 3: although we believe these are fake images purported to be 377 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 3: of people with what appears to be blood on them, 378 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:44,399 Speaker 3: screaming after a rocket attack. Now, as I said, CBS 379 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 3: News aired it, and and oddly enough, YouTube doesn't block 380 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 3: CBS News. But I could envision an algorithm that captured 381 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 3: someone's screaming covered with blood and blocks it initially. But 382 00:23:57,760 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 3: this is at the point. Now it's been some time, 383 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 3: there been multiple news stories on this, and if it 384 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 3: were caught initially by the algorithm, a human being could 385 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 3: correct it. And so whether a human being decided at 386 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 3: the outset nope, I don't want this to be seen, 387 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:16,679 Speaker 3: or whether the algorithm decided at the outset and a 388 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 3: human being just said nope, we're not going to correct it. 389 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 3: Either way, YouTube and Google which owns YouTube, have culpability 390 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:26,120 Speaker 3: for it. 391 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 2: For the holidays, a lot of you are probably thinking 392 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 2: about Black Friday deals and you're thinking about ways to 393 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 2: get maybe a new cell phone. 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That's Patriot Mobile dot Com 430 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 2: slash verdict or nine seven to two Patriot. I want 431 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 2: to move to another issue. A lot of Americans are 432 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 2: going to be on the road listening to this episode, 433 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 2: going to spend time with their family over Thanksgiving. And 434 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 2: there is something that happened this week that people I'm 435 00:26:55,840 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 2: sure missed, and that is Biden's infrastructure spending has now 436 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 2: gone woke. It's a great moment to pause and remind people. 437 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 2: If you're Black Friday shopping, grab the Center's new book, Unwoke. 438 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 1: You can grab it. It's a best seller. 439 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:12,639 Speaker 2: You can get on Amazon or wherever you get your books, 440 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,040 Speaker 2: unless you're a bookstore in California. Apparently they don't like 441 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:17,439 Speaker 2: it very much out there in California in the bookstores. 442 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:20,400 Speaker 2: But you can grab it wherever you get your books. 443 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,639 Speaker 2: I love this part of censorship. By the way Center. 444 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:26,480 Speaker 2: There are quite a few bookstores. I've actually talked to 445 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,680 Speaker 2: friends who have gone into bookstores. Your book's a bestseller, 446 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,760 Speaker 2: and if you're in the wrong part of the country, 447 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 2: in a more liberal, woke part of the country, there's 448 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:35,720 Speaker 2: a very good chance you cannot find a hard copy 449 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,679 Speaker 2: of your book in a bookstore, which is maddening to me, 450 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:40,399 Speaker 2: especially since it is a bestseller. 451 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:44,200 Speaker 3: Well, it is one of the many examples how corporate 452 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 3: America is woke. 453 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:46,399 Speaker 1: As you know. 454 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:49,680 Speaker 3: Two weeks ago, I was in LA to shoot Bill 455 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 3: Maher and talk about the book, and I actually met 456 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 3: some friends in LA who went to try to buy 457 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 3: the book. And they went to a Barnes and Noble 458 00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,720 Speaker 3: in LA and they didn't have a single copy of 459 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 3: the book there, and they asked them, okay, search the system, 460 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 3: and they it turned out there was not one copy 461 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 3: of my book. This is what they were told in 462 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 3: any Barnes and Noble in the entire city of Los Angeles. 463 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,200 Speaker 3: And they had to actually drive the Long Beach, which 464 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 3: they did to get several copies of the books, because 465 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 3: it was only the Barnes and Noble and Long Beach 466 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 3: that had the copies, and throughout LA they weren't there. Sadly, 467 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 3: we're hearing we're hearing reports of that. There was also 468 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 3: a letter to the editor this past week in the 469 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 3: Dallas Morning News, complaining that the big box stores which 470 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 3: have lots and lots of books of other books that 471 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 3: you can't find unwoke, even though, as you noted, is 472 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 3: it is a best seller. It was at the top 473 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 3: of the best seller list. And yet the major bricks 474 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,920 Speaker 3: and mortar retail outlets are very reluctant to carry it. 475 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:52,800 Speaker 3: And when they do carry it, they certainly don't put 476 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:54,400 Speaker 3: it out on the table in front. They put it 477 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:56,480 Speaker 3: off in the back. The good news is you can 478 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:59,720 Speaker 3: order it online, so I would encourage you go online 479 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 3: and order it. And you mentioned what came out this 480 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,240 Speaker 3: past week, and what came out this past week also 481 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:13,480 Speaker 3: is is racist roads and woke infrastructure, which may sound absurd, 482 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 3: but it's something I discuss at considerable length in the 483 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 3: book on Woke and In June, Transportation Secretary Pete bootage 484 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 3: Edge announced that the Department of Transportation it started accepting 485 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:34,640 Speaker 3: applications for the National Infrastructure Project Assistance, Infrastructure for Rebuilding America, 486 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 3: and the Rural Surface Transportation Grant Programs. These three programs 487 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 3: together received five point six billion dollars under the so 488 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 3: called Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Department of 489 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 3: Transportation under bodhage Edge said the grants that would be 490 00:29:54,800 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 3: awarded would support quote transformational infrastructure projects across the nation. 491 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:06,320 Speaker 3: But the Notice of funding opportunity issued states that recipients 492 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:14,080 Speaker 3: must broadly address quote equity and climate concerns. And further, 493 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:18,280 Speaker 3: it says, quote projects that have not sufficiently considered the 494 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 3: equity and barriers to opportunity in their planning as determined 495 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:25,440 Speaker 3: by the Department, will be required to do so before 496 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:30,240 Speaker 3: receiving funds for construction. Quote. Projects that have not sufficiently 497 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 3: considered climate change and environmental justice in their planning, as 498 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:37,840 Speaker 3: determined by the Department, will be required to do so 499 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:41,760 Speaker 3: before receiving funds for construction. Now, mind you, what they're 500 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 3: saying is if you're actually building roads, if you're actually 501 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 3: building freeways, then that is not sufficient. And in fact, 502 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 3: Pete buddhage Edge made news in twenty twenty one when 503 00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 3: he said, quote there is racism physically built into some 504 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 3: of our high way ways. Now. Now, now that is idiotic. 505 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 3: And and I would note that that that the DOT 506 00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:14,480 Speaker 3: grants also additionally target so DOT policies frame road building. 507 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 3: Here's what they call roadbuilding quote increasing automobile dependence, and 508 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:25,800 Speaker 3: so they condemn highway expansion projects that don't involve electric 509 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 3: vehicle charging stations or bike lane. So it is Remember 510 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:31,680 Speaker 3: there was a lot of hooplah over all the money 511 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:35,440 Speaker 3: to be spent on infrastructure and roads and bridges. Oh yeah, Well, 512 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,040 Speaker 3: it turns out Joe Biden and Kamala Harrison, Pete Budah 513 00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:41,160 Speaker 3: Jedge don't actually want roads and bridges. Instead, they have 514 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:44,400 Speaker 3: a woke agenda. No, here's the good news, which is 515 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:50,160 Speaker 3: that that I sent I sent a request for a 516 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:58,680 Speaker 3: determination as to whether this this announcement constitutes a rule. Uh, 517 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:04,800 Speaker 3: and receive that determination, which means that it is subject 518 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:10,280 Speaker 3: to being overturned by Congress by a simple majority vote. 519 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:15,280 Speaker 3: And so I intend to introduce that resolution of disapproval 520 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:18,760 Speaker 3: to force a vote in the Senate. Now Biden can 521 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:21,640 Speaker 3: veto that vote. But in the Senate, we're going to 522 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 3: see if all the people who trumpeted the infrastructure programs 523 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 3: support blocking them from going to roads and bridges unless 524 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:35,160 Speaker 3: they are sufficiently woke and fighting racist roads, whatever the 525 00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:35,720 Speaker 3: hell that is. 526 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:40,000 Speaker 2: When people hear this and they hear racist roads as 527 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:42,680 Speaker 2: you just described it there, and you talk about billions 528 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:46,520 Speaker 2: upon billions of taxpayers dollars that's meant for these infrastructure 529 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,760 Speaker 2: projects that are now just being turned in these woken 530 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:54,560 Speaker 2: agenda items. How many members of Congress are behind this 531 00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:59,120 Speaker 2: as well? Because yes, it's a Biden administration initiative, but 532 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:01,800 Speaker 2: you're still got to have some Congress people behind you. 533 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,680 Speaker 2: Is this just the part of now where we are 534 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 2: in politics, where they look at you, they'll say this 535 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:09,880 Speaker 2: is for infrastructure, straight up, wye to you, and then 536 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:13,240 Speaker 2: waste billions of your dollars on woke agenda items like this. 537 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 3: Well, listen, a lot of the left wing Democrats in 538 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:19,200 Speaker 3: Congress are emphatically behind this, so that Bernie Sanders, the 539 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:23,720 Speaker 3: Elizabeth Warrens, theoc's are cheering this on because this is 540 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:26,600 Speaker 3: the agenda they want. I will say there are a 541 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:30,600 Speaker 3: number of Republicans who you know, are a little bit 542 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 3: like Charlie Brown with Lucy and the football. They listen 543 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:36,320 Speaker 3: to Democrats who say, okay, let's work together on something 544 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:38,239 Speaker 3: like roads and bridges, and the Republicans are like, oh 545 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:41,120 Speaker 3: yea yeah, roads and bridges. Those sound really good, and 546 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:46,200 Speaker 3: they right into law funding for roads and bridges. Now, 547 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:49,160 Speaker 3: the left wing Democrats they're negotiating with know fully well, 548 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:52,400 Speaker 3: they're pulling the football away and Charlie Brown is landing 549 00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 3: on his ass. They know that, but these Republicans are 550 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,240 Speaker 3: just gullible and they fall into it over and over 551 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:01,400 Speaker 3: and over again. And if they weren't going, they would 552 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:05,640 Speaker 3: have written into the statute prohibitions on the Biden administration 553 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:08,680 Speaker 3: doing this, because you and I knew the Biden administration 554 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:10,879 Speaker 3: was going to do this, because that's who they are. 555 00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:15,000 Speaker 3: They are cultural Marxist. It's why I wrote the book 556 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:19,799 Speaker 3: Unwoke to lay out what it means the radicals who 557 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,080 Speaker 3: have taken over our government. 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You 588 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:09,480 Speaker 2: and I got started a little over a year go together. 589 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:12,640 Speaker 2: It's been a blast, but we have really seen significant 590 00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:15,759 Speaker 2: growth from this audience who has just gotten behind this 591 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:18,879 Speaker 2: show and is helping spread the word of what we 592 00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:20,760 Speaker 2: say and putting this on social media. 593 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:22,040 Speaker 1: I mean this sincerely. 594 00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:24,960 Speaker 2: Without the audience, neither of us would be spending as 595 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:26,680 Speaker 2: much time in as many late nights as we are 596 00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:29,520 Speaker 2: doing this. This is add on to the incredible job 597 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,560 Speaker 2: you're doing as a US center. This is a year 598 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,200 Speaker 2: that's going to be so important with this election cycle 599 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:38,600 Speaker 2: coming up as well. And I am very thankful for 600 00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:42,960 Speaker 2: the vertic listeners that have just been amazing ambassadors for 601 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,160 Speaker 2: the show and bringing other people so that we can 602 00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:46,799 Speaker 2: reach more each and every show we do. 603 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:53,239 Speaker 3: Now, look, that's exactly right. The Verdict listeners are an amazing, engaged, informed, 604 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,560 Speaker 3: powerful group of men and women and group of young people. 605 00:36:56,640 --> 00:37:02,920 Speaker 3: And you are regular listeners to this podcast because you 606 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:05,279 Speaker 3: want to know what's really going on. You want to understand. 607 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:08,399 Speaker 3: You know that if you turn on the six o'clock news, 608 00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:10,799 Speaker 3: if you turn on CNN, if you turn on MSNBC, 609 00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:14,040 Speaker 3: you're not going to really hear the truth you're going 610 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:16,759 Speaker 3: to hear the narrative they want to tell. And even 611 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:20,920 Speaker 3: Fox News or NEWSMACS or OAAN, which which do terrific jobs, 612 00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:24,760 Speaker 3: but it's very difficult in a six or eight minute 613 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:29,600 Speaker 3: snippet to understand the substance of complex issues. And it's 614 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:32,640 Speaker 3: I go on, I go on those shows all the time, 615 00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:35,680 Speaker 3: but what you can discuss in a few minutes is 616 00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:38,360 Speaker 3: fundamentally different from what you can talk about in a podcast, 617 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,200 Speaker 3: where you pick issues that really matter and you try 618 00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:43,919 Speaker 3: to bring your listeners behind the scenes to understand what's 619 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:47,040 Speaker 3: really going on. And so I'll say it's right now, 620 00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:51,080 Speaker 3: it's ten fifteen at night on Tuesday of Thanksgiving week, 621 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:54,280 Speaker 3: and we're both away from our families recording this podcast 622 00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:57,560 Speaker 3: right now. Many of you are listening to it on Wednesday. 623 00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:59,320 Speaker 3: Many of you are on the road. You're driving to 624 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,320 Speaker 3: see your family somewhere in Texas, somewhere across the country, 625 00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,160 Speaker 3: or you're on an airplane and you're flying. You've downloaded 626 00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,719 Speaker 3: this podcast, and I want to first of all say 627 00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:10,960 Speaker 3: wish you traveling mercies and hope that you travel safely. 628 00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:14,960 Speaker 3: I want to thank you for being part of the 629 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:20,359 Speaker 3: Verdict community, because the listeners who engage y'all have an impact. 630 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:25,640 Speaker 3: There is a reason this podcast has repeatedly forced the 631 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:28,160 Speaker 3: White House to respond to it from the White House 632 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:31,480 Speaker 3: podium at White House briefings. There's a reason we are 633 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:35,400 Speaker 3: able to change administration policy. There's a reason we are 634 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:38,439 Speaker 3: able to drive the truth even when the corporate media 635 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:40,120 Speaker 3: is trying to cover it up. And it's because of 636 00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:43,600 Speaker 3: all of you. It's because we have roughly a million 637 00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:47,799 Speaker 3: unique listeners. We're beating CNN every week. And so I 638 00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:50,960 Speaker 3: am thankful for you. But I hope on this Thanksgiving 639 00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:55,200 Speaker 3: tomorrow you take time to give thanks. Give thanks for 640 00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:59,759 Speaker 3: your family, give thanks for your health, give thanks for 641 00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:06,360 Speaker 3: your children especially, and give thanks for your country. Your country, 642 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:11,240 Speaker 3: America is facing enormous challenges, but we are still blessed 643 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:14,239 Speaker 3: beyond words. We live in the greatest country on the 644 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:16,120 Speaker 3: face of the earth, and it is a blessing. It 645 00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:18,960 Speaker 3: is a blessing to fight for America at a time 646 00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:21,319 Speaker 3: of great peril, and that's where we are. And so, 647 00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:25,440 Speaker 3: and you know, I am thankful for each of you. 648 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:29,640 Speaker 3: I'm thankful for your courage. I'm thankful for your love 649 00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:32,239 Speaker 3: of America, because it's that love of America that I 650 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,000 Speaker 3: believe will save our nation. 651 00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:37,560 Speaker 2: Aymen too, that happy Thanksgiving center to you and your family, 652 00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:39,800 Speaker 2: To each and every one of you that's listening right now, 653 00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:42,279 Speaker 2: Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at Verdict. Will 654 00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:46,160 Speaker 2: see you back here on Saturday for a weekend recap. 655 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:50,360 Speaker 2: Don't forget to hit that follow subscriber auto download button 656 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:53,600 Speaker 2: wherever you get this podcast so that you don't miss 657 00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:57,640 Speaker 2: a single episode. And as we said earlier, pray for 658 00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:01,279 Speaker 2: the people in Israel. Pray for these hostages. Uh, there 659 00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:03,600 Speaker 2: is gonna be great news with these these fifty that 660 00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:05,760 Speaker 2: are going to be released, but there are many others 661 00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:08,319 Speaker 2: that are going to be in anguish because their loved 662 00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:10,799 Speaker 2: ones were not released by these terrasts. So make sure 663 00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:12,840 Speaker 2: you say a special prayer for them and the Senator 664 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:14,440 Speaker 2: and I will see you back here in a couple 665 00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:14,840 Speaker 2: of days