1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:01,720 Speaker 1: Welcome. 2 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 2: It is Vernict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with 3 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 2: you and Senator Today could be a very big day 4 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 2: when it comes to news coming from the Supreme Court. 5 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: Well, that's exactly right. 6 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 3: Later this morning, the Supreme Court is expected to hand 7 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 3: down its decision in the Colorado decision. The Colorado Supreme 8 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,799 Speaker 3: Court had thrown President Trump off of the ballot, and 9 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 3: of course Maine had done so as well, and just 10 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 3: last week Illinois jumped into the mix. We'll discuss all 11 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 3: of that and explain what to expect beyond that. 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Yesterday, on Sunday, 66 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 3: the Court put online a statement that at least one 67 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 3: opinion would be handed down today and that happens at 68 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 3: ten am. The Supreme Court typically hands down its opinions 69 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 3: at ten am. And the Court also put online quote 70 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 3: the Court will not take the bench. Now that's a 71 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 3: very unusual public statement. I can't recall the Court. 72 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: Ever doing so. 73 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 3: Typically, when the Court decides decisions, it will come in 74 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 3: usually at ten am on argument handdown days, and you 75 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 3: know when they are they put out a calendar, we're 76 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 3: going to hand down an opinion on this day. They 77 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 3: don't tell you what opinion it's going to be, but 78 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 3: they tell you that opinion is coming down. Well, they 79 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 3: did that on Sunday. They added a brand new argument 80 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 3: handdown day. And it is today, Monday, and the justices 81 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 3: had not been scheduled to come back to the court 82 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 3: room until March fifteenth, and so this statement is unusual. 83 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 3: And the timing of it is Tomorrow is super Tuesday. 84 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 3: Tomorrow is when Colorado is voting, and so I think 85 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 3: there is a high likelihood that the Justice has made 86 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 3: the decision. We need to hand this opinion down before 87 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 3: Colorado election day to resolve it. And so I think 88 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 3: by ten am today we will have the opinion. If 89 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 3: we have the opinion on the next verdict, Ben and 90 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 3: I will get into it and we will discuss exactly 91 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:02,920 Speaker 3: what is coming. I will everyone that when Colorado issued 92 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 3: its decision the Colorado Supreme Court a divided four three decision. 93 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:11,480 Speaker 3: My immediate reaction then is this, this opinion is dramatically 94 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 3: wrong and it is a usurpation of democracy, and it 95 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 3: will be reversed. It will be reversed by the Supreme Court. 96 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 3: And I said that very next day. Not only will 97 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 3: it be reversed, but I think there's a very real 98 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 3: likelihood that the decision will be unanimous. Now, hopefully the 99 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 3: next podcast we do will know whether or not that 100 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 3: that proved true. I hope it is unanimous. I think 101 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 3: it being unanimous would be really good for the country, 102 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 3: really good for the court. But we'll find out. I 103 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 3: am one hundred percent certain that Colorado will be reversed. Now, 104 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 3: what happened with Illinois. Illinois was one individual district judge 105 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:57,359 Speaker 3: in Illinois, and if you look at at actually we 106 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 3: had Colorado Supreme Court, and then shortly thereafter that you 107 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 3: had the main Secretary of State. So Maine was the 108 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 3: second state to order Trump off the ballot, and then 109 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 3: Illinois just became the third. And it was one judge, 110 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:14,040 Speaker 3: a judge named Tracy Porter of the State Circuit Court 111 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,559 Speaker 3: in Cook County, and she issued a ruling that said, 112 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 3: the State Board of Elections quote, shall remove Donald J. 113 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 3: Trump from the ballot for the general primary election on 114 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 3: March nineteenth, twenty twenty four, or cause any votes cast 115 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 3: for him to be suppressed. So look, let's be clear. 116 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:37,799 Speaker 3: On the face of the order, Democrats are not quite explicit. 117 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 3: This is voter suppression. And let me read that again. 118 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 3: Her order is, shall remove Donald J. Trump from the 119 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 3: ballot for the general primary election on March nineteenth, twenty 120 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 3: twenty four, or cause any votes cast for him to 121 00:06:50,920 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 3: be suppressed. Ben this collective effort Colorado, Maine, Illinois, added 122 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:06,359 Speaker 3: to the Department of Justice, relentless persecution of Trump, added 123 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 3: to Georgia and New York state courts, relentless persecution of Trump. 124 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 3: All of this is in total the greatest assault on 125 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 3: democracy in the history of our country. I do not 126 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 3: believe that is hyperbole, because what they are trying to 127 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 3: do is tell the American people, we will not let 128 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 3: you vote for the candidate you want to vote for 129 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 3: for president, even though right now he's likely to win. 130 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 3: We hate him so much we are ordering, as the 131 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 3: judge in Illinois said, quote any votes cast for him 132 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 3: to be suppressed. 133 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 2: You have this idea of copycats, and I think it's 134 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 2: pretty clear that whether it's activist DA's, it was like 135 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 2: once Donald Trump, for example, got taken a court, it 136 00:07:56,040 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 2: emboldened copycats to come forward Fanny Willis's and others to 137 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 2: jump all in in New York City, to jump all 138 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 2: in there and to go after Trump and find ways 139 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 2: to do it. But there also seems to be and 140 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 2: this is really concerning to me, Sentator, the copycats that 141 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 2: happen with Colorado, and then you mentioned the other states 142 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 2: as a country, are we and specifically as conservatives and 143 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 2: I'm guilty of this. I think most people listening are 144 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 2: probably going to agree. You don't pay a lot of 145 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 2: attention to who's running for judge. You may pay more 146 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,680 Speaker 2: attention based on crime in your area to DA's and 147 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 2: things like that, But a lot of times most people 148 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 2: don't know who their judges are. Are Are we way 149 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:45,320 Speaker 2: more vulnerable than we realized with activist judges? 150 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 4: I mean you look at this judge in Illinois. 151 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 2: I mean, this is a judge that if you look 152 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 2: at the background we're talking about some of that's basically 153 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 2: a traffic court judge. How does a judge in that 154 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 2: position have enough power to take a presidential candidate off 155 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 2: the ballot? Do we need to wake up his conservatives 156 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 2: and say, okay, it is time for us to get 157 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 2: hyper focused on picking good judges again. 158 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 3: Well, there's no doubt judges have enormous power and judges, 159 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 3: any judge can issue any order here she likes. Now, 160 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 3: whether it is enforced depends on a number of things. 161 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 3: One is simply whether the executive branches will comply. You know, 162 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 3: there was a famous early battle with the Supreme Court 163 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 3: in eighteen thirty two where John Marshall was the Chief 164 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 3: Justice of the Supreme Court and he authored an opinion 165 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 3: for the Supreme Court concerning Indian tribes that Andrew Jackson 166 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 3: didn't like. And Jackson is widely quoted as saying, John 167 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 3: Marshall has made his decision, Now let him enforce it. Now, 168 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 3: whether he actually said that or not. It may be apocryphal. 169 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 3: It's believed that the actual words that he said to 170 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 3: Brigadier General John Coffee were, the decision of the Supreme 171 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 3: Court has fell stillborn, and they cannot and they find 172 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 3: that it cannot course Georgia to yield to its mandate. 173 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:12,559 Speaker 3: So that's whichever way it was. The principle if a 174 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 3: decision is so wildly out of touch, people are not 175 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 3: going to comply. That that is a reality. But beyond that, 176 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 3: just within the judicial system, there's the simple reality that 177 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:30,199 Speaker 3: decisions that are lawless will not be carried out because 178 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 3: if the appellate system operates, they will be stopped and 179 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 3: they will be forced to comply with the rule of law. 180 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 3: And so what will happen here if we are right 181 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:45,839 Speaker 3: that later today the Supreme Court will reverse the Colorado 182 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:50,680 Speaker 3: Supreme Court decision and will make clear that Colorado courts 183 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 3: cannot throw Donald Trump off the ballot because individual judges 184 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 3: or justices or courts, or individual democrats state officials conclude 185 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:02,839 Speaker 3: that they think January sixth was an insurrection and they 186 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 3: think under the fourteenth Amendment, that means Trump can't appear 187 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:10,439 Speaker 3: in the ballot. Once that order is issued, Maine and 188 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 3: Illinois will resolve themselves. 189 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: In Maine, either the. 190 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 3: Secretary of State will reverse her decision or the courts 191 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 3: will order her to do so. In Chicago, either the 192 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 3: judge will reverse her decision, or other courts, either the 193 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 3: appellate courts in Chicago or ultimately federal courts will order 194 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 3: her to do so or order the Board of Elections 195 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 3: not to comply with the order. But let me pause 196 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 3: for a second. You know you said we should focus 197 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:43,199 Speaker 3: more on who judges are. It's worth spending a little 198 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 3: bit of time examining who this judge is. Who is 199 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 3: Tracy Porter now? Tracy Porter is a native of Chicago's 200 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:59,439 Speaker 3: South Side and she went to college at Cornell College 201 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 3: and then got her law degree at Drake University. She 202 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:07,560 Speaker 3: spent four years as a litigation attorney in the Office 203 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 3: of the Solicitor in the US Department of Labor in 204 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 3: the nineteen nineties, and then she worked as a lawyer 205 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 3: in private practice and in law school. And then in 206 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 3: twenty twenty one she was appointed to a traffic court 207 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 3: position that was three years ago. She was resolving traffic tickets, 208 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 3: and then in twenty twenty two she won an election 209 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 3: for a full term as a judge of the Cook 210 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 3: County Circuit Court. So she's a brand new judge. She 211 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 3: was a traffic court judge. She just was elected the 212 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:45,840 Speaker 3: Cook County Circuit Court. And you know one of the 213 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 3: things that she said her quote when she was appointed 214 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 3: in twenty twenty one, here's a quote from Judge Porter quote. 215 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 3: My motto is impacting lives and changing communities. And that 216 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 3: is how I will approach this new position. Understand what 217 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 3: she's not talking about following the law, Like the rule 218 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 3: of law is nowhere to be found. This is a Democrat, 219 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:19,239 Speaker 3: partisan activist, and she, I have no doubt, was thrilled, 220 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 3: thrilled to have an opportunity to strike back at Donald Trump. 221 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 3: And you know, it reminds me of do you remember 222 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 3: the foreman of the Fulton County, Georgia grand jury that 223 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:38,080 Speaker 3: that indicted Donald Trump? And it was this, this this 224 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 3: young woman who went on a media tour afterwards, one 225 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 3: of the most disastrous media tours. Fact, the only media 226 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 3: tour I could ever recall a grand jury foreman going 227 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:51,439 Speaker 3: on where where she said, you know, something to the 228 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,319 Speaker 3: effect of, well, just the opportunity to like ask questions 229 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 3: of Donald Trump. Wow, that was just great just. 230 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 4: To swear him in. 231 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,840 Speaker 2: Remember she was like fantasizing over the idea of getting 232 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 2: to say, you know, do you solemnly swear? I mean 233 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 2: it was the craziest exit interview ever. But it also 234 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 2: showed how how embarrassing it was that that even the 235 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 2: indictment of Trump. 236 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 3: Well, and I think that's exactly who Tracy Porter is, 237 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 3: an angry left wing partisan who fresh off of of 238 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 3: of Traffic Court says I have the power to order 239 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 3: Trump off the ballot in Illinois. And the good news 240 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 3: is this decision will be reversed, and I think it 241 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 3: will be reversed very very quickly. As soon as the 242 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 3: Supreme Court decides, both Maine and Illinois will resolve themselves 243 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 3: as well. 244 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 4: Final question on this. 245 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 2: There used to be a fear that you could be 246 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 2: rebuked if you went outside the law too much, if 247 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 2: you're a lawyer and you kind of went rogue. Judges 248 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 2: were held to this higher standard. Is that an essence 249 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 2: gone now in our society? It seems like it if 250 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 2: you look at this last year. 251 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 3: Oh look this this judge, Tracy Porter, sh'll be a 252 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 3: hero in democratic circles. 253 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 1: She'll go. 254 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 3: She will be introduced as the judge who ordered Donald 255 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 3: Trump off the ballot, and Democrats will cheer yay, look 256 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 3: she's According to the Cook County Democratic Party, she's written 257 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 3: law review articles on the quote school to prison pipeline. 258 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 3: In other words, she's there to let people out of 259 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 3: jail and in particular to not enforce the law in 260 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 3: schools so to allow violent criminals to commit crimes in schools. 261 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 3: She's also written law review articles on voter rights and 262 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 3: mortgage short sales. Well, voter rights apparently the voters have 263 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 3: no rights because she just issued an order on its 264 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 3: face engaging in voter suppression. And she has also professional 265 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 3: associations include the Chicago Bar Association, the American Bar Association, 266 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 3: and the Black Woman Lawyers Association of Greater Chicago, where 267 00:15:57,640 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 3: she was. 268 00:15:57,880 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 1: A former member of the board of directors. 269 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 3: When she goes to Chicago lawyer's gatherings, the angry partisan 270 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:16,239 Speaker 3: Democrats will cheer her voter suppression because they have convinced 271 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 3: themselves that number one, the judiciary is just a means 272 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 3: of imposing their policy and exercising power. 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Senator, I want to 319 00:18:57,800 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 2: move to this other issue, and you mentioned this early 320 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:04,120 Speaker 2: or some people may not exactly know what ESG stands for, 321 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 2: but it is a radical agenda that was put together 322 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 2: by a lot of companies that said, we're going to 323 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:15,680 Speaker 2: change the way that we do things in the name 324 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:18,960 Speaker 2: of basically climate and how we invest in the name 325 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:24,439 Speaker 2: of climate. Blackrock is a is a multi billion dollar 326 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 2: investment firm, and they're now admitting that their agenda, which 327 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:33,120 Speaker 2: was which ESG, has not just been a little failure. 328 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 2: It has been a massive failure that has cost them 329 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:37,359 Speaker 2: insane amounts of money. 330 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 4: And they're not the only ones. 331 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 1: Well, that's exactly right. 332 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,159 Speaker 3: And let me say this is a topic that I 333 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 3: discussed at great length in my latest book. My latest 334 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 3: book is as longtime Verdict listeners will know, is called Unwoke, 335 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 3: How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America. And if you 336 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 3: haven't read the book, i'd encourage you go online and 337 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:02,359 Speaker 3: buy the book because there's a entire chapter on on 338 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 3: how big business went woke. And and you know, if 339 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 3: you wake up and wonder what the hell happened that 340 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 3: bud Light has suddenly decided it hates its customers. What 341 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:16,880 Speaker 3: the hell happened that that that that target stores are 342 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:20,120 Speaker 3: are trying to advertise to two year old's tuck friendly 343 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 3: baby bathing suits. What the hell happened that Disney thinks 344 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,360 Speaker 3: that princesses should have mustaches? 345 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 1: Well, all of. 346 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:30,159 Speaker 3: These are are interrelated and and and they are in 347 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 3: significant part driven by. 348 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:35,439 Speaker 1: The ESG movement. The ESG movement is. 349 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:39,159 Speaker 3: Environmental, social and governance And and it was a bunch 350 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:43,159 Speaker 3: of left wing activists that decided to use money to 351 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 3: enforce their left wing objective. We just talked about left 352 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 3: wing activists on the courts using the courts to enforce 353 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,359 Speaker 3: their objective. What the book on Woke talks about is 354 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 3: how the left is seized every major institution of our 355 00:20:56,680 --> 00:21:00,879 Speaker 3: society and is using them to force a culture Marxist 356 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 3: agenda when it comes to ESG. Blackrock is the most 357 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 3: important player in the world. Now, who is Blackrock? You know, 358 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,399 Speaker 3: most people, if you're living your life, you may not 359 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,120 Speaker 3: know who Blackrock is. Or or at least you may 360 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 3: have some general sense there's some big company, but you 361 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:19,119 Speaker 3: may not know exactly what they do. Blackrock is the 362 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 3: world's largest asset manager. Blackrock has ten trillion dollars in 363 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 3: assets under management. Ten trillion. It's interesting you said they're 364 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:35,400 Speaker 3: a multi billion dollar company. Actually, no, they're not trillions. 365 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 3: And to put that in perspective, ten trillion dollars that 366 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 3: is nearly a third of the entire US national debt. 367 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 3: That is a crap ton of money, and crap ton 368 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:52,120 Speaker 3: is a technical term used with investment. By the way, 369 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 3: Blackrock is part of what is called the Big Three 370 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:59,399 Speaker 3: of the index fund managers. The other two are the 371 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,680 Speaker 3: Vanguard Group and State Street. And in the book Unwoke, 372 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 3: I talk about all three because with the trillions of 373 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:11,400 Speaker 3: dollars they control, they have begun voting their shares, so 374 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 3: they invest in companies. And let's say, you know, Ben, 375 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 3: do you on any mutual funds? I dare yes, Yeah, 376 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,399 Speaker 3: so do I most most people do. Many people own 377 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 3: mutual funds. Well, if you buy a mutual fund, what 378 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 3: what black Rock and State Street, Vanguard has started doing 379 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 3: is they put these mutual funds together. The mutual fund 380 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 3: then goes and buys a ton of shares and all 381 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 3: sorts of companies, and they've decided that they are voting 382 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 3: essentially your shares in support of their politics. It used 383 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:44,640 Speaker 3: to be that mutual funds didn't vote on political issues. 384 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 3: And these, these these giant index funds, said, wait a second, 385 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 3: we are the biggest stockholders in virtually every major American company. 386 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:57,439 Speaker 3: If we vote as radical leftists, the companies will have 387 00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 3: to obey us. Now, the leader of all of this 388 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:02,399 Speaker 3: is a guy named Larry Fink. Larry Fink is the 389 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 3: CEO of Blackrock, and he's been driving this and just 390 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 3: a few years ago he proudly would would preen about 391 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 3: ESG and how he was going to force the world 392 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:18,399 Speaker 3: to change. Well, just recently, Blackrock had a filing with 393 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:22,639 Speaker 3: the SEC. The Security is in Exchange Commission and Blackrocks filing. 394 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 3: This is reminiscent. We did a podcast several months ago 395 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:29,920 Speaker 3: about how Disney had a filing at the SEC where 396 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:37,199 Speaker 3: Disney acknowledged to shareholders our radical politics are costing us 397 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 3: billions of dollars. And Disney's disclosure said, our political agenda 398 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 3: is out of step with our customers. It is causing 399 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:47,880 Speaker 3: our customers not to want to buy our product, and 400 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 3: we are losing a ton of money. And we did 401 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:53,919 Speaker 3: a whole podcast talking about what a remarkable disclaimer to 402 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 3: the shareholders. Hey, hey, shareholder, we don't give a damn 403 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 3: about shareholder value. Our politics is all we care about, 404 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 3: and so we're losing you money. Well, what's interesting Blackrock 405 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:05,120 Speaker 3: just did essentially the same thing. 406 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 1: Let me quote from what. 407 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 3: Blackrock filed at the SEC. Quote, Blackrock faces increasing focus 408 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 3: from regulators, officials, clients, and other stakeholders regarding ESG matters, 409 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 3: and the company said in its filing that it is 410 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:29,919 Speaker 3: quote subject to competing demands from different stakeholder groups with 411 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 3: divergent views on ESG related matters, including in countries in 412 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 3: which Blackrock operates and invests, as well as in states 413 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:45,399 Speaker 3: and localities where Blackrock serves public sector clients. This is 414 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 3: a big, big deal. 415 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:51,360 Speaker 4: When you talk about this activism. 416 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,600 Speaker 2: You're supposed to have a I guess a fiduciary duty 417 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:58,640 Speaker 2: to your shareholders right to do what's best for them. 418 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 2: It seems like this and outside the scope of that 419 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 2: as well, which is part of the controversy that you're 420 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 2: based saying, Hey, I may not be doing what's best 421 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 2: to protect your money. I'm pushing an agenda here that 422 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 2: is not how it's supposed to work when you're investing. 423 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 3: Well, that's right, and it's interesting their reference to other stakeholders. Look, 424 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:20,119 Speaker 3: look that the stakeholder is supposed to be the shareholder, 425 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 3: and you're supposed to have an obligation under the law 426 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:28,360 Speaker 3: to maximize shareholder value. And the other stakeholders. What they 427 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,919 Speaker 3: mean is, oh, are political objectives that that we're going 428 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:34,200 Speaker 3: to violate the law. We're going to violate our fiduciary 429 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 3: duty and and and listen, all right, so so listen 430 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:41,920 Speaker 3: to this clip. This is Blackrock CEO Larry Fink, where 431 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 3: he says that ESG, he admits ESG is driving energy 432 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,359 Speaker 3: prices higher, and he says that's actually a good thing 433 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:52,400 Speaker 3: because it it shrinks the quote green premium. Here, give 434 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 3: a listen. 435 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,639 Speaker 5: Because of the rising energy prices, we are certainly seeing 436 00:25:56,640 --> 00:26:01,919 Speaker 5: the green premium shrink quite considerably. And so the amount 437 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 5: of investment dollars that are going into new decarbonization technology 438 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 5: is accelerating and accelerating very rapidly. 439 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:12,679 Speaker 3: So he's quite happy. When you fill up your tank 440 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 3: and it pisss you off that it's one hundred bucks 441 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 3: to fill up your truck or your minivan. 442 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: You know what Blackrock. 443 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,919 Speaker 3: You may not know Larry Fink's name, but he played 444 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 3: a pivotal role in it. And listen here again in 445 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 3: twenty twenty two where he says esg is all about 446 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:36,919 Speaker 3: enabling him to quote force behaviors, give a listen. 447 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 5: Well, behaviors are going to have to change, and this 448 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:40,880 Speaker 5: is one thing we're asking companies. 449 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 4: You have to force behaviors. 450 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,520 Speaker 5: And at Blackrock we are forcing behaviors. 451 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 2: I mean we are forcing behaviors. This is the mentality 452 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:53,160 Speaker 2: of we're too big to fail. We have so much 453 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 2: money we can dictate and you're just lucky that you 454 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 2: have your cash basically with Blackrock. 455 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,159 Speaker 4: So therefore we got to do these things. 456 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 3: And understand, these bastards are flying giant, giant private jets. 457 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,880 Speaker 3: Larry Fink's carbon footprint is larger than a small town 458 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:14,200 Speaker 3: in whatever state you live in. Like this is there's 459 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 3: an arrogance. This is like John Kerry who flies private 460 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:20,680 Speaker 3: jets all over the place while trying to shut down 461 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:24,400 Speaker 3: your ability to get in your suv. The utter hypocrites 462 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 3: as they live in their gilded castles, and they say, 463 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:31,160 Speaker 3: we are going to force behaviors from the little people 464 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,159 Speaker 3: with the beauty of it is. It's now coming to 465 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:37,119 Speaker 3: bite them. And this is what I discussed in the 466 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 3: book Unwoke, because the book is all about strategies to 467 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 3: fight back, and I talk about in Texas. So in 468 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 3: Texas there was a bill called Senate Bill thirteen and 469 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,240 Speaker 3: Senate Bill thirteen. Look, I usually stay out of fights 470 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:54,879 Speaker 3: in the Texas state legislature. I mean, lord knows, I 471 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,919 Speaker 3: have enough fights in Washington, D C. With Chuck Schumer 472 00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:01,160 Speaker 3: and Joe Biden fat and so what happens in Austin, I. 473 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 1: Usually leave that to the state legislators. 474 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:06,440 Speaker 2: It's like Vega's for you. What happens in Austin stays 475 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:06,879 Speaker 2: in Austin. 476 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:07,439 Speaker 1: There you go. 477 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:12,160 Speaker 3: Now, there have been really two significant exceptions. One has 478 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:15,160 Speaker 3: been school choice, and I get very involved in school choice, 479 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,160 Speaker 3: and we've got an historic opportunity in school choice. And 480 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 3: by the way, I will say, if you are running 481 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 3: in the state of if you're a Texas voter, get 482 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:26,679 Speaker 3: out and vote in the primaries. Election day is tomorrow, 483 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 3: Super Tuesday. Get out and vote in the primaries. In 484 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 3: particular in the state legislature. I've endorsed a whole bunch 485 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 3: of state legislative candidates who are pro school choice because 486 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:39,880 Speaker 3: we have a bunch of Republicans who skilled killed school 487 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:43,400 Speaker 3: choice in the legislature, and so we need to elect 488 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 3: Republicans that actually will do what the voters want and 489 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 3: do what's right. But that's one example. The second example 490 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 3: concerns ESG and woke big business, and Senate Bill thirteen 491 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 3: was a very simple bill. It said, if you boycott 492 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 3: oil and gas, Texas will boycott you. And listen, oil 493 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 3: and gas produces millions of jobs in the state of Texas. 494 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:15,000 Speaker 3: It produces enormous amounts of revenue and benefits for Texas. 495 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:19,120 Speaker 3: And these woke Wall Street firms have been boycotting oil 496 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:22,280 Speaker 3: and gas and imposing massive costs on oil and gas 497 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:25,240 Speaker 3: production and by the way, benefiting Russia and Iran and 498 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 3: Venezuela and our enemies in the process, and ironically hurting 499 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 3: the environment in the process. But their woke politics cannot 500 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:41,160 Speaker 3: Facts and data and reason cannot interfere with their woke politics. 501 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 3: And what Senate Bill thirteen said is okay. If a 502 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 3: company is boycotting oil and gas, the state of Texas 503 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:50,560 Speaker 3: will not invest in you know, Texas has massive amounts 504 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 3: of cash that we invest We have pension funds, we 505 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:57,520 Speaker 3: have endowments, massive university endowments. And so what I did 506 00:29:57,560 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 3: with Senate Bill thirteen, I called the Senate sponsor, I 507 00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 3: call the House sponsor, and I said, listen, how can 508 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:04,400 Speaker 3: I help? What can I do to get this to pass? 509 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:08,200 Speaker 3: I wrote an op ed urging every state legislator to 510 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:10,320 Speaker 3: vote for Senate Bill thirteen, and then I sent that 511 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:12,960 Speaker 3: op ed to every single member of the state House 512 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:14,960 Speaker 3: and every single member of the state Senate. 513 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: It passed. Well. 514 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:20,000 Speaker 3: Senate Bill thirteen has had an enormous impact, and you 515 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 3: were seeing the consequences of it. And by the way, 516 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:27,560 Speaker 3: Texas also passed another bill that said, if you attack 517 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:29,959 Speaker 3: the Second Amendment, Texas will not invest in you. If 518 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,200 Speaker 3: you try to take away the constitutional rights of Texans, 519 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 3: We're not putting our money with you. And that has 520 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:39,720 Speaker 3: had enormous impact as well. But what I urged in 521 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:44,160 Speaker 3: the book Unwoke is other red states to do the 522 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:48,680 Speaker 3: same thing. Use our leverage, to make it expensive, to 523 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:52,840 Speaker 3: make it hurt, to give power to the phrase, go woke, 524 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 3: go broke, and in particular black Rocket. It's filing. It complains, 525 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:03,800 Speaker 3: quote some US states and state officials have adopted or 526 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:08,680 Speaker 3: proposed legislation or otherwise have taken official positions restricting or 527 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 3: prohibiting state government entities from doing certain business with entities 528 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:17,560 Speaker 3: identified by the state as quote boycotting or quote discriminating 529 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:23,200 Speaker 3: against particular industries or considering ESG in their investment processes 530 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:27,000 Speaker 3: and proxy votings. And it goes on to say soon, 531 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:31,440 Speaker 3: quote other states and localities may adopt similar legislation or 532 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 3: other ESG related laws and positions that adversely impact BlackRock's business. 533 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:40,920 Speaker 3: This is what winning looks like. 534 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 1: This is. 535 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:45,640 Speaker 3: This is and in fact, let me read a little 536 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:47,680 Speaker 3: bit more from the filing. And this is an official 537 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:54,080 Speaker 3: SEC filing from Blackrock, and it says the divergence between 538 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:58,600 Speaker 3: their politics and the financial interests of their shareholders. 539 00:31:58,600 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: Here's what it says. 540 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 3: Quote divergence has and continues to increase the risk that 541 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:09,320 Speaker 3: any perceived or actual action or lack thereof by Blackrock 542 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:13,200 Speaker 3: on such matters on behalf of its clients will be 543 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:19,000 Speaker 3: viewed differently by various stakeholders and adversely impact BlackRock's reputation 544 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:26,440 Speaker 3: and business, including through withdrawals, redemptions, terminations or decisions not 545 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 3: to commit or invest new capital by clients, as well 546 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:35,000 Speaker 3: as legal and governmental action and scrutiny. 547 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:39,000 Speaker 2: That's incredible and welcome to what happens when the WOTE 548 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,560 Speaker 2: gets in charge and they try to dictate to all 549 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:43,880 Speaker 2: of us exactly what's going to happen. 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That's Blackoutcoffee dot com slash verdict. 576 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:14,479 Speaker 2: Use a promo code vertict twenty percent off your first order. 577 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:19,520 Speaker 2: Be Awake not Woke Blackoutcoffee dot Com slash vertict. 578 00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:19,880 Speaker 4: Senator. 579 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,520 Speaker 2: Finally, I want to mention real quick, there's an impeachment 580 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,480 Speaker 2: inquiry that's happening of the President of the United States of America, 581 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:29,040 Speaker 2: Joe Biden. The media is acting like it's not happening 582 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:31,000 Speaker 2: at all. Most people that listening to the show. If 583 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:33,759 Speaker 2: you're not listening to this show, you may not even 584 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:38,000 Speaker 2: know this is even happening. There was really some shocking 585 00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:43,560 Speaker 2: testimony that happened last week in the House and info 586 00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:45,799 Speaker 2: that was coming out from people that were having to 587 00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:49,880 Speaker 2: sit in front of this committee, including the president's son, 588 00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:53,760 Speaker 2: Hunter Biden. He had some admissions, and the media refused 589 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:55,960 Speaker 2: to touch his story altogether. You wouldn't even know what 590 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,440 Speaker 2: was happening if you watched the nightly news. 591 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,920 Speaker 3: Well, that's exactly right. So Joe Biden in the twenty 592 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:06,520 Speaker 3: twenty presidential election, he insisted Hunter had not made money 593 00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:10,960 Speaker 3: from China. Well, Hunter has now admitted that was a lie. 594 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:14,360 Speaker 3: Now he tried hard not to, but he admitted it anyway. 595 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:17,720 Speaker 3: And so deposition testimony was released, and let me read 596 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:21,480 Speaker 3: some of it. Question, your father went while he was 597 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:24,279 Speaker 3: running for president, said his family never received any money 598 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:28,520 Speaker 3: from China. Your father answer yes, has also said answer, 599 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:33,799 Speaker 3: you're right, he's never received He's never interacted with any 600 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:35,000 Speaker 3: of your business associates. 601 00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:38,080 Speaker 1: Is that correct? Yes, But if you. 602 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:43,480 Speaker 3: Introduced him to Yi Jaming, that would be untrue. No, 603 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:46,680 Speaker 3: that is not untrue. I'm telling you this. The question 604 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:50,439 Speaker 3: being asked that you're stating is that my father said 605 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:53,520 Speaker 3: that I never received any money from China, the government 606 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:57,439 Speaker 3: of China, unlike Jerry Kushner, I've never received any money 607 00:35:57,440 --> 00:35:58,360 Speaker 3: from a foreign government. 608 00:35:58,400 --> 00:35:59,839 Speaker 1: He question. 609 00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:03,719 Speaker 3: He didn't say government of China, by the way, he 610 00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:08,759 Speaker 3: said China from China. Well, so understand, okay, this is 611 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:13,640 Speaker 3: the sleight of hand he's trying to do. He's claiming, now, well, 612 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:18,400 Speaker 3: he didn't get money technically from the government of China. 613 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:22,840 Speaker 3: It wasn't signed government of China. But here's what he did. 614 00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:25,799 Speaker 3: Here's what he did admit. He shifted it to well, yeah, 615 00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:27,520 Speaker 3: of course I got money from China. It was just 616 00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:31,479 Speaker 3: a Chinese company controlled by the Chinese government and funded 617 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:33,399 Speaker 3: by the Chinese government. But what from the government of China. 618 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,520 Speaker 3: It was from a Chinese company. And here's so the 619 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:43,800 Speaker 3: questioning continued, how many millions have you received from Chinese companies? 620 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,839 Speaker 3: Because he admitted, and this is the bombshell, admissions, I 621 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:50,800 Speaker 3: have received money from a Chinese company. How many millions 622 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:53,239 Speaker 3: have you received? And he said, well, he didn't know 623 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:57,080 Speaker 3: the exact amount, but let me read this exchange quote. 624 00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:03,120 Speaker 3: Did you receive money from China or not? Answer quote, 625 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:09,279 Speaker 3: I received money from a Chinese company. Question how many 626 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:12,120 Speaker 3: millions have you received from Chinese companies? 627 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:13,400 Speaker 1: Answer? 628 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:17,200 Speaker 3: I don't know the exact amount, but I know that 629 00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:20,040 Speaker 3: it was all completely legal and it was incredibly ethical. 630 00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:22,239 Speaker 1: This lie, right? 631 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:22,919 Speaker 4: I mean, I'm sorry. 632 00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:25,360 Speaker 2: I'm taken it back by the quote because it's just 633 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:26,640 Speaker 2: so funny. 634 00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:28,560 Speaker 4: It was it was. I never did it, I never 635 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:29,640 Speaker 4: did never did well. 636 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,880 Speaker 2: I did it, but it was all legal and ethical 637 00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:35,200 Speaker 2: and everything was fine. So stop asking questions. How dare 638 00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:36,560 Speaker 2: you act like we did anything wrong? 639 00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:39,880 Speaker 3: Incredibly ethical? And this is a guy who photographs himself 640 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:44,280 Speaker 3: smoking crack while while being with multiple prostitutes, and who's 641 00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:48,239 Speaker 3: made tens of millions of dollars selling favors from his 642 00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:52,799 Speaker 3: father who was abusing a position of public trust. But understand, 643 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:57,920 Speaker 3: I received money from a Chinese company. This is an admission. 644 00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:00,480 Speaker 3: And I want us to play what Joe Biden's I 645 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:03,920 Speaker 3: want because you need to hear how this is directly 646 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:05,479 Speaker 3: contrary to what Joe Biden said. 647 00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:09,719 Speaker 5: My son has not made money in terms of this 648 00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:12,360 Speaker 5: thing about what are you talking about China? 649 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,000 Speaker 4: I love that this thing about what about this thing? 650 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:15,960 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, China. 651 00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:18,480 Speaker 2: Like, I mean, what a brilliant move by him during 652 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:20,960 Speaker 2: the president of debates back then, where it's. 653 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:23,080 Speaker 4: Like, China, I don't even know what you're talking about. 654 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:23,760 Speaker 4: It's absurd. 655 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:26,239 Speaker 1: Look, it's a flat out lie. 656 00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:29,920 Speaker 3: My son has not made money from what is it 657 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:31,560 Speaker 3: this thing you're talking about China. 658 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:32,480 Speaker 1: That's what he said. 659 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:36,480 Speaker 3: Now here's what Hunter said under oath quote I received 660 00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:43,120 Speaker 3: money from a Chinese company. Those two statements are categorically inconsistent. 661 00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:46,840 Speaker 3: Joe Biden lied, and he lied in the presidential debate 662 00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:50,279 Speaker 3: with Donald Trump, and he lied about the corruption of 663 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:53,120 Speaker 3: his son. That's what the testimony is. And by the way, 664 00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:55,600 Speaker 3: did you see that in the six o'clock news this week? 665 00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:56,360 Speaker 4: Nope? 666 00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:57,960 Speaker 1: Wonder why? 667 00:38:58,760 --> 00:38:59,080 Speaker 4: Yeah? 668 00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:02,120 Speaker 2: Well, and there's also so you and I predicted this 669 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:06,719 Speaker 2: months and months and months ago. Your favorite WhatsApp text ever, 670 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,560 Speaker 2: which is, you know, the shakedown with his dad sitting 671 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:12,279 Speaker 2: next to him. He was asked about that, and I 672 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:14,839 Speaker 2: have to go back to it because it just it's hysterical. 673 00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:16,600 Speaker 4: He says. 674 00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:19,880 Speaker 2: I sent the text, but I was drunk or high 675 00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:24,040 Speaker 2: when I sent it. My dad wasn't there, which is 676 00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:27,000 Speaker 2: exactly the amblibi. We said they were going to use right. Oh, 677 00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:29,160 Speaker 2: he was a drunk kid. He was a high kid. 678 00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:31,200 Speaker 2: They treated him, Mike, He's a kid, not a grown 679 00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:34,080 Speaker 2: adult in his fifties, you know, now, No, this is 680 00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:37,320 Speaker 2: just an addict who was who was desperate for cash 681 00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:39,480 Speaker 2: and didn't know what he was doing work. He got 682 00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:41,640 Speaker 2: the cash, He got the cash, and he's like, oh, 683 00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:45,040 Speaker 2: my dad went there. Let's just remind people we could 684 00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:48,560 Speaker 2: have found out for a fact using GPS. 685 00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:50,280 Speaker 1: Data and we still can't get it. 686 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:53,359 Speaker 2: We still can't, okay, So so explain for everybody how 687 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,000 Speaker 2: we could still find that, why and who's blocking it 688 00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:59,040 Speaker 2: from us? Knowing for the GPS data if Daddy was 689 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:00,560 Speaker 2: in fact sitting next to his son. 690 00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:04,600 Speaker 3: So listen, it's not complicated. We know the exact date 691 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:11,280 Speaker 3: and time that WhatsApp text was sent, and the investigators, 692 00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:16,840 Speaker 3: the investigators wanted to subpoena the GPS data on Hunter's 693 00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:19,960 Speaker 3: phone and Joe's phone, and if they were both in 694 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,960 Speaker 3: the same location, then it would turn out Hunter was 695 00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:25,799 Speaker 3: telling the truth that Daddy was sitting there, and the 696 00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:30,759 Speaker 3: irs whistleblowers blocked that said, no, you cannot subpoena the 697 00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:36,520 Speaker 3: GPS location because it would prove that Daddy was there. 698 00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:40,799 Speaker 3: And their objective, the Biden Justice departments objective from day one, 699 00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:44,319 Speaker 3: has been to protect Joe Biden. Look, look, I'll give 700 00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:49,920 Speaker 3: you another example. So Jim Biden provided testimony about Hunter 701 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:54,760 Speaker 3: Biden and had an undisclosed meeting with a corrupt Chinese 702 00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:58,880 Speaker 3: businessman whom Hunter has called and this is Hunter's language 703 00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:01,880 Speaker 3: quote the thing spy chief of China. 704 00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:02,799 Speaker 4: Yeah he did. 705 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:09,400 Speaker 3: He didn't abbreviate effing. But and this in particular was 706 00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:14,520 Speaker 3: a meeting that occurred in September twenty seventeen with Patrick Hoe. 707 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:19,239 Speaker 3: Patrick Hoe was an executive with Chinese Energy conglomerate CEFC. 708 00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:22,400 Speaker 3: And by the way, CFC China Energy, paid Hunter and 709 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:26,960 Speaker 3: Jim Biden five million dollars. So this wasn't a small amount. 710 00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:31,120 Speaker 3: Remember Joe Biden saying said Hunter didn't get money from 711 00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:35,719 Speaker 3: that China thing except for that five million dollars. But 712 00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:38,880 Speaker 3: they had a meeting. According to Jim Biden, he and 713 00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:41,359 Speaker 3: Hunter Biden had a quote pleasant lunch in Hong Kong 714 00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:45,320 Speaker 3: with Hoe, and at the end of the meeting, Hoe 715 00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:48,320 Speaker 3: asked to meet alone with Hunter Biden. And here's the 716 00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:53,960 Speaker 3: quote from Jim Biden's deposition. Quote, Hoe said, can I 717 00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:57,560 Speaker 3: borrow Hunter for you know, a half hour, We're going 718 00:41:57,600 --> 00:42:00,960 Speaker 3: to go in the next room, And Jim Biden said, well, 719 00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:03,160 Speaker 3: he didn't know what they discussed in the next room. 720 00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:06,120 Speaker 3: This is a man that he had a half hour 721 00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:09,200 Speaker 3: private meeting with a man whom Hunter is described as 722 00:42:09,239 --> 00:42:12,879 Speaker 3: the effing spy chief of China. And by the way, 723 00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:17,680 Speaker 3: just two months after Hunter Biden gets pulled aside for 724 00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:20,759 Speaker 3: this secret half hour meeting, you know what happened. Two 725 00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:26,160 Speaker 3: months later, federal prosecutors in New York indicted Hoe on 726 00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:29,640 Speaker 3: charges that he offered bribes to African officials to obtain 727 00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:34,000 Speaker 3: oil rights for CFC China Energy during a meeting at 728 00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:38,279 Speaker 3: the UN General Assembly in twenty fourteen. So this is 729 00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:41,759 Speaker 3: a guy who a couple months later gets indicted for 730 00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:47,400 Speaker 3: bribing public officials and he wants to have a private 731 00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:51,800 Speaker 3: meeting with Hunter Biden, and he does have a private 732 00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:55,840 Speaker 3: meeting with Hunter Biden. We know also that CFC China 733 00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:59,720 Speaker 3: Energy paid Hunter Biden a one million dollars to represent 734 00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:03,279 Speaker 3: even though there's no evidence Hunter Biden did any sort 735 00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:07,640 Speaker 3: of legal work on any of the cases. And you know, 736 00:43:07,719 --> 00:43:10,799 Speaker 3: one of the things also that that Hoe did is 737 00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:16,360 Speaker 3: he gave Hunter Biden a diamond ring, because you know, yeah, 738 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:20,279 Speaker 3: that's what the spy chief of China should do, is 739 00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:22,520 Speaker 3: give the son of the Vice president and now the 740 00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:24,800 Speaker 3: son of the president a diamond ring. 741 00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:25,239 Speaker 1: You know. 742 00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:29,880 Speaker 3: Just but remember remember Joe Biden said told the American 743 00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:32,560 Speaker 3: people that that Hunter hadn't gotten anything from what is 744 00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:33,719 Speaker 3: that thing, that China thing. 745 00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:35,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's a great point. 746 00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:37,920 Speaker 2: It's gonna be one heck of a week here on verdict, 747 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:40,840 Speaker 2: especially with a Supreme Court ruling we're expecting to come down. 748 00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:45,960 Speaker 2: So make sure you hit that follow subscriber auto download button, 749 00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:49,200 Speaker 2: and remember we do the show Monday, Wednesday Friday. Download 750 00:43:49,239 --> 00:43:52,880 Speaker 2: my podcast Ben Ferguson podcast. I'll keep you updated on 751 00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:55,560 Speaker 2: this breaking news on those in between days. If this 752 00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:58,680 Speaker 2: comes down later today, we'll have that for you. But 753 00:43:58,719 --> 00:44:01,040 Speaker 2: don't forget hit that follow us cry button. Please share 754 00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:04,279 Speaker 2: this podcast wherever you are on social media and the 755 00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:06,320 Speaker 2: Senator and I will see you back here Wednesday morning.