1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:03,960 Speaker 1: Welcome. It is Verdict with Ted Cruz, Weekend Review, Ben 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 1: Ferguson with you, and these are the stories that you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: may have missed that we talked about this week and 4 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 1: was it a crazy week in the world of politics. 5 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: First up, let's go back in history when the Democrats 6 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 1: in Congress demanded that the Secret Service protection be stripped 7 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: of Donald Trump when he became a felon. Is there 8 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: going to be repercussions for those requests in light of 9 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:33,199 Speaker 1: what happened with the assassination attempt? Also, there are so 10 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: many questions on the assassination attempt, So is there going 11 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: to be a hearing? The answer is yes, and how's 12 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 1: it going to play out? We'll explain that to you. 13 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: And finally, there is word that Joe Biden may even 14 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 1: drop out of the race and the Democratic Party is 15 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:53,639 Speaker 1: pushing to delay the Democratic National Convention. It's the Weekend 16 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: Review and it starts right now. Democrats actively called members 17 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: of Congress so that no one thinks he is a 18 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:07,759 Speaker 1: conspiracy theory for Donald Trump to lose Secret Service protection 19 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:11,960 Speaker 1: if he was convicted of a felony. One of those 20 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:16,399 Speaker 1: was my former Congressman Steve Cohen. He and several other 21 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: people in Congress said that they should pull Secret Service 22 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 1: protection of Donald Trump, which goes back to what you 23 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: said about it being political. They didn't care if Donald 24 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: Trump got killed. In fact, they advocated for taking away 25 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: the safety that protects a president from being killed. And 26 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 1: those are members of Congress. And it's amazing to me 27 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: that virtually, no, not virtually literally no one in the 28 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 1: media has brought that point up that just months ago 29 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: we had active Democrats in Congress, not fringe people. Okay, 30 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: these are elected officials who are demanding that Donald Trump 31 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: lose a Secret Service protection if he was convicted of 32 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: these I'm sorry hoaks, you know, crimes against him, they 33 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: tried to go after and for imprison him. 34 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 2: Well, and this was legislation that was filed by Congressman 35 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 2: Benny Thompson, who is who is the top Democrat on 36 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 2: the Homeland Security Committee. 37 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: So he's actually can you just say that again, so 38 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 1: if you understand how important that job is, and then 39 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 1: to understand that Homeland Security, how much they have to 40 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:16,959 Speaker 1: do with the Secret Service. 41 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 2: So they are the committee of jurisdiction. They have authority 42 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 2: over the Department of Homeland Security. And Benny Thompson is 43 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 2: the senior Democrat, he's called the ranking member, and he 44 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 2: filed the legislation. He is the author of the legislation 45 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 2: to say, let's pull the Secret Service coverage from Donald 46 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 2: Trump entirely if he's convicted. And by the way, it's 47 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 2: a complete partisan conviction that is designed to subvert democracy. 48 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 2: But let's be clear, if you were to put any 49 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 2: former president into general population in a prison, they would die, yes. 50 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 2: And so he's literally effectively calling for a death sentence. 51 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 2: And by the way, Betty Thompson also had a staffer 52 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 2: who in the wake of this posted on x saying 53 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 2: that she wishes the shooter had taken shooting lessons and 54 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 2: that he wouldn't miss next time. Now, Benny Thompson fired 55 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,639 Speaker 2: that staffer. He put out a statement, I was made 56 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 2: aware of a post made by a staff member and 57 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 2: she is no longer in my employment. But you know 58 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 2: what staff reflects the member, yep, And it reflects the 59 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 2: culture that her first reaction is to be angry that 60 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 2: this would be assassin did not in fact kill Donald Trump. 61 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 2: That's what she wanted and from his legislation, and it 62 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 2: was joined by multiple other Democrats that legislation, if it 63 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 2: actually had become law, and if Trump had gone to prison, 64 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 2: would have led directly to the death of Donald Trump. 65 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 2: And now they're suddenly saying, oh, well, we're very dismayed 66 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 2: that there was any violence towards it. 67 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: Well, let's talk about the rewriting of history and move 68 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: also to the press conference CNNY and I that Joe 69 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: Biden had he opened it Winter press Coming. It's more 70 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: of a statement from the over office, I should say, 71 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: because there was no questions and what he said his 72 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: address to the nation when he opened was certainly rewriting 73 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: of history. Here he is, in his own words, I 74 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: want to speak you tonight about the need for us 75 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: to lower the temperature in our politics and to remember, 76 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 1: or may disagree, we are not enemies. 77 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 3: We're neighbors. 78 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 2: We're friends, coworkers, citizens, and most importantly, we are fellow Americans. 79 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: Sounds great. The problem is if you go and read 80 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:43,039 Speaker 1: the president's own words in the days leading up to 81 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: this moment, that is not what he was saying at all. 82 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 1: He didn't say, hey, I need to tone it down 83 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: as well. Joe Biden's own tweet was quote Donald Trump 84 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:56,919 Speaker 1: is the greatest threat to our democracy. He tweeted out again, 85 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:03,239 Speaker 1: donald Trump is a genuine threat to this nation. Another tweet, 86 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: he meaning, Trump is a threat to our freedom, he 87 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: is a threat to our democracy. He's literally this is 88 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:18,040 Speaker 1: Joe Biden's words on Twitter on x He's literally referring 89 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: to Trump a threat to everything America stands for. He 90 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: also said Donald Trump is a threat to our democracy 91 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: and we cannot let him win. I'm in Madison, Wisconsin 92 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: talking to the folks about what's at stake in this election. 93 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 1: We cannot let him win. He also tweeted out Trump 94 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: poses many threats to our country, the right to choose, 95 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: civil rights, voting rights, and Americans and America city in 96 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: the world. But the greatest threat he poses is to 97 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 1: our democracy. If we lose that, we lose everything. If 98 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: I read those and I'm a crazy twenty year old lunatic, 99 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: and you tell me, as the President United States America, 100 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: that Donald Trump, and I'm quoting again, is a threat 101 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 1: to our democracy. Quote, He's literally a threat to everything 102 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 1: America stands for. Well, then it's not crazy to think 103 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 1: that that person would say, Well, then we have to 104 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:12,599 Speaker 1: stop him at all means, because we've already tried to 105 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: impeach him. That didn't work. We tried to bankrupt him, 106 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: that didn't work. We tried to lock him up, that 107 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 1: didn't work. What's left. 108 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 2: Well, and you're right, and there's some irony with Joe 109 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:27,040 Speaker 2: Biden suggesting, you know, we need to tamp down the rhetorical. 110 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 2: I'd like to see the rhetoric tamp down, but then 111 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 2: taking no responsibility. Listen, it is Democrats for a decade 112 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 2: who have been calling Donald Trump eight off Hitler. 113 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, and and. 114 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: The media too, and the media too. 115 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 2: And well, I said, democrats, and they're one in the 116 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 2: inn that the corporate media is the left wing of 117 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 2: the Democrat Party. That is their role, and they call 118 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 2: him that over and over and over again. 119 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,040 Speaker 3: Here play the montage. 120 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 2: This is Democrats repeatedly calling for political violence. It starts 121 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 2: with Nancy Pelosi. Give a listen. 122 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 1: Here is Nancy Pelosi, as you mentioned, senator in her 123 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,479 Speaker 1: own words, and many in the media and other elect 124 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 1: officials explicitly calling for political violence against conservatives. 125 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 4: I just don't even know why there aren't uprisings all 126 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 4: of the country, and maybe there will be. People need 127 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 4: to start taking to the streets. 128 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 2: This is a dictator, you know, there needs to be 129 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 2: unrest in the streets for as long as there's unrest 130 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 2: in our lives. Enemies of the state, show me where 131 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 2: it says that protests are supposed to be polite and peaceful. 132 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 3: Do something about your dad's immigration practices. Effeckless, come, they go. 133 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: How do you resist the temptation to run up and 134 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: bring her neck? The biggest terror threat in this country 135 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 1: is white men, most of them radicalized up to the right. 136 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: I thought he should have punshed him in the face. 137 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: They said, even if you lost, he insulted you, Why 138 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: he's on the escalator and called Mexican's rapist and earth. 139 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 3: He said, well, what do you think I should have done? 140 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 2: So? 141 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: I think you should punish. 142 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 3: Him in the face and then gotten out of the race. 143 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: You would have been a hero. 144 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 3: I'd like to him in the face. 145 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: I said, if we're in high school, I taken behind 146 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: the gym and beat the hell out of him. 147 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 3: Put some people in the face. When was the last 148 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 3: time an actor assassinated a president? They're still going to 149 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 3: have to go out and put a bullet in Donald Trump. 150 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 2: And that's a fact. 151 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 3: Looks his character is stabbed to death. Where is John 152 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 3: Wilke's booth when you need him in this way up, 153 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 3: I have thought an awful lot about blowing up the 154 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 3: White House. A Missouri state senator is under investigation by 155 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:39,719 Speaker 3: the Secret Service after saying she hopes President Trump is assassinated. 156 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 4: I will go and take Trump out to night. 157 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:42,959 Speaker 3: And if you. 158 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:47,599 Speaker 1: See anybody from that cabinet in a restaurant, in a 159 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 1: department stap and a castles, you get. 160 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 3: Out and you create a clod and you push back 161 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 3: on them and you tell them then I'm now gone. 162 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 2: Very well. And sadly, the domestic enemies to our voting 163 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 2: system and are honoring our constitution are right at sixteen 164 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 2: hundred Pennsylvania Avenue. 165 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: They're not going to stop before election day in November, 166 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: and they're not going to stop after election day. 167 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,079 Speaker 2: And that should be everyone should take note of that 168 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 2: on both levels. 169 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:21,440 Speaker 3: That is, they're not going to let up, and they 170 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 3: should not. If you think you're say nothing yet. 171 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: That's what Donald Trump dealt with while he was president 172 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: and after being the president. 173 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 2: Look the radical left, Donald Trump melted their minds. They 174 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 2: hate him, and they have spewed invective and hate for years. 175 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 2: And listen, there's an invective on both sides. I would 176 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 2: like to see the political temperature taken down, but the 177 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 2: Democrats intend to go right back to this. This is 178 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 2: a brief, little pause for about twelve seconds, and by 179 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 2: I don't know, next week or the week after, they're 180 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:19,440 Speaker 2: going to go back to Callingham hitler because the rage 181 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 2: and fury. Look the number of leftists on Twitter who 182 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,439 Speaker 2: were lamenting that they were sad. 183 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 1: That isn't good at it. Yeah, they're basically saying this 184 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 1: if any and there were people literally tweeting out there like, hey, 185 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 1: this guy, next time, take lessons. Next time, actually do 186 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 1: a good job. 187 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 2: And let me be clear, as you and I talked about, 188 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 2: we did a podcast immediately in the moments after this 189 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 2: assassination attempt. I pray for Joe Biden. I don't wish 190 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 2: political violence on Democrats or anyone else. 191 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 3: Now. 192 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 2: I want Joe Biden defeated at the ballot box. That 193 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 2: I believe his policies are harmful. But there's a difference 194 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 2: between saying his policies are harmful and saying he's Hitler, 195 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 2: saying he's Mussolini, which is what saying he's the devil, 196 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 2: which is what the Democrats have been doing literally for 197 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 2: a decade, and it's what the media has been doing. 198 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: To I said today, how many cities have Republicans tried 199 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 1: to destroy? After their kin it was almossassinated. Just so 200 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 1: we're clear, zero, What did Republicans say today? They said, pray, 201 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:27,680 Speaker 1: go to church, yes, and and and pray for the 202 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 1: family of those who lost loved ones. There's been no violence. 203 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 1: I never want to hear again from the left. Oh, 204 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 1: it's the Republicans of the extremists here. There has been 205 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:38,320 Speaker 1: nothing but love and compassion. 206 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 2: There's anger, and we also need to fix the damn problem. 207 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 2: We need to make sure that there is is adequate 208 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 2: protection for Donald Trump and and and and for others 209 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 2: targeted by violence, because this was a catastrophic failure and 210 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 2: we got to make sure it doesn't have again. 211 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:03,359 Speaker 1: Now, if you want to hear the rest of this conversation, 212 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:05,959 Speaker 1: you can go back and listen to the full podcast 213 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 1: from earlier this week. Now onto story number two, Sina, 214 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: I want to. 215 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:11,720 Speaker 2: Ask you this. 216 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 1: You're mentioned the Senate only meeting details. I'm going to 217 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 1: read this from CBS News. Details are emerging about the 218 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 1: moments that led to the shooting. Bystandards alerted law enforcement 219 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: to the government on the roof of a building about 220 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 1: four hundred and ten feet away from the stage, at 221 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:32,319 Speaker 1: least two minutes before the first shot was fired at Trump. 222 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 3: Yep. 223 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 1: How vulnerable are we and how vulnerable is every president 224 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 1: past and present? If you've got a two minute warning 225 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: and the job is still not done? 226 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 3: Did anyone answer that question on the call? 227 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 2: Look, we need to have Part of the reason we 228 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 2: need to have a hearing is there a whole series 229 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:53,679 Speaker 2: of questions about how many threats have there been? How 230 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 2: many agents did you have assigned? Should there be two 231 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 2: x three x four x as many agents assigned the president? 232 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 2: What resources, what equipment did you? Did you have the 233 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 2: threat profile? I'm willing to bet that Donald Trump is 234 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 2: the single most threatened individual on the face of the planet. Now, 235 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 2: I don't actually have the facts of the threats that 236 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 2: have come in to prove that is correct, but you 237 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 2: know what Secret Service does, and I would like us 238 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:25,080 Speaker 2: to know what is the comparative threat level between Trump 239 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 2: and Biden? And my concern is that did politics play 240 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 2: a role? 241 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:32,439 Speaker 3: Was it? Politics? 242 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 2: Are incompetence because it's clear they screwed up massively. Drink 243 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 2: I can tell you in this call. So you had 244 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 2: one senator who asked were there drones? 245 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 3: Yes or no? 246 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 2: And the answer from the head of the Secret Service 247 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 2: was we determined that the risk from that that rooftop 248 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 2: was mitigated. 249 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 3: By counter snipers. 250 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 2: Meaning now number one, if you didn't even say the 251 00:13:56,520 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 2: word no, which is what someone honestly would say, she 252 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:02,679 Speaker 2: didn't say, well, obviously we needed drones and we should 253 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:04,840 Speaker 2: have had them, which is what someone obviously would have said. 254 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 3: She didn't make the obvious point. 255 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,680 Speaker 2: Well, the roof was slanted, so the counter snipers couldn't 256 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 2: see the guy because he was on the other end 257 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 2: of the slant. And by the way, I'm pretty sure 258 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 2: the roof didn't suddenly slant itself in between when they 259 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 2: advanced the scene and when it occurred. In other words, 260 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 2: they could have figured out if your quote mitigation is 261 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 2: counter snipers and they don't have a line of sight 262 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 2: to a place a sniper could be, then you don't 263 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 2: have effective mitigation. She addressed none of that, but it 264 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 2: was pure bureaucratase. 265 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 3: That's a good work for it. It's where I love 266 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 3: having a live studio audience. When you look up the. 267 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 2: Room and for the folks listening at home. Since we 268 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 2: are in a studio audience and the audience is not miked, 269 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 2: I will just say, you guys were in a cowfield 270 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 2: and they suggested it was a substance that was probably 271 00:14:57,920 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 2: there in large, large amounts. 272 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 1: Where you were there and after the shooting happened, you 273 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 1: saw how close it was. Where you shocked because I'm 274 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: sure you saw the commotion on the rooftop. I'm sure 275 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 1: you knew that's where the shots came out from. Then 276 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: you look at it, was there any I mean former 277 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 1: military When you look at it, Could you believe that building. 278 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 3: Was not monitored the way it should have been? Well, 279 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 3: you know, I would just be honest. 280 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 4: I didn't know at the on the site, right, you know, 281 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 4: you're in the middle of people, are you. 282 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 3: Know, you're trying to get people out. 283 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 4: So I wasn't sure until I got back and saw 284 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 4: the TV projections and the aerial photos where it came. 285 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 1: Were you shocked then knowing that you were there and 286 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 1: that's how close that building? 287 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 3: Yeah? 288 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 4: Absolutely, because it's the most obvious place. And the idea 289 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 4: is just to go back to my earlier point, the 290 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 4: idea that the sniper the twenty year old kid who 291 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 4: you know, has no experience would have known the place 292 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 4: where he wouldn't be in the sniper's line of sight. Yeah, right, 293 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 4: these are questions. I don't know what the answer is, 294 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 4: but it's seems highly unlikely that a single person could 295 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 4: have pulled this off without so much luck and so 296 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 4: much incompetence. 297 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 3: And so that's why the hearings to give us. 298 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 4: Confidence that we understand what really happened here are so 299 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 4: incredibly important. 300 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 2: Well, and look, I will say, the FBI was on 301 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 2: and they're investigating, and at least what they're reporting right 302 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 2: now is they don't have evidence of anyone else being involved, 303 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 2: and they're looking at his cell phone and his computers, 304 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 2: and they're engaged in the forensics, and we will find out. 305 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 3: We have seen with other instances. 306 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 2: There are times where their loan shooters commit horrific attacks, 307 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 2: and it's possible that this young man, who is an 308 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 2: alienated loaner that, unfortunately is a profile we've seen in 309 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 2: other instances of people who've committed horrific offenses, and. 310 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 3: So we'll find out in time. 311 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 2: I will say when the shooting occurs that this is 312 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 2: one of the moments I think every one of us 313 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 2: is going to remember exactly where we were when this happened, 314 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 2: and whether we were staring in horror at a television 315 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 2: set or in my instance, I was sitting there having 316 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,160 Speaker 2: a meal with Heidi and we're staring at horror at 317 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:12,639 Speaker 2: our phones and hitting refreshing. By the way, it says 318 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 2: something that nobody was on news sites. You're on social media, 319 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 2: you're on X because it's the fastest thing. You're getting 320 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:22,120 Speaker 2: immediate updates of what's happening, one after the other after 321 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 2: the other. So we talked about, for example, on our 322 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 2: last podcast, we played from what got put up on 323 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 2: X of like one of the guys standing outside the 324 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 2: rally that saw this guy climbing on the roof yelling 325 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 2: the cops there's a guy with a rifle on the roof. 326 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 2: We now know a local police officer climbed up to 327 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:42,160 Speaker 2: that roof. He pointed the rifle at the local police officer. 328 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 2: And yet, and we haven't had these questions yet, what 329 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:48,440 Speaker 2: level of communication was there between the local police and 330 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 2: the secret service. The instant the local police officer saw 331 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:56,679 Speaker 2: a sniper on a roof with with a gun, he 332 00:17:56,720 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 2: should have been yelling in his microphone shooter, shooter shoototer instantaneously. 333 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,200 Speaker 2: The Secret Service should have pulled Trump off of that 334 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 2: stage before the shooter could aim, and they should have 335 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:13,400 Speaker 2: taken him out right there. That didn't happen, which raises 336 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 2: the question was the Secret Service did they have communications 337 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:21,399 Speaker 2: synchronized with local law enforcement? And I will tell you 338 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 2: something also, so I right before this podcast. 339 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 1: I was going to ask you that question because people 340 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 1: are going to want to hear this. You just met 341 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 1: with President Trump at the convention. For people that are listening, 342 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 1: you got see him his first time since. 343 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:37,680 Speaker 2: His first time I've seen him since he was shot, 344 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 2: and I've visited with him, spent What do he say? Look, 345 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 2: Number one, he is, he is happy, he is he 346 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 2: is strong as ear his bandage. I will tell you 347 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 2: he he was quiet for a second and he spoke 348 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:58,600 Speaker 2: with a seriousness that was unlike anything I've heard from 349 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:03,439 Speaker 2: Donald Trump before. And he said God saved me that day. 350 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 2: And listen, I believe that is absolutely right. Many of 351 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 2: us have seen online, for example, recreations of the angle 352 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:19,160 Speaker 2: of the bullet, and had his head turned even slightly 353 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 2: to the right or even slightly to the left, he 354 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:27,680 Speaker 2: would have been killed and it is what I said 355 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 2: at the convention last night. I thank God for saving him. 356 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,199 Speaker 2: I believe God turned his head, turned his head so 357 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 2: that the path of the bullet. 358 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 3: Did not kill him that day. And listen, this is horrific. 359 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:44,879 Speaker 2: I will say, going back to the Reagan analogy, one 360 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:49,200 Speaker 2: of the things Reagan always said is that when he 361 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 2: survived that assassination attempt, that it changed him, that it 362 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 2: gave him a seriousness of purpose. 363 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:57,480 Speaker 3: That God spared me for a reason. 364 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:01,359 Speaker 2: And listen, I think what Resident Trump has done already 365 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 2: for the country has been extraordinary. But but I got 366 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,159 Speaker 2: to say, just visiting within a few minutes ago, it 367 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,359 Speaker 2: was powerful in a very different way. And this was 368 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 2: just him and me talking one on one, that that 369 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,719 Speaker 2: it had had a real impact. And I also I 370 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 2: talked to him about this briefing that I had just 371 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 2: left and and I expressed how deeply frustrating Uh it was. Now, 372 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 2: I will say, have you noticed uh Trump's Secret Service 373 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 2: detail here. 374 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 3: At the convention. They look like an offensive lineman. I 375 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 3: like a whole line Green Bay Packers. 376 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:39,400 Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure the entire Green Bay Packers are right 377 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:40,440 Speaker 2: now surrounding Donald. 378 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:42,640 Speaker 3: What is your way and how tall. Are you yes, 379 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 3: we'll take you today. Yeah, it is different. Final question 380 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:48,679 Speaker 3: for each of you as we wrap. I believe bringing 381 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 3: in the packers is probably worth three points. 382 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 4: It was critic like you smooth, how you did that? 383 00:20:58,160 --> 00:20:58,880 Speaker 3: As before. 384 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:01,440 Speaker 1: If you want to hear the rest this conversation on 385 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: this topic, you can go back and dow the podcasts 386 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:07,679 Speaker 1: from early this week to hear the entire thing. I 387 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,120 Speaker 1: want to get back to the big story number three 388 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 1: of the week. You may have missed two final questions 389 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 1: A do they delay the convention? Number one? And two. 390 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:23,640 Speaker 1: If they delay the convention, will he step down at 391 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:27,399 Speaker 1: the convention and then have that be the media or 392 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 1: does it come out before the convention. 393 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 2: I don't think they delay the convention. They might, but 394 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,680 Speaker 2: I doubt it, and they don't wait. I think this 395 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:38,719 Speaker 2: happens within the next week. I think this could easily 396 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:42,399 Speaker 2: happen this weekend. And frankly, look, the Democrats are smart 397 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:44,199 Speaker 2: by delaying till after this convention. 398 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 3: This convention, let. 399 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 1: It happened and then kill them. 400 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 2: A minute has been phenomenal, and the media will treat 401 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 2: whoever parachutes in the media will treat it as a 402 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 2: brand new race. Ignore anything that happened before. We're brand new, 403 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 2: starting over, and so I think they want to get 404 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 2: on with that quickly. So my prediction, by the way, 405 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:09,359 Speaker 2: if you want to think about momentous and historic weeks 406 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 2: in politics. On Saturday, the forward president of the United 407 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 2: States was shot, the first presidential assassination attempts since nineteen 408 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 2: eighty one. Immediately thereafter, we've had an incredibly successful convention, 409 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 2: We've had a vice presidential nominee named, and it could 410 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:30,879 Speaker 2: be within a week of that, because I could easily 411 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 2: see it being this weekend. Joe Biden is off the ballot, 412 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,439 Speaker 2: and we have a new Democrat nominee, and there's chatter, 413 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:40,159 Speaker 2: there's some of the pundits that are saying, oh, we 414 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 2: ought to have an open primary, we to have Democrats fighting. 415 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 3: Are going to happen. 416 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 2: I don't believe that will happen. They will coroinate and 417 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 2: I think it'll be one. 418 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 3: Of the two. 419 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 1: Then my bonus question is either three or c depending 420 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 1: on how you want to enlist these. How many times 421 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 1: will Kamala Harris or Michelle Obama debate Donald Trump? 422 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 3: Once? It will have one, just one debate. We will 423 00:22:59,600 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 3: have one. 424 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 1: Demand could they get away with saying I'm not going 425 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: to debate now. No, even if it's Michelle. 426 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 2: I think they will do one debate. I think they 427 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 2: will feel like it's not credible if you don't do 428 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 2: a debate, particularly because. 429 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 1: If you're Trump, do you push for two? I would yeah, 430 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 1: but they say it's a reset. We're doing two of 431 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: these suckers before November. 432 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:20,720 Speaker 2: But I don't think they'll end up doing it. Look, 433 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 2: I think Trump may well push for two. Part of 434 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 2: the reason if you're a Democrat, everyone concedes Trump mopped 435 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 2: the floor with Biden. I think it's a Democrat. You 436 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 2: don't want that to be the only debate. If you're 437 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:34,880 Speaker 2: putting someone new, you'd need something credible. I will tell 438 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 2: you I just came from a meeting that that jd. 439 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 2: Vance met with all the senators. We're congratulating him, and 440 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 2: he did have a very funny thing he shared with us. 441 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,959 Speaker 2: He said, you know, he was talking to to Trump about, well, okay, 442 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 2: who are we going to face. 443 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:48,919 Speaker 3: Is it going to be someone new? Is it going 444 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 3: to be Kamala? And and and and. 445 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,200 Speaker 2: Jad said well, well, look, mister President, I said, yes, 446 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 2: assuming I got to debate Kamala. If they actually bring 447 00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,679 Speaker 2: in someone that's a really good debater. I may have 448 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 2: to re think this. Trump said, no backing out. You 449 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,879 Speaker 2: accepted the thing. You're stuck, You're going anywhere. 450 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 3: But look that I think they'll do it fast. By 451 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 3: the way, I will. 452 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 2: Point out the night of the debate, when you and 453 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,360 Speaker 2: I did a podcast immediately thereafter, we said that night, 454 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:22,199 Speaker 2: this is the most consequential presidential debate in American history. 455 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:25,359 Speaker 2: And the reason we said that is because we said, 456 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:29,199 Speaker 2: I believe this will change the names on the ballot 457 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 2: in November, and that has never happened. There's never been 458 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:34,439 Speaker 2: a debate that changed the names on the ballot, and 459 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:36,440 Speaker 2: that's exactly what that debate did. 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If you subscribe to 488 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 2: the podcast, you know what's happening. We predicted this ten 489 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,239 Speaker 2: months ago, and by the way, nobody else was predicting this. 490 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:53,080 Speaker 1: We were do we get a letter from the media 491 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 1: when they thought we were moonbacks apologizing No, okay, but 492 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 1: number two. 493 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 2: This is designed to equip you to give you the 494 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:05,640 Speaker 2: tools when you're talking to your friends, your family, young people, 495 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,040 Speaker 2: when you're talking to your classmates in school and they're 496 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 2: arguing in to give you the facts that the corporate 497 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 2: media never reports. That's what we try to do three 498 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 2: times a week on this is this is what you 499 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 2: need to know to go and persuade and win. 500 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:23,520 Speaker 1: And I promise we will have an emergency pod if 501 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:26,440 Speaker 1: and when Joe Biden drops out. 502 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 3: That's a fair prediction. I think that is a prediction. 503 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 3: Grab it wherever you can. 504 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:36,199 Speaker 1: Donald Trump's speech tonight, any prediction last minute will he 505 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:37,159 Speaker 1: needle Joe Biden. 506 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 2: Look, I think it is going to be substantially tamped down. 507 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 2: I think Saturday change the speech. In fact, I know 508 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:48,360 Speaker 2: Saturday change the speech that I think prior to Saturday 509 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 2: the speech was going to be quite combative, and I 510 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 2: expect to see a lot of unity, a lot more 511 00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 2: language seeking to bring people together. And look, we've seen 512 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 2: this throughout the convention. We talked about we did a 513 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 2: live podcast at the convention yesterday. I talked about when 514 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 2: I visited with President Trump yesterday, and I think Saturday 515 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:12,920 Speaker 2: really had an impact on him had an impact. I 516 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,400 Speaker 2: mean he kind of pulled me aside and said really quietly, 517 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:19,879 Speaker 2: just said God saved me. And it was quiet and 518 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 2: serious in a way that I think is really consequential, and. 519 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 3: Listen. 520 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:29,160 Speaker 2: I think it's you can't go through what he went 521 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 2: through Saturday, having been shot and having been within a 522 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 2: half inch of being killed, Amen, without really thinking about 523 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,399 Speaker 2: God Almighty turning his head because I believe that happened. 524 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,200 Speaker 2: I believe it was divine providence that turned his head, 525 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 2: and had it been slightly one way or the other, 526 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 2: we would be having a dramatically different conversation. 527 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 1: As always, thank you for listening to Verdict with center 528 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 1: Ted Cruz Ben Ferguson with you don't forget to deal 529 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,359 Speaker 1: with my podcast, and you can listen to my podcast 530 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:58,400 Speaker 1: every other day you're not listening to Verdict or each 531 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:00,879 Speaker 1: day when you listen to Verdict. Afterwards, I'd love to 532 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 1: have you as a listener to again the Ben Ferguson podcasts, 533 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 1: and we will see you back here on Monday morning.