1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:00,760 Speaker 1: Welcome. 2 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 2: It is a Verdict with Ted Cruz, Weekend Review, Ben 3 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 2: Ferguson with you, and these are the big stories that 4 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 2: you may have missed that we talked about this week. 5 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 2: Number one, there was a two hundred and fifty thousand 6 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:19,600 Speaker 2: dollars plus bankwire transfer that came from Beijing. Where did 7 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 2: it go to the home address of Joe Biden in 8 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 2: the summer of twenty nineteen while he was running for president. 9 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 2: Now you could argue that maybe Hunter Biden lived there 10 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:33,559 Speaker 2: at the time. The only problem is he didn't, and 11 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:36,279 Speaker 2: we have the proof of where he was living. That 12 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 2: is a huge story you don't want to miss. Number 13 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 2: two this weekend also deals with a problem with a 14 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 2: Biden administration and a wide open border. Now Democratic mayors 15 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 2: are flipping on their own party, yet they're still not 16 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 2: willing to say Joe Biden needs to secure the border. 17 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 2: We'll dive into politics of that. And finally, at GOP 18 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 2: debate took place this past week. In the highlights of 19 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 2: what really mattered and what went on, we're going to 20 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 2: break it down for you, specifically with China and the 21 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 2: fetnyl crisis. It is the weekend Review with Ted Cruz 22 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:14,759 Speaker 2: and it starts right now. There is new reporting out 23 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 2: that Hunter Biden received wired transfers for a quarter of 24 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 2: a million dollars originating in Beijing, for more than more 25 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 2: than two hundred and fifty from Chinese business partners during 26 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:31,680 Speaker 2: the summer of two thy and nineteen. These wires were 27 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:36,320 Speaker 2: listed that were listed had the home address of the 28 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 2: President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, as 29 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 2: the beneficiary address for the funds that were being transferred. 30 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 2: This is a direct link from money from Beijing now 31 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 2: to the President of the United States of America in 32 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 2: the sum of at least two hundred and fifty thousand 33 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 2: and counting. 34 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 3: Well, look, that's exactly right. Let me walk you through 35 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 3: a little bit of this timeline. VID named Jonathan Lee 36 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 3: and Hunter Biden developed a business relationship while Joe Biden 37 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 3: was Vice president. On July twenty sixth, twenty nineteen, Hunter 38 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 3: Biden received a ten thousand dollars wire from Wang Jin. 39 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:20,359 Speaker 3: On October second, twenty nineteen, Hunter Biden received a two 40 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:25,079 Speaker 3: hundred and fifty thousand dollars wire from Jonathan Lee and 41 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 3: Tan Ling. Both wires originated in Beijing and listed as 42 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 3: the beneficiary address Joe Biden's Wilmington, Delaware home. Nearly three 43 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 3: months later, on October thirteenth, twenty nineteen, Hunter Biden's attorney, 44 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 3: guy named George Messiris, stated that Hunter Biden received no 45 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 3: money from BHR and did not disclose any payments from 46 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 3: Jonathan Lee. I mean, it's easy to forget quarter million dollars. 47 00:02:55,720 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 3: Everyone loses that. Beyond that, evidence show that Joe Biden 48 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 3: developed a familiar relationship with Jonathan Lee during his vice 49 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:10,959 Speaker 3: presidency and prior to these payments to Hunter Biden. Devin Archer, 50 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 3: who was a business associate of the Bidens, described how 51 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:19,519 Speaker 3: Joe Biden, not Hunter, Joe Daddy, met with Jonathan Lee 52 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 3: in Beijing, China, had a phone call with him, and 53 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 3: later wrote college recommendation letters for his children. So understand 54 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 3: the guy who's wiring a quarter million dollars to Hunter 55 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 3: Biden to Joe Biden's home address, Joe Biden wrote college 56 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 3: recommendation letters for his kids, and in fact, in December 57 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 3: twenty thirteen, during a vice presidential trip to Beijing, reports 58 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 3: indicate that quote Hunter. Shortly after arriving in Beijing on 59 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 3: December fourth, Help arranged for Lee to shake hands with 60 00:03:54,480 --> 00:04:00,080 Speaker 3: his father in the lobby of the American delegation's hotel. 61 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 3: You all of this is happening, This wire is happening 62 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 3: simultaneously to Joe Biden announcing his campaign for president of 63 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 3: the United States. But nevertheless, on October twenty second, twenty twenty, 64 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 3: here's what Joe Biden said, quote, my son has not 65 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 3: made money in terms of thing about what are you 66 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 3: talking about China? The only guy who made money in 67 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 3: China is Trump. So what he said his son has 68 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 3: not made money from China. It was a flat out lie. 69 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 3: Not only had he made money, he'd made a quarter 70 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 3: million dollars from a guy Joe Biden had met, from 71 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 3: a guy who Joe Biden had written recommendation letters for 72 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 3: his kids, and that quarter million dollars was wired to 73 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 3: Joe Biden's home address. 74 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 2: I still am taken aback, and rarely does this happen 75 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 2: center at just the the and I don't think it's 76 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 2: in common. It's just the brazenness of the crime that 77 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 2: were committed by the Bidens. They didn't get And this 78 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 2: is twenty nineteen, this is not that long ago. 79 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 1: He's running for president, right, He's. 80 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 2: Running for president of the United States of America, and 81 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 2: they're wiring these funds from Beijing to the home address 82 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 2: of the President of the United States, and now president 83 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 2: it's America. While he's trying to become the president. It's America. 84 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 2: It's almost like they're like, hey, get the money in here, quick, 85 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 2: move it through quickly. We got to get this We 86 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 2: gotta get this money in here fast before he becomes 87 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 2: the president. 88 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:34,599 Speaker 1: And so send it on. 89 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 2: Where do you want me to say, We're not even 90 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 2: gonna funnel the money this time, We're not even gonna 91 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 2: put it in the llcas and move the bank accounts around. 92 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 2: Just send it directly the home address of the president, 93 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 2: all right. 94 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 3: And this is an example where the corporate media will 95 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 3: be utterly compliant. So the only one who will even 96 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 3: bother to ask a question of Joe Biden at a 97 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 3: press conference or or of kareein John Pierre will be 98 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 3: Fox because the rest of the corporate media, it will 99 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:02,679 Speaker 3: roll over and be compliant. But here's a basic question, 100 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 3: mister president, did you ever meet Jonathan Lee's kids? 101 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 1: How about that? Let's start with that. 102 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 3: You wrote recommendation letters for him, do you ever meet him? 103 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 3: You know anything about him? And If the answers no, well, 104 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 3: why the hell did you write recommendations letters for them? 105 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 3: What did Jonathan Lee do to get you? You were 106 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 3: the vice president of the United States to write a 107 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 3: recommendation letter for his kids if you ever met the kids. 108 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 3: I don't know if he met him, but I would 109 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 3: be shocked if he did. If you never met the kids, 110 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,280 Speaker 3: So you're willing to write a recommendation letter for someone 111 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:43,159 Speaker 3: you never met. Presumably you owe something to daddy if 112 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 3: you're writing a recommendation letter to the kids. So the 113 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 3: question is what do you owe, what did daddy do? 114 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 3: And does it have anything to do with the fact 115 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 3: that daddy sent a quarter million dollars wired it to 116 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 3: your son at your home address while you were running 117 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:00,799 Speaker 3: for president of the United States. Remember the Democrat talking 118 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 3: point and the corporate media talking point is, yeah, Hunter's corrupt. 119 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,719 Speaker 3: He let's throw him overboard. We've given up on Hunter. 120 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 3: But Joe had nothing to do with it. Well, you 121 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 3: know what, Hunter didn't write recommendations letters for the kids 122 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 3: of Jonathan Lee. Joe did. So what did Joe get 123 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 3: in exchange for a recommendation letter? By the way, you 124 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 3: and I are both parents, do either of us have 125 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 3: recommendation letters from the Vice President of the United States 126 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 3: for our kids. No, like, that's pretty damn serious. And 127 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 3: it's remarkable the media they will not even ask these questions. 128 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 3: They do not care. 129 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: Well, it's not just that you. 130 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 2: I'm sure could ask ten hundred times more than I 131 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 2: do for recommendations for different things. And the more that 132 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 2: you build something, the more cautious and careful you are, 133 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 2: because you don't want to give your name to somebody 134 00:07:57,720 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 2: that could come back to haunt you one day when 135 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 2: a press like, hey, Senator Cruz, did you actually write 136 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 2: over a letter of recommendation for someone that you didn't 137 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 2: know and now they've been arrested for drugs or for 138 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 2: this crime or that or embezzlement. 139 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: You protect your good name. 140 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 2: In West you're Joe Biden, where it seems to be 141 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 2: that you can just buy a letter of recommendation from 142 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 2: the Vice president if the dollar amount is enough to 143 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 2: your family. 144 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 3: So look, I'm fifty two years old, I've been in 145 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 3: the Senate eleven years. My guess is maybe I've written 146 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 3: in the whole course of my life, let's say, one 147 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 3: hundred recommendation letters. That's probably high, but I'm gonna overestimate it. 148 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 3: Those one hundred have been almost exclusively people who are 149 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 3: either good personal friends of mine or people who worked 150 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 3: for me. If so someone was a staff assistant, if 151 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 3: someone was an employee in the office and they worked 152 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 3: and they did a good job, I'll draft a letter 153 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 3: of recommendation. It'll vary if I know them well. Some 154 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 3: letters are recommendation. I lean in closely because if I 155 00:08:57,840 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 3: know them well and I work with them, I'll say 156 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 3: something nicely about them. If they were a good kid 157 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 3: and they worked in the office and they could do 158 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 3: good work, I'll write a more generic letter, and I'll 159 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 3: often have staff draft it and try to reflect. You know. 160 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 3: You know, Young Ben did a nice job on a 161 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,680 Speaker 3: memo on national security and he pointed out maybe we 162 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 3: should not have Iranian agents working for the federal government, 163 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 3: and I agreed with that. That was nicely done. Yeah, 164 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 3: mind you that means Young Ben couldn't get hired in 165 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 3: the Biden administration. But in a sane world, young Ben 166 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 3: had some wisdom that was impressive, and so you should 167 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,079 Speaker 3: hire him at Old Miss because he also has a 168 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 3: wicked serve and and knows he to play tennis like 169 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:41,319 Speaker 3: that's a letter I might write. But I can tell 170 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 3: you right now, I have never written a letter of 171 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 3: recommendation for a Chinese national. And I'm sure as hell 172 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 3: haven't written a letter recommendation for the children of a 173 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 3: Chinese national I've never met. And I'm sure as hell 174 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,719 Speaker 3: as hell, as hell as hell have never written a 175 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 3: letter recommendation for the children of a Chinese national who 176 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 3: I've never at the children, And that the dad has 177 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 3: given a quarter million dollars to my son and sent 178 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 3: it to my home address, Like holy crap. Yeah, that 179 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 3: this is not like there's sort of a realm of reasonableness. 180 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 3: And look, sometimes you have someone who was an intern 181 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 3: and shook your hand and you say, young Ben is 182 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:22,679 Speaker 3: a nice young man, and it's kind of a courtesy, 183 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 3: and you don't really know. Young Ben may not be 184 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 3: a nice young man. He may be a total jerk, 185 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 3: but you're trying to be nice, and so you write 186 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 3: a letter because young Ben seem fine. This is qualitatively different. 187 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 3: I don't know anyone in politics who's ever done this 188 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 3: like what Joe Biden is doing. Like people listening might think, oh, 189 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 3: I don't know the political world, this is commonplace. No, no, 190 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 3: it's not people don't do this like a quarter million dollars. 191 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 3: You don't get sent to you. You don't get sent 192 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 3: to you from Chinese nationals. You don't get sent to 193 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 3: you from Chinese nationals. Well you're running for president, don't 194 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 3: get sent to you from Chinese nationals in exchange for 195 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:11,079 Speaker 3: who the hell knows what I mean this is. And 196 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 3: it's worth underscoring this is not Hunter, this is Joe, Joe, Joe. 197 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 3: This money was wired to Joe's home address. 198 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 2: Now, if you want to hear the rest of this conversation, 199 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 2: you can go back and listen to the full podcast 200 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 2: from earlier this week. Now onto story number two. There's 201 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:33,440 Speaker 2: a civil war in the Democratic Party right now over 202 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 2: the immigration issue. We're seeing, you know, Mayor Adams come out, 203 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,079 Speaker 2: the Governor of New York come out, and it's hard 204 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 2: to just overlook what's happening at the border. There was 205 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,959 Speaker 2: an interesting Fox report that I think put in perspective 206 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:47,679 Speaker 2: for people, and I wanted to make sure we played 207 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 2: it in the video pod. And many people are listening 208 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 2: to this right now. They're listening on audio only. You 209 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 2: can go watch the video that we're about to do 210 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 2: on YouTube all right, because we're doing this one with 211 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 2: video and audio. Go look at it because this is 212 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:00,839 Speaker 2: something that should go viral and we should see Yep, 213 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 2: take a look at this. 214 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 4: I can tell you that early this morning in Eagle Pass, 215 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 4: we witnessed one of the largest mass illegal crossings we 216 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:09,959 Speaker 4: have ever seen in the last two and a half 217 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 4: years of covering our southern border. 218 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: We'll get right to this video. Take a look at 219 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 1: this stunning footage. 220 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 4: Border patrol sources telling us just after midnight about two thousand, 221 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 4: five hundred migrants crossed illegally into Eagle Pass. 222 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:25,479 Speaker 1: You can see this lengthy. 223 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 4: Line of them stretching from shore to shore in the river. 224 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:31,200 Speaker 4: This video perspective coming from the Mexican side of the 225 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 4: river in Piedrous and Negros. One of our contacts over 226 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 4: there shooting this video as they essentially bum rushed Eagle Pass. 227 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:38,439 Speaker 1: Last night, you. 228 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 2: Saw that there was another video also in viral, and 229 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 2: that was a train coming towards America filled with people. 230 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 2: And it's like the cartails that figured out, hey, they're 231 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 2: not gonna stop us. In fact, the more that we 232 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 2: send the more likely it is to be successful. We 233 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 2: can just bum rush the border and this administration will 234 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:56,199 Speaker 2: not stop us. 235 00:12:56,400 --> 00:13:00,199 Speaker 3: Yeah, let's put these these numbers in context. So we've 236 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,559 Speaker 3: discussed on the pod before. Mayor Adams in New York 237 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:06,599 Speaker 3: has said that New York is City isn't a crisis. 238 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 3: They've had one hundred and ten thousand illegal immigrants. He 239 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 3: says that one hundred and ten thousand illegal immigrants is 240 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 3: destroying New York City. I want to focus on Eagle 241 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 3: Pass where where If you watch that video you just 242 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:21,199 Speaker 3: saw the people crossing. Eagle Pass is a small town 243 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 3: on the southern border on the Rio Grande River. It 244 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:27,319 Speaker 3: has a population of about twenty eight thousand people, so 245 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:31,600 Speaker 3: it's a little town. On one single day last week, 246 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 3: more than four thousand illegal immigrants came into Eagle Pass 247 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 3: on one day. Now four thousand people in town of 248 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 3: twenty eight thousand people is about fourteen percent of the population. 249 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 3: About fourteen percent of the population of the city came 250 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 3: illegally into Eagle Pass on one day. What would that 251 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 3: be in New York City? New York City has a 252 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 3: population of about nine million people. If fourteen percent of 253 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 3: New York City came into New York on one day, 254 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 3: that would be one million, two hundred and sixty thousand 255 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 3: people invading New York on a single day. Mayor Adams says, 256 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 3: one hundred and ten thousand people over two and a 257 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 3: half years is a crisis destroying the city. Well, how 258 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 3: would he feel about one million, two hundred and sixty 259 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 3: thousand people entering the city on a single day. That's 260 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 3: what Eagle Pass saw on one day last week. And 261 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 3: you know what they saw thousands more the next day 262 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 3: and the next day, and the next day and the 263 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 3: next day. And these Democrats do not give a damn. 264 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 2: Border Patrol Union put out a very interesting tweet and 265 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 2: this is what they said as they put this out, 266 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 2: It said, from September first through the twentieth, the Biden 267 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 2: administration or the release of more than one hundred thousand. 268 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 2: This to order the release of one hundred thousand legal 269 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:48,400 Speaker 2: border crashers, enough to double the population, says like Yuma Arizona, 270 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 2: think about what Biden is doing to this country with 271 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 2: his out of control border policies. 272 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 1: How many millions more? 273 00:14:55,560 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 2: That's not like exaggeration when they say patrol Unions saying 274 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 2: how many millions more, that's a very accurate hit because 275 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 2: there are millions. 276 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 3: Look, they're at seven and a half million, and Joe Biden, 277 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 3: Kamala Harris and Chuck Schumer and Alejandro Mayorcis and every 278 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 3: Senate Democrat and just about every Congressional Democrat. They want 279 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 3: seven and a half million, to go to ten million, 280 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 3: to go to twelve million, to go to fifteen million. 281 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 3: They want as many as possible. And by the way, 282 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 3: if you don't believe me that they want as many 283 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 3: as possible, take a look at the Governor of New York, 284 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 3: Governor Hokeel back in twenty twenty one, so just two 285 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 3: years ago, where she is explicitly inviting as many as 286 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 3: possible to come to New York. 287 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 1: Take a look. 288 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 5: So our message the world is, send us your people, 289 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 5: send us those who need the cloak of comfort that 290 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 5: we can demonstrate as New Yorkers with big hearts and 291 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 5: open arms, and we'll provide a safe haven, particularly for 292 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 5: these Afghan refugees. 293 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 6: We're so proud that are here. 294 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 5: We have already seventy five hundred Afghans living here, all 295 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 5: read read, and we expect to have another eighteen hundred more. 296 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 5: And we send a message from day one, we'll take 297 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 5: as many as you want to have us have come 298 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 5: to New York State because it's a huge point of 299 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 5: pride for us, and we'll support them to build a 300 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 5: whole new life. 301 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 1: Open arms and big hearts. 302 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 3: In twenty twenty one, and she also said, we'll take 303 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 3: as many as you want to have come to New York. 304 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 3: Please come. So that is the approved talking point of 305 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 3: left wingers. Now fast forward to twenty twenty three, same governor. 306 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 3: Here's what she says this year. 307 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 6: It certainly will because about forty one percent of the 308 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 6: people in our shelters today are from Venezuela. They are 309 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 6: lily from around the world, West Africa, South and Central America. 310 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 6: They're coming from all over. But we have to let 311 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 6: the word out that when you come to New York, 312 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 6: we're not going to have more hotel rooms. We don't 313 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 6: have capacity. So we have to also message properly that 314 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 6: we're at our limit. If you're going to leave your country, 315 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 6: go somewhere else with The smarter thing is to apply 316 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 6: for asylum before you leave your country, and then you'll 317 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 6: have a different experience when you arrive. 318 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 1: You're gonna leave your country center go somewhere else. Down 319 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:10,119 Speaker 1: that we're at our limit. 320 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 3: We're at our limit. 321 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 1: We have no more hotel rooms for you. 322 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 3: And by the way, look at the numbers. So in 323 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:16,920 Speaker 3: twenty twenty one, she was saying, we have seventy five 324 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 3: hundred Afghans and we expect another eighteen hundred more. Okay, 325 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 3: so if they're talking seven eight nine thousand, that we're good. 326 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 3: One hundred and ten thousand, Oh crap, we're at our limit. 327 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:30,440 Speaker 3: We said eighteen hundred, We didn't say one hundred and 328 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 3: ten thousand. Well what do you think about seven and 329 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 3: a half million? The utter hypocrisy, and mind you you know, 330 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 3: you know what name she didn't say, Joe Biden. Yeah, 331 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 3: she didn't say Kamala Harris, she didn't say Chuck Schumer. 332 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 3: If New York is at its limit, doesn't New York 333 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 3: State have two US Senators? Yeah, isn't one of them 334 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 3: the Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, who. 335 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 2: Could do something on this, actually legislation or introduced legislation. 336 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 3: And not only does he not introduce legislation, he votes 337 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 3: against anything to secure the border. He demonizes any effort 338 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:09,399 Speaker 3: to secure the border. He embraces the open borders that 339 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 3: are destroying New York City, and even the Democrats who 340 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 3: are calling it out, they don't dare call out their 341 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 3: fellow Democrats. Instead, they blame as I love, you know, 342 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,880 Speaker 3: Mayor Adams who said some madman in Texas, Greg Abbott. 343 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 3: I'm still I'm still offended that he wasn't talking about me, 344 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 3: But hah. The hypocrisy is massive because New York's Democrat 345 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 3: governor is not saying stop secure the border, stop the invasion. 346 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 3: She's saying, please don't send them new York, send them 347 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 3: to Red States. Make other people deal with them so 348 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 3: I can continue to virtue signal. By the way, did 349 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:47,119 Speaker 3: you notice also in that press interview it was a 350 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 3: little Stepford wives that that that that that both she 351 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 3: and the woman interviewing her are wearing the exact same 352 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 3: white suit. It was just kind of a little freaky look. 353 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 3: And I'm not sure what was going on there. 354 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 2: Everybody asked me about it. You really beliethers bias the media, 355 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 2: and I'm like, ye, yes, I really do. Like I 356 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:02,920 Speaker 2: love when I'm traveling, you get it to all the time. 357 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 2: People come up and they kind of want to antagonize, like, 358 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 2: there's not bias media. If you were a decent person 359 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:11,160 Speaker 2: in the media when she said go somewhere else, any 360 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 2: journalist the initial response would been, will governor where else where? 361 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:19,439 Speaker 2: What is this somewhere else? Is that another state? Are 362 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 2: you telling me to go to another country? There was 363 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:22,679 Speaker 2: no follow up there. 364 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 1: On at all. 365 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:26,160 Speaker 3: No, no, no, because there's no response that go somewhere else? 366 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 3: What they mean? And actually the Biden White House said 367 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 3: that go to Texas. Send them all to Texas because 368 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 3: they hate Texas and they figure if they invade Texas 369 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 3: with enough people, they'll flip it blue. And you know what, 370 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 3: if the cities are bankrupted, and if people die, and 371 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 3: if children are assaulted, and if they're drug overdoses, all 372 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:50,359 Speaker 3: of that is an acceptable price for their partisan political objective. 373 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 2: As before, if you want to hear the rest of 374 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 2: this conversation on this topic, you can go back and 375 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 2: down the podcasts from earlier this week to hear the 376 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 2: entire thing. I want to get back to the big 377 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 2: story number three of the week. You may have missed, Senator, 378 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 2: I also want to talk about China and fetanyl for 379 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 2: a moment. You've talked a lot about fetanyl and the 380 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 2: issue at the border. This did seem to be something 381 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,400 Speaker 2: that Republicans agreed on that we have a big problem. 382 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 1: The issue is how do you fight back. 383 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:23,359 Speaker 2: Nikki Haley said, time to go to war economically with China, 384 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 2: as she described it, until they stop sending all the 385 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 2: fetanel into this country that's killing Americans. 386 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 1: She described it as they're at war with us. 387 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:34,880 Speaker 2: They're taking our stealing our intellectual property, They're stealing everything 388 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,239 Speaker 2: then get their hands on from us. They're setting up 389 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:41,640 Speaker 2: spy bases in Cuba. They've done countless things that compromises countries, 390 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:45,120 Speaker 2: Spy balloons over this country as well. And this president 391 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 2: clearly seems to be compromised and cannot stand up to China. 392 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 2: I think we can all agree on that, but there 393 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 2: did seem to be a sense on stage that hey, 394 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:56,399 Speaker 2: it's time to go on offense and to stop letting 395 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:58,120 Speaker 2: China run all over us. 396 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:00,879 Speaker 3: Well look, you know, it's interesting, said a minute ago 397 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:04,199 Speaker 3: in your question, you said this president Joe Biden has 398 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 3: compromised on China. 399 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 1: It was interesting. 400 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 3: There was not a word said to night about Biden's corruption, 401 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 3: about the and there was very little said about Biden's record. 402 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 3: There was very little said. What I found curious, and 403 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 3: it's why I think most of the candidates. 404 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 1: Did not have a great night tonight. 405 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:28,639 Speaker 3: There was very little said about why they were the 406 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 3: best candidate to beat Donald Trump. And in the primary, 407 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 3: that's the only question is who can win the primary, 408 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 3: And there was very little said about why they were 409 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:39,399 Speaker 3: the best candidate to beat Joe Biden. And at the 410 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 3: end of the day, that's what Republican primary voters are 411 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:47,879 Speaker 3: looking for. And it was it was odd. When it 412 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:51,639 Speaker 3: came to Trump, most of the candidates seemed to forget 413 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 3: that he existed, and when it came to Joe Biden, 414 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 3: by and large, most of the candidates for god, he existed. 415 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:02,160 Speaker 3: And tin to prosecute a case, you're trying to make 416 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:06,280 Speaker 3: the case that I'm the guy or I'm the gal 417 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 3: to take us to victory. And on China, look, there 418 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,919 Speaker 3: was some rhetoric China's bad, China's bad, China's bad. But 419 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 3: what we didn't hear from anybody was a systematic, comprehensive 420 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 3: plan to how do we beat China. And I believe 421 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 3: I've talked about this a lot, that we need the 422 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:29,679 Speaker 3: sword of systematic plan that Reagan had to win the 423 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 3: Cold War, a plan that takes on that that combats 424 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 3: China's lies, its murder, it's torture, its genocide, it's espionage, 425 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:40,919 Speaker 3: its theft, its propaganda that goes after China, and there 426 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 3: was very little said about how specifically we do that. 427 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 3: There was some general rhetoric China bad, but not a 428 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,640 Speaker 3: whole lot of substance. So therefore, what. 429 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 2: I was shocked to buy what you just mentioned, and 430 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 2: let's dive into this for a moment. I think it 431 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 2: was a huge mistake to not bring up the big 432 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 2: breaking news that you and I broke on this podcast 433 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 2: yesterday in a. 434 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,160 Speaker 3: Quarter million dollars sent to Joe Biden's house. 435 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,239 Speaker 1: Yeah, from Beijing, and no one mentioned it. 436 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 2: On top of the fact that it broke after we 437 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 2: did that show that based on the plea deal agreement 438 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 2: that was given by David Weiss, it said in that 439 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 2: plea agreement that during the time that payment was made, 440 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 2: the residence for Hunter Biden was in California. That's in 441 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 2: the plea agreement that came out as kind of like, hey, 442 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 2: if you think that he was living in this house 443 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,640 Speaker 2: that's the same residence of the President of the United 444 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:40,440 Speaker 2: States America, you know, in Delaware, you're wrong. The plea 445 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,680 Speaker 2: agreement said during the time, and it also came out 446 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 2: afterwards Center that in his own book that Hunter Biden wrote. 447 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 2: He also said in his book that he was living 448 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,119 Speaker 2: in California at the time that wire transfer would have 449 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 2: come through. So there's even a bigger problem there, and 450 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,679 Speaker 2: no one said anything about it on stage. 451 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:00,920 Speaker 1: That was a huge mistake, I think for all of them. 452 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:05,639 Speaker 3: Well, if you think about any moment, and this was 453 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 3: a long debate. This was a two hour debate. And 454 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:09,679 Speaker 3: by the way, I got to say, there's something weird 455 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 3: about the debate at the Reagan Library. So in twenty sixteen, 456 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 3: we had a debate at the Reagan Library right on 457 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 3: the stage where they were, and the twenty sixteen debate 458 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 3: that was the CNN debate, and it went three hours. 459 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 3: It was the longest debate of the entire cycle. And 460 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 3: I remember, I don't know if this was true tonight, 461 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,639 Speaker 3: but in twenty sixteen, the Reagan Library did not have 462 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 3: air conditioning that was made to survive the cleague lights 463 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 3: of a television debate, and so it was hot. 464 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 1: And that many warm bodies in the room. 465 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 2: People don't realize as rooms get hot when you have 466 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:43,640 Speaker 2: that many people in there. 467 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:46,400 Speaker 3: There was a whole audience of people that there are 468 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 3: bright lights. I remember by the third hour, we were 469 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:53,159 Speaker 3: drenched in sweat and I was standing there. I was 470 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,879 Speaker 3: actually standing, Mike Huckabee was next to me, Marco Rubio 471 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 3: was next to me. Actually, Marco, to his credit, had 472 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 3: a hankchief, which which he let both Huckabye and me 473 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 3: use because we were both sweating like crazy and it 474 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 3: was by hour three. It was unpleasant. Now, the good 475 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 3: news is I think there were six people in the 476 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 3: entire world that stayed up to watch the third hour 477 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,200 Speaker 3: of that debate, so it didn't matter that we all 478 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:19,240 Speaker 3: looked like we were drowning in our own sweat. I 479 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 3: couldn't tell if they had the same issue this time, 480 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:27,119 Speaker 3: but I will say in two hours it was striking 481 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 3: that there was not really an effective case made. Here's 482 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:34,879 Speaker 3: how we beat Joe Biden, and that matters a lot. 483 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 3: Nor was there an effective case. You know, Dana Prino 484 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,359 Speaker 3: tried to get to it when she said, Okay, write 485 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:42,440 Speaker 3: down on your piece of paper who you're going to 486 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 3: vote off the island. And by the way, I will 487 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 3: credit the candidates for all of them saying no, we're 488 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:49,399 Speaker 3: not playing that kind of BS game. That was the 489 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 3: right response for them to say no. But even though 490 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,639 Speaker 3: you don't write on a card. You're not playing Jeopardy. 491 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 3: There wasn't really anyone making the case other than the Santis, 492 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 3: which is why I think he won tonight. There wasn't 493 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 3: really anyone making the case. I'm the right standard bearer 494 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:10,120 Speaker 3: to win the primary, and I'm the right standard bearer 495 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 3: to win the general, and here's how and why. 496 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:16,119 Speaker 1: Yeah, there was also a lot of misses. 497 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:19,920 Speaker 2: People said, at least in response online, that this debate 498 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,479 Speaker 2: was on Univision and they didn't feel like the candidates 499 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 2: did a good enough job reaching out to Hispanic voters. 500 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:27,119 Speaker 1: Your reaction to that as well. 501 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 3: Look, I think they did almost nothing. I mean to 502 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:37,560 Speaker 3: Hispanic voters. Listen, the Hispanic community. Our community is fundamentally conservative. 503 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 3: It is culturally conservative. You look at the values that 504 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 3: resonate in the Hispanic community. 505 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 1: Family oriented, very family oriented. 506 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:51,239 Speaker 3: Family faith, patriotism, hard work, the American dream. Those are 507 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,440 Speaker 3: values that are fundamentally conservative. You didn't see anyone saying, 508 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,639 Speaker 3: you know what, you want to talk about the Hispanic community. 509 00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:00,200 Speaker 3: The Hispanic community in South Texas and in californ Horn 510 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 3: in Arizona's getting hammered by seven point six million illegal 511 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 3: immigrants by the way every candidate tonight got the number wrong. 512 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 3: They all said six million. Your numbers or are a 513 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:12,879 Speaker 3: million and a half off. It's up to seven point six. 514 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 3: The candidates should get their numbers right. But they didn't 515 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:20,439 Speaker 3: talk about the misery that is being imposed on the 516 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 3: Hispanic community by this crisis of illegal immigration. They didn't 517 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 3: talk about Hispanic families that are getting hammered by rising inflation. 518 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 3: They didn't talk about Hispanic families that are getting hammered 519 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:35,680 Speaker 3: by rising crime rates. They didn't talk extensively about the 520 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 3: Democrat efforts to defund the police and George Soros prosecutors. 521 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,399 Speaker 3: They had some of that actually, their discussion of crime. 522 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,919 Speaker 3: There was some decent moments, But the point you just 523 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 3: made men, nobody connected it to the Hispanic community. No 524 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 3: one connected it to the African American community. And that's 525 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 3: a point that I think is important to make that 526 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 3: I hope in subsequent debates we get people making more clearly. 527 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 2: Lastly, Center, there was another moment, and it's a viral moment. 528 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,199 Speaker 2: I understand, and you can explain this. 529 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 1: You want a moment. 530 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,680 Speaker 2: Every candidate wants a moment when they're on stage, and 531 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,919 Speaker 2: they want to have these big moments that are talked about. 532 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 2: Nikki Haley tried to land one against the deck, and 533 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 2: this is what it sounded like. 534 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:21,959 Speaker 6: Every time I hear you, I feel a little bit 535 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 6: dumber for what you say. 536 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,160 Speaker 1: I don't think that landed the way she was hoping. 537 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 2: It didn't come across to me as I was watching 538 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 2: it is this, you know, big moment. I get that 539 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,680 Speaker 2: what she was trying to accomplish. Was that a mistake? 540 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was a mistake. That moment was harsh and 541 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 3: it seemed too harsh. Look, look, Haley's a talented candidate. 542 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 3: She's a talented communicator. She's one of the best communicators 543 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 3: on that stage. She had a really good night in 544 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 3: the first debate. This one was not nearly as good. 545 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 3: That shot was mean spirited, It wasn't substantive in a debate. 546 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 3: I think you're almost always better disagreeing with someone on 547 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:06,280 Speaker 3: substance rather than just sort of one line at hominem attacks. 548 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 3: And by the way, look, you can disagree with Vivek 549 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:11,800 Speaker 3: because you could say that he doesn't have the experience 550 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 3: to be president. You can disagree with him on policy, 551 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 3: but the guy's not dumb. He's a smart guy. So 552 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 3: the claim every time I listen to you, I feel 553 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:26,560 Speaker 3: dumber like that, that is a pretty condescending comment that 554 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 3: going back to my point before, in a debate, you 555 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 3: want truth and authenticity, You want the words coming out 556 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,960 Speaker 3: of your mouth for people to say, yeah, yeah, that's right. Yeah, 557 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 3: I agree with that, And I don't think very many 558 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:41,840 Speaker 3: people agreed with that, and so it diminished her more 559 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:45,480 Speaker 3: than it diminished Vivek. Now, I do think the other 560 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:48,160 Speaker 3: candidates on that stage are pretty chippy towards Vivek because 561 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 3: he was pretty condescending and nasty to them in debate 562 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 3: number one, and he made him shine. But there's some 563 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 3: grudges that were playing out tonight. I'll also point out 564 00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,720 Speaker 3: there that there were moments when when Nicki Haley and 565 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 3: Tim Scott were going at each other and they were 566 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:03,600 Speaker 3: just yelling at each other, back and forth and back 567 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 3: and forth, and it was kind of a South Carolina 568 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:11,960 Speaker 3: pissing fight, and my take on it, that didn't really 569 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 3: help either one of them. It was too parochial. I 570 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:18,160 Speaker 3: don't know that a whole lot of people care about 571 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:24,360 Speaker 3: the internecine fights in South Carolina, and I think the 572 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:27,040 Speaker 3: effect of it is that both of them seemed to 573 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:31,160 Speaker 3: be taking their eye off the ball, that the objective 574 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:33,160 Speaker 3: is first to win the primary and then to beat 575 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:35,120 Speaker 3: Joe Biden in the general, and I think that back 576 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,880 Speaker 3: and forth bickering didn't help either one of them in 577 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:38,520 Speaker 3: that respect. 578 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:42,280 Speaker 2: As always, thank you for listening to Verdict with center 579 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,800 Speaker 2: Ted Cruz Ben Ferguson with you don't forget to down 580 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 2: with my podcast, and you can listen to my podcast 581 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:49,120 Speaker 2: every other day you're not listening to Verdict or each 582 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 2: day when you listen to Verdict. 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