1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:01,520 Speaker 1: Welcome. 2 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 2: It is Verdict with Ted Cruz week in Review, Ben 3 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 2: Ferguson with you, and these are the big stories that 4 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 2: you may have missed that we talked about earlier this week, 5 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 2: and Miomi, was it a big week? First up, Kamala 6 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 2: Harris caught between a rock and a hard place. She 7 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:19,079 Speaker 2: has to be anti Israel but also meet with Netnaho. 8 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:21,759 Speaker 2: So what did she do? She nos showed for the 9 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 2: most important part of Netanyahu's trip. 10 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 3: Will break that down for you. 11 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 2: Also, the media now going into we love Kamala face. 12 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 2: It's in kind donation to her campaign and it could 13 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:37,919 Speaker 2: be worth billions of dollars between now and even the convention. 14 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 2: How's that going to play out and how much of 15 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 2: an impact will it have on the race? Will break 16 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 2: that down for you. And finally, the Secret Service. They 17 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 2: were undermanned at the Trump rally. We now know more 18 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 2: than we knew before about what went wrong in the 19 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 2: days and weeks leading up to it. It's the weekend 20 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 2: review and it starts right now. There was a very 21 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 2: significant moment that happened and it was missed by Kamwa 22 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 2: Harris on purpose, and that was Netan Yahoo coming to 23 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 2: the US. Now she won't miss if Zelenski shows up, 24 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 2: But by golly, she's gonna make a real point that 25 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:17,119 Speaker 2: I'm not with Israel when he comes to address Congress. 26 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:20,199 Speaker 2: You were there, and you spent some real quality time 27 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 2: with BB as well. 28 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 4: Well, that's right. 29 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 5: So yesterday afternoon, Prime Minister Netnyah, who addressed a joint 30 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 5: session of Congress, I was there. I was sitting in 31 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 5: the front row listening to the speech. I've heard net 32 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,960 Speaker 5: Yahoo many times, I know him well. It was an 33 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 5: extraordinary speech. I believe it was an historic speech. It 34 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 5: had a sense of gravity, a sense of history. Israel 35 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 5: is facing an existential threat right now. And the adjective 36 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 5: I used after the speech for BB's speech was that 37 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 5: it was Churchillian, and that is not an adjective I 38 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 5: used for any address by any other world leader. Because 39 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 5: it had the same sense of clarity and history and 40 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 5: seriousness of purpose that Winston Churchill brought to rally the 41 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 5: world to defeat the Nazis and win World War II. 42 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 5: I am very grateful for Prime Minister Netnahu's speech. 43 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:19,239 Speaker 4: I think it was serious. 44 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 5: It laid out the evil of Hamas, it laid out 45 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,920 Speaker 5: the seriousness of their purpose to utterly eliminate hamas it 46 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 5: addressed many of the lies that Democrats and the corporate 47 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:34,799 Speaker 5: media and the leftist influencers on TikTok and social media 48 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 5: are pushing to young people. He addressed them very directly, 49 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 5: the lies that are being told. And it was significant, 50 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 5: But I got to say at the same time, it 51 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 5: was sad the number of Democrats who boycotted the speech. 52 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 5: We saw dozens and dozens of House members that refused 53 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 5: to attend. You saw dozens of Senate Democrats who refused 54 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 5: to attend, And the most high profile person who boycotted 55 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 5: the speech was Kamala Harris. Now, typically when Ahead of 56 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 5: State addresses a joint session of Congress, the Speaker of 57 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 5: the House and the Vice President are both sitting directly 58 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 5: behind him. In this instance, Kamala refused to attend. And 59 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 5: she's not just the vice president right now, she is 60 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 5: the presumptive Democrat nominee for president. And understand, the Democrat 61 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 5: Party has gotten so radical today that many of them, 62 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 5: including the likely Democrat nominee for president, they are unwilling 63 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:32,959 Speaker 5: even to listen to even to hear what the democratically 64 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 5: elected leader of Israel has to say. I thought it 65 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 5: was disgraceful that she boycotted the speech. And I'll tell 66 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 5: you during the speech, so I was sitting with a 67 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 5: bunch of Republican senators. I told him right when it began, 68 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 5: I said, listen, in honor of Richard Simmons recently passing away, 69 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 5: get ready to do some aerobics, because we were going 70 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 5: to be standing and standing and standing. I think the 71 00:03:55,880 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 5: count was we gave Ntnyahu fifty seven standing ovations. Now, 72 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 5: you know, it's interesting those were almost exclusively on the 73 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 5: Republican side of the isle and the Democrat side of 74 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 5: the aisle. Most of the Democrats refused to stand when 75 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 5: Netna who walked onto the floor, Chuck Schumer refused to 76 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 5: shake his hand and kind of turned his back on him. 77 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 5: I mean, it was I've never seen anything like it, 78 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 5: that the contempt that there were several senators Chris Murphy 79 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 5: and Raphael Warnock were sitting near the front. They spent 80 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:35,119 Speaker 5: almost the entire speech sitting there with scowls on their face. 81 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 5: They wouldn't applaud, they wouldn't stand up. Even when Netanyaho 82 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 5: said things like we need to stand united against anti Semitism. 83 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:46,919 Speaker 5: The two of them sat there scowling and could not 84 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 5: stand to stand against anti Semitism. It is a manifestation 85 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 5: of just how much the pro Haamas anti Semitic faction 86 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 5: of the Democrat Party has the rest of the party terrified. 87 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, Sentaer, you look at what Bibe actually 88 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:08,359 Speaker 2: said on the floor, and it was not radical, it 89 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 2: was not extreme. 90 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 3: It actually made a lot of sense. 91 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:16,160 Speaker 2: And for them not to stand when he talks about Hamas, 92 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 2: when he talks about good and evil, was shocking. 93 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 3: But here's one of the things that he said. 94 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 6: My friends, defeating our brutal enemies requires both courage and clarity. 95 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 6: Clarity begins by knowing the difference between good and evil. 96 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 6: Yet incredibly many anti Israel protesters, many choose to stand 97 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 6: with evil. They stand with Hamas, They stand with rapists 98 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 6: and murders. They stand with people who came into the kibusim, 99 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 6: into a home. The parents hid the children, the two 100 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:59,160 Speaker 6: babies in the attic, in a secret attic. They murder 101 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 6: the families, the parents, they find the secret latch to 102 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 6: the hyden atic and then they murder the babies. These 103 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 6: processors stand with them. They should be ashamed of themselves. 104 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 2: I mean, I'm watching this as a video as it's 105 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 2: playing center. 106 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 5: And course the Democrats sat down, refused to applaud, they 107 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 5: did not cheer, that we should stand against radical racist 108 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 5: baby killers. 109 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 2: He also who also slammed the protesters another example of 110 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 2: the radical Democrats and how they're in favor of those 111 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,159 Speaker 2: that support Hamas and Hezbla an actual. I mean, these 112 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 2: are terrorist organizations that butchered Jews for sport and are 113 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 2: calling for the annihilation of every Jewish person from the 114 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 2: river to the sea. And he talked about that, and 115 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 2: yet again, yet again, Democrats set the anti. 116 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:04,039 Speaker 6: Protests that are going on right now outside this building, 117 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 6: not that many, but they're there and throughout the city. Well, 118 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 6: I have a message for these protesters. When the tyrants 119 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 6: of Tehran who hang gazs from cranes and murder women 120 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 6: for not covering their hair are praising, promoting and funding you, 121 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 6: you have officially become Iran's useful idiots. 122 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 2: Some of these protesters, how do you not stand and 123 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 2: clap when you're talking about these radicals. 124 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 3: But then I. 125 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 5: Realized so many Democrats were scowling, they were angry when 126 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 5: he said that they were not only sitting, they had 127 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 5: their arms crossed and they were furious. And understand, while 128 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 5: this is happening, thousands of anti Semitic radicals were protesting 129 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 5: in Washington, DC. Hundreds of them descended on Union Station, 130 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 5: the train station just a couple of blocks north of 131 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 5: the Capitol. At Union Station, they pulled down the American 132 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 5: flag on the flagpole outside Union Station. They pulled it 133 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 5: to the ground and they burned it. When they pulled 134 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 5: it to the ground, the crowd of protesters cheered. They 135 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:40,719 Speaker 5: then hauled up the flagpole a Palestinian flag. Now let 136 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 5: me say two things on this. Number One, I am 137 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 5: not saying that Kamala Harris was at Union Station pulling 138 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 5: down the American flag, lighting it on fire, and pulling 139 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:57,320 Speaker 5: up a Palestinian flag on the flagpole. But understand that 140 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 5: she has far greater sympathies for the radicals who did 141 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:04,680 Speaker 5: that than she does for Prime Minister net and Yahoo, 142 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 5: the elected. 143 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 4: Leader of Israel. 144 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 5: There's a reason she boycotted because she and the Democrats 145 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 5: they want the votes of these anti American anti Semites. Secondly, 146 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 5: why was this allowed to happen. It was allowed to 147 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 5: happen because the Democrat mayor in d C let it 148 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 5: happen because we didn't see law enforcement. If this happened 149 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 5: in Texas, if you tried to do that in Texas, 150 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 5: you know what they'd do. They'd arrest you and put 151 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 5: you in jail. The Democrats in office, they are siding 152 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:38,719 Speaker 5: with the protesters and they hate Prime Minister det and 153 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 5: Yahoo and sadly many of them hate Israel just as 154 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 5: much as these rabbid process. 155 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 2: There's also the left that's behind it. You know, these 156 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:51,839 Speaker 2: agitators were being seen being dropped off by buses before the. 157 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:52,959 Speaker 4: Pro A lot of them are paid. 158 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, I was gonna say who paid for them? Right, 159 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 2: That's a fair question that should be asked, like who 160 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 2: was paying for all these peoples show up there? It's 161 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 2: the radical laughs, I'm sure in the Democratic Party. 162 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 3: But this is the base. 163 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:10,119 Speaker 2: And for Kamala Harris to not be there when Natanyahu 164 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 2: arrived tells you how anti Israel they are, how much 165 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 2: they just and I will say that and the Jews. 166 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:19,199 Speaker 4: Joe Biden has. 167 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 5: Been the most anti Israel president in American history. But 168 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:28,079 Speaker 5: if God forbid, Kamala Harris becomes president, she will be 169 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 5: orders of magnitude worse. And by the way, it's striking also, 170 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 5: So we'll we'll do another pod and we'll talk about 171 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:38,719 Speaker 5: possible VP nominees under Harris. I think it's going to 172 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:40,559 Speaker 5: be the most boring white guy on the face of 173 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,199 Speaker 5: the planet. I think the two most likely, which we've 174 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 5: talked about, are Josh Shapiro, the governor of Pennsylvania, and 175 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:51,559 Speaker 5: Mark Kelly, Senator from Arizona. But it's interesting this week CNN, 176 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:57,080 Speaker 5: in covering the VP's sweepstakes, they just, matter of fact, 177 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 5: John King just matter of fact said, well, Shapiro has 178 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 5: a pro which is he's Jewish. In the Democrat primary, 179 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 5: then in the Democrat Party, that's a real problem. And 180 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 5: CNN just reports that as a fact that there are 181 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 5: so many anti Semites among the Democrat Party that that 182 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 5: being a Jew is a real problem if you were 183 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 5: the Democrat nominee, that that is sad. 184 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 2: Now, if you want to hear the rest of this conversation, 185 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 2: you can go back and listen to the full podcast 186 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:24,959 Speaker 2: from earlier this week. 187 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 3: Now onto story number two. 188 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 2: All right, let's talk about the media, because what we're 189 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 2: going to see right now, and this is my biggest concern. 190 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 2: You and I talked about this in Milwaukee. If Biden 191 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 2: dropped out. Now it's Biden has dropped out. It's a 192 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 2: complete reset, Yes, of this presidential campaign. The polls, and 193 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:47,440 Speaker 2: I want to be very clear to our audience this 194 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 2: is my opinion. 195 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: I don't know if you agree with me or not. 196 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:51,679 Speaker 2: I want to know your take on it are completely 197 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 2: meaningless and worthless right now. 198 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 4: Correct. 199 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 2: The only poll that's going to matter is the first 200 00:11:55,880 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 2: poll after we find out who the Democrats actually pounds seven. 201 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 5: That poll's not going to matter. And and listen, this 202 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 5: is something you and I talked about in our last podcast. 203 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:10,839 Speaker 5: We did two podcasts live from the convention. I love 204 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 5: the convention. It was a blast. It's the best Republican convention. 205 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 5: I've ever seen, more unity than I've ever seen. However, 206 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 5: I was very worried at the convention, and I expressed 207 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 5: this to you at the time, which is I am 208 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 5: afraid people were over confident. 209 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:26,319 Speaker 4: At the convention. 210 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 5: That there was an air of celebration. It was we've won, 211 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 5: We're on to victory. This is a landslide. Trump's coming 212 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:36,439 Speaker 5: back in. We've got a huge Republican majority. 213 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:38,200 Speaker 4: He heard people talking about it. 214 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:42,079 Speaker 5: Fifty five to fifty six Republican senators, huge Republican house, 215 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 5: like people were planning. People were talking about, all right, 216 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 5: who's gonna be Secretary of State, who's gonna be Secretary 217 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 5: of Defense? 218 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 4: Like they're handing. 219 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 2: Already moved on. Yeah, we wanted now what's next? And 220 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 2: that's not the case. 221 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 5: And my view, and I was trying to say this is, Look, 222 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 5: there's a time for celebration, celebrate after election day, celebrate 223 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 5: after we've won. Now is not the time for celebration. 224 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 5: Now's the time for hard work. Now's the time for 225 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:07,839 Speaker 5: rolling up your sleeves and going to win. And my 226 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 5: assumption is coming out of the convention, Republicans will get 227 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 5: a little bounce. You know, historically it's about four points, 228 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:15,559 Speaker 5: is what you get out of your convention. I think 229 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:17,959 Speaker 5: it was a strong convention. So let's assume that happens. 230 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 5: The Democrats, and I will give them credit for one thing. 231 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 5: They're timing of releasing it right after the convention. Perfect 232 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 5: timing to do this, because it resets the whole race. 233 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 5: It almost doesn't matter what the bounce was out of 234 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 5: the convention. And here's the problem. For the next month, 235 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 5: all of the news is going to be dominated by 236 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 5: who the Democrat is going to be. The Democrats are 237 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 5: about to have a month long convention instead of a week. 238 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 5: Why do you get a bounce out of convention. You 239 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 5: get a bounce out of convention because you have four 240 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:52,440 Speaker 5: days of driving the news, the earn media, every night 241 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:56,319 Speaker 5: of your people on TV pitching all of the benefits 242 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 5: of your nominee, all the benefits of your record, all 243 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 5: the benefits of your agenda. Instead of a four day convention, 244 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 5: the Democrats are about to have a month long convention 245 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 5: where every news story will be focused on who the 246 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 5: nominee is gonna be. And they're also going to be 247 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 5: doing a combination of number one praising Biden. You know, 248 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 5: it's not graceful to he's on his way out. People 249 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 5: don't want to criticize him anymore. 250 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: We're going to this for America. 251 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 4: He's historic, He's. 252 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 5: One of the greatest presidents the history of the universe. 253 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 5: I mean, you're gonna hear all of that effusively, and 254 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 5: then they're going to talk about what an historic president 255 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 5: Kamala Harris would be. 256 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 4: And it's going to be a month long. We're going 257 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 4: to see. 258 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 2: Multi I would argue multi billion dollar in kind contribution. 259 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 5: And by the way, Republicans, I worry vastly underestimate Kamala 260 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 5: Harris that they don't think very highly of her. They 261 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 5: don't think she's terribly bright. When you or I bring 262 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 5: up Kamala Harris's name in Republican circles, people laugh. 263 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 4: It's immediately a punchline. 264 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 5: I think people are underestimating what billions of dollars of 265 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 5: free media, of the entire corrupt corporate media complex. Pitching 266 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 5: her as a combination of Mother Teresa, Oprah and Gandhi, I. 267 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: Mean, and save the party. It's gonna be. 268 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 5: And young and vibrant, and it's historic. I mean it 269 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 5: is going to be now. I still think Trump wins 270 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 5: in November. But this is not a layup. It is 271 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 5: not given in what's coming in front of us. Look, 272 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 5: if you're a Democrat, what makes you nervous is chaos, 273 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 5: And this much chaos one hundred days out is scary. 274 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 5: But you know what even more scary is going to 275 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 5: an election where you're almost certain to lose, which is 276 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 5: where Biden was. So from their perspective, chaos and a 277 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 5: chance to win or certain loss, they'll take chaos. But 278 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 5: Republicans need to understand just how dangerous this is. 279 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 1: It's all perspective in life. And I said this earlier. 280 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 2: It's like you're on the greatest cruise ship in the 281 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 2: world and that cruise ship's going down and a crappy 282 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 2: little fishing boat shows up and it saves your life. 283 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 2: You love that crappy fishing boat the rest of your life. 284 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 2: It doesn't matter how bad it looks, how ugly it was. 285 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 2: You just got your life saved. And that's Kamala Harris, 286 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 2: like not a good can. 287 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 5: That you do not have a career as a Democrat 288 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 5: politics ad maker. I can see now, Kamala Harris, to 289 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 5: save your life. 290 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 2: To save your life. But it's perspective. I mean, that's 291 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 2: what they're dealing with. I know, right, But she didn't 292 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 2: even make it. I mean, I go back to when 293 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 2: she was running. 294 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 4: She got zero delegates, correct, and she. 295 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 1: Was a terrible candid. 296 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 2: But when you're now in the position of that boat 297 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 2: sinking and I'm the only one that's got doesn't have 298 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 2: a hole in the boat, I'm pretty I'm pretty appealing 299 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 2: to everybody on that boat. And I love you, and 300 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 2: I'm willing to swim to you, and I'm willing to 301 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 2: hug you and kiss you and say thank you for 302 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 2: saving my life. 303 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 1: It's all perspective. And that's what the media is going to. 304 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 2: Do to her is say she just saved us from 305 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 2: guaranteed defate defeat. She is a savior to the Democratic Party. 306 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 2: We love her, and they're all going to be energized. 307 00:16:58,560 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 2: That terrifies me. 308 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 5: Energized, and once she's the nominee unified. You know, one 309 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 5: thing to keep in mind. People are focused on, oh, money, 310 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 5: and Trump has a money advantage. Put yourself in the 311 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:16,639 Speaker 5: mindset of a Democrat gazillionaire, of a Democrat activist, of 312 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 5: a Democrat union boss, of a Democrat special interest leader. 313 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:23,440 Speaker 4: A week ago, you were. 314 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:28,679 Speaker 5: Depressed, you were demoralizing, you were contemplating America run by Hitler. 315 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:30,200 Speaker 5: And by the way, if you're one of those people 316 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 5: you think Donald Trump is Adolf Hitler. Yeah, but look 317 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 5: like you were just I don't even know if I 318 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:35,640 Speaker 5: want to show up and vote. 319 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 4: It's terrible, it's horrible. 320 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,400 Speaker 5: And now to go back to the sinking cruise ship, 321 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 5: you've been thrown a lifeline. I think we're going to 322 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 5: see jubilation on the Democrat side. That's dangerous too, you know, jubilation. Yeah, 323 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:52,200 Speaker 5: what happens is donors pull out their checks and they 324 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 5: write really big checks when they're massive. What happens is 325 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:58,440 Speaker 5: activists go and they work harder, they turn more people out. 326 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 5: And that particularly if the Republicans are over confident, we 327 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 5: cannot be overconfident. That combination is dangerous. And you know 328 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 5: what it reminds me of, potentially, I hope this is 329 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:12,360 Speaker 5: not right, but it reminds me of a few years 330 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 5: ago the A and M versus Alabama game. I was 331 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 5: there at the A and M versus Alabama game. Alabama 332 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:19,119 Speaker 5: at the time was the number one team in the country. 333 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,200 Speaker 5: You have me at sports analogy. I'm all in now. 334 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:22,120 Speaker 4: A and M. 335 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,200 Speaker 5: A and M had started off as a top twenty 336 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 5: five team and had a good team, but it had 337 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 5: lost two games in a row. Yep, two opponents that 338 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 5: weren't wasn't supposed to lose. I think maybe Mississippi State. 339 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:33,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, it was bad. 340 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:33,879 Speaker 4: It was bad. 341 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 5: And so we came into the game and I was 342 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:39,879 Speaker 5: there in college station, and I remember saying to my 343 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 5: buddies I was at the game with, I said, you 344 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 5: know what, I think A and M has a real 345 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 5: chance to win this game, because I think Alabama's feeling 346 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 5: like we're the number one team in the country and 347 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:51,680 Speaker 5: these A and M guys suck. Look at look they're 348 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 5: losing to teams that are not contenders. This is easy. 349 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,359 Speaker 5: We're playing a junior high team. And I think the 350 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 5: Aggies were pissed off of they were at Kyle Field 351 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 5: and they were defending their home and they were mad 352 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:05,639 Speaker 5: because everyone was dismissing them as a joke and they're like, 353 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:09,879 Speaker 5: wait a second, We're a top tier football team. And 354 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 5: they ended up winning that game. It was awesome. Forty 355 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 5: one thirty eight was the final score. Kyle Field erupted. 356 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 5: I don't want to see the Democrats playing the role 357 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 5: of A and M in that dynamic. And so my 358 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 5: message to Republicans is do not behave like this is 359 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,719 Speaker 5: in the bag, because that's one of the easiest ways 360 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:30,359 Speaker 5: to ensure it's not in the bag. 361 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:31,159 Speaker 3: Center. 362 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 2: If you are Donald Trump, you now know that Biden 363 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 2: is gone. The number one question that the campaign's got 364 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 2: to ask is how do you campaign against somebody for 365 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,159 Speaker 2: the next month that you don't know who it's gonna be. 366 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 5: So look, i'd say forty percent you campaign against Kamala Harris, 367 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 5: you assume it's Kamala and sixty percent you campaign against 368 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 5: the Democrats record. And I will say I've been concerned 369 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 5: in recent weeks and months that we've spent too much 370 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:04,119 Speaker 5: time attacking Joe Biden for his mental diminishment and not 371 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 5: enough time making the case as you and I often do, 372 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 5: that the Biden Harris Democrat record has been a train wreck. 373 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 5: And I say Democrat record because it's not just Joe Biden, 374 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:16,479 Speaker 5: it's Kamala Harris, and it's every single Democrat in Congress, 375 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 5: every Democrat senator, every Democrat House member. They voted repeatedly 376 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:22,159 Speaker 5: in favor of the spending and the debt that is 377 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 5: causing inflation. They voted repeatedly in favor of Biden's war 378 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:28,359 Speaker 5: on oil and gas and energy that is causing energy 379 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 5: prices to skyrocket. They voted repeatedly in favor of open 380 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 5: borders that's endangering our families across this country. They voted 381 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,439 Speaker 5: repeatedly in favor of letting violent criminals out of jail, 382 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 5: that is again endangering our families. They voted repeatedly in 383 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:46,119 Speaker 5: favor of appeasing our enemies and undermining our allies, and 384 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:50,880 Speaker 5: so from the Trump's campaign, I would assume it's Kamala, 385 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 5: but also make the broader point it is their agenda 386 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 5: that has failed the American people. The classic question in 387 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 5: any election, are you better off now than you were 388 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:01,639 Speaker 5: four years ago? It doesn't matter what fill in the 389 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:05,879 Speaker 5: blank democrat they drop into that slot, They're going to 390 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 5: be defending the same disastrous, failed record. And so I 391 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 5: hope the Trump campaign and I hope Republicans generally make 392 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:16,359 Speaker 5: that case substantively on the merits. 393 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:19,400 Speaker 2: It's gonna be interesting. We're gonna cover it all. Make 394 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:22,360 Speaker 2: sure you share this podcast with your family and friends. 395 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 2: Share the video on social media from YouTube. It's also 396 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 2: up on Facebook. You can share it there as well, 397 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:31,440 Speaker 2: so that you can have other people hear what we 398 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 2: were saying here today. When this type of news breaks, 399 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:36,959 Speaker 2: we do a podcast as fast as we can at 400 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 2: Emergency Pod. 401 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,680 Speaker 5: Yes, let me make a final statement like this, I'm 402 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 5: going to place the odds that Joe Biden pardons Hunter 403 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 5: Biden at one hundred point zero percent. Hunter Biden will 404 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 5: get a pardon as a result of this decision today 405 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 5: will not happen till after election day. 406 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 1: That's what I was gonna ask, when's the He's not. 407 00:21:57,920 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 4: Gonna do it. 408 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,640 Speaker 5: He's not gonna do it before election day, but he's 409 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,960 Speaker 5: going to stick around and after election day. I believe 410 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:05,880 Speaker 5: it is now one hundred percent that Joe Biden will 411 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:07,719 Speaker 5: pardon Hunter as before. 412 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 2: If you want to hear the rest of this conversation 413 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:12,399 Speaker 2: on this topic, you can go back and dow the 414 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,120 Speaker 2: podcast from earlier this week to hear the entire thing. 415 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 2: I want to get back to the big story number 416 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 2: three of the week you may have missed. You talk 417 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 2: about just the bureaucratic bs whether or and this reminds 418 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 2: me of what happened in our pull out in Afghanistan 419 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:32,199 Speaker 2: at the airport that cost American soldiers their lives. We 420 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 2: knew we had apparently a bomber there right they saw somebody, 421 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:40,400 Speaker 2: There was a call that went out. No one apparently 422 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 2: could make the decision on how to deal with them. 423 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:47,199 Speaker 2: Game over suicide. Bomber decides to do it and it 424 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 2: cost American their lives. You'll look at this guy, there 425 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:55,959 Speaker 2: was so many I would say, dumb criminal moves that 426 00:22:56,040 --> 00:23:00,200 Speaker 2: this guy, as a criminal did before he ever got 427 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 2: up on that roof. That was warnings that any logical 428 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 2: person would know, don't let this guy in around this venue. 429 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 2: Example of that is the damn range finder which she 430 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:13,399 Speaker 2: was asked about. 431 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,200 Speaker 7: So did he have a rangefinder? 432 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,920 Speaker 8: There were some reports that the individual had a rangefinder? 433 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:25,159 Speaker 8: Would that would certainly raise my suspicion. Did he have 434 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:25,959 Speaker 8: a rangefinder? 435 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 9: Yes he did, But may I explain that at a 436 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 9: number of our sites, especially when you're at outdoor venues, 437 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 9: a rangefinder is not a prohibited item. It is sometimes 438 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 9: an item that is brought in by individuals are going 439 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:40,120 Speaker 9: to be anybody. 440 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 8: Anybody confront him on that, Anybody ask him questions, what 441 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 8: are you doing with the rangefinder? Anybody confront him on 442 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 8: his presence where he was in proximity to the president. 443 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 9: So, again, to my knowledge, I believe that that was 444 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 9: the process that was taking place, was to locate the individual. 445 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 2: Did they confront him they, I mean, they would know 446 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 2: he had it to then be able to confront him. 447 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:07,159 Speaker 2: It's a very simple question. So the guy's got a 448 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,199 Speaker 2: range finer, Apparently no one confronts him on that. They 449 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 2: then start putting out pictures that the fbid everybody has 450 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 2: of this guy they can't find. 451 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:16,919 Speaker 3: They put the president up on the stage. 452 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,159 Speaker 2: They get on top of the roof and they're like, oh, hey, 453 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 2: look you here, we got the guy that we sent 454 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:24,640 Speaker 2: the pictures out about. And then if you go back 455 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,119 Speaker 2: in time to what I mentioned a moment ago center, 456 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:31,160 Speaker 2: you also had the other concern, and that is from 457 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:37,680 Speaker 2: this whistleblower that said, hey, law enforcement partners offered drones 458 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 2: to the Secret Service before Butler Pennsylvania Trump rally. This 459 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 2: Secret Service decline. But this twenty year old shooter he 460 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 2: used on the day of the rally. Really, you see 461 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 2: a drone in the air and you're good with it. 462 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,159 Speaker 2: You see a range final, you're good with it. You 463 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:57,320 Speaker 2: lose the guy you put the president on stage. 464 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 5: Look, my assumption is that the person was vastly undermanned, 465 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 5: and that the senior leadership of the Secret Service did 466 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 5: was not treating Donald Trump as the presumptive Republican nominee 467 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:12,440 Speaker 5: as the next president of the United States, and they 468 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 5: were undermanning him for partisan political reasons. Not only that, 469 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:20,879 Speaker 5: so The Washington Post on July twentieth wrote a bombshell story. 470 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,879 Speaker 5: The headline was Secret Service said to have denied requests 471 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 5: for more security at Trump events. Top officials repeatedly rejected 472 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 5: requests from Trump's security detail for more manpower and gear 473 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:36,200 Speaker 5: at events before attempted assassination, at times citing lack of resources, 474 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 5: people familiar with the asks say, and here's what the 475 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 5: Washington Post reported quote. Top officials at the US Secret 476 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:47,160 Speaker 5: Service repeatedly denied requests for additional resources and personnel sought 477 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 5: by Donald Trump's security detail in the two years leading 478 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 5: up to his attempted assassination at I rally in Pennsylvania 479 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 5: last Saturday. According to four people familiar with the requests, 480 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:01,959 Speaker 5: agents charged with protecting the former president requested magnetometers and 481 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 5: more agents to screen attendees at sporting events and other 482 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:08,440 Speaker 5: large public gatherings Trump attended, as well as additional snipers 483 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,399 Speaker 5: and specialty items at other outdoor events, said the people, 484 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,439 Speaker 5: who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss secret 485 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 5: security discussions. The requests, which have not been previously reported, 486 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:22,639 Speaker 5: were sometimes denied by senior officials at the agency, who 487 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 5: cited various regions, including a lack of resources at an 488 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:32,160 Speaker 5: agency that has long struggled with staffing shortages. These rejections 489 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:36,160 Speaker 5: in response to requests that were several times made in 490 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 5: writing led to long standing tensions that pitted Trump his 491 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 5: top aid set his security detail against Secret Service leadership, 492 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 5: as Trump advisors privately fretted that the vaunted security agency 493 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 5: was not doing enough to protect the former president. Now, 494 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:59,199 Speaker 5: what did the Secret Service say in the wake of 495 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:03,160 Speaker 5: the attempt at set fascination. Well, that they put out 496 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 5: Here's what the Secret Service spokesman said on July fourteenth. Quote, 497 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 5: there's an untrue assertion that a member of the former 498 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:19,400 Speaker 5: president's team requested additional security resources and that those were rebuffed. 499 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:26,120 Speaker 5: This is absolutely false. In fact, we added protective resources 500 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:31,879 Speaker 5: and technology and capabilities as part of the increased campaign 501 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 5: travel tempo. Now that's a tweet by Anthony Googly Lemi, 502 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 5: who is the Secret Service spokesperson. It was an official tweet, 503 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 5: and it was a flat out lie. And by the way, 504 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 5: it wasn't an assertion that a member requested additional security. 505 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,679 Speaker 5: What the Washington Post reported was that his protective detail, 506 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 5: the Secret Service agents on the detail repeatedly requested additional 507 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:02,639 Speaker 5: security and repeatedly they were turned down. Why is it 508 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 5: that the Secret Service is publicly lying on the record 509 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:08,920 Speaker 5: and trying to cover up their disastrous failures. 510 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,800 Speaker 2: I even got to say there were some Democrats that 511 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 2: were even shocked over just the absurdity of the Secret 512 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,399 Speaker 2: Service screwing this up. One of them was a Democrat 513 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 2: on the House Oversight Committee that was questioning the Secret 514 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:25,399 Speaker 2: Service director before she resigned. And this was just about 515 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 2: the roof and where the shooter was. It is shocking. 516 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:34,719 Speaker 10: Listen, par Chetel, As you know, the shooter began shooting 517 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 10: at six eleven pm Eastern on July thirteenth. NBC reported 518 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 10: that at five point fifty one pm, twenty minutes before 519 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:45,360 Speaker 10: the shooting began, the State Police informed the Secret Service 520 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 10: of their concern. 521 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 7: Now, the rally was not pause at that point, correct. 522 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 10: Now, And according to NBC, just two minutes later, at 523 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:58,160 Speaker 10: five point fifty three pm, the Secret Service notified its 524 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 10: snipers about the gun man. The rally wasn't paused at 525 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 10: that point either, correct. No, Let me show you some 526 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 10: video footage. 527 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:09,360 Speaker 7: By rally goers. If you could play the. 528 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 10: Video on the screen up here, This was taken two 529 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 10: minutes before the shooting start. 530 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 7: If you could turn up the volume. Dangerous, ma'am. 531 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:36,600 Speaker 10: That doesn't look like suspicious behavior. That looks like threatening 532 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:39,680 Speaker 10: behavior to me, and the rally wasn't pause at that 533 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:40,280 Speaker 10: point either. 534 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:40,719 Speaker 7: Correct. 535 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:43,720 Speaker 9: I can tell you, as I stated earlier, sir, that 536 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 9: the moment that the shift surrounding the president were aware 537 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 9: of an actual threat. 538 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:52,560 Speaker 7: That's a threat right there. 539 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 10: The guy's on the roof and everybody's yelling at him 540 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:59,080 Speaker 10: yes and directing the officer's attention to him, the rally 541 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 10: was not pause at that point. 542 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:00,880 Speaker 7: Correct. 543 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:06,120 Speaker 9: We are currently still combing through communications and when communications 544 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 9: were passed. 545 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 10: Well, I can point you to this communication as two 546 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:12,440 Speaker 10: minutes before the shots started ringing out director title, Yes 547 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,719 Speaker 10: or no? Was there ever a moment where the Secret 548 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:17,959 Speaker 10: Service actually considered pausing the rally? 549 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 9: The Secret Service would have paused the rally had they 550 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:24,000 Speaker 9: known or been so. 551 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 7: The answer is no, an actual threat, The answer is no. Correct. 552 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,200 Speaker 9: I can I can speak to you in generalities. 553 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 10: No, No, I don't want general communication. The answer is no, 554 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 10: you did not consider pausing the rally. 555 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:37,360 Speaker 7: Correct. 556 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:40,520 Speaker 9: The people that are in charge of protecting the president 557 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:43,920 Speaker 9: on that day would never bring the former president out 558 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:46,840 Speaker 9: if there was a threat that had been identified. 559 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:51,160 Speaker 10: Well, they did, because we've now identified three points and 560 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:55,400 Speaker 10: the twenty minutes before the shooting that the threat emerged. 561 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:59,000 Speaker 2: I mean Senator, you listened to this, and I worry 562 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 2: final question for you about not just the incommency of 563 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:06,239 Speaker 2: the directors resigned, but the people that she's hired in 564 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:09,920 Speaker 2: the bureaucracy underneath her. She may be gone, but if 565 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,440 Speaker 2: there's others that trick all the way down to the 566 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:15,479 Speaker 2: events level and this is allowed to happen, I mean, 567 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:18,360 Speaker 2: for goodness sake, their excuse about the roof being too 568 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:20,520 Speaker 2: sloped to put people up there, well, guess what where 569 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:22,960 Speaker 2: the counter sniper team was. We found out that roof 570 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:25,920 Speaker 2: was actually sloped at a higher degree of angle than 571 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:28,440 Speaker 2: the roof where the shooters shot from. So she was 572 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:32,320 Speaker 2: lying to us. Then it was all pr It was 573 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:32,880 Speaker 2: all spin. 574 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:41,720 Speaker 5: This was astonishing incompetence combined with a partisan political gross negligence, 575 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:46,640 Speaker 5: which is because her partisan political loyalties are to Joe Biden. 576 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:52,440 Speaker 5: They devalued protecting Donald Trump. They also devalued protecting RFK Junior. 577 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:56,200 Speaker 5: And that security detail should have been granted long ago, 578 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:59,680 Speaker 5: and I think it is. There is a very good 579 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:02,440 Speaker 5: question to ask next about who's next. What are they 580 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:05,000 Speaker 5: doing now, what are they doing today? What are they 581 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:09,160 Speaker 5: doing tomorrow to prevent the next lunatic from doing this, 582 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:12,880 Speaker 5: and we need to make sure there are adequate resources. 583 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,480 Speaker 5: We need to make sure the site is secured. We 584 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,400 Speaker 5: need to make sure they had procedures in place. There 585 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 5: were multiple junctures at which this assassin, this attempted assassin, 586 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:26,320 Speaker 5: could have been stopped, could have been apprehended. President Trump 587 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 5: could have been delayed from going up on that stage 588 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,240 Speaker 5: and never subjected to the risk of the sniper fire. 589 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:33,880 Speaker 5: He could have been removed from that stage once they 590 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:37,400 Speaker 5: realized there was a potential sniper there. There were a 591 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:44,400 Speaker 5: series of catastrophic mistakes, and to date, secret Service leadership 592 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:49,600 Speaker 5: has still taken responsibility for none of them, accountability for 593 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:50,280 Speaker 5: none of them. 594 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:50,880 Speaker 4: As Harry S. 595 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,640 Speaker 5: Truman famously said, the buck stops here, Well, the buck 596 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,800 Speaker 5: doesn't stop anywhere because they're all passing the buck and 597 00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:00,920 Speaker 5: they're not even admitting that there was a problem. It 598 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 5: is a huge problem going forward and it needs to 599 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:05,280 Speaker 5: be fixed. 600 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 3: As always. 601 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to Verdict with Center, Ted Cruz, 602 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:12,400 Speaker 2: Ben Ferguson with you don't forget to deal with my podcast, 603 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:14,239 Speaker 2: and you can listen to my podcast every other day. 604 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,160 Speaker 2: You're not listening to Verdict or each day when you 605 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:18,720 Speaker 2: listen to Verdict afterwards, I'd love to have you as 606 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,520 Speaker 2: a listener to again the Ben Ferguson Podcasts, and we 607 00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:23,840 Speaker 2: will see you back here on Monday morning.