1 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: And I'm here to represent our country in a different sense. 2 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: But I can tell you I did settle eight wars, 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: and we have a ninth coming, but in which nobody's 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: ever done before. But I want to really save lives. 5 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,119 Speaker 1: I don't need prices. I need to save lives, and 6 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 1: we're saving a lot of lives. And I've saved millions 7 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 1: and millions of lives, and that's really what I want 8 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: to do. And I also want to run a great country. 9 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 1: And the United States right now is the hottest country 10 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 1: anywhere in the world, and one year ago was dead. 11 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 2: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson. 12 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 3: Good Monday morning. It's nice to have you with us 13 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 3: on the forty seven Morning Updated. We've got two major 14 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 3: stories for you. First up, Tom Cotton coming out saying 15 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 3: everyone on the drug boat was a valid target and 16 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 3: the Washington Post slander are men and women in the military. 17 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 3: He takes on the press and wins with the facts 18 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 3: big time. I'll have that for you in just a moment. Also, 19 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 3: in a story that no one's talking about, the federal 20 00:00:56,440 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 3: government is now fighting hundreds of thousands of dead people 21 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:04,319 Speaker 3: on voter rolls around the country. Why are they still 22 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 3: on the list, and why are Democrats doing everything they 23 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 3: can to protect dead people to vote Operation Overlord The 24 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 3: D Day Beaches. You and I share a passion for history, 25 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 3: so I hope you'll join me next spring on the 26 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 3: D Day Beaches in Normandy. That's right, the invasion that 27 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 3: sealed Hitler's doom, O Maha and Utah. 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And it starts right now. 41 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 2: Story number one. 42 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 3: It is a disaster. The media went all in on 43 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 3: a story that we now know is a total lie. 44 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 3: Senator Tom Cotton coming out on Meet the Press and 45 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:32,639 Speaker 3: saying that everyone on the drug boat was a valid target. 46 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 3: The Washington Post now being accused of slandering the military 47 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 3: now only reminds you about the backstory of this story. 48 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 3: Two weeks before this story broke, you had Democrats in 49 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 3: the House and the Senate come together and encourage an 50 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 3: insurrection against the president from military leaders encourage a coup, 51 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 3: telling them to defy orders of the president. Clearly in 52 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 3: reference to the attacks on the narco terrorists running drugs 53 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 3: to a America in the middle of the ocean. We 54 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:04,959 Speaker 3: know that the number one killer of people under the 55 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 3: age of forty in this country is fetanyl and we 56 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 3: know that hundreds of Americans are killed every single day 57 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 3: by accidental overdoses from drugs laced with fetanel Well, on 58 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:21,959 Speaker 3: Sunday on Meet the Press, Tom Cotton of Arkansas said 59 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 3: that all the people on a Venezuelan drug boat were 60 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 3: subject to the Trump administration's cracked down the Caribbean were 61 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 3: quote unquote valid targets. This going directly against the lies 62 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 3: and the slander from the Washington Post on the military. 63 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 3: I want you to listen carefully to what Tom Cotton 64 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 3: had to say because it's important that this gets out, 65 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 3: and I hope you will share this podcast this information 66 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 3: with everyone on social media. Listen carefully. 67 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 4: And joining me now is the chairman of the Senate 68 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 4: Intelligence Committee who was in those briefings this week, Republican 69 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 4: Tom Cotton of Arkansas, and welcome back to meet the press. 70 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 5: Thanks for having me on Christin. 71 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 4: Thank you so much for being here after a very 72 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 4: big week. I want to ask you about our new reporting. 73 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 4: NBC News is reporting this morning that Defense Secretary Pete 74 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:15,839 Speaker 4: hegseith his order was to kill all eleven individuals on 75 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 4: that boat because they were on a list of narco 76 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 4: terrorists who intelligence and military officials determined could be legally targeted. 77 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:28,479 Speaker 4: Was Secretary Hegxis's order to kill everyone on the boat 78 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 4: because they were on this target list. 79 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 5: Senator the ordered, like the entire Operation Kristen is to 80 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:39,160 Speaker 5: destroy these drug boats which are running drugs into our 81 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 5: country from foreign drug cartels and traffickers that are killing 82 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 5: hundreds of our cansons every year and hundreds of thousands 83 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 5: of Americans. Now, of course, before our military conducts such 84 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 5: a strike, they have multiple sources of intelligence. They give 85 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 5: high confidence that everyone on that boat is a foreign 86 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:03,679 Speaker 5: drug trafficker, not an innocent civilian who's being human trafficked, 87 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 5: for instance. And therefore Secretary Hegseth said, and I agree, 88 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 5: they're all valid targets. Now, this controversy, let's remember, all 89 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:14,719 Speaker 5: started with the Washington Post story about nine days ago 90 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 5: that said after the first strike there were two survivors 91 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 5: that were helpless, and then they were ordered to kill 92 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 5: these helpless survivors. That is simply not the case. They 93 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:26,840 Speaker 5: were not floating in the ocean on a wooden plane 94 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 5: or in life jackets. They were on the capsized vessel. 95 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 5: They were not incapacitated in any way. It was entirely 96 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 5: appropriate to strike the boat again to make sure that 97 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 5: it cargo was destroyed. It is in no way violation 98 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 5: of the law of war. And I think the Washington Post, 99 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 5: oh Secretary Heseth and especially Admiral Mitch Bradley, a highly 100 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 5: decorated career Navy steal, an apology for that slander. 101 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 3: An apology for that slander. This story is a story 102 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 3: just like the Russian hoax story. That's still dossier, a 103 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,919 Speaker 3: total fabrication by the Democratic National Committee that paid for 104 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 3: that dossier, and a fabrication by the Hillary Clinton for 105 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 3: President campaign. And what did the media do. They gave 106 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 3: legs and life to that story to the point where 107 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:18,919 Speaker 3: they impeached the president of the United States of America. 108 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 3: This story is no different. There is a story that 109 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 3: has been put out there by the Washington Post. I 110 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 3: wouldn't be surprised if this story was put out there 111 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 3: in conjunction with Democrats, the same Democrats that said defy 112 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 3: the president's orders. It is obvious this was to undermine 113 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:40,919 Speaker 3: and to even imprison people in and around President Trump. 114 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 3: It was also a story that has been put out 115 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:46,600 Speaker 3: there to put fear into the minds of our men 116 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 3: and women in uniform, with the threat that the Democratic Party, 117 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,039 Speaker 3: when they gained power again one day, will come after 118 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 3: them for war crimes and lock them up for life 119 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 3: or even give them the death penalty. That that is 120 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 3: exactly what this story was all about, to make sure 121 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 3: that people that are in our government would not follow 122 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:11,119 Speaker 3: the orders of the sitting president. Senator Tom Cotton after 123 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 3: what he had to say there was pressed by Welker, 124 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 3: and I want you to listen carefully to what he 125 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 3: says in this next moment on the show. 126 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 4: Okay, and we're going to get to what you saw 127 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 4: in the video momentarily. But I just want to be 128 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 4: very clear, because what you're saying is significant. Senator, it 129 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 4: sounds like you're confirming. Did Admiral Bradley brief lawmakers that 130 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 4: in fact, all of the people on that boat were 131 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 4: on a military target list. 132 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 5: I did not hear him personally say anything about a 133 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 5: military target list. Now, he had several briefingsunt the day. 134 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 5: I wasn't in the briefing, for instance, with Mark Warner, 135 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 5: my counterpart on the Senate Intelligence Committee. I can only 136 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 5: say what he told me. He said they had high confidence, 137 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 5: based on multiple sources of intelligence, that everyone on that 138 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 5: boat was part of a foreign or foreign terrorist organization 139 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 5: and been designated by the US government. 140 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 4: So they could be legally targeted. They could be essentially 141 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 4: and legally targeted. We argued, yes, okay. 142 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 5: Both before the first strike and after the first strike. 143 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 4: Was Admiral Bradley acting on Secretary Hexas orders. 144 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 5: Senator Well anytime you have an operation like this, there's 145 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 5: an operation order, it's written down, it's got very detailed instructions. 146 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 5: I think because this was the first strike, Secretary Hegseth 147 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 5: and Admiral Bradley both wanted to be present and be 148 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 5: making the decision. As you heard Secretary Hegseth in the 149 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 5: opening say he initiated the first strike. You've seen the video. 150 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 5: There's a lot of smoke. It takes a long time 151 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:33,720 Speaker 5: to clear. I'm sure Secretary Hesath had many other matters 152 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:36,440 Speaker 5: that he had to attend to, and he trust Admiral Bradley. 153 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 5: Once the smoke is clear, once cloud covered cleared, it 154 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 5: was clear that the first strike had not destroyed the 155 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 5: boat or Admiral Bradley made a decision for the second strike. 156 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 5: Now in subsequent strike since then, because there's been more 157 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:50,439 Speaker 5: than twenty obviously it's no longer a Secretary Hegseth or 158 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 5: even four star generals making that decision, nor should it be. 159 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 5: But on the first strike, I believe they both wanted 160 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 5: to be present and be observing it. 161 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 4: Let me ask you about the aftermath of that first strike. 162 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 4: The Tigan's Law of War Manual, which you're familiar with 163 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 4: having served in RockA and Afghanistan, says quote orders to 164 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 4: fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal. 165 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 3: I want to pause there, and I want you to 166 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:19,319 Speaker 3: just listen to how they continue to undermine and disparage 167 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:25,199 Speaker 3: and fish for a controversy. Did you notice how she's like, 168 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 3: let me just go to these orders. Let's talk about 169 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 3: these orders. Let's have a conversation about these orders. They 170 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 3: do not want to stop here. They want this to 171 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 3: continue to be a thing. They want it to continue 172 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 3: to be a story. And they are refusing to admit 173 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:54,319 Speaker 3: that the story is inaccurate, that the story is slander, 174 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 3: that the story is a lie. Why because they want 175 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 3: people that were for the president of the United States 176 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 3: of America to be afraid to do their job, to 177 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 3: be afraid to follow orders from the president of the 178 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 3: United States of America. And this is why it is 179 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 3: so important that we stand with this president and that 180 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 3: conservatives in Congress stand up to these radicals on the left. 181 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 3: Full stuff. 182 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 2: Now, story number two. 183 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:31,080 Speaker 3: I want to bring up a quick important story for you, 184 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 3: and it's one that's getting no coverage at all. It 185 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 3: deals with the integrity of our elections and it's a 186 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 3: very important story. After the Assistant Attorney General Harmei Dylon, 187 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 3: who leads the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, announce new 188 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 3: findings in the Department's nationwide effort to clean up voter rolls, 189 00:10:54,720 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 3: revealing massive vulnerabilities in states election systems. Vording to Dylan, 190 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 3: federal investigators have identified two hundred and sixty plus thousand 191 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 3: dead individuals still listed on voter rolls across the country, 192 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:17,679 Speaker 3: more than a quarter million dead people along with thousands 193 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:21,079 Speaker 3: I'm going to say this slowly because I want this 194 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 3: to really stick with you, along with thousands of registered 195 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 3: non citizens. Let me translate that for you. They've found 196 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 3: thousands of illegal immigrants registered to vote. In a post 197 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,800 Speaker 3: on acts, she said, the Department's review has already prompted 198 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 3: major action. Fourteen states have now been sued for failing 199 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 3: to comply with federal transparency requirements, while four others have 200 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 3: voluntarily turned over voter data and begun the cleanup efforts. 201 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,720 Speaker 3: Many of these states, by the way, knew this was 202 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:04,200 Speaker 3: a problem before the government got involved for the transparency. 203 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 3: One of the most serious problems, they said, is in 204 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:14,199 Speaker 3: a swing state, North Carolina, where officials are now removing 205 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 3: more than one hundred thousand outdated or invalid voter registrations. 206 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:27,680 Speaker 3: Dylon emphasized the stakes of the cleanup effort, saying even 207 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 3: a single and proper vote in reminds the core promise 208 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 3: of American democracy. Quote everyone, every one person voting who 209 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 3: shouldn't have voted is one too many, because every citizen 210 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 3: is entitled to one person, one vote, the assumption that 211 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:51,079 Speaker 3: their vote is being counted equally and only with another 212 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 3: American citizen. We will not rest at the DOJ until 213 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 3: we complete this project and provide confidence to all American 214 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 3: voters that the roles are clean and the elections are 215 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:09,960 Speaker 3: free and fair. The Department on Tuesday escalated its campaign 216 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 3: by filing lawsuits against six additional states Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, 217 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 3: Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington for what is described as 218 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 3: their failure as a state to provide statewide voter registration 219 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 3: lists and other data required under federal law. Let me 220 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 3: say that again, under federal law. Justice Department officials say 221 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 3: the information is critical to assess compliance with election security statutes. 222 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 3: But Democrats state officials are pushing back, Why, Well, I 223 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 3: think it's pretty clear you can say they're probably pushing 224 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 3: back for one main reason because they feel like this 225 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 3: is an advantage for them. Democrats say that they're warning 226 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 3: about how the voter data could be used, and they're 227 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:07,440 Speaker 3: raising questions about the Department's handling and privacy protections, that 228 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 3: of course being dismissed by those in charge, saying that 229 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 3: the transparency and accuracy are essential to public trust and 230 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:18,679 Speaker 3: that the Department's efforts are aimed soleet ensuring the integrity 231 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 3: of future elections, saying, quote, our elections are crooked and rigged. 232 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 3: The voters know it. That's how President Trump put it 233 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 3: on Wednesday after this data was revealed. Must bring integrity 234 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 3: back to voting, and it starts, the President says, in 235 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 3: all caps, with voter ID. And I couldn't agree with 236 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 3: him more. Now, if you go back to what the 237 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 3: President said in his tweet, this echoes what he's been 238 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 3: saying for a long time. We have a problem in 239 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 3: this country with the ability to cheat and the ability 240 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 3: for someone who is not actually who they say they 241 00:14:55,560 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 3: are to vote in an election. It is simple and 242 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 3: it's easy to fix this problem. Voter ID laws are 243 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 3: a great step in the right in that direction, Like 244 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 3: a phenomenal step in that direction. The problem is you 245 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 3: have Democrats who say no, we refuse, we will not 246 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:24,080 Speaker 3: do this. We are saying no to it, and that's 247 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 3: the biggest problem of all. It is incredibly frustrating when 248 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 3: you witness this. It's incredibly frustrating to watch a government 249 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 3: that is trying to give us transparency and Democrats get 250 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 3: in the way. Why would they not want Why would 251 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 3: Democrats not want to clean up the voter rolls? Is 252 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 3: it because they know the majority of cheating that's done 253 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 3: is done by Democrats and not Republicans and it gives 254 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 3: them a big advantage. That's a question that everybody should ask. 255 00:15:54,760 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 3: I think it's an incredibly important question to ask, and 256 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 3: I hope all of you will start asking that question, 257 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 3: most importantly to our men and women who serve this 258 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 3: country in Congress. 259 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 260 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 2: with Ben Ferguson. 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