1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: Welcome. It is Verdicate Center, Ted Cruz Ben Ferguson with you. 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: We are a day late, but it's because when we 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: tried to do the show last night, we had major 4 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: technical difficulties and couldn't get the connections right. So that's 5 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: why we're coming with you today on this show putting 6 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,159 Speaker 1: out on Tuesday. The good news is we've had some 7 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:22,959 Speaker 1: unbelievable news. It's broken and so they could be a 8 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,279 Speaker 1: blessing in disguise. And one of the big issues that 9 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: is broken, Centator is the President Nights It's America has 10 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: made every liberal lose their mind because he's actually trying 11 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: to fight crime in Washington, d C. And they're saying 12 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 1: he's a dictator and a tyrant for doing this. 13 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 2: Well. Today, on Monday, the President made a bold announcement 14 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 2: that the federal government is federalizing the DC police force, 15 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 2: that they are going to fight violent crime in DC. 16 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 2: They're going to tackle the out of control murder rates, 17 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 2: the violent crimes, the carjackings that have plagued that city, 18 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 2: plague that city because of left wing policies that have 19 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 2: undermined the ability of the police to actually protect the 20 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,479 Speaker 2: residents there. And you're right. This has Democrats and this 21 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 2: has the media losing their minds. How dare a president 22 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 2: of the United States actually stand up against violent criminals. 23 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 2: We're gonna break that down. We're gonna explain to you 24 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 2: exactly what he did. We're gonna explain to you the 25 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 2: legal basis for why he can do so. We're also 26 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,960 Speaker 2: gonna explain why DC is different. One of the talking 27 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 2: points you're seeing on television right now is well, he's 28 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 2: going to do this in every country, every city in 29 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 2: the country. He's just going to take over every city 30 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 2: in America. And I don't think that's right. I don't 31 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 2: think that's going to happen. D C is qualitatively different quality, 32 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 2: constitutionally and legally. We're gonna explain to you why. We're 33 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 2: also going to talk about another order President Trump put 34 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 2: out again targeting bad guys, but in this case drug cartels, 35 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 2: where he has directed the military to use military force 36 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 2: to go after drug cartels as terrorists, terrorists who are 37 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 2: endangering American lives. Again, this is something that Democrats are 38 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 2: deeply up said about. It seems there's nothing that could 39 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 2: upset a Democrat more than law enforcement actually going after 40 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 2: murderers or rapists or gang members. 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Switch 87 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: today Patriot mobile dot com slash verdict or nine seven 88 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: to two Patriot. All right, so, Senator, you and I 89 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: are doing the show, and just a half hour ago, 90 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: I got off of yelling at the commis over at CNN. 91 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: They're literally unhinged right now, going insane over the fact 92 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 1: that that would be trying to fight crime. That would 93 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 1: be all of them, Yes, that would be all of them. 94 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: And it was hysterical because they're like, well, this is 95 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 1: what dictators and tyrants. He I was like, hold on 96 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 1: a second, dictators and tyrants are trying to put criminals 97 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 1: in jail and save people's lives. That's your talking point, Like, well, 98 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: where's he gonna stop if he does this in d C. 99 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 1: I'm like, well, he did it in DC because there's 100 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: special rules for DC. There's a reason why I did 101 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: it there, and he's not done it anywhere else. They're like, well, 102 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 1: you know, he's just gonna do there can be a 103 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,840 Speaker 1: dictator and take over La or Baltimore. I'm like, you 104 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 1: guys are crazy. And again you're angry at Donald Trump 105 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 1: for fighting crime, which is out of control in DC, 106 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 1: a place you spend a large part of your week 107 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:12,159 Speaker 1: every week. 108 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 2: Well, look, DC has gotten seriously dangerous and and I'll 109 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,799 Speaker 2: tell you, people going to work in d C, people 110 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 2: living in DC are concerned for their safety. They're concerned 111 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 2: for the safety of their families. They're concerned for the 112 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 2: safety of their spouses and their children. You know, Rand 113 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 2: Paul had a Capitol Hill staffer who was stabbed walking 114 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 2: along the sidewalk in the middle of the afternoon. There 115 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 2: was a man who served in the first Trump administration 116 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 2: who was in his car at five pm on the streets. 117 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 2: He was shot in the head and murdered. This violence 118 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 2: is the direct result of disastrous Democrat policies that have 119 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 2: handcuffed the police, that that have limited the ability of 120 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 2: the police to go after violent criminals. And the result 121 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 2: is d C has become a very dangerous place. So 122 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 2: what happened President Trump Monday morning? He announced it a 123 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 2: press conference, quote, this is Liberation Day in d C. 124 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 2: And We're going to take our capital back. And he 125 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 2: declared a public safety emergency, and he took two actions. 126 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,479 Speaker 2: Number one, he invoked section seven forty of the d 127 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 2: C Home Rule Act, placing the DC Police directly under 128 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 2: federal control. And number two, he signed a memorandum to 129 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 2: the Secretary of Defense to utilize the National Guard. He 130 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 2: placed DA administrator Terry Cole as the interim Federal Commissioner 131 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 2: of DC Police, and he also announced plans to temporarily 132 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 2: reassign one hundred and twenty FBI agents in d C 133 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 2: to night time patrol duties. All of that was announced 134 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 2: today and the reason he did it is he walked 135 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 2: about the statistics about DC crime. D C's murder rate 136 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,679 Speaker 2: is higher than that of many cities around the globe. 137 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 2: DC's murder rate is higher than Bogota, Columbia. DC has 138 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 2: one of the highest murder rates among large US cities nationwide. 139 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 2: The homicide rate is more than twenty seven murders per 140 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 2: one hundred thousand residents. That was in twenty twenty four. 141 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 2: Vehicle theft in DC is more than three times the 142 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 2: national average, with eight hundred and forty two point four 143 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 2: thefts per hundred thousand residents. It is among the most 144 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 2: dangerous cities globally, and in recent years, the number of 145 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 2: car thefts has doubled and the number of car jackings 146 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 2: has tripled. Look, I had actually while I was recording Verdict. 147 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 2: I don't know if you know this story, but years 148 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,679 Speaker 2: ago when Verdict just started, while I was recording Verdict, 149 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 2: we had the truck that I was driving in parked 150 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 2: on the d C streets and we went down to 151 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 2: the TV studios and Basic for that. And while the 152 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 2: truck was on the street, someone broke into the windows, 153 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 2: shattered them open, and stole my briefcase, took my briefcase 154 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 2: with my computer and my iPad and and took the 155 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 2: whole thing. 156 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: You didn't have classified documents in there, did you? You know? 157 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 1: I did not have them randomly there. Okay, I'm liking sure, 158 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: Otherwise that would have been some big news here. 159 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 2: Unlike Joe Biden, I've never removed classified documents from a secure, 160 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 2: compartmentalized facility. Unlike Sandy Berger, who was Bill Clinton's National 161 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 2: security advisor, I've never stuffed classified documents in my underwear 162 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:36,560 Speaker 2: or in my socks to try to smuggle them out. 163 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 2: So no, it was just annoying. And by the way, 164 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 2: here's a stat about carjackings. In recent years, the number 165 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 2: of carjackings in in DC has tripled. And one of 166 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 2: those victims of carjackings was was Congressman Henry Quayar, a 167 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 2: Texas congressman. Again, it was the evening time. He was 168 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 2: just coming home with his dinner and he was carjacked 169 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 2: in front of his apartment where apparently numerous members of 170 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:13,079 Speaker 2: Congress live in this apartment building. And he, a member 171 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 2: of Congress, was carjacked. And so President Trump is acting directly. 172 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:23,840 Speaker 2: And apparently one of the motivations from this is that 173 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 2: a White House staffer named Edward Chorusta, and he's a 174 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 2: DOGE staffer, and his nickname is big Balls. And I 175 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:33,839 Speaker 2: will say, by the way, one of the funniest things 176 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,079 Speaker 2: I've ever seen is because he was working in DOGE, 177 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 2: it forced Data Bash and CNN to say the words 178 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 2: big Balls like nineteen different times on air, which I 179 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 2: have to admit I couldn't watch the segment without doubling 180 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:51,439 Speaker 2: over laughing. Well, apparently, this young man, unfortunately was assaulted 181 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 2: over the weekend by about ten juveniles near DuPont Circle. 182 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 2: And so when a nineteen year old staffer in the 183 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 2: White House can't be safe in DC. The president, I think, 184 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 2: should act and that's what President Trump has done. 185 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 1: So it's amazing how mad they are that he's actually 186 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:09,199 Speaker 1: trying to fight crime. And it's actually pretty simple. He's 187 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 1: saying it's out of control. The numbers are out of control. 188 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: The data shows it's out of control, and yes, the 189 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: numbers have come down this year, thank goodness. Part that's 190 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 1: because I think law and order and the President advocating 191 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 1: for law enforcement all over the country and allowing law 192 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 1: enforcement to be empowered to do their job and ice 193 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 1: agents to do their job. But they're actually angry at 194 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 1: him because he's doing something that they say is out 195 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 1: of his job description. And they're like, this is what 196 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 1: dictators and tyrants do. And I go back to that line. 197 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 1: I'm like, wait, dictators and tyrants are fighting crime, like 198 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 1: that's a bad thing. 199 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 2: Really well, and the federal government has authority over DC 200 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 2: explicitly under the Constitution. Article one, section eight Claus seventeen 201 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 2: of the Constitution gives Congress quote exclusive legislation over D 202 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 2: and Congress, through its delegate, the DC Council designated that 203 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 2: the President serves as the DC National Guards Commander in Chief. 204 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 2: And that's in DC Code Section forty nine dashed four nine, 205 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 2: which reads, quote, the President of the United States shall 206 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 2: be the Commander in chief of the Militia of the 207 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 2: District of Columbia. There's an executive order from nineteen sixty 208 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:26,559 Speaker 2: nine that delegates the day to day authority over the 209 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 2: DC Guard from the President to the Secretary of Defense, 210 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 2: who further delegates it to the Secretary of the Army. 211 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 2: So there's explicit authority to authorize the National Guard. And 212 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 2: also Congress in nineteen seventy three pastor law called the 213 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,680 Speaker 2: Home Rule Act. And what the Home Rule Act does 214 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 2: is it gives the President explicitly the power to take 215 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 2: control of the DC Police quote whenever he determines that 216 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 2: special conditions of an emergency nature exist which require the 217 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,559 Speaker 2: use of the Metropolitan Police Force for federal purposes. And 218 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,560 Speaker 2: that statute the Home Rule Act further says the mayor 219 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 2: shall provide, shall not may shall provide the police quote 220 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:15,559 Speaker 2: as the President may deem necessary and appropriate, not as 221 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 2: the mayor deems, not as the city council deems as 222 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 2: the President may deem. And the authority is limited to 223 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:25,960 Speaker 2: forty eight hours unless the President sends notice to the 224 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 2: Congressional Committees on DC justifying the action, at which point 225 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:32,840 Speaker 2: the authority is limited to thirty days. Trump has said 226 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 2: he sent that notice this morning. This section has never 227 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 2: been invoked before, but it is explicit, unequivocal statutor authority 228 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 2: to do what he did. And the fact that democrats 229 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 2: of the media are losing their mind is they don't 230 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 2: like the fact that he's exercising clear legal authority and 231 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 2: clear legal authority that he's using precisely because the DC 232 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 2: Mayor and the DC City Council have refused to do 233 00:12:58,080 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 2: their jobs. 234 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 1: It's amazing that they refuse to do their job. And 235 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 1: even now the police union coming out this is part 236 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: of that story. I think it's really important so people 237 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 1: understand reality compared to how the media is covering this. 238 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 1: The police union has come out and said thank you 239 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 1: to the president and said we need your help because 240 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:18,960 Speaker 1: we have so many officers down. And they're like, we 241 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 1: are asking and telling the president thank you. And that's 242 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: the police union who is saying this, and yet the 243 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 1: Mayor's still like, well, and I don't know about this. 244 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:29,320 Speaker 1: I'm like, if your police union is telling you you 245 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: need the help, why would you not just say let's 246 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: put politics aside here. Let's work with the president, let's 247 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 1: work with the national Guard. Let's get things safe at 248 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: the metro stations where we've see a large uptacking crime. 249 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 1: Let's let me tell you where I could use this 250 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 1: national Guard, where you could put it and do this 251 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 1: in a by Parson way. But again it goes back 252 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,680 Speaker 1: to this Trump arrangement syndrome, that right, Orange man is 253 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 1: always bad even if he's fighting crime. 254 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, but it's not just that it's the today's democrat 255 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 2: part can't stand the police. It used to be there 256 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 2: was a time when when police unions met, many of 257 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 2: them were Democrats. I will tell you as I travel 258 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:13,839 Speaker 2: the country, everywhere I go, and especially blue cities, when 259 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 2: I arrived in a city like New York, in a 260 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:17,599 Speaker 2: city like Chicago, when I when I got off the 261 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 2: plane in Chicago, I'm often greeted by four, five, six, 262 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 2: eight police officers, unified cops, uniform cops who will come 263 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 2: up to me and they just say thank you. They'll 264 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 2: give me their patches and they feel so belieguer and 265 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 2: I tell them this is something I tried to make 266 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 2: a point. And you've traveled with me Ben, you've seen 267 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 2: this when I see a police officer. I'm in Dallas today. 268 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 2: When I landed it in Dallas love Field, there were 269 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 2: several officers there. I thanked, shook the hands of every 270 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 2: officer there, said thank you, thank you for what you're doing, 271 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 2: thank you for fighting to defend us. And I'll tell 272 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 2: you what I tell the officers in Chicago and everywhere else, 273 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 2: which is it's my job to have your back. And 274 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 2: and why has d C undermined the police so systematically? 275 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 2: Because the Democrat Party has been taken over by the 276 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 2: nut jobs. It's been taken over by the abolished the 277 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 2: police crazies, the defund the police crazies. D C has 278 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 2: in place no cash bail policies so that people commit 279 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 2: violent crimes and get released on no cash bail. That 280 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 2: is madness. And one of the things President Trump asked 281 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 2: Congress to do is abolish DC's no cash bail. I 282 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 2: would certainly vote to do so. I think that's absolutely 283 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 2: the right thing to do. I will tell you, I 284 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 2: think the odds are very high that Senate Democrats will 285 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 2: filibuster any effort to get rid of no cash bail 286 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 2: in d C. Because the Democrats today are the party 287 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 2: of criminals? They are? And look when I say that, Ben, 288 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 2: that sounds hyperbolic, that sounds oh, come on, how can 289 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 2: they really be the party of criminals? Well, they're the 290 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 2: ones that tell you they are. They're the ones that 291 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 2: their dismay is, how dare the president be committed to 292 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 2: arresting murderers and rapists and gang members? And I want 293 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 2: to be clear about something. DC is qualitatively different. So 294 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 2: there's a statute, long standing statute called posse comitatus. Posse 295 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 2: comitatus bars the use of the US military for civilian 296 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 2: law enforcement, except when authorized by the Constitution or another 297 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 2: provision of federal law. And so if the President were 298 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 2: to do this in New York City or Chicago, there 299 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 2: would certainly be a challenge under possecomatatis that using the 300 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 2: military for law enforcement violates that. Importantly, however, the Department 301 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 2: of Justice, in nineteen eighty nine, the Office of Legal Counsel, 302 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 2: issued an opinion that found that President George Herbert Walker 303 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 2: Bush could use the DC car Guard to carry out 304 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:04,200 Speaker 2: law enforcement missions in d C as part of the 305 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 2: so called war on drugs. And so you've got a 306 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 2: Department of Justice opinion long standing from decades ago that 307 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 2: says DC is different because it's it's not a state, 308 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 2: it is a federal encclave. The federal government has blanket 309 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,680 Speaker 2: authority over DC. And so this is an instance where 310 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 2: where the President is acting pursuant to his authority, and 311 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 2: and and I expect that his actions are going to 312 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 2: prove highly effective, which I got to tell you, Ben, 313 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 2: I think that scares Democrats even more well. 314 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 1: And that brings me the second part of this, which 315 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,879 Speaker 1: is you look at how big of the success this 316 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 1: could be pretty quickly, and if it is a success, 317 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:48,880 Speaker 1: it's just going to expose so many other sanctuary city leaders, 318 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: the Gavin Newsom's, the LA mayor, the Baltimore mayor, Chicago mayor, 319 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 1: the Memphis mayor, the Detroit mayor, the New Orleans mayor, 320 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 1: all of these top crime cities for exactly what they've done. 321 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:02,360 Speaker 1: It's the policies. You look at just DC and how 322 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 1: soft they've been on crime with juveniles, and juvenile crime 323 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: exploded in d C during COVID and after COVID because 324 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: they refused to hold juvenile's account for their actions. We've 325 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 1: seen this happen a lot of other places. Around the country. 326 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 1: So if this turns into a major success for the 327 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 1: president and people feel safe in d C, how big 328 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 1: of a political victory for law and order. I'm not 329 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 1: talking about Republican and everyone. I'm talking about for law 330 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: and order. Could this be and precedent moving forward to 331 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 1: bring and say hey, I'm willing to help you. You 332 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 1: just got to ask for the help because we can 333 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: do what we just did in Washington, d C. 334 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 2: Yeah. Look, that's exactly right. And I think the obvious 335 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:48,359 Speaker 2: analog is border security. We spent four years under Joe 336 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 2: Biden the Democrats, with the Democrats saying they were helpless 337 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 2: to secure the border. It was impossible to do. I 338 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:56,399 Speaker 2: was there a year ago at the State of the 339 00:18:56,480 --> 00:19:00,440 Speaker 2: Union address when Joe Biden said he needed new leg legislation. 340 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:03,040 Speaker 2: The only way to secure the borders if Congress passed 341 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 2: new legislation. Now, I was there this year when Trump 342 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 2: gave a State of the Union address, and it was 343 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 2: after border crossings with Trump being sworn into office, had 344 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 2: dropped more than ninety nine percent. And Trump my favorite 345 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 2: line from his whole State of the Union address is 346 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 2: he said, it turns out we didn't need new legislation. 347 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 2: We just needed a new president. Well, the same thing 348 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 2: is true here. Look, President Trump has demonstrated conclusively the 349 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 2: border could have can be secured, and it could have 350 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 2: been secured four years ago. Except Joe Biden. The Democrats 351 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:39,400 Speaker 2: wanted open borders because they saw a political benefit. If 352 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 2: we see the kind of successes that I know President 353 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 2: Trump hopes we'll see that, I think we are likely 354 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 2: to see. It will demonstrate not just every resident of DC, 355 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 2: but every resident of every other high crime city in 356 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 2: the country. Wait a second, this can be stopped, My 357 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:58,760 Speaker 2: family can be protected. And the fact that the murder 358 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:01,439 Speaker 2: rates in my city are are so high, that the 359 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 2: rape and child molestations and the carjacking rates are so high, 360 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 2: that is a choice, a voluntary choice from Democrat politicians 361 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:15,719 Speaker 2: who put partisan priorities above protecting their citizenry. That, at 362 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 2: the end of the day, is I think one of 363 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 2: the biggest reasons Democrats are freaking out. And I want 364 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 2: to make another point about this, which is there used 365 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 2: to be an implicit agreement about d C Home Rule, 366 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 2: which is that Republicans wouldn't interfere day to day, and 367 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:32,879 Speaker 2: the Democrat officials in d C wouldn't run the city 368 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:37,199 Speaker 2: as a social experiment driven by progressive self indulgence like 369 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 2: in other blue cities, and the DC mayor and City 370 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 2: Council broke that implicit agreement. DC is fundamentally different from 371 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:50,680 Speaker 2: other major cities because it's the nation's political capital. And 372 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,360 Speaker 2: if you are serving in the federal government, you have 373 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:56,680 Speaker 2: to be in DC. If the residents of New York 374 00:20:56,760 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 2: or San Francisco want to elect crazy sold politician uh 375 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 2: district attorneys, if if they want their officials to implement 376 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 2: their combination of communism and anarchy and and and and 377 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 2: woke policies shutting down schools and businesses. You know what, 378 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 2: if you don't like it, you can leave and and 379 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 2: and leaving that, you can get out of a blue city. 380 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 2: To the extent, voters anywhere in America elect representatives to 381 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 2: represent them. Look, the people of Texas, thirty one million 382 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 2: Texans have sent me to represent them in the Senate. 383 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 2: I have to go to Washington, d C. To do that. 384 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 2: That's where the Senate is. My staff, many of whom 385 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 2: are Texans. They have to be in d C to 386 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 2: do that job. And and and so the lawlessness the 387 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:50,639 Speaker 2: president is acting. Look fine, if you've got San Francisco 388 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 2: Democrats who want to go from one lawless hell hole 389 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:57,440 Speaker 2: to another, that's their choice. But the nation's capital there 390 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 2: is an obligation to keep it safe. And I think 391 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 2: the President is doing the exactly right thing by acting boldly. 392 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 2: I want to commend him. This is a bold step, 393 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 2: and I think it's really important one. 394 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: It also goes back to the second part of the show, 395 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 1: and it deals with the President making very big steps, 396 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:18,360 Speaker 1: bold steps here and look at what he has decided 397 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 1: to now do when it comes to dealing with drug cartels. 398 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 1: He's made them some of them have been named terrorists organizations. 399 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 1: And this was done deliberately on purpose by this president 400 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:35,400 Speaker 1: to be able to go after the drug cartels, which 401 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:40,880 Speaker 1: these cartels are clearly killing Americans each and every day 402 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,639 Speaker 1: with the drugs coming across the border and also the 403 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 1: violence that comes across the border. And the President now 404 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: has enough. He put out a tweet and he's ordering 405 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:53,400 Speaker 1: now the US military to destroy not only the drug cartels, 406 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,920 Speaker 1: but the New York Post is reporting as well that 407 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 1: the President has apparently authorized military force against the Latin 408 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: American drug cartels classified as foreign terrorist organizations. The Pete 409 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 1: Edgseth went on our Ingram Show tonight was asked about it. 410 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 1: He's like, look, we know a lot more about these 411 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:11,880 Speaker 1: cartels than they realize. We know a lot more about 412 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 1: where they are, what they're doing, where they're moving. And 413 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 1: the President said this is a top priority and I'm 414 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:19,880 Speaker 1: working on it, and that was a pretty bold statement 415 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: from the man in charge of the Pentagon. 416 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 2: Absolutely. Yes, Here's what the New York Post reported. Quote. 417 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 2: President Trump has secretly authorized the military to use force 418 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:33,680 Speaker 2: against Latin American drug cartels classified as foreign terrorist organizations. 419 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 2: The move is the most aggressive action Trumps taken yet 420 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 2: against Yang's trafficking drugs like fetanol across the US Mexico border, 421 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,399 Speaker 2: the activities of which were previously the purview of federal 422 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:48,199 Speaker 2: law enforcement. The order, first reported Friday by The New 423 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:53,120 Speaker 2: York Times, gives US forces official permission to engage cartels 424 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 2: on land and sea. Quote. The President is determined to 425 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 2: not just disci Mantle, but completely destroy Maduro's Cartel del 426 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 2: Soles and to obliterate their operations in the Western Hemisphere. 427 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 2: A source close to the White House said the State 428 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:17,680 Speaker 2: Department's list of foreign terrorist organizations include involved in drug 429 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 2: trafficking include Venezuela's trend Aragua and Cartel de la Soles, 430 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:28,159 Speaker 2: as well as El Salvadores rooted Mara Salvatruca known as 431 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 2: MS thirteen. And that is incredibly consequential because it now 432 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 2: sets up the stage I would expect to see military 433 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 2: action taking out the cartels that have been designated as 434 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 2: terrorist organizations. That takes this to a whole new level. 435 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 2: And just like what the President is doing in DC, 436 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 2: that has Democrats beside themselves because given a choice between 437 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:59,719 Speaker 2: siding with law abiding American citizens or murderers and gang members, 438 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 2: Today's Democrats sided with the murderers and gang members. And 439 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:08,399 Speaker 2: given a choice between siding with international gangs and drug 440 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 2: cartels that are trafficking poison to our kids and murdering 441 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 2: Americans or standing with American families, sadly, the Democrats choose 442 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:17,919 Speaker 2: to get on a plane and go down to El 443 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 2: Salvador and have dakeries with MS thirteen human traffickers. 444 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,400 Speaker 1: Well, let's talk about the narrative as well on this 445 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,119 Speaker 1: There today I was watching and they were saying, well, 446 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:32,399 Speaker 1: this is the present sanctioning warld war IREI, this is 447 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:38,159 Speaker 1: the present sanctioning a attack on Mexico and that's going 448 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 1: to start a war. I think those might be two 449 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: of the most egregious and just absurd statements the president. 450 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 1: If we attack the cartels and the terrorist organizations, that's 451 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 1: not an attack on Mexico. That's not going to war 452 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 1: with Mexico. Even though the Democrats and those in the 453 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,120 Speaker 1: media are trying to explain that way, I don't think 454 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:57,360 Speaker 1: the American people would see it that way either, especially 455 00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 1: with Americans dying on a daily basis. 456 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 2: Look, I think that's right, and and and I'll point 457 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,400 Speaker 2: out also that there is a clear precedent for this. 458 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 2: When George W. Bush was president, you had the nation 459 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 2: of Columbia just racked by drug cartels, the Mediine cartel, 460 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 2: the Colleague cartel. And the result of these cartels is 461 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:20,120 Speaker 2: crime in Colombia was out of control. The murder rate 462 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 2: was out of control. You had acts of terrorism, uh 463 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:28,159 Speaker 2: that that that were attacking and and and the cartels 464 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:32,679 Speaker 2: were murdering, were blowing up, We're shooting uh police officers 465 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 2: and judges and and elected officials and mayors and and 466 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:39,199 Speaker 2: and it was really in bad shape. And and and 467 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 2: the people of Columbia elected President Eurebe as the President 468 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:47,200 Speaker 2: of Columbia, and he asked President George W. Bush, will 469 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 2: you help us? And and and Bush launched what was 470 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:54,959 Speaker 2: called Plan Colombia. Planned Columbia, sent the military in and 471 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 2: just decimated the cartels. It turns out our military is 472 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 2: really good at and the bad guys. And we did so, 473 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 2: and it ended up turning Columbia around. It made a 474 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 2: massive difference in the nation of Columbia. So our military 475 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:14,200 Speaker 2: knows how to do this. There's clear precedent with some 476 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:20,119 Speaker 2: of these. With some of these cartels, we will be 477 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:24,719 Speaker 2: asked in by the governments with open arms. In other instances, 478 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 2: you may have elected officials and governments that resist America 479 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 2: coming in. That becomes more complicated. The United States has 480 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 2: acted against terrorists and foreign nations, even when the sovereign 481 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 2: government is less than thrilled about that. But it's more 482 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 2: complicated if the government is asking us not to. But 483 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 2: but it is nonetheless how exactly the Trump administration navigates 484 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 2: that that will be an open question over the next 485 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 2: three years. But I got to tell you this, if 486 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:55,639 Speaker 2: you're a Mexican drug lord, if you're a drug lord anywhere, 487 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 2: particularly in one of these gangs that has been designated 488 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:03,359 Speaker 2: a terrorist organization by the President. I would sleep with 489 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:07,119 Speaker 2: one eye open, because you know, a predator drone is 490 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 2: really good at making things go boom in the night. 491 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:14,160 Speaker 2: And I think the terrorist and the drug cartels are 492 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,440 Speaker 2: all sleeping a lot less comfortable right now. 493 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 1: Aim into that. And they have not had to worry 494 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 1: about this threat in my entire lifetime, and I think 495 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:26,640 Speaker 1: that's another part of this story where they've never been 496 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,679 Speaker 1: treated the way that now the President's treating them, and 497 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 1: the American people are clearly behind this. This is two 498 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:34,840 Speaker 1: major examples of the President promising law and order and 499 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,920 Speaker 1: national security and safety, and he's definitely backing it up. 500 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 1: Don't forget. We do this show Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 501 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 1: so hit that subscriber auto download button. 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