1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:01,840 Speaker 1: Welcome. 2 00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:04,920 Speaker 2: It is a Verdict with Ted Cruz Weekend Review. Ben 3 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 2: Ferguson with you. And these are the big stories that 4 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 2: you may have missed that we talked about this week. 5 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 2: Number one the big story of the week, Donald Trump 6 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 2: voters and those that consider themselves MAGA supporters are now 7 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:22,120 Speaker 2: going to be targeted by the FBI in a shocking 8 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 2: new minimum. The federal government believes that the quote threat 9 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 2: of violence and major civil disturbances from MAGA supporters is 10 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 2: so great that they have created a new category of 11 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 2: extremists that it seeks to quote track and counter. Who 12 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 2: are they tracking? 13 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 3: You? 14 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 2: And Donald Trump's army of MAGA followers. Number two Crime 15 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 2: in America out of control, but this time it's affecting Democrats, 16 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:56,279 Speaker 2: including one congressman that was carjacked. And finally, we had 17 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 2: a very interesting Q and a Senator Ted Cruz at 18 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 2: the Texas Youth Summit. I want you to hear some 19 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 2: of the brilliant questions that were asked of the senator. 20 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 2: It is the Weekend Review with Ted Cruz and it 21 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 2: starts right now. There is now intel that shows that 22 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 2: MAGA Republicans, Donald Trump's supporters will be targeted by the FBI. 23 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:25,559 Speaker 2: As the twenty twenty four election nears, Newsweek is now 24 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 2: reporting on this and Biden to go back tweeted in 25 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 2: September of last year quote Donald Trump and maga Republicans 26 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 2: are a threat to the very soul of this country. 27 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 2: The very soul of this country, Chris. FBI director chrispher 28 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 2: Ray and sworn testimony said it's not just Trump supporters. 29 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 2: Early this year, he said, House Republicans say the FBI 30 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 2: document that they've obtained proved that several field offices contributed 31 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 2: to a memo that targeted traditional Catholics. We talked about 32 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 2: this extensively on this show as potential tarists and tried 33 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 2: to turn and parishioners on their fellow church goers. So, 34 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 2: if you just look at the last year, parents who 35 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 2: show up at school board meetings are to be labeled 36 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 2: domestic terrorists. The FBI was spending time recruiting people in 37 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 2: the Catholic church to spy on their friends and family. 38 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 2: And now we are being told that heading into the 39 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 2: twenty twenty four election, that if you are a Donald 40 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 2: Trump follower supporter, that you may be now monitored or 41 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 2: targeted by the FBI. 42 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 3: Well, that's exactly right, and part of the challenge s 43 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 3: heare like, for example, you focused on the FBI's targeting 44 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 3: of traditional Catholics, which they rightly got enormous grief because 45 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 3: they were talking about infiltrating Catholic churches and trying to 46 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 3: get priests to spy on their parishioners and become FBI 47 00:02:55,200 --> 00:03:00,040 Speaker 3: informants to inform on the members of their church. So 48 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 3: initially the FBI said, oh, that was a rogue office 49 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 3: down in Richmond, Virginia, it's not a broader problem. 50 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 4: Now that they've admitted that it. 51 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 3: Was multiple offices that participated in that this was a 52 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 3: much broader effort to target traditional Catholics. And the same 53 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 3: is true with the targeting of Donald Trump's supporters. You know, 54 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 3: even this language, so you can tell someone did a 55 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 3: focus group on the Democrat side and they discovered the 56 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 3: phrase maga Republican. They're going to brand that that like 57 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 3: magi by the way, Maga republican, and their definition they 58 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 3: mean everybody. They literally mean every Republican is a maga Republican. 59 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 3: And then they just think the word maga is really 60 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 3: scary and they claim that if you are a maga 61 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 3: Republican is defined as a Republican who voted for Donald Trump. 62 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 3: So you know, seventy five to eighty million Americans are defined, 63 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 3: according to this White House potential terrorists as threats to democracy. 64 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:07,119 Speaker 4: And this is how Democrats have become radicalized. 65 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 3: They now say, if you dare vote against Democrats, you 66 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 3: are a threat to democracy. Just understand, every time Democrats 67 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 3: use the word democracy, what they mean is me, I'm 68 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:25,160 Speaker 3: a Democrat. I want to get elected, and anything that 69 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 3: stands in my way is a quote threat to democracy. 70 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 3: They don't actually want that. They don't actually want real 71 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 3: democracy if it elects Republicans. What they want is Democrats 72 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 3: to be in power forever. And by the way, this 73 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 3: is intimately connected to their lawlessness on the southern border, 74 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 3: because the reason they've allowed seven point six million illegal 75 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 3: immigrants into the country is because they want to subvert 76 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 3: democracy by getting them to vote for Democrats and keep 77 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 3: Democrats in power. 78 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,279 Speaker 2: Sinri I also think we should bring up in the 79 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 2: Newsweek article it says that if you voted for Donald Trump, 80 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 2: the government will track you. 81 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 3: Well, that's right, and in June of this year, the 82 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 3: FBI and the Department of Homeland Security filed a joint 83 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:20,799 Speaker 3: report with Congress, and what they say in that joint 84 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 3: report is they say, quote threats from domestic violent extremists 85 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 3: have increased in the last two years, and any further 86 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 3: increases in threats likely will correspond to potential flash points 87 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 3: such as high profile elections and campaigns or contentious current events. 88 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 3: So they're saying terrorists are associated with high profile elections. 89 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 3: And just to make sure there's no ambiguity that they're 90 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 3: not talking about Antifa, they're not talking about left wing terrorists. 91 00:05:54,800 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 3: They are focused on Republicans. Here's what the report concludes. 92 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 3: Quote socio political developments such as narratives of fraud in 93 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 3: the recent general election, conditions related to the COVID nineteen pandemic, 94 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 3: and conspiracy theories promoting violence will almost certainly spur some 95 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 3: domestic terrorists to try to engage in violence. Now, everything 96 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 3: they list there they associate with Republicans. And notice they 97 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 3: say COVID. So if you don't like lockdowns, you're a terrorist. 98 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 3: If you don't like forced maskings, you're a terrorist. If 99 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 3: you don't like vaccine mandates, you're a terrorist. If you're 100 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 3: concerned about the potential health negative effects of forced vaccines 101 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 3: of the COVID vaccines. You're a terrorist. That is the narrative. 102 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 3: Anyone that disagrees with the regime they now define as 103 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 3: a violent extremist, And amazingly enough, left wing violence in 104 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 3: their narrative doesn't exist. So black lives matter, not a 105 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 3: word about that. Antifa, not a word about them, the 106 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 3: efforts targeting. Look, we've got now violent riots that are 107 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 3: playing out right now in cities like Philadelphia, where they're 108 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 3: ransacking and looting stores, where they're attacking police officers. That 109 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 3: is not violent extremism. If you're a leftist, that's okay, 110 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 3: that's that's wonderful. That is beautiful social protest to burn 111 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 3: American cities. But yet, if if you're if you don't 112 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 3: want to see America locked down again on COVID, clearly 113 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 3: you're a terrorist. 114 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 2: Final question to you, I think we should give it 115 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 2: A quick update on that speakership and the House vote 116 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 2: kind of risen to the top at this point. He 117 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 2: said he's willing to be the speaker that would be. 118 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 2: And if you missed our interview with him, a two 119 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 2: part series on the Hunter Byden Investigation, go back and 120 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 2: listen to it. He's phenomenal on this issue. Talk about 121 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 2: the timeline now of when we expect the House side 122 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 2: to take this up, of deciding again who's going to 123 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 2: be the speaker. 124 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 3: Well, my understanding is the House is going to vote 125 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 3: on speaker next week and then I expect it to 126 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:17,119 Speaker 3: be a roller coaster ride. 127 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 4: I mean, you remember back in January we had a roller. 128 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 3: Coaster ride of over a dozen different ballots before Kevin 129 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 3: McCarthy was elected Speaker, and it was very narrow. It 130 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 3: may well be a similar battle at this point. There 131 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 3: are several contenders that are talking about running. Two have 132 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 3: announced publicly. One is Steve Scalise. Steve Scalise is the 133 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 3: Majority leader, was Kevin McCarthy's number two. Steve is generally 134 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 3: perceived to be more conservative than McCarthy, and so Steve 135 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 3: is running as the candidate that can unify both the 136 00:08:56,080 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 3: moderates in the Republican Conference and all so some of 137 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 3: the conservatives. A second candidate who's running, as you noted 138 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 3: as Jim Jordan. Jim Jordan was one of the original 139 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 3: founders of the Freedom Caucus. He is a prominent and 140 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 3: well known conservative. The media is deeply skeptical of Jim Jordan, 141 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 3: and they say he's too conservative to get elected and 142 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 3: the moderates will never support him. 143 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 4: I don't know if that's true or not. 144 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:26,680 Speaker 3: There is also discussion that Kevin Hearn, who is a 145 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 3: Republican from Oklahoma, that he may run. 146 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 4: Kevin is a good man. 147 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 3: It's not clear if he will, although there have been 148 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 3: reports that he's telling other Republicans he's looking at the 149 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:41,320 Speaker 3: race seriously. And then there's been some chatter that Chip 150 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 3: Roy might run. I don't know if Chip will run 151 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 3: or not. At this point, neither Kevin nor Chip are 152 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 3: in the race, but next week they might both be 153 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 3: in the race, and and I don't know if yet 154 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 3: another Republican might jump in. So I think it will 155 00:09:55,600 --> 00:10:00,199 Speaker 3: be vigorously contested. I'm sure there's there is. There's a 156 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:02,599 Speaker 3: lot of horse trading going on right now. There's a 157 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 3: lot of negotiations going on right now. What's striking is 158 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 3: that each of the potential candidates went and met with 159 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 3: the Texas delegation. The reason they met with the Texas 160 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:17,600 Speaker 3: delegation is Texas is the largest contingent of House Republicans, 161 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 3: and so you've got the biggest block of votes, Particularly 162 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 3: if the Texas delegation votes together. It's not clear that 163 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 3: they will, but they might, and so at this point 164 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 3: I don't know what will happen. My intention is to 165 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 3: stay out of it and to leave leadership elections to 166 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:34,679 Speaker 3: House Republicans. 167 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 4: But the answer as to who comes. 168 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 3: Out of it is going to matter quite a bit, 169 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 3: and so we will certainly watch with interest and continue 170 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 3: to provide the best analysis we can. 171 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 2: Now, if you want to hear the rest of this conversation, 172 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,679 Speaker 2: you can go back and listen to the full podcast 173 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 2: from earlier this week. 174 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 1: Now onto story number. 175 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 2: Two, I want to move to something else that obviously 176 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:00,560 Speaker 2: got pushed back in the headlines, but it still is important. 177 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 2: The crime wave that we're seeing is not just sweeping 178 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 2: the nation, but now it's affecting democratic leaders and leaders 179 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 2: in the liberal movement like we haven't seen before, and 180 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:14,439 Speaker 2: it's happening way more often. I'll give you an example. 181 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 2: You have a Democratic representative, Henry Queller, who was carjacked 182 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 2: at gunpoint in DC. This comes as in just the past, 183 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 2: well it was in a twenty four hour period. You 184 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 2: had a liberal gay reporter that was shot and killed 185 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,199 Speaker 2: in his home in Philly. You had a far left 186 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 2: activist that was stabbed to death by a deranged stranger 187 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 2: in Brooklyn in front of his girlfriend. You had this 188 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 2: Democratic congressman who was carjacked at gunpoint in DC by 189 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 2: four African American men. And yet we have Democrats who 190 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:50,439 Speaker 2: have a soft on crime policies that aren't just hurting 191 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:53,199 Speaker 2: their neighborhoods that I mentioned these different spots, but it's 192 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 2: hurting people in Texas as well. And almost every House 193 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:01,839 Speaker 2: Democrat voted against the Republican efforts to stop the DC 194 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 2: Week on Crime bill, which specifically would have reduced carjacking penalties. 195 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:12,680 Speaker 2: This is something that the Democrats, I mean they voted 196 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 2: for its. Aldred for example, voted with the Dems on 197 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 2: this one. It's shocking to me. 198 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 3: Well, listen, crime is out of control in this country, 199 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 3: and it's an issue that has people understandably very concerned. 200 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:28,839 Speaker 3: I watched tonight the video of the liberal activist in 201 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:32,079 Speaker 3: New York at four the morning being stabbed to death 202 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:34,200 Speaker 3: on the streets of New York by a guy that 203 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:35,679 Speaker 3: certainly appears deranged. 204 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 4: It was horrific to watch. 205 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 3: You're right, the news of the left wing journalist in 206 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 3: Philadelphia who was shot. I think seven times in his 207 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,959 Speaker 3: own home and killed in the past few days. And 208 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 3: Henry Quaar. Look, Henry Quayar is a Democrat congressman from Texas. 209 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 3: I know Henry well. Henry represents Laredo up to San Antonio. 210 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 3: Henry is the most conservative of the Texas Democrats. 211 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:00,199 Speaker 1: I worked hand in. 212 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 3: Hand with Henry, for example, on the Texas Bridges. We've 213 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 3: talked on this podcast before about four bridges from Texas 214 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 3: to Mexico that Henry and I teamed up in and 215 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 3: won big legislative victories to build new bridges to Mexico 216 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 3: for legal commerce, to expand bridges. Henry, as I said, 217 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 3: is by far the most conservative of the Texas Democrats. 218 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 1: Well, in the. 219 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 3: Last couple of days, Henry was coming to his apartment 220 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 3: in DC. It was nine thirty at night and he 221 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:29,439 Speaker 3: was getting out of his car and it was carjacked. 222 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 3: He was carjacked by four individuals. They put a gun 223 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 3: in his face, they stole the car, they stole his luggage. 224 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 3: Presumably I haven't spoken to Henry since it happened, but 225 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 3: you have to assume that with a gun in his face, 226 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 3: he was afraid for his life. I mean, that is frightening. 227 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 3: My understanding is Henry lives at an apartment building where 228 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 3: there were multiple members of Congress who lived there. That 229 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 3: there are apparently multiple members of congressional leadership who live there, 230 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 3: which means there are a lot of Capitol police around there. 231 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:00,160 Speaker 3: And at nine to thirty at night, he was carjacked 232 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 3: on the streets of DC, and then that reflects the 233 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 3: crime wave that is sweeping this country. Now, the DC 234 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 3: City Council, which is populated by left wing Democrats, they 235 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 3: voted to lower the penalties for violent crimes, including carjackings. 236 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 3: In particular, they voted to lower the sentence from twenty 237 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 3: one years to seven years, and they voted to lower 238 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 3: the sentence from forty years if armed to fifteen years. 239 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 3: And under the revised code, carjacking is now divided into 240 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 3: three gradations dependent on severity, with the lowest penalties for 241 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 3: an unarmed defense ranging from four to eighteen years and 242 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 3: the highest penalties from an armed defense ranging from twelve 243 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 3: to twenty four years. Now in the Congress, thankfully, the 244 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 3: Congress has the ability to rescind any legislation in the 245 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 3: District of Columbia. The reason for that is the Constitution 246 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 3: gives Congress total authority over DC. Unlike a state. We 247 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 3: can't rescind laws in Texas or any other state. But 248 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 3: d C is a federal district in Congress has plenary 249 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 3: authority over it. And so in Congress we voted to 250 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 3: rescind these softened crime laws that lessen the penalties for 251 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 3: violent crimes. And the results are horrific, as we're seeing carjacking, murders, 252 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 3: crime rates skyrocketing in d C and all across the country. 253 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 2: You also have the White House, who was asked about 254 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 2: part of this, and I want to play that for everybody. 255 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 2: Take a listen. 256 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 5: If a member of Congress is not safe on the 257 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 5: streets of the nation's capital, who is. 258 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 6: Look, we're grateful and relieved that the congressman is unharmed. 259 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 6: We understand what communities are going through across the country, 260 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 6: not just in DC. That's why the President took action 261 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 6: very early on in his administration to get the American 262 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 6: Rescue Plan done without the help of Republicans. That's why 263 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 6: every time he puts forward his budget, make sure there 264 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 6: are billions of dollars to deal with crime. 265 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 4: That's just a fact. 266 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 6: All you got to look is what the president has 267 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 6: been able to do this past two years. There's always 268 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 6: going to be work, more work to be done, But 269 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 6: the fact is the president has taken action. 270 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 2: He hasn't taken action, He's done the opposite of that. 271 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:19,080 Speaker 1: She didn't have an answer to that. Holy crap. 272 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 3: If a Democrat congressman is getting carjacked on the streets 273 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 3: of DC at nine thirty pm, what the heck is 274 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 3: the answer? And she's like, no, no, no, no, no, I'm not 275 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 3: going to answer that. And what was her answer? Well, 276 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 3: you know, Joe Biden spending a ton of money, mind you, 277 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 3: not actually putting criminals in jail, not supporting police, not 278 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 3: doing anything to stop crime. But he's shoveling a whole 279 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 3: lot of cash at Democrat special interest groups. He's shoveling 280 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 3: a whole lot of cash at deficit spending that's causing 281 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 3: rampant inflation. That is her answer. It's an utter non sequitur. 282 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 3: And by the way, it's not just Henry quaar Angie Craig, 283 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 3: who is a Democrat Member of Congress from Minnesota, was 284 00:16:56,880 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 3: assaulted in the apartment of her DC her DC apartment 285 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 3: in February of this year. 286 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:04,880 Speaker 1: And this is a. 287 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 3: Pattern that is happening over and over and over again. 288 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:11,719 Speaker 3: Let me give you some stats. Carjackings in DC are 289 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 3: up one hundred and nine percent, robberies are up sixty 290 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 3: eight percent, theft is up twenty two percent, homicides are 291 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 3: up thirty eight percent, and the city is on pace 292 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:32,120 Speaker 3: for the deadliest year in two decades. Not only that, 293 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 3: nine of the top ten cities with the highest homicide 294 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 3: rights are run by Democrats. Twenty seven of the top 295 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 3: thirty cities with the highest murder rates are run by Democrats. 296 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 3: This is a pattern, and you're saying Kareem John Pierre 297 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:53,680 Speaker 3: and the Biden White House utterly dodging responsibilities for their 298 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 3: soft on crime policies that are endangering people all across 299 00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 3: the country. 300 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 2: One to ask question for you, will Democrats move on this? 301 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 2: Because even the White House Presidenttery was asked a question 302 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 2: of follow up where she could have kind of gotten 303 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 2: a redo. I got to play it. It's too good, 304 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 2: not too If. 305 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 5: President Biden's policies are helping bring crime down, would he 306 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 5: be comfortable with somebody borrowing his corvette and parking it 307 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 5: on the street overnight in Southeast DC. 308 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 6: I'm not gonna get into hypotheticals. I'm just gonna get 309 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,160 Speaker 6: into the facts about what this president has done. 310 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 4: In this president, I mean, she's still screwed it up. 311 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 3: Look, of course not nobody. Would you park your corvette 312 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 3: on the street. It's gonna get robbed, it's gonna get 313 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,680 Speaker 3: broken into, it's gonna get keyed, it's gonna get vandalized. 314 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 3: She can't answer that question, and so you know what 315 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:43,639 Speaker 3: she's counting on. Look, that was a question from Fox News, 316 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:48,199 Speaker 3: So Fox'll cover it. Ben, you worked for years at CNN. 317 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 3: Did CNN cover that exchange? 318 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:50,160 Speaker 7: Hell? 319 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 3: No, MSNBC, no, ABC, NBCCBS, Nope. 320 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:57,479 Speaker 1: They know that. 321 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 3: The corporate media, they are the puppets for the administration. 322 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 3: They are the propagandists for the administration. They will repeat 323 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 3: the regime line. And so look, any sane person would 324 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:14,679 Speaker 3: say no to the question would you be happy with 325 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 3: your your classic corvette parked on the streets of DC? 326 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 3: Of course not, because crime is out of control and 327 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 3: the problem is Look, let me underscore that again. When 328 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,400 Speaker 3: the DC City Council looked at skyrocketing crime rates and said, 329 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 3: you know what, the answer here is, let's lower the 330 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:37,479 Speaker 3: penalties on violent crime. That's the best solution. We've got 331 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 3: too many murderers, too many murders, too many carjackings. Let's 332 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:44,920 Speaker 3: send people to jail for shorter times for murder and carjacking. 333 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:48,679 Speaker 3: That's a great idea. In Congress, thankfully we overturn that. 334 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 3: In the House. Every single House Democrat except two, the 335 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 3: Saint DII Gonzalez, a Texan and Henry quay are at Ti, Texan, 336 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:02,719 Speaker 3: who was just carjacked in the last forty eight hours, 337 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 3: are the only two who voted no. That means every 338 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 3: other House Democrat, if you can think of a House Democrat, 339 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:14,119 Speaker 3: they voted in favor of lessening the penalties on carjackers 340 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,119 Speaker 3: and on murderers. Why do you think crime is out 341 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 3: of control? 342 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a Democratic party and this is certainly going 343 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:21,879 Speaker 2: to be an issue with the presidential election. 344 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,399 Speaker 3: Dark for Ben ben hold On. Before we wrap up, 345 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 3: I want to ask you a final question. 346 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 1: I'm ready. 347 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 3: If you're standing by a doorway and you see a 348 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 3: little red box that is three inches by four inches 349 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,879 Speaker 3: and it says the word fire on it and it 350 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,439 Speaker 3: says pull this for the fire alarm. My question to 351 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:41,920 Speaker 3: you is is that a doorknob. 352 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:44,199 Speaker 2: That is not a doorknob, and that is not a 353 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:45,400 Speaker 2: way to exit the building. 354 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 1: But how do you know, how do you know? Ben? 355 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 4: Seriously? 356 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:50,640 Speaker 1: I mean, look, it's not like. 357 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 2: That insurrectionism one oh one, right, Like, don't you immediately 358 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 2: lock that person up forever? 359 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 3: Well, let me ask you this. It's not like you 360 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 3: were a high school principal. It's not like you were 361 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:02,880 Speaker 3: a high school principal in a high school that had 362 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 3: fire alarms. It's not like you were a high school 363 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 3: principal in a high school that had fire alarms, that 364 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 3: had a policy that said, if you a student pulls 365 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:14,159 Speaker 3: the fire alarm, you will be expelled. Jamal Bowman, the 366 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 3: Democrat congressman, was a principal at a high school that 367 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:20,160 Speaker 3: had a policy that if you, Ben Ferguson, a student 368 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 3: in his high school, pulled the fire alarm, you would 369 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:25,640 Speaker 3: be expelled. And yet what did Jamal Bowman do, Oh, 370 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 3: I'm gonna pull the fire alarm because I want to 371 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 3: stop the Republican vote. And why is it? His claim? 372 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:36,439 Speaker 3: If you believe him, his defense is, I'm dumber than 373 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:38,680 Speaker 3: a box of rocks, and I think a fire alarm 374 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 3: is a doorknob. That is his defense. And that's the 375 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 3: best interpretation he can hope for. 376 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:45,680 Speaker 2: By the way, I have to ask now, because you 377 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 2: brought it up, if a Republican would have done that, 378 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 2: how fast would they have been kicked out of Congress? 379 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 2: And would they have a mug shot at this point? 380 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 3: To be honest, I don't think they'd be kicked out 381 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,200 Speaker 3: of Congress, but I think they might have a mug shot. 382 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 3: And my guess is, look, kicking people out of Congress 383 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 3: is pretty severe. My guess is the votes won't be 384 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 3: there for that. My prediction is they will censure him. 385 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 3: I think the votes will be there for censuring him. 386 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 3: But it is a criminal offense in the district of 387 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,439 Speaker 3: Columbia to pull a fire alarm fraudulently, and he is 388 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 3: on video doing that, But he is counting on the 389 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,919 Speaker 3: corporate media to ignore the fact that he was willing 390 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,239 Speaker 3: to pull a fire alarm to try to stop the 391 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,440 Speaker 3: Congress from voting on a provision that he didn't like, which, 392 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 3: mind you, was a provision to fund the government, and 393 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 3: he wanted to force a government shut down, so he 394 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 3: pulled a fire alarm to cause it to happen. But again, 395 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 3: he knew the corporate media would cover for him. 396 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,159 Speaker 1: And they're doing it right now as before. 397 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 2: If you want to hear the rest of this conversation 398 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 2: on this topic, you can go back and dow the 399 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 2: podcast from earlier this week to hear the entire thing. 400 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 2: I want to get back to the big story number 401 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,479 Speaker 2: three of the week. You may have missed, Senaer. You're 402 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:01,119 Speaker 2: gonna love this. The t shirts the Texas Use Summit 403 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:05,199 Speaker 2: are don't tread on Me, which is awesome. And our 404 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 2: next question is coming from someone that has that T 405 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 2: shirt and I love it. Well done. 406 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 7: Hello, Senator Cruz. My name is Jenna. I go to 407 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 7: U of H here and I work at a tax 408 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 7: from as a tax consultant, and the tax deadline is 409 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 7: coming up October eighteenth, and I was wondering how the 410 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 7: government shutdown is going to affect the IRS and the 411 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 7: accounting industry regarding that deadline that's coming up, and if 412 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:30,159 Speaker 7: you could explain kind of what's going to have. 413 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, look, that's a very good question, and I expect 414 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 3: that if the shutdown goes long and it could easily 415 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:39,680 Speaker 3: go a month. The last one was thirty five days 416 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,879 Speaker 3: and twenty nineteen, the Schumer shutdown, it could easily go 417 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 3: a month. What it would mean as a practical matter, 418 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 3: is that much of the manpower at the IRS that 419 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 3: would be available to assist you, that would be available 420 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 3: to process returns, that would be available to answer questions, 421 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 3: much of that man power is not going to be there. 422 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:01,760 Speaker 3: They will keep essential workers, and it's up to eat 423 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:06,439 Speaker 3: each agency to decide who is essential. But things like 424 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 3: customer service almost always get deemed non essential, and you 425 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 3: end up with a significantly reduced workforce. 426 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 1: And so you're. 427 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 3: Working at a private firm, that that's going to mean 428 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 3: that your clients are going to need your advice more 429 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:25,720 Speaker 3: significantly because the IRS is going to be less available 430 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,159 Speaker 3: to be responsive, even less than they normally are. 431 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 2: Let's take a question from over here. 432 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,239 Speaker 7: Hi, Senator Cruz, my name is Helen and I'm from 433 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:37,479 Speaker 7: the Woodlands. My question to you is are you in 434 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:40,880 Speaker 7: favor of the age and term limits to be elected 435 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 7: for Senate and Congress? 436 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 3: Thank you, Helen, Thank you for that question. So let 437 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 3: me break them down one at a time. You asked 438 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 3: about age limits and term limits. On age limits, the 439 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,439 Speaker 3: only age limit we have for the Senate is the Constitution. 440 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:56,880 Speaker 1: So the Constitution. 441 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 3: Provides that you have to be twenty five years old 442 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:01,879 Speaker 3: to be elected to the House Representatives. You have to 443 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:04,439 Speaker 3: be thirty years old to be elected to the Senate, 444 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:06,439 Speaker 3: and you have to be thirty five years old to 445 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 3: be elected president. Other than that, there are currently no 446 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 3: limits when it comes to serving in federal elected office, 447 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 3: and it's one of the reasons why you see so 448 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:17,920 Speaker 3: many people in the Senate who are one hundred and 449 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 3: forty two years old. I have joked, if you ever 450 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,639 Speaker 3: want to feel young, come work in the US Senate, 451 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 3: because the median age is such that I have colleagues 452 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 3: reminiscing about Eisenhower. I mean, it's you know, I feel 453 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:35,920 Speaker 3: like a sprightly young lad in the body in which 454 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 3: I serve. Term limits is something that I emphatically support, 455 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 3: and so I have repeatedly introduced in the Senate a 456 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:51,160 Speaker 3: constitutional amendment to mandate term limits, to limit senators, each 457 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 3: senator to two terms, to limit each House member to 458 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 3: three terms. 459 00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 1: You know, it's interesting. 460 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:00,199 Speaker 3: Term limits was something I supported before I got to 461 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 3: the Senate, but having seen this place firsthand, now I 462 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:07,959 Speaker 3: support it a thousand times more because this place is 463 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 3: the swamp. It is corrupt, and the people who are 464 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 3: here a long time are the worst. You get drawn 465 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 3: in and corrupted by the swamp. And it's both parties. Look, 466 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,640 Speaker 3: the Democrats are bad, but for much of this spending 467 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:24,119 Speaker 3: that is bankrupting the country, we have a uniparty. We 468 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 3: have Republican career politicians who jump in bed with the 469 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:32,280 Speaker 3: Democrats and eagerly spend trillions of dollars. And so term 470 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 3: limits would be a major step to reducing that power 471 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,439 Speaker 3: and reducing that corruption. And it's an amazing thing. If 472 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 3: you look at term limits nationally, over seventy percent of 473 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 3: American support term limits. That's true among Republicans, among Democrats, 474 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 3: and among independents. You see massive majorities supporting term limits. 475 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 3: The one group that doesn't is career politicians. In Washington, 476 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 3: in the Senate, I have zero Democrats who support my 477 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:02,200 Speaker 3: term limits amendment. 478 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 1: Every one of the Democrats is opposed to it. 479 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 3: And I've chaired I used to be chairman of the 480 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:12,119 Speaker 3: Constitution's Subcommittee, the Senate Judiciary Committee. I chaired a hearing 481 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,680 Speaker 3: on term limits, brought in witnesses to talk about term limits. 482 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:20,240 Speaker 3: And the reality is in the Senate, the young guys 483 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 3: support my term limits amendments, and none of the longtime 484 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 3: career politicians do. 485 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 1: And that's why neither. 486 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:30,680 Speaker 3: Chuck Schumer nor Mitch McConnell wants term limits to get 487 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,199 Speaker 3: a vote on the Senate floor because they oppose it 488 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:35,399 Speaker 3: that much. So I've been fighting, but I have not 489 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,359 Speaker 3: been able to get it on the floor because Schumer 490 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 3: and McConnell control what gets on the floor. 491 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,160 Speaker 1: Let's get a question on this set over here. 492 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,760 Speaker 8: How do you My name is Chad. I' miss sophomore 493 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:49,040 Speaker 8: in Houston, and I wanted to ask how Congress can 494 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 8: get back some tenth moment rights to the Satan people 495 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 8: after events like nine to eleven and COVID have taken 496 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 8: it away and given it to the federal government. 497 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 3: Look, that is a fantastic question if you look at 498 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,680 Speaker 3: the Bill of Rights and you asked about the tenth Amendment. 499 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 3: When I was in college, I wrote my senior thesis 500 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 3: on the ninth and tenth Amendments to the Constitution. 501 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 1: And I'll tell you a little bit. 502 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:14,199 Speaker 3: Of the history of why they're written, and then I 503 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 3: will get straight to your question. But originally the Constitution 504 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,399 Speaker 3: was written, there was no Bill of Rights. 505 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:21,920 Speaker 1: It was just the Constitution itself. 506 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,160 Speaker 3: And then there was a debate over whether to ratify 507 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,520 Speaker 3: the Constitution, and the two groups there were the federalists 508 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:30,199 Speaker 3: and the anti federalists. And the federalists were advocating, the 509 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 3: Constitution's a good idea, we should ratify it, we should 510 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 3: have it be the organic document forming our government. The 511 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 3: anti federalists, we're arguing against it. And one of the 512 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 3: big arguments the anti federalists had is they said, well, 513 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 3: there's no bill of rights. This is a flawed document 514 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 3: because there's no provision in it protecting our fundamental liberties. 515 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 1: Now, the federalists came. 516 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 3: Back and they said, no, no, no, we don't need a 517 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:56,000 Speaker 3: bill of rights. And the reason the federalists gave is 518 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 3: they said, this is a government of enumerated powers. 519 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 1: If you look at Article one, section. 520 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 3: Eight of the Constitution, Article one establishes the Congress the 521 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:10,240 Speaker 3: legislative function, an Article one, section eight specifies it enumerates 522 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 3: eighteen specific powers that Congress has. And the argument the 523 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:19,479 Speaker 3: federalists said is, look, we don't need to say that 524 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 3: the federal government cannot violate your free speech, cannot violate 525 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:25,880 Speaker 3: your religious liberty, cannot violate your right to keep in 526 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 3: bear arms, because there's nothing in the enumerated powers that 527 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 3: gives the federal government the power to violate those rights. 528 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:36,320 Speaker 3: And so we've already done that by limiting the federal 529 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 3: government's authority initially. Now, the anti federalists came back and 530 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:43,960 Speaker 3: they had lots of arguments, one of which was, well, 531 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:48,520 Speaker 3: there's nothing to stop them from violating those rights within 532 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 3: the enumerated power. 533 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:51,880 Speaker 1: So, for example, one of the enumerated. 534 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 3: Powers is the power to create and maintain post offices. 535 00:29:56,360 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 3: Under the original Constitution, without a Bill of rights, a government, 536 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 3: it could say, the Biden administration will say, we will 537 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:08,760 Speaker 3: only transport letters from Democrats all Republicans. We've decided we 538 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:12,840 Speaker 3: don't want Republicans speaking anymore, so we won't transfer there. 539 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:16,440 Speaker 3: We won't transport their letters. Now, if the government tried 540 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 3: to do that today, that would obviously be an unconstitutional 541 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 3: violation of free speech. Without a Bill of rights, it 542 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:26,480 Speaker 3: would be permissible. I think the anti federalist won that debate. 543 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 3: So we now have a Bill of rights. The first 544 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 3: ten amendments to the Constitution are the Bill of Rights, 545 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:40,720 Speaker 3: and the first eight are protecting specific rights, and then 546 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 3: amendments nine to ten both say Amendment nine says the 547 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 3: enumeration of certain rights in the Bill of Rights shall 548 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 3: not be construed to deny or to disparage other rights. 549 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 1: Retained by the people. 550 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,480 Speaker 3: The Tenth Amendment says the powers not given to the 551 00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 3: federal government are reserved to the states and to the people. Basically, 552 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:08,840 Speaker 3: the ninth and tenth Amendments restate that the Constitution is 553 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 3: a constitution of enumerated powers. In other words, they say, 554 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,680 Speaker 3: even though we just listed these eight Bill of Rights, 555 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:17,560 Speaker 3: we agree that the federal government probably couldn't have done 556 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:21,560 Speaker 3: any of this anyway, but we want Belton suspenders. 557 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 1: And so the question. 558 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 3: I think the Tenth Amendment solves an enormous number of 559 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 3: problems in our country. I think federalism having states decide, 560 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,280 Speaker 3: and I would actually advise you to take a look 561 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:37,440 Speaker 3: at a center at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. It's 562 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:40,520 Speaker 3: called the Center for Tenth Amendment Studies. I started it. 563 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:43,760 Speaker 3: I was the first director, the first leader of the 564 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:48,560 Speaker 3: Center for Tenth Amendment Studies at TPPF, and it's continued 565 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:53,320 Speaker 3: and is ongoing. I agree that at we should put 566 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 3: as much decision making, as much authority as possible at 567 00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 3: the state level, or even better at the local level, 568 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:03,080 Speaker 3: because it's more likely to meet the needs of the 569 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:05,840 Speaker 3: people that are being affected, and it's also more accountable. 570 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:10,160 Speaker 3: You the citizen, are much more able to express your 571 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:14,560 Speaker 3: views and hold accountable local officials and state officials than 572 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:17,560 Speaker 3: some bureaucrat in a windowless office in Washington. 573 00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:17,480 Speaker 5: D C. 574 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 2: Let's get a couple more questions in here on this side. 575 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:25,160 Speaker 9: Go ahead, Hello, Senator Cruz. My name is Mary melvied. 576 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:31,840 Speaker 9: I am eighteen and from Magnolia, Texas. It appears that 577 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:37,200 Speaker 9: Democrats have control of the elections illegally through mules and 578 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:42,440 Speaker 9: in counting ballots. How is our vote even going to matter? 579 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:45,880 Speaker 9: Is there a plate a plan in place for actually 580 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:47,160 Speaker 9: having our votes count? 581 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,080 Speaker 1: Well? Mary, thank you for that question. It's a hugely 582 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:51,960 Speaker 1: important question. 583 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:55,440 Speaker 3: You were right that voter fraud is a real problem, 584 00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:59,480 Speaker 3: and it is a persistent problem. It's a problem that 585 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:02,400 Speaker 3: has been round since the dawn of time, since the 586 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:06,280 Speaker 3: very first elections. I'm convinced that when the caveman sat 587 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:08,360 Speaker 3: got together to vote on who was going to be 588 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:09,640 Speaker 3: Grand Poobah. 589 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:11,600 Speaker 1: Somebody stuffed the ballot box. 590 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:15,440 Speaker 3: That's just human nature that we have crooks, and crooks 591 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:19,880 Speaker 3: try to steal things. So we need to fight against 592 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:24,640 Speaker 3: voter fraud. We need to fight to preserve voter integrity. Now, 593 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:28,400 Speaker 3: the good news is we're in Texas, and Texas the 594 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:34,080 Speaker 3: Texas Legislature has passed legislation, strong legislation designed to prevent 595 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 3: voter fraud. It's not perfect, it still exists, but we 596 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,719 Speaker 3: have tools in place to prevent voter fraud. There are 597 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:44,000 Speaker 3: things like requiring photo ID, which we do in Texas, 598 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 3: that reduces fraud. There are things like prohibiting ballot harvesting, 599 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:53,520 Speaker 3: prohibiting paid political operatives from handling someone else's ballot that 600 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:59,040 Speaker 3: reduces voter fraud significantly. Ballot harvesting invites voter fraud, things 601 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:02,160 Speaker 3: like limiting mail in ballots in Texas. We do so 602 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:07,320 Speaker 3: only unlimited circumstances, typically seniors or people with significant disabilities, 603 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:09,880 Speaker 3: but for the vast majority of Texans. The way you 604 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:12,279 Speaker 3: vote as you go vote in person. We have a 605 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:14,800 Speaker 3: two week period of early voting, so it's actually pretty 606 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:17,640 Speaker 3: easy to vote, but you vote in person. In person 607 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:21,120 Speaker 3: voting reduces the chances of voter fraud. I think we 608 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:24,800 Speaker 3: need to be vigilant fighting against voter fraud. I've spent 609 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:30,080 Speaker 3: twenty plus years fighting against voter fraud at the same time, 610 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:33,360 Speaker 3: if you look nationally, they're blue states, they're purple states 611 00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:36,760 Speaker 3: that they're not going to pass legislation to protect election 612 00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:41,280 Speaker 3: integrity because the Democrats have decided they support voter fraud. 613 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:44,400 Speaker 1: It helps them, and it's the way the world's changed. 614 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:47,680 Speaker 3: Ten years ago, there were Democrats who would work with 615 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:50,320 Speaker 3: you on something like photo ID. There are none today 616 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:55,640 Speaker 3: because they've decided voter fraud is good for them. In 617 00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:58,160 Speaker 3: blue states and purple states, they're not going to change 618 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:02,520 Speaker 3: their laws to stop voter fraud. The good news historically, 619 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:05,720 Speaker 3: voter fraud typically only matters at the margins. 620 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:07,440 Speaker 1: It matters in a close election. 621 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:12,000 Speaker 3: So the answer is, in those blue states and purple states, 622 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:14,080 Speaker 3: we got to win by a big enough margin. 623 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:15,719 Speaker 1: They can't steal the race from us. 624 00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:21,160 Speaker 3: Now that's not fair, it's frustrating, But the alternative is 625 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:22,719 Speaker 3: give up on our country. And I got to tell 626 00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:24,239 Speaker 3: you there are a lot of Democrats, that a lot 627 00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:27,799 Speaker 3: of people of the corporate media that want all of 628 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:30,239 Speaker 3: us to give up on our country. They want conservatives 629 00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:33,360 Speaker 3: to say, well, voter fraud is still there. 630 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:34,759 Speaker 1: So I'm not going to vote to hell with it. 631 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:38,440 Speaker 3: And I'll tell you what if we do that that 632 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:43,400 Speaker 3: becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. Then our country truly is lost. 633 00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:47,239 Speaker 3: And I'll point as a moment of encouragement, look no 634 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:53,239 Speaker 3: further than the state of Virginia. Virginia went for Joe 635 00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:56,120 Speaker 3: Biden by ten points. Virginia has been blue for the 636 00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:59,959 Speaker 3: past decade. Biden won Virginia by ten points. One year later, 637 00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:03,560 Speaker 3: in twenty twenty one, Glen Youngkin, who's a good friend 638 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,880 Speaker 3: of mine, I campaigned with Glenn Youngkin all over Virginia. 639 00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:10,360 Speaker 3: Spent two days barnstorming the state of Virginia with Glenn. 640 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:14,600 Speaker 3: One year after Biden was elected, Glen Youngkin was elected 641 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:18,120 Speaker 3: as a Republican in Virginia. Now, Virginia had not changed 642 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:21,400 Speaker 3: a single voter integrity law. They had the same lousy 643 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:23,520 Speaker 3: election laws they had the year before. 644 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:27,520 Speaker 1: But a whole bunch of moms, moms. 645 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:30,160 Speaker 3: Who had voted for Joe Biden, got ticked off at 646 00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:32,799 Speaker 3: what the schools were doing to our kids, and they 647 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:36,839 Speaker 3: flipped over and voted Republican. That gives us a roadmap 648 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:38,759 Speaker 3: to what we can and I think what we have to. 649 00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:40,120 Speaker 1: Do is in this next election. 650 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:46,279 Speaker 2: As always, thank you for listening to Verdict with Sentner 651 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:48,759 Speaker 2: Ted Cruz Ben Ferguson with you don't forget to deal 652 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:51,080 Speaker 2: with my podcast, and you can listen to my podcast 653 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,080 Speaker 2: every other day you're not listening to Verdict or each 654 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:55,600 Speaker 2: day when you listen to Verdict. Afterwards, I'd love to 655 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:58,719 Speaker 2: have you as a listener to again the Ben Ferguson podcasts, 656 00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:01,200 Speaker 2: and we will see you back here on Monday morning.