1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:01,680 Speaker 1: Welcome. 2 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 2: It is verdict with Senator Ted Kruz Ben Ferguson with 3 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:09,039 Speaker 2: your senator, You've come back from one incredible trip, and 4 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 2: I know that that is something that you have a 5 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 2: lot to talk about with Zelensky having a meeting with him. 6 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 2: But there's also some very important breaking news even before that. 7 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 3: We're going to get to. Well, that's exactly right. I'm 8 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 3: back in America, back in Texas, very glad to be 9 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 3: back home, and there is a lot going on in 10 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 3: the world. Number one, we have what's happening in Israel. 11 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 3: The Daring Rescue, the IDF went in and rescued four 12 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 3: American hostages. Of course, the corporate media went crazy blaming Israel, 13 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 3: and then it was discovered that among the captors that 14 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 3: were holding the hostages was a quote unquote journalist who's 15 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 3: in fact a Hamas terrorist. We're going to break that 16 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:51,480 Speaker 3: down along with the rabidly anti Israel pro Hamas protests 17 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 3: outside of the White House, Joe Biden and the Democrats 18 00:00:54,400 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 3: do nothing as protesters deface monuments and assault law enforcement officers. 19 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 3: On top of that, we're going to get into the 20 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 3: Hunter Biden trial, and in particular, it is now admitted 21 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 3: that the laptop is real. It is accurate. The Biden 22 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:16,759 Speaker 3: administration is arguing that in court, and everyone who lied 23 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 3: about it for week after week and month after month 24 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 3: and year after year crickets from all of them. None 25 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 3: of them are admitting, from James Clapper to Tony Blinken 26 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 3: to all of the president's liars that lied on his behalf, 27 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 3: they're suddenly silent, and of course the media doesn't care. 28 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 3: And then finally we're going to get into the meeting 29 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 3: I had just two days ago with President Zelenski while 30 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 3: we were in France. We sat down and talked about 31 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 3: what's happening in Ukraine. I'm going to tell you about 32 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 3: that as well. 33 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm really excited to hear exactly how that meeting went. 34 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 2: So one of the things that so many of you 35 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 2: that are listening had been a part of, and we 36 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 2: want to say thank you, is helping the people in Israel. 37 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 2: The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is on the 38 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 2: ground right now helping so many people in his that 39 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 2: desperately need your help. There have been a lot of 40 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 2: attacks have taken place even over the last several days, 41 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 2: and the attacks on Israel have increased since October the seventh, 42 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 2: with a Ran and its proxies launching an attack of 43 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,359 Speaker 2: hundreds of drones and missiles. You may remember that news 44 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 2: stories Israel is really in a point where every day 45 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 2: the people there are having to deal with the harsh 46 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 2: reality of terror, and that is by design by these terrorists. 47 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 2: The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is on the 48 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 2: ground now addressing all the urgent needs, and that is 49 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 2: where we're asking for your help. IFCJ is preparing for 50 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,799 Speaker 2: the worst by packing emergency bomb shelter kits that can 51 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 2: be delivered to those that are in desperate need, and 52 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 2: your life saving donation today will help assemble and place 53 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 2: these kits with enough food and life saving emergency supplies 54 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:55,239 Speaker 2: for twenty people huddled in a bomb shelter. The cost 55 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 2: to put together and distribute these kits is two hundred 56 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:02,799 Speaker 2: and ninety dollars. If now will help save lives. Not 57 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 2: only is IFCJ doing this, but they're also helping install 58 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 2: actual bomb shelters because there are not enough in the 59 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 2: different areas that are being hit, and that is another 60 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 2: thing that you can get involved with with IFCJ. 61 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 4: Now. 62 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 2: What we're asking to do is get involved because there 63 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 2: is a matching donor. Yes, it will double your impact 64 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 2: and help provide twice to support. All you have to 65 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 2: do is call IFCJ one eight eight four eight eight 66 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 2: if CJ. That's one eight eight eight four eight eight 67 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 2: if CJ, or go online and give now to support 68 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 2: IFCJ dot org and help the people in Israel that 69 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 2: support IFCJ dot org center. Let's start with Israel and 70 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 2: what has happened there. It is a great victory, especially, 71 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 2: I think just for morale and to know that some 72 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 2: of the hostages are still a live. Israeli officials came 73 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 2: out and said they had a raid. They were able 74 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 2: to free four hostages from two different locations. BB made 75 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 2: it clear, we won't stop until they're all home. 76 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 4: That was his message. 77 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,919 Speaker 3: Well, that's exactly right. The IDF sent in special forces 78 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 3: and they rescued four hostages. This was in Gaza. They 79 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 3: went in and they found them and they got them out. 80 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:32,600 Speaker 3: The four hostages Almagh Mayor John Noah, Argamani, Andre Koslov 81 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 3: and Shlomy Ziv with the four hostages, three men and 82 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 3: a woman. They had been hostages since October seventh, and 83 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 3: the IDF went in they got them out. It is incredible. 84 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 3: That is cause for celebration, but it is also it 85 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 3: really is striking. As soon as it happened, the corporate 86 00:04:55,600 --> 00:05:01,039 Speaker 3: media immediately began attacking who not Amas, attacking Israel, and 87 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 3: their narrative was, well, you shouldn't have killed Palestinians. 88 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: Doing it, and and and they. 89 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 3: Began by saying by focusing on a Gaza journalist, a 90 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 3: Gaza journalist who wrote for Al Jazeera uh and and 91 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 3: who has been a vocal journalist writing on writing on 92 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 3: what is happening in Gaza. He wrote for the Palestine Chronicle, 93 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 3: which is an American five oh one c. Three and 94 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:35,359 Speaker 3: and he was writing regularly. Well, it turns out this 95 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 3: quote unquote journalist also happens to be a Hamas terrorist 96 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 3: who was keeping three hostages in his home for months 97 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 3: upon months upon months. And so yes, he was killed. 98 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,599 Speaker 3: The terrorist was killed when they rescued the hostage from 99 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 3: his house where he was keeping them captive. 100 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 2: You look at the story when it broke, and it's 101 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 2: it's two things that the media, even in this country, 102 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 2: basedly overlooked that were incredibly important. Number One, there were casualties, 103 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:08,160 Speaker 2: because apparently there was munitions in and around the hostages. 104 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 2: And number two, they hid these hostages in a heavily 105 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 2: populated area where people like a quote journalist would be living. 106 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:20,719 Speaker 2: And this was nothing more than human shield So yet 107 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 2: Israel goes in and saves for their own and even 108 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:27,600 Speaker 2: the US media and many different media organizations around the 109 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 2: world started attacking Israel because, as they said, well, and 110 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,359 Speaker 2: it's the people died, Well that is the fault of 111 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 2: Amas for using them as human shields. 112 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 1: Well, that's right. 113 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 5: You know. 114 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 3: On Twitter, there was one doctor from Gaza who tweeted 115 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,839 Speaker 3: out one of the people, the father of the SAMAS 116 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 3: terrorist and journalist, was also killed, and a doctor from 117 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 3: Gaza tweeted out the following red siren quote. Just learn 118 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 3: the heartbreaking news of the martyrdom of one of the 119 00:06:56,240 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 3: finest colleagues I've ever worked with, doctor Ahmed al Jamal 120 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:05,559 Speaker 3: seventy three. He was tragically killed by the Israeli army 121 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:11,680 Speaker 3: during the Nusurat massacre central Gaza strip, which claimed over 122 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 3: two hundred lives and injured hundreds. 123 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: And it's a. 124 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 3: Picture of this older man with a beard holding a baby, 125 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 3: and he's described as one of the finest colleagues he's 126 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 3: ever worked with, except he has this annoying little habit 127 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 3: of keeping hostages in his home. Mind you, he lived there, 128 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 3: so he was complicit in keeping the hostages captive. You 129 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 3: don't have three hostages living in your home in a 130 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 3: dense urban environment without knowing about it, without knowing about it, 131 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 3: withoutout being actively complicit. And yet we saw all of 132 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 3: the corporate media outlets echoing the stories that can you 133 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 3: believe those men Israelis killed an innocent doctor, killed an 134 00:07:56,640 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 3: innocent journalist. It's worth remembering the next time you see 135 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 3: a story being reported from quote journalists in Gaza, you 136 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 3: ought to ask yourself, okay, and is that does that 137 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 3: journalists have hostages in his home? Because that's that's the 138 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 3: environment we're talking about. 139 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 2: Well, and it's not just that I want to paint 140 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 2: a picture here that the media will not paint for you. 141 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 2: Apparently this journalist, it wasn't like he was living by 142 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 2: himself and basically turned his apartment into some military style prison. 143 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 2: He was living with his family there, So not just 144 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 2: did he know that he obviously has these hostages, but 145 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:41,560 Speaker 2: you had to keep them alive, and there was obviously 146 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 2: amas coming and going and not only that you had 147 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:46,079 Speaker 2: his family that knew it as well. 148 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 3: Yep, the quote unquote journalist. His name was Abdallah al Jamal, 149 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:56,839 Speaker 3: and he had three of the hostages there. He had 150 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 3: Al mag Andre and Shlomy. So the three men were 151 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 3: hostages at his home along with his family, and his 152 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 3: family was killed. Well, you know what, if you're willing 153 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 3: to stand guard on hostages, you know people are saying, oh, 154 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 3: this is terrible. I'll give you a real easy way 155 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 3: not to be killed by commandos rescuing hostages. Don't take 156 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 3: hostages and keep them imprisoned in your home. If you 157 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:28,680 Speaker 3: are a terrorist, you should not be surprised that you're 158 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 3: treated as a terrorist. 159 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 2: You look at this story and let's go back to 160 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 2: the bravery and the commitment from Israel and compare and 161 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 2: contrast that and bring this back home to this country. 162 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 2: There used to be and I talked about this extensively 163 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:49,359 Speaker 2: on my show today that if you were an American 164 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,679 Speaker 2: you almost had an invisible bubble around you when you 165 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 2: travel the world. Don't screw with that American, whether it's 166 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 2: in Mexico, whether it's in the Middle East, whether it's 167 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,560 Speaker 2: anywhere in the world. When I traveled abroad in college. 168 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 2: I wasn't worried because I knew I was an American, 169 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 2: and I knew that that gave me another level of 170 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 2: protection from people messing with me, because if you mess 171 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 2: with me, you were messing with the United States of America. 172 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 2: That is gone now, that bubble, as I described it 173 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:21,319 Speaker 2: as completely gone. And the idea that there's still American 174 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 2: citizens being held hostage and we're not hearing about them. 175 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 2: I'm not sure the President could name any of their names. 176 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 2: The White House refuses to bring it up or talk 177 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 2: about it. And you look at what Israel's doing saying 178 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,439 Speaker 2: We're coming for you, and we're going to keep coming 179 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 2: until we get you all back. Where is America's resolved, 180 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 2: for goodness sakes? And where are we with getting our 181 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 2: own citizens back? 182 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 3: Senator, look at it. It's absolutely pitiful. There are five 183 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 3: Americans that are still being held hostage, and the Biden 184 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 3: White House, as far as I can tell, is not 185 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 3: doing a damn thing to try to get them out. 186 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 3: What the Biden White House has done is Nonumber one, 187 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:05,680 Speaker 3: harangue Israel from day one. Number two, blockade weapons from 188 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:10,679 Speaker 3: going to Israel. Number three, send money to Gaza that 189 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:15,840 Speaker 3: goes to Hamas and number four, pressure and use leverage 190 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 3: on Israel to try to get Israel to stop killing 191 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 3: the Hamas terrorists. That's what Biden has done. That's what 192 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 3: this administration has done. Can you imagine Biden's sending in 193 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 3: special forces to rescue American hostages. It's not imaginable because 194 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 3: he wouldn't do it. They're not focused on it. It's 195 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:37,439 Speaker 3: not a priority. Look, I'm going to read you the 196 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:44,199 Speaker 3: story from the Detroit News. In Detroit, Kamala Harris morns 197 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 3: Palestinians killed in Israeli hostage rescue. So that's her message. 198 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 3: The Vice President goes to Detroit. Mind you, dearborn, Michigan 199 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 3: has a huge Muslim population. They're terrified they're going to 200 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:59,679 Speaker 3: lose Michigan, and so they're not worried about American hostages. 201 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 3: Is the Vice President's message. Oh, it is terrible that 202 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 3: these terrorists were killed. And by the way, it is 203 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 3: worth remembering also the next time you hear these numbers 204 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:16,439 Speaker 3: given of civilian casualties, understand every one of these terrorists 205 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:21,840 Speaker 3: who was actually keeping hostages prisoner. They were described in 206 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 3: the early media coverage as civilians. Yeah, great point that 207 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 3: that's the lie. And mind you, these hostages were not 208 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 3: in tunnels, they were not in military outlets, they were 209 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 3: in civilian apartment buildings. I mean Hamas deliberately surrounds hostages, 210 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 3: surrounds its terrorists with civilians, and when the media describes 211 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 3: people as civilians, many of the people the media call 212 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:49,200 Speaker 3: civilians are not. 213 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 2: Will we get any more clarification from the White House 214 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 2: about any of this, like is there a plan? And look, 215 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 2: they always get to hide behind and understand it. There's 216 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 2: many times when you're dealing with the hostage situations like hey, 217 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 2: they go to the families like, hey, please don't do 218 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:10,199 Speaker 2: anything publicly. We're working behind the scenes. You could actually 219 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:13,080 Speaker 2: make things worse. We've seen that with Russia, for example. 220 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 2: They're still an American being held there. But we got 221 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:17,720 Speaker 2: the WNBA star out and the families like we played 222 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 2: by the rules they gave us, which was to be silent, 223 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 2: be quiet. It didn't work, it didn't help, and so 224 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 2: this seems to be the get out of jail free 225 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:31,319 Speaker 2: card for this White House. Consistently, when Americans are held hostage, 226 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 2: well it's we're working the back channels and we really 227 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 2: can't say much publicly, like, at what point does that 228 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:41,720 Speaker 2: answer become unacceptable? And also to the family members who 229 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 2: are sitting there waiting for these updates. 230 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 3: Look, if the Biden White House is doing anything other 231 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 3: than undermining Israel to try to get the American hostages out, 232 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 3: I don't know what it is, and they're doing it silently, 233 00:13:56,280 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 3: but it is difficult to imagine. It's difficult to imagine 234 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 3: this administration doing anything remotely like what Israel carried out. 235 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:12,080 Speaker 3: And you know, you contrast it, you contrast it to 236 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 3: Israel in the Ntegi Raid. 237 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: Now. 238 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 3: Look, sometimes Ben, people ask me, how is it that 239 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 3: a guy who is a Cuban Texan Southern Baptist ended 240 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 3: up as the leading defender of Israel in the United 241 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 3: States Senate. And there are lots of reasons for that, 242 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 3: but it is very much a passion for me, and 243 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:38,920 Speaker 3: it's personal and one of the reasons has to do 244 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 3: with my childhood and growing up. I remember very clearly 245 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 3: the Ntegi raid. It happened in nineteen seventy six. I 246 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 3: was five years old at the time, and Israel went in. 247 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 3: Palestinian terrorist had hijacked a plane full of Israelis and 248 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 3: had taken them to Uganda. And when that happened, Israel 249 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 3: in commandos and rescue the hostages, rescued one hundred and 250 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 3: two hostages. And I mean it was amazing and brave. 251 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 3: And when I was five years old, I was watching 252 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 3: that happen. To me, what it said was that Israel's 253 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 3: philosophy was if you take our citizens hostage, they may die, 254 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 3: but you're going to die. Yeah, And that to me 255 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 3: was a very Texan foreign policy and it's not something 256 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 3: you could imagine Joe Biden capable of. 257 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 2: For people that are curious about one last aspect of 258 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 2: going and getting your people, there seems to be this 259 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 2: new idea. And I saw a lot of this on 260 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 2: social media over the weekend, and I saw people were 261 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 2: writing this. They were like, well, look, America couldn't go 262 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 2: into Gaza. That would be Israel's job to get our 263 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 2: hostages back. So you got to understand that it's not 264 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 2: like America could do anything. Can you explain how absurd 265 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 2: that idea is? 266 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: We get our hostages anywhere in the world? 267 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 2: Okay, so normal, Just so people understand that, because there 268 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 2: actually seems to be a lot of misinformation that if well, 269 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 2: if they're in another country. It's not as simple as 270 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 2: you can just go get them. 271 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 3: Sure, sure you can that That is the job of 272 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 3: the military is to protect Americans, and rescuing American hostages 273 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 3: is a critical responsibility. It can be difficult, but if 274 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 3: you have hostages that are that are taken by terrorists, 275 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 3: by the way, you know, you remember back when when 276 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 3: Jimmy Carter was president and and we had in Iran, 277 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 3: we had American hostages taken and held in captivity for 278 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 3: four hundred and forty four days when the Iranian radical 279 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 3: Islamic terrorists took over the embassy. Jimmy Carter sent a 280 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 3: military force to go attack to try to get the 281 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 3: hostages out, and the military force ended up crashing in 282 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 3: the desert with no opposing fire. 283 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 1: I mean, it was but. 284 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 3: To Carter's credit, he actually tried. I had to go 285 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 3: in and do something. If Joe Biden has done anything 286 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,399 Speaker 3: to try to free those American hostages, he hasn't bothered 287 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,879 Speaker 3: to tell us or anybody in the world about it. 288 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 4: Yeah. 289 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 2: That's and I think that's the biggest concern for so 290 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 2: many Americans right now, is the aspect that we're just 291 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:21,240 Speaker 2: sitting around kind of waiting and letting Israel, in essence, 292 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:23,439 Speaker 2: take the lead here. I hope that we get some 293 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 2: answers or at least some accountability or or pressure on 294 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,879 Speaker 2: this White House. Is there any way that you guys 295 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 2: lastly in Congress can do that. 296 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 3: Well, as we've talked about, I'm going to be forcing 297 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 3: a vote and a vote in the next couple of 298 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:42,679 Speaker 3: weeks on my resolution under the War Powers Act to 299 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 3: defund the gazap Here, and that by using the War 300 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:51,680 Speaker 3: Powers Act I can Schumer can't stop me from getting 301 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:56,399 Speaker 3: a vote. And so look, I would rather force a 302 00:17:56,520 --> 00:18:01,199 Speaker 3: vote on providing military weapons to Israeli meet and stopping 303 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:05,200 Speaker 3: Joe Biden the Democrats from blockading those weapons. But Schumer's 304 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 3: not going to allow that vote. 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You saw an angry 360 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:03,080 Speaker 3: mob that was conducting brazen criminal activity right outside the 361 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:03,679 Speaker 3: White House. 362 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:05,160 Speaker 1: Uh they were. 363 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 3: If they themselves are not actual terrorists, they're certainly supporting terrorists. 364 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:13,680 Speaker 3: They are chanting in support of Hamas. They're carrying signs 365 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 3: saying they support Hamas. Here here take take take a 366 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:19,399 Speaker 3: listen to what they're chanting as they're walking down the 367 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:20,680 Speaker 3: streets outside the White House. 368 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 2: By another now, I mean, sir, this is in front 369 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,880 Speaker 2: of the White House. He has blah, kill another Zionus 370 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 2: now and another part they were saying, kill another soldier 371 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 2: now that this is calling for the extermination of the Jews. 372 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 4: And it's right in front of the White House. 373 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:55,440 Speaker 1: Yeah. 374 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 3: Look, and this is number one. This is now the 375 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,680 Speaker 3: hardcore base of the Democrat Party. These are the voters 376 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:05,639 Speaker 3: that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and Chuck Schumer are 377 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 3: trying to kiss up to and get the votes of. 378 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 3: It's why Kamala Harris went to Michigan and said that 379 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 3: that that that expressed her remorse for the Palestinian terrorists 380 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:20,640 Speaker 3: being killed instead of standing clearly with Israel against Tomas 381 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 3: and and you look at what happened. These people are 382 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 3: claiming to be Hamas, I think we should take them 383 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 3: at their word for it. And they are also committing 384 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:33,760 Speaker 3: brazen crimes. They are defacing monuments. They're the statue of Lafayette, 385 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 3: a great, a great hero, pivotal in the founding of America. 386 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 3: They're spraying, spray painting, Free Gaza, their spray painting, and 387 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 3: they're doing it right out in the open. There was 388 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 3: a law enforcement officer standing outside the statue. They're throwing 389 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,720 Speaker 3: things at him. They're throwing water bottles at him, and 390 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:56,880 Speaker 3: and the stunning thing is all right. DC Metro police 391 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 3: said they made zero protest related arrests at the protest. 392 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 3: US Secret Service told reporters they made no arrests at 393 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 3: the protest. So you can vandalize, you can spray paint, 394 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 3: you can deface public monuments, you can assault police officers, 395 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:22,400 Speaker 3: you can you can call for the murder of Jews, 396 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:28,920 Speaker 3: and there are no consequences in this administration. That's who 397 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 3: they are and this is who they're rooting for and 398 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 3: to be queer. 399 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:35,639 Speaker 2: So people understand, I lived in DC. You're there, you know, 400 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:38,440 Speaker 2: virtually part of every week when you guys are in session, 401 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,360 Speaker 2: I think people needed to understand DC is a very 402 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 2: liberal city run by Democrats, and this is a top 403 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 2: down Whether it was Black Lives Matter, whether it was 404 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:50,679 Speaker 2: sitting at church on fire across from the White House 405 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 2: when Trump was in office, this is the Democratic Party 406 00:23:56,320 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 2: that is basically sanctioning this behavior in saying we will 407 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 2: continue to look the other way because it's complicated. You've 408 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 2: got secret service, it has certain type of jurisdiction, but 409 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 2: it's not in many parts of the streets where a 410 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 2: local police would be, and that's where the Democrats are 411 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 2: in charge. 412 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:18,600 Speaker 3: Well, number one, DC is an overwhelmingly Democrat city. The 413 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:20,440 Speaker 3: mayor is a very left wing Democrat. 414 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: D C voted. 415 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 3: I think it was ninety four percent or ninety six 416 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 3: percent for Joe Biden. So it's almost exclusively a one 417 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:32,879 Speaker 3: party town. And the DC police, the mayor is not 418 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:36,439 Speaker 3: letting them arrest anyone. But on top of that, Lafayette 419 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,919 Speaker 3: Square is under the control of the US Department of 420 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:43,640 Speaker 3: the Interior, so it is the Biden administration. Joe Biden 421 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 3: could direct his administration, the FBI could go out and 422 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:49,679 Speaker 3: arrest these people, and they're not doing it. They're not 423 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:54,080 Speaker 3: doing it because they don't want to offend the people 424 00:24:54,280 --> 00:25:00,199 Speaker 3: chanting hesbela, hesbela, kill another ziotist. The Democrats look at 425 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,120 Speaker 3: that and say, hey, those are the people who's votes 426 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:07,479 Speaker 3: we want. The protest had around nine thousand people in it, 427 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 3: the anti Israel pro Hamas protests. This is a massive 428 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 3: protest outside the White House. How many US Park police 429 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 3: do you think we're assigned to police the nine thousand 430 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 3: person protests. 431 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:24,200 Speaker 4: I'm genuinely curious. I have no idea. 432 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:29,919 Speaker 3: Seventy one, wow, seventy one police officers for nine thousand protesters. 433 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 3: They also park police command staff did not allow the 434 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:38,119 Speaker 3: officers to wear riot gear, so they were not able 435 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 3: to defend themselves from nine thousand protesters, not able to 436 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 3: use the equipment they need, and seventy one officers. This 437 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 3: administration does not want to shut these protests down, and 438 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:53,680 Speaker 3: they look the other way. And by the way, this 439 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 3: is an apartment of justice where, my goodness, if you 440 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 3: pray outside an abortion clinic, they'll come after you with 441 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 3: commandos at your house. If you were standing on the 442 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 3: mall on January sixth singing God bless America, they'll track 443 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 3: you down wherever you are and devote all the resources 444 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,440 Speaker 3: of the Department of Justice. There's video of everyone to 445 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 3: facing these monuments, throwing things at law enforcement, and the 446 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 3: Biden administration is doing zero. Their view is if we 447 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:28,960 Speaker 3: agree with your politics, and tragically today the Democrats agree 448 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:32,879 Speaker 3: with the politics of the people saying hesbeala kill. Another 449 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:36,880 Speaker 3: zionis now, if they agree with your politics, they will 450 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,240 Speaker 3: not arrest you, they will not charge you, they will 451 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 3: not prosecute you, and they will let you break the 452 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,879 Speaker 3: law right in front of them with zero consequences. 453 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:49,639 Speaker 2: I want to move to another domestic issue, and that 454 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:54,120 Speaker 2: is a Hunter Biden trial. This is not a surprise 455 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 2: to any sane person, but we got official, official confirmation 456 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 2: from law enforcement that yes, in fact, the Hunter Biden 457 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:09,640 Speaker 2: laptop is real, which means all of our spies, all 458 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:13,919 Speaker 2: the top people at the CIA and the FBI that 459 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 2: came out and said that this had all the markings 460 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 2: right of Russian disinformation campaign before the last election, they 461 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 2: all knew the laptop was real. They were all lying 462 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,160 Speaker 2: to the American people, and there seems to be zero 463 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 2: accountability for that. 464 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:32,639 Speaker 3: Yeah, look that that is exactly right. So this past 465 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:35,399 Speaker 3: week in the Hunter Biden trial, the Biden Department of 466 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,119 Speaker 3: Justice came in and made the argument to the court 467 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,880 Speaker 3: that the Hunter Biden laptop was real, that it was accurate, 468 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:45,360 Speaker 3: that it had not been been modified, that it had 469 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,920 Speaker 3: not been altered in any way, shape or form. And 470 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 3: actually the media just reported reported matter of fact, ABC, NBCCBS, 471 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 3: Washington Post reported that the laptop showed no evidence of 472 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:01,159 Speaker 3: tampering and was both real and authentic. And none of 473 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:06,040 Speaker 3: those outlets acknowledged that. For years, and especially in the 474 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 3: weeks and months right before the twenty twenty election, they 475 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:11,919 Speaker 3: said over and over and over again. First of all, 476 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:13,920 Speaker 3: they refused to cover it, but to the extent they 477 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,879 Speaker 3: did cover it, they said it was Russian interference and 478 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:20,880 Speaker 3: Russian disinformation. Now the Biden Justice Department just argue, that's 479 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 3: a conspiracy theory. 480 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:27,399 Speaker 1: And yet do you hear anyone calling to. 481 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:33,959 Speaker 3: Calling to accountability, people like Clapper, people like Brennan, people 482 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 3: like Leon Panetta, people like Tony Blink and Tony Blincoln. 483 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 3: The US Secretary of State led the effort to get 484 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:46,720 Speaker 3: fifty one former intelligence officials to sign a letter saying 485 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 3: this had all the hallmarks of Russian disinformation. Now that 486 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:53,560 Speaker 3: was a total lie. It wasn't Russian disinformation. And by 487 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 3: the way, oh no, let's not forget this. Let's remind 488 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:00,200 Speaker 3: people why that letter was so important. It was before 489 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 3: were president of debate and they needed to get out 490 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 3: of jail free. Excuse Yeah, and Biden cited the letter 491 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 3: in the debate. He relied on it. 492 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 1: Here. Take a listen, we're going. 493 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 6: To have it's true about Russia, Ukraine, China, other countries, Iraq. 494 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:18,480 Speaker 6: If this is true, then he's a corrupt politician, right, 495 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 6: So don't give me the stuff about how you're this 496 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:24,719 Speaker 6: innocent baby Joe. They're calling you a corrupt politician. 497 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 4: Nobody. I want to stay on the issue of race. 498 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:30,160 Speaker 4: We're talking about from hill. 499 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 1: President Trump. 500 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 7: We're talking about race right now, and I do want 501 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 7: to stay on the issue of race. President Trump, you 502 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:36,320 Speaker 7: have to respond to that. 503 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 1: Look very cool. 504 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:42,200 Speaker 7: Are fifty former national intelligence folks who said that what 505 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 7: this he's accusing me of is a Russian plant. 506 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 4: They have said that this has all the care. 507 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 7: Four five former heads of the CIA, both parties say 508 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 7: what he's saying is a bunch of garbage. Nobody believes 509 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 7: it except them his and his good friend Rudi Giolli. 510 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:03,440 Speaker 6: You mean the laptop is now another Russia, Russia, Russia hoax. 511 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:08,040 Speaker 4: You that's exactly what, exactly what this is where he's going. 512 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,120 Speaker 1: I want to stay on the issue of race. You 513 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 1: have to here we go again with the Russia. 514 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,200 Speaker 2: We're going to I will, by the way, how the 515 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:19,040 Speaker 2: whole time, the moderators like, we got to move on 516 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:19,320 Speaker 2: from this. 517 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:21,000 Speaker 4: We gotta, we got to move on as fast as 518 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 4: we can. 519 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:25,040 Speaker 3: We don't get any topic about this. Look, I mean, 520 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:28,200 Speaker 3: the the moderators that they might as well wear Biden 521 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:31,720 Speaker 3: campaign hats uh and that that that is just where 522 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 3: the press is and they're even worse now. But but 523 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 3: every word Biden said there was a deliberate lie. And 524 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:40,920 Speaker 3: by the way, Hunter Biden knew was an absolute fact 525 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:45,880 Speaker 3: the laptop was accurate then, which means either Joe Biden 526 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 3: knew as a fact that it was accurate, or if 527 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:50,240 Speaker 3: he didn't know, it's because he didn't want to know 528 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,680 Speaker 3: it he didn't ask his son. Those are the two options. 529 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,800 Speaker 3: So he was lying, and he was he was lying 530 00:30:56,840 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 3: because it helped him politically. And and the person who 531 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 3: organized that letter was Tony Blincoln. The reward for doing that, 532 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:06,640 Speaker 3: Blncoln becomes the US Secretary of state. 533 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 1: That's how important it was. 534 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:10,360 Speaker 4: That letter saved him. I mean, let's be queer. 535 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 2: I don't think he would have been Joe Biden would 536 00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:13,920 Speaker 2: be president now if it wasn't for that letter. 537 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 3: And and it was a flat out lie. And and 538 00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:20,760 Speaker 3: you look at the press, all right, take a listen 539 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:25,479 Speaker 3: to Leslie Stall when she's interviewing Trump and and and 540 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 3: she's making very much the same point. 541 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:28,560 Speaker 4: It's this. 542 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,040 Speaker 5: I think it's one of the biggest scandals I've ever seen. 543 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:34,480 Speaker 5: And you don't cover it. You want to talk about 544 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:38,320 Speaker 5: it because you want to talk about insignificant things. 545 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:39,200 Speaker 4: I'm telling you. 546 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:44,240 Speaker 5: Of course, it can be verified. They found the laptop, Leslie, listen, verified. 547 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:46,960 Speaker 4: What can't be verified? The laptop? 548 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:48,120 Speaker 6: Why you said it? 549 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:54,360 Speaker 5: Even the family hasn't the family on the laptop. He's 550 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 5: gone into hiding for five days. He's gone into hiding. 551 00:31:57,920 --> 00:31:59,440 Speaker 4: He's prepared for your debate. 552 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:01,160 Speaker 5: Let's take them five days to prepare. 553 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:02,320 Speaker 4: I doubt I did. 554 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:06,600 Speaker 2: Okay, So let's get back to the name I will that. 555 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:08,560 Speaker 2: So let's let's just get back to the name calling here. 556 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:10,720 Speaker 2: We're gonna move on. We can't talk about it because. 557 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:11,560 Speaker 1: I've got an agenda. 558 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:15,000 Speaker 3: I've got an agenda and and facts can't get in 559 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:18,160 Speaker 3: the way. Look, Leslie Stall pretends she's a journalist. That's 560 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:22,360 Speaker 3: sixty minutes. That's CBS, and what she's saying it can't 561 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:24,320 Speaker 3: be verified as a flat out live of course it 562 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:28,680 Speaker 3: could be verified. It's called journalism. But CBS had no 563 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:31,480 Speaker 3: interest in doing journalism, nor do they now, you know, 564 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:35,600 Speaker 3: if Leslie Stall she said there, well, well they're busy, 565 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,720 Speaker 3: they're preparing for the debate. So so you can't expect 566 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:43,320 Speaker 3: them to respond to the overwhelming evidence of corruption because 567 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:45,280 Speaker 3: you know, let's get back to the name calling. I'm 568 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:47,960 Speaker 3: busy attacking you, Donald Trump. So so so don't you 569 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,480 Speaker 3: bring up anything that that that that Biden is doing. 570 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,320 Speaker 3: And and you know, look, if if Leslie Stall, if 571 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:56,960 Speaker 3: any journalist had a shred of integrity, they would stand 572 00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,280 Speaker 3: up and say I was totally wrong. What I said 573 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,640 Speaker 3: was false. I didn't do my job, and I apologize. 574 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,920 Speaker 3: She's not gonna do that. None of them are. And 575 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:08,640 Speaker 3: by the way, the people who have signed this letter, 576 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 3: they're not coming back and admitting, Okay, I was completely 577 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 3: full of crap and I lied to the American people 578 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:19,400 Speaker 3: right before an election, and it influenced the election profoundly. 579 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:23,640 Speaker 2: Not just that James Clapper toad Fox, is that he 580 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:25,840 Speaker 2: stands by the letter of the laptop. 581 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:29,280 Speaker 1: You know, the. 582 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:37,560 Speaker 3: Biden intelligence and the Obama intelligence hardcore partisans. Facts have 583 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:41,200 Speaker 3: no bearing for them. 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Now, what matters the 629 00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:58,960 Speaker 2: most to me was was he wearing a suit or 630 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:00,880 Speaker 2: was he still wearing the millilitary fatigues. 631 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:01,840 Speaker 4: I just I got to know. 632 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:04,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, No, he was in the military fatigues. That's what 633 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:05,439 Speaker 3: he wears every day. 634 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:07,640 Speaker 2: Oh man, I mean back in the good old days 635 00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:09,239 Speaker 2: when he was meeting with Trump and you guys, he 636 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,200 Speaker 2: was wearing a suit when he came to ask for money. 637 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:11,680 Speaker 1: Yeah. 638 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,319 Speaker 3: Ever since the war started, he's in the fatigues every day, 639 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:20,320 Speaker 3: and so he was in kind of an olive green sweatshirt. 640 00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:23,279 Speaker 2: So you meet with them, and he's got a bunch 641 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:25,560 Speaker 2: more money, a couple, you know, a couple hundred million 642 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,759 Speaker 2: dollars more two hundred and something I think is is 643 00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:30,920 Speaker 2: what Biden said during this trip that he was going 644 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:34,359 Speaker 2: to give to them again. You guys met with him. 645 00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:36,360 Speaker 2: What was it like this time and what did he 646 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:37,000 Speaker 2: have to say. 647 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:40,239 Speaker 3: So, well, there was a group of Senators that went 648 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:44,000 Speaker 3: to D Day for the eightieth anniversary of D Day, 649 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:46,680 Speaker 3: went to Normandy, and there were nineteen senators. It was 650 00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:50,000 Speaker 3: a big, big trip, and there were I think fifty 651 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:53,120 Speaker 3: three House members, so it was a significant percentage of 652 00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:56,319 Speaker 3: the United States Congress. And so Zelenski sat down had 653 00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:58,319 Speaker 3: a meeting with all the senators and then after that 654 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:00,000 Speaker 3: he had a meeting with the House members. So both 655 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:03,440 Speaker 3: sides sat down and met with him. We met in 656 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:07,320 Speaker 3: in the historic Talleyrand Hotel, which is this beautiful hotel 657 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:10,399 Speaker 3: in Paris that actually the US government now owns. It's 658 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:13,280 Speaker 3: no longer a hotel, and it is where the Marshall 659 00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:15,759 Speaker 3: Plan was signed. And so there's a big room that 660 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:19,719 Speaker 3: has gold, you know, gold on the ceiling. It's very 661 00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:25,000 Speaker 3: elaborate and and it it's a historic, historic meeting space. 662 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:28,680 Speaker 3: So that's where we met and it was a good discussion. Look, 663 00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:31,040 Speaker 3: Zelensky was there with several of his aides and he 664 00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:34,000 Speaker 3: was describing what is happening, and he was you know, 665 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:38,520 Speaker 3: he is a a wartime leader and listen, there that 666 00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:42,360 Speaker 3: there are some there are some who are big critics 667 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:44,920 Speaker 3: of Zelenski. I don't put myself in that camp. I 668 00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:48,880 Speaker 3: think he is trying to defend his nation from an invasion, 669 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:52,080 Speaker 3: and an invasion from Russian Vladimir Putin is a bad guy. 670 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:55,359 Speaker 3: And so Zelensky is doing what what you would hope 671 00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:57,520 Speaker 3: any leader when his country is at war is doing, 672 00:37:57,520 --> 00:37:59,800 Speaker 3: which is trying to defend his country and trying to 673 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,080 Speaker 3: get help wherever he can get it. And so he's 674 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:05,440 Speaker 3: coming in and he's asking for American help, uh, and 675 00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:08,719 Speaker 3: and he's laying out his goals in the war. And 676 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:12,000 Speaker 3: so he laid them out, and then then each of 677 00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:15,920 Speaker 3: us had the opportunity to ask ask questions. My principal 678 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:22,480 Speaker 3: question I asked him, I said, how would you define victory? 679 00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:27,400 Speaker 3: What does victory mean? And what is the path to 680 00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:33,640 Speaker 3: getting there? Look, I want Russia to lose the difficulty, 681 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:35,760 Speaker 3: and I got to say that question that I asked. 682 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:39,080 Speaker 3: He didn't really answer me on how he would define victory. 683 00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:43,880 Speaker 3: He has another context, define victory as as Ukraine winning 684 00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:48,080 Speaker 3: back essentially every square inch of territory that Russia has taken. 685 00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:52,960 Speaker 3: I understand why Zelensky would say that's victory. If if 686 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:56,640 Speaker 3: you were Zelensky, you'd probably say the same thing. But 687 00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:59,240 Speaker 3: but that doesn't mean it is in the United States' 688 00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:03,919 Speaker 3: interest to demand every square inch of territory be taken back. 689 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,520 Speaker 3: The reason we have an interest in this war is 690 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:09,640 Speaker 3: that we want we do not want our enemy Russia 691 00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:15,040 Speaker 3: to win and get stronger, uh and and instead we 692 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:18,320 Speaker 3: want Russia to be weaker so that they're less able 693 00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:22,000 Speaker 3: to pose a threat to America. They're also, by the way, 694 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:27,239 Speaker 3: very very significant resources, in particular rare earth minerals in 695 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:32,399 Speaker 3: Ukraine that are critical for the economy going forward. One 696 00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:35,799 Speaker 3: of the reasons Russia's invading Ukraine is is to get 697 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:39,040 Speaker 3: a stranglehold on those rare earth minerals. We don't want 698 00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:42,799 Speaker 3: putin to have those those those that would not be 699 00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:43,960 Speaker 3: good for America. 700 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:45,759 Speaker 1: Uh and and so. 701 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:50,279 Speaker 3: But but you know what was really striking Ben is 702 00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:52,759 Speaker 3: in the meeting with Zelenski, and we also had a 703 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:56,880 Speaker 3: classified meeting with with senior leaders of the Pentagon talking 704 00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:59,520 Speaker 3: about details of what exactly is happening in the war, 705 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,040 Speaker 3: where the battles are, where the victories are, where the 706 00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:06,319 Speaker 3: losses are, and and it was a very interesting and 707 00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:07,360 Speaker 3: worthwhile briefing. 708 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:08,160 Speaker 5: But but. 709 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:15,000 Speaker 3: The question of what does victory mean? This administration is 710 00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:18,719 Speaker 3: not asking that question. No Democrat in that room is 711 00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:21,400 Speaker 3: asking that question. What is victory? And I got to 712 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:24,160 Speaker 3: say it, really, you know, when it struck me, it 713 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,680 Speaker 3: is we went out to lunch two days ago at 714 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:30,279 Speaker 3: a little Paris cafe in between meetings, and we're sitting 715 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:35,000 Speaker 3: there at lunch talking and I was most of the 716 00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:39,200 Speaker 3: senators there at the lunch table were Democrats, and they 717 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:42,520 Speaker 3: were all talking about Vietnam. And it struck me looking 718 00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:45,120 Speaker 3: around the table that they're all baby boomers, They're all 719 00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:48,720 Speaker 3: children of Vietnam. They all kind of got their start 720 00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:53,600 Speaker 3: in politics protesting against Vietnam. And look for you and me, 721 00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:57,239 Speaker 3: I mean, neither of us were alive when Vietnam was 722 00:40:57,280 --> 00:41:00,319 Speaker 3: a thing. You weren't alive at all. And I was 723 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:03,480 Speaker 3: like two when the Vietnam War ended, So I have 724 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:08,040 Speaker 3: no memories. Vietnam did not impact my awareness of the world. 725 00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:12,040 Speaker 3: It was done by the time I was learning about 726 00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:12,520 Speaker 3: the world. 727 00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:14,160 Speaker 1: And so. 728 00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:18,720 Speaker 3: I got to say a lot of the boomers, particularly 729 00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:22,719 Speaker 3: the Democrat boomers, they took the wrong lesson from Vietnam. 730 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:26,000 Speaker 3: And I think there are lots of lessons to take 731 00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:28,680 Speaker 3: from Vietnam, but one of the central ones is that 732 00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:31,719 Speaker 3: you should have a clear, defined objective that you know 733 00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:34,680 Speaker 3: what it is that is directly related to your national 734 00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:37,440 Speaker 3: security that is achievable. You should have a plan to 735 00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:39,200 Speaker 3: achieve it, and then you should get the hell out. 736 00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:42,359 Speaker 3: And Vietnam, we just let it go on and on 737 00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,920 Speaker 3: and on and be a quagmire and just kept pouring 738 00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:49,719 Speaker 3: money and American soldiers and lives into it without a 739 00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:53,120 Speaker 3: clear objective that we were willing to use overwhelming force 740 00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:57,439 Speaker 3: to accomplish. This administration has no objective they can articulate one. 741 00:41:57,719 --> 00:42:01,319 Speaker 3: They're not even asking that question. That is infuriating. 742 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:02,719 Speaker 4: Yeah, it really is. 743 00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:05,680 Speaker 2: Well and again for so many Americans, it's like, what 744 00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:07,799 Speaker 2: does the end look like? How long could we be 745 00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:10,239 Speaker 2: in this? And how much money is it going to 746 00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:12,759 Speaker 2: cost it? The White House has made it clear, and 747 00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:14,560 Speaker 2: I think it should be an issue in the upcoming 748 00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:19,520 Speaker 2: debate how long is America going to do this? And 749 00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:22,600 Speaker 2: how much money could this last? The White House has said, 750 00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:25,560 Speaker 2: will be with you forever, no matter what. And that's 751 00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:27,680 Speaker 2: a lot of cash for a lot of Americans that 752 00:42:27,719 --> 00:42:29,959 Speaker 2: we're going to be spending on this without their being 753 00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:33,000 Speaker 2: as some to have described, I think without Like you said, 754 00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:36,080 Speaker 2: what does victory look like? What does that actually look like? 755 00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:38,920 Speaker 2: It's a fair question, it should be asked. Don't forget. 756 00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:41,839 Speaker 2: We do this show Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. Make sure 757 00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:45,799 Speaker 2: you hit that subscriber auto download button. Please share this 758 00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:49,839 Speaker 2: show on social media. It helps us tremendously fight back 759 00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:53,319 Speaker 2: against some people that don't want podcasts like this to 760 00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:56,480 Speaker 2: get out. So you guys are our best friends when 761 00:42:56,480 --> 00:42:58,920 Speaker 2: it comes to helping others find the show. 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