1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:01,520 Speaker 1: Welcome. 2 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 2: It is Verdict with Center Ted Cruz, the Weekend Review, 3 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 2: Ben Ferguson with you, and these are the top stories 4 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 2: that you may have missed that we talked about this week. 5 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 2: First up, the media normalizing terrorist threats coming across our 6 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 2: southern border. Why is it that they're trying to act 7 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 2: like this isn't a national security threat? 8 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 1: We're going to deal with that. 9 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 2: Also, Conservatives are continuing to be silenced on social media. 10 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,639 Speaker 2: That's a big part of the plan by Democrats to 11 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 2: stop Republicans in the presidential election. 12 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:34,280 Speaker 1: We'll expose it all. 13 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 2: And finally, Biden's re election campaign is doubling down on 14 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 2: amnesty now for all illegal immigrants. It's the Weekend Review 15 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 2: and it starts right now. There's two things that worry me, 16 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:49,560 Speaker 2: and I want your take on this. Number One, it's 17 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:52,919 Speaker 2: almost like the media is worried the same way you are, 18 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 2: that there's a real chance of a major terrorist attack. 19 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 2: We've seen warnings from Director Ray at the FBI and 20 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 2: others are saying they're or even about attacks that would 21 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 2: mimic what we saw against the people in Israel. But 22 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 2: it's also like they're trying to normalize the idea Yeah, 23 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 2: there's a lot of terrorists in America, and if something 24 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 2: does happen, it's like, yeah, we knew this, we covered it, 25 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 2: we talked about it. 26 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: Maybe you shouldn't be as outraged. 27 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 3: Well, if you want to be out raised, listen to 28 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 3: what Chris Ray, the administrator of the FBI, is saying 29 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,479 Speaker 3: about the risk we have of a terror attack right 30 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 3: now in the United States. 31 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 4: From an FBI perspective, we are seeing a wide array 32 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 4: of very dangerous threats that emanate from the border. There 33 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 4: is a particular network that has where some of the 34 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 4: overseas facilitators of the smuggling network have isis ties that 35 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 4: we're very concerned about. And then we've been spending an 36 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 4: enormous amount of effort with our partners investigating. 37 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 2: Race said a keyword there coming across the border. Yeah, 38 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 2: like he's telling you how they're doing it. So if 39 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 2: he knows this, and that means I'm sure he's given 40 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 2: the same brief just gave America to the President of 41 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 2: United States America. Why would you not then close the 42 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 2: border if this is what you know is coming across 43 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 2: the border. And my second question is after nine to eleven, 44 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 2: I remember, like we learned very quickly how they the 45 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 2: terarists are able to use certain loopholes and things to 46 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 2: get into America, and we squeezed down those instantly. I'm 47 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 2: worried that even if they if there is a tarist tech, 48 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 2: they're still going to keep. 49 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: The border open. 50 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:27,119 Speaker 3: Look, Joe Biden doesn't care, Kamala Harris doesn't care, Chuck 51 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 3: Schumer doesn't care, Nancy Pelosi doesn't care. I've been fighting 52 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 3: for years to secure the border, and every Democrat is 53 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 3: on record over and over and over again. I forced 54 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 3: a vote on HR two, which would actually end catch 55 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 3: and release, secure the border, stop these terrorifts from coming in. 56 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,799 Speaker 3: And every Democrat in the Senate, all of them, there 57 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 3: are no moderates on this issue, all of them party 58 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 3: line vote, open borders, open borders, open borders. Every Democrat 59 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 3: in the Senate voted to throw out the impeachment of 60 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 3: Alejandro Mayorcis. Hear no evidence, they don't want to hear 61 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 3: the evidence. That they're like an ostrich plunging their head 62 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 3: in the sand. Do not tell them about the terrorist 63 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 3: coming into this country because they don't care about who 64 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 3: came in yesterday, and they don't care about who's going 65 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 3: to come in tomorrow. 66 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 2: Let's talk about the numbers, because that's the other part 67 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,359 Speaker 2: of this warning. It's not one or two, or ten 68 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 2: or fifteen or twenty that are on the terrist watch 69 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 2: list that we know have come across the southern border. 70 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 2: It's an alarming number in the hundreds. 71 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: Yeah. 72 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 3: Look, when Trump was president, the number of people that 73 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 3: were apprehended on the terror watch list coming into the 74 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 3: country was every year in the low single digits. Was 75 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 3: one or two, was a very small number. In fiscal 76 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 3: year twenty twenty three, one hundred and sixty nine people 77 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 3: on the terror watch list were apprehended at our southern border, 78 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 3: one hundred and sixty nine. This fiscal year, we're only 79 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 3: halfway through. We already have nearly one hundred who've been 80 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 3: apprehended at the southern border. Again, are on the Terra 81 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 3: shape the terror watch list. And by the way, that's 82 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 3: the southern border, the northern border. The stats six hundred 83 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 3: and thirty terrorst suspects were encountered at the northern border 84 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 3: in the last two fiscal years. 85 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 2: The New York Post breaking that aspect of the story. 86 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 2: So it's not just as you mentioned, the southern border. 87 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 2: It's the northern border, which is another problem, which is 88 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 2: by all accounts as even more I guess say open 89 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 2: easier to come across many believe much larger. 90 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 3: And if you are a terrorist, if you are heating 91 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 3: Iran's call for global Jahad against America, if you're heating 92 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 3: Hamasa's call for global Jahad against America, if you're heating 93 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 3: Hesbala's call for global Jahad against America, if you're heating 94 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 3: Palestinian Islamic Jahad call for global Jahad against America, if 95 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 3: you're heating Isis's call for global Jahad against America. It's 96 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 3: not complicated. You come across the border in a place 97 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:56,359 Speaker 3: where there's not a lot of border security, where you 98 00:04:56,480 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 3: can be one of the nearly two million gotaways US. 99 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 3: The people who've encountered the numbers are even more concerning 100 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 3: of the god Aways and the Democrats at the end 101 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 3: of the day, they are willfully complicit in an open 102 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 3: door policy to terrorists who want to harm America. 103 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 2: You've been there when Ray's been testifying, and you know Ray, 104 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 2: the FBI director, did Democrats ask any tough questions of him, like, hey, 105 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 2: we know how many are on the watch lists that 106 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:29,919 Speaker 2: we've gotten right that we're on the watch list. But 107 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 2: they even care about the Godaways, or if I don't 108 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 2: ask and it doesn't exist, and then I don't have 109 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 2: to be held politically accountable for it. 110 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 3: Democrats will not ask a single question about illegal immigration. 111 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 3: They will not ask a single question about god Aways. 112 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 3: They will not ask a single question about the children 113 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 3: being brutalized by human traffickers. They will not ask a 114 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 3: single question about the women being sexually assaulted by human traffickers. 115 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 3: Their approach is just hide from the issue. They don't 116 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,920 Speaker 3: have a defense. Ask totally. You know what they'll ask 117 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 3: about white supremacists. That they'll get all worked up about 118 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 3: white supremacists. Mind you, they're not concerned at all about 119 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 3: the anti Semites on college campuses. Well, maybe it's because 120 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 3: the people funding the anti semites are also funding those 121 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 3: same Democrats campaigns. 122 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 2: Let's talk about the political fallout of this. If Heaven forbid, 123 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 2: there's an attack is part of the Democrats defense. They 124 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 2: think that the American people are too stupid to connect 125 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 2: these dots. I mean, you see the report from NBC News. 126 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 2: You see Chris Farray out there warning you you have 127 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 2: a present that knows about it. Do they just assume 128 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 2: that they that the media is going to carry water 129 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 2: for them that there is attack, there will be no 130 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 2: accountability for the people that allowed for the open border 131 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 2: policy which allowed them to come into this country. I 132 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 2: would be terrified if I was a Democrat running for 133 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 2: reelection knowing this is a real possibility. In the FBI 134 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 2: director's warning you, you would think you'd want to say 135 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 2: something on the record that says, hey, we got to 136 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:58,599 Speaker 2: get this under control. 137 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 3: Bett Ben, I honestly don't know, because they don't defend themselves. 138 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 3: They don't present an argument, they don't present any alternative. Listen, 139 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 3: they count on the corporate media to cover for them, 140 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 3: to hide what they're doing, and I think many of 141 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 3: them are naive. For them, it is all politics, so 142 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 3: it's not about savior security. Eleven million illegal immigrants and 143 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 3: they say these are future Democrat voters, and what we 144 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 3: care about is staying in power, and if people have 145 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 3: to die, so be it. Because they know people are 146 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 3: dying every single day. People are dying because of this 147 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 3: open border and the Democrats will do nothing to change it. 148 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 3: It's who they are. I don't know how many listeners 149 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 3: of verdict are PhD students and economics. But there's a 150 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 3: theory called modern monetary theory, and it's a bunch of 151 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 3: gobblygook that is designed to basically justify big spending liberals 152 00:07:56,400 --> 00:08:00,120 Speaker 3: just printing money like there's no tomorrow, and it's all 153 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 3: sorts of fancy verbiage to explain it doesn't matter how 154 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 3: much money you can print, you can just spend into oblivion. 155 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 3: Everything will be fine. We can afford free everything for everybody. Well, 156 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 3: I want you to listen, and I'm going to present 157 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 3: this without further commentary. I want you to listen to 158 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 3: Jared Bernstein, who is the chairman of the Council of 159 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 3: Economic Advisors in the Biden White House, so he is 160 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 3: the top economist for Joe Biden, explaining what modern monetary 161 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 3: theory is. And I want you just to understand this 162 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 3: is the genius behind Bidenomics. 163 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 1: Take a look. 164 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 5: The US government can't go bankrupt because we can print 165 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 5: our own money. 166 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 6: It obviously banks. The question why exactly are we borrowing 167 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,679 Speaker 6: in occurrency that we print ourselves. I'm waiting for someone 168 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 6: to stand up and say, why do we borrow our 169 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 6: own currency in the first place. 170 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 7: Like you said they print the dollar, so why why 171 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 7: does the government even borrow? 172 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 5: Well, the uh so, the I mean again, some of 173 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 5: this stuff gets some of the language that some of 174 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 5: the language and concepts are just confusing. I mean, the 175 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 5: government definitely prints money, and it definitely lends that money. 176 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 5: Which is why the government definitely prints money, and then 177 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 5: it lends that money by selling bonds. Is that what 178 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 5: they do? 179 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 2: They they. 180 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 5: They yeah, they they they sell bonds. Yeah, they sell bonds, right, 181 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:47,839 Speaker 5: since they sell bonds and people buy the bonds and 182 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 5: lend them the money. Yeah. So a lot of times, 183 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 5: a lot of times, at least to my year with MMT, 184 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 5: the language and the concepts can be kind of unnecessarily confusing, 185 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,679 Speaker 5: but there is no question that the government prince money 186 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 5: and then it uses that money to uh uh so, Yeah, 187 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 5: I guess I'm just I don't I can't really talk. 188 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: I don't. 189 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 5: I don't get it. I don't know what they're talking about, like, 190 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 5: because it's like, the government clearly prints money, it does 191 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 5: it all the time, and it clearly borrows otherwise we 192 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 5: wouldn't be having this debt and depfist conversation. So I 193 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 5: don't think there's anything confusing. 194 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 2: There wherever you went to college, I really think they 195 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:34,319 Speaker 2: should take back their diploma. And this is the guy 196 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:36,839 Speaker 2: who's the top economic guy at the White House. 197 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,719 Speaker 3: Well, let me just say every economic policy of Joe 198 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 3: Biden has flowed directly from the genius and wisdom you 199 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 3: just heard displayed. 200 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 2: Now, if you want to hear the rest of this conversation, 201 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 2: you can go back and listen to the full podcast 202 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 2: from earlier this week. Now onto story number two center. 203 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 2: Big tech is obviously at a massive influence over public 204 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:05,080 Speaker 2: opinion in this country. We saw a recent report that 205 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:08,680 Speaker 2: came out just on TikTok, for example, where they were 206 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 2: forty five to one stories that were pro Palastinian pro 207 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:16,559 Speaker 2: Hamas over Israel. That's one example of how they've really 208 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 2: been able to shape public opinion, especially with young people 209 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 2: and the riots and the chaos we're witnessing on college 210 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 2: campuses right now. But there's also something else that's happened 211 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 2: with big tech. I've been a victim of it. I 212 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 2: spoke out again against big tech a few years ago 213 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 2: at a SEAPAC convention, and before I landed home, after 214 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 2: I spoke out about big tech, specifically Facebook, my accounts 215 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 2: were shut down. They have never worked the same way 216 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 2: as they did before. 217 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 1: The reach has disappeared. 218 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 2: I've witnessed it, and many other conservative leaders out there 219 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:53,680 Speaker 2: are going through the same things. And it always seems 220 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 2: to happen center right during a big election cycle, where 221 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 2: the Democrats get a free flow of information out and 222 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 2: conservatives get hammered and silenced. 223 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 3: Well, that's exactly right. So I started last year as 224 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,440 Speaker 3: the ranking member on the Senate Committee of Commerce, Science, 225 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:14,079 Speaker 3: and Transportation, and from that position is the ranking member, 226 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 3: which means the senior Republican on that committee. I launched 227 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,559 Speaker 3: an investigation into the abuse of power from big tech, 228 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 3: and this past week we put out a major report. 229 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 3: The report is entitled Weaponizing Terms of Service. How online 230 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 3: service providers use broad policies to silence conservatives. Now, there 231 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 3: are a lot of instances that we know about that 232 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 3: get a lot of publicity. We know, for example, that Twitter, 233 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 3: before Elon Musk purchased them, suspended the account of the 234 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 3: Babylon be for making a joke about a Biden administration official. 235 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:49,200 Speaker 3: We know that both Facebook and Twitter suppressed stories about 236 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 3: Hudter Biden's laptop before the twenty twenty election. We know 237 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 3: that Facebook removed posts suggesting that COVID nineteen originated in 238 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 3: a Wuhan lab, something we talked about at length on 239 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,439 Speaker 3: this podcast, and a theory that has now been confirmed 240 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 3: both by the Federal Department of Energy and the Federal 241 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 3: Bureau of Investigation. We know that YouTube took down a 242 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 3: March twenty twenty one video of a panel discussion with 243 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 3: Florida Governor Ron de Santis, during which he disputed claims 244 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:24,559 Speaker 3: that children needed to wear face masks. We know that YouTube, also, 245 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:28,320 Speaker 3: which is owned by Google, blocked access to a November 246 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:32,439 Speaker 3: twenty twenty three episode of this podcast Verdict, because we 247 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 3: were criticizing the corporate media's favorable coverage of AMAS, and 248 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:41,079 Speaker 3: YouTube deemed okay, you must be an adult to see 249 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 3: what is on the network news. We also know in 250 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 3: twenty twenty two, DirecTV dropped one America news network, and 251 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 3: less than a year after Democrat leaders in Congress sent 252 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 3: a letter to the CEO calling on them to stop 253 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 3: carrying the network. We also know they did the same 254 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,319 Speaker 3: thing to Newsmax. Now I lit Direct TV up and 255 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 3: they ended up bringing Newsmax back. We also know that 256 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 3: into it at the direction of its banking partners refuse 257 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 3: to provide payment processing and payroll services to gun manufacturers 258 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:17,960 Speaker 3: and sellers. And we know that JP Morgan Chase closed 259 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 3: the account of the National Committee of Religious Freedom, which 260 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 3: was created by former State Department Ambassador at Large for 261 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 3: International Religious Freedom and former US Senator Sam Brownback. We 262 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 3: know that gofund me block the release of ten million 263 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 3: dollars of donations to the Canadian Trucker's Freedom Convoy. We've 264 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 3: seen that happen over and over and over again. Well, 265 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:45,119 Speaker 3: what this report does is it lays out an entirely 266 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 3: new area of discrimination and it is using web based 267 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 3: products and services online service providers to ban conservative organizations 268 00:14:55,680 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 3: from using their technology, and it's going after the infrastructure 269 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 3: that is needed to communicate. And in fact, this investigation 270 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 3: reveals that online service providers are following a playbook for 271 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 3: silencing conservatives. That leftist organizations, including the Southern Poverty Law Center, 272 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 3: which is wildly left wing and hates conservatives, and the 273 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 3: Anti Defamation League the ADL, they together put together this strategy, 274 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 3: this playbook to quote remove infrastructure services that conservative organizations 275 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 3: need to operate. And so I'm going to describe that 276 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 3: playbook and what they're doing in particular. 277 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 2: When you look at their playbook and this amount of influence, 278 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 2: I mean, this can change and alter certainly an election cycle. 279 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 2: It can certainly, I would argue, change a presidential election 280 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 2: as well. And that's the reason why they're doing this. 281 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 2: When you think about you know, you've got millions of 282 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 2: people that follow you Facebook. 283 00:15:57,680 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: I've got over a million. 284 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:03,480 Speaker 2: But if you turn off and throttle either one of us, 285 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 2: then the reach that we have compared to the left, 286 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 2: it just disappears. It's the old saying, right if a 287 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 2: big tree falls in the forest and no one's around 288 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 2: and it make a sound, And that's exactly what they did. 289 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 2: But it wasn't just to one or two people. They 290 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 2: were doing this to hundreds of top conservative voices that 291 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 2: people look to for their opinions, specifically when it comes 292 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 2: to election your issues. 293 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 3: So that's exactly right. And what this report focuses on 294 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 3: is it uses a couple of key examples. It uses 295 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 3: number one slacks removal of libs of TikTok's workspace. It 296 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 3: focuses on event rights removal of event pages for events 297 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 3: related to Matt Walsh's What Is a Woman documentary? As 298 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 3: well as an event where Riley Gaines was scheduled to speak, 299 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 3: and it focuses on Bontera's termination of its relationship with 300 00:16:55,720 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 3: Independent Women's Forum, which deprived that organization of may nonprofit 301 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 3: technology service provider services and all of this follows. There 302 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,359 Speaker 3: was a report that was put out by the Anti 303 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 3: Defamation League and it is called Bad Gateway How deplatforming 304 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 3: effects extremist websites And here's what the ADL recommended. It says, 305 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 3: quote deplatforming websites removing infrastructure services they need to operate, 306 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 3: such as website hosting, can reduce the spread and reach 307 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:32,880 Speaker 3: of extremism and hate online. But when does deplatforming succeed? 308 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 3: And here's what ADL explained quote. This report shows that 309 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:40,400 Speaker 3: deplatforming can decrease the popularity of extremist websites, especially when 310 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 3: done without warning and they go through We learned four 311 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 3: important lessons about how deplatforming affects extremist websites, by which 312 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 3: they mean anything right of center. Number one, it can 313 00:17:54,440 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 3: cause popularity rankings to decrease immediately. Number two, it may 314 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 3: take users a long time to return to the website. 315 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:10,679 Speaker 3: Sometimes the website never regains its previous popularity bingo number 316 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 3: three unexpected and unexpected as key. Unexpected deplatforming makes it 317 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 3: take longer for the website to regain its previous popularity levels, 318 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 3: and number four Replicating deplatform services such as discussions, discussion 319 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 3: forums or live streaming video products on a standalone website 320 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 3: presents significant challenges, including higher costs and smaller audiences. Now 321 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:40,679 Speaker 3: I want to go into a little bit more. This 322 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 3: is what the ADL report. It has an entire section 323 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:46,439 Speaker 3: that says what is deplatforming? And by the way, the 324 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 3: corporate media insists when we talk about deplatforming that we're 325 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 3: making it up. Well, if you actually read the blueprint, 326 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 3: they are very explicit. The left is explicit they want 327 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 3: to silence use. So let me read from this ADL 328 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 3: report quote. There are three main categories of infrastructure that 329 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 3: keep websites running. Domain registrars, web hosting companies, and security 330 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 3: protection companies. Number one, the website must be able to 331 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 3: register and keep a domain name. A domain name such 332 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 3: as Google dot com or ADL dot org is how 333 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:25,400 Speaker 3: visitors find a site. If a website is removed from 334 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 3: domain name services, it becomes much more difficult, if not impossible, 335 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 3: to find Number two, Web hosting companies and content distribution 336 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 3: networks provide digital storage space for all the files, pictures, videos, 337 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,880 Speaker 3: and software that make up the content of a website. 338 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 3: When a website loses its hosting provider, the site's content disappears. 339 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 3: Losing a CDN a content distribution network can cause slow 340 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 3: service for high traffic sites. And number three, a third 341 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 3: category of infrastructure provider includes companies that protect websites from 342 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 3: external security risks such as distributed denial of service d 343 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 3: DOS attacks. DDS attacks flood a website with fake traffic 344 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 3: to overwhelm it, rendering it unable to answer normal user requests. 345 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 3: If an infrastructure company, such as a network security firm 346 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 3: cloud fare, refuses to provide DS protection to a vulnerable website, 347 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 3: it is vulnerable to being flooded with traffic, rendering it inaccessible. 348 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 2: As before, If you want to hear the rest of 349 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 2: this conversation on this topic, you can go back and 350 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 2: down the podcasts from earlier this week to hear the 351 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 2: entire thing. I want to get back to the big 352 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 2: story number three of the week. You may have missed. 353 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:48,200 Speaker 1: Tenner. 354 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 2: I want to talk about what's also happening at the border. 355 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 2: The President of the United States of America has come 356 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 2: out and it's pretty clear we now know what is 357 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 2: reelection campaign again. I guess for the onslaught of illegal 358 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:06,360 Speaker 2: immigrants coming into this country is going to be it is. 359 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 2: We need to start handing out amnesty somehow. That's going 360 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:13,120 Speaker 2: to fix the problems in this country. And it's something 361 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:16,959 Speaker 2: that we can all be proud of if we give amnesty. 362 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 2: Here is the President of the United States of America 363 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:20,679 Speaker 2: in his own words. 364 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,359 Speaker 8: I love him when people say why dreamers. Can you 365 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,400 Speaker 8: imagine a kid two years old, Sam, Mom, don't take 366 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,879 Speaker 8: it because real ground is against the law. Give me 367 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:33,120 Speaker 8: a break. These have been model citizens. Congress has to act, 368 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 8: and the right thing to do is to keep pushing 369 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 8: forward until we get it done. Get it done. 370 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 2: So there's this famous line, get it done. So he 371 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 2: is doubling down. Now not only do we have it 372 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 2: wide open borders, we have countless millions of illegal immigrants 373 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:49,399 Speaker 2: coming in. But he refuses to admit the carnage is 374 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 2: taking place in the southern border. And now it's pushing 375 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 2: for amnesty Part one, which would be all of these 376 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:59,120 Speaker 2: as he describes them, dreamers, and then the next part 377 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 2: would be well more our illegal immigrants, and then part 378 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 2: three would be even more illegal immigrants. This is what 379 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 2: he's doing for this election. 380 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 3: Well, listen, Biden's making clear that Joe Biden and the 381 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:12,639 Speaker 3: Democrats they stand with illegal immigrants. And given the choice 382 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 3: between illegal immigrants and American citizens, they're with the illegals. 383 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 3: Given the choice between criminals and law abiding citizens, there 384 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,640 Speaker 3: with criminals. And that is a consistent theme. It's why 385 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 3: eleven million people across into this country illegally, because they 386 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 3: look at those eleven million illegal immigrants and they say, hey, 387 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,199 Speaker 3: those are future Democrat voters. We stay in power if 388 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,120 Speaker 3: we let them in, and they turn a blind eye 389 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 3: to the people who are suffering and dying. You know 390 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 3: who Joe Biden didn't talk about this week? 391 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 1: Who was that? 392 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:47,200 Speaker 3: He didn't talk about Marvin Perez Lopez. Now, who is 393 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:50,399 Speaker 3: Marvin Perez Lopez. Well, he was arrested the last couple 394 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 3: of days. He is an immigrant from Guatemala. He was 395 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:57,679 Speaker 3: arrested over the weekend for kidnapping a minor under the 396 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 3: age of thirteen and sexual assault. That's according the Palm 397 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 3: Beach County Sheriff's Office. Marvin Perez Lopez was in the 398 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:10,120 Speaker 3: country illegally was arrested on May fourth. Perez Lopez reportedly 399 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 3: left Guatemala in early January, crossed through Mexico, and what 400 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:16,400 Speaker 3: did he do. He turned himself into the border patrol. 401 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:22,639 Speaker 3: But of course, Joe Biden, being a Democrat, he turned around, 402 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:24,720 Speaker 3: he let him go. Do you know when Perez Lopez 403 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:25,640 Speaker 3: was given a court date. 404 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 2: I'm afraid that you're gonna say years from the moment 405 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:30,879 Speaker 2: they let him go. 406 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 3: Twenty twenty seven. There you go, twenty twenty seven, he 407 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 3: was released, he went to Florida, and then he turned 408 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 3: around and he's now been charged with kidnapping a minor 409 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,200 Speaker 3: under the age of thirteen and sexual assault. Now we're 410 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 3: not going to say the miner's name, but we are 411 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:50,639 Speaker 3: going to point out, week after week after week, every 412 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:54,479 Speaker 3: single week, there's another violent crime committed by an illegal 413 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:56,919 Speaker 3: immigrant Joe Biden releases and what is he is he 414 00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 3: talking about? 415 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 8: That? 416 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 3: Does he care about this child who was kidnapped and 417 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:04,639 Speaker 3: sexually assaulted? The answer has to be known. Now. Look, 418 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 3: when I say that, Ben, some people might say, gosh, 419 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 3: that's harsh. What do you mean he doesn't care about 420 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:16,119 Speaker 3: a child kidnapped and assaulted. If he cared, he would 421 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 3: stop releasing illegal immigrants. You can't keep doing it when 422 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:25,920 Speaker 3: you see, Hey, when I do this, children get kidnapped 423 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:29,879 Speaker 3: and raped. Maybe I should stop doing this. That's actually 424 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,879 Speaker 3: what someone who cared about the crime and wanted to 425 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 3: prevent the next child from being kidnapped and raped would do. 426 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:41,680 Speaker 3: Joe Biden, And by the way, every single Democrat in Congress, 427 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 3: without exception, every single Senator, every single House member, they 428 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 3: don't care either. Why do I know they don't care, 429 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:52,359 Speaker 3: because if they cared, they'd be willing to stand up 430 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:56,879 Speaker 3: to Biden and say enough is enough, stop releasing violent, 431 00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:00,240 Speaker 3: criminal illegal aliens. And in the Senate, every single time 432 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 3: I force a vote, and I've done it over and 433 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:07,520 Speaker 3: over and over again, every Democrat, all of them vote 434 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,640 Speaker 3: in favor of releasing illegal immigrants, even if they're committing 435 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 3: crimes against children in America. 436 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, I know, there's you know the old saying, you know, 437 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 2: see no evil here, no evil, right, and then you 438 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 2: can insulate yourself. The Democrats, though, have heard enough to 439 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 2: know just how bad it is the border, and now 440 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,399 Speaker 2: every state's a border state, and seeing how bad it 441 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:31,920 Speaker 2: is with what's happening whether it's in New York City, 442 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 2: whether it's in Denver, Colorado. I mean it's widespread, the 443 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:40,120 Speaker 2: chaos and the anarchy, and the destruction and the abuse 444 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 2: of children, the sexual abuse, that the human trafficking, the drugs, 445 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 2: the fetanol. 446 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:48,120 Speaker 1: Is there any of your. 447 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 2: Colleagues that truly still don't know or is this just 448 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 2: a if we don't talk about then we don't have 449 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 2: to admit what we already know. 450 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:59,199 Speaker 3: Look, it's hypocrisy. I'll tell you tonight. I was in 451 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 3: a classified briefing in the Senate. I was a classified 452 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 3: briefing talking about all sorts of things, including the threats 453 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:08,199 Speaker 3: of terrorism in the United States, And there was a 454 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 3: Democrat senator who at some point was sharing that, based 455 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:15,920 Speaker 3: on the briefings he'd received, there's an enormous risk of terrorism. 456 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 3: He's deeply worried, and we do much more to prevent it. 457 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 3: And I remember sitting there and thinking, Gosh, what you're 458 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 3: saying sounds very reasonable. Why do you keep voting in 459 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 3: favor of releasing eleven million legal immigrants, Like at some 460 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:35,199 Speaker 3: point you can't claim I'm worried about the threat of 461 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:39,440 Speaker 3: a terrorist attack when you have nearly two million gtaways 462 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 3: when you have Iran calling for global Jahad against America, 463 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 3: when they have hesbel On Hamas calling for global Jahad, 464 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 3: and the Biden administration letting them go. And he was 465 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,679 Speaker 3: what was interesting is sitting in this classified briefing, this 466 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 3: Democrat senator sounded emphatic, he sounded believable. I'm like, wow, 467 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 3: he's really worried about a terrorist attack. But you know what, 468 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:01,640 Speaker 3: just a couple of weeks ago, we had a vote 469 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 3: on the impeachment of Alejandro Majorcus, who has let eleven 470 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 3: million illeg immigrants grit go, and this Democrat, along with 471 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,920 Speaker 3: every single other Democrat, voted to throw the case out 472 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 3: to hear no evidence. They didn't care about the risk 473 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 3: of terrorism. That's the simple reality. 474 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 2: One other thing, and you talk about hypocrisy, which does 475 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 2: make me laugh. The Democratic Convention is going to be 476 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 2: held in Chicago, and we're now hearing that ahead of 477 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,399 Speaker 2: the Democratic Convention, they are going to clear out the 478 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:37,880 Speaker 2: area of illegal immigrants. Take a listen to this from 479 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 2: local NBC News in Chicago. 480 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:45,160 Speaker 7: Strong reactions tonight from residents after learning Mayor Brandon Johnson 481 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,399 Speaker 7: is considering plans to open a new temporary migrant shelter 482 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:50,240 Speaker 7: in their South Side neighborhood, and you. 483 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 1: Don't know where to put him. Why would you put 484 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 1: him in our neighborhood? Well, why don't we go by 485 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:55,120 Speaker 1: your house? 486 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,160 Speaker 2: All of that money that he's given them, we've been 487 00:27:58,200 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 2: begging for yous. 488 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 1: We've lived to our whole life. 489 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 3: We have a lot of bad things that happen here already. 490 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,560 Speaker 3: We do not need this, We just do not. 491 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 7: Located just blocks away from Guaranteed right Field, the proposed 492 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 7: building near Canal and Pershing is in the city's eleventh. 493 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 3: Ward look of words, Yet it's hid in the back. 494 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 1: Why is that a good location? We have no amenities 495 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 1: here as it is. 496 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 7: Alder Woman Nicole issued this letter to constituents yesterday, saying 497 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:26,399 Speaker 7: she was notified earlier this week and met with the 498 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:29,160 Speaker 7: mayor on Thursday. She says the city wants to move 499 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,679 Speaker 7: migrants staying at the Standard Club near the Dirts and 500 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:35,720 Speaker 7: Federal Building to her ward before the Democratic National Convention. 501 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 1: This is just insane. 502 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:38,240 Speaker 3: It doesn't make sense. 503 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 1: Keep them downtown, keep them. 504 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 3: I don't know, I mean, this is not our problem. 505 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 7: The alder Woman made it clear she is against the 506 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 7: proposed plan, citing safety and location concerns and lack of 507 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 7: justification for the move. She says, quote, as our city 508 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:55,720 Speaker 7: grapples with this unprecedented influx of migrants, it is crucial 509 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 7: that we handle the migrant crisis safely, responsibly, and with 510 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:02,760 Speaker 7: full trans parentcy. The well being of our communities must 511 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 7: be the top priority. 512 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 8: For all we want to do is all's our veterans, 513 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 8: and they're getting kicked at a side for the people 514 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:08,920 Speaker 8: who didn't do. 515 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 1: Anything for this country. Yet those mount and women honorably served, 516 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 1: they should be coming first. 517 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,160 Speaker 2: I love the last guy there talking about our veterans, 518 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 2: but you go back to why they're doing this center 519 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:26,120 Speaker 2: read behind the lines here. This is because the residents 520 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 2: are downtown in the area where the DNC is going 521 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:30,280 Speaker 2: to be. 522 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:31,800 Speaker 1: They're saying, hey, we got to clean this up. 523 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:33,479 Speaker 2: It's got to be nice and friendly and look good 524 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:37,240 Speaker 2: for the Democrat National Convention. We got to move them 525 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,280 Speaker 2: out of this area, all right, throw them out there 526 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:41,000 Speaker 2: in this other part of the city. 527 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:42,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, that's exactly right. 528 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:45,960 Speaker 3: And I thought the most revealing comment and that montage 529 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 3: you played was the Alderman saying, this is not our problem. Now, 530 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 3: she's a Democrat. All of those elected officials are Democrats. 531 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,280 Speaker 3: They keep voting for Democrats. They vote for a wild 532 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 3: left wing Democrat mayor, they vote for a wild left 533 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,240 Speaker 3: wing Democrat governor, they vote for a wild left wing 534 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:03,400 Speaker 3: Democrats senator, they vote for a wild left wing Democrat president. 535 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:07,680 Speaker 3: Every one of those supports an invasion of this country 536 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:09,720 Speaker 3: of illegal immigrants, and they say, well, this is not 537 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 3: our problem. Send them to Texas, send them to Florida, 538 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,400 Speaker 3: send them to anywhere other than our state. But we 539 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 3: want them to keep coming in because you know what, 540 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 3: we want them to show up in Texas and Florida 541 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:19,320 Speaker 3: and we want them to vote Democrats so we can 542 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 3: be in power. But we don't actually want to deal 543 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:25,240 Speaker 3: with this invasion. The hypocrisy is massive, and if you 544 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 3: want to change this, we need to have some real accountability. 545 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:32,640 Speaker 3: If they want open borders, we ought to send every 546 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 3: single one of them to these blue jurisdictions until they 547 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 3: realize eleven million people this is not right. They're doing 548 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:41,560 Speaker 3: it to Texas, they're doing it to Florida, and by 549 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 3: the way, they're doing it to every other state in 550 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,680 Speaker 3: the Union. But they're trying to be utter hypocrites and say, 551 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:47,880 Speaker 3: don't do it to our own community. 552 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:51,760 Speaker 2: As always, thank you for listening to Verdict with center, 553 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 2: Ted Cruz Ben Ferguson with you don't forget to deal 554 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 2: with my podcast and you can listen to my podcast 555 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 2: every other day you're not listening to Verdict or each 556 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:01,280 Speaker 2: day when you listen to Verdict. 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