1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: The American crisis continues to grow worse, and that crisis 2 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: is born out of our broken politics, out of the 3 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: broken two party political system. Donald Trump and the mag 4 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: of movement are extreme, dangerous, dishonest, and utterly disgraceful. And 5 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:33,880 Speaker 1: yet that appalling movement has steam rolled over and over 6 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 1: and over again the Chuck Schumer led National Democratic Party, 7 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: who are effeckless, weak, hapless, and profoundly out of touch. 8 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:50,520 Speaker 1: Now I want to show you some medicine for that, 9 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: if you will, in the form of an announcement ad 10 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: by Colonel Terry Urtz, an Air Force test pilot, a 11 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: fight pilot and a veteran NASA astronaut and a Space 12 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: Shuttle commander who has done the most American thing you 13 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: can do. This morning. He threw his hat into the ring. 14 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 1: Let's wash the. 15 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 2: Air from orbit Earth takes your breath away. It felt 16 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,320 Speaker 2: like seeing creation from God's point of view, something no 17 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 2: human was meant to see. But amidst that beauty, danger 18 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:30,959 Speaker 2: is never far. You learn fast that chaos is lethal, 19 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:35,119 Speaker 2: So you adapt, You solve problems, and you lead because 20 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 2: your lives depend on it. Down here, Trump's chaos must 21 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 2: be stopped. The corruption is overwhelming. Our constitution is under attack, 22 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 2: and MAGA wants corrupt Ken Paxton in the Senate, abusing 23 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 2: the power of his office. This crisis is real, but 24 00:01:54,800 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 2: leadership is mia. We will wait attacking emergencies to solve problems. 25 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 2: That's what I do. I was raised in a family 26 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 2: with more Union cards than college degrees. At seventeen, I 27 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 2: joined the Air Force and eventually became an F sixteen pilot. 28 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 2: I flew forty five combat missions over Iraq, tested the 29 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 2: world's fastest jets, and commanded the International Space Station. I've 30 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 2: always lived by the Air Force's core value, service before self. 31 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 2: After every mission, we debrief, no excuses, just the truth. 32 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:35,399 Speaker 2: After the twenty twenty four election disaster, Washington Democratic leadership 33 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 2: skipped the debrief while chaos spreads. They claimed to the 34 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 2: same old bankrupt ideas that they and not voters, should 35 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 2: pick our candidates and that we should run the same old, 36 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 2: tired playbook again, hoping for a different outcome. This moment 37 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 2: demands something different, honesty, courage, and a clean break from 38 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 2: the past. I'll make it my mission to fight for 39 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:02,359 Speaker 2: Texans every day. Texas farmer is crushed by Trump's insane tariffs, 40 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 2: Texas workers buried with rising costs, Texas kids hit with 41 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 2: education cuts, and Texas communities kicked off medicaid. I've rest 42 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 2: my life for this country and I'll fight anyone trying 43 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 2: to destroy it. I'm an American first, a Texan second, 44 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:23,239 Speaker 2: and a common sense Democrat third. It's time for new leadership. 45 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 2: I'm Terry Urtz, I'm running for US Senate and I'm 46 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 2: ready for my next mission. 47 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: Well that's refreshing, time for a change. And with this 48 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: ad Terry Vertz has become the first Senate candidate in 49 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty six cycle to demand change in the 50 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: Senate leadership, to be running both against the MAGA extremists, 51 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: but also against the appeasers in Washington who have allowed 52 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: the MAGA extremes the point of bayonet at The people 53 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: of Los Angeles have filled the government with the most 54 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: incompetent cabinet in American history and have no plan to 55 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: stop it. They always have a scheme to hold on 56 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: to their power, but at the expense of the country 57 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: and the American people. And so when it comes to 58 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: Terry Vertz and he goes out there and starts making 59 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: his case. What I want you to know is I'm 60 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 1: proud to call my friend, and I promise you this 61 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: Terry Vertz different than a lot of the Washington insiders. 62 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: He's on your side. He's a remarkable man. He's looked 63 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 1: down on the Earth thousands of times. He saw the 64 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 1: sunrise and the sunset across thousands of orbits, looking up 65 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: into space and down seeing the mutuality of connection, seeing 66 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 1: the beauty of this country. And he's talked to me 67 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: about it up like a jewel. Talk to me about 68 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:06,280 Speaker 1: seeing what the Permian Basin looks like at night. In Texas, 69 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: the great cities of that state, on the Gulf Coast, Houston, Austin, Dallas, 70 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 1: San Antonio, El Paso, Terry Urtz is taking a stand 71 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,280 Speaker 1: at a time of crisis. He's a good guy, He's 72 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 1: an honest guy, and I hope you'll check him out. 73 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: Stay tuned because in Texas, this guy Ken Paxson, who 74 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: may be the single biggest nut in the whole country, 75 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: is going to beat John Cornyon and be the MAGA nominee. 76 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: And this guy, as bad as the US Senate is, 77 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,359 Speaker 1: will take it to a whole next level. He is 78 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: as corrupt as it gets, as dishonest as it gets, 79 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 1: and Texans deserve better, maybe, just maybe to wind up 80 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 1: with a straight talking, truth telling astronaut, and boy, wouldn't 81 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: that be a refreshing change.