1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: Welcome in his verdict with Ted Cruz the Weekend Review, 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: Ben Ferguson with you, and here are some of the 3 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: big stories that you may have missed that we talked 4 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:10,800 Speaker 1: about this week. First up, a Michigan candidate is now 5 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: saying that in Dearborn, the people there may be sad 6 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: because the Iatolin Iran was killed, so therefore he doesn't 7 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 1: want to talk about it. We'll have that story in 8 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: a moment. Also, the senegogue attacker was attacking. Now we've 9 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: worn on behalf of hesblah that happening in Michigan, and 10 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: why is the media not covering it at all? 11 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 2: And finally, the big. 12 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 1: Democratic organization Act Blue there's a very good chance they 13 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: could be investigated. The New York Times is now reporting 14 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: for what we explained it all. It's the Weekend Review 15 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: and it starts right now. If you think Mandannie's like 16 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 1: a one off, you're wrong. And if you want proof 17 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: of it, and how concerned you should all be over 18 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: these types of individuals. Let's take a look at the 19 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: Michigan Senate candidate that have void's discussing Iran, because quote, 20 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: there's a lot of people in Dearborn who. 21 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 2: Are sad that we took out the Ayahtola. 22 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: Like, this is not just Mandani, folks, this is the 23 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:14,680 Speaker 1: Democratic Party growing very quickly in this Yeah. 24 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 3: Look, some listeners, particularly listeners who are skeptical, when I 25 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 3: said Mondani was sad the Iyahtola was killed, might have said, gosh, 26 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 3: that's that's too harsh. He's not really that that that's 27 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 3: putting too much. Well, Mondani is part of a broader 28 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 3: movement of America hating Islamists who are taking over the 29 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 3: Democrat Party. And in Michigan you've got a candidate for 30 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:42,479 Speaker 3: US Senate, a guy named Abdul l Sayed, And interestingly enough, 31 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 3: he was caught on tape strategizing what to say about 32 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 3: the the Iran War. And I'll tell you what, how 33 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 3: about I don't put words in his mouth. Ben doesn't 34 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 3: put words in his mouth. Let's listen to the words 35 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 3: that came out of his own mouth. Give a listen again. 36 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 4: This is going to say was and house. I want 37 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 4: to remind you guys that there are a lot of 38 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 4: people in Dearborn who are sad today. So like, I 39 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 4: just don't want to comment talk to money him an 40 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 4: a at all. I don't think it's worth. 41 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: Even touching that doesn't even want to touch this, this 42 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 1: this butcher and killer and murder of Americans. Because there's 43 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: a lot of people that he wants to vote for 44 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: him in Dearborn that are sad today. 45 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 3: And by the way, you hear his staffers huh huh 46 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:29,639 Speaker 3: oh yeah, yeah, I mean they all know that this 47 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 3: is no secret. Why are the people in Dearborn sad? 48 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 3: They're sad for the same reason Mondani is sad because 49 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 3: far too many of them are Islamists who cheer for 50 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 3: the Islamists who want to kill Americans. And and you 51 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 3: know this Michigan Senate candidate, you know, to talk about 52 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,079 Speaker 3: cynical listen to his strategy rather than talk about US 53 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 3: national security, rather than talk about killing terrorists, rather than 54 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 3: talk about keeping America safe. What do you think he 55 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 3: wants to do instead? Well, again, don't take my word 56 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 3: for it. Give a listen to his strategy rather than 57 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 3: address US national security. 58 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 4: And I'm just gonna go straight at pedophilia. Frankly, how's a 59 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,799 Speaker 4: black pedophile? President Brian decides that he doesn't like the 60 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 4: front page US, so he decides to take US into 61 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 4: another war. There was a time when you all were 62 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 4: talking about America first, it seems to be to be 63 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 4: America last. 64 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: There it is like we're just gonna make up stuff, 65 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 1: lie about the president, and do this, and that'll be 66 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: our pivot from us actually having to talk about what's 67 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: happening in Iran because I don't want to upset the 68 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 1: Islamist that support Mond, you know, support the Iatola. 69 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 3: By the way, quick question, what painting did Jeffrey Epstein 70 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 3: have hanging in his living room in New York City? 71 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 2: It was Bill Clinton in a blue dress, isn't that right? 72 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,839 Speaker 3: And red pumps. He literally had a painting of Bill 73 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 3: Clinton on his wall. He was an original friend of Bill. 74 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 3: Bill Clinton practically had his own seat on the Louiit 75 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 3: Lead Express. And yet the Democrats just scream, okay, let's 76 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 3: let's just call Trump a pedophile. It's pure or. But 77 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 3: but the citicism of it, the cynicism of it, is 78 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 3: only works because the media is corrupt. Let's listen to 79 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 3: what else this Democrat sidate candidate had. 80 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 4: To say, Like we have the moral high round here. 81 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 4: I think the more we stay out is like they're 82 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 4: going to try and dat us into saying yeah. But 83 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 4: isn't it justified now that they took him out right? 84 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,359 Speaker 4: And I just think we. 85 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,479 Speaker 1: Gotta prep for it. We gotta prep for taking out 86 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: a murderous terrorist in Iran that says he wants to 87 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: blow up and kill innocent Americans who already has and 88 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: Israel and they're like, we gotta prep for this, guys, 89 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 1: this is a big pr nightmare for us. What are 90 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 1: we gonna do now? 91 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 3: Well, there is one other Democrat strategy. One they scream 92 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 3: pedophile and attack Trump. But there's a second Democrat strategy 93 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 3: because if they don't want to actually talk about protecting 94 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 3: America and killing terrorists, uh what what what they do 95 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 3: instead is is is their old their old refuge. Well again, listen, 96 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 3: rather than let me characterize it, I mean that they're 97 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 3: talking about doing this, and Israel's issue always just makes 98 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:04,039 Speaker 3: me a little nervous. 99 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 4: I figured as much I can, I can, I can 100 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 4: shade away from it. But when I say if I'm 101 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 4: going to take the shot, I can't just allude to it. 102 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 4: I got to take the whole shot, which means that 103 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 4: I'm gonna say, look, you've got a path backed Congress 104 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 4: people who now don't want to empower Congress to step 105 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 4: up and enforce its own prerogative. Yeah, ask yourself who 106 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 4: that benefits and why? Ask yourself how powerful that force 107 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 4: is in our politics if they won't even stand up 108 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,279 Speaker 4: to a president who's making illegal and unjustified war. 109 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, making illegal war in order to distract. 110 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 4: Us, you know. 111 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 5: Yeah, Yeah, I think that I think it's that shot 112 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 5: is fine. I just think that it should always be 113 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 5: coupled with the affordability argument. Like I think the danger 114 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 5: here is just getting too caught up in the like 115 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 5: high level politics of it and and not not spending 116 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 5: enough time without. 117 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:56,840 Speaker 4: People in machine. 118 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 2: This is gonna come. 119 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:02,039 Speaker 4: Up with what's your name with welch. Yes, Well, she's 120 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 4: going to be hot on this, and she's she's going 121 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 4: to bade me into the Israel stuff. And if I'm 122 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 4: going to take the shot, I gotta set up. 123 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 2: I gotta set up. 124 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 4: The whole shot. That's the thing, you know what I mean? Like, look, 125 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 4: I'm running against an a pack backed Democratic congressman, and 126 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 4: you know what her statement was, We're perfectly okay with 127 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:23,119 Speaker 4: this war. She should have ASTs first. 128 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: It's amazing how much sustain he has. By the way, 129 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: for Jewish people in Israel, right, like just you can 130 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: hear it there in his voice. 131 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 2: He's like, look, we're gonna. 132 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 3: His strategy is simple, attack Israel, attack the Jews. Like 133 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,720 Speaker 3: that is his strategy. And you know what in Dearborn, 134 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 3: the same people who is he put it her quote 135 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 3: sad that the Iyahtola who chanted death to America is 136 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:48,479 Speaker 3: no longer able to pay terrorists to kill Americans. Those 137 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 3: are the same people that when you attack Israel and 138 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 3: attack Jews, they get excited and vote for you. And 139 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 3: you know, you know what's what's really terrifying. That may 140 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 3: be a winning strategy in a Democrat primary in Michigan, 141 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 3: and obviously was winning strategy in a Democrat primary in 142 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:06,160 Speaker 3: New York City. It was a winning strategy for Ilhan Omar, 143 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 3: It was a winning strategy for AOC, It was a 144 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 3: winning strategy for Rashida Talib. This is the base of 145 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 3: the Democrat Party. And if you have any serious question 146 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 3: about how do you protect America against radical Islamic terrorists 147 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 3: who want to kill us? Yeah, like the Hesbala terrorist 148 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 3: in Michigan that we started this podcast talking about today's 149 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 3: Democrat party has nothing to say about it. 150 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 2: Nothing. 151 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: I want to move to this last story. It is 152 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: April first, April fools. But this story is not a joke. 153 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: We're not Babylon being you hear, Senator. This is actually 154 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 1: a real story that has come out and it's amazing 155 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 1: from the Washington Post talking about the Iran conflict, showing 156 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: why energy dominance is so important. 157 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 2: You can't make this up. I mean wow. 158 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 3: So this is a real editorial in the Washington Post, 159 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 3: and its editorial from the paper itself. It's not a 160 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 3: guest columnist. It is entitled Three Cautionary Tales from the 161 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:15,239 Speaker 3: Iran Energy Shock. Never confuse good intentions with good planning, 162 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 3: And here's what the Washington Post editorial board has to say. 163 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 3: Roughly twenty eight million tons of liquefied natural gas have 164 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 3: disappeared from global markets since the closure of the Strait 165 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 3: of Hormuz and damage to Cutter's export terminals. Analysts predict 166 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 3: the shortfall could last years. While every energy importer will 167 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 3: feel the pinch, not every one of them will feel 168 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 3: it equally. Germany, Taiwan, and California are cautionary tales. All 169 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 3: three have had their politics shaped by green movements, and 170 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 3: all three are more vulnerable for it. When environmentalists came 171 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 3: to power. They force the premature retirement of nuclear reactors, 172 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 3: coal plants, and oil refineries. They calculated that the planet's 173 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 3: needs demanded it, and that global markets would fill the gap. 174 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 3: All three polities are now frantically reversing course, but energy 175 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 3: sources can't be rebuilt over night. Germany's Green Party was 176 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 3: founded in nineteen eighty as an anti nuclear movement. When 177 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 3: it first entered coalition government in nineteen ninety eight, its 178 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 3: price of admission was nuclear phase out. It re entered 179 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 3: government in twenty twenty one, in time to oversee the 180 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 3: shuddering of Germany's last three reactors in twenty twenty three. 181 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 3: The Greens also pioneered the phasing out of the country's 182 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:45,079 Speaker 3: coal plants that Germany sits atop thirty five billion tons. 183 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 3: Billion tons of lignite did not enter into their calculations. 184 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:54,679 Speaker 3: Germany bet big on solar and wind, but intermittent renewables 185 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 3: can't ensure a consistent supply. That left l ANDNG filling 186 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 3: the gap. Last week, Energy Minister Katharina Reisch called the 187 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 3: nuclear shutdown quote a huge mistake, with spot prices for 188 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:14,559 Speaker 3: LNG sharply up the government is now looking at restoring 189 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 3: coal plants it retired in the past. Germany has imported 190 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 3: nuclear generated electricity from France when squeezed, so noticed the 191 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 3: Green Party. The effect of them is to go back 192 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 3: to coal generation and to increase pollution. All right, let's 193 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 3: continue and see what the Washington Post has to say 194 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 3: about Taiwan. Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party codified anti nuclear dogma 195 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 3: into its founding charter in nineteen eighty six. Its arch rival, 196 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 3: the nationalist and at the time authoritarian Kumanting Kua Mantang, 197 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 3: wisely built nuclear power plants as part of a breakneck 198 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 3: industrialization program. When the DPP won power in twenty sixteen, 199 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 3: it legislated a quote nuclear Free Homeland and began retiring 200 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:11,119 Speaker 3: the country's coal plants. Phasing out coal made sense, replacing 201 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 3: nuclear with LNG much less. So. Like Germany, Taiwan can't 202 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:23,199 Speaker 3: rely solely on renewables. Taiwan has virtually no domestic fossil fuels, 203 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 3: and without nuclear it has to import ninety seven percent 204 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:34,200 Speaker 3: of its energy by c Last week, the DPP reversed 205 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 3: course and announced plans to restart the reactors. All right, 206 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 3: how about the People's Republic of California, led by Comrade 207 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 3: Gavin Newsom. In California, environmental regulations have achieved something remarkable. 208 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 3: They have severed the state's gasoline market from the rest 209 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 3: of the country. Unique fuel blend mandates mean no other 210 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 3: state's gasoline is compatible with California. Other onerous regulations, emission fines, 211 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 3: profit caps, drilling restrictions have driven refiners out, and there 212 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 3: are no inbound pipelines for crude or refined products. Now 213 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 3: gas is approaching six dollars a gallon YEP with no 214 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:30,680 Speaker 3: domestic replacement. California became dependent on gasoline imports from Asian refineries, 215 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 3: which are now cutting shipments because the Strait of Hormuz 216 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 3: is closed. As Chevron's refining chief Andy Waltz recently put it, quote, 217 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 3: the California intent to offshore carbon to other nations has 218 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:49,599 Speaker 3: offshored their security of supply. Chevron has warned that it 219 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 3: could leave California entirely within a decade unless regulations changed. 220 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 3: By the way, Chevron was a California company. They moved 221 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 3: to Texas in the last year because the California loonies 222 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:05,080 Speaker 3: drove them out. And here's what the Washington Post closes 223 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 3: with the error in Germany, Taiwan and California was confusing 224 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 3: good intentions with good planning and assuming a stable global 225 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 3: energy market would always be there to paper over the difference. 226 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 3: The Iran war shows it won't. The government's best situated 227 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 3: to whether this energy shock are not the greenest, but 228 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 3: the ones that treated energy as a national security interest 229 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 3: and diversified their supply responsibly. I'm going to say something 230 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,200 Speaker 3: I don't know that I've ever said before. I agree 231 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 3: wholeheartedly with the Washington Post. 232 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:45,839 Speaker 1: Now, if you want to hear the rest of this conversation, 233 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 1: you can go back and listen to the full podcast 234 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: from earlier this week. Now onto story number two. All right, Senator, 235 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:56,079 Speaker 1: so let's get to this first big story here, and 236 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 1: this is one of the ones that concerns me so 237 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 1: much about what is happening in this country right now. 238 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 1: We've also seen this happen in Europe, and we are 239 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 1: now seeing that there are more attacks. We're seeing churches 240 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:11,439 Speaker 1: that are being burned around the world, and we're now 241 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: saying this synagogue attacker that attacked on behalf of hes Blah, 242 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 1: it happened right here in Michigan. We know a lot 243 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: more now than we did before. 244 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, you remember when this story broke, when the man 245 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 3: drove his truck into the synagogue that was also a school. 246 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 3: There were over one hundred kids there. He was trying 247 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 3: to kill as many young children as he could, and 248 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 3: the media coverage they referred to him as Michigan Man. 249 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 3: It was reminiscent of Maryland Man, the guy who was 250 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 3: MS thirteen gangbanger and human trafficker. That was just a 251 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 3: Maryland man who for some reason was deported. No one 252 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 3: could imagine why. Well, here it was Michigan Man, and 253 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 3: then they had all this sympathetic coverage. Michigan Man was 254 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 3: upset that his brother had been killed in the Middle East. 255 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:59,359 Speaker 3: What they didn't mention is his brother was a commander 256 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 3: for and so he was a terrorist. So hesbela terrorist 257 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 3: in America, unhappy that a different Hesbela terrorist had been killed, 258 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 3: and so he tried to kill as many children, as 259 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 3: many Jews as possible. Here are the details. The attack 260 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 3: earlier this month is from CNN on a synagogue in 261 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 3: West Bloomfield, Michigan, was a quote Hesbela inspired act of 262 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 3: terrorism purposely targeting the Jewish community and the largest Jewish 263 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 3: temple in Michigan. The FBI said a news conference on Monday, 264 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 3: the assailant, i'm On Ghazali, was a naturalized US citizen 265 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:39,520 Speaker 3: from Lebanons. Now put a pin in that that we 266 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 3: need to change our vetting for naturalized citizens. 267 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 2: Yeah. 268 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 3: He rammed a pickup truck into the synagogue on March twelfth, 269 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 3: as more than one hundred children were attending school inside. 270 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 3: After waiting in the synagogue's parking lot for more than 271 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 3: two hours, authority said, Gazali drove the truck far into 272 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 3: the building, hitting a hiss security officer before the vehicle became 273 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 3: wedged in a hallway. Security officers for the synagogue began 274 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 3: changing gunfire with Ghazali, who eventually shot and killed himself 275 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 3: inside the truck. During the chaos, the truck's engine compartment 276 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 3: caught fire and caused extension extensive damage to the building. 277 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 3: The truck was filled with over two thousand dollars of 278 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 3: commercial grade fireworks and about thirty five gallons of gasoline, 279 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 3: which he used to enhance the explosion. No one else 280 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 3: was killed. One of the temple's lead security officers was 281 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 3: injured after being hit by the vehicle. Had he lived, 282 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 3: he would have been charged with providing material support to Hesbela, 283 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 3: the Iranian backed terrorist group in Lemanon, said Jerome Gorgon, 284 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:52,440 Speaker 3: the US attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. Gorgan 285 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 3: added that Gazali was inspired by Hesbelon propaganda to carry 286 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 3: out the attack. Quote. This man acted under Hesbelah's direction 287 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:07,640 Speaker 3: and control. He intended to kill others, not just himself. 288 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 3: In the days after the attack, US official said Gazali 289 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 3: was located in federal government databases as having connections to 290 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:20,400 Speaker 3: quote known or suspected terrorists associated with Hesbela. Stopped there 291 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,439 Speaker 3: for a second, so they searched the databases. The databases 292 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:26,639 Speaker 3: showed that he had connections to known or suspected terrorists. 293 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:28,199 Speaker 3: Then why the hell was this guy let in the 294 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 3: country in the first place. Why did they allow him in? 295 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 3: Why did they naturalize him as a citizen. I have 296 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 3: a feeling that information in the databases didn't magically appear 297 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 3: in the last fifteen months. It's been there a long time. 298 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 3: It's just prior administrations didn't care. We didn't get to 299 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 3: the bottom of that. A week prior to the attack, 300 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 3: members of Gazali's family in Lebanon, including two brothers, were 301 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 3: killed in an Israeli airstrike as the US and Israel 302 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 3: entered its second week of conflict with Iran. Now this 303 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:59,200 Speaker 3: is where the media clutched their pearls. Well, his brother 304 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 3: was killed. Naturally, when your brothers killed, what you do 305 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 3: is try to murder a hundred kids. That's the normal 306 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 3: reaction to that. But then here's the killer paragraph that follows, 307 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 3: the Israeli. Israeli military said one of the brothers, Ibrahim 308 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 3: Mohammad Ghazali, was a Hesbela commander in charge of managing 309 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:24,879 Speaker 3: weapons operations in the Raigning Proxy Group's bodder unit. Gazali 310 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 3: began planning for the attack days earlier, so the FBI said, 311 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 3: with his plans intensifying on March ninth. A review of 312 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:38,199 Speaker 3: Gazali's online activity dating to January. January was before the 313 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:42,360 Speaker 3: war in Iran started. YEP showed repeated searches for pro 314 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 3: Hesbela and Iranian news outlets, as well as videos related 315 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 3: to gunfire and ammunition. Beginning March ninth, FBI said he 316 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:54,399 Speaker 3: closely followed speeches and live coverage involving Hesbela Secretary Terry 317 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:59,640 Speaker 3: General Naim Kassem, along with reporting about an Iranian fatwah, 318 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 3: a just ruling concerning Islamic law, calling for total jihad 319 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:09,880 Speaker 3: against the US military. He also researched Jewish cultural education 320 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 3: and religious centers throughout the Detroit metro area, viewing multiple 321 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:18,679 Speaker 3: pages of upcoming events at Temple Israel and search specific 322 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 3: terms and phrases such as quote the largest gathering of 323 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 3: Israelis in Michigan Orthodox synagogues and Israelis near me. That day, 324 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:33,160 Speaker 3: after two people declined to sell them a weapon, Gazzali 325 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 3: bought an AR fifteen style rifle, ten magazines at about 326 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 3: three hundred rounds of ammunition at a gun store in 327 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 3: Dearborn Heights. Runyon said, Now, it's interesting that two stores 328 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 3: declined to sell it to him, and yet the one 329 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 3: in deer Born was willing to. I think that's something 330 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:48,639 Speaker 3: else you've owned a gun store. 331 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 1: I was gonna say that is a massive red flag. 332 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:55,400 Speaker 1: Like if you turned down somebody and there's two stores 333 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: they clearly like were doing their jobs by the way 334 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 1: a gun stores and say so. 335 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 3: Tell us as someone who has owned a gun store, 336 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:04,400 Speaker 3: like like this guy goes in and says, I want 337 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 3: to buy an AR why would a gun store say no. 338 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a couple of reasons. 339 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 1: One, you profile and you can see if someone seems 340 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:15,879 Speaker 1: angry or agitated. You can also you're supposed to be 341 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:18,439 Speaker 1: looking to see if an individual you think is doing 342 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 1: a straw purchase, which means they're buying for someone else illegally. 343 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 1: You'll see that happen a lot of times with wives 344 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 1: that will come in their husband would be a felon, 345 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,639 Speaker 1: or someone that's disqualified from only a weapon, or a 346 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 1: friend will come in. You'll see people that walk in 347 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:34,399 Speaker 1: the store, they'll look at a gun, they'll take a 348 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 1: picture of it, they'll leave, and then literally thirty seconds later, 349 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: a minute later, someone comes in and tries to buy 350 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 1: the exact gun that you just showed to someone else. Like, 351 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: there's multiple things that you look for here. But then 352 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 1: there's also conversations if you see that someone comes in 353 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,679 Speaker 1: and by the way, if you believe that they're drunk 354 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 1: or high or on some sort of drug, you can refuse. 355 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 1: And if you just have a really bad feeling it's 356 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: something doesn't feel right, you can say I'm not gonna 357 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: say you are gone, and you have the rise of 358 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 1: store owner to do that. But when you hear that 359 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 1: two gun stores did this, that says most Yeah, that 360 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:10,119 Speaker 1: says a lot, because something there I would love to 361 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:13,880 Speaker 1: see and go back and here because I'm sure there's 362 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 1: going to be an interview. 363 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 2: What was it? 364 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:18,360 Speaker 1: And then were the authorities alerted to this and yet 365 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:19,920 Speaker 1: a third store was able to sell them the gun? 366 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:22,159 Speaker 1: They didn't check in on that afterwards. That also is 367 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:22,880 Speaker 1: very concerning. 368 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 3: Yeah, the story continues. He practiced shooting the new weapon 369 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 3: the next day and bought the fireworks. An order of 370 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:33,440 Speaker 3: dozens of water containers arrived on the eleventh day before 371 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:36,639 Speaker 3: the attack, and he immediately started filling them with gasoline, 372 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 3: making four trips to gas stations so he would not 373 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:43,479 Speaker 3: arouse suspicion. He also bought two torchlighters, which authorities believed 374 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 3: he used to set his truck on fire. On the 375 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 3: day of the attack, Gazzali sent his sister, who authorities 376 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:55,120 Speaker 3: believe lives in Lebanon, numerous videos and messages quote affirming 377 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 3: his Hesbola inspired ideology. Ten minutes before he drove his 378 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 3: truck into the synagogue, Gazali sent his sister two videos 379 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 3: in Arabic indicating that he was at the largest gathering 380 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:10,159 Speaker 3: of Israelis in the state of Michigan, had booby trapped 381 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 3: his car and would forcibly enter and start shooting people. 382 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 3: The FBI said, God willing, I will kill as many 383 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:20,119 Speaker 3: of them as I possibly can. Gazali recorded himself saying, 384 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:24,919 Speaker 3: according to Runyan, look, these are the kind of threats 385 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 3: we're facing. By the way, this podcast covered when the 386 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 3: Iranian fotwell went out, and we have covered at length 387 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 3: the radical Islamic terrorists that the Biden administration allowed to 388 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 3: flood into this country and the lack of vetting, and 389 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 3: tragically all of this happened at the same time we 390 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 3: had the Department of Homeland Security shut down because the 391 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:51,879 Speaker 3: Democrats have defunded it. And I'm sorry to say this 392 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 3: guy is not the last radical Islamic terrorist left in 393 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 3: the country, and yet Senate Democrats do not seem to 394 00:22:58,640 --> 00:22:59,640 Speaker 3: care at all. 395 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 1: Back in time, just a little bit to remind people, 396 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:05,199 Speaker 1: this was part of what President Trump had said we 397 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,120 Speaker 1: need to do, which was to go back into vet 398 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:10,439 Speaker 1: Can you give an update on that? And as some 399 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 1: of that vetting stop because of DHS lack of funding 400 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: and in all these fights and the government shutdowns that 401 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: have happened. 402 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,679 Speaker 3: Well, some of that vetting would be happening at the 403 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,159 Speaker 3: State Department, some of it would be happening at DHS, 404 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 3: and so I don't know the status of that vetting. 405 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 3: We have not gotten a report. We obviously have a 406 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 3: brand new Secretary of Homeland Security, Mark Wayne Mullen. By 407 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 3: the way, I will point out, every Democrat but two 408 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 3: voted against confirming him. So their position is they don't 409 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 3: want a secretary of DHS. And by the way, they 410 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:41,879 Speaker 3: all like Mark Wayne. He was a colleague in the Senate. 411 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 3: They knew him, he was well liked on both sides 412 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 3: of the island. Was not personal. They wouldn't vote to 413 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:52,160 Speaker 3: confirm it bugs Bunny as head of DHS. Their party 414 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 3: is the open borders party. Anyone who has focused on 415 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 3: securing the border. 416 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 6: Today's Democrats oppose as before, I want to hear the 417 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 6: rest of this conversation on this topic. You can go 418 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:05,879 Speaker 6: back and down the podcasts from earlier this week to 419 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:09,199 Speaker 6: hear the entire thing. I want to get back to 420 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,479 Speaker 6: the big story number three of the week. You may 421 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 6: have missed all right center, there was something very interesting 422 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 6: that happened this week. 423 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 2: No one was really covering it. 424 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:22,440 Speaker 1: The New York Times, however, did report on this that 425 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 1: that radical leftist organization Act Blue may have misled Congress 426 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: on and I'm quoting here vetting foreign donations. Its lawyers said, so, 427 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: just to be clear, another example of Democrats taking foreign interference, 428 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:39,440 Speaker 1: something I thought they were totally against in our elections, 429 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:40,479 Speaker 1: in our laws. 430 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:41,480 Speaker 2: But yeah, not on this one. 431 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 1: Apparently foreign dollars coming in and they may not have 432 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:45,160 Speaker 1: vetted the money at all. 433 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 3: So, in a shocking development, rain fell upwards, fish began flying, yeah, 434 00:24:54,280 --> 00:25:00,919 Speaker 3: birds began swimming, yes. And the New York Times actually 435 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,879 Speaker 3: reported news, do. 436 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 2: We do a golf clup for that? Like Little Masters? 437 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:09,919 Speaker 3: It is shocking this story, and this is actually a 438 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:14,640 Speaker 3: bombshell story that that could potentially have very real consequences. 439 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 3: It's in the New York Times. The headline is Act 440 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:22,120 Speaker 3: Blue may have misled Congress on vetting foreign donations, its 441 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 3: lawyers warned. So understand the source of this is Covington 442 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:30,119 Speaker 3: and Berling, which is a blue chip law firm in 443 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 3: d C. That that that were Joe Biden's former White 444 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:37,119 Speaker 3: House counsel was the lawyer for Act Blue, and Act 445 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:41,639 Speaker 3: Blue is is a powerhouse it has raised billions and 446 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 3: billions of dollars for Democrats. 447 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:49,160 Speaker 1: Say that again, not millions, billion, billions raids just for Democrats. 448 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 3: That they flood money. And they have all of these 449 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,359 Speaker 3: donors who their credit card information is set in, they're 450 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 3: on auto contribute month after month after month, and it 451 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 3: just floods cash. Now here's what both The New York 452 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,920 Speaker 3: Times reported The Democratic fundraising group is facing investigations from 453 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,960 Speaker 3: the Justice Department and congressional Republicans ahead of midterm elections. 454 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 3: In early twenty twenty five, a law firm working for ActBlue, 455 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 3: the Democratic fundraising behemoth, delivered the organization a startling warning. 456 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 3: The firm concluded that Actblue's chief executive had given a 457 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 3: potentially misleading response to Congressional Republican investigators in a twenty 458 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 3: twenty three letter explaining how the organization vetted donations to 459 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 3: ensure that they were not illegally coming from foreign citizens. Quote. 460 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 3: This presents a substantial risk for Act Blue, the law 461 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 3: firm Comington and Berling wrote in one of the two memos. 462 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 3: One memo raised the specter of criminal investigation of prosecutors 463 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 3: believed that Act Blue had tried to conceal facts about 464 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:55,959 Speaker 3: its efforts to prevent foreign contributions. The memos instigated a 465 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 3: meltdown at the highest levels of Act Blue, one of 466 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 3: the Democratic parties most vital financial organs. A series of 467 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 3: top officials resigned in quick succession. Act Blue is now 468 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,879 Speaker 3: all but declaring war on its past lawyers, an extraordinary 469 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,919 Speaker 3: turn of event at a moment when President Trump has 470 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:19,920 Speaker 3: already ordered a Justice Department investigation into the organization. Democrats 471 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:23,200 Speaker 3: are nervous that any additional upheaval at Act Blue could 472 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 3: destabilize the critical fundraising apparatus ahead of the midterm elections. 473 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:34,639 Speaker 3: All levels of Democratic candidates, from incumbent presidents to school 474 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 3: board aspirants, use Act Blue to raise campaign money from 475 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:45,200 Speaker 3: online donors. The platform has processed get this number nearly 476 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 3: nineteen billion with a b billion dollars in contributions since 477 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 3: its founding in two thousand and four, building a donor 478 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 3: database with millions of credit card numbers that is unmatched 479 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:05,120 Speaker 3: in American politics. Nearly twenty three thousand candidates and groups 480 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:09,240 Speaker 3: used the site in twenty twenty five. In one year, 481 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 3: nearly twenty three thousand candidates in groups and raised almost 482 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 3: one point eight billion dollars from fifty two million contributions, 483 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:23,679 Speaker 3: some of which recur every month. And what is striking 484 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:28,680 Speaker 3: is the Covington memos said, and here's the really killer 485 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:34,920 Speaker 3: sentence quote. It can be alleged that Act Blue accepted 486 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:40,959 Speaker 3: and or facilitated the acceptance of foreign national contributions into 487 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:46,360 Speaker 3: American elections. In addition, because Act Blue staff was aware 488 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 3: that its system was not as robust as necessary, it 489 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:54,440 Speaker 3: could be alleged that these violations were knowing and willful, 490 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 3: a standard that both increases the penalties the FEC might 491 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 3: seek and gives the Justice Department jurisdiction for a potential 492 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:09,720 Speaker 3: criminal investigation. This is a big, big deal. 493 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 2: Yeah. 494 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:14,160 Speaker 1: When you say big deal, and I'm a pessimist now, 495 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:16,920 Speaker 1: like a lot of people, and every time we see 496 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 1: something like this happen, then it's like, all right, well, 497 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 1: is there gonna be people that go to jail and 498 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 1: be arrested? And then it seems like nothing ever happens. 499 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 1: So when you say this is a big big deal, 500 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,480 Speaker 1: are you saying that there could actually genuinely be people 501 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 1: that get in trouble for this or is it just 502 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 1: gonna be like someone will fine and we move on 503 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:33,920 Speaker 1: or even nothing at all. 504 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:37,480 Speaker 3: Look, there could be people criminally prosecuted, there could be 505 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 3: people going to jail, but that's not really the biggest consequence. 506 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 3: The biggest consequence is if there's a criminal investigation. And 507 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:49,160 Speaker 3: this is Covington and Berling, a big Democrat law firm, 508 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:52,480 Speaker 3: that was the lawyer for Act Blue, telling them, holy crap, 509 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:55,720 Speaker 3: you guys have screwed up, and you've got real exposure. 510 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:58,880 Speaker 3: And then this is The New York Times, the official 511 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 3: mouthpiece for the Democrats, reporting on it. The biggest political 512 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 3: consequence would be if a criminal investigation shuts down Act 513 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 3: Blue between now and the election, because Act Blue, if 514 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:17,560 Speaker 3: nothing else happens, Act Blue will raise billions of dollars 515 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 3: for Democrats between now and November. And by the way, 516 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:27,280 Speaker 3: Act Blues defense, one of their defense is, well, well 517 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:31,720 Speaker 3: we we. Less than one percent of contributions in twenty 518 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:36,080 Speaker 3: twenty four were from foreign countries. Well, less than one 519 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 3: percent out of nineteen billion dollars is a crap ton 520 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 3: of money, and it is illegal, and that dynamic. And 521 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:47,720 Speaker 3: I'll give you some other other stats. So here's something 522 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:51,479 Speaker 3: Greg Price tweeted. With all the headwinds facing the GOP, 523 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,880 Speaker 3: national Democrat groups have a serious fundraising problem going into 524 00:30:55,880 --> 00:31:01,400 Speaker 3: the midterm. The DNC currently has more debt than cash 525 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 3: on hand, while the RNC has over one hundred million 526 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:09,480 Speaker 3: dollars on hand. The slf CLF, NRCC, and NRSC, which 527 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:12,680 Speaker 3: are all the different committees on the Republican side, all 528 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:17,840 Speaker 3: have more cash than their Democrat counterparts. And now this 529 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:21,880 Speaker 3: with Act Blue, the Democrat crown jewel of their fundraising, 530 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 3: the big, big political consequence if Act Blue has committed 531 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 3: criminal conduct laundering foreign money into American elections, and if 532 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:35,120 Speaker 3: they actively covered it up, which is what Covington and 533 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:38,840 Speaker 3: Berling suggest there's evidence of, that could be more than 534 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:43,280 Speaker 3: sufficient for the Department of Justice to shut Act Blue down. 535 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:47,160 Speaker 3: And if that money spigot is cut off from Democrat 536 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:53,040 Speaker 3: candidates in November, that has massive, massive consequences. 537 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,320 Speaker 1: For the area, and it shuts off the foreign money. 538 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:57,440 Speaker 1: Right that's also the big part of this. And so 539 00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,960 Speaker 1: even if if they try to morph into a new group, 540 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 1: right people leave. 541 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,400 Speaker 3: And by the way, look, the foreign money is not 542 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:07,400 Speaker 3: just some hypothetical specter. If you're that, if you're the Chinese, 543 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,400 Speaker 3: if you're the Russians, if you're the Iranians, if you're 544 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:14,240 Speaker 3: the Venezuelans. If you're the Cubans, it is objectively in 545 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:17,560 Speaker 3: your interest to have Democrats win in November. Donald Trump 546 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:20,920 Speaker 3: has made your life a living hell, and so you 547 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:24,200 Speaker 3: want Congress to declare war on President Trump. You want 548 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 3: a Democrat House and Senate that impeaches the president, that 549 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:30,320 Speaker 3: investigates the president, that prevents the president from doing what 550 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:32,760 Speaker 3: he's done to the enemies of America. 551 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:36,200 Speaker 1: As always, thank you for listening to Verdict with Center 552 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 1: Ted Cruz Ben Ferguson with you don't forget to deal 553 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:41,000 Speaker 1: with my podcast, and you can listen to my podcast 554 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:42,959 Speaker 1: every other day you're not listening to Verdict or each 555 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:45,520 Speaker 1: day when you listen to Verdict. 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