1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 1: Welcome in his verdict with Center Ted Cruz Weekend Review, 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Ben Ferguson with you, and here are the major stories 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: that we talked about this week that you may have missed. 4 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: First up, Ukraine drone strike on Russia, how it was done, 5 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: It was truly incredible, and what does it mean moving forward? Also, 6 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: two Chinese nationals with biopathogens snuck them into the US, 7 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: and we're going to do research at the University of Michigan. 8 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 1: How many more could there be in this country just 9 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: like them? And what does this mean for China and America? 10 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:37,839 Speaker 1: That explained as well. And finally, the real threat of 11 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 1: other terrorists being here in the US after the Colorado attack. 12 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 1: So how big of a threat was Biden's open borders 13 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 1: and how many terrorists could be lying in Wait, it's 14 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 1: the weekend review and it starts right now. I want 15 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: to move to the other big story, and that is 16 00:00:55,560 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: Ukraine claims a massive drone strike on Russia and all 17 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: across literally the country from one side the other. They 18 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: were hitting sites of Russian bombers and what was called 19 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: a spider web operation. I want to make sure though 20 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:19,960 Speaker 1: that people understand this was a response to an attack 21 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 1: that took place at the hands of Russia and Putin 22 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: that Donald Trump referred to him as a crazy man afterwards. 23 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 1: So let's give the background before we explain what happened. 24 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 2: Well, Listen, the war has been ongoing for more than 25 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 2: two years now. There's been massive casualties on both sides. 26 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 2: Russia is the aggressor Russia. Russia is the wrongdoer. Putin 27 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 2: invaded Ukraine or another sovereign nation. Putin did so because 28 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 2: Joe Biden was so incredibly weak, because he was ineffective 29 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 2: commander in chief. Putin did so because Joe Biden waived 30 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 2: the sanctions on nord Stream two, the pipeline that designed 31 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 2: to move natural gas directly from Russia to Germany. I 32 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:09,119 Speaker 2: authored those sanctions, I passed them into law, and President 33 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 2: Trump signed my sanctions legislation into law. Putin shut down 34 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 2: Nordstream two literally the day Trump signed my sanctions legislation 35 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 2: into law. Biden waived those sanctions, and Putin completed the 36 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 2: pipeline and almost immediately invaded Ukraine. So the war has 37 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:31,519 Speaker 2: been ongoing and it is the cause. The cause of 38 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 2: it is Biden's weakness. Well, what happened today Ukraine? You 39 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 2: know I'll tell you at the start of the war, 40 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 2: I remember sitting in a classified briefing, and it was 41 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 2: a classified briefing with all one hundred senators. And we 42 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 2: had in that briefing with the Secretary of State, with 43 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 2: the Secretary of Defense, with the Chairman of the Joint 44 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 2: Chiefs of Staff, with the head of the CIA, the 45 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 2: Director of National Intelligence. We had multiple players throughout the 46 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 2: national security apparatus. This is all during the Biden administration. 47 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 2: Every single one of them briefed all of the senators. 48 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 2: They said, this war will be over within a week. 49 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 2: Russia will sweep in, they'll conquer the whole country. Ukraine 50 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 2: will fall, and within a week Kiev will be a 51 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 2: Russian city. Now that intel, that national security assessment ben 52 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 2: it wasn't slightly wrong, It wasn't a teeny bit wrong. 53 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:24,519 Speaker 2: It was totally catastrophically one hundred and eighty degrees false. 54 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 2: We're sitting here more than two years later, the war 55 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 2: is ongoing, and the Ukrainians keep shocking both the Russians 56 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 2: and the American analysts who insists that they must lose. 57 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 2: They must lose this latest strike, it truly is audacious. 58 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 2: So the Ukrainians hit more than forty Russian bombers inside 59 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 2: Russian territory, and it was a total of forty one 60 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 2: strategic Russian aircraft. The name of the operation was Spiderweb 61 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 2: and you can see online there's a video showing a 62 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 2: drone attack at the Belaya Air Base in Russia's Irkust region, 63 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 2: which is in Siberia, nearly three thousand miles away from Ukraine. 64 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 2: So understand this happened not by Ukraine but three thousand 65 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 2: miles away. And the bombers they're under attack, their explosions, 66 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 2: Smoke is rising from the scene and one source said 67 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:28,679 Speaker 2: quote preliminary estimates indicate that enemy aviation has suffered over 68 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 2: two billion dollars in damage. Enemy strategic bombers are burning 69 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 2: en mass in Russia. That is a major attack. It 70 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 2: is an extraordinary attack. Now that follows the night before 71 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 2: Russia launched four hundred and seventy two drones according to 72 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 2: the Ukrainian Air Force. Earlier on Sunday, Ukraine's army set 73 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 2: a Russian missile strike killed at least twelve Ukrainian service 74 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 2: members and injured sixty. So Russia has been very much 75 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 2: the aggressor. But this attack taking out major aircraft resources 76 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 2: from Russia is a big victory for Ukraine. 77 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: It is a big, big victory. They are obviously worried individuals, 78 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: especially in that part of the world, that Russia will 79 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 1: then now retalied in some massive way and then therefore 80 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: blaming Ukraine saying you should not have done this attack 81 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: that took them a long time to plan strategically. I 82 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: want to get your response to that, because there does 83 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 1: seem to be quite often that when Ukraine does something, 84 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 1: the narrative becomes, well, they're the ones that will bring 85 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: us to the brink of World War III, because now 86 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: Russia is going to respond and it's actually their fault 87 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 1: that they went over the top on this one. 88 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 2: Yeah. Look, Russia has been the aggressor from the beginning. 89 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 2: Ukraine is defending itself. I want to break down how 90 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 2: they carry this out because it's actually this is the 91 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 2: stuff of spy novels. Know. We talked about when Israel 92 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:05,279 Speaker 2: struck back against Hezbolah with with first the pagers and 93 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 2: then with the walkie talkies. That was an extraordinary story. 94 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 2: This has similar aspects. It's like something out of Mission 95 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 2: Impossible of the born identity. And let me read from 96 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 2: its historian Reuters the specific facts. Here's what Reuters reported 97 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 2: to attack Russian air bases. Ukrainian spies hid drones in 98 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:31,799 Speaker 2: wooden sheds. Ukrainian secret services were able to attack strategic 99 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 2: bomber aircraft at Russian air bases on Sunday by hiding 100 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 2: explosive laden drones inside the roofs of wooden sheds, according 101 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 2: to a Ukrainian security official. Ukraine's domestic security agency, the SBU, 102 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 2: acknowledged that it carried out the operation code named Spider's Web, 103 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 2: and said that had caused considerable damage. The sheds were 104 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 2: loaded onto trucks that were driven to the perimeter of 105 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 2: the air base. The roof panels of the sheds were 106 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:08,679 Speaker 2: lifted off by a remotely activated mechanism, allowing the drones 107 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 2: to fly out and begin their attack. The official set. 108 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 2: The security official, has spoken on conditions of anonymity, said 109 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 2: the strikes conducted on Sunday were on four air bases 110 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 2: and that forty one Russian warplanes were hit. An SBU 111 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 2: statement posted on the telegram messaging app estimated the damages 112 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 2: caused by the assault at seven billion dollars and here's 113 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 2: a quote. Thirty four percent of strategic cruise missile carriers 114 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 2: at the main airfields of the Russian Federation were hit. Wow, 115 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 2: that is remarkable. And it is the fact that they 116 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 2: could carry it out in wooden sheds, that they could 117 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 2: smuggle right next to the Russian airfield. That's a significant 118 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 2: tactical and strategic victory. 119 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 1: So when you look at this, what is the best 120 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: case scenario for this attack? Does it make Russia realize 121 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: A they're vulnerable and B maybe we need to go 122 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: back to the table because as you heard President Trump say, 123 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: he said Putin was crazy last week, a crazy man 124 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 1: and refusing to actually stop this war. Instead he went 125 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: on this big attack in Ukraine. 126 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 2: Ukraine responds, Yeah, Look, I think President Trump is deeply 127 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 2: frustrated with Vlatimir Putin right now. President Trump wants this 128 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 2: war to end. I believe this war will end. It 129 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 2: will end this year. And one of the reasons it's 130 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 2: going to end is I think the United States Congress 131 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 2: is done sending money to Ukraine that at this point 132 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 2: we have sent over one hundred billion dollars. Enough is enough. 133 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,839 Speaker 2: This war needs to end. So the blank checkbook that 134 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:51,439 Speaker 2: Joe Biden the Democrats gave that blank checkbook is done. Now, 135 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 2: what I believe is it needs to end in a 136 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 2: negotiated settlement, and it should end in a way that 137 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 2: is a clear and objectively discerned loss for Russia. Putin 138 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 2: is our enemy. Russia is our enemy, and we want 139 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 2: we want our enemies to be weaker and not stronger. 140 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 2: How this ends exactly, it's going to depend on Zelensky 141 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 2: and Putin. Zelensky right now doesn't want to negotiate a piece. 142 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 2: He's looking to fight and defend his country. I understand 143 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 2: that he just doesn't have an entitlement for us to 144 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 2: pay for it. Putin Putin right now, Trump believe that 145 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 2: if he leaned in, Putin would agree to come to 146 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 2: the table and seek terms of peace. At least so 147 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 2: far he hasn't. It is possible this devastating strike on 148 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 2: Russia will change Russia's calculus. That being said, look, one 149 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 2: of the dangerous things about fighting a dictatorship is that 150 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:48,439 Speaker 2: Putin can inflict enormous pain and misery on the Russian 151 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 2: citizenry and still stay in power. So I don't know 152 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 2: how this resolves. I believe it will resolve at the 153 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 2: end of the day. But right now, Putin and Zelenski 154 00:09:57,720 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 2: both seem like they want to keep fighting. 155 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:01,959 Speaker 1: Now I want to hear the rest of this conversation. 156 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: You can go back and listen to the full podcast 157 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 1: from earlier this week. Now onto story number two, Senator, 158 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: let's move to this. Really, I would say very shocking 159 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 1: and scary news that not one, but two Chinese nationals 160 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: have been charged by US federal authorities for allegedly smuggling 161 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 1: a dangerous agricultural pathogen into the United States of America. 162 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:32,680 Speaker 1: It is basically, in Layman's terms, a fungus that poses 163 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 1: a significant threat to crops such as wheat, barley, and rice. 164 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 1: It could cause massive disease and an essence famine on 165 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: our agriculture in this country. And this was brought into 166 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: this country, and it just screams of another example of 167 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 1: why you don't trust China and why we have to 168 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: watch them and protect ourselves. It reminds, I think a 169 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: lot of people of COVID nineteen. But this could literally 170 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 1: recavoc on our entire national security from a basic we 171 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 1: need food to live strategy. If it was weaponized against. 172 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 2: Us, well, this is a story. Unfortunately, you're not going 173 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 2: to watch on the corporate media, ABCNBCCBS, they're not going 174 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 2: to cover it. But China is our enemy, and China 175 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 2: is I think the greatest geopolitical threat we have for 176 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 2: the next one hundred years. We saw with COVID the 177 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 2: incredible threats of a pathogen, of a virus that that 178 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 2: that that can can do enormous damage, can destroy trillions 179 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 2: of dollars, can can take massive toll in human life. Well, 180 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 2: this story and I just want to read to you 181 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 2: a tweet from the director of the FBI, Cash Betel. 182 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 2: Here's what the FBI director said, quote new I can 183 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 2: confirm that the FBI arrested a Chinese national within the 184 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 2: United States who allegedly smuggled a dangerous bio biological pathogen 185 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 2: into the country. The individual, Young Quinn Jian, is alleged 186 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 2: to have smuggled a dangerous fungus called Fusarium gramminarium, which 187 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 2: is an agro terrorism agent, into the US to research 188 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 2: at the University of Michigan where she works. This fungus 189 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 2: can cause a disease called head blight, a disease of wheat, barley, maize, 190 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 2: and rice, causing significant health issues in both humans and livestock. 191 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 2: It is responsible for billions of dollars in economic losses 192 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 2: worldwide each year. Evidence also indicates Jian had expressed loyalty 193 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 2: to the Chinese Communist Party and had received funding from 194 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 2: the Chinese government for similar work on this pathogen in China. 195 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 2: Jian's boyfriend, Zunya Liu, also charged in the complaint, works 196 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 2: at a Chinese university where he conducts research on the 197 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 2: same pathogen. Liu is alleged to a first liede that 198 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 2: admitted to also smuggling fusarium gran grannarium into America through 199 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 2: the Detroit Metropolitan Airport so that he too could conduct 200 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:33,440 Speaker 2: research at the University of Michigan. Both individuals have been 201 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 2: charged with conspiracy, smuggling goods into the United States, false statements, 202 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 2: and visa fraud. This case is a sobering reminder that 203 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 2: the CCP is working around the clock to deploy operatives 204 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 2: and researchers to infiltrate American institutions and target our food supply, 205 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 2: which would have grave consequences, putting American lives, lives, and 206 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 2: our economy at serious risk. Your FBI will continue working 207 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 2: tirelessly to be on guard against it. 208 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 1: You go through this and let's unpack it and just 209 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:14,839 Speaker 1: go back a little bit to pain. I think the 210 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: broader picture, we've seen China financially infiltrate our colleges, our 211 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 1: best colleges. We have seen them by influence. We saw 212 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 1: this hell with the Biden Institute. For goodness sakes, we 213 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 1: have witnessed the number of Chinese students that we allow 214 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 1: to come into this country, be trained here, have access 215 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: to R and D here. And then we've witnessed what 216 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: our government did under Fauci with the amount of money 217 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 1: we were sending to China that was doing a lot 218 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: of this type of research and other things. And we 219 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: shouldn't be surprised that this is happening now. But this 220 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 1: again goes back to the vulnerability. If China is sending 221 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: you money and sending millions of dollars to American universities, 222 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: and then we see this type of research and the 223 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 1: access at these research and suits like the University of Michigan, 224 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:11,480 Speaker 1: et cetera, why isn't there a massive red flag on 225 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 1: every dollar now coming in from China? After seeing yet 226 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 1: again the Chinese are enemy and they cannot be trusted. 227 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 2: There's no doubt there should be. And listen, when I 228 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 2: was first elected to the Senate thirteen years ago. I 229 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 2: was saying then that China is the greatest threat we 230 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 2: have for the next one hundred years. I got to 231 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 2: tell you, Ben, at the time that was a very 232 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 2: lonely view in the United States Senate. Every Democrat disagreed 233 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 2: with me, and most of the Republicans did too. They 234 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 2: all looked to China and they saw nothing but dollar 235 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 2: signs as far as the eye could see. Now COVID 236 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 2: changed that for a lot of people. They realized the mendacity, 237 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 2: the duplicity, the damage China causes. China engages in widespread 238 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 2: murder of its citizens, torture of its citizens. It had 239 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 2: over a million wigures in concentration camps, modern day human slavery, 240 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 2: organ harvesting. But they also engage in massive propaganda, massive 241 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 2: espionage against the United States, massive theft of intellectual property. 242 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 2: They are engaged in a global battle for world domination. 243 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 2: They're objective, which they've told us. They're very explicit. Their 244 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 2: objective is to be the dominant world power and to 245 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 2: displace America, and we need to combat them on the 246 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 2: global stage. China is engaged in Africa, in Latin America, 247 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 2: and the Middle East and Asia, every part of the world. 248 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 2: China is trying to become the dominant world power. They 249 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 2: are waging a thousand year war. And when it comes 250 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 2: to the danger of pathogens, look you look at COVID COVID. 251 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 2: It was clear within the first couple of months of 252 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 2: this pandemic that the evidence strongly suggested that the virus 253 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 2: escape from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China. 254 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:08,680 Speaker 2: We now know that the corporate media suppressed that story, 255 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 2: that Facebook suppressed that story at the explicit request of 256 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 2: doctor Fauci. I will tell you this podcast Verdict with 257 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 2: Ted Cruz in March and in April of twenty twenty, 258 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 2: when COVID was first starting, we laid out the evidence 259 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 2: that this came from China, from the Wuhan Institute of 260 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 2: Virology before you could get it practically anywhere else. China 261 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:43,120 Speaker 2: bears enormous responsibility for what happened with COVID. I think 262 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 2: the evidence is overwhelming that COVID escaped from a Chinese 263 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:52,200 Speaker 2: government lab. I think the evidence is significant that COVID 264 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:55,480 Speaker 2: was actually invented in a Chinese government lab, that they 265 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:59,680 Speaker 2: took natural viruses and they altered them using gaina function research. 266 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 2: And that's not as compelling as the fact that it 267 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:04,879 Speaker 2: escaped from a government lab. But I think there's a 268 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:07,119 Speaker 2: lot of evidence of that. By the way, there are 269 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 2: multiple federal agencies that are now explicitly concluded that COVID 270 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 2: likely escaped from a Chinese government lab. When COVID escaped, 271 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:18,360 Speaker 2: the Chinese government covered it up. They suppressed the evidence, 272 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:21,639 Speaker 2: they destroyed the samples, They did everything they could to 273 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 2: prevent others from understanding the source of this virus and 274 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 2: also to frustrate efforts to stop the spread of this pandemic. Now, 275 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 2: put that in the context of this story, a dangerous 276 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 2: agro terrorism fungus that could do massive damage to crops, 277 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:43,360 Speaker 2: to livestock, to human beings in the United States being 278 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:48,719 Speaker 2: smuggled in by not one but two Chinese nationals being 279 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 2: paid by the Chinese Communist Party. Look, it is not 280 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 2: difficult to imagine a pathogen like that being released in 281 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 2: the United States and doing enormous damage. And that's the 282 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:03,159 Speaker 2: sort of threat our government we need to be vigilant 283 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,360 Speaker 2: against when it comes to communist China. 284 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 1: Well, and it goes back to again some of this 285 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: evidence that Apparently they've been discussing the plan to smuggle 286 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:16,439 Speaker 1: these biological materials since at least twenty twenty two. The 287 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 1: electronic devices contained documents expressing the Chinese Communist Party the CZP, 288 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:25,919 Speaker 1: and detailing research funded by the Chinese government. So the 289 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:29,160 Speaker 1: story just keeps repeating itself. It is over and over 290 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 1: again when we see these things happen. It's directly tied 291 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:36,160 Speaker 1: tied to the Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese Communist government, 292 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: and we should not be surprised as is happening. Will 293 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 1: there be any reaction or anything that Congress can do 294 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:45,199 Speaker 1: on this very quickly? 295 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 2: Well, listen, this has been an area I've been legislating 296 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:50,399 Speaker 2: for a long time. So, for example, one of the 297 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 2: very first bills I passed into law dealt with Confucius institutes. 298 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:58,680 Speaker 2: Confucius institutes were formed on US universities all across the country, 299 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:01,919 Speaker 2: hundreds of them, and they were funded by the Chinese 300 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:06,880 Speaker 2: Communist Party. They conducted espionage and propaganda. I introduced legislation 301 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 2: to cut off federal funding the universities that have Confucius institutes, 302 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:13,879 Speaker 2: passed it into law, and as a result, we've shut 303 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 2: down most of the Confucians institutes across the country. So 304 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,880 Speaker 2: we can fight this, but we need to be vigilant 305 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:20,440 Speaker 2: and we need to. 306 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:22,720 Speaker 1: Fight as before. If you want to hear the rest 307 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 1: of this conversation on this topic, you can go back 308 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 1: and dow the podcast from earlier this week to hear 309 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 1: the entire thing. I want to get back to the 310 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:33,960 Speaker 1: big story number three of the week you may have missed. 311 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 1: I want to also get to this other big issue, 312 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: and that is out in Colorado and the terror attack there. 313 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:44,199 Speaker 1: We've got a significant update on this individual and also 314 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 1: real concerns and honesty now coming from the administration about 315 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 1: the real threat of other terrorists that may be in 316 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: this country that were led into this country by the 317 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:56,680 Speaker 1: Biden and Harris administration. 318 00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 2: Well, it turns out that four years of open borders 319 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,360 Speaker 2: over twelve million people to come into this country illegally. 320 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:08,159 Speaker 2: That was a really bad policy and even worse, Look, 321 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 2: there were ten million people who were apprehended by the 322 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:16,359 Speaker 2: Biden administration. They let them go. That is problematic on 323 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 2: many many fronts, But the most disturbing number is two million. 324 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 2: They're roughly two million god aways. Those are people that 325 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,360 Speaker 2: crossed the border. We know cross the border, but yet 326 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 2: they escaped detection. And those god aways are much much 327 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 2: more likely to be criminals. They're much more likely to 328 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:41,720 Speaker 2: be murders, rapists, child molesters, terrorists, gang members. And if 329 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 2: you look at this, this radical who attacked and firebombed 330 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 2: the peaceful Jewish protesters in Boulder, Colorado, this was a 331 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 2: guy who never should have been in this country to 332 00:21:56,840 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 2: begin with. He came in on a tourist visa, over stated, 333 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 2: and this was a radical Islamist. And I want to 334 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 2: read to you a tweet from Bill Malusion. Now, regular 335 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 2: listeners of this podcast know Bill Malusian is the best 336 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 2: reporter in America. He reports for Fox News and he's 337 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 2: been detailing what's going on at the border. Here's what 338 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 2: Bill Malusion tweeted, breaking new details on Colorado terror attack 339 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 2: suspect as Feds charged him with federal hate crime. According 340 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:31,400 Speaker 2: to federal court filings obtained by Fox News, Egyptian illegal 341 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 2: alien Mohammed Solomon admitted in an interview that he wanted 342 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 2: to kill all quote Zionist people, and he had been 343 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:43,160 Speaker 2: planning the attack for a year, and that he would 344 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 2: conduct the attack again if he could. He allegedly told 345 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:51,439 Speaker 2: investigators that he waited to carry out the attack until 346 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 2: his daughter graduated high school, and that he specifically targeted 347 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 2: the quote Zionist group in Boulder after learning about them 348 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 2: from an online search. It was premeditated, as he allegedly 349 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 2: admitted he knew they would gather on Sunday at one pm, 350 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:15,440 Speaker 2: he arrived and waited for them. Additionally, investigators found a 351 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 2: black container with fourteen more molotov cocktails near the spot 352 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:25,719 Speaker 2: he was arrested in. Inside his vehicle, investigators found paperwork 353 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 2: with the words Israel, Palestine, and USAID. This man was 354 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:36,879 Speaker 2: admitted into the country via a tourist visa during the 355 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 2: Biden administration. He overstayed, filed an asylum request, and was 356 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:47,679 Speaker 2: granted work authorization by the Biden administration, which expired at 357 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 2: the end of March of this year. So I understand 358 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 2: this guy came into this country, he overstated his visa, 359 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 2: and yet the Biden administration said, hey, look a radical 360 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 2: Islamic terrorist we want you to say. It was not 361 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 2: hard to figure out from his social media who this 362 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 2: guy was. But the Biden administration, they were not focused 363 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:11,159 Speaker 2: on defending this nation. They were not focused on stopping 364 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 2: terrorists from coming into this country. Instead, they made a 365 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 2: political decision. I get asked all the time, Ben, why 366 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,479 Speaker 2: would Democrats open up the borders? It clearly hurt them 367 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:23,439 Speaker 2: in the flat last election. Why would they do this? 368 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 2: And I believe it was entirely about power. They viewed 369 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:31,199 Speaker 2: twelve million illegal immigrants, they said, listen, every one of 370 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 2: these we think are going to vote for Democrats. We 371 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 2: want them in here. Some portion of them will vote illegally. 372 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 2: The rest of them, they believed, if they stayed in power, 373 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 2: they'd grant amnesty and make them all voters. And if 374 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:48,879 Speaker 2: they have to bring in Muslim Brotherhood terrorists who were 375 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 2: murdering people, sadly, the Democrats were willing to do that. 376 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: This is the part that I really think we do 377 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 1: need to make it clear, not just now but in 378 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 1: the future. The Democratic Party, and you alluded to this 379 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 1: in your comments there. Their plan they knew was going 380 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:13,080 Speaker 1: to have disastrous consequences from a national security standpoint. They 381 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,679 Speaker 1: were willing to play Russian Roulette with that open border. 382 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 1: And they were warned and they saw the people that 383 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:22,000 Speaker 1: were on the terrorists watch list, Senator, and they didn't 384 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 1: care because it was their overall plan to flood the 385 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:29,679 Speaker 1: country with the legal immigrants and fundamentally changes country. They 386 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,119 Speaker 1: knew this plan would allow for people that are terrorists, 387 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:36,200 Speaker 1: some of them on the terrorists watch lists at the time, 388 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: to get into this country, and they still continued to 389 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: have the open border policy because they basically said, Hey, 390 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:47,119 Speaker 1: it's part of our bigger plan, and there's going to 391 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 1: be collateral damage from this, so be it. 392 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 2: And listen when I say this, this sounds harsh, and 393 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,119 Speaker 2: you sort of think of a listener who's not terribly 394 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:02,880 Speaker 2: political and they're like, wait, the Democrats couldn't really want 395 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 2: more terrorists in this country. But at the end of 396 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:09,959 Speaker 2: the day, that was the inevitable consequence of the policies 397 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,160 Speaker 2: they put in place. When you allow twelve million people 398 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,200 Speaker 2: to cross the border illegally, and by the way, the 399 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 2: Biden Border control the border patrol, they instructed their agents 400 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 2: be on the lookout for hesbela Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jehad 401 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 2: terrorists coming across this border. Look, we have radical Zealots 402 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:38,879 Speaker 2: who have declared Jahad and America who have demanded of 403 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 2: their terrorists murder as many Americans as you can and 404 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,640 Speaker 2: murder as many Jews and Israelis as you can. And 405 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 2: in the face of those very real and clear national 406 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 2: security threats, the fact that the Biden administration and the Democrats, 407 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,960 Speaker 2: it wasn't just Joe Biden, it wasn't just Kamala Harris, 408 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 2: it was every single Democrat in the Senate, every single 409 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 2: Democrat in the House. Because they voted in favor of 410 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:07,200 Speaker 2: open borders over and over and over again, they knew 411 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 2: that some of the people coming were just like this 412 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 2: radical and listen, I've reintroduced this week legislation to designate 413 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 2: the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. The Muslim Brotherhood. 414 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,919 Speaker 1: This is something you've been sounding the alarm on for 415 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 1: quite some time. I want to be very clear about that. 416 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 2: So I've been fighting for this legislation for more than 417 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:35,920 Speaker 2: a decade. The Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist organization. It 418 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 2: is in countries throughout the Middle East. It is in Egypt, 419 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 2: it is in cutter it is all across the Middle East. 420 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 2: And the Muslim Brotherhood openly aggressively they support hamas, they 421 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 2: support Hesbela. They are a terrorist organization and by the way, 422 00:27:56,320 --> 00:28:01,080 Speaker 2: to be clear, in Egypt they're an actual place political party. Look, 423 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 2: we had Mohammed Morsei, who was the leader of Egypt, 424 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 2: who was a Muslim Brotherhood radical. Now now thankfully Mohammed 425 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 2: Morsey was defeated, and he was defeated by Alcesi, who 426 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:19,159 Speaker 2: is fighting against the Muslim Brotherhood. Look, look, if you 427 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 2: look at the Arabs who are dealing with this, the 428 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:28,120 Speaker 2: Muslim Brotherhood and the Jihadis, they believe in using violence, 429 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:33,080 Speaker 2: using murder to force people to embrace their radical Islamus view. 430 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 2: And yet these are these are the radicals that are 431 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:43,720 Speaker 2: fighting that that are murdering Israelis, and that are murdering Americans, 432 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 2: and and and this is exactly the radicals that this 433 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 2: lunatic in Boulder, Colorado was embracing, and that Joe Biden, 434 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 2: the Democrats were letting end of this country. 435 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 1: Final question on the on the the designate of Muslim 436 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 1: Brotherhood is a terrorist organization. Is this finally going to 437 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 1: be the moment where you think there's a decent chance 438 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 1: that this can become reality or there's still going to 439 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 1: be Democrats at all costs that say we are going 440 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 1: to defend this. 441 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 2: So I hope so. So right now today the Muslim 442 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 2: Brotherhood is designated as a terrorist organization in Saudi Arabia, 443 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 2: They're designated in the United Arab Emirates, They're designated in Egypt, 444 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 2: in Syria and Bahrain. But the United States has yet 445 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:34,280 Speaker 2: to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. When 446 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 2: you have a group that actively encourages the waging of jahad, 447 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 2: the murdering of innocence, they are a terrorist organization. And 448 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:50,080 Speaker 2: so I pressed, I pressed the entire first Trump term 449 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 2: for the Muslim Brotherhood to be designated. We did not succeed. 450 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:56,960 Speaker 2: I think we will succeed this administration. I think President 451 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 2: Trump is going to do this and I'm going to 452 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:04,400 Speaker 2: be keep designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization 453 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:08,320 Speaker 2: because that is who they are, and we saw the 454 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 2: horrific and potentially deadly consequences this week in Boulder, Colorado. 455 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:17,440 Speaker 1: As always, thank you for listening to Verdict with Center 456 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:19,920 Speaker 1: Ted Cruz Ben Ferguson with you don't forget to deal 457 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 1: with my podcast, and you can listen to my podcast 458 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:24,239 Speaker 1: every other day you're not listening to Verdict, or each 459 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:26,800 Speaker 1: day when you listen to Verdict afterwards, I'd love to 460 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,920 Speaker 1: have you as a listener to again the Ben Ferguson podcasts, 461 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:32,400 Speaker 1: and we will see you back here on Monday morning.