1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: Welcome. It is Verdict with Ted Cruz Weekend Review, Ben 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: Ferguson with you. These are the big stories that you 3 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: may have missed that we talked about this week. First up, 4 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: a major report the media is not talking about. It 5 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,639 Speaker 1: involves the president's brother, Jim Biden, and he may have 6 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:20,440 Speaker 1: been making more money than anyone selling access to his brother, 7 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: even more than Hunter Biden. So who is paying him 8 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 1: and whether they get in returned will break it all 9 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: down for you. Also, you know what's happened on college campuses. 10 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: You've seen the protesters, So who's paying them? It's clearly organized, 11 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: and how much are they getting paid. We've got the 12 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: financials and we'll have that for you in a moment. 13 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 1: And finally, new legislation it's bipart of san that Senator 14 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: Cruz wants you to know about that deals with keeping 15 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: your kids safe and your grandkids safe on social media. 16 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: It is Verdict. We can review and it starts right now. Sinaer. 17 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: One of the reasons why I just I love doing 18 00:00:57,920 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: this show with you is we get to talk about 19 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: it issues that the media is not covering. The last 20 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: one's a great example, but there's also one that needs 21 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: to have everyone listening, share on social media, and that 22 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: is this new report out that it wasn't just Hunter 23 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 1: Biden that was getting in on the action of selling 24 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: access to daddy. Jim Biden was getting in on the 25 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: action and actually may have been a bigger offender based 26 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: on what we're finding out. Jim Biden is now being 27 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 1: accused of being in business with Katari officials, the actual 28 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: government and Hunter Biden. Yeah, he leverages ties to his dad. 29 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: We've seen that. But Politico has a new report out 30 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: that says that Joe Biden's brother was winning business deals 31 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: with business partners that were directly linked and tied to 32 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: foreign governments, those that were actually tied to terrorism. According 33 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: to the outlet, Jim Biden, the President's brother, was in 34 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: business with Katari officials to fund his healthcare venture. That 35 00:01:56,040 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: would be quote some of the closest known link between 36 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: a Biden relative and a foreign government. 37 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 2: Well that's exactly right. This was a bombshell report that 38 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,679 Speaker 2: came out three days ago in Politico. The title of 39 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 2: the report is quote fund manager indicates Jim Biden was 40 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 2: in business with Katari officials, and Politico explains, quote new 41 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 2: details about Jim Biden's foreign fundraising efforts are spilling out 42 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 2: into a Kentucky bankruptcy court, where recent testimony indicates that 43 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 2: President Joe Biden's brother partnered with the Katari government officials 44 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 2: in his quest to find money for a US healthcare venture. 45 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 2: The sworn testimony by fund manager Michael LeWitt, a former 46 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 2: business partner of Jim Biden's, a test that two companies 47 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 2: that facilitated the efforts were part owned by members of 48 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 2: the Katari government. One company named in the testimony partnered 49 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 2: directly with Jim Biden the multi year fundraising efforts. The 50 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 2: second company provided financial backing for a series of loans 51 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 2: that a hospital chain paid Jim Biden to rank. According 52 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 2: to documents and testimony LeWitt submitted in the course of 53 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:10,959 Speaker 2: the federal bankruptcy proceedings. If substantiated, the alleged arrangements would 54 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 2: constitute some of the closest known financial links between a 55 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 2: relative of President Joe Biden and a foreign government. 56 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: It's also about following the money. Yes, we're hearing now 57 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 1: that this money that was coming in was not just 58 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: going to Jim Biden, but it was also going into 59 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: the pocket of the now president of the United States 60 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 1: of America, this testimony that came out in this bankruptcy, 61 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: these documents, and now this individual that did business with 62 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: the Bidens. He said, Look, at first, there was a 63 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: bridge loan to amer Corps that coincided with a payment 64 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: from America Corps directly to Jim Biden. The report says 65 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: Biden said in testimony in February that the roughly six 66 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: one hundred thousand dollars payments that he received from Americrps 67 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: around the time where his role was in arranging quote 68 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: loans and many other services quote unquote, and then in 69 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: March of twenty eighteen, Jim Biden transferred two hundred thousand 70 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: dollars of the payments in question to then his brother 71 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 1: Joe Biden. 72 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 2: Well, look, that is exactly right, and you needn't understand, 73 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 2: Cutter has some of the most problematic foreign policy of 74 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 2: any country on Earth. And so this is you know, 75 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 2: it's amazing the Biden crime family. In that phrase, I 76 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 2: got to say a while ago it sounded like hyperbole. 77 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 2: It no longer sounds like hyperbole because the entire Biden 78 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 2: family is engaged in a business where they only do 79 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 2: business with our enemies. They somehow never seem to do 80 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 2: business with Canada. They never do business with the United Kingdom. 81 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,799 Speaker 2: They never do business with France or Spain or Japan. 82 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 2: They only do business with Russia. They do business with Ukraine. 83 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 2: They do business with communist China. Let me read from 84 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 2: this political art article because it lays out quote. In 85 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 2: June of twenty seventeen, Cutter's neighbors, led by Saudi Arabia, 86 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 2: ganged up and cut diplomatic ties with the country, citing 87 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 2: its alleged support for terrorism. The ensuing financial and physical 88 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 2: blockade through the country, a peninsula that juts out from 89 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 2: Saudi Arabia into the Persian Gulf, into a sustained crisis. 90 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 2: In response, the country's rulers began showering well connected Westerners 91 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 2: with gifts and financial benefits, sometimes in the form of 92 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 2: investment funding. The Qatari influence offensive strengthened the country's ties 93 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 2: to the US and Europe, but also led to corruption scandals, 94 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 2: including the European parliaments sprawling Cuttergate fiasco. Around the time 95 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 2: of the blockade, Jim Biden was embarking into a foray 96 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 2: into the healthcare business, in which he worked closely with 97 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 2: the truck hospital chain, AmeriCorps. And by the way, when 98 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 2: Jim Biden was raising money, he pitched himself very directly 99 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:14,279 Speaker 2: as so. For example, here's what Jim Biden said in 100 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 2: a draft letter to official at Cutters sovn Wealth Fund. 101 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 2: He said, quote, my family could provide a wealth of 102 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 2: introductions and business opportunities at the highest level that I 103 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 2: believe would be worthy of the interest of his excellency 104 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:35,559 Speaker 2: on behalf of the Biden family. I welcome your interest here. 105 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 2: That's how he was pitching it, and it resulted in 106 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 2: payments of roughly six hundred thousand dollars from AmeriCorps that 107 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 2: he received, and Jim Biden transferred two hundred thousand dollars 108 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 2: of those payments directly to Joe Biden. Now understand who 109 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 2: Cutter is. Also, do you know where the leaders of 110 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 2: a MOSS live? Where's the Cutter? 111 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: There? 112 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 2: You go that they live as billionaire as they live 113 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 2: in incredibly lush, opulent apartments, They fly private jets. Cutter 114 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 2: gives them sanctuary, Cutter supports them, Cutter protects them. This 115 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 2: is the same Hamas that carried out October seventh. This 116 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 2: is the same Hamas that murders Israelis and murders murders Americans, 117 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 2: and yet the Biden administration consistently refuses to sanctioned Cutter, 118 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 2: refuses to stand up to Cutter, and suddenly we discover 119 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 2: that the Biden family has been bought and paid for. 120 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: By the way, can you go back and read that 121 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 1: one line, because I do think it's an important one. 122 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 2: Holy, let me read a different line, which is Jim 123 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 2: Biden presented a presentation on behalf of AMERICRPS, saying that 124 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 2: AMERICARPS was seeking thirty million dollars in financing to acquire hospitals. 125 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 2: Do you know how the presentation described Jim Biden. 126 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna guess Joe Biden brother. 127 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 2: It described him as totally separate person with no connection 128 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 2: to the vice president of the president. No, no, that 129 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 2: actually is not correct. I'm gonna read you what it said. 130 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 2: This is a quote Jim Biden quote, brother and campaign 131 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 2: finance chair of former Vice President Joe Biden. So it 132 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 2: ain't complicated. Why do you want to give him money 133 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 2: because he's Joe's brother. And by the way, the money 134 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 2: you give him, he'll give to Joe. Why is this 135 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 2: not on the six o'clock news Ben. 136 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 1: Because it indicts the president United States of America and 137 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: a paid a play scheme that would bring down I 138 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:45,319 Speaker 1: would argue any other presidency look. 139 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 2: In any normal sense, that would be right. But if 140 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 2: you look at at this these documents, these documents are 141 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 2: being ignored by the media. So, for example, Lewett wrote 142 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 2: to Jim Biden to express confidence that his funds would 143 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,839 Speaker 2: be repaid immediately for its loans to AmeriCorps with money 144 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 2: from Dubai. According to an email that emerged the bankruptcy litigation, quote, 145 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 2: nothing else changes in terms of what I will be 146 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 2: doing re AmeriCorps since I will be just as responsible 147 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 2: for the Dubai dollar dollar dollar three dollar signs with 148 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:32,199 Speaker 2: the added worry of being driven around the desert. 149 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 1: L Ol. Wow. I mean I'm sitting here and I 150 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,839 Speaker 1: say wow, and I mean it rarely am I speechless, 151 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: But I go back to that sense. I wanted you 152 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: to read again where the pitch is to his excellency. 153 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:49,200 Speaker 1: I mean they're saying, hey, do business with us. You 154 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 1: guys need access. You're in trouble. This is how you 155 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 1: get the Biden family on your team again. It's just 156 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 1: going to cost you millions of dollars in quote business. 157 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 2: Yet, let's speak clear the entire pitch. It was not 158 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 2: about Jim Biden's financial acumen. It's not about what he 159 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 2: knew about healthcare. As far as we can tell, he 160 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 2: didn't know a damn thing about healthcare. Here's what he wrote. 161 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 2: I'm going to read it again. The draft letter from 162 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 2: Jim Biden read, in part, quote my family. It's not 163 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 2: even me my family, And who's my family mean? He 164 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:25,839 Speaker 2: means his brother. It's just like Hunter Biden when he 165 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 2: says my father. They're all talking about Papa Joe. My 166 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:35,840 Speaker 2: family could provide a wealth of introduction and business opportunities 167 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:39,079 Speaker 2: at the highest level that I believe would be worthy 168 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 2: of the interest of his excellency. And his excellency are 169 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 2: both capitalized on behalf of the Biden family. I welcome 170 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 2: your interest here. 171 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, meaning I'm speaking on behalf of my brother. 172 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 2: Just like Hunter Biden said, I'm sitting here next to 173 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 2: my father to the Chinese Communist. If you do not 174 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 2: give me five million dollar dollars right now, my father 175 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 2: will retaliate. It wasn't just Hunter, it was Jim. It 176 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 2: was the entire family. And I want to underscore why 177 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 2: didn't they do business with the French, or the British 178 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 2: or any friends. The Japanese, the Canadians know. It was 179 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 2: only enemies of America. It was only countries that provide 180 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:23,199 Speaker 2: comfort and shelter to Hamas and terrorists to murder Americans. 181 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 2: That was their business strategy is find people who hate America, 182 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 2: find countries who are enemies of America, but who need 183 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 2: favors from Joe Biden, and go get hundreds of thousands 184 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 2: or millions of dollars from them. 185 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, and this comes, by the way, two weeks after 186 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,079 Speaker 1: James Biden it came out in court documents as well 187 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 1: apparently secretly negotiated one hundred and forty million dollars settlement 188 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 1: deal in twenty twelve between a US company and the 189 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:54,439 Speaker 1: Saudi Arabian government quote due to his relationship with then 190 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: Vice President Joe Biden. Court documents revealed, and no one 191 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 1: talked about that story either on the nightly news. As 192 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:01,960 Speaker 1: you mentioned a moment ago. 193 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 2: Look, it reminds me of mel Brooks's movie History of 194 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 2: the World Part one, where he says repeatedly, it's good 195 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 2: to be the. 196 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 1: King, It's good to be the king. 197 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 2: That's how the Biden family sadly approaches government. 198 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,319 Speaker 1: Now, if you want to hear the rest of this conversation, 199 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: you can go back and listen to the full podcast 200 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 1: from earlier this week. Now onto story number two, Let's 201 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 1: go back and look at the hierarchy of this, just 202 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: to put it in perspective. In the hours after the 203 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 1: attack on Israel, you had to call out the United 204 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:38,719 Speaker 1: States government. Yeah, the Biden administration repeatedly, and I want 205 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:40,720 Speaker 1: you to go through that quickly in a second, but 206 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 1: you had to call them out for basically holding Israel 207 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 1: to a standard they're not holding hamas to which is 208 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 1: if Israel responds and protects itself and anyone dies that 209 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: they're somehow evil. You then have a White House that's 210 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 1: doubled down on that. You then have people like Alamo 211 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:59,560 Speaker 1: mar and others in the Senate and the Democratic Party 212 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 1: that have done the same exact thing. You then have 213 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 1: that trickle down to the presidents of these universities. And 214 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: we saw them go before Congress and none of them, 215 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,840 Speaker 1: by the way, got fired. Some of them aren't presidents anymore, 216 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 1: but they still got their six figure salaries, are still 217 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 1: in doctrinate kids on campus. None of them didn't lost 218 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: their access to the university, which they've taken away from 219 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 1: even some Jewish professors this week. So then that trickles 220 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: down into the base professors, which we just played a 221 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:27,680 Speaker 1: moment ago, which then trickles down to the students that 222 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: can hate Jews, and then it trickles down into the 223 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 1: outside non students who are the protesters that are there. 224 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 1: And yet you could fix all of this the way 225 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:38,200 Speaker 1: that we've seen in Texas this week, the way we've 226 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 1: seen it in Florida this week, where these protesters come 227 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:42,439 Speaker 1: out in those universities in those states and they said, 228 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 1: we're not putting up with this crap. So this is 229 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:48,319 Speaker 1: all being done and organized and allow by the universities, 230 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 1: by law enforcement, by Democrats who are locally elected, and 231 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 1: they could stop it all in a matter of days, 232 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 1: but they're saying no, No, let's keep going and let's 233 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 1: keep this growing. 234 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 2: I want to read something that was tweeted by Carol Markowitz. Now. 235 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 2: Now Carol Markowitz is a columnist at the New York Post, 236 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 2: and she said something online that I think was really 237 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 2: quite powerful. She said, quote, a lot of Jewish friends, 238 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 2: especially those who are finally awake after October seventh, say 239 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 2: things like, quote how is this America? Or quote it's 240 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 2: so scary that this Jew hatred is happening everywhere, But 241 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 2: it's very much not America. And it's absolutely not happening everywhere. 242 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 2: In South Florida, Jews wear the dinner plate Megan David's 243 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 2: and no one says one word. In rural Michigan churches 244 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 2: put pray for Israel on the signs outside. I'm not naive. 245 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 2: Obviously Jew haters can and do live anywhere. But they're 246 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 2: only thriving, open, proud in blue areas. And I'm not 247 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 2: going to let people ignore that. A lot of liberal 248 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 2: Jews are trying to parse things right now. They imagine 249 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 2: that they are still of the left, but just on 250 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 2: this one tiny little thing, their right to exist, they disagree. No, 251 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 2: my friends, it's a house of cards and you're pulling 252 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 2: the one from the very bottom. The whole left ideology 253 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 2: is corrupt, and you're going to have to face it. 254 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 2: You can't spread the blame around. The hatred, the rage, 255 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 2: the violence, the dehumanization is all coming from one side. 256 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 2: Yours a second example. It is an op ed that 257 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 2: was written in JNS. It was written by Jonathan Berniski. 258 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 2: It's entitled Jewish Democrats Wake Up, and it says at 259 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 2: the outset quote, the antisemitic right is a fringe phenomenon, 260 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 2: while the anti Semitic left is mainstream, powerful and shaping 261 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 2: America's future. And I'm just going to read the beginning 262 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 2: of this because it's really quite powerful. 263 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: Quote. 264 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 2: This is addressed to you, my fellow Jews, since most 265 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 2: of you are Democrats. You've heard from liberal colleagues that 266 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 2: Tucker Carlson, whose show you've never watched, has been flirting 267 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 2: with anti Semites. You've been told by liberal friends that 268 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 2: Candice Owens, whose show you've never watched, has been picking 269 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 2: fights with Ben Shapiro, whose show you've never watched. From 270 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 2: CNN and MSNBC. You know that a pack of guys 271 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 2: with citronal a tiki torches march through Charlottesville while shouting 272 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 2: the Jews will not replace us. And that's why you've 273 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 2: convinced yourself that there are far more anti Semites on 274 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 2: the right than there are on the left. I wish 275 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 2: to pose several questions. How many of the thousands of 276 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 2: individuals who got gathered in Times Square on October eighth, 277 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 2: twenty twenty three, and chanted resistance is justified and glory 278 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:10,679 Speaker 2: to our martyrs are registered Republican voters and planned to 279 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 2: cast their ballots for Donald Trump. How many of the 280 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 2: individuals who barricaded Jewish students inside Cooper Union's library on 281 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 2: October twenty fifth, twenty twenty three, pounded on the doors 282 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 2: and carried signs that read Zionism, hands off our universities 283 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 2: are registered Republicans and planned to cast their ballots for 284 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 2: Donald Trump. How many of the thousands of individuals who 285 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 2: rallied in Manhattan on December twenty fifth, twenty twenty three 286 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:42,879 Speaker 2: and carried banners emblazoned with the words quote by any 287 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 2: means necessary and quote resistance until return are registered Republicans 288 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 2: and planned to cast their ballots for Donald Trump. How 289 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 2: many of the thousands on thousands of individuals who assembled 290 00:17:56,359 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 2: at Columbia University on February second and shouted Globe Belies, 291 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:05,120 Speaker 2: the Intifada, and death to the Zionist State are registered 292 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,159 Speaker 2: Republican voters and planned to cast ballots for Donald Trump. 293 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 2: How many of the individuals who amassed in Dearborn, Michigan, 294 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 2: on April fifth and yelled death to America and death 295 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 2: to Israel are registered Republicans and planned to cast their 296 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:23,639 Speaker 2: ballots for Donald Trump. How many of the thousands of 297 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 2: individuals who blocked traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge and 298 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 2: other cities on April fifteenth and carried the flag of 299 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:34,360 Speaker 2: Hesbela are registered Republicans and planned to cast their ballots 300 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 2: for Donald Trump. How many of the hundreds of thousands 301 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:42,919 Speaker 2: of individuals who have participated in the thousands of anti 302 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:48,120 Speaker 2: Zionists and Prohamas protests across the country since October seventh 303 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 2: are registered Republicans and planned to cast their ballots for 304 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:54,639 Speaker 2: Donald Trump? And then he answers it. He said, the 305 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 2: answer to every question posed above is close to zero, 306 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:05,120 Speaker 2: if not none, He goes on. Yet, we've been told 307 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:09,680 Speaker 2: by reporters and commentators at August publications and news networks, 308 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 2: leaders of esteem nonprofits, academics at prestigious colleges and universities, 309 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 2: and career civil servants at major three letter federal government 310 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 2: agencies that anti Semitism is solely a problem of the right. Yes, 311 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:28,680 Speaker 2: fringe right wing anti Semites are a problem. They should 312 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 2: be considered a threat, but they are on the fringe. 313 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 2: And because these fringe elements continue to be the near 314 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 2: exclusive target of the less so called quote quote fight 315 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 2: against anti Semitism, it's more imparent than ever that our 316 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 2: elites are purposely engaged in a partisan game. This next 317 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 2: paragraph is the most important paragraph in the op ed. 318 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:03,920 Speaker 2: Right wing anti Semites are kuks and grifters. Left wing 319 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 2: anti semites are college professors, newspaper editors, Hollywood stars, a 320 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,919 Speaker 2: growing number of Democratic members of Congress, and quite a 321 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:22,400 Speaker 2: few Biden administration officials. They have immense cultural and political influence, 322 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 2: and they are decisively shaping the future of America. I 323 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 2: don't know how you can dispute one word that was 324 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 2: written there, and that is a point that explains why 325 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 2: these universities are sick, why these college students are being 326 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 2: fed poison, why the administrators are afraid to stand up 327 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 2: to the bigoted lies, why Democrat politicians are celebrating the 328 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:54,400 Speaker 2: bigoted lies. AOC and ilhanum Omar are going and cheering 329 00:20:54,520 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 2: on the anti Semites, and why even so called mainstream 330 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 2: Democrat politicians like Joe Biden stand happily by while the 331 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 2: squad cheers on the anti semis. 332 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 1: Senator, last question, I want to ask you about what's 333 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 1: happening on college campuses. Is we talked about following the 334 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: money and we now know who's behind it. Isn't there 335 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: an obligation now for people that went to these universities 336 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,880 Speaker 1: to stand up and say, not only do we think 337 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: at Columbia the president should resign, but you're not getting 338 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 1: another dime for me until we see significant changes. You 339 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 1: look at Robert Kraft, the Patriots owner. He really came 340 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 1: out and did some interviews. He didn't just stop the 341 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 1: flow of money and their buildings and named after him 342 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:44,360 Speaker 1: at Columbia, he has been a massive donor. He said 343 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:46,919 Speaker 1: they're not getting another dime of my money. And he 344 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: didn't just say it, He went out and explained it 345 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 1: and challenged others to do the same thing. We need 346 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,359 Speaker 1: people to do that. Yes, all over the country in 347 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: a big way. 348 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 2: Absolutely yes. And you look at Robert with Columbia. You 349 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:03,719 Speaker 2: look at Bill Ackman with Harvard. Bill Ackman played a 350 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 2: pivotal role in Claudine Gay stepping down. You look at 351 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 2: Mark Rowan with Penn Mark played a pivotal role. These 352 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:16,120 Speaker 2: are all very very successful leaders in business who've been massive, massive, 353 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 2: multimillion dollar donors to these universities who've taken leading roles 354 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 2: speaking out and saying what is happening is disgraceful, the 355 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 2: anti semitism, the radicalism that you were allowing, the DEI oppression. 356 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 2: And by the way, this anti semitism is the fruit 357 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 2: of DEI, the introversy. 358 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 1: They don't know what de I stands for. 359 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,359 Speaker 2: Explain, it is diversity, equity and inclusion, and it is 360 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 2: the vehicle within the universities where they teach this nonsense. 361 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,679 Speaker 2: They teach this racism, They teach that Jews are oppressors 362 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 2: and Palestinians are victims. Look, here's an illustration and let's 363 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 2: play this as our final clip. Ilhan Omar talking about 364 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:56,399 Speaker 2: the protest. Give a listen. How do you think this 365 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 2: will translate to the Jewish students who are facing anti 366 00:22:58,600 --> 00:22:59,880 Speaker 2: semitism here on campus. 367 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:02,439 Speaker 3: So I actually met a lot of Jewish students that 368 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:06,200 Speaker 3: are in the encampments, and I think it is really 369 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 3: unfortunate that people don't care about the fact that all 370 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 3: Jewish kids should be kept safe and that we should 371 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 3: not have to tolerate anti semitism or bigotry for all 372 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 3: Jewish students, whether they are progenocide or anti genocide? 373 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 2: What utter garbage. Whether they are pro genocide or anti genocide, 374 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 2: Understand what she's saying. If you're not protesting in favor 375 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:40,200 Speaker 2: of Hamas, then you are a pro genocide Jew. Now, 376 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 2: Israel is not remotely committing genocide. In fact, they go 377 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:49,119 Speaker 2: to extraordinary lengths to avoid civilian casualties. They are killing terrorists. 378 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 2: Do you know who is trying to commit genocide? 379 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 1: Hamas? Hamas. 380 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 2: When they entered on October seventh, they were only murdering Jews. 381 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:00,680 Speaker 2: They were looking for Jews. They were murdering them because 382 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,399 Speaker 2: they are Jews. That is genocide when you are trying 383 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:04,639 Speaker 2: to wipe out a people. 384 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:08,119 Speaker 1: Market attacks the other day, they weren't targeting anyone building. 385 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,640 Speaker 1: They were just targeting any part of Israel. 386 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:13,440 Speaker 2: Any Jew. Like we started off with a Columbia organizer. 387 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 2: He wants to kill Zionis, by which he means Jews. 388 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:20,959 Speaker 2: She's saying, and this is where the left it is Orwellian, 389 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:24,360 Speaker 2: they turn things upside down. You know who is pro 390 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:29,080 Speaker 2: genocide Hamas, the same Hamas she supports, the same Hamas 391 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:32,400 Speaker 2: the protesters support. You know who is anti genocide? 392 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 1: Israel? 393 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:37,640 Speaker 2: Israel has tried to save the lives of civilians. Hamas 394 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:42,400 Speaker 2: is also ironically pro Palestinian genocide. Why because they put 395 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 2: Palestinian civilians in harm's way and they want them to 396 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 2: die because they know the useful idiots will use the 397 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 2: deaths of those Palestinian civilians to attack Israel. That is 398 00:24:56,000 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 2: the sad reality of cultural Marxism. This is the fruits 399 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 2: of this poison that has taken over our institutions. 400 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 1: As before, if you want to hear the rest of 401 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 1: this conversation on this topic, you can go back and 402 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:12,879 Speaker 1: dow the podcasts from earlier this week to hear the 403 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:16,439 Speaker 1: entire thing. I want to get back to the big 404 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:20,160 Speaker 1: story number three of the week you may have missed. Finally, Senator, 405 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 1: I want to get into something else. It's a very 406 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:26,639 Speaker 1: important piece of legislation that you're working on, and I 407 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:29,160 Speaker 1: have actually seen a little bit of this be talked 408 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 1: about on social There are some people that don't actually 409 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 1: think they understand the intent of what we're trying to 410 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: accomplish when it comes to protecting kids on social media. 411 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 1: So explain why this legislation is something that parents really 412 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: need to know about. 413 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,880 Speaker 2: Well, this is legislation I introduced this week, and it's 414 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 2: bipartisan legislation. I teamed up with Brian Schotz, who's a 415 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 2: Democrat from Hawaii, and the bill is called the Kids 416 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 2: Off Social Media Act, and it does several things. Number one, 417 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 2: it prohibits children under the thirteen from accessing social media. 418 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,680 Speaker 2: So kids, there's no reason for an eight or nine 419 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 2: year old to be on TikTok or to be on 420 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,920 Speaker 2: social media. And there are a lot of harmful things. 421 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,680 Speaker 2: I'll tell you. Listen, you and I are both parents, 422 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:17,119 Speaker 2: and any parent who is dealing with I'm dealing with teenagers. 423 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 2: Your kids are not teenagers yet, but if you blink, 424 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 2: they will be. Any parent dealing with teenagers or adolescents, 425 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 2: how to deal with phones and social media is one 426 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 2: of the greatest challenges because phones are really a portal 427 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 2: for kids to access all sorts of harmful content. And 428 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 2: so this bill says, if you're under thirteen, you can't 429 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 2: be on social media. And then it says for kids 430 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:48,120 Speaker 2: younger than seventeen, big tech companies are prohibited from using 431 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:52,159 Speaker 2: algorithmic boosting to send messages to them. So we know 432 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:53,919 Speaker 2: right now. There's been a lot of testimony in the 433 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 2: Senate that big tech companies send messages to our kids, 434 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 2: to our teenagers that are really harm that they send 435 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:04,399 Speaker 2: messages that undermine their body image, They send messages that 436 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 2: encourage self harm. They send messaging that that increases suicidal ideation, 437 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:15,639 Speaker 2: They send messaging that that increases increases their feelings of 438 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:20,680 Speaker 2: depression and anxiety. They send messages encouraging dangerous behavior. They 439 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 2: send messaging pushing radical beliefs, things like Prohamas beliefs. And 440 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 2: so this bill says, if you're under seventeen, big tech 441 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:34,200 Speaker 2: cannot target using algorithm boosting to send messages that are 442 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 2: addicting and and and that are harmful. And then the 443 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 2: bill also includes a separate bill that I had introduced previously, 444 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,120 Speaker 2: and I introduced it with John Fetterman. It was also 445 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:47,920 Speaker 2: bipartisan and and my separate bill was called the Eyes 446 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 2: on the Board Bill, and the Eyes on the Board Bill, 447 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:54,680 Speaker 2: which is now part of this bill, says that any 448 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 2: school that receives federal funds has to block social media 449 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,120 Speaker 2: on campus. And the basic idea is, while our kids 450 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 2: are in school, they ought to be listening to teacher, 451 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 2: they ought to be doing school work. They don't need 452 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 2: to be posting on Instagram while they're in school. For 453 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:12,720 Speaker 2: older kids, they can do that when they get home, 454 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 2: but at school they ought to be focused on the 455 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 2: school work. 456 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:18,199 Speaker 1: Yeah, they should be. And this is legislation that you 457 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:21,359 Speaker 1: mention is bipartisan. Here, what does it look like the 458 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 1: chances of this moving forward since it is a bipartisan 459 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:25,160 Speaker 1: piece of legislation. 460 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 2: So I'm actually quite optimistic. We are likely to have 461 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:33,280 Speaker 2: a markup in the Senate Commerce Committee next week. I'm 462 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:36,200 Speaker 2: the ranking member, the senior Republican on the Commerce Committee, 463 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,360 Speaker 2: and I think it is very likely to pass the 464 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,800 Speaker 2: Commerce Committee with overwhelming bipartisan support. I think there's a 465 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 2: good chance it'll pass unanimously, and I think there is 466 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 2: a good prospect of this bill being passed into law. 467 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 2: There are two other bills called Kosa and Kappa that 468 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:55,320 Speaker 2: are both dealing with things like online predators targeting kids, 469 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 2: and I think there's a real possibility of all three 470 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,480 Speaker 2: of these bills being put together and brought to the 471 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:03,720 Speaker 2: Senate floor, and I'm hopeful we can pass all three 472 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:04,040 Speaker 2: of them. 473 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 1: We'll keep you updated on it. It's so important, especially 474 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 1: preventing children under thirteen from having access these social media sites. 475 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,440 Speaker 1: And also, as you mentioned, programming those algorithms for teens 476 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 1: younger than seventeen. This is really important. Job well done, 477 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 1: and we'll keep everybody updated on how this looks moving forward. 478 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:25,360 Speaker 2: Well, that's right, and you look, I'll say something also 479 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 2: as a parent, I mean, I mean, these are hard 480 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 2: issues and one of the things I talk to a 481 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 2: lot of parents, I don't know a parent who disagrees 482 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 2: on this issue. And that's true, right or left, that's 483 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 2: true regardless of politics. We're all worried about our kids. 484 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 2: I mean, it's really it's hard to be a teenager 485 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:43,080 Speaker 2: right now. The pressures on our kids. You and I 486 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 2: didn't have these kind of pressures when we were teenagers. 487 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:50,440 Speaker 2: It's really tough is what is all of the influences 488 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:52,040 Speaker 2: that are pounding our kids. And it's hard to be 489 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:54,680 Speaker 2: a parent right now. And one of the challenges because 490 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 2: some people say, well, parents ought to just restrict this. Look, 491 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:01,720 Speaker 2: it is a hard dynamic when you're kids, when every 492 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 2: student in their class is on the social media platform, 493 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:08,479 Speaker 2: when that's how the kids communicate, when that's how they 494 00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:11,680 Speaker 2: schedule play dates, when that's how they interact, No parent 495 00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:15,960 Speaker 2: wants to socially ostracize their kids, and so a lot 496 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,280 Speaker 2: of parents will talk to each other and say, I 497 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:20,760 Speaker 2: wish they were all off of it, but I'm not 498 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 2: willing to have my kid the only one that's not 499 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,720 Speaker 2: able to interact with their peers and have a social life. 500 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,040 Speaker 2: And that's one of the reasons why, you know, it's 501 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:30,320 Speaker 2: interesting in the Senate the folks that are coming together 502 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:34,320 Speaker 2: and supporting this bill. So myself and Brian Shotts, and 503 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:37,440 Speaker 2: and and we've all also got Katie Britt. We're all 504 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 2: about the same age. We're all in our forties or fifties, 505 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:41,680 Speaker 2: we all have kids the same age. I have to 506 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:44,040 Speaker 2: say the senators are there in their seventies or eighties. 507 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 2: They don't quite get this issue in the same way 508 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:49,520 Speaker 2: that if you're a parent, you're dealing with it. 509 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:50,920 Speaker 1: And so I'm. 510 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:54,320 Speaker 2: Hopeful that that that we'll see some real bipartisan agreement 511 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 2: that we ought to enhance the tools parents have to 512 00:30:57,960 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 2: keep their kids safe. 513 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,800 Speaker 1: As all day. 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