1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:01,599 Speaker 1: Welcome. 2 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 2: It is Verdict with Ted Cruz Weekend Review, Ben Ferguson 3 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 2: with you, and here are some big stories you may 4 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 2: have missed that we've been talking about recently. First up, 5 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 2: Joe Biden's decline was nothing but a full blown cover up. 6 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:20,119 Speaker 2: We're talking about that cognitive decline and guess what the 7 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,600 Speaker 2: media was in on it. We'll explain exactly just how 8 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 2: corrupt the media was and now how they're being held accountable. Also, 9 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 2: in a big move, the American Bar Association is finally 10 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 2: going to have no role in judicial nominations. Why well, corruption, 11 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 2: and we'll explain that as well. And finally, Kamala Harris 12 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 2: has written a book explaining how Trump is a threat 13 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 2: to democracy and where did she do it? On a 14 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 2: show that's been canceled, we'll have the highlights of what 15 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 2: she had to say. It's the Weekend Review and it 16 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 2: starts right now, Senator. It is a very big week 17 00:00:58,040 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 2: for putting out books that are full of craft. 18 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 3: It truly is stunning. So Jake Tapper from CNN has 19 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 3: a book along with Alex Thompson from Axios. The book 20 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 3: is entitled Original Sin, President Biden's Decline, Its cover Up 21 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 3: and his disastrous choice to run again. And when you 22 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 3: talk about full of crap, I really don't think you're 23 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 3: being fair to crap like this is. This is like 24 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 3: a book Arsonist discovers a fire he started. This is 25 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 3: like a book Tony Montana, the drug dealer says cocaine 26 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 3: is bad for you. Like, yes, Jake, there was a 27 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 3: cover up, an absolute, complete, total cover up. It was knowing, 28 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 3: it was deliberate, and you did it. You, Jake Tapper 29 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 3: and CNN were twenty four to seven engage in the 30 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 3: cover up. You knew about his mental decline, and you 31 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 3: refuse to tell anybody. 32 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 2: All Right, So let's go back to this lie that 33 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 2: I think the part that boys in mind the most 34 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 2: is the fact that Tapper is actually probably gonna get 35 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 2: the best seller out of this. Everyone in the media 36 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 2: is praising him for this incredible reporting. And this is 37 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,359 Speaker 2: the guy that literally helped cover up the cognitive decline 38 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 2: and dismissed anyone who brought it up on a show. 39 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 3: So look, the book, as I understand it was originally 40 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 3: written by Alex Thompson. Alex Thompson is not nearly as 41 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 3: well known as Jake Tapper, yep, and he had a 42 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 3: contract with the book publishing company. He wrote the book, 43 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 3: and then the book publishing company decided to cancel it 44 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 3: and said, no, we're not going to publish this book 45 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 3: after all. In other words, the book publishing company engaged 46 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 3: in yet another cover up because they didn't want anyone 47 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:43,079 Speaker 3: to know. And so Thompson sought out Tapper and convinced Tapper, hey, 48 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,239 Speaker 3: join with me. You're a big famous guy. They'll publish 49 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 3: it if your name's on it. And Tapper said yes. 50 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 3: And I got to say, so, there are lots of. 51 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 4: Never got a crisis, go to waste, right, that's. 52 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 3: Exact looking particularly a chance to make some good money. 53 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 3: I mean, hey, what's journalism all about if not monetizing 54 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 3: your own hypocrisy in your own cover up. Look, Tapper, 55 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 3: some of the facts that are coming out in this book. 56 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 3: In twenty twenty three and twenty twenty four, Tapper and 57 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 3: Thompson report Biden's physical deterioration was so severe that his 58 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 3: advisers discussed the possibility he would need to use a 59 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 3: wheelchair if he won reelection. That's how bad it was. 60 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 3: And yet every time anyone tried to bring up those facts, 61 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 3: Jake Tapper and the rest of the corporate media covered 62 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 3: it up. But don't take my word for it. Listen 63 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 3: to Jake Tapper in his own words. This is a 64 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 3: collection of Tapper over the years. 65 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 2: And this goes back to twenty twenty. The very beginning 66 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 2: is him talking to one of the Trump family members, 67 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 2: Laura Trump, and he actually like ends the interview like, 68 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 2: you can't even say this on my show. 69 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 3: So this montage starts in twenty twenty, then goes to 70 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 3: twenty one, twenty two, twenty three, and then twenty four. 71 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 3: All throughout. Listen, Tapper for five years covered this up aggressively. 72 00:03:58,680 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 1: Give a listen. 73 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 5: How do you think it makes little kids with stutters 74 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 5: feel when they see you make a comment like that. 75 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 5: It is very clearly a cognitive decline. 76 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: That's what I'm referring to. It makes me uncomfortable. You 77 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: are view of age. Think it's so amazing. 78 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 5: It's so amazing to me that trying to figure out 79 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 5: an answer cognitive declineative Biden embraces his stutter talking about it, 80 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 5: while Trump mocks it, exaggerates it, belittles it. He's sharp physically, 81 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 5: I mean mentally, Yeah, I think the question is physically right, right, 82 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 5: or so right, right, and the guy who's his chief 83 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 5: opponent is only three or four years younger than him. 84 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 6: Maybe. 85 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 5: I mean, you have questioned President Biden's age, mental fitness, 86 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 5: ability to lead. Of those supporting Biden, you said, quote, 87 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 5: shame on all of you pretending everything is okay. You're 88 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 5: leading us and him into a disaster. Do you worry 89 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 5: that you damaged. 90 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 4: Him at all? 91 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 5: I don't doubt that you got hugs and handshakes behind 92 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 5: closed doors today and maybe even publicly, some of them 93 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 5: because they like you personally. But I've heard a lot 94 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 5: of really nasty stuff about you from your Democratic College. 95 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:02,920 Speaker 5: I mean, just like, what is he thinking? Exercise in narcissism? 96 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 5: I mean false claims to the Wall Street Journal about 97 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:10,039 Speaker 5: President Biden's mental fitness and acuity. He's eighty one and 98 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 5: his memory. You know, it doesn't seem great. It's not horrible, 99 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 5: but I don't understand the outrage quote behind closed doors, 100 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:20,119 Speaker 5: Biden shows signs of slipping quote. The Wall Street Journal 101 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 5: is owned by NewsCorp, which is run by the Murdocks. 102 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 5: Beyond the headline, there is some critical nuance here. The 103 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,919 Speaker 5: article is mostly based on observations of Republicans with former 104 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 5: Speaker Kevin McCarthy the only one going on the record. 105 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 5: They do note in the article that most of the 106 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 5: criticism comes from Republicans. Have you heard any concerns from 107 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 5: anyone who has met with President Biden about seeming a 108 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 5: little slower Now the Russians are trying to do to 109 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 5: make us in the public not trust the our election integrity. 110 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 5: Joe Biden has dimension all this stuff. 111 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 2: Let's just stop there and give the title of the 112 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 2: book again, Senator, so people understand what they just and 113 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 2: now what he's writing, because if you just look at 114 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 2: the title of the book, you understand the debauchery of 115 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 2: journalistic scumbaggery. 116 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 3: The title of the book is original sin President Biden's decline, 117 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:19,119 Speaker 3: its cover up, and his disastrous choice to run again. 118 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 3: And understand Jake Tapper when he was saying that he 119 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 3: was lying, he knew he was lying. Everyone else on 120 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 3: CNN knew he was lying. They knew they were lying. 121 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 3: Everyone on MSNBC knew they were lying. Everyone on ABCNBCCBS 122 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 3: knew they were lying. Everyone at the New York Times 123 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 3: knew they were lying. Everyone at the Washington Post knew 124 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 3: they were lying. Everyone knew this look. One of the 125 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 3: facts in his book, he says, at a fundraiser in 126 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 3: Jude of twenty twenty four, Joe Biden didn't recognize George Clooney, 127 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 3: who he's known for decades. He had to Clooney by 128 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 3: the way. He had to be introduced like Ocean's eleven. 129 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 3: What is there, casino? 130 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: You're robbing? 131 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 3: I don't understand, like Biden had no idea. This is 132 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 3: the same fundraiser you remember where broad back Obama had 133 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 3: to lead Biden off the stage because he was just 134 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 3: confused and staring out in space, and Tapper and the 135 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 3: rest of them just lied to us and said, aokay, 136 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 3: no problems here. 137 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 6: Now. 138 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 2: If you want to hear the rest of this conversation, 139 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 2: you can go back and listen to the full podcast 140 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:16,239 Speaker 2: from earlier this week. 141 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: Now onto story number two. 142 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 2: All right, Sata, so let's dive into this other issue 143 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 2: that really is an interesting one. You've got a lot 144 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 2: to say about the Trump Justice Department telling the American 145 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 2: Bar Association that it will no longer comply with ratings 146 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 2: for judicial nominees. 147 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 4: Now explain the politics behind this. 148 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 2: The ABA has had a lot of power and they're 149 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 2: basically now saying we're not going to let you guys 150 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 2: have that power because there's been a lot of bias 151 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 2: coming out of the American Bar Association. 152 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 3: Well, the American Bar Association, it's a national organization of lawyers, 153 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 3: and it is a left wing advocacy group. It is 154 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 3: not fair, it is not in part it is a 155 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 3: radical left organization. And the ABA has had a formal 156 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 3: role in judicial selection for seventy five years. It started 157 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 3: rating judicial nominees in nineteen fifty three and until two 158 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 3: thousand and one, the ABA actually had a formal role 159 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 3: evaluating judicial nominees before they were nominated. So a president, 160 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 3: a Department of Justice and Administration would would share with 161 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 3: the ABA, hey, we're thinking of nominating Ben Ferguson to 162 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:35,959 Speaker 3: be a federal judge, and they'd go and research and 163 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 3: interview former clients. And at some point people would say, wait, 164 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:42,199 Speaker 3: Ben's not even a lawyer, how the hell is he 165 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:44,559 Speaker 3: going to be a judge? Like, like, you probably should 166 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:48,439 Speaker 3: go to law school first, and and by the way, 167 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 3: that that point is not crazy. But they engaged that 168 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,840 Speaker 3: they would do a formal role and they would rate 169 00:08:55,960 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 3: the qualifications of judicial nominees. Now here's the problem for decades, 170 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 3: the ABA's qualification measures were wildly biased. So, for example, 171 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 3: Robert Bork, Robert Borke. Ronald Reagan nominated Robert Borke to 172 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 3: the Supreme Court in nineteen eighty seven. Robert Borke was, 173 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 3: by any measure, one of the most qualified federal judicial 174 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 3: nominees in the history of this country. Robert Bork had 175 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 3: been the Solicitor General of the United States, the chief 176 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 3: lawyer for the United States in front of the Supreme 177 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 3: Court of the United States. Robert Bork had been one 178 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 3: of the most renowned and respected law professors for decades. 179 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 3: Robert Bork had been a federal judge on the US 180 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 3: Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. 181 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 1: And so a remarkable career. 182 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,560 Speaker 3: And yet the ABA, when they evaluated Robert Borke, they 183 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 3: concluded he was quote not qualified to be a judge. 184 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:55,839 Speaker 3: They also concluded the same thing for Frank Easterbrook. Again, brilliant, 185 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 3: brilliant judge, brilliant professor, one of the greatest judges to 186 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 3: have serve on the Court of Appeals, Frank Easterbrook, the 187 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 3: ABA concluded he was not qualified. 188 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: Also Edith Jones. 189 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 3: Edith Jones is a judge on the Fifth Circuit Federal 190 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 3: Court of Appeals down in Texas. I know Judge Jones well, 191 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 3: she's a phenomenal jurist, one of the best and most 192 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 3: conservative judges in the entire country. 193 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:22,679 Speaker 1: The ABA rated her not qualified. Well. 194 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 3: The breaking news is this week the Trump Justice Department 195 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 3: announced the ABA will no longer have a role in 196 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 3: judicial selection. They will no longer have a role in vetting. 197 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 3: They're out. And the Department of Justice said, you know what, 198 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 3: they can chime in like any other left wing advocacy group, 199 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 3: but they don't have a role in this process. 200 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 2: This is going to have, like I think, a big 201 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 2: impact on the quality Bondi informing the ABA that they'll 202 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 2: no longer enjoy the special access to judicial nominees and 203 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 2: the left, by the way, when that news came out, 204 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 2: they totally freaked out. And I think that also shows 205 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 2: just how much they were depending on the ABA to 206 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 2: get rid of good candidates that were maybe more conservative. 207 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, and and and so Pambondi sent a letter to 208 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 3: the president of the a B A and and and 209 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 3: she said, quote, while the a BA is free to 210 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 3: come in on judicial nominations along with other activist organizations, 211 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:19,679 Speaker 3: there is no justification for treating the A B A 212 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 3: differently from such other activist organizations, and the Department of 213 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 3: Justice will not do so. And so previously the Office 214 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 3: Illegal Policy, which is the office within the Department of 215 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 3: Justice that handles judicial selections, they changed. They had previously 216 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 3: directed judicial nominees to provide a waiver to the A 217 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,680 Speaker 3: B A to let the A B A access non 218 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 3: public information, including bar records. And so no longer is 219 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 3: the Department of Justice going to tell judicial nominees give 220 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 3: the a BA special access. That is over and moreover, 221 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 3: uh Pambondi says, quote nominees will also not respond to 222 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 3: questionnaires prepared by the a BA and will not sit 223 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 3: for interviews with the ABA. In other words, you can 224 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 3: be like every other whack job organization on the left, 225 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 3: but but you're not going to have any special access whatsoever. 226 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 1: This is something I've called for a long time. 227 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 3: I have for years, for more than a decade, advocated 228 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:24,959 Speaker 3: that the A B a BA is wildly biased and 229 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 3: it should it should not have a special role in 230 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 3: the process. And I want to commend President Trump and Pambondy. 231 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:31,199 Speaker 3: It's the right thing to do. 232 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:32,439 Speaker 4: Senater. 233 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:36,080 Speaker 2: We hear a lot about bias and and biased against conservatives. 234 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 2: But my other question is were they also bias and 235 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 2: advocating for liberals? 236 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 3: Absolutely, they are a hard left advocacy organization masquerading as 237 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 3: a non partisan professional organization. And Joe Biden over the 238 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 3: last four years nominated over and over again radicals and zealots, 239 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 3: many of whom were wildly unqualified, and the ABA was 240 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 3: more than happy to stamp them with a rating of qualified. 241 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 3: And one example is is Charnette Charnelle Bagel Congrin, who 242 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 3: was wildly unqualified, and yet the ABA happily deemed her 243 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 3: qualified and rather than me layout how bad she was. 244 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:18,719 Speaker 3: I want you to listen to this, this cross examination 245 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 3: from my colleague John Kennedy to this judicial nominee and 246 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:24,320 Speaker 3: the Senate Judiciary Committee here give listen. 247 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 6: Thank you, mister chairman, and congratulations to all of you. 248 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 6: Judge on the far end, tell me what Article five 249 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:40,200 Speaker 6: of the Constitution does. 250 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 7: Article five is not coming to mind at the moment. 251 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 6: Okay. How about Article two? 252 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 7: Neither is article two? 253 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 6: Okay? Do you know what proposivism is? 254 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 7: In my twelve years as an Assistant Attorney General and 255 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 7: my nine years serving as AGI, I was not faced 256 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:05,959 Speaker 7: with that precise question. We are the highest trial court 257 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 7: in Washington State, so I'm frequently faced with issues that 258 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 7: I'm not familiar with, and I thoroughly review the law, 259 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 7: our research, and apply the law to the facts presented 260 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 7: to me. 261 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 6: Well, you're going to be faced with it as if 262 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 6: you're confirmed. I can assure you of that. 263 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 2: He was dumbfounded at the end there, like, I can't 264 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 2: believe you don't know this well. 265 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 3: And let me underscore how simple the first two questions 266 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 3: are that he asked. So, the Constitution has seven articles. 267 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 3: It's not a very long document. Article five is the 268 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 3: article through that lays out the process for amending the Constitution. 269 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 3: It's fairly basic. That was his opening question. She had 270 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 3: no idea what Article five was. Article two is even 271 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 3: more fundamental. So the first three articles the constitution. Article 272 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 3: one create it's the Congress, Article two creates the President 273 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 3: and the executive branch, and Article three creates the federal Judiciary. 274 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 3: To not know what Article two is is stunning to 275 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 3: give you a sense you will flunk constitutional law and 276 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 3: not graduate law school if you don't know what Article 277 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 3: two is. She was being nominated to be what is 278 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:24,680 Speaker 3: called an article three judge. I assumed she had no 279 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 3: idea what Article three was, and nevertheless the ABA said 280 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 3: she's qualified to be an Article three judge even though 281 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 3: she has no idea what it is. I'm very glad 282 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 3: the ABA no longer has a role in making those 283 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 3: determinations as before. 284 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 2: If you want to hear the rest of this conversation 285 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 2: on this topic, you can go back and dow the 286 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 2: podcast from earlier this week to hear the entire thing. 287 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 2: I want to get back to the big story number 288 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 2: three of the week. 289 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 4: You may have. 290 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 2: Missed Kamala Harris. Now she's coming out on her book tour. 291 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 4: Not a joke. 292 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 2: She kicked it off and joined The Late Show with 293 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 2: Stephen Colbert to do it. Harris coming out swinging, blasting 294 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 2: the Scotus for forgetting what quote democracy in the rule 295 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 2: of law is quote unquote supposed to be. She also 296 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 2: talked about her new book and the quote Horrors of 297 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 2: January sixth on The Late Show at Colbert as well. 298 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 3: I mean, this is one play a little bit from 299 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 3: her announcement video on her new book, because I have 300 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 3: to say, it's almost like a Saturday Night Live skin 301 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 3: Give it a play. 302 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 4: Yeah, it is This is her real announcement of her 303 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 4: real book launch. 304 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 8: Just over a year ago, I launched my campaign for 305 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 8: President of the United States, one hundred and seven days, 306 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 8: traveling the country, fighting for our future, the shortest presidential 307 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 8: campaign in modern history. It was intense, high stakes, and 308 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 8: deeply personal for me and for so many of you. 309 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 8: Since leaving office, I've spent a lot of time reflecting 310 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 8: on those days, talking with my team, my family, my friends, 311 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 8: and pulling my thoughts together, in essence, writing a journal 312 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:08,159 Speaker 8: that is this book one hundred and seven days. With 313 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:12,240 Speaker 8: candor and reflection, I've written a behind the scenes account 314 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:16,119 Speaker 8: of that journey. I believe there's value in sharing what 315 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:19,719 Speaker 8: I saw, what I learned, and what I know it 316 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:24,400 Speaker 8: will take to move forward. In writing this book, one 317 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 8: truth kept coming back to me. Sometimes the fight takes 318 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 8: a while, but I remain full of hope and I 319 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 8: remain clear eyed. I will never stop fighting to make 320 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:42,360 Speaker 8: our country reflect the very best of its ideals, always 321 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 8: on behalf of the people. So thank you for being 322 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 8: in this fight with me. I am forever grateful, and 323 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 8: I cannot wait for you to read this, and I'll 324 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:53,920 Speaker 8: see you out there. Take care. 325 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 4: I mean it. Is Saturday Live worthy. 326 00:17:57,640 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 2: It's also one of the funniest things ever because she's 327 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 2: she's saying, oh, by the way, I'm not gonna run 328 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:05,159 Speaker 2: for governor in California. That came up as well, and 329 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 2: it's like, here's my book on how bad my campaign sucked, 330 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:10,479 Speaker 2: but I'll rewrite the history and that and oh, by 331 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 2: the way, I'm basically saying I'm probably gonna run again. 332 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 3: Well, you know the script that she's reading there, that's 333 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 3: clearly a script she's reading from a telepropter. And I 334 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:24,400 Speaker 3: just sort of love with candor and reflection, a behind 335 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 3: the scenes tale. And look, it's so clearly written by 336 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 3: a book publicist. The chances that there is anything resembling 337 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:36,199 Speaker 3: candor or reflection in this book are zero point zero percent. 338 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:36,879 Speaker 4: There is not. 339 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 3: This is a a sanitized, whitewashed version of how you know, 340 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:50,360 Speaker 3: the good ship Lollipop was was derailed by by evil 341 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,160 Speaker 3: Donald J. Trump, by by evil voters. 342 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:54,400 Speaker 1: Oh those voters. 343 00:18:54,920 --> 00:19:01,640 Speaker 3: And I gotta say, it's interesting how candor and reflection 344 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,439 Speaker 3: Kamala has. I want you to listen to her with 345 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 3: Stephen Colbert and if there is an even less gracious, kind, balanced, 346 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 3: normal person on TV than Stephen Colbert. I don't know 347 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:19,439 Speaker 3: who that is. This is one partisan shrill to another. 348 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 3: But listen to how neither one of them has learned 349 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:26,160 Speaker 3: anything from the twenty twenty four election. Give a listen. 350 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 8: This is a time for people to you know, I mean, look, 351 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 8: we designed our democracy with three independent, co equal branches 352 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:39,640 Speaker 8: of government. I mean, when you see that the President 353 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 8: of the United States is trying to get rid of 354 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:45,119 Speaker 8: the Department of Education, and Congress has the role and 355 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,440 Speaker 8: responsibility to stand in the way of that, and they're 356 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 8: just sitting on their hands, and then they go on 357 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 8: recess because they don't want to deal with transparency. 358 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 5: And the Supreme Court says, and the Supreme Court says 359 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 5: that he can ignore law that established it. 360 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 8: Yeah, but the we knew what they were doing. Remember 361 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 8: I talked about it in one hundred and seven days. 362 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 8: I don't put that in the book, by the way, 363 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 8: is but about this is an exclusive for the Stephen 364 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 8: Colbert Show. But the Supreme Court basically gave whoever would 365 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 8: be president. When I was in the campaign, I talking immunity. 366 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:27,639 Speaker 8: Immunity we talked about So we're not surprised what the 367 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 8: Supreme Court is doing. And God thanked those members of 368 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 8: the Court who write brilliant thessents and remind us of 369 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:39,400 Speaker 8: what the democracy and the rule of law is supposed 370 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 8: to be. 371 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 4: You know, you hear that, and it's like, what are 372 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:46,439 Speaker 4: you even talking about? 373 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,919 Speaker 3: There's so much in what she's saying that is incoherent 374 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:55,879 Speaker 3: and wrong. Let's start off where she's saying. Okay, the 375 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 3: President is trying to abolish the Department of Education and 376 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 3: Hungress is refusing to do its jobs. No, we actually 377 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 3: agree with abolishing the Department of Education. This was something 378 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,920 Speaker 3: that the President campaigned on. And the reason the American 379 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:14,199 Speaker 3: people agree with abolishing the federal Department of Education is 380 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:18,160 Speaker 3: not because education doesn't matter, but precisely the opposite, because 381 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:20,919 Speaker 3: it matters so much that people are ticked off that 382 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 3: a bunch of left wing, woke bureaucrats that you and 383 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:26,399 Speaker 3: Joe Biden appointed tried to take over schools, tried to 384 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:29,719 Speaker 3: indoctrinate kids, tried to push Marxist ideology in our children, 385 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 3: and tried to convince them the boys were girls and 386 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 3: girls were boys, and tried to let boys compete in 387 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:38,120 Speaker 3: girls sports and force this on schools. And the red 388 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 3: Tape and the bureaucracy and the waste and the ideology 389 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:46,159 Speaker 3: from the Department of Education is precisely why President Trump 390 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:50,160 Speaker 3: is working to abolish it. And I've actually had Democrat 391 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:53,200 Speaker 3: senators say to me very much what Kamala is, Well, 392 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 3: we're just the Senate is irrelevant because you're not stopping this. 393 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 3: It's like, no, the Senate is relevant. In fact, we're 394 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,199 Speaker 3: vote on it. At one senator say this to me 395 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:06,159 Speaker 3: when we voted to shut down NPR and PBS. She 396 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 3: was like, how can you be doing this? The Senate's 397 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 3: not doing our job. I'm like, no, we're precisely doing 398 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,479 Speaker 3: our job. The American people are not interested in spending 399 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:18,400 Speaker 3: billions of dollars to fund left wing propaganda. The irony 400 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 3: is Kamala frames what she's saying as a defensive democracy. 401 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:26,160 Speaker 3: What she's mad at is democracy. What she's mad at 402 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 3: is the American people elected Donald Trump. What she's mad 403 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:31,639 Speaker 3: at is the American people elected a Republican House. What 404 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 3: she's mad at is the American people elected a Republican Senate. 405 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 3: And she's really really mad that President Trump and the 406 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:42,120 Speaker 3: Republican Senate and the Republican House are doing what they 407 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 3: said they would do. In other words, they are honoring 408 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 3: and respecting democracy by carrying out the campaign promises they 409 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 3: told the American people, and that infuriates them. And the 410 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 3: irony of her claiming that she believes in democracy. This 411 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 3: wasn't admitted the Biden Harris administration that repeatedly indicted her 412 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:09,199 Speaker 3: political opponent, Donald Trump. This was an administration. Democrats across 413 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 3: the country try to remove Trump's name from the ballot 414 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 3: because nothing says protecting democracy like stopping the voters from 415 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:20,119 Speaker 3: voting for your opponent. This is an administration. Kamala Harris 416 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:26,359 Speaker 3: has demonstrated utter and complete contempt for democracy. And so 417 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 3: when she says, well, gosh, we must defend democracy, what 418 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:35,919 Speaker 3: she means is we need radical left wing policies and 419 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 3: if the voters don't like them, to hell with the voters. 420 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 3: We want them anyway. That's what she's saying. And by 421 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 3: the way, when she's denouncing the courts, what she's really 422 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:50,479 Speaker 3: saying is she wants radical unelected judges to ignore the 423 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,639 Speaker 3: will of the voters, to ignore democracy, and to force 424 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,640 Speaker 3: her very unpopular policies on the American people anyway, doing 425 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 3: things like she doesn't want illegal immigrants Venezuelan gang members, 426 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 3: murderers and rapists and child molester. She doesn't want them arrested, 427 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 3: she doesn't want them deported, and she wants these radical 428 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:13,640 Speaker 3: judges that she was responsible along with Joe Biden for appointing, 429 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 3: to stand up and say, we don't care what the 430 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 3: American people voted for. We are going to decreate release 431 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:24,119 Speaker 3: more illegal immigrants into your neighborhood because that's who the 432 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:26,119 Speaker 3: Democrat Party represents today. 433 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 2: By the way, you mentioned represent the Democratic Party. Kama 434 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 2: Harris was asked a question by Stephen Colbert and it's 435 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:38,360 Speaker 2: one that went viral. It is the biggest question that's 436 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,199 Speaker 2: being asked in the political world right now. Who is 437 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,919 Speaker 2: in charge of the Democratic Party? And I want you 438 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,919 Speaker 2: to hear this word, salad and get your take on it. 439 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:48,639 Speaker 4: Take a listen. 440 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 5: Who's leaving the Democratic Party. I'm just curious. 441 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 8: There are lots of leaders, and he was generally. 442 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 5: A leader of the Democratic Party, you know, like, oh, 443 00:24:58,080 --> 00:24:59,160 Speaker 5: that's the leader donative party. 444 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 8: Who comes to my I think there are a lot 445 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,199 Speaker 8: of I'm not going to go through names because then 446 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,399 Speaker 8: I'm gonna leave somebody out and then I'm gonna hear 447 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:06,880 Speaker 8: about it. 448 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:09,119 Speaker 1: But just let me say this. 449 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 8: I think it is a mistake for us who want 450 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 8: to figure out how to get out and through this 451 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,679 Speaker 8: and get out of it, to put it on the 452 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,439 Speaker 8: shoulders of any one person. It's really on all of 453 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:25,160 Speaker 8: our shoulders. 454 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 1: It really is. 455 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,719 Speaker 4: All of our shoulders. It's not a great answer, is it. 456 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 3: Well, Look, look, I actually have a little bit of 457 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 3: sympathy for her, because there's no way to answer that. 458 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 3: The real answer is there is no leader of the 459 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 3: Democrat Party. They are leaderless. They are rudderless. They are 460 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:44,480 Speaker 3: running around like chickens with their. 461 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 1: Heads cut off. 462 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 3: Look, who would you say? You could say Chuck Schumer. 463 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 3: But Chuck Schumer's not leading anything. He's utterly terrified of AOC. 464 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:56,160 Speaker 3: Whatever AOC in the squad demands, that's what Schumer does. 465 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 3: So she's not gonna say Chuck Schumer because the audience 466 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 3: would laugh if she said Chuck Schumer. They'd laugh if 467 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 3: she said a Keen Jeffries. Most of them would say, 468 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 3: who's that? Like, he's not leading anything, he's just in 469 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 3: the House, and in both the Senate and House. Schumer 470 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 3: and Jeffries are essentially just embodying rage and hatred to 471 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:17,679 Speaker 3: Donald Trump. They don't have an agenda beyond open borders 472 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 3: and lawlessness and hatred to Donald Trump. That's the entirety 473 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 3: of the Democrat Party. And then beyond that you've got 474 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:26,800 Speaker 3: all their ambitious governors. You know, Gavin Newsom is desperately 475 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 3: trying to be super liberal and supermoderate whatever you want, 476 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 3: and slick it all around. And suddenly he knows boys 477 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 3: aren't girls until tomorrow and then boys are girls. But 478 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 3: she can't say him either, and so there is no 479 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 3: answer she can give because this is a rudderless party. 480 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 3: And to the extent there is a leader, it is 481 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 3: the pro Hamas contingent. It is AOC, it is ilhan Omar. 482 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 3: It is the extreme left wing squad that is driving 483 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:58,359 Speaker 3: the rest of the party and that everyone else in 484 00:26:58,400 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 3: the party is terrified of. 485 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's amazing, it is. 486 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 2: It is actually fun for once to watch the Democratic 487 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 2: Party from top to bottom being just complete and utter disarray. 488 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 4: Because let's be. 489 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,920 Speaker 3: Honest, one more clip. You got to play the clip 490 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 3: when when when Colbert asked if she was running for governor. 491 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:20,879 Speaker 4: Yeah, this is amazing. Take a listen. 492 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 5: Today you made an announcement that you're not running for 493 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 5: the governor of California. 494 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 7: Correct, you said you're going to set this one out. 495 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 4: Why are you saying this? 496 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 7: Are you saving yourself for a different office? 497 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,159 Speaker 5: Obviously people will project onto. 498 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:41,719 Speaker 8: And honestly that it's more perhaps basic than that. I 499 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 8: am Listen, I am a devout public servant. I have 500 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 8: spent my entire career in service of the people. But 501 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 8: to be very candid with you, I had to defend 502 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 8: my decision to become a prosecutor with my family is 503 00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 8: why is it then, when we think we want to 504 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,920 Speaker 8: improve a or change it, that we're always on the outside, 505 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 8: on bend dedne or trying to break down the door. 506 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:08,159 Speaker 8: Shouldn't we also be inside the system? And that has 507 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:11,919 Speaker 8: been my career. Recently, I made the decision that I 508 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:13,679 Speaker 8: just for now, I don't want to go back in 509 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:15,720 Speaker 8: the system. I think it's broken. 510 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:19,400 Speaker 4: I think it's broken. You can't make that up either. 511 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:21,479 Speaker 1: But you know what's broken about it? 512 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 4: What is the head that she lost? 513 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 3: That's her whole definition of whether the system is working 514 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 3: or it's broken. It is broken because the American people 515 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,159 Speaker 3: voted for Donald Trump and not for Kamala Harris. It 516 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 3: is broken because the American people voted for a Republican Senate, 517 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,239 Speaker 3: not a Democrat Senate. It is broken and in her 518 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,680 Speaker 3: view because the American people voted for a Republican House 519 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 3: and not a Democrat house. In her view, democracy the 520 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:52,840 Speaker 3: system only works when she and other left wing lunatics 521 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 3: are in power. That's how she defines whether it's working 522 00:28:56,880 --> 00:29:00,160 Speaker 3: or whether it's broken. It is purely it is one 523 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 3: hundred percent about power. And look, look part of why, 524 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 3: to be honest, you and I we don't listen to 525 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:10,880 Speaker 3: Stephen Colbert, and we very rarely listen. 526 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 1: To Kamala Harris. 527 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,719 Speaker 3: The reason why we're playing this exchange is because it 528 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 3: really does show that there's not a moment of reflection. 529 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:21,680 Speaker 3: You know what she had in her book promo about 530 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 3: candor and whatever, There's. 531 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 1: None of that. 532 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:32,400 Speaker 3: She continues four years of a disastrous agenda, open borders, 533 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 3: twelve million illegal immigrants, the worst illegal immigration in our 534 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,640 Speaker 3: nation's history. She takes no responsibility for that, doesn't acknowledge that, 535 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 3: abandoning all of our friends and allies, going from peace 536 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:45,280 Speaker 3: and prosperity to two simultaneous wars across the globe. She 537 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:50,040 Speaker 3: takes no responsibility for that. The Democrat Party becoming rabidly 538 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:55,280 Speaker 3: anti Semitic, her funders funding violent anti Semitic riots on 539 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:58,960 Speaker 3: college campuses. She takes no responsibility for that. That there's 540 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:06,040 Speaker 3: not at all an acknowledgment of Gosh, people voted for 541 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 3: Donald Trump in significant part because they were really, really, 542 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 3: really unhappy with the radical policies that Joe Biden Kamala 543 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 3: Harris put in place. No acknowledgment of that at all. 544 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 3: And their view the system is broken. Why because the 545 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:26,360 Speaker 3: democracy is functioning. To her mind, if the voters can 546 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:30,680 Speaker 3: vote her out, the system is broken. That is the 547 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 3: essence of the contempt that today's Democrat party has for 548 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:37,520 Speaker 3: big D democracy. 549 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:41,760 Speaker 2: As always, thank you for listening to Verdict with Center 550 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:44,239 Speaker 2: Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you don't forget to dial 551 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 2: with my podcast, and you can listen to my podcast 552 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 2: every other day you're not listening to Verdict or each 553 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:51,080 Speaker 2: day when you listen to Verdict. 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