1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:00,560 Speaker 1: Welcome. 2 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 2: It is verdict with Center, Ted Kruz, Ben Ferguson with 3 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 2: you Center. I can't believe it as we sit here, 4 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,800 Speaker 2: it is official. The Save Act has actually made it 5 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 2: to the floor of the Senate. So what's going to 6 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 2: happen next? 7 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 3: Well, after months of battling, the Save America Act is 8 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 3: finally on the floor of the Senate. The Save America 9 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 3: Act is basic common sense legislation that number one requires 10 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 3: everyone registering to vote to prove their American citizen and 11 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 3: number two requires. 12 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 4: Photo ID in order to be able to vote. 13 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 3: Vast majority super majorities of Americans support both of those requirements, 14 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 3: and yet the Democrats are fighting against us with everything 15 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:38,560 Speaker 3: they got. 16 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 4: I'm leading the fight to get it past. 17 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 3: We're going to break down exactly what is happening with 18 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 3: the Save America Act this week, right now on the 19 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 3: Senate floor. 20 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:47,480 Speaker 1: Yeah. 21 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:49,319 Speaker 2: Before we get to that, though, there are so many 22 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 2: of you that listen the show that are truly friends 23 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 2: of Israel, and right now in Israel they need our 24 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 2: help and our support more than ever. And the IFCJ, 25 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 2: the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews are doing amazing 26 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 2: work and you can have a difference right now, having 27 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 2: just come back from Israel, I want to paint you 28 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 2: a picture. It's midnight, sirens are blearing, and you have 29 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:16,119 Speaker 2: only seconds to grab your child and run. 30 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: Now imagine your elderly. 31 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 2: Your legs don't work like they used to, Getting downstairs 32 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 2: feels impossible, and after all of that, you end up 33 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 2: in a bomb shelter for hours, even days, because you 34 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 2: can't make the trek again. This is what's happening across 35 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 2: Israel as Operation Epic Fury continues. Children are being traumatized, 36 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 2: families are just exhausted, and homes have been destroyed. And 37 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 2: that's why the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is 38 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 2: there on the ground, bringing food, emergency equipment, care for 39 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 2: those children, and help for the elderly, and supplying the 40 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 2: bomb shelters and medical centers for critically needed essentials. If 41 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 2: you've ever wondered what it looks like to stand for 42 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 2: Israel and stand good against evil, this is it, and 43 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 2: that's why I'm asking to now please act, give forty 44 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 2: five dollars right now to rush life saving essentials to 45 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 2: the vulnerables under fire. You can also call eight e' 46 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:18,959 Speaker 2: eight for eight eight IFCJ that's eight eight eight four 47 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 2: eight eight. IFCJ join me and give and make a 48 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 2: real difference online at IFCJ dot org. 49 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: That's IFCJ dot org. 50 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,519 Speaker 2: So, Senator, let's talk about just first the lay of 51 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 2: the land and how we got to where we are 52 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 2: day and the vote. There's a lot of people wondering 53 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 2: what the vote was to move this forward. So now 54 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 2: there's debate, and so tell us who didn't vote for 55 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 2: this on the Republican side. It was a very tight vote, 56 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 2: and also explain what's going to happen over the rest 57 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 2: of this week. 58 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 3: Well, the vote on the Senate floor to take up 59 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 3: the Save America Act was fifty one to forty seven, 60 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 3: so fifty one Republicans voted to take it up. The 61 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 3: only no vote was Lisa murkows out of Alaska, and 62 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 3: then Tom Tillis from North Carolina, who is retiring, did 63 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 3: not vote, so he was not a no vote, but 64 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 3: he didn't vote. Other than that, every Republican voter to 65 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,079 Speaker 3: take it up. And we're now in the midst of 66 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 3: the battle. Now we can anticipate the Democrats are a 67 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 3: hard no and so we're taking the case to the 68 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 3: American people and trying to build support for it. And 69 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 3: so I went to the Senate Florida lay out the 70 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 3: case for why the Say of America Act is so 71 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 3: critical and why the opposition for the Democrats is so ridiculous. 72 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 3: And so here's what I had to say on the 73 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 3: floor of the Senate this week. 74 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 4: As president. 75 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 3: Later this year, American citizens across the country will exercise 76 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 3: one of their most valuable and sacred rights, the right 77 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 3: to vote, a right that has been hard earned and 78 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 3: fought for from the founding generation. 79 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 4: Of our republic to today. 80 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 3: And how is the right to self government the right 81 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 3: to vote secured? It was secured by American colonists who 82 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 3: rejected the royal edict and hurdled Tea into Boston Harbor, 83 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 3: declaring no taxation without representation. It was secured by ordinary 84 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 3: men who seized their muskets and fired the shot heard 85 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 3: round the world at Lexington and Concord. It was secured 86 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:30,840 Speaker 3: by Continental troops who marched to the fields of Saratoga 87 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 3: and the coastline of Yorktown, repeating those immortal words of 88 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:37,840 Speaker 3: Patrick Henry. 89 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 4: Give me liberty or give me death. 90 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 3: For nearly two hundred and fifty years, Americans have cast 91 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 3: their votes for leaders at every level, from local officials 92 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,919 Speaker 3: to state representatives to the President of the United States. 93 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 3: Every member of this body is here today because we 94 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 3: were elected fairly and honest and given a mandate by 95 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 3: our constituents to serve them here in Washington and to 96 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 3: protect the liberties and freedoms our founders. 97 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:10,479 Speaker 4: Fought to preserve. 98 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 3: The power of the ballot box determines the course of 99 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 3: our nation, the history we are writing, and the freedoms 100 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 3: that we continue to defend. And while no single ballot 101 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 3: and isolation may seem decisive, together the votes of the 102 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 3: American people shape the course of our nation and the 103 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 3: course of history. But it is worth remembering that our 104 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 3: voting system did not begin as it exists today. When 105 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 3: this nation was founded, the right to vote was limited, 106 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 3: and over time, through debate, sacrifice, a bloody civil war, 107 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 3: and constitutional amendment, the right to vote was quite properly expanded. 108 00:05:55,839 --> 00:06:01,359 Speaker 3: The fifteenth Amendment prohibited denying the vote based on, the 109 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 3: nineteenth Amendment guaranteed women the right to vote, and the 110 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 3: twenty sixth Amendment lowered the voting. 111 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 4: Age to eighteen. 112 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 3: At every stage of our constitutional amendment process, the goal 113 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 3: was the same, to ensure that the right to vote 114 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 3: belonged to American citizens and that it was exercised with integrity. 115 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 3: And while our system has evolved, one principle has remained constant. 116 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 3: Elections reflect the will of the American people for a 117 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 3: right so sacred, for a privilege so hard fought. 118 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 4: It is shocking. 119 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 3: It is tragic how neglected and vulnerable the protection of 120 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 3: our elections has become. That is why I'm here today 121 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:56,599 Speaker 3: on this very floor, urging the members of this body 122 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 3: to pass the Save America Act. It says that when 123 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 3: you register to vote in a federal election, you must 124 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 3: provide proof that you are a citizen of the United States, 125 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 3: and you must provide photo ID to vote. 126 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 4: In simple terms, that's it. 127 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 3: This is not some radical, politicized or weaponized piece of 128 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 3: legislation design to restrict Americans from voting. It is a 129 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 3: common sense measure that protects the integrity of our elections 130 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 3: by ensuring that American citizens, and only American citizens, are 131 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 3: voting in them. Legitimacy in a democracy rests on two pillars. First, 132 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 3: the mechanical integrity of the system to produce a valid result, 133 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 3: and second, the public's confidence in that system. If either 134 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 3: one fails, the system falters. If both fail, the system collapses. 135 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 3: A system that cannot be trusted is a system that 136 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 3: cannot govern. If you look around the world, between two 137 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 3: thirds and three quarters of countries require some form of 138 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 3: identification to vote. Why because it safeguards the integrity of 139 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 3: their elections and reinforces public trusts in their system. 140 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 4: So it begs the question. 141 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 3: Why hasn't the United States fully embraced this standard. Well, 142 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 3: for the last several months, we have heard claim after 143 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 3: claim about how this legislation would somehow inhibit people from voting, 144 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 3: that requiring identification is discriminatory, that the American people do 145 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 3: not support voter idmist president. Our Democrat colleagues are fond 146 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 3: of bellowing into the TV cameras that photo idea of 147 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 3: vote is Jim Crow, they tell us with mock earnestness. 148 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 3: Now I will admit our Democrat colleagues should be experts 149 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 3: in Jim Crow. Because it was Democrat politicians who passed 150 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 3: the Jim Crow laws. It was Democrat politicians who founded 151 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 3: the ku Klux Klan. It was Democrat politicians for decade 152 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:36,319 Speaker 3: after decade who enforced discrimination separate but equal poll taxes, 153 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 3: and a host of other laws designed to prevent African 154 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:45,079 Speaker 3: Americans from voting. But do you know who has rejected 155 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 3: their disingenuous claim that photo ID to vote is Jim Crow. 156 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 3: The Supreme Court of the United States. Supreme Court of 157 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 3: the United States, the state of Indiana passed photo ID 158 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 3: law require hiring that you show a photo ID to vote. 159 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:05,719 Speaker 3: A group of left wing plaintiffs filed litigation challenging that. 160 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 3: The case went all the way to the United States 161 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 3: Supreme Court. At the time, I was the Solicitor General 162 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 3: of the state of Texas. I led a coalition of 163 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 3: states before the Supreme Court defending photo ID to vote, 164 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 3: and the left wing plaintiffs made the same argument that 165 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 3: our Democrat colleagues make today, that requiring photo ID to 166 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:31,199 Speaker 3: vote would somehow disenfranchised minorities. The Supreme Court, by a 167 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 3: vote of six to three, rejected their argument. The author 168 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 3: of the majority opinion was John Paul Stevens. John Paul 169 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 3: Stevens was one of the great liberals on the court. 170 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 3: He was not a conservative, he was not on the 171 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:48,080 Speaker 3: right wing. He was the leading liberal for years on 172 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 3: the US Supreme Court. He rejected that claim and He 173 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 3: pointed out that when someone votes illegally, they are stealing 174 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 3: the votes of legal voter. They are stealing the votes 175 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 3: of American citizens. The Supreme Court explained that when photo 176 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 3: ID laws have been implemented, minority participation in the election 177 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 3: goes up, not down. And the Supreme Court explained that 178 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 3: requiring photo ID enhances the integrity of an election and 179 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 3: the integrity of democracy. Now, our Democrat colleagues don't want 180 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 3: to acknowledge any of those facts, and I guess it's 181 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 3: understandable because the American people. 182 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 4: Have heard their specious. 183 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:38,439 Speaker 3: Arguments and they have rejected them. Mister President, eighty one 184 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 3: percent of Americans support requiring photo ID to vote. But 185 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:48,559 Speaker 3: my Democrat colleagues might say, what about African Americans, Well, 186 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 3: about three quarters of African Americans in the United States 187 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 3: require support requiring photo ID to vote. 188 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 4: How about Hispanics? 189 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 3: More than eighty percent of Hispanics in America support requiring 190 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 3: photo ID to vote. 191 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 4: How about Democrats? He's an astonishing statistic. 192 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 3: If you get out of elected office, if you ask 193 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 3: a Democrat on the street, seventy percent of Democrats in 194 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 3: America support requiring photo ID to vote. The one group 195 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 3: that doesn't are elected Democrats in the United States Senate 196 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 3: in the United States House. And by the way, the 197 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,440 Speaker 3: premise of their argument that minorities, if you require photo 198 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 3: ID to vote, are not going to be able to vote, 199 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 3: is frankly insulting. Mister President, I'm proud to be an 200 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 3: a Hispanic American. I've been in Hispanic all my life. You 201 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 3: know what I've got in my wallet? I have a 202 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 3: driver's license. 203 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 4: I look at my. 204 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:52,199 Speaker 3: Colleagues across the way, I feel confident they have drivers' 205 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:57,719 Speaker 3: licenses in their wallets as well. Hispanics are not morons. 206 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:03,440 Speaker 3: African Americans are not morons. And when you claim minorities 207 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 3: can't figure out how to get a driver's license, well gosh, 208 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 3: what do you need a photo ID to vote? 209 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 4: To do? Right now? In America? You need a photo. 210 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 3: ID to purchase alcohol or to purchase tobacco. You need 211 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:23,079 Speaker 3: a photo ID to gamble or purchase lottery tickets. You 212 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 3: need a photo I D to go into a bar. 213 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 3: You need a photo ID to get on a plane. 214 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 4: You need a photo ID to rent a car. You 215 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:33,440 Speaker 4: need a photo ID just to drive a car. Not 216 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 4: even to rent a car. 217 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 3: Drive a car, you need a photo ID to apply 218 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:42,200 Speaker 3: for government benefits. You need a photo ID to enroll 219 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:46,080 Speaker 3: in college. You need a photo ID to open a 220 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 3: bank account. You need a photo I D to check 221 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:53,560 Speaker 3: into a hotel. And I gotta admit this is my 222 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 3: personal favorite. You need a photo ID, actually two photo 223 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 3: id's to shovel snow in New York City. These are routine, 224 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:07,319 Speaker 3: every day activities. 225 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 4: The gallery is full. 226 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:11,320 Speaker 3: I feel confident everyone in the gallery who is not 227 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:14,959 Speaker 3: a child has a driver's license. And by the way, 228 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 3: you wouldn't be admitted to the gallery if you didn't. 229 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 3: And I feel confident every member of this chamber has 230 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 3: done just about anything I listed, well, except shoveling snow. 231 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 3: I'm not convinced many of my colleagues of snubble show 232 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 3: ah they do shovel other things. The question is not 233 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 3: whether Americans are bright enough to obtain photo ID. 234 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 4: We know they can't, and we know they do. 235 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 3: The real question is why would we not require the 236 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 3: same level of verification for something is consequential and vital 237 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 3: is voting. Are our Democrat colleagues saying voting doesn't matter 238 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 3: or is it something else? Voting is not just another 239 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 3: everyday activity. It rolls around every year a few years. 240 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 3: It is the vehicle that protects the principles of our 241 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 3: republic and safeguarding what matters. This legislation is necessary because 242 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 3: they're individuals and systems that can undermine confidence in our 243 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 3: elections if proper safeguards are not in place. And one 244 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 3: of the most apparent ways that we've seen is through 245 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 3: the masses of illegal immigrants that our Democrat colleagues let in. 246 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 4: Through open borders. 247 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 3: Over four years during the Biden administration, more than twelve 248 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 3: million illegal immigrants flooded into this country, the vast majority 249 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 3: through my home state of Texas. Now, mister President, understand 250 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 3: that was not an accident. That was not something the 251 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 3: Democrats could not stop. That was their desired outcome. How 252 00:15:56,720 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 3: do we know that Because the President Trump was sworn 253 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 3: into office for his second term, illegal border crossings plummeted. 254 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 4: Ninety nine percent overnight. 255 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 3: The Democrats said, no, Joe Biden can't secure the border. 256 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 4: He needs new legislation. We now know. 257 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 3: That was a lie. It was objectively false, and they 258 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 3: knew it was false. Well, if they could have secured 259 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 3: the border for four years and they chose not to, 260 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 3: they chose to let murderers into this country. They chose 261 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 3: to let rapists into this country. They chose to let 262 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 3: child molesters into this country. They chose to let gang 263 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 3: bangers into this country. They chose to let terrorists into 264 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 3: this country. We've had four radical Islamic terror attacks in 265 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 3: the last two weeks. 266 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 4: Why, mister President, would the Democrats choose to allow more than. 267 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 3: Twelve million illegal aliens to invade this country? And I'm 268 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 3: going to suggest the obvious reason, because the Democrats look 269 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:17,120 Speaker 3: at those illegal aliens and they want them to cast 270 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:22,400 Speaker 3: vote for Democrats in federal elections. Why are the Democrats 271 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 3: lined up and say, no, no, no, under no circumstances 272 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 3: should we test to see if you're an American citizen? 273 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:35,000 Speaker 4: Under no circumstances should we require photo IDs. 274 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:38,360 Speaker 3: You know, there was one activist a few years ago 275 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 3: who filmed himself going into a DC polling place. DC 276 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 3: polling place said sir, what's your name? And he said, 277 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 3: my name is Eric Holder. Now, this activist was not 278 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:52,920 Speaker 3: the Attorney General of the United States at the time, 279 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 3: but yet DC handed him a ballot and said, mister Holder, 280 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:03,199 Speaker 3: please cast your vote. The Democrats are lined up in 281 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 3: this chamber because they want our elections to be insecure. 282 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:18,120 Speaker 4: They want voter fraud to be rampant and to be easy. 283 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 3: Ask yourself, do the American people have a difficult time 284 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:26,439 Speaker 3: buying a beer? Do they have a difficult time getting 285 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 3: into an R rated movie? Do they have a difficult 286 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:31,679 Speaker 3: time getting on airplane? Well? Yes, because the Democrats have 287 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:34,359 Speaker 3: refuses to fund the TSA and so they're long lines 288 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 3: right now. But the lack of a photo ID is 289 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:39,640 Speaker 3: not an impediment that stops. 290 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 4: People from flying. 291 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 3: This debate is about something very simple. Do our elections matter? 292 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 3: Does our democracy matter? 293 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 4: That? 294 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:53,200 Speaker 3: Boy, mister president, I gotta say that is a phrase. 295 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 4: The Democrats love that they are defending democracy. 296 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 3: It's interesting their voice usually drops an octave when they 297 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:02,959 Speaker 3: say that. 298 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:08,919 Speaker 4: They clutch their pearls. And that's just the men. 299 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:19,199 Speaker 3: Defending democracy, is what they say. Ask yourself, why are 300 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 3: they not concerned at all about twelve million illegals who 301 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:25,640 Speaker 3: they let into this country voting illegally. 302 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 4: I'll submit. 303 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:33,880 Speaker 3: Ockham's raisor provides. The simplest solution is usually the right one. 304 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:35,080 Speaker 3: The simplest solution. 305 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:35,639 Speaker 4: Is very clear. 306 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 3: The Democrats in this body want illegals to vote for them. 307 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:43,679 Speaker 3: They want power enough that they are more than happy 308 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:48,439 Speaker 3: to undermine democracy. 309 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:48,359 Speaker 4: To try to seize power. 310 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 3: I get that from their personal self interest, but it 311 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 3: is not in the interest of the men and women 312 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,760 Speaker 3: they represent. It is not in the interest of the 313 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:03,120 Speaker 3: people of America. This bill is rightly called the Same 314 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 3: America Act. And mister President, if we were voting on 315 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,679 Speaker 3: the merits of what was good for America, what was 316 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:17,639 Speaker 3: good for democracy, what was good for American citizens, the 317 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:18,199 Speaker 3: vote would be. 318 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 4: One hundred to nothing. 319 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 3: Although I would note on the other side of this building, 320 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:24,479 Speaker 3: at the State of the Union address that you were 321 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 3: at that I was at, we saw why our Democrat 322 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:32,919 Speaker 3: colleagues are so adamantly opposed to this bill. President Trump 323 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,679 Speaker 3: turned to the Democrats on the right side of the 324 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:38,720 Speaker 3: floor of the House, and it gave him an opportunity 325 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 3: to demonstrate with absolute clarity. He said, if you agree 326 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 3: our first priority should be to fight for American citizens 327 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 3: and not for illegal aliens, Please stand, and every single 328 00:20:55,480 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 3: Democrat in Congress remain seated, not a one of them. 329 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 3: I would notice we're on the floor today. Of the 330 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 3: forty seven Democrats in this body, only one. 331 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,920 Speaker 4: Is here on the floor. But a whole lot more. 332 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 3: We're on the florid During the State of the Union, 333 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 3: every one of them chose to remain seated because they 334 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 3: could not support the statement that we need to support 335 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:20,680 Speaker 3: American citizens and not illegal aliens. 336 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 4: That's why they oppose the. 337 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 3: Save America Act, because they want to be handed power 338 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 3: over this country by the illegal aliens they led into 339 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 3: this country. That's why we need to save America, and 340 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,159 Speaker 3: it's why I urge every member of this body to 341 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:42,680 Speaker 3: pass the Save America. 342 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:45,680 Speaker 1: Act, Well said Senator. 343 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 2: And so now the big question is for everyone I 344 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:51,880 Speaker 2: know that's listening or watching on YouTube, what's next and 345 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:53,919 Speaker 2: where does this move from here? 346 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:58,919 Speaker 3: Look, what should happen is we should have Republicans stand together, 347 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 3: should force the Democrats to do what's called a talking filibuster. So, 348 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 3: throughout most of the history of the Senate, a filibuster 349 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 3: involved the right. 350 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 4: Of unlimited debate. 351 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:12,719 Speaker 3: It involved the right to stand up and talk and 352 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 3: talk and talk. Think about Jimmy Stewart and mister Smith 353 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 3: goes to Washington where he talks and he's pulling a 354 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 3: tie and he's falling over and he's like standing there 355 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:27,119 Speaker 3: valiantly battling against bad legislation, or for that matter, what 356 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 3: I did in twenty thirteen, where I filibustered Obamacare and 357 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 3: talked for twenty one hours and stood on the Senate floor. 358 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 3: And by the way, when you're filibustering, you cannot sit down, 359 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 3: you cannot leave the floor, and you cannot use the bathroom. 360 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:42,440 Speaker 4: Which is the most frequent question. 361 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:47,719 Speaker 3: I get trivia point. So before I did that filipbuster, 362 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 3: Rand Paul had done a filibuster earlier in the year 363 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 3: for eleven hours, and I was fixing to get ready 364 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 3: to do it, and so I asked Rand if he 365 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 3: had any. 366 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 4: Advice, and he had two bits of advice. He said. 367 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 3: Number one, he said, wear comfortable shoes. So I have 368 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:07,439 Speaker 3: to admit I wear just about every day, by the way, yeah, 369 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,359 Speaker 3: just about every day in the Senate, I wear boots, 370 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 3: cowboy boots. I went and bought a pair of black 371 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 3: tennis shoes that I wore for my twenty one hour filibuster. 372 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 3: And I confessed at about two in the morning to 373 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:20,880 Speaker 3: the people of Texas, I said, look, I'm embarrassed. I 374 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:25,119 Speaker 3: lacked the strength of character or the strength of foot 375 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 3: to stand here twenty one hours in my boots. So 376 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 3: I'm wearing tennis shoes, and I said, I hope the 377 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 3: people of Texas will give me forbearance and forgive me. 378 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 3: But then second Ran said, he said what took him 379 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:39,639 Speaker 3: out at the end of the day was not his 380 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:42,159 Speaker 3: legs but his bladder. That after eleven hours he just 381 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 3: had to go. And I don't know about you, but 382 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 3: I'd never tried to go twenty one hours without going 383 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:47,920 Speaker 3: to the bathroom. 384 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 4: I wasn't sure how that would go. 385 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 3: And in the entire course of the filibuster, I drank 386 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 3: one tiny little glass of water, and the basic principle 387 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:01,639 Speaker 3: nothing in, nothing out. I just take a tiny sip 388 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 3: every hour or so and just kind of wet my throat. 389 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 3: But you had to stand there and talk and talk 390 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:07,639 Speaker 3: and talk. That is exhausting. 391 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:10,919 Speaker 1: By the way, you cannot lean on the lectern. 392 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 4: Right, No, no, you're you're not allowed to lean, so 393 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:13,160 Speaker 4: you can't. 394 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 2: And even if someone comes to like give you or 395 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 2: ask you a question. There's a famous scene for people 396 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 2: that are West Wing watchers where somebody they were trying 397 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 2: to get a message the guy that was doing a filibuster, 398 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 2: and the guy walked in he said, may I ask 399 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 2: a question? 400 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: In essence, it was you know, some official way of 401 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:31,159 Speaker 1: doing that. 402 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,160 Speaker 2: But you can't lean on the on the lectern because 403 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:35,679 Speaker 2: if you do, that's it right, Like you can take 404 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:36,880 Speaker 2: a question to rest your. 405 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean the chair can call it, so you 406 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 3: can do. So what will happen when you're doing a 407 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,360 Speaker 3: filibuster is other senators will come in and ask will 408 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 3: the senator yield for a question, and you can say yeah, 409 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,159 Speaker 3: and you can say I will yield for a question 410 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 3: without yielding the floor. And then if it's an ally 411 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 3: of here. So for example, Mike Lee was on the 412 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 3: floor all twenty one hours I was there. He stayed 413 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 3: with me the whole time. So several times at two or. 414 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:02,119 Speaker 1: Three of one, no wonder, he's your best friend in 415 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 1: the Senate. 416 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 4: Okay, Now, I and I had a number. 417 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 3: I had about a dozen senators who came and spelled 418 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 3: me for a period. Because when you're talking for twenty 419 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,880 Speaker 3: one hours, your voice starts to hurt. So the thing 420 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 3: you will do is is Mike would ask would you 421 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 3: yield for a question, and I say, well, yield for 422 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 3: question about yielding the floor, and then he'd talk thirty 423 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,639 Speaker 3: minutes and he'd get up and he'd like give a 424 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:24,479 Speaker 3: you know, da da da da da, and like like 425 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 3: at three in the morning, we went through like seventies 426 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 3: rock songs and horrible puns and jokes. And then after 427 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,919 Speaker 3: thirty minutes, you know, you can say, wouldn't you agree? 428 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 3: And that's the question you ask. And so it's a 429 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:41,159 Speaker 3: way to give some relief. By the way, many people 430 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:41,960 Speaker 3: remember during. 431 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:44,200 Speaker 1: That if he sat down during the twenty one hours, right. 432 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,880 Speaker 3: He can sit down. You know, anyone else can sit down. 433 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:48,760 Speaker 3: It's just the person that has the floor that can't 434 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 3: sit down. And a lot of people remember that during 435 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 3: that filibuster, I read Green Eggs and Ham. What they 436 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,680 Speaker 3: don't necessarily remember is why I read Green Eggs and Ham. 437 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:05,160 Speaker 3: And at the time, our daughters were worth three and five, 438 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,160 Speaker 3: and when I was home, I would read them bednights, 439 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 3: you know, bedtime stories every. 440 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:10,920 Speaker 1: Night, bedtime stories. 441 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,119 Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, And so as I was doing the filibuster, 442 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,159 Speaker 3: it was their bedtime, and so we called home and 443 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 3: told them turn on the TV and turn on c SPAN, 444 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 3: and I read them Green Eggs and Ham because it 445 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:26,959 Speaker 3: was their bedtime story. And they were my favorite picture. 446 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 3: You've seen it. It's in my office. Oh yeah, it's 447 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 3: a picture of the two little girls. 448 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 4: They're in matching pajamas. They're three and five. 449 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:39,160 Speaker 3: And Catherine, the three year old, she has her hand 450 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 3: on the TV and she's watching in wonderment as her 451 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 3: daddy is reading her Green Eggs and ham on the 452 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:49,199 Speaker 3: television set. And the look is just awesome. And then Caroline, 453 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 3: And you know Caroline, she's now seventeen, she was just five, 454 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 3: and she is She is a strong willed and spirited kid. 455 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,399 Speaker 3: My fourteen years in the Senate, nothing I've done Senate 456 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 3: has impressed her except that. 457 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,760 Speaker 4: And she is in that picture racking up laughing. 458 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 3: I mean, she thinks it's the funniest thing she's ever seen. 459 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 3: And when I came home that weekend, she looked at me, 460 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,439 Speaker 3: her arms were crossed and she said, Okay, Dad, that 461 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:18,680 Speaker 3: was pretty cool. But that's a philippment. By the way, 462 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 3: you want to fund that the true filibuster. Okay, you 463 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 3: want a fund bit of color. 464 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 1: Yeah. 465 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:27,480 Speaker 3: At like nineteen twenty hours into it, Glenn Beck, who 466 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,879 Speaker 3: you and I are both friends with, Glenn texts me 467 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:35,399 Speaker 3: and says, man, you look too damn good. Your tie 468 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 3: is all there, your hair is comb You don't look disheveled. 469 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:41,679 Speaker 3: Damn it, you need to look more like mister Smith 470 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:43,600 Speaker 3: goes to Washington. So I have to admit I looked 471 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 3: at it. Glenn's got a good sense of like telling 472 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 3: a story. So I yanked my tie and I don't 473 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 3: think I messed up my hair, but I at least 474 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,120 Speaker 3: loosened the tie and tried to look a little more disheveled. 475 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 3: After twenty one hours, you know, you shouldn't look like 476 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 3: you're just just popping out of bed. 477 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 4: That is exhausted. 478 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,399 Speaker 2: But I didn't realize that you could have your phone 479 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 2: out during the filibuster. 480 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:06,880 Speaker 1: That's actually interesting. 481 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 3: You're not supposed to. So technically the Senate rules, you're 482 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 3: not allowed to have electronics on. 483 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 4: The Senate floor. 484 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 3: Everyone violates that rule, so everyone has their phone, and 485 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,359 Speaker 3: that's just a rule that is routinely ignored. 486 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 4: By the way, did. 487 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 1: You try to hide it, though I did try at 488 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:24,640 Speaker 1: that point. 489 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:24,960 Speaker 4: You don't. 490 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,840 Speaker 3: You don't visibly do it while you're speaking, but you 491 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:29,440 Speaker 3: can do it. It may have been during one of 492 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 3: the questions that I noticed, like I was looking at 493 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 3: the text and Glenn had sent me a text. By 494 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 3: the way, interestingly enough, during the speech that we just played. 495 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 3: So the Senate Parliamentarian, Jim Banks, Republican from Indiana, was presiding. 496 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:48,760 Speaker 3: The Senate parliamentarian tried to convince him to sanction me 497 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,560 Speaker 3: under Rule nineteen of the Senate Rules for impugning the 498 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 3: integrity of another Senator, and really and thankfully he just 499 00:28:58,400 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 3: told her go jump in a lake. I'm not going 500 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 3: to do it. And apparently she was mad because I said, 501 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 3: you know, it's not surprising that the Democrats are experts 502 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:09,280 Speaker 3: on Jim Crow because they wrote the Jim Crow Laws 503 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:12,200 Speaker 3: and they founded the KKK. And she thought that was 504 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:16,680 Speaker 3: terrible for me to point out what are undeniable historical facts. 505 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 3: She thought it was somehow a violation of the Senate 506 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 3: rules to speak the truth. I have to admit the 507 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:27,480 Speaker 3: parliamentarian previously, years ago, tried to get me to Rule 508 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 3: nineteen to rule that Mike Lee had done the same thing, 509 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:32,000 Speaker 3: and I laughed at and said, no, I'm not going 510 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:32,720 Speaker 3: to do that either. 511 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:37,240 Speaker 4: You know, thankfully it. 512 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 2: Texts her stun thing. There's history to stebborn things sometimes, so. 513 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:46,200 Speaker 3: Look a standing and talking filibuster is exhausting. 514 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,360 Speaker 4: It takes a lot of energy, it takes a lot 515 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:48,720 Speaker 4: out of you. 516 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:54,000 Speaker 3: Under the Senate rules, each Senator is limited to two 517 00:29:54,080 --> 00:30:00,040 Speaker 3: speeches in a legislative day total. Now the Senate and 518 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:04,360 Speaker 3: keep a legislative day going for weeks. A legislative day 519 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:07,800 Speaker 3: goes until you adjourn the day. So if you look 520 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:11,000 Speaker 3: at during the Civil Rights Act, yes, it can be weeks. 521 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:14,240 Speaker 3: If you look at the Civil Rights Act in nineteen 522 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 3: sixty four, the Democrats filibustered against it. They were opposed 523 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:24,440 Speaker 3: to it, they wanted segregation, and the leadership there forced 524 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 3: kept the legislative day open for weeks and kept forcing 525 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:30,600 Speaker 3: them to filibuster and talk and talk and talk and talk, 526 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,760 Speaker 3: and eventually it wore them down. And that's how the 527 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 3: Civil Rights Act in nineteen sixty four got passed. So 528 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:39,440 Speaker 3: what I had been arguing to the conference at length, 529 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 3: we had to do the same thing. We had to 530 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:44,800 Speaker 3: force the Democrats explain why you think illegal aliens should 531 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 3: be voting, Why you think that it's okay that you 532 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:49,920 Speaker 3: need an ID to buy a beer at a bar 533 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:54,360 Speaker 3: but not an ID to vote, and make them drive 534 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:56,880 Speaker 3: them to the principle of exhaustion, drive them to the 535 00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 3: point that they just can't fight anymore. Here's the rub 536 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 3: to do that Ben, we need fifty Republicans willing to 537 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:08,320 Speaker 3: stand strong. To date, we haven't had that. We've been 538 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:10,920 Speaker 3: arguing about this within the conference for several weeks. I 539 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,640 Speaker 3: have been making the case as impassioned as I can 540 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:19,440 Speaker 3: to my colleagues, and we are likely just short of fifty. 541 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:23,800 Speaker 3: So if that doesn't change, what's going to end up 542 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:28,520 Speaker 3: happening this week is we're going to vote again on 543 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 3: the Save America Act. Fifty or fifty one Republicans will 544 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:35,320 Speaker 3: vote for it, but we'll need sixty unless we force 545 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 3: them to do a talking filibuster. 546 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:40,720 Speaker 4: So it will fail this week unless something changes significantly. 547 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:44,040 Speaker 3: That's infuriating, and so I'm calling on my colleagues, come on, 548 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 3: let's stand together and fight. And I'll tell you one 549 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:51,120 Speaker 3: of the arguments my colleagues have used with me. They've said, look, ted, 550 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:54,600 Speaker 3: if we fight and at the end of the day lose, 551 00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:58,840 Speaker 3: people will be discouraged and demoralized and they'll stay home 552 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:03,959 Speaker 3: in November. And my response is, well, and I do too. 553 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:07,480 Speaker 3: And my response was, look, Okay, maybe we lose. It's 554 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:11,400 Speaker 3: not guaranteed one hundred percent victory, but you know how 555 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:15,239 Speaker 3: you can guarantee one hundred percent losing. Don't fight, Like, 556 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,400 Speaker 3: if we don't fight, it's one hundred percent that we lose. 557 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:21,120 Speaker 3: So if we stand up and we fight and we're 558 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,719 Speaker 3: all there there all night and we're battling, we're battling, 559 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:25,560 Speaker 3: we're battling, and at the end of the day we 560 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:29,200 Speaker 3: come up short, that gives people a lot more reason 561 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 3: to vote that if we don't get fifty, who are 562 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 3: even willing to fight? And so I think there's a 563 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:35,560 Speaker 3: lot of frustration. 564 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:38,000 Speaker 2: So to be clear, to be very clear for everybody 565 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:40,760 Speaker 2: listening to do what you're advocating for, which is to 566 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 2: for sustaining filibuster, how many votes do you have to 567 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:44,360 Speaker 2: have to get to that. 568 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:48,000 Speaker 3: You've got to have fifty Republicans who will stand together, 569 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:52,400 Speaker 3: because the fifty Republicans have to number one. Anytime the 570 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:55,640 Speaker 3: Democrats want to they can suggest the absence of a quorum, 571 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,440 Speaker 3: and we have to be able to produce fifty bodies. 572 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,000 Speaker 1: Oh, everybody's got to be there. So everybody's got to 573 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:01,440 Speaker 1: be there. 574 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:03,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, you've got to physically be able to. 575 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,160 Speaker 1: Could go for to be queer, that could go, as 576 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:07,680 Speaker 1: you were saying, for days, right. 577 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:08,479 Speaker 4: For days or weeks? 578 00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:11,960 Speaker 2: Yes, And in other words, there's some senators in the 579 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,000 Speaker 2: Republican Party that just would rather go home. Yeah, we'd 580 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:17,200 Speaker 2: rather go home on Thursdays like they always do. They 581 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:19,240 Speaker 2: don't want to stay over the weekend. They don't want 582 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:20,640 Speaker 2: to fight for this for a week or two. 583 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:25,080 Speaker 3: And secondly, the Democrats can tee up amendments and try 584 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:26,960 Speaker 3: to force votes on amendments. And we got to have 585 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:31,080 Speaker 3: fifty Republicans that reject their amendments, that stand together, and 586 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 3: right now we have I don't know, forty seven, forty eight, 587 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:36,800 Speaker 3: but we don't have fifty. And so we're having an 588 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:41,160 Speaker 3: arguments with a handful who are saying no. And I 589 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:46,280 Speaker 3: hope it changes, but right now, right now, we don't 590 00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:46,840 Speaker 3: have fifty. 591 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:51,560 Speaker 2: Love, generosity, and compassion. We say those words all the time, 592 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:53,640 Speaker 2: and they sound good, they feel good. 593 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:55,160 Speaker 1: But here's the truth. 594 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 2: Those words don't mean anything unless they turn into action, 595 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 2: and right now, not later, today, not tomorrow. There's a 596 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:06,960 Speaker 2: child in the world who doesn't know if they'll eat, 597 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:10,399 Speaker 2: if they'll have a chance to learn, or if there's 598 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:14,480 Speaker 2: any hope at all. And while we're all busy, life 599 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:18,440 Speaker 2: keeps moving forward, but that child is waiting. This is 600 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:22,040 Speaker 2: where you come in with Compassion International. You have the 601 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:25,840 Speaker 2: chance to change a child's future, not just with words, 602 00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:30,440 Speaker 2: not with promises, but with real help that provides food, education, 603 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:36,120 Speaker 2: and hope through local churches and people already in their community. 604 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:40,400 Speaker 2: Put your words into action and join me introduce a 605 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:45,600 Speaker 2: child to a loving, heavenly father today at Compassion dot com. 606 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:50,399 Speaker 2: That's Compassion dot com final question on this one. When 607 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:53,680 Speaker 2: will the American people know? What day will you guys 608 00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:57,319 Speaker 2: make this decision on either trying to vote for that 609 00:34:57,680 --> 00:34:59,480 Speaker 2: or just having a straight up vote that you know 610 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:00,600 Speaker 2: you're gonna come up short on. 611 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:04,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, if nothing changes, we will likely vote, have the 612 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,560 Speaker 3: final vote on Thursday of this week, and we will 613 00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:10,640 Speaker 3: end up probably with fifty to fifty one fifty two 614 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:13,480 Speaker 3: votes for the Save America Act, but we'll need sixty 615 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:16,720 Speaker 3: and so the vote will fail if nothing changes. 616 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:17,560 Speaker 4: That's where we're headed. 617 00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:20,799 Speaker 2: And then do you expect the present to weigh in 618 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:23,600 Speaker 2: heavy on the strategy here? Does he know these two options? 619 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:26,040 Speaker 2: And how much influence would I have if the President 620 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:28,080 Speaker 2: came out and said, you know, damn it, men and 621 00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:30,719 Speaker 2: women stay in Washington, DC and fight this thing out 622 00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:31,840 Speaker 2: and let's see what happens. 623 00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:35,359 Speaker 3: Yeah, the President has said that multiple times, and that 624 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,920 Speaker 3: has been a significant part of the argument. But we 625 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:41,439 Speaker 3: still at the end of the day, you can't wave 626 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:44,120 Speaker 3: a magic wand and produce the votes, and we're still 627 00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:48,520 Speaker 3: frustratingly short of fifty. 628 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:51,880 Speaker 2: It's very interesting and very frustrating for many Americans. 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