1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: Welcome its verdict with Senator Ted Cruz Ben Ferguson with you. 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: It's nice to have you with us on this Wednesday morning. 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,399 Speaker 1: And there's a big controversy and a big story that 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: the media has just I mean, they've gone all in 5 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: on that deals with conversations that were had center on 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:20,319 Speaker 1: the Signal app. A lot of people in government use it. 7 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: I use this app. It's encrypted, that's why they use it. 8 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: And a journalist it was inadvertently put on apparently one 9 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: of those text message threads. 10 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 2: Well, the media are a flutter with what they're calling 11 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 2: Signal Gate, which is this text thread on the app 12 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 2: Signal and it was about the military strikes against the 13 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 2: Huthis who have been attacking shipping shipping in the Suez Canal, 14 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 2: and inadvertently the National Security Advisor added this journalist, Jeffrey Goldberg, 15 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 2: who then wrote an article and I got to say, 16 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 2: it's an astonishing article. The media are going crazy and 17 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 2: they're using it as an excuse to attack President Trump, 18 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 2: to attack his national security team. Now we're going to 19 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 2: break down what exactly was going on there, What did 20 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 2: they do anything wrong? Were they talking about? What happened? 21 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 2: Why does it matter. We're going to break it all down. 22 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 2: We're also going to talk about what has happened to 23 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 2: the Democrat Party. They're getting angrier and angrier and angrier, 24 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 2: and they are embracing violence every day, they're calling for violence. 25 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 2: They are the Party of Rage. And finally, we're going 26 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 2: to talk about the media coverage about how the Democrats 27 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 2: are in a quote deep dark hole. That's not me, 28 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 2: that's Axios, one of the most mainstream corporate media outlets 29 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 2: there is, that says the Democrats are in the deepest 30 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 2: hole in fifty years. We're going to break that down. 31 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:58,639 Speaker 2: How when a party decides it doesn't stand for anything, 32 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 2: When a party gets so radical that it abandons the voters, 33 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 2: When a party is formed only around one idea, which 34 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 2: is hatred for Donald J. Trump, that turns out not 35 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 2: to be a successful electoral strategy. We're going to talk 36 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:12,640 Speaker 2: about that as well. 37 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, the gig seems to be up certainly the American 38 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 1: voters on that. And there's some polling data will also 39 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: give you in a minute as well that you don't 40 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: want to miss. I want to tell you about the 41 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 1: International Fellowship of Christians and Jews first, and for more 42 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: than a year it has been of war, of terror, 43 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 1: of pain in Israel. 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I think 66 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: there was even some dreams of maybe someone gets fired 67 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: sixty days into this administration, the cabinet because of this 68 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: journalist report that I got on a text thread with 69 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: all these important people in Trump administration world. And now 70 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: I'm going to tell you what I saw. 71 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 2: Well, look what happened is there was a text thread 72 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,600 Speaker 2: and it was using the app called Signal. Now, Signal 73 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 2: is an encrypted app. A lot of people in government 74 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 2: use it. You use it, I use it, a lot 75 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:34,840 Speaker 2: of journalists use it. It's a way to communicate an 76 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 2: encrypted way that it is less likely to be intercepted. 77 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 2: And that there was a group chat that was created 78 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 2: by President Trump's national security advisor, Michael Waltz about the 79 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 2: upcoming strikes against the Houthis and Yemen, and bizarrely included 80 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 2: in the group was a journalist named Jeffrey Goldberg who 81 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 2: was at The Atlantic magazine. And jeff Beffrey Goldberg is 82 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 2: a liberal. He's a well known journalist, and it I 83 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 2: have no good explanation for why Jeffrey Goldberg was added. 84 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 2: He's the editor in chief of The Atlantic, and it 85 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 2: was a screw up, and and and let's start with that. 86 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 2: It was clearly a screw up. It was embarrassing. It 87 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 2: it's sort of comparable to a butt dial. You know, Look, 88 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,840 Speaker 2: I've inadvertently sent texts to the wrong person. I'm sure 89 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 2: you have. In this instance, it was clear it was 90 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 2: a mistake. He was not meant to be added to 91 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 2: this group, and suddenly, bizarrely he is getting text about 92 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 2: an upcoming military strike. So that was bad. At the 93 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 2: end of the day. Though, what is striking, although although 94 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 2: you're seeing the sharks circle and trying to attack the 95 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:51,840 Speaker 2: president of the National Security Team, is the underlying substance 96 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 2: of what's being discussed is actually quite good. So the 97 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 2: substance of what's being discussed. The Huthies are radical Islamic terrorists. 98 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 2: They're based in Yemen, and they are funded by Iran. 99 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 2: They are Iran proxies, and they have been for months, 100 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:15,279 Speaker 2: for years attacking shipping in and around the Suez Canal, 101 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 2: and they've been shutting down a massive amount of shipping 102 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 2: at the Suez Canal and that has had a real 103 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 2: consequence to Americans. So listen, when you go to the 104 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 2: grocery store, when you go to the department store, you 105 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 2: are paying significantly higher prices because the Huthis have been 106 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 2: shutting down shipping through the Suez Canal, which makes shipping 107 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 2: and transportation cost much much higher. And I got to say, 108 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 2: for four years, Joe Biden, the Democrats, they didn't do 109 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 2: a damn thing. They let radical Islamic terrorists engage in 110 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 2: acts of terrorism and shut down shipping, slow down shipping. 111 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 2: And what has happened in the first two months of 112 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 2: the Trump administration is President Trump gave an instruction to 113 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 2: his team. He said, open up the shipping lanes. Let's 114 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 2: go after the Houthies. And by the way, we carried 115 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 2: out a military strike hit the Houthis and did real damage. 116 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 2: And so this entire text chain is the national security 117 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 2: leadership of the Trump administration talking about this upcoming strike, 118 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 2: and the strike was a massive success. So on substance, 119 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 2: we got to be thrilled. We actually have a commander 120 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 2: in chief who's standing up for America, who's defending American shipping, 121 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 2: is defending American interests, who's fighting terrorists who hate America. 122 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 2: All of that is a massive contrast from what happened 123 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 2: under Joe Biden. What was the mistake? The mistake was 124 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 2: inadvertently they added this journalist who then wrote this sort 125 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 2: of breathless bombshell story about I was on this text 126 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 2: about the war plans, and again it was a screw up. 127 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 2: It was embarrassing, but the under lying substance every one 128 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 2: of us ought to be really happy about. 129 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: You mentioned that this was one of those moments that, look, 130 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: the press wanted to go ballistic on. There was also 131 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: really I think a smart move by the White House 132 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: to have no problem having a conversation about this. The 133 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: President didn't run away from it. There was no no comment, 134 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: there was much. There was a lot of like openness 135 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: and conversation, like, hey, we're more than happy to talk 136 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: about this. I actually think the American people appreciate that, 137 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,439 Speaker 1: because usually when they're screw ups, Amen, everybody just disappears 138 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: from you know, accountability or even answering questions or saying 139 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:40,959 Speaker 1: we can't talk about this time or it deals with 140 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 1: classified there's always a million excuses. The president didn't use 141 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 1: any of those, like let's talk about it and he 142 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:48,720 Speaker 1: did it in front of the journalists, in front of 143 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: this entire cabinet as well. 144 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 2: Yeah, so let me make a couple comments on this. 145 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 2: Number One, During four years of Biden's presidency, he hit 146 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 2: hid from the press, he didn't press conferences, he didn't 147 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 2: take questions, and it's not complicated why his mental condition 148 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 2: was so deteriorated that nobody trust him to take questions. 149 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 2: Donald Trump is taking questions. It seems like every day 150 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:16,839 Speaker 2: he's answering hard questions. And so today at the White 151 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:20,200 Speaker 2: House he was asked about reporters about what happened here, 152 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 2: and we're going to play a segment, and this is 153 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 2: a lengthy segment, but it's worth listening to because the 154 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 2: president explains what's going on. I think his answers here 155 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 2: are terrific and it's worth really listening to what he says. 156 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 3: So give a listen, mister president, are you going to 157 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 3: change in you to practices that your national security officials used? 158 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 4: Acker reporter was inaffortently added to a group chat about 159 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:46,079 Speaker 4: attacks on Evan. 160 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 5: Well, I think it's a question I've been asked now 161 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:53,439 Speaker 5: and I've given it a few answers, and they've all 162 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 5: been the same. We have an amazing group or national 163 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,959 Speaker 5: security now is stronger than it's ever been. We have 164 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 5: I've had a very very successful numerous attacks. 165 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:04,680 Speaker 6: In that area. 166 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 5: These are people that shoot down ships. Not only are 167 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:09,839 Speaker 5: ships ships all over the world. They're shooting down right 168 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 5: out of the water and damaging them badly or they're 169 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 5: going down. They're also shooting anything that happens to be 170 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 5: flying in the area. 171 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 6: We hit them very, very hard. 172 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 5: There was no classified information as I understand it. 173 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 6: They used a. 174 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 5: App, if you want to call it an app that 175 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 5: a lot of people use, a lot of people in 176 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 5: government use, a lot of people in the big aus. 177 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:36,079 Speaker 5: And I think I'll ask Mike, Mike is here. Do 178 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 5: you want to respond to theness? 179 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 7: Yes, mister President, you asked about lessons. I think there's 180 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 7: a lot of the lessons. There's a lot of journalists 181 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,559 Speaker 7: in this city who have made big names for themselves 182 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 7: making up lies about this president, whether it's the Russia 183 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 7: hoax or making up lies about gold Star families. And 184 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 7: this one in particular, i've never met. 185 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 8: Don't know, never communicated with, And we are and we 186 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:02,319 Speaker 8: are looking into and reviewing how the heck he got 187 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 8: into this room but I'll tell you what the world 188 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 8: owes President Trump of favor. 189 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:08,559 Speaker 6: Under Biden, global. 190 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 7: Shipping was shut down, penprick attacks months between them, are 191 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 7: destroyers being fired upon dozens of times. President Trump took 192 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 7: decisive active action with his national security team, took out 193 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 7: the head missileer, knocked out missiles, knocked out headquarters, knocked 194 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 7: out communication sites, and for once, as we hear, as 195 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 7: you all hear from every one of our allies, thank 196 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 7: god for American leadership again, thank God for American strength, 197 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 7: your health. And we had a national security team that 198 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 7: was coordinating these efforts. As Director Ratcliffe testified today, his 199 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 7: first day on the job, he was introduced to this 200 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 7: app on his government systems at the CIA and at 201 00:11:56,920 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 7: the State Department and otherwise. So look this journalist, mister President. 202 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 7: Once the world talking about more hoaxes in this kind 203 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:09,200 Speaker 7: of nonsense, rather than the freedom that you're enabling. And 204 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 7: a key part of our sovereignty is open sea lanes 205 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 7: and knocking the crop out of terrorists, which is exactly 206 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 7: what your team. And Pete Hexat, a good friend and 207 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 7: fellow veteran, is leading the charge on. 208 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:23,560 Speaker 5: And it's an honor orful excuse me. We had a 209 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 5: very very successful evening, and we've had numerous successful evenings 210 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 5: and days in that area. The Hoodies are absolutely on 211 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 5: the run. The worst of them had been killed. This 212 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:38,959 Speaker 5: should have been done a long time ago by Biden. 213 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 5: But Biden was an incompetent president. He couldn't do anything. 214 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:44,679 Speaker 5: He get in nowhere where it was going. He had 215 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:46,640 Speaker 5: no clue. This guy had no clue. This should have 216 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 5: been done a long time ago. As they shoot missiles 217 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 5: at chips, randomly shoot missiles at chips, and they make 218 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 5: their own missiles. You know, this is not an incompetent 219 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 5: group of people. They make their own missiles. They get 220 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 5: the missiles also from Iran. It's an offshoot of Iran, 221 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 5: another offshoot. You have Hamas, you have Hesbula, you have 222 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:07,960 Speaker 5: the Hoodies. You got a lot of stuff going on 223 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,319 Speaker 5: with Iran, and we set a letter to Iran. You're 224 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 5: gonna have to be speaking to us one way or 225 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 5: the other pretty soon because we can't let this happen. 226 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 6: But that's an app that a lot of people use. 227 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 5: And somebody got on, I mean happened to know the 228 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 5: guy's in total sleevesberg. 229 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 6: The Atlantic. 230 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 5: The Atlantic is a failed magazine does very very poorly. 231 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 5: Nobody gives a damn about it. This gives it a 232 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 5: little bit of a shot. And I will tell you 233 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:39,320 Speaker 5: this that they've made up more stories and they're just 234 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 5: a failing magazine. 235 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 6: The public understands that he's a very good man. 236 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:44,680 Speaker 5: That man is a very good man right there that 237 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:49,959 Speaker 5: you criticize so strong, he's a very good man and 238 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 5: he will continue to do good job. In addition to him, 239 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 5: we had very good people in that meeting, and those 240 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 5: people have done a very very effective job. 241 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:03,439 Speaker 6: And you're can see it, and it goes on. By 242 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 6: the way, it's going to go. 243 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 5: On, and I think the hoodies wish that it didn't happen, 244 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 5: But that's what it's all about. We have to create 245 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 5: a safe country, a safe world, and that's what we're doing. 246 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 6: Security put it for. 247 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 4: A spand rem president of senior officials using signal or 248 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 4: the use of signal to communicate from senior officials. 249 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 6: I don't know anything about signal. 250 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 5: I wasn't involved in this, but I just turn about 251 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 5: it and I hear it's used by a lot of groups. 252 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 6: It's used by the media a lot. 253 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 5: It's used by a lot of the military, and I 254 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 5: think successfully, but sometimes somebody can get onto those things. 255 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 5: That's one of the prices you pay when you're not 256 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 5: sitting in the situation room with no phones on, which 257 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 5: is always the best, frankly, but you know, you you 258 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 5: the best is to be there. In fact, oftentimes I've 259 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 5: been in the infectious Last week, I was in the 260 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 5: situation room with something very important and we had a 261 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:02,880 Speaker 5: couple of people hooked up by line, and I said, 262 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 5: cancel the line, sorry, fellas. What you do is we'll 263 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 5: tell you all about the meeting, because I know people 264 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 5: do get on those lines, whether it's signal or anything else. 265 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 6: Yeah, are you going to change any procedures as a 266 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 6: result of this. 267 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 5: Well, I mean, look, we look at everything, and you know, 268 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 5: they've made a big deal out of this because we've 269 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 5: had two perfect months. 270 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 6: We're bringing we are bringing in business. 271 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 5: We have another one announced tomorrow, a big one, very big, 272 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 5: like in the history of our country. 273 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 6: Nobody's ever seen anything like it. 274 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 5: And I think probably a lot of people are saying 275 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 5: it's They started by saying it was the greatest first 276 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 5: month that a president has ever had, and I think 277 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 5: that's true. And now they say it's the best second month, 278 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 5: and they had to find something and this certainly we'll 279 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 5: look at this, But the main thing was nothing happened. 280 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 5: The attack was totally successful. It was I guess from 281 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 5: what I understand, took place during and it wasn't classified information. 282 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 5: So this was not class of now butch classified information. 283 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 5: It's probably a little bit different. But I always say 284 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 5: you have to learn from every experience. I think it 285 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 5: was very unfair the way they attacked Michael. He's a 286 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 5: good person. The person that was on just happens to 287 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 5: be a Slees bag. So maybe that's just coincidence. 288 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 6: I don't know. I love it. 289 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 1: Maybe he's just you know, it's leeves bag. You can't 290 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 1: make it up. 291 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 2: Well, look, I got to say I love President Trump's 292 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 2: answer to this because he's very candid, he's very real. 293 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 2: He admits it was a screw up. It was a 294 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 2: mess up to add the journalist. But one of the 295 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 2: things that's most important is he strongly defends Mike Waltz. 296 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 2: Mike Waltz is Donald Trump's national security advisor. Mike is 297 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 2: a friend to mine. He's a very good man. Mike 298 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 2: is a veteran. He was in Special Forces he received 299 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 2: four Bronze Stars while serving combat tours in Afghanistan and 300 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 2: the Middle East and Africa. And he's smart, he's serious. 301 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 2: And I got to say, there are people who hate 302 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 2: President Trump that are trying to use this mess up 303 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 2: to attack Mike Waltz. And I was really glad the 304 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 2: President stood strongly with Mike Waltz. He's doing a very 305 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 2: good job. I had dinner with Mike just a few 306 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 2: weeks ago. He is a smart, serious leader focused on 307 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:21,679 Speaker 2: defending this nation from our enemies. I also like that 308 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 2: the President focused on the underlying substance. Look, what we 309 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 2: did was a great victory for America. Joe Biden had 310 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:34,199 Speaker 2: let four years go by of the who he's attacking, 311 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 2: American shipping companies, hurting American interests. And President Trump he's 312 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 2: been in office just over two months and he's already 313 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 2: standing up, taking out terrorists, fighting for American interests. That 314 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 2: is a huge, substant victory. I want to make another point. 315 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 2: There are some observers that are looking at the Trump 316 00:17:54,040 --> 00:18:00,719 Speaker 2: administration and her writing story saying the Trump administration is isaists. 317 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 2: They're not willing to engage and defend American interests. That 318 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:10,120 Speaker 2: is wrong. Donald Trump is not an isolationist. America first 319 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:14,199 Speaker 2: is not an isolationist philosophy. If you look at the 320 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 2: first term of President Trump, he took out General Solomoni 321 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 2: from Iran. That was incredibly important. General Solomoni had murdered 322 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:28,400 Speaker 2: over six hundred American servicemen and women. He fought and 323 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 2: was vigorous taking out enemies of America. And it's worth 324 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:34,440 Speaker 2: noting in the first few months of Trump's first term 325 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:38,720 Speaker 2: he took out ISIS. ISIS had a caliphate larger than 326 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 2: the state of Indiana, and he utterly decimated and destroyed ISIS. 327 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 2: So Donald Trump his record, he is not an isolationist. 328 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:51,160 Speaker 2: And this is a good illustration of this. The Huthies 329 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 2: are a proxy of Iran. They were attacking America. Joe 330 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:58,679 Speaker 2: Biden was too weak to fight back, and Donald Trump, 331 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:01,679 Speaker 2: in his first two months is already fighting back. And 332 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:05,440 Speaker 2: the media wants to change the subject from the substance 333 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:11,160 Speaker 2: of protecting America to attacks on the administration. I'm very glad. 334 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:14,160 Speaker 2: I'm really happy with the President's defense of Mike Waltz 335 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 2: and the president's substance of defense of his policy defending America. 336 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,400 Speaker 1: You mentioned attacks. I want to move to this other subject, 337 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,440 Speaker 1: and it deals unfortunately with the issue of actual attacks 338 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:30,640 Speaker 1: and violence coming from the Democratic Party and the crazies 339 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 1: within it, threatening violence not only against you, but many others, 340 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 1: and even mocking Texas Governor Greg Abbott. 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This seems 382 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: to be the Democratic Party's playbook. Now, if there's someone 383 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 1: we don't like, we go out after them, We go 384 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 1: after their businesses. We tried to destroy what they built, 385 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 1: We try to financially ruin him. All of this, what 386 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 1: they did to Donald Trump, and we saw that the 387 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:13,399 Speaker 1: rhetoric literally almost cost Donald Trump's life in that first 388 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:17,360 Speaker 1: assassination attempt that actually got him. And now they don't 389 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:18,920 Speaker 1: seem to be backing down at all. 390 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 2: Well, the Democrats today are the party of rage, the 391 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 2: party of anger. And I will say there's a house 392 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 2: member in Texas, Jasmine Crockett, who this week has been 393 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:34,160 Speaker 2: a rough week for she has been unhinged. She has 394 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:39,159 Speaker 2: called for violence against me. She has denigrated and mocked 395 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:41,919 Speaker 2: Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, because he is in 396 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:45,879 Speaker 2: a wheel wheelchair, because he has a disability. And it 397 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 2: really does show who today's Democrats are. And I want 398 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,679 Speaker 2: you to listen to what she said first about me 399 00:22:52,800 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 2: and then about Greg Abbott. Give a listen, just in case. 400 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 4: The slow people listening decide to click this up later. 401 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,960 Speaker 4: I just want to say that I have never promoted 402 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 4: violence whatsoever. 403 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 3: I think that you punch. 404 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 1: I think you punch. 405 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 3: I think you're okay with you okay with punching. 406 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 4: You know, I think, and I love Colin, and I 407 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 4: think towards the end he started to punch a little harder. 408 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:23,159 Speaker 6: But like it's sad ruse. 409 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:25,640 Speaker 4: I mean, like this dude has to be knocks over 410 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:29,640 Speaker 4: the head like hard, right, Like there is no niceties 411 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 4: with him, like at all, Like you go clean off 412 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:33,440 Speaker 4: on him, right. 413 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 1: I hear that, and I just shake my head center 414 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 1: Because of course, when the fire is of the spotlight 415 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:45,679 Speaker 1: is on her, she's like, oh, I've never called for violence, 416 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 1: And then you play the clip right there, it's very 417 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 1: clear what she's saying. 418 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 2: Look, I gotta admit I've never met this woman, Jasmine Crockett. 419 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:58,400 Speaker 2: I don't know her. She's a new congresswoman from Texas. 420 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 2: She seems really angry, she seems really radical. She seems 421 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 2: to be the darling of the radical left because she 422 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 2: calls for crazy things I will tell you, Look, I've 423 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 2: been this Senate thirteen years. One of it's an incredible privilege. 424 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 2: I'm blessed. I jump out of bed every day excited 425 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 2: because I get to fight for Texas, I get to 426 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 2: fight for America. I will tell you one of the 427 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 2: downsides of this job. I have literally hundreds of death 428 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 2: threats against me. 429 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:31,439 Speaker 1: And by the way, I'm going to be clear, you 430 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 1: and I we spend a lot of time together. We travel. 431 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:36,400 Speaker 1: There are a lot of people that come up and encourage. 432 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 1: But man, some of the things that people say. And 433 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 1: I've had the threats, not like you've had threats, but 434 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:46,639 Speaker 1: it's like part of the business now. Which is the 435 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 1: worst part about it is that if you're in politics 436 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,239 Speaker 1: and you're conservative, there are people that want you to 437 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 1: die and come after you. But you and I we 438 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:57,359 Speaker 1: went to a game and people are screaming the F 439 00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 1: bomb in front of your daughter who was with thus, 440 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,359 Speaker 1: And there was several times that happened, and it's like 441 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: there is no just like, you're a dad in that moment, 442 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: you're a father. I'm a dad when I'm out my 443 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 1: son and someone get to my face to the HGB 444 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 1: and start screaming exers at me in a cereal io. 445 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 1: It's like, what is wrong with these people? And yet 446 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,440 Speaker 1: it seems to be getting. 447 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:19,960 Speaker 2: Worse not better. Yeah, look, there are a lot of 448 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 2: people that are just unhinged and filled with hate. And 449 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:28,119 Speaker 2: I'll tell you, look, I'll vivian encouragement. Listen, the folks 450 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,399 Speaker 2: that listen to verdict, you guys are amazing. I'm so 451 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:34,639 Speaker 2: grateful for you. You're incredibly engaged and you're passionate, and 452 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 2: you're fighting to save this country. I will tell you, 453 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 2: when I travel around, the ratio of positive to negative comments, 454 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 2: it is more than ninety percent positive. It's probably ninety 455 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 2: five percent or even ninety eight percent positive. So it's encouraging. 456 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:53,439 Speaker 2: When I'm out at airport, when I'm out at a 457 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,760 Speaker 2: shopping mall, people say nice things. They say thank you, 458 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 2: they say that I appreciate you, and that's gratifying that 459 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 2: that makes me. There are regularly people who don't and 460 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 2: and people on the left. Now, I got to say 461 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:09,880 Speaker 2: many of them on the left, when they say something negative, 462 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:13,439 Speaker 2: they'll like screw up their courage that they'll run up 463 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 2: and they'll go f you and they'll just like yell 464 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 2: at me, and it's very funny. It's like, Wow, you 465 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 2: spent a long time thinking about that, and that was 466 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 2: the best you could come up with. That was very clever. 467 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 2: And my standard response, and unfortunately it happens often enough 468 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 2: that I have to have a standard response. My standard 469 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:39,680 Speaker 2: response is I say God bless you. And I got 470 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 2: to tell you, it infuriates them. And you know, there's 471 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 2: a principle in the Bible that if you repay hatred 472 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 2: with kindness, that it is like piling hot coals on 473 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 2: their heads. So I'll say God bless you, and I'll smile, 474 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,199 Speaker 2: I'll be very happy, like when they say f you 475 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:01,639 Speaker 2: have my response is God bless you. And there was 476 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:05,200 Speaker 2: one time in Houston where this this like liberal woman 477 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 2: screamed F you and I said God bless you. And 478 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:12,359 Speaker 2: she's like, I don't want your God's love and I 479 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:16,680 Speaker 2: said that's okay, Jesus loves you anyway. And it drove 480 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:20,680 Speaker 2: her nuts, like like she almost had an aneurysm when 481 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,920 Speaker 2: I said that. And I try to be smiling and 482 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:29,879 Speaker 2: show a contrast. And I will say, just a couple 483 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 2: of days ago, I had a young woman who was 484 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:36,159 Speaker 2: screaming F you, and I did say something to the 485 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,440 Speaker 2: effect of your very charming, your mother, but it must 486 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,919 Speaker 2: be very proud. How'd that turn out? 487 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 6: Oh? 488 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,960 Speaker 2: She just stormed off. And I'm sure as she was 489 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 2: driving home she's thought of fifty different responses, but she 490 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,520 Speaker 2: didn't say any of them. She's just like, yeah, I 491 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,440 Speaker 2: randomly scream f you at people at the airport. I'm 492 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 2: a great person. But listen when you have people on 493 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,359 Speaker 2: the left, and listen, Jasmine is saying you need to 494 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 2: hit him in the head and hit him really hard. 495 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,880 Speaker 2: I'll be honest, Ben, I really hope someone doesn't hit 496 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 2: me in the head really hard, like like I would 497 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:11,479 Speaker 2: prefer not to have my brains bashed in. 498 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 1: This is the part where I think it's a bigger 499 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 1: issue that concerns me. It's the dog whistles that come 500 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 1: from the leaders. Hit by the way Democratic Party, Donald 501 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: Trump push in your face. 502 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,920 Speaker 2: You had two assassins who tried to kill him. Yeah, 503 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:30,680 Speaker 2: we've got Democrats who are firebombing Tesla and radical leftists 504 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 2: and no Democrat is condemning it. They are calling for violence. 505 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 2: These are the same people that had Antifa and Black 506 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 2: Lives Matter riots and and and so the threat of 507 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:43,600 Speaker 2: violence is very real. We had at the at the 508 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:47,120 Speaker 2: baseball practice, we had a radical leftist, a Bernie Sanders supporter, 509 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:49,800 Speaker 2: who came and said, he asked someone, Hey, are those 510 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 2: Republicans there? They said yes, and he came with a 511 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:56,720 Speaker 2: rifle and shot people and and had It was pure 512 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:01,520 Speaker 2: happenstance that Steve Scalise, who was a member of House Leadership, 513 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 2: was there because he had a security detail, and that 514 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 2: security detail shot and killed this radical leftist. If let's 515 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 2: say Scalice had been ten minutes late that morning, let's 516 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 2: say he'd been delayed, he'd been taking his kids to school, 517 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 2: he'd been doing something else, and he was delayed, that 518 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 2: radical leftist would have murdered over a dozen House members 519 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 2: and two US senators. We came incredibly close to a 520 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 2: massacre because of the active solicitation of violence. And let 521 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 2: me be clear, this is on one side the leftist 522 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:41,800 Speaker 2: calling for violence. I categorically opposed violence. I don't want 523 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 2: anyone to engage in violence against leftists. I'm not calling 524 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:49,960 Speaker 2: for this nutcase Jasmine Crockett to face the violence. No, no, no, Now, 525 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 2: I think her views are anathema and I want you 526 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,600 Speaker 2: to play what she said like a day or two later, 527 00:29:56,320 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 2: attacking Greg Abbott because it is equally noxious. Listen to this. 528 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:08,160 Speaker 3: We in these hot ass Texas streets, Honey, y'all know 529 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,760 Speaker 3: we got governor hot wheels down there, Come on now, 530 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 3: and the only. 531 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,280 Speaker 6: Thing hot about him is that he is a. 532 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 4: Hot ass mess honey. 533 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 3: So so yes, yes, yes. 534 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 1: Yes, I mean you listen to that. It's like, one, 535 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:30,280 Speaker 1: what do you think is going to come of that? 536 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 1: The other thing is the backdrop behind her is she's 537 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:37,720 Speaker 1: literally speaking at the Human Rights Campaign and that's what 538 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:41,240 Speaker 1: she's preaching and people are laughing and clapping as she's 539 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:42,720 Speaker 1: on stage four again. 540 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:44,920 Speaker 2: But by the way, baby, do you do you know 541 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 2: why Greg Abbott is in a wheelchair? 542 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 1: Yeah? It was, if I remember the story correctly, he 543 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:52,480 Speaker 1: was running at the park and a random tree limb 544 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,160 Speaker 1: fell on his head and paralyzed. 545 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,800 Speaker 2: It broke us back. And I'll tell you I worked 546 00:30:57,840 --> 00:30:59,520 Speaker 2: for him five and a half years. Greg Abbott is 547 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:03,640 Speaker 2: a dear friend. He's been a boss, a mentor, and 548 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:05,480 Speaker 2: he would tell a joke, Like when I first went 549 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 2: to work for him, he would tell a joke. He'd 550 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:09,960 Speaker 2: get up and say, Okay, I know what you're thinking. 551 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,479 Speaker 2: How slow was that guy running to get hit by 552 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:17,560 Speaker 2: a tree? And like the first time he jokes about it, 553 00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:20,520 Speaker 2: you're not sure what to say, Like, wait, am I 554 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:23,280 Speaker 2: allowed to laugh about it? And he would, he would 555 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:25,160 Speaker 2: tell jokes about it, and you could be like, Okay, 556 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:27,240 Speaker 2: I mean, I guess if you can joke about it, 557 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 2: I can laugh about it. But you know, it was tragic. 558 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:36,000 Speaker 2: And he's been paralyzed for twenty plus maybe thirty plus years, 559 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 2: a long time in a wheelchair. And she's sitting there 560 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:42,680 Speaker 2: at supposedly the Human Rights Campaign. Now it's a leftist 561 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:47,360 Speaker 2: radical group that is obsessed with LGBT. I mean, that's 562 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 2: really what they exist. But they're cheering, yes, Governor hot wheels, 563 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:54,320 Speaker 2: he's disabled in a wheelchair? 564 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:55,040 Speaker 6: Ha ha. 565 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:59,000 Speaker 2: What the hell's wrong with these people? I mean that 566 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:04,520 Speaker 2: is that is nasty and hateful and it's who's today's 567 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:05,520 Speaker 2: Democrat party is. 568 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, it really is, which brings me to a final 569 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:12,760 Speaker 1: thing I want to talk about with you, and this 570 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:17,640 Speaker 1: is one of those. It seems like this used to 571 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:23,280 Speaker 1: be more effective dividing the country. That's what I think Crockett, 572 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:27,040 Speaker 1: for example, loves to do. We divide and then hopefully 573 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:31,240 Speaker 1: I can conquer by division, and that doesn't seem to 574 00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 1: be working now with the American people. That's why it 575 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,880 Speaker 1: seems like the president I think truly has a majority 576 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:42,200 Speaker 1: support on virtually every issue that he's talking about right now, 577 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 1: an overwhelming support sixty five seventy five percent approval ratings 578 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 1: in certain categories. Because the Democratic Party does seem to 579 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:54,480 Speaker 1: be floundering, and I'm talking about the entire party. I 580 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:57,400 Speaker 1: think part of that is because the Democratic Party isn't 581 00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:00,800 Speaker 1: really a Democratic party anymore. They're Marxists and socialists and 582 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:04,280 Speaker 1: communists masquerading around and so now people are looking at 583 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:05,240 Speaker 1: him for what they are. 584 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,560 Speaker 2: And Ben, You're not the only person making that point. 585 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:12,680 Speaker 2: I'm not the only person making that point. Just this week, 586 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:15,240 Speaker 2: there was an article in Axios and Axios may be 587 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:21,280 Speaker 2: the sort of most insidery Washington d C. Swampy media 588 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:26,280 Speaker 2: outlet there is, and the lead reporters there, Jim Vanderheind 589 00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:30,080 Speaker 2: Mike Allen. They write a column that is really worth 590 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:34,680 Speaker 2: reading because it's astonishing. It is entitled behind the Curtain 591 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:41,640 Speaker 2: DEM's dark, deep Hole, and here's what they write. They say, 592 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:44,960 Speaker 2: top Democrats tell us their party is in its deepest 593 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:50,040 Speaker 2: toll in nearly fifty years, and they fear things could 594 00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:53,520 Speaker 2: actually get worse, and they lay out a series of 595 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:59,760 Speaker 2: bullet points. The party has its lowest favorability ever, no 596 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:04,680 Speaker 2: popular national leader to help improve it, insufficient numbers to 597 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:09,600 Speaker 2: stop most legislation in Congress, a durable minority on the 598 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:15,439 Speaker 2: Supreme Court, dwindling influence over the media ecosystem with right 599 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:20,160 Speaker 2: wing with right leaning podcasters like Ted Cruz and Ben Ferguson, 600 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:25,040 Speaker 2: I may be adding that to which I say, and 601 00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:29,880 Speaker 2: social media accounts ascendant, and that clearly is about verdict 602 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:34,440 Speaker 2: with Ted Cruz and all of our incredible listeners. Another bulletpoint, 603 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:40,400 Speaker 2: young voters are growing dramatically more conservative. A bad twenty 604 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:45,399 Speaker 2: twenty six map for Senate races. Democratic Senate retirements could 605 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:48,000 Speaker 2: make it harder for the party to flip the House. 606 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:54,320 Speaker 2: With members tempted by statewide races. There are only three 607 00:34:54,760 --> 00:35:00,440 Speaker 2: House Republicans in districts former Vice President Harris I in 608 00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:06,040 Speaker 2: twenty twenty four, a dim signed for a Democratic surge. 609 00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:11,680 Speaker 2: There were twenty three eight years ago in seats Hillary 610 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:17,040 Speaker 2: Clinton won, and thanks to the number of people fleeing 611 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:20,319 Speaker 2: blue states, the math for a DEM to win the 612 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:27,840 Speaker 2: presidency will just get harder in twenty thirty. Amen. 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