WEBVTT - Biden Released 100 Potential Terrorist Illegal Aliens in a Single Year plus POTUS & First Lady Support my Take It Down Act 0:00:02.120 --> 0:00:02.480 Welcome. 0:00:02.520 --> 0:00:05.600 It is verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with 0:00:05.640 --> 0:00:07.960 you and Senator there are a couple big issues we 0:00:08.000 --> 0:00:10.400 get to deal with today that are really important, including 0:00:10.440 --> 0:00:15.080 a shock that almost one hundred terror linked migrants were 0:00:15.120 --> 0:00:18.800 released into the United States of America in twenty twenty 0:00:18.880 --> 0:00:21.360 four a loan by the Biden administration. 0:00:22.120 --> 0:00:25.720 It really is a shocking story. Tulsea Gabbard revealed an 0:00:25.760 --> 0:00:29.639 eagle pass in Texas that the intelligence community had informed 0:00:29.680 --> 0:00:35.760 the Biden administration that of hundreds of terror linked illegal immigrants, 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:39.040 that roughly one hundred of them were arrested in twenty 0:00:39.080 --> 0:00:42.360 twenty four, and that they released all but eight of 0:00:42.400 --> 0:00:47.160 them after they knew that they were linked to terrorist organizations. 0:00:47.159 --> 0:00:48.919 It's a shocking story. We're going to break it down 0:00:48.920 --> 0:00:51.040 and give you the details. We're also going to talk 0:00:51.040 --> 0:00:52.720 about the Take It Down Act. To Take It Down 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:56.640 Act is my legislation protecting women, protecting teenage girls, teenage 0:00:56.640 --> 0:01:02.840 boys from revenge porn, from deep fakes online. And this 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:05.240 week the First Lady of the United States, Millennia Trump, 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:07.680 she came to the Capitol supporting my legislation. We did 0:01:07.680 --> 0:01:10.040 a roundtable together, so we're gonna bring you into what 0:01:10.560 --> 0:01:12.520 Milania had to say about to Take It Down Act, 0:01:12.720 --> 0:01:14.959 and also President Trump at the State of the Union 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:18.360 praise the Senate for passing my Take It Down Act 0:01:18.480 --> 0:01:20.360 unanimously and call it on the House to pass it. 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:22.120 We're going to bring you in that roundtable and you're 0:01:22.160 --> 0:01:23.920 gonna hear what the first lady had to say and 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:26.600 what several of the victims had to say. 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:29.240 All right, let me also remind you don't forget the 0:01:29.319 --> 0:01:32.400 algorithms change and the way that podcasts change all the time. 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:35.680 So if you have not hit that subscribe button or 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:38.280 auto download button, make sure you check that hit the 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:42.000 save depending on where you're listening. 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This was done on purpose. 0:02:21.960 --> 0:02:25.399 Yeah, they knew, they had full knowledge. And look, don't 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:28.080 take my word for it. Listen to Tulsa Gabbard and 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:30.840 what she said this week down in Texas at the 0:02:30.880 --> 0:02:31.920 Eagle Pass. Give a listen. 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:35.160 Pump has been in office. Really what you're seeing here 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:37.640 today and what you'll continue to see as a unified 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:41.600 effort across President Trump's National security team, the Department of 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:46.040 Homeland Security towards our mission, which is to ensure a safe, free, 0:02:46.080 --> 0:02:50.560 and prosperous society for Americans. As Director of National Intelligence, 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:51.680 there are a number. 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:53.120 Of areas where we are focused. 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:56.600 The President talked about in his speech. Over twenty one 0:02:56.680 --> 0:02:59.760 million people have come across our borders illegally under Joe 0:02:59.800 --> 0:03:03.000 by administration. There are many of them that we don't 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:05.480 know who they are. They have not been vetted, we 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:08.120 don't know where they are. I'll give you one quick 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:10.840 example of one of the problems that we are getting 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:14.280 after from Central Asia. There were over four thousand people 0:03:14.280 --> 0:03:18.640 who came across our borders using an ISIS affiliated network, 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:23.640 Our National counter Terrorism Center went through and identified those individuals. 0:03:23.720 --> 0:03:25.720 There were hundreds of them who. 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:29.320 Were either known terrorists or associated with known terrorists. That 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:31.880 information was provided to the Biden administration. 0:03:32.360 --> 0:03:34.280 You may remember in some of the news a little 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:34.639 over one. 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:37.839 Hundred of those people were arrested in twenty twenty four. 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:40.120 Of those who were. 0:03:40.040 --> 0:03:44.560 Arrested, only eight were either deported or remained in custody 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:48.320 only eight. The rest of them were released back into 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:51.720 our country. Where are they, what are they doing? What 0:03:51.960 --> 0:03:55.120 may they be plotting? This is just the beginning. There 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:57.920 are many many areas that we need to stay very 0:03:57.960 --> 0:04:00.600 focused on, working with Department of Homeland Secure already working 0:04:00.600 --> 0:04:03.320 with the FBI to ensure that we're keeping the American 0:04:03.360 --> 0:04:06.840 people safe. Our counter Terrorism Center is working on making 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:09.600 sure that we have that single source for vetting so 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:12.160 that we can figure out who is actually in our 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:15.800 country and identify those who pose a threat and get 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:16.719 them removed. 0:04:17.040 --> 0:04:18.720 The President's designation. 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:21.800 Of the cartels as foreign terrorists organizations falls directly into this, 0:04:21.920 --> 0:04:24.080 especially as we're seeing some of the tactics that these 0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:27.120 cartels are using reflect some of the tactics that we've 0:04:27.160 --> 0:04:30.200 seen used by Islamus terris in countries that many of 0:04:30.279 --> 0:04:32.240 us have served in overseas. 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:34.279 Our mission is very clear. 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:37.400 Our objective is to keep the American people safe. 0:04:37.400 --> 0:04:38.200 I'm grateful to be. 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:40.640 A part of this team that President Trump has assembled 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:42.000 to accomplish that mission. 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:42.400 Thank you. 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:44.600 I love the focus. 0:04:44.640 --> 0:04:46.680 The Vice President was down there as well the team, 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:49.279 and you compare that to the borders. Are who never 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:51.320 decided to go to egle Pass didn't want anything to 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:54.040 do with it. And now we understand again more why 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:56.880 because they knew they were doing all of the things 0:04:56.920 --> 0:04:59.600 that they were doing to put America's national security at risk. 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:03.400 Yeah, and it's worth really focusing on the facts that 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:06.360 Tulsi Gabbert, who is now the Director of National Intelligence, 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:10.839 what she said. She said from Central Asia there were 0:05:10.880 --> 0:05:14.760 more than four thousand people who came across our borders 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:20.320 using an ISIS affiliated network. So isis you know, kind 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:23.640 of bad guys, terrorists who've killed lots and lots of Americans. 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:27.760 They're smuggling over four thousand people illegally into this country 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:31.480 from Central Asia. By the way, Central Asia includes multiple 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:36.120 Islamic countries like Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, where radical Islamic terrorism 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:41.680 is a real threat, and Tulsi said, the National counter 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:46.640 Terrorism Center went through and identified those over four thousand individuals, 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:50.279 and there were hundreds of them, hundreds of the word 0:05:50.320 --> 0:05:55.240 she used, who were either known terrorists or associated with 0:05:55.440 --> 0:06:00.320 known terrorists. And then she says, quote that in nation 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:04.560 was provided to the Biden administration, So the Biden administration 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:09.080 knew hundreds of either known terrorists or people associated with 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:14.320 known terrorists were smuggled into America illegally by an ISIS 0:06:14.360 --> 0:06:17.680 affiliated network. And then she goes on to say, in 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:23.080 twenty twenty four, a little over one hundred of those 0:06:23.360 --> 0:06:27.800 terror leaked people were rested. And then the shocking thing 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:33.000 of the little more than one hundred, only eight were 0:06:33.040 --> 0:06:39.080 either deported or remained in custody. Only eight quote the 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:44.200 rest of them were released back into our country. So 0:06:44.839 --> 0:06:47.040 this is not illegal aliens crossing the border that get 0:06:47.040 --> 0:06:49.200 apprehended at they let them go, but they don't know 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:55.000 their terrorists. These are people they know are either themselves 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:58.760 known terrorists or associated with known terrorists. They also know 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:01.640 that they were smuggled into this country by an ISIS 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:07.640 affiliated network, and they were arrested again. And yet over 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:12.920 ninety of them, nearly one hundred the Biden administration released 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:17.400 into America into your community, into my community in a 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:22.560 single year. This isn't twenty twenty four. That is stunning. 0:07:23.400 --> 0:07:24.840 And I got to tell you, bet, I've never heard 0:07:24.840 --> 0:07:31.520 a single Democrat give any justification for what is just idiocy. 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:36.560 Let's release terror linked illegal immigrants into America. What possibly 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:37.360 could go wrong with that? 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:41.280 When you look at the and you sometimes it's just 0:07:41.320 --> 0:07:42.960 people are stupid, is it? 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:45.800 But it also could be more I could be more 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:46.480 sinister than that. 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:49.840 I guess I look at this, I'm like they knew it, 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:52.120 did They just not want to admit that the open 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:57.520 border would allow for so many bad actors to come across, 0:07:57.880 --> 0:08:00.160 with many that may just be coming across right for 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:02.280 a better life, a job if you put it in 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:05.520 the best like possible center. And so they knew that 0:08:05.560 --> 0:08:07.720 if they admitted they caught these people and then they 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:11.360 didn't release them, and they actually prosecuted them or sent 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:13.520 them back to their country, there's a lot of options 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:16.080 here that was going to sign a huge light on 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:18.440 the problem. So therefore, hey, we can't admit it's happening. 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:20.600 So we're just gonna go with this anarchy and in 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:21.480 Sandy till the end. 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:26.240 Look, Bet, I really don't know. You know, I had 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:28.840 my very first boss at a phrase he used to say. 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:32.600 He said, never attribute to incompetence and never attribute to malice. 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:36.840 What can be explained with incompetence? And look, I think 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:38.559 there's a lot of wisdom to that that A lot 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:41.280 of times people are just they just do dumb things. 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:47.480 That being said, Listen, I do I believe the Biden 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:52.880 administration wants terrorists to attack America. No, but then why 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:56.080 the hell would you release these people? And I guess 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:59.920 the only plausible explanation I can come up with is 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:03.959 there're such radicals on open borders. They're so committed to 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:07.599 their open borders because they want millions and millions of 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:10.240 illegal immigrants, because they they view them as future Democrat 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:14.240 voters that they're just deportation was off the table. They're 0:09:14.280 --> 0:09:18.280 not in that business. They don't do it. I don't know. Listen, 0:09:18.320 --> 0:09:20.480 this is related to a story we covered in a 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:24.160 pod a couple weeks ago. We're in Massachusetts right now. 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:30.440 They're taking violent child abusers, child molesters, people who are 0:09:30.520 --> 0:09:35.320 raping children, who are illegal aliens, and even with violent 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:40.000 child rapists, the Massachusetts authorities are releasing them rather than 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:43.160 give them over to Ice to be deported. Now, look, 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:46.000 reasonable people, you could have an argument about what should 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:48.240 be the level of illegal immigration. You could. There are 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:50.840 all sorts of things you'd have reasonable disagreements on. But 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:54.040 I mean, Ben explained to me why someone says, you 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:57.760 know what we need more of, We need more child 0:09:57.880 --> 0:10:00.360 rapists in our community. Let's let these go. Like I 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:06.600 my brain cannot wrap itself around those repeated actions. And 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:08.840 yet that's what's happening. This is the same sort of thing. 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:12.720 You apprehend someone who's a known terrorist who was smuggled 0:10:12.760 --> 0:10:15.280 into America by ISIS, and you say, oh, let's let 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:18.800 them go, Like like I, I don't know. You know. 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:21.080 The poll numbers that came out from the present speech 0:10:21.080 --> 0:10:25.040 the other night were truly incredible. Seventy six percent approved 0:10:25.040 --> 0:10:28.680 of Trump's address to Congress. That is a massive win 0:10:28.800 --> 0:10:30.920 for the president. You look at some of the other 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:34.720 ones and poll numbers. Not only that, ninety one percent 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:37.560 said Trump spent time on issues they cared about. 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:40.400 Yeah, that is a home run. 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:44.880 Seventy one percent said the speech was quote inspiring, and 0:10:45.000 --> 0:10:47.920 sixty two percent said it was unifying. And they said 0:10:48.480 --> 0:10:52.240 that this speech sixty eight percent, so they felt hopeful, 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:55.680 fifty four percent, so they felt proud of the country 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:59.319 from the speech. And when you look at these numbers, 0:10:59.840 --> 0:11:02.760 even on the issue of inflation, where Democrats leaned in 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:04.680 heavy over the last few weeks to try to say 0:11:04.679 --> 0:11:06.880 everything that's you know, eggs and everything else are the 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:09.800 problem of Donald Trump, the American people aren't buying that either. 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:11.920 When they were asked for the president a clear plan 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:15.080 to battle inflation, sixty eight percent said yes to that 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:18.520 as well. And then on the issue of immigration at 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:25.440 the border, the people watched in seventy seven percent said 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:28.680 they were in favor of Donald Trump's plan on immigration 0:11:29.000 --> 0:11:32.840 at the border. When you see this right and you 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:35.680 look at what the President's saying, and then all those 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:38.920 that are working towards this, you've got the Vice president, 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:42.000 you've got Tolca, you've got the Secretary of State. Everyone 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:44.840 seems to be in lockstep on this issue of the border. 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:48.080 Is that the reason why you think the president's winning 0:11:48.120 --> 0:11:50.520 so much right now on securing this border, because he's 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:52.840 explaining it the way we are right now as well. 0:11:53.760 --> 0:11:57.679 Because he is not absolutely frigging nuts. Yes, I think 0:11:57.720 --> 0:12:03.520 the Democrat Party has gone insane. Releasing murderers and rapists 0:12:03.520 --> 0:12:06.800 and child molesters into America is a really bad idea, 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:09.840 and it turns out it's a really unpopular idea. Releasing 0:12:10.000 --> 0:12:12.240 terrorists into America is a really bad idea, and it 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:16.560 turns out it's a really unpopular idea. Look, you and 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:19.599 I the we covered did a pod the night of 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:22.240 the State of the Union, uh, and we talked a 0:12:22.280 --> 0:12:25.120 lot about how the Democrats, for the first time ever, 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:27.440 didn't applaud for the President of the United States, didn't 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:29.960 stand for the president of the United States, didn't applaud 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:33.000 and anything. I'll tell you. Actually, yesterday and the Senate 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:36.760 Jim I had a conversation with a Senate Democrat. I'll 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:39.000 keep him anonymous, but he was a Senate Democrat, one 0:12:39.040 --> 0:12:42.840 of my colleagues, and he made a comment. He said 0:12:42.880 --> 0:12:45.600 something about he thought we were just living in a 0:12:45.920 --> 0:12:50.440 surreal world. And I said, look, I got to say, 0:12:50.559 --> 0:12:55.040 I was shocked that you guys didn't applaud or stand 0:12:55.040 --> 0:13:00.920 for the president at all. And he and he was like, well, 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:04.520 you got to understand. We just think he's destroying the constitution. 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:09.440 And I said, look, I stood and applauded every year 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:11.800 for Barack Obama, I stood and applauded every year for 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:15.200 Joe Biden. And I disagreed with almost everything they were doing, 0:13:16.160 --> 0:13:19.000 but I respect the office and I respect the American people. 0:13:19.840 --> 0:13:21.880 And he just kind of shrugged and said, we're living 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:27.640 in different universes and where our bases are fundamentally different. 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:30.920 You look at Secretary of State Marco Rubio. 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:34.280 He also announced a policy to penalize foreign countries that 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:38.440 allow the transit of illegal immigrants and is pressuring many 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:41.560 countries that refuse to accept to the return of their 0:13:41.600 --> 0:13:45.880 migrants as well. This could also have a big impact 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:49.360 on this country. I want to get your thoughts on that. 0:13:50.640 --> 0:13:54.439 Yeah, look, this administration is securing the border. They're doing 0:13:54.520 --> 0:13:58.320 it right now, and they are going to deport illegal aliens. 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:00.840 They are going to send out of the country, especially 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:04.560 the violet criminal illegal aliens, the murderers, the rapists, the 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:08.960 child molesters, the gangbangers, and the countries that don't take it, 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:12.000 they're they're going to make them take it. And that's 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:15.480 what a strong president who's actually defending this country. 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:17.920 Does all right, I want to move on to this 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:22.960 other really important issue, and I want to say, sincerely, Senator, 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:26.000 thank you for leading on the Take It Down Act. 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:28.760 It is going to have a huge impact in this 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:35.760 country at protecting people against deep fake porn and people 0:14:35.800 --> 0:14:38.960 that are trying to harm them, especially young girls. You've 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:42.200 highlighted it and explained it, and the First Lady is 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:44.000 now all in on this issue as well. And you 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:47.440 guys had a round table on Capitol Hill talk a 0:14:47.480 --> 0:14:48.320 little bit about this. 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:52.440 Well. Yeah, So the First Lady came this week to 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:55.160 Capitol Hill and this is the first legislative issue she's 0:14:55.200 --> 0:14:59.080 gotten involved in this term, and she's leaned in hard 0:14:59.400 --> 0:15:01.800 in support of my Take It Down legislation. And so 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:05.400 we did a roundtable that she came and participated in, 0:15:05.520 --> 0:15:09.440 and we had several of the victims who had been 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:13.440 targeted share their stories and it was really powerful and 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:16.960 her leadership will really have a powerful effect here. I 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:20.480 want you to listen. These are my opening remarks at 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:23.360 the roundtable. Give a listen. Start by thanking the First 0:15:23.400 --> 0:15:26.560 Lady for joining us today and thank you for your 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:30.720 support of this incredibly important Legislation to Take It Down Act, 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:34.840 which has already passed the Senate unanimously, and I am 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:36.880 hopeful that the House will soon take it up and 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:39.400 pass it and put it on the President's desk to 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:44.040 be signed into law to protect young women and young 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:47.480 boys and all of those who are being victimized across 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:51.800 the country. I also want to thank our brave victims 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:55.880 and victim advocates who are here. Alliston Barry, Francesca Mani, 0:15:56.320 --> 0:16:00.400 Brandon Guffey, and Breezeloo. Thank you for being here. Each 0:16:00.440 --> 0:16:06.160 of you have endured the unspeakable and your courage standing 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:10.800 up and speaking for others is really remarkable. I also 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:14.960 want to thank Stephan Turkheimer with Rain for your advocacy 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:16.760 and support on this issue as well. Thank you for 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:20.840 your leadership. And of course I want to thank Senator Klobuchar, 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:23.840 who is the lead Democrat sponsor in the Senate, and 0:16:23.920 --> 0:16:28.400 Representative Salazar and Representative Dean who are the lead sponsors 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:33.920 in the House, who've worked alongside in this important bipartisan legislation. 0:16:35.720 --> 0:16:40.600 If you're a victim of revenge porn or AI generated 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:46.680 explicit imagery, your life changes forever. Most likely you've been 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:51.120 targeted by someone you know, and you're likely struggling to 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:56.120 have that material removed from the Internet. Disturbingly, many of 0:16:56.160 --> 0:17:01.040 these victims are teenagers at American high schools who are 0:17:01.040 --> 0:17:08.040 facing a surge in AI generated sexual images. Hundreds of teens, 0:17:08.160 --> 0:17:13.679 often targeted by their own classmates, are enduring senseless psychological 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:17.280 harm knowing that these fake images exist and they're still 0:17:17.320 --> 0:17:21.520 out there, and in many case there's no recourse for 0:17:21.640 --> 0:17:25.960 these teenage victims. But this issue extends beyond high school. 0:17:26.840 --> 0:17:30.639 There are thousands of cases where predators have used non 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:38.320 consensual intimate images to extort victims, both sexually and financially, 0:17:39.720 --> 0:17:45.480 and the results can be even more traumatic than financial loss, 0:17:46.240 --> 0:17:53.720 as we'll here today. In dozens of instances, parents and 0:17:53.840 --> 0:17:59.159 siblings have suffered unbearable pain, having lost their child, or 0:17:59.200 --> 0:18:03.359 their brother or their sister to suicide because the victim 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:08.600 felt there was no way out from sextorship outside of 0:18:08.640 --> 0:18:12.360 high school. Many adults are also dealing with the very 0:18:12.440 --> 0:18:16.960 real and dire consequences of having their sexually explicit images 0:18:17.680 --> 0:18:22.680 shared online without their consent. I have heard from victims 0:18:22.680 --> 0:18:28.639 of sexual abuse, of rape, of human trafficking who strongly 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:31.720 support the Take It Down Act because they desperately want 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:35.600 some of the most traumatic moments of their lives taken 0:18:35.600 --> 0:18:40.360 off the Internet. The Take It Down Act empowers victims 0:18:40.359 --> 0:18:44.639 across the entire United States. It makes it a felony 0:18:45.520 --> 0:18:49.960 for these deviants to publish any non consensual intimate images, 0:18:50.960 --> 0:18:58.000 including fake lifelike pornographic images of real people. Just as 0:18:58.040 --> 0:19:03.199 importantly are by partisan bill requires big tech to have 0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:08.040 a notice and takedown process so that every victimized American, 0:19:08.160 --> 0:19:12.119 not just the rich and famous, but everyone, has a 0:19:12.240 --> 0:19:18.560 right to get these disturbing images taken offline immediately. We 0:19:18.640 --> 0:19:23.800 are today one step closer to making this dream of reality. 0:19:23.920 --> 0:19:27.840 Just three weeks ago, the Senate unanimously passed to Take 0:19:27.840 --> 0:19:31.680 It Down Act. Now it goes to my House, colleagues, 0:19:31.720 --> 0:19:34.880 and I have every assurance and confidence that the House 0:19:34.920 --> 0:19:37.760 will take it, take this up, pass it, and put 0:19:37.760 --> 0:19:40.080 it on the President's desk so that we can protect 0:19:40.800 --> 0:19:44.760 the victims of these predators. And we're very excited to 0:19:44.760 --> 0:19:47.520 be joined today by the First Lady of the United States, 0:19:47.640 --> 0:19:52.240 Milania Trump. Missus Trump has long been a champion for 0:19:52.359 --> 0:19:57.199 protecting our nation's children with her be best initiative and 0:19:57.240 --> 0:19:59.280 I can think of no more important issue for our 0:19:59.280 --> 0:20:04.639 First Lady to lie than protecting children online. Your success 0:20:04.720 --> 0:20:09.240 will mean our children's success and healing for thousands of victims. 0:20:11.200 --> 0:20:15.360 I mean, it's incredible this legislation, and it's also awesome 0:20:15.400 --> 0:20:19.240 to see the First Lady coming to the forefront on 0:20:19.320 --> 0:20:21.840 this issue and saying I want to champion this as well. 0:20:22.160 --> 0:20:22.360 Yeah. 0:20:22.400 --> 0:20:25.320 Look, it was tremendously important. She reached out, she wanted 0:20:25.359 --> 0:20:30.080 to do this, She actively participated in the roundtable. And 0:20:30.520 --> 0:20:32.240 here I want to play a moment of what she 0:20:32.280 --> 0:20:35.240 had to say at the round table. Here's the First Lady, 0:20:35.240 --> 0:20:35.960 Milania Trump. 0:20:38.280 --> 0:20:41.800 I was hard to learn that Senator CRUs and Senator 0:20:41.840 --> 0:20:45.320 Toobchi united to prioritize these famenta. 0:20:45.040 --> 0:20:47.480 There I must the lead. 0:20:47.600 --> 0:20:52.640 However, I expected to see more de mocrats leaders. 0:20:52.359 --> 0:20:58.720 In US to add any serious issue. Surely, as adult, 0:20:59.080 --> 0:21:03.480 you are a THI American's children are head of farms 0:21:03.520 --> 0:21:04.280 and policies. 0:21:05.800 --> 0:21:08.080 I urge Congress to. 0:21:07.600 --> 0:21:12.560 To prioritize the passage of the taking Down EQUIL. This 0:21:12.800 --> 0:21:19.400 limization essential for addressing the growing concerns related to online safety, 0:21:20.040 --> 0:21:27.720 protecting individual rounds, and promoting a healthier digital environment by 0:21:27.840 --> 0:21:30.840 advocating you bi, Congress. 0:21:30.359 --> 0:21:36.000 Can take an important step towards ensuring accountability and postling 0:21:36.200 --> 0:21:42.000 responsibly online aviation to take it down, and he represents 0:21:42.320 --> 0:21:46.640 power from step to justice. 0:21:45.920 --> 0:21:47.480 Healing and unity. 0:21:48.760 --> 0:21:51.520 The first Lady there, and I do love that she 0:21:51.640 --> 0:21:55.080 was honest. She's like, how are there not more Democrats 0:21:55.119 --> 0:21:55.320 with this? 0:21:57.080 --> 0:22:00.800 Well, and look it's the answer is the anger and 0:22:00.880 --> 0:22:02.960 rage we saw at the State of the Union. They're 0:22:03.240 --> 0:22:06.320 just filled with anger and rage. But I will say 0:22:06.359 --> 0:22:09.359 the fact that the first Lady got involved. So last 0:22:09.400 --> 0:22:12.159 year we passed the Take It Down Act out of 0:22:12.160 --> 0:22:13.800 the Senate. We got it passed out of the Senate 0:22:13.840 --> 0:22:16.600 and went to the House and unfortunately the House did 0:22:16.600 --> 0:22:18.399 not take it up and pass it. Now, the House 0:22:18.960 --> 0:22:21.040 tried to, and they actually had it attached to the 0:22:21.320 --> 0:22:23.800 continuing Resolution at the end of the year, and then 0:22:23.840 --> 0:22:27.160 it dropped out at the end of the day. And 0:22:27.240 --> 0:22:30.680 so here's how this happens. When the First Lady wanted 0:22:30.720 --> 0:22:34.639 to come, she came, and we invited multiple victims to 0:22:34.680 --> 0:22:37.720 tell their stories and it was very powerful. But we 0:22:37.760 --> 0:22:42.880 also invited the Speaker of the House and the majority 0:22:42.960 --> 0:22:45.800 leader in the House, and so both Speaker Johnson and 0:22:46.560 --> 0:22:49.159 leader Scalise came and then both Mike and Steve are 0:22:49.200 --> 0:22:52.600 good friends. But look, what are the challenges of getting 0:22:52.640 --> 0:22:56.240 any legislation to move in either body is getting leadership 0:22:56.280 --> 0:22:58.320 to prioritize it. There are lots of priorities, There are 0:22:58.320 --> 0:23:01.119 lots of people pulling it all to different directions, and 0:23:01.160 --> 0:23:04.960 so you're always battling to say, Okay, this should be 0:23:05.560 --> 0:23:07.720 high enough up on the priority list to move And 0:23:08.119 --> 0:23:11.480 the fact that the first lady leaned in now makes 0:23:11.520 --> 0:23:15.120 it a certainty. Both the Speaker and the majority leader committed. 0:23:15.400 --> 0:23:17.600 The House will take it up and they will pass it, 0:23:17.600 --> 0:23:20.600 and I think they're going to do so quickly. And 0:23:21.040 --> 0:23:24.800 Elliston Berry. So Elliston was there, and she is she's 0:23:24.840 --> 0:23:28.359 from Texas. She is a fifteen year old girl. And 0:23:28.640 --> 0:23:30.600 what happened to her She's from Aledo, Texas, up in 0:23:30.640 --> 0:23:33.679 North Texas. And what happened to her is is is 0:23:33.760 --> 0:23:35.600 she woke up one morning and she was in ninth 0:23:35.640 --> 0:23:38.320 grade and she was getting all these texts and calls 0:23:38.320 --> 0:23:42.280 from her friends. And it turns out a classmate of hers, 0:23:42.280 --> 0:23:46.480