1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: It is the two year anniversary today of the COVID lockdowns. 2 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: Two long years. We all thought it was going to 3 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: be a couple of weeks. Then we thought, maybe it 4 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: goes until Easter at the latest. Well, two easters have 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: come and gone. We're coming up on the third now. 6 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 1: And while in some ways it seems like the COVID 7 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: measures are going away, in other ways they seem to 8 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: be in place. You still have to wear a mask 9 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: on an airplane. The National Emergency Authorization has not gone away, 10 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: but Biden has actually said that he'll veto it if 11 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: the House and the Senate vote to take it away. 12 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: Doctor Fauci has gone into witness protection, but he's still 13 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:46,840 Speaker 1: around in his post at NIAID. Will COVID ever be over? 14 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: This is Verdict with Ted Cruz. This episode A Verdict 15 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,279 Speaker 1: with Ted Cruise is brought to you by American Hartford Goal. 16 00:00:57,360 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: New inflation numbers are out, and they are be worse 17 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: this country has seen in nearly forty years. 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I'm Michael Knowles, Senator. 96 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: Please you're on Capitol Hill. Tell me is there ever 97 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: going to be an end to the COVID lockdown measures. Yes, 98 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 1: but it's gonna happen over Democrats dead bodies. They don't 99 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 1: want it to happen. They are the Biden White House 100 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: is fighting tooth and nail. As you noted, Joe Biden 101 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:59,239 Speaker 1: just extended the airline mask mandate for another month. Why 102 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 1: because they want to virtue signal. It makes zero sense. 103 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: It is assinine. But there is good news. So the 104 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 1: good news is the Senate voted today. I just finished 105 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: voting on a resolution to end the airline mask mandate. 106 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: And that resolution in the Senate, it passed. It passed 107 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 1: with a big bipartisan margin. It passed with eight Democrats 108 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: who voted for it. Here I'll read you the Democrats. 109 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: You have Bennett from Colorado who's on the ballot. You 110 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,359 Speaker 1: have Cortes Masto from Nevada who's on the ballot. You 111 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,359 Speaker 1: have Maggie Hassan from New Hampshire who's on the ballot. 112 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: You have Kelly from Arizona who's on the ballot. You 113 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: have Cinema from Arizona who's on the ballot. You have 114 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 1: Jackie Rosen from Nevada who's helping out Cortez Masto who's 115 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:53,039 Speaker 1: on the ballot. You have John Tester and Montana because 116 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 1: he realizes he doesn't live in a communist state. And 117 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:58,840 Speaker 1: we have Joe Mansion from West Virginia because he realizes 118 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:01,039 Speaker 1: he doesn't live in a communist state. I'm noticing a 119 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 1: theme here, Senator. It is people who realize this is 120 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 1: eighty outic. Now every other Democrat voted for the mandate 121 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: that they all lined up like lemmings to jump off 122 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:17,280 Speaker 1: the cliff. Look, on the face of it, the airline 123 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:21,480 Speaker 1: mask mandate makes no sense whatsoever, and everyone knows that. 124 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 1: Everybody does. You think about what we're told. Okay, you're 125 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: sitting on an airplane which has got fancy filtration systems. 126 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: Apparently they clean out ninety nine point nine percent of 127 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:36,119 Speaker 1: the particles in the air. The rules are you must 128 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: have a mask on. Everyone will die if you don't. 129 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: Until you pick up a diet coke. When you have 130 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 1: a diet coke in your hand, no mask needed. You 131 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 1: can laugh, you can spit, you couldn't do whatever you want. 132 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:51,919 Speaker 1: Everything is safe. You put the diet coke down. I 133 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: just recently had a flight with a really intense flight 134 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: attendant who would literally as you set your drink down, 135 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 1: like put your mask on in between SIPs, and it 136 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 1: was kind of like, dude, just just relax, just breathe, breathe, 137 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 1: You're gonna be fine. I never quite understood it. You'd 138 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,480 Speaker 1: be sitting there and they'd say, it is urgent. It's 139 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: federal law. It's important to the health and survival of everyone. 140 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: You must have the mask on unless we hand you 141 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: a cookie, in which case, if you get the cookie, 142 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 1: then you have to eat it. So I'm really pleased 143 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: to hear that the Democrats came out and a good 144 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: number of them, especially the ones on the ballot, voted 145 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: to get rid of the mask mandate. And then all 146 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: the Republicans, I assume we're on board with getting rid 147 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: of the mandate. Well yes and no. All the Republicans 148 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: were on board except Mitt Romney. So okay, so you 149 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: can still sort of say yes, I can't defend the 150 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: guy on this. I'm sorry, this is idiotic. I'm going 151 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: to give you a crazy suggestion. How about we have 152 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: the same rule for Americans across the country who get 153 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: an airplanes that we have for members of Congress at 154 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 1: the State of the Union address. With the State of 155 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: the Union Address two weeks ago, five hundred and thirty 156 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: five members of Congress. We're all sitting on the floor 157 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,559 Speaker 1: of the House. I don't think there were five people 158 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 1: wearing masks in the entire House chamber. Joe Biden wasn't, 159 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: although his speech might have been better if he was. 160 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: Kamala Harris wasn't. Sitting right behind him, by the way, 161 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: she didn't have anything to say. Nothing prevented her from 162 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: wearing a mask. Nancy Pelosi wasn't, and just about every 163 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 1: other Democrat in the chamber wasn't it. We're sitting right 164 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: next to each other, we're in a closed environment, but 165 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 1: none of them were wearing it. So why is it 166 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 1: that a grandmother flying to visit her grandkids has to 167 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: put a mask on when Chuck Schumer or Kamala Harris 168 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 1: or Nancy Pelosi don't. It is stupid. It is theater, 169 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 1: by the way, you know, just a week before the 170 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:54,200 Speaker 1: State of the Union, Pelosi was demanding that. She said, 171 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 1: no one will be allowed in the House Chamber unless 172 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: they have tested negative A and B, unless they're wearing 173 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: an N ninety five mask. And I was like, you 174 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 1: can kiss my hind quarters. I Am not going in 175 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: there with an n ninety five masks. So I hadn't 176 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: decided whether I was going to just skip the whole 177 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: thing altogether, or whether I was going to go in 178 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,080 Speaker 1: without a mask and see, I see if the House 179 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 1: would try to remove me. That actually would have been 180 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: kind of fun. Dragged out by the police. Yeah, that 181 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: would have been great. But then what I assume happened 182 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:31,320 Speaker 1: is someone in Pelosi's office looked at the polling and said, 183 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: holy crap, this is really unpopular. Do we want Biden's 184 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: whole speech to be seen with Pelosi and Kamala both 185 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 1: wearing masks behind him the whole time? People won't like that. 186 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: And suddenly the science changed, not the medical science, the 187 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 1: political science changed, and they got rid of the mandate. 188 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: This is garbage and it's time to get rid of it. Well, 189 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:55,679 Speaker 1: if that's the case, so it passes the Senate. You've 190 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 1: got a lot of Dems who sign on to it. 191 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: It's going to go to the House. Now. Is the 192 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 1: House going to take it up? Is the House going 193 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:04,959 Speaker 1: to vote for it? Is Biden going to sign it? Look, 194 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,679 Speaker 1: I assume Pelosi won't take it up, that she'll just 195 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 1: leave it and won't allow a vote on it. Presumably 196 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 1: it would pass the House if you got eight eight 197 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 1: Democratic senators who voted for it. There are a lot 198 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 1: more Democrats of the House who would love to cast 199 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: this vote, but Pelosi is listening to the crazies inter 200 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 1: party what this may do. It was such a strong 201 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: bipartisan vote that what it may do is caused Biden 202 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 1: not to extend this damn thing beyond April eighteenth. It 203 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: was supposed to expire this week on March eighteenth, extended 204 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: a month, seeing eight Democrats, including almost every Democrat on 205 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:42,839 Speaker 1: the ballot, though Raphael Warnock didn't vote for it, and 206 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: he's on the ballot in Georgia. Apparently he thinks Georgian's 207 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: like wearing masks on planes. You know, I'll let him 208 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:53,319 Speaker 1: explain that. But it may put political pressure on the 209 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 1: White House to change. Look, I'll give another example. The NBA. 210 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:02,839 Speaker 1: The Brooklyn nets nets Kyrie Irving, fantastic player, not allowed 211 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 1: to play. He hadn't been playing for months. Why because 212 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 1: the idiotic New York rules, So you have to be 213 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 1: vaccinated to play, and Kyrie chose not to be vaccinated. 214 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: Now what this week? It truly Ilios illustrated the idiocy 215 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: because New York revoked it requirement that you had to 216 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:26,959 Speaker 1: be vaccinated to go to the games, so the fans. 217 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 1: Kyrie went to the game as a fan. He's wearing, 218 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,960 Speaker 1: you know, civilian clothes. He's there as a fan. By 219 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: the way, no more mask mandates, so we don't have 220 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:37,359 Speaker 1: a mask on. He's not vaccinated as a fan. Perfectly 221 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 1: okay for him to be sitting in the stadium. He 222 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 1: hugs his teammates on the courtroom, perfectly okay for him 223 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 1: to hug his teammates as a fan. Apparently he bought 224 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 1: a ticket, just like you or I Wood. He went 225 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 1: and bought a ticket. But New York's rules are so 226 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 1: idiotic that as a fan he can be unvaccinated not 227 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: wear a mask, but as a player he's not allowed 228 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: to play because they say if you're were is an 229 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: indoor performance, you must be vaccinated. I don't know, Michael, 230 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,959 Speaker 1: explain the science to me. Is there something about touching 231 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: the leather on a ball? Is it like the reverse 232 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:11,839 Speaker 1: of the diet coke that if you touch the leather 233 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: on a ball, suddenly it's deadly and everyone's going to die. 234 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: Is that how it works? Yeah? I think it must be. 235 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:21,599 Speaker 1: Well I am glad to see. I've just noticed it 236 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: anecdotally that the tide seems to be turning even my 237 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: most liberal COVID neurotic friends and relatives. But both of them, 238 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: all two of them. No, they really have. I mean, 239 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:35,199 Speaker 1: I come from New York. I know a lot of 240 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:37,559 Speaker 1: people who are pretty on the left. You're a New 241 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 1: York yalely, I assume you have many liberal neurotics. Look, 242 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 1: I'll tell you how crazy it is. I just did 243 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: something twenty minutes ago that you would never believe I did. Yeah, 244 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 1: I retweeted Trevor Noah, I hope, with some mocking, derissive comment. No, 245 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 1: no, no no, no. I said, I agree with Trevor Noah, 246 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 1: and I said this is a sign of the apocalypse 247 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: because he was talking about Kyrie and he said, this 248 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 1: stuff makes no sense. I mean, he was just it 249 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:07,319 Speaker 1: was a rant about how idiotic it was. And when 250 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:11,199 Speaker 1: you've lost Trevor Noah as a leftist, you've lost everybody. 251 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: And I gotta say, I did a press conference today 252 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 1: in which I made a direct appeal to Kyrie come 253 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 1: to Houston. I'm a die hard Rockets fan. You know, 254 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 1: in Texas, we actually are not insane. Unlike Manhattan, Kyrie, 255 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: you can start tomorrow for the Rockets. I have no 256 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 1: authority to make that offer. And yet I feel confident 257 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,200 Speaker 1: if you walk in and put on a Rockets uniform, 258 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 1: they're gonna let you play. He is a hell of 259 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 1: a ball player. And the idiocy. By the way, Kevin 260 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 1: Durant just this week said, it's the dumbest rule I've 261 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:45,320 Speaker 1: ever seen. He's allowed to sit in the stands, but 262 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 1: not to dribble a basketball. Trevor Noah asked a great question, Michael, 263 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:51,839 Speaker 1: I'd be interested in your thoughts. He said, Okay, so 264 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 1: how does it work. He can buy a ticket, he 265 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 1: can go as a stand, he doesn't have to wear 266 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,840 Speaker 1: a mask, he can hug them, but he can't touch 267 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 1: a basketball. What happens if halftime they call him in 268 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 1: to make the halftime shot to win a car? Can 269 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 1: he touch a basketball then as a fan but not 270 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 1: a player. It just is garbage. And by the way, 271 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: the NBA just find him fifty thousand dollars because he 272 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 1: went into the locker room. It is dumb. And the 273 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: good news is it is so acidine that I think 274 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 1: they've I believe these mandates are on their way out, 275 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 1: because even the craziest Democrats realize how unpopular it is. 276 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 1: Everyone but the loons, well and Mitt Romney realize how 277 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: bad it is. That's I used to say that Senator 278 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: Romney was my favorite Democrat, but I think those Democrats 279 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 1: who voted against the masks, they probably take the cake. Now. Yeah, 280 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 1: the way you know it, the way you know it's Senator, 281 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: that the public opinion is moving in this direction is 282 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: of course that Anthony Fauci has gone into the witness 283 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 1: protection program. I actually have a documentary series out today 284 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 1: on the Daily Wire about doctor fouch. She's history, not 285 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 1: just during COVID, but going all the way back to 286 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 1: the eighties. The way he's amassed all of this power, 287 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: the way that the most dangerous place in Washington is 288 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 1: the space between Faucci and a television camera. They used 289 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 1: to say that about Chuck Schumer. Now you see that 290 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 1: really with Faucci. The fact that this man has held 291 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: onto power for so long, we don't know very much 292 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 1: about him. That's the reasons out now as Faucci unmasked. 293 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 1: I think they know, and I think that's why they're 294 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 1: going to bench the man. They're trying to get through 295 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: the midterms, and then what happens after the midterms, I 296 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: guess is anyone's guess. So look, I think we should 297 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:37,119 Speaker 1: be understated. I don't think we should engage in hyperbole. 298 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: And I know you have no desire to make a 299 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 1: shameless pitch on this podcast never But if I hear 300 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 1: you right, you're saying that if you don't go immediately 301 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 1: watch your documentary on doctor Faucci, that you will go 302 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: to your grave as a poor, ignorant fool, unable to 303 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 1: deal with the universe and with really a lacking in 304 00:15:57,280 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: basic awareness of anything happening on Earth. Is that is 305 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 1: that about, right, Senator? That is the subtlety that I 306 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: have come to expect from you, and it happens to 307 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 1: be one hundred percent correct. You've put it very well. 308 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 1: This is the time head on over to Daily Wire 309 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 1: to go watch Fauci Unmasked. I just wanted us to 310 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 1: be as shameless on this as you're and my friend 311 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: Ben Shapiro and and and if he can brand just 312 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 1: about everything on Earth, and then surely we can we 313 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: can pitch your documentary. That's really all I want to 314 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 1: do is get one overrun Ben. So I really I 315 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 1: appreciate your help, and I appreciate the help of all 316 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 1: of the Verdict listeners. I did want to get your 317 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 1: thoughts on this regarding Senator Romney, not even the mask vote, 318 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 1: but he got into a tiff with a former Democrat, 319 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: Congresswoman Tulsie Gabbert. Tulsa Gabbert had published a video about 320 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: a United States program it's run out of the Pentagon 321 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 1: to work with Ukraine on certain biological research facilities. As 322 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: often happens, when this program was exposed or being discussed 323 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: in the media, we were told it was a crazy 324 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: tinfoil hat conspiracy theory, it doesn't exist. Then we found 325 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 1: out it does exist, but we don't have the United 326 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 1: States didn't every much to do with it. Then we 327 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 1: found out the United States actually has had this program 328 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:11,399 Speaker 1: and it goes back to a treaty from two thousand 329 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:14,640 Speaker 1: and five. But the research was totally not dangerous whatsoever. 330 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: Now we find out hearing from the Pentagon in the 331 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 1: State Department, actually there are some very dangerous pathogens in 332 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:22,640 Speaker 1: these labs and if the Russians get their hands on them, 333 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,399 Speaker 1: this could be a really big problem in Ukraine. So 334 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 1: Tulsea Gabbard made a video basically to that effect, and 335 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 1: Senator Romney came out and said that she was a 336 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 1: traitor who was peddling false Russian propaganda. He accused an 337 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 1: American service member, Tulsa Gabbard and former member of Congress, 338 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:45,679 Speaker 1: of treason. That was unfortunate. Tulsi came back and just 339 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 1: body slammed. Man. I mean it was it was brutal. 340 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:53,080 Speaker 1: Not now she she popped back and said, you have 341 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:59,880 Speaker 1: one of two choices, either respond and refute the fact 342 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 1: time laying out, or immediately apologize and resigned from the Senate, 343 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 1: which was probably not terribly understated either. You know, I 344 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:16,160 Speaker 1: will say on this issue, there is some subtlety here 345 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: in that Tulsia is absolutely correct that there are biolabs 346 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 1: in Ukraine, that there are labs that are studying pathogens, 347 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 1: that are studying infectious diseases. Now that shouldn't surprise anybody. 348 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 1: I mean, Ukraine is a first world country. You know, 349 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:36,879 Speaker 1: every first world country has labs that are biolabs that 350 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 1: are studying pathogens. You know, Ukraine is entitled to have 351 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: a CDC just like Frances or the United Kingdom. Is 352 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:47,399 Speaker 1: that that's what you know, developed countries have as they 353 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:51,640 Speaker 1: have medical research into dangerous diseases. So of course Ukraine 354 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 1: has labs that are studying infectious diseases that presumably have 355 00:18:55,640 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 1: all sorts of infectious diseases they're studying. And the point 356 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 1: that you and I have made and others have made 357 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:08,159 Speaker 1: that when you have labs with infectious diseases, the dangerous pathogens, 358 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 1: it's a really bad idea for Russia to be firing 359 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 1: missiles and having their tank shoot at them, just like 360 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: it's a really dangerous idea for Russia to be firing 361 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:18,639 Speaker 1: missiles and having their tank shoot at nuclear reactors. Like 362 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:23,120 Speaker 1: nuclear reactors being hit by missiles is just bad. It's 363 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 1: just a bad, bad, bad idea. Same thing if you 364 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:31,679 Speaker 1: have a biolab that is studying dangerous pathogens, dropping a 365 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 1: bomb on it is a really bad idea. You don't 366 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 1: want dangerous diseases to escape. There is a slight nuance 367 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 1: here in that there are folks online and the Twitter 368 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:48,400 Speaker 1: sphere that are referring to these labs as bioweapons labs. Now, 369 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 1: bioweapons labs are different than biolabs, and that one word, 370 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 1: it's a small word, but it makes a world a difference. 371 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: Bioweapons labs suggest that they're studying how to use biological 372 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: weapons to kill people, kill civilians, kill soldiers. I have 373 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 1: seen no evidence of bio weapons labs in Ukraine. That's 374 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 1: not to say they don't exist, but if they do, 375 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:13,880 Speaker 1: I haven't seen any evidence of it. I think that's 376 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 1: what Romney was jumping on, and I think it would 377 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: have been perfectly fine to respond like a reasonable person 378 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:24,639 Speaker 1: and say, well, of course Ukraine has biolabs and it 379 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 1: would be dangerous if Russian missiles or or bombs hit them. 380 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 1: The evidence at this point is not clear that Ukraine 381 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 1: has bioweapons labs, and so we should be cautious in 382 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:38,440 Speaker 1: terms of what we say. That's actually how a rational 383 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:44,479 Speaker 1: person would engage, but in this hyper politicized shirts and 384 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:48,919 Speaker 1: skin tribal I hate anyone who disagrees. Instead, we just 385 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 1: screamed trader, trader, trader, off with their heads, and I 386 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 1: think that's really It'd be better if everyone refrained from 387 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:57,200 Speaker 1: doing that, right. There is obviously a ton of nuance here. 388 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 1: I was wondering if you had any updates on what's 389 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,919 Speaker 1: going on in Ukraine and Russia. The situation seems to 390 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: be changing constantly. Everyone is pumping propaganda into the air, 391 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:10,440 Speaker 1: so sometimes it's hard to know what exactly to believe. Now, 392 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:13,440 Speaker 1: one of the big points of contention here has been 393 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: NATO membership. Yeah, a lot of the Russian propaganda says 394 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:19,679 Speaker 1: the whole reason for the war is because NATO's going eastward. 395 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:22,960 Speaker 1: Ukraine has said they wanted to join NATO. NATO has 396 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 1: said no, the reason for the war is because you've 397 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: Vladmir Putin or rolling tanks into Ukraine and you want 398 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 1: to recreate the Soviet Union. Zelenski himself in Ukraine had 399 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 1: been saying that he wants to join NATO. He had 400 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:38,240 Speaker 1: been signaling this for years. Now. Just today he's come 401 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:41,159 Speaker 1: out and said that he's cooling on the idea of 402 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 1: Ukraine joining NATO. You're right, that's a shift from where 403 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: he's been in the past. Listen, personally, I am not 404 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: a fan of Ukraine becoming a member of NATO. I agree, 405 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 1: and the reason is, Look, being a member of NATO 406 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: is a big deal, and NATO is a military alliance. 407 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:03,360 Speaker 1: It's a treaty that under Article five a NATO an 408 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,159 Speaker 1: attack on one nation is an attack on all the 409 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 1: member nations, and it's an obligation So, for example, if 410 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 1: Russia invades France, we have a treaty obligation under NATO, 411 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 1: the NATO Treaty to treat the invasion of France as 412 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 1: if it were an invasion of the United States, and 413 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:27,159 Speaker 1: under the most traditional interpretation, that means to respond defending 414 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:32,159 Speaker 1: France militarily. That is a big deal to make that obligation. 415 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 1: And I'm not a big fan of extending treaty obligations 416 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 1: to send American servicemen and women into harm's way. I 417 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:44,879 Speaker 1: think NATO is a very important alliance with the current 418 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:48,960 Speaker 1: NATO members. You know, I can tell you in twenty fourteen, 419 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:55,639 Speaker 1: I traveled to Ukraine, and I traveled to Poland and 420 00:22:55,840 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 1: Estonia right after the Maiden Square. Right after, you know, 421 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 1: there was a Russian puppet who was in charge of Ukraine, 422 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:06,200 Speaker 1: and the Ukrainian people rose up and threw them out, 423 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 1: and the Ukrainian secret police like shot protesters. I walked 424 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 1: through the Maiden Square had a sixteen year old girl Ukrainian. 425 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,200 Speaker 1: It was one of the protesters who walked me through 426 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:19,639 Speaker 1: the Maiden Square and said, all right, here's where this 427 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 1: friend of mine was shot. And you could see the 428 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:25,359 Speaker 1: marks of bullets where they had hit and they just 429 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 1: sat there. It was like Tianamen Square. They sat that 430 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 1: they're executing protesters. But it led to effectively a revolution 431 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 1: in Ukraine where they ended up with a democratically elected 432 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:42,119 Speaker 1: government that is much more pro America, m pro Europe, 433 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 1: much more pro West, rather than a Russia puppet government. 434 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 1: But on that trip, when I was there in Ukraine 435 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,520 Speaker 1: meeting with leaders who wanted to be friends with America, 436 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 1: as I said, I also went to Poland and Estonia, 437 00:23:55,880 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 1: both of which are NATO members, And I asked Poland, 438 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,240 Speaker 1: I asked it. In Estonia, I said, all right, what 439 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: is your confidence if Russia invades you, invades Poland invades Estonia, 440 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: what is your confidence that NATO will vigorously act under 441 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:15,960 Speaker 1: Article five to defend you? And I got to tell you. 442 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 1: In both nations the blood drained out of their face 443 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:22,199 Speaker 1: and they had little to no confidence as it is 444 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 1: that NATO would defend them. I think they basically believed 445 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 1: they'd get a stern press release and maybe some like 446 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:35,159 Speaker 1: you know, cyber response or something, but not a robust 447 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: military response. In both Poland and Estonia, Russian tanks in 448 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 1: the street are not a distant memory. People who were 449 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 1: alive during the Cold War remember Russian tanks in their street, 450 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 1: and so it is already defending NATO is already a 451 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 1: serious obligation. There are NATO members that feel less than secure. 452 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:04,879 Speaker 1: I think expanding it to former Soviet republics is a 453 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:08,400 Speaker 1: bridge too far. We can support Ukraine, we're providing them 454 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 1: with military weapons. We are to provide them with more 455 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 1: military weapons. We ought to use economic power to take 456 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,679 Speaker 1: away Putin's revenue, but we don't have a treaty obligation 457 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:20,120 Speaker 1: right now to send American servicemen and women into Ukraine. 458 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 1: And I think that's good. I think that would be 459 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 1: a bridge too far. I agree, and frankly, before this 460 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 1: latest really full scale invasion by Russia of Ukraine, even 461 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,920 Speaker 1: when they had just invaded Crimea, had Ukraine joined NATO 462 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:36,160 Speaker 1: at that point, presumably that would have triggered Article five. 463 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 1: That would have been the fastest route to a world 464 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:42,120 Speaker 1: war that we've ever seen. And so I entirely agree 465 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:45,239 Speaker 1: with your take, and one hopes that this shift in 466 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 1: strategy is maybe pointing the way at some point toward 467 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 1: a resolution of this conflict and an end to the bloodshed. 468 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:57,920 Speaker 1: Now turning domestically for a moment. Joe Biden is trying 469 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:01,600 Speaker 1: to blame all of his problems at home on Vladimir Putin. 470 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 1: He's doing this especially we talked last episode about gas prices, 471 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 1: and he's trying to do this with inflation broadly. Now, Senator, 472 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 1: I know it's wrong. I know that he's lying. I 473 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 1: don't believe him for a second, but I can't quite 474 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:19,640 Speaker 1: explain why he's wrong. And now Joe Biden is enlisting 475 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 1: TikTokers to spread his talking points to the masses of Americans. 476 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 1: So how is it the case that inflation is not 477 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:31,160 Speaker 1: all Vladimir Putin's fault? Well, listen, I will say on 478 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 1: this issue, like so many others, the White House has 479 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:38,359 Speaker 1: been nothing short of incoherent. As I count them, there 480 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:43,199 Speaker 1: are five shifting explanations they've had for inflation. So the 481 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 1: first explanation they had a year ago is they said 482 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:50,399 Speaker 1: there is no inflation, doesn't exist. Janet Yellen, actually I 483 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,639 Speaker 1: think it was March of last year, almost exactly a 484 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: year ago, said there is no inflation. I'd be highly 485 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: surprised if there was inflation. It just doesn't exist. Pay 486 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:01,639 Speaker 1: no attention to your lying eyes. Those numbers going up 487 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:05,920 Speaker 1: in front of you. They don't exist. That didn't last 488 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 1: very long. Then Explanation number two is they said, okay, 489 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:14,679 Speaker 1: there's inflation, but it's transitory. It's just briefly here for 490 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 1: a moment. You know. I sat down, I had a 491 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:21,160 Speaker 1: coffee with several other senators and Jay Powell, the head 492 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 1: of the Federal Reserve, and at the time we pressed 493 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,680 Speaker 1: them on inflation. And this was spring of last year, 494 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 1: and that was Jay Powell's answer, it's transitory. It just 495 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,160 Speaker 1: it's gonna be here for a minute. So, yeah, prices 496 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 1: are up, but we're not worried about it. It's going 497 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 1: to go away. And we were like, well, bologny. Then 498 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:43,119 Speaker 1: the third explanation that they get progressively more asinine. So 499 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 1: if there's a asininity meter, I don't know, is that 500 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:48,919 Speaker 1: what you would call it an asininity? I believe there 501 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 1: there's an asidinity scale. Yeah, so it climbs the acidininity. 502 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 1: So it doesn't exist transitory. That's two. Number three was 503 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 1: Ron Klaine saying it's a high class problem. Yeah, yes 504 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:03,560 Speaker 1: it exists. We're not saying it's transitory, but it's high class. 505 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 1: It's it's just the people eating gray poupon, who are 506 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 1: worried about it. It's it's it's not regular Americans yet. Oh, 507 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:14,120 Speaker 1: it's it's just rich guys, which is a weird explanation 508 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:20,719 Speaker 1: because it's actually the opposite. Rich guys don't care. You know, 509 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 1: the gazillionaires, the people who run the Democratic Party now, 510 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 1: the Silicon Valley billionaires. What difference does it make to them? 511 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,720 Speaker 1: John Kerry when he flies in his court his private 512 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,680 Speaker 1: jet all over the world, he doesn't care on prices. 513 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:35,600 Speaker 1: He's got more money than he knows what to do with. 514 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 1: It's it's it's the seniors on a fixed income who 515 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 1: care about it. So high class problem was really an 516 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:46,760 Speaker 1: asinine explanation. But then they managed to beat it, and 517 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 1: it explanation number four. They said, yes, inflation exists, it's 518 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 1: not transitory. It's not high class anymore. Everyone's facing it. 519 00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 1: But explanation number four is inflation is a good thing. 520 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 1: It's a sign of just how good the economy is. Hot. 521 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:09,240 Speaker 1: Diggity damn, we're just booming and inflation. You ought to 522 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 1: pop a champagne. Of course, you can't afford a bottle 523 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 1: of champagne. But if you get afford a bottles champagne, 524 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,960 Speaker 1: pop the cork and celebrate. Maybe a can of beer, 525 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 1: you know, one beer. You could pop a beer and 526 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 1: celebrate because it is so good that you ought to 527 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 1: be thrilled. It's not happening, and it's good that it is. Right. Yes, 528 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,760 Speaker 1: that was explanation number four. Now at this point, right now, 529 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,720 Speaker 1: the polling shows inflation as the number one concern of Americans. 530 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,840 Speaker 1: I just saw that polling today. So the Biden White 531 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:40,600 Speaker 1: House is like, oh crap, this is a problem. And 532 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 1: so explanation number five is Putin did it? Yeah? And 533 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:50,720 Speaker 1: that is and they are pushing this through every outlet 534 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: of propaganda, which means number one, the corporate media, and 535 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:56,880 Speaker 1: the corporate media is shilling CNN. Is you know, Brian 536 00:29:56,960 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 1: Stelzer was saying Putin is causing the inflation. Might think 537 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,920 Speaker 1: it's Joe Biden, but no, no, no, it's Vladimir Putin. 538 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:09,840 Speaker 1: And as you've noted, these clowns got these TikTok influencers 539 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 1: to push the story that all the inflation you see, 540 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:18,320 Speaker 1: it's it's Putin. And unfortunately, these TikTok influencers are more 541 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 1: than happy to just yap these talking points. They presumably 542 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:26,360 Speaker 1: don't understand what they're Okay, one or two things is 543 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:30,200 Speaker 1: the case. Either they don't understand what they're saying, or 544 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 1: they do understand and they're deliberately lying because the talking 545 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:37,960 Speaker 1: points are absurd. Inflation has been rising week. Just last 546 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 1: month it was seven point nine percent, the highest in 547 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:46,320 Speaker 1: forty years. Steve Rattner, who was the top economic advisor 548 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:50,720 Speaker 1: for Obama in the White House, Steve Rattner tweeted out said, look, 549 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:55,520 Speaker 1: these inflation numbers are before the invasion in Ukraine and 550 00:30:56,120 --> 00:31:00,440 Speaker 1: they have you know the Ukraine number. Russia has very 551 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:03,760 Speaker 1: little to do with this. This is Biden's inflation. He 552 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:05,960 Speaker 1: needs to own it. Now. When you got Obama's economic 553 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:11,680 Speaker 1: advisor saying this is Biden's inflation, that's pretty compelling. People 554 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 1: get it right now. Can they blame it on the lockdowns? 555 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:19,400 Speaker 1: Can they say, well, you see, because we had to 556 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 1: lockdown the country, which is obviously a debatable point in 557 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 1: and of itself, But because we had to lockdown the country, 558 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 1: we didn't have as much commerce going on. But now 559 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:29,920 Speaker 1: there's a lot more and demand is up. So anyway, 560 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:32,440 Speaker 1: if it's not Putin's fault, and it is really happening, 561 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:35,320 Speaker 1: and it's not good, then just blame it on the lockdowns. 562 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 1: Is that. I've heard some of that chatter from the 563 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 1: White House too, So look, they could and that's actually 564 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:44,720 Speaker 1: a more plausible explanation, but they're the ones that fault 565 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 1: for the damn lockdown. Look, I'm from Texas, we opened up, 566 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:52,920 Speaker 1: Florida opened up. Yet you know red states. And by 567 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:59,959 Speaker 1: the way, these democratic, totalitarian petty dictators, is there anything 568 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:03,760 Speaker 1: thing they hate more than the fact that states like 569 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:07,520 Speaker 1: Texas and Florida exist? Because if you didn't have a 570 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:12,000 Speaker 1: handful of red state oacs that said, screw you, we're 571 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:14,560 Speaker 1: not shutting down our restaurants, we're not shutting down our bars, 572 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:17,080 Speaker 1: we're not shutting down our stores, and we're especially not 573 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 1: shutting down our schools, then the whole country would be 574 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:23,920 Speaker 1: like New York and California. It would just be, you know, 575 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:28,200 Speaker 1: quietly accept the rules. And we've seen the contrast, which 576 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 1: is powerful. So, look, did the lockdowns contribute to inflation? 577 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:36,960 Speaker 1: I'm sure they did, But these idiots are the ones 578 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 1: that forced the lockdown, So either way, it's their screw up. Yep, 579 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,360 Speaker 1: right before we go, I agree that that is actually 580 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:45,440 Speaker 1: a very good answer. You should put that on TikTok. 581 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 1: There we go. We should make a Verdict TikTok channel. 582 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:51,200 Speaker 1: Can you dance? I'll listen. If we can get to 583 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 1: a million subscribers on Verdict, I will dance on TikTok. 584 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:57,240 Speaker 1: I do want to get to this question. It is 585 00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,400 Speaker 1: I think on everyone's mind. It's from the mail bag 586 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,360 Speaker 1: that comes from midsized dog. I don't think that's his 587 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:03,920 Speaker 1: Christian name, but it comes to us from at least 588 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:07,880 Speaker 1: the pseudonym. Who would win in a fight? Putin or 589 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:14,360 Speaker 1: Elon Musk? Oh my, well, that question is is slightly 590 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:21,280 Speaker 1: different than then. I guess Elon Musk challenge Putin to wrestle, 591 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:26,240 Speaker 1: and if it was simply wrestling. Yea. Look, I like Elon, 592 00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:32,280 Speaker 1: I respect Elon, but Elon is a tech gazillionaire. Putin 593 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:35,680 Speaker 1: is a KGB thug. So let me put it this way. 594 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:39,040 Speaker 1: If Elon wants to go like getting Jello and wrestle Putin, 595 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,440 Speaker 1: what he does in his own free time for fun 596 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 1: is his own business. Yeah, I wish we hadn't introduced 597 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:47,960 Speaker 1: it Jello. I'm not willing to wag or anything because 598 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:49,840 Speaker 1: I think what Elon said is he wants to resolve 599 00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:53,719 Speaker 1: the Ukraine war with him wrestling Putin, and I love Elon, 600 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,240 Speaker 1: but but I don't have enough confidence that he wins 601 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:59,280 Speaker 1: that wrestling match to stake the fate of Ukraine on 602 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:03,480 Speaker 1: it out. You ask the question slightly differently, though, which 603 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,000 Speaker 1: is who would win in a fight, and so a 604 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:10,200 Speaker 1: fight is different from wrestling on one level. Putin has 605 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:13,120 Speaker 1: nuclear weapons and the Russian army, which is not nothing. 606 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,480 Speaker 1: Although right now Grandma's and Ukraine are throwing Molotov cocktails 607 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:21,600 Speaker 1: on them, right, but you know, Elon might be able 608 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:25,400 Speaker 1: to send killer robots and self driving cars and like 609 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:29,680 Speaker 1: satellite laser beams to come after Putin. So a broader fight, 610 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,719 Speaker 1: Elon might have a shot in the broader fight, but 611 00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:37,319 Speaker 1: wrestling match, I'm not willing to go with Elon just yet. True. 612 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:41,239 Speaker 1: When you fight dirty, including space lasers, all bets are off. 613 00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:43,120 Speaker 1: What I want to know, what I want to know, 614 00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:46,319 Speaker 1: and I want Elon to answer this. Does he have 615 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,799 Speaker 1: sharks with lasers on him? Sharks with friggin lasers? That 616 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:52,719 Speaker 1: would be really cool? Putin wanders by the ocean, a 617 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,080 Speaker 1: shark with a friggan laser comes out, and if he 618 00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:58,279 Speaker 1: does not yet, Senator put A patent on that get that, 619 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:00,759 Speaker 1: don't get let elon get that idea for free. That's 620 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,920 Speaker 1: a good that's a good idea. A summit asks will 621 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:10,000 Speaker 1: the US dollar remain the global reserve currency? Probably? I hope. 622 00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:14,160 Speaker 1: So there's no doubt. As we're putting sanctions on Russia, 623 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:17,760 Speaker 1: Russia's trying to find alternatives China. China wants their currency 624 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:21,000 Speaker 1: to replace it. At the end of the day, reserve 625 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:23,600 Speaker 1: currency is about who people are confident in and who 626 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:27,000 Speaker 1: they want to bet on. You know, I'm reminded of 627 00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:30,120 Speaker 1: Bill Clinton's former chief of staff, guy named Erskine. Bulls 628 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:35,160 Speaker 1: a couple of decades ago, referred to the US economy 629 00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:39,319 Speaker 1: as the prettiest horse in the glue factory. In other words, 630 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,879 Speaker 1: there are lots of problems and reasons. He was pessimistic 631 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:46,359 Speaker 1: about the US economy, but we were still much much 632 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:49,680 Speaker 1: stronger than everybody else. At the end of the day, 633 00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:53,600 Speaker 1: that dynamic is there. China has a serious and growing 634 00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:57,560 Speaker 1: and dangerous economy, but there aren't a lot of people 635 00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:02,520 Speaker 1: eager to tie themselves to China. China engages regularly and 636 00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:05,640 Speaker 1: torture and murder and genocide and concentration camps and theft 637 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:09,160 Speaker 1: and oppression, and you've got to be pretty dumb to say, hey, 638 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:14,440 Speaker 1: that's the model I want. You know it, At the 639 00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:17,280 Speaker 1: end of the day, doing business with America is better 640 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:23,600 Speaker 1: now if you keep seeing Democrats print money. And by 641 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,440 Speaker 1: the way, democrats with Republican complicity, I mean, I mean, 642 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:28,840 Speaker 1: on any massive spending bill, you get all the Democrats 643 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:31,280 Speaker 1: at half the Republicans. So there there's some big government 644 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:35,759 Speaker 1: Republicans that that that bears some blame as well. But 645 00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:38,120 Speaker 1: if we keep debasing the currency, it's one of the 646 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:41,000 Speaker 1: reasons for the rise of crypto. It is that people 647 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:43,799 Speaker 1: are putting their money in crypto because bitcoin is the 648 00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:47,720 Speaker 1: new digital gold, and money flows to gold and silver 649 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:52,160 Speaker 1: and to assets hard currency when you don't trust that 650 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:55,120 Speaker 1: the paper currency will retain its value. And so that 651 00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:01,400 Speaker 1: the more Biden in the Democrat has to value our currency, 652 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:03,520 Speaker 1: the more vulnerable it gets, and the more people will 653 00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:08,560 Speaker 1: flee to alternatives, and some of those will include foreign currency, 654 00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:13,160 Speaker 1: whether the euro or the Chinese yuan. Final question from 655 00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:19,960 Speaker 1: Shanaya Pineapple on pizza, yes or no. Okay, this is 656 00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:24,440 Speaker 1: a terrible deviation from orthodoxy, but I like me some 657 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:28,799 Speaker 1: Hawaiian pizza ham and pineapple. It's tasty. I like the 658 00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:32,560 Speaker 1: damn thing. I recognize your Italian. You're you're rolling over 659 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:36,280 Speaker 1: in your grave a mortal sin, I believe. Yeah, But 660 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:39,400 Speaker 1: but tell me, all right, hey, you tried it. I listen. 661 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,080 Speaker 1: I was young once, I was young and irresponsible. I 662 00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:44,080 Speaker 1: tried a little bit, and tell me, was it good? 663 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:46,920 Speaker 1: I know there's something to it there. Look, Oh, okay, 664 00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:49,640 Speaker 1: I've got a bigger admission. I've got Michael Knowles defending 665 00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:53,279 Speaker 1: pineapple on pizza. That's a much bigger deal. Not all listen, 666 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:56,239 Speaker 1: there are some things we need to constrain our base appetite, 667 00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:59,680 Speaker 1: Senator or that is a conversation for another episode, and 668 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:01,880 Speaker 1: chall let me just jump in because I made a 669 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:05,359 Speaker 1: promise today that I've got to keep. Okay, So on 670 00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,800 Speaker 1: the steps of the Capitol, I met with the junior 671 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:12,040 Speaker 1: high class from Roma, Texas that's down in the Rio 672 00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:15,200 Speaker 1: Grand Valley in Star County. There was a group of 673 00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:18,680 Speaker 1: probably I don't know thirty thirty or forty junior high kids, 674 00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:21,640 Speaker 1: eighth grade kids who were on their eighth grade trip 675 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:24,120 Speaker 1: to Washington. And I talked with them in the Capitol. 676 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:28,520 Speaker 1: Great kids and was visiting with them. Was asking questions, 677 00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:30,680 Speaker 1: and they're asking They ask about Ukraine and what was 678 00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:33,760 Speaker 1: going on. They ask smart, intelligent questions. These are smart kids. 679 00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:38,080 Speaker 1: And I mentioned the podcast. I said, look, if you 680 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,319 Speaker 1: want to know what's going on one vehicle as you 681 00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:42,719 Speaker 1: can listen to the podcast. And I tried to do 682 00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:45,480 Speaker 1: my best to explain what's actually happening. And one of 683 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:48,040 Speaker 1: the kids said, well, will you mention us on the podcast? 684 00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:51,960 Speaker 1: And I said, I'll tell you what I will. So 685 00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,480 Speaker 1: I'm honoring my promise because I'm going to keep my 686 00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:56,799 Speaker 1: word on that. I will tell you one thing that 687 00:38:56,880 --> 00:39:01,840 Speaker 1: was fascinating. So these are from South Texas. South Texas 688 00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:06,680 Speaker 1: historically has been overwhelmingly Democrat. It is eighty to ninety 689 00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:12,200 Speaker 1: percent Hispanic. It's voted Democrat for a hundred years. Maybe 690 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:16,080 Speaker 1: a third of the kids there, we're wearing Make America 691 00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:19,640 Speaker 1: Great red hats and we're wearing Trump shirts. I mean, 692 00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:22,960 Speaker 1: it was stunning, wow. And I got to say, this 693 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,360 Speaker 1: is something that is happening. It's happening in Texas, but 694 00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:29,719 Speaker 1: it's happening across the country, which is Hispanic voters are 695 00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:34,600 Speaker 1: moving to the right massively. In South Texas, which has 696 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:37,560 Speaker 1: been democrat a long long time. I think in November, 697 00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:39,600 Speaker 1: South Texas is going to go Republican and we're going 698 00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:46,840 Speaker 1: to elect several Hispanic Republicans there too. I've endorsed Cassie Garcia, 699 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:49,560 Speaker 1: who was an Hispanic woman. She was on my staff 700 00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:52,760 Speaker 1: for ten years. I know Cassie very very well. She's fantastic, 701 00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:56,399 Speaker 1: and then Monica de la Cruz, who was another Hispanic woman. 702 00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:59,680 Speaker 1: They're both running against Democrats in South Texas and seats 703 00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:03,080 Speaker 1: that have Democrat forever, and I'm predicting now both of 704 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:05,880 Speaker 1: them are going to win, and it is a c change. 705 00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:10,600 Speaker 1: If you can imagine the nightmare for Nancy Pelosi and 706 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:16,280 Speaker 1: for AOC to have Hispanic women who are conservative Republicans 707 00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:19,120 Speaker 1: from the Rio Grand Valley standing up and saying the 708 00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:23,399 Speaker 1: policies you're enacting are insane. I think that's the kind 709 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:26,479 Speaker 1: of red wave we're going to see in November. And 710 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:29,839 Speaker 1: shout out to the kids from Roma, well, let's shout 711 00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:32,120 Speaker 1: out to them. You might have lost us some of 712 00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:35,279 Speaker 1: the Italian vote with your offensive comments about pizza, but 713 00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:38,280 Speaker 1: if we can pick up much more of the Hispanic vote, 714 00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:41,040 Speaker 1: people realize these left wing policies are driving us off 715 00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:44,479 Speaker 1: a cliff that would be a wonderful thing, a little 716 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:46,279 Speaker 1: bit to hold on hope for, but we've got to 717 00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:48,600 Speaker 1: leave it at that. I'm Michael Knowles. This is Verdict 718 00:40:48,600 --> 00:41:00,360 Speaker 1: with Ted Cruz. 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