1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: Welcome. It is a Verdict with Ted Cruz Weekend Review. 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: Ben Ferguson with you, and these are the big stories 3 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:10,320 Speaker 1: that you may have missed that we talked about this week. 4 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: Number one, de facto President of the United States of America, 5 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:18,239 Speaker 1: Anthony Blincoln, decided to go on TV and tell the 6 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: world what Israel should be doing, Yes, calling them out 7 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 1: and giving them certain things and bars they must hit 8 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: instead of actually calling out the Hamas Terris who have 9 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:36,239 Speaker 1: been beheading little children. Number two colleges, including professors and 10 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: Ivy League schools have now gone all in to defend Hamas. Yes, Hamas. 11 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: So what's going to happen at these universities? We talk 12 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: about that. And finally, Senator Ted Cruz with story number three, 13 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: endorsed Jim Jordan for the speakership as Steve Scalise is out. 14 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 1: It is the Weekend Review with Ted Cruz and it 15 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: starts right now. Secretary Blinkinn, who's the most outspoken so 16 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 1: far from the administration. He went on TV, not really 17 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,759 Speaker 1: condemning that much Amas or what they're doing, but actually 18 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:15,399 Speaker 1: calling out Israel, saying, quote, we're looking to Israel to 19 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: apply the highest standard to avoid civilian causalies in Gaza. 20 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 1: We're not saying anything about the Americans that have been taken, 21 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: the Americans have been killed, or all the atrocities at 22 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: war crimes you just mentioned. No, no, we're going to 23 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 1: put Israel on notice, as you just described it, you 24 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: better not screw this up. 25 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 2: If this is a prolonged attack, what kind of humanitarian 26 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 2: crisis are you expecting here and impact on civilians. 27 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 3: Well, we've seen this unfortunately repeat itself. Although the magnitude 28 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 3: the scale of what Hamas did here is something we 29 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 3: haven't seen before. But in prior instances, those who have 30 00:01:55,160 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 3: suffered along with the victims of terrorism are civilians, including 31 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 3: in Gaza. And whatever Israel does in Gaza, as always, 32 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 3: we look to it to do everything possible to avoid 33 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 3: civilian casualties, something of course, that Hamas doesn't do. On 34 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 3: the contrary, not only does it not seek to avoid them, 35 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 3: it deliberately targets civilians. It's gunning down Israelis in the streets, 36 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 3: in their homes and as I said, ragging them across 37 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 3: the border in Gaza. So there's absolutely no comparison. But 38 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 3: we looked to Israel as always to apply the highest 39 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 3: standards when it comes to avoiding civilian casualties and anything 40 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 3: it may do in Gaza. 41 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: It's amazing the butt there at the end. But right, 42 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,799 Speaker 1: well say all this is bad. But but Israel, you 43 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: better be better than everybody else. 44 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 2: Well, and I got to say, Ben, listening to that, 45 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 2: I have mixed sentiments. On one level, Frankly, Tony Blinkn 46 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 2: is better than most of the clowns in the s 47 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 2: Biden administration. He at least acknowledges that Israel is bending 48 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 2: over backwards to try to avoid killing civilians, and that 49 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 2: Hamas is deliberately killing civilians. That's something that's a tiny 50 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 2: shred of truth. Now, what he doesn't do is acknowledge 51 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 2: that Israel historically has gone to incredible lengths to avoid 52 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 2: civilian casualties, and that the reason Palestinian civilians are killed 53 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,639 Speaker 2: is because Hamas wants them to be killed, because they 54 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 2: deliberately put their military assets in a place where it 55 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 2: is impossible to take out their military assets without killing 56 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 2: killing Palestinian civilians. That the Palestinian deaths are what Hamas 57 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 2: wants because they know the useful idiots in the media 58 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 2: will use it against Israel. Let me give you an 59 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 2: example of some of the vicious rhetoric coming in this case. 60 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 2: This is what the statement that Congresswoman Corey Bush put 61 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 2: out as these atrocities are ongoing quote, I am heartbroken 62 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 2: by the ongoing violence in Palestine and Israel, and I 63 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 2: mourned the over two hundred and fifty Israelian in two 64 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 2: hundred and thirty Palestinian lives that have been lost today 65 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 2: and the thousands injured following attacks by Hamas militants on 66 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 2: Israeli border towns and Israeli military bombardment of Gaza. I 67 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 2: strongly condemned the targeting of civilians, and I urge an 68 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 2: immediate cease fire and de escalation to prevent further loss 69 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 2: of life. Our immediate focus must be on saving lives, 70 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,600 Speaker 2: but our ultimate focus must be on a just and 71 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 2: lasting peace that ensures safety for everyone in the region. 72 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 2: Violations of human rights do not justify more violations of 73 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 2: human rights, and a military response will only exacerbate the 74 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 2: suffering of Palestinians and Israelis alike. As part of achieving 75 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 2: a just and lasting peace, we must do our part 76 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 2: to stop the violence and trauma by ending US government 77 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 2: support for Israeli military occupation and apartheid. I am continuing 78 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 2: to closely monitor the situation in my office. Is ready 79 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 2: to support the residents of the first district with family 80 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 2: members and loved ones in the region. So literally, while 81 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 2: Israel's nine to eleven is unfolding, this Democrats Squad member 82 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 2: accuses Israel of apartheid, a total lie, and calls for 83 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 2: ending US government support for Israel's military in the middle 84 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 2: of a war. And she simultaneously, what does she call 85 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 2: for an immediate cease fire of the military response? In 86 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 2: other words, Israel, never mind that terrorists are murdering your civilians, 87 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 2: are targeting your civilians, are kidnapping your civilians. We in 88 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 2: America call for you to stop the cease fire and 89 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:48,799 Speaker 2: do nothing in response. You know, I got to say 90 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:54,599 Speaker 2: how many Democrats are condemning this viciously anti Semitic, anti 91 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 2: Israel statement that sadly was echoed by multiple members of 92 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 2: the squad, and the degree to which the far left 93 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 2: tolerates and even celebrates this vicious anti semitism. It gets 94 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 2: worse and worse every day. 95 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: Is Joe Biden and I want to end with this. 96 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: He's a guy that you know, he called a lid 97 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,159 Speaker 1: at eleven thirty four am. For people that don't understand 98 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: what the lid is, that means basically, the day's over, right, 99 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:23,720 Speaker 1: That's that's the way they tell the media. Hey, he's 100 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 1: doing other things now. He's not making any more public statements. 101 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 1: We haven't heard from a president saying don't harm Americans. 102 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:32,919 Speaker 1: He hasn't said that Israel has got our you know, 103 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 1: our unwavering support and we will do whatever we have 104 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 1: to do to get Americans back. And he and he's 105 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:43,919 Speaker 1: sitting there and saying nothing publicly here while all of 106 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:47,160 Speaker 1: this is going on. Is he the worst president in 107 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 1: our lifetime when it comes to a policy of clearly 108 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: not standing with Israel because he's not Look, he's not 109 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: even saying. 110 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 2: With Americans unequivocally. For the last two and a half years, 111 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 2: the Biden administration has engaged in a systematic, granular, day 112 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 2: to day effort to undermine the nation of Israel. You know, 113 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 2: within the first couple of weeks of our first couple 114 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 2: of months of the Biden administration coming into office, the 115 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 2: State Department put out written guidance prohibiting employees at State 116 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 2: from referring to the Abraham Accords. The Abraham Accords were 117 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 2: the historic peace treaty that the Trump administration negotiated between 118 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 2: Israel and numerous Arab countries. Instead, the Biden administration State 119 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 2: Department was ordered to refer to them as normalization agreements. 120 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 2: They couldn't use the word Abraham, they couldn't acknowledge the 121 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 2: historic nature of it. Now I called that out, and 122 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 2: in fact I brought out the documents that demonstrated it 123 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 2: was the Biden White House that directed State to do that, 124 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 2: and they were so embarrassed by that they backed away 125 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 2: from it. So now they used the terms the frequency 126 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 2: with which So one of the things they did they 127 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:05,559 Speaker 2: changed the Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs. They changed 128 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 2: the name of it to the Office of Israeli and 129 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 2: Palestinian Affairs. 130 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 4: Wow. 131 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 2: Why Because they didn't want to acknowledge the nation of 132 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 2: Israel exists, and they wanted to put Israel's claims of 133 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 2: sovereignty on the same level of parody as the Palestinian 134 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 2: terrorists that are right now committing these atrocities. Beyond that, 135 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 2: the Biden administration is a first government in US history 136 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:34,560 Speaker 2: to implement a policy of BDS of boycott, divestiture and 137 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 2: sanctioning in particular cutting off funding for scientific research, cancer research, 138 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 2: no less in Judaea and Samaria what they call the 139 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 2: occupied territories portions of Israel that now the federal government 140 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 2: is boycotting and saying we will not fund because their 141 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 2: view is the same as these Squad members. They view 142 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 2: Israel as illegitimately occupied territory. And so the harm that 143 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 2: is coming from the Biden administration is horrific. And let 144 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 2: me just ask you this as we wrap up. You know, 145 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 2: we've seen Joe Biden light up the White House in 146 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:21,199 Speaker 2: rainbow colors in support of a transgender agenda. We've seen 147 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 2: the White House in blue and gold in support of Ukraine. 148 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 2: What's the White House done for Israel? It's not blue 149 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 2: and white. 150 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: No, I would even go so further. Where was the 151 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 1: White House done for any Americans that are being harmed 152 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 1: right now in Israel? 153 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 2: Do we know the names of any Americans who are hostages? 154 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 2: Do we know the names of any Americans who've been killed? 155 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 2: As the President spoken about it, as the President gone 156 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:46,719 Speaker 2: on national television, as the President said, if you harm 157 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 2: one American you will face real repercussions. No, what they've 158 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 2: said is do not retaliate Israel, don't strike back at 159 00:09:55,160 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 2: the terrorists. This administration funded the atrocities. Understand, do not 160 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 2: forget the fifty billion dollars that Joe Biden and the 161 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 2: ideologues in this administration flooded to Iran. That money funded 162 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 2: these attacks. Now, by the way, the Biden White House's 163 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:21,440 Speaker 2: defense of that, so they say, no, no, no, no, our money 164 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:25,559 Speaker 2: technically went to other other endeavors. Well, money is fungible. 165 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 2: If you send fifty billion dollars in there, they can 166 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 2: spend other money to fund the terror attacks. And by 167 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 2: the way, the some forty billion dollars that is from 168 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 2: oil sales, that is completely available to be spent, and 169 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 2: in a very real and direct sense, it funded this attack, 170 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 2: as did the money that the Biden administration sent to 171 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 2: Gaza that they stated in writing they knew would go 172 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 2: to Hamas for terrorism. Well, congratulations to the Biden White House. 173 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 2: It's done exactly that. 174 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,719 Speaker 1: Now, if you want to hear the rest of this conversation, 175 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:07,320 Speaker 1: you can go back and listen to the full podcast 176 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: from earlier this week. Now onto story number two. Let's 177 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 1: talk about this from a a a internal and inside 178 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:20,439 Speaker 1: of the US perspective For a minute as well, Colleges Harvard, 179 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 1: University of Pennsylvania, Black Lives Matter standing with these terrorists. 180 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: You have federally elected leaders around the country that are 181 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: standing with these terrorists. You have a Colorado State Representative, 182 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,679 Speaker 1: Tim Hernandez who said this today. 183 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 4: I think it's despicable what they're protesting for, protesting gratulations 184 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 4: and the fact that you can't condemn women and children 185 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:47,439 Speaker 4: and elderly people down over in the streets. 186 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 3: What about it? 187 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 4: Do you condemn it? 188 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 1: I already said, why can't you say yes? Because I 189 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 1: already gave you my answer if you didn't. 190 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 4: Give an answer, and every I think anybody who watches 191 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 4: would understand where you're us. 192 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: This is a man who's at a protest against Israel, 193 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: who's been elected to the state legislature. You put that, 194 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 1: and you combine that with the squad Senator. I will 195 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 1: give a little credit the White House at least today 196 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 1: understood that they need to stand up against Omar and 197 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 1: to leave in others. The White House Press Secretary did 198 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 1: say that what they had said was repugnant and disgraceful 199 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 1: their statements on Israel. But you combine these younger leaders 200 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:36,080 Speaker 1: with what we're now witnessing on college campuses, is at Harvard, 201 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 1: at University of Penn. It scares me for this country. 202 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 1: There was a conversation even about this on CNBC, even 203 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: CNBC who deals with financial issues, like, what the hell 204 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 1: is going on on college campuses? And this is what 205 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: they said. 206 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 5: Let me ask you a question. Let's say you're the 207 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:56,679 Speaker 5: president of Harvard University. Yeah, if you've looked at what's 208 00:12:56,679 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 5: happening to Harvard, there are students who are mining mind boggle, right, 209 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 5: but students who are gathering to support the Pales stadiums, 210 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 5: to support Hamas, frankly, very very specifically to support Hamas, 211 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 5: and what's happening. What is the role of the president 212 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 5: of a university or frankly the president of a company 213 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 5: when they have either students or employees or others who 214 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 5: want to view and express that position, which I find disgraceful, 215 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 5: but I wonder, well, I think there's what the answer 216 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:31,719 Speaker 5: is supposed to. 217 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 6: Look. The first thing that I would do if I 218 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 6: was a president Harvard University, I would say, we are 219 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 6: clearly not educating students for students to think that again, 220 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 6: you know, murder at scale is somehow legitimate that occupation 221 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:50,439 Speaker 6: causes terror. I mean, there are no Israelis in Gaza, 222 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 6: for goodness sakes, it's a silly turn of phrase. But 223 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,839 Speaker 6: to your question, what would I do well, Number one, 224 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 6: I would say we need to revisit our entire core 225 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 6: education because they're clearly not taching morals or values. That's 226 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 6: number one. And then number two, the president of Harvard, 227 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 6: like the president of U Penn, like the president's institutions, 228 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 6: needs to stand up and speak out and say this 229 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 6: is disgraceful and wrong students are. 230 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: But they're not doing that centator. They're not saying it's wrong. 231 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,079 Speaker 1: They're waiting days to even respond. And that's only after 232 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: famous alumni and donors finally came down. And then to 233 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: the point where like you have to give a statement, 234 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 1: and they put out a basic statement on paper. 235 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 2: Well, let me say the voice you were just hearing 236 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 2: there was Jonathan Greenblatt. He's the head of the Anti 237 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 2: Defamation League, and I'm glad he's speaking out. He actually 238 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 2: was speaking clearly and effectively there. The ADL has a 239 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 2: long history of calling out anti Semitism, in recent years, 240 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 2: it has been far too willing to basically act as 241 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 2: a defender for the Democrat Party and as a partisan. 242 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 2: And so I'm glad they're standing up and speaking with 243 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 2: clarity here it's important. But look what happened at Harvard. 244 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 2: You have thirty five student groups that put out a statement. 245 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 2: I want you to understand what they said. I'm going 246 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 2: to read you from the joints statement by Harvard Palestine 247 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 2: Solidarity Groups on the situation in Palestine, not it's the 248 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 2: situation of Palestine, not Israel. They don't even acknowledge Israel exists. 249 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 2: We the undersigned student organizations, hold the Israeli regime entirely 250 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 2: responsible for all unfolding violence. That's the opening sentence. It 251 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 2: is Israel's fault that Hamas terrorists are murdering children. It 252 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 2: is Israel's fault that Hamas terrorists are raping women and 253 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 2: little girls in the streets and parading them through the street. 254 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 2: It is Israel's fault that they are kidnapping toddlers and 255 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 2: holding them hostage. It is Israel's fault that they are 256 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 2: using those toddlers as human shields. They're using women and 257 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 2: men as human shields. It's Israel's fault that Hamas terrorists 258 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 2: are murdering civilians indiscriminately walking house by house by house, 259 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 2: and if you're a Jew, they murder you. What a ridiculous, 260 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 2: out rageous situation. And look that statement they put out. Initially, 261 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 2: for the first couple of days, Harvard said nothing. It 262 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 2: was the only statement from the Harvard campus that anyone 263 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 2: seemed to be aware of. Then Harvard put out an 264 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 2: initial statement that was the most milk toast lukewarm statement 265 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 2: of Well, we want to be a safe space for 266 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 2: people to have all sorts of us, you know, the 267 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 2: pro genocide mass murder view and the anti genocide mass 268 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 2: murder view. No, I'm sorry, that's not a topic of 269 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 2: reasonable debate. Beheading babies is always, always, always wrong, period, 270 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 2: full stop. Finally, on Tuesday, the president of Harvard was 271 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 2: guilted into condemning we stand against Hamas's beheading babies. It 272 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 2: took five days of getting pounded. I got to say, listen, 273 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:59,040 Speaker 2: I'm an alumnus of Harvard Law School. It is embarrassing 274 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 2: that are universities. The problem is they become petri dishes, 275 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:10,359 Speaker 2: They become incubators for radical left wing views. And other 276 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:14,679 Speaker 2: than a Hamas headquarters, there are a few places with 277 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 2: more vicious anti semitism and hatred of Israel than America's 278 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 2: elite universities today. You talk to to Hillel's students, you 279 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 2: talk to Jewish students on campuses. They're afraid. They're afraid 280 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 2: of violence. They're afraid to wear a yamaka. They're afraid 281 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 2: to be publicly identified as Jewish because they risk violence. 282 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 2: They wish, they risk swastikas being spray painted on their 283 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 2: student center, they risk attacks from the radical left, and 284 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 2: the radical left more and more embraces, cherishes and nurtures 285 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 2: anti Semitism, and schools like Harvard sadly are the breeding 286 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 2: grounds for this hatred, and they can't figure it out 287 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 2: enough to stay. Genocide is bad. That should not be 288 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:04,040 Speaker 2: a controversial proposition. 289 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: Well, and even members in Congress for sheid to leave 290 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:11,880 Speaker 1: was was asked directly to her face what she thought 291 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: about women being raped and babies getting their heads cut off. 292 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 1: She wouldn't answer the question, take a listen to this. 293 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 2: And burn children alive? Do you support Israel's rights to 294 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:31,119 Speaker 2: defend themselves in a postality? You can't comment at all. 295 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:41,680 Speaker 2: AMA's terrace chopping off baby because you comment and a 296 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:43,159 Speaker 2: mos Terence talking on me. 297 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 1: You a mom who said. 298 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 5: Baby says, do you condone what Amas has done. 299 00:18:58,119 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 4: Chopping off babies? 300 00:18:59,080 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: Says? 301 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 2: Furnish a life raby went to the street. Do you 302 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 2: want to know moment about the children's head speech? 303 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 4: Hand all? 304 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 1: Congressman why Howard Halliday and wine? 305 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 2: I d your office if you do know what? 306 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 6: You know? 307 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 3: What the monster is about? 308 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 2: Israel in rainy? 309 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 1: Whys do matter to you? I mean Senator that was 310 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 1: whoever that reporter was. God bless her for continuing to 311 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 1: ask a basic question. Children will burn, baby's heads are 312 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 1: cut off. 313 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:43,119 Speaker 2: And I gotta say, if you haven't seen the video 314 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:45,959 Speaker 2: of that clip, you got to google it and watch it, 315 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 2: because watching the video is even more disturbing. So congresswoman 316 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,920 Speaker 2: to leave is walking down the hallways in Congress, so 317 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:56,439 Speaker 2: the steps you hear the whole time, or she's walking, 318 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 2: she's walking, she's walking, And this reporter just asked her, 319 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 2: do you not have a comment on chopping babies heads off? 320 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 2: How hard is it for a congress woman to say, 321 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 2: we should not chop the heads off babies, we should 322 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 2: not burn children alive, we should not rape women in 323 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 2: the streets. That is not in a normal sane world, 324 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 2: a controversial proposition, and yet her politics are so radical 325 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 2: she cannot bring herself to say that she has in 326 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:28,280 Speaker 2: front of her office she has a Palestinian flag. It's 327 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 2: interesting she has a Palestinian flag and she has a 328 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 2: transgender flag, which is ironic because Hamas would murder anyone 329 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 2: who's gay or transgender. So like, the two flags are 330 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 2: utterly in conflict. But in today's modern left that that 331 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 2: nobody bothers with intellectual coherence. They embrace their ideology and 332 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:48,680 Speaker 2: don't worry about it. But I gotta say it is stunning, 333 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 2: Like she walks a long, long way and the end 334 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 2: of that video she gets on an elevator and the 335 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 2: door closes, and and you know, she asked, do Israeli 336 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:03,360 Speaker 2: lives matter? And by the way, Congresswoman Talib conspicuously avoids 337 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 2: using the word Israel. She refers to Palestine. Look, today's 338 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 2: radical left in the Democrat Party does not acknowledge Israel's 339 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 2: right to exist. And I got to say, it's not 340 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 2: just Congresswoman to leave. It's it's it's it's Corey Bush, 341 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 2: it's AOC. It is the hard left of the Democrat Party. 342 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 2: And by the way, it's the Biden State Department whose 343 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 2: response initially to this was Israel stand down, do not 344 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 2: engage in any military action following the worst attack on 345 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 2: Israel in fifty years, following Israel's nine to eleven do nothing. 346 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:47,879 Speaker 2: That is sadly the view of today's radical left, and 347 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:52,439 Speaker 2: for the Democrats who don't agree with it, I hope 348 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:55,479 Speaker 2: that they find the courage to call out the members 349 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:57,399 Speaker 2: of their own party that are saying things that are 350 00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 2: disgraceful as before. 351 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:01,680 Speaker 1: Do you want to hear the rest of this conversation 352 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,440 Speaker 1: on this topic, You can go back and down the 353 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: podcasts from earlier this week to hear the entire thing. 354 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 1: I want to get back to the big story number 355 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:13,640 Speaker 1: three of the week. You may have missed Steve Scales, 356 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 1: who got the majority of the votes in the conference 357 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: to become the Speaker of the House. He has now 358 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: broke made big breaking news by saying this about dropping 359 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:24,399 Speaker 1: out of the race. 360 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 7: I know we've been following this. It's been quite a 361 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 7: journey and there's still a long way to go. I 362 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:33,920 Speaker 7: just share with my colleagues and I'm withdrawing my name 363 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 7: as a cadidate for the speaker. Designed If you look 364 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 7: at over the last few weeks, if you look at 365 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:44,879 Speaker 7: where our conference is, there's still work to be done. 366 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 7: Our conference still has to come together and is not there. 367 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:54,120 Speaker 7: There are still some people that have their own agendas, and. 368 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:54,879 Speaker 2: That was very clear. 369 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 7: We have to have everybody put their agendas on the 370 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:02,560 Speaker 7: side and focus on what this country needs. This country 371 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:05,919 Speaker 7: is counting on us to come back together. This House 372 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 7: of Representatives needs a speaker and we need to open 373 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:14,880 Speaker 7: up the House again. But clearly not everybody is there 374 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 7: and there's still schisms that have to get resolved. 375 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: This is not that surprising to me, Center because it 376 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,439 Speaker 1: was clear he wasn't going to have the votes, just 377 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 1: like with Kevin McCarthy, he didn't have the votes. That 378 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 1: means is this and now a pathway for Jim Jordan 379 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 1: to become the speaker? Because you also came out and 380 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:40,199 Speaker 1: endorse Jim Jordan, saying you believe he's the most physically conserved, 381 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 1: the best guy for this job. 382 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,880 Speaker 2: Well, that's right, I did, and it's worth going back 383 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 2: and explaining why I did that, because we had talked 384 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 2: on the podcast previously that I intended to stay out 385 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 2: of the House leadership election, and that's what I've done 386 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,119 Speaker 2: the eleven years I've been in the Senate, I've stayed 387 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 2: out of every House leadership election we ever had, and 388 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:04,200 Speaker 2: my standard position has been that questions of House leadership 389 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 2: are for the House members to decide. And and that's 390 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,160 Speaker 2: what I had said on the podcast repeatedly. I'd set 391 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,359 Speaker 2: it to reporters in Capitol Hill repeatedly. That was a 392 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:19,159 Speaker 2: position I was very comfortable with. And then a couple 393 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 2: of days ago, Jim Jordan called me, uh and he 394 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:27,160 Speaker 2: made a very direct ass he asked for my support. Now, 395 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 2: Jim is a friend. He's a good friend. I know 396 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,680 Speaker 2: Jim very well. Jim has been a guest on this podcast. 397 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:35,440 Speaker 2: We had him on two consecutive episodes doing a deep 398 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:40,119 Speaker 2: dive into the fantastic work that he's doing as focusing 399 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:43,919 Speaker 2: on the weaponization of the Department of Justice and the 400 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 2: FBI and government. And Jim is someone I've worked with 401 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 2: the entire time I've been in the Senate. He is 402 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 2: a strong conservative. And he asked, he asked for my support, 403 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:56,760 Speaker 2: he said, and he leaned in hard on it. And 404 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 2: I thought about it, and I thought carefully, and my 405 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 2: general fulllosophy on political endorsements and I make endorsements all 406 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 2: over the country in Senate races and House races, and 407 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:11,400 Speaker 2: gubernatorial races, in school board races, all sorts of races. 408 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 2: Is that I support the strongest conservative who can win, 409 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 2: and both of those are important. I want to proven 410 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,159 Speaker 2: record that you're a real conservative, and I want a 411 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 2: path to victory. I'm not interested in tilty at Windmills. 412 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,959 Speaker 2: I'm not interested in a candidate that does not have 413 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 2: a path to victory. And as I thought about it, 414 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,719 Speaker 2: I came to the conclusion that Jim was that person. 415 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:40,880 Speaker 2: That he would be certainly the most conservative speaker we'd 416 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,520 Speaker 2: ever had, but that he had a real and viable 417 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,359 Speaker 2: path to win, that he had real and meaningful support. Now, 418 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:51,440 Speaker 2: obviously his chief rival and the only two declared candidates 419 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 2: at the time for speaker were Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise. 420 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,639 Speaker 2: And Steve is a friend as well. Steve and I 421 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:00,719 Speaker 2: are good friends. We spent a lot of time together. 422 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:06,119 Speaker 2: I like Steve. Steve is a conservative. Uh And and Steve, 423 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 2: look the the statement that you just played. That was 424 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 2: not an easy statement for Steve to give, and I 425 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 2: respect that that he gave it. I think it was 426 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 2: heartfelt Steve is obviously hurting, but I think he's also 427 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 2: trying to do the right thing. And I'll tell you 428 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 2: before I endorsed Jim Jordan. When I hung up the 429 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 2: phone with Jim, before I put out the endorsement, I 430 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 2: picked up the phone and I called Steve and and 431 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 2: the first thing I did is just ask Steve how 432 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 2: is how he was doing health wise. He's he's dealing 433 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 2: with a rare form of blood cancer, and I've been 434 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 2: been concerned and praying for him, and and he told 435 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,360 Speaker 2: me he is doing better and the treatment is proceeding 436 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:52,159 Speaker 2: very well. But I gave him the heads up, just 437 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:55,200 Speaker 2: man to man, as I said, listen, you're my friend, Steve. 438 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 2: I'm going to make this endorsement of Jim. 439 00:26:58,400 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 1: Uh. 440 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,400 Speaker 2: He asked me to do it, and Jim and I 441 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 2: have been very close, and I'm going to endorse him. 442 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:05,959 Speaker 2: But I told Steve at the time, and I believe this. 443 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 2: I said, listen, I think you'd make a terrific speaker, 444 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 2: and I think Jim would make a terrific speaker. So 445 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:16,120 Speaker 2: do not take this endorsement as a negative comment on you, 446 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 2: but rather just a statement of that I think Jim 447 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 2: Jordan is the strongest conservative who has a path to win, 448 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 2: and Steve was very gracious about it, and we're friends, 449 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:31,119 Speaker 2: and I certainly anticipate continuing to work with Steve in 450 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 2: the years ahead. Now, what happened this week is the 451 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:38,720 Speaker 2: House Republican Conference met and they had a closed door 452 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 2: meeting and they had a vote, and Scalise won the 453 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:43,679 Speaker 2: vote by a vote of one hundred and thirteen to 454 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 2: ninety nine. So Jordan got ninety nine votes, Scalise got 455 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 2: one hundred and thirteen, and actually the press coverage was saying, well, 456 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 2: that's it, Scalise is the Speaker. And what happened subsequently 457 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 2: is there were a number of House Republicans who did 458 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:07,960 Speaker 2: not vote for Scleee, who said over the hours and 459 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:10,200 Speaker 2: days that followed that they were not going to vote 460 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,920 Speaker 2: for Scleee, and they dug in apparently, and it did 461 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 2: not appear that Steve had a path to too eighteen. 462 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:20,439 Speaker 2: And so I think he's pulling out because he, at 463 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 2: least at this point doesn't see a path to to eighteen. 464 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:26,199 Speaker 2: Does that mean Jim Jordan is going to be the choice? 465 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 2: I don't know. With a House majority of just four votes, 466 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 2: any five Republicans can say no and veto anyone. And look, 467 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,520 Speaker 2: Jordan got ninety nine votes in the conference. That tells 468 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 2: you there were over one hundred Republicans who didn't vote 469 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 2: for him. I hope Jim can earn the support of 470 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 2: his colleagues and unify. I will say, listen, it's a 471 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 2: tough time. I mean, one of the things that's playing 472 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 2: out in the House is there are a lot of raw emotions. 473 00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:03,560 Speaker 2: People are angry. Have the individuals who voted last week 474 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:09,360 Speaker 2: to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker. I think those individuals 475 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,960 Speaker 2: have strong feelings, But I also think McCarthy and his 476 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 2: core allies are very, very angry. And so look, anytime 477 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 2: you have people that are emotional and angry, it's hard 478 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:28,440 Speaker 2: for them to come together. Now. For folks worried that 479 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:31,360 Speaker 2: this chaos will last forever, I don't think it will. 480 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 2: I think we will have a speaker, and I think 481 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 2: we'll have a speaker relatively soon. I don't know how 482 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 2: long it will take. I still think we'll have a 483 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 2: speaker by the end of this week, so by by 484 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 2: the end of Friday or Saturday, but I don't know. 485 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,360 Speaker 2: It may bleed in the next week, and it is 486 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:52,080 Speaker 2: possible if Scalize doesn't have the votes, and if Jordan 487 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:55,920 Speaker 2: doesn't have the votes, that someone else will emerge as 488 00:29:55,960 --> 00:30:01,600 Speaker 2: a third option, that is some sort of compromise candidate. 489 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 2: And there are a couple of names that are floating around, 490 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 2: but it's not clear at this point what will happen. 491 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:17,239 Speaker 2: But I will say to anyone concerned, we will have 492 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 2: a Speaker of the House. The Republicans will come together. 493 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:23,400 Speaker 2: It just may take a little more time and a 494 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 2: little more opportunity for emotions to cool. 495 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:31,160 Speaker 1: As always, thank you for listening to Verdict with Center 496 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,640 Speaker 1: Ted Cruz Ben Ferguson with you don't forget to down 497 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:35,960 Speaker 1: with my podcast, and you can listen to my podcast 498 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 1: every other day you're not listening to Verdict, or each 499 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,480 Speaker 1: day when you listen to Verdict. Afterwards, I'd love to 500 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:43,600 Speaker 1: have you as a listener to again the Ben Ferguson podcasts, 501 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 1: and we will see you back here on Monday morning.