1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Welcome in his verdict with Ted Cruz the Weekend Review, 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:04,920 Speaker 1: Ben Ferguson with you, and here are the big stories 3 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: that you may have missed that we talked about this week. 4 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: First up, Senator Cruz lays out why the Save America 5 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: Act is vital to our nation's voting integrity. Also a 6 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,279 Speaker 1: showdown in Texas. So who is James tell Rico? We 7 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: explain it. And finally, the liberal icon and hero of 8 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: the left, Caesar Chavez. Well, now the New York Times 9 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: is saying he's a child rapist. It's the Weekend Review 10 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: and it starts right now. So Senator, let's talk about 11 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: just first the lay of the land and how we 12 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:39,560 Speaker 1: got to where we are day and the vote. There's 13 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: a lot of people wondering what the vote was to 14 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: move this forward, So now there's debate, and so tell 15 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 1: us who didn't vote for this on the Republican side. 16 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: It was a very tight vote, and also explain what's 17 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: going to happen over the rest of this week. 18 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 2: Well, the vote on the Senate floor to take up 19 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 2: the Save America Act was fifty one to forty seven, 20 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 2: so fifty one Republicans voter to take it up. The 21 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:05,119 Speaker 2: only no vote was Lisa Murkowski out of Alaska. And 22 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 2: then Tom Tillis from North Carolina, who is retiring, did 23 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 2: not vote, so he was not a no vote, but 24 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:13,400 Speaker 2: he didn't vote. Other than that, every Republican voter to 25 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 2: take it up. And we're now in the midst of 26 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 2: the battle. Now we can anticipate the Democrats are a 27 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 2: hard no. And so we're taking the case to the 28 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 2: American people and trying to build support for it. And 29 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 2: so I went to the Senate Florida lay out the 30 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 2: case for why the Save of America Act is so 31 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 2: critical and why the opposition for the Democrats is so ridiculous. 32 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 2: And so here's what I had to say on the 33 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 2: floor of the Senate this week. 34 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 3: As president. 35 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 2: Later this year, American citizens across the country will exercise 36 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 2: one of their most valuable and sacred. 37 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 3: Rights, the right to vote. 38 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 2: A right that has been hard earned and fought for 39 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 2: from the founding generation of our republic to today. And 40 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 2: how is the right to self government, the right to 41 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 2: vote secured? It was secured by American colonists who rejected 42 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 2: the royal edict and hurdled Tea into Boston Harbor, declaring 43 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 2: no taxation without representation. 44 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 3: It was secured by. 45 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:22,239 Speaker 2: Ordinary men who seized their muskets and fired the shot 46 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 2: heard round the world at Lexington and Concord. It was 47 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 2: secured by Continental troops who marched to the fields of 48 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 2: Saratoga and the coastline of Yorktown, repeating those immortal words 49 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 2: of Patrick Henry, give me liberty or give me death. 50 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 2: For nearly two hundred and fifty years, Americans have cast 51 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 2: their votes for leaders at every level, from local officials 52 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 2: to state representatives to the President of the United States. 53 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 2: Every member of this body is here today because we 54 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 2: were elected fairly and honestly and given a mandate by 55 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 2: our constituents to serve them here in Washington and to 56 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 2: protect the liberties and freedoms our founders fought to preserve. 57 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 2: The power of the ballot box determines the course of 58 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 2: our nation, the history we are writing, and the freedoms 59 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 2: that we continue to defend. And while no single ballot 60 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 2: in isolation may seem decisive, together the votes of the 61 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 2: American people shape the course of our nation and the 62 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 2: course of history. But it is worth remembering that our 63 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 2: voting system did not begin as it exists today. When 64 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 2: this nation was founded, the right to vote was limited, 65 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 2: and over time, through debate, sacrifice, a bloody civil war, 66 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 2: and constitutional amendment, the right to vote was quite properly expanded. 67 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 2: Thefteenth Amendment prohibited denying the vote based on race, the 68 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 2: nineteenth Amendment guaranteed women the right to vote, and the 69 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 2: twenty sixth Amendment lowered the voting age to eighteen. At 70 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 2: every stage of our constitutional amendment process, the goal was 71 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 2: the same, to ensure that the right to vote belonged 72 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 2: to American citizens and that it was exercised with integrity. 73 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 2: And while our system has evolved, one principle has remained constant. 74 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:39,599 Speaker 2: Elections reflect the will of the American people for a 75 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:43,799 Speaker 2: right so sacred, for a privilege so hard fought. 76 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 3: It is shocking, it is tragic. 77 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 2: How neglected and vulnerable the protection of our elections has become. 78 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 2: That is why I'm here today on this very floor, 79 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:03,039 Speaker 2: urging the members of this body to pass the Save 80 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 2: America Act. It says that when you register to vote 81 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 2: in a federal election, you must provide proof that you 82 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 2: are a citizen of the United States, and you must provide. 83 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 3: Photo ID to vote. In simple terms, that's it. 84 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 2: This is not some radical, politicized or weaponized piece of 85 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 2: legislation design to restrict Americans from voting. It is a 86 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:38,280 Speaker 2: common sense measure that protects the integrity of our elections 87 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 2: by ensuring that American citizens, and only American citizens, are 88 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 2: voting in them. Legitimacy in a democracy rests on two pillars. First, 89 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 2: the mechanical integrity of the system to produce a valid result, 90 00:05:55,200 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 2: and second, the public's confidence in that system. The one fails, 91 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 2: the system falters. If both fail, the system collapses. A 92 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:12,159 Speaker 2: system that cannot be trusted is a system that cannot govern. 93 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 2: If you look around the world, between two thirds and 94 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 2: three quarters of countries require some form of identification to vote. 95 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 2: Why because it safeguards the integrity of their elections and 96 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,799 Speaker 2: reinforces public trusts in their system. 97 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 3: So it begs the question. 98 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 2: Why hasn't the United States fully embraced this standard. Well, 99 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:45,160 Speaker 2: for the last several months, we have heard claim after 100 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 2: claim about how this legislation would somehow inhibit people from voting, 101 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 2: that requiring identification is discriminatory, that the American people do 102 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 2: not support voter idem aster. 103 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:55,919 Speaker 3: President. 104 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 2: Our Democrat colleagues are fond of bellowing into the TV 105 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 2: cameras that photo ID to vote is Jim Crow, they 106 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 2: tell us with mock earnestness. Now I will admit our 107 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 2: Democrat colleagues should be experts in Jim Crow, because it 108 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 2: was Democrat politicians who passed the Jim Crow laws. It 109 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 2: was Democrat politicians who founded the ku Klux Klan. It 110 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 2: was Democrat politicians for decade after decade who enforced discrimination, 111 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 2: separate but equal poll taxes, and a host of other 112 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 2: laws designed to prevent African Americans from voting. But do 113 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 2: you know who has rejected their disingenuous claim that photo 114 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 2: ID to vote is Jim Crow. The Supreme Court of 115 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 2: the United States. Supreme Court of the United States, the 116 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 2: state of Indiana pasted photo ID law requiring that you 117 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 2: show a photo ID to vote. A group of left 118 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 2: wing plaintiffs filed litigation challenging that the case went all 119 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 2: the way to the United States Supreme Court. At the time, 120 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 2: I was the Solicitor General of the State of Texas. 121 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 2: I led a coalition of states before the Supreme Court 122 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 2: defending photo ID to vote, and the left wing plaintiffs 123 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 2: made the same argument that our Democrat colleagues make today, 124 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 2: that requiring photo ID to vote would somehow disenfranchise minorities. 125 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 2: The Supreme Court, by a vote of six to three, 126 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 2: rejected their argument. 127 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:40,679 Speaker 3: The author of. 128 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 2: The majority opinion was John Paul Stevens. John Paul Stevens 129 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 2: was one of the great liberals on the court. He 130 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 2: was not a conservative, he was not on the right wing. 131 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 2: He was the leading liberal for years on the U. S. 132 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 2: Supreme Court. 133 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 3: He rejected that. 134 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 2: Claim, and he pointed out that when someone votes illegally 135 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 2: stealing the votes of legal voters, they are stealing the 136 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 2: votes of American citizens. 137 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 3: The Supreme Court. 138 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 2: Explained that when photo ID laws have been implemented, minority 139 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 2: participation in the election goes up, not down. And the 140 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 2: Supreme Court explained that requiring photo ID enhances the integrity 141 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 2: of an election and the integrity of democracy. Now, our 142 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 2: Democrat colleagues don't want to acknowledge any. 143 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 3: Of those facts. 144 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 2: And I guess it's understandable because the American people have 145 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 2: heard their specious arguments and they have rejected them. As 146 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 2: to President, eighty one percent of Americans support requiring photo 147 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 2: ID to vote. But my Democrat colleagues might say, what 148 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 2: about African Americans? Well, about three quarters of African Americans 149 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 2: in the United States require support requiring photo ID to vote. 150 00:09:58,559 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 3: How about Hispanics? 151 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 2: More than eighty percent of Hispanics in America support requiring 152 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 2: photo ID to vote. 153 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 3: How about Democrats? Here's an astonished statistic. 154 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:12,959 Speaker 2: If you get out of elected office, if you ask 155 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 2: a Democrat on the street, seventy percent of Democrats in 156 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 2: America support requiring photo ID to vote. The one group 157 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 2: that doesn't are elected Democrats in the United States Senate, 158 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 2: in the United States House. And by the way, the 159 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 2: premise of their argument that minorities, if you require photo 160 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 2: ID to vote, are not going to be able to vote, 161 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:43,599 Speaker 2: is frankly insulting. Mister President, I'm proud to be in 162 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 2: Hispanic American. I've been in Hispanic all my life. You 163 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 2: know what I've got in my wallet? I have a 164 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 2: driver's license. I look at my colleagues across the way, 165 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 2: I feel confident they have drivers' licenses in their wallets 166 00:10:56,880 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 2: as Wells are not morons. African Americans are not morons. 167 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 2: And when you claim minorities can't figure out how to 168 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 2: get a driver's license, well, gosh, what do you need 169 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 2: a photo ID to vote to do? 170 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 3: Right now in America. 171 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 2: You need a photo ID to purchase alcohol or to 172 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 2: purchase tobacco. You need a photo ID to gamble or 173 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 2: purchase lottery tickets. You need a photo ID to go 174 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 2: into a bar. You need a photo ID to get 175 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 2: on a plane. You need a photo ID to rent 176 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 2: a car. You need a photo ID just to drive 177 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 2: a car, not even to rent a car, drive a car. 178 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 2: You need a photo ID to apply for government benefits. 179 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 2: You need a photo ID to enroll in college. You 180 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 2: need a photo ID to open a bank account. You 181 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 2: need a photo ID to check into a hotel. And 182 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 2: I gotta admit this is my personal favorite. You need 183 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 2: a photo ID, actually two photo id's to shovel snow 184 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 2: in New York City. These are routine, every day activities. 185 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 2: The gallery is full. I feel confident everyone in the 186 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:17,439 Speaker 2: gallery who is not a child has a driver's license. 187 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 2: And by the way, you wouldn't be admitted to the 188 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:24,199 Speaker 2: gallery if you didn't. And I feel confident every member 189 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 2: of this chamber has done just about anything I listed, well, 190 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 2: except shoveling snow. I'm not convinced many of my colleagues 191 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 2: of Snubble show ah they do shovel other things. The 192 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 2: question is not whether Americans are bright enough to obtain 193 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 2: photo ID. 194 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 3: We know they can't and we know they do. 195 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 2: The real question is why would we not require the 196 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 2: same level of verification for something is consequential and. 197 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 3: Vital is voting. 198 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:05,319 Speaker 2: Are our Democrat colleagues saying voting doesn't matter or is 199 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 2: it something else? Voting is not just another everyday activity. 200 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 2: It rolls around every year a few years, and it 201 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 2: is the vehicle that protects the principles of our republic 202 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 2: and safeguarding what matters. This legislation is necessary because they're 203 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 2: individuals and systems that can undermine confidence in our elections 204 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 2: if proper safeguards are not in place. And one of 205 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 2: the most apparent ways that we've seen is through the 206 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:37,959 Speaker 2: masses of illegal immigrants that our Democrat colleagues let in. 207 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 3: Through open borders. Over four years. 208 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 2: During the Biden administration, more than twelve million illegal immigrants 209 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 2: flooded into this country, the vast majority through my home 210 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 2: state of Texas. Now, mister President, understand that was not 211 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:56,439 Speaker 2: an accident, That was not something that Democrats could not stop. 212 00:13:57,960 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 2: That was their desired outcome. 213 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 3: How do we know that. 214 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 2: Because the instant President Trump was sworn into office for 215 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 2: his second term, illegal border crossings plummeted ninety nine percent overnight. 216 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 2: The Democrats said, no, Joe Biden can't secure the border. 217 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 3: He needs new legislation. We now know. 218 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 2: That was a lie. It was objectively false, and they 219 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 2: knew it was false. Well, if they could have secured 220 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 2: the border for four years and they chose not to, 221 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 2: they chose to let murderers into this country. They chose 222 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 2: to let rapists into this country. They chose to let 223 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 2: child molesters into this country. They chose to let gang 224 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 2: bangers into this country. They chose to let terrorists into 225 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 2: this country. We've had four radical Islamic terror attacks in 226 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 2: the l two weeks. Why, mister President, would the Democrats 227 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 2: choose to allow more than twelve million illegal aliens to 228 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 2: invade this country? And I'm going to suggest the obvious reason, 229 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 2: because the Democrats look at those illegal aliens and they 230 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 2: want them to cast vote for Democrats in federal elections. 231 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 2: Why are the Democrats lined up and say no, no, no, 232 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 2: under no circumstances should we test to see if you're 233 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 2: an American citizen? Under no circumstances should we require photo IDs. 234 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 2: You know, there was one activist a few years ago 235 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 2: who filmed himself going into a DC polling place. DC 236 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 2: polling place said sir, what's your name? And he said, 237 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 2: my name is Eric Holder. Now, this activist was not 238 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 2: the Attorney General of the United States at the time, 239 00:15:57,440 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 2: but yet DC handed him a ballot and said, mister Hoole, 240 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 2: please cast your vote. 241 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 3: The Democrats are lined up in this chamber. 242 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 2: Because they want our elections to be insecure. 243 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 3: They want voter fraud to be rampant and to be easy. 244 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 2: Ask yourself, do the American people have a difficult time 245 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 2: buying a beer? Do they have a difficult time getting 246 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 2: into an R rated movie? Do they have a difficult 247 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 2: time getting on airplane? Well? Yes, because the Democrats have 248 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 2: refuses to fund the TSA and so they're long lines 249 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 2: right now. But the lack of a photo ID is 250 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 2: not an impediment that stops people from flying. This debate 251 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 2: is about something very simple. Do our elections matter? Does 252 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 2: our democracy matter? And boy, mister President, I gotta say 253 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 2: that is a phrase the Democrats love. 254 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 3: They are defending democracy. 255 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 2: It's interesting their voice usually drops an octave when they 256 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 2: say that. 257 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 3: They clutch their pearls. And that's just the men. 258 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:22,680 Speaker 2: Defending democracy, is what they say. Ask yourself, why are 259 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 2: they not concerned at all about twelve million illegals who 260 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:29,120 Speaker 2: they let into this country voting illegally. 261 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:31,960 Speaker 3: I'll submit. 262 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:37,360 Speaker 2: Ockham's raisor provides. The simplest solution is usually the right one. 263 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 2: The simplest solution is very clear. The Democrats in this 264 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 2: body want illegals to vote for them. They want power 265 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 2: enough that they are more than happy to undermine democracy. 266 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 3: To try to seize power. 267 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,439 Speaker 2: I get that from their personal self interest, but it 268 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 2: is not in the interest of the men and women 269 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 2: they represent. It is not one of the interest of 270 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 2: the people of America. This bill is rightly called the 271 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:12,280 Speaker 2: Same America Act. And mister President, if we were voting 272 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 2: on the merits of what was good for America, what 273 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:20,440 Speaker 2: was good for democracy, what was good for American citizens. 274 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 3: The vote would be a hundred to nothing. 275 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 2: Although I would note on the other side of this building, 276 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 2: at the State of the Union address that you were 277 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:31,960 Speaker 2: at that I was at, we saw why our Democrat 278 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:36,399 Speaker 2: colleagues are so adamantly opposed to this bill. President Trump 279 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 2: turned to the Democrats on the right side of the 280 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:42,160 Speaker 2: floor of the House, and it gave him an opportunity 281 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 2: to demonstrate with absolute clarity. 282 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 3: He said, if you agree our first. 283 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,959 Speaker 2: Priority should be to fight for American citizens and not 284 00:18:52,040 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 2: for illegal aliens, please stand, and every single Democrat in 285 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:02,880 Speaker 2: Congress remain seated. 286 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 3: Not a one of them. 287 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 2: I would note, as we're on the floor today, of 288 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:11,199 Speaker 2: the forty seven Democrats in this body, only one is 289 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 2: here on the floor, but a whole lot more we're 290 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:16,400 Speaker 2: on the floor during the State of the Union. Every 291 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 2: one of them chose to remain seated because they could 292 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 2: not support the statement that we need to support American 293 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:24,160 Speaker 2: citizens and not illegal aliens. 294 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:27,440 Speaker 3: That's why they oppose the. 295 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:31,679 Speaker 2: Save America Act, because they want to be handed power 296 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 2: over this country by the illegal aliens they led into 297 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:41,439 Speaker 2: this country. That's why we need to save America, and 298 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,639 Speaker 2: it's why I urge every member of this body to 299 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 2: pass the Save America Act. 300 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 1: Now, if you want to hear the rest of this conversation, 301 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,159 Speaker 1: you can go back and listen to the full podcast 302 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 1: from earlier this week. Now onto story number two, So Center, 303 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:59,919 Speaker 1: there is something very interesting that keeps brewing, and it's 304 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:05,359 Speaker 1: theme in Texas that theme now is Democrats keep trying 305 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 1: to find radical liberals that they masquerade into some sort 306 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,679 Speaker 1: of like moderate to then run for the Senate. But 307 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 1: if you just go back and look at their own words, 308 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: they're moonbats. 309 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 3: Yeah. 310 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:21,480 Speaker 2: Look, so the Democrats in Texas have nominated for the 311 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:26,439 Speaker 2: US Senate this guy named James Tallerico, who was a 312 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 2: state representative. He'd only been in the legislature a couple 313 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:32,440 Speaker 2: of years, he had not achieved much of anything. And 314 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 2: why did they pick some like some young state rep 315 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 2: to be their Senate nominee. Well, turned out the guy 316 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:41,959 Speaker 2: went to seminary, and they're like, oh, look this is great. Now. 317 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 2: Look today's modern Democrat party. They hate people of faith 318 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 2: unless you happen to be an Islamist and you're trying 319 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 2: to kill people, they like them. But other than Islamists 320 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 2: that are trying to murder people, anyone of faith they 321 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 2: can't stand, and they especially can't stand Christians. But I 322 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 2: think the Democrats are frustrated that they keep losing in Texas, 323 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 2: they keep getting their buds kicked, and so they're like, 324 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:02,880 Speaker 2: all right, we need to find someone that They're like, oh, 325 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 2: this guy went to seminary. He speaks, he speaks Christian. 326 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 2: This is their theory of the case, Like he can 327 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 2: talk to those strange people who believe in that Jesus guy. 328 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 2: That that that's how democrats strategist or our thinking. And 329 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 2: the only problem is like this guy is weird. And again, 330 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 2: don't take my word for it. I'm just going to 331 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:29,680 Speaker 2: introduce you to James Tallerica. First of all, right, let's 332 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:31,920 Speaker 2: listen to this preacher talk about God. What does he 333 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 2: have to say about God? Well, give a listen. 334 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 4: The first two lines of the Bible. The first two 335 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 4: lines in Genesis used two different Hebrew words to describe God. 336 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 4: One is the masculine Hebrew noun for divinity. The second 337 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 4: is the feminine Hebrew noun for spirit. God is both 338 00:21:57,119 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 4: masculine and feminine, and everything in between. God is non binary. 339 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 4: In Genesis one twenty six, God speaks of God's self 340 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:15,199 Speaker 4: in the plural, saying, let us make human beings in 341 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 4: our image to be like us. That's the infinite multitude 342 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 4: of God, the masculine, the feminine, and everything in between. 343 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 4: Trans children are God's children made in God's own image. 344 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 1: Now, center, I've heard of stretches before using the Bible 345 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 1: but when you're like, let me just take you the 346 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 1: very beginning and here's how I'm going to morph that 347 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: into like this, Like that's a whole new level. And 348 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 1: even the room the people around him are kind of 349 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: like looking like is he really doing this? It's a 350 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:51,679 Speaker 1: great video. 351 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 2: Look, God ain't nine non binary. And and yes God 352 00:22:55,880 --> 00:23:01,440 Speaker 2: is plural because you've got the trinity of God, the Father, God, 353 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 2: the Son, God, the Holy Spirit three in one. But 354 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:09,920 Speaker 2: but but that does not mean that, you know, he says, well, 355 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 2: God created male, female and everything in between. No, No, 356 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 2: he created Adam, he created Eve, and he stopped. Yeah, 357 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 2: he didn't create a third creature that was neither male 358 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:22,360 Speaker 2: nor female. 359 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 3: He he he created both. 360 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:28,159 Speaker 2: Okay, so you might say, all right, that's that's fine, 361 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 2: But maybe that's just sort of a curious theological quirk. 362 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 2: What he had more to say about people who are 363 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 2: transgender and and it and it might kind of surprise you. 364 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 3: Listen. 365 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 2: Listen to what he had to say about about the 366 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 2: trans community. 367 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 4: Before we go further, I want to acknowledge that our 368 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:50,879 Speaker 4: trans community needs abortion care. Two, Defending trans texts is 369 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 4: something we have to do every day now. 370 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,680 Speaker 1: Now that one, if you're not watching this on YouTube. 371 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,639 Speaker 1: I just want to set the stage center. There is 372 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: literally communion table behind him. Yeah, two candles that are lit. 373 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:05,399 Speaker 1: And he's like, now, let me just tell you the 374 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:08,360 Speaker 1: trans community they need abortion here too. Like I'm just curious, 375 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,160 Speaker 1: like where in the scripture is that? Is that in there? 376 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 1: Like I'm waiting. You know this guy that went to ministry, 377 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 1: like like, I just want to know where he found that. 378 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 2: The guy says that in a church, and I guess 379 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,680 Speaker 2: it's pretending to be a preacher, but you understand this 380 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:26,160 Speaker 2: is his priority, abortions for people who are transgender. 381 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:27,159 Speaker 3: Look like that. 382 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:31,200 Speaker 2: I'm sorry, that is just out there and and this 383 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 2: is the pressing priority. But look, I got to admit 384 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:40,360 Speaker 2: the reason he's saying all of this is that he's 385 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 2: got to apologize for his own overwhelming masculinity. And again, 386 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:49,399 Speaker 2: don't take my word for it. Give a listen to 387 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 2: him explaining. 388 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 4: No need to sit and cry over you know, your 389 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 4: whiteness or your masculinity, right, use it, use it to 390 00:24:57,680 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 4: do something. Yeah, let's be productive. 391 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 1: I mean aiman pastor on that one, right, Like that 392 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 1: is just pre Sign me up. Where can I go 393 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: to get more of that? 394 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:07,639 Speaker 3: Okay? 395 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:09,400 Speaker 2: Look, I got to say, for those of y'all who 396 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,160 Speaker 2: are not watching on YouTube, you really should watch on YouTube, 397 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:18,239 Speaker 2: because no need to cry over your masculinity, said no 398 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:22,159 Speaker 2: person who had even a shred of masculinity. This is 399 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 2: a guy who makes Pete bodhajeedge look manly. 400 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:26,640 Speaker 3: You're not lying. 401 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:30,880 Speaker 2: This is a guy if like a soy Latte could speak, 402 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 2: that would be Democrat James Tallerico. 403 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 1: That is my new official analogy that you've ever said 404 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:38,800 Speaker 1: on this show. That is number one now. 405 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 2: And by the way, okay, so so he's not very masculine. 406 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 2: He's crying about his masculinity, what little little of it 407 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:50,720 Speaker 2: he has. But at least he's an American, right, I 408 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:53,440 Speaker 2: mean he's at least proud of America. 409 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 3: Well, not so much. Give a listen to what he 410 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 3: has to say about that. 411 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 4: I often think when reclaiming symbols, I think about the 412 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 4: American flag. I think the Confederate flag is a symbol 413 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 4: of treason and terrorism. But the American flag is such 414 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 4: a complicated symbol for most of us in many ways, 415 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 4: like Jesus, like the cross, it's been co opted. 416 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:12,760 Speaker 3: And and. 417 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:18,400 Speaker 4: And in some ways that's true. Meeting has been betrayed. 418 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 3: By the way. 419 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 1: I didn't know that we had co opted Jesus so 420 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 1: much like that's breaking news there, Senator. 421 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:28,160 Speaker 2: So look, this is a supposed pastor who is embarrassed 422 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 2: about Jesus, embarrassed about the cross, and now embarrassed about 423 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 2: the American flag. But okay, look, look you said everything 424 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:40,200 Speaker 2: else aside, it's Texas. At least he stands with barbecue, right. 425 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 1: Yes, that's true. 426 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:44,639 Speaker 3: No, no, it's not. Give a listen to what he 427 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 3: has to say on meat. 428 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 4: We have, I think, heard more and more issues of 429 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,360 Speaker 4: animal welfare. I think not just because it's the right 430 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:54,320 Speaker 4: thing to do and the moral thing to do, but 431 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 4: also it's, as all of you know, necessary to fight 432 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 4: climate change. It is now existential that we try to 433 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:04,160 Speaker 4: reduce our meat consumption and that we try to respect 434 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,760 Speaker 4: animals in all aspects of society. And so I am 435 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 4: proud to say that our campaign has officially become a 436 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 4: non meat campaign. So we we are only buying vegan 437 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 4: products from from our local vegan businesses. 438 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:29,160 Speaker 2: The guy hates barbecue. Perfect for Texas. They found their candidate. 439 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 2: The Democrats understand Texans as before. If you want to 440 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 2: hear the rest of this conversation on this topic. You 441 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,359 Speaker 2: can go back and down the podcasts from earlier this 442 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,640 Speaker 2: week to hear the entire thing. I want to get 443 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 2: back to the big story number three of the week 444 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:47,240 Speaker 2: you may have missed. All Right, Finally, Senator, let's wrap 445 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 2: with a story that another hero of the left. Yeah, 446 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 2: looks like it was a crazy person that is now 447 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 2: going to go down history and disgrace. This time it's 448 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:02,920 Speaker 2: a guy by the last name of Chavez. So this, this, 449 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 2: this is our hypocrisy, not just trifecta, but four of 450 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:10,120 Speaker 2: a kind. So we started with Kathy Hocheld, the hypocritical 451 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:13,359 Speaker 2: Democrat governor of New York. We then went to James Tallerico, 452 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,840 Speaker 2: the very very strange Democrat nominee for the Senate. We 453 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:20,280 Speaker 2: then went to Joe Kent, the previous Trump supporter who 454 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 2: has decided now that that that Trump is is under 455 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 2: an assassination threat from Israel. And finally Caesar Shaves who 456 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 2: is Caesar Shavz. He is a hero to the Democrats, 457 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,919 Speaker 2: a hero to the left and icon uh. He was 458 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,639 Speaker 2: a union organizer for the United farm Workers and he 459 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:41,120 Speaker 2: is revered except for the fact that that famed right 460 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:45,719 Speaker 2: wing publication, The New York Times just published an expose 461 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 2: that for years he was raping little girls, and and 462 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 2: they come with the receipts that that that he had 463 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 2: raped little girls year after year after year, and the 464 00:28:57,400 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 2: Left had covered it up. They'd covered it up because 465 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 2: they agreed with his politics. And I got to say 466 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:04,800 Speaker 2: that there's a really good opinion piece that the Daily 467 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 2: Wire ran by a woman named Ariana Guaharda, who's a 468 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:13,040 Speaker 2: Texan and a Latina. And here's what she wrote. I 469 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 2: want to read a good chunk of it because it 470 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 2: actually is a good insight. It's entitled the Left hid 471 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:22,320 Speaker 2: Caesar Chavez is rapes and turned him into a saint. 472 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:26,720 Speaker 2: She begins when I was in college, I passed the 473 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 2: Caesar Chavez statue every day on my walk to class 474 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:34,400 Speaker 2: at the University of Texas. Now, Caesar Chavez is the 475 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,360 Speaker 2: name of the road I take to work, and it's 476 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 2: a big road right in downtown Austin. For years, Chavez 477 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 2: was presented as the figurehead for Mexican Americans, a symbol 478 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:49,560 Speaker 2: we were expected to revere, but he represented a collectivist 479 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 2: ideology that perpetuated ethnic tribalism. After the New York Times 480 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,680 Speaker 2: broke the story of his sexual abuse of young girls. 481 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 2: This false idol is finally toppling. My only hope is 482 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 2: that he is not replaced by another. Chavez has long 483 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 2: been celebrated as a symbol of the Civil rights era 484 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:12,320 Speaker 2: and as a champion of labor unions in America. He 485 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 2: co founded the United farm Workers' Union to fight for 486 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:19,719 Speaker 2: better condition for migrant laborers, But in truth, he exploited 487 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:23,200 Speaker 2: the very people he claimed to protect while tying Mexican 488 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:26,160 Speaker 2: Americans to socialist ideology, which is of course what the 489 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 2: democrats want. He carefully crafted a public image as a 490 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:34,960 Speaker 2: family man devoted to Catholic social teaching, but the reality 491 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 2: was much darker. Chava's philosophy echoes Marxist rhetoric about the 492 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:46,040 Speaker 2: proletariat and the bourgeoisie. At a UfW convention in nineteen 493 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 2: eighty one, Chavez proclaimed, I would not take one cup 494 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 2: of coffee from a grower. Any means a farmer. There's 495 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 2: not a good one. I hate them. A few presents 496 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:03,080 Speaker 2: a little talk than the new use. That's how capitalism works. 497 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:06,920 Speaker 2: This is the hero of the left. It isn't just 498 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:10,560 Speaker 2: his rhetoric that sounds alarm bells. Early in his career, 499 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:14,720 Speaker 2: he worked with Saul Alynsky, the community organizer who defined 500 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:19,000 Speaker 2: the modern leftist playbook in Rules for Radicals. Chavez and 501 00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:25,160 Speaker 2: the UfW later implemented Alinsky's tactics fostering confrontational, divisive organizing. 502 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:30,880 Speaker 2: Then there is the recent revelation of his extensive sexual 503 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 2: abuse of minors. The behavior is not distinct from other 504 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 2: far left figures, such as Joseph Stalin to Mao to 505 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:42,480 Speaker 2: Kim Jong Il. Communist and socialist leaders often share a 506 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 2: troubling connection to sexual predation. We should not be surprised 507 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:53,720 Speaker 2: that evil ideology attracts evil people. By the way, that's 508 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:58,560 Speaker 2: a sentence worth remembering. We should not be surprised that 509 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:04,800 Speaker 2: evil ideologyogy attracts evil people. If the warning signs around 510 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 2: Chavez have existed for decades, why did he become the 511 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:12,720 Speaker 2: face of an entire ethnicity in America? Partly because he 512 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:16,040 Speaker 2: was effective at mobilizing Mexican Americans in California using a 513 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:21,760 Speaker 2: rhetoric that created a lasting US versus them mentality, But 514 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 2: how did that ideology extend to Texas? Chavez never belong 515 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:30,160 Speaker 2: to the Tehano heritage. The same way he does in 516 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:34,520 Speaker 2: Chicano culture. The Chicano culture and movement are a direct 517 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:38,880 Speaker 2: outgrowth of the California Hispanic labor movement in the sixties 518 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 2: and seventies. On the other hand, the Tehano culture traces 519 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:46,360 Speaker 2: back to the Mexican settlers of Texas prior to Texas 520 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:50,760 Speaker 2: independence and is a component of what created the Texas identity. 521 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:54,800 Speaker 2: That history is also tied to farming and a cowboy 522 00:32:54,960 --> 00:33:02,760 Speaker 2: ethos that is incompatible with Chavez's ideology. Texas agriculture thrived 523 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:06,360 Speaker 2: because of ranchers like my ancestors, who embraced a free 524 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:12,840 Speaker 2: market approach, not because of unions or collectivist movements. Before 525 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:16,120 Speaker 2: the New York Times expose, one could argue that Chavez 526 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:20,400 Speaker 2: fought for Mexican Americans and deserved gratitude, Yet his legacy 527 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:24,240 Speaker 2: has encouraged a troubling mindset. To be loyal to one's 528 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:29,600 Speaker 2: Hispanic heritage, one must embrace left wing ideology. On campus, 529 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:33,600 Speaker 2: I was often labeled a quote race trader at conservative events, 530 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:37,800 Speaker 2: accused of quote wanting white approval, or dismissed as quote 531 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:41,760 Speaker 2: two white passing to comment on border and immigration issues. 532 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:48,120 Speaker 2: By the way, Horreramos on Spanish television accused me of 533 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:50,360 Speaker 2: being a trader to my race, so I'm quite familiar 534 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:55,280 Speaker 2: with that. The type of tribalism promoted by Chavez is 535 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,920 Speaker 2: just like any other kind of identity politics, limiting and 536 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:03,400 Speaker 2: stereotyping the people. It is intended to empower. In the 537 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:07,480 Speaker 2: political climate in which Texas Hispanics are considering Republicans in 538 00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:11,200 Speaker 2: the ballot, it is clear why the left is feeling threatened. 539 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:14,880 Speaker 2: So why is the street in Austin named after Caesar Chaves? 540 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:18,240 Speaker 2: Why did his statue watch me as I walked to class? 541 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:23,480 Speaker 2: The answer is clear ethnic tokenism. It was fitting for 542 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:27,480 Speaker 2: Bill Clinton to award him a Presidential Medal of Freedom. 543 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:29,880 Speaker 2: By the way, Bill Clinton, speaking of sexual predators, there 544 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:32,760 Speaker 2: may have been a reason there and for Joe Biden 545 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:36,680 Speaker 2: to display his bust in the Oval Office. Joe Biden 546 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:39,480 Speaker 2: literally put up a bust of Caesar Chaves, who was 547 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:43,799 Speaker 2: a child rapist in the Oval Office. Chavez represents the 548 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:50,400 Speaker 2: Hispanic worker the political left wishes we all were obedient 549 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:55,680 Speaker 2: to a union boss and beholden to collectivist ideology. The 550 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,879 Speaker 2: UfW announced it will not be celebrating Caesar Chave's Day 551 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:02,680 Speaker 2: this year. Amid the allegi as the idol all Hispanics 552 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:06,760 Speaker 2: were once expected to adore is finally falling from his pedestal. 553 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:10,880 Speaker 2: My hope is that we do not replace him with another. 554 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,200 Speaker 3: Look. I think that is exceptionally well written. 555 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:16,359 Speaker 1: Well done, and I have to give a little credit 556 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:18,120 Speaker 1: to New York Times for actually publishing it. 557 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:23,440 Speaker 3: Yes to agreed, like I'm shocked, I really am. Now. 558 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:26,200 Speaker 2: To be clear, Chavez is not a current leftist leader. 559 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:29,080 Speaker 2: If he was a current leader of the Democrat Party 560 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:31,640 Speaker 2: that I don't think they would have published it. But 561 00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:35,960 Speaker 2: given that he's dead and buried, I think fact it 562 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:40,400 Speaker 2: was after the fact. And look, what is sad is 563 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:43,400 Speaker 2: that so many Democrats, so many leftists, knew that he 564 00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:45,760 Speaker 2: was a child rapist, and they kept their mouths shut 565 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:50,960 Speaker 2: because ideology mattered more than truth or protecting kids. 566 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:54,959 Speaker 1: As always, thank you for listening to Verdict with sentater, 567 00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:57,440 Speaker 1: Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you don't forget to deal 568 00:35:57,560 --> 00:35:59,720 Speaker 1: with my podcast, and you can listen to my podcast 569 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:01,759 Speaker 1: every other day you're not listening to Verdict or each 570 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:04,279 Speaker 1: day when you listen to Verdict. Afterwards, I'd love to 571 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:07,400 Speaker 1: have you as a listener to again. 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