Sen. Ted Cruz

I think they probably thought, oh, we know what we're doing and we're just researching.

And then, oops, they screw up.

And so and that, by the way, is a nation state with trillions of dollars of resources.

If you take a couple of, you know, terrorists in a stood up lab in a warehouse somewhere, you would imagine even less expertise, which has the potential, you know, God forbid, for a virus that that could kill millions or more.

It's very on brand for our show to end on something very depressing.

All right.

I'm going to end on something happier instead.

Directly behind me is a painting of Ronald Reagan standing in front of the Brandenburg Gate.

And up top are the words tear down this wall in German in the style of the graffiti.

And the reason that's on the wall is I think those are the most important words uttered by any leader in modern times.

And let's wrap on this.

I'm going to tell you the story behind that speech.

Three times, the State Department crossed that sentence out of the speech.

And three times, Reagan wrote it back with his own hands.

And the State Department argued to him, said, Mr. President, you can't say this.

This is too provocative.

This is too bellicose.

And here was their killer.

It's too unrealistic.

It will never, ever happen.