Senator Ted Cruz
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Yeah, look, it was tremendously important. She reached out. She wanted to do this. She actively participated in the roundtable. And here I want to play a moment of what she had to say at the roundtable. Here's the first lady, Melania Trump.
Yeah, look, it was tremendously important. She reached out. She wanted to do this. She actively participated in the roundtable. And here I want to play a moment of what she had to say at the roundtable. Here's the first lady, Melania Trump.
Yeah, look, it was tremendously important. She reached out. She wanted to do this. She actively participated in the roundtable. And here I want to play a moment of what she had to say at the roundtable. Here's the first lady, Melania Trump.
Well, and look, the answer is the anger and rage we saw at the State of the Union. They're just filled with anger and rage. But I will say, the fact that the First Lady got involved... So last year, we passed the Take It Down Act out of the Senate. We got it passed out of the Senate and it went to the House. And unfortunately, the House did not take it up and pass it. Now, the House...
Well, and look, the answer is the anger and rage we saw at the State of the Union. They're just filled with anger and rage. But I will say, the fact that the First Lady got involved... So last year, we passed the Take It Down Act out of the Senate. We got it passed out of the Senate and it went to the House. And unfortunately, the House did not take it up and pass it. Now, the House...
Well, and look, the answer is the anger and rage we saw at the State of the Union. They're just filled with anger and rage. But I will say, the fact that the First Lady got involved... So last year, we passed the Take It Down Act out of the Senate. We got it passed out of the Senate and it went to the House. And unfortunately, the House did not take it up and pass it. Now, the House...
tried to and they actually had it attached to the the continuing resolution at the end of the year and then it dropped out at the at the end of the day and so here here's how this this happens when the first lady wanted to come uh she came and we invited multiple victims to tell their stories and it was very powerful uh but we also invited the speaker of the house
tried to and they actually had it attached to the the continuing resolution at the end of the year and then it dropped out at the at the end of the day and so here here's how this this happens when the first lady wanted to come uh she came and we invited multiple victims to tell their stories and it was very powerful uh but we also invited the speaker of the house
tried to and they actually had it attached to the the continuing resolution at the end of the year and then it dropped out at the at the end of the day and so here here's how this this happens when the first lady wanted to come uh she came and we invited multiple victims to tell their stories and it was very powerful uh but we also invited the speaker of the house
And and the the majority leader in the House. And so both Speaker Johnson and and Leader Scalise came and both Mike and Steve are good friends. But look, one of the challenges of getting any legislation to move in in either body is getting leadership to prioritize it. There are lots of priorities or lots of people pulling in all sorts of different directions.
And and the the majority leader in the House. And so both Speaker Johnson and and Leader Scalise came and both Mike and Steve are good friends. But look, one of the challenges of getting any legislation to move in in either body is getting leadership to prioritize it. There are lots of priorities or lots of people pulling in all sorts of different directions.
And and the the majority leader in the House. And so both Speaker Johnson and and Leader Scalise came and both Mike and Steve are good friends. But look, one of the challenges of getting any legislation to move in in either body is getting leadership to prioritize it. There are lots of priorities or lots of people pulling in all sorts of different directions.
And so you're always battling to say, OK. This should be high enough up on the priority list to move. And the fact that the first lady leaned in now makes it a certainty. Both the speaker and the majority leader committed the House will take it up and they will pass it. And I think they're going to do so quickly. And Elliston Berry, so Elliston was there, and she's from Texas.
And so you're always battling to say, OK. This should be high enough up on the priority list to move. And the fact that the first lady leaned in now makes it a certainty. Both the speaker and the majority leader committed the House will take it up and they will pass it. And I think they're going to do so quickly. And Elliston Berry, so Elliston was there, and she's from Texas.
And so you're always battling to say, OK. This should be high enough up on the priority list to move. And the fact that the first lady leaned in now makes it a certainty. Both the speaker and the majority leader committed the House will take it up and they will pass it. And I think they're going to do so quickly. And Elliston Berry, so Elliston was there, and she's from Texas.
She is a 15-year-old girl, and what happened to her, she's from Aledo, Texas, up in North Texas. And what happened to her is she woke up one morning, and she was in ninth grade, and she was getting all these texts and calls from her friends. And it turns out a classmate of hers, a boy in her class,
She is a 15-year-old girl, and what happened to her, she's from Aledo, Texas, up in North Texas. And what happened to her is she woke up one morning, and she was in ninth grade, and she was getting all these texts and calls from her friends. And it turns out a classmate of hers, a boy in her class,
She is a 15-year-old girl, and what happened to her, she's from Aledo, Texas, up in North Texas. And what happened to her is she woke up one morning, and she was in ninth grade, and she was getting all these texts and calls from her friends. And it turns out a classmate of hers, a boy in her class,
took a perfectly innocent picture of her from social media and used an app, an AI app, to create a deep fake that turned her picture into naked pictures. Now, it wasn't real, but anyone looking at it would think it was real. It appeared to be real. And then this... Ninth grader emailed it or not emailed, but sent it on Snapchat to all of her classmates.
took a perfectly innocent picture of her from social media and used an app, an AI app, to create a deep fake that turned her picture into naked pictures. Now, it wasn't real, but anyone looking at it would think it was real. It appeared to be real. And then this... Ninth grader emailed it or not emailed, but sent it on Snapchat to all of her classmates.