Choosing Illegal Immigrants over Americans, a Surveillance Scandal Bigger than Watergate & The Great Voter ID Reversal Week In Review
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Welcome. It is Verdict with Ted Cruz. Week in Review. Ben Ferguson with you. And these are the stories that you may have missed that we talked about this week. First up, Chuck Schumer and the Democrats, they wanted the Department of Homeland Security shut down. And why? To hurt as much as possible. We've got all of their reasoning behind it and what they're still trying to do. Also, Jack Smith and Arctic Frost, the Democrats, went all in to destroy Donald Trump and the people around him. It didn't work.
What are the implications of the DHS funding standoff?
And now what we're witnessing is truly shocking. We have the latest details of what's been exposed on that as well. And finally, an update on the Save America Act, where we are now, and are we going to get it done? It's the Week in Review, and it starts right now. Go over the list of what has already been given as you're being held, I say as you, as the American people, as the travelers are being held hostage.
Well, and let's take more fundamentally. The DHS appropriations bill was a bipartisan bill negotiated between Republicans and Democrats that came out of the Appropriations Committee with bipartisan support. So the Democrats had all of these different reforms that they put into DHS that Republicans agreed to. By the way, none of those reforms have happened because they won't allow it to be funded. The White House... has been trying to negotiate with Democrats. Although, as I said, for more than two weeks, the Democrats wouldn't even meet. They had nothing to say.
Why is ICE a central flashpoint in immigration debates?
This was while TSA was not getting paid, while DHS was not getting paid. The Democrats' position was, nope, we won't even sit and talk.
And it's why I said, well... And that's how, you know, it's premeditated. The point that you made earlier, like this is clearly they decided we are, this is the issue we're going to go on and we are premeditating this and we want it to hurt. Yeah, it's actually even different from premeditated.
I think to some extent they're in a box. Their base hates ICE. If you're a Democrat senator, look, here, I'm going to tell you what John Fetterman tweeted this weekend. Elon Musk stepped in and said, I would like to offer to pay the salaries of TSA personnel during this funding impasse that is so negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans. It was incredibly generous. Elon is a patriot. Here's what John Fetterman said. This is incredibly generous.
What political strategies are Republicans proposing regarding ICE funding?
TSA agents across the country are relying on food pantries and community donations just to get by. I remain the lone Democrat to vote with my Republican colleagues to fully fund DHS and get people paid. It should never come to this point. So Fetterman's speaking the truth. Here's the problem. Most of the rest of the Democrat senators, they're in a situation where they feel if they vote to fund ICE, their angry open border activists will never forgive them. And I think a lot of them are engaged in political cowardice. They're unwilling to vote to fund ICE. Mind you, that literally means that they don't want... murderers arrested.
How are Democrats accused of political cowardice in border enforcement?
They don't want child rapists arrested. They don't want gangbangers arrested. ISIS... Drug dealers.
The list goes on and on.
Narco-terrorists. I mean, ISIS who is arresting criminals in the interior of the United States. Yeah. The Democrat political reality is their angry base hates them so much. Look, these are the same people that abolish the police. These are the same people that abolish ICE. And so I'll tell you, this week... Republican senators, when we're in session, we have lunch together every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. And then actually we were here throughout throughout the weekend.
What risks does TSA face due to funding lapses?
We were in D.C. So we had lunch Friday, Saturday and Sunday as well. And what I'm arguing to my colleagues, I said, listen, I think the Democrats are so wildly unreasonable. that they may be content to leave DHS defunded for the entire year. Really? They don't care about the consequences of what they're doing. They don't care about the fact that every TSA agent would have to quit, and you would literally shut down every airport in the country.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:35
2
What are the implications of the DHS funding standoff?
0:35–1:37
3
Why is ICE a central flashpoint in immigration debates?
1:37–2:32
4
What political strategies are Republicans proposing regarding ICE funding?
2:32–3:15
5
How are Democrats accused of political cowardice in border enforcement?
3:15–3:50
6
What risks does TSA face due to funding lapses?
3:50–5:01
7
How does the Arctic Frost investigation compare to Watergate?
5:01–5:52
8
What accusations are made about the weaponization of the DOJ and FBI?
5:52–32:12
Speakers
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