Verdict with Ted Cruz
Legend Robert Duvall Passes plus Gavin Newsom Claims He's Disabled
18 Feb 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Senator, we've got quite a show to chat about today, including Gavin Newsom.
Chapter 2: What is the significance of Robert Duvall's legacy?
He's a little cranky with us after our last episode. Apparently, he didn't have a dictionary with him, and he couldn't use AI, apparently, to figure out what we were talking about, and that's what made him so mad.
Well, look, we need to have an intervention. Gavin Newsom is having a hysterical bout of crying anxiety because the last episode of Verdict criticized his imbecility and anti-American leftism as he traveled to Europe to attack this country and to say things that are blatantly false. It does help that... Even Twitter, which sometimes can be a fairly lefty forum, lit the poor guy on fire.
I mean, it was so bad, I almost felt sorry for his very pretty anti-American leftist self.
You're kinder than me.
Look, I'm a lover, not a fighter. Ben, you're sometimes really harsh. I'm all about the love.
All about the love. Just check your Twitter account for proof, right?
There you go. We're also going to talk about Comrade Mondami. Comrade Mondami has been in office a little over a month. And shock of all shock, what is he doing to start off with? He's proposing a massive tax increase on the citizens of New York. that will result in rents going up. And there is an irony in this, in that he campaigned on saying he was going to freeze rents.
But then he discovered, okay, it turns out you need money to run a city, particularly if you want to run a socialist city where you want to spend massive amounts of money. And so we're going to break down what he's doing. We're also going to talk about The left in Minneapolis is spending real money trying to promote jury nullification.
They don't want violent radical activists to assault law enforcement officers to be convicted. They're undermining our justice system. We're going to explain. And finally, at the end, we're going to say goodbye to an American movie classic. Robert Duvall, an extraordinary actor. We're going to have a few words about him. He passed this week. He was 95 years old. He led an incredible life.
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Chapter 3: What were Robert Duvall's most iconic roles?
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Chapter 4: What controversy did Gavin Newsom spark on social media?
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I just am going to do that right now because you're such a movie buff guy, and this is me serving you, Senator, knowing that this is top of mind for you. And it's because of the movies that he was in, and let's just start with The Godfather real quick.
Look, Robert Duvall, he lived to 95 years old. He was an incredible actor. He's one of the greatest actors of his generation. His first major movie role was in To Kill a Mockingbird, where he played Boo Radley. And he had no lines, but he just simply through his face, he turned sort of a weird, freakish, scary guy into someone deeply empathetic.
And it was an introduction to a career where he had classic roles.
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Chapter 5: How did Ted Cruz respond to Gavin Newsom's accusations?
He had classic roles in Lonesome Dove, where he was the most badass Texas Ranger to have ever lived. He had a classic role in Apocalypse Now. Look, the phrase, I love the smell of napalm in the morning. Yeah. Yeah. is an American classic. And for him to be squatting down, bare-chested, just explaining that, and the look of the young GIs looking at the guy going, dude, what?
Like, that conveys a lot. But of all of the roles... The one that is my favorite, and it's a sentimental, is from The Godfather. He was Tom Hagen. He was the lawyer to the Corleone family. But he was an adopted brother. And, of course, in the second movie, he gets let go by Michael Corleone because Michael says, you're not a wartime consigliere. You're a peacetime consigliere.
And the portrayal he plays of sort of the calm... lawyer for the mob, lawyer for mass murderers. The lawyer comes in and says, you don't want to screw with the Corleone family. I got to say, you know, it's interesting.
Chapter 6: What did Gavin Newsom say about his dyslexia?
In 2011, Robert Duvall was named an honorary Texas Ranger. And it was his lonesome dove portrayal, but it is still, he was not actually a Texan. He was from California and Virginia and Maryland, but Texas loved him. Yeah. And he loved Texas. It was a mutual arrangement. I got to say, I'm sad. Look, at 95, you know, every one of us is on a journey where we're going to shuffle off this mortal coil.
But his acting body of work is incredible. It's incredible. Yeah.
Chapter 7: How are Gavin Newsom and AOC perceived in the political landscape?
He was very close with Gene Hackman, another one of my favorite actors, and Dustin Hoffman, another incredible actor. They used to be roommates. They worked together. I got to say, Gene Hackman, I could watch Gene Hackman reading the newspaper and be riveted. Yeah, it'd be amazing. And he was another actor in his 90s who just passed away. We're losing modern day legends.
But, you know, Robert Duvall, a life well lived. And actually, I'm going to call an audible. I want to play. I want to play. And particularly for those of you watching this on YouTube, I want to play a clip from one of Robert Duvall's great moments. Give a watch.
Now, just for context, for everybody that's listening in the audio world only, this is a scene from back in 2003, Secondhand Lions, where two old guys walk into a bar with a bunch of young punks. Here it is.
Chapter 8: What is the context behind Eisenhower federalizing the National Guard?
Hey, old man, how's that barbecue?
Give me some. We're busy. We don't want to get lost, all right?
What did you say?
Here's a perfect example of what I've been talking about. Since this boy was suckling on his mama's, he's been given everything but discipline. And now his idea of courage and manhood is to get together with a bunch of punk friends and ride around irritating folks to good nature to put a stop to it. Hey, who do you think you are, huh? Just a dumb kid, huh? A dumb killer. Hub McCann.
I've fought in two world wars and countless smaller ones on three continents. I led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and tanks. I've seen the headwaters of the Nile and tribes and natives no white man had ever seen before.
I've won or lost a dozen fortunes, killed many men, and loved only one woman with a passion a flea like you could never begin to understand. That's who I am.
Show these old bastards you stop. Get out your knife. Yeah. Now, boys, you're fixing to let those teenage hormones get you into a world of trouble.
Damn it, Garth, did I ask you to butt in?
You just come out of the hospital. Well, there's only four of them. Well, look, you fight this one first, and then I'll let you fight the other three after, okay? Yeah, watch this kid. Now, you, you better pick that knife up, because, son, you're going to need all the help you can get.
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