Welcome in as verdict to with Senator Ted Cruz Ben Ferguson with you, and as we get ready for a new year, it's important that we take a look back at some of the biggest stories of this past year, give you some of those big stories and things to look forward to or issues that you may need to be paying attention to heading into twenty twenty four. The White House had a very interesting response, and this is the third change now in the goal post for Joe
Biden's involvement with Hunter Biden's businesses. The first was they never spoke about business. Ever, then they changed it to he was never in business with his son. That was the goalpost moving yet again. Now the White Houses Ian Sam's came out and moved the goal posts again when he said this.
The other allegations is the President was present at some of the meetings between Hunter Biden and his business associates. Why was the president at those meetings on those phone calls?
Well, again, I think this is part of the right wing's misinformation machine to try to confuse people about what the truth is. The truth is that the President, as he has said publicly for years, calls his family every day to check in. He calls his son every day to check in. He calls his other family members to check in to see how they're doing. He loves them. They're a tight knit family. And what the GOP's own witness testified in this case is that that's exactly what
the President was doing. He was checking in with Hunter during a particularly hard time. I might add a time where the family was going through Hunter's brother, BEA's illness, and of course the President checks in with his son and talks to them. But again that witness testified no business dealings of Hunter, Biden's or anyone's was discussed in these conversations. And so again they're trying to make this sort of strange connection when their own investigation has disproven these claims.
Before I let you go in this is the president respond In terms of how the President has reacted to this, especially as somebody who's been in politics and been in Washington for as long as he has been, the idea that he is now a subject to an impeachment inquiry as president of the United States, what's his response to that.
You know, President has been in politics for a long time, and I think, as he would say, he's seen a lot of malarkey along the way, but this might take the cake. You know, he's focused on the issues that actually matter to the American people. You just saw him spending the last week traveling around the world, shoring up our alliance as advancing national interests in Asia, our economic interests in Asia, showing American leadership on the world stage.
He's coming back here. He's announcing today a quarter billion dollar investment in cancer research, try to finally cure cancer. That's what his administration and this president is focused on every day. They're focused on the actual needs of the American people. And I think what he would say is maybe the House Republicans should join him.
There's the pardon there where he says that Joe Biden attended Hunter's business meetings because he loves him. That's the new goalpost that they just moved significantly from they never talked about business to then well they never work together. Now it's well, he just went to the business meetings because he loves him.
Really, that's the new excuse.
Well, look, I mean, what good and loving and devoted father hasn't called in twenty times to his son's meeting with corrupt oligarchs who are paying millions of dollars in exchange for favors from that father while he's sitting and serving as the vice president of the United States. I mean, that's really just what any good dad would do. I mean,
it really is. It's cynical because they point out that Joe's other son tragically died of cancer, so they want to wrap it in the sympathy of a human tragedy to say, well, of course, you know, listen, why was Hunter getting paid the millions of dollars. I didn't hear him say a word about that. There's no value Hunter provides. What was the value Hunter brought? You know, Ben, you're
a talented guy, You're a charming guy. Are there any foreign Nola garks calling you up saying, Ben, I want to wire millions of.
Dollars to you zero. That's not all, you know.
They don't do that to anybody. They only do it if you were providing value. And what all of these talking heads, what all of these democrat hacks are saying, what all of the corporate media puppets are are refusing to answer, is is what did Hunter get in exchange for the tens of millions of dollars, and according to the House it could be north of twenty thirty million dollars. We're talking massive amounts of money, and by the way, not money from you know, normal American companies, not money
from our friends and allies. It wasn't money from France, it wasn't money from Italy, it wasn't money from the United Kingdom, wasn't money from Japan. It was money from China, Russia, Ukraine. They singled out nations with very significant antagonism and hostility to America and some of the most corrupt nations on earth. And there is no innocent explanation. By the way, you don't hear any of these Democrats explaining why did Joe Biden have multiple book burner phones, Why did he have
fake emails? Why did he use fake emails to send emails to his son Hunter about Ukraine on government email while Hunter was getting paid millions of dollars. All of that the Democrats want you to ignore and say, well, gosh, Joe's just a loving dad, and that's what loving dads do. They helped their sons make thirty million dollars from corrupt olago arks who are enemies of America.
I want to get back to this montage, Senator, that was one that went viral, and I hope you will give this to your friends shared on social media, because it's another example of how many lives have been told by the Bidens and how much the media has been willing to cover for them. And this is what this impeachment inquiry is going to be all about. Never discussed with my son's one, my brother, or anyone else in being heaven.
To do with their businesses.
President Biden met with at least fourteen of Hunter's business associates while he was vice president.
And Vice president Joe Biden at dinner with his son Hunter along with Hunters of business associates from Ukraine, Russia, and Kazakhstan, and the day after the dinner, a Barisma executive said a note to Hunter quoting dear Hunter, thank you for inviting me to DC and giving an opportunity to meet your father and spend some time together.
Hunter's lucrative business dealings often included giving as much as fifty percent of his earnings to his dad.
The text read quote, I hope you all can do what I did and pay for everything for this entire family. For thirty years. It's really hard, but don't worry. Unlike Pop, I won't make you give me half your salary.
His son Hunter, joining the then vice president on the official visit to Beijing. Unknown to the press, back then, Hunter Biden was forming a Chinese private equity fund, planning to raise money, including from Chinese investors.
Ten days after the Bidens trip, Shanghai.
Authorities issued the fund's business license and.
Hunter introduced me as this is Tony Dad, the individual I told you about that's helping us with the business that we're working on in the.
Chinese The email reads this way quote at the moment, there's a provisional agreement that the equity will be distributed as follows ten held by Hunter for the big guy.
I one thousand percent seen here and know that the big guy is referencing Joe Biden. I met with a former vice president of person multiple times.
A newly revealed text message, Joe's Babolinski was apparently warned by business partner James Gillier, don't mention Joe being involved. It's only when you are face to face. I know you know that, but they are paranoid.
Chinese executives admitted to reporters that they were actually introduced to the Vice presidents by Hunter.
Hunter and the then Vice President seeing for the pair of Mexican billionaires.
At the same time, Hunter had been working on energy deals in Mexico.
Joe Biden also had a Hunter at his business partner, fly On f was two to Mexico.
His closest business partner. Hunters made at least nineteen visits to the White House and other official locations, including a sit down with then Vice President Joe Biden in the West Wing.
There's photographic evidence of Biden on a golf out and with both his son Hunter and a man called Devin Archer, who was another member of the Barice Maboort.
We also know that Devin Archer in that picture had a meeting in the White House one on one meeting with Joe Biden about a week before they joined the Maarie Maboard.
You hear that, Senator, and this explains exactly why this impeached inquiry is going to be so important.
Well it does. It also explains why the Democrat talking point and the corporate media talking point that there is no evidence of Joe Biden's corruption. It is flatly false and I got to say James Carvill saying he's really looking forward to hearings on this. Well, you know what, James, so am.
I I want to move to something else that obviously got pushed back in the headlines, but it still is important. The crime wave that we're seeing is not just sweeping the nation, but now it's affecting democratic leaders and leaders in the liberal movement like we haven't seen before, and it's happening way more often. I'll give you an example. You have a Democratic Representative, Henry Queller, who was carjacked at gunpoint in DC. This comes as in just the past,
well it was in a twenty four hour period. You had a liberal gay reporter that was shot and killed in his home in Philly. You had a far left activist that was stabbed to death by a range stranger in Brooklyn in front of his girlfriend. You had this Democratic congressman who was carjacked at gunpoint in DC by
four African American men. And yet we have Democrats who have a soft on crime policies that aren't just hurting their neighborhoods that I mentioned these different spots, but it's hurting people in.
Texas as well.
And almost every House Democrat voted against the Republican efforts to stop the DC week on Crime bill, which specifically would have reduced carjacking penalties. This is something that the Democrats, I mean they voted for its. Aldred for example, voted with the Dems on this one. It's shocking to me.
Well, listen, crime is out of control in this country, and it's an issue that has people understandably very concerned. I watched tonight the video of the liberal activist in New York at four the morning being stabbed to death on the streets of New York by a guy that' certain appears deranged. It was horrific to watch. You're right, the news of the left wing journalist in Philadelphia who was shot I think seven times in his own home and killed in the past few days. And Henry Quaar. Look,
Henry Quayar is a Democrat congressman from Texas. I know Henry well. Henry represents Laredo up to San Antonio. Henry is the most conservative of the Texas Democrats. I worked hand in hand with Henry, for example, on the Texas Bridges. We've talked on this podcast before about four bridges from Texas to Mexico that Henry and I teamed up in and won big legislative victories to build new bridges to Mexico for legal commerce, to expand bridges. Henry, as I said,
is by far the most conservative of the Texas Democrats. Well, in the last couple of days, Henry was coming to his apartment in DC. It was nine thirty at night and he was getting out of his car and it was carjacked. He was carjacked by four individuals. They put a gun in his face, they stole the car, they stole his life uggage. Presumably I haven't spoken to Henry since it happened, but you have to assume that with a gun in his face, he was afraid for his life.
I mean, that is frightening. My understanding is Henry lives at an apartment building where there were multiple members of Congress who live there. There are apparently multiple members of congressional leadership who live there, which means there are a lot of Capitol police around there. And at nine thirty at night he was carjacked on the streets of DC. And then that reflects the crime wave that is sweeping this country.
Now.
The DC city Council, which is populated by left wing Democrats, they voted to lower the penalties for violent crimes, including carjackings. In particular, they voted to lower the sentence from twenty one years to seven years, and they voted to lower the sentence from forty years if armed to fifteen years.
And under the revised code, carjacking is now divided into three gradations dependent on severity, with the lowest penalties for an unarmed defense ranging from four to eighteen years, and the highest penalties from an armed defense ranging from twelve to twenty four years. Now in the Congress, thankfully, the Congress has the ability to rescind any legislation in the District of Columbia. The reason for that is the Constitution
gives Congress total authority over DC. Unlike a state. We can't rescind laws in Texas or any other state, but d C is a federal district in Congress has plenary authority over it. And so in Congress we voted to rescind these softened crime laws that lessen the penalties for violent crimes, and the results are horrific, as we're seeing carjacking, murders, crime rates skyrocketing in d C and all across the country.
You also have the White House, who was asked about part of this, and I want to play that for everybody.
Take a listen.
If a member of Congress is not safe on the streets of the nation's capital, who is.
Look, we're grateful and relieved that the congressman is unharmed. We understand what communities are going through across the country, not just in DC. That's why the President took action very early on in his administration to get the American Rescue Plan done without the help of Republicans. That's why every time he puts forward his budget he makes sure there are billions of dollars to deal with crime. That's
just a fact. All you got to look is what the President has been able to do this past two years. There's always going to be work, more work to be done. But the fact is the president has taken action.
He hasn't taken action, He's done the opposite of that.
She didn't have an answer to that. Holy crap, If a Democrat congressman is getting carjacked on the streets of DC at nine thirty pm, what the heck is the answer? And she's like no, no, no, no, no, I'm not going to answer that. And what was her answer, Well, you know, Joe Biden spending a ton of money, mind you, not actually putting criminal in jail, not supporting police, not doing anything to stop crime. But he's shoveling a whole lot
of cash at Democrat special interest groups. He's shoveling a whole lot of cash at deficit spending that's causing rampant inflation. That is her answer. It's an utter non sequitur. And by the way, it's not just Henry quaar Angie Craig, who is a Democrat Member of Congress from Minnesota, was assaulted in the apartment of her DC, her DC apartment in February of this year. And this is a pattern that is happening over and over and over again. Let
me give you some stats. Car jackings in DC are up one hundred and nine percent, robberies are up sixty eight percent, theft is up twenty two percent, homicides are up thirty eight percent, and the city is on pace for the deadliest year in two decades. Not only that, nine of the top ten city with the highest homicide rights are run by Democrats. Twenty seven of the top thirty cities with the highest murder rates are run by Democrats.
This is a pattern, and you're saying Kareem John Pierre and the Biden White House utterly dodging responsibilities for their soft on crime policies that are endangering people all across the country.
One to last question for you, will Democrats move on this because even the White House Presidenttery was asked a question of follow up where she could have kind of gotten a redo.
I got to play it. It's too good, not too If.
President Biden's policies are helping bring crime down, would he be comfortable with somebody borrowing his corvette and parking it on the street overnight in Southeast DC.
I'm not gonna get into hypotheticals. I'm just gonna get into the facts about what this president has done.
In this president, I mean, she's still screwed it up.
Look, of course, not nobody. Would you park your corvette on the street. It's gonna get robbed, it's gonna get broken into, it's gonna get key, it's gonna get vandalized. She can't answer that question, and so you know what she's counting on. Look that was a question from Fox News, So Fox will cover it, Ben, you worked for years at CNN. Did CNN cover that exchange?
Hell?
No, MSNBC, no, ABC, NBCCBS, Nope.
They know that.
The corporate media, they are the puppets for the administration. They are the propagandists for the administration. They will repeat the regime line. And so look, any sane person would say no to the question, would you be happy with your your your classic Corvette parked on the streets of DC? Of course not, because crime is out of control and
the problem is. Look, let me underscore that again when the DC City Council looked at skyrocketing crime rates and said, you know what, the answer here is, let's lower the penalties on violent crime. That's the best solution. We've got too many murderers, too many murders, too many carjackings. Let's send people to jail for shorter times for murder and carjacking. That's a great idea. In Congress, thankfully, we overturn that
in the House. Every single House Democrat except two the Santni Gonzalez, a Texan, and Henry quay are a Texan who was just carjacked in the last forty eight hours are the only two who voted no. That means every other House Democrat, if you can think of a House Democrat, they voted in favor of lessening the penalties on carjackers and on murderers. Why do you think crime is out of control?
Yeah, it's a Democratic party and this is certainly going to be an issue with the president shoal election.
Dark forget Ben, Ben hold on. Before we wrap up, I want to ask you a final question.
I'm ready.
If you're standing by a doorway and you see a little red box that is three inches by four inches, ah, and it says the word fire on it, and it says pull this for the fire alarm. My question to you is is that a doorknob?
That is not a doorknob? And that is not a way to exit the building. But how do you know? How do you know? Ben?
Seriously? I mean, look, it's not like.
That insurrectionism one oh one, right, Like, don't you immediately lock that person up forever?
Well, let me ask you this. It's not like you were a high school principal. It's not like you were a high school principal in a high school that had fire alarms. It's not like you were a high school principal in a high school that had fire alarms, that had a policy that said, if you a student pulls
the fire alarm, you will be expelled. Jamal Bowman, the Democrat congressman, was a principal at a high school that had a policy that if you Ben Ferguson, a student in his high school, pulled the fire alarm, you would be expelled. And yet what did Jamal Bowman do? Oh, I'm going to pull the fire alarm because I want to stop the Republican vote. And why is it?
His claim?
If you believe him, his his defense is I'm dumber than a box of rocks, and I think a fire alarm is a doorknop. That is his defense, and that's the best interpretation he can hope for.
By the way, I have to ask now, because you brought it up, if a Republican would have done that, how fast would they have been kicked out of Congress?
And would they have a mug shot at this point?
To be honest, I don't think they'd be kicked out of Congress, but I think they might have a mug shot. And my guess is look kicking people out of Congress is pretty severe. My guess is the votes won't be there for that. My prediction is they will censure him. I think the votes will be there for censuring him. But it is a criminal offense in the District of Columbia to pull a fire alarm fraudulently, and he is
on video doing that. But he is counting on the corporate media to ignore the fact that he was willing to pull a fire alarm to try to stop the Congress from voting on a provision that he didn't like, which, mind you, was a provision to fund the government, and he wanted to force a government shut down, so they pulled a fire alarm because it to happen. But again, he knew the corporate media would cover for him, and they're doing it right now.
Santa, I want to play for you quickly.
The White House and the White House got themselves in some trouble because the President has mostly been saying the right things, but the White House and the staffers completely different story. Take a list of the White House press briefing his level of concern.
Right now about the potential rise of anti Semitism in life.
Of everything that's.
Going on in Israel.
So a couple of things. Look, we have not seen any credible threats. I know there's been always questions about credible threats, and so I just want to make sure that that's out there. But look, Muslim and those perceived to be Muslim have endured a disproportionate number of hate fueled attacks. And certainly President Biden understands that many of our Muslim Arab Arab Americans and Palestine Americans, loved ones and neighbors are worried about the hate being directed at
their communities. And that is something you heard the President speak to in his in his address just last last Thursday. And so one of the things that the President has done is directed his team, Homeland Security team to prioritize prevention and disruption of any emerging threats that could harm the Jewish, the Muslim, and our Americans are any other communities.
And that is something that the President has sought to do and since day one, as you know, the President ran on on on you know, bringing community, protecting communities obviously, but bringing people together the soul, protecting the soul of the nation. Uh, And so that is something that the President takes very very seriously.
Uh.
And you know, we're going to continue to denounce any sort of hate towards any American here.
Uh.
And so that's what we're going to continue to be steadfast on. Again. He has he has advised directed his Homeland security team to make sure that they're on top of this center.
The part about this that's so appable is the White House Press Secretary has now come out and said, quote, she misheard the anti semitism question only because of the massive backlash from that answer.
Well, it really is striking that the White House Press Secretary is unwilling to stand up and clearly and unequivocally condemn anti Semitism. Say, anti Semitism is wrong, it is evil. It is a unique evil that has existed on this face of this planet for thousands of years, and we are completely opposed to it. Moreover, we will ensure that that law enforcement resources are there to protect Jewish Americans. I'll tell you, Jewish communities across this country have a
level of concern and a level of fear. Unlike any time I've ever seen as the anti semitism on college campuses. That there was a Jewish student at Columbia was beaten with a stick in recent days, the threats of violence on campuses because the anti is the jew hating far left is so extreme that there is a real threat of violence against the American Jewish community and for that matter,
of the Jewish community worldwide, in Europe and elsewhere. And I got to say her answer to that was striking in that the Babylon Bee, which does a fabulous job as a humor and satire site, they they had an article that they hadn't published, but they they tweeted it out today and they said, it's hard to stay ahead of reality. At the Babylon Bee. We had this written up last night, only to wake up and see the White House doing exactly this before we had a chance
to publish. And here was the fake satirical headline that they had written, and they were getting ready to publish when Kareem John Pierre beat them to the punch. The fake headline read in strong response to rising hate crimes
against Jews, Democrats denounce Islamophobia. That's exactly what she did, and it's that I tweeted out, no longer sat are just sad because their view listen when it comes to the anti Semitic bigots to when it comes to the squad, when it comes to the thirty five student groups at Harvard and the radicals running our college campuses, the Biden White House, and I would have to assume, including Kareem John Pierre, side with the radicals against the people of
Israel and against even American Jews. Their answer, they say, we've seen no credible threat of anti Semitism in America. Really, well, where the hell have you been if you haven't seen any, Because I got to tell you, the Jewish community is feeling it acutely, and we've seen multiple horrific acts of violence directed against Jews, directed against synagogues, including mass murders in the United States, and for the White House to say they see no credible threat is truly absurd.
Yeah.
I was talking literally today to a differend of mine who's Jewish and that works very close to Times Square in a largely Jewish community, and he said they had been told by local law enforcement to really be on high alert and be careful, and even it recommended they travel together in groups, not be isolated alone, and to be careful at their places of business. That is what he said to me today. And yet the White House is acting like none of that's happening at all.
It is sad, and today's Democrat Party is captive to the far left. And I will say I've had conversations with multiple people on the left who are not deeply political, who are shocked at the open anti semitism that is arising on the far left. It's been there for a long time, but if you're not paying close attention, it takes something like the events of the last couple of weeks to really bring into stark relief. And I hope this is opening some eyes.
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