Nazi Oyster Farmer gets Worse-Will Dems Dump Him? UNRWA Infested with Hamas & Jill Biden covers for Joe's Dementia

Summary

The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson
Episode: Nazi Oyster Farmer gets Worse—Will Dems Dump Him? UNRWA Infested with Hamas & Jill Biden Covers for Joe's Dementia
Date: June 1, 2026
Host: Ben Ferguson
Guest: Senator Ted Cruz

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Episode Overview

This episode dives into three major political controversies:

1. The escalating scandal surrounding Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner in Maine, dubbed the “Nazi Oyster Farmer,” and whether Democrats will force him out.
2. Explosive revelations about UNRWA (the U.N. Relief and Works Agency) and its ties to Hamas terrorists.
3. Jill Biden’s media appearances defending President Biden after his disastrous debate, and what her remarks reveal about the state of the administration.

Throughout, Ben Ferguson and Senator Ted Cruz provide sharp commentary, strategic analysis, and inside perspective on these unfolding stories.

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Key Topics & Insights

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1. Maine Senate Candidate Graham Platner Scandal

[02:20–20:47]

• Insider Scandal Review:
  Ted Cruz mockingly refers to Platner as the “Nazi communist in Maine” and suggests his closet of secrets is “a cemetery... a graveyard” ([02:20]).

  • Quote: “When you think there cannot be anything worse about this guy... it turns out that closet, fact, a cemetery. It is a graveyard. And there are so many skeletons there.” — Ted Cruz [02:22]

• Latest Revelations:
  The Wall Street Journal reports that Platner’s wife found sexually explicit texts with multiple women, which she disclosed to the campaign as a possible liability ([06:06]). The campaign initially determined these texts to be a “private matter.”

  • Quote: “AIDS ultimately decided the texts were a private matter.” — Ted Cruz [08:22]

• Predators Paradise & Kik Ties:
  New information links Platner to an active, notorious messaging platform (“Predators Paradise,” i.e., Kik) known for child pornography and abuse. Cruz and Ferguson highlight how this registration came even after public knowledge about the platform’s seedy reputation ([09:13]).

  • Quote: “Kik is already known as a hotbed for child pornography, kidnapping, and sexual abuse.” — Ted Cruz [09:35]

• Political Strategy—Why Now?:
  They discuss the timing of these leaks, suggesting it’s Democrat operatives, not Republicans, who are outing Platner to make room for a new candidate before a critical July 13th withdrawal deadline ([10:52–15:57]).

  • Quote: “This is Democrats that were in his campaign who have now outed him.” — Ben Ferguson [10:52]
  • Quote: “You have at least some Democrats who are saying, gosh, this, this guy's becoming a liability. ... This could well be a Democrat on Democrat violence effort to remove Platner.” — Ted Cruz [13:57]

• Party Dynamics & Power:
  Cruz argues that the Democratic Party will tolerate almost anything—including anti-Semitism and scandal—unless it threatens their political chances ([16:51–18:13]).

  • Quote: “Being a Nazi communist is not a negative in the Democrat Party today. It is a plus because the people who are fueling these campaigns are themselves self described communists. And far too many of them are Nazi communists.” — Ted Cruz [16:29]
  • Quote: “None of that matters. He's on their team, so they stick with him no matter what.” — Ted Cruz [18:13]

• Contrast with Republicans:
  Cruz references the Roy Moore scandal in Alabama, distinguishing Republican action from perceived Democrat inaction in the face of scandal ([18:13]).

• Impact on Senator Susan Collins:
  They speculate about Susan Collins’ campaign strategy and the possible Democratic replacement for Platner if he is forced out before July 13 ([19:55–20:47]).

  • Quote: “Chuck Schumer and Democrat leadership wanted a different candidate... I am quite sure Platner is not liking his oyster farming being exposed to all of Maine and all of this country.” — Ted Cruz [15:57]

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2. UNRWA & Hamas Ties

[22:39–28:28]

• Scope of the Scandal:
  New investigation reveals over 1,500 UNRWA staff suspected of direct ties to Hamas, representing about 5% of its 30,000 staffers. Cruz and Ferguson describe this as confirmation of long-held Republican suspicions ([22:39–27:59]).

  • Quote: “We now have an investigation into more than 1,500 of them for direct ties to Hamas. That's 5% of the agency.” — Ted Cruz [27:59]
  • Quote: “That's not one isolated person... that is an agency that needs to shut down, needs to be padlocked, needs to be ended.” — Ted Cruz [27:59]

• Political Response:
  Bipartisan calls (Cruz & Hagerty) to move beyond mere defunding, floating the potential of stripping UNRWA of diplomatic immunity and even designating it as a foreign terrorist organization ([26:54]).

  • Quote: “Either they come clean or I expect growing momentum for designating them for the support they give to terrorists.” — Ted Cruz quoting himself in the Free Beacon [26:44]

• UN & US Government Accountability:
  The hosts express strong skepticism that UNRWA leadership or the UN at large were unaware, pushing for greater transparency and a complete reevaluation of US involvement ([27:22–28:28]).

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3. Jill Biden Defends President Biden’s Mental Fitness

[28:28–34:23]

• Jill Biden’s Comments:
  Jill Biden appeared in interviews saying she was “frightened” her husband was having a stroke during the recent debate, though quickly resumed campaign activities afterward ([29:59]).

  • Quote (Jill Biden): “I thought, oh my God, he's having a stroke. And it scared me to death.” [30:26]

• Ferguson’s & Cruz’s Reactions:
  Questioning the logic and honesty in Jill Biden’s recounting; Ferguson calls her response either “senior abuse or you’re a pathological liar, or both” ([29:08–30:58]).

  • Quote: “If you think that your spouse is having a stroke... why would you then take him to a campaign event afterwards? ... You're either a pathological liar... or both.” — Ben Ferguson [30:26–30:58]
  • Quote: “Anyone who is watching their spouse and thinks they're having a stroke would do that. She didn't do that. She went to the campaign party.” — Ted Cruz [31:28]

• Cognitive Decline & Truthfulness:
  Jill Biden denies ever seeing signs of cognitive decline, which Ferguson outright rejects ([33:46–33:57]).

• Broader Impact & Media Complicity:
  Cruz and Ferguson accuse Democratic Party officials, White House aides, and mainstream media of covering up Biden’s mental decline for years, prioritizing party over country ([34:23–36:21]).

  • Quote: “Every Democrat, Aiden, knew that he was in massive mental decline, that he was not capable of doing the job. Every reporter knew that. ... They all knew that.” — Ted Cruz [34:23]

• Senate Relations with Biden:
  Cruz reveals that he did not speak with Biden at all during his presidency—a major break from tradition—implying over-protection and hidden incapacity ([35:00]).

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4. Breaking News: Iran’s President Resigns

[38:02–39:24]

• Initial Thoughts:
  As news breaks during recording, they briefly address the implications of Iran’s president reportedly submitting his resignation amid regime divisions ([38:02–39:24]).
  • Quote: “Iran's president resigning strikes me as a good thing... Now, sitting here today, I don't know whether that means the hardliners are prevailing or... voices of sanity are prevailing. We'll learn more, we'll talk more.” — Ted Cruz [38:31]

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• “You have at least some Democrats who are saying... this guy's becoming a liability. And listen, these guys are ruthless. ... This could well be a Democrat on Democrat violence effort to remove Platner.” — Ted Cruz [13:57]
• “Being a Nazi communist is not a negative in the Democrat Party today. It is a plus.” — Ted Cruz [16:29]
• “None of that matters. He's on their team, so they stick with him no matter what.” — Ted Cruz [18:13]
• “If you think your spouse is having a stroke ... why would you then take him to a campaign event afterwards? ... You’re either a pathological liar ... or both.” — Ben Ferguson [30:26]
• “Every Democrat, Aiden, knew that he was in massive mental decline, that he was not capable of doing the job.” — Ted Cruz [34:23]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Candidate Scandal & Political Strategy: [02:20–20:47]
• UNRWA & Hamas Investigation: [22:39–28:28]
• Jill Biden’s Remarks & Biden’s Fitness: [28:28–34:23]
• Breaking Iran News: [38:02–39:24]

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Tone & Style

The dialogue is energetic, partisan, and often caustic, blending political strategy with dark humor and blunt critique. Cruz enjoys riffing on the “oyster farmer” euphemism and referencing inside political maneuvering. Ferguson drives the conversation with pointed questions, incredulity, and direct language. Both lean into exposing what they view as systemic corruption and cynicism within the Democratic party and establishment media.

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For listeners seeking fast, critical analysis of current political scandals from a strongly conservative perspective, this episode delivers headline updates, in-depth context, and expert strategy with plenty of memorable quotes and soundbites.

Transcript

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It is verdict with Senator Ted Cruz. Ben Ferguson with you. Senator. We're going to get to do political strategy today on the show, which I actually love. So this is like one of my favorites because of the insanity and a race that actually matters for control of the Senate. We're going to dive into that. Plus Joe Biden's on like this rewrite history tour as well.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Well, we're going to cover the continued fiery crash of the Nazi communist in Maine, Graham Platner. It seems every day when when you think there cannot be anything worse about this guy. There are no more skeletons in the closet. It turns out that closet Fact, a cemetery. It is a graveyard. And there are so many skeletons there. There are more to come. We're going to break down why they're coming right now, why they're coming right now so quickly. And is something sinister afoot? We're going to break that down in detail. We're also going to talk to you about a shocking story about unra, the UN Relief agency that, that, that has employed hundreds and maybe even thousands of Hamas terrorists. New breaking news there that is going to make you, you didn't think well of the United nations when you started listening to this podcast. I promise you, at the end of it, you're going to think even worse. You know what? It occurs to me now, Graham Platner would make a fantastic employee at unra. He would fit right in.

[Ben Ferguson]

Amen.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

They would understand his anti American leftist vitriol. It would be a perfect match. And then there's Jill Biden. Jill Biden is going on TV and just kind of crashing and burning. Just, just, you know, she's trying to defend her husband. She is failing miserably in that. And at the end of the day, what she's doing, I don't think she intends to, but she is indicting the entire Democrat Party and all of the media for being willing, enthusiastic, partisan liars. We're going to bring you all of that today.

[Ben Ferguson]

Yeah, it really is. Incredible story. We've got the receipts for you with the audio. Let me also talk to you for a moment about the incredible work that's being done right now by Americans United for Life and how you can get involved.

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[Ben Ferguson]

All right, Senator, so before we get into politics of political theory and how to run campaigns, we do have some even more breaking news on this disaster of a candidate. As you said, the skeletons keep coming out of the closet.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Well, the latest that just broke, here's how the Wall Street Journal covered it. Graham Platner's wife flagged sexually explicit texts to his Senate campaign. The wife of the main Senate Democrat candidate last year, last year told the campaign about texts she had found between Platner and other women. And notice women is plural. Days after Graham Platner announced his main Senate bid, his wife informed the campaign about a potential political problem she had previously discovered on the quote, oyster farmers phone boy, he's doing some oyster farming. Sexually explicit texts with several women, according to the people familiar with the matter. Amy Gertner, who married Platner in 2023, told the campaign about messages she had found early in their marriage in the spring of 2025. So this is a guy who can stick with something. I mean, he lasted almost 18 months before he's caught sexually texting other women. Women, not his wife, in late August, as some aides were conducting opposition research on their own candidate. And by the way, that's a standard thing you do in politics is when you are preparing to launch a campaign, one of the first thing you do is hire your own team to do oppo research on you so that you know what they're going to come and attack you with. Gerstner disclosed the text to a campaign aide to make sure they didn't pose a risk to her husband's nascent's campaign. The campaign had been preparing for a major rally over Labor Day weekend last year with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who likes to hang out with Nazi communists who are sexual harassers and cheating on their wives. That's not actually in the Journal story. That's just kind of reading between the lines. But who was and this is getting back to the story set to officially endorse Platner at the event. AIDS ultimately decided that the text were a private matter. Let me read that again. 8. AIDS ultimately decided the texts were a private matter. You remember when that private matter, those sorts of private matters drove Eric Swalwell out of the California gubernatorial race. Yes, they're private matter until they're not. That was being handled by the couple in marriage counseling. A campaign official said the rally proceeded as planned, with thousands in attendance. In a statement provided by Platter's campaign, Gertner said she believed she was confiding in an age she considered a friend. I know who Graham is. I know the man I married and the husband. He has been to me, the best and worst days of my life. This hasn't changed. And it won't. The previously unreported deliberations last year over sexually explicit text discovered on Platner's phone come as the veteran has exploded onto the national political scenes, kindling Democratic hopes that they can unseat Republican Susan Collins and gain control of the Senate. All right, now that's bad. Yeah, but. But surely there couldn't be worse. Well, there is. And stop calling me Shirley. Also breaking, Graham Platner has an active profile on a messaging app called And I'm not making this up. Predators Paradise.

[Ben Ferguson]

Active profile. Just so everybody understands, that means. That means, like, he's currently being used.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Yes. And if you read the Daily Wire, Graham Platner, whose Senate campaign has been marred with scandal from the outset, maintains an active account on a platform notorious for enabling sexual predators. The main Democrat is seeking to unseat incumbent Senator Susan Collins is a registered user on kick, a Daily Wire review found. Now, Kik is already known as a hotbed for child pornography, kidnapping, and sexual abuse.

[Ben Ferguson]

And by the way, to be clear, there was four months before apparently he joined a major expose. I think it was the New York Times about what you just said in this site being used by these things. So if you googled, you would know that you're about to join a site that is known for child pornography and other things like that. And it's like, oh, yeah, let's sign up for that. Four months after that massive expose came out.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

You know, Ben, I will say this seriously. I'm beginning to wonder whether we're about to have something enter popular culture, which is a new euphemism of oyster farming. You know what. What is my scoundrel husband doing? Oh, he's oyster farming. I mean, this guy has a potential to, like, set a term that is going to last well beyond the main Senate race. And if Saturday Night Live actually did comedy, they would have an entire skit on oyster farming like it cries out for it. And here's the bizarre thing. They just might. You know, I mentioned before Eric Swalwell, and let's Talk a little strategy. Let's talk about why this information is coming out right now.

[Ben Ferguson]

By the way, it's not coming from Republicans. That's the point that, number one, we need to make. This is Democrats that were in his campaign who have now outed him.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Yes.

[Ben Ferguson]

Publicly on this. And this goes back to compare and contrast Eric Swalwell. When Democrats thought Eric Swallow was no longer useful. They're the ones that released all the info to destroy him, not Republicans going after him. Let's be clear. We're seeing this now play out as deja vu weeks later.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Yeah, look, there's a real time parallel. And if you look at this story that, that, that. That Platter's wife came with the sexually explicit text to the campaign staff, you know who knew about that? The campaign staff.

[Ben Ferguson]

Yep.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

That's the source of this story, in all likelihood. And so you've got Democrats going after their own nominee. And it is reminiscent of, look, Eric Swalwell. I didn't know the guy, but from everything that has been said, it was widely known among his colleagues that the guy was a complete predator, that the guy was. Was sexually harassing, sexually assaulting women, was out partying, was, Was. Was like Bluto at Animal House, living his life. And Democrats, they didn't care. They didn't care at all because he was an attack dog. And so he could be a sexual predator. If he's attacking Donald Trump, they're happy with whatever he's doing. They didn't care until they realized they had a problem in the California gubernatorial race. And by the way, look, Swalwell, it appears that other House members knew. There may be some Democrat senators right now who knew when they were in the House with him. There were lots and lots of staffers who knew. There presumably were reporters who knew, because these reporters and members and staffers are all very tight with each other. And they all kept it silent until the instant there was a political benefit to getting rid of him. And boom, it was a matter of hours and he was gone. I gotta say, when the story was just that Platner was a communist, Democrats were fine. Bernie Sanders campaigned with him. Elizabeth Warren said, he's my guy. When the story was just, he was a communist with a Nazi tattoo of a toten comp, the symbol of the SS they used on the death camps. Amazingly, Democrats were fine. They went out and campaigned with him, said, I'm proud to stand with him. That's who they were. But as the stories got worse and worse and worse, you do have to wonder who is it that's trying to push Platner out, is it Republicans trying to smack him in the general election, or is it instead Democrats who want to jettison him? And in particular, if you look at the Maine law, under Maine law, a candidate who wins the June 9 primary and subsequently withdraws by 5pm on July 13. So there's a narrow window we have just over.

[Ben Ferguson]

By the way, make sure you mark your calendar for that date. That date matters.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

July 13 may be replaced by a nominee selected by party officials. Any replacement candidate must be chosen no later than 5pm on July 27. The timeline would give Democrats just 14 days to settle on a replacement candidate and prepare for the general election campaign. So I doubt Platner is on board with this, but by the way, Swalwell wasn't on board with his defenestration. I mean, he was, he was forcibly ejected and, and, and did not have a vote in the matter. Um, I am quite sure Platner is not liking his oyster farming being exposed to all of, all of Maine and all of this country. But you have at least some Democrats who are saying, gosh, this, this guy's becoming a liability. And listen, these guys are ruthless. I think we need to be quite aware that this could well be a Democrat on Democrat violence effort to remove Platner. And their objective is to get Platner to withdraw by July 13th.

[Ben Ferguson]

Yeah, it's. You look at just how quick this came out. And Democrats are really good at planning stories and building moment venom. It's exactly the playbook they did with Swalwell, by the way. It's also what Democrats said to Bernie Sanders when they were making sure he didn't get the nomination. If you go back, there's some parallels here. When they're like, we're not going to support you. We're going to pull the funding, we're going to pull our everybody from you, and they will destroy you. I mean, this is a party that they always decide who their guy is. And if they don't like you, and that included Bernie Sanders when he was running for president, they were going to make sure he didn't get anywhere close to the nomination. Now, you look at it this way, and I wonder this question, Senator, did Republicans maybe misplay this a little bit because it was such shocking news that then we started pushing out there. Should we have looked at that date earlier on and been like, maybe we should just be quiet for a while? And then on the 13th, that's when we hammer his candidacy.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Look, I will say this, Chuck Schumer and Democrat leadership wanted a different candidate. Schumer recruited to the race. Janet Mills, the Democrat governor from. From sort of traditional Washington play. She was by far the most attractive Democrat candidate. The problem is the base of the Democrat Party today is bat crap crazy. They've lost their ever loving mind. And so a safe and somewhat boring choice of a sitting Democrat governor that was far less interesting than a Nazi communist. That's where their base is. Like, understand, being a Nazi communist is not a negative in the Democrat Party today. It is a plus because the people who are fueling these campaigns are themselves self described communists. And far too many of them are Nazi communists. Yeah, that dynamic. Yes, very much so.

[Ben Ferguson]

Well, and the Democratic Party now has become, as a party, very much anti Semitic. I mean, nationwide we're seeing activists and candidates and leaders who truly hate Jewish people, whether they're in Israel or in the United States of America or anywhere else in the world. That's become norm for them.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

So it would not surprise me at all if this is Chuck Schumer and Chuck Schumer's minions planting these stories because. Because he wanted a different candidate. And I think they see blood in the water and they're going after Platner. I will say this entire episode has revealed how utterly and completely morally bankrupt the Democrat Party is. Because as every one of these stories broke, no Democrats senator abandoned him. The only one who did was John Fetterman. And Fetterman, to his credit, did the right thing. But that makes the other 46 look all the more hypocritical because there is

[Ben Ferguson]

big name people coming to stand on stage with him. Like, that's what's incredible. Like, he's not canceling campaign events, but you actually have what I would refer to as your top 1% list of Democratic lawmakers that you want to be seen on stage with. If you're running a Democratic campaign, it's the equivalent of having you, Senator, go to a Republican campaign. Like it's on the short list of people you want to. You want to campaign with. They're not backing out of standing by him so far.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Just today I saw a tweet from Ro Khanna, the very, very rich, very, very liberal Democrat from Silicon Valley member of Congress. And he said how proud he is to be going to Maine to campaign with Graham Platner. This is where their base is. And by the way, these people don't care that the guy's misogynist, that he's racist, that he's anti Semitic. They don't care that he's, he, he has said that he wished that federal felt fellow veterans died and they don't care that he's now a registered user on a site that is filled with sexual predators and child pornography. None of that matters. He's on their team, so they stick with him no matter what. And by the way, I'll draw a contrast because, you know, some, some might say, oh, come on, both sides do that. Well, no, that's not true. If you remember back a few cycles ago when Roy Moore was the nominee in Alabama, the Republican nominee, and once he was the nominee, many of us were willing to support him. And then the stories came out about serious, credible allegations of his engaging in sexual assault of underage girls. And I had a number of other people, his answers were thoroughly unsatisfactory. He could not conclusively respond to those allegations. And I and a number of others said, all right, we're done now. It resulted in a Democrat winning that seat. So that was, from a partisan perspective, not a good thing. But are there no Democrats that they're fond of a phrase of country over party? Does any Democrat actually believe country over party or are they just willing to do anything in pursuit of power?

[Ben Ferguson]

Yeah, it's a great question. Final one on this. If you are Susan Collins right now looking at this, I think it's pretty clear that you'd want to, you'd want to run against this guy, partner, that much better person for you to run against. And let's say they do a replacement. Is she looking at the 13th date and saying, please let us get there as fast as we can with this guy?

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Look, I don't know. I haven't talked to Susan about that. But, but the speed with which it's coming out and the source of it, that it is Democrats who are going after this guy raises very real suspicions that they're at least some in the party and I suspect Schumer is front and center who have decided, let's cut our losses with this guy and throw him overboard. And you know, historically, what's your prediction for the 13th?

[Ben Ferguson]

You think they will?

[Senator Ted Cruz]

I think there's a very Good chance.

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wrestling.com I want to move to UNRE right now and we've talked about under on the show before but we have new news on this and I want to give the headline for people so they understand just how big of an issue this is even if it's not being covered by the media. That's why we did a show. The Washington Free Beacon came out with an article. It says exclusive US probe of embattled U. N. Gaza Relief Agency now expands to 1,500 plus staffers suspected with direct ties to Hamas. Now that would be direct ties to a terrorist organization. Senator, we've been warning about this for a long time. There's the presence talked about how worthless in many ways the United nations can be certainly in the Middle East. This is another example of this. We know that Hamas had worked with the United nations people on the ground. Food had been stolen, countless dollars of aid have been stolen and given to terrorists and now you see the compromising of UN staff of up to 1,500 plus people. I wish I could say I'm surprised by This I am not. But what is it? What does this story say about what America's role should be moving forward?

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Look, for a long time I've called for UNWRA to be completely defunded, to be shut down. UNRA is so bad it makes the UN itself seem like a pro America. Fantastic organization with integrity. UNRES part of the UN but it is the most corrupt part. Here, here's here's what what was reported the story by Adam Credo the federal investigation into staff at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. The UN Gaza relief organization that's been closely linked to Hamas will soon encompass at least 1,500 unreal linked individuals suspected of terror ties. This unprecedented dragnet, reported here for the first time by the Washington Free Beacon, exposes an aid group brimming with Hamas operatives and is generating momentum in Congress and the Trump administration for harsher sanctions on the embattled aid group, according to congressional staffers briefed on the matter. The punitive matters up for consideration include stripping UNRA of its diplomatic immunity under US Law, which would open it up to legal action from terror victims, and fully designating the aid organization as a foreign terrorist organization, according to three Trump administration officials and other sources tracking the matter in Congress. These discussions have accelerated since the Free Beacon first reported in April that unrun other UN agencies are stonewalling a federal probe into their ties to Hamas. The US Agency for International Development Inspector General's Office, a law enforcement agency separate from the largely defunct usaid, has spent months independently unearthing evidence that multiple UNWRA employees participate participated in Hamas's October 7th terror attack. Let me repeat that again. Participate Multiple UNRWA employees participated in Hamas's October 7th terror attack. The probe will soon expand to at least 1,500 suspected militants with unratais. The article continues. Senators Ted Cruz and Bill Hagerty, influential members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Nice of them to say that, Both told the Free Beacon. I mean, they could have said, you know, lousy members.

[Ben Ferguson]

Those. Those two random guys in the Senate.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, two guys we ran into on the street. So that's nice of them to say. Both told the Free Beacon that it's time to move beyond merely freezing unrest funding, particularly as the USAID inspector general continues to unearth evidence of Hamas complicity. Quote, either they come clean or I expect growing momentum for designating them for the support they give to terrorists, cruz said. Hagerty called it, quote, appalling that the other UN agencies today are still stonewalling the Trump administration's ongoing investigations, adding that, quote, if UN Agencies refuse to show basic transparency and accountability, then the executive branch and Congress must respond appropriately. That's a big deal. And it's a big deal that both the UN and, and. And UNRA in particular are still stonewalling and refusing to accept any accountability whatsoever.

[Ben Ferguson]

Yeah, it is. One other thing on this is the fact that it's so widespread. There is no way that the United nations didn't know about this. There was no way that UNRA and the leadership didn't know about this. And we're not talking about 15 talk about more than 1500 with direct ties to terrorist organization. What does that say about the president's standpoint on not just under, but also on the UN in general? Because I don't believe for a moment that the UN doesn't know this.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Well, let's talk about how pervasive it is. So. So, Ben, how many. How many employees did you think there are at unwra?

[Ben Ferguson]

That's a great question. I have no clue. I mean, I'd say 10,000 just because I. Bloated agency.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Yeah. I had no idea. And so as we were preparing for the pod, I pulled out my Google and I typed in, how many staff are there at UNRA? And Google came back and said, There are approximately 30,000 staff at Unravel. We now have an investigation into more than 1500 of them for direct ties to Hamas. That's 5% of the agency.

[Ben Ferguson]

Yeah.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

That's not one isolated person. 1500 out of 30,000 suspected of being Hamas terrorist or directly linked to Hamas terrorists, that is a big damn deal. That is. That is an agency that needs to shut down, needs to be padlocked, needs to be ended. The idea that the United nations, much less the United States, would providing funding that's going directly to Hamas terrorists, that is insanity. It needs to stop.

[Ben Ferguson]

Yeah, I agree with you there. I want to move finally on to Joe Biden. And you want to talk about a dumpster fire of interviews. Joe Biden's out there. I was like, is she? I literally was searching. I'm like, is she promoting a book and she write about autobiography? She's out there doing all these interviews, trying to rewrite history, but also wants you to feel sorry for her and her husband saying that his bad night. She was terrified he was having a stroke. The only problem is, after she thought he may be having a stroke in that debate with Donald Trump, she had no problem taking him to a campaign event and then to a Waffle House. And said on TV with him, stand there. I'm so proud of you. You did such a great job tonight. It's either. I'm like, all right, well, it's either senior abuse or your pathological liar, or both.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Well, you and I did an emergency podcast the night of that debate. We did it immediately as the debate concluded, and we told verdict listeners at the time, you've just watched the single most consequential presidential debate in American history. And the reason is, and you and I predicted that night as the debate ended, this debate will change the names on the ballot in November. This debate was such a disaster, such a train wreck. The Democrats will do what we're worried they're going to do with Graham Platner, which is pull them off and put someone else on. The Democrats are really. Republicans are lousy at this, by the way. Republicans almost never manage to do this. The Democrats are ruthlessly efficient. And we saw that debate. We saw it went badly. But it turns out, apparently Jill Biden thought it went even worse than we did. Give a listen to what she said she thought when she was watching the debate.

[Jill Biden Interviewer]

Were you horrified as you saw it unfold? I wasn't horrified. I was frightened because I had never ever seen Joe like that before or since. Never since? Yes. Or never seen? Never? No. What happened? I don't know what happened. I mean, when I. As I watched it, I thought, oh, my God, he's having a stroke. And it scared me to death.

[Ben Ferguson]

Senator, if you think that your spouse is having a stroke, A, why would you leave him on stage? B, why would you then take him to a campaign event afterwards? And C, why would you then go to Waffle House and send it to a doctor? And D, if this is the worst it ever was and the whole world saw that exact moment, it's never been anywhere close before or after. You're either a pathological liar, A, or B, you're either a pathological liar who's crazy. You pick which one you want to be.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Look, Ben, this is an area where I think the American people have a great sense of intuition, of judging whether someone's speaking the truth or lying. You asked the right question. What would you do if you believed your spouse, your spouse of many decades was having a stroke? And the answer every one of us would give. The answer you would give the answer I would give. The answer everyone would give is you take your doctor, your spouse to the hospital immediately.

[Ben Ferguson]

Regardless of what they're doing, regardless of

[Senator Ted Cruz]

what they're doing, they're having a stroke. And look, maybe you don't rush out and pull them off national tv. I don't know about that. But at a minimum. So suppose you just, just, just, you're scared, but you don't. As soon as it was over, how do you not say, we're going to the emergency room, we're going to go, okay, you don't want a big public, public brew. Ha ha. All right, get a doctor when you're watching it. He's having a stroke. Get a doctor here right now. The instant he steps off stage, I want him being examined like, like, like that. Anyone who is watching their spouse and thinks they're having a stroke would do that. She didn't do that. She went to the campaign party. She cheered and celebrated. I'm actually not critical. Like, like, you're giving, you're giving harsh criticism because she said he did great. Look, she's a campaign spouse. Every campaign spouse is going to say that. I'm understanding of that. If I do a terrible job at a debate, I don't really want Heidi to go, wow, he really crapped the bed. Like, like, like that.

[Ben Ferguson]

And I understand that. But my, my point is the, the pathological lying aspect of this. I don't believe for a second that she's telling the truth. And she says it's the worst it's ever been. It only happened that one time. It happened to be the one and a half hours that was on national television during a presidential debate. I don't believe her, number one. And number two, if you are, I mean, center, let's go to debate night with you. If I thought as one of your friends that you're having a stroke and you could make it till the end, I would immediately do what you just said. And I'm not your spouse and I think your team would. But second of all, I think you'd also, if you thought there was a

[Americans United for Life Spokesperson]

medical issue there, you probably would actually

[Ben Ferguson]

let people know because they did.

[Americans United for Life Spokesperson]

Remember, they made up an excuse.

[Ben Ferguson]

They lied and said he had a cold. Like, if you thought something was bad, that's your alibi to get out of a terrible debate. Which is why I think they didn't actually say it is because this was the cognitive normal for him. And so I think it's another part of the pathological lying of the Democratic Party in the COVID up is that they're like, no, no, this, she says, one time, no, it wasn't. This is the guy that wasn't running the country. Somebody else was in the White House. And then they lied. And covered it up. And now she's saying it only happened one time. I don't believe her for a moment.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Well, and in fact, listen to a reporter ask, asking her about whether this had been going on for a long time. Give a listen.

[Jill Biden Interviewer]

Did you ever see signs that he was falling into cognitive decline? No. No, no. Truly, No.

[Ben Ferguson]

I mean, that's just totally insane. Everyone saw it. There was examples that you could actually give that were caught on tape. And then I go back to what she said. It was the worst I ever saw. I thought he was having a stroke, but I didn't do anything when he was having the stroke. And I never saw anything like this ever again. This is why I think so many Americans have distrust for politicians and why you should even be asking more questions now about who the hell was running the country. Was it Joe Biden? I don't know.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

And by the way, I'll say again, I am, I am more forgiving of Jill Biden, of the spouse. But every Democrat, Aiden, knew that he was in massive mental decline, that he was not capable of doing the job. Every reporter knew that. ABC knew that. CBS knew that. NBC knew that. CNN knew that. MSNBC knew that. They all knew that.

[Ben Ferguson]

And where were these questions when the campaign was going on? Right.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Every Democrat senator, every Democrat House member, they all knew that the four years Joe Biden was president. Do you know how many times I spoke with him in person during those four years?

[Ben Ferguson]

I'm going to guess one or zero.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Zero. Not a single time. That is weird. It is a regular part of the job of being a senator to talk to the president. When Obama was president, I talked to him regularly. When Trump is president, I talked to him sometimes every week or sometimes even every day. You know, last time I talked to Trump was three days ago. It is weird. And by the way, it was not just me. Almost every single Republican senator did not speak to him at all during his presidency. We would sit around at lunch and talk about how weird it was that the White House would not let us talk to the President and understand we all knew him. Joe was a man of the Senate for 40 plus years. So every one of us had a personal relationship with Joe Biden. And the fact that they wouldn't let him speak to us was a screaming alarm bell that his mental capacity has diminished so much that they couldn't let us see it. And it's why the debate was so high risk, because there you had the TV cameras going and you couldn't have an aide step in and save him. But, well, by the way, what are the Biden staff say about Jill Biden's comments about thinking he was having a stroke? Well, an Axios reporter said, quote, ex Biden aides simply don't believe Jill Biden.

[Ben Ferguson]

And there's your sign.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Well, there's your sign. No kidding. But, but I'll tell you. And this story links back to the story we started with. Number one, Democrats in the party and the media do not care about anything other than power. That, that sounds too harsh, but they were willing to have for four years and potentially for eight years, someone who was senile, who was unable to put together coherent thoughts as the Commander in Chief. Understand, Joe Biden could have pushed a button, launched our nukes and annihilated mankind from the face of the planet. Yep. And yet Democrats say, you know what, if he's there, we get to run things. So, you know, what does it matter if our enemies look at the Commander in Chief and think he's an addled old man who can't operate the TV remote control?

[Ben Ferguson]

Yeah.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

That level of cynicism, frankly, it's the same thought process that says, what does it matter if someone is a, a, a commie Nazi, misogynist racist? What does it matter? My party gets to stay in power. So that's good by me. There is. Look, I, I think it is, number one, we keep. And by the way, Swalwell, they were fine. Someone's a repeat sexual predator. They were great with him until there was a political problem. And then with all three, they immediately jettison them and throw them out the back. I'm going to try to be restrained and say that is not the behavior of a party that gives a damn about principle.

[Ben Ferguson]

Yeah, yeah, great point. Finally, Senator, we have some breaking news as we are recording. And they're saying it's a regime rift. I'm going to read this headline for you. Iran's president reportedly submits resignation letter amid claims of deepening internal divisions. What does this mean? And that's, that's all we have at this moment. I wish we had more. We don't. That's what we have at this moment. Some of this, by the time you listen to it, may have changed, but right now, that's what we've got.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

So, so we don't know. We're recording this on Sunday. The news is breaking. I expect in the next pod we'll discuss more about it. But Iran's president resigning strikes me as a good thing. I have always said that a critical objective here should be reg. Collapse The President resigning is a step in the right direction. Now, sitting here today, I don't know that whether that means the hardliners are prevailing or whether that means voices of sanity are prevailing. We'll learn more, we'll talk more. But as you know, I spoke with the President this week, spent about 20 minutes on the phone with him, talking predominantly about Iran. And what I urge the President was hold the line. Hold the line, stand strong. No nukes. No nukes. No nukes. And the President adamantly agreed with me. We were on exactly the same page. So I'm hopeful this is, this is a good development, but it's too early to tell. We will tell you more when we know more about it.

[Ben Ferguson]

We'll do that Wednesday morning. Don't forget, hit that subscribe or auto download button. And please write us a five star review. If you want to watch the show, you can on YouTube as well. And the Senator and I will see you back here on Wednesday morning.

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