← The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson
The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson
Biden Demands "We Gotta Lock Trump Up", plus Obama Wonders why America is Divided & Kamala Campaign Fails
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Ted Cruz
Welcome. It is Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you. And my, oh my, is the adrenaline running for many Americans right now because we are less than two weeks away from election Day. And in a not surprising plot twist, Senator Joe Biden's coming out going, we just need to lock up Donald Trump. Like if we're getting an election, just lock him up.
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Ben Ferguson
Well, Joe Biden's mental decline continues and he's being very candid about his desires, his attempt to indict Donald Trump to prosecute him and put him in prison. He's tried multiple times. It's failed and he's continued. Now, just to be very open that the objective is two weeks before election Day, let's put him in jail. Let's prevent the voters from voting for him. You know, we're also going to talk about at the same time Biden is in such trouble, the Democrats are trying to roll out Barack Obama to save Kamala Harris. And Barack Obama, well, I've got to say, he's, he's utterly clueless. He's bemoaning how divided and bitter the country has gotten with. With no sense of his own legacy, no sense of the responsibility he bears in turning the political environment toxic. And part of the reason we're talking about Joe Biden and part of the reason we're talking about Barack Obama is because Kamala Harris, the wheels keep coming off of her campaign. She has decided she wants to campaign in Texas. Not quite sure why she's doing that other than she wants to talk about abortion all the time. Because that's the one topic Democrats are willing to talk about, is that therefore abortion in every circumstance with no limitations. But she also then took a day off for her campaign to get ready. To get ready for what? Not the FOX interview. That one went horribly. Nope. Msnbc. And now even MSNBC has turned on her. We're gonna break that down as well.
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Ted Cruz
Yeah, when you see MSNBC turning on her, you know something's changed in this race. I gotta tell thank you to a lot of you gu this. It's amazing how many of you listen to this show and then you listen to what we tell you about sponsors and you take action. Patriot Mobile is one of those. And it's incredible to see just how many of you guys have switched your cell phone to the only Christian conservative cell phone provider in the country. And you understood what was happening with Big Mobile. Big Mobile takes your money every month and they give it back to liberal causes, hardcore liberal candidates and extreme organizations, including major donations to organizations that provide abortions on demand. That is exactly why I'm proud to tell you about Patriot Mobile. I'm proud to say I am a client of theirs and they've been doing this for more than 10 years. They started this business because they realized what was going on with big Mobile. And now they're on the front lines fighting for you and me and what we believe in. They take a portion of your bill every month and they give it back to organizations that fight for our first and our second amendment rights, that stand up for the sanctity of life. And they stand with our military, our first responders and our wounded warrior heroes. So if you're ready to take a stand for your conservative values, well, then put America first. By switching to Patriot Mobile, you're going to get the same nationwide coverage as the pig providers because now they all use the same three major networks plus they back their service with a coverage guarantee. Their 100% US based customer service team will help get you the best plan and many times save you money over what you're paying right now. So go to patriotmobile.com verdict that's patriotmobile.com verdict or 972patriot and you're going to get a free month when you use the offer code verdict patriotmobile.com verdict or 972-patriot and get that free month of service with the offer code verdict. Senator, this was one of those moments and I want to play it so that people can hear it. Um, if you may have already seen it on social media, but Joe Biden came out and he didn't mince words. He made it very clear what he thinks about Donald Trump and where he belongs.
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Unnamed Guest
He is talking about doing the entire Department of Education. He's talking, he means it.
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Ted Cruz
Not.
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Unnamed Guest
This is not a joke. This is a guy who also wants to replace every civil servant, every single one thinks he has a right under the Supreme Court ruling on immunity to be able, if need be, if he, if it was the case, to actually eliminate, physically eliminate, shoot, kill someone who is he believes to be a threat to him. I mean, so I know this sounds bizarre. It sounds like I said this five years ago, you'd lock me up. We gotta lock him up.
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Ted Cruz
Now. I love when he says we gotta lock him up. And then he says, after I'm assuming, people in the back of the room are jumping up and down going, don't say that, man. This is not gonna help us. He's like, politically, lock them up. That was crazy rambling even by Joe Biden standards.
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Ben Ferguson
Well, yes, and look, if you listen to what he was saying, I mean, much of that was incoherent, rambling. I mean, at one point he says, oh, well, Trump says he can just murder anyone he wants. No, actually, Trump does not say that. Nobody said that. Other than deranged Democrats who are trying to deceive people. The idea that Trump is going to whack his opponents is bizarre. But, you know, it's interesting if you listen to Biden's concerns. The first thing he said is he's gonna abolish the Department of Education, which, by the way, an overwhelming percentage of Americans agree with abolishing the federal Department of Education. They'd like to see education handled at the state and local level and keep the feds out of controlling curriculum and out of all the red strings that red tape and all the strings that come attached. And then, you know, he says, well, and he's gonna fire the bureaucrats. And that's really what he gets, terrified. Now, we've talked at great length about how the weaponized bureaucracy that started with Barack Obama when he used the federal government to target his political opponents, that those hard partisans burrowed into the bureaucracy. And you better believe one of the most important things in a Trump presidency is gonna be to root out the hardcore partisans who are abusing their power within the bureaucracy. But to Joe Biden, that's terrifying. And then, you know the old line that a gaffe is when a politician actually tells the truth, where he says, you know, we gotta lock him up. You're right. He tries to do some immediate cleanup and say, politically, lock him up. But listen, as far as I'm concerned, he was telling the truth when he spoke the first time as to what he wants to do. Which is why the Biden, Harris DOJ has indicted Trump not once, but twice. They are trying to lock him up right now.
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Ted Cruz
It's. It's also just, I think, very. It's a great reminder, less than two weeks from Election Day, early voting is happening now for Americans that are listening to this show, to remember, this is what we are up against. This is exactly why you need to go vote. You need to early vote. Because if the Democrats have their way, they will lock up Donald Trump. And. And not just him. I think they'll come after any other conservative that stands in their way, whoever is the next guy in line. They will do whatever they can to harass them and to use lawfare to come after them and their family and their friends and try to destroy their lives. Like the days of Democrats and Republicans getting along seem to be over. Not because Republicans walked away, but because Democrats said, we're not Democrats anymore. We're socialists, we're communists, we're Marxists. We don't want to work with you. We believe that you are evil and we want to destroy your lives and put you in jail.
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Ben Ferguson
Look, as Lord Acton famously said, power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Once they have internalized that, they can use government to destroy their enemies, that they're not interested in backing away. And if they can do this to Donald Trump, they can do it to you, they can do it to me, they can do it to anybody they want to. This is about the abuse of power. This is about the arrogance of Biden and Kamala Harris and Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi that they believe that. Look, it's not materially different from Maduro in Venezuela. They want to be in power forever, and anyone who opposes them, they will use the government to destroy them. Now, I got to say, the Biden administration spin, trying to get out of Biden, quite candidly saying what their objective is was really amazing. So Alex Thompson, who's a reporter with Axios, he tweeted out the following. A counterpoint from a current Biden administration official. Quote, for better or worse, no one is listening to him anymore. That would be Biden. And his words have little power and less reach. It's a blip gone in any meaningful way by midday tomorrow, if it makes it that long. Now, that's a current official of, theoretically, the Biden administration. But understand this ruthless team, they will figuratively shoot you and leave you in the alley if you're no longer politically useful. And so this is the administration. By the way, last I checked, Ben, who is currently the commander in chief.
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Ted Cruz
It'S a guy by the name of Joe Biden, at least on paper. But if you listen to Democrats around him, they're like, dude, this guy hadn't been president for well over a year at least.
- [09:43]
Ben Ferguson
I mean, it is amazing. Their talking point from the administration. No one is listening to him anymore. And his words have little power and less reach. And yet under the Constitution, he still has the authority to order our active duty military into harm's way. He still has the authority to launch missiles at anyone he damn near wants to. And that is a really frightening dynamic which nobody in the media seems to care about. Nobody in the Democrat Party seems to care about there. Just like, let's get to election day and then we'll move out our senile puppet and we'll replace from their perspective, hopefully with our Marxist true believer that will implement the very same policies.
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Ted Cruz
How desperate? Because it does feel like there's a different level of desperation now from the left. I don't know if you're feeling it the way that I am, but I do think that there is.
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Ben Ferguson
Well, they know they're losing. They know they're losing.
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Ted Cruz
Yeah. This is telling. I think that they're feeling that this election is starting to slip away with their plan B after their coup on Joe Biden. I actually think there's part of Joe Biden that probably thinks, good, you guys deserve this. You literally overthrew me. I'm willing to sit here and kind of watch this place burn down because you guys thought you were smarter than me and I would have won. That will be what he says the rest of his life.
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Ben Ferguson
I have every reason to think Joe Biden is pissed off. And you're exactly right. He is sitting there thinking, if I'd been the nominee, I'd be winning and you pushed me out and now you're gonna lose with Kamala and you deserve to. Now, he hasn't quite said that publicly, although, you know, tomorrow is another day he might say it publicly. He certainly seems to be thinking about it. And it's interesting. Number one, you know, Joe Biden's out there saying things that his own administration is saying. Pay no attention to. But simultaneously, Barack Obama's out there. And I want you to listen to what Barack Obama just said. Cuz it's really an astonishing thing to come from the lips of Barack Obama.
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Barack Obama
I, I don't understand how we got so toxic and just so divided and so bitter. And I, I get why sometimes people just don't want to pay attention to it. And we all have friends like that. We have family members who just like, ah, you know, it's all, it's all a circus out there. I get that.
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Ted Cruz
I mean, really, like, come on, man. Like, have you heard what you've been saying lately? Have you heard what you've said about Donald Trump? Have you heard what you said about conservatives? Like, for him to say it's, oh, it's so toxic. Have you seen what the media that you control has been saying and doing in the last, I mean, even in the last two days, the narrative from the media center has been that Donald Trump is unhinged and it's so extreme and is losing his mind. Cognitive decline. They're literally using the Joe Biden talking points against Donald Trump now. And they're saying, this guy can't be trusted. He's going to take us into World War Three.
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Ben Ferguson
Well, and by the way, Joe Biden just said that Trump wants to just murder people randomly. Which, mind you, Trump was president four years. He didn't murder people randomly. In fact, it was the one presidency in modern times where he didn't start a war. Everyone else did. But yet the Democrat can't acknowledge that the people that have died under Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, from the wars that have been started, from the weakness that they've demonstrated, from their strengthening of our enemies, they can't acknowledge that. So they say, oh, Trump is the one that want to kill people. But, you know, for Obama to say that, it's like he just erases his entire legacy. Let's go back and remember what Obama said back in 2008 when he was talking about Midwestern voters and what he thought about them. Give a listen to what Obama said then.
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Barack Obama
People have been beaten down so long and they feel so betrayed by government, it's not surprising them that they get bitter. They cling to guns or religion or antipathy towards people who aren't like them. A way to explain their frustrations.
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Ted Cruz
Those were the famous lines from Barack Obama. Right. They cling to their guns and their religion. And, you know, these are radicals, in other words.
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Ben Ferguson
Yeah, look, that's how he described half the country. Anyone who didn't agree with his left wing vision, he said, you're bitter and you're just clinging to your guns and you're clinging to your religion. You know, there's a contempt of the modern left for people of faith and it really is striking. You know, you saw at the Kamala Harris rally where people called out, Jesus is Lord, and she countered, oh, you're at the wrong rally.
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Ted Cruz
Yeah.
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Ben Ferguson
By the way, I'll tell you, I was doing a rally actually today, and someone at the rally called out, jesus is Lord. And I immediately turned and smiled and said, you're at the right rally.
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Ted Cruz
I love it. It's sad, but it's true. They're like, if you believe in God, don't come here. You're in the wrong place. And they'll say it out loud. And when it was said, by the way, at that rally, the audience cheered it on and loved it.
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Ben Ferguson
Well, the left has done such a demonization. Number one, a Donald Trump. I don't think there has been anyone demonized in modern times the way Donald Trump is now. Listen, Trump's rhetoric feeds into it. He takes particular joy in sticking his thumb in the eyes of his opponents. And so that exacerbates it, but it also, it drives them back crap, crazy. They lose their minds. Like Trump derangement syndrome is a real thing. And you see people, you see Democrats. You see many of my colleagues in the Senate. You see virtually all of the corporate media. You see, sadly, a handful of Republicans whose brains have just melted. They just hate Trump so much that they can't acknowledge anything good he's done. Like. Like they really do. I think they've convinced themselves he's Hitler. And then, like Barack Obama, with utter cluelessness, they say, I don't understand how we got so toxic and just so divided and so bitter. And by the way, did I mention to you that Trump is the devil? Like, there's such a cognitive dissonance.
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Ted Cruz
One of the big problems has come out over the last couple days is the minority vote is really not running towards Kamala Harris. It seems like they're running away from Kamala Harris. You had over 90% of African Americans, men that were in favor of Barack Obama when he ran. Then it went to 87% with Joe Biden. That number is now down in the 70s for Kamala Harris. And the same thing is happening with Hispanic voters in this country, many Hispanic voters that can vote right, American citizens, they're angry at the wide open southern border and the crime that has come into their neighborhoods and the cost of rent and the cost of housing that's gone up and the cost of living in general, and that they're having to compete for jobs with illegal immigrants that have flooded this country. And this is one of those little X factors that I've marked for election night. And I want your take on this. I think what could be the most shocking thing we see when we break down the numbers is that there were a significant number of African Americans that voted for Donald Trump over Kamala Harris because it's the economy, stupid, not someone's skin color.
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Ben Ferguson
Look, the classic question for any presidential race is, are you better off now than you were four years ago? And for virtually everyone, the answer is no. I'll tell you tonight, I had a woman in McAllen, McAllen, Texas, down in the Rio Grande Valley, a nurse come up to me, and she had tears in her eyes, and she hugged me, and she said, every month, I don't know how I'm going to pay the bills. I can't pay the basic cost. I just don't know. I don't have the money to survive anymore. And it was the very real pain that she is feeling day after Day after, after day. That's real. And you know, you mentioned the polling that shows 70% of African American men are still voting for. In some ways that's remarkable because virtually all of those voters, like virtually every other American, is much worse off today than they were four years ago. And that really underscores the Democrat Party strategy. Don't talk about their record. Don't talk about the last four years. Don't talk about what they've done on the economy. Don't talk about inflation, because all of that is a disaster. Certainly. Don't talk about the southern border and how they open it up and the chaos that has happened. Don't talk about the crime that has skyrocketed under their leadership. Don't talk about the wars that have proliferated across this globe. Don't talk about how our enemies are stronger. Don't talk about the rabid antisemitism on college campuses that have proliferated under their leadership. Don't talk about the fact that they're unwilling to enforce federal law against the university presidents who refused to protect Jewish students. Don't talk about any of that. Instead. Well, Kamala Harris is this week. She's coming to Texas because, you know, I guess she doesn't think she has a chance at winning Pennsylvania or Michigan or Wisconsin or any of the swing states. Or she's going to come to Texas. I'll tell you right now, Donald Trump's going to win Texas, but she's coming to Texas anyway. Why? To do an entire event on abortion. Because the Democrat Party has decided the only issue they want to talk about between now and election day is abortion. And they are the party of all abortion all the time. No limitations, no restrictions. Everyone should, should shout your abortion from, from a rooftop. And I gotta say, it is a very different party. You know, you think back to when Bill Clinton said that he wanted abortion safe, legal and rare. There's nothing about Kamala Harris that is saying that she wants it rare. She wants, that is the entirety of the Democrat Party is, is, is there about abortion. Cuz they can't talk about anything else.
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Ted Cruz
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Ben Ferguson
Well, look, I guess for Democrats in some ways it's the mirror image of you see a lot of Republicans talking about how bad things have gotten in California and the failures and policies there and the crime that's there and the economic suffering that's there. There is of course, a difference, which is that people are actively fleeing California. They're leaving because of the consequences of those policies. And you and I both live in Texas. Every single day, more than a thousand people move to Texas and they're coming consistently from bright blue states, from California, from Illinois, from New York, from New Jersey, from Connecticut. From states where high taxes, high regulations, woke policy shutdowns, all of these idiotic policies are hurting people, that they're fed up with the out of control crime. And so Kamala trying to portray Texas as some hellhole. Well, it is counterbalanced by the fact that people are voting with their feet. And they want to be in Texas because Texas is where the jobs are. They want to be in Texas because your family is safer there, because crime is more under control in Texas, because we support law enforcement in Texas because you don't have the fully woke policies. And you know, it is interesting, I think, Kamala, the wheels are coming off the bus on Kamala's campaign and they're panicking. They don't know what to do.
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Ted Cruz
Can you just say that the first time we've said this, like, this is not something that we've said before and I'm not kidding when I, when I say this, this is big breaking news. You and I have not talked about this at all until about the last three or four days. This, this election seems to be changing.
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Ben Ferguson
Yeah, look, they are panicking. I think the Kamala campaign feels this election slipping away from them and they are scared that they are losing. And I think, you know, I had said previously that I put the odds of, of, of the election at 50. 50. I would now shift it to 55, 45. I think Trump has the advantage now. It's not, it's not 80, 20. It's not a slam dunk. The numbers are still very close. They're within a couple of points in the swing states. But I think the momentum has clearly shifted to Trump. And I think the Kamala team is in panic about it. So they just took a full day off. And it was interesting what they took the day off for. The purpose of the day off was to get ready for an MSNBC interview. And maybe there's a reason, because I gotta say that MSNBC interview did not go well. Take a listen to this exchange to Kamala's interview on msnbc, but I don't.
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MSNBC Host
Know that I heard a clear answer from you on the issue of gender affirming care. It sounds like what you're saying is there should be something between trans Americans and their doctors. It feels like that's a long way from we see you and we love you, which was your message to trans Americans in May. What do you want the LGBTQ community to know as they're looking for a full throated backing from you for trans, for trans Americans?
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Kamala Harris
I believe that all people should be treated with dignity and respect, period. And should not be vilified for who they are and should not be bullied for who they are. And that is a true statement for me my entire career. And that has not changed.
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Ted Cruz
I love how long she pauses there because that is a slam dunk in theory conversation that she would normally have no problems with over at msnbc, NBC, and yet she flip flopped on it. And so now they're upset. They're like, hold on a second. This is not what you said last time as we've been giving you all this free press, telling everybody you're amazing, even though no one's ever voted for you for president.
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Ben Ferguson
And mind you, the question there was what Kamala had previously said. Do you think American taxpayers should pay for sex change surgeries for illegal immigrants who are in prison? Which, as I pointed out before, when Trump referenced that in the debate, it sounded so outlandish. It, it, it sounded like a Saturday Night Live skit. Like if SNL was willing to make fun of Democrats, although interesting enough, they're starting to make fun of Kamala. But it sounds like if you were to conjure up. Let's come up with the most insane thing a Democrat could come up with. I know. Taxpayers pay for sex change surgeries for illegal immigrants. No, no, no, that's not enough. In prison. Yes, yes, that's it. That's it. You know, she is, of course, on video saying, yes, we should pay for those. And Trump is understandably running ads playing her saying that and making the point, look, this is a radical and out of touch agenda. This is not where the American people are. And the Kamala campaign realizes, oh, crap, wait, people are realizing that my positions are radical and out of touch, and so she's trying to run away from it. What is fascinating is that MSNBC is turning on her on this. You know, up until this point, Kamala has been able to run away. She's been able to pretend, for example, she's for border security. And the left hadn't turned on her on that because they knew she was lying. They know she's an open borders radical. She has been her whole life. She still is an open borders radical. And so they understood, okay, for 30 days before the election, you could pretend you're not an open borders radical. And we know that if you win, the very next day, the open borders are back full force. It's interesting that their approach on transgender extremism, for some reason, this is an issue where the left cannot stomach any dissension at all. And you know, there's another exchange where MSNBC pushes her on Joe Biden's cognitive state. And again, her answer is terrible. Give a listen.
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MSNBC Host
Can you say that you were honest with the American people about what you saw in those moments with President Biden as you were with him again and again repeatedly in that time?
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Kamala Harris
Of course, Joe Biden is an extremely accomplished, experienced and capable in every way that anyone would want if they're president.
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MSNBC Host
You never saw anything like what happened at the debate night behind closed doors with him.
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Kamala Harris
It was a bad debate. People have bad debates.
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MSNBC Host
Should he.
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Kamala Harris
He is. Absolutely.
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MSNBC Host
That's the reason why you're here. And he's not running for the top of the ticket.
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Kamala Harris
Well, you'd have to ask him if that's the only reason why.
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MSNBC Host
What do you think?
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Kamala Harris
I am running for President of the United States. Joe Biden is not. And my presidency will be about bringing a new generation of leadership to America that is focused on the work that we need to do to invest in the ambitions and aspirations of the American people.
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Ted Cruz
I mean, that's, that's just a bad answer. Like, it's an answer that you're sitting there and if you work on her staff, you can't think that this is going well.
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Ben Ferguson
Well. And she continued to get pressed on the fact that Biden is obviously diminished, and she dug in even more. Give a listen to how she continued.
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MSNBC Host
It's a judgment question. That's why I ask, can the American people trust you in these moments, even when it's maybe uncomfortable for Americans to have to level with Americans in that way? So that's why I ask, and it sounds like what you're saying is you feel like you never saw anything like that from President Biden.
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Kamala Harris
I have worked with Joe Biden whether hours and hours and hours over these four years, whether it be in the Situation Room or the Oval Office. Joe Biden is the one who was able to bring NATO together during a crisis where for the first time in 70 years, Europe saw and has seen war. Joe Biden has done the work that has been about being a leader on what we have done to fix so much of what has been broken in terms of the economy because of Donald Trump's mismanagement. I speak with not only sincerity, but with a real firsthand account of watching him do this work. I have no reluctance in saying that. No, of course I don't.
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Ted Cruz
She, by the way, was not happy at the end of that question because I think she knew this was a screw up for her.
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Ben Ferguson
Well, look, in a lot of ways it's an impossible question for her. Because let's assume for a second that. That Kamala Harris hires Ben Ferguson to coach her on this question. And let's assume that Ben Ferguson, his brain is captured by body snatchers and he decides he's willing to work for Kamala Harris. I ask you in all seriousness, what would you tell her? Because there's nothing she can say. There is no answer to give to this question. Because the truth of the matter. Okay, here's the honest answer. Yes, of course I knew he was senile. Of course I knew he was incompetent. Every person in the room knew he was incompetent. The guy couldn't tie his shoes. He was utterly and completely in the full throes of dementia. That was obvious to every person there. Now, that would have the advantage of being true, but it would also be an admission that she spent four years lying to the American people on a daily basis. So she can't say that, so she has to instead say, nope. Every. Nothing seemed wrong to me. Everything seemed fine. He was the smartest, most handsome, most amazing leader I've ever seen. Huh. Who knew? Who knew that there were issues there? Mind you, you and I were talking about this years ago. Anyone observing knew this years ago. But. But she is trapped by her own misconduct because the truth, I guess she figures, is more damning than the lie. I mean, seriously, what would you advise her, Ben, if she hired you?
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Ted Cruz
Yeah, I would have told her, look, I think you can say, hey, I saw the man. This. If I was writing a response, I would have said, do it this way. I. Look, I worked with the man every day. When you see somebody every day, sometimes you may not realize how much there is a decline. But when I watched him during the debate, many of us privately after that knew that we need to have a conversation. That conversation took place, and he did the right thing for the country. And that's why I'm sitting here in front of you today. But you also have to understand that she could give him some. That he did this well and this well and well and this well. And I think even now Joe Biden understands it's time for him to retire. That's why I'm sitting in front of you. That would have been a better answer than just straight up lying to the American people saying, I saw nothing at all. Because that's when they don't believe you.
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Ben Ferguson
Yeah. Look, hers is the. The Sergeant Schultz answer from Hogan's hearing. I see nothing. I know nothing. That. That was her answer, yeah, it is.
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Ted Cruz
And, and this is. Goes back to the trustworthy aspect of. Of. Of Kamala. And if you look at her, she was confronted, for example, on Bidenomics, which she's touted as being amazing. Right. She's obsessed with it. It was awesome. We've got a great economy. Bidenomics is everything. It's doing well. And then she's asked about it now because the majority of American voters and minority voters especially, are going, no, it's not great. We're suffering, we're hurting.
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MSNBC Host
And I wonder, are the last four years an obstacle to you in this race?
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Kamala Harris
Here's how I look at it. First of all, let me be very clear. Mine will not be a continuation of the Biden administration. I bring my own experiences, my own ideas to it, and it has informed a number of my areas of focus, most of which are on, to your point, lowering costs. So part of my plan includes what we need to do to bring down the price of groceries, including the work I will do dealing with price gouging, something I dealt with when I was Attorney General, something I will deal with going forward.
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MSNBC Host
Then why do you think that's not landing with voters? Because in the numbers, it's the opposite. Former President Trump leads you on this issue.
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Kamala Harris
Well, when I'm out, this is why I'm going out to Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Michigan. Excuse me. Just got in late this morning, actually, but going to three yesterday, and I'm going to continue being on the road. I have to earn the vote.
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Ted Cruz
I. That's breaking news. My administration will not be a continuation of his. In other words, yes, what we did was sucked. It was bad for the American people. And so therefore, I don't want to be connected. But then I want to immediately tell you that I'm proud of what we've done together while. While I was in office. It's like, if you say that to the American people that are hurting, I don't see how that ends well for you.
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Ben Ferguson
Well, and remember, that's the exact opposite of what she told the View. The View asked her, how will your administration be different from the Biden administration? She said, oh, I can't think of a thing I'd do differently. I can't think of anything. And yet now she's saying, mine will not be continuation of the Biden administration. How is it different? Well, I'm me, I'm not him. I'll just do exactly the same thing he was doing. But. But we're different people. That's how it's Different.
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Ted Cruz
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Ben Ferguson
Yeah, I'll confess I am a lot less critical of her on that front than some folks are. Even in, in the most intense campaigning times, I try to take a down day a week. I try to take Sundays down and be home with the kids, home with Heidi, home with the girls. And look, do I do that 100% of the time? No. So, for example, like right before election day, I might not do that a day or two before election day. But even through a long campaign, a campaign is a grind. A campaign, you're going 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 hours a day. It's exhausting. And so I actually think it matters to take a down day, to be with your family, to unplug, to sleep in, to go to church at home, to sleep in your own bed. And I find you come back a better candidate. So on that piece, I'm not particularly critical. I think almost every candidate, you're better off if you just grind yourself to where you can't see anymore. It ends up doing more harm than good.
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Ted Cruz
Well, and the last thing I want to ask you is the news that has come out and it's quietly broken. The mainstream media is not talking about it, but Harris's town hall moderator admitted the questions were, quote, predetermined. The moderator, Maria Shriver, admitted that the questions again were pre determined. This is her in her own words, you're not.
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Ben Ferguson
Unfortunately, we have some pre determined questions and I hopefully I'll be able to ask some of the questions that might be in your head.
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Ted Cruz
Hope so. That was her talking to the audience. That video has been leaked. Someone said, are we going to be able to ask her own questions? And she says, no, you can't. They've been predetermined. Meaning the campaign's got them. Kamala knew it. This whole thing was a ruse from the very beginning. It wasn't an authentic or real town hall.
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Ben Ferguson
Well, look, I can tell you I've done hundreds of town halls. I don't think I've ever known the questions before in any of them. It is not 100% clear from what Maria Shriver said whether they were determined predetermined by the network or by the Kamala Harris campaign. And I will say those are different. It is possible that she's saying no, no, no. We the network picked which one of the audience questions we want asked cuz we wanted to divvy up the topics and not have 19 questions on abortion. We wanted to talk about something else that's possible and that might be more understandable. But I'll tell you, if that's the case, they certainly haven't clarified it. It absolutely raised the inference that the Kamala Harris campaign had information about what the predetermined questions were. And if that's true, then it completely it makes a laughing stock about what is supposed to be journalism because that's certainly not like any town hall I've ever done.
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Ted Cruz
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