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The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson
Biden Immigration Policy Under Fire After Fatal Trucking Incident plus Trump Declares War on Mail-In Ballots
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Ben Ferguson
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Caller or Guest
When you go into a voting place, like you go into one in a, in a properly run state, they look at you, they give, you give voter id, you give all sorts of identification. I mean, it would be very hard to cheat in a mascot. When you send out millions like California, I think they sent out 36 million ballots. They don't have a voting booth in the whole place. And then millions of ballots come back. Nobody knows where they're coming from.
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Ben Ferguson
But what are you going to do about it?
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Caller or Guest
The way you win is by swamping them.
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Podcast Announcer
You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
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Ben Ferguson
Good Wednesday morning. Nice to have you with us on the 47 Morning Update. And we've got two big stories for you this morning. Donald Trump warned us that there were far too many illegal immigrants in this country and they were costing Americans their lives. We now know that an illegal alien truck driver was behind the fatal U turn that has gone viral. And, and he actually failed the English language test and could only identify a single highway traffic sign. So how did he get his cdl? We'll tell you this pathetic story of leadership and how it involves Democrats in power. Plus, in a major move, President Trump is now pledging to end mail in ballots and voting machines ahead of the 2026 midterms during executive order. Will this hold up or is the president advocating advocating for a fight in the court system to protect our elections on purpose? I'll break that down as well. But first, let me tell you about Crockett Coffee. If you drink coffee like I do, I drink it every day. 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At mile marker 170 on the Florida Turnpike, a semi truck driver executed an illegal U turn in an area designated quote, official use only. It has caused a fatal collision and three fatalities in a Chrysler Town and Country minivan were killed. A 37 year old woman, a 30 year old man and a 54 year old man from Miami. The truck driver is unfortunately where the tragic story begins. Identified as a 28 year old Indian national living illegally in the United States of America, he entered the country in 2018, reportedly via Mexico, and was actually granted a work permit in June of 2021 after an earlier denial under the Trump administration, meaning Joe Biden allowed this to happen. We also are finding out more about the licensing details of the illegal immigrant. The man literally held a cdl, a commercial driver's license, something that is supposed to be hard to get, but it wasn't for this illegal immigrant because he went to a sanctuary state and it was issued by California, one of 19 states plus D.C. that will actually grant CDLs regardless of immigration status. That is why we would refer to them as a sanctuary state. Federal testing after the crash revealed that the man failed to properly interpret basic English instructions and road signs. He answered only two of 12 English questions correctly and identified just one of four traffic signs correctly. Legal charges are also going to take place, but the damage has already been done. The driver now faces Three counts of vehicular homicide and immigration violations. An ICE detainer has been issued and federal authorities are requesting his transfer. One state proceedings conclude. We also had these shocking video evidence that went viral. The dash cam footage from inside the truck capturing the illegal maneuver and ensuing crash had surfaced and circulated widely, also showing a man that really didn't seem to care much that he had just taken, taken the lives of three individuals. Now the legal and political fallout is even bigger. In Florida, each count of vehicular homicide can carry up to 15 years, meaning the maximum of 45 years in prison if he is convicted on all three. Prosecutors also must prove recklessness and not just negligence to receive that sentence. Federal state cash is also another part of the problem here. Also the question of federal and state and what's going to happen there. The Department of Homeland Security criticized California's licensing policies, calling it asinine, while California officials and legal experts countered that the man had, quote, a valid visa and work permit when he received his license, validating compliance with legal requirements, even though apparently couldn't even read the basic road signs. And then there's the bigger question. How many more are out there on the roadways who have been given cdls, who can't speak English and don't know what the signs say on the roads or dry driving with an 18 wheeler? Public reaction is going to play a large part in this. The incident has sparked intense backlash, fueling political debate over sanctuary state policies and also these states that are permitting undocumented illegal immigrants to obtain CDLs. California Governor Gavin Newsom is also facing particularly sharp criticism over the entire episode. So if you look at it and step back, here's the takeaway. You have a semi truck driver who killed three Americans while making an illegal U turn in Florida, failed an English language proficiency test, and also failed to accurately identify highway traffic signs. In the press release from the Department of Transportation, it was revealed that officials of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration had launched an investigation into the deadly crash in Florida. During the interview with a driver, they are now saying publicly who has been identified, investigators administered a English language proficiency assessment. He failed the assessment and only provided, quote, correct answers to just two of 12 verbal questions. And again, as I mentioned earlier, the report now states he only accurately identified one of four highway traffic signs. It states that he had he followed the rules, this driver would have never been behind the wheel and the three precious lives would still be with us. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sang in a statement, quote, this crash was a preventable tragedy directly caused by Reckless decisions and compounded by despicable failures, non enforcement and radical immigration policies have turned the trucking industry into a lawless frontier, resulting, he says, in unqualified foreign drivers improperly acquiring licenses to operate 40 ton vehicles. The press release from Sean Duffy, Transportation Secretary, also revealed that on July 15th of 2023, Washington state, we are now being told, issued the man a, quote, regular full term commercial driver' license. And then on July 23rd of 2024, the driver was issued a limited term slash CDL in California as well. So the federal investigators administering all of this, and they know that this guy can't speak English, doesn't know the signs, and then killed three people. And yet Democrats are still defending the practice of giving illegal immigrants CDL licenses to drive 18 wheelers in America. There's no doubt that John Duffy and the Trump administration are going to do everything they can to make sure this stops happening, especially in light of what we just witnessed.
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Podcast Announcer
Now, story number two, you may remember.
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Ben Ferguson
During the campaign, Donald Trump said that if you elected him, he was going to look into voter election integrity and he was wanting to get rid of mail in ballots. Now, that has made the left lose their minds. Why? Because we have now witnessed even recently, local elected officials stuffing the ballot box. It happened to be the mailbox with mail in ballots that obviously were not from the people that they were sending them in on their behalf. Well, now Donald Trump has pledged to end mail in ballots and voting machines ahead of the 2026 midterms. Making big news with the announcement. President Trump announcing he intends to sign an executive order banning the use of mail in ballots and electronic voting machines in federal elections, setting the stage for a fierce political and legal battle of the 2026 midterms. Now, this move, Trump argued, is, quote, necessary to restore public confidence in American elections, which he says have been plagued by fraud, mismanagement and manipulation since the rapid expansion of vote by mail and the widespread adoption of computerized voting systems. Quote, I am going to lead a movement to get rid of mail in ballots. And also, while we're at it, highly inaccurate, very expensive and seriously controversial voting machines. Trump wrote. True social post elections, by the way, in the United States are primarily run by state governments, not Washington. Legal experts are noting that there could be a real problem and a fight, obviously, a fight that Donald Trump has no problem having. And that fight would be over Constitution and who actually has the authority. Yes, the Constitution gives states the authority to administer elections with Congress, not the president holding limited power to, quote, regulate them. One liberal law professor at New York University. Put it this way, the president has no power constitutionally to dictate to states the manner in which they conduct national elections. Still, Donald Trump insists that states act as agents of the federal government when conducting elections and therefore must follow the presidential direction. That claim is clearly a test that the president's more than happy to happen, and that's exactly why he's wanting to do the executive order. He obviously is planning on it going to court. Now, conservative liberals have long raised alarms about electronic voting machines. Let me say that again. Conservatives and liberals have been raising alarms about the electronic voting machines, which rely on proprietary software and digital tabulation of the votes. In fact, critics on both sides of the aisle have actually argued the same thing, that these machines, produced by a handful of private companies, are vulnerable to hacking, mis programming, or even deliberate tampering. Now, while election officials insist that voting machines are more accurate than hand counts, skeptics point to high profile errors in past elections, such as misreported totals and technical breakdowns that left voters frustrated wondering if their votes were even counted. In fact, Democrats have been critical of electronic voting machines and have at times raised significant concerns about their reliability and also security. A great example of this is in Georgia. Leading Democrats criticized the state's decision to use Dominion ballot marking devices, arguing they were vulnerable to tampering and lacked the transparency of hand marked paper ballots. Lawsuits were filed seeking to block their use, with election security advocates pointing to risks of hacking and also just basic software flaws. In fact, the 2020 HBO documentary Kill Chain the Cyber War in America's Elections highlighted potential vulnerabilities in computerized voting, featuring interviews with security experts who warn the machines could be manipulated and most shockingly, leave elections open to interference. Democratic lawmakers, advocacy groups and investigative media have questioned whether technology based voting undermines public trust. Let me say that again, this is Democratic lawmakers that have been doing this. They were also pressing for greater reliance on paper ballots and robust auditing. So why now would Democrats be against what they've been advocating for? It actually comes down to one simple issue. They hate Donald Trump and they also don't want to admit that maybe Donald Trump is right about a of this issue when it comes to election integrity. As for the president, he says he wants transparency. He wants hand counted paper ballots, even if it's slower, to make sure that our elections are meaningful, that people feel like their ballots are being casted and not canceled out by a hacker or a computer. Yes, it may even cost a little bit more money, but Is it worth it to know that your vote counts? That's exactly what the President saying and the legal foundation fight he's wanting to have.
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Ben Ferguson
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