Ben Ferguson (2:49)

Why?

Ted Cruz (2:49)

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Ben Ferguson (5:35)

Well, all right, let's rewind to the moment when Kamala Harris. It was clear she was going to be the nominee. You and I. Well, let's go back 10 months ago. You and I, 10 months ago, predicted the Democrats would force Joe Biden off the ticket. We were right. Initially, I thought Michelle Obama would be the choice. That proved to be wrong. Once it became clear that the Democrats were circling the wagons around Kamala, I said, look, it's either going to be Michelle Obama or Kamala. It was Kamala. Immediately afterwards, you and I did a podcast where I said, all right, who's the VP gonna be? And I said, number one, they are gonna pick the most boring white guy imaginable. Now, let's be clear. The Democrats are bean counters. They're perfectly happy being racist, being sexist. In the VP choice, the Democrats were very explicit. No African Americans need apply. No Hispanics need apply. No women need apply. They were all excluded. They only wanted boring white guys. That was the entire group. Gretchen Whitmer, there was a whole group. They were like, oh, we're excited about her. She had no chance. She was a woman. And the Democrats are perfectly happy and saying, nope, we ain't taking women. We ain't taking African Americans. We ain't taking Hispanics. As I said on this podcast, we're gonna get the most boring white guy imaginable. It's gonna be Ned Flanders coated in mayonnaise, eating Wonder Bread. Well, those turned out to be the choices. Now, initially, I laid out who I thought the top two choices would be, and I said they'd be Josh Shapiro, Governor of Pennsylvania, and Mark Kelly, Senator from Arizona. And between the two, I thought they'd pick Shapiro. Now, it turned out on this podcast, we predicted two of the final three. Shapiro and Kelly were in the final three. And the third was Tim Waltz. We did not talk about Tim Waltz. Now, I have to say, listen, I think I've got a pretty good sense of politics and the state of the country. I don't always have a perfect sense of where the Democrats are. And I will say, when I was laying out the odds for who the VP choice would be, I was assuming the Democrats were 2 parts crazy and 2 parts stone cold killer. So kind of equal, they want to win. And it's why I thought Josh Shapiro was compelling. It turns out I mixed up those ratios as I sit here today. I would say they're about five parts crazy and about one part stone cold killer. So the stone cold killer part threw Joe Biden overboard. They dumped him like Fredo being asked to go out on a rowboat and say the rosary. I mean, it was. They were done with Joe Biden. The reason I say they're more crazy than stone cold killer is this was a dumb choice. So, listen, why Josh Shapiro? What was the argument for Josh Shapiro? Number one, he's perceived as a moderate governor. He ran as a moderate governor. His reputation is as a moderate governor. Number two, he's a very popular governor in Pennsylvania. His numbers are good in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is, without exaggeration, the most important swing state in the country. It's neck and neck. Depending on the polls you're looking at, Trump may be slightly ahead, but it's within low single digits and it's got a ton of electoral votes. The reason I believe Josh Shapiro was compelling is I thought there was a good chance that adding Shapiro to the ticket gives Kamala Pennsylvania. And I gotta say, if you're sitting there looking for the Democrats saying, how do we win if you can take Pennsylvania off the map, that is powerful. And by the way, our friend who we've had twice on this show, Dave McCormick running for Senate, who I think Dave McCormick is likely to be the next senator from Pennsylvania. It would have been really a problem for Dave if Josh Shapiro had been the nominee, because if the Democrats numbers go up two, three points in Pennsylvania, it becomes much harder for McCormick to beat Casey. So if you're a Democrat, wow, that's compelling. So you literally had number one, the Electoral College math supporting Shapiro. You had number two, A lot of the donors saying Shapiro is a great choice. And what happened? There was a lot of chatter about Shapiro. He was auditioning hard, he wanted the job. And the radical left in the Democrat Party lost their mind. And this pains me to say there is, and we've talked about this before, there is a pro Hamas wing of the Democrat Party and the leftists, they could not stand, not that Shapiro was a moderate, but that he's Jewish. And I don't want to put, I don't want to muddy this up because it's actually painful. It is a bad thing that there is a major contingent of the Democrat Party who says we will not nominate a Jewish vice president. Look, I believe if Josh Shapiro's name had been Josh Smith, the Democrat ticket would be Harris Smith, like everything else about Shapiro, was compelling. And they sat there and looked at the electoral college math. They, number one, looked at states like Michigan with Dearborn, Michigan, a bunch of radical, pro Hamas leftists. They looked at states like Minnesota with a bunch of Somali radical, anti Israel, anti Semites. And they said, you know what? This causes a problem in our base. And they came to the conclusion the fact that this guy is Jewish is disqualifying. All right, listen, most of the people who listen to this podcast are conservative or libertarian or somewhat right of center, at least open minded, who want to listen to both sides. But maybe you're like, all right, Cruz, what he's saying, this is a little bit tendentious. Okay, if you don't believe me, I want you to give a listen to Van Jones. So Van Jones is a very left wing commentator on cnn. He's a Democrat. He's a hard left Democrat. But listen to what Van Jones said yesterday, the day of the Tim Waltz pick, about what it means. Give a listen.

C (12:03)

You think it was a little risky, though, Van, that she didn't go with Shapiro to kind of lock down Pennsylvania. I mean, yes, David, challenging. We were saying earlier, just because you pick him as your running mate doesn't mean you automatically win Pennsylvania. But I got to think it would have helped just a little bit.

D (12:16)

Hey, listen, the conservatives, the right wing, the Republicans, they were chewing their fingernails down to the knuckle because they were afraid of a Josh Shapiro. They were afraid of a Mark Kelly. They're not as afraid of this new governor because they think they can define him. So here's the challenge you've got in this party. And you know, people don't want to talk about it. We got to talk about it. On the one hand, you have a lot of young people who are concerned about Gaza. You have a lot of Muslims and Arabs and others they have not felt seen by the Biden administration. You start hearing that genocide Joe, that was building. That was building. And so those folks needed to have a candidate that they could feel comfortable with. This helps them in that regard. But you also have anti Semitism that has gotten marbled into this party. You can be for the Palestinians without being an anti Jewish bigot. But there are some anti Jewish bigots out there, and there's some disquiet now. And there has to be how much of what just happened is caving into some of these darker parts in the party. So that's going to have to get worked out. It's going to have to get talked.

Ted Cruz (13:21)

Senator, you listen to what he's saying there. And this goes back to something I've been saying for a while, and I think it's official now. I was right when I said the Democratic Party's dead. They are filled now with. With. With anti Semites, with. With Marxists, with socialists, with Communists. And they've just been masquerading as Democrats. And if you don't believe me, the Democratic Socialists of America took a victory lap with, With Walt Selection saying this was like the best pick they could have asked for. Harris's selection of Waltz showed, quote, the world that the DSA and its allies on the left are a force that cannot be ignored, quote, unquote. That is from the Democratic Socialists of America.

Ben Ferguson (14:07)

Yeah, look. And it's quite honest. And so the fact that they didn't pick Shapiro. Listen, Listening to Van Jones, and I don't know Van Jones personally. I've met him briefly, but I don't know him. I agree with every single word he said. Like I agreed at the front end, he said Republicans were gnashing at their teeth that Kamala would have picked Josh Shapiro. I certainly was. I thought that was really damn dangerous. My guess is Shapiro, probably adding him to the ticket, probably would have won Pennsylvania. That's why I said that was the most likely choice. Because if you're actually trying to win, if it was David Axelrod making this pick, he'd have picked Shapiro. I actually believe if it was James Carville making this pick, I think he would have picked Shapiro. I think a smart, tenacious Democrat who wants to win would have said, let's do it. But as I said, I got the ratios wrong. They have more crazy than they have Stone Cold Killer. And the problem is there are too many rabid, anti Israel, anti Semites in the party. And I'm not saying everyone is. I'm not saying everyone on Kamala's campaign is, but they're scared of the anti Semites. And so they're like, we can't piss them off. So let's not do that. As an aside, I think there are a lot of people across this country who are Jewish, who are liberal or moderate, who are sitting here wondering. Listen, not a ton of people are saying publicly what you and I are saying right now, but there are a ton of people thinking it. And I gotta say, if you're a moderate, even liberal Jew, and you're looking at the Democrat Party going, wait a second, it's now disqualifying as a candidate to be Jewish, I just think there are a lot of people that when they lay their head down on the bed at night, that quiet, still voice in their head, they're going to be like, why am I part of a party that is embarrassed to have me? And I think that's going to have real consequences going forward. But let me say, secondly, even if they weren't willing to pick Shapiro because he's Jewish, they had another choice, which is Mark Kelly. And listen, I served with Mark Kelly, and I gotta say, I think Mark Kelly was an incredibly dangerous choice. So Mark is someone. He's a Navy veteran, he's an astronaut. His voting record has been very, very liberal. But he seems rational, reasonable, moderate. Mark is someone, frankly, Ben, you'd love to get a beer with. He just is a reasonable guy. And by the way, Mark doesn't have what's apparently the disqualifying factor in the Democrat primary, which is to be Jewish. So, like, if they're scared of the pro Hamas zealots, Mark Kelly was a perfectly fine second choice to land on. And they fairly early through. And by the way, Arizona is a swing state, too. It doesn't have as many electoral votes as Pennsylvania. But Mark Kelly is popular in Arizona. He just got reelected in Arizona with strong numbers. I mean, that. That was a perfectly reasonable play. And the fact that they said no to that also, and they went with Tim Waltz. And I want to go back. You open this pod by talking about how radical Tim Waltz is. I don't know the guy. I've never met him, so I don't know him personally. But in the last 24 hours, I've looked at his record and holy cow, this guy is hard, hard left. There's a reason the Democratic socialists are celebrating him, as you just read. There's a reason, within minutes of his being announced as vp, you know who tweeted out a tweet praising it? Ilhan Omar with a picture of her next to him saying what a fantastic choice this was. And listen, you know, she's from Minnesota. She represents the radicals in Minnesota. He's her governor. And they've been strong, strong allies. He's proud to stand with the radical, anti Semite, Israel hating radical leftist like Ilhan Omer. And it says volumes. You said at the outset, it's not that Kamala Harris picked Tim Waltz because she was bullied into it by the left wing. It's because she picked Tim Waltz because that's who she is. She's a radical leftist. You know, there was one nonpartisan source that rated her the single most liberal senator in the entire U.S. senate. And he likewise, he is one of, if not the most liberal governor in the entire country. And I think this is birds of a feather that Kamala Harris and Tim Waltz and Ilhan Omar, they agree with each other. They're radicals. And I think this pick speaks volumes. On one level, that makes me happy as a Republican, I think this makes the ticket significantly easier to beat. On another level, it scares the hell out of me because if these guys win, they are running on their radicalism and God help us if they're actually in office and implementing the policies that they are true believers in.

Ted Cruz (19:04)

Let's talk about some of those policies. And one of them is just Waltz is a radical on issues of transgenderism. Waltz has previously signed a bill, for example, requiring schools in Minnesota to stock boys bathrooms with, quote, period products. He's also the same guy that signed a bill making Minnesota a sanctuary state and allowing minors to go through sex change operations as well and taking away parental rights. Megyn Kelly put it this way earlier today. She said, tim Waltz is a guy that signed a bill to let the state take away your kids if you do not agree to sterilize them and chop off their body parts in the name of, quote, gender affirming care. So if your 14 year old is sad but thinks it's gender confusion and you object to castrating him, then in the state of Minnesota, they say, no, no, no, the state will take custody. That is who this governor is and what he stands for. That is extreme senator, period.

Ben Ferguson (20:14)

And Ben, how is that not hyperbole? I mean, think where we were as a country 12 minutes ago. Like if we would have said, okay, not 12 minutes ago, but a couple of years ago that the Democrats want to take your kids, sterilize them, castrate them, cut their genitals off and make them permanently unable to have kids. People would have been like, okay, that's nobody is that crazy. That'd be like saying the Democrats want to abolish the police, which they also want to do. That'd be like saying the Democrats want open borders, which they also want to do. That'd be like saying the Democrats, Democrats side with Hamas against Israel, which they also do. Like this party we have seen in the last couple of years, we've seen them go crazy. But let's take just the very first piece of that litany you gave. So Tim Waltz signed a bill requiring schools to put tampons in little boys bathrooms. Now Ben, you're the father of three boys. I'm going to go on a limb. I'm just going to ask you a question. Have any of your boys ever needed a tampon?

Ted Cruz (21:16)

No. And they never will because they're boys.

Ben Ferguson (21:19)

So like wait, wait, you're saying there's something like genetic, like they're lacking the equipment to need. Like wait, you can't be saying your boys don't menstruate, are you?

Ted Cruz (21:29)

Yeah, yeah I can. And by the way, they'll never be able to birth a child either. And if that makes me a terrible person for saying it, then I'm totally fine to wear that T shirt like it is.

Ben Ferguson (21:41)

So the Internet has already nicknamed him Tampon Tim, which, which is just. And by the way, let's go back to the talking point which he coined. You know, the whole Republicans are weird. It's Tim Waltz that came up with this. The guy that thinks 10 year old boys need tampons. Now that's pretty weird to me, but he's the one. And what are these radical leftists? Oh, he's so real. Oh yeah, he say like they. Oh, he said weird. We love him. They say he's down to earth. Listen, what he did on sterilization of children, no child, no 8 year old has the emotional maturity to make the decision to sterilize themselves for life, to remove their ability to have children and to remove body parts if an adult wants to do that. That's not a decision I agree with, but I think an adult has a right to do that. I don't like that decision. But they have a right to do that. Because if you're an adult, you have maturity, you have self determination. A child does not. And in my view, to sterilize, to castrate a child is child abuse. And listen, kids, kids believe all sorts of things. I've seen kids that believe they're a dinosaur. Does that mean you should like engra velociraptor nails on them? No, children believe all sorts of things. And you know what? Children change because they grow up, they become adults. And, and this radical leftist view that if a four year old, a six year old, an eight year old child, if a boy believes he's a girl, if a girl believes she, she's a boy, that you should go in and medically make it impossible for them to change their mind. That is not reasonable, that is not moderate, that is radical. And Tim Waltz is the poster child for this.

Ted Cruz (23:39)

Well, and not only that, and I want parents to understand just how concerning it is, the extremism of his record. Not only did the governor of Minnesota, Tim Waltz, now the VP candidate under Harris, do what you're talking about, but he also said we are a sanctuary state and we are a state. This was legally, he did this. Where children could undergo sex change operations. Go back to the Associated Press on March 23rd of 2023. This is their quote. Democratic Governor Tim Waltz signed an executive order two weeks ago to protect the rights of people from Minnesota and other states to receive gender affirming health care in the state. Minnesota lawmakers passed legislation to make their state a trans refuge, quote, unquote, for young people seeking sex change surgery. The outlet noted that the legislation is meant to ensure that children undergoing gender transition procedures allowed under Minnesota law cannot be governed by child protection laws of any other state. It's a direct response, they said, to South Dakota. But South Dakota, where Republican Governor Christian own, signed a law banning puberty blockers, cross sex hormone treatments and sex change operations for transgendered individuals under the age of 18. So what do they do in Minnesota? They said, no, no, no, come here and we will protect you with the full force of the law and we'll make sure you can do whatever you want to do. And by the way, let's traffic in this type of tourism and invite every parent to bring their kid to Minnesota that wants to do any of these radical surgeries.

Ben Ferguson (25:19)

Well, listen, in some ways Minnesota has a natural advantage in that because I'll say in the wintertime it's so cold in Minnesota that you'll naturally freeze your nuts off.

Ted Cruz (25:31)

I set you up for that one, didn't I?

Ben Ferguson (25:33)

I'm sorry, I couldn't resist that. I. Minnesota is gorgeous in the summertime. I love it in the summertime. The lakes are beautiful, it's wonderful. But, but, but I gotta say, in February I want to be in Houston and not in Minnesota. I like me some sunshine.

Ted Cruz (25:48)

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E (28:49)

I would say those first days, you know, when there were riots, I could smell the burning tires and that was, that was a very real thing. And I kept the windows open for as long as I could because I felt like that was such a touch to of what was what was happening.

Ted Cruz (29:12)

We've also had Democrats come out that were mayors during the time of these riots who have attacked the governor, saying we asked him and begged him for help. We asked him to activate the National Guard as our cities were burning and black businesses were burnings. And Tim did nothing.

Ben Ferguson (29:29)

That's exactly right. Listen, I want to do a lightning round of just how radical Tim Waltz is, because he is every bit as radical a leftist as Kamala Harris. And the two of them are peas in a pod. And it's Kamala, Tim Waltz, and Ilhan Omar that define today's Democrat Party. So when it comes to Black Lives Matter riots, we saw Minneapolis burn. Tim Waltz was complicit in that. He did not send out the National Guard. He delayed sending the National Guard. He sat there. He didn't arrest the rioters. Look, the fundamental responsibility of any governor, any mayor, any police chief is to protect your citizens. He refused to protect his citizens because he sided with the radicals who were burning the cities, who were assaulting people, who were firebombing police cars. And you know what Kamala Harris was doing while Tim Waltz was letting Minneapolis burn? Kamala Harris was contributing to bail out the people who were burning Minneapolis. They side with the radicals. You look at his record. All right, we're just going to go through a series of clips. I want you to hear this. Tim Waltz explaining his views on socialism. Go.

F (30:34)

Get out there. Reach out. Make the case. And for one thing, don't ever, don't ever shy away from our progressive values. One person's socialism is another person's neighborliness.

Ben Ferguson (30:45)

One person's socialism is another person's neighborliness. So Kamala Harris picked as her teammate, as her comrade in arms, someone who openly defends socialism. By the way, I tweeted out yesterday, one person's theft is another person's crypt. Christmas. Apparently, socialism is just neighborliness. Just taking your stuff, giving it to someone else. It's just being a neighbor. All right, how about during COVID What happened during COVID Tim Waltz literally set up a snitch line where neighbors could rat each other out for violating the government's tyrannical Covid orders. Play this clip.

E (31:25)

Hello. You have reached the Department of public Safety stay at home hotline. The information you leave is considered public information. At the tone, please leave the following your name, your callback number, how the stay at home order is being violated, and where the stay at home order was violated. Thank you.

Ben Ferguson (31:45)

Record your message at the tone. When you are finished, hang up or press pound for more options.

Ted Cruz (31:52)

Senator, snitch lines are used in communist countries, socialist countries, where you indoctrinate kids to snitch on their parents, right? And you tell them the kids, hey, come to school and hey, tell the authorities, hey, tell us the teachers, what your parents are doing that are going against the government. And yet this is what the governor was doing in Minnesota, actually using tax dollars to do exactly the same damn thing.

Ben Ferguson (32:16)

Look, we will lock you up, rat out your parents, rat out your kids, rat out your family members. The government is in charge. Anyone who violates my lockdown order, report on them to the government. By the way, it's not surprising that Tim Waltz loves him some communist China. Listen to this clip focusing on.

F (32:36)

And I lived in China, and as I said, I've been there about 30 times. But if someone tells you and they're an expert on China, they're probably not telling you the truth because it's a complex country. But it's critically important for us. I don't think fall into the category that China necessarily needs to be an adversarial relationship. I totally disagree.

Ted Cruz (32:53)

I mean, this is a guy. And I go back to what I said earlier. These clips need to be shared everywhere. So if you are an avid listener, verdict, share this podcast on social media, because the media is not going to play any of this for you.

Ben Ferguson (33:09)

So to be clear, he's not even saying that China is not our mortal enemy. We must destroy them. He's saying, I don't fall into the category that China needs to be an adversarial relationship. I totally disagree. This is someone who's made a life embracing communist China. And by the way, I want you to hear a really weird quote. A weird quote. So Tim Waltz grew up in a town called West Point, Nebraska in the 70s and 80s. And here's a quote that he said. He said, Waltz has always been fascinated by communist China. He remembers from his childhood pictures of Mao Zedong hung in public places and carried in parades. Now, in West Point, Nebraska, that was a town of about 3,300 people. Who the hell was hanging pictures of Mao Zedong and carrying them in parades? I mean, this is a guy who literally says, like, there are pro communist parades in Nebraska. Like, what circles was this guy running on? And you're right, the media is not going to report on that. That's from a newspaper, from an article where they thought that was praising him. But, but, all right, let, let, let's go through a little bit more of his record. How about open borders? So we know that he signed into law. A law that allows Minnesota records residents to get driver's license even if they're illegal aliens. Play that clip. It's done. A packed room at the St. Paul Armory erupted after the governor's signature made driver's license for all the law of the land.

Ted Cruz (35:01)

I mean, he was so excited about this. It is law. Come to Minnesota illegal immigrants and I'll give you everything you want, including that driver's license. And then he said that every other state should do it as well.

Ben Ferguson (35:12)

Well, and listen, it's not like Tim Waltz, like Kamala Harris is rooting for 11 and a half million illegal immigrants to invade this country. Well, no, actually it is. Listen to what he said about whether he wants illegal aliens to climb the border wall and invade this country illegally. Play that clip.

F (35:31)

And I think seeing a plan that's out there talking about it with folks knowing that he's not going to do anything. You know, he talks about this wall. I always say, let me know how high it is. If it's 25ft, then I'll invest in the 30 foot ladder factory. That's not how you stop this.

Ted Cruz (35:46)

This is a guy that has done a 180 from everything you would do if you believed in securing our borders. He is a wide open sanctuary state. He is in favor of adding lottery factories to help illegals get across the wall if they built the wall. He is a guy that says, come into our state wherever you're coming from in the world. We are a sanctuary state and we're proud to say that that is what we are. And this goes back to what you said. He is a radical that is there clearly to help Kamala Harris enforce her radical agenda ideas.

Ben Ferguson (36:24)

Well. And understand, he's not saying as like a financial matter that he wants to invest in ladder companies, is not advising that as a stock picking tip. What he's saying is he's rooting for the people climbing the wall. He's rooting for the people crossing into this country. And he's not admitting this, but he's rooting for the human traffickers. He's rooting effectively for the drug cartels. And that's exactly where Kamala Harris is. Kamala Harris was our border czar. She was in charge of the border during this invasion of 11.5 million people. And Tim Waltz is there. He will be the cheerleader. The two of them will wave their pom poms cheering on the invasion, going, yay ladders, yay tunnels. Get into this country illegally. Why? Because we think you're going to vote for Democrats. And his record is he supports open borders. So does Kamala Harris. That's why she picked him.

Ted Cruz (37:19)

Yeah, and the media falling all over themselves trying to describe the VP pick, Tim Waltz as a moderate. Does abortion on demand sound like a moderate? Does transgender surgeries on minors sound like a moderate? Does allowing black lives Matter to burn down the Twin Cities sound like a moderate to you? This is who he is. Do not fall for what the media is telling us about it and try to act like, oh, he's just a moderate Midwestern governor. No, he is a radical extremist. Look at his own words. I want to tell you about my friends real quick over at Chalk and Hey, about a year ago I decided I need to get back in shape. I need to lose weight. I've now lost really close to almost £70 from when I started a little over a year ago. And I got to tell you, thankfully the patriots of Chalk spelled C H O Q are helping men just like me get back to how we felt years ago. They can help you boost your testosterone levels up to 20% over 90 days. Naturally. I've been taking Chalk's male vitality stack now for over a year and I can tell you it works. I was sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. I was sick and tired of sitting on the couch. I was sick and tired of working out and just not feeling like I had a great workout and just feeling fatigue setting in. Well, Chalk, manufactured right here in the US of A is a natural herbal supplements that are clinically proven to have game changing effects on your energy, your focus, your mood and can boost your testosterone levels up to 20% over 90 days. So get off the couch. Maximize your masculinity today@chalk.choq.com use the promo code BEN for a massive discount on any subscription for life. Choq.com promo code BEN for lifetime savings on any subscription. Limited time offer. And remember, subscriptions are cancelable at any time center. I mean we really could see it in the just moments and and hours after the announcement from Kamala Harris of the VP pick being Waltz that the media had one clear plan and strategy and that was describe the pick, Tim Waltz as a moderate. He is nothing but a radical.

Ben Ferguson (39:46)

Listen, that is absolutely right. This is someone who is an extremist. His record, he's embraced socialism, he's embraced open borders, he's embraced COVID lockdown. He was responsible for shutting schools down in Minnesota and hurting low income kids, hurting African American kids, hurting Hispanic kids in his state. He's Been a radical on gender extremism, including castrating and sterilizing little boys and little girls. He mandates that tampons be provided to 10 year old boys. He loves him some communist China. He's lived in China. He says we shouldn't be an adversary with them. He's advocated ladder factories to climb over border walls. He has been extreme. But the media says, oh, he's a Midwestern guy. He was a schoolteacher, by the way, Bowman, the squad member in New York who was just beaten in a Democrat primary because he was so radical and so anti Israel and such a socialist. He was a schoolteacher. I gotta say, there are a bunch of radicals that are schoolteachers. So just saying that is not a moderating middle of the road factor necessarily. But part of what the media is trying to say is, well, he's a Midwesterner who appeals to country folks. He appeals to rural voters. Now, to be clear, in Minnesota, he did even worse with rural voters than his predecessors. But I want you to listen to what Tim Waltz thinks about rural America.

F (41:14)

See those maps? Red and blue and there's all that red across there. And Democrats go into depression over it. It's mostly rocks and cows that are in that red area.

Ted Cruz (41:23)

Rocks and cows, Senator. That's what he thinks.

Ben Ferguson (41:26)

That's what he thinks about rural America. This is the governor of Minneapolis. This is the governor of left wing pro China radicals. And Kamala Harris is the vice president of San Francisco. And that's who they're running to represent. And if you'd happen not to be a San Francisco leftist, if you happen not to be a Minneapolis leftist, if you happen not to love communist China, not to love open borders, not to love BLM rioters burning your city to the ground, well, they're not running to represent you.

Ted Cruz (41:56)

Don't forget, we do this show Monday, Wednesday, Friday. And this show, please make sure you share it on social media so others can hear these important clips. We're going to keep exposing exactly who the VP is, who Kamala Harris is, and remind people of what is happening and what their plans are going to be for this country if they get to the White House. The Senator and I will also see you back here in a couple of days.