RECAP-Ten Verdict Predictions that ALL Came TRUE! (Part 1:1-5)

Summary

Verdict with Ted Cruz: RECAP-Ten Verdict Predictions that ALL Came TRUE! (Part 1:1-5)
Release Date: January 3, 2025
Host: Senator Ted Cruz and Co-Host Ben Ferguson

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Introduction

In the January 3, 2025 episode of Verdict with Ted Cruz, Senator Ted Cruz and co-host Ben Ferguson delve into the remarkable accuracy of their previous predictions. Initially planned as a continuation of their top ten predictions, unforeseen terrorist attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas prompted a strategic reset. Consequently, the hosts present the first five predictions that have come to fruition, demonstrating their foresight and challenging narratives pushed by mainstream media.

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1. COVID-19 Origin: Lab Leak Theory Confirmed

Ben Ferguson opens the discussion by highlighting one of their most contentious predictions: the belief that COVID-19 originated from a laboratory leak rather than a natural spillover. Heinous claims were initially dismissed by social media giants, branding the theory as a "conspiracy."

Ben Ferguson [03:16]:
"In March 2020, I stated that COVID-19 was man-made and likely escaped from a lab, not a natural mutation. Social media suppressed this narrative, branding it as a conspiracy theory."

Senator Ted Cruz reinforces this stance, presenting evidence that major platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Google actively suppressed information suggesting a lab origin. He uncovers communications between Dr. Fauci and Mark Zuckerberg aimed at suppressing the lab leak theory.

Senator Ted Cruz [04:00]:
"Facebook and Twitter were actively suppressing the lab leak narrative, even as we laid out the facts from the beginning."

A clip from March 10, 2020, underscores their early position, highlighting the media's dismissal of the lab leak theory.

Unknown Speaker [04:43]:
"Do we have any sense of the true origins of the virus?... It's a reasonable question to ask."

Senator Ted Cruz [06:32]:
"We predicted that COVID-19 did not occur naturally but escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and now multiple reports confirm this."

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2. U.S. Funding to Wuhan Institute of Virology

Following the confirmation of the lab leak theory, Senator Ted Cruz details the financial ties between the U.S. government and the Wuhan Institute of Virology, emphasizing the risks associated with such collaborations.

Senator Ted Cruz [09:16]:
"The U.S. government funded the Wuhan Institute of Virology with $76,301 in fiscal year 2019 as part of a $3.7 million program across several countries, including China."

He cites reports from reputable sources like the New York Post and Reuters, which reveal that U.S. taxpayer dollars supported risky gain-of-function experiments at the Wuhan lab.

Ben Ferguson [10:21]:
"This funding was part of a larger initiative studying viral diversity in bats, which directly ties to the COVID-19 outbreak."

By December 2024, significant developments emerged, including the U.S. suspension of federal funding to the Wuhan lab over non-compliance and the Wall Street Journal's exposé titled "Behind Closed Doors," which corroborated their lab leak hypothesis.

Senator Ted Cruz [13:20]:
"We were proved exactly right on COVID. Our predictions have been thoroughly validated."

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3. Joe Biden Not the 2024 Democratic Nominee

One of the most bold predictions made by Senator Ted Cruz was that President Joe Biden would not secure the Democratic nomination for the 2024 election. This claim was met with widespread skepticism and ridicule from the media and political pundits.

Ben Ferguson [14:38]:
"You were right that Joe Biden would not be the Democratic nominee. The media dismissed it as absurd at the time."

Senator Ted Cruz [15:11]:
"I predicted as early as September 2023 that Joe Biden would not be the nominee. The Democrats couldn't see past Kamala Harris or the possibility of Michelle Obama stepping in."

In a September 18, 2023 segment, Cruz elaborated on the internal dynamics of the Democratic Party, suggesting that only Kamala Harris or Michelle Obama could replace Biden without causing internal strife.

Senator Ted Cruz [17:22]:
"Michelle Obama has the unique ability to unify the party without infuriating key constituencies, unlike other potential candidates."

The debate on June 28, 2024, was a pivotal moment where Cruz reiterated this prediction, accurately forecasting Biden's removal from the ticket.

Senator Ted Cruz [23:04]:
"Prediction number three, that Joe Biden would not be the nominee, came 100% true."

Although Cruz predicted Michelle Obama would take Biden's place, the actual replacement was Kamala Harris, slightly deviating from his forecast but still aligning with the broader prediction.

Senator Ted Cruz [23:04]:
"Prediction number four, that Biden would be replaced by either Kamala Harris or Michelle Obama, also came true."

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4. Replacement by Kamala Harris or Michelle Obama

Expanding on the replacement scenario, Senator Ted Cruz discussed the mechanics and implications of Biden being replaced by either Kamala Harris or Michelle Obama.

Senator Ted Cruz [18:07]:
"Michelle Obama can step in above all rivals, offering a unifying figure that the Democratic Party desperately needs."

He expressed confidence in Michelle Obama's ability to consolidate party support, although she ultimately declined the candidacy, resulting in Kamala Harris taking the mantle.

Senator Ted Cruz [22:38]:
"While Michelle Obama did not take the role, Kamala Harris stepped in as the replacement, fulfilling our prediction."

Cruz emphasized the strategic importance of such a replacement to maintain party unity and avoid internal conflicts.

Senator Ted Cruz [24:02]:
"Ultimately, Kamala Harris was chosen, aligning closely with our initial prediction and demonstrating the party's lack of viable alternatives."

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5. Joe Biden Pardoning Death Row Inmates

Another contentious prediction was Cruz's assertion that President Biden would commute the sentences of federal death row inmates, a move seen as disregarding federal law and justice principles.

Ben Ferguson [24:53]:
"We predicted that Biden would pardon death row inmates, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of 9/11. This has sadly come true."

Senator Ted Cruz [25:33]:
"I predicted on August 18, 2023, that Biden would commute the sentences of every federal death row prisoner before leaving office. He commuted 37 out of 40, sparing only the most notorious criminals."

He criticized the selective commutation, highlighting that the three not pardoned were among the most heinous, thereby undermining the rule of law.

Senator Ted Cruz [27:13]:
"Though not 100% accurate, commuting 37 out of 40 sentences still reflects a profound disrespect for the rule of law."

The episode also touched on ongoing efforts to spare Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, despite public pressure, showcasing the administration's disregard for voter sentiment.

Senator Ted Cruz [30:31]:
"The White House is trying to spare Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on their way out, demonstrating contempt for voters and the Constitution."

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Conclusion

In this compelling first part of their prediction recap, Senator Ted Cruz and Ben Ferguson illustrate the accuracy and impact of their foresight on critical national issues, from the origins of COVID-19 to the dynamics within the Democratic Party and presidential pardons. Their discussions not only validate their analytical prowess but also challenge prevailing narratives, encouraging listeners to question mainstream perspectives and stay informed.

Stay tuned for Part 2, where Cruz and Ferguson will continue to unveil and analyze their further predictions that have come to pass, offering deeper insights into the political landscape as the nation moves into a new era.

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Transcript

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[Ben Ferguson]

It is Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you as always. And with this week being New Year's, we had had an original plan which was to give you the top 10 predictions that we made on Verdict in the last year that came true. They were big predictions and it was to set the record straight for so many on the left and the media that listened to the show of just how right we were and how ahead of things we were. And if you listen to the show, you know that we compiled this list, a list to help arm you so that you can fight back against the liberals and the narrative that they push out on so many things that they're oh so wrong on. Now with this terrible terrorist attack in New Orleans and the other terrorist attack out in Las Vegas in front of the Trump Hotel, we clearly changed things and did a special podcast that came out on Thursday with the latest news we had there. If you missed that show, go back and listen to it because there's a lot that the that the Senator talked about, especially when it comes to the FBI and what should be happening come January 20th at the inauguration of Donald Trump and what changes we need to have immediately. Make sure you go back and listen to that special pod we did on Thursday. Now it's Friday and this was supposed to be part two of our list. What we've decided to do instead to kind of reset all this because of the terrorist attack in that special episode is we are going to give you the first part of that list again right now for you in case you missed it. And then on Monday we will have for you the second part of that list of these predictions that we made months in advance, some of them over a year in advance, that became came true in 2024, heading into 2025. So with that being said, here is part one of that list of the predictions that became reality that we called here on Verdict weeks, months and even over a year ago.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

We're going to go through 10 predictions that on this podcast we have made that have proven correct and the Principle going forward, if you want to know what's gonna happen next, what's gonna happen in 2025, what's gonna happen in 2026, what's gonna happen going forward? Well, listen to verdict because we're gonna keep making predictions. And so far our batting record is pretty damn good, including some predictions that at the time we made them were widely, widely ridiculed and deemed crazy tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy theories. And now they are indisputably correct.

[Ben Ferguson]

And let's go back and, and let's start with one that's way back. And now we have a lot more confirmation to say yet again, we were right. I want to go back to March 10th of 2020. March 10th, 2020. Get that in your head. We're in 2025 now, January 1st. And you said that in fact COVID 19, you believed was coming from a lab, that this wasn't some man made, this wasn't some organic thing, this was clearly man made. And if you said that, by the way, on social media, you were shut down. You were put into what we refer to as social media jail. Your reach was limited, you couldn't run ads.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

It changed in 2020. In 2020, Facebook and Twitter and Google, they were all actively suppressing, saying that Covid was a man made virus, that it was not something that had just naturally leapt from an animal to the human population, but rather that it escaped from a lab. It was suppressed. We now know that Facebook, that Dr. Fauci was communicating with Mark Zuckerberg, asking him to suppress it. And yet somehow, starting back in March of 2020, this show was laying out the facts. And for our loyal listeners and viewers, they were hearing the facts about COVID right at the very beginning. Give a listen. March 10, 2020.

[Unknown Speaker]

This was just a bad case of bat soup, that people ate something they shouldn't have eaten. And that's how it spread. Others have pointed to this strange coincidence that there is a virus testing laboratory in Wuhan. Do we have any sense of the true origins of the virus?

Well, we don't know for sure. I've asked medical experts and they've said based on the sequencing of the genomes, it does not appear to be artificially created, that it appears to be a virus that has occurred in nature. You're right that a lot of people have focused on the Wuhan Virology Institute that is located right there. And indeed they've got researchers there that are studying coronavirus and studying bats. I mean that, that, that raises some obvious questions. At the same time, it's very interesting. Do you remember back last fall when, when the Houston Rockets, when Darrell Morey, the general manager, tweeted out about Hong Kong, he said, stand with Hong Kong. Stand for liberty. Right. And, and the NBA went crazy and China went crazy, and, and the NBA apologized profusely. I, I have to admit, it's kind of the same thing that anyone suggests. Well, well, gosh, you know, there are thousands, hundreds of thousands of cities all across the world. It just so happens this outbreak is there right where this virology lab is. And the collective media acts with this outrage of. Okay, take your, take your tin hat off. How dare you even ask that question? You know, it, it, it's obviously a question that people are going to inquire. Look, the first step needs to be stopping this, this virus, stopping the disease, and protecting human life right now. But, but there are certainly going to be questions following up if, if there is any connection or not. And that seems at least a reasonable question to ask.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

You.

[Ben Ferguson]

Listen to that. And again, we're going back now till 2020 for that. You were spot on. And that was something that the media and social media said made you a conspiracy theorist.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Yeah. And listen, there are two predictions that came out that we were laying out. Number one, that Covid did not occur just naturally, did not occur in a wet market from someone eating bat soup, but rather that it escaped from a lab. And number two, that in particular it came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. And look, early on, you're dealing with limited information, and I was trying to do my best to walk through that limited information. By the way, I got to say in that clip, Ben, you sound kind of funny there. You know, you don't have much of a sudden twang. You sound, you sound kind of like a yali. It's a little weird.

[Ben Ferguson]

I've always, you know, wanted to know what I'd sound like if I went to the Ivy leagues. And now I know. Compliments of Michael Knowles for making that happen. Right.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

And for longtime Verdict listeners, Michael Knowles, my dear friend, Ben's dear friend, was, was my co host for the first couple of years. And so that was Michael and me back then, before Ben came on board. That was in March, March 10th of 2020. Let's go forward a month later to April. To April. We had a little more information. I want to listen. I want you to listen to Verdict laying out the evidence that this virus not just escaped from a lab, but escaped from the Wuhan Institute for Virology in Wuhan China, give a listen.

[Unknown Speaker]

I want to turn for a moment from the economy into the virus itself and I want to take just a slight victory lap because I remember on this very Show, Senator, on March 10, over a month ago, you suggested that there was very likely a link between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and this virus that just so coincidentally happened to occur within a couple miles of that institute during that time. The mainstream media said this was crazy, this was a conspiracy theory. There was no evidence of it. Now we are getting multiple reports all saying that the virus came from, from the lab. My question here is not, My point is not just to take a victory lap. My question is, did the US Government know that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was conducting this sort of dangerous research? And if we did know, why didn't we stop it?

Absolutely, yes, the U.S. government do.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

And, and in fact, when, when, when.

[Unknown Speaker]

You and I brought this up on March 10th over a month ago, you're right, it was treated as tin, tin foil hat, conspiracy theory, nut jobbery. Well, it turns out there was, wasn't just one. There were two labs within miles of.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Where this outbreak break occurred that were.

[Unknown Speaker]

Studying coronaviruses from bats. And, and that there were internal State Department wires before this pandemic raising concerns about the security in those labs and that an accidental virus could escape and cause a global pandemic. But I'll tell you it's worse than that. And let me give you some, some breaking news right now, which is the US Government was funding the Chinese research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Your taxpayer dollars and my taxpayer dollars. And let me give you specifics that we just got today. Today, an inquiry of the National Institutes of Health. Did any of your money go to the Wuhan Institute of Virology?

[Senator Ted Cruz]

The answer is yes.

[Unknown Speaker]

And here's what, here's what they told.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Us in writing today.

[Unknown Speaker]

They said in fiscal year 2019, the funding for the Wuhan Institute for Virology was $76,000. And the $301. $76,301.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Now what did it go to?

[Unknown Speaker]

And I'm repeating what NIH has told me in writing. It went to. It was part of an overall 3.7 million dollar funding program that went to six years in sites in China, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Myanmar. And, and here's what they were studying. These are NIH's words. The project included studying viral diversity in animal parentheses, bats, reservoirs, surveying people that live in high risk communities for evidence of bat coronavirus. Infection and conducting laboratory experiments to analyze and predict which newly discovered viruses pose the greatest threats to human health Center.

[Ben Ferguson]

It's pretty clear. And that's part two of this prediction. You were right as well.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Yeah. Look and we now know this like what we were predicting then. That was crazy. Fringe theory has now all been confirmed. Let's Fast forward to February 2023. February 2023 the Washington Post reported FBI director said COVID 19 quote most likely originated from lab incident. That's the FBI's position now. June of 2023 the New York report reported. New York Post reported, quote, U.S. taxpayers supported research in three Chinese labs that included risky gain of function experiments with coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the National Institute Institutes of Health, nih and the U.S. agency for International Development. USAID provided $2,168,345 in grant funding to the Chinese research institutions between 2014 and 2021, according to the Government Accountability Office. The report shows $1,413,720 in sub grants allocated by the Manhattan based Eco Health alliance went to the Wuhan Institute of Virology where hazardous research was conducted on bat coronaviruses. July of 2023 Reuters reported. Quote, US suspends federal funding to Wuhan lab over non compliance December 2024 Fox News Covid most likely leaked from Wuhan Lab Social distancing not based on science Select Committee finds and then finally December 26th of 2024 just a few days ago the Wall Street Journal wrote the bombshell story that we did an entire podcast on entitled Behind Closed Doors. The spy world scientist who argued Covid was a lab leak. Well there were scientists arguing that behind closed doors, but there was also the verdict podcast making the argument laying out the facts right at the very beginning. And I got to say on Covid we were proved exactly right.

[Ben Ferguson]

Final question on this prediction. Looking forward, do you think we're going to learn a lot more about Foushee, the COVID up and Covid when Donald Trump is inaugurated after January 20th?

[Senator Ted Cruz]

So I do. And I am urging the incoming Trump administration to engage in full transparency. That's a discussion I have had with Pam Bondi at the Department of Justice. That's a discussion I've had with with Cash Patel who will be going to the FBI. It's a discussion I will have next week with RFK Jr. Who will be coming in as HHS secretary. Every one of them I am urging use full transparency, make it public, let the public know. And I'm going to keep pressing them to do that and I think they're going to follow through. We're going to know a lot more. That is a very good thing.

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[Ben Ferguson]

Let's move on to another prediction. This may be one of the my favorite predictions that we've ever made here on this show because when we said it, we got a lot of pushback and there were a lot of people that said what you were saying was just absurd. We had our tin foil hats on again. I mean, there were people that were angry over this. And that was the big prediction that you made, that Joe Biden would not be the 2024 Democratic nominee.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Well, that's right. And I made two related predictions. Number one, early on I said I believe Joe Biden would not be the Democrat nominee. He would not be on the ballot in 2024. I also predicted, I said the only people that were. When people were later talking about replacing him with Gavin Newsom or Gretchen Whitmer or some other people, I said no, that will. The Democrat party is a bean counting party. Next in line is Kamala Harris. And the Democrat party cannot, cannot, cannot push her aside, cannot push an African American woman aside for a white guy like Gavin Newsom. Their party would spontaneously combust if they tried to do that. So I said the only people who could replace Joe Biden are Kamala Harris or Michelle Obama. And I did lay out that I thought Michelle Obama, if I were a Democrat, I would much prefer Michelle Obama to Kamala Harris. Because Kamala Harris, as the whole world has seen, is a lousy candidate. So if you're a Democrat who wants to win and you're stuck with Kamala Harris, there's only one human being who can push Kamala Kamala Harris aside. That is Michelle Obama. Now, what I think happened, I think they tried with Michelle. I think Michelle said no. And so prediction number one, that Joe Biden would not be the nominee. That came 100% correct. Prediction number two, that he would be replaced either by Kamala Harris or Michelle Obama. That came came true. As well, although I did think Michelle Obama had had a very real possibility. So let's listen this, this first Excerpt is from September 18, 2023. So more than a year, a year and three months ago where I laid out, laid out this possibility and give a listen. So here's the scenario that I think is perhaps most likely and most dangerous. In August of 2024, the Democrat kingmakers jettison Joe Biden and parachute in Michelle Obama. And I want you to pause and reflect on that.

[Ben Ferguson]

Oh, I'm pausing and I'm reflecting, as we said. And so is everybody else listening right now.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

I view this as a very serious danger.

[Ben Ferguson]

I'm smiling right now because it terrifies me. And I also could totally see this happening.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

So Michelle Obama, number one, you don't infuriate African American women, which is a critical part of the constituency that Democrats are relying on to win. But number two, you avoid the problem if you pick from any of the four. The other three are pissed because they're all to some extent, peers, they're rivals. They're all jabbing knives at each other. Michelle Obama, because she was first lady, has the ability to kind of parachute in above all four and say, hey, we're not picking among any of you. You guys can all fight it out next time. You're all going to be on the same level.

[Unknown Speaker]

We're coming.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

This is the Obamas saving the day. And I think in terms of a solution that unifies Democrats, there ain't nothing like that. I also think Michelle is not all that eager to run for president, but.

[Unknown Speaker]

To parachute in In August of 24.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

A couple of months before the presidency, and suddenly wake up and be president.

[Ben Ferguson]

Not a bad gig. Not a bad gig.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

It's not a bad gig at all. Now, would she do it? I don't know. I've met Michelle, but I don't know her personally in any meaningful way. I don't know if she would do it. I do think Barack Obama is already running the Biden administration. I think he is already the puppet master behind this Biden White House. I don't think Joe Biden is the decision maker. And so when I see the media turning on Joe Biden right now, I think the odds of Michelle Obama parachuting in in August of 2024 have risen dramatically. And that ought to scare the hell out of anyone who is unhappy about the direction this country is going and doesn't want us to go even crazier. In an even worse direction.

[Ben Ferguson]

In an even worse direction.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Well, and there you could you heard in September of 2023 making the prediction that Joe Biden would be jettisoned. And by the way, at the time that happened, very few people were making that prediction. When we put that podcast out, it drove a lot of news. There were headlines, there were people that were shocked when I laid out that Biden was not capable, that his mental capacity had diminished, that he was not gonna be the nominee, that the Democrats realized it, that they were gonna jettison him. The media ridiculed it. But you go forward to February of 2024, I went on Maria Bartiromo. I said, I think Obama's driving the train. Which is also what I said. Back In September of 2023, John Harwood, who, you know, was the former journalist for the Wall Street Journal and for NBC and who's a hard leftist, a vicious leftist, he retweeted my comments on Maria Bartiromo, and his entire commentary was, quote, impossibly stupid conversation. So that was his learned journalistic view, is that it was impossibly stupid to say that he, um, I will tell you, just, just in November of this year, I, I retweeted Harwood shot, shot at me. And I just said, want to know why? Nobody trusts the media. Just nine months ago, a fake, quote, journalist claimed it was, quote, impossibly stupid to observe that Joe Biden was not mentally competent to be president. Now everybody admits it. What say you, John J. Harwood? Of course, Harwood didn't respond at all. He ignored it. All right, let's go forward though. Not only did we lay it out in September of 2023, but then fast forward to the debate, the debate between Joe Biden and, and Donald, Donald Trump. That was on June 28, 2024. You and I recorded a Verdict podcast immediately after the debate. We, we, we went live, recorded it that night and give a listen to what the Verdict podcast said. The night of the debate.

[Ben Ferguson]

Senator Cruz, I didn't think it could actually be this bad. It was worse than even I think either of us could have imagined. And now the Democratic Party is screaming, replace the president.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Well, you and I are sitting here. It is 10:17pm Texas time. It is 11:17pm East coast time. The night of the debate. The debate just ended. And I have to say we have just witnessed what I believe is the most consequential presidential debate in U.S. history. Sometimes debate change. Debates change things. Sometimes they don't, I believe to bite. Tonight's debate change things fundamentally. And I believe the odds have now skyrocketed. I believe the odds are north of 80% that the Democrat party will remove Joe Biden from the ticket and replace him. And I believe they are likely to replace Joe Biden with Michelle Obama because Biden did so disastrously badly tonight that Democrats across the country are in utter freefall and complete panic. We're going to break all that down tonight.

[Ben Ferguson]

Yeah. And by the way, this was a prediction that you made on this show back in September of 2023 that the Democratic kingmakers could bring in Michelle Obama will break all that down center. Yet another prediction there. Again, you go back and look at the night you made it right at that debate, and you said, there's no way he's going to be on the ticket. And it was absolutely correct.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Well, to be fair, what I said was the odds were north of 80% that he would be pulled off the ticket. That prediction that Joe Biden would be removed from the ticket, which, by the way, is unprecedented and was almost universally ridiculed in the media, that prediction came 100% true. I also articulated there were only two people who could replace him, Kamala Harris or Michelle Obama. I believe Michelle Obama was more likely. The Michelle Obama thing did not come to pass, but the Kamala Harris thing did. And in fact, I predicted that the Democrat kingmakers would jettison Biden in August of 2024. They in fact did so on July 21st of 2024. So I was 10 days off in terms of predicting it. And by the way, to be clear, I predicted that way back in September of 2023. So. So over a year earlier, I predicted within 10 days when they would throw Biden off the ballot.

[Unknown Speaker]

And.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

And I'm going to make actually a brand new prediction here. I'm going to predict that in the next year or two, we are going to get confirmation that there was serious outreach to Michelle Obama to see if she was willing to replace Joe Biden on the ballot and that Michelle Obama said, no, I don't know that. But my instinct, my judgment tells me that happened. And we'll see in the next year or two. If that gets confirmed, we'll have a subsequent podcast. If that gets confirmed publicly, we'll go back and revisit it. Regardless, prediction number three, Joe Biden will not be the nominee. Check true. Prediction number four, Joe Biden will be replaced by either Kamala Harris or Michelle Obama. Check true. So that's four predictions. Let's move on to prediction number five.

[Ben Ferguson]

Number five is another big one here. And that is the prediction that Joe Biden would pardon death row inmates you said that it was going to happen and it did. Plus the even more, I would say disgusting deal that was given out to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of 911 to spare his life. The mastermind of 911 and a man that was also before even 9 11, involved in many other terrorist attack that killed women and children and the elderly, innocent bystanders that he did around the world.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Well, and this is a prediction that we made on August 18, 2023. Give a listen to what we said back in August of 23. I'm gonna make a prediction as well, which, which is that these are not the only mass murderers that I think this administration is gonna refuse to follow federal law and impose the death pen. I'm gonna make a prediction right now which is Joe Biden, before he leaves the White House, will commute the sentence of every federal prisoner on death row. That he will do it for every one of them. And that includes, it includes the white supremacist and Nazi who murdered nine African Americans at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina in a horrific hate crime. He's on federal death row. It includes the Boston bomber who murdered innocent people by exploding a bomb at the Boston Marathon. One of the two brothers is still alive. He's on death row. And my prediction right now is Joe Biden intends to spare every one of these mass murderers, every one of them. Many of them are racist, bigoted, homicidal lunatics. And I think we're going to see him commute all of their sentences before he leaves the White House.

[Ben Ferguson]

Well, if you won't take out the mastermind of 911 and you won't give him the death penalty, is there anyone that you'll give it to? I mean, it doesn't get any worse than this. It doesn't. And yet that's exactly what he's done.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Well, so my prediction again in August of 23rd is that he would remove the death penalty, that he would commute the death penalty for the federal death rope prisoners. That has come to pass. Now, to be clear, this prediction proves slightly off. I predicted that he would commute the sentence of every single federal death row prisoner. He instead commuted the sentence of 37 out of the 40 federal death row inmates. And so there were three he did not. And interestingly enough, the three he did not are the three that I identified in October, or rather in August of 2023. So the three he did not were the murderer at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, the murderer at the Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston, South Carolina and the Boston Marathon bomber. And those three are the only three he did not. Now, I identified those three because they're the most horribly egregious. They're the most famous and infamous. They are two of the three, at least are vicious, unrepentant racists. And so I have to say my prediction, it was not 100% right. It was 92.5% right because instead of commuting 40 death sentences, Biden commuted 37 out of 40 and he left the three most egregious and famous ones off the table. Why? Because they knew that the press was so utterly corrupt that without those three that they would get almost no criticism for it, that you would just go under the carpet, not really be seen. And I have to say I underestimated the incredible cynicism. And I gotta say, nonetheless, that is a profound disrespect for the rule of law. Among those that Biden did commute the sentences was a Nazi and an Aryan brotherhood racist. You know, Joe Biden stepped forward and said, hey, we're the Democrat Party, we're here for Nazis and Klansmen. I mean it. But 92.5% prediction correct. And sadly, another element of this prediction just became confirmed moments ago. So this episode we were talking about the plans to spare the life of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of 9 11. And this podcast put enormous public pressure on the White House. The White House. Karine Jean Pierre was asked about it and the heat became so much that they backed off of it. Well, sadly the news just broke that they're going back to trying to spare Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. They're trying to do it literally on the way out the door. And the contempt that Joe Biden, this entire White House has for the voters, they are trying to break everything on the way out the door. They're trying to frustrate Donald Trump every way they can. They are such vicious partisans that there is no, no respect for the Constitution, for the rule of law, no respect for the voters. They don't care what the voters said in November. They are trying to literally break everything on the way out the door. And I gotta say, it is grotesque.

[Ben Ferguson]

It really is. We're gonna have part two of our predictions. We will continue this on Friday morning. So may make sure you hit that like subscribe auto download button and we will keep giving you hard hitting predictions. So you know what's actually going to be happening in this new year. It is going to be a very fun one, especially with Trump in office. Republicans control of the House and the Senate and we're going to have a lot of predictions for you. So make sure that hit that subscriber auto download button and on Friday we'll have part two of this. Also, don't forget, grab my podcast, the Ben Ferguson Podcast on those in between days and I'll keep you updated on the latest breaking news as well. And we'll see you back here Friday morning.

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[Senator Ted Cruz]

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