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Chuck Schumer's Anti-Israel Speech-Sen. Ted Cruz Joins Us to Discuss · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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  Speaker 1: The stay of the Union.
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  Speaker 2: It was clear when it happened that Joe Biden was
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  Speaker 2: changing his narrative on Israel. It was obvious that the
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  Speaker 2: present that was standing by Israel was learning that he
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  Speaker 2: needed to change his stance because many voters thirty five
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  Speaker 2: and under who are Democrats, are furious with the president
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  Speaker 2: for standing semi close to Israel. Democrats are also polling
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  Speaker 2: on this issue and realizing that it is unpopular with
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  Speaker 2: the radical Marxist left of their party to stand with Israel.
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  Speaker 2: Many young people in this country who do not understand
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  Speaker 2: the history of Israel because we don't teach it in
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  Speaker 2: our schools anymore, who don't understand World War Two, don't
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  Speaker 2: understand the Holocaust, don't understand Adolph Hitler was even a
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  Speaker 2: bad guy, are sitting there now believing that somehow the
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  Speaker 2: aggressors here Hamas and the Palestinians who butcher and killed
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  Speaker 2: Now you look at this on college campuses, you look
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  Speaker 2: at this among young people.
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  Speaker 1: They truly believe.
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  Speaker 2: That Hamas is justified in their actions to kill Jews.
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  Speaker 2: They're the same people in this country that are actually
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  Speaker 2: chanting from the river to the sea. And it's not
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  Speaker 2: just young ignorant people in this country. And yes they
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  Speaker 2: are ignorant for standing with actual terrorists, but it is
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  Speaker 2: the Democratic Party leadership. Now they are looking at an
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  Speaker 2: election where President Joe Biden didn't get the bump that
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  Speaker 2: they wanted after the State of the Union, and so
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  Speaker 2: now they're having to pivot and pander to the Marxists
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  Speaker 2: and the socialists and the communists within their party. Now,
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  Speaker 2: I have said countless times on this show, and I
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  Speaker 2: will continue to say it. I believe the Democratic Party
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  Speaker 2: is dead. Democrats don't exist anymore in the Democratic Party.
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  Speaker 2: It is Marxist, socialists and communists who are masquerading as Democrats,
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  Speaker 2: plain and simple. And what we now have is an
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  Speaker 2: older Democratic Party that is understanding that they believe, or
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  Speaker 2: at least they have an understanding they think that is
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  Speaker 2: we must take our hand off of Israel, and it's
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  Speaker 2: time for us to turn on Israel to placate the younger,
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  Speaker 2: woke extremists in the Democratic Party. You could see this happening,
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  Speaker 2: and I was warning you. I thought this was going
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  Speaker 2: to happen, that this White House was going to be
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  Speaker 2: forced by their own extremists to take their hand off
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  Speaker 2: of Israel. Well, now it has actually happened. NBC News
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  Speaker 2: reporting it this way about the Democratic leadership and the
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  Speaker 2: Democrat Senate majority leaner Chuck Schumer now saying it's time
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  Speaker 2: for Israel's Prime Minister at Yahoo to go. He's not
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  Speaker 2: saying about the Hamas leadership. He's not saying that about
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  Speaker 2: the Palestinians. No, he's saying it about Israel. And why
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  Speaker 2: is he saying this One simple reason. He believes that
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  Speaker 2: he must say it to make sure that Democrats stay
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  Speaker 2: in office and Joe Biden has a chance of being
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  Speaker 2: re elected. Listen carefully to how NBC News is reporting
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  Speaker 2: on this story. Now, if they were real journalists and
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  Speaker 2: being honest, they would come out and say this, the
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  Speaker 2: Democratic Party is now standing with the terrorist Hamas and
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  Speaker 2: the Palestinian radicals. But that's not how they're going to
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  Speaker 2: report this story at all, because the media is dead
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  Speaker 2: and we have government propaganda now here.
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  Speaker 1: It is.
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  Speaker 3: As Israel targets Hamas in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis grows.
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  Speaker 3: The top Senate Democrat delivering a scathing rebuke of Israeli
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  Speaker 3: Prime Minister Benjamin Netan Yahoo, saying he needs to be
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  Speaker 3: replaced in new elections.
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  Speaker 4: Prime Minister Yahoo has lost his way by allowing his
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  Speaker 4: political survival to take the precedence over the best interests
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  Speaker 4: of Israel.
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  Speaker 3: Schumer, the highest ranking Jewish elected official in American history,
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  Speaker 3: laying Blaine for the war at the feet of Hamas,
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  Speaker 3: but saying net Yahoo is an obstacle to peace.
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  Speaker 4: He has been too willing to tolerate the civilian toll
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  Speaker 4: in Gaza, which is pushing support for Israel worldwide to
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  Speaker 4: historic lows. Israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah.
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  Speaker 3: Republican leaders slamming the criticism of net Yahoo, who is
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  Speaker 3: also known as Bibe, the democratically elected leader of a
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  Speaker 3: close US ally.
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  Speaker 5: The Democratic Party, doesn't have an anti Bib problem. It
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  Speaker 5: is an anti Israel problem.
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  Speaker 6: It's just plain wrong for an American leader to play
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  Speaker 6: such a divisive role in Israeli politics while our closest
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  Speaker 6: ally in the region is in an existential battle for
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  Speaker 6: its very survival.
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  Speaker 3: Net Yahoo has not responded to Schumer's comments. Meanwhile, President
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  Speaker 3: Biden has criticized Israel's military operations as over the top
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  Speaker 3: and privately complain of net Yahoo quote giving him hell,
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  Speaker 3: sources told NBC News last month.
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  Speaker 2: He was also caught on that hot mic after the
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  Speaker 2: State of the Union referring to Joe Biden talking about
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  Speaker 2: how he was going to give a talking to two
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  Speaker 2: net Yahoo. Now, I want you to understand, and I
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  Speaker 2: still am in shock by this. You noticed in that
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  Speaker 2: report they said that this is the highest ranking Jewish
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  Speaker 2: official in our government.
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  Speaker 1: Schumer's Jewish, but.
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  Speaker 2: He cares more about power than he does, apparently about
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  Speaker 2: Jewish people. We wouldn't be having the conversation we're having
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  Speaker 2: right now if it wasn't for Hamas, who's backed by
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  Speaker 2: Iran and the Palestinian leadership, who had no problem helping
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  Speaker 2: support and aid the terrorist attack on innocent men, women,
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  Speaker 2: and children. We wouldn't be having this converse if it
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  Speaker 2: wasn't for a massive nine to eleven style attack on Israel.
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  Speaker 2: We wouldn't be having this conversation. If it wasn't for
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  Speaker 2: the fact that they had taken hostages from infant children
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  Speaker 2: up to elderly individuals in their nineties. We wouldn't be
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  Speaker 2: having this conversation right now if it wasn't for terrorism.
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  Speaker 2: But the Democratic Party is so obsessed with power, and
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  Speaker 2: it shouldn't surprise you look at what they're doing to
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  Speaker 2: Donald Trump to try to keep power. They're willing to
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  Speaker 2: lock up anybody that gets in their way, and even
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  Speaker 2: Chuck Schumer is willing to sell out to keep the
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  Speaker 2: power because they must have these Marxist and socialists and
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  Speaker 2: communists that are masquerading as Democrats, that are their voters
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  Speaker 2: stand beside them on election day and they're looking at
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  Speaker 2: the election, and they're looking at the map, and they're
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  Speaker 2: looking at the numbers, and they're saying, Okay, we've got
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  Speaker 2: to shore up our base. And one of the problems
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  Speaker 2: is if we look like we're with Israel, apparently we
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  Speaker 2: lose a bunch of these eighteen to.
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  Speaker 1: Thirty four years voters. So how do we make sure
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  Speaker 1: they're with us?
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  Speaker 2: All right, let's stand with a terrorists, let's stand with ams,
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  Speaker 2: and let's announce that Yahoo who was democratically elected. No
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  Speaker 2: one's saying that the election over there wasn't real or
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  Speaker 2: authentic or free. Benjaminette now, who is clearly the leader
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  Speaker 2: of the people at Israel. Now we'll see what happens
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  Speaker 2: after this ground war and what happens with his future.
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  Speaker 2: But honestly, it's none of our business. They are ally
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  Speaker 2: and he is the leader of that country. They are
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  Speaker 2: on They went on defense right after they were attacked.
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  Speaker 2: And when you were attacked, that way you must take
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  Speaker 2: out your enemy. There's no way to stand there and say, okay,
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  Speaker 2: let's have a truce. It is to beat them into submission.
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  Speaker 2: No different, by the way than what we did to
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  Speaker 2: al Qaeda no different than what we did to Isis
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  Speaker 2: or al Shabab or anybody else that's ever challenged us.
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  Speaker 2: It's the same thing. But who the hell are these Democrats?
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  Speaker 2: And I will say it even in a broader sense,
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  Speaker 2: who the hell are we as a country to tell
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  Speaker 2: the people of Israel they must get rid of their
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  Speaker 2: leader who was duly elected in a free and fair election.
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  Speaker 2: You have to understand, though, this is not really about
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  Speaker 2: any of that. And I agree with what was said
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  Speaker 2: by the Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. The Democratic Party
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  Speaker 2: didn't have a BB problem. The Democratic Party has an
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  Speaker 2: anti Jewish problem, an anti Israel problem, and that is
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  Speaker 2: real in the Democratic Party. Look at how many Congressmen
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  Speaker 2: and how many Senators have not stood by Israel and
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  Speaker 2: have denounced Israel even after they were attacked, saying they
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  Speaker 2: basically deserved it. I also want you to hear my
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  Speaker 2: conversation that I had with my co host, Senator Ted Cruz.
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  Speaker 2: I get to host a show with him Verdict with
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  Speaker 2: Ted Cruz. We had a long conversation about Israel and
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  Speaker 2: about the Senate and about what's happening in Washington, d C.
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  Speaker 2: Not only by Mitch McConnell, but also what was said
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  Speaker 2: by Chuck Schumer. And I want you to hear part
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  Speaker 2: of what he had to say to me when we
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  Speaker 2: were talking about this. If you want to hear the
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  Speaker 2: entire thing, download Verdict with Ted Cruz and you can
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  Speaker 2: hear it in its entirety. But this is a couple
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  Speaker 2: of points that he made that I thought were really important.
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  Speaker 1: I want to play for you.
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  Speaker 2: Take a listen, Senator, let's talk about the backdrop for
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  Speaker 2: what Schumer said and why this timing is so significant.
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  Speaker 2: I think it has a lot to do with the
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  Speaker 2: state of the Union. I really want your opinion on that.
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  Speaker 2: It was pretty clear that the President was kind of
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  Speaker 2: changing a little bit his perspective and his words on Israel.
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  Speaker 2: He was also caught on a hot mic that we
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  Speaker 2: talked about here on Verdict as well. And as I
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  Speaker 2: watched Chuck Schumer say these words on the floor of
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  Speaker 2: the Senate yesterday, there was honestly a part of me
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  Speaker 2: that I'm like, I'm not even sure Chuck Schumer believes this,
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  Speaker 2: and I want your take on that. Maybe he really does,
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  Speaker 2: but it was almost like it was a decision made
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  Speaker 2: within the Democratic Party. Okay, we got to get people younger.
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  Speaker 2: And a lot of the radicals of the Democratic Party,
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  Speaker 2: the Socialists and the Marxist and the Communists, they hate Israel.
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  Speaker 2: They support Hamas and the Palestinians. They believe that Israel
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  Speaker 2: is evil. So let's placate to them. I'll go give
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  Speaker 2: this speech that I would have never given before, and
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  Speaker 2: maybe that'll get them back in an excitement to vote
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  Speaker 2: for us. Is there a possibility that could have been
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  Speaker 2: part of what this is about just straight up selling
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  Speaker 2: out or do you believe he actually believes what he's
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  Speaker 2: saying about getting rid of neat Yahu.
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  Speaker 7: Well, I think there's several things that are going on. Yes,
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  Speaker 7: I believe what. I believe he believes what he's saying.
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  Speaker 7: The Democrats have hated net Yahu from the beginning. They
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  Speaker 7: despise him, they view him. Democrats view Netanyahu as the
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  Speaker 7: Israeli equivalent of Donald Trump, and they hate him with
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  Speaker 7: a comparable fury. And much of that stems back to
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  Speaker 7: when Barack Obama was president and Obama pushed forward the
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  Speaker 7: catastrophic Iran nuclear deal and they tried to muscle all
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  Speaker 7: of our out into accepting it, and the Obama White
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  Speaker 7: House tried to muscle Congressional Democrats into accepting it. Virtually
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  Speaker 7: every single Congressional Democrat meekly knuckled under to the Obama
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  Speaker 7: White House's pressure. And Benjamin Netanyah, who heroically stood up
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  Speaker 7: and said, this is an existential threat to Israel, that
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  Speaker 7: when the Iatolas says death to Israel, a nuclear Iran
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  Speaker 7: poses a very real threat of a mushroom cloud over
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  Speaker 7: Tehran or Jerusalem. And it is the one threat on
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  Speaker 7: the face of the planet capable of once again murdering
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  Speaker 7: six million Jews if never again is to mean anything. Netnyah,
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  Speaker 7: who argued rightly, we cannot allow Iran to have a
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  Speaker 7: nuclear weapon. And I'll tell you Democrats have never forgiven
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  Speaker 7: him for daring to stand up to the Obama White House.
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  Speaker 7: And I remember at the time there was a Republican
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  Speaker 7: House Representatives that invited Benjamin netany Yeah who to speak
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  Speaker 7: to address a joint session of Congress. I was there.
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  Speaker 7: I heard that speech. It was an historic speech. It
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  Speaker 7: was a speech that I described then and I still
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  Speaker 7: consider to be Churchillian in terms of its clarity, in
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  Speaker 7: terms of its strength, in terms of its unwillingness to
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  Speaker 7: knuckle under. And yet even back then, multiple Democrats boycotted
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  Speaker 7: the speech, refused even to listen to the elected Prime
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  Speaker 7: Minister of Israel. Well, that hatred is real. That's one
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  Speaker 7: thing that's going on. But then a second thing that's
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  Speaker 7: going on that is in many ways even more concerning,
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  Speaker 7: is the Democrat Party, day by day by day, is
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  Speaker 7: turning against Israel. If you look at polling numbers now
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  Speaker 7: among Democrats, if you ask Democrats whom do you support,
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  Speaker 7: Israel or the Palestinians, The numbers are growing every single
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  Speaker 7: day of Democrats who say, we're with the Palestinians. And
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  Speaker 7: here's the dirty little secret. Some people are saying, well,
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  Speaker 7: it's just the squad, it's just the radical anti Semites
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  Speaker 7: on the far left of the Democrat Party. They're the
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  Speaker 7: ones doing it. And the crazies on college campuses. I'll
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  Speaker 7: tell you, Bennett's a lot more concerning than that. It
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  Speaker 7: is the Biden Whitehouse. It is Chuck Schumer, the self
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  Speaker 7: declared guardian of Israel, who is the median of the
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  Speaker 7: Democratic Party, is steadily turning against Israel. Here just play
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  Speaker 7: Schumer's comments on the floor yesterday.
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  Speaker 4: Israeli side the US government should demand that Israel conduct
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  Speaker 4: itself with a future two state solution in mind. We
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  Speaker 4: should not be forced into a position of unequivocally supporting
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  Speaker 4: the actions of an Israeli government that include biggots who
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  Speaker 4: reject the idea of the Palestinian state. Israel is a democracy.
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  Speaker 4: Five months into this conflict, it is clear that Israeli's
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  Speaker 4: need to take stock of the situation and ask must
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  Speaker 4: we change course at this critical juncture. I believe a
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  Speaker 4: new election is the only way to allow for a
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  Speaker 4: healthy and open decision making process about the future of
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  Speaker 4: Israel at a time when so many Israelis have lost
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  Speaker 4: their confidence in the vision and direction of their government.
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  Speaker 4: I also believe a majority of the Israeli public will
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  Speaker 4: recognize the need for change, and I believe that holding
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  Speaker 4: a new election once the war starts to wind down
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  Speaker 4: would give Israelis an opportunity to express their vision for
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  Speaker 4: the post war future. Of course, the United States cannot
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  Speaker 4: dictate the outcome of an election, nor should we try.
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  Speaker 4: That is for the Israeli public to decide. A public
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  Speaker 4: that I believe understands better than anybody that Israel cannot
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  Speaker 4: hope to succeed as as a pariah opposed by the
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  Speaker 4: rest of the world. As a democracy, Israel has the
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  Speaker 4: right to choose its own leaders, and we should let
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  Speaker 4: the chips fall where they may. But the important thing
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  Speaker 4: is that Israelis are given a choice. There needs to
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  Speaker 4: be a fresh debate about the future of Israel after
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  Speaker 4: October seventh. In my opinion, that is best accomplished by
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  Speaker 4: holding an election. If President net to Prime Minister Netanyahu's
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  Speaker 4: current coalition remains in power after the war begins to
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  Speaker 4: wind down and continues to pursue dangerous and inflammatory policies
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  Speaker 4: that test existing US standards for assistance, then the United
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  Speaker 4: States will have no choice but to play a more
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  Speaker 4: active role in shaping Israeli policy by using our leverage
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  Speaker 4: to change the present course. The United States bond with
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  Speaker 4: Israel as unbreakable, but if extremists continue to undo the
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  Speaker 4: influence Israeli policy, then the administration should use the tools
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  Speaker 4: at its disposal to make sure our support for Israel
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  Speaker 4: is aligned with our broader goal of achieving long term
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  Speaker 4: peace and stability in the region. I believe this would
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  Speaker 4: make a lasting two two state solution more likely.
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  Speaker 2: Senator, you hear that, I mean he's basically giving the
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  Speaker 2: talking points for the Palestinian in hamas.
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  Speaker 7: Well, he's giving the talking points for the left wing
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  Speaker 7: of the Democrat Party. And let's stop for a second
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  Speaker 7: once one line that Schumer says there. He says, Israel
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  Speaker 7: is a democracy, and that's true, and he says they
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  Speaker 7: need to have an election. Well, they did have an election.
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  Speaker 7: They had an election and Benjamin Netanyahu was elected. He's
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  Speaker 7: the elected leader. How would Schumer feel if net Yahoo
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  Speaker 7: gave a speech and said America is a democracy and
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  Speaker 7: they should call an election today to determine if Joe
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  Speaker 7: Biden should still be president. That's what Schumer just said.
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  Speaker 7: That he doesn't give a damn who the people of
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  Speaker 7: Israel elected. Net Yaho was elected in a far and
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  Speaker 7: square election. Nobody disputes that. It's just Chuck Schumer and
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  Speaker 7: the rest of the Democrat Party doesn't like the choice
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  Speaker 7: that the people of Israel made. And there is an
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  Speaker 7: arrogance to if you listen to what he says. He
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  Speaker 7: says there should be an immediate election. And then he says,
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  Speaker 7: if they elect net Yahoo again after we the Democrats
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  Speaker 7: have told them not to, well then we should use
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  Speaker 7: us power to force them to change their policy. The
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  Speaker 7: absolute arrogance of that is stunning. And by the way,
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  Speaker 7: you know some people pretend, well Democrats, they just dislike
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  Speaker 7: net and Yahoo. This is not directed at.
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  Speaker 1: Israel.
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  Speaker 7: Well, Benny Gantz, from the opposing party in Israel, he
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  Speaker 7: put out a statement yesterday. Here was Benny Gantz's statement quote,
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  Speaker 7: the United States and Israel share common values and interests,
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  Speaker 7: and the citizens of Israel profoundly cherish the clear stance
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  Speaker 7: of the United States and support of Israel throughout these
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  Speaker 7: trying times. The Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is a
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  Speaker 7: friend of Israel, and though he aired in his remarks,
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  Speaker 7: plays an important role in assisting the state of Israel,
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  Speaker 7: including during these difficult times. Israel is a robust democracy
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  Speaker 7: and only its citizens will decide its future and leadership.
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  Speaker 7: Any external interference on the matter is counterproductive and unacceptable.
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  Speaker 7: Well what do you think Schumer was doing right there?
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  Speaker 7: That's counterproductive and unacceptable. And so I mean that demonstrates
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  Speaker 7: Look across the leadership in Israel, there is consensus that
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  Speaker 7: Israel must defeat hamas you know, where there isn't consensus
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  Speaker 7: in the Democrat Party. In the Democrat Party, and I
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  Speaker 7: gotta say, look, I serve with these guys. I'm on
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  Speaker 7: the Senate FORID Relations Committee. When we have a hearing,
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  Speaker 7: almost every Democrat, all they go on and on about
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  Speaker 7: is Gaza. We've got to save Gaza. We've got to
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  Speaker 7: give relief to Gaza. It's as if October seventh didn't happen.
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  Speaker 7: Understand where these Democrats are. October seventh was a grotesque
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  Speaker 7: act of terrorism where Hamas terrorists murdered over twelve hundred people.
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  Speaker 7: They raped and murdered children, They took over two hundred hostages.
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  Speaker 7: It was the single worst mass murder of Jews since
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  Speaker 7: the Holocaust. And the reaction of the American Democrat Party
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  Speaker 7: is to pivot hard against Israel and want to reward
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  Speaker 7: Hamas and their sponsored the nation of Iran for committing
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  Speaker 7: that grotesque active tair.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Mitch McConnell, and and look, you've been critical
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  Speaker 2: of McConnell. I've been critical of McConnell many times in
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  Speaker 2: my life. He's stepping down from leadership. But I also
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  Speaker 2: think you got to give credit when credit's due. And
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  Speaker 2: Mitch McConnell ripped Chuck Schumer on the four of the Senate.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's important we play this because this is
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  Speaker 2: honestly one of I think the best moments of Mitch
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  Speaker 2: McConnell's time in the Senate, unequivocally saying we stand with Israel,
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  Speaker 2: but also calling out the radical left who is who
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  Speaker 2: is dictating now the Democratic Party masquerading his Democrats that
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  Speaker 2: are extremists and and radicals that are young, forcing them
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  Speaker 2: to the most extreme viewpoints.
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  Speaker 1: Here is Mitch McConnell, in his own words.
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  Speaker 5: Of Israel deserves an ally that acts like one. People
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  Speaker 5: of Israel at home and captivity, America's support, and Israel's
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  Speaker 5: unity government and security cabinet deserve the difference befitting a sovereign,
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  Speaker 5: democratic country. The primary obstacles the peace in Israel's region
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  Speaker 5: or genocidal terrorists by Kamas and Palestinian Islamic jihad who
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  Speaker 5: slaughter innocent people, and corrupt leaders of the Palestinian authority
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  Speaker 5: who have repeatedly, repeatedly rejected peace deals from multiple Israeli governments,
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  Speaker 5: and foreign observers who cannot keep these clear distinctions ought
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  Speaker 5: to refrain from weighing in its growth. Esk and hypocritical
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  Speaker 5: for Americans who hyperventilate about foreign interference in our own
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  Speaker 5: democracy to call for the removal of the democratically elected
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  Speaker 5: leader of Israel. This is unprecedented. We should not treat
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  Speaker 5: fellow democracies this way at all. Things that upset left
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  Speaker 5: wing activists are not of Prime Minister's policies. There is
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  Speaker 5: Israel's policies. Make no mistake. The Democratic Party doesn't have
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  Speaker 5: an anti BV problem. It is an anti Israel problem.
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  Speaker 5: Israel is not a colony of America whose leaders serve
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  Speaker 5: at the pleasure of the party in power in Washington.
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  Speaker 5: Only Israel's citizens should have a say and who runs
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  Speaker 5: their government. This is the very definition of democracy and sovereignty.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, sinner you hear him there, He's spot on,
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  Speaker 2: But he also reminds the history of like you think
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  Speaker 2: it's easy, you think Israel just shows up and says
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  Speaker 2: to the Palaesainians who were back by Hamas, who are
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  Speaker 2: back by Iran, Hey, let's have this, you know, kumbayah
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  Speaker 2: moment of ceasefire here? Do we need to not remind
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  Speaker 2: you of what just happened five months ago?
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  Speaker 7: Well, and let me commend Mitch McConnell for those remarks,
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  Speaker 7: because he didn't know Chuck Schuber was going to give
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  Speaker 7: this speech. He was sitting there and just heard it,
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  Speaker 7: and he got up and that was his impromptu response.
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  Speaker 7: And that was eloquent. It was powerful, it was effective.
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  Speaker 7: And notice what Mitch said there, which is exactly what
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  Speaker 7: you and I said at the beginning of this podcast.
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  Speaker 7: The Democrats don't have an anti Beb policy. They have
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  Speaker 7: an anti Israel problem. And it's not just the squad.
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  Speaker 7: It is supposedly mainstream Democrats. And look, this troubles me.
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  Speaker 7: I have been I was elected to the Senate twelve
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  Speaker 7: years ago. When I first arrived at the Senate, I
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  Speaker 7: resolved on day one to be the leading defender of
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  Speaker 7: Israel in the Senate. I've worked hard to do that
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  Speaker 7: every day since then. It is important for the US
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  Speaker 7: Israel relationship to have bipartisan cooperation. It's important that Israel
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  Speaker 7: not be just a partisan issue like so many other
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  Speaker 7: issues are. I have to say it is deeply saddening
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  Speaker 7: and it is really dangerous that the Democrat Party today
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  Speaker 7: does not resemble in any way, shape or form the
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  Speaker 7: Democrat Party twelve years ago when I arrived in the Senate.
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  Speaker 7: Because the party as a whole is turning day by
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  Speaker 7: day steadily more and more hostile to Israel, and I
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  Speaker 7: got to say it. I don't mean this as hyperbole
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  Speaker 7: if you are a voter who cares about Israel, who
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  Speaker 7: loves Israel. At this point, I genuinely do not know
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  Speaker 7: how a voter who cares about and loves Israel could
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  Speaker 7: cast a ballot for the Democrats. That that is fundamentally
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  Speaker 7: inconsistent with where this Democrat party is. And I'll tell
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  Speaker 7: you likewise, there are fifty one Democrats in the Senate
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  Speaker 7: counting too, who call themselves independent. Every one of them
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  Speaker 7: should be asked, do you support Chuck Schumer attacking the
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  Speaker 7: nation of Israel and demanding that the elected leader of
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  Speaker 7: Israel step down? And in my view, every Democrat in
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  Speaker 7: the Senate is responsible for it. Now, no one in
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  Speaker 7: the press will ask them that question, and they'll all
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  Speaker 7: dodge it. But every Senate Democrat who is running for
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  Speaker 7: re election in November should be forced to decide. And
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  Speaker 7: the sad thing is I believe every one of them,
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  Speaker 7: all of them will stand with Schumer on this. This
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  Speaker 7: is where the party is, and that's really It is
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  Speaker 7: a terrible development for Israel, and it's a terrible development
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  Speaker 7: for America.
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