A week ago, Verdict came to you from my living room while I was self-quarantined in Texas,

and Michael was skipping in Scott-free in California.

Today, the tables are turned.

Now, Michael and the entire state of California are on lockdown.

He's in effective quarantine with the rest of the Golden State.

This is Verdict with Ted Cruz.

Welcome back to Verdict with Ted Cruz.

I'm Michael Knowles coming to you from lockdown as now, even since the last time we spoke, the

seventh and 11th largest economies in the world have gone on lockdown, California and New

York.

Now, Senator, thank you very much for doing that cold open, because not only are you doing

my job on the cold open, you're also doing the job of the booking producer. You have

brought along one of your friends, Senator Barrasso from Wyoming, who has expertise not only as a

senator, but also as a physician to help us try to understand this pandemic.

Well, John, welcome John Barrasso, Senator from Wyoming, but he's also Dr. Barrasso,

and so he is wearing not only as Senator had as the number three Republican in leadership and

head of the Republican Conference, but also someone who's been a medical doctor for many decades

now. And so welcome, John. Glad to have you. Great to be here. And I'll tell you,

this is such a popular show, certainly in Wyoming. A verdict, people turned it on every night

during impeachment. And, well, but remember, four years ago, you were the choice of Wyoming. And

we were big Trump territory now, but I'll tell you, you were the pick of the people of Wyoming who went to the Republican Convention in 2016.

Well, John, thank you. I will say you're the second senator to join us on this podcast. The first was Lindsay. And Lindsay and his typical understatement walked in and said, what in the hell is a podcast?

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