Build Back Broke Bombshell
The Ben Ferguson Podcast
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4.8 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2021
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Biden, Schumer, and the Democrats were one vote away from passing Build Back Broke, and then it all went up in flames. Joe Manchin said no to his own party. As the man in the middle of it all, Senator Ted Cruz joins Michael Knowles and Liz Wheeler to give the inside scoop on what happened. And because one victory isn’t enough, at the midnight hour, the Senator scored a second major victory against Schumer—let’s just say some major consequences for Russia are on now the docket. Now, the question that remains: will Republicans also be able to score a victory on vaccine mandates in the winter of "severe illness and death?"
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| 0:00.0 | one vote away. |
| 0:03.3 | Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer, the Democrats were one vote away from passing the massive |
| 0:09.1 | $2 trillion spending spree package, the build back better plan, the Republicans were against |
| 0:15.4 | it, the Democrats were for it, and then West Virginia Senator, Democrat Joe Manchin, |
| 0:23.5 | said no. He said no to the package, |
| 0:30.0 | a major win, no major legislative achievement for President Biden in his first year. But lots of scary stuff around the corner nonetheless. This is Verdict with Ted Cruz. |
| 0:40.3 | Welcome back to verdict with Ted Cruz. |
| 0:42.3 | I'm Michael Knowles. |
| 0:43.2 | And Liz, before we get to all that scary stuff around the corner that President |
| 0:46.5 | Biden can do outside of the Congress, tell us about some happy stuff this Christmas season. |
| 0:52.1 | Well, some happy stuff. |
| 0:52.9 | I mean, the happiest stuff that I can think of is our merch sale, which we've extended through January 15th. So if you want to sport one of |
| 0:58.7 | those sweet, sweet cactus hats, you can now get that for just 20% off the regular price. If you |
| 1:03.9 | use the promo code to Cheers, as I said, this sale has been extended through January 15. So not Christmas, |
| 1:09.4 | not New Year's, January 15th. |
| 1:11.1 | And Michael, this is actually really important to talk about this year because it might be |
| 1:14.9 | ending on this high note with Joe Biden's build back better package being torpedoed by |
| 1:20.6 | Senator Joe Manchin. But that hasn't been the entire year. The entire year has been a series |
| 1:25.7 | of victories for Joe Biden, if you're thinking from Joe Biden's |
| 1:29.4 | perspective. Joe Manchin might just put a topper on the end of this year. So, Senator, you're the |
| 1:35.3 | only person in this room who happens to know Joe Manchin. I don't think any of us were expecting |
| 1:39.9 | him to actually side with the Republicans say no to the president in his own party. What happened? |
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