Christian Persecution in Nigeria, Communist Crackdown on Christians in China & Senator Cruz Spied On Week In Review
The Ben Ferguson Podcast
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🗓️ 25 October 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
1. Christian Persecution in Nigeria
Senator Cruz highlights what he describes as a massive and underreported crisis involving the persecution of Christians in Nigeria. Key points include:
- Over 50,000 Christians killed since 2009.
- 18,000 churches and 2,000 schools burned, allegedly by extremist groups like Boko Haram and ISIS in West Africa.
- Accusations that some Nigerian government officials are complicit or negligent in addressing the violence.
- Cruz has introduced legislation to designate Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” and impose sanctions on individual officials involved in or ignoring the persecution.
- He criticizes the mainstream media for failing to cover the issue adequately.
- Public figures like Bill Maher and Van Jones are cited as supporting the claim that this is a planned genocide and that media silence is a moral failure.
2. Christian Persecution in China
This section shifts to a similar story:
- The Chinese Communist Party’s crackdown on Christianity, particularly targeting Pastor Jin Mingri and the Zion Church.
- Cruz introduced a bipartisan resolution with Senator Chris Coons condemning China’s actions and urging the release of imprisoned pastors.
- He emphasizes the need for economic and diplomatic pressure, especially with President Trump’s upcoming meeting with President Xi Jinping.
- The resolution calls for respect for religious freedom and highlights China’s long-standing designation as a “Country of Particular Concern” by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
3. DOJ Surveillance of Republican Senators
Cruz discusses revelations that:
- The Biden DOJ and Special Counsel Jack Smith subpoenaed phone records of nine Republican senators and one House member in connection with the January 6 investigation.
- Cruz’s phone records were requested from AT&T, but the company refused to comply, citing constitutional protections under the Speech and Debate Clause.
- He frames this as political persecution and a dangerous abuse of power, likening it to Watergate.
- He calls for Congressional hearings and transparency to prevent future surveillance of elected officials.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:05.5 | Welcome, it is verdict with Ted Cruz, the week in review, Ben Ferguson with you. |
| 0:10.0 | And here are some big stories that you may have missed that we talked about. |
| 0:13.3 | First up, the killing of Christians in Nigeria is happening at a shocking rate. |
| 0:18.7 | The media and the world not talking about it. We're going to |
| 0:21.7 | shine a light on it and make sure that you know what you can do to help. Also, there is a crackdown |
| 0:27.7 | on Christians in China. Why is this happening around the world? We'll give you the details on that |
| 0:33.7 | and how we can also use our U.S. government to help stop it. And finally, we now know what the |
| 0:39.8 | Biden administration was doing when it comes to spying on conservatives, including even more |
| 0:46.3 | members of Congress. This time, they asked for the phone records and text messages of Senator |
| 0:53.3 | Ted Cruz. It's the weekend review, and it starts right now. |
| 0:58.3 | I want to move now, Senator, to something that you've been spearheading and leading on. It's |
| 1:03.1 | certainly not getting attention to the media. But you're wanting to hold Nigeria accountable |
| 1:07.9 | for the 50,000, let me say that number again, 50,000 Christians that have been |
| 1:14.5 | killed there. Explain why this story is so important and what you're trying to do, and also, |
| 1:21.3 | why is no one covering this as it's been described to me? Look, it is truly horrific. The numbers are stunning. The numbers are |
| 1:29.9 | staggering. Here are the top line numbers of what we're seeing. We have seen over 50,000 Christians |
| 1:38.7 | killed. We have seen over 18,000 churches and at least 2,000 schools burned. |
| 1:48.4 | And the response to this, the Nigerian government is fighting back ferociously saying, |
| 1:56.4 | this is not happening, this is not true. |
| 1:58.6 | There's a battle. |
| 1:59.4 | The Nigerian government officials are getting |
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