DEMS Let 18K Terrorists into America plus Trump Leads on AI & Moving to Designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a Terrorist Organization
The Ben Ferguson Podcast
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🗓️ 12 December 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
1. National Security Concerns
- We open with alarming claims that 18,000 known or suspected terrorists have entered the U.S. during the Biden administration, allegedly due to lax border security.
- The source cited is testimony from Joe Kent, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing.
- Specific examples include Afghan nationals linked to terrorist organizations who entered under the Operation Allies Welcome program.
- The conversation emphasizes the risks posed by "got-aways" (migrants who evade border patrol) and criticizes the administration for prioritizing politics over security.
2. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and U.S. Leadership
- The second segment focuses on President Trump’s executive order aimed at centralizing AI regulation to prevent fragmented state-level rules.
- Senator Cruz frames AI as the “economic battle of the 21st century”, comparing it to the U.S. winning the internet race in the 1990s.
- Whoever leads in AI will shape global values—either American principles of liberty or China’s model of surveillance and control.
- Trump’s remarks highlight the need for a single federal approval system to accelerate AI development and maintain U.S. dominance.
3. Designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a Terrorist Organization
- Senator Cruz advocates for legislation to designate the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliates as terrorist organizations.
- He explains a shift from a top-down approach (targeting the global organization) to a bottom-up strategy (starting with affiliates like Hamas).
- The discussion notes bipartisan support but criticizes the House for weakening the bill.
- Cruz stresses that allies such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE have already designated the group as a terrorist organization.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.2 | Welcome, it is Vertiquist Center. Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you. It's so nice to have many |
| 0:10.0 | of you listening on the radio as well to this show. And as a reminder, this show, if you like |
| 0:14.9 | it, you'll love the podcast. And Senator and I do three days a week. You can grab it for free |
| 0:18.9 | wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:21.4 | Senator, we've got a lot to talk about in this show, including something that we were worried |
| 0:25.9 | about and have been talking about for years. |
| 0:28.9 | And that was the number of terrorists that we were afraid were being led into this country |
| 0:35.0 | with our wide open southern border under the Biden administration. |
| 0:38.4 | The number that we're now being warned about is one that I even would not have guessed worst case |
| 0:44.6 | scenario. And now the Trump officials are saying there are a lot of known and suspected terrorists in the U.S. |
| 0:51.8 | Well, that's exactly right. The Trump administration testified before |
| 0:55.8 | Congress that 18,000 known and suspected terrorists are in the United States because Joe Biden and |
| 1:04.4 | the Democrats let them in. We're going to break that down, the threat that opposes to national |
| 1:09.1 | security, the threat that opposes to our families. |
| 1:11.7 | We're also going to talk about an order, an executive order that the president issued today. |
| 1:17.2 | He issued an order protecting AI, ensuring that America wins the race for AI and beats China. |
| 1:24.9 | We're going to break that down for you as well. |
| 1:27.0 | And finally, we're going to break that down for you as well. And finally, we're |
| 1:29.0 | going to talk about legislation that I have in the Senate to designate the Muslim Brotherhood |
| 1:35.1 | as a terrorist organization. I think it is incredibly important President Trump has led on this. |
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