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The Ben Shapiro Show

Ep. 2252 - Texas Democrats RUN AWAY…Plus, The REAL Gaza Starvation

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

News, News Commentary

4.4152.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Texas Democrats run away from the state to avoid a redistricting fight; Hamas releases a video of a starved hostage digging his own grave, even as Hamas claims PR victory; and President Trump fires the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a bad jobs report. Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://bit.ly/3WDjgHE Ep.2252 - - - Facts Don’t Care About Your Feelings - - - DailyWire+: Join millions of people who still believe in truth, courage, and common sense at https://DailyWirePlus.com. Get new episodes of Answer the Call—every Monday—on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast. Get your Ben Shapiro merch here: https://bit.ly/3TAu2cw - - - Today's Sponsors: PureTalk - Switch to PureTalk and start saving today! Visit https://PureTalk.com/SHAPIRO ZipRecruiter - Go to this exclusive web address to try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE: https://ZipRecruiter.com/DAILYWIRE Shopify - Sign up for your $1-per-month trial and start selling today at https://Shopify.com/shapiro Balance of Nature - Go to https://balanceofnature.com and use promo code SHAPIRO for 35% off your first order as a preferred customer, PLUS get a free bottle of Fiber and Spice - - - Socials: Follow on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3cXUn53  Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QtuibJ  Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TTirqd  Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3RPyBiB - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

All right, folks, tons coming up on the show today, ranging from Texas, Democrats running away from Texas, very, very bravely in order to stop gerrymandering to the latest from Gaza, Zordman Dani, leading in the polls in New York, above and far away beyond all the other candidates combined.

0:16.4

And President Trump, of course, firing the head of the Bureau of Labor statistics.

0:19.3

So tons coming up first, you've asked for years. And thousands of comments, yes, we actually read them.

0:24.2

When is Jordan going to answer our questions again? Not celebrities, not headlines, just real

0:28.4

people with real problems looking for real answers. Well, now Jordan Peterson is. Jordan B. Peterson's

0:33.4

new series, Answer the Call is going back to where this all started to speak directly to the people who need it most.

0:38.9

People like you. This is your chance to ask Jordan questions that keep you up at night, the ones you don't know who else to ask.

0:44.6

Get new episodes of Answer the Call every Monday on the Jordan B. Peterson podcast. All righty, folks.

0:49.9

So Democrats are having a very tough time with continued Republican victory. Obviously,

0:59.6

their poll numbers continue to be in the dumps. But all of this is now manifesting in the latest routine in Texas. So Texas Republicans are looking right now at redistricting the state

1:05.3

congressionally. It's called gerrymandering. And it's quite typical around the United States.

1:09.8

In fact, every state has some form of gerrymandering. Some of the worst gerrymandering, and it's quite typical around the United States. In fact, every state has some

1:11.9

form of gerrymandering, some of the worst gerrymandered states are states that include democratic

1:16.9

states. So just to take one example, Illinois, which we'll come back to later. Here, for example,

1:22.6

is a map of Illinois with its congressional districts. As you'll see, it's insane.

1:29.8

These congressional districts make no sense.

1:31.5

They are all over the place.

1:33.5

There's one congressional district, particularly, District 13, that looks like kind of a snake

1:39.1

that just kind of goes halfway up through the state.

1:41.6

And then that is juxtaposed with another congressional district, district 17,

1:47.1

that was created just to get to a Democratic majority that looks sort of like a stair stepper.

1:54.2

All these congressional districts are a total mess, like a complete and utter total mess.

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