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The Ben Ferguson Podcast

Fiery Trump Lunch with Senate GOP plus Three Blockbuster Supreme Court WINS on Second Amendment & Immigration

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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Politics, News Commentary, News

4.85.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

1. 🔥 Behind-the-Scenes Senate GOP Lunch with Donald Trump

  • Key points:
    • The meeting was “contentious,” “spirited,” and tense.
    • Trump is angry at Republican senators who supported a War Powers resolution limiting military action against Iran.
    • A heated argument occurred between Trump and Senator Bill Cassidy.
    • The confrontation reportedly influenced subsequent Senate votes.
  • Trump’s frustration is tied to concerns that Congress undermined his negotiating leverage with Iran.
  • Discussion includes:
    • Criticism of limiting presidential military authority
    • Debate over potential deals with Iran, including concerns about financial concession

2. ⚖️ Supreme Court Decisions 🔫 Second Amendment Case (Hawaii Gun Law)

  • Supreme Court struck down a Hawaii law restricting concealed carry in public-access private property.
  • Majority ruling (6–3):
    • Law violated the right to bear arms
  • Discussion includes:
    • Historical arguments (post–Civil War gun restrictions)
    • Strong criticism of dissenting justices

3. 🌎 Immigration Rulings (Two Cases)

  • Supreme Court decisions favor Trump-era immigration positions:

    1. Migrants outside U.S. borders are not entitled to asylum protections
    2. Temporary Protected Status (TPS) can be revoked by the executive branch
  • Outcomes:

    • Reinforces border enforcement authority
    • Supports policies like “Remain in Mexico”

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.7

Welcome, it is Vertiquist, Ted Cruz.

0:06.9

Ben Ferguson with you as well, and it's nice to have you with the center.

0:10.3

We got a one heck of a show with a lot of behind-the-scenes action happening with a lunch, and you were in with a lot of other senators and President Donald Trump.

0:19.1

Well, that's right.

0:20.2

This week, President Trump came to join the Senate Republican lunch, and he was in there

0:25.6

for about a full hour.

0:28.5

And it was a contentious lunch.

0:30.9

You know, what I said to reporters afterwards, I think the adjective I used was spirited

0:37.1

and to use another Washington euphemism,

0:44.5

frank and candid conversation occurred. And the president was very upset, in particular,

0:52.9

at four Republican senators that had voted to use the War Powers Act

0:58.4

to restrict his authority in Iran to launch military actions against Iran and he was

1:06.6

extremely displeased with that vote and And it then proceeded. As a matter of policy, I don't

1:16.2

repeat what my colleagues have said, but at this point it has been universally reported that

1:21.3

the president and Bill Cassidy, the senator from Louisiana, got into a screaming match. And

1:27.2

it was as tense as anything I've ever seen. Cassidy, the senator from Louisiana, got into a screaming match, and it was as tense as anything

1:28.9

I've ever seen. Cassidy himself has confirmed that to the press afterwards. Now, obviously,

1:36.4

President Trump endorsed against Bill Cassidy in his primary in Louisiana and defeated Bill.

1:44.3

So he is not.

1:45.5

There's a runoff in Louisiana, and Bill did not make the top two.

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