There's a major issue in the Senate with gay marriage, and Republicans seem to be running to the

wrong side of the issue. Plus, we also have problems at the DOJ. And now, finally, the president

is starting to feel some heat on a new investigation. And lastly, there's some cryptocurrency

issues with corruption with the Democratic Party.

This is Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz.

Senator, a lot's happened since Election Day.

Nice to sit with you finally after a week of you barnstorming the country.

And I want to get into something that's exciting.

Verdict has really been driving the news.

There's an extremely important issue that's happening in Washington, D.C. right now on the issue of gay marriage, they actually led with your comments from this podcast on Fox News Sunday. And I want people to take a listen to what it is that you had to say

and why this is driving the news. Take a look. Talk about the same-sex marriage bill,

the respect for marriage act that essentially has gotten through this first vote in the Senate. Take a look. Talk about the same-sex marriage bill, the respect for marriage act that essentially

has gotten through this first vote in the Senate. It will have more action down the line.

But it essentially ensures that all 50 states will recognize same-sex marriages from other states.

Conservatives are warning, though, that the Biden administration could end up using this as a weapon.

Here's something that Senator Ted Cruz said on his podcast about it this

week. Any charity that believes marriage is the union of one man and one woman, any charity that

does not embrace same-sex marriage, this bill is designed to strip their 501 C3 status to persecute

the churches and universities and schools and charities.

So Senator Mike Lee has...

First of all, let's make one thing clear.

Okay.

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