Horrific Murder in DC, No Tax on Tips Passes the Senate, Take It Down Act Signed into Law & The Last Rodeo Preview
Verdict with Ted Cruz
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🗓️ 23 May 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
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Horrific Murder in Washington, D.C.:
- A tragic double homicide near the Israeli embassy involving two Jewish victims, Sarah Milgram and Jerone Leshinsky, allegedly targeted due to antisemitic hatred.
- The suspect, Elias Rodriguez, is described as a radical leftist who shouted pro-Palestinian slogans during the attack.
- The discussion expands into the rise of antisemitism on college campuses and the broader societal implications.
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No Tax on Tips Legislation:
- Senator Cruz celebrates the unanimous Senate passage (100–0) of his bill to eliminate federal taxes on tips.
- The bill, inspired by a conversation Donald Trump had with a waitress, is framed as a win for blue-collar workers and a bipartisan success.
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Take It Down Act Signed into Law:
- President Trump signs into law the Take It Down Act, co-authored by Cruz and Senator Amy Klobuchar.
- The law criminalizes the distribution of non-consensual explicit images, including AI-generated deepfakes, and mandates tech platforms to remove such content upon request.
- The story of Elliston Barry, a teenage victim of deepfake abuse, is highlighted as a catalyst for the legislation.
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The Last Rodeo Movie Preview:
- Actor Neil McDonough joins to promote his new faith-based, family-friendly film The Last Rodeo.
- The film tells the story of a retired bull rider who returns to the sport to save his grandson.
- McDonough discusses the film’s themes of faith, family, and perseverance, and shares behind-the-scenes stories, including casting his real-life wife and sustaining injuries during filming.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:06.0 | Welcome, it is verdict with Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you. |
| 0:09.5 | Senator, always a pleasure to be with you, and we've got one jam-pack show for you tonight. |
| 0:14.3 | Well, there's an enormous amount going on. |
| 0:16.3 | This week we saw the tragic murder of two people who worked in the Israeli embassy murdered by a radical |
| 0:24.4 | left Palestinian racist. It was the absolute manifestation of evil. We're going to tell you what |
| 0:30.8 | happened there and break down the evil that we are seeing on college campuses, that we are seeing spreading hate, hate for Jews |
| 0:41.4 | and anti-Semitism, hate for Israel, hate for America, and the absolute utter evil we saw unfold |
| 0:48.5 | this week. We're also going to talk about the remarkable fact that the United States Senate |
| 0:53.9 | passed my legislation, |
| 0:55.5 | no taxes on tips, 100 to nothing. No taxes on tips is going to become the law of the land. |
| 1:02.3 | The Democrats actually supported no taxes on tips. We're going to explain that to you. |
| 1:06.9 | And next, we're going to talk about the Take It Down Act. Legislation I authored that President |
| 1:11.3 | Trump signed into law this week that will protect women and teenage girls from revenge porn, |
| 1:18.2 | from deep fake porn. It is critical legislation, keeping all of our kids safe and keeping all of us |
| 1:24.6 | safe. And it is now the law of the land. Yeah, it really is. |
| 1:28.1 | Plus, we've got something really cool. Neil McDonough is going to join us. And there is a new movie |
| 1:32.7 | that is out right now. It is called The Last Rodeo. It is a faith-based, family-friendly movie that is |
| 1:39.8 | getting nationwide distribution. You may know Neil from Tulsa King and Yellowstone. He's going to join |
| 1:45.4 | us as well to talk about this new movie. And we're going to have a chance for you also to win |
| 1:48.9 | free tickets as well. For Verdict listeners, that's really awesome as well. So Senator, let's talk |
| 1:54.0 | about this first just shocking attack that happened in Washington, D.C. Where this happened, I've been to |
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