Schumer Shutdown Continues plus a Beautiful Tribute to Charlie Kirk as he receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Verdict with Ted Cruz
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4.6 • 43.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
In this hard-hitting episode of Verdict with Ted Cruz, Senator Ted Cruz and Ben Ferguson pull back the curtain on the real reason behind the government shutdown: Democrat obstruction. Led by Senator Chuck Schumer, the Left is accused of deliberately keeping the government closed to push a radical agenda — including taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal immigrants.
Cruz and Ferguson highlight how Republicans are fighting to reopen the government and protect American workers, while Democrats play politics at the expense of federal employees and national security. President Trump is commended for his decisive leadership, using Defense Department funds to ensure our service members are paid — a move that exposes the Left’s failed strategy.
The episode also covers the upcoming “No Kings Rally,” a far-left protest in D.C., which Cruz suggests is part of the Democrats’ broader anti-Trump narrative. He predicts the shutdown will only end when moderate Democrats stand up to their party’s extreme wing.
In a moving second half, Cruz honors Charlie Kirk during his posthumous Medal of Freedom ceremony. With heartfelt reflections on Kirk’s legacy, Cruz shares how Erica Kirk’s public forgiveness of her husband’s killer was a powerful act of Christian grace. Kirk is remembered as a bold voice for truth, freedom, and faith — a modern-day martyr compared to Lincoln and MLK.
Highlights Include:
- Democrat-led shutdown and its impact on American families
- Trump’s leadership and defense of military pay
- Radical immigration policies exposed
- Tribute to Charlie Kirk’s life, faith, and conservative influence
- Christian forgiveness and moral courage in the face of tragedy
Tune in now for a passionate defense of conservative values and a tribute to one of the movement’s most inspiring voices.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. Welcome, it is verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you, |
| 0:08.1 | and we've got a big show for you today, including really an incredible moment at the White |
| 0:13.4 | House honoring Charlie Kirk on what would have been his birthday. We're going to talk about that. |
| 0:18.9 | Senator, you were there, but also we've got an update as well |
| 0:22.3 | on the government shutdown. Well, it is day 15 of the Schumer shutdown. The government remains |
| 0:28.1 | shutdown. We voted on Tuesday to reopen the government. The Republicans voted to reopen the |
| 0:33.9 | government, and sadly, the Democrats continued to say, shut it down, shut it down, |
| 0:37.7 | shut it down. Now, today, October 15th, the president is doing something that is really kind |
| 0:43.8 | of wrecking the Democrats' playbook, which is the president move funds around within the Department |
| 0:48.9 | of War, and he said, we're going to pay our servicemen and women, we're going to send out their |
| 0:53.0 | paychecks. I think Schumer and the Democrats were counting on these paychecks not going out. |
| 0:57.9 | You have a number of Democrats expressing their dismay about it. |
| 1:00.5 | We're going to break that down and tell you what's happening about the shutdown. |
| 1:04.2 | We're also going to talk about, as you noted, Tuesday, President Trump in the Rose Garden gave Charlie Kirk posthumously the Presidential Medal of Freedom. |
| 1:14.8 | I was there. It was an incredible event. It honored his life. We're going to talk to you about that as well. |
| 1:20.3 | Yeah, it's a really important conversation that we're going to have about that, and it's one that's not being reported on as well. |
| 1:26.1 | So we hope that you guys are going to take |
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