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The Ben Ferguson Podcast

Schumer Shutdown Rolls On as President Trump Honors Charlie Kirk

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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Politics, News, News Commentary

4.94.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

  • Political Discussion – “Schumer Shutdown”:

    • Ferguson argues that Democrats, led by Senator Chuck Schumer, are responsible for keeping the government closed.

    • They portray Republicans as trying to reopen the government, while Democrats allegedly refuse.

    • President Trump is praised for redirecting Defense Department funds to pay service members during the shutdown — presented as undermining Democrats’ political strategy.

    • Democrats want taxpayer-funded health care for undocumented immigrants and are motivated by political self-preservation rather than governance.

      • We describe the hardship for unpaid federal workers.

      • The conversation emphasizes that Democrats’ alleged political games are causing unnecessary suffering.

        They assert the shutdown will last until after the “No Kings Rally,” described as a left-wing anti-Trump protest in D.C.

         

  • Tribute Segment – Charlie Kirk’s Memorial:

    • The second half of the podcast focuses on Charlie Kirk’s posthumous Medal of Freedom ceremony.

    • Ben recounts the event in emotional, spiritual terms, highlighting Erica Kirk’s (his widow’s) public forgiveness of Kirk’s killer.

    • He frames this as a Christian act of grace and gospel testimony.

    • The conversation portrays Kirk as a “martyr for truth and freedom,” comparing him to historical figures like Socrates, Lincoln, and Martin Luther King Jr.

    • President Trump’s remarks are quoted extensively, celebrating Kirk as a visionary and moral hero.

    • The discussion closes with reflection on Kirk’s influence on youth, his faith, and his perceived role as a symbol of conservative moral strength.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:05.0

I tell you what, the government shutdown fiasco is just total insanity right now.

0:11.8

And Democrats are now having insane demands to reopen the government.

0:17.5

Some of them include, and this is not a joke, a $3.9 million demand for the LGBTIQI plus democracy grants in the Western Balkans.

0:30.3

I wish I was joking.

0:32.3

The Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, laying out now why your government is shut down and what Democrats

0:40.3

are demanding you pay for with your tax dollars to reopen the government. Listen to this.

0:47.3

It would send a half a billion dollars to liberal news outlets by refunding the corporation for public broadcasting.

0:53.3

It would also restore up to $5 billion of American taxpayer funds for wasteful spending for international

1:02.0

projects.

1:03.0

Here's a couple of examples.

1:05.0

This is in their legislation, their counterproposal on the CR to keep the lights open.

1:08.0

This is what they want to do.

1:10.0

They want to spend $24.6 million of your hard-earned dollars as a taxpayer for climate resilience in Honduras.

1:16.7

They want to spend $13.4 million for civic engagement in Zimbabwe. They want to send $3.9 million

1:23.2

for LGBTI-plus democracy grants and the Western Balkans.

1:28.3

They want to spend $2.9 million of your dollars for desert locust risk reduction in the Horn of Africa.

1:35.3

And $2 million for, quote, organizing for feminist democratic principles in Africa.

1:40.3

We are not doing that.

1:42.3

Speaker Johnson, saying it clearly, we are not doing that. Speaker Johnson, saying it clearly, we are not doing that.

1:47.8

Now, the government shutdown is also happening because there is a date coming up. It is the

1:54.5

no-king's rally in Washington, D.C. It is three, four days away from now, and it's very clear that Democrats are actually

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