THIRD Assassination Attempt on President Trump...while Democrats Rhetoric Fuels the Fire
Verdict with Ted Cruz
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🗓️ 27 April 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
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A Third Assassination Attempt:
This is the third attempted assassination against President Donald Trump, crediting the Secret Service and law enforcement for stopping the suspect. -
Attribution of Responsibility to Political Rhetoric:
Violent acts are being fueled by inflammatory rhetoric from Democrats, left‑leaning media figures, and progressive commentators, who are normalizing or encouraging political violence. -
Focus on Specific Statements and Figures:
Remarks by Democratic leaders, media personalities, and online commentators that are endorsing or joking about violence, using these examples to argue that such language has real‑world consequences. -
Characterization of the Suspect:
The alleged attacker is described as ideologically motivated rather than mentally ill, portrayed as a “radicalized” individual influenced by left‑wing ideology, academic environments, and media narratives about Trump and Republicans. -
Praise of Trump’s Response:
President Trump acted with restraint and leadership after the incident, calling for unity, peaceful resolution of differences, and respect for free speech, even while enduring hostile questioning from the media. -
Criticism of Media Conduct:
Media outlets and journalists are irresponsibly repeating accusations from the attacker’s manifesto and reinforcing narratives that the speakers believe contribute to further radicalization. -
Broader Warning About Political Climate:
Escalating rhetoric, ideological indoctrination, and tolerance of violent language are creating a dangerous environment where political figures and public events increasingly require heightened security.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.6 | Welcome, it is verdict with Senator Ted Cruz. |
| 0:07.1 | Ben Ferguson with you, Senator. |
| 0:08.6 | Obviously, we are on this show. |
| 0:10.5 | Thankful that there was no innocent people that were shot or killed, including the president. |
| 0:14.9 | And any of the targets of the Trump administration that were named by this individual in the manifesto. |
| 0:22.5 | We, God bless our men and women in law enforcement for what they were able to do. And I think the part that is so shocking to me, |
| 0:28.4 | this is now our third show that you and I have done after an attempted assassination attempt |
| 0:34.3 | against President Donald Trump. And this is what the left has normalized. |
| 0:38.8 | You know, tragically, that is exactly right. This is the third time that we have had an assassin, |
| 0:45.1 | an armed assassin attempt to assassinate President Trump. This keeps happening over and over and |
| 0:52.2 | again. Now, thank God, And I hope everyone literally said a |
| 0:57.4 | prayer of thanks to God, that President Trump is unharmed, that the entire cabinet and administration |
| 1:04.3 | is unharmed. That is only because of the heroism of the Secret Service that stopped this shooter. Had they not stopped |
| 1:12.5 | this shooter, he came armed, and his stated manifesto was to kill as many senior members of the |
| 1:19.3 | Trump administration as possible, including and especially his target was President Donald Trump. |
| 1:25.8 | He was a leftist, he was indoctrinated, and the rhetoric from the |
| 1:31.0 | Democrats, the rhetoric from the media, when you keep calling Donald Trump Hitler, people listen |
| 1:38.8 | to you, people act based on this rhetoric. It is harmful. It is causing lunatics to hear what they say and to act out, |
| 1:48.0 | and they are endangering people's lives. And I don't see a single Democrat backing off from it. |
| 1:53.7 | In fact, just this week, Hakeem Jeffries, the lead Democrat in the House, did a press conference where he said the following, |
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