Welcome. It is verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you.

Senator, we've got a lot to chat about including words like MAGA and buying a Bible or

going shopping at Dick's Sporting Goods could actually get you on a watch list with financial institutions in the US government.

We're going to deal with that.

Also, they're admitting now four years late that the Hunter Bidenbiden laptop is actually real yes the

DOJ doing that we're gonna deal with that but before we get to that I want to

break some news and that is this senator you decided that it was time to lead on an amicus brief on behalf of

Donald Trump with the case that involves Colorado and that Supreme Court

removing him from the state's 2024 ballot.

Not only did you file this amicus brief, but you were able to get more than 170 lawmakers to sign on.

This is significant and yet a lot in the media

are acting like this didn't actually happen.

Walk us through how important this amicus brief is and exactly the basis, legal basis for why you decided to do this.

Well, we've talked at length about the Colorado Supreme Court decision throwing Donald Trump off the ballot and the

combination of Colorado and the main Secretary of State I think without

hyperbole is the greatest assault on democracy we've seen in our lifetimes.

These are partisan leftist Democrats who are issuing ruling saying the voters should not be allowed to vote for Donald Trump.

Mind you, these are Democrats who posture all day long about how much they believe in

democracy, how they're defending democracy, and nothing says defending democracy better than stopping the

voters from voting for your opponent. I mean it is an absolute assault. So

yesterday I filed an amicus brief on behalf of 179 members of Congress.

So I led the brief in the Senate, Steve Scalise, the majority leader in the House, let it in the house and and our brief is

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