Verdict with Ted Cruz: Legend Robert Duvall Passes plus Gavin Newsom Claims He's Disabled
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 11.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
1. Tribute to Robert Duvall
- Robert Duvall passed away at 95 years old.
- Hosts discuss his most iconic roles, including:
- To Kill a Mockingbird (as Boo Radley)
- The Godfather (as Tom Hagen)
- Lonesome Dove
- Apocalypse Now
- Gone in 60 Seconds
- Secondhand Lions
- Emphasis on Duvall’s legacy as one of the greatest American actors.
- Noted that Duvall chose not to have a funeral, instead asking people to enjoy a good movie.
2. Gavin Newsom Controversy
- A previous podcast episode involving Gavin Newsom.
- Newsom responded on social media, accusing Ted Cruz of attacking his dyslexia.
- Ted Cruz replied stating he called Newsom “historically illiterate,” not unable to read.
- Cruz references President Eisenhower federalizing the National Guard in 1957 as historical evidence contradicting Newsom's claim.
- We poke fun at Newsom’s reaction and discuss how social media posts performed online.
- Referenced AOC, Gretchen Whitmer, and Gavin Newsom attending a meeting in Munich
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:22.8 | Guaranteed Human. Welcome at his Vertiquist Center, Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you. It's so nice to have you with us wherever you are listening to us. And don't forget, hit that subscribe or auto download button so you don't miss an episode. Plus, many of you are joining us on YouTube now. And we say welcome. So if you're watching there on YouTube, you can, nice to have you with us. |
| 0:26.8 | And if you're listening on audio and you want to watch us on video as well, you can do that. |
| 0:32.5 | Most of the episodes are now on YouTube. Grab it, Verdict with Ted Cruz on YouTube channel as well. |
| 0:38.1 | Senator, we've got quite a show to chat about today, including Gavin Newsom. |
| 0:40.6 | He's a little cranky with us after our last episode. |
| 0:48.3 | Apparently, he didn't have a dictionary with him, and he couldn't use AI, apparently, to figure out what we were talking about, and that's what made him so mad. |
| 0:51.4 | Well, look, we need to have an intervention. |
| 0:57.6 | Gavin Newsom is having a hysterical bout of crying anxiety because the last episode of verdict criticized his imbecility and anti-American leftism as he |
| 1:06.2 | traveled to Europe to attack this country and to say things that are blatantly false. |
| 1:11.0 | It does help that even Twitter, which sometimes can be a fairly lefty forum, |
| 1:17.4 | lit the poor guy on fire. |
| 1:20.5 | I mean, it was so bad. |
| 1:22.8 | I almost felt sorry for his very pretty anti-American leftist self. |
| 1:30.1 | You're kinder than me. |
| 1:32.4 | You know, look, I'm a lover, not a fighter. |
| 1:35.3 | You know, Ben, you're sometime really harsh. |
| 1:38.8 | I'm all about the love. |
| 1:40.8 | All about the love. |
| 1:42.3 | Just check your Twitter account for proof, right? I, there you go. |
| 1:46.3 | We're also going to talk about Comrade Mondami. Conrad Mondami has been in office a little over a month, |
| 1:52.5 | and shock of all shock, what is he doing to start off with? He's proposing a massive tax increase |
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