What Did You Accomplish Last Week? With those Simple Words, Elon Musk Drove Dems & the Media Nuts!
Verdict with Ted Cruz
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4.5 • 42.9K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
- 1. Elon Musk's Email to Federal Employees*
- Elon Musk sent an email to federal employees asking them to list their accomplishments from the previous week. This simple request caused significant backlash from Democrats and the media, who viewed it as unreasonable and stressful. - 2. Senator Ted Cruz's Response
- Senator Cruz shared his own weekly accomplishments in response to Musk's email, listing legislative achievements and meetings he attended. - 3. Democratic Resistance
- The podcast discusses the resistance from Democrats, particularly in the context of policies related to boys and girls sports. President Trump threatened to withhold federal funds from states that do not comply with his executive orders on this issue. - 4. Podcast Success
- The hosts celebrate the success of their podcast, "Verdict with Ted Cruz," which was ranked as the number one political podcast in America for the election period. - 5. Workplace Accountability
- The discussion emphasizes the importance of accountability in the workplace, contrasting the private sector's expectations with the perceived entitlement of federal employees. - 6. CPAC and Elon Musk
- The podcast recounts an event at CPAC where Elon Musk received a gold-plated chainsaw from the President of Argentina, symbolizing his efforts to "cut through" bureaucracy. - 7. Trump's Confrontation with the Governor of Maine
- President Trump confronted the Governor of Maine over non-compliance with federal directives on transgender athletes in sports, threatening to cut federal funding. - 8. FBI Reforms
- The podcast discusses the appointment of Cash Patel and Dan Bongino to key positions in the FBI, highlighting their potential to bring significant reforms to the agency. - 9. Future Confirmations
- The hosts talk about upcoming confirmations for key positions in the Trump administration and the importance of fulfilling campaign promises.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, it is verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you. And Senator, I got to say, |
| 0:07.7 | this is an email I feel like should be sent out every single week. What did you do at work last |
| 0:12.4 | week? That is an actual email sent out from Doge to government employees. You even responded to it. |
| 0:19.5 | Well, it's amazing. Every day, it seems, we see the same story |
| 0:24.7 | playing out. We see Elon Musk holding the federal government to account. We see Donald Trump |
| 0:30.2 | standing up to the swamp in Washington, and we see the media and the Democrats losing their |
| 0:37.1 | mind. Elon Musk with the most basic the Democrats losing their mind. |
| 0:38.3 | Elon Musk, with the most basic question, any boss asks, what did you accomplish this week? |
| 0:43.7 | And somehow that is deemed shocking and unbelievable. |
| 0:47.9 | And it really is a sign of what needs to happen. |
| 0:51.7 | We're going to break that down and break down the response to it as well. |
| 0:55.1 | We're also going to talk about a back and forth between President Trump and the governor of Maine, |
| 1:00.2 | where the governor of Maine, a Democrat, is continuing what a lot of the Democrats are doing, |
| 1:04.9 | which is massive resistance. And in this case, boys and girls' sports. It turns out the Democrats, |
| 1:10.5 | they want them some boys and girls' sports, and they're willing to stand and fight and do anything. |
| 1:15.5 | And Trump made clear, Maine is at risk of losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds if they continue to defy the executive orders on boys and girls' sports. |
| 1:27.0 | And the Democrat governor is eager for |
| 1:29.5 | that fight because that is apparently what today's democrat party is all about yeah that's a really |
| 1:34.9 | important one and we're going to talk about that in a moment i want to tell you real quick about |
| 1:38.1 | our friends over at the iFCJ after more than a year of war terror and pain in Israel, there is still a great demand for basic |
| 1:46.1 | humanitarian aid. The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has supported and continued |
| 1:51.7 | to support those in the Holy Land still facing the lingering horrors of war and those who are in |
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