Welcome, it is verdict with Senator Ted Cruz. Ben Ferguson with you. Senator, I got to say there's

some polling numbers that have come out that are shocking to even me and many other conservatives

of just how big of a victory the issues have become for Donald Trump with the country.

Well, that's exactly right, but let me stop by saying, you know, Friday's podcast for

the first time ever, we had to cancel the podcast because you were sick. And so we did a rerun of our

Christmas Day podcast of my favorite movies because you were in bed, curled up, hacking up along. So,

so let me ask you a couple days later, man. How you feel?

I survived. I've not been, I think I text to you, I have not been that sick in 25 years.

It was four days in a row of 103 fever from the flu. So this year's flu is no joke. If you get it,

God be with you because I was, I rarely miss a show and power through.

And there was no way I could do the show.

So thanks you guys for bearing with me on Friday.

Well, I hope you enjoyed the movie recommendations.

But I felt bad.

I was ready to go.

But Ben was miserable and unconscious.

So I'm glad to have you back.

Welcome back. And you know, and you're still hurting a little bit, but, but, but, but I'm glad.

If we have a moment in the pause pod where things pause, it will be because he's still coughing up a lung. It's very accurate.

And it's moments like this.

I'm glad that some of these episodes we do remotely because, no offense, but I don't really want your coughing on me right now.

That's also very accurate.

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