LA Riots Spread Nationally as we Predicted, and Become the New "Summer of Love"
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Welcome, it is Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you as always. And Senator, I hate to say it, but we were right. These protests have now organically, the left, once you believe, just started all over the country. We're in, what, 20 plus states now. And this looks like the summer of rage. The same thing we saw with the big summer, Black Lives Matter. Everything's peaceful. We just burn down and loot a bunch of stuff.

Well, America tragically is aflame. And as we predicted, the L.A. riots have now spread across the country, coast to coast. This is organized. This is paid for. This is the new summer of love. This is the left. They want these riots. Democrats are celebrating these riots.

And this is who they stand for. They are for violence. They are for illegal immigration. They are for open borders. They are for looting. And they are cheering it all on. We're going to take you all across the country, walk through what's happening and where this is going. Yeah, it is truly shocking what is happening. And we're going to break it all down for you as it is continuing to develop very quickly. Before we get to that, I want to just say now is the time for so many Americans to stand up

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IFCJ.org. So Senator, you and I said this on this show a couple of days ago, that this was clearly going to be something that was premeditated and preplanned and was going to spread across the country. They acted like I was an insane person when I said this on CNN last night and everybody started yelling at me. I'm like, you watch, it's going to happen. Now we're in 20 plus States. We were right. Well, as, as of when we're recording, we have seen, uh,

Riots and protests for illegal immigration break out not just in L.A.,

But in San Francisco, Santa Ana, Sacramento, in Phoenix, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, in Seattle and Portland, in Salt Lake City and Detroit, in Hartford, Connecticut and Boston, in Philadelphia, in Atlanta, in Baltimore, in New York City, in Washington, D.C., in Tampa, in Jacksonville, in Raleigh and in Louisville. That...

is not simply organic. There is money, and by the way, we are seeing supplies arriving at these events. This is the same agenda that was behind the Black Lives Matter and the Antifa riots across the country. They're paid for, whether it is George Soros or other anti-American leftists who hate this country, who want violence, and are funding it. And this is

Virtually every one of those cities is controlled by Democrats. And the Democrats in those cities, in many instances, are complicit and are cheering them on. And understand, this is also openly embracing criminality. This is openly embracing. I want you to listen carefully.

to the owner of a family-owned jewelry store in Los Angeles with tears in his eyes after looters had destroyed his family business. Give a listen.

And remember, don't forget, they said that it was all peaceful. Earlier, we were at the Apple store. We were at the Adidas store. Both of them looted. The glass shattered. A lot of things stolen. And they're big companies. They'll take a hit. But it is the small, the mom and pop businesses.

businesses that have also been looted that are heartbreaking. Joining me now live, Nemat, his daughter Sheila. They've been in the jewelry business, Nathan's Jewelers, since 1987 here on South Hill. And we're going to show you the shattered glass in just a moment. Nemat, I mean, you have tears in your eyes of what they've done to your business.

What they do to my business? I don't know. I have to go inside and see what's going on. I don't know what they do to business. Right, but you were telling me that why take out whatever issues people have on you, a small business owner. Not only me, there's a lot of people. There is so many people. How does this affect you? Very bad.

One week is a riot and the people of the transgender or other things and they close the business and nobody can come inside. Another day something else, another day something else. Why they don't, why they bring them to downtown? Why these people come to downtown? They go to somewhere

out of the city limits and they scream at what they want to do. Why they come here? And why did they affect a small business owner? Sheila, your dad worked so hard and he was telling me and he had tears in his eyes earlier that, you know, the store now, you still have to see the damage done inside. This is a jewelry mart. We also have video of other stores that were looted overnight. There were reports, Sheila, of up to 100 looters at a time at a jewelry business. Crazy.

Very crazy, very sad, very terrible. And your dad works really hard. I'm sure you work really hard too. This is a small family-owned business and there's no insurance. No, no. How is this going to affect your family? Really bad, really bad. People are stupid. People are stupid. What can you do? And why target you? You have nothing to do with any of this. I know, I know. I don't know why.

I'm sorry, Sheila. I'm sorry, Nemat. I hope the damage isn't too bad inside.

We took the bus at two o'clock and we came right now to in here. I hope the damage isn't too bad. Your business was one of many businesses that were looted overnight. But I don't sell jewelry. I sell like a custom jewelry, silver.

You know, I'm not a big guy. I'm not a big fish. You're not a big fish. Well, that's why it hurts even more because you're not a big fish. You're not Apple. You're not Adidas. And they're going to take a loss too. I'm so sorry for this. Multiple businesses. There were many arrests made. We're waiting to get those numbers from the LAPD.

Now, let's just be clear. I can't believe she said there was many arrests because this was all peaceful, Senator. And by the way, where a lot of this looting was happening, this was not where there were actual protests. It's just full-blown looting and riots. Yeah, look, this is criminality, which is, look, and that's what happened during the Black Lives Matter and Antifa riots, is that criminals...

are unchained and they loot often small businesses. You know, you listen to the daughter there saying people are stupid, but what can you do? Well, what you can do is arrest them. What you can do is allow law enforcement to do their jobs, put them in handcuffs, put them in jail. And tragically, they're in L.A. And in L.A., they won't let them do that. Listen to another Los Angeles business owner on the looters.

This is so ridiculous. This doesn't look like this is for protesting for ICE or anything. This is what they're doing just for looting the stores and everything. I saw they break into the Apple store, they break into the Adidas store. This is not they're doing protest.

What's interesting about what he said is the story came out later. This is a legal immigrant who is criticizing the illegal immigrants and those that are looting. He is saying, I want law and order and I want there to be protection in L.A.

Well, that's exactly right. And the citizens of L.A. and the citizens of California are being abandoned. And they're being abandoned deliberately by Gavin Newsom and by elected Democrats. Here, I want you to listen to Sheriff Chad Bianco, who is the sheriff in Riverside County in California. Listen to what he has to say about these rioters and about Gavin Newsom's responsibility for what they're doing.

appalled that we are at this point in society where people come out and think that this is okay. And then it makes it 100 times worse when you have politicians that are encouraging it, that are not calling it what it is, which is criminal activity. The lying to all of us, lying to the media, and purposely using the word peaceful, what

while maybe they should look at their phones or their TVs because I have law enforcement officers that are being shot at, that are being injured, that are being hurt, vehicles being damaged, things being burned, and they're calling it peaceful. It is a disgusting display of partisan politics. I wish they would all just put the

put their phones down, be quiet and let law enforcement handle this how it should be handled, which is the complete enforcement of law and holding criminals accountable. It's rocks, bottles, tools, weapons being thrown at us.

You watched multiple vehicles destroyed yesterday by bricks. There are people hauling bricks into the zone and then dropping them off and leaving them there for weapons. And then our deputies and our police officers, they're being used against us. And we're being hit with bottles. We're being hit with glass bottles, with tools, with rocks, with bricks.

This is not a peaceful protest. It isn't even a protest anymore. It is a violent riot, and if they are going to try and do harm, then it is the responsibility of law enforcement to win that confrontation, and all of them need to go to jail. We know that gunfire has been reported.

We have a, I know that there is a report of an officer being shot already. I'm not sure of the circumstances, so I don't know if it was pertaining to what is going on or if it was involving something in the peripheral. I don't know. Quite frankly, it's irrelevant. We are responsible for keeping people and property safe, and when people come and attack us, then we need to make sure that they're held accountable.

They are trying to violently influence something by political action. That is what this is. That is what everything that the Constitution stands against, that is what law enforcement stands against, and that is what will facilitate the downfall of our civilized society. A civilized society has an adherence to the rule of law, and there is consequence for breaking that social compact.

And when politicians encourage this behavior, which that's exactly what they are doing, is encouraging this behavior, encouraging people to come out and participate in these riots. And they lie to us and say that they're encouraging a peaceful protest. No, they're not. They know exactly what they're doing. This is far beyond peaceful protest. This is now a political action, and they are using violence and the threats of violence in order to get their way. And we absolutely must fight.

stomp this into the ground and stop it from happening. Chief of police from the largest police agency in the country said that they are being overwhelmed. Governor Newsom needs to put his phone down, go sit in his house behind the comfort of his TV screen and a couch and be quiet because he is doing nothing but fueling this process.

He needs to stay out of the way of law enforcement. He knows nothing about this. He knows absolutely nothing about the enforcement of law. He despises the enforcement of law. And he has encouraged this situation.

He has enabled this lawless act that is going on right now. This has been years in the making that he has encouraged. So quite frankly, I don't care what he says. He says everything in a disingenuous manner for his own personal political gain, and we are suffering the consequences.

I couldn't agree more. But it's also goes back to the narrative that the left has put out there that there's no help needed. Everything's fine. This is all somehow Donald Trump's fault because he sent in ICE, because he sent in the National Guard. And yet we are seeing this grow, not just in L.A. as we speak, but also all over the country. Yeah. Look, that sheriff you just listened to is running for governor in California as a Republican.

And sadly, I think the people of California, they have demonstrated over and over again they double down on these lawless Democrats. And tragically, they pay the price. I want you to listen to Maxine Waters, who actually, she may formally be the mayor of Crazy Town. But just listen to her talking about claiming there's no violence. Give a listen. And even those who were.

out of step with what we are advocating, peaceful protest, did not create any violence. Nobody was shot, nobody was killed. Get it in your head. And so when martial law is called, what are you going to say? I missed the point. Don't miss the point, you all. Don't think that somehow because they called out the National Guard, there was violence. There was no violence.

I was on the street. I know. And I went from downtown detention back out into the community talking to people what happened in Paramount, what happened in Compton, what happened in Inglewood. So, first of all, get it straight and don't just rely on what you've been told or the few incidents that you saw. Don't rely on what you saw. Don't believe your lying eyes. The police cars that are on fire...

Those are not these are not the droids you're looking for. These are not these are not the fires, the looting, the stores robbed. Nope, doesn't matter. Just and by the way, Maxine Waters is not not alone. I want you to listen now to Karen Bass, who's going to claim art up. Spoiler alert. Who do you think is responsible for the riots?

Of course, Donald J. Trump. Bingo. Boy, it's almost like you've heard the Democrat talking points. Listen to Mayor Bass. It's incredible. Here she is.

We need to stop the raids. This should not be happening in our city. It is not warranted, and the only thing it does is contribute to chaos. This was chaos that was started in Washington, D.C. On Thursday, the city was peaceful. On Friday, it was not because of the intervention of the federal government.

It's law enforcement's fault that we have anarchy. Said no same person ever. So Comrade Bass is unhappy that the federal government is enforcing federal immigration law. And she does not want illegal immigrants arrested. And she says, well...

If you arrest illegal immigrants, if you remove them, then it's your fault. The rioting, you should understand that we're going to have violent rioting if you remove illegal immigrants. And I want to give you an example of some of the people who are being removed. So DHS put out a list of some of the illegal immigrants, some of the violent illegal immigrants who are being removed.

One of them was Chong Chan Phan. Chong Chan Phan is a 49-year-old Vietnamese national. He was previously convicted of second-degree murder. He was sentenced to serve 15 years to life in prison after he and his gang member associates were asked to leave a high school graduation party in 1994 following a dispute. And then they returned with semi-automatic weapons, which they fired into a crowd of about 30 partygoers.

Dennis Braun, 18, of South Pasadena, and David Hang, 15, of San Marino, California, were killed, and seven others were wounded. Then this is what DHS said, quote, This criminal illegal alien is who Governor Newsom, Mayor Bass, and the rioters in Los Angeles are trying to protect over U.S. citizens.

Who else did ICE arrest? ICE also criminally arrested Cielo Vivar Ubaldo, who was a previously deported Mexican national who was convicted for sex with a minor, narcotics violations, and a hit and run. He faces deportation. Another person that was arrested was Jose Cristobal Hernandez Buitran, 43 years old, of Peru. He was previously convicted of robbery and sentenced to serve 10 years in prison.

Another one arrested, Julian Riveros Caravid, a Colombian national who was arrested on administrative immigration violations. He has prior arrests on charges of domestic battery, child endangerment, assault with a deadly weapon, grand theft, and narcotics violation. They also arrested...

Chrisada Tui. Chrisada Tui is a 48-year-old Indonesian national previously convicted on narcotics, DUI, and illegal entry charges. They also arrested Rolando Veneration Enriquez, a 55-year-old Filipino illegal immigrant whose criminal history includes theft, assault,

burglary, and sexual penetration with a foreign object with force and assault with intent to commit rape in Pomona, California, which carries a 37-year prison sentence. Another one, Honduran national Jordan Mauricio Meza Escobar, 32 years old. His criminal history includes convictions on charges of domestic violence, as well as heroin and cocaine distribution. Another one arrested,

Jesus Alan Hernandez Morales, a 26-year-old Mexican illegal immigrant, previously convicted of conspiracy to transport an illegal alien in Las Cruces, Mexico, and he received a 239-day sentence. Another one, Delfino Aguilar Martinez, 51-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico, accused of assault with a deadly weapon,

with great bodily injury in Los Angeles, sentenced to serve one year in prison. On top of that,

Victor Mendoza Aguilar, a 32-year-old Mexican national previously convicted of possessing unlawful paraphernalia, possessing controlled substances, assault with a deadly weapon, not firearm, and obstructing a public officer in Pasadena. And there are more and more and more. I could keep reading names. These are violent criminals. And so what Karen Bass, what the Democrats are saying is if the federal government arrests violent criminals who are a threat

to your family, to your community, then it's the federal government's fault for the rioting and looting and criminality. This is today's Democrat party. Let's be clear, Senator. Let's be clear. None of what you said can be true

Because I have a montage of the media saying that what you just described is a lie. It's not rioting. It's not looting. It's not burning of police cars. Here's the media saying you're just wrong. The L.A. County police say that they have it under control. Carrying a flag is not right.

illegal, as you know. What did happen in 1992 was so different from what we're seeing now. I mean, that was a real riot. Video after video has shown that these agents are the ones provoking protesters and also making up, you know, aggression by these protesters that later video shows

People were not aggressive. We are having an administration that's targeting peaceful protests, people that are there to protest. The president is sending the National Guard.

Because he doesn't like the scenes. He doesn't like the scenes of people peacefully protesting. Unrest is isolated. L.A. is home to millions of people, most of whom are having a normal day here on Sunday. You know, you've heard reports that there are riots on the streets of Los Angeles. That is not what's happening across the city of Los Angeles. Governor Newsom's right. There wasn't anything like a riot happening on Friday, Saturday. We just witnessed a protester thanking a National Guardsman for his service here in California.

LAPD, by most estimates, had this under control last night. No, I don't think the National Guard is needed now. Things in L.A. are calm. There was a protest that got a little unruly late at night. There's been no violence where any

Anybody that was protesting hit anybody, shot anybody, threatened anybody. Nothing happened. What is just a bunch of people having fun watching cars burn. Most of those demonstrations were very peaceful. They were chanting, they were shouting. People were driving by honking their horns.

I mean, that's just normal life out there. You know, they were just having fun watching cars burn. You know, that's just good old-fashioned entertainment. Like, get out your popcorn, you know, light some police cars on fire, you know. T.C., next time you and I are just hanging out, you know, we should just maybe just, I don't know, find a car and just set it on fire and watch it burn. We're not doing anything illegal. Everything's fine.

So to give you a sense of just how much propaganda the media is desperately trying to spin, I'm going to read you four headlines. All right, so this is a headline from the New York Times. Quote, The Mexican flag becomes a potent L.A. protest symbol. Trump officials have cast demonstrators waving the Mexican flag as insurrectionists. But for many protesters who are Mexican-American, the flag represents pride in their heritage.

Now, mind you, they're waving the flag saying, Dear God, whatever you do, do not send me back to Mexico. That is their message. But apparently it's pride in their heritage simultaneously. Here's CNN. Quote, Trump is acting like an authoritarian. California's crisis now rests on what he does next. That's CNN. Nice and objective. All right. How about the Washington Post? Quote,

He's waging a war on us. As Trump escalates, Angelenos defend their city. Across this vast metropolis, residents denounce what they consider an attack on the very fabric of their city, on their neighbors, coworkers, family members. That's the Washington Post. And finally, NPR. NPR, which, by the way, you and I are paying for. Every one of us who listens is paying for it through our tax dollars. Here's what NPR says. Quote,

Trump using National Guard in L.A. is an abuse of power, says national security expert. That's the media.

Well, and with the media doing everything they can to deny the truth, to lie, to obfuscate, to pretend that this is all peaceful, that there's no violence, never mind the violence that is unfolding in front of our eyes. You know, Maxine Waters said, don't believe your lying eyes. I'm telling you there's no violence. What is Gavin Newsom doing? Is he protecting the people of California? No. Instead, he's suing President Trump to stop the president from

from protecting the people of California. Gavin Newsom tweeted out, quote, I have formally requested the Trump administration rescind their unlawful deployment of troops in Los Angeles County and return them to my command. We didn't have a problem until Trump got involved. This is a serious breach of state sovereignty, inflaming tensions while pulling resources from where they're actually needed. Rescind the order. Return control to California. So Gavin Newsom is not upset.

that illegal immigrants have flooded into this country for the last four years across open borders. He's not upset that murderers and rapists and child molesters and gangbangers have been released. He's not upset that Californians are being murdered, are being violently assaulted by illegal immigrants. None of that dismays him. He's not upset at the looting. He's not standing with the poor small business owners and shop owners whose stores were destroyed by the violent crime. None of that upsets him.

Instead, Gavin Newsom's problem is, damn it, number one, Trump is arresting illegals and we're the Democrats, we're the party of illegals. And number two, even worse, Trump is sending in federal officers, sending in the National Guard to keep communities safe, to protect families, to protect homes. That is unacceptable because if there's one thing the Democrats stand for beyond illegal immigrations and crime,

It is preventing the police from doing their job, preventing them from keeping you safe. I think that really sums up the lunacy of where the left is today. Final question on this one. I don't think there's any near end in sight. I think this is going to continue to grow. Do you agree?

I do. And let me say, we started by saying this went where we predicted, that this spreads nationally, that we see these protests and these riots in cities across the country. And I think we need to follow the money. And that's certainly what I am urging the president, urging the Department of Justice to do, is follow the money. And anyone who is funding this, this is just like the anti-Semitic protests on college campuses. By the way, I suspect it's the same people.

who funded the anti-Semitic protests, who funded the Antifa and Black Lives Matter riots. It is the same radicals who hate America,

Many of them are openly Marxist. Black Lives Matter is openly Marxist. They're rabidly anti-Israel. They're rabidly anti-capitalism. They're rabidly anti-police. They're rabidly anti-law and order. They're rabidly pro-criminal. They're rabidly pro-violence. But we need to follow the money and prosecute anyone who is funding riots across this country. And I hope that's exactly what the Trump administration does.

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Yeah, no doubt about it. Before we wrap, I got to just hit pause and you got a really cool letter from a kid. This inspires me. It makes me happy. It reminds me when I got into radio when I was 12 years old. And I want you to just tell us about this letter and I want to read it for everybody. Listen, it's a verdict. It's awesome.

Well, listen, I had a member of my staff who was down in Texas this past week and was at Fort Cavazos, which actually just got renamed back to Fort Hood. And so and he was there at Fort Cavazos and there was a major who stationed stationed there who gave him a letter and gave him a letter. It was a letter from from his 10 year old son.

and I'm going to read it. I'm not going to give you his last name, but I'm going to read the letter that I was handed today. Dear Senator Cruz, my name is Justin, and I am a student at Hill Country Christian School of Austin, and I am pro-God, pro-life, and pro-gun Republican who loves America, Jesus, and politics. I want to write to you to say thank you for everything you have done for Texas and America. There's a

Paragraph that's really nice and praising me, which I'm going to skip because that seems a little self-centered to read a paragraph praising me. But here's the paragraph I wanted every verdict listener to hear. I listen to your podcast, Verdict, every week. I have learned so much from you about how government works and all the things you are doing to stop the radical left agenda and help President Trump pass the America First agenda.

You have helped me to want to be a politician when I'm older. Thank you for everything you do. Sincerely, Justin, age 10. I love it. This is exactly what I love doing this show. I hope you let your kids listen, your grandkids. And what a cool... Justin, thanks for listening. What an awesome letter. It's just fun to see that and to hear that and to know that there are people that are listening and make a difference. So don't forget, share the show. And by the way, I'll give you a little bit of color.

When we were initially doing the show, we were going to play two additional clips of the riots. And they're live audio, but they're live audio that featured people in the riots screaming, and they had several expletives. And we actually recorded that segment, and then I said, Ben, let's delete those. We don't really need to be playing expletives for our listeners, particularly when we have...

a young man like Justin listening. We can just skip over that part. Amen to that. Don't forget we do this show Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. So hit that subscribe or auto download button wherever you get your podcasts. Make sure you do that. And the Senator and I will see you back here in a couple of days.

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