BONUS POD: Poll Shows Americans want SAVE ACT NOW plus Abdul Mohamed El-Sayed Wins

New polling shows continued majority support for the SAVE Act, a proposal that would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. Supporters argue the measure reflects broad public agreement that only citizens should vote, while critics continue to raise concerns about its impact and implementation. With the bill stalled in the Senate despite House approval, the debate is becoming a key issue ahead of future elections.

The episode also examines a series of Democratic primary results in Michigan that Ben Ferguson argues signal a major ideological shift within the Democratic Party. He points to victories by candidates aligned with democratic socialist and progressive movements, despite significant spending and support from party establishment figures.

In this episode of Verdict with Ted Cruz, Senator Ted Cruz and Ben Ferguson discuss new polling on the SAVE Act, the legislative battle over voter citizenship verification requirements, Senate Republican efforts to advance the bill, and what recent primary election outcomes could mean for the future direction of the Democratic Party. They analyze voter sentiment, campaign spending, establishment-versus-insurgent political battles, and the growing influence of democratic socialist candidates in key races. Topics Covered:

• New Rasmussen polling on voter support for the SAVE Act
• Senate gridlock over proof-of-citizenship voting legislation
• Voter attitudes toward election integrity and citizenship requirements
• Michigan Democratic primary results and establishment spending
• The victory of Abdul El-Sayed over Haley Stevens in Michigan
• The growing influence of Democratic Socialist-aligned candidates

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
According to official data from the United Kingdom Office for
National Statistics, the most popular name in England and Wales
this year is Muhammad again for the third straight year. Well,
Reverend Chris Wickland from the Confessing Anglican Church joins us, Now,
my friend, what did you think about this?

Speaker 2 (00:21):
If I'm honest to you, it didn't really surprise me.
This is being an ongoing issue. There's been new statistics
that have just come out recently that there are now
hotspots in Britain where English is now considered the second
language with children in schools, and there are some schools
where it's over fifty percent of the students speak English
as a second language. So we know that this immigration

(00:42):
issue is ongoing. Basically, the rise of Islam in Pingsburg,
Britain is growing and growing.

Speaker 3 (00:48):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.

Speaker 4 (00:52):
Good Thursday morning. It's so nice to have you with
us in the forty seven Morning Update, and we've got
two big stories for you. After months of Democrats trying
to untermine the Save Act, new polling data shows it's
not working and right now there is still a massive
majority of Americans that support the Save Act, So can
it get done before November? We break it down for you. Also,

(01:14):
Democrats had massive defeats by the Socialists and Communists and
Marxist candidates that ran against the quote establishment Democratic Party.
So how much money did they waste trying to save
the establishment candidates? It is staggering. And what does it
mean now? Well, the Democratic Party is dead and the

(01:34):
Marxists they've taken over. It's the forty seven Morning Update
and it starts right now.

Speaker 3 (01:40):
Story number one.

Speaker 4 (01:41):
So let's start with the Save Act. You know, where
you have to show an ID to actually vote in
an election in this country, a federal election. It's a
pretty obvious idea that makes a lot of sense. Why
is it that Congress is still refusing to act. Well,
there are many that are actually trying to undermine the
Save Act, hoping that the majority of Americans will disappear

(02:05):
from supporting it so then they don't actually have to
do anything with it. We've got new pulling that up
that has just come out. And here is what the
American people are saying. And I'll get ready because I
promise you Washington's still going to try to not listen
to you yet again. A majority of American voters continue
to support the Save Act. It's a simple bill requiring

(02:29):
proof of US citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.
That's what it does. That's it, and that's why so
many Americans still support it. Now after months of those
on the left trying to destroy the Save Act, tear
it down, say it's racist or bigoted, or it's trying
to suppress minority voters, however they want to describe it,

(02:51):
guess what, the American people still are not falling for it.
According to a new Rasmusen survey, sixty two percent of
likely voters support the Save Act, including forty six percent
who strongly support it, while thirty three percent oppose the
bill and twenty two percent strongly oppose. Rasmusen says support

(03:12):
levels have changed little since May, meaning that the attacks
in May, June, July, yeah, and now we're in August,
they are not landing that punch with voters. The American
people believe that you should be a uss and to vote,
and you should have to prove that you are a
United States citizen to register to vote, and nothing that

(03:34):
they've done so far has been able to turn the tide. Now,
the bill, also known as the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act,
has already passed the House, but is not advanced in
the Senate. Even with the Republicans in charge. Support split
sharply by the way along party lines. The pulling down
as shows eighty four percent of Republicans back this bill,

(03:58):
forty five percent of dim Democrats. And here's the most interesting.
Almost sixty percent of independent voters say you should not
be able to register to vote in a US election
without showing proof of citizenship. Yeah, that's a big, big number. Now,
support also varies by pass vote. Eighty eight percent of

(04:20):
those who voted for Donald Trump in twenty twenty four,
for example, they back to say that. No surprise there.
Fifty three percent of Kamala Harris voters oppose it. Again,
no surprise there. But the poll reveals a high level
of agreement on citizenship requirements for voting. And that's the
part that Washington should listen to. The most. Eighty two

(04:42):
percent of voters said only US citizens should be allowed
to vote in US elections. I'll say that again. Eighty
two percent of voters say only United States citizens should
be allowed to vote in our US elections now, including
majorities across every every party and racial group surveyed as well,

(05:03):
I'll give you these numbers. Eighty nine percent of Republicans,
seventy seven percent of Democrats, seventy nine percent of independence,
eighty seven percent of white voters, sixty seven percent of
black voters, seventy four percent of Hispanic voters, and seventy
five percent of other minority voters. Now, what is the
big takeaway there, Well, the race bating is not working

(05:25):
among minorities. They overwhelming almost eight out of ten say
they support having to show that they are an American
citizen to vote in our elections. Think about that, because
the Democrats, to try to undermine the Save Act, have
said it's racist to ask a minority to show that
they are a citizen of this country. In fact, more

(05:47):
than half of voters fifty six percent said it is
at least somewhat likely that non citizens are illegally registered
to vote in their state, including thirty three percent who
said it's very likely. Now, among that group, ninety two
percent want the Senate to pass the Save Act. Seventy

(06:08):
five percent of Republicans consider it at least somewhat likely.
Compare with forty four percent of Democrats and fifty three
percent of Independence that believe that illegal immigrants are voting
in our elections. Here's something else that's interesting. If you
break it down by sex, more men than women sixty
two percent to fifty two percent, said it is at

(06:28):
least somewhat likely that non citizens are illegally registered in
their state. The majorities of both men and women also
support the Save Act that sixty five percent and fifty
nine percent for women, respectively. Now here's the part that matters.
Time is running short for the proposal to affect the
November elections. That's part of the reason why there has

(06:51):
been stalling. Democrats don't want this, and the Republicans that
hate Donald Trump in the Senate who lost their reelection
campaigns trying to ticket to the president also don't want
the Save Act to have any implications for the midterm
elections coming up. That is obviously messed up. Senator Rick Scott,
Republican from Florida, told Newsmax on Tuesday that Senate Republicans

(07:15):
can still pass core pieces of the Save Act before
the November midterms. Scott also urged the Republicans to force
final congressional approval of the legislation requiring voter identification and
proof of citizenship through either budget reconciliation or a talking filibuster.
I've been an advocate for that for quite some time.

(07:37):
He also went on to say that Senate Republicans should
not allow the measure to languish as the chamber prepares
for its August recess. Scott's push comes as the bill
is again stalled in the Senate, where Republicans are in charge,
despite two years of House passed versions and backing from
President Donald Trump. Now, this polling data shows us one thing.

(08:00):
No matter how much you try to undermine and slander
the simple idea of having to be a US citizen
and showing proof that you're assistant to register to vote
in this country, Well, the American people they still want
to save act at an overwhelmingly large number. This is bipartisan.
And the question now is why on earth are the

(08:23):
Republicans in the Senate not moving this forward. The answer, unfortunately,
is sad. There's just a handful of them that hate
Donald Trump more than they love this country. And that's
why we're having this conversation right now. Next story Number two,
we had an election. It was a big one that
happened around the country and it was a primary that

(08:44):
was going to tell us what was coming moving forward
with the Democratic Party. Well, the Democratic Party, my friends,
it is dead. They have been taken over by the communists, socialists, Marxists.
Some call them the DSA, the Democratic Socialists of a Mayora,
but to be clear, they're not socialists, they're communists, they
are Marxists. And now we know how much the Democratic

(09:07):
Party was afraid of them. We now have learned that
the establishment Democrats spent more than sixty three point nine
million trying to take down Mohammed Abdul l said, yes,
the radical extremist Marxists of the Democratic Party. The Democrats
in Washington spent over sixty million in support of Representative

(09:29):
Hailey Stevens and her bid for the US Michigan Senate
nomination and the Democratic Party and it still wasn't enough.
Now the takeaway is this, the Democratic Party is dead.
They have completely been overrun by the Marxist socialists and
the communists. And this primary picking is getting worse, not

(09:52):
better for Democratic candidates, even those that were extreme progressives.
They have been replaced by the radical Marxists, the communists
who are saying that America is evil, that America is
a place that should not be celebrated, that America is
a country that needs to in essence be overthrown from within.

(10:14):
The candidates that are winning the primaries now are the
ones that say get rid of the Supreme Court, or
get rid of the presidency, or get rid of Congress.
Certainly they're in favor of getting rid of law and order. Now,
this radical agenda of abdul l Said and many others
are seeing a record amount of outside spending coming in

(10:35):
to try to stop them, and it is not working
at all, and that's why Democrats are freaking out now.
Stevens has seen a majority of AD support targeting the primary.
Sixty three point nine million, seventy eight percent of all
spending targeting the primary went towards supporting Hailey's Stevens against

(10:57):
El said he has seen zo point five million in
AD support. That is nothing compared to the sixty three
point nine million dollars that was spent to support Stevens.
This is truly incredible. Now, the pro Israel organization APAX
spent the most of any group backing Stevens with more

(11:18):
than thirty million in spinning over the past year. That
funding came via United Democracy Project, doubling the mounted spent
to defeat former Democratic Representative Jamal Bowman of New York
in twenty twenty four. Just to put it in perspective, now,
stevens bid was heavily supported also by the leadership of
the Democratic Party. That's the second takeaway. The Senate Minority

(11:41):
leader Chuck Schumer, for example, was all in. The New
York Times wrote in June that Schumer had asked party
donors to support Stevens heavily, calling her the quote strongest
candidate and spawned efforts giving her a sizable edge from
big spinning Democratic donors. Well, in spite of the record spending,

(12:02):
Stevens could not match el said on the campaign trail
and what he was selling. The public health officials toured
the state with a cast of far left supporters, including
Hassan Piker, who literally said that America deserved nine to
eleven and that played well in the minority Muslim community

(12:24):
all across the state of Michigan. You out on top
of that Vermont Center. Bernie Sanders coming in New York
Representative AOC, and that was the trifecta of the radical
left taking over now. El said also brought in more
contributions to his own campaign than Stevens. The preliminary FEC
reports show that l Saez raids about fourteen point four

(12:47):
million to Stevens nine point nine. The enthusiasm from Democratic
Socialists of America aligned activist delivered one of the most
stunning upsets in democratic politics history of our lifetime. So
what is the warning from this, Well, the warning to
Michigan voters who now faced the choice between l said

(13:09):
in a Republican nominee, a hardcore conservative in Mike Rogers,
now Democrats. They're all falling in line now because they're
terrified of being against el said. They don't care what
he says. At this point. Schumer and Stevens have already
both publicly backed him in their statements saying that they

(13:29):
cannot wait for the Democrats to win in November. Abdul
l said has run an energetic campaign that inspired thousands
of Michiganders across the state, with a clear focus on
lowering costs and standing up for working families. Democrats are
united by a common purpose quote putting a check on
Donald Trump by defeating his Republican enablers and taking back

(13:52):
the Senate. We look forward to working with Abdul and
Democrats across Michigan to win the seat in November, is
a statement from them. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, that's
the same committee that put together tens of millions of
dollars to try to beat el said because even they
knew he was a radical. Now, this wasn't the only

(14:13):
election that should raise eyebrows. Representative Shri Thanadar also lost
the Michigan primary to a socialist state lawmaker. Now, Shre
lost this primary race in an even more progressive foe
that said, oh no, I'm crazier than you are. You
may remember Street from TV. This is one of the

(14:35):
most crazy elected Democrats in America. But the Democratic Socialists
found someone even more progressive, making him the latest Democrat
to be ousted by an open socialist in the midterm
election cycle. Now, when I say open socialists, I'm saying
the person that beat him said, I am a communist,

(14:59):
I'm a Marxist, I'm a socialist, I'm not a Democrat.
And the Indian born congressman lost to the Detroit native
Donovan McKinney, a state representative of Michigan's House of Representatives,
a member of the Democratic Socialists of America DSA, and
McKinny won by fifty one point nine percent of the
vote over the incumbent at forty eight point one with

(15:22):
the race being called by the AP Wednesday morning. Now
Thanadar was endorsed by the US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries,
another radical, and the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Yeah, this guy
was crazy. McKinny, however, won support of the well known
socialist lawmaker Bernie Sanders and Squad members Rashida talib Elamomar

(15:46):
and AOC. Now McKenny also secured endorsements from other members
of the Congressional Black Caucus, with Omar and Pressly both
part of that. So what is the takeaway? It is
this the Democrat Party has lost total control of their party.
They are now being run by the socialists, the Marxists,

(16:08):
and the communists. And get ready America, because many of
these people I'm talking about now are going to actually
be in Congress casting votes to destroy America. And that's
why we all need to be paying attention to this.

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