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Ted Cruz: “The Biden Harris Democrat agenda was a train wreck that hurt…”

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Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move

Published November 17, 2025 | Video Starts at 23:49

But, but Trump was winning when Biden was the nominee. Trump was winning when Michelle Obama was the nominee. Trump was winning. A, because The Biden Harris Democrat agenda was a train wreck that hurt the American people. and B, because the American people wanted President Trump back in the Oval Office. Here, I want you to give a listen to exactly what Michelle Obama said. Give a listen. (23:49–23:54)

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Asserts that the Biden-Harris administration's policies negatively impacted Americans.

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“The Department of Justice has already turned over tens of thousands of pages to the public on Epstein.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 02:51-02:57
“Jeffrey Epstein was a major Democrat donor.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 05:14-05:19
“Illegal border crossings [have] dropped more than 99%.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 12:40-12:46
“Including more than $4 trillion in tax cuts.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 13:02-13:06
“President Trump called on the House of Representatives to vote for releasing all the Epstein files.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 00:34-00:40
“Polling numbers...show decisively. The Democrats lost the shutdown.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 00:44-00:51
“The House Oversight Committee can have whatever they are legit entitled to.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 03:06-03:10
“Jeffrey Epstein was one of the major fobs, friends of Bill's, very close to Bill Clinton.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 05:18-05:25
“All the Epstein files were in the possession of the Biden Department of Justice.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 07:52-07:58
“They were in the possession of The Biden FBI.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 07:57-08:00
“The Biden Justice Department [is] the most politicized, politically weaponized Department of Justice in the history of this country.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 08:21-08:28
“The overwhelming weight of the evidence is a bunch of corrupt Democrats who were on Jeffrey Epstein's plane on the Lolita Express.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 09:19-09:27
“There are also, as I understand it, limitations in terms of what can be released publicly based on orders from federal judges.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 10:53-11:01
“Those judges are all judges appointed by Democrat presidents.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 11:02-11:06
“There are more conservative victories in that one big, beautiful bill than any legislation that has ever passed into law.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 12:55-13:03
“Including the provision I authored, the largest federal school choice provision in history.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 13:09-13:15
“The President, as a result of his leadership, we're seeing trillions of dollars of new investments in the US economy.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 13:40-13:48
“CBS News conducted a poll [showing] 55% say Trump and Republicans got more of what they wanted [from the shutdown negotiations].”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 14:58-15:11
“6% say Democrats [got more of what they wanted from the shutdown negotiations].”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 15:42-15:44
“Tim Kaine voted for reopening the government. The other Virginia senator, Mark Warner, did not.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 18:17-18:25
“Mark Warner voted Even on day 43, no, we're not going to pay you.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 18:38-18:43
“The largest, longest government shutdown in American history is because Schumer has a political crisis.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 19:40-19:47
“The second longest government shutdown in history was the first Schumer shutdown under the first Trump term.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 19:51-19:57
“The American people wanted President Trump back in the Oval Office.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 23:54-23:59
“This podcast predicted more than a year before the Democrat Party pulled the rug out from under Joe Biden.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 26:03-26:10
“The overwhelming majority of the predictions we make on this podcast have come true.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 26:19-26:24
“Reagan was reelected [in 1984], winning 49 out of 50 states.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 28:54-28:57
“Reagan won California, New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, every state but Minnesota.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 29:01-29:08
“In 1988, George Herbert Walker Bush was elected.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 29:08-29:12
“Democrats said, huh, maybe nominating Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale and Michael Dukakis was a bad idea.”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 29:14-29:22
“Bill Clinton won two consecutive elections because [Democrats] shifted [towards the center].”
Shutdown Polls Shock D.C. — And Trump Makes a Bold Epstein Move | Uploaded November 17, 2025 | 29:36-29:40