Verdict with Ted Cruz
What Did You Accomplish Last Week? With those Simple Words, Elon Musk Drove Dems & the Media Nuts!
Mon, 24 Feb 2025
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. Please Hit Subscribe to this podcast Right Now. Also Please Subscribe to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson and the Ben Ferguson Show Podcast Wherever You get You're PodcastsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VerdictwithTedCruzSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapter 1: What is Elon Musk's controversial email to federal employees?
Well, it's amazing. Every day, it seems, we see the same story playing out. We see Elon Musk holding the federal government to account. We see Donald Trump standing up to the swamp in Washington. And we see the media and the Democrats losing their mind. Elon Musk with the most basic question any boss asks of what did you accomplish this week? And somehow that is deemed shocking and unbelievable.
And it really is a sign of what needs to happen. We're going to break that down and break down the response to it as well. We're also going to talk about a back and forth between President Trump and the governor of Maine, where where the governor of Maine, a Democrat, is continuing what a lot of the Democrats are doing, which is massive resistance. And in this case, boys and girls sports.
It turns out the Democrats, they want them some boys and girls sports and they're willing to stand and fight and do anything. 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.
And the Democrat governor is eager for that fight because that is apparently what today's Democrat Party is all about.
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Chapter 2: How did Senator Ted Cruz respond to Musk's email?
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And I got to say, because of the audience center, you and I, this podcast, Vertical Ted Cruz was ranked number one political podcast in America for the election. And that's amazing.
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And so that I want to say thank you, as Ben did, to all of our listeners, because the content we're putting out day after day is very hard to get. There is not another place you can get it. And so thank you. And that's a big win.
Yeah, huge win there. And you want to talk about another big win. You mentioned it a moment ago. I got to say, there's certain emails that happen and headlines right now with this administration that, Senator, I find great joy in. I smile.
I think a lot of people listening to this show are going to smile at this story we're about to tell you about, which is there was an email that went out to all government employees saying, What did you do last week? Tell me the top five things you did in your job. And the left and the unions and the woke people in the government are just like crying and losing their minds.
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Chapter 3: What was the reaction of Democrats and the media?
Well, Elon Musk tweeted out this week, quote, consistent with President Trump's instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week. Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation. Very simple. Five bullet points. Tell me what you got done the past week. Now, the media and the Democrats, they are freaking out.
A classic example is Senator Tina Smith, senator from Minnesota, very liberal Democrat. She tweeted out the following, quote, This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk, except he isn't even the boss. He's just a dick. So that's the Democrats' response.
Asking someone, what did you get accomplished this week at work, is unacceptable because they live in a world where apparently meritocracy doesn't exist, where government workers aren't expected to do anything positive for the voters. for the taxpayers, and Elon responded to Tina Smith a very simple question. What did you get done last week?
Now, I got to say, I read that, and my reaction immediately was, okay, this is something, frankly, bosses do all the time. It's a very reasonable thing. I've been in a lot of jobs where my bosses have asked for a weekly report at the end of the week. What did you get accomplished? I've submitted...
hundreds or thousands of weekly reports over the year of what's been accomplished during the past week. That's something a lot of very productive workplaces do. So I responded on Twitter. Here's what I tweeted out in response to Elon. A fair question, Elon Musk. Here's mine. One, passed out of the Senate, the Take It Down Act to protect kids from deepfake porn. 2.
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Chapter 4: Why is workplace accountability being debated?
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Chair a hearing on freeing up 600 MHz of spectrum for commercial development so the U.S. will beat China to 6G. 5. And five met with 20 African ambassadors on strategies to combat China in Africa. So that's what I did last week. And I got to say, you know, it's an interesting thing. Why don't doesn't all hundred senators report back on what they accomplished last week?
I think it's a perfectly fine thing for Democrats. for federal employees to do it but at the end of the day i've got thirty one million bosses i work for for for every man woman and child in the great state of texas uh... and and and i try on a regular basis in fact this podcast is an aspect of that accountability it's an aspect of of
Sharing with the men and women I work for what it is that I'm doing, what I'm fighting for and what we're able to get accomplished. And it really does say something about the current surreal expectations of. of, of Democrats and federal government workers that asking, what did you do last week?
You know, when, you know, when the woke left was like, Oh, we got to have like safe spaces for people in colleges and kids. That's in essence, what their response is here. They came out hardcore and they're like, how dare you? This is harassment to ask what we did last week. You're, you're, you're making us stressed out. This is making people worry and fearful for their jobs. Uh, uh,
yeah if you're not doing your job you should be fearful if your job is is something that you can't even explain you should be fearful you're going to lose your job but this idea that this is quote harassment we had unions that came out saying you can't harass our union members this way all by asking a simple question what did you do last week let me ask you ben you've worked in a white house and comms is this a strange question to get what did you accomplish last week
No, and especially when you work, for example, on campaigns. You know there's accountability every 10, 12, 15, 24 hours. What did you do to respond to this? What are you doing this? Here's the next project. What have you done with this? That is a very normal way of doing things.
And I can tell you, whether it was on the campaign or we were working on Social Security reform, you had deadlines and you had meetings every day. And if you came in unprepared, it could cost you your job, no doubt about it.
Yeah, look, it's the basic idea of having deliverables, but there's a very strange dynamic in Washington right now. The average federal office building up until a few weeks ago. was empty. The attendance is five to eight percent. More than 90 percent of federal workers are not going to the office. Now, that is bizarre.
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Chapter 5: What role did CPAC play in Elon Musk's recent actions?
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You know, the other part about this is there was a lot of people that were trying to spin this email as like this was a national security risk because it went out to all employees. And there was guidance that came back very quickly from certain departments going, hey, like you can't necessarily say what you did this week. So hold on before you respond back.
And yet the media tried to spin this into, oh, my gosh, all these rules are about to be broken. And you were putting people's lives at risk, Elon Musk, by sending out this email. I think it's important that we clarify, look, there were some positions that it was totally fine to say, hold on, we can't do this.
Yeah, look, of course. And so there were... natural places where employees were told, don't respond to this email. For example, Kash Patel told FBI agents, don't respond to this email. Run through your management to respond to this email. Why? Because when you're dealing with classified and confidential law enforcement, there are national security and intelligence agencies
operations where you can't have this kind of report going and going through non-classified channels so of course that's the case but but if you're a run-of-the-mill employee in the federal in a federal agency those constraints are not there and and those employees are are obligated to to respond
No doubt about it. Also, let's talk a little bit about CPAC. You had a meeting with Elon Musk right after he was given this chainsaw. You even got a picture. I was there with the chainsaw that we tweeted out. It was actually really fun. And Elon Musk is loving this new opportunity to make a difference in this country.
Yeah, I will say, in addition to the five things that I tweeted that I accomplished last week, I did did follow up with one more tweet and said, oh, yeah. And six, I got to hold a really badass chainsaw. And this is always amazing. OK, you got to understand. So Javier Malay, the president of Argentina. showed up with a gold and silver chainsaw for Elon Musk.
And this is not a run-of-the-mill chainsaw. This is a gold-plated chainsaw. It had Elon Musk on it. It had Viva La Libertad on the blade. The blade was long. It was a massive chainsaw. It had... Brass spikes coming out of the main body of the chainsaw. Like something out of Mad Max and Thunderdome. And the pull cord where you start it was a set of brass knuckles.
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