1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 1: Welcome In Monday edition Clay Travis Buck Sexton show. I 2 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:09,640 Speaker 1: am out in California, LA for a few days. Buck 3 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: will join us back tomorrow. He is training to be 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 1: an astronaut, not quite, but he's at Kennedy Space Center 5 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: as they get ready for Artemis, which is a big 6 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 1: trip that is going to return us to the Moon 7 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: is the plan, but they are going to be orbiting 8 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: the Moon soon. He's been hanging out with Secretary of 9 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: War Pete Hegseth and also with the head of NASA. 10 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: I'm sure he's gonna have some good stories for us tomorrow, 11 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: but that is where he is this morning and during 12 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: the course of today's program. So Buck, we'll be back 13 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: with us tomorrow. Like I said, I am out in 14 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 1: California for the week, so I will do my best 15 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: to survive in coming land. But in all seriousness, we 16 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: have a huge number of listeners in California, so I 17 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: am out in your territory for the week. A reminder, 18 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 1: next month we are going to be in Texas as 19 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 1: the primary season begins in earnest In twenty twenty eight, 20 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: we're going to be touring Austin, Houston, and San Antonio, 21 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: gonna be out in about a lot during the twenty 22 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: twenty six midterm year to try to make sure that 23 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: we are visiting with as many of you as possible. 24 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 1: So that is what is the latest. There. I have 25 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: paid off my bet. I have a mustache. There is 26 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: no video. At some point there will be video. There 27 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 1: are pictures, and I hate all of you for all 28 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 1: of the memes that you have already taken advantage of 29 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,679 Speaker 1: with my mustache. I think I look amazing, quite simply 30 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: Grandma's of America. You're on notice. I couldn't have looked 31 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: any better, I didn't think, but then I added a mustache. 32 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: We'll have some fun with that. Open phone lines eight 33 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: hundred and two two two eight A two. We got 34 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: a bunch of guests at the bottom of this hour. 35 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: Senator Eric Schmidt of Missouri is going to join us, 36 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: then the Chicago Cubs owner Todd Ricketts with a lot 37 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: of discussion about the media marketplace. He's doing some cool 38 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: things there. And then another Senator, Marsha Blackburn, will join 39 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 1: us at two thirty. So we have guests at the 40 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 1: bottom of each of the next three hours. But we 41 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 1: begin with unfortunately, what likely took over your social media feeds, 42 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 1: and what has taken over much of the cultural conversation 43 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,519 Speaker 1: last night was the Grammys. Full disclosure, I did not 44 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 1: watch one single moment of the Grammys. I was in 45 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 1: the air flying out to California. I did, however, see 46 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: all of the different viral memes. And the latest thing 47 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: that Hollywood, where I am right now and the cultural 48 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: ascendancy of the left, has become obsessed with is ice Now. 49 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:58,639 Speaker 1: No one cared one iota about ice for the last 50 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: twenty five years. I don't remember anybody complaining when Barack 51 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: Obama was sending millions of people back. I don't remember 52 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 1: anyone complaining about ice at all, other than when Trump 53 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: has been in office and this year as a part 54 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 1: of two point zero. In the first year of the 55 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: Trump administration, ice became the new thing that Hollywood and 56 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 1: that people in music and people in entertainment are obsessed with. 57 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:34,399 Speaker 1: These individuals on the left in cultural spaces are particularly 58 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: susceptible to whatever the new thing is. Do you remember 59 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: when everybody suddenly cared immensely about Ukraine. You haven't heard 60 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: about Ukraine in forever, but remember when everybody suddenly had 61 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: Ukraine flags in their bio. Remember when everybody had mask 62 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: pictures in their bio. The new thing that the left 63 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: is concerned about is Ice, And so last night at 64 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: the Grammys, everybody had to let you know that they 65 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: were desperately obsessed with what was going on with Ice 66 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: and the host. I'm not sure there's ever been a 67 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: comedian or host that has gotten and had more opportunity 68 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: and less success in the entire entertainment space than Trevor Noah. 69 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: We'll get to him in a moment, but we begin 70 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 1: with I think her name is Billy Eilish, and frankly, 71 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: I'm not the expert on the music. I probably would 72 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,600 Speaker 1: recognize a Billy Eilish song if you told me some 73 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: of them, but I don't know what she sings. But 74 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 1: she has a multimillion dollar mansion, i'm told in Los Angeles, 75 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: and evidently it is on stolen land. She has not 76 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 1: been willing, to my recognition, to hand her land back 77 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:49,280 Speaker 1: to the Native American tribes that she stole from. But 78 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: during her acceptance I think it was an acceptance speech. 79 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker 1: I don't know. Here is what Billy Eilish had to say. No, 80 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: this is the new thing that they say. No one 81 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 1: is illegal on stolen land. Cut to I love you 82 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: so much. 83 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 2: I feel so honored every time I get to be 84 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 2: in this room, And as grateful as I feel, I 85 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 2: honestly don't feel like I need to say anything but. 86 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 3: That no one is illegal on stolen land. 87 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: Now, everybody goes crazy for this. If your land is stolen, 88 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: shouldn't you hand it back? If Billie Eilish really believes 89 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: that she is living on stolen land, wouldn't the moral 90 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 1: thing for her to do be to give up her 91 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: multimillion dollar La mansion and return it to whatever tribe 92 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:43,359 Speaker 1: she thinks originally hunted on the land. That feels like 93 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,840 Speaker 1: a no brainer. No one ever does. You hear the 94 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: crowd going crazy there, But there is no stolen land. 95 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: And of course what this is based on is they 96 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,600 Speaker 1: have created this world where if the land is stolen, 97 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: then no one can be illegal on it. That's the logic. 98 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 1: It doesn't even make any sense. At what point is 99 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: land owned? In other words, where is and where are 100 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: you capable of actually buying land? Nobody ever explains this. 101 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:15,719 Speaker 1: And if you're out there and you're saying, okay, this 102 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: whole stolen land thing, it's not that common. I think 103 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: I told this story. I know I did when I 104 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: toured with my oldest son Georgetown University. Before we began 105 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 1: the tour of Georgetown University in Washington, d C. The 106 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: tour guide said, as the opening introduction to us, it's 107 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,359 Speaker 1: important to understand that we are standing on stolen land 108 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: at Georgetown University. As we began the tour, the very 109 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:49,160 Speaker 1: first thing they felt compelled to say at that university was, 110 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: this is stolen land. If you go to school in 111 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: many different universities. Now they begin the semester, the professor 112 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: comes out and as part of reviewing the syllabus, he 113 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:08,280 Speaker 1: has a land acknowledgment and says, or she says, don't 114 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: want to be sexist here, that we are living on 115 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: stolen land and we are attending school on stolen land. 116 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 1: And my response on this is quite simple, why not 117 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: just return your land? Then why does Billy Eilish have 118 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 1: a multimillion dollar mansion in la It's an easy question 119 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: that someone might ask, Oh, that's well, if you stole something, 120 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 1: you should return it. How Come no one ever returns 121 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: their stolen land? How come they continue to take title 122 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: to stolen land and pay millions of dollars for it 123 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 1: and interesting question that is begged by that comment, but 124 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: instead everybody stands and cheers. Trevor Noah, the most successful 125 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: person who has never had any success in his career. 126 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: That is justified. He just happens to be mixed race 127 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: and as a result, John Stewart handed him the Daily Show, 128 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: and then the Daily Show collapsed. Even though Trevor Noah 129 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 1: has an entire staff of writers trying to come up 130 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: with brilliant and funny things for him to say, he 131 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: still could not manage to do that, and so his 132 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: show was canceled. He has failed on all fronts, but 133 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: he keeps getting opportunities. He was hosting the Grammys and 134 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:18,120 Speaker 1: this is what he said last night. Of course, he 135 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: wanted to take shots at Trump, and he talked about Greenland. 136 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: I'm playing it for you because I want you guys 137 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: to be able to hear it. 138 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 4: Cut three Song of the Year, Congratulations, Finny Eilish. Wow, 139 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 4: that is a Grammy that every autist wants almost as 140 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 4: much as Trump wants Greenland. 141 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: Which makes sense. 142 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 4: I mean, because Epstein's island is gone, he needs a 143 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 4: new one to hang out with. 144 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:43,719 Speaker 5: Bill Clinson. So oh, I told you, it's my last year. 145 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,959 Speaker 5: What are you gonna do about it? Oh, what an 146 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:50,439 Speaker 5: original joke. Oh he's got a whole staff and that's 147 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 5: the best joke he can make. I do think that 148 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:57,320 Speaker 5: this is a whiff that the NFL should be held 149 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 5: accountable for. The NFL, to their credit, since the Colin 150 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 5: Kaepernick disaster, has gotten back to football and they're setting 151 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 5: all time records. And it turns out that people really 152 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 5: like football. And if you just play football, then people 153 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:14,439 Speaker 5: show up in huge numbers and the league makes tons 154 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 5: of money and the ratings go through the roof and 155 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 5: everybody is happy because people like football. But for some reason, 156 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 5: the NFL decided this year that they needed to have 157 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:29,200 Speaker 5: a halftime act that basically hates America. And this is 158 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 5: what bad Bunny said when he was at the Grammys 159 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 5: last night. Again, this is the halftime entertainer that the 160 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 5: Super Bowl has picked. 161 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 3: Cut one before I say, thanks to God, I'm gonna say, 162 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:53,079 Speaker 3: eyes out. We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens, 163 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 3: we aren't humans, and we are Americans. 164 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: You're actually not an American if you're here illegal And 165 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 1: what is in the mind of Hollywood, all of these 166 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 1: super wealthy left wingers. They live in gated communities, they 167 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 1: live behind armed security. They have the most impressive walls 168 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 1: that you can possibly imagine for their own private lives. 169 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: But publicly they are arguing that we shouldn't have walls 170 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 1: and that we shouldn't have any restrictions. And do you 171 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: know what they require in order to get into the 172 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: Grammys photo id, which none of these people want to 173 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 1: actually have to vote. So it's just a collection of 174 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: people that are completely out of touch by and large 175 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: with society as a whole. With that in mind, there 176 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 1: was one positive that I saw. Jelly Roll, who is 177 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:57,679 Speaker 1: a country artist, won a Grammy and got up and 178 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 1: this was pretty great. Cut seven. Jelly Roll has had 179 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: a torture, tumultuous past. This is what he wanted to send. 180 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 1: So look, there isn't always an awful message. Sometimes there 181 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 1: is actually a positive thing that can come out of 182 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 1: Award season Cut seven. 183 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 6: I'll tell y'all right now, Jesus is for everybody. Jesus 184 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:22,559 Speaker 6: is not owned by one political party. Jesus is not 185 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 6: owned by no music label. Jesus is Jesus and anybody 186 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 6: can have a relationship with him. 187 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 1: I love you lord, and he continued, and that went 188 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: super viral in a positive way. I I also love 189 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 1: what jelly Roll said about Ice, he said, and I 190 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: want to make sure that I get this quote right 191 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: on the Red car First of all, why are you 192 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: asking jelly Roll about Ice? I would just I mean, 193 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 1: the guy's name is jelly Roll. Are we thinking this 194 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 1: is the foremost political philosopher of our time that anyone 195 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 1: feels compelled to get the opinion of Jelly Roll? And 196 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:03,959 Speaker 1: I'm going to dive into this because we have a 197 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 1: bunch of dumb athletes saying dumb things. But he was 198 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 1: asked about what he thought about Ice, and maybe we 199 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: can get this audio because I think it was on 200 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:18,680 Speaker 1: the Red carpet. He said. People shouldn't care to hear 201 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:21,440 Speaker 1: his opinion about Ice or what's going on in the 202 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: country right now, because he's disconnected and he spent a 203 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 1: lot of time in prison, and he's just a dumb redneck. 204 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 1: And you know, I actually respect that. I wish everybody 205 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 1: out there would just say, you know what, I'm a musician, 206 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: I'm an entertainer. I make movies. I don't have any 207 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 1: idea what the real world is like. I'm gonna send 208 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 1: this to Greg and because I did think it was 209 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 1: pretty funny. But yeah, jelly Roll comes down the red carpet. 210 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: What would you want to ask jelly Roll? Oh, let's 211 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 1: ask him what he thinks about major geopolitical concerns. The 212 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 1: guy probably hasn't read an article about the news in 213 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 1: twenty years. I give him respect for that answer. We'll 214 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,680 Speaker 1: play it for you when we come back. And we've 215 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 1: also got Don Lemon. You got a standing ovation, of 216 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:06,959 Speaker 1: course he did at the Grammys. We'll talk about that. 217 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:11,839 Speaker 1: James Carvel's got take a take on democrat culture. 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Find them on the free 253 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back 254 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: in Clay Travis bought Sexton show. Rolling through the Monday 255 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: edition of the program, I mentioned jelly Roll again. I 256 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 1: do think this is crazy when you really think about 257 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: a guy being on the red carpet and your first 258 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 1: thought is I gotta find out what jelly roll thinks 259 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 1: about ice. But I believe we have jelly Roll here 260 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 1: saying I'm just a dumb redneck cut twenty eight. 261 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 7: I can tell you that people shouldn't care to hear 262 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 7: my opinion. Man, you know I'm a dumb redneck. I 263 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 7: haven't watched enough. I didn't have a phone for eighteen months. 264 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 7: I've had one for four months and don't have social media. 265 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 7: I hate to be the artist is static aloof but 266 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 7: I just I've come so disconnected from what's happening, and 267 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 7: I'm just not a I grew up in a house 268 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 7: of like insane pandemonium, and like you, like, I didn't 269 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 7: even know politics were real until I was in my 270 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 7: mid twenties in jail. Like that's how disconnected when you 271 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 7: grew up in a drug addict household. You think we 272 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 7: like have common calls about what's happening in world politics, 273 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 7: Like we're just trying to find a way to survive. 274 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 1: Man, I met Jelly Roll, super nice guy. I actually 275 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 1: this is a ridiculous story. I actually sat next to 276 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: him at a WWE wrestling event in Nashville. He was 277 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 1: super kind to my kids, who were sitting directly next 278 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 1: to him. I think there's a video of us because 279 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 1: Jelly Roll ended up getting shoved in the wrestle. It 280 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: was part of the part of the work in the 281 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 1: WWE event. By the way, Royal Rumble over the weekend. 282 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: For those of you who consume Super Nice Guy, this 283 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 1: is what every entertainer should say. I mean, if you're 284 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: really trying to be great at entertaining people, you shouldn't 285 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 1: have time to be an expert on ice related issues, right. 286 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 1: I mean, if you're really really think about the people 287 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 1: you know who are the best at something, are they 288 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:04,679 Speaker 1: really super engaged in every aspect of modern politics? Probably not, 289 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 1: and you shouldn't be and just answer like This should 290 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: be what every entertainer says, This should be what every 291 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 1: athlete says. That answer actually makes me want to consume 292 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:21,480 Speaker 1: jelly Rolls content. I mean, honestly, why is it that 293 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 1: the standard? Why doesn't everybody just answer that way? Hey 294 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 1: I'm a stupid or redneck. Hey I'm a musician. My 295 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:31,400 Speaker 1: IQ is one hundred and ten on the scale. I'm 296 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: a little above average. Maybe do you really think that 297 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 1: I'm the expert on what we should be doing on 298 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:40,199 Speaker 1: American border policy? 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What is the latest on 327 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 1: the on the shutdown? We haven't even really hardly talked 328 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:17,359 Speaker 1: about it very much. I know it's going to in 329 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: theory be resolved sooner rather than later. But what should 330 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 1: we know about the latest details on that front. 331 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 8: Yeah, essentially, last last Friday, the Senate passed out all 332 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:34,200 Speaker 8: of the appropriations bills the Democrats in a two week 333 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:39,120 Speaker 8: cr for the DHS funding, and that is what's now 334 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,160 Speaker 8: in front of the House. And so the Democrats, here's 335 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:45,200 Speaker 8: my perspective, they want to I want to thank them 336 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 8: actually for giving us two weeks now to talk about 337 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 8: illegal immigration. I mean, this is a home game, trus 338 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 8: and all these ridiculous demands that they have related to ICE, 339 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:56,920 Speaker 8: they just don't work. It makes it harder for ICE 340 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:58,679 Speaker 8: to do their jobs. But what we should be demanding 341 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 8: on our end if we're going to do anything ending 342 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:03,359 Speaker 8: sanctuary city. That's the root cause of all this play. 343 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:06,119 Speaker 8: You don't see this trouble anywhere else in the country 344 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:08,399 Speaker 8: of these operations are happening in red states and blue states, 345 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 8: except in the sanctuary jurisdictions, where they're making it very 346 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 8: difficult for ICE officers to do their jobs, and the 347 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 8: politicians are fomenting this rage and encouraging people into these confrontations. 348 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,640 Speaker 8: So the punchline is my hope is that the House 349 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 8: probably tomorrow passes that and then that continuing resolution will 350 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 8: last for two weeks. The Democratic Democrats will want some 351 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 8: stupid stuff. We'll say no, we want good stuff. They 352 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 8: may say no to that, and then we'll fund DHS. 353 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 8: The other last thing I'll say is in the working 354 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 8: class tax cut from last summer, the one big beautiful 355 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:41,119 Speaker 8: bill we front loaded because we knew this was coming 356 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:45,199 Speaker 8: front loaded four years, where the funding for deportations in 357 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,680 Speaker 8: that bill. So the Democrats can wine all they want, 358 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 8: but these deportations are going to continue. 359 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: You're a lawyer, I'm a lawyer. I am totally still 360 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:56,400 Speaker 1: in disbelief of a couple of things that are occurring. 361 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: And I'll go to the first one. Sanctuary city seem 362 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:02,680 Speaker 1: to me to be a flagrant violation of federal law. 363 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,719 Speaker 1: We have the supremacy clause. How in the world is 364 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:07,720 Speaker 1: this even allowed to occur legally? 365 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 8: That's a great question. It shouldn't be. But one of 366 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 8: the things I think we're pointing out is what we 367 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 8: haven't done yet. What I and sider Gramm are proposingly 368 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:20,199 Speaker 8: went on the floor last week to propose was to 369 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 8: say we're going to end thanks for a city that 370 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 8: here's how if you're violating federal law you're going to 371 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:29,680 Speaker 8: go to jail. The politicians because they know better. It's obvious. 372 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 8: It's clear. You don't get to what they do is 373 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:34,679 Speaker 8: clay is they withhold information. Think how ridiculous this is. 374 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:39,359 Speaker 8: They really won't tell ICE agents when rapists and child 375 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 8: molesters are getting out of prison. That's how messed up 376 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 8: this is. They don't even want that because illegal immigration 377 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 8: is effectively the Democrat's religion. Now everything begins and ends 378 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 8: with the idea that they don't actually believe in sovereign 379 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:55,120 Speaker 8: that they don't really believe border should matter. They think 380 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,680 Speaker 8: anybody can come here and stay as long as they want. 381 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 8: And you can't be a sovereign country. No country can 382 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 8: if that's what you believe. And so I think we're 383 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 8: at a really important moment right now in the history 384 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 8: of our country, and Republicans cannot yield here, we cannot 385 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 8: back down. And that's the role that I'm sort of 386 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:13,160 Speaker 8: playing right now. 387 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 1: All right. One other one that I think is significant. 388 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 1: We actually had the Attorney General of Missouri on talking 389 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 1: about it last week with us. The continued counting, and 390 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 1: I think this impacts Missouri certainly when it comes to 391 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:28,399 Speaker 1: congressional seats, the continued counting of illegal immigrants for purposes 392 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:32,359 Speaker 1: of census. Supreme Court, hopefully we'll take this up and 393 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: give us an answer once and for all. But it 394 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: artificially creates a great disconnect between where the congressional seats 395 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 1: are being allocated. I keep talking about it because I 396 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:47,400 Speaker 1: think very few people are actually aware nationwide that illegal 397 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,360 Speaker 1: immigrants are counted for purposes of the four hundred and 398 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 1: thirty five seat House apportionment. 399 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 8: Yeah, no, that's right. I'm in the same position with 400 00:22:57,119 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 8: that claim. I don't think a lot of people know 401 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 8: that that you don't actually have to be citizens to 402 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,120 Speaker 8: be counted in the census, and that effects congressional districts, 403 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 8: in effects where federal dollars go. There's all sorts of 404 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 8: consequences to it. And if we solve that issue, which 405 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 8: if you ask a straight up question to the American people, 406 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 8: do you believe that illegal immigrants should be counted or 407 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 8: should be able to vote? I mean, that's it. We 408 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 8: talk about eighty twenty issues. That's a ninety ten issue, 409 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 8: and we have to take that on because the Democrats, 410 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 8: and that's why ultimately they're losing their minds over the deportations. 411 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 8: If you want to really understand why it's about power. 412 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 8: They know that if we did things, or if we 413 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 8: deported people in only counted citizens in this country, the 414 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:41,640 Speaker 8: Democrats would be in a I don't want to say 415 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 8: a permanent minority, but they wouldn't be able to have 416 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,400 Speaker 8: these these spells of being a majority party. It's all 417 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:51,959 Speaker 8: based on, honestly, why illegal immigration is so important to them. 418 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 1: Okay, let's go into something you and I both love. 419 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,439 Speaker 1: It's super Bowl week and I know your Chiefs are 420 00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 1: not going to be in the super Bowl for the 421 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 1: first time and what feels like forty years, but college 422 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: football and college basketball is a complete and total mess. 423 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 1: And I ran into you in DC and we talked 424 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 1: about it a little bit. Is there a role for 425 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: the federal government to try and figure out what should 426 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:16,960 Speaker 1: happen going forward with college sports? I heard one of 427 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:20,400 Speaker 1: your interviews you did recently talking about this and what 428 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:22,639 Speaker 1: do you think it should be? How do we fix this? 429 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,119 Speaker 1: Because I think there's a there's an idea that this 430 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:27,359 Speaker 1: is broken, and it's correct that it is broken. 431 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:29,880 Speaker 8: Yeah, And I think the way to look at this 432 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 8: is so I was skeptical for a long time of 433 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 8: Congress playing a role. I mean, most people would you know, 434 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 8: they love their sports and they don't want Congress to 435 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:40,919 Speaker 8: have anything to do with it. But I do think 436 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,159 Speaker 8: we're approaching a time where Congress needs to come in. 437 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 8: And here's why there's been litigation over the last half 438 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:49,160 Speaker 8: dozen years or so or going back a decade on name, 439 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:53,119 Speaker 8: image and likeness or effectively college players. Their images were 440 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:56,120 Speaker 8: being used for EA sports and they weren't compensated. Maybe 441 00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 8: they've thrown them a you know, an Xbox or something, 442 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 8: but they were never being compensated and never being paid. 443 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 8: And I think that was, you know, one end of 444 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,879 Speaker 8: the spectrum that was wrong. As a practical matter, I 445 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,240 Speaker 8: think these guys should get paid. I think they should 446 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:13,880 Speaker 8: be able to transfer probably once something like that. If 447 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 8: the coach leaves, they should be able to leave. Things 448 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:19,680 Speaker 8: like that. But basically, these court decisions play have ruled 449 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 8: the NCAA totally ineffective. Like they can't in the NCAA 450 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 8: has had a lot of problems, but they can't establish 451 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,119 Speaker 8: any rules. And so now you have really kind of 452 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:31,439 Speaker 8: a wild less where people are moving every I mean, 453 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 8: you probably have a player really if you talk to 454 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 8: these SEC coaches like you and I do for maybe 455 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,880 Speaker 8: six months. You're in a constant negotiation. Things are moving, 456 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,200 Speaker 8: there's agents that are in here that shouldn't be agents. 457 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 8: There's a lot of bad advice. So there's two aspects 458 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:47,160 Speaker 8: of this. The first is governance. In exchange for Congress 459 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:51,640 Speaker 8: giving liability protection to the NCAA or some other governing body, 460 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:56,479 Speaker 8: they would establish rules of the road, like transparency with 461 00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:59,640 Speaker 8: who the agents are. You have a two year contract, 462 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 8: you can transfer once unless a coach leaf things like 463 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 8: that that make total common sense. There'd be an entity 464 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 8: empowered to go do that. The second piece of it 465 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 8: is the revenue side, and so a lot of people 466 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:12,760 Speaker 8: are talking about this, like, if you think about it, 467 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:17,159 Speaker 8: the NBA has half the audience of college football, but 468 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:20,720 Speaker 8: twice the revenue. The NBA, all kind of rights included, 469 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,399 Speaker 8: is about eight billion. If you pool all of college 470 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 8: football or all of college football, you're a little short 471 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 8: of four billions. Now, if they were able to pool 472 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 8: that like the NFL does, MLB does, the NBA does, 473 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 8: they could probably double the revenue that the NBA has. 474 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 8: And then you solve this really important issue that the 475 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 8: Score Act that Cody Campbell's talking about of protecting Olympic sports, 476 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:49,120 Speaker 8: protecting the non revenue sports. There's enough money to have 477 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 8: those programs in place. College football is the juggernaut here. 478 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,359 Speaker 8: Would make gobs and gobs more money than they have 479 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 8: right now. And I really believe you could probably get 480 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 8: to a place where the Big ten and the SEC 481 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 8: which are the big dogs in this and rightfully so 482 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 8: that they don't feel like they're losing out either, that 483 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 8: everybody really benefits. You've got the governance side and then 484 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:09,919 Speaker 8: you have the revenue side. And the only way that 485 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:14,720 Speaker 8: works is if Congress gives them liability protection to go 486 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:16,959 Speaker 8: do both of those things. 487 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 1: And some form of anti trust protection in that context 488 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 1: of liability, right because otherwise you're getting sued. So is 489 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 1: there a bill that's working on that? Because I think 490 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 1: a lot of people who are college sports fans are 491 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,160 Speaker 1: kind of nodding along and saying, yes, this is broken, 492 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: and I think a lot of people are skeptical that 493 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 1: Congress candidly can fix anything. But is there a bill 494 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 1: that would fix all of what you just laid out? 495 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 1: What's the process? 496 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,919 Speaker 8: Yeah, and first and foremost, you know we're talking about Obviously, 497 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 8: I have a passion for sports so to use. So 498 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 8: this is stuff that I actually love. I don't want 499 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 8: to a bunch of politicians messing this up either. But 500 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 8: the only entity in our country that can give the 501 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 8: anti trust, you know, sort of accept exemption that effectively 502 00:27:56,840 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 8: MLB and NFL has to bargain with with rights holders 503 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:03,160 Speaker 8: is Congress. So Congress, if you're going to fix it, 504 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 8: has some role in at least allowing them to go 505 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:09,359 Speaker 8: negotiate what this thing looks like. So there's the Store Act, 506 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,680 Speaker 8: which really deals with the governance piece. Its Hey, let's 507 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:15,640 Speaker 8: protect you know, these Olympic sports and all these other 508 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 8: non revenue sports by having certain rules. You have transparency, 509 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,920 Speaker 8: you have contracts, things that are kind of like basic governance. 510 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,159 Speaker 8: And then you know, something that a lot of us 511 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:28,160 Speaker 8: are looking at, including me being on the Commerce Committee, 512 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,919 Speaker 8: is how do you address that revenue side? How do 513 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 8: you allow the NCAA or how do you allow college 514 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 8: football really effectively to go negotiate get a lot more money, 515 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 8: more bang for your buck, and then make everybody whole 516 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 8: and do much better. Because I think if you've ever 517 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 8: been around in like state house politics, anytime they want 518 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 8: to do something with like a school funding formula, like 519 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 8: which district gets which money? You know, for this, if 520 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 8: you're dealing with the mentality of scarcity, it's really really 521 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 8: hard to do. But if people feel like everybody can 522 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 8: benefit in different ways, that's how you could ultimately get there. 523 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 8: So that's something that I I'm working on and there's 524 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 8: a few of us. PENNINGO Center Crews is involved with it. 525 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 8: There's a lot of people on the Commerce Committee because 526 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:08,960 Speaker 8: the Commerce Committee has jurisdiction over amateur and. 527 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 1: Professional sports, and that's some sort of Sports Broadcast Act. 528 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 1: Is that what I understand that there is for the 529 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 1: second part? 530 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, So a Sports Broadcasting Act was adopted in 531 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:22,720 Speaker 8: the early nineteen sixties that gave these professional sports leagues 532 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:25,440 Speaker 8: the ability to negotiate as one. Because look, if you 533 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 8: were the NFL and you were trying to negotiate with 534 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:33,400 Speaker 8: CBS or Fox, there would clearly you're under typical anti 535 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 8: trust law. You'd be colluding. You could all be kind 536 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 8: of colluding to do it. So Congress said, no, you're 537 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 8: a league, you can go do that collectively. And that's 538 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 8: what the sports if you amended the Sports Broadcasting Act, 539 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 8: you do for college football, you say, look, all these 540 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:51,720 Speaker 8: member institutions are protected from being sued for anti trust 541 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 8: by colluding to negotiate with CBS or Fox or whoever, 542 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:58,320 Speaker 8: because everybody would have benefit. But again, if they tried 543 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:00,240 Speaker 8: to do that without amending the sports broadcast, I think 544 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:01,840 Speaker 8: they just wouldn't be able to do it. So that's 545 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,080 Speaker 8: why Congress has a role potentially here. 546 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:06,720 Speaker 1: This is all super interesting. I know a lot of 547 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 1: people who get in the weeds on this love that analysis. 548 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,200 Speaker 1: Who's going to win the Super Bowl this weekend? Are 549 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,840 Speaker 1: you taking the Seahawks or the Patriots? 550 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:16,760 Speaker 8: Man, I don't know. 551 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:21,520 Speaker 1: I love that you have answers for every subject under 552 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 1: the sun. But when I asked you a Super Bowl pick, 553 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 1: You're like, oh man, this is a tough one. 554 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:28,480 Speaker 8: I don't know. I think the Seahawks. If I think 555 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:31,120 Speaker 8: the Seahawks, I just I think the Seahawks. That's what 556 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 8: I'll go with. 557 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:35,400 Speaker 1: I'm picking Seahawks twenty four to twenty one over the Patriots. 558 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,480 Speaker 1: That's my pick. I'm giving it out early this week. 559 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 1: I'm headed up for the to Do. 560 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:42,320 Speaker 8: Program that should I we'll see what happens. But this year, 561 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,560 Speaker 8: Josh Shurtz has done a great job with Slouth. 562 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: I know they're great, only had one loss last time 563 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:52,960 Speaker 1: I checked, and they are on a roll. Appreciate the time, Senator. 564 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 1: We'll have you on again, I'm sure. But in the meantime, 565 00:30:56,240 --> 00:31:00,160 Speaker 1: appreciate all this. Enjoy the game. 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Todd Ricketts, 609 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,120 Speaker 1: who owns the Chicago Cubs, will be on with us 610 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:32,840 Speaker 1: in the second hour, and then Marsha Blackburn, Senator from Tennessee. 611 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:37,160 Speaker 1: Some positive news. I saw this just shared. So many 612 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:39,520 Speaker 1: people out there are still without power, and I've been 613 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:42,280 Speaker 1: talking about this a lot. That's why Senator Marshall Blackburn 614 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:44,360 Speaker 1: is going to be on with us. Seeing in the 615 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:47,200 Speaker 1: corner of the screen tons of people in Mississippi and 616 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:51,000 Speaker 1: tons of people in Tennessee who are still without power, 617 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:55,440 Speaker 1: hundreds of thousands of people. And this was a very 618 00:33:55,480 --> 00:34:01,960 Speaker 1: positive story that XAI, which is basically based in Memphis, 619 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,640 Speaker 1: in consul they just posted this. In consultation with the 620 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:09,440 Speaker 1: governor and local authorities, gave five hundred generators to families 621 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:13,080 Speaker 1: in need in Nashville and an additional five hundred generators 622 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:18,440 Speaker 1: to Mississippi's emergency management as well, So that is a 623 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:23,920 Speaker 1: positive story that is underway. Just FYI, I asked the question, 624 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:28,160 Speaker 1: who in the world is asking jelly Roll about ice? 625 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:31,239 Speaker 1: And the team tracked down this is it. I want 626 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,960 Speaker 1: to make sure that I get her right. The person 627 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,560 Speaker 1: who asked this is we don't know who this is? Right? 628 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:40,560 Speaker 1: Is that the reality? But you can hear he's on 629 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:44,000 Speaker 1: the red carpet? What would you ask jelly Roll? Here 630 00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:47,880 Speaker 1: is the question she decides to ask jelly Roll about 631 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:49,600 Speaker 1: Billie Eilish. Listen, we just. 632 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:52,440 Speaker 2: Had Billie Eilish when and she mentioned in her speech 633 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:55,240 Speaker 2: she talked about this topic that's so big tonight. Would 634 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:58,000 Speaker 2: you be willing to comment on what's going on in 635 00:34:58,040 --> 00:34:58,919 Speaker 2: our country right now? 636 00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:04,399 Speaker 1: I mean, come on, this is so important and I'm 637 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,759 Speaker 1: gonna build on this at the top of the next hour. 638 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:12,319 Speaker 1: This is how they create the news that reporter, can 639 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:14,200 Speaker 1: we play that question one more time for you? Can 640 00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:17,080 Speaker 1: we play that question? Listen to this reporter. This is 641 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:22,440 Speaker 1: not an objective news media member. This is a left 642 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:26,839 Speaker 1: wing activist with a mic who knows that she can 643 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:31,760 Speaker 1: drive story by getting people who are famous to further 644 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:33,640 Speaker 1: a story. Just listen to it. This is not an 645 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:37,160 Speaker 1: objective question by any stretch of the imagination. This is 646 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:40,640 Speaker 1: supposed to be an objective journalist who's just reporting the news. 647 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:42,560 Speaker 1: Listen to how slanted this is. 648 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,759 Speaker 2: We just had Billie eilish Win and she mentioned in 649 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:48,560 Speaker 2: her speech she talked about this topic that's so big tonight. 650 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:51,719 Speaker 2: Would you be willing to comment on what's going on 651 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:52,799 Speaker 2: in our country right now? 652 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:56,440 Speaker 1: So when we come back, I'm going to build on 653 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:59,439 Speaker 1: this because I think it's incredibly important and I want 654 00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:02,040 Speaker 1: to kind of take you into how the sausage is made. 655 00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:06,719 Speaker 1: How do narrative stories get created? I know, Look I 656 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:10,400 Speaker 1: ran a media company for a long time. I'm going 657 00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:13,600 Speaker 1: to take you behind the curtain and let you see 658 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:18,800 Speaker 1: what actually takes place and how pop culture like the Grammys, sports, 659 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:23,200 Speaker 1: how these stories are created and what exactly is being 660 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:27,200 Speaker 1: done when they are built. That question is a perfect example. 661 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:30,040 Speaker 1: Now to Jelly Rolls credit, we already played his answer. 662 00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:32,600 Speaker 1: He just said, I'm a dumb redneck. You shouldn't be 663 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:36,000 Speaker 1: asking me about this kind of story. Great answer, More 664 00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:40,040 Speaker 1: power to him. But they want to use celebrity name 665 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:44,680 Speaker 1: to advance their left wing political causes and It's very 666 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,880 Speaker 1: transparent when you actually dive into how it's created, but 667 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:50,319 Speaker 1: most people don't focus on it. I'll explain it next