1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of the Clay Travis and Buck 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:08,080 Speaker 1: Sexton Show podcast O. Welcome in Clay Travis buck Sexton Show. 3 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:11,040 Speaker 1: Appreciate all of you hanging out with us as we 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: are underway here on the Thursday edition of the program. 5 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 1: Lots of fun coming to be had hopefully by all. 6 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: I'm out here in the Valley of the Sun in Phoenix, 7 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 1: super Bowl Week. Love it out here. This is one 8 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: of my favorite cities in America. Met a lot of 9 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: fantastic listeners all over the place already, and boy, oh boy, 10 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:34,279 Speaker 1: do we have a lot to dive into. My good 11 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:38,840 Speaker 1: buddy buck Sexton, recently married and now officially off on 12 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 1: his honeymoon. I'll have you for the rest of this 13 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:43,919 Speaker 1: week and next week as he is going to be 14 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: kicking it off in the South Pacific with his lovely 15 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: wife Carrie. So let's have some fun. We'll open up 16 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: phone lines, we'll take a lot of calls. Our only 17 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: guest so far today is the newest Senator from Missouri, 18 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: Eric Schmidt. We're going to talk some about what revelation 19 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: were uncovered yesterday in what I thought was a really 20 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 1: impressive hearing in the house surrounding all of the censorship, 21 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: the big tech collusion. I will talk about it will 22 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: play cuts if you haven't been paying attention to it 23 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: or haven't heard it talked about in a significant way. 24 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: It is a monster story, I believe, the biggest story 25 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 1: by far. It makes Watergate seem like Jaywalking. Biggest story 26 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 1: that has occurred involving the government, and certainly big tech 27 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: collusion and the Democrat Party in any of our lives, 28 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:38,559 Speaker 1: and they are effectively dead to rights. Twitter is just 29 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:41,759 Speaker 1: one example of all that big tech collusion that's been 30 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:45,039 Speaker 1: going on. But I want to start with what I 31 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: thought was a really interesting juxtaposition that shows how wins 32 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: can happen, the significance of choices, and why you can't 33 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: be afraid sometimes to take on big battles. And in particular, 34 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: I'm talking about Florida Governor Ron De Santis and Walt 35 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: Disney and how woke the Disney Corporation has become over 36 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: the past several years. And let me just kind of 37 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: give you a background here. When I was a kid, 38 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:23,959 Speaker 1: we would go and stay in a camper at Fort Wilderness, 39 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: Disney World, for those of you have ever been there, 40 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: and our family vacations were we would drive down. Mom 41 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: and Dad would put us in the station wagon, my 42 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: sister and I. We would drive down to Walt Disney World. 43 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: We would stay there in a camper, and we would 44 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 1: go to Disney World. We would go to Epcot. I 45 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: bet there are a lot of you out there listening 46 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: right now who also had similar family vacations. And I 47 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: remember my dad, he keeps all the receipts and everything else. 48 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: Recently we were talking. I believe it was fourteen dollars 49 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 1: to camp every day at Disney World, and it was 50 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: insanely affordable to get into the parks. You could be 51 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: as I was a middle class kid from Nashville, Tennessee, 52 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: and your parents could afford to take you to disney 53 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 1: World and it didn't break your bank. It now cost 54 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: sometimes two hundred dollars a day plus to be able 55 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:27,519 Speaker 1: to go to disney World. A family of four like 56 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: I was when I was a kid, could go and 57 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 1: stay at Disney World and spend a thousand dollars easily 58 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: in one day. When you talk about food and drink 59 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: and just the cost of getting into the parks, and 60 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: one reason they've been spending so much money, costing you 61 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: so much money to go to these parks, and why 62 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: it has accelerated at seven and eight times the cost 63 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 1: of inflation. Right when I was a kid growing up 64 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: nineteen eighties, cost not that much in the grand scheme 65 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 1: of things to go to Disney World, to camp out, 66 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: to stay at the for Wilderness, and now it is 67 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: beyond the reach of many middle class families to even 68 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: be able to go to Disney World. And of course, 69 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: for Walt Disney himself, it's not only the cost I 70 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: think that would have him rolling over in his grave. 71 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,559 Speaker 1: It's the fact that his company has embraced fundamentally anti 72 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 1: American values. And many people out there say, well, what 73 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 1: do you want to do? That's just the market. What 74 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: can you possibly do? And I'm fired up about this 75 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: because I came out of the world of sports and 76 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 1: I've seen the woke Disney agenda take over in the 77 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: world of sports as well, and what they are doing 78 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: is creating a culture of anti Americanism. And I just 79 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: want to play for you a cut from a show 80 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,159 Speaker 1: that is out there right now that is on Disney Plus. 81 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,119 Speaker 1: I don't know how in the world they ever made 82 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: this decision. This is a new episode of Disney's The 83 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 1: Proud Family reboot. All right, this is on an episode 84 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 1: entitled June teenth. This is what that episode sounds like. 85 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:14,039 Speaker 1: This is Disney Plus, this is something that your kids 86 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: could be watching. Listen. This country was built on slavery, 87 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: which means blaves built this country, till this land from 88 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 1: sea to sea to sea. First it was rice, tobacco, 89 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: sugar cane, fighting for America's freedoms. Even though we remained 90 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: america slave this country. The descendants of slaves continued to 91 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,919 Speaker 1: build built this country, and we, the descendants of slaves 92 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 1: in America, have earned reparations for this suff and continue 93 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: to earn reparations every moment we spent submerged in the 94 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: systemic prejudice, racism, and right supremacy that I'm never cut 95 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:48,360 Speaker 1: was standard within stale. Has not a town for slaves 96 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 1: built this country. Family Brant from the Southern plantation, air 97 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: does the Northern banker to the New England ship owner, 98 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: the founding fathers, a president, current senator, Sluminati, the New World. 99 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 1: All right, that ain't Peter Pan, that's not snow White. 100 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: I bet if you have not heard that, your jaw 101 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:19,160 Speaker 1: is dropping. This is Disney. Your kids, are being propagandized. 102 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 1: They are being told that America is an awful place. 103 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:28,839 Speaker 1: It's not the Hall of Presidents, it's not Main Street USA. 104 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: This is not the Disney that Walt Disney created. This 105 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: is not the Disney probably that you grew up with 106 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 1: if you're around my age, if you grew up in 107 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: the sixties, the seventies, the eighties, the nineties, It's a 108 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: fundamentally different company yesterday. And I don't think this is 109 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: a coincidence. Disney announced their earnings, They've brought back their CEO, 110 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 1: Bob Iger, and he announced that they were laying off 111 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 1: seven thousand employees. Seven thousand. I feel bad for those employees. 112 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 1: Some of you may be listening, who are going to 113 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 1: lose your jobs because guess what. The vast majority of 114 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: Disney employees hear a clip like that, and they're in 115 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: disbelief that their company is creating propaganda four kids to 116 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: air such as what I just played for you, and 117 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: seven thousand employees there laying off guys. They have lost 118 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: nine billion dollars, that's billion with a bee on this 119 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: new streaming Disney Plus service. They're now going to have 120 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: to reign back in the amount of content that they 121 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 1: are going to create. I talked with you on this 122 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: show a few weeks ago. They shut down a ride 123 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: at disney World called Splash Mountain because it's connected to 124 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: Brear Rabbit, which comes out of a Joel Chandler Harris stories. 125 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: The Uncle Remus character that was an African American folklore 126 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: was where Prayer Rabbit comes out of. And then eighteen 127 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: eighties they said that the amusement park ride was racist, 128 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: so they had to shut it down. Well, wait a minute. 129 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 1: If you're upset with racism, how about the clip that 130 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: I just played you. How about the clip that is 131 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: demanding reparations on a children's show and saying that America 132 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: is systemically racist and that every white person is responsible 133 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: for it. You're six year old didn't have a lot 134 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: to do with racism. I'm just going to toss that out. 135 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: Whether you're six year old is white, Black, Asian, or Hispanic, 136 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: none of us are responsible for the decisions made hundreds 137 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: of years ago. So the win here. So that's all 138 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:50,079 Speaker 1: the losses, right. It's very frustrating, incredibly such rhn de 139 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: Santis stood up to Disney. Remember last year when Ron 140 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: de Santis said, wait a minute Disney. In the wake 141 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:00,719 Speaker 1: of Disney weighing in and saying we think that your 142 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 1: kids should be taught in kindergarten, first, second, and third 143 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: grade about sexuality. You know, the Florida came out and 144 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: said they tried to brand it that don't say gay Bill, 145 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: and most people said, you know what, I've got a 146 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: second grader right now, but I don't really think he 147 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: needs gender affirmation discussion. I don't really think we need 148 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: to have detailed discussions about sexuality. And then the data 149 00:09:25,559 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: started to come out and everybody agreed with Rohn de Santis, 150 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:33,199 Speaker 1: and Disney had painted itself into a corner. Disney didn't 151 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 1: reach their streaming goals. A lot of people are choosing 152 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: not to buy into their propaganda. They're firing seven thousand people, 153 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: They've lost nine billion dollars on streaming, and Rohn de 154 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:52,559 Speaker 1: Santis is holding them accountable for their woke Disney agenda. 155 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 1: Last year, a lot of the left wingers came out 156 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: and they said, well, this is going to be the 157 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 1: end of Rhonda Santis. He took on Disney. Disney's the 158 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 1: biggest employer in his state. Disney's a multi billion dollar corporation. 159 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:09,199 Speaker 1: You don't win in Florida. By taking on Disney. De 160 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 1: Santis did the exact opposite of what everybody told him 161 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 1: he should do. Said no, this is unacceptable. I'm gonna 162 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: play that clip for you again later in this show 163 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: because some of you out there are like, oh my goodness, 164 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 1: we have to see this. We'll put it up on 165 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 1: Clayinbuck dot com. I mean this outrageous. And so Ron 166 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: de Santis took on Disney last year, and I just 167 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: want you to think about what's happened in the last 168 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: year since DeSantis took on Disney. DeSantis has come back 169 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 1: and won the biggest reelection in the state of Florida's 170 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 1: history for a Republican governor. He won by nineteen points. 171 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:49,320 Speaker 1: The CEO at Disney, Bob Chapeck, who was responsible for 172 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 1: the woke Disney agenda, got fired. Disney is now announcing 173 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 1: that they are laying off seven thousand people and they're 174 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 1: back pedaling in a big way over there woke agenda. 175 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 1: Bob Iger, the new CEO, is trying desperately to avoid 176 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: all politics. This is how you win. And more importantly, 177 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 1: this is strong evidence that there is a huge and 178 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 1: quiet and silent, often far too often, unfortunately majority out 179 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 1: there that here's all of this woke Disney bs and 180 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: is flat out fed up with it. And I think 181 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:39,959 Speaker 1: that so many Republicans out there are so afraid of 182 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 1: being targeted that you're standing for nothing. And as I 183 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: watched those earnings come out yesterday from Disney, and as 184 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 1: I thought about the past year and the way that 185 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 1: rhand De Santis, who by the way, is around my 186 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 1: age and grew up in Disney I bet grew up 187 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 1: in Florida, grew up going to Disney World, a lot 188 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 1: of you out there listening feel the exact same way. This. 189 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: We cannot stand for the culture that is being spread, 190 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: even by our companies that ostensibly want to speak to 191 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 1: our children, that America is awful, and that our history 192 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: is something to be ashamed of, and that, for God's sakes, 193 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:24,559 Speaker 1: you're six year old can't watch a cartoon on Disney 194 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,319 Speaker 1: without being told that he or she is responsible for reparations, 195 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 1: and that there's so many victims in this country that 196 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 1: no one can be proud of the greatest country in 197 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 1: the least racist country, frankly, that has ever existed in 198 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 1: the history of the United States. It is symptomatic of 199 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 1: the rot that exists in this country right now, that 200 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: we can go from Main Street USA under Walt Disney 201 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: the Hall of Presidents, to Disney itself putting out that 202 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 1: crap that I played for you and shutting down rides 203 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,319 Speaker 1: as they decide that an amusement park ride is racist. 204 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 1: We have to stand up against this cultural rod. We 205 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:13,719 Speaker 1: absolutely cannot allow it to continue. The woke Disney agenda 206 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,679 Speaker 1: is cancer for your kids and this country, and the 207 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 1: market is sending a clear message. The Rhonda Santis is 208 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 1: of the world, the Clay Travises of the world. The 209 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 1: moms and dads out there listening to me right now 210 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 1: have had enough and there have to be consequences for 211 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 1: woke decision making, racist decision making made by the Disney Corporation. Unfortunately, 212 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 1: seven thousand people are going to lose their jobs because 213 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 1: their leadership has gone so far beyond the pale. Gonna 214 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:49,439 Speaker 1: open up phone lines eight hundred two two two eight 215 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 1: a two. You guys can react to all of this, 216 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: and I appreciate, as I said, you guys all hanging 217 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 1: out with me as we are rolling through in the 218 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:02,559 Speaker 1: program here for the rest of the day. One guest 219 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 1: Eric Schmidt. I'll ask him about this. By the way, 220 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 1: I bet he also agrees with need the need to 221 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 1: stand up basically to the bully and be willing to 222 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 1: really take a stand and be willing to fight, not 223 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 1: just to say, well, we're not going to really say 224 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: anything about that. We'll continue to break this down in 225 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: the meantime. Buck tells you about this podcast nearly every day. 226 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 1: Great new device called the Mantis X that helps gun 227 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 1: owners keep their skills sharp. 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Clay Travis and Buck Sexton. 245 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 1: What back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton show. I hope 246 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 1: all of you are having fabulous Thursdays wherever r across 247 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 1: this great country. We've got the newest Senator from Missouri, 248 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 1: Eric Schmidt with us, who I believe just came from 249 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 1: a classified briefing about the Chinese spy balloon. I presume 250 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 1: you can't tell us a lot about that, but Senator Smith, 251 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 1: do you think this was a one time incursion across 252 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 1: the length of our country? Do you think the government 253 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 1: should change its policy as it pertains to these Chinese 254 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: spy balloons? Not asking you to tell us what you 255 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: were briefed on, but just the larger context here, Yeah, 256 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 1: I think you know there's a There's a few things 257 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 1: to take from this. One is this is an incredibly 258 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 1: brazen move by the Chinese here to actually have a 259 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: spy balloon, and it sounds. I mean, it sounds ridiculous 260 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 1: to even say, a Chinese spy balloon right traversing over 261 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 1: the continental the United States, including places like nuclear silo 262 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 1: missile silos and in Missouri Whiteman Air Force Base, which 263 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: is a home of the B two stealth bomber the 264 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 1: National Geospatial Intelligence Agency in the same ol this area. 265 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 1: I mean, they were this wasn't just a drift, right, 266 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: They knew exactly what they were doing. I think they 267 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: were also in addition to the intelligence that they were 268 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 1: gathering as this took place, they were also gathering really 269 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: important intelligence on Joe Biden in how he reacts to 270 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 1: these kinds of situations. And that is very concerning to 271 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 1: me because there's just no way this should have happened. 272 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: This thing should have been shot down, you know, over 273 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 1: the Illusian Islands, well before there's any concern about shooting 274 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 1: it down, you know, near a populated area, which I 275 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 1: obviously is a big concern. So there's just a number 276 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 1: of failures here, Clay that it's just it's incredibly troubling. 277 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 1: My hope here is that I think this is how 278 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 1: the American people feel about this. There is a renewed desire. 279 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,639 Speaker 1: I hope to really view China for what it is, 280 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 1: which is our chief adversary. We are in a competition 281 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:28,639 Speaker 1: with them. They're they're being very aggressive. This is just 282 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,160 Speaker 1: the most recent attempt of those sort of aggressive moves. 283 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 1: And this is coming on the heels of a president 284 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: that withdrew from Afghanistan looked weak on the world stage. 285 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 1: You know, servicemen died, tens of billions of dollars worth 286 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 1: of equipments left behind, and refuses to do anything to 287 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:43,679 Speaker 1: secure our southern border. And now we have obviously an 288 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 1: incursion into US airspace. So these are these are serious issues, 289 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:50,160 Speaker 1: right and they're coming to light. But we better come 290 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 1: together on this and have a renewed focus on China. 291 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 1: So do you think China is setting it up to 292 00:17:55,840 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: invade Taiwan? And if so, would they be more encouraged 293 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 1: to invade Taiwan based on the fact that we just 294 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: let them fly a spy balloon across the entire country 295 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 1: and really didn't do anything. In other words, our response, 296 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: I think it's fair to say, was quite weak. It's 297 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:17,919 Speaker 1: I mean, it's hard to believe that they're somehow, you know, 298 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 1: more concerned about our response after this than they were before. 299 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 1: I mean, I just don't think anybody with a half 300 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 1: a brain would believe that there's somehow more intimidated by 301 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 1: how the United States reacts to these kinds of situations. 302 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,239 Speaker 1: I think they have and they have a number of 303 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:34,440 Speaker 1: ways that they'd like to get Taiwan back under their control. 304 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 1: One is to try to affect some of the elections 305 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 1: they're coming up. But obviously this is a concern. I mean, 306 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 1: they believe it's part of China and in Taiwan as 307 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 1: an independent state. So this is i mean all setting 308 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: up for you know, this to be a big focus 309 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:52,639 Speaker 1: for the United States and for the world, and so 310 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 1: I just think it's very concerning. It's hard to I 311 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 1: think it's hard to overstate how bold this was. Right 312 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: to have a spy balloon floating over critical military installations 313 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 1: in the continental United States and the lower forty eight. 314 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: It's pretty it's pretty shocking. And Joe Biden, you know, 315 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: failed every single one of the tests that were presented 316 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 1: them here. Yeah, there's no doubt about that. And and 317 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 1: I think, as you rightly said, I mean, we said 318 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 1: it on the radio as soon as this became clear 319 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:22,439 Speaker 1: that it was in our territory. I don't understand how 320 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 1: the immediate response wasn't to shoot it down, particularly because 321 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 1: many of the states it was flying over had ample 322 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 1: space where there was no you know, massive population center 323 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:33,439 Speaker 1: that was potentially going to be threatened, or even a 324 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:36,439 Speaker 1: population center hardly at all, certainly in Alaska. As you mentioned, 325 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 1: when you hear some of these stories, it appears the 326 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 1: Biden administration was kind of hoping nobody would notice this 327 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,679 Speaker 1: spy balloon, right and only because it became visible to 328 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:50,919 Speaker 1: the naked eye in Montana did this story even start 329 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:54,640 Speaker 1: to go into in the circulation. There's now also a 330 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 1: report out there from I believe the London Times that 331 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 1: the Biden administration might been involved in sabotaging one of 332 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:07,159 Speaker 1: the pipelines in ordered over in Europe. Are you concerned? 333 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 1: And I know that happened, the explosion in the European 334 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 1: pipeline happened before you got into the Senate, But are 335 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 1: you concerned about the transparency that is being provided to politicians, 336 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 1: both Democrats and Republicans right now by the Biden administration. Yes, 337 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:25,159 Speaker 1: on every issue that you just mentioned their clay. This 338 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 1: is a big concern, and this comes to you know 339 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 1: the constitutional duty for oversight by the Article one branch 340 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 1: the legislature, Right, the Congress is supposed to have oversight. 341 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,400 Speaker 1: I mean, just a couple of weeks ago the Bipartisan 342 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 1: Select Committee on Intelligence, Republicans and Democrats were stonewalled by 343 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:45,879 Speaker 1: folks in that committee about what you know, sort of 344 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:50,199 Speaker 1: what they're discovering through these top secret documents that are 345 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 1: being uncovered in every residence that Joe Biden's ever had 346 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:55,399 Speaker 1: for the last fifty years. Right, That's not how this 347 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 1: is supposed to work. And I do think it speaks 348 00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: to a larger issue that you and I have talked 349 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 1: about before, Clay. We have to be laser like focused. 350 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 1: I would hope this doesn't isn't just a partisan issue. 351 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: It shouldn't be, but for me, it's a focus as 352 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 1: I entered the Senate here and I'm going to be 353 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,400 Speaker 1: like a bulldog on this. We have to fundamentally dismantle 354 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 1: the administrative state. It is empathetical to who we are 355 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 1: as a country self government, where you could send people there, 356 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 1: send them home, send them back. It's all based on 357 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 1: the idea that somebody's accountable. We have reached a point 358 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 1: now where so many of these bureaucrats who are unelected 359 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: and unaccountable to anybody make these decisions and don't feel 360 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,400 Speaker 1: like they have to answer for them, and this really 361 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: hurts the American people. It's how you get to eighty 362 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 1: seven thousand rs agents, how you get to a place 363 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 1: where some unelected guy from the EPA is telling you 364 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:39,399 Speaker 1: got to shut down your farm. It's how you end 365 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:41,880 Speaker 1: up with ESG, which is going to do the same thing. 366 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 1: It's going to cut off domestic energy supply. All these 367 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 1: folks have been emboldened and you can't vote for them. 368 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 1: And we've got to get to a place where Congress 369 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 1: is voting on this stuff, you know, because none of 370 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 1: this stuff would actually ever happen if they want to 371 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 1: propose a new rule, pullback pen, whatever the number is. 372 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 1: We've got to have structural reform here, because that is 373 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 1: the underlying issue for all of this. We're talking to 374 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 1: Missouri Senator Eric Schmidt. You've been very instrumental and being 375 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 1: involved in the big tech collusion and the rig job 376 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 1: that's been going on associated with censorship and allowing a 377 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 1: true market place of ideas to exist. I know, I'm 378 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: sure you paid attention some to the House hearing on 379 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 1: Twitter and the New York Post story and everything else. 380 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 1: And certainly you've been involved in lawsuits that have helped 381 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: to uncover many of these documents. I was just talking 382 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:27,160 Speaker 1: to start off the second hour of the program here 383 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 1: about as much attention as we should give to Twitter 384 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 1: and Facebook. Facebook, by the way, has now allowed Donald 385 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: Trump to be back on Facebook. They've given him back 386 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:37,880 Speaker 1: his account. That report coming down about fifteen minutes ago. 387 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:42,800 Speaker 1: Shouldn't we be focused most of all on who inside 388 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 1: of the FBI was making the decision to brief these 389 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 1: big tech companies on the possibility of Hunter Biden laptop, 390 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 1: Russia and misinformation when we know the FBI had the 391 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:58,920 Speaker 1: laptop and knew it was real. In other words, it's 392 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: good to focus on Twitter and Facebook, and there's certainly 393 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 1: massive censorship there, but somebody inside of our own government 394 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 1: at the FBI would have had the optics on the laptop, 395 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: and also on the fact that all of these uh, 396 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:15,959 Speaker 1: you know, briefings were going on for big tech. Somebody 397 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 1: knew that the FBI was falsely briefing big tech arguing 398 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:23,199 Speaker 1: that it was Russian disinformation when the laptop was one 399 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 1: hundred percent real. Shouldn't we know who that was or 400 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,679 Speaker 1: what group of people that was considering they are actually 401 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 1: the puppet masters here, absolutely, And you know in the 402 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,439 Speaker 1: lawsuit when I was Attorney General, we filed the Missouri 403 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:38,880 Speaker 1: versus Biden lawsuit last May, and we took the deposition 404 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 1: of Anthony Fauci, And in addition to him having the 405 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:44,160 Speaker 1: court reporter put a mask on when she sneezed, I'm 406 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 1: not making that up. That actually happened. You know, two 407 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 1: and a half years later, that happened. But in addition 408 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: to that, it became very clear whatever Fauci said big 409 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 1: Tech censored. But we also Clay took the deposition of 410 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 1: Elvis Chan, who is right in the middle of all 411 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:02,719 Speaker 1: of this. He was the FBI agent in northern California 412 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,440 Speaker 1: briefing these big tech platforms, some of the biggest companies 413 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 1: in the history of the world, with that immense power 414 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 1: that they have. Knowing that they had the laptop in 415 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: December of their late twenty nineteen we know that's I 416 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:15,679 Speaker 1: guess that's my question. Do we know that he was 417 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:19,920 Speaker 1: aware of all of the details on that laptop. Yeah, well, 418 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 1: I don't know about you know, exact details, but certainly 419 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:24,440 Speaker 1: the FBI had the laptop, right, and yeah, yeah, that's 420 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,640 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. It could have been his boss, Eric 421 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 1: who was saying this is yes, we definitely need to 422 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:31,640 Speaker 1: go further. I'm not suggesting it at all that it's 423 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 1: just all this stand. We need that. And by the way, 424 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: when people you know on the left complain about these 425 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: sort of hearings, this is exactly what Congress. They can 426 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: walk and chew gum and pass meaningful legislation for working families. 427 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,399 Speaker 1: We should do that also. But also a very important 428 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 1: function is to hold these people account because there's more 429 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 1: than just one FBI agent. They made a conscious decision 430 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 1: to tell people that wasn't you know that they knew 431 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 1: wasn't true, that this this was accurate, there was a 432 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: hunter byding laptop and then telling people look out for this. 433 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,119 Speaker 1: This is gonna be Russian disinformation. You've got the Twitter 434 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 1: guys saying they referenced specifically the Hunter laptop that is 435 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,840 Speaker 1: the tip of the iceberg. They were having weekly censorship meetings. 436 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 1: They have a special portal. So yes, we need to 437 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,640 Speaker 1: get not just at the big tech companies, we need 438 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,119 Speaker 1: to get at the government folks who were involved in 439 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 1: this who think it's their job to tell the American 440 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:15,680 Speaker 1: people what they can think and what they can hear 441 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 1: and what they can say. So the Ministry of Truth, 442 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 1: you know, this effort, we got to unravel all of it, 443 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 1: because that's the kind of reform I think the American 444 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:24,679 Speaker 1: people expect if they believe in the First Amendment, and 445 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:28,159 Speaker 1: I do. Surely there's a puppet master somewhere in the 446 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 1: FBI who knew that laptop was real and may well 447 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 1: have been telling these FBI agents you still need to 448 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 1: be going and having all these big tech briefings. How 449 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:39,119 Speaker 1: was that decision made? Who made it? That? To me 450 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 1: is the essence of the question that I think we 451 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:44,680 Speaker 1: need to know the answer to the most much less serious. 452 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:49,399 Speaker 1: I am out in Phoenix. You now represent Missouri. I 453 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 1: am betting on the Kansas City Chiefs to win this 454 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 1: Super Bowl, in which I imagine would make you happy. 455 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 1: What do you expect to see and given the fact 456 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 1: that you probably want to be reelected in Missouri, how 457 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 1: much are the Chief's going to beat the Eagles by? 458 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna stay by a touchdown? Yeah, I just think 459 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,960 Speaker 1: the offense is too potent. I mean, Mahomes is so creative. 460 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 1: He can be a bunch of different ways. Now, obviously 461 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 1: Philadelps has got a quarterback that can do the same thing. 462 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,760 Speaker 1: But Mahomes his season, this is not his first rodeo. 463 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 1: They've got a lot of weapons, and I think that 464 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 1: defense steps up and the Philadelphia defense is good, but 465 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 1: I think this is the Chiefs here. They've just proven 466 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:26,200 Speaker 1: they've been very consistent with their offensive production. I don't 467 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 1: see any real reason why that's going to slow down 468 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,920 Speaker 1: to the super Bowl. So I you're a smart man. 469 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 1: I've always believed that you're a smart man. That's a 470 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 1: good bet. Hey, if I get Mahomes plus the points, 471 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 1: I'm taking him every time. He's the best quarterback in 472 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 1: the NFL. Chiefs fans are lucky to have him, and 473 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,399 Speaker 1: I think they're lucky to have you as one of 474 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 1: their senators from Missouri. Congratulations on the election. Appreciate you 475 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:47,920 Speaker 1: making the time for us anytime. My friend, take care. 476 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:51,119 Speaker 1: It's Missouri Senator Eric Schmidt. He's doing fantastic work for 477 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:54,680 Speaker 1: people from the show me state, and I hope Patrick Mahomes. Unfortunately, 478 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:56,159 Speaker 1: if you're an Eagles fan, you're not gonna like this 479 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: will show them that he is the boss. 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Appreciate them hosting me here in Phoenix, where, 503 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,159 Speaker 1: by the way, playing Buck Show is the number one 504 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:30,199 Speaker 1: radio show in the entire city. One of many places 505 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 1: out there where that is the case. Buck Sexton out 506 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,120 Speaker 1: for the rest of this week and next week on 507 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 1: his honeymoon. UM, and so we wish the best to 508 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 1: heat and carry, but I'll be manning the ship and 509 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 1: trying to keep us from running aground too often. U 510 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 1: in the next the rest of this week and all 511 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 1: of next week as well. Joe Biden presently speaking to 512 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:55,400 Speaker 1: the American public right now. The numbers are out on 513 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 1: his State of the Union address. It was the second 514 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 1: smallest alliance to watch a State of the Union address 515 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 1: in thirty years. The only one that was smaller was 516 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:10,600 Speaker 1: Joe Biden's first address, which technically was right after he 517 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 1: was coming into office, when only twenty six point nine 518 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 1: million people watched him speak. Then just twenty seven point 519 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 1: three million watched on Tuesday, meaning that regardless of what 520 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 1: Joe Biden said, it was unlikely to be a persuasive speech. 521 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: But I think it's important to recognize two things. One 522 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: Joe Biden is going to run in twenty twenty four, 523 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 1: and two as cognitively impaired and likely to get far 524 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:43,040 Speaker 1: worse as Joe Biden is, he's eighty now. He would 525 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:46,240 Speaker 1: be eighty two for the election of a second term, 526 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 1: and he would be eighty six years old when he 527 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 1: finishes the term completely. And I was out last night 528 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:58,120 Speaker 1: with some friends in Phoenix and one of those friends 529 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 1: came up and he said, Clay love the show. I'd 530 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:04,000 Speaker 1: always like to hear that. And he said to somebody 531 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 1: in the media business out also for the Super Bowl, 532 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:08,600 Speaker 1: he said, I just have one question for you. Can 533 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:11,400 Speaker 1: you please mention it on the radio tomorrow? Why do 534 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 1: we not have upper end age limits for people to 535 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:17,720 Speaker 1: hold office. We've had this conversation on the show before, 536 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,760 Speaker 1: and I do think it's a really fascinating one because 537 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:24,160 Speaker 1: if you think about it from a constitutional perspective, the 538 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:26,600 Speaker 1: reason why, and his point was, we have a lower 539 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:29,640 Speaker 1: lower end age limit, right, you have to be thirty 540 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 1: five years old to be elected president of the United States. 541 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:34,719 Speaker 1: And you know a lot of people out there right 542 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 1: now you don't really think about why the lower end 543 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:42,760 Speaker 1: age limits existed because thirty five is young, but it's 544 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:46,560 Speaker 1: not insanely young, right, And the stair step House of Representatives, 545 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:49,120 Speaker 1: I believe is twenty six, and then I think the 546 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,480 Speaker 1: Senate is thirty or whatever it is, and then obviously 547 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,800 Speaker 1: the presidency you have to be thirty five years old. 548 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:58,840 Speaker 1: And the answer there, historically, to a large degree, our 549 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:03,440 Speaker 1: founding fathers one to keep someone from having an elective 550 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:07,000 Speaker 1: office and being able to hand it off to someone 551 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:10,479 Speaker 1: so young that they were the default even if they 552 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:13,480 Speaker 1: weren't in office continuation. Right. You didn't want to end 553 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:17,640 Speaker 1: up with a situation where a president could serve for 554 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:21,240 Speaker 1: a couple of terms and then the president could decide 555 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:23,360 Speaker 1: to make his eighteen year old son the president of 556 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 1: the United States, where it's a default continuation of presidency 557 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:30,280 Speaker 1: going on. And for it, it it was an idea to try, 558 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:35,240 Speaker 1: I think, to combat dynastic genealogy, which was one of 559 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 1: the things that they were fighting against here in the 560 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:42,719 Speaker 1: United States compared to the legacy of European power, so 561 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 1: that makes some sense. I also think there was this 562 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:50,400 Speaker 1: idea that by and large, people didn't live that long 563 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 1: in the seventeen hundreds, so I think, and I know 564 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:58,000 Speaker 1: Benjamin Franklin was old during the Constitutional Convention and all 565 00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:02,160 Speaker 1: of that, and during the Revolution. Certainly were elderly individuals, 566 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,760 Speaker 1: but a lot of the Founding Fathers were really pretty 567 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:09,440 Speaker 1: young when they were out battling for American independence, in 568 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:11,880 Speaker 1: their twenties and their thirties, which is kind of crazy 569 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:14,160 Speaker 1: to think about. And I don't believe many of them 570 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:16,520 Speaker 1: contemplated that we would be in a situation where an 571 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:18,560 Speaker 1: eighty five year old guy would be the President of 572 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:21,280 Speaker 1: the United States, or Frankly, we'd have a Speaker of 573 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:24,120 Speaker 1: the House over eighty. I mean, we really do have 574 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:28,640 Speaker 1: a very elderly ruling class, and I think that becomes 575 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:34,280 Speaker 1: important when you consider doesn't matter to Democrats. They've made 576 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:37,680 Speaker 1: the calculated decision that Joe Biden is going to be 577 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:40,720 Speaker 1: their nominee in twenty twenty four, and it doesn't matter 578 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:44,080 Speaker 1: what his health condition is, By and large, it doesn't 579 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:48,680 Speaker 1: matter how addled he is, how incapable of actually responding 580 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 1: on his feet, how he can't make decisions that are 581 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 1: important if there's not a long range precedent in play, 582 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:57,680 Speaker 1: such as what happened we just saw with the Chinese 583 00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:00,320 Speaker 1: by balloon. But if you were out there and you 584 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:04,280 Speaker 1: thought to yourself, Democrats are going to have one bit 585 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:09,840 Speaker 1: of an iota of caring about the cognitive abilities of 586 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:12,640 Speaker 1: the person who is our commander in chief, the person 587 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:16,479 Speaker 1: who is the ultimate decider. If you thought that they 588 00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:21,200 Speaker 1: were going to even for a moment, consider that it 589 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:25,240 Speaker 1: might be unacceptable to put somebody of Joe Biden's clear 590 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:30,320 Speaker 1: cognitive deficiencies in the Oval office for another four years. 591 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:36,880 Speaker 1: John Fetterman is now a Senator from Pennsylvania, and this 592 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,000 Speaker 1: is not getting a lot of attention because it ties 593 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,080 Speaker 1: in with what Buck and Eye told you, with what 594 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,920 Speaker 1: many of you out there knew would happen. I hope 595 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:46,600 Speaker 1: he's okay, and I hope he gets out. But John 596 00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:51,720 Speaker 1: Fetterman is currently hospitalized with a health condition. They don't 597 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:53,520 Speaker 1: know exactly what it is. There was fear that he 598 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,920 Speaker 1: might have had another stroke. It does not appear that 599 00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,840 Speaker 1: he's had a stroke. But as anybody who watched this 600 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:04,040 Speaker 1: campaign in Pennsylvania, as anyone who watched the debate between 601 00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:09,359 Speaker 1: Fetterman and doctor oz knew this man, John Fetterman was 602 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:12,320 Speaker 1: not capable of doing the job for which he was elected. 603 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:16,160 Speaker 1: He has not even made it a full month without 604 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:19,520 Speaker 1: having to be hospitalized. Six year term that he has 605 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,480 Speaker 1: in the Senate, he couldn't even make it a full 606 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:25,719 Speaker 1: month without being hospitalized. This is a report. Let me 607 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:28,680 Speaker 1: make sure that I get this right about who is 608 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:33,880 Speaker 1: out there making this making this discussion. This is samanthem Manning, 609 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:38,319 Speaker 1: a Pittsburgh Local news reporter, giving an update outside of 610 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:40,840 Speaker 1: the hospital. This was a little bit over thirty minutes 611 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:44,480 Speaker 1: ago on John Fetterman. Senator John Fetterman staff says they 612 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,680 Speaker 1: drove him here to GW Hospital yesterday after the Senator 613 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:51,040 Speaker 1: said he was feeling lightheaded. He had been attending the 614 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:54,080 Speaker 1: Senate Democratic retreat when he wasn't feeling well, and that's 615 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:56,680 Speaker 1: when staff members drove him over here to the hospital. Now, 616 00:34:56,760 --> 00:35:00,239 Speaker 1: his office tells us that initial testing does not show 617 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:02,480 Speaker 1: signs of a new stroke, but they did cheap him 618 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:05,280 Speaker 1: here overnight and they are continuing to run more tests 619 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:07,960 Speaker 1: and had him under observation. His staff tells us the 620 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,040 Speaker 1: senator reason good spirits and has been talking to family 621 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:15,319 Speaker 1: and to staff members. So, okay, that's great, he's in 622 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:17,600 Speaker 1: good spirits. I hope that he's able to leave the 623 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:20,280 Speaker 1: George Washington University Hospital and he's going to be fine. 624 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:25,440 Speaker 1: He couldn't make it a month. John Fetterman was in 625 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:30,680 Speaker 1: such decrepit physical health that he couldn't make it a 626 00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:35,120 Speaker 1: month without being checked into the hospital. If you raised 627 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:40,520 Speaker 1: his health condition as an issue, Democrats attacked you for 628 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:44,880 Speaker 1: having the gall to raise any issues at all about 629 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:47,520 Speaker 1: whether John Fetterman was able to do the job they did. 630 00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:51,200 Speaker 1: They said it was unacceptable to even ask those questions. 631 00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:54,320 Speaker 1: He couldn't make it a month without needing to be 632 00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:56,640 Speaker 1: checked into a hospital, and they were afraid that he 633 00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:59,560 Speaker 1: had another stroke. Now they're running, like the report, They're said, 634 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:03,040 Speaker 1: battery of tests to try to figure out why he 635 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:06,200 Speaker 1: felt the need to be checked into the hospital. But 636 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:09,239 Speaker 1: if you're a Pennsylvanian right now, it's important to have 637 00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:13,440 Speaker 1: a senator who can advocate for your positions. Being healthy 638 00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:18,200 Speaker 1: enough to do the job is the number one most 639 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:23,080 Speaker 1: important attribute that anybody who is elected has to have. 640 00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:29,560 Speaker 1: This to me, though, is a perfect representation of what 641 00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:33,000 Speaker 1: they will do with Joe Biden. Biden is not healthy 642 00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:36,320 Speaker 1: enough to be president now, it is reckless and indefensible 643 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:39,600 Speaker 1: to put him up for election again in twenty twenty four. 644 00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:43,640 Speaker 1: He can barely travel around the country. He can't speak 645 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:47,279 Speaker 1: hardly at all off of the teleprompter. He can't answer questions. 646 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:49,759 Speaker 1: He didn't know what to do when a Chinese spy 647 00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:57,640 Speaker 1: balloon suddenly showed up. He's fetterman. Joe Biden is fetterman. Yet, 648 00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:01,120 Speaker 1: if you question Joe Biden and fitness, just wait for this. 649 00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:05,160 Speaker 1: There's going to be a substantial number of people out 650 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:08,560 Speaker 1: there soon carrying water for Joe Biden, arguing that this 651 00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:12,840 Speaker 1: is an unacceptable line of questioning, that asking the single 652 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:17,520 Speaker 1: most essential question of any political candidate, are you physically 653 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,920 Speaker 1: healthy enough to do the job? Not permitted? And if 654 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:24,640 Speaker 1: you believe that there's going to be any one out 655 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:28,040 Speaker 1: there in the Democrat Party who was willing to actually 656 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:31,200 Speaker 1: do what should happen? Right? Biden should step down at 657 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:33,080 Speaker 1: the end of this term, and he should say I'm 658 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:36,040 Speaker 1: too old to continuous president. I don't have the physical 659 00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:38,600 Speaker 1: wherewith all our capabilities to do this job, which is 660 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:41,879 Speaker 1: one of the most difficult jobs in the world, with 661 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:45,239 Speaker 1: the utmost vigor and health that is necessary, and so 662 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:47,279 Speaker 1: we're going to have an open primary and Democrats can 663 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:50,200 Speaker 1: nominate someone new. That's what he should do. That's what 664 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,879 Speaker 1: someone who truly cared about the country would do. It's 665 00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:56,160 Speaker 1: not Joe Biden, it's not Democrats. They don't want an 666 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:59,200 Speaker 1: open primary, they don't want a battle. They believe that 667 00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:03,040 Speaker 1: Joe Biden is the most likely candidate in the Democrat 668 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:06,239 Speaker 1: Party to win in twenty twenty four. So nothing else matters. 669 00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:10,520 Speaker 1: Every other factor is gone. It's a race. And Fetterman, 670 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:14,960 Speaker 1: we told you on this show. He said, look, this 671 00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:18,400 Speaker 1: guy is not able to do the job. He's really unhealthy. 672 00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:22,080 Speaker 1: And if frankly, his family cared about him, and if 673 00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:24,279 Speaker 1: the Democrats in Pennsylvania cared about him, and if the 674 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:27,799 Speaker 1: Democrats nationally cared about him, they wouldn't heap up on 675 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:32,600 Speaker 1: the shoulders of a clearly unhealthy man an incredibly difficult 676 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:36,440 Speaker 1: job as a United States Senator for the next six years. 677 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:42,080 Speaker 1: I would be stunned beyond belief. If John Fetterman is 678 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,640 Speaker 1: able to do this job for six years, I'm not 679 00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:47,640 Speaker 1: sure he's going to make it a year before there's 680 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:50,080 Speaker 1: going to have to be an appointment of someone to 681 00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:54,719 Speaker 1: replace him. It was reckless. It was indefensible, whether you 682 00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,560 Speaker 1: loved everything about him or not. Doctor Oz would have 683 00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:00,759 Speaker 1: been a very good senator for Pennsylvan. He can do 684 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:04,840 Speaker 1: the job. His job has been for a living to 685 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:11,359 Speaker 1: communicate with people. Yet Democrats dragged John Fetterman across the 686 00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:14,440 Speaker 1: finish line because they were unwilling to acknowledge that what 687 00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:17,400 Speaker 1: they were doing was reckless. And it is a perfect 688 00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:20,680 Speaker 1: example of what they will do with Joe Biden in 689 00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:23,600 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. As well. As we roll through third 690 00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:25,719 Speaker 1: hour of the program eight hundred two two two eighty two, 691 00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:27,279 Speaker 1: I'm gonna open up the phone lines. I'm also going 692 00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:30,680 Speaker 1: to play for you a clip that frankly I heard 693 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:35,720 Speaker 1: and I could not believe of what was being said 694 00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:42,080 Speaker 1: about Marjorie Taylor Green by Democrat consultant operative James Carvill 695 00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:45,960 Speaker 1: in the wake of the Tuesday night State of the 696 00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:49,160 Speaker 1: Union address. If you haven't heard this clip, you're going 697 00:39:49,239 --> 00:39:53,120 Speaker 1: to be, I think, utterly disgusted. We'll talk about it 698 00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:58,640 Speaker 1: next and Clay Travis at buck Sexton making sense in 699 00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:02,360 Speaker 1: an insane world. You're all through the Thursday edition of 700 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,560 Speaker 1: the program. As always encourage you to go subscribe to 701 00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:08,000 Speaker 1: the podcast, make sure you don't miss a single moment. 702 00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:09,839 Speaker 1: I mentioned for you at the top of the hour 703 00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:13,080 Speaker 1: that the State of the Union was the smallest basically 704 00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:16,400 Speaker 1: in thirty years, the next two smallest for Joe Biden, 705 00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:22,400 Speaker 1: and I also would encourage you to keep in mind 706 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:26,760 Speaker 1: that therefore any impact, although there are several different studies 707 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:29,879 Speaker 1: out there that suggested in the immediate aftermath that should say, 708 00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:33,279 Speaker 1: polls that suggested in the immediate aftermath that there was 709 00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:38,080 Speaker 1: not in any way a substantial impact. Joe Biden delivered 710 00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:40,680 Speaker 1: the worst State of the Union's speech in twenty five years. 711 00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:45,120 Speaker 1: According to a poll that was released by CNN, which 712 00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:51,080 Speaker 1: obviously is not necessarily designed to appeal to Republicans, only 713 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:54,719 Speaker 1: thirty four percent of people who watched the speech reacted 714 00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:58,080 Speaker 1: very positively to Biden's speech. This is a quote from 715 00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:03,120 Speaker 1: the poll, the lowest in dnn's speech reaction polls dating 716 00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:07,320 Speaker 1: back to nineteen ninety eight. So it's hard to believe 717 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:10,520 Speaker 1: that Joe Biden has moved the lever or moved the 718 00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:14,240 Speaker 1: argument sphere in any way based on what he said 719 00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:17,800 Speaker 1: in that State of the Union address, but didn't stop 720 00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:21,719 Speaker 1: James Carville from going on MSNBC. I believe that it was. 721 00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:26,200 Speaker 1: And going after Marjorie Taylor Green, congresswoman from Georgia for 722 00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:30,000 Speaker 1: her behavior during the speech. Listen, well, you know some 723 00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:32,000 Speaker 1: people I have a clue with a PhD in white 724 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:35,520 Speaker 1: trash oology, and you saw real white trash on display. 725 00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:37,919 Speaker 1: And let me say something about Colins and marger Taylor 726 00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:41,080 Speaker 1: brink she dresses white white trash. She really needs to 727 00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:45,040 Speaker 1: fashion them. South and Kyle recommend George Santos he could 728 00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:48,280 Speaker 1: do a good job of dressing up with She doesn't 729 00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:53,000 Speaker 1: announce her white trash un by her own wealth. Look, 730 00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:57,600 Speaker 1: James Carvill's from Louisiana, Rage and cajun helped to get 731 00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:02,080 Speaker 1: Bill Clinton elected to the White House. But going on 732 00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:08,000 Speaker 1: MSNBC and calling Marjorie Taylor Green white trash based on 733 00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:14,600 Speaker 1: the clothes that she wears, even for MSNBC, that's pretty indefensible. 734 00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:19,600 Speaker 1: And what's also interesting about this is in our speech codes, 735 00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:25,279 Speaker 1: if James Carville says anything about any other race in 736 00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:32,800 Speaker 1: America that derogatory based on anything that they're wearing, Asian, Hispanic, Black, 737 00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:40,600 Speaker 1: he gets immediately canceled. Why in the world is it 738 00:42:40,719 --> 00:42:44,160 Speaker 1: okay you can say, look I think Marjorie Taylor Green, 739 00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:47,279 Speaker 1: if you're James Carville, I think her behavior during the 740 00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:49,319 Speaker 1: State of the Union was unacceptable. By the way, I 741 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:53,840 Speaker 1: don't because if you look at Parliament in England for 742 00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:58,360 Speaker 1: hundreds of years, reacting to things that are said during 743 00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:02,320 Speaker 1: a speech as opposed to sitting basically in stone faced 744 00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:05,879 Speaker 1: derision doesn't make a big deal to me. And when 745 00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:09,960 Speaker 1: we're constantly having people stand and cheer you during the 746 00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:13,279 Speaker 1: course of a speech, the idea that there is no 747 00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:16,080 Speaker 1: reaction to the speech is just out the window. Basically, 748 00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:21,360 Speaker 1: what you're saying is you can only cheer, you can't boo. Well, 749 00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:24,359 Speaker 1: what kind of standard are we setting there? Then you're 750 00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:28,080 Speaker 1: only allowed to support what the president says. You're not 751 00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:31,399 Speaker 1: allowed to reject what the president says. I think it's 752 00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:34,560 Speaker 1: very important for the president to see that everybody doesn't 753 00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:37,320 Speaker 1: agree with his agenda, because when you're in the White 754 00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:40,760 Speaker 1: House bubble sometimes you lose track of what the larger 755 00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:45,400 Speaker 1: American public thinks. So a speech in front of actual 756 00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:49,040 Speaker 1: audience that has people who like and dislike you is 757 00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:54,520 Speaker 1: actually very rare. Most presidents only speak to their favored constituency. 758 00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:58,200 Speaker 1: But if you're going to say, oh, you're allowed to 759 00:43:58,239 --> 00:44:02,760 Speaker 1: stand and cheer for the president, but you aren't allowed 760 00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:05,719 Speaker 1: to boo or react to the president. I just don't 761 00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:09,920 Speaker 1: agree with that precedent in general. But if James Carville 762 00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:12,919 Speaker 1: wanted to go out and attack Marjorie Taylor Green for that, 763 00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:16,040 Speaker 1: I would say that's a very valid perspective. You shouldn't 764 00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:18,920 Speaker 1: react to the president, you shouldn't call him the liar. Okay, 765 00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:23,200 Speaker 1: you can make that argument. But to go after Marjorie 766 00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:27,480 Speaker 1: Taylor Green because of her outfit and to call her 767 00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:34,440 Speaker 1: white trash. I I heard this clip and I couldn't 768 00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:38,680 Speaker 1: believe that James Carville went on MSNBC and said it. 769 00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:41,800 Speaker 1: I just really couldn't. Now I live in the South. 770 00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:46,319 Speaker 1: That's one of the most denigrating things you could say 771 00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:52,600 Speaker 1: about a white person, to call them white trash. And oftentimes, frankly, 772 00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:56,600 Speaker 1: what you're doing in that scenario, James Carville is judging 773 00:44:56,640 --> 00:45:02,000 Speaker 1: someone based on their economic status. Because one of the 774 00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:06,719 Speaker 1: things when you call somebody white trash, usually the insult 775 00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:12,960 Speaker 1: is also includes poor white trash. You can't afford to 776 00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:17,840 Speaker 1: dress yourself as well as you should. You weren't able 777 00:45:17,880 --> 00:45:21,000 Speaker 1: to go and get as good of an education as 778 00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:25,760 Speaker 1: you should have gotten. It's incredibly denigrating, and I think 779 00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:29,520 Speaker 1: it is a sign of how the Democrat Party in 780 00:45:29,600 --> 00:45:34,760 Speaker 1: general has become the party of woke, white, over educated people. 781 00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:40,719 Speaker 1: And you wonder how you're losing people who have jobs 782 00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:44,000 Speaker 1: where they have to go out and sometimes get grit 783 00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:49,160 Speaker 1: under their fingernails, people who have to work for a living. Well, 784 00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:52,680 Speaker 1: those people are all voting Republican now because of the 785 00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:56,920 Speaker 1: denigration that's coming out from people like James Carvill, who's 786 00:45:56,960 --> 00:46:03,000 Speaker 1: calling Marjorie Taylor green white trash. Welcome to MSNBC. 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