1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: Welcome in our number two Clay Travis buck Sexton show. 2 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: We appreciate all of you hanging out with us. We're 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: going to talk with Ryan Gardusky in the third hour. 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: We were just talking with Yile Eckstein in Israel in 5 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:18,279 Speaker 1: the first hour of the program. Let's talk about a 6 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: couple of things here, Buck that I think are interesting 7 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: on the American political front. First of all, the fallout 8 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: of what happened in the Texas primary on Tuesday has 9 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: led to reports that President Trump is potentially going to 10 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: endorse and that he is ready to have a nominee 11 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: in the Senate in Texas. What is that telling us 12 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: about the landscape in general? I think it is that 13 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 1: President Trump is really seriously focused on preserving the majority 14 00:00:58,080 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: in the Senate. 15 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 2: I think is going to be more challenging. 16 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:07,040 Speaker 1: Because there are a lot of different races to focus 17 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: on in the Senate. We've got a fifty three forty 18 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:14,119 Speaker 1: seven advantage for the Republicans right now, given the JD 19 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: vance breaks the ties, that means that Democrats would have 20 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: to pick up four different seats. And if you look 21 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: at the way the landscape of the different states are 22 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: setting up, Maine is going to be tough for Susan Collins. 23 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 2: That is a blue state that. 24 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: I know they break it up and that there is 25 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: a red part of that blue state. But Susan Collins 26 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: seems to be almost the only Republican that can win 27 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,680 Speaker 1: in Maine. Right now, You've got a really difficult race 28 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: shaping up in North Carolina open Senate seat. Michael Wattley 29 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: is going to be going up against Roy Cooper. Roy 30 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 1: Cooper is a popular former governor who has been elected 31 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: statewide before, So that is going to be a tough battle. 32 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: And then you've got George which is probably the best 33 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: opportunity of Republicans to pick off an existing seat where 34 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: Usoff is running. But you start to run through all 35 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:15,359 Speaker 1: these different maps and it almost becomes impossible for Democrats 36 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: to win control of the Senate if Texas is preserved. 37 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 1: And so I think President Trump is making a calculated 38 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:28,399 Speaker 1: decision about what exactly he wants to do to preserve 39 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: that Senate majority. And you say, Okay, what's going on 40 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: with that Senate majority? I think there's a decent chance 41 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: buck that one of the older Supreme Court justices, maybe 42 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: even more than one of the older Supreme Court justices 43 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: decides to step down, given the fact that we have 44 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 1: basic majority gets a Supreme Court justice life tenure. I 45 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: don't know how long it's going to be until Republicans 46 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: have control of the Senate and the presidency again. Might 47 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 1: happen this year, but you would like to have it 48 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: happen for the next couple of years, given the ages 49 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,839 Speaker 1: that everybody is in the Senate right now. So there's 50 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of focus on the House, and 51 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: we know what they will do. 52 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 2: They will impeach. 53 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: It will become difficult to get anything through Congress at all. 54 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: I would argue it's very difficult to get everything through 55 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 1: Congress now. But Ken Paxton, who we just reached out 56 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: to to invite on the program, has just said he 57 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 1: would drop out of the Senate race if the Save 58 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: Act were passed and they ended the filibuster in order 59 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: to do so. 60 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 2: I think this is. 61 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: An intriguing political situation that we're in because John Thune, 62 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: now the leader of the Senate, is put on the 63 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: hot seat a bit here because he knows that basically 64 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: his preservation of a Senate majority is almost guaranteed if 65 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: they passed the Save Act. But that is the challenge 66 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: that we face, and again we have an offer out 67 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 1: to Paxton. There have been reports that Trump is going 68 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: to endorse Cornyon, the sitting incumbent. One bit of update 69 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: for all of you out there, there is a live 70 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: press conference update in Austin, Texas on the shooter that 71 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: killed multiple people in an Austin knight club bar shooting scene. 72 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 2: And so we were run. 73 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,039 Speaker 1: We are running on that and we will get you 74 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: an update on that information. Although, Buck, I think, as 75 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: we said on the program, when you show up in 76 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:32,239 Speaker 1: a Iranian T shirt, kind of a suggestion that maybe 77 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: you're acting out as a basis of terrorism for that behavior. 78 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 2: So we will we will talk about all of that. 79 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: Now, what's your assessment here, Buck, as you analyze this 80 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: again the Texas Senate. To me, it's the the larger 81 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:53,119 Speaker 1: story here is President Trump sees that Texas Senate seat 82 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:57,239 Speaker 1: if it's in Republican hands, the map just doesn't add 83 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: up for for Democrats a easily. Maybe you get Maine, 84 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: maybe you get North Carolina. You might be favored there, 85 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: but then you would have to flip Ohio, you would 86 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: have to flip Texas. We just had Steve Danes step 87 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,479 Speaker 1: down in Montana, but Montana would be a tough flip, 88 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: and that presumes that you win the toss ups in 89 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: Trump states, in Georgia, in Michigan, that kind of map. 90 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: Iowa's out there too, but seems difficult. I think Trump feels, 91 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 1: if he has Texas in his back pocket, that the 92 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 1: Senate majority is confirmed, and I think that's motivating a 93 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: lot of his actions. 94 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that the Senate's looking good for Republicans overall. 95 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 3: I think that you are going to have a tougher 96 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 3: time with the House. And this is the conventional wisdom 97 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 3: that everyone has on this, because it's probably going to 98 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 3: be the case. I would say James tall Rico here 99 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 3: he is, this has cut seven. He says, they're gonna 100 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 3: call me a radical leftist and a fake Christian. Maybe 101 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 3: because you are, James, but let's talk about this place seven. 102 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 4: They're scared of the movement we are building. They're gonna 103 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 4: throw everything they have at us. They're gonna call me 104 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 4: a radical leftist. They're gonna call me a fake Christian. 105 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:15,239 Speaker 4: They'll call our movement on Texan, on'n American. They'll call 106 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:19,039 Speaker 4: us a threat. The only truth is we are a threat. 107 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 4: We are a threat to their corrupt system. Two thousand 108 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:27,119 Speaker 4: years ago, when the powerful few at the top hurt 109 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 4: those at the bottom, that barefoot rabbi didn't stay in 110 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:34,160 Speaker 4: his room and pray. He walked into the seat of 111 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:39,159 Speaker 4: power and flipped over the tables of injustice to those 112 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 4: who love this state, to those who love this country, 113 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 4: to those who love our neighbors. It's time to start 114 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 4: flipping tables. 115 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:51,159 Speaker 3: Oh, just comparing himself to Jesus. This guy very humble, 116 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,039 Speaker 3: very humble, fellow h James Tallerico. This tweet has been 117 00:06:54,080 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 3: getting more attention. This was him speaking, or rather tweeting, 118 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 3: after the Ahmad arbery case. He wrote this is in 119 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 3: a twenty twenty. White skin gives me and every white 120 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 3: American immunity from the virus, but we spread it wherever 121 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 3: we go through our words, our actions, and our systems. 122 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 3: We don't have to be showing symptoms like a white 123 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 3: hood or a Confederate flag to be contagious. Our inherent racism, 124 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 3: as white people play is contagious, and we have to 125 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 3: seek to contain that contagion by just having our white skin. 126 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 3: This guy doesn't think he's a leftist. I really want 127 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 3: to ask the question between the God is trans or 128 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 3: non binary? You gotta trans the kids. Abortion is exactly 129 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 3: what Jesus had in mind. Loves Jesus loves abortion, it's 130 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 3: great to kill babies, and white skin is a form 131 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 3: of contagion that pollutes society everywhere it goes. If these 132 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 3: are all his position, if he is not a leftist, 133 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 3: who is a leftist? I want to know if he 134 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 3: is not to the left of the Democrat Party, who 135 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 3: is I'm just curious. 136 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say this, and some of you are going 137 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 1: to say he can't be serious, Clay, I'm serious. I 138 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 1: think he may be crazier than Jasmine Crockett. Oh no, 139 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: I think so too. I think so too. It's possible 140 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: that this guy is further left wing than Jasmine Crockett was, 141 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: and I think he's crazier. I mean, he posted did 142 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: you see this? I shared this? In December of twenty 143 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: twenty one. He said his favorite Christmas gift was a 144 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: Doctor Fauci action figure, and he said that everybody in 145 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 1: Texas needed to make sure that they got their COVID 146 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:45,680 Speaker 1: shot and had gotten their most recent round of boosters. 147 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: December of twenty one. 148 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's you. Know, December of twenty one is a 149 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:51,680 Speaker 2: lot of people. 150 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 1: You know, March April twenty twenty, you go back in 151 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 1: time by May of twenty twenty. Somehow you and I 152 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,200 Speaker 1: were smart enough to be able to deduce everything that 153 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 1: had to do with COVID. So I'm giving people passes 154 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 1: in March and April of twenty twenty and kind of 155 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:08,679 Speaker 1: the confusion of the moment, But by May of twenty twenty, 156 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:12,680 Speaker 1: like the whole COVID game, the rig job should have 157 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 1: been a parent if you were paying attention December of 158 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:20,959 Speaker 1: twenty one posting a Fauci action figure. You are a 159 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 1: committed left winger, and you mentioned this a little bit 160 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: in the first hour. But I think tall Rico actually 161 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: is a interesting dynamic because it feels very much like 162 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: Tim Walls. This is people who are leftists, left wing 163 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 1: women largely trying to pick guys that they think will 164 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: appeal to normal guys and failing miserably because they don't 165 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 1: understand how to talk to normal dudes. Remember when they 166 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: try to call Tim Walls coach Walls, and they put 167 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: him in the plaid shirt, and they get him a 168 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 1: gunn and they sent him out and they said look, 169 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: he wears boots. He's a totally normal guy. And then 170 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 1: totally normal guys watched Tim Walls and they said, this 171 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 1: is not a totally normal guy. James Tallerico is a 172 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 1: lesbian's idea of a white guy that will appeal to 173 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 1: normal white guys and normal men out. 174 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 3: Christian, to Christians specifically, just because he does the I 175 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 3: talk about Jesus thing, He's going to appeal to anybody 176 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:30,559 Speaker 3: who believes in Jesus. This is the New York Times 177 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 3: editorial board version of a white Christian guy from Texas 178 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 3: who other people who go to Christian Christian churches are 179 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 3: going to find common ground with. It's it's absurd that again, 180 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:46,679 Speaker 3: they just have no idea. It's like a different species 181 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 3: to them. 182 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:51,960 Speaker 1: If it's like they're trying to translate a language and 183 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 1: that they don't really understand and find someone who they 184 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: think can speak to people that they recognize they have lost. 185 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:00,319 Speaker 2: And so I just don't. 186 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 1: Think there's going to be any any ability here whatsoever 187 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: UH to UH to corral voters now on the Paxton 188 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 1: front and the UH and the corn In front. I 189 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 1: think this is a tactical decision from Trump that he 190 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: wants to allocate resources so that we can make a 191 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: real run in Michigan. He knows that Georgia is going 192 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: to be a pick up a bull. He knows that 193 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: Maine and North Carolina are going to be super difficult battlegrounds, 194 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 1: and heat Ohio and Iowa and uh and Texas and 195 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 1: Montana and all these other different states. And he's trying 196 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: to figure out how we can spend the least amount 197 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: of money necessary in Texas to win this race. And 198 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 1: I think Trump has been convinced that that is by 199 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 1: him endorsing John Cornyn. Now, Cornyan beat Paxton by a 200 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 1: small margin of votes in the primary, and I believe 201 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 1: what happened was the Cornin people went back to Trump 202 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: and they said, ken Paxton wasn't able to beat us 203 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 1: head to head in the Republican primary. You have to 204 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: get over fifty percent support in order to be the 205 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 1: official nominee. So we have the runoff in late May, 206 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 1: and they are saying he's not going to be able 207 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:22,199 Speaker 1: to beat us in May, either whether you believe that 208 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 1: or not. And then there's going to be one hundred 209 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:30,239 Speaker 1: million dollars spent or more in this additional primary, potentially 210 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: and then you're going to have to spend hundreds of 211 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: millions of dollars more if Paxton is the nominee in 212 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 1: order to beat tall Rico. 213 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 2: Now here's what I would say. 214 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 1: I think whoever the Republican nominee is, is going to 215 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:45,319 Speaker 1: beat tall Rico. I think they're going to raise a 216 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,680 Speaker 1: lot of money for him, just like they did for Beto. 217 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 1: But I think this guy is actually a far less 218 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:54,560 Speaker 1: appealing version of Beto. I think he's crazier. I think 219 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 1: he's got further left wing opinions say. I think it's 220 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: a little more handsome. Beto's a better look at guy. 221 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 3: Better looking guy, you know, Beto in those Wrangler jeans, 222 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 3: a little more, a little more exciting to the ladies 223 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 3: and some of the guys than Tall Rico is. So 224 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 3: you know, we can just call it out. We'll say 225 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 3: say it like it is. But I think that this 226 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 3: guy is I think this guy is toasting the election. 227 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 3: I think there's no chance. And now you should never 228 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:24,840 Speaker 3: say that Texans. You need to show up, you need 229 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 3: to vote, you need to make sure that this doesn't 230 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 3: end up happening. But they're they're not even running a 231 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 3: passable version of a Texas Centrist. In this campaign, they're 232 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 3: running a a an ardent leftist. I mean he is 233 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 3: a leftist. There's no way around that. Just because you 234 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:46,680 Speaker 3: talk about God doesn't mean you aren't a leftist. In fact, 235 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:48,439 Speaker 3: there are a lot I can speak from the Catholic 236 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:50,320 Speaker 3: church side of this, there are a lot of commie 237 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:53,679 Speaker 3: Catholics running around, including in the clergy, which is very disappointing. 238 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: Well, I think also you could see where Jasmine Crockett 239 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 1: had a base black female voters, and particular we're going 240 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 1: to show up for her in a substantial way. I'm 241 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: not sure what James tell Rico's base is, and so 242 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 1: again I think either Paxton or Cornyn would win. But 243 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 1: I do believe that now that we're in sort of 244 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 1: strategic season for analyzing, there's been a lot of talk 245 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 1: about the quality of Senate nominees in different states. And 246 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: we've talked about this before. In Georgia, Republicans have lost 247 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: three straight Senate races that they should have won, just 248 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: point blank. Three straight Senate races in Georgia were all winnable. 249 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 1: Warnock and Asa are not great candidates, and Georgia Republicans 250 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 1: have not been able to get across the finish line 251 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 1: because they haven't had a good enough nominees. Meanwhile, Brian 252 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: Kemp wins by eight points. Every other office in the 253 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: state overwhelmingly comfortable wins. We've got to get better nominees 254 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: across the board, and so I think this is the 255 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 1: this is the strategic analysis. We'll open up phone lines. 256 00:14:57,600 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 1: A lot of Texans will have strong thoughts on this. 257 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 1: We also have invited Paxton and corn In both on 258 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: the program as this is playing out in real time, 259 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: but in the meantime you heard us talk with the 260 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: ilext in just a little bit ago. 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That's IFCJ dot org. 276 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 3: Stories are freedom stories of America, inspirational stories that you 277 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 3: unite us all each day. 278 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 2: Spend time with Clay and Buck. Find them on. 279 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: The free iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. 280 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 3: Welcome back into Clay and Buck. Got a bunch of 281 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 3: talkbacks wanted to get to. We're also gonna talk to 282 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 3: Ryan Gradusky in a little bit about that Texas election situation. 283 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 3: Here we go, podcast listener, This is f on the 284 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 3: talkback List Team. Podcast listener Steve from Dallas. Let's see 285 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 3: what Steve has to say. 286 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 2: Good morning, fellas. 287 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 5: This is Stephen Dallas. Although right now I'm in the 288 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 5: National Airport, I expecting to see play in here somewhere. 289 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 5: I like the uh, the references to the Dark Knight, 290 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 5: and I don't want to go out on a limb here, 291 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 5: but I think this Box imitation of Vain might be better 292 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 5: than his imitation of the Fuck that's wild. I know 293 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 5: to say that, but hey, I'm crazy like that. 294 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 3: I impress you, sir. I'm glad. I'm glad he likes 295 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 3: the Baine impersonation. 296 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: Is that the best best superhero movie ever made? Ooh, 297 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 1: I am a Batman? 298 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 3: Begins over on the rest of the trilogy, fan, I 299 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 3: like the first one the most. 300 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 2: Actually, as a movie. 301 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 3: My problem with those movies is the female leads are terrible. 302 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:27,960 Speaker 3: Katie Holmes, that other chick who is just not cute. 303 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,920 Speaker 3: I'm sorry, she's just it's it's just not not even Midge, 304 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 3: She's just not attractive. I don't remember her name, Maggie 305 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:39,639 Speaker 3: Jillenhall gross not good for the role. But the first 306 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:41,679 Speaker 3: movie I think is the best. You agree or disagree. 307 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:47,400 Speaker 1: I mean, Heath Ledger is almost impossible to beat. He's 308 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 1: the greatest villain of all time, I think, So. 309 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 3: I go number two. That's respectable. I'm not gonna I'm 310 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 3: not gonna. I'm not gonna slap your whispering angel out 311 00:17:57,280 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 3: of your hand over that one. So I'll let that 312 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 3: one go. We all know what it's like when you 313 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 3: can't reach the person you need to. The cell phone 314 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:05,879 Speaker 3: call goes to voicemail. There's a home phone number, it 315 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 3: just rings. 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You know, Buck, 333 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 1: there's a lot of good news out there, and I 334 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,879 Speaker 1: don't think we discussed this on the program yet. I 335 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:08,119 Speaker 1: saw this and I thought to myself, you know what, 336 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 1: we should dive into this. And I meant to mention 337 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:14,120 Speaker 1: it a day or so ago. But your home state 338 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:18,120 Speaker 1: of Florida. I know there's a lot of frustration out there. 339 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:22,200 Speaker 1: People say, oh, you know, what's the impact? Nothing ever changes. 340 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter who wins races, It's all going to 341 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:33,159 Speaker 1: turn into I think a sometimes people just get so 342 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: much negativity running. And I do think this is important 343 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 1: and worth breaking down Florida voter registration. 344 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 2: Did you see this. 345 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 1: This is from a guy named Michael Pruser who does 346 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: the data on this. Let me hit you with some 347 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,680 Speaker 1: numbers because I think Governor Ron DeSantis and a lot 348 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:57,919 Speaker 1: of the Republican Floridian establishment has not gotten enough attention. 349 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:01,920 Speaker 1: And I do believe the store of Florida is occurring 350 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: across many different states simultaneous. According to the most recent 351 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: numbers that came out this is the beginning of March, 352 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: so through the end of February, Republicans now have an 353 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 1: advantage of nearly one point five million overall voters in 354 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 1: the state. That is five point five million registered Republicans 355 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: in Florida. They are now about four point four million 356 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:36,919 Speaker 1: registered Democrats. Now that's a pretty impressive overall outcome. But 357 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 1: what's interesting, Buck is if you go back to just 358 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:45,680 Speaker 1: let's see just twenty sixteen, right as Trump was coming 359 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:49,640 Speaker 1: into office, right before DeSantis came into office, there were 360 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 1: just four point five million registered Republicans and there were 361 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 1: four point nine million registered Democrats. So Democrats have lost 362 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 1: about five hundred thousand and Republicans have added roughly a million. 363 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:08,399 Speaker 1: Palm Beach County, which was used to be a bastion 364 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:14,119 Speaker 1: of the Democrat Party, is going to flip red very soon. 365 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 1: I believe that will leave only three counties, three or 366 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: four counties total that even have a Democrat majority. So 367 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 1: if you're out there and you're frustrated, and I get it, 368 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: and you say, hey, who gets elected doesn't matter, and 369 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:31,119 Speaker 1: I know there are some of you out there in 370 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:34,440 Speaker 1: the market because we hear from them all the time. Florida, 371 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:38,240 Speaker 1: I think is an incredible story about what happens when 372 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:41,920 Speaker 1: there are good policies put in place, when there are smart, 373 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 1: committed Republican leaders put in place and when they execute. 374 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:50,479 Speaker 1: And I would argue right now that Florida is the 375 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,159 Speaker 1: base of the Republican Party and for those of you 376 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,959 Speaker 1: out there who can remember Florida as the ultimate swing 377 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 1: state battleground in all of the nation, and it's really 378 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:05,879 Speaker 1: kind of incredible to see. And sometimes we miss progress 379 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 1: that is occurring because it's easier to focus on negative 380 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 1: stories and it's easier to be upset on a day 381 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:14,440 Speaker 1: to day basis. But Florida is one of the greatest 382 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: success stories in Republican Party history. If you look at 383 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:20,879 Speaker 1: what's happened over the last decade, and you, as a 384 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 1: Floridian now buck are part of that mass influx of people. 385 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:28,640 Speaker 1: I actually think Florida is poised to become even more 386 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:33,760 Speaker 1: of a leader in Republican Party circles going forward. It's 387 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: really an incredible story, and I don't think it gets 388 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,200 Speaker 1: talked about enough in a positive way. 389 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 3: No, I think it's fantastic. It's obviously I live here 390 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 3: and I'm so pleased to see how well everything is going. 391 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 3: So the numbers speak for themselves. Fortress Florida is stronger 392 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:55,120 Speaker 3: than ever. Ron Dea Santists who has stepped away from 393 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 3: the national spotlight a bit in the last couple of years, 394 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 3: but he has done a phenomenal job as governor, and 395 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 3: I think there's still some very worthwhile stuff that he's 396 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 3: trying to get through in his last year. And it 397 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:15,199 Speaker 3: shows you that you can have reasonable, competent people in 398 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:19,439 Speaker 3: charge of state government. It is a thing that can happen, 399 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,160 Speaker 3: and it's a good thing when it happens. It makes 400 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,719 Speaker 3: people safer, it makes businesses more prosperous, it makes your 401 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:27,879 Speaker 3: day to day life more efficient, to streets are cleaner. 402 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:31,440 Speaker 3: I mean, all these things that you'd like to think 403 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 3: all government is doing at some level, or rather all 404 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 3: necessary government is functioning in a way to make your 405 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 3: life better or at least not make your life worse. 406 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 3: And unfortunately, in New York City, I experienced the other 407 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 3: side of this, so I know what it is like 408 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,640 Speaker 3: on both sides of this coin. I know what it's 409 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 3: like to be in a place New York where the 410 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 3: people in charge are in some cases ideologically dedicated to 411 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:58,920 Speaker 3: destroying your quality of life and taking from you and 412 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,160 Speaker 3: blaming you for the problems that some of their policies 413 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 3: are exacerbating. And I've seen the other side of it 414 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:09,440 Speaker 3: where you are welcomed and if you are law abiding, 415 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 3: you have the benefit of law enforcement around you. So 416 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,879 Speaker 3: therefore you get to lead a safer, more orderly, and 417 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,679 Speaker 3: more pleasant existence. And that is what we have in Florida. 418 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 3: So yeah, man, it's great. And I just the people 419 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,640 Speaker 3: that are still holding out in some of these other 420 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 3: places who are I'm not talking about the Republicans who 421 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,400 Speaker 3: live in California. I get it, you got family there, 422 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:31,840 Speaker 3: you love your state. It's a beautiful state. 423 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:32,399 Speaker 2: You want to go. 424 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 3: I mean the Democrats who are still in these states 425 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 3: who don't get it. I don't understand what they don't 426 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:41,920 Speaker 3: get at this point, Well I do. It's a delusion, 427 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 3: like a manufactured delusion. Which is a fantastic book that 428 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,120 Speaker 3: all of you should get from the New York Times 429 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,479 Speaker 3: bestseller list last week. I highly recommend it. 430 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 2: It is a spectacular book. 431 00:24:54,760 --> 00:25:00,880 Speaker 1: I sold many copies, and I do believe that one 432 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 1: of the big untold stories right now is Florida is 433 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 1: an example of the census and how the census is 434 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:15,200 Speaker 1: going to swing in a really transformative way for the map. 435 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:17,800 Speaker 1: The map is not going to change until twenty thirty, 436 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 1: but the legacy of COVID. When you look at what's 437 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,399 Speaker 1: happened with Texas, with Tennessee, with Florida, there are a 438 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:29,360 Speaker 1: lot of other states to point to as well. Is Democrats' 439 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 1: ability to win nationwide elections is going to be severely 440 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 1: curtailed starting in twenty thirty. Now, twenty twenty eight is 441 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 1: still going to be a battle that's fought on frankly, 442 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:46,119 Speaker 1: a map that has shifted in Republican party directions. But 443 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:49,359 Speaker 1: all of this is going to be I think a 444 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: super important story that is not getting enough attention. And 445 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,400 Speaker 1: buck this doesn't even take into account what I think 446 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,080 Speaker 1: the Supreme Court is going to do. And again, this 447 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 1: is not being I'm trying to be positive here because 448 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 1: there's so many things that I think don't get enough attention. 449 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: I was thinking about the Florida numbers and the fact 450 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 1: that people are voting with their feet because of the 451 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 1: leadership of Ron DeSantis and others. But also look at 452 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:16,679 Speaker 1: what the Supreme Court's likely to do when it comes 453 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,919 Speaker 1: to race based congressional districts. I don't think they're going 454 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: to give their ruling in time to impact the twenty 455 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:26,440 Speaker 1: twenty six midterm cycle, because I think they're going to 456 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 1: say it's too political, but they, I believe, are going 457 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:30,880 Speaker 1: to do away. 458 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 2: With race based congressional districts. 459 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 1: Right now, it is considered constitutional to say, hey, we're 460 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,640 Speaker 1: going to have a majority black district, and we'll draw 461 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 1: that district so that it encompasses all these different interstates 462 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:46,920 Speaker 1: and neighborhoods. And you look at some of the most 463 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:51,359 Speaker 1: jerry manndered communities out there, many of them are race 464 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 1: based drawn districts for black voters. The country has actually 465 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 1: become so much more diverse with Hispanic and Asian and 466 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 1: and other people of different backgrounds that this black white 467 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 1: dynamic and black based districts I think are not going 468 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:08,359 Speaker 1: to be allowed. And you say, okay, Clay, what's the 469 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,960 Speaker 1: impact of that going to be by twenty twenty eight. 470 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:15,440 Speaker 2: That could swing twenty seats. 471 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 1: Towards Republicans because those districts being not able to be 472 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:25,159 Speaker 1: gerrymandered that way. So if you think about that ruling, 473 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:26,879 Speaker 1: which I think is going to come down this summer, 474 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:29,760 Speaker 1: and then you think about what's going to happen with 475 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 1: the twenty thirty census, and using Florida as an example 476 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 1: of how population has shifted the map for twenty thirty 477 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 1: and beyond is going to be massively in favor of 478 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:46,080 Speaker 1: red states. And here's something else. I think the acceleration 479 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 1: of voters from blue states is going to move even 480 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 1: faster because if you look at the budgets of New 481 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:57,159 Speaker 1: York and California, for example, they spend way more than 482 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 1: a state like Florida or Texas, big states would and 483 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 1: they get far weaker results. And I think that is 484 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:08,359 Speaker 1: all going to Again, this is big picture talking next 485 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:11,479 Speaker 1: five six years, all of that is going to that 486 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,639 Speaker 1: transformation is going to occur even more rapidly. So I 487 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,479 Speaker 1: understand a lot of people out there saying, and I 488 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: get it because I'm impatient. I want things to happen 489 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 1: as quickly as they possibly can. I don't think that 490 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:26,159 Speaker 1: we're talking enough about how much difference that's going to 491 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:28,880 Speaker 1: make in the years ahead. Now, should we still pass 492 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 1: the Save Act and ensure that federal elections are reliable 493 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 1: and that we do something crazy like require somebody to 494 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 1: show up with a photo photo ID in order to vote. Yes, 495 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: that is a non negotiable to me. It should happen, 496 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: And I understand how that can be frustrating when things 497 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,240 Speaker 1: like that aren't happening. But I do think the larger 498 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 1: trend lines here are not being talked about enough, and 499 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 1: they are incredibly favorable. And this is what good governance does. 500 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 1: People do note and they vote with their feet. 501 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 3: Indeed, that's excellent. Clay's good at the whole stump speech thing. 502 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 2: Everybody. 503 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,440 Speaker 3: I think he's getting any ideas it could be kind 504 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 3: of a wide open field in twenty twenty eight. Laura, 505 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 3: we should talk. I'd be a great chief of staff. 506 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:17,640 Speaker 3: I'm just saying, I'm just throwing it out there, mister 507 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:21,360 Speaker 3: Clay Travis. You have the political gift of gab. Sir, 508 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 3: I feel like I'm ready to move to Tennessee, and 509 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 3: I live in Florida. It's already great here. 510 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:31,160 Speaker 1: I just think that again, results really do matter, and 511 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:34,320 Speaker 1: sometimes it's frustrating when you don't see those results in 512 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 1: real time. 513 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,440 Speaker 2: And look at Florida, it really is a great story. 514 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 3: You've never lived in a deeply dysfunctional well. I actually 515 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 3: didn't say that you live in DC, but way. 516 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 2: We got breaking news. 517 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 3: Wow, wow all on oh boy. 518 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:54,160 Speaker 1: I was asking I was asking Buck if we should 519 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 1: bring this up because there was a bunch of noise. 520 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,680 Speaker 2: I've got the vapors. I've got the vapors bucks. 521 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:03,080 Speaker 3: Good Joe has been fired. Everybody Christine Home has been fired. 522 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 3: They're telling me, oh lord, who man. 523 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:11,240 Speaker 1: This is the first cabinet secretary to be removed from office. 524 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,479 Speaker 1: We were talking off air about the fact that the 525 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,600 Speaker 1: odds in the prediction markets had gone to ninety percent 526 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 1: that she was out. Wall Street Journal has really kind 527 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:22,000 Speaker 1: of come after with a bunch of stories about spending, 528 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:27,280 Speaker 1: and so christ turns out, someone who's corrupt, cheats on 529 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 1: her husband and shoots dogs for fun isn't the best 530 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 1: person to put in charge of maybe your most important 531 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 1: federal agency. I'm glad the administration is moving in the 532 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:37,720 Speaker 1: right direction here. So now who is going to be 533 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:40,480 Speaker 1: the DHS secretary? That's going to be the next question. 534 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:43,479 Speaker 1: So Christinoam out. That's breaking news. Just came up on 535 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:47,120 Speaker 1: Fox News as an alert. There's a possibility I guess 536 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:51,080 Speaker 1: that Tom Homan could be could slash should say alleged. 537 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:53,160 Speaker 3: By the way, with all of that alleged, these are 538 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:57,240 Speaker 3: all allegations, of course, Yes, christineaam is going to step 539 00:30:57,280 --> 00:30:58,640 Speaker 3: down and Tom Holme is taking over. 540 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:00,800 Speaker 2: Maybe, I don't know. 541 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:03,160 Speaker 1: I'm not sure who that next person is going to 542 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 1: be breaking news, will come back and talk about who 543 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:11,520 Speaker 1: might be. Oh wow, she's being replaced by Mark Wayne Mullen, 544 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 1: Oklahoma Senator. 545 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 3: Here. 546 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:17,760 Speaker 1: We was just just on the show this week, friend 547 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:21,000 Speaker 1: of the show, Mark Wayne Mullen. That's according to breaking 548 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:25,480 Speaker 1: news from from Fox News, senator from Oklahoma will now 549 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,160 Speaker 1: take over as the head of DHS. 550 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:31,920 Speaker 3: Apparently the hearing was disastrous from Republican and Democrat side 551 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 3: of things. We didn't really cover the hearing, but no, 552 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,240 Speaker 3: I'm had a hearing on Capitol Hill. She was asked 553 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:39,040 Speaker 3: about a special government employee who travels with her who 554 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:41,680 Speaker 3: is not her husband, and that did not go over well. 555 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,840 Speaker 3: She was asked a number of things that did not 556 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:46,480 Speaker 3: go over well, including a two hundred million dollar ad 557 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:52,920 Speaker 3: campaign starring her. That's taxpayer dollars, everybody, two hundred million dollars. 558 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:57,120 Speaker 3: So President Trump, this is big news. So look, we're 559 00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:58,560 Speaker 3: gonna go to break, we'll come back and we'll talk 560 00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:01,320 Speaker 3: about it. This is the first cabinet secretary in two 561 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,880 Speaker 3: point zero. 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We 603 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:29,000 Speaker 2: claim your sanity with Clay and Fun. 604 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:32,719 Speaker 1: Find them on the free iHeartRadio app or wherever you 605 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:33,960 Speaker 1: get your podcasts. 606 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,680 Speaker 3: Welcome back into Clay and Buck the big breaking news 607 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:38,560 Speaker 3: and it is everywhere now, it is on Fox News, 608 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:41,280 Speaker 3: that is on the Daily Mail. It is everywhere. Trump 609 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:46,839 Speaker 3: preparing to fire Christinome. Well, sorry, Trump has fired Christinome. Rather, 610 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:50,719 Speaker 3: that's on Fox News. But the headline of Daily Mail 611 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:54,720 Speaker 3: is quote after she lied under oath over two hundred 612 00:34:54,719 --> 00:35:00,160 Speaker 3: and twenty million dollars vanity campaign. Vanity may have in 613 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:05,279 Speaker 3: the undoing here, my friends, too many appearances holding automatic 614 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:09,680 Speaker 3: weapons improperly for no apparent reason and showing up everywhere, 615 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:12,399 Speaker 3: and the whole thing. A two hundred million dollar ad 616 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:18,520 Speaker 3: campaign for starring a government employee is a lot of money, everybody. 617 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:20,120 Speaker 3: For DHS. 618 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:24,520 Speaker 1: You can win statewide a lot of times on ten 619 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:28,160 Speaker 1: million dollar campaigns or less, so spending two hundred million 620 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:32,360 Speaker 1: dollars on this seems to have been the final straw. 621 00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:38,040 Speaker 1: And again reports from uh from Fox News is the 622 00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:40,800 Speaker 1: only place that has it so far. Mark Wwayne Mullen, 623 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:46,280 Speaker 1: Republican Senator from Oklahoma, is now the head of the DHS. 624 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:48,640 Speaker 3: I'd also point out She was asked in this hearing 625 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:52,040 Speaker 3: ask no if she had quote sexual relations with Corey. 626 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:53,799 Speaker 3: This was in a congressional hearing, Just to be clear, 627 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:58,000 Speaker 3: asked if she had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski. No replied, quote, 628 00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:02,280 Speaker 3: I am shocked. We're going down and peddling tabloid garbage 629 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:05,520 Speaker 3: in this committee. End quote. 630 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:10,680 Speaker 1: You could also say no, but you're under row. We'll 631 00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:14,000 Speaker 1: read for you when we come back. President Trump has 632 00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:17,920 Speaker 1: posted on truth Social that Mark Wayne Mullen is in. 633 00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:21,600 Speaker 1: We'll read exactly what he said. It's a little bit long, 634 00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:25,560 Speaker 1: but when we come back again. First Cabinet Secretary out 635 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:26,600 Speaker 1: took a little. 636 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:28,920 Speaker 2: Bit over a year. Mark Wayne Mullen in. 637 00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:33,479 Speaker 1: He'll have to get confirmed, but he is coming from 638 00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:35,800 Speaker 1: the Senate a lot of times. That is very easy, 639 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:39,000 Speaker 1: relatively speaking, so I would expect that confirmation will be 640 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:43,080 Speaker 1: relatively smooth. But we'll break this down and more when 641 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,160 Speaker 1: we come back again. Major breaking news. Christy Nooam out 642 00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:48,080 Speaker 1: at DHS, Mark Wayne Mullen in. 643 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:49,320 Speaker 2: We'll discuss next