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 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: Sexton Show podcast. Welcome back in our number three Wednesday edition, 3 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: Clay Travis Buck Sexton Show. Want to encourage all of 4 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: you to go sign up for the podcast. We love 5 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:16,919 Speaker 1: all of you listening in all fifty states on four 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,799 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty plus affiliate stations. We also want you 7 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: to be able to hear every single minute of the show. 8 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:24,639 Speaker 1: If you happen a miss during the course of a day, 9 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: you can find our one hour, two and hour three 10 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: of the show. It's available. You can go give us 11 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: five stars. You search out my name Clay Travis, you 12 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 1: search out Buck Sexton. We bring in now Senator Marsha 13 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 1: Blackburn from Tennessee and Senator As we get ready here, 14 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: I want to give a shout out. First. A couple 15 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: of weeks ago, I met your husband and he said 16 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 1: he had been a long time Rush listener, that he 17 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: loved listening to Rush, and that he is enjoying listening 18 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: to Buck and I as well. So I'm assuming that 19 00:00:56,360 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: he is probably listening your husband, Charles. He is a 20 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 1: stalwart patriot, obviously, good dad I'm imagining, and good grandfather 21 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: as well. So I know you're the Senator, but I 22 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 1: wanted to give him a shout out because I know 23 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: he's listening as well. Well, Clay, you are going to 24 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:20,680 Speaker 1: make his day. Yes, he enjoys listening. And every night 25 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: when we talk, and of course I'm in DC and 26 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: he's home in Tennessee, and so many times Chuck will say, 27 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 1: let me tell you what Clay was talking about today 28 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 1: or something that's happened on the outkicks. So you know 29 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,320 Speaker 1: he's a good one, he's a keeper. Well, we appreciate that. 30 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 1: All right, let's dive into some of the chaos that's 31 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: going on right now. It's a wild week on Capitol Hill. 32 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: And I know there's a lot of wild weeks, but 33 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: this one is really up there. With the budget mess 34 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: going on right now? What's going to happen in the 35 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: Senate with reconciliation in your mind, what do you think 36 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: Kristen Cinema, Kirsten Cinema out of Arizona and Joe Mansion 37 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: from West Virginia are going to do? Based on what 38 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 1: you're hearing, what's going to happen with the budget side 39 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: of the equation in the Senate? Well, what we think 40 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: will happen this week is that Nancy Pelosi and Chuck 41 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: Schumer will offer a continuing resolution. This will take us 42 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: through December third, and that way there's not a government shutdown. 43 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 1: You know, Pelosi really did not want a government shutdown 44 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: to happen on her watch. Then they will go back 45 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: to dealing with a three point five trillion dollar budget, 46 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: which really is closer to five point five trillions. But 47 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:51,679 Speaker 1: they do not get support from Cinema Mansion. They've got 48 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: some issues with Hassan, with Tester. You've got some of 49 00:02:56,200 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: the moderates in the House, Democrats that won purple districts 50 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: or districts that were slightly read, and those people are 51 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: upside down in their polling, so they're not wanting to 52 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: back this three and a half trillion dollar Spendingville And 53 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: I think what they will do is take the number 54 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: down so that they can just get some of these 55 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: programs on the books, because they feel like if they 56 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 1: can lower the age from medicare, put in place, the 57 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: early childhood education programs, expand Medicaid, put in place some 58 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: of these programs like Tree Equity. Yet told me about 59 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: that one. Yeah, that you know, we won't be able 60 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 1: to get them off the books. So that's going to 61 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: be what Pelosi has to say. Now. The third bucket 62 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: is the depth ceiling, and the Democrats are on that 63 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: one on their own. We wouldn't be having this discussion 64 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: had they not run up so much spending right off 65 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 1: the bat, had they not, the bipartisan bills that passed 66 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: under President Trump could have been done for much less. 67 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 1: The Republican number was always less. And who ran it 68 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 1: up in order to get bipartisanship. It was Pelosi that 69 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 1: added hundreds of billions of dollars. So you know that's 70 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:30,239 Speaker 1: their issue. They're going to have to solve it. Centator 71 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: Blackburnet's buck I want to ask you about the border. 72 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 1: I actually have some contacts who have been down there 73 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: recently and well south of the border as well, who 74 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: have sent me information about the latest on the continuing 75 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: caravans now of largely Haitian origin migrants making their way 76 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: to the US Mexico border. Is there anything that you 77 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,840 Speaker 1: think could get this administration at this point to take 78 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:02,719 Speaker 1: action that would actually secure the border given what we're seeing, 79 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: or are they just so allergic in a sense to 80 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:10,840 Speaker 1: imposing implementing some of the Trump era policies that work, 81 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: that they'd prefer to have a border that's effectively a 82 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: sieve and de facto will open. Then deal with the 83 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 1: fact that the American people are currently seeing it's easy 84 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 1: to get into the country now if you come across 85 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: the border. Well, you're right about that, and they're expecting 86 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: people to not really pay attention to this. I think 87 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: Obama kind of kicked them pretty good yesterday when in 88 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 1: his remarks he said, you can't sustain an open border 89 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: like this. I mean, we're a sovereign nation. And when 90 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,839 Speaker 1: you have these waves of people coming in ten, fifteen, 91 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: thirty thousand, and we've already had upwards of one point 92 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: five million people cross that border this year, this is 93 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 1: a real problem. It's also a problem for a lot 94 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: of these communities. They're finding out that illegal immigrants are 95 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: not are coming into their communities. They don't have COVID vaccinations, 96 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: they have no idea individuals are coming. They need additional 97 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: educational benefits, social service benefits, helps benefits, and of course 98 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: that cost gets transferred to your local government and some 99 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: of our local mayors. We're actually buck working on legislation 100 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: that would require more transparency with these communities because they 101 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 1: just find out. You know, you have children showing up 102 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: for school and all of a sudden, the school systems 103 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:46,280 Speaker 1: got to go get a portable classroom because they're out 104 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: of space. I mean, as things problems of that nature. 105 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: But the border people are very concerned about it. Women 106 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,280 Speaker 1: are concerned about it. A lot of security moms out there, 107 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: and whether it's crime in the streets, an open southern 108 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:07,840 Speaker 1: borders of debacle in Afghanistan. We are hearing a lot 109 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 1: about so much from women about the issues of security. 110 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 1: Senator Blackburn of Tennessee talking with US now Clay Travis 111 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: buck Sexton show, I know you have been aggressively questioning 112 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: General Millie, General Mackenzie, and Defense Secretary Austin about what 113 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: happened in Afghanistan. What in your mind have you learned 114 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: from what they have said in response to those questions, 115 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 1: and what should those three men do as a result 116 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 1: of the debacle in Afghanistan in your mind? Yes, Well, first, 117 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: I think it's important to note and I add General Miller, 118 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: who was with us in a classified setting a couple 119 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 1: of weeks ago. What we know is that the President 120 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: was advised that you could not draw down the troops 121 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 1: and exit the military before you got all of the 122 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: American people out. So he received that information, but then 123 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 1: he did not take an action on that information. And 124 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 1: quite frankly, I think that he hate to say it, 125 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: but Clay he didn't tell the truth when he was 126 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 1: talking to George Stephanopolis. Because now all of those, the 127 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 1: three generals and the Secretary have said the President was 128 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: told it was unwise. Even General Mackenzie said, you need 129 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 1: four thousand troops, not twenty five hundred. And we know 130 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 1: that it was the President who made the decision to 131 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: give up the Bogram air Field, to let the embassy go, 132 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: and just to focus on h Kaya. We know it 133 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: was the President or his team that decided that they 134 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 1: were not going to defend Kabul, that they would let's 135 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 1: the tali In go ahead and take it. And this 136 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 1: is when they were offered to keep Kabul until they 137 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: got people out. We know that the Department of State 138 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: and the Department of Defense, still this far into it, 139 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: forty five days into this, they still cannot tell us 140 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:26,439 Speaker 1: how many Americans, how many of our partners, how many 141 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: of our Afghan partners are still in Afghanistan waiting to 142 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 1: come out. Every time we turn around, they say, well, 143 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: it's about a hundred. Well, you know, some of the 144 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 1: groups like Task Force, Pineapple and Nazarene Fund, these groups 145 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: of veterans who were special ops guys who were working 146 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 1: to get people out, they have brought out a hundred here, 147 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: one hundred and seventy five there. So, for goodness sake, 148 00:09:56,320 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 1: it's more than a hundred. My office alone had two 149 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 1: thousand cases. So this is reprehensible that they still do 150 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: not know who is left behind enemy lines. Senator Marshall 151 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 1: Blackburn at Tennessee. Senator, always appreciate you coming by the 152 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: Clay Buck Show. Thanks for being with us. Good to 153 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:18,839 Speaker 1: be wi. Thank you. Tell your husband high and always 154 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:22,199 Speaker 1: a big fan. Buck. I like to hear we've got 155 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 1: great taste in radio. That's great taste in radio. I'll 156 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:29,319 Speaker 1: tell you this, Clay. We we have to talk about 157 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 1: Lebron James way. You know, the vaccination situation is a 158 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: foremost expert look at this. You know, all of a 159 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: sudden we have to hear from Lebron James. You know, 160 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 1: I go to one football game, by the way, and 161 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 1: after this, I'm gonna have all the sports opinions too. 162 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:45,959 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be talking about the betting odds and all 163 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: thespn's gonna be trying to hire you. That's what I'm 164 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 1: talking about about. You always remember buying gold for the 165 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 1: first time. This is the gold you invest in, the 166 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: gold you make a part of your savings plan and 167 00:10:56,920 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: your IRA. 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If you ever 195 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 1: miss a moment, though, you can listen on the podcast. 196 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: The iHeart app a great place to get it. It's free. 197 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: The I heart app I got on my phone. I 198 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 1: use it all the time. And I said, we're gonna 199 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 1: talk about the Lebron James situation here because he's crossing 200 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:42,559 Speaker 1: over into the world of vaccination and politics conversation which 201 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,440 Speaker 1: will be interesting. But first, because I've been I've been 202 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 1: talking to Clay all week about tree equity. And then 203 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: the wonderful Senator Marsha Blackburn comes out and mentions also, 204 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:56,320 Speaker 1: the tree equity. We're gonna explain you this is a 205 00:12:56,440 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: real thing, and it is a line them a dollar 206 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 1: budget in tree equity, not just even like a small billions. Yes, No, 207 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: it's it's real, like real money in considerable number that's 208 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,840 Speaker 1: being spent on this tree equity is kind of like 209 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 1: tree socialism. Uh, it's there's not enough trees in some neighborhoods, 210 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 1: so they're gonna take government money to make sure that 211 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:22,680 Speaker 1: everybody has the same number of trees because they like 212 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:27,320 Speaker 1: trees the climate and it provides shade um. This is 213 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: a priority of the government apparently, And I would just say, 214 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 1: you know, it's actually not You could plant trees if 215 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 1: people want trees in the neighborhood. It's the thing that 216 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 1: they could do. You can't. Well, it seems like also 217 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: something that maybe local government should be focused on as 218 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 1: opposed to the national government deciding to spend billions of 219 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 1: dollars on trees just and I really seem like a 220 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 1: federal priority, like if you don't have enough, you know, 221 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:51,960 Speaker 1: the federal government's not gonna help you. When you have 222 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,679 Speaker 1: a giant pothole on your street that'll that'll rip your 223 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 1: axle or tire off or whatever. But they are going 224 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 1: to make sure that you have equal tree in different neighborhoods. 225 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 1: This is just another another version of the micro management. 226 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 1: But if you've never read a book called Seeing Like 227 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 1: a State, I would highly recommend it because it goes 228 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: through government programs from the top down, and one of them. 229 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 1: One of them is in it's in like urban or 230 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 1: village planning. I think it is in Tanzania. But the 231 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 1: one that it starts out with in the book is 232 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: German forestry clay, and it's the smartest guys in Germany. 233 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 1: I think it's the late nineteenth century. Figure out, you 234 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: know what we're gonna do. We're going to the experts, 235 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 1: the Fauci's of that time. We're going to only plan 236 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: one kind of tree in rows an exact degree apart. 237 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: We're not going to allow for just forestry management. And 238 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 1: what they found out is over time, because they thought 239 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: this would have a much better yield, it turns out 240 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: that the local farmers and local forestry knew this was 241 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: a terrible idea because if one pestilence comes through, it 242 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: destroys out everything, It wipes out everything. If you have 243 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: a fire, you don't have the underbrush. They're necessary to 244 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: sort of be a stopgap against the fire. Then, actually 245 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: the natural order of things with trees was better than 246 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 1: what they were trying to do by planting trees in 247 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: perfect roads. But the federal government never learns. They always 248 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 1: think that they can make things better. Seem like it's 249 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: it's a little academic, but it's a really interesting book. 250 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 1: And with that we have now I can't I don't 251 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 1: have a smooth transition here. I was trying to stick 252 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: the landing and I I just twisted my ankle on it. 253 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: But it's all right. Hey, Carrie strug won a gold 254 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: medal twisted ankles, so maybe you can build for it. 255 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 1: Here Lebron James out there urging people to get vaccinated. 256 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: Clay pointed this one out to me, and I thought, oh, 257 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 1: this is interesting. We should have a little chat about 258 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 1: this one here. He is the most I mean right now, 259 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: most famous basketball player in the world. On vaccine were 260 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: tall My individual's bodies. You know, we're not talking about 261 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 1: something else, you know, political or racism or police brutality 262 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 1: and things of that nature. We're tabu like people's bodies 263 00:15:57,360 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: and well beings, you know. So I don't feel like 264 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: for me personally and I should get involved and what 265 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: up people should do for their bodies in their life 266 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: with the earths, it would be talking about somebody if 267 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: they should, you know, take this job or not listen. 268 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: You have to do it's best for you and your family, 269 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 1: if they should relocate, if you have to do it's 270 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 1: best for your family. I did for me and my family. 271 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 1: I know some of my friends and what they did 272 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: for their families, But as far as speaking for everybody 273 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 1: in their individualities and things that they want to do, 274 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 1: I don't feel like that's that's not my job. I'm 275 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: glad that he recognizes he's not a vaccine expert Clay, 276 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 1: but I'm pretty sure he's not a law enforcement expert either. 277 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: That's what's so funny about this is I agree with him, 278 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 1: and I agree it's the same advice that we've been giving, 279 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: which is you should listen to your doctor, make the 280 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 1: decisions that are best for your family. We give advice 281 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 1: to our family members. But implicitly here what Lebron is 282 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 1: saying is that it is important for him to speak 283 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: out on politics and police issues and issues of race, 284 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 1: as if he's an expert on those things. When anyone 285 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 1: who is ever paid attention to the comments that Lebron 286 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:06,959 Speaker 1: James has made, he's making things I think very frequently worse. 287 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 1: In fact, the most recent comments I've seen him make 288 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 1: at all about police. Do you remember this buck, when 289 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:17,119 Speaker 1: the Columbus, Ohio police officer saved the life of the 290 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:19,639 Speaker 1: girl that was about to be stabbed to death and 291 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: shot the woman with the knife. Lebron James made the 292 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: decision to post that police officer's image on his social 293 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:33,120 Speaker 1: media accounts and demand that the police officer beheld accountable, 294 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 1: rather than doing what he should have done and labeling 295 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 1: that police officer a hero for reacting in real time 296 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 1: and saving a life. So I don't think Lebron is 297 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:45,119 Speaker 1: an expert on any of these issues. In fact, I 298 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 1: think he often makes it worse. I just wish that 299 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 1: you know, whether it's athletes or celebrities, the standard was 300 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,200 Speaker 1: if you're ignorant on a subject, just be quiet. You 301 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 1: don't have to talk about it. 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Appreciate all of you hanging out with us 322 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 1: as we roll through the Wednesday edition of the program. 323 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 1: We are joined now by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Governor 324 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:19,120 Speaker 1: appreciate you coming on with us. Watching Fox News, in 325 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 1: the last fifteen minutes or so, they have live footage 326 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 1: from inside of Mexico of massive caravans of illegal immigrants 327 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:31,919 Speaker 1: continuing to work their way toward the border. Governor, I mean, 328 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people who are listening to 329 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 1: us right now wish you were in charge of all 330 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:39,640 Speaker 1: the border between Mexico and the United States and all 331 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 1: of the illegal crossings. What's the latest you can tell 332 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: us about that? And how can the State of Texas 333 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 1: help to secure our border even if the president is 334 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:52,400 Speaker 1: asleep at the wheel and not doing it himself. Sure, 335 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: let me answer both of those questions. So, these caravans 336 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 1: that you're talking about, this is something that we've had 337 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: information about or several weeks now, and I had a 338 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 1: meeting with the National Guard General and the director of 339 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 1: the Texas Department of Public Safety yesterday. I was in 340 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 1: Laredo today and I had been working with local officials 341 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 1: up and down the border as we prepare for what 342 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 1: may be this oncoming group of caravans. The reason I 343 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: say group is because we have multiple reports about different 344 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 1: caravans coming to different regions across the border and So 345 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 1: what we're going to do in response to it, as 346 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 1: we are preparing as we speak, is exactly what you 347 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 1: saw at the Apex moment when people were coming across 348 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 1: to the river in Del Rio. And I'm going to 349 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 1: give you the words of the border patrol officers themselves, who, 350 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,399 Speaker 1: by the way, we work very closely with and I 351 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,640 Speaker 1: find despicable. You know, the attack on the border patrol 352 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 1: officers the by the administration is you know, you have 353 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 1: the commander in chief attacking his own officers who are 354 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 1: on the front lines doing their best to safeguard or border. 355 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:01,880 Speaker 1: As wrong for the president to attack them. That point 356 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: aside that those border patrol officers said that the way 357 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:12,159 Speaker 1: in which the border was shut down in Del Rio, 358 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 1: as you saw people walking across that dam coming from 359 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: Mexico into the state of Texas, was the moment that 360 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 1: Texas Department of Public Safety as well as Texas National Guard, 361 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 1: they put all of their armed vehicles back to back 362 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:32,880 Speaker 1: to back to back and then had their officers on 363 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 1: the border side of their vehicles, and they said, at 364 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 1: that moment, that is when people stopped coming across the border. 365 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:42,919 Speaker 1: My point in telling you that is and that is 366 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:46,440 Speaker 1: that is going to be part of a similar policy 367 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 1: that we use with regard to these other caravans that 368 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:55,200 Speaker 1: are coming towards the Mexico Texas border, when he obviously 369 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 1: needs to first identify the exact location. Then second we 370 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 1: willify where we will set up these barricades, and then 371 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 1: we have some other strategies that we will be employing. 372 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 1: One thing that we have done in the state of 373 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 1: Texas that's different than it has ever been done before, 374 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:17,159 Speaker 1: and that is historically state law enforcement can make arrest 375 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 1: of people who are coming across the border illegally, and 376 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 1: those are based upon the federal immigration laws because it's 377 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: a violation of law when you do come across the border, 378 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,560 Speaker 1: and we can legally make arrest of these people, but 379 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:29,920 Speaker 1: when we do so, we have to turn them over 380 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:33,399 Speaker 1: to federal officials, which when Trump was president, but the 381 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 1: federal officials would not use catching release. However, under the 382 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: Buider presidency, they use catching release. Because of that, what 383 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 1: Texas has done we stepped up and created our own 384 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 1: court system in South Texas where we are arresting, in 385 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,919 Speaker 1: processing and then jailing people who are coming across the 386 00:22:55,960 --> 00:23:01,639 Speaker 1: border for criminal trespass. Because a disaster in this region 387 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 1: along the border. It immediately elevates the time in jail 388 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:08,919 Speaker 1: and the penalties for trespassed and the steate of Texas 389 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 1: and it turns it into a six month to a 390 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 1: year behind bar penalty. And so we are we opened 391 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:20,880 Speaker 1: up thousands of jail cells where we now have more 392 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 1: than a thousand people behind bars who cross to cross 393 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:27,440 Speaker 1: the border illegally and trespassed on areas in the state 394 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:30,160 Speaker 1: of Texas, and we arrested them for trespass. And so 395 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 1: we are using those strategies and more to make sure 396 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 1: that we will be able to do a better job 397 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:43,119 Speaker 1: than even what the Biden administration is doing to secure 398 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:45,399 Speaker 1: a border. Now, all of that is on top of 399 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: this multi layer strategy that we have because while we 400 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: are doing all of that, we've also begun the process 401 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:57,879 Speaker 1: of building the Texas border wall. All of this was 402 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: capable because of funding provided by the state legislature, where 403 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: the State of Texas and Texasa taxpayers themselves are coming 404 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:08,399 Speaker 1: up with three not coming up with they've allocated they 405 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: provided to us. They've budgeted three billion dollars for Texas 406 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 1: to be able to respond to this tidal wave of 407 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:20,159 Speaker 1: people coming across the border, which they would not be 408 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 1: coming across the border in a tidal wave, but for 409 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 1: the fact the Biden administration has implemented open border policies 410 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 1: that are dangerous to our health, dangerous to safety, and listen, 411 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,160 Speaker 1: I would be neglectu if I didn't tell you something 412 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: else that we're working on, and that is a month ago, 413 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: we fought the lawsuit in a federal district court in 414 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 1: Texas and got a judgment ruling in our favor by 415 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:51,399 Speaker 1: a federal district judge compelling the Biden administration to rein 416 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 1: the state the Romantic Mexico policy. Even though a federal 417 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 1: judge has ordered the Biden administration to do that, they 418 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 1: have not complied with that federal court order. So last 419 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 1: body we went back to court urging the court to 420 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 1: command and compel the administration to follow the federal judge's order. 421 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 1: So we're seeking that, and then in a separate proceeding, 422 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 1: we're seeking the reinstatement and full application of Title forty two, 423 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 1: which is the policy that Trump put in place where 424 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 1: because of the potential for people to bring COVID into 425 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 1: the United States, they need to prevent anybody from coming 426 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:32,160 Speaker 1: across the border and so if you know, if all 427 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:36,800 Speaker 1: Biden did was to leave in place exactly what Trump 428 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 1: had left him, we wouldn't be having any problem whatsoever. 429 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 1: It's because the Bide administration has abandoned all of the 430 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,879 Speaker 1: strategies that Trump put in place that we're trying to 431 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 1: reinstate the policies that Trump put in place that were 432 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:53,080 Speaker 1: affected at security the border. We're speaking in Governor Abbot 433 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 1: of Texas, and Governor just want to ask you before 434 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 1: we let you get back to gubernatorial work, what exam 435 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: actually does the federal government does the Biden administration due 436 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:07,880 Speaker 1: in response to any offers you've made to give additional resources. 437 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: I mean, I know from speaking border patrol in say 438 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 1: southern California along the US Mexico border, that they feel 439 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 1: that there is a state level government hostility in California 440 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 1: to their work. But under the Trump administration that was 441 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:24,919 Speaker 1: obviously federal government support for it. In Texas, you have 442 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 1: state level support for a secure border. That that's what 443 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 1: you're laying out for everybody. Is there is there any 444 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 1: cooperation that is asked for by the federal government or 445 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 1: is there any cooperation that is denied by them? That 446 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:41,399 Speaker 1: people should know about well, we need to separate terms 447 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 1: there from the federal government, which I consider to be 448 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 1: the Biden administration right, and separate them from the Border patrol, 449 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: which no border patrol or federal government officers, but the 450 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 1: border patrol or professional law enforcement officers, and they were 451 00:26:55,560 --> 00:27:00,640 Speaker 1: The border patrol works very collaboratively with state law enforcement. 452 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 1: So the state has two different entities on the border. 453 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 1: We have the Border Patrol and we have separate from 454 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:10,119 Speaker 1: that more than a thousand Texas Department of Public Safety 455 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: officers down there, and the Border patrol officers themselves were 456 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: extremely collaboratively and supportive of both the Texas National Guard 457 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:24,879 Speaker 1: and the Texas Department of Public Safety. The Biden administration 458 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 1: separate from the Border Patrol, Kenn and Lead. They have 459 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:31,399 Speaker 1: never ever even talked to us, whether the President, the 460 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:34,680 Speaker 1: Vice President, may Orcus or any of them. None of 461 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 1: them even talk to us. None of them offer any 462 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 1: help or any assistance. They don't even offer any any 463 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 1: challenge to us, which is good because it means we 464 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:47,160 Speaker 1: are able to step up and do more than has 465 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 1: ever been done to put up forces, put up barriers, 466 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 1: to try to do everything possible to prevent these people 467 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:58,159 Speaker 1: from coming in. But this is a complete dereliction of 468 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 1: duty by the Bidens. They are acting contrary to the 469 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 1: constitutional command for them to secure the border. And I 470 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 1: hope Congress holds this administration accountable. Texas appreciate it. Thanks 471 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 1: so much for being with us and breaking down what's 472 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 1: really happening at the border. We'll talk to you soon, y'all. 473 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:22,720 Speaker 1: Take care, man. I gotta say you know we got 474 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: we got Tennessee, Tennessee Senator Blackbird, Governor Abbott of Texas, 475 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:29,400 Speaker 1: some of your red states, you guys get, you get 476 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,920 Speaker 1: the good ones. 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Look, they're gonna push something through. 510 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 1: It's going to be some degree of socialism, but they're 511 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,640 Speaker 1: gonna say it's investments in the future, it's paid for. 512 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 1: I mean, I think we can skip to the end 513 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 1: of the of the movie in a sense by saying 514 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:44,280 Speaker 1: they're gonna pass trillions of dollars of spending. It's just 515 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:48,800 Speaker 1: a question of when and how many trillions of dollars. 516 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:50,360 Speaker 1: But that's that's what it looks like it's going to 517 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,720 Speaker 1: happen here. But right now they're trying to hash out 518 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:54,880 Speaker 1: the last minute of what they're gonna do, the last 519 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 1: minute strategy. I do not you know, Clay, I actually 520 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 1: walk past on a regular basis the Colbert Show where 521 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:05,880 Speaker 1: they tape it here in New York. Yeahs old studio. Yeah, 522 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 1: it's Dave Lederman's old studio. And I mean there's a line, 523 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 1: and look, I get it. I'm just I'm just happy 524 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:13,840 Speaker 1: that anybody wants to visit New York these days, given 525 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:15,840 Speaker 1: some of the stuff the city's going through. So you know, 526 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:17,360 Speaker 1: I mean, the more of the marryer in terms of 527 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 1: the tourists. Actually, it's so good for the city. It's 528 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:22,160 Speaker 1: so important for the economy here. And look, I think 529 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: New York is still a great place despite all the 530 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 1: challenges it has. But there are hundreds of people who 531 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:28,680 Speaker 1: I mean, it'll be raining and they're waiting in line 532 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:30,680 Speaker 1: to go into the Colbert. You know, they'll be standing 533 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:34,440 Speaker 1: out there and they're kind of instructed by these audience 534 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 1: coordinator people a little bit. It's a little bit like children. 535 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:39,240 Speaker 1: They're like, okay, everybody, like when we do this, you clap? 536 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:41,240 Speaker 1: What did we say this? You walk? But people love 537 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:43,600 Speaker 1: to go and see live shows. I get it. The 538 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 1: problem is Stephen Colbert is not funny and hasn't been 539 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,640 Speaker 1: funny since he was basically pretending to be like Bill 540 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:53,240 Speaker 1: O'Reilly or some version of you know, right wing punditry 541 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,080 Speaker 1: years ago on The Daily on not the Daily Show 542 00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:56,960 Speaker 1: on Comedy Central. After the what was it called the 543 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,760 Speaker 1: Colbart be coor, but he initially got his start on 544 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:02,920 Speaker 1: the show Stewart. But last night, I mean, we didn't 545 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 1: really have it. We were going to play it for you. 546 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:08,360 Speaker 1: There was this moment where they had a whole they're 547 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:11,240 Speaker 1: playing the tequila. I don't know what that song actually called. 548 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 1: I think we got a thirty second cut. They had 549 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:18,920 Speaker 1: everybody dress up like vaccines, right, dressed up like vaccines 550 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:29,400 Speaker 1: and danced on the stage. Here's a thirty second sample tequila, 551 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:33,480 Speaker 1: right that except they're saying vaccines. That's the whole point. 552 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:37,000 Speaker 1: They were placed tequila the vaccines. Who watched it? Like 553 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:41,600 Speaker 1: Donald Trump? That broke late night television, with the exception 554 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:46,520 Speaker 1: of the Greg Gutfeld Show on Fox outrates all of them. Yep, 555 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:52,240 Speaker 1: everybody followed Stephen Colbert into this woke anti Trump universe 556 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:56,080 Speaker 1: ABC with Kimmel, even Jimmy Fallon, who used to be 557 00:32:56,640 --> 00:33:02,320 Speaker 1: totally not a political game old guy. Right, And as 558 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:05,560 Speaker 1: a result, there's almost no humor on these shows anymore. 559 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:09,320 Speaker 1: It's highly why if they if they were just being 560 00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:13,080 Speaker 1: funny and even funny and how they made fun of 561 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:15,920 Speaker 1: the other side meaning may meaning you know our side, 562 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:18,480 Speaker 1: I would be willing to at least. You know, sometimes 563 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:20,440 Speaker 1: if if the jokes are really funny, I'd be like, 564 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:22,760 Speaker 1: all right, we're getting they're not funny, man. I mean, 565 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:25,960 Speaker 1: the colbet thing is not fine. I see clips of 566 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,000 Speaker 1: it sometimes, do you see what's going on with it? 567 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:32,600 Speaker 1: But to have everybody dancing to vaccines, it's just weird, man, 568 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,520 Speaker 1: Like people have, you know, the vaccine necklaces and the 569 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:39,120 Speaker 1: vaccine backup dancers and all this stuff. We had said 570 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 1: a year ago that this is where the consensus democrat 571 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:47,120 Speaker 1: culture was going. Where people actually you know, if you 572 00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:51,520 Speaker 1: if you talk you Governor Buck has a vaccine charm 573 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:56,000 Speaker 1: once play. People will not go on dates with people 574 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:59,680 Speaker 1: unless they know they are vaccinated. Now, as if you 575 00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:02,600 Speaker 1: know that's the biggest concern you should have. Oh what 576 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:04,320 Speaker 1: if you have COVID and the one of them? You know, 577 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:07,719 Speaker 1: it's it's amazing to see how it's just infiltrated so 578 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:10,920 Speaker 1: many aspects of the culture, and you know, you wonder, 579 00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:13,759 Speaker 1: what actually will it mean we talk about going back 580 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,080 Speaker 1: to normal, what will it take for people to realize 581 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:19,600 Speaker 1: how weird all of this is? Well, what's so Chris crazy? 582 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,800 Speaker 1: As you mentioned that that was at fifty fourth Street 583 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:26,000 Speaker 1: where this the Colbert Studio is. Yeah, it's on Broadway 584 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,160 Speaker 1: and like fifth between fifty three and fifty fourth. So 585 00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,520 Speaker 1: I I know you you did not love him, but 586 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,040 Speaker 1: I loved David Letterman back in the day I would 587 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:38,600 Speaker 1: watch it. Letterman was, in my opinion, a rebellious individual 588 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:42,600 Speaker 1: who basically made fun of the concept of a talk show. Right, 589 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:45,759 Speaker 1: you didn't like him, you liked Leno. But either way, 590 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:50,919 Speaker 1: they made equal opportunity jokes at the expense of any 591 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:54,120 Speaker 1: political figure, whether it's Rudy Giuliani, they were going for 592 00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:57,239 Speaker 1: matter W. Bush, they were going for anybody, whether you know, 593 00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:01,640 Speaker 1: whether you were a conservative truck driver from Nebraska or 594 00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:05,760 Speaker 1: a left wing you know, software engineer in the Bay Area. 595 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:08,799 Speaker 1: They were making jokes that you could basically laugh at. 596 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:10,720 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, certainly I could speak to Leno. 597 00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:14,280 Speaker 1: I can't speak to how you think. I loved a Letterman. 598 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:16,600 Speaker 1: And I went and said in his studio audience as 599 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:19,240 Speaker 1: a kid in college on a trip to New York City, 600 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:21,440 Speaker 1: and it was an incredible highlight for me to get 601 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:23,680 Speaker 1: to watch that show in person. I understand why people 602 00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:27,680 Speaker 1: wind up to watch it. I don't understand how late 603 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:30,880 Speaker 1: night television the Johnny Carson's, the Jay Lenos, the David 604 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:36,360 Speaker 1: Letterman's whoever you enjoyed watching has descended into this absurd 605 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:41,320 Speaker 1: universe where everybody has the same opinions. It isn't funny. 606 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:45,320 Speaker 1: And you've got people dressed up as dancing vaccine talkward 607 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 1: too man, you see it, and that people kind of 608 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:50,040 Speaker 1: know like they're being told the clappage. I'm like, I 609 00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:52,480 Speaker 1: want people to have fun like I actually like when 610 00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:54,520 Speaker 1: there are these parties and no one's masked and we 611 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:57,000 Speaker 1: have to point out that sure there's a double stutup, 612 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,560 Speaker 1: but at least people are out there enjoying themselves, which 613 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:02,680 Speaker 1: we need more of that, not less. But wouldn't it 614 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:05,000 Speaker 1: be so nice if Clay, I mean, do what you can. 615 00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:06,640 Speaker 1: Can you make some calls? If we could just deep 616 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:10,160 Speaker 1: politicize sports and late night comedy, I feel like we'd 617 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:13,120 Speaker 1: have some of the soul of the country back that 618 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:15,640 Speaker 1: the left is taken from us. So make some calls, yeah, 619 00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:19,359 Speaker 1: no doubt, and tomorrow hopefully we'll bring sanity one more time. 620 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:22,359 Speaker 1: I mean again, I think every day Buck, we try 621 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,839 Speaker 1: and fight the battle and win. We are the same. 622 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,440 Speaker 1: They are the insane and the only positive I have 623 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:29,480 Speaker 1: to say is it feels like every single day our 624 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:33,160 Speaker 1: audience is growing and maybe, just maybe we can win 625 00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:34,880 Speaker 1: some of these big battles. We'll update you on the 626 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:37,080 Speaker 1: budget and all that and more tomorrow. It'll be fine. 627 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:39,160 Speaker 1: Thanks for hanging out with us today. More to good 628 00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:45,200 Speaker 1: stuff coming tomorrow, Sanity, that's where we're after you're listening to. 629 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:49,320 Speaker 1: Clay Travis and Buck Sexton fund the EIB Network