1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: Welcome back in our number three Clay Travis buck Sexton 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: show big primary in Texas tomorrow. Ken Paxton will join 3 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: us at the bottom of the hour. Other contenders between 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 1: now and then as well. 5 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 2: We have put out invites to everyone. 6 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 1: But the biggest story going on, certainly right now and 7 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: maybe for the next several weeks is the war in Iran. 8 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: We played earlier for you. The latest updates from President Trump. 9 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 1: A couple of details off the top, stock market not 10 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: moving basically flat, oil prices up five percent. That is 11 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 1: not a very substantial rise there. So the economic reaction 12 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: to the war so far has not been incredibly significant. 13 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 1: Right now, as we are talking to all of you, 14 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: something unfortunately that may be very important for many of 15 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: you out there is to remain aware and vigilant as 16 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: there is an update right now in Austin, Texas having 17 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: to do with a what seems like a terror inspired 18 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: attack on innocent people out on the night in the 19 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: bar community, when. 20 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 2: Someone who was wearing. 21 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:21,039 Speaker 1: A pro Alla and pro Iran shirt decided that they 22 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: were going to kill innocent people. Will let you know 23 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 1: what the Austin police say about that. I think he 24 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: also had photos like posters of Iranian leaders in his home. 25 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 1: So he's leaving a bit of a clue as to 26 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 1: the motivation. I think I think one might see yes 27 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: positive Los Angeles, Washington, d C, New York City. The 28 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: response from people of Iranian descent immigrants and their first 29 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: and second generation offspring here has been incredible. President Trump 30 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: being praised significantly. We haven't talked about the political ramifications 31 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: of this thus far, Buck, because obviously we're in the 32 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 1: midst of a war, but it didn't stop Democrats from 33 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 1: immediately lining up, with the exception of John Fetterman. And 34 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 1: here is something John Fetterman posted a few hours ago 35 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 1: that I think gets at the crux of this issue. 36 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 2: Buck. 37 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: Every member in the US Senate agrees we can't allow 38 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 1: Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. I'm baffled why so 39 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: many are unwilling to support the only action to achieve 40 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: that empty sloganeering versus commitment to global security, which is it? 41 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: I thought that was well said by Senator Fetterman, who 42 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 1: has become the sanest of all Democrats. We certainly wouldn't 43 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 1: have anticipated this when his election was going on, the 44 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 1: race was going on, But Buck, that kind of gets 45 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: to it. And what I would say in general is 46 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:59,079 Speaker 1: a reflective anti Trump policy is we all know moronic, right, 47 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: You can't be a hundred d percent opposed to basically 48 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: everything that anyone does. But this is a modern day 49 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: Berlin Wall moment. And I was a kid, you may 50 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,359 Speaker 1: not have even been born back in nineteen eighty nine 51 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: when the Berlin Wall came down. I don't remember at 52 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: the time Democrats running around saying, oh, we're opposed to 53 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:26,919 Speaker 1: everything that's going on with President George Bush senior, the 54 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: older Bush when he was in office. Then I remember 55 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: sort of a universal celebration of the fact that freedom 56 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: was coming to many countries in Eastern Europe, and the 57 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: wall between East and West Berlin was coming down was 58 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: seen as the ultimate triumph in our battle against Russia 59 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: in the Cold War. Here and again, I understand that 60 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: a lot of people are not connecting all these things. 61 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 2: I think they should be. 62 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: Venezuela has more freedom than it has had in decades. 63 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: Cuba is closer to freedom than it has been in decades, 64 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: and Iran right now is freer probably than it has 65 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: been in decades already, with a hoped for continued movement 66 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: towards more freedom. President Trump is taking the most aggressive 67 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 1: policies in favor of basic human rights that we have 68 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: seen in generations in this country, and meanwhile Democrats are 69 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: lining up and saying after this is just I do 70 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: think it's worth mentioning that just a couple of years 71 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: ago they were all over campuses demanding freedom for people 72 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: in the Middle East, even though it was freedom in Gaza, 73 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: which is one of the most restrictive areas on the planet, 74 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: and Hamas is a terror organization that runs Gaza. Now 75 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 1: we have President Trump potentially liberating ninety million people, giving 76 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: more basic human rights to women around the world. The 77 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,040 Speaker 1: goal here is than has been done by any president 78 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,840 Speaker 1: in generations, and Democrats' perspective is we can't be in 79 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:59,719 Speaker 1: favor of this. They're in an intractable position, it seems 80 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: to me, when it comes to trying to justify their 81 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 1: attacks on Trump in this manner. 82 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 3: Oh, keep in mind, it not only would be a 83 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:11,119 Speaker 3: huge win for Trump, it would be a repudiation of 84 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 3: the single achievement, if you can call it that, of 85 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 3: eight years of Obama foreign policy. And Obama is certainly 86 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 3: the most remarkable Democrat politician of the twenty first century, 87 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 3: the most lasting legacy transformed the country. Obviously, I think 88 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 3: made it much worse in a lot of ways, but 89 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 3: he didn't matter. He certainly had an impact. His whole 90 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:41,359 Speaker 3: Mid East policy was built around getting some deal with Iran. 91 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 3: And if Trump can take this in the direction of 92 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 3: the Mullahs are gone, there's no nuke threat anymore, and 93 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 3: Iran is going to be a normal country. You know, 94 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 3: why can't Iran be a normal country? Think of how 95 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 3: many other countries there are around the world. Now, this 96 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 3: is the truth about America for all these people that 97 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,559 Speaker 3: want to talk about imperialism and look what we're doing. 98 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 3: And I know there's a lot of stuff out there 99 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 3: right now from the well sometimes there are principal non 100 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 3: interventionists and then there I hate America, so whenever America 101 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 3: does something, I just oppose it. People too, They're not 102 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 3: the same thing. There are people that just don't want 103 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 3: us getting involved. They never want the Republican Democrat, they 104 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 3: don't want us getting involved. Other people's stuff find valid. 105 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 3: I understand that there are other people they congregate on 106 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 3: the left who just hate America, and this gives them 107 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 3: an opportunity to say that everything that goes wrong in 108 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 3: the world is America's fault. But Clay, the truth is, 109 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 3: you know, the people of Paraguay aren't up late at 110 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 3: night wondering if like America is going to invade or 111 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 3: bomb them, because they're a normal country that minds their 112 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 3: own business for the most part and is reasonable with 113 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,479 Speaker 3: their neighbors and self governing. And that's great, and that's fine. 114 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 3: Same thing with Thailand, you know, same thing with go 115 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 3: down the list, so many countries, and obviously you talk 116 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 3: about all these countries in Europe. We don't have to 117 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,159 Speaker 3: accept that Iran just gets to be this this hell 118 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 3: hole of terror and terror sponsoring and all this other 119 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 3: stuff for all perpetuity, because we actually don't have to 120 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 3: accept that, and Trump certainly doesn't. So I think that 121 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 3: we are certainly living in remarkable times. It's an exciting 122 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 3: period of change. It's also one of caution. As we noted, 123 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 3: there have been strikes against US Bass, we have lost 124 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 3: brave service members. There are going to be lives on 125 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 3: our side lost in this process. The question is how many. 126 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 3: So that's something else that we have to keep in 127 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 3: mind too. So Clay, I think time will tell whether 128 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 3: or not this is the most brilliant stroke of military 129 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 3: slash diplomacy of the Trump administration, or if we are 130 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 3: getting ahead of our skis on this one. But I'm 131 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 3: feeling pretty good about it, Democrat. The Democrats criticism of it, 132 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 3: to your point, is not really much more than Trump 133 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 3: is doing it, so it has to be bad, and 134 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 3: I really mean that that's it. It doesn't go beyond that. 135 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 3: There's not some grappling with the intellectual realities of what 136 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 3: Trump has done. And notice that Democrats are perfectly happy 137 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 3: to have ninety million Iranians consigned to perpetual fear tyranny, 138 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 3: and servitude to a theocracy as long as it means 139 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 3: that Donald Trump doesn't get to get a win. Trump 140 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 3: arrangement syndrome is real. 141 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: I think this is important too, and we haven't really 142 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: talked about it very much for people out there who's 143 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 1: saying there's no real plan in place, again, we don't 144 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: know who's going to rule. I am confident that Marco 145 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,559 Speaker 1: Rubio and Pete hag Seth and Jade Vance and President 146 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 1: Trump have an idea on that also pay attention to 147 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 1: the fact that Iran is just haphazardly sending missiles all 148 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: over the Middle East and striking all these different Middle 149 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:51,680 Speaker 1: Eastern countries, and those Middle Eastern countries by and large 150 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 1: are now allied with the United States, and I think 151 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: this is so supremely important. 152 00:08:57,640 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 2: Saudi Arabia in particular. 153 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: If you go back and you say, why did why 154 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: did October seventh, twenty twenty three happen? Why did twelve 155 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:08,679 Speaker 1: hundred innocent Israelis get murdered, Why we're over two hundred 156 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:12,960 Speaker 1: kidnapped by Hamas? What was the intent there? They were 157 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: terrified that the Abraham Accords, which is a peace agreement, 158 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: a normalizing of relations, was going to expand and include 159 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia and Israel. We're basically going to say, hey, 160 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: we're in favor of commerce. We're not going to allow 161 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 1: religious difference to divide us forever. We want to see 162 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: peace in the Middle East. And Iran which was funding Hamas, 163 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: which was funding Hezbollah, which was funding all of these 164 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 1: different terror groups around the world that were striking in 165 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 1: Israel but also everywhere else, they said, we can't allow 166 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 1: this to happen. And that was one of the reasons, 167 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 1: primary reason I believe why Hamas attacked when they did. 168 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 2: Now what are you seeing? 169 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: All these different Middle Eastern countries are allowing the United 170 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: States and Israel to use their airspace to be able 171 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:04,679 Speaker 1: to rain down Holy hell on Iran. And there are 172 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 1: reports out there, and that is what we always said, 173 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 1: pay attention not to what people say, but that what 174 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 1: they do. That both Saudi Arabia and Israel were encouraging 175 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: President Trump to take out this Islamic leadership in Iran. 176 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia couldn't say it publicly. Now that Iran has 177 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: attacked them, a lot of these other countries have now 178 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 1: come forward and condemned Iranian action. And let me read 179 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 1: you one comment. Well, we've got a bunch of callers. 180 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:39,119 Speaker 1: Everything else but buck. I've got a friend, Jamie Chadwell 181 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: is the head coach of Liberty Football. His wife is Iranian, 182 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 1: and she just posted something that I thought was really good. 183 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 1: He tagged me in it on social media. He said, 184 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 1: people have been inquiring about our feelings about what's going 185 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 1: on in Iran. 186 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 2: Here's what she said. 187 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,839 Speaker 1: Honestly, I don't have an enough words to describe what 188 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: it means to us, as well as millions of Persians 189 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 1: who sacrificed everything to flee the harshness of the regime. 190 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 1: My parents were crying tears of joy. On Saturday. Persians 191 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: all over the world are breathing a sigh of relief 192 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: for the first time in forty seven years. It's not 193 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,440 Speaker 1: tears of joy over a war. These are tears of 194 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: hope and a future for the nation and the people 195 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 1: of Iran. It's about having solace. It's declaring justice for 196 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: the thousands upon thousands of innocent people the Islamic regime 197 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 1: has imprisoned, falsely accused, and killed. It's for the parents 198 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 1: who had to search through hundreds of body bags laying 199 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 1: in a yard justifying their deceased child brutally murdered for 200 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 1: only wanting to voice their opinion, to dance in the streets, 201 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 1: to not have to cover their hair, For the child 202 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: who wanted a future for freedom. Please don't ever take 203 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 1: your freedoms here in the US. For granted, I never 204 00:11:56,920 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 1: understood how people here could despise the US so much much, 205 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:03,199 Speaker 1: how they could burn the flag, how they could protest 206 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 1: against the United States everything that has been given to them. 207 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 1: I guess because they never had to live a life 208 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:14,040 Speaker 1: that took all those freedoms away. Signed a hopeful and 209 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 1: grateful Persian American. I thought that was well said, because 210 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: I think that is the immense outpouring of joy that 211 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:24,680 Speaker 1: you are seeing, and it goes to I don't see 212 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 1: how you can make this political buck. When I watched 213 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: in Georgetown all of these Iranian people, when I watched 214 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 1: outside of the White House, the pure joy of their celebration. 215 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 1: When I watched it in La, they shut down Wilshire 216 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 1: Boulevard for those of you who know La, filled with 217 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 1: a huge, joyful Iranian march in favor of freedom that 218 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 1: they want to see in their country. When I saw 219 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 1: in New York City, the people who have dealt with 220 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:53,560 Speaker 1: actual oppression, the people who have dealt with the taking 221 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 1: away of their basic human rights, the people who have 222 00:12:55,720 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 1: struggled for fifty years living under this harsh, oppressive, oppressive regime. 223 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 1: They understand what has been done here, and they view 224 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 1: President Trump as a heroic force for good in the 225 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 1: Middle East. And I think that is something that it's 226 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 1: going to be very hard. If we can manage to 227 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:18,080 Speaker 1: change the trajectory of this country in the direction of 228 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 1: basic human rights and freedom. It's a transformative move that 229 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: will echo throughout the Middle East. 230 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 2: For generations to come. 231 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 1: So are their challenges, Yes, But I do think that 232 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 1: statement really got to the heart of what we're seeing 233 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: from so many Persians around the world. 234 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 2: And think about this too, Clay, What was the alternative? 235 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, the alternative is to keep this dance of bad 236 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 3: faith negotiations from the Iranian mullicide going until they get 237 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 3: a nuke or until we get tired of it and 238 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 3: decide to do what we did. And it's not like 239 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 3: things were fine and quiet over there. They have been 240 00:13:56,360 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 3: causing problems all over the region. That's what they do. 241 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 3: They believe in this, you know, it's the Islamic Revolution that. 242 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:08,319 Speaker 2: They think they are the custodians of that. They're not. 243 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 3: It's a revolutionary government, the same way that the Bolsheviks 244 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 3: and the Soviet Union thought of themselves as revolutionaries with 245 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 3: global ambitions. I might add, they were colonialists in their mindset. Actually, 246 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 3: they wanted to expand their authority and their power in 247 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 3: the region. They were not looking to mind their own business, 248 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 3: and they wanted to wipe Israel off the map, and 249 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 3: that was a stated goal of the regime. If the 250 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 3: stated goal of your country is to destroy another country, 251 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 3: maybe you don't get to be in charge of a country. 252 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 1: And there's a great line, great line from Pete Hegseth 253 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 1: where he said they chanted death to America and death 254 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 1: to Israel, and Israel and the United States instead brought 255 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 1: death to the. 256 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 3: Ayah Toola Deadline's that line's a good line. Secretary War 257 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 3: get old all right. 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What is your 322 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:34,160 Speaker 1: message here closing moments as many people will be going 323 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 1: to the polls tomorrow. I know a lot of people 324 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:39,919 Speaker 1: have already early voted. Why should they vote for you tomorrow? 325 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:41,920 Speaker 1: Attorney General Paxton? 326 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 4: It's simply this get it. I get results versus John 327 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:48,400 Speaker 4: corn in the last forty years in office. And I've 328 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,439 Speaker 4: asked in every meeting today, BLI eight, I've asked every 329 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:53,920 Speaker 4: single person, whether it's one person or three. 330 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 5: Thousand, can you name one single. 331 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 4: Good accomplishment of John cornon at forty plus years in office? 332 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 5: And no one's ever given me an answer. 333 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 4: And I respond to say, take any two week period 334 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:07,359 Speaker 4: of my office, my time at office as Attorney General 335 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 4: other than Christmas and Thanksgiving, and I guarantee you pick 336 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 4: any two weeks. I've done more in two weeks of 337 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:14,879 Speaker 4: these o forty plus years. If we want somebody to 338 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:16,320 Speaker 4: go up there and fight for us and get stuff 339 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,440 Speaker 4: something done for the state of Texas, I'm the guy. 340 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 3: Mister, a journey general. What's top of the agenda? You're 341 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 3: telling us that you can get things done? That's great. 342 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:28,200 Speaker 3: What are the kind of things that as a senator 343 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 3: representing the wonderful state of Texas where we have so 344 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:33,120 Speaker 3: many listeners and we're very grateful for all of them, 345 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 3: what are the things that you would want to seek 346 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 3: to add to your roster of accomplishments in office as 347 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 3: a senator this time around. 348 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:45,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, so, I think President Trump hit it over the fense. 349 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:48,879 Speaker 4: He hit the most important issue which he asked Congress 350 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 4: to pass immediately, which was the voter integrity where we 351 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,919 Speaker 4: protect our elections from mail in ballots. We have photo 352 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 4: ID and we make sure that people are citizens. If 353 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 4: we can't fundamentally do that, then we are at risk 354 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 4: of losing everything else because there are many many states 355 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,679 Speaker 4: who are not using photo ID, who are having massive 356 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 4: mail one ballots, and we cannot track, and we don't 357 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,680 Speaker 4: have secure elections, and without that, nothing else matters. 358 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 5: Beyond that. 359 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 4: I mean, since John Corner has been there, Let's see 360 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 4: the time of George Washington, the time of John Corny 361 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 4: is six point two trillion of debt. Now we're thirty 362 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 4: eight trillion since John's been there. The federal budget is 363 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 4: out of control. We've got to figure that out. I'm 364 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 4: very interested in what's going on with China. I think 365 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:33,960 Speaker 4: they are number one threat. Obviously, we've got a ram 366 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 4: right now. Interested in judicial appointments because I have to 367 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 4: deal with them every day. Ted Cruz has done a 368 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:44,679 Speaker 4: great job helping the president to make good picks. On 369 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 4: the other hand, John corn has picked about that so great. 370 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 4: So those are just a few of the issues that 371 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 4: I care about. There's certainly more than that. 372 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 1: We're talking to Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas. He's 373 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 1: running tomorrow in the primary. Let me give you a 374 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:01,720 Speaker 1: couple arguments to respond to we've had on the show 375 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 1: so far. One is Ken Paxton can't win in the general. 376 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 1: The other is people should go vote for Jasmine Crockett 377 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: instead of worrying about the Republican Senate race that's going 378 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 1: on your response to those two, which are two different 379 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 1: arguments we've had made today on the show. 380 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,639 Speaker 4: Well, first of all, I think it's interesting that this 381 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 4: is a John Cornyn argument. 382 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 5: Because you can't win the primary. 383 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 4: I've won three state wide races over a period of 384 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:32,919 Speaker 4: twelve years, so the naysayers I'm three and Ozero, I 385 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:35,880 Speaker 4: haven't lost a single race. As a matter fact, I've 386 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 4: won eighteen races overall. So it's great to decide now 387 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,360 Speaker 4: that I can't win a state wide race when I've 388 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 4: won three in a row. There's no evidence for this. 389 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:46,440 Speaker 4: John Corny makes this story up, just like he's made 390 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:48,959 Speaker 4: up his own record over the last year. And the 391 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 4: reality is, if you actually do the polling, which I've seen, 392 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,760 Speaker 4: I do as well or better than him, not significantly, 393 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 4: but it's not like I do worse. I've every poll 394 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 4: I've seen I've done is well or better. So and 395 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 4: this idea that Republicans should go vote for Jasmin Crockett, 396 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 4: I mean I would do it because I want to 397 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,159 Speaker 4: make sure that we have the right person running in 398 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 4: the Republican primary to take on the jas and the Crockett. 399 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 4: Let the Democrats sort that out. We're going to be 400 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 4: either one of them, because we're still a republican state. 401 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 4: We haven't lost the statewide elections. Thank you ninety four. 402 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,639 Speaker 3: And just be clear, we had invited on corn and 403 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:27,119 Speaker 3: everyone for tomorrow and we'll see if he chooses to 404 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:28,920 Speaker 3: come on at some point here in the near future. 405 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 3: But Attorney General Paxton, what's the on policy? You know, 406 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 3: I don't know if you guys know each other, you 407 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:39,120 Speaker 3: and Cortant or not personally. Well, it's not about that 408 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 3: on policy, on decision making when it comes to wielding 409 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 3: the power and trusted to you as a senator by 410 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 3: the people of Texas. Where are you guys different? Where 411 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:52,640 Speaker 3: do you differ ideologically or where do you differ when 412 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:55,360 Speaker 3: it comes to how you would actually vote? 413 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 4: I think on many things I give you example, the judges, 414 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,880 Speaker 4: the budget, But just like Second Amendment issues, where he 415 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 4: helped Joe Biden pass one of the most restrictive Second 416 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 4: Amendment bills in my lifetime, there's no way that Joe 417 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 4: Biden's going to be congratulating me like. 418 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 5: He did John Corny. 419 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 4: I would not be out there pushing amnesty like he's 420 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 4: been pushing over the last war the decade. I would 421 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 4: have been for the borderwall. Now he suddenly is, but 422 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 4: he wasn't for a decade. I've got fifteen to twenty 423 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 4: clips of him saying we shouldn't do a borderwall. On 424 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 4: the other hand, he also claims to be a big 425 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 4: Trump fan, and yet in twenty sixteen he said Trump 426 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:33,679 Speaker 4: was an albatross around her neck, and then in the 427 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 4: most recent election he said that Trump's day had passed 428 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 4: and that we should elect somebody else. I was on 429 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 4: the Trump dandwagon because I thought he would be the 430 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 4: best choice. This guy now suddenly is, But for his 431 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 4: entire career he's been in opposition to Donald Trump. 432 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 1: We're talking to Kid paxon ag. I know you're running 433 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,959 Speaker 1: for the Senate right now. But there was the attack 434 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: that happened in Austin over the weekend. I know there's 435 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 1: been a couple of press conference is about that? What 436 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 1: can you tell us about that shooting? What do we 437 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,400 Speaker 1: need to know? What should we know from a Texan 438 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 1: perspective on that investigation. 439 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 4: I think the most important thing to me is just 440 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 4: what the investigation turns up about connections and whether this 441 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 4: guy was operating alone or whether he was part of 442 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:22,400 Speaker 4: a bigger plan to do damage in this country. I've 443 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,879 Speaker 4: been concerned, you know. Of course, I see Joe Biden 444 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:29,679 Speaker 4: twenty times just over immigration, and my biggest concern was 445 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:32,399 Speaker 4: this type of thing happening. We opened up our border, 446 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 4: we would not fueld of bet people, we'd not build 447 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 4: to control. And obviously this guy got his citizenship legally. 448 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:41,679 Speaker 4: But it's now a bigger problem than ever because we 449 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 4: have so many unvetted people. We don't know where they are. 450 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:48,879 Speaker 4: And if I'm an American enemy, for sure, I've planted 451 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 4: in sleep and sleeper cells in the country. 452 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:57,640 Speaker 3: It's certainly very concerning given what we just saw in Austin, 453 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 3: that there are likely more who will be activated from 454 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:06,639 Speaker 3: within our midst It seems like the Democrats are just 455 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 3: never going to learn the lesson on this. They're never 456 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:13,440 Speaker 3: going to understand what that threat actually is in this country. 457 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 3: Is there anything that you think needs to be done 458 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:19,439 Speaker 3: legislatively differently to address this? Is there anything that you 459 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 3: would say, hey, guys, something that would make us safer 460 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 3: here at home that we could enact starting in twenty 461 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:27,639 Speaker 3: twenty seven when I'm in the United States Senate, Is 462 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 3: anything come to mind? Or is it just enforced the 463 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 3: laws we've already. 464 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:35,200 Speaker 4: Got well enforced laws we already have, but also more resources 465 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 4: to start betting some of these people that came into 466 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 4: our country that we haven't tracked down yet that we 467 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 4: need to track down for sure, people like this who 468 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:46,680 Speaker 4: could do damage to our country. So I would say 469 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 4: more resources to the people that are dealing with the DHS, 470 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 4: the border controlling the people that the Democrats don't want 471 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 4: a fund are the very people right now that we 472 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 4: need not just less funny, we need more funey. 473 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:02,359 Speaker 1: It seems clear that you're going to be at least 474 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 1: one of the two that advances to the runoff, and 475 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 1: we're talking to Ken Paxton. I know that early voting 476 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:11,919 Speaker 1: has been substantial and a lot of people still have 477 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,120 Speaker 1: to vote tomorrow. 478 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:15,679 Speaker 2: What is your. 479 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 1: Anticipation for what will take place tomorrow? There's three primary candidates, 480 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 1: one of you will be eliminated. Do you expect that 481 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 1: you'll be among the top two. 482 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:26,680 Speaker 4: I expect I'll be the number one, and as a 483 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:27,440 Speaker 4: matter of fact that. 484 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 5: I don't know. 485 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:31,199 Speaker 4: It's hard to measure it from early voting, but just 486 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:35,639 Speaker 4: some of our analytics, I mean, there is a slight possibility. 487 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,359 Speaker 4: Obviously there's not just two other people. Right's still of 488 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 4: seven others, so there's eight people. So I tell people 489 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 4: it's like playing basketball seven on one, trying to out 490 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 4: score everybody. Well, they play offense and defense, so it's 491 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 4: challenging to get to get to get through this without 492 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:53,679 Speaker 4: a run up. But if anybody has a shot at that, 493 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 4: it's me. 494 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 1: If you are first place runoff, I mean it's going 495 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 1: to cost a lot of money if you win substantially. 496 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,159 Speaker 1: Should there be just a recognition that you're going to 497 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 1: be the nominee and start to focus because it does 498 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:11,920 Speaker 1: seem likely that Democrats will know their nominee come tomorrow night. 499 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 5: Yes. 500 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 4: And I say this because already, Corny, it's about one 501 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 4: hundred million dollars. 502 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,200 Speaker 5: I've spent three million, and if. 503 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:21,680 Speaker 4: I come out on top, that's spending on his side 504 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,440 Speaker 4: needs to stop. It makes no sense if we care 505 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 4: about electing a Republican from Texas and Republicans in Michigan 506 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,440 Speaker 4: and Georgia and these other states, they're going to stop 507 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,359 Speaker 4: wasting money out of primary one hundred millions enough, do 508 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:36,440 Speaker 4: not go in on another fifty million dollars to try 509 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:38,720 Speaker 4: to make me unelectable, which is what Corners at his 510 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 4: goal is make I'm going to make Ken Paxton unelectable. 511 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:43,400 Speaker 4: Well that is that's great if we only care about 512 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,200 Speaker 4: electing incumbents. But I thought we were about electing Republicans 513 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 4: and the strategy of spending another fifty million on John 514 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:52,919 Speaker 4: corn after he loses the first round makes no sense 515 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 4: if you actually do care about electing Republicans. 516 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 1: Do you think if you win this primary that President 517 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 1: Trump had a rally in Corporate Christy going into the 518 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:03,880 Speaker 1: weekend and he chose I think he basically said I'm 519 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 1: endorsing you and Wesley Hunt and John Corny, And he said, 520 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 1: you know, basically, I'm not picking a side. Do you 521 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 1: think when he sees the Texans come out and pick 522 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,480 Speaker 1: a side, do you think he'll weigh in and say, hey, 523 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 1: we basically have our nominee. Now, what do you anticipate 524 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 1: from the White House? 525 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 4: Well, you're going to be shocked. I never completely anticipate 526 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,000 Speaker 4: what the President might do. I do know this. I've 527 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,800 Speaker 4: been a big thing of his. I have been a 528 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 4: supporter of his. In twenty sixteen, I was one of 529 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:30,879 Speaker 4: two people Troy Nelson and I were the only two 530 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:34,800 Speaker 4: people that showed up elected officials when he announced for president, 531 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 4: because at the time the fantus was surging and Trump 532 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 4: had all these investigations and indict us, all this stuff. 533 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,480 Speaker 4: But I do know this, I trust him. He's made 534 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,360 Speaker 4: a lot of really good decisions. And I'm not going 535 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 4: to pretend that I would know exactly what he's going 536 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:50,640 Speaker 4: to do, because I don't. 537 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:56,360 Speaker 1: He is running for Senate tomorrow Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. 538 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 1: I presume you tell everybody get out and vote, you 539 00:28:58,720 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 1: want big. 540 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 2: Numbers, Well, i'd say it out. 541 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,800 Speaker 1: I think we lost him right there on the charge 542 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 1: for everybody who I'm sure he was going to say, 543 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,320 Speaker 1: get out and vote for Ken Paxton. That is Ken Paxton, 544 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:13,480 Speaker 1: Attorney General of Texas. And again, the primary is tomorrow, 545 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 1: get out and vote. 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I thought I thought he 584 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,400 Speaker 3: was a little rough on our on our LIT intro though. 585 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:26,800 Speaker 3: There I'm just gonna be honest with you, as I'm 586 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:28,920 Speaker 3: listening to some Van Halen like, I think the upbeat 587 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:31,920 Speaker 3: intro is is a great way to get back into things. 588 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:35,080 Speaker 3: I think that LIT is very much of our So, 589 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:36,800 Speaker 3: you know, I'm just I'm just I'm just throwing a 590 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:39,400 Speaker 3: little a little flag here and then I think that 591 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:43,640 Speaker 3: LITT is actually very very solid for our vibe and 592 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:44,560 Speaker 3: our show here. 593 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 2: And if mister Barry prefers that we had. 594 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,640 Speaker 3: Toby Keith in the intro or something, well, you know, 595 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:53,520 Speaker 3: that's his that's his prerogative. I just I think that, 596 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:55,520 Speaker 3: you know, we have a pretty good intro music. Do 597 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:57,280 Speaker 3: you do you agree with this one? I agree completely? 598 00:31:57,280 --> 00:31:58,880 Speaker 3: Can we say this now? I always say that, and 599 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:00,560 Speaker 3: then I say it even though I don't know if 600 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:05,320 Speaker 3: the answer. Like the old Rush musicians were trying to 601 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,760 Speaker 3: extort us after Rush past, I think we can say 602 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:09,800 Speaker 3: that now, and. 603 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:11,880 Speaker 1: If we're not supposed to, I think you just did so. 604 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,520 Speaker 1: I think we could say it now. But people are like, 605 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:16,960 Speaker 1: why'd you change the music? Well, because they were extorting 606 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 1: us and they hate everything that we stand for. And 607 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:22,960 Speaker 1: we said, well, we'd rather not continue to give people 608 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:26,040 Speaker 1: who are communists our money. And so we wanted to 609 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:29,120 Speaker 1: find a band that really liked us and liked the 610 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:32,320 Speaker 1: show and liked Rush and wanted to honor him. 611 00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 3: And that's how about something wild today? If rock and 612 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,640 Speaker 3: roll were alive and well today, you would have more 613 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:42,640 Speaker 3: musicians who were at least quietly, if not publicly, right 614 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:46,239 Speaker 3: of center, because to be truly rock and roll in 615 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 3: the current environment, you couldn't be some communist leftists YadA YadA. 616 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 2: You know. 617 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:53,040 Speaker 1: Well, I mean this is the funniest thing about the 618 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:55,360 Speaker 1: whole culture. And I do think the culture has shifted 619 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:56,800 Speaker 1: in many ways, and I think. You know, we talked 620 00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 1: about this last week with the US men's hockey team 621 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,320 Speaker 1: in the way the nation has whole responded compared to 622 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:05,920 Speaker 1: left wingers. Remember that back in the day, Woodstock was 623 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:11,120 Speaker 1: opposed to the government in power. You know, the musicians, 624 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:14,200 Speaker 1: the rockers, everything else. What we have seen happen is 625 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:18,400 Speaker 1: so many musicians nowadays are saying, please regulate us more. 626 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,440 Speaker 1: Remember during COVID when everybody was like, go get your 627 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 1: put your mask on, and where your vaccine? And you're like, well, 628 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 1: this is get your vaccines and wear your masks. 629 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:30,360 Speaker 2: Like this is not like rock. 630 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 1: And roll old school where it's like, uh rage, remember 631 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:36,600 Speaker 1: rage against the machine, Like they're raging for the machine. 632 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:39,920 Speaker 1: Now go support Joe Biden or even Green Day. I 633 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,280 Speaker 1: know they recently were out there and Green Day was 634 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:45,000 Speaker 1: all in favor of Biden and left wing. 635 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:46,680 Speaker 2: It's really kind of crazy. 636 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:51,840 Speaker 1: Regulate us more is not what I would characterize rock 637 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:54,760 Speaker 1: musicians historically as being in favor of. 638 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,600 Speaker 3: Let's get some of your talkbacks your podcast listener, Bryant 639 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:01,360 Speaker 3: play c on that talkback list. 640 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:06,680 Speaker 6: As in IRAQ two nine, tw ten, twenty eleven, and 641 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:10,560 Speaker 6: every bomb that got dropped on us over there that 642 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:13,160 Speaker 6: blew up on the roadside came from Iran, and we 643 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,560 Speaker 6: kept tracking and we kept telling the Obama administration, and 644 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,880 Speaker 6: they never wanted to do anything about it. Iran's killed 645 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:22,480 Speaker 6: more of our people than any other nation in the 646 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,840 Speaker 6: last thirty forty years. 647 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:29,440 Speaker 3: True, I've been saying it. True, Really, hundreds and hundreds 648 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:35,319 Speaker 3: of Americans killed and thousands severely wounded, named, lost an arm, 649 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:39,239 Speaker 3: lost a leg because Iran hates us and was they 650 00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:41,520 Speaker 3: were operating in the country that was not their country. 651 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:42,920 Speaker 3: They were doing this to us in a rock just 652 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:46,880 Speaker 3: because they could so their scumbags, the Mullahs are toast. 653 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,400 Speaker 3: Sucks for them. They earned every bit of it. 654 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:54,520 Speaker 1: Monsieur from New York City. We asked for Iranian callers. 655 00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:58,040 Speaker 1: He called us in back before all of this happened. Monsieur, 656 00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:01,799 Speaker 1: what's your families react? Your friends reaction? Will let you 657 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:03,880 Speaker 1: have the final word on the show today. 658 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:07,359 Speaker 7: Thanks so much, guys, it's great to be on the 659 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:10,719 Speaker 7: show with you again. First, let me explain to you 660 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:15,279 Speaker 7: about something about the Iranian national football team. I ran 661 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:17,560 Speaker 7: a team, a semi pro team here in New York, 662 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:20,720 Speaker 7: New Jersey. A lot of former players for the national 663 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:23,399 Speaker 7: team who explained to me at the time, A lot 664 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,319 Speaker 7: of the guys that are on the national team right 665 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:28,720 Speaker 7: now do not want to play under the same flag 666 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:34,040 Speaker 7: for the Iranian team, but they're forced too because the 667 00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:37,239 Speaker 7: family has been trending to be killed. So they play 668 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:39,759 Speaker 7: and they have to sing the national anthem while on 669 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:43,319 Speaker 7: live TV. That's another thing that we're forced to do. 670 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:46,000 Speaker 1: Well, we're finishing. Maybe you can call in tomorrow. Positive 671 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:53,160 Speaker 1: reaction got ten seconds. I think the reaction would have 672 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:55,200 Speaker 1: been positive, what's the work and call back. God bless 673 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:55,640 Speaker 1: the country.