1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Welcome everybody. Wednesday edition of The Clay Travis en Buck 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: Sexton Show kicks off right now. Thanks for being with us. 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 1: A bunch of things to get to today and looking 4 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: forward to talking to you about all of them. We've 5 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: got the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, will be with 6 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:22,240 Speaker 1: us in the second half of a program talking to 7 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: us about the border. The Biden executive order at the border, 8 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: which is not going to have the well not going 9 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: to have the effect of securing things. Really, the intended effect, 10 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 1: I think is up for debate. I don't think Democrats 11 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: really want the border to be secure, of course, In fact, 12 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:42,199 Speaker 1: I know they don't want it to be secure. So 13 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:46,319 Speaker 1: but we'll discuss the on the ground truth about our 14 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: biggest border state and what they are seeing in Texas 15 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: with Governor Abbot coming up in a bit. Also our 16 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: friend from Fox News, Pete Hegseth. These veterans got a 17 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: great new book out. He'll be with us third hour 18 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: talking about veterans, shoes, the military, some great stuff there. Pieza, 19 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 1: friend of ours for a long time. And we've got 20 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: let me see what else in the mix. We got 21 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: border New York City. Clay backing off the Governor Hokel 22 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: backing off, I should say the New York City proposal 23 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: to tax everybody for congestion pricing, right or just to 24 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: pay this this toll, this fee. I really worked this out. 25 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 1: If I was traveling in New York City from where 26 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: my parents used to live to our studio in Midtown, 27 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 1: I would have triggered the twelve dollars fee for driving. 28 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: I mean that's even if you live within the city 29 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: and work with it. Did you ever drive? I mean 30 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: that's neither here nor there, but yes, so yes, I 31 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: on the scooter right Wow, scooter, he's going to the 32 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:46,759 Speaker 1: scooter right now? 33 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 2: It's not I mean that you with a scarf on 34 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 2: the scooter whipping around the city until your scooter was stolen. 35 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 2: I don't think that. I mean, is there a scooter 36 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 2: congestion fee or you exempt as a scooting person? I 37 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 2: think if you scoot, you get to scoot around the fee. 38 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 2: I was sad though I looked into it. There is 39 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 2: no sidecar on the scooter for Ginger, because I always 40 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 2: thought that would be fun. You know, I could put 41 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 2: a little goggles on her like a little Uh did 42 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 2: you have a woman? I hope you never had a man, 43 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 2: although that maybe make you a Democrat politician elect immediately 44 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 2: holding you by the arm, like holding like your waist 45 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 2: or whatever on the back of your scooter. Did you 46 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 2: at any point take a woman on a scooter trip? 47 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 2: Was this a common occurrence? We have important news. 48 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: To get to, my front page story in the Wall 49 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: Street General playing. 50 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 2: Get to But I think your trust worthiness has been 51 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 2: called into question here because you're you're talking about the 52 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 2: surge pricing in New York City, and we have to 53 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 2: remind everybody that you actually rode a scooter, not a car. 54 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: In New York. Since says I'm trying to get to 55 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: the news, everybody, I we got, you know, five hundred 56 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 1: stations across the country. Clay wants to dive into this. 57 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: I'll just say this, and then we have to leave 58 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 1: it there because we have a big story about. 59 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:02,359 Speaker 3: There. 60 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: I may I may have offered a female acquaintance some 61 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 1: years ago a ride on my scooter, not thinking about 62 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: the weight issues that this would h and we proceeded 63 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: to scoot. I kid you not, at about zero point 64 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:19,119 Speaker 1: seventy five miles an hour. You would have been better 65 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: off walking. Oh, it was slower than walking. It was 66 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: like the scooter was the little engine that couldn't and 67 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:26,239 Speaker 1: it was trying to pull the two of us along. 68 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:28,239 Speaker 1: And then of course I had to say, it's the 69 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: I'm the heavy, you know, and it's I've got very embarrassing. 70 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: This is years ago, So no, you cannot double up 71 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: on your e scooter. Back to the news, mister, Yes, 72 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: back to the news front page of the Wall Street Journal. 73 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: We have behind closed doors Biden shows signs of slipping 74 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: participants in meetings that the eighty one year old president 75 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: performed poorly at times. The White House said, Biden is 76 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: sharp and his critics are playing at partisan politics. Yeah, 77 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: of course that's what they're gonna say. Let's start with 78 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: this before we get into the effect of the article, 79 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: meaning the implications that there are any politically. This is 80 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 1: the big, big piece in the Wall Street Journal. It's 81 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: a long piece, lots of anecdotes. What struck you the 82 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: most when it comes to this piece because there's some 83 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: details involving the classified information stuff involving various specific meetings 84 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: Biden has had long story short, the guys haven't senior 85 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 1: moments all over the place. But what hits you the most? 86 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 2: What hits me the most is nothing in this story 87 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 2: told us anything that we couldn't see outside of closed doors. 88 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 2: What I have been waiting for and when I got 89 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 2: the notification on my phone. Because I've talked about this before, 90 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 2: I love the Wall Street Journal. If you had to 91 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 2: this is my endorsement. They don't pay me anything for this. 92 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 2: If you had to only subscribe to one national news 93 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:58,039 Speaker 2: source in America, to me, the Wall Street Journal is 94 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 2: the choice, and there's not a close second, because I 95 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 2: think they're reporting is the most honest. I think it's 96 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 2: the most direct to me. It also tends to be 97 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 2: the least sensational in the context of I would rather 98 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 2: look at things through a business perspective of logic and 99 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:17,919 Speaker 2: rationality as opposed to and oh, my goodness, can you 100 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 2: believe what the latest outrage is that some viral video. 101 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 2: So I say all that for this reason, I expected 102 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 2: more when I got the headline story, because I've talked 103 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 2: about this for a while on this show. I've said, 104 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 2: you'll know the damn's breaking against Biden when suddenly there 105 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 2: are behind closed door stories. The behind closed door stories 106 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 2: to me, were no worse than what we see outside 107 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 2: of the closed doors, And to me. I've talked about 108 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 2: this for a long time. We only see Biden for 109 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 2: five percent of the day at most. It's probably too high. 110 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 2: Ninety five percent of what he does is behind closed doors. 111 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:57,719 Speaker 2: I expected for it to make him look far worse. Instead, 112 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 2: it basically made him look essentially the same that we 113 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 2: already knew he did. 114 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: I see, I see this. I think along the same 115 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: lines as Uclay. If if the Trump camp, if the 116 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 1: Republicans generally expect that Biden's obvious decline and apparent sinility 117 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: will deliver the twenty twenty four election, we have another 118 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 1: thing coming. We're going to be very disappointed. It's not enough. 119 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: I'm not saying it doesn't matter. It's certainly valid, but 120 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,799 Speaker 1: it is essentially baked in now to the point you're making, 121 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: unless the Wall Street Journal had Biden at length, you know, 122 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:40,840 Speaker 1: talking to quote Abraham Lincoln about what they're going to do, 123 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: you know, unless they had him completely scrambled eggs. Wait, 124 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:47,039 Speaker 1: look that can you get to that age? This can happen? 125 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: I mean, I've I've been around this with a family 126 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,719 Speaker 1: member before, where they start having conversations about people that 127 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: aren't around anymore or things. You know, if they had 128 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 1: that with Joe Biden. Maybe it would but him being 129 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 1: forgetful or the wrong name or whatever. And you got 130 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: to remember and I know the polling already shows so 131 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: we don't need to belabor this too much that everyone 132 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: kind of recognizes Trump is sharper than Biden. Right, however, 133 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: he's old, he is. Trump is also old. Okay, he's 134 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: old for a president. So the impact of Biden versus 135 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 1: Trump when it comes to the age issue isn't as 136 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 1: powerful as it would otherwise be. That's just another place 137 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 1: where we are in this race. You could say Trump 138 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 1: is sharp as attack. I think actually someone said that 139 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: recently today, and I think he is sharp as attack. 140 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 1: But you know, he's older, and people can have strokes, 141 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: they can have coronary incidents, they can have things that 142 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 1: happen at that age, and it's not a surprise it's aging. 143 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: So this article isn't a knockout punch at all. And 144 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: if anything, I think it's gonna show people, Yeah, we 145 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 1: know this. We kind of knew this before, and it 146 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: hasn't gotten so much worse that I think it will 147 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: make much of a difference. Oh, I thought significant While 148 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: you're talking to Mitt Romney and Kevin McCarthy, and I 149 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: believe the Wall Street Journal piece said they talked to 150 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: forty five different people who had been involved in meetings. 151 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 1: They said in there that the White House was aggressively 152 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:18,120 Speaker 1: reaching out to any Democrat that the Wall Street Journal 153 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: was talking to, basically saying, wrapping them on the knuckles, 154 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: letting them know, Hey, you've got to say that Biden 155 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: is crisp, that he's an incredible leader, that his energy 156 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: is unbelievable, all of the comments that we have seen 157 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 1: happen before. What I have been waiting for is not 158 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: this article. I hoped it was when I saw my 159 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: alert come in on my phone and I read it 160 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: last night. What I've been waiting for is Democrats. 161 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 2: To come out and say, hey, he's a mess, even privately, 162 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 2: even anonymously. This article didn't really have that. I'll also 163 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 2: point out, and I said this to you off air, 164 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,840 Speaker 2: I thought even the Republican Anne notes from the Kevin 165 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 2: McCarthy's and the Mitt Romneys of the world. My speaker 166 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 2: Mike Johnson is referenced here too. They talked about Biden's failures. Mentally. 167 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 2: There was no oh my gosh moment where Mitt Romney said, 168 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 2: I was on the phone with him and he thought 169 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:20,080 Speaker 2: he was talking to Ted Kennedy or Mike Johnson is 170 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 2: with him and he says, hey, I was the Speaker 171 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 2: of the House and he thought he was talking to 172 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 2: John Bayner. There was no moment where you're getting confused 173 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 2: about who you're talking to, or an anecdote that to 174 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 2: me was a you know, sort of an intake of breath, 175 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 2: Oh my goodness moment. In fact, I think Biden's public 176 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 2: failures when he says, hey, Jackie, where are you to 177 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 2: a dead congress person, When he tries to say hi 178 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 2: to the hostage in Israel and says, oh, he's here 179 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 2: with us. Actually, sorry, he's actually you know, when he 180 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 2: reads end quote on the on the teleprompter or go 181 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 2: get him. Those are all more devastating than anything I 182 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 2: thought it was in this article. It's significant that it 183 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 2: was written, but I don't think it landed any significant 184 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:06,079 Speaker 2: body below. 185 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: No, and I think we should be very clear eyed 186 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 1: and full hearted. No clear eyes. I don't know how 187 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 1: your hearts can't lose. Yeah, I don't know how many 188 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: of your Friday Night Lights fans. It's a great show, 189 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 1: great book, But I think we need to be clear 190 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:24,079 Speaker 1: out about what's going to really move the needle here, 191 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 1: what's going to make a difference in the Biden Trump 192 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 1: showdown that we are are seeing, and Biden on the 193 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: issue of his age, I just don't see it. It's 194 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 1: you know, I think that's what's in part why he's 195 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: been behind in so many of the polls. I think 196 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: that there is a recognition, but I don't think that 197 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 1: that's going to be something that increases dramatically. I think 198 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 1: on this border issue, which we're going to dive into 199 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 1: a whole lot more. And as I said, we've got 200 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 1: Governor Abbott joining us from Texas to talk about what 201 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 1: he's really seeing and what this order will and will 202 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:59,440 Speaker 1: not do, because I think clarity on this is so important. 203 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 1: I think Biden has real weakness on this that could 204 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 1: be a difference maker. And it's worth reminding everyone that 205 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:09,959 Speaker 1: Trump won in twenty sixteen not just the general election, 206 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 1: but largely of the primary as well because of how 207 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: he spoke about and how he energized the base on 208 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 1: the issue of the legal immigration, the wall, the US 209 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:23,079 Speaker 1: Mexico border. Biden is the worst on this I've ever 210 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 1: seen these He is far worse than Obama was by 211 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 1: the numbers, not even close, far worse than Obama was. 212 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 1: Think about that, right, I mean, you know, people think 213 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 1: about what a left wing president Obama was and all 214 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:36,959 Speaker 1: this stuff on the issue of immigration, it's not even close. 215 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 1: Biden is. He's the worst in our lifetime. And just 216 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 1: one other note, Clay, I think that Biden has done 217 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: the fewest press availabilities of anyone in forty years. Is 218 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 1: that right? Yes? Yeah, they're clearly not showing up very 219 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 1: much because they understand it's not a good look. 220 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a graphic about his interviews and press availabilities 221 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 2: and they're off the charts bad. I mean, they wanted 222 00:11:57,800 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 2: to put the twenty fifth Amendment on Trump, and he 223 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 2: did in more media than basically any president has in 224 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 2: any of our lives. And I believe they said that 225 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 2: Biden hasn't done a full long form question and answer 226 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 2: session for an interview, and I mean really long form 227 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 2: with like the New York Times or the Washington Posts, 228 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 2: which are basically state sponsored media, since October of twenty one, 229 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 2: which is pretty unbelievable to contemplate. Now, he did just 230 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 2: do Time Magazine where there were lots of screw ups 231 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 2: in that one. He's already having to walk back what 232 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 2: he said about net and Yahoo in Israel. He said 233 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 2: he could beat up the interviewer. He still doesn't seem 234 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 2: to either he's intentionally lying or he doesn't understand the 235 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 2: impact of inflation added up over multiple years. All of 236 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 2: this plus maybe a little bit in the second hour, 237 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 2: there's a Wall Street Journal story on the classified docs 238 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 2: that is on the front page of today's newspaper print 239 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 2: that I think is devastating to Biden that nobody's talking about. 240 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 2: We'll dive into that some in the second hour, as 241 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 2: well as you mentioned Governor Greg Abbot of Texas, as 242 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 2: well as Pete Hegseth from Fox News, we got a 243 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 2: bunch to dive into throughout the course of this program. 244 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: You know, there are some advantages to life of government service, 245 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:13,319 Speaker 1: and one of them you may not know about is 246 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: being a member of gov X. 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Find them on the free iHeartRadio app or 273 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 4: wherever you get your podcasts. 274 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 2: Welcome back in, Clay, Travis buck Sexton show data just 275 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 2: came out. I want to share this with you. Battleground 276 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 2: states obviously very important. Siv IQs does Biden job approval 277 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 2: that we're sitting today Buck at exactly five months. I 278 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 2: believe I'm correct on this until the election day. November 279 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 2: fifth is election day, and crazily, people can start voting 280 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 2: in about three months. Some of you are going to 281 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 2: say Democrats never stop voting, and there's some truth to that, 282 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 2: But in about three months you're gonna be able to 283 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 2: start voting. Why does that matter, Well, the locked in 284 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 2: percentage of voters diminishes over the course of the run 285 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 2: up to November fifth. That is whatever the snapshot is 286 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 2: when you fill out your absentee ballot that is locked 287 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 2: and loaded. So even if there's an October surprise, or 288 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 2: even if there's a John Fetterman like debate performance, they 289 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 2: become less significant the more ballots go in. Remember, memorably, 290 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 2: half of John Fetterman's votes were already banked in Pennsylvania 291 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 2: before he even had the disastrous debate against doctor Oz. 292 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 2: I bring that up for this reason. Listen to these numbers, 293 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 2: buck Joe Biden's overall nationwide job approval thirty four, disapproval 294 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 2: fifty eight, Arizona minus thirty four. These are the battleground states. 295 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 2: Nevada minus thirty one, Georgia minus twenty nine, Michigan minus 296 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 2: twenty eight, Pennsylvania minus twenty five. And I gotta ask you, 297 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 2: guys in gals Wisconsin, he's only minus twelve. Who are 298 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 2: the people in Wisconsin that are impressed with how Joe 299 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 2: Biden is doing? I just think that's interesting because Michigan 300 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 2: and Pennsylvania minus twenty eight, minus twenty five, minus twelve's 301 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 2: not good. But of all the battleground states, by far, Wisconsin, 302 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 2: according to this number, is the happiest with the job 303 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 2: that Joe Biden has done. That's weird, you agree, right, Like, 304 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 2: why would was? I mean, why would Wisconsin be that 305 00:16:56,520 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 2: much different than Michigan and Pennsylvania. And certainly Michigan Pennsylvania 306 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 2: are very similar to Georgia, Nevada and Arizona. But then 307 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 2: all of a sudden in Wisconsin, and you've seen some 308 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 2: of this, by the way, in the polling where sometimes 309 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:13,160 Speaker 2: Biden is strongest in Wisconsin, even though of the big 310 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,920 Speaker 2: ten toss up states he won Wisconsin by the smallest 311 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 2: margin in twenty twenty. What are the cheddarheads doing up there? 312 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:22,679 Speaker 1: Well, you know we're going to be up there for 313 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 1: the RNC obviously, so maybe we can do a little 314 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: due diligence along with some eating of brats and the 315 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: cheese kurds. But I think that one thing is Milwaukee. Sorry, well, 316 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 1: Milwaukee's obviously very Democrat, but also Madison, from what I understand, 317 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 1: is kind of like San Francisco on the Canadian border. 318 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 1: So I think that is a big part of what's 319 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 1: dragging an otherwise great state in the direction of the left, 320 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,639 Speaker 1: which is a very It's a shame. It's a shame. 321 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 1: The learning never stops over here, not even after the 322 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: program conclude. So take this time this when you can, 323 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 1: to watch a documentary created by Porter Stansbury. He's an 324 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: economist and a longtime friend who knows a whole lot 325 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 1: about our nation's economy. 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We've erected one. 343 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 3: Hundred miles hundreds of miles of razor wire barrier and 344 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 3: get this, the numbers are astounding. And while illegal immigration 345 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 3: is increased in California, Arizona, and New Mexico by about 346 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 3: twenty percent or twenty five percent, in Texas it has 347 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:20,919 Speaker 3: gone down about seventy four percent because of the resistance 348 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 3: that we've put up. What Biden did today was actually 349 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 3: entice more people to come to our border to increase 350 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 3: illegal immigration, not to stop it. 351 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,440 Speaker 1: Such important stuff from the Governor of Texas there, Greg Abbott. 352 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: That was yesterday after Biden's executive orders on the border 353 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 1: became official. I just want to say, we've got a 354 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 1: Governor Abbot with us. It will be one hour from now, 355 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 1: so be sure that you stay with us, or if 356 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 1: you have to take a moment to go and you know, 357 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 1: do some work, file some TPS reports. Make sure you 358 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 1: come back and join us in an hour because we're 359 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 1: going to ask about all this. I think he hits 360 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 1: two critical points there. Well, there are a few critical things. 361 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 1: One Clay is the Biden administration, just based on the 362 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: razor wire and barrier controversy, has shown they don't want 363 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 1: less illegal immigration, all right. That's that's where they They 364 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 1: would rather interfere with state law enforcement resources of Texas 365 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: and prevent prevent effective enforcement of the border. That's the 366 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: choice that they make with their resources. And then Texas 367 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:33,600 Speaker 1: has actually been able to reduce the inflow, so it 368 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:36,159 Speaker 1: is possible. It's not like this is beyond the scope 369 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 1: of of the feasible, and that at every stage Biden 370 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,919 Speaker 1: has tried to make that harder for Texas. Right, so 371 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 1: it is possible to secure the border or at least 372 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:51,400 Speaker 1: dramatically reduced illegals coming in, Biden has made it harder 373 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 1: to do that reduction at every point for Texas. And 374 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: this is the real big point he was making Biden's 375 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:01,879 Speaker 1: executive order, according to Governor Abbott, and I agree, I 376 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 1: see exactly what he's saying here. It's going to actually 377 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 1: make things worse when you look at the numbers. 378 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 2: Yes, and I wanted to mention this because I do 379 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:15,679 Speaker 2: think it's significant. I just mentioned the Biden numbers on Arizona. 380 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 2: Did you see this story? Narrowly? Arizona has passed a 381 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 2: law the legislature in Arizona to allow voters to vote 382 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 2: on their twenty twenty four ballot on whether the state 383 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 2: of Arizona should have expansive new powers to try to 384 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:38,679 Speaker 2: restrict illegal immigration into the state. This is likely to 385 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:40,919 Speaker 2: have a big impact. I mean, Trump is now a 386 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 2: substantial favorite to win Arizona, but every Democrat in the 387 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:50,159 Speaker 2: state legislature in Arizona did not want to give Arizona 388 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 2: voters the opportunity to make a determination on how they 389 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:55,359 Speaker 2: protect the border in their state. 390 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 1: Now, I remember this from the past. In Arizona, specifically 391 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:05,440 Speaker 1: under the Obama administration, the federal government plays this game. 392 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 1: It's very dishonest when the Democrats are in charge, where 393 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 1: they essentially say anything that a state government does to 394 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 1: help or to enforce immigration laws interferes with the federal 395 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:25,199 Speaker 1: government's efforts, and therefore the supremacy clause kicks in. You 396 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: can't do anything right now. This is interesting to me 397 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 1: because I understand that argument constitutionally. There are federal terrorism charges. 398 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:35,399 Speaker 1: I know about this from when I was in the 399 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 1: NYPD Intel Division. There are federal terrorism charges. There are 400 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 1: state terrorism charges. There are federal drug charges, there are 401 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 1: state drug charges. There are a whole range of areas 402 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: where there are federal statutes that come into play, and 403 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 1: for the same act or the same conduct, there are 404 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 1: state statutes, and the federal government doesn't say, oh, hey, 405 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 1: you know, Texas, we don't want you to have any 406 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,919 Speaker 1: laws about you know, heroin selling. That's only our gig, 407 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 1: so you step off. They do this on immigration, and 408 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:12,680 Speaker 1: they do it disingenuously. They pretend it so they can 409 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 1: better enforce immigration laws, but actually they are just preventing 410 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 1: state police powers from kicking in to also enforce laws 411 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 1: when it comes to immigration. So I think that this 412 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 1: is a fight that we have to have because really 413 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:30,400 Speaker 1: the states do need to be able to kick in here. 414 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,199 Speaker 1: And this is the only area also where you have 415 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 1: in California, Border Patrol told me this Clay in California. 416 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 1: The state of California will actively thwart border Patrol in 417 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,000 Speaker 1: whatever way that it can. They will not coordinate with them, 418 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 1: they will not assist them, they'll do nothing to help them. 419 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 1: It's only in this area of law that you see that. 420 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:52,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, this is why again I'm going to keep hammering it, 421 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:55,640 Speaker 2: and I understand the complications that are associated with it, 422 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 2: but I want Biden charged in Red counties and in 423 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 2: Red State with accessories to crimes for his failure to 424 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:08,480 Speaker 2: enforce American border policy and protect us all I can't 425 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:10,639 Speaker 2: even imagine. And I continue to come back to it. 426 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:14,920 Speaker 2: But you're not a dad yet, Buck. But I don't 427 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 2: even know how Lake and Riley's parents can sleep at night. 428 00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:21,880 Speaker 2: And she is just emblematic of many people out there. 429 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:26,359 Speaker 2: It is one of the most devastating things imaginable, to 430 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:30,120 Speaker 2: lose a child, to enact of violence when they are 431 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:35,639 Speaker 2: completely innocent, when they've done nothing wrong. And this girl 432 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 2: just went for a jog in Athens and she got 433 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 2: murdered by an illegal immigrant. If I had a child 434 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:48,880 Speaker 2: or a family member that was murdered because Joe Biden 435 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 2: kept the southern border open and allowed a violent predator 436 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:58,920 Speaker 2: into this country, and then after that violent predator was arrested, 437 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,439 Speaker 2: allowed them out of jail again so that they could 438 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:06,639 Speaker 2: take another action against a child. I just I don't 439 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,479 Speaker 2: even know how I would ever sleep at night. And 440 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:13,880 Speaker 2: if I'm a Red state AG, I don't know how 441 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 2: you don't hold people accountable here. You talked about this yesterday, Buck, 442 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 2: and I think it's a really big deal. Wisconsin charged 443 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 2: three more lawyers for advising Trump in twenty twenty. It 444 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:28,199 Speaker 2: happened in Arizona. We know what's happened in Georgia, we 445 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 2: know what's happened in South Florida, DC, New York. 446 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:30,879 Speaker 1: Everywhere. 447 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 2: Democrat prosecutors are using their powers as prosecutors like a cannon. 448 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:42,440 Speaker 2: They are loaded up that cannon and they are I'm 449 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:44,679 Speaker 2: thinking about cannons because I just finished my Civil War 450 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 2: book about Fort Sumter. But they're loading up that cannon 451 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:52,239 Speaker 2: with shrapnel, and they are yanking the cord and they 452 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 2: are wiping out as many people as they possibly can. 453 00:25:56,520 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 2: What Republican DA or attorney general has gone after a Democrat? 454 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 1: Can you even name one? 455 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 2: I can't even name a Republican attorney general or a 456 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 2: Republican DA, by which I mean in a red county 457 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:18,639 Speaker 2: who has said I'm gonna hold Democrats accountable for their lives. 458 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 1: I will say this, I've gone through many times, Clay 459 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 1: the Trump is just the pinnacle of the Democrats. Law fair. 460 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:32,880 Speaker 1: They have been waging law fair against Republicans for twenty years. Yeah, 461 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 1: and you can look at that. It goes all the 462 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:38,679 Speaker 1: way back to Bush by Gore. That's the original election denial. Okay, 463 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,679 Speaker 1: the original election denialism was in the year two thousand 464 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 1: Bush b Gore. People were saying, oh, you know, Bush 465 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: didn't really win all this stuff. By the way, every 466 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: recount they've ever actually done shows that Bush did win. 467 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:50,679 Speaker 1: So you don't hear about that a lot. But they 468 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 1: have actually gone through this, They've crunched the numbers. There 469 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:55,359 Speaker 1: was no the only way that they thought maybe they 470 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 1: could get a Gore win. Was let's not recount in 471 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,200 Speaker 1: some of them more red counties, and let's only recount 472 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 1: in some of the blue counties. Like they were picking 473 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:07,400 Speaker 1: and choosing, and it was obviously the Supreme Court. I would, 474 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: but I would add this to it. They've been building 475 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:12,360 Speaker 1: up to this for a long time. We have never 476 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 1: on our side done this. I think that we're heading 477 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: into a different period. And I'm not somebody who takes 478 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,240 Speaker 1: thinks the country is going into a dark direction or 479 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:26,119 Speaker 1: talks about that frequently. But on this one number, Donald 480 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 1: Trump didn't push for a prosecution of Hillary. Now, when 481 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:32,359 Speaker 1: I say he didn't push those say, oh, but presidents 482 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 1: don't please all right, we're big boys here. We all 483 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 1: understand that an attorney general and a president are going 484 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 1: to be of like mind on something like and they 485 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 1: should be honestly, Yeah, yeah, because where's the accountability. Oh, 486 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 1: you just want an attorney This whole notion of the 487 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 1: attorney general. It's a little bit like when people think about, 488 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:51,080 Speaker 1: you know, Supreme Court justices, they don't have politics. Yeah, 489 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 1: they do have politics actually, and an attorney general is 490 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,639 Speaker 1: just about the law as we see, not really what. 491 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,160 Speaker 2: You serve at the behest of the president, you should 492 00:27:59,200 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 2: be accountable to. 493 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:04,919 Speaker 1: Absolutely. And what I'm saying is Donald Trump because I 494 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,959 Speaker 1: think he's a fundamentally and I really mean this, I 495 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 1: think he's actually a nice guy. I know that that 496 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 1: might strike people as crazy, but you know, I think 497 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:17,160 Speaker 1: he walks. I don't just agree with that at all. 498 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 1: I think he's a nice guy, a nice person. I'm 499 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: not I know he can be bare knuckled in business, 500 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,119 Speaker 1: and I know, you know, no one's perfect. I get it, 501 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 1: but I think that he really did think about Hillary 502 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:31,399 Speaker 1: Clinton and look what's best for the country. You know. 503 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:33,440 Speaker 1: I know we were channing locker roup and that was 504 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,640 Speaker 1: the campaign, but you know, to move us forward, Okay, 505 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 1: Donald Trump took the high road. He did. He took 506 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 1: the high road in twenty sixteen. I think now Trump 507 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 1: is going to be on the fury road. I think 508 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 1: it's going to be very different going forward, because of 509 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:52,360 Speaker 1: Russia collusion, because of the four prosecutions of him, and 510 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 1: because of what they are showing they're willing to do. So, Yeah, 511 00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 1: there is going to have to be some retribution in 512 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 1: the system. There is going to have to be some 513 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 1: accountability and that means playing rougher than Republicans are used 514 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:06,920 Speaker 1: to playing. To me, it's like nukes. 515 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:10,640 Speaker 2: If one side uses nukes all the time and the 516 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 2: other side has them but never uses them, there's no 517 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 2: deterrence in order to make the other side think before 518 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 2: they push the button to fire the missile, you have 519 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:26,080 Speaker 2: to make them think, okay, this might be mutually assured destruction. 520 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 2: And that's the entire basis of our entire foreign policy 521 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,520 Speaker 2: is I mean, why do you think Iran wants a 522 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:36,479 Speaker 2: nuke so bad? Heck, why do you think the number 523 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:41,160 Speaker 2: one thing Ukraine regrets is giving up its nukes. Russia 524 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 2: would have never invaded if Ukraine had kept its nukes. 525 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 2: We told Ukraine, hey, if you give up your nukes, 526 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 2: we'll protect you. 527 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:47,480 Speaker 1: I don't look. 528 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 2: I think Iran is an awful country run by a 529 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 2: theocrat in the Ayatola, But I think the decision to 530 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 2: try to get nuclear weapons is entirely rational. Same thing 531 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:01,840 Speaker 2: with North Korea, who has a crazy man Kim Jong 532 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 2: un running it, but they recognize that if they have nukes, 533 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:07,120 Speaker 2: they will never lose power. 534 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:10,200 Speaker 1: And what is the point of. 535 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 2: Having these das and these attorney generals in prominent positions. 536 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:22,240 Speaker 2: If every time Democrats push the button, your guys just say, well, historically, 537 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:26,520 Speaker 2: the challenge here is the president that we're setting I'm sorry, 538 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,680 Speaker 2: wagging your finger eventually and saying you don't like the president. 539 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:32,680 Speaker 2: When you're getting punched in the face, sooner or later, 540 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:35,560 Speaker 2: you got to throw a punch back. And that's where 541 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:37,360 Speaker 2: we are. And I think it has to happen, and 542 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:39,720 Speaker 2: unfortunately it still hasn't had. But I mean we need we. 543 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:46,480 Speaker 1: Need effectively a a doctor on the right of just law, 544 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 1: fair or just law, or you could say lawfair self defense. 545 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,640 Speaker 1: But we need to understand the legal system has been 546 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:56,360 Speaker 1: turned into a weapon of controlling politics by the left, 547 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,880 Speaker 1: full stop. We all see it. What are we going 548 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:01,560 Speaker 1: to do? Ask them to be more fair? You know, 549 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:05,000 Speaker 1: like the social media companies were more fair to us 550 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:07,760 Speaker 1: over the last ten years. 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That's t the number two t dot. 572 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:19,440 Speaker 4: Org twenty four a weekly podcast from Clay and Buck 573 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:24,360 Speaker 4: covering all things election. Episodes drop Sundays at noon Eastern. 574 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 4: Find it on the free iHeartRadio app. Or wherever you 575 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:28,720 Speaker 4: get your podcasts. 576 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:32,880 Speaker 2: Welcome back in Clay Travis buck Sexton Show. We'll take 577 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:36,200 Speaker 2: a couple of your calls, and at the top of 578 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:37,840 Speaker 2: the next hour, I want to give you a head up. 579 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:43,400 Speaker 2: The details in a Washington sorry, a Wall Street Journal 580 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:50,240 Speaker 2: front page article are damning, just absolutely incredible when you 581 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:53,160 Speaker 2: dive into them. Before I take these calls, though, Buck, 582 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:56,280 Speaker 2: I don't know if you saw this story, but the 583 00:32:56,440 --> 00:33:01,360 Speaker 2: Washington Post there's a big vanity fair piece. They fired 584 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:05,360 Speaker 2: their editor in chief, Sally Busby I believe was her name. 585 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:09,840 Speaker 2: The Washington Post, Jeff Bezos Post. They're gonna lose seventy 586 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 2: seven billion dollars this year. 587 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:17,280 Speaker 1: No, no, yes, that was Clay. My gosh, they're gonna 588 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:19,640 Speaker 1: The Washington Post is gonna take the US economy. 589 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:24,160 Speaker 2: Sorry, that would be that would be a really successful 590 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:25,719 Speaker 2: business and it would be hard to leave. 591 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:27,680 Speaker 1: Yes, sorry, seventy seven million. 592 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,160 Speaker 2: I'm pulling up my Twitter feed because I want to 593 00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:34,240 Speaker 2: make sure that I get the because I get the 594 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:37,960 Speaker 2: the report correct. Yes, seventy seven billion would be really 595 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:41,440 Speaker 2: hard to lose, although our government manages to do it 596 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:44,160 Speaker 2: on a regular basis with the with the investments that 597 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:48,360 Speaker 2: they have, but these quotes that they have from the meeting, 598 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:52,200 Speaker 2: I read them and I was like, is this the 599 00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:56,000 Speaker 2: real world? And I just want to hit you with these. 600 00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:59,760 Speaker 2: The new guy who's in charge, his last name is Lewis. 601 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 2: He said, this is a direct quote according to Vanity Fair. 602 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:08,040 Speaker 2: We are losing large amounts of money. Your audience has 603 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:12,720 Speaker 2: halfed in recent years. People are not reading your stuff. 604 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:17,160 Speaker 2: I can't sugarcoat it anymore. So I've had to take decisive, 605 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:21,719 Speaker 2: urgent action to set us on a different path, sourcing 606 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:24,720 Speaker 2: talent I've worked with that are the best of the best. 607 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,000 Speaker 2: These are all white guys that have been brought in 608 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:31,040 Speaker 2: now to try to turn this seventy seven million dollar 609 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:34,600 Speaker 2: loss and also deal with the fact that nobody's reading 610 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:39,000 Speaker 2: the Washington Post anymore. A reporter raised her hand in 611 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:43,400 Speaker 2: the meeting, having been given all of these details. Were 612 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:48,239 Speaker 2: any women or people of color interviewed and seriously considered 613 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:52,360 Speaker 2: for either of these new jobs. That is the question 614 00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:57,920 Speaker 2: that the Washington Post writers buck have when somebody comes 615 00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:03,040 Speaker 2: in and says, hey, by the way, nobody's reading your articles. 616 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:06,800 Speaker 2: Your entire business is collapsing. There's another great quote here 617 00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:09,479 Speaker 2: as well that I want to hit you with because 618 00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:13,960 Speaker 2: I could have believed this. He said, don't we Somebody said, 619 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:17,600 Speaker 2: don't we need our brilliant social journalist and service journalist 620 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,520 Speaker 2: to make this the center of the mission of the 621 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:25,600 Speaker 2: Washington Post. One question. The guy running the company now said, 622 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:29,800 Speaker 2: you haven't done it. I've listened to all your platitudes. Honestly, 623 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:35,040 Speaker 2: it's just not happening. I'm setting up a structure. We're 624 00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:38,239 Speaker 2: not guessing anymore. I just think it's fascinating that the 625 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:43,280 Speaker 2: entire business model has completely and totally collapsed. Jeff in Houston, 626 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:44,720 Speaker 2: by the way, what you got for us? 627 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:46,080 Speaker 4: Yes? 628 00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:51,160 Speaker 5: Two points. Number one, Now that Joe Biden is supposedly 629 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:54,880 Speaker 5: serious about the border, is he going to drop the 630 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:58,839 Speaker 5: lawsuits against against Texas. 631 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:01,520 Speaker 1: No, No, of course not, because because the whole, the 632 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:05,279 Speaker 1: whole game they play is they're going to do a 633 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,880 Speaker 1: better job and the state is getting in the way. 634 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:10,680 Speaker 1: It's a lie, but that's their line. But keep going, 635 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:11,920 Speaker 1: of course. 636 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:17,200 Speaker 5: Second thing, but Clay was asking on Friday about who 637 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:20,040 Speaker 5: the Red state governors should go after. They should go 638 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:24,600 Speaker 5: after George Sorows. Soros put those prosecutors there. Soros is 639 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:25,520 Speaker 5: responsible for. 640 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:26,480 Speaker 1: So much of the mean. 641 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:28,040 Speaker 3: Is. 642 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:33,239 Speaker 1: So, he's got billions of dollars assuing sorrows. You better 643 00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:34,880 Speaker 1: get ready to spend the next ten years of your 644 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:36,880 Speaker 1: life in court, as an agent or anybody else. 645 00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:41,400 Speaker 2: The challenge is Soros recognized a real weakness in American politics. 646 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:43,600 Speaker 2: You didn't have to spend very much money on da 647 00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:45,000 Speaker 2: Racis to change everything. 648 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:49,400 Speaker 1: Soros read rules for radicals and took it seriously.