1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:01,080 Speaker 1: Welcome. 2 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 2: In Thursday edition, Clay Travis buck Sexton Show appreciate all 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:10,800 Speaker 2: of you hanging out with us. Buck is out traveling 4 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 2: with his family on a summer vacation. He will be 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 2: back on Monday with me I've got you today and 6 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:22,799 Speaker 2: tomorrow solo. We have an absolutely locked in loaded program. 7 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:26,639 Speaker 2: Senator Marsha Blackburn has announced that she is going to 8 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 2: be running for governor of Tennessee. 9 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:31,479 Speaker 1: She will be on with us at the bottom of 10 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: this hour. 11 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 2: In the second hour, big battle in North Carolina. Coming 12 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:41,879 Speaker 2: to replace Tom tillis Michael Wattley, who ran the RNC 13 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 2: did a great job in twenty twenty four North Carolina native. 14 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 2: He is going to be the Republican nominee to run 15 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 2: against former Governor Roy Cooper of the state of North Carolina. 16 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 2: This is going to be an epic battle next year. 17 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 2: We will talk with Michael Wattley, who hopefully will be 18 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:02,639 Speaker 2: the next Senator from North Carolina, and then two point 19 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 2: thirty we will speak with Tim Scott, who is the 20 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 2: current Senator from South Carolina, about all of the ongoing 21 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 2: shenanigans in Washington, DC and beyond. So there is the 22 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,119 Speaker 2: roadmap of where we are going bottom of the hour, 23 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 2: We've got a bunch of guests, two senators and one 24 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 2: who hopes to be a senator, as well as one 25 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 2: who hopes to be a governor. All of that coming 26 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 2: your direction now. Within that construct, we have got a 27 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 2: lot of stuff going on right now that I want 28 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 2: to dive into. I think, in an incredibly consequential manner. 29 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 2: Trump has demanded that we have a new census. I'm 30 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 2: going to explain why that could be so incredibly consequential, 31 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 2: not only right now because there were a lot of 32 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 2: errors in the twenty twenty census and he believes they 33 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 2: need to be rectified, but also because in twenty thirty 34 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 2: they are going to be seismic differences in the overall 35 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 2: census tallies. And I think this is a battle that 36 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 2: you should be paying a lot of attention to because 37 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 2: it could be incredibly important not only for the midterms, 38 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,919 Speaker 2: but also in the twenty twenty eight presidential race and 39 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 2: beyond that in the twenty thirty interplay as it pertains 40 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 2: to the census. But I wanted to start with what 41 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 2: I would say is a genuine acknowledgment that our cities 42 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 2: have become too violent, and it's time to actually put 43 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 2: bad guys behind jail, behind bars in jail. And we 44 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 2: are getting these questions and these viral stories from all 45 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 2: over the country, but I wanted to start with one 46 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 2: that we talked with Bernie Marino about a violent attack 47 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 2: on an innocent woman, Holly who Bernie Marino came on 48 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 2: with us last week and talked all about it. She 49 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 2: has now had a public appearance. Many of you saw 50 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 2: her awfully bruised and battered face, and she now has 51 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:04,919 Speaker 2: spoken out about what happened to her. She appeared with 52 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 2: our friend Senator Bernie Marino of Ohio Cut eleven. This 53 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 2: is what it sounded like. 54 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 3: We need more police officers, but like he said, you 55 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 3: know the judges who are just letting people out with 56 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 3: the slab. The man who attacked me and might have 57 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 3: permanently damaged me forever should never have been on the 58 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 3: streets ever. And the fact that he had just gotten 59 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 3: out of jail previously for something he should have been 60 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 3: in there for years. It's really sad to me because 61 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 3: I can't even fathom how many other people who have 62 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 3: been attacked by the same type of man over and 63 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 3: over and over in Toledo, in Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton. Our 64 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 3: streets are being taken over and nobody is doing anything. 65 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 3: I am so sad and I need to be the 66 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 3: voice to help all of the victims that never got 67 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 3: their justice. 68 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 2: Well said, Well said by her again. If you heard 69 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 2: Bernie Marino tell her story. She is a mom of 70 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 2: a young special needs child. She went out on a 71 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 2: date in Cincinnati and she got knocked out. She got 72 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:23,480 Speaker 2: in an uber after she got knocked out. Think about 73 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 2: that for a minute. It's an innocent mom. Could have 74 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 2: been any mom in America out for a night out 75 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 2: in a big city Cincinnati. She got slug knocked out 76 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 2: on video. Police came, they didn't do anything, and she 77 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 2: got in an uber and drove home. 78 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: How does this happen? 79 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:49,919 Speaker 2: And I know that a lot of you out there 80 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 2: are cops and you're listening to me all over the country, 81 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 2: and you are just noding your head because you're saying, 82 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 2: we arrest these bad guys. This guy got out for 83 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 2: a four hundred dollars BA rested all the time. It's 84 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 2: the same dudes, almost always dudes, same bad guys, time 85 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 2: after time after time. What in the world is going 86 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 2: on here? And I think they're finally were at a 87 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 2: tipping point, and we finally got a president, and we 88 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,919 Speaker 2: got enough senators and governors who are standing up and 89 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 2: saying no, we're not gonna let this happen. Yesterday I 90 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 2: was talking with you about Look. I love Washington, DC. 91 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 2: I went to college there. I'm a history nerd. It 92 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 2: is a beautiful city. There's way too much crime there. 93 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 2: And what you hear people say is, oh, crime's coming down, Yeah, 94 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 2: from all time highs. How about we actually address the 95 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 2: fact that any significant rate of violent crime is unacceptable 96 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 2: in this country. How about we have a real conversation 97 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 2: about that. And I give credit to Janeine Piro. I'm 98 00:05:58,080 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 2: going to play some of these audio clips new d 99 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 2: attorney formerly at Fox News, and I give credit to 100 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:08,719 Speaker 2: President Trump for raising this as an issue. Here is 101 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:14,359 Speaker 2: Judge Janine Piro cut two saying, Hey, I'm in charge now, 102 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:16,280 Speaker 2: and this is not going to be acceptable. 103 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 4: Violence against anyone in this district will not be tolerated, 104 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:26,479 Speaker 4: especially violence which has hate at its core and is 105 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:30,919 Speaker 4: the genesis of violence. The President put me here to 106 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 4: do a job to clean up the district, to make 107 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 4: sure that crime doesn't overshadow this phenomenal city, our nation's capital, 108 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:43,159 Speaker 4: and I have throughout my career fought anti semitism for 109 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 4: thirty two years as a prosecutor and a judge. 110 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 1: I do so. 111 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:51,159 Speaker 4: I fight hate crimes with a vengeance. So don't even 112 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 4: think about targeting people in this district because of who 113 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 4: they are or because of where they're from. I promise 114 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 4: you justice will be swift and it will be certain. 115 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: I love her. 116 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,920 Speaker 2: Let's get Ali. Let's get a request in for Judge Piro. 117 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 2: I think we've had her on the program in the past, 118 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 2: and certainly we overlap quite a lot at Fox News, 119 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 2: so I know her from the green room at Fox News, 120 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 2: and I think it's important. Okay, you might be sitting 121 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 2: around out there and you might be saying, hey, okay, 122 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 2: what's the counter argument to this? Trump said in fact 123 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 2: cut three, Hey, maybe we just need to take over 124 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 2: the DC police force and actually make something happen. 125 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 5: Here. 126 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:34,119 Speaker 1: Here's cut three. 127 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 5: I'm caitalized in DC. 128 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 3: Are you considering taking over the DC police. 129 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 6: Is not an option on this week? 130 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 7: We're considering it, Yeah, because the crime is ridiculous. I 131 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 7: could show you a chart comparing DC to other locations, 132 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 7: and you're not going to want to see what it 133 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 7: looks like. It was just up on television actually that 134 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 7: we're showing it now. We want to have a great 135 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 7: safe capital, and we're going to have it. And that 136 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 7: includes cleanliness and it includes other things. We have a 137 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 7: capital that's very unsafety. 138 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 3: You want hires to look at overturning the DC Home 139 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 3: Will Act, and we're going to look at that. 140 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 7: In fact, they or the lawyers are already studying it. 141 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 7: We have to run DC. This has to be the 142 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 7: best run place in the country, not the worst run 143 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 7: place in the country. 144 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 2: I mean, he's right on all of this, and I 145 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 2: give him credit for coming in and trying to solve 146 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 2: this problem instead of just kind of hiding behind the 147 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 2: security detail as many presidents have done in the past. 148 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 2: They don't actually solve the issues when it comes to violence. 149 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 2: And what the president's referring to is I ran through 150 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 2: this yesterday. I think maybe it was a day before yesterday. 151 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,679 Speaker 2: We have one of the highest violent crime rates of 152 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:51,080 Speaker 2: any capital city in the world. Most people, and I 153 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 2: ran through countries. I mean Ethiopia, a DC Baba, which 154 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 2: I'm probably mispronouncing, has a lower rate of violent crime 155 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 2: in its capital City than the United States does. Why 156 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 2: does that happen? Most people, most countries consider their capital 157 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 2: to be a jewel that should represent the best of 158 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,680 Speaker 2: their country and not be a place that is filled 159 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 2: with violent crime. And so the rest of the country 160 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 2: may not be as safe and that's unfortunate. But they say, Hey, 161 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:23,440 Speaker 2: the capital city is going to be safe. We're going 162 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 2: to put the resources in to ensure that this isn't happening. 163 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 2: And I give a lot of credit to Trump and 164 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 2: Judge Janine Piro for shining a light on this. And 165 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 2: what's the counter argument? This is really funny to me 166 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 2: because Trump is basically saying, hey, rates of violent crime 167 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 2: are way too high, and I want to do whatever 168 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 2: it takes to get those rates of violent crime down. 169 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 2: DC is far higher than a city like New York City, 170 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,680 Speaker 2: for instance, when it comes to rates of violent crime. 171 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 2: New York City is far safer than Washington, DC. What's 172 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 2: the response, Okay, it seems like a good thing, something 173 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 2: that you could be in favor of, no matter what 174 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 2: your politics are. 175 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: Well. 176 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 2: Jessica tar Law, who's also at Fox News in fact, 177 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 2: used to sit next to Judge Deneen Piro on the 178 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 2: Five a show that many of you would watch on 179 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:16,839 Speaker 2: a regular basis. She says, actually, crime's down. What are 180 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 2: we worried about in DC? Here's cut four. 181 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 5: What are democrats thinking when it comes to the nationalization 182 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 5: of GC? 183 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 8: They're thinking hard No, why not? Because there's no reason 184 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 8: to have Donald Trump be in. 185 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 6: Charge of It is about crime? 186 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 8: Well, it actually is about crime, and the good news 187 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 8: is that crime is down dramatically. 188 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 1: So year over. 189 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:41,200 Speaker 8: Year, twenty twenty four had a violent crime drop to 190 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,199 Speaker 8: a thirty year low thirty five percent down and carjackings 191 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 8: cut in half. Robbery's down twenty four percent, homicides down 192 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 8: seventeen percent, assault with a dangerous weapon down fourteen percent. 193 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 8: Just because Big Balls did a terrible job at Doze 194 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 8: does not mean that he deserved this. Any incident is terrible. 195 00:10:57,640 --> 00:10:58,719 Speaker 4: But we have to. 196 00:10:58,720 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: Followers to jack. 197 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 2: Okay, So how do you argue against this? How do 198 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 2: you argue against a very basic fact that should be 199 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 2: supported by everyone. We need violent crime rates way down. 200 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 2: Moms all over this country need to be able to 201 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 2: go out to dinner in a city without worrying that 202 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,440 Speaker 2: they're going to get knocked flat out on the street 203 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 2: by a mob of violent thugs that it costs them. 204 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 2: I've said for a long time that one of the 205 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 2: ways to know whether your neighborhood is safe or not 206 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:43,839 Speaker 2: is are you okay with your wife, your girlfriend, your 207 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 2: daughter going for a jog around six o'clock pm in 208 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 2: the afternoon evening in your neighborhood. Far too many American 209 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 2: cities and neighborhoods, the answer is no. And I know 210 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 2: there's a ton of you listen to me right now 211 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 2: now that if you see your wife getting your tennis shoes, 212 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 2: you're like, hey, I hope you're going to the gym, 213 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 2: because it's a little bit late, might start to get dark. 214 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 2: I don't feel comfortable with you out on the streets. 215 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 2: You've got a daughter, you've got a granddaughter trying to 216 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 2: stay in shape. How many different parts of America do 217 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 2: we not feel comfortable with women going for jogs or 218 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 2: walks or workouts in the neighborhood because we've just come 219 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 2: to accept that violent crime is a real threat and 220 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 2: we don't even want the women in our lives to 221 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 2: be out. Now, some men probably like me, you don't 222 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 2: worry about it that much, But every woman thinks about 223 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:43,479 Speaker 2: it all the time, and that mom Holly in Cincinnati 224 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 2: getting knocked out. I'm sorry. It's unacceptable. And what's further 225 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 2: unacceptable is when we point out this violence, young intern 226 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 2: gets killed randomly in the streets of Washington, DC, and 227 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 2: people say, Okay, well, but you know, in real life, 228 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 2: the rate of violent crime is actually declining. Okay, let's 229 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:05,600 Speaker 2: decline it faster. That's what Trump saying. And I think 230 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 2: Trump deserves credit, by the way, for the rates of 231 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 2: violent crime beginning to decline in twenty twenty five, fairly significantly, 232 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 2: because I think a lot of you out there nodding 233 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 2: right now. Police officers, you can finally do your jobs again. 234 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 2: You can put some bad guys behind bars. But here 235 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 2: in my home state, Memphis, I talked about this the 236 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 2: other day. I was out in March. I'll tell you 237 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 2: the story a little bit more when we come back, 238 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 2: But because we're going to talk with Senator Blackburn, who 239 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,319 Speaker 2: wants to run for governor, I took my son. He 240 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 2: had a sporting event in Memphis. I know a lot 241 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:41,319 Speaker 2: of y'all are listening in Memphis right now. I forgot 242 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 2: my charger and it was March was a night Tennessee 243 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 2: and Kentucky played a basketball game. Needed to charge my 244 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 2: phone and I went downstairs. Maybe they had a charger there, 245 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 2: And I said, well, I'll just go to the grocery store. 246 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 2: And the lady at the counter said, uh, hey, be careful. 247 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 2: It's eight point thirty at night. It's not like it 248 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 2: was two thirty in the morning. She said to me, 249 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 2: be careful. If you're going out to buy a charger 250 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 2: after dark, what are we talking about that going to 251 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 2: a grocery store or a convenience store or a gas 252 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 2: station after dark in a city like Memphis at eight o'clock, 253 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 2: we're not talking about three am. That the front desk 254 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 2: ladies are like, hey, be careful. Buck talked about this. 255 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 2: He went to Saint Louis. He was like, hey, is 256 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 2: there anywhere to walk to go get something to eat? 257 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 2: And they were like, well, you can't walk anywhere. What 258 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 2: are we talking about that? This is just considered to 259 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 2: be a normal part of discourse. This is something that 260 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 2: is significant. Let's let cops do the job. Let's put 261 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 2: bad guys behind bars. Let's make everyone women in particular 262 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 2: safe in every big city in America. That seems like 263 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 2: a very reasonable goal. And I think it's an important 264 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 2: conversation that we need to be having. Speaking of being 265 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 2: safe right now, the IFCJ is doing a lot of 266 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 2: work to try to make people in Israel say, because 267 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 2: there are missiles that might come flying in at any moment. 268 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 2: I saw it for myself on my trip to Israel 269 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 2: with a couple of the crew on this show. You 270 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 2: never know when you're gonna get an alert on your 271 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 2: phone and you're gonna have to run to a bomb shelter. 272 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 2: And when that happens, you want to make sure that 273 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 2: you're close to one and that you're safe. And that's 274 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 2: what the IFCJ does. You can go online check out 275 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 2: the work they do. It's phenomenal at IFCJ dot org. 276 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 2: That's IFCJ dot org. You can also give them a 277 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 2: call find out how you can help everyone be safe 278 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 2: from missile attack in Israel. Eight eight eight four eight 279 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:39,520 Speaker 2: eight IFCJ. That's eight eight eight four eight eight IFCJ. 280 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 2: Check them out online at IFCJ dot org. Making America 281 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 2: Great Again isn't just one man, it's many. 282 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 1: The Team forty seven podcast Sundays at noon Eastern in 283 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: the Clay and Fuck podcast feed. 284 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 2: Find it on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get 285 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 2: your podcasts. Welcome back in Clay Travis buck Sexton show. 286 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 2: I was talking about Memphis, and every state has a 287 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 2: city just about where you even within the construct of 288 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 2: the of the state, where there may be places where 289 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 2: it's a little bit unsafe, there's one city where everybody's like, 290 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 2: you really better be careful there. I mean, that's unfortunately 291 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 2: where we are in the country right now, and for 292 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 2: my home state of Tennessee, it's Memphis. And I'm just 293 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 2: kind of astounded over how commonplace it has become in 294 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 2: many of our biggest cities to just tell people, yeah, 295 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 2: you really shouldn't go out after dark. This bonkers that 296 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 2: this has just become accepted common discussion that you're staying 297 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 2: in a hotel or you live in that city yourself, 298 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 2: and people just say, yeah, hey, maybe just don't go 299 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 2: out after dark. 300 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, I know, you may need something. Baby's hume hungry. 301 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:04,879 Speaker 2: Uh, you've got you've got to go get some formula, 302 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:08,199 Speaker 2: or you've got to go get milk or cereal, or 303 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 2: kids are gonna be hungry in the morning. 304 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,639 Speaker 1: Maybe just wait till dawn and go get it. 305 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 2: Excuse me, is this like the Walking Dead are their 306 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 2: vampires just everywhere, and they might descend upon you. 307 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 1: This is the world we're in right now. 308 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 2: And we have grown to accept it, and frankly, we 309 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 2: shouldn't and we shouldn't accept. Hey, well, the rates are declining, 310 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 2: so we shouldn't be complaining about this. Any rate of 311 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:40,879 Speaker 2: violent crime of a significant degree in any city of 312 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 2: America that makes people change their behavior should not be acceptable. 313 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 1: Period. 314 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 2: Let's let cops do their job, Let's put bad guys 315 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 2: behind bars, and let's use Washington, DC as a duel 316 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 2: for the nation to explain what we could do to 317 00:17:57,960 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 2: make things better. 318 00:17:59,240 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 6: Now. 319 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 2: I want to make things better for you, texting with 320 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 2: my us fourteen year old during the most recent commercial break. 321 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 2: He's got a football game coming up on Friday, and 322 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 2: I want to make sure that he's got all this 323 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 2: cleaet're ready for practice, that he's got everything to be 324 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 2: geared up for. And I also text my seventeen year 325 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:21,200 Speaker 2: old every day about a variety of topics because they 326 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 2: are on Pure Talk. I trust Pure Talk to be 327 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 2: a cell phone company that allows me to stay in 328 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 2: touch with my kids when. 329 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 1: They aren't here with me. Right now. 330 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 2: Now, we didn't get phones for my kids till they 331 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:35,200 Speaker 2: were fourteen. But when we did, we went with pure talk. 332 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 2: We can save a bundle up to one thousand dollars 333 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 2: over the course of the year. Why would you not 334 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 2: take advantage of that opportunity? How much difference could one 335 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 2: thousand dollars make for you at the end of a year. 336 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 2: It's simple, same phone. All you have to do is 337 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:52,640 Speaker 2: go pound two five zero, say Clay and Buck. That's 338 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 2: pound two five zero, say Clay and Buck. Welcome back in, Clay, 339 00:18:56,359 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 2: Travis Buck Sexton show. Joining us now is the next 340 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 2: governor of my home state of Tennessee, Senator Marsha Blackburn, 341 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:09,200 Speaker 2: who announced yesterday that she would be running for governor 342 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 2: next year. Senator Blackburn, appreciate having you on. I've given 343 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 2: you this praise before, but I do think it's important. 344 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:20,399 Speaker 2: I'm not sure there's anyone in public service right now 345 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 2: who is more responsible for the state of Tennessee being 346 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 2: a huge destination point than you. And for those of 347 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 2: you out there who do not know, Senator Blackburn, long 348 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:34,919 Speaker 2: before she was a senator, led the opposition to a 349 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 2: state income tax in Tennessee, and as a result, I 350 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 2: bet it's almost like I feel like every week I 351 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:44,119 Speaker 2: meet someone who has moved from another state, and one 352 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 2: of the first things they say is, I did not 353 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 2: want to pay state income tax elsewhere. So I'll let 354 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 2: you take a bow for that to start. But I 355 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,679 Speaker 2: imagine that's evidence and anticipation of what you would like 356 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 2: to continue to do when you are elected governor. 357 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:03,439 Speaker 5: You're exactly right, and thanks for having me on. You know, 358 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 5: when the people of this state joined with me and 359 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:12,199 Speaker 5: we defeated that state income tax, it forced our state 360 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:17,920 Speaker 5: to reset how they do business, to skinny up the bureaucracy, 361 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 5: and to get their fiscal health in order without burdening 362 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 5: the people of the state with a state income tax, 363 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 5: which allows you to have a city income tax, which 364 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,400 Speaker 5: allows you to have a county income tax. And many 365 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 5: people that are moving to Tennessee are escaping that myriad 366 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:43,399 Speaker 5: of high taxes on their earned income. Now, as we 367 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:47,719 Speaker 5: look at what President Trump has delivered for the American people, 368 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 5: he said I will drain the swamp. He is sending 369 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 5: education back to the states because he's closing the US 370 00:20:56,560 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 5: Department of Education. He is sending healthcare back the states, 371 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 5: and energy and regulation and all of this responsibility that 372 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 5: has been tangled up in Washington, d C. With miles 373 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 5: of red tape. He is sending back to the people 374 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 5: and to the states and local governments. So this is 375 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:23,159 Speaker 5: the chance to reset our state so that as that 376 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 5: authority comes back, we in Tennessee who are great innovators, 377 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:29,680 Speaker 5: We who believe in a. 378 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:31,440 Speaker 6: Small central government. 379 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 5: What we will do is position ourselves to be America's 380 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:39,879 Speaker 5: conservative leader for decades to come. 381 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 2: What do you think We're talking to Senator Marsha Blackburn, 382 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 2: who has announced he's running for governor. You just ran 383 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 2: through there a lot of the things you want to do. 384 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 2: How do you think the job of senator, where you 385 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 2: have been for a little while, is going to be 386 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:58,920 Speaker 2: different than governor? And why do you think you're better 387 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:00,880 Speaker 2: suited as governor going forward? 388 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:05,159 Speaker 5: Well, one of the things that pertains to both of 389 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 5: those into all public service that I think is important 390 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 5: is that you realize you are there to be responsible 391 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 5: to the people, which is something we have always done. 392 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 5: And I think it's also important to. 393 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:26,639 Speaker 6: Realize that leadership means that you actually lead people, you manage. 394 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 5: Assets, and that is something I have a great track 395 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:33,479 Speaker 5: record of doing. It is up to the governor of 396 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 5: the state to. 397 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:35,880 Speaker 6: Set that agenda. 398 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 5: We know in Tennessee the primary issues that people are 399 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 5: focused on are having a world class economy and jobs 400 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 5: and jobs growth, wage growth, having educational opportunity in a 401 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:54,879 Speaker 5: world class education for our children so that they're able 402 00:22:55,359 --> 00:23:01,719 Speaker 5: to fill those jobs, advance manufacturing and research work, and 403 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:06,880 Speaker 5: a technology advance money emerging technology jobs that are coming 404 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 5: into the state. And the other is the issue of crime, 405 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 5: public safety, and illegal immigration. How that figures in to 406 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,679 Speaker 5: that public safety in crime. So these are all being 407 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,880 Speaker 5: sent back to the States, and that's what Tennesseeans are 408 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:24,959 Speaker 5: wanting to see action on. 409 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: One hundred percent. 410 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 2: I was just talking about the fact that on my 411 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 2: last trip to Memphis, my middle son had an athletic event. 412 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:35,719 Speaker 2: I realized that I had forgotten a cell phone charger. 413 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:38,160 Speaker 2: And when I went down to the front desk at 414 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:41,120 Speaker 2: the hotel, it wasn't even very late, eight thirty o'clock, 415 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:44,000 Speaker 2: eight thirty at night something like that. The front desk 416 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:48,160 Speaker 2: agent said, will be really careful going out to go 417 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 2: get a cell phone charger. Memphis has fallen apart. You've 418 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:54,680 Speaker 2: been in this state for a while. I know there's 419 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,120 Speaker 2: tons of people in Memphis listening to us right now 420 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:01,640 Speaker 2: nodding along. How do we make Memphis in particular safe 421 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 2: for good people of whom there are tons in that city? 422 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,480 Speaker 2: What can be done? You hear President Trump talking about 423 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:11,639 Speaker 2: Washington d C. Memphis has a way higher rate of 424 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 2: violent crime than Washington, d C. And Washington DC's too high. 425 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:16,160 Speaker 2: What can we do? 426 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,679 Speaker 5: Yes? And one of the things that I've done, and 427 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 5: by the way, State Senator Brent Taylor in Memphis is 428 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:28,160 Speaker 5: doing a remarkable job. I've done a lot of work 429 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 5: with him, and he has endorsed me in this run 430 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 5: for governor. And one of the things that I've done 431 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 5: is work with Cash Patel, who's the director at the FBI, 432 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 5: in Attorney General Pambondi, and we have surged FBI resources, 433 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:49,239 Speaker 5: in federal law enforcement resources into Memphis because it is 434 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 5: imperative that we break apart these gangs that are there 435 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 5: in Memphis and the surrounding area. 436 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:00,439 Speaker 6: So that is one. 437 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:04,400 Speaker 5: Thing that we have done. Another thing in working with 438 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 5: the elected leaders of Memphis, realizing that the after school hours, 439 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 5: the time between two o'clock in the afternoon and six o'clock, 440 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 5: that is a high propensity time for juvenile crime. So 441 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 5: the after school Act and this is something I'm working 442 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:31,119 Speaker 5: on doing a round table with leaders in Memphis next week. 443 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 5: The After School Actives, which would put resources in the 444 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 5: hands of organizations to make certain that they are providing 445 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 5: programs for young people so that they have somewhere to 446 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 5: be during those after school hours. We also Senator Haggerdy 447 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:56,760 Speaker 5: and I have a piece of legislation restoring law and 448 00:25:57,040 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 5: order that would put resources in the hands of local 449 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:07,359 Speaker 5: law enforcement so that they are able to enforce it, 450 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 5: really enforced the law and get these criminals off the streets. 451 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 2: We're talking to Senator Marshall Blackburn, who has announced yesterday 452 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 2: that she is running for governor of Tennessee. You are 453 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 2: going to remain in the Senate while this campaign continues. 454 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 2: You reference Senator Hagerty and all the work there. I 455 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 2: know Buck talked to you about this. Buck is out 456 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 2: with his family for the weekend, but I told him 457 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 2: that I would ask you about it. There is a 458 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 2: huge shortage of good pilots, as I'm sure you are aware, 459 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 2: and this has been a major discussion, and there right 460 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 2: now is a retirement age for pilots that's mandatory my understanding, 461 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:49,720 Speaker 2: even though many of the pilots are still incredibly skilled, 462 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,120 Speaker 2: They're able to do the job, They're able to pass 463 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 2: all the tests. What can we do, and certainly this 464 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:59,200 Speaker 2: has been a big topic of conversation after the unfortunate, 465 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 2: awful incident that happened in the DC area where so 466 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 2: many people lost their lives. What can we do to 467 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:08,119 Speaker 2: ensure that the best pilots can continue to pilot for 468 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 2: us going forward. What's the latest on that? 469 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:15,639 Speaker 5: Yes, and Buck and I discuss the legislation that I 470 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 5: have that raises the retirement age for pilots. What has happened. 471 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:26,200 Speaker 5: Pilots are pushed out of the cockpit on commercial flights 472 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 5: when they turn sixty five. The day they turn sixty five. Now, 473 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 5: it's sort of silly to believe that at sixty four 474 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:41,639 Speaker 5: they are capable, but when the clock ticks over on 475 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:45,360 Speaker 5: that day of their birthday, they are no longer capable 476 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 5: to flight. So what pilots are doing is working for 477 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 5: charter flights and working for corporations once they hit that 478 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 5: retirement age. So raising that retirement age so they can 479 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 5: stay in the cockpit as long as they are meeting 480 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:09,560 Speaker 5: the medical test and the health requirements for a pilot 481 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 5: and having them instead of once a year twice a 482 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:19,680 Speaker 5: year do those medical checks. But everybody knows we need 483 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:20,480 Speaker 5: more pilots. 484 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 6: I mean, my goodness. So many of us. 485 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 5: Have race to the airport and gotten through security and 486 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,360 Speaker 5: we make it to the gate with kids and luggage 487 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:34,840 Speaker 5: and tow and then we find out that we're waiting 488 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 5: on the crew. The plane is there, but. 489 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 6: The crew is not there. 490 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 5: So we're delayed fifteen thirty minutes an hour waiting for 491 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 5: the crew, and we're worried about making the connection on 492 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 5: the next flight so we can get to the destinations. 493 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 5: So a way to help solve that is by increasing 494 00:28:57,040 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 5: this age by which pilots are allowed to stay in 495 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 5: the cockpit. It's a good piece of legislation, and you're right. 496 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:06,719 Speaker 5: There are a lot of good things that we're working 497 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 5: on and we'll continue to work on until we get. 498 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 6: Sworn in as governor. 499 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 5: And our Kids Online Safety Act, a privacy bill for 500 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 5: consumers in the virtual space, we have never done that. 501 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 6: Those need to be passed. 502 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 5: We have legislation to protect people from AI and some 503 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:32,320 Speaker 5: of those arms to put some guardrails in place. 504 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:33,960 Speaker 6: We need to do that. 505 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 5: We're going to continue working to confirm good judges, constitutional 506 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:45,120 Speaker 5: originalists judges to the court. That will be on our plate. 507 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 5: Our community care for veterans is something we've made a 508 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 5: tremendous amount of headway on this year, and we are 509 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:58,360 Speaker 5: continuing to push that so veterans get the care they need, 510 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 5: where they need it, when they need it, without having 511 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 5: to drive two or three hours to the VA hospital 512 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:07,400 Speaker 5: and sit in the waiting room and wait half the day. 513 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:13,480 Speaker 5: So we're making headway on community care. Our moving agencies 514 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:17,480 Speaker 5: out of DC, we're making headway there. Secretary McMahon at 515 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 5: the Department of Education is really devolving that and removing it. 516 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:28,480 Speaker 5: You've got the USDA Secretary rollins our works there. They've 517 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:33,400 Speaker 5: moved about half the USDA staff out of DC and 518 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:38,960 Speaker 5: those jobs are now and regional offices across the country. 519 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 5: So we've got a lot on our plate. We are 520 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:49,200 Speaker 5: working every single day solving problems for Tennesseeans and doing 521 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:55,440 Speaker 5: our best to make certain that America is going to 522 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:59,800 Speaker 5: be running on this America First agenda and that we 523 00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:06,120 Speaker 5: are going to make Tennessee ameers America's conservative leader in 524 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:09,959 Speaker 5: this work that we are doing with President Trump. 525 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,240 Speaker 1: If people want to support your campaign where should they. 526 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:17,720 Speaker 5: Go Marsha Blackburn dot com. We would love to have 527 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:22,040 Speaker 5: their support. We're working hard every day to earn the 528 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:25,600 Speaker 5: support of each and every Tennessee and outstanding. 529 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:27,960 Speaker 2: We appreciate the time. Good luck on the campaign and 530 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:29,160 Speaker 2: congrats on the announcement. 531 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:32,480 Speaker 6: Thanks so much. See you play Gobe. 532 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:33,680 Speaker 1: Thank you. 533 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:35,960 Speaker 2: That is Senator Marsha Blackburn, who I think will be 534 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,720 Speaker 2: the next governor of the state of Tennessee. We'll take 535 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,840 Speaker 2: some of your calls, some of your talkbacks coming forward. Reminder, 536 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,480 Speaker 2: we're headed to North Carolina for the big Senate race 537 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:48,000 Speaker 2: there with Michael Wattley in the next hour, and then 538 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:51,480 Speaker 2: down to South Carolina with Senator Tim Scott in the 539 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:54,600 Speaker 2: next couple of hours ahead. 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That's 558 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:06,440 Speaker 2: t the number two t dot org. Sometimes all you 559 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:08,920 Speaker 2: can do is laugh, and they do a lot of 560 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:12,520 Speaker 2: it with the Sunday Hang Join Clay and Buck as 561 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:15,280 Speaker 2: they laugh it up in the Clay and Buck podcast 562 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:18,840 Speaker 2: feed on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. 563 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:23,000 Speaker 2: Welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton Show. Appreciate all 564 00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:27,800 Speaker 2: of you rolling through with us. Appreciate Marsha Blackburn there 565 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:31,920 Speaker 2: with us. On the last segment, there's a lot of 566 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:37,120 Speaker 2: great reactions rolling in variety of different subjects. Bow writes 567 00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:41,680 Speaker 2: in until city, states, and federal government make parents responsible 568 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:45,600 Speaker 2: for what their under eighteen kids do, crime will not 569 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:48,920 Speaker 2: be abated. If parents could be arrested and jailed for 570 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:55,000 Speaker 2: the unlawful acts of their children, then maybe things will change. Okay, 571 00:33:55,040 --> 00:34:00,920 Speaker 2: this is a complicated subject, right, because what we have 572 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:08,120 Speaker 2: actually seen is the parents that are getting charged are 573 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:14,520 Speaker 2: typically related to gun crime. I got three kids. I 574 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:18,600 Speaker 2: think if one of my kids at under eighteen ran 575 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:22,400 Speaker 2: around with a gun and was shooting it, I happened 576 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,280 Speaker 2: to think that I should be responsible as a parent 577 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:29,000 Speaker 2: for that. Civilly, that would likely be the case, right. 578 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:31,280 Speaker 2: I think this is a really kind of fascinating question. 579 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:35,040 Speaker 2: I think it's complex, but I appreciate Bo writing it 580 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:38,360 Speaker 2: in on the VIP email line. Civilly, So let me 581 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:41,920 Speaker 2: just kind of walk you through this. If if your 582 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,719 Speaker 2: kid is driving around in a car and they get 583 00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:48,920 Speaker 2: in an accident and they are sixteen years old, and 584 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:52,839 Speaker 2: they're at fault, mom and dad gets sued. Everybody out 585 00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:54,839 Speaker 2: there that has ever had a sixteen year old car 586 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,600 Speaker 2: driver knows that is the case. Sixteen year old is 587 00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:03,200 Speaker 2: a minor driving, typically under a parent's car that they 588 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:06,840 Speaker 2: have purchased in some way, parents paying for car insurance. 589 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:10,279 Speaker 2: That's very common. If a sixteen year old takes a 590 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:17,160 Speaker 2: gun and mows down ten people, typically the parent could 591 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:21,600 Speaker 2: be sued civilly and would be in a wrongful death lawsuit. 592 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:25,600 Speaker 2: You could be responsible for millions of dollars in damages, 593 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:31,760 Speaker 2: but you're typically not criminally responsible. Now that has changed. 594 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:35,640 Speaker 2: I think it was Oxford, Michigan, where they prosecuted the 595 00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:39,120 Speaker 2: parents of a school shooter because they were aware the 596 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:42,480 Speaker 2: kid had a gun. There were aspects of his behavior 597 00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:46,720 Speaker 2: that the parents should have been aware of. I think 598 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:52,280 Speaker 2: that that is not a crazy idea. Okay, generally speaking, 599 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,880 Speaker 2: I think that's not a crazy idea. I think what 600 00:35:56,040 --> 00:36:00,480 Speaker 2: you will see is a lot of parents will say, oh, 601 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:05,080 Speaker 2: I had no idea, But shouldn't you be aware as 602 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:09,440 Speaker 2: a parent if your kid has access to firearms and 603 00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:14,759 Speaker 2: has mental health related issues? I think you should, And 604 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:18,320 Speaker 2: so I think that turns into a very complicated issue. Actually, 605 00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:21,480 Speaker 2: I'm curious two a two one eight two two eight 606 00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:24,840 Speaker 2: a two what do you guys think about that? I 607 00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:28,680 Speaker 2: definitely think we need to attack violent crime, underage crime. 608 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:33,080 Speaker 2: Judge Janine has an interesting idea I'm going to play 609 00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:35,920 Speaker 2: for you when we come back. Associated with that, we 610 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:39,120 Speaker 2: will also talk about the census and how it should 611 00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:42,360 Speaker 2: be applied. My one concern when it comes to charging 612 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:47,319 Speaker 2: parents is they're going to charge parents that are that 613 00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:52,279 Speaker 2: are gun owners oftentimes, and not people out there who 614 00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:53,480 Speaker 2: just have stolen guns. 615 00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:54,319 Speaker 1: Let's talk about it.