1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of the Clay Travis and buck 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: Sexton Show podcast. Welcome in Clay Travis buck Sexton Show. 3 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: Buckle up. It's gonna be a wild show. Lots of 4 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: breaking news happening as we speak. In fact, Joe Biden 5 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: addressing the nation, he literally just turned and walked away 6 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: from his podium. As we are beginning the show, we 7 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: will be discussing everything that is going on right now 8 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: in DC. It is an incredibly newsworthy day that promises 9 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: to get even more newsworthy context here we have got 10 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:50,200 Speaker 1: and have had for a long time. The Biden congressional 11 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: agenda has been moving in two parts. The infrastructure bill 12 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: some one point two trillion dollars that has already been 13 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: passed by the Senate. The House has been waiting to 14 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 1: vote to pass the infrastructure bill as well. They have 15 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: not done that because they want to find out what 16 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: is going to be in the budget. The progressives in 17 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 1: the House in particular, do not want to okay the 18 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: infrastructure bill and then have the budget reconciliation bill fall apart. 19 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: Because Senator Mansion of West Virginia and Senator Cinema of 20 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: Arizona are not willing to support expansive governmental spending like 21 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: the progressive elements are. So we are dealing with a 22 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: great deal of uncertainty that in many ways was reflected 23 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: in the opening sentence from Joe Biden as he addressed 24 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 1: the nation just in the last thirty minutes or so. 25 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: Listen to the open here from Joe Biden. Let's play 26 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: cut twenty seven. I'm pleased to announce it after after 27 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 1: months of tough and thoughtful negotiations. I think we have 28 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: at I know we have a historic economic framework. Okay, 29 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: you just heard there. Opening sentence, he says, I think 30 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: we have an historic framework. Biden put a deadline on 31 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: today because he is leaving the country for six days now. 32 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:33,519 Speaker 1: And right now we have a monstrous stare down contest 33 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 1: going on inside of the Democratic Party. And I'm going 34 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: to be following this story along the way and giving 35 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: you updates minute by minute, as this is frankly as 36 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,079 Speaker 1: dramatic of a day as we have had on Capitol 37 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: Hill in some time. Now. There are reports, and I'm 38 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: going to read some of these quotes that have been reported. 39 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: Nancy Pelosi reportedly told her members. Speaker of the House, 40 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 1: Nancy Pelosi don't embarrass the President by voting down the 41 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: infrastructure bill as he flies overset overseas. She said she 42 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: is going to bring the infrastructure bill on the floor 43 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: today and hold the vote open for as long as 44 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: she needs to in order to get the infrastructure bill through. Okay, 45 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: why is that significant? Because Nancy Pelosi is finally admitting 46 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: that she is going to have a challenge to get 47 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: the infrastructure bill through, and she's trying to call the 48 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 1: bluff of the aocs, of the t leaves, of all 49 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: of the squad members who are saying right now that 50 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 1: they will not be willing to support infrastructure until the 51 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 1: Budget reconciliation bill is through. Now, I'm going to walk 52 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 1: you through all of the crazy things that are going 53 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: on right now and are going to be put into 54 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: this budget reconciliation bill. But this was a mess. President 55 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: Biden went to Capitol Hill this morning in an effort 56 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: to try to tell everybody, Hey, we finally got a 57 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: deal ready and the problem is this democratic civil war 58 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: between the moderates. And I would say the moderates in 59 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 1: general are represented by West Virginia Senator Joe Mansion and 60 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: Arizona Senator Kirsten Cinema and the squad the AOCN crew, 61 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: which are in the House and are incredibly progressive, and 62 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: they are at loggerheads right now, and we're not sure 63 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 1: how this is going to play out, and whether Nancy Pelosi, 64 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: the Speaker of the House, actually has the votes to 65 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 1: pass the infrastructure bill or not, or whether Biden could 66 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: get humiliated and his own party on the day that 67 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: he just addressed the nation and said he believes that 68 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 1: they have a framework in place, they could actually shut 69 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 1: down his entire agenda, not the Republicans, the Democratic Party itself. 70 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 1: So this is interesting. It seems that Cinema and Mansion 71 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: in the Senate are saying, hey, if you want us 72 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 1: to agree to the budget reconciliation bill, then you need 73 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 1: to go out and pass the infrastructure bill right now. 74 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: Biden said in his address, no one got everything they wanted, 75 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 1: but that's what compromise is all about. Well, we'll see 76 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: whether anybody actually has the ability to get those votes. 77 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 1: Right now, Nancy Pelosi is meeting with the House progressives 78 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 1: who are threatening to not pass the infrastructure bill, and 79 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: Joe Mansion has said that everything is in the hands 80 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: of the House, so this is chaotic. I'm trying to 81 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 1: lay it out the best I can, as news is 82 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: breaking every single minute, basic of what exactly is going 83 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: on surrounding the Biden agenda. Biden reportedly told everyone that 84 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 1: this was the entirety of his agenda and that if 85 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: this thing doesn't pass, that his entire presidency is a mess. Now, 86 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: his entire presidency is a mess anyway, But it sounds 87 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: like Biden has been in a rush to try to 88 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: get to an agreement. He put this artificial deadline in 89 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 1: place of wanting to get this done before he left 90 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 1: for his trip to Europe, and now there's a great 91 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: deal of uncertainty about whether the votes are there that 92 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:46,600 Speaker 1: actually is going to be able to take place. All right, 93 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 1: that's all the background. My buddy Buck Sexton might be saying, well, 94 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: what does Buck think about this? Well, I'd like to 95 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:57,359 Speaker 1: know too. Buck is sick. He got back, took a 96 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 1: red eye from Vegas, and he texted me that he 97 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: was in rough shape and that he hopes to be 98 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 1: back tomorrow, when, by the way, we're gonna have former 99 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: President Donald Trump on with us to talk about the fact, 100 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: among many other things, that President Trump is headed to 101 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: Game four of the Atlanta Braves and the Houston Astros 102 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: the World Series in Georgia. Gonna talk a little bit 103 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: about that during the course of the show as well. 104 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: But Buck, we want him to get well. Neither one 105 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: of us missed days very often at all, as you 106 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: well know if you listen to this program. So Buck 107 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: is really under the weather, not able to work today. 108 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: He's planning to be back tomorrow, he said, he is. 109 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: He is in. He wants to be one hundred percent 110 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: sure that he's back with the President coming on tomorrow, 111 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: and so he's taken today to try to get back healthy. 112 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: So you can give Buck your best wishes to hope 113 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: that he gets back and is ready to roll. Now, 114 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: all of that being said, we have got a low 115 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: to show for you. Molly Hemingway is going to join 116 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: us at one. She has got an incredible book out 117 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: behind the scenes in the election. She also wrote a 118 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: phenomenal book about Brett Kavanaugh and and the goal the 119 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 1: attempt to block his nomination to the Supreme Court. It 120 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: is an incredible read. I can't wait to read her 121 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 1: new book. She's at the Federalist. She will be with 122 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: us at one and then our buddy Alex Berenson, who 123 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 1: hasn't been on in a little while. We want to 124 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: find out what the latest is from him, as Governor 125 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:36,319 Speaker 1: Ronda Santis recently came out and said, and I think 126 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 1: he summed up things very well here. He said, we 127 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 1: initially had fifteen days to stop the spread, and now 128 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: we've moved on to three jabs or you aren't allowed 129 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: to do your job. So we will talk about all 130 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: of that with Alex Barrenson. That is coming ahead, Molly 131 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 1: Hemingway in the next hour. Alex Berenson in the final 132 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:00,560 Speaker 1: hour of the program. But this is going to be 133 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 1: one of those days where I would encourage you keep 134 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: checking back in with us, because every time you hit 135 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 1: refresh on your computer screen, there's a new quote that's 136 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 1: coming out. There's a new, dynamic moving possibility here. What 137 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 1: we need to know is when is Nancy Pelosi going 138 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 1: to officially open up the House floor vote for the 139 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 1: infrastructure bill. When is that actually going to occur? How 140 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: long is she going to be meeting with the progressive 141 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: elements of her party. Are their votes here to advance 142 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: the Biden agenda or is it possible that Joe Biden's 143 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 1: entire domestic agenda is going to go up and smoke 144 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: as he takes off and heads over to Europe again. 145 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: I'm going to do my best job to kind of 146 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 1: contextualize what's going on. But Biden this morning went to 147 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 1: Capitol Hill made the case in front of his party 148 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: for why they needed to pass the infrastructure bill and 149 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: the Budget Reconciliation Bill. These are multi trill million dollar bills, 150 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 1: both of them. We will discuss what exactly is in them, 151 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:10,200 Speaker 1: because they finally just this morning released updated details. If 152 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 1: you've been trying to follow this story, you know they 153 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: had the billionaires tax, which they ended up abandoning. How 154 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 1: are they going to pay for this, what's it going 155 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: to look like, how much of your money are they taking, 156 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 1: and how are they going to distribute it. All of 157 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: that we will discuss in the next segment as those 158 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 1: details have now come out, but kind of giving you 159 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: a roadmap for what's happened so far. This morning, Joe 160 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: Biden went to Capitol Hill said that he believes they 161 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:39,319 Speaker 1: have a deal. The House Progressives have revolted against parts 162 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: of that deal. Nancy Pelosi has said she is going 163 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 1: to bring the infrastructure bill to the floor today call 164 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: the bluff effectively of the progressive members to see whether 165 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 1: or not they are going to vote. Simultaneously, we have 166 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,959 Speaker 1: another bill that is the Budget Reconciliation Bill, which is 167 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: right now relying upon Joe Mansion and Kursten Cinema to 168 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: support it. That framework costs around one point eight trillion 169 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: dollars that has been agreed to. I'll tell you what 170 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 1: that agreement entails when we come back in the next segment. 171 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 1: But both of those bills two different tracks. It appears 172 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:19,079 Speaker 1: the Infrastructure bill which has already been passed by the 173 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: Senate and the House has to pass it, the one 174 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 1: point two trillion dollar Infrastructure bill. The Progressive members of 175 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 1: the House are saying they will vote no against that 176 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 1: because they do not trust the Budget Reconciliation Bill has 177 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: enough of what they wanted in it. So great deal 178 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: of drama on Capitol Hill right now. Loaded program. We 179 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 1: want Buck to get well. But my goodness, do we 180 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: have an absolute ton to talk about today as we 181 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 1: work our way through what is going to be a 182 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 1: completely loaded program. But first, I've got to tell you 183 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: all about my buddy Mike Lindell. 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Of course, that is not an 213 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 1: accurate rendition of what this truly cost because it's not 214 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:48,960 Speaker 1: expanding off into the future. They term limit this, and 215 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: the reality is this is a five to seven trillion 216 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 1: dollars cost in the years ahead. But this is what 217 00:13:56,080 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: is in the bill. Five hundred and fifty billion dollars 218 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:06,960 Speaker 1: to fight climate change through tax incentives for low emission 219 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: sources of energy four hundred billion dollars. By the way, 220 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: I'm reading from the New York Times, which has this 221 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 1: bill itemized. Just FYI, this has just come out in 222 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: the last hour or so. Four hundred billion dollars to 223 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 1: provide universal pre kindergarten to three and four year olds 224 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 1: and to they say reduce healthcare costs for working families 225 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 1: earning up to three hundred thousand dollars a year, two 226 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: hundred billion dollars to give parents a tax credit through 227 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, to basically pay parents for having their children, 228 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 1: one hundred and sixty five billion, to reduce healthcare premiums, 229 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty billion, to reduce a waiting list 230 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 1: for in home care, one hundred and fifty billion, to 231 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: build one million affordable housing union units, one hundred billion 232 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 1: for immigration in part. And we got to get into 233 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 1: what exactly these details are, because this is just a 234 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 1: rough outline to reduce a backlog of nine million visas. 235 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 1: And remember House Democrats have already passed a bill that 236 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 1: would bury immigration costs into this budget reconciliation bill that 237 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 1: would help to lead to more citizenship. Again, the details 238 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: here are devilish, indeed, and we don't have all those. 239 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: And then forty billion dollars for worker training and higher education. Okay, 240 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 1: that adds up to one point eight five trillion dollars. 241 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: And they are saying that they have offset the cost 242 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: of the one point eight five trillion with tax increases. 243 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 1: How do they get there? Again, this is a rough 244 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: outline released today by the Biden administration. Fifteen percent minimum 245 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: tax on large corporations, efforts to reduce profit shifting. Well 246 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 1: whatever that means, I guess, more aggressive IRS coverage, which 247 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 1: has been disputed, one percent tax on corporate stock buybacks, 248 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 1: increased enforcement with the IRS, an additional five percent tax 249 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: on incomes exceeding ten million dollars a year and another 250 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 1: three percent tax on incomes above twenty five million, and 251 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 1: efforts to limit business losses for the wealthy. And an 252 00:16:54,640 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: additional three point eight percent medicare tax on people earning 253 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 1: more than four hundred thousand dollars a year who didn't 254 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: previously pay that tax. All right, that is a massive 255 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 1: amount of information that has all come down in the 256 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 1: last hour. The biggest issue here is will Nancy Pelosi 257 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:23,119 Speaker 1: actually allow a vote on infrastructure? Does she have the 258 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:26,919 Speaker 1: votes to get that passed. We will continue to track 259 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 1: this throughout the course of the show, but we have 260 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 1: got a ton of stories that we are tracking and 261 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 1: that we are chasing. We've got major issues with everything 262 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 1: that is going on with COVID vaccine mandates. We've got 263 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 1: potential police and firemen losing their jobs in New York city. 264 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: We've got the governatorial election in Virginia which is massive, 265 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 1: and we've got to talk about former President Trump, who 266 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:03,160 Speaker 1: is going to be on with us tomorrow and what 267 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 1: he is going to be doing in Georgia very soon. 268 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: But first I have to tell you all about my 269 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 1: friends at pure Talk. I've got my thirteen year old 270 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:18,399 Speaker 1: on pure Talk and they do an amazing job. You 271 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:21,520 Speaker 1: can use the exact same five G network. 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That's pound 281 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 1: two five zero say Pure Talk pound two five zero 282 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: doing Welcome back in Clay Travis buck Sexton show. I 283 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:03,119 Speaker 1: am back from Houston. Let me say this incredible time 284 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 1: all over the city of Houston. I took my eleven 285 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:09,920 Speaker 1: year old to watch World Series Game one and two. 286 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 1: We did the show I did yesterday from our Houston affiliate. 287 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:20,400 Speaker 1: Just an absolutely fantastic time down in Houston. Astro's win 288 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: Game two. Appreciate everybody out there listening at KTRH, one 289 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,199 Speaker 1: of our biggest affiliates among many. We love all of 290 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:30,440 Speaker 1: you in all fifty states. Monster audience for this show 291 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 1: down in Houston met a lot of you. Appreciate everybody 292 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 1: who came up and shared feedback on the show and 293 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:40,640 Speaker 1: how much you're enjoying it, and welcome me to your 294 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:42,919 Speaker 1: city along with my eleven year old. We had an 295 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 1: incredible time watching Games one and two of the World Series. 296 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: And certainly, the state of Texas under the leadership of 297 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:55,200 Speaker 1: Greg Abbott has been one of the states that has 298 00:19:55,240 --> 00:20:01,359 Speaker 1: been punching back the most against all these draconian restrictions 299 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 1: associated with COVID and all the ridiculous decisions that are 300 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 1: being made by the Biden administration. The state that has 301 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 1: fought back the most, I think it's fair to say, 302 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: is Florida. And right now we've got some interesting dynamics 303 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 1: going on in Florida, where Governor Rhonda Santis has hired 304 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 1: a brand new surgeon general, a graduate of Harvard Medical School, 305 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 1: who has actually been sharing a lot of the details 306 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 1: and data that we share with you on a day 307 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 1: to day basis. Now Buck is out right now, he's sick. 308 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 1: He's going to be back tomorrow. We are chasing the 309 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 1: infrastructure deal potentially on Capitol Hill, whether the budget reconciliation 310 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,359 Speaker 1: bill is going to advance in any way. I'll give 311 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,720 Speaker 1: you an update on that in the next segment. We 312 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 1: also have a loaded show. Molly Hemingway is with us 313 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 1: at the top of the next hour, and then our 314 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:56,120 Speaker 1: friend Alex Berenson, we'll talk the latest associated with COVID. 315 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 1: But first I want you to be able to hear 316 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: somebody who is actually speaking truth to power and sharing facts, 317 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:07,880 Speaker 1: which is an important thing to do, particularly as kids 318 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,520 Speaker 1: are being The argument at least is out there that 319 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 1: kids should be getting the COVID vaccine, which I think 320 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:20,680 Speaker 1: is absolutely crazy. While Florida's Surgeon General, doctor Joseph Latipo, 321 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 1: he was on Tucker last night. And by the way, 322 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:26,440 Speaker 1: we're going to have Governor Ron De Santis of Florida. 323 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:28,880 Speaker 1: We're scheduled to have him on the show next week 324 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:31,640 Speaker 1: on Tuesday, and we probably need to at some point 325 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 1: in the near future get Florida's surgeon General, doctor Joseph 326 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 1: Latipo on as well. He was on Tucker last night 327 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:40,359 Speaker 1: and he shared the fact that data just flat out 328 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:44,439 Speaker 1: doesn't support masks. A really good example is this obsession 329 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:48,199 Speaker 1: with masking kids in school and when you look at 330 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 1: the evidence for mask mandates in schools, it's actually it's 331 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: very weak. You know, the highest quality evidence we have 332 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 1: in fact for masks basically shows really no evidence of 333 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:03,960 Speaker 1: a health benefit as an improvement and a child's health 334 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 1: outcome by implementing these mask mandates. And there's not even 335 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 1: any solid evidence for cloth masks. So you know, where 336 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 1: benefit has been shown, it's primarily been with surgical masks. 337 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 1: But you know, Americans have unfortunately been just slammed constantly 338 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:23,160 Speaker 1: with this message that you must mask these children. But 339 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:26,120 Speaker 1: you know, we haven't asked enough about the high quality data. 340 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 1: It doesn't support it, and we don't do it in Florida. 341 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 1: So I think that is fabulously well said. Think about 342 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 1: how much different our country would look right now if 343 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:38,719 Speaker 1: you had doctor Latipo there, the surgeon general of the 344 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:43,360 Speaker 1: state of Florida, actually making these arguments in public, instead 345 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 1: of doctor Fauci, who is consistently showing up like the 346 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 1: Boogeyman to try and terrify parents and make them believe 347 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 1: that their kids are under a severe danger from COVID 348 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: when the data doesn't reflect that that's remotely true. So 349 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:05,159 Speaker 1: why is this significant? We significant because DeSantis and other governors, 350 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:10,160 Speaker 1: thank God for federalism, are fighting back against the proposed 351 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 1: federal vaccine mandate. Now, it's worth noting that Joe Biden 352 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:20,480 Speaker 1: announced his federal vaccine mandate on September ninth, I believe 353 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: it was. He still has not officially released the regulations 354 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 1: drawn up by OSHA that would require that federal mandate 355 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 1: to be in place. As a result, we're not sure 356 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 1: exactly how many religious or health exemptions might be granted 357 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 1: and how aggressively this policy is going to be implemented. 358 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 1: But what we are sure of is there are gonna 359 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 1: be a lot of people, many of you out there 360 00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 1: listening right now, that are forced to make a decision 361 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: you may well have had COVID like I have, about 362 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: whether or not to follow a mandate issued by your company, 363 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 1: especially if your company employs over one hundred people, which 364 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 1: means that it would be a part of this federal 365 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: vaccine mandate. Are you going to go get the COVID 366 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: vaccine or are you going to make a decision to 367 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:15,199 Speaker 1: potentially quit your job, to give up your job. And 368 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 1: that's why I think what Ron de Santa says crystallized 369 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:19,879 Speaker 1: so well is if you think back to March of 370 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:24,680 Speaker 1: twenty twenty, what we were all told was something pretty straightforward, transparent, 371 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 1: and relatively easy to understand. Doctor Fauci walked out in 372 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: the White House and sold us on the idea of 373 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:35,440 Speaker 1: fifteen days to stop the spread. And if you remember, 374 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:40,119 Speaker 1: that was all about lessening the overall peak of infection 375 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:45,160 Speaker 1: to try to avoid overloading hospitals. Now, buy in large 376 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:49,640 Speaker 1: hospitals across this country have not been overloaded. They certainly 377 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:53,159 Speaker 1: have been strained at different points of time, but we 378 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 1: haven't seen what was initially feared, which was, oh my goodness, 379 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,920 Speaker 1: there are going to be tens of thousands of people 380 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 1: that need medical treatment and there will be no way 381 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 1: for the hospitals to actually handle all of those people. 382 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 1: We just haven't seen it. So we had fifteen days 383 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 1: to stop the spread, and now we have advanced all 384 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 1: the way to if you don't get the COVID vaccine, 385 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 1: and by the way, soon you don't get the COVID 386 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:25,439 Speaker 1: vaccine booster, you're gonna lose your job. And that is 387 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:30,639 Speaker 1: an unbelievable and excessive overreach of the federal government. This 388 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 1: is me putting my lawyer head on. I believe that's unconstitutional. 389 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:38,919 Speaker 1: I don't think that the federal government, given where we 390 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:42,639 Speaker 1: are with COVID, should have the power, or has the 391 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 1: power under our constitution, to mandate vaccines as expansively as 392 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,959 Speaker 1: Joe Biden has laid out his vaccine mandate. I suspect 393 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:55,720 Speaker 1: that is one reason why the vaccine mandate hasn't come 394 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:59,159 Speaker 1: out yet. In fact, there are a lot of businesses 395 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 1: out there that are reportedly arguing with the Biden administration 396 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 1: right now. Please don't issue this vaccine mandate before the holidays, 397 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 1: because if you do, it's going to be virtually impossible 398 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 1: for many different levels of our economy to function. We 399 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:23,439 Speaker 1: already have major supply chain disruptions. What's going to happen 400 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:27,640 Speaker 1: if truck drivers, for instance, suddenly decide not to get 401 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:30,680 Speaker 1: the COVID vaccine and you don't have the ability to 402 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 1: utilize their big rigs to move products across the country 403 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 1: when you've already got a major supply chain shortage that 404 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: is underway. What's going to happen if a lot of 405 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 1: people who stock the shelves inside of major retail establishments 406 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 1: decide not to get the COVID vaccine and therefore are 407 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:53,640 Speaker 1: not employed. So right now you have big business begging 408 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:57,840 Speaker 1: the Biden administration at least wait till after the holidays. 409 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:01,159 Speaker 1: And that's why I floated the idea that the Biden 410 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 1: administration the reason they haven't released their federal vaccine mandate 411 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 1: is because I think they know that it's unconstitutional, and 412 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: they are hoping that the threat will lead to more 413 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 1: people getting the COVID vaccine. And then after the first 414 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 1: of the year, if we don't have a major surge 415 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 1: in COVID cases and remember they're going down for the 416 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 1: most part across the country right now, then they can argue, hey, 417 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 1: we don't have to implement this federal vaccine mandate anymore 418 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:35,160 Speaker 1: because so many people got the vaccines. The vaccines work 419 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:39,400 Speaker 1: so well. Look, Joe Biden solved all of the issues 420 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:43,680 Speaker 1: surrounding COVID. That's what I think the Biden administration would 421 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: like to argue that, however, will be in the future 422 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:51,400 Speaker 1: when we come back. Got an interesting battle over celebrities 423 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:54,879 Speaker 1: who are willing to stand up against COVID vaccine mandates, 424 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 1: and I want you to hear some of the reaction 425 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 1: that those celebrities are getting because we're creating some interesting 426 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 1: dynamics that cut across race and gender lines and help 427 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 1: to destroy identity politics all brought in by these COVID 428 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 1: vaccine mandates. That will be next but in the meantime, 429 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,200 Speaker 1: very least we can do for the families of fallen 430 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 1: soldiers in our nation's War on terrors provide security. 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I talked about some of the 448 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 1: politics of vaccine mandates and how it has created some 449 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:39,160 Speaker 1: strange bedfellows. One of the most outspoken groups that has 450 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: had a lot of different celebrities standing up and saying, 451 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,800 Speaker 1: wait a minute, I don't really agree with the concept 452 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:48,520 Speaker 1: of the government mandating a COVID vaccine. A lot of athletes, 453 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:52,880 Speaker 1: a lot of comedians, and a lot of entertainers in 454 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:57,240 Speaker 1: general have been willing to speak out against the prevailing 455 00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:02,239 Speaker 1: hegemony that exists on the left wing woke culture, and 456 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:07,960 Speaker 1: in particular I saw this yesterday Floyd Mayweather, who is 457 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 1: maybe the most successful boxer of his generation. He posted 458 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 1: a video supporting Kyrie Irving. Kyrie Irving as an NBA 459 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: player who has refused to get vaccinated. Listen to what 460 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 1: Floyd Mayweather said, and then I want to share with 461 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:25,840 Speaker 1: you some of the attacks that are occurring based on 462 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,360 Speaker 1: comments like these. America is the land of the free, 463 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:33,160 Speaker 1: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and supposedly freedom to choose, 464 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 1: never be controlled by money. I respect you for having 465 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 1: some integrity and being your own man. A free mind 466 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:43,560 Speaker 1: makes his own choices, and the slave mind follows the crowd. 467 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 1: Stand for something or fall for anything. One man can 468 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 1: lead a revolution to stand up and fight for what's right. 469 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:55,160 Speaker 1: One choice, one word, one action can change the world. 470 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 1: It's crazy how people hate you for being a leader. 471 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:04,040 Speaker 1: I hope your actions encourage many others to stand up 472 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:11,480 Speaker 1: and say enough as enough respect to U kyrie people. Okay, 473 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:15,360 Speaker 1: so that's Floyd Mayweather. Here's what he also said. Choice 474 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,880 Speaker 1: is defined as an act of selecting or making a 475 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: decision when faced with two or more possibilities. America gave 476 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,960 Speaker 1: us the choice to take the vaccine or not take 477 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:32,520 Speaker 1: the vaccine. As time moves on, that choice is gradually 478 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 1: being stripped from us. And what's interesting is the number 479 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:42,400 Speaker 1: of people who claim that they are all for free 480 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:48,960 Speaker 1: expression and outspoken political opinions who as soon as someone 481 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:55,160 Speaker 1: says anything other than embracing the prevailing woke orthodox in 482 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: the world of athletics or entertainment, they turn it into 483 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 1: an opportunity unity to call them sellouts or racist or 484 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:11,440 Speaker 1: Uncle Tom's dead Spin, which is a website mostly bereft 485 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 1: of all functional intelligence, used to be a fun, zany, 486 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:20,680 Speaker 1: irreverent place for sports fans to go hang out. They 487 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 1: had an article that they published in the last day 488 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 1: or so and the headline is Kyrie Irving and Dave 489 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:35,080 Speaker 1: Chappelle are being used as black pawns on a white chessboard. 490 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,480 Speaker 1: Now it doesn't really make sense because a white chessboard, 491 00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,600 Speaker 1: you know, there's black and white pieces, and there's black 492 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,800 Speaker 1: and white pieces on the chessboard too, the squares. But 493 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:47,480 Speaker 1: what's really kind of fascinating is look at how quickly 494 00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:52,880 Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving, Dave Chappelle you just heard from Floyd Mayweather. 495 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:58,160 Speaker 1: These are prominent black athletes and celebrities who are speaking 496 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:02,600 Speaker 1: out against, in the case of Dave Chappelle, the idea 497 00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:08,239 Speaker 1: of protected treatment for people who are transgender. In the 498 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:11,720 Speaker 1: case of Kyrie Irving, it's against the New York City 499 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:15,520 Speaker 1: vaccine mandates which he is refusing to comply with and 500 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:20,160 Speaker 1: thereby makes him ineligible to play. And in the case 501 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:24,280 Speaker 1: of Floyd Mayweather, he's singing the praises of Kyrie Irving 502 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:27,880 Speaker 1: for being willing to make those choices. But don't mistake 503 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:33,000 Speaker 1: what's going on here. The same people who have lionized 504 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:38,400 Speaker 1: Colin Kaepernick for years for taking a knee are now 505 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 1: denigrating to the high heavens athletes who don't have the 506 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:47,480 Speaker 1: same opinion as them when it comes to the COVID vaccine. 507 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:51,760 Speaker 1: And by the way, these athletes aren't saying don't take 508 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:56,360 Speaker 1: the vaccine if you decide it's the right choice for you. 509 00:33:57,120 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 1: They're just saying mandates are wrong. And I know there's 510 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:05,960 Speaker 1: this desire to label everybody out there who doesn't believe 511 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:11,160 Speaker 1: in mandates as anti vacs. Right, that's the new insult 512 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:15,600 Speaker 1: that everybody gets that's tossed on them. I don't believe 513 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:20,120 Speaker 1: in getting my young kids vaccinated for COVID because COVID 514 00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:22,120 Speaker 1: is not a risk to them. That doesn't make me 515 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:26,920 Speaker 1: anti vacs. I'm certainly in favor of Measles Mump's rebella, 516 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:29,480 Speaker 1: as many of you out there listening right now. My 517 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:36,719 Speaker 1: kids are vaccinated. I'm opposed to unnecessary mandatory vaccines, but 518 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:40,560 Speaker 1: I'm not opposed to you, if you desire and believe 519 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,799 Speaker 1: that it makes the most sense for your health, being 520 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:47,719 Speaker 1: able to go make that choice yourself. There is a 521 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:50,879 Speaker 1: fundament and by the way, that goes for masks, that 522 00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:57,040 Speaker 1: goes for social distancing. All these different COVID related mandates 523 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:02,280 Speaker 1: really to me come down to choice and risk analysis 524 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:06,000 Speaker 1: within the context of your own age. A four year 525 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,520 Speaker 1: old and an eighty four year old do not have 526 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:12,959 Speaker 1: the same risk for COVID. The eighty four year old, 527 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:17,959 Speaker 1: I think probably should get the COVID vaccine. The four 528 00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:23,880 Speaker 1: year old should not. That's simple risk analysis. It's not 529 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:28,359 Speaker 1: being anti vax, it's being intelligent enough to understand that 530 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:31,520 Speaker 1: a one size fits all policy for three hundred and 531 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:34,920 Speaker 1: thirty million people in the United States doesn't make sense 532 00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:39,120 Speaker 1: and also doesn't consider all of you out there like 533 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:42,840 Speaker 1: me who've already had COVID and have natural immunity now 534 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:47,799 Speaker 1: as a result of having had COVID. My kids, it 535 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,640 Speaker 1: doesn't make sense for them to get vaccinated. Based on 536 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:54,560 Speaker 1: the data. They're under far more risk from far less 537 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:58,920 Speaker 1: dangerous things. They're way more likely to die in a 538 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:03,560 Speaker 1: traffic accident, or get murdered, or die of the seasonal flu. 539 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:08,279 Speaker 1: Being a parent is about teaching your kids how to 540 00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:11,560 Speaker 1: deal with risk. It's one of the most important things 541 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,759 Speaker 1: we teach our kids. And if you are teaching them 542 00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:16,920 Speaker 1: that they are in danger from COVID, frankly, you're not 543 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,839 Speaker 1: listening to the data at all. When we come back 544 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:23,320 Speaker 1: top of the second hour, Molly Hemingway on the battle 545 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:27,480 Speaker 1: around the twenty twenty election and what actually went down. 546 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:29,799 Speaker 1: She spent five hours talking with Donald Trump. What did 547 00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:32,640 Speaker 1: she learn? She'll tell us next. It's going to be fantastic. 548 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:35,319 Speaker 1: Then the third hour, our buddy Alex Barns and all 549 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,040 Speaker 1: that head of your direction. Appreciate you hanging out with us. 550 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:43,000 Speaker 1: Thanks for having your Thursday with us for this first hour, 551 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,560 Speaker 1: plus the latest on the infrastructure bill and the budget 552 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:51,640 Speaker 1: reconciliation bill, that's all coming next. You're listening to, Clay 553 00:36:51,719 --> 00:37:01,880 Speaker 1: Travis said Buck Sexton Fund the EIB Network tho