1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:04,920 Speaker 1: Welcome back in our number three Friday edition headed into 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:10,119 Speaker 1: the Memorial Day weekend holiday. And certainly there's so many 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: of you out there with friends and family who have 4 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: made the ultimate sacrifice to protect this country and everything 5 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,760 Speaker 1: that it stands for. And I've talked about this before. 6 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:21,119 Speaker 1: We were going to bring in Frank Siller here in 7 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:23,120 Speaker 1: a moment. I don't know if he's had the opportunity 8 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: to do this. One of the greatest trips I have 9 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: ever taken in my life was I got to spend 10 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: an entire day touring the beaches of Normandy. I've talked 11 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: about it on the program before. We had a private 12 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: tour guide took the boys, all three of my boy's 13 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: wife met our tour guide in Normandy. He took us 14 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 1: around to all the beaches. So much of that area 15 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:50,519 Speaker 1: still looks the exact same as it did eighty some 16 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: odd years ago. We toured the cemetery there where they 17 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: have so many American soldiers who are laid there in 18 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: the rows of white crosses. We bring in now Frank Siller, 19 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: who lost his brother on nine to eleven, which is 20 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 1: how Tunnel to Towers came to be one of the 21 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 1: truly great charities that exists anywhere. Frank, I know you 22 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: are a student of American history in many ways as well. 23 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,759 Speaker 1: Have you ever had that opportunity of touring the beaches 24 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: of Normandy? And if not, has there been a place 25 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: outside of certainly New York City where you have been 26 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: raising money and fighting back against what happened on that 27 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: day on nine to eleven that you have toured that 28 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: has particular residence for you as you think about Memorial Day. 29 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 2: Yes, well, of course, there's so many places that we 30 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 2: could go to honor those who have given the made 31 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 2: the ultimate sacrifice, and certainly in Narlington, which have been 32 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 2: to I mean it might take most Oh yes, yeah, 33 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 2: you should be there. But I was invited last year 34 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 2: for the anniversary of D Day to a parachute into Normandy. 35 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 2: Oh wow, And uh yeah, I was invited by these 36 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 2: great uh you know, the twelve Horsemen, the guys who 37 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:12,519 Speaker 2: rode in in Afghanistan, you know, the Special Forces Green Berets, 38 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 2: and and I honestly because I didn't serve. I said 39 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,359 Speaker 2: to him, there's two reasons why I'm not going to 40 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 2: do this, and number one, I said I didn't serve. 41 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 2: So I feel oh, they should do it because they're 42 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 2: going to have me on their plane that they were going. 43 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 2: And we do a lot of things together, and they 44 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 2: helped raise a lot of money for the foundation, and 45 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 2: they speak all over the country for us. And and 46 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 2: I said, the second reason is I'm not jumping out 47 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 2: of any plane. And I said, the second reason might 48 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 2: be might be the first reason. I don't know if 49 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 2: i'd have the courage to jump outside the plane. That's 50 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 2: why these heroes that that that do these things, Uh, 51 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 2: they're extraordinary. They were extraordinary that they had the courage. 52 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 2: And I only just jump out of a plane. They're 53 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,519 Speaker 2: jumping out out of a plane that is being fired upon, 54 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,799 Speaker 2: you know what I mean. So, uh, the heroes I 55 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 2: give us our country. We have to on this sacred 56 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 2: weekend we must remember them and their families what they've 57 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 2: done for us and this great country that we live in. 58 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 2: So and I know you're always preaching that to everybody, 59 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 2: and I thank you and Buck for doing it always. 60 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 3: Well. 61 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 1: We feel fortunate to be able to talk to an 62 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 1: audience that has so many people who have given their 63 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: utmost along with their families to ensure the freedoms that 64 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: we all have. You mentioned not wanting to jump out 65 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: of an airplane. I've never jumped out of an airplane either. 66 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: But frank one of the baddest ass stories, and there 67 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: are a lot of those from the Greatest generation. The 68 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: majority of the guys that ended up in one hundred 69 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: and first Airborne and ended up jumping in, many of 70 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: them on d Day. The first time they ever went 71 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: up in an airplane, they jumped out of it. 72 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 3: Can you imagine? And like, if you, for anybody. 73 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 1: Out there that is listening to us right now, if 74 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: you can remember the first time that you were on 75 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: an airplane. Many of these guys are just farm kids. 76 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 1: They hadn't hardly been anywhere. They end up in uh In, 77 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: you know, the the rangers here jumping out of airplanes, 78 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: they had never even been in airplanes before. Think about this. 79 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: You take off, You're in the sky for the first 80 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 1: time ever in your life, and they're like, okay, kid, 81 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 1: you're jumping out now. I mean, it's just a different 82 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: level of bravery and and and balls. Frankly, then you 83 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: see almost anywhere, can you imagine? 84 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,840 Speaker 2: No, I can't imagine that. And that's and that's why 85 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 2: you know, we owe so much to the greatest generation. 86 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 2: I mean, god, what they did. But you know what, 87 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 2: you know, the f nine to eleven and when all 88 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 2: men and women went over in Afghanistan and Iraq and 89 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 2: for what that wolf of so many is, you know, 90 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 2: found out we still have the greatest generation. 91 00:04:58,640 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 4: Uh. 92 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,919 Speaker 2: These kids that went and you know, to protect here 93 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 2: us here, so another nine to eleven what't happened are incredible. 94 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 2: And that's why the total of the Talents Foundation, we're 95 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 2: indebted to every single one of them, and why we've 96 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 2: made the promises that we've made, Clay, and you've been 97 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 2: to so many of our events. You see, you see 98 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 2: the great heroes that we have there and these families 99 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:25,719 Speaker 2: once again have made the ultimate pay, the ultimate sacrifice. 100 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:27,919 Speaker 2: And you know, we made a promise that you know, 101 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,840 Speaker 2: go forbid. These great heroes don't come home and they 102 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 2: leave behind the young family, we're going to deliver them 103 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 2: a mortgage free home and or if they come back 104 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:38,839 Speaker 2: catastrophically injured, we're going to build them a mortgage free 105 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 2: smart home, you know, to give back some of their independence. 106 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 2: And we've been doing that for quite a while now, 107 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:48,159 Speaker 2: and you know, this weekend we're giving the way twenty 108 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 2: five mortgage free homes to some of these great heroes 109 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 2: that made the ultimate sacrifice in their families. 110 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: That's a tremendous gesture. Especially we're sitting here now. I 111 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 1: think I've got the math right. Coming up on the 112 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: twenty fourth anniversary of nine to eleven, next year will 113 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 1: be twenty five, and I know there probably will be 114 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: even more attention being shined upon it. Can you believe 115 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: that it's been twenty four years since that day? 116 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:20,039 Speaker 2: No, I can't. It's you know, I look at my my, 117 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 2: my brother's My brother had five kids when he died 118 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 2: on nine eleven when he made that heroic run for 119 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 2: the tunnel to the towers with his gear on his back, 120 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 2: and you know he had his youngest child was nine 121 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 2: months old. Now, that nine month old. Two days ago 122 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 2: we did a house dedication up and up by Albany, 123 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 2: New York, for a spun home for specialist Mike Maynard. 124 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 2: And he, my nephew, spoke at this. Now he's twenty five, 125 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 2: and he spoke, and he spoke so beautifully about his 126 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 2: daddy's Steve Junior, ste Stephen still a junior. And I'm 127 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 2: looking at him, I'm saying I was I couldn't even 128 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:05,119 Speaker 2: speak after them. I was so emotional, and I'm saying 129 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 2: it's twenty four years later, but it's so so painful, 130 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 2: and the loss is still there. And that's what all 131 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 2: these families go through, not just nine eleven families, all 132 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 2: these gold Star families. You know that, you know, all 133 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 2: these police officers and firefighters at diet around our country 134 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 2: every year, and you know, this year we're paying off 135 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 2: over two hundred mortgages for these great heroes, you know, 136 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 2: all over the country. And you know, so there's a 137 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 2: big price that's always made. 138 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 5: No. 139 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 2: I cannot believe it's twenty four years later, but we 140 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 2: must make sure that people don't forget. And you know, 141 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 2: on weekends like this, people I hope remember. 142 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 4: You know. 143 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 2: I know they all want to have a nice barbecue, 144 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 2: me included. But we have this barbecue. We're we're talking 145 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 2: to my my grandkids, you know, we're telling them all 146 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 2: about you know what happened. I was at a dinner 147 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 2: last night where they raised a lot of money for 148 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 2: the foundation. They run by a guy who's a paratrooper 149 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 2: himself or a Vietnam War and Purple Heart recipient, and 150 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 2: he has this beautiful golf Course country Club in New Jersey, 151 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 2: evel Oaks, and he puts on this beautiful event. He 152 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 2: raised a half million dollars in the Funnel to Dallas 153 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 2: Foundation to make sure that we continue the work that 154 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 2: we do. And the General Flynn was there, He was 155 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 2: the keynote speaker. And it was a beautiful night. But 156 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 2: I had my grandchildren there. I had my grandchildren in 157 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 2: there to make sure some of them some are too young, 158 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 2: but you know some of them are not. They and 159 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 2: they were there and they hear these stories of heroism. 160 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 2: And you got to start teaching your kids and your 161 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 2: grandkids early on about America and why we are the 162 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:36,440 Speaker 2: greatest country that ever existed. 163 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 1: Next year, President Trump will be in charge of the 164 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 1: two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of our declaration of independence, 165 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: really our founding as a country. It will also be 166 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: the twenty fifth anniversary of nine to eleven. You know 167 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 1: President Trump pretty well, you and I feel like I 168 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 1: know him pretty well at this point too. But for 169 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: people out there who don't know him, Memorial Day, what 170 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 1: do you think it means to President Trump? And what 171 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,960 Speaker 1: has President Trump meant for Tunnel to Towers in your 172 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: experience knowing him. 173 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 2: Well he is. He is a great supporter of Tunnel 174 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 2: to Dallas. There's no question about it. He loves what 175 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 2: we're doing. I've spoken to him several times about the foundation. 176 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 2: He knows everything about Tunnel to Dallas. This guy knows 177 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 2: everything about everything just about It's incredible the knowledge he has. 178 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 2: But he cares and such had a level. Let me 179 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 2: just tell you one quick story about President Trump. I 180 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:40,839 Speaker 2: got a call around September eleventh, this past twenty twenty four, 181 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 2: just you know what, this past year, and he was 182 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 2: coming in to pay respect at ground zero and they 183 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 2: asked me to what she where should he go the 184 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 2: President's team, and I said, you really don't need me 185 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,200 Speaker 2: for that, but I'll be more than happy to help you. 186 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 2: And I suggest this one firehouse, which anybody that knows 187 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 2: anything about the sacrifice that had made would suggests this 188 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 2: firehouse four and fifteen, which is that fire house that's 189 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 2: pretty close to ground zero. And so he goes. He 190 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 2: goes there, he's found at ground zero with the reading 191 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 2: of the names, and we go over there and a 192 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 2: motorcade to go to meet the families. They lost fifteen 193 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 2: families plus at this firehouse on nine to eleven, and 194 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 2: he stays there for an hour and talking to whatever 195 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 2: families are there that were of the fifteen that were there, 196 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:42,079 Speaker 2: holding their you know, conversations with them, looking at the 197 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 2: internal memorial that they had inside the firehouse. He was 198 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 2: just he was so in tune to these families. And 199 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,560 Speaker 2: I'm one of those families not from that firehouse. You know, 200 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,440 Speaker 2: my brother was at Squad one. But he was so 201 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 2: gracious with his time and with his emotions. 202 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 4: It was it was beautiful to watch. 203 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:05,959 Speaker 2: Nobody saw that. The press didn't cover that, you know 204 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 2: what I mean, So nobody saw that, and he was 205 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 2: doing all that, and that's why he especially one on one, 206 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 2: he's incredible about how much he cares and if you 207 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 2: if you've made a big sacrifice, if you protected our 208 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 2: country or our community, he's even more in tune to 209 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:25,839 Speaker 2: it and and wants to help out. So I know 210 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 2: that he has big plans for the two hundred and 211 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 2: fiftieth anniversary of this great country, and I know that 212 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:34,200 Speaker 2: he wants to be part of that, and I know 213 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 2: he wants to help us with the twenty fifth anniversary 214 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 2: of nine to eleven. He wants to help the tunnel 215 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 2: of Talis Foundation because we don't waste people's money. You 216 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 2: could see where it goes. It takes care of mortgage 217 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 2: free homes for these great heroes that have done everything 218 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 2: for us. So he is something somebody I can rely 219 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 2: upon to help us on a mission to do good 220 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,320 Speaker 2: and get the word out there to make sure that 221 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 2: we never forget no doubt. 222 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 1: We're talking to Frank Seller a Tunnel the Towers. I 223 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 1: was with you in October of last year and saw 224 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: you raising millions of dollars at the Liberty Golf Course 225 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: in New Jersey. And then I was with you just 226 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: a couple of months ago down at Trump West Palm Beach, 227 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: and I saw you raise millions of dollars more. 228 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 3: You don't stop. 229 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:25,319 Speaker 1: But for people out there that are listening to us 230 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 1: and are interested in helping you to help as many 231 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:32,599 Speaker 1: people as possible that are making sacrifices, sometimes the ultimate sacrifice, 232 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 1: often the ultimate sacrifice for our country, how can they help? 233 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 2: Well, it's simple, go to ttwot dot org. Obviously it 234 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,559 Speaker 2: stands for Tunnel to Towers, So t the number two 235 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 2: t dot org and donate eleven dollars a month. It's 236 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 2: not a lot. We're not asking you to do a lot, 237 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:55,839 Speaker 2: but you should do something. Everybody who's listening, it's your 238 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 2: responsibility to do something to these great families that are 239 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:02,719 Speaker 2: behind or if they're catastrophically injured, when we give them 240 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 2: a mortgage free smart home, it is your responsibility. Tunnel 241 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 2: to Towers are made a promise that we're going to 242 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 2: take care of every family who dies in the line 243 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 2: of duty and leaves a young family behind. We're going 244 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 2: to pay off their mortgages. We're going to game a 245 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 2: mortgage free home, and we're going to do that for 246 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:20,319 Speaker 2: catastrophically injured. And now you know we're doing for homeless veterans. 247 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 2: Over ten thousand homeless veterans off the street the last 248 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:28,319 Speaker 2: two years. I just finished. We just bought nineteen new properties. 249 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 2: We broke around Atlanta, Breading, Florida, Memphis, Bayville, New Jersey, Harrisburg, Denver, Buffalo, 250 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:43,559 Speaker 2: New York, Detroit, in South Carolina, Jacksonville, Florida, Orlando, Sacramento, Cleveland, Bronx, 251 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:47,679 Speaker 2: West Palm Beach. In Puerto Rico, we're building a homeless 252 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 2: veteran village in Puerto Rico. Because you cannot believe how 253 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 2: many great heroes have served us from Puerto Rico, served 254 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 2: Dark Country, Jackson, New Jersey, Portland, Charlotte, Kansas City, Seattle, Dallas, Austin, 255 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 2: Long Island, Las Vegas, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Again, 256 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 2: we are doing this all over our country because there's 257 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 2: too many homeless veterans out there in the street and 258 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:12,839 Speaker 2: it's disgusting and we can't let that be. So, you know, 259 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 2: we have a lot of work ahead of us, but 260 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 2: not eleven dollars a month. Fight Department says, many hands 261 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 2: makes light work. 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All right, 326 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 1: when we come back, we're going to head to West Virginia. 327 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 1: Patrick Morrisey, the governor there, is going to talk with 328 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 1: us as we can continue to roll through on the 329 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 1: Friday Memorial Day edition of the program. 330 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 3: But I want to make sure that. 331 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 1: All of you know that I'm actually hopping in the 332 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 1: car tomorrow and I'm headed up to the inndy five hundred. 333 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: I've never been before. 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That is good 350 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 1: Ranchers dot com, my name Clay for the best possible 351 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:13,119 Speaker 1: deal on phenomenal. 352 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:14,879 Speaker 3: Meat for life. 353 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:18,120 Speaker 1: Welcome back in Clay, Travis buck Sexton Show. 354 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 3: Appreciate all of you hanging out. 355 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:22,200 Speaker 1: With us as we are rolling through the Friday edition 356 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 1: of the program headed into Memorial Day weekend. I hope 357 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 1: you guys are going to be safe wherever you are 358 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:31,680 Speaker 1: across the country. We are joined now by West Virginia 359 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 1: Governor Patrick Morrissey. Appreciate him joining on with us right now. 360 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: And there's a lot we're going to dive into with you, Governor, 361 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: but right off the top, you wanted to tell us 362 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 1: all about what you've got going on when it comes 363 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 1: to helping veterans become teachers. It's a very great idea, 364 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,919 Speaker 1: particularly here on Memorial Day weekend as we celebrate veterans 365 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:58,119 Speaker 1: who gave the utmost. Where did the idea come from, 366 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:00,160 Speaker 1: what is it like, and how is it going going 367 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:00,640 Speaker 1: so far? 368 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 4: Well, first of all, thank you so much for having 369 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 4: me on. And this is not an idea that I 370 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 4: came up with, but you know, I'm smart enough to 371 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 4: learn from people who are spending a lot of time 372 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 4: on these topics. And for those who don't know, there 373 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 4: used to be a federal program of troops to teachers 374 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:25,159 Speaker 4: provision and program a number of years ago. But we 375 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:28,679 Speaker 4: had a couple of legislators who were veterans who really 376 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:32,679 Speaker 4: were thinking a lot about different ways that our former 377 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 4: troops could get into the classrooms because they know that 378 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 4: West Virginia is a state where we have a shortage 379 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:42,919 Speaker 4: of qualified teachers, and so a number of these veterans, 380 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:46,639 Speaker 4: over a multi year period, kept trying to push a 381 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:51,160 Speaker 4: bill that would allow veterans to get into the classroom quicker. 382 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 4: And as you know, a lot of times in various states, 383 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 4: there's a slowdown. And how long did it take to 384 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 4: get into the classroom, to go through eighteen different hoops 385 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:06,160 Speaker 4: and certifications to get through. We said, look, we need 386 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 4: to start to move that a lot faster. And so 387 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:13,720 Speaker 4: now under this new Troops to Teachers law, we have 388 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 4: a chance to get these veterans into the schools quicker. 389 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 4: We're going to bypass some of the red tape that 390 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 4: exists right now. I'd like to get them even quicker. 391 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 4: But this is a way we begin to address our 392 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 4: school teacher shortage. It's also a way that we reflect 393 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 4: the great experience that these veterans have. It's pretty amazing. 394 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 4: You're looking for leadership, organizational skills, and knowledge, the ability 395 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 4: to relate to people. You can't really do much better 396 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 4: than vets. So we thought it was a great bill. 397 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 4: Kudos out to Tom Willis and Bill right No hour, 398 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,959 Speaker 4: to the people that we're driving in the legislature. And 399 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:55,440 Speaker 4: you know, when I heard about this bill, we got 400 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,399 Speaker 4: involved and we knew that we act to tout it 401 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 4: so that we can get more vets into the schools. 402 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 1: No doubt, West Virginia is maybe the reddest state in 403 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: the country. Now, how would you assess what West Virginians 404 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 1: think of the job Trump has done so far. 405 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 4: Look, I think West Virginias are very happy with President Trump, 406 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 4: and they know that he's shaking things up in Washington, DC. 407 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:25,360 Speaker 4: He's striving for America's energy independence, which helps West Virginia 408 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 4: tremendously because West Virginia is America's energy state. He's looking 409 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 4: for ways to take on the swamp and return power 410 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 4: back to the states and to the people. We love 411 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 4: that he has common sense conservative ideas that we also 412 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 4: appreciate in West Virginia. So, look, I think he's doing 413 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 4: very very well. You know, he had a lot of 414 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 4: positive things in his first term. I think is even 415 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 4: stronger here in his second term of office. So I 416 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 4: was just at the White House a little bit earlier 417 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 4: today and I saw the President and a lot of 418 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 4: Cabinet members yesterday. And let me tell you, these guys 419 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:05,119 Speaker 4: are working their tails off for the American people, and 420 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 4: I know that West Virginia is going to benefit and 421 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 4: it's been a pleasure partnering with them. You know, what 422 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 4: a change going from Biden to Trump for West Virginia. 423 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 4: It makes all the difference in the world. 424 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:18,040 Speaker 3: No doubt. 425 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:20,679 Speaker 1: And I'm curious. You've lived in West Virginia for I 426 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 1: think twenty some odd years now. I know you're originally 427 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:26,679 Speaker 1: from the East Coast, but what do you think the 428 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 1: evolution of West Virginia's voting history. I live here in Tennessee, 429 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 1: and certainly there's been an evolution here too, but from 430 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 1: a place where Democrats were rock ribbed and felt very 431 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 1: confident that they were going to always get those votes 432 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:42,959 Speaker 1: to a place now which, as I mentioned, I mean 433 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: right up there with Wyoming and a few other states 434 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 1: voted Trump and for you voted Red as aggressively almost 435 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 1: as any state. 436 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 3: In the nation. 437 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:55,200 Speaker 1: What does that evolution reflect, not only about West Virginia, 438 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:57,880 Speaker 1: but I think to a certain degree, and certainly Joe 439 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:00,720 Speaker 1: Manchin would reflect this too, the Collie apps of the 440 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 1: Democrat Party when it comes to just being a party 441 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:07,880 Speaker 1: that normal people with common sense supporting, I. 442 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 4: Think that's right. Look, all discussions have to start with 443 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,439 Speaker 4: the fact that you had a series of presidents on 444 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:19,159 Speaker 4: the Democrat side that sold out West Virginia. When you 445 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 4: have people openly talking about ending the use of coal 446 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 4: and showing great disrespect for our energy resources. That's never 447 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 4: going to put you on a favorable light in West Virginia. 448 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 4: And we had that. Even if you go back to 449 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,400 Speaker 4: Gore in the two thousand race. If many people may 450 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 4: remember that George Bush won in West Virginia, and everyone 451 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 4: talks about Florida being the difference maker in two thousand, 452 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:49,440 Speaker 4: but in reality, West Virginia's electoral votes were critically important 453 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 4: and for a long time prior to that were just 454 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 4: considered locks in the Democrat column. So I would say 455 00:24:56,760 --> 00:25:00,679 Speaker 4: that coal and our energy resources and just the common 456 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:04,639 Speaker 4: sense conservative values that people show that the Democrat Party 457 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 4: has gone so far off the rails. And I think 458 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:12,160 Speaker 4: people know that, you know, whether it's men playing sports 459 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 4: with women or some of these crazy issues pretending to DEI. 460 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,399 Speaker 4: You know, we actually were doing some cleanup of DEI. 461 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 4: Even in West Virginia when I came in, there's still 462 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:26,159 Speaker 4: some DEI we were working to clean up. So I 463 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:30,719 Speaker 4: would say that West Virginians are looking for common sense 464 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 4: in their government. But we care about our freedoms and 465 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 4: we want to have the ability to really grow lift 466 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 4: up our standard of living, driver educational attainment, and I 467 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 4: think President Trump wants that, and people knows that while 468 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 4: the state has moved, no one is taken anything for granted. 469 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 4: I certainly won't, you know. I want to work hard 470 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 4: and run through the finish line every single day to 471 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 4: help West Virginia grow. And that's why we're talking about 472 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,680 Speaker 4: doing our backyard brawl against all the states that we touch, 473 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 4: lifting ourselves up economically, really improving our educational system, and 474 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:11,199 Speaker 4: getting our workforce participation numbers up. So we're doing a 475 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 4: lot of good things. But we know that the state 476 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 4: has evolved, but in part because the Democrats absolutely left 477 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 4: us in West Virginia, and people now know that got 478 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:26,360 Speaker 4: some folks that really care about the state's future in charge. 479 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 1: Is Country Roads the best song about a state anywhere 480 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:31,160 Speaker 1: in the country. 481 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:35,359 Speaker 4: You know, it's a great song. And I don't know 482 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 4: if you guys know this, but during the Super Bowl 483 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 4: there was a commercial and it was by Rocket Mortgage, 484 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:47,719 Speaker 4: and you started hearing Country Roads, and I thought it 485 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:51,360 Speaker 4: was pretty unbelievable because when they were talking about it, 486 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 4: I first thought it was a West Virginia tourism commercial 487 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:59,160 Speaker 4: because in all its Country Roads and talking about West Virginia. 488 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 4: But in reaction was a commercial bank and we were 489 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 4: really we loved it. I mean, we thought it was incredible. 490 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:11,479 Speaker 4: And wherever you go across the globe, people know that 491 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:15,240 Speaker 4: there's an indomitable spirit coming out of West Virginia. Country 492 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 4: Roads reflects that. Guys. One thing I do want to 493 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 4: put on your radar screen. September thirteenth, we have a 494 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 4: backyard Brawl football game between WU and PET. But the 495 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:31,360 Speaker 4: reason I mentioned this to you guys less about the sports, 496 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,959 Speaker 4: but all leading up to it, we're going to backyard 497 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:39,800 Speaker 4: Brawl economic announcements that whole week in Morgantown and in 498 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:43,960 Speaker 4: West Virginia talking about the steps West Virginia's taking to 499 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:47,359 Speaker 4: really climb up in the rankings, our comebacks beginning. So 500 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 4: we've got a lot of incredible history and culture in 501 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 4: West Virginia and now we're taking on some tough challenges. 502 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:59,160 Speaker 4: West Virginia's on the rise and we're pretty psyched about it. 503 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 1: It's the beautiful state, fabulous place to be. I went 504 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:04,359 Speaker 1: to a wedding there and everybody got drunk in the 505 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 1: final song of the night was Country Roads, which was 506 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 1: a pretty awesome experience. So we will have you on 507 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: that week because that is a great rive oream a 508 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 1: college football guy, and everybody knows West Virginia pitt is 509 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:17,479 Speaker 1: about as good as it gets. We'll have you on 510 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,399 Speaker 1: that week to share some of the good moves that 511 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 1: you guys are making economically in the state, and we 512 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 1: appreciate the time and hope you and your family have 513 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 1: a good Memorial Day weekend. 514 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 4: Governor Hey Simp, you guys appreciate your having me on today, 515 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 4: and Happy Memorial Day to everyone listening. 516 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 3: Appreciate that. 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On the 546 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 5: Team forty seven podcast, Clay and Buck highlight Trump free 547 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:10,320 Speaker 5: plays from the week Sundays at noon Eastern find it 548 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 5: on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. 549 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 1: Welcome back in Play Travis Buck Sexton Show, final segment 550 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:24,000 Speaker 1: of the week. Buck, We'll be back with me on Tuesday. 551 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 1: I want to take an opportunity here to thank everybody 552 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:31,640 Speaker 1: out there as we head into Memorial Day weekend for 553 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:35,880 Speaker 1: being supporters of the show, for spending time with us. 554 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 1: Been nearly four years since Buck and I took over. 555 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:42,120 Speaker 1: We don't take it for granted at all. And you 556 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:45,440 Speaker 1: heard us talking with Frank Siller at the start of 557 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:50,160 Speaker 1: the third hour, and if you if you missed that discussion, 558 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 1: I mentioned right off the top that one of the 559 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:58,280 Speaker 1: greatest days that I have ever gotten to spend was 560 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:02,720 Speaker 1: touring the beaches of Norman and what really stood out 561 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,120 Speaker 1: to me there. And I hope all of you get 562 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:07,400 Speaker 1: the opportunity at some point in time, particularly those of 563 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:11,120 Speaker 1: you who are big history buffs like I am, whether 564 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 1: it's Civil war history, I'm a Civil War history nerd, 565 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:17,200 Speaker 1: getting to walk around battlefields, read about what has happened before. 566 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 1: We're about to celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary 567 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:22,960 Speaker 1: of the Declaration of Independence next year. We just had 568 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,840 Speaker 1: the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Lexington Concord. Wherever 569 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:30,320 Speaker 1: you go, I hope you are taking time to understand 570 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:35,320 Speaker 1: the larger context of American history. But if you stand 571 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:38,520 Speaker 1: on some of those bluffs, and if you look out 572 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:43,320 Speaker 1: from the positions that the Germans occupied, it is hard 573 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 1: to believe that anyone was able to take those positions. 574 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:54,320 Speaker 1: And I'm a big believer that actually seeing the terrain 575 00:31:54,440 --> 00:32:02,560 Speaker 1: of battlefields is incredibly valuable because it actually crystallizes what 576 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:09,280 Speaker 1: the sacrifice was. Because even just walking some of the ridgelines, 577 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:14,120 Speaker 1: even trying to climb a hill without somebody trying to 578 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 1: kill you, you can understand what exactly was given so that 579 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 1: all of us have the luxury to celebrate as we 580 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:27,400 Speaker 1: all will a long weekend this year and for many 581 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:31,000 Speaker 1: years to come. And so I just want to say 582 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:34,080 Speaker 1: thank you for people who have family members who have 583 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 1: made the ultimate sacrifice, for people out there who are 584 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:44,560 Speaker 1: dealing with memories, like Frank said, of loss, while also 585 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:48,040 Speaker 1: celebrating the future and the sacrifice that was made that 586 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 1: allows us to all have the freedoms that very often 587 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:54,560 Speaker 1: we take for granted every single day. And I think 588 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:58,200 Speaker 1: about that in the context of so many young Americans 589 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:00,560 Speaker 1: have no idea how they have it. 590 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 3: I don't know how many of you saw one of 591 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 3: the viral. 592 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:08,880 Speaker 1: Videos recently of a young black woman who decided that 593 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:12,240 Speaker 1: she couldn't stand the racism in America, so she moved 594 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:15,120 Speaker 1: to Africa, and then she made a video coming back 595 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:18,840 Speaker 1: talking about the fact that Africa wasn't that good, wasn't 596 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:22,400 Speaker 1: that nice of a place? And you all know, I 597 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:27,200 Speaker 1: was in Israel in December, and I love, honestly the 598 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 1: fact that everybody has to serve in the Israeli defense 599 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 1: forces as a part of living in that country due 600 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:36,440 Speaker 1: to the threats and dangers that they experience, because I 601 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:41,720 Speaker 1: think it really, in many ways, epitomizes your direct connection 602 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:45,080 Speaker 1: to the freedoms that exist in the country. But I 603 00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:49,880 Speaker 1: truly do believe that if every American kid, every seventeen 604 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:52,560 Speaker 1: or eighteen year old who is graduating right now from 605 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:55,600 Speaker 1: high school, and certainly even those that are graduating from 606 00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:59,040 Speaker 1: college because we're in graduation season right now, if all 607 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:03,240 Speaker 1: of them had to give two years to serve outside 608 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:06,440 Speaker 1: of the United States and were not allowed to come 609 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:10,319 Speaker 1: back into the United States, almost every single one of 610 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:13,879 Speaker 1: them would kiss the ground when they come back into 611 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:17,360 Speaker 1: this country. And Warren Buffett ninety four years old, step 612 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:20,719 Speaker 1: down from Berkshire Hathaway just in the last month, and 613 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:23,000 Speaker 1: he has a great analogy that I think brings this 614 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:28,239 Speaker 1: home and for many of you, I think is particularly 615 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:32,439 Speaker 1: useful as we go into Memorial Day weekend. He says, 616 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:36,120 Speaker 1: if you think about the population of the world as 617 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:39,960 Speaker 1: basically every person in the world is a marble, and 618 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,840 Speaker 1: you were able to put all those marbles into one collection, 619 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:48,080 Speaker 1: seven billion, roughly people around the world, And he said, 620 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:50,719 Speaker 1: and you had a marble that you were holding, and 621 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:56,440 Speaker 1: it represented where you live, what your relative wealth is. 622 00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:02,840 Speaker 1: If you had an opportunity to replace your marble where 623 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:06,120 Speaker 1: you are right now, and you were to draw one 624 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:13,799 Speaker 1: marble out, no American, no American, no matter how rich 625 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:18,680 Speaker 1: or poor you are, should ever replace their marble and 626 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:22,440 Speaker 1: take a risk about where else you might end up, 627 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:27,720 Speaker 1: because even the poorest and the least advantaged among us 628 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:32,480 Speaker 1: would be wildly wealthy in almost every other country and 629 00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:36,480 Speaker 1: the rest of the world. The poorest people in America 630 00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:41,160 Speaker 1: would be in the country's most populous country right now, 631 00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:45,920 Speaker 1: India would be among the wealthiest people in India, and 632 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:49,319 Speaker 1: most people don't really have the perspective to understand that. 633 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:52,279 Speaker 1: Why is that the case? Because of all of the 634 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:55,680 Speaker 1: sacrifices that have been made, many of them by soldiers, 635 00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:59,800 Speaker 1: first responders, and police all around the world to allow 636 00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:04,600 Speaker 1: us to have spectacular weekends rolling in long weekends this year. 637 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:07,160 Speaker 1: So I just think for that moment, just think about 638 00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:12,640 Speaker 1: that analogy. Gratitude probably the most single valuable of all emotions, 639 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:15,000 Speaker 1: and it's one that we don't use as much as 640 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:18,640 Speaker 1: we should. That Marble analogy from Warren Buffett has always 641 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:20,440 Speaker 1: stuck with me, So hope you think about that a 642 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:22,799 Speaker 1: little bit this weekend. I've had a great time hanging 643 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:25,280 Speaker 1: out with all of you. We'll be back on Tuesday, 644 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,799 Speaker 1: Buck and I both and we will be celebrating what 645 00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:30,640 Speaker 1: hopefully was a fabulous weekend for us and for you 646 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:34,239 Speaker 1: as well. But again, as we come up on four 647 00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:36,680 Speaker 1: years being able to sip behind this microphone, we feel 648 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:40,680 Speaker 1: a tremendous and enormous amount of gratitude and we thank 649 00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:42,840 Speaker 1: you every single day for all the time you spend 650 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,600 Speaker 1: with us. So hope you go download the podcast. We've 651 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:47,439 Speaker 1: got a great podcast network. If you missed the first 652 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:49,160 Speaker 1: couple of hours of the show. I think you will 653 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:52,560 Speaker 1: enjoy that as well, and be safe on the roads. 654 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:54,719 Speaker 1: I'll be at the NDY five hundred this weekend with 655 00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:57,399 Speaker 1: my wife, So if any of you are out there 656 00:36:57,760 --> 00:36:59,960 Speaker 1: among the three hundred and fifty thousand in the crowd 657 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,200 Speaker 1: that also listen to the show, hope to see some 658 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:04,759 Speaker 1: of you and say hi to you, and I hope 659 00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:08,560 Speaker 1: you and your families all have fabulous Memorial Day weekend. 660 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,719 Speaker 1: Thanks to all those who made the ultimate sacrifice so 661 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:14,880 Speaker 1: we could enjoy this weekend sleeve. 662 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:19,200 Speaker 5: Travis and Buck Sexton on the front lines of truth.