1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of the Clay Travis and buck 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: Sexton Show podcast. Welcome back in our number two Clay 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: Travis buck Sexton Show. Appreciate all of you hanging out 4 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: with us. We were rolling through the Friday edition of 5 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: the program, taking you into the weekend. Big breaking news 6 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 1: happened yesterday when DHS Secretary Christy Nome was let go 7 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:26,600 Speaker 1: while we were live on the air near the end 8 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: of the second hour, and a big reason why I 9 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: believe this guy's questions of her on Tuesday. We are 10 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: joined now by Senator John Kennedy of the great State 11 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 1: of Louisiana, and Senator let's just dive in right off 12 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 1: the top. What was your reaction when you saw that 13 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: Christy Nome was out? Were you surprised? Did you expect it? 14 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 1: Take us into your process there as you came to 15 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: see that news. 16 00:00:54,400 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 2: I wasn't surprised. Like the secretary, I think she she 17 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 2: did many good things, uh. In fact, I started my 18 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 2: questioning by congratulating her on her success in securing our 19 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 2: southern border and implementing the President's plan. But there have 20 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 2: been a number of management decisions and certain management behavior 21 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 2: at the department in the last or four months that 22 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 2: I think have. They were really distracting from the President's 23 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 2: agenda and our agenda, and the quarter of a billion 24 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 2: dollars of advertising campaign that that featured the Secretary prominently 25 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 2: has always bothered me. I'm i'm, I'm very opposed to 26 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 2: spending porn. But anyway, my point is I didn't tell anybody. 27 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 2: I didn't get anybody's permission. I just decided to ask 28 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 2: the secretary some pretty tough questions. And when I asked 29 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 2: her about the advertising campaign, I was a little surprised. 30 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 2: That's why I asked her twice that she basically said 31 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 2: the President approved every bit of it, and I didn't 32 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 2: believe that. That night, about nine point thirty, I got 33 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 2: a phone call from the President. He was mad as 34 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 2: a mama wasp. He told me he had nothing to 35 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 2: do with it. He wasn't aware of the advertising advertising campaign. 36 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 2: He would not have approved a quarter of a billion dollars, 37 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 2: He wouldn't have approved no bid contracts to allegedly the 38 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 2: friends of the secretary, and I had a feeling that 39 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 2: he was gonna make a change. He ran a couple 40 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 2: of names by me about new secretary. She asked me 41 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 2: from my opinion on a few and that was the 42 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 2: end of the conversation. But I could tell that in 43 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 2: all likelihood that the secretary was she was as dead 44 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 2: as Woodrow Wilson. You know, I can tell when the 45 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,359 Speaker 2: president's made up his mine and he usually acts pretty quickly. 46 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: Dead as Woodrow. 47 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 2: What also, what about I was just gonna say, I 48 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 2: was also I'm not surprised at Mark Wayne, because we 49 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 2: talked about Mark Wayne, and I told me, okay. 50 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 1: We'll get into that in a second. But when you 51 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: say Trump was mad as a mama wasp, what does 52 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 1: that sound like? You talk to President Trump a lot. 53 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: What does that sound like when you get a call 54 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: from the president and he's that angry, that conversation sounds 55 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: like what take us into take it into what that 56 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: experience is. 57 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 2: Well, he wasn't He wasn't screaming or anything, but he 58 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 2: was angry. I mean, I could tell him angry. And 59 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 2: he started off by saying, I hope you know that 60 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 2: I would never spend this kind of money on something 61 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 2: like that when we're scratching and clawing to try to 62 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 2: reduce our spending and therefore reduce our debt. And you know, 63 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 2: he was very firm, I'll put it that way. But 64 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 2: he wasn't screaming, but I could tell he was going 65 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 2: to make a change. 66 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 3: Senator Kennedy, can you tell us a little bit more 67 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 3: about First of all, how could such a huge How 68 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 3: could anyone think that such a huge budget for an 69 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 3: ad campaign for a government employee, not the president, would 70 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 3: do anything other than raise a lot of eyebrows. And 71 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 3: then also you mentioned this contracting. This seems like this 72 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,359 Speaker 3: is quite a messy thing. If there's money that is 73 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 3: going taxpayer dollars going in large sums to newly formed 74 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 3: corporations right before they are dolled out, what do we 75 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:09,239 Speaker 3: know about this? And is there going to be further 76 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 3: looking into this? 77 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:16,160 Speaker 2: Yes, it's gonna be looked at very carefully. I sit 78 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 2: on the Appropriations Committee, but even if I didn't, when 79 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 2: it comes to taxpayer money, I'm pretty cheap, guys, I 80 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:28,839 Speaker 2: would state treasurers losing outa for seventeen years. I'sweak when 81 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 2: I walk, and when I see spending porn or what 82 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:35,039 Speaker 2: looks to me like spending porn, I'm gonna call it out. 83 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 2: I don't care who who did it. These ads cost 84 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 2: the quarter of a billion dollars they figured are they 85 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 2: featured rather the secretary prime on that you've seen them, 86 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 2: She's on a horse in front of Mount Rushmore. I 87 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 2: think any fair minded person would look at these ads 88 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 2: and say, well, there could be a number of purposes, 89 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 2: but they're primarily to promote the secretary. And uh, I 90 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 2: think during during my questioning of the Secretary, asked her, 91 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 2: I said, did you bid these out? I mean, and 92 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 2: she said yes, and I knew that was an act. 93 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:27,160 Speaker 2: She didn't get the names of the people who got 94 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 2: this quarter of a billion dollars off of the recruiter. 95 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:34,160 Speaker 2: I think some of them she knew beforehand, and some 96 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 2: of these were brand new companies. I don't know all 97 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 2: the details. But uh, I think what disturbed me the 98 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 2: most from the testimony was that she, you know, uh, 99 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 2: she basically blamed the president and said, you know, he 100 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 2: okayed it and he didn't and uh uh you see 101 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 2: the consequence. 102 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: Now you're a lawyer. 103 00:06:58,200 --> 00:06:59,679 Speaker 4: I believe I'm a lawyer. 104 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: You said the president said he didn't do it. She 105 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:07,040 Speaker 1: said he did. She said he did it under oath. 106 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: I mean to me, when you say something that is 107 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: untrue under oath, I mean, I think that sets off 108 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: a lot of alarm bells for people out there. Do 109 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: you think, based on what you know, that she lied 110 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: under oath about this? 111 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 2: I don't know. As far as I'm concerned, it's over with. 112 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 2: We've in again. I liked the Secretary. She did many 113 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 2: good things, but we were at we've had a lot 114 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 2: of management problems. In fact, if I had only ten 115 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 2: minutes to question her, I got the two subjects I 116 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 2: had eight to talk to her about. 117 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 3: Well, the Senator, can I jump in there? Because another 118 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 3: thing that's gotten a lot of attention to headlines is 119 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 3: the allegations about the Secretary not just having an extramarital relationship, 120 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 3: and their allegations that I know that she has denied 121 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 3: them in the past, but with somebody who's a special 122 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 3: government employee, so essentially traveling with her on taxpayer funded 123 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 3: aircraft and going everywhere and in the chain of command, 124 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 3: that is the allegation. Was it fair for Democrat to 125 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 3: ask about that? And is it true that the President 126 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 3: was unhappy with her responses? 127 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 2: He and I didn't talk about that. By he, I mean, 128 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 2: of course, I mean the President. I don't know if 129 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 2: there's those allegations are true, that they were raised by 130 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 2: a number of people in our hearing, they will, look, 131 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 2: this is not likely to be over. One of the 132 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 2: things I wanted to talk to her about but haven't 133 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 2: is management at the department has been obstructing their inspector 134 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 2: general who works for us in Congress, and his job 135 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 2: is find waste and corruption and and and and that 136 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:53,559 Speaker 2: sort of thing. And uh, I know he's going to 137 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 2: continue to probe. My guess is there will be others. 138 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:58,959 Speaker 2: But but look, this is fair. 139 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:00,840 Speaker 4: Is it a fair question? Is it a fair question? 140 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 3: Though, Senator to ask, given that involves somebody who might 141 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 3: be in chain of command in your estimation, is it 142 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 3: a fair question? 143 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 2: Well, look, I don't you know, I'm pretty libertarian, guys, 144 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 2: but ninety percent of my philosophy is, don't hurt somebody 145 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 2: unless it's trying to hurt you first, and don't take 146 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 2: other people's stuff and leave me alone. So I don't 147 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 2: really care that much about someone's sex life. But now 148 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:31,680 Speaker 2: if it's a government employee, for example, in Congress, if 149 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 2: if a congressman or woman has an affair with somebody 150 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 2: who works for you, it's illegal. But my guess is 151 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 2: it's just a guess. But it's not going to come 152 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 2: for me. This stuff is not going to go for 153 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 2: a way away for a while. I would like to 154 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 2: know about the court of a billion dollars that was 155 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 2: spent and who got it, whether we can recoup any 156 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 2: of it. But again, guys, it wasn't personal. I'm doing 157 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 2: my job, my job. I consider this to be spending 158 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 2: porn and I'm gonna call it out every single time. 159 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 2: And my experience with the President is that he didn't 160 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 2: like it either, which. 161 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 1: He was no, yeah, you said he was mad. I 162 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 1: wrote it down because I love the quote Matt as 163 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 1: a Mama Watts. Let's talk about something positive, because you 164 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 1: started to talk about it a little bit earlier. Senator 165 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 1: Mark Wayne Mullen, you said the President bounced a bunch 166 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: of names off you, potentially as replacements for Secretary Nome. 167 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 1: What can you tell us? We love Mark Wayne Mullen. 168 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:36,079 Speaker 1: He was on this program with us Tuesday. Now he's 169 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: got a big promotion. Who knows, maybe you'll get a 170 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: big promotion after this interview too. But Mark Wayne Mullen 171 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: now headed the DHS. As someone who worked alongside of him, 172 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 1: what should we know? What kind of job do you 173 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: think he'll do. 174 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 2: Well. Mark Wayne's tough at a time, not yes, I 175 00:10:54,400 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 2: he A, he's smart, b he's tough. See, he's a 176 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 2: good businessman. I told all this to the President. He's 177 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:10,559 Speaker 2: a good businessman, which means he's a pretty good manager. 178 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 2: And as I told the folks yesterday and d even 179 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:17,200 Speaker 2: if all things, all those things weren't true, I wouldn't 180 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:21,959 Speaker 2: say otherwise because because Mark Win would whip my ass. 181 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 2: He's like a cage fighter or something. I don't note. 182 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 2: But I like Barklay and I think he'll do a 183 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:33,599 Speaker 2: good job, and I think he'll be easily confirmed. He 184 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 2: already has some ideas about some of the changes that 185 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:40,839 Speaker 2: he wants to make. And it's you know, new blood 186 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 2: doesn't it doesn't hurt. 187 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: Sometimes you've got a best selling book, Buck Sexton also 188 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: has a best selling book. You guys have been on 189 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:52,679 Speaker 1: the New York Times bestseller list together. What's it been 190 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 1: like my best selling author? People are buying your book 191 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: like crazy. I'll let you pitch it. Not the unique. 192 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 3: I'm just gonna say, I think Senator has an unfair 193 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 3: advantage with the audio book with that accident. I'm just 194 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:05,839 Speaker 3: going to tell you I think it's unfair. There should 195 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 3: be like a different category for charming Southern accent audiobook. 196 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 4: But go ahead, Senator well Man. 197 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 2: You know it took like twenty hours to record that 198 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 2: audio book. Oh my gosh, I had no idea to 199 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 2: take so long. Look, the name of the book is 200 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:25,839 Speaker 2: How to Test Negative for Stupid and Why Washington Never Will. 201 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 2: Harper Cobbins was the publisher. That wasn't my first choice 202 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 2: for a title. My first choice was always be yourself 203 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 2: unless you suck, but they wouldn't let me use that type, 204 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 2: so we settled on this one. You write a book, 205 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 2: it was a lot of work, you know, all nights 206 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 2: and weekends at my kitchen table, and you finish it 207 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 2: and you have no idea what's how it's going to do. 208 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:55,959 Speaker 2: So I'm not trying to be humble here, I mean, 209 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:58,839 Speaker 2: honest to god, I had no idea, and I really 210 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 2: was surprised. I mean, might been on the New York 211 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 2: Times Best Settler list for twenty one weeks and I'm 212 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 2: I'm gratified. I think it's because it's not a policy book. 213 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 2: It's a story book. I use stories to talk about policy. 214 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 2: The stories or some of them are bizarre, some of 215 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 2: them are funny. All them are true. If I hope 216 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 2: if you read the book, I talk about my colleagues 217 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 2: to talk about what it's really like. If you read 218 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 2: the book, I hope it'll make you think. It may 219 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:33,680 Speaker 2: discourage you, may it may make you want a day drink. 220 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 2: But every every bit of it is true. 221 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 1: Senator Kennedy, we appreciate you. You always got an invitation 222 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:44,560 Speaker 1: on the program. Thanks for thanks. Down the spending porn. 223 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: And by the way, I'm a fellow Vanderbilt graduate, so 224 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: it's always good to see van some success. 225 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 2: Go doors. Listen, guys, gonna take the rest of the 226 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 2: day off and also pay your taxes. We need the money. 227 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:00,679 Speaker 1: Okay, all right, we're on it is I kidd do 228 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,559 Speaker 1: We appreciate his time. Interesting comments there on a variety 229 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 1: of different fronts. We come back, we'll unpack them a 230 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 1: little bit. We're also scheduled to be joined by Breonna 231 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 1: Lyman here on the Friday edition of the program. 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Now with the Masters all 241 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 1: of that, you can play along in all fifty states. 242 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 1: Buck has played. It's easy to pick more or less. 243 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 1: Even if you're not a diehard sports person, you will 244 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: enjoy it. I'm telling you go check it out. Price 245 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 1: picks dot com, code Clay, that is pricepicks dot com, 246 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: code c Lay. 247 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 3: We have a bunch of talkbacks I wanted to get 248 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 3: to from all of you, uh, including I like this one, Clay. 249 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 3: It's a Fridays. We have some fun ones here. We 250 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 3: have Breonna Lyman by the way from the Federalists joining 251 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 3: us shortly talk about the Save Acts. 252 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 4: And we were saying, talk more about the Save Act. 253 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 3: Yes, we will, We'll talk about it. We'll keep talking 254 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:20,520 Speaker 3: about it. They should pass it. They should force the 255 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 3: filibuster on the floor. 256 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 4: We agree with. 257 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 3: All of this, uh, but here this talkback see Mike 258 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 3: in Boston. Let's hear from Mike. 259 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 5: Bushwine Dino's from Huddo Texas. This is Bill and it's 260 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 5: so nice that Clay knows so much about the Kurds, 261 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 5: and it's wonderful to hear him way in Yuck yuck. 262 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 4: All right, they say the wrong one. 263 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 3: That was a Dad Joe Kurds in way in case 264 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 3: you missed that one, I was gonna we now play 265 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 3: the correct one, which bock I was like, that doesn't 266 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 3: sound like Boston to me. No, I know that was 267 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 3: very not Boston on the accent. All right, second time, 268 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 3: Mike in Boston, let's go fuck. 269 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 6: That is to day your best take. I completely agree, 270 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 6: and you have no idea how many people push back 271 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 6: on the Dark Knight versus Batman Begins. But Batman Begins 272 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 6: is one of a kind. There is no other origin 273 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 6: story that is that solid. I mean, you cheer for 274 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 6: his transformation from the beginning. 275 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 2: It's the best out there. 276 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 4: Fully agree, Well said, thank you, Mike and Boston. 277 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 3: A stute elite level take, as Clay would say, elite 278 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 3: level take on the Batman movies. 279 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 1: I need to go back and rewatch the Batman movies. 280 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: This is one thing you're gonna have to look forward to, 281 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: which is one of the coolest. There's a lot of 282 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 1: great things about raising kids, but if you're around our age, 283 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 1: getting to take your kids and rewatch a lot of 284 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: the movies that you loved when you were a kid 285 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 1: and get to see it again fresh through their eyes 286 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 1: is really really fun. For those of you out there 287 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 1: that are around bucking mind's age eighties nineties, if you 288 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 1: grew up with a lot of the great eighties and 289 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: nineties movies, man do they hold up. 290 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:04,879 Speaker 4: And a lot of kids, like. 291 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 1: When I'm in the car now driving with my son, 292 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 1: he wants to listen to eighties rocks. It's actually really funny, said. 293 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 1: The music's way better when you guys are growing up, Dad, 294 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 1: so much better. 295 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 4: You're right. 296 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 3: Eighties music was Eighties music is fantastic, honestly timeless. Nineties 297 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:21,119 Speaker 3: I think is a little more of an acquired taste. 298 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,160 Speaker 3: I love it, but I can understand but the best 299 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 3: music in the eighties is truly truly timeless, unlike Taylor 300 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 3: Swift's music, which will fade out within a matter of decades. 301 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 1: Well, you know, kids today, they understand that I'm right, 302 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: that she is the beatles of her modern era. 303 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 4: And I was reading this morning on. 304 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 1: The way doing prep. 305 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 4: You know, Taylor Swift's so popular book. 306 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 1: She went to a crappy mall in London to film 307 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:49,120 Speaker 1: a video and it got so popular that the mall 308 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:51,919 Speaker 1: is now packed. That's how amazing she is. She brought 309 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 1: old London malls back to life. 310 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 3: Think back to twenty years ago. It's two thousand and six, 311 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:00,199 Speaker 3: George W. Bush's president. You take twenty thousand dollars from 312 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 3: your savings account of two thousand and six and you 313 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 3: just invested in gold. You know it would be worth 314 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 3: today one hundred and sixty five thousand dollars. Okay, So 315 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 3: a lot of Ford thinking Americans are going Hold on 316 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:13,680 Speaker 3: a second, I see the trend here. Diversifying a portion 317 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:17,240 Speaker 3: of savings into gold into precious metals makes sense. Gold's 318 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 3: value shot up sixty five percent and twenty twenty five 319 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 3: and there's a plenty of reasonablieve gold's gonna go this year. 320 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 3: But over the long term gold increases in value. My friends, 321 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 3: Birch Gold Group can help you convert an existing ira 322 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:31,960 Speaker 3: or four to one k into an ira and gold. 323 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,359 Speaker 3: That can also send you gold or silver, right to 324 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 3: your home. It's what I've done. I get my gold 325 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 3: from Birch Gold Group. Text my name Buck to ninety 326 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 3: eight ninety eight ninety eight to receive your free infoKit 327 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 3: on gold no obligation. Text Buck to ninety eight ninety 328 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 3: eight ninety eight for Birch Golds. We are now joined 329 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:01,879 Speaker 3: by Brionna Lyman of The Federalist. She has done a 330 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 3: ton working and writing about the Save Act, and we'll 331 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 3: start there, but I also want to get into Remind 332 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 3: me to ask Brianna about the study out there that 333 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 3: says if you vote Republican, you actually save lives, which 334 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 3: is a pretty good thing. 335 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:16,639 Speaker 4: We knew that. 336 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 1: We knew that before the study, but we'll take data too, 337 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 1: so why not. And we'll get to Brianna on that. 338 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 1: She's also doing a great series on America two fifty. 339 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:28,880 Speaker 1: But let's start with this. We've got a super close race. 340 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:32,440 Speaker 1: I believe it's in the North Carolina Senate. The last 341 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 1: I saw Brianna was it came down to two votes. 342 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:39,199 Speaker 1: This is a state Senate and the Save Act. Now 343 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: we've got Ken Paxton down in Texas saying, hey, if 344 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 1: you'll pass the Save Act, I'll consider dropping out of 345 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 1: this race because he wants for John Cornyan to support it. 346 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 1: There's around eighty percent of voters who support this. I 347 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 1: know many people out there are frustrated. What's the latest 348 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 1: on it? And how in the world can we not 349 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:03,159 Speaker 1: get basic voter integrity, vote with a license, vote with 350 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 1: a vote voter, the photo ID pasted. 351 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 7: Yeah, and I'm happy you brought up that North Carolina 352 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 7: race because it is still down to two votes. And 353 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 7: when you have elections that are literally decided by two votes, 354 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:19,200 Speaker 7: it doesn't make election security less important. It makes it 355 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 7: more important. It makes things like the Save Act more 356 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:26,160 Speaker 7: important because remember, the Save Act would require documentary proof 357 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:28,920 Speaker 7: of citizenship to register to vote and then voter ID. 358 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 7: Right now, the only thing standing between a non citizen 359 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 7: and our free and fair elections is a little square 360 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:37,359 Speaker 7: box in the federal registration form that says you attest 361 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 7: under penalty of surgery that you're a citizen, aka the 362 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,359 Speaker 7: honor system. And that is absolutely not enough. And so 363 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 7: when you look at races like this one in North Carolina, 364 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 7: when you look at mary Nette Miller Meeks in twenty twenty, 365 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 7: she won her congressional race by six votes, imagine if 366 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 7: six non citizens had cast a ballot in that race, 367 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 7: that could have quite literally changed a congressional seat, change 368 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:03,080 Speaker 7: the balance of Congress. That is unacceptable. And right now 369 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,359 Speaker 7: you have leaders in the Senate like Leader of Food, 370 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 7: who is dragging his feet on legislation. Like you said, 371 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 7: that is popular nationwide amongst Republicans, Democrats, Blacks, Latinos, whites, 372 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 7: you name it. Everyone's saying this is common sense legislation, 373 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 7: and yet it's not being done. 374 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 4: What entirely is in the SAVE Act? 375 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 3: I mean you mentioned it's clearly about election integrity, but 376 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 3: what are all the different pieces that it contains. Are 377 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 3: there any things that aren't getting attention that would be 378 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 3: really important for election integrity? It's just people are talking 379 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 3: about the SAVE Act. I think it's important that everyone 380 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 3: also know what's in it. 381 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 7: Yeah, what the SAVE Act does. So there's the nineteen 382 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 7: ninety three NVRA, the National Voter Registration Act, And what 383 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 7: that does right now is it actually hamstrings the government 384 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:53,919 Speaker 7: from requiring proof of citizenship to vote. Because I think 385 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:56,920 Speaker 7: it was twenty thirteen the Supreme Court I think wrongly 386 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 7: interpreted that nineteen ninety three law to prohibit states from 387 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 7: requiring documentary proof of citizenship to vote. So if you 388 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:08,239 Speaker 7: think of Arizona, Arizona has two registration forms. You can 389 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:10,720 Speaker 7: prove that you are a citizen and vote in state 390 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 7: and federal elections. But if you can't prove that you're 391 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:16,440 Speaker 7: a citizen, you can only vote in federal elections. And 392 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 7: so what the SAYBAC would do is it amends that law. 393 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 7: It fixes the problem we've had for thirty years and 394 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 7: says no, you have to require documentary proof of citizenship. 395 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 2: Right. 396 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 7: States should not be sued by the Obama and Biden 397 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 7: dojs for trying to make their elections more secure. President 398 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 7: Trump seemed to hint in a truth social post that 399 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 7: he wanted to add no trends and kids maybe into 400 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 7: the whole sayback negotiations. I think that was a bit unclear. 401 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 7: But right now, the two biggest things proof of citizenship 402 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 7: to register and voter ID. And a lot of people 403 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:48,880 Speaker 7: will say, well, we already have safeguards, and they cite 404 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:52,400 Speaker 7: things like HAVA and HA, which are early two thousands legislation. 405 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 7: Do you know in a state like California, let's say 406 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 7: you don't have your driver's license or your social security right, 407 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 7: you have no identification. You can still register to voting. 408 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 7: You know how you get to prove your identity your 409 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 7: gym membership. What protocols do you go to to get 410 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 7: a gym membership? Nothing. 411 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 2: You just take a. 412 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 7: Picture of a little thing and they say, okay, here's 413 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:13,639 Speaker 7: your name. You can come to the gym and you 414 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 7: can use that to verify your identity to vote. So 415 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 7: our elections are so insecure, and when you have twenty 416 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 7: million people in this country, legally we can't take chances. 417 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 4: Brionna. 418 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 1: One of the things that I would just point out 419 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:28,399 Speaker 1: is the contrary argument does not exist, right because the 420 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 1: argument is, well, it's racist to require voter ID. That's 421 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,959 Speaker 1: insane as we as you said, black, white, Asian, Hispanic, 422 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 1: people of all different backgrounds agree that you should have 423 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:41,879 Speaker 1: to have voter ID photo ID to vote. So really, 424 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,440 Speaker 1: isn't this just an implicit acknowledgment from Democrats that they're 425 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 1: cheating and worried that they might get caught because otherwise 426 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:50,159 Speaker 1: none of the other arguments stand up. 427 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 7: Yeah, there is no legitimate reason. And if you talk 428 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:56,159 Speaker 7: about let's go over first of all, the race is something, right, 429 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:58,440 Speaker 7: remember Jim Crow two point zero in Georgia, why was 430 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 7: that to twenty one she told us that black people 431 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:03,399 Speaker 7: would never be able to vote again. CNN and the 432 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 7: Washington Post actually did articles after the first big election 433 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 7: after our legislation went through, and they interviewed black voters 434 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 7: who said it was actually easier to vote now than 435 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:14,800 Speaker 7: it had been in the past. They weren't incumber, they 436 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,639 Speaker 7: weren't prohibited from voting, so that never actually manifested, right, 437 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 7: It was just that raw raw. Then you have claims 438 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 7: that this will disenfranchise voters, and again I bring it 439 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:27,159 Speaker 7: back to these smaller races that are decided by razor 440 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 7: thin margins. 441 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 2: Take this. 442 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 7: In December, a woman from the Bahamas who was not 443 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 7: a citizen admitted to the Georgia State Election Board she 444 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 7: has voted in multiple elections. Not because she was trying 445 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:39,919 Speaker 7: to do something illegal, but she said, look, they kept 446 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 7: sending me papers. I thought I was eligible, so I 447 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 7: did it right. It wasn't nefarious, but there was no 448 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:48,520 Speaker 7: security in safeguards to stop her. Imagine she had cast 449 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 7: a vote in this North Carolina race and one other 450 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,880 Speaker 7: non citizen did that, right, that would change the outcome 451 00:24:54,960 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 7: of an election that actually disenfranchises American citizen so Republicans 452 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 7: and Democrats who say, well, oh well, this is my 453 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 7: disenfranchised people, think about the Americans being disenfranchised by non 454 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 7: citizens voting. 455 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:10,399 Speaker 3: Speaking to brionn Alignment of the Federalists and Brianna, the 456 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 3: folks who write into us are saying, we got to 457 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 3: pass the Save Act. It's critical to pass the Save Act. 458 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 3: And we have a problem here, of course, which is 459 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 3: one Majority Leader Thoon does not seem willing to push 460 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:31,399 Speaker 3: for this. But even beyond that, without a sixty vote threshold, 461 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 3: there's the threat of filibuster, not an actual talking filibuster 462 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 3: that is assumed to be enough to shut this down. 463 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 3: So that means that it doesn't get passed. Right, So 464 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:45,679 Speaker 3: what is the best thing Let's say we could get. 465 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,679 Speaker 3: We could get Majority Leader Thoon to sit down right 466 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 3: now with all of us. What should he do in 467 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:55,800 Speaker 3: this situation, given how important election integrity is and how 468 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 3: much sense and how much support from the general public 469 00:25:58,440 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 3: this Save Act has. 470 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 7: Yeah, and chip Roy actually wrote a letter explaining the 471 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:08,200 Speaker 7: talking filibuster, which is that, you know, Leader Foon has 472 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 7: to basically call and have Democrats. They have to follow 473 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:12,760 Speaker 7: the rules and they have to talk. They get two 474 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 7: times to talk each Once they stop talking, they don't 475 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,119 Speaker 7: get to resume, right, And if Republicans were to enforce 476 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:23,120 Speaker 7: already standing procedures, Democrats would eventually just run out of time. 477 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 7: And then you can hold a regular vote in which 478 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,440 Speaker 7: you only need fifty one votes to pass this legislation, 479 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 7: which we know we have because Fetterman is on our side. 480 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 7: And if a Republican is going to resign themselves to say, well, 481 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 7: we you know, we don't want to get rid of 482 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 7: the philibuster, but we want this legislation pass, then they're 483 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:42,359 Speaker 7: admitting they're never getting it passed. Republicans are never in 484 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:46,440 Speaker 7: our lifetime likely going to get a filibuster proof majority. 485 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:48,919 Speaker 7: That is silly thinking. So what Republicans like Fun are 486 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:50,879 Speaker 7: saying is well, I guess we're just going to have 487 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,399 Speaker 7: to settle for only doing things that Democrats want. But 488 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:55,880 Speaker 7: just remember something, Chuck Schumer has made it very clear 489 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:59,880 Speaker 7: when Democrats take back power, nothing including nuking the philibus, 490 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 7: is off the table. When Democrats take back Congress, whether 491 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,480 Speaker 7: it's in twenty twenty six, twenty eight, whenever, they will 492 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 7: do what's necessary to push their agenda. And I wish 493 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 7: Republicans would have the appetite to do the same on 494 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 7: legislation that is universally popular. This is not a fifty 495 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:17,560 Speaker 7: to fifty issue. It is an eighty twenty issue. 496 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:20,679 Speaker 1: We're talking to Breonna Lyman of the Federalist. All Right, 497 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:22,880 Speaker 1: everybody out there who's fired up about the Save Act, 498 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,359 Speaker 1: we are fired up. We want it to happen. But 499 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: let me ask you about this, which is actually a 500 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 1: very positive story I was reading about this week. There 501 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 1: is now data out and I believe you wrote about 502 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,159 Speaker 1: this or have talked about this as well, saying that 503 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:38,640 Speaker 1: if you vote Republican, particularly when it comes to DAS 504 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:42,679 Speaker 1: and the prosecution of violent crimes, the data reflects lives 505 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: are saved because there's far less violent crime. Seems like 506 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,359 Speaker 1: kind of an important story that should get more attention. 507 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 1: What did the data show? What does it tell us 508 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 1: and why is it significant? 509 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:54,160 Speaker 2: Yeah? 510 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,920 Speaker 7: Yeah, this was data that was kind of I feel 511 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 7: like hidden, and granted, you know, the Iran War started, 512 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 7: so it didn't get buried. But what it shows is 513 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:04,359 Speaker 7: that despite people telling us that if you both for 514 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 7: a progressive prosecutor or being compassionate and empathetic, that compassion 515 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,439 Speaker 7: comes at a very deadly cost. And what the study 516 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:15,400 Speaker 7: by a Vanderbilt professor and a Wellesley College professor found 517 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,400 Speaker 7: is that when you narrowly elect a Republican prosecutor over 518 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 7: a left wing counterpart, you see a reduction in depths 519 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 7: among young men six point six percent. That is not 520 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 7: a drop in the bucket. That is a substantial decrease. 521 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:30,920 Speaker 7: And obviously, you know, you don't need to study, you know, 522 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 7: to show this, but Republican prosecutors they actually want to 523 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 7: hold criminals accountable. They send them to jail, and most importantly, 524 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:43,400 Speaker 7: they levy consequences on these criminals that do come with 525 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 7: the consequence of restricting their access to firearms. It reduces 526 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 7: suicide among young men. It also reduces other forms of 527 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 7: gun violence. And so you think to yourself, Democrats hate 528 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 7: gun violence. Everybody hates gun violence. But Democrats also hate 529 00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 7: the Second Amendment. Instead of taking away the Second Amendment 530 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 7: from law abiding citizens, if you want to reduce gun violence, 531 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:06,000 Speaker 7: elect of Republican prosecutor. Tell your progressive prosecutors. What they're 532 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:08,000 Speaker 7: doing is not only not working, but it's deadly and 533 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:10,840 Speaker 7: dangerous for people that Democrats claim they want to help. 534 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 7: They want to help victims of gun violence. This is 535 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,640 Speaker 7: how you do it. Be a tough on crime prosecutor. 536 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 4: Greana Lyman. Great to have you with us from the Federalists. 537 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:21,680 Speaker 4: Come back soon. 538 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:23,320 Speaker 7: Thanks for having me. 539 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:28,280 Speaker 1: In Israel, citizens are on high alert. Any hour, any minute, 540 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,120 Speaker 1: next to incoming missile or drone might be headed in 541 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:34,480 Speaker 1: their direction. The vulnerable population of Israel is the most effective. 542 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:38,520 Speaker 1: That's the young, that's the old, that's those without substantial resources. 543 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 1: The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, they're on the 544 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 1: ground preparing large scale distributions of life saving food, first aid, 545 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:49,720 Speaker 1: and emergency essentials for security personnel. I saw it for 546 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 1: myself on the ground. What the IFCJ does. They build 547 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:58,840 Speaker 1: brand new store bomb shelters. They build new underground hospitals. 548 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:01,080 Speaker 1: Because hospitals are to targeted, believe it or not, they 549 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 1: have to turn parking garages into their emergency wards and 550 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 1: into their own hospitals. They do incredible work to take 551 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 1: care of everybody in Israel, and right now they could. 552 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:12,920 Speaker 4: Use your help. 553 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:17,840 Speaker 1: Eight eight eight four eight eight IFCJ as bombs rain 554 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:22,520 Speaker 1: down in Israel, you can go online at IFCJ dot 555 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:26,120 Speaker 1: org and help the people there. This is the Fellowship 556 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:33,040 Speaker 1: of Christians and Jews, IFCJ dot org. That's IFCJ dot org. 557 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 3: We've got a lot of talkbacks, a lot of conversation 558 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:49,320 Speaker 3: with comic Ferry coming in here, and we will get 559 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:54,520 Speaker 3: to it. Let's see podcast listener, David and Tennessee a 560 00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:58,360 Speaker 3: bone to pick with those of us from the Crockett 561 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:00,680 Speaker 3: Coffee world, which you should all be joining, by the way, 562 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:03,560 Speaker 3: Crockett Coffee dot com. But here's what David has to 563 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:05,280 Speaker 3: say talkback beat. 564 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:09,160 Speaker 6: Play as a fellow born and raised Tennessee, and I'm 565 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:14,160 Speaker 6: shaking my head that you called Davy Crockett a legendary Texan. 566 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 2: He was born in Tennessee. 567 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 4: Dude, Did I do that? Do we have a I 568 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 4: don't know. 569 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:22,160 Speaker 1: Can we go to the tape and see I remember 570 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,480 Speaker 1: this was a conversation when we were making fun of 571 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:28,719 Speaker 1: Jasmine Crockett. Did I called Jasmine Crockett a legendary Texan 572 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:31,840 Speaker 1: in mock derision that might have happened to I just 573 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,120 Speaker 1: want to go to the transcript if I would like 574 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,720 Speaker 1: to apologize to the state of Tennessee. Although I would 575 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 1: say Davy Crockett is both. 576 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:42,600 Speaker 3: A Tennessee and Texan legend but his legend was sort 577 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:47,080 Speaker 3: of enshrined forever because of the Alamo in Texas. But 578 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:51,480 Speaker 3: he was legendary just based on being a congressman in 579 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,800 Speaker 3: Tennessee and a great bear hunter and all these other things. 580 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,560 Speaker 3: So one point thought of as a possible presidential candidate. 581 00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:00,240 Speaker 3: By the way, this is a great email in from 582 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:04,640 Speaker 3: a VIP Tony. This is the amount of brain trust 583 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,720 Speaker 3: that listens to this show every day and the experience 584 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 3: that all of you bring to these conversations. It's truly incredible. 585 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 3: VIP email Tony. I was a civil affairs team chief 586 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 3: in Mosul and Nineveh Province in the surge. So I 587 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:19,240 Speaker 3: was outside Tony. I was there about a year before you. 588 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:22,320 Speaker 3: I was outside the wire every day meeting with practically 589 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:26,080 Speaker 3: everyone shakes government officials, business people, bottom line, up front. 590 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,960 Speaker 3: Some of the greatest fighters I ever watched were Kords. 591 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:31,280 Speaker 3: As late as two thousand and eight two thousand and nine, 592 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:34,520 Speaker 3: there were still Peshmerga compounds in eastern Mosil flying the 593 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:38,120 Speaker 3: Kurdish flag. The Kurds also protected the ancient Assyrian Christian 594 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:42,120 Speaker 3: communities in eastern Nineva Province. Your strategic assessment is spot on. 595 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:45,000 Speaker 3: We need to be leery of fomenting ethnic conflict in 596 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:48,080 Speaker 3: a very complicated area. The spillover effects could be worse, 597 00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:50,400 Speaker 3: and with the administrations trying to achieve that's a guy 598 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:52,440 Speaker 3: who knows me. He's talking about with the Kurds obviously, 599 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 3: and with that whole region of the world. Yeah, Clay, 600 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:57,760 Speaker 3: the Kurdish enclave in Iran, there's a little bit in 601 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,160 Speaker 3: the northeast, I think, the very tiny bit, but it's 602 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:02,480 Speaker 3: really all in the northwest. It's like ten percent of 603 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:05,840 Speaker 3: the country. So yeah, I mean, can the Kurds sure 604 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:08,280 Speaker 3: they can help us there and maybe they can create 605 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 3: a kind of rearguard area for strategic projection for whatever 606 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 3: the resistance may be. But it's it gets very complicated. 607 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,280 Speaker 3: But yeah, and the pesh I knew SF guys, I 608 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:22,400 Speaker 3: knew Task Force guys, Seals Delta, and they were like 609 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:27,600 Speaker 3: the Kurds. Look, they didn't have the sophisticated TTPs we did, 610 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:29,400 Speaker 3: and they didn't have the same wiz bangs they could 611 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 3: call upon. 612 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:32,640 Speaker 4: But you give a Curd to rusty ak and. 613 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:34,800 Speaker 3: Say, man that post, he'll stay there and fight until 614 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:36,360 Speaker 3: he runs out of m O and you know, we'll 615 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:39,640 Speaker 3: die trying. He'll die in defense of his team and 616 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:42,480 Speaker 3: his people. So I had full credit to the Kurds. 617 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,480 Speaker 3: I have a tremendous amount of respect for those people, Clay. 618 00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:48,000 Speaker 3: When I would travel outside the wire, anytime we went 619 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:52,720 Speaker 3: any Kurdish compound, anywhere we went felt totally safe. Not 620 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:54,960 Speaker 3: the case with the Sunni Arab compounds I went to. 621 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:58,800 Speaker 3: But that's a whole other conversation. All right, A podcast listener, 622 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:01,640 Speaker 3: Wendy play it. 623 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:05,560 Speaker 8: I just wanted to say something about the new rule 624 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:10,399 Speaker 8: for United Airlines and the headphone usage. I just want 625 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:12,839 Speaker 8: to know how I get that instilled in my own 626 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:17,680 Speaker 8: home with my husband who is constantly playing tiktoks in 627 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:20,600 Speaker 8: the background of my life, and I'm like, put in 628 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:21,799 Speaker 8: your headphones. 629 00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:26,080 Speaker 3: Oh man, I'm with her on this one. Clay, you 630 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:28,840 Speaker 3: got you gotta you gotta control your own sound in 631 00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:31,120 Speaker 3: the home too. You gotta use the headphones if someone 632 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:33,840 Speaker 3: else isn't watching what you're watching. This is just basic courtesy. 633 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:38,840 Speaker 3: You have stepped into a big sound battle. I landed 634 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:42,719 Speaker 3: up here in DC, and I immediately go into my 635 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:47,160 Speaker 3: my my mentions, and bucks come after the leaf blowing community, 636 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,440 Speaker 3: which I've come after before too, and we. 637 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:52,080 Speaker 1: Do need some civility. We just had Breonna Lyman, who 638 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:54,080 Speaker 1: was great talking about the fact that if you elect 639 00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:57,480 Speaker 1: Republican das, you save lives. I think we need to 640 00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:00,400 Speaker 1: go after big leaf. I don't understand and why we 641 00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:04,279 Speaker 1: can't create leaf blowers first of all, that don't get 642 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,759 Speaker 1: used at six am in neighborhoods, which you people are 643 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:11,000 Speaker 1: are terrorists who bring out the leaf blowers early in 644 00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:12,120 Speaker 1: the morning especially. 645 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:13,840 Speaker 4: I agree, sorry agree. 646 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:15,759 Speaker 1: Why do they have to be so loud? We have 647 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:19,320 Speaker 1: cars that make no noise. In fact, electric vehicles like 648 00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:22,680 Speaker 1: my Tesla make so little noise that they actually had 649 00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:27,200 Speaker 1: to add noise because pedestrians were in danger because in neighborhoods, 650 00:35:27,239 --> 00:35:29,440 Speaker 1: you wouldn't hear a car coming and you start to 651 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:31,879 Speaker 1: cross the street and boom, you get hit. Why can't 652 00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:34,759 Speaker 1: there be leaf blowers? This is my request for you, 653 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:38,640 Speaker 1: American brilliant technologists that make no noise at all. 654 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,359 Speaker 3: Why is that some people seem to think that their 655 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:45,640 Speaker 3: leaf blowers should sound like a chainsaw? Yeah, and I disagree. 656 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:48,560 Speaker 3: I don't think we need to have because that's essentially 657 00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:50,759 Speaker 3: the same noise. I mean, it sounds like someone's using 658 00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:54,200 Speaker 3: a chainsaw out there and anytime. I'm walking down a beautiful, 659 00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:59,040 Speaker 3: quiet street here these days, on an otherwise perfect Miami day, 660 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:02,680 Speaker 3: I've got like three leaf blower is going at all time, yes. 661 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:08,200 Speaker 1: Early in the morning, everywhere. I think, And how about 662 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,600 Speaker 1: most of the leaf blowers are just blowing their leaves 663 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:12,760 Speaker 1: into their neighbor's yard, and then the other guy blows 664 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:15,239 Speaker 1: the leaves back to the other side. You're just in 665 00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:18,680 Speaker 1: You're not actually making anything cleaner. We'll take some. We 666 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:21,520 Speaker 1: got some more funny talkbacks. It's Friday, final hour of 667 00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,680 Speaker 1: the week. Up next, open phone lines. Let's hang and 668 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,040 Speaker 1: have some fun here on Clay and Buck