1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of The Clay Travis and Buck 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: Sexton Show Podcast. Third hour of The Clay Travis and 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:11,040 Speaker 1: Buck Sexton Show is going right now. What is the 4 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: latest on the Biden administration's rhetoric and positioning going into 5 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 1: the midterms. We got to dive into that in just 6 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: a moment, just as a news update for anyone who's 7 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: joining who does not already know from listening previously or 8 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: seeing the news headlines everywhere online. Queen Elizabeth, the Monarch 9 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: of the United Kingdom, has passed away at ninety six 10 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:42,200 Speaker 1: years old. Big story that you'll be seeing talked about 11 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 1: all throughout today and certainly in the days ahead. We'll 12 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 1: probably have more analysis on this for you tomorrow. I 13 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,160 Speaker 1: do want to remind everybody that it was just last 14 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: week that the Darth Biden speech occurred, where all of 15 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 1: a sudden, you had Joe Biden standing in front of 16 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: I don't know what you'd call it. It looked like 17 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: the gates of Hell or something. I mean, it was 18 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: like this red lighting that he had set up. He 19 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: had two marines as props, which is a big no 20 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: no for a political speech like this for obvious reasons. 21 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 1: In the background, and initially there was this, oh, well, 22 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: we maybe had a little bit of a mistake here 23 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: with some of the optics, but no big deal. Now 24 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:31,759 Speaker 1: they're actually saying, because what the Democrats always do, they're 25 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: saying it was great. What do you mean it was 26 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:37,680 Speaker 1: a great speech. Here's Karine Jean Pierre for example, saying 27 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: it was not divisive and it was just about protecting 28 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: our democracy. Play eleven. When you go back to the speech, 29 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: his speech last Thursday, you know, people have talked about 30 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: if it was advisive, it wasn't divisive. The way that 31 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: we saw this speech is that he was talking to 32 00:01:56,200 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: majority of the country who agree that we have to 33 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: protect our democracy, who agree that we have to protect 34 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: our freedom, who agree that we have to protect our rights, 35 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,639 Speaker 1: and the point of the speech was that he wanted 36 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: to really point to an inflection point, an inflection time 37 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 1: that we were in in this time in our country, 38 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:19,359 Speaker 1: and he spoke very clearly. He talked about a minority, 39 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: a small group of people who have extreme views and 40 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: who threatened that very value poor value of who we 41 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: are as a country. No, he actually said Clay in 42 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:34,079 Speaker 1: the same week that he doesn't respect Maga Republicans. The 43 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: Democrats are creating a false separation here, acting like there 44 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: wasn't about ninety eight percent approval of Trump when he 45 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: was president by Republicans at the time, that he isn't 46 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: still the favorite to be the Republican nominee for president 47 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: the next time around based on the polling. We don't know. 48 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: It's early, but isn't it fascinating to see how the 49 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: storyline changes. They saw bad numbers after this speech and 50 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: they realized this looked awful, and now here we are 51 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: they're just hoping to push forward and really brainwash everybody, 52 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: gaslight everybody into Yeah, no, it wasn't divisive. It was 53 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,839 Speaker 1: a great speech. Actually, Joe Biden's doing an amazing job. 54 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,679 Speaker 1: I know her job is to be a propagandist for 55 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,959 Speaker 1: the West wing. She is not good at it. She's 56 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,799 Speaker 1: not good at her job because she's incompetent answering virtually 57 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:29,959 Speaker 1: any question. She also is an election denier herself. As 58 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: we played the audio for you earlier this week, she 59 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: said that Donald Trump stole the twenty sixteen election, and 60 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: she said that Stacy Abrams had had the twenty eighteen 61 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: Georgia governors are a stolen from her by Brian Kemp 62 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: as well, and so she doesn't really have the moral 63 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: authority to stand on in this issue. And the polling 64 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: on this I saw the numbers. Fifty six percent of 65 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: people thought it was a disastrous, effectively divisive speech. That's 66 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: not the vast majority of American public. Only thirty seven 67 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: percent of the American public thought, hey, this is a 68 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: speech of the President of the United States should be giving. 69 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: Which is why Buck I've been arguing Biden is the 70 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 1: worst advocate for his policies imaginable. The more he speaks, 71 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: the further down his approval ratings go. And this analogy 72 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: that I want all of you to think about. Joe 73 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 1: Biden basically needs Donald Trump as bad as CNN and 74 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:34,039 Speaker 1: MSNBC need Donald Trump. His reason for existence is to 75 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:38,040 Speaker 1: not be Trump. And so if Trump doesn't exist as 76 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: a foil for Joe Biden, then Biden has to stand 77 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 1: on his own two feet and be judged on his 78 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: own presidency, which is what I would encourage everybody out 79 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: there involved in the midterms to do. The midterms are 80 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 1: a referendum on the worst presidency of any of our lives, 81 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 1: which is Joe Biden's and so everyone out there instead 82 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 1: of worrying about Mara Lago when special Masters and what's 83 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 1: going to happen in the Florida District Court of the 84 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: eleventh Circuit. That stuff's all going to play itself out 85 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 1: next year. It's not gonna end. This is a referendum 86 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 1: on Biden. Don't let them hide and change and obfuse 87 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: skate when it comes to a conversation about whether Biden's 88 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,679 Speaker 1: doing a good job, which ultimately is what this election 89 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 1: should be. Upon the Biden White House came into office, 90 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: Joe Biden himself and those around him, saying that they 91 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 1: were going to unite everybody, they were going to do 92 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: a good job, which Clay just addressed. Or this is 93 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: honestly the most incompetent, worst presidency at this stage I've 94 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: ever seen, We've ever seen, you've ever seen. So that's 95 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 1: part one. Part two is they said it was going 96 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: to be normal, calm, uniting, and really what we've seen 97 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: and you could just go back twelve months, go back 98 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: to last September when Joe Biden was leading the charge 99 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: to I mean, what could be more divisive than telling 100 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: roughly half the country, you know, if you aren't okay 101 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 1: with a federal mandate to get a shot. That meant 102 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: that you don't need that doesn't work very well. By 103 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,600 Speaker 1: the way, you should get fired from your job. You're 104 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 1: a risk of public health. I mean, we should remind everybody. 105 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:16,719 Speaker 1: We should go back and find some of those old 106 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: clips of him saying that there was a it was 107 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: a pandemic of the unvaccinated and essentially saying you should 108 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 1: be fired from your job unless you bend the knee 109 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:30,919 Speaker 1: and do what Fauci the evil tyrant wanted everybody to 110 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: do and insisted that we do at the time. But 111 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: here's Hillary Clinton for example. You know, again, going back 112 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: to the speech wasn't divisive. The gas lighting the Democrats 113 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 1: do is truly mind blowing. She says that Biden did 114 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: a quote very important service to the country when he 115 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 1: was calling out Republicans Republican fascists play twelve. I think 116 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: he did a very important service for the country and 117 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 1: giving the speech that he gave because too many people 118 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: are not yet aware of how fragile our democracy is. 119 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: And I'm not going to second guess the language he 120 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: used because there has been so much that has gone 121 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: beyond anything I ever would have dreamed of starting with 122 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: January six but so many threats of violence, and you know, 123 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: concerns that people are expressing about the country, you know, 124 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 1: coming apart and all of that. So I think he 125 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: did a real service and I personally thought it was 126 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 1: a strong and necessary speech. And get any of the language, Clay, 127 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: I mean, this is the kind of stuff they say. 128 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: Let's also remind everybody which is the party I mean, 129 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: is it Biden voters or Trump voters who commit most riots? 130 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 1: Who commite of riots? Five percent of riots? But the 131 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: narrative has shifted all because of January sixth. Well, and 132 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: let's talk about what we began the show discussing the 133 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: murder rate in Memphis, the murder rate all over this country. 134 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: The people who are committing murders are not Republican voters 135 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: by an overwhelming majority. In fact, I doubt whether very 136 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: many of the people who are committing murders vote at all. 137 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 1: But the American public demands now. I think this is 138 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 1: a crucible moment. There are three things that every single 139 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: Republican candidate should be slamming every day. Crime is out 140 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: of control in this country. The border is an unmitigated 141 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: disaster and inflation is at a forty year high. And 142 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 1: Bluck I thought this clip, which we didn't play in 143 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 1: the open, really kind of personifies what soft on crime means. 144 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: We talked about Eliza Fletcher, thirty four year old mother 145 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: of two who was killed on a jog. Now we've 146 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 1: got a kid, nineteen year old, relatively young, out streaming 147 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: himself live on Facebook as he murdered four people in Memphis. 148 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:57,320 Speaker 1: Eliza Fletcher was killed by a guy who should have 149 00:08:57,320 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: still been behind bars if he had been serving out 150 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 1: his whole violent prison sentence. And this killer who was 151 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 1: driving around in Memphis live streaming streaming his murders also 152 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 1: would have still been in prison. I want to play 153 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 1: cut seventeen here for you because this is where Republicans 154 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 1: should be. Overwhelming majorities of the country right now feel 155 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: like they are in danger when they walk outside of 156 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: their door because our cities, states, and even rural areas 157 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: are becoming killing fields because we're not keeping violent criminals 158 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 1: behind bars, and because we are not giving police the 159 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: authority to take care of him. If anybody wants to 160 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: be outraged and if there's any threat to our democracy, 161 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: it's actually the threat that is existential in so many 162 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 1: of our lives right now to deal with crime. Listen 163 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: to this. Memphis mayor, mister Jeller served as full three years. 164 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:54,559 Speaker 1: He would still be imprisoned today and four of our 165 00:09:54,640 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: fellow citizens. That's a mayor of Memphis, buck And this 166 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 1: is the storyline here. Overwhelmingly by numbers, the people who 167 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: are committing violent crimes, almost every single one of them, 168 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: if you go look at their history of violent crime, 169 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: they would still be in prison if we were actually 170 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 1: enforcing the laws adequately in this country. And now the 171 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:25,200 Speaker 1: American people have an opportunity to hold the Democrats accountable 172 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 1: for the policies of defunding police, ending mass incarceration, all 173 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 1: of this the Soros prosecutors, if it doesn't happen, they'll 174 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:41,439 Speaker 1: just continue. And it's fascinating to hear. How well, First 175 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 1: of all, as we know, because of who the perpetrator 176 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: is in Memphis, there'll be a lot less discussion about 177 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:49,679 Speaker 1: gun control from the media there. They'll just they won't. 178 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 1: It doesn't he doesn't fit the profile of the gun 179 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 1: control discussion. So this story, I think, unfortunately, the one 180 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: about the live stream shooter, is likely to vanish vanish 181 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:06,439 Speaker 1: in the media narrative very quickly. Lisa Fletcher's that stays 182 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:10,439 Speaker 1: with people. That's not one that anybody is is going 183 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: to is going to forget because of the heinous nature 184 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,319 Speaker 1: of the crime and the fact that this is an 185 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 1: individual who was just a career criminal, I mean a 186 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: threat to public safety. If he's not going to be 187 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: locked up, if he's not going to suffer the full 188 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 1: consequences of his actions for previous crimes. I don't even 189 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: faces the death penalty now, and as we all know, 190 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 1: even if he gets to the death penalty, it'll probably 191 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: be it'll take thirty years before they actually will execute 192 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 1: that sentence. But the reality is they've pushed these policies 193 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: and ideas because it makes them, It makes democrats feel 194 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: better about themselves. The ones who are in positions of 195 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 1: authority to push these ideas don't live overwhelmingly don't live 196 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: in unsafe neighborhoods, and they view the effort to achieve 197 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 1: greater social justice this is just straight out of the 198 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 1: left wing playbook. This is right out of the ideology. 199 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 1: The effort to achieve social justice means that there's just 200 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 1: going to be more murders, more assaults, more rapes, more burglars, 201 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 1: more carjackings. That is the price we as a society 202 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: must pay. That's the part of it they don't talk about. 203 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 1: But if you look at the true left wing reformers 204 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 1: of the criminal justice system, Clay, they don't even talk 205 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 1: about just defunding police. They talk about abolition of police, 206 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:34,960 Speaker 1: and they use that word for very obvious purposes, getting 207 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 1: rid of armed agents of the state, to prevent people 208 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:42,559 Speaker 1: from doing heinous things to their fellow citizens, their fellow 209 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:46,679 Speaker 1: human beings. That's how crazy the left wing anti cop, 210 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 1: anti law enforcement movement really is. And Nancy Pelosi and 211 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,199 Speaker 1: Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden and all the rest of 212 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 1: the Democrat power apparatus went along with it when it 213 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 1: was in their political favor to do so, and now 214 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:03,440 Speaker 1: are muted at best in their willingness to criticize this 215 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: and be honest about it. They're just hoping that people forget. 216 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: Our job is to make sure no one forgets and 217 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 1: to not forget that violent criminals should be behind bars, 218 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 1: and when they're not behind bars, they behave as violent criminals. 219 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: This kid, nineteen year old, I keeps saying kid, because 220 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:22,959 Speaker 1: he's so young. They knew that he was attempted. First 221 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 1: degree murder charges were against him. They dropped it to 222 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: give him three years in prison. He didn't even serve 223 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 1: the three years. Buck, This happens every time, almost every 224 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 1: time you see a violent act in any of your cities, 225 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 1: go look up what the history is of that individual. 226 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: I mean even out of Canada, those people who stabbed 227 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 1: ten people to death, one of those guys have been 228 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,679 Speaker 1: arrested fifty one times. Buck, I mean, we know who 229 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: the bad guys is. How how are how often do 230 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 1: you hear when a major incident occurs the FBI says, 231 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 1: what he was on our radar? Yep, almost every time 232 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 1: he's on our radar. Are a he's know the bad guys. Now, 233 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 1: It's one thing when you have somebody who's let's say 234 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 1: a terrorist ideological crime. Sometimes they're on the radar, but 235 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 1: they hadn't actually committed a previously violent act. What we're 236 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 1: talking about here are clear career criminals that are a 237 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: threat to public safety, and the most obvious, a demonstrated, historical, 238 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 1: proven threat to public safety. 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He made an 273 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: interesting decision to start shipping some of the migrants that 274 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 1: we're coming in here illegally into Texas to other parts 275 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 1: of the country. And that's really upset one of the 276 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: worst mayors, maybe the worst mayor in America, Lorie Lightfoot 277 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 1: in Chicago, listen to this. This is tirely within the 278 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: knowledge of the Texas governor who he's putting on buses 279 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: when they're coming, what their specific conditions and needs are. 280 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 1: So the same thing. He's saying, Hey, I need more help, 281 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: Well so do we. 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We are just days 318 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:08,159 Speaker 1: away from the annual memorial of the September eleventh attacks, 319 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:11,439 Speaker 1: and there's a lot that had to be done in 320 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:15,440 Speaker 1: the aftermath of those attacks, for the families, for those affected, 321 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:20,199 Speaker 1: for his responders, and then US military. Frank Siller of 322 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 1: the Tunnel the Towers Foundation joins us. Now he's the 323 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:27,919 Speaker 1: founder of Tunnel to Towers. Proud. We are proud that 324 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 1: they are a sponsor of this show. Franks, thanks so 325 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 1: much for being with us. Just so everyone knows, can 326 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 1: you tell everybody we're days away from September eleventh, what 327 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 1: are the origins? What do people need to know about 328 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:41,639 Speaker 1: Tunnel of the Towers, how it came to be and 329 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:45,160 Speaker 1: its mission? Well, thanks for having me on. Well, look, 330 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: twenty one years ago, my brother, a New York City firefighter, 331 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 1: on September eleventh, two thousand and one, was just finished 332 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,920 Speaker 1: his night tour in Squad one in Brooklyn. He was 333 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:56,679 Speaker 1: on his way home to play golf of me, my 334 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 1: brother Russ, my brother George, and he heard on the 335 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 1: radio scan of that the Taalois were hit, drove his 336 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: truck back to his firehouse, got his gear, went to 337 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 1: the mouth of the Brooklyn Battery tunnel where it was 338 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:12,440 Speaker 1: closed for security reasons, and you know, he just strapped 339 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,400 Speaker 1: sixty pounds of gear on his back and ran through 340 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:18,959 Speaker 1: that tunnel, which is almost two miles long itself, and 341 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,680 Speaker 1: then up West Street and into what we believe was 342 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,680 Speaker 1: the South Tower. His body was never recovered, but he lost, 343 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 1: you know, eleven of his squad one brothers that day, 344 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: and they were recovered. A lot of them were recovered 345 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: in the South Towers. So, you know, mole saving lives, 346 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:36,880 Speaker 1: he gave up his own. So we were so proud 347 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 1: as a family. You know, he was my youngest brother, 348 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 1: he was our little brother. He was the youngest of 349 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 1: seven siblings, and we were so proud of what he did. 350 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 1: We started the Tunnel Tawis Foundation and his honor and 351 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: then the honor for all those who perished that day, 352 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: but most certainly the first responders. Frank twenty first anniversary 353 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: of nine to eleven Sunday, You guys have got a 354 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 1: major announcement that you have made about the Tunnel of 355 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 1: the Towers nine to eleven Institute. What is it? Going 356 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 1: to do. What is its impact going to be and 357 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: what do you hope that it can provide going forward. Well, look, 358 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:12,679 Speaker 1: you know, we're very proud of all the work that 359 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 1: we do, and you know that we still build specially 360 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 1: adapted smart homes for our country's most catastrophically into service members, 361 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 1: and we pay off the mortgage. We give mortgage free 362 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:24,880 Speaker 1: homes the gold Star widows that have young children or 363 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:28,119 Speaker 1: first responders that have young children when they dine in 364 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:30,399 Speaker 1: the line of duty and leave these young families behind, 365 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:33,199 Speaker 1: we make sure they have a mortgage free home. But 366 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:37,160 Speaker 1: our first mission is to make sure that we never 367 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,920 Speaker 1: forget what happened on September eleven, two thousand and one. 368 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 1: So this Tunnel of the Towers nine to eleven Institute 369 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 1: is a full curriculum that we put together for ages 370 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:53,439 Speaker 1: K through twelve. It gives students and educators within the 371 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:56,719 Speaker 1: nine to eleven learned about what happened on nine to eleven. 372 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,639 Speaker 1: It's not taught in many schools, it's said. It's so 373 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 1: said that only sixteen states require them even to just 374 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 1: mentioned nine to eleven. Forget about teaching classes on these 375 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 1: great heroes and so many things, so many acts of 376 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,919 Speaker 1: courage that happened. You know, as we said twenty one 377 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 1: years ago, this coming Sunday, So we're very proud of 378 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 1: taking on this responsibility. I promise you we are going 379 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:26,719 Speaker 1: to make an unbelievable effort to get this all throughout 380 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 1: the United States. Speaking of Frank Siller, the founder of 381 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: Tunnel the Towers Foundation, Frank, tell everybody about the obviously 382 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 1: you just announced here the Tune of Towers nine to 383 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 1: eleven Institute, which is so important because as you mentioned, 384 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,200 Speaker 1: there's a whole generation. I mean, Clay and I are 385 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 1: part of really the nine to eleven generation. Many of 386 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:53,640 Speaker 1: our friends, our family members, colleagues went off to fight 387 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:55,919 Speaker 1: in wars because of what happened on nine to eleven, 388 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:59,680 Speaker 1: and it's something that I think the people who weren't 389 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 1: a lot then we're now coming of age need to 390 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 1: know more about what is the nine to eleven Never 391 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: forget speakers Bureau. Well, so we have hundreds and hundreds 392 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 1: and hundreds of five fighters police officers will volunteering their 393 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:21,919 Speaker 1: time to go to students or educators virtually or in 394 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 1: person to give their own stories of their nine to 395 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 1: eleven experience, and that will enhance in our what we're 396 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 1: trying to do make sure that we never forget. So 397 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 1: we have the institute where we're teaching full curriculum. We 398 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 1: have our nine to eleven Speakers Bureau, Never Forget Speakers Bureau, 399 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:46,640 Speaker 1: and we have our nine to eleven a mobile exhibit 400 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: that goes all around the country. That's a ninety three 401 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:54,879 Speaker 1: foot tractor trailer that opens up into a eleven hundred 402 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:59,120 Speaker 1: square foot museum, which is pretty pretty incredible, and as 403 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: all nine to eleven facts once again manned by firefighters 404 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:08,400 Speaker 1: who were down there at Ground zero on September eleven, 405 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 1: two thousand and one. We're very proud of the work 406 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: we're doing, but we have a lot of work ahead 407 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 1: of us. You know, Travis, you know you're a big 408 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 1: supporter and I appreciate it. We ask people to go 409 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 1: to t twot dot org and donate as little as 410 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 1: eleven dollars a month. Eleven dollars a month, we could 411 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 1: take care of all these catastrophically injured service members, gold 412 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:32,879 Speaker 1: staff families, widows with young kids, and fallen first responders, 413 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:35,960 Speaker 1: you know them. How many police officers that die every 414 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 1: year that give their life for our community, along with firefighters, 415 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: and other first responders. We made a promise that we're 416 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 1: going to take care of every single one of them 417 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 1: in America, every single one of them that die in 418 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 1: the line to do to leave young, young kids behind. 419 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 1: And that's what eleven dollars a month can help us do. Frank, 420 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:57,359 Speaker 1: thank you so much for all the work that you're doing. 421 00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 1: Buck and I are both big supporters of the t 422 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 1: T t Org Foundation, and we certainly as a twenty 423 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 1: first anniversary of nine to eleven approaches, thank you for 424 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:10,199 Speaker 1: coming on with us today. Thank you, buddy. That is 425 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:13,159 Speaker 1: Frank Siller, and we got to tell you hundreds of 426 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 1: people in two thousand and two started on one of 427 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 1: what has become the top five K events in America. Today, 428 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 1: thirty thousand people now take part each year on the 429 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 1: last Sunday in September for the Tunnel of the Towers 430 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 1: Foundation five K Run and Walk in New York City. 431 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 1: It's their signature invent. It's got eighty others runs, walks, 432 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,920 Speaker 1: and climbs all over the place, like the annual five 433 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,880 Speaker 1: K run and walk takes place in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Community 434 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 1: of Hendersonville means a lot to the foundation because Hendersonville 435 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: Police Master Patrol Officer Spencer Bristol joined the apartment after 436 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:54,640 Speaker 1: serving in the US Navy. After Officer Bristol's tragic death 437 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 1: in the line of duty, Tunnel of the Towers paid 438 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,920 Speaker 1: off the mortgage on his family's home. Proceeds from event, 439 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 1: as well as dozens of golf outings and barbecues all 440 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:06,159 Speaker 1: across the country, support the foundation's programs. You can register 441 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 1: for an event in your area, volunteer to start one, 442 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,959 Speaker 1: and join Tunnel the Towers on its mission to do 443 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:15,119 Speaker 1: good and never forget. Donate eleven dollars a month that 444 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,680 Speaker 1: T two t dot org. That's t the number two 445 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 1: t dot org. Welcome back. In final segment, Thursday edition, 446 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 1: we are down in Austin, Texas. We'll be here tomorrow. 447 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 1: We're at our affiliate KLBJ about to meet a bunch 448 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:34,880 Speaker 1: of people who are listeners for the program here at 449 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 1: an event that we're doing at the radio station. So 450 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 1: we appreciate all of you who listen in the Austin area. 451 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: And obviously, major breaking news that occurred during the course 452 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 1: of today's program. I would guess most of you have 453 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,159 Speaker 1: probably heard it, but if you have not, Queen Elizabeth 454 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:54,119 Speaker 1: dying today at the age of ninety six years old. 455 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 1: Prince Charles will ascend to the throne become King Charles. 456 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,880 Speaker 1: He is in his seventies, will probably not be a 457 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 1: very long reign compared to the rain certainly of Queen Elizabeth, 458 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:11,400 Speaker 1: who was the Queen of England for just shy of 459 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: seventy years. She came into the queenship at a very 460 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 1: young age, coming off of World War Two, where she 461 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,879 Speaker 1: won the hearts and minds of her countrymen as a 462 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 1: part of maybe the greatest moment in the history of England. 463 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,200 Speaker 1: I mean, you could make that argument. Certainly Churchill did 464 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:41,159 Speaker 1: in standing up to Nazi Germany and leading the charge 465 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 1: for freedom democracy around the world when everybody else in 466 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:49,159 Speaker 1: Europe was crumbling in the face of Hitler and his 467 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:54,640 Speaker 1: invasions all over that continent. So Buck there is going 468 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 1: to be a great outpouring of memory related to the 469 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:03,200 Speaker 1: que mean, what I would say is she may be 470 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 1: the last figure of her sort of majestic aura that 471 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 1: almost everyone loves. I mean, her approval rating. If you 472 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 1: think now we live in an American life where it's 473 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 1: almost impossible for anybody to hardly get over fifty percent approval. 474 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 1: The Queen is like ninety eight percent beloved in England, 475 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:29,479 Speaker 1: and I wonder with Prince Charles ascending what that's going 476 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 1: to mean to the Royal family how long he will 477 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 1: be there? If you missed earlier in the program, I 478 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:38,239 Speaker 1: love the Royal Family, I could do three hours. Did 479 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:42,040 Speaker 1: you ever see in the show Parks and Wreck? Yeah, 480 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 1: where there's now Well, you're stunned that I care so 481 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:50,120 Speaker 1: much about the Royal Family. I am. I am flabbergasted. 482 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 1: Do you think the audience is as well? What percentage 483 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,400 Speaker 1: of our audience do you think cares a great deal 484 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 1: about the Royal Family? I just from I remember there 485 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 1: was there was this whole It was a comedy concept 486 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 1: apped in the show Parks and Wreck where a character 487 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 1: who some people have actually told me that I look like, uh, 488 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 1: do you know what I'm talking about? Yeah? He I 489 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 1: get that occasionally where where the whole town sort of 490 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 1: the town's the one thing that everyone in the town 491 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 1: loves is this tiny horse. Yeah you know, and he's 492 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:20,920 Speaker 1: the only person that is like, I don't get it, 493 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 1: and he sort of sits there. I'm not Look. A 494 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,120 Speaker 1: woman just passed. She was a huge piece of history 495 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 1: and the majesty and all this stuff, the general fascination 496 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,400 Speaker 1: with the royal family. I'm not I just don't get it. 497 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:35,320 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't know, I don't. I'm trying. I'm 498 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,959 Speaker 1: trying to understand the I'm not a brit right, if 499 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,680 Speaker 1: I were British, maybe be very different for me. I'm 500 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 1: I'm just trying to get there, that's all. I'm not 501 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 1: a I am just a little I'm I'm the outpouring globe. 502 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,000 Speaker 1: I mean, the whole world is this is the biggest 503 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 1: news story in the world by far right now, uh, 504 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 1: in terms of media coverage everything else. And I'm just 505 00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:01,040 Speaker 1: I'm sort of sitting here like, okay, um. I mean, 506 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:04,200 Speaker 1: I you know, obviously condolences to her family, and she 507 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 1: was apparently a very lovely woman and mental to a 508 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:12,239 Speaker 1: lot of people. But people in you know, like the 509 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 1: Czech Republic, their main news story today is going to 510 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 1: be the uh, the passing of Queen Elizabeth. I just 511 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 1: think it's I don't know. I'm trying to get there, Clay. 512 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,920 Speaker 1: I've just I'm flabbergasted, that's all. I'm maybe. I'm I 513 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 1: admit that I may just this may be something that 514 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:29,680 Speaker 1: I'm missing, um and again, and I'm not I'm not 515 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 1: criticizing a royal family everything else. I'm just trying to 516 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 1: understand why this has the impact that it does on people. 517 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:36,880 Speaker 1: I don't I don't get it. I think there is 518 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 1: a massive nostalgia factor where when someone has been there 519 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:45,880 Speaker 1: for decades doing what I think is one of the 520 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:49,080 Speaker 1: best jobs of But what's the job. Well, that's the 521 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 1: job is to basically it's It's interesting because you have, 522 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:55,200 Speaker 1: unlike the United States, where everything kind of gets rolled 523 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:59,440 Speaker 1: into one office, you have the ceremonial responsibilities of the 524 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,880 Speaker 1: head of eight, the prime minister of the division. I mean, yes, 525 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:07,480 Speaker 1: it's like showing up with the tea time and stuff. 526 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 1: I mean, I get it. It is for seventy years 527 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:14,720 Speaker 1: to represent me. Think about how few people we have 528 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:19,000 Speaker 1: in America today who can represent anything for more than 529 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:22,800 Speaker 1: like a year without being a disaster, right, like even 530 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,960 Speaker 1: something that doesn't even matter, which is like sports. I 531 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,880 Speaker 1: get it. She is. She is Dolly Parton level popular, 532 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,480 Speaker 1: meeting everyone. What is that bad? Everyone loves Dolly Parton. 533 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 1: I thought I could just I could just see now. 534 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,960 Speaker 1: Yesterday I got called the right wing extremist. You comparing 535 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:43,640 Speaker 1: Queen Elizabeth to Dolly Parton. I could just say that 536 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:51,160 Speaker 1: everybody just see it echoing around the world the radio 537 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:53,600 Speaker 1: station tomorrow. You're never gonna be able to go to 538 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:57,640 Speaker 1: England for the rest of your life. I love Dolly Parton. Well, 539 00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:01,120 Speaker 1: I don't understand that's similar to Dolly. I just met 540 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:04,480 Speaker 1: a term super approval rating everyone loves. Okay, all right, 541 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:08,800 Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm just picturing. I told you, next 542 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:13,080 Speaker 1: time you try to land in England. Analysis of the 543 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:16,320 Speaker 1: royal family is not something that I would put forward 544 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:19,600 Speaker 1: as one of my am I six waiting to escort 545 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:22,800 Speaker 1: you off the plane based on your Dolly Parton analogy there, 546 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:26,360 Speaker 1: which is really really funny. Um. I mean I get 547 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,479 Speaker 1: from the historical perspective, if nothing else, one of the 548 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:31,440 Speaker 1: coolest things I've ever gotten to do. I talked about 549 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:35,160 Speaker 1: getting to go to Normandy and tour the beaches, the 550 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 1: coolest thing I've ever done in England. Have you been 551 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:40,440 Speaker 1: there the Churchill War Rooms. I've spent very little time 552 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:42,040 Speaker 1: in England. I've been there for a few days. One 553 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,959 Speaker 1: of the greatest things if you are a history person. 554 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:49,560 Speaker 1: So for me to answer your question, about Queen Elizabeth, 555 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:53,040 Speaker 1: she is living history in that to me, she is 556 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:58,000 Speaker 1: inextricably intertwined with that era of Churchill, of the Nazi 557 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:02,440 Speaker 1: bombing raids. I've read six biographies of Winston church Yes, 558 00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 1: so I know a lot about you would love the 559 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:06,680 Speaker 1: Churchill war Room. And one thing that I was found 560 00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:08,640 Speaker 1: so interesting about this is that they weren't eight. There 561 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:10,640 Speaker 1: were times when the bombing raids were coming and they 562 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:13,320 Speaker 1: knew where they were coming because they had broken the code, 563 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:16,360 Speaker 1: but they couldn't tell necessarily the place where the bombing 564 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:19,080 Speaker 1: raid was coming because they were worried about letting people 565 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:21,240 Speaker 1: know the code had been broken. So there's a lot 566 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:24,040 Speaker 1: that went on, a lot of very difficult decision making 567 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,520 Speaker 1: that went on during those periods. In fact, sometimes Churchill 568 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:30,040 Speaker 1: even went out of the bunker when he knew that planes, 569 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:33,400 Speaker 1: the Nazi planes were heading elsewhere, for the purposes of 570 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:36,360 Speaker 1: taking a photograph to make it seem as though, you know, 571 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,040 Speaker 1: for the symbolism I should say, of standing up against 572 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:42,800 Speaker 1: the Nazi war machine, which Finest Hour, obviously the movie 573 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:46,120 Speaker 1: Finest Hour, the concept, the stiff upper lip, and the 574 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:49,760 Speaker 1: we could talk World War two Churchill all day. I 575 00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:54,280 Speaker 1: mean the Royal again. Are we allowed to talk about 576 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:56,040 Speaker 1: the Royal family right now? I just I've just tried 577 00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:59,360 Speaker 1: to express condolences, you know, and I think you're done. 578 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,160 Speaker 1: I don't think I was gonna say you would love 579 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:05,320 Speaker 1: the Churchill worry. I think that the guards Buckingham Palace guards, 580 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:08,279 Speaker 1: when you land in England, you and carry you're gonna 581 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:09,880 Speaker 1: get married. You're gonna be like, hey, we should go 582 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:12,840 Speaker 1: to London and they're going to immediately put you in 583 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:16,719 Speaker 1: chains and take you to a dungeon because you just 584 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:19,879 Speaker 1: compared Queen Elizabeth too. But that is not I said, 585 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:23,840 Speaker 1: the popularity level. When you look at polling, you know, 586 00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:27,680 Speaker 1: Queen Elizabeth is a was a very popular figure, I admit. 587 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,160 Speaker 1: I mean we're talking about World War two anyway. I 588 00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:33,439 Speaker 1: don't know what the Royal family in World War two, 589 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:35,839 Speaker 1: if you go back, if you remember even they dealt 590 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:40,719 Speaker 1: with this in um the King's speed. Yep, there were 591 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,800 Speaker 1: some there were some not so great moment not involved 592 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:46,560 Speaker 1: Queen Elizabeth, but the Royal family more broadly. Anyway, you 593 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:51,560 Speaker 1: are following apart of the Queen. We could just talk. 594 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:56,560 Speaker 1: We could talk every day for three hours about abortion, immigration, cry. 595 00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:59,719 Speaker 1: I just don't look flation and you just nail it. 596 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:03,759 Speaker 1: Queen Elizabeth comes up and you're all the condolences and 597 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,279 Speaker 1: a lovely woman. And I wish the British, you know, 598 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:09,319 Speaker 1: the British aisles and everything, uh, their morning period here 599 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,759 Speaker 1: at all the I just I don't know. I'm just 600 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,680 Speaker 1: sort of the Royal family thing. I don't really I 601 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,120 Speaker 1: don't really understand the fascination I'm obsessed with the Royal 602 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:19,840 Speaker 1: family this story. Like to give you an example, I 603 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 1: was supposed to be on Fox and Friends Saturday morning 604 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:25,600 Speaker 1: from down here in Austin for the Alabama Texas game. 605 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:29,560 Speaker 1: They were gonna be on location Fox and Friends. Fox 606 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:33,200 Speaker 1: News canceled being on location because I think they're gonna 607 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:38,160 Speaker 1: go all in on coverage surrounding the Queen's death, and 608 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:40,279 Speaker 1: certainly a big part of this is going to be 609 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:42,360 Speaker 1: and I believe I'm correct in this, and I'm not 610 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:45,000 Speaker 1: an expert. We're gonna have Steve Hilton, who is who 611 00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:46,920 Speaker 1: is British does a great show on Fox News on 612 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:50,880 Speaker 1: tomorrow to contextualize all this. But I think Westminster Abbey 613 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:55,160 Speaker 1: will have the official coronation. Charles is King now is 614 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:58,239 Speaker 1: as he now would ascend to the throne, but I 615 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:02,320 Speaker 1: believe they will have a grand uh celebration of sorts 616 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:06,080 Speaker 1: leading to the official crowning. We haven't seen this in 617 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:09,440 Speaker 1: seventy years in Westminster Abbey, which is another place you 618 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:13,080 Speaker 1: should visit Churchill war Rooms and Westminster Abbey if you 619 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:16,600 Speaker 1: are still allowed in the country, which, frankly, based on 620 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:18,520 Speaker 1: the last four minutes, I'm not sure whether that's gonna 621 00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:20,520 Speaker 1: I mean, I just you know, we'll do a little 622 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:23,600 Speaker 1: more analysis of perhaps the history of the royal family 623 00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:27,759 Speaker 1: in the last you know, well, just texted me. Buck 624 00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:31,879 Speaker 1: can't quit watching coverage of the Queen. I people love 625 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:34,680 Speaker 1: this story. I get it. I understand. I am in 626 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,680 Speaker 1: the I'm in the minority here of people that are 627 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:40,120 Speaker 1: just like I don't understand why there are adults who 628 00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:42,560 Speaker 1: are crying all over the world right now who have 629 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:45,799 Speaker 1: never met the woman, but I appreciate that it is 630 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:48,080 Speaker 1: important to a lot of people. I'm gonna go do 631 00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:51,359 Speaker 1: some reading on the on the Queen and all the 632 00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:53,000 Speaker 1: rest of all. I'm glad we're not in the same car, 633 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:54,640 Speaker 1: because I think in my six might take you out 634 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:55,719 Speaker 1: when lead studio today