1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,239 Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of the C and B twenty 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:04,519 Speaker 1: four to seven podcast. 3 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 2: Sitting in for Clay Travis and Buck Sexton today is. 4 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: Sean Parnell, host of the daily podcast Battleground, and a 5 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:16,440 Speaker 1: best selling author. Welcome to the Clay Travis and Buck 6 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: Sexton Show. On this amazing and glorious New Year's Eve, folks, 7 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: we are on the precipice of twenty twenty five, and 8 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:34,239 Speaker 1: let me tell you something, twenty twenty four was a 9 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: year for the history books. 10 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 2: Folks. 11 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 1: We have got a huge three hours on tap for 12 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: you here on the Clay and Bucks Show. We're going 13 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 1: to talk about Trump's historic victory and what it means 14 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: to be America. First, we've got Brian Dean Wright. He's 15 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 1: a former CIA operations officer, host of the Right Report 16 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: daily podcast. He's on deck an hour two speaker of 17 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: the House Insanity and why this fiasco could be a 18 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: disaster if Republicans don't get their act together, how the 19 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: Democrats are the real threat to democracy, and the Trump cadet, 20 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: and everything that you need to know in between. My 21 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 1: name is Sean Parnell. I'm in this chair for Klay 22 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: Travis and Buck Sexton in America. It is an honor 23 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: to be here. You know, my father listened to Rush 24 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: Limball all the time growing up, I mean, driving me 25 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 1: around to sports, I'd hear Rush this and Rush that. 26 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:37,399 Speaker 1: I'd hear his voice on the radio. At family get togethers, 27 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 1: I'd hear my dad talking to my uncles and my 28 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:44,039 Speaker 1: aunts about what Rush said during the week. And as 29 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: a kid with really no exposure to politics at all, 30 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: I had exposure to Rush Limball through my father. And I'm, 31 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: of course, like, who the heck is this Rush guy? 32 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: And who names their kid Rush? This is what I 33 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: was thinking as a kid. But now, of course I 34 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: know who Rush Limbaugh is, as does the entire country 35 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: and indeed the entire world. You know, Clay Travis and 36 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 1: Buck Sexton really had the torch passed to them by 37 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: Rush Limbaugh. And now here I find myself in this 38 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 1: chair filling in for Clay and Buck on Rush Limball's 39 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:33,239 Speaker 1: old time slot. And I have to tell you all, America, 40 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:38,839 Speaker 1: I never thought that I would be here. I never 41 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: thought I would survive Afghanistan, let alone hosts the biggest 42 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: radio show in the nation. And so when I say 43 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: it's an honor to be here, folks, I really do 44 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: truly mean it from the bottom of my heart. My 45 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 1: journey to be here in this spot was a winding 46 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: one very unexp I did stepping stones along the way, 47 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: and I think it all started with me joining the 48 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 1: military after September eleventh, our country was attacked. Now, I 49 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: don't come from a long line of military generals or 50 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: tough as nails non commissioned officers from my family. I'm 51 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 1: just a city boy from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. And after we 52 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: were attacked on nine to eleven, I remember feeling to 53 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: myself just two very clear emotions. I was angry, probably 54 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: angrier than I've ever been, and I was afraid. And 55 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: I never thought that this country could be attacked in 56 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: the way that it had been. In that moment, I knew. 57 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: I felt like I knew, at least for me, exactly 58 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: why God had put me on this earth, and that 59 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: was to serve something greater than myself. That was to 60 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: put the uniform on the military. As a kid in 61 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: my early twenties, I just believed, and call it naive, 62 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: that with that American flag on my shoulder and the 63 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: might and power of the US military at my back 64 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 1: that I could accomplish any mission. Heck, I could conquer 65 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: the world if I wanted to. And ultimately I wanted 66 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,919 Speaker 1: to take the fight to the enemy. I wanted to 67 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 1: strike back at those who hit us in the great City. 68 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 2: Of New York. 69 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: And I remember doing everything I could to train for Afghanistan. 70 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: Went to airborne school where the Army taught me how 71 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: to jump out of perfectly good airplanes that's the phrase. 72 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: And went to ranger school so I could be the 73 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: best leader that I could for my troops, and then 74 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: wanted to be in the infantry so I could be 75 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: on the front lines of America's collective response. And boy 76 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 1: did I find myself on the front lines of America's 77 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: collective response. And what it really was, folks, was a 78 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: lesson and be careful what you wish for, because I 79 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: wanted to close with and destroy the enemy, which was 80 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: the infantry's mission, and we got an opportunity to. 81 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 2: Do that, Folks. 82 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 1: All my life, I've had a cynical relationship with my faith. 83 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: I'm Catholic, I'm a believer, and though this isn't a 84 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: religious show, but just bear with me here, I've struggled 85 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 1: with my faith and the day before I was supposed 86 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,839 Speaker 1: to go to Afghanistan, my grandfather passed away. And my 87 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 1: grandfather was like a second father figure to me. Lifelong 88 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: Union Democrat, worked a second job as an usher here 89 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at Forbes Field at three Rivers Stadium, 90 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: PNC Park, hardest working guy I ever met. Twenty four 91 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 1: hours before we left, he passed away, and it hurt, 92 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,720 Speaker 1: and I remember asking myself, Gosh, why are you doing 93 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:55,359 Speaker 1: this to me right before I've got to be a 94 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: leader from my troops in Afghanistan. And I remember talking 95 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: my battalion commander. He said, Sean, go home, be with 96 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: your family, because when you get to Afghanistan and those 97 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 1: bullets start flying, your troops are gonna need you. So 98 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: drove down, went to my grandfather's funeral. He wore a 99 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 1: Saint Christopher metal every single day of his life. Was 100 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:17,479 Speaker 1: the kind of guy that would do the Sign of 101 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: the Cross when he'd pass a Catholic church in the 102 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 1: car and I'd be driving with him wondering what he 103 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:24,359 Speaker 1: was doing. He was an old school guy like that. 104 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: So my grandmother, twelve hours before I deployed to Afghanistan, 105 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: takes this Saint Christopher medal and presses it into my 106 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 1: hand and says, Sean, he would have wanted you to 107 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 1: have this. It will protect you when you're in Afghanistan. 108 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: And I was blown away. I'm wearing it right now. 109 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: Almost has a legendary quality in my family. And so 110 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:51,280 Speaker 1: flash forward to Afghanistan. On the Afghan Pakistan border June tenth, 111 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:56,599 Speaker 1: two thousand and six. My platoon is surrounded, were outmanned. 112 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:01,039 Speaker 1: We're out gunned, outnumbered ten to one. I was knocked 113 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: unconscious by a air burst mortar and I woke up 114 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: in a smoldering hole with shrap and the wall around me. 115 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 1: One of my soldiers pulled me up into the sitting position. 116 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: But before I even woke up, I just remember the 117 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: entire world being black. I could hear the shot in 118 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: the shell, but I couldn't see anything. I was completely 119 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 1: out of it. And as I laid there on the battlefield, 120 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: not fully awake but not fully out, I felt something 121 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: that really brought me back. I feel like I was 122 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: dying and I didn't realize that at the time, but 123 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: I had fractured my skull, had a cerebral spinal fluid bleak, 124 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 1: ended up having clear fluid leaking out of my nose 125 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 1: and my ears. But I felt something in America. You 126 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 1: were going to think that I am crazy, And if 127 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: you do, that's okay, because at first I thought that 128 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 1: I was crazy too. I felt like it was my 129 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: grandfather right there with me telling me to get back 130 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 1: into the fight, to wake up. And so I did, 131 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: and the day came slowly back to me that day, 132 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 1: and I remember waking up to seeing almost every single 133 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: member of my peltoon wounded, some twice, some three times. 134 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: But really it was my grandfather that I think pushed 135 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: me back into the fight to take care of my troops, 136 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: just like my grandmother told me that he would. And 137 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: I survived somehow miraculously by the grace of God. Call 138 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: it luck, call it fate, call it whatever you want. 139 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: And as my family is celebrating Christmas, I'm married. I've 140 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 1: got an amazing wife. Her name's Commander Melanie. I've got 141 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: five amazing kids. Yes, it's crazy. Conversation for another time. 142 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: And I remember turning to my wife two days ago 143 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 1: and saying, I can't believe I survived what I did 144 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: in Afghanistan. I tend to think about that experience more 145 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:56,439 Speaker 1: over the holidays. 146 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 2: I don't know why I said. 147 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: I said to her, this is almost surreal to me. 148 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 1: And believe me when I tell you, folks, it's weird 149 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 1: to have your own life seems surreal to you. And 150 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 1: so you flash forward to today. And this is why 151 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:16,959 Speaker 1: I say it's unbelievable that I'm sitting here in this chair, 152 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 1: because eighteen years ago, when I got back out of 153 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: the military, I was broke and I was broken, bought 154 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: my body physically broken. I came out of the military. 155 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: I needed speech therapy, I couldn't talk. I had a 156 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: horrible concussion. I had to go through rehabilitation for darn 157 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 1: near twelve months. So believe me, this is what I 158 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 1: mean when I say it's crazy that I'm sitting here, 159 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: because for all intents and purposes, I should not be. 160 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 1: You come back to this country broke and broken, and 161 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you're sitting in on the biggest 162 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: radio show in the country, one that a timeslot that 163 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: Rush Limbaugh used to host, and now Klay Travison Bucks said, 164 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:04,680 Speaker 1: these are all three men legends, and so boy do 165 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:09,319 Speaker 1: I feel blessed. And let me tell you, I've been 166 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 1: on the stage now with President Trump over the last year, 167 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: in the year of twenty twenty four, all five times 168 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 1: he came to Western Pennsylvania, and every single time I 169 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: get up there on the crowd, I get up there 170 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: in front of the crowd and I say to people, 171 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen and patriots, do you believe that we 172 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:37,320 Speaker 1: are in a spiritual fight for the heart and soul 173 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: of this country? 174 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 2: The crowd just goes wild. 175 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 1: I'm like you all believe that there is good and 176 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: evil in this world, and the crowd just goes wild. 177 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 1: It resonates with them, and it resonates with me too. 178 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 1: I used to be cynical about my faith, and now 179 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: I'm not because it's led me along this winding path 180 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: to write where I am today. And when you talk 181 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:09,199 Speaker 1: about all of the crazy, crazy things that we have 182 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: experienced in this country over the last year, and boy, 183 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: let me tell you, we're going to talk about them 184 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 1: over the next three hours. Trump's mugshot an assassination attempt. 185 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 1: I was at that rally too. I'm going to tell 186 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: you about that here in a second close call in Afghanistan. 187 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:29,679 Speaker 1: Never thought I'd have a close call here at home, 188 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:32,320 Speaker 1: but I'm gonna talk to you about that here in 189 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: a minute. So, yes, America, I do believe that there 190 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: is a spiritual war going on in our world. And yes, 191 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 1: I do believe that America is ground zero for that fight. 192 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: And yes, I do believe that God works in mysterious ways. 193 00:11:57,080 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: We're going to talk about that in so much more 194 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 1: or when we come back here on the Clay Travis 195 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 1: and Buck Sexton Show. So you stay right there, folks, 196 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:11,680 Speaker 1: shoot three hours on tap stick with us, and we'll 197 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 1: be right back. I'm Sean Parnell in the chair for 198 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 1: Clay and Buck. Welcome back to the Clay Travis and 199 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 1: Buck Sexton Show. My name is Sean Parnell, combat veteran 200 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: New York Times bestselling author. But Folks, more than both 201 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 1: of those things, I am a humble servant of this country. 202 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 1: I love this country. I don't need a uniform or 203 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 1: rank or a title to love my country and continue 204 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 1: to serve it. And let me tell you, I've heard 205 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:46,640 Speaker 1: the phrase. I mentioned it in the first block. God 206 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:51,679 Speaker 1: works in mysterious ways. And most of the time, actually 207 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: all of the time. I really hate it when people 208 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:57,560 Speaker 1: say that to me, because most of the time people say, oh, 209 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 1: I just go through this terrible divorce and someone's says, well, Sean, listen, God, 210 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 1: God works in mysterious ways. I'm like, well, darn it, 211 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 1: this really stinks. Why is he doing this to me? 212 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 1: But here's the thing with all of this. It's true 213 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:16,840 Speaker 1: sometimes God does things, but in the moment we don't 214 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 1: really understand why. And so all this talk about a 215 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: spirit of a fight, You're probably asking yourself, Okay, Sean, 216 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: get to the point, what are you talking about. What 217 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: I'm talking about is this Donald Trump. He is the 218 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:34,560 Speaker 1: most electrifying political figure in my lifetime, and all cards 219 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:36,559 Speaker 1: on the table, folks. I have been a Trump guy 220 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: since he's come down the golden escalator in twenty sixteen. 221 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 1: But I kind of believe that God put Donald Trump 222 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 1: right where he was supposed to be. I'm not saying 223 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 1: that Donald Trump is the chosen one or anything like that, 224 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 1: but think about all the stuff that this guy has 225 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,079 Speaker 1: had to go through since he's come down that golden escalator, 226 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:06,959 Speaker 1: whether it's two bogus impeachments, the fake January sixth Committee, 227 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 1: remember the Hunter Biden laptop scandal, the election interference in 228 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 1: twenty twenty. Yeah, we know that there were shenanigans that 229 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 1: happened in twenty twenty. Can we talk about twenty twenty 230 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 1: for a second. Even the Democrats know that the twenty 231 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 1: twenty election was probably a little shading. Now when you 232 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 1: have sixty plus million popular votes for the Democrats in 233 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: twenty twelve, sixty plus million and twenty sixteen eighty one 234 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 1: million for Joe Biden, a man who could barely speak, 235 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty, and then down around sixty five million 236 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 1: for Kamala Harrison twenty four So the Democrats are kind 237 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 1: of like, wait a second, something ain't right here. 238 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 2: But they're right. They're right. Something wasn't right. 239 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: And look, we don't know what that was, but we 240 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 1: do know is that there I think was some nefarious 241 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 1: stuff that happened in twenty twenty. We'm not going to 242 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 1: get into all of that. But at the time, and 243 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: this is personal to me because I had my name 244 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: on the ballot with President Trump in Western Pennsylvania and 245 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 1: he threw my hat in the arena to run for office, 246 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: I watched first hand all the shenanigans that they tried 247 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 1: to pull. But had they just let things happen? The Democrats, 248 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: the deep state, the intelligence community, call them whatever you want. 249 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: But had they just let twenty twenty happen and let 250 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 1: Donald Trump win, guess what he'd be on his way 251 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 1: out of office. And oh, by the way, he would 252 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 1: have had a Democrat controlled House, a Democrat controlled Senate. 253 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 2: Would he have been able to get things done? Yeah? 254 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 1: Probably, But would it have been more difficult? Absolutely? But 255 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 1: guess what, folks. They didn't do that, And so now 256 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 1: Donald Trump is back. 257 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 2: Won an historic mandate. 258 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 1: He won the electoral College, he won the popular vote, 259 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: he won state governments all across the country, and with 260 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: a majority on the Supreme Court. Guess what, Democrats, We 261 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: have a mandate now and in January of twenty twenty five, 262 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 1: we are coming for you. So stay tuned next for 263 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 1: what it means to be America. First, stay right there, 264 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 1: got an amazing show for you. I'm Sean Parnell in 265 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: the chair for Clay Travis and Buck Sexton. All right, 266 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: all right, all right, we are back here on the 267 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 1: Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. 268 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 2: My name is Sean Parnell. 269 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 1: I'm in the chair for Buck and Clay, and it's 270 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: great to be here, folks. We've been talking about the 271 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: fact that there is. In fact, at least, I believe 272 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 1: there is a spiritual war happening here in America, and 273 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: ground zero for that fight is America. And when you 274 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 1: think about it, it makes sense. We are the world's 275 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: loan superpower. When there was an earthquake in Pakistan in 276 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: two thousand and five that killed eighty thousand people, we 277 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 1: diverted combat missions. You h forty seven Chamook helicopters diverted 278 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: combat missions from Afghanistan to save people in Pakistan. 279 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:10,160 Speaker 2: They called for our help. 280 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 1: We were there when a tsunami killed hundreds of thousands 281 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:21,359 Speaker 1: of people in Southeast Asia. Those ailing nations didn't call Iran, 282 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:25,879 Speaker 1: they didn't call China. They called the United States of America, 283 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 1: and we showed up and we saved lives. 284 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 2: That's what we do. 285 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 1: So it makes sense that the ground zero for this 286 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 1: spiritual fight would be here, as the world's loan superpower. 287 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 2: Of course it would be. 288 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 1: And so I mentioned earlier that I have been on 289 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: stage with President Trump every time he's come to Western Pennsylvania, 290 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:54,360 Speaker 1: and that includes on July thirteenth, the Fateful Day, when 291 00:17:54,400 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 1: someone tried to take President Trump's life. And I'm gonna 292 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:03,119 Speaker 1: tell you a little bit about that day, and it 293 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:05,120 Speaker 1: was strange. From the moment that I showed up at 294 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 1: the rally, I could sense that something just wasn't right. 295 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: A couple things that stood out to me that day 296 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: was the weather. It was oppressively hot, hotest day in 297 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 1: western Pennsylvania on memory, not a cloud in the sky 298 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 1: in zero wind. And you know probably thinking, well, you're 299 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 1: a combat veteran, you might be a little paranoid, and. 300 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,920 Speaker 2: You would be right, that is correct. 301 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 1: I have a little paranoid And that's what I chalked 302 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 1: it up to as well, like come on, Sean, calm down, 303 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,680 Speaker 1: it's gonna be fine. Look there's two sniper teams. They've 304 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:44,919 Speaker 1: got security. But still call it my combat veteran spidey sense. 305 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:48,679 Speaker 1: I could sense that something was off. And I remember 306 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 1: meeting with President Trump, probably twenty five minutes before it happened. 307 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 1: My wife, Commander Melanie, and I were there and we're 308 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 1: standing there with Missus Fogel. Now Missus fogel Son Mark 309 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 1: Fogel has been languishing in a Russian prison for three 310 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 1: years under Biden, who's done absolutely nothing for his release. 311 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:12,640 Speaker 1: And I thought to myself, well, we got to introduce 312 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 1: Missus Fogel, Mark's mother to President Trump, and I'm standing 313 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: right there with both of them, and Missus Fogel, who 314 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 1: is in her nineties, says to President Trump, please help 315 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:30,119 Speaker 1: me free my son. And President Trump, holding both of 316 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 1: her little hands, looks at Missus Fogel and he says, 317 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 1: we will get your son back. And she started crying 318 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 1: happy tears right there. And I remember going back out 319 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:45,360 Speaker 1: and sitting in the crowd. We're right in the front row. 320 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 1: So if you're looking at the television and watching this 321 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,680 Speaker 1: rally on TV, you've got President Trump at the podium. 322 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:55,639 Speaker 1: Both my wife and I and Missus Fogel were directly 323 00:19:55,760 --> 00:20:00,639 Speaker 1: to the President's left. And so President well, first of all, 324 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:04,680 Speaker 1: the music starts blairing. This heavy metal song starts blair 325 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 1: and Missus Vogel comes out of the tent because she 326 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:08,439 Speaker 1: stayed a little bit longer to talk to President Trump. 327 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 1: And this ninety year old woman has tears in her 328 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: eyes and she's dancing to kid rock like it was 329 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 1: the craziest thing I've ever seen. She comes she sits 330 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:20,119 Speaker 1: down right next to me. President Trump comes out shortly thereafter, 331 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:22,919 Speaker 1: walks right down that little red carpet looks at me, 332 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 1: missus Fogel and my wife points right at us and 333 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:29,159 Speaker 1: executes a left face and walks to the podium and 334 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 1: starts addressing the crowd in typical President Trump fashion, and 335 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: he goes off script very early, which for President Trump 336 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 1: is not something typically that he does. And he goes, 337 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 1: throw my favorite chart up there. Oh, I love this chart. 338 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: It's the best charge of the world. So he throws 339 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: the chart up there, it's the immigration chart, and he 340 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 1: turns his head and. 341 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:54,679 Speaker 2: He points to it and he says, is he that 342 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:57,640 Speaker 2: line right there? I love that line, this lowest point 343 00:20:57,680 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 2: of immigrats. 344 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,199 Speaker 1: And he's in the crowd is laughing, going wild, and 345 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:04,199 Speaker 1: Trump turns around and makes a couple of jokes, and 346 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, I felt something and something that 347 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 1: was not dissimilar to what I felt on that stage 348 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 1: speaking before President Trump came out and unbeknounced to me. 349 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:18,440 Speaker 2: While I'm on. 350 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:22,679 Speaker 1: That stage, the flag got twisted up into a knot 351 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 1: while I was speaking, and I didn't know it at 352 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 1: the time, but I knew it after because everybody in 353 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: the crowd was texting and sending me pictures, and that 354 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:37,480 Speaker 1: twisted American flag looked like an eagle, looked like an angel. 355 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:40,640 Speaker 1: Some people said it was an omen. Some people said 356 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: it was a religious symbol. 357 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 2: I don't know. I didn't even know what was happening. 358 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 1: But what I felt up there on the stage was 359 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 1: the same thing that I felt on June ten, two 360 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 1: thousand and six, in Afghanistan, when I felt my grandfather 361 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:56,639 Speaker 1: with me. I felt it there on that stage. And 362 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 1: so I'm standing there in the crowd feeling that something off. 363 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 1: And President Trump gestures to the chart the second time, 364 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 1: and he turns his head and just as he his 365 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 1: head cranes to look at that chart, I hear shots 366 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 1: ring out and I see President Trump grab his ear, 367 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 1: and folks, we are twenty feet from him, bullets crack 368 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 1: right over our head. See President Trump grab his ear. 369 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 1: Secret Service is on him a second later. And let 370 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 1: me tell you something. I hadn't been to combat in 371 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:34,200 Speaker 1: eighteen years at that point, and the training took over 372 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 1: in seconds. I had my wife on the ground, try 373 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 1: to get missus fulgo on the ground. She's sitting there 374 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 1: with her person in the lap. 375 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:42,800 Speaker 2: She's like, no, I'm completely fine. She was a rock 376 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 2: in the storm. 377 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 1: So I have my wife on the ground and she's 378 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 1: looking at me with these big blue eyes, and the 379 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:51,680 Speaker 1: Secret Service whisked President Trump away, and I'm in combat mode, 380 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:55,679 Speaker 1: thinking to myself, well, holy smokes, there are forty thousand 381 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:57,439 Speaker 1: people here. How are we going to get these people 382 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 1: out with one exit point? And the combat leader in 383 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:06,359 Speaker 1: me immediately starts trying to ascertain the position of the shooter, 384 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 1: because you got to figure out where the sniper is 385 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,719 Speaker 1: coming from, having been under sniper fire before, to determine 386 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:12,920 Speaker 1: whether or not you can move people. 387 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:15,720 Speaker 2: And if you can move people, how do. 388 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: You utilize cover and concealment to get forty thousand people 389 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:19,919 Speaker 1: out of there? These were the things that were on 390 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: my mind. And immediately I said building because that building. 391 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:31,640 Speaker 1: Let me tell you, folks, that building was a stone's 392 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 1: throw away. The satellite imagery simply does not do it justice. 393 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:41,959 Speaker 1: It was right there. So how Matthew Crooks defeated the 394 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 1: premier executive protection agency in the world in the United 395 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: States Secret Service? A twenty year old kid that didn't 396 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:49,880 Speaker 1: even make his rifle team get up on a building 397 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 1: with one hundred and thirty yard shot to the President 398 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,200 Speaker 1: of the United States, clear line of sight, no law 399 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: enforcement on the building is beyond me. But even in 400 00:23:57,359 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 1: the chaos of the moment, as people were trying to 401 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,399 Speaker 1: figure out what was going on, I said to myself, 402 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 1: there's no way a shooter could be on that building 403 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: because the Secret Service would absolutely have it on lockdown. 404 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 1: But I was completely wrong. The other thought was maybe 405 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 1: somebody was on the water tower. But I immediately wrote 406 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 1: off the water tower because it was far away, and 407 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: the moments that I heard that the crack of the rifle, 408 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:24,920 Speaker 1: I could tell it was a two two three or 409 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 1: five five six serve. In sixteen months in combats, you 410 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:31,680 Speaker 1: can recognize caliber of different guns and rifles and all 411 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:33,239 Speaker 1: this stuff, and I just knew it was a two 412 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 1: two three or five five six. And I knew that 413 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: the shot from the water tower would be too far. 414 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: I know people that could make that shot, but it 415 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 1: would be a miracle even for them, and so if 416 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 1: the trajectory was all off as well, So I immediately 417 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:51,400 Speaker 1: wrote off the water tower. But one of the things 418 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 1: that I will never forget his Corey Comparatour and his family, 419 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,040 Speaker 1: and the sounds of their voices as they tried to 420 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 1: wrap their mind around what had just happened. Corey and 421 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,919 Speaker 1: his family were sitting directly behind my wife and I 422 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 1: and Missus Vogel, and the bleachers just behind us. I 423 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 1: also was trying to wrap my mind around the two 424 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:21,120 Speaker 1: other citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who were wounded 425 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 1: that day. So I'm always careful when I say that 426 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 1: God was involved that day, because I imagine that Corey's family 427 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: probably doesn't feel like that, and I imagine that the 428 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 1: families of those who were wounded probably don't feel like 429 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 1: that either. But I'm telling you, this country is exceptional 430 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 1: for so many reasons. Yes, we have a thriving and 431 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: booming economy. Yes, small businesses are the backbones of those economy. 432 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 1: Yes we have the best military on the face of 433 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 1: the planet. All of that is true. But what makes 434 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:03,399 Speaker 1: this country truly exceptional is the hearts of each and 435 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:06,160 Speaker 1: every American who's listening to this show right now, who 436 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 1: believes in the exceptional nature of this country. Those who 437 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 1: believe that America is a shining city upon a hill 438 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 1: are what make this country exceptional. And I saw that 439 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 1: reflected in the crowd that day, Because normally, when there's 440 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:30,160 Speaker 1: an active shooter, people panic, and rightfully so. Normally, when 441 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:32,879 Speaker 1: there's an active shooter, people run and there could be 442 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:36,640 Speaker 1: a stampede and more people are hurt. Because of that stampede, 443 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:41,159 Speaker 1: forty thousand America First Patriots packed in to watch President Trump. 444 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 1: Boy that situation was right before disaster, but that did 445 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 1: not happen, folks. After the shooting, people were stuck in 446 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 1: that rally for hours. They locked it down and again 447 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:00,359 Speaker 1: understandably so, trying to find the shooter, figure out if 448 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,159 Speaker 1: there was more than one. At the time, we didn't know. 449 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:08,200 Speaker 1: But those America First Patriots, the ones that we evacuated 450 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 1: that day, the ones that were heat casualties that day, 451 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,639 Speaker 1: worked for hours after the fact trying to save those people. 452 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 1: Not a single one of those people brought attention to 453 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 1: their own injuries or their own fears. Not a single 454 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:28,719 Speaker 1: one of those people put themselves first. Every single person 455 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 1: that I talked to, every single one said, as President Trump, okay, 456 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:36,959 Speaker 1: the man, the men, the people who were shot. Are 457 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:42,680 Speaker 1: they okay? That's all I want to know. Are they safe? 458 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 1: Not a single America First Patriot in that crowd put 459 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:51,400 Speaker 1: themselves first. And I'm here to tell you, America that 460 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:57,359 Speaker 1: that is what makes this country exceptional. It's all of 461 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:01,119 Speaker 1: you and your hearts to serve one another. You know, 462 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 1: I say often that the pathway to a meaningful life 463 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,040 Speaker 1: is paved through acts of service your fellow men and women. 464 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:15,359 Speaker 1: And boy did I see it on jent July thirteenth, 465 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:17,919 Speaker 1: at the height of what could have been one of 466 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:21,160 Speaker 1: the most horrific days. Certainly was one of the most 467 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 1: darkest days and certainly in my life, maybe even in 468 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 1: American history. But the people in that crowd or what 469 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 1: made that crowd great. People in that crowd are what 470 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:42,720 Speaker 1: makes this country exception. So we come back, we kind 471 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: of talk about the potential speaker insanity that is just 472 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 1: around the corner on Friday. I'm gonna break all of 473 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 1: that down for you when we come back on the 474 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 1: Clay and Buck Show. I'm Sean Parnell and the chair 475 00:28:55,600 --> 00:29:00,240 Speaker 1: for the big guys Clay, Travis and Buck Sexton Show 476 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 1: is a go. I'm in the chair for the guys. 477 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 1: My name is Sean Parnell, combat, veteran, humble servant of America. 478 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:08,800 Speaker 2: Folks, do you know what's going on with the Speaker 479 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:11,720 Speaker 2: of the House. I hope you know what. It's the holidays. 480 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 1: You might not be because this is some crazy parliamentary 481 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 1: process stuff. So Trump a couple days ago endorsed Speaker 482 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:25,120 Speaker 1: Mike Johnson for Speaker of the House, and Speaker Johnson 483 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 1: came out last night and said that he has the 484 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: votes for Speaker of the House. And let me just 485 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 1: tell you, folks, many of you are probably rolling your eyes, 486 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:39,240 Speaker 1: Ugh Rhinos. Speakers of the House. Republicans, they never wield power. 487 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 1: When they have it, they always screw it up, and 488 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 1: you would be right. And I tell you I do 489 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 1: not envy a Republican Speaker of the House. And I 490 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:51,520 Speaker 1: have a theory about this, and it's my theory of 491 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 1: we the people versus they the people. I contend that 492 00:29:56,400 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 1: Republicans are the party of we the people, which is 493 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 1: what our founders always intended. In other words, a Republican 494 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:10,720 Speaker 1: congressman from Pittsburgh is very different from a Republican congressman 495 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 1: from southern Florida is very different from a Republican congressman 496 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 1: from southern California. Now why because they have different constituencies, 497 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 1: different geographic locations, different needs of the people they represent. 498 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:27,440 Speaker 1: So when Republicans are in power and they're trying to 499 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:31,760 Speaker 1: whip votes, it's like herding cats. Every single time, and 500 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,120 Speaker 1: it leaves we the people thinking what the heck is 501 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:39,440 Speaker 1: going on. The Democrats are very very different. The Democrats 502 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:44,719 Speaker 1: are very top down authoritarian. You see, they are the 503 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:48,320 Speaker 1: party of they, the people. They're talking points are put 504 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:51,720 Speaker 1: out by four people. Most of the time. It's Chuck Schumer, 505 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,800 Speaker 1: it's Nancy Pelosi, it's Barack Obama. Maybe it's Joe Biden's team. 506 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 1: If Joe Biden is conscious on that day, and those 507 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 1: talking points are given to the media, and those talking 508 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:04,560 Speaker 1: points are given to members of the House and the Senate, 509 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 1: then they regurgitate those same talking points all the time. 510 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:11,160 Speaker 1: That's why you hear, you know, just put right off 511 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:13,400 Speaker 1: the top of my head, the media and the Democrats 512 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:15,479 Speaker 1: saying about Trump in his first term, the walls are 513 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,560 Speaker 1: closing in. Oh boy, if the walls are closing in 514 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,200 Speaker 1: on Trumpet, I can't believe that the walls are finally 515 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: closing in. See, they're the party of they, the people. 516 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:30,640 Speaker 1: And this is precisely why a Democrat congressman from western Pennsylvania, 517 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:35,959 Speaker 1: from Pittsburgh, Democrat congressman from southern Florida, a Democrat congressman 518 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 1: from southern California, they are all exactly the same. They 519 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:47,000 Speaker 1: are like the borg on Star Trek, and I can 520 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:49,640 Speaker 1: see my wife and five children collectively rolling their eyes 521 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 1: because of a Star Trek reference. But it's on point. 522 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:57,440 Speaker 1: We the people, They the people. We're gonna get into 523 00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:00,840 Speaker 1: the math here of the speaker in sanity in just 524 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:05,720 Speaker 1: a second. If we're gonna talk about that, Mike Johnson 525 00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:09,560 Speaker 1: is really truly on a razor's edge here. And we're 526 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,320 Speaker 1: gonna also talk about the Democrats and how they're the 527 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:16,320 Speaker 1: real threat to democracy. Folks, we got so much more 528 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 1: our two of Clay and Buck on tap up next. 529 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:26,120 Speaker 1: I'm Sean Parnell. I'm in the chair. Stay with us 530 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:29,400 Speaker 1: because our two is gonna be great. I'll see you 531 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:38,440 Speaker 1: all on the other side. Lay Travis and Buck Sexton 532 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:41,240 Speaker 1: on the front lines of truth.