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 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: Sexton Show Podcast. Tuesday edition of The Clay Travis and 3 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 1: Buck Sexton Show gets going right now. Everybody appreciate you 4 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: being with us. Much to discuss as always we've got 5 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,279 Speaker 1: Is it gonna be Trump Tuesday? Tonight? Is it gonna 6 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:23,119 Speaker 1: actually happen? Is the man himself, former president at number 7 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 1: forty five? Is he going to make a big announcement, 8 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: very big that we're gonna hear about it tonight? We'll see, 9 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 1: I think it's scheduled for tonight or on eight or 10 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: nine pm Eastern. There's a press conference of sorts at 11 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:40,480 Speaker 1: Marrow Lago, so we'll obviously be talking about where that's 12 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: all going. Republicans, as I speak to you, I believe 13 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 1: are one seat from officially one seat from the House 14 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:54,639 Speaker 1: majority Lauren Bobert's win in Colorado. But if I come 15 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: from behind situation there we have had. I think it's 16 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: important for everyone to hear this. We have had some 17 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: very narrow contests in a few states that have in 18 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: fact gone for the Republican even after some delays in 19 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: the vote counts. So we just have to make sure 20 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: we're clear on all the facts everywhere. As we look 21 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: at what the heck happened here, we got Lee Zelden, 22 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: who I think did as much as any individual for 23 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:27,320 Speaker 1: the Republicans to have a House majority. Here the imminent 24 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: House Majority's. Zelden is reportedly considering a bid for chair 25 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: of the Republican National Committee after his exceptional, unsuccessful, but 26 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 1: still exceptional run in the New York gubernatorial race. Mitch McConnell, 27 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: speaking of leadership, still planning to rush through that vote, 28 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: and I have a feeling that he will continue to 29 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: be Senate Minority leader. I know it makes me sad, 30 00:01:56,440 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: but it is what it is, as they say. Also, 31 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: there was a pretty funny Elon Musk Twitter exchange where 32 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: he got called out by one of his developers. You 33 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: gotta figure, if you're a Twitter employee at this point, 34 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: given what's going on over there, you might want to 35 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: keep your head down, particularly when it comes to the 36 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 1: over one hundred million followers of the boss. When you 37 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: say you don't know what you're talking about publicly, We'll 38 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: tell you how that little Twitter exchange went here in 39 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: just a few minutes. Also, the New York Times admitting 40 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 1: that puberty blockers for adolescence have some really negative consequences. 41 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 1: Oh wow, you mean the most obvious assessment imaginable, but 42 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: one that we haven't been allowed to say out loud. 43 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: Certainly they wouldn't say out loud before the election. Will 44 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: discuss but Clay, you know what I'm gonna say. Man, 45 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 1: You know where I'm going here, buddy, Because look, the 46 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: House majority is a good thing. It's not all that 47 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: we wanted, but it's prevented total disaster in this election. 48 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: It means that things are edging toward a better place. 49 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 1: But Carry Lake, Clay lost the governor's race in Arizona. 50 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: As of last night. We had it on the show, 51 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: a lot compelling to so many people. What happened, my man? 52 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: So there are two things that I would say stunned 53 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: me about this election. One, as we have discussed, is 54 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,920 Speaker 1: John Fetterman winning and winning by four and a half 55 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: points in Pennsylvania in a manner that wasn't particularly close. 56 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: That stunned me. I'm also stunned that Carry Lake lost. 57 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: Now the margin is going to be around twenty thousand 58 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: votes at least right now it is. But to me, 59 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: if you are a Republican voter, you have to take 60 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: a step back and think about this question. Democrats managed 61 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: to elect the worst candidate that either party nominated for 62 00:03:56,040 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: a statewide election, John Fetterman, and Republican in an open seat, 63 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: and Republicans could not elect Carry Lake, who I think 64 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: was the best candidate who ran the best campaign of 65 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: anyone for an open seat, and just to make it clear, 66 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 1: for open seat, I mean non incumbent, right, And you've 67 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: heard me talk about how much I love everything that 68 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: Carry Lake did. So if Democrats can elect the worst 69 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 1: statewide candidate, which I think it's fair to say buck 70 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: John Fetterman was based on his only policies, but also 71 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: his health, and if Republicans could not elect these are 72 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 1: in purple states and toss up states like Arizona in Pennsylvania, 73 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: the best candidate that either party put forward, something is 74 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: severely wrong with the way that we are running elections. Okay, Now, 75 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: I know a lot of people out there are going 76 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 1: to say, well, the election was stolen, and certainly I 77 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: understand that argument. If there is any evidence that is 78 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: found that the election was stolen, will be the first 79 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 1: to talk about it on this program. But what did 80 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 1: we say for months on this show? We had to 81 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: win outside the margin of error. We had to put 82 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: it so unquestionably in the Republican camp, and we didn't 83 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: do it. And there are Republicans listening to us right 84 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 1: now in Arizona. According to the data, that ended up 85 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:23,840 Speaker 1: voting for Democrats. And so when you look at the 86 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: results that came out of these elections, Democrats were more 87 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: loyal to their candidates than Republicans were to theirs. And so, Buck, 88 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: I think we have a lot of big questions to 89 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:38,039 Speaker 1: answer to discuss. Now. This is not a cataclysm, right 90 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 1: Basically every incumbent won election. There are incredible stories for Republicans. 91 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 1: What happened in Florida is if I had told you 92 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 1: four years ago that Ronda Santis was going to win 93 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 1: reelection by twenty points after he had won by thirty 94 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: thousand votes, none of you would have believed it. If 95 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 1: I had told you that leez Elden was going to 96 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: nearly beat Kathy Hokel, and that the reason why we 97 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: were going to have a House majority was because so 98 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 1: many Republicans in New York were going to come out 99 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 1: and turn much of New York read. None of you 100 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: would have believed me. If I had said that Brian 101 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: Kemp was going to beat Stacy Abrams by eight points, 102 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: or that Beto was going to lose by double digits 103 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: to Greg Abbott. There are a lot of really good 104 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: stories out there, but ultimately we won a narrow house majority, 105 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: and it looks like we're going to lose either one 106 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 1: or have a draw depending on what happens in the 107 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: runoff with Herschel Walker and the Reverend Raphael Warnock. Despite 108 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: the fact Buck that Joe Biden is the worst president 109 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 1: of our lives. So this is a time to assess. 110 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 1: This is a time to analyze, go back and look 111 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:44,280 Speaker 1: at the proverbial game film and figure out what you 112 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: need to do to win a landslide election in twenty 113 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: four I think one important story about politics right now 114 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: in recent years that could illuminate the path forward here 115 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: would be the situation of California from twenty eighteen to 116 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: California obviously the ultimate Blue stronghold, the most important Democrats state, 117 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: but there are some right areas. I mean, there are 118 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:14,119 Speaker 1: millions of Republicans who live in California. A whole bunch 119 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: of them listened to this show, got big audience in 120 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: Los Angeles, big audience at San Diego being so good 121 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:24,239 Speaker 1: point to bring that homebuck. More people voted for Donald 122 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 1: Trump in California in twenty twenty than Texas. Yeah, that 123 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: stuns a lot of people. So while you won't win 124 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: statewide right now with the numbers as they are, you 125 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: can win individual congressional seats. Twenty eighteen was and people 126 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 1: forget this. Democrats, it was kind of not such a 127 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: great night for them, and then it actually got better 128 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: over time. Why because there were some places like California 129 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: where they were already expanding a lot of these different 130 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: voting provisions, and nail in voting became a major focus 131 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: of Democrats. Obviously, twenty twenty supercharged this the COVID year, 132 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 1: but Democrats were able to use tools to their advantage Republicans. 133 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 1: It's interesting I was reading about this in the Orange 134 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: County Register and had t hit my friend Kurt Schlichter 135 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 1: and Mike Zernovich for putting this information out there. You 136 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: see that there are Republican groups that took it upon 137 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: themselves to do the things that Democrats had done in California. 138 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: Meaning they're like, you know what, if they're gonna do 139 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 1: ballot harvesting, if they're gonna do drop boxes if they're 140 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: gonna remember encouraging people to do mail in This is 141 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: a simple numbers game. You tell everybody to show up 142 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 1: to your party, and I mean like a party, like 143 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: a birthday party. If you say you got to show 144 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:44,679 Speaker 1: up on this day, I just had an engagement party, Clay. 145 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 1: Sometimes you know, someone gets COVID, someone gets a sore throat, 146 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: someone can't make it, the kids got you know, extra 147 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: school stuff. Whatever. Do you tell somebody, hey, you can 148 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 1: show up. My party's thirty days long. You show up 149 00:08:56,280 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: any day, and that's considered showing up to my party. 150 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 1: That obviously is going to just help you from a 151 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 1: pure yield perspective. So in California they did some of this, 152 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 1: and guess what the effect is. California and New York 153 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: are going to be two states that, even though they're 154 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: very blue, gave us enough tightly contested Republican wins in 155 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 1: Congress that we're actually not in the nightmare position of 156 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: losing or not having control of the House again not 157 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 1: being able to take control of the House. So we 158 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: have to look at some of the case studies here 159 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: about well, what would actually work, how would we win? 160 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 1: Because that to throw up your hands in despair and 161 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: nothing matters. And if we get into election nihilism with 162 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, they cheat all the time, well we 163 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 1: have to find ways to beat them even though they're cheating. 164 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,679 Speaker 1: I know we can't retreat into our turtle shell and say, 165 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: well they cheat, we gotta find ways to beat them 166 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:54,560 Speaker 1: or else what are we even doing getting out there 167 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: and thinking this country isn't finished, which I refuse to 168 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 1: ever believe this country is finished. We're gonna take it 169 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 1: back from these common I think that's an important point 170 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: because what I am seeing in reaction. First of all, 171 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:12,559 Speaker 1: let's start here. Millions more people voted for Republicans then 172 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 1: voted for Democrats. So far in the tally, that's a 173 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 1: pretty substantial swing. So another crazy staff for you, Buck. 174 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,359 Speaker 1: You're talking about California. It looks like Ron de Santis 175 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: is going to win Florida by more than Gavin Newsom 176 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: wins California. I haven't seen very many people talk about this. 177 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 1: Gavin Newsom's up around seventeen or eighteen right now in California. 178 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 1: Ron de Santis won by nearly twenty in Florida. That's 179 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 1: pretty seismic, and so Donald Trump is going to announce 180 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:48,840 Speaker 1: tonight and the twenty twenty four campaign is going to 181 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:53,199 Speaker 1: begin effectively in earnest some point in the near future 182 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 1: January February. Joe Biden's going to have to decide, Hey, 183 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 1: am I going to run or not? Both of us 184 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 1: now think that he's going to run, and then we're 185 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: basically going to be off and running. And some of 186 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: the data points that we need to consider, and I'll 187 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:09,959 Speaker 1: talk about this a little bit when we come back, 188 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:15,319 Speaker 1: are what did we support that turned off persuadable voters 189 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 1: and how do we get those persuadable voters to break 190 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 1: in our direction? Because one of the big surprises in 191 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 1: addition to me that Republicans were not as loyal to 192 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 1: their candidates as Democrats were. In other words, Republicans were 193 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 1: more likely to split tickets. Independence broke for Democrats. How 194 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: in the world did Independence look around at the worst 195 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 1: president of our live and make the decision, Hey, we 196 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: need to support more of this. It's stunning to me. 197 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: And so I think as we sort of sift through 198 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: the returns and contemplate what took place across the nation, 199 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 1: we're going to have the house. We're gonna have a 200 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: significant check on Joe Biden that effectively keeps him from 201 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 1: getting very much done. I'd like to think we could 202 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 1: still win in Georgia and basically put Joe Mansion in 203 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:08,559 Speaker 1: control of the United States Senate, as fickle and unreliable 204 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 1: as he may be. Did you see Buck. Just in 205 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: the last couple of hours, it's been announced one of 206 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 1: the Republicans in West Virginia has announced that he's taken 207 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:21,679 Speaker 1: on Joe Mansion. So the twenty twenty four Senate campaign 208 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:25,439 Speaker 1: has already begun in earnest and Joe Mansion's gonna have 209 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: to make a decision because he's not winning. I mean, 210 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 1: you talk about why what happens with herschel matters in 211 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 1: a big way. There should be two easy pickups. I 212 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: believe four Republicans in twenty twenty four. We should pick 213 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: up Montana and we should pick up West Virginia. Now, 214 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: there's many other states where we could run competitively in 215 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: depending on how things go, but we should pick up 216 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 1: two seats just by virtue of Montana's deep read and 217 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: West Virginia is deep read. There's no reason that Democrats 218 00:12:56,080 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 1: should be elected to represent those places. 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You can also call eight hundred seven nine 245 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 1: two thirty two sixty nine for these great radio specials. 246 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 1: We'll welcome back in Klay Travis Buck Sexton Show. Okay, 247 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 1: one thing that I think is clear is as you 248 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: look at the overall results, the people that Donald Trump 249 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 1: endorsed in swing states that Biden one did not have 250 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,400 Speaker 1: good elections. All Right, I want to run through the results. 251 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: Governors Carry Lake lost in Arizona, Mastriano lost in Pennsylvania, 252 00:14:54,840 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: Michaels lost in Wisconsin, Tutor Dixon lost in Michigan. Perdue, 253 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: who was the Republican running against Brian Kemp, got slaughtered 254 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: in Georgia. The only person that Donald Trump endorsed in 255 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: a swing state that Biden won who won election was 256 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: Lombardo in Nevada. All Right, continuing bait Buck Senate Blake 257 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 1: Masters endorsed, lost, Os endorsed lost. Ron Johnson won, but 258 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: he was the incumbent Adam Laxall lost Herschel's in a runoff. 259 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: Balduck lost. Everybody the endorsed for Secretary of State in 260 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 1: these in these places lost as well. Okay, what does 261 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 1: that tell us? I think at a minimum, Trump's going 262 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 1: to announce tonight, Buck he has to stop talking about 263 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 1: twenty twenty. He if he wants to be president in 264 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, he cannot run constantly talking about the 265 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 1: election being stolen in twenty twenty. I can just say, 266 00:15:57,400 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 1: Clay that there are people who are very who are 267 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: very well own to this audience, and who are very 268 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: close to Trump who I know for a fact, over 269 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: a year ago we're telling the President stop talking about 270 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 1: twenty twenty. Yes, and they didn't want to say it 271 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 1: publicly because they didn't want to undermine him. They didn't 272 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: want it, you know, they didn't. They love him, they 273 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 1: want him to win. They're all about it. But as 274 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 1: a strategy, you know, we gotta look at what works 275 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 1: and what doesn't. I mean, that's I think that's what 276 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 1: this is all about. We're a coach. It's halftime. The 277 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: midterm is halftime. The game actually ends here. In terms 278 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 1: of magun Trump at all that in twenty twenty four, 279 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 1: what do we want to do if we want to 280 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 1: just repeat what we did, Clay, I think it's gonna 281 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 1: be bad news. Trump needs to come out tonight, in 282 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 1: my opinion, and eviscerate Joe Biden, eviscerate him for his leadership, 283 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 1: eviscerate him for the past two years, and specifically say 284 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 1: I'm done talking about the past. I believe that I 285 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: won in twenty twenty I think they rigged it, but 286 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 1: I am leaving that in the past because I understand 287 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 1: at twenty twenty four is a campaign for the future. 288 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 1: If he continues to relitigate the past, I just read 289 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: you all of the people that he endorsed. I don't 290 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: think it's a coincidence that they all lost in these 291 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:14,880 Speaker 1: swing states. And you can say, well, he's right, these 292 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:17,440 Speaker 1: are the right candidates. Well, you're gonna have to win 293 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:20,160 Speaker 1: some of these swing states in order to be elected president. 294 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:23,199 Speaker 1: If they run the exact same game plan and we 295 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 1: end up with the exact same map, guess what, Buck, 296 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: We're going to lose in twenty twenty four. That's a reality. 297 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 1: You're gonna have to flip Pennsylvania or Michigan or Wisconsin 298 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: or Georgia or Nevada or Arizona, or you'll lose. Right, 299 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 1: those six states will decide this election, right, I mean, 300 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:42,919 Speaker 1: I don't know another way around this. And you and 301 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: I are sitting here as we want a Republican president desperately, 302 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 1: assume it desperately. If Trump announces tonight, you know we're 303 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 1: gonna be talking about the best way to get him 304 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:57,680 Speaker 1: four more years. If he's the nominee. This is where 305 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 1: we're heading, folks, We're gonna talk more about it. Besides 306 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 1: the ballot box you visited last week, my friends, there 307 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: are other ways you can exercise your vote. One is 308 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: by choosing where and who you spend your money with. 309 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: Cell phone industry is a perfect example of that. 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Ted Cruz has weighed in on some 330 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:14,160 Speaker 1: of these races that the GOP did not win, and look, 331 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 1: I'm open to any ideas. I know there's that frustration 332 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:22,679 Speaker 1: of watching our team not do as well as we 333 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:27,119 Speaker 1: had hoped. I feel it, Clay feels it, and it 334 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 1: certainly seemed aligned for things to be much better than 335 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 1: they were. There are some bright spots. There's the overall 336 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: trend toward the GOP getting about three percentage points more 337 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 1: nationally in the midterm of the what you could say 338 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: popular vote than the Democrats. Florida was an enormous just 339 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 1: as a state, not just the governor's race, but everything 340 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 1: in Florida was an enormous mid term well mini red 341 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 1: wave if you will, and New York's Long Island going 342 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:00,919 Speaker 1: four for four with congressional seats. I think liezel then 343 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 1: deserves a big high five if that's Liezelvin territory. I 344 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 1: know he didn't win the governor's race, but that was 345 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: certainly promising. Looks like Lauren Bobert friends, a friend of 346 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,440 Speaker 1: ours here on the show, is going to pull it 347 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 1: out in Colorado in a tough race. A number of 348 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 1: congressional seats in California are looking good. So it's a 349 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:22,920 Speaker 1: mixed picture. We get that, and there were some governors 350 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 1: races that we really wish and we just saw Carry 351 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:28,680 Speaker 1: Lake's you know stuff come out last night. We really 352 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:31,400 Speaker 1: wish that had been different. That all said, we want 353 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 1: to make it different. We're not. We're not having a 354 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 1: pity party, right, We're having a we rally. We're happy warriors. 355 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: We move on. So what does that look like now 356 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 1: going forward? What is the ongoing conversation that should be 357 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:47,919 Speaker 1: had within the GOP about not only ideas, principles, best 358 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 1: practices within our politics in that sense, but also the machinery. 359 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 1: How do we actually win in these places, because just 360 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 1: speaking to people that already agree with us on the 361 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,959 Speaker 1: rights obviously not going to do it. Just doing ballotings 362 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:04,680 Speaker 1: on the day of the election is not going to 363 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:06,679 Speaker 1: do it. Ted Cruz talked about how we lost some 364 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: of these races we shouldn't have. Here's what he says, 365 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 1: played nineteen frustrated out of my mind that we did 366 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:14,879 Speaker 1: not have the kind of election we should have. The 367 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 1: American people are really unhappy with the path we're on. 368 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:20,159 Speaker 1: The polling shows about seventy percent of Americans know that 369 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 1: we're on the wrong path. And yet unfortunately the Democrats 370 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: defied the odds they held onto the Senate. We lost 371 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 1: some races we shouldn't have lost, and I think that means, 372 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:33,159 Speaker 1: at least in the United States Senate, we need to 373 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:37,399 Speaker 1: change what we're doing. We need strong principled conservatives in 374 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,639 Speaker 1: the Senate to stand and lead, to lead us happy warriors, 375 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:43,879 Speaker 1: to lead with a smile, but with a clear contrast. 376 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 1: We need to not roll over and give in the 377 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 1: disastrous policies from the Democrats, but rather give the voters 378 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: a clear and meaningful alternative. Clay I didn't know he 379 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: was even going to say happy warriors and that sound bot. 380 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 1: I just saw the beginning of it. But there you 381 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:02,480 Speaker 1: have it. And I do think that's, you know, taking 382 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 1: a page from the Reagan book of what does America 383 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,680 Speaker 1: look like if we do things the right way and 384 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 1: Republicans can lead. That's going to be a very different 385 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 1: tone than just Biden's awful. Because Biden's awfulness wasn't enough 386 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 1: this time. I don't think that alone would be enough 387 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 1: next time. Well, it certainly isn't. And that's that's why 388 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,679 Speaker 1: I'm so troubled by some of these results, the two 389 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:28,119 Speaker 1: that I talked about, in particular, John Fetterman won by 390 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:31,880 Speaker 1: over four points in Pennsylvania, and Carrie, like Katie Hobbs, 391 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:34,920 Speaker 1: didn't even really campaign. Can I give you a counterpoint 392 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:36,159 Speaker 1: that people have been thrown at me a lot on 393 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:40,359 Speaker 1: the Fetterman thing. Fetterman is a bad candidate for you 394 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:45,400 Speaker 1: and for me and for this audience because we actually 395 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: care about a person having clarity and cognition, and we 396 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 1: think that being in the Senate is tough and whatever. 397 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:54,679 Speaker 1: If you're a Democrat living or you know, even some 398 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: of these independents who are living in some of these 399 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:00,679 Speaker 1: areas of Pennsylvania, you feel forgotten. You think the GOP 400 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 1: doesn't really speak to your needs. This guy wears a hoodie. 401 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 1: It may be inauthentic to a lot of us, it 402 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 1: may be absurd, but Clay it worked by four points, right, 403 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,400 Speaker 1: So we have to you know, you and I see 404 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:15,440 Speaker 1: him as a terrible candidate, but we have to look 405 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: at how is he able? Now? Some people put this 406 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,720 Speaker 1: very squarely on OZ They say that, you know, the 407 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: crew Detay from New Jersey, YadA YadA. I think that's 408 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: I think that's too harsh, But I think there's a 409 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:29,399 Speaker 1: case to be made that we could have had a 410 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 1: stronger candidate there. But I just think we have to 411 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 1: how is it that Feederman one four points? Is more 412 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:37,119 Speaker 1: my focus than Yeah, that debate was. It was honestly 413 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: embarrassing and uncomfortable. But he's still won. No, No, yeah, 414 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: I think we're alined here. What I'm saying is he's 415 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 1: atrocious and he won by four and a half points, right, 416 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 1: So we had to get into the y yes, and 417 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,360 Speaker 1: also the fear of if he can win by four 418 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:56,400 Speaker 1: and a half points, how do we flip Pennsylvania by 419 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 1: four and a half points by in two years in 420 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 1: order to win that state. Or look, we think Gretchen 421 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:07,239 Speaker 1: Widmer was awful. She won by eleven in Michigan. That 422 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: was honestly one of the ones that stung the most 423 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 1: of all of these. I mean, the woman was doing 424 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 1: cable news hits with a foucy pillow behind her, this 425 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,640 Speaker 1: little Fauchi face on it. She is one of the 426 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 1: worst people in responding to COVID in the entire country. 427 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:26,680 Speaker 1: I mean, for people who lived in Michigan, they were 428 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 1: blocking off your ability to buy seeds. They weren't letting 429 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:34,159 Speaker 1: you take your boats out on the lakes. And she 430 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:36,679 Speaker 1: won by eleven. So my point on this buck is 431 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 1: you need to start looking, and I mean everybody out 432 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 1: there at the returns and saying, who is the person 433 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 1: that is going to win Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Georgia 434 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,399 Speaker 1: or Arizona. That's this race, all right? And I know 435 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 1: we're starting early, but those are the six states where 436 00:24:57,800 --> 00:24:59,880 Speaker 1: you're gonna have to win. You're gonna have to win, 437 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 1: whatever it is, two or three of those in order 438 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,439 Speaker 1: to skate by and be president. And if we're losing 439 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 1: to Fetterman, by four and a half points. Those aren't 440 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 1: good trend lines going into twenty twenty four. This requires 441 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,439 Speaker 1: soul searching, right because as a party, when you have 442 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 1: a candidate like Fetterman, we see this and we say, 443 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 1: there's no way that any responsible person could cast votes 444 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,160 Speaker 1: for this guy to be the United States Senate. Well, 445 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: it just happened, and it happened not even by a 446 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 1: close margin. I mean four points in Pennsylvania is a 447 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 1: pretty big win. Fetterman outperformed Biden. Yes, so we got 448 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,360 Speaker 1: it's not just Biden voters, folks, or at least they 449 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:40,879 Speaker 1: were able to mobilize behind Federman more than they did Biden. 450 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 1: We have to be clear eyed look at these numbers 451 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 1: and understand what really happened here. And that's going to 452 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:48,760 Speaker 1: be uncomfortable in some places. I know, there's a lot 453 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:50,400 Speaker 1: of fight if people are saying, how dare you talk 454 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 1: about candidate quality? It wasn't that, Well, it depends. Maybe 455 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,160 Speaker 1: in some places it was. Maybe in some places it wasn't. Oh, 456 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,080 Speaker 1: it's not about the machinery the voting. Actually, I think 457 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 1: in some places it really was, or certainly that's a 458 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:06,679 Speaker 1: major factor. We have to do multi factor analysis of 459 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:09,439 Speaker 1: what happened here and understand how it is that we 460 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: could do better the next time and not allow ourselves 461 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 1: to fall into comfortable narratives like, oh, we'll just have 462 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: better messaging next time, or we'll have a better messenger 463 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:19,399 Speaker 1: and that will get it all done. At the top 464 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 1: of the ticket. Whoever our presidential nominee may be. That alone, 465 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 1: I don't care who the president is next time around 466 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,880 Speaker 1: or the nominee is the next time around. We keep 467 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 1: looking at these states in these numbers twenty twenty two 468 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:34,920 Speaker 1: and twenty twenty we're basically a replay. Yeah, so why 469 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 1: do we think it would be different in those states? Yeah? Sure, 470 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:41,400 Speaker 1: we mobilize. We mobilize votes in Florida, we mobilize votes. 471 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:44,159 Speaker 1: In Texas, we turned out the red there. We've already 472 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:48,720 Speaker 1: got those votes. We've already got those electoral College check marks. 473 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 1: So gotta look long and hard at these places, Clay, 474 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:55,400 Speaker 1: and be willing to listen to people about this. I'm 475 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: listening to people all the time. They're shooting down this idea, 476 00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 1: that idea. I say, well, hold on, I thought this 477 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:01,480 Speaker 1: was a great candidate. They say, yeah, well, you know 478 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,920 Speaker 1: this mistake was made that wasn't done. There wasn't enough 479 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 1: of this after twenty twenty. Think about where we are 480 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 1: in those six states that I just laid out. Lombardo 481 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 1: just won the Nevada governorship. That's probably the best win 482 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 1: that Republicans have in this entire election nationwide in terms 483 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:25,120 Speaker 1: of those six states. And Brian Kemp won by eight Okay, 484 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:29,439 Speaker 1: I think that every Republican should dive into Brian Kemp's 485 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:33,359 Speaker 1: campaign and say, how did he win by eight in Georgia? 486 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,199 Speaker 1: How did he manage to triumph that much in a 487 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 1: state that he only won by fifty thousand votes by 488 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:44,480 Speaker 1: in that twenty eighteen election. What's going on there? And 489 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 1: it's important public that we have recomposition right now because 490 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,160 Speaker 1: with the Herschel runoff. I don't know if you saw this, 491 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:55,400 Speaker 1: Our friend Senator Ted Cruz tweeted out, he's worried that. Yeah, okay, 492 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 1: they already are going to have de facto Senate control 493 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: because of what's happened in Arizona and Nevada. But if 494 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 1: Herschel loses to Warnock in Georgia and they get to 495 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:07,720 Speaker 1: fifty one, yep, he thinks they may decide to boot 496 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 1: the filibuster that was what this is, Ted Cruz. Guys 497 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 1: in the Senate knows a thing or two about the 498 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 1: Constitution and Senate procedure. Well, I mean, Buck, if you 499 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,439 Speaker 1: look at what's coming in twenty four, it might be 500 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 1: their last chance to do it. That's right, and that, 501 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 1: by the way, think about what a you know, if 502 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:28,159 Speaker 1: they if they were to do that, the ramifications I 503 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:32,520 Speaker 1: think would be significant. Thank god, it seems the House 504 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:35,359 Speaker 1: is not going to be in Democrat hands, although you 505 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 1: notice that, uh, I mean, it's what is it? They 506 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:39,480 Speaker 1: haven't officially declared it now, but I think we're at 507 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,840 Speaker 1: two seventeen and we're leading in four other races that 508 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 1: they would have to be stunned. Me if I like 509 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 1: the announcement during the show today, if we do lose 510 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:49,920 Speaker 1: the House, then I'm also gonna be I'm gonna be 511 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 1: like it's time to you know, retreat to a cabin 512 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 1: in the woods somewhere and just talk about how nothing 513 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 1: matters anymore. So I think we will be okay in 514 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:01,440 Speaker 1: the House. Um and Clay gonna be interesting here. Who's 515 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 1: gonna be the House majority or rather a Speaker of 516 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 1: the House. Who's gonna be Speaker of the house. I 517 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 1: think Kevin McCarthy, I think it's gonna be Kevin McCarthy. 518 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: I think he's gonna end up winning it. But but 519 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 1: you know, it's it's not gonna be as clean as 520 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 1: people anticipated when there was the belief certainly that we 521 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 1: were going to win this in a big way. And 522 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:26,480 Speaker 1: so as we continue to break down and think about 523 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 1: everything going forward, I think that's a big part of 524 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:34,920 Speaker 1: this discussion in general. But overall, we've got a lot 525 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 1: to discuss in the world of we'll take your calls 526 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 1: eight hundred two A two two eight eight two. 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At some 561 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:35,960 Speaker 1: point the shaw I want to go back to it 562 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:39,240 Speaker 1: and dive into some more. This is crazy. And even 563 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:42,480 Speaker 1: people big players in the industry. You see the guy 564 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:46,840 Speaker 1: who runs Citadel, I think it's Ken Griffin, you know, 565 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,480 Speaker 1: multi you know, billionaire runs this huge finance for He's like, 566 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:52,280 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna put this out there. Maybe the fact 567 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:55,280 Speaker 1: that this guy was writing thirty million dollars of checks 568 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 1: to Democrats in the midterms kept the regulators off his 569 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,360 Speaker 1: back a little bit. Maybe just a little bit. Yeah, 570 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:02,760 Speaker 1: And I don't know how all this money's not gonna 571 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 1: have to be refunded from a minimum the political campaigns 572 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:09,960 Speaker 1: and what in the world's gonna happen. We got a 573 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:14,400 Speaker 1: fifty billion dollar fraud. I would think that there have 574 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 1: to be some criminal charges that are going to be 575 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:22,080 Speaker 1: applied to this guy. And did you see Michael Lewis 576 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:25,040 Speaker 1: has been traveling with him the last six months. Six months, 577 00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:29,080 Speaker 1: he's gonna do the definitive FTX Crypto book that will 578 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:31,360 Speaker 1: turn into a best you know, a best seller and 579 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:33,520 Speaker 1: also a huge movie. I'm sure this is the guy 580 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:37,400 Speaker 1: you all know behind Moneyball, behind the Big Short Liar's Poker, 581 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 1: which was actually his original and I think in some 582 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:41,960 Speaker 1: ways maybe among his best, maybe his best. So he 583 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,400 Speaker 1: writes great books. He's a lit by the mominal book. Yeah, 584 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 1: but I think this is one of those things, Buck, 585 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:51,880 Speaker 1: that's so complicated in terms of crypto, Like what percentage 586 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,120 Speaker 1: of our audience do you think has invested in crypto? 587 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:58,120 Speaker 1: Five percent? I think it's a really small percentage of 588 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 1: our audience that would be all in crypto. And there's 589 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:03,400 Speaker 1: certainly tons of people who are all in on crypto, 590 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:10,800 Speaker 1: but it feels like many of these investment schemes, crypto NFTs, 591 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:15,160 Speaker 1: a lot of them are really starting to take on 592 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:17,720 Speaker 1: water here and the biggest thing for crypto, and you 593 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:19,240 Speaker 1: and I've talked about this. I don't know about the 594 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:22,200 Speaker 1: air on the air, but the reason why we were 595 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:25,520 Speaker 1: told you should invest in crypto is because the overall 596 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 1: government and economies are going to collapse in this way, 597 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:33,680 Speaker 1: you'll have assets, but they've actually gone down more during 598 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:38,400 Speaker 1: this whole They seem to be anything and the opposite 599 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:43,080 Speaker 1: of a hedge against instability. They're they're the opposite of, say, gold, 600 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:45,640 Speaker 1: which has proven throughout history to be a thing that 601 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 1: people want, especially when things get really rough financially. You 602 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:52,920 Speaker 1: show up with a gold bar in Bellies, you show 603 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:56,680 Speaker 1: up in Thailand, you show up in Algeria, people are like, oh, yeah, 604 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,239 Speaker 1: that is worth something I will get. You show up 605 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,760 Speaker 1: and you say, hey, I've got like doze coin stored 606 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,320 Speaker 1: away on my wallet, you know, not my wallet chain, 607 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:07,560 Speaker 1: whether the crypto chain, I don't even look. I don't 608 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:09,480 Speaker 1: know if I think it's about this too. People are 609 00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:12,279 Speaker 1: very smug about this. There are people who will be like, oh, 610 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:16,120 Speaker 1: universe stand crypto. The number of people who truly understand 611 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:19,439 Speaker 1: it at a technology level is less than the less 612 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,400 Speaker 1: than one percent of people who actually even buy crypto 613 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:25,640 Speaker 1: or the first It's a tiny fraction of people involved 614 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:27,759 Speaker 1: in this who even know what the heck is going on. Well, 615 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 1: and I think this ties into whether or how there 616 00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:34,200 Speaker 1: will be charges brought. Is it's going to take brilliant 617 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:38,799 Speaker 1: forensic accountants to go back through all of this, I 618 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:42,759 Speaker 1: think and analyze why this collapsed in the way that 619 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:46,680 Speaker 1: it did and whether there was fraud involved that allowed 620 00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:49,080 Speaker 1: the collapse to occur. I tend to think there was, 621 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:52,840 Speaker 1: but proving it can be complicated given the complexities of 622 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:58,359 Speaker 1: the financial machinations here. And I mentioned yesterday the Paranos 623 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:04,759 Speaker 1: debacle one MDB, which is a which was made, which 624 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:07,080 Speaker 1: was written about in a book called The Billion Dollar Whale, 625 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:10,000 Speaker 1: which is actually a very very good book, and some 626 00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,440 Speaker 1: of these frauds, it's so interesting to see how clay 627 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:17,759 Speaker 1: the individuals that do this, they understand the emotions of 628 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:22,920 Speaker 1: the elites. They understand how to cover themselves in layers 629 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:29,160 Speaker 1: of invincibility through things like investing in ESG or or 630 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:33,879 Speaker 1: similar social good I mentioned, you know yesterday that there 631 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:37,759 Speaker 1: there's now this new um what it's a targeted altruism 632 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:40,120 Speaker 1: or something that's not that's something else altruism I forget, 633 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:44,040 Speaker 1: but it's essentially, oh, you're you're you're taking all this money, 634 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:46,640 Speaker 1: You're you're becoming ultra rich, and no one really understands 635 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:50,360 Speaker 1: how or what value're creating. But you're funding democrats and 636 00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:54,280 Speaker 1: you're spending money to fight climate change and global inequality. 637 00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:57,759 Speaker 1: So clearly you must know what you're doing. That is 638 00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:00,480 Speaker 1: the mentality of the people that are supposed to protect 639 00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:05,239 Speaker 1: the rest of us from being swindled in massive Fonzie schemes. Yeah, 640 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,480 Speaker 1: and I saw Jeff Bezos talk about this. He's going 641 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:10,080 Speaker 1: to give all his money away, and he's focused on 642 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,640 Speaker 1: climate change and everything else. I'd like to see one 643 00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:15,479 Speaker 1: of these guys or girls because his ex wife's giving 644 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:19,919 Speaker 1: away her money too. How about invest in actual tangible 645 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:25,120 Speaker 1: like math degrees, science degrees, something other than liberal arts 646 00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:29,040 Speaker 1: right to create another generation of people that theoretically would 647 00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:32,359 Speaker 1: apply the scientific method and or know how to use 648 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:36,319 Speaker 1: science and math in a complex way, as opposed to 649 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:40,480 Speaker 1: sort of chasing this ephemeral idea. This was like the 650 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:43,279 Speaker 1: Clinton the Clinton Global Initiative and all that. It was 651 00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:45,440 Speaker 1: raised money from rich people, so they can feel good 652 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,160 Speaker 1: about themselves for funding other pretty rich people to do 653 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:51,120 Speaker 1: nothing but to go to fancy cocktail parties. Yeah, that 654 00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:52,239 Speaker 1: doesn't sound ideal to me.