1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,719 Speaker 1: But I last spoke in this chamber twelve months ago. 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 2: I had just inherited a nation in crisis, with a 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:13,120 Speaker 2: stagnant economy, inflation at record levels, a wide open border 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 2: or horrendous recruitment for military and police, rampant crime at home, 5 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 2: and wars and chaos all over the world. But tonight, 6 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 2: after just one year, I can say with dignity and 7 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 2: pride that we have achieved a transformation like no one 8 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:34,880 Speaker 2: has ever seen before. Today, our border is secure, our 9 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 2: spirit is restored, inflation is plummeting, incomes are rising fast, 10 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 2: the roaring economy is roaring like never before, and our 11 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 2: enemies are scared, our military and police are stacked, and 12 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 2: America is respected again, perhaps like never before. 13 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 3: That was from the State of Union last night, President 14 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:08,759 Speaker 3: Trump giving a phenomenal In my opinion, Clay also sees 15 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 3: it has a great speech, a phenomenal address to the nation, 16 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 3: and the transformation of the nation in twelve months or 17 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 3: so has been nothing short of incredible. And I think 18 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 3: that he has done even better than I had anticipated 19 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,400 Speaker 3: in that period of time. He has accomplished even more. 20 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,040 Speaker 3: And one of the reasons I like to point this 21 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 3: out Clay is the Oh, it's all the same, It's 22 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 3: all a unit party. 23 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: Nothing matters. 24 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 3: The black pill, if you will, that some people on 25 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 3: the right even like to take. Maybe they do it 26 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 3: online to get attention, or they're just having a bad day, 27 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 3: which that can happen. You know, sometimes I'm a little salty. 28 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:58,639 Speaker 3: I've had bad days. But there is I think an 29 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 3: important point in saying the country is doing really well 30 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 3: right now. Trump is delivering the decision does matter. Who 31 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 3: is in charge, who has power to shape this country's 32 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 3: future and its destiny does matter. It is not all 33 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 3: the same. Apathy isn't cool Trump. The Republicans are infinitely 34 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:28,079 Speaker 3: better than the Democrats on balance on every major issue 35 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 3: right now. And one thing that I would just say is, 36 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 3: what is an objective measure that someone could point to 37 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 3: and say it was better under Biden? I don't if 38 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 3: I were offered a bounty, if I offered a reward, 39 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 3: a substantial one, to come up with something off the 40 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,519 Speaker 3: top of my head that I would have to concede. 41 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 3: You know, Biden was a whole lot better on that issue. 42 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 3: I can't do it, Clay. I think that we're in 43 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 3: a are here of politics where the Democrats are so 44 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 3: wrong on so many things that they are just gonna 45 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 3: keep digging because the alternative is to turn around and 46 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 3: start one by one admitting and accepting that they've managed 47 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 3: to get on the wrong side of every important, every 48 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 3: important issue. The border, crime, uh, immigration enforcement, uh, the economy. 49 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 3: I mean we're seeing with states right now, people are fleeing. 50 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 3: I mean Gavin Newsom pulled this routine. I'm sure you 51 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 3: saw him. He was asked and was a friendly interview 52 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 3: too is I think it was like MS now or 53 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 3: one of those one of those channels asking Hi about 54 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 3: people leaving his state, and he's just like, we have 55 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 3: the biggest AI and almost like, yeah, dude, you inherited 56 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 3: Silicon Valley. Congratulations, your state is falling apart because of 57 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 3: your governance. People are fleeing in large numbers. If you 58 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 3: didn't have a lot of immigrants coming into this country, 59 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 3: you would have had negative population. 60 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: I mean this I they're losing everywhere. 61 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 3: I just sort of sit here and say, to myself, 62 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 3: where is the what is the the bright shining thing 63 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 3: for Democrats? 64 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: Obama, kid, they would have said healthcare. Trump brought us 65 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: up last night in the speech. Obamacare is a disaster. 66 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 1: It's tripled everybody's healthcare premiums. 67 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 4: No, all of that is true, and it is why 68 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:26,359 Speaker 4: their only outcome is people not paying attention that could 69 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 4: lead to them getting support. 70 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 1: I mean, I'll open up phone lines. 71 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:35,840 Speaker 4: Is anybody out there that sees something that Democrats are 72 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 4: doing and thinks we need more of that? Eight hundred 73 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 4: two two two eight a two. I think this is 74 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 4: where I'm a results guy. I'm a data guy. Show 75 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 4: me the results. This is why in the first hour 76 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 4: I said, murders are down sixty seven percent in Washington, DC. 77 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:58,039 Speaker 4: That is a tangible result in my opinion of Trump's 78 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 4: policies on crime. Inflation is down. I believe it's at 79 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 4: two point four percent most recently. The stock markets at 80 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 4: record highs. I think that is a reflection of Trump's 81 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 4: economic policies. The border is shut down again. Personally, I 82 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 4: understand why people can say I don't like Trump. He's 83 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 4: not my cup of tea. He's too much of a 84 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 4: bull in a china shop. I don't like the things 85 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 4: he tweets. I don't like some of the names that 86 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 4: he calls people. All of that, I would say, Okay, 87 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 4: I can understand that criticism. But I'm a results guy, 88 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 4: and if you tell me that you're only going to 89 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 4: analyze the results and not the surrounding p number of 90 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:46,719 Speaker 4: Trump behavior, there's nothing you can criticize in the actual results, 91 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 4: which is why their only hope is to. 92 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 1: Play on emotion. You know what wasn't mentioned once. 93 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 4: I don't believe last night, Buck, And this is where 94 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 4: I think Democrats have to start to get really nervous. 95 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 4: You're right, Democrats traditionally have one on healthcare. But a 96 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 4: lot of people are getting their insurance bills and they're saying, 97 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 4: wait a minute, Obamacare is broken. My premiums are tripling, 98 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 4: they're quadrupling. I think there's a lot of you out 99 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 4: there that are even just saying I just want healthcare. 100 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 4: That's protection for catastrophe. And I mean that like you're 101 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,280 Speaker 4: gonna look and say, I'll pay a lot of you 102 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 4: out there. I know we're starting to research this because 103 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 4: I've done it in the past. I'll pay the first 104 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 4: seven thousand dollars of my medical expenses right off the top. 105 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 4: I'll make that risk. I'll even take on the first 106 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:39,559 Speaker 4: ten k or something like that. You're only worried about 107 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 4: catastrophic related health care. I think there's way more people 108 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 4: buying that. But Buck, you know what isn't talked about 109 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,920 Speaker 4: anymore at all, and is actually the lynchpin of basically 110 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 4: the entire Democrat party. Abortion it is. Remember when they 111 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 4: told us Dobbs gets passed. Democrats tried to say, they're 112 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 4: gonna be growing up at the door, dragging your daughter 113 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 4: out by her hair. You're going to be trying to 114 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 4: drive across the state line and police are going to 115 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 4: pull you over and they're going to throw your sister 116 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 4: in prison. It's gone. It is vanished as a political issue. 117 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 4: Every state make its decision, and whatever state you're in, 118 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 4: you can advocate for it. 119 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 3: I knew this was the case by the way We've 120 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 3: been talking on the show for years. They managed to 121 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 3: right after Dobbs kind of and I was like, I'm 122 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 3: telling you, this isn't going to be an issue. Until 123 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 3: people experienced what actually was the result of Dobbs, they 124 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 3: were able to play with. But as soon as they did, 125 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 3: it was true, which is that it wasn't an issue 126 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 3: at all because it's gone back to the states, which 127 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 3: is what it should have done all along. And you know, 128 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 3: states have different abortion laws. States have different age of 129 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 3: consent laws, like states have different gun laws. States have 130 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 3: different laws that depending on what states you're in, you're 131 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 3: either good to go or going to prison. I mean, 132 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 3: states have a lot of power. States make very big 133 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 3: determinations how things that you'll go. Well, that feels kind 134 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 3: of arbitrary, but that's the deal. And on abortion that 135 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 3: certainly it falls into that category. So yeah, that is 136 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,239 Speaker 3: something that they can't talk think about it. There's hardly 137 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 3: any discussion even on a state level about it. And 138 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 3: if they don't have health care, which I think you're 139 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 3: right now, they're going to blame Republicans for it, right, 140 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 3: But the reality is their solution to health care has 141 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 3: failed and made everything worse. 142 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: Abortions not a thing anymore. I don't even hear it 143 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: in state legislative races. What do they have? 144 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 4: What is their thing where they're like, we can't address 145 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 4: this and make things better. I legitimately can't even think 146 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 4: of one. 147 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: We don't have. 148 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 3: We don't have an insurance system when it comes to healthcare. 149 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 3: Your health insurance is not insurance. It is a complex 150 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 3: system of cross subsidies where there are guaranteed payments made 151 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 3: from the government to hospital systems and to insurers and 152 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:01,679 Speaker 3: also insurance get guaranteed client based from all of us 153 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 3: because we have to have insurance. 154 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 1: Uh. 155 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:07,680 Speaker 3: And what you have is it's not insurance because younger 156 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 3: and healthy people who should be the cheapest to get 157 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:17,479 Speaker 3: insurance have to subsidize the old, the sick, and the illegals. 158 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: That's it. 159 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 3: And the poor, you know, and the poor, right, I 160 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 3: mean there are people who that's the entire system is 161 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 3: you're going to get more expensive and crappier stuff than 162 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 3: you would otherwise. If you are somebody who is generally 163 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 3: healthy and pays for your own stuff, you're going to 164 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 3: get generally crappier, more expensive stuff. So that we can 165 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 3: get because healthcare is a finite resource, despite what people think, 166 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 3: despite what people say, and that means that you know, 167 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 3: we we we're just squeezing the balloon and goes to 168 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 3: one side instead of the other. And this is why 169 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 3: family of four that's you know, ever, you know, the 170 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 3: parents are like thirty five to fifty five or something 171 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 3: and they got two kids. They can't afford their healthcare 172 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 3: premiums because they're paying for illegals. In California and New 173 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 3: York they're paying for people who are chronically ill. Now, 174 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 3: we could have a talk as a society about what 175 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 3: we do with the so called high risk pools, right, 176 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 3: we could have a talk about that, But that's not 177 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 3: the talk that we had. Instead, it was everybody gets 178 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 3: sandwiched in together, and so you have some people that 179 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 3: are and then you talk about the elderly and there's 180 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 3: no incentive. Here's a perfect example of this claim. And 181 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:31,439 Speaker 3: this was actually just making the rounds on X in 182 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 3: the last couple of days. It's a great example. We 183 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 3: talked about TVs and how when you and I. 184 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: Were in college. It's a great one. 185 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 3: Or you know when when I was in college and 186 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 3: you know, you were in your forties, there were it 187 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 3: was it was hard to carry, you know, TVs were 188 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 3: like these huge heavy things, and I would I remember 189 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 3: pooling money with my college roommates, uh, to be like 190 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 3: we spent you know, five hundred or eight hundred dollars 191 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 3: or something, which was a lot of money to us, 192 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 3: and on a TV and this thing, you know, it's 193 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,839 Speaker 3: like one hundred and fifty pounds and now you get 194 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:06,079 Speaker 3: it like a sixty inch plasma for five hundred. 195 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:08,199 Speaker 1: I mean it's crazy, which it's crazy. 196 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 3: Same thing's true of getting an MRI and versus getting lasick. 197 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 3: Lasick is a generally a fee for service, very high 198 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 3: satisfaction eye surgery where people compete different ophthalmologists or whoever 199 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 3: does it. You're probably maybe that's not I think it's optomologists. 200 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 3: But whoever's doing lasik surgeries, they maybe it's an eye 201 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 3: surgeons or something, whatever they're called. They compete on price 202 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 3: and the whole experience, and so lasik is half the 203 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:42,960 Speaker 3: price it was twenty years ago. MRIs have improved basically, 204 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 3: not at all, not at all, same technology, and MRIs 205 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 3: are now one hundred percent more expensive, give or take. 206 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 3: How is that possible? Everybody because of the bureaucracy, Because 207 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:57,560 Speaker 3: they tell you that you're getting insured, you're. 208 00:11:57,440 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 1: Not getting insured. But people don't want insurance. 209 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 3: People want a magic little card that pays for all 210 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:04,839 Speaker 3: their booboos and makes all the bad things go away, 211 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 3: even though that ain't happening either, by the way, no 212 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:08,319 Speaker 3: matter what insurance you have. 213 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 1: So this is the problem. 214 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 3: We can't there's no accountability, and there's no honesty, and 215 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 3: there's no transparency in the pricing and the healthcare system. 216 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 4: Positive front page Wall Street Journal today. Ozempic prices are collapsing. 217 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 4: Do you know why, because everybody is competing with the 218 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 4: GLP ones and as a result, the overall cost for 219 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 4: your average consumer purchase has plummeted compared to what it 220 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 4: used to cost. Uh, And we'll take some of your calls. 221 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 4: Eight hundred and two A two two a A two. But 222 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 4: I think this is why I'm looking around and I 223 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:46,960 Speaker 4: like to watch and see how everybody's covering. CNN and 224 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 4: MSNBC haven't covered, by and large, the Trump State of 225 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 4: the Union today. That's a sign that things went really 226 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:57,319 Speaker 4: well for Trump. They basically are just pretending it didn't happen. 227 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 4: They're turning the page and they're moving on to their 228 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 4: stories because last night was seen as such of a 229 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 4: success for the vast majority. 230 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 3: I think you know how, you know how pathetic it 231 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,959 Speaker 3: actually has gotten in Democrat world, Clay, You know, really 232 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 3: one of the primary, really the primary Democrat attack on 233 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 3: Trump is these days, it's not Russia collusion, it's not 234 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 3: elections denial, it's not you know, the insurrection whatever, you 235 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 3: know what it is right now, Epstein on Trump. That's 236 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,080 Speaker 3: the thing is Democrats's the league right now on MSNBC. 237 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 3: I didn't even know that you have a quadbox up. 238 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 3: I don't even have it open here. 239 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:39,320 Speaker 1: That's yeah, Epstein, that's that's Trump's fault. 240 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 3: Like this guy was whatever you're saying, this guy was 241 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:43,479 Speaker 3: doing this for decades. 242 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 1: Like to the Epstein thing is Trump's fault. They've released 243 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,439 Speaker 1: millions of pages. The millions of pages. 244 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:54,319 Speaker 3: Are out there, but this just goes to Hrland was 245 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 3: in office the first time anybody cure Trumps slander. 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That's eeriehome dot com slash buck. 271 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 5: You know them as conservative radio hosts, now just get 272 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 5: to know them as guys on this Sunday Hang podcast 273 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 5: with Clay and Buck. 274 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 4: Find it in their podcast feed, on the iHeartRadio app 275 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 4: or wherever you get your podcast. Welcome back in Clay 276 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 4: Travis Buck Sexton Show. We're gonna get to your pull 277 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 4: your calls here in just a couple of minutes, So 278 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 4: we got loaded lines stick with us. Buck, This is interesting. 279 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 4: Do you know which Democrat was the only Democrat to 280 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 4: shake Trump's hand at the State of the Union, our 281 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 4: buddy from Pennsylvania, Fetterman. Yes, that's correct. I just guessed that, 282 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 4: but I had a feeling yep, legitimate. Sorry, we've got 283 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 4: Senator Blackburn coming up. We'll get to your calls in 284 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 4: a sec. I bring that up because Quinnipiac just came 285 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 4: out with a poll in Pennsylvania. Republicans have a fifty 286 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 4: five point approval for John Fetterman seventy three to eighteen 287 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 4: Democrats minus forty. Fetterman is overwhelmingly popular with Republicans, overwhelmingly 288 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 4: negative now with Democrats. I just thought that was super interesting. 289 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 4: All right, let's get to some of your calls, Scott 290 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 4: in Indiana. 291 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: What you got for. 292 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 6: Us, Hey, Clay, Earlier, you said you were worried about 293 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 6: the Democrats went back to the House, and then just 294 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 6: a few minutes ago, Buck said, they're losing everywhere. Democrats 295 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 6: are losing everywhere. I'm confused. 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Get signed up today, speaking truth and having fun. 333 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:55,920 Speaker 4: Clay Travis and Buck Sexton, welcome. 334 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,199 Speaker 3: Back into Clay and back we are joined by Senator 335 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:02,639 Speaker 3: Marsha Blackburn of the Great State of Tennessee, which has 336 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 3: given us both a fantastic senator and a fantastic Clay Travis. 337 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:09,400 Speaker 3: So we have so much to be thankful for. Tennessee, 338 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:11,080 Speaker 3: and thank you for being here. 339 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 7: Senator Well, I'm always so delighted to join you all. 340 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 7: Thanks for having me back. 341 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 3: It really was an incredible State of the Union. And 342 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 3: that comes Senator Blackburn from somebody who thinks even his 343 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 3: own team State of the Unions are usually kind of 344 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 3: boring and go too long. I thought last night was remarkable. 345 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,120 Speaker 3: I just wanted to get your top line thoughts on 346 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,160 Speaker 3: it and how was it. 347 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:40,880 Speaker 7: It was remarkable, and the two hours absolutely flew by 348 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:45,880 Speaker 7: because the President just kept rolling right on through all 349 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:49,479 Speaker 7: the objections that the left side of the isle was 350 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:52,680 Speaker 7: throwing their way. I was so pleased. He laid out 351 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 7: where we were a year and a half ago, with 352 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 7: nine percent inflation, with chaos in the world, and then 353 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:01,359 Speaker 7: he drew it to today. We're at two point four 354 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 7: percent inflation, the price of gas coming down, the price 355 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 7: of groceries beginning to normalize, way just going up, and 356 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:16,399 Speaker 7: job opportunities increasing, and our standing in the world is restored. 357 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:21,160 Speaker 7: Our allies are working with us, Our adversaries and enemies 358 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 7: fear of us. They know that President Trump means the 359 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 7: business and that he has the backing of Republicans in 360 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:30,479 Speaker 7: the House. And the Senate. 361 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:35,360 Speaker 4: Were you stunned, even as someone who has been involved 362 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 4: in politics for a long time, that when they had 363 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:43,440 Speaker 4: the mom of a murdered, innocent woman and they had 364 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:47,680 Speaker 4: her stand, and when they had Charlie Kirk's wife, Erica stand, 365 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 4: and when even on a much less serious front, they 366 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 4: brought in the US men's Olympic team, that every Democrat 367 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 4: didn't stand up and clap. I wish there had been 368 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 4: even more of a camera on the larger viewing area 369 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 4: so you could see it. But I gotta admit I 370 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 4: was kind of staggered. I don't know who gave Democrats 371 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:12,880 Speaker 4: that advice, but including, hey, do you think your job 372 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:16,919 Speaker 4: is to take care of citizens or illegal immigrants? I 373 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 4: could have believe the way they behaved. 374 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:23,159 Speaker 7: Their behavior was appalling in the fact that they would 375 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 7: stay sitting in their seats and not stand to honor 376 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:32,680 Speaker 7: these who have lost loved ones, to honor those that 377 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 7: have served our country, to honor the oath that they 378 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:43,680 Speaker 7: took to protect and defend, and honor the people who 379 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:48,439 Speaker 7: voted for them and elected them, to make certain that 380 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 7: they were there to serve the people. It was absolutely astounding. 381 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:58,479 Speaker 7: But you know what this is where the line of 382 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 7: distinction is. What we have seen is the current Democrat Party, 383 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 7: which is led by the far left wing of the 384 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 7: Democrat Party, the Democrat socialists. They would rather take care 385 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:19,199 Speaker 7: of illegal immigrants than they would take care of the 386 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:24,119 Speaker 7: people that voted for them. They would rather provide for 387 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 7: illegal immigrants than provide for the citizens of their states 388 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 7: and the citizens of this nation. 389 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:39,440 Speaker 3: It is astounding, Senator Blackburn, you also wanted to talk 390 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 3: to us today about this case currently with the courts 391 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 3: involving social media, and there's the Kids Online Safety Act. 392 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,880 Speaker 3: There's a whole range of issues coming together here. Can 393 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:55,120 Speaker 3: you just tell us first what is. 394 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 1: Going on right now? 395 00:22:57,119 --> 00:23:01,199 Speaker 3: We've got Mark Zuckerberg recently had to show up in 396 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 3: Los Angeles County Superior Court. He testified he's a CEO 397 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:08,880 Speaker 3: of Meta. There's this whole court case going on. It's 398 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 3: with the jury right now. What are the items at issue? 399 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 3: And what do you want to see from this case? 400 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 7: Yes, indeed, this case which I will say this Mark 401 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 7: Zuckerberg being on the stand in this case, I don't 402 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 7: know what the outcome, the legal ramifications of the case 403 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 7: are going to end up being. No one can tell 404 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:35,439 Speaker 7: us exactly because there's a jury involved. What I do 405 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 7: know is this that Mark Zuckerberg lost in the court 406 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 7: of public opinion because he continued to say that social 407 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 7: media had nothing to do with the accelerated levels of 408 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 7: anxiety and depression, eating disorders, team suicide and this bucket 409 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 7: of mental health issues, when the research that Meta has 410 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 7: and whistleblowers have given that research to us, and of 411 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 7: course it was presented in court. And you know that 412 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:14,200 Speaker 7: they know what they are doing to kids. You know 413 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 7: that they are designing programming to capture younger kids. We 414 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 7: all know that the valuation of Meta and Google, in 415 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 7: all of these big tech companies, it is based on 416 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 7: the number of eyeballs they draw to the page and 417 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 7: the amount of time they can keep those eyeballs focused 418 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:41,879 Speaker 7: on their platform. So I think he lost in the 419 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 7: court of public opinion. It has brought forward the need 420 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 7: to pass the Kids Online Safety Act that came out 421 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:52,920 Speaker 7: of the Senate ninety one to three. We have seventy 422 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 7: five Senate co sponsors on it. It is significant. It 423 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:02,200 Speaker 7: would put in place a duty of care, a product 424 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:06,359 Speaker 7: by design safety standard for the virtual space. That is 425 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,879 Speaker 7: something at this point we do not have. 426 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 4: Your grandkids. My sons go to a similar school in 427 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 4: the Nashville area that has a good technology policy, which 428 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:23,160 Speaker 4: is and I know they probably maybe cheating right now, 429 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 4: but they're not supposed to have their phones. They're not 430 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 4: supposed to be able to text message during school, and 431 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 4: if they're caught with cell phones during school hours, there 432 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:35,200 Speaker 4: are consequences. Shouldn't this be the standard for every school 433 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 4: basically in America? Your grandma before that, you were a mom, 434 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:41,199 Speaker 4: as a dad, I think it's a no brainer, and 435 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 4: I think it's super bipartisan. Are you in favor of 436 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 4: this more and more schools not allowing kids to be 437 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 4: on phones during the day? 438 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 7: Oh yes, indeed, bail to bail, no sale. That is 439 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 7: a very good policy for kids. And you know there 440 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 7: is an there. There's a growing body of research that 441 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,720 Speaker 7: shows that children who do not have a cell phone 442 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:11,640 Speaker 7: on their desk, in their backpack within reach, their test 443 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 7: scores go up, their achievement goes up, their participation in 444 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:21,520 Speaker 7: class increases. And the more you see this research, the 445 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 7: more you know that it does matter, and you realize 446 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 7: what a massive distraction it is to have that cell 447 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,119 Speaker 7: phone at the ready. I think one of the things 448 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:36,920 Speaker 7: that is so interesting about this also is talking to parents, teachers, 449 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 7: and principles. Most of the behavioral issues that take place 450 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:48,679 Speaker 7: on school campuses find their nexus at the cell phone, 451 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 7: and the bullying is twenty four to seven. It never stops. 452 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 7: So putting those phones away for that period of the 453 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 7: academic day forces kids to focus on what they are studying. 454 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:06,680 Speaker 7: It means that kids that go to study hall are 455 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 7: actually doing research work. They're writing papers, they're pulling books 456 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:18,040 Speaker 7: out of the library shelves. And hearing from librarians about 457 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:21,959 Speaker 7: the change in behavior during those study halls is something 458 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:23,920 Speaker 7: that has not been lost on me. 459 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 3: Speaking the Center of Marsha at Blackburn of Tennessee. When 460 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 3: you talk about I just want to bring us back 461 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:33,680 Speaker 3: to this for a second, the social media issues for 462 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,119 Speaker 3: kids and online duty of care. Are the social media 463 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:41,639 Speaker 3: companies are they just saying that that's impossible, it's too expensive, 464 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:45,159 Speaker 3: it's not necessary. I mean, what's the counter argument? Because 465 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:48,640 Speaker 3: usually when it comes to any political issue about children, 466 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 3: everyone at least pretends that they care about the kids, right, 467 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:54,159 Speaker 3: I mean even the big companies pretend. So what are 468 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:59,679 Speaker 3: they saying in response to this? Why would they? You know, 469 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 3: not will they go along with it. I mean, why 470 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 3: does it even require it an act by Congress. 471 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:09,879 Speaker 7: They have proven they cannot police themselves. They have also 472 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,479 Speaker 7: proven that when kids are on those phones, kids are 473 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 7: the product. And you know, one of the interesting things 474 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:21,200 Speaker 7: is that every industrial sector in this country has product 475 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:26,800 Speaker 7: safety standards, whether it's an automobile, a toaster, a mattress, 476 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:33,440 Speaker 7: a curling iron, everything has a safety standard, everything except 477 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:37,840 Speaker 7: the virtual space. And the reason for that. Big Tech 478 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 7: has spent millions of dollars lobbying last year fourth quarter 479 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 7: of the year, in order to take down the Kids 480 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 7: Online Safety Act. Meta hired one lobbyist for every six 481 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 7: members of Congress and spent twenty million dollars. I'm somebody 482 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 7: that knows what it feels like to have Big Tech 483 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 7: come barreling after them with lots of lobbyist, lawyers, and 484 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 7: millions of dollars because they do not want to change 485 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:16,600 Speaker 7: their business model. They would have to change that business 486 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 7: model if you put in place a safety by design standard, 487 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:29,200 Speaker 7: if you delink the algorithm so that the algorithm can 488 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 7: be controlled by the parents and the kids and not 489 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 7: controlled by the platform. They don't want that. 490 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:44,320 Speaker 4: Center Blackburn last night, I was at a in the 491 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 4: black is what it's called event about trying to balance 492 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 4: a budget. 493 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 1: A bunch of people you know were there. It was awesome. 494 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:56,960 Speaker 4: I know you're running for governor, but the federal government 495 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:03,760 Speaker 4: inability to remotely make decisions that have to do. Let's 496 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:07,520 Speaker 4: use as an example right now, basic election integrity. You're 497 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:09,920 Speaker 4: going to be on the ballot in November. Tennessee thankfully 498 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,959 Speaker 4: has really great election integrity. But the fact that white, Black, Asian, 499 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:17,720 Speaker 4: Hispanic people overwhelmingly believe that you should have to show 500 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:21,280 Speaker 4: a photo ID in order to vote to prove your 501 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 4: who you are. What's going to happen with that? 502 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:24,479 Speaker 1: In the Senate? 503 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:27,280 Speaker 4: I think there might be a filibuster. How's that process 504 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 4: going to play out? I still can't believe this is 505 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,760 Speaker 4: unpassable basically based on the Democrat response. 506 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 7: You know, it's an eighty percent issue with the American 507 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:43,880 Speaker 7: people across all different demographic groups. And that's a thing 508 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,960 Speaker 7: that is so interesting, the fact that it has such 509 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 7: broad bipartisan support. I mean, Zora and Mandami wants you 510 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 7: to show two forms of ID in order to go 511 00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 7: shovel snow in New York, but he doesn't want you 512 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:01,800 Speaker 7: to show an ID to vote. What they're trying to 513 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:05,600 Speaker 7: do is make it easy to cheat and hard to vote. 514 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,760 Speaker 7: We want to make it easy to vote and hard 515 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 7: to cheat. And we have got to have photo yd 516 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,720 Speaker 7: in the Senate. We are going to push the Save 517 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 7: America Act forward. I look forward to having a vote 518 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:25,720 Speaker 7: on the floor. It should be common sense standard practice 519 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:29,480 Speaker 7: that you have to be a citizen of the United 520 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 7: States in order to vote in our elections, and you 521 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:37,120 Speaker 7: have to show an ID and prove who you are 522 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 7: when it comes to the issue of the balanced budget 523 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 7: and I have supported a balanced budget amendment for the 524 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:50,560 Speaker 7: United States. We have that in Tennessee. We have to 525 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 7: balance our budget. We can't borrow money or print money. 526 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:57,840 Speaker 7: We have to be very careful about that and be 527 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:01,720 Speaker 7: a good fiscal steward. It means that some years, the 528 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:05,480 Speaker 7: leaner years, you cannot do some projects you want to do, 529 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 7: and then it means when you do have years where 530 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,400 Speaker 7: you have a surplus, you have to be wise about 531 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 7: where you place those dollars. The federal government should do likewise, 532 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:20,560 Speaker 7: and they would be well served to do likewise. 533 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:25,640 Speaker 1: Senator Blackburn, appreciate you being with us. You got it. 534 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:26,440 Speaker 7: Take care. 535 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 3: There's a specific reason why the price of gold grew 536 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:35,480 Speaker 3: by sixty five percent last year, economic uncertainty. When there's turmoil, 537 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:39,840 Speaker 3: when there's uncertainty, the value of gold goes up. Investors 538 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:43,239 Speaker 3: looking for safe havens is well, that makes a lot 539 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:46,400 Speaker 3: of sense, right, safe havens. Gold is just one of those, 540 00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,920 Speaker 3: a solid, reliable investment. Over the last twenty years, gold's 541 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,920 Speaker 3: up over seven hundred percent in value. Think about that, 542 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:55,560 Speaker 3: over twenty years, up seven hundred percent. Now you don't 543 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:57,680 Speaker 3: have to trade in, trade out and play all kinds 544 00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:00,000 Speaker 3: of games. No, No, you just buy gold and hold gold, 545 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:04,400 Speaker 3: and that value creation happened. Birch Gold Group can help 546 00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:06,520 Speaker 3: you purchase gold. That's who I rely on, That's where 547 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:09,000 Speaker 3: I get my gold from. They help you diversify your 548 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,760 Speaker 3: savings with gold, particularly within your existing four oh one 549 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:14,760 Speaker 3: k and IRA accounts. Birch Gold Group walks you through 550 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 3: the process of buying gold in clear, straightforward terms. When 551 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:21,240 Speaker 3: I work with them, couldn't be any easier, no pressure, 552 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:24,640 Speaker 3: no complexity. They educate you and they give you options. 553 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 3: If protecting a portion of retirement savings makes sense to you, 554 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:32,560 Speaker 3: it's worth a conversation. Remember, you can also put gold 555 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:36,080 Speaker 3: into your existing four oh one k or IRA accounts. 556 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:40,880 Speaker 3: By doing a transfer, they can diversify gold into those accounts, 557 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:43,960 Speaker 3: divers fill you accounts with gold. Text my name Buck 558 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:48,080 Speaker 3: to ninety eight ninety eight ninety eight. Text Buck to 559 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,240 Speaker 3: ninety eight ninety eight ninety eight. 560 00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:55,680 Speaker 5: Cheap up with the biggest political comeback in world history. 561 00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 5: On the Team forty seven podcast, Clay and Buck highlight 562 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,840 Speaker 5: Trump free from the week Sunday's at noon Eastern. Find 563 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:06,640 Speaker 5: it on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. 564 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:08,759 Speaker 1: Welcome back into Clay and Block. 565 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:10,560 Speaker 3: I just stole your thunder there for a second, buddy, 566 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:12,680 Speaker 3: because there's something very important that ever needs to hear. 567 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:13,719 Speaker 7: You know. 568 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,360 Speaker 3: It's one thing when I talk smack. You know, you know, 569 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:18,479 Speaker 3: you know, you may be a son of a gun, 570 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:20,000 Speaker 3: but you're our son of a gun, Clay, you know 571 00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:22,120 Speaker 3: what I mean? Like no one else is allowed to 572 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:26,000 Speaker 3: talk this kind of smack. But here I am preparing 573 00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:29,040 Speaker 3: to watch the State of the Union, and flashing across 574 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 3: my screen over at Fox News a gentleman who I 575 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:34,680 Speaker 3: have done his show many times. 576 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:36,480 Speaker 1: I have seen him out in the wild. I've bumped 577 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:38,799 Speaker 1: into Jesse Waters before and he is. 578 00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:42,799 Speaker 3: He's quite a charming fellow, and I thought somebody that 579 00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:47,120 Speaker 3: was playing by civilized rules. But then all of a sudden, 580 00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:50,400 Speaker 3: out of nowhere, I mean, just like a kidney shot 581 00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:53,560 Speaker 3: a rabbit punch on my man, Clay Travis when he's 582 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:56,799 Speaker 3: not looking on his TV show This is Cut thirty six, 583 00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:58,320 Speaker 3: Jesse Waters, listen. 584 00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:01,480 Speaker 8: I don't know that I've ever been frankly prouder to 585 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:04,759 Speaker 8: be an American then when we kicked Canada's ass and 586 00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:10,200 Speaker 8: seeing America to a large extent united around this team 587 00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:10,759 Speaker 8: like we were. 588 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:13,880 Speaker 1: I was too young to remember it back in nineteen eighty. 589 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:15,920 Speaker 1: Oh you were. I thought you were like forty in 590 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,759 Speaker 1: nineteen eighty. You look good, though, Clay. 591 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:24,040 Speaker 9: Clay, I mean, Jesseyer, you must listen to the show. 592 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:26,239 Speaker 9: You must listen to the show, because well, where did 593 00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:29,520 Speaker 9: that come from? Thought you were in the eighties rough 594 00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:36,200 Speaker 9: now maybe eighty six, Korean War veteran and aging quite well. 595 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:39,799 Speaker 9: I think partly people don't. 596 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:44,480 Speaker 4: Realize how much makeup most people wear on television. I 597 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:48,520 Speaker 4: for every unless I am in studio, I am never 598 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:52,279 Speaker 4: in makeup for Fox News. And if you see how 599 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:55,080 Speaker 4: much makeup a lot of TV people will wear. 600 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:56,480 Speaker 1: And I'm not throwing shade here. 601 00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:02,040 Speaker 4: You have an exaggerated since you have an exaggerated sense 602 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:06,239 Speaker 4: of what television life is like. Now, I'm not saying 603 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:06,520 Speaker 4: I have to. 604 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,440 Speaker 3: I think you might be saying some of the Fox hosts, gentlemen, 605 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:11,480 Speaker 3: are a little tarted up, a little little. 606 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:13,719 Speaker 1: Too much rouge going on on the cheeks. 607 00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:17,360 Speaker 4: I've been saying for some time that about the age 608 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:21,680 Speaker 4: of fifty five, I'm suddenly gonna have a huge makeup 609 00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:24,840 Speaker 4: team come in here every day and they're gonna treat 610 00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:28,120 Speaker 4: me like a car that needs brand new wheels in 611 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:31,520 Speaker 4: pitt Row, and none of you are gonna recognize it 612 00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:33,720 Speaker 4: or know what happened. And you're gonna be like Clay. 613 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:37,239 Speaker 4: You have an age. Today, you look the exact same 614 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:40,239 Speaker 4: as you did twenty years ago. I'm playing the long game. 615 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:43,760 Speaker 4: I'm look old and ugly now, but ten years from now, 616 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:47,440 Speaker 4: I'm gonna be gorgeous. I'm just telling you it's coming. 617 00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:50,800 Speaker 4: Prepare yourself from outstanding looking quick