1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of The Clay Travis and Buck 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: Sexton Show podcast, third hour of The Clay Travis and 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:10,560 Speaker 1: Buck Sexton Show. Everybody, thank you for joining us here 4 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: on our deep guy. Through all the news of the day, 5 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 1: we just we're speaking about the response that Biden to 6 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: the Democrats are pushing right now to the huge crimewave 7 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: across the country. And it is completely unsurprisingly to go 8 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: after guns, not criminals, and to make the lives of 9 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:34,520 Speaker 1: law Biden gun owners more difficult, including with this new 10 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 1: rule that's supposed to go through just regulation, as in 11 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:41,879 Speaker 1: the regulatory process, not lawmaking around ghost guns. I've got 12 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:43,840 Speaker 1: somebody with us now to talk about this, plus the border, 13 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: the economy, and much more. Senate Senate candidate in the 14 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: great state of Arizona, Blake Masters, is with us now. Blake, 15 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: thanks so much, absolutely, thank you for having me. So 16 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 1: I just want to have you react to some of 17 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: what Biden said yesterday about ghost as somebody who has 18 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 1: actually built a firearm at home on your own. But 19 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 1: but first, here's what Biden said yesterday in the speech. 20 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: Then call this rule I'm about to announce extreme extreme. 21 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: But let me ask you, is it extreme to protect 22 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: police officers, extreme to protect our children, extreme to keep 23 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: guns out of the hands of people who couldn't even 24 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: pass a background check. Look, well, the idea that someone 25 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 1: on a terrorist list could purchase one of these guns 26 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: is extreme. It isn't extreme, just basic common sense. Do 27 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: you think it's basic common sense, Blake, to ban these 28 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 1: guns and take these actions? What do you say? I 29 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: do not think it's a common sense. That's what the 30 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: Democrats always say, right, Thomas sais gun control Now, it's 31 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: actually just about disarming law abiding gun owners, right, It's 32 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: about making it as hard as possible for you and 33 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: me and everybody listening to this program to to own 34 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: and use and yeah, make firearms. You know most people 35 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 1: don't realize, but for our whole national history, even before 36 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 1: seventeen seventy six, including the colonial days, it's been legal 37 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: for Americans to make firearms at home. You don't have 38 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: to ask the federal government for permission, you don't have 39 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: to go pass a background check. You can you can 40 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: make up guns at home. That's been legal, and now 41 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: it's under assault because Joe Biden wants to make it 42 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 1: harder to do that. You know, it's about disharming people 43 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 1: has nothing to do with crime, Blake, Why do you 44 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: think we spend so much time talking about guns as 45 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: opposed to the people who actually commit the crimes with 46 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: the guns. Well, basically because Democrats don't care about crime. Uh, 47 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: you know if they did. You know, it's like, we 48 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: do have a gun violence problem in this country. It's 49 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:51,839 Speaker 1: hand guns, and it's mostly gang violence. Right, Ye, It's 50 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 1: it's gangs in Chicago shooting each other. Um, it's people 51 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: in Saint Louis, right, like they all these Democrat run towns, 52 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 1: and Democrats don't do that, right, They don't want to 53 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: clean that up, They don't. They like the George Soros 54 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: funded prosecutors who don't want to prosecute anybody. Right. By 55 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: making it about guns instead of about criminals, it gives 56 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: the Democrats license to go after me, to go after you, 57 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: to go after any law abiding gun owner, because ultimately, 58 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: they want us to become Australia, they want us to 59 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: become Canada. They know that a disarmed society is easier 60 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 1: to control. Blake. We're speaking of Blake masters right now, 61 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 1: Senate candidate in Arizona, you are in a border state, 62 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: as you well know, and things look like they're going 63 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: to get even worse than they currently are when it 64 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: comes to illegal immigration and the overall lawlessness that our 65 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: southern border, which of course includes the massive importation of 66 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: fentonel into the United States and another opioids, which resulted 67 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: in tens of thousands of Americans dying of drug overdose 68 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: last year alone. What are your expectations for how this 69 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: is going to affect Arizona? And also at a political level, 70 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: what is the Biden administration play here? Clay and I'd 71 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: been pushing that around on the show, trying to figure 72 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: out how do they think it's anything other than an 73 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: abject political nightmare for them to have up to eighteen 74 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: thousand illegal crossings a day. Well, the first thing they 75 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: do is they try to deny that there's a border crisis, right, 76 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: and they're just hoping that they can get all these 77 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: people in and give them amnesty. I really do think 78 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: it's as simple as they like the open border, they 79 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: like the chaos that it causes. They want millions of 80 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: people to come here so they can import a new electorate. 81 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,600 Speaker 1: That's what Joe Biden is thinking, to the extent he's 82 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 1: thinking anything at all what's interesting now is you know 83 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 1: they're gonna repeal Title forty two, and so yeah, I 84 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 1: keep thought we had a crisis. Now just wait till 85 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:51,559 Speaker 1: till May and June. It's about to get a lot worse. 86 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: But you know, my opponent here in Arizona, Democrat incumbent 87 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: Senator Mark Kelly, he's voting for all the open border stuff, 88 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 1: but he has the audacity to now pretend to be moderate. 89 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:06,600 Speaker 1: He's saying, oh, please, mister Biden, don't repeal Title four 90 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: to two. That would be bad. And he's trying to 91 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: have it both ways. You know, they want to deny 92 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 1: that their policies are causing this border crisis, and then 93 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: they want to pretend to be reasonable. Most people in Arizona, though, 94 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: see through it. People are just sick and tired of 95 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: the open border. It's literally ruining our country. Blake, You've 96 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: got a lot of experience with companies, with running businesses 97 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,279 Speaker 1: that actually have to make money as opposed to just 98 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:30,039 Speaker 1: spend money, which is what our government does. Eight point 99 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:34,279 Speaker 1: five percent inflation today, the highest in forty years. What 100 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 1: should be done to bring inflation back down where it's 101 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: not becoming Attacks on everyone out there who is living 102 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: paycheck to paycheck and isn't fundamentally destroying many different American 103 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: lives From an economic perspective, Yeah, the first thing to 104 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:52,160 Speaker 1: do is to just stop the bleeding, right, we cannot 105 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: keep spending trillions and trillions of dollars. It means, don't 106 00:05:56,360 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: fund this crazy Biden agenda. Right, it's you build back better. 107 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: Thank goodness, they didn't get it passed, but they did 108 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: get the one point two trillion dollars infrastructure package passed, right, 109 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 1: Trillions and trillions of dollars, And of course it just 110 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 1: makes the problem worse. They stay in place as eight 111 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:15,279 Speaker 1: point five percent, and that's a high number, but what's 112 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 1: the real number? You know, if they admit it's eight 113 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 1: point five percent, you and I both know it's well 114 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: into the double digits when you actually factor in properly 115 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: the things that people need a gas, housing, right, food prices, 116 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 1: all the stuff is double digit inflation. And I think 117 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: as long as you have a Democrat in the White 118 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 1: House and a Democrat controlled Congress, it's just gonna get 119 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: worse and worse. Blake, how could this get turned around? 120 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: I always try to find the especially a day like today, 121 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: is a lot of a lot of bad news, a 122 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: lot of stuff coming in that's either you know, awful 123 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: or disappointing or any number depending on whether we're talking 124 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,160 Speaker 1: about the economy or the violence in New York or 125 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: there's so many different things going on at once. But 126 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 1: if we're going to turn this around, and you know, 127 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: the midterm elections are going to be here before we 128 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: know it, Republicans won't be really in a position to 129 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: pass a lot in the sense that they won't get 130 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: it signed by Joe Biden most likely, but they can 131 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 1: at least start to talk about the agenda and hopefully 132 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four be in a position to implement 133 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: it in a really meaningful way on an economic front. 134 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: What does that look like? I mean, I think it's 135 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: clear to everybody the Democrats aren't good at this, So 136 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: why will republic How can Republicans tell everybody what will 137 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 1: they do that will make them better, that'll actually make 138 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: the situation the economy improve? YEP, we'll step one. You know, 139 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: we retake Congress, we make Biden the lame duck, and 140 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: you block his agenda, right then you're just not contributing 141 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: to the problem. And then we use those two years 142 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 1: like you said, to really prepare for winning back to 143 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: White House in twenty twenty four. And you know, President 144 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: Trump showed us the way here. His America First economic 145 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: policies worked. You know, not only did we have low inflation, 146 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: I think it was under three percent every year in 147 00:07:55,960 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: the Trump administration, but median wages actually started to ride 148 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 1: under President Trump. Right, The amount of money that everyday 149 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: American workers were taking home went up under Trump, so 150 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: the first time in decades. And so the America First policies, 151 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: which our pro business but also pro worker, right, making 152 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: sure we have good trade deals, making sure we're actually 153 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: making things here in America again, and we're not just 154 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: dependent on China for absolutely everything like the Democrats want 155 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: us to be. Those sorts of America First policies, you know, 156 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: they work. It might take two or three years to 157 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: really get it done because the Dems are causing so 158 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: much damage, but this stuff works. And if we retake 159 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: Congress and retake the White House in twenty four, I 160 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: know we can have a successful, successful American future. Blake, 161 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: we were talking yesterday about the fact that there's a 162 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:46,599 Speaker 1: general consensus now that Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and 163 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 1: Nevada all will decide twenty twenty two and twenty twenty four. 164 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: You're talking about taking back the House and taking back 165 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: the Senate. What are you seeing on the ground in 166 00:08:56,559 --> 00:09:00,439 Speaker 1: Arizona right now and how optimistic are you about publican 167 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: gains in twenty twenty two in your state. I'm very optimistic, 168 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 1: you know. I do think we're gonna have some sort 169 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: of red wave because the Democrats, Frank we were blowing 170 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: it so badly. Although I always caution people like, don't 171 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: get complacent, right if you think there's going to be 172 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: a red wave, maybe you'll just slack off and not 173 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 1: do the hard work that it's going to take to 174 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: create that red wave. So we have to act like 175 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: the underdogs. We have to play like we know the stakes, 176 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: the stakes that we're playing for the whole future of 177 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: the country. Right. But if we work really hard, if 178 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:31,560 Speaker 1: we just get so upset, and I'm telling you the 179 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: voters that I talked to, Republican voters but also independence, 180 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 1: they are so upset at what's happening. If we channel 181 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 1: all that and run really strong candidates, I think will 182 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: be tremendously successful in November and beyond Blake. I don't 183 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 1: know how well you know Elon Musk, but I know 184 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: there's a lot of overlap between Peter teel and a 185 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: lot of the guys that you've worked with you in 186 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 1: your capitalistic career in business. What advice would you give 187 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: Elon as it pertains to if he came to you, 188 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 1: and maybe he has come to you and said, hey, 189 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 1: what should I do? Now I'm sitting here with nine 190 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: point two percent, I obviously support Elon does the first Amendment. 191 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: Twitter is not a free, open marketplace. Now, what should 192 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 1: be done? What can be done? What would you tell 193 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 1: him in terms of Twitter? Yeah? I love what he's doing, 194 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: you know, I hope he increases his stake. Elon came 195 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 1: to my book party and he's called Zero to One, 196 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: the book that I wrote, you know, one of his 197 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,080 Speaker 1: favorite books of all time. He's just a breath of 198 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 1: fresh air, you know. And I'm glad, frankly that Elon 199 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: decided not to join Twitter's board. I thought the Twitter 200 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 1: board wanted him to join, right. It was to kind 201 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,439 Speaker 1: of keep your friends close and your enemies closer kind 202 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: of thing. But now Elon he doesn't have to follow 203 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 1: all the rules right, His ownership isn't capped like it 204 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: would be if he were on the board, So now 205 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:53,080 Speaker 1: he can just pressure for the reforms he wants, and 206 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,439 Speaker 1: if he doesn't get them, he's a very wealthy man. 207 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: He can buy up more and more of Twitter. I'd 208 00:10:58,280 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: love to see him buy fifty one percent of the 209 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 1: company and just control it and let President promp back 210 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: on right and free speech. Everybody used to believe in 211 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: this turns out today only conservatives do, only Republicans do. 212 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 1: And I think Elon is doing great work here, Blake. 213 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:17,199 Speaker 1: If people want to learn more about your important candidacy 214 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 1: here for the Senate seat in Arizona. Where should they 215 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: go blakemasters dot com. Very simple, just my name, Blake 216 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 1: Masters dot com works Blake. Thanks so much, man, Good 217 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,680 Speaker 1: luck to you, Thank you talk soon. You know, home 218 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: values are up over twenty percent nationwide just in the 219 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,079 Speaker 1: last year. That's a big deal because it means if 220 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 1: you have owned your home, you've got a lot of 221 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: home equity that's been created. And given the fact that 222 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 1: inflation is now eight point five percent, some of you 223 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: may be interested in paying off some of that high 224 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:52,679 Speaker 1: interest credit card debt in trying to use the value 225 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 1: that you've unlocked in your home to put yourself on 226 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: a better financial footing. If that sounds interesting to you, 227 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: why not spend ten minutes to find out how much 228 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 1: value you have, take advantage and put your family in 229 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 1: better financial shape. You need to call American Financing eight 230 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 1: hundred seven seven seven eighty one oh nine. Again, home 231 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 1: values have soared. If you own your home, think about 232 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: what value you have that could potentially be unlocked. To 233 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: put your financial house in a better setting and also 234 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 1: to still walk in a really low fifteen and thirty 235 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 1: year mortgage. You could skip a couple of payments. You 236 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 1: can put your financial house in order. All it takes 237 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:36,080 Speaker 1: is one ten minute phone call to our friends at 238 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 1: American Financing eight hundred seven seven seven eighty one oh nine. 239 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 1: You can also visit American Financing dot net, MLS one 240 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 1: eight two three three four MLS, Consumer access dot org. 241 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 1: Welcome back in Clay Travis buck Sexton show. Appreciate you 242 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 1: guys hanging out with us all over this country. We're 243 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: joined now by first guest of the day, Brian Dean Wright, 244 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 1: former CIA Opts officer and post of the President's Daily 245 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 1: brief a new podcast debuting this week. Brian, you used 246 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 1: to be a Democrat. I certainly know how that feels, 247 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 1: and you feel like the party lost its mind. What 248 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: was the tipping point for you and deciding that the 249 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 1: Democratic Party no longer made sense for you? You know, 250 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 1: in the past couple of years, I saw a few 251 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 1: different things. One was a bunch of very anti American 252 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 1: or un American talk. You know, remember very vividly Governor 253 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: Cuommell of New York saying that America has never been great. Well, 254 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 1: that's not really the right thing that any political parties 255 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: should talk about in the country, unless you're trying to 256 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 1: destroy it. And then I saw a lot of bigotry 257 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:50,679 Speaker 1: based commentary coming out of folks who are elected at 258 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 1: our national level, you know, Elon Omar and some of 259 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: the Squad members who were very anti Semitic in their views, 260 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 1: but moreover they represented in raised things like a socialism 261 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 1: and communism and that have stuff. You know. Going back 262 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 1: to the roots of my family's connections to the Democrat Party, 263 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 1: we were Jack Kennedy Democrats who of course stood up 264 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 1: and said no to the radical left in a party 265 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: and in country in the world. So I just saw 266 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 1: a very, very consistent drift away from what I understood 267 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 1: to be the classic presentation and embrace of the Democrat party, 268 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: particularly for workers. We're now seeing Democrats embrace big tech 269 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 1: and big corporations some of those work agendas, and so 270 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: me and a lot of other conservative Democrats, particularly in 271 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: ural areas, said all right, we've had enough. We're becoming 272 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 1: independent or we're becoming Republicans. Hey, Brian, it's buck. I'm 273 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: wondering how you assess one year in to the Biden presidency. 274 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 1: One thing Clay and I talked about with a fair 275 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: amount or a fair amount, is how it doesn't seem 276 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 1: like there's really anything they can point to that as 277 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: a success. Is this in your mind as somebody who 278 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 1: as you, as you've said, used to vote Democrat? Is 279 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 1: this a moment of awakening for a lot of people 280 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 1: who maybe we're on the fence in twenty twenty and 281 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 1: now see through results just how ruinous a Biden presidency is. 282 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 1: I mean they basically do you think there's a lot 283 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: of voters regret out there for people who are who 284 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 1: are independence or who just barely broke for Biden. Well, 285 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: you just hit the nail on the head. If you 286 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 1: look at the polling for independence, and I'm sure we 287 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: all know our anecdotally and the friends and families, they're 288 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: all saying, look, you know, I President Trump, who did 289 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: a lot of great stuffs, maybe some of his personality 290 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: just couldn't stomach. So either I didn't vote, or I 291 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: did go ahead and pull the letter for Joe Biden. 292 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: But my goodness, I regret it. My father actually falls 293 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 1: into this category. So there are definitely people in this 294 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 1: country who I think are very gettable by smart people, 295 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 1: smart politicians who represent thoughtful policies. I hope that those 296 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 1: people choose conservatives, But I think we have to get 297 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 1: this man, Joe Biden, and this wing of his party 298 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 1: out of the office because they just they don't believe 299 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: in the goodness of America. Now, what I will tell 300 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: you is on the left, you're not seeing a lot 301 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 1: of degradation of progressive that wing of the party. They're 302 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 1: pretty tight still with being both Democrats and identifying and 303 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: supporting Joe Biden and his administration. So see the drift 304 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: from the left of the far left. Yet they may 305 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 1: stick at home and not vote, let's see, But I 306 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 1: think that they're in this thing This is a revolution 307 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 1: on the left that we've been experiencing really for the 308 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 1: past twenty years. The woke stuff, the emphasis on racial identities, 309 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: of divisions, and tribal parts of politics, especially racial tribal politics. 310 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 1: Democrats have bought that hook line and sinker, and that 311 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 1: is not a hysteria that they're going to abandon anytime soon. 312 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: We are talking appreciate him making the time for us. 313 00:16:56,360 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: We are talking with Brian Dean Wright, former CIA ops officer. 314 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 1: What do you think when you look at what's going 315 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: on in Ukraine? How much of that you mentioned that 316 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 1: some people are questioning their decision to support Biden over Trump, 317 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:14,680 Speaker 1: including your dad. How much do you think of what's 318 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 1: going on in Ukraine right now is peg to Biden's weakness, 319 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:22,439 Speaker 1: particularly in Afghanistan and also just around the world in general. 320 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 1: We haven't talked about it much, but Saudi Arabia's got 321 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:28,359 Speaker 1: their version of SNL making fun of Joe Biden in 322 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:31,199 Speaker 1: a way I never remembered them ridiculing a president before. 323 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 1: How much of all that is connected? Yeah, so two things. One, 324 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 1: if you look at a very stark fact, which is 325 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 1: the people in the Pentagon and in the White House, 326 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:44,680 Speaker 1: are the same folks who designed and executed our twenty 327 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 1: year war in Afghanistan and lost. They are all still 328 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 1: there and they are now putting together our plan and 329 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 1: executing it for a war in Europe against the Russians, 330 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:57,919 Speaker 1: a nuclear armed state, not a bunch of sheep herders 331 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: or goat herders in Afghanistan. All right, So that's kind 332 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: of a big deal. We should probably be talking about 333 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 1: that more and figuring out, hey, should we have a 334 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 1: change of our own regime in this country, both in 335 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:11,679 Speaker 1: the Pentagon and at the White House, maybe even the CIA, 336 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: so that intelligence leadership, the odni's office. So I think 337 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 1: that's where we have the first clean house. The second 338 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 1: question is how does the world view us? Right? Is 339 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 1: that important? At some levels it can be, but ultimately, 340 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: you know, we lead from the front behind. So I 341 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,880 Speaker 1: think that the world is seeing failure on our part 342 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 1: and the West in terms of the run up to 343 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:38,159 Speaker 1: the war Ukraine. Everybody knew it was coming or should have, 344 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: and then we sat back and we just let it happen. 345 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: I mean, if you recall Joe Biden told President Zleinsky 346 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 1: that basically he should step down and you should look 347 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 1: at asylum in other parts of Europe or the United States. 348 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 1: So I think that what you're seeing in Ukraine is 349 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:55,679 Speaker 1: really a failure of leadership in Europe, and it's a 350 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 1: failure of the United States of Joe Biden particular. And 351 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 1: now we're left to the mess, and there's a whole 352 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 1: good way for anybody to get out of this. Speaking 353 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 1: of Brian Dean Wright, former CIA operations officer, it's got 354 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 1: a new podcast that just launched, the President's Daily Brief. 355 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 1: I should go check that one out, Brian. To that end, 356 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 1: your CIA ioa CIA, that name, that brand, that entity, institution, 357 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:25,120 Speaker 1: along with many others in the intelligence world, has taken 358 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 1: an absolute beating in recent years, and people ask me, 359 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 1: do you think it is something that can be reformed 360 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: or does it really have to be rebuilt? Given all 361 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 1: the stuff about Russia collusion, the deep state, the former 362 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 1: directors signing that letter saying the Hunter Biden laptop was disinformation, 363 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 1: what do you think rebuilt or reformed? I think it 364 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 1: has to be rebuilt, and I think that we start 365 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: with the same approach that we took back in the 366 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 1: nineteen seventies when the CIA and it Tellson's community was 367 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 1: out of control and a number of committee investigations into 368 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 1: exactly what was going on, and there was actually decent 369 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: leadership at the time that said, yeah, we acknowledge that 370 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 1: there's a problem, let's put it all out on the table, 371 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 1: let's be honest with the American people, and then let's 372 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 1: fix it. So you have to have a change in 373 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 1: the White House because the President United States, of course, 374 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: it points the person that sits at landing, and then 375 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 1: that person has to understand that the problem exists and 376 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:22,199 Speaker 1: then be dogged and trying to fix it. And then 377 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:24,159 Speaker 1: of course you have to have oversight both in the 378 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 1: House and the Senate. They're recognizers a problem and wants 379 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,439 Speaker 1: to fix it too, So all the levers of power 380 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 1: have to be in unison and have the uniformity of 381 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:37,399 Speaker 1: belief that things are bad. The data or the stories 382 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 1: are both pretty clear that things are really screwed up 383 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,439 Speaker 1: in the intelligence community. From my view, I think from 384 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:46,400 Speaker 1: a lot of us who've been former officers and watching 385 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:50,880 Speaker 1: the politicization of our intelligence community, our brothers and sisters 386 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 1: who damn well know better. They hope that they shouldn't 387 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 1: be doing this, but they're doing it. So I think 388 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 1: it can be fixed. The question is what kind of 389 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:00,639 Speaker 1: leadership do we have to do? It not going to 390 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 1: happen now, and let's see if a Republican and conservative 391 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:08,159 Speaker 1: gets into office next time, if they have the backbone 392 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,400 Speaker 1: to get it done. Brian Dean right, everybody check out 393 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,120 Speaker 1: his new podcast, The President's Daily Brief. I'll be giving 394 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 1: him a listen. Brian. Great to have you, my friend 395 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: come back soon. You got it. A listener wrote to 396 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: let us know how they feel about relief Factor, our 397 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:26,640 Speaker 1: Everyday sponsor of this program. Michael says he's never experienced 398 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 1: a product that has made such a huge difference in 399 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 1: the way he feels each and every day. Michael no 400 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 1: longer has his daily headaches from his stiffness and pain 401 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 1: his body was experiencing. He feels twenty years younger as 402 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: a result of taking relief Factor every Day. Created by 403 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 1: doctors and perfective over fifteen years of scientific research, relief 404 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:48,639 Speaker 1: Factor was made for you with four key ingredients. Relief 405 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 1: Factor as a one hundred percent drug free product which 406 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: addresses joint pain, knee, hip, back, neck, and shoulder pain. 407 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,159 Speaker 1: Hundreds of thousands of people have ordered relief Factor, and 408 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 1: about seventy percent of them go on to order more 409 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 1: join them. More than half a million people in order 410 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 1: the three week quickstart for only nineteen ninety five. Go 411 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 1: to relief Factor dot com or call eight hundred four 412 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 1: Relief To get the nineteen ninety five three week quickstart 413 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 1: developed for you, go to relief Factor dot com or 414 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:21,120 Speaker 1: call eight hundred the number four Relief Move more, live more, 415 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:30,280 Speaker 1: and just enjoy your life more with Relief Factor. Welcome 416 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 1: in our number two Clay Travis buck Sexton Show Tuesday 417 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: edition of the program. We appreciate all of you hanging 418 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 1: out with us. Want to continue our welcome to everybody 419 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 1: all over the entire country, but particularly Seattle, where we 420 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 1: debuted yesterday on ten ninety. We appreciate all of you 421 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:52,000 Speaker 1: who are already listening and joining our family and crew. 422 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 1: There we got eight point five percent inflation, No huge 423 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 1: surprise there. That was the HT unfortunately in forty plus years, 424 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:06,359 Speaker 1: and it speaks to the fact that things are so 425 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 1: bad as it pertains to inflation that everybody's like well, 426 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: at least it was only eight point five percent. That, 427 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:18,159 Speaker 1: by the way, up from seven point nine percent, a 428 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 1: highest level that we have seen inflation in over forty years. 429 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 1: And not surprisingly, as more and more polls continue to 430 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 1: come out, Joe Biden's approval rating I saw at CBS 431 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 1: forty two percent, Investors Business Daily came out today forty 432 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:38,440 Speaker 1: two percent. I mean, all of them, one after the other, 433 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: are just unmitigated disasters for Joe Biden. We have got 434 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:48,359 Speaker 1: and will continue to follow a shooting on a subway 435 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:51,920 Speaker 1: in New York City. There is a suspect at large 436 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 1: that is being pursued. Have they officially they did? We 437 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 1: played that in the first hour. Suspect black man five five, 438 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 1: one hundred and eighty ish pounds is the way that 439 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: he has been described. We have a lot of listeners 440 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,359 Speaker 1: in New York City that man considered to be armed 441 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:13,440 Speaker 1: and dangerous. As they continue to pursue him. The situation, 442 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:18,680 Speaker 1: we continue to update you. The situation in Ukraine. Buck 443 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:22,399 Speaker 1: You at this point think this story is going to 444 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,119 Speaker 1: go on for how long? If you were setting it 445 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 1: over under? Are we talking now? I mean, because they've 446 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 1: been fighting in the Eastern Ukraine since twenty fourteen, have 447 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:34,919 Speaker 1: we basically returned to that level of battle where this 448 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 1: is something that's going to be going on in your 449 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: mind through the midterms and through the summer and into 450 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 1: the fall, or do you think this is something that 451 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:46,199 Speaker 1: gets resolved before that time frame. It's so hard to know. 452 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 1: I think that the consolidation of Russian forces and likely 453 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:55,479 Speaker 1: regrouping that they're doing for an offensive in the east 454 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:58,159 Speaker 1: is meant to try to try to punch through and 455 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,160 Speaker 1: consolidate the area if they already have in the southeast 456 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: and well the south, the southeast and east of the country, 457 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:07,479 Speaker 1: if you look along the Sea of Azov and the 458 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: Black Sea, they've essentially created this corridor that one cuts 459 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:16,160 Speaker 1: Ukraine off from the sea and also allows them contiguous 460 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 1: land control all the way to the Crimean Peninsula. And 461 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 1: I think that's an objective for Putin. But as you know, 462 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:24,920 Speaker 1: all along I've been saying, I think that there's the 463 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 1: Russian war machine will grind on longer than people think, 464 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 1: be more brutal than people anticipated. Though now I believe 465 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,640 Speaker 1: many people are getting more of an understanding of that 466 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 1: they're going to be fighting at this scale for at 467 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:40,359 Speaker 1: least another month or so. There might be some kind 468 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 1: of ceasefire, but I don't think he'll be happy until 469 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 1: he takes the eastern half of the country and maybe 470 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:49,159 Speaker 1: the capital city of Kieva itself, so that is ongoing, 471 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 1: and there's been the discussion about what sort of response 472 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 1: is appropriate in the United States and buck we kind 473 00:25:57,960 --> 00:25:59,920 Speaker 1: of hinted at this before when it comes to the 474 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 1: cultural scene, because if I'm not mistaken, there have been 475 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:11,359 Speaker 1: multiple performance venues that have said, Hey, this singer who's 476 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 1: Russian cannot perform here. This person is not allowed to 477 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:19,400 Speaker 1: be able to be involved because they have a Russian background, 478 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 1: irrespective of whether or not they are in some way 479 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:28,200 Speaker 1: committed to any sort of opinion relating to Russia's invasion 480 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:32,159 Speaker 1: of Ukraine. And oftentimes those have been very unintelligent in 481 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:35,120 Speaker 1: my mind. And I saw this story which came out 482 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 1: at the end of last week, but I haven't seen 483 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:42,920 Speaker 1: discussed that much. But the Boston Marathon is banning Russian 484 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: runners from being able to compete in the Boston Marathon. 485 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:53,640 Speaker 1: This feels crazy to me because one they're runners, they 486 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,919 Speaker 1: don't necessarily have anything at all to do with the 487 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 1: decision to invade Ukraine, and we don't even know whether 488 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:04,439 Speaker 1: or not they agree or disagree with the decision of 489 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:08,880 Speaker 1: their government. And we just went to China and been 490 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:13,959 Speaker 1: the knee in Beijing and allowed China to host the 491 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 1: the Olympics, which I didn't agree with the winner Olympics, 492 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 1: but I definitely do not agree with the United States 493 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 1: not allowing athletes based on their country of origin to 494 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: be able to compete in the Boston Marathon. This is 495 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 1: a poor decision, I think by the Boston Marathon people. 496 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 1: What do you It's absurd, Um, it's absurd. We've seen 497 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 1: this in a lot of different contexts. They've prevented young 498 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:42,200 Speaker 1: Russian pianists from performing in places, singers they've they've prevented 499 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:46,160 Speaker 1: people from being Russian. They've they've blocked Russian singers even 500 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:50,360 Speaker 1: from I believe a metropolitan opera here in New York City. 501 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 1: I mean, they've been doing this and it's completely insane. Um, 502 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 1: it's it's it's immoral. There's no basis for this. The 503 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 1: people who happen to be Russian, who are spread all 504 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 1: over the world, bear no individual responsibility by fact of 505 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 1: their Russian nous, for what's going on here. And I 506 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:11,399 Speaker 1: just think get points clay to the larger reality that 507 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:14,879 Speaker 1: we keep seeing now of there are people, and I 508 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:18,640 Speaker 1: believe that social media has played a very big part 509 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,920 Speaker 1: in this, because everybody who's involved in social media feels 510 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:24,159 Speaker 1: like they have a personal brand and they get this 511 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 1: little serotonin bump from the likes and the clicks and 512 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:29,320 Speaker 1: everything else. And people that have nothing to do with 513 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:33,199 Speaker 1: actual media for their business are still obsessed with how 514 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,440 Speaker 1: they present themselves to the world and whether it was 515 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 1: people that were taking all the selfies in masks, and 516 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 1: how they take the virus so seriously and the photos 517 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 1: themselves getting shots. Now it's you know, shot number four, 518 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 1: shot number five, whatever. Now it's you know, your avatar 519 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 1: is a Ukraine flag, and you'll do anything. You'll do 520 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:54,400 Speaker 1: anything to defeat You'll pay fifty dollars a gallon to 521 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 1: defeat Vladimir Putin. It's just, you know, there's a war 522 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 1: going on. We're not in the war. It's compleated. There 523 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,720 Speaker 1: are a lot of things happening. Putting the Ukraine flag 524 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:08,000 Speaker 1: up is you know, let's be It means nothing. Honestly, 525 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,080 Speaker 1: in the context of social media accounts. It doesn't do anything, 526 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 1: but it makes people feel like they have a part 527 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:18,160 Speaker 1: in this fight. And unfortunately, I think that rush to 528 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 1: be a part of the virtuous mob here results in 529 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:23,320 Speaker 1: some bad decisions. I mean, yeah, if you want to 530 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 1: put a Ukraine flag up. That's fine. I mean, I'm 531 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 1: just pointing out that it doesn't really do anything but 532 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 1: barring people from being able to run in the marathon 533 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,480 Speaker 1: or professionally harming people because they're Russian. I mean, it's 534 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 1: one thing to say this is like Putin's best friend. Okay, fine, 535 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:41,000 Speaker 1: but someone happens to be Russian And how far back 536 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,240 Speaker 1: do we take if someone's Russian origin and they've lived 537 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 1: in the United States for ten years, are we to 538 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,040 Speaker 1: think that there's some kind of there's a need to 539 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:52,040 Speaker 1: punish them. I mean, this is this is a at 540 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 1: a time when we're seeing what they're what the state 541 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:56,400 Speaker 1: is willing to do to people in Shanghai for the 542 00:29:56,440 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 1: collective good. This notion of punishing people for the collective 543 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:04,200 Speaker 1: good without any due process whatsoever, should be something that 544 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 1: gives everybody a lot of pause. I don't think there's 545 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 1: any doubt at all. And one question that I've been 546 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,960 Speaker 1: asking and we've been discussing on this show is, to 547 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:17,480 Speaker 1: your point, Buck, much of the default social justice support 548 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:21,720 Speaker 1: for Ukraine is predicated on requiring people to do as 549 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:24,480 Speaker 1: little as possible. Right, you grab an image of the 550 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 1: Ukrainian flag and put it up as your social media avatar. 551 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 1: I don't know how much longer that lasts. There's going 552 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:35,960 Speaker 1: to be some new, some new cause that rises up 553 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,680 Speaker 1: that I think pushes Ukraine frankly off of the front 554 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 1: pages of the newspaper in the days and weeks and 555 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:46,160 Speaker 1: months ahead, particularly if we end up in this Eastern 556 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:51,560 Speaker 1: Ukraine Russian stalemate where you've got a lot of a 557 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 1: lot of sort of in there's not a narrative right 558 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,960 Speaker 1: when you're just kind of lined up and engaged in 559 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,960 Speaker 1: a long protracted struggle, whether not Kiev was going to 560 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:04,600 Speaker 1: be taken, whether or not Zelinsky was going to be safe. 561 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:09,760 Speaker 1: Those are storyline people can follow. A bogged down trench 562 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:13,959 Speaker 1: warfare battle situation in Eastern Ukraine is not, and to 563 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:17,960 Speaker 1: your point, it eventually leads all of this. Hey, Ukraine 564 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:20,240 Speaker 1: is the good guys, Russia as the bad guys to 565 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,200 Speaker 1: really poor decisions. Whether it's not allowing somebody to sing 566 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,719 Speaker 1: as a part of the Metropolitan Opera because she happens 567 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:29,360 Speaker 1: to be Russian, or I believe it's sixty's it's Russian 568 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:34,160 Speaker 1: and bella Russian over sixty runners are not being allowed 569 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,840 Speaker 1: to compete in the Boston manage. It's also deeply at 570 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 1: some level, I think you could argue deeply counterproductive actually 571 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 1: to do this, what we want is for the Russian 572 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 1: people to be furious with their leadership in Vladimir Putin. Yeah, 573 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:50,719 Speaker 1: sanctions are really just punishing the Russian population. It's not 574 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 1: really punishing Vladimir Putin, He's a billionaire many times over. 575 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,160 Speaker 1: It's not punishing the oligarchs who are still in Russia, 576 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 1: who are living the high. If you're respective of how 577 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:04,720 Speaker 1: many yachts are seized off the coast of England or 578 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:08,520 Speaker 1: in Dubai or wherever, doesn't actually change anything. And I'm 579 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:11,520 Speaker 1: reminded of a very wise Polish friend of mine who 580 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 1: once just quipped, nothing brings the Russians together like suffering. 581 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,880 Speaker 1: And I'm talking about the Russian people inside of that country. Now, 582 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:23,000 Speaker 1: if we're going to create a world where being Russian 583 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:25,920 Speaker 1: is something that must be punished, what you actually end 584 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:29,760 Speaker 1: up doing is creating a siege mentality within the Russian 585 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:33,120 Speaker 1: Federation for the population. They're saying, are we I mean, 586 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,000 Speaker 1: am I not welcome anywhere else in the world? If 587 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:36,520 Speaker 1: I were to visit, Am I going to be treated 588 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:40,160 Speaker 1: like I'm some kind of a criminal. And given what 589 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:43,040 Speaker 1: we're doing, you could understand how that mentality we're making 590 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:46,600 Speaker 1: them poor. Whether the rubles apparently bounced back substantially, so 591 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:53,120 Speaker 1: our whole economic warfare plan so far has been unsuccessful. 592 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 1: And I think it was greatly overstated from the beginning 593 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:59,160 Speaker 1: about how, oh the think of all the speeches that 594 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:02,280 Speaker 1: Biden gave play about the punishing sang, oh, these sanctions 595 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:07,200 Speaker 1: and more sanctions, and when of sanctions ever worked? That's 596 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:11,160 Speaker 1: what That's what he said. Before we were implementing the sanctions. 597 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,240 Speaker 1: They kind of undercut the process. It's as if he 598 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:16,560 Speaker 1: recognized that they weren't going to work. And this is 599 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:20,360 Speaker 1: to a large extent a virtue signaling gesture on the 600 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,280 Speaker 1: heart bath of the larger world. But I think to 601 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:27,240 Speaker 1: your point Vladimir Putin, when we are canceling runners, it 602 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:31,520 Speaker 1: plays into his claim that Russians are being canceled, and 603 00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:35,120 Speaker 1: so it actually ends up benefiting him in some way. 604 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,440 Speaker 1: And I saw this yesterday. I was mentioning to you 605 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 1: off air. I guess Russian State TV was running an 606 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,920 Speaker 1: interview that I did on Fox News where I said, Hey, 607 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:47,760 Speaker 1: women shouldn't be competing against biological men who decide to 608 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,520 Speaker 1: identify as women, and the Keith Olberman's and some of 609 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:52,320 Speaker 1: the left wingers were like, oh, this is why you 610 00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:54,760 Speaker 1: can't trust Clay Travis. Look, they're playing an interview of 611 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:58,840 Speaker 1: him on Russian television, and I tweeted back. I was like, well, 612 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,440 Speaker 1: I mean, the Russian agree with me, like the vast 613 00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:04,680 Speaker 1: majority of people in the world, even if it doesn't 614 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:07,320 Speaker 1: matter where you're from, if you're in any way interested 615 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:10,600 Speaker 1: in fair competition, men shouldn't be competing with women. But 616 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:14,200 Speaker 1: what they're trying to do is the idea that Russia 617 00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:16,520 Speaker 1: agrees with any American and obviously they try to do 618 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:19,360 Speaker 1: this with Tucker in a large extent. It's somehow trying 619 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:23,720 Speaker 1: to cancel Americans who are in any way being endorsed 620 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,520 Speaker 1: for any reason by Russian television. And I'm like, well, 621 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 1: I don't have to agree with everything Russia does to 622 00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:33,520 Speaker 1: agree with Russia that biological men shouldn't be competing against women. 623 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:35,359 Speaker 1: But that's where we are, where they're trying to cancel 624 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,719 Speaker 1: people like us in media. I think it's important to 625 00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:43,719 Speaker 1: remember what our American goals are here. Number One, that 626 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,240 Speaker 1: we don't get drawn into a war with a country 627 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:49,200 Speaker 1: with thousands of nuclear missiles because of how that could 628 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:53,239 Speaker 1: dramatically escalate. That's the step one for us, right and 629 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:56,000 Speaker 1: let's be honest. I think that that is our primary. 630 00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:58,399 Speaker 1: That is the number one goal and then number two 631 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,640 Speaker 1: goals as much as we can try to help effect 632 00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:05,120 Speaker 1: this is bring the war to a close, to have 633 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:08,879 Speaker 1: the bullets and bombs stop so that people aren't being 634 00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,759 Speaker 1: killed and people aren't being harmed. And you need to 635 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:15,960 Speaker 1: think beyond the Russia bad Russia bad context to get 636 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:20,360 Speaker 1: us there is it Russia's war of aggression? Yes? Is 637 00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:23,160 Speaker 1: Russia at fall for this, yes? But how do we 638 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:27,280 Speaker 1: create an off ramp where Vladimir Putin will finally say, okay, 639 00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:31,080 Speaker 1: we'll stop this so people stop dying. That's actually I mean, 640 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:34,080 Speaker 1: I think that's how adults think about this. Yeah, not this. 641 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,040 Speaker 1: You know, Oh, they're gonna push all the Russians out 642 00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:37,440 Speaker 1: of the country and then we're gonna march all the 643 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:41,440 Speaker 1: way to Moscow. Mentality that seems to be taking hold 644 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:43,960 Speaker 1: with some people not a not a very helpful place 645 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,040 Speaker 1: for it to be. We'll talk to our friend Brian 646 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:49,680 Speaker 1: Dean Wright, formerly of the CIA, my brother from the CIA. 647 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,440 Speaker 1: We'll talk to him in just a few moments about this. 648 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:56,160 Speaker 1: And also we've got that Biden's speech about guns yesterday, 649 00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:59,080 Speaker 1: ghost guns specifically getting a lot of attention. We've got 650 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:04,000 Speaker 1: Blake Master, Arizona Senate candidate and CEO of Teal Capitol. 651 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 1: He'll be with us in the third hour the program 652 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:11,800 Speaker 1: on ghost guns. And but I know k homemade kit guns, 653 00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:14,240 Speaker 1: they call them ghost guns. This is what ends up happening. 654 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:16,920 Speaker 1: We'll come back to this. Hillsdale College has had a 655 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,920 Speaker 1: mission since it's founding, and that's to explain and defend 656 00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:22,400 Speaker 1: our nation's freedoms. For years, that was done in the 657 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:26,040 Speaker 1: classrooms and lecture halls. But for Hillsdale's professors and administration, 658 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:28,360 Speaker 1: reaching you in the comfort of your home is appealing, 659 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:30,840 Speaker 1: and that's why they've created some two dozen on demand 660 00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:35,080 Speaker 1: video courses, all free and all available online. Millions of 661 00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:39,080 Speaker 1: Americans have benefited from the learning experience. Hillsdale's new free 662 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:42,680 Speaker 1: course on American Citizenship will help you learn about what's 663 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:45,640 Speaker 1: happening to the values of our citizenship and why, like you, 664 00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:48,000 Speaker 1: they've noticed the divide in our country and the labels 665 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:51,080 Speaker 1: many people now used to define themselves ahead of being 666 00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:54,120 Speaker 1: Americans a Chorus is taught by doctor Victor Davis Hansen, 667 00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:57,560 Speaker 1: who both informs and inspires you to take action. You 668 00:36:57,600 --> 00:36:59,680 Speaker 1: can sign up for free at Clay and Buck for 669 00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:02,840 Speaker 1: Dale dot com. You'll learn about topics like the history 670 00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:06,440 Speaker 1: of citizenship, the deep state, even the great Reset. Please 671 00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:09,680 Speaker 1: sign up today to take Hillsdale's free course at Clay 672 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:13,840 Speaker 1: and Buck fo Hillsdale dot com. That's Clay and Buck 673 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:21,560 Speaker 1: fo Hillsdale dot com. Welcome back to Clay and Buck. 674 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:24,600 Speaker 1: I wanted to take a minute here to talk about 675 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:28,080 Speaker 1: something positive that it is going on positive steps, building 676 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:31,719 Speaker 1: things up, making things better in this country and as 677 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:33,920 Speaker 1: feels like it is often the case these days. That 678 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:38,439 Speaker 1: directs our attention toward the great State of Florida, where 679 00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:44,439 Speaker 1: Governor Rhnda Santis has signed legislation signed a bill now 680 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:48,880 Speaker 1: a law, HB seven zero six five, which will direct 681 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:55,920 Speaker 1: millions of dollars to support men in the role of fathers, 682 00:37:56,160 --> 00:38:00,600 Speaker 1: helping people be dad's, assigning case managers to help fathers 683 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:04,160 Speaker 1: find jobs, and signing case managers to help dads transition 684 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:08,480 Speaker 1: if they had to serve time in prison. Helping out dads. 685 00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:13,040 Speaker 1: Isn't this an important and remarkable thing? Here? You'll be 686 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:17,919 Speaker 1: signing HB seven sixty five, which helps support seventy sixty five, 687 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:22,239 Speaker 1: which helps support fathers and encourage their active participation in 688 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:25,480 Speaker 1: their children's lives. Not only are there good initiatives, this 689 00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:29,759 Speaker 1: comes with funding that will help make those initiatives effective. 690 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:33,279 Speaker 1: So this bill is tied to seventy million dollars in 691 00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:37,040 Speaker 1: funding to provide a wide array of family and youth 692 00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:40,359 Speaker 1: support through our Department of Children and Families as well 693 00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:43,359 Speaker 1: as our Department of Juvenile Justice, and they will be 694 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:48,200 Speaker 1: working very closely to support fatherhood throughout our state. We 695 00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:51,520 Speaker 1: have a fatherlessness crisis in this country, Clay, and all 696 00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:56,680 Speaker 1: the social science points to how that affects crime, drug use, dropouts, 697 00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:59,319 Speaker 1: all of it. Yeah, there's a great quote. One of 698 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:03,200 Speaker 1: the people that would at that law being signed is 699 00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:08,120 Speaker 1: Tony Dungee, who is a former Indianapolis Colts and Tampa 700 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:10,480 Speaker 1: Bay buccaneer coach. A lot of NFL fans will know 701 00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:13,280 Speaker 1: Tony Dungee well, he lives in the state of Florida. 702 00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:16,880 Speaker 1: Now one of the beneficiaries of that seventy million dollars 703 00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:20,800 Speaker 1: will be Tony Dungee's all pro dad and he spoke 704 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:25,239 Speaker 1: at this event and said, I asked, how did these 705 00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:28,960 Speaker 1: young boys, nineteen twenty twenty one year olds end up 706 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:34,320 Speaker 1: in prison. This is a quote from Tony Dungee, and 707 00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:40,000 Speaker 1: he said, the data reflects it's not socioeconomic, it's not racial, 708 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:45,640 Speaker 1: it's not education, it's none of that. Ninety five percent 709 00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:49,800 Speaker 1: of these boys didn't grow up with their dad. And 710 00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:53,920 Speaker 1: the data reflects that if you do not have a 711 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:57,920 Speaker 1: father or a father figure in your house, that boys 712 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:05,640 Speaker 1: in particular are particularly susceptible to ill influences in their communities. 713 00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:09,160 Speaker 1: And so when a father is not present, when a 714 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:13,440 Speaker 1: father figure is not present in the household, ninety five percent. 715 00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:15,800 Speaker 1: It's a staggering stat the Tony Dungee shared at the 716 00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:18,720 Speaker 1: De Santis press conference. Ninety five percent of the boys, 717 00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:22,960 Speaker 1: young kids in prison there are there because they may 718 00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:24,680 Speaker 1: not have had a dad in their house. So that's 719 00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:27,160 Speaker 1: money that's being well spent. Credit to Rhinda Santis and 720 00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:30,680 Speaker 1: Tony Dungee for coming together yesterday for that in Florida. 721 00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:32,560 Speaker 1: I want to tell you all about how to protect 722 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:36,080 Speaker 1: your privacy on the internet. It is I right now 723 00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:39,200 Speaker 1: time for the IRS info to be going out and 724 00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:43,319 Speaker 1: right now LifeLock can help you catch some of the 725 00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:46,280 Speaker 1: issues that may be arising, like you're so security number 726 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:49,239 Speaker 1: being in the wrong hands. If LifeLock suspects you're a 727 00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:52,279 Speaker 1: victim of online identity theft, they're in touch with you 728 00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:54,880 Speaker 1: to confirm or deny the issue, and if you're a victim, 729 00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:58,080 Speaker 1: they give a dedicated restoration specialists to help fit the 730 00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:01,200 Speaker 1: problems that are caused. You're info is often out there 731 00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:04,440 Speaker 1: circulating on the Internet. No one can prevent all identity 732 00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,799 Speaker 1: theft or monitor all transactions at all businesses, but you 733 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:11,080 Speaker 1: can help protect what's yours with LifeLock by Norton. Get 734 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:14,080 Speaker 1: signed up today twenty five percent off your first year 735 00:41:14,239 --> 00:41:18,200 Speaker 1: using the promo code Clay that Clay one eight hundred 736 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:21,560 Speaker 1: LifeLock or go online LifeLock dot com use the promo 737 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:23,600 Speaker 1: code Clay for twenty five percent off