1 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: Welcome in Tuesday edition Clay Travis buck Sexton Show. Appreciate 2 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: all of you hanging out with us as we are 3 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: often running here on today's program. As you are likely aware, 4 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 1: Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee to be Defense Secretary, has been 5 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: in front of the Senate for the Subcommittee of the 6 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: Senate for his hearing. As the Senate advises and consents 7 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:33,559 Speaker 1: on the Trump cabinet nominees, that process officially underway. I 8 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,840 Speaker 1: watched much of it this morning as I was doing 9 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: my reading and getting ready for today's program. And I'm 10 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 1: not surprised by this because people who make a living 11 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: on TV are usually pretty good at talking on TV, 12 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 1: which is what a hearing is. And Pete Hegseth sitting 13 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: at that table has I think solidified the fact that 14 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: he is going to be confirmed. At this point, I 15 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: would consider it to be shocking if he is not 16 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 1: Defense Secretary. I also think this ties in with Tulci 17 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: Gabbard and RFK Junior and Cash Pattel and anyone else 18 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 1: out there that might be a target going forward of attack, 19 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: as Matt Gates was earlier as Attorney General. I think 20 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: all these guys and gals are going to get confirmed. 21 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 1: I feel good about Trump being able to get his 22 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:31,759 Speaker 1: people into positions that he wants them to be in. Now, 23 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: I do believe that it may get dragged out. There 24 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: will be a lot of lingering, a lot of whining, 25 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 1: a lot of rear guard action from the Senate Democrats 26 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: led by Chuck Schumer. But Buck, I think Trump's going 27 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: to get his guys in gals. I think he's going 28 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: to get the team that he has nominated. 29 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 2: Again. 30 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: I think there will still be some battles, But looking 31 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: at the way this is playing out, I think everybody's 32 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: going to get nominated. But certainly Seth has done well 33 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: for himself today, as both you and I anticipated that 34 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 1: he would, and I think he's going to be the 35 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: next Secretary of Defense. 36 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 3: Well, there's certainly the front running of a lot of 37 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 3: the attacks that has occurred, and I think that that 38 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 3: means that the moment of panic, which is what they 39 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 3: usually use to try to derail a nomination, that's not 40 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 3: going to happen. We've already heard all the things that 41 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,920 Speaker 3: they're going to that the critics of Pete Hegseth are 42 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 3: going to say. They're already out there the critics of 43 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 3: RFK Junior, the stuff that they've talked about, the bear, 44 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 3: the whale, you know, these different that's all out there 45 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 3: right never and also vaccines. I don't think that there's 46 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 3: anything that's going to come forward on these nominees that 47 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 3: will create that moment of oh my gosh, this person's 48 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 3: too much of a liability. And this is the game 49 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 3: that they've played in the past. We've seen this, you know, 50 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 3: the timing of it manipulated, whether it's for a nominee 51 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 3: Brett Kavanaugh among the most famous of all time, efforts 52 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 3: to submarine somebody at the last minute. But then also 53 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 3: even with Trump himself with the Billy Bush tape, you know, 54 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 3: the Access Hollywood tape, whatever you want to call it, 55 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 3: where they hold these things for maximum effect. This stuff 56 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 3: is already out there about these different nominees. And I 57 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 3: think that when you see the people that you need 58 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 3: to be rallying around you, particularly on the military side. 59 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 3: You just got a lot of war fighters lining up. 60 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 3: We're saying Pete's the guy, and I haven't heard anybody 61 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 3: come forward. I haven't seen anybody come forward from them. 62 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 3: The war fighter community, who is really opposed to Pete 63 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 3: in this role, So Clay, I think he's looking good. 64 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 3: I think all of these prominent nominees are are likely 65 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 3: to get through. The only ones that they're still making 66 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 3: some noise about. I saw this is well. The Washington 67 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 3: Post editorial board, hasn't you see this has endorsed every 68 00:03:56,080 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 3: high level Trump nominee except Taulsey Gabbard, Pete, hegg Seth, 69 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 3: RFK Junior, and Vaught. 70 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 2: I don't know who's Vaught. I look, I think they're 71 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 2: all going to lose. 72 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: I think one of the interesting ways to examine this 73 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: is you and I are both still angry over the 74 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:21,799 Speaker 1: Kavanaugh hearings which were twenty eighteen. 75 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 3: Just real quick, Vaught is the OMB nominee Office of 76 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 3: Management and Budget, that Russell Vaught. They have some problem 77 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,279 Speaker 3: with him. I don't know that's a surprise. Apparently they'll 78 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 3: like him. But yes, you were saying the watcht. 79 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 1: The Post not being in favor of someone being nominated 80 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: is actually probably the best endorsement Trump could see for 81 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: why they should be nominated. To be fair, but if 82 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: you look at Kavanaugh in eighteen and everything that they 83 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: threw at him in the fall of eighteen, if I 84 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 1: remember as he was attempting to ascend to the Supreme Court, 85 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:59,239 Speaker 1: and you compare it with Pete hegg Seth six years later. 86 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: To me, Buck, it's an interesting window in that personal 87 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: peccadillos or attacks, it seems to me, are basically over. 88 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 2: We had that me too, where it didn't matter. 89 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: Remember when Matt Damon came out and said, hey, there 90 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 1: should be a difference between whether you raped somebody or 91 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:23,719 Speaker 1: like you padded him on the butt at a bar, 92 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: and everybody was like, what is Matt Damon talking about? 93 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: All of that is the same, and he's like, actually, 94 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 1: there's pretty significant gradations of difference between like hitting on 95 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 1: someone maybe a little bit inappropriately and raping someone, and 96 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 1: everyone understands that. 97 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,039 Speaker 3: I remember Ezra Cline when he was really at the 98 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 3: peak of his bizarre powers, because I don't know why 99 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 3: anybody would listen to or like that individual particularly, but 100 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,160 Speaker 3: he said on MSNBC, I'll never forget this that even 101 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 3: if there are some people who are innocent who get 102 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 3: caught up in these rape and sexual assault allegations, from 103 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 3: me too, that's on balance a good thing because we 104 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 3: need men to be afraid right now, and we need 105 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 3: them to be on their back feet. Basically, I'm paraphrais, 106 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:07,159 Speaker 3: but he's like, look, if we get to make an omelet, 107 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:09,280 Speaker 3: you gotta break a few eggs. A few innocent guys 108 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 3: got to go to prison for rape. That's the way 109 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 3: it's gonna be. And I mean this was the fact 110 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 3: that that that's like the most evil thing that I 111 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 3: had heard anybody say on TV. I don't know, maybe ever, 112 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 3: that's one of the most horrible things I've ever heard 113 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 3: somebody say on television. And I've seen this and this 114 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 3: was a feature of what what happened with me too, 115 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:30,919 Speaker 3: was that there were people who did bad things and 116 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 3: everyone freaked out because the bad things have been covered 117 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:36,479 Speaker 3: up for a long time. And then the machine, the 118 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 3: Democrat machine, decided, Oh, while everyone's freaked out, we can 119 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 3: mobilize and use this now against against specific targets, cover 120 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:46,919 Speaker 3: for some attack others. That's the weaponization component. And the 121 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 3: Kavanaugh part. The Kavanaugh was the you know, that was 122 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 3: that was the that was the pinnacle of it. 123 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 2: Now. I said this at the time. 124 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 3: If you can say some guy grabbed me or did 125 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 3: something thirty years ago, I don't remember the day. 126 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:00,480 Speaker 2: Nobody was there, Nobody you can. 127 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 3: Destroy anyone any for any man listening to this right 128 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 3: now could be destroyed because you can't defend yourself about, 129 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 3: you know, twenty five, thirty thirty five years ago at 130 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 3: a party. 131 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: Where somebody accuses you at a high school party of 132 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: trying to make out with them, and that is disqualifying 133 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,239 Speaker 1: for you to be Supreme Court justice forty years later. 134 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 1: There's almost no man in America who can say, man, 135 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: I you know, I can guarantee you that when I 136 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: was sixteen, I never tried to make out with a 137 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: girl and it didn't go awkwardly or whatever the standard is. 138 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: Particularly as your point is, there's no evidence of when 139 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: it happened, there's no evidence of where it was. You 140 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 1: don't even remember meeting the girl, you don't even. 141 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 2: Know the dates. 142 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: I mean again, if Kavanaugh hadn't had that dorky, be honest, 143 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: that supremely dorky calendar that he kept, where like basically 144 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: he was writing down all the things that he did 145 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 1: for his entire life going all the way back to then, 146 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: he might not be a. 147 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 2: Spring Court justice today. 148 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: But I do think in that six year window, America 149 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: has decided there may be reasons you don't want someone 150 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: to be in a position of prominence, but it's not 151 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: gonna be because of something in their background that you 152 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: don't like. And let me tell you this, Kamala Harris, 153 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: I mean, Kamala Harris does not have a sterling record. 154 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 2: In my opinion. We talked about this on the show. 155 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 2: When you're in your. 156 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: Twenties and you're dating a guy in your sixties, I'm sorry, 157 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: I think that's weird, and I don't think that's something 158 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 1: that most women in their twenties do, and I think 159 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: most of them kind of look askance at that. But 160 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,959 Speaker 1: Kamala Harris didn't lose because of what she did when 161 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: she was in her twenties, or her thirties or even 162 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: her forties. She lost because she was a bad candidate. 163 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:41,679 Speaker 1: And Trump didn't lose because of the allegations against him personally. 164 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 1: So when I see Hegsath sitting down at that table 165 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 1: and it seems quite clear to me that he's going 166 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:50,719 Speaker 1: to be confirmed, I think I think we may be 167 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 1: moving outside of the politics of personal destruction era. 168 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 2: And let me give you a little bit more of 169 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:58,959 Speaker 2: a corollary here on this buck the. 170 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:05,319 Speaker 1: Younger audience, all of them are screwed because everything stupid 171 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 1: that they've done is on video when they were in 172 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,719 Speaker 1: their teenagers year, teenage years. 173 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:12,839 Speaker 2: When they were in their twenties. 174 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:18,440 Speaker 1: Their past is solidified in video in a way that 175 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:23,559 Speaker 1: virtually none if you're like our age or older, certainly, 176 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: I would even say forty probably has a cut off line. Now, 177 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:30,200 Speaker 1: you didn't live primarily in a digital life when you 178 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: were growing up. Every one of the people who are 179 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: younger than forty now, I'm just telling you, there are 180 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 1: videos of them doing the dumbest things that they ever 181 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: did in their life. There's postings on social media of 182 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: them doing stupid things. It's like everybody has mutually assured 183 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: destruction in their past. I feel like culturally this may 184 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 1: be a big difference going forward. And remember buck to me, 185 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: and again, I'm a history nerd. Do you remember when 186 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: this really started, this idea of we're going to go 187 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: deep into people's backgrounds and we're going to destroy them 188 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 1: based on decisions that they have made. Bork, who are 189 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 1: you gonna go with here? Well, Bork is a good one. 190 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 1: The monkey business guy who got caught Gary Hart. Gary Hart, 191 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: A lot of people don't remember this story, but Gary 192 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: Hart was potentially going to be the nominee, I believe 193 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,959 Speaker 1: for Democrats for president, and there were all these rumors 194 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: about womanizing in his past, and he asked people to 195 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 1: catch him, and they caught him and it basically destroyed 196 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:36,680 Speaker 1: his political career. He was on a boat called monkey 197 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 1: Business with some cute girls. Like I think he was 198 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:41,439 Speaker 1: the Senator at the time. This is a really interesting 199 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 1: story to go back and look at. It didn't happen 200 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: before then. JFK I was sleeping with everything that moved LBJ, 201 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:53,320 Speaker 1: like all of these guys in their backgrounds, even FDR 202 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 1: the guy was in a wheelchair. 203 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 2: He's having affairs. Nobody cared. 204 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 1: It only started in like the eighties, and it ran 205 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: up into through the Clinton years, into the early two thousands, 206 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: and then on up to Kavanaugh. I feel like that 207 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: window is actually not representative of what historically has happened, 208 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:11,199 Speaker 1: and now it feels like it's fading a bit. That 209 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 1: would be my bigger analysis of of what I'm taking 210 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:17,439 Speaker 1: away from Hegseth's testimony today. 211 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, I also think that you look at Pete's 212 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 3: background and as much as they wanted to dismiss him 213 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:28,320 Speaker 3: as a as a TV host, which you know as 214 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 3: radio hosts. I feel like, hey, you know, don't dismiss 215 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 3: people because they work in media. He's also a guy 216 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:38,559 Speaker 3: who served his country in uniform and did so honorably 217 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 3: and went to I don't know how much people care 218 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 3: about impressive schools for these kinds of roles anymore. 219 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 2: A lot of people go to impressive. 220 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 3: Schools and their absolute morons, and I truly mean that, 221 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 3: So that doesn't really This is part of the legacy 222 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 3: of Dei as well, I might add, is that these 223 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:56,559 Speaker 3: schools have increasingly that it's not just DEI, also legacy 224 00:11:56,640 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 3: and you know, different reasons for admission as well, although legacy, 225 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 3: he admits, usually have much closer SATs to the mean 226 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 3: than DEI admits to. People want to talk about that, 227 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 3: but that's the truth anyway. I think that Pete has 228 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 3: plenty of the skill set necessary to the job. I mean, 229 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 3: look at people who have had this job. Leon Panetta, 230 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:18,079 Speaker 3: in what universe is Leon Panetta impressive? Because he's been 231 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 3: on Capitol Hill for like decades and was a congressman. 232 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 3: That that means that he somehow was you know, member 233 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 3: during the Obama administration. He was CIA Director and Secretary 234 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 3: of Defense. Okay, you know it's these are jobs that 235 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 3: are hard to They're hard to get, but there are 236 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 3: a lot of people who can do them. And I 237 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 3: think that we're seeing that play out right now where 238 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 3: there's plenty of reason to believe that the people that 239 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 3: Trump wants to have in these roles will do an 240 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 3: excellent job in these roles. Once again, Clay, I'm a 241 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 3: little taken aback by how little it seems that the 242 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:53,839 Speaker 3: resistance is able to get going here. 243 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:55,719 Speaker 1: You know, I think you're one hundred percent right. I 244 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:58,320 Speaker 1: looked at the pictures of the people that were anti Hegseth. 245 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 1: I don't know if you saw them like in thee hearing, 246 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:02,839 Speaker 1: and I just thought to myself, can you imagine being 247 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 1: such a loser that you get dressed up to show 248 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 1: up in a committee room hearing accusing Pete Heggseeth of 249 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:10,839 Speaker 1: of being you know, like. 250 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:15,320 Speaker 2: They gonna be misogynists. I think misogynist is what was yelled. Yes. 251 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 1: I just looked at the picture of them and the 252 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: video and I thought, man, this is actually a good 253 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 1: advertisement for Pete hegg Seth because the people who are 254 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 1: protesting against him are such complete and total losers, And 255 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 1: you're right. I think that's why everybody's gonna get confirmed. 256 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 1: There is no real resistance that has emerged so far 257 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: against Trump. 258 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 2: Well. 259 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 3: I also think that in the classic Trump move would be, 260 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 3: if you try to block one of these nominees, he'll 261 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 3: just pick somebody who's even more of a fire breather 262 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 3: and drives them even crazier and see and you know 263 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 3: he'll he'll double down on somebody else. 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Find them on the free iHeartRadio 289 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 4: app or wherever you get your podcasts. 290 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 2: All right, welcome back into Clay and Buck. 291 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 3: We got Pete Hegsath testifying today in front of the 292 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 3: Senate in preparation for a vote on him as Secretary 293 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 3: of Defense. And one of the reasons I think that 294 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 3: we've seen so many people come forward from the military community, 295 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 3: and I use the term warfighter. Look, everyone who serves 296 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 3: the military serves honorably. That's your service. But some people 297 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 3: are in combat zones and see combat and others don't. 298 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 3: And I do think there's a distinction there. Pete served 299 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 3: in combat zones. Pete was a combat veteran, and given 300 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 3: what we've seen over the last couple of decades with 301 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 3: the deployment of military, the heavy reliance on war fighters 302 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 3: to do so many deployments, and the lack of strategy 303 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 3: and the lack of political reality from the top down, 304 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 3: that they've had to just deal with having somebody who, 305 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 3: as Pete says, has dust on his boots at the 306 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 3: helm of the pentagon. That's a change of pace that 307 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 3: warfighters want play. 308 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 2: Three. 309 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 5: Now, it is true and has been acknowledged, that I 310 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 5: don't have a similar biography to defense secretaries of the 311 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 5: last thirty years. But as President Trump also told me, 312 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 5: we've repeatedly placed people atop the pentagon with supposedly the 313 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 5: right credentials, whether they are retire generals, academics, or defense 314 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 5: contractor executives. And where has it gotten us? He believes, 315 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 5: and I humbly agree, that it's time to give someone 316 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 5: with dust on his boots the helm a change agent, 317 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 5: someone with no vested interest in certain companies or specific 318 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 5: programs or approved narratives. My only special interest is the warfighter. 319 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 3: I think that says it right centrally summarize for everybody. 320 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 1: Clay, I think again, the senators are actually losing to 321 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:04,880 Speaker 1: a more talent communicator and a more talented TV guy. Honestly, 322 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: the Democrat senators come off as histrionic. And I watched Gillibrand, 323 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 1: and I watched Blumenthal, and I watched Mazie Horano. All 324 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 1: these Democrat senators that are trying to attack Pete Hagseeth, 325 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: they just come off looking really emotional and not particularly 326 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 1: intelligent or intelligentic relative to him. And I just don't 327 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: even think this is close. I think I can give 328 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 1: you a little bit of prediction. I think Fennterman might 329 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 1: vote for hag Seth. 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We have got the Pete Hag set hearings ongoing. 356 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 1: I was looking Buck because my good polymarket I haven't 357 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 1: talked about the gambling odds in some time, and during 358 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 1: this commercial break we were on they actually have odds 359 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:14,119 Speaker 1: on whether or not you can you expect somebody to 360 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 1: be confirmed, And everybody right now, with millions and millions 361 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:24,879 Speaker 1: of dollars bet is expected to be confirmed. Up to 362 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: eighty percent chances for everybody. So the point on this 363 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,080 Speaker 1: is not that this is one hundred percent accurate, but 364 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: if you believe somebody's going to get shot down as 365 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 1: a nominee, you can basically get four to one odds 366 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 1: that that's going to happen. In other words, you get 367 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,959 Speaker 1: four times your money. And I want to just kind 368 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,160 Speaker 1: of hammer this home because I haven't heard anybody else 369 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:57,400 Speaker 1: talk about it yet. Watch as Democrats, recognizing that Republicans 370 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:01,880 Speaker 1: are willing to stay strong, decide to also cast their 371 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: lot for some of these nominees. In particular, think about 372 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: the states that Trump won. There are a lot of 373 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:15,159 Speaker 1: Democrat senators in those states. Fetterman, Michigan has two Democrat senators, 374 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 1: Wisconsin has one, and Georgia has two, which is crazy. 375 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: Arizona has two now Nevada has two. That's a lot 376 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:33,200 Speaker 1: of targets out there in states that Trump won where 377 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 1: there are Democrat senators that I think as soon as 378 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: one of them says, hey, I'm voting, there will be 379 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 1: others jump on board. So what I would say to 380 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 1: anybody out there in the Republican Senate team is they're 381 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 1: looking for one of you to break. But if you 382 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 1: actually all stand strong and vote uniformly for the Trump nominees, 383 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 1: I think every one of them will have at least 384 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 1: one Democrat senator that comes on board and votes as well, 385 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 1: so they can claim they're bipartisan, and also to be fair, 386 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 1: so they can set the president, which is what I 387 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 1: think the president should be that by and large, when 388 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 1: you win an election, particularly when you win the popular 389 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 1: vote and all fifty states move in your direction, has 390 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,439 Speaker 1: happened with Donald Trump, you should get the right to 391 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:19,680 Speaker 1: pick the guys and gals you want in your cabinet. 392 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 2: Well. 393 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 3: Clay Elizabeth Warren, whose integrity has been a laugh line 394 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 3: for a long time, formerly known as Pocahontas by Donald 395 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 3: Trump himself. Remember when Trump was president, he actually called 396 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 3: their Pocahontas. 397 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 1: That's the best nickname he's ever given. And there are 398 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 1: some good ones. Pocahontas for Elizabeth Warren is the best ever. 399 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 3: But Elizabeth Warren had a little exchange here just now 400 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 3: during the hearing with Pete Hexad. This is twenty eight. 401 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 3: I want you to hear this one. Play it now. 402 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:52,879 Speaker 6: Mister Hackstath, you've written that after they retire, general should 403 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:56,360 Speaker 6: be banned from working for the defense industry for ten years. 404 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 6: Will you put your money where your mouth is and 405 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 6: agree that when when you leave this job, you will 406 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 6: not work for the defense industry for ten years? 407 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 5: Senator. It's not even a question I've thought about because 408 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:09,639 Speaker 5: it's not one right now. It's not one my motivation 409 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 5: for this job. 410 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 6: I understand time is short. I just need a yes 411 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 6: or no. 412 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 5: I would consult with the President about what the policy words. 413 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 6: You're quite sure that every general who serves should not 414 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,920 Speaker 6: go directly into the defense industry for ten years. You're 415 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 6: not willing to make that same pledge. I'm not a general, Senator, 416 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 6: You'll be the one. Let us just be clear in 417 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 6: charge of the generals. So you're saying sauce for the goose, 418 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 6: but certainly not sauce for the gander. 419 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 5: I would want to see what the policy that. 420 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 3: It reminds me of pow Wow Chow where she got 421 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,400 Speaker 3: into sauce for the Goose and sauce for the gander 422 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 3: by stealing Native American recipes and putting it in a 423 00:22:56,480 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 3: cookbook if you recall, called pow Wow Chow, yes, which 424 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:03,359 Speaker 3: is a that's you're not even making a joke for 425 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:07,119 Speaker 3: people who don't realize the Native American cookbook was called 426 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 3: pow Wow Chow. 427 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 2: And I mean it is the Senator not only that fuck. 428 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 1: She got her entire career because she claimed that she 429 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:22,720 Speaker 1: was Native American, and when people criticized her, she said, 430 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 1: have you seen my high cheek bones? 431 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:25,159 Speaker 6: Like? 432 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 1: I mean, this chick is crazy in many ways, somewhat smart, 433 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:32,360 Speaker 1: but on that on that front, I actually think. 434 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:36,120 Speaker 2: Pete doesn't need to do that. Right. 435 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: Pete gave up, and he probably won't say it because 436 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 1: I think it pointing out how much money he was 437 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 1: making in his mind might not be a way to 438 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: endear himself to people. But let me just tell you this, 439 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,639 Speaker 1: it's public now. Pete was making over two million dollars 440 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 1: a year to do television for Fox News, two point 441 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 1: three million. I think he he's leaving a two point 442 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 1: three million dollar a year job to take one that 443 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 1: pays I don't know, two hundred and fifty two hundred 444 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:09,879 Speaker 1: and eighty thousand dollars. So he's losing ninety percent of 445 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:13,959 Speaker 1: his salary to go take this job. In theory, that 446 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 1: means he's giving up if he does this job for 447 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 1: four years, around eight nine million dollars in family income. 448 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 1: He's got six seven kids, I think. So my point 449 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: on that is, I think Pete's responds to Elizabeth Warren. Actually, 450 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 1: she's trying to accuse him of enriching himself. That's the 451 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:35,679 Speaker 1: line of attack that she's using. He's trying to accuse 452 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 1: him of enriching himself based on the job that he's taking. 453 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:41,879 Speaker 1: He's actually taking a ninety percent pay cut. And so 454 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:44,400 Speaker 1: if I were him, that was a funny response. I'm 455 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 1: not a general or whatever. But the one thing you 456 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:50,159 Speaker 1: can't accuse him of is doing this to make more money, 457 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:54,880 Speaker 1: because he's directly giving up millions of dollars, potentially ten 458 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: million dollars over four years to take a job that 459 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 1: pays a fraction of that nine million dollars less. I 460 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:03,479 Speaker 1: don't know how many people out there that are listening 461 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:07,200 Speaker 1: to us right now. You may love America a lot 462 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 1: of people wouldn't give up ninety percent of their salary 463 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 1: to go serve for the United States. So it's not 464 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 1: only that Elizabeth Warren is not being honest in her attack, 465 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:22,120 Speaker 1: it's that she's accusing him of doing the exact opposite 466 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:23,200 Speaker 1: of what he's actually doing. 467 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:29,399 Speaker 3: She also got feisty with him over the women in 468 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 3: the military issue. We'll bring you that clip here momentarily, 469 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 3: but this. 470 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:37,480 Speaker 1: Question for you, Buck on the women in the military thing, 471 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 1: how is it controversial to say that if you're going 472 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: to be in combat, you should have to pass the 473 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:49,879 Speaker 1: exact same physical standards as everyone else who's in combat. 474 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 1: Like that doesn't seem remotely controversial to me. 475 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,880 Speaker 3: It's the same cognitive dissonance that exists when you talk 476 00:25:55,960 --> 00:26:00,399 Speaker 3: about DEI and affirmative action in college admissions, which is, 477 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,920 Speaker 3: we're going to have everybody hit the same standards while 478 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,439 Speaker 3: we're changing the standards for certain people to come in, 479 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,199 Speaker 3: like they say it and then they change it. It 480 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:13,879 Speaker 3: is absolutely the case that when they've looked at infantry 481 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 3: combat readiness in mixed meaning you know, multiple gender or 482 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 3: two gender sorry, multiple gender two gender units versus all 483 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 3: male units, that it absolutely hurts combat readiness overall for 484 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:32,119 Speaker 3: the unit, and that it also that women can't compete 485 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,439 Speaker 3: at the same level of doing things that guys who 486 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 3: were in the Marines and the army rangers in these things. 487 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,879 Speaker 1: That doesn't seem remotely controvers Like, I don't even understand 488 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:43,200 Speaker 1: how this is controversial. It's controversial because people live in 489 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,879 Speaker 1: a fantasy land and they watch a lot of these 490 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:49,719 Speaker 1: you know, these like CSI shows or something where some 491 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,639 Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty pounds you know, former lingerie model 492 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 1: is like flipping guys over her shoulder and throwing karate 493 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,000 Speaker 1: chops at five guys at a time. 494 00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 3: You know, we're like big, burly guys and they're getting 495 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 3: torn around. That's not how it goes in the real world. 496 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:04,679 Speaker 3: I'm amazed at how many people are like, but she 497 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,639 Speaker 3: studied jiu jitsu. I'm like, yeah, if she studied jiu 498 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 3: jitsu and she weighs one hundred and thirty pounds, a 499 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 3: two hundred pound guy is going to maul this person, Okay, 500 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 3: they have no chance. And the reality is that this 501 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 3: is something you see playing out in physically demanding combat 502 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 3: roles as well. I mean, people will say, oh, well, 503 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 3: what about pilots. Okay, pilots are different. Okay, you know, 504 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:31,680 Speaker 3: vehicle driving is a different skill set. But if you're 505 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:35,120 Speaker 3: talking about being able to carry heavy pack, move quickly, 506 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 3: take in coming fire, return in coming fire, women are 507 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:40,119 Speaker 3: not able to compete at the same. 508 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 2: By the way, this isn't just my theory. 509 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:44,200 Speaker 3: The Pentagon has done huge studies on it dur in 510 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:47,639 Speaker 3: the Obama administration and it was disastrous in terms of 511 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 3: the change in readiness that having mixed gender combat units 512 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 3: resulted in. 513 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 1: I mean, this has been ri is just where I 514 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:59,679 Speaker 1: come from the world of sports. Women can't compete at 515 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 1: the high level of any men's sport. That's not because 516 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:06,639 Speaker 1: I'm sexist. That's because biology is real. So if the 517 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,159 Speaker 1: standards are set, and they should be high, to me, 518 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:11,800 Speaker 1: if you're going to be in a combat role, because 519 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:15,720 Speaker 1: it's not only your ability to defend yourself, it's also 520 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 1: somebody else has to have you have to have their back. 521 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 1: I can't believe that this is the line of attack 522 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 1: that we need that Pete Hegseth saying hey, we need 523 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 1: high standards for physical combat and everybody should have to 524 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,679 Speaker 1: meet them, is in some way seen as an attack 525 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,760 Speaker 1: on women. I mean men have the ability to kick 526 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:36,960 Speaker 1: ass at a level that women don't. That doesn't mean 527 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,880 Speaker 1: that some tiny percentage of women might not be able 528 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 1: to kick the ass of some tiny percentage of men. 529 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:44,360 Speaker 1: That certainly can occur, but the standard has to be 530 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 1: really high, that doesn't That seems crazy to me to 531 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:47,040 Speaker 1: argue otherwise. 532 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 3: Well, what ends up happening is that the people who 533 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 3: want this because they believe in a radical gender equality, 534 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 3: which is part of a whole broader philosophy of the 535 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 3: left and the Democrats. But what they always say is, oh, no, 536 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,720 Speaker 3: keep the standard the same. And then the standard is 537 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 3: immediately when they start having women in these world they 538 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 3: change the standard. And then they say, how dare you 539 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,480 Speaker 3: say that we shouldn't have different standards, Like it's just 540 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 3: the same gas lighting, the same routine every time they 541 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 3: go through this, and people are just sick of it. 542 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,080 Speaker 3: They go, no, like, we don't trust that you're not 543 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 3: going to change the standards. You know, there's a reason why, 544 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 3: you know, a woman has never become a Navy seal 545 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:28,520 Speaker 3: despite it to me more. 546 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 2: Movie, you know, twenty years ago, whatever, there are reasons 547 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:31,840 Speaker 2: for this stuff. 548 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 1: I would just also point out how many of these 549 00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 1: quote unquote liberal women take it outside of the world 550 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,680 Speaker 1: of military right now, But what's going on? Producer Alley 551 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 1: just pointed out with firefighters in La. If your house 552 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 1: is burning and your kids are trapped inside, how many 553 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:51,000 Speaker 1: liberal women want one hundred and twenty pound women showing 554 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:54,080 Speaker 1: up to try to rescue their family as firefighters versus 555 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 1: two hundred and twenty pound jacked badass dudes. That doesn't 556 00:29:58,440 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: seem like a tough call to me. 557 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 3: Look, a lot of a lot of cops will tell you, 558 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,000 Speaker 3: and that you know, this gets very testy with some people, 559 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 3: and some people listing Mike a little testy. But I 560 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 3: worked with a lot of cops, as you all know, 561 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,360 Speaker 3: in the NYPD. I worked with the most seasoned detectives 562 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:13,560 Speaker 3: in the entire NYPD and the Intel Division. 563 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:15,600 Speaker 2: And when you got to. 564 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 3: Wrestle a you know, cartel member to the ground who's 565 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 3: got a few bodies in his body count, you know 566 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:26,480 Speaker 3: it was a really dangerous individual. Not a lot of 567 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 3: women get that job done for law enforcement, as well 568 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:31,960 Speaker 3: as the you know guys you have in US marshals, 569 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:35,200 Speaker 3: et cetera. It's just this is just reality. But people 570 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 3: don't like reality, which is why they also clay. 571 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:39,720 Speaker 2: Do you remember it wasn't long ago? 572 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:47,120 Speaker 7: Noted scientists Neil deGrasse Tyson, noted astrophysicist, refuse to admit 573 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:50,520 Speaker 7: that men have a physical and strength and speed advantage 574 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:50,960 Speaker 7: over women. 575 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,760 Speaker 2: On the Bill, Marshaw would not say it, would not 576 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 2: say it. 577 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,960 Speaker 1: Of the only sports site in America that will say 578 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 1: men are bigger, stronger, and faster than women is out Kick. 579 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:05,240 Speaker 1: I mean again, I'm not trying to insult female athletes. 580 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 1: Ever when I say this, they're in the top one percent. 581 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:12,480 Speaker 1: The top one percent of female athletes are nowhere near 582 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,880 Speaker 1: the top one percent of male athletes. It doesn't overlap. 583 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:19,080 Speaker 1: Some women are better at basketball than some men. Some 584 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:21,560 Speaker 1: of you listening right now could beat your husband's one 585 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:25,560 Speaker 1: on one in basketball. That doesn't mean that the best 586 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:27,880 Speaker 1: women are able to compete against the best men. It's 587 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 1: just it's crazy. And you know, one of the things 588 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:33,320 Speaker 1: that's gone to most megaviral. I think this is one 589 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:35,840 Speaker 1: reason why eighteen to twenty nine year old boys, I 590 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 1: say boys, young men are voting so overwhelmingly towards towards 591 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,520 Speaker 1: Trump is they see the BS. You know, one of 592 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:45,240 Speaker 1: the things that went most viral that I've done in 593 00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:47,600 Speaker 1: the last couple of years, Buck was when I offered 594 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:51,920 Speaker 1: a million dollars to the WNBA champion team to compete 595 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,560 Speaker 1: against the high school boys team state champion team of 596 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:59,680 Speaker 1: my choice million dollar challenge. 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I think at your school 676 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,640 Speaker 1: probably doesn't surprise you that the boys are pretty adept 677 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:14,360 Speaker 1: at figuring out little loopholes that make them clothes a 678 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:15,280 Speaker 1: little more comfortable. 679 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:18,359 Speaker 3: I had like a patagony of fleece and I would 680 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:20,600 Speaker 3: wear a T shirt underneath it, and I would just 681 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:23,120 Speaker 3: refuse because it was always cold in the high school 682 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:25,200 Speaker 3: that I went to, so I just never took my 683 00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:26,880 Speaker 3: fleece off. And the dean would come up to me 684 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:28,600 Speaker 3: and be like, do you have a collar shirt underneath there? 685 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:32,759 Speaker 3: I'd be like, sir, I'm wearing a fleece. 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