Hour 3 - Can America Lead in AI?
3/30/202637 mincomplete
0:00This is an iHeart Podcast.
0:02Guaranteed human. Welcome back in, Clay Travis.
0:07Buck Sexton Show. Buck headed to meetings with sponsors of the show.
0:14He'll be back tomorrow with me at the top of the hour.
0:17But he is out now for the third hour of the program.
0:20Let me give you a little bit of an idea of where we are headed.
0:24Head of the Small Business Administration, member of the Trump administration, Kelly Loeffler, will be
0:31with me here in studio in Nashville as there are several members of the Trump
0:37administration in Nashville right now.
0:40We will see how that goes.
0:42I have built, and by I, I really mean my wife, has done a phenomenal
0:47job building a new studio here in Nashville where we are capable of having guests.
0:53And I believe Kelly will be the first guest.
0:57So she will be here at the bottom of the hour in person.
1:02And we will see how that goes as we test it out.
1:05Hopefully, we'll be able to have quite a few guests here in studio in the
1:11weeks and months ahead. So we will be testing that out.
1:15Some positives for you. If you're just getting in your car, just starting off your
1:20day with us. By the way, where have you been?
1:22You've missed two fun hours of the program.
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1:29feed at the YouTube channel for Clay and Buck, where soon we will be debuting
1:34three hours a day of live video to go along with the three hours of
1:39audio that you guys have had over the past several years.
1:44But positive news coming out of everything relating to the TSA.
1:50In the last few minutes, only LaGuardia and only one terminal in LaGuardia had substantial
1:57time issues in terms of lines.
2:00Almost everywhere has been far better.
2:03So that is a super positive story out there.
2:08The TSA seems to have shortened lines in a significant way.
2:12You heard us talk in the first couple of hours about the continuing situation in
2:17Iran, as well as reports that there might be boots on the ground to seize
2:22the uranium that Iran was hoping to turn into a nuclear bomb.
2:26Lots of details associated with that.
2:29But as we were talking to you in the last half hour or so, there
2:34was also a White House press briefing going on.
2:37And that White House press briefing going on was being led by Caroline Leavitt.
2:44And we have a couple of different takes from her.
2:47First, we have talked about this quite a lot on the program.
2:51This doesn't have to deal with Iran at all.
2:53But the unfortunate murder of Sheridan Gorman in Chicago, that is the 18 -year -old
3:00freshman college student who was murdered in a Chicago park.
3:03It has received almost no attention at all in the so -called legacy media.
3:09Caroline Leavitt using her platform at the White House to draw attention to that, as
3:14there are reports that President Trump has now spoken with the Gorman family and given
3:20them his direct condolences. Cut 29 is Caroline Leavitt discussing this just a few moments
3:28ago. I saw a survey over the weekend that I'd like to bring to all
3:32of your attention. This is the media coverage of the case of Sheridan Gorman.
3:36You have ABC News has spent one minute and 19 seconds between two days when
3:43this case was first alerted.
3:45You have CBS, two minutes and one second.
3:48You have NBC, 23 seconds spent on the life of a young, beautiful American woman
3:53whose life was taken short by an illegal alien who should have never been here
3:57in the first place. When we are in the middle of a battle on Capitol
4:01Hill with a major political party, the Democrat Party, who wants to defund the agency
4:05that is responsible for protecting Americans.
4:07I think her life was worth more than 23 seconds on cable television.
4:11And I think the people in this room have a responsibility to report on cases
4:15like this because it just exemplifies why the president believes so strongly in deporting illegal
4:20aliens from our communities. So, again, that report, if you sometimes think to yourself, my
4:27goodness, why isn't there more outrage over the murder of innocent people by illegal immigrants
4:34that should have never been here, particularly those that have been arrested before?
4:38It's a lot of people just never hear about it.
4:41You hear about it because you listen to this program.
4:44But a lot of your friends and family, the kinds of people who show up
4:48at the No Kings protest, they don't have any idea because the media is not
4:53informing them. It's just not a part of their rotation.
4:56Now, so I wanted to share that with you.
4:59I think that's a really good job by Caroline Levitt doing it in a way
5:02that directly calls out the media for not making it a part of their coverage.
5:07The big story remains what's going to go on with Iran.
5:10Here is Caroline Levitt, cut 30 on the negotiations with Iran.
5:15Anything that they say to us privately will be tested and we will ensure that
5:20they are being held accountable to their word.
5:22And if they are not, the president has laid out the...
5:24military consequences that the Iranian regime will see if they don't hold true to the
5:29words that we are hearing privately behind the scenes.
5:31When the president says more reasonable, again, these folks are appearing more reasonable behind the
5:36scenes privately in these conversations than perhaps some of the previous leaders who are now
5:41no longer on planet Earth because they lied to the United States and they strung
5:46us along in negotiations. And that was unacceptable to the president, which is why many
5:50of the previous leaders were killed.
5:52So again, this is another historic opportunity for Iran to do the right thing, to
5:57rid themselves of their nuclear ambitions and to come to a deal with this president
6:01and the administration. Or again, they will see the grave consequences of the United States
6:06Armed Forces, which they are continuing to see every day throughout this operation.
6:10Okay. So again, a big part of this is figuring out who can we trust
6:16and who actually has authority in Iran.
6:18And I want to go back to the big Wall Street Journal exclusive report that
6:23came out last night saying that there is a consideration of putting so -called boots
6:28on the ground for a raid to seize all of the uranium that Iran currently
6:33has. And we just had to finish off the hour there.
6:37A caller saying, hey, do we know where this uranium is?
6:42And again, I look at this and I just want to read you what the
6:46Wall Street Journal wrote teams of us and tell me that this does not sound
6:51like a Hollywood or TV script teams of us forces would need to fly to
6:58the sites likely under fire from Iranian surface to air missiles and drones.
7:03Once on site, combat troops would need to secure perimeter.
7:07So engineers with excavating equipment could search through debris and check for mines and booby
7:13traps. The extraction of the material would likely need to be conducted by an elite
7:18special ops team specially trained to remove radioactive material from a conflict zone.
7:24The highly enriched uranium likely contained in 40 to 50 special cylinders that resemble scuba
7:31tanks. They would need to be put into transportation cast to protect against accidents.
7:36They would either need to uh, drive it out in a truck or they would
7:41need to create an airfield nearby.
7:44Uh, this would be now Iran could agree to hand over this uranium as well.
7:51Uh, and that seems highly unlikely.
7:55And so is it possible?
7:57This was a question that I laid out for Buck and this may be too
8:00smart spy novel for all of you, but is it possible that Iranian leaders could
8:07signal that they're okay with America seizing the uranium because it makes them appear less
8:14weak in the country than if they just hand over the nuclear weapons to Iran?
8:21I think that's a really interesting question about how this plays out.
8:25I also believe president Trump has a cinematic world view.
8:30He has a world view that understands how to cut through the noise and create
8:36signature event stories. And I think that this kind of raid could be for president
8:45Trump, the kind of capstone raid that captures the nation nation's attention that could captivate
8:53him and lead him to sign off on a raid like this.
8:57Now, the reason why I'm tying this in with what Caroline Levitt said is the
9:02big question right now is who has power in Iran and who is able to
9:07deliver on the promises that they make.
9:09You notice last week, president Trump said, well, they gave us a gift and he
9:13wouldn't say what the gift was.
9:14It appears that the gift was from these Iranian leaders.
9:18We're going to allow a certain number of boats to safely traverse the Strait of
9:24Hormuz to give you a sign of who is actually making decisions right now.
9:30To what extent is right now there a power struggle that is going on inside
9:36of the country? And to what extent is on the flip side there a power
9:41dynamic that has coalesced where someone is in power that we feel like we can
9:47work with on the side of the United States?
9:50I think all of this is integral to getting some form of resolution here.
9:58And I think it's going to determine whether or not we are going to be
10:05able to to get some form of of successful resolution here.
10:10What I believe President Trump is likely to want is a signature achievement that can
10:17be seen as a victory here that would allow him to say, hey, we have
10:24finished all of our operations in Iran.
10:27This is the capstone signatory event that represents the success.
10:31Here is the tangible uranium.
10:34I thought Buck made a great point after all of the disaster of pursuing WMDs
10:39in Iraq and not having them ever be there.
10:42What would the impact be of seizing the uranium and proving once and for all
10:47that Iran was in the process of actually trying to go out?
10:52and and gain these nuclear weapons all of those things i think are significant uh
10:58as we are sort of contemplating where we are we are just being joined right
11:02now in studio here by the head of the sba kelly loffler part of the
11:08trump administration we're going to bring her in fingers crossed that this is going to
11:13be a successful interview you are the very first person to be able to come
11:17into the studio it's new uh so when we come back we will talk with
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12:44your podcasts welcome back in appreciate all of you hanging out with us we are
12:49joined by former senator a incredible success story in business and current member of the
12:54trump administration kelly loffler she's the head of the sba and let's what we're gonna
13:00have you here for a couple of segments welcome in i'm glad to have you
13:02in studio here it's a great honor to be with you yeah so we're we're
13:06testing it out so we'll see how it goes hopefully this is going to work
13:09well going forward you can watch it on video and let us know what you
13:12think um let's start here uh small business is the backbone of american life in
13:20general the number of small business owners that are listening to us right now i
13:23bet is massive uh what are you seeing as you travel the nation because i
13:28think you've been to the vast majority of states since you took over about the
13:32overall economic climate and what do you anticipate the impact of the big beautiful bill
13:37being for so many small businesses out there well you're exactly right clay uh small
13:41business is the backbone of our nation and president trump knows that he always says
13:46small business is big business and the american people know that they have put their
13:50trust in small businesses as an institution is ranked number one in america for trust
13:57far above any other so -called institution be it congress or education or media because
14:04small businesses get it done and i want to thank every single small business owner
14:08out there every small business employee because they make our main streets work and thanks
14:13to president trump trump's economic agenda it's coming back because look what we've done we've
14:17passed massive tax cuts that now small businesses have permanent expensing 100 percent expensing to
14:24continue to invest and hire i have traveled across the country uh probably 15 17
14:30states this year already about 40 states last year what i see is a tremendous
14:35uh economic boom happening in the manufacturing space and why is that so positive because
14:41manufacturing jobs are good paying jobs they make our main street strong main streets coming
14:47back and then we have massive deregulation because president trump knows and i know from
14:51growing up in a small family business that that crushes small business owners when they're
14:55dealing with paperwork bureaucracy and red tape let me ask you about one of those
14:59particular topics you just mentioned because i think people maybe don't understand how it can
15:04impact them a hundred percent expensing small business uh people who have to purchase expensive
15:10property to do their jobs understand that why does that matter so much though for
15:16business in general in terms of accelerating growth yeah so first of all the working
15:20family tax cut was really powerful for small business not just in making the tax
15:25rate permanent the 20 pass through the 199 deduction but 179 expensing uh bonus depreciation
15:35expansion uh 100 expensing on r &d manufacturing made in america all these things are
15:41critical because that lets a business owner write off a hundred percent of the cost
15:46of a capital expenditure or r &d in year one it frees up tremendous cash
15:52flow because if you make an investment in a piece of equipment well now you've
15:56got to hire a worker to help you with that equipment but you have all
15:59your capital tied up in the equipment now they can buy the piece of equipment
16:03have a hundred percent write down against their income taxes and hire multiple workers and
16:09so it's really generative in terms of economic growth you met with the vice president's
16:15fraud task force uh just recently i think on friday One of the things that
16:21I love about business is ultimately you've got to either make money or you lose
16:25money. And everybody has to make payroll.
16:27You've been through this. A lot of our listeners out there have been through it.
16:31When you see the amount of fraud in the reports that are coming out, how
16:35frustrating is it? How much do you think the Trump administration and this particular fraud
16:40task force can do to address it?
16:42Well, first of all, we're going to do a lot.
16:44It's incredibly frustrating to know that up to a half a trillion dollars a year
16:50is wasted, according to the GAO's own reports on the federal government.
16:55Now, what this administration is doing, and I'm grateful that Vice President Vance is leading
17:00this task force because he's a doer.
17:01He's come from the private sector, like many of us in the cabinet who understand
17:06a small business could never run with this mismanagement, with this fraud and abuse of
17:10programs. At the SBA, we found $200 billion of COVID -era fraud that the Biden
17:16administration either tried to forgive or sweep it under the rug, thinking no one would
17:20ever come after and look for it.
17:22Well, this is happening at HHS, USDA, HUD, and we are going to have results.
17:27And we know that taxpayers deserve to see people in bars, behind bars, and to
17:33have deterrence, not just to have people go to jail, but to make sure that
17:36this never happens again, because we could substantially cut our debt and deficit by attacking
17:42simply the fraud and abuse in government.
17:44Let me tell people out there listening, if you have any questions you'd like for
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18:57Welcome back in. Clay Travis, Buck Sexton Show.
19:00Tons of questions rolling in, and I'm going to get to some of these in
19:05a moment. But let's start.
19:07We were just talking about fraud, and that is one of the primary tenets of
19:12a lot of these questions coming in, and particularly we're talking with Small Business Administration
19:17head Kelly Loeffler from the Trump administration, from the Trump cabinet.
19:21She is in studio here with me.
19:23Buck is traveling to do meetings with advertisers and supporters of the show right now.
19:29He'll be back with me tomorrow at the top of the show.
19:32So much questions about blue state fraud in particular and what we are seeing in
19:38California and the fact that there is now this fraud panel that is being chaired
19:43by the vice president designed to crack down on it.
19:46Are you even in your position?
19:49You've been to roughly 40 states now to work on small business issues.
19:53Are even you stunned by the degree of fraud that we are seeing in blue
19:58states from California to Minnesota and beyond?
20:01Well, Clay, I think what's stunning about it is the fact that the prior administration,
20:06the Biden administration, not only didn't do anything about what is potentially a quarter trillion
20:12or a half trillion dollars worth of fraud annually in the federal budget, but that
20:16they refused to do anything, and they helped promote it through their liberal socialist programs,
20:23and that is nowhere more apparent than in blue states.
20:26So take two of the states that we've looked at at the SBA when the
20:31Somali fraud rings were exposed last year.
20:34We immediately went to work, looked at it, found about 7 ,000 borrowers in Minneapolis
20:41and Minnesota that we suspended.
20:43We went over and looked at California.
20:46We suspended 111 ,000 borrowers in the state that had committed upwards of $10 billion
20:53worth of fraud that the Biden administration tried to overlook.
20:57This is hard -earned taxpayer dollars that have been stolen from the American people.
21:02We now have an administration, thanks to President Trump and Vice President Vance, that has
21:06the will and the ability and is putting the resources behind prosecution and then going
21:11forward stopping it from happening again.
21:14We've made a lot of changes at the SBA.
21:16One of them is banning foreign nationals from getting SBA loans.
21:19That has never been done in the history of the SBA.
21:22Now, L .A. County wants to sue me for doing that because they're completely America
21:28last, but this is what it means to stand up and put America first, is
21:32to make sure Americans are put to the front of the line and that their
21:36assets are protected, especially small business owners.
21:39This is an interesting question.
21:40I don't know if you've ever dealt with this particular angle before, but the SBA
21:46relationship to FEMA. Thank you for sticking to all of the members.
21:47The question is from one of our listeners, Dello, and he's saying that during his
21:54time running his small business out of a home, that a lot of times damages
21:58to homes and FEMA interactions and everything else.
22:01Small businesses are frequently run out of homes and then so home damages become significant.
22:05How does that interplay work?
22:07Yeah, you're exactly right. And, you know, FEMA is generally a program that is directed
22:13at the state's response. They do have a limited individual benefit response.
22:18The SBA is different in that we run the largest government -backed lending for disaster
22:27recovery. So we can lend up to a couple million dollars in a disaster for
22:32that individual to come back low cost, low interest rate, about 3 .5 % 30
22:37-year loans for disaster recovery.
22:38That's something that we attempted to do out in California, for example, after the wildfires
22:44over a year ago. But, of course, the bureaucrats and Newsom and Bass can't get
22:49out of the way. And so they have about 15 ,000 residents that have lost
22:53their homes and can't rebuild.
22:54Another question from American Rufus, a huge percentage of small businesses are sole proprietors.
23:02That is, one - and two -man operations.
23:04How much can you focus?
23:06That is the smallest of small businesses.
23:09How do you grow those into bigger business?
23:11And, by the way, what actually qualifies as small business?
23:14Because the goal, obviously, is to grow small business into big businesses, as many people
23:18have done. What's that universe like?
23:20Yeah, so small business, the reason it makes up 99 % of all businesses, because
23:24they can be almost medium size.
23:26We haven't really changed the definition for a long time, but it's 500 employees and
23:31fewer for non -manufacturing businesses.
23:34And for manufacturers, you can have up to 1 ,500 employees, which is why 98
23:38% of all of America's manufacturers are small business.
23:41And about a $5 million top line, but it could go up much more for
23:45manufacturers, that's for sure. But, look, small business lending under President Trump has hit all
23:52-time records. We put out over $100 billion last year at the SBA for the
23:56first time ever. These are zero subsidy.
23:58So I will tell you that we are the most free enterprise government agency in
24:02the federal government because they're not backed by taxpayer money.
24:06The banks pay a guarantee fee to cover the cost.
24:09And we put out 60 % of our lending to businesses of five or fewer
24:14employees. So that is a huge and growing piece because of AI.
24:18We're going to see solopreneur companies really boom thanks to the efficiencies of AI.
24:24So I think it's growing.
24:25How optimistic are you about AI's impact?
24:29You just said the vast majority of businesses in America are small businesses.
24:33What are you seeing as you've been to 40 -some -odd states about the ability
24:38of these companies to become more efficient with AI?
24:40And how optimistic are you about what that's going to do to help grow and
24:45increase profitability? Well, I'm incredibly optimistic now that President Trump is ensuring that America leads
24:52in AI. Just imagine if China were leading in AI.
24:55This is table stakes for us to compete internationally and defend our national security.
25:02So you think about the automation coming into manufacturing.
25:05We're going to be able to reshore whole industries.
25:08And I've seen it firsthand.
25:10I've walked factories with 60 people in them that are reshoring businesses that we had
25:15lost to China years ago because of advanced manufacturing, robotic welding, AI.
25:21And so I'm incredibly optimistic that this is not only a force multiplier, but this
25:26is going to be an increasingly important competitive weapon to become the dominant manufacturing superpower
25:33in the world, a title which we gave away 30 years ago and 40 years
25:37ago. And the president in 1987, before he was President Trump, he was private citizen
25:42Donald J. Trump was running full page ads saying our policies can be fixed with
25:48a by someone that has a backbone.
25:50And that turns out to be him.
25:52He was prescient. He's been completely convicted that we must have manufacturing in America.
25:58That's what he was fighting for 40 years ago.
26:00And now we're finally getting it back.
26:02Mary writes, and I'm sure this is something you think about all the time.
26:05And by the way, thank you to all the questions that are rolling in here
26:07as we're talking to a small business administration head, Kelly Loeffler, here in the Nashville
26:12studio. Thank you for all you're doing and also what the administration and the cabinet
26:17are doing. How much time can you spend trying to get good messaging out when
26:24so much from the legacy media is focused on the negative side associated with everything?
26:29It's such a great question, and thank you for that, because, look, the American people
26:34know they're being lied to by the legacy media.
26:37They absolutely know it. And that is why I spend most of my time on
26:42the road. I have spent my entire 14 months on the job traveling around, meeting
26:50with hardworking Americans, doing local media, talking to folks through great podcasts like this, because
26:56we have to get the story out.
26:58We have such a capable cabinet.
27:00We have the best communicator in the world as the president, and I'm excited.
27:04I've been out on the road with Vice President Vance as well so frequently, and
27:08he's going to be continuing to get out more.
27:09So we are just getting started on the messaging, and I think her questions are
27:14really important. that we all take very much to heart.
27:18And by the way, this cabinet works so hard because we are so inspired by
27:23our president and the work that he's doing, and there's no better person to connect
27:29with the American people than him.
27:30A lot of people out there involved in farming listening to us right now, particularly
27:35in rural communities. I know there was just a big farming event that was directly
27:39involved with things that the SBA is trying to do to help there.
27:43What in particular can you say to people out there in the farming community about
27:48what you're trying to do and what the administration is working on?
27:51Well, Clay, I'm glad you asked.
27:53I'm from a five -generation family farm, grew up working in the fields, and shout
27:57out to my brother and nephew, Brian and Colin, who are probably in the fields
28:01right now. I was honored to join the president and Secretary Brooke Rollins at the
28:05White House last Friday, and we've partnered a lot with USDA at the SBA because
28:11farmers are our original small businesses in America, and so the Trump administration has stood
28:17with the American farmer from day one to make sure that they have the ability
28:22to come back from this horrible green new scam that forced them to have diesel
28:27exhaust fluid pumped into their trucks and tractors and semis and so forth.
28:33We're rolling back those DEF requirements.
28:35The SBA came out with the Grocery Guarantee, which provides a 90 % government guarantee
28:41on everything from farming to fishing to trucking to processing to make sure that our
28:48food supply is strengthened and that we start to bring down prices.
28:52And then things like E15, to have year -round E15, which is so important to
28:57our heartland, to produce crops that fuel our nation.
29:01The list goes on. Right to repair.
29:02This is something that if you have a tractor, you could face thousands of dollars
29:07of downtime trying to get the implement into the equipment repair when you could fix
29:13it yourself. So this president, this EPA, USDA, SBA, we are on the side of
29:18the American farmer like never before, and these are people who put it all on
29:22the line every day, literally seven days a week.
29:24No one works harder, and it's such a great honor to serve rural America.
29:28A big part, we've got a couple of questions about this.
29:31There's people who own small businesses trying to pass it on to heirs, particularly farmers,
29:35the inheritance tax, and how that can destroy a life's worth, you've mentioned, five generations
29:40for you. What is the latest that the president and his team and you guys
29:44have been working on to try to allow people, like you said, the vast majority
29:48of businesses as defined by this, under 500 employees by and large, are small businesses,
29:53so families can keep those businesses in -house?
29:55Well, this is something that the Trump administration ended through the working families tax cut.
30:01I mean, this is really confiscation when you think about the onerous tax that, I
30:05mean, I watched my parents have to pay thousands of dollars when we were barely
30:10making ends meet just to have an insurance policy in case something happened, a life
30:14insurance that happened to them, they would have to sell the farm if they didn't
30:19have life insurance to cover the proceeds of the tax owed in the case of
30:24death. I mean, this is truly transformative for farming, for small businesses, to be able
30:30to ensure those family, those generational businesses that make our main streets work, whether you're
30:36a rural or urban community.
30:38And so this is just another example.
30:40But this is what Democrats do.
30:42They tax and spend and confiscate hardworking Americans, the sweat of their brow, equity in
30:49their businesses. And so that's what the president and Republicans in Congress did, was to
30:54protect small business by ending the death tax.
30:58Last question for you, and this has been awesome.
31:00Appreciate you coming out to the studio here.
31:02You're a big -time sports fan.
31:04We're in the middle of March Madness, final fours being set left and right.
31:09Also, the Olympics came out and said, hey, men who are identifying as women are
31:15no longer going to be able to compete.
31:18So two -part for you.
31:19How's the bracket looking, and how are you enjoying March Madness transpiring?
31:24And this is direct result, I think, of the president's statements on men and women's
31:29sports that the Olympics has now come out and said, no more with this.
31:33Your thoughts on both? Well, first of all, I was the first U .S.
31:37senator in history to introduce protecting girls' sports in 2020 on the Senate floor.
31:41Or it's a common -sense idea that got a lot of pushback and saying it
31:44wasn't a problem. Well, clearly it was a problem.
31:46Six years later, we know it was devastating.
31:49Finally, the Olympic Committee has come around to that.
31:52But look, I'm still on a high from the Team USA hockey win.
31:56No doubt. That was awesome.
31:58I think we have millions of new hockey fans in the country, so I'm really
32:01glad they did that. But unfortunately, there's so much work to do in this country
32:05still on protecting girls' sports, and I'm so glad there's fighters up with me in
32:10Washington doing it. And then the other thing, the bracket.
32:13I mean, I'm in Illini.
32:14I graduated from there back in the 1900s.
32:17And when I was a freshman there, we went to the Final Four.
32:21We had player Kendall Gill.
32:24He ended up in the NBA.
32:26I'm thrilled with how it's looking, and I just hope for my nephew that the
32:31Illini come out on top.
32:32It's been a good season.
32:33They'll be playing UConn after the miracle shot they hit to beat Duke.
32:37And then on the other side, you've got Arizona going up against Michigan.
32:41We appreciate the time. I know how busy you are.
32:43You are running all over the place, and thank you guys out there for the
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33:47Welcome back in. Clay, Travis, Buck, Sexton Show.
33:50Appreciate all of you. We've got a bunch of people who are, let's see, reacting
33:56to a variety of different subjects throughout the course of the program.
34:00Let me hit as many of these as I can.
34:04And I believe, see, this is really funny.
34:08Podcast listener Vince from Houston, I was telling my wife about this, the No Kings
34:12protest. They had a No Kings protest.
34:14This is real. In London.
34:17Cut C, listen. No Kings protest was such a joke.
34:23They even had one in England, which I actually have a king.
34:27So none of this makes sense.
34:30Liberalism is just but nothing but a mental disease.
34:34No doubt. But I think they changed it to No Tyrants Day in No Tyrants
34:41protest in London because even they were aware of how ridiculous it otherwise would sound.
34:47Daryl in Colorado says that the difference in having the ICE agents, thanks to Linda
34:53in Arizona helping to make that happen, says that his wife's transition and travel has
34:59been much better. D. My wife just flew back from Atlanta on Friday, and she
35:04says that it was much smoother than when she went in on Monday.
35:08So it seems like it's working out great.
35:13Uh, Ricky in Kentucky has a joke for all of you.
35:16Uh, in particular, I imagine this is going to be at my expense.
35:20This is Talkback E. Listen.
35:22Hey, Clay Travis. You know why all the golf courses in Tennessee only have 14
35:27holes? Because you guys never play the Final Four.
35:30I am so glad we don't have to look at that pukey looking orange color
35:34anymore. Yeah, this is a tough one.
35:37Um, three straight Elite Eight losses for my beloved Tennessee Volunteers.
35:43So, uh, just FYI. Thank you for that call.
35:46I haven't actually heard that joke before.
35:49Um, let's see. Uh, did it at Mel in Montclair, New Jersey.
35:54Uh, F, let's see what he has to say.
35:56I just started listening to your show, uh, and is wondering if there's some way
36:03that I have difficulty distinguishing who's talking, whether it's Clay or Buck.
36:09So is there some way, uh, you can help me to let me know who's
36:13talking when they're talking so I can understand each individual's point of view?
36:19Thank you very much. I'm the one who makes all the good arguments.
36:22Buck is the one who makes all the bad arguments.
36:25So if you're listening and you think to yourself, oh, that's a really good take.
36:28That's me. If you're listening and you're saying, I have no idea what that guy's
36:32talking about. That's Buck. I hope that helps out.
36:34Uh, in all honesty, I will have video soon.
36:37Um, and, uh, you'll be able to see us.
36:40Uh, but, uh, I do know that we sound somewhat similar.
36:43So, uh, hopefully over time, you'll start to be able to tell the difference.
36:46I think most of you have five years in welcome to the club though.
36:49Thanks for hanging with us.