Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H3 - Running Gov't Like a Coach

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0:00This is an iHeart Podcast.
0:02Guaranteed human. Welcome to today's edition of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show podcast.
0:09Welcome in. Hour number three, Wednesday edition, Clay Travis, Buck Sexton Show.
0:14A couple of quotes we'll hit you with from President Trump, courtesy of Axios.
0:18If you are out there and you are wondering what is going on, the latest
0:22in Iran, a quote from President Trump, anytime I want the war to end, it
0:26will end. Also, the war will end soon.
0:30There's practically nothing left to target.
0:34President Trump on the road right now, preparing to have events in both Ohio and
0:39Kentucky as primaries near, particularly in Kentucky, where I know there's a big battle over
0:44the Senate in particular, but also what's going to happen with Congressman Massey there.
0:49We head now, I believe she is in Georgia.
0:52I know she is on with us to talk about the goings -ons in Georgia,
0:56one of the chief battlegrounds that exists in the country for the midterm, where they're
1:01going to have John Ossoff, the existing sitting senator, up for re -election, and they're
1:07determining who the Republican is going to be challenging him.
1:10And Marjorie Taylor Greene is being replaced in her North Georgia district.
1:15That primary, I believe, just happened yesterday.
1:18Ashley Brassfield with us now.
1:20Let's start right there, Ashley.
1:21Thanks for coming on with us.
1:23The Marjorie Taylor Greene race is to replace her.
1:27They now have Democrat and Republican nominees.
1:30How does that look, and what can you tell us overall, big picture, about the
1:34state of Georgia? Yeah, well, that Marjorie Taylor Greene race that you saw yesterday, the
1:39primary happened with the GOP.
1:41A ton of people in that race, and we saw Trump -endorsed candidate Clay Fuller
1:46come out on top there.
1:48Colton Moore was another name that a lot of people were speculating, a state senator
1:51in Georgia that's pretty well known.
1:52That could have come out in that race.
1:54It ended up being Clay Fuller, though, and we'll see him go against a Democrat
1:58with the last name Harris in that runoff to see who fills that seat.
2:01Of course, Marjorie Taylor Greene's district is actually where I'm from in Georgia, so I
2:06know it well. And it's a very rural area in the northwest part of the
2:09state, and so it's, I think, a GOP stronghold there, even without Taylor Greene holding
2:14that seat. But like Kentucky, like you were talking about, the state of Georgia is
2:18seeing a big Senate race take place, a three -way tie right now with Buddy
2:22Carter, Mike Collins, and Derek Dooley.
2:24And it's very similar into that Kentucky race and what we are just now seeing
2:28in the Texas GOP Senate primary where there's going to be a runoff.
2:32Texas and Georgia, very similar where they both have that 50 percent mark that the
2:37candidates have to get to in order for there to be no runoff.
2:40So that's going to be coming up on May 19th, and it's going to be
2:42a big race. Hey, Ashley, it's Buck.
2:45Thanks for being here with us.
2:46So I know you're covering this, and as you mentioned, it's particularly close to home
2:50as your district. You are a Georgian, and your district is one of the ones
2:54where there'll be quite an interesting matchup playing out.
2:58But what can you tell us about the situation of the governor's race at this
3:04point? Obviously, Kemp is term -limited, right?
3:06He can't run again. So you've got a pretty big field here of Republicans and
3:12Democrats. Can you break down for us what that's looking like at this stage?
3:17Yeah, well, that governor's race is going to be very intense.
3:19And I think there is that dynamic, and I've kind of touched on this in
3:22my Senate piece, of that dynamic between Trump and Kemp and the Trump -endorsed candidate
3:26here and who the Kemp -endorsed candidates are going to be here.
3:29Well, at the governor's race, I think you're going to see the lieutenant governor, Burt
3:31Jones, get both endorsements from Trump and Kemp on that one.
3:35Where it differs in the Senate is that Kemp has already endorsed former football coach
3:39at Tennessee, Derek Dooley, here in this race, and Trump has not endorsed a Senate
3:43candidate. So that's kind of the differences in the races here.
3:45But you see Brad Raffensperger, who's also running for governor.
3:48That's a familiar name you might remember back from 2022.
3:53And the attorney general that made the call from the president during the election fraud
3:57scandal. So there's a long history of feuds happening in the state of Georgia.
4:01As many know, it's a purple state.
4:03And so I think it's going to be a battleground.
4:05It's kind of been this powder keg that's been waiting to explode.
4:08And it's been kind of the southern charm aspect to it, where nothing's quite happened
4:13yet. But these primaries coming up, I had my eye on it, personally.
4:17Like we just saw in Texas, it kind of exploded all of a sudden.
4:20And we don't know who the Trump guy is, just to be clear, right?
4:22They're still angling for a Trump endorsement in that governor's race on the Republican side?
4:28Yes, I believe so. If not, Burt Jones hasn't gotten it yet.
4:31But I think Burt Jones is kind of the guy that everybody's looking at.
4:35He's, of course, a former Georgia football player.
4:37And I will say that football characteristic in Georgia seems to play.
4:40I mean, we saw Herschel Walker back in 2022.
4:42Burt Jones, I was on the campaign trail back in 2024.
4:45He was at the Georgia Tech rally with President Trump on stage.
4:48So these are characters that are very familiar.
4:50You know, I would say that, you know, when the president was in Rome just
4:54about two and a half weeks ago, you saw on the stage Barry Loudermilk, Mike
4:58Collins, and Brian Jack. And those are kind of the key players here in these
5:02races. And if you really want to get into the lore and the deep insider
5:05knowledge of Georgia, I mean, you can go back to the dynamic with Governor Kemp
5:09and Trump and people like Steve Whitcoff, Lindsey Graham, same characters we're kind of seeing
5:14in this Iran war stuff, playing those middlemen and making deals in the state.
5:17So I think you're going to be seeing more of that possibly as well.
5:20Ashley, this primary is May 19.
5:24I think... I think... You can correct me on the exact date.
5:27Yes, that's correct. We just talked yesterday with Michael Watley, who is running in North
5:33Carolina, and he said, and I can't believe this number, actually he said it might
5:38cost $600 million for that Senate race in North Carolina.
5:43I would have to think the numbers would be somewhat similar in Georgia because this
5:48is why Georgia is so important for people out there who aren't paying attention to
5:51the map. It is by far the best chance for Republicans to take back a
5:56Democrat seat, and there is no math.
5:59If Republicans could win the Senate seat in Georgia, there's basically no math under which
6:05the loss of the Senate could occur.
6:08Ossoff's a favorite right now, but that's why so much attention.
6:11I know the governor's race is big, but in terms of national politics, that Senate
6:15seat is huge. Right, and it's going to be a challenge for Republicans.
6:19We've seen that back since 2020 when Loeffler and Perdue were running to replace and
6:24take over those seats. Democrats, Raphael Warnock and John Ossoff took them.
6:28We saw Raphael Warnock be challenged in 2022, and that was unsuccessful.
6:32So it's going to be a real test for the GOP without Trump's name on
6:36the ballot, like in 2024, to see if they'll be successful here.
6:40And to differentiate the candidates, you have the Kemp endorsed, Derek Dooley, and he has
6:45that governor's endorsement behind him from the start, nothing from Trump yet.
6:50Mike Collins, he's done a great job of getting behind the grassroots support in Georgia,
6:53going to, I believe, 159 counties and counting.
6:57He was also at that Rome, Georgia event not too long ago with Trump on
7:01stage. And so while we also have Rep.
7:03Brody Carter, Collins and Carter have been Trump allies for a very long time.
7:08Derek Dooley was not voting in those earlier elections for Trump, but still has that
7:11support from Kemp. I think that's going to be a very interesting dynamic of who
7:15can go up against somebody where John Ossoff is perceived by a lot of people
7:19as still a moderate, even though he might not be to a lot, but also
7:22in the state where it's purple, but he also has really great constituent affairs.
7:25And that's what I'm hearing from my in -state people who live there.
7:28So I think it's going to be a very big challenge for the GOP in
7:31the state, much like North Carolina is.
7:33And if you look at Georgia and North Carolina, the situations are flipped with the
7:36count, whether it be with the governors and the senators there.
7:38So it's very interesting. Ashley Brasfield with us from the Daily Caller, and she's in
7:43Georgia, and she's covering that Georgia election as the primaries coming up here very closely.
7:49Ashley, if you could just refresh my memory, we have to pay attention to a
7:53lot of political stories here.
7:54I recall Marjorie Taylor Greene was among the most pro -Trump, Trumpy members of Congress,
8:04and then there's been some falling out, like a pretty big one.
8:08And what happened? What was the issue?
8:11Or where did this all go?
8:13It seems like one of the crazier turnabouts I've seen on the Republican side in
8:18a while. Right. It felt like, I think, to a lot of people that weren't
8:21following closely for a long time as this big explosion that all of a sudden
8:25happened. And, you know, I think a lot of it left everybody in dismay.
8:27But this, I mean, can go back all the way to, you know, when Trump
8:30got into office in 2024.
8:32Who was he picking as secretaries?
8:35And Marjorie Taylor Greene at one rally in South Carolina voiced that she would not
8:39mind taking the DHS position.
8:41You follow along. She became, you know, a big player in that Doge effort on
8:45the Oversight Committee. And I think she started to see some things happening within the
8:49Trump administration in those first six months that she wasn't exactly pleased with.
8:53Some policy changes, whether it be immigration, the tariffs that she was heading for a
8:57while, but she kind of switched her tune on.
8:59And then I do think she wanted to run in that Georgia Senate race.
9:02She's made comments about many of the candidates in that race that she's not thrilled
9:05about them. So I believe that there was some internal polling shown by the White
9:10House to Taylor Greene that showed her being, you know, beat in the, I guess,
9:14the general election with Ossoff.
9:16So I don't think she was pleased with that.
9:17And I think that's where things started to take a turn there.
9:20She kind of saw where the puck was going.
9:21And I think the relationship just continued to sour, especially, you know, she's become this
9:26very anti -involvement and war type of individual.
9:30And then you saw the big explosion take place back in, you know, December, November
9:34time period, and she is no longer in Congress.
9:36So now we're seeing this special election.
9:38But I don't think people understand the full scope of that story.
9:41And I think it was a very interesting one to see happen within the first
9:44year of the Trump administration from somebody like Taylor Greene, who's been a cheerleader for
9:47the president for the last four and a half years.
9:50And has there been any effort to reach out?
9:53You know, Brian Kemp, a lot of the Trump base nationwide, I think they've expressed
9:59it here on the show and in emails.
10:00They're frustrated with Kemp on different things.
10:03But Kemp, as I understand it, has been very popular within the state of Georgia.
10:07And while he can't run again, is there an effort underway or is there any
10:12attempt at a rapprochement between Trump, MAGA, and Brian Kemp just for the purposes of
10:19making sure that we don't lose a third winnable and really should win Senate seat
10:26in the state of Georgia?
10:27Because it's starting to feel like we've got a problem in your home state.
10:31Yeah, well, you thought there would be some kumbaya after 2024, and it seemed like
10:36Kemp got on board. He went on an appearance on Fox News saying he supported
10:39the president. But I think it's kind of been this consistent cold war with the
10:43governor and the president since then.
10:45And you saw this when he decided not to take a run at the Senate
10:48in that GOP seat. And instead, he endorsed Eric Dooley, which I don't think was
10:51something that the White House looked fond of.
10:53upon when he did it.
10:54So I'm not sure if it's a total kumbaya moment quite yet going into 2026,
10:59which might need to happen here if the GOP wants to secure the seat in
11:02general. So it's a matter of, you know, time to watch how it goes.
11:06I think that people probably need to keep an eye on Governor Kemp for higher
11:09aspirations of offices in 2028.
11:11We'll see there. But I think that's a strategic move by Kemp on purpose.
11:15And it seems like in the state, there's big players like the Brian Kemp's, you
11:22know, Mike Collins, Buddy Carter's, Derek Dooley's, and then even in the governor's race where
11:26you're seeing a lot of changing dynamics.
11:28And the one name that's not there is, of course, Stacey Abrams anymore.
11:31So it's really this inner party war that's happening within the party right now, I'd
11:35say. Yeah, I know a little bit about this, Ashley.
11:37Brian Kemp obviously is a wildly popular governor in Georgia has done a really good
11:41job. He believes Derek Dooley's the best pick.
11:44And he had tried to persuade the Trump White House to also endorse Dooley Instead,
11:50they have so far stayed out of this primary, which is about two months away.
11:54And hopefully we can wed the turnout, the vote of Brian Kemp with the passion
11:59of Trump supporters, because that might be 100, it's 100 % necessary, I think, to
12:05actually manage to win the Senate race.
12:07One question for you, Ashley, on the way out, because I know you're a former
12:10athlete, if I remember correctly.
12:12As we're talking to you, the Iranian women's soccer team, I think the story deserves
12:17way more attention than it's getting.
12:19A lot of the girls, women on that team refused to sing the Iranian national
12:23anthem at an event competition in Australia.
12:27Six or seven different reports of those members of that team did not want to
12:32go back to Iran afterwards because they were terrified of what might happen to them.
12:37So Australia granted asylum to them.
12:40They have landed in Malaysia and reports are that most of the women on the
12:46team do not want to continue on to Iran because they are terrified of what
12:51is going to happen to them when they land.
12:53We have a lot of examples of people like Megan Rapinoe, as you well know,
12:57Ashley, speaking out aggressively against the United States.
13:01Why do you think so many women's athletes that are quick to degrade the United
13:06States from soccer in particular are not speaking out to protect these women that actually
13:13put their lives legitimately on the line to speak for freedom in their home country?
13:18Feels to me like this story should be way bigger than it is.
13:22Right. Well, it seems to only matter to people like Megan Rapinoe when she's not
13:25getting paid enough in her book is my the way I look at this.
13:29And of course, she's getting on this cover of Sports Illustrated and magazines like that,
13:33but she doesn't care about the global issues like the what those women on the
13:36Iranian soccer team are now facing.
13:38So I think that's just, you know, first world problems from Megan Rapinoe really not
13:42paying attention to this. But it is sad to see women, you know, especially women
13:46that are well known like Serena Williams.
13:47They haven't spoken out on even the, you know, men and women's sports.
13:51In fact, they've been more supportive of it, if anything.
13:53So I think that's the progressive agenda here being seen playing out within sports.
13:57And I think that even in places like Iran, where, yeah, you've seen Khamenei be,
14:03you know, taken out by the United States and Israel.
14:06Now we have his son taking, you know, his spot in leadership at this point.
14:10I think that's going to be a problem for these women going back to the
14:13country. And luckily, you know, Australia has granted them a place to stay.
14:17But I would be also fearful if I were them.
14:18I mean, Iran is not a place that's safe for women.
14:21And it's I think it's interesting that they even have a women's soccer team that
14:24they've even been granting that in a place like Iran.
14:26No doubt. I mean, they didn't allow them to even go watch soccer games for
14:29multiple generations since the the mullets came into power.
14:35Hey, we appreciate you, Ashley.
14:36Keep up the good work.
14:37That battlefield in Georgia is going to be significant when it comes to control of
14:41the Senate. And we appreciate the update.
14:44Yeah, thank you, guys. That's Ashley Brassfield.
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16:01We have some very interesting things to talk to you about, including the latest on
16:07the Save America Act. The Save America Act.
16:11Gonna save it. Gonna save America with the Act.
16:14But first off, also, just a quick one here.
16:17The Economy. CNBC's Rick Santelli.
16:19Core Inflation. ________________________ dropping in.
16:20e . Let's talk about this for a second.
16:22Cut one, hit it. If we strip out food and energy and come up with
16:28the core, expect it up two -tenths, that's exactly where it comes out, up two
16:32-tenths. Here we go with the year -over -year numbers.
16:35And zero progress, but not losing any ground.
16:39It remains a 2 .4 on year -over -year headline.
16:432 .4 really is to find a lower number.
16:46You're going back to April of last year at 2 .3 to find a higher
16:50number. You're at December of last year at 2 .7.
16:53Just to give you some context there, now, in my opinion, the most important number
16:58year -over -year core remains at 2 .5%.
17:03The economy is moving along well.
17:07It's not ever going to make everyone happy, but trust me, you'd be hearing a
17:12lot more negativity if inflation was still kicking up at 4%, 5%, 6%, et cetera.
17:17Things are actually in pretty good shape.
17:18What matters is growth rate minus inflation.
17:22Inflation is not going up, despite what everybody told you, and the overall performance of
17:28the economy is strong, becoming stronger.
17:31And so we'll continue to update you on that.
17:33We are scheduled to talk with Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama.
17:37He's running for governor as well about the latest on the Save America Act and
17:42more. We'll see if we can get him or not.
17:44Obviously, he's a busy guy, and we had him scheduled a little bit earlier, so
17:48we will see if we've got him, but we are scheduled to have him when
17:50we come out of this next break.
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19:04We are joined now by Senator Tommy Tuberville, the next governor of Alabama.
19:10We'll get into a bunch of things with him.
19:13But let's go ahead and start with this, Senator, because everybody, every day, we get
19:18asked about the Save America Act.
19:21I know you've been in meetings all day on Capitol Hill.
19:24People are fired up about the fact that this is not necessarily going to be
19:28coming up on the floor.
19:30What's the latest and what would you tell our audience to do if they're fired
19:35up about this, as most of them are?
19:38Yeah. Call your congressman. Call your senator.
19:40Let everybody know what you feel about the Save America Act, because it is exactly
19:46what it means. We have to save America by making sure our voting is true
19:54and effective. You know, when I'm in Alabama, Clay, people ask me, Coach, is my
19:59vote going to count, or is it just a false sense of security?
20:03And we want to make sure that people across the country know that their vote
20:06counts. Now, we have 15 states in the United States of America that are totally
20:11crooked. All the blue states, they want to make sure that they get elected, they
20:16elect their officials, but we have to give us some kind of opportunity to make
20:21these things as fair as possible, because we have no chance.
20:26And if we continue to lose to blue states, eventually we're going to lose the
20:31White House, and they are going to open the border up again, no law and
20:35order, give money away right and left, steal from the country, steal from the taxpayers,
20:40and the country that you and I know will be over with.
20:44Let me ask you, Senator Tuberville, it's Buck, thanks for being here.
20:48Why not get rid of the filibuster if this is really about saving America?
20:51Because it feels like this is the game that we end up having to play.
20:56United States senators want to do something on the Republican side, but we need 60
21:01votes. We need 60. That's not a constitutional mandate.
21:04That's just a self -imposed restriction from the Senate.
21:07If it is saving America, then why not at least have the discussion about whether
21:12this is the time to do that?
21:13Because otherwise, aren't we just hoping for a filibuster, a standing filibuster at best?
21:18Well, first of all, you're exactly right.
21:20And when the Democrats take over, they're going to do away with the filibuster immediately.
21:25So we have talked, about 25 or 30 of us have talked, so we're blue
21:31in our face, to our colleagues who keep saying, oh, it's about tradition of the
21:35Senate. And I tell them, listen, I don't work for the Senate.
21:39I work for the people of this country and the people of Alabama.
21:42And it's time to understand this country has changed.
21:46We are not the same republic that we used to be.
21:48to be we have an the enemy is inside the gates they are changing our
21:53culture our moral values changing our religions change just overtaking everything that we're doing and
21:59so now is the time don't panic let's just bust a filibuster and vote everything
22:04in we possibly can under the best president we've ever had and get this country
22:09back where it's going again and do not let them cheat on us in elections
22:12again senator somerville uh the other big question we're getting um is about how to
22:19wind down the war in iran um and i'm sure you're hearing from some of
22:24your constituents price of oil and gas a major concern uh i know alabama like
22:29tennessee fortunately still has very low gas prices compared to much of the country but
22:35you may have already talked about this with president trump if the president asked for
22:38your advice on how to handle the wind down in iran what would you tell
22:43him well first of all he asked me about three or four weeks ago what
22:46do you think coach about about iran i said well we've got them as weak
22:50as i've ever been they're killing their own people they have a radical group of
22:55people running that government if we're ever going to make sure that the middle east
23:00is safe and to take out all these uh these terrorist groups all across the
23:06middle east and in our country now now's the time to do it and uh
23:10thank goodness i truly believe this was the right thing to do it will never
23:15have this opportunity again now this doesn't need to be one of those forever wars
23:20and it won't be he's going to do what he needs to do and it's
23:24going to be over with and uh you know he said four weeks five weeks
23:28i don't want to put a time limit on it let's do the job right
23:31and then get out and turn it over to the people in the middle east
23:35where they can whether they got khomeini's son or whatever they're going to be so
23:40weak that they'll get help from the outside and hopefully turn this thing around but
23:44this is the only way we could do it guys we couldn't sit back and
23:47let them get a nuclear weapon in the future because it's not like some of
23:51these other countries that have nuclear weapons they have a lot more sense than this
23:55but these people live off of death they preach death they preach death to america
24:00and we were going to get lit up for israel or somebody who was going
24:04to get lit up with a nuke if we allowed them to get a nuclear
24:06weapon speaking of senator tuberville uh senator so you have i assume full faith in
24:15president trump secretary of war hegseth uh the immediate team in the white house secretary
24:20rubio to make sure that they know when it's time to to bring our our
24:26assets home from overseas or at least to stop the bombing that's something that you
24:29have a high level of confidence in you'd say 100 percent uh and i'm i've
24:34been in classified hearings i've been in non -classified i talk to them individually quite
24:39often uh even the president and this is not one of those where we're going
24:44in to try to uh build back their country that we might give them help
24:50in some ways to some point but again this is not a a prolonged fight
24:56we cannot afford to do it i heard you talk earlier about gas prices folks
25:01if we can't live a few weeks with higher gas prices to be able to
25:04take out one of the most dangerous groups in the world that want to destroy
25:09the united states of america then something's wrong with us we have to put up
25:13with some high gas prices but let me tell you this i was coaching at
25:17texas tech back in 2010 11 12 13 okay every year i coach there i
25:23lived right in the middle of the heart of oil company country the united states
25:28of america lubbock texas all under barack obama was over 110 dollars a barrel the
25:34entire time we were there nobody complained about it we're paying three dollars four dollars
25:38a gallon and uh but nobody really complains under barack obama now a couple of
25:44weeks we have a little bit of a high gas price everybody's panicking it's not
25:47going to happen this will help not just gas prices go down but also help
25:52us put chinese to where they should be and that is a maybe a bigger
25:57problem than i ran we're talking to senator tommy tuberville uh next governor of alabama
26:02but in the meantime senator from alabama um you had to feel like your worlds
26:08were colliding you just mentioned when you were coaching at texas tech i was up
26:11in the white house friday urban meyers there nick saban is there uh you've got
26:17a lot of people talking about the future of college athletics you know this better
26:21than anybody i just saw senator chris murphy of connecticut chirping at you on the
26:26internet uh on social media what should happen what's going to happen when it comes
26:32to fixing college athletics well chris murphy's for tearing down college athletics he's trying to
26:37unionize that that's the worst thing we could do but at the end of the
26:40day he's not he's not he's not relevant in this in this talk uh that
26:45that was a good uh talk last friday i didn't go i had other things
26:49i had i had to do but i've had a bill y 'all known this
26:52for three years i've put together a bill which was really good but it's all
26:55about unionization with the democrats we can't get a bill passed okay so so we're
27:00basically talking into the wind uh when this happens only person that can do anything
27:04to this is is donald trump and i've talked to him about this i'm i'm
27:09not into all this antitrust stuff you know the commissioners were there they need more
27:13money this or that and and and that's fine, but you can't get that passed.
27:18Let's talk about reality. Here's what President Trump can do.
27:22Do an executive order for the rest of his term.
27:25Okay, folks, when you start your clock in college sports, you got five to play
27:31five. That's it. Nobody goes over that.
27:34Second thing is you get one transfer, one free transfer without penalty.
27:39Now, you can transfer again, but you have to go back to the old rule.
27:42You transfer, you set a year.
27:44We've got to do something about the transfer portal.
27:46The money is out of the back.
27:48I don't care what kind of money they make because eventually what's going to happen
27:51is there's going to be a donor fatigue.
27:53It can't keep spending this kind of money.
27:55He can't do it. And so we've got to get the transfer portal back, put
27:59education back into it, get your butt back in class.
28:02You're going to make money.
28:03That's fine, but you're going to go to class.
28:05You're going to keep your grade point up like you used to have to.
28:07And if you don't fulfill that requirement of going towards a degree every year in
28:12school, then you're going to end up losing your scholarship and you're going to end
28:15up losing eligibility. Right now, there is no penalty for doing anything other than just
28:22going, making money and playing.
28:24And what's happening is we're losing fans and fans are the reason college sports are
28:29important because they pay money to go watch these.
28:32And I'm telling you, they're getting fatigue from all this because of the non -loyalty
28:38of the athletes. Last question for you, and this just came down.
28:43You probably knew it was coming.
28:44Mark Wayne Mullen, one of your Senate colleagues, is going to have his confirmation hearings
28:50to be elevated to run the DHS.
28:53What can you tell us about Mark Wayne?
28:55And do you presume that those will go fairly smoothly?
28:58And not only will he get Republican support, but he'll even get, I know Fetterman
29:02has already said, hey, I'll be supporting this.
29:05He'll even be getting some, I would imagine, Democrat support.
29:09Yeah, perfect choice. He'd make a great head football coach back in the 70s and
29:1480s, walking in the room, demand, respect, motivate people to do their job.
29:21Work ethic is unbelievable, understands this country, loves this country, and he is for America
29:28first, not illegal immigration. And so he's going to be perfect and he's going to
29:32get quite a few Democrat votes.
29:34So he will get, he will get pushed through nomination next week.
29:37That probably might be his toughest is getting out of committee.
29:41Once he gets out of committee, he'll, he'll have plenty of votes to get in.
29:44We need somebody hard nose, an offensive line coach basically go in and say, okay,
29:48we're going to put our nose to the grindstone here and we're going to grind
29:51and we're going to get this job done.
29:53I don't care about being on TV or doing any of that fancy stuff.
29:56We're going to be successful in immigration.
30:00Awesome. Good luck, Senator. We appreciate the time.
30:04Good luck in that governor's campaign.
30:05I'm sure we'll talk to you again soon.
30:07All right, guys. Thanks. If you walk around the Sexton household these days, you'll see
30:13a lot of toys on the ground for Ginger and Speed and they're always fighting
30:16over whose toys they are, which is fun.
30:18But you'd think maybe Cozy Earth just sponsors our whole house because I walk around
30:23in Cozy Earth pants. I got Cozy Earth sweatshirts on.
30:26We've got Cozy Earth sheets on the bed.
30:28I've got a Cozy Earth blanket, the bubble blanket on the couch.
30:32The products they have are just phenomenal.
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30:35I'm talking clothing, bedding, towels, all kinds of stuff.
30:39Cozy Earth sheets, towels, and bedding are a great place to start.
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31:07Clay has them too. He's got a lot of rooms in his house, so a
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31:12You've just got to go get those sheets, get a towel set as well.
31:15You'll try those out, and then you're going to be back for more.
31:18Or just trust me when I say, get yourself a bubble blanket, maybe a sweatshirt.
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31:45It was an upshot today on Clay and Buck, and we have a shameless appearance
31:50of baby speed here. He has pushed away the mic from Buck right now, but
31:59if you go, you can hear a baby.
32:01There we go. If you are in the mood for baby fun, if you want
32:07to see a super cute, what is he, 10 months old now?
32:10Almost 11. Almost 11 months old.
32:1311 months old today. I'm sorry.
32:1411 months old today. That's right.
32:16And he is about to be a year old and he is right now on
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32:21It'll be up at our YouTube page.
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32:29And soon we will have far more video opportunities for you where I don't know
32:34that you want to see us, but you will have the opportunity to see us
32:37pretty much all day long.
32:39We will make adorable babies and occasionally puppies appear just so you get some.
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32:46There you go. No doubt.
32:48It will be interesting to follow, and you will enjoy it.
32:52We need to talk about this tomorrow, Buck, because you mentioned it to me, and
32:55I know we haven't talked about it a great deal.
32:57By the way, President Trump speaking at an Ohio pharmaceutical company in Cincinnati right now
33:04as he is on the ground in Cincinnati.
33:07But, Buck, we were talking about this continued fleeing of the West Coast by super
33:14rich people as property taxes and income tax and billionaire taxes and everything else continues
33:22to skyrocket. The latest to move to Miami, Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks, who
33:30started his company out in Seattle, probably alongside of Microsoft, I would say Boeing maybe,
33:36the two or three biggest, most iconic brands in Seattle.
33:39He's bailing on the state as they are now going to be taxing wealthy people
33:44at much higher rates in the state, and he's going to Florida.
33:50Also, Buck, they relocated a ton of their employees to Nashville.
33:54They're opening a brand -new corporate office in Nashville with thousands of people employed there.
34:00So Tennessee and Florida, two no -state income tax states, more and more people every
34:06single day deciding that they want to abandon high -tax blue states for low -tax,
34:12well -regulated, well -run red states.
34:14Yeah, that couldn't be more clear.
34:16But I also find that there is some deserved frustration at what I think is
34:24an obvious hypocrisy here of people who support policies in blue states and then continue
34:32to support them. It's one thing if you're a convert.
34:34If you want to go full Elon and be like, the left is insane, I
34:39get it now, fine. Welcome to the family.
34:42But people who want to still be giant libs, Seattle -style libs, and move to
34:47Florida so they can enjoy our Floridan -ness or move to Tennessee to enjoy your
34:51Tennesse -ness and not admit that our way is better, that these states are better.
34:58That's the thing that, you know, there should be a mea culpa before they hop
35:02on the private jet and come down to the, because they've helped fund.
35:05I mean, look at, like, Steve Jobs' widow, also, what's it, Amazon's ex -wife, you
35:13know, Amazon founder, Bezos, Lauren Powell, Jobs.
35:16If I'm not mistaken. These women are using other men's money or the money made
35:21by men to fund the destruction of Western civilization.
35:24It's not a good thing.
35:25Kay on the talkbacks is a nice one.
35:27Michael, who's a trucker in Arizona, play it.
35:30Afternoon, guys. I just wanted to sincerely thank you guys for all you guys do
35:34for service to our country.
35:36I feel like you guys are my friends.
35:38Never met you personally, but you're in my truck with me three hours a day.
35:43Yeah, I drive a big rig 26 years now, and I'm a surprise Arizona locally,
35:48and I am well informed because you guys, your gentlemen, are amazing.
35:53So God bless you. Keep you safe, and thank you.
35:58God bless you, Michael. We love you, too, man.
35:59That's awesome. We love it.
36:00Clay, isn't it? Anyone who listens three hours a day is like a special sort
36:04of family, and our truckers, I love that he started out with a little toot
36:08-toot at the beginning, too.
36:09We know you guys roll with us all across this nation for often three hours
36:13at a time. We're very grateful.
36:15Jet in Toledo. This is a funny one.
36:17H, we appreciate the talkbacks.
36:19Yeah, Clay, you can save your man card yet if you just tell us all
36:24that you watch the Scream movies because of Neve Campbell.
36:27That's it. That's why I watched it.
36:29Neve Campbell, big fan for 30 years, continuing to do good work.
36:33I guess you are a brunette guy.
36:35I'm a redhead guy over here.
36:37Remember back in the day, Wild Things, Denise Richards, Neve Campbell, incredible work, great film.
36:42We'll be back with you guys tomorrow.
36:46Speaking truth and having fun.
36:49Clay Travis and Buck Sexton.