Hour 1 - Texas Primary Day!
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0:02Guaranteed human. Welcome everybody to the Tuesday edition of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton
0:07show. I believe President Trump is taking questions right now in the Oval Office about
0:12the Iran strikes team. Can we put that up and maybe we will join him
0:17in progress on this? Let me know when we've got it queued because it just
0:21started and we'll have. How can you get better updates then?
0:26Killing people all over the world.
0:27There we go. A long time they would be the kings and fathers of the
0:31roadside bomb. Soleimani, we killed him last term.
0:35If we didn't, I think it might be a different story today.
0:37They would have been much stronger and smarter than they are.
0:42But they did the roadside bombs.
0:44Ninety five percent of the people lost their legs, arms, had their face wiped out,
0:49just wiped out. I've seen some young people that it's so sad to watch.
0:54And that was all, almost all, 95 percent comes from Iran and with Soleimani.
1:03Soleimani loved his favorite weapon.
1:05He loved the roadside bomb.
1:07And when you see people walking around with no legs and no arms and a
1:11face that's been blown to hell, these people, what they have to go and the
1:15way they have to live.
1:16And this is this is Iran.
1:18When you look at the barracks, the famous barracks, when you look at the hostages,
1:23when you look at a lot of hostages, when you look at all of the
1:26problems, they were really a purveyor of terror all over the world for many, many
1:32years. And it's something that had to be done, something.
1:36And I believe that if we didn't, because I see where Congress, you know, if
1:40I didn't do this, guys like Schumer, who are losers, the Democrats are losers.
1:45That's why they're not here.
1:48Guys like Schumer would say, well, you should have done this.
1:51In other words, if I did it, it's no good.
1:53If I didn't do it, they would have said the opposite, that you should have
1:56done this. But most people feel like I tell you what, I have never had
2:00more compliments on something I did.
2:02People felt it's something that had to be done.
2:05So if we have a little high oil prices for a little while, but as
2:10soon as this ends, those prices are going to drop, I believe, lower than even
2:15before. Go ahead, please. Yes.
2:33And U .S. and who?
2:36The U .S. and who?
2:38Well, we won on tariffs, actually.
2:42Somebody said you actually won the case.
2:44We won on tariffs. We had a decision that was wrong.
2:51It was a very bad decision from certain standpoints.
2:55From other standpoints, a very powerful decision because it reaffirmed all the fact that we
3:00have these all these various forms of tariffs that we felt right.
3:05But it totally reaffirmed. It said you can use all of these tariffs.
3:08So we have all these vast menus of tariffs and tariffs that made our country
3:13very rich. We have to charge tariffs to nations who play with their money.
3:21You know, they move their money up and down like like a yo -yo.
3:25We have to do we have to take care of nations that that have been
3:29good to us and fair to us, and we're going to take care of them.
3:31Other nations, they haven't. And we haven't let them take advantage of us.
3:35But the the whole thing with tariffs is we had a decision that, as an
3:40example, we have a license situation.
3:43And the license is something that allows us to immediately stop all business with nobody
3:50even knew we had this power.
3:52But we we do now because of the decision.
3:55We have the right to stop all business having to do with a certain country.
4:00We have a certain country is not treating us well.
4:02The president, without going to Congress, well, has the right to stop sort of interesting.
4:08I have the right to stop.
4:09But under that one law, I didn't have the right to charge him.
4:12So I have the right to license them, but I don't have the right to
4:15charge, which is frankly ridiculous.
4:18But the right was given to us by the Supreme Court.
4:20And we have the right.
4:22As an example, we talked about Spain.
4:24I could tomorrow stop or today, even better, stop everything having to do with Spain.
4:29I mean, all business having to do with Spain have the right to stop it,
4:34embargoes, do anything I want with it.
4:37And we may do that with Spain.
4:38All right. We'll continue to monitor this from President Trump and the Oval Office talking
4:41about tariffs there. But mainly, Clay, I mean, let's just dive into this.
4:46A lot of what have we gotten into?
4:49Why did we get into this as a country?
4:51Why did Trump strike now?
4:53What's the plan? How long will this go on?
4:57It does open a whole lot of questions.
4:59Trump was focusing there to start off on how people that he says have approached
5:05him, I assume heads of state and others, feel extremely relieved that finally something was
5:11done about the growing threat of Iran.
5:14But there are certainly still questions.
5:16And a lot of people are anxious to get a sense as to what the
5:21timeline is here, what the game plan is.
5:23And of course, the end.
5:24he gets a vote in all this there are reports to update everybody that uh
5:30the leaders of iran were meeting to select a new leadership i don't know why
5:36they're meeting in person buck and we wiped out the meeting so uh what we
5:42again that is we'll play an audio clip of trey yankst on fox news reporting
5:47that um the other i would say significant story that is being covered is why
5:54did the strikes happen on saturday at the time that they did and marco rubio
6:00talked about this and a lot of people are saying oh israel bullied trump into
6:04taking this action uh and president trump was just asked about that in the oval
6:10office cut 28 here was his response no i might have forced their hand uh
6:22you see we were having negotiations with these lunatics and it was my opinion that
6:28they were going to attack first they were going to attack if we didn't do
6:31it they were going to attack first i felt strongly about that and we have
6:36great negotiators great people people that do this very successfully and have done it all
6:41their lives very successful and based on the way the negotiation was going i think
6:46they were going to attack first and i didn't want that to happen so if
6:50anything i might have forced israel's hand but israel was ready and we were ready
6:55and we've we've had a very very powerful impact clay we also had senate i'm
7:00sorry go ahead i was gonna say we had uh a secretary of state rubio
7:04weighed in because this is this is a lot of the focus right now you're
7:08seeing from the commentary class out there it's why did it have to happen now
7:13what was the triggering moment for the president on this secretary of state rubio this
7:19is cut three he also spoke about the decision making process to begin look this
7:24is an aerial campaign this is a war against iran let's be very clear that
7:28is what it is it doesn't have boots on the ground yet from america but
7:31this is a war uh play cut three the president made the very wise decision
7:36we knew that there was going to be an israeli action we knew that that
7:40would precipitate an attack against american forces and we knew that if we didn't preemptively
7:44go after them before they launched those attacks we would suffer higher casualties and perhaps
7:49even higher those killed and then we would all be here answering questions about why
7:53we knew that indeed we went proactively in a defensive way to prevent them from
7:57inflicting higher damage had we not done so there would have been hearings on capitol
8:01hill about how we knew that this was going to happen and we didn't act
8:04preemptively to prevent more casualties and more loss of life clay there are people who
8:11are very critical even from the right of this administration for this we should note
8:15that there are some in the base some people who voted for trump three times
8:18and believe very strongly in his agenda they feel like trump's no wars promise has
8:26been undermined by this on the other hand you have people like rubio and trump
8:31himself who are saying i don't want wars but we couldn't let this continue as
8:36it was the status quo with iran was not only unacceptable but iran was about
8:42to change it that is what we are being told i i think the question
8:46that you have to ask yourself this is the analogy i would make um if
8:50we went back in time to you may remember the exact years because you may
8:55have studied it when you were at cia but pretend we went back in time
8:58to 1992 or 93 or 94 and we wiped out north korea's ability to ever
9:06have nuclear weapons would that be better for us today 30 years later if you
9:11could go back in time and you could keep north korea from getting nuclear weapons
9:16what might the world look like i think this is my prediction that there would
9:20be no north and south korea that at some point in time north korea would
9:25have collapsed the koreas would be unified democratic uh and asia would be stronger as
9:31a result in the world would be too this basically is taking out iran's ability
9:38to ever become north korea because kim jong -un is crazy and a crazy man
9:45with nuclear weapons is a bad combo but once you have nuclear weapons it is
9:50rational for countries to want them because then you are preserved in power it does
9:56that make sense so basically if we could go back in time and i think
10:00it was bill clinton who was in office and i think bill clinton may have
10:02even said that his number one regret in office which certainly has a little bit
10:07of humor uh tends to it as well uh from a geopolitical perspective is not
10:12having taken out north korea's opportunity to ever have nuclear weapons before they had nuclear
10:16weapons here trump is doing that he also could have taken out bin laden by
10:20the way which is probably that probably would have also been very good good old
10:24bill he could have taken out osama but he was busy with monica well we've
10:29got some clips from bill in the epstein mess uh as well but the thing
10:34that's crazy here to me is trump is actually acting in a way that probably
10:38is not beneficial ultimately for his term in office because i do think he probably
10:43could have kicked the can down the road and ended up ensuring that this wasn't
10:48his issue but somebody coming into the next term or the term after this this
10:52really had to deal with the nuclear Iran.
10:54This is Trump looking into the future substantially and making what he thinks is the
10:59best decision generationally for the Middle East.
11:02And that feels to me significant.
11:05It's a guy who's not running again, which also matters, I think, at this point.
11:10And Trump is in that phase where he's feeling his stuff.
11:14He's term two. He is really right now at the peak of his powers.
11:18Huge first year in his second term.
11:20Biggest political comeback in American history to win this term.
11:25Great first year. Now is the time to do big things.
11:29And that's really how I feel about this.
11:31Now is the time for a president to try to change the world for the
11:34better in a meaningful way.
11:35Is there risk for this?
11:37Absolutely. Absolutely there's risk in this.
11:40I do not know. I would never say this is a sure thing.
11:42And we could look back on this and say that this was a mistake of
11:46timing or a whole range of things.
11:48But I will say this.
11:49Has Trump let any of you down so far this term on a national security
11:57issue? Did he mess things up in Venezuela?
12:01Has he messed things up with Ukraine?
12:04Has he messed things? You know, you look at the record.
12:07I think that he's struck a really strong balance on national security between action and
12:12caution. And if he really believed it was time to go.
12:16I'll also say this. Israel's not forcing Trump to do anything, guys.
12:20Okay. I'm just going to come out and tell you this.
12:22Is the Israeli lobby powerful in America?
12:24Sure. Are there a lot of Jewish Americans who feel very passionately about the state
12:28of Israel and they make their voices heard and they have substantial influence?
12:33Absolutely. Is Trump going to just bend the knee and do what he's told by
12:37Benjamin Netanyahu? Absolutely not. It's just if you know anything about Trump, you know, that's
12:42not true. And would Trump do it just because Netanyahu warned him to?
12:45I do not believe Donald Trump would do that.
12:48I do not believe anyone can make Donald Trump do that.
12:50I agree 100 % with that.
12:51But this is also funny because they're simultaneously arguing that Trump is Hitler and also
12:57that Trump will do whatever Israel wants him to do, which is quite the opposite
13:02of Hitler. That's a tough putt to sink, right?
13:06But cognitive dissonance is the water in which they swim, of course.
13:09So there's no big surprise there.
13:10But we'll get into some of these possibilities.
13:14What's going on now? Let's talk about these things, Clay.
13:17Well, first of all, we've also got to talk about we've got a Texas primary
13:20going on. So we're going to have everybody's voting.
13:23We got we got some people involved in that we're going to be talking about.
13:27Come on, Texas. Do us proud.
13:30But we've got the Texas primary to discuss.
13:33Actually, a really important Supreme Court decision came down to about transgender youth that I
13:38think we should talk about.
13:39It's a big deal. My friends is not a little case.
13:41If we weren't starting a war with Iran, there'd be a lot more focus on
13:46this. We'll talk about it.
13:48And then, of course, what are we looking at here?
13:50Timelines. What's the goal? What's the what's the opposition look like on the ground to
13:56the regime? We need to discuss these things, and we will.
13:59That's where we are on this one.
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15:10Clay Travis and Buck Sexton.
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15:18Welcome back in. Clay Travis, Buck Sexton Show.
15:21Appreciate all of you hanging out with us as we are rolling through the Tuesday
15:25edition of the program. We have got a big election going on in Texas.
15:32It is primary day. Go vote, go vote, go vote, either on the Republican side
15:37for one of the three candidates in the Senate.
15:40There are also many different down -ballot races, always worth mentioning.
15:44Or go vote for Jasmine Crockett, who has been treated unfairly on the Democrat side
15:50and deserves the opportunity to run statewide and prove just how big her audience truly
15:56is. As some of you are embracing Rush Limbaugh's famous Project Chaos and ensuring that
16:03whomever the Republican nominee is in the highly, hotly contested Senate race is going to
16:10win if Jasmine Crockett is the nominee.
16:13So we'll see how that goes.
16:14Jason in New Bronzeville, Texas, you're saying it's super crowded at the polls.
16:19You guys can call. in and let us know.
16:21Also voting going on in North Carolina and in Arkansas.
16:25So this is the very first day that people are weighing in on the upcoming
16:30midterm elections in November. Jason, what'd you see?
16:35When I walked up, my first thought was, my goodness, it feels like the general
16:39election. It was pretty packed.
16:41I have to admit, I thought I was going to walk right in and vote.
16:44And I waited about 15, 20 minutes.
16:46And when I came out, the line was even longer.
16:49Going by the guy with ponytail test, it felt like a more conservative crowd.
16:54And then on the ladies' side with the angry tattooed arms, I look like I'm
16:59married to an equally liberal guy who doesn't know how to work the wand.
17:02So I'm sitting here angry.
17:04I think the conservative women outnumbered those kinds of ladies.
17:08And so that's a live report from Guadalupe County here in beautiful New Broncos, Texas,
17:13Republic thereof. And I called in last week, but didn't get a chance to get
17:17on the air to say this.
17:18But the only thing that can bring the left joy at this point in time
17:23is some harm befalling the American president.
17:26It's a pretty dark thing to say, but if you lean in and listen, you'll
17:28know that it's true. And it's just a shame.
17:31That's where the Democrats are today.
17:33That's the only thing that will make them happy.
17:34I would honestly take it further.
17:36They want something terrible to just happen to the country because the country's doing too
17:40well and Trump's getting too much credit.
17:42So I don't disagree with you that they root for bad things to happen to
17:45President Trump, but they're actually just rooting against America at this point.
17:49They just, you know, they want us to get hit with another 9 -11 or
17:52some terrible attack so they can blame Trump for it.
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18:53Congressman Wesley Hunt is with us right now.
18:56Congressman, you are running in a very important primary in Texas for the Senate seat,
19:03and we want you to be, you know, we invited all the top contenders on.
19:08You are here with us now.
19:09I think for some of the audience, not our Texas audience, but it might be
19:12one of the first times that they are hearing from you.
19:16Why? Let's just jump into it.
19:19It's election time in Texas, world primary time in Texas.
19:22Why are you the guy?
19:25I am the guy because I believe it is time for the next generation of
19:29leadership to step into the future and lead the great state of Texas and lead
19:33this country. I am a West Point graduate.
19:36I flew 55 combat air missions in Baghdad as an Apache helicopter pilot.
19:40I am a warfighter. Both my brother, sister, and I all went to and graduated
19:45from West Point. There's 60 years worth of military service just in my immediate family.
19:49And it is that kind of mentality that I believe we need leading us to
19:54the future, that service mentality, the idea of putting the American public first.
19:59And I got to tell you something else, too.
20:00The United States Senate is not a retirement community.
20:04It is time for the next generation to step in.
20:07I look at John Cornyn, who has been around for 24 years.
20:11That is long enough. My part of my campaign is to run on term limits,
20:15two terms, 12 years. That is enough.
20:18I have a seven, a five, and it's real at my house.
20:20I want to get home and raise them as they get older.
20:23But first of all, I want to give the best years of my life back
20:26to my country. We live in the greatest country in the world.
20:28And what I've realized is that as a warfighter that I've literally been shot at,
20:32I've been taking a lot of hits online, taking a lot of hits on TV.
20:35But it means we are right over the target zone and we are a threat.
20:38And I know the people of Texas are going to make sure that we finish
20:41up strong and term limit a 24 -year incumbent.
20:44You've been on with us before, Congressman.
20:47Appreciate the time. And I was watching with you this week.
20:51You talked and did an interview with Stephen A.
20:53Smith and you went after Gavin Newsom.
20:56And I loved it over his comments.
20:58I believe he made in Atlanta where he said, hey, I'm a 960 SAT guy.
21:03For people who did not hear what you said about Gavin Newsom, what was your
21:08reaction when you saw that clip?
21:10And, you know, basically he said, I can't read a book.
21:12I'm just like you. You know, it's the idea of benevolent white liberals are some
21:18of the most racist people I've ever seen in my life.
21:20I call that the soft bigotry of low expectations.
21:23This is literally what they think about us.
21:25You know, not only do they think that we can't read and we can't do
21:28well on our SAT, they also think that we are too stupid to have an
21:31ID to vote. That's what this whole thing is about.
21:34They think so little of people of color and black and brown people that they
21:38have to pander to us in the same way that Hillary Clinton walked around with
21:42her hot sauce, in the same way that Joe Biden said, if you don't vote
21:46for me, then you ain't black.
21:47All of their issues are put on full display, and I hate to break it
21:51to people that it's not the Republican Party that I'm a part of today.
21:55I represent a white majority district in a suburb of Houston, Texas, that President Trump
22:00would have won by 20 points, and I won by 25 points.
22:03I have the honor of running for the United States Senate, and we are trending
22:07in the top three, no matter what, when this day ends.
22:10A black man that's in his early 40s that is the great -great -grandson of
22:16a man who was born on a plantation running as a conservative is being judged
22:20not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character, and
22:24that is just not the Democrat Party.
22:26So that's a huge offense, huge offense, for what he said, because, again, I call
22:30it the soft bigotry of low expectations, and I'm here to tell him that as
22:34a family that had three West Corners in one house, my brother earned his master's
22:38degree from Harvard Business School.
22:39I earned three master's degrees from Cornell University.
22:42I'm here to tell you, we don't fit that mold.
22:45We believe in excellence, not just for black people, but for all Americans.
22:49I am sick of the division along racial lines from the left.
22:53We're speaking to Congressman Wesley Hunt, and he is running for that open Senate seat
22:58now in this great state of Texas, and Congressman, or the one that's up for
23:05grabs, I should say, Congressman, appreciate very much you being here with us.
23:09Obviously, you have a military background.
23:11You've been talking about that, service to the nation.
23:14It's very early, and so I'm not asking for you to solve the situation in
23:19Iran, but as somebody who has been downrange, who has had the bullets flying in
23:24both directions, just I wanted your thoughts on how you're viewing what's going on right
23:29now with the ongoing air campaign, the Trump administration deciding the red line had been
23:35crossed, time to bring the fight to the malacracy in Tehran.
23:40This is the definition of peace through strength.
23:44We now have a president who is in charge.
23:46When you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes.
23:49When a red line is drawn, and I think they got the hit last year
23:53when we bombed them and ridded their ability to have a nuclear weapon, and then
23:57they never listened. They continued on their path.
24:00They continued on the path of funding terror.
24:01They depended on their path of hurting our allies, and guess what?
24:04The red line is, now you get pallets of missiles, not pallets of cash.
24:09That is the difference between this administration and Barack Obama and certainly Joe Biden, who
24:13wouldn't have any idea what was going on.
24:15Peace through strength is this.
24:17It doesn't mean that we do nothing.
24:19What it means is that when it is time to posture, when it is time
24:22to attack, and when it is time to be strategic in the way in which
24:25we do it, we must do it to keep our allies and to keep us
24:29safe. My heart goes out, and I prayed for these soldiers last night that did
24:34not make it home. I prayed for them because I know what it feels like,
24:36and I've been there. But also, I will tell you, that's what we've signed up
24:40for. If we're in harm's way, sometimes it does mean our lives.
24:44But what I learned about what Pete Hanks said yesterday was this.
24:47Ignore the left. This is not World War III.
24:49This is a strategic move to weaken them and not allow them to harm us
24:54and harm other nations, and also they crossed the red line, and these are the
24:58consequences. President Trump has always, always campaigned on and talked about not getting into more
25:05endless wars that cost us $3 trillion, our sons and daughters' lives, and, of course,
25:1110 years. He doesn't want to do that.
25:13He never will. But we also have to ensure that we are respected across the
25:16world. When you look at your state of Texas, you're talking about your background.
25:21I think it's a really compelling story and your service for the country.
25:25But I think also your age is important here because what we saw in 2024
25:30is a lot of men, and I know women, a lot of women out there
25:33listening too, but a lot of men, white, black, Asian, and Hispanic, are just over
25:38the cultural BS that the Democrat Party is putting out.
25:42Your candidacy, I think, is an important marker of that.
25:45But just speaking as a normal guy, how often are you traveling around in Texas
25:50and just meeting people who are not particularly political but the cultural issues of the
25:55Democrat Party, men and women's sports, the effeminate nature, frankly, of the party itself?
26:01A lot of dudes of all backgrounds, particularly younger guys, are just saying, yeah, this
26:05is not for me. I'm out.
26:07Yeah, we are finding out that common sense is not so common.
26:11That's a great point, especially young men that I have seen.
26:13As I've traveled all over this state, I've been over 50 stops all over Texas
26:17over the course of the past few months.
26:19It's been incredible to see that just all people, different races, religions, colors, and creeds
26:23that are actually coming toward the side of common sense.
26:26You are exactly right. We are dealing with people that cannot tell you the difference
26:29between a man and a woman.
26:31It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen.
26:33And if you can't come up with that simple reason and rationale, if you don't
26:37understand the difference between a man and a woman, then I don't want to hear
26:39anything about your thoughts and feelings on policy.
26:42And look, they talk about guys like me and toxic masculinity.
26:45Well, I'll tell you what about toxic masculinity.
26:47Toxic masculinity is why this country exists.
26:49You see, there are brave men that stormed the beaches of Normandy into a barrage
26:54of machine gun fire to ensure that the entire world doesn't speak German.
26:58That's called toxic masculinity. And we need more of it in this country.
27:02We need men to be men.
27:04We need women to be women.
27:05And look, I'm the kind of guy, and I got three babies.
27:08I got two little girls and a little boy.
27:10And I know who I am raising them.
27:11I'm raising them in the ways of Christ.
27:13We know the difference between a man and a woman.
27:14We know the difference between a woman and a woman and a woman and a
27:15woman and a woman and a woman and a woman.
27:15Also understand that we have to respect one another and respect each other's strengths and
27:19weaknesses, but also understand that there is a construct here.
27:22And that construct of knowing when it's time to be a real man is exactly
27:27what the Republican Party stands for.
27:29And quite frankly, it's why President Trump was reelected.
27:32You don't have to question that.
27:34You don't have to question President Trump's masculinity.
27:38You don't have to question Marco Rubio's or J .D.
27:40Vance's masculinity. These are strong men.
27:43And also Susie Wilds, who is the chief of staff, is a strong woman who
27:47I also know well. At the end of the day, we need to have common
27:51sense in the cultural wars, the division along racial lines, the division along gender ideology.
27:58Also here in Texas, we're dealing with the Islamification of Texas and understanding that this
28:03is America. And by the way, you can have whatever religion that you want to
28:06celebrate and you want to use in your own home.
28:08But you don't get to move to a place, start up your own enclave, and
28:13then live under Sharia law.
28:14We have our own constitution and our own set of laws.
28:16I am the person that's saying that's got to stop.
28:19We are not going to do that because when you come to our country, you
28:21must assimilate through our laws and our rules, just like we have to assimilate through
28:25another country's laws and rules when we go visit them or we go live in
28:29their country. These things are common sense.
28:32And this is what the Republican Party stands for today.
28:35This is my platform. And what I really hope is that people continue to see
28:40just how crazy the left is.
28:42And as long as they continue to behave this way, we're going to continue to
28:46win elections. Speaking of Congressman Wesley Hunt, he's running for Senate in Texas.
28:50You were just talking about the crazy left.
28:52Let's talk a little more about the crazy left.
28:54There are some Democrats who, if you were to come through this primary, you would
28:59be facing one of them.
29:01It would be either Tallarico or Crockett, from what I can gather.
29:05What do you make of it?
29:06Which matchup do you prefer?
29:08But what does it also tell the people of Texas that those are the options
29:13the Democrat Party puts forward?
29:16Well, my guess is, if I had to guess, it's looking like it's going to
29:19be Janice Tallarico. But please know that I would much rather a Jasmine Crockett.
29:23Quite frankly, I would dream of debating her here in Texas.
29:27I think that would be hilarious.
29:28You have two black people that are roughly the same age, and one has one
29:31vision of America and Texas, and I certainly have a different vision of America and
29:35Texas. One is a victim.
29:37I am a victor. I want to talk about how amazing this country is and
29:40talk about our progress. And those two are the kinds of candidates that want to
29:46take this country backwards. All they run on is race, all they run on is
29:50division, and all they run on is some of this nonsensical, non -common sense stuff
29:55that we were just talking about regarding the difference between a man and a woman
29:58and men playing a women's sports, and not understanding what it means to be an
30:03American and keeping our culture intact.
30:06And so, again, I got in this race here in Texas because I wanted to
30:11give the people of Texas an option.
30:13I wanted to give them an option of somebody who is young, who believes in
30:16term limits, who is a combat veteran, who was the first person in the country
30:20to endorse President Trump this last cycle.
30:22I was one of his top surrogates when he was running in the most consequential
30:26election of our lifetime. I could win this primary, and I could win the general
30:30against Jasmine Crockett or James Tabarico without there being really any issues.
30:35I'm already outperforming both Ken and John head -to -head against either one of them
30:39because the matchup between me and them is a nightmare matchup for the Democrat Party.
30:44What do they say when someone like Wesley Hunt comes out of the Republican primary,
30:48someone who believes in this country, loves this country, is black, is a combat veteran,
30:54is a believer in Christ most importantly?
30:56What do they say about me?
30:58How are they possibly going to attack me?
31:00And I got in this race because I wanted to give the people of Texas
31:04an option. And win, lose, or draw, I am always the winner because I am
31:08a believer in Christ. But today, I really do pray and hope that the people
31:12of Texas get out, get this right.
31:14At a minimum, we term limit a 24 -year incumbent who is a Bush -era
31:19Lincoln Project Republican that's been around for way too long.
31:23It is time to move on, and it's time for the next generation of leadership
31:26to step up. And the expectation, last question for you, and we know you're busy.
31:31Again, everybody out there in Texas, get out and vote.
31:33Today is primary day. Is that there will be two advance from the Republican Senate
31:39race? It's going to be hard for somebody to get over 50%.
31:42Do you expect to be one of those two when the ballots are finally counted
31:46at the end of the day?
31:48Hey, sir, I wouldn't be here if I didn't believe that.
31:50Number one is going to be Ken Patson.
31:52General Patson is going to finish in first place.
31:54So this is about who finished in the second.
31:56Is it going to be me, or is it going to be John Cornyn?
31:59I got in this race because I actually wanted to give the people of Texas
32:02a choice between two real conservatives.
32:04And if it ends up being General Patson, that's fine.
32:06At least we know how he votes, and he is not going to vote with
32:09the Union Party. That's an end of discussion.
32:11So I do believe that I'm going to finish in second place to have a
32:14runoff with Ken Patson. We can have a healthy -spirited debate.
32:17But the good thing is, is you know that you're going to have two people
32:20that have a Liberty score higher than 54%, like John Cornyn.
32:24Thank you for the time, sir.
32:26Appreciate the campaign. And we'll watch and see what the results are.
32:30I'm sure we'll have you again on sometime soon.
32:33God bless you, brother. Thank you very much for having me on.
32:34I really appreciate it. That's Congressman Wesley Hunt, one of the three big contenders in
32:39the Republican Senate race going on today in Texas.
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34:27Find them, on the free iHeartRadio app, or wherever you get your podcasts.
34:32Welcome back in. Clay Travis, Buck Sexton's show.
34:36Texas primary voting underway, and there has been a monstrous amount of money spent already,
34:43as many of you living in Texas can undoubtedly attest.
34:47This is the most expensive primary, I believe, in the history of any Senate race.
34:52On both sides, a lot of money has been spent.
34:55Ray in Houston wants to weigh in.
34:59Ray, what you got? Good morning.
35:01Thank you for having me.
35:02I haven't felt this strongly since I tried to call into Russia's show many years
35:06ago. You guys have been great.
35:10I just listened to Wes.
35:11Wes is a great candidate.
35:13I'm one of his constituents.
35:15It's a shame. He's probably not going to be in the top two.
35:20He's certainly the future of the Republican Party here in Texas.
35:24I can't say enough good about him, and I wish he could be a senator.
35:27Unfortunately, most of the state doesn't know him.
35:30I don't see him doing any better than a third, and I wish people would
35:34vote for him over Paxton.
35:35Paxton's probably the worst candidate we've ever had in the state.
35:38He's got more baggage than the Clintons.
35:40He's highly ethically challenged, and I think it's pretty well proven that he's been blatantly
35:45dishonest, and that's no role for an attorney general to play.
35:49And I also think that enough independents and Republicans would sit out the general election
35:54that he very much puts his seat at risk.
35:56Let me ask you this.
35:57If that's true, how has he won statewide Paxton as attorney general pretty comfortably every
36:04time, even with a lot of opposition?
36:07Well, he's got a loyal, despite all of his ethical problems, he has a loyal
36:11MAGA following. And also, I think a lot of people feel that it was a
36:15bit of a witch hunt when he was impeached, and that was mishandled.
36:19He had some very prominent Republicans in his camp at that time.
36:23That's the best explanation I can give.
36:25Of course, you know, Texas suffers the same problem a lot of states do.
36:28A lot of Republicans don't show up to vote.
36:30Yeah, well, that's a challenge.
36:31Thank you for the call.
36:32We want everybody to get out and vote, and rest assured, whoever the ultimate winner
36:36is in the Texas Republican primary, we're going to be working our asses off to
36:41make sure that they beat either Tal Rico or Crockett.
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