Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Dec 5 2025

Summary

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Daily Review with Clay and Buck – December 5, 2025 (iHeartPodcasts)

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Overview

In this episode, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton dive into major news stories in politics, sports, and culture, applying their trademark mix of skepticism, humor, and analysis. Key topics include massive fraud and policy failures in California government, a live update from the FIFA World Cup draw in Washington DC (including Trump’s surprise FIFA Peace Award), crime and safety in the nation’s capital, a critical interview with Senator Markwayne Mullin on national security and the American beef industry, and a candid, culture-focused conversation with Gen Z commentator Isabelle Brown about media bias, American family revival, and trends among young Americans.

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1. California Corruption and Policy Debate with Steve Hilton

• Guest: Steve Hilton, candidate for Governor of California
• Segment: [02:07 – 15:34]

Key Points

• Rampant Fraud & Waste in California:
  • Hilton asserts that California’s one-party rule has led to unprecedented corruption, citing examples of financial mismanagement:
    • $20 billion lost to fraud in pandemic unemployment funds.
    • $24 billion spent on homelessness policies with little result.
    • $13 billion for healthcare for illegal immigrants.
    • “That’s $57 billion that we know about and that’s before you get into the rest of the bloated nanny state bureaucracy.” – Steve Hilton [04:22]
• The ‘Homeless Industrial Complex’:
  • Money intended to address homelessness is funneled to crony nonprofits and developers, producing “permanent supportive housing” at up to $1 million per unit.
  • “The problem gets worse because none of these units have any strings attached... It’s just a total disaster, all of it totally corrupt.” – Steve Hilton [07:12]
• Governor Gavin Newsom’s Failures:
  • Hilton mocks Newsom’s “Marshall Plan” to rebuild after wildfires, saying only one show home (not even for real residency) was completed after years of grandstanding.
  • “This guy for half a billion dollars, can’t even produce a working phone line.” – Steve Hilton [13:21]

Notable Quotes

• “In California, everything is a thousand times worse.” – Steve Hilton [03:05]
• “They are running away with the taxpayer money. And meanwhile, the problem gets worse...” – Steve Hilton [07:01]
• “There’s no appetite for Kamala Harris here in California, just as there isn’t across the country if she decides to run for president.” – Steve Hilton [11:05]

Timestamps

• California corruption & fraud: [03:01]
• Homeless policy critique: [06:00]
• Wildfire and infrastructure failures: [08:32]
• Kamala Harris discussion: [11:09]
• Newsom for President ambitions: [12:27]

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2. Live from the FIFA Event: Trump Wins a New Peace Award

• Segment: [22:52 – 33:12]
• Reported live by Clay Travis from the Kennedy Center in D.C.

Key Points

• FIFA World Cup Draw Update:
  • Clay provides atmosphere and behind-the-scenes details of the draw, where the U.S. team’s path will be set.
  • U.S. Men’s National Team expected to be competitive, but still outside the top tier globally. “We’re around the 12th through the 13th best team, United States men are.” – Clay Travis [25:48]
• Trump’s Surprise: FIFA Peace Award:
  • Trump honored on stage at the event; Clay notes sports journalists’ and European players’ outrage (“The journos are furious in the sports media” – Clay Travis [27:28]).
  • Clay praises Trump’s tactical engagement with the FIFA event and sees it as a preamble to America’s 250th anniversary celebrations.
  • “I actually thought Trump’s acceptance speech was relatively humble, as Trump acceptance speeches go, but he immediately put his gold medal of Peace on, which has got everybody losing their minds.” – Clay Travis [31:31]

Notable Quotes

• “Soccer is kind of a sport for the left wing... In America, it’s kind of flipped.” – Clay Travis [27:28]
• “It’s, I think, kind of smart of Trump to lean in on this...” – Clay Travis [28:03]
• “I give the president of FIFA credit... There are lots of European countries that are soccer watching this right now live.” – Clay Travis [32:31]

Timestamps

• FIFA event coverage: [23:21]
• Trump’s FIFA Peace Award: [27:17]
• U.S. team hopes: [25:48]
• Safety and crime improvements in D.C.: [29:18]

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3. Interview: Senator Markwayne Mullin (Oklahoma)

• Topics: U.S. military strikes, Venezuela, American beef industry
• Segment: [34:20 – 47:39]

Key Points

• U.S. Strikes on Narco Boats:
  • Senator Mullin defends recent military actions against Venezuelan drug boats, calling them “a good hit.” – [37:56]
  • Claims some Democrats criticizing the strikes are “flat lying to you, 100%, completely lying to you.” – Senator Mullin [37:56]
• Venezuela and Regime Change:
  • The U.S. supports opposition to Maduro and would allow him peaceful exile.
  • “He’s destabilized the entire region because Venezuela used to be this great democracy... He has now turned it into his playground for terrorism and drugs.” – Senator Mullin [40:15]
• Struggles for American Ranchers:
  • Highlights pressure from big foreign-owned meat packers, falling prices, and industry consolidation.
  • “You can’t have both... today land prices are so high, tractor prices are so high... You can’t be a startup ranch.” – Senator Mullin [44:02]
  • Suggests discussion about potential ranching “backstop” or insurance, as in crop farming, may be needed.

Notable Quotes

• “We know this was an active terrorist organization that was actively trying to bring poison drugs into our, into our country.” – Senator Mullin [38:17]
• “It’s very tough to be a rancher today.” – Senator Mullin [43:18]

Timestamps

• Narco boat strikes: [37:09]
• Venezuela policy: [40:15]
• American rancher challenges: [42:08]

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4. Culture War & Gen Z Trends with Isabelle Brown

• Guest: Isabelle Brown, The Isabelle Brown Show
• Segment: [52:00 – 65:04]

Key Points

• Inside CNN: Confronting Media Bias
  • Brown describes being the sole conservative voice on a combative CNN panel, repeatedly interrupted and used as a “metaphorical punching bag.”
  • “It’s obvious that everything is violence except actual violence. To the left, right, words are violence, ideas are violence... but planting pipe bombs actually isn’t violent, I guess, according to CNN.” – Isabelle Brown [55:09]
• On Raising a Family, Gen Z, and the Cultural Shift
  • Brown and Buck connect over recent parenthood, both speaking glowingly of how it inspires renewed purpose and optimism.
  • Discusses a countercultural “family revival” among Gen Z, citing high-profile moves by young Americans toward faith and traditional family values, even as national stats say otherwise.
  • “There is a very clear agenda to make you lonely, depressed and miserable. I mean, for God’s sakes, the last Surgeon General of the United States... actually issued a public health warning that parenting is dangerous to your health.” – Isabelle Brown [59:46]
• Rejecting ‘Doomerism’:
  • Skeptical of past “climate doomerism” that discouraged family growth; notes Bill Gates recently dialed back on apocalyptic predictions.
  • “People are actually running headlines like... ‘It is almost shameful to want to have children’.” – Isabelle Brown [59:46]
• Light-Hearted Talk:
  • Discussion ends with playful banter about youth fashion ("mom jeans") and a call for revived classic American style.

Notable Quotes

• “I love that Baby Speed wants his own podcast. My daughter is constantly talking all the time.” – Isabelle Brown [57:57]
• “All of my friends are engaged, married or having babies. My best friend had her baby last night... It’s just so exciting.” – Isabelle Brown [61:41]
• “We can have thriving careers and some of the girl boss culture without the toxic corporate element to that, but that means nothing if we don’t have our children to share it with.” – Isabelle Brown [62:27]

Timestamps

• CNN panel & media conflict: [52:32]
• American family and Gen Z: [57:57], [59:05]
• Critique of anti-family culture: [59:46]
• Climate change “doomerism” and rebound: [61:41], [62:19]

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Memorable Moments & Quotes

• Steve Hilton on CA homelessness: "Permanent supportive housing... a home with no strings attached. That costs a fortune... Here in California, they can build an apartment for $250,000, $300,000 a door... these homeless... apartments, $800,000, $900,000... in San Francisco... $1 million. So it's four times the cost for exactly the same kind of building. Why? Because it's being eaten up in payments to the other component of it. Not just the crony nonprofits, but the crony affordable housing developers..." [06:00–07:01]
• Clay Travis on Trump’s FIFA Award: “The journos are furious in the sports media.... It's kind of smart of Trump to lean in on this because... several of [the international players] were rolling their eyes at the idea... which again, I just think is absolutely spectacular. Just drove them crazy.” [27:17–28:43]
• Senator Markwayne Mullin on ranchers: “It's very tough to be a rancher today.... There is any startup ranches today. You can't do that. You either own your land and you're running cattle on it or you're going broke...” [43:18–44:02]
• Isabelle Brown on Gen Z family revival: “My daughter means so much more to me than any paycheck ever will. And the response I'm getting, even from young women on the very radical left about this, that they're quitting their birth control, they're deleting their dating apps, they are desperate to find a God fearing husband and wanting to build a family...” [62:27]

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Episode Structure & Flow

1. Political Analysis & Government Critique: [02:07–15:34]
2. Sporting & Political Crossover (FIFA Event): [23:21–33:12]
3. National Security & American Agriculture: [34:20–47:39]
4. Culture, Media, & Generational Change: [52:00–65:04]

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Summary Takeaways

This episode delivers a whirlwind tour of headline political scandals, the intersection of sports and presidential politics, national security policy, and a vibrant discussion on the social trajectory of young Americans. The hosts’ fast-paced, sometimes sardonic style is complemented by candid guests who bring both fire and humor to hot-button issues—from California’s fiscal misadventures and the spectacle of the FIFA World Cup to the hopefulness of a “family revival” led by Gen Z.

For listeners who missed the show, this episode is a definitive snapshot of the day’s top controversies, cultural observation, and the ongoing tensions between left, right, and independent America.

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[Senator Markwayne Mullin]

Of course.

[Steve Hilton]

Hey, but great to be with you. What a disaster. I mean, here's the point, right? You look at Minnesota and what's being revealed there, it is disgusting and shocking. But in California, everything is a thousand times worse. First of all, we've had one party rule for longer in California. In Minnesota, it's been three years, in California, 15 years. And it's this one party rule that breeds this kind of corruption and an abuse of taxpayer trust. And then on top of that, we were the first state in California to have a statewide sanctuary policy. We are the home of the open borders insanity. And that ideology is still held deeply by the Democrats in charge here in California. You can see the way they're fighting the president on every aspect of his immigration agenda. And then you look at the fraud that we already know about in California. $20 billion in the pandemic for just the employment department stolen by criminal gangs and people getting checks when they're on death row and all this nonsense. Then you have $24 billion the state auditor revealed lost on homelessness, spending that ended up in the pockets of crony nonprofits and all this corruption there. And then you add to that, again, this is official money that shouldn't be being spent. $13 billion this year in the budget from Gavin Newsom for free health care for illegal immigrants that shouldn't even be here in the country. That's just my basic, you don't even need Tim Waltz level accounting skills. That's $57 billion that we know about. And that's before you get into the rest of the bloated nanny state bureaucracy and welfare system here in California. So that's why this week I did two things. I set up a fraud hotline because a PIP line because you saw in Minnesota so many brave and honest state workers there trying to blow the whistle on all this for years, that being silenced and intimidated by Tim Walls and the Democrat machine. So I've set up a line, califraud.com for state workers in California to tell us what's going on. And secondly, I've been in touch with Kristi Noem, who made that shocking revelation at the cabinet meeting this week that half of the visas that they looked at in Minnesota were fraudulent. I said, look, we need that kind of investigation here in California, too. I wrote her a letter about that. I've been talking to senior leadership at DHS who agree with me that an investigation is warranted. So hopefully we can make some progress on exposing this kind of nonsense right here in California.

[Buck Sexton]

$24 billion spent in California, as you call it, on the. On the homeless industrial complex. I mean, one thing that I remember seeing is Gavin Newsom, right when he became governor the first time, talking about how, you know, I'm going to bring homelessness down to the lowest rates and it's gone, it's gone. Nothing but up. It's just home. The homelessness problem in California has only gotten worse since he has been in office. So what do they spend the $24 billion on?

[Steve Hilton]

Well, I actually, just to sort of underline the point, I think we're now in the. Was it the 20? I lose track. I think it's the 22nd year of Gavin Newsom's plan to end homelessness in 10 years. I mean, it's just a joke. The money goes, as I said, into the pockets of. There's the two. The two big components of what we call the homeless industrial comple are crony nonprofits who pretend to solve the homelessness problem, but actually they're doing work that continues to let it continue without being addressed. So for example, they're providing what they call permanent supportive housing. That is a euphemism for a home with no strings attached. That costs a fortune. I've got friends who, supporters of mine in the house building industry, building apartments free of all the government nonsense and all the corruption attached to this. Here in California, they can build an apartment for, I don't know, 250, $300,000 a door, as they call it. So that's the unit cost, the cost for these homeless industrial complex apartments, permanent supportive housing, $800,000, $900,000. Just now in San Francisco, in the Bay Area, $1 million. So it's four times the cost for exactly the same kind of building. Why? Because it's being eaten up in payments to the other component of it. Not just the crony nonprofits, but the crony affordable housing developers, all of whom are massive donors to Newsom and the Democrat politicians, both at the state level and locally. And they get these massively inflated contracts to build this stuff, and they're running away with the taxpayer money. And meanwhile, the problem gets worse because none of these units have any strings attached. So people we know that 80% plus of people who are homeless have drug addiction or alcohol addiction, mental health problems. They get given these homes with no strings attached. So they end up Back on the street, dealing drugs, using drugs. It's just a total disaster, all of it totally corrupt, and we've got to bring it into it.

[Buck Sexton]

Speaking of building, I saw something where I think it was supposed to be a moment of congratulations in Los Angeles county. But Mayor, Mayor Karen Bass, correct me if I'm wrong. They, they're, they're applauding themselves because they just approved the first, like, four bedroom house since the Palisades fire, devastated whole neighborhoods, whole areas of Los Angeles. They've approved the four bedroom house to be rebuilt. Is that right?

[Steve Hilton]

Oh, Bug, I'm so glad you mentioned this. I literally was there yesterday afternoon. I walked right past it, made a little video. We'll be posting that, I think, over the weekend. So here's the deal. They trumpeted the first house fully rebuilt after the fire. What's the truth about this house? First of all, it's not a real house. It's a show home built by a developer. No one's ever going to live in it. Secondly, it was all approved and permitted before the fires. The fires. The one thing that they didn't get was a permit for bulldozing what was on the property beforehand. But that took care of itself with the fires. They didn't need the permit. So the whole thing is a farce. And this, this is what they're trumpeting as a success.

Just on the day when Newsom is in D.C. saying, We need federal money, we need to. Trump's not giving us the support that we need. When it was Gavin Newsom nearly a year ago now, who stood there in the smoldering debris of the Palisades fire and told NBC News, I put the video clip out again yesterday to remind people I am developing a Marshall plan. That's his quote, a Marshall plan to rebuild L. A, and it can barely do one house. This guy's a complete joke.

[Buck Sexton]

It's astonishing. We're speaking of Steve Hilton. He's running for governor in California. And I certainly hope you're able to continue to make a lot of noise about what's going on in, in that state, Steve, because it needs help. But I also wanted you to tell us your take on this. I'm sure you might. You probably saw this. It got a little overshadowed by some other news stories this week, but I'll just tell. I'll tell you what happened. Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania was asked about his portrayal in Kamala's awful book, 107 Days, which I will tell you just because I got to take a bow for this One I read. I read so that somebody on this show, because I told Clay, only one of us has to hop on this hand grenade. So I said, I will read. I'll read it. So I read 107 days. It's terrible. Felt like it was 107 days to read it. And she basically said Shapiro was, like, arrogant. And this is in the whole VP race component of her campaign. I bring it up because Shapiro apparently just swatted this down with. She's just trying to cover her behind, and she's an absolute train wreck, more or less. Is that a. I know that we, you and I, feel that way because we can observe reality. Are Democrats pretty cold on Kamala in California?

[Steve Hilton]

Yes. They don't want to see her back in any kind of race. There was no support for her floating the idea of running for governor. The donors weren't behind it. The activists weren't behind it. They said, please, that's the last thing we want. So that's even in her home state for running for governor, there was no support for that. And you've got to believe Shapiro on this, because we see the pattern with people like Kamala Harris and with Gavin Newsom and with Biden. They're all the same. They're these machine politicians. They don't believe in anything. They'll say whatever is convenient to try and climb that political ladder and further their careers. They have no principles, no beliefs, no convictions, nothing. And that's why they end up saying totally different things, contradictory things all the time. They lie for a living. They are pathological liars. And so on this particular one, you got to assume that Shapiro's right. But there's no appetite for Kamala Harris here in California, just as there isn't across the country if she decides to run for president.

[Buck Sexton]

Are you already seeing though the early efforts by the Newsom for president? Kevin, are you hearing the super fancy fundraisers in Malibu? Are they going to be getting the hors d' oeuvres ready here in short order? What can you tell us about those machinations?

[Steve Hilton]

Well, not so much in Malibu, because they haven't been able to rebuild their homes in Malibu.

[Buck Sexton]

Oh, whoops. Yeah, I forgot about that. Sorry. Somewhere else where they're fancy. Beverly Hills.

[Clay Travis]

Exactly.

[Steve Hilton]

You got to build the luxury mansions back before you do that. Look, I don't know. You're definitely. Certainly there's a. There's a. He's in a different category to Kamala. They believe he's a winner. They really do. They think that he's the guy they are lining up behind him. I'm hearing that definitely from the donor community in California. They're going to be proud and excited to support him. So, you know, watch out, America. The worst, and as I call him, Mugger, the most useless governor in America, he's coming your way to try and replicate on the national stage what he's done here in California, which is the worst results in the country. The highest gas prices, highest electric bills, highest unemployment rate, highest poverty rate, highest cost for everything that matters. 50th out of 50 states on affordability, 50th out of 50 states on opportunity. And this guy thinks, can I just tell you one last story if we have time? I haven't got much attention. This just came to light. It's such a newsome classic. So just nearly seven years ago, in his first budget as governor, he made a huge fuss about the fact that the state's emergency communication system was antiquated analog, total disaster, not fit for purpose. If there are fires or an earthquake, he was going to modernize the whole thing. So here's what was announced this week. In the intervening nearly seven years, they have spent half a billion dollars on this new, essentially new phone line. And at the end of it all, it doesn't work at all. And they've just announced that they're scrapping the whole thing. This guy for half a billion dollars, can't even produce a working phone line. He wants to be president. I mean, it's just such a joke.

[Buck Sexton]

I saw that your possible competition here, I don't think she's announced yet, but people on the Democrats, I talk about the Katie Porter, but her numbers are looking a little shaky because the more people know about Katie Porter, it seems the less they want to support Katie Porter for governor of California.

[Steve Hilton]

Well, funnily enough, I'm just in San Jose today. I was just literally on the debate. It's not really a debate. They call it a candidate forum with Katie Porter and a couple of the others, including billionaire climate fanatic Tom Steyer, who I had great fun pointing out is one of the main architects of the fact that everything's so expensive in California. So she's still in the race. Her numbers are down a little bit, but not collapsed at all. But the new entrant that we're all very excited to see what happens with this, our friend Eric Swalwell, who's now running. And so I, as I, as I say often, I can't decide which who I'd rather face in the general election. Katie Porter with the endless opportunity for mashed potato jokes or Eric with the endless opportunity for fang fang jokes. I don't know. I don't know which to choose in terms of my preference.

[Buck Sexton]

Amazing stuff. Thank you so much for being with us. Steve. What's your website for?

[Steve Hilton]

Governor Steve HiltonForGovernor.com F O R Steve HiltonForGovernor.com We've got to beat this Democrat machine. So any. Any help with that? Gratefully received. Thank you, Buck.

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Ten athletes will face the toughest job interview in fitness that will push past physical and mental breaking points.

You are the fittest of the fit. Only one of you will leave here with an IFIT contract for 250,000.

[Buck Sexton]

This is where mindset comes in.

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Someone will be eliminated.

[Clay Travis]

Pressure is coming down.

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[Buck Sexton]

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[Isabelle Brown]

You won't believe what my new friend just told me about dinosaurs.

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Clay Travis with the Clay and Buck Show. Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

[Buck Sexton]

Thanks for being here with us. We will get updates for you. I know you're on the edge of your seats. You're like Buck. Forget about the fate of the Republic. Who cares about the economy, war and peace in the Caribbean With Venezuela, none of those things matter until we know the US Men's national soccer team draw. So we'll get you that information as soon as we can. They playing? You know, Spain, Argentina and Bolivia. Who are they playing? We'll get you that when we can. I promise. I will not leave that off of. Of our list of things to inform you of today. Yeah, Clay is at the FIFA event. Trump just got the FIFA Peace award. I think years ago, FIFA was super corrupt. Sounds about right. Wasn't there some big problem with FIFA? There's maybe even a documentary about. I can't remember now. The only FIFA that I know of is the. I'm not gonna lie. To play a PlayStation 5 video game, which I am really good at, like, very good. I probably play it too much. I find it very relaxing for the mind. It's a very. I really don't watch TV very much. I watch shows here and there. Carrie and I. I think we're about to start watching Task, which has got the annoying actor who has the really left wing politics, Mark Ruffalo. But I've heard it's good on hbo. I just. I like to watch on the weekends, you know, a little wifey time. We put speed to sleep. I had speed myself last night. Kerry went out for a girls night, went out there, you know, when I went out, not dancing, but, you know, went out to dinner, had fun with the ladies and everything else. She says, you want to come? I said, you know what? I'm just going to rock out with Speed. You know, we watched a samurai show. That's. That's what the two guys do when. When wifey is. Is out on the town with the ladies. It's Art Basel here this week in Miami, which is very fancy. So I. Everyone. This is always the funny thing that happens. Everyone always asks me, who comes down to Miami around this time of year, oh, what are you doing for Basel? And I have to tell them, well, the people who know me already know this, but the people who don't know me that well, I have to tell them whatever does not require me to leave my home, see people, or be in any traffic. The traffic here is total madness. It's like the UN General assembly, but with fancy artwork. Like UN General assembly in New York, where it's just gridlock everywhere. There's a lot of traffic. It's a great event for Miami and I'm glad everyone has fun and there's parties and everything else. But, you know, I'm. I was having a great time. Speed and I Were watching the samurai stuff. It's great. You know, it was really fun. So why was it telling you?

[Senator Markwayne Mullin]

But.

[Buck Sexton]

Oh yeah, the show task. I'll probably check that out. It's tough to, tough to find a good show, but I do, I do enjoy. I got started playing the occasional video game during COVID because I was locked at home just, you know, eating gluten free Mac and cheese. We have clay right now. I see. Look at the amazing tap dancing that I do here while we're waiting for Mr. Clay Travis to call us from the FIFA event. Hey, buddy, everyone's waiting for you. How you doing?

[Clay Travis]

It's pretty spectacular, Buck. I'm not gonna lie. I'm just stepped out here in the grand foyer outside of the theater where hopefully soon, you know, they just had the prime minister of Canada and the president of Mexico and Trump on. I don't know if people are watching, they're about to start the draw sooner or later. But this thing is really well done, very well put on. Roma Duravi, you know, who is, has been on the show before, is one of the board members here. But they put on an absolute spectacular show so far. They took over the Kennedy Center, FIFA did. And look, a lot of people are having this conversation. I do think it's cool. People say, okay, well, why is the president involved? What's going on here? I think Trump 100% sees this as a huge part of America's 250th anniversary celebration. He's going to have the UFC fight. He's going to put on a show the likes of which we haven't seen in a very long time. And I think he wants the whole world to recognize what pretty much everybody out there listening to us would agree with, which is this is the absolute best country that's ever existed in the history of the world. And we should put our best face forward for the 250th anniversary of the country. And so the birthday celebration is going to include this incredible sporting festival that hasn't been here in 30 years. So I think it's going to be awesome. And I've got my fingers crossed. I was out with our friend Alexi Lawless last night for dinner, who, you know, we've had on the show quite a bit, the lead soccer analyst for Fox Sports. And, you know, he's already run through the best possible draw for people who don't know the draw can dictate to a large extent whether you advance to the knockout stage. And, you know, hopefully we'll get a Good draw here in the next 20, 30 minutes. I don't know that it's out there very publicly, but two of the games are going to be played in Los Angeles for the US Men, and one of them is going to be played in Seattle. So they already know where the location for the games are going to be for the US Team, but they don't know who's going to actually be.

[Senator Markwayne Mullin]

Be playing.

[Clay Travis]

So that's what we're waiting on right now for this event to determine.

[Buck Sexton]

Clay, we are the best country, but unfortunately, we're not the best soccer team, that's for sure. How is the U.S. men's team? I mean, I'm sure, you know, Lexi talked about this. Are they actually going to maybe get out of the first knockout stage?

[Clay Travis]

Yeah. So he felt good about them. So they now have expanded the knockout stage to 32 teams from 16, and he felt good about them getting to the round of 32. Again, we have to wait and see exactly what the group play is going to be, but he felt good about that. And look, we're around the 12th through the 13th best team united States men are. And, and so, yeah, I think that's about the FIFA rankings. Somebody in the studio can pull them up. Exactly. But, you know, the problem is there's a. Sometimes a big drop off. The. The talk is it's Spain.

[Senator Markwayne Mullin]

It is.

[Clay Travis]

Spain, France, Spain, France and England, in addition, obviously, to Brazil and Argentina and that caliber of team. So what we have is not anywhere near the talent that the elite programs have, the elite countries. So we have to rely on some good fortune, good luck, the ball bouncing our proverbial way, in order to make some noise. I think, and I will say there was hope, you know, this.

[Senator Markwayne Mullin]

That this was going to be kind.

[Clay Travis]

Of the golden generation, that we were going to have a lot of good young players that all came together, as sometimes occurs in countries. And I just think the Christian Pulisics of the world that were supposed to be the stars of this team, have not necessarily advanced like we would have hoped four years ago in terms of becoming the best at what they do now.

[Buck Sexton]

How was it in there when Trump got his Peace Award, the FIFA Peace Award? Is there grumbling about this from the journos? I mean, it's a high five for Trump.

[Clay Travis]

Oh, yeah. The journos are furious in the sports media. And, you know, this. It's, it's. It's kind of very interesting when you think about it in America. Soccer is kind of a sport for the left wing, I would say. Sort of elite people. Whereas in most of the rest of the world, soccer is the game that all the poor kids play.

[Senator Markwayne Mullin]

Right.

[Clay Travis]

In America, it's kind of flipped. Soccer tends to have a higher socioeconomic status, and so soccer fans overwhelmingly skew Democrats.

[Senator Markwayne Mullin]

Right.

[Clay Travis]

You know, not necessarily the Yay America fans, but just the hardcore soccer fans. They're furious about it. But, you know, I kind of love it. But yes, that, that element of the, of the American sports media is just throwing up their arms. And it's, I think, kind of smart of Trump to lean in on this because, you know, we were last night out with some of the international soccer players at a FIFA event, and several of them were kind of rolling the. Their eyes at the idea, the European guys, that Trump was going to get this peace prize today, which, again, I just think is absolutely spectacular. Just drove them crazy.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, I was gonna say for nothing else, the trolling value of Trump getting the award is fantastic. Something clay that I'm just curious about the atmospherics here, the streets of D.C. you're obviously with a lot of D.C. residents there. A lot of people live there. The journos and others, White House staff, you know, give Stephen Miller a high five from, from the Clay and Buck Show. But is there talk about the streets really feeling. I know we just had the horrible incident with the National Guard, but that was really a terrorist attack. Is their sense that things are safer from a crime perspective?

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, I do think that's the case. I mean, I was talking to some people last night, and they said they just don't feel like they have to look over their shoulder as much when they're going around in, in D.C. now, like many cities, parts of D.C. are comparatively safe. You know, the northwest D.C. which is where the White House is, tends to be safer than Southeast, for instance, for people who know the area. So the driving down of violent crime, though, has been pretty spectacular across the board. You know, we're talking about 60% declines to, you know, frankly, lows of crime that we have not seen almost in the history of the city of Washington. And, you know, it's going well because you don't hear anything hardly at all about, about the protests going on anymore. And I will say I didn't see them, but there were evidently going to be protesters outside of the Kennedy Center. Go figure. Protesting Trump getting the peace award. And so when I was walking in, I walked through a group of D.C. cops, and they were all talking about the fact I heard them getting a briefing. They were saying, hey, guys, just be aware we're expecting some protesters to show up. They've got the area fenced, so you have to go through security because the presidents are here. But. But I was kind of hoping that I would see, you know, these bedraggled, you know, old people protesting the, the World cup and Trump getting the Peace prize, not dissimilar to what we saw when we were up here a little bit less than a year ago for the inauguration. So there definitely is the sense that the city is safer, but there's still that, you know, tiny baseline of absolute morons that will even show up to protest a FIFA event because they think that the President is being honored too much at the FIFA event.

[Buck Sexton]

I also, you've got to get some reaction from the journos that are assembled there, Clay, for me, about how this is a big week for Trump and peace because not only did he get the FIFA Peace Prize, which we let, we played that live on air as he was talking, you know, saying thank you and all that. He's renamed the Institute of Peace for himself.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, yeah. No, look, I mean, I actually thought Trump's acceptance speech was relatively humble, as Trump accepted speeches go, but he immediately put his gold medal of Peace on, which has got everybody losing their minds. And let's be honest, I mean, he should have gotten the Nobel Peace Prize. So the fact that FIFA has created their own Peace Prize and that he is the inaugural recipient is somewhat funny, but again, I think speaks to the good relationship that he has with the President of FIFA. And I give the president of FIFA credit because again, there are lots of European countries that are soccer watching this right now live. You know, they say up to a billion people may be watching this World cup draw, which is crazy, right, to think about around the world because it's such a big deal to see who you're going to play and where you're going to play. And so the President understands, certainly speaking to big audiences, but there are a lot of die hard soccer fans that are furious that Trump got the Peace Prize, which, frankly, I love.

[Buck Sexton]

Me too. Well, Clay, thank you for doing some on the scene sports correspondence for us here. Very good stuff, no doubt.

[Clay Travis]

I'll send you a memo if we get a voice memo. You guys can. Yes, if we get a good draw. And I'll break it down the, the likely success here. I might even pass the phone to Alexi Lawless and let him be the, uh, official expert, uh, analyst of the draw.

[Buck Sexton]

Fantastic here short. We're here, we're live. Let us know. And, uh, we will Certainly. Uh, also talk to on Monday. So if I don't talk to you before then, have a great weekend, man.

[Clay Travis]

All right, everybody else out there too. And fingers crossed we get a good draw here very shortly.

[Buck Sexton]

Oh, everyone's baited breath from all the SEC football fans about the U.S. soccer. U.S. soccer bracket. We'll see how this goes. Thank you, Clay. All right, look, this holiday season. This holiday season, think big, think fun. Think of surprising a friend or a family member with a gift from Good Ranchers, the company sending delicious mouth watering steaks and burgers to your home. Look, full disclosure. Kerry and I subscribe to Good Ranchers and get a fresh package of their meats. Chicken, pork, every month. It's like Christmas morning every month. No matter what time of year, good ranchers sources 100% of their proteins from American Ranchers. Every one of them makes a commitment to no growth hormones, no antibiotics in the animals they raise. The result is pure, delicious meat. Chicken, pork, even salmon. Good Ranchers makes gifting easy. Just choose any gift box, add a note and schedule delivery. And whether it's for family, friends, employees or clients, Good Ranchers makes the most memorable gift. Visit goodranchers.com to start gifting. Subscribe. Use my name Buck as your promo code for $40 off your first order and free Meat for Life. Goodranchers.com $40 off plus free Meat for Life with code BUCK.

Stories of Freedom, stories of America. Inspirational stories that unite us all each day. Spend time with Clay and Bunch. Find the on the free iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. All right, welcome back into Clay and Buck. We are joined now by Senator Mark Wayne Mullen of Oklahoma. Senator, always good to talk to you. Thanks for making the time for us.

[Senator Markwayne Mullin]

Oh, absolutely. Glad to be on your show again.

[Buck Sexton]

So Clay is out today. He sends his regards. He is hanging out with the president and others at the Kennedy center for FIFA. Before we get into serious things, I'm going to kind of reverse the order here. Usually we get the less serious things toward the end, but are you, at least for today, a soccer fan? Where do you come down on this?

[Senator Markwayne Mullin]

I don't know the first thing about soccer at all. Zero.

[Buck Sexton]

None.

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[Buck Sexton]

I like the honesty. I had a feeling I didn't want. I'm not trying to typecast you, but I had a feeling you might go in that direction, that you weren't going to tell me that you're like a big Manchester City fan or something. So, anyway, okay, just getting that name.

[Senator Markwayne Mullin]

You a player or. Or a team and, but you just said Manchester. So there I could name you that one.

[Buck Sexton]

But, but one, one transition piece I could, I could give you on this though, Senator, is President Trump got an award, the FIFA Peace Award, which, well, whether it's a new award, right. So it doesn't have quite the esteem of say the Nobel Prize, but with a billion people apparently watching this event at the Kennedy center, the president of the United States getting this peace award from his international body, I can tell you the journos very unhappy about it. Very unhappy.

[Senator Markwayne Mullin]

Well, I don't any journalist, it seems like for the most part, not you guys, but most of these journalists are so left wing they can't stand the president. But think about this, saying how many countries he's brought peace to since he's been in office. There's been nine wars he stopped so that you could say 18 countries. And almost every one of these countries, you know, they, they appreciate sports and soccer too. And you know, one thing we do do, one thing my office we work with is the USA Athletic Department. So when you start talking about State Department, U.S. athletics, be it from the world to the Olympic side of things, we work with their getting visas. We started with a wrestling community because obviously that's what we do and that's what my family does, that's what my kids do, that's what I did is wrestle. And, and so we, we worked so well with that that we've helped with this process getting tough countries visas to be able to come in here, to be able to compete. And we're doing the same thing with the Olympic program too. So we've, that's, that's the, that's my extent of helping with freeing, you know, I guess they say football, we say soccer to, to help with making sure.

[Buck Sexton]

It'S a great event here again, turning us to the international scene here and taking us in a different direction toward national security, war and peace. These strikes, I played some of the audio before the strikes on the narco boats coming from Venezuela toward the United States. And they've been taken out. I think we're getting close to now a hundred who will have been, who will have been killed in this process of these strikes. Maybe a dozen or so boats, something like a few dozen boats. There was all this allegation swirling in the media, allegations were swirling in the media about this as a war crime. I played Senator Cotton, your colleague, he seems entirely satisfied the strikes were lawful and legitimate. I wanted you to weigh in on this.

[Senator Markwayne Mullin]

Yes, absolutely, 100%. Any Democrat that comes out right now that saw this briefing, that saw the video, that's had opportunity to read it. Anyone that comes to any other conclusion is flat lying to you, 100%, completely lying to you. Now, those that haven't got the briefing and those that haven't read their documents and those that haven't saw the video, they've chose to be ignorant on it because they, the White House has made it accessible to them. And so there's no excuse for you talking on the point of ignorance because if you're going to be talking about the subject, you should and you think it's your passion about it, so you're going to complain about the administration for doing something wrong, then at least be smart enough to go get the facts. Because anybody that watches it knows without a doubt this was a good hit. These individuals wasn't just floating in the water. They were actively trying, and this isn't classified information, they were actually trying to, to get the boat back right side up. And they were also communicating with another boat that was in the area that we know was trying to come and pick them up. And it is very, very, very clear when it goes to where the requirements are for the Navy or the Coast Guard to intercept and rescue stand stranded people in open water and when they are not to put a person, meaning a service member, in harm's way to do so, when they're considered an enemy force, which the terrorist organizations are terrorists, we deemed them terrorists. We know that they carry arms in these boats. We don't. That's not a. And maybe we know they do. We do know that this was a, an active terrorist organization that was actively trying to bring poison drugs into our, into our country. And so without question, this was a good hit. And I'm glad these individuals are on the bottom of the ocean.

[Buck Sexton]

You are on the Armed Services committee in the U.S. senate. And just for all of our, I know you know that, but for all of our listeners. And so you're very much get it getting briefed, you're in the know on what's going on here, the situation of Maduro and Venezuela. What can you tell us about the trajectory here and what the Trump administration is seeking as the end game?

[Senator Markwayne Mullin]

We want Maduro to leave and we gave him an opportunity, even though we have a reward for him to be taken out live or dead doesn't really make any difference to us. We have told him he could leave peacefully if he chose to go to a different country. His country has made it very clear that they do not want him there. This used to be a democracy. Now that he has turned it into a dictator slash communist country, he's absolutely runt the country. He's destabilized the entire region because Venezuela used to be this great democracy that had a strong economy. He has now turned it into his playground for terrorism and in drugs instead of the great economy it used to be. So the president has made it very clear we will allow you to go to Russia. We'll actually allow you to go the country you choose to go to. But you can't stay where you're at. Now. That doesn't mean that we're going to commit troops to the country. That's not what we're, that's not what we've committed to do. What we will do though, is if we have labs that are making their narcotics that are killing our friends and family and loved ones on our, on our streets, in our towns and our states, that we will strike those inside Venezuela if we have to. We're able to do that because we've done this with terrorist organizations all over the world. I mean, you think about, you know, for these Democrats are throwing a fit about the president using this kinetic force. They never said a word when Obama, when he killed his thousands with.

Drone strikes and airstrikes to same terrorist organizations that the United States had deemed as a terrorist, as terrorist organization. So I have zero issue with what's happening. And I think the President's approach to Venezuela is spot on.

[Buck Sexton]

Senator Mark Wade Mullen with us now of Oklahoma. Something I wanted you to weigh in on and I know that this is something you have a personal understanding of, which is the position of American ranchers and the beef industry. You know, this has come up a bunch with Trump and the tariff talks. Just can you tell us how's it going for American ranchers right now? And is there any policy, fix, change or addition that should be made? Because having a robust beef industry, not just because I love a good steak, it's my favorite actual food, but how is that, how is that part of our economy doing? And how's the Trump administration working to bolster it?

[Senator Markwayne Mullin]

Well, it's tough. You know, we're a cow calf operation. We have a lot of, a lot of, a lot of lot of cattle. And we've seen the prices drop sharply. There's been a lot of dispute from those of us that sell on the hoof. That means the cow or the, the steer itself that we're selling, we call that on the hoof. There's a big difference between what we get market price and what is selling out of the meat packers by the box of beef? By the box. Huge difference in pricing. What we don't understand is why the pricing has continued to drop. The president had put out a couple of statements in the market, in my opinion, overreacted on it. And then the president said he was going to start investigating the big four meat packers for price fixing, which we feel like they are. And then immediately you saw Tyson come out and said they're closing their doors, which they did. And so you got three major meat packers left. And the interesting thing is all three of those are foreign owned and they're controlling the market. It's not a free market. We where you consolidated that much. And it's very tough to be a rancher today. There is any startup ranches today. You can't do that. You either own your land and you're running cattle on it. So you're a landowner that has cattle on it.

Or you know, you're, you're going broke because you can't have, you can't have both. Used to when I first started, you could run cattle and purchase land based on the land and how many heads you thought you could run on it. That would make sense. Today land prices are so high, tractor prices are so high. Your input cost from your fertilizer to your seed to grain into labor costs. It doesn't make any sense if you're trying to make a land payment on top of that with cattle alone. So it's a very, very tough industry. And it's one of the few. It's the only, it's the only protein industry that hasn't consolidated into corporate farms. You see it, you know, chicken as chicken and pork obviously consolidated into corporate farms. Beef is. We have been able to prevent that from happening. But if we don't take a hard complete look at this, you could see where that might turn into it because it's, it's very difficult. Hoof prices right now, not hoof prices, but are herd. It's down to the level of, of 1953 and only getting worse because right now people are gonna. Are having to sell off. They were trying to sell off because of prices, but they got some loans on some of this stuff. They've got to sell at low prices. So they're trying to, they're having to sell more head than what they'd even anticipated to do.

[Buck Sexton]

Senator, can I ask you just in the realm of what might be helpful or. I want your. You, you know way more about this industry than I do. I'm totally a student here. I have no expertise at all other than, as I said, I want a robust, robust meat industry, domestic meat industry here in America for a whole bunch of reasons. To that end, is there an adjustment that should be made to country of origin labeling so that people know, you know, my beef or my chicken, whatever is from here in America, in the.

[Senator Markwayne Mullin]

Heartland, you could do that. Studies have showed that it probably wouldn't make that big of a difference for those that need, because they're still going to buy by the price. They're not going to be there is they're going to purchase things that they can afford. What we really probably need to start looking at is there's, there's crop prices. So there's always a backstop for those. For the farmers. We might have to be looking at some point that there's a backstop for ranchers too. Kind of like there's crop insurance. We maybe have to look at some type of beef insurance. There used to be that out there, but it's just not affordable today. And so we've had a lot of conversations with the farmers and our ranchers combined with. But beef is just so, so, so unique. And so we've. Congress is really good at working off emergencies and waiting until the last minute, and sometimes it's too late. I think these conversations that we're having is helpful, but we're nowhere near trying to figure out how to have it and how to make it work. Because at the same time, there's a lot of ranchers out there that say, hey, just the best thing government can do is just get out of our way. Just let the market work. Just don't, don't touch us. And there's a lot to be said about that. But then there's the other ones that saying we can't afford to go unless there's somebody backing us and banks.

[Buck Sexton]

And I think, just think for Senator, for people like me that don't know much, I mean, the American beef industry, just a quick search on it, It's a, it's $100 billion industry for everybody. It's a big deal, right? Matters. A big industry matters to, to our economy, matters the country. So, so we'll continue to look at that. And obviously, if at any point there's something you want to bring to our attention on that one, there's something, I think, that really hits home with people. What goes on their plate, whether it's chicken, beef, pork, whatever it may be. We want to make sure we get the best we get the best pricing and that we have it here from America whenever possible. Senator, appreciate you making the time for us today. You have a great weekend.

[Senator Markwayne Mullin]

Thanks Buck. Appreciate it.

[Buck Sexton]

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Doing fantastic. So excited to be here. I actually think I have been on once, if memory serves, a year and a half plus ago right before the release of my book and it's crazy how much life has changed since then. So it's great to be back.

[Buck Sexton]

Fantastic to have you back. Your memory is better than mine, which is not surprising Because I'm about to be 44 years old, so I am getting more forgetful. So welcome back. It's been 18 months. We should have had you back sooner, but here we are. I hope the book was fantastic. Hope the book is fantastic, by the way. So just take us into the scene a little bit here. I 10 years ago I used to do CNN. It's been a long time now. It's basically been about 10 years since I've, I've done CNN. You were on CNN last night. We'll play. Oh, we, we have the cut for everybody. So you're, what is the show be. You can tell everybody what this one is.

[Isabelle Brown]

This is, this was a Abby Phillips panel show that runs during the 10pm hour and boy, it was pret. Last night.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, yeah. So let's, let's let everyone hear just a little, a little taste, a little snippet here. This is cut 27. Play.

[Isabelle Brown]

You can speculate all you want, but the authorities who are charging this guy haven't laid out a motive. That's all I've said. The other thing is that, no, I'm not suggesting that he was tied to stop the steal, but I'm not sure. My question was had he been discovered right after January. So the hypothetical rights. So it's called a hypothetical. Had he been prosecuted alongside all of those other people who were involved in violent acts on January 6, would Donald Trump have pardoned him? No, because individuals who. The capitol building on January 6th were not planting pipe bombs. What about the one.

[Narrator/Advertiser]

But what about.

[Isabelle Brown]

The ones that the American. But again, it's rich to me that now police officer saying we have no idea what the motive. But is about. Hold on.

[Narrator/Advertiser]

This.

[Isabelle Brown]

Now what about MSNBC is about. What about the time 48 hours of. What about the people who used an American. This was intended to foment additional chaos, to detract.

Media as if you're not at this table.

I get that you don't want to grapple with the fact of what happened. No, let me ask you, let me ask you a question. Let me ask you a question. What about the people who assaulted and beat police officers on January? I have regularly said it's a violent crime. Do you think that they are just trespassing, that they were wrongfully prosecuted.

[Buck Sexton]

Didn'T.

[Isabelle Brown]

Beat police vote on January 6th.

[Buck Sexton]

Okay, so there's Israel. I know. Everyone's like, whoa, what's going on? It's like they're in the middle of the scrum, the melee that's going on there. Can I Give it to you to just make, make your initial point because it seems like the host there, slash, whoever else is kind of, you know, chiming in, doesn't understand that walking into the capitol and taking a selfie and planning a pipe bomb are different things. Work, work through that for us.

[Isabelle Brown]

Well, you know, it's obvious that everything is violence. Excep. Actual violence. To the left right, words are violence, ideas or violence. The American flag is violence. But planting pipe bombs actually isn't violent. I guess according to cnn, that was just one of many different topics we covered on this very fiery panel last night. I of course, being the metaphorical punching bag where every question I was asked two words in the host just immediately spoke over me and completely ignored everything that I was saying. For example, I answered that question. I think there was one snippet there about if violent protesters deserve to be pardoned or not. I said, of course not. If anyone is beating a police officer, of course they need to be in prison for such behavior. And then she just completely ignored that six or seven times. But what was really interesting to me is this panel was so obsessed with running interference for anyone that they remotely associated with being on the left. And when it came to this particular conversation about the arrest that was made against Brian Cole Jr. The alleged pipe bomber from January 5th is when he planted those bombs 2021. But they were discovered on January 6th in the midst of all the chaos. They, they literally had the audacity to say, well, let's just state the obvious, this guy's black so he'll never get a presidential pardon for planting pipe bombs. The obsession that these people have, particularly the left wing establishment media, with excusing any sort of political violence as long as it their agenda, if that's something as ridiculous as planting a pipe bomb or a school shooting against Catholic school children because they're Catholic and therefore are somehow extremists for our country or even all out assassinations of people like our friend Charlie Kirk. It's becoming so obvious to me in the last three months more than ever before in my career that the demons are getting louder and evil is being exposed with every passing day. The literal darkness I felt in the CNN studio yesterday was very palpable. I said that to my team as I walked out. And I'm realizing after these last few months, I don't know that I'll ever be the same again, realizing how strong that evil has taken hold in our country.

[Buck Sexton]

So we just went into kind of an intense and serious direction there. But it is A Friday. And I'm actually now, Isabelle, you can't. I don't think you can see this, but I am now holding the famous fellow known as Baby Speed.

[Isabelle Brown]

Oh, I can't see. I wish I could.

[Senator Markwayne Mullin]

He's.

[Buck Sexton]

Anyone who's watching on the YouTube can see it. And he's now speaking up a little bit. Oh, there he is. Oh, he's grabbing the microphone. He's a lot of fun. This is what happens during live radio. You and I have a child about the same age.

[Odoo Advertiser]

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[Buck Sexton]

Okay. He loves the mic. I'm gonna give him back now.

[Steve Hilton]

Thanks.

[Buck Sexton]

We have a child about the same age. That was just for all the video. Video watchers. What's it like? What's the. What's the whole parent thing been like for you? And. Whoa, there he is.

[Isabelle Brown]

Sorry. I love that Baby Speed wants own podcast. Because my daughter is constantly. Is talking all the time. I keep saying there's a lot of money to be added a baby podcast somewhere, so maybe we should start one. I love it. I had my daughter at the end of April. Her birthday was April 30th. And truly, as I'm sure you know, as a new parent, my whole life has changed in all of the best ways since then. I am a completely different person. I view the world completely differently, but in the most beautiful, holistic way. I think there's such a greater purpose to what I do every day. It gives me a reason to jump out of bed in the morning to know exactly what I'm fighting for. And I've never experienced this depth of love ever before in my life. It is truly magical.

[Buck Sexton]

It is. It is incredible. I honestly, I love being a parent every single day and even the days when the sleep is not great. And maybe Speed is a pretty amazing baby, but he can be, you know, he's a baby. He can get a little fussy sometimes at night. I will say, my wife is incredible, and she handles like 90% of the really challenging stuff. But. But I pitch in sometimes. I try to be a very involved dad, but I do think, and I want to. You're. Are you Gen Z or are you like, you know, you're Gen Z?

[Isabelle Brown]

I'm very, very proudly. The first year of Gen Z. I will wear that as a badge of honor till the day I die.

[Buck Sexton]

You are Gen Z. I think that there is just from my observation that people are now in the culture here in America thinking about family and building families in a more just generally in a very positive way. But also, I'm talking about the Youth, you know, the young people now and at a younger age. Like, I feel like there has been a shift toward family, toward thinking at least about family. The numbers I know don't bear this out. The numbers are that we're going down, but I feel like the conversation has changed. Is that, is that wishful thinking on my part? How do you feel?

[Isabelle Brown]

No, I think that's a very beautiful and accurate diagnosis of where young people's culture is at in this country. You're right. The numbers are very, very sad when it comes to the state of America's fertility rate that includes just the choice to have children. We are at a 100 year low fertility rate in our country, which is coupled with one of the lowest marriage rates we've ever had in our country's history. That is the legacy and story, sadly of the millennial generation who was constantly bombarded with anti marriage and anti family messaging. That messaging has gotten so overtly loud and honestly crazy. Like people are actually running headlines like the Los Ang Times last year just before the election. It is almost shameful to want to have children. Real headline that I think people are starting to see between the lines and read between all of this craziness to realize there is a very clear agenda to make you lonely, depressed and miserable. I mean, for God's sakes, the last Surgeon General of the United States, our top ranking doctor under the Biden admin, actually issued a public health warning that parenting is dangerous to your health. This was real on the record from the federal government because it seems making more people somehow makes you more lonely, which makes no sense. Right? But young people are also having this massive revival of faith. And I think so much of that has to do with voices like Charlie Kirk, like the Clay and Buck show here and so many other people that are tapping into this spiritual crisis young people have had for several generations now realizing we have to fight for what is good and true and beautiful in culture way more than we ever for politics and at the cornerstone of that is reviving the American family. All of my friends are engaged, married or having babies. My best friend shout out to Savannah had her baby last night, first baby. And it's just so exciting to see that revival of family all across our country led by Gen Z. I also.

[Buck Sexton]

Think this is maybe a little bit of an aside, but it's, it's related. You know, they've walked back and Bill Gates and others have walked back some of the climate change doomerism stuff that's out there and I feel like they owe an apology to. They managed to convince some people this was a real thing. It's hard to think that it could be, but it was real. That climate extinction or climate change extinction was so severe, meaning that if people didn't stop having kids, we would go extinct because we would overstress the resources of the planet.

[Isabelle Brown]

It.

[Buck Sexton]

It's a crazy idea, but they convince people of that, Isabel. And now they're like, yeah, maybe we, maybe we missed the mark on that a little bit.

[Isabelle Brown]

Yeah. In case you didn't hear this, because Lord knows the media didn't cover it. Just a few days ago, Bill Gates came forward and said, yeah, oops, actually there is no climate crisis anymore. We fixed it. Sorry to have alarmed you that we're all going to die in literally 12 years. I mean, the propaganda is just insanity, but I have to say I'm just, just so encouraged to see ordinary people, regardless of where you fall in the political spectrum or what your personal deepest held values are, realizing that life is meant to be shared with the people that we love. Just a few days ago, the Wall Street Journal came to our house and covered my family on the COVID of the Wall Street Journal about the revival of the American family and young women. Really tapping into this idea that we can have thriving careers and entrepreneurship and some of the girl boss culture without the toxic corporate element to that. But more importantly, that means nothing if we don't have our children to share it with and a legacy to build upon which had resoundingly positive effects and lots of great response from people. So I'm incredibly excited about this family revival. My daughter means so much more to me than any paycheck ever will. And the response I'm getting, even from young women on the very radical left about this, that they're quitting their birth control, they're deleting their dating apps, they are desperate to find a God fearing husband and wanting to build a family out of the people big city and restoring American roots of what the American dream has always looked like. I love to see it.

[Buck Sexton]

Can you, Joe, can you just have a little conversation though with some of your female millennial peers? These oversized, like, like dad. They're not even dad jeans. They're.

[Senator Markwayne Mullin]

They're.

[Buck Sexton]

I don't know what they are these giant jeans that these women are walking around.

[Isabelle Brown]

Am I wearing baggy jeans from the 90s right now? Yes. Yes, I am. You know what? I'm all about it. The mom jean has made a return and my postpartum mom body is grateful for it.

[Buck Sexton]

Is she wearing mom Am I telling her to shut down the mom jeans? And she's wearing them right now in the studio.

[Isabelle Brown]

Oh, they're not like.

[Buck Sexton]

Jeans that I see these young women wearing. I'm like, you might as well be wearing a burka. I'm just saying this is crazy talk, but apparently some of you think they're comfortable. I'm not a fashion guys. I sit here in a T shirt. But I will say Speaker 1.

[Isabelle Brown]

It's funny you say burka. I actually saw several burkas in the wild in Washington, D.C. a few days ago. So sadly, here in New York, where I am too, I think that will probably be one of the next fashion statements if we don't bring back a classic cut boot cut jean.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah.

I'm all about the classic American gene. All right, Isabelle Brown, Isabel Brown show. Go check it out, everybody. And Isabel, thank you for being here with us. Great to talk to you. Thanks for coming to hang with the team in New York.

[Isabelle Brown]

Thanks for having me back. Merry Christmas, everybody.

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