Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 24 2026

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The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Episode: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 24, 2026
Date: February 24, 2026
Podcast by: iHeartPodcasts

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Episode Overview

This episode centers on the cultural and political fallout from the U.S. men's hockey team’s gold medal win at the Olympics, their patriotic celebrations, and the reaction from left-wing commentators and politicians. Using this real-life sports moment as a lens, Clay and Buck analyze broader themes: American patriotism, the decline of “normalcy” in politics, generational attitudes, humor in the culture wars, and the state of public education. The episode blends sharp critiques, satire, and storytelling, with notable guests weighing in and a generous dose of listener voices.

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Main Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Gold Medal Hockey Team: Patriotism & Culture Clash

• Viral Patriotism: Clay recounts joining the U.S. men's Olympic hockey team celebrations, highlighting viral videos of the team and nightclub patrons singing the national anthem and other patriotic songs (03:04–05:30).
• Media Anger & Political Reactions: The coverage focused less on the win and more on political controversies: Cash Patel and Trump’s call to the team, the team's planned State of the Union attendance, and a locker room joke by President Trump (03:30–07:45).
  • Quote:

    “This is now the lead story everywhere because left wingers are angry about Cash Patel being in the locker room... It is just part and parcel of a big story here, which is Democrats can't be normal.”
    –Clay Travis (05:30)

• Historical Context: Clay contrasts the current outrage over Trump’s involvement with how Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale celebrated with the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” team, decrying the loss of bipartisan joy in American athletic achievement (06:00–07:45).
  • Quote:

    “If we had a Democrat in office and they had been congratulating the United States, in fact, it would be the most normal thing a Democrat politician had done in a decade or more.”
    –Clay Travis (06:45)

2. Hockey Heroes & Masculinity

• Toughness Admired: The hosts admire the grit of hockey players, joking about missing teeth and the culture of perseverance (09:23–11:02).
  • Quote:

    “The idea that you get your teeth knocked out and then score the winning goal, these dudes are a different breed.”
    –Clay Travis (09:43)

• Cultural Significance: Even non-hockey fans are enamored by the team; their victory is seen as a rallying point for national pride and pushback against “woke” culture (11:02–12:24).

3. Controversy About Women’s Team & Trump’s Joke

• The Joke Debacle: Trump jokes that if he does not invite the women’s team to the White House he might get impeached, sparking claims of misogyny from some left-leaning commentators (11:33–12:17).
  • Quote:

    “Isn't the biggest joke of all that you're letting men, that is men with penises, win women's championships?... Instead, people are outraged by a dad joke.”
    –Clay Travis (11:33)

• Masculinity in Culture: Buck and Clay discuss differences between men’s and women’s hockey, and the greater cultural conversation about gender, humor, and sports (13:16–14:11).

4. Humor, Outrage, and Culture War

• Defending Jokes: Show emphasizes a belief that humor is under attack, with the Republican party positioned as "the party that likes jokes" (14:55–15:32).
  • Quote:

    “Be the party that likes jokes, even if sometimes the jokes are offensive... No one wins culture by being perpetually offended by jokes.”
    –Clay Travis (15:32)

• Media Reactions: Left-wing outlets and personalities are skewered for “histrionic” responses to the team, Trump’s joke, and flag-waving, with Clay promising to play clips from the outraged (“Don Lemon”, “The View”, etc.) (15:32–16:54).

5. Guest Segment: Jimmy’s Famous Seafood & Small Business

• Viral Tweet: John Minidakis, owner of Jimmy’s Famous Seafood, discusses his viral “GFY” (go f*** yourself) response to the Huffington Post for its criticism of the team’s patriotism (23:00–24:05).
• Small Business Pride: Kelly Loeffler, Small Business Administration head, and Minidakis celebrate American entrepreneurship and community—connecting it to the sense of optimism and unity sparked by the hockey team (24:21–25:30).

6. Celebrating Success & American Unity

• The Importance of Celebrating Others: Buck and Clay talk about the quality of being genuinely happy for others’ successes—a rare trait in the social media age (26:22–28:41).
  • Quote:

    “You really know more about people based upon whether they can be happy for other people than when they're able to show sympathy for their losses.”
    –Buck Sexton (26:36)

• Division and Derangement: The inability of some on the left to celebrate the team’s success is chalked up to “Trump derangement syndrome” (28:31–29:25).

7. Voices of the Game: Moms & the Players

• Unity Over Division: The mother of the Hughes brothers (hockey players) provides a perspective on how the teams—men’s and women’s—support each other and prioritize national unity over politics (29:27–30:44).
  • Quote:

    “At the end of the day, it's just about the country and the moment... and the way the women cheered on the men and the way the men cheered on the women. That's what it's all about.”
    –Hockey Team Mom (30:00)

• Player’s Patriotism: Jack Hughes (winning goal scorer) thanks the troops and country, which the hosts hail as a reason for the team’s positive public reception (32:30–33:36).

8. Cultural Norms and Comedy as a Political Divider

• Normalcy & Masculinity: The conversation returns to whether Democrats can relate to average Americans and “just be normal,” with examples from political figures (Tim Walz, Stephen A. Smith) who, they argue, fail to connect with regular guys (35:02–36:41).
• Who Can Take a Joke: The hosts unpack how comedy, and who can be the subject of jokes, signals deeper social divides (36:41–38:43).

9. Listener Voices & Light-Hearted Segments

• Listener Reactions: Call-ins reflect on being “offended,” sports memories, and nostalgia (44:32–49:59).
• Discussion on PE Teachers: Banter on the role of PE teachers in schools, with debate about whether they “work the least” and memories of gym class as a microcosm for life (49:27–52:39).

10. Education: Rethinking What Works

• AI & Homeschooling: Analysis of modern educational models, efficiency, and whether traditional public school hours are excessive or outdated (52:39–54:59).
• Teacher Quality: Questions about lost teaching talent due to career shifts among educated women, and a call for more effective, possibly AI-supported education methods (55:46–58:10).
  • Quote:

    “I do wonder on some level whether there is a better way to educate kids that's more effective and more cost productive.”
    –Clay Travis (55:46)

• Budget Concerns: Critique of New York City’s education budget and lack of student results (58:10–58:40).

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Memorable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• Patriotic Nightclub Moment:

  “The U.S. Men's hockey team showed up and began their night in the nightclub by singing the national anthem. The entire nightclub sang the national anthem. They sang Lee Greenwood. They sang so many incredibly patriotic songs.”
  –Clay Travis (03:30)

• On Trump’s Joke:

  “If the women don't come too, I'll get impeached—is a funny joke about the fact that they're going to come visit too. It's very Trump.”
  –Clay Travis (11:33)

• On Loss of Normalcy:

  “This is what happens when you lose the culture. You start flailing and looking ridiculous and lose even more of the culture.”
  –Clay Travis (06:50)

• On Celebrating Others’ Success:

  “You really know more about people based upon whether they can be happy for other people than when they're able to show sympathy for their losses.”
  –Buck Sexton (26:36)

• Hockey Mom on Unity:

  “At the end of the day, it's just about the country and the moment... that's what both the men’s team and the women’s team care about... they care about humanity, they care about unity, and they care about the country.”
  –Hughes Brothers’ Mom (30:00)

• Jack Hughes on Troops:

  “I want to thank our troops for allowing us to play this game and thank all the support back home. But very special to be a part of this group.”
  –Jack Hughes (32:30)

• GFY Tweet Reaction:

  “And then the Huffington Post was upset and you hopped in the comments and it was absolutely spectacular... 'GFY.' You can figure it out.”
  –Clay Travis and John Minidakis (23:23–24:05)

• Comedy and the Culture War:

  “No one wins culture by being perpetually offended by jokes.”
  –Clay Travis (15:32)

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Key Timestamps

• Patriotic Party Story: 03:04–05:30
• Democrats’ Response to Locker Room Celebration: 05:30–07:45
• Hockey Team Toughness & Cultural Impact: 09:23–11:18
• Trump’s Joke & Outrage: 11:33–12:24; revisited 35:02–36:41
• Guest Segment (John Minidakis & Kelly Loeffler): 23:00–25:30
• Celebrating Others’ Success: 26:22–28:41
• Hughes Mom on Team Unity: 29:27–30:44
• Jack Hughes’ Thank You: 32:30–33:36
• PE Teacher Banter: 49:27–52:39
• Education Reform Discussion: 52:39–58:40

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Tone & Style

The episode blends humor, sarcasm, and earnest patriotism. The hosts use colloquial language (“guy’s guy”, “energy vampires”, “libs”), direct jabs at ideological adversaries, and nostalgia for shared American experiences. Satirical treatments of “woke” culture, media outrage, and the left’s inability to “just be normal” recur throughout. Listener interactions and banter keep the tone lively and accessible.

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For New Listeners

If you missed the episode, this recap delivers both the substance and flavor of the show—tying a real-world sports victory to commentary on the state of American culture, the importance of celebrating unity, and the ever-present backdrop of partisan divides and cancel culture. Expect brash humor, pointed critiques, and a celebration of “normalcy” and “old-school” American values.

Transcript

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[Clay Travis]

Welcome in Tuesday Edition. Clay travis, BUCK SEXTON show, STATE OF the Union Tonight, we have got a lot of stories to discuss surrounding the State of the Union. Our friend Bill O'Reilly will join us at the top of hour two to break that down. We are also scheduled to be joined by Small Business Administration. Ted Kelly Loeffler from Jimmy's Famous Seafood, which may well become many of your favorite seafood restaurants in America based on the way that they have responded to crazy left wingers. Buck, I heard your open yesterday and it brought a great deal of pride to my American soul last night. Yesterday, I was working with advertisers. We got a lot of positive things going on with the program. And I flew into South Florida to meet with them. And I ended up at Eleven nightclub because they had a table there. And the U.S. men's Olympic team came in to celebrate their gold medal, the hockey team. And I'm not sure, Buck, I have ever been more optimistic about America. First of all, everybody there is under the age of 30. If you haven't seen the viral videos that came out of that party last night. The US Men's hockey team showed up and began their night in the nightclub by singing the national anthem. The entire nightclub sang the national anthem. They sang Lee Greenwood. They sang so many incredibly patriotic songs. They are all going viral and I just loved everything about it. Now, these guys are reportedly going to be at the State of the Union tonight, Buck and I would suggest to you that I don't think they can go full Joe Biden and break out the av break out the huge, oversized aviator glasses. I am certain that there are going to be a lot of hungover American hockey heroes at the State of the Union. But this is now the lead story everywhere because left wingers are angry about Cash Patel being in the locker room. They are angry about the US Men going to the State of the Union address. They are angry that President Trump made what I thought was a pretty funny kind of joke in his celebration with the US Men's hockey team. And this is now leading the news on cnn. It is leading the news on msnbc. And to me it is just part and parcel of a big story here, which is Democrats can't be normal. And I got a history lesson for you, Buck, that I think you'll appreciate. I believe before you were born, I was 10 months old. Back in 1980, 46 years ago, we won the gold medal by beating the Soviet Union in one of the greatest Olympic upsets of all time. Do you know what happened in the immediate aftermath of that victory? Walter Mondale, Vice President of the United States, went into the US Men's locker room to celebrate with them and he had Jimmy Carter, then President of the United States, call to congratulate the US Men on their gold medal win over the Soviet Union. Everyone in America thought that was great. If you are out there listening to us right now, the fact that Jimmy Carter was a Democrat and Walter Mondale was a Democrat and they were in the locker room was in no way a triggering moment for you. The fact that Cash Patel, as the highest ranking member of the administration was in the locker room celebrating and called President Trump and had him talk to the team and invite them to the White house is actually 1 billion percent normal. And the fact that anyone is upset by it to any degree at all is illustrative to me of how Democrats have lost normalcy and, and men, white, black, Asian and Hispanic in particular in America, they are angry over something that's been happening for generations that I frankly don't think a single person would be angry about here. If we had a Democrat in office and they had been congratulating the United States, in fact, it would be the most normal thing a Democrat politician had done in a decade or more. But this is what happens when you lose the culture. You start flailing and, and looking ridiculous and lose even more of the culture. Do you sense this? I just, I got to tell you, I am super optimistic about the overall trend lines of the country in so many different directions. But most importantly in the terms of this story, the degree to which young, particularly male athletes are over the woke BS and want to be proud of America again. The hockey team perfectly embodies, I believe, the spirit that is taking over the country when it comes to young men.

[Buck Sexton]

We had a couple of our team Clay, as you know, our team on radio. Yeah, I heard the talk walking around on cloud nine. Producer Mark, Producer Greg, you know, a little bit of chin wagging around the office after their beloved New York, I mean not New York United States national hockey team came up with the big gold medal. So our, we have some. Because we have some. They're die hard hockey guys. Just so you know. So I want you to know that there is representation in clay and Buck world for the diehard hockey fans. I have not watched a hockey game.

[Clay Travis]

I don't know. Do you even know that? I think you said yesterday, because I heard the open before I hopped a flight. I think you said that you did not even know the gold medal hockey game was taking place on Sunday morning. Is that accurate?

[Buck Sexton]

I was unaware.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah. So.

[Buck Sexton]

But see I'm upfront about this. This is why I had them weigh in. I didn't want, I didn't want our hockey fans listening to. To feel like their love of hockey was. So we, we have hockey super fans. I think they show up wearing hockey jerseys half the time to work. They love hockey.

[Clay Travis]

I love your lack of hockey knowledge. Yesterday it was funny listening. You said that your helmet didn't fit in first grade and so you therefore abandoned a career in hockey.

[Buck Sexton]

It was, well, it was too small. My head was too. They needed to get me adult size helmets when I was like 8 or something. My head is huge.

[Clay Travis]

I.

[Buck Sexton]

And you know, the doctor pulled me in recently for my son who's the cutest little baby. We love him so much and he's like, you know, your son has a head and a 99.6 percentile of size for his age. Right. And I said, doc, this is not a surprise.

[Clay Travis]

That's actually a tough blow for Carrie more so than for you. But here is the. The other thing that I thought I was listening to you and I saw him last night. Jack Hugh still hasn't got his teeth fixed. Buck, if you told me that I was going to lose a front tooth and it was going to part of my teeth were going to get knocked out, I would be curled up in the fetal position for a week. The idea that you get your teeth knocked out and then score the winning goal, these dudes are a different breed. And then you're still out two days later. You probably haven't slept since you won the hockey game. You flew all the way back from Italy. You're out in Miami. You're going to be at the state of the union here. Still haven't got the teeth fixed. Doesn't that hurt? Wouldn't you think like even drinking a beer or any, anything at all, I, the whole teeth thing, I don't think I could play hockey because as soon as you told me, hey you, you have a good chance to lose a tooth doing this, I'm like, I'm out. I'm sorry. That is not the sport for me that is, that is too tough, like, and to continue playing after you lose a tooth is, is next level. I, I, these guys are just tough. And I think a lot of Americans are, even if they're like me and they're not necessarily die hard. You know, hockey fans, I don't pay a ton of attention to hockey on a regular basis. I think these teams, the men in particular, but also the women, have won the hearts and minds of America. And I do think it's culturally significant just how much of an impact they're having right now.

[Buck Sexton]

Now, why aren't the women going to the White House? You're, you know, you know, I'm, so here's the thing. I think they, so, so we got a couple things going on here. You got, Trump made a little joke. A little joke.

[Clay Travis]

It is actually a funny joke. Ok, whatever. The fact that he said, if the women don't come to I'll get impeached is a funny joke about the fact that they're going to come visit to. It's very Trump. There are people who are claiming that they are outraged as feminists. And my question for those feminists would be, if you're going to be outraged about a joke, isn't the biggest joke of all that you're letting men, that is men with penises, win women's championships? If you had to be outraged by a joke, wouldn't you be outraged by the joke that men are pretending to be women, as opposed to President Trump making a very slight joke about the fact that he has to treat everyone equally or else they'll be mad at him? And the joke about treating everyone equally or else they would be mad at him has actually gotten all the people who are perpetually offended, offended by him.

[Buck Sexton]

It was like a dad joke in terms of gentleness. It was a very, There was nothing. People were like, it was misogynistic. Like, this is the least, I don't know, I said this least misogynistic joke Trump's ever made. Maybe, but there was nothing about it that should have been upsetting to anybody. But it does raise the issue of, like, you know, I will tell you, when I was in college, I discovered women's hockey, and I discovered women's hockey because there was one rather attractive lady on the women's hockey team who asked me to come watch her game once. And I said I would do so. And then I went and I just was watching. It was like watching people skate around on ice. And then when they would go close to each other. And I was waiting for the kapow and the whole thing. They just sort of swerve away from each other very gently, very nicely. Not exactly the same sport, Clay. It's a.

[Clay Travis]

It's a different.

[Buck Sexton]

A different vibe on the women's hockey rink.

[Clay Travis]

And by the way, the speed is different. And since we are, incredibly, foremost defenders of women's sports as well here, you have actually pointed out sometimes that can lead to a more aesthetically pleasing version of the game. For instance, tennis is. Because men is all power. So much of the men's game is huge serve very short points, whereas women in general tend to have longer rallies.

[Buck Sexton]

If you can try to pattern your tennis game as, like, a recreational male player against the number, like, 100 woman in the world, who, by the way, is obviously way, way better than you, but you can at least try to pretend that you're not watching Andy Roddick or. Or Marat, Safin or Federer play. Tennis is a different sport than what normal people play like. It's a different level of speed and pace and everything else.

[Clay Travis]

But this is indicative of what left wingers are saying. This is someone named Sarah something, but she has, let's see, an audience of around 100,000 people on Twitter. If anyone regrets laughing along to a stupid joke, just know there's still time to speak up. The world is watching. Your daughters are watching. It would mean a lot to be the person who spoke up. Have you ever thought to yourself, I like someone who apologized for laughing at a joke? Have you ever liked someone more because they said that? This whole. This is so ridiculous, this whole idea. I could even say I've never been angry at anyone.

[Buck Sexton]

Go ahead.

[Clay Travis]

No, I was just gonna say I. I've never heard anyone apologize for an honest reaction and thought better of them. I'm sorry I laughed at a joke is the lamest thing you could ever do on the planet.

[Buck Sexton]

Oh, yeah. Well, I was gonna say I've never been angry at anything that has ever been said that I found truly funny. Like, it's never actually made me mad if it was legitimately funny to the point where even when people have really ripped on me, randos on the Internet and stuff, if it's funny, it doesn't really bother me, Even if it's very mean.

[Clay Travis]

I just. Look, I've said this for a long time. I've written it in books, and I would encourage all of you out there. This is how you win culture. Be the party that likes jokes, even if sometimes the jokes are offensive, even if sometimes the word choice of a joke is not the one that you would have picked. No one wins culture by being perpetually offended by jokes. And I think Republicans have, and I think in general have done a good job of sometimes accepting that they are the butt of the joke and moving on. Because much of popular culture is just people on late night talk shows who should be telling jokes, deciding to react histrionically to things that are not actually that serious. Like, let's play that well, we'll play some of these cuts. Cause if you're out there and you're saying, okay, Clay, I don't believe you, I don't think left wingers are losing their mind over a hockey team and jokes from President Trump. We've got Don Lemon, we've got the former director of the FBI, we've got one of the senators out there in Oregon, we've got the entire View and, and we've got Jon Stewart and Jake Tapper all claiming to be upset by things relating to the U.S. men's hockey team for their substantial left wing audiences. So this is real. They are losers. They should be mocked. And we will have a lot of fun doing so on the program today, among other things, as it is State of the Union day. And I am excited to see will Democrats stay seated when the gold medal winning US Men's hockey team shows up at the State of the Union because they are so desperately offended over the fact that there were jokes made and that the women have elected not to show up. Which, by the way, I think is a poor choice by them, frankly, because I do think that if they were to show up, they would be well received. And this is one of those things that I don't think is very complicated. It's, hey, if you get the opportunity to meet the President, you get the opportunity to go State of the Union. I think you should go, period, no matter who the president is. But if you've been dealing with the bomb Cyclone Buck, have you seen how much snow fell? The Providence, Rhode island, got three feet of snow in this blizzard that hit. I think New York city got nearly 2ft. Different parts of the metro area definitely got over two feet. Maybe you're thinking, I just want to be warm. And if you just want to be warm, that's what Cozy Earth is all about. Pure, cozy comfort. We were first introduced to, to the sheets. They're incredibly soft and smooth, but they also have all kinds of bedding, blankets, comforters, cozy earth comforters, luxurious, light, naturally temperature regulating. You stay cool, calm, comfortable all night long. No heaviness, no overheating, just deeper rest and outside of the bedroom Cozy Earth Fast growing line of men and women's clothing. Same degree of softness. You will love them every Cozy Earth purchase you make completely risk free with a 100 night sleep trial 10 year warranty. Go online to cozyearth.com use my name Clay that's C L A Y as your promo code for up to 20% off. That is code clay for up to 20% off cozyearth.com c o z y e a r t h cozyearth.com code clay saving America One thought at a time Clay, Travis and Buck Sexton. Find them on the free iHeartRadio, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts.

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[Clay Travis]

Welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton show we head up to Baltimore, a city that is filled with patriots in the wake of the US Men winning the hockey gold medal. There was a mega viral moment, a tweet that was shared from Jimmy's Famous Seafood. Awesome place. We are joined now by Small Business Administration head Kelly Leffler. I was with her last week. She is fantastic. And also the owner of Jimmy's Famous Seafood, John Minidakis. And let's go ahead and bring both of you in. For people who don't know, you had a mega viral response to the Huffington Post being troubled by the fact that the US Men and the Olympics outcomes. Where were you? How did this story happen?

[John Minidakis]

So funny enough, I was actually in church for godparents Sunday. I probably shouldn't say that. Watching the game on my phone, watching the overtime on my phone. We were still outside to the foyer and once that overtime goal hit me when Jack brought it home, pure euphoria and glad it was a feeling I can't even explain. I'm sure everybody listening right now felt the same way.

[Clay Travis]

And then the Huffington Post was upset and you hopped in the comments and it was absolutely spectacular. We're on radio, so be careful here. But what did the Huffington Post say and what was your response that went so mega viral?

[John Minidakis]

Yeah, well look, just like I referenced everybody who was on Cloud nine, obviously you're seeing so many beautiful images you're seeing. Johnny Hockey's kids on the ice. Memories are going to carry forever and bring tears to your eyes. And then sprinkled in right there in the middle, you see the Huffington Post saying, you know, you shouldn't be cheering for these people. And that's when I guess we typed out what everybody that read that was probably thinking. And that was gfy.

[Clay Travis]

Gfy. You can figure it out. Kelly, you're doing amazing work for the Small Business Administration. I know you wanted to go up and check out Jimmy's. You guys are there together right now. This kind of personifies the greatness of small business, doesn't it?

[Kelly Loeffler]

Absolutely, Clay. I landed late last night back from the Olympics, cheering Team USA on. And my first stop back here was at Jimmy's Famous Seafood. First of all, had a great lunch, unbelievable crab cakes. Have immediately ordered some to be shipped online. But I will tell you exactly what small business means to America and its authenticity itself.

[Clay Travis]

Jobs.

[Kelly Loeffler]

It's innovation and it's opportunity. I just got to hear the great story of this family and the business that John and Tony's father built over the last 50 years, and now they've taken it over. It's just a beautiful story. That's what small business is.

[Clay Travis]

This is great. By the way, you guys will appreciate this. The US Hockey team has just landed at Andrews Air Force Baseball. One of the players walked off carrying an American flag, and they are greeting many different members of the military and law enforcement that have lined up along a gate to represent them. This is the best of America, right? American exceptionalism. We went overseas. Kelly, you were there. You guys saw this, and we kicked everybody's ass.

[Kelly Loeffler]

American exceptionalism is back just like in 1980. The Miracle on ice. This is about bringing back the celebration of American strength unapologetically. And you know, Clay, you've pointed out, like sports used to be about bringing everyone together. It needs to be there again. But, you know, what they're trying to do is distract from the failures of, you know, kind of this woke era. And we're never going to apologize for winning. We're just getting started, actually, as a country. And really, the best is yet to come. And I think that's what the President's going to talk about tonight at the State of the Union, too.

[Clay Travis]

Amen. We've got a heart out here. Keep up the good work, Kelly. Enjoy the State of the Union. And if you are in the Baltimore area, check out Jimmy's Famous Seafood. John Minidakis. That was a hell of A tweet. Congrats, brother, and thanks for being a spectacular American. We will be back right after this.

[Buck Sexton]

Welcome back into Clay and Buck. I love this guy, Quinn Hughes. I don't even know anything about hockey or I love Jack Hughes, too. I guess I love the Hughes brothers is really what I'm trying to say. They have become American icons and in the best possible way, celebrating a huge win, but just also the feelings of patriotism and that Americans can share in this. And it's important to have symbols. It's important to celebrate greatness in our midst of our fellow Americans. You know, Clay, I always say this to people, and I really. This is a little digression. I'm weaving, but it's okay. You really know more about people based upon whether they can be happy for other people than when they're able to show sympathy for their losses. I think it's easy to say, oh, I'm so sorry. That, like, you're so down on your luck. That's. You really learn about somebody when they're willing to say, wow, something great is happening for you. I'm so happy for you. That's awesome. And to really mean it, you know, I think it shows a lot more character.

[Clay Travis]

There's actually, you know, rare because there's a lot of schadenfreude out there, if I pronounce that correctly, where, yes, people want to kind of marinate in the failure of others and also often hide while doing is a very much a symptom, I think, of a social media age. I think that is hard. 100% true. And the point I would make, too, I'm building on what you said, is find people in your life who genuinely want you to be successful and invest in those relationships. There are so many energy vampires out there. I love this phrase. I heard a college football coach use it once, and he said, there's. We spend so much time in our lives, no matter who you are in your culture, trying to deal with people who drag you down and they use your energy to fill themselves, but they don't give it back. And everybody out there has somebody in their family, somebody in their workplace, somebody. To the extent that you can avoid getting drawn into that, your lives will be infinitely better.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, I mean, I. I say to people, if you surround yourself with those who celebrate your wins with you, you're making good choices. But it doesn't.

[Clay Travis]

You.

[Buck Sexton]

You have to know that they're really in on it. Right. You have to know that they're not faking it, and that's why you pay close attention. You know, if somebody, if, when you have a great day or a great thing or a big victory, there's, oh, that's cool. I didn't know that was, you know, as good as you think it is anything like that. Then you're, you're seeing a side of somebody that tells you a lot about who they really are. I bring it up because libs can't celebrate the American greatness here of this team because they are angry about America in general because of Trump. It is a sad state of affairs. They have Trump derangement syndrome. They are malcontents. But that is where they are. On the other side of the equation, you have the Hughes brothers, for example. And I just, this is just a

[Clay Travis]

great,

[Buck Sexton]

just a great little sound bite. I want to play for everybody. Well, actually, did you already do 31, Clay? I got two great sound bites here. So this is the, I want to start with this one, actually. This is the mother of Jack and Quinn Hughes and a development consultant for U.S. women's hockey asked about the call to the men's team and. Well, this is a, this is a solid. These are kind of two different clips. I'll start with 31 here. This is what the mom of the Quinn brothers said about the president's call. Play 31.

[Hockey Team Mom]

Like, at the end of the day, it's just about the country and the moment that these players, both the men and women, can bring so much unity to a group and to a country. People that cheered on that don't watch hockey, people that have politics on one side or on the other side. And that's all both the men's team and the women's team care about. If you could see what we see from the inside and the men and women sharing, you know, dorms, dorm rooms and halls and flex floors and the camaraderie and the synergy and the way the women cheered on the men and the way the men cheered on the women. That's what it's all about. And the other things they cannot control. They care about humanity, they care about unity, and they care about the country.

[Buck Sexton]

I think that's an excellent take.

[Clay Travis]

Yes. You know, it's 100% the way that 99.9% of people actually feel. And this is why we asked O'Reilly this, this is why Democrats building their arguments on the hills of these absurdities. We just talked with the Jimmy Sifu guy and I wanted to share this. Huffington Post, which is now worth under a dollar a share. Buck BuzzFeed it is completely collapsed. It has no audience.

[Buck Sexton]

They have both always been trash. They just use smoke and mirrors to convince people for a short moment on the left that they weren't trash. But I was around at the origins of these entities and they've always been garbage. Keep going.

[Clay Travis]

Sorry. Huffington Post, the article that went viral and then we'll play this other cut of of that has gone viral from one of the sons of the mom that we just played. Huffington Post had an article up that said if waving the American flag or chanting USA turns you off right now, you're not alone. And one of our listeners, Ronnie, just shared the latest there with me and it says let's see that tweet from them. Got 1.1 thousand likes. The response from Jimmy Seafood of and he said he was at church so he wanted to apologize for sending this from church was very funny gfy and you can probably think the expletive in the middle go in. Well, I can say two of the three go yourself. 120,000 likes on social media. That is in response to if the American flag makes you uncomfortable. Enchanting. USA during the Olympics does too. And then the US Men just landed at Andrews Air Force Base. Buck. They were swarmed by soldiers there and they immediately went and took photos with them and Democrats and sports media, which is kind of, as you've learned, buck, an overlap. 100% are outraged by this. And I just want you to listen to what Jack Hughes, who scored the winning goal, this is the kind of thing that Democrats are outraged by. And this is why I think so many soldiers rushed to him as and his teammates as soon as they landed. Listen to this. I mean it's just so special. And I want to thank our troops for allowing us to play this game. Thank our troops for allowing us to play this game and thank all the support back home. But very special to be a part of this group. That's Quinn Hughes, the brother of Jack. And I just, I really, I'm not making this up. There are 50 Democrats who are going to skip the State of the Union tonight, Buck. How are Democrats going to respond when the U.S. men's gold medal hockey winning team are introduced? Are some of them going to refuse to stand because they're upset about Trump's joke? I mean, I think probably some Democrats will refuse to stand and cheer a gold medal winning team because their brains are broken.

[Buck Sexton]

This is almost, this is almost like, like a stand up in and of itself. You know, someone made a joke about women not being able to take a Joke. And these women are not able to take a joke. Yeah, that's really, the joke is really about women not being able to take a joke and they're not able to take it. This is where we are now. This is not a good approach to this, especially because, by the way, it wasn't, as we pointed out, it was funny under the circus. It was a funny moment. He was just being a guy's guy for a minute. Ok? Which again, Democrats no understanding of that. They pretend that there's no such thing as being a guy's guy anymore. That's why they put out Tim Walls, Jazz hands, Broadway choreographer from Minnesota. The least guys guy, any oh, coach. Remember they're trying to say he was Coach Walls and turned out he was like the waterboy for a month or something. Like not even a real football coach. The least guys guy that they could find in the whole state of Minnesota practically. I mean you, you, you pull any dude out of a hunting stand in Minnesota and he'd be more masculine than Tim Walls. That was the best they could offer the National Stage. Clay. They have completely abandoned this very just commonplace and basic understanding of being a guy's guy. They don't even know what this means anymore.

[Clay Travis]

They have lost the ability to have normal conversations with half the country. They really have. And the Tim Walls. The analogy I made is it's like you ask the lesbians who's the most masculine man we could pick? Tim Walls is the guy they would pick. A lesbian's idea of a Midwesterner who will appeal to men. But one of the things I like to say is JBN and what does it stand for? Just be normal. You don't have to reinvent the wheel, just be normal. And it's staggering how many Democrats can't just be normal. They are, particularly the men, very, very strange and very weird. And you know, we just Talked with Bill O'Reilly. One reason why I think Stephen A. Smith could have success in the Democrat party is he is a guy who could talk to dudes. And you know that joke, Trump made a joke for those of you didn't hear it, that basically was, hey, I want you to know we're going to invite you to the White House State of the Union. We'll have to invite the women too, because otherwise I'll get impeached. Haha. And people are offended by that joke. How many times do guys say something like, hey, like if Buck and I said, hey, we're going to do something kind of fun, but we got to get the Wives, too, or else they'll divorce us. It's a joke. It's not being taken for truth. And I just. It is funny how really what you can boil things down to now in our country is who can you make jokes about? And who can take a joke?

[Buck Sexton]

Or, or who can take jokes is really the big. Yeah, yeah. Who can take.

[Clay Travis]

But also who you can make jokes about. Because. Because of identity politics, Democrats, for instance, were upset with Dave Chappelle making fun of trans people.

[Buck Sexton]

Oh, that's because they can't take a joke.

[Clay Travis]

That's right.

[Buck Sexton]

You're not allowed to do it because they, you know, because the assumption is they can't take the joke. Right. So this is the. Although it is interesting, I will say sometimes the people to your point who are saying you can't make that joke do it on behalf of people who are like, no, I actually thought that was funny. That's rare. But that does happen.

[Clay Travis]

Oh, there's a lot of liberal white people who want to tell you what jokes can be made in the larger context of society about people that are not like them at all. And I mean, really, this is about language. I mean, the Latinx thing is one of my favorite. When they decided that Hispanic people needed to be called Latinx, and then you talk to Hispanic people. This was a Democrat, white lady talking point. And then you talk to Hispanic people, and they had no idea what Latinx meant. And they also found it ridiculous. The idea was you're not going to say Latino and Latina. Right. Because that's gendered language, and gendered language cannot be allowed. So we'll just refer to everyone as Latin X. It's like, what, like, who even comes up with this? And, and, and the, the, the people out there who were Hispanic looked around and said, this is like, you're not talking to us. And I think this is what happens when you let left wingers dictate the conversational topics. And it's why I think, culturally, Democrats are broken. And this hockey win has become so emblematic of that truth. And, and trust me, there's not any young men out there watching this and thinking, oh, I want to be more like the people who are censoring jokes. Because one of the responses that I'm seeing and that we're seeing online for young men, their jokes are way more savage. If you have teenage boys and you look at the jokes that they make, they are over, like, the tiptoeing up to. Oh, so it's back.

[Buck Sexton]

It's backlash humor. It's backlash to being told what you can and can't make jokes about.

[Clay Travis]

They.

[Buck Sexton]

They rip stuff that you're like, whoa, okay, I.

[Clay Travis]

Look, this happened before in the 90s when we had. Remember when we had the politically correct world and then you started to have a real pushback aggressively against. It was early 90s, politically correct, late 90s. For a lot of you out there in Gen X and young millennials, you remember when that era just blew up. We're living through that area blowing up, too. And my wife just texted me with an explanation of the joke that she really important people need to recognize Trump was not actually making fun of the women's hockey team. He was making fun of himself and society for being so easily offended by everything he does that they try to impeach him for the slightest little thing, the slightest slip of the tongue. He was calling to congratulate the men's hockey team, recognizing clips gonna be shared and recognizing that he is going to be criticized for anything. And they'll impeach him if he doesn't invite the women. But yes, And Trump is actually mocking the media for the absurdity of the media's perspective. And then they followed him down the rabbit.

[Buck Sexton]

I was going to say Trump basically said, I mean, we all know the media can't take a joke. And then they can't take the joke. That's what happened.

[Clay Travis]

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[Clay Travis]

Welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton show Margo Martin reports from the White House that Team USA has officially arrived and she has posted a photo of them posing in front of the White House. I believe that is on the south lawn. So prepare for everyone to lose their minds over that. Now we have got a bunch of talkbacks, many of them very funny. Let's start with Kelly. Well, I mean I'm not surprised by this take. I think everyone basically is not offended by President Trump's remarks in the locker room while talking to the U. S men. But here is Kelly from Northeast Arkansas G as woman.

[Kelly from Northeast Arkansas]

I'm not offended by President Trump's remarks. He has daughters and granddaughters who play golf, so he obviously supports women in athletics. These hockey players just have been in themselves out of once in a lifetime opportunity to be honored by their countrymen. Can we stop normalizing getting offended and getting praised for instead of being called out for the lack of character and maturity. It shows there is nothing less patriotic than to represent the US on the world stage and and then shown the president of your country. Now that's offensive.

[Clay Travis]

Well, totally. Esther. Perfect Esther. Was that the name that I said? What was the name?

[Buck Sexton]

That old timey name?

[Clay Travis]

Yeah.

[Buck Sexton]

Is that what you're saying?

[Clay Travis]

Ethel. Ethel. Ethel. I was like somebody, somebody was mad at me and Ethel back in the day. I don't haven't heard of anything.

[Buck Sexton]

Well, you said, you said everyone named Ethel is 80 years old. And then we had a bunch of our esteemed and beloved 80 year old listeners calling in to light you up

[Clay Travis]

for, for being correct. I, I think that's what I said. I said no one has been named Ethel since 1935 and that is true. I. I have not heard of an Esther in a very long time either. She's out in Staten island listening to us on WOR and she remembers Steal the bacon. But she's Jewish, so they had another name for it.

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Steal the bacon.

[Hockey Team Mom]

I went to a Jewish summer camp, and instead of saying steal a bacon

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because Jews don't eat bacon, we plate steal a salami.

[Hockey Team Mom]

It's exactly the way you described it.

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Thank you. Love your show.

[Buck Sexton]

Wait, why is. Isn't salami also a pork product? Why would that be better? I'm confused, right? I mean, produce. Producer Mark. Producer Mark is Jewish. Help me out here.

[Clay Travis]

More of a sauce.

[Buck Sexton]

Oh, I'm sorry. Salami is okay. Crash. Producer Crash comes in. Salami is beef. Whoa, whoa. I was way off on that.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Sorry.

[Buck Sexton]

I thought salami was. I thought salami was a pork product.

[Clay Travis]

All this time, the salami Kelly, and it's no.

[Buck Sexton]

It's no Polish sausage, let me tell you.

[Clay Travis]

Vox roommate introduced him to Polish sausage. Also introduced him to hide the salami. Kelly from Oklahoma City, 1000K talk. What you got for us?

[Buck Sexton]

Holy crap, Buck, you unlocked a memory treasure trove when you brought up steal the bacon.

[Clay Travis]

It is totally a thing.

[Buck Sexton]

Still, a baker was a. Was a great game. Was a great game. And also, if you were really good at it, you smoke somebody so badly that sometimes they would like kind of trip in the grass on the way because they got surprised when they're name you, Clay, you'd call out their name. So I would call out like. Or you know, someone who call out like, Clay, Buck. And you'd run to get the ball in the middle. And if you weren't paying attention, home slice. All of a sudden you were eating dirt and I was stealing that bacon.

[Clay Travis]

I've never played this game in my life, but a podcast listener who requests to stay anonymous says he is a PE Coach in Miami and steal the bacon. A big part of his PE repertoire. Cut 11, Bucky.

[Buck Sexton]

Not alone. The Island. I'm a PE coach here in Miami, Florida. And steal the bacon is the best game. It's the go to game here. Kids love it. Teaches them about life. They got to be ready to get that. Get that bacon and take it back to their team. This. This gentleman is. By the way, he's correct. It is a microcosm of capitalism. It's like, you know, you. You got to be when you're called, when your name is up, you better get that bacon. Or somebody else is like, this is life. He's correct.

[Clay Travis]

Did you have pe every day your fancy high end high school. You did.

[Buck Sexton]

We used to play dodgeball. We had to wear J and tie. We would play dodgeball in our jacket and tie, which in retrospect feels like some kind of punishment. But we would just be wailing each other as hard as we could with these big rubber balls, wearing a little like emblazoned blazer with our, you know,

[Clay Travis]

our reptile on it. I don't know how PE Teachers are now and PE Teachers of America are probably going to unleash upon me if you had to pick a school teacher who did the least on a day to day basis.

[Buck Sexton]

Oh, don't be, don't be throwing this

[Clay Travis]

at the PE Teachers. I don't want big, big PE Coming after me. But I went to public school K to 12 in Nashville. The number of PE teachers that had the greatest jobs on the planet and just rolled the basketballs out or just, you know, rolled the kickballs out or whatever it was and just kicked up and chilled overwhelmingly. PE Was the place where it was the easiest teaching job.

[Buck Sexton]

I got, I got, I got, I got to throw a flag here, Clay. Okay, Mr. First of all, for Mr. Sportsman to be throwing the pee teachers of America under the, under the proverbial bus here, all right? To be, to be leaving them last picked for dodgeball, so to speak. Unfair. And let me explain why a lot of places like this was the case at my, my little Catholic school in New York, which was St. David's you, you had coaches. So the coaches of the teams also did PE Classes that. You know what I'm saying? So it was like the guy who was the head basketball coach would also take some PE during the day.

[Clay Travis]

That often happens too. So he has more time. But I had a lot of PE Teachers. And again I'm asking, has the, has the PE E. Has it like, is it more organized now? I had a lot of PE Teachers that just said, hey, here's the eight basketballs, kids, and would just throw them out. And by. I don't complain. I would rather play basketball during PE Class than have some sort of, you know, every now and then we would have a really aggressive PE Teacher. And he was like, this week everybody's playing badminton. And you're like, what, what are you doing? Like, what are we playing badminton for? So I'm not opposed necessarily to PE Teacher who just lets you play kickball every day. But are they more regimented now? And unfortunately, I also know that they have taken PE out of a lot of schools and then they Came back and said, well, we have to mandate PE Now. I'm just curious what I think there should be like.

[Buck Sexton]

Now I remember when I was a kid in school that there was never enough in the day. We never had enough sports time, and we always had too much. You know, this is what, like I said about the speech thing. I think kids are subjected to too many hours of wah, wah, wah, wap, womp womp in a classroom. Most young kids who are reasonably energetic and, you know, they want to be running around getting, getting after stuff for at least an hour and a half, two hours a day. And that's really what. And we. Sports class was always like 45 minutes. By the time we actually were, you know, ready for it was not, was not enough. So I think there should be more of that. But it's funny to me, Clay, because I remember again, I'm talking grammar school now, but if you had, if we like had a. And I had a pretty, my class was pretty notoriously bad with a lot, a lot of misbehavior in that class. And if you were naughty, they would make you do like calisthenics and push ups. Which is funny because now as adults, my wife, all of her friends, they're paying people to yell at them, to make them do push ups at these classes. But when we're kids, if you were really bad, it was like, I'm going to make you get stronger and improve your physique, darn it. You know, and you're like, no. Why are you so mean?

[Clay Travis]

Arguably, push ups is the single best workout if you had to only pick one that you could do. And in that context, by the way, you were talking about the hours that are wasted. AI, have you seen some of the articles about how AI is designing optimal 2 hour instruction days for kids? And I know a lot of you out there have done homeschooling and you have these homeschooling lesson plans and you can get through them in a couple of hours. And kids have hours and hours and more of entertainment. Clay, I do think reexamining the way that we do elementary school education in particular, much of it is broken. I think the data would reflect.

[Buck Sexton]

This is. I'm, I am in it. I am an aspiring radical on this. And we should do a whole other, you know, we should do more of a deep dive into this and get some people on, because there are things popping up here in Miami where you have, you don't have the same established school system at an elite level. I'm just gonna say It. That you did in, say, New York City, where I was. Right. You just. It's not. You don't have the same amount of choice. You don't have. There's no Stuyvesant equivalent here, which is a public school where you basically have to test in like the 97th percentile of all test takers to get it. Like, you don't have that here. It's just not the same pool. And so people are getting more creative with how they're educating their kids because there's just too much demand on the school system already for the good schools here. There are some very good schools here, but there's too much demand. So people are getting more creative. I bring it up because even where I live, I'm finding that there are more people doing this. This hybrid learning has this terrible. Because of COVID and it's like. Hybrid learning. No, no, no. True hybrid learning, meaning they'll do with tutors in a pod two or three hours a day with a couple of other kids in one home or in one location. Then they'll join for sports and like traveling sports, like teams, like, they're competitive and they'll go do that. And there's ways to do this because a few things are emerging. One is that kids are in school too long, especially at a young age, and the school system is not getting better. If anything, it's getting worse. And the. Also a lot of the school system used to have. Well, I could go on and on about this.

[Clay Travis]

I'll just say I think it is an interesting point here that AI gives us ever. There's a lot of talk about AI, but it gives us an opportunity to reexamine whether we are doing things in the most efficient and cost effective manner possible across much of society. And I genuinely wonder. My kids are basically through elementary school now, and I feel fortunate. They've all went to public school K to 6, basically, and then they've gone to private school since. But I feel like we had great public schools, great elementary school teachers. I have loved it. But I do wonder on some level whether there is a better way to educate kids that's more effective and more cost productive.

[Buck Sexton]

Do you think that also a lot of. Do you think that a lot. This is something that's been bandied about a little bit on the Internet. Do you think that a lot of. Particularly all who would have been all star female teachers because of the, you know, basically went to work?

[Clay Travis]

This is an Interesting.

[Buck Sexton]

Became VPs at Morgan Stanley instead? I think that's an interesting I'm not saying there aren't a lot of great teachers. Okay. We're talking about at a macro level, hundreds and hundreds of thousands of different roles. But, you know, small changes in the, in the average make big changes for the outcome. And I do think that our generation saw the first surge of, of a lot of women who would have just by nature of women tend to do. Veterinarians, nurses, pediatricians, school teachers. These were heavily female dominant professions became much less so. And I think you might have lost a lot of great, particularly female teachers. And I think the quality of the teachers you're getting because of the economic incentives to do other things has been hurt in places. So I think that's all real. I think that needs to all be considered as part of this as well. I'm. I talked. I mean, Kerry thinks I'm nuts because I also went. You went to fancy schools. I went to fancy schools. And I don't pretend that I didn't. I mean, I went to a scholarship school and you went to school on a full scholarship. So it's a little bit of a different picture than like just fancy. But you know what I'm saying, Academically considered academically elite places. I think there are better ways. I'm talking especially for young kids. People want to send their kids to the most rigorous high school, the most rigorous college. I'm not going to pretend like that's not, you know, advantageous. But first grade, fourth grade, you got to have kids in class eight hours a day. I'm sorry, it doesn't add up to me. Doesn't make sense to me.

[Clay Travis]

I think we should reexamine a lot of this and try to take the best practices that come forward. And honestly, we had Secretary of education Linda McMahon on and for instance, going back to what makes more sense has been what led Mississippi, for instance, which is not renowned for its educational system historically to have tremendous success. And so I think challenging the way that people do things now, biggest challenge on this buck is going to be teachers overwhelmingly because of the unions fight anything, anything that you try to change. But I definitely wonder if we're doing what is the best method to teach kids writ large.

[Buck Sexton]

You know what, do you know what the massive budget in New York City Clay of $120 billion. New York City's budget is going to be bigger than Florida's budget under Mamdani, 40% of that budget Education department for New York City.

[Clay Travis]

I think the number was that the average New York City kid, they're spending $40,000 a year on educating them. Is that the right number?

[Buck Sexton]

I saw they're actually spe $40,000 a year on adults getting jobs where they don't do very much but they vote Democrat. That's actually what they're spending the money.

[Clay Travis]

The reason why I was thinking about it is a lot of people out there hear and see oh that private school costs $40,000 a year and they think that's outrageous. Every public school kid in New York City, we are spending 40k a year, the equivalent of on their education in public schools. And many of them are getting awful educations. It's just a broken system. I mean, again, I I this is a deep dive on this, but when I see some of this data I I think it is super intriguing and we should spend more time addressing it than we do as a as a society and culture. Look, we all need more energy. If you want to accomplish everything on your plate and you want to have elite level energy, one way you can do that is with testosterone. That's what powers the male body, the male engine. That's what Chalk does. They have a male Vitality Stack Best selling product Multi supplement bundle designed to support men's vitality and healthy testosterone levels. For some of us, having lots of energy can come naturally and that's great. You probably know people in your life who do. Others need a little bit of help, particularly as you age. In fact, most guys over the age of 40 their testosterone starts to drop precipitously, which is why the leading ingredient Chalks Male Vitality Stack proven to replenish 20 of your diminished testosterone in three months time. You can check it out today. Visit chalk.com Start your path towards increased energy and when you subscribe using my name Clay, you will get a free 99 bag of chalk lit powder with your first delivery. Choq.com My Name C L-A-

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