Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Oct 23 2025

Summary

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Daily Review with Clay and Buck – October 23, 2025

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Episode Overview

Clay Travis and Buck Sexton tackle the most pressing current events in news, politics, and sports. With their trademark humor and sharp analysis, this episode explores stories ranging from the shocking NBA betting scandal and political races in Virginia and New York, to debates on government shutdown motivations and the fallout of radical progressivism on state and local politics. Special guest Congressman Jim Jordan brings insider perspective on Congress and the latest controversies in Washington.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. NBA Betting and Mafia Scandal

[04:40 – 17:06]

• Massive FBI Bust:
  The FBI arrested over 30 individuals, including NBA players/coaches Chauncey Billups, Damon Jones, and Terry Rozier, in a coordinated bust spanning 11 states. Charges include illegal gambling, sports rigging, and tens of millions in fraud.
• How the Scam Worked:
  • The mafia rigged high-stakes poker games using contact lenses to read marked cards, cameras in chandeliers, and even X-ray tables ("If you put it in a movie, a lot of us would say there's no way that could actually be true." – Buck, 11:07)
  • NBA prop bets were fixed, notably when Terry Rozier intentionally left a game early after signaling to gamblers, delivering a $200,000 payout.
• Dumb Criminal Moves:
  Clay and Buck express disbelief that NBA players like Rozier, earning over $26 million yearly, risk ruin for a small fraction of their salary.
  • "Mind blowingly stupid. You're going to risk a $26 million salary for 200 grand..." – Clay Travis [10:24]
• Legalized Gambling and Detection:
  Legalization has made it easier to detect irregular betting patterns, as sportsbooks flag unusual wagers (e.g., large bets on obscure games).
  • "The sunshine of legalized sports gambling has shown us how often this has been happening..." – Clay Travis [15:14]
• Broader Implications:
  The hosts predict movies and documentaries on the scandal and reflect on the integrity crisis in sports and the need for robust enforcement.

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2. Virginia Governor’s Race & Identity Politics

[23:02 – 34:14]

• Polling Skepticism:
  Clay voices skepticism at polls claiming Abigail Spanberger’s inevitable win, citing closer margins in some surveys.
• Media’s Gender Narratives:
  Mika Brzezinski and others claim Spanberger's struggles are due to sexism, despite her running against another woman and extensive examples of female political success.
  • "How is it that Abigail Spanberger being a woman is the cause of her difficulties?" – Buck Sexton [25:37]
  • "There is neither reason nor accountability..." – Clay Travis, referencing As Good as It Gets [28:12]
• Candidate Accountability:
  Spanberger dodges questions about calling on an attorney general candidate to drop out after inflammatory texts, using evasive and time-worn excuses.
• Warnings for Virginia:
  Buck warns Virginians that Spanberger will govern far to the left, suggesting voters are "being sold a bill of goods."

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3. Transgender Sports Controversies & Judicial Overreach

[32:00 – 37:33]

• Minnesota Supreme Court Ruling:
  Seven justices unanimously ruled a male powerlifter must be allowed to compete as a woman, which the hosts see as a sign of ideological overreach.
• Broader Trend:
  Discussion broadens to the left’s push on trans issues, with warnings about state-imposed compliance and the use of “toxic empathy.”
  • "Toxic empathy ruining a state..." – Buck Sexton [34:14]
  • “Our innate kindness...has unfortunately been used as a Trojan horse for the left wing radical agenda…” – Clay Travis [35:45]

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4. Government Shutdown & Democrat Party Power Struggles

[39:12 – 49:05; 59:36 – 66:06]

• Shutdown Politics:
  Congressman Jim Jordan joins to discuss the looming government shutdown. He attributes the stalemate to the hard left’s control over the Democrats, particularly the influence of AOC and the threat of primary challenges for Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries.
  • “It’s this phenomena that the hard left has control of that party...” – Jim Jordan [41:05]
• Healthcare Leverage:
  The shutdown is also partly about preserving Obamacare subsidies, the only issue, per Jordan, where Dems have any polling advantage left.
• ‘Quiet Part Out Loud’ Moment:
  Democrat Whip Catherine Clark admits shutdown is “one of the few leveraged times we have” even though “there will be...families that are going to suffer.”
  • “They admitted openly that they have shut the government down and...are using hardworking American families as leverage.” – Speaker Mike Johnson [61:27]
• NYC Power Triangle:
  Buck and Clay argue much of the national Democratic agenda is driven by NYC-based leaders’ fear of being outflanked by further-left challengers, especially after Mamdani’s mayoral primary win.
  • “What seems to be a large national issue...is actually...rooted to fear provoked by Mamdani.” – Clay Travis [64:23]

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5. NYC Mayoral Race

[66:06 – 72:34]

• Candidates & Strategies:
  • Curtis Sliwa (Guardian Angels) delivers a passionate populist speech but is not expected to win, potentially acting as a spoiler for former governor Andrew Cuomo.
  • Zorhan Mamdani, the surprise far-left primary winner, avoids taking positions on controversial ballot amendments, prompting accusations of evasiveness.
  • “He’s an incredibly articulate, glib, smiley...politician...but unlike Andrew Cuomo...and Curtis Sliwa...Mamdani is an articulate shadow.” – Buck Sexton [70:13]
• Democratic Calculations:
  Both Schumer and Jeffries have yet to endorse Mamdani, revealing the intra-party stress caused by the hard left’s rise.
• Historical Parallel:
  Clay draws a comparison between Mamdani’s ambiguous campaign rhetoric and Obama’s “evolution” on gay marriage: Democratic voters sometimes knowingly “let their own” hedge or prevaricate for electoral advantage.

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6. Additional Topics & Memorable Moments

• Bureaucracy and Accountability:
  Jim Jordan discusses his criminal referral of ex-CIA Director John Brennan for allegedly lying to Congress and the broader theme of accountability.
• Trump 2.0:
  In response to Buck and Clay, Jordan praises Trump’s current administration for its focus, effective personnel, and fulfillment of promises, asserting “no one has done it better.” [47:04]
  • “He said he would cut taxes. He did. He said he’d get men out of women’s sports. He has. ...on and on it goes.” – Jim Jordan [47:34]
• Sports Betting Ethics:
  The hosts debate whether athletes should be allowed to bet on themselves, distinguishing between outright fraud (betting to lose) and perhaps less problematic actions (betting to win, as in some combat sports).

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• "Mind blowingly stupid. You're going to risk a $26 million salary for 200 grand..."
  – Clay Travis [10:24]

• "Legalized gambling makes it more likely that we catch people for this, because the sportsbooks...catch illegal irregular wagering patterns."
  – Clay Travis [14:03]

• "How is it that Abigail Spanberger being a woman is the cause of her difficulties?"
  – Buck Sexton [25:37]

• "There is neither reason nor accountability [in that analysis]."
  – Clay Travis, referencing As Good as It Gets [28:12]

• "Toxic empathy ruining a state."
  – Buck Sexton on Minnesota [34:14]

• "Their plan is...to use state force to make you do crazy stuff on trans the second they can."
  – Clay Travis [32:00]

• "It’s this phenomena that the hard left has control of that party."
  – Jim Jordan [41:05]

• "They admitted openly that they have shut the government down and...are using hardworking American families as leverage."
  – Speaker Mike Johnson [61:27]

• "What seems to be a large national issue...is actually...rooted to fear provoked by Mamdani."
  – Clay Travis [64:23]

• "He’s an incredibly articulate...politician...but unlike Andrew Cuomo...and Curtis Sliwa...Momdani is an articulate shadow."
  – Buck Sexton [70:13]

• "No one has done it better than President Trump. ...He said he’d get men out of women’s sports. He has. ...on and on it goes."
  – Jim Jordan [47:34]

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Segment Timestamps

| Segment | Start | End | |---------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------| | Welcome & rundown of topics | 02:30 | 04:01 | | NBA betting scandal deep dive | 04:40 | 17:06 | | VA governor’s race, polls, and media narratives | 23:02 | 34:14 | | Trans sports, empathy, and state overreach | 32:00 | 37:33 | | Government shutdown, hard-left Dem influence | 39:12 | 49:05 | | NYC Dem power struggle and its national implications | 59:36 | 66:06 | | NYC mayoral race, Mamdani, and candidate evasiveness | 66:06 | 72:34 | | Jim Jordan: CIA lying, Trump’s “greatest year” | 44:20 | 47:34 |

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Tone & Style

Clay and Buck’s approach blends sharp, accessible political analysis with humor and incredulity at the day's most outrageous stories. They maintain a conversational style, challenge narratives, and highlight hypocrisy or notable absurdity in media and politics. Their banter and direct questioning also facilitate a deeper, sometimes skeptical, discussion.

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Summary

This episode covers a sweeping range of topics—a sprawling sports scandal, state and national political infighting, and cultural clashes that define the current era. Clay and Buck illustrate how local and national politics are often intertwined, with major Democratic strategies rooted in leaders’ anxieties over radical challengers. Meanwhile, the revelation-heavy NBA betting case and the continuing saga of transgender sports participation highlight evolving challenges across fields. Special guest Jim Jordan offers frank Congressional insight, defending Trump’s record and warning of bureaucratic subterfuge. For listeners, the episode is a rapid-fire, entertaining, and opinionated dissection of the headlines that matter most on October 23, 2025.

Transcript

[Clay Travis]

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[Clay Travis]

Thursday edition of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton show and much to discuss with all of you. We're back from Fort Wayne, Indiana where we were yesterday.

[Buck Sexton]

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[Clay Travis]

Had a great time there. Thank you all for coming out for the live show. Thank you all for listening in the greater Indiana area because of course, Whoa, whoa. Reaches far and wide in the Hoosier state and it was a great time. Thank you. Thank you. Let's look at what we have on the docket for you all today. Why is Abigail Spanberger having trouble in Virginia? The best answer, some people are saying. The best answer you're going to hear anywhere. The most hilarious. We will get to that in a bit. That Virginia governor's race, of course, very important. More updates on Kami Mamdani in New York City and what is going on there. Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, talks about his view of blowing up these narco boats. We've got the military going kinetic on narco boats off the coast of Venezuela in international waters. And we shall discuss that. A little more attention being paid to what's getting in the middle of this whole shutdown fight, including the cost of health care, which I really hope people will start to pay more attention to, too. But we're going to dive into something else here for a moment. I was watching this morning. I was. I was getting prepped and I flew. Flew back home. Had to get to the Nashville. By the way, Nashville airport is so civilized. It's such a nice airport.

[Buck Sexton]

Great airport.

[Clay Travis]

Great airport. My Miami airport is trash. I love Miami. I love Florida. Miami airport. MIA port is trash. Anyway, Nashville airport, lovely civilized. There's, you know, practically a bluegrass band. Actually, sometimes there is a bluegrass band just playing whenever you walk around there hanging out. Uh, but I was flying back this morning and I saw this story and I watched some of this press conference and I was like, oh, boy, this is like clay Travis outkick DEFCON 1. This is quite a thing, the NBA betting scandal. Let's just start this off, Clay, before you take us on a whirlwind tour of all the madness. FBI director Cash Patel announcing these arrests.

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[Clay Travis]

The betting scandal, the mobs involved. Oh, my.

[Buck Sexton]

Play one.

[Clay Travis]

As you now know, individuals such as Chauncey Billups, Damon Jones and Terry Rozier were taken into custody today. Former current NBA players and coaches. What you don't know is that this is an illegal gambling operation and sports rigging operation that spanned the course of years. The FBI led a coordinated takedown across 11 states to arrest over 30 individuals today responsible for this case, which is very much ongoing. The men and women that are standing up here today worked tireless hours, days, months and years. And the Fraud is mind boggling. It's not hundreds of dollars, it's not thousands of dollars. It's not tens of thousands of dollars. It's not even millions of dollars. We're talking about tens of millions of dollars in fraud and theft and robbery across a multi year investigation. Clay, I've got to ask you because I've already had three people ask me to ask you as I've asked walking my dog on the street. What does Clay think about the betting scandal? Clay, take it away.

[Buck Sexton]

All right, so this is like maybe my most epic wheelhouse. I've been on Fox News all morning and I watched and listened to the entire Cash Patel press conference. So let me break it down for you twofold. And by the way, some of you may have questions about this because I think this is going to be one of those stories that it connects everywhere because some of the details are just so crazy. So let me, let me break it down for you. Basically, the FBI announced two different indictments which were interconnected. The first one, it feels like a movie. The mafia was rigging poker games and they were using some of the details here, Buck. Contact lenses that could look through cards, X ray machines to know what cards were coming. There were cameras in chandeliers, and they were using what they called face cards. These are famous guys. Imagine they're almost all men to draw in the, the, the, the card players, the poker players. And one of them was Chauncey Billups. Allegedly the head coach right now was of the Portland Trailblazers, who was arrested early this morning. So this is the mafia, which we haven't heard a lot about for a long time, rigging these high end poker games. They said the amounts of lost money were in the tens of millions of dollars. One guy lost $1.8 million in one game. I bet, I bet that we have listeners right now who were in these games. I bet. I'm just gonna, I'm just gonna toss it out there in that some of these high end poker games, you guys went and you thought, man, I just, I really had a rough night, yo. No, no, you were the fish. You were the rich guy. Probably almost all men that they brought in and they rigged these games. Okay? There is a man named Damon Jones, former coach and player in the NBA, who was charged alongside of Chauncey Billups in this case. And then there was. He was the linchpin to a second case which had to do with brazen sports corruption and insider betting scandal. Do we have just Tish. Because this really kind of sums up the NBA side. She said that Terry Rosier, an NBA basketball player, right now, Buck, for your Miami Heat, who was previously playing for the Charlotte Hornets. He told everybody he was going to leave a game early, left after only nine minutes. There were $200,000 wagered on him not achieving the numbers that were prop betted for that particular game. Points, rebounds, assist. Um, and they said the proceeds were then delivered to his house, where they counted the $200,000 in cash. Now we have that cut. 3. Listen to this, and I'll give you a take on a couple of different angles here.

[Clay Travis]

In some instances, players altered their performance or took themselves out of games to.

[Buck Sexton]

Make sure that those bets paid out.

[Clay Travis]

One example occurred on March 23, 2023, in Charlotte. Terry Rozier, an NBA player now with the Miami Heat, but at the time playing for the Hornets, allegedly let others close to him know that he planned to leave the game early with a supposed injury.

[Buck Sexton]

Using that information, members of the group.

[Clay Travis]

Placed more than $200,000 in wagers on his under statistics.

[Buck Sexton]

Rozier exited the game after just nine minutes, and those bets paid out, generating.

[Clay Travis]

Tens of thousands of dollars in profit. The proceeds were later delivered to his.

[Buck Sexton]

Home, where the group counted their cash.

[Clay Travis]

As the NBA season tips off. His career is already benched, not for.

[Buck Sexton]

Injury, but for integrity. Yeah, what. What is your takeaway, Bob?

[Clay Travis]

Can I ask. I feel like the kid in the classroom, like, I have questions. I have questions. Okay. How much money does this guy Rozier make? Because NBA salaries.

[Buck Sexton]

I'll tell you. $26.6 million this year. So this is an epically dumb decision that is potentially going to put him behind bars and make him basically what he makes on an average NBA game.

[Clay Travis]

Thank you. This is. This is what I was wondering about. Cause to me, okay, so it is mind blowingly stupid. Mind blowingly stupid. Forget about the integrity and all that. That's. That's baked into this. We of course, know you shouldn't do this, but you're going to risk a $26 million salary for 200 grand is.

[Buck Sexton]

Like $24,000 per game right now, Buck. So he risked basically one half of a game salary, one half of one game salary for to lose all of it.

[Clay Travis]

Astonishing. Astonishing. It's. I don't even know what to say. I. That's one of the dumbest criminal capers I've heard in a very long time.

[Buck Sexton]

Yes. And. And look, I've got so many takes on this. I mean, I'll hold it up for people watching on video. I mean, I Was watching this press conference live and my jaw just kept dropping. The detail of the ways that they would rig these poker games. I mean if you put it in a movie, a lot of us would say there's no way that could actually be true. And listen to it. I think we have cut four. This is U.S. attorney Joseph Nacella might be mispronouncing his game, describing the way that they would cheat in these poker games.

[Clay Travis]

They used off the shelf shuffling machines.

[Buck Sexton]

That had been secretly altered in order to read the cards in the deck.

[Clay Travis]

Predict which player at the table had the best poker hand, and relay that information to an off site operator. Defendants used other cheating technologies such as poker chip tray Analyz, which is a poker chip tray that secretly reads cards using a hidden camera, special contact lenses or eyeglasses that could read premarked cards and an X ray table that could read cards face down on the table.

[Buck Sexton]

Buck. I mean this is, this is crazy stuff. And so I believe what happened, this is my theory in general based on watching this press conference is they became aware the mafia was involved in rigging these games. And then based upon the surveillance of the people who were involved in these games, they were then able to find out that this NBA rigging of individual bets may also have been going through the linchpin connector here, which was Damon Jones, who is accused on both sides of this. These charges.

[Clay Travis]

Remember when they were bringing that preposterous RICO case against Trump in Atlanta and you and I were talking about how it was absurd and RICO is really something that you think of for cross state mafia illicit fraudulent activities. This to me looks like a big RICO case, right? I mean if you're talking about the mob. 11 states, fixing games in 11 different states. Massive fraud, millions and millions of dollars. Uh, and I, I know they've had dozen, They've had dozens of people already indicted. Is that right?

[Buck Sexton]

Over 30 is the number of people that were indicted. One current player, one current coach, one former coach and player connected to the NBA.

[Clay Travis]

So now Clay was inescapable this morning. You know, I'm making, I'm making my Crockett coffee. Clay's on the tv, I'm listening to this to the radio. Clay is all talking about this. So I have to ask you this. I'm sure others have asked you. I haven't heard you address this one yet though. Do you think this is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this kind of fixing or is this.

[Buck Sexton]

The worst of it?

[Clay Travis]

Have we already heard the worst of it? Or is there more?

[Buck Sexton]

Well, some people don't like the fact that I like sports gambling. And, and you're certainly entitled to that opinion. Just like some people don't like the fact that I like bourbon. You know, I, I, I am a center when it comes to, to things like that. I love to gamble. I like to have an occasional drink. I actually think, Buck, that legalized gambling makes it more likely that we catch people for this, because the sportsbooks who were described as victims here, the sports books typically catch illegal irregular wagering patterns.

[Clay Travis]

Almost like stock market, SEC stuff. Right. Like if someone bets the farm the day before the big announcement comes out.

[Buck Sexton]

That's right. That they can tell they caught an Alabama baseball coach, for instance, because he had an associate allegedly going, I think, to a Cincinnati, Ohio sportsbook and bet, try to bet a ton of money on a random college baseball game. And they just said, well, you know this, like, it's one thing if you walk in and you say, hey, I want to put five grand down on the super bowl. That's not an uncommon bet. They wouldn't, it wouldn't raise eyebrows if you walk in and you say, hey, I want to put $5,000 down in a random sports book on a random college baseball game, women's field hockey. Yeah, yeah, yeah, right. If you suddenly walked up and you're like, hey, I'm going to put 100k on a WNBA game, they would be like, sorry, they want. In other words, they put limits in place. A lot of times you can't get down the full amount of money that you do. Therefore, you try to go around to different books. Usually it gets flagged. And that's why the line is adjusting constantly. Right. There's a market, and if tons of sharp money, they call it, comes in on one side or the other, they wonder about injuries, they wonder about things like that. I think what has happened, Buck, is the sunshine of legalized sports gambling has shown us how often, in my opinion, this has been happening over the past several decades and not necessarily gotten caught because there isn't a regulatory mechanism by which it gets caught. Look, the sportsbooks want games to be on the up and up more than anybody because they risk. If there's a rig, they're the ones who are risking the money oftentimes and being taken advantage of.

[Clay Travis]

We'll get into more of this. I'm sure a lot of you are going to have some takes.

[Buck Sexton]

I'm curious what questions people have out there, because this is a crazy story.

[Clay Travis]

Well, theoretically, sports, sports should be an area where it's actually a totally fair market because there's really no, I mean the teams are the teams. So, and no one knows what's going to happen. Opposing forces. So it's very clear fraud if somebody is affecting that clear marketplace because of individual gain, illicit profit. So I, I, I totally see this as, you know, if you have laws against insider trading, you gotta have laws against people shaving points or doing these prop bet things. And I know we do, but I'm just saying you have to enforce those laws too.

[Buck Sexton]

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[Buck Sexton]

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[Clay Travis]

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[Buck Sexton]

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[Clay Travis]

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[Buck Sexton]

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[Clay Travis]

So do us a solid and pre order yours on Amazon. Today, the Virginia governor's race and some other big political showdowns, including the mayor's.

[Buck Sexton]

Race in New York City.

[Clay Travis]

Let's talk about this first up here.

[Jim Jordan]

Polls, polls, polls, polls.

[Clay Travis]

Do we have Spanberger? According to the New York Times here with all these different polls. Up 9, up 12, 12, up 13, up 5, up 10. All this stuff, I don't buy it. Trafalgar has her up 2, which I think is within the margin of error. Where's the margin? Oh, well, almost the margin of error. So I think that this is one of these times where they're trying to tell everybody, on the one hand, the polls show that Spamberger's a shoe in, but on the other hand, they're concerned about Spanberger at the same time. And this is just, this is just fun for us as two guys who make a living doing, you know, doing this. There's just some basic, this is cut seven guys. There's just some basic stuff here that you, you want to find, you want to find out before you go in the air, for example, Mika Brzeinski, who really, I think, just exists on television. So that wealthy Chardonnay ladies of suburbs of major cities have somebody that they can look to who gives them emotional validation in their politics without actually educating them about any politics. Because here we go. The reason that Abigail Spanberger is struggling. I just told you, all the. All the polls say that, oh, she's going to win by so much, but the Democrats know it's actually pretty close, and they're worried, and so they're saying the reason they're struggling is sexism. Play 7.

[Jim Jordan]

It really is incredible when you have Abigail Spanberger, Mikey Sherrill, her background, all the different jobs that she has held.

[Clay Travis]

In the military, and also like Elizabeth Slotkin. I mean, my God, these women are incredible. And to them, I would say fight, fight, fight, because we need them. I mean, this is something that a lot of Democrats are grappling with right now, is they've. They've nominated women two of the last three elections for the presidency, lost both. There are some who say, well, we can't do that again.

[Jim Jordan]

The stakes are too high.

[Clay Travis]

But of course, that does fall into the same misogynistic trap. Other countries have no problem electing women. Abigail Spanberger is running against a black woman.

[Buck Sexton]

Yes.

[Clay Travis]

So how is it that Abigail Spanberger being a woman is the cause of her difficulties? Clay, I just. I just need to understand this.

[Buck Sexton]

Not only that, she mentioned Alissa Slotkin, who is running for governor in Michigan. Michigan has a female governor, and the last Michigan governor's race was our friend Tudor Dixon running against Gretchen Whitmer. Two women ran against each other. So this is. Just do a smidgen of basic research and don't dive headlong into the oppression Olympics. And you can see that there are women winning elections all over the country, and sometimes women lose elections all over the country just like men do. Um, I don't know that any woman has lost an election because of her gender in, frankly, the 21st century. Hillary was not a great candidate. Barack Obama beat her. I don't think Barack Obama beat her because he was a black man. I think he beat her because he was a better candidate. Bernie Sanders would have beaten Hillary, but he didn't because the DNC actually rigged the election for her. Uh, and Hillary lost because she did a poor job as a poor candidate campaigning in the battleground states that she didn't think she had any reason to be concerned about losing all over the Midwest. And Kamala, regardless of her gender, may have been the worst candidate anyone has seen. And she was elevated, I would argue, to the Democrat nomination because of her race and her gender. So if she hadn't been a black woman, I think there's a decent chance they would have had some sort of short, open mini primary. But they were so afraid of being called racist and sexist inside the Democrat Party that they just said, ah, hell, go ahead and put Kamal up. We'll see what happens. May we get lucky. If she loses, then so what? We'll blame the fact that she's a black woman. I, I, I just there's a desperate attempt here to try and make themselves victims and the sign of oppression, but they're not even doing the research that's required to even make the argument. Very well.

[Clay Travis]

You remember when in the, I think, very watchable movie, still as good as it gets with Jack Nicholson and do you know what I'm talking about?

[Buck Sexton]

Oh, yeah, it's a great movie.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, great movie. Remember when he's a, he's a famous author, but obviously also a very strange guy or very, you know, socially awkward guy, Jack Nicholson. She says, how do you write women so well? He says, I think of a man and then I take away reason and accountability. Now, I'm not endorsing that line. I am just saying that Mika Brzezinski is playing right into that by claiming that a woman losing to a woman is because of sexism. There is neither reason nor accountability in that analysis for their candidate. And Katie Couric, who is still in the game somewhat. I didn't even know this. I thought she was just, you know, counting her millions and doing whatever. But she still does the journalism thing sometimes. She called out Abigail Spanberger because it is just too obvious that Spamberger is trying to run out the clock and not answer tough questions and just let the Democrat machine propel her over the finish line, barely, because she won't tell Jay Jones he's got to drop out. Here's Spanberger's response to Couric. Remember, Jay Jones was the guy running for attorney general. I think he's actually dropped below Meares now for that.

[Buck Sexton]

Agnes looks like hopefully going to win that race because there has been a consequence from the text chain scandal.

[Clay Travis]

And Katie Kirk's like, hey, Spamberger, you want to be governor? You got to be able to draw a hard line on this. Here's what Spamberger says. Play eight.

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There's a problem here with Jay Jones. He's the Democratic candidate for Virginia attorney general. He wrote some texts and they were released Basically advocating for political violence against his opponent. And the Democrats in your state and other states, I understand, have renounced his rhetoric, but they have not called on for, called for him to drop out of the race. And I'm just curious, why is that? I think there's a couple elements here and I'll speak broadly but, but also reflecting my own opinions.

[Buck Sexton]

You know, these texts are years old.

[Clay Travis]

That, what is that answer? That's it. We got, we got texts are years old. That's the first, that's the first thing we're going with.

[Buck Sexton]

I, what I come back to. First of all, Spamberger is a far left wing candidate and Virginians are being sold a bill of goods. Much like we were told that Joe Bide Biden was Grandpa Joe and he was going to be a very moderate Scranton Joe, middle of the road leader. And then as soon as he got in, he did everything the super left wing of the party wanted him to do. Abigail Spamberger will do that exact same thing in Virginia. And a lot of Virginians are being sold a bill of goods here and they're going to wake up in a year and a half or two years and say how did this happen? How are there all these dudes in women's locker rooms? How is my daughter playing a volleyball game against a 6 foot 5 dude who's smashing volleyball on the other side of the net? It's going to be because Abigail Spamberger says, well, we have to respect the gender identity of these teenage boys who are pretending to be girls. That's the reality. By the way. This is crazy. Did you see Buck? The Minnesota Supreme Court voted 7 to 0 in the judged 70 all Democrat appointees that a power lifter, male power lifter was being discriminated against. His human rights were being discriminated against and he had to be allowed by the powerlifting association to compete as a woman. This is a big friggin dude. You know, like powerlifting of all things. Buck, you would think with strength. I mean this is basically the most thing that masculinity matters the most on powerlifting of all things. 7. Oh, he has to be able to compete in women's athletics.

[Clay Travis]

This is a reminder everyone their plan, the Democrat, the left's plan on the trans agenda, trans rights, whatever is not to moderate is not to become rational. Their plan is to ride this out until they can force the insanity on you via the state. They can use state power first in places like Minnesota and then California. They can use state power to make you do this. And make you pretend clay. Right. This is their, their plan is to just wait till the shoe is on the other foot and decide that they can make us comply. It's a, it's like we saw with COVID It's different in terms of obviously what we're talking about, but just. They're going to use state force to make you do crazy stuff on trans the second they can. You're going to be told, clap for the 250 pound dude winning the powerlifting competitions and say his name is Sally and he's actually a girl. Or else that's the plan.

[Buck Sexton]

I mean, for those of you out there who would say, oh, this is an exaggerated issue. Seven members of the Supreme Court of the state of Minnesota just said it's a violation of this dude's human rights for the powerlifting association to say, you're actually a man, you're not allowed to compete as a woman.

[Clay Travis]

It is, it is absolutely. I mean, I know you're not saying this. It is absolutely not an exaggerated issue on our side. They make it an issue and then when people pay attention, they say, what are you talking about? It's not that big a deal. It's not happening that much. This is the argument of cowards. They won't stand behind the argument until, you know, it's like the person who will only pick a fight with somebody when he's got his 10 buddies there. Yeah. They only want the fight when it's when they know that they'll be able to use force to win. They don't want to actually have the debate in public. They don't want people to understand what's going on here. And they want to do this in states like Minnesota, which. What has happened. I used to go camping in Minnesota as a kid. So many nice people, no crime, lovely place. All I see is bad stuff now about at least what's going on and politics and I'm sure there's still nice camping sites, but politics and in Minneapolis, it's not good.

[Buck Sexton]

No, I think this is Minnesota. Nice is a real thing and many of you in Minnesota know it. I think Minnesota may be the foremost example of toxic empathy ruining a state because they have convinced a lot of people. Well, if you don't acknowledge that, I mean, there was the Minnesota, where a dude pitched as a woman and won his girls team the softball championship. Like a 6 foot 2 dude was saying, hey, identify as a girl. And they won a Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minnesota state softball championship. They beat all these other girl teams. So they're trying to be kind. This is where I think it comes from, Buck. I think it's a good point. They're trying to be kind. Same thing with George Floyd. Oh, you know, this is so unacceptable. Look that this is how black people are treated all over Minnesota, all over the country. The BLM protest, what happened to George Floyd was a crazy outlier. And look, we could do probably whole shows on the calamity surrounding the criminal prosecution and everything else of Derek Chauvin in that entire case. But the fact that they didn't shut down the protests, the fact that Tim Walls and his wife bragged about leaving the mansion windows open so they could smell the city burning, as if that was somehow a sign of pride. There's a lot of white guilt. I think there's a lot of white kindness that has been used to drive toxic results all over the state of Minnesota.

[Clay Travis]

Well, the courtesy of people on the right, the innate kindness, desire for respect, civility and decency has unfortunately been used as a Trojan horse for the left wing radical agenda on the trans stuff. The whole time. The whole time. Come on. This person's having a tough time. Just use the name. Just use the pronoun. Just be inclusive to now. It's. That's not Macho Man Randy Savage, you know, throwing elbows at these little girls and. And breaking their noses. That's Tina. No, it's Macho Man Randy Savage.

[Buck Sexton]

I mean, you see picture of the power lifter in Minnesota. I mean, it is a huge dude, man. I mean, powerlifting for those of you who don't lift. Men who power lift are freakishly large dudes in the first place. Right. I mean, powerlifting is maybe the most aggressively masculine way to lift weights on the planet. So of all the things that you could be using to try to compete as a man in a women's sports, powerlifting might be. Is this Fairbuck might be the sport where you have almost the biggest advantage.

[Clay Travis]

Yes, I will. So I. A long time ago. And don't come at me CrossFitters. I think CrossFit actually does. Is very injury prone. And I'm not a fan, but anyway, it's not for me. A long time ago, I used to go to a CrossFit gym and you.

[Buck Sexton]

Know, you'd put your.

[Clay Travis]

You'd put your stuff up there and there were. There were women in there who had quads the size of telephone poles. I'm just saying very, very strong. You and I can both bench more than they can easily.

[Buck Sexton]

Yes.

[Clay Travis]

And people will sit there and make fun of us for being slouchy looking radio hosts, which fair. But we can both bench more than.

[Buck Sexton]

Almost any woman on. Correct.

[Clay Travis]

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[Clay Travis]

Welcome back in here to Clay and Buck. We have Congressman Jim Jordan with us in the mix today. What's going on, Congressman?

[Jim Jordan]

How you guys doing? Good to be with you.

[Clay Travis]

We're good. Can I there's a few things we have on the agenda for you today, sir, to talk about in the news, but the shutdown, starting to feel like the Democrats are playing a bit of chicken here and maybe not gonna pull off the road. There's word that this could create a shortage in like food stamps for people. What is going on here?

[Jim Jordan]

Well, I mean, you guys have talked about this. We all know this is about the crazy left that now unfortunately has control of one of our major political parties. And like I said this, I think the first week this happened, Chuck Schumer's having a debate with Chuck Schumer because he was for this six months ago, but now he's not. And it's the darn same darn thing. But, yeah, it's all about their, their lap. I've been telling people this underscores why the midterms are so important, because the same mindset that says we won't vote for what we voted for before we're going to shut down the government is the same mindset. If they can get control, we'll, we'll go after President Trump will impeach him and do all this stuff that they did, you know, in his first term. That's, that's, that's what's at stake here. So I think the country sees this for just being ridiculous and hopefully it ends sometime soon. But, but like, like, like you, Buck. I don't know. It may go for a while.

[Buck Sexton]

Jim, do you think this is related directly to Chuck Schumer being afraid of AOC and, and thinking that she might primary him in New York because he got so much.

[Clay Travis]

Can I just add to Clay's question? Yeah, I don't want to. Is that the bigger issue or is the Obamacare subsidies and people realizing they're both issues? But which one do you think is driving this more, the Schumer shutdown or the Obamacare thing?

[Jim Jordan]

Well, I think it's probably the former because, remember, it looks like even Leader Jeffries may get a primary in New York City. So I do think it's this phenomena that the hard left has control of that party. So I think that is driving this. And remember, Chuck Schumer took all kinds of heat from the left, including, frankly, from Hakeem Jeffries back in March when he, when he allowed the Senate to pass the continuing resolution. So I think that is certainly big. But then they pick healthcare because that's the only issue they think they have. The only thing that polling shows they might have somewhat of an advantage, if you can trust the polls, because what they're going to run on letting more people in the country like they did on border security, they're going to run on raising people's taxes, they're going to run on men and women sports. I mean, there's no other issue they really have. So foreign policy, the president's been amazing. So I think, I think it's a combination, but I do think it's driven primarily by the hard Left and the fact that he may get a primary, the Senate leader for the Democrats may get a primary. And now there's talk of Hakeem getting one, Hakeem Jeffries getting one as well.

[Buck Sexton]

So when you break all this down, I said, hey, I think they didn't want to have the shutdown because the no Kings protest is going on, Jim, and they didn't want to like bend the knee right beforehand. Now my, my sort of political antenna are up and it's suggesting maybe they are in a bigger scrap than they anticipated with the Virginia race for governor and Lieutenant governor and Attorney General, Attorney general, and they somehow feel as if, if the government is shut down, maybe left wing voters in Northern Virginia are more motivated to come out. Do you think that's also in play here? Because that's really, it doesn't make any sense that this, this battle would be going on and they would have so little at some stake, by and large, to not be willing to keep moving along.

[Jim Jordan]

Yeah, that may in fact be the case. And so we may be in this till November 5th or longer, you know, after Election Day. But, you know, I would also just ever underestimate just this phenomena about the left hatred for President Trump. I mean, this, you know, we've talked before, Trump derangement syndrome is a real thing. And these, so many people on the left really have this phenomena going on and they are just out in any way. They think it's harmful to the president, harmful to Republicans. Therefore, even if it's something as ridiculous as shutting down the government because you won't vote for what you've already supported for good, we made this so simple. Here's the cr. It's short term. It's what you voted on. I mean, and you can't vote for that. Like they're saying we need to compromise. We've already did. We've given you the bill that you support six months ago, for goodness sake.

[Clay Travis]

Speaking of Jim Jordan, Congressman from Ohio, you all know Congressman Jordan and New York Post certainly knows him because they've got him in a side by side here, I see, with former CIA Director Brennan. Because, Congressman, tell us what's going on here. There's been a referral by the House Judiciary Committee regarding ex CIA Director Brennan for lying under oath. What's happening?

[Jim Jordan]

Yeah, well, you all know you're not supposed to lie, but you're definitely not supposed to lie when you're under oath talking to Congress. And it looks like that's exactly what John Brennan did. And it looks like he did that Because God bless Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence, declassified a report from the House Intelligence Committee from a few years ago. And that report says just what Brendan told us in this deposition. He told us, oh, I was not involved with the dossier at all during the whole Russia hoax. Baloney. And I didn't want it included in the intelligence community assessment. Well, then we get to declassified the report from. From Director Gabbard. And it says just the opposite. It says, oh, no, it warrants. The dossier warrants being included in the ica. And that means a person at the CIA confronted the director and said, director, this dossier is garbage. The underlying intelligence is just not there. We shouldn't use it. And Brennan's response was, according to this CIA official. Yeah, but doesn't it ring true? Just demonstrating his motive, his bias, his, you know, out to get President Trump attitude. And so, look, I don't do many of these. I've only done a few of these referrals because I think you really got to have the evidence that they violated 18 USC 1001, which says you can't lie to Congress when they're in and impede their investigation. But we did it with Brennan, and we point out in the letter, this is part of the pattern with this guy, because I think he also lied to Trey Gowdy when Trey questioned him a few years back on the same issue. And of course, the irony was, guys, we were deposing Brennan as part of a different investigation. We were deposing him because he was one of the 51 guys who signed the letter, the now famous letter saying the Hunter Biden laptop was a Russian information operation when they had the FBI, had the stinking laptop and knew it wasn't. So we were deposing on that. But we get into this other Russia stuff, and he lies to us about that. And that's why we think this is. This is. The facts are strong. And we sent. We sent the letter to Attorney General Bondi.

[Buck Sexton]

We're talking to Representative Jim Jordan from the great state of Ohio. Jim, when you look at what Trump has done, we were just up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, yesterday. Buck and I were. And I think you can make a strong argument that this is the greatest year that we have ever seen of any president in terms of total impact, what he's been able to.

[Clay Travis]

Real wins, not just promises. This is what we're talking to the.

[Buck Sexton]

Whoa, whoa.

[Clay Travis]

Folks about is that Trump is racking up the scoreboard. Sorry, Clay.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, no, it's exactly Right. And when you look at. You were there for Trump 1.0, how much more efficient and effective do you think the first year of Trump 2.0 has been than anything we saw Trump 1.0. What do you attribute it to? And do you sign on to that? Take that, that. That we put out there and that we've been arguing quite a bit on this show.

[Jim Jordan]

Yeah. 100% sign on to what you guys said. It's been an amazing nine months, frankly. Just truly amazing. I thought his first term was amazing. But I do think this is better for a couple reasons. One, he's just focused. He's been through this before. He knows how crazy the media is going to be, how crazy the left's going to be, and it's not deterring him. He's focused on the mission. Second, the people he's put in running these key agencies are actually Trump people. The first time he had Rex Tillerson, for goodness sake, he had Jeff Sessions, for goodness sake, running state and justice. They weren't necessarily on the team. So. But the team he's put together and we deal with adjusted. I mean, Pam Bonney, Todd Blynch, Cash Patel, Dan Bond, these guys are good people who are focused on doing their job the way it's supposed to be in serving the taxpayers. And then finally, I would say this, I always say we make this job of politics way too complicated. Very darn simple. What'd you tell the folks you were going to do when you ran for the job? If you get elected, go do what you said. And no one has done it better than President Trump. He said he would cut taxes. He did. He said he'd get men out of women's sports. He has. He said he would make sure Iran doesn't get nuclear capabilities with the help of Israel and our great military. He accomplished that. He said that he would secure the border, for goodness sake. He accomplished that in just a few months. So on and on it goes. And he's just focused on doing what he said, what he was elected to do, and that's what's frustrating the Democrats and why they got to like, oh, we're going to have to shut down the government and create some crazy Obamacare issue to justify that, because he is doing what he said he would do and getting it done in just an amazing way.

[Clay Travis]

Congressman, how are we looking for the. I know it's a year out, but because we're all focused on this upcoming election, at least in a few places, some, some big races are happening. New York, I mean, sorry, New Jersey, Virginia? Well, New York, New York City Mayor, how are you feeling about the Republicans chances in the House, especially given that this administration is getting things done, the Republican Party is keeping its promises and, you know, how do you, how do you war game that year from now?

[Jim Jordan]

I feel good. I mean, I feel like we break the trend because the trend is typically against us when you're the party in power in the White House up in the midterms. But I feel good because of the record we just talked about, because we're recruiting good candidates. I do think redistricting is going to net out in favor of us. I mean, it's happening in so many different states. It's in the news every day, it seems. And then finally, Trump has just fundamentally changed American politics. I mean, I look at Youngstown, Ohio. I mean, you can look at our whole state, but take Youngstown, Ohio. Youngstown, Ohio now has a Republican member of Congress representing the city. The state senator is Republican and the state reps in that area are Republican as well. 25 years ago, this was the most Democrat area in the state. In the country, maybe, and now it's represented by Republicans because he has fundamentally changed the party and politics and is, I think, truly fighting for middle class, working class and all Americans. And I think that that message is getting swill.

[Buck Sexton]

Good luck to the Buckeyes as the season continues, Congressman. I think they are going to continue to roll and I know you got Wisconsin connections too. Good. Good luck to them because I think they really need it.

[Jim Jordan]

Oh, man. Poor Fickle. It's been tough. You got to have a quarterback to win games and it's just been tougher for the Badgers, no doubt about it. But the Buckeyes are, as you point out, looking good. You did great on the. I caught you earlier on this crazy NBA story.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah. I mean, what's your take on that? I mean, this is like we started off the, the show talking about this and obviously I was talking about it on Fox News, too. I mean. Yeah, this is just all bonkers, huh?

[Jim Jordan]

No kidding. I was joking with our media guy. I said, makes you long for the good old days when Pete Rose only bet for the Reds to win.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah.

[Jim Jordan]

And as far as I know, was not involved with the mob. I mean. Yeah, this is, this is. Yeah, this is wild. And throwing games that I hadn't, I haven't seen the videos of people. Tell me, like, there's some videos of the.

[Buck Sexton]

Oh, I mean, you watch, you watch some of these plays. I mean. Yeah, it is, it is bad it is very bad. Congressman Jim Jordan, keep up the good work and we'll have you on whenever it makes sense.

[Jim Jordan]

All right, we'll see you guys.

[Clay Travis]

Take care, Congressman. Appreciate you. Can I ask you a quick question, Clay, actually, about this.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah.

[Clay Travis]

Have people tried to make the case? Because to me, again, as a, As a. Not. Not as, you know, not somebody who does this sports stuff, professional or college, a lot. But if you want to bet on your team, why is that bad? If I'm a player, if I'm a quarterback and I want to bet a million dollars that my team can win, I understand obviously it's fraud if you're going against your team because the implication is you always want your team to win. But do people ever make that case that there's something very different about. I have full faith that I'm going to win this. So I'm going to put. Putting money on yourself versus I'm just wondering about that because.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, the concern is, I didn't know that lose. Yeah, Pete Rose did that. You lose and eventually you end up having to pay back the money. So it just puts you out of whack. Now, to be fair, boxers do it all the time. Boxers in Vegas have gone in and said, hey, I'm going to put. I think Floyd Mayweather did it. I'm going to put a million dollars down on me to win. Like, I'm going to walk into a casino. So certain leagues prohibit it as part of player contracts.

[Clay Travis]

So there are carve outs for that because that.

[Buck Sexton]

It usually has to be an individual athlete. So some boxers have bet on themselves. Now, obviously you can't bet against yourself. I mean, that would raise a lot of red flag as a fraud. But yeah, some boxers have gone forward, I think some UFC fighters in the past, or mixed martial arts fighters, if not UFC in particular. A lot of the contracts as a part of the players association do not allow you to gamble on any sport. Sometimes they'll allow you to do casino table wagering. But there's always been the fear that you end up in debt. And then as a way to pay back the debt, you could give it away. That if you really want to dive into the particulars of, you know, sports gambling and refs have always been the ones that seem particularly susceptible. Right. So referees, because they don't make as much money, most of us Buck sat around and said, you know, a guy making $26 million is never going to be dumb enough to risk it all for $200,000. Right now, that's the allegation against Terry Rosier in the NBA. But we would sometimes sit around and say, you know, if you're an official and you make 120k, 10 grand or 5 grand to you is a lot more than to an average athlete. And, and so that's always been like the area that I thought was susceptible. But again, the bright lights of regulation theoretically would allow you to get caught called and obviously if you're an official, you're not allowed to gamble on these games at all. When you got your kids under your roof, you don't play around keeping everybody safe. Our sponsor Sabre family owned business making self protection tools for 50 years. Pepper gel gun is a great example. Shaped like a pistol or rifle, depending on the model. Fires off a pepper gel projectile, goes the difference, goes the distance, making it effective against an intruder. And also just pepper pepper sprays. We're talking about this yesterday in Fort Wayne. You never know when you might be walking through a parking lot late at night. Maybe you got a kid or a grandkid and they've got a new job and they are getting off late hours at a restaurant or at a mall or somewhere out there and they gotta walk to a car. Why not have pepper gel spray that pepper spray on the phone, on the keychain of every single one of your keychains for your teenager, for yourself, for your wife, for your daughter, for your granddaughter. Go check it out right now. Saberradio.com I'm telling you, you're gonna love these products. We have every single one of them in the Travis House. S A-B-R-E-Radio.com 15 off. When you go there, you can also call 844-824-SAFE. That's 844-824-SA safe. You ain't imagining it. The world has gone insane. Reclaim your sanity with Clay and Buck. Find them on the free iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcast.

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[Buck Sexton]

Not a lot of days left to point out.

[Clay Travis]

It's a big radio show though. It's a big radio show. I just. A lot of people listen. I just putting that out there. So maybe, maybe be good for him to come and talk to us for a few minutes anyway. That's fine. But we have invited him. We invited Cuomo as well. We'll see if he wants to join. Probably not, but we're trying. We're putting out the ask in the meantime. Clay, Democratic House Whip Catherine Clark, she is now famous. This goes to the shutdown issue. So we'll come back to New York in a minute. We got a whole country we got to talk about as well. Uh, this shutdown is starting to feel like it's gonna have some nasty consequences for some people. I mean, there's going to be some paychecks missed. I understand. People will be getting back pay. But you know, it's easy to say when you're not living paycheck to paycheck. I get it. There's stress there, there's stress there. Here is the Democrat House whip though, Catherine Clark, who is saying. Who said straight. This was an interview in the Chad Pergram program. Who is that? Do we know who that is?

[Buck Sexton]

I know, but I know he's a Fox guy, right?

[Clay Travis]

Oh, he's a Fox guy.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah. Wow.

[Clay Travis]

They said this to a Fox guy? Yeah. Okay, interesting. Here she is, interview with Chad Pergram. And here is how it went. Play 11. I mean, shutdowns are terrible.

[Jim Jordan]

And of course there will be, you.

[Clay Travis]

Know, families that are going to suffer. We take that responsibility very seriously. But it is one of the few leveraged times we have. I don't think that's what you want to say out loud here. And Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House, certainly jumped on this one. Play cut 12. The second highest ranked House Democrat in leadership, Whip Catherine Clark, admitted. They admitted openly that they have shut the government down and that they are using hardworking American families as leverage. For what? So that they can show a fight against Trump and also so that they can restore $200 billion in free health care paid for by US taxpayers to illegal aliens. Yes, that's in their bill. And it's just part of the $1.5 trillion that they have demanded to spend. We're not going to do that. They know we're not going to do that. And she said in her own words today, quote, we know that families will suffer, but this is only one of only the leverage times that we have. She said that in her own words. And it was pretty shocking today to hear them say that. They usually don't say the quiet parts out loud. Clay, Democrats are throwing a tantrum and people are suffering. They're the ones taking the hostages here.

[Buck Sexton]

Buck, I got a theory. It's not going to make you happy. New York City is screwing everybody in every direction. It's all interconnected. Hakeem Jeffries is worried that Mamdani's top eight is going to challenge him in his House district in the New York City area. Chuck Schumer is terrified that AOC is going to challenge him in the 2028 Senate primary in New York. And also Mamdani is about to destroy the entire fabric of New York City if he is elected mayor. What seems to be a large national issue is actually when you go back and dial in and analyze where the motivation for everyone that is in a significant position of powers actions, where those motivations for those actions come from. It's Hakeem Jeffries, terrified of a further left wing Congressman taking his seat in New York City. It's Chuck Schumer terrified of a further left wing Senate candidate, primarily aoc, taking his seat in New York State. And it is mom, Donnie, far left wing, having put the fear of God into Akeem Jeffries and into Chuck Schumer because he triumphed in the Democrat New York City mayoral primary over Andrew Cuomo, the old, more established, more moderate, if still moronic voice of Democrat politics. In other words, all of this is a direct result of the surprise upset victory of Mamdani in New York City, which made Jeffries and Schumer both think, oh, we might get Cuomo'd. You buy it? I think it's all connected.

[Clay Travis]

I was very interested to hear from Jim Jordan that he thinks that the political calculations within the Democrat Party are a bigger thing than even the massive Obamacare subsidies that they need, or else the price of people's health care in a lot of cases is going to go way up because Obamacare is a disaster. But never underestimate the politicians of the left and their ability to. To make it all about them. All about them. Chuck Schumer. What would Chuck Schumer be willing to do to make sure that he stays in the game and stays in the Senate? Whatever he can do, I think.

[Buck Sexton]

Whatever it takes.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, whatever.

[Buck Sexton]

Whatever it takes. I think they looked at Cuomo and they said, wait a minute. He had all the resources of the Democrat Party. This guy, Mom Donnie came out of nowhere, running far to the left of Cuomo, a name that has been a legacy institution for two generations, two and a half generations in New York City. Everybody knows the name Cuomo. And Cuomo got steamrolled by Mom Donnie. And I think Hakeem Jeffries looked over his shoulder and said, oh, whatever that guy's name is, that's Mom Donnie's top assistant that's threatened to run against him is going to beat me. They've already seen aoc, out of nowhere win a primary in New York against a longtime congressman. So Chuck Schumer's had her on the radar for a long time and been afraid of her, I think. And so all of this decision making on a national scale comes down to. Look, it probably doesn't make sense that the Democrat Party's top House leader and top Senate leader are both from the same city. America's kind of a big place. I understand New York City is a significant part of America, but it shouldn't necessarily be the entire cultural firmament of the Democrat Party. But that's where we are right now, with Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer just living within a couple miles of each other in the New York City area. So I think this is all rooted to fear provoked by Mom Donnie. And remember, unless I'm wrong, Buck, neither Schumer nor Hakeem Jeffries have yet endorsed Momdani in the New York City mayor's race, despite the fact that he's the Democrat nominee, which is kind of wild. I believe Kathy Hochul did, but she's a moron, as we all know. But, but I believe Kathy Hochul has endorsed Moments. I think she's the only statewide big, powerful person to have done so in the state of New York so far.

[Clay Travis]

Since we're talking a little momdani here. Well, actually, first, let's go to this. This from Curtis Sleewer. This got a lot of attention. Curtis is. He's making waves and making noise for sure, up there on the debate stage, which is not. Not unusual. He is. Well, you know what? I'm just gonna let. I'm just gonna let Curtis speak for Curtis here. This is from the second mayoral debate last night. Cut nine. Hit it. It's us versus them. It's us versus the insiders and the billionaires. It's us versus Cuomo. It's us versus Zorhan. This is a campaign not about power. This is a campaign about you, the people. And I know many of you hard working New Yorkers. You tell me you've been pushed aside, you've been silenced. These are the people that have all the money, all the connections. They made their backroom deals. But we have something more important.

[Buck Sexton]

We have you, the people.

[Clay Travis]

And we're not going to be silenced anymore. We're going to fight. Tonight I want you to look at the content of my policies. To know that I've served this city for more than 50 years, the city that I love. And I'm going to share with you my vision to make New York City safer again. To make New York City more affordable again, and where everybody once again can live the American dream. It's a good speech. He's not going to be mayor.

[Buck Sexton]

He is by far the best option. I'm not arguing with anybody out there that's a die hard Curtis Sliwa fan that if you or I had a magic wand, then we could pick the same person of the trio still alive in this primary to be nominated. It would be Sliwa. Problem is Sliwa stays in the race. He's going to guarantee that Mom Donnie wins. Eric Adams saw it. Eric Adams is a current mayor. He stepped out and he endorsed Andrew Cuomo. They were courtside at the Knicks last night. And I just, I don't. Again, we got the invite out to Curtis Sliwa. It's not that I disagree with what he's saying, it's that he cannot win. And if he can't win, then unless he prefers Mom Donnie over Cuomo, and maybe he does. I will ask him direct. If he comes on the program, then he is making a decision that is going to put Mom Donnie into the mayor's office.

[Clay Travis]

Maybe he thinks Mom Donnie is going to win no matter what, which is.

[Buck Sexton]

Well, there's a possibility of that too.

[Clay Travis]

Certainly something that we could look at and say, well, might factor into his calculations there. But since we're talking a little. Mamdani. This was a moment from the debate where Cuomo and Sliwa tag teamed the commie, who in classic commie fashion, won't tell you what he really wants to do until it's too late and he already has power. This is about ballot initiatives. And is which is very straightforward. People vote on a ballot initiative. Yes or no? Yes or no? Do you want this? Mamdani is like, I don't know about these ballot initiatives. Listen to cut 10. There was reference to the three housing.

[Buck Sexton]

Related charter amendment questions. I know Mr. Cuomo is on the.

[Clay Travis]

Record as saying he favors them. We just heard heard Mr. Sweewa say that he's against them. Where do you stand on those? I'm appreciative that those measures will be on the ballot and that New Yorkers will be able to cast their votes for them. I know that we desperately need to build more housing in this city. And I also know that the jobs we create in the building of that housing should be good jobs as well. What is your opinion, Zora or no? Yes or no? What is your opinion? Yes or no? No. So true. Be a politician here.

[Jim Jordan]

I got it.

[Clay Travis]

They're pointing out what I was about to the question. I think. I think on the stage you can see two people appealing for the Republican Party's votes. Question. Answer the question for once. I. My. My question to you was, do you support the three ballot amendment questions? I have not yet taken a position.

[Jim Jordan]

On those ballot amendments.

[Clay Travis]

Oh, what a shocker.

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[Buck Sexton]

Look, I think it is almost impossible to know what mom Donnie is going to do because he's never actually done anything of substance. He is an incredibly articulate, glib, smiley, glad handling politician who is very good at social media and he's good at motivating young people. But unlike Andrew Cuomo, for better or worse, who has a lifelong record of things he stood for and done, and unlike Curtis Lewa, who has the same mom, Donnie is an articulate shadow. I mean, he. He just. He hasn't actually done anything which is why the best thing I can say for Momdani is just he's going to get into office and not do any of the things that he said he was going to do to get into office.

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And that's not ideal when you're a politician. The whole purpose of being a politician is to tell people what you'll do with power. I think it's possible Mamdani will get power and not be remotely what Mamdani to get power, said Mamdani would be. Does that make sense that he's the opposite of a transactional politician and he's actually just a politician who wants to get into office and likes the power but isn't really necessarily going to use it to try and do the things that he claimed he was. That's the best case.

[Clay Travis]

I just think. Yeah, I just think it's funny that he's savvy at. Mamdani is savvy enough to know. Stay a cipher as much as you can on some of this stuff because he's in the number one seat and no need for him to make any waves by taking any positions. And remember, Democrats, there's a long history, well, at least a long and recent history of Democrats knowing what the person they're voting for really thinks and approving of it when they say what they have to say to get elected. Perfect example of this was Barack Obama on gay marriage when he ran in 2008. They knew that, remember, it had just lost Prop 8. It lost in California, and then the court overturned that Barack Obama was going to make, you know, rather Barack Obama was given a pass on his gay marriage position because it was believed that that was by the Democrats, that that was what he had to say in order to become or part of what he had to say in order to become president. I think Mamdani gets the same leeway from the commies.

[Buck Sexton]

And I think that's true. Remember also how the gay marriage pivot happened for Democrats? Joe Biden went on and said it before Obama. Do you remember that? It was Joe Biden in some random Today show interview, I think, suddenly decided that he was going to come out in favor of gay marriage after not having supported it for 30 years or whatever of his political career. And the Obama team was furious because they said this was going to be our big initiative. This was going to be a big statement that the president was going to make. And then, Joe, you stepped all over it and made it look like Obama was following you as opposed to being the leader. Look, we'll talk more about this, we'll take some of your calls. I was in New York earlier this week to moderate and help raise money at a Tunnel to Towers event after a big golf outing at Liberty nationals, nearly the 24th anniversary of 9 11. But there were people there, three different individuals who stood up in the dinner and told the story of the impact that Tunnel the Towers has made in their lives by paying off the mortgages. One of the women who stood up and talked said that she was able to go back to school and become a nurse because her husband had died and she had young children and she was otherwise not going to be able to take care of them. And thankfully because of Tunnel the Tower, she was able to go back and become a nurse and take care of her family. There's all sorts of stories like these and there's all sorts of heroes like these, like Army Warrant Officer Stuart Waymont. Stewart joined the army because he valued liberty, freedom and service. Graduated from Army Aviation School, received many honors and awards. But a midair collision during a training exercise took Stewart's life. He left behind his wife Kiera and their three sons. Tunnel the Towers paid the mortgage on Stewart's family's home. The kindness of people across the country alleviated Kiara's financial burden and brought support for her children's future needs. She's grateful her kids can grow up in a safe place, supported by family members who keep Stewart's memory alive. You can help more families like Stewart's. I saw him for myself in person this week. Donate 11amonth to tunnel the [e-mail] that's t the number two t.org news and politics, but also a little comic relief. Clay Travis and Buck Sexton. Find them on the free iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

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