Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Oct 24 2025

Summary

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Oct 24, 2025
Date: October 24, 2025
Podcast: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
Episode Theme: Breaking Down Major News, Economy Updates, Political Fights, and Humorous Insights

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Overview

In this episode, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton dive into the latest headlines in news, politics, and current events, blending sharp analysis with their signature sense of humor. Centerpieces of the conversation include the surging stock market under President Trump, inflation updates, the impact of seasonality on moods (and sports), election dynamics in New York, insider trading in Congress, and an engaging interview with Congressman Chip Roy (TX). The hosts tackle everything from economic optimism to sports betting scandals, all while weaving in personal anecdotes and fielding listener reactions.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. U.S. Economy Surges: Markets at All-Time Highs

Timestamps: [02:42]-[08:27]

• Clay opens with “one of the greatest years in the history of our nation,” referencing stock market records set under President Trump.
• Cites the S&P 500’s 2,000-point rise since April and mentions a 4-year low in gas prices.
• Inflation figures come in lower than anticipated, prompting expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut rates next year.
• Clay observes:

  “Never in the history of the nation has the stock market been in a better position than it is right now.” ([04:57])

• Buck points out that strong markets benefit households through pensions, 401ks, and jobs, even for non-investors.
• Positive energy: This segment sets a jovial, hopeful tone for listeners going into the weekend.

Quote:

“Interest rates down, stocks going up. That is the Trump economy starting to take wind and lift.”
— Clay Travis ([07:38])

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2. Fall Reflections and Halloween Traditions

Timestamps: [08:28]-[13:40]

• Clay and Buck riff on their favorite months, especially October for sports and weather, and share family Halloween rituals.
• Clay’s family tradition: giving out fireball shots to parents on Halloween.
• Buck jokes about Florida’s weather superiority—“January is the best month in Florida.”
• Lighthearted banter about cold vs. warm vacations, with Clay preferring the beach over the ski slopes.

Memorable Moment:

“Halloween is one of the most fun times a year… If you made me power rank my months, I think October is the best month of the year. May is second by the way.”
— Clay Travis ([10:06])

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3. FBI, NBA, and Rigged Poker: Sports & Law Collide

Timestamps: [19:11]-[26:12]

• Clay and Buck dissect the unusual public feud between FBI Director Cash Patel and ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith over sports corruption.
  • Stephen A. Smith speculates that NBA gambling arrests are politically motivated ("This is just the tip of the iceberg").
  • Cash Patel on Fox News retorts:

    “That may be the single dumbest thing I’ve ever heard out of anyone in modern history.” ([21:54])

• The hosts elaborate on poker fraud, including stories of high-stakes games being manipulated by organized crime.
  • Professional poker player Matt Berkey’s anecdotes are recounted for proof.
• Buck admits he doesn’t see the appeal of sitting at a table and losing money gambling; Clay responds with movie/book recommendations ("Rounders" and "Bringing Down the House").

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4. The Political Grind: Government Shutdown & Healthcare

Timestamps: [34:14]-[36:53]

• Congressman Chip Roy joins to discuss the ongoing government shutdown and the spike in Obamacare premiums.
• Roy blames the standstill on Senate Democrats using healthcare as a “political football,” while pushing for market-based reforms.
  • Points out: “The Affordable Care Act has been anything but affordable…” ([35:13])

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5. Insider Trading in Congress: Time for a Ban?

Timestamps: [36:53]-[41:27]

• Chip Roy advocates for bipartisan legislation to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks.
  • Notes widespread public support and criticizes slow movement among Republicans.
  • “If you want to day trade, then just get out of Congress.”
• Buck raises skepticism about follow-through given entrenched interests.

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6. Texas Politics & Football Rivalry

Timestamps: [41:27]-[46:16]

• Chip Roy discusses his campaign for Texas Attorney General, warning about border challenges and ideological battles.
• Lighthearted sports talk closes the interview, with Roy bemoaning his Texas Longhorns’ football woes (and his Aggie wife’s gloating).

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7. NYC Election Dynamics and Listener Reactions

Timestamps: [55:55]-[66:14]

• Clay and Buck update listeners on the NYC mayoral race:
  • Hakeem Jeffries finally endorses Mamdani, with early voting beginning soon.
  • Reflect on the political shifts and ramifications for New York City.
• Listener talkbacks:
  • Listeners fiercely defend Curtis Sliwa’s decision to stay in the race, invoking the “Miracle on Ice” and the importance of fighting to the end.
  • Buck: “A lot of the Sliwa fans out there basically telling you, Clay, every man dies, not every man really lives.” ([63:18])

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8. Lighthearted Banter, Sports, and Entertainment

Timestamps: Various [Entire episode]

• Extended conversations about the joys of solo dining as parents, as illustrated by Joe Flacco’s viral comments.
• Frequent asides about movies, parenting, and sports betting picks.
• Clay’s NFL picks for the week and speculation about future soccer (and Trump as a commentator!).

Memorable Quote:

“Trump doing play by play for soccer, I think would be a great boon for the World Cup.”
— Buck Sexton ([65:54])

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9. Legal Watch: Letitia James Pleads Not Guilty

Timestamps: [53:13]-[55:55]

• Letitia James faces mortgage fraud charges and makes public statements about the justice system being “weaponized.”
• Buck calls out her rhetoric:

  “Did you do the thing that the prosecutor says you did? Everything that she’s talking about is like a campaign speech. This is not about me. This is about you. No, it’s actually about you.” ([54:47])

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Notable Quotes

• On the market rally:

  "Never in the history of the nation has the stock market been in a better position than it is right now as it is surging."
  — Clay Travis ([04:57])

• On inflation and economic optimism:

  "Interest rates down, stocks going up. That is the Trump economy starting to take wind and lift."
  — Clay Travis ([07:38])

• On Stephen A. Smith's take:

  “That may be the single dumbest thing I’ve ever heard out of anyone in modern history.”
  — Cash Patel ([21:54])

• On Congressional stock trading:

  “If you want to day trade, then just get out of Congress.”
  — Chip Roy ([41:27])

• On NYC mayoral politics:

  “The market is the only thing that will really effectively address the housing shortage... Everything that Mamdani says he's going to do for the city on affordability... will work to make the city less affordable.”
  — Buck Sexton ([59:43])

• Listener Reactions:

  "If you don't fight because you think you're gonna lose, then everybody is going to take advantage of you. You fight. Win or lose, you fight."
  — Listener Richard in Spokane ([63:04])

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Important Segments & Timestamps

• U.S. Economy, Stock Market All-Time Highs: [02:42]-[08:27]
• Fall, Sports, and Halloween Talk: [08:28]-[13:40]
• FBI vs. Stephen A. Smith, Poker Cheating: [19:11]-[26:12]
• Congressman Chip Roy Interview (Shutdown & Healthcare): [34:14]-[46:16]
• Letitia James Pleads Not Guilty: [53:13]-[55:55]
• NYC Mayoral Election Drama: [55:55]-[61:30]
• Listener Interactions: [62:05]-[63:48]

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Episode Tone and Takeaways

The show is upbeat, candid, and lively, mixing substantive discussion with friendly jabs and humorous reflection on everyday life and sports. Clay and Buck's dynamic is engaging for listeners across political and cultural lines, ensuring even heavy topics are approachable. The episode highlights economic positivity under Trump, critiques political gridlock and alleged corruption, champions transparency and accountability (especially in Congress), and underscores the importance of civic engagement—be it voting, holding leaders accountable, or just fighting the good fight, even when odds are long.

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For those who haven’t listened:
This episode is a rich mix of economic optimism, breaking news, listener engagement, and classic Clay & Buck banter—an ideal snapshot of the show’s intelligence, wit, and ability to make complex news both entertaining and understandable.

Transcript

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[Clay Travis]

Welcome in. It is Friday. Rejoice. We are going to have an awesome day with all of you. We appreciate all of you across the country on our 555 some odd stations hanging out. You can also find us every single social media platform out there and soon you'll be able to watch three hours of the show. And I'm already, I'm not going to lie, I'm a little bit nervous about that. We got to make sure the lighting's decent because three hours on camera is a long time on camera. But you will soon have the ability to hang out with us on camera as well. And we have got a ton of different news stories out there. Our good friend Big Tish Letitia James has pled not guilty to her mortgage fraud charges. We will play some of that for all of you and we've got a bunch to dive into. But I thought I would start with a very positive thing because I do think as we were talking about yesterday and as we have talked about quite a few days, this is one of the greatest years in the history of our nation. If you are saying, as President Trump is just making everything better and as I am talking to all of you, Buck, we have set another all time record in the stock market. It wasn't very long ago, April in fact, that we were in a position where everybody out there was panicked and they were saying, oh my goodness, with these tariffs, the American economy may collapse. There's no telling how bad things could get run for the hills. There's no reason to be in any way optimistic about the fate of the country. Since then, the s and P500 has risen 2,000 points. If you listen to us, in April of 2025, not that long ago, I remember it well because we said maybe some of the crew can pull it. Hey, stay calm. If you happen to have a little bit of extra cash, now is a time probably over the course of the next few years that you'll look back and say, boy, I wish I had. Well, your 401k is at a record high. Your pensions are at record highs. Never in the history of the nation has the stock market been in a better position than it is right now as it is surging. And one reason is surging, Buck, is because inflation, it's like a record scratch. Stop me if you've heard this before. Came in below what the experts were anticipating. This is CNBC's Rick Santelli just a few hours ago as the newest numbers were released that has helped to propel the stock market to a new high. And by the way, I don't know, what do you think 70%, 65% of people listening to us right now are exposed to the stock market in some way through 401, maybe higher 401ks private stock, you know, company stock. It's a fair approximation. You think Buck?

[Buck Sexton]

Well, I certainly yes. But also companies, a lot of people work for companies that the public stock has a huge determination in investment and jobs.

[Clay Travis]

Yes.

[Buck Sexton]

So if you know if IBM is getting crushed, IBM's cutting jobs. So whether you have a lot of stock or not, these things matter. And by the way there are people who sell the IBM or who are down, down the supply chain. So the market is an imperfect indicator but it is a broad indicator of what's going on in the economy and.

[Clay Travis]

Oftentimes six months or a year ahead of where the economy can be because it is a forward looking mechanism. Okay. With that in mind also we are starting to see we hit new yearly lows on 30 year mortgages, 15 year mortgages. There now is an expectation next year that the Fed is going to cut rates three different times, meaning that overall borrowing costs are going to come down. But here is CNBC's Rick Santelli giving everyone the data that would help to create a new stock market high. This happened a few hours ago. Cut one.

[Buck Sexton]

Here's our late but coming out September.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

Read on the consumer price index headline.

[Buck Sexton]

Number up 310110 cooler than both rear view mirror and what we're expecting. And if we look at the stripping.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

Out of food and energy known as.

[Buck Sexton]

Core, it comes in also a bit less than expected, up 2/10. We're expecting up 3/10. Our last look was up 3/10. Here's the Moneyball numbers year over year 3%.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

And even though it's less than the.

[Buck Sexton]

3.1 we're expecting, it's hotter than 2.9 and after all it's got a 3 handle.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

And if we look at CPI year over year ex food and energy it.

[Buck Sexton]

Also comes in at 3%. We we're also expecting 3.1 but last look was 3.1 so it cooled a bit. So we're seeing interest rates move down and stocks move up.

[Clay Travis]

That's a good combo by the way. Interest rates down, stocks going up. That is the Trump economy starting to take wind and lift. And again, I understand people out there who are still very frustrated over the continued increase of prices that we saw during the Biden administration. Things still feel more expensive to you than they should. Trust me, I feel it too. But positive. Also buck 4 year low in gas prices and that has helped Trump, I believe, to feel comfortable putting more pressure on Russia as it pertains to their gas prices because Trump has got a very good relationship right now with Middle east oil producing country. So all of that very positive as we get ready to roll into a weekend. Wanted to make sure that I contextualize that. And we started off Friday on a good foot.

[Buck Sexton]

Look at that. Getting everybody in the right kind of mood for a Beautiful fall weekend. Mr. Clay Travis.

[Clay Travis]

That's right.

[Buck Sexton]

Advance of some of us who are adults will be dressing up for Halloween, which I assume you will be this year. Or is that not happening?

[Clay Travis]

Well, we're moving. So the Laura Travis Halloween party that has been in existence for the last decade or so is not happening in normal fashion. But I suspect that my wife will have something that she has planned for us to be wearing. As you know, she gives out. I think I've talked about this before on the air every Halloween in my neighborhood. All this, I mean, I don't know, there's probably a thousand kids that are trick or treating in my neighborhood. It's super packed. Parents also walk around and some houses give out parent treats and a parent treat might be alcoholic in nature. We have for the last decade or so buck given out fireball shots on the Travis front porch for 21 parents. Parents.

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[Buck Sexton]

Yeah.

[Clay Travis]

We are not getting kids liquor. We're not getting 8 year olds wasted. No, this is parents only. And occasionally my wife will, will request an ID because there are sometimes teenagers that will, that will decide to be taking around their, their nieces, nephews or maybe little brothers or sisters and try to try to take advantage the largesse here. But I believe that will be going on and usually my wife is dressed up when she's passing that out. So yes, look, I think Halloween is one of the most fun times a year. Fall October. If you made me power rank my months, I think October is the best month of the year. That would be my power ranking. I don't know what month you would go to overall. I just think I'm a sports guy. October's the best sports month. Weather treat, leaves changing. Halloween, it's my favorite month of the year. May is second by the way on my power rankings. So but, but, but my favorite month of the year. And yes, there's a lot of reason for optimism across the nation right now.

[Buck Sexton]

As a New Yorker, I would back your October, but just because I love fall and the temperature and the leaves, I can't say that it's because I watch much of the football.

[Clay Travis]

But as not just the football buck, you got the World Series and the Major League Baseball playoffs going on, and so it's kind of like everything coming together.

[Buck Sexton]

I'm glad to learn of those things, but also because I had forgotten that the World Series was going on. But then there's. As a Floridian, you gotta love January the most.

[Clay Travis]

You gotta love cocky Floridian because you just want to. How much time do you spend now that you live in Miami on your iPhone, just occasionally flicking over to check and see what the weather is in New York when it is January. This is what Floridians love to brag about. Like, what's the temperature where you live right now?

[Buck Sexton]

Not just weather, Clay. I go through Instagram and I check out all these schmoes all over the country who don't live in South Florida in mid January with a big itchy wool sweater and a ski parka and a hat with maybe another hat trudging through snow. That's when Florida feels like a magical place. That's when all of a sudden. So January is the best month in Florida, I would say. I can't say December because I don't like our Christmas celebrations down here as much as I.

[Clay Travis]

Because it's going every year to be, like, super warm and have, like, snow globes out and stuff.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, you get. You get the. The lights around the palm trees is not as exciting to me as the stuff you'll see in the colder parts of the country. So I have to give the month of December to the more temp. The, you know, the seasonal places across the country. But once January hits and you're done with your New Year's celebration and the Christmas and the Hanukkah holidays and everything else, are you walking around in sandals? Because us Floridians are.

[Clay Travis]

How about August?

[Buck Sexton]

I mean, you know, not as good. If you like melting all the time, it's fantastic. If you like the constant feel of your clothing being wet, then South Florida in August is great.

[Clay Travis]

So I will say there are very few feelings better. I don't like cold weather, and I understand a lot of you live in cold weather. My wife likes. My wife grew up in Detroit, so there are very few. I always say it's not a vacation unless you put on fewer clothes when you get off the plane than you had on when you got on the plane. Right. I always want to go right well, but I don't. I'm not even a ski guy. Right. Yes, I understand people like that and ski villages can be fine. But if you told me, hey, you can go to a warm beach or a ski village, I'm picking a warm beach every time. Now, my family doesn't always agree, so sometimes we end up out there. I'm, look, I'm a Goodletsville, Tennessee kid. Nobody around me knew how to ski. Like, so, you know, I'm not. Oh, no. I'm just scrolling through and catching up on Twitter and I see that they shared my. I was all in an optimistic mood. And then I find out that my senior class photos have just been shared by the Clay and Buck Twitter feed here. And you've seen this yet. I'm 30 minutes behind on social media and this thing is going to go everywhere.

[Buck Sexton]

Oh, oh, Clay's hair. If you haven't seen it, Clay's hair was. Was very much what I was describing as the worst 90s haircut for men, which was very common. I cannot lie. I think my older brother had it for a while. There was a period of time. So it's fun to take a little throwback. We also got a lot of commentary on the best song of the 80s because that's. And that's a fun Friday one. So if you haven't sent that in yet, you can email us, send us your takes on that, give us your talkbacks on that really interesting announcement. Clay, I'm going to come back to here in a second because the government shutdown is actually starting to bite some people. I mean, the government shutdown is now, has gone on long enough that they're running out of money for things, including paying people who should be getting paid like our troops. And Trump revealed something that was really interesting earlier today about that, and I will dive into that here momentarily. But gold, my friend, has also had a phenomenal year. It's about up 55%. Look, gold can go up, gold can go down. But if you look over the long term view, gold has value and it has proven for a long time to be a really important part of diversifying your holdings and your portfolio behind the price increase. This golden gold this year is a purchasing effort by central banks around the world because they know the printing presses are still going to have to keep going in order to fund all the overspending. So now is still a very wise time to buy gold to be in it for the long term. The long hold my friends buy Birch Gold Gold or you can also get silver from Birch Gold. And when you buy gold from this month, you can get free silver. That's right. For every $5,000 purchased from Birch Gold in advance of Veterans Day, they'll send you a free patriotic Silver round that includes the American and Gadsden flags on it. Plus, they'll send you free silver honoring our veterans on qualifying purchases. And if you're current or former military, Birch Gold has a special offer just for you, waiving custodial fees for the first year on investments of any amount. Text my Name Buck to 989898 Free Info Kit Claim your eligibility for free silver with qualifying purchase before the end of the month. Again, text my Name Buck to 989898.

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Week 10 Bajan Robinson and the Falcons take on Daniel Jones and the Colts in Berlin.

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Fireworks in the fourth quarter.

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Then in week 11, Jaden Daniels and the Commanders touchdown once again. Face Tua and the Dolphins in Madrid snooze off. Game on. It's Sunday Morning Football continues November 9th at 9:30 Eastern only on NFL Network.

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[Clay Travis]

Welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton show the fallout continues. This is not on my proverbial bingo card. If you had told me, hey, what are the odds that FBI Director Cash Patel and ESPN sports commentator Stephen A. Smith are going to be engaging in a war of words, Buck, I would have said, I don't really see that coming. I don't see that very likely. So yesterday this is maybe, I think, you know, we did the debate recently. Stephen A. Sometimes has takes where I say, you know what, I may disagree. This is one of the dumbest takes I think Stephen A. Smith has ever had and yesterday you called it out.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, I just said if he's going to talk politics now, he's in my world and he should have stuck to sports on this one. Not a good take.

[Clay Travis]

All right, so here is cut 10. This is what was said yesterday. And now FBI Director Cash Patel is firing back. But I want you guys to hear first again, this has to do with the arrest, the NBA, the mafia, the gambling related fraud that was announced and uncovered yesterday by the FBI as part of the arrest. This is what Stephen A. Smith said in response to that. Cut 10. How many times for one incident after another have I said, Trump is coming, he's coming. We'll say it on national television again Bad Bunny is performing at the super.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

Bowl and all of a sudden you.

[Clay Travis]

Hear an ice is going to be there looking to engage in mass deportations.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

The super bowl disrupting things.

[Clay Travis]

Big night for the NBA when beyond put on a show that has now been smeared because we're talking about this story. But I've been saying he's coming, he's coming because in his eyes folks tried.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

To throw him in jail.

[Clay Travis]

In his eyes he's innocent. They try to put me behind bars.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

I'm getting everybody.

[Clay Travis]

He's not playing. And so this in a lot of people's eyes talk to people in the NBA, talk to people in the NFL.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

Talk to people in the world of sports.

[Clay Travis]

They think this is like the tip of the iceberg. These are the kind of words that are coming out of people mouth. It's not a surprise. It's very disheartening. It's very concerning. We don't know where this is going to go. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. Everybody's going to brace themselves. Okay, that is a ludicrous take. This investigation has been going on for multiple years. I'm betting that Cash Patel's response is something of that nature. But here it is. FBI Director Cash Patel responding to Stephen A. Stephen A. Smith, the sports commentator suggested that this was revenge from the president for all the kind of left wing activism of the NBA. Your response to that?

[Buck Sexton]

I'm the FBI director. I decide which arrest to conduct and which not to conduct. That may be the single dumbest thing I've ever heard out of anyone in modern history. And I live most of my time in Washington D.C. it's right up there with Adam Schiff. We arrest people for crimes. Wow.

[Clay Travis]

Cash Patel. That's Laura Ingram show, Fox News last night. I am presuming with that investigation interview with Cash Patel about the investigation. Here is what I would say, Buck, because I was on with Hannity last night, our buddy Sean Hannity who many of you are going to hear after this and he asked me about this. Here's where I somewhat agree. I think this is the tip of the iceberg, man. I said this on the show.

[Buck Sexton]

First question, first question I asked you yesterday. We were getting into this.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah. The more I think about it. Did I talk about it on the show yesterday? Very much. I am not a good poker player. I do not do math fast enough candidly to be able to analyze odds in real time. Some guys and gals have brains that are basically just calculators and some a card gets flipped over and they can immediately say, all the great poker players can. Oh, and my odds have changed by 4%. I'm going to adjust on the fly here. What they were doing was they were using an X ray machine. And I wanted to play this because I don't think we played this yesterday. This is a professional poker player, buck, who said two years ago on a podcast, hey, this guy, Chauncey Billups, 17 year NBA veteran, NBA hall of Famer. These games are not on the up and up. These are rigged poker contests. And before we play this, Buck, I would just ask you this. Do you think if the, if the mafia went through the trouble of doing X ray machines of chandelier cameras, of all this different technology to rig poker games, do you think they're only doing that with Chauncey Billups or they are doing this all over the country And I've been invited to some of these high end poker games. I haven't gone because I know I'm the fish. Like I'm the guy who's going to get taken advantage of. I'm not good enough at poker. I don't want to just give my money to these guys playing poker. Here is a professional poker player saying, Chauncey Billups wasn't even a very good player and he was making decisions that make no sense when you look at the cards on the table and somehow he was winning all these hands and all these poker players were talking about this game's not on the up and up. Listen, it was all built around Chauncey Billups. And I heard, I had heard about the game and the person who told me about it was like, look, I know the game runners, I'm telling you 100% this game is on the up and up. And I was like, well, I know a lot of the people that are involved and I'm telling you 100% that it is not on the up and up.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah.

[Clay Travis]

And you know, we kind of went back and forth and I agreed that like I just wasn't gonna go play it, but I had some friends who went and played it both in LA and in Vegas. And it obviously like was for sure confirmed to be cheated. Like people who clearly didn't even understand the rules of no Limit hold' Em are just like jamming hundreds of big blinds in with like a gutty and.

[Buck Sexton]

Then just drilling it.

[Clay Travis]

Only the pros are losing.

[Buck Sexton]

I don't even know what that means.

[Clay Travis]

Two years ago. Okay, so what he was saying is, you know, everything is probability and a gutty is like hey, I've got a gut instinct about what the next card that's going to pop up is. And if you just go on gut instinct over time, probability is going to win out. So he was saying, I mean, it would be the equivalent if you play blackjack and you have 18 and you're like, man, I just got. I got a really good feeling that three is going to be the next one up and you hit and a three hits. And people are like, you know, you're doing statistically improbable things, and they keep happening over time. And these professional poker players are sitting there like, wait a minute. This should never be happening. This is two years ago that guy was saying this publicly. That is, by the way, Matt Berkey, a pro poker player.

[Buck Sexton]

Well, I just think that you.

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[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, the mob is doing this more than in what we've already heard about. I would, I would make a bet on that.

[Clay Travis]

Yes.

[Buck Sexton]

And I. I don't know. I think that you're gonna see a lot more of this come to light. I also lack the. I don't know if it's the gene, the predilection, the. I don't enjoy like, like card games like this. I don't know. And I know this has been a thing that people like to do. I don't understand how it's. I really just mean this. I don't understand how it is fun. I completely lack.

[Clay Travis]

I really enjoy it.

[Buck Sexton]

I think sitting at a table with cards in my hands and losing money, because I absolutely would lose money because I don't know what I'm doing is. I don't understand how that's. This is why Vegas, for me, when I go to. By the way, I like Vegas. I just like the food, the people, the shows. You know, I'm. I don't do the, the. The. All the different gambling stuff when I'm there. I also think it's kind of tells you a lot that in these places, the. They can shut you down because you're doing too well. They can just say. They can say you're counting cards. Well, that's just another way of saying you're doing too well and they don't want you there because statistically, you're supposed to be losing money. Right. So again, back to the card game component of this. Even if you get on a hot streak, if you start to do too well, I mean, unless I'm missing something, the casino can just be like, we think your card counting, you're out. You're out of here. Right?

[Clay Travis]

Yeah. No, they don't. I mean, look. Great movie that is, you know, bringing down the house. I don't remember what it was called. Great book about the MIT card counters and blackjack. If you just want to be entertained with a fun book. They just figured out that they could count cards. And there's a relatively rare period of time in blackjack when the. When the decks are actually in your favor. And basically it has to do with there's more face cards left. And again, I'm not a card counter because I'm not good enough at math, and my brain doesn't work that way.

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[Buck Sexton]

You're not an MIT math genius who figured this out?

[Clay Travis]

It would be. It would be great to be an MIT math genius. I am not a math genius or even probably like a community college math genius, much less an MIT math genius. But, yeah, you're right. Like, they get caught every now and then, and you can be banned from a casino now.

[Buck Sexton]

But. But what I'm saying is getting caught, you're not actually doing anything other than what's in your. Between your own ears. With card counting, and they just. They just can make that claim.

[Clay Travis]

Sometimes there are teams because the player will be getting signaled. It's actually a really great book. Bringing down the house, I think is what it's called. And these guys won millions and millions of dollars. And yes, like, what they'll do is monitor your bets and say, yeah, this is card counting. Like, it's irregular the way that they're putting money on the table and everything else. The movie version of this, by the way, is 21, and it's pretty entertaining. But the book, I think, is Rounders.

[Buck Sexton]

Or 21, a better movie.

[Clay Travis]

Well, Rounders is a poker game. 21 is a blackjack game. We're gonna.

[Buck Sexton]

We're creating separate film categories for poker.

[Clay Travis]

No, no, I mean, I think rounders, like, poker is, in theory. There is no house advantage on poker. Right. Like, you could be. I know you said the Witch is a better movie. I think Rounder is a better movie. By far better movie. Rounder is actually a pretty good movie.

[Buck Sexton]

Like, because as soon as I read this yesterday about the Chauncey Billups, all this stuff that's going on with this big, you know, FBI announcement of the fraud and everything else was the Molly's Game movie with Jessica Chastain, which some of you.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, I haven't seen that one. You were talking about that one yesterday. You haven't seen.

[Buck Sexton]

You know, I feel like you definitely need to see that. Well, There was a wind attractive lady who said something very.

[Clay Travis]

I'm sold.

[Buck Sexton]

Very high end, very high end poker game. She runs very high end poker games. And big surprise, the mob is like, this is not okay. She gets into trouble.

[Clay Travis]

There was a period, you may find this to be true, although streaming has altered the trajectory of this a bit. Laura and I saw every movie and then we had kids and there was like nine years where we just didn't go to the movie theater very often. So there's about a nine or ten year gap there where my boys were really young and streaming had not become the case where you could easily get every movie at home nowadays, like with you guys, like, I don't know, what are movies in theaters for three weeks and then you can basically watch whenever you want.

[Buck Sexton]

I used to. Only Carrie and I used to sit. And when we're done for the day, I'm very. I'm very. I share this with people. I just think that, you know what, it depends how big your house is. Our house is not very big, but one TV should be enough. Like there's a TV that you go to, to watch. I know people get very mad at me for this, very mad at me. But I just think one TV is enough. But we had our one TV in the living room and we would watch at night. And now, Clay, that I'm fully into the, into the parent thing here, what I find is that when I'm done changing diapers and onesies and, and all that sort of stuff, cleaning up after dinner, sometimes I just want to sit in the couch and the baby's gone to bed. I just want to sit on the couch in silence. Just like, just be there, just be present and not have to do anything for like 10 minutes. For like 10 minutes.

[Clay Travis]

We need to grab the Joe Flacco clip that went viral yesterday. Joe Flacco is now the quarterback of the Cleveland Browns. And I think a lot of people out there will understand it. He's got, I think, five kids or something now. And he. Sorry. He was the quarterback, Cleveland Browns, now the quarterback at Cincinnati Bengals. And they said, hey, is it hard? Your family's still in New Jersey? He's like, is it hard, you know, living away from them? And he said, he paraphrased, he said, you know, when I was a younger guy, I would go out to a restaurant or a bar and I would see a guy sitting there by himself having a meal or having a drink, and I would think, man, that guy must be the saddest person on the planet. And he said, now he's like, I am that guy out at the bar and I got it. Or the restaurant. He's like, I got to tell you, it's.

[Buck Sexton]

It's.

[Clay Travis]

It's pretty amazing.

[Buck Sexton]

Oh, it's amazing.

[Clay Travis]

Oh, my God.

[Buck Sexton]

I didn't know about. We got to find this clip.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, I just had like this clip.

[Buck Sexton]

When I visited you in Nashville. I just had. Or, you know, we. We met up before we went to WO Woe. I sat at a place in the gulch. Sat alone at the bar. It's magnificent. I just ordered exactly what I wanted. No one bothered me. It was just so nice.

[Clay Travis]

I will tell you, when you become a dad or a mom and you got big families everywhere and you're out, you eat one meal. You're like, man, food's cheap because you're not paying for five or six people or whatever that is.

[Buck Sexton]

Also, I did not get hit with pureed peas anywhere during this experience, so it was interesting.

[Clay Travis]

We'll grab that clip because I think there's probably a lot of dads and moms out there that are going to not along with Joe Flacco. In the meantime. Look, I think fall is the best time of year. You heard me say October is my favorite month on the power rankings. But it is a time when there are a ton of leaves and they will clog your gutters like crazy. Make it easier on yourself. Get connected with leaffilter. Leaffilter, America's number one gutter protection company. They have a solution to the near constantly clogged rain gutters out there that happen this time of year. Right now you can get a free inspection, free estimate, and save up to 30% off your entire purchase at leaffilter.com clay protect your home from flooding, roof damage, rotting and foundation issues. There may be cheaper upfront solutions, but Leaffilter will get you hooked up in a hurry. Don't spend the fall worrying about your gutter. Schedule your free inspection. Get up to 330 off your entire purchase at leaffilter.com clay that's L E A F filter.com clay free estimate, free inspection 30 off at leaf leaffilter.com clay see representative for warranty details. Geek out with the guys on the Sunday hang with Clay and Buck podcast. A new episode every Sunday. Find it on the Iheart app or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Buck Sexton]

Welcome back into Clay and Buck. Congressman Chip Roy joins us now from the great state of Texas. Congressman, appreciate you being with us, sir.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

Great to be on as always. Hope you guys are Doing well on this great Friday.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, we're, we're, we're in pretty good spirits, pretty good shape over here. I think the country overall is, although this shutdown, it's starting to feel more real to people as paychecks are getting missed. And we got the Washington Post headline here, average Obamacare Premiums set to rise 30%. Congressman, what the heck is going on here? I thought Obamacare was supposed to make it all cheaper.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

Yeah, I mean, there's so much going on to talk about. I mean, the short version is this. We did our job. We passed a bill that would fund government through Thanksgiving.

[Buck Sexton]

Right.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

I mean, we passed that over a month ago in the House. Chuck Schumer, for very political purposes, has chosen not to. And you're right. I mean, the president, God bless him, and Russ Fot, the head of the omb, they cobbled together money to pay our troops at the midpoint of October. But this Friday, we're going to hit the end of the month. I think we can scrape a few more bucks together to figure out how to pay the troops, but it's going to get thin. And you got tsa, you got the Border Patrol. And they're doing all of this for no reason other than political games. There's no other reason to do it. Right. They're not objecting to our spending money for something. They're not picking a righteous fight. What they're saying is they have nothing to run on. So they want to try to pick a fight on health care and say that that's what we're going to win the election on next year. But you just pointed it out. They give up the joke. The fact is, the subsidies that they're seeking, $400 billion to go straight to insurance companies, it gives up the game that, as the Washington Post said two weeks ago. You quoted the Post. The Post said the Affordable Care act has been anything but affordable because all it is is a failed system of giving money to insurance companies, allowing them to get rich while hardworking Americans pay more for premiums and get less coverage, get less care from doctors and fewer options. So the president's got alternatives and we'll talk about those alternatives. I released a whole plan for health care last January called the Case for Healthcare Freedom with expanded health savings accounts, expanded direct primary care, more options for people to go to health sharing ministries, the AB to drive prices down. But Democrats don't want to talk about that. They want to play games. And I'll just say this. They're holding the government hostage, but they've been holding the American people hostage to a broken health care system for a decade and now they're trying to do it for political purposes.

[Clay Travis]

We're talking to Congressman Chip Roy, big Texas fan. Unfortunately for him, his wife's Texas A and M Aggies are having a better season right now. We may get to that eventually. But Congressman, I'm curious now, you have been focused on insider trading and this is something that gets both Buck and myself fired up about. You know, we just had the scandal about insider trading in the NBA. You know, players, what they're going to play or not, all those things. I get why that's a crime. I'm actually way more interested in why everybody in Congress has incredible timing like Nancy Pelosi. I mean, she's basically Warren Buffett. Isn't it kind of a no brainer to not allow congresspeople to engage typically in individual stock trading? And why has this not happened?

[Congressman Chip Roy]

Yeah, I mean, look, this is one of those things that polls at something like 90% clay. And I think Republicans have been missing the mark, not jumping aboard. I mean, I introduced legislation five years ago on a bipartisan basis. There are multiple bills we spent this summer kind of cobbling together and merging those bills together into a package that now has bipartisan consensus. And I don't say that very often. There's not that many things that we agree on on a bipartisan basis. But we've got, I think 20 Republican co sponsors, about 60 Democrat co sponsors, and Republicans have just been a little slow to catch up to the argument. Look, I think it's pretty simple. You shouldn't be trading stocks and making money for yourself based on information that you have at your disposal. But even put that aside, just straight up, are you able to make good decisions, for example, in the House Judiciary Committee as I serve on, about whether to break up companies right in antitrust or whether to do something with insurance companies and hospital corporations with health care reforms. Or maybe you're in armed services and you're appropriator and you're voting on defense contracts. How can you be doing that in good faith if you're getting richer based on the policy choices you're making? Because we now live in a corporate cronies type environment where massive federal contracts are at play. Let me give you an example. Southwest Airlines, I was giving them trouble for their mask mandates and all of their requirements on their flight attendants and their pilots. And you know what they told me? Well, we might risk the $200 million government contract that we have that's the world we live in and I'm sick of it. And we shouldn't be trading stocks. So my advice to Republicans is put this bill on the floor. Let's vote on it. Because I don't think Republicans can vote against it.

[Buck Sexton]

Well, I would love to see some accountability on this one, Congressman, but it feels like this is one of those that somehow always doesn't really get done at the 11th hour. I think we all could take some guesses as to why that is. I think some members really like being able to outdo a lot of professional stock pickers for various hedge funds and such. But let me ask you, what is the current. Because I think this is important. The current rules are what for picking stocks for a member of Congress. Like what? Because there was a big surge to do something about this a decade ago and then they passed some watered down law. So what are the rules right now?

[Congressman Chip Roy]

The rules right now are you pretty much can do anything you want. You just have to report them. And it is those increased reporting requirements a little over a decade ago in the Stock act that that was, that that was what is caused the environment where I can get the, where we have the information at our disposal to tell us that we need to have these stock trading bans in place. So I think that helped us. But we need to put requirements that limit your ability to trade. There's no reason you shouldn't be in a broadly traded fund or you shouldn't just be able to put it in a, you know, simple, you know, fund that has no tie to a specific stock and then just get out of the business. And my colleagues who say, well, we have a right, we should be able to trade. Look, there's only 435 of us. There's 320 million Americans. So if you don't want, if you want to trade, you want to day trade, then just get out of Congress. So we're going to try to force a vote on this. We've got Republicans and Democrats committed to force this, this issue. And we're going to do it as soon as we can this fall.

[Clay Travis]

All right, let's go into the AGS race. I know that Texas has got a ton of super competitive primaries going on all across the board. So many different moving parts. You were running for Attorney General of the great state of Texas. Why do you want to be ag? How is the race going? What should people out there? And by the way, let me also add this. The primary in Texas is in March. So I know everybody down in your State right now is obsessed with high school football and college football, and, I mean, it is the football crazy place. But by the time we come out of Christmas and New Year's, it's basically going to be almost early voting time. How is the campaign going? What should people know in Texas right now as primary seasons? Only about six months away.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

And you're exactly right. We're about four months away from early voting. And look, I'm running for Attorney general for the simple reason that Texas is. Is worth fighting for and preserving and protecting. And Texas is under assault. We've got this reprieve, happily with President Trump and, you know, good folks in the administration that are securing the border, that are making sure that they put us in a good position. And I think that's important. But we also have to look ahead and know how Texas is going to do after President Trump. We have wide open borders that are currently stopped. But you've got all these bad actors that are still wanting to make profit and putting fentanyl into our streets and to have dangerous individuals in our communities. You've got these organized Marxists and leftists, George Soros, prosecutors that are putting criminals on our streets in San Antonio and in Austin and Houston and Dallas. And then we've got the extent to which we've got Sharia law and we've got radical Islamists that are coming into our state and that they're setting up strongholds throughout the state of Texas. Not just Mamdani in New York, not just Dearborn, not just Minneapolis, but Dallas. You have the Muslim Brotherhood, who's looking at Dallas as the epicenter of the advancement of Sharia law. The attorney general has to be at the center of that fight. The attorney general has to have experience. The attorney general has to have been somebody who stood up in court, as I have as an Assistant United States Attorney, or has stood up as the first Assistant Attorney general and filed cases in front of the Supreme Court, defended Texans. And we've got to make sure someone can lead and carry Texas forward in the absence of a President Trump, not just alongside President Trump going forward.

[Clay Travis]

All right, Chip, what in the world has happened to your Texas Longhorns? Your wife's an Aggie. I'm not feeling good about your chances this year, but I watched that game against Kentucky. I mean, it was like y' all didn't even have an offense. Offensive line can't block anybody. You got Mississippi State this weekend. And down the line again, you got the Aggies. What's going on?

[Congressman Chip Roy]

Yeah, well, look, I mean, Watching that game last week was tough, but we got, you know, Texas now going into Mississippi State. That's always a tough game. Lots of cowbell, as you know. And you know, that's tough place to play. Look, A and M is going to have a tough one, too. They got to go on the road into Death Valley to lsu, no doubt. And you know, we need A and M is going to have to have the defense show up. It did not show up last week against Arkansas. They let Arkans stack 42 points on them. Their defense better show up when they go down to lsu. And the offense needs to prove they can do it on the road like they did with Notre Dame. Look, with Texas, we just need the offense to get in sync. Obviously not where we want to be with two losses, but we got a little gift. Not 100% sure why Kentucky went for it twice there in that, you know, we kind of got a little lucky in my view, that they decided to go for it there on fourth down with that same play. So look, you know, we need a lot of pressure been pointed on Arch. I think you already noted the offensive line has basically been a wide open door and he's just been getting rushed. If you look at the stats, it's been pretty crazy. So, you know, Stark's got to figure out how to deal with what he's got. Right. Like Rumsfeld said, you could go to war with the army you got. If the offensive line's not getting the job done, you got to get Arch out and let him create a little bit and you got to figure out how to protect him. And, you know, hopefully we can get back on track this weekend because we still got a shot. But every game the rest of the year, the game that we could win or lose and, you know, we want to. We want to be able to finish with two losses, not more so. Got to step on the gas.

[Clay Travis]

You co signed all that buck. You think he broke down?

[Buck Sexton]

I was going to say, I agree. I'm not going to throw any flags on that analysis. I think it tracks with mostly what I'm seeing every weekend on Sundays, Saturdays. Good guess. Whatever. Close enough.

[Clay Travis]

Congressman, we appreciate you. Good luck on the campaign. We'll talk to you again soon. And tell your wife to start trying to figure out how she's going to celebrate the big Aggie win at the end of the year.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

Yeah, well, I can tell you that she's, you know, they're starting to feel it. They're starting to talk a little smack. And my son and daughter they're kind of leaning A and M direction and so. But you know what else? You got to remember I went to Virginia undergraduate. They had a great game last week pulling that one out. They're now 6 and 1. And who would have thought Virginia would be ranked higher than Texas right now?

[Clay Travis]

So Tony Elliot done a great job in Charlottesville this year at uva. We appreciate the time. A man and come on anytime.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

All right, thanks like God bless. Take care.

[Clay Travis]

That's Chip Roy. I think he's going to be the next AG in state of Texas, which is going to be very important because they've got a huge battle going on as we've talked about. Buck. And on the Republican Senate primary side where they got three big time candidates just throwing punches to try to see who's going to be the nominee for the Republican Party going forward. Remember, on the Democrat side, we may get Jasmine Crockett before all is said and done. All right, Buck, are you ready? I have a winner. We were just talking about college football. I have a winner for the NFL. We have won four times with the prize picks pick. This is the week. Prize picks pick. Here we go. Meaning this week's not a W E a K. This is a very strong pick. Jackson Dart, Caleb Williams, Mack Jones, C.J. stroud. I'm making this very easy for everybody. Jackson Dart, Caleb Williams, Mack Jones, C.J. stroud. All to throw at least one touchdown pass. That is more than one half touchdown pass. All starting quarterbacks in the NFL. Jackson Dart, Caleb Williams, Mac Jones, C.J. stroud. We're going for a fifth win. If I'm right about those four all throwing at least one touchdown pass, then that pays out at 2.2 to 1. So $5 turns into $12. I think I got that math right easier. Ten dollars would turn into 22. So maybe it's. Maybe it's $11. Anyway, get hooked up right now. Prizepix.com Code Clay, you can play in California, you can play in Texas. You can play in Georgia, you can play in New York. You can play in Tennessee, where I am. Florida, where buck is. 40 plus states. $50 in your account when you play. $5 each of these guys to throw a touchdown pass. Jackson Dart, Caleb Williams, Mack Jones, C.J. stroud. We're going for win number five on the NFL season. Can we do it? I hope the answer is yes. More on all of those. Play along with us. $5 to win 50. I'll also give it to you in the third hour, but that is prizepix.com code clay Stories of Freedom, Stories of America Inspirational stories that unite us all each day. Spend time with clay and box find them on the free iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

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The NFL International games continue on NFL Network and here our stars come out in the morning.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

Let's go.

[NFL Network Host]

Week 10 Bajan Robinson and the Falcons take on Daniel Jones and the Colts in Berlin.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

Fireworks in the fourth quarter.

[NFL Network Host]

Then in week 11, Jaden Daniels and the Commanders touchdown once again. Face Tua and the Dolphins in Madrid.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

Snooze off.

[NFL Network Host]

Game on. It's Sunday morning Football continues November 9th at 9:30 Eastern only on NFL Network.

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[Clay Travis]

Welcome back in hour number three, last hour of the week. 14 hours up. We are now rolling into the 15th hour and we thank all of you for listening to us. Positive news as we started off the show. All time record highs in The S&P 500, in the Dow Jones in the NASDAQ as inflation has come in lower than expected and as mortgage rates are hitting a new low for the year on both the 30 year and the 15 year and as gas prices hit a 4 year low going all the way back to 2021. There are many different, very positive stories out there. We will get to a lot of your talkbacks and they are of a variety of different perspectives. Have some fun here in the final hour of this week. But I wanted to update you on one of the law related issues that we are currently facing in the country, and that is Letitia James, having been indicted by a grand jury in Northern Virginia, has shown up and pled not guilty in Northern Virginia today. These were some of her comments. Let's start with cut 33.

[Podcast Announcer]

This is not about me. It's about all of us and about a justice system which has been weaponized. Justice system which has been been used as a tool of revenge. This justice system which has been used as a tool of revenge and a weapon against those individuals who simply did their job and who stood up for the rule of law. And a justice system which unfortunately is nothing being used as a vehicle of retribution.

[Clay Travis]

I mean a lot of clap trap there. Here is a bit more no fear today says Letitia James after pleading not guilty on her mortgage fraud charges.

[Podcast Announcer]

I have this belief in the justice system, in the rule of law and I have a and I have a belief in America and all of its individuals who have stood with me not only in New York, but all across this nation. I've heard from just about every jurisdiction in this nation who have said stand up and be tall and never ever cow down or back down or break or bend. So there's no fear today. No fear. No fear. No fear. No fear. Because I believe that justice will rain down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.

[Buck Sexton]

All right. You know what's missing Clay, did you do the thing that the prosecutor says you did? Everything that she's talking about is like a campaign speech. This is not about me. This is about you. No, it's actually about you. I think this is very straightforward. Did you do the thing that the prosecution says you did? As a person who is prosecuting other people for that same act, you should be held accountable for doing that thing. Otherwise, we have a people who hate Trump don't get prosecuted, and people who like Trump get prosecuted even if they did nothing wrong standard, which is what we've been going through for recent, in recent years, including the president himself, of course, most notably. So this should be very, you know, very easy, very obvious. Did you do the thing that they say you did? And she's not seeming to claim that she didn't in any of this. She's just saying that this is about the broader justice system and all this other stuff. Well, we'll see about that.

[Clay Travis]

So that is one bit of news. Another bit of news out there is that we now have Buck an endorsement of Mamdani by Hakeem Jeffries, the minority leader in the House of Representatives. He had avoided to this point doing that endorsement. He has just sent an endorsement to the New York Times, which has just published it in the last few minutes. So as we sit here roughly, what, 10 days out or so from the New York City mayor's race, with early voting officially beginning tomorrow, this is basically the last possible moment we mentioned this. Eric Adams has endorsed Cuomo. Curtis Sliwa, according to producer Ali, has agreed that he will come on the show next week. So at some point next week, as we move closer to the official election Day, Curtis Lewa will make his case. So far, Andrew Cuomo has still refused to come on the program. And I'm assuming Mom Donnie would refuse to come on the program, but I guess we could invite him, too. This is, I think this is important because, Buck, you're a New York City kid born and bred. Ultimately, I think all of the controversies that we have right now, the shutdown, the uncertainty as to when the government is going to open back up, I think a lot of it is rooted in Mamdani roiling the waters of the New York Democrat Party and getting Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer very nervous about their own futures in the New York Democratic Party, based on Mamdani coming from nowhere and winning as a far left wing nominee and shocking a lot of people when he bought when he beat Andrew Cuomo in the primary.

[Buck Sexton]

Yes, I'm sorry, I thought you were calling for a clip there. I would say, mom, Donnie Mamdani is going to do some of the things that he says. So that's concerning. And I would say that Mamdani is going to be incapable of moving on some of the other things, things that he's working on or that he says he wants to work on. So it will. He will be limited by his inefficiency. But overall, his whole baseline idea that he's going to make the city more affordable involves doing things that make the city less affordable. This is the little. This is what I meant when I, When I said, oh, they want to make us safer by taking away AR15s. AR15s are not the problem for public safety. Safety anywhere in the country, for that matter. It's just they want to have an excuse to do something else politically, and they use safety as a, as a, as a prop in that whole dance. The reality here with Mamdani is making the city more affordable would require doing things that they simply do not want to do, like less government regulation of rent easier, make it more profitable and easier for developers to come in and to build housing. I mean, this. The more market based it is, the more efficient it will become. And the more efficient it becomes, the lower the prices are. This is the fundamental flaw and all of the logic from Momdaniism, which is why we call him a commie, he seems to think that all of the disruptions and the distortions that exist in the New York City housing market are the result of just fat cats and people who don't care about the poor and all this emotional stuff, when the reality is that it's people like him that have made the situation as bad as it is. It's people that think that if only, you know, here's just one example, they'll.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

Say, oh, we're going to build all.

[Buck Sexton]

These affordable housing units. Okay, who wants to live next to these affordable housing units? Not only who wants to live in them, but who wants to live next to them? Who wants to have that massive construction going on that will then be filled with people who are paying effectively nothing to live there? Right. This is another issue that never gets addressed by these individuals. This is why when they tried for a while under the Obama administration to attack zoning, and that sounds like a really boring thing, but it's actually a really big thing, zoning at the state level in places like New York, so that you would have affluent communities like Chappaqua would all of a sudden have to have a Lot of low income housing within their town limits. Oh, even the Democrats freaked out on that one. Oh, yeah. All of a sudden, all of a sudden you had Hillary and Obama voters who were like, whoa, I don't want, I don't want that low income housing in my area. The market is the only thing that will really effectively address the housing shortage, the housing issue. You know, in a place like Florida, people might say, well, why is there a housing shortage in Florida? Well, it's because so many people moved here so quickly and now they're trying to keep up with demand, but they are building rapidly. One of the problems is they don't have enough people to build this stuff. Right. But the market will take care of this because people have to pay more to get the houses done. More people will go into building. I mean, this is how it actually works. So just everything that Mamdani says he's going to do for the city on affordability is. It's not that it won't work. It will work to make the city less affordable. And that's. And also when you start to Clay, have people leaving who are the high income earners, 1% of New York City residents pay 50% of the taxes. So you don't have to lose a lot of people to start to blow a big hole in the New York City budget.

[Clay Travis]

No doubt. And by the way, then that money moves to states like Florida, Tennessee and Texas. And it's a virtuous circle because all of the services get better there. As you've pointed out, Florida has what most people would consider to be better government than New York and it costs half as much. People are still mad at me for saying Curtis Lewis should drop out. Given that it's Friday, let's hit some of those talk backs. Buck beginning with Curtis is going to.

[Buck Sexton]

Join us next week, everybody.

[Clay Travis]

Just so I know, that's our Buck. He's going to come on.

[Buck Sexton]

We're figuring out the day, but he's going to join us. And I, I'm looking forward to that conversation. I think Curtis and Clay are going to be great friends.

[Clay Travis]

Joe in LA at Keib Radio, he's got to take B. I agree with.

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[Clay Travis]

Clay would have probably had the US Olympic hockey team in 1980 drop out instead of playing the Russians. As Herm Edwards once said, the great football coach, you play to win the game. And if it gives Cuomo a 2% extra chance of winning, Cuomo, you play to win the game. Richard in Spokane, we Said we had a great audience in Spokane, Washington. Some of the same people on the Pacific Northwest listening to us right now at Newsradio 5, 90K, Q&T. He says this, CC, I did 17 years in the joint. If you don't fight because you think you're gonna lose, then everybody is going.

[Buck Sexton]

To take advantage of you.

[Clay Travis]

You fight. Win or lose, you fight. So, yeah, you're wrong. Sliwa needs to stay in and be a fighter. Seventeen years in prison, Buck. I mean, that's a. That's gotta be a tough ride.

[Buck Sexton]

You know, I'll tell you this. A lot of the sleep with fans out there basically telling you, Clay, every man dies, not every man really lives. You know, they want to go. They want to go with their shield or on it. You know, they're. They're not looking to do anything other than take this to the mat.

[Clay Travis]

That.

[Buck Sexton]

Take it all the way. Even invoking the great American hockey win in the movie Miracle against the Russians, which even I have seen because producer Mark was so appalled that I had not seen that movie.

[Clay Travis]

I. Tying this all full circle Monday in New York City, I helped raise money with our friend Frank Siller and tunnel the towers. Among the objects auctioned off Bucks a 1980 U.S. men's soccer team autographed jersey by one of the members of that team. Maybe Curtis Lewa can hang it on his wall. I will point out as I am speaking to all of you and as the election begins tomorrow, according to the gambling markets Mamdani, 93% chance of winning. By the way, this is with $281 million bet on. On the marketplace right now.

[Buck Sexton]

Well, is, is, is the mafia rigging this one too, Clay? I don't know.

[Clay Travis]

You know, 93% chance. Quake, Cuomo, 5% chance. Curtis Lewa, less. He's got a 0.5% chance. All right, so if right now you bet on him, you can get Curtis Lewa to win this race at 200 to 1, that means you put down a dollar, you get back 200. So that is absolutely bonkers. Did I say that? Soccer instead of hockey?

[Buck Sexton]

I thought I said hockey.

[Clay Travis]

I didn't say soccer. I don't know. Somebody's correcting us.

[Buck Sexton]

I knew it was hockey. That's a. I think we both knew it's a hockey. Super fan.

[Clay Travis]

I don't know. Producer Greg is. Is lighting us up saying that we. One of us said soccer. I mean, I, I think we said hockey. We know it was 1980.

[Buck Sexton]

Oh, he's saying, he's saying that you you said it. So I'm okay with that as long as it's not my fault.

[Clay Travis]

Hockey apologies. The World Cup's coming up this summer, by the way. Should be fun for soccer fans out there. Buck's a big soccer guy.

[Buck Sexton]

I do like. I do like soccer. It's one of my most American traits. You know, my most un American traits is I enjoy. I enjoy watching soccer.

[Clay Travis]

I think it's going to be awesome. In the US they got the draw coming up in December at the Kennedy center, which President Trump probably, I would bet, will show up to be a part of, which should be very cool in early December to find out when the games are and how it gets set up.

[Buck Sexton]

I think Trump should. He should do. He should do the play by play for a game. Like he passed the ball. He passed the ball to somebody else. Another pass. A beautiful pass. Another pass. Maybe there'll be a goal at some point. You know, Trump doing play by play for soccer, I think would be a great boon for the World Cup.

[Clay Travis]

It would be very, very fun. I don't disagree. I don't disagree at all about that.

[Buck Sexton]

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[Clay Travis]

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