Hour 1 - Clay's Red Beret Bet

Summary

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Hour 1 - Clay's Red Beret Bet

Date: October 27, 2025
Podcast Host: iHeartPodcasts
Hosts: Clay Travis & Buck Sexton

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Episode Overview

In this lively and opinionated episode, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton dive into the approaching elections in New York City, Virginia, and New Jersey. The episode spotlights the dramatic New York City mayoral race, the “Red Beret Bet” challenge Clay sets for himself, the broader implications for Democratic politics nationwide, rising left-wing populism, and the city’s future. The duo bring their characteristic blend of sharp humor and political analysis, sharing both direct listener feedback and their own predictions for the races, especially focusing on Curtis Sliwa's underdog candidacy versus “Commie Mamdani.”

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The High-Stakes NYC Mayoral Election

• Election Climate: With just over a week until election day, New York City is in the spotlight due to a heated race featuring incumbent Mamdani, challenger Curtis Sliwa, and a surge in early voting.

  • Buck: “We are a week and a day away from election day ... and probably getting more attention than any other—good old NYC, my hometown.” (02:31)
  • Clay: “I don't think I have a good shot of being elected mayor of New York City, Buck. Let's just say there's lots of New Yorkers. We got some fun talk backs that are not happy with me.” (03:29)

• Red Beret Bet: Clay bets that if Curtis Sliwa wins, he'll wear a red beret for a whole week on air and on Fox News.

  • Clay: “I'll do a full week of shows in Curtis's red beret … I'll go on Fox News at least once wearing the red beret as well.” (22:51)

• Curtis Sliwa on the Show: The hosts announce that Curtis Sliwa will join them on Wednesday for a direct pitch to listeners.

  • Clay: “Curtis Sliwa has agreed to come on the program … you can be looking forward to that on the Wednesday edition.” (04:12)
  • Buck: “Your man Curtis Sliwa will be on the Clay and Buck show … this Wednesday, 1 pm Eastern Time. It's going to be feisty.” (13:45)

• Listener Input: Jacqueline, a Brooklyn poll worker, relays firsthand excitement and high turnout from Curtis supporters.

  • Jacqueline: “A lot of people that came in … they were so excited, like kids in a candy store. They said, ‘I just want to vote for mayor and I just want to vote for Curtis.’” (43:53)

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2. National Political Undercurrents

• Democratic Leadership Criticism: Cuomo, Hochul, and Mamdani get roasted for their past governance and current campaigns. The hosts poke fun at Cuomo’s evasiveness and Newsom’s claimed street cred.

  • Clay: “Sometimes we have to let New York City sink beneath the waves in order for the rest of the country to thrive.” (04:12)
  • Buck (on Newsom): “He is so shameless that it is an advantage … a particularly loquacious liar.” (06:58)

• Isolation of Mainstream Media: Clay expresses frustration that left-leaning outlets refuse to engage with dissenting thinkers.

  • Clay: “They really do live in a universe of isolation … I just want to come on and talk about balls. And I just don't know why they don't see that this is a win-win for everyone.” (08:36)
  • Buck: “Fox has the reach and the platform that people ignore at their peril.” (08:36)

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3. Early Voting, Polling & Prediction Markets

• Betting Markets vs. Polls: Clay discusses that prediction markets heavily favor Mamdani, but listeners insist Curtis Sliwa has deep support overlooked by traditional polling.
  • Clay: “Mamdani is setting record highs in the prediction markets. These aren't polls, this is where people are betting on what the result is going to be.” (13:52)
  • Jacqueline: “…the polls polled 75% of Democrats. Only 30% collectively—Republicans, conservatives, and independents—were polled. So garbage in, garbage out.” (44:50)

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4. Left-Wing Populism and Policy Critiques

• Progressive Messaging: The hosts dissect a Mamdani speech, pointing out the candidate's focus on identity politics and progressive platform, critiquing his reframing of the post-9/11 experience.

  • Mamdani (clip): “I want to speak to the memory of my aunt who stopped taking the subway after September 11th because she did not feel safe in her hijab.” (26:21)
  • Buck: “For 9/11 to be about your aunt creating this fear—you know, this Islamophobia thing—the truth is Americans were incredibly tolerant and decent toward Muslim Americans after 9/11 … The American tolerance after 9/11 is actually a shining example.” (27:10)
  • Clay: “Claiming that someone is opposed to you because of your identity is not actually an argument for or against anything.” (27:52)

• Populist Slogans: The show plays clips of crowds chanting “Tax the Rich” at Mamdani/AOC/Bernie events.

  • Buck (re: rally chants): "That crowd is chanting tax the rich ... High earners who are like, 'Hey Buck, how’s South Florida? Hey Clay, they got some extra houses in Franklin, Tennessee, I’d leave.'" (32:31)

• Class Warfare vs. Race Politics: Buck argues that the left is refocusing from “race communism” to classic redistribution.

  • Buck: "They are beginning to move away … toward more class warfare communism, really the original communism and making this all about ‘rich have to pay more, government has to give me more.’” (30:19)

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5. NYC Policy Proposals Under Fire

• Free Public Transit Debate: Mamdani proposes abolishing fares on city buses to reduce conflict, prompting the hosts’ strong rebuttal.

  • Mamdani: “You have a farebox on a bus, it increases a site of tension, of conflict, of assaults. When you remove that farebox … what you find is a safer experience …” (35:54)
  • Buck: “This is like saying, hey, you know what the problem is in all these drugstores in New York that have to have everything locked up? They expect to be paid for this stuff. … This is lunacy." (36:07)
  • Clay: “You know what making all public transportation buses say, free, is going to do? Decrease safety and increase dirty.” (36:38)

• Broken Windows & Quality of Life: Discussion around fare evasion correlating to other crime, personal anecdotes about NYC’s urban environment, and comparative freedom in other American cities.

  • Clay: “Well, the percentage of times people are jumping the turnstiles, a lot of those guys have outstanding crimes, right?” (37:57)
  • Buck: "Producer Ali, you can weigh in ... The subway is so crowded. ... There's an empty subway car just for me. ... It will smell worse than any smell you've ever come across in your life, because it is being used by homeless people who are deeply mentally ill. As a toilet." (37:04)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Curtis Sliwa’s Tenacity

  • Caller Josh (NYC): “Curtis Lewa and the Guardian Angels were still standing.” (21:20)

• On Democratic Candidate Mamdani (Clip)

  • Mamdani: “I want to speak to the memory of my aunt, who stopped taking the subway after September 11th because she did not feel safe in her hijab.” (26:21)

• On NYC’s Progressive Future

  • Buck: “Unfortunately the New Yorkers are going to pay a price.” (34:06)

• On Tax Policy for NYC Residents

  • Clay: “Trust me. Nashville’s awesome. Miami is awesome. Dallas pretty great. Houston pretty great. No state income tax in any of those big cities.” (32:52)

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Important Timestamps

• Opening & Election Preview: 02:31 – 05:20
• Cuomo & Newsom Humor: 05:20 – 06:58
• Media Isolation: 08:03 – 09:17
• Book Talk & Vanity URLs: 09:17 – 10:28
• Red Beret Bet Discussion: 22:29 – 23:55
• Listener Call: NYC Poll Worker: 43:41 – 44:53
• Policy Clips & Commentary: 26:21 – 27:52 (Mamdani), 35:54 – 37:04 (Transit Policy)

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Conclusion

This episode packs a blend of biting political commentary, local color, playful wagers, and skepticism of mainstream political narratives. With both personal anecdotes and direct calls from listeners in the thick of the NYC race, Clay and Buck paint a vivid, sometimes irreverent, picture of America’s blue city politics at a crossroads—and set stakes for the results with the iconic “Red Beret Bet.” Whether you’re tuned in for the analysis, the banter, or just a bit of schadenfreude, this hour is a microcosm of the show’s mix of humor, candor, and spirited debate.

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Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show is available via iHeartRadio and major podcast platforms.

Transcript

[Buck Sexton]

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[Clay Travis]

And I don't think I have a good shot of being elected mayor of New York City. Buck. Let's just say there's lots of New Yorkers. We got some fun talk backs that, that are not happy with me. So we will continue to feature those, I'm sure.

[Buck Sexton]

You have to understand, my fellow New Yorkers, when Clay went to gw, as someone born and raised in Nashville, he was like an alien species. There were not a lot of Nashvillians at gw. So did some of the New Yorkers at GW ask Clay if he played a banjo?

[Clay Travis]

Probably.

[Buck Sexton]

Were there some who said, hey, Clay, do you come from a long line of moonshine makers? I think so. And so now, 20 some odd years later, Clay gets his revenge on the Big Apple for all their misperceptions.

[Clay Travis]

Sometimes we have to let New York City sink beneath the waves in order for the rest of the country to thrive. And unfortunately, I don't think that we're going to have a good result. But Curtis Sliwa has agreed to come on the program. Yes, on Wednesday. And he will make the case to all of you why I am a moron and he is going to win. And so you can be looking forward to that on the Wednesday edition of this fine program. Cuomo, probably because we have accurately called him the worst governor in the state of New York's history based on the way that he responded to Covid. Producer Ali, despite abundant requests, has not been willing to come on this program. Even though, to be honest, if he has any hope of winning, he should come on this program and talk to. I mean, how many New Yorkers that vote are listening to us right now? Tens of thousands just in New York City at this exact moment are listening to us in w o R. So if you're really trying to win, he should let bygones be bygones, acknowledge that he screwed up Covid and beg for everyone's vote that's listening to this right now.

[Buck Sexton]

I Even offered to interview Cuomo as Cuomo, but he would not take me up on this offer. So we try rate.

[Clay Travis]

That would be great. Great. Cuomo would have been far more effective as the governor during COVID just if you could. Well, that's definitely stood in there.

[Buck Sexton]

And I'll even let him get all quote Italian on me and put his hand on my. On my R cage or whatever it is he got in trouble for. Whatever it takes to get him. To get him to come on the show. I am just Italian and affectionate. A lot of the Italian Americans listening are like, I don't know, man. I've never gotten fired from my job for groping people and I'm plenty Italian anyway.

[Clay Travis]

Or kissing people a lot. I mean, I. It seems a little aggressive.

[Buck Sexton]

Do you remember the smooch press conference? He's like, here is a photo of me giving a smooch. Is smooching sexual harassment? Not if you can trace your lineage to Napoli, Sicily and the following places. And again, Italian Americans were like, you're terrible. That's not. That's not actually a thing. But nice try, though. Nice try to throw all of us under the bus together. Nonetheless, we have. We have the New York City mayor's race to get into which we shall. Some other very interesting things going on here. Gavin Newsom gets a little. Little street. You notice this. He all of a sudden, Gavin Newsom is like, hey, man, I was on these mean streets making it. I'm sure you saw this clip.

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[Clay Travis]

Of course I saw this. I mean, he's the. Even for Democrat liars, he is just neck. He does. I think he does it pretty well. I think he convinces himself of these lies as he is telling them.

[Buck Sexton]

He is so shameless that it is an advantage. That is for sure. That's true of many Democrats. But he's particularly good. He is a particularly loquacious liar. Ok, but let's get back into just. Just to give you the menu here because otherwise we're just going to sit and make fun of Cuomo and Mondame the whole time. And also, just a quick note. We are having Curtis Lewa on this week for anyone who was writing in. Are you guys scared to have on fill in the blank? I promise you the answer is no. Even if I'm a little bit like, I don't know about it, Clay will. Clay will fight with anybody. So if. If I'm like, I think there might be too much cross talk or it could get a little too heated, Clay's like, let's do this. I promise you it's never that any, it's never that. The show is scared of having somebody on. We ask for everyone. We would go on to the View in a heartbeat if they let us. There is no such thing as platform or person worth talking to. And either one of us unwilling to do it. It's just a two way street. Right. I mean we can't just show up. Although it would be fun if, if we just got in the, in the audience of the View.

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[Buck Sexton]

We're just like, whoopee.

[Clay Travis]

I've got the book coming out in eight days. I mean I would go on and they won't have me. I mean we reiterated it again. I told the Today Show, I told all these places out there that, you know, probably don't have audiences that are that responsive to me. I'll come talk to you. And I mean they really do live in a universe of isolation. I got to give, you know, has lots of people on that they disagree with. Oh yeah, I have my Donnie on. I mean they'll have anybody on.

[Buck Sexton]

Well, and also Fox has the reach and the platform that people ignore at their. In politics. Ignore at their peril if they're trying to. Unless they're just trying to win leftist votes. Like unless they're going full Pelosi all the time. But, but Clay, I understand it must be frustrating when you reach out to some of these esteemed programs like the View and say, ladies, you may have heard some things about me. You may have heard that the two things that have never let me down. You know what? I won't even get there. You can Google it yourself. However, as a serious author and public intellectual, I just want to come on and talk about balls. And I just don't know why they don't see that this is a win win for everyone.

[Clay Travis]

I'm not going to be on a book tour, but we're going to have a vanity URL where. And I made some suggestions. It's not yet ready where you can go. And I will sign the book and it will include the name Clay Travis and balls in some way. But I promise you, you will not get fired for going to this website. And it is not in any way a an only fan style page. Although I'm not above selling feet picks. If people are willing to pay for feet picks, I am happy to put them on the market.

[Buck Sexton]

You know, there was a time when WhiteHouse.gov is obviously the White House site, but there was something very close to White House that somehow Someone bought. I know about this. Because a message had to go out to government employees to be careful. If you went to the wrong site.

[Clay Travis]

Typing. Yes, you went.

[Buck Sexton]

You went to the really wrong site. And, and that is a. This is in the old Wild west days, 20 years ago of the Internet, where someone could buy a URL that's close enough. So, yes, indeed, you can go to Clay Ball's book or book. What is it? Is it Ball?

[Clay Travis]

The official vanity is not there, but the book is up on Amazon. I would. I would honestly appreciate you. Have you recorded your new book yet?

[Buck Sexton]

No, I'm recording in December, so.

[Clay Travis]

So I read the entire thing. Buck is going to find out that this is a hellish experience where you sit there and there's somebody for, especially for me, who mispronounces words. Every time you mispronounce a word, they stop you. Every time you don't pause correctly, they stop you. So you can get credit. You can listen to the book. And it is me sitting by myself for two full days in a padded, legitimately padded recording room. I recorded the entire audiobook.

[Buck Sexton]

So also, we know it's going to be a good day because for those of you who are watching on our stream, Clay and I are both wearing Crockett Coffee T shirts, right? Different colors, so at least we don't look like twins. But Crockett Coffee.com, my friends, go check it out. Join the coffee revolution. If you haven't, I would just ask you why. I guess you like. Do you like Mom Donnie coffee? Do you like the coffee of this rejected theater kid who now wants to ruin the greatest city in America? Because I'm telling you, he doesn't drink Crockett. Crockett is the anti momdani coffee. So just keep that in mind.

[Clay Travis]

I watched that rally. Yes, he hates Davy Crockett. He hates American history. So does aoc. I mean, that rally, we need to play some cuts from it here in the first hour. They are crazy.

[Buck Sexton]

So we're going to dove into Commie Mom, Donnie and all that nonsense because the country is watching this. Because I do think Democrats also do unfortunately recognize what Clay has been saying. I agree with him. It just makes me sad for New York that this guy could be such a disaster that he becomes a cautionary tale about voting Democrat going into the midterms, which they don't want. But other stories we're going to get to today, just to give you a sense of the menu, we have some. Some data on the no Kings protests. Clay, I'm not I'll ask this question. Don't answer yet. What is the single most represented demographic at the no Kings protest?

[Clay Travis]

I've got a strong idea.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, I think Clay has a good idea on this one and we'll get into that. We also have, it looks like there's at least a, the basis of a framework of a China US Trade deal. This is one of these things that sounds boring until you think about the implications of this for all of us, for your, for the cost of goods, for your business, for American industry, for a whole range of things. This is the big one. If Trump gets this trade deal done, I think you're gonna see even more ebullience in this market that you. Than you currently have. That was something of a play on words, I think there. I like that. So it was an accident, but I'll take it. We've got that and the, and, oh, the east wing of the White House. Clay, I'm sure you saw this editorial. We've been saying this all along, guys. It's not just because we think Trump is fantastic and he's doing an amazing job. This is just objectively a good idea with a good design and now kind of creeping out a little bit into the public for the Democrats, actually, they really do need this. And all this stuff about how he's a king and a dictator is nonsense. So, Clay, those are the, those are the big places I think we're going to be going here at least in the, in the next, you know, within the next hour or two. And I will just tell you this, maybe this is a fitting way to set us up for what's coming next. Your man Curtis Sliwa will be on the Clay and Buck show on all 560ish stations this Wednesday, 1pm Eastern Time. It's going to be, it's going to be feisty.

[Clay Travis]

It'll be a donnybrook. And look, the voting is underway. The voting is already underway. And I will just tell you, Mamdani is setting record highs in the prediction markets. These are not polls. This is where people are betting on what the result is going to be. I. Some of these guys can look at the data returns. Ryan Gardusky was the guy who was really good at us for this on 2024. And I remember we had him on and we said, hey, when did you know what the result was going to be? And he said, you remember the answer as soon as Northern Virginia suburbs came in and you could look and compare what the results were there as the full totalities were in compared to Biden 2020. He said you knew Trump had won. And unless again, those Northern Virginia suburbs were statistical outliers, there is record high early voting going on right now. And that same thing I believe is true in Virginia and New Jersey now. So people are out there making their decisions, making their voices heard, as we encourage all of you to do. And the gambling markets are saying Mamdani is a prohibitive favorite. He's a bigger favorite than then Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and then Mickey whatever her name is, the, the New Jersey gubernatorial candidate. All of the Democrats are favored, as you would expect that they should be considering these are all blue in the case of New York City, deep blue. And then blue states in New Jersey and Virginia that we're trying to flip back.

[Buck Sexton]

We'll get into all that here coming up. And also your calls, your talk backs. If you're mad at Clay, just be nice. Be nice. Some of the Clay, you, you have upset parts of Brooklyn that you do not want to mess with. You have, you have ticked off some areas of Staten island where I'm going to have to be your, your security detail.

[Clay Travis]

If you go, I'll be in New York next week for the election. I may have to stay in my hotel and just order room service In Manhattan.

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[Clay Travis]

Welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton show. A lot of you already loading up the phone lines. Let's go to Josh and York City. Josh, what you got for us gentlemen?

[Caller Josh from NYC]

Tremendous show and I'm going to throw my cards right on the table. I'm Kurt, I'm sporting Curtis Lewis, the mayor of New York City. They're breaking records. The early voting. 160,000 people voted Saturday and Sunday. And Curtis Lewa, let me just tell the people out there and you can verify this. The New York Post, June 4, 2020 Curtis Lewa and 10 of the Guardian Angels were out confronting the looters in New York City. The famous one is in front of one of the famous sneaker places. Curtis ended up with a broken jaw and one of the other guys who was not a young dude ended up with a broken eye socket and a broken nose. But let me tell the folks out there, when the sun came up that morning, Curtis Lewa and the Guardian Angels were still standing.

[Clay Travis]

Thank you for the call. Did we lose him there for a sec? All right, here is a fun discussion for all of you. I believe that Mamdani is going to win and I think Curtis Lewa is going to get smoked. Now he's going to make the argument to us on Wednesday. I am always willing to acknowledge that I could be wrong.

[Buck Sexton]

I also, Clay is going to basically put it to Curtis like that. Knowing Clay as well as I do, he's not going to be like, so Curtis, it's really. It's really close. So get ready.

[Clay Travis]

All right, So I think he's going to lose. What should I have to do if. If, if I am wrong?

[Buck Sexton]

Where.

[Clay Travis]

What if I am Red Beret for.

[Buck Sexton]

A whole week of this show and tweet out a photo of you with.

[Clay Travis]

The red beret on red. I will. That's a good one. I will do the entire. I'll do a full week of shows in Curtis's red beret. I'll get my own red beret and I will sit here and I will do the show. I will go on Fox News at least once wearing the red beret as well. That is a good one. I am open to other suggestions out there. I don't think I just. Spoiler alert. I don't think I'm going to look that good in a beret. To be fair. Anybody really pull off the. Have you ever seen someone in a.

[Buck Sexton]

Beret, Special forces and.

[Clay Travis]

But you thought they looked better than if they didn't have the beret Flint back in the day. GI Joe.

[Buck Sexton]

I mean, yeah, dude, they look badass and they look badass in the.

[Clay Travis]

I know they're badasses. I'm just not sure that the beret is necessarily the hat where people see them in it and think everyone looks better. I will tell you, I will not look good in the beret. I will not be someone that looks very good.

[Buck Sexton]

Are you going to be painting and are you going to be twirling your mustache and speaking in French? Because then you would pull it off.

[Clay Travis]

I might. I might move to Montmartre and be a painter on the hills of Paris.

[Buck Sexton]

Can't believe that pronunciation.

[Clay Travis]

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[Buck Sexton]

All right, welcome back into Clay and Buck. We're making sense of all the craziness going on. And my, oh my, there's plenty of that with this New York City mayors race happening. It's a signal, I think, or it could be a symbol of things to come. And not good once. Not good once for the city of New York. Very, very frustrating. So we will continue to make sense of this one. We got. Do we still have Josh and nyc?

[Clay Travis]

We already played. We already talked with Josh and nyc.

[Buck Sexton]

I'm sorry, not Josh, John and John and. Oh no, we, that's. We already got to. Okay, let's get into some. We'll get to Missouri later on the east wing. Sorry about that. Let's get into the clips here. All right. We have this. Clay. If we're picking the worst, if we're picking the worst clip of Mamdani. That's a tough one. That's a tough one, though. There are definitely some that are now rising to the top. This is a flashback to 2020 and you really see who these Democrats are in 2020 talking about this across the board because that's when it was the. They thought there was maximum political advantage to showing you just how left wing and insane they are. Here is Mamdani back in 2020 about the lesson that he learned from 911 and his remembrance of it. Played two I want to use this.

[Mamdani (New York Mayoral Candidate)]

Moment to speak to the Muslims of New York City. I want to speak to the memory of my aunt who stopped taking the subway after September 11th because she did not feel safe in her hijab.

[Buck Sexton]

Clay, that's the 3,000 people died. A war was was launched with a horrific terrorist attack against us. And Mamdani's concern is, and I'm just going to say this, people are already pointing out that this doesn't seem like it even adds up with whether his aunt was actually in New York, whether she actually wore a hijab. But this Guy will say anything but for 911 to be about your aunt creating this fear, you know, this Islamophobia thing, the truth of 911 and this, you know, talking to New Yorkers, the whole country, Americans were incredibly tolerant and, and, and decent toward Muslim Americans After 911 in 99.999% of cases, you, you find me another society where someone suffers a massive terrorist sneak attack that kills thousands of people that is responsible entirely by one religious group with one ideology. And trust me, it would not have gone the way that it went in this country. So the American tolerance after 911 is actually a shining example of how decent and reasonable the American people are in my opinion.

[Clay Travis]

I think that's all 100% accurate. I would also point out that claiming that someone is opposed to you because of your identity is not actually an argument for or against anything. And I think where a lot of you come down on this issue, white, black, Asian, Hispanic who are out there listening is make me an argument. That is a good, sound, well constructed argument. You can't make an argument because it makes me uncomfortable. Is a part of the reason why Democrat party brand has collapsed. And so first of all, I think he's probably lying. OK, let's start with that second part. 24 years ago when 911 happened. Yeah, like the actual victims when we're still cleaning up. This is the great Norm MacDonald clip. If I remember correctly from back in the day. Was it a tweet or a. Yeah, like.

[Buck Sexton]

Well it might have been both, but I always remember the tweet. Just imagine if America got hit with a nuclear bomb in one of our cities. Just think of all the Islamophobia.

[Clay Travis]

Yes. And I mean the whole idea that the people who are victims here are not the people that actually died, but the people who in some way were looked on suspiciously after other people who embraced the same religion decided to fly airplanes into three different iconic American structures. I mean, or two different American iconic structures. I mean I guess again this is that actually goes into. Was the World Trade Center 1. You know, this is like one discrete event or another. That's the lawyer and me going back but discrete terror attacker 2. I think you look at, at all of this and I just, I watched that rally Buck because I said I want to make sure that I'm not missing anything. The 14,000 people were in a stadium setting. They had AOC, they had mom, Donnie. And we got different clips from that and I think we should play it. But my big takeaway was no, I'm not missing anything. Here this is a crazy person's campaign that has taken over New York City and he's.

[Buck Sexton]

According to the odds, I know Sleeper is going to pull it out. You tell me, fine, but according to the odds, he's looking like the odds on favorite and then some. And I would say what we're seeing, Clay, and one of the reasons why nationally this is getting attention, why people in Texas and California and Missouri and everywhere who are with us right now are at least observing this race with some degree of interest, is this is what left wing populism in America looks like. I think they are beginning to move away a little bit and it's a temporary tactical retreat. They have not repudiated, they have not given up on what many of us now call race communism and all, but they are going back toward a more class warfare communism, really the original communism and making this all about rich have to pay more, government has to give me more. And unfortunately it's very straightforward. Everybody thinks that Santa Claus is good when Santa Claus is giving them stuff and that there's no downside and that only the rich people who won't notice it are going to pay. These are all the usual lies. But this is at the heart of this whole left wing populist movement. I mean, here is at the Sunday Bernie rally you had or sorry, Mamdani rally. Right, but it's Bernie AOC Mamdani. I mean, these right now are the three. I was going to say shining lights, but what would be a. What's a. I have to think of some other. These are the three commissars in chief of, of the American Democrat commie movement. And here they are. Listen to what the crowd is chanting. Play cut four.

[Jacqueline, Brooklyn Poll Worker]

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[Clay Travis]

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[Buck Sexton]

What a stirring speech from New York Governor Hochul there. Okay, I can hear you. But just so you all know, that crowd is chanting tax the rich. Tax the rich. You know who's listening in New York City right now? High earners who are like, hey Buck, how's South Florida? Hey Clay, they got some extra houses in Franklin, Tennessee, I'd leave.

[Clay Travis]

I mean, I respect the fact that New York City has been a great American town for hundreds of years. I, if I were one of the people that is having a great living and made a great living in New York City that you know they are going to come for and they are going to tax you to excess. There's lots of great American cities. Maybe in 1960 or 1980 you felt like you had to stay in New York City. Trust Me. Nashville's awesome. Miami is awesome. Dallas pretty great. Houston pretty great. No state income tax in any of those big cities. You can get everything that you want in New York, except you can have a gun and you can have zero percent state income tax.

[Buck Sexton]

Hold on, hold on.

[Clay Travis]

That's a pretty good trade.

[Buck Sexton]

A gun, as in one place.

[Clay Travis]

You can't even have a gun in New York City, like.

[Buck Sexton]

No, I know, but I'm saying in these other places, you're not going to have.

[Clay Travis]

You can have it in time.

[Buck Sexton]

You have a collection.

[Clay Travis]

You can have an entire arsenal. But. But you can have a gun. I mean, there are lots of restricted rights in New York City. And I think New York City is fine to visit. And I know you still have a ton of family there, and New York City is awesome.

[Buck Sexton]

And Momdadi is not going to single handedly ruin the city forever, but he's going to make some decisions that unfortunately the New Yorkers are going to pay a price.

[Clay Travis]

The best case scenario for mom, Donnie, best case scenario if he wins is that he's so incompetent because he's never managed anything in his life. He's never had any success in life prior to this moment. And you can go back, you lived through it. Buck. It's not a surprise to me that the people who have been the best mayors have tended to have a lot of experience in management or business that has prepared them to be able to take on the leviathan that is the New York City government. So I think the best case scenario is Mamdani is so incompetent that he is not politically able to enact the agenda that he has run to say that he will enact.

[Buck Sexton]

And speaking of that agenda, this is. This has been recently released by the Mamdani campaign. So my understanding is this is not like deep oppo research that we're latching onto here or something. Here is Mamdani, meaning the campaign's like, look at Momdani. Look at how great he is. Here he is talking about how when you get the problem on buses and I have ridden on New York City buses many, many times. I'll tell you this. My high school, our sports teams used to have to travel the games because we had a very limited budget. It was a scholarship school. We would travel on public buses, city buses.

[Clay Travis]

And your uniforms, you would just get on like your.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, we would get on with like 15 of us or whatever, and we would get on the city bus. I've been on buses many, many, many times. Here is Mamdani. This is cut three, saying if we just make all the buses free, some of the problems we see will get better. Play it.

[Mamdani (New York Mayoral Candidate)]

You have a farebox on a bus, it increases. A site of tension, of conflict, of assaults. When you reduce, when you remove that farebox. Rather, what you find is a safer experience, not just for the riders, but also for the operators.

[Buck Sexton]

Clay, this is like saying, hey, you know what the problem is in all these drugstores in New York that have to have everything locked up. They expect to be paid for this stuff. You know what would erase the conflict? Let's just let them take whatever they want for free. Then all of a sudden, there's no problem. This is lunacy from this guy. Lunacy. And what you really need to have are people who don't pay the fare get a big fine, and if they do it again, they get arrested. And if they assault the guy who's actually driving the bus, they go to prison.

[Clay Travis]

I have done public transportation a lot in my life as well. I rode the public Nashville school bus, public Nashville city bus when I was a kid from my school. You know what people care about the most? Safety and cleanliness. Do you know what making all public transportation buses in particular, say, free is going to do? Decrease safety and increase dirty.

[Buck Sexton]

The lack of city buses. Mobile homeless shelters. Yes, that's what this will become. Which, by the way, already is the case in the New York City subway system, where people just jump the fare. But, you know, if you jump the fair in the subway, you know, someone doesn't necessarily see if you jump the fare on the bus, everybody sees and they know you haven't paid and you're on video. Right. There's. There's. It's. It's easier to jump the fare in the subway system, but there are. Holt, Clay, I have experienced this so many times. Producer Ali, you can weigh in on this either now or when we come back from the break, you'll be like, oh, my gosh, the subway is so crowded, Clay. It's so crowded. Oh, man, look at this. There's a. There's an empty subway car just for me. And you will go on that subway car, and it will smell worse than any smell you've ever come across in your life, because it is being used by homeless people who are deeply mentally ill. As a toilet.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah. And I would also point out, people say, well, why do you care about people jumping the turnstiles? Everything else, relatively low level crime. Well, the percentage of times that people are jumping the turnstiles, a lot of Those guys have outstanding crimes, right? So when you are arresting somebody who is jumping a turnstile, you oftentimes are going to find out that they have a criminal history on top of that, to say nothing of the evidence supports that. When you don't enforce the law, you encourage more law breaking and Producer Alley Rides Subway all the Time I haven't been on the subway in a long time. I was trying to think of the last time I was on the New York City subway. I think it was when we were I had my whole family up. Buck and my middle son who was obsessed with Ghostbusters wanted to tour the city of New York to see all the Ghostbuster places dressed as a Ghostbuster. Which is kind of awesome.

[Buck Sexton]

Pretty awesome. Yeah.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, that was a lot of fun. Look, I want to tell you prize picks get you hooked up. We lost. We had an easy win and Caleb Williams couldn't throw a touchdown pass on multiple first and goal situations. As a result, no touchdown pass from the Chicago Bears. Not for the first time. Chicago let us down. But we will have another pick for you on Thursday. And you know what today is Buck Today is the Sports Equinox. Do you know what that means? What is the sports equinox? We have NFL, we have NBA, Major League Baseball and the NHL. It is the only day all year where all four pro sports leagues are competing on the exact same day. That is today. It is the sports equinox. You can play [e-mail] and you get $50 when you play $5. That is prizepix.com code clay when you play $5. I'll have a pick for you on Thursday. We will try to get the fifth winner of the year narrowly missed it this past weekend. Prizepix.com My name Clay. That is prizepix.com My Name Clay. You can play in California. You can play in New York. You can play in Georgia. You can play in Texas. Pricepix.com code clay clay Travis and Buck Sexton telling it like it is. Find them on the free iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

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[Clay Travis]

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[Clay Travis]

Welcome back in Clay Travis, Buck Sexton show Jacqueline in Brooklyn. She wants to update us. She is a poll worker in Brooklyn. What have you seen so far?

[Jacqueline, Brooklyn Poll Worker]

Hi, Clay. Yeah, I'm actually an inspector at one of the poll sites and I worked yesterday and voter turnout was very high, as is being reported. A lot of people that came in, I didn't ask them anything. They voluntarily told me. They were so excited, like kids in a candy store. They said, I just want to vote for mayor. I just want to vote for Curtis. I haven't voted in a long time, but I just want to vote for mayor and I just want to vote for Curtis. So. And this also I heard from my colleagues that worked on Saturday. I'll also be working tomorrow and throughout the rest of the election and on election day as well. So do not underestimate Curtis people. You know the polls as far as the betting websites, I understand that they use the same criteria. They rely on the information from the polls. The polls polled 75% of Democrats. Only 30% collectively Republicans, conservatives and independents were polled. So garbage in, garbage out.

[Clay Travis]

Okay, so you think I'm gonna be in a red beret?

[Jacqueline, Brooklyn Poll Worker]

I think you should really have to come to New York and clean subway toilets when Cardi wins.

[Clay Travis]

I am not. I am not. That's a great suggestion. I will not clean subway toilets. I gotta draw the lines. I can't, I can't get sick. I mean, my own health would be on the line. I have to. I have an important job. I have to be able to talk on the microphone. I will wear a red beret. Maybe other funny things. I don't want to do anything.

[Buck Sexton]

Maybe you would go on the subway. I'll, I'll be your, your bodyguard slash hype man, videoing you on the subway with your red beret and just begging forgiveness from all Curtis voters. You pass on the subway for doubting our man Curtis Sliwa for the huge come from behind victory that he has. If it happens, I want to, I.

[Clay Travis]

Want to hear from you, by the way, Buck, what the people who showed up at the new no Kings rally had in common. And there is a big new study that just dropped. Democrats are trying to figure out, why does everybody hate us? Seriously, they have commissioned their own study and you're probably not going to be surprised at the results. But it is very funny to contemplate Democrats looking at voters like they're in a zoo or something and they're trying to figure out who are these people out there. We'll have some fun with that too when we come back. Thanks for hanging with us on the Monday edition of Playing Buck.

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[Buck Sexton]

Fireworks in the fourth quarter.

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Then in week 11, Jaden Daniels and the Commanders 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.

[Clay Travis]

From the very beginning, iHeart has believed in me. Even now, I still get excited when.

[Jacqueline, Brooklyn Poll Worker]

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