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Welcome in Monday Edition Clay and Buck. Buck is traveling for his book doing some events in Washington D.C. he will be back with us tomorrow, but for today as we begin the week, it's just me hanging out with all of you for the next three hours. 800-282-2882. We will take your calls and we will dive into the absolute latest. And there were a bunch of news stories that emerged over the course of the weekend. Among them, what is going on in Iran, the situation there, ongoing back and forth negotiations as President Trump reportedly has demanded stricter terms to any ceasefire agreement over the weekend. And Iran has said, as often seems to be the case, oh my goodness, we are not going to allow that to occur. And so we will see what ends up happening as we kind of are in the, in the, in the. What's the Groundhog Day All. Every day it's like a new subtle variation of the same story as it pertains to Iran. But we would will give you the absolute latest there. It is the eve for those of you in California, of both the LA Mayor's primary and also the California Governor's primary. And there are major moving parts in those stories to remind you. For those of you who are not familiar, the top two candidates, regardless of party, advance to the California Governor's race and also advance to the LA mayors race. So big decisions being made there as it pertains to whether or not Spencer Pratt will advance to take on Karen Bass. And also who will be the Republican? Uh, it looks like it will be Steve Hilton. And who will be the Democrat nominee going forward? Although if we can grab the audio, Steve Hilton is now making an explicit direct argument that if you are voting for Chad Bianco, you are endangering it being a double Democrat runoff and they're not being a Republican in included on the ballot in the governor's race at all. And some of you may say, okay, well, if Democrats are going to win the governor's race likely anyway, what is the impact of having a Republican on the ballot could have major down ballot impact because Republican turnout has been very good so far for this race. But if the vote is split between Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco, there is the possibility that you get a double Democrat ticket. So we will continue on the eve of the California primary to discuss that. Throughout the course of this show, Jill Biden's interview with CBS News has officially dropped. And there are all sorts of ridiculous quotes in there. We'll play a couple of cuts from that story. Tom Steyer, who is among the candidates to be the Democrat nominee, he has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to try to be the Democrat nominee in California for the governor's race. Uh, he is encouraging men who identify as women, boys who identify as girls, and saying basically they are heroes. In the wake of yet more state championships In California, track and field being won by boys and making girls stand next to them on the podium, which is the way that California has decided to deal with this. But big picture, much tumult coming out over the weekend surrounding Graham Platner, who is the nominee, presumptive nominee. Next week is the main primary, June 9. He is the presumptive Democrat nominee who will be running against Susan Collins. There is effectively no way that Democrats could take back control of the Senate without having the opportunity to win in Maine and flip that seat, knocking Susan Collins, a Republican, out of office. Worth contemplating, as there's been a lot of decision and discussion on redistricting. Susan Collins is the only member of the Senate or the House who is a Republican from all of New England. Think about how crazy that is, because there's been a lot of focus in the Democrat Party about, oh, my goodness, look at the redistricting that's going on in red states. In all of New England, there is not a single Republican member of the House of Representatives because of the way they have redistricted. And Susan Collins. Collins is the only Republican in the Senate. So the only Republican statewide in the congressional delegation in the House or in the Senate is Susan Collins. And you might say, okay, Clay, what happened with Graham Platner? Well, this is the guy with the Nazi tattoo on his chest. Over the weekend, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal both reported that Platner, according to his wife's own reports to the campaign finance director, had been engaging in sex conversations with at least six different women. And he has done so, allegedly while having a profile. And I'm not familiar with this site at all, to be fair with you. I got married long before online dating really was a thing. So I don't know very much about the online dating ecosystem, but there is a site called Kik Kik that is largely used by teenagers, and that is where Graham Platner had a profile, according to the Daily Wire. And I think one of the real questions that has to be out there now is, how old were some of these women that Graham Platner was allegedly sexting with? Were any of them under the age of 18? Because that platform in particular is very popular with teenagers. And this has turned into a huge story. Again, the main Senate decision is being made on June 9, and Platner's people are furious that this story came out not only from the New York Times and. But also the Wall Street Journal. And some of you might be sitting back saying, okay, Clay, what's going on here? What's the real story? I think there's a great deal of apprehension about Grand Platner's ability to win statewide in Maine. And it feels a bit to me like Democrats have ordered a code red on Graham Platner, much like they did on Joe Biden back in the day. In other words, there are potential stories that are out there that are yet to come about Graham Platner that may make him unelectable. And you say, okay, Clay, what would happen if Platner were the nominee on June 9th and if they forced him to withdraw? Democrats would get to pick whichever nominee they want, much like they did with Kamala Harris. So I think there may be a Kamala Harris, Joe Biden like story that is taking place in Maine, and it is a major national story because, again, if you look at the map, there's basically no way for Democrats to take back control of the Senate if they don't win in Maine. And so there suddenly is a lot of nerve and nervousness about what might be taking place there. And so we've got a couple of different cuts. Maybe people from Maine want to react to this. But here is Graham Platner saying establishment media is trying to rip apart his loving marriage. This is what he's arguing after his wife told the campaign that he had been sexting with at least six. Six different women that he was not married to. Cut five, where we heard Amy's video, Simi's video last night about this situation. The story in the Times and the Journal. What would your statement be at this point?
Graham Platner
It's. It's no surprise to me that the establishment media outlets are just going to run gossip instead of wanting to talk about the things that actually matter in this race, which are the react, the material realities that the Mainers are working with. These people are going to try to make this race about anything but what it's supposed to be about, which is policy. They never want to talk about policy. Amy and I have a very loving and very happy marriage. They would very much like to try to rip that apart. We're going to come after us in every awful way that they possibly can.
Clay Travis
Okay, so he says it's gossip. The problem with that is his wife is the one who told the campaign manager as they were doing opposition research, hey, my husband has been sexting with six different women, at least many of which he may have made met on this platform that is very popular with underage and teenagers. Which is why I wonder whether, as this story continues to develop, it's going to come out that Graham Platner has been talking to girls that were under 18 years old. But he did. He gets the. The opportunity to defend himself. He also says the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times story. It's not true. Listen, Cut. Four stories are true, right? About the texts.
Graham Platner
No, no, this is the amazing part. The Wall Street Journal, New York Times ran stories without any evidence besides the gossip from a former staffer. I'm sorry, that's frankly journalistic malpractice. We pushed back on it. They want it. They did it anyways. So are you confirming that the messages did not exist? I'm conferring that what Genevieve McDonald said in the New York Times is not true.
Clay Travis
So you never met with her about uncomfortable, for lack of a better word, sexting messages?
Graham Platner
As the campaign was going, we talked about things in Amy and I's marriage that we've gone through over the years. We talked about that because that's our marriage. And we discussed it with the campaign. What Genevieve McDonald claims isn't true.
Clay Travis
Okay, so Democrats are in a full fledged panic. If we can get Cory Booker. Cory Booker was on over the weekend. It is now Democrats that are being asked and saying, well, yes, it's something that we should be very nervous about. And again, it feels to me like they have ordered a code red on Graham Platner inside of the actual Democrat Party. Let me put it to you this way. Do you think the New York Times would run an awful story about Graham Platner? If the Democrat establishment did not want that story to be run? Do you think they would decide to do it the week before the primary? Do you think this pressure campaign would be ratcheted up on him like this right now if it were not in any way a part of the Democrat establishment that was making this happen? I'll just ask you this. When's the last time the New York Times wrote an awful story about a Democrat that other Democrats weren't happy was written? This feels a bit to me not only like the Kamala Joe Biden situation where they can sweep in with a candidate that they think is more likely to win than the one that they have already selected as a nominee, but also this feels like Eric Swalwell. I know that Swalwell has vanished, but tomorrow is the California primary and we have no idea what happened with Swalwell. It wasn't very long ago that everybody was saying Swalwell was the favorite to be the Democrat nominee. He was endorsed by all the prominent unions. He was going to be the guy. And Then you started to see these stories coming about his behavior. And now his political career is over. He's resigned his congressional seat. Nobody really knows where he's gone. And it feels to me like that is what we are seeing play out in real time with Platner. And Democrats get nasty when they have a candidate they feel like is going to be exposed in some way in the general election and they just come in and completely kneecap. Now some of you out there are going to say, hey, we're in a new era. The sex scandals don't matter. Voters don't care. They There have been a lot of sex scandals surrounding President Trump throughout the entirety of his political career. Trump just won the popular vote. He's been elected president twice. Massive numbers of people have shown out to vote for his endorsed candidates in this midterm election cycle as well. So I'm open to the argument that people just don't care. But I will open up calls. I'm curious how this is playing in Maine. The numbers reflect that this is starting to land on Platner in a significant way. And I would just say again, there is an echo here of what we saw happen with Joe Biden and of what we saw happen just recently with Eric Swalwell. So be paying attention to this as we are sitting getting ready for the midterm next week in Maine. The timing on this is certainly interesting. And is there more coming? It would not shock me at all if more scandal stories are coming. And this is just the opening salvo from the New York Times. Guys, if we can grab Corey Booker, Senator from New Jersey. It's rare that Democrats start to turn their backs on other Democrats. This is a sign that the code Red to me has been ordered in many ways on Grand Platner. We'll talk about this and more, why it's significant. But in the meantime, America doesn't stand for 250 years as a beacon of freedom without the brave men and women willing to put their lives on the line to defend it. To honor those patriots, Pure Talk and its customers will raise $250,000 for America's Warrior Partnership by the end of July. This essential nonprofit foundation stands on the front lines of preventing veteran suicides. They do this by covering the basics. They help with housing, coordinate access to VA benefits and provide transportation and counseling, all the tangible things that give veterans a hand up. 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You might be saying, okay, Clay, what's the impact of the Senate control? There's actually a editorial that I thought was really well done in the Wall Street Journal on the opinion page this morning. I was reading as I got ready for the show. The argument is already starting to be made in a very public way that when Democrats take back control of the Senate at some point in time, they're going to add four Supreme Court justices. And this is where I get frustrated on the people who are in the Senate on the Republican side now saying, well, we can't violate the norms of the Senate. Let me tell you, as soon as Democrats get back control, they're going to come after the Supreme Court. Uh, here is the new argument that they have trotted out. This is from Jamie Raskin, who is among the most radical of all of the left wingers in the Democrat Party. Uh, he says there are 13 federal circuits in America. And traditionally the Supreme Court has made made up of a number of justices equal to the number of circuits. We've got 13 circuits, but we only have nine justices. This is a quote from Raskin. So that means that under the best of circumstances, four entire federal regions, four federal circuits will be left out completely. Why would they want 13? Well, because that would give Democrats a 76 majority on the Supreme Court. Also, this entire argument is ludicrous because the Supreme Court has had the same size since 1869. Uh, and the circuits have been created for a very, very long time. 10th Circuit in 1929, D.C. circuit, 1893. There's no legitimacy whatsoever to the argument that the 13 federal circuits demand that there be 13 Supreme Court justices. But does that matter? Of course not. They're going to trot this out. And this is why The Senate is so important to them. At some point in time, if they have a bare majority in the United States Senate and they have a president again, they're going to add four Supreme Court justices and they're gonna ram it through and they're gonna go from 9 to 13 and they're gonna take back control. How do they do that? Well, you have to get Susan Collins out in Maine. And that is why I believe beyond a shadow of a doubt all of this is directly connected to what's going on with Graham Platner. This is a concern that he's got too much baggage and he can't be elected by this hit job is not coming from the Republican side at all. It's coming from the Democrat side. This is again, all about ending the filibuster, packing the courts, maybe adding new states like Puerto Rico and D.C. to change fundamentally the power structure in Washington, D.C. going forward. We'll break down all of this and more. We'll take some of your calls. Bunch of people from Maine weighing in. 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But I do think the most substantial storyline of the weekend was Graham Platner, the code red being ordered by the Democrats. New York Times teeing off on him. And again, much like with Swalwell, remember what happens with these stories. The initial story allows the subsequent stories. So you may say, well, why do I care if he's having sexed? That's for those of you who are not experts. Text sex, sexting conversations with six different women. Well, the next question is going to be who the women are. Right. And if he was meeting some of these women on an online dating platform that is to a large extent, for teenagers. The secondary question of this is, was he sexting with minors? Which even for Democrats, I would think would be an end to his campaign. And if they are looking at internal responses, remember that everybody thought Susan Collins was going to lose six years ago, and she won comfortably. All of the polling was against her. She was down in every single statewide poll that was released. And then she won by like 9 points. Main voters really, really like Susan Collins. So if you're going to knock her out after multiple terms in office, during which time she has been very popular in the state, you have to have a really good candidate. And if the New York Times is suddenly saying, wait a minute, this guy was sexting random women, it isn't just gossip. It is their attempt to justify the subsequent stories that will be used to. To try to torpedo his candidacy. Again, just like Joe Biden with Kamala, just like what we saw happen with Eric Swalwell, this is inside Code Red. Nasty Democrat politics. And when you have senators in office going on and saying, yes, I am very nervous about this, you definitely know that the Code Red has been ordered. And that's what Cory Booker did yesterday on Meet the Press Watch. Do you have concerns with the weight
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of all these controversies that it may
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jeopardize Democratic hopes to get that Senate seat in Maine?
Cory Booker
Yeah, I have concerns. That guy has questions to answer, and that's what campaigns are for. But when I go all over New Jersey and see hundreds and hundreds of thousands of New Jerseyans losing their health care and millions more, seeing their health care costs go up, as I have families who say I can't afford gas for my car and childcare for my children, I know that so much is riding on Democrats taking control of the Senate.
Clay Travis
Okay, so, and again, Democrats taking control of The Senate means 13 Supreme Court justices. It means making Puerto rico and Washington, D.C. states. It means four new senators. They're trying to create a perpetual majority and do everything that they can. When they get that majority to ensure that it extends for a very long time, they are going to do what Republicans refuse to do. As soon as they get 50 senators plus the White House, they are going to structurally alter the fabric of our government in a way that they believe enshrines them in perpetual political power. And if Grant Platner doesn't win in Maine, that ability to take over the government is called into significant questions. So that is the basis for all of this. And again, it's why Platner matters to such an extent. I wonder if it's going to also play out in Michigan, where I think Mike Rogers, if you look at the polling, is posed to do really well if Abdul EL Sayed is the nominee. Now, this is a decision that Michigan Democrat primary voters are going to have to make in August. We won't know until then who the actual nominee is going to be. But I think there is starting to be an argument to be made that Republicans are benefiting from Democrats making poor choices. And I think if you ask, where does this all come from? How does Graham Platner emerge? What is his background? It's a really fascinating story that they have tried to create and I think it's rooted in the Democrat Party's recognition that they are failing to connect with men, young men in particular. And so they're trying to find masculine voices to reach to these, reach out to these young men. And they made the decision to go with James Talarico in Texas and with Graham Platner in Maine. What is intriguing to me about this is Talarico is a masculine nominee that makes Tim Walls look like a badass. He is weak. He is effeminate. He is not someone that is going to bring in normal Texan voters. So they have failed by picking a male candidate who is too effeminate, who is too woke to actually stand up for what most Texans believe. On the flip side, they have then gone with Graham Platner, who is actually a repository of perfect toxic masculinity. If you think about what they would traditionally in the Democrat Party describe as toxic masculinity, what might that look like? A Nazi tattoo on the chest? I think maybe people might say, hey, what would a toxically masculine man look like? Maybe somebody who's supporting Nazis. Maybe someone who is on a teenage app, an app designed for teenagers, primarily in his 30s, approaching 40 years old, potentially chatting with teenagers while he's married. I think a lot of people would say, maybe. Maybe I'm willing to overlook the Nazi tattoo. Maybe I'm willing to overlook all the crazy Reddit posts. Maybe I am over willing, willing to overlook the sexting controversy when he's married with six different women. But it might be a bridge too far for a lot of main voters to vote for the Nazi adulterer. That seems like kind of an awful thing to say who might have been, might have been engaging in sexual conversations with minors on a teenager dating app. Democrats are looking at all this and remember they know things that have not come out yet. And they are saying, oh, there's no way this guy can beat Susan Collins. We've gotta take him out while we still can. And it's funny because they're fine with the Nazi Nazi tattoo. Remember when Elon Musk raised his hand and acknowledged the audience? They turned it into a Nazi salute. George Clooney did in Good Night and Good Luck. I think it was called the Broadway play. I told you guys. I went and watched the Broadway play because I was interested to see what it was like. The play ends with Elon Musk doing that salute as if he is a Nazi. Somebody is going to grab me on video doing that and say, look at what Clay Travis does on a day to day basis. They turned Elon Musk acknowledging the crowd with a hand gesture into a Nazi salute. Meanwhile, they are actually defending the guy with a Nazi tattoo on his chest. A bridge Too far is a Nazi tattoo in conjunction with multiple different sexting partners who might have been teenagers. And having a profile featuring, according to the Daily Wire, a shirtless pic of himself in a towel standing in front of a mirror so that he was trying to meet people with that profile pic. This is all maybe a bridge too far for Democrats, not because they're actually morally compelled to speak out, but because they are concerned that the average swing voter in Maine is going to say, hey, maybe we should stop, stick with the incumbent senator who we may not agree with on everything, but is unlikely, unlikely to create huge major scandals going forward. I'll open up your phone lines. I'm actually curious how you guys would respond to this. 800-282-2882. Do you agree with me that the hit the code Red has been ordered when the New York Times is writing this? And again, the big question is will main voters care or do we live in a post personal politics world that, that I think is actually structurally a really interesting conversation where everyone just presumes that any personal attack is entirely partisan in nature. One of the legacies of the Trump era may be that personal political attacks, whether it's designed for Democrats or Republicans, just don't land because we all presume that they're just political in nature. And everyone presumes that so many of these Democrat and Republican politicians have sorted personal lives and people just don't care. Now you can also argue this is actually not connected to Trump, that it is further connected long range to everything Democrats have been saying since back in the day with Bill Clinton when remember Democrats pretend that they're outraged about the allegations against Donald Trump, but Bill Clinton was actually engaging in sexual conduct with an intern in the Oval Office. I would argue to a certain extent, once that was allowed to occur in the 1990s, the politics of personal destruction were effectively over. And it may be the case that these Graham Platner allegations are just going to fall flat. I don't necessarily buy that here because I think what has led Democrats to order the code red is they know worse things are coming. The New York Times doesn't write a story about a candidate engaging in sexting just to have that be the standalone story. There's more coming. This is the bridge that allows them to get to the next couple of stories. And again, under Maine law, if Platner is the nominee next week, they have to convince him to drop out in order to replace him. Much like we saw with Joe Biden, it would be easier for them if he dropped out before the actual June 9 primary got here. But that's only eight days away. Again, I don't think these are Republican driven attacks. I think this is all coming from the Democrat side. 800-282-2882. You guys can tell me whether or not you buy that being the case and how significant this is going forward is personal political attacks. Are they basically just over next hour, I'm gonna dive into it being the eve of California. We'll talk about the LA Mayor's race, the California governor's race, and where that is likely to lead us in particular with a flashpoint happening in California as it pertains to a trans athlete in in California yet again winning multiple state championship in girls track and field. I know some of you have daughters that were competing in those. We've had some of the the callers discussing this. And just what an absurdity is to have that male track and field athlete standing on the podium next to the girls that should have actually won the title. And people who say, okay, this is an aberrant thing. This doesn't happen very often. Tom Steyer, who wants to be the next governor of California, is not only saying it should happen, he's saying it's a good thing. And this boy pretending to be a girl is actually heroic. We'll talk about that. And more Cozy Earth in the meantime, makes the most comfortable sheets and bedding you'll ever experience. I love them. Sheets made with a fabric that regulates your body temperature. We have these in all of the Travis beds, all of the Travis bedrooms. Soft, comfortable, Cozy Earth will make a awesome suggestion for you to add to your home. 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wrestling.com Welcome back in Clay and Buck. We got a ton of you talking back reacting to the Wall Street Journal editorial Also a bunch of calls rolling in about the GR Platner Code Red. Let's see Gene in Apex, North Carolina. Let's just run through. Let's start with Gene. Cut B. If increasing the Supreme Court number of seats to 13 is such a good idea, why don't we just do it now, see what they'll think about that idea. That is a bunch of you are going to weigh in with the same idea. Let me hit several of these all over the country and I'll tell you what I think. Mike from Wisconsin, cut C, Fire away. Well, if Jamie Raskin says we need 13 Supreme Court justices, why isn't Trump just add four more? And Derek in Dayton, Ohio, well, cut D, he has this to say. Why don't we just call their bluff and appoint four more Supreme Court justices right now? And Tom from Manhattan, probably listening on W O R Cut E, he's actually a podcast listener. He has this to say.
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Why can't Trump and Republicans say, you know what, Raskin, you're right, we're going to do it and Trump do it right now before the midterms, nominate four new people for the Supreme Court, get them approved because you have the majority and now we have a 103 lead. What would the Democrats say about that?
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They won't. So this is all very interesting. Again, this is coming out of the headline Wall Street Journal editorial, Democrats promise direct the court. Jamie Raskin saying he wants 13. Hakeem Jeffries, who it would be the speaker of the House. He said recently the Supreme Court is a disgrace. In April, he said in the new Congress, we're gonna have to do something about this Supreme Court. And let me be very clear, everything is on the table, everything to deal with the corrupt MAGA majority. Um, here's the answer. Democrats will do it, Republicans won't. I do think it's an interesting argument. If President Trump said, hey, look, Jamie Raskin and Hakeem Jeffries are telling you exactly what they will do if they take back control of the Senate, we should do it now. Republicans won't do it. I, I, I understand the argument. Democrats play for keeps and they play a long range game. Democrats are much more diabolical. Republicans, frankly, are not. Republicans still want to be able to show up at the country club. And they have a lot of Mitt Romney's people who don't really want to be in a fight. They don't realize the stakes. And that's why Republicans are going to say we can't change the filibuster. We can't violate societal norms. And meanwhile, the minute that Democrats get the opportunity, they will do it. And I think this is where President Trump is correct. He understands the stakes at play. So I think Democrats, they will expand the Supreme Court. Republicans won't do it. Put simply, they won't even follow the argument and the roadmap being laid out for everyone right here and now. And this is why the stakes on who is president and who ends up in control of the Senate are so substantial. All right, we've got a bunch of you want to weigh in? We'll take some of your calls. I'm going to play the latest cuts on the LA mayors race and on the governor's race tomorrow in California because this is the next opportunity to get a referendum on where the country is going and how people are responding. All that coming your way. Also give you the latest on the Groundhog Day situation in Iran. All that and more. Plus, what do we think about Democrats continuing to allow and now celebrating a boy winning girls state titles in California? That and more.
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Date: June 1, 2026
Host: Clay Travis (Buck Sexton traveling)
Podcast: iHeartPodcasts
This hour of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show dives deep into the weekend's most explosive political development: the scandal surrounding Graham Platner, the presumptive Democratic Senate nominee in Maine. Clay Travis dissects how opposition within the Democratic Party has sparked a coordinated media barrage against Platner, drawing comparisons to past political takedowns and highlighting the significant stakes for Senate control. The episode spotlights key national stories, explores ramifications for Senate balance and Supreme Court packing, and juxtaposes Democratic infighting with ongoing contentious issues in California politics.
"It feels a bit to me like Democrats have ordered a code red on Graham Platner, much like they did on Joe Biden back in the day. ... There are potential stories that are out there yet to come about Graham Platner that may make him unelectable."
(07:40)
“The Wall Street Journal, New York Times ran stories without any evidence besides the gossip from a former staffer. … That’s frankly journalistic malpractice.” (11:33)
“The problem with that is his wife is the one who told the campaign manager … that he had been sexting with six different women, at least, many of which he may have met on this platform that is very popular with underage and teenagers.” (10:45)
"Do you think the New York Times would run an awful story about Graham Platner if the Democrat establishment did not want that story to be run? … When's the last time the New York Times wrote an awful story about a Democrat that other Democrats weren't happy was written?"
(12:17)
"There are 13 federal circuits in America. … The Supreme Court has made up of a number of justices equal to the number of circuits. … Four entire federal circuits will be left out completely."
(16:54)
"Does that matter? Of course not. They're going to trot this out. … At some point in time, if they have a bare majority in the United States Senate and they have a president again, they're going to add four Supreme Court justices and they're gonna ram it through..."
(17:35)
"Now some of you out there are going to say, hey, we're in a new era. The sex scandals don't matter. Voters don't care. … But I don't necessarily buy that here because I think what has led Democrats to order the code red is they know worse things are coming."
(33:13)
"Yeah, I have concerns. That guy has questions to answer, and that's what campaigns are for. … I know that so much is riding on Democrats taking control of the Senate."
"It’s funny because they're fine with the Nazi tattoo … a bridge too far is a Nazi tattoo in conjunction with multiple different sexting partners who might have been teenagers."
(28:23)
Clay fields calls from listeners who suggest Republicans use the Democrats’ own Supreme Court expansion arguments to add more conservative justices preemptively. Clay asserts Republicans lack the tactical ruthlessness of their rivals and will not act, reaffirming the high stakes for 2026 races.
"Democrats play for keeps … Republicans, frankly, are not. Republicans still want to be able to show up at the country club. … Democrats are much more diabolical."
(38:27)
Clay on Establishment Meddling:
"This feels a bit to me not only like the Kamala Joe Biden situation where they can sweep in with a candidate that they think is more likely to win … but also this feels like Eric Swalwell." (12:17)
On the futility of personal scandals:
“One of the legacies of the Trump era may be that personal political attacks, whether it’s designed for Democrats or Republicans, just don’t land because we all presume that they’re just political in nature.” (33:54)
Clay Travis dedicated this hour to analyzing the Democratic Party’s apparent effort to sideline Graham Platner before the pivotal Maine Senate primary. With Supreme Court power and Senate control at stake, he argues, Democrats are quick to protect their strategic interests, even if it means torpedoing their own candidates. The episode contextualizes Platner’s scandal within a broader narrative of evolving (and sometimes cynical) American political warfare, previewing ongoing chaos in both national and California politics.
For listeners wanting a sharp, opinion-driven lens on internal Democratic power mechanics, Supreme Court ambitions, and on-the-ground political gamesmanship, this episode delivers a brisk, provocative tour through emerging scandals and their real-world consequences.