Hour 1 - The Party of Envy

Summary

Summary of "Hour 1 - The Party of Envy" from The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Podcast Information:

• Title: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
• Host/Authors: Clay Travis and Buck Sexton, iHeartPodcasts
• Episode: Hour 1 - The Party of Envy
• Release Date: August 6, 2025
• Description: Clay Travis and Buck Sexton discuss the most significant news, politics, and current events with intelligence and humor, covering topics from the border crisis to cancel culture and far-left missteps.

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1. Introduction and Future of the Republican Party Post-Trump

Timestamps: [00:04] – [06:22]

Clay Travis and Buck Sexton open the episode by discussing recent political developments and potential future leaders within the Republican Party. The conversation centers around former President Donald Trump's actions and his ambiguous stance on future presidential runs.

Key Points:

• Trump’s Influence: Trump continues to exert significant influence within the GOP, though he remains non-committal about his own political future.
• Potential Successors: The hosts speculate on possible successors who could carry the MAGA mantle forward, highlighting J.D. Vance and Marco Rubio as likely candidates.

Notable Quotes:

• Clay Travis (02:44): “He thinks JD’s fantastic and would be a great one and probably is the one, but we can't know who the one is.”
• Bucket Sexton (03:31): “The idea of a J.D. Vance for president, Marco Rubio for vice president ticket would forestall a lot of people running against JD and everyone else.”

2. Critique of the Democrat Party

Timestamps: [06:22] – [15:01]

Travis and Sexton delve into their critical analysis of the Democratic Party, portraying it as a coalition of discontented individuals driven by envy and resentment.

Key Points:

• Envy and Bitterness: The Democratic Party is described as being fueled by envy and a lack of accountability, leading to policies and attitudes that hinder national progress.
• Cultural Criticism: They argue that Democratic policies negatively impact various sectors, including entertainment, publishing, and urban development.
• Demographic Shifts: The hosts discuss how demographic changes and redistricting have strengthened red states, causing Democrats to lose footholds in traditionally Democratic regions.

Notable Quotes:

• Clay Travis (09:23): “The Democrat Party became the party of people who are just... resentful of others in some capacity.”
• Bucket Sexton (10:47): “The Democrat Party has become the party of envy. They wish that they had things that other people have.”

3. Crime and Safety in Washington D.C.

Timestamps: [16:25] – [38:58]

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to discussing the alarming crime rates in Washington D.C., comparing them unfavorably to other global capitals and criticizing the Democratic administration’s handling of the situation.

Key Points:

• High Crime Rates: D.C. reports a homicide rate of 41 per 100,000 residents, starkly higher than cities like Lima, Havana, and Nairobi.
• Political Inaction: The hosts criticize Democrats for failing to effectively address the violent crime in the capital, highlighting a lack of political will to enforce laws strictly.
• Impact on the Community: Real-life anecdotes illustrate the dangers, including incidents of carjackings and shootings, emphasizing the need for immediate action.
• Law Enforcement Policies: They advocate for policies like "stop and frisk," arguing that such measures are necessary to combat rising violence, despite criticism of these tactics as being racially biased.

Notable Quotes:

• Bucket Sexton (07:13): “Over 50% of all murders in America are committed by people who are black. That's the reality.”
• Clay Travis (26:09): “Unless you're talking about race or gender issues or redistribution of wealth or free healthcare, Democrats don't really care.”

4. The Role of Law Enforcement and Policy

Timestamps: [38:58] – [37:07]

The discussion transitions into the mechanisms of federal intervention in D.C.'s law enforcement and the potential for restoring safety through federal oversight.

Key Points:

• Federal Authority: Trump has the constitutional authority to federalize law enforcement in D.C. to address rising crime rates.
• Congressional Oversight: With Republicans controlling Congress, there is potential for supporting federal measures to enhance security in the capital.
• Demographic Disparities: The hosts highlight significant racial disparities in incarceration rates, arguing that fear of being labeled racist prevents meaningful discussions on crime prevention within black communities.

Notable Quotes:

• Clay Travis (35:49): “If you truly want to lower the violent crime rate in America, the place where you have the most impact and could have the most significant saving of lives is by focusing in the black community.”
• Buck Sexton (30:17): “This is an example of where fear of being labeled racist actually has incredibly significant consequences for black communities.”

5. Upcoming Guests and Future Discussions

Timestamps: [37:07] – [38:58]

As the episode approaches its conclusion, Travis and Sexton preview upcoming segments and guests, including Miranda Devine from the New York Post and Texas Governor Greg Abbott.

Key Points:

• Miranda Devine: Scheduled to discuss topics related to Russia, collusion, and Trump's affairs.
• Governor Greg Abbott: To address the Texas redistricting issues and the Democratic exodus from the state.
• Listener Interaction: The hosts encourage audience engagement through calls and feedback on discussed topics.

Notable Quotes:

• Clay Travis (37:07): “We got Miranda Devine. We're gonna talk to her about Russia, collusion stuff, Trump stuff. You know, all the things.”
• Buck Sexton (38:05): “D.C. is divided into four zones... Trump has the authority, you're right, to do a lot to make people safer there.”

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6. Conclusion

Throughout "Hour 1 - The Party of Envy," Clay Travis and Buck Sexton provide a fervent critique of the Democratic Party while emphasizing the need for strong Republican leadership to address rising crime rates in Washington D.C. Their discussions reflect a deep concern for national safety, political strategies, and the ideological divide shaping current American politics.

Overall Insights:

• Political Realignment: The Republican Party is at a crossroads post-Trump, with potential leaders like J.D. Vance emerging.
• Cultural and Policy Critique: The Democratic Party is portrayed as envious and resentful, undermining societal progress and internal cohesion.
• Urgent Call for Action: Addressing violent crime in key areas like Washington D.C. is deemed critical, with a call for federal intervention and stricter law enforcement policies.

Conclusion: This episode serves as a passionate exploration of contemporary political dynamics in the United States, highlighting key issues and proposing solutions centered around Republican values and leadership to overcome current challenges.

Transcript

[Clay Travis]

This is an iHeart podcast.

[Buck Sexton]

Welcome in. We appreciate all of you hanging out with us as we roll through the Wednesday edition of the program. We got a couple of great guests coming your way. Miranda Devine, our friend from the New York Post, which now is going to open a version of the New York Post in California. Super interesting. They said their second biggest market was L. A. And so there will now be a California edition of the New York Post. But we will talk about that and more with Miranda Devine at 1. She knows more about the lies of the Biden administration and the Democrat Party than pretty much anyone in the country. We will discuss that with her at 2 o' clock Eastern Time, 1 o' clock in the Central time zone where Austin, Texas is located. We will discuss with Governor Greg Abbott of Texas, the Texas redistricting mess, uh, and the Democrats having fled the state, and what the absolute latest is in on that story. So all of that is coming in your direction. But, Buck, I thought Trump yesterday, first of all, walking around on the roof of the White House was great and we played some of those cuts, but I was a little bit surprised this didn't get more attention. There has been a lot of discussion about what comes after Trump. Uh, what is the Republican Party going to do, who is going to be the next to pick up the Trump mantle and run with it. And so far, Trump has kind of avoided discussing that very much. In fact, he's tended to say, hey, that basically he would like to continue to be able to run. He's flirted with the concept of running in 2028. He's talked about it openly, notwithstanding the fact that there are term limits obviously in play for him. And, and yesterday he was asked, I believe, by Peter Doocy, a question about J.D. vance. And I think it is probably the most intense or most furthest along the road of a potential endorsement that we have seen. I want to play it for you and I want to get your reaction, Buck, and also many of yours out there. I know it's early, but already the discussion of what is going to happen after Trump is happening. Sorry. This is Peter Doocy asking that question yesterday. Cut to President Trump. Nice to see you got off the roof.

[Clay Travis]

All right.

[Donald Trump]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Buck Sexton]

You said this morning that you probably won't be running for a third term this weekend. Secretary of State Rubio said that he thought J.D. vance would be a great nominee. You could clear the entire Republican field right now. Do you agree that the heir apparent to Maga is J.D.

[Clay Travis]

Vance?

[Donald Trump]

Well, I think most likely, in all Fairness. He's the vice president. I think Marco is also somebody that maybe would get together with JD in some form. I also think we have incredible people, some of the people on the stage right here. So it's too early obviously to talk about it, but certainly he's doing a great job and he would be probably favored at this point.

[Buck Sexton]

What do you think, Bach? I mean, I know it's early, but the idea of a J.D. vance for president, Marco Rubio for vice president ticket right out of the gate, I think would forestall a lot of people running against, against JD and everyone else. Again, I know it's a ways into the future, but this is the most expansive that Trump has been on the subject so far. What do you think?

[Clay Travis]

Well, it's very Trump. He says it's too early to talk about, but JD's fantastic and would be a great one and probably is the one, but we can't know who the one is. But probably maybe we'll talk about it some other time, including today. Yeah, I think that the vice president is always considered to be unless it's Joe Biden after eight years, but the vice president is considered the good point. Isn't it amazing? You would who would have taken the odds on Biden will end up as president and Hillary will not for the Democrats in 20, you know, starting in 2015, when it was clear that Hillary was the. Well, it actually wasn't that clear. It was Bernie and Hillary. Anyway, you get what I'm saying, that.

[Buck Sexton]

It would play out the way it did. Would have been a 10,000 to 1 bet because I think most people would have just done basic math. You could have said, hey, Hillary might have a health condition. She might have to drop that drop out. But if you had asked in like October of 16, when Hillary was a prohibitive favorite, what are the odds that Biden would ever end up president of the United States? You could have gotten him at an unbelievable rate.

[Clay Travis]

It also though, just goes to. And this isn't, this isn't oh, rah, rah. Our team, the other team stinks. Although that's true too. We have a deep bench. They don't. And they'll pretend like that's not the case. But we all know that that's what's going on here. Could with J.D. vance. If Trump blesses a J.D. vance campaign when the time comes. Remember, it's not eight years out, it's a few years out. Now that's the thing. It is very different. It's not like Trump has two terms to go he's got this term and that's it.

[Buck Sexton]

It's a year and a half buck, which sounds crazy, but people will start officially announcing in like January and February of 27.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, it's not that far out. But J.D. vance, I think, would be a great standard bearer for the Republican Party. I think Marco Rubio would be a great standard bearer. I think there are about four or five other people you could throw into the mix there who, whether you love them or they're your top choice or your third choice or whatever, they're serious candidates who could win votes at Ron DeSantis, serious candidates who could win a lot of votes and do very well in a national election. And we still sit here and laugh about how the Democrats. What Gavin Newsom. I think Kamala's finished. You think maybe she makes one more run at it? Bernie Sanders is too old. The too old thing is real now. I think everyone recognizes you're right. Yeah. In the post Biden era, you can't just pretend somebody who can't walk without assistance basically is going to be the president anymore. And anyone who says, oh, well, Trump's tool, as we know, it's about the indicators you see of how someone speaks and how they move even more so than just their age. Trump is running around making fun of how people can't hit 300 yards or whatever off the tees like he can. Like Trump's doing great. So, yeah, I think that JD And Rubio would be the first. That would be the first team that most people would think of. But it is very early Clay, and there's a lot of baseball left to play.

[Buck Sexton]

I do think that, to your point, on the Democrat side, there is kind of a quiet panic setting in. I think that's why they're reacting to the redistricting as they are. And again, it needs to be talked about more. The way that Covid has realigned all of the different states. You're an example of this leaving New York, going to Miami, the amount of power that is going to reside in red states for generations to come. Democrats can't win. I got a call yesterday. I don't know if it's. I don't know how it's going to end up turning out. So just be aware. I talked to a reporter from the New York Times. He called. He said he's been listening to some of our show and he wanted to talk about Sydney Sweeney and the impact there. And one of the questions he asked.

[Clay Travis]

Was, well, New York Times called you about this.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, yeah, they're doing, I think they're doing a story about Sydney Sweeney and the reaction to it. And, and right wing Sydney Sweeney slash.

[Clay Travis]

First Amendment and boobs expert Clay Travis.

[Buck Sexton]

This is, this is my, this is my wheelhouse. So I'm not saying that I am the focal point of the story. I think Sydney Sweeney is the focal point of the story. But this show now has grown to the point where I think people are like, oh, wow, you know, Clay and Buck actually talk to a lot of people. And Outkick has obviously been outspoken on this and all those things. But he asked me a question. I thought it was an interesting question because I hadn't thought about it. He said, ok, so you're pointing out all the left wing Nazism accusations against Sidney Sweeney. He said, who are the Democrat politicians that have actually taken an aggressive stance on this? He said, you know, President Trump has talked about it. J.D. vance has talked about it. A lot of people have. And I said, you know, it's an interesting way of asking it because I said whenever a Republican says something ridiculous or someone who is connected to the Republican Party, the media shows up and demands that everybody answer for it. This is, this is how you can tell how the rig job goes on. I said, yeah, you may be right that there haven't been a lot of Democrat elected officials reacting to the Sydney Sweeney ad. But let me point this out. None of them have come out and said, hey, it's crazy to call Sydney Sweeney a Nazi. And, and, and what I was analogizing there is at some point Gavin Newsom has tiptoed up to it, but somebody is going to have to have the balls inside of the Democrat Party to actually call out the crazy wing of the Democrat Party. And so far, everyone is terrified of it. And that is where I think kind of the quiet panic has set in. Because who is the truth teller who will say men can't compete in women's sports? Pretty girls in Jean commercials is not the equivalent of Nazism. There is no voice right now for basic common sense in any way on the Democrat Party.

[Clay Travis]

The Democrat Party became, and this really happened. It started in the Obama era. And I think it reached, it reached its full, its pinnacle under the Biden administration. But it became the party of people who are just, and I mean people in the broadest sense, everybody, gender, race, everything. People who feel victimized, don't take accountability, are resentful, are bitter, and feel lost without a political party to give them some sense of identity to make up for that whole. And that is not a Happy place for people to be. It's really the party of malcontents, which is not unusual. I mean, the race politics of the Democrat Party, the class warfare politics of the Democrat Party, all of that goes toward people who are generally resentful of others in some capacity. But I think now you've seen it more than ever. The Democrat Party is full of a lot of people who are just unhappy. Yeah, I know there are happy Democrats. We're talking about, you know, 150 million people on one side, 150 million people, give or take, on the other. But overall, the ethos of the Democrat Party, what is the. They don't celebrate American greatness. They don't celebrate American history without spitting on it all the time. They don't seem like a happy bunch of people based on their politics and what they talk about and what they focus on.

[Buck Sexton]

I think that's well said. I would also kind of distill it in this way. It's. The Democrat Party has become the party of envy. They. They wish that they had things that other people have. I think Sydney Sweeney is a funny example of this because almost every woman that has criticized Sydney Sweeney publicly on the Democrat side is fat, unattractive and ugly. I'm sorry. It's just the truth. And it doesn't surprise me that the party that is angry that people have more money than them would also be featuring women who are angry that there are other more attractive women. And I think in general, the Republican Party is the party of meritocracy. We tend to believe that individual excellence over time wins and that you should be able to enable as much individual excellence as possible in sports and politics and business.

[Clay Travis]

Just. There's something aspirational.

[Buck Sexton]

Yes.

[Clay Travis]

The Republican Party celebrates achievement in. And you know, this is at its most basic level, Republicans, conservatives, people on the right, let's just say the right, they look at things in around us and they say, wow, that person's really beautiful. Isn't that cool? Or that person's really brilliant. That person's so successful. Isn't that some. How they get there? How do we get more people to get there? Yeah. What led to that? Democrats see it and they say, you didn't build that. It took a village. You're not as good as you think. You have unearned privilege. They have all these things, all these excuses, which. Which is why increasingly I think you see people who are, you know, it's not just. I know there's a lot of very rich Democrats, people who are happy in their lives with Their choices. That's really the different. I know, misery, you know, plenty of miserable, very rich people.

[Buck Sexton]

Yes.

[Clay Travis]

You know, I don't think J.B. pritzker, for example, is a happy guy even though he's a billionaire. And I could get into a whole bunch of reasons why, you know. Yeah, I think he's a. I think he's a guy with enormous insecurities and you know, that's just one that comes to mind as I'm talking to everybody. But I think that people who view their day to day and are feel confident in who they are and what they do, whether you're a street sweeper or you're a Fortune 100 CEO, I think that they tend to lean right. Because that's just the way they see the world.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, I think that's right. And believe in the meritocracy and individual excellence. And I do think that as time has progressed, the Democrat Party has just become increasingly angry, embittered and envious of people who have success that they wish they had. And that's a very tough place to live. It's also almost impossible to win a national election with that prism through which you're seeing the world.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, I really think the Democrat Party is a coalition of bitterness. I mean that's. At least that's what it feels like. And people. I could sit here all day and get into, oh, we had to change all the. Now, now our movies all suck. Everybody we know this movies got really bad. What happened? Democrats had to change who was writing them, who was in them, all this stuff. Same with, you know, a lot of the new Netflix shows and everything else. Fifteen years ago Netflix was doing amazing stuff. You could talk about this in the publishing industry too. Who's getting published? You know, it has to be like, you know, non binary Eskimo talking about the challenges of. I'm going to get angry Eskimo emails now they're like, we're Inuit, not Eskimo. Whatever. They've done this all over the place. What have they made more beautiful, more exciting, better? What have they. Look at what they've done to cities. Have they made them more beautiful, safer, more aspirational or worse? I could do this all day. We do a whole show on just how Democrats ruin everything they're in charge of. And their philosophy is full. Their political philosophy is full of bitterness and no accountability.

[Buck Sexton]

An opposition to beauty, you know, in both buildings, in cities, inside and out.

[Clay Travis]

Beauty as human beings. Not just on the, on the, you know. Yes, that too. Obviously. There's the Sydney Sweeney part of things. But there's also, you know, people who are tremendously courageous. And you know, unless you're talking about race or gender issues or redistribution of wealth or free health care, Democrats don't really care. That doesn't really, doesn't really get on the, get on the radar. So what we're seeing is, is, is referenced in the data.

[Buck Sexton]

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Welcome back into Clay and Buck. Interesting little note that was happening last night. There was all this stuff circulating about perhaps Howard Stern not continuing on at Sirius Radio anymore. It is not confirmed one way or the other. I would just note though that there seems to be a very clear trend of people who went Trump. He went all in on anti Trump and all in on Covid hysteria and really became like a shrill little old woman. It's amazing. This guy was like the shock jock, free speech guy or whatever, whatever he was posing as as long as he did. Obviously made a tremendous amount of money. He's worth hundreds of millions, maybe a billion dollars now. But Clay, they're talking about a $500 million radio deal. Look, I've never seen the books at Sirius. Obviously. There's absolutely no way this guy is actually making $100 million. We know the economics of radio and media. Zero chance that he is earning out for Sirius if he is getting paid $100 million a year with an audience that is disappearing every day because he's not good. It's just not a good show anymore. It hasn't been a good show for a long time. I never liked it, but a lot of people did.

[Buck Sexton]

I think he only does three days a week now. So in addition to the fact that he's been paid hundreds of millions of dollars, his show just doesn't even, hardly does work, very rarely now. And to your point, Covid broke him. He didn't leave his house basically for a couple of years. I mean, that's crazy.

[Clay Travis]

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[Buck Sexton]

Back in Clay Travis, Buck Sexton Show. Appreciate all of you hanging out with us. We're rolling through the Wednesday edition of the program. So we started off with the discussion about, hey, what might be coming after Trump. Trump weighing in on who the potential heir apparent is. This is actually unfortunately a sad story. And I saw the data on this and I was just shaking my head at the fact that it could have gotten this bad. One of the guys who worked with Doge that was called big balls that the media had a ton of fun and criticism associated with him being there. Young guy was beaten up pretty bad in Washington, D.C. trying to stop a mob from picking on a girl is the report that I have seen that is out there. And Trump weighed in cut three on the crime issues that are occurring in D.C. but right before I play that Buck end Wokeness shared these numbers and I do think it kind of characterizes the degree to which we have allowed the nation's capital to descend into a.

[Clay Travis]

Great deal of they were trying to carjack somebody. Just to be clear, it was a carjacking attempt. It wasn't just like a general harassment. They were trying to carjack a woman.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, Listen to listen to this data because this is in wokeness Capital City homicide rates Washington, D.C. 41 per 100,000 residents, which is an extraordinarily awful number. And then listen to some of these other countries, many of which I don't think we look at and say, boy, they've they're really safe and Incredible. Lima, Peru, 7 per 100,000. Havana, Cuba, 4 per 100,000. Nairobi, Kenya, 5 per 100,000. Brasilia, Brazil, 13 per 100,000. Lagos, Nigeria, 15 per 100,000. Bogota, Colombia, 11 per 100,000. Mexico City, 8 per 100,000. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 6 per 100,000. All of those places we are basically triple, quadruple, quintuple, 10 times the amount of violent crime. The fact that we are allowing DC to have the violence that it does is simply unacceptable. And President Trump talked about that last year. Listen.

[Donald Trump]

By the way, I have to say that somebody from Doge was very badly hurt last night. You saw that a young man who was beat up by a bunch of thugs in D.C. and either they're going to straighten their act out in the terms of government and in terms of protection, or we're going to have to federalize and run it the way it's supposed to be run.

[Buck Sexton]

I mean, I don't begrudge Trump making the decision, but that rate of violence that I just shared and Buck and I both love D.C. you've lived there, I've lived there. The fact that that's been allowed to occur and the Democrats who have run D.C. for generations have not stopped the violence from ensuing is. I never had looked at it as a capital city in comparison to others. It's simply unacceptable.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, it's a mob of teenagers trying to carjack a woman. And this is far too common, unfortunately, in D.C. because they're minors. We're going to get very few details other than the ages of these individuals. I think we can assume they were not wearing MAGA hats for sure. So, you know, this is D.C. we like DC, Clay, we talk about it. There's only one part, it's a four section grid. Now, some sections are larger than others, but there's whole areas of D.C. you just don't go to. This is considered on. I mean, there's no reason to go for a lot of people because that's not where government or the jobs are. And it's considered very unsafe at night. And so you just don't go and it shouldn't be that way. It's, it's a shame because there are other cities. I mean, you mentioned some of them around the world. You know, Mexico has its problems where there are cartels, but overall Mexico is actually quite safe in Mexico City. And you know, relatively speaking for a city of its size. But you go to a place like, like Tokyo, Japan, and there's almost no violent crime. We don't have to deal with this. The reality, though, is you have to enforce the law irrespective of the demographic characteristics of the people who are breaking serious laws, hurting people and committing violence. That's it. You can clean this up really fast. You just can't then cry about, oh my gosh, we don't have enough Asian Americans in our prisons. There's a problem here. We need to find some more Asian Americans to put in prison. Well, no, they're not committing crimes. So that's why they're like less than 1% of the population at Rikers island in New York. And whatever the D.C. jail is, you know, it's not Korean immigrants who are committing the crimes, that's for sure. Korean Americans. So that's it. I mean, it really just comes down to you either enforce the law and the statutes that are there. And I know people are going to say, oh, well, part of the problem here is that minors know and, you know, some 15, 16 year olds, they know that they can carry guns, they can commit serious crimes and they will be effectively unpunished. Meaning, you know, they might go to juvie for a while or whatever. Unless they murder somebody, they're not going to be charged as adults. So they can steal cars, they can, you know, hold people up at gunpoint. And this is what ends up happening in D.C. you get these little, these mobs of youth who, you know, I mean, 16 years old, I was like almost 6ft tall and 180 pounds at 16, like 16, you can actually be very formidable physical presence, especially if you're a guy. But you know, they're going to act like they're children and oh my gosh, they can't be seriously punished. This is what happens. There's just lack of political will to do anything.

[Buck Sexton]

I also think when you run through all of those other capital cities, most of those countries, even if they have extreme violence, other places, as you mentioned, Mexico, with the cartel violence, for instance, they say we will not allow this to happen in the capital city, at minimum because they want the capital city to be seen as a jewel and representative of the overall magnificence of their country. Why would we not want the same in Washington D.C. i mean, I have not heard this debate. I've never seen the violence rates in D.C. put in context compared to other capital cities. But I do think it is a incredible black eye for the country. And we mentioned this kid who got beaten up. I mean, this hit close to home for me because I did a couple of weeks. You came for part of them. My son was doing an internship. He's just finished his junior year in high school. A kid got shot in Northwest D.C. where you're supposed to be safe just walking on the streets because gun violence among the criminal class is so common that there are just gunshots spraying out all the time. And this kid, I believe he was from Illinois, was up for an internship during college, just walking basically down a street at night in D.C. and he was killed murdered. And he wasn't the target of the violent act, but that's how common gunshots are. This is something that I think Trump is right on. And Trump cares about symbolism, he cares about beauty. And I think he sees the nation's capital being a killing ground as a black eye for all of us, no matter where we live. And it should be cleaned up. And I speak as somebody who lived as a resident in Washington, D.C. you did as well. It is a city that has the potential, notwithstanding the fact that it is filled with Democrats and to be a shining city on the hill for many different places around the world, including citizens of all over the United States. Trump's right on this. We shouldn't stand for 41 murders per 100,000 residents. We should clean this place up. And I think if we have to federalize more aspects of security and protection in the nation's capital, that's something that we have to consider and should do.

[Clay Travis]

You know, it's, you look at the data which I'm looking at right now, and I believe this is from, this is from the Bureau of justice statistics and U.S. census Bureau data from the Prison Policy Initiative. And they're talking and they're bringing, just to be clear, they're bringing this up to decry the racial disparity. So they're showing this data to say, look at how unfair this is. But the D.C. incarceration rates are per 100,000 D.C. residents, people incarcerated in districts, jails. Per 100,000 D.C residents, it's 33 white per 100,000, 135 Hispanic and 543 black. And there's no. And all the rest of the ethnic categories have actually basically zero. I mean, there's effectively zero statistically. So you have, based on this, the population. I'm trying to do the math in my head, But I mean, 543 versus 33, talking about, call it 15 times, 15 times the incarceration rate in D.C. and that's for a left wing group that's upset about it. My point is they don't want to enforce laws because they don't like what happens when they enforce laws. And so you have more lawlessness. And you've seen this in every city. Well, and it's a shame because D.C. has a vibrant black middle class and upper middle class who, a lot of whom work for the federal government, who are law abiding, who deserve to have safe communities, who deserve to go to school or go to work every day and not worry about being robbed because most of the crime is happening in predominantly black areas. But the politicians play this game, so this is why it doesn't get better.

[Buck Sexton]

And I'm glad you raised all that. This is an example of where fear of being labeled racist actually has incredibly significant consequences for black communities. Because the reality is this. 13% of the population, roughly, is black in America. Over 50% of all murders in America are committed by people who are black. That's the reality. Okay? And so for fear of being labeled racist, almost no politicians will even talk about this. But if you truly want to lower the violent crime rate in America, the place where you have the most impact and could have the most significant saving of lives is by focusing in the black community. And you remember this as someone who lived in New York, they attacked Mayor Bloomberg like crazy for stop and frisk and saying, oh, this is racist. And Bloomberg just said what the data reflects that stopping and frisking people all over New York City doesn't make sense. Stop and frisk makes sense in places where violent gun crimes are occurring on a regular basis. You can't stop crime by stopping and frisking everybody who's going to. I don't know what's the highest in place in New York City? You're more likely to the Harvard Club on a random, you know, Friday. The crime is taking place in very significant known neighborhoods. That's where the resources need to go.

[Clay Travis]

I mean, this is also stop. It's the real policy was stop questioning frisk. They just stop and frisk to make it seem more arbitrary. But they would ask people questions and then if they thought they had a basis for the search, they would. They would pat them down. You know, I mean, I get. You get patted down to go to the airport. I get patted down when I go to sports arenas. I get patted down when I go. When I've gone to certain bars, actually, surprisingly enough. So, you know, I think that unfortunately the. The left won that argument and the Soros das got their way for a while and a lot more people died. It is, it is shameful that DC Is as dangerous as it is. It is entirely in Democrat control.

[Buck Sexton]

It.

[Clay Travis]

It is a 95% democrat voting city and it just doesn't have to be this way. And the people in charge should be ashamed. The people making these, you know, the prosecutors, the mayor, the head of the police force, they should feel ashamed of their inability to protect people who are paying high taxes, who are disarmed. By the way, you're not allowed. Only bad guys get to carry guns in D.C. i remember this Clay, when I was going up to train with DJ Shipley and his GBRS outfit that I was flying into Norfolk, Virginia and there's this one cop I talked, he's like, be careful. You want to make sure you don't get flown into D.C. because of weather because they'll arrest you in the D.C. airport for having a handgun.

[Buck Sexton]

It's crazy.

[Clay Travis]

Even though I've checked it and it's, you know, I'm like, they would arrest me because. Oh yeah, no, they'll arrest you there. Shameless. Shameless. The gang bangers all can get guns in Virginia or wherever and just drive across the river, but they take law abiding citizens and, and they disarm them. So that's why Big balls has to step in with, you know, a mob of dangerous youth and just use his fist to defend a woman who's being carjacked. These kids wanted to steal a car. And Ali, producer Ali pointed this out the most, the most that a youth, a youth, a minor can be sentenced for a crime, even including murder is detention until 21. Clay 17 year old murders somebody in D.C. most they can get detention center till they're 21 years old and you.

[Buck Sexton]

Know who they're killing. Unfortunately, by and large the data would reflect young black kids. So if you truly believe that black lives matter, right? The number one thing you could do is actually drive down the black murder rate. Most people won't even have that conversation because again, they're afraid of acknowledging that race is involved. When you look at the data and look, you know, who knows this people who live in inner city neighborhoods. That's why they overwhelmingly did not support the idea of defunding the police. The people who wanted to defund the police, as you well know and many of you know, they all live behind gates with their own security forces, including this clown Mamdani, who had his own security force following him around everywhere. In Uganda, these guys never give up their own personal security details while they're arguing that everybody else shouldn't have. The police, that's the hypocrisy is pretty glaring.

[Clay Travis]

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Welcome back into Clay and Buck. Got a lot of calls coming in and talkbacks. We will dive into those now. And coming up we got Miranda Devine. We're gonna talk to her about Russia, collusion stuff, Trump stuff. You know, all the things, all the things with Miranda Devine. And then third hour we have Governor Abbott of Texas. The Texas governor will be with us. Talk about the situation unfolding there with the Democrats who have absconded from their state. Here you go. We were going to get into dd. Brian from I'm sorry, wait. Let's do FF Mike in San Diego. Play that one. This is Mike in San Diego and Trump do that and he federalize dc. What's the rules surrounding that? What's the mechanism that allows him to do? Yeah, it's a federal protectorate Actually, Clay, my understanding is Trump can. He can order federal law enforcement to deploy to protect the District. That's black letter law.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah. And Congress has oversight of much of the D.C. budget as well. So given the fact that Republicans have control of Congress, they could also echo the president's decisions as it pertains to trying to restore some sense of safety to the streets. To your point, D.C. is divided into four zones. Northwest D.C. which is where most of the tourist attractions are, and everything else is by far the safest part of D.C. where the Capitol is. The lines right there in the capital to the White House is Georgetown, George Washington University. All of Northwest D.C. is very nice. The other three segments of D.C. crime is much higher. South D.C. east D.C. it's a disaster. So a lot of people don't ever go to the parts of D.C. where they are the most violent. But Trump has the authority, you're right, Buck. To do a lot to make people safer there.

[Clay Travis]

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