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Clay Travis
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Buck Sexton
Good, bad billionaire. From the BBC World Service, listen on.
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Clay Travis
BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome in Monday Edition Clay Travis, BUCK SEXTON show. We appreciate all of you hanging out with us as we are rolling through the Monday edition of the program. Lots of revelations that came out over the course of the weekend that we will be discussing. Senator Mark Wayne Mullen scheduled to join us as well as potential Senate candidate Paul, Paul Feinbaum from Alabama SEC Network, espn. All of those places, all of that discussion still to come. But Buck, this is pretty crazy from Tucker Carlson and also from our friend Miranda Devine. Miranda Devine will join us tomorrow on the program. There are new, I would say pretty blockbuster revelations that have just dropped about the would be Trump assassin in Butler, Pennsylvania. Uh, among some of the revelations, the guy was on YouTube posting violent threats against Donald Trump for months in 2020. Nothing was done to him. He used they, them pronouns. He evidently had some form of furry fetish, hated Trump, loved political violence, was engaging in extremist rhetoric and he called Trump racist and called Republicans a cult. They have said that he was a Republican. That is, Buck, a complete and total lie. And so all of this again, you can go read it yourself. Miranda will be on the program tomorrow. Buck, this is, it was always we said on this program, it's been over a year now since that July 13 shooting. But it has always been the case that the idea that somehow the Trump shooter was a Republican or a Trump supporter, which is one of the things they tried to float, it's always been ridiculous. But for all of these revelations to come out not from everyone involved in the, in the actual investigation, but from the media I think is frankly inexcusable. And remember, they have basically said, oh, we may never know the motivations here. This guy didn't leave any trail online. We've been unable to uncover anything about him. And he had like a dozen social media accounts where he was posting all the time. What is going on here?
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Buck Sexton
Well, also, how could it possibly take so long for this to be uncovered? And why is it that this was at least in part uncovered by Tucker Carlson's investigative team? They have better, better resources. I mean, credit to them. They have better resources than the FBI, than the intelligence community. The intelligence community and the federal law enforcement apparatus is vast, my friends, and does have tremendous power as we know. Because when they decide to go after you for a nonviolent J6 protest, they can show up at 5am, kick down your door, find you anywhere in the country and send 30 agents we know that was there, that was possible. They can send people to go into Melania's underwear drawer in Mar a Lago because of some dusty documents in a bin that they can do. But this, this has to be uncovered in this manner. And let's just be very clear about the situation now let's put this into context. How many tran tifa furry terrorists do we have to have involved in the most heinous and high profile violence of a political nature in the country before we realize that this is, and not just realize, act on the realization that this is a really serious problem. How many of these? The Charlie Kirk assassin. A Tran tifa furry maniac. The Covington school massacre. A Tran tifa maniac. The half an inch away from changing world history and taking America into the darkest place it has been in since the Civil War. And that is not an exaggeration, unlike what the libs do. That would be assassin as we find out now, a trantifa maniac. Clay.
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Clay Travis
Minneapolis2 buck. The Minneapolis church shooting that just happened.
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Buck Sexton
Yes, yes.
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Clay Travis
Also a trans relations.
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Buck Sexton
Oh, there's even more than, there's even more than that. I mean I'm just going for the highest profile. There are a number of them that have occurred where later on there's kind of this whimpering of reporting of. Oh yeah, they were using they pronouns. Clay. We're always told this is a very small subset of the population overall. I know it's been growing among Gen Z and actually now it's falling. But the self identified trends and remember those numbers are usually for lgbtqia plus it's like belonging to a club for a lot of college kids. But actual they, them trans ideologues are responsible now for how many of the highest profile assassinations and assassination attempts of recent years? This is a major national security problem. And the Democrats, by the way, the mainstream Democrat party, the ideology clay that has people saying horrible stuff to you when you say if you have, if you have male, you know, body parts, if you have a penis, you shouldn't be playing sports against women. That same ideology. These are just the radicals that come from that. This is pushed from the very top by the Democrat apparatus, no doubt.
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Clay Travis
Here's the other thing that I think is so significant about this. He was on YouTube under his own name making violent threats. We're not talking about needing to have the greatest crack team of investigators of all time to figure out who this guy is. As soon as the assassination attempt happened, YouTube knew who he was and locked down his account. And, and again, all of these postings are now coming out. What's intriguing to me, Buck, is first of all, he's a, it seems, as you would well imagine, one of these lost souls of the Internet, a lost boy in many ways, of the Internet. And initially his posts on YouTube are very pro Trump and very anti Democrat. And then Covid happens and starting in that January of 2020 window, he starts to become extremely anti Trump and anti Republicans. Not going to shock a lot of people out there. He was very furious about the fact that people didn't want to lock down, that they weren't wearing masks. So he somehow succumbed to left wing politics and it radicalized him. Now he goes dark at some point in the summer, in the fall of 2020. But there are people interacting with him online. I immediately think, wait a minute, did some of these guys that he met online, did they then interact with him and encourage him to attempt this assassination of President Trump? I'm now questioning everything because that what we were told, that he had no coherent political ideology, that they couldn't find any way to track him down, that he wasn't active online, all of it's a lie. All of it.
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Buck Sexton
And this is also. Let's think about the political implications, Clay. This happened during the election cycle. So wouldn't it matter a lot to people to know that, that what is orthodoxy for the Democrat party, a man can become a woman. All this crazy sexual stuff too, that they're, you know, they're now non binary and use the weird pronouns. And if you're into furries and you're a they them. I mean this stuff all comes from the left. A left. We went into this election cycle and let's be very honest about what the mentality was. You, me, all of you with us right now, we were just so thankful and prayerful and this unbelievable sigh of relief that Donald Trump was okay and he had the most badass political moment any of us have ever seen in our lives. When he raised the fist with his side of his head bloody, A five, five, six, round missing, killing our president by an inch. Ok, we're thinking about it in that context, but there was another context that was missing that wasn't really a part of the discussion. Yes, it was someone tried to kill Donald Trump, but it was a left wing radical who bought into the ideology of the Democrat Party. It was a political hit based upon what Democrats say daily about how we're erasing trans people and there's a genocide of trans and all this and Trump is a Nazi and Trump is a fascist, all of that.
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Clay Travis
And the second would be Trump assassin. We 100% know exactly what his perspective was. Think probably only because he was actually active on Twitter and Elon Musk didn't immediately hide it. And you could see all the things that he had posted about. He was obsessed with Ukraine and the idea that Trump was Hitler and he thought he was a hero for trying to kill him. This is the second one. This is, I'm sorry, this is a five alarm fire. And how many times do we have to hear, um, oh, we had, he w, we had no idea what his motivations were. And then you just go into fricking YouTube and he's posting under his own name exactly what his motivations are, calls for political violence. And they told us that they couldn't figure any of this out. I, I, I know Cash is going to be on the show later this week. FBI Director Cash Patel. And I'm sure that will be a point of discussion.
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Buck Sexton
Can I just kind of point out one thing he's definitely going to say is he was an FBI director when this happened or for all the months after it happened. And so, you know, we have to make sure that we parse out here who was in charge when this went on, who ran that investigation. Now, they may have had to reopen the investigation and maybe they were slower on that than they should have been or they should have given up more resources. But Clay, I'm sure the FBI handover was, oh, we've already looked into this and done everything.
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Clay Travis
That's right. I'm sure that that's true. But what does it say that the New York Post and Tucker Carlson are more reliable sources for investigating a would be assassin of Donald Trump than our security apparatus, including the FBI? I mean, this is troubling. When I read all this this morning as I was getting ready and when I saw these videos and everything else, this is, this is staggering levels of incompetence such that it makes me wonder, is it actually incompetence at all?
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Buck Sexton
Tran tifa is the most dangerous terrorist ideology in America right now. That is a reality that we all have to understand. This is, this is domestic extremism, domestic terrorism. However, someone wants to get into the descriptions of it, this is politically motivated violence that has a commonality that cannot be ignored. It is individuals who have taken the Democrat line on this stuff, which is crazy, it is deranged, it is delusional to think that you can become a different gender. And what's worse is that they add on top of this, those of us who refuse to go along with the delusion are monsters, are Nazis. And what do we all know you can do to Nazis? What are you allowed to do to those who are fascists? Right? This is why they call themselves antifa. This is why Tran Tifa, the trans antifa wing, is responsible for these kinds of actions. But Clay, the Charlie Kirk assassin, the almost Donald Trump assassin, the Covington school shooters you point at the Minneapolis church shooting, these are some of the worst things we have seen in this country in years. And in the case of those political assassinations, and almost assassination of Trump would have been the worst assassination we have seen perhaps in the history of this country, honestly would have torn the country apart far more if Trump was killed than even what happened to jfk. And I think that's just the truth.
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Clay Travis
And this all happened in the last couple of years. All of them directly connected, all of them trans related elements of violence. And again, they covered all of this up about the Butler, Pennsylvania shooter. They told us all, we came on this program, we talked about, hey, we don't believe that this guy was truly without a footprint and that there was no animus involved. People said, oh, we don't really know why he tried to kill the president. We may never know. That was the official FBI statement.
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Buck Sexton
But think of how many people on the ideological side of this are complicit in the delusion. And I'm not saying that they are criminally responsible for these assassination attempts, but I am saying that they promote a lie in our society that has resulted in some of the most dangerous political violence that we have ever seen. And they are promoting, they promote this from the top of the Democrat Party. The Biden administration was putting out White House press releases on the need for trans care, surgery, hormones for minors, for minors, everybody, yes, they have gone completely bonkers on this. And they were saying that we were the monsters. They were saying that we were the bad people because we were trying to protect kids and protect women and protect the American people. And Clay, what did we find out in the Covington shooting? Why did it take so long for the manifesto to come out? Because they just didn't want the public.
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Clay Travis
To have the real truth.
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Buck Sexton
We all knew, but they didn't want the proof. And now another time they can. Oh, they can never find the real motive. When it's a tran tifa left wing maniac who aligns with a lot of Democrat orthodoxy, then it's really hard to figure out the motive. Maybe it's a Trump supporter who shot at Trump. Think about how insane that is. They were saying that so it's a it's my friends, we have to see this for what it is. I will take your calls on this and dive into it more here momentarily, but switching to something that can let us all take a breather and relax a bit. Cozy Earth we are decked out with Cozy Earth in our home. Sheets, bedding. The softest I've ever come across. Cozy Earth could have stopped there, but they've expanded into loungewear pajamas. My mom, I look my mom just had her birthday. Happy Birthday Mom. A couple weeks ago and I decided I was going to take care of Mom's birthday and Sexton family in NYC before Mom Donnie ruins that place. Sexton family Christmas presents so I hooked my parents up with Cozy Earth the bubble blanket. My dad loves my mom's bubble blanket so much I'm going to get him one just in a more masculine color because I got pink for mom. So these are amazing products, my friend. Save up to 40% off right now. Use my name Buck as your promo code. Cozy Earth sheets come back by 100 night sleep trial money back guarantee and a 10 year warranty. Start with the sheets. I think that's kind of foundational for Cozy Earth. Get yourself some new sheets because they're going to be the best sheets you've ever had. Truly. And the Black Friday sale prices have come early. When you go to cozy earth.com like I said, promo code buck for up to 40% off. Cozy earth.com use code buck and share luxury with yourself and your family this season. You ain't imagining it.
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Buck Sexton
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Clay Travis
Yeah, it's not officially official yet. He sat down for an interview with me, said that he was looking at it in a significant fashion and I was talking with him this morning and he wanted to come on and talk about it more in earnest. I know a lot of people in Alabama are dealing with the big Oklahoma win over Alabama, the Iron Bowl, Buck, the Alabama Auburn game coming up in a couple of weeks. But he's going to come on with us. I think people will enjoy this and he's going to continue to express his interest. We're in the middle of a college football season. Most of the state of Alabama is obsessed with what's going to happen in the Iron bowl and what just happened. We'll talk with Senator Mark Wayne Mullen of Oklahoma who was at the game down with Katie Britt, Senator from Alabama right now. We'll talk with him at the top of the next hour about some of this. But I would say maybe get your popcorn. I think we're gonna get some, some interesting commentary from from Paul here coming up in just a short bit. And I want to tell all of you that if you're out there right now, as we come up in the holiday season, it can make a tremendous difference. We want to try to all be doing as much good as we possibly can. And that's what the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is focused on helping. In fact, the IFCJ came up on a 96 year old Holocaust survivor. Her name is Galena. She's lived much of her life in the same village. Not healthy today and she doesn't have enough money for food, medication and more. Ifcj, thanks to your help, is helping people like Galena. Your gift of $25 provides a box of life saving essentials. I've seen it for myself. I've helped do the work to help so much of the good work that they are doing there. Don't delay. Your gift can provide hope that Galena and many like her will be able to survive. To rush your gift, call 888-488-IFCJ. That's 888-488-4325. Support ifcj.org welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton Show. Appreciate all of you hanging out with joined now by ESPN and the SEC Network's Paul Feinbaum. Maybe in the future Senator Paul Feinbaum from Alabama. I know that everybody in your state right now, Paul, is fired up about what happened with Oklahoma beating Alabama in the Iron bowl game against Auburn. And you can give us a take on that in a moment. But you are seriously considering running for the Senate in Alabama. You talked about this with me about a month or so ago. What has happened since then? What is your process like? And, and how did this come to be a, a reality in many ways, Clay?
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Buck Sexton
First of all, it, it came to, to be a reality when a couple of very influential people reached out to me just about the time that Bruce Pearl chose not to run. There was an evolution and I started it back in May when President Trump came to Tuscaloosa. And I said in an interview, president Trump, while you're there, please talk Nick Saban into running for the open seat vacated by Coach Tuberville. Saban obviously chose not to. Pearl was next. And after Bruce Pearl dropped out and decided not to do it, this same group, I believe, very unhappy with a rather meager field in Alabama came to me and I was thinking about it. And then September 10th happened, Clay. And that was, of course, as everyone listening knows, when Charlie Kirk was tragically assassinated. And it got me thinking. And as I alluded in the aftermath of our conversation, I talked to a number of people, including my close friend and coworker Tim Tebow, who was very close to Charlie. And it inspired me to want to keep moving forward. And we had our conversation and naturally there was a reaction, but the typical reaction as well from the low level political types who tried to drive me out of the race even before I had gotten in. And then a number of other people kept saying, you have to make a decision. You can't wait. And just to finally circle this all around, Clay, you know, what's going on in Alabama and everywhere in the country right now. We're in the middle of the college football season and I simply couldn't walk away. And I've had a number of people say, listen, if you don't get in by November 1, November 10, we're going to move on. And I've said, well, you're going to have to, because I'm not getting in until I get through this season and completely think it through. And there's one other thing I do want to say in terms of Charlie Kirk and what he stood for. And I've talked to a couple of people from Turning Point, and whether I run or not, I am deeply committed to following what he did and what I saw J.D. vance do masterfully in Oxford a couple of weeks ago and that spend time on college campuses with a group of young people, especially males, who, by the way, are big fans of you and Buck and who have bought your book and made it a bestseller and who I think are really where the future is in this country.
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Clay Travis
What do you think the impact would be as a Jewish person running for the Senate in. In Alabama? You mentioned Bruce Pearl. Bruce Pearl is also Jewish. It seems to me there's a real war between good and evil going on. I think the assassination of Charlie Kirk was a part of this. I think it also ties into the October 7, 2023 attack we saw. There's obviously a lot of Christians and a lot of Jews in Alabama who are on the side of good. What do you think you could do as a Jewish senator from Alabama should you decide to run to bring Christians and Jews together?
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Buck Sexton
That would be one of the major goals, Clay. Because right now I don't need to tell anyone listening to the show where that issue is and how much division is out there. And I had a. I had a political operative tell me about a month ago, listen, I like you. I followed you my entire career. I appreciate how you've spoken out on hypocrisy and held the people that run college football accountable. But you're Jewish and it will never work in Alabama. I disagree strongly. I have lived in Alabama most of my adult life. I think people here have taken a ridiculously unfair attack and have been painted in a corner that may have been true 50 or 60 years ago, but is not true today. And I'm not going to run on being a Jewish Republican senator if I chose to from Alabama. But I think it would, you know, standing up there, assuming it happened with Senator Britt, who is someone who has represented the great values of the state, I think we would make an incredible tandem. And I think I'm the only person that I'm not in the field. But I think I'm the only person that could actually do that. Everyone else, it seems the people leading in the so called polling are your career politicians. I'm not going to waste time attacking career politicians. But the state of Alabama spoke six, six years ago with, with Coach Shuberville. You know what that was all about, Clay. You encouraged him. Bruce would have been the same way. And who are they? They're people that speak their mind, that don't listen to pollsters, that say, I'm not going to do that because it's going to help me get in with the White House or get the President's endorsement. Everybody wants that. But, but that's not who I am. And if, if I chose to run and, and had something that I disagree with, first of all, I would do it privately. I'm not going to go on CNN and tell everybody that I disagree. But I also think that the problem we have nowadays, especially today, is that people just want to suck up. They want to sell their soul, do anything humanly possible so they can get a check mark from the White House or the President or someone else. And that's my biggest concern. Running. That's not who I am, Clay. And that's not why. We have been friends a long time. And that's not what, what prompted you to get into this field. Because the audience may have forgotten you were in my field and my company was pretty close to hiring you a number of years ago until, until it, until it got stopped because you were too controversial.
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That sounds about right. Paul, thanks for, for being here with us. This is Buck. And I'm not as familiar with the SEC football world as Clay, which is, let's just putting it mildly, but I certainly have paid very close attention to the Senate for a long time. Oh, I'll just throw this out there. If you do formally decide to run, I know a really great radio show with almost 600 stations that you should probably announce it on. So I'm just, just trying to help, trying to be a helpful guy. So if and when the day comes when you formally announce, I think Clay and Buck would be a great place for you to do it. But beyond that, if you were to transition from what you have been doing in the world of sports and speaking very candidly to the people of Alabama about all things around that, to the Senate, the United States Senate, what are the issues that really get you the most energized? You spoke of being called to this in part because of the feeling of urgency to save this country in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk assassination. But on a policy level, what do you want to do? What would really matter to you as a senator?
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The most important thing, Buck, I believe, is what matters most to every Alabamian or every person from Connecticut or Texas. And that's what. How am I doing what is going on in my life right now? And it starts with the economy that ultimately drives people to the polls. And I'm particularly glad to see the White House understand that right now, because while foreign policy is essential and we can't have a safe and secure nation without it, the pocketbook matters most. And that's what I hear. And realizing that I do a talk show, not a political show, but everyday people that come up to me, no matter where I am, come to me and say, how are you going to make my life better? So I think that has to be the number one goal. And Clay and Buck, one more thing, if I could divert for a second, because I don't want to miss this moment. What I have heard. I mentioned young people, and I'm on a college campus every Friday and Saturday. They are fed up with their future unless things change. But what's really interesting is I'm not going to name them, but I've had head football coaches reach out to me directly and indirectly through text. I've had college administrators, college presidents, and that is the scary part, because every time I think about not doing it, and that happens too often when you're trying to live in the moment of the season. I get encouragement and nourishment from so many of these people, and it is encouraging and refreshing. But it also goes to another issue, and this is not the most important issue in the country. The economy is in our national security. But the most important issue for where I live every day for four hours is college athletics. And you heard the president reference that on McAfee, unless it was censored in your house, Clay and Buck, but, but that, that, that we need more work there. And Tommy Tubberville did a lot of good. But unfortunately, if some of the predictions are true of where we are going in another year, that may be gone forever.
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Clay Travis
You got coaches asking you to run in college football. You got athletic directors, presidents of schools. I imagine that has been flattering. What is your timeframe? I know the primary, I believe, is in May in Alabama. Obviously, there's a campaign season. But as you also noted, the number one story in Alabama right now is the Iron bowl in a couple of weeks. Have you put on your calendar a date whereby you need to make a decision. What is the process like for you as you go through and decide whether or not you're going to run?
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Buck Sexton
Yeah, Clay, the two biggest issues here are the Iron bowl and whether to fry turkey on Thanksgiving. The timetable is right as the season ends and I, you know, I'm under contract to ESPN and I feel like I have to get to the end of the season before making a decision. And if it cost me getting in, then I will find something else to, to, to let my mind wander on. But, but that, that is where it is and it's not easy. And that's my decision. It's nobody else's. And I do want to thank Burke Magnus at ESPN for allowing me this time. He's the top person in my world and it was very, A lot of people would have said, listen, you have to, you're out. You're not going to be able to talk about this situation. But he has been incredibly kind. The other thing I'm just trying to deal with is just my lane. And I shouldn't be saying this because that's not what politicians are supposed to say, but I've been under a microscope for 40 years. I've said a lot of things. As you and Buck have said. I built a national brand. I dealt with people during on air crises. And you talk about an on air crisis, Clay, try, try, try babysitting an audience. On the night of January 10th, two years ago when the, when the news bulletin broke that Nick Saban was resigning and retiring, I mean, I mean that took every ounce of patience because that was a national nightmare for the state of Alabama. But what also happens when you're under that microscope and every single thing you have said gets recorded and regurgitated is you have to answer for a lot of things. And that's really where I am right now because all the low level politicians and the operatives are saying, well, you said this about the president and you once said this about Nick Saban. I've actually been criticized, Clay, for this. Nick Saban came out in 2020 and said that he did a public service ad for, during COVID for, for masking and social distancing. And then he marched with his players during a BLM march. I praised him and you know why I praise him? Forget the politics of it. Ed Ogeron did not do that. He lost his, he lost his team, his locker room, and ultimately got fired. And those are the things that people are trying to keep me out of the race for criticizing the president once during a debate with Stephen A. Smith and praising Nick Saban. I don't know if I can, I can win on the debate with Stephen A. Smith, but I'll take my shots on praising Nick Saban. In the state of Alabama, do you.
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Clay Travis
Think you would beat the people who are running? Like if you really got in there? You talk for a living, you communicate for a living. I tend to think you'd be pretty good at it. The president obviously came out of the world of media. He's brought in a lot of people, Fox News and otherwise, who have come from the world of media and they've done a great job. Do you think you'd win?
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Buck Sexton
Yes, I do. And I've asked a number of people because you don't want to get raised and have it become a disaster. I think the better question is to you, Clay, do you think I would win because you understand the state of Alabama, you're beloved. I was at, I was at an event about three weeks ago, the most prestigious group in the entire state. It's called the Monday Morning Quarterback Club. They bring in people from all over the country. I was about to speak and before I was introduced, the, the head of the group got up in front of the audience and said, we have a big announcement to make our guest speaker in our year end banquet. And I was like going Saban. And he said, it will be Clay Travis. And my God, oh my goodness. I mean, and there was, there was an absolute cheer. So the reason I turned the question back to you is, you know, the state of Alabama.
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Clay Travis
Yeah, you would win in a landslide. But I told Buck you would win in a landslide. Buck's right. When you decide to run, you come on, you announce it with us. We'll make that even more likely, potentially. Next, Senator Paul Feinbaum talking about the big Oklahoma loss on his SEC network show later today. Senator Feinbaum, potentially, thanks for the time here and we'll talk to you again soon.
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Buck Sexton
Clay, Buck, thank you very, very much.
- [39:47]
Clay Travis
That is Paul Feinbaum and you guys can react to that. I know all over Alabama a lot of people listening to his show on a regular basis. Not expecting necessarily to hear him on here, but I do think that's an interesting story. You know, also an interesting story. Prize Picks. I love this company, Buck. They are expanding. They are growing all over the place. They now have prediction markets embedded inside of their Prize Picks app. If you haven't checked it out, go download and get signed up. Today you play $5, you get $50 deposited in your account. You can play in California, you can play in Texas, you can play in Georgia, you can play in Alabama, you can play in my home state of Tennessee. You can play all over the country. Prizepix.com Code Clay $5. You play, you get $50 in your account. I'll have a pick for you before the show is out today. This is an app you will love. Buck loves it. You will love it. You can play in 40 states, 13 million people. Prizepix.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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Buck Sexton
Shh.
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Buck Sexton
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Clay Travis
I agree with you 100%. I think it's the message of deterrence that's being sent because a lot of these guys were. It's one thing to take the risk of you might get arrested. You're making generational money for your families back home. It's another thing to think. You have no knowledge. One moment you're fine and the next moment you're blown up. I think that, that those videos are certainly circulating widely now. They may be making so much money that they'll take the risk no matter what. But I would think it has to give pause to some people out there who are thinking about jumping on so far, far 82 narco terrorists killed in these latest operations. We'll talk about that with Senator Mark Wayne Mullen of Oklahoma. We'll also take some of your calls. Open phone line 800-282-2882 because I think we're going to continue to discuss the Trump assassin revelations that have emerged because frankly, I found them to be stunning based on what we had been told before. Now we'll take some of your calls. Some of you may want to weigh in on the idea of Senator Paul Feinbaum. You just heard him, very well known in the world of sports. And I'm going to go, I'm going.
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Clay Travis
Hi, I'm Zing Singh. And I'm Simon Jack. And together we host Good Bad Billionaire, the podcast exploring how some of the world's richest people made their fortunes. And we are back with a brand new season of billionaires. Yes, movie megastar Arnold Schwarzenegger. America's richest self made businesswoman, Diane Hendricks and co founder of Snapchat Evan Spiegel, to name just a few. And we're asking you to decide if they're good, bad or just another billionaire.
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Buck Sexton
Good bad billionaire from the BBC World Service.
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Clay Travis
Listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts how do I do it.
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