Hour 2 - Fake News Ignores Hero Cop

Summary

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show – Hour 2: "Fake News Ignores Hero Cop"

Date: March 11, 2026
Podcast: iHeartPodcasts
Hosts: Clay Travis & Buck Sexton

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Episode Overview

This episode focuses on the attempted terror attack outside Gracie Mansion in New York City, the media’s handling of the event—particularly CNN’s framing—and the heroism of NYPD officers, especially Aaron Edwards. Clay and Buck scrutinize the mainstream media’s reluctance to correctly portray acts of terror when they involve Muslim perpetrators, discuss cultural and political bias in reporting, and touch on the broader implications for public safety and political discourse. The latter half of the episode lightens up, veering into pop-culture and humorous anecdotes, while concluding with gratitude for police officers.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Media Misrepresentation of Terror Attacks

[00:35–09:58]

• Buck details an attempted terror attack at a protest near the mayor’s residence (Gracie Mansion) in NYC, criticizing CNN’s initial coverage for inaccurately presenting the facts and soft-pedaling the Islamist motivation behind the attack.

• Key Point: The media, especially the left-leaning press, often obfuscate or downplay Islamist motives. When attacks are committed by certain groups, the narrative is distorted, or pertinent details are buried.

• Buck cites CNN’s coverage:

  “If we have to leave out things in the transcript like the guy, the terrorist saying that he pledge allegiance to ISIS and he's doing this for Allah, they'll do that, too. This is a clear pattern that has been in place for a long time.”
  (Buck, 02:53)

• The hosts play a clip of CNN anchor Abby Phillip reading a teleprompter that seemingly misidentifies the victim and perpetrator, and Buck asserts this reflects a “culture” at CNN that refuses to attribute negative acts to left-wing actors.

• Notable Quote:

  “The errors that you make run reflect the culture you create.”
  (Clay, 06:20)

2. Hero NYPD Cop and Political Snubbing

[08:38–09:58]

• Discussion of the cop who sprang into action—a viral photo shows him leaping a barricade and apprehending the bomb-throwers.

• NYPD and law enforcement community are furious that the mayor, Zoran Mamdani, has not publicly commended the officer.

• Instead, Mamdani hosted a Columbia protester at Gracie Mansion, which the hosts deride as emblematic of inverted priorities.

• Notable Quote:

  “The men and women of the NYPD will do the right thing... but they understand that this man... does not have their back.”
  (James Gagliano via Buck, 09:11)

• Clay highlights the officer by name:

  “Aaron Edwards. So thank you from us... Unfortunately, it is a sign of the culture that has been embraced from New York City that people who are protesting at Columbia get to eat dinner in the mayor's residence and not the people that are actually keeping us all safe.”
  (Clay, 35:49 & 35:45 recap)

3. Judicial Leniency for Left-Wing Violence

[10:50–12:34]

• Buck predicts the prosecuted terrorists will likely get light sentences:

  “It’s going to take some time. The sentence that these guys get is going to be enragingly light, guaranteed... Remember the guys who... during BLM, wasn't there a guy... who threw a Molotov cocktail?... They got slap on the wrist.”
  (Buck, 10:59–12:11)

4. Long-Term Political and Cultural Impact

[09:58–10:59]

• Buck and Clay explore how debates on immigration and cultural transformation are dismissed as "white nationalist" by some, even when objections are shared by minorities and legal immigrants:

  “Including legal immigrants, by the way—huge numbers of minorities that have legally immigrated to the country.”
  (Clay, 10:50)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On CNN’s Editorial Bias:

  “The culture that CNN has created is there is no way that left wingers could ever be responsible for anything negative. And that, I think, undergirds this error.”
  (Clay, 06:42)

• On Mayor Mamdani’s Priorities:

  “He brought the Columbia protester in and gave him a meal and took pictures of it.”
  (Clay, 09:53)

• On NYPD Bravery:

  “He ran towards danger. He arrested and tackled the culprits here.”
  (Clay, 09:25)

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Segment Timestamps: Key Content

• Attempted Terror Attack / Media Response
  [00:35–09:58]
  • Details of the attack and media bias break down, including the replay and critique of CNN’s segment.

• Law Enforcement Heroism & Media & Political Snubbing
  [08:38–09:58]
  • Focus on Aaron Edwards' actions and Mamdani’s lack of public gratitude.

• Discussions on Judicial Outcomes & Political Rhetoric
  [10:50–12:34]
  • Predicting light sentences and examining media double standards.

• Broader Implications on Immigration Debates
  [09:58–10:59]
  • Hosts push back against the "white nationalist" label for anti-immigration advocacy.

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Additional Lighter Segments

From [19:41] Onward:

• Entertaining listener call-ins about gun recoil and car preferences, including joking banter about Teslas vs. trucks and midlife crisis cars.
• Pop culture detours: appreciation for 'Back to the Future', the 'Scream' movies, and comedic debate over worst vehicles ever owned.
• Touches on recent movie sequels, nostalgia over 80s/90s cinema, and light-hearted ribbing between the hosts.

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Episode Conclusion

The episode wraps with sincere thanks to Officer Aaron Edwards and all NYPD officers for their bravery. Clay and Buck underscore the disconnect between politicians’ actions and the police work that actually keeps citizens protected. The hosts tease upcoming segments on political races and promise continued analysis in the next hour.

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Summary Takeaway

This episode is a pointed critique of media framing and political hypocrisy surrounding attacks motivated by Islamic extremism, especially when they intersect with progressive narratives on immigration and diversity. Clay and Buck argue that this bias diminishes the real heroism of law enforcement officers like Aaron Edwards, exposing a corrosive culture in both media and politics that fails to honor those who keep the public safe. The back half of the show offers comic relief and relatable anecdotes, all while maintaining their signature tone: irreverent, opinionated, and deeply engaged with current events.

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Key Quotes Recap

• “The errors that you make run reflect the culture you create.” (Clay, 06:20)
• “He ran towards danger. He arrested and tackled the culprits here.” (Clay, 09:25)
• “Aaron Edwards... thank you from us.” (Clay, 35:45)

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For listeners who missed the episode, this summary delivers the core news analysis, the main points of critique against media, the celebration of a heroic police officer, and a sampling of the energetic humor that defines the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show.

Transcript

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Travis and Buck Sexton show podcast. Second hour of Clay and Buck kicks off right now. Thanks for being here with us everybody. We're talking about Iran in the first hour. And now let's turn our attention for a little bit to the attempted terror

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attack in New York City.

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Now we discussed this with you after it happened. It was outside of Gracie Mansion, which

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is the mayor of New York City's

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residence also holds events there, but it's the mayor's residence. I'll never forget when Bloomberg preferred Clay. His $50 million townhouse or whatever it was. So he lived there and held only events at the. That's quite a move when the official residence of the mayor of New York is like not quite up to your standards, but it's, it's quite a property. It's right on the east river and there was a, a protest there. People saying that they're worried and I don't know exactly what they said. They're probably, some of them said some things that aren't so nice about Islam and they said that they're worried about the Islamification of New York, etc. Etc. A bunch of terrorist wannabes or I guess just terrorists now because they tried, they're attempted terrorists showed up to throw bombs at them, to throw a bomb at them. And there was this fascinating series of events that occurred that we've seen now many, many times over the years, really over the decades now where somehow if you are a Democrat member of the media, you have to take a shockingly pro Islamic terrorist tone point of view. However that is, you say that we, we can never know the real motive when the guys are like Allahu Akbar, we can never know the real motive. Right. We aren't really sure yet what's going on here. If the guy happens to be of like Middle Eastern or clearly of Muslim descent, we gotta bury that as long as we can. If we have to leave out things in the transcript like the guy, the terrorist saying that he pledge allegiance to ISIS and he's Doing this for Allah, they'll do that, too. This is a clear pattern that has been in place for a long time. And we saw this play out in this case, Clay, with the CNN piece that was, you know, it could have been a lovely day. It was 85 degrees when two men traveled over from Pennsylvania and then they threw a bomb at somebody. It's like, well, hold on a second. Why would you ever frame this incident in that way as a news report? Like, why make it seem like everything was cool and fine and then they just kind of threw a bomb at some guys and tried to kill them? Like, it's very strange. CNN's Abby Philip after this happens, after what I just told you, and they pulled that tweet down, which is very rare for CNN to admit, we're idiots, we shouldn't have done that. But it was so dumb, it was so preposterous that they had to. Then CNN's Abby Phillip goes on and this is Now, Clay, I saw you point this out. This is off the teleprompter.

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Oh, yeah.

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So this was written by producers who went over this script beforehand, and then she read it aloud. I want you to listen closely to how CNN describes this attempted Muslim terrorist attack in New York City outside the mayor's residence. Play two. Two Republicans say Muslims don't belong here after an attempted terror attack against New York's Mayor Zoran Mamdani. And the House speaker, one Mike Johnson, says nothing really to condemn those comments. Ok, notice what happened here, Clay. An attempted terror attack against New York City Mayor Zoran Mandani. It was an attack against him. It was an attack by Muslims against the guys who say that Muslims have too many terrorists in their midst. So we should probably rethink how many of them we're bringing into this country. That's their position protected by the First Amendment, by the way. You can dislike it, you can hate it or not, but it's clearly protected speech at a pro, at a protest. But also, Clay, I notice how the real problem isn't the guys who tried to blow people up, maim them, have ball bearings, you know, shot into their chests and in their eyes, blind people maybe, etc. That's not the big problem. The big problem is the lack of Republican member of Congress condemnation of the mean words the protesters said.

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Yeah, and I can't believe I'm gonna say this, but I'm gonna defend Abby Phillips here. It Even if we play that again, she's reading off a teleprompter and it seems like she recognizes that it's poorly drafted. And again, this is being a TV nerd and understanding having hosted some of these things before. Sometimes you read off the prompter and you're like, this is not good, you know. But as you're reading it, it appears that she is going to toss to a break. Play this again. I'll take you into the weeds here. But what I think is significant, Buck, is whatever the culture is at cnn, this much like that article that made it out of, through the editorial process and everything else, the errors you make. And I will say this as a guy who has run a media company, the errors you make run reflect the culture you create. And everybody's going to screw up. Everybody's going to be imperfect. You and I screw up sometimes. We don't have teleprompter, so we're not reading anything at any point in time. I always hold it up. You can watch, you can look at this on the, on the YouTube channel. I have a yellow legal pad like I have for most of my career that I jot down notes on that I read and run the entire show from. And you have a notepad in front of you and you got your computer, but there is no teleprompter. Play that for us one more time. As she is reading it, you can start to see she is thinking, hey, this doesn't feel right. But she has a commercial break that she's trying to hit. And this is the tease. But again, the errors that you make reflect the culture that you create. The culture that CNN has created is there is no way that left wingers could ever be responsible for anything negative. And that, I think, undergirds this error. Play it one more time.

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Two Republicans say Muslims don't belong here after an attempted terror attack against New York's Mayor Zoran Mamdani. And the House Speaker Mike Johnson says nothing really to condemn those comments.

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Okay. And I saw an interesting comment, and I don't, I can't remember who credited it, but a lot of people believe that Mamdani was the victim of a terror attack that is intentional. Lots of people on the left who are not as engaged on stories as you are believe that Momdani was the victim of a terror attack. You can hear Abby Phillips. She recognizes, I think, that that is not an accurate tease that she is reading, but somehow that made it through CNN editorial. Somehow that I believe, ended up on her teleprompter. And what this is reflective of is an attempt to obfuscate, to hide, to keep people unaware of what actually happened here, which is two Muslim motivated terrorists decided to try to throw IEDs and kill people who were protesting the number of Muslims that have been allowed into our country. And brave NYPD police officers ran towards the bombs and were able to tackle the guys who were responsible for this. And, and this is a. This is James Gagliano, former director of the FBI NYC Division, says the rank and file are furious because Momdani has in no way honored the NYPD officers that actually ran towards these bombs and caught the bad guys. Which again goes to the intentional cultural hiding of this story and the way that it's been covered.

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Cut 24 the other night, instead of hosting the two star police chief who leaped over the barricades and ran this guy down who had thrown the bomb, the mayor decides at Gracie Mansion to host Mahmoud Khalil. I mean, he's sending such a awful, awful message here to the rank and file. And remember the mayor when he was a private citizen who had commented on Twitter then that he saw a cop crying in his car and nature was healing. This is something that again, the men and women of the NYPD will do the right thing. They're going to enforce the laws, they're going to show up for work, but they understand that this man on the screen right now does not have their back.

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I think that's the key, Buck, and you're a New York City born and bred kid. The fact that this NYPD cop who jumped, if you haven't seen the iconic photo of this cop jumping a barricade to chase down the guys who had thrown bombs, bombs that at any moment could have gone off. He ran towards danger. He arrested and tackled the culprits here. Mamdani, to my knowledge, Buck hasn't said a word in favor of this officer's bravery and what he actually did. Instead, he brought the Columbia protester in and gave him a meal and took pictures of it.

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Well, you have to remember that Mamdani's base very much is comprised of and includes in considerable number the kind of people who agree with everything that those terrorists feel and say. But they have to technically draw the line at actual violence because that's against the law in a way that people notice and get upset about. So his base is very supportive of the people who show up and want to silence the anti. You know, we didn't really have a good term for them. They call them white nationalists to this. I still haven't seen anything white nationalist. I've only seen anti immigration and anti. Now, people can argue if they think that's white nationalists. But there are plenty of people who are concerned about the massive immigration into this country, particularly illegal immigration, who aren't white.

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So are they including. Including legal immigrants, by the way, Huge numbers of minorities that have legally immigrated to the country. We're like, we're good.

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We have enough. Yeah, we've had enough here for a little while. So that's not actually a white nationalist belief per se. They can try to make. Make that case. But I think that that's made in bad faith. My point here being that, yeah, Mamdani, like left wing radical lunatics are Mamdani's buddies. So he doesn't want to upset them. But he does have to say, all right, like, don't try to blow up the white nationalists, quote, unquote. Just, you know, spit in their faces and do what Antifa usually does, but don't do that because then I have to let the NYPD tackle some of them and do the things. I'm going to tell you this right now, by the way. It's going to take some time. The sentence that these guys get is going to be enragingly light, guaranteed in now. They're going to, they're going to be punished because they, they know there are limits here to how crazy the system can be in New York when. Before people really start to freak out and leave. But Clay, I mean, you're going to see. Remember the guys who. During blm, wasn't there a guy was a lawyer actually. There you go. A lawyer who threw a Molotov cocktail into a car. They got slap on the wrist.

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Yeah, I remember that. Slap on the wrist. Yeah, I remember that story because I think it was a lawyer at a prominent law firm. And I remember thinking, how do you find yourself in a situation where you're lighting a Molotov cocktail as a lawyer on fire and throwing it into a cop car. That's how deranged everybody became on the left in particular in 2020.

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Probably got a tenured professor position waiting for him at some local, you know, university, local college in New York. I wouldn't be surprised at all. Look, we had a blackout the other night. That's why I did a last me anything. Most of you were nice in the ama, some of you not so nice. Most of you were nice. Blackout in the building. That was not fun. I was taking the stairs. The lights were all out. It was a minor one, only lasted a few hours. But it was a reminder that stuff can happen. And it was also a reminder that if I needed to talk to family. Even if you had all the power out here and there were cell phone disruptions which can happen, I had my rapid radios ready to go. Rapid radios, Long range emergency radios built for blackouts, natural disasters and any unpredictable moments life throws your way. Rapid radios are small enough to hold in the palm of your hand and you can slip them into your purse or go bag. And rapid radios work on the LTE network so their ability to instantly connect with someone while the power is out is a game changer. They've also got a long battery life up to five days and a durability that stands up to real world emergencies. Staying connected shouldn't depend on luck. It should depend on the tools you trust. If you want to protect your family during the next weather emergency, take ownership of a set of rapid radios. Do it now. Go to Rapid Radios.com, check out the new RAD1, see the full emergency features and grab the launch offer while it's still live. Communication redefined [e-mail].

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Let me hit you with a couple of cuts. President Trump was just outside the White House and he was responding to members of the press as he walked to the helicopter. President Trump is going to be in Ohio and Kentucky today, Buck. So he is about to embark on some early 2026 campaigning. Just FYI. So Ohio and Kentucky. He is probably in the air on route right now. A reporter asked Trump when he's going to announce mission accomplished. This is cut 25. Listen.

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Well look, we've knocked out their navy, we've knocked out their air force, we've knocked out all of their anti defense, we've taken out 60 mine boats, 59 mine boats which nobody has ever seen. We have the greatest military in the world by far. Not even close. But you know What? They've inflicted 47 years worth of damage to the world and now a big price.

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Couple more, Buck. He says we need more of the same in order for the Iran operation to officially be over.

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Cut 26 we're doing something that nobody ever thought was possible to do. Our military is the best, it's the most powerful in the world and they're hitting them very hard. This is 47 years of abuse and killing lots of people. Killing and maiming lots of people. What is it, Peter?

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What more do you need to do militarily for this operation to end?

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More of the same and we'll see how that all comes out. Right now they are, they've lost their navy, they've lost their air force force, they have no anti aircraft apparatus at all. They have no radar. Their leaders are gone and we could do a lot worse than one another. We're leaving certain things that if we take them out or we could take them out by this afternoon, in fact, within an hour, they literally would never be able to build that country back.

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All right, one more buck. He's saying he thinks oil companies should be using the Strait of Hormuz. That has helped to inflate the overall price of oil and gas. Cut 27.

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You talk to the CEOs of various oil companies encouraging them to use this straight up hormone. They should. I think they should. I think they should use. Look, we took out just about all of their mind ships in one night. We're up to boat number 60. I didn't realize that that big a navy, I would say it was big and ineffective. But every one of their ships, just about all of their navy is gone. Bottom of the sea.

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Okay, so that is the latest from President Trump. Navy's gone. Air Force is gone. He can declare victory whenever he feels like they have finished their targeting. Anything surprise you from any of that, Buck? I mean, obviously the president is very confident about his ability to do whatever he feels like he needs to do.

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No, that's where we've been saying the situation is right now. It's essentially pulling apart the Iranian military apparatus piece by piece and just dismantling it. And that has been effective. We've been able to do that. The Iranians don't really have a countering capability. The only countering capability they would have at this point is something people are concerned about, which is cells, operational cells going on terrorist attacks against soft targets here at home or around the world. That's something we have to be aware of. Although if we trace that back to Iran, you know, we're. Who wants to be involved in that kind of stuff on Iranian soil right now? We can blow up anyone, anywhere, basically. So I think that that's all. It all lines up, Clay. But I also think that we're going to walk away without there being a different government in Iran. I do think that's where this is going to happen or this is going. So that's an interesting situation. I'm not really sure what happens after that.

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All right.

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I use it every day.

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It's the best audio app out there. And you can listen to any, any local station. If you want to get that, you know, your local flavor, you can listen to it electronically. So you're listening on wfla. If you listen on WO R, if you're listening on, you know, Keib, if you're like, we're on 600 stations, so I can't name them all. But the point is you can certainly tune in. You can tune in to your local station on the app and you can then send us a talk back which go to Clay and Buck Page. You press little microphone. And those are great because we know how long they are, so we can always fit them into segments. Sometimes some of the calls, as much as we love you, we start getting to like, how's the weather where you are? Yeah, good. You know, we sometimes burn time and we don't have the time to get you to say the full thing you want to say. So podcast listener Kevin from Florida, this is Cut D. He's weighing in on something. A real controversy that's been kicking up around here. Hit it. I just heard the guy talking about the kick of a nine mil or

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the recoil and everything I have, you know, I'm a 2003 three gun state

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championship winner out of Texas and I

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used a.45 ACP the whole time because

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a nine mil wouldn't knock over the steel plates.

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It's the kinetic energy.

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It counts, buddy.

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I love gun war here that you have started with gun guys. Just caught by the way, that guy sounds like what I would expect A Texas shooting champion to sound like, correct?

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Yes, for sure.

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I mean, if, you know, Trump always talks about somebody out of central casting, that is the voice of a expert Texas shooter. I would think Kevin.

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Kevin may live in Florida now. He still wears a cowboy hat, let's be honest. Still wears a cowboy and no one questions it because he's Kevin from Texas,

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by the way, we got more people just weighing in. I'm taking body blows left and right for continuing to talk about how awesome my Tesla is. This is Robert, podcast listener. Cut G Clay. I think that all of your sports talk, tough manliness talk, it's just a facade to cover up for the fact that you drive an electric car. My favorite thing to do is get in front of a Tesla with the F250 brake, check them, then throw the hammer down, roll some coal, and leave them in a cloud of toxic diesel fumes. Enjoy going to pick up the tampons in the electric car there. Bye.

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Wow, harsh.

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Why so anti? Look, just because I live in the future and you live in the past doesn't mean you have to be angry at me. You know, like back in the day, there were a lot of Biff. Was it Biff Henderson? The. The foil of Marty MC Future?

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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There are a lot of Biffs out there. You know, rolling around the 1950s with your sleeves rolled up, not understanding the flux capacitor and the future that was coming your way.

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McFly. If anyone ever did that to your head and like did the knock knock, I think you should be allowed to punch them.

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That is, I think, one of the greatest movies that's ever been made across board and it still holds up.

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And here's something that's gonna single most beloved by Rotten Tomatoes of the 80s is back.

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Is that true?

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Actually, it is Back to the Future, Yes.

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Okay, so this is actually a popular opinion. This is kind of wild. If they were putting Back to the Future, we were going back in time from the modern day. I believe I am correct in this. We would be setting Back to the Future now in 1996. Think about that. When we were kids. When we were kids and all of you out there who watch Back to the Future, I believe Back to the Future was set in 1954. Ish. So it was made in like 1984. So it was going back 30 years. And I remember just thinking, watching that, you know, that's my parents generation that grew up and just thinking, man, that world is so much different. Think about that now. If they made Back to the Future, Today and they went back in time the same amount, they would be going back to 1996. That. That really kind of is boggling my mind to think about and actually think

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that would be a great. That would be a great premise for reviving the Back to the Future franchise.

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Right.

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If you brought back the if with the current generation. You did. The parents. Your parents are dressing like Ross and Chandler from Friends and everyone's watching Seinfeld and you're listening to like Nirvana and maybe, you know, that's basically the.

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You know, I went and saw and I don't know if I talked about it on the show because I knew you were going to be angry about it, but I went and saw Scream 7, which is angry about this take.

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This is insane. This is one. This is. When I look at Clay, I'm like. Like how you're so astute on so many things. You think. Anyway, go ahead.

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I went. So I went and watched Scream 7 in the movie theater and I've watched all the Scream movies. The original Scream movie was set in 1996. So to your point, they now have made 30 years later. Nev Campbell, who is the star of the Scream franchise. It has been 30 years since the original Scream movie was made. So there is a nostalgic, iconic, throwback, esque element to Scream seven, which I enjoy.

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I think the original Scream movie is for a. I really consider it more a thriller than horror because it's. There's nothing supernatural. It's really just.

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You like the original Scream.

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The original is an excellent movie for what it is. It really is excellent movie. Yeah. I mean, there's. Look, usually when they make seven of something, there are. There are exceptions. Maybe this is coming from the two electric car guys. I'm just going to lean into this for a second. The fact that the Fast and the Furious franchise is like maybe the most successful movie franchise of all time by box office receipts is complete madness to me. I. I would rather watch an endless loop of shamwow and George Foreman Grill commercials. I cannot understand how anyone thinks the Fast and the Furious movies are worth watching. And yet I am clearly, clearly in the minority on this one. I think they made nine or something. How many?

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Yeah. Now, to be fair, I think the Fast and the Furious movies were a perfect distillation of the international appeal of movies because they don't have to talk very much. And so, I mean, I mean, dialogue, you don't need to actually speak. But I mean, if you look at what is popular internationally, it's often just really Fast racing cars. And I think the fast and the furious movies. Back when China was allowing movies to actually be aired in China, you know, they started cutting back on a lot of American films, but they started to basically do away with dialogue and just have a lot of big, explosive pyrotechnics. And I think those movies are a perfect distillation of that.

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I walked past someone today in a gold Ferrari, and I just have to say, do you think you could pull off being the owner of a gold Ferrari? I mean, it clearly had been repaid. I don't think they offer that as a factory color, but it was.

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What would you. This is a great. This is a fun question. What would you think if the next time I came to Miami, we did the show and then I said, hey, I've got to run out, because there is a Ferrari dealership not far from where you are. Because I've seen them like in. And I was like, I got to go pick up my Ferrari. Would you be like, this is the most outrageous? Because let me tell you this. Ferrari is the most profitable car in the world, per Ferrari. Because they treat them like paintings. Like they only do make like 3000 Ferraris a year or something. It's an extraordinarily profitable brand as a result.

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Look, I actually think that Ferrari are. They are works of art and they are beautiful.

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They're.

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They're incredible. I mean, I'm not a car guy, but I respect.

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Ferrari has sort of created the.

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The ultimate in. In. In v. You know, in vehicle racing, luxury. But if you told me that you were picking up your gold plated Ferrari, I would be calling Laura and be like, laura, I think Clay's having a midlife crisis. We got to get him some help.

[B]

Probably would be accurate. Here's the answer. I would be nervous to drive a car that nice, whether you could pull it off or not, because I don't care how much money I had. I would be so terrified of hitting a curb in a Ferrari or somebody bumping into me while I was driving it that I couldn't ever enjoy the process of driving a Ferrari. I would be terrified of something going wrong.

[A]

I was known for my incredible wheels. In college, I had a wood paneled Buick Roadmaster station wagon in a pale blue with the wood paneling with like 90,000 miles on it. And we called it the shagging wagon. There was no shagging in this wagon, but that was what we called it. Big Austin Powers fan back in the day. And this thing, let me tell you, you. It was like Indestructible. There was nothing you, you know, you could do. Whatever you had.

[B]

You don't have to worry about parking it, leaving it. Nobody's gonna steal it. Like, you know, I don't need to worry if the car doors are locked. I'm not a huge car guy either.

[A]

It handled sort of like like a ferry boat that would take you between islands or something. Like, it had that kind of a turn radius.

[B]

However.

[A]

However. A little ding on the wood paneling. You're like, eh, it's not real wood.

[B]

Is that the worst car you ever had? The worst car I ever had was when Laura and I first got married. We bought a Chevy Malibu convertible, which is the worst purchase of my life.

[A]

That's. That's like a Michael Scott from the office kind of a purchase. A Chevy Malibu convertible.

[B]

Chevy Malibu convertible. I thought having a convertible would be nice. The thing had a turn radius. You had.

[A]

If you just made like, Chevy Malibu

[B]

grew up. Laura grew up knowing cars because her. She grew up in this.

[A]

But you're gonna get made fun of this for the Chevy Malibu more than the electric car you own now.

[B]

Well, but by the way, I had. I had no money. So, I mean, it's not like when we got married and I was, you know, 25 or whatever. It's not like I was out there and I could say, hey, you know what I'm gonna buy? I mean, I bought a used Chevy Malibu. The guy who sold it was probably like, I can't believe somebody gave me money for this. I think it was like $7,000 or something. It was not very much money. How many money. And it's the worst car I've ever driven. You could not turn the thing. Like, wouldn't you think the number one thing you would think if you had a convertible would be, man, that thing would handle really well. You. You had to make like 78 different turns to reverse direction to make a turn in that car. It had the worst turn radius of any vehicle ever made. And it's the worst purchase that I ever made. It was only like, seven grand, but I was like, as soon as I started driving it, I was like, this is a really bad decision we made.

[A]

I also like that people would sometimes see me driving by and they would just start going holiday Robin Dumb of the car from National Lampoons. Although that's actually a different.

[B]

Also a great movie that holds up that original vacation. And the one that I think is even better, which is rare Christmas Vacation is the best of the of the vacation franchises. And that one came out like 20 years later.

[A]

Did you see. I'm not letting you get off the hook so easy with this. Did you see all seven Scream movies?

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Which was the worst one?

[B]

I think scream 4 probably was the worst. Maybe scream 5.

[A]

I remember when I.

[B]

6 was not good either. Really? 7 was better than. I would say 4, 5 and 6.

[A]

Do you remember the leprechaun movies?

[B]

Oh, of course I do.

[A]

You know that Jennifer Aniston was in the first one. It was actually her screen debut.

[B]

But that's a great casting move by them, by the way.

[A]

Yeah, that's an elite pick. Elite draft pick.

[B]

Very, very, very low budget horror movie.

[A]

But Warwick Davis, who is also the good guy in Willow, he plays. He's a well known little person actor. The best known little person actor before Tyrion Lannister. That guy came along, forget his name in real life. But that.

[B]

That guy's a cocky bastard. I don't really like him.

[A]

He's not very likable.

[B]

I know he's a little. I mean, just.

[A]

He's a little big for his britches,

[B]

if we're gonna be honest. Yes.

[A]

And nonetheless, we had great in Game of Thrones, though. I mean, really talented, fantastic in the role. Full credit for that. But Warwick Davis, the leprechaun movies, they made five of them. Clay and I saw several of the sequels. There is a Leprechaun in the hood movie, which is what you think it is. It is like boys in the hood, but they drop a leprechaun in the middle of the movie and it is a thing. So, you know, I don't know. They don't make movies like they used to. That I could tell you. And they certainly don't make them like Scream 7.

[B]

By the way, Peter Dinklage should be incredibly humble because he happened to get the best midget character that has ever exist for midget characters. And yet he didn't accept that role from George R.R. martin. I mean, Tyrion Lannister is the greatest midget character in.

[A]

I think they prefer person or dwarf.

[B]

You're throwing the. At some point. At some point. Is it the M word now? Like, I'm sticking with, like, everybody knows what it is. He got the greatest role ever. And instead of being incredibly thankful, do you know, remember this? Like, he said it would be offensive when they remade the Snow White woke Snow White. They had to do computer animated Dwarves because he said it would be offensive to cast midgets to play the Dwarves. Remember this if you're a little person actor, the Guy just stole the seven greatest roles that are going to exist in your career because he's a cocky bastard. I don't like that dude. Peter Dinklage. I. He's one of the few people in media that I'm like, He seems like a total. I'm trying to avoid jerk. I'm trying to avoid using the wrong word, by the way. Fast growing trees. One of the best parts. Spring, all the leaves coming out after a brutal winter, finally starting to get a little bit warm. Here in Nashville, the dogwoods are starting to bloom. You can start to see spring coming. This is what our friends at Fast Growing Trees live for. We're talking about the nation's largest trusted online nursery. Don't get fooled by the name Fast Growing Trees. More than just trees. Everything you could possibly plant. The busiest time of year for them. Carefully growing so many varieties of every type of tree, plant and shrubbery, hundreds of them. They will let you know what the best, best foliage, what the best trees are, no matter what part of the country you live in. Also, if you want plants inside of your home, lemon trees, for example, in New York City, very, very popular. If you want some fresh plants inside of your home or you want to do what I'm doing, which is plant trees all over your yard, they can hook you up. It's amazing. You get 50% off trees and plants right now. When you use my name, Clay as the promo code. That is 50 off, plus an additional 20 off at fast growing trees dot com. My name Clay for 20 up, 20 off. That is fast growingtrees dot com My name Clay for 20 off. Fast growing trees dot com code Clay. Laughing

[A]

at funny things in the break sometimes, guys, sorry.

[B]

The frivolity that everybody's angry on social media a lot. It feels like I would say anger is the predominant media. I like to laugh. And so there's a lot of great humor from many of you on social media on a regular basis. So more humor, less anger. I think happy warrior them typically wins. And I wanted to make sure that I mentioned this guy's name because we talked about him and the fact that he was a hero and he's not getting any credit from mom Donnie at all. Aaron Edwards. Buck is the name of the NYPD officer that has gone viral with a photo of him jumping over a barricade to tackle these two would be terrorists outside of Gracie Mansion. Aaron Edwards. So thank you from us. I know we have a lot of NYPD listeners out there in the W O R listening audience, and I know a lot of you are nodding along, too, that unfortunately, it is a sign of the culture that has been embraced from New York City that people who are protesting at Columbia get to eat dinner in the mayor's residence and not the people that are actually keeping us all safe from the loony bend criminals out there. So thank you to Aaron Edwards of the nypd. We come back. Buck, Our friend Ashley Brassfeld is going to join us with the absolute latest on the Georgia primary, including the race to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene that is getting a lot of attention right now. And then also in the third hour, we'll be joined by Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama. All that coming your way in the next hour, plus your reactions. Thanks for hanging with us on Clay and Buck.