Hour 2 - Let That Sink In

Summary

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show – Hour 2: Let That Sink In (November 5, 2025)

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton analyze the most recent election results in New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, focusing on what the outcomes reveal about the state of American politics and voter motivations. The hosts, employing their signature blend of intelligence and humor, dissect Democrat strategies, Republican turnout problems, and the shocking result in Virginia’s Attorney General’s race. The conversation threads current events with deeper reflections on political culture, base mobilization, and the tribal nature of voter allegiance.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Election Night Recap and Republican Performance

• The hosts express measured disappointment with GOP results, noting losses in expectedly tough states, but urge listeners not to panic.
  • “Look, not a great night for Republicans, but not a terrible night because we expected to lose these races... We keep our composure here. We are happy warriors.” — Clay Travis [02:36]

2. Democratic Campaign Strategy: ‘No Kings’ & Trump Derangement

• The Democratic focus on anti-Trump narratives is mocked, especially the ‘no kings’ rhetoric, deemed both delusional and uninspiring.
  • “They just sound like a bunch of dorks. Honestly, it's not even... It's delusional and absurd, but also it's... It’s like they're slipping...” — Clay Travis [07:58]
• Democrats’ ability to mobilize their base through demonizing Trump—even if he’s not on the ballot—emerges as a recurring tactic.
  • “If you hate Trump, you are way more likely to show up than if you love Trump when Trump himself is not on the ballot.” — Clay Travis [06:23]
  • “They're not saying show up and vote for the Democrat because we can get higher taxes… It's Trump is a king.” — Clay Travis [13:41]

3. Voter Turnout: The Republican Enthusiasm Gap

• The show highlights a stark reality: huge numbers of Trump voters stayed home in both NJ and VA, costing Republicans winnable races.
  • “600,000 people in New Jersey and in Virginia who voted for Trump last year did not show up to vote in this 2025 election.” — Buck Sexton [08:34]
• The parallels with Obama-era Democratic turnout drop-offs are noted.

4. Winning by Division: The Case of J. Jones in Virginia

• The most alarming result: J. Jones wins VA Attorney General after texts surfaced wishing death on his political opponents’ kids.
  • “If you're the chief law enforcement officer of a state...wishing that the kids of your political opponents were murdered and, and that if it happened, you would. On their graves... would be disqualifying to me... Virginia didn't care.” — Clay Travis [27:13]
• They play and analyze exit poll data showing only 46% of voters found J. Jones’ comments disqualifying. Most, they conclude, prioritized party over character.

5. Democratic Platitudes vs. Actions

• The contradiction between Democratic messaging against ‘division’ and their candidates’ divisive conduct is scathingly critiqued.
  • “You wanted to kill the kids of your opponents. How in the world, in your acceptance speech, are you saying you're fighting back against the politics of division?” — Buck Sexton [31:07]
• The atmosphere is characterized as one where tribalism overrides any ethical standards—winning is all that matters.

6. Reflections on Living in Blue States

• Both hosts discuss the cultural and psychological toll of living in deep-blue states or cities under leadership and civic standards they fundamentally distrust.
  • “If you can elect someone as the chief law enforcement officer of your state that said he wants to see the kids of a political opponent murdered and that if it happened, he would piss on their graves, how can you feel comfortable living in that state?” — Buck Sexton [32:25]
• The theme recurs: virtue signaling about civility rings hollow when partisan tribalism excuses any behavior.

7. Political Marketing & Movements

• The marketing genius of campaigns like Black Lives Matter is acknowledged—but ‘No Kings’ derided as ineffective and unserious.
  • “There was some marketing genius in the Black Lives Matter situation, right? No, Kings. It's lame. It's just lame.” — Clay Travis [08:07]

8. Broader Political Implications

• Looking forward, the hosts warn of a difficult cycle for Republicans: unless they fix turnout, Democrats’ anti-Trump strategy will keep working in midterms and downballot races.
  • “In the midterms, the first thing they're going to do if they take back the House is impeach Donald Trump, and they're just going to throw themselves athwart all of governance...” — Buck Sexton [14:19]
• The consequences of Democrats flipping even one chamber are stressed: “If the Democrats even just take the House, never mind the Senate, the Trump agenda is over. Effectively, it's dead in the water legislatively.” — Clay Travis [15:12]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the anti-Trump messaging:
  • “They have beaten that dead horse so much... They've gone from Nazis to King Trump.” — Clay Travis [05:49]
• On Democratic turnout:
  • “You have these politicians who have a personal magnetism that doesn’t translate. I Look at it—600,000 fewer people showed up to vote Republican...” — Clay Travis [06:23]
• On the J. Jones scandal:
  • “Almost half found them to be disqualifying. About one in four said they were concerning, but then another one in four said they weren't concerned or they hadn't heard enough about it.” — Sandra Smith, Fox News, exit poll cited [26:46]
  • “That's spitting in the face of everyone who's paying attention. That's what that is.” — Clay Travis [35:12]
• On the state of politics:
  • “We are not being led by the best and brightest among us, candidly.” — Buck Sexton [35:21]
• On living in blue states:
  • “I don't think I could live in a state that would elect someone like J. Jones. I'm just being honest with you.” — Buck Sexton [32:25]
• On political self-reflection:
  • (Caller Wade) “That takes ruthless, unbiased self analysis and the people aren't able to do that. Instead... they're going to blame Trump more and more and more.” [45:58]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:36] – Kicking off the election post-mortem, context about GOP expectations.
• [05:02 - 08:32] – Dissecting Democratic messaging: ‘No Kings,’ ‘Trump is Hitler,’ base mobilization strategies.
• [08:34 - 11:40] – The enthusiasm gap among Republican voters; parallels with Obama-era turnout.
• [12:35 - 14:19] – Tactically, why anti-Trump rhetoric works for Democrats in midterms, not when Trump’s on the ticket.
• [16:14 - 17:57] – The brokenness of health insurance and policy, tying election issues to daily life.
• [26:32 - 39:11] – Detailed discussion of the J. Jones Attorney General election in VA, including shocking voter and candidate behavior.
• [32:25 - 37:50] – Personal reflections on community, trust, and political environment in blue states.
• [45:58] – Caller disputes possibility of Democratic voters’ self-reflection.
• [47:05] – Previewing data analysis with Ryan Girduski in the next hour.

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Tone and Delivery

The conversation oscillates between dark humor, earnest political concern, and moments of incredulity at the current state of partisan politics. Both hosts are sarcastic and self-deprecating at times (referencing "Groundhog Day," “losers at no kings protests,” etc.), but make earnest, at times blunt, appeals for realism about the landscape facing the Republican Party.

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Conclusion

This episode paints a clear, critical picture of American electoral dynamics in 2025: partisan demonizing and tribal loyalty are dominating, with policy and character concerns sidelined by base mobilization strategies and anti-Trump fervor. The Republican turnout problem—particularly in off-year and midterm elections—is urgently highlighted. The shocking victory of J. Jones in Virginia crystallizes the hosts’ worries about political standards and civic virtue in blue states.

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For more in-depth data analysis on the election results, the hosts tease an upcoming segment with their “numbers guy” Ryan Girduski at the top of the next hour.

Transcript

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[Buck Sexton]

Remember that? Oh, yeah, he's just quit.

[Clay Travis]

He's just done with everything because he's.

[Buck Sexton]

Living the same day over and over again.

[Clay Travis]

Groundhog Day. Underrated movie. I might.

[Buck Sexton]

A great movie.

[Clay Travis]

It's just a. It's.

[Buck Sexton]

It's funny.

[Clay Travis]

You can watch it over and over again. Look at that. The irony. It's a great movie, but I just.

[Buck Sexton]

Always remember Bill Murray, like, so just.

[Clay Travis]

He's just had it right. We're not there. Everything's gonna be fine. Everything's gonna be fine. But we gotta fight. We gotta win. We gotta stay focused. That is. That is baked in here. That is all a part of this. And this is the situation as we see it. In New Jersey, it was a close call, but a very. They ran two female, very establishment candidates in New for Democrats in New Jersey and in Virginia. And let's just say it, it was a smart play for them. Women are the constituency of the Democrat, I should say, particularly young and unmarried women are a primary constituency of the Democrat Party right now. And they ran against Trump. Clay, in these states. Isn't that. It's so interesting. You get to run to be the governor. Here's Mikey Sherrill. You get to run to be the governor of New Jersey. But instead of having to explain why Democrats run New Jersey so poorly, instead of that, they have, oh, we have no kings here. And that gets their base all fired up like, this is Looney tunes stuff. Play 17.

[Buck Sexton]

We're not going to give in to.

[Clay Travis]

Our darker impulses here in New Jersey. We know that this nation has not ever been, nor will it ever be, ruled by kings. We take oaths to a constitution, not a king. We've chosen liberty, the very foundation of democracy.

[Announcer]

And we've chosen prosperity necessary to create opportunity for all.

[Clay Travis]

Okay, idea here. Theory, theory here. I'm going to float something out to you. So the Trump is a Nazi thing has been. They have Beaten that dead horse so much. I mean, they have pushed that so much. And yet Trump, as we know, close ally of Israel, by the way, despite a lot of the noise on the right these days about Israel and Jews in America and everything, Trump is the closest friend that Israel has ever had. I noticed that some of these voices on the right that are critical of AIPAC and Israel and everything. Not critical of Trump, though. Very interesting how that happens. But anyway, Trump is a close friend of Israel, and so they have to drop. That is it. Now, if you're an emotionally unstable lib, are you really going with the fighting Trump is fighting monarchy thing? Is this what the switch is now? They've gone from Nazis to King Trump.

[Buck Sexton]

They just have to convince their base that Trump is a Nazi to such an extent that they will show up. And I mean, to me, Buck, I looked at the numbers this morning. That's the first thing that I did. Trump's base doesn't show up when Trump's not on the ballot. Remember, Obama's base didn't show up when Obama was not on the base on the ballot. I think there are some very popular with the base politicians that have a certain amount of personal magnetism that doesn't translate beyond them. I mean, again, I Look at it, 600,000 fewer people showed up to vote Republican in New Jersey and in Virginia. Yes, look, Democrats, their voters showed up. But, Buck, I think to your point, it's because if you hate Trump, you are way more likely to show up than if you love Trump when Trump himself is not on the ballot. Democrat. This is why, logically, the Democrat go after Trump thing, it works in midterms. It works when Trump's not on the ballot. I don't think it works very well when Trump is on the ballot. And so this is why I think we just.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, for just for a sec, the resistance thing, look, it was a little over. A little overdrawn, a little overwrought, you know, the whole thing. But there was like La Resistance in France and, you know, there was like some cool historical parallel, and you could think of yourself as some kind of revolutionary clay. No Kings, they just sound like a bunch of dorks. Honestly, it's not even a.

[Buck Sexton]

It's.

[Clay Travis]

Yes, it's delusional and absurd, but also it's. It's like they're slipping. Usually they're. Look, Black Lives Matter. Say what you will about what it has done, and we've said a lot, right? It's been very bad. The slogan, understanding the. The activist impulse, understanding the power of those words. There was some marketing genius in the Black Lives Matter situation, right? No, Kings. It's lame. It's just lame. This is what I.

[Buck Sexton]

It's lame and weak. It might work in the midterms.

[Clay Travis]

Ah, you're killing me with this one.

[Buck Sexton]

No, look. Yes, it's a blue state. It's New Jersey, it's Virginia. I am always of the opinion, and this is the way that I think. Maybe I'm wrong on this. If you lose, the first thing I want to do is go back and look at what you did. This is what I always tell my kids when I coach basketball, when I coach football, when I coached baseball. Your opponent being good is, to a large extent, beyond your control. An opponent can play really well or really poorly. Now you can make it more difficult. Like all those things. What I always want to control is what I can control. That's the number one rule I think, of life. Honestly. Control what you can control. 600,000 people in New Jersey and in Virginia who voted for Trump last year did not show up to vote in this 2025 election. Who were those? Who are those people? Like I said, some of y' all are listening right now. So if they had, then these races would have either been very, very close or Republicans would have won. So Republicans didn't lose because Democrats had better arguments. They lost because the Democrat base was more willing to respond to their argument than the Republican base was to respond to Win Sears and to Citarelli.

[Clay Travis]

The Mikey Sherrill thing, that was. It was disappointing because I think that Cittarelli had a real chance. But then there's Spanberger. And look, let's hear who is. Who is such a. A. What's. What's the. An amorphous phony in so many ways. You know, just talks in circles. Doesn't take the. She's going to govern like a radical leftist. People who follow politics and know anything about who she is know that. But not enough. To your point, about people not showing up, Virginians thought, oh, well, you know, it's Governor. Not that not all of them, but obviously a fair number of Republicans in Virginia decided, or let's just say Trump voters, not even just Republicans. A fair number of Trump voters, enough to deliver a W for the Republicans, said, oh, I'm not going to show up. Here's what spanberger says. Play 20.

[Announcer]

My fellow Virginians, tonight, we sent a message. We sent a message to every corner of the commonwealth, a message to our.

[Clay Travis]

Neighbors and our fellow Americans across the country. We sent a message to the whole.

[Announcer]

World that in 2025, Virginia chose pragmatism over partisanship. We chose our commonwealth over chaos.

[Clay Travis]

What does that even mean, Clay? Pragmatism over partisanship? You ran in a partisan election and you want dudes in chicks locker rooms. Pragmatism.

[Buck Sexton]

I just, again, I think everybody has to prepare themselves for as moronic as you believe it is to say no kings or Hitler or the base of any right, it's. It is like these people are losers. They are morons. I'm going to be honest with you. If you are showing up at a no Kings protest, I think you are a huge loser who needs to get a life. I don't think there's any other way to describe it, but they have decided that their life's purpose buck is Trump is a king, Trump is Hitler. And so they're going to show up. So I think for looking forward, what has to happen in order for the coalition that showed up for Trump in 2024 to show up again in 26 and again in 28, those are the questions that I think should be asked as we get ready for the midterms.

[Clay Travis]

I think that. And this is something I address in my book, which will be out in February. By the way, have you gotten your copy of Balls? I got my copy of Balls that showed up yesterday. So don't forget on that. I saw your picture pushing your book.

[Buck Sexton]

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[Clay Travis]

You don't want to get caught without balls. You know what I mean? It's not good.

[Buck Sexton]

So you end up voting for Mikey Sherrill or, or Abigail Spanberger. Mom, Donnie, you don't have balls. You need balls.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, you need them. I would say though, the Democrat Party now, for the purposes of mobilization, and this is why I was talking about the Nazi thing for Trump and now the no Kings thing and the resistance, anti fascism, they have to get people on their side to believe in a fantasy, an unreality.

[Buck Sexton]

Yes.

[Clay Travis]

They're not saying show up and vote for the Democrat because we can get higher taxes on high earners and we're going to have a more open borders policy where anybody can claim asylum and they're not. It's Trump is a king.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah.

[Clay Travis]

Look, honestly, I think Trump being a king would be kind of fun for a little While. But that's a whole other. That's a whole other conversation. That's a whole other conversation. Point is, he's nowhere near a king.

[Buck Sexton]

All right?

[Clay Travis]

He's nowhere near a king. We all know this. They are running against a delusion, and it works. And it works. Now, that's the troubling part. It works.

[Buck Sexton]

So that's why I look forward. I mean, look, the reality is, most of our lives, if you live in Virginia or New Jersey, that can be different. Certainly if you live in New York City, that can be different. But for the vast majority of people listening right now, our lives are not going to change substantially based on what happened last night. But in the midterms, the first thing they're going to do if they take back the House is impeach Donald Trump, and they're just going to throw themselves athwart all of governance and refuse to allow anything at all to happen if they take back the House. And obviously, in 2028, whomever is elected as the next the president and certainly the Republican nominee is going to impact a lot of people out there. So my point on all this is they're going to look at these results and they're going to say our base still turns out against Trump. And so I would suspect that will be their entire campaign next year.

[Clay Travis]

Well, the midterms. That is absolutely the case.

[Buck Sexton]

It is.

[Clay Travis]

The midterms is just a Stop Trump election for them. And that may be enough. Now, we're going to have to have people understand if the Democrats even just take the House, never mind the Senate, the Trump agenda is over.

[Buck Sexton]

Correct.

[Clay Travis]

Effectively, it's dead in the water legislatively, you may be able to get some cool exec. You know, he might get really creative with some executive orders.

[Buck Sexton]

We should mention the Supreme Court is really hearing whether he has the authority on tariffs. That happened today, too. It kind of got snowed under in the election results.

[Clay Travis]

So there's that. That might be the most destructive Supreme Court decision since they decided that you could tax inactivity with Obamacare, which now we all see, I might add. Clay, do you see what the policies would be without the subsidies for some family of four policies for health care? 40, 50 grand a year. 40, $50,000 a year for insurance? Not for health care. For insurance. For health care. This is what Obamacare hath wrought America. Madness. Thank you, Supreme Court. Thank you, John Roberts.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, it's totally broken. And the whole concept of paying for insurance is predicated on. I hate the insurance industry in general. Apologies to all the insurance Agents out there. It's the only thing you're forced to buy that you hope you never use. In all seriousness, like, right, the amount that you spend and I spend on car insurance and health insurance and home insurance and everything else, and the vast majority of people will never use it, which is why the industry exists at all. It drives me insane.

[Clay Travis]

I don't know why. I know it's nowhere near Groundhog Day, but now I'm thinking of Ned Ryerson from Groundhog Day. Remember the insurance salesman that he meets on the street? That guy does a, he's a character actor, does a great job.

[Buck Sexton]

I don't begrudge the insurance business. How many times can you get paid for something that, that, that people never use? I mean, that's the entire foundation of the insurance. But our medical system is broken because there is no actual transparency on cost. If I could change one thing and just wave a magic wand, it would be that everybody knows what insurance cost.

[Clay Travis]

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[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, thank you. Sorry, we're coming up on a break. I'll answer the question. Yes, they did and we'll talk about that some at the bottom of the hour. J. Jones, who wished death on his political opponents and was proven to have done so via text messages. One comfortably reelect one election because we had Jason Mearez on who was the sitting attorney general and J. Jones beat him by six points. So it didn't even end up buck that close of an election in Virginia despite what that guy said.

[Clay Travis]

We will get into some of the troubling data there and also what it says about the Democrat Party that we are dealing with, my friends, and what the voters of the Democrat Party are willing to countenance, maybe even celebrate. So we shall dive into all of that coming up here. And then our friend Ryan Garduski, our numbers guy with some of the most interesting insights on that third hour coming up.

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[Clay Travis]

Look at some of the some of the questions over the J. Jones texts.

[Announcer]

And that scandal from text back to.

[Clay Travis]

2022 and how this is affecting the attorney general's race, their possibility of a split ticket. We asked voters what best describes their.

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Opinion of those leaked texts.

[Clay Travis]

Almost half found them to be disqualifying. About one in four said they were concerning, but then another one in four said they weren't concerned or they hadn't.

[Buck Sexton]

Heard enough about it. So Buck, to me, this is the worst part of the election results, because I'm not surprised. We talked about the fact that New Jersey is a blue state. It occasionally elects Republicans. Most of the time it does not. And so the fact that Cheryl won, not a huge surprise. The fact that Virginia flipped back. Virginia, almost always the winning party is the opposition to who the president is. But this thing, I thought that Jason Miarres, who we had on the program, I thought he would win because if you're the chief law enforcement officer of a state, I'm not sure exactly what the standard on behavior should be, but wishing that the kids of your political opponents were murdered and, and that if it happened, you would. On their graves, and that having been written out on being in text, it would be disqualifying to me. I'd be like, I don't know that I can trust the judgment of this guy. Virginia didn't care.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, I think that, look, this is disconcerting because you also would like to think, I mean, I don't want to get too deep into this, but the country's been through a lot. The country's been through a lot of stuff that we would never want to see again. And so I would hope that the general electorate. I'm not talking about lunatics on, on Blue sky or Blue Star or whatever, you know, the left wing Twitter. I would hope that normal Americans would really have a problem with the kind of stuff that this guy, who is supposed to be a senior law enforcement officer. Yes. Was saying. And the fact that they don't have a problem with it at all is important for everyone to understand the mentality and what we're opposing here and what we're dealing with, that's where this is. You need to recognize that while they're claiming no kings and while they're saying Trump is so coarse and Trump is so awful on the other side of things. On the other side of things, they will allow someone to become a senior law enforcement officer who does this. Right. So they don't actually have any standards. Clay, is the reality. There's not any moral or ethical clarity. It's, we want what we want. We support our team no matter what, and we're going to say whatever we want about your team, no matter how absurd, crazy, defamatory or destructive it is. And we're only going to talk about tamping down political violence when our side, the left, actually does it. Which, as we know, the left is the one that has the problem with political violence that is reality. They're only going to say, maybe we should calm both sides down. And after their side does something horrible and they take no ownership for the climate, the temperature, any of that stuff.

[Buck Sexton]

And it speaks to the fact that all that mattered was that Jay Jones was a Democrat. And, I mean, this makes me, like, kind of want to puke a little bit. But what do you think J. Jones said after he was elected? This is the guy who wanted the kids of his political opponents murdered. Said he would piss on their graves. And here's what he said in his acceptance speech. Cut 21.

[Clay Travis]

I will defend the rights of every single Virginian. I will protect our jobs, our health care, and our economy from Donald Trump's attacks.

[Buck Sexton]

I will always work to protect a.

[Clay Travis]

Woman'S right to an abortion here in Virginia. Donald Trump, MAGA and those corporate special interests believe that Virginia's government should be beholden to them. But tonight, we sent a loud message to them and to every single person across this country. Virginia belongs to the people. Together we stand firm against the people who would take us backward.

[Buck Sexton]

We will use tonight as a springboard.

[Clay Travis]

To reject the politics of divisiveness and division.

[Buck Sexton]

You wanted to kill the kids of your opponents. How in the world, in your acceptance speech, are you saying you're fighting back against the politics of division? Again, I look at, at some of this and I just say, in many respects, this, this is, you know, if I lived in a state that was regularly electing Democrats, I don't think I could live in that state anymore. And I understand, because 40% of people are going to vote the other way in any state. Right? So California, 60, 40, you know, Democrat. And my state is going to be pretty comfortably 60, 40 Republican in Tennessee for the rest of my life. I don't think I could live in a state that would elect someone like J. Jones. I'm just being honest with you. If you can elect someone as the chief law enforcement officer of your state that said he wants to see the kids of a political opponent murdered and that if it happened, he would piss on their graves, how can you feel comfortable living in that state? And I understand a lot of you in southwest Virginia are listening to us right now. Very different vibe than what happens in Northern Virginia. But this guy's the chief law enforcement officer of your state. Now. How can you trust any decision that he makes? And how can you trust any decision that your fellow neighbors in Virginia have made? Again, I don't think I could live in a blue state right now.

[Clay Travis]

And also all these people at these no Kings protests as we were discussing who were always whining on about civility and decency and how Trump is so coarse and Trump goes too far and all this stuff. We're the ones who had our president and presidential candidate shot through the ear and almost shot again. We're the ones who are still processing the horrendous grief of losing our friend and incredible political force, Charlie Kirk, to an assassin's bullet. We're the ones that are having to always say, okay, I know there's a lot of crazies on your side, but for the betterment of the country, we're going to try to move forward and stay calm. And then they have something like this.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah.

[Clay Travis]

Where it would be very clear. I mean, no one say, you know, it's not like this is a presidential election where you say, well, but I'll do anything to make sure that abortion stays legal nationally or whatever it is. This is for the attorney general of a state. And you're really going to put forward this guy. Look, the other thing we haven't even mentioned, Alvin Bragg in New York City got reelected.

[Buck Sexton]

Well, of course, that doesn't, I mean, that doesn't surprise me at all. I mean, Letitia James, if she is able, will get elected for the rest of her life or as long as people are willing to, are able to claim that Trump is Hitler and everything else. But Virginia, this surprised me. This was the only result that I saw. And I thought, wow, because again, New Jersey governor, Virginia governor, Democrats traditionally win. They're favored. They didn't vote for Trump in those states. But for the attorney general to have those texts, to have it come out and for him to win, not only win buck, but win by, I think, six and a half points, which means that it really wasn't that close and that not even very many people ticket split. Even if you were a Democrat supporter, you didn't say, okay, you know what, I'll vote Spanberger for governor, but I'm going to draw the line at wanting my kids, wanting the kids of political opponents murdered Democrats were just like, nope, I'm sticking with Jay Jones. And then for him to come out and say in his reelection or his election speech night victory, we got to work on divisiveness. We're going to tamp down divisiveness. Like what so many of these people.

[Clay Travis]

That's spitting in the face of everyone who's paying attention. That's what that is. That's, that's meant to be. That's like Gavin Newsom saying he hates politicians who lie I ju.

[Buck Sexton]

Yes, that's exactly what that is. But it also makes me hate politicians. The more time I spend listening to some of these morons talk, the more time I spend thinking we need way better politicians. We are not being led by the best and brightest among us, candidly. And so, look, I can be angry at voters, and I am, because they put J. Jones in office. But J. Jones is a moron, violent, incompetent, and he was able to get elected. And you just said, buck, did you listen? I'm Expandberger, Mickey, Sheryl. These are the most bland, uninteresting, not particularly inspiring candidates that are on the planet, and yet they're out there. Like, I just.

[Clay Travis]

They're just a Trojan. They're just a Trojan horse for the left wing agenda, which is exactly, exactly what you and I and so many others said was going to be true of Biden in 2020. Oh, good old Joe. You know, he's a. He's a moderate. He's a guy you can trust. He's a union guy. All lies, all lies. The White House was putting out stuff about transgender surgery for minors being critical care. The White House was doing that under Joe Biden. OK, we need to have 12 year olds on hormone therapy ASAP, because the left is insane. You're going to get the same thing with these women who, you know, Mikey, Sheryl, apparently her whole campaign is like, I went to the Naval Academy. Okay, yeah.

[Buck Sexton]

You know, 30 years.

[Clay Travis]

I mean, that's nice. But that was it, from what I understand. And Allison Spanberger. Abigail, Allison, whatever. In a Spamberger. She was just, I'm not Trump. No kings. And unfortunately, that was enough with all of the brainless, but brainless automatons that go along with that stuff.

[Buck Sexton]

What would you be thinking if you still lived in New York City? You know, I was saying earlier, I couldn't live. Like, if you were still living in New York City, would you? I know you made the decision to move to Miami partly because you saw this coming, but do you think if you were waking up in New York City this morning, you would be. Would it be your tipping point in some way if you had managed to stay?

[Clay Travis]

That's interesting. I think if you were willing to put up with what happened after Covid, you're willing to see how it goes, willing to roll the dice with this? I don't expect there'll be a big outflow of people. I don't expect that.

[Buck Sexton]

So I just, I look at this. I mean, when I see the Jay Jones, when I see the Mom Donnie thing. I don't think I could live in a place where people would make decisions like these because I would just walk around all the time. Like, how can I trust anything here? Because I mean, to vote for someone who wanted to see his political opponents kids murdered is so far, people's like, well, Trump said some salacious that, yeah, he talked about how to grab chicks. Okay, like, that's so. That's ridiculous. But it's clear, like locker room talk ridiculousness. It's Trump, right? Like, this is, hey, I'm on a text mess. He's telling what he thinks is a joke, trying to make somebody laugh. This is on a text message. And the woman he was texting with, Buck was like, you don't really mean that. Like you're kind of getting carried away. And he's like, no, I really mean it. And I would piss on their graves. Like, she gave him an off ramp of like, hey, you just got carried away a little bit on a text.

[Clay Travis]

She realized what you said is so shameful. Like you can't actually. Let's give you the opportunity to not be a total, you know, demonic freak. And he decided to double down on it. And now he's going to be determining who goes to prison. Correct. And who's prosecuted in the state of Virginia. Think about that.

[Buck Sexton]

No, arguably it's the most important job in many ways in the state of Virginia and certainly it's one where judgment matters more than most because everything you do is look at cases and determine what are the cases that should be brought. And Jason Mears, by the way, was doing a really good job as the sitting Attorney general. So it's not only that he got elected, it's that he beat an incumbent that was running for reelection having done a good job. We'll take some of your calls. Ryan Garduski, our buddy's gonna join us top of the third hour, give you a little bit of a data analysis of what he saw in the numbers. In the meantime, the Tunnel, the Towers foundation honors America's heroes and their families when tragedy strikes. In the hours after Manhattan was attacked on 9 11. The tunnel to Towers foundation was created to help the families that lost loved ones in uniform that day. Running towards destruction, not away from it. Since then, Tunnel Towers foundation has done all they can to help families that have lost a hero in the line of duty. Your generosity has provided mortgage free homes to thousands of families worried about the roofs over their head. That same generosity has helped severely injured combat veterans return home to live in smart homes. Specially adapted to their needs. The Tunnel of the Towers foundation makes this pledge we will never forget. So many of us echo that same sentiment. More heroes are waiting and in need of assistance. Honor their sacrifices. Now join us in donating $11 a month to Tunnel the Towers at t2t.org that's t the number two t.org news and politics, but also a little comic relief.

[Clay Travis]

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[Buck Sexton]

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[Clay Travis]

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[Buck Sexton]

Young people lied about their ages. I mean you can imagine it was hard to have records of how old people were and some of them might not have even known. But yeah the kids, I mean, they got in early.

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But Anyway, go to crockettcoffee.com subscribe Love history, love Crockett, love America. And get your coffee from us, my friends. It's the best, Wade. And Corpus Christi wants to talk. What's up, Wade? Hey, earlier y' all said that the Mondami voters would learn their lesson as time went on. And I heartily disagree with you. That takes ruthless, unbiased self analysis and the people aren't able to do that. You know, you got to be honest with yourself and be willing to admit that your ideas are wrong and you made a mistake. And they won't do that. So instead of that, as time goes along, they're going to blame Trump and the worse it gets, they're going to blame Trump more and more and more. And that's all they're going to be.

[Buck Sexton]

I thank you for the call. I don't remember specifically saying. I think the question was will they ever self analyze on many of these things? I definitely agree with you. And I know we said on the program the problem is they will not put the consequences on their own choices. They will say Trump, Trump, Trump. And that's all that's gonna matter. Trump, by the way, speaking on bringing back the American dream, according to FOX News down in your hometown of Miami, right, or now your current hometown of Miami. Right now, Buck. We'll monitor that, see if he said anything else. Ryan Gardusky, our friend, data analyst is gonna join us at the top of the next hour and we will take all of your calls Right now. We have loaded lines, 800-282-2882. We will allow you guys to tee off on the results and your thoughts on the bottom half of the next hour. But up next, our buddy Ryan Girduski. We will break down Buck, the rest of the races and what we learned.

[Clay Travis]

According to him, diving into all that data with Ryan.

[Buck Sexton]

We'll be back with you here in.

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Just a few minutes. Stay with us, everybody.

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