Hour 2 - Mamdani's Treasonous Threat

Summary

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Episode: Hour 2 - Mamdani's Treasonous Threat

Date: July 20, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this dynamic hour, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton tackle breaking news and controversy surrounding remarks by New York City councilmember Mohammed Mamdani regarding the potential arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The hosts dissect the legal, political, and diplomatic implications of Mamdani’s statements, debate the shifting allegiances within the Democratic Party regarding Israel, and reflect on media bias and the erosion of traditional news influence. The episode is marked by energetic exchanges, insightful legal analysis, and listener engagement via calls and YouTube comments.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Left-Wing Violence & Law Enforcement Incompetence

• Story: Attempted violent act outside a New York federal building linked to anti-ICE sentiment.
• Context: The suspect reportedly had "anti-ICE" items and set a substantial blaze but failed to harm anyone.
• Buck’s Insight:

  “One of the greatest advantages that we have had...is that they are generally idiots...9 out of 10 are really stupid and have no idea what they’re doing.” (03:27)

• Historical Parallel: Buck references the 2010 Times Square bombing attempt, emphasizing how often would-be attackers are inept.

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2. Mamdani and the Netanyahu Controversy

• Sound Clip: Mamdani states Netanyahu "belongs in the Hague" and is "a war criminal who has been charged by the International Criminal Court." (05:23)
• Escalation: Mamdani suggests that as NYC Mayor, he would consider acting to arrest Netanyahu during an upcoming visit, but only within the bounds of NYC law, which his “legal department” is exploring.

  “Meaning that whatever the law allows me to do in New York City, that’s what we will do, but we won’t be writing our own laws to that end.” (05:48)

• Trump’s Response (as read by Clay):

  “Benjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested in any way, shape or form while in the United States of America. He’s fighting against the Islamic Republic of Iran...The only ones that should be arrested are the people that led Iran into this unprecedented spiral of death and destruction...” (06:06)

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3. Legal & Diplomatic Analysis: Could NYC Arrest Netanyahu?

• Buck’s Legal Hypothetical: Arresting an allied head of state during wartime could be treason:

  “Wouldn’t that be a federal act of treason?...how would that not be treason?” (07:21)

• Clay’s Constitutional Breakdown:
  • Would spark an "immediate constitutional crisis."
  • Federal law (supremacy clause) would override any local NYC law or action.
  • Arrest attempt would pit NYPD against international Israeli security, likened to US security never allowing a president to be detained abroad.

  “It would actually be dangerous, leaving aside all of the legality…” (10:53)

• Buck’s Summary:
  • Legally, no authority: “There’s no realistic legal guise under which NY Mayor Mamdani could actually order the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.” (09:35)
  • Diplomatically and logistically, a non-starter: “...would violate diplomatic immunity...would be violating the Logan Act...” (09:35)

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4. Political Implications & the State of the Democrat Party

• Division Over Israel: Clay notes a recent near-even split in the Democratic Party over support for Israel versus Palestinians/Iran.
• Media and Narrative:
  • Clay and Buck compare the hypothetical treatment of Mamdani’s comments to how media treat controversial Trump statements:

    “Every time Trump says anything, if it’s remotely controversial, every media outlet immediately runs to every Republican and says, do you have a comment…” (31:46)

  • Suggests media bias shields Democrats from facing similar scrutiny.

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5. Media Bias, CNN Merger, and Narrative Control

• Clay’s Media Analysis:
  • Discusses far-left judge blocking the merger of Paramount/Warner Brothers (with potential CNN impacts).
  • Suggests the left is desperate to keep CNN as a mouthpiece for Democratic perspectives, especially internationally:

    “CNN International...does so much to drive perceptions of America and they need perceptions of America to be left wing biased.” (25:35)

• Changing Information Landscape:
  • Buck argues social media now determines political narratives more than legacy outlets like CNN.

  “What is shared about this stuff on social media matters a whole lot more across the board than what CNN decides...” (33:53)

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6. Defining the Far-Left: Socialism vs. Communism

• Bill Maher Soundbites:
  • On left-wing radicalism:

    “I’m not living in communist America...it’s all the same species of wrong...” (27:57)

  • On Democratic Party’s lurch left:

    “Democrats are cowardly...their party is being taken over now by...very radical...when we’re cheering for the intifada, I’m out.” (28:57)

• Buck’s Commentary: Calls out leftist word games (“socialist” vs “communist”), noting the end result is always similar—more state control.

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7. Listener Engagement and Humorous Moments

• Median vs. Mean Call: Caller challenges hosts on their use of real estate statistics. Both defend their terminology and mockingly embrace being corrected.

  “Am I a moron? The answer is always potentially yes.” – Clay (19:23)

• YouTube Comments: Frequent banter about Buck’s hair, willingness to take criticism from the audience.

  “What is the haircut that I could possibly have with this mane, this luxurious mane that would make all the haters happy?” – Buck (23:25)

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8. Mamdani’s Statement Revisited

• Latest Audio (Mamdani reiterates tough stance on Netanyahu):

  “Benjamin Netanyahu...he’s the architect of the genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. As Israel’s prime minister...not facts of my personal assessment. They are facts of public record.” (40:12)

• Clay’s Take: Calls the statement obsessive, reckless, and a dangerous political show, again asking why Mamdani doesn’t call for arrests of Iranian officials.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Buck Sexton, on left-wing violence: “They are generally idiots...that means that the casualty rates are kept quite low.” (03:27)
• Mohammed Mamdani, on Netanyahu: “Prime Minister Netanyahu belongs in the Hague. He’s a war criminal…” (05:23)
• Clay Travis, on legal crisis: “It would provoke an immediate constitutional crisis legitimately...federal law would govern in this respect.” (08:33)
• Buck Sexton, on treason: “Wouldn’t that be a federal act of treason? He would be giving assistance by taking out the leader or detaining the leader of an allied country during armed conflict.” (07:21)
• Bill Maher, on radicalism: “Don’t tell me I’m not seeing what I am seeing.” (27:57)
• Listener Mike, on Mamdani: "Mamdani is a coward. He's not going to arrest anybody himself. ...The NYPD would not obey any orders to that effect." (31:25)
• Clay Travis, on media double standards: "Every media outlet immediately runs to every Republican and says, do you have a comment on President Trump saying X or Y? I actually think this is super newsworthy." (31:46)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 01:41 – Show begins (ads and intros skipped)
• 03:27 – Buck on incompetence of domestic/left-wing terrorism
• 04:46 – Introduction of Mamdani-Netanyahu controversy
• 05:21 – Mamdani: “Netanyahu belongs in the Hague...a war criminal”
• 06:06 – Trump’s statement on Netanyahu and Iran read
• 07:21 – Buck: Would arrest of Netanyahu be treason?
• 08:33 – Clay: Arrest would provoke “immediate constitutional crisis”
• 09:35 – Buck: Legal and jurisdictional analysis (no legal grounds)
• 10:53 – Clay: Logistical and diplomatic dangers of such an arrest
• 14:07 – Discussion of political crisis if Mamdani were punished
• 17:00–24:00 – YouTube comments, playful banter on Buck's hair, listener engagement
• 25:35 – Analysis of blocked Paramount/Warner/CNN deal; media’s political import
• 27:57 – Bill Maher: “I’m not living in communist America...”
• 40:12 – Mamdani repeats threat/promise regarding Netanyahu
• 41:45 – Clay challenges Mamdani’s singular focus on Israel over Iran

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Conclusion

This hour of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show captured the fervent controversy around Mohammed Mamdani's statements about potentially arresting Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in New York. The hosts provided a detailed, legally-grounded, and politically savvy analysis of why such an action would be disastrous, illegal, and dangerous, comparing Democratic politics today to earlier eras and sharply critiquing media complicity. Frequent engagement with listener comments and humor about their own on-air personas kept the tone energetic and inviting—even as the topics dealt with grave issues of law, diplomacy, and national division.

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Transcript

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[Clay Travis]

Welcome back in our number two Monday edition. Clay and Buck, appreciate all of you hanging out with us, 600am FM station, satellite radio, podcast, YouTube live wherever you may be. We appreciate all of you. Buck. Let's dive into a couple of stories that are ongoing right now as we speak. A reminder, Brendan Carr, FCC commissioner, scheduled to be with us at the top of the next hour. There is a suspect in custody over an incendiary device that was lit outside of a, I believe the court basically of where they do a lot of the ICE proceedings in New York City. Reports right now from Fox News that the suspect had quote, anti ice stuff on him that he lit this incendiary device outside. Thankfully no one, it appears was significantly harmed, but this individual is in custody as we speak and it appears again to be yet more left wing violence. I've seen this video. I'm sure you have two Buck. I don't know if we can post the video on the YouTube channel, but it is gone viral. Many different people have footage of this, this individual putting down what appears to be some sort of flammable liquid and then lighting a match. It was quite a substantial blaze that he set off right near the entrance. And again, reports are that he had anti ice gear with him. And and again, this was just outside 26. I just saw the address pop up.

[Buck Sexton]

Federal Federal Plaza. It's where all the in Manhattan there's a whole bunch of federal buildings all clustered together. So yes, but once again, I mean, I'm sure you saw me share this on Twitter. Clay, it is true, one of the greatest advantages that we have had in the war on terror in the past and are dealing with domestic terrorists today is they are generally idiots. Not all of them. And unfortunately some of them are horrifically effective at their violence. But like 9 out of 10 are really stupid and have no idea what they're doing. So that means that the casualty rates are kept quite low in incident Thankful. In this case. No, no one was hurt, thankfully. You know, it reminds me of the guy Clay, when I was in 2010, Faisal Shahzad and I wrote about this in Manufacturing Delusion so you can read about in the book. But in 2010, Faisal Shahzad tried to blow up super packed Times Square, pulled his car in. He would have killed a lot of people, but nobody was harmed at all because he didn't know how to build a bomb. Right. I mean this is yet again another time where no one's hurt because the people doing these things lack tactical skill, which is thank God. But that's the biggest thing that we have going for us a lot of the time is they are idiots and we get lucky here.

[Clay Travis]

We have, we mentioned Momdani and the cost of living in New York City. We played a cut of him talking about who is actually middle class. I do think that we should play this one too. Momdani says Prime Minister Netanyahu belongs in the Hague. He's a war criminal. Trump has just weighed in on this position. This is cut 15, I think a pretty significant allegation, also a significant potential action that Mamdani is saying that he is considering. Cut 15.

[Buck Sexton]

What will happen if he comes in September.

[Mohammed Mamdani]

I believe that Prime Minister Netanyahu belongs in the Hague. He's a war criminal who has been charged by the International Criminal Court. And what you will find is that is an opinion that is held by many purely because of what his actions have wrought over these last many years. I've also said that I will follow the Laws that we have here in New York City.

[Joel Osteen (Podcast Voice)]

Meaning.

[Buck Sexton]

I'm sorry, I don't understand what that means.

[Mohammed Mamdani]

Meaning that whatever the law allows me to do in New York City, that's what we will do, but we won't be writing our own laws to that end.

[Buck Sexton]

What does the law allow you to do?

[Mohammed Mamdani]

That's an active conversation with our legal department.

[Clay Travis]

Okay, so he is saying he may try, as the mayor of New York City, to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu.

[Mohammed Mamdani]

Now.

[Clay Travis]

Trump will weigh in here in a sec. Buck, Trump has just posted in the last 10 minutes, Benjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested in any way, shape or form while in the United States of America. He's fighting against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which recently killed 52,000 innocent protesters and has spent the last 47 years killing American soldiers and others. The only ones that should be arrested are the people that led Iran into this unprecedented spiral of death and destruction. Something that should have been dealt with years ago by previous presidents. Okay, Buck, you may say, oh, Mamdani is just making it clear that he hates Israel. And this is, I think, tied in directly with the fact that the Democrat Party just had a vote recently, and about half the party said, we want to cut Israel off effectively. We're on the side of the Palestinians, we're on the side of the Iranians. I mean, this is a real battle going on. And I think this is just Mamdani leaning in even more aggressively on the left wing of his party. Even if he's not willing to arrest not Netanyahu, even discussing that he might or that they're looking at, the legality of it is a clear indication of where his interests lie.

[Buck Sexton]

All right, Lawyer Clay, take this one on for size for me, will you? If Mamdani were to, on some specious ground, arrest Netanyahu and try to hold him for a period of time, we are in active conflict with Iran. Israel is a combatant alongside us and an ally. Wouldn't that be a federal act of treason? He would be giving assistance by taking out the leader or detaining the leader of an allied country during armed conflict. I don't think I'm getting outside the spirit and scope of the statute here in the Constitution, by the way, Article 3, Section 3, aid and comfort to the enemy. That would be an activate and comfort to the enemy. I do not see a way around it. If you were to seize a foreign head of state who is our ally during active. I mean, imagine. Imagine if the mayor of New York in World War II had arrested and seized Winston Churchill. How would that not be treason?

[Clay Travis]

Okay, so this is.

[Buck Sexton]

You're asking I throw this at your feet, lawyer Clay.

[Bill Maher]

Enjoy.

[Clay Travis]

So let me work through it in several different levels. And we got a lot of lawyers out there listening. First of all, it would provoke an immediate constitutional crisis legitimately. You know, Democrats always want to talk about the sanctity of democracy. Federal law would govern in this respect. But you could have a situation. This is what I'm just trying to walk through where you could have. I presume that Mamdani would be arresting or attempting to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu with nypd. Right. With local police. As Benjamin Netanyahu traverses the streets of New York City en route to the UN at his hotel at the airport, someplace in the New York City proper that Mamdani believes he has authority. You would then have the New York City Police Department likely coming buck into direct conflict with Israeli security. Right. Because the Netanyahu would be traveling with a massive amount of international security.

[Buck Sexton]

He would be violating diplomatic immunity of a foreign head of state on US Soil. He certainly would be violating the Logan act, which I know no one takes seriously unless it's against Trump or one of his people. But, Clay, I think we lost you there. So I'm going to keep going here. I wasn't sure it was just me. I think we lost you there, buddy. But in the meantime, Clay's going to come back here in a second. There is. If you. If you were to just take this to Grok. There's no realistic legal guys under which New York City Mayor Mamdani could actually order the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. So it would have to be a completely pretextual. Because New York has no jurisdiction over anything happening overseas that would inherently be federal. So unless the claim is going to be. Now, there are terrorism statutes. People don't know this. I know this because of what I used to do. There are terrorism specific statutes for the state of New York separate from federal terrorism statutes. But those would. There we go. Sorry, Clay. I was. I was wondering if it was just me or. But those. Clay obviously wouldn't kick in for something happening overseas. So there I can see no statutory framework for Momdani. First of all, he's not going to do this. I would give 100 to 1 odds against him doing this if we were doing like.

[Clay Travis]

You got it right that time on the odds.

[Buck Sexton]

Thank you. Thank you.

[Clay Travis]

Look, here is the immediate challenge. And it would actually be dangerous, leaving aside all of the legality, because I think you're right on the law. And the fact that federal law would trump over anything having to do with state or local law in New York. I mean, that's what federalism, you know, creates the Supremacy Clause and federal law dictates. Right. So leaving aside that what you would actually have is an incredibly dangerous situation where the New York Police Department would come into direct conflict with Israeli security. Imagine this in another country. Imagine what would happen if President Trump were traveling. Let's just use France as an example. And France decided President Trump has violated international human rights law and we're going to seize him if he's on the ground in Paris. There's no way in hell that American security would allow a sitting United States president to be seized by any organization overseas. Right.

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[Clay Travis]

That would be completely unacceptable. They would never allow him to be taken into custody by someone else. Israeli security would never allow Benjamin Netanyahu to be taken by the New York Police Department. So you could end up in a situation where a violent encounter occurred where the New York Police Department is in conflict directly with the Israeli security. I mean, it's a moronic perspective to even put into the ecosystem as an idea. It's flagrantly illegal, but it's also incredibly dangerous. A police or security could end up being serious.

[Buck Sexton]

I totally agree with you on the logistics of this, but why wouldn't it be prosecutable as an act of treason, given that we're in. In the midst of a war? That's an. That's an allied head of. I think it's aid and comfort to the enemy to seize. I think it's quite clear to seize with force an allied head of state during a time of war under. With no legal. With no legal justification. I mean, it's not like Netanyahu beat the maid to death or something.

[Clay Travis]

That's why. That's why I'm saying it would create a constitutional crisis. Because Unfortunately, Buck, you're 100% right on the law. If Mamdani were taken into custody, Blue state. Do you feel comfortable that Schumer or Hakeem Jeffries are going to condemn Mamdani? Do you feel comfortable that Gavin Newsom or any other blue state governor or highly elected official is going to say, you know what, Trump was right to take Mamdani into custody? I think it would provoke an incredible constitutional crisis. Even though Trump would be in the right and Mamdani would be the accelerant forcing this action.

[Buck Sexton]

It was the crisis. Because he suggested, well, that's definitely the case, but if he were to be taken in, to be under federal law. None of these people that you're talking about have any. They have no say in the.

[Clay Travis]

I don't, I don't agree. I agree on the legal. Alice. I'm just saying it would be both the law and the politics would be in conflict for Democrats. And I don't feel comfortable that the Elizabeth Warrens or the Bernie Sanders or any of these guys, but we wouldn't care.

[Buck Sexton]

They could cry, they could send him love letters while he's in the Manhattan Correctional Facility, you know, the mcc.

[Clay Travis]

But, but what I'm saying is I think it would lead to. Again, because this would be irrational and the way that it would be playing out. If you thought Minneapolis protests were violent, I think Democrats would lose their minds over this. It would all be caused by mom, Donnie. He would be in the wrong. But I think it would provoke a. It might even make what happened with George Floyd seem minimal because so many people would decide to say, this is exactly what we told you was going to happen. Trump is a dictator. Look at what he's trying to do here.

[Buck Sexton]

Even though, Mom, I like, I like when Democrats actually show everybody, without any, without any filter, show them who they really are and what they really believe and how they act. I think this is. And you can't back off of the Constitution. You can't back off of presidential powers because they're a bunch of lunatics. Too bad for them.

[Clay Travis]

The fact that Mamdani is saying this publicly, you want to talk about reckless? Ridiculous.

[Buck Sexton]

It's all, I mean, we're having the intellectual exercise. It's all, he's not going to do this. He's not.

[Clay Travis]

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[Buck Sexton]

Just remember, guys, we're on the YouTube screen now for Clay and Buck, live for three hours of the show. And you can get into the comments there. And we are monitoring, we're checking those out. So we'll start, we'll start to call out some of the most insightful or most hilarious comments as they come along. A combination thereof. We've also got your talkbacks, your live calls. Remember, this is an ongoing conversation, us and all of you. And that's, that's the brilliant, beautiful thing about the live radio. Uh, this is what we do here.

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[Buck Sexton]

Wade from Raleigh, North Carolina, wants to weigh in. Let's hear from him.

[Clay Travis]

Go for it.

[Buck Sexton]

You guys are confused in median and

[Mohammed Mamdani]

average, and they're two completely different things. I think one of the reasons the median price has risen so much is

[Buck Sexton]

because they're building a lot more very expensive homes. Because in a lot of Places, land

[Mohammed Mamdani]

prices are real high.

[Buck Sexton]

And that is definitely not the same thing as average. Way to appreciate that we're not confusing them. And if you want to know, the median and the mean for home prices for the last 26 years are. Have moved basically in lockstep. So it's up 90%. For the. I think the mean is up 90% and the median might be up 100%, but they're a whole lot more expensive. I'd also just throw out there, give us the benefit of the doubt. Don't always assume that we're just like, have no idea what's going on.

[Clay Travis]

Am I a moron? The answer is always potentially yes. I think he's actually confused. What he is referencing is a mean, right? Which is the average. What we said is median, which is the thing that is right dead in the middle, which does not allow somebody buying $100 million home to skew. In other words, he is miscorrecting us. Yes, incorrectly. Am I?

[Buck Sexton]

That's what I mean. That's how I'm.

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It's.

[Buck Sexton]

It's wrong on all counts. But I appreciate calling in and tell us you're wrong.

[Bill Maher]

This is one.

[Buck Sexton]

I'm just gonna tell you guys this, that I've learned this too. In life. It is almost. You could, by the way, correct us all the time.

[Clay Travis]

I don't.

[Buck Sexton]

We love it, especially if we're wrong. And then I get to sit here and feel bad about myself for the next two hours of the show. Clay doesn't care, but I feel bad when I'm wrong. He's like, yeah, whatever. I'm just kidding. We actually both freak out about it and it makes us very angry. But tell us when we're wrong. But in social situations, I have learned just in day to day life, you almost never. Unless it's your child and you're trying to. You must never want to correct somebody unless it's really, really nice. If someone calls me Phil, I might be like, actually, it's Buck. But you know how many times people have called me Bob because they hear a B and I'm like, yeah, you know, if I'm. If I'm buying plants at the plant store or I'm at the grocery store, whatever. I'm like, yeah, Bob, whatever. You know what I'm saying? It's usually not the right correcting people. No one likes it. I think Clay is muted again, which is annoying because for some reason we have lost. He was going to say something so witty and incredible and I can see him. But you all of you will have to come back to this here in, in just a second.

[Clay Travis]

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[Buck Sexton]

That's a fact. I was actually that was probably my head, which is extremely large as well as covered in thick hair, was probably my best weapon on the soccer, on the soccer field.

[Clay Travis]

Comet's very funny. I had to be fair. I told Sophia, just find the funniest things that people are saying. But my Aunt Barbara has the same exact haircut as you. What's up with the look?

[Buck Sexton]

I was, I was going to read that one before you just to take that one. You know, I don't know what to tell you. I have very thick. It's just genetics, folks. I have very thick hair and it's real and it's fantastic.

[Clay Travis]

Spectacular as it's just a very standard.

[Buck Sexton]

It's just, it's just a side part, guys. Pat Sajak, I mean you. It's just a side part. It's all it is just thick. I don't know what to tell You. I'm getting a haircut on Wednesday. No one cares about my hair except for the mean people in the comments. So we're talking to all of America. We're trying to solve all the problems, but people want to talk smack about what is the haircut that I could possibly have with this mane, this luxurious mane that would make all the haters happy. I think I'd have to go buzz. Yeah, I'd have to buzz cut. I have to go with a buzz cut. They're just, you know, it's a little jealous. It's like when a woman says some other woman's showing too much cleavage. Like, you know what I mean?

[Clay Travis]

Probably not a lot of bald guys out there. Definitely jealous of the fact that so far we still have hair. I, I said so far.

[Buck Sexton]

You know, you can't take shots at Jesse Kelly on the show without at least name checking him.

[Clay Travis]

I just gotta say, but be, be funny, be entertaining. We love everybody who's reacting in real time on YouTube, even those who are taking shots at us news buck, that is, that is significant here. And this is gonna factor in in a big way with our conversation with Brendan Carr. A federal judge went to the University of Cal Berkeley. Far left wing federal judge has blocked the merger between Paramount and Warner Brothers because, and I'm telling you there is a five alarm fire panic inside of CNN and inside of media circles, the Democrat Party as well, that if Paramount buys CNN as part of the Warner Brothers acquisition, they are going to have a more middle of the road news coverage and that will make it harder for Democrat propaganda to dominate our airwaves. Uh, and let me give you a little bit of a background on this judge. Her name is. I want to make sure that I get this right. According to reports, Araceli Martinez Olgwin, I'm sure I mispronounced that. She was very narrowly appointed just over a year and a half or so ago, right at the end of the Biden era. Her nomination came through 2023. So about, I guess three years ago now, she passed and was confirmed buck 49 to 48. All Democrats on the United States Senate with Vice President Kamala Harris voting in the affirmative to get her onto the bench. She now is a Latina on the US District Court for the Northern District of California. Far left wing activist. I think this is a big story. I understand a lot of people are not yet dialed into this. This is all about CNN needing to stay under the auspices of left wing control because CBS, look at what they've done with 60 minutes. Just trying to run a centrist network is not permissible. Democrats know the power that cnn, you know this buck, CNN International, you've talked about being overseas. It's one of the few networks that you can get everywhere in the world. And it does so much to drive perceptions of America and they need perceptions of America to be left wing biased. This is the entire story of what's going on.

[Buck Sexton]

And we will dive into some of that here. Coming up in just a few minutes, we'll talk to the FCC chairman about it. Can I talk about commies for a second, Clay? I'm not done. Commies. Because we still have to, by the way, Bill Marshall, we still have to get you. Oh, maybe you can't, because the Fox thing, I think that's the. That sometimes they don't let the Fox people on there. I don't know, because of HBO or something. Long story. But Bill Maher has been moving slowly but surely. I wouldn't say to the right, but toward sanity. I would say a decade ago, he was a doctrinaire lib and quite delusional. And now he's actually saying a lot of things that make a whole lot more sense. And he objects to commie mumdani and the whole. One thing I like to see people pointing out is don't let them play this game with you. Of like, he's not a communist, he's a socialist, he's not a Marxist, he's a democratic socialist. It's all the same crap, folks. It all leads to the same place. It's just a question of how fast they can get there, how much force they can use. And it's all this, it's all the same species of wrong. And here's Bill Maher talking about America and communism. Play 8.

[Bill Maher]

I'm not living in communist America. I mean, I know the talking point is that, well, it's not communism, it's socialism. Okay? I've read the quotes from the DSA platform from their own mouths. Don't tell me I'm not seeing what I am seeing.

[Buck Sexton]

That's. Clay, that's a classic tactic of the left is, remember we've talked about this, the scale. It's not happening. It's not happening that much. Why are you obsessed with it? Oh, it is happening. And it's a good thing. Deal with it. Right? That's the, that's the, the process. They did this with like transgender stuff for kids and all this, you know, with a drag queen story hour. It's not happening.

[Clay Travis]

Okay?

[Buck Sexton]

If it happens it's only once in a while. Why do you care so much? That's one of the of the most disingenuous arguments, by the way, on a, on a political issue that obviously people are going to care about to go to people. Why do you care so much? It's completely absurd. And here he is, Clay, talking about how his party has been taken over. This is nine taken over by radical socialists. Play it.

[Bill Maher]

Democrats are cowardly. Yeah, they're cowardly. Their party is being taken over now by, you know, every day I hear about a new very radical. I feel very good about like 10, whenever, years ago. Like, I did lose fans because, you know, I wasn't going to go along with some of this crazy stuff on the left too. I didn't change really on what I thought about the right, but just, I can't sit and just not notice stuff which people seem to want to do because it's all about my team or your team. But yeah, there's some crazy stuff. You know, when we're cheering for the intifada, I'm out.

[Clay Travis]

I think this actually Buck ties in in a big way with, you know, who distributes Bill Maher show now hbo. I think we would have more sanity if CNN were run as a middle of the road news outlet. And again, I think this is all directly connected, man. And we should mention, by the way, Buck, and they're playing this on Fox News right now. If we can grab this audio. Momdani again just a few minutes ago said that he will arrest Benjamin Netanyahu. So look, it may well be the case and we'll take this call here, that, that, that this is all just a big show and he sees it as politically beneficial. But to your point, Buck, this is something where if you had a rational Democrat party, you would now have, and you had an honest media that you would go to every Democrat senator and you would say, hey, what do you think about Mamdani saying that he's going to potentially arrest Netanyahu? And Democrats would say, no, that's crazy. Will Chuck Schumer say it? He should be asked. He's in New York. Will Hakeem Jeffries say it? He should say it. He's also in New York. These are New York City politicians who live in the same city where Mamdani is saying he would arrest Netanyahu. Mike, you're in Clearwater, Florida. Fire away.

[Buck Sexton]

I just want to start out and

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say God made a few perfect heads

[Bill Maher]

and the rest of them he covered with hair.

[Buck Sexton]

And then I wanted to Talk about Mamdani is a coward. He's not going to arrest anybody himself. Agreed. The NYPD would not obey any orders to that effect. Agreed.

[Bill Maher]

Secret Service or Secret Security people would not allow it.

[Buck Sexton]

The US Secret Service would not allow it. The chief danger would be that some activist might try something like a citizen's arrest or assassination attempt.

[Bill Maher]

And if it were to happen, Mamdani should be arrested.

[Buck Sexton]

And as far as a reaction from the left goes, bring it on.

[Bill Maher]

Boom. That's all.

[Clay Travis]

Okay. But, but, I mean, do you agree with me? Thank you for the call. And I don't necessarily think any of that analysis is wrong. But every time Trump says anything, if it's remotely controversial, every media outlet immediately runs to every Republican and says, do you have a comment on President Trump saying X or Y? I actually think this is super newsworthy.

[Buck Sexton]

But it is, Clay. But have we reached the point now where people who get their news from the sources that play this game, you know, they're just preaching to the choir on how awful Trump is. Like, I think they're persuasive. I think the persuasive power of CBS News and CNN and everything is diminishing. And I'm talking about over, say, the middle 10% of the country. Right. The middle 10% of the political spectrum. I think their persuasive power is just, just going down, down, down, day after day, year after year, to the point where, yes, of course, they're telling the home team, so to speak, of the commies, what they want to hear and also not telling them what they don't want to hear. But does it really, does it affect the broader, the national conversation meaningfully? I think it just does less. So I'm not saying it doesn't affect it at all, but I feel like they're losing a lot of. They don't have their fastball anymore over at cbs Commie News.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah. Now, I do think that it impacts the way that the news is covered still. And again, the power here is the ability to cover the stories that you want to cover in a way that, that makes it particularly effective. Still on the left. And I'll give you an example, when I shoot someone, CNN and MSNBC go still immediately to blanket coverage of the potential shooting when an illegal immigrant kills an innocent person. Like we've seen happen basically, in every part of the country right now, their audience never sees it. And I do think that getting punching through. If CNN just started covering immigrants killing people, I do think it would potentially change the conversation.

[Buck Sexton]

I would argue, and I'M not dug in on this. I would say I'm coming around more to this, but I would argue that we're starting to see, Clay, where what is shared about this stuff on social media matters a whole lot more across the board than what CNN decides. Whereas I think it used to be more CNN reports social media amplifies. I think now social media, the big accounts, whether it's DSA or whatever, the, you know, the most sort of prominent left wing activists or, you know, left wing commentators are, they determine what the news is for their side and then CNN follows suit a little bit. It's, there's, there's still, yeah, a mainstream media legacy figure.

[Clay Travis]

I think that's true on both sides. I mean, I think the, the stories out of Minneapolis about all the fraud in the Somali daycares, I think that's probably the most impactful story, original story that has existed in the last six months. Is that fair to say?

[Buck Sexton]

Corporate news media followed the social media on that one for sure. And I just think that's happening more and more. And even a place like, like cnn, cnn can I guess what I'm trying to say, Clay? CNN can no longer dictate the news cycle in either direction. It really is a increasingly like an afterthought or maybe an auxiliary for people that believe that stuff. It's not on in the airports anymore. It's, it's lost so much power. When I used to go on CNN in 2014 and 20, there were people who would be like, wow, like CNN, that's like the gold standard of, you know, and I go on Fox and they're like, what are you doing over there, bunch of jerks. I'd be like, whoa, hold on a second. Like, I like, I actually like the Fox people. But it's changed a lot. I don't think anyone thinks realistically, seeing that we come back, this is a broader conversation. I'm just.

[Clay Travis]

And also we've got the audio of Mamdani reiterating his threat. That just happened in the wake of President Trump saying there's no way this is going to happen. And we'll play that for people.

[Buck Sexton]

He's going to, he's going to have, like, he's going to have someone in the NYPD who wants a promotion, right? Benjamin Netanyahu's detail a speeding ticket and then act like a hero. That's what's going to happen here. All right, you heard it here first.

[Joel Osteen (Podcast Voice)]

All right.

[Buck Sexton]

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[Buck Sexton]

We will get more of your calls and talkbacks. Also. FCC Commissioner Carl will be with us shortly. Chairman Carr, the FCC see lots talk about their podcast. Listener Monty from Spokane wants to chime in. Let's hear from him. That is D playing Buck when it comes to Netanyahu, Trump should put out a PSA for the nypd, telling them that they don't have to follow illegal orders.

[Clay Travis]

It's interesting. We've got that audio. Do you want to let's play that audio right now. We're going to talk with Commissioner Carr about a variety of really significant stories, including that Paramount Warner Brothers potential acquisition. But here was Mom, Donnie, I think it was cut 23. We just put it in reiterating the Netanyahu threat just a little bit ago.

[Mohammed Mamdani]

When it comes to Benjamin Netanyahu, we're speaking about someone who's the subject of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant and he's the subject of this arrest warrant for alleged crimes against humanity, for war crimes, and he's the architect of the genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. As Israel's prime minister, these are not facts of my personal assessment. They are facts of public record.

[Clay Travis]

So again, this also ties in with Rubio. Secretary of State Rubio recently saying we are not going to be bound by the decisions of the ICC as it pertains to charges. And I would just point out Iran has a substantial contingent of individuals that are at the United nations on a regular basis. Iran's government is one of the foremost propagators of violence against its people and international human rights violations anywhere. I would be a good follow up question to ask Mamdani. Well, why have you never said the same thing about Iran? If you believe that the ICC is such an important element of international law, why have you never mentioned this as it pertains to Islamic fundamentalist terrorists who are connected to many different governments around the world? I think that would be an interesting question to ask him to see his response up next. Brendan Carr, Commish of the FCC.

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