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Clay Travis
back in final hour buck is in DC doing book related events. He will be back with me tomorrow. Absolute latest on the news. Trump says talks with Iran are continuing at quote a rapid pace. We will discuss all that and more as the third hour rolls on. But we've got a huge decision to make in California tomorrow there will be a LA Mayors race and there will also be a Governor's race. The top two will advance in both and we will break all of that down for you going forward. One of the would be California gubernatorial candidates is a guy named Tom Steyer. And Tom Steyer decided he wanted to celebrate a boy competing as a girl in the state track and field high school competition. And yet again we have had I think this is the third straight year a boy win girls State championships in California. The thing that they say never happens keeps happening. Joining us now, my friend Riley Gaines, who has been speaking out on this issue for years now. Riley, California's solution to boys pretending to be girls is to make the girls stand next to the boys on the podium. This keeps happening, and now Democrats are celebrating it. What was your reaction when you saw it?
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Riley Gaines
Man, isn't it just the most ridiculous thing in the world? In the world. I cannot believe you said it, Clay. This is the third year in a row, really, it's been happening much longer than that, but I think since it's garnered the national media attention that it has, where one boy in particular, although again, there's many in the state of California and across the nation for that matter, but one boy in particular by the name of A.B. hernandez has really been in the headlines. And so I'm sitting here, of course, I'm heartbroken, I'm frustrated. I'm angry that young girls are having to defend themselves as they have been all season. We've seen it time and time again. They've held press conferences and rallies outside of. Outside of their competitions or their meets. But it is bewildering to me, especially given the results of the 2024 election. Really, really was of the mind that following the big red wave that we saw, that we expected in 2022, that we didn't really get, we saw it in 2024, I really thought that we would slowly start to see the other side of the aisle. Democrats recant, kind of distance themselves from their previous voting records, from their stances, from their positions, from the clips that have been viral on social media. But, Clay, that's not what they've done at all. They have really only leaned into their extremism, to their radicalism. And that video of Tom saying it outright. AB, I'm so proud of you. I'm so proud of you for cheating and for diminishing and ridiculing every single girl in the process. I am so proud. So they've very clearly taken their stance. And to just make the point very clear, the position that Tom Steyer has taken now is not the minority of those in elected positions of the Democratic Party. That is the standard. That is the default. So try to find someone else in that party at any level, by the way, local, state, or federal, who has a differing view, or at least who's willing to say it out loud when the cameras are on. And I would be pleasantly surprised at
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Clay Travis
this point, no doubt. Let me play that cut for you. This was Tom Steyer, while standing next to this trans athlete, this boy, A.B. hernandez, who is pretending to be a girl. Cut one for those of you did not hear what Tom Steyer said. And again, Tom Steyer is one of the leading candidates to be the next governor of California. Listen to cut one.
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Tom Steyer
The job of the governor to stand between danger and Californians. And I mean it. And to make sure that people are safe and to protect them from all the malign influences in this world. And I take that super, super, super seriously for you, just so you know. And I'm so proud of you for what you're doing.
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Riley Gaines
Thank you.
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Tom Steyer
So proud of you for succeeding. So proud of you for competing. That's really the point. And I'm going to hope like heck that you don't just make state, but
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Clay Travis
you do really well there.
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Tom Steyer
Deal?
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Clay Travis
Deal.
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Tom Steyer
Deal. Congratulations on what you've done as a mom, and congratulations. What you've done is an athlete.
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Riley Gaines
Thank you.
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Tom Steyer
Way to go.
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Clay Travis
Okay, that was cut one, Riley. I'm going to play cut two as well, where he says, I'm totally in favor of trans athletes in high school. Cut to.
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Tom Steyer
You talked about trans people. I'm totally in favor of trans athletes in high school. I think when you understand the vulnerability, the stress, the danger of being a trans kid and you understand that almost half of them try to commit suicide. Yeah. And then you think, we're going to punish those kids. We're going to cut them off from team sports, we're going to cut them off from participating in the community. We're going to cut them off from fun. It's like, no, we're not. No, we're not. And, you know, as someone who played sports my whole life and love sports, and love playing sports, they're more important things than whether you start on your high school basketball team. And that is standing up for people who are under threat of death.
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Clay Travis
I appreciate this, Riley, because I think it's really kind of eliminating the artificial arguments. What's your thought? You've spoken out bravely on behalf of so many female athletes across the country when you hear there's more important things. And by more important things, he means a boy making a team instead of a girl. To be. To be clear here, what's your reaction?
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Riley Gaines
It's a really good point you make. And honestly, I haven't really thought of it like that, but it does eliminate the artificial arguments that we've seen and I've heard them time and time again for years. Whether it's, you know, it's not really happening. It's such a small percentage. We're just talking middle school girls, basketball. All that's out of the window. When you have someone like Tom Steyer who's standing up there saying I'm glad you're doing this. I actually he said verbatim, you know, I don't want you to just go, I want you to beat all the girls at state. So being there isn't enough. He wants ab as he said very clearly, he wants the boy to dominate the girls. So it does. All the artificial arguments that we've seen out of the window here and my response to this, especially listening to that second cut which was him on with Jennifer Welch. I know who you, I know your audience knows who Jennifer Welch is. Oh my gosh, I did not know who she was until that really. The past few months she seems to be, you know, I guess the, the liberals new female podcast, darling. I don't know. Oh, what a, what a miserable Lynch I think is the best way to put it. Her treatment of Erica Kirk across the board, she's been horrible. So that's who he's on with which already says a lot. But my response to him there is that we as girls, as women, we are not like the emotional support animals of a boy. We're not here to validate his feelings or to make him feel welcomed or included or to validate his existence. Sorry if that sounds, you know, rude or disrespectful or mean. Of course that is never the intention. But what my response is, the same as it's been the past few years is what about us? What about our mental health as girls? Those young girls, I'm talking 14, 15 year old girls in the state of California. What about them? You know, they love to throw out the, you know, high suicide rate amongst this demographic which of course I say this with a very tragic and heavy heart, that's a really horrible thing. But it's not our job as women to validate, validate that or accommodate that. It's just not. He should seek therapy if that's something he's really struggling with. If he doesn't get to compete with women he intends on, you know, committing suicide or hurting himself. Seek therapy. Not the winners podium in girls sports.
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Clay Travis
I thought I was thinking about that this morning when I listened to that clip again. Riley, my son got up at 5:30 this morning. It's off season, he's out of school. But football practice, lifting, training, all that stuff starts at his school at 6am I know. Swimmers, you in Particular and lots of others get up super early in the morning. And I know for a lot of people out there who have young kids who can't drive cars yet and can't get themselves to practice, there's a lot of moms and dads waking up super early in the morning so that their kids can excel to the best of their ability in boys or girls sports. I can't think of anything more insulting than to tell to the little girl who's waking up this morning, teenage girl at 5:30 in the morning and going and trying to become the best version of herself she can. Just like my 15 year old son was getting up this morning early. Oh, it doesn't matter. If you start on your team, there should be somebody else who's able to take your spot. It doesn't really matter. That's such an insult to anybody who's pursued excellence in sports.
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Riley Gaines
It's an insult to the athletes. You're right, it's an insult to the parents. Of course. I mean you've alluded to just the time that it takes, right? Waking up at 4:45 in the morning to be dropped off for a 5am practice before you can drag yourselves. Guess what? That's your parents, that's your mom or your dad investing in you. Not to mention the finances of it, which I'm kind of understanding from my parents perspective now, having a little sister who does gymnastics, goodness gracious, it's like 750 bucks every single month to be able to compete at a pretty high level. And nowadays kids are specializing in sports which that's a conversation for a different time at such a young age. Oh my gosh, I'm talking like 6, 7, 8 years old. You've got your second grader specializing in one sport playing year round. It's a huge investment. You make all the sacrifices, both personal, social sacrifices and yeah, just the dreams that you have to be able to compete and to be able to win and to be able to call yourself a champion. It cannot be understated the value that has on a young girl's confidence and their self worth. I know speaking from personal experience, so much of who I am is because of playing sports. I accredit my leadership on the fight that I've been fighting to playing sports. It's what taught me how to set goals and work to achieve those goals. All things that young girls are being denied of again in the sake of being inclusive, which I use that words and air quotes because what's happening in California and Connecticut and Maine and Washington And Oregon and Michigan and Minnesota insert the Democrat run state. It's not inclusive, actually. It's exclusive. And it's exclusive to the very female athletes, the very women who Title 9 was passed to protect.
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Clay Travis
Amen. And to your point, I do in on some level appreciate Tom Stier actually saying this is a good thing because despite the fact that you just ran through that litany of all those different states where this keeps happening, the response is, well, it doesn't happen that often. And my response whenever I hear that is, well, if a 16 year old was trying to play 12, you we would end it immediately. If it doesn't happen that often and it's not that significant, why don't we just end it? And yet now the Tom Stiers of the world are taking the next step to not only is this happening, it's a good thing. You mentioned in one of your answers, Erica Kirk in the Jennifer Welch. I don't know if I've asked you about that. But you knew Charlie well. You knew Erica. What do you think of how she's been treated? We're about 9 months ish since Charlie was assassinated in cold blood at a free speech event. I'm not sure I've ever seen anyone's widow treated worse, frankly than what I've seen happen to Erica. I did not know Erica. I knew Charlie. We just primarily interacted about college sports, texted about college football. What is your reaction to how Erica Kirk has been treated?
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Riley Gaines
Here's what I will say about Erica. I've known her for many years and what the Internet is seeing now is the same Erica that I've seen and known for years. You know, the sparkly shoes and the jewelry, that's, that's Erica. That's who she's always been. Anytime I've gone to dinner with, with both her and Charlie, she's. I mean, the whole time like it's, it was almost kind of like nauseating, but rubbing on his arm and it's Charlie, baby. That's, that's what she called him. That's who she is. That's what the Internet is seeing now. Of course, they're very critical of that. I was with her a few weeks ago. She's a shell of a human. If I'm being totally honest with you, the treatment that she is receiving online is the most heartbreaking and horrific and telling, quite frankly, sign of, of our culture as of late. I will say, though, I'll never forget I was at Charlie's memorial service as actually my due date. I was very, very Pregnant. Maybe that's one of the reasons why I'll never forget. But watching Erica on stage as she forgave her husband's assassin, that sort of strength, that sort of peace and serenity that she displayed, and of course, just forgiving nature that she displayed. Only through God. Only through God could a grieving widow be able to do what she did. I think she's fantastic. I'm thrilled about her leading Turning Point USA and the impact that she will continue to have through Charlie's legacy. She is an incredible human being and a fantastic role model for young girls.
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Clay Travis
Last question for you, and thank you for the time we're talking to Riley Gaines. You're a mom now. How has that changed your thought processes? I've got three boys. You've met my boys, I believe. I mean, they are 95% of what I think about going forward. I'm curious for you, having had that first girl, it has to be crazy for you to look at her and think, there are a lot of people that think that a boy should be able to compete with her. And I'm just curious what that has felt like for you compared to before you had kids.
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Riley Gaines
It shifts your perspective on literally everything. But in looking at this fight that both you and I have been a part of over the past few years, it makes me realize how, number one, how selfishly I approached it, maybe understandably the first few years of this battle of approaching it from my own personal experience in the lens and the. The experience that I had. Well, now I don't. That's not of concern to me anymore. Of course, it's still the basis of why I think a lot of. Of what I do. But I think about my daughter and I think about the future that I want her to have and the country that I want her to inherit. And what. What sort of country is that? It's a more. A more prosperous one, a more fair one, a more safe one, a more just one, a more moral one, a more righteous one. That's what I want for my daughter. And if I can, as one person, I mean, anything that I can do to help achieve that, I feel like I would be doing her a disservice if I didn't. It's also taught me a ton about honestly unplugging. And so now when I post something online, I just. I'm kind of like what I call post and ghosts. Like I'll post it and I get off because none of the hate comments, it doesn't bother me at all because I know I'm doing what's, what's best for, for my family, for my daughter, for what's biblically right, you know. So I feel so much peace with it all now that I have a little baby girl.
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Clay Travis
Amen. Riley. One of the bravest people I know in the media sphere. Thank you for coming on with us. Keep the fight up and congrats again on that little girl.
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Riley Gaines
You're the best, Clay. Thank you.
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Clay Travis
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Clay Travis
of you want to weigh in. Variety of different topics out there and we will take your calls, we will take your talk backs. But man, how awesome is Riley Gaines at running through these stories. And I do think the fact that Tom Stier has just laid it out there, not only should boys be able to compete in girls sports, it's actually a good thing. We will discuss that in the context of the LA Mayors race going on tomorrow as well as everything that is taking place with the Governor's race. Steve Hilton has weighed in and said we need to make sure that we have a Republican on the ballot. We will play all of that for you. I will break it down for you when we come back. But in the meantime when you switch your cell phone service to Pure Talk, you're gonna save money every month and help out a great cause. Pure Talk on a path to raise $250,000 for America's Warrior Partnership this month and next Nonprofit foundation standing on the front lines of preventing veteran suicide because Pure Talk Veteran led this is supremely important to them America's Warrior Partnership helps our veterans with housing when they need it, transportation, counseling and access to the VA programs. My kids, my oldest and my middle child, my 18 and my 15 year old both have Pure Talk. You can enjoy unlimited talk, text and high speed Data for just $34.99 a month, a fraction of what the big guys charge. Just dial pound two five zero, say Clay and Buck to be connected to Pure Talk's US customer service team. Again, that's pound two five zero, say Clay Buck. Pound two five zero, say Clay buck. Welcome back in. Okay, tomorrow, big decision, California. You just heard us talking about it a bit. Who are going to be the two that continue on in the Governor's race? Who are going to be the two that continue on in the mayor's race? I think beyond a shadow of a doubt. If you are listening to me in the LA area, you need to get out and vote for Spencer Pratt. Spencer is the only sane person that is in the top three that is running in the Mayor's race. I also think if you are listening to me right now, I think if you want to ensure, based on the way that the polls have looked that a Republican is in the final two, you should go vote for Steve Hilton. Doesn't mean that Chad Bianco would not be infinitely better than the Democrat candidates. It just means that if you look at what the data is showing, there is a possibility that two Democrats could end up in the race. There is no possibility that I have seen. I would actually love it. I would be ecstatic if we could end up in a situation where we had Chad Bianco running against Steve Hilton. I do not think there is any likelihood of that happening at all. So if you are voting for Chad Bianco, I believe it is highly likely that you are effectively voting for two Democrats to be running for governor of California. And if that is going to end up being the case, then we are in significant trouble not only when it comes to California Governor, but significantly all the way down the ballot because Republican voters turn turn out at a lower rate if we end up in a situation where there are only Democrats on the ballot. And in fact, that is the argument that Steve Hilton just made. Listen to him make the argument, he made it over the weekend that Republicans need to coalesce around one candidate.
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Doug Ellin
Listen, I know that many Republicans were holding onto the hope that we might have two Republicans in the top two, myself and Chad and then we guaranteed change in California. But if that was ever possible, it's certainly not possible today. You just have to look at the math. This is not personal. It's not about me or Chad or our qualities or our record or anything like that. It's about the future of California. And if we don't get a Republican in the top two, we have no chance for change. And that's going to hurt every Republican running, not just me. Every Republican running for the state legislature, for Congress is going to hurt our chances of getting voter ID through. This is a very, very serious moment. So I'm asking each and every one of you, please, let's focus on what we all care about, including Chad, which is saving California. There's only one choice if we want to save our state, and that is to vote Steve Hilton and make sure everyone you know gets that message, too.
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Clay Travis
I thought this was interesting. I'm not sure what Doug Allen's politics are. I used to love this show back in the day. Entourage. I don't know how many of you watched Entourage on HBO back in the day. It was kind of a young male fantasy. Your best buddy ends up being a Hollywood superstar, and then you are part of the Entourage that gets to kind of follow his success. It was initially, I believe, based on Mark Wahlberg's life. For those of you who have followed Mark Wahlberg, he was one of the executive producers. Wahlberg actually has got so many great things that he's done of late. He's one of the top spokespeople for Tunnel the Towers and just does a fantastic job there. But here is Doug Ellen, who lives in la, creator of Entourage. This is a Hollywood guy, and there are a lot of people out in Hollywood, believe it or not, that share the political opinions of many of you listening right now. I've talked about it quite a lot. I've spent a lot of time in la, love the city of Los Angeles, have a lot of good friends. But listen to Doug Ellen kind of lay out what's gone wrong in LA and why he's supporting Spencer Pratt. Cut.
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Doug Ellin
35 LA times gaslighters. It's weird. One of 15 cameras that I now have at this house. Two German Shepherds, three legal guns five years ago, didn't lock a door here. But you know what happened? Two animals invaded my house. And no, I'm not racist, because they were wearing masks. I don't know if they were white. I don't know if they were Jewish. I don't know if they were rabbis. I know they were animals because they invaded my house. I know. I don't care what their excuses Are like a lot of you care. I know Invaders of home should get 20 years, but I'm not paranoid. So I don't believe your bull about the stats and the crime because everyone in my neighborhood has got the same problem. They're all putting cameras and hiring security guards because we're all getting broken into. It's not made up, it's not false. And this city has collapsed in the last five years. There is no denying it. Unless you have an agenda, and I don't know what that is, but you say, oh, Spencer Pratt has no experience, so how can we possibly think about this? What experience did Karen Bass have for Rick Caruso, who we know can build things, who we know can fix problems, when you made sure he couldn't win? So right now you've putting people in the same position that you did with Trump, who I did not vote for, by the way. You put him in by making sure we had no options, okay? And that's where we are in la. And we want to fix this place because we don't want to be forced out. I'm one of the people who made this city look great. I did it for years. I glorified it. I meet people all the time that moved here because the show that I created and they hated here now.
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Clay Travis
Hate. Okay, again, that's the creator of Entourage. And take it for me, somebody who has done a lot of television based in la. I was on a daily Fox sports television show for four years. I have been. Other than Washington D.C. where I went to college, and Nashville, where I've lived my whole life, I probably have spent more time in LA than any other city. I love it out there. The number of times that I have been doing television shoots, that I have been doing a variety of different media shoots and guys with cameras or guys who build sets, guys and gals have come up to me and said, you're right about everything. And they whisper it. I am telling you, and a lot of you are listening to me in the LA area right now. There are still a lot of sane people in California. Tomorrow's a big day for sanity in California. It is a huge day for sanity in California. I cannot wait to see the results. If you're in the Los Angeles area, you have to go out and vote for Spencer Pratt. If you are just saying, and you just heard Doug Allen, the number of people that will say, I didn't vote for Donald Trump as they are talking about voting for Spencer Pratt or even for Steve Hilton. And I understand some of you say, well, what in the world are they thinking? How can those guys not have voted for Donald Trump when they're saying vote for Steve Hilton or they're saying vote for Spencer Pratt and they're telling you they didn't vote for Donald Trump, they're trying to give a permission structure to go vote for someone other than the Democrat consensus candidate. Karen Bass has done an objectively awful job as mayor. The question that Los Angeles have is should she be rewarded with a second term in office despite the fact that she's been a disaster? And the question for a lot of people out there, Gavin Newsom has spent tens of billions of dollars on homelessness and it's actually gotten worse. Should there be a reward of Gavin Newsom's policies by continuing Democrat control in California? My answer is no. If I lived in Los Angeles and there was a time in my life when I thought I might end up living in Los Angeles, I would be showing up and voting for Spencer Pratt and Steve Hilton and I wouldn't think twice about it. It is significant even if these guys don't win. And I do hope that they win for them to be on the ballot and be able to make sane, rational arguments to everyone in California, which is right now a monolithic Democrat party state drowning in the awful choices that people are making as a result. To me, to me, this is a signature, significant, incredibly seismic moment for California voters to demonstrate that the Republican Party still has a significant pulse in a state that used to elect a lot of Republicans before Democrats drove it off the cliff of insanity. So important, Pratt and Hilton. I understand the Bianco argument. I'm just telling you, I have not seen any suggestion at all that there can be two Republicans, that the data does not reflect that two Republicans is possible. If, if it happens, I will be ecstatic. I'll be the happiest guy on the planet to come on with you on Wednesday and say, hey, guess what? We managed to end up with two Republicans on the ballot. They didn't even get a Democrat into the final two. I'm afraid the data doesn't reflect that. If two are going to be elected, it is far more likely to be two Democrats than it is two Republicans. And again, Spencer Pratt or two crazy left wingers. The choice in Los Angeles is very easy, Spencer. A hundred percent needs to be into the final two. All right. Have you been dealing with the frustration and the confusion and the never ending process of managing your small business? And my goodness, in the process you are dealing with a constant never ending requirement of just so many details to manage. That's a lot of what small business does and how much of that has to do with insurance? How many different insurance plans do you have? How many different policies? What's covered? What's not actually covered? You need to know for sure. And that is the business that super sure is in. One insurance agent to solve all of your problems and keep you from constantly wondering what in the world is actually written and all those policies that you are paying for. Super sure One insurance agent to solve all of your problems. And if you've ever stared at a policy wondering what it actually covers, super sure has a fine print fax tool that translates the legal jargon into plain English so you know what's covered and what's not. Right now you can go to super sure.com full report on your current policies with no obligation. Find out if you're overinsured, underinsured, or somewhere in between. You got nothing to lose. Why not check it out today@super sure.com One super agency. One powerful platform. All your policies in one place. Go to super sure.com Clay that's super sure.com Clay paid for by Super Sure Insurance Agency, LLC, a licensed insurance agency.
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in Clay and Buck. Buck will be back with me tomorrow. He is in D.C. doing a bunch of different events surrounding the book, but he will be back with me tomorrow. I appreciate all of you who've been hanging out with me today as we've been talking about a wide variety of subjects, wanted to hit you with with this Joy Reid, who was so left wing and crazy that even MSNBC said, hey, you know what, I don't think we can continue to associate with this this crazy chick. She has a take on Jackson Dart, the starting quarterback of the New York Giants, having introduced President Trump. And not surprisingly, it is a moronic take. But I want you all to hear it. Play it.
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As somebody who grew up as a Giants fan, I was repulsed by Jackson Dart.
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Clay Travis
And first of all, he didn't say he was happy.
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He said he was pleasured to meet the President.
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Riley Gaines
I'm pleasured to be like, what does that even mean? First of all, he's an idiot. Okay?
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Tom Steyer
What do you mean you're pleasure to meet the President?
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Riley Gaines
Is English your first language?
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Tom Steyer
What are you saying? Right?
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Riley Gaines
And so I was, you know, really kind of repulsed as a Giants fan. Former now, because the reality is Donald Trump is not a normal president. This isn't praising the presidency or praising the idea of America or an American president. Donald Trump is not an American president.
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Donald Trump is a wannabe king.
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And we're in the 250th anniversary of our divorce from the King of England
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and Donald Trump is trying to be a king.
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And he's also behaving like Kim Jong Un.
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Riley Gaines
But you're pleasure to meet him though. Jackson.
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Clay Travis
I mean, I would love to get Joy Reid on this program because in addition to picking her apart on many different issues, does she aware at all that Lawrence Taylor, who's probably the most famous defensive player in the history of the New York Giants, is a big Trump supporter? Is she aware that John Harbaugh, who is the current head coach of the New York Giants, is a big Trump supporter? Is she aware that the Giants have had probably dozens of players over the last decade who have been big Trump supporters and played in the locker room? This is to me actually really strong evidence of a very significant fact, which is the absolutism that exists inside of left wing Democrat Party circles. If someone has a different opinion than you, you cannot be a Giants fan in any way, which is the unfortunate reality of the world that they have created. And this also ties in with Abdul Carter, who is a player on the Giants and said he felt a responsibility to speak out against Jackson Dart's opinion. Why? Why do you have a responsibility if your coworker has an opinion, to speak out against their opinion? You can share your own opinion as much as you would like. And I think we should all welcome this, particularly in your private life. I've used this analogy for a long time because I think it sums things up well. If you want to drive in your car to your place of employment and you want to have a bumper sticker on the back of your car that supports Trump or Kamala or any political candidate of your choice, that's fine. But as soon as you take that bumper sticker and put it on your uniform at work, then you have taken a step that I think is too far and there should be consequences for doing it. And an easy one to think about is how often do you have a UPS driver or a FedEx driver pull up wherever you work. That UPS or FedEx driver could wear a MAGA hat or they could wear a vagina hat in their free time. If somebody walked up in a Make America Great Again hat delivering my FedEx or UPS package, I would think, ah, you know What? I don't think this is a great look for UPS or FedEx. Just like if they showed up in whatever gear Kamala has or Hillary has, or like I said, a vagina china hat and and also had a Hillary or Kamala bumper sticker on it, I wouldn't think it was smart. But in their private life, they should have the right to share whatever opinion they have. But there's a difference between sharing your opinion and saying you have a responsibility to actually attack the opinion of someone else. That's particularly the case when where should your responsibility actually lie? People get arrested all the time in the NFL for beating up women. I wish they didn't, but there's hardly a year that goes by where multiple guys aren't arrested for domestic violence allegations. Beating up wives, beating up girlfriends, beating up random women that might be employed by them. Happens all the time. Some of those allegations are false, to be fair, and everyone has the right to defend themselves. No athlete ever speaks out then. If you're concerned as a team leader about your responsibility to stand up for what's right, is it saying, hey, we shouldn't have anybody on the team beating up women? A pretty easy standard to apply. Yet I have never heard a single athlete say I felt a response responsibility to speak out against what my teammate was arrested for. Why do responsibilities to speak out only come when someone has conservative political opinions and never when someone actually gets arrested for violence? Joy Reid the Giants have had a lot of players over the years arrested for violent acts against women. She's never said that she was repulsed as a Giants fan or felt compelled to stop watching for actual violence. But my goodness, when Jackson Dart said he was pleasured, which by the way, doesn't feel like a tough word to understand. Pleasured. To actually have the opportunity to meet the President of the United States and introduce him, that was a bridge too far for Joy Reed. What a moron. What an imbecile. What a flat out hypocritical liar. We'll have more fun with you. Go Vote California.
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