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Buck Sexton
Third hour of play and buck flying by today everybody. Thank you for being here with us. We always appreciate getting to hang out with all of you across this great land of ours, we had just in the last hour, we pulled the highlight from our friend Caroline Levitt, the White House Press Secretary, addressing a whole range of issues, including the government shutdown, the White House ballroom building. Of the building of the ballroom. We're the ballroom building. And then we've also got for you the New York City mayor's race. There was a debate, a second mayoral debate last night. Team, let me know. We've asked Mr. Sliwa to come on. Do we have a day yet for when he's going to come on and talk and expect to everybody? Not. Not yet. All right. Is it a little busy?
Clay Travis
I get a lot of days left to point out.
Buck Sexton
It's a big radio show, though. It's a big radio show. I just. There's a lot of people listening. I just putting that out there. So maybe. Maybe be good for him to come and talk to us for a few minutes anyway. That's fine. But we have invited him. We invited Cuomo as well. We'll see if he wants to join. Probably not, but we're trying. We're putting out the ask in the meantime, Clay, Democratic House Whip Catherine Clark. She is now famous. This goes to the shutdown issue. So we'll come back to New York in a minute. Cause we got a whole country we gotta talk about as well. Uh, this shutdown is starting to feel like it's gonna have some nasty consequences for some people. I mean, there's gonna be some paychecks missed. I understand people be getting back pay, but, you know, it's easy to say when you're not living paycheck to paycheck. I get it. There's stress there, there's stress there. Here is the Democrat House whip, though, Catherine Clark, who is saying. Who said straight? This was an interview in the Chad Pergram program. Who is that? Do we know who that is?
Clay Travis
I know, I know. He's a Fox guy, right?
Buck Sexton
Oh, he's a Fox guy.
Clay Travis
Yeah.
Mike Johnson
Wow.
Buck Sexton
They said this to a Fox guy? Yeah. Okay, interesting. Here she is, interview with Chad Pergram. And here is how it went. Play 11. I mean, shutdowns are terrible. And of course there will be, you know, families that are going to suffer. We take that responsibility very seriously. But it is one of the few leveraged times we have. I don't think that's what you want to say out loud here. And Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House, certainly jumped on this one. Play cut 12.
Mike Johnson
The second highest ranked House Democrat in leadership, Whip, Catherine Clark. Admitted. They admitted openly that they have shut the government down and that they are using hardworking American families as leverage. For what? So that they can show a fight against Trump and also so that they can restore $200 billion in free health care paid for by US taxpayers to illegal aliens. Yes, that's in their bill. And it's just part of the $1.5 trillion that they have demanded to spend. We're not going to do that. They know we're not going to do that. And she said in her own wor quote, we know that families will suffer, but this is only one of, only the leverage times that we have. She said that in her own words. And it was pretty shocking today to hear them say that. They usually don't say the quiet parts out loud.
Buck Sexton
Clay, Democrats are throwing a tantrum and people are suffering. They're the ones taking the hostages here.
Clay Travis
Buck, I got a theory. It's not going to make you happy. New York City is screwing everybody in every direction. It's all interconnected. Hakeem Jeffries is worried that Mamdani's top eight is going to challenge him in his House district in the New York City area. Chuck Schumer is terrified that AOC is going to challenge him in the 2028 Senate primary in New York. And also Mamdani is about to destroy the entire fabric of New York City if he is elected mayor. What seems to be a large national issue is actually when you go back and dial in and analyze where the motivation for everyone that is in a significant position of powers actions, where those motivations for those actions come from. It's Hakeem Jeffries terrified of a further left wing congressman taking his seat in New York City. It's Chuck Schumer terrified of a further left wing Senate candidate, primarily aoc, taking his seat in New York State. And it is Mom, Donnie, far left wing, having put the fear of God into Akeem Jeffries and into Chuck Schumer because he triumphed in the Democrat New York City mayoral primary over Andrew Cuomo, the old, more established, more moderate, if still moronic voice of Democrat politics. In other words, all of this is a direct result of the surprise upset victory of Mamdani in New York City, which made Jeffries and Schumer both think, oh, we might get Cuomo'd. You buy it? I think it's all connected.
Buck Sexton
I was very interested to hear from Jim Jordan that he thinks that the political calculations within the Democrat Party are a bigger thing than even the massive Obamacare subsidies that they need or else the price of people's health care, in a lot of cases, gonna go way up because Obamacare is a disaster. But never underestimate the politicians of the left and their ability to. To make it all about them. All about them. Chuck Schumer. What would Chuck Schumer be willing to do to make sure that he stays in the game and stays in the Senate? Whatever he can do, I think.
Clay Travis
Yeah, whatever. Whatever it takes. I think they looked at Cuomo and they said, wait a minute. He had all the resources of the Democrat Party. This guy, Mom Donnie came out of nowhere, running far to the left of Cuomo, a name that has been a legacy institution for two generations, two and a half generations in New York City. Everybody knows the name Cuomo. And Cuomo got steamrolled by Mom Donnie. And I think Hakeem Jeffries looked over his shoulder and said, oh, whatever that guy's name is, that's Mom Donnie's top assistant that's threatened to run against him is going to beat me. They've already seen aoc, out of nowhere, win a primary in New York against a longtime congressman. So Chuck Schumer's had her on the radar for a long time and been afraid of her, I think. And so all of this decision making on a national scale comes down to. Look, it probably doesn't make sense that the Democrat Party's top House leader and top Senate leader are both from the same city. America's kind of a big place. I understand New York City is a significant part of America, but it shouldn't necessarily be the entire cultural firmament of the Democrat Party. But that's where we are right now, with Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer just living within a couple miles of each other in the New York City area. So I think this is all rooted to fear provoked by Mom Donnie. And remember, unless I'm wrong, Buck, neither Schumer nor Hakeem Jeffries have yet endorsed Momdani in the New York City mayor's race, despite the fact that he's the Democrat nominee, which is kind of wild. I believe Kathy Hochul did, but she's a moron, as we all know. But. But I believe Kathy Hochul has endorsed Mom Donnie. I think she's the only statewide, big, powerful person to have done so in the state of New York so far.
Buck Sexton
Since we're talking a little Mom Donnie here. Well, actually, first, let's go to this. This from Curtis Sleewer. This got a lot of attention. Curtis is. He's making waves, and Making noise, for sure, up there on the debate stage. Not, not unusual. He is. Well, you know what? I'm just going to let, I'm just going to let Curtis speak for Curtis here. This is from the second mayoral debate last night. Cut nine. Hit it.
Curtis Sliwa
It's us versus them. It's us versus the insiders and the billionaires. It's us versus Cuomo. It's us versus Zorhan. This is a campaign not about power. This is a campaign about you, the people. And I know many of you hardworking New Yorkers. You tell me you've been pushed aside, you've been silenced. These are the people that have all the money, all the connections. They made their backroom deals and. But we have something more important. We have you, the people. And we're not going to be silenced anymore. We're going to fight. Tonight. I want you to look at the content of my policies, to know that I've served this city for more than 50 years, the city that I love. And I'm going to share with you my vision to make New York City safer again, to make New York City more affordable again, and where everybody once again can live the American dream.
Buck Sexton
It's a good speech. He's not going to be mayor.
Clay Travis
He is by far the best option. I'm not arguing with anybody out there that's a die hard Curtis Sliwa fan that if you or I had a magic wand, then we could pick the same person of the trio still alive in this primary to be nominated. It would be Sliwa. Problem is Sliwa stays in the race. He's going to guarantee that. Mom Donnie wins. Eric Adams saw it. Eric Adams is a current mayor. He stepped out and he endorsed Andrew Cuomo. They were courtside at the Knicks last night. And I just, I, I, I don't. Again, we've got the invite out to Curtis Lewa. It's not that I disagree with what he's saying. It's that he cannot win. And if he can't win, then unless he prefers Mom Donnie over Cuomo, and maybe he does. I will ask him direct. If he comes on the program, then he is making a decision that is going to put Mamdani into the mayor's office.
Buck Sexton
Maybe he thinks Mamdani is going to win no matter what, which is.
Clay Travis
Well, there's a possibility of that, too.
Buck Sexton
Certainly something that we could look at and say, well, might factor into his calculations there. But since we're talking a little. Mom Donnie. This was a moment from the debate where Cuomo And Sliwa tag teamed the commie, who in classic commie fashion, won't tell you what he really wants to do until it's too late and he already has power. This is about ballot initiatives and is which is very straightforward. People vote on a ballot initiative. Yes or no? Yes or no? Do you want this? Mamdani is like, I don't know about these ballot initiatives. Listen to cut 10 there was reference.
Clay Travis
To the three housing related charter amendment questions. I know Mr. Cuomo is on the.
Buck Sexton
Record as saying he favors them.
Clay Travis
We just heard Mr. Sliwa say that he's against them. Where do you stand on those?
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Curtis Sliwa
What a political answer. What is your opinion?
Clay Travis
Yes or no?
Curtis Sliwa
What is your opinion? Yes or no?
Clay Travis
Zora?
Buck Sexton
True.
Curtis Sliwa
I gotta be a politician. I got it.
Clay Travis
They're pointing out what I was about to answer the question.
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Buck Sexton
Answer the question for once.
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My question to you was, do you support the three ballot amendment questions? I have not yet taken a position on those ballot.
Buck Sexton
What a shocker. What a shocker.
Curtis Sliwa
Don't worry, once he takes it, he'll change it anyway.
Buck Sexton
What a shocker. Klay, what do you think?
Clay Travis
Look, I think it is almost impossible to know what Mamdani is going to do because he's never actually done anything of substance. He is an incredibly articulate, glib, smiley, glad handling politician who is very good at social media and he's good at motivating young people. But unlike Andrew Cuomo, for better or worse, who has a lifelong record of things he stood for and done, and unlike Curtis Lewa, who has the same mom, Donnie is an articulate shadow. I mean, he. He just. He hasn't actually done anything. Which is why the best thing I can say for Momdani is just he's going to get into office and not do any of the things that he said he was going to do to get into office. And that's not ideal when you're a politician. The whole purpose of being a politician is to tell people what you'll do with power. I think it's possible Mamdani will get power and not be remotely what Mamdani to get Power said Mom Donnie would be. Does that make sense that he's the opposite of a transactional politician and he's actually just a politician who wants to get into office and likes the power but isn't really necessarily going to use it to try and do the things that he claimed he was. That's the best case.
Buck Sexton
I just think. Yeah, I just think it's funny that he's savvy at Mamdani, is savvy enough to know. Stay a cipher as much as you can on some of this stuff because he's in the number one seat and no need for him to make any waves by taking any positions. And remember, Democrats, there's a long history, well, at least a long and recent history of Democrats knowing what the person they're voting for really thinks and approving of it when they say what they have to say to get elected. Perfect example of this was Barack Obama on gay marriage when he ran in 2008. They. They knew that. Remember, it had just lost Prop 8. It lost in California. And then the court overturned that Barack Obama was going to make. You know, rather, Barack Obama was given a pass on his gay marriage position because it was believed that that was by the Democrats, that that was what he had to say in order to become or part of what he had to say in order to become president. I think Mamdani gets the same leeway.
Clay Travis
From the commies, and I think that's true. Remember also how the gay marriage pivot happened for Democrats? Joe Biden went on and said it before Obama. Do you remember that? It was Joe Biden in some random Today show interview, I think, suddenly decided that he was going to come out in favor of gay marriage after not having supported it for 30 years or whatever of his political career. And the Obama team was furious because they said this was going to be our big initiative. This was going to be a big statement that the president was going to make. And then, Joe, you stepped all over it and made it look like Obama was following you as opposed to being the leader. Look, we'll talk more about this. We'll take some of your calls. I was in New York earlier this week to moderate and help raise money at a Tunnel to Towers event after a big golf outing at Liberty nationals nearly the 24th anniversary of 9 11. But there were people there, three different individuals who stood up in the dinner and told the story of the impact that Tunnel, the Towers, has made in their lives by paying off the mortgages. One of the women who stood up and talked said that she was able to go back to school and become a nurse because her husband had died and she had young children and she was otherwise not going to be able to take care of them. And thankfully because of Tunnel the Tower, she was able to go back and become a nurse and take care of her family. There's all sorts of stories like these and there's all sorts of heroes like these, like Army Warrant Officer Stuart Wayman. Stuart joined the army because he valued liberty, freedom and service. Graduated from Army Aviation School, received many honors and awards. But a midair collision during a training exercise took Stewart's life. He left behind his wife Kiera and their three sons. Tunnel the Towers paid the mortgage on Stewart's family's home. The kindness of people across the country alleviated Kiara's financial burden and brought support for her children's future needs. She's grateful her kids can grow up in a safe place, supported by family members who keep Stewart's memory alive. You can help more families like Stewart's. I saw him for myself in person this week. Donate $11 a month to Tunnel the Towers@t2t.org that's t the number two t.org news and politics, but also a little comic relief. Clay, Travis and Buc find them on the free iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Clay Travis
Welcome back in Clay Travis Buck, Sexton show. You know, I tend to think that everybody loves me. That's not always true. And that includes podcast listener David from Charlotte. He's got advice for me. KK Clay, you really need to change the name of your upcoming book from Balls to Willow or the short version of that because you keep telling Sleevel to drop out and that's having no balls, man. Sometimes you got to fight the fight as an underdog, even an extreme underdog. David versus Goliath, all these type of examples. You don't just give up because you're expected to lose. You fight with dignity. And, and it's called having balls, man. We thought, you know, more writing a book about it. It's good. It's a funny, it's a funny talk back. I books already been published so I can't change it to Pussy Willow. Probably wouldn't sell as well though. Might sell well better with Democrats. William in New York City also has got fire back here. W o r listener. He's not happy, Buck. Listen, Clay Travis, I agree with you on a lot of things, but on.
Buck Sexton
The Curtis Lewa New York situation, he.
Clay Travis
Should not drop out. Republicans need to fight.
Buck Sexton
We went from fight, fight, fight last summer to now.
Clay Travis
Somehow Republicans need to surrender, surrender, surrender to the Democrats. Absolutely not.
Buck Sexton
We fight, we win.
Clay Travis
All right, Buck. My New York City mayor campaign has taken a hit this week because there's been angry women calling in. Now we got angry men calling in. I managed to have stirred up everybody by the way. He should drop out because he's going to lose.
Buck Sexton
Isn't there a scene in Zorro where the great Anthony Hopkins tells Antonio Banderas the new, the newer Zorro, don't start a fight with that soldier. He's a professional soldier. And you'll, you'll die. It's basically like not all fights are actually a good idea in the moment. Learn to fight for. There are other ways of viewing this. I'm just saying like there sometimes if you can't win, fighting is not the best option necessarily. There you go. Depends. Data breaches happen every day. Cyber threats are everywhere. That's why having lifelock is so crucial. Look, there was a huge, there have been a bunch of huge data breaches just earlier this year. Salesforce database of 39 companies, for example. Your stuff could be in there. That means your name, your DOB, all kinds of identifying information. And you need LifeLock to have your back. Because of this, if you do become a victim of online identity theft, Lifelock will give you your own restoration specialist.
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Clay Travis
I'm not very good at the 1980s. I could give you a lot of 1980s songs, Clay.
Buck Sexton
30S. What do you mean?
Clay Travis
I know, but I. I was not. See, I'm a little bit tone deaf, so until I could go out to bars and stuff, I didn't really pay a lot of attention to music. I would probably. I'm. I'm gonna. I need to. I need to be able to phone a friend here for my wife who would be an expert in all this. I would probably go. What's the song from Karate Kid? Like the.
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Clay Travis
Which one? I mean, I'm thinking about like the.
Buck Sexton
The Japanese flute music that plays when he's doing the. Like the stuff on the Cruel Summer.
Clay Travis
Cruel Summer is a great, great song. I mean, I'm thinking. I'm just. I've lost all credit. But first of all, guys want me to change my book title. Now I'm being just thrown under the bus here for not having a great 1980s song. I'm scrolling through right now. I like the Cruel Summer song from the Karate Kid. Like, it makes me.
Buck Sexton
I thought you were definitely gonna be a hair band guy, like Guns N Roses or something. Nothing.
Clay Travis
1980S. What was the Young Guns 2 Jon Bon Jovi song. That was a good one. You know what I'm talking.
Buck Sexton
Steel Horse, I Ride, I'm wanted. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Clay Travis
That was a Jovi.
Buck Sexton
Look at you.
Clay Travis
I don't know the 80s.
Buck Sexton
I was.
Clay Travis
Again, I know you're younger than me, but I was 10 when the 80s ended.
Buck Sexton
Yeah.
Clay Travis
I was not a music guy in my career.
Buck Sexton
I'll throw this out to you, Clay. You can listen to 80s music even if you were young during the 80s.
Clay Travis
Okay, I'll actually. I'll give you the answer. The answer is Thriller. Thriller is the greatest song of the 1980s. Greatest music video, perhaps greatest music video probably ever. But certainly I think if. If you asked me, and I know some of you are going to be like, he's a. Like he was never convicted, to my knowledge. And it doesn't. And this was like 1980.
Buck Sexton
I actually, Billie Jean is a better song than Thriller. That's why I Would go Billie Jean over Thriller as well.
Clay Travis
But I think Thriller is more famous because of the dance. Now, you may be right about the video and the way it brought in, but after like three minutes or four minutes of stonewalling and a not a great pick for me for Karate Kid, I would probably say Thriller is to me, I'm just gonna be hon.
Buck Sexton
I didn't know that asking you about 80s music would be like asking me about SEC football. Like, I did not see that coming. So this I learned something new to.
Clay Travis
I went through to look because I'm also not good with what years. There's a great game. Have you played this game where you have to. You get more or less on the year that a song came out and you have to. Has anybody else played this game? We played it with my family up in Michigan. One of my cousins brought it. It is somebody text or somebody look it up in the studio because I'm not going to be able to find it. It is one of the most fun family games you ever played. But the whole premise is buck. You have to know the year songs came out so they will play like a song. You have like the song play and then you have to say more or less. And it's based on the prior songs that you have picked. So it's early on. It can be easy because you can be like, okay, that was after 1935 and before, you know, 1995. But as you progress in order to win, they get closer and closer. It's one of the most fun games I've ever played, by the way. Crazy Train, I would say, is one that everybody knows from Ozzy. Ozzy Osbourne. I'm running through like the. The best songs. But I'm gonna stick with Thriller, I think as my. As my song. I'm tone deaf and I listen to sports talk radio in the car. When I was a kid, my dad would put on sports talk radio. We never listened to music. And so I can tell you lots of things about 1980s and 90s sports talk radio. Not great on the music until I was out chasing girls. That's when I started paying attention to music.
Buck Sexton
We all have things, things to things to learn. A lot of ways to expand our horizons. Let's talk Caroline Levitt here and the White House ballroom situation. So they're building a ballroom. It is not going to be 100 stories gold with Trump written on it. It's going to be very tasteful, very classy, very nice. But the media's all up in arms about this. Wasn't there a major Obama era White House renovation too? Didn't that cost a whole bunch of money? Am I missing something?
Clay Travis
No. It was $300 million. By the way, the game is hipster and it's amazing. If you are a family and you like music, hipster, it's amazing. Just an awesome game. Sorry, that's what we played.
Buck Sexton
Okay, good to know. Never heard of it. Learn something new there.
Clay Travis
Add it to the roster for the summer vacation. Buck, you're going to be glad. Winter vacation, Christmas vacation, you're going to be glad that you did it.
Buck Sexton
Here is Caroline Levitt on the White House Ballroom. Cut 40. Hit it.
Caroline Levitt
The President has been incredibly transparent. I would reject any notion otherwise when it comes to this ballroom project. It's something he personally has obviously taken an interest into and has talked with all of you in this room many times about. You have seen the model in the Oval Office last night. He showed that for you. But when this plan was presented and when these renderings, as soon as they were complete, the President directed me to come out here and to share them with all of you. I did an entire opening remarks about what this ballroom project was going to look like. With any construction project, there are changes over time as you assess what the project is going to look like. And we'll continue to keep you apprised of all of those changes. But just trust the process. This is going to be a magnificent addition to the White House for many years to come, and it's not costing the taxpayers anything. The President is privately funding this ballroom addition to the White House grounds.
Buck Sexton
I think it's a cool idea. I mean, I don't know. I don't see what the, all the hubbub is about this Trump, first of all, I think, has done a lot of really nice things. We saw some of it. We're in the Oval with him back in June. He's some of the artwork that's been placed and replaced and everything else going on. And it's, it's really more, more of a visual impact. But I think that the beautification of public buildings, including additions to the White House, is something to be happy about. I know Trump's doing it, so they have to hate it is how the libs view it. But I'm actually with him on this one. I've seen the drawings, I've seen the stuff. It looks good to me.
Clay Travis
I think it's going to be great. And like everything, it's going to be used by everybody for all time to come. So there have Been a lot of complaints. You and I are fortunate to have been in the parts of the White House that are very historic. We've been in the Oval Office. We've been to every part of the White House, basically. What did I say to you? I'll just, I'll like. When we were sitting, waiting to go in to see Trump, I said to you, you may or may not remember this. We were sitting there. And I'm like, you would never believe that this is the waiting room for the most powerful building in the United States. It looks like you're wait. And this is not me trying to be insulting to the White House or anything else, but it looks like you're waiting to go meet in an insurance hallway for a, you know, Mutual of Omaha or something.
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Do you remember, do you remember what I said to you when we're waiting there? Clay, I can't believe you're wearing sandals.
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I had on shoes. I had on. I did not have my. I had my passport or else they wouldn't have let me in because that infernal real id. But my point on this is there is and should be something very majestic and august about the process of meeting with the leader of the free world. The buildings that surround our president should be spectacular. And there is a balancing between history. Look, if you're fortunate enough to have gotten to go into some old houses built in the 1800s, you preserve them for their history, not because they are incredibly, necessarily beautiful to this day. What they balance and have always balanced. I mean, Harry Truman, like, gutted the whole White House. For those of you out there who are not history people, the whole thing got burned back in the war of 18.
Buck Sexton
I was going to say the British. The British, they did their own renovation of our White House in 1812. Those sons of guns.
Clay Travis
So you're constantly balancing old and new in an effort to try and create the most functional place to do business anywhere in the world. And Trump is innately gifted, I think, in many ways, at balancing old and new so that places have the popular, the particular pomp and circumstance that you would expect to surround an office such as this.
Buck Sexton
So. So we haven't talked about this yet, but I actually think this is a good place that we could transition into it. What the heck is with the Obama Presidential Library?
Clay Travis
It's so weird. I mean, truly, it looks so weird.
Buck Sexton
It looks like where the bad guy from the he man cartoon would live. It's. It's like, it looks like something or Castle Grayskull. Castle Grayskull or like the Borg from Star Trek. I always get wars confused. Star Trek, you know, it looks like something that's meant to evoke fear and misery. Real, real, real talk, everybody. The Obama Presidential Library, which if you have not seen the photo, we should put one up atclay and buck.com just so it's easy reference for you if you have not seen the photo of this thing. Clay. If someone told me, especially if they made it like a black and white photo so it seemed like it was older, that this was where they used to take people for interrogations in East Germany, I'd be like, yeah, that makes sense. This building's scary looking as hell.
Clay Travis
What are they doing? What are they doing? I, I there is sometimes. Remember the picture of Obama that they hung in the National Portrait Gallery where he's surrounded by all this greenery and it looks kind of like he's hiding in a, you know, in a forest, I think. And this is my big theory on life in general. This, I think, goes so many different directions. We perfected a lot of things and now people needlessly overcomplicate things that don't need to be complicated. I'll give you an example that has nothing to do with the Obama White House. Buck. Sorry. The Obama Presidential Library. We used to be able to turn the heat on and off in any vehicle. Very, very easy. You reached out, I've talked about this. You had a knob. The blue line made it cooler, the red line made it warmer. Everybody understood it. You could do it from the time you were five years old. Half the time I get in a car now, I can't figure out how to turn on the heat or the air. I was in a hotel in New York City this week. Nice hotel.
Buck Sexton
You got to be an engineer to know the light switches. It's insane.
Clay Travis
Light switches and turn the shower on. When did we get to a point where we need to re engineer things that were working perfect? I think a lot of what happens now is people decide that they're going to change fully functional things. Nobody's ever come out and said, you know what worked better than the wheel? A modified wheel. The wheel. Pretty important invention. And by and large, it's very similar to what we did thousands of years ago. I think that the Obama Presidential Library is evidence of this idea that design has to consistently evolve. And my point on it would be the Greeks and the Romans are pretty good at designing things. I'm okay with using many of the classical architecture that they created as a base aesthetics.
Buck Sexton
There's a reason why Gothic, great Gothic cathedrals, which were built over hundreds of years in some cases are still incredible and beautiful today. There are some enduring aesthetics. There are some things that are elevating and spectacular regardless of time. This is why we look back at different periods in history and buildings that are super old. We even look at the pyramids. Right. Thousands of years old. We look at things, we go, wow, that's something really impressive. And I just think that for some reason, I think it was probably like the late 60s into the late 70s, America decided to build the ugliest crap imaginable. You see this in a lot of civic buildings and public schools.
Clay Travis
I mean the FBI, the FBI headquarters in downtown D.C. is a perfect representation of this. It's an. We just need to come to grips.
Buck Sexton
With the fact that this stuff. Yeah, the J. Edgar Hoover building also looks like it should be the headquarters of the Stasi. This stuff is depressing and it doesn't have to be that way. It is the opposite of elevating. It brings you down and I'm just being real here. If the Obama Presidential Library looked really cool, even if it was a modern aesthetic, and this will shock none of you, but I'm not a big modern aesthetic guy. I like the. I like the hits. I like the old school, you know. So does Trump, by the way.
Clay Travis
Yeah, so does. By the way. I've been to the Bill Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock. I've been to a bunch. I like. I'm a history guy. Is it nice?
Buck Sexton
I don't know what it looks like.
Clay Travis
Very nice. Very.
Buck Sexton
Well, it's free admission for ladies 18 to 30, right?
Clay Travis
Yeah, they have a ladies night every day at the Bill Clinton Presidential Library. But the best place to go to.
Buck Sexton
Be girls in Little Rock, you know, when. When the aesthetic is there. I will say the Obama Presidential Library is looking like one of the ugliest buildings I've ever seen. Honestly. It is looking like something. And I. And I know that there's some, I'm sure genius architects who have created it.
Clay Travis
It's horrible.
Buck Sexton
So I just. Why? It's not that hard.
Clay Travis
You know, you can.
Buck Sexton
I'll tell you this. There was a. There was a modern or modern architecture, blah, blah intro like one on one class they taught at Amherst Clay and they showed we had built. The library at Amherst College is one of these just 1975 monstrosities. It's so ugly in this otherwise very pretty campus. They demolished a gray granite like Gothic gorgeous building to make this thing. And he's like that's why you need to learn about architecture.
Clay Travis
That's a great analogy. I'll also point this out. It ain't just buildings. They tried to tell us fat people in spandex was something to be aspirational moving towards too. I think it's actually intentional to try to destroy beauty in general and things that we all agree to be beautiful to try to I want to, I.
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Clay Travis
I sign on to this. I didn't know it was a trend. It's not going to surprise any of you that I'm not very aware of trends. But I just sent the crew my high school photos because Buck was talking about bad high school choices. And so we can have some fun with this tomorrow. On Friday. The the senior class photo of me is not an ideal hairstyle. So just if you want to be entertained, we will have some fun with that tomorrow. And do whatever you can to avoid getting arrested by the FBI. In the meantime, don't shave any basketball games, kids.
Buck Sexton
We'll see you tomorrow.
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Episode: Hour 3 – Gov't Shutdown Realities
Date: October 23, 2025
Podcast: iHeartPodcasts
In this lively and politically charged hour, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton dive into the realities of a looming government shutdown, its political roots, and the fallout for working Americans. They connect the national debate to power struggles in New York’s Democratic leadership and dissect the tumultuous New York City mayoral race, with passionate (and sometimes comic) detours into everything from presidential architecture to 1980s music and unfortunate fashion trends. Throughout, the hosts’ signature blend of intelligence, wit, and strong opinion keeps the conversation fast-paced and engaging.
In summary:
This episode blends serious discussion about government dysfunction and party politics with vivid local color from New York, clever pop culture tangents, and gut-level humor. For listeners, it’s a brisk ride through the state of the Democratic Party, the high stakes of the NYC mayoral race, a dash of culture war, and enough jokes to keep things rolling.