Hour 3 - How the TN Election Affects the Future

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show – Hour 3: How the TN Election Affects the Future

Date: December 3, 2025
Podcast: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
Episode Theme: Analyzing the 2025 Tennessee 7th Congressional District special election results, broader electoral trends, key issues for 2026, the implications of interstate migration on state politics, and a lively blend of political and cultural commentary.

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Main Theme and Purpose

Hour 3 of today’s episode centers on the impact of the Tennessee 7th Congressional District special election, drawing out what the outcome means for Tennessee, 2026’s midterms, and the national political landscape. The hosts critique Democratic efforts in red states, discuss the concerns and realities of ideological migration into conservative areas, touch on international affairs (notably Venezuela), and weave in personal anecdotes, humor, and listener interactions to enliven the conversation.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

Tennessee 7th Congressional District Special Election (02:30–06:54)

• Big Win for Republicans:

  • Clay Travis enthusiastically announces the victory of Republican Matt Van Epps over Democrat Afton Bane by 9 points.
    • “Congratulations to Congressman elect Matt Van Epps. He’s been elected to represent my district here in Tennessee. He won by nine points. Kicked the crazy Democrat to the curb.” (02:30)
  • Special election turnout was low, as expected, but the hosts view the result as part of a broader pattern where “Democrats won in blue places and Republicans won in red places.” (03:28)

• Turnout Concerns for 2026:

  • With Trump off the ballot for midterms, the question of turnout—especially among Republicans—is highlighted:
    • “What’s turnout going to look like with Trump off the ballot? I think that is a very valid concern as we sit here roughly 11 months before the midterm elections of 2026…” (04:43)

• Key Issues for 2026:

  • The hosts suggest Trump has “solved” issues with the border and crime, noting claimed deportation numbers and declining crime rates in cities like Nashville, Memphis, and Washington, D.C. (05:00–06:50)

Democratic Messaging and Response to Afton Bane (06:54–08:05)

• Afton Bane’s Speech:

  • The hosts play a clip of Afton Bane, the defeated Democratic candidate, emphasizing her grassroots movement and challenging Southern stereotypes:
    • “The South is not silent because the South has something to say. And Tennessee, we are leading the way. We have inspired an entire country.” (Clip, 06:54)

• Hosts’ Reactions:

  • Clay Travis and Buck Sexton lambast Bane’s style and messaging as the “opposite of charisma”—a running joke leading to the term “rizzless” (“no Riz,” i.e., lacking charisma), a Gen Z term discussed humorously by the hosts. (07:31–12:44)
    • “The fact that this chick thought she was going to be able to go to Washington D.C. on behalf of the state of Tennessee is a delusion that is next level.” – Clay Travis (07:44)

Political Migration and Demographic Shifts (08:05–12:44; 21:17–23:23)

• Are Blue-State Transplants Turning Red States Blue?:

  • The fear that Californians and New Yorkers moving to red states will bring left-leaning politics is discussed. Clay counters this, citing data and anecdotes that transplants are often more conservative than the natives:
    • “What the data is showing is the people who are moving to these states are actually redder than the people who are already living there.” – Clay Travis (08:58)

• Florida as a Case Study:

  • Buck shares Florida’s shift from a Democratic registration advantage to a Republican one during the DeSantis era.
    • “Florida went from a 250,000 Democrat registration advantage pre-DeSantis to in this year… a million Republican advantage.” – Buck Sexton (10:19)

• Complexities of Migration:

  • The effect may “make red redder and blue bluer,” with conservatives concentrating in already-red states and blue states losing their more right-leaning residents—a dynamic discussed as both a blessing and a curse for the national GOP. (11:10–11:40)

Listener Interactions: Terms, Culture, and More (12:44–15:01; 21:17+)

• Gen Z Lingo:

  • The hosts banter about “riz,” “rizzless,” and discuss current youth trends like the “broccoli hair” haircut, sharing family anecdotes to lighten the conversation. (12:02–13:50)
    • “If you have no Riz, you are rizzless. So that would be the opposite of charisma in the modern lingo.” – Clay Travis (12:36)

• Emails and Calls:

  • A listener from Spokane bemoans liberals taking over her city, prompting a nuanced distinction from the hosts between in-state urban migration vs. cross-country political refugees. (21:17–23:23)
    • “The COVID refugees in your midst are like the Praetorian guard of freedom. They are hardcore…” – Buck Sexton (23:23)

Venezuela and Regime Change (24:57–29:05)

• Will Maduro Fall?:
  • Drawing on news about U.S. pressure on Venezuelan leader Maduro to step down, the hosts discuss the likelihood and possible locations for exile (Cuba, Russia), and host a caller comparing the situation to the U.S. removal of Noriega.
    • “I think he’s gonna go.” – Buck Sexton (26:06)
    • “I think Maduro has to go… I think it would be stabilizing to illegal immigration in this country because tons of people came from Venezuela into this country.” – Clay Travis (28:07)

Lighter Segments, Personal Stories, and Listener Calls (29:05–37:48)

• Climate & Regional Preferences:

  • Multiple listeners call in to discuss their preference for warm vs. cold weather, with Clay and Buck riffing on ski culture, the hazards of winter sports, and staying warm in Florida or Colorado. (29:36–33:59)
    • “I don’t do the ski. I just go straight to the apres ski.” – Clay Travis (32:12)

• Pop Culture Satire:

  • The hosts poke fun at TV shows like “Yellowstone” and “Deadwood” for ignoring the realities of harsh winters in places like Montana and South Dakota, highlighting Hollywood’s sanitization of rural fantasies. (33:59–37:48)
    • “The whole show is preposterous… Montana is the coldest state in America on average in the winter.” – Buck Sexton (35:23)

Closing and Final Listener Interactions (43:05–45:17)

• Humor and Self-Deprecation:
  • The hosts joke about manliness, temperature preferences in marriage, and take lighthearted ribbing from listeners. (43:46–45:17)
    • “My house stays at 68 degrees year round because that’s the way my wife likes it. There’s nothing wrong with that.” – Trucker Gibbs, caller (45:14)
    • “The man card, you keep the wife happy. That’s worth any man card.” – Buck Sexton (45:17)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• “The fact that this chick thought she was going to be able to go to Washington D.C. on behalf of the state of Tennessee is a delusion that is next level.” – Clay Travis (07:44)
• “If you have no Riz, you are rizzless. So that would be the opposite of charisma in the modern lingo.” – Clay Travis (12:36)
• “Florida went from a 250,000 Democrat registration advantage pre-DeSantis to in this year… a million Republican advantage.” – Buck Sexton (10:19)
• “The COVID refugees in your midst are like the Praetorian guard of freedom. They are hardcore, ok?” – Buck Sexton (23:23)
• “I think Maduro has to go… I think it would be stabilizing to illegal immigration in this country…” – Clay Travis (28:07)
• “I don’t do the ski. I just go straight to the apres ski.” – Clay Travis (32:12)
• “The whole show [Yellowstone] is preposterous… Montana is the coldest state in America on average in the winter.” – Buck Sexton (35:23)

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Important Segment Timestamps

• Tennessee Election/Congressman Van Epps victory: 02:30–06:54
• Afton Bane Dem Response / “Rizzless” Exchange: 06:54–13:50
• Political migration and registration trends: 08:05–12:44 & 21:17–23:23
• Venezuela/Maduro Discussion: 24:57–29:05
• Pop culture/winter weather humor: 33:59–37:48
• Listener calls & “man card” conversation: 43:05–45:17

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Tone and Style

The tone is loose, conversational, irreverent, and unapologetically partisan. Clay Travis leans into local pride and red-state populism, while Buck Sexton provides analytical detail, humor, and personal anecdotes. Banter on youth culture and politics blends seamlessly, keeping the episode dynamic and engaging.

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Conclusion

This hour offered an animated conservative perspective on 2025’s key election results, demographic shifts, and national topics while weaving in relatable cultural humor and audience engagement. The hosts’ discussion of turnout, migration, and crime statistics sets the stage for ongoing speculation about 2026’s political battlegrounds, while call-ins and lighter segments create a sense of community for listeners both inside and outside the show’s core political audience.

Transcript

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But this isn't the end of our story. It's not even close. Because what we have built here in this district, this grassroots movement, is part of something bigger that is happening across the south and is happening across this country because we are tired of people outside of this state telling us that the south is backwards, that it's hopeless and it's destined to be ruled by the same powerful people again and again. The south is not silent because the south has something to say. And Tennessee, we are leading the way. We have inspired an entire country. They are with us tonight and they are so proud. They are so proud of what we were able to do.

[Clay Travis]

Oh, my God, Buck.

[Buck Sexton]

What is the opposite of charisma? Like what. What is the technical opposite?

[Clay Travis]

We know what charisma is. Yes.

[Buck Sexton]

This is the thing that is the direct opposite direction of that.

[Clay Travis]

Look, I. Look at. I. The fact that this chick thought she was going to be able to go to Washington D.C. on behalf of the state of Tennessee is a delusion that is next level. I mean, everybody out there, I mean, if you're watching me on video, I had to pull my earpiece out because of the screeching.

I think that if Democrats continue to nominate people like this chick, this crazy chick, they will never win an election. And look, I do think big picture, Buck, you relocated from New York City to Florida. I am a born and raised Tennessean. There is in many red states, and I know many of you are going to be nodding along. If you live in Utah, if you live in Texas, if you live in Tennessee, if you live in Florida, you live in North Carolina, Georgia. Battleground places that have traditionally been read. There's a lot of concern that people who are moving into these states are going to bring their left wing politics from California or New York or Illinois, and they're going to come to these jurisdictions and they're going to try to destroy them like they did everything there. In other words, that they're basically locusts and they're coming to bring a plague to the new places, too. I'm actually encouraged, and I understand that this is somewhat controversial to say because people sometimes get mad at me about this, but I say this as a lifelong Tennessean. What the data is showing is the people who are moving to these states are actually redder than the people who are already living there. And you're an example. Redder.

[Buck Sexton]

Absolutely. Everyone knows now that they're the guys at my. My gun store down here, Johnson's, which is a fantastic gun store run by, you know, great people patriots. It's funny because, you know, when we first came down here, I could tell they were like, yeah, you guys are coming up from the northeast. You know, you better kind of know what you're doing here, buddy. And now they realize all the guys who are show guys and gals who show up, who are transplants in the COVID and beyond era are people who are not only.

You know, fleeing the communist blue state tyranny. We are so adamant about keeping your wonderful red states red that, you know, we will go to the mat. So there's no worries. On that clay, Florida went from a 250,000 Democrat registration advantage pre DeSantis.

[Clay Travis]

Yes.

[Buck Sexton]

To in this year of the DeSantis era of Florida, a million Republican advantage in registration. That is what your migration was.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, look. And if you remember 2018, DeSantis won by around 50,000 votes. Eventually, he won. What did he win in 2022? By 19 votes or whatever it was. 19 points. Yeah, yeah, yeah. A huge margin swing. I just want to say breathe a little bit because there is. I hear this from all the time because I think maybe people who are native to areas feel more comfortable talking to other native Nashvillians or native Tennesseans. It's a lot of fear. There's a lot of fear for people who come in. There's bumper stickers. Don't California my my Tennessee, Don't California my Texas, Don't California my Florida. Maybe that exists. It's a bigger trip, but I know Don't California my Tennessee and don't California my Texas. A big thing. They're actually making the red. Redder. That's what the data is Reflecting. And that is now it comes with its own complexities, because if you're. Let's say you're Elise Stefanik and you're trying to win to kick the awful Kathy Hochul out of New York, there are a lot of red voters who are now part of the strong bastion of Florida or Texas or Tennessee that would have otherwise been in New York or Illinois or California. So it's making blue bluer, potentially, because people are just fed up and saying, I got to get out. And we've talked about this with Steve Hilton, who's trying to win in. In California. But I do think that's significant. By the way, I should have gotten this because the boys. Do you know that the term. Riz Buck. Do you know the term? Of course.

[Buck Sexton]

I'm. I'm cool.

[Clay Travis]

Sure. Yeah. Aunt Clay. I learn a lot of words now through my boys, because they will. You know, the lingo changes as it does. Riz, which is derived from charisma, is you are filled. Filled with, like, the ladies love you or whatever. So you have a high risk quotient. You're really good with the opposite sex. I should have gotten this because I've heard it used as an insult among my boys. Rizzless. If you have no Riz, you are rizzless. So that would be the opposite of charisma in the modern lingo. You are rizzless. And so I would say Afton Bane. Rizzless.

[Buck Sexton]

Now I just have to get one of those, like, broccoli haircuts, I think they're called right now, where you.

[Clay Travis]

Oh, that's. My boys have the broccoli hair.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, you gotta, like. It's like short on the sides, and then you just grow out this sort of poofy, almost like a. Like a muffin top or something that's just there.

[Clay Travis]

Yes.

[Buck Sexton]

That's what the cool kids are wearing now.

[Clay Travis]

So my kids have the broccoli.

[Buck Sexton]

Three of their boys have the same haircut.

[Clay Travis]

Two of my three. The two teenage boys both have the broccoli hair. Now, it helps that they have curly hair like their mom. But if you're out there and you're like, what is broccoli hair? Think of a stock stalk of broccoli, and it's just a ridiculous kind of curly hair mop on top of their head. That is my. My youngest has got hair more like me. So it is very, like, he can't really get the broccoli hair. It's very straight. So it helps to have a little bit curly hair in. In some way but yes Afton Bain riseless put clip this and make sure that this goes up on the YouTube because I am the you and me discussing Riz and Rizz less qualities will certainly play with the young kids we were showing.

[Buck Sexton]

We are not anks we are full of Riz on clay and Buck.

[Clay Travis]

By the way you should go subscribe click like and subscribe on our YouTube channel for more of this frivolity and honestly because more and more of the show is now available on video and I would we get the email on the social platforms and how many followers we have and the show is growing quite a lot on every front so I I should probably mention it more frequently but wherever there are social media accounts I don't think we have a blue do we have a Blue sky account? I don't think we have a Blue sky account. I don't think we have a Threads account. But if it's moderately not crazy left wing we are out there. You can find us. You can find us on Instagram. I've been spending a little time on my Instagram story. I'll just post things of where I am. I don't necessarily this is evidently popular and then obviously on Twitter that's me for better or worse. So we want to be where you are and where everyone is to be able to win the arguments and therefore we hope that you will find us there.

[Buck Sexton]

Totally agree.

[Clay Travis]

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Welcome back in here to Clay and Buck. We have a bunch of VIP emails I want to get to. We're also doing a lot of learning today on the show, including about things like Riz and Rizzless and broccoli haircuts because we like to stay with the beat of America's youth, the cool kids. And that's what we do. I'm pretty sure if you ever refer to the cool kids, you probably are not among them. But we, we are trying here. We're trying to stay up with, with the trends. We have a VIP email from Susan in Spokane where we actually have a very robust, the Spokane area, very robust audience. I need to correct you. She writes to us. Not a good start, Susan, but we'll see where this goes. The morons in Spokane elected a liberal for mayor, Lisa Brown, known as Sandinista Lisa. And I've elected a very liberal moron city council. They are destroying this once safe, beautiful city that was family friendly. Sandinista Lisa serve as the director of. Okay, blah, blah, blah, blah. Transplanted Seattle people have ruined this city. The saddest part of this is that families who have been here since the very late 1800s are leaving. I will also be leaving for Texas soon. Okay, first of all, Lisa, the good news is you're going to love Texas. Second of all, I think there's, I think this is a distinct. I don't disagree with what, with what Susan is saying here. I'm sorry, I think, I think I said Lisa. Lisa is the Sandinista. Susan is our esteemed VIP emailer and Susan but what you are describing is.

[Clay Travis]

Really.

[Buck Sexton]

Is movement within the state and people who are maybe changing up their, their address a little bit and you can have this sprawl that occurs of libs. You know, the people who are living in Jersey City are just New York libs who want to pay less rent. That's all. Isn't, isn't what I mean. They're technically living in New Jersey, but they didn't make a big move. They just got the U Haul and went down the street essentially, or they got movers probably to get them to go down the street. That's a different thing. That's just like the sprawl of a Democrat city. What we're talking about here, and I don't maybe this is a distinction that I'm just making up as I go along, but as one does. But what we're talking about here is when somebody who lives in Washington state or New York or Connecticut or Illinois says, I'm done, I'm moving to Texas, Tennessee or Florida, maybe some other red states in that conversation too. But really it's Texas, Tennessee and Florida. That's a big move. Clay.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, look, it's four hours Seattle to Spokane. So it is a decent drive. And I did not know that.

[Buck Sexton]

So that is also helpful. Sorry, but I should have worked on my Washington geography a little bit before I opened my dumb mouth.

[Clay Travis]

But for state representation, whether you live in Seattle or Spokane is not necessarily changing your Senate vote or your governor vote, right? Because you're still in the state in the same state.

[Buck Sexton]

It's an intra state move.

[Clay Travis]

Now the, the, this, the cultural shift from a New Yorker like you to who moves to Texas or Tennessee or Florida is more profound. And that tends to be the bigger fear. Like I don't hear people saying in Nashville, oh man, we're really worried now. Somebody moved from Memphis or Jackson or Knoxville or Chattanooga inside of the state. It's the transplants out of the state that has created, I think, and often does create a great deal of fear for the culture of a state.

[Buck Sexton]

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[Clay Travis]

In Clay Travis Buck Sexton Show. We are having some fun celebrating 10th Tennessee 7th Congressional District FnF's winning 2025 in the books. We start to look towards 2026 and see what happens there. Let's go take some calls. Let's have some fun with you guys.

Let's see. John in Oklahoma, we talked some about. What do you think? Let me pause John for a sec if we could, guys. What do you think's gonna happen in Venezuela? Buck, There are reports out there that Trump has given.

Has given the leader of Venezuela, Maduro until Friday to leave. I was reading front page article in the New York Times. They had seven sources. Take it for what you will that Maduro is no longer sleeping in the same locations. That he is changing his cell phones every day. That he has a collection of Cuban, I thought this was interesting, Cuban bodyguards that are following him everywhere in the wake of threats that are coming from the United States to his rule. Reports are that he lost the election even though he stayed in office by 40 points. And that the, that, that his overall support in Venezuela has crumbled significantly. Do we do anything? What do you think happens? Put your CIA analyst cap on here. What do you think they're telling Trump? What do you think is likely to happen?

[Buck Sexton]

I think he's gonna go.

[Clay Travis]

You do? I think he's volunteer. You think voluntarily he's gonna leave or do you think, I mean, I understand it's not completely voluntary if we're forcing him out, but do you think he leaves of his own volition, gets on a plane with his family or how does that go?

[Buck Sexton]

I think there's, there's, there's back channel negotiation. That's, that's happening with him. The question is, where does he go?

So that I think is, is very, you know, very interesting. Like where would be the safe harbor place? Cuba comes to mind. But Cuba is going to have a lot of problems if Venezuela isn't subsidizing them with, with their oil. Russia comes to mind. But if you're Venezuelan, man, those Moscow winners, I'm not sure, I'm not sure.

[Clay Travis]

Maduro need a lot of blankets to put on.

[Buck Sexton]

I was going to say I don't think cozy earth ships to Moscow, but maybe, but he's going to be in a rough spot. So, yeah, I don't, I don't really know where he goes or who would take him in, but the administration has to, if the administration grants safe conduct, it's a little bit like what happened with Assad. When it's finally, when you know you can't win, it's time to go. I think that that's getting closer and closer to being a reality here. We, we don't have all this military power in the Caribbean just to take out these boats.

[Clay Travis]

What do you think the average Venezuelan who now lives in South Florida thinks on this? Obviously they hate Maduro, by and large live in the United States. But I think the question is how aggressively should the United States go when it comes to removing Maduro. But I say all that as the prelude to John in Oklahoma, who had a take on the Venezuela situation. John, what you got for us?

[Buck Sexton]

Hey, merry Christmas, guys. January 1990, Operation Just Cause. Manuel Noriega is just like this crazy guy in Venezuela. So there's a game plan.

[Clay Travis]

18Th airborne car went in and kicked.

[Buck Sexton]

Ass and took names.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, thank you, people. A lot of people will remember that back in 1990 with what happened there. What I would say, some people, I said earlier in the week, I think Maduro has to go. And I understand people out there say, oh, this is an awful idea. Regime change never makes sense. I don't think things can get worse than they are right now in Venezuela. I think there are major strategic interests for the United States and Latin America. I think there's a lot of green shoots of positivity in many of those relationships. But I think Maduro has to go. And I actually think it would be stabilizing to illegal immigration in this country because tons of people came from Venezuela into this country. I think if Venezuela stabilized and went back to a rational, democratic country, I think a lot of people who have taken refuge in other countries would go back to Venezuela. So I think it would be very, very positive. Bonnie, in the beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina. Bonnie, what you got for us?

[Buck Sexton]

Well, guys, I asked Alexa what the opposite of charisma was. Do you want to hear what she said?

[Clay Travis]

Yes.

[Buck Sexton]

Disagreeableness, distastefulness, obnoxiousness, repulsion, offensiveness and unpleasantness.

[Clay Travis]

I think all those work. I think all those describe Afton Bain. I think they would also apply to Kamala Harris. Thank you for the call, Bonnie. See Carly out in Colorado. Carly, what you got?

[Buck Sexton]

What I have is you guys are always talking about warm weather, blah, blah, blah. You could not pay me to live in Florida. I love the snow. In fact, I'm in Colorado. It's 26 degrees. I probably have 6 inches of new snow since last night. There are millions of us like that, Buck. Millions of us.

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[Buck Sexton]

So much, why do you wear your little blanket at night watching tv, you know, you know. Is that because you have the air on?

Yes. I want you to know. Excuse me. I will have you know that the no seeums here are vicious and that I cannot just have the windows open because the no seems would come and get me and they bite and they're very mean.

[Clay Travis]

Carly, where in Colorado are you?

[Buck Sexton]

Highlands Ranch. I'm going to go out and play with the snow with my dogs. I mean, I'm out constantly. Love it, love it, love it, love it.

[Clay Travis]

So. So Laura, my wife, loves skiing, snowboarding, all of the winter weather activities that one engages in. She's got our boys.

[Buck Sexton]

I don't think humans are meant to play in ice. I don't think so. I think they're, you know, we're not polar bears. I'm sorry.

[Clay Travis]

I think Colorado is amazing in the summer when I've been out there, and I will say this, a lot of cold weather is brutal because there's not enough sunshine. Colorado has tons of sun, right? So it's one of the, one of the great places people don't think about, you know, Denver, for instance, has so many sunny days. My wife, when we started. This is true. I don't know. I've told you this, Buck. My wife and I, we started dating. She said, I want to get you into skiing because she loves it. She's done it her whole life. She's from Michigan. She now snowboards, which is cooler or at least used to be cooler with Gen X. So she's a really, really good snowboarder. She was like, I want to get you into skiing. When I was in law school, we went on a trip to Snowshoe, West Virginia. Great place, Great snow up there. I hit a tree. I hit a tree. Not going that fast, but fast enough that when I hit the tree, I thought, you know what? I like every sport. If I seriously injured myself trying to learn how to ski or snowboard, would I be thinking to myself, hey, you know what? I'm glad I was trying to do this. Or would I think as I was laying there amid the branches in the tree, this was really dumb? You know, I grew up in the South. I like every other sport I can do without skiing. So now you know what I do? Kids go ski. I go to. Either I work, which is what I do most of the time, or I just hang out in the, in the ski lodges, which isn't a bad place.

[Buck Sexton]

You're. You're big into the. What they call apres ski. Yes.

[Clay Travis]

I don't do the ski. I just go straight to the apres ski. So I have the drinks, I have the hot tubbing. I have all of the good things that people do to recover from skiing. Except I never actually ski, which. And I like the ski village thing. I think that's very cool. Like, we're at Park City, awesome place. Like, I like going. I don't need to be on the slopes, I don't need to be out in the cold. I don't need to be worrying about wind gusts or, you know, like hitting trees. And that feels like a good solution to me.

[Buck Sexton]

I do remember going sledding in Central park when I was a kid a few times and it was all fun and games until you got a little too aggressive and you hit that icy bump at the bottom and you took off and you had about 2 seconds of launch time in the air where as a 12 year old or a 10 year old or whatever, you thought that you were heroic. And then it all came truly crashing down. And you know, you have those scrape marks all over your hands. Maybe a little bloody nose from taking a head first right into, right into the snowbank. No good.

[Clay Travis]

Colorado, though, in the summer, I think, much like I say northern Michigan, to me, northern Michigan is the most underrated place in the United States. In the summer, I. Every time I say this, people in northern Michigan say, clay, don't talk about it. Don't tell people about it. It's like Fight Club. You can't talk about how great northern Michigan is. And I would have never known if I hadn't married a girl from Michigan. Colorado in the summer to me is way better than Colorado in the winter. And that's because I'm not a skier, but if you told me, hey, you can go visit all these beautiful places in Colorado in the summer or the winter, it's not even a tough call to me. I 100% would rather be in Colorado in the summer. It's spectacular out there in the summer.

[Buck Sexton]

Well, this is like when people watch the show Yellowstone. I've actually seen some funny online things about how a lot of people watch Yellowstone. Oh, yeah. And they're like, hey, you know what? I want to buy a house in Bozeman or in the area of Bozeman or, or, you know, whatever. And they stop. They never stop to think Yellowstone. You'll notice it's always summertime on that show. I have some problems with that show. I could get into this at some length. Like they just murder people who don't want to be cowboys anymore anymore and bury the bodies. Like, that's not cool. Like, that's not a good guy thing to do. Like, hey, I don't want to be a cattle rancher anymore or whatever.

[Clay Travis]

Like, oh, we got to put one back your head, buck. I love that they go to Wyoming and just dump bodies in a ravine and no one, no one has ever thought to look in the ravine for all the dead bodies. It would seem to me that that would create a stir in Wyoming, which doesn't have that big population. Wyoming.

[Buck Sexton]

I'm pretty sure they do have laws there against murder. I'm pretty sure. You know, and. But the whole show, I mean, it's again, fun to watch. It's kind of like the movie the Rock. It's fun to watch, but it's abs. The whole thing is preposterous. Ok. And Yellowstone, the whole thing is absolutely preposterous. And the funniest part about it is Montana is the coldest state in America on average in the winter. Okay, It's Montana. Yes. Because Alaska gets.

[Clay Travis]

Now this is based on where people.

[Buck Sexton]

Live because it gets the. But it gets the coastal effect, right. So the population of Alaska doesn't live really in the interior or like way up in the, you know, those. I don't know what it's called. But in those other places, they live in places like Anchorage near the water, and so they get some kind of a coastal effect. So it's actually generally not quite as bad. Montana is freakishly cold in the wintertime. And you. Everyone in Yellowstone is walking around. It's beautiful, it's sunny, it's 75. And they're like, you know, just wearing, they're wearing their Stetson and their jean shirt.

[Clay Travis]

There are two television shows that have been very popular that hit on exactly what you said. They never have winter shoots in, in anything having to do with the Yellowstone show. Remember Deadwood? Great show on hbo.

[Buck Sexton]

Fantastic HBO show.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah. One of the great characters of all time. Al Swearengen in the television show Deadwood always filmed in the summer because it's like a Hollywood production and they don't want to have to spend the money on all the snow. But if you think about the culture of those places, the winter I would argue defines them far more than the few good months of weather they get. And, and, and so both shows I really enjoy. But it is funny to your point. Lots of this, this. You talk about transplants, Montana, the number of people from Southern California who decide that they want to be ranchers and they get to Montana and they walk outside in December, January or February and they're like, yeah, maybe I don't want to be a rancher as much. I mean ranching in July is a lot different than ranching in, in February. But they're buying up land. They have no idea what they're walking into. And, and that is a very big lifestyle change.

[Buck Sexton]

I think it's evers watching Yellowstone. They're like, oh man, it's so beautiful. Three months of the year. Like, what is, what is it? Like, what is that guy.

[Clay Travis]

What's his.

[Buck Sexton]

What's. Who's the guy who's always wearing black?

[Clay Travis]

It was.

[Buck Sexton]

Got the glasses, was like the regulator on the ranch. You know what I mean? The guy Rip. Yeah, yeah, let's see. Rip in like, you know, like an Eskimo suit in January. Because that's actually how it would be. I'm just saying, I know some of you getting to be like, why are you saying this about my favorite show? Because it's filmed in Utah in the summer. That's why. It has nothing to do with actual Montana rancher life. Just throwing it out there. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

[Clay Travis]

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Keep up with the biggest political comeback in world history on the Team 47 podcast. Clay and Buck highlight Trump replays from the week, Sundays at noon Eastern. Find it on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

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[Clay Travis]

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[Clay Travis]

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[Clay Travis]

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[Buck Sexton]

Closing up shop here on Clay and Buck. Appreciate you all being with us and we're going to have a fantastic show for you tomorrow and then it's gonna be just me on Friday. It's gonna be a wild Friday show. Gonna be in Anything goes. Crazy Clay is gone. We're throwing a keg party here on Clay and Buck Friday. So that will be interesting. He's gonna come back, there's going to be red solo cups on the ground, discarded. Everyone, everyone's gonna have a slight headache. You know, it's gonna be like very bright lights and just like random.

[Clay Travis]

Speaking of slight headaches, by the way, did you see the raccoon that got loose in the liquor store and got wasted and passed out in the bathroom? Real or is that AI?

[Buck Sexton]

It's real.

[Clay Travis]

Oh. Have I now brought to millions of people it totally made it. I read it and I totally like I assumed it was real. Maybe we could have Some fun with that tomorrow. If you didn't see the story. A raccoon got loose, knocked over some bottles of bourbon, got wasted and then passed out in the bathroom. And there's video footage and pictures of the raccoon. I'm told the raccoon is fine. I don't know if raccoons get headaches after a bourbon bourbon festivities.

[Buck Sexton]

You know, I obviously have a fondness for animals. Raccoons are amazing little creatures. They are incredibly smart and really have problem solving intelligence. And they can. They're much more agile than a lot of people realize, so. But you don't want them in your trash can later. People call them trash pandas. I don't think that's the preferred nomenclature. But they don't like to be called trash pandas. But they are in fact called trash pandas. KK Bert who listens on 710W O R A New Yorker. Let's go. Let's hear it. Hey, Bougie. Buck. I'm going to defend you, my man.

[Clay Travis]

It's not your fault that you're a.

[Buck Sexton]

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[Clay Travis]

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[Buck Sexton]

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[Clay Travis]

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[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, I was a big Andre Agassi fan. So he's definitely. He sees what I've. What I've got going on here. He's true. That's. That's correct, jj Truck driver Gibbs. Another trucker. Let's hear him, jj. Play it. Gentlemen, this is Gibbs. Truck driving out here in Wisconsin at the moment. Had to come to Buck's defense not sacrificing his man card because he's pleasing his woman. My house stays at 68 degrees year round because that's the way my wife likes it. There's nothing wrong with that. And Clay, my wife picked up your balls the other day. No other man can say that. So congratulations. Kudos.

[Clay Travis]

There we go.

[Buck Sexton]

Doing a great job. We love trucker Gibbs. Thank you, sir. And Clay, he's right, man. You know what I mean? The man card, you keep the wife happy. That's worth any man card.

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[Buck Sexton]

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