Hour 3 - Obedience Training for the Masses

Summary

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show – Hour 3: "Obedience Training for the Masses"

Release Date: June 12, 2025

In the third hour of "The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show," hosts Clay Travis and Buck Sexton delve into pressing national issues, focusing primarily on the dynamics of protests and riots, immigration enforcement, urban challenges in Los Angeles, cybersecurity threats, and the evolving landscape of social media and political discourse. This summary captures the key discussions, insights, and conclusions from the episode, enriched with notable quotes and accurate timestamps.

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1. Protests vs. Riots: Media Representation and Public Perception

Buck Sexton opens the discussion by addressing the conflation of protests and riots in media narratives:

"We use those words interchangeably. There are protests and there are riots. So you don't have to correct us when we say protests."
(00:47)

He criticizes the press for downplaying the severity of certain events, emphasizing that not all demonstrations are peaceful.

2. Immigration Policies: Fulfilling Trump's Promises

The hosts highlight Caroline Levitt's analysis of President Trump's immigration stance, countering Democratic narratives:

"Trump promised the biggest deportation operations in history. Prioritizing the worst of the worst offenders doesn't give everyone else a pass."
(04:14)

Buck Sexton elaborates on the administration's efforts to enforce immigration laws strictly, focusing on violent criminals and illegal employers:

"It's illegal. If you are employing large numbers or any numbers of illegals in your business, you're not supposed to."
(05:20)

3. Urban Challenges: Graffiti and Public Safety in Los Angeles

The conversation shifts to the escalating graffiti problem in Los Angeles and its broader implications on public perception and city management:

Buck Sexton reflects on the psychological impact of pervasive graffiti:

"When you have graffiti everywhere, it is the psychological assault of, you're in a lawless place... It is a visual reminder, the same way that masks during COVID were."
(07:30)

Joe Getty criticizes the city authorities for relying on taxpayers to clean up the vandalism:

"Maybe the people who did the graffiti as a part of paying penance for their crimes should have to clean up the graffiti that they created."
(07:30)

4. Cybersecurity Threats: The AT&T Data Breach

A significant portion of the discussion is dedicated to the massive data breach involving AT&T, where nearly 90 million customer records were exposed:

Buck Sexton emphasizes the importance of protecting one's online identity:

"It's important to understand how cybercrime and identity theft are affecting our lives. And you need to know how to protect your online identity."
(12:32)

He introduces LifeLock as a solution for monitoring and safeguarding personal data against such breaches.

5. Elon Musk and President Trump's Relationship

The hosts explore the recent tensions and reconciliation between Elon Musk and President Trump:

Buck Sexton comments on Musk's challenges with government operations:

"He had to deal with that reality well."
(22:02)

Joe Getty highlights the impact of Musk's platforms on free speech and the marketplace of ideas:

"Elon has created a platform where there is more of a marketplace of ideas than ever existed before."
(23:44)

6. Left-Wing Protests and Political Consequences

Kevin O'Leary's perspective on left-wing protests underscores their negative impact on political figures:

"This is nasty, nasty, nasty imagery. Really bad imagery."
(28:18)

The discussion connects the visual portrayal of riots to potential future political repercussions, such as attack ads targeting leaders like Gavin Newsom.

7. Pro-Life Advocacy: Supporting Crisis Pregnancies

In a promotional segment, Buck Sexton discusses the efforts of Preborn clinics in supporting women facing crisis pregnancies:

"Over just two decades, 350,000 babies have been brought into this world as a result of preborn clinic efforts."
(29:13)

He emphasizes the importance of free ultrasounds in helping mothers make informed decisions.

8. Social Media Dynamics: The Case of Blue Sky

The hosts touch upon the challenges faced by Mark Cuban with Blue Sky, reflecting broader issues of free speech and content moderation:

"It's so absurd that you would have to just because people are no longer throttled and banned because they say that, you know, men and women."
(37:31)

They critique the left’s approach to policing speech and the resultant migration to platforms with more relaxed moderation policies.

9. Gender Discussions in Sports

Teasing an upcoming segment, Joe Getty mentions Stephen A. Smith's controversial stance on gender in sports:

"Stephen A. Smith... came out and said for the first time I think men shouldn't be in women's sports."
(38:03)

This introduces a critical look at the cultural shifts and debates surrounding gender identity in athletics.

10. Upcoming Topics and Personal Anecdotes

The episode concludes with light-hearted interactions between Clay, Buck, and Joe, discussing Buck’s upcoming trip to Cannes and humorous banter about social events and the logistics of political meetings.

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Notable Quotes:

• Caroline Levitt:
  "Donald Trump misled the American people and somehow said he was only going to deport violent criminals."
  (03:21)

• Karen Bass (LA Mayor):
  "This is about beautifying our city and bringing our city together."
  (06:41)

• Kevin O'Leary:
  "The lack of diversity of thought on Blue Sky is pushing him back to X."
  (37:31)

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Conclusion:

In "Hour 3 - Obedience Training for the Masses," Clay Travis and Buck Sexton provide a critical examination of contemporary societal issues, emphasizing the importance of strict immigration enforcement, the detrimental effects of urban vandalism, and the challenges posed by modern cybersecurity threats. They also address the evolving dynamics of free speech on social media platforms and the cultural debates surrounding gender in sports. Through insightful discussions and pertinent quotes, the episode offers listeners a comprehensive overview of the current political and social landscape.

Transcript

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Third Hour of Clay and Buck. And we are continuing to follow very closely these protests and riots. We use those words interchangeably. There are protests and there are riots. So you don't have to correct us when we say protests. We're aware of both of these things and protest is fine. And as we learned from Caroline Levitt yesterday, it is a stupid question for anyone in the press to say it is President Trump. I like the way she handled that because that was just meant to be an insult. It's like, does President Trump believe in the Constitution? Like, yeah, idiot, ask a real question. So I like the way that she handled that. That was great. Caroline Levitt. You know, we, we were on the Levitt Train Very early here. I'm just saying we were on the Levitt train when she was running for Congress. So we knew she was going to be a superstar and here she is. But you had the press trying to make something of this, trying to make it seem like the American people aren't with the Trump administration efforts to enforce the law. And some very interesting things are going on with all this, with these riots, with these protests, all that stuff. First of all, I think on how this has gone over politically, former Democrat is Cut five, Batya Unger Sargon. We've talked about her before here. We had her on the show recently. Yeah, we had her on the show. She was on that CNN panel. The only thing worth watching at cnn, doesn't this tell you something, Clay? Is the occasional center right person, sometimes a center, sometimes truly right wing. From Scott Jennings, Sir Michael Singleton, Batya Unger Sargon, Ben Ferguson. The only thing worth watching is the conservative slapping around the libs at that table. Here is Bhatia talking about the deportations and the truth of what Trump promised play fought.

[Caroline Levitt]

I hear this talking point a lot from Democrats that Donald Trump misled the American people and somehow said he was only going to deport violent criminals. He said he was going to prioritize, deport. Every single rally that I watched. He said we are going to have the largest deportation operation in American history. And the reason he did that is because that position has majority support with the American people. And that position is what got him the majority of working class people. Because immigration is a topic that divides the working class from the elites. The elites are the consumers of low wage labor. And when you guys say they're taking people from the community, what you mean is they're taking people from the workforce, people who undercut the wages of American workers, which is why the working class flipped from the Democrats to the Republicans.

[Buck Sexton]

Two important points she's making there, Clay. One, Trump promised the biggest deportation operations in history. Prioritizing the worst of the worst offenders doesn't give everyone else a pass in this. It's just ok, yeah, we're going to focus on getting the, you know, child molesters and, you know, gang members with blood on their hands, get them out of the country who are illegal aliens first. So that's point one. Trump is doing exactly what he promised, which is why I keep saying everyone says who voted for Trump? Yeah, I voted for this. I mean, I voted for this. And the second part of it is just the exploitation of cheap labor and how, how central that is to the donor Class to the elites. And this, this brings me to. They're going to have to start enforcing fines against employers with this. They have to come at this from which is going to be a little bit of a wake up call, but it needs to happen. It is illegal. If you are employing large numbers or any numbers of illegals in your business, you're not supposed to. Now someone will say, but they have fake Social Security cards and they have fake. So it's a little more complicated. But for the worst offenders, you need to do some deterrence enforcement.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. And I do think that the degree to which illegal immigrants have incredibly detailed fake Social Security cards, you say, okay, well how does that happen? I don't know how they get them made, but Social Security then gets paid money that never go out. So that is some element out there for people who say, okay, well how does this happen? The money still goes in for payroll taxes, except the numbers are not necessarily getting matched. Now, sometimes my understanding is there is identity theft and fraud going on and it's a complicated aspect, but yes, that factors in. I thought this was interesting too because they tried to say for a long time, well, there's not actually riots going on in la. Remember, Brian Stelter went on CNN and he said, remember, it's very important to note that 99.9% of Los Angeles is having no at all. And meanwhile, yesterday, LA Mayor Karen Bass said the city has so much graffiti that the vandalism so extensive they won't be ready for the World cup next year. Listen to this. Cut. Because it definitely calls into question the talking point that this is a small issue of violent and illegal behavior. Cut 8.

[Karen Bass]

The graffiti that is just blanketing a number of blocks has been extensive. We are one year away from the World Cup. This is about beautifying our city and bringing our city together. And so I am calling on business leaders, community leaders, faith leaders to come together downtown in the next few days to talk about how we are going to clean up the city. Obviously, city workers are already out there removing the graffiti, but this is so extensive, it's going to take community, community wide involvement. We had launched a program called Shine LA a couple of months ago in preparation for the World Cup. And now we are called on to direct that citywide, we need people from all over the city to come to downtown and to help with this effort.

[Joe Getty]

Okay, I got a crazy idea for you, Buck. Maybe the people who did the graffiti as a part of paying penance for their crimes should have to clean up the graffiti that they created. Instead of asking good people in Los Angeles who had nothing to do with this and LA area taxpayers to clean up the mess that they created and frankly, that the mayor and the governor allowed to occur. Second part on this, I actually think Trump could come out and say, why does Los Angeles deserve to host the World Cup? I mean, there are lots of cities in red states that are not rioting. You live in Florida. There's a whole heck of a lot.

[Buck Sexton]

We'll talk about Florida.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, we're going to play that cut in a sec for. From Ron DeSantis, governor, but there's a whole heck of a lot of places. I know some of these cities are already hosting the World cup, but there are a lot of red states out there where I think Trump could say, why should you reward a city that wasn't able to keep itself from rioting with a World cup host? You got a year away. There's a lot of stadiums where you could host games.

[Buck Sexton]

Well, I also think, as somebody who saw firsthand what a visual virus graffiti can be in New York, and this is, you go back to these movies, whether it's the Charles Bronson Death Wish movies or just, I think, warriors with the gangs. I mean, all these different. There was just graffiti everywhere. And when I was a kid in the city, you know, early 90s, there was just. There was in the nicest neighborhoods, there was graffiti everywhere. And it was a constant psychological menace of degradation, of barbarism. I know people say, oh, it's just, no, no, no. It's destruction of property. It's lawlessness, it's criminality. And it's just a sign of the criminality that is constantly all around you. It is a visual reminder, the same way that masks during COVID were. Were so important to the left because it was a visual reminder of who is in charge. And your mandatory obedience. Right? That's what it was. It was obedience training for the masses. When you have graffiti everywhere, it is the psychological, you know, the psychological assault of, you're in a lawless place. You are in a place where people don't respect property, where the authorities can't actually protect you. And so I am so adamantly anti graffiti as a, as a thing. I do not take it lightly. I think that it gets worse and worse and worse in places that I know that it does because I see and you can turn it around. But you got to be to your point. I mean, you got to be harsh with people who do it. And one of the best ways to do it is, you know, what you can either go to prison or you can spend every weekend for the next six months cleaning up graffiti. Yeah, how about that? Yes, that absolutely is the way that it should be. But it also goes to the mentality of these people who are involved in these. Because if it's all over the city, we're talking about a lot of people who are doing this, obviously, and they think that the laws don't apply to.

[Joe Getty]

Them and they're often right, unfortunately.

[Buck Sexton]

Well, I'm hoping that Trump is going to show that at least when it comes to immigration. And I think he is showing this. And this is the whole point. The laws do apply to them, but I'm seeing more. I even saw somebody on Twitter suggesting this says, yeah, that's what I say. If these people, if you don't have to be legal in this country, I don't have to pay taxes. Increasingly this has. And you can make the same arguments my tax dollars do. I'm a, I'm a, I'm a nice person. I don't hurt anybody. But you don't need my tax. The Treasury Department isn't going to go bankrupt without my taxes. You're going to lock me up, you're going to separate me from my family if I don't pay taxes. Same kind of arguments you can make about illegal immigration, except they're making it for tens of millions of people. But this is the same argument. I'm not hurting anybody. Well, but you're actually breaking the law and you're making a choice to break the law.

[Joe Getty]

I also think, Buck, the way that the far left is coming together on these rallies and these riots, this cut we have here from Seattle, there are other cities where people are starting to riot. Listen, I don't know how well you'll be able to hear this, but spd, Seattle Police Department, kkk, we all know what the KKK is. Ku Klux Klan and then the idf, the Israeli Defense Forces, they're all the same. This is a chant right now that's going on in Seattle. This is part of their worldview on the left, connecting all these different aspects of the world. Listen to cut four. Okay, not necessarily the easiest slogan to chant, but Buck, this is indicative of the global worldview that they are trying to bring together. We'll talk about this a bit more. We also have an unbelievable woke white protester that we're going to play for you from New York City. We'll hit that as well.

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[Joe Getty]

Awesome show so far. Lots of fun. Jay Feely was in with us. We've got a super busy schedule in Washington, dc. There are many different topics we've been diving into, but we've been talking here at the top of this third hour about the continued fallout of the protests and their growth and we played chant from Seattle, Seattle Police Department, kkk, idf, they're all the same. As we were rolling through there. We also want to play for you as there are now protests in many different parts of the country. The idea of these being connected to what happened on October 7th and trying to connect that with the ICE raids and with the police departments and everything else, this is a goal of the left right now. And I saw this clip that went mega viral in New York City. Protesters, and these protesters happen to be white, are blocking the street and keeping people who are trying to drive to work from being able to get to work. And this is a black mom who confronts these white protesters and says, hey, I've got to get to work. Just listen to how arrogant they are when she is simply trying to get to her job. I think this connects very much with so many people out there. Listen to. Cut to. But I have a kid.

[Buck Sexton]

If I don't think these people are having their children. But what about my kids? That's what happens to my kid. But you can, if you could just move off the wing. How is it the people protest? If there's enough, there's nothing. How do you all, as white people.

[Joe Getty]

Feel about stopping a black woman from going to work?

[Buck Sexton]

Oh, no, not work.

[Joe Getty]

I care so much. So you don't care about stopping black people from going to work?

[Buck Sexton]

Look at this line that you guys are causing. I'm not causing no problem. I'm not trying to.

[Caroline Levitt]

We're just trying to leave.

[Joe Getty]

I don't know if you could hear the guy, oh, no, not work. And I know again, there's audio in the background. You could hear the chanting. But I do think this is representative of the arrogance of left wing protesters. Most people in this country have to work. And I know a lot of you are out there working right now. Who are these people that just decide, hey, I want to keep you from being able to work? And you know, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is, let it be known we're not going to stand for this. And in fact, I believe he was on with our friend Dave Rubin and, and he talked about the fact that, look, if, if there are protesters in your way, you aren't obligated in Florida to have to deal with all of this. In fact, this is cut 25. He says Floridians, they're allowed to drive over protesters in the street if they feel like their life is in danger. Listen to cut 25. We also have a policy that if.

[Buck Sexton]

You'Re driving on one of those streets and A mob comes and surrounds your.

[Joe Getty]

Vehicle and threatens you. You have a right to flee for your safety.

[Buck Sexton]

And so if you drive off and.

[Joe Getty]

You hit one of these people, that's their fault for impinging on you. You don't have to sit there and just be a sitting duck and let.

[Buck Sexton]

The mob grab you out of your.

[Joe Getty]

Car and drag you through the streets. You have a right to defend yourself in Florida. Thank God, Buck. I mean, I know you're in Florida now, but that's a pretty big disconnect. That's like your life view. We had the New York City, oh, no, not work. And then we have Ron DeSantis saying, hey, if you're fearing for your safety, you don't have to sit there and deal with this.

[Buck Sexton]

He is the, the best governor in America. Still love to hear it. And we'll get into more of this here in just a second and tell you about how this is being handled the right way in some places, no doubt.

[Joe Getty]

And I also think it ties in again, the idea here that we would be in a position where we would be rewarding Los Angeles for what they've allowed to happen. Or New York City or Seattle when it comes to the World cup, as you heard Karen Bass, I think we have a conversation about that, too.

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[Caroline Levitt]

Does he think it's too little, too late? The president acknowledged the statement that Elon put out this morning and he is appreciative of it. And we are continuing to focus on the business of the American people. And has the administration started a review.

[Buck Sexton]

Of Musk's government contract, something that the.

[Caroline Levitt]

President said he's considering? What do you mean by that? Has the administration started a review of the contracts that Musk and his companies currently have? No efforts have been made on that front, as far as I'm aware.

[Buck Sexton]

And I don't think any efforts will be because Elon's company. Look, Elon is a genius at what he has been doing that made him the richest man in the world. That's obvious, right? This is, this is not something I think that needs much debate. He tried to help on the government side. I think the government was a bigger beast and a different beast than he anticipated. And it's not just do this or else he's Clay. The biggest thing is you actually can't just fire people in the government. This is what he really ran into. When you can fire people, you have cause and effect to get the desired result. This is, all of us who work in the private sector know what this is like. You know, if you don't do what your boss says, you can get fired. It's actually not the case in government under law, and we are a society of laws. As crazy as this may be, he had to deal with that reality well.

[Joe Getty]

And this is where I think Elon probably would acknowledge that he learned government isn't in any way like business. To your point.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

And. And the reason he's been successful is he can address issues, and he sees the government deficit as an issue. I think got frustrated. I think this was the culmination of many different issues. And thankfully, it appears a week later that most of the smoke surrounding the fire of the Trump and Elon relationship has been put out. And I do think we shouldn't underrate the impact that Elon has had simply by creating a platform in Twitter X where there is more of a marketplace of ideas than ever existed before. And I think that's been impactful. I was reading yesterday in the newspapers, Buck, that YouTube. Remember when YouTube would take down our interview with President Trump? I couldn't believe.

[Buck Sexton]

Yes, that happened.

[Joe Getty]

They took down our interview with Rand Paul.

[Buck Sexton]

Yes, I remember, because they didn't like.

[Joe Getty]

What they said in response to our questions. And whatever you think about elections, you should be able to hear everything that every candidate says about what he or she believes, because that's how election decisions are made. And now everybody is false. Following Twitter slash X and having a little bit more relaxed moderation policies, and the result is a better marketplace of it, I think.

[Buck Sexton]

I think X is now where Elon hoped to take it and the promise of. And now there's a lot more that he hopes to do with it, to be clear. But in terms of what you're getting into, the marketplace of ideas, the free exchange of ideas, it's. It's pretty straightforward, essentially, if. If you're doing speech and the speech is legal, we do have some laws around speech. But if you have a platform where you're allowing people to share their thoughts unless they are breaking the law, you know, threatening to kill somebody, things like that, you know that, or at least have very clear rules of the road, because then you talk about things like doxing, and as long as that's the. Where. Where you're operating, I think things are good, and that's the way it should be. But here is Kevin o' Leary. This is. This was kind of my attitude about it as well. So.

[Joe Getty]

Mr.

[Buck Sexton]

Wonderful Kevin O' Leary. This is 15. He's just like, look, we got bigger fish to fry. So does Trump. Elon's gonna do his company. It's not a big deal. Play 15.

[Kevin O'Leary]

I'm pretty happy that these two have started to reconcile their differences. I mean, you know, this is a classic case of pooh, pooh happens. But they really need each other. And. But you think about why this matters. Number one, Elon is the number one industrialist in America with many of these technologies, the envy of the world. I don't care if it's EVs or it's robotics or neurosurgery. Incredible Stu stuff, you talk about SpaceX, all this stuff is the cutting edge of American tech. And Trump wants to have that in his back pocket. The most powerful man on earth wants the richest man on earth for a million reasons. And so if they have a little fight for a week or two, so what?

[Buck Sexton]

That's how I feel. So what? I mean, Elon's not working for Trump anymore. He has apologized and said he shouldn't have said the things that he said. And Trump, in his very Trump way, is like, all right, let's just move on and keep doing what we're doing.

[Joe Getty]

And I think I made the analogy.

[Buck Sexton]

Last time, definitely for worse.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, but I mean, it's. And I think it is an emotional mechanism sometimes, as opposed to a logic mechanism. And the analogy I made was, we're up here in D.C. abraham Lincoln, back in the day, when the way you would communicate, by and large, was by written letter, would write a letter when he was angry at somebody, put it in his desk, and wait 24 hours to see if he still wanted to send it. Most of the time, he found that his anger dissipated over the 24 hours and he never needed to send it. How much less fighting on social media would there be if you had to wait 24 hours to post what you think always in the back of your mind, like in whatever you do most of the time, being angry on social media is not. Is not a good look for you. Now, making arguments that you think are important, all those things, and social media has been great for us. But just being angry oftentimes is going to lead to what I think happened with Elon, even as successful as he is, which is posting something that, in retrospect, you wish that you had not done.

[Buck Sexton]

So there's that, and there's also, I think, Kevin O' Leary, Mr. Wonderful's analysis of these LA riots, which we have been discussing in detail. And that is this clay, the left, there's a protest and riot culture on the left. And we have to remember this. It was Occupy Wall Street BLM1 1.0, you know, BLM 2.0. I mean, they seize on these issues and they mobilize and you have antifa and you have these like SEIU union thug types showing up at these places too. All this stuff that goes on, this is a part of left wing politics, an important part of left wing politics in America and a very destructive one. And this time around, though, I think they overestimated the support that they would have in trying to or in taking to the streets and lighting things on fire and doing the graffiti and looting stores. And I think this has gone against Gavin Newsom even in his own State. Here's Mr. Wonderful Play 14.

[Kevin O'Leary]

I'm thinking about what Gavin Newsom, his problem right now. I say to his campaign manager, right now you're making the B roll for the guy you're going to be competing with that wants to take you on as the leader of your party. This B roll, I'm watching the local news here. This is nasty, nasty B roll. Here's the attack ad 24 months from now. Do you want this guy leading our party or running our country with images of firebombs going all over the place?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, the guy waving the Mexican flag over the burning car. I mean, that gonna drill news.

[Kevin O'Leary]

I mean, it's bad, bad, bad imagery. Really bad imagery.

[Buck Sexton]

And again, you spoke, we spoke about X and the sharing of this stuff. Clay, it's not like the, the, you have to rely on the imagery that the New York Times or the AP chooses to share. Everyone's just putting up imagery everywhere and then what resonates is what gets shared.

[Joe Getty]

Well, I mean, we played the clip from Karen Bass. If this were not a minor thing. If this were a minor thing, would she be demanding and requesting huge amounts of support to remove the graffiti? Her actions told you that her statements were untrue. And sometimes you have to look at what people do as opposed sometimes to what they're saying. You don't put a curfew in if you think you got things under control. You don't say that an event a year from now is going to be challenged because of graffiti related issues if the graffiti is relatively inconsequential in nature. And look, you don't move every WAYMO vehicle, these autonomous vehicles out of Los Angeles if you feel like it's safe. Now, is it true, as it often is, that even in times of crisis, hurricanes, tornadoes, riots, parts of cities are not suffering in a massive way? Yes, but that doesn't mean that the mostly peaceful protests are occurring. I think the mostly peaceful thing has so played itself out that people are ridiculing it with every opportunity.

[Buck Sexton]

When, when the, the battle of the Somme was going on, the butchery on the first World War, there were people sitting around in cafes in Paris drinking wine. Yes, that was, you know, you can do this with really any situation, like nothing around me is on fire. So there's no problem. Well, that misses the point, doesn't it? The dedicated team working at preborn is saving lives every day. What could be more precious? What could be more important than that? And preborn last year alone made it possible for tens of thousands of unborn children to come into this world. Here is their process. It's really important that we, the pro life community, understand what they're doing. They bring in moms who are in the midst of a crisis pregnancy and oftentimes are getting a lot of pressure and say, hold on, mom, you've got a baby in your belly. Come into this clinic, sit down, let's talk to you about options, and let's give you a free ultrasound so you can meet the baby in your womb and see the tiny heartbeat. This makes it so much more clear to so many moms to give life to the tiny baby growing inside them. Over just two decades, 350,000 babies have been brought into this world as a result of preborn clinic efforts. And that ultrasound is such an important step in the process. $28 is the expense that preborn has per ultrasound. So you and I can go and donate $28 today and know that that is being used to help save a life. A tiny baby in the womb. To donate securely dial pound250 say the keyword baby. That's pound250, say baby or visit preborn.com buck preborn.com buck sponsored by Preborn.

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[Joe Getty]

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[Buck Sexton]

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[Joe Getty]

Final segment, Thursday edition. Buck is going to be headed back home to Miami tomorrow. And then you got to go to. I can't believe you're going to go to Cannes, by the way. Of all the places that. When. When that I would have expected you to be. You're making fun of me for having the cigarillos or whatever and.

[Buck Sexton]

And the I know I'm going to be chapel. To be dancing in the moonlight with an accordion and a black and white striped shirt and a beret, and it will be manifest.

[Joe Getty]

So you fly to the biggest ad sales conference basically in the world, and you're going to be out all next week. You'll be with me tomorrow. What do you expect to see in Cannes? Like, do you have any idea what you're walking into here? How scheduled is your day going to be?

[Buck Sexton]

Very full days. I know that Paris Hilton will be there.

[Joe Getty]

Oh.

[Buck Sexton]

Because they talked about notables and it was. It was funny. It was famous people I saw on this list, and then there was my name on there. And I was like, I'm not really. I don't know which of these things is not like the other. You know, it's like. It's like Paris Hilton, Ryan Seacrest and Buck Sexton.

[Joe Getty]

Will you be this guy? Will you be on a yacht at some point? Because I picture can as just being big yacht parties.

[Buck Sexton]

I'm more a schooner guy, but yes. No, I think there will be some yachts.

[Joe Getty]

So you will be doing yacht parties. You'll be drinking pink champagne. That's a thing, right? The pink shit?

[Buck Sexton]

Well, rose champagne, I believe. Yes, yes, is a thing. Sure.

[Joe Getty]

And you're going to need a lot of Crockett with you because I bet you're going to have early mornings, late night. This is not really your thing, early.

[Buck Sexton]

Morning when you're drinking Crockett over. I'm not an early morning guy. When you're drinking Crockett over. In France, we just call it freedom coffee, you know, instead of. Instead of freedom fries. So I'm drinking my Freedom Coffee Crockett. It's gonna be fantastic. And you should go to crocketcoffee.com you should subscribe. Try the mushroom coffee. If you've never tried it before, it's a fun thing to add into your box. Some of you love it, the benefits, the health benefits from it, but also half the caffeine and normal coffee. So in the afternoons it's a great way to give you a little boost without too much giving you the jitters or maybe interrupting your sleep later. So check it out. But also the whole bean, the ground bean, all of the options we have a Crockett are fantastic. And the mugs, by the way, our gear is top notch. The mugs made in America. And you know we are. Because some of you pointed out I had forgotten. Yes. You know, it's like we, there is coffee grown in Hawaii. Is there coffee grown in like Guam? There's probably some other US Territory we have where there's coffee grown. But we do, there's great coffee in Hawaii. We are looking to see if we can add a Hawaii. So it would be an all American, all American blend because it's very rare to have that. You know, the employees live in America. Are all of our products and services everything done in America. But the coffee beans tend to come from coffee growing regions. So we're looking to, we're looking to do that and we'll see. And I just hope that when people realize that their Hawaii coffee, because it's a Democrat left wing state, I'm sure it's going to be very expensive. Okay. This is the, this is what the market will bear out of, out of the Big Island. So we'll see.

[Joe Getty]

Two things. One, are you nervous about whether I'm going to be allowed in the White House based on the fact that I was not allowed in the White House yesterday? We're supposed to be this afternoon with President Trump in the Oval Office. I have my passport today, but are you nervous having seen me get rejected yesterday, that somehow I'm going to not make it in today?

[Buck Sexton]

I mean, yes. But I could also see you going full clay here and showing up a second time. Be like, guys, don't make President Trump walk over and wave me at himself. Don't make him do it.

[Joe Getty]

But yeah, I think Trump has a real id.

[Buck Sexton]

I do think the president just gets to walk through.

[Joe Getty]

Right.

[Buck Sexton]

But I mean, I don't think they pat him down. They're like you, they don't check his hair. Is it real?

[Joe Getty]

I'm assuming he has a Florida driver's license even though he doesn't drive anymore. So maybe he got the real id.

[Buck Sexton]

I don't drive drives a mean golf cart.

[Joe Getty]

He does drive golf carts. So I'm curious if he I'm going to ask him if he has a real id. Second part here. We were just this is really. Maybe we can spend some more time on this tomorrow. I saw this headline and this morning as I was getting ready and I couldn't, couldn't stop laughing about it. Mark Cuban. Mark Cuban. Buck is upset because Blue sky, which is like the super crazy left wing, you have to wear mask while you tweet side on the Internet.

[Buck Sexton]

Yes, yes.

[Joe Getty]

Says quote, the lack of diversity of thought on Blue sky is pushing him back to X. And so this was like I have you spent any time at all? I have no idea what people say.

[Buck Sexton]

On no, it's just a thing that we make fun of because it's so absurd that you would have to just because people are no longer throttled and banned because they say that, you know, men and women, men can't be women or whatever it is. They don't dead name somebody or they do dead name somebody that you would run to another site where everyone can just talk about what their pronouns are.

[Joe Getty]

This was inevitable and also miserable because it's just a lot of people policing and trying to cancel each other on the left. Speaking of David Hogg, we haven't even gotten into this potentially being forced out, but I did. Maybe we can dive into that tomorrow. I also wanted to mention this is a little bit of a tease for tomorrow. Stephen A. Smith, we're going to talk about this more because I do think the Simone Biles, Riley Gaines cultural connotation and impact is so substantial. Stephen A. Smith, who's the highest paid person at espn came out and said for the first time I think men shouldn't be in women's sports. And we're going to play that audio for you tomorrow. But Simone Biles having to apologize for the argument that she made and also the attacks on Riley and then other people with prominent audiences feeling like they can now say things that normal sane people are saying is I do believe, a major marker of cultural change that continues to advance the side of sanity and what has often been an insane world, particularly as it pertains to gender related discussion.

[Buck Sexton]

That's it everybody. We'll have more for you on our DC Visit tomorrow.

[Jack Armstrong]

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[Buck Sexton]

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