Hour 3 - Simone Says Sorry

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show – Hour 3: "Simone Says Sorry"

Release Date: June 10, 2025
Host/Author: iHeartPodcasts
Description: Clay Travis and Buck Sexton tackle the biggest stories in news, politics, and current events with intelligence and humor. From the border crisis to the madness of cancel culture and far-left missteps, Clay and Buck guide listeners through the latest headlines and hot topics with fun and entertaining conversations and opinions.

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1. Introduction and Personal Anecdotes

The episode kicks off with Clay Travis and Buck Sexton sharing personal stories and anecdotes, establishing a relatable and conversational tone. They discuss their experiences in Washington D.C., interactions with listeners, and personal endeavors such as Buck completing the NRA pistol instructor certification course.

Notable Quote:
Clay Travis [03:37]:
"We got a lot of Clay and Buck people in there. So it was unsurprising."

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2. Simone Biles' Controversial Apology to Riley Gaines

A significant portion of the episode centers around the recent controversy involving gymnast Simone Biles and Riley Gaines. The discussion delves into Simone's public apology, the authenticity of the statement, and the broader implications for women's sports.

Key Points:

• Simone Biles' Apology: The hosts critique the nature of Simone's apology, suggesting it was crafted by a PR team rather than being a heartfelt admission.

  Notable Quote:
  Clay Travis [11:37]:
  "This is written for her by some PR crisis team. 100%. We know that."

• Authenticity and Accountability: They argue that an authentic apology should feel personal and direct, rather than scripted and evasive.

  Notable Quote:
  Buck Sexton [13:43]:
  "But to me, this is just... it's not an authentic apology."

• Impact on Women's Sports: The conversation touches on how such incidents affect the perception and fairness in women's athletics.

  Notable Quote:
  Buck Sexton [21:19]:
  "Women's sports can't be used as an excuse for girls to center the feelings and validation of men and boys."

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3. Shift in Immigrant Voter Sentiments and Immigration Policy

Clay and Buck analyze recent data indicating a significant shift among immigrant voters toward more conservative stances on immigration. They discuss the political ramifications of this shift and how it influences national policies.

Key Points:

• Immigrant Voters Going Right: Citing CNN’s Harry Enten, they highlight how immigrant voters have moved significantly to the right on immigration issues.

  Notable Quote:
  Harry Enten [32:07]:
  "Immigrant voters have gone tremendously to the right on this issue in 2024 and 2025 versus where they were in 2020."

• Political Strategy: The hosts suggest that this shift poses challenges for the Democratic Party, which previously enjoyed strong support from immigrant communities.

  Notable Quote:
  Clay Travis [33:24]:
  "This is what has the Democrats scrambling."

• Trump’s Approval Ratings: They discuss how President Trump's stance on immigration is resonating with both native and immigrant voters, bolstering his approval ratings on the issue.

  Notable Quote:
  Clay Travis [26:36]:
  "Trump is begging for a fight on this because he knows what he's doing so far is working with the American electorate."

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4. Protests in Los Angeles Compared to National Events

The hosts examine the recent protests and riots in Los Angeles, drawing comparisons to the January 6th Capitol riot. They critique media portrayals and discuss the public response to different types of protests.

Key Points:

• Media Portrayal vs. Reality: Clay and Buck argue that while protests in LA receive intense media scrutiny, similar levels of unrest might be downplayed in other contexts.

  Notable Quote:
  Clay Travis [29:06]:
  "Meanwhile, there are maniacs lighting cars on fire left and right and televising it and proud of it in Los Angeles."

• Local vs. National Response: They highlight the contrasting responses to protests based on location and political climate, suggesting bias in media coverage.

  Notable Quote:
  Clay Travis [30:55]:
  "Imagine if you said that after, after a tornado... Are we even sure that a tornado hit this town?"

• Law Enforcement's Role: The discussion includes opinions on the effectiveness of deploying national guard troops versus relying on local law enforcement to manage protests.

  Notable Quote:
  Buck Sexton [28:52]:
  "Local law enforcement is prepared to handle those types of situations."

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5. Parenting and Personal Insights

Clay and Buck share personal views on parenting, particularly focusing on their approaches to raising sons versus hypothetical scenarios involving daughters. This segment adds a personal touch to the conversation, highlighting their values and family dynamics.

Notable Quote:
Clay Travis [07:53]:
"I think Carrie's going to be the law and order in our household."

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6. Accents, Authority, and Cultural Perceptions

The hosts briefly discuss how accents can influence perceptions of authority and moral compass, using examples such as Steve Hilton's British accent and Douglas Murray's background.

Notable Quote:
Clay Travis [23:06]:
"They sound so civilized to hear him talking about incivility."

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7. Listener Interaction and Legal Questions

The episode includes a segment where Clay addresses a listener's legal question regarding immigration and harboring undocumented individuals. This interactive portion showcases the hosts' willingness to engage with their audience on pressing legal and societal issues.

Notable Quote:
Listener [40:05]:
"If a person comes into this country other than by the legal front door, he's committed a crime..."

Clay Travis [41:45]:
"They are Americans who came from other countries who came here the right way and are now citizens who are saying, what is this just running across the border stuff?"

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8. Conclusion and Teasers for Future Episodes

Wrapping up the episode, Clay and Buck hint at upcoming high-level visits and insights from their ongoing work in Washington D.C., promising more in-depth discussions in future episodes.

Notable Quote:
Clay Travis [41:45]:
"We'll be back here with you tomorrow. Bring you more tales from D.C."

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Final Thoughts

In this episode, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton delve into the complexities of public apologies in the sports world, the evolving attitudes of immigrant voters, and the nuances of media portrayals of protests. Their blend of personal anecdotes and analytical discussions provides listeners with a comprehensive understanding of these pressing issues, all delivered with their characteristic intelligence and humor.

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Transcript

[Clay Travis]

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[Clay Travis]

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[Clay Travis]

Third hour of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton show kicks off right now. Thanks for being here with us everybody. Clay and I in Washington D.C. our nation's capital. But you are always with us when we're on the air and off the air. Clay, I was getting a salad yesterday right from the airport, you know, trying to stay healthy, trying to be beach ready over here to the that I can. You know, Clay and I are trying to be trying to be fit radio hosts, which puts us into a that's.

[Unknown Speaker]

Certainly by the way, an oxymoron.

[Clay Travis]

You know, usually radio hosts, we like our bacon cheeseburgers. But I was in there and within a few minutes of setting foot in dc, some of our wonderful listeners came up to me and they said they loved the show and they were visiting here. They were not swamp natives, but they were visiting our nation's capital. So it's great to be here with all of you. As you know, we've got a whole bunch of meetings lined up with the people calling the shots here. Some at their request, they said they want to spend some time with us. So we're here doing our DC Tour so we can touch base with, with everybody from the President on down who is running things. And also over the weekend, Clay, you know, we've talked a little bit here about how it would be fun to get you and, and Laura. We all know Laura is going to be a fantastic shot if she isn't already do a range day. So my brother Mason and I completed the NRA pistol instructor certification course over the weekend. Had to qual. Had to actually go through a bunch of, a bunch of range qualifications in order to do it, but we came through. Those of you are wondering, it's 15 yards steel sights, 20 shots. I know a lot of you are instructors and I know a lot of you are instructors. You know, black belt with three stripes on it, all that. But for those who aren't instructors, it was 15 yards iron sights. That wasn't a requirement, but our guy wanted us to make sure we were. We were dialed in. So it was 15 yards iron sights, at least I think it was 16 or 17 out of 20 in that 6 inch target. So. Yeah. So, Clay, we can set up a range day for you now. It'd be absolutely fantastic. NRA certified and ready to rock and roll.

[Unknown Speaker]

Big timers. Yeah, that would be a lot of fun because my wife is pretty fired up about the need for, for firearms training. So I mentioned this on Mother's Day she had the kids and me out on the range getting trained in firearms.

[Clay Travis]

I know, I loved it. I saw the photos, I saw the video of it. It was.

[Unknown Speaker]

I don't know how many people wanted to spend their Mother's Day that way, but that's what my wife was in.

[Clay Travis]

That was, that was brilliant. I was so, so pleased to see it. I'll just tell you though, it was fun. During. There were about 20 people in this class. We had an excellent instructor down in South Florida, but we had about 20 people in the class and I'd say about half of them. It was only two days, right? It was Saturday and Sunday all day. But at the end they all came up like, hey man, love the show. So we had a lot of. I was like, I think we're in a pistol class in South Florida with NRA members and these are people that shoot a lot, A lot of law enforcement, a lot of, A lot of people who. Guns are something that they're, they're caring for part of their job, who are in the class. And, and we got a lot of clay and buck people in there. So it was unsurprised. Yeah, I was like, I think we're with our people here. I looked around, I was like, oh, we are with our people.

[Unknown Speaker]

I think there's also, I mean, this is not going to surprise. We were up here for Inauguration Day. But I do think that there are a lot of people that the Trump team has brought into DC even though DC is 92% or whatever it is of a Democrat stronghold.

[Clay Travis]

You know, I lived here during a Republican administration and I lived here for, during at least part of a Democrat. So I was here for the Bush years. Oh, basically second Bush term. I lived the whole second Bush term. I lived in D.C. more or less. And the first two years of Obama, I think I was here. And man, when you have that transition from one party to the other, it feels like a very different town just based on who's here and the vibe.

[Unknown Speaker]

I was a kid so it was less noticeable to me, meaning I was in college, but I came in at the very end of the Clintons and then the George W. Bush era and then left right before 9 11, which obviously changed things tremendously for the worse in so many different ways. I mean, one of the reasons we're up here now is obviously to get as many senators in as possible. You heard from Ron Johnson yesterday. We had Tommy Tuberville and Marsha Blackburn in here. We want to talk to as many newsmakers as we can in person, a lot more. We're going to have Marco Rubio in studio with us on Thursday for a couple of segments which I think you guys will really enjoy. Secretary of State will dive into some of those Ukraine questions that so many of you have. And also what's going on in the Middle east with Iran. A lot of different things we can talk about with Marco Rubio, but my 17 year old and his friend, I'm in charge of him. And I was telling you yesterday we were in Georgetown. I'm so thankful that I've got a 17 year old boy because if I had a 17 year old daughter, there's no way she's going to be. I said, hey guys, just make sure he and his friend, hey, make sure you're back by dark and you guys can run around, you can be in Georgetown. I'm gonna be honest with you, Buck. If I had a 17 year old daughter, there is no way on planet I would be letting her run around in Washington D.C. i would be nervous.

[Clay Travis]

About her being funny because, because you have, obviously, you know, I have this with my wife where you have the location finder on your phone. My wife Carrie knows where I am at all times. She knows where she were. You know, vice versa. Um, but I know you have that with your boys. Of course, you know, immediate family. Well, if you had a 17 year old daughter, what do you think she have to carry a GoPro around? You know, kind of like a, like a cop. Like she has to wear a body cam just to make sure everything is on the up and up.

[Unknown Speaker]

I was glancing down just to make sure, you know, like, hey, where are they? When we were having drinks and, and that's when I was like, I mean, if I had a 17 year old daughter, there's no way on the planet I would be like, hey, just go wander around. You and your teenage girlfriend just go wander around in Georgetown. Have as much fun as you want. Just make sure you're back by dark. No, dad, they would, they would. Unfortunately for them, they would have to do every meal with dad and, and I'm not as much worried about the boys running around. Maybe that's a poor decision by me on parenting, but who's the disciplinarian of you? My wife is way tougher than I am. That's probably not going to surprise you. But, but I actually, I think, I.

[Clay Travis]

Think Carrie is going to be for young James. I think Carrie's going to. I'm going to be busy. Like, buddy, you don't want me to turn this over to your mom, right? I think Carrie's going to be the law and order in our household.

[Unknown Speaker]

She's pretty tough on him sometimes.

[Clay Travis]

It's kind of funny. We both are in that position. I'm going to be the one who's like, you know, stuff happens.

[Unknown Speaker]

It's. I already feel a little bit sorry for the girlfriends of these, these boys because I don't think that my boys. I don't think she's going to go too easy on them. So anyway, I give thanks every single day that I've got three boys instead of three girls. And I was thinking about that yesterday as, as we were rolling through, enjoying.

[Clay Travis]

Let's dive in. You, you know this one better than me. I, I saw some of it over the weekend. I know you talked to Riley Gaines yesterday. There's some updates to this. The Simone Biles who I remember. I got all this.

[Unknown Speaker]

You got crushed. I got started. Yeah.

[Clay Travis]

I mean, crush might be a little strong. There were some, there were some sour leftists out there saying some mean things.

[Unknown Speaker]

How many things you said on the show that you have gotten ripped for.

[Clay Travis]

Harder than by like national media figures? Very few. Like I. You're taking I'm sitting here. I am like, deport them by the million. No problem. Hey, I don't think we need to celebrate Simone Biles stepping away from her team during the Olympics. I didn't say that. I wasn't like, oh, she's a coward, you know, whatever. And she's in incredible shape and I'm not. And she's a world class gymnast. I just said, you know, if you pull a hammy and you can't finish.

[Unknown Speaker]

It'S not, you know, it's not brave. The injured list.

[Clay Travis]

You go on the. Exactly. That's all I was saying. And I got all these people or so. So, so there's a little, little history here. A little history here. And I got. I actually got. I got tagged by a few national media figures on that one. But anyway, update everybody on the latest here. Cause she said, as I said along too, look, I saw this from afar. Riley Gaines to say, Riley Gaines looks like a man. Every guy in our audience is like, nah, sorry. And every gal, I think. But I just, you know, every guy's like, no, it doesn't look like a man. Nice try.

[Unknown Speaker]

It was a tough argument out of nowhere though for those of you who missed it, Riley was on yesterday talking about this. Simone Biles just ripped her for saying. And all Riley had done that set the precipitated this was Riley shared a photo of a Minnesota high school softball championship team and a boy was on the girls team, which is absurd and way taller. And all she said was they've turned the comments off so people on social media couldn't react. And out of nowhere, Simone Biles decided to tee off on her and then said, you look like a man. Which again, I mean, Simone Biles has done all these body positivity things. Riley is five. You know, she measured herself like five, five or five, six. So now, after multiple days of just getting attacked like crazy for being on the wrong side of this issue, I want to. You haven't seen this. I want to read. Simone Biles has some sort of strange PR apology up. And here's what she posted just a little bit ago. I wanted to follow up from my last tweets. I've always believed competitive equity. First of all, buck competitive equity. Competitive equity is not a thing. Competitive equality is a thing. The entire point of competition is to eliminate equity. We don't want everybody to be the exact same. But I always believe competitive equity and inclusivity are essential in sport. The current system doesn't adequately balance these important principles, which often leads to Frustration and heated exchanges. And it didn't help for me to get personal with Riley, which I apologize for. These are sensitive, complicated issues that I truly don't have the answers or solutions to. But I believe it starts with empathy and respect.

[Clay Travis]

Well, this is, this is written for her by some PR crisis team. 100%. We know that. You and I have been in this game long enough to know that.

[Unknown Speaker]

And she's still, still going.

[Clay Travis]

Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

[Unknown Speaker]

No, no, no. The PR team wrote this ridiculous statement. I was not advocating for policies that compromise fairness in women's sports. My objection is to singling out children for public scrutiny in ways that feel personal and harmful. Individual athletes, especially kids, should never be the focus of criticism of a flawed system they have no control over. I believe sports organizations have a responsibility to come up with rules supporting inclusion while maintaining fair competition, which is actually impossible. We all want a future for sport that is fair, inclusive, and respectful. Hugs and kisses, Simone.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah. Okay, so that was written by a PR team, but she realizes there are a few things here. First of all, her position. First and foremost, her position is not just on her real position. I don't mean the PR thing. The thing that she said about Riley. Her position on, on men and women's sports is irrational and indefensible. And then to add on top of that, to go after a, A, honestly, anyone's appearance based on a political issue like this, you've always really lost. Just to start off with, I mean, to do to the like, you look like a man thing. Fortunately, Riley, you know, we don't have to get into this. But no one thinks Riley looks like a man. I mean, she's very, very lovely woman in very good physical condition. And I just think that she realized that she did real brand damage here. On top of the political issue. You don't attack somebody's appearance, especially somebody who's really good looking. Like, that's just insane.

[Unknown Speaker]

I think she lit herself on fire here. And it took three, four days for her to put out this mealy mouthed jumbly. Not particularly. Well, even with all of the PR dollars that she's spending, that was just a jumble and nothing. And when you just type out what somebody tells you to say, I would have more respect for, even though I would disagree with her completely if she just said, I said what I said, I'm right now.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker]

Own it. At least now I wouldn't agree.

[Clay Travis]

Travis, special right there. I'm doubling down. I'm triple.

[Unknown Speaker]

I'm not saying that I'm not going to say at some point in my career something that I didn't intend to say, but in 20 years it's never happened. So you should apologize. I've been married 20 years. Look, you should apologize if you do things that you don't intend to do and that, that, that are not reflective of your intentionality. But that's not this.

[Clay Travis]

Also, she could have written, she, she could have just written out and said, you know, and we would know it was from her, meaning she actually did the writing. Simone Biles could, could write out on her Twitter or Instagram or wherever this is. And Riley, that was, that was wrong. You know, you're a beautiful young woman and a talented athlete. And I'm sorry that I would, I'm sorry that I would cross the line. There's a heated political issue and I just want to have respect for all people or whatever. Something where she doesn't even have to get too deep into the politics of it, but something that's a little bit heartfelt. This is. My PR team came in and cleaned up my mess, which to me is once again inauthentic. Like, I just don't believe that she wrote this herself.

[Unknown Speaker]

She clearly did not, of course, but.

[Clay Travis]

So that's what, so it's, it's not an authentic apology. If it's an authentic apology, you write it yourself. You just say, look, I'm, I crossed the line, my bad. I wouldn't do that again. And you know, and you could move on from there. But to me, this is just, I.

[Unknown Speaker]

Still wonder, Buck, what is the intent here? She's not that active on social media. She's not that political. Did someone pay her to attack Riley like this? It doesn't make any sense to me that you would suddenly decide based on a photo of a Minnesota.

[Clay Travis]

She might have seen someone else that she respect and likes or that wants the approval of. This is just me surmising or analyzing this. And, and she thought that there was an opportunity here to score some points with someone or some group that she wants the admiration of. Because I agree with you. This is not, you know, they're, they're like when, when Keith Olbermann's chirping at you, it's because he's always chirping at everybody. Right.

[Unknown Speaker]

I mean, that's his job.

[Clay Travis]

Right. That's what I'm saying.

[Unknown Speaker]

Disagree. Like most people, I think like Simone Biles now, they don't.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah. I mean, Keith Olberman has a constituency. Miserable, childless, 65 year old women represents and that's just the way it goes.

[Unknown Speaker]

And he looks more and more every single day like a miserable five year old lesbian.

[Clay Travis]

True story. A friend of mine just got back from a trip with his family to Ireland. Do you know who he bumped into on the street in Dublin? And he bumped into Rosie o' Donnell on the street.

[Unknown Speaker]

That's really.

[Clay Travis]

And as a fellow American, he's obviously conservative. He was just kind of like, wait, really? And he asked her, he said, how do you like it here? She said she doesn't like it, she's going to come home.

[Unknown Speaker]

Of course she doesn't like it. I mean, American, the Irish don't like her. There are maybe this would be a fun debate. If you're super wealthy as Rosie is, there are only a handful of countries that would be actually better than the United States, even for the south, super wealthy. Ireland's not one. She lived in la, Weather's perfect.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker]

You know she's super rich.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah.

[Unknown Speaker]

I'm not surprised.

[Clay Travis]

There's a reason my people look the way we do, you know, not a lot of sunshine, a lot of booze, you know, so. Yeah, I'm just saying, the Irish. Yeah. You know it's true. Don't send me that stuff. You know it's true. Look, Father's Day is this weekend and I've got a great gift idea for you. No, truly, truly a fantastic gift idea. I'm going to settle your Father's Day gift concerns right now and get on it right now so we can get there in time. Good ranchers. American raised meat. I have a good rancher's box on the way. Honey, you listening? Because it's going to arrive any minute, I think on the way to our house right now. Go to goodranchers.com pick dad a good Ranchers box out from the options. There are ton to choose from. The cowboy, the burger box, the homesteader, or the family feast bundle. About a dozen different boxes. Delicious stuff. And we love good ranchers because everything is 100% born, raised and harvested in the USA from local family farms. No tariffs, no foreign stuff. That's right. And also no hormones, antibiotics or seed oils. Just one very important ingredient. Meat. Meat, my friend. So go to goodranchers.com go get your box today. You can get for life Wagyu burgers, hot dogs, bacon or chicken wings in every box for the life of your subscription. Use my name, Buck, as your promo code at checkout. I'm. I'm solving a problem for you right now. Two problems really. Where do you get the best, most delicious meat, Chicken, burgers, fish and how do you get a Father's Day gift? GoodRanchers.com Go to GoodRanchers.com Use my name Buck at checkout. Get your free meat for life plus $40 off goodranchers.com use code buck.

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[J.R. Martinez]

The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration in the United States. Recipients have done the improbable, showing immense bravery and sacrifice in the name of something much bigger than themselves.

[Clay Travis]

This medal is for the men who went down that day. It's for the families of those who didn't make it.

[J.R. Martinez]

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[Unknown Speaker]

Welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton Show. By the way, we mentioned the Simone Biles apology. Riley has accepted it and not surprisingly, Classy lady did so in a much more eloquent fashion and in her own words, she said she accepts the apology closes by saying women's sports can't be used as an excuse for girls to center the feelings and validation of men and boys. I welcome you to the fight to support fair sports and a future for female athletes. Little girls deserve the same shot to achieve that you had. Boom. And Riley, guess what? Actually wrote what she tweeted as opposed to having a PR team work for.

[Clay Travis]

You know what's interesting is actually gymnastics, I think, is maybe the only sport where women get better ratings than men in the same sport.

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[Clay Travis]

Already, it seems the insane protests in Southern California are filtering out a bit. Dying down. Control order is being reestablished. That's according to our friend Steve Hilton, who is running for governor there. And he's a legal immigrant to this country, I might add, which you can tell by his very cool accent. It is a huge advantage, Clay, definitely in media and maybe even as a dude in dating, to have a fancy sounding British or any, any cool accent like that is def. Is a big leg up on the competition.

[Unknown Speaker]

I will say that girls in England like American accents, like girls in America like British accents. But for purposes of just making an argument, how much do you think Douglas Murray is helped, who we've had on the show, super smart Guy, by his British accent.

[Clay Travis]

Oh. If Douglas Murray was like, hey, you know, come over here, I'll tell you, I was in Israel for a few days doing my thing over here. It would be a very different if.

[Unknown Speaker]

Douglas Murray had grown up on Staten island and had the exact same intellect. We love you.

[Clay Travis]

We love you, Staten Island.

[Unknown Speaker]

Totally. Yeah. Sorry, Staten Island.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, yeah. First of all, Clay, you'd be nice to my Staten Island. That's like most of our w. I.

[Unknown Speaker]

Do think that if you gave Douglas Murray a New York, Staten Island, Jersey, wherever you want to put it accent that his overall moral compass would seem.

[Clay Travis]

Vastly moral authority coming from a place.

[Unknown Speaker]

Like if he sounded like James Gandolfini as playing Tony Soprano.

[Clay Travis]

Those Israelis, they got to do what they got to do. I mean, yes, it would be a little different. I think that.

[Unknown Speaker]

I do think that. And so I think Steve Hilton, it sounds so civilized to hear him talking about incivility, as he did on our program a little bit earlier about from the streets of la, that it actually resonates quite well for him.

[Clay Travis]

I felt like I should just improve my posture sitting here that's talking about civilization and being civilized. But let's get into the broader politics of this and how I so I think there are two things Clay simultaneously working together that are currently now this could change. I know there's some effort to coordinate nationwide protests. Here's the thing. You know, they can pro Nobody really cares. Meaning you want to gather together. Remember when we saw the inauguration protests, it was sad with an exclamation point after it. We were here, it was freezing outside and there were some grannies from Palestine who hate Trump on in one of the parks here, like McPherson Square or something. It was one of those. And you sit there and you go, all right, look, if you want to stand there with a sign, fine, stand there with your sign. This is America. You're welcome to do that. They know that. The only they're trying to always leverage the communist street shock troops, if you will, who do this stuff to get more attention and to really intimidate the population because no one can stand with your signs. It doesn't matter. Most of the country agrees with Trump. And that's what you're seeing here. Here is CNN's Harry Entin, who our numbers guy Ryan Gardusky actually gives some respect to. Harry says that he's a pretty good data analyst. Here is CNN's Harry Entin talking about how Trump's approval rating is surging right now on immigration. This cut three.

[E]

You know, if we just take a look at the baseline numbers here. This is Trump's net approval rating on immigration. It's gone up like a rocket compared now versus eight years ago during Trump's first term. Look at this. In his first term, Trump was way, way, way underwater at minus 21 points. But look at this. He's up over 20 points now in the aggregate, he is in positive territory at plus one point on his net approval rating. Some other polls even have it a little bit higher than that. There is no issue on which Trump is doing so much better than he was in his first term, more than the issue of immigration. No wonder the Times has written up the way that he is. Trump is begging for a fight on this because he knows what he's doing so far is working with the American electorate.

[Clay Travis]

It's working, Clay, and you see that, because the Democrats who are trying to stand against this, yes, they're Democrats in California, know that they are expected to say, this is the worst thing ever and Trump is Hitler and all this other stuff, fine. But the nationwide, the national politics on this one are not favorable for the Democrat Party. And it's a huge, A huge part of this is that the Democrat Party betrayed the Biden administration, betrayed America with 10 million illegals piling in. And we all know it.

[Unknown Speaker]

I think it's also a function of what should happen, which is the marketplace of ideas over time should reward the better markets, the better market arguments. And I think Trump on immigration has been proven correct. And to be fair, Buck, it's also just the crazy town arguments on the contrary that are being made. For instance, I think we mentioned this earlier in the program. This is Linda Sanchez, she's a congresswoman from California, Louisiana area. She just said that the LA riots that you have all watched, with cops getting pelted by rocks, with Molotov cocktails being thrown, Waymo had to pull all of their autonomous vehicles. Have you seen this video? It's like our friend Mary Kathryn Ham described it as the saddest Pixar movie ever. All of the autonomous vehicles in LA are being pulled out of Los Angeles after they lit five on fire and attacked them with graffiti and everything else. Linda Sanchez, four days of riots we've seen. She said, look, it's really not any different than when a team wins a national championship. Cut six. We have been calling for protesters to protest peacefully. That is their constitutional right.

[Clay Travis]

The vast majority of protesters have been peaceful.

[Unknown Speaker]

There are always a few bad actors. And yes, we think anybody who commits property damage ought to be arrested and they ought to be prosecuted. But to send in federal troops or Marines when there isn't a war atmosphere or war circumstances stance going on is just. It's beyond the pale. I mean, it's authoritarian flexing. It's not making anybody safer. Local law enforcement has said they can handle the protests. It's no different than when a team wins a national championship and People get overexcited and they overturn vehicles and light them on fire. Local law enforcement is prepared to handle those types of situations. No different bucks, just a four day celebration of a team winning a title.

[Clay Travis]

And local law enforcement was overwhelmed, which you could see on the videos, which is why the National Guard was so necessary for the President to deploy. And I also just think it's, it's remarkable to hear something she's, she's taking the. It was a mostly peaceful protest line. So why is it that on January 6, where 95, 99% of people. January 6, right here near the Capitol, they were peaceful. There were some people destroyed, some property, some people got rough with cops. If you even said January six was a mostly peaceful protest, they wanted to send you to the gulag. Okay, we all know what happened here in this town. Meanwhile, there are maniacs lighting cars on fire left and right and televising it and proud of it in Los Angeles. But it's a mostly, it's fiery clay, but mostly peaceful.

[Unknown Speaker]

Well, that's why yesterday I played the Brian Stelter take, which was, you know, 99.9% of LA is perfectly fine. I mean, that was the argument that he made because he thought that was important. And I.

[Clay Travis]

This is like when people, you know, you can go to any war, you know, you could show up right now in Tel Aviv and be dancing on the beach in, you know, bathing suits and bikinis and be like, oh, security is totally fine. There's no threat here. It's like, well, yeah, obviously you have to go to the places where the fighting is happening. You can do this anywhere. It's absolutely absurd. Have we sent Brian Stelter any chalk? That, that man. I think the transformation we could do of Stelter felt like, hey, I'm down here. But you know what happened, Clay, we sent him some chalk. He would turn Republican.

[Unknown Speaker]

Well, yes, and it also, funny your point, like, yeah, you could be on a beach at Tel aviv. Also, imagine January 6th. A good analogy if you had said 99.9% of DC is fine, but there.

[Clay Travis]

Were people drinking chardonnay in Georgetown the day of January6. What's the problem? It was fine in most of D.C. it was fine on the Mall.

[Unknown Speaker]

Take it away from that. Imagine if you said that after, after a tornado. If you said, you know, it's really unfortunate that, you know, 10 people are dead and this tornado hit a huge swath of a particular community. But the Tornado didn't hit 99.9.

[Clay Travis]

Here I am at the Dairy Queen, untouched by the Tornado. Are we even sure that a tornado hit this town? I'm not even. We need. We have conflicting reports because I'm at a Dairy Queen and they're still serving ice cream here. Clay Madness. Also something else that they don't want people to focus on here. Let's get back to Harry Enton's analysis over at cnn. Uh, it's funny. The only things that are worth watching on CNN are the conservatives. Scott Jennings, my, my friend Shermichael Singleton, Ben Ferguson was on recently, another friend of the show. The conservatives slapping around liberals on that show with Abby Phillips at night, whatever time. I think I forget what time that's on. And Harry Enton numbers analysis. The rest of CNN you can do without. Here is Harry Anton. This is cut four on how Clay, immigrants, immigrants to this country are enormously more right wing now on the issue of immigration than they previously were play.

[E]

For immigrant citizens, immigrant voters, foreign born voters have gone tremendously to the right on this issue in 2024 and 2025 versus where they were in 2020 closest to her trust borne immigration. You go back to 2020. Democrats get this, held a 32 point lead on this issue. Immigrant voters were in the Democratic camp. Jump forward to 2024, 2025. Look at that shift. A 40 point shift to the right among immigrant voters. Republicans now lead on this issue by 8 points over Democrats, more so than any other group that I could find. The group of voters who became more hawkish on immigration were in fact immigrants themselves. Immigrants who are registered to vote in this country.

[Clay Travis]

This is what has the Democrats scrambling. Clay, how have they shut down this issue in the past discussion of this issue? How have they beaten Republicans into submission and made rhinos run for cover? They go, it's racist, it's xenophobic. Hold on a second. It is legal. It is Americans of Latino descent. It is Americans who came from other countries who came here the right way and are now citizens who are saying, what is this just running across the border stuff? This is nonsense.

[Unknown Speaker]

Well, they know better than anybody how hard it is to become a citizen of the United States. They stood in line. They followed the proper protocols. The immigrant citizens of America looked at everybody flooding across our southern border and they knew that they were flouting American immigration law. And so it doesn't surprise me that they would have this reaction. But what I do think this ties in with Buck is this is why the attacks on Trump land flat, because people have become aware fully of his arguments and he's on the best side of Almost every argument.

[Clay Travis]

Well, and also what you see is in some of these legal immigrant communities, they tend to be places where a lot of illegals want, you know, they either show up there to work or they're competing in the, you know, the marketplace for jobs, and they have to put strain on the resources there. This is why, I mean, the single most remarkable vote transformation I think you can point to of any counties in the entire country in this last election were those a couple of counties along the Texas, Mexico border that are essentially entirely Latin American. Okay? Entirely, you know, people of Latino or Latin American descent. And they are the ones that are all voting Trump. They said, we can't have this. We just can't have a wide open border here. And they vote. The ones who are here lawfully vote to maintain the country that they came to. And this is what I think a lot of legal immigrants, and I don't, you know, and the data supports this. This isn't just like, I'm on a feeling here. A lot of legal immigrants say, hold on a second. To your point, Clay, I did this the right way, and I want this country that I came to the right way to keep being that country. And they know it won't be if we take in 10 million from anywhere, all over the world, however they choose to show up, administration after administration.

[Unknown Speaker]

And I think they're watching all those riots in Los Angeles and they're saying, boy, I don't want to see all these other foreign flags flying when I work so hard.

[Clay Travis]

You know what it looked like? It looked like some third world hellhole where people act like spoiled children when they don't get their way and they burn things down. That's not how we do things in this country. The left does it here. I know, but that's the immigrants who show up here. They don't want chaos. They want the America they signed up for.

[Unknown Speaker]

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[J.R. Martinez]

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[Clay Travis]

This medal is for the men who went down that day. It's for the families of those who didn't make it.

[J.R. Martinez]

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[Clay Travis]

Duty.

[J.R. Martinez]

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[Unknown Speaker]

So many different stories we have been covering. We hope that the disaster that has been taking place in Los Angeles is going to end up fading, but I do think it's worth pointing out that on Saturday there is an expectation that there are going to be rallies like these, protests like these, unfortunately, probably violence like these all over the country. I was looking at the roster of where those are going to be taking place and I think that this was a test case scenario to try to demonstrate what could happen with some sort of Trump resistance. And to me, the unfortunate aspect of this is I think it's unlikely that LA is going to stand alone here. Got a couple different people who want to weigh in, by the way, variety of topics. Let's go to Dick in Northern California. What you got for us?

[Clay Travis]

Hi, Clay, thanks for getting me on. I have a legal question for you. I am not a lawyer. My sense of logic tells me this though, that if a person comes into this country other than by the legal front door, he's committed a crime, therefore he's defined as a criminal. If it remains in this country, he's extending that criminal act, he remains a criminal. He should be prosecuted or, pardon me, anybody who harbors or enters or provides safe haven for that criminal should be prosecuted for aiding and abetting. Tell me what's wrong or right about my logic.

[Unknown Speaker]

I don't think you're wrong about any of it. And again, this is why the next step, we had Marsha Blackburn on the program yesterday, L.A. is getting a lot of attention right now. There are many blue cities out there, whether it's Boston with I think Constance Wu is the mayor there, Brandon Johnson in Chicago, certainly Karen Bass in Los Angeles. My location of Nashville has got a mayor that has been speaking out aggressively about not being willing to follow the law. And Gavin Newsom dared the president through Tom Homan to arrest him. I think there are going to be increasing basically standing up against the federal government. We talked about this yesterday. There's a supremacy clause. The federal government dominates and controls immigration policy. So if you're trying to stop that from happening, you're committing a crime not only for being illegally in the country, but for the politicians that are trying to protect as well.

[Clay Travis]

We'll be back here with you tomorrow. Bring you more tales from D.C. trump's D.C. it's not swampy when Trump's in charge. Well, it's less swampy when Trump's in charge. But we're looking forward to bringing you more from our nation. Capital D.C. week on. Clay and Buck have some pretty high level visits. I don't know. We might be going to see a good friend of ours tomorrow morning. We'll tell you more about it on the air be quite a surprise with some fantastic insights.

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[J.R. Martinez]

The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration in the United States. Recipients have done the improbable, the unexpected, showing immense bravery and sacrifice in the name of something much bigger than themselves.

[Clay Travis]

This medal is for the men who went down that day on Medal of.

[J.R. Martinez]

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