Hour 3 - The SAVE Act

Summary

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show – Hour 3: The SAVE Act

Release Date: April 11, 2025

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1. Personal Update: Awaiting Baby Sexton

In the final hour of the episode, Clay Travis provides a heartfelt update on the imminent arrival of Buck Sexton's first child. Buck and his wife Carrie are at the hospital, expecting their baby boy within the next 12 to 18 hours. Clay humorously mentions Buck's unconventional choice to sleep on a blow-up mattress while awaiting the birth, adding a light-hearted touch to the anticipation.

Clay Travis (04:00):

"We're awaiting the birth of baby boy Sexton. Buck had taken a blow-up mattress, and we'll find out how well it worked."

2. The SAVE Act: Strengthening Voter Integrity

a. Overview of the SAVE Act

The central focus of this episode is the discussion surrounding the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act), recently passed by the House with near-exclusive Republican support. The act mandates the requirement of photo identification for voting, aiming to bolster election integrity.

Clay Travis (07:31):

"The SAVE Act as you mentioned, was passed by the House yesterday. This is the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act."

b. Debunking Myths: Addressing Claims of Voter Suppression

Clay and Buck tackle the Democratic narrative that the SAVE Act is a tool for voter suppression, labeling it as racist and sexist. They argue that requiring photo IDs is a common-sense measure already embedded in numerous daily activities, such as boarding airplanes and purchasing tickets.

Clay Travis (08:26):

"You have to have a photo ID to do almost anything in America. You can't pick up tickets at a sporting event without a photo ID."

c. Comparative Analysis: Voter ID Laws Globally

To counter claims of the SAVE Act being uniquely restrictive, Clay lists numerous democracies that also implement voter ID requirements. This comparison aims to normalize the practice and dispel notions that it's inherently discriminatory.

Clay Travis (21:59):

"Countries that require voter ID include Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand, Denmark, Canada, and many more. It makes a lot of sense to require that."

d. Expert Insight: Caroline Levitt on Presidential Transparency

The show features comments from Caroline Levitt, highlighting President Trump's transparency in answering press questions compared to President Biden. Levitt emphasizes that Trump addressed nearly 100 questions in his first three cabinet meetings, "nearly 20 times the number answered by Joe Biden in his entire four years in office."

Caroline Levitt (05:27):

"President Trump answered nearly 100 questions from the press during his first three open press cabinet meetings this year... that's nearly 20 times the number answered by Joe Biden in cabinet meetings during his entire four years in office."

3. Market Insights: Positive Trends Amid Economic Concerns

Transitioning from political discourse, Clay briefly touches on the stock market's performance, noting a 10% increase in the S&P 500 for the week. This positive trend is presented amidst ongoing concerns about wars, recession fears, and stubborn inflation.

Clay Travis (06:03):

"The Dow is up and the S&P 500 is up. That means it is in the green. If you had bought stocks this week, you are up roughly 10% on the S&P 500 alone."

4. Light-Hearted Segments: Solo Adventures and On-Air Antics

In a more personal and entertaining segment, Clay shares his plans to attend Broadway plays alone in New York City. This discussion showcases the camaraderie between Clay and Buck, as well as their ability to blend serious topics with humor.

Clay Travis (30:29):

"I've booked tickets to see 'Othello' with Denzel Washington and a George Clooney play all by myself."

Additionally, Clay recounts a humorous incident involving Peter Doocy, a Fox News correspondent, who had a bird land on his head during a live broadcast.

Clay Travis (44:21):

"We'll have it [e-mail] Peter Doocy screams as a bird decides to land on his head during a live hit from the White House."

5. Conclusion: Looking Ahead

As the episode wraps up, Clay hints at upcoming content, including a special podcast edition focusing on new parents and the transition Buck is experiencing into fatherhood. He encourages listeners to stay connected via social media for real-time updates and expresses enthusiasm for the future episodes.

Clay Travis (45:19):

"We're going to have a fun conclusion for everybody out there... We'll see how I do going into the weekend."

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Caroline Levitt on Presidential Transparency [05:27]:

  "President Trump answered nearly 100 questions from the press... nearly 20 times the number answered by Joe Biden in cabinet meetings during his entire four years in office."

• Clay on Voter ID Laws [08:26]:

  "You have to have a photo ID to do almost anything in America."

• Clay Comparing SAVE Act to Other Countries [21:59]:

  "Countries that require voter ID include Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand, Denmark, Canada, and many more."

• Clay on Stock Market Performance [06:03]:

  "If you had bought stocks this week, you are up roughly 10% on the S&P 500 alone."

• Clay on Solo Broadway Adventures [30:29]:

  "I've booked tickets to see 'Othello' with Denzel Washington and a George Clooney play all by myself."

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Final Thoughts

This episode of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show delves deep into the contentious topic of voter ID laws through the lens of the newly passed SAVE Act. Clay and Buck effectively counteract opposing viewpoints by presenting logical arguments and comparative analyses, all while maintaining an engaging and relatable dialogue. The blend of serious political discourse with personal anecdotes ensures that listeners are both informed and entertained.

For those interested in the intersection of politics, personal stories, and market insights, this episode provides a comprehensive and insightful listening experience.

Transcript

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[Clay Travis]

Welcome back in final hour of the week. Appreciate all of you hanging out with us. I am in solo as we continue to await official news about baby boy Sexton. Buck and Carrie at the hospital we got an update last night that they believed that the birth would be in the next 12 to 18 hours and maybe we're not going to know today while we're live on the air and so we will promise to share with you information on social media accounts. Buck wanted us all to know that he had taken his blow up mattress and that we'll find out how well the blow up mattress actually ended up working. But that is the latest update there because I'm getting asked a ton anytime I tweet about any time I tweet about anything. Some of you jump in the comments and you're like what's going on with the baby. I I'm not holding out on you. All right. I don't want to bother. I know it's busy, but that the most recent update we got last night, I do not believe. Can we get a check in the studio? Buck has not been active on social media since last night, is that correct? Ali? I don't think that he has posted anything since last night. He's buckled in with the air mattress and they are awaiting the birth of baby boy number one. Appreciate by the way, Larry Kudlow, Rachel Campos Duffy for hanging out with us in the second hour of the program. Encourage you, as always, go download the podcast. Let me tell you, we're going to have a special podcast this weekend that deals with many of the things that we have talked about this week, but also is for people out there might be having new babies or new grandbabies, advice for Buck that is going to drop as a podcast exclusive in addition to all the other parts of the podcast network. So there is good stuff there. Encourage you to go search out Clay Travis. Encourage you to go search out Buck Sexton. Make sure that you are signed up to not miss a moment. Okay. Markets. I know things must be going well with the markets because there is no market ticker on CNN right now. It has vanished. Oh, wait, it just popped back up. Stock markets are going fairly well. I say that because we've been making jokes about how we are essentially stock market reporters this week. Stock market as we come into the final hour. The Dow is up and The S&P 500 is up. That means it is in the green. And I was just checking during the commercial break, if you had bought stocks this week, if you had bought the dip, you are up 10% roughly on the S&P 500 this week alone. So again, market timing can be difficult. But that is the absolute latest there as we come into the final couple of hours of stock market trading. Relatively calm stock market up 10% thereabouts this week. As I am speaking to you right now, Caroline Levitt just had a White House press availability and I want to hit a couple of the comments that she made there to keep you updated with exactly what is going on. Yesterday we discussed that there was a live press conference for the whole Cabinet where everybody was out there and breaking down the absolute latest from all the Cabinet secretaries. They were answering a lot of questions. And today at the press conference, Caroline Levitt said Trump answered way more questions at his Cabinet availability in one time than Biden did in his entire four years. This is cut 29. Caroline Levitt a few moments ago.

[Caroline Levitt]

Everybody in this room has access to the most transparent and accessible president in American history. The Cabinet meeting yesterday was further proof President Trump asked each secretary to provide an update to all of you in the media on the critical work they are doing at their respective agencies to deliver on his agenda. And according to new reporting from the Washington Times, who I believe is in this room today, President Trump answered nearly 100 questions from the press, all of you, during his first three open press cabinet meetings this year. That's nearly 20 times the number answered by Joe Biden in cabinet meetings during his entire four years in office.

[Clay Travis]

Okay, I think that factors in. We haven't talked about it a lot, but the Associated Press has been suing, arguing that they should be entitled to attend all of the different cabinet meetings and press availabilities in person. And that's a pretty staggering answer there. Basically, Trump has answered already in the first three months, essentially less than three months, because we haven't even gotten there yet. But in the first three months of his administration, 20 times as many questions during his cabinet meetings as Joe Biden did. Pretty transparent, for better or worse. And yesterday we didn't talk about this yet. And I wanted to make sure I hit it in the third hour. In addition to passing the budget reconciliation bill in the house, 216 to 214, the house passed a law that's doing something crazy. It's of course sarcasm, but they're just requiring you to have an ID in order to vote. Just be able to prove that you are yourself and require id. Um, Caroline Levitt answered a question about that, but I want you to hear what people are saying about it. Uh, this is cut 31. What does the SAVE act do? Listen to Caroline Levitt describe it. This passed the House yesterday with almost exclusive Republican support. And, and then I want you to hear what other people are saying about the law that would only require you to have a photo ID in order to vote. Listen to this.

[Caroline Levitt]

The SAVE act as you mentioned, was passed by the House yesterday. This is the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act. I believe I'm getting that correct. And this act is a common sense measure. It would require proof of citizenship for voting in our elections. The Democrats have been fear mongering about this bill, have been saying that married woman is their name has changed. They didn't change it on their identification would not be able to vote. That is complete fallacy. There are outline in the bill about how to avoid that. The president very much supports a common sense solution to ensuring that only citizens can engage in our elections. This is critical to improving the integrity of our elections and also the trust that American citizens need to have in our electoral process. So the president supports this bill and that is a myth that has been proven wrong by the text of this bill. And I believe some of the co sponsors of the bill have been very vocal in addressing that. And certainly I, myself as a married woman would not stand before this podium if their president did not support such a common sense measure.

[Clay Travis]

Okay, so hey, you have to have a photo ID to do almost anything in America. You can't, for instance, pick up tickets at a sporting event without having a photo id. You can't get on an airplane, by and large, without having a photo ID. Everybody has photo IDs. Listen to the low expectations of Democrats. Sunny Hostin says a lot of black people and women can't figure out how to get IDs. And this is racist and sexist. This is from April 1st of 2025. Listen to how low their expectations of American people really are. Listen to cut one. It's sort of a vestige of, I think, post slavery laws where they, where black people had to prove their right to vote and oftentimes they couldn't vote because they couldn't pass some crazy test or they didn't have the appropriate id. It also affects women, women that are married, maybe one, your passport reflects something that's different on your, on your birth certificate or on your driver's license. So really the bottom line is voter suppression. And I agree with him 100%. It's a brilliant notion that less voter ID laws allows more people to vote. And most democracies do it that way. We're the only ones that really don't do it that way. This is crazy talk. I mean, this is bonkers. They've said for some time that it's racist because people can't figure out how to get IDs. But to say that this is like a vestige of post slavery is just bonkers in the extreme. But this is what they are arguing. I think it's important for you to understand it. This is a congresswoman from Georgia. It's a poll tax. She says this is cut to in Georgia.

[Caroline Levitt]

Over half of the population doesn't have a passport and our driver's licenses, even.

[Clay Travis]

The real ID doesn't prove citizenship.

[Caroline Levitt]

This bill could force Georgians to pay more than $700 million just to register to vote, y'all. That's the poll tax, plain and simple. And it's blatant voter suppression.

[Clay Travis]

I mean, this is crazy town. The arguments are absolutely insane. We got a lot of Georgians listening masters going on right now. We have record turnout in Georgia. Do you remember when Joe Biden traveled down to Georgia and said the new Georgia voter ID laws and the new voter requirements in Georgia was not just Jim Crow, it was Jim Eagle? Do you remember that more people have voted in Georgia since they strengthened the voting requirements in Georgia than were voting before? Uh, it's actually far more secure in Georgia than it had been in the past. Uh, but this argument is they all read the same talking points and they all roll out with it. Uh, here is a Senator Padilla. I think this is a state senator in California requiring proof of citizenship to vote is voter suppression. This is what they're arguing. Cut three. This is a solution in search of a problem. This is a classic example of the SAFE Act. What Republicans are doing is once again demonizing immigrants for the sake of making it harder for eligible citizens to register to vote and to cast their ballots in elections. It's voter suppression in disguise. Not so much of a disguise. Here's the truth. It is already illegal for non citizens to vote in our elections. Okay. Yeah, it is already illegal. By the way, that's Alex Padilla, who is the Democrat senator from California. We had a typo in here. He's relatively recent, I think, Senator addition to California. One of the senators that was referred to, not by name, at President Trump's Monday, L.A. dodgers celebration. If you remember, when he said there's a couple of California senators here, but I'm not going to reference them by name because I don't particularly like them. One of them, of course, now, Adam Schiff, who got a promotion despite being wrong on everything related to Covid. This is Senator Padilla, who is now there. And again, the argument that somehow it is racist or it is sexist or it is anti American to require in any way a proof of ID in order to vote. I just don't. I don't think any of you out there. I'll open up the phone lines. Some of them are X Doubt on exit. Is there anybody who wanted to vote that had an inability to get an ID in order to vote in the history of your lives? Open Forum, the biggest radio show in the country. Has this ever happened to any of you that you have been unable to vote because it's impossible for you to get an ID or some form of proof of citizenship? I'm not sure that anybody's ever had it happen. 800-282-2882. You can weigh in when we come back. We'll have a little bit more fun as we roll through the Friday edition of the program. And I want to make sure this is important. I want you guys to listen here closely. If you own weapons, when can you use those weapons legally? How do you know what is appropriate and inappropriate? 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[Caroline Levitt]

Will you guys also consider releasing the president's fitness plan?

[Clay Travis]

He actually looks healthier than ever before, healthier than he did eight years ago.

[Caroline Levitt]

And I'm sure everybody in this room could agree. Is he working out with Bobby Kennedy and is he eating less McDonald's? I can confirm the president is in very good shape. As you see on a near daily basis here.

[Clay Travis]

Trump is getting trim, 78 years old. Looks like he's, he's slimming down. By the way, this is from Fox Business. Countries that require voter id. I just thought this really kind of put a button on the ridiculousness of arguing that it's racist, sexist, anti, anti American to require voter id. Listen to this. Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand, Denmark, Canada, Ireland, Switzerland, Finland, Australia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Malta, the uk, Spain. I'm probably going to screw some of these pronunciations up. Mauritanias. I don't even know what that country is. Uruguay, Japan, Italy, France, South Korea, Costa Rica, Botswana, Portugal, Estonia, Israel, the Czech Republic, India, Taiwan, Chile. There you go. Really good at that one. Belgium, Cyprus, Slovenia, Lithuania, South Africa, Jamaica, Latvia, Slovakia, Greece, Panama, Bulgaria, Indonesia, Argentina, Poland, Brazil, Ghana, Croatia, Hungary, Colombia, Peru, El Salvador, Romania, Serbia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Georgia. The country, not the state. I don't think they're as good as at American football. Honduras, Ecuador, Bangladesh, Ukraine, Bolivia, Turkey, Kenya, Thailand, Lebanon, Lebanon, Lebanon, Tennessee, Thailand. By the way, every time I say Thailand and don't say Thailand, it's a real wind. I'm going to be honest with you because every time I see that country's name, I say don't say Thailand. Don't say Thailand. Venezuela, Nicaragua, Palestine, Pakistan, Iraq and Haiti all require voter ID to vote. So if it's super racist, sexist and completely anti American, I would say a lot of those other countries must be truly awful. Of course not. It makes a lot of sense to require all of that. We'll have some fun here. Last half hour as everybody is rolling in. I know golf fans watching the weekend on TV Masters. Make sure you've downloaded the Prize Picks app. You can play along as the Masters is underway. 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Appreciate all of you hanging out with us. We got a loaded week coming next week and at some point Buck is going to be back to talk about what it's like to be a dad. But in the meantime, I will be rolling with all of you. It's been a kind of calamitous week, frankly, when you think about all the different movement with the stock market. It's actually ended up in a positive way for those of you who were calm enough to just kind of ride out the, the insanity. And I have now got a dilemma and I'm going to bring in the crew here. So I am, I mentioned this earlier, I am guest hosting the Fox and Friends weekend, the weather. So for those of you out there that are like, hey, Clay, I've listened to you for 15 hours already this week. But you know, there's nothing better than my Masters weekend starting off at 6am with you bright and early, assuming my alarm goes off because I have to be in the fox Studios at 4:45am Saturday and Sunday 4. So my weekend I am going to be in bed. I'm not going to be able to sleep because who can go to bed early? And look, I know some of you get up very, very early. And for those of you who don't know, I used to have to get up around 4:40 every day for five years because I did early morning sports talk radio, late night because the game's in late. So I was, I was always tired. And I know a lot of you are in that position where you're getting up super early. I haven't done it in about five years or four years since we started doing this show. I haven't been up that early so object one, Responsibility one is wake up and get there. Responsibility two is be entertaining for four hours. Super early in the morning. I'm going to be on with Rachel Compost Duffy and with Charlie Hurt. Should be a lot of fun and I can't wait for it. But the weather is brutal here this weekend in New York City. So I was looking. People say, okay, what do you do in New York City? I'm up here by myself. I don't have my kids with me. Wife is traveling with our youngest. He's got a soccer tournament in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. So the whole family is not here with me. So I was thinking, like, what should I do? How should I entertain myself other than the fact that I have to be up at 4:45 in the morning? I don't want to be going to dinner in the late evenings. I certainly don't want to be having drinks late and be mega hungover or something. So I was like, what is a super easygoing thing that I could do that's somewhat unique to New York City? And I told my wife last night what I was gonna do and she made fun of me because yesterday we were talking about Barack Obama going out to dinner by himself. And my argument was, you can't go out to dinner by yourself in your hometown if you're married with kids and you got friends and everything else. But I am going to go. These are not musicals. Before all of you deluge me about my anti musical position, I'm correct. Musicals are awful. But I have booked tickets to go watch two different non musical Broadway plays all by myself. I have a solo seat for two different Broadway plays. I'm staying basically, for those of you know, where the Fox studios are basically right in Times Square, so I can walk like a couple of hundred feet. I'm going to a matinee on Saturday. I'm going to see Othello with Denzel Washington, which is going to be great. And I am going to tonight, I'm going to go see this George Clooney good night and good luck show. All right, now I understand you can criticize me for like, I think Denzel Washington is probably the best actor of his generation. And so I'm excited to go see him in a play. I've seen him once before in a play. My wife and we were up here, went and watched. I think that's going to be pretty cool, the George Clooney thing. I think from a media perspective, I'm actually intrigued to watch it and then come on and tell you what the reaction is to it and what I thought of the fairness on the scale of Rachel Maddow is a crazy loon to. Hey, normal people would watch this. So I am doing this. But I had to grapple with the decision. Is it okay to go solo? My analysis. I'm going to bring in the crew here because I want to hear their takes. My analysis was it's way weirder. First of all, if I take a girl, woman, that is, like, really weird. Right? Even if it's a friend, it's like a Broadway play that seems super romantic to go with another person. Right. It also seems kind of weird to go with a dude to a play. I think just you, me, and, like, a friend. Like, what did you do on Friday? Well, we went to a play together. I. I don't know. So I actually think that I have made the right decision to go completely solo. Let's start with you, producer Ali. Right? My wife was making fun of me, but then I think now that she's going to listen to it. It's actually what it would be if I went with, like, a. Like, you. If I took you, it'd be like, oh, here's Clay Travis and some random girl. If you happen to know me. Going to a play with him kind of feels like something that only dates would do. Am I crazy? You're a New Yorker.

[D]

I think you're way overthinking this.

[Clay Travis]

This is why I'm going solo.

[D]

As a Yorker. I've gone to plays alone. I've gone to plays with friends, guys, girls. I think it's. I personally think it's okay. But the burning question I have is, where are your seats? Are you near the wind section of the orchestra?

[Clay Travis]

I'm going to take my flute. I'm going to be performing during the intermission at both events. I'm sure Denzel is going to be excited to pull me up on stage. So your position as a New Yorker is that going to a play by yourself is not an abnormal thing to do.

[D]

Not at all. And dinner, too. I've gone to dinner alone. In my neighborhood, we New Yorkers do a lot of things on our own.

[Clay Travis]

Okay, this is interesting because I'm. Now. The weather's awful, by the way. It's going to be, like, 40 and raining, so there's not a lot of outdoor activities you could take advantage of. All right, what do you think, Greg? Good decision, bad decision? How would you assess. Going by yourself is actually not a bad decision. Being on the aisle is an excellent decision, but I Think if you were going to a musical, it'd be a little bit different. Have you ever gone to a movie with a buddy? Oh, yeah. It's going to see a play like this is. I would, I would relate it to that. I'd make it so if you went with a guy, not as big a deal if you went with Ali. So I am going to be.

[D]

You're not Mike Pence.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, that's true. I haven't made a rule for people who don't know. Sorry. Poor Mike Pence, just getting blasted by Ali here. What was Mike Pence's position? He could never be in a room solo with another woman or go out to dinner. Go out to dinner. Bill Belichick. That's what I was thinking. Bill Belichick's, by the way, his 24 year old girlfriend is. Did you guys see this? She's going to be attempting to be Miss Maine. She has entered. I don't know if it's Miss USA or Miss America. I'm not, I can never remember the difference between the two. But she is attempting to be the representative of Maine.

[D]

Okay.

[Clay Travis]

We actually got into a discussion about that last night. I still, I understand what Bill Belichick, for those of you who don't know, Bill Belichick is 72 years old, legendary New England Patriots, six time Super bowl winning coach, he has a 24 year old girlfriend. I understand what Bill Belichick is getting from the relationship. I can kind of work through what he might be thinking. I really don't know what this girl is thinking. And I got Miss Maine.

[D]

That's what she's getting.

[Clay Travis]

She's thinking Miss Maine. She thinks she's going to be it. So here's the thing. As awkward as it is for Belichick to have a 24 year old girlfriend, I am so glad that I've got three boys. Because if I had a daughter and she brought home a boyfriend older than me, I think I would murder him with my bare hand. Can you imagine what that conversation would be like? Having your daughter that you raised dating a guy older than you as a dad? I can't imagine there's any dad listening to us right now that could handle that. Well, I think I would murder Belichick with my bare hands if I were that guy. Yeah, chain up your daughter too at that point too. I mean, I mean, I get that she makes the choice. So on the scale of morality, Belichick dating 24 year old, way worse than me going solo to a George Clooney play.

[D]

I Don't even think it's on the charts. You're okay.

[Clay Travis]

I could have taken a 24 year old to the, to the George Clooney play and then I'd have a lot of questions that I need to answer. So that's what's going on. What about the, what about the guest hosting of Fox and Friends? Do you guys watch Fox and Friends on the weekend? I think it is the most popular show basically on television on the weekend. Now the masters are going on. I know a lot of people are going to be waking up in the morning putting this on. Do you have any advice for me as the guest host of Fox and Friends? You, Ali, back in the day were a producer on an animal show, Pet News. Pet, which is unbelievable. 1996, this is one of the earliest shows that Fox News had.

[D]

On Fox News, before they were 247 news, they had all different kinds of programming and Pet News was their leading Saturday morning show. Two hours live. Now think about that. Live with animals on set. There were lots of accidents. The green room.

[Clay Travis]

So Pet news, what is the concept of pet news? Is it like Jack Hannah thing? Like you have, like, like what are, what are the, what are the segments like?

[D]

The segments were everything. Breed of the week, how to, how to handle cats that scratch up your house. It was everything. We did have Jack Hannah type segments. We had alpacas in the studio. We had cats, dogs.

[Clay Travis]

And people love this animals on the morning show.

[D]

They loved it. But I will say the show right after Pet news was called Fox on Health. And it was a bit more serious. And one day we had birds. We had birds on our pet news show. And the birds got loose. They got up in the lights. We couldn't get them down before the next show started. And our host of that show had bigger hair. Like a big poof.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah.

[D]

And the bird landed on her head during her very serious segment. Never forget it.

[Clay Travis]

That's hilarious. Yes. I mean, I've done a lot of studio shows before and it's not like I have a, I would say a very exalted view of myself. I mean, I've had hot sauce poured on me. You can google it. I've done push up contests. I did a show once in a lobster outfit dressed up for how. I've done a lot of Halloween shows. I once did a segment in a wedding dress after losing a bet. So I don't think they're going to ask me to do anything where I'm like, hey, I have too much journalistic integrity to do this. They were actually, you guys heard some of the pre. Prelim calls and they were like, hey, you know, there's a couple of segments. We just want to make sure you're okay. Like you might have to do something, you know, associated with sports. Like we may have a basketball room. I'm like, come on, do you. I'm not Walter Cronkite here. I think that, you know, the.

[D]

You're going to have fun.

[Clay Travis]

It's going to be a lot. The one thing, I haven't had a suit on in a long time and they require full suits and ties. So I'm a little bit nervous about just having to not screw up wearing a suit. We'll grok that so we know exactly what it looks like ahead of time because we haven't seen that in a long time. Yeah, I think that could be a bit of a disaster. But my biggest concern is just making sure that I'm awake. So I'm going to set like six alarms. And I asked if they've ever had to come. Like, you know when you have the tea, the like teenagers on the road and they have their curfews and everything else. Like I was talking to and I'm like, yeah, I'm going to go to a play. And they're like, how late are you going to be out?

[D]

Oh yeah, because some plays can go.

[Clay Travis]

Till past 11pm well, they were nervous already and I was like, have you ever had to show up at the hotel and buy. I'm at a hotel near the television studio and go get talent.

[D]

Because they haven't.

[Clay Travis]

You have.

[D]

I've had to do that.

[Clay Travis]

They weren't ready and they were like, no, they over slept and you went to the hotel and like banged on the door.

[D]

You're like, hey, back in the early days of Pet news.

[Clay Travis]

For Pet News.

[D]

For Pet News.

[Clay Travis]

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[Clay Travis]

Back in the day, when I did outkick the coverage which a lot of you listened to, the morning radio show led into Dan Patrick Colin Cowherd on Fox Sports Radio networks nationwide. I did that for five years. Preparation for getting up super early in the morning. We were live at 6am, 6 to 9. We did a fun thing called the Animal Thunderdome. Sometimes animals decide to attack humans. And that happened to our good friend Peter Doocy outside of the White House this morning on Fox and Friends. If you missed it, it's a very funny video. We'll have it [e-mail] Peter Doocy screams as a bird decides to land on his head during a live hit from the White House. Listen, Peter, I appreciate. A bird just landed on my head. What is going. Is that a bird? What was that about? I did not like that at all.

[D]

The back of your head, your hair's standing up now.

[Clay Travis]

I mean, you got good hair though. What is going on? It's probably so dirty to be scared. It's probably so dirty. Did he say dirty? He's scary. I know. Hey, President Trump, if you're watching upstairs, we gotta do something about these birds. All right, so Ducey begging for Trump to save him from birds. Ali, you ever have a bird land on your head when you were producing Fox Sports, the Fox pet show on Fox News?

[D]

Well, I have to say, Peter Doocy, Steve Doocy was one of our hosts of Pet News. And I remember back in the 90s, way back in the 90s. And I remember when he brought little Peter in. So it's sort of a full circle moment. We have all kinds of videos with him doing packages for the show. He was actually really good and he.

[Clay Travis]

Was, when he was a kid.

[D]

No, no, Steve was really good. Steve was really good with animals.

[Clay Travis]

He's really good on television, so it doesn't surprise me, but I remember little.

[D]

Peter at the time so running around.

[Clay Travis]

And now he's the probably the best White House correspondent.

[D]

Can't be a New Yorker without getting what I call pigeoned. Everyone gets pigeoned eventually.

[Clay Travis]

Meaning that a pigeon just flies into you?

[D]

No, meaning they let poops on you.

[Clay Travis]

Well, I think he got lucky that he didn't get pooped on. It's supposed to be good luck. Although it doesn't seem like it would be very good luck if you get pooped on. Right? That is awesome. Hey, I appreciate all of you. You guys have been fantastic. We'll see how I do going into the weekend. Also solo with the with the show in general. Be back next week. We'll see when Buck gets back. Buck, dad. It should be a lot of fun. Look forward to all of that. Best to Buck and Carrie and all of you out there that might be getting ready for your own kids, your own grandkids. We back on Monday. I cannot wait to hang out with you guys then. And in the meantime, kicking back watching the masters starting at 6am well, you can spend Fox and Friends mornings weekends with me as well. But until then, thank you guys and good night and good luck. We'll see how the play goes and whether George Clooney is any way fair or not. I'll give you my review on Monday. We'll see how solo play going. But just remember, whatever you do, grab your flutes, have some fun.

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[D]

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[Clay Travis]

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[D]

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[Clay Travis]

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[D]

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