Hour 3 - The Sickness

Summary

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The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Episode: Hour 3 - The Sickness
Date: October 20, 2025
Host: Clay Travis
Co-host: Buck Sexton (out for this hour)

Episode Overview

In this third hour of "The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show," Clay Travis hosts solo while Buck attends a doctor's appointment. The main theme revolves around cultural and political divides in America, highlighted by reactions to the "No Kings" protest, the current state of the Democrat party, and a specific controversy involving a Chicago elementary school teacher's public celebration of violence. The episode blends serious political analysis, personal anecdotes, and a spirited debate on the acceptable boundaries of teachers' behavior in and out of the classroom. Light-hearted moments and pop culture references keep the tone energetic despite heavy subject matter.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. "No Kings" Protest and Cultural Divide

[02:37]–[13:45]

• Clay reflects on how America feels like "two different countries," illustrated by the option to either enjoy a beautiful Saturday watching college football or protest the supposed rise of "kings" (meaning Trump).
• He skewers the logic of Democrats hosting anti-monarchy protests after a sweeping Trump victory, arguing the DNC is the true "party of kings" for its history of controlling nominations:
  • “If you're in a position of prominence, the DNC will do whatever it takes... That would have to be a moment of thought, I would think, if you had a functional brain.” (Clay Travis, [04:30])
• The protest is dismissed as ineffective and composed mostly of "old hippie losers" who, in Clay’s view, fail to realize how the party has changed since the 1960s.
  • “Just a lot of old hippie losers. I actually felt sorry for them...” ([07:10], referencing Joe Rogan’s description)

2. The Chicago Teacher Controversy and "The Sickness"

[11:45]–[19:00], [22:28]–[26:00]

• Clay describes a viral incident: An elementary school teacher in Chicago appears on video miming the assassination of conservative figure Charlie Kirk during the protest.
• He laments the moral inversion where teachers face immediate termination for legal activities (like an OnlyFans account) but are seemingly protected when engaging in extreme, violent political displays.
  • “Which would you rather have?... How is this woman not immediately fired by the city of Chicago?” ([15:30])
• Raises concerns about the long-term impact on children and wider society:
  • “That’s the sickness I’m troubled by... How in the world can we live alongside people that celebrate assassinations in public?” ([17:50])
• Contrasts conservative reactions to potential violence against liberal figures, arguing his audience would condemn such behavior:
  • “If something happened to Rachel Maddow... I would be horrified. I certainly wouldn’t celebrate it.” ([17:57])

3. Standards for Public School Teachers: Morality, Free Speech & Employment

[26:00]–[35:00], [41:00]–[44:00]

• Clay draws comparisons between being fired for public displays of violence and for side jobs like OnlyFans or being a Hooters waitress, asserting that clear conduct standards exist for teachers even when activities are legal.
  • “We have a standard of other jobs... that from a moral perspective, we would say, ‘Hey, I don’t think you can do that and teach third graders too.’” ([28:41])
• Emphasizes that in his own companies, he would immediately fire anyone publicly celebrating an assassination, despite a generally liberal approach to speech.

4. New York City Politics and Broader Political Analysis

[27:00]–[31:15]

• Clay discusses the upcoming NYC mayoral race, referencing how, in his view, both leading candidates are disastrous ("the best two options are both awful"), but predicts the fallout could pave the way for Republican wins in the state.
  • “I think Elise Stefanik has a chance to win in 2026 if Momdani is mayor of New York City.” ([32:00])
• Shares a surprising stat: New York was closer to turning red than Texas or Florida were to turning blue in 2024.

5. Listener Call: Where Should Lines Be Drawn for Teachers?

[41:00]–[44:50]

• “Dan from Virginia Beach” calls in to debate Clay, arguing people should be free to have any second job, including stripping or working at Hooters, so long as they're effective in class.
  • “I dated a lady that put herself through college, and she was a stripper... She's a third grade teacher... now.” (Dan, [41:40])
• Clay pushes back, referencing “morals clauses” in teaching contracts and parental expectations:
  • “I don’t think most kindergarten teachers would be permitted to be a Hooters girl and also teach kindergarten.” ([43:25])
• Humorous exchange ensues about the societal boundaries for teachers, with Dan offering a tongue-in-cheek response:
  • “If you ended up at the strip club and your daughter's kindergarten teacher was on the stripper pole... was she worth the price of admission?” (Dan, [44:35])

6. Light Moments, Trump Anecdote, and Pop Culture

[38:23]–[41:00]

• Clay shares a comical moment from Trump’s meeting with the Australian Prime Minister, referencing a “Mad Men” quote:
  • Trump is informed an Australian ambassador said unkind things about him and responds with indifference, paralleled by Don Draper's line: “I don’t think about you at all.”
• Clay plugs his upcoming charity book “Balls” and jokes about Google search results.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Political Reality

  • “You could have decided on that October 18th, beautiful, perfect weather day… ‘Hey, I’m going to kick back and I’m going to watch college football all day… Or you could go out and walk around and protest kings.’” (Clay Travis, [03:58])

• On the Democrat Party

  • “The Democrat Party is actually the party of kings… If you’re in a position of prominence, the DNC will do whatever it takes…” (Clay Travis, [04:37])

• On the Chicago Teacher

  • “She celebrates clearly on camera, the assassination of Charlie Kirk, elementary school teacher in Chicago.… How many tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of elementary school teachers… feel the exact same?” (Clay Travis, [14:54])

• On Morality and Employment

  • “If I had had an employee publicly celebrate Charlie Kirk’s assassination, I would have fired him or her on the spot instantaneously.” (Clay Travis, [26:40])

• Caller Dan’s Perspective

  • “I dated a lady that put herself through college, and she was a stripper. She’s a third-grade teacher in the city of Detroit now.… Just as long as she doesn’t come to me and say, ‘Hey, guess what? I work at Hooters. Here’s the 50% off.’ She can do whatever she wants.” (Dan, [41:40] & [44:02])

• On Drawing the Line

  • “If you are working as a stripper and OnlyFans model, those are legal jobs. But you probably also are not going to be permitted to be a teacher.” (Clay Travis, [44:35])

• Pop Culture Reference

  • “Remember that great scene in Mad Men… Don Draper just turns back to him and says, ‘I don’t think about you at all.’ Which is just the ultimate devastation of man.” (Clay Travis, [39:30])

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [02:37] – Clay’s opening monologue on the “No Kings” protest and how the DNC acts like “kings.”
• [11:45] – The Chicago teacher mimics assassination at protest—“the sickness.”
• [15:30] – Discussing standards for firing teachers and cultural double standards.
• [27:00] – Analysis of New York City mayoral race and implications for 2026.
• [38:52] – Trump and the Australian ambassador exchange (“Mad Men” quote).
• [41:00] – Caller Dan defends teachers holding adult entertainment jobs.
• [44:35] – Clay and Dan’s humorous back-and-forth.
• [46:15] – Show closes; Clay hypes upcoming book "Balls."

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Tone and Style

The episode maintains a lively, conversational, and often comedic tone even when addressing serious societal concerns. Clay’s language is blunt, irreverent, and appeals directly to the values and sensibilities of his audience, peppered with pop culture nods and personal anecdotes.

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Summary

Hour 3 of "The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show" navigates the growing divides in American culture, using the backdrop of the "No Kings" protest and a controversial Chicago teacher’s viral actions. Clay argues that the Democratic Party has become anti-democratic in practice, humorously deconstructs generational protest culture, and spotlights what he characterizes as a profound moral sickness in tolerating the celebration of violence. Spirited listener calls, a debate about morality clauses, and a bit of comic relief from political and pop culture moments give listeners a mix of cultural analysis, outrage, and irreverence—with the promise that the conversation will continue in future episodes.

Transcript

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Welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton show we thank all of you for hanging out with us. Buck is off to a doctor's appointment for the little guy. I've got you for this hour. I'm up in New York City City, the land that is soon to be overrun by a communist mayor. A lot of you weighing in on that. We're going to have some fun here in that hour discussing that. A lot of different details out there. The no Kings protest landed flat over the weekend. New York City, Virginia and New Jersey inching closer to their elections 15 days from now. The French crown jewels stolen from the Louvre. We had some fun talking about that in the first hour. We'll take your calls, 800-282-2882. As we continue to break down everything going on in the world at large. But I want to start with a little bit more on the no Kings protest. Now, Buck and I did Kayleigh McEnany show on Saturday and I said because it was striking to me as I got ready to kick back and watch college football games, what I thought was going to be all day, I've got a little funny story there for you. It struck me that we really do live in two different countries by and large. You could have decided on that October 18th, beautiful, perfect weather day in much of the country. Hey, I'm going to kick back and I'm going to watch college football all day, as my plan was. Or you could go out and walk around and protest Kings. After Trump won a landslide election 11 months ago, and after Trump won all seven battleground states, and after Trump won the biggest election victory in 40 some odd years, really going almost all the way back to 1988, if you really analyze the scope and breadth of his victory, and if he did over someone who never actually even won a primary, not one person ever voted for Kamala Harris to be the nominee in 2024, which party actually embraces the idea of kingship? They rigged the election in 2016 for Hillary Clinton against Bernie Sanders. They rigged the election in 2020 for Joe Biden. When they said after Biden got swamped in Iowa and in New Hampshire, hey, everybody, go vote for Joe Biden, cuz we're terrified of Bernie Sanders being the nominee. And after they handed the nomination to Kamala Harris in 2024 when Joe Biden had to step down because he didn't have the mental or physical capacity to be president after all of that happened, wouldn't you think to yourself, boy, Democrat Party is actually the party of kings. If you're in a position of prominence, the DNC will do whatever it takes to ensure that no matter what the will of the Democrat voter might be, that Hillary Clinton's the nominee or Joe Biden is the nominee or Kamala Harris nominee. That would have to be a moment of thought. I would think, if you had a functional brain. But also just the fact that, as Joe Rogan said, I looked at the protest, I went and watched the video. Just a lot of old hippie losers. I actually felt sorry for them that you would choose to give over a beautiful day in what I think is our nation's best month to go protest against a democratically elected president. But I was also thinking about the level of evil embedded in those protests. Well, hold on, I'll get to the level of evil in a moment. I said that I thought I was going to get to just go sit on my couch and watch college football all day. Do you know what happened? I get in from doing the Fox News hit buck and I did with Kayleigh McEnany, walk inside the house. I'm all excited. I'm going to sit down and just chill, watch games. I think, hey, man, I got nothing else I got to do. Wife, as soon as I walk in, says, hey, your son. You ever notice whenever a kid does something that isn't very good, it's often described as your son or your daughter, your son, your daughter. You know what your son did is you know what your daughter did. You know what your grandson did. You know your, it's your, you get, you take possession of the stupidity of your kids or your grandkids, you know it's not going to be good. You know what yours. Nobody ever says, you know what your son did? He got a perfect score on the sat. You know what your son did? He just sold his company for $500 million. You know what your son just did? He just, he just bought us an unbelievable second home. That's our son, that's our daughter. Or just their name. So you know what your son just did? No, it's not going to be good. He dropped his phone in the toilet. Now, thankfully, he hadn't gone to the bathroom yet, but his cell phone's not working. So I spent six hours on Saturday going to a cell phone repair shop because my 15 year old dropped his phone in the toilet in addition to all the time that it took $200 to fix a fried battery in a phone, in addition to the six hours worth of driving around and waiting for the phone to be fixed. So I thought, hey, I'm not gonna go to the no Kings protest. But I'm just gonna kick back. I'm gonna kick my feet up. I'm gonna watch games all day instead. I spent much of Saturday trying to get a cell phone repaired. Welcome to parenthood. But so when I went back and watched yesterday as I was traveling up here to New York, I went back and I watched a bunch of the videos. I was thinking, okay, who are these people? And to a large extent, they are old people. Old people. I think Buck hit it in hour one. They're people who in the 1960s went to protests and they don't realize that the Democrat party of the 1960s or the 70s or the 80s or the 90s is not the modern day Democrat party, and that they're actually the party of kings and that they're actually the party of censorship and that they're actually the party of First Amendment restrictions and all these things that I think older Democrats really don't understand because Trump has broken their brain and they don't have the ability to work through logically this process. Those people don't trouble me as much because their brains are broken. But most of them, I don't think are violent. They're just people who think that it's still the 1960s and hey, let's beat on drums and let's dance around to 1960s anthems. This is Nancy Pelosi era Democrats, right? People in the senior citizen ages. You know what video I saw, though? And I thought this is what troubles me for the country going forward. Chicago elementary school teacher. Some of y' all know what I'm just about to talk to. I'm not going to name her, but she is an elementary school teacher in Chicago. There was a group of Turning Point USA protesters that were driving. Not protesters, but they were just kind of driving through, taking video of the protest and this New York City, sorry, Chicago area teacher, probably around 40ish, I'm guessing, as the turning point USA people, my understanding is, are driving by. She looks at them, sees their logo and takes her hand and puts it in her throat and gleefully grinning, enjoying all of it. She celebrates clearly on camera, the assassination of Charlie Kirk, elementary school teacher in Chicago. Again, I'm not saying there's not some of these people in the senior citizen 1960s protest era Democrats trying to relive their childhood, believing that they are really speaking truth to power when they're marching against Trump. The old school hippie, by and large, was not a particularly violent person. You go back in time, the old school hippie in general, I know There are some exceptions. Most people in their 60s, 70s and 80s not going to be supremely violent. But what about that next generation? What about that woman who I think is representative of so many other people out there? Elementary school teacher at the no Kings protest, puts her finger to her throat and mimics in celebratory glee the assassination of Charlie Kirk, elementary school teacher. How many tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of elementary school teachers that are entrusted with educating our young feel the exact same as her. And think about how often you see a story, you see a story out there. It's like, oh, this elementary school teacher, she off also, it turns out, has a job. She's got an only fans page. Fire almost immediately, right? Comes out. She's a people didn't know. But your kindergartner's cute only fan. Cute kindergarten teacher, maybe not so cutesy, has an only fans page, fired immediately. Which would you rather have? I was thinking about this. There are people fired all the time at elementary schools for having inappropriate but legal jobs outside of the job that they have as an elementary school teacher, a public school teacher. How is this woman not immediately fired by the city of Chicago if she had an OnlyFans page, by the way, this chick would not give very, very many subscribers if she had an only fans paid. But if she did and that went public, the school would immediately fire her. They would say it's, we're not going to allow an educator to be posting photos on the Internet of that nature and also educating children. Immediately fired. Most people would not even blink. You wouldn't even argue she still got a job. What does it say that she could be at that only fans rally putting her finger to her throat celebrating the murder of Charlie Kirk. And right now, everybody in Chicago, public teachers, it appears, is lining up behind her and saying, we got to make sure she stays employed. That's the sickness I'm troubled by. That's where I lay around at night thinking, how in the world can we live alongside of people that celebrate assassinations like this in public that want more of us dead? That's what troubles me because I really think if Rachel Maddow had gone to some campus and gotten shot and killed, I don't think very many of you, and I hope none of you would run around in public celebrating the fact that she's dead. I think Rachel Maddow is wrong on almost every issue. I think Bernie Sanders is wrong on almost every issue. I think Elizabeth Warren is wrong on almost every issue. I would be horrified if something happened to any of them. I think Keith Olbermann is mentally unstable and and actually belongs in a padded jail cell. But if somebody did something to Keith Olbermann, let's pretend that he actually left his Central park area apartment and went anywhere. I would feel awful. I certainly wouldn't celebrate it. I would condemn it. I think most of you would too. Whoever the person is on the left that is a public figure, I think most of you would say, yeah, that's wrong. And you certainly wouldn't show up at a protest and gleefully dance and celebrate that New York that that Chicago area teacher did and people are defending her. That's a profound sickness that I legitimately worry about quite a lot as we look forward. Because if Charlie Kirk or an aberration and not representative of the root evil, then I would say, okay, this is awful, but we can grow from this. Unfortunately, the reality is they want a lot more of us dead and if it happened, they would tap dance on our graves. How in the world can that person be employed as a public school teacher? And even more troubling, how in the world can so many people be standing up and saying she should definitely keep her job? Take some of your calls. We got a lot to talk about, some much less serious than that, including the Louvre heist, which everybody's talking about. And I still can't get over France has fallen to such an extent that they can't even protect their crown jewels. 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Welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton Show Working through the no Kings protest, we'll take some of your calls as we are continuing to roll through the Monday edition of the program. Stock market, positive news. Stock market yet again poised to set an all time record high. And for those of you out there paying attention to the economy and driving around on a regular basis, I'm certainly in this camp. We just hit a four year low in gas prices. Gas prices are the lowest they have been since all of the COVID ridiculousness was still going on in the early days of Joe Biden's administration in 2021. So four year low for gas prices. I bet a lot of you are noticing that. And all time high just about to be set in the stock market. Trump had a presser a little bit earlier press conference availability of sorts with the Australian prime minister. Uh, and there was a funny moment. I'll also play that for all of you. 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We've got every one of these products inside of the Travis household and you can get hooked up right [e-mail] youm'll save 15% there s a B R E radio.com that's saberradio.com you can also call 844-824 safe. Welcome back in Clay Tr Travis Buck Sexton show Appreciate all of you hanging out with us. A lot of people reacting to the open there and I understand the argument because I would make it regularly on private employers should be able to make any decision when it comes to who they employ based on public behavior. And I'll give you an example. When I ran my own media company, if I had had an employee publicly celebrate Charlie Kirk's assassination, I would have fired him or her on the spot instantaneously. I don't know what the standard of every social media post should be and my standard would be very lenient because I believe in an open marketplace of ideas. There's a lot of opinions people should be able to have. But when I ran outkick if I saw that, I would say that person should be fired. I'm not an employer now, but if we had someone who worked on this show and somebody came to me and they said, hey, Charlie Kirk was assassinated and one of your show affiliated employees went on social media and said he deserved it, I would say that person needs to go. Not a tough call for me. I believe in free speech. I believe in the first amendment and boobs. As you all know, that is an easy call. That person is gone. How is this not an easy call for a Chicago elementary school? And I use the analogy of an only fans page because I don't think anybody would say, hey, you know who was really treated unfairly? That elementary school teacher who was doing pornography while they were also employed as an elementary school teacher. And we would all say, I think collectively, most people would from a morals perspective, I'm not saying that person can't do this, but they are charged with shaping young kids. That's not an appropriate other job to have. And I know a lot of you have been school teachers and it's not uncommon for a school teacher to have a summer job. I think if most elementary school I Think about that. Think about this. If an elementary school teacher was otherwise working as a Hooters waitress, I think that would be a hard job to have. Now, could you work as a waitress at Applebee's? Certainly. We have a standard of other jobs, even if they're completely legal, that from a moral perspective, we would say, hey, I don't think you can do that and teach third graders too. And every one of you out there understands it. You might have different ideas of what those jobs could be. You might have different ideas of what those behaviors could be. In public celebrating the assassination of someone like Charlie Kirk as an elementary school teacher, you gotta be fired on the spot. And if the union wants to sue, as unions have the right to do and say, hey, teachers should be able to go to public events and celebrate assassinations of political figures, I would say, hey, you know what? Make that argument. We'll see what the courts say. But from my perspective, that's not a tough call. And so to me, that is an easy, easy decision. A lot of you still weighing in on the New York City mayors race. I am in New York City right now. I've been seeing all the ads running during the course of every commercial break on Fox News and on cnn. Here in the studio we have those and lots of people running those ads like crazy. And we had a caller who was saying the polls could be wrong. Clay, you're saying Curtis Sliwa is not no chance to win. And Andrew Cuomo no chance to win. The polls could be wrong. It's true. As we all know, polls often get things wrong. The polls are telling us that Momdani is going to win and he's going to win comfortably. If this is a three way race, I would also point out all of the gambling markets are saying that mom, Donnie is a huge monster favorite. I care way more about the gambling markets. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been wagered. If you are listening to me right now and you think Curtis Lewis is going to win this race, you can 100 times your money in the next 15 days. I would submit to you that there are not very many opportunities to a hundred times your money that become reality very often. Even people who say, well, Trump was an underdog. You remember 2016. You could never hundred times your money in the gambling markets on Donald Trump. Curtis Lewa is not going to win this race. Andrew Cuomo is not going to win this race. Mom, Donnie is going to be the mayor of New York City unless Curtis Lewood drops out. And I don't understand What Curtis Lee was doing, I understand being principled. I understand the argument of New York City has made such an awful decision that they should have to marinate in the fact that they're going to elect a communist. That's my take. So I don't think Republicans should save Democrats from themselves. And frankly, I don't think that Cuomo is that much better than Mamdani. And it's a sign of how broken New York City is that their best two options are both awful. The guy who was forced to resign as governor of New York and the guy who is an actual communist. Those are the options that are out there. Now, here's something that's positive for New Yorkers because Buck was having fun. Buck lived in New York City, born and raised. I'm saying just let New York deal with the awful choices that it is made. Here's something positive. I think Elise Stefanik has a chance to win in 2026 if mom Donnie is the mayor of New York City. So for people out there that are saying, well, how does this benefit us? Hey, New York is just going to get left behind, much like Buck island did when Joe Biden dropped out of the race, covered in water, overrun with communism. Actually, I think there is a strong case to be made that it will help Elise Stefanik to potentially win as the New York governor candidate in 2026. Because here's a crazy stat for you, and I think it's a good one and you don't hear it too often. You know, New York was closer to being a red state than either Texas or Florida were to being a blue state in the 2024 election. That blows a lot of people's minds. Let me repeat that. New York was closer as a state to going red than Florida or Texas were to going Blue in the 2024 election. There is still a reservoir of sanity in New York. 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Welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton show all right, let's let's have some fun to close up shop here. First, Trump was meeting with the Prime Minister of Australia and evidently the Australian ambassador to the United States has said some not so kind things about President Trump and he was asked about it. This was a little bit earlier Just a couple of hours ago.

[Buck Sexton]

Listen, concern in Australia that it's taken nine months to get this meeting. Have you had any concerns with this administration, with stance on Palestine, climate change, or even things the ambassador said about you in the past? The Australian ambassador?

[NFL Network Commentator]

I don't know anything about him. I mean, if he said bad, then maybe he'll like to apologize. I wrote. I know. Did an ambassador say something bad about him? Don't tell me.

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[NFL Network Commentator]

Is he still working for you?

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah.

[NFL Network Commentator]

You said bad.

[Clay Travis]

The front of this position.

[NFL Network Commentator]

Mr. President, I don't like you either. I don't. And it probably never will.

[Clay Travis]

All right, so he didn't know who the ambassador from Australia was, which is the ultimate insult. Remember that great scene in Mad Men when the main character there is in the. Don Draper is in the elevator, and one of the guys at the advertising agency says, boy, I really worry about you, Don. I really. I'm really. You know, this basically, like, gives him this heartfelt speech about how concerned about him he is, and Don Draper just turns back to him and says, I don't think about you at all. Which is just the ultimate devastation of man. I'm really concerned about it. Gives us a long speech. He said, I don't think about you at all. That's kind of the way the. The ultimate not even intentional insult was there. Um, by the way, this caller is about to make an argument that I did not expect. I'm looking forward to it. Uh, but it is also two weeks until Balls is going to be released my majestically named book. I'm going to donate all the proceeds to charity, and I'm asking you guys to go pre order it. I been meaning to mention it again. We'll share the link. It's up on Amazon. Balls, Clay, Travis, I promise you, if you type that on Google, you're not going to get the wrong result. But it made me think about Dan from Virginia Beach, Virginia. Dan, I wasn't expecting this argument. Make it for me.

[Caller Dan]

All right, Clay, so here's. Here's the deal. I spent 20 years in the United States Navy defending freedom. And, you know, people have the right to harbor whatever stupid opinions they have. Yeah, as long as it doesn't affect their employment. Once they say they work for Clay Travis and Buck Sexton, then you can, you know, perhaps fire them. As far as the teacher working at Hooters, I dated a lady that put herself through college, and she was a stripper.

[Clay Travis]

Okay, well, that's fine. Good for you. But was she also a teacher she.

[Caller Dan]

She's a third grade teacher in the city of Detroit now.

[Clay Travis]

Now she is, but was she a stripper at the same time that she. I'm not. Don't tell me her name, by the way.

[Caller Dan]

I'm not going.

[Clay Travis]

I just don't want to get it. I don't want to create. Was she a stripper at the same time that she was a third grade teacher?

[Caller Dan]

No, but that. Does that make it some kind of difference?

[Clay Travis]

Yes, I think so. I think so. If you. Hold on, hold on, Dan, Look, I'm the first amendment and boobs guy, so I can't believe you're making me be the. Be the voice of moral authority here. If you are a stripper. Hold on, Dan, I want. I just want to get your argument here. You think you should be able to be a third grade teacher and a stripper at the same time, so.

[Caller Dan]

Yes, I do. Just as long as you don't sexually do anything to any of these kids. But I also think that there's a difference between being a stripper and a Hooters way.

[Clay Travis]

No, I. We agree. But I said, no, no, no, this is true. I said, I think. I think most school districts. I could be wrong. And I think most school districts would say, you can have. This is the morals clause, right? Every teacher has a. Basically a morals clause in their contract. I don't think most kindergarten teachers, although there may be a lot of dads that would say, hey, I kind of love this idea. I don't think most kindergarten teachers would be permitted to be a Hooters girl and also teach kindergarten.

[Caller Dan]

Are you gonna. How can you tell them how they can provide for a living and put food on their table?

[Clay Travis]

You know, it doesn't matter to me. I'm saying, I think most elementary school parents, if you went to parent night and you're like, hey, I recognize you. You. Wait, you brought us boneless wings at Hooters last night. I think most parents would say, yeah, I don't know that the Hooters chick should also be the kindergarten teacher. I. That for me, I think, again, that's a tougher call. But, Dan, you're in favor?

[Caller Dan]

25 year old daughter that I raised, I went through plenty of, you know, meet the teacher night. And just as long as she doesn't come to me and say, hey, guess what? I work at hooters. Here's the 50% off. She can do whatever she wants.

[Clay Travis]

Okay, But Dan, what would you think if you went to meet your kindergarten teacher and then later that night you had A couple of beverages and you ended up at the strip club and your daughter's kindergarten teacher was on the stripper pole. You wouldn't think to yourself.

[Caller Dan]

Was she worth the price of admission?

[Clay Travis]

Dan, I think you and I are going to agree on almost everything except for this particular. Thank you for calling. Thank you for listening. I did like this is what happens now. I'm, now I'm the guy defending morality. Dan. Dan called in. What do you think? Maybe, maybe this is a stronger percentage of. Maybe more people think that you should be able to be an elementary school teacher and a stripper at the same time than I thought. By the way, this all started with if you go to a rally and celebrate an assassination of someone politically, I think it violates your morals clause. And the example that I gave that I thought everybody would agree with was if you are working as a stripper and onlyfans model, those are legal jobs. But you probably also are not going to be permitted to be a teacher. Meaning we draw lines all the time where we say, hey, morally this is not something we think that public school teachers should be able to do. But Dan thinks, hey, go straight from, go straight from first grade teaching to the stripper pole. He's all for it. That's a navy man for you. I appreciate all of you. Buckle be back tomorrow. It probably has no idea what he's walking into. This has been, as always, the clip play in buck show. Go buy that book balls. I think Dan's got way more balls than I do, by the way. We'll be back tomorrow.

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