Hour 3 - Where Are All the Good Men

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Podcast Summary: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Episode Title: Hour 3 – Where Are All the Good Men
Date: November 25, 2025
Podcast: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show (iHeartPodcasts)
Hour: 3

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Episode Overview

This hour of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show dives into the state of modern relationships, gender dynamics, dating culture, and generational shifts in attitudes toward commitment and family. Clay Travis, with his signature mix of humor and blunt analysis, addresses why so many women report trouble finding "good men," explores historical and cultural changes in male-female dynamics, and takes calls from listeners sharing their perspectives. Later, Congressman Chip Roy joins for a conversation about Texas politics, Thanksgiving traditions, and breaking news on international diplomacy.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The "Leaked Texts" and Democratic Party Dynamics

(03:04–06:05) Clay Travis

• Clay discusses recently leaked texts attributed to Senator Ruben Gallego (AZ), reportedly showing internal Democratic frustrations and the party's shift from being seen as "the party of fun" to "the not fun party."
• Gallego’s text (as quoted by Clay) laments: “We look like the Not Fun party. Always telling and correcting people, not allowing men to be men, women to be hot. We used to be the party of sex, drugs and rock and roll. Now dim women look like dim men and dim men look like women.”
• Clay notes, “He’s not wrong,” and speculates this might have been an intentional leak to help Gallego’s future presidential ambitions, referencing 2028.

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2. Callers Voice Concerns About Modern Dating

(06:05–08:01) “Christy” from Utah and Clay Travis

• Christy, a caller struggling in the job market, pivots to the dating scene, blaming men:

  “A lot of us who are decent women…there were a lot of women that were just being overlooked. So it's not that they didn’t want to get married, they didn’t want to have kids, but it takes two people to have that happen.”

• She argues that many “average” men have unrealistic standards, contributing to women’s singledom.
• Clay responds with observations about how complaints about the lack of "good men" are perennial, joking about women even in WWII complaining as heroes returned from war.

Notable Quote:

"I guarantee you guys finished storming the beaches of Normandy fighting Nazis, and they came back to the United States, and women were like, there’s just no good men around.” (08:01 Clay Travis)

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3. The “Unlimited Buffet” of Modern Male Sexuality & Female Empowerment

(08:01–20:41) Clay Travis

• Clay presents a provocative theory: What is now heralded as "female empowerment" has in practice delivered the male fantasy—sex without commitment—more than anything empowering for women.

  "If you went back in time to 1962 and you told a single guy…in the future, in 2025, guys are going to be able to have sex with almost no commitment…every single man in the 1960s would have dreamed of [this world].” (08:45)

• He argues that tech has made dating transactional and impersonal; men can now send “60 DMs to girls on Instagram and just wait to see who’s going to bite."
• The disappearance of “shotgun weddings” is used to illustrate a dropping expectation of male responsibility, leading to widespread frustration for women, who are now "sold on acting with a masculine sex drive," while men have no reason to commit:

  “Men are often stupid. They don’t want to commit. They want to fire off in every direction.” (13:50)

• Clay links current demographics (declining birthrates, fewer marriages) to these shifts and points out how it doesn’t actually benefit most men—just the especially attractive or wealthy ones.
• Women, he reasons, set a high bar (“six feet tall…six figures”), so many men feel overlooked.

Notable Quote:

“What has been sold as female empowerment is actually every man’s sexual fantasy from the 1950s and 1960s in real life today.” (16:54 Clay Travis)

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4. Caller Reactions & Humor

(46:00–46:23) “Cindy” from Virginia

• Cindy shares a tongue-in-cheek complaint:

  "All the men today are gay, okay? That’s why we can’t find a good man. It’s like picking through a haystack…"

• Clay laughs, “You guys are great. That is Cindy. Big issue is that there’s all the guys are gay. I understand why the women can’t find them.”

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5. Reflections from Older Listeners

(46:58–47:50) Clay Travis reads emails

• Clay reads from longtime and older listeners who echo his points (e.g., Fred, who had a "shotgun wedding" in 1961, and Joe, who claims “women have created this nightmare” and calls for strong male role models).
• Joe, from Tennessee:

  “We need guys to be strong fathers…Women set the standard for what guys get away with sexually. Not cool to have three baby daddies, wear self-respect and acting with class.”

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6. Interview with Congressman Chip Roy

(27:38–38:58; 33:00–36:41) Clay Travis and Chip Roy

• Thanksgiving football talk: Chip Roy discusses family football loyalties and his kids siding with Texas A&M.
• Border and Economy: Roy highlights Texans' gratitude for Trump’s border policies and prioritizes affordability and inflation as top issues.

  “People in Texas…are just deeply thankful that President Trump has done the main thing that he campaigned on, which is securing the border of the United States.” (29:47 Chip Roy)

• Texas Issues: Roy discusses Sharia law, Islamification, and crime, asserting the need for more patience as inflation and affordability are addressed post-Carter era, comparing it to how long Reagan needed to show progress.
• Military: He lauds increased recruiting and faith in the academies.
• Ukraine Peace Efforts (Breaking News): Clay breaks news that Trump’s team is negotiating for a Russia-Ukraine peace deal.

  “If anybody can, the president can. And what I mean by that is he has been committed and resolved to peace since he has been a candidate…” (36:12 Chip Roy)

• Thanksgiving Dinner Draft Picks: Chip's pick—fried okra.

  “My wife literally makes the best of it anywhere in the world. It’s fried okra.” (37:50 Chip Roy)

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7. Listener Engagement & Closing

• The hosts field more comments about relationships and nostalgic “shotgun marriage” stories.
• “My Cousin Vinnie” emerges as the most-requested film for a Trump-backed sequel, per listener feedback.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Clay Travis:

  “What has been sold as female empowerment is actually every man’s sexual fantasy from the 1950s and 1960s in real life today.” (16:54)
  “Men are getting... it's really funny…girls are just chasing boys. Is it any wonder that people aren’t coming together?” (12:58)

• "Christy" (Caller):

  “A lot of us who are decent women...there were a lot of women that were just being overlooked. It’s not that they didn’t want to get married...but it takes two people to have that happen.” (07:04)

• Cindy (Caller):

  “All the men today are gay, okay? That’s why we can’t find a good man.” (46:00)

• Chip Roy:

  “People in Texas…are just deeply thankful that President Trump has done the main thing that he campaigned on, which is securing the border of the United States.” (29:47)
  “If anybody can, the president can. And what I mean by that is he has been committed and resolved to peace since he has been a candidate…” (36:12)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 03:04–06:05: Democrats’ leaked texts and party identity crisis
• 06:05–08:01: Christy’s dating complaint; female-male expectations
• 08:01–20:41: Clay’s “unlimited buffet” of sex/commitment and modern dating analysis
• 27:38–38:58: Congressman Chip Roy on Texas politics, Thanksgiving, inflation, and Ukraine
• 46:00–46:23: Cindy on “all the men are gay”
• 46:58–47:50: Clay reads listener emails about shotgun weddings and changing morals

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Tone and Style

The hour is marked by Clay Travis’ irreverent, humorous, and blunt style—balancing cultural critique with jokes and personal anecdotes. Audience calls and emails are integrated to create a lively, conversational atmosphere, with moments of sharp social observation and open nostalgia.

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Useful for Listeners Who Missed the Episode

This summary captures the central debate around modern male-female relations and generational changes in dating, blending data, cultural references, caller anecdotes, and political context. It’s rounded out with thoughts on contemporary conservatism, the economy, and the intersection of pop culture and politics.

Transcript

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Welcome in our number three. Let's have some fun as we roll closer to Thanksgiving with many of you out there beginning the process of traveling. Buck is traveling to New York City to be with his family. I will be traveling soon to be with my family as well. Many of you out there will be traveling and having to deal with travel terrorists who recline their seats in front of you render your otherwise hospitable trip miserable. Let's have this story is just breaking. This is Jack Posobic who I believe is at turning point. There are text leaking. We always have the text leaking stories. This is one that actually proves that many of us are completely sane and that lots of Democrats know how crazy their party has become. We're talking about Afton Bain and all that. Ruben Gallego is a senator from Arizona. He tweeted this is leaked again and again. Let me just say this. I don't like the concept of texts leaking in general. No matter who you are out there, you are texting with people. It doesn't feel fair to me when you are texting for a private audience that the texts go public. Unless it's like the J. Jones stuff where it's like I want my political opponents to be murdered. It's like, okay, this I think may have gotten leaked intentionally by Ruben Gallego's team. Cause it actually makes me like him more. Uh, so in general anti text leak leakage. Um, but here's what he's saying. He's talking about how the Democrat party has lost its way we look. This is Ruben Gallego, Senator from Arizona. According to the Jack Posobic leak, we look like the Not Fun party. Always telling and correcting people, not allowing men to be men, women to be hot. We used to be the party of sex, drugs and rock and roll. Now dim women look like dim men and dim men look like women. He's not wrong and I it'll be interesting to see how much heat he gets for this again. I think he may have leaked to this because I think there's a world where he believes that there is going to be a lane for sanity in the Democrat Party. And there have been rumors that Ruben Gallego might decide to run for president in 2028. Every Democrat on the planet basically is going to be running for president in 2028. Okay. I have promised that I would get to your calls. A ton of you are waiting. You can also always hop in the talkback community. Christie, former, I think. Christy, you called in Utah. According to the team, you were trying to get a job in hr. How has that been going? Is Christie with us?

[Caller (Christy)]

Can you hear me?

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, we got you.

[Caller (Christy)]

Okay. All right. I lost for a minute. So the job market sucks. I can give you a quick update if you want the world beat up yesterday, if you checked out LinkedIn, because nurses all over the country are pissed because of the reclassification from professional to deprofessional. But the reason they did that is because of the loan. Nurses take out so many loans and they take so long to pay back. So there's a lot of misinformation going on out there. And nurses are pissed up.

[Clay Travis]

Are we on? Do you have a song? Do you have us on speaker? Christy?

[Caller (Christy)]

No, you're on my. You're on my earphones. Can you.

[Clay Travis]

Can you just talk to us into the phone itself? I think we'll be able to hear you a little bit better. Yes, I think. Okay. Yeah, we've got you. Okay. So you wanted to say a lot of women are single. Not by choice, because guys suck.

[Caller (Christy)]

Yes. Okay, so here is. Here's the deal. There's a lot of us who are decent women, and there was a period of time where it came out and dating just stopped. So the numbers of women compared to the amount of men, like there's just more women options. So guys started becoming very picky, very selective. And I'm not saying you shouldn't be, but I don't know what it is, but there was a point where there were a lot of women that were just being overlooked. So it's not that they didn't want to get married, they didn't want to have kids, but it takes two people to have that happen. So I feel like there's a different side to this and guys have to bear some responsibility because there are a lot of single, average looking guys and who, you know, don't have a decent career or whatever, are holding out for something just unrealistic. And I don't know where that came from.

[Clay Travis]

Okay, thank you for the call. I don't know. Look, I wrote a lot about this in, in my book, and I get it because I Hear from single women all the time. To be fair, some of you are in your 80s. I bet when you were in your 20s, women were complaining that there were no good men around. Like, I have some fun here. I guarantee you guys finished storming the beaches of Normandy fighting Nazis, and they came back to the United States, and women were like, there's just no good men around. And the. And the soldier, I just killed Hitler with my bare hands. I was fighting the Nazis all over France, all over Germany. And I come back to the United States and all the girls back in the States are like, there's just no good men. We can't. They just beat the Nazis. They're the greatest generation of all time. All right, so I do think there probably have always been women complaining that there aren't enough good men. I don't hear that many men complain that there aren't enough good women. Has that been a trend for a long time? I think that the sexes are different now because a lot of guys are afraid of approaching girls. This is like the Bill Ackman thing that we talked about last week. May I speak to you? I. Or may I meet you? I think was what he said. I think because people live on their phone so much, I think a lot of guys out there, and I got three boys, so I certainly understand this world. I think a lot of guys get on their phone and they send like 60 dms to girls on Instagram and just wait to see who's going to bite. And I think that girls are used to being chased. And I think men have never had it easier than right now. In fact, and I write about this in the book. If you went back in time to 1962 and you told a single guy in 1962, right? Some of you out there listening were in fact single in 1962. If you said, hey, in the future, in 2025, guys are going to be able to have sex with almost no commitment. You're not even going to have to take girls out to dinner. You're going to be able to just get on your phone, which now is mobile, and. And you're going to be able to send a message to 60 different girls. You up where you at now, not even using basic grammatical correctness, and you are going to be able to have abundant women respond to that, and you are going to be able to have completely no strings attached sex with many of them. Would that be a world that single men in 1962 had wanted, or a world in 1962 that single women had wanted? My point here, I think a lot of women, through the guise of female empowerment, have actually ended up signing up for what every single man in the 1960s would have dreamed of. Unlimited buffet of sex, limited commitment, almost no restrictions for male sexual appetite at all. Is that really women's empowerment? If men get everything they ever wanted as single men and it's being sold to women as, go girl. This is your world now, girl boss era. I don't really blame men. I mean, I. Men are getting. It's really funny. It's really funny. And I'm trying to address it in a comedic way because I know some of the women out there are like, crying, and some of you have daughters and granddaughters, and you're like, hello. And they're probably going to clip this and they're going to, you know, they're going to come after me. But you remember the era of shotgun weddings. People are like, oh, you know that guy, he got her pregnant and dad showed up with a shotgun and now they're getting married. And people are like, boy, you know, it's good that we moved on from that. You know, the concept of a shotgun marriage was if you get a woman pregnant, you have an obligation to help raise the child, even potentially marrying the woman, and the dad's going to show up and he's going to shoot you if you don't do it. Because you numb nuts, you put yourself in this position, and we're not just going to make a woman raise a baby by herself and. And let the guy run off into the world and not have to deal with the responsibilities or obligations that he's helped to create. That was like 1950s, 1960s, men had real obligations. And we've created this world where women have been convinced that all of their choices actually fulfill every male fantasy from the 1960s and certainly the 1940s and 1930s. You don't even have to buy a girl a meal. All you gotta do is send a drunk Instagram dm and girls are just chasing boys. Is it any wonder that people aren't coming together because girls are being sold and hey, you should have masculine sex drive. And men are like, why would I? Why would I? Why would I step away from the buffet? I've got unlimited options with virtually no commitment. That doesn't seem like an ideal world to women. Now, again, this is going into the biology. It doesn't add up, right, Women, sorry, if you need to share this Clay Travis does Birds and the bees. You can clip it and share it with your kids. Women have A limited number of eggs that they produce in their lifetime. They should be selective in who they choose to reproduce with because they have a limited number of children that they could produce in their life. Men were like a machine gun, just firing off in every direction. Men like, go, look at what gay dudes do. When I was in college, they had a huge scandal on campus because one of the bathrooms, gay dudes just were showing up and banging each other like crazy in there. That doesn't happen in the women's bathroom. There's never been a scandal on a college campus ever where it's like, hey, a bunch of chicks are showing up in a bathroom and just going to town on each other. It doesn't ha, by the way, make movies about that. They tend to do pretty well because men like the idea. The sexes are very different. Men are often stupid. They don't want to commit. They want to fire off in every direction. You tell a guy there's an orgy in a bathroom, a bunch of dudes are showing up. Chicks aren't. All right, what if you went back in time when Playboy magazine was first created, when Hugh Hefner was like, hey, I got this idea. Marilyn Monroe, take your top off. Men are going to buy this magazine like crazy. He was right. 1950s, 1960s, the sexual revolution that was created actually is just every male fantasy fulfilled. And women have signed on to it thinking that it's the girl boss era. And guess what? A lot of you are looking around like, hey, this is not actually that great for us. Men see us as disposable. They won't commit to us, and as a result, everybody's angry. And by the way, it doesn't actually work that well for most guys because most guys don't have a cornucopia of options. The rich guys do, the tall guys do, the good looking guys do, the quarterbacks do, the. But the guys that are further down on the flowchart, they can't find a girl because the girls all want the exact same guy. I actually disagree with the caller. I think men have lower standards for women than. Than women do for men. Does that make sense? I think there's always a guy who will be attracted to a girl. I think that most women want the same thing. Not to say they won't settle. Heck, I've been married for 20 years. I don't think my wife got the greatest draw of all time, let's be honest. But most women, they're like, I want a guy who's six foot tall. I want a Guy with hair. I want a guy who makes six figures. Right? Most women desire the same thing. Why do they want that? Stability, security. It actually makes sense biologically. Right? A 5 foot 2, 120 pound dude. Sorry, who's bald? Sorry if that's you right now. I'm not trying to take a personal shot at you. Most women are not. That's the man that I want to spend the rest of my life with. Most. There's some, maybe, hopefully. Anyway, there is my solution to the world. Just think about it. I don't hear very many people point it out, but what has been sold as female empowerment is actually every man's sexual Fantasy from the 1950s and 1960s in real life today. And don't even get me started on, you know, these guys go to college campuses now for tailgates. Look at old guys, girls running around, what they're wearing on campus. They can't even believe that this world exists. It really is a buffet for single men with no actually restrictions on their behavior at all. And it's not a surprise to me that a lot of women are looking around and saying, wait a minute, is this, is this actually a good spot? Why can we not get a man to commit? Because he's got a phone in his hand and he can text 60 girls simultaneously and one of them is going to respond. The buffet is always open. And it's not actually that beneficial for most young women. That's my theory. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm an old guy. I got no idea. I wrote about it some in the book. But in all seriousness, I do think, sit around and think about it because ultimately, if people are not having kids, if men and women are not coming together and they're not happy, then we're in a really tough spot. And that's what you're seeing is the number of kids in America is plummeting. And by the way, left wing chicks who were the most into women's empowerment, none of them are having kids. It's like the crazy Afton Bane chick. She even looks down on people who get married. You want to save some money? Pure talks. Great way to save some money. All you have to do is go right now to your phone. £250, say clay and Buck. Over the course of a year, you could save a thousand dollars. As we come up on the holiday season, Thursday is Thanksgiving, four weeks from Thursday is Christmas. How many of you are looking at those bank accounts? The same. Boy, it's going to be expensive. 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[Clay Travis]

Welcome back in Clay Travis Buck sex. I already know what the headlines are going to be. Clay Travis says shotgun wedding should come back. I'm just saying there was a time when men had responsibility when kids are going to be born. And honestly the group that has been the most impacted by this, nobody really talks about it, but obviously I am Civil rights era, pre civil rights era black kids overwhelmingly grew up in households with mom and dad both present. Post civil rights era black kids grow up, oftentimes huge majorities without dads present. Why did that happen? Why did the pre racist America do a better job of preserving the black family? I think partly it's cultural. I think it's one of the biggest questions that should be asked in America today. Look, Rapid radio. So you're going to be on the road. A lot of you, 90% of you who are traveling going to be on the road. Maybe you're going to be in multiple cars. Maybe you got different people in different cars. Remember back in the day used to have those GI Joe radios. You could talk back and forth from one car to another. Rapid radios can do that. Five day charge also work great. In the event of catastrophe. You are going to get hooked up. You're going to love these great gifts for the family. Go to rapid radios.com right now. Rapidradios.com Michigan company they come ready to use right out of the bag. You are going to love them. Rapidradios.com Go check them out today. Great holiday gift on the front lines of truth. Welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton show. Appreciate all of you hanging out with us two days before Thanksgiving. We are rolling through the program. A lot of you weighing in with a variety of different topics out there and we'll get some of your calls to close up shop right now. So tell me in my ear who the actual guest is. Congressman Chip Roy is with us right now. Big game coming up in Texas. The fighting Texas A and M Aggies going on the road against your Texas Longhorns. I believe you are a split family. Who are the kids rooting for? And I'm sure it's going to be an interesting Thanksgiving given the return of a huge rivalry with the greatest season in modern Texas A and M history on the line here.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

Yeah, no question. Great to be on Clay Certainly great to have the rivalry game back. It was a long time not having it for the state of Texas. You rightly point out. My wife is an Aggie. Look, my kids are very, are very much in the A and M direction. So we'll be at the game in Austin, will be there at ut and you know, look, I think this is going to boil down to who wants it more. I mean, these games turn into sort of 50, 50 games no matter what. And in this case, you've got an undefeated A and M who if they win, they know they're in the SEC championship game, they know they're in the driver's seat heading into the playoffs. You got a UT that doesn't want to lose at home, has had a really good record at home now for a while. I think we've had like one loss in the last three seasons or whatever at home. And you know, you've got a situation as to whether the offensive line at Texas is going to do what they need to do to give Arch time and, and then see what, who wants it more. I think that's what it boils down to.

[Clay Travis]

You're running for Attorney General in Texas. We'll get into that in a sec because you guys have an early primary in March. Do you have an official take on. I'm going to be on an airplane later. 90% of people are driving, 10% flying. This is the busiest travel day of the year. You travel a lot because you've had to go back and forth between D.C. and Texas a ton over the past several years. What is your perspective on reclining seats?

[Congressman Chip Roy]

I mean, man, talk about the important questions. Look, I gotta tell you, when I'm sitting there in a smashed up seat and somebody reclines in front of me, yeah, it definitely elevates the blood pressure.

[Clay Travis]

But you get my vote, you know, get my vote. That's the right answer. That's the right answer here. I can't vote in the Texas Attorney General race. I'm not a Democrat. If I were, I probably find a way to vote. But if I were in Texas, you would have just gotten my vote. With your, your take on reclining seats, how is the campaign going and what is the overall vibe you would say that you see as you go around campaigning all over Texas?

[Congressman Chip Roy]

Look, right now what we've got are people in Texas who are just deeply thankful that President Trump has done the main thing that he campaigned on, which is securing the border of the United States. I cannot tell you how important that is to the people of Tex and what that's meant for sanity and what we're dealing with in South Texas and ranches and fentanyl pouring in and the danger it posed to our communities. And everybody's feeling that nationwide, of course, everybody's talking about affordability, and that is a major issue. And we're talking about it. We're campaigning on it. And obviously, I'm going out in Texas and I'm talking about the Sharia law and the extent to which there's the Islamification of Texas and the borders and the crime on the streets. But affordability is a major issue, as I'm still a member of Congress and the president's doing a lot of great work there. I had a long meeting with the Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Besant, last Friday. We talked about a number of issues, one of which was affordability. And everybody gets. We need to deal with health care issues, housing costs, and getting grocery prices down. But part of it's a little bit of patience. Now, you know, Clay, you. You and I are getting old. So we're old enough to remember the Reagan era. And, you know, he came in in 1981, and it took a little while to unwind the damage of the Carter years. Yeah, we're nine, ten months in. Right. And the president, we passed a big, beautiful bill. We cut taxes, we're deregulating, we're strengthening our military. We're getting sanity back. We got a little patience. We got to head into the mid, you know, midterms, and make sure we deliver for the country, for people who are concerned about. And I am, too. Like, I don't like going and seeing $6, $7 ground beef. You know, like, things are expensive and everybody knows it, but we're unwinding that the overall inflation number is trending in the right direction. We've got to do our part to grow the economy, cut spending, get health care in the right place, and we're taking the right steps, but we got it. We got to make sure that we get out and explain to the American people that we're delivering for them on the things they care about.

[Clay Travis]

You know, that's an important point because I started off the show talking about it. Economy, border, crime. Trump delivered on the border. He's delivered on crime in a substantial way. You talked about the impact of the border in Texas, but on the economy. I talked specifically about this Jimmy Carter. It took a while for people to get over the awful inflation of the Carter era. And in fact, if people out there, I've studied it, we were young but if you look, it took until about 1984 when Reagan came out and squashed 49 out of 50 states, every state but Minnesota. Everybody said, you know what? Things are getting fixed. It might not be the case, unfortunately, that everybody can see how much work Trump has done by next year. And, you know this, Congressman, one of the challenges is telling people something that they haven't seen yet can make you seem like you're out of touch, Right? Me, you, everybody out there who says, hey, trust me, inflation's coming down. But I talked about this the other day when I go to Subway, and it cost me nearly 30 bucks for me and my son to go have a Subway meal, or it cost me 50 bucks to go to Chick Fil A. Things just cost more in when I see the reality than it seems like they should cost in my head.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

Yeah, Clay, you nailed it. And this is one of the things that I'm dealing with when I talk to the people across Texas right here. You said it like crime and border. I think people get that we've delivered on, and I just want to remind people how important that is. You can't just unring the bell. Once you've created the damage, it takes a little bit of time to go fix all of that. And when it comes to the affordability issue, like, remember that some of this is working through a trajectory shift. The trajectory that Donald Trump and that the current Republican Congress is putting the country on is a trajectory of success for our kids and our grandkids. We're talking about unwinding the extent to which we're dependent on China for manufacturing, reclaiming manufacturing in the United States, securing the border, kicking people out who shouldn't be here, making our streets safe again. Like Charlie Kirk, when he talked about what he wanted, he wanted his daughter to be able to walk down the street safe. He wanted more people to know Jesus. He wanted to have a community that you could know the people next to you. We're trying to rebuild that America and do so while we're growing in AI but doing it smart. Figure out how we can do the things that we want to so that we have the America for our kids and our grandkids, where we're safe, secure. Where we have a military, by the way. Military. Let's take that alone. Recruiting is up. Enlistment is up. The academies are competitive again because people believe it's a place where you want to send your son or your daughter to be able to train up and also to serve our country. These are all things we should be applauding, running on, and yes, acknowledging openly and honestly with the people of the United States that we have much more work to do to make it affordable. I admit it, I have to go buy those same groceries. It's brutal. And we, my wife and I, have to work through a budget. And guess what? I feel it, too. So we've got to keep working through it. But the country's trend, our trajectory is in a to a direction of safety, security, sovereignty, strength, confidence, and something you're proud of. And that's what we need to run on.

[Clay Travis]

Breaking news. I'll get your reaction to this on the way out. President Trump has just posted, over the past week, my team has made tremendous progress with respect to ending the war between Russia and Ukraine. I'm summarizing the post that literally he just posted in the last couple of minutes. I am now, he said. In the hopes of finalizing this peace plan, I've directed my special envoy, Steve Witkoff, to meet with President Putin in Moscow. At the same time, Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll will be meeting with the Ukrainians. I'll be briefed on all progress made, along with J.D. vance. Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth and Susie Wiles look forward to hopefully meeting with President Zelensky and President Putin soon. This is President Trump's post he just put up, but only when the deal to end the war is final or in its final stages. He hopes again, peace can be accomplished as soon as possible. I know there's a lot of things going on. Are you optimistic that President Trump can deliver on trying to get a peace agreement in Ukraine? Again, this just coming down in the last two minutes.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

If anybody can, the president can. And what I mean by that is he has been committed and resolved to peace since he has been a candidate and since he's been in office first term and second term, that's been his driving force. Marco Rubio, same thing. I know this because I talked to Marco about this before he was the secretary of State. These are people who want to end up in a place where we know how no longer have endless wars, but we have peace. So do I know that this is going to work out?

[Clay Travis]

No.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

I haven't seen the details of it yet, but I go back to my point about trajectory and who do you want running the country? Do you want someone who wants to continue war because you're trying to pursue some fanciful notion of what you think is right for the people of Ukraine, or do you want to find a way to get this to peace and make sure that we're protecting the boundaries and protecting Eastern Europe while making sure that we are not engaging in endless conflicts. Look, I think that's where the President is. I think that's where the American people are. And I think it's critically important that people realize we need to make decisions on geopolitical questions. We need to make those decisions based on what is good for our country and national security, not on what's good for the pocketbooks of people trading stocks, including members of Congress that are day trading, while we're trying to figure out whether or not we should start another war. That's how the American people are. I know this because I represent them.

[Clay Travis]

Two days until Thanksgiving. I'll let you go out on this question. What is your number one draft pick of Thanksgiving dinner? If you could only go one time and you had only one thing to put on your plate, it would be what?

[Congressman Chip Roy]

Man, that's a great question. I'm going to surprise you, but I'm a Texan and I'm proud of it. My. My wife literally makes the best of it anywhere in the world. It's fried okra.

[Clay Travis]

Oh, wow. Interesting. You know, my 15 year old, one of his favorite things in the world. I mean, he will almost get a full plate. Like if you get multiple. If you can get a side at a dinner, he'll say, just give me double fried okra. So I. That's off the board a little bit, but I think he got a solid pick there.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

Yeah, look, you got to get. Look, I love the traditionals. I mean, I'm. I'm a cranberry out of the can guy. I'm a dress stuffing. Like my mom makes a traditional cornbread dressing. I love it. I may fry the turkey. Guy. We're getting. I got the fryer all prepared. We're going to be frying the turkey on Thursday morning. Look, I mean, I love it. Gotta have the right gravy. But if you're asking me to pick, I gotta have the one thing, man. I. We make my dad's recipe. My wife makes it. The fried okra, man, I'm living the dream.

[Clay Travis]

All right, enjoy the games. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, football. Cornucopia of awesome excess. And I hope everybody, including you in the state of Texas, has a great time. We appreciate you, Congressman.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

Thanks, Clay. God bless malls and pulling for Virginia to beat Virginia Tech on Saturday for only the third time in 26 years. I gotta throw that out there, too. But God bless, man. You have a great weekend.

[Clay Travis]

Thank you. Appreciate that. The Cavaliers are into the ACC championship game if they beat Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech just hired by the way, my friend James Franklin. I think that's a really good hire for them as well. And I wish Buck were here. I'll hit him with this tomorrow. I've got a pick that involves his favorite player, George Pickles. Actually George Pickens who is on fire right now. Speaking of Texas with the Dallas Cowboys. This pays out at 5x this is my Thanksgiving prize pick special. George pickens more than 76 and a half receiving yards. We've got a touchdown from Jameer Gibbs more than one half rushing or receiving touchdown and Drake may quarterback for the New England patriots more than 239 and a half passing yards. If that hits five to one payout, you go right now to prize picks. You can download the app. You can go to prizepix.com you can play in Texas, you can play in California, you can play in Georgia. 40 plus states out there you can get hooked up 5x again. Pickens more than 76 1/2 receiving yards. Jameer Gibbs more than 1/2 rushing or receiving touchdown. He went off in the most recent Detroit Lions game against the Giants and Drake made more than 239 and a half passing yards. You just pick more or less. There you go. We are on our way. Big winner. Code [e-mail] that is code clay $50 when you play $5 at prize picks app and pricepix.com go get hooked up today.

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[Clay Travis]

Welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton Show. Buck will be with me tomorrow. We appreciate all of you hanging out with us. We have got so many reactions rolling in. I need to pull up and and see all of the different suggestions. We're having fun with it. It actually is really ridiculous. But Trump has gotten Rush Hour four greenlit and there are tons of you out there weighing in with the next movie that you would like the president to greenlight. But we have a suggestion. I think this is Gigi. Why can Cindy's unhappy from Virginia. What's the issue with men? She has a perspective.

[Caller (Christy)]

Listen, Cindy from Virginia. Clay, all the men today are gay, okay? That's why we can't find a good man. It's like picking through a haystack looking.

[Clay Travis]

For that little needle.

[Caller (Christy)]

And I'm telling you, they're just not there. I can see why the girls go the other way. Lol.

[Clay Travis]

You guys are great. That is Cindy. Big issue is that there's all the guys are gay. I understand why the women can't find them. Mike In Raleigh, North Carolina, we're often number one in Raleigh. We appreciate all you listening in North Carolina. 106.1 FM says he's got to take on my rant to start off hour three about how women are upset because they've created a world that actually is just every man's fantasy fulfilled. Listen, hey Clay, Mike here in North Carolina, I'm 6 foot 6 inches tall.

[Congressman Chip Roy]

Not really built for airplane travel.

[Clay Travis]

You know, not wide, just tall. And I mean even when the seats not reclined, my knees are in the back of the seat in front of me. So when people decide to recline their chair, you know, shortly after watching me walk right past him, it's just so inconsiderate. Amen Look, I've got a ton of emails rolling in. Maybe we'll hit some of these tomorrow. I'm sure we're going to get a ton of talkbacks too, but I was VIP email from Fred Clay, I think you were reading my biography. I graduated high school 1961, joined the Navy, got my girlfriend pregnant, had a shotgun wedding, 63rd anniversary in January. Also was a Playboy subscriber. He says back in the day got a good laugh about your talk and a ton of people out there are weighing in. Joe says Clay, you're so right about the situation with women and men. I came of age in the 60s and 70s, was sold out on women's live. Love the opportunity but not the part about hating men. Women have created this nightmare. We need guys to be strong fathers to kids. Guys don't want to be bossed around, just loved and respected. Women set the standard for what guys get away with sexually. Not cool to have three baby daddies, wear self respect and acting with class. Your biggest fan from East Tennessee Go Falls. Tons of these rolling in. Appreciate all of you. My cousin Vinnie by the way, most common movie that you guys would like to trump to get a sequel made. That's actually really a fun one. Love all of you. We'll be back. Be safe on your travels and we will. Buck and I talk with you tomorrow on Thanksgiving eve. Thanks for hanging with us. Clay, Travis and Buck Sexton on the front lines of truth.

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