Team 47 - My Summer Trip to Washington - The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

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Clay Travis
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Clay Travis
You're listening to team 47 with Clay and Buck. I'm sitting in studio right now with Senator Marsha Blackburn from Tennessee. And I'm up here because my son is going to be doing an internship. And this is intern season for so many different offices out there. Do you remember the first time you came to D.C. i know you've been up here for a while. What do you remember about that?
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Marsha Blackburn
Yeah, you know, I. I was in high school, and it was a 4H club leadership summit, and it was absolutely so exciting to me and to come up and to have lunch with my senator and get that photo and you know, what fun.
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Clay Travis
What. What do you think young Marsha Blackburn on that 4H trip would have thought if you had told her, hey, one day you're going to be a congresswoman and a senator yourself? Do you think you would have believed it? Were you interested in politics at that age?
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Marsha Blackburn
I was very involved, yes. I thought that good citizenship was important. And we. Even as I was cleaning out some things, one day I found a flyer I had done and distributed to all my neighbors as part of a citizenship project, reminding them to go vote and the importance of going to vote. But never would I have thought I would have been an elective office. But, you know, that's just one of those things I tell young people all the time. Be. Be ready to walk through open doors and realize you don't chart your path. God charts your path. And to be mindful and to accept those open doors.
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Clay Travis
What did you think last night when you saw the footage from Los Angeles out of control?
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Marsha Blackburn
These men and women that are there trying to get these criminal illegal aliens? Why in the world would you have a mayor and a governor that are siding and trying to protect criminal illegal aliens and to obstruct ICE and keep them from doing their job? And, you know, I. Clay, you talk to so many people when you're on the air every day. I'm not hearing from people that want to keep criminal illegal aliens. Look at what is happening in Nashville. And this is not a partisan issue. This is a 90% issue. And people will say, if they are criminals, they need to be removed. Let's remove these individuals. And people realize that coming across that border illegally is a crime. And of course, we ISIS out there doing their job. We are a nation that is built on the rule of law. And it is imperative that these officials implement abide by the law. If they don't like the law, they can try to change the law, but it is. There are set procedures for entering the country legally. There are statutes that determine what is and is not a crime and whether it's a felony or a misdemeanor, and to have people that want to pick and choose and say, we're going to enforce this, but we're not going to enforce that. And a sanctuary for this, but not for that. This is what really spurs a lot of the chaos that you're seeing take place in places like la.
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Clay Travis
It's not just LA either, because I hear from some people and I know we've got a lot of people listening in California, but they say, oh, that's just a blue city there. What do I care? We live in a red state, you and me. You're my. One of my senators, and I'm glad that you are, and maybe more here in a little bit. But when you see what's happening in Nashville, because I think a lot of people out there say, okay, state of Tennessee, very red. There's a Mayor, Freddie o' Connell, in a city of Nashville, who has basically said, hey, we're going to try to stop ICE from doing their work. This has become a big talking point, many cities all over the place. First you have got a bill called the Remove act that would take from 90 days down to 15 days to help expedite the removal of people who shouldn't be in this country. So that is something you're doing directly to try to help the President. But when you see a city like Nashville, when you see someone making the choices that the mayor there is making, that Karen Bass is making in Los Angeles, to directly defy the President's authority, can you believe it?
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Marsha Blackburn
It is difficult to believe. And this is why removing these criminal illegal aliens is a 90% issue, and people want them to be taken out of the country. And the other thing is the doxing. This is something that happened in Nashville and you had the mayor and his office that actually exposed the names of HCI investigators and also of our ICE agents and their operations. Now, you cannot do that and exposing that. We found out that it is not illegal to reveal the name of a law enforcement officer. It is illegal when they're undercover and you reveal their information. So my preventing law enforcement doxing that legislation, we've also filed to include law enforcement who are implementing the law in that so that we can protect our law enforcement officers at the local, state and federal level. It should be illegal to dox them, whether they're undercover or out doing their regular job. And what we see happening with this obstruction is people are saying, why are the Democrats choosing to die on this Hill.
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Clay Travis
Yeah.
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Marsha Blackburn
Why are they absolutely making this their issue number one when this is something that people overwhelmingly support? Get them removed from the country. Protect law enforcement. Don't dox them. Don't go put their pictures up, don't go put their home address, don't endanger their families. People want to show respect for law enforcement.
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Clay Travis
Department of justice is investigating what Nashville had happened. You've asked for that.
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Marsha Blackburn
Yes.
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Clay Travis
Pam Bondi is the Attorney General. What do you expect that investigation to be like? How should it.
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Marsha Blackburn
You know, I, I'm sure they will have something to say about this. I've sent the letter over. I have requested that they formalize an investigation and I would expect that at some point we will hear from that. You do have the Homeland Security Committee in the House, which is chaired by Representative Green out of Tennessee.
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Clay Travis
Yes.
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Marsha Blackburn
And also the Judiciary Committee in the House. They have started an investigation looking at what happened with obstructing these, these raids.
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Clay Travis
Were you as stunned? I mean, you've lived in the state of Tennessee and in the Nashville area as have I for a very long time. And look, sometimes mayors are good, sometimes mayors are bad, particularly as it pertains to any big city that you might have in a, in a state. I was stunned when I saw the mayor of Nashville, Freddie o' Connell, engaging in this behavior and having a press conference to brag about it. Were you as stunned as I was?
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Marsha Blackburn
I was stunned. I couldn't believe that there would be a defiance of removing criminals. You know, one of the top issues, when you talk to people in middle Tennessee and west Tennessee crime, they talk about the escalated occurrence of criminal acts. Carjacking, particularly in Memphis, home robbery had.
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Clay Travis
One of the highest violent crime rates in the whole nation.
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Marsha Blackburn
Right. And, and so it has stunned people that Nashville had a mayor that would come out and would choose to protect criminal illegal aliens over law abiding citizens. When people have been saying we've got to get the crime down. They've been really unsettled by the number of home robberies that have taken place and the number of gangs that have moved into the Nashvill. I have not talked to a single person who wants to have more trend day or Agua or MS.13 in their community. I mean, not one. They want them gone, they should be gone.
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Clay Travis
We're talking to Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee. Okay. In particular now, big, beautiful bill is underway.
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Marsha Blackburn
Yes.
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Clay Travis
You are in the Senate majority, 53 Republicans. I'm sure you, like everybody else, saw Elon and Trump going back and forth. Elon says there's not enough cutting of spending that's going on. This is past the House. President Trump says, hey, we're gonna create incredible growth rate. We're gonna put in place all these tax cuts for years and years to go cuz otherwise they expire. What should we know about the big beautiful bill? What should the timeframe be? There's a ton of deal with the border as well, which would help to ideally keep some other president like Biden from wide opening the border again to allow people to pour in. What's the latest? What should we know? What's the timeframe?
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Marsha Blackburn
Yes, and we are hopeful to have it to the President by July 4th so that we've got that true independence today. And we know that this is a tax cut bill. It is kind of Tax Cut and Jobs Act 2.0 and we will make those tax cuts permanent. We're also trying to make permanent RD bonus, depreciation, interest expensing because we've got a lot of small businesses in Tennessee. 93% of our jobs are small business jobs in the state and that's important to them. Also provisions for no tax on tips, overtime and Social Security. And that is my legislation to remove the tax from Social Security for our seniors. So we're in the process of negotiating those. We're finalizing of those provisions. We want to get permanence on these provisions. That's how you get that extended growth that will run out past 10 years. So we'd like not to be back at the negotiating table in businesses and individuals. Tennesseans tell me all the time, just tell me what the rules are and I'll play by the rules. But we don't like this changing everything and especially when we have so many small businesses, mom and pop, small business, manufacturing businesses on our main streets. We need some permanence.
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Clay Travis
We've had Senator Ron Johnson on the show. He says more spending needs to be cut. We've had Rand Paul on saying the same thing. Are you optimistic that the Senate is going to be able to come to an agreement?
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Marsha Blackburn
Yes, I am. The House did one and a half trillion in spending reductions. The Senate wants a $2 trillion reduction and we've got a pathway to do that. Now the Doge cut are they have to come to us through OMB from the White House and then that is going into what is called a rescission bill. So we can't put those into the reconciliation, the tax bill. They've got to travel separately kind of at the same time. We got the first package of those it's $9 billion, which over a 10 billion. A 10 year period. You're talking about significant savings.
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Clay Travis
Last question for you. I think the key to all this is growth. There's a guy who lives in the Nashville area, he's kind of smart laugher who will come on, he makes this case. But I think it's one that is being missed a little bit. And I want to give you an opportunity. But if we get the growth of the economy to 3% or more, which I think we will, then we are going to actually start to cut the deficit.
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Marsha Blackburn
That's correct.
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Clay Travis
And it's really important because the CBO and there's all these numbers that are running around out there, all of it's predicated, the projections on what the growth rate of the country is. If we get to 3%, then the national debt starts getting paid down. And the President's focused on growth more than cuts. Ideally you get both. But growth to a large extent, according to people like Art Laffer, is the.
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Marsha Blackburn
Most important thing that is accurate. And bear in mind CBO is always wrong on their projections. They have been wrong every single time. They were wrong on the 2017 cuts.
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Clay Travis
Yes.
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Marsha Blackburn
And so you, you do want to reduce spending and you want to get that growth. And President Trump had the Senate Finance Republicans at the White House last week to work on some of this with him, the Vice President, Secretary Bessant and Kevin Hassett. And one of the things we know is that if you are growing, if you put these cuts in place and it's the largest tax cut and you get permanence, R and D and expensing and depreciation, then you are going to see that because you will have your small businesses choose to grow.
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Clay Travis
Yes.
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Marsha Blackburn
And to hire and to expand. That is, that is how you get that growth. And the multiplier effect on that is so significant.
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Clay Travis
And not only that, Covid hit right as Trump's economy was exploding. Right. January of 2020, February of 2020, probably the greatest economic season we've ever had.
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Marsha Blackburn
Correct.
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Clay Travis
And then Covid happened and suddenly everything goes off the rails. We get that rolling again. By 2024, 2028 in the next election cycle, we should be firing on all cylinders.
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Marsha Blackburn
That is accurate. And we are looking forward to having this permanence. And then bear in mind, when we did the Tax Cut and Jobs act, the biggest benefactor of those changes were your small businesses. You saw such an explosion of small business manufacturing. And this was so good for Tennessee. We had a lot of businesses that had been there for years that this was their chance to grow. So they jumped to that level and now they are waiting to hire, they are waiting to invest, they're waiting to punch send on those equipment orders because they want to be able to depreciate that in that first year or two and then move into upgrades.
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Clay Travis
Senator Marsha Blackburn with us, by the way, just walking in behind you, one of your Senate colleagues, Senator Tommy Tuberville. You guys may be governor colleagues before long, too.
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Marsha Blackburn
Tommy Tuberville's a great guy. We call him Coach.
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Clay Travis
Yeah, he's going to be on with us here in just a second. Senator Marsha Blackburn, thank you. Keep up the good work and we look forward to celebrating. And the big beautiful bill is done. You got it, team 47. We are joined now by Trisha McLaughlin, who is doing fabulous work inside of the Trump administration. And in fact, she is the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Obviously, a lot going on there. Trisha, when you watch the footage, and I'm sure you're watching it on FOX News or cnn, of the protests inside of la, what's your thought? What are you thinking as you're watching that?
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Trisha McLaughlin
I mean, I'm thinking multiple things. First of all, I'm so disgusted by these rioters, which Karen Bass and Gavin Newsom continue to call peaceful protest. But I'm also so proud of our law enforcement. In the face of such hatred, in the face of taunting, in the face of violence, they are being pummeled by rocks. They are so patriotic and professional and stand with such dignity. And I think all Americans can be so proud of them.
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Marsha Blackburn
Trisha, appreciate you being with us. When are we going to be able to get some data? Is it really just collected on a. On a monthly basis on the. The actual numbers of people that have been taken into custody and then deported under these operations, like the one that got these rioters so riled up in Los Angeles. Cause I think that that data speaks to the speed with which the administration is moving and the seriousness with which they are approaching this effort.
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Trisha McLaughlin
Yeah, absolutely. So we're north of 300 in the last 72 hours for arrest of criminal legal aliens. So that includes child molesters, rapists, convicted murderers, arsonists, multiple gang members. These are the heinous individuals that Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass and the ACLU and these rioters are trying to protect as our ICE enforcement officers are putting themselves in harm's way to get these criminal legal aliens off of our streets. And our message to protesters is we're only going to ramp up. We are going to keep going. We're not going to be deterred by their violence. And you'll only see arrest numbers spike.
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Clay Travis
It seems that the overwhelming majority I've been looking at the polling supports the idea of what President Trump and your department are doing, which is arresting people who shouldn't be here, particularly violent predators, and getting them outside of the country. Is Gavin Newsom just already running for president in your mind? I mean, he's already a failed governor of California. We know Karen Bass is a failed mayor. President's had to travel out there to talk about the need to allow people to rebuild all over the LA area for the wildfires that took down their homes. It seems crazy to me that this would be the decision of the Democrat Party, but I'm looking right now. Now, I don't know if you've seen this yet, but there is a new poll out showing the Democrat Party approval rating. This is from Quinnipiac. The Democrat party has a 21% approval rating, a 70% disapproval rating. This just came out. They seem to just be intent on opposing whatever Trump does, even if what President Trump is doing is wildly popular.
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Trisha McLaughlin
Yeah, I think you're exactly right. They are desperate for a message. They don't have one. They're just trying to work this same tricks and the same message that they did in 2020 and 2024. Their message has been Trump bad and January six bad. It's been five years, guys. And the American people love Donald Trump. They don't have a message and they're really doubling down on protecting these criminal, illegal aliens when we know we have the will of the American people. Donald Trump ran on mass deportations and getting these criminal legal aliens off of our streets. And that's exactly what he's delivering. So. So I think there's some derangement syndrome going on for sure. And Gavin Newsom is doubling down on incompetent, incompetent governance. And I think that the polls are going to not look so great for him if he does decide to run in a Democrat primary.
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Marsha Blackburn
Trisha McLaughlin, thank you so much for being with us from DHS. We'll let you rest up that voice.
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Trisha McLaughlin
I appreciate we're working hard.
[22:42]
Marsha Blackburn
Thank you. Thanks for what you're doing.
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Marsha Blackburn
Listen, this is good news indeed. People said it couldn't be done. You got it done. I just have to sign, right? That's very good. This is really something. And it has to do with the California Auto regulation cra. It's been a disaster for this country and I want to thank everybody for being here. We officially rescue the US auto industry from destruction by terminating the California electric vehicle mandate once and for all.
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Clay Travis
Okay. There is the announcement Buck from President Trump. I knew he wanted, would want to talk about a lot of different things, but this is the thing he was most excited to talk about with us.
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Marsha Blackburn
Yeah, I know he was. We sat down and we were obviously, we're already thinking about Iran, but also we're talking border, we're talking riots in LA and how he's. And he was like, gentlemen, did you see, did you see the thing I did on the vehicles? We're like, yeah, yes, sir, Mr. President, we saw. And he really, because he had just signed it, I was very proud of it. He just done a press conference on it. Just to bring everybody up to speed on this Clay, because this has got, this is one of these. It's actually a big deal, but it has gotten in the media cycle, the news cycle we live in, it has definitely gotten buried quite a bit. The Republican led Congress passed these resolutions in May to reverse Biden administration approval of the California electric vehicle mandate. When the President signs a joint resolution revoking federal laws, it carries the force of law and are not subject to judicial review. So this, this is actually something that matters a whole lot. And for anyone who's forgotten what this, what this says, California in 2024 banned gasoline powered car sales by 2035 and revoked the federal waiver that would allow that allows it to set its own tailpipe emission standards under the clean Air Act. 17 states, 30% of the US vehicle market had adopted this plan, which, you know, again, this is a California EV mandate. This is nuts. Yeah, this is completely insane. These states were going to say, you can't sell a normal car anymore in our state by 20, 20, 35, 10 years. It's going to go pretty fast past sir. Trump has freed the auto market from this insanity. And, and it's, it's a big win. It's a big win for those of us who don't necessarily want to drive an EV but also don't want the climate change lunatics in completely infringing on markets and driving up the cost of everything for no reason.
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Clay Travis
Totally. And look, and this is what Trump told us and we're not speaking out of turn on this story when we were sitting talking with him. If you want to own an ev, go power, more power to you. Right. The market should dictate the choices that you make. The state should not dictate the choices that you are forced to make.
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Marsha Blackburn
Imagine California and there was a time, Clay, when I think this was something they would have wanted to do. Imagine California said, and it's going to make Clay very sad because I've seen the cars that Clay has. No SUVs allowed. Yeah, we're going with an SUV ban in this state. California says you're not allowed to sell an SUV in the state of California. California, remember for a while it was, oh, they're gas guzzling now. SUVs have actually become very efficient and they're hugely popular. It's like a giant part of the US car sales market. Car market. But you just say, well, that's a completely ridiculous intrusion on the car market in a huge state. So Trump has again, all he has done is restored choice to the consumer and restored the ability of the auto market market to be a market instead of some kind of state enforced mandate based on green New Deal insanity. So it is a really big win.
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Clay Travis
It is, totally. And by the way, we should update, there are air raid sirens being going off in Israel right now as there is an expectation that Iran has fired some missiles in their direction. Updating you on what is taking place there. It is now night in Israel, so it's probably not a huge surprise that the attack back would come at night. We'll see if it's even as substantial or Iran is capable buck of doing even as much as they tried to do the last time when they put what A hundred missiles in the air and Israel and its allies effectively shot down all of those missiles and there were no casualties.
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Marsha Blackburn
I think Israel first of all, I hope and pray that they're able to shoot down these missiles which are just intended. Remember, the strikes that Israel did were precise strikes at, at legitimate military targets. And what Iran is going to do in response is I just want they're just trying to send a big missile that goes boom into a crowded apartment building and kill as many Jews as possible. That's what the Iranian response is supposed to be. They always fight these wars. So I think that the Israelis are going to have a ratcheted or a tiered response months whereby every time Iran does something, the Israelis are just going to raise the cost for Iran. And then it's a question of how much more of this do they want. You know, Ben Shapiro is on this last hour. He said leaving the mullahs alive gives them something to think about. The mullahs may not survive this thing. We'll see what happens. They, they if they order a lot of mass casualty, attempted mass casualty attacks on Israel. The Israelis have mapped out that whole country and they have total dominance in the skies. We'll see what ends up happening with this, no doubt.
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Clay Travis
And, and, and on that front as we wait to see what's going to happen there, I will say this about our visit to the White House. A lot of you wanted to know if I was going to be able to get in. The answer was yes. I brought my passport yesterday or two days ago. My I don't have the real ID and you have to have a real ID or a passport. So I was able to get in with my passport. I was struck buck. Leave aside the politics of the current moment and many of the topics that we discussed, the sheer happy warrior dumb vibe that existed in the West Wing yesterday when we visited with whether It's President Trump. J.D. vance, Caroline Levitt Margo Trump's top personal assistant. Natalie who follows him around everywhere where it is a intensely positive environment there. And I think it's because they know that they are doing the work that the American people sent them there to do and they know how to do it and they are delivering and Trump has a level of confidence in what is required to do the job that is next level. And let me just echo this again. The Israelis consultants posted with the Trump team and Trump went out yesterday and threw an all time head fake saying that the negotiations were still ongoing. Same thing happened with Pete Hegseth went to a Washington Nationals game with his kids. Obviously it's Father's Day weekend. You had Marco Rubio. This was a masterclass, I think, in subterfuge and the ability to catch Iran unaware. And for Israel to have the ability buck to actually have the Iranians schedule in person meetings so they could directly attack because they are so enmeshed in the Iranian security services is really an incredible strength of their attack. And let me just mention this too. A lot of people told you, some on the right, many on the left, that if Israel attacked Iran, we're still in the early stages, that this would basically be a preset to World War 3. I think you're now learning Iran is not very strong. They lack the ability to even defend their own country. And China and Russia, they're not coming to the aid. The other Middle Eastern countries, many of them welcome this even if they say publicly. There's a difference between public and private conversations. They may say publicly they don't like it. Privately they are very welcoming even of this. And I think you're seeing that a lot of the cataclysmic analysis, as often is the case, was not reflected in reality.
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Marsha Blackburn
Yes. And this is on track to be one of the most successful military operations in modern military history. So we hope that that continues because it is, it is to the benefit of everyone that we root for here that that is the case. Not just our friends and allies in Israel and not just other Middle Eastern countries and countries in the region that are very pleased to see the Iranian threat cut down to size. But also for the Iranian people, it weakens a regime that has been nothing but a nightmare for them for 50 years to now. And it is long past time for there to be change. And there's no reason why Iran can't be something a lot more along the lines of say, Turkey, you know, another country with a tremendously proud history and, and a really rich past that functions as a, I'm not saying Turkey's perfect. We have our occasional gripes with them in NATO, but it's a functioning modern state and not one that keeps anybody up at night in Israel, United States or really around the region for that matter. So that I think is, is what is possible here. And it's, it's looking like so far it's a very good day. As you said, there's missiles in the air and we don't know what the Iranians are going to pull, pull off with any reprisals. But their military to military capability is, is, is de minimis. It's really the terror, the terror strikes that we would have to be worried about or, you know, terror cells that go operational. And we're going to have to keep a close eye on that. And it's very hard to fight against those or it's very hard to catch all of those, I should say. But that can't change the reality of what just happened to Israel, which is its military and nuclear program have been effectively decapitated.
[39:39]
Clay Travis
And I think this is so important for ordinary Iranians. I thought it was interesting that Ben Shapiro told us that they basically have tried to turn off the Internet in Iran because they don't want people to understand what's actually going on on. But at some point, these conversations are going to start as they start anywhere in the world. When humans gather. Wait a minute. You've been in power, the Ayatollahs for two generations. You told us Israel was the great evil. You told us that we were going to eradicate Israel from the planet. And actually we don't even have the ability to fight Israel. Leave aside the religion, leave aside all these things, just pure efficacy of government. Israel has created one of the great technological civilizations in the history of the Middle east. And Iran has been left behind. The Ayatollahs are being embarrassed.
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Marsha Blackburn
There are early reports now of direct, of some direct hits on Tel Aviv. So we don't know what the, the scale of those hits are or what if there, if there are any casualties. We don't know. We just know. Clay, right now as we're talking to you, there are real time reports of impacts in Tel Aviv. We're going to continue to watch this very closely.
[40:52]
Clay Travis
Thanks for listening to Team 47 with clay and Buck.
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Podcast Summary: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Episode: Team 47 - My Summer Trip to Washington
Release Date: June 15, 2025
Host/Authors: Clay Travis and Buck Sexton
Guest: Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee

Introduction to Senator Marsha Blackburn

In this episode of Team 47, hosts Clay Travis and Buck Sexton welcome Senator Marsha Blackburn from Tennessee. The conversation kicks off with a nostalgic reflection as Clay shares his personal connection, mentioning his son's internship and Blackburn reminisces about her first visit to Washington D.C. during a high school 4H club leadership summit.

"I was very involved, yes. I thought that good citizenship was important... Be ready to walk through open doors and realize you don't chart your path. God charts your path."
— Marsha Blackburn [03:32]

Immigration and Law Enforcement

The discussion swiftly transitions to the pressing issue of immigration, focusing on the challenges posed by illegal immigration in major cities. Senator Blackburn expresses frustration with local officials in Los Angeles and Nashville who, in her view, obstruct the efforts of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

"These men and women that are there trying to get these criminal illegal aliens... It's not a partisan issue. This is a 90% issue."
— Marsha Blackburn [04:24]

She criticizes the concept of "doxing" law enforcement officers, advocating for stronger protections to prevent the exposure of their identities and ensuring their safety.

"It should be illegal to dox them, whether they're undercover or out doing their regular job."
— Marsha Blackburn [07:17]

Legislative Efforts: The Remove Act and Tax Policies

Senator Blackburn elaborates on legislative measures aimed at strengthening immigration enforcement. She highlights the Remove Act, which seeks to reduce the processing time for deportations from 90 days to 15 days, thereby expediting the removal of individuals who should not be in the country.

"We are hopeful to have it to the President by July 4th so that we've got that true independence today."
— Marsha Blackburn [12:29]

The conversation also delves into the broader tax policies, with Blackburn outlining the Tax Cut and Jobs Act 2.0. She emphasizes the importance of making certain tax cuts permanent to foster economic growth, particularly for small businesses in Tennessee.

"93% of our jobs are small business jobs in the state and that's important to them."
— Marsha Blackburn [12:29]

Visit to the White House and Policy Updates

Clay and Buck share insights from their recent visit to the White House, describing an atmosphere of confidence and accomplishment. They discuss President Trump's initiative to terminate the California electric vehicle (EV) mandate, which bans the sale of gasoline-powered cars by 2035.

"We officially rescue the US auto industry from destruction by terminating the California electric vehicle mandate once and for all."
— Marsha Blackburn [29:56]

Blackburn praises the decision, arguing that it restores consumer choice and prevents unnecessary market disruptions caused by state-imposed mandates.

"Trump has again, all he has done is restore choice to the consumer and restore the ability of the auto market to be a market instead of some kind of state-enforced mandate."
— Marsha Blackburn [32:21]

International Affairs: Israel and Iran Conflict

The episode shifts focus to international relations, particularly the escalating tensions between Israel and Iran. Hosts and their guest discuss recent missile attacks and Israel's strategic responses. Senator Blackburn expresses hope for decisive action against Iranian threats, highlighting Israel's technological and military prowess.

"Israel has created one of the great technological civilizations in the history of the Middle East. And Iran has been left behind."
— Marsha Blackburn [40:33]

She anticipates that the ongoing military operations will significantly weaken Iran's capabilities and hopes for long-term positive changes in the region.

Public Opinion and Political Climate

Throughout the episode, Senator Blackburn references recent polling data indicating a stark disapproval of the Democratic Party, with a 70% disapproval rating versus a 21% approval rate.

"The Democrat party has a 21% approval rating, a 70% disapproval rating. They seem to just be intent on opposing whatever Trump does, even if what President Trump is doing is wildly popular."
— Clay Travis [21:45]

She underscores the public's support for robust immigration enforcement and economic growth policies, positioning these issues as central to the Republican agenda.

Closing Remarks and Future Outlook

As the episode winds down, Blackburn reiterates her commitment to protecting law enforcement and promoting policies that support economic expansion and national security. The hosts reflect on their productive visit to the White House, expressing optimism about upcoming legislative successes and the continued alignment between President Trump and Senate Republicans.

"We're looking forward to having this permanence... how you get that extended growth that will run out past 10 years."
— Marsha Blackburn [16:55]

The episode concludes with anticipation for further developments in both domestic policy and international affairs, reinforcing the show's focus on significant national issues.

Notable Quotes:

"We're only going to ramp up. We're not going to be deterred by their violence."
— Trisha McLaughlin [19:33]
"This is really something. People said it couldn't be done. You got it done. I just have to sign, right? That's very good."
— Marsha Blackburn [29:17]
"It is looking like this is on track to be one of the most successful military operations in modern military history."
— Marsha Blackburn [37:52]

This episode of Team 47 provides an in-depth discussion on critical issues ranging from immigration reform and economic policies to significant international conflicts. Senator Marsha Blackburn offers her perspectives on enforcing immigration laws, supporting small businesses through tax reforms, and addressing global security threats, all while highlighting recent legislative achievements and ongoing political dynamics.

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Clay Travis
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Buck Sexton
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Marsha Blackburn
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Buck Sexton
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Marsha Blackburn
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Clay Travis
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Buck Sexton
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Marsha Blackburn
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Clay Travis
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Buck Sexton
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Clay Travis
You're listening to team 47 with Clay and Buck. I'm sitting in studio right now with Senator Marsha Blackburn from Tennessee. And I'm up here because my son is going to be doing an internship. And this is intern season for so many different offices out there. Do you remember the first time you came to D.C. i know you've been up here for a while. What do you remember about that?
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Marsha Blackburn
Yeah, you know, I. I was in high school, and it was a 4H club leadership summit, and it was absolutely so exciting to me and to come up and to have lunch with my senator and get that photo and you know, what fun.
[03:19]
Clay Travis
What. What do you think young Marsha Blackburn on that 4H trip would have thought if you had told her, hey, one day you're going to be a congresswoman and a senator yourself? Do you think you would have believed it? Were you interested in politics at that age?
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Marsha Blackburn
I was very involved, yes. I thought that good citizenship was important. And we. Even as I was cleaning out some things, one day I found a flyer I had done and distributed to all my neighbors as part of a citizenship project, reminding them to go vote and the importance of going to vote. But never would I have thought I would have been an elective office. But, you know, that's just one of those things I tell young people all the time. Be. Be ready to walk through open doors and realize you don't chart your path. God charts your path. And to be mindful and to accept those open doors.
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Clay Travis
What did you think last night when you saw the footage from Los Angeles out of control?
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Marsha Blackburn
These men and women that are there trying to get these criminal illegal aliens? Why in the world would you have a mayor and a governor that are siding and trying to protect criminal illegal aliens and to obstruct ICE and keep them from doing their job? And, you know, I. Clay, you talk to so many people when you're on the air every day. I'm not hearing from people that want to keep criminal illegal aliens. Look at what is happening in Nashville. And this is not a partisan issue. This is a 90% issue. And people will say, if they are criminals, they need to be removed. Let's remove these individuals. And people realize that coming across that border illegally is a crime. And of course, we ISIS out there doing their job. We are a nation that is built on the rule of law. And it is imperative that these officials implement abide by the law. If they don't like the law, they can try to change the law, but it is. There are set procedures for entering the country legally. There are statutes that determine what is and is not a crime and whether it's a felony or a misdemeanor, and to have people that want to pick and choose and say, we're going to enforce this, but we're not going to enforce that. And a sanctuary for this, but not for that. This is what really spurs a lot of the chaos that you're seeing take place in places like la.
[06:17]
Clay Travis
It's not just LA either, because I hear from some people and I know we've got a lot of people listening in California, but they say, oh, that's just a blue city there. What do I care? We live in a red state, you and me. You're my. One of my senators, and I'm glad that you are, and maybe more here in a little bit. But when you see what's happening in Nashville, because I think a lot of people out there say, okay, state of Tennessee, very red. There's a Mayor, Freddie o' Connell, in a city of Nashville, who has basically said, hey, we're going to try to stop ICE from doing their work. This has become a big talking point, many cities all over the place. First you have got a bill called the Remove act that would take from 90 days down to 15 days to help expedite the removal of people who shouldn't be in this country. So that is something you're doing directly to try to help the President. But when you see a city like Nashville, when you see someone making the choices that the mayor there is making, that Karen Bass is making in Los Angeles, to directly defy the President's authority, can you believe it?
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Marsha Blackburn
It is difficult to believe. And this is why removing these criminal illegal aliens is a 90% issue, and people want them to be taken out of the country. And the other thing is the doxing. This is something that happened in Nashville and you had the mayor and his office that actually exposed the names of HCI investigators and also of our ICE agents and their operations. Now, you cannot do that and exposing that. We found out that it is not illegal to reveal the name of a law enforcement officer. It is illegal when they're undercover and you reveal their information. So my preventing law enforcement doxing that legislation, we've also filed to include law enforcement who are implementing the law in that so that we can protect our law enforcement officers at the local, state and federal level. It should be illegal to dox them, whether they're undercover or out doing their regular job. And what we see happening with this obstruction is people are saying, why are the Democrats choosing to die on this Hill.
[08:52]
Clay Travis
Yeah.
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Marsha Blackburn
Why are they absolutely making this their issue number one when this is something that people overwhelmingly support? Get them removed from the country. Protect law enforcement. Don't dox them. Don't go put their pictures up, don't go put their home address, don't endanger their families. People want to show respect for law enforcement.
[09:19]
Clay Travis
Department of justice is investigating what Nashville had happened. You've asked for that.
[09:24]
Marsha Blackburn
Yes.
[09:25]
Clay Travis
Pam Bondi is the Attorney General. What do you expect that investigation to be like? How should it.
[09:30]
Marsha Blackburn
You know, I, I'm sure they will have something to say about this. I've sent the letter over. I have requested that they formalize an investigation and I would expect that at some point we will hear from that. You do have the Homeland Security Committee in the House, which is chaired by Representative Green out of Tennessee.
[09:53]
Clay Travis
Yes.
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Marsha Blackburn
And also the Judiciary Committee in the House. They have started an investigation looking at what happened with obstructing these, these raids.
[10:05]
Clay Travis
Were you as stunned? I mean, you've lived in the state of Tennessee and in the Nashville area as have I for a very long time. And look, sometimes mayors are good, sometimes mayors are bad, particularly as it pertains to any big city that you might have in a, in a state. I was stunned when I saw the mayor of Nashville, Freddie o' Connell, engaging in this behavior and having a press conference to brag about it. Were you as stunned as I was?
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Marsha Blackburn
I was stunned. I couldn't believe that there would be a defiance of removing criminals. You know, one of the top issues, when you talk to people in middle Tennessee and west Tennessee crime, they talk about the escalated occurrence of criminal acts. Carjacking, particularly in Memphis, home robbery had.
[10:53]
Clay Travis
One of the highest violent crime rates in the whole nation.
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Marsha Blackburn
Right. And, and so it has stunned people that Nashville had a mayor that would come out and would choose to protect criminal illegal aliens over law abiding citizens. When people have been saying we've got to get the crime down. They've been really unsettled by the number of home robberies that have taken place and the number of gangs that have moved into the Nashvill. I have not talked to a single person who wants to have more trend day or Agua or MS.13 in their community. I mean, not one. They want them gone, they should be gone.
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Clay Travis
We're talking to Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee. Okay. In particular now, big, beautiful bill is underway.
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Marsha Blackburn
Yes.
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Clay Travis
You are in the Senate majority, 53 Republicans. I'm sure you, like everybody else, saw Elon and Trump going back and forth. Elon says there's not enough cutting of spending that's going on. This is past the House. President Trump says, hey, we're gonna create incredible growth rate. We're gonna put in place all these tax cuts for years and years to go cuz otherwise they expire. What should we know about the big beautiful bill? What should the timeframe be? There's a ton of deal with the border as well, which would help to ideally keep some other president like Biden from wide opening the border again to allow people to pour in. What's the latest? What should we know? What's the timeframe?
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Marsha Blackburn
Yes, and we are hopeful to have it to the President by July 4th so that we've got that true independence today. And we know that this is a tax cut bill. It is kind of Tax Cut and Jobs Act 2.0 and we will make those tax cuts permanent. We're also trying to make permanent RD bonus, depreciation, interest expensing because we've got a lot of small businesses in Tennessee. 93% of our jobs are small business jobs in the state and that's important to them. Also provisions for no tax on tips, overtime and Social Security. And that is my legislation to remove the tax from Social Security for our seniors. So we're in the process of negotiating those. We're finalizing of those provisions. We want to get permanence on these provisions. That's how you get that extended growth that will run out past 10 years. So we'd like not to be back at the negotiating table in businesses and individuals. Tennesseans tell me all the time, just tell me what the rules are and I'll play by the rules. But we don't like this changing everything and especially when we have so many small businesses, mom and pop, small business, manufacturing businesses on our main streets. We need some permanence.
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Clay Travis
We've had Senator Ron Johnson on the show. He says more spending needs to be cut. We've had Rand Paul on saying the same thing. Are you optimistic that the Senate is going to be able to come to an agreement?
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Marsha Blackburn
Yes, I am. The House did one and a half trillion in spending reductions. The Senate wants a $2 trillion reduction and we've got a pathway to do that. Now the Doge cut are they have to come to us through OMB from the White House and then that is going into what is called a rescission bill. So we can't put those into the reconciliation, the tax bill. They've got to travel separately kind of at the same time. We got the first package of those it's $9 billion, which over a 10 billion. A 10 year period. You're talking about significant savings.
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Clay Travis
Last question for you. I think the key to all this is growth. There's a guy who lives in the Nashville area, he's kind of smart laugher who will come on, he makes this case. But I think it's one that is being missed a little bit. And I want to give you an opportunity. But if we get the growth of the economy to 3% or more, which I think we will, then we are going to actually start to cut the deficit.
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Marsha Blackburn
That's correct.
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Clay Travis
And it's really important because the CBO and there's all these numbers that are running around out there, all of it's predicated, the projections on what the growth rate of the country is. If we get to 3%, then the national debt starts getting paid down. And the President's focused on growth more than cuts. Ideally you get both. But growth to a large extent, according to people like Art Laffer, is the.
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Marsha Blackburn
Most important thing that is accurate. And bear in mind CBO is always wrong on their projections. They have been wrong every single time. They were wrong on the 2017 cuts.
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Clay Travis
Yes.
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Marsha Blackburn
And so you, you do want to reduce spending and you want to get that growth. And President Trump had the Senate Finance Republicans at the White House last week to work on some of this with him, the Vice President, Secretary Bessant and Kevin Hassett. And one of the things we know is that if you are growing, if you put these cuts in place and it's the largest tax cut and you get permanence, R and D and expensing and depreciation, then you are going to see that because you will have your small businesses choose to grow.
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Clay Travis
Yes.
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Marsha Blackburn
And to hire and to expand. That is, that is how you get that growth. And the multiplier effect on that is so significant.
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Clay Travis
And not only that, Covid hit right as Trump's economy was exploding. Right. January of 2020, February of 2020, probably the greatest economic season we've ever had.
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Marsha Blackburn
Correct.
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Clay Travis
And then Covid happened and suddenly everything goes off the rails. We get that rolling again. By 2024, 2028 in the next election cycle, we should be firing on all cylinders.
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Marsha Blackburn
That is accurate. And we are looking forward to having this permanence. And then bear in mind, when we did the Tax Cut and Jobs act, the biggest benefactor of those changes were your small businesses. You saw such an explosion of small business manufacturing. And this was so good for Tennessee. We had a lot of businesses that had been there for years that this was their chance to grow. So they jumped to that level and now they are waiting to hire, they are waiting to invest, they're waiting to punch send on those equipment orders because they want to be able to depreciate that in that first year or two and then move into upgrades.
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Clay Travis
Senator Marsha Blackburn with us, by the way, just walking in behind you, one of your Senate colleagues, Senator Tommy Tuberville. You guys may be governor colleagues before long, too.
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Marsha Blackburn
Tommy Tuberville's a great guy. We call him Coach.
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Clay Travis
Yeah, he's going to be on with us here in just a second. Senator Marsha Blackburn, thank you. Keep up the good work and we look forward to celebrating. And the big beautiful bill is done. You got it, team 47. We are joined now by Trisha McLaughlin, who is doing fabulous work inside of the Trump administration. And in fact, she is the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Obviously, a lot going on there. Trisha, when you watch the footage, and I'm sure you're watching it on FOX News or cnn, of the protests inside of la, what's your thought? What are you thinking as you're watching that?
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Trisha McLaughlin
I mean, I'm thinking multiple things. First of all, I'm so disgusted by these rioters, which Karen Bass and Gavin Newsom continue to call peaceful protest. But I'm also so proud of our law enforcement. In the face of such hatred, in the face of taunting, in the face of violence, they are being pummeled by rocks. They are so patriotic and professional and stand with such dignity. And I think all Americans can be so proud of them.
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Marsha Blackburn
Trisha, appreciate you being with us. When are we going to be able to get some data? Is it really just collected on a. On a monthly basis on the. The actual numbers of people that have been taken into custody and then deported under these operations, like the one that got these rioters so riled up in Los Angeles. Cause I think that that data speaks to the speed with which the administration is moving and the seriousness with which they are approaching this effort.
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Trisha McLaughlin
Yeah, absolutely. So we're north of 300 in the last 72 hours for arrest of criminal legal aliens. So that includes child molesters, rapists, convicted murderers, arsonists, multiple gang members. These are the heinous individuals that Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass and the ACLU and these rioters are trying to protect as our ICE enforcement officers are putting themselves in harm's way to get these criminal legal aliens off of our streets. And our message to protesters is we're only going to ramp up. We are going to keep going. We're not going to be deterred by their violence. And you'll only see arrest numbers spike.
[20:42]
Clay Travis
It seems that the overwhelming majority I've been looking at the polling supports the idea of what President Trump and your department are doing, which is arresting people who shouldn't be here, particularly violent predators, and getting them outside of the country. Is Gavin Newsom just already running for president in your mind? I mean, he's already a failed governor of California. We know Karen Bass is a failed mayor. President's had to travel out there to talk about the need to allow people to rebuild all over the LA area for the wildfires that took down their homes. It seems crazy to me that this would be the decision of the Democrat Party, but I'm looking right now. Now, I don't know if you've seen this yet, but there is a new poll out showing the Democrat Party approval rating. This is from Quinnipiac. The Democrat party has a 21% approval rating, a 70% disapproval rating. This just came out. They seem to just be intent on opposing whatever Trump does, even if what President Trump is doing is wildly popular.
[21:46]
Trisha McLaughlin
Yeah, I think you're exactly right. They are desperate for a message. They don't have one. They're just trying to work this same tricks and the same message that they did in 2020 and 2024. Their message has been Trump bad and January six bad. It's been five years, guys. And the American people love Donald Trump. They don't have a message and they're really doubling down on protecting these criminal, illegal aliens when we know we have the will of the American people. Donald Trump ran on mass deportations and getting these criminal legal aliens off of our streets. And that's exactly what he's delivering. So. So I think there's some derangement syndrome going on for sure. And Gavin Newsom is doubling down on incompetent, incompetent governance. And I think that the polls are going to not look so great for him if he does decide to run in a Democrat primary.
[22:35]
Marsha Blackburn
Trisha McLaughlin, thank you so much for being with us from DHS. We'll let you rest up that voice.
[22:41]
Trisha McLaughlin
I appreciate we're working hard.
[22:42]
Marsha Blackburn
Thank you. Thanks for what you're doing.
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[26:14]
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You can have affordable health care for as low as $262 a month. Today. Visit ease foreverone.com clay that's ease for everyone.com forward/clay paid for by affordable benefit choices. This is team 47. We actually happened to be in the West Wing yesterday for a substantial amount of time. We met with President Trump, saw J.D. vance, Stephen Miller, Caroline Levitt, a lot of the people that we have known for years that are doing phenomenal work. And I would describe, I think you probably would sign off on it, President Trump as extremely relaxed. He wanted us to see the changes that he's made to the Oval Office, the changes that he has made in terms of portraiture in the cabinet rooms and everything immediately ancillary to the Oval Office. Also you can see, and I think this is gonna end up being pretty cool. He is in the process of building a patio where you can dine outside. So it will be like he has basically at Mar a Lago. But this would extend. He's paying for himself. He says this would extend for future presidents as well. But he likes the idea of having sort of his own salon where you can walk outside and have meals on a patio just outside the Oval Office in the West Wing. But I would describe him as super relaxed. He wanted all of you to know that he appreciates you and, and really is greatly thankful for all of your support. But the thing that he seemed most excited about talking about is something that hasn't gotten A great deal of att. Buck and I wanted to play this audio because it's kind of gotten lost in the shuffle of everything that has happened since Israel attacked Iran. But with us, he wanted to say, because he signed this bill, he wanted to talk about the impact of ending the electric vehicle mandate and what he believed was going to be a substantial change for the better for many different American drivers out there. And this is cut 18 with buck and I. And you can go see the pictures, by the way. Some of you want to see the pictures. They're up at all the Clay and Buck social media accounts. We were happy to have the time that we did with the President and all the staff. But here is cut 18. Trump announcing yesterday that he was terminating the California EV mandate, which matters to a lot of you out there.
[29:17]
Marsha Blackburn
Listen, this is good news indeed. People said it couldn't be done. You got it done. I just have to sign, right? That's very good. This is really something. And it has to do with the California Auto regulation cra. It's been a disaster for this country and I want to thank everybody for being here. We officially rescue the US auto industry from destruction by terminating the California electric vehicle mandate once and for all.
[29:56]
Clay Travis
Okay. There is the announcement Buck from President Trump. I knew he wanted, would want to talk about a lot of different things, but this is the thing he was most excited to talk about with us.
[30:07]
Marsha Blackburn
Yeah, I know he was. We sat down and we were obviously, we're already thinking about Iran, but also we're talking border, we're talking riots in LA and how he's. And he was like, gentlemen, did you see, did you see the thing I did on the vehicles? We're like, yeah, yes, sir, Mr. President, we saw. And he really, because he had just signed it, I was very proud of it. He just done a press conference on it. Just to bring everybody up to speed on this Clay, because this has got, this is one of these. It's actually a big deal, but it has gotten in the media cycle, the news cycle we live in, it has definitely gotten buried quite a bit. The Republican led Congress passed these resolutions in May to reverse Biden administration approval of the California electric vehicle mandate. When the President signs a joint resolution revoking federal laws, it carries the force of law and are not subject to judicial review. So this, this is actually something that matters a whole lot. And for anyone who's forgotten what this, what this says, California in 2024 banned gasoline powered car sales by 2035 and revoked the federal waiver that would allow that allows it to set its own tailpipe emission standards under the clean Air Act. 17 states, 30% of the US vehicle market had adopted this plan, which, you know, again, this is a California EV mandate. This is nuts. Yeah, this is completely insane. These states were going to say, you can't sell a normal car anymore in our state by 20, 20, 35, 10 years. It's going to go pretty fast past sir. Trump has freed the auto market from this insanity. And, and it's, it's a big win. It's a big win for those of us who don't necessarily want to drive an EV but also don't want the climate change lunatics in completely infringing on markets and driving up the cost of everything for no reason.
[32:05]
Clay Travis
Totally. And look, and this is what Trump told us and we're not speaking out of turn on this story when we were sitting talking with him. If you want to own an ev, go power, more power to you. Right. The market should dictate the choices that you make. The state should not dictate the choices that you are forced to make.
[32:22]
Marsha Blackburn
Imagine California and there was a time, Clay, when I think this was something they would have wanted to do. Imagine California said, and it's going to make Clay very sad because I've seen the cars that Clay has. No SUVs allowed. Yeah, we're going with an SUV ban in this state. California says you're not allowed to sell an SUV in the state of California. California, remember for a while it was, oh, they're gas guzzling now. SUVs have actually become very efficient and they're hugely popular. It's like a giant part of the US car sales market. Car market. But you just say, well, that's a completely ridiculous intrusion on the car market in a huge state. So Trump has again, all he has done is restored choice to the consumer and restored the ability of the auto market market to be a market instead of some kind of state enforced mandate based on green New Deal insanity. So it is a really big win.
[33:17]
Clay Travis
It is, totally. And by the way, we should update, there are air raid sirens being going off in Israel right now as there is an expectation that Iran has fired some missiles in their direction. Updating you on what is taking place there. It is now night in Israel, so it's probably not a huge surprise that the attack back would come at night. We'll see if it's even as substantial or Iran is capable buck of doing even as much as they tried to do the last time when they put what A hundred missiles in the air and Israel and its allies effectively shot down all of those missiles and there were no casualties.
[33:51]
Marsha Blackburn
I think Israel first of all, I hope and pray that they're able to shoot down these missiles which are just intended. Remember, the strikes that Israel did were precise strikes at, at legitimate military targets. And what Iran is going to do in response is I just want they're just trying to send a big missile that goes boom into a crowded apartment building and kill as many Jews as possible. That's what the Iranian response is supposed to be. They always fight these wars. So I think that the Israelis are going to have a ratcheted or a tiered response months whereby every time Iran does something, the Israelis are just going to raise the cost for Iran. And then it's a question of how much more of this do they want. You know, Ben Shapiro is on this last hour. He said leaving the mullahs alive gives them something to think about. The mullahs may not survive this thing. We'll see what happens. They, they if they order a lot of mass casualty, attempted mass casualty attacks on Israel. The Israelis have mapped out that whole country and they have total dominance in the skies. We'll see what ends up happening with this, no doubt.
[35:01]
Clay Travis
And, and, and on that front as we wait to see what's going to happen there, I will say this about our visit to the White House. A lot of you wanted to know if I was going to be able to get in. The answer was yes. I brought my passport yesterday or two days ago. My I don't have the real ID and you have to have a real ID or a passport. So I was able to get in with my passport. I was struck buck. Leave aside the politics of the current moment and many of the topics that we discussed, the sheer happy warrior dumb vibe that existed in the West Wing yesterday when we visited with whether It's President Trump. J.D. vance, Caroline Levitt Margo Trump's top personal assistant. Natalie who follows him around everywhere where it is a intensely positive environment there. And I think it's because they know that they are doing the work that the American people sent them there to do and they know how to do it and they are delivering and Trump has a level of confidence in what is required to do the job that is next level. And let me just echo this again. The Israelis consultants posted with the Trump team and Trump went out yesterday and threw an all time head fake saying that the negotiations were still ongoing. Same thing happened with Pete Hegseth went to a Washington Nationals game with his kids. Obviously it's Father's Day weekend. You had Marco Rubio. This was a masterclass, I think, in subterfuge and the ability to catch Iran unaware. And for Israel to have the ability buck to actually have the Iranians schedule in person meetings so they could directly attack because they are so enmeshed in the Iranian security services is really an incredible strength of their attack. And let me just mention this too. A lot of people told you, some on the right, many on the left, that if Israel attacked Iran, we're still in the early stages, that this would basically be a preset to World War 3. I think you're now learning Iran is not very strong. They lack the ability to even defend their own country. And China and Russia, they're not coming to the aid. The other Middle Eastern countries, many of them welcome this even if they say publicly. There's a difference between public and private conversations. They may say publicly they don't like it. Privately they are very welcoming even of this. And I think you're seeing that a lot of the cataclysmic analysis, as often is the case, was not reflected in reality.
[37:52]
Marsha Blackburn
Yes. And this is on track to be one of the most successful military operations in modern military history. So we hope that that continues because it is, it is to the benefit of everyone that we root for here that that is the case. Not just our friends and allies in Israel and not just other Middle Eastern countries and countries in the region that are very pleased to see the Iranian threat cut down to size. But also for the Iranian people, it weakens a regime that has been nothing but a nightmare for them for 50 years to now. And it is long past time for there to be change. And there's no reason why Iran can't be something a lot more along the lines of say, Turkey, you know, another country with a tremendously proud history and, and a really rich past that functions as a, I'm not saying Turkey's perfect. We have our occasional gripes with them in NATO, but it's a functioning modern state and not one that keeps anybody up at night in Israel, United States or really around the region for that matter. So that I think is, is what is possible here. And it's, it's looking like so far it's a very good day. As you said, there's missiles in the air and we don't know what the Iranians are going to pull, pull off with any reprisals. But their military to military capability is, is, is de minimis. It's really the terror, the terror strikes that we would have to be worried about or, you know, terror cells that go operational. And we're going to have to keep a close eye on that. And it's very hard to fight against those or it's very hard to catch all of those, I should say. But that can't change the reality of what just happened to Israel, which is its military and nuclear program have been effectively decapitated.
[39:39]
Clay Travis
And I think this is so important for ordinary Iranians. I thought it was interesting that Ben Shapiro told us that they basically have tried to turn off the Internet in Iran because they don't want people to understand what's actually going on on. But at some point, these conversations are going to start as they start anywhere in the world. When humans gather. Wait a minute. You've been in power, the Ayatollahs for two generations. You told us Israel was the great evil. You told us that we were going to eradicate Israel from the planet. And actually we don't even have the ability to fight Israel. Leave aside the religion, leave aside all these things, just pure efficacy of government. Israel has created one of the great technological civilizations in the history of the Middle east. And Iran has been left behind. The Ayatollahs are being embarrassed.
[40:34]
Marsha Blackburn
There are early reports now of direct, of some direct hits on Tel Aviv. So we don't know what the, the scale of those hits are or what if there, if there are any casualties. We don't know. We just know. Clay, right now as we're talking to you, there are real time reports of impacts in Tel Aviv. We're going to continue to watch this very closely.
[40:52]
Clay Travis
Thanks for listening to Team 47 with clay and Buck.
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Podcast Summary: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Episode: Team 47 - My Summer Trip to Washington Release Date: June 15, 2025 Host/Authors: Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Guest: Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee

Introduction to Senator Marsha Blackburn

Immigration and Law Enforcement

Legislative Efforts: The Remove Act and Tax Policies

Visit to the White House and Policy Updates

International Affairs: Israel and Iran Conflict

Public Opinion and Political Climate

Closing Remarks and Future Outlook

Podcast Summary: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Episode: Team 47 - My Summer Trip to Washington Release Date: June 15, 2025 Host/Authors: Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Guest: Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee

Introduction to Senator Marsha Blackburn

Immigration and Law Enforcement

Legislative Efforts: The Remove Act and Tax Policies

Visit to the White House and Policy Updates

International Affairs: Israel and Iran Conflict

Public Opinion and Political Climate

Closing Remarks and Future Outlook

Episode: Team 47 - My Summer Trip to Washington
Release Date: June 15, 2025
Host/Authors: Clay Travis and Buck Sexton
Guest: Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee

Episode: Team 47 - My Summer Trip to Washington
Release Date: June 15, 2025
Host/Authors: Clay Travis and Buck Sexton
Guest: Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee