Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H1 - Common Sense Revolution

Summary

Summary of "Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H1 - Common Sense Revolution"

Podcast Information

• Title: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
• Host/Author: Premiere Networks
• Episode: Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H1 - Common Sense Revolution
• Release Date: March 8, 2025

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Introduction

In the March 8, 2025 episode of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, hosts Clay Travis and Buck Sexton delve into the aftermath of President Donald Trump's recent address to Congress. The episode focuses on the political dynamics between the Republican and Democratic parties, the public's reception of Trump's speech, and broader implications for current events and future elections.

Trump's Address to Congress: An Overview

The centerpiece of the episode is a comprehensive analysis of President Trump's extensive speech to Congress, which lasted over two hours. Clay and Buck commend Trump for what they consider his best political speech to date, highlighting its optimistic tone and substantial policy discussions.

• Tremendous Optimism and Policy Highlights:
  • Clay Travis (00:43): "There is both a sense of tremendous optimism and a buoyance on the right about where all of this is going."
  • Buck Sexton (06:21): "Much of it, if you strip away the politics really boiled down to basic common sense."

Democratic Response: Criticism and Childishness

The hosts criticize the Democratic Party's reaction to Trump's speech, characterizing it as weak and immature. They highlight the Democrats' failure to engage respectfully, including a congressman being escorted out and the use of paddles by Democratic attendees, which they find unbecoming for the party's image.

• Clay Travis (07:00): "The childishness of the Democrats in attendance does deserve some of our attention because all of you are familiar with the massive accomplishments of Trump's first term."
• Buck Sexton (10:17): "They looked pathetic last night. And I really mean that."

Key Moments from Trump's Speech

Clay and Buck identify several pivotal moments from Trump's address that resonated strongly with the audience:

1. Recognition of Military and Public Heroes:

   • Bullish Support for Military and Law Enforcement:
     • Clay Travis (10:21): "This was an incredible show of support for our military, firefighters and police officers."

2. Humanity and Personal Stories:

   • Honoring a 13-Year-Old Secret Service Agent:
     • Clay Travis (20:37): "I just think that Alyssa Slotkin is the future of any party? No, she's not."
     • Trump's Quote (05:23): "They won't do it no matter what. Five, five times I've been up here. It's very sad and it just shouldn't be this way."

3. Critique of Government Waste:

   • Highlighting Misallocated Funds:
     • Trump's Quote (26:56): "Just listen to some of the appalling waste. We have already identified $22 billion from HHS to provide free housing and cars for illegal aliens..."

Public and Polling Reception

The hosts discuss favorable polling numbers reflecting positive public reception of Trump's speech.

• Buck Sexton (13:21): "69% of CNN viewers found Trump's speech to be very favorable. 76% of CBS News, all of the numbers rolling in are rave."
• Clay Travis (23:40): "Polling shows the optimism, the brightness, the, the dare I say, Trumpy and effervescence. It was incredible."

Economic and Border Policies

A significant portion of the discussion centers on Trump's policies regarding the economy and border security, which the hosts argue have been highly effective compared to previous administrations.

• Border Security Achievements:

  • Trump's Quote (31:31): "Since taking office, my administration has launched the most sweeping border and immigration crackdown in American history."
  • Buck Sexton (32:25): "This is a three letter election. Ebc, economy, border, crime. Certainly the border connects to crime as well. That's taken care of."

• Economic Policy Priorities:

  • Buck Sexton (32:54): "We got to beat inflation. We've got to get your average paycheck increasing at a faster rate than inflation."

Democratic Weaknesses and Party Identity

Clay and Buck argue that the Democratic Party is struggling with internal contradictions and a lack of coherent narratives, making it difficult for them to counter Trump's messaging effectively.

• Buck Sexton (22:22): "I just think their brains are broken."
• Clay Travis (30:21): "This speech was a remarkable recitation of government absurdity. And I think Trump did it better than anybody could have imagined."

Audience Engagement and Cultural Commentary

The hosts also touch upon cultural shifts and media portrayals, referencing shows like White Lotus and the perceived disconnect between Democrat politicians and their base.

• Buck Sexton (43:59): "White Lotus actually ridicules a lot of the woke universe."
• Clay Travis (43:55): "I think it played to Trump's favor because CNN and CBS News come out and say, hey, Trump, 69%, 76% approval of the speech."

Closing Remarks and Future Discussions

As the episode concludes, Clay and Buck tease upcoming segments, including interviews with key figures like Stephen Miller and discussions on ongoing political battles, such as Daniel Cameron's Senate race in Kentucky.

• Clay Travis (45:13): "We'll talk with Stephen Miller, one of the architects of this address, at the top of the third hour of the program."
• Buck Sexton (46:24): "We come back, we'll continue to break down spectacular address from Trump."

Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Clay Travis (00:43): "There is both a sense of tremendous optimism and a buoyance on the right about where all of this is going."
• Trump (05:23): "They won't do it no matter what. Five, five times I've been up here. It's very sad and it just shouldn't be this way."
• Buck Sexton (06:21): "Much of it, if you strip away the politics really boiled down to basic common sense."
• Buck Sexton (10:17): "They looked pathetic last night. And I really mean that."
• Trump (31:31): "Since taking office, my administration has launched the most sweeping border and immigration crackdown in American history."
• Buck Sexton (22:22): "I just think their brains are broken."

Conclusion

In this episode, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton deliver a fervent defense of President Trump's recent congressional address, emphasizing the speech's positive reception and critiquing the Democratic Party's ineffective response. The hosts weave in broader themes of governmental efficiency, economic policy, and cultural shifts, presenting a narrative that positions Trump as a unifying and effective leader in contrast to a beleaguered and disconnected opposition. The episode serves as a rallying point for listeners aligned with Republican values, underscoring the ongoing political battles that shape the American landscape.

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[Clay Travis]

Welcome everybody, to the Wednesday edition of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show.

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[Clay Travis]

Was quite a speech last night, some people are saying the greatest speech of all presidential speeches in recent history. For sure. President Trump did a phenomenal job. Clocked in at, I think it was over two hours. It definitely was a, was a lengthy one. The president lighting it up. America is back. That was at the very top. Dawn of the golden age. And a lot of positivity, a lot of good things going on in this speech. And Clay, we're, we're going to work through it piece by piece. I, I just, I will start with this assessment. There is both a sense of tremendous optimism and a bulliance on the right about where all of this is going. It's been a heck of a first month for Trump. And then the left, the Democrats seem to have nothing other than pouting. I didn't even stay up to watch the Alyssa Slotkin rebuttal. I'll tell you the truth. It was late. I had to switch time zones. I'm an old man, so I had to check it out this morning. I understand that they feel they have to do. I actually don't think they have to do this. I think that this is an outdated model. But the bigger thing from the Democrats wasn't just the incredibly wimpy response. Worthless, really forgettable response officially to Trump's address to Congress. But the childishness of the Democrats in attendance does deserve some of our attention because all of you are familiar with the massive accomplishments of Trump's first term, of Trump's now first month of his second term. And the plans for the future are incredibly exciting for those of us who want to see this golden age unfold, who want to see America at its absolute best. Democrats are having a tough time with that whole concept. You, you had one congressman have to be escorted out of the chamber. Just not a, not a good look. We'll discuss. This is not something that the Democrat Party should be okay with a lot of interruptions. They had these little paddles like they were at a, an auction in the audience. And Clay, let's just, let's just jump with this and you tell me what your biggest, biggest feelings were on this. But Trump pointed out early on, it doesn't even matter what he does at this point. Whether it's ending the Ukraine war or curing cancer, Democrats are against whatever Trump is for Trump, derangement syndrome is in its terminal stage. Play, play clip 18 here.

[Donald Trump]

This is my fifth such speech to Congress. And once again, I look at the Democrats in front of me and I realize there is absolutely nothing I can say to make them happy or to make them stand or smile or applaud. Nothing I can do. I could find a cure to the most devastating disease, a disease that would wipe out entire nations or announce the answers to the greatest economy in history or the stoppage of crime to the lowest levels ever recorded. And these people sitting right here will not clap, will not stand, and certainly will not cheer for these astronomical achievements. They won't do it no matter what. Five, five times I've been up here. It's very sad and it just shouldn't be this way.

[Clay Travis]

Clay. Trump was having fun.

[Buck Sexton]

He was. And I thought it was the best speech of his political career. And I don't think that's hyperbole. Much of it, if you strip away the politics really boiled down to basic common sense. And I guess my biggest takeaway last night, Buck, was Democrats did what they would have said was impossible. They made Trump look like the adult in the room. I thought they feel they, their behavior, they looked and sounded like brats. I thought they were behaving like poorly, poorly regulated school children. They were adults emotionally outbursting. Their, their, it just, it felt like the Democrat Party to me was on a suicidal mission to destroy its brand. And to me, Buck, there were a lot of great things Trump did. He's always got a real narrative ability to connect, whether it was with Lake and Riley's mom and sister, whether it was with Jocelyn Nungare's mother and announcing that he's going to name a wildlife refuge after her. Whether it was having the kid in the crowd that was getting his United States Military Academy admission, and I thought by far the most compelling moment of the night, the 13 year old kid being named a Secret Service honorary member. Democrats didn't stand for any of that, Buck. And I think the reason why they did not is their brains are broken because they're so concerned about being too conciliatory to Trump on social media and getting dragged by whatever left wing lunatics are popular on Social media, that they abandoned their basic humanity. I don't care who you are. When that 13 year old kid who survived brain cancer stood up and gave a hug to the Secret Service agent, you should have almost wanted to cry or cried. If you are just a basic normal human being with complete control of the normal life, that was a moment where it was hard to, even if you're a guy, where it was hard not to feel a bit emotional. And Buck, what stood out to me maybe most of all, you. I watched that. Awful. You woke up and watched it this morning, which by the way, I think is worse. Start off your morning watching Senator.

[Clay Travis]

At least I had some coffee, I had some Crockett to take care of it.

[Buck Sexton]

But what is the number one criticism that you would have of Trump if you were a Democrat? Probably that he oftentimes behaves in an emotional fashion and isn't always acting like an adult. They took the worst criticism they have ever had about Trump. You know, leave aside the Hitler stuff, but just his deportment, right, the way he carries himself. And they were far worse. And I thought with Slotkin speech, Buck, we know Trump has men, men, white, black, Asian, Hispanic. The polls are out there, 6040 approval, 57, 43 double digit approval. The younger the men, he's got them even more. I thought Trump actually, Buck, really did a phenomenal job of connecting with women. And I think there were a lot of women out there that if you had heard from MSNBC or New York Times that this guy's Hitler, they were watching and they kept waiting for some awful shoe to drop. And he was phenomenal the whole way. Last thought, he waited till the very end to talk about foreign affairs. I think he spoke for the longest ever, 100 minutes, I think was the final tally longer than anyone ever spoke. Probably an hour and a half of that was all American focused policies. And then at the very end he talked to Ukraine, he talked the Middle East. I thought it was a home run. I just, I don't know that, that we have seen a better version of Trump than what we saw last night. And I think Democrats are starting to panic because they have no answer for him.

[Clay Travis]

Well, they looked pathetic last night. And I really mean that. When you have somebody who in the very opening is just being flagrantly disrespectful to the President of the United States. Yes, there was nothing, there's nothing you can say about that other than he's acting like, you know, a street communist, a community organizer. I mean he was acting like some guy from Code Pink, who is shrieking in the back of a congressional hearing, except he's a member of Congress and this is a joint address to Congress. So that's pathetic. The little paddles that they held up in the audience made them look so silly. Made them look effeminate and weak and preposterous. I mean, the whole thing was, was an absurdity. And on the issue of, of women in the narrative right now and who I think is doing a better job or who's in a better position with it, we've discussed this. Democrats got a little extra boost for themselves because of the fear mongering around abortion in the midterms. Right. We know that they were able to use that to greater effect in the midterms in Biden's first, after Biden's first couple of years. But now it's gone to the states and Democrat states have incredibly. I was just in Colorado, which has a just barbaric abortion law for the state of. I mean it is all nine months, by the way. It's officially all nine months of a pregnancy. But the states have, have been able to do what they should have done in the first place from a constitutional perspective, which is address this issue. And on the other side of it, Democrats, and this came up last night, specifically Democrats are the ones who keep saying, I want large hairy men to be able to play against your high school or college age female athlete, daughter or sister. I want that to happen when they have somebody in the audience who is a female athlete who had brain damage. Brain damage from. You know, this would be like Clay if somebody who was 20 was on the, on the football field with a kid who's 12 and paralyzed him. I mean, everyone think that was a horrible and monstrous thing.

[Buck Sexton]

Right?

[Clay Travis]

Like what are you doing as a 20 year old playing? Well, the male female differential isn't that far off from that, especially in a contact sport. And Democrats are all in there. We just saw the Senate, Senate Democrats all voting against protection for women in sports. So I think actually the Republicans have the issue that they can club the other side with. They can spike the volleyball in the face of the Democrats on this one. They can go after them in a way that's far more aggressive. And I think that the whole thing is falling apart for Democrats. Alyssa Slotkin. Does anyone think that Alyssa Slotkin is the future of any party? No, she's not. She doesn't have the, any of the political skills. Doesn't have the. The whole thing is appalling, honestly. And I think that we saw Last night you got one side that wants America to be fantastic and the other side just wants to sit and pout and act like children.

[Buck Sexton]

And if you were watching that, and by the way, this is not just our take. 69% of CNN viewers found Trump's speech to be very favorable. 76% of CBS News, all of the numbers rolling in are rave and I just. Democrats could have been somewhat reasonable. They could have clapped for a 13 year old cancer patient who survived. They could have clapped for Lake and Riley's mom and, and, and sister when they were standing. They could have clap for Jocelyn Nangare or the, or the U.S. military Academy cadet, all which by the way the, the, the 13 year old walked over and gave him a handshake which was just perfect and authentic and real. And I think really what ultimately this comes down to is Democrats are supremely fake and also the party of super old people. Did you notice Buck? I think it was, I was watching Fox News but when they panned from our friend Riley Gaines sitting in the upper deck and they went straight to Nancy Pelosi and the disconnect as they were talking about women in men's sports, the disconnect between Riley games, Riley Gaines young, effervescent, brave, fearless and Nancy Pelosi sort of vacantly chewing on her gums looking lost was I thought just a perfect epitomization of how lost Democrats are. We'll continue to break this down because I think it was significant. I think it's going to register, resonate for some time. But last night was an incredible show of support for our military, firefighters and police officers. Law and order once again a top priority at the border and throughout the country. Since 9 11, the tunnel of towers foundation has been supporting America's greatest heroes and their families. The efforts now in its 24th year to provide forever security to the families of fallen soldiers and first responders who have lost a loved one in the line of duty. Heroes like firefighter James Dickman, passionate about fire safety, aspired to do everything in his power to keep his community and fellow firefighters safe. While responding to an apartment fire, James and his crew tried to save people thought to be trapped inside. When the situation escalated, James wasn't able to escape. He perished in the blazing inferno caused the fire arson. James leaves behind his loving wife Jamie, children Paige and Grant. Tunnel the Towers gave the Dickman family the gift of a mortgage free home. Jamie is grateful to tunnel the Towers and to caring friends like you for lifting the financial burden of a mortgage off her shoulders. Donate $11 a month to Tunnel the Towers at t2t.org that's t the number two t.org Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Mic drops that never sounded so good. Find them on the free iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Clay and Buck welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton Show I thought the most compelling part of the entire speech. Secret Service director Sean Curran comes out and gives DJ Daniel 13 year old cancer, brain cancer surviving kid a hug after Trump surprised him, making him a Secret Service agent. Listen to this. What it sounded like. I'm sure most of you were watching, but I thought it was the most compelling moment of 100 minute address from Trump. Cut 20.

[Donald Trump]

The police love him, the police departments love him. And tonight DJ we're going to do you the biggest honor of them all. I am asking our new Secret Service director Sean Curran to officially make you an agent of the United States Secret Service.

[Buck Sexton]

That was buck for Democrats not to stand. Leave aside all politics, there are moments where your common humanity, if you are not trying to be a monolithic Trump deranged moron, would rise to the occasion when a mom is crying about the death of her daughter. When you just heard all that a normal person I talk a lot about how politicians JBN just be normal. A normal person would stand and clap because that is a uniquely powerful human moment.

[Clay Travis]

We can share with everybody what an abnormal person does, which is what Nicole Wallace did after this. A former Republican, mind you, a Bush era Republican who has now sold her soul to msnbc. I hope she got a good price for it then because that stock has only been going down. Here she is. In response to this. This is cut five. Play it.

[I]

I let myself feel joy about D.J. and I hope he's alive for another, you know, 95 years, right? And I hope he lives the life he wants to live he wants to be a cop. He knows what he wants to do. And maybe when you have childhood cancer, that crystallizes for you. And I hope he has a long life as a law enforcement officer, but I hope he never has to defend the United States Capitol against Don Trump supporters. And if he does, I hope he isn't one of the six who loses his life to suicide. And I hope he isn't one who has to testify against the people who carried out acts of seditious conspiracy and then live to see Donald Trump pardon.

[Clay Travis]

Those people can, can't even say the human thing without turning it into a political attack. Clay had to twist it right away.

[Buck Sexton]

I just think their brains are broken. And it is to respond to that moment by saying, I hope he doesn't commit suicide when he grows up after a January 6 attack on a Capitol, I mean, is just so dark. And I think that's really kind of the message that Democrats sent is they're opposed to everything. I don't remember them cheering and some people say, well, this is innately how these sort of addresses go. I don't remember an entire political party refusing to stand and clap for a single line in an entire address like we saw last night. And again, I think it played to Trump's favor because, see, when CNN and CBS News come out and say, hey, Trump, 69%, 76% approval of the speech. We never see numbers like that. Even when you think Trump does a good job, usually the numbers immediately come out and they're like 45% hated it, 42% liked it. You know what I'm talking about. Every major event he does, 13% were undecided, whatever the math is. And for them to come out basically with rave, immediate reactions and the reverberations on social media, I think are going to continue to benefit in buck.

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[Donald Trump]

Just listen to some of the appalling waste. We have already identified $22 billion from HHS to provide free housing and cars for illegal aliens. $45 million for diversity, equity, and inclusion scholarships in Burma. $40 million to improve the social and economic inclusion of sedentary migrants. Nobody knows what that is. $8 million to promote LGBTQI plus in the African nation of Lesotho, which nobody has ever heard of. $60 million for indigenous peoples and Afro Colombian empowerment in Central America. $60 million. $8 million for making mice transgender. This is real.

[Buck Sexton]

Just an innate sense of timing and how to work a room buck. And this is where all of those rallies do come in handy, because your point on Alyssa Slotkin, it's tough to follow Trump, no matter who you are, but when you watch her, she's such a boring, plotting read off a teleprompter politician. Even right now, it seems fake, right? Even right down to. At the opening of her speech, she took, like, two steps, and then she had the American flag backdrop, and it was so bad. It was just so bad and predictable and planned, and it didn't react to anything that Trump said. And even Trump calling out Pocahontas. Have you seen? They're trying to call it. They're trying to say, this is the most racist attack that we've ever seen from the rostrum. And it's like she lied about being Native American. Making fun of her for lying about being Native American is not racist. Claiming that you are a race you are not is arguably the racism. Right, but they just don't. But I. I don't ever remember this before. Uh, what do Democrats actually support? Trump laid out something. Again, I. I think it's so important. This speech was not even particularly partisan. Hey, we want to spend less money on government. Hey, we want peace in Ukraine and in the Middle East. Hey, we want to keep American citizens safe. We want law and order. We want to make sure that people who are illegally in our country can't come here. And when they commit violent crimes, if they are here illegally, that we get them out. Bill Clinton argued in favor of a lot of this, Buck. Barack Obama, 2008, argued in favor of a lot of this. Democrat brains are so broken that Trump has trapped them by getting them to oppose things that they used to support because they are so reflexively anti Trump and they're so afraid of whatever tiny little cadre of online influencers is out there that they abandon their basic Humanity when it comes to just things like, hey, let's stand and cheer for people doing good things on behalf of humanity.

[Clay Travis]

Well, they've also lost in very real ways on. On some issues. And this, for me, was one of the most powerful Spike the. The football moments on. Of the whole speech. And it was on immigration because Biden and, And. And his regime. And Kamala, of course, was the border czar, which is classic because then she ends up. Once they push Grandpa Biden aside for his dementia, Kamala comes forward and then they say, oh, no, she wasn't really. So they lied about Biden's dementia, and then they lie about Kamala being the border czar because dementia Biden kicked the border wide open. It was purposeful. They wanted this to happen. It is part of the strategy. This is cut 17. President Trump, Clay, laying out what we have seen. This is irrefutable. If Trump is able to make the border. Illegal border crossings go down 95% in the first month. What happened under Biden is a choice. It was a choice. It was not a natural disaster. It wasn't a hurricane that hit somebody somewhere nobody was expecting. It wasn't, oh, we need a whole new system to handle this. It was. Biden wanted it to be so, or the people making the decisions for him wanted it to be so. Trump has stopped at play 17.

[Donald Trump]

Since taking office, my administration has launched the most sweeping border and immigration crackdown in American history. And we quickly achieved the lowest numbers of illegal border crosses ever recorded. Thank you. The media and our friends in the Democrat Party kept saying we needed new legislation, we must have legislation to secure the border. But it turned out that all we really needed was a new president.

[Clay Travis]

All right, we're good with that. Okay. Let's just say, Clay, it's a great line because it's true and because it's yet another huge lie that the media, on behalf of the Democrats and the Democrat Party were telling us, which was, our hands are tied. Sorry, nothing we can do about all these illegals pouring into the country. They betrayed American sovereignty. It was an active decision. It was subversion of our borders. It wasn't just, oh, gosh, there's so much chaos. They wanted the chaos. They created it.

[Buck Sexton]

And a lot of moron Republicans in Congress tried to give them cover, which I don't think we can forget. Remember, they were prepared to suddenly sign a bill at the end of the Biden administration which would have allowed Biden to argue, maybe truthfully, that Congress needed to act in order for him to secure the border. I don't mean that that was true. I mean that if the border had gotten secured after Congress acted, Biden could have escaped responsibility for all of his executive orders by saying, I had to wait till Congress acted to shut down the border. What Trump did is come in and sign all the executive orders exactly like he told us he would, like Tom Homan said he would on this program for years. And immediately the border is completely shut down. And that is one. What do we say? This is a three letter election. Ebc, economy, border, crime. Certainly the border connects to crime as well. That's taken care of. And now the Trump focus, in my opinion, should almost exclusively be on the economy. We've got to get the economy chugging along. We've got to beat inflation. We've got to get your average paycheck increasing at a faster rate than inflation. We got to get prices under control. So every time you walk out of a grocery store or walk outside of a fast food restaurant, you aren't shaking your head in disbelief over what you just had to pay. That is the next battle. It is a hard one to win. It is going to probably take the better part of a year. But I think Trump economic policies, when put in place, will make a tremendous difference there. By the way, I don't know if we've mentioned this. We're going to talk with Stephen Miller, one of the architects of this address, at the top of the third hour of the program, 2:00 Eastern, 11:00am on the west Coast. And Daniel Cameron has announced for the Senate in the state of Kentucky the battle to replace Mitch McConnell underway. We will talk with him. In the meantime, strife angst Israeli citizens As Trump is trying to get a continued ceasefire in the Middle east, the dangers provided by Hamas in the south and by Hezbollah in the north for so many people all over Israel remain readily apparent. And as Israelis work hard to return to a life of normalcy, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has continued to support those in the Holy Land still facing the lingering horrors of war and those who are in desperate need right now. Your ongoing monthly gift of 45 bucks will provide critically needed aid to communities in the north and the south devastated by the ongoing war. And your generous donation each month will deliver help to those in need. You can provide hope during a time of great uncertainty with your gift. Bless Israel and her people by visiting supportifcj.org that's one word. Supportifcj.org you can also call 888-488-IFCJ. That's 888488 ifcj want to be in the know when you're on the go the Team 47 podcast Trump highlights from the week, Sundays at noon Eastern in the Clan Buck Podcast feedback. Find it on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

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[Clay Travis]

I think this is a nightmare, not a dream. Clay.

[Buck Sexton]

To be clear, this is like I woke up and I was like, my friend Meghan Markle. Like, I mean, why are we not still baking? I legitimately. There's a dream. I'm like, I. I don't know that any of you can trust any of my opinions anymore if I'm now dreaming that I'm going to be doing adult study classes with Meghan Markle and that we're going to be buddies. So I just try to be honest with the audience as much as I can. Maybe this is connected to me becoming the greatest flute player in the world. Maybe I'm just really in touch with my feminine side now. Maybe I'm actually gay and I just didn't know it. But I don't know what to say about me becoming best friends with Meghan Markle, an adult study abroad program and enjoying baking, which is. You well know, Buck, I've never cooked anything in my life, so maybe it. I don't even know how to explain this.

[Clay Travis]

I think we're at the full on multi million person therapy session stage of the show now, Clay, is this.

[Buck Sexton]

Is this what happens when you get old? You stop having, like, really kind of adventurous, awesome dreams and you're just like, I'm gonna go to an adult study abroad program and I'm gonna get into baking. Like, am I. Am I like Tim Walls levels testosterone right now? Am I gonna be doing spirit fingers and leg kicks soon? I don't know. I was. I was. I'm troubled. I was troubled when I woke up.

[Unknown]

This.

[Buck Sexton]

I enjoyed this.

[Clay Travis]

I think we can all say it's brave for you to share it with me and people listening on 500 stations across the country, plus all of our podcast audience. So your fearlessness, Clay, has to be respected, irrespective of your flute playing and mega Meghan Markle baking skills.

[Buck Sexton]

I know that there is a new Meghan Markle baking show out. I saw Piers Morgan tweeted that he made it through 10 minutes, so maybe that is also resonating. I'll also say this. I needed my Crockett coffee this morning because I had a late night out in downtown Nashville doing Fox Nation television. And the Crockett coffee is coming in handy in a huge way. Go to crockett coffee.com, use code book. But, Buck, I will also say I w. I was blown away by how many of our audience. We talked yesterday about the culture change and the vibe shift and how everything is altering in many ways. I was blown away by how many people had really interesting takes about the White Lotus show. How many of you have watched it and how many of you pointed out that while Yellowstone is seen as this sort of epitomization of Western values, red state America jumped the shark, ran the.

[Clay Travis]

Pickup truck into a brick wall in the last season, sorry to tell you.

[Buck Sexton]

And White Lotus actually ridicules a lot of the woke universe. Now, it is a satirical program, so it is ridiculing lots across the spectrum. But I actually thought more and more after we talked about that conversation about the three women and one of them voting Trump. Is White Lotus actually selling itself to a left wing audience while coding that is sort of subtextually actually embracing much of the critique of left wing audiences and doing it in such a hidden way, in such a subterranean fashion that a lot of the white liberals don't realize how much they're being ridiculed by a show they love? Just an idea out there for some of you that may want to check this out and tell me whether or not you think I'm crazy. Because the more I think about it, that conversation among those three women did not stand alone. And I do think it's indicative of the overall larger vibe shift that we have seen that's making opposing Trump so much more difficult for Democrats overall. They just have no counter narrative.

[Clay Travis]

Well, the America that we have all been living in until very recently with Trump's win has been one in which all Democrats believe that if they were to go with their best friends in the whole world on vacation and find out that one of their best friends since they were in college or whatever, you know, of 20 years considered voting for Trump, that is a mic drop, oh my gosh, catastrophe moment. Whereas Republicans are just like, whatever, man, let's go to the beach. We just don't have that same. Well, for one thing, I think sense of entitlement and sense of, of being able to determine what other people believe and think. And there is a recognition, I think now the Democrats have gone too far with this stuff, even seeping into pop culture. Although, as we've said, hopefully the Trump voting mom from Austin, Texas on the show, you know, doesn't storm the Capitol or something in the last episode, you know, we don't know, like, you know what I'm saying?

[Buck Sexton]

True. Yeah. Who knows that there could be a major pivot. We come back, we'll continue to break down spectacular address from Trump. Thanks for hanging, mom. I need to lay low for a few days.

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