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The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
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Buck Sexton
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Clay Travis
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Buck Sexton
Welcome everybody, to the Wednesday edition of the Clay and Buck Show. My friends, it was the best State of the Union speech I've ever seen. I'm just gonna come right out and say it. A little bit of a mea culpa actually, because I'm a little salty about State of the Unions. Most of them are boring because they go too long. I watched every minute of this one, as I tend to always do, because this is our job. But it was not boring. It was. It was soaring, it was majestic, it was pageantry. It was fantastic. Honestly, I feel like a movie reviewer. I laughed, I cried, I felt my heart soar. It was fantastic. I mean, it was the best. I could not say enough good things about Trump. State of the Union he was absolutely dialed in, locked in and fuego. All of the above. Now we will dive into some of the policy, of course, as well as the very well deserved victory lap. That would mean that was the bulk of the opening, certainly of the speech. And the Democrat responses. Oh, my gosh, this Democrat Party is nuts. In fact, I think one of the most powerful moments, Clay, of the entire. Now, look, before I get into the Democrats, actually, I want to focus on the positive here because many of you are probably familiar with Internet terminology. And for example, the red pill, which comes from the Matrix, which I've been saying for a long time. Actually, I used to say this on my show, Clay, when I was doing a Saturday show for like five people on the Internet. I would say, guys, you know, we got to take the red pill here. And it became very popular because of the movie the Matrix. And it means to see things as they truly are. But now there are different pills with corresponding colors and there are people on the right. There's, there are people that will say, you're taking a, a white pill means you're seeing things in a very sort of benevolent light. Red pill is you're seeing things as they are. Blue pill is you're part of the normies or you still have the, the world sort of shrouded and presented to you without seeing with clarity and which is from the Matrix. And then the black pill is. I'm just, everything is bad. We're never going to win. Everything is terrible. There's some black pilling that happens sometimes on the right where people just want to get down. And I saw a little of this in the commentary of. But what about this? And Trump didn't do that, Clay. I just want to set this marker because I don't know, I don't say that every State of the Union address is great. In fact, most of them, I think, are a waste of time. Most of them I do because it's my job. Not only was this the best State of the Union speech, that was a marker, a high point, I think, for looking back at, was at what has been in its totality, an unbelievable first year of Trump's second term. And I'm somebody who was there in the trenches with the fighting back against the Russia collusion stuff, which was totally messing Trump up in the first term and, and sandbagging and, and, you know, undermining everything he was doing and dealing with the bad picks that he had in that first administration. I'm not a, oh, rose colored glasses guy. Everything is awesome, Clay. Before we get anything else, I just, I think it's worth Taking this moment of this administration has delivered on an enormously on securing the border, on bringing down the crime rate nationally, on a booming economy. We can go through this piece by piece. The data speaks to it. Everyone needs to take a moment, enjoy the win, enjoy the victory. Because unfortunately this too shall pass. He will not be president forever. He might not even have the House for more than another year. And the Democrats will get into this clay. They're insane. They are a wacko party.
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Clay Travis
Well, I mean, I think that to me is everything comes down to a couple of moments. Even more so in a social media age. Most people did not watch a two hour speech and you loved it. I gotta be honest with you, it would have been better if it were an hour 15 instead of nearly two hours. So I was watching. I was also doing what a lot of other people are doing probably. I was watching a basketball game simultaneously on a second screen.
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Buck Sexton
This is the most clay thing ever. You're watching a basketball salmon. We're switching roles here. Usually you're the one that loved the movie, so to speak, and I trash it. You're not trashing it, but you're saying it was too long, which is what I was worried was going to happen. I, I actually sat through the whole thing and thought that he really pulled the whole thing off without it. I mean, I. Look, I think all State of the union should be 30 minutes, but that's me. I'm crazy.
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Clay Travis
I thought that it went on too long with that in as my criticism because I think it just dragged to me. I thought it was the most optimistic patriotic speech that Trump may have ever given. And if you were just a reasonable person.
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Buck Sexton
Right.
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Clay Travis
Not someone who is a Trump deranged psychopath. And you just watch that. I think the results would be somewhat similar to what CNN actually showed, which was 64% of the speech. Viewers really liked it. I would say there's about 35% of people. TRUMP could have come out last night and said I cured cancer. All of your grandmas and grandpas are now going to be resurrected because of massive technological advantages and you're going to get to hang out with your family again. And they still would complain. Right. Whatever the greatest thing and I balance the budget and whatever the greatest accomplishment that you think a president could render. There's about 35% of the population that would hate it just because Trump has broken their brains. And I thought there were two things that really stood out Buck. One was when Trump said they're insane. And the second one was when they're not willing to stand for things that are completely non political in nature. And I think this is going to bounce back in Democrats disfavor in a fairly substantial way because being retro, sort of retroactively opposed to whatever Trump is in favor of, it is working against them. And I thought Trump did a good job of making a case. If I were giving advice, I would have said do it in 1:15 instead of 145. I think 30 minutes of that speech could have been cleaned up. But so much of it was just a spectacularly optimistic story about America and how our lives intersect with the 250-year-old history of the country. And in that way, I thought it was very well done and the most optimistic, probable speech that Trump has maybe ever given in his presidency.
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Buck Sexton
You noted two of the most important policy, which I think pretty universally people felt like the Democrats not standing for. We want to put citizens above foreigners, basically. Like Americans matter more to the American government. Their future and their well being matters more to the American government than other people. Democrats just fundamentally don't believe that actually Democrats view anyone from anywhere in the world, no matter what their, their, their background, their language, their politics, their, their credo, whatever as well. Maybe that could be a voter. You know, I'll just start giving them welfare and turn them into a voter. That's how they view anyone from anywhere. Anyone is as American as any of you. As long as that person is, is going to be on the government dole and vote Democrat. That is truly how they feel and how they think of this country, which I think is a huge vulnerability for them politically. It should be, or else we're just on a slow glide path into the side of the mountain and our sovereignty is done. But Clay, the two moments for me that were particularly just powerful, the USA Hockey team thing, that I'm not, I'm not a hockey guy.
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Clay Travis
So many, I got so many thoughts on this too, that we can dive into eventually. But that moment was pure cinematic gold.
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Buck Sexton
It, it was, it was, you know, Ronald Reagan high fiving Hulk Hogan on the back of a triceratops with, with American flags fluttering in the background, you know, flanked by eagles. Like, I mean, it was, it was amazing.
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Clay Travis
All right.
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Buck Sexton
It was an absolutely beautiful moment for, for the country. And it was just so cool. Those young guys there, you know, the big win. And it really is about America. And I think I would hope that even somebody that despises every aspect of Trump's policy at least had their, had their moment. You know, they smiled and looked at those Guys and said they are. There are boys and they did a great job. And our gals, they weren't. They weren't there last night, but, you know, the gals team did a great job, too. And I just think that that national pride is something that I want to see in everybody, irrespective of who they vote for. Unfortunately, Democrats, a lot of them, not all them. It's not fair to say all of them, but a lot of them don't. And Clay, the other moment for me was when he told the story of the pilot, Chief Warrant Officer Slover.
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Clay Travis
Yeah.
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Buck Sexton
Going into Venezuela, getting his legs. I mean, I'm assuming it was probably getting hit by seven, six, two rounds. I mean, I. I don't know. They didn't talk about this, but getting hit by, you know, getting hit in the legs and in the hip and continuing as a Chinook pilot to make sure that. That that bird came down and the mission was completed. And that guy, you could tell he's still recovering. There's still probably a lot of pain. He's dealing with and. And immobility issues from, you know, you. You get. You get hit with those kind of rounds, especially you're talking about hip stuff. That's very. Point is, man, that guy's just an American hero, an American badass, and be able to give him the Medal of Honor. I know there are other Medal of Honor winners too, and they had amazing stories, but this guy just happened. I just. That. That wasn't about Trump.
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Clay Travis
Right.
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Buck Sexton
This is the thing.
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Clay Travis
No, totally.
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Buck Sexton
It's about the country, truly. So how can they not love that? How can. How can you be an American and not say, you know, this is one of the best of ours right here. This guy who put it on the line and got the mission done.
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Clay Travis
Eric Slover is his name and what. First of all, he looked uncomfortable being there because I guarantee you, if they had given him a mic, he would say, well, I was just one of. Insert number of guys doing my job.
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Buck Sexton
That's how those guys are at the highest level, the operators. That's how they are.
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Clay Travis
But as he stood there and he was still, as you said, recovering, he had a. I think crutches, basically to help him walk. He looked like an American badass monster. In a good way.
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Buck Sexton
Right. Just huge.
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Clay Travis
I don't know how many reps on 315 that guy could do, but I would go for a high number. I mean, he looks like a guy who had committed his heart and soul to defending America to such an extent that he was there to get the utmost of his body and give the utmost of his body on behalf of the country. And that to your point, they had 200 year old, a World War II veteran, a guy who flew missions, I think they said in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. I mean, both of whom were getting the awards. I thought it was the most patriotic pro American speech that Trump may have ever given. And here's what stood out to me, Buck. And I think this ties in with the US Men. And I've got so many thoughts on a deep level about this. You can argue, as we have said on this program, about what the tax rate should be on corporations, and you can argue about what policies should be in place when it comes to ice raids and all these other different things. But really what I think President Trump distilled with this address is there is one party that is proud of this country and proud of the United States and feels intense patriotic loyalty to America, and that is Republicans. And then there is a party that is ashamed of America and everything that it represents, and that is Democrats. And that is a big major issue writ large that doesn't have anything to do direct with policy. And I thought Trump's address was delivered right at that intersection of conflict over this existential and supported and super important question of is America a good and just country or not? Republicans say yes, Democrats say no. And I think that goes to the very essence of our political battles in this day and age. And I thought that address really focused on it also.
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Buck Sexton
Trump just taking a moment for him here because there was a lot of stuff that really was about the country and that was, it was beautiful. And all of the victory laps that he started out with are just, they're just factual, too. This isn't when Biden says things like American jobs, we brought back the economy, it's like, you mean you Democrat maniacs allowed people to go back to work because they had already gotten a nasty cold that they weren't going to die from in the first place because they weren't, you know, at high risk. Like, that's your great economic contribution to stop ruining everything and spending us into oblivion. The accomplishments that Trump was laying out last night are just that they're accomplishments, no matter how you slice it. The reality is he's done incredible things. But the other part of this clay is he's just a showman. I mean, when he goes up with the Democrats or, you know, all they're, they're, they're shrieking and howling and they're also upset and they're acting like, really acting like the, you know, the unruly children in the school auditorium that the dean has to go and give a talking to. You know, Trump is just like, yeah, you're crazy. You know, he's shouting them down. The guy just puts on a show. It's. There's nothing else like it. We have seen nothing else like it. And I thought it, I thought it was phenomenal. Do I always think that a speech could be short or. Sure. But I actually, last night was the first time that I wasn't like, this has gotten brutal. That was, that was kind of my meaning.
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Clay Travis
Got.
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Buck Sexton
Got way too long. So overall I thought it was his best State of the Union speech. And I go into these things pretty with low expectations. So we'll talk about some of the Democrat stuff, some of the big policy moments. Also I think worth discussing this setting aside money for American children in accounts understand, like basically putting everybody in a place where they will benefit from the American economy and the financial system. There's some big things about this that I think really matter and we should discuss because this is a way you want to deal with the wealth gap and you want to deal with quality of life and all these things.
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Clay Travis
There's a lot to this, by the way. We should have taken George W. Bush's advice a long time ago and indexed Social Security to S&P 500 index funds. If we had, the country would be on much sounder financial shape. Instead of you giving all your money and getting back 3% returns or whatever the heck it is 40 years later, it's a Social Security. The way it's set up is just, it's a joke. Throughout the State of the Union speech, President Trump honored our military. Olden young, frequently referenced. This year's the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. This year also marks the 25th anniversary of the 911 attacks and the tunnel. The Towers foundation has been helping America's heroes ever since heroes like Fire Lieutenant Michael Wells. Inspired by the heroism of firefighters on 9 11, Michael felt a calling to pursue his dream of serving his community as a firefighter. He devoted 14 years to his fire department, rose to the rank of Lieutenant, save lives and earned the Badge of Honor for his bravery. Despite his courage, faith and unwavering smile, he lost his battle with occupational cancer on the 25th anniversary of 9 11. Michael's story reminds us of the profound impact of that day on America's heroes and their families. Michael leaves behind his loving wife Katie, their three kids and a legacy of service and love. The Tunnel of the Towers foundation honored Michael by paying off the Wells family mortgage. Help tunnel the Tower. Support more families like the Wells family. Join us in donating $11 a month and amplify your impact with a car or land donation. Go to 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 podcast.
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Clay Travis
in Clay Travis Buck Sexton Show. We'll get to some of your talkbacks. A ton of talkbacks rolling in on a variety of different topics. Encourage you to download the iHeart app. Also want to hit you with this to make sure again we are on Sirius XM channel 123. You can now listen to us nationwide if you have Sirius XM third hour coming soon because I'll get messages every now and then. I don't know if you've seen a buck where people are like hey, where'd the third hour? First two hours you're listening to us live on Sirius xm. They are finishing off the third hour. It is going to be added soon but we're excited to have that. And let me just reiterate, go subscribe to the podcast. We are growing fast there. The YouTube channel is growing fast. Over 120,000 subscribers strong there now and we are soon going to be adding three hours there as well. But more reactions coming here shortly on the state of the union and the overall direction of the country. I want to tell you right now, all 50 states, Texas, California, Georgia, if you're feeling left out, you can play along with my friend at Prize Picks. They are great. Pricepix.com is the website code clay. I recently went to an event in Atlanta. Adam, the founder of Prize Picks Atlanta based company, he said when they sold Prize Picks recently buck, over 130 employees of the company became millionaires. That's people who worked there for a variety of time got stock options. Over 130 people became millionaires because of this great business that Adam Wexler built. You can now play along in all 50 states. Prizepix.com code clay that is pricepix.com code play. When you play $5, you get $50 deposited in your account. You're gonna love it. Whether you love basketball, hockey, baseball, it's about to be a good time in the spring with everything firing on all cylinders. That's prizepix.com code clay.
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Buck Sexton
Here with us tonight is a group of winners who just made the entire nation proud. The men's gold medal Olympic hockey team. Come on in, Clay. I think the chant of usa USA was in, in essence what the speech was last night. Yes, that really, you know, if you're looking for an encapsulation, it's just a room full of people cheering, American heroes shouting usa usa. I mean, let's really take a moment. I know that there were people on the Democrat side there who looked like they were sucking on lemons. The whole, you know, who was particularly actually, well, I mean, it's tough to compare to Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib who truly, if they were in like a college auditorium, they would have been, you know, they would have been removed by security.
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Clay Travis
Ok.
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Buck Sexton
They're completely, they're, they're classless. They're grotesque. They're, they're horrible. Okay, But Mark Kelly, the idea that this guy is a presidential contender, he's such a surly little fuddy duddy, you know, I don't get that. Oh, we're all supposed to be so impressed by him. I'm not impressed by him at all. I don't care. He sits there with this scowl on his face and you say what is there? Like, like, look around in America today. I know the Democrats, some of their favorite toys have been taken away. I know that all DEI is taking a Big hit. And we don't have to use the preferred pronouns and we don't have to leave the borders wide open and pretend that somebody who came here illegally yesterday is just as American as people who have been here for, you know, hundreds of years with their families. You know, just the same. It's all the same. We don't have to do that anymore. But really, look at the day to day in the country right now. Unemployment, inflation, overall economic growth, GDP per capita wages. Now I know prices are high, yes, I'm not saying everything's perfect. Yes, there's still a housing issue. But you look at the borders being secure, you look at the murder rate nationally coming down to effectively an all time low. And then you add to this, where's the. Are we in some horrible war right now with our bravest American men and women coming back in body bags and the solemnity of having. No, we are. Thank God, we are not. Are we in the midst of some terrible war? We are not. Are we in the midst of some economic depression or great recession? No, we are not. Are we? What is the. What is there to be so upset about, Clay? This is really the thing I think is so funny. They just so bad. I mean, Spamberger, who is a total Trojan horse, she is absolutely out of the Democrat playbook of like, I'm sort of just a boring mom, just like all of you. And then the lunatic communists just, you know, with their purple hair and their earplugs and their nose rings in the background, like Marxism. Ra. You know, like that's what she's. She's going to unleash them on America the second she's in power, which she's done to Virginia already. What are these people? I really like that. This is why when Trump called them crazy, they're crazy. They're actually nuts. Like I don't have to sit here and get into some in depth conversation about their view of Keynesian economics. They can't even spell Keynesian economics. Do you think Rashida Talib knows who Keynes was? He actually knows what country he's from or what. I mean, these people are imbeciles and all they do is just, just show what malcontents they are. They just spew rage and envy and. Yeah. All over the country. That's what I felt like last night.
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Clay Travis
I love what Trump has done on crime and I hope that he punched through on this. We should be talking all the time about the fact that murders are at 125 year low. And I went and did Research this morning, Buck, you can go look it up. Washington D.C. in particular, where Trump spoke last night. 250th anniversary of the country. No one is talking about this. I feel sometimes like I'm screaming into a void. But I think it is so incredibly important. Murders are down 67% in Washington D.C. since last year, Buck. 27 murders between January and February occurred in 2025 last year, which was already beginning a dramatic decline from the past with Trump coming into office. There's only been nine murders in Washington D.C. in January and February of 2026 so far. 67%. Okay, we talked about this when it happened. We said, okay, maybe Trump's going to surge resources in Washington D.C. and it's just not going to work. That would stink because we would prefer that there was less violent crime. Murders instead are down 67%. What if we have just, and I think it's becoming clear grown to accept a certain level of crime that is absolutely unnecessary to accept. And by surging resources in crime ridden communities, we can actually make everybody infinitely safer. Wouldn't that be a great thing that's happening right now in Washington D.C. it's happening in my home state, Buck. Memphis, Tennessee and it's happening in New Orleans, Louisiana, which I think is such an incredible story that it's impossible to attack Trump for and it should be screamed louder. I'm glad he addressed it last night, but I think a lot of people still have no clue how much safer. And by the way, do you know whose lives are being saved? Overwhelmingly minority lives, because murder rates are not evenly distributed per capita. Black and Hispanic people are far more likely to kill each other than white and Asian people are. And Trump is saving tons of lives. I mean, this is a real tangible thing.
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Buck Sexton
It is. And it reminds me, Clay, of there are a number of things where there was a binary like should we deport illegals or not for the future of this country is something that is, I think it should be obvious to anybody. But there's a deep and long running philosophical ok, is it better, you know, if we deported X amount in the next five years? What's it like in 10 years? These are things where you can keep arguing about it, is my point. I think it's very clear what's best for the country. But you keep arguing about it. There are other things though, where there's just, there's a final declaration of what is, who is right and who is wrong. I mean, you're, you love betting. You like predictions. You're into this stuff. Yeah, and, and sometimes it's. You get it wrong, you get it right. You know, this is.
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Clay Travis
Sometimes you can't tell. Sometimes the outcome is unclear and you just argue, hey, what. What could have happened here? What caused this? That's fair.
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Buck Sexton
But with Democrats on a number of important issues with Trump, the experiment has been run and we have seen the result. And they were wrong. And they don't care. They don't change their tune.
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Clay Travis
They don't.
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Buck Sexton
They don't change their mind. They certainly don't say, I'm sorry. And this is what we're dealing with now. Clay, there was an article in the New York Times by not a right winger, and it's something we may want to talk about. I know you had a deep transitioner on last week. Just saying ideology was pushing this trans care for kids stuff. There was no, there were no studies. There was no benefit analysis, really. It was just got a transom, got to transmit. I got to trans as many of them as we can, as fast as we can put them. Clay, testosterone is a controlled substance that is hard for adult males to get without. You have to get a doctor's prescription. In some places, they want to know, you know, you know, I have a ton of friends here in Miami who are they call it, you know, pinning TRT ton of friends here. And if you go in and you're like a teenage girl, they're going to give you testosterone as quickly as they can in a lot of these places. Right. So it's controlled substance for men. Before My, My point on this great point.
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Clay Travis
That's the story that she told us, which was a lot of people still reacting to it. At 17 years old, they just start pumping this, you know, little girl, young girl, completely full of testosterone.
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Buck Sexton
It's in Clay. And what they have to understand is there's no if you're a man and they're doing that for you, there is a completely clear medical basis, which is what is the optimum range for a man to be in. And they have to check. They'll check your hematocrit, they'll check your blood range. They'll check. You know, again, as part of my fitness journey, I've been doing. I've done peptides, and I've talked about this another time. The only reason I don't talk about it more, by the way, is just because I don't want to be accused of, like, giving medical advice. Right. So that's why I'm a little. But I'm a huge believer in get to a. Get to A performance doc. Talk to that performance doc about Maryland medical doctor, about peptides, and maybe one day we can have one on the show. Clay. I mean, I should probably talk to Marty McCary about this tomorrow, because I think this is critical for health and a lot of things. My point is, what is the proper testosterone level for a girl who thinks she's a boy? There is no proper. Like, this doesn't exist. This is like, you know, you're crossing, you know, a hyena with a giraffe. Like, this is not supposed to happen. You're not supposed to do this. And they're finally now admitting that the science was not settled, the science was ideological, and that's just one incredibly important issue. But, Clay, on the issue of crime, which you just brought up, we were having this debate over at Morning Joe. They were coming off the croquet course, Mika and Joe, with the sweaters around their shoulders, to laugh at all the peasants about how they thought that they'd be safer if, you know, Donald Trump actually put federal resources to work to make people safer. He was right. The numbers show it. They were wrong. Why aren't there articles in the New York Times? Why aren't there Democrats who are saying, you know, I don't like Trump on this. I disagree with how he does that. I wish he didn't make such funny jokes about Ilhan Omar or whatever, but he was right on crime. Clay, you know what happens if you do that? They, Eric Adams, you. You get pushed out of the good graces of the party, and maybe you get a federal prosecution thrown at you if they're in power, just to show you who the real boss is. These people, I keep coming back to it. These Democrats are nuts. They're nuts. They are unmoored from reality.
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Clay Travis
I just look at it and say, murders going down, anything we could do to make that happen. And you know this. There are so many, you know, downstream impacts from murders declining. Obviously, public safety is number one, because everybody feels more. Feels safer in their communities. But the impact of, psychologically, of people who lose loved ones to violent crime, you never recover from it. Right now, there are thousands of people who will never experience that feeling because Trump and the people who work with him, the law enforcement, the National Guard, everybody out there that serves resources. Ice. Yes, ice. All of those people have made it such that thousands of people are walking the streets today who would have been dead. I don't know how. You cannot make that a signature achievement, Buck. If you and I had come on, if we had said, hey, what's your prediction for 2024, 2025. What is year one of Trump going to going to make happen? If you or I had said in January of 2025, I think we're going to hit 125 year low in murders, somebody would have clipped that and they would have said this is the most crazy pro Trump outlandish prediction, that they
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Buck Sexton
would have laughed at existence. They would have, they wouldn't even, I think and analyze. They would have mocked us. Yes, absolutely.
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Clay Travis
It happened. It happened. You and I wouldn't have even thought to predict it because it's such an unexpected outcome. And it's like we're not even going to check the scoreboard. We're not even going to analyze basic data.
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Buck Sexton
I would put it on the other side too, where remember Joe Biden astutely, unfortunately, because he knew, because he's been in the game a long time, or at least his senior advisors knew, he never went full BLM because he with defund the police. He knew Defund the police. Defund the police is a moron, is a moron slogan. And you're getting politically, it's toxic. You can't defund the police. He knew that and so he stayed away from it. If Joe Biden had come into office and said, you know what, I know this is going to upset some communities, but the numbers are going to speak for themselves and actually particularly minority communities will benefit from the lives saved more than anybody else. We're going to go all in on crime. And Joe Biden delivered 120 year low in the murder rate. We would be on here and I'd be saying, and you'd be saying, wow, I didn't think he had it in him, but pretty remarkable. Maybe he's getting more credit for it than he deserves, but it's a good thing. And if we had opposed it, I would have, I mean, I don't know how that would have happened. Right. But I'm just saying if we had doubted it, I would have been like, he proved us wrong. It's a good thing. Some people in the audience would be mad at us because they're mad whenever I say anything nice about anything a Democrat does. And that's fine, but that's where we'd be. Democrats don't do that. They jeer Trump saving lives because it's Trump. That's where they are. It's pretty crazy. I mean, again, I keep coming back to that word. They're crazy. Guys, this is what we're up against. Why we can't Let these people back near the levers of power. All right. Israel continues to be in the news cycle. While there's a lot of focus on neighboring Iran, it's the safety of Israel's residents that a lot of Americans are thinking about these days. For those in this audience, that reference to the Bible in your daily lives, that reference the Bible rather, in your daily lives. You know the phrase from the book of Abraham, I will bless those who bless you. It reminds every Christian to look after those of the Jewish faith, and you will be blessed for doing so. And today, with anti Semitism rising around the world, that calling is more urgent than ever. At a time when Jewish communities are experiencing more hostility, more threats, and more violence than ever, Christians have a powerful opportunity to say, we've got your back. When Christians choose to bless Israel's people, we're not taking a political stand. We're honoring the root of our faith and standing against hatred. Supporting Israel is more than a belief. And by partnering with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, an organization doing so much for so many Israeli residents in need, you're empowering the IFCJ to help those in Israel. Visit IFCJ.org today. That's IFCJ.org want to be in the
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Clay Travis
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Buck Sexton
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Clay Travis
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Buck Sexton
Welcome back into Clay and Buck. I want to remind you all Manufacturing Delusion, my friend. Friends was the number four book in the world last week, which was pretty good considering the top three books were like, global Massive massive. A couple in particular, Global Massive Massive bestsellers, selling millions of copies, which is really hard to do with a book. So for new releases, crushing it only lost to the bunny. You know what? Props to the bunny. Now I gotta meet this jelly roll guy at some point and be like, dude, your wife's memoir was. Was stiff competition. I don't know what else to say. People buying the memoir. But by Manufacturing Delusion and something else I want to tell you, I'm talking about the Democrats are so crazy. This explains why and how they're made that way. That's why I think you really like the book. There's all these fake. I was telling Clay about this. This goes to something else that's in the book, which is how technology is going to affect perception management information operations in really profound ways. Clay. There are people creating fake books. They go and they look on the bestseller list. And then they create fake versions of those books. Same title, but, you know, change a few things. AI lets them do this in a minute or two, and they just put it up and then they hope that people just say, oh, that's the title. And they click and they spend, you know, 20 bucks buying a fake AI book. And this has happened. It's happened to some of our people. I'm so sorry, by the way, guys. We're pulling them down as fast as we can. But this is just now the new. This is one of the new fraudster games that they play.
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Clay Travis
It happens with all products. If you are going. This is just a psa. If you are going on to buy something online now, the first several results are paid for. They're not what you would actually want to look for. Even on Amazon, if you look, you'll see sponsored beside it, somebody is paying for that placement. Scroll down, scroll down. You can't trust whatever the top result is when you're buying a product now you can get scammed that way. Even hotels buck. You ever try to go on Google and just type in a specific hotel you want to stay at? I don't know. We stay at the Thompson a lot of times. And right by iHeart, you type in Thompson Central Park. The top several are not the official hotel website and they will not even give you the best rate because they're taking and, and, and booking and then going back and booking through the hotel anyway. It is broken and it's something that needs to be addressed and you need to pay attention to. You cannot result trust anymore. Top result.
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Buck Sexton
This is what the book looks like. Manufacturing delusion. This is the real book. Go buy it today. This is an Iheart podcast. Guaranteed human.