Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H2 - The Crazy Left

Summary

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The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show

Episode: Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H2 - The Crazy Left
Date: February 21, 2026
Podcast: iHeartPodcasts

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Episode Overview

This hour of The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show focuses on their perspectives regarding what they call the "Crazy Left" — addressing developments in Democratic politics, foreign policy missteps, media controversies, and "manufacturing delusion" in American society. The conversation flows from historic context (with Buck discussing his new book), to critiques of high-profile Democrats like AOC and Gavin Newsom, to a robust exchange with Congressman Jim Jordan about border policy, the state of Congress, and upcoming elections. The tone is lively, combative, and full of quips, using history and current events to make their case.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Buck’s New Book: "Manufacturing Delusion"

(02:24–06:37)

• Buck introduces his book, emphasizing the use of history and intelligence world anecdotes to illustrate tactics he believes the left uses: "brainwashing, indoctrination and propaganda."
• He shares a unique account of Soviet/Russian secret police history and his personal CIA stories, including an anecdote from Nigeria.

“Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century had a group that was loyal only to him called the Oprichniki... They had severed dogs' heads that they carried on their saddles just to scare the crap out of everybody.” — Buck Sexton (04:02)

• Book includes CIA-era stories, like "me in The Wesley Snipes VIP Lounge 20 years ago in Abuja, Nigeria."

Notable Quote:

“Let’s beat that Jon Meacham book. He’s a Trump hater, he’s a smug lib, and he has a book out today. So that’s in your hands, my friends.” — Buck Sexton (03:46)

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2. AOC’s Foreign Policy Gaffe & Democrat Infighting

(06:37–14:10)

• Clay and Buck criticize AOC’s (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) answer to a foreign policy question in Munich, describing it as worse than Kamala Harris’ gaffes.
• Clay claims rivals in the Democratic Party are leveraging AOC’s fumble:

“I think some of AOC’s rivals that expect that she may run for President in 2028 see it as an opportunity to kind of kneecap her with the donor class and just say this is not someone with the depth of knowledge...”— Clay Travis (09:09)

• Trump’s critique is aired, drawing in Gavin Newsom for scorn as well:

“I watched AOC answering questions in Munich. This was not a good look for the United States. I watched Gavin Newscom answering questions in Munich and this was a bad look for our country... She had no idea how to answer... very important questions concerning the world.” — Donald Trump (12:02)

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3. Debates About Intelligence in Politics & Media Victimhood

(14:10–19:08)

• Clay and Buck discuss Democratic leaders' intelligence: AOC, Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, and Jasmine Crockett are positioned as lacking "depth of knowledge."
• Gavin Newsom vs. Ted Cruz:
  • Ted Cruz called Newsom “historically illiterate,” which Newsom then interpreted as an attack on his dyslexia.
  • Hosts dismiss this as a victimhood tactic by Newsom.
• Segment on bar exam failures:
  • Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton both failed bar exams on their first attempts; Clay sees this as indicative of insufficient preparation on their part.

“Failing the first time is an indictment. I think so.” — Clay Travis (17:10)

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4. Modern Politics & Media: Grades, Credentials, and True Crime

(18:57–24:06)

• Brief commentary on presidential candidates’ college grades (Bush vs. Kerry).
• Media obsession with true crime stories, particularly among women, noting the Nancy Guthrie case coverage despite lack of new developments.

“Women are obsessed with true crime stories. Now the problem, leaving aside the actual crime that took place, is what you’re hitting on. Most true crime stories have evolution. There is a plot point.” — Clay Travis (45:24)

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5. Major Interview: Congressman Jim Jordan

(25:34–38:13)

Sanctuary Cities & Border Security

• Jordan lambasts Democratic “crazy” policies like sanctuary jurisdictions, blaming them for releasing individuals charged with crimes back into communities.
• Stresses the significance of 31% of the US population living under such policies.

“What’s happened in now almost a third of the country, 18 cities, 11 states, three counties and the District of Columbia... tell their local law enforcement, don’t work with federal law enforcement...”— Rep. Jim Jordan (27:25)

Federal Supremacy on Immigration

• Clay raises the contradiction of courts blocking Texas’ border actions while blue areas create their own immigration policies. Jordan pushes for legislation to make federal law supreme and withdraw funding from sanctuary policies.

“If you have a state that says... our sheriff, we want to work with federal law enforcement... we want to be able to say no... we will step in and represent them and defend them if in fact, the state comes after them.” — Rep. Jim Jordan (29:49)

2024 Election Cycle & "Normal vs. Crazy"

• Jordan says the GOP will focus their message on achievements (border security, tax cuts, school choice) and paint Democratic policies as "crazy."

“It’s crazy to defund the police. It’s crazy to say you want to abolish ice. It’s crazy not to have a border, which is all the things that were taking place under the previous administration.” — Rep. Jim Jordan (32:37)

• Invokes Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ phrase: “The divide in America today is normal versus crazy.” (34:34)

Transgender Policies & Democratic Party Dynamics

• Buck asks if Democrats authentically believe in the far-left’s positions on gender/ideology or kowtow to their party’s base.
• Jordan thinks most don’t believe it but are beholden to "hard left" political funding and energy.

“I think the vast majority don’t believe that. But I think again, we’re back to the energy in their party has embraced this... crazy policies. That’s where they get the financing, that’s where they get the campaign values.” — Rep. Jim Jordan (36:14)

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6. Lighter Moments & Sports

(37:00–38:08)

• Buck and Clay, joined by Jordan, discuss the Winter Olympics, curling controversies, and the athleticism of cross-country skiers, providing a moment of levity.

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Notable Quotes

• On Media and Democratic Infighting:

  "When you call Pravda and you tell Pravda, hey, I need to address something... I think it’s evidence that it’s even registering on the Democrat side." — Clay Travis (08:52)

• On Book Promo:

  "Manufacturing delusion. How the left uses brainwashing, indoctrination and propaganda against you." — Buck Sexton (02:29)

• On Sanctuary Jurisdictions:

  “Until they address the sanctuary jurisdiction, crazy policies that are out there, I don’t know how you get a handle on it...” — Rep. Jim Jordan (27:17)

• On Campaign Strategy:

  “I do think the economy is improving. We had 4.3% growth last quarter. Stock market’s at 50,000... remind the voters of that as well.” — Rep. Jim Jordan (32:15)

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Important Timestamps

• 02:24: Buck introduces "Manufacturing Delusion" and shares historical/spy anecdotes
• 06:37: Criticism of AOC’s Munich appearance and Democratic infighting
• 12:02: Trump’s comments on AOC and Gavin Newsom at Munich
• 14:10–19:08: Analysis of intelligence in politics, Newsom vs. Cruz controversy, and bar exam talk
• 25:34: Jim Jordan joins (border policy, sanctuary cities, campaigns)
• 27:17: Sanctuary city statistics and their impact
• 29:42: Strategy to challenge blue jurisdictions on immigration law
• 32:37: “Normal vs. Crazy” — campaign rhetoric
• 34:34: Sarah Huckabee Sanders quote invoked by Jordan
• 35:19: Discussion on Democratic party’s stance on transgender ideology
• 43:44: Quick segment on Nancy Guthrie case and true crime coverage

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Memorable Moments

• Buck’s CIA Nigeria story: “They had a big oil painting [of] Wesley Snipes… because he went there.” (05:08)
• AOC gaffe described as an opportunity for infighting and memes:
  “Producer Greg is out today, but his mix… of Ms. South Carolina and AOC was very well received on social media.” — Clay Travis (10:14)
• Jordan’s breakdown of sanctuary city impacts:
  “So in roughly a third of the country, left wing political officials tell their local law enforcement, don’t work with federal law enforcement.” — Rep. Jim Jordan (27:25)

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Episode Summary

This episode weaves together tough criticism of high-profile Democrats with historical analogies, personal stories, and guest analysis. Major topics include Buck’s new book about propaganda and historical "manufacturing of delusion," the fallout from AOC’s foreign policy misstep, debates about intelligence among Democratic politicians, media handling of political victimhood, and Congressman Jim Jordan’s perspective on the border, sanctuary cities, and 2024 campaign strategy. The hosts promote a “normal vs. crazy” framing for modern U.S. politics and emphasize the importance of fighting what they see as leftist distortions in law, policy, and culture. The tone is adversarial, at times irreverent, but always energetic—serving up right-leaning commentary on the week’s biggest stories.

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Transcript

[Buck Sexton]

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[Clay Travis]

How long were you in Nigeria?

[Buck Sexton]

About six weeks.

[Clay Travis]

Oh, that's a pretty long time.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah. Oh, no, I was there, like, for a while. Yeah.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah.

[Buck Sexton]

It was not a quick. It was not a quick visit and moving and moving around the country. So that was my first experience overseas with the agency. It was pretty. Pretty fun. Pretty cool stuff. And obviously, Nigeria is a. And Trump just. We had missile strikes there recently. We just. We actually just had Clay, I think, in the last few days. U.S. forces arriving in Nigeria. Now they're on a training and assistance mission. But, I mean, those Delta guys are those SF guys, depending sometimes, you know, the training, quote, unquote, is a little more than just training, if you know what I'm saying. So, yeah, anyway, they're in Nigeria. So that's in the book. And there's some other. Some other Kind of fun little background stuff that I haven't talked about before. You know, Afghanistan, Iraq, all that good stuff. Anyway, Clay, so it all ties in. And now let's talk Trump. Speaking of international relations, here is Trump on Air Force One. Last night, AOC was in Munich and we discussed that. Was was the answer. Actually, people say it was Kamala esque. But was it worse than Kamala? Because Kamala, I think, because she never even answered, just turned into words.

[Clay Travis]

I, I think it's worse because some of the things that Kamala would stumble over and everything else were. I can't believe I'm defending Kamala on this, but were questions that she may not have expected. And to me, when you stumble over questions that are self evident again, we, we even tried to give AOC some cover here to some extent. You know, she went to a foreign affairs event and knew she was speaking there. If you are going to a foreign affairs event and know you are speaking there, you should know the 10 most likely things that you're going to be asked and have a good answer for them. Getting asked, as you well know, because you just came back from Taiwan, getting asked what America's response should be in the event that Taiwan is invaded by China is a foundational question of American foreign policy that has been discussed for generations. And she's been in, in elected and in Congress since 2019. So the idea that she doesn't have an answer to that question, I think is, is worse. It would be like, it would be like Kamala going to a pro choice rally and not having an answer ready for what she thinks on abortion. And I, I think even Kamala Harris watched that answer and, and was embarrassed by it. Let me say this too. It must be blowing up a, on AOC in a negative way because she called the New York Times last night. Did you see this? And gave a statement basically on what she was trying to say in that statement. And when you call Prabda and you tell Pravda, hey, I need to address something that's being talked about here. I think it's evidence that it's even registering on the Democrat side. I might have gotten this wrong when I said, hey, if you're a left winger, you're not even going to hear about this, I think on social media, partly because Elon has the ability to have a free Marketplace. I think AOC's answer was so bad, it was getting attention. I'll also say this. I think some of AOC's rivals that expect that she may run for President in 2028 see it as an opportunity to kind of kneecap her with the donor class and just say this is not someone with the depth of knowledge to be able to be a forward thinking leader of the party. So I think maybe what I miscalculated was how other Democrats out there might have seen it as such a bad answer that they concurry favor in the quiet primary that's going on right now where everybody tries to convince people that they should be the one getting donor dollars. So I, I, I do think it managed to register and give. Producer Greg is out today, but his mix, which we played yesterday of Ms. South Carolina and AOC was very well received on social media and, and has been ricocheting around there as well. So, so I do think that this kind of blew up on AOC in a way that she did not anticipate. And, and that is the, that is the reality there. And speaking of the, what were you going to hit us with

[Buck Sexton]

so? Well, no, I was, I was just going to say Clay Trump weighed in on this.

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[Buck Sexton]

Trump weighed in on what AOC says. Here we go. Play. We'll play Trump talking to this clip. 1. I watched AOC answering questions in Munich. This was not a good look for the United States. I watched Gavin Newscomb answering questioning in Munich and this was a bad look for our country. This was a bad, these two people are incompetent and at least Hillary's confident. She's just Trump deranged. She was so deranged.

[Congressman Jim Jordan]

She is an angry woman. But I watched the other two speaking

[Buck Sexton]

and answering basic questions. Look, Gavin has destroyed California and aoc. I never heard her speak very much. They started answering questions. She had no idea what was happening. She had no idea how to answer, you know, very important questions concerning the world.

[Clay Travis]

I, I think that here is my thought in general and I think it ties in with Gavin Newsom going after Ted Cruz. Whatever you think about J.D. vance, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, I could run through a long list. They are really smart dudes. I mean, if you just had a quiz bowl and you got Marco Rubio, JD Vance, Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley. And I mentioned those four because I think there's a decent chance they're all going to run in 2028. And also I know them personally. They're really smart dudes. Aoc, not very smart, I don't think buck. And, and, and every time she answers questions now she's skilled on social media and there is a degree of, of, of panache and talent that is based on that. But when you have any depth of knowledge that's required to analyze issues, she doesn't have it. And look, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, you disagree with them? I think they're actually pretty smart people. I'll give you another couple of Rahm Emanuel sounds like he's going to run in 2028. You may or may not agree with him. I think he's a pretty smart guy. Jasmine Crockett AOC Gavin Newsom. Did you see him coming after Ted Cruz? Because Ted Cruz called him historic, historically illiterate. Did you see that?

[Buck Sexton]

Yes, of course. It proved, proved how historically illiterate? It's crazy.

[Clay Travis]

Gavin Newsom, for those of you who didn't see it, maybe we have the audio or we can pull it. Because Ted Cruz, a part of the iHeart network on his verdict podcast, he was walking through Ted Cruz and basically saying, like, he's historically illiterate. He doesn't understand the history of federal and state. I'm paraphrasing, but federal and state power and how that interaction occurs. And Governor Gavin Newsom or his staff grabbed that and said, this is a new low even for Ted Cruz. How dare he attack me for being dyslexic. And I'm sorry, like, we use that phrase all the time. We talk about historical illiteracy and how it is so significant in this country that nobody understands anything based on history and therefore does such a poor job as a result. And Gavin Newsom wanted to be victimized and said that that was an attack by Ted Cruz on the fact that he was dyslexic. First of all, did you know Gavin Newsom was dyslexic? I had no earthly idea that Gavin Newsom was dyslexic.

[Buck Sexton]

I mean, no one know, no one knows that Gavin Newsom is dislayed.

[Clay Travis]

So the idea even that he was being attacked based on his dyslexia, I, I would be stunned if Ted Cruz knows anything about Gavin Newsom's dyslexia. But the fact that Gavin Newsom saw that as an attack, again, I wonder. Gavin Newsom AOC Jasmine Crockett. Kamala, how actually intelligent are these guys? Kamala, did Kamala fail the bar exam the first time in California, or am I making that up? She failed it.

[Buck Sexton]

I mean, I, I, I don't know. I would bet money the answer was yes. Let me see.

[Clay Travis]

Look up. Come.

[Buck Sexton]

Did Hillary fail the bar exam? You were saying Hillary was so smart. I want to point this out. I think she. Hold on. I Think she failed like three times, Clay.

[Clay Travis]

Okay, I'm not sure how many times she failed. I think what I will give defense as a lawyer here is what I care about is the first time you take the bar because you spend months preparing for it, months studying for it. All of those things I took back to back bars.

[Buck Sexton]

Yes, she failed it. Kamala failed it the first time, passed on her second try. To be fair, the California bar I think is a, is supposed to be a pretty hard one. So that's not. We know we got to be real here.

[Clay Travis]

You fail the bar exam the first time that you take it. Everybody out there who is a lawyer knows this. You spend months preparing for it, studying for it. Everything else. I was going to give people passes if they fail. I've taken two bar exams in my life. I'm two for two. US Virgin Islands and Tennessee, back to back years. But the second year that I took the bar exam, I was practicing law full time. So sometimes people fail bar exams. If you're practicing law full time and trying to remember all of the details and study for it to pass, I'll sometimes give you a pass on that. If you fail the bar exam the first time that you take it, I think it's an indictment of you personally.

[Buck Sexton]

Just to be clear, Hillary, Hillary failed. She passed the Arkansas bar, failed the

[Clay Travis]

DC Bar, but I bet she was doing full time work when she took the DC bar. Small measure of credit to Hillary there. Studying for the bar exam is hard and it has. You can be a. Some of the most brilliant lawyers in America right now, if they took the bar exam, would fail it because you have to memorize all this random stuff that you will never actually use once you begin to practice law. I think there's a decent chance I would fail the bar exam if I took it tomorrow because I've been 20 barred for 20 some odd years. But you just have to study and memorize a lot of things that you would never apply otherwise. Failing the first time is an indictment. I think so.

[Buck Sexton]

Not surprisingly, we're having AI wars here. Producer Ali I just typed into Google, did Hillary fail the bar? And the AI from Gemini says yes. Hillary failed the District of Columbia bar exam on her first attempt in 1973. Although she did not pass the D.C. bar, she had a successful legal career and passed the Arkansas bar.

[Clay Travis]

So I mean I don't know the math on this usually and I don't know the math back in 1970s after like five years they would let you waive in. So a lot of People don't have to take bar exams after you practice full time for five years or so. So I don't know what she was trying to do there. We'll do research on what the Hillary bar passage is, but I think Hillary is quite a bit smarter than Kamala. I would put a lot of money on.

[Buck Sexton]

Do you remember this is always a fun one. Do you remember having was saying George Bush was so dumb because of his grades at Yale when he was running against John Kerry and then they realized that his grades were better than John Carries at Yale like the same time.

[Clay Travis]

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back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton show. We are going to be joined by our buddy Congressman Jim Jordan at the bottom of the hour. He will be on with us a few few minutes. Give us an update on exactly what is going on on Capitol Hill and we will get hooked up there with the latest from him. In the meantime, March Madness moves closer and closer. Buck, who had never filled out a bracket in his life, is eager on pins and needles over March Madness. You're a Florida Gator. Now you actually, you got it easy now because you married your wife who is a Florida Gator. Last year Florida won the national championship. They're really good at basketball. Again, you have an easy rooting interest now to be able to step in a bit. I bet a lot of you also have college basketball teams that you're rooting for all over the nation. You can get hooked up right now, have some fun with prize picks as basketball rolls on. Winter Olympics. Do we talk about the curling controversy? I got to be honest with you, I love watching watching curling on television. We can discuss that and more a bit as we move on. But if you love sports, you're gonna love the Prize Picks app available in all 50 states, California, Texas, Georgia and more. Prizepix.com Code Clay. You're gonna get hooked up. You're gonna love it. Prizepix.com code clay that is prizepix.com code Clay $50 when you sign up.

[Buck Sexton]

All right. Welcome back into Clay and Buck. We're joined by Congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio. Congressman, always a pleasure. Thank you for coming to hang out on Clay and Buck once again. And I know you have some new reading material, especially because having been a doubter of the 104 mile an hour serve, we know you're not a doubter of the soon to be bestseller Manufacturing Delusion Congressman. So I'm glad you have your congrats Congrats.

[Congressman Jim Jordan]

Thank you. I look forward to reading every single word and learning. No, I've heard you talk about and some of the things you cover in the book, so I, I'm excited about getting the chance to, to look through it.

[Clay Travis]

Thank you.

[Buck Sexton]

I talk about the origin of the assassin Nizari Ismaili sec. They talk about like there's cool stuff in there beyond just the political commentary and some of the psych, you know, sort of psycho political analysis stuff. Anyway, so please go get your copies, everybody. Manufacturing delusion. Congressman, how are we doing? How? I mean, you know, we, we just. I want to take a step back. It's been a year of Trump and we were ready to say, you know, the call, the balls and strikes on stuff on the big policy issues, everything looks great. On the immigration issue, things have been phenomenal at securing the border, deportations obviously ongoing. Democrats want to hold up a portion of government funding over the like. Can you explain what the heck is going on with that?

[Congressman Jim Jordan]

Yeah, this is the crazy left again. You know, they did it for 43 days last, last fall on, you know, on Obamacare, you know, where everything they told us turned out to be false. Like your plan, Keep your plan like your doc, keep your doctor. Premiums will go down. You know, they were over 3, but they want to shut down the government for 43. Same mindset here. They're saying, oh, unless you change policies on how you go get people who are in this country illegally, we're going to shut the government down. Which is exactly what they did. But they forget to address, and you guys were talking about this last week and doing a great job. Until they address the sanctuary jurisdiction, crazy policies that are out there, I don't know how you get a handle on it because what's happened in now almost a third of the country, 18 cities, 11 states, three counties and the District of Columbia representing 31% of the population of our great country. So in roughly a third of the country, left wing political officials tell their local law enforcement, don't work with federal law enforcement. When you have in your jail, in your detention center an illegal migrant who's also been charged with some other crime, when a detainer is sent there from the federal government, saying, just, hey, if you're going to release this guy, let us know, give us a call. We'll come pick him up there at the jail or at the detention center. But instead they say, no, we're going to release him to the streets. And 17,000 times that we know of, bad guys were released to the streets in one year's time, 20, 25. And many of them went out and did crimes. I mean, one guy was released and the very next day he killed an individual who was under a detain. Until we address that, I don't know how you solve this because. Because that whole policy creates this environment, this framework where you get the bad things that have happened, the tragic things that happened, like we saw up in. Up in Minneapolis.

[Clay Travis]

We're talking to Congressman Jim Jordan. Congressman, appreciate you coming on. You just. We had a conversation about this, and I think it's really important for people out there. Supremacy clause says that the federal government gets to make decisions on immigration. You and I talked about this, but I want to hammer it home here. We talked on this program. You probably came on and talked about it with us. And I know a lot of people in Texas came on and talked about it. The fact that Texas wanted to secure their border and the court said Texas can't do it because the state cannot make immigration policy, the federal government does. I don't understand. And I think it's a really easy legal argument to tie together why Texas couldn't take that act. And all of these, as you just said, 31% of the country, states, cities and states that are blue, think that they can basically implement their own immigration policy. I think the courts have to make this determination.

[Congressman Jim Jordan]

Great point. And we're going to try to help them by passing legislation out of our committee next week which would address that fact and say, no, no federal law preempts. And if you have a state that says, let's say you got a county in California that says, no, we're conservative, our sheriff, we want to work with federal law enforcement. In the situation I just described, we want to work with them. And they say, well, no, no, you can't do that because of state law. We want to be able to say no. If that federal, if that county sheriff or that county jurisdiction wants to work with the federal government, they can go ahead and we will step in and represent them and defend them if in fact, the state comes after them. So that's part of what we want to pass in our bill next week. Not to mention, if you're one of these states and you have sanctuary city policies, there should be some ramifications in the federal funding that comes in certain grant programs to your state. And then finally, we want to put in the bill as well. If you're a family or an individual who's been harmed by someone who was let out, who should have been not Released to the streets, but released to ice. If they let that individual out and they do something harmful to you or your family, you have a private right of action. That's the only way I can see that we can address this problem and deal with what, again, 31.5% of the United States population is living under as we speak. That's how important this is. And again, as I said, if we don't address this, I don't know how you get a handle on all this situation.

[Buck Sexton]

How are we doing when it comes to maintaining control of the house? I know we're early, but we are in a midterm cycle. How do you see this? What do you feel like are the, the top issues? Obviously, Trump administration's dialing in here on the economy, affordability, but also able to look at some pretty impressive numbers on, on gdp. And obviously, you know, the stock market has been, has been rocketing up. So what do you see as the central, is it just going to be the economy, immigration, election? Is health care going to play a bigger role as we move along?

[Congressman Jim Jordan]

How do you see it in a general sense? I think modern day campaigns are pretty basic. Go tell the people what you did. We ran for the job. You guys elected us. Here's what we did. We did what we said and you can say we've secured the border, we've cut taxes, record tax cut, record time in securing the border, we gave school choice to parents in the big beautiful bill and we can rattle off all the things we've done. And then I think it's always important in modern politics to remind the voters what happens if the left gets back in charge. Never forget to remind the voters the left is crazy. It's crazy to defund the police. It's crazy to say you want to abolish ice. It's crazy not to have a border, which is all the things that were taking place under the previous administration. It's crazy to shut down the government for 43 days. It's crazy to have this sanctuary city policy where you release bad guys onto the street who do harm to people in those communities when you could have turned them over to federal law enforcement. So I think we have to remind the voters of that as we move forward. And then also underscore, I do think the economy is improving. We had 4.3% growth last quarter. Stock markets had 50,000. I mean, it's like unbelievable what we're seeing. So remind the voters of that as well. But that's what campaigns are. We're going to say One thing, they're going to say another, we're going to have the debate and the people get to decide. But I feel like we've got a good story to tell, particularly when we also remind the voters, remember what happens when the left in charge. We can go back to that if they, if they, if they win this midterm.

[Clay Travis]

I think this important argument you just made, and let me give you an example that I think you're going to be nodding your head at because it's just across the Potomac from where you are. Abigail Spanberger got elected in Virginia. She ran 100% as a moderate, as a no nonsense mom who just wants to be a normal leader. She has gotten in office and in her first month in Virginia, they're trying to knock Republicans down to one congressional seat. They have embraced far left wing crazy town agendas. Tax increases have come across. She in one month has demonstrated that she is actually a radical leftist. I like what you said, Jim, because Trump is maybe the most transactional president that we've ever seen in that he said, here's the list of things I'm gonna do. This is what I'm going to run on. And then he got into office and he basically just went right down the list, check, check, check, check, check. Whereas they lie and do the opposite of what they claim they're going to do.

[Congressman Jim Jordan]

Great, great point. And you could add to that list of what Governor Spamberger is focused on too, is taking away people's Second Amendment rights in the state of Virginia. So it just, she ran as the quote, moderate governor who is, you know, had a background in the CIA and working in the military. She ran as that individual and gets in and does all the left wing things. And you're right on the, on the redistricting. They're looking to take a 6, 5, 6 Democrats, 5 Republicans in Virginia to 10 to 1. And they got all this links coming out from Northern Virginia all over the state. So yeah, that I think again, remind the voters this is who the left is and the left now controls the Democrat Party and they will go for all these crazy policies. Maybe we talked about this before, but Sarah Huckabee Sanders a few years ago, I use this all the time, but I thought it was well done. She gave the response to the State of the Union and her best line was when she said the divide in America today is normal versus crazy. And you can go down the list of all the crazy policies the left has. I think it's always important to remind the voters that that's the case. And when you do, the vast majority of voters are common sense people and

[Buck Sexton]

they'll elect Republicans congressman to that end of normal versus crazy. We started off the show talking about the horrific shooting in Rhode island involving a clearly. I mean, you just look at a photo of the guy, the guy's deranged. I thought, yeah, okay, clearly nuts.

[Congressman Jim Jordan]

Yeah.

[Buck Sexton]

Kills his own family. The whole thing, a horrible, horrible situation. Horrible story. We know that there have been a series of these shooting shootings, you know, high profile mass murder shootings involving these individuals who are psychotic and who are, you know, self identify as trans and the whole thing. Do Democrat colleagues in Congress really believe this transgender ideology stuff on the whole in general, or are they just too scared of the 10 to 15% of the radical left of their party? Like, I'm just wondering if you can give us some context here for, you know, does Hakeem Jeffries really think there's no difference between a man and a woman, that babies are assigned gender at birth? Does he believe that if you sit down over tea with him or coffee or whatever is you like, yeah, babies get assigned gender at birth. Because I want to see Congressman Jeffrey say that if he believes that.

[Congressman Jim Jordan]

Yeah, I think the vast majority don't believe that. But I think again, we're back to the energy in their part has embraced this, you know, this whole transgender thing and a host of other crazy policies. And that, that's, that's the energy. So that's where they get the financing, that's where they get the campaign values. It's driven by politics. So I do think that's the case. Again, it's just like time and time again we see these crazy things happen and the left will go defend the transgender policies out there that seem to be part of this. So I don't think they buy it, but I do think it's driven by the hard left and the politics that are associated with that.

[Clay Travis]

Good stuff, as always. Have you been watching the Winter Olympics? How do you think you do as a curler?

[Congressman Jim Jordan]

I'm fascinated by the whole thing. So I'll click it on and watch a little bit of it. And then, of course, the controversy, you know, that was unbelievable. Like his what? His finger? I think it was the Canadian. I forget what team. Like, his finger touched an extra little push or a little spin or something like, wow, go, go. Go figure. So, yeah, I'm fascinated by. But I actually prefer this sports where they're like, like the cross country skiing, like that is just. Those people are just tough. So I kind of like watching some

[Clay Travis]

of that where the video of the guy running uphill on skis at a six minute mile pace. I mean, that is one of the craziest things I've ever seen.

[Congressman Jim Jordan]

No kidding. No kidding. So those guys are. And, and the speed skating, this, this, this the stoles guy, I think who's the won so many medals. He, he's like old school. I saw this piece in the, in the Wall Street Journal. He's like old school. He went back to the old coach who just like train hard, train harder than everybody else. Not so much of, you know, rest this day and do this and do that. It's just like we're just gonna outwork them. Which I kind of, I kind of appreciate that old school mentality.

[Clay Travis]

Good stuff as always, Congressman. Come on with us whenever you want and enjoy the rest of the winter.

[Congressman Jim Jordan]

Keep up. You bet. Keep up the great work, guys. Thanks.

[Buck Sexton]

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[Clay Travis]

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back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton show okay, a little bit of information. We have not talked Nancy Guthrie today at all because frankly there has not been very much story evolution advancement here. But there's been a lot of talk about a glove that they found. This is according to Matt Finn at Fox News. Sheriff Nanos tells Fox News that one glove recovered about two miles from Nancy Guthrie's home did not match DNA in Nancy's home and also didn't have a hit on codis, that is Buck, they did a DNA test. They found DNA. They still have no idea who, at least according to this, they still have no idea who was potentially in Nancy Guthrie's home.

[Buck Sexton]

It is a little bit strange, Clay, to see how much media coverage, kind of ongoing media coverage this gets with almost nothing happening. It's just the speculation olympics. People have no idea. It's just people showing up on TV explaining the basics of procedure, which I'll be honest with you, you know, if you watch enough law and order and CSI, you already know about 80, 80% of that stuff. And then just people saying, here's my theory. I don't know why there's that much fascination with that speculation. But look, we just want this woman to be returned home safe and sound.

[Clay Travis]

I just.

[Buck Sexton]

From a news coverage standpoint, it's remarkable to me, clearly this is getting ratings, but people are watching this, you know, like a war is about to start or something. I mean, there's such a fascination and there's not anything happening.

[Clay Travis]

Women love true crime. I mean that, that is, that is a 100% data analyzed truth. Women not say some men don't too. But if you go look at all these podcasts that are true crime, if you go look at all the television shows that are true crime based, women are obsessed with crime stories. So my bet would be that if you break down. Because they don't put on these stories constantly unless there is some direct connection to the ratings, right? People say, oh, they're just throw it like, no, they're. I mean, Fox News, MSNBC and CNN are in the ratings business. This stuff rates highly. I think it's women. Women are obsessed with true crime stories. Now the problem, leaving aside the actual crime that took place, is what you're hitting on. Most true crime stories have evolution. There is a plot point. You learn more information as you go along. I don't know that we know anything more really right now than we knew. What is it, she disappeared about 17 days ago? Something like that? I don't know that we know much more than what we knew the day or two after this happened.

[Buck Sexton]

Is there even a primary? You're following this more closely than I am. Is there even a primary theory right now about what happened? Like, I mean, the most common theory that is far and away.

[Clay Travis]

I think the most common theory has been that Savannah Guthrie's family was involved, at least online that has been specifically shot down by the sheriff there saying, we have investigated everybody involved in the family. There are zero connections to the family. The family is not involved. But when I look online, that's been the one that people are talking about the most. Again, according to the sheriff, that is not true. So anyway, that that glove did not, at least based on the public commentary, change the trajectory of this story very much. We come back, Texas Senate voting has begun in the primary. What's going on? We'll tell you.

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