Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H2 - They're Crazy, Guys

Summary

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The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Episode: "Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H2 – They're Crazy, Guys"

Date: February 28, 2026
Podcast Host: iHeartPodcasts

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Overview

This episode, airing the day after President Trump's highly publicized State of the Union, sees Clay Travis and Buck Sexton tackle the cultural and political fallout from the event. The hosts dive into Trump’s performance, the ensuing media controversies—including attacks on the U.S. Men's Olympic hockey team—and broader discussions about cancel culture, left-wing orthodoxy, and the perceived decline in American patriotism and civility. The tone is a mix of sarcasm, outrage, and playful banter, with several notable rants and listener interactions.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. State of the Union: Trump’s “Spectacular” Reception

• Economic Performance (01:05):
  • Buck praises Trump for a well-received State of the Union, highlighting “strong economy," "inflation down to 2.4%,” “mortgage rates at a four-year low,” and "record high stock prices."
• Public Safety and Patriotism (01:05):
  • Notes “the safest country from a murder perspective that any of us have ever lived in.”
• Trump's Challenge to Democrats (03:00):
  • The moment when Trump asks Democrats if they prioritize the lives of citizens over “illegals,” calling them “crazy” for not standing—framed as resonating with viewers.

“You have basically everything going really, really great... the safest country from a murder perspective that any of us have ever lived in."
—Buck Sexton (01:05)

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2. Media Attacks on the U.S. Men’s Hockey Team and Trump’s “Joke”

• Attack Narrative (03:30):
  • Clay and Buck detail how the U.S. Men’s Olympic hockey champs (gold medalists) are targeted for their White House visit, "unapologetically pro America", and Trump’s locker room joke.
• Deconstructing the “Sexist” Joke (04:41-06:29):
  • Trump jokes he'd have to invite the women's team to avoid impeachment; the hosts argue this is mocking his critics, not the women's team.
• Social Media Outrage and "Manufactured" Controversy:
  • Widespread outrage on social media, especially among what Clay calls the “crazy cat lady battalion.”
  • Parallels to the “Very Fine People” narrative and political manipulation.
• Comparison to Past Norms (08:33):
  • Contrasts today’s outrage with past bipartisan celebrations (e.g., Tim Thomas declining Obama’s invite) and how not visiting used to be considered the insult.

“The joke is actually at the expense of his critics ... and they're not smart enough to see it, or they didn't actually listen to the joke themselves.” —Buck Sexton (06:29)

“For 20 years I've been saying if you're on a sports team and you get invited to the White House, I think you should go. I don't see it as an endorsement of the president. I see it as a celebration of you and your teammates' accomplishments.” —Buck Sexton (09:54)

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3. The Left's Hostility Towards Patriotism and the "Manufactured Story"

• Patriotism as a Target (10:00):
  • The men’s team’s patriotism is “being used against them."
  • Clay asserts: “The left... hates the country and the country's history” and sees the manufactured controversy as evidence.
• Media Double-Standards:
  • Discussion of how coverage and outrage differ based on which party is in power.

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4. Democrats’ Hypocrisy & Radical Behavior

• Political Theater and Hypocrisy (11:23):
  • Critique of Democratic figures for duplicity, referencing Spanberger’s response and party tactics.
  • Specific criticism of Rashida Tlaib (“profanity... at a State of the Union address”) as emblematic of “malcontents” and party radicals.
  • Generalization that Democrats “run on a mountain of lies to get power and then... ram through as much crazy left wing nonsense as they can.”

“These people run on a mountain of lies to get power and then they just ram through as much crazy left wing nonsense as they can as fast as they can and hope that through propaganda and through manufactured delusions they might be able to fool people.” —Buck Sexton (12:19)

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5. Culture Wars in Book Publishing

• Book Distribution Discrimination (18:40–24:41):
  • Caller recounts difficulties buying Buck’s new book, compared to large in-store displays for mainstream (liberal) authors.
  • Buck and Clay argue that major retailers and airport bookstores intentionally under-order and bury conservative books, making cultural penetration much harder versus platforms like Amazon.

“They don't put, by and large, conservative books in the front of bookstores... It's not an even playing field in that respect.”
—Buck Sexton (21:22)

“They don’t want to make more money. They don’t like us.” —Clay Travis (22:34)

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6. Policing, Urban Disorder, and Political Accountability

• Recent NY Police Incident (25:43–33:54):
  • Caller highlights Trump’s State of the Union anecdote regarding NYC snow shovelers needing ID, spotlighting hypocrisy.
  • Hosts address viral videos of NYC police pelted with snowballs/ice; denounce it as “assault” and attribute disrespect for police to leftist sentiment and DA Alvin Bragg’s leniency.
  • Direct criticism of local leaders like Mamdani for downplaying the attack ("It was one that got out of hand, but that's what it was")—hosts call his response “disgusting,” “a sniveling little coward.”

“Running up to somebody and pelting them constantly with snowballs because they're wearing uniforms is not a snowball fight. To your point, if it were eggs, it would be an assault.”
—Buck Sexton (31:59)

“What Mamdani said there is disgusting. What I saw was a snowball fight, you sniveling little coward... It's a disgrace that New York has this guy calling the shots.”
—Clay Travis (33:21)

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7. Listener Calls & Wrap-up

• Reactions to State of the Union (36:32–39:42):
  • Multiple listeners express strong support for Trump’s performance and frustration with Democratic “hate” and lack of solutions.
  • A caller notes cost-of-living improvements (egg prices dropping) under Trump.
  • Brief mention of Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib’s behavior at the State of the Union as particularly damaging for the Democratic Party.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “I don't think I've ever been offended by a joke in my life and I don't think it's a badge of honor to be offended by a joke.”
  —Buck Sexton (17:39)

• “That joke would have been the most … George W. Bush could have made that joke. But it is not even a real joke joke. … That was a 2 out of 10 on the Trumpometer.”
  —Clay Travis (17:52)

• “The whole game of the left is no one's ever accountable. It's always. You're always a victim. It's always someone else's fault.”
  —Buck Sexton (27:05)

• “If you don't have the district attorney and the mayor catching your back as the police commissioner … your hands are tied. Doesn't matter.”
  —Clay Travis (29:37)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Trump’s State of the Union Performance/Economic Review: 01:05–04:38
• The U.S. Men’s Hockey Team Controversy & Trump’s Joke: 04:38–09:12
• Past vs. Present: Visiting the White House Norms: 08:33–09:54
• Cultural/Political Critique of Democratic Party: 11:23–13:52
• Book Publishing Culture War: 18:40–24:41
• Policing, Disorder in NYC, and Political Accountability: 25:43–33:54
• Listener Calls and Takeaways on State of the Union: 36:32–39:42

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Summary Flow & Utility

This episode is an agitated, humor-laced walk through the day’s major political flashpoints: from Trump’s State of the Union to the viral pile-on of the US Men's hockey team, and the confounding double standards seen in media and everyday institutions. Peppered with direct listener feedback and real-world anecdotes (book buying, policing), it illustrates the show’s central thesis—that the “left” has abandoned basic American traditions, weaponized outrage, and controls major cultural levers to the detriment of dissenting voices. With a conversational pace, Clay and Buck blend commentary, sarcasm, and mockery, making the episode accessible (and entertaining) even for those unfamiliar with the preceding events.

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For listeners who missed the show, this summary delivers both the factual coverage and the flavor of the hosts' emphatic style and topical banter.

Transcript

[Clay Travis]

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[Buck Sexton]

welcome in our number two it's the day after a State of the Union that was spectacularly well received as President Trump made the case that his policies have drastically improved life in America for many and he ran through all of those arguments. I just come back to again Buck he ran on EBC economy border crime after one year the economy is very strong. Growth rate in the third quarter 4.4% inflation down to 2.4%. Mortgage rates just hit a four year low. For those of you out there in the housing market looking for 15 or 30 years you are now getting lower rates than at any time since 2022 before the Biden inflation took you've got record high stock prices at the S&P 500. The Dow Jones effectively you have as we talked about and I think it's such a huge deal the safest country from a murder perspective that any of us have ever lived in. You have basically everything going really really great. And by the way 80028228882 if you want to weigh in but I want to you mentioned Buck and I think you're right and it seems to be the part that is echoing very strongly today the US men and Trump basically calling Democrats crazy for refusing to stand when he asked them hey do you think you should try to improve the lives I'm paraphrasing of citizens more than illegals. And one of the angles that is, that is being used to attack Trump and by proxy, the US Men for visiting with Trump who had won the gold medal for the first time in 46 years. I mean, these U.S. men are being attacked mercilessly by many in left wing media. And I thought that, that we should maybe dive into this. I think, do we have producer Greg, this clip ready now? Okay, so if you're out there and you're wondering, okay, why are they getting attacked? Yes, they're getting attacked because they went to the White House because they're unapologetically pro America. All those things are true. But if you push back on that and you point out what is indisputably true, which is people have always visited the president, president, Democrat, Republican, has always congratulated gold medal winners and had them visit the White House. What they circle back to, Buck, is Trump insulted the US Women's hockey team. And this is a Laura Travis special. Buck, this is a Laura Travis special because she's fired up about this because she said, I'm seeing this all over my social media feeds. I don't know if you saw this story. A Canadian hockey player shared a photo of him with his daughter at Disney World. He is a Canadian NHL hockey player. He was not on Team Canada. He was not on Team usa. And he was attacked mercilessly on social media because people said, how dare you laugh at a joke about women's hockey players and then have a photo posted of you with your two year old daughter at Disney World talking about how you're a girl. Dad, this is real. I don't know if you saw this.

[Clay Travis]

I mean, they're insane. But how do they know he laughed at the joke?

[Buck Sexton]

He didn't. He wasn't even there. That's what I'm saying. They're just attacking. They're just attacking every hockey player right now because they're saying, oh, he's a misogynist. He laughed at a joke. And so I wanted to play the joke because it's much less significant. But this reminds me of the Very Fine people hoax when they spent years telling you that Trump, oh, Trump loves Nazis. He said they were very fine people and he didn't. But they so embedded the idea that what he had done was say that Nazis were very fine people and white supremacists. And in fact, he had done the opposite. He had actually condemned them. So usually when you go and deconstruct a joke, this is what losers do because you either Laugh or you don't laugh to at a joke and you don't go back and then say, oh, I'm so sorry. I didn't think about the larger context of the joke and how it was going to impact the indigenous people whose land we stole. And I feel, oh, so please forgive me. This is what they're saying. They're saying they want the US Men to apologize for laughing at a joke. So here is the joke. I want you to listen to it, and then I'm going to do an actual deconstruction of the joke and show you how dishonest the coverage of this has been. So, producer GREG this was in the locker room cash Patel's holding up his phone. President Trump is congratulating the team.

[Locker Room Audio / Clip]

Listen, we'll get the cash and we'll get the military to get you guys over. Thank you, Mr. President. What would really be cool? And we'll do the White House the next day. We'll just have some fun. We have medals for you guys and we have to. I must tell you, we're going to have to bring the woman's team. You do know that. I do believe I probably would be impeached. Okay,

[Buck Sexton]

okay. So he's making a joke, but I want to deconstruct this. And by the way, if you couldn't hear it, the men in the background are actually cheering and saying two for two, meaning they both won gold medals. But when he says that, he says, otherwise, I'll be impeached. The joke is at the expense of Democrats and anti Trump deranged people who would attack him. If he had just invited the men and not the women, they would say, oh, you're super sexist. Oh, you're misogynistic. So the joke is actually at the expense of his critics. Second part of this buck, the women who are outraged by this, and it's everywhere on social media, the crazy cat lady battalion is fired up because they're so outraged that people laughed at that joke, which was actually at their expense, and they're not smart enough to see it, or they didn't actually listen to the joke themselves. Here's the second part of this buck. If Trump had delivered the most perfect invitation to the White House that has ever occurred to the US Women's gold medal hockey winning team, the same women who claim that they are offended by that joke that we just played would actually immediately demand that the US Women's gold medal hockey team not go to the White House because to go would be offensive to their politics and therefore the women can't go. So what you have here is an entirely manufactured story which has caught fire on the left that is not rooted in the joke itself. And you also have primarily women complaining about the way an invitation was conveyed when they would never want the invitation to be accepted in the first place. And Buck, I want to play this. This is msnbc. If you're out there, maybe you're like me. Maybe you voted Democrat in the past and there's a ton of you out there listening. Maybe you weren't like Buck and at nine years old you weren't reading William F. Buckley and convinced little bow tie,

[Clay Travis]

yes, drinking Earl Grey tea, thinking about the future.

[Buck Sexton]

Maybe you weren't like Buck. Maybe you're a little bit more like me. And if you're looking around at the society, you think to yourself, I haven't really changed that much and the world, as President Trump said, has just gone crazy around you. This is 2012. This is 2012. On MSNBC, a hockey player chose not to visit Barack Obama's White House and this was how they covered it on msnbc. This was left wing orthodoxy just a few short years ago.

[MSNBC Clip / Narrator]

Listen, Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas rsvp thanks but no thanks to a White House invitation. What do we make of that? Tim Thomas said, I exercise my free right and my writ, my right as a free citizen and did not visit the White House. This was not about politics or party as in my opinion both parties are responsible for the situation we are in as a country. I mean, I think this is kind of the hyper partisanship that just irritates everybody. It's like just go to the White House. You don't have to do run an ad or cut a commercial or anything. Just go to the White House, take part, celebrate. Just like everybody else celebrates with Republicans or Democratic presidents, especially when you're getting honored. Obama made specific mention of him during his six minute address.

[Buck Sexton]

Buck not going to the White House was actually the insult. Now this is my position writ large. So if you want to clip this in 20 years and I've got a different opinion, you can play it. For 20 years I've been saying if you're on a sports team and you get invited to the White House, I think you should go. I don't see it as an endorsement of the president. I see it as a celebration of you and your teammates accomplishments. Everybody in America basically had that opinion, Democrats, Republicans, independents, until a few short years ago. And this is why this is important. The US men haven't said a single thing about politics. They haven't told us what they think about any issue under the political sun. And during this entire attack that has been going on on them, it's entirely based on the fact that they are patriotic, that they respect the office of the presidency, and that they are willing to celebrate the accomplishments of the country which they think is the best in the history of the world. Isn't this kind of. It's important to understand that their very patriotism is, is being used against them by the left because the left, I really do believe this is important to Slam Home, hates the country and the country's history and they are using these US men who are super popular as a way to attack all of this. And I think it's important to put it into context just how illegitimate and unfair all of this has been.

[Clay Travis]

I also think that it highlights Clay when you have Spam. Spam Burger, I know it's Span Burger, but I think Spam Burger is more, more apropos when you have her, isn't it interesting? Also you have Slotkin and Spangler Spammer, both former government analysts like yours truly. So what I tell you guys, there are a lot of commies in the government. That's, that's for sure, you know, doing the civil servant thing. But when she's the one giving the response, which I watched some of it, I honestly at some point turned it off. But when you're watching this thing, Democrats, to attain power have to pretend that the soul and the and the plan of their party is something other than that, which it is. The problem Republicans run into is when they're in power, they can't get everything done that they want to get done. And sometimes that's because of some Republicans standing in the way, but it's not, oh, we're doing something totally different than what we sold you on. Joe Biden ran as a calm unifier and then said, get the shot with your vaccine passport or you can't go to work and you can't go to school and you can't do anything. Ok? These people run on a mountain of lies to get power and then they just ram through as much crazy left wing nonsense as they can as fast as they can and hope that through propaganda and through manufactured delusions they might be able to fool people, or rather, well, fool people, but also make people forget what they've done in the past. The Democrats last night, Rashida Tlaib had a, you know, a profanity, you know, like, sounds a bit like my name. And then ice on her button and you're like, what, you're a member of Congress at a State of the Union address. You're not part of the Marxist Student alliance at CUNY at City University of New York or something like, what are you doing? But this is who they are. They're malcontents. And the ones at the top, the ones that are like the more sort of elevated than the street communist types like Nancy Pelosi, they're so corrupt and so venal and so self dealing and just soulless. This is who they are.

[Buck Sexton]

Amen. And I do think that for people who watched last night with persuadable minds, and I understand a lot of people, it doesn't matter what happens. I said Trump could have come out and said he's cured cancer and brought everybody's grandma and grandpa back to life and there'd be people who are angry at him. But for the people who are persuadable, the data reflects that there is still a substantial majority of Americans that believes in the country's history and greatness and that this is the best country in the history of the world. And that is the reality under which the Democrats are opposed. And I think that's significant. And by the way, 800-282-2882, we'll take your calls, get your talk backs. We only have one guest today. Marsha Blackburn, Senator from Tennessee, is on hour, but that is the only guest. So you guys can weigh in and tell us what you thought in addition to everything that we have already broken down based on last night's State of

[Clay Travis]

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[Buck Sexton]

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[Clay Travis]

welcome back in here to Play and Buck and we get you some calls and some emails and some good stuff like that. Here we have VIP email from Kim Gen X Cat lady here. I thought the President's joke was funny. People need to lighten up and not get their panties in a bunch. I would agree with that. I think that is. I think that is astute analysis about twisted lingerie for people that need to just relax, breathe a little bit more.

[Buck Sexton]

I agree with all of that. I don't think I've ever been offended by a joke in my life and I don't think it's a badge of honor to be offended by a joke. Certainly I've never apologized for laughing at a joke, which is what people on the left are demanding, by the way.

[Clay Travis]

That joke would have been the most George W. Bush could have made that joke. I mean this is. But it is not even a real joke joke. Like it's not even a Trump joke. That was a. That was a 2 out of 10 on the trumpometer.

[Buck Sexton]

But the intent with the Trump comment is to mock his critics. Yeah, but they don't care.

[Clay Travis]

Irony. They don't they don't get irony. They don't care. It doesn't matter. They have no self awareness.

[Buck Sexton]

Just. Even. Even if you're going to claim to be offended by the joke, if you are a nerd and you go into, what's the etymology of the joke? What is the intent? Where did it come from? It's mocking the fact that Trump gets impeached for everything. And so even for relatively minor things, he has to make this choice.

[Clay Travis]

Bill in Daytona Beach, Florida, up north of me. What's going on, Bill?

[Caller]

I wanted to start with my Adventure

to Get Bucks book.

I'm in Daytona beach and I went into books a million. And as I parked my car, there was a giant sign on the window for Meacham's book. I walk in and I have to walk around a pyramid of Meacham books. And I mean, it looks like nobody's taking any. That's good news. But that there's a pyramid there. And I go up to the counter and ask for Buck's book. And they go, oh, we only ordered two. And they're sold out.

[Clay Travis]

And I go, they ordered two.

[Caller]

What do you mean?

[Buck Sexton]

Oh, yeah, this is common.

[Clay Travis]

Two.

[Caller]

And. And so I go, what? Well, there'll be another order soon. Then she couldn't tell me when, so I said, okay, I'm out of here. Oh, by the way, you only ordered

two of Buck's books and you have

that pile of crap there. What's the matter with you? If the guy looked at me and he started laughing and. And so I left and I went to Barnes and Noble. I walk in there and I asked for the book, and they said, oh, we're all sold out. I said, well, how many did you order? And they said, we ordered three.

[Clay Travis]

It's true. Well, this is.

[Buck Sexton]

We should dive in.

[Caller]

Waiting for their next order.

[Buck Sexton]

Thank you.

[Clay Travis]

Please go on Amazon or go. Go get the book. Don't let this deter you. And we're also going to do a Crockett sale of these books coming up to a Crockett Coffee because we're going to get a whole bunch that we keep for, you know, sending out to people. But yeah, Clay, it's a scam, man. We. But thanks, guys. Keep buying the book because we've crushed the Meacham book. All right. You saw reports of how many homes are without power earlier this week for massive storms in the Northeast. More than a hundred thousand. In a moment's notice, you're suddenly cut off unless you have a set of rapid radios. These are rugged, long range emergency radios built for blackouts and natural disasters that we've been talking about for more than a year now. Rapid radios provide clear communication, long battery life and durability that stands up to real world emergencies. Staying connected shouldn't depend on luck. It should depend on the tools you trust. Go to rapidradios.com right now, check out the new Rad1, see the full emergency features and grab the launch offer while it's still live. When the world goes quiet, make sure you don't communication redefined. Rapidradios.com go check out the new rad [e-mail] the right place. Welcome back into Play and Fox and we got a bunch of calls, a bunch of things to get to and discuss talk about. If you want to talk for a second to Clay about the the book situation here.

[Buck Sexton]

Oh yeah, I tease that. I think this is important. I appreciate him calling. You might think, oh, what is the impact of distribution in bookstores?

[Clay Travis]

It's huge.

[Buck Sexton]

They don't put by and large conservative books in the front of bookstores. They intentionally under buy them. So I mean what did the guys say? There were two copies of your book and there were three copies of your book in huge bookstores with a brand new release. That's been the case with every one of my books too. They which is why Amazon is actually where most of them get sold. They said that 90% of conservative books are sold is the number that I've heard on Amazon. Because you can go right to it. It gets shipped to your home and that's great. But it means that only people who know you exist get exposed to your ideas. Right? They don't. They put John Meacham in the front and you walk in and you're just shopping and and you think to yourself, oh, who is this guy? What's the arguments that he or she is making? We don't get any of those opportunities in the cultural landscape. They bury the book in new releases. They've got two copies or three copies, they sell them out immediately and then this guy's going in because he's a, you know, a book buyer and he expects for the book to be widely distributed and it's just not, it's not an even playing field in that respect.

[Clay Travis]

If any of you see a copy of Manufacturing Delusion, if you're happen to be going through an airport this week and you see it on display, please take a photo and tag me and let me know in any of those. Because that's another big thing is is the airport Book by situation. But I'm wondering if any of those stores that carry those books, whatever they're called, the stores, if they have manufacturing delusion, if they're trying to sell it. Because, yeah, to your point, Clay, you don't get the benefit of. I mean, can you imagine if I walked into a Barnes and Noble and there was a big display of my book, maybe a dashing photo of me with windswept hair and manufacturing delusion in both hands, you know, just like, letting it go. No, that's not what happens. They. They. And to be clear, it's not about money. They'd be making more money. They don't want to make more money. They don't like us. That's what it comes down to. Don't like us, don't want to help. And unfortunately, there are some of these industries still where the grip, the political grip on the throat of the business is very strong. Advertising still, overall, on ad buyers, libs. Lib dominated. Totally lib dominated. And publishing. Now there are conservative imprints at big publishing houses. Obviously, one of them printed me. I'm not saying that it's entirely. But in terms of the distribution side of it, like, who's buying the books for the stores to put out? Totally lib dominated. And it's just, you know, I just wish we could do something about this. And I can't say have Elon buy Barnes and Noble, but maybe he could probably get us. He could probably get it for a song.

[Buck Sexton]

It just matters a tremendous amount in the marketplace of ideas. You can mention bookstores, and that's the perfect example, because people theoretically going into bookstores are going there to buy books. And one of the fun things about going to a bookstore is the serendipity of finding a book that you did not anticipate or know existed. And you think, oh, this would be a great read. Book browsing is still a big deal. Here's the other one that I think is even more significant. Buck airports.

[Clay Travis]

Well, that's what I was just saying. I want to see books in the airports.

[Buck Sexton]

This is what people. When's the last time you saw a conservative book walking through the terminals at a display where you would see it when you're in an airport? How many people buy books in airports? Huge percentages. They don't exist. They do not exist in that way. So the caller's right. I mean, this is a. This is a significant issue. And we've got a bunch of callers, by the way.

[Clay Travis]

Yes, we have a bunch of callers which we will get to know Andrew in Kentucky. You're up. What's going on?

[Caller]

Love your show. Just wanted to call and mention my favorite moment from the State of the Union last night. It was when Trump was talking about the SAVE act, and he was talking about the hypocrisy of the left and mentioning the Communist mayor of New York, Mandami, and talking about how he was asking for snow shovelers, but those snow shovelers needed to bring in two forms of ID and a Social Security card.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, I mean, look, we hope everybody in War Land is doing well out there. And certainly on Long island where they got over two feet of snow. And if you're listening to us in Rhode Island, I think they got three feet of snow. And by the way, mentioning Mom, Donnie, did you see the videos that have gone viral of all of the cops

[Clay Travis]

or the snow getting. I. I think it is absolutely despicable. I don't think it's funny. I wish that those cops could have caught a few of those guys with a nice truncheon to, you know, the side of the knee. I think it's. It's horrible because I know people like, oh, it's a snowball fight. Actually, first of all, if you don't want to be in a snowball fight and you're getting hit from multiple side. It's just assault. It's actually assault and battery. And, you know, some of these guys are throwing things that are basically ice. So you're just throwing like a handful of ice at a cop from close range. And there's so many people that they can't do it. You know, they're not able to do anything about it. I thought it was grotesquely disrespectful. I hope people get arrested for it. They won't get prosecuted in any meaningful way because it's brag. But it just goes to show you how disrespectful the. Some of the. Unfortunately, some of the residents of New York City and just, you know, these are all leftists, the people that are saying it's not a big deal. They're all leftists. They hate cops because cops force the reality of accountability on people. And the whole game of the left is no one's ever accountable. It's always. You're always a victim. It's always someone else's fault.

[Buck Sexton]

Also, I just can't even imagine if you are the kind of person who's going to run up and some of these were. They've got some photos out of people they're trying to arrest some People were running up with basically boulders of ice

[Clay Travis]

to throw at cops, smacking on the cops. Yeah, it was really, really nasty. I mean, they clearly were taking advantage of the situation. And look, these people deserve a good, swift punch in the face. You know, I don't know what else to say. I mean, they, they deserve to get an ass kicking.

[Buck Sexton]

And also, to your point, what do you think the odds are that people who have been completely law abiding their entire life decide to attack police officers with snowballs? I would bet those people have records that are a mile long. Likely because it's such a moronic thing to even think to do for most people.

[Clay Travis]

Look, and the cops have a tough job day in and day out. They do all over the country. And you know, it's often a thankless job. Not always. You know, they do sometimes perform the Heimlich on a baby and save a life. I mean, you know, there's, there's obviously thanks with it too. And you know, I think a lot of communities, I said here in Miami beach, we're very supportive of our cops. And you know, there's a very safe community. Cops are very well respected here, which I really like that. And you know, the NYPD went through a post 911 period where new Yorkers, I think, were particularly prone to show gratitude toward the nypd. That's, of course faded, though. And when you see this kind of disorder where you have these people doing this to police officers, like, what is the mindset of somebody who thinks that this is funny? Like, that's someone's husband out there probably, you know, those cops probably married, probably have some kids and you're all smacking them with ice in the face because they wear a uniform and they're trying to keep the streets safe and trying to keep bad things from happening to people. What part of that is funny? What part of that is amusing? So you know this, but this is, Alvin Bragg is a scumbag. He's a bad person, he's immoral, he's a race hustler. He clearly has a tremendous amount of animosity for certain people of certain backgrounds. And he won't do anything about this. Guarantee you even if they're arrested, he'll do the bare minimum. And I think what you're going to see is Jessica Tisch. And you know, I grew up knowing the Tisch family a little bit in New York. And they're, they're good people and they love the city. I think you're going to see Jesse Tisch say, I'm out because, because there's not the back. If you don't have the. If you don't have the district attorney and the mayor catching your back as the police commissioner and doing the right thing for law and order, your. Your hands are tied. Doesn't matter.

[Buck Sexton]

This is one thing that Eric Adams got right. The safety in New York City got far better during his tenure than it was before. And I think the fact that he is a former cop, it's not coincidental that that was the, that was the outcome. He got it. I'm not saying he was perfect. Clearly he wasn't an ideal leader. But you see the story.

[Clay Travis]

He had serious. Yeah, he, Eric Adams, Clay had serious managerial limitations. Like he just doesn't. He's not a guy you want running a hundred billion dollar city budget operation and all the different. He's just not up. He wasn't up for that task. He doesn't have the ability to experience, you know, he, but he was in over his head. But he doesn't hate cops and he doesn't actually think that like criminals are good people. And that was an improvement over de Blasio, to be fair, into what you're saying. That was an improvement over de Blasio. You know, Momdani is much more of the de Blasio mold. And we're going to see, I think more and more of this and just wait until you have your first major incident with a cop in New York. It will happen. It's inevitable at some point and see which side of the equation Mamdani falls on. But you know the statement. Guys pull the statement that Mamdani made about it. It was very. Oh, it's. Well, here is. We have it. OK. Play cut 37. Here's Mamdani speaking about these cops who were. They were being assaulted. I know people. Oh, it's just snowballs. Ok, you can watch the video yourself and tell me if you think that the cops were enjoying this. Play it.

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I've said that what I saw was a snowball fight. It should be treated accordingly. It was one that got out of hand, but that's what it was. I'm not going to be banning snowball fights or organized snowball fights. I've shared my thoughts with New Yorkers.

[Clay Travis]

I mean, what if people just walked by cops and just smacked eggs in their faces? Is that funny? Is that a joke? It's against the law. Mamdani is also, unfortunately, and by the way, Trump is too nice about him. He was too. And I know this is sometimes Trump is he's funny because they all say, Clay, that Trump is. Trump's actually very nice as long as you don't try to, you know, go toe to toe with him. He's very charming. Mandani's a bad guy. He's a bad guy. He's actually not a nice guy. He's a bad guy. He just smiles a lot and is, you know, smooth with people.

[Buck Sexton]

The. Yes, I agree with all of that. And he's falling rapidly on his face with a lot of the decisions that he's made. And one of them you were talking about, Jessica Tisch, is that New York City is basically deciding, due to a budget crisis, to not fund 5,000 police officers that they had previously anticipated and expected to fund. That's going to eventually blow up on them. There's no other way this is going to go. And believing that you can be kind to criminals is a luxury of a low crime environment. And inevitably it leads to more violence. And I would just come back. I mean, I guarantee you if they arrest the people who were throwing cops, throwing snowballs at cops aggressively, they will discover that those guys have been arrested multiple times before. Because I just don't buy we're not talking about, like, a fun. If the cops are actually engaged in the snowball fight, too. That's a snowball fight. Running up to somebody and pelting them constantly with snowballs because they're wearing uniforms is not a snowball fight. To your point, if it were eggs, it would be an assault. These guys should be charged. And I think when they're charged, you will find out that they've been charged with multiple offenses before.

[Clay Travis]

Right. I mean, I could walk up to someone and say, I'm patting them on the back and whack them as hard as I can and do real damage and be like, I was just patting you on the back. I mean, right? We all know these games. We all know that. And this is, of course, a classic leftist thing. But what Mamdani said there is disgusting. What I saw was a snowball fight, you sniveling little coward. Someone I don't want. I don't want to go, he's just the worst, man. He's just the worst. And it's a disgrace. A disgrace that New York has this guy calling the shots.

[Buck Sexton]

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[Buck Sexton]

in Clay Travis Buck Sexton Show. Let's run through some of these calls. A lot of people reacting to The State of the Union. We'll dive back into our takes on the State of the Union, which occurred last night at the top of the third hour of the program. But I'm going to go basically just in order that I see the calls off the top here. Barry in Huntington, West Virginia. What you got for us, Barry?

[Caller]

Yes, thanks for taking my call. Really appreciate it. I thought the president did an amazing job last night. He touched on so many topics. He recognized people that should be recognized. He's a true American hero. For me personally, it's so disappointing to watch the other side. They have no solutions. They appear to be full of hate. And what would I tell my granddaughter or grandson that you have a congressperson with a badge that says, you all know what it said.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah.

[Caller]

I just don't understand how come they just seem to be full of hate and offer no solutions and all Trump wants to do is make America great. It's really a simple message. And I'm not saying he's a perfect person by any stretch, but I'm saying he's a perfect president. He's doing a lot of things that make life better. And I'll add one other thing because they all want to talk about affordability. Trump getting ready to come into office. My wife and I buy these eggs at Walmart. They're around $29 for five dozen. I bought the same case last week. $9 and some change. Appropriate actions. That's all I can say.

[Buck Sexton]

Thank you for the call. Remember, Buck, when Trump first came into office, egg prices became a big story and everybody was talking about how much

[Clay Travis]

he and President Clay for like three days. And you're like, oh, look at the egg prices. Trump you' hours president.

[Buck Sexton]

And now egg prices are back to normal, much cheaper. And it's not a story at all. That's a good story.

[Clay Travis]

Do we need better enemies? Are we going to get lazy? Like, they got lazy because they had so much control and they had seized so much through their perfidious ways.

[Buck Sexton]

What a great word that is. My concern is they're going to take back the House, if you ask me to predict right now. And so I know. And so they're going to seize back a lot of power. We'll get to some of your calls and we come back here in a sec. But first, Carly in Colorado, Elon Omar, not exactly doing herself any favors really fast.

[I]

I saw her screeching last night. So I called Comer's office this morning and said, what's going on with the investigation? I was told that the Ethics Committee is handling the investigation. I called them twice and was told there is no information since 2022. Please contact him, have him speak to this.

[Buck Sexton]

Thank you for the call. Elon Omar and Rashida Tlaib Buck, I think look worse than any other Democrats, which is saying a lot during the course of the State of the Union last night. We'll talk about that. We'll talk about the Ilhan Omar investigation.

[Clay Travis]

I think there are a lot of Republicans who worry that there are a lot of prosecutors in the state of Minnesota, including federal, who won't prosecute any of these Democrats.

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