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Clay Travis
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Clay Travis
Welcome back in our number three Clay Travis Buck Sexton show. Go by Buck's book Manufacturing Delusion. I have reviewed it on Amazon.
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Clay Travis
I do not see that my review has yet popped on the Amazon page.
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Buck Sexton
Clay gave it four stars because he doesn't want me to get a big head over it.
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Clay Travis
So that's right and I purchased it. I got it today as those of us who purchased it early did. And again, I would encourage all of you book is out today everywhere. Among the reviews, a harrowing, brilliant, important read. Megan Kelly, terrifying, brilliant, essential and ex CIA Officers Unmasking of totalitarian mind control. Glenn Beck. Meticulously researched and exceptionally written. Manufacturing Delusion is more than a book, it's a tool to protect your mind and soul. Best selling author Jack Carr okay, those are among the reviews that you can find@Amazon.com and other locations as well. Buck, you and I are going to be in Texas in short order about two weeks from today. Because exactly two weeks from today is the very first major primary that I believe will occur in the nation when Texans will be going out and voting for their nominees in a wide variety of different races, including the one that is getting the most attention in the state. Again, we want all of you to go vote top, up and down, bottom to top in the Texas primaries. Many different important races that are going on, but the Texas Senate race is receiving the largest amount of attention both on the Democrat and the Republican side. On the Republican side there are three different candidates and President Trump has come out and said I like all three. Which was, I thought a great Trump question. He was asked if he was going to endorse and Trump said no, I'm not going to endorse. Basically I like all three. And all three are Ken Paxton, John Cornyn, the current senator, and, and Wesley. Wesley, whose name is immediately escaping me because I tried to name all three of them off the top of my head. He's been on the show a great number of times. He is fantastic. And Wesley Hunt, my apologies to Wesley Hunt trying to name Three. Right off the top of my head, all three of them are seriously contending. And whoever wins that Republican primary will likely be the next Republican senator from Texas or the continuing Republican senator from Texas. So Wesley Hunt, John Cornyn and also Ken Paxton, all running on the Republican side. Now on the Democrat side. This has turned into a bit of a story today, Buck. Democrat Senate candidates Jasmine Crockett, who has given up her congressional seat and instead now running to be the senator from Texas. And James Talarico, I believe that's how you pronounce his last name. Is that correct, Buck? So far as you can tell. And he went on Stephen Colbert Show. And CBS decided they would not air the interview because they were worried about conflicting with the Equal Time Doctrine. And the Equal Time doctrine basically as interpreted by our friend Brendan Carr, the FCC chairman who was on recently. He has said what I think is 100% true, which is if you're going to have these late night talk shows, you can't fit into the exemption of, of news programming if you're only having one side on all the time. There are no right leaning guests on for instance, Stephen Colbert Show. And Stephen Colbert would never have the Republican nominee on his show. And so as a result, CBS said we're worried about violating the Equal Time Doctrine. We're not going to run this, this interview. That was a decision that was made by CBS Corporate. Well, Stephen Colbert, whose show has been canceled, I believe it is scheduled to end in May, went on and teed off and, and I believe this aired on his actual CBS program. Him ripping his bosses CBS cut 26. You know who is not one of my guests tonight? That's Texas State Representative James Tallarico. He was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network's lawyers who called us directly that we could not have him on the broadcast. Then, then I was told in some uncertain terms that not only could I not have him on, I could not men me not having him on. And because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this. Let's talk about this. On January 21st of this year, a letter was released by FCC chairman and smug bowling pin Brendan Carr. In this letter, Carr said he was thinking about dropping the exception for talk shows because he said some of them were motivated by partisan purposes. Well, sir, you're chairman of the fcc, so fccu. Okay, this is I think actually more interesting than Stephen Colbert is letting on. And it's actually super interesting in general. So he was only going to have James Talarico on Now, James Talarico is on a. In a highly competitive Senate race against Jasmine Crockett. Buck. Jasmine Crockett has a 0% chance of being elected statewide from Texas. I want to repeat this. I think even Democrats are aware of this. If Jasmine Crockett is the nominee, there is a zero percent chance that Republicans have to worry about the Democrat in that race at all. I think elite Democrat leadership is aware of that. So when I hear and see this controversy emerging, I say, my goodness, this is elite Democrat power brokers deciding to set up this James Talarico interview. If it airs, it's a huge bonus to him. But if it gets shut down under this FCC equal time doctrine, I would argue it's an even bigger bonus for him because most people would have never seen this but for the fact that Stephen Colbert went on and attacked his bosses for not letting him have on James Talarico. So I think, again, the fact that this was scheduled to happen the day before the Texas primary ballots went out and people started to vote, this feels to me a bit akin to what happened to Bernie Sanders back in the day. This is the Democrat Party saying, we got a kneecap Jasmine Crockett and make sure she's not the nominee because maybe we can put the seat in play with James Talarico. Do you see that? And by the way, Brendan Carr, let's invite him on the program again because he got attacked and we want to give him equal time on the program we had him on recently. Do you read this in a similar way, Buck, or what stands out to you about this story? Again, there's no way the Republican nominee, whether it's Wesley Hunt, whether it is Ken Paxton or John Cornyn, is going to be allowed on Colbert. And this is where the significance of that letter from Commissioner Carr comes into play.
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Buck Sexton
I. Sorry, Sorry. I just realized for a second I had dog wander into my room and I had to hit the mic office. This is what happens to live radio. I have a baby and a dog and sometimes they roll into the room and it throws me off. I'm not pulling an AOC here, by the way. I do have an answer for Clay, but I was. I was talking into a dead microphone for a second. I would say this on the FCC issue. This is. This is going to take a lot of time for it to settle because, Clay, there has been no equal time. In fact, we have had Democrat dominance of the media under the guise of it being journalism, under the guise of it being neutral for our entire lives. This is just finally now faded away, or rather is fading away where people at least know CNN is a Democrat organ, New York Times is a Democrat organ. There's no if, ands or buts. There's no we call it like we see it or whatever. And so how do you handle that in a regulatory environment and increasingly, you know, I think we have to get on. Now, the FCC chairman may disagree with this. I just think this notion that we're going to have these regulations and all of this infringements on, I think it's all infringements on the First Amendment, quite honestly. I think that, remember, the Obama administration claimed that it could block this was the solicitor General under the Obama administration, that it could block the publication of a book in advance of the election under certain circumstances because of the regulations around speech and elections and dark money and politics and all this stuff. So that's where this stuff always goes. It goes to one side trying to leverage this for censorship and the. And I think our side trying to play fair more often and then. And ending up just being on the losing end of the situation. So I don't know that there's going to be. Remember, this would all take a lot of time. Right. There's one thing for people to know, Clay, but then it also has to make its way through the courts and places will fight this and they'll say, how do you even make this distinction? And you might get some bad judges and, you know, the Supreme Court. So this will take a while to sort out is my answer. But it is really important that everyone knows the Democrats have had a massive advantage in the establishment media landscape for our, for certainly for our entire lives. And I would say long before that, yes, Rush was the unsinkable aircraft carrier. Free speech. Yes, There have been others who have been massive voices and there's one cable channel that does quite well that is conservative. But the, or Republican, whatever the truth is, we're just beginning to address this disparity, Clay. I mean, the fact that there are even law. Think about this, that there are laws and that they've treated, or rather their regulations and they have treated some of these shows like their news, like they're neutral news programs. Does anyone really believe that?
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Clay Travis
I, I just look at this and say I can't get over the fact that this happened the day before voting was about to start. It is a huge gift to Tallarico. And it feels to me like the Democrat Party has convinced itself that, accurately, in my opinion, Jasmine Crockett has no chance to win. He and they're putting their finger down on the scales in favor of Talarico. And by the way, on the Republican side, this is going to be a donnybrook. There are three big time serious contenders spending big money. Current Senator John Cornyn, and we've had all these guys on the program, Ken Paxton, who is the current Attorney general, and Wesley Hunt, who is a current congressman that is running to try to be the next senator from Texas. All of them have run very viable campaigns, but, man, all three of them would crush Jasmine Crockett and significantly would not need to raise any of the money that would otherwise be spent for other states. I think Democrats believe, I think they're wrong, that he can win. But I think James Talarico, they think would at least have a puncher's chance, whereas Jasmine Crockett has no chance. And again, Brendan Carr is right on this. Brendan Carr is 100% right on this. You can't have late night talk shows that are claiming that they're just comedy shows and only allow Democrats on his guest to basically make their political arguments on the show. And that's what they do.
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Buck Sexton
This is what the Jon Stewart era of the Daily show, it was so aggravating for a lot of us because, yeah, I mean, a lot of this stuff is clever and funny, but it was really a propaganda show. The whole point of it was to push Democrat themes through the prism of comedy. But because it was comedy and look, I mean, Trump is very funny. Trump's a politician, right? Comedy and politics are not in any way distinct or rather, you know, separate from each other by their nature. They actually can be quite useful when paired together. I think one of Trump's biggest political gifts is how funny he is. And I think it completely. There are a lot of people who, you know, they don't like this about his style or they don't. They think he's kind of gruff, but, man, he said something. And if you find yourself laughing at what a politician says, like, really kind of guffawing, it's hard to hate the guy. You know, it opens you up a little bit to it, and I think you warm up to him over time. Trump is the funniest politician of our lifetime, which is remarkable when you. Clay, the sitting President of the United States is the most humorous politician you or I have ever come across. He is the funny. Yes, it's just, just, just a fact, right? It's pretty crazy when you say it out loud. But the Daily show, because it was comedy, they would have politicians or they would have more serious people on. And then they would cut and splice the interview so that it was a complete hit job. I mean, they would do whatever they wanted. And then if you point it out, they go, we have puppets on before us. It's just comedy, man. No, it's a political show with jokes.
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Clay Travis
I mean, totally. And so this idea, it feels like a rig job. Like that he was daring. That is Colbert was daring his bosses to not allow Tal Rico on. I would argue that, look, I'm no defender of Jasmine Crockett, but I would argue if, if they're going to have on Talrico the day before the primary, that they should also have to have on Jasmine Crockett. Not only the other Republican candidate, whomever that ends up being, but the. But the other Democrat as well. That feels like a fair and impartial way to handle this. So I'd be upset if I was Jasmine Crockett.
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Buck Sexton
Indeed. Indeed. And not to be confused with any affiliation with Crockett. Coffee.
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Clay Travis
Of course, that's what you should be drinking right now. Like I am.
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Buck Sexton
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Clay Travis
Clay Travis and Buck Sexton. Mic drops. That never sounded so good. Find them on the free iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Buck Sexton
I particularly appreciate the Tears for Fears rejoin music since we had some really funky music for the last few days. Oh man. You know I think I've told you guys this before. We we love our theme song but when I was asked and this was, you know this was my when we were paired up Clay and they were like what song would you I was like I think I would want Tears for Fears rule the World. Like I feel like that would be a great theme song. So and I do believe I think Dennis Miller had it on his HBO show for a while. I always liked Dennis Miller. Never met him but always thought he was a really good talent. Enjoyed his stuff. So anyway also want to say we have now Eric just wrote in I introduced my 20 year old son to you during the COVID lunacy. That was a smart time to do it. And he has become a clear eyed die Hard Buck devotee ever since he threatened not to come home for spring break if I didn't get Manufacturing Delusion for him today. Woohoo. And now we will see him in two weeks. I assume they got the book. So Clay, a smart decision made. I love it when a plan comes together.
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Clay Travis
Amen. And we've got a plan to sell Buck a lot of his books. Manufacturing Delusion. Go check it out right now. Go buy it. My copy has already arrived. And Buck, you make fun of me for being a media nerd. I would point out there is a Warner Brothers component here as Netflix and Paramount CBS are battling to see who's going to end up with Warner Brothers. They've reopened that battle and we will see who ends up getting that assets winning that battle going forward. I want to tell you if you're trying to win the battle for better energy, for more vim, vigor, vitality in your life, hard to beat chalk all natural male supplement that can increase your overall Testosterone levels by 20% in a very short period. As little as three months, in fact. And you can check it out and get an incredible deal on top of it. When you use my name, Clay, right now you will get a fantastic $99 bag of chalk lit powder with your first delivery. That's chalk.comchoq.com My name is C L A Y chalk.com My name Clay get hooked up today. That's chalk.com My name C L A Y. Check it out today. Speaking truth and having fun. Clay Travis and Buck Sexton.
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Buck Sexton
Welcome back into Clay and Buck. And I just want to say thank you so much to all of you who are sending in kind words about the book which I have out today, Manufacturing Delusion. It is very timely. There's a lot of history, there's a lot of research. There's some anecdotes from my time in the CIA, just a few. It's not about that. But I threw some things in there. The CIA cleared them. I had to clear the entire book and I did. So that is really my, my focus today is getting as many of you as possible to get a copy of the book. Obviously get it on Amazon is the audiobook, which I read myself. And I think you'll, those of you who like audiobooks, there you go. It'll be my voice doing the whole book for you. And you know, so far we're doing really well. There is this book out from John Meacham today. He's trying to rain on my parade, but because of you, I don't think that's going to happen. But let's not let that smug communist who hates Trump and says it is inexcusable for you to have voted for him again, said that on TV last year. Let's not let him get that number one slot for book sales today. It's all on you. I'm doing some other great shows and I really appreciate that. And it's funny, Clay, you really do in this business. You find out who your friends are at book launch time. It's a very interesting thing. There are a lot of people that'll be like, oh yeah, I love your stuff. Oh yeah, buddy, whatever. But there are the people who say, send it to my producer and we'll give it some thought. And the people who are like, that's awesome for you, buddy. When do you want to come on? And I will tell you this, and I think you're the same way, Clay. We remember who's on what side of that equation, just like any of you would. Trust me. It's interesting. You see who's, you see who's for real and who is. Who belongs in the cheap seats.
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Clay Travis
Well, look, this audience, to its credit, buys books in a substantial way. So you probably have noticed over the five years that we've been doing the show since. And again, we began the show talking about this. But today is the five year anniversary of Rush passing and we have a special one hour show that is up and producer Alley said a super nice thing. She said, like both you and Buck are the kind of sons that Rush would have had if he had had kids. Which is a super complimentary nice thing to say from producer Ali and much of the staff that spent years and years working with Rush. Yeah, it's a very nice thing to say, but that's a credit to Rush in the show and the fact that people are intellectually curious. But you may well have noticed that we have a lot of authors on because it is hard to sell books and ideas matter and making strong arguments matters.
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Buck Sexton
And so I think we have something, I think we have something of a, an obligation with a platform this big for, to have people who are writing good. We need good books to be written about what we believe and about what matters to us, those of us who see the world the way that we do. And we have a role to play in that. You know, it's, it's. And some other places are abandoning that role unless you're in a very narrow subset. And that's a shame. But this platform and many others like it, and I will say many of the independent big conservative names are having me on. They've had you on the past clay and they also take that approach. So, you know, we can't have every book on or. This would be a, this would be just like a, this show would just be like a book club. Because everybody, I, I feel badly. I mean, I get, I do. You get the same thing. I get literal boxes of books pile up at my. I don't know how they find. I guess the publishers know where I live, they find my home, they send it to my home address. And I refuse to ever throw a book in the trash, no matter whose book it is. So I have to find a home for this. I'll donate it to the library, I'll give it away to friends who want that particular author, etc. But I feel like I'm the custodian of all these books that I never asked for. I don't have enough room. I mean you've, you've been in the studio here, Clay. I don't have enough bookshelves for the books that I already have and I, you know, I keep accruing more.
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Clay Travis
We got a couple of funny emails, by the way. I should, should hit VIP email from Matt. Hey, Clay and Buck, just listening to you talk about the low IQ Democrats likely running for president in 28, AOC Newsom and, and, and others potentially, including certainly Kamala Harris. What are your thoughts about Mark Kelly? Is he a smart guy? Is he running in 28? I think both Arizona senators will give it a shot. I would expect that he would run. I don't, I'm not spending any time around him. I do know people who say that he is a smart guy and they like him, who I respect, but I don't know anything at all about him. So I wouldn't denigrate him by saying that he's unintelligent. Certainly if you've won election in one of the seven toss up states, I mean, Gretchen Whitmer is going to run, Josh Shapiro is going to run. That is a pretty strong argument that you would have some national appeal because you're already having to appeal to independence. Remember, Trump won. What did Trump win? Arizona by like six points, I think in 2026, I think of the toss up states, the seven that we talked about a lot in 2024, Arizona was basically the biggest win that anybody got. I mean, Trump ran away with that and so they're now trying to run in states that maybe slanted towards the red. So I, I would be curious to see how he would do. Another email, by the way, from Bert. I've noticed you guys use the phrase back in the day quite often. What exactly does it mean? I'm 93 and I'm sure it does not mean the same to me as it does to you, you young whippersnappers. Well, thanks for the email. Yeah, back in the day for you could mean back in World War II, which is truly back in the day. But for Buck and I, I would say back in the day means 80s, 90s, which is like recent history for, for you, if you're 93.
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Buck Sexton
Yes, I think that is definitely the case. And I guess we do use the term back in the day sometimes. Yeah, when I think back in the day, it's like the Spice Girls and the rise of hip hop and like the movie Clueless, Michael Jordan supremacy in the NBA, like that's back in the day for me. So yeah, it's not that far back to be. Our bird is astute. Bird is correct. We have a different, different timeline that we are working with.
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Clay Travis
We should also mention as we are getting ready, we're talking all about the Texas primary season. You guys are going to decide a lot if you look at the prediction markets right now. Now Democrats are favored to take back the House and Republicans are only about 60% to maintain control of the Senate. Look, the House is probably going to impeach Trump if they get taken back. I understand you guys can predict exactly what they will do. What I will say is the Senate, I mean, you guys know how hugely important the Senate can be for the last two years, particularly as it pertains to the Supreme Court because we've got a lot of justices who are over 70 years old now. And as we saw happen with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, you never know, or Scalia for that matter, you never know when that moment is going to come. As soon as you are over the age of 70 and in particular, the risks just increase. And so I would say, look, we're still, you know, 10 months away, eight months away, nine months away from official verdicts coming down. But I do think the Senate, as much attention as we should put on the House, the Senate is by far the most significant of the, of the impacts that could happen in 2026. If Republicans lose control of the Senate, you lose the ability to get a lot done that has to do with the judiciary in a way that I don't know very many people have thought about. So I would even say some of the older right leaning Supreme Court justices, maybe it's time to start thinking about that a little bit. I mean, I just in the same way, look, Kennedy I thought was really smart the way he stepped down. He got someone who was a former clerk appointed to take his, take his role. If you compare that with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the stakes can become quite significant. A lot of people looked back at Ruth Bader Ginsburg and said she should have stepped down when Obama could have named her replacement. To your point, Buck, we've talked about this. They bragged about what incredible physical condition she was in. They did stories on her workouts and then she passed.
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Buck Sexton
Bizarre. Yeah, there was a cult of Ruth Bader Ginsburg as fitness influencer and they would show these little. Did you actually see this clay when they were doing it?
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Clay Travis
Oh, yeah, I watched it. Yeah. Yeah.
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Buck Sexton
You, you would look on like, like the main page of the Huffington Post, which at one point was a big live website. It doesn't even exist anymore. I don't know. And they'd show video of like, Ruth Bader Ginsburg with half pound weights, like, barely raising forehead.
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Clay Travis
You're like, yeah, get after it, Ruth.
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Buck Sexton
Like, look at her beast mode. It was like a delusion, a manufactured delusion. Title of a fantastic book that is out today that all of you should go get a copy of. I'm gonna be relentless. Usually. Usually I get to rely on Clay to sell everything for us, which is great. Or to promote everything for us, which is great. Today I have to promote damn it.
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Clay Travis
Tomorrow you've got the whole show for yourself. I can't even imagine how many promotions you're going to be able to get in.
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Buck Sexton
About that.
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Clay Travis
I'm at Mar a Lago for the day in an event. President not gonna wear your.
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Buck Sexton
Your top hat and monocle.
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Clay Travis
Clay. Oh, well, you know, I go with the big boss is I've been running around right now trying to make sure about what clothes I've got packed. I'm. I just need a personal person who just lays out everything that I'm supposed to wear because I have no idea what to wear to any event. I'm only going to be gone one day. And so. But I'm right now. I was out of breath.
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Buck Sexton
Can I tell you something? You can. AI. This is another thing where AI is really. I. I guess I'm going to admit something now on the show. I've taken a photo before because I was curious, like, about whether something fit like a suit, whether a suit still fit me enough. And I really wanted it objective. AI. If you, if you use it, like, you can go and grok. Take a photo or have someone take a photo of you and be like, does this suit fit the way that a men's like, custom or tailored suit should fit? Clay. It will break it down to the. I mean, it's. It's like all of a sudden you have a guy named like Vincenzo who's like, hey, it's a little tired in the chest, a little loose in the. You know, put a little bit of
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Clay Travis
weight on AI over Christmas break. I don't need, I don't need to
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Buck Sexton
get a little too snug. It's like it's pulling. And it's pulling because your gut is pulling. I'm like, hey, AI, slow down a little bit. But I'm just saying it actually works very well. Like, you can ask it. You can even ask it for outfit advice. Guys, Once you realize what a tool AI is for you, it is, it is. It's pretty incredible.
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Clay Travis
I used I used Grok seven different times this morning getting ready just to answer different questions I did. I don't think I mentioned this yesterday Valentine's Day dinner. I mean as I was getting ready to go out, wife hit me with is that what you're wearing? Not a good start to yeah, the devastating off the top rope wife is that what you're wearing? I went I was in Florida over the weekend and I did not have a pair of pants. I did have shorts and so other than my track pants which are awesome from xxxy, great brand but not very fancy and so my wife was not happy with the options that that I had. And is that what you're wearing? Was the first thing I heard when I came out wearing what I thought was a great outfit to Valentine's Day dinner following the 911 attack. By the way, I don't know you haven't noticed this yet, Buck, but Super bowl next year is on Valentine's Day. Super Bowl 61 is Valentine's Day. I It's going to be the biggest breakup day in the history of mankind because a lot of women are going to find out that their boyfriends care way more about football than they do Celebrating that relationship following and probably some men, but a lot more women following the 911 attacks, New York City firefighter Daniel Foley assisted in the rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero. He didn't know then that his heroism would later cost him his life. Daniel spent months at Ground Zero searching for victims, including his own brother, firefighter Thomas Foley, who was killed in the attacks. Daniel's father also took part in the efforts at Ground Zero. He died years later from a rare 911 related leukemia. Daniel's death, like so many others, was also a direct result of 911 related cancer. He leaves behind his wife Carrie and their five children. Tunnel the Towers paid the mortgage on the family's home and every day we see the toll that 911 continues to take on heroes and their families. Your donation today can make a world of difference to a family like the Foley's. It can provide a sense of security and stability in the face of uncertainty while also bringing hope. Join us in donating $11 a month to tunnel the towers at t2t.org that's t the number 2t.org
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Buck Sexton
today on Clay and Buck. And it is a great time to remind you all to get manufacturing delusion. My book which came out today. Get yourself a copy. I know you're like, buck, you're talking about a lot. Yeah, it's published day and it took me two years to get here. So there we go. Let's rock it up those charts everybody. Why wouldn't you get a copy? Just think about it. Put on yourself. Like, I listen to this guy and sometimes she's pretty okay, says some good things. I actually think you'll enjoy the book. People who are reading are like, wow, it's really good. Like, well, thank you, Clay. Is that a little bit, is there a little bit of like a, you know, it's like when someone tells you, wow, you've lost weight, you're like, yeah, but I didn't think I was like that fat before.
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Clay Travis
Like I didn't know you noticed how fat I was until. Yeah, it's a little bit of faint praise, low expectations, you know, like, wow,
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Buck Sexton
it actually is really well written. It's a good book. You actually wrote this? Well, yes, I actually wrote this. This book. Go, go check it out. So go get your copy or get the audiobook of it too, which I did. And then Clay, you can go to now. Calls to vip, emails to all these good things, because you are. Clay is Hanging out with Thurston Howell the Third Tomorrow and company at Mar a Lago and abandoning us for the day. But he will come back after he has ordered some servants around and had a mint julep or two on the veranda. He will tell us, or what's your favorite south side? Is that your country club drink? Like, what's your what? When you're chilling out by the golf
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Clay Travis
course, if it's not a beer, it's going to be an old Fashioned.
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Buck Sexton
That will be fashion. Is your go to drink?
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Clay Travis
Yeah.
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Buck Sexton
Is the south side just a thing they talk about in like the Northeast? It's like a. It's like an iced tea with some kind of a booze in it, I think. I forget.
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Clay Travis
I don't even know what south side.
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Buck Sexton
That's what country club. Yeah. People at country clubs drink something called the south side, I thought.
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Clay Travis
Anyway, yeah, we got a ton of talk back. Do you want me to hit him? Debbie says thank you for writing a book. Sacramento.
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Clay Travis
And my love goes out to Resh Limbaugh. I listened to him when he was on KFBK here in Sacramento and all
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Buck Sexton
of his updates and fun things that he did.
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Clay Travis
And I just want to let Buck know that I bought his audiobook this morning. I am on the road a lot. It's hard for me to read a book, but I sure listen to a lot of them. And his is my next one. Thank you so much for taking the time to write it. I'm sure it's going to. To be fantastic.
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Buck Sexton
Thank you so much. I really, really, I really do appreciate that. And Clay knows you. Blood, sweat and tears into these books. And every person who reads it or buys 1, 1 copy or downloads it. Really appreciate. By the way, Clay, a Southside is a classic, refreshing gin cocktail. Gin, lime juice, simple syrup and mint. So similar. This is why I think a country. This is like the country club drink of choice in the Northeast. People have south sides, which is basically. It's almost like a manjula.
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Clay Travis
Yeah. I'm not a huge gin guy. That wouldn't be the base. I like. I like bourbon. I like whiskey, like vodka. Okay, tequila. But not a gin drinker so much.
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Buck Sexton
But yeah, I would be tequila. And then there's like a hundred feet of empty space and then everything else I did pretty much. If I'm going with a liquor, by
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Clay Travis
the way, you're right. I appreciate her. So many people don't have time to read. And you did the podcast. I mean, you did the audiobook version of your book, which is great as well. Let's hit two of these real quick. Bill in Texas D. Hey Clan Buck Bill from Hutto, Texas.
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Buck Sexton
And I tell you what, if MAGA people were out shooting up schools and
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Clay Travis
hockey games and whatever else churches, we'd be hearing a huge outcry that MAGA
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Buck Sexton
people should have their guns taken away from them and not likely will be hearing that about any trans. So just thought I'd mention it.
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Clay Travis
They just pretend the trans shooters don't exist. It's 100% right. Podcast listener Mike also down in Texas
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Buck Sexton
E. Hey, this is Mike in Texas. You know the pro trans people are always saying if you don't let these people transition, they're going to kill themselves.
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Clay Travis
Which is a lie.
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Buck Sexton
But it seems like if we let them transition, they're going to kill everybody
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Clay Travis
else and then possibly themselves.
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Clay Travis
It's actually unfortunately what you're seeing from the evidence. There's a lot of truth to that. Thank you guys. Buy Bucks Book. We'll be back tomorrow.
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Clay Travis
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