Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H3 - TN Sen. Marsha Blackburn

Summary

Summary of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show Episode: Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H3 - TN Sen. Marsha Blackburn (Released May 3, 2025)

In this engaging episode of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, titled "Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H3 - TN Sen. Marsha Blackburn," hosts Clay Travis and Buck Sexton delve into a myriad of pressing political topics, centering their discussion around the first 100 days of President Donald Trump's second term. They are joined by Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, who provides insightful commentary on Trump’s administration, Democratic Party strategies, and critical legislative efforts such as the Kids Online Safety Act.

1. Assessing President Trump's First 100 Days

The episode opens with Clay Travis addressing the progress of President Trump's administration within the initial 100 days. He praises Trump's focused approach to governance, highlighting key achievements and the administration's commitment to fulfilling campaign promises.

Notable Quote:

Clay Travis [26:01]: "He is so focused on getting things done. Promises made, promises kept, are the way to sum up his first 100 days."

Senator Marsha Blackburn echoes this sentiment, emphasizing the administration's success in securing the border, reducing inflation, and restoring America's global standing. Blackburn underscores the importance of passing the reconciliation bill to make permanent the 2017 tax cuts, warning of a potential $4 trillion tax hike if the legislation fails.

Notable Quote:

Travis Holloway [26:01]: "It is imperative, absolutely imperative, that we get this job done."

2. Democratic Party's Flawed Strategy: The Tim Walls Case

A significant portion of the discussion critiques the Democratic Party's ineffective strategies to appeal to male voters. Clay critiques Tim Walls, a Minnesota governor, for his failed attempt to connect with men who are football fans and truck enthusiasts. The hosts argue that Walls’ approach was inauthentic and counterproductive.

Notable Quotes:

Clay Travis [05:00]: "Tim Walls is a lesbian's idea of a man that will appeal to men."

Marsha Blackburn [06:23]: "It just doesn't seem authentic because Tim Walls is a communist and the whole thing was absurd."

Clay further asserts that the Democratic Party has historically struggled to attract male voters, a trend that has only worsened over time. He points out that President Trump’s approval ratings among men remain significantly higher than any Democratic figure, reinforcing the notion that Democrats lack a viable strategy to engage this demographic.

Notable Quote:

Clay Travis [08:23]: "Most of the anti-Trump sentiment in America is from women. Men are overwhelmingly on board the Trump train."

3. Investing in America: Tennessee’s Economic Growth

The conversation shifts to economic developments under President Trump, with Senator Blackburn highlighting substantial investments in Tennessee. She notes that since Trump took office, Tennessee has attracted $1.2 billion in investments, creating 1,200 jobs across 30 companies.

Notable Quote:

Travis Holloway [27:14]: "Tennessee has been the recipient of some of this. We've had 30 companies and 1,200 jobs and $1.2 billion already invested in Tennessee since President Trump was elected in November."

Blackburn emphasizes that both foreign and American private investments are driving economic growth, demonstrating America's attractiveness as a market for businesses aiming to avoid tariffs and capitalize on domestic opportunities.

4. Kids Online Safety Act and Meta's Chatbots

A critical segment of the episode addresses the alarming issue of Meta’s chatbots engaging in sexually explicit conversations with minors. Senator Blackburn discusses the necessity of passing the Kids Online Safety Act, which aims to impose stricter regulations on social media platforms to protect children.

Notable Quotes:

Travis Holloway [29:41]: "Meta has created this chatbot that engages in sexually explicit conversation with individuals and minors. There are no safeguards."

Clay Travis [33:01]: "Meta uses our children as a profit center because their value is based on the number of eyeballs they can connect with every day."

Blackburn reveals bipartisan support for the legislation, noting that the Senate passed the Kids Online Safety Act with a 91-3 vote, although it faced obstacles in the House. She criticizes Meta for prioritizing profits over child safety, highlighting the company’s lack of response to lawmakers’ concerns.

Notable Quote:

Travis Holloway [33:01]: "It's disgusting the way they have treated our children and what they are exposing them to."

5. Comparing Trump 1.0 and Trump 2.0

Towards the end of the episode, Clay and Blackburn compare President Trump's first term with his current administration. They assert that Trump 2.0 is even more intent on action and fulfillment of promises, with a renewed focus on American prosperity and reducing government overreach.

Notable Quote:

Travis Holloway [34:46]: "He is focused on what is happening on Main Street in our communities. He is focused on prosperity for all Americans."

Blackburn commends Trump's dedication to economic growth and his strategic use of tariffs to benefit American workers and industries.

6. Conclusion

The episode concludes with expressions of confidence in the Trump administration’s trajectory and optimism for the legislative successes ahead. Senator Blackburn reiterates her commitment to advancing key policies and supporting the President’s agenda to ensure sustained economic growth and national security.

Notable Quote:

Travis Holloway [36:34]: "Take care. Bye."

Key Takeaways

• President Trump's administration has made significant strides in fulfilling campaign promises within the first 100 days, particularly in economic growth and national security.
• Democratic strategies to reconnect with male voters, exemplified by Tim Walls, have largely failed due to perceived inauthenticity and disconnect from core demographics.
• Tennessee’s economic success under the Trump administration showcases the benefits of both foreign and domestic investments, resulting in substantial job creation and financial inflows.
• The Kids Online Safety Act is a crucial legislative effort to protect minors from harmful interactions online, facing both support and resistance within government bodies.
• Trump 2.0 is portrayed as more action-oriented and committed to American prosperity compared to his first term, with a stronger emphasis on reducing governmental overreach.

This episode offers a comprehensive analysis of current political dynamics, highlighting the successes of the Trump administration and the challenges faced by the Democratic Party in implementing effective voter engagement strategies. Senator Marsha Blackburn provides valuable insights, reinforcing the show's overarching themes of accountability, economic growth, and national security.

Transcript

[Clay Travis]

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[Buck Sexton]

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[Colby Ekowitz]

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[Buck Sexton]

We've all done it. You see a headline but don't have time to read the whole story or there's so much news you're not sure what is worth your time, Colby. I'm Colby Ekowitz, co host of Post Reports, the weekday afternoon podcast from the Washington Post. Post Reports brings you what's relevant and revealing, breaking stories, politics, wellness, culture. Each episode goes beyond a headline for the context you need. Find Post Reports now wherever you're listening.

[Clay Travis]

Welcome back in Clay Travis, Buck Sexton show you never know what you're going to see that AI brings to bear. There's been a big deb about whether 100 men could defeat one gorilla. Somebody has put 10,000 gorillas versus a million humans into into AI and during the commercial break, this may not surprise any of you. I have been sitting watching a battle between a million humans and 10,000 gorillas to see what is likely to happen. And I have not finished yet. But we may get Buck's opinion on gorillas versus humans and who would win the battle before all is said and done. But we have got several other different stories that we are tracking. What is going to happen with the immigration policies of the president. Has he stopped talking and with the Cabinet yet? I mean that was this was what, like an hour and a half? Producer Ali that he talked to the media and the cabinet met with the media nearly two hours potentially. I know it was supposed to start at 11am Eastern. I think he'd started at like 11:30 or 11:40 and has been going for much of the course of this program. We've been sharing some of those elements with all of you. And as we sit here on day 101, we're going to be joined by Marsha Blackburn on the back half of the program here at 2:30 Eastern. But I did want to share this for with you, Tim Walls, who I believe has no political career left. And those of you who are listening to us in Minnesota should be ashamed that this man is your governor. The the by the way, the cabinet meeting and the press availability following it went for two hours and two minutes. What I mean, that is a long time. We do a three hour daily show here. So he nearly gave us a run for our money. And who could do the longest show? I will say whatever your thoughts thoughts are on Trump, we have never had a president answer more questions and I'm certain we've never had a cabinet answer more questions than what the Trump administration first hundred days have been like. That is Trump is telling you exactly what he's going to do and why. Tim Walls speaking at Harvard University said that he was I guess this was a panel this week at Harvard said that he was on the ticket because he could code talk to white football fans and also guys who like to fix their truck so that they were more comfortable voting for Kamala Harris. Buck, this is crazy town. I know a lot of you out there listening to us right now are football fans, some of you probably also pretty adept at working on trucks. Are there any of you listening right now that think that worked? I have said, and I'll continue to say it, Tim Walls is a lesbian's idea of a man that will appeal to men. And that perfectly personifies, I think, the modern day Democrat party. Did Tim Walls make you guys, football fans and car aficionados out there feel like you could vote for Kamala and the Democrats more? 800-282-2882 because that is what. Can you believe this is real? This is the argument he's making?

[Marsha Blackburn]

Well, I think it's true, but I also think that we saw that it, it's one thing for it not to work. I think it backfired because I think that there was something condescending to the very people that the Democrats were trying to at the last minute fool in this way. Oh yeah, you know, we, we got, we got people that wear car hard and go to Walmart and shoot guns at birds and things too. Like it just doesn't, it didn't seem authentic because it wasn't authentic because Tim Walls is a communist and the whole thing was absurd. And so I think that this, it was worse than it didn't work for them. I think it actually went against them using Walls for that group in that way.

[Clay Travis]

I think that is 100% accurate. Here is Tim Walls saying it. This is starting to get a lot of play for the reason that I believe Buck said, which is this blew up in Democrats face and I think also reflects that they don't really have a strategy to talk to normal guys, which was a huge part of the 2024 failure. Here is Walls explaining who he was supposed to appeal to. I was on the ticket, I would.

[Marsha Blackburn]

Argue, because we did a lot of.

[Clay Travis]

Amazing progressive things in Minnesota to improve people's lives.

[Marsha Blackburn]

But I also was on the, quite honestly, you know, because I, I could code talk to white guys watching football, fixing their truck, doing that, that I could put them at ease. I was the permission structure to say, look, you can do this and vote for this and, and you look across those swing states, with the exception of Minnesota, we didn't get enough of those votes.

[Clay Travis]

I mean, they didn't even do that. Well in Minnesota. I think the numbers reflected. I don't have them in front of me right now. But that basically 2024 Minnesota was not much different than 2020 Minnesota. Now 2016 Minnesota was even closer. Trump came within, I think 50,000 votes or so in 2016 of flipping Minnesota as well. And it was relatively close and meaning five points or so, if I remember correctly. But walls didn't even really add much to the Minnesota support.

[Marsha Blackburn]

You remember when Elizabeth Warren, she of fake Native American heritage and tenured professor, tenured professor of law at Harvard University, was really making, making a go of it for the presidency, or we knew she was going to, and she did the whole, okay, I'm gonna get me a beer.

[Buck Sexton]

Yes.

[Marsha Blackburn]

And everybody was just like, you've never said, I'm gonna get me a beer before in your life. In one sentence, Elizabeth Warren showed she's like, oh, yeah, I'm gonna imbibe some, some brewed hops and maybe have, I dunno, a Budvisor.

[Clay Travis]

I have said for some time, JBN should be the lesson for most politicians. Just simplify it. Give me an acronym, Jamie. JBN stands for Just Be Normal. The number of politicians that can't just be normal is off the charts.

[Marsha Blackburn]

So I, I, but I have to ask, I think some of these people are not normal. So this is why they come across as trying hard to be normal, because they're actually huge weirdos.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, I think there's a lot of truth to that. And, and there's probably something for why politics draws that more because it's also very strange to need to have constant affirmation from random people that you don't know that they think you're a good choice to do a job for them. I mean, the whole idea of begging people to vote for you is, I think, just a strange way to make a living personally. But it is interesting because what Walls is saying is actually I think why the Democrat Party is in the brand is in the toilet right now. There's lots of talk about, oh, what's Trump's approval rating and everything? Trump's approval rating is probably nearly 20 points higher than the national approval rating of any Democrat in America right now. So if you say, okay, Trump's only got 40% approval, let's say it's a bad number. Right? 40% of Americans approve of Trump right now. What Democrat has 25% approval? I don't mean in the Democrat Party, I mean nationwide. I don't think there's anybody even within single digits of Trump when it comes to approval. And so there's a lot of People who are upset about the trajectory of the nation right now. Things cost too much. There's a lot of upheaval. But the last time that a Democrat ran for president and won men, 1964. Let me repeat that. Most of the anti Trump sentiment in America is from women. Men are overwhelmingly on board the Trump train. The last time the Democrat ticket won the majority of male voters in America was 1964. That is for many people a holy crap moment. So this idea that the Democrat party has suddenly begun to struggle with men is, is false. What has actually happened is they've just hit all time lows with men. They've been struggling for 60 years, but now they are losing so badly that even buck when they are trying to address the issue, which is clearly paramount when it comes to them winning elections, they end up with a guy like Tim Walls who actually, I think you're right. Even though he's designed to bring in men who like to hunt and men who like football. Remember they introduced him at the DNC not as Governor Walls, but as Coach Walls. He wasn't even the head coach, but they tried to turn him into some sort of Eric Taylor Friday Night Lights figure to appeal to men and it always landed flat.

[Marsha Blackburn]

I think they should have called them choreographer Walls because those jazz hands and his fabulousness, sometimes, you know, spirit fingers.

[Clay Travis]

High leg kicks, I don't know. Did he try out? I know he needed a job soon because he's not going to be able to be governor forever. Could he be a Rockette? I think if you put him on the stage, he's got a good leg kick. And the Rockettes, I mean, that is not, that is not a light amount of work when you do those leg kicks one after the other. I think to be fair to Tim Walls, I think he could leg kick like a lot of women can leg kick and maybe that has appeal.

[Marsha Blackburn]

I'll tell you one thing I think is interesting. I've seen some of these stories out there and I've seen the reemergence of some, some leftists from the, in media, from the Obama era and these efforts to say, you know, well, this is the, is this the new masculine face of the Democrat Party? You know, is this the new, like the badass bro and all of these people they put forward. I'm like, no, no. And then you think to yourself, this is amazing. I mean, there are a lot of Democrats out there, a lot of Democrats in the media. This is the best. They've got to just appeal to normal guys who like guy Things the people they're putting forward do not, do not answer the mail, so to speak. It does not get it done.

[Clay Travis]

No. And look, I mean, it wasn't just Tim Walls that she was considering, remember, it was Shapiro, who I think you've rightly said has the unfortunate for Democrats these days, religion. Right. I don't think they can put a Jewish guy on the ticket even if he's in the most important state. And that is a huge indictment of the word.

[Marsha Blackburn]

It would cost them, it would cost them Michigan. I think they know that. I mean, I think that that's, look, look what just happened in this last election. Democrats had problems in Michigan in the first place, but I think it would cost them Michigan to have a Democrat as the top of the ticket. No question about it.

[Clay Travis]

And then you've got JB Pritzker, who we said has got the same issue that, that frankly Chris Christie had, which is you're not going to elect. I don't think America is going to elect a 400 pound dude. I'm sorry, I mean, maybe if he was 260 instead of 400, maybe people changed their minds.

[Marsha Blackburn]

He's also kind of, you know, because I'm, I'm sympathetic to this and you know, I've talked about how I've been getting, I've gotten back into like reasonable shape now and I'm still going and going, trying to get better shape all the time. The guy's a billionaire. Like I, you know, if, if you gain 30 or 40 pounds because you were working double shifts and you're trying to provide for your family and you know, you're just, you're eating all, you're.

[Clay Travis]

Scarfing down hamburgers and French fries because you're trying to save money and eat fast.

[Marsha Blackburn]

Yep, totally sympathetic, no judgments. The society that we live in prioritizes more hours at the desk, less time out there, it's easier to get fast, crappy food and it has, you know, all that. So I'm. This dude's a billionaire. You're a billionaire. In the era of, you know, get a private chef, get on some GLP1s, I mean, the guy is, is, is morbidly obese. Like again, it's not about fat shaming, it's about you couldn't responsibly elect this guy to be president because his health is such obviously an issue you couldn't protect. You couldn't think this guy could serve eight years without there being huge problems.

[Clay Travis]

And also he's got the same problem that Gavin Newsom does, which is he's actually been an awful governor. Everybody is leaving Illinois, Everybody is leaving California. Chicago's a great place to live. The mayor's got a 6% approval rating because Democrats have done a really poor job of governing in places like Illinois and California. And so Andy Beshear, we got a huge audience in Kentucky. I'm sorry, that guy has the lowest masculinity reading on the planet. I think Kentucky should be embarrassed to have elected him twice. His daddy was the governor is the reason he got elected. He did awful with COVID He shut down churches. He didn't let kids go to school and play sports. Like, the fact that Kentucky elected this guy twice is, I think, an incredible embarrassment for the state.

[Marsha Blackburn]

Look, look at also some of the mandatory beliefs that if you're going to be a Democrat at the national level in good standing with the base and with the Democrat machine, you have to, you have to do what say that guy John Oliver did on HBO recently. He's like, is there really evidence that men are better at sports than women? Yes, you little moron. Yeah, of course, of course there's. It's called all of human history. We're all very. But you have to say these things that no normal guy will say. No normal red blooded American man is like, you know, I'm a male feminist and I think that, you know, the trans agenda for kids is a good idea. Like, so this is, there's a bit of self selection that's gone on here, right? It was, it was different 20 years ago. This has been a shift in the culture and a real one. And I know it's the topic of Clay's book. So it's a good time, good time for somebody to lay down the law on this stuff. You know, there's a new phone scam cyber hackers are using to get your online identity and it's working far too well. You get a text message saying you owe unpaid road tolls and if you don't pay quickly. Actually, I just got this text myself like last week. This has just happened.

[Clay Travis]

They happen all the time. It's unbelievable how often these things pop in.

[Marsha Blackburn]

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[Clay Travis]

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[Marsha Blackburn]

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[Colby Ekowitz]

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[Marsha Blackburn]

Welcome back into Clay and Bar Clay. I don't think we played Giannis.

[Clay Travis]

The Giannis, but yes.

[Marsha Blackburn]

What did I. What did I say?

[Clay Travis]

I said Yannis Giannis, which is theoretically how you would expect that it might be pronounced. But Giannis, you know, athlete pronunciations is Buck's only error on pronunciations anywhere.

[Marsha Blackburn]

That's it true.

[Clay Travis]

This is where the pronunciation Juan and Giannis, quite the athletes. But yes.

[Marsha Blackburn]

Well, I'm not even going to try the guys the guy's last name. But this is what he said last night about sportsmanship. Clay wanted to play I actually saw it and was very impressed by this, by this fellow. I know he's an mvp. He's a world class athlete. This is what he said.

[Rodney Williams]

Listen, I believe, like being humbled in victory, that's the way I am now. There can be a lot of people out there that are like, no, when you, when, when you win the game, you gotta talk and you know it's a green light for you to be disrespectful towards somebody else. I disagree. I've won the championship. They haven't having a fan, which at the moment I thought he was fan, but then I realized it was Tyrese's son, which I love Tyrese, I think he's a great competitor. He was his dad. Sorry. Coming in the floor and showing me his son at tower with his face. This is what we do. This is what we effing do this. The f we do this. I feel like that's very, very disrespectful.

[Clay Travis]

Watch the answer. I mean, for a guy to be that eloquent in a foreign language, I think the NBA totally blew it. Not making somebody like him the face of the league. Compared to LeBron, who just tells you how awful America is all the time and what a victim he is. Giannis is actually really profound in many of the ways that he speaks and I would encourage you to listen to that entire clip.

[Marsha Blackburn]

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[Clay Travis]

Welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton show. Appreciate all of you hanging out with us. We are now joined by senator from the great state of Tennessee, where I reside. I last saw her for a fundraiser I believe at for the Nashville Davidson County Republican Party. That was a fun event. Senator Blackburn, I know you're focused on a lot of things, but let's start off right here. It's day 101. How would you rate the first hundred days of Trump and where is the Senate when it comes to getting this big bud big beautiful bill done? What can you tell us about it all?

[Travis Holloway]

Well, for President Trump's first hundred days, promises made, promises kept, and he has done it in grand fashion the way he is moving forward, securing the border, getting inflation down, making certain he's restoring our standing in the world. And something very important to me, and I know you also is getting men out of women's Amen. I think he had a very good hundred days. And it is up to the House and the Senate to make certain that we pass this bill, the reconciliation bill that we make permanent, the, the tax cuts from 2017. And you know, the important thing to remember on that is that if we cannot get this passed, then the American people will have the largest tax hike in history. It will be a $4 trillion increase in their taxes. So it is imperative, absolutely imperative, that we get this job done.

[Marsha Blackburn]

Senator Blackburn, thanks for being here with us. I know after you talk to us here, you're going to be at the White House Invest in America event. What's going on with that? We know what Trump has been up to, policy wise up to this point. We talked about the hundred day, the 100 days in yesterday and looking at what has been a phenomenal start for his second term. But what can you tell us about investing in America and some of the plans, deals, programs, etc. That Trump's trying to get accomplished?

[Travis Holloway]

Yes. What we know is that There has been $5 trillion of investment committ in the US since President Trump took office. Now, this is a combination of direct foreign investment and also American private investment. Tennessee has been the recipient of some of this. We've had 30 companies and 1200 jobs and $1.2 billion already invested in Tennessee since President Trump was elected in November. And this is 1200 jobs. Now, part of that is private. Part of that is direct foreign investment in our state. But it proves the point that People want to invest in America. They know that. They want access to our market. They know that if they manufacture here, they're not going to pay the tariffs. So whether it's Schneider Electric or ABB Electronics or Charms Candy Company, they all are expanding and creating jobs in Tennessee.

[Clay Travis]

AI is a rapidly advancing tech revolution that I think many people are still getting their hands kind of wrapped around what the impact is going to be. I have read about what one of the things that you have written a letter to Facebook, slash Meta about. There's lots of AI now. And I was kind of stunned by this because I barely. I'm going to be honest with you all, I barely used AI. But these chatbots, evidently, while engaging with minors who might be using them, are engaging sometimes in sexually explicit related interactions. For people out there who don't know about this, I think this is important for parents and grandparents to know. What is that investigation shown?

[Travis Holloway]

Oh, my goodness. This is one of the most disgusting and horrifying things that has come about. Meta has created this chatbot and what the investigation, this was reported in the Wall Street Journal. It is. It engages in sexually explicit conversation with individuals and minors. Use this. There are no safeguards. This is why we need to pass that Kids Online Safety Act. There are no safeguards. And the explicit nature of this is something that is just horrifying. I have talked to moms of teenagers that cannot even believe that Meta knows this is a problem. They know how it is being used and they will not take it offline. So it is appearing on WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and this is the kind of thing that needs to be blocked. You know, you can't take a child into a pornographic show or an X rated movie or take them to a liquor store strip club, but they're exposed to this in the virtual space 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And the fact that this is happening is absolutely horrifying.

[Marsha Blackburn]

Senator Blackburn, are you sensing any pushback from your Senate Democrat colleagues in terms of dealing with this problem? There are some areas where I think we would all like to believe. We'd like to believe, at least I know it's not perfect. That there is a bipartisan desire still that exists and it's protecting children, I think would be high on that list. Is this something you think that legislation could get done in a bipartisan way to protect the kids?

[Travis Holloway]

Or what's the hold on the Kids Online Safety act passed through the senate on a 91 to 3 vote.

[Marsha Blackburn]

There we go.

[Travis Holloway]

And yes, and it failed in the House. You had Speaker Johnson and Leader Scalise, who did not bring the bill forward at the end of the last Congress. Senator Blumenthal and I are refiling the bill in the next week, and we are going to push it through in the Senate again and give our friends over in the House the opportunity to join us so we can get this to President Trump's desk and put a duty of care on the social media platforms so that you are able to block them and that parents and kids have a toolbox and can disable the. Some of these algorithms so that kids are not exposed to these things in the virtual space.

[Marsha Blackburn]

Why is Facebook. I mean, this clearly is not a good. You know, this is not a good area. You would think for them to be in opposition. You know, parents, you've got bipartisan Senate vote for this. You said, you know, over 90 votes going. Are they just saying it's technologically difficult for them to handle this problem, or what are the social media companies, specifically Facebook, saying?

[Travis Holloway]

Yeah, Buck, what they do is they use our children as a profit center because their value is based off the number of eyeballs that they can connect with every day and the amount of time that they can hold those eyeballs. So the longer they can keep a kid scrolling or listening or looking, the better off they are as far as their profit goes. You know, Meta even assigned a dollar value to each kid that is on their site. I think the dollar value was $247. That's what the profit margin is on that kid for a year. And it is disgusting the way they have treated our children, what they are exposing them to, this chatbot that they have created is over the top. There are parents that are saying this has got to be taken down. And Senator Blumenthal and I wrote Mark Zuckerberg, we have not heard one word back from him. There is no one from Meta that has reached out to say, hey, we get it. We're taking this down.

[Clay Travis]

Senator Blackburn, I know you're going to be at the White House here in a little bit for a Trump address. You have known Trump for a long time now, basically his entire political career. You were there for the first term of Trump, and now you're there for Trump 2.0.

[Travis Holloway]

Yeah.

[Clay Travis]

How is he different, if at all, so far as you can tell through the first hundred days, what is different about Trump 2.0 compared to Trump 1.0?

[Travis Holloway]

He is so focused on getting things done. And, you know, as I say, promises made, promises kept, are the way to sum up his first 100 days. And Clay, when you look at the intentionality that he approaches every single day with, it, is really quite remarkable. He came into office knowing what he was going to do. He started in on those executive orders. He said, we're going to get this border secure. We're going to get inflation down. And he has done it. And people that I am talking with every single day are so grateful to have a president committed to action on behalf of the American people. And even when you look at tariffs and there's all this talk around tariffs, people are very patient. They say, we do want to get the cost of living down. We want to get it down long term. We do want to get the cost of government down. We want to get it down long term so that our kids and grandkids can experience the American dream. We want to make certain that government is smaller and more manageable and that power and authority and money is sent back to the states. And that is what Donald Trump is doing every single day. He is focused on what is happening on Main street in our communities. He is focused, focused on prosperity for all Americans. And that is why I think it's so appropriate that he uses the phrase the golden Age of America.

[Clay Travis]

Amen. Senator Blackburn, look forward to talking to you again soon. Have a good time at the White House and we appreciate the time today.

[Travis Holloway]

You got it. Take care. Bye.

[Clay Travis]

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[Marsha Blackburn]

All right, welcome back in Clay and Buck. We're closing up shop here for the day, so we've got much to discuss here as we close out. Wanna make sure you are subscribed to Clay and Buck podcast Network. David Rutherford show Is Karen up the charts, Our newest addition there. Although we're gonna have an even newer one I think coming up here soon. We can announce on Friday. And this is just because of the hunger that all of you have for great content. You can listen to on demand on that iHeart app by subscribing to the Clay and Buck podcast network. I do a buck brief podcast which is a few times a week. Something extra, other monologue or an interview. We got a bunch of hosts. Carol Markowitz, Tudor Dixon. Whoops. Almost said Sean Parnell. Sorry, Sean's at the Pentagon. He's doing great. It's helping keep us out of nuclear war. But yes, please subscribe to Clan Buck Wherever you listen your podcast, I think iHeart app is the best place to go. IHeartradio app. We got some talkbacks here. We have a listener. I told you, we have Canadian listeners. Listener a Sean in Toronto. Play it a claim.

[Clay Travis]

Buck Sean here from just outside of.

[Marsha Blackburn]

Toronto, Ontario up in Canada, just shooting.

[Clay Travis]

A quick message about how disappointed a lot of us are with these election.

[Marsha Blackburn]

Results and how our country is pretty much gone.

[Clay Travis]

I think Trump needs to offer any conservative or tradespeople that are up here, offer to come on down there, one to $1 value.

[Marsha Blackburn]

I think you'd have a lot of.

[Clay Travis]

Skilled tradespeople coming down to your country. Oh, Canadians deciding to come across the border to work. I do know that lost in all the shuffle over the election that happened in Canada this week, the growth in the Canadian economy under Justin Trudeau. Did you see that graphic, Buck? Basically for eight years nothing has grown in Canada at all. And compared to the American economy over the last eight years, we're just leaving them behind. And you would think that would lead to some form of reflection given that we are in close proximity to each other. And you would say, boy, why is our economy growing at a snail's pace compared to the United States, just south? Instead, it seems like much of Canada has basically bought into Orange man bad and they're willing to have worse economic growth because they don't want to admit that left wing economic policy stifles growth massively.

[Marsha Blackburn]

I have to say maybe a few words of encouragement for our Canadian brothers and sisters up there. Up North America, Junior, we hope you're doing well. I would just say this. The fact that as many people voted for Kamala in this last American election as did given how poorly Joe Biden had and his party had governed America for the four years, just goes to show you there's a lot of crazy out there. You got to stay in the fight. There'll be better days ahead. Pierre Poliev I think he clearly should have, he should have tried to co opt Trump as an ally instead of playing this oh, you know, we're separate from America thing and we're never going to be the 51st state. We're going to stay on the outside. That was pretty good outside, right? I think our caller there really, I.

[Clay Travis]

Thought it was interesting. I thought you were making a play instead of it being a A. I thought you were saying a a like a Canadian would say a. I think.

[Marsha Blackburn]

That was an unk joke, a dad joke right there. A look at Clay, look at this Guy.

[Clay Travis]

My poor kids get driven around. I found out they've been complaining about this. I take them all over the place to show them real estate and talk about real estate values and everything else. And I found out the other day my wife told me that when I pick them up after school that sometimes they will say is dad going to drive us by a shopping center and talk about, talk about real estate again when we're done with sports today? And so as one does after the most recent lacrosse game, I took my son to not one real estate location but double real estate locations. My 14 year old on Saturday. And I've got to get what is.

[Marsha Blackburn]

The favorite clay as dad with the boys activity all in. Is it, is it watching a great sporting event? I mean you guys go fishing together. Like what is the, what is their favorite sporting event?

[Clay Travis]

Sporting events are really fun. I was just texting with my wife. I guess it's the 20th anniversary of Star wars episode three. Now I'm not claiming this is a great colossal cinematic work of art, but it's the 20th anniversary. So I was texting with my wife, I was like, hey, let's take all three boys because they grew up watching the Star wars movies. Let's take them to go watch that. That is a lot of fun. And then I've got to go basically in about 30 minutes I'm going to head. They have an early afternoon. My 14 year old does lacrosse games. I know nothing about lacrosse but he now plays lacrosse. So going to kids sporting events is pretty fun. So I'm gonna pick up my 10 year old at school and then we'll head to go watch the 14 year old. So I would say sports and pop culture movies probably top of the list.

[Marsha Blackburn]

I'm going to go change some diapers and clean some onesies. So I got that going for me, which is nice.

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