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Weekly Review With Clay and Buck - Hour 3 - TN AG Jonathan Skrmetti on his SCOTUS Win
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Clay Travis
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Colby Ekowitz
Welcome back in hour number three, Clay Travis Buck Sexton Show. Buck is on in the Mediterranean on the French Riviera, living it up with advert advertisers at the Can Advertising Festival. Everybody's over there. It's bringing in a lot more revenue for us here on the program as suddenly everybody wants to buy ads here. We thank you for supporting the show, our 555 affiliate stations in all 50 states, plus all of you listening on podcast out there. We head now down to Nashville, my hometown, where the attorney general of the state of Tennessee, my home state, has won a huge Supreme Court victory this morning. By a 6 to 3 margin, the Supreme Court affirmed the state of Tennessee's right to restrict so called gender surgery treatments, however you want to classify it for minors living in the state of Tennessee. And the man who helped to argue that case and construct the defense of the law passed by the Tennessee state legislature is the attorney general of Tennessee, Jonathan Scrametti. He joins us now. First of all, congrats. And what's it like? How do you become aware that you have won a big case like this? Where were you? Does your phone blow up? I mean, that's got to be a pretty amazing feeling. What was that like?
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Jonathan Scrametti
Well, it's, I mean, it's crazy. It's crazy. You know, I did not expect it to come out today. I thought we'd have another week or so to wait. And then all of a sudden my solicitor general, Matt Rice, who argued the case in the Supreme Court, said it's out. And then we immediately scrambled to read it and see what happened. And I still haven't been through all of the opinions, working my way through them. But yeah, my phone absolutely blew up. We've been doing a bunch of media stuff. Senator Blackburn and I did a press conference on AI a few minutes ago, too. So there was a little break from the Supreme Court stuff. But it's been a busy day. I mean, you know, people care a lot about this issue. We have fought so hard on it. We've taken so much fire for it. It is really vindicating to come out with the win.
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Colby Ekowitz
All right. I think you're one of the best attorney general, smartest. I'm not just saying this because you happen to be in my state. I think if you look at the data, you have been on the right side of a lot of these issues. Having said that, would you have ever believed that you would need to argue that you can't do these surgeries on minor children when in the context of body alteration? It's been common sense for generations that for instance, a 15 year old couldn't get a full back tattoo virtually anywhere, that no parent would be allowed to do that. It's kind of staggering that we got here.
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Jonathan Scrametti
Isn't is incredible how fast everything has moved. But that comes on the back of decades and decades of academic work by people who are, you know, really focused on the ideology. And what we saw when we put this case together. What we saw, because Alabama had been litigating it and their attorney general, Steve Marshall, had been fighting really hard, is that all the science underlying giving these treatments to kids was fraudulent, that it had been doctored in ways that were particularly designed to affect the outcomes in court. And so it's just built on a house of sand. And you see even these countries in Europe, you know, the UK and Sweden and Norway and all these countries which are by no means conservative, but as they look at the evidence coming in, they've said we can't do this to our kids, there's huge risk, there's little if any benefit. So, you know, it's wild that we have seen such big changes. I think what we're seeing now is a course correction and people realizing that as real as these feelings are for kids, as hard as it is to deal with gender dysphoria, the evidence just does not support these treatments for them.
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Colby Ekowitz
Okay, so six three Supreme Court says the state of Tennessee can do this. This means that other states out there are also able to put in place similar laws as the one Tennessee has. But it also means that I would imagine other states are not required to follow this law. They can pass their own laws. What are your thoughts as the attorney general of Tennessee on the idea of a Tennessee kid, let's say, going to Illinois or New York or California? Do you think this should be something looked at on a federal level? How do you look at those kind of decisions? Someone leaving the state to have a surgery? That wouldn't be allowed in Tennessee.
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Jonathan Scrametti
So the constitution gives each state a lot of authority about what goes on in state. You know, I've certainly got very strong personal opinions about this. But legally, you know, what we can do in Tennessee is stop stuff from coming in from other states. So if a doctor is trying to send hormones into the State for kid. You know, that's against Tennessee law. We can do something about that. You know, there are certain laws that can deal with, you know, folks who aren't the parents trying to take kids out of state. But there are still some really complicated legal issues out there. And I think, you know, I suspect that at the end of the day, this is going to be resolved by the medical evidence as opposed to by litigation. I think you're seeing a lot of momentum on the side of however serious a problem this is. Permanent, irreversible treatments for kids is not the answer. You know, most kids outgrow feelings of gender confusion. And so subjecting them to these procedures that will sterilize them, that can eliminate any sort of sexual function, that cause all sorts of potential development issues both physically and cognitively, you know, the science just isn't there. And my hope is that as people pull back from the culture war, pull back from the ideology and just look at what the medical research tells us, you're going to see a lot of these hard left states move in the direction Tennessee has gone, not because they're culture warriors, but because they're rational.
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Colby Ekowitz
That's well said. Also, it would suggest, and again, I know you're the attorney General, but that I would imagine we both have law degrees here to what you just said. As kids are aging and there are not an insubstantial number of these kids that are growing into adults and deciding, boy, I wish I had never done this surgery. I want to de transition. I would think a lot of these kids who were minors when they had surgery would have really compelling lawsuit opportunities as plaintiffs against the doctors and hospitals that operated on them as minors. Wouldn't there be in your mind some claims out there that are likely to be moving through the court system, which in addition to all of the investigatory data that is saying, hey, this is not actually making kids healthier or better off, there's also potentially liability from a civil perspective that many of these doctors and hospitals might be facing.
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Jonathan Scrametti
I think that's absolutely a consideration. And you know, particularly when you look at the people who are pushing the fraudulent research, you know, that is difficult to defend. And of course there are jurisdictional issues. People have to have a cause of action to bring. But I certainly would be pretty nervous if I were somebody who had been doing this. You know, it's still relatively early for large numbers of people to be getting these treatments. And as time goes on, you know, it's inevitable that the number of detransitioners goes up. Maybe goes up very quickly to a very big number. You know, there is a lot of potential exposure there, and I'm sure that there are lawyers on both sides of the V looking at what that might portend.
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Colby Ekowitz
Talking to the Attorney General of Tennessee, Jonathan Scarmetti, big six three win on behalf of the state as it pertains to these treatments, I think that's important. I started off the show talking about having a great deal of empathy and sympathy for a lot of these kids who are being led astray. But also parents, I'm sure you've heard more than anybody you got ready for the this case. The number of times that you're heard, oh, you can either have a live, you know, daughter or a dead son or some variation of that that a medical professional would tell a parent, which is a form of emotional blackmail that I'm not sure most parents are prepared to deal with, because the idea of something like suicide is so awful for so many parents out there to think about. This is. This is really kind of staggering that it became a commonplace argument. Did you feel that way also, just even stepping a bit out of the law and looking at the larger culture surrounding this discussion?
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Jonathan Scrametti
So I think the single biggest thing that happened at the argument in this case was when Chase Strangio, the ACLU lawyer on it, conceded that this does not have an effect on suicide rates because that is what's been used to push a lot of parents. And listen, this is really hard for kids. This is really hard for their parents. They are dealing with a very confusing and complicated issue, and there's been such an ideological influence on how this is discussed that, you know, what's best for your kid gets tied up with somebody else's political agenda. And I have a lot of sympathy for families that are dealing with this. We all need to be thoughtful and supportive. And I mean, this is a hard, hard thing. So I'm hoping that by shining the light on the debate about medical evidence and by bringing the actual evidence to the forefront, and that's what the court did. I mean, this is squarely about the legislature's ability to evaluate evidence and reach a decision in the medical context. I'm hoping that by talking about the evidence, we're able to bring some more clarity and some comfort to families and not just have this be a snap decision based on, you know, who they voted for for president or who they're talking to and what they care about politics. This is a really serious medical issue, and I don't think we've been doing right by our kids.
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Colby Ekowitz
Did you expect this result? It's always hard for anybody out there that is trying to analyze questions and. And the overall oral argument aspect of this. Were you confident this would be the result? What did you expect, and how does it comport with the result now that you have it?
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Jonathan Scrametti
So argument went really well. You know, I thought our briefing was great. I have a phenomenal team here. They did a really, really, really good job. They worked hard on this. But you never. You never want to be confident. I mean, the justices have months and months to go over this. They could have come up with with some issues that we hadn't even thought about. You know, they're looking at the effect of their decision on the law as a whole. There were a bunch of different ways the Court could have gone to give us a win here. And I think the Chief justice very carefully chose a narrow path that really focuses on the fact that we're talking about kids and medical treatment. This is not a case about transgender status. This is not a case about sex discrimination, necessarily. You have to take into account whether somebody's a boy or a girl when you're looking at how medications affect them, because there is a physical difference sometimes. And I thought this opinion did a really good job of walking through why this is not a big ideological issue, but simply a traditional look at how legislatures regulate the practice of medicine, which is something they've been doing for hundreds of years.
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Colby Ekowitz
Last question for you, and maybe there's an answer different than this. It seemed, as I have had a chance to look at this, that treating trans people as not a protected class is a significant component of this ruling. Was there anything else that you've picked up on that you think is significant not only for this case, but going forward so far that may not be getting talked about enough or discussed.
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Jonathan Scrametti
So, you know, there was talk about whether the Court should look at whether transgender status is a protected class. And the Chief justice said, we don't have to get there, because this isn't about a law that's directed at transgender people. It's about a law that's directed at medical treatments for kids. So there was a concurrence by Justice Barrett that Justice Thomas joined that said, well, we don't think it's a protected class. And here's why. There was an opinion by Justice Alito that said, I'm not sure the court's really able to duck this question. So this is looming out there. There will probably be more litigation on that front, given how aggressive Tennessee's legislature has been on these issues and how aggressive we've been litigating them. You know, we may well be in the middle of that going forward, but there are still open questions here that the court's gonna have to answer at some point.
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Colby Ekowitz
Well, congratulations. Thank you. On behalf of Tennesseans for sure, but also many people across the nation listening to us who feel like you have won a big battle for sanity and for parents and for kids that are dealing with difficult issues out there. So thank you. Congratulations and we appreciate the time.
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Jonathan Scrametti
Thank you.
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Colby Ekowitz
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Colby Ekowitz
Oh boy. We got a lot of you weighing in on earlier conversations, Dan. Let's. Let's hit a bunch of your talk backs. Caller was upset because I had used the word boobs and a lot of you have been weighing in on what I should say. Instead. Katie says just say mammary glands and also say that men are just sperm creators. Let's go to. That's a good email, Katie. I appreciate it. Get your, get your funny bones ready because they're about to be tickled. Sound like an old man there. There's a good phrase for you. Dan from Florida. What do you. What should I do?
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Clay Travis
I use melons or jugs.
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Jonathan Scrametti
That's most appropriate, I think.
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Colby Ekowitz
Jeremy and Fresno. What should I call them?
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Jonathan Scrametti
Definitely call them chesticles.
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Colby Ekowitz
Adam in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. What do I. What should I do?
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Clay Travis
Hey, Clay, I. I would have just gone and said bazungas and just made him super happy.
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Jonathan Scrametti
That would have been funny.
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Colby Ekowitz
Eric in San Diego says you can use anything you want to. There is boobies, tatas, puppies, knockers. Just use what you want to. It's a free world. Nobody should be upset about that. Well, Stephen from Raleigh, he's upset because he says I cuss way too much.
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Clay Travis
Listen, Travis thinks that he doesn't cuss.
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Colby Ekowitz
Very often is absurd. He cusses ridiculously too much. I do do like, where is that? What is that based on? I don't believe I have ever cursed meaning something that is prohibited from being said on the air ever in my national radio career. Now I've probably just jinxed myself. Producer Ali do I have like a truly salty mouth on the radio? Like where is Stephen from Raleigh coming in? I can only think he's thinking about X. I don't know, not on the radio. Okay, maybe on X I guess. But I don't even curse that much. There Charles and Fort Smith are. The number of you weighing in is pretty great. Charles in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
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Jonathan Scrametti
Come on Clay, boobies are memory glands and the sophisticated world, let's get with it.
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Colby Ekowitz
Mammary glands. Greg well, we don't have time. We'll get some of your calls. Senator from Louisiana, Cassidy is going to join us here at the bottom of the hour. We'll be back with him. Feels like we've had almost every member of the Republican Senate on the show in the last week or so. One of the benefits of being up in D.C. and beyond. So we will talk with Senator Cassidy when we come back. Appreciate of you weighing in on the talkback function. You should download the iHeartRadio app. It is phenomenal and you can listen to shows about every topic under the world and also under the sun. And you can also share with us easy opportunities to get talkbacks in without having to wait in line for a long time. Look, summer's here. Thunderstorms everywhere like crazy. Thunderstorms happen. Trees come down, branches come down. A lot of them end up clogging your gutters. Maybe you've got kids like I do or grandkids and they play wiffle ball or football in your backyard and sometimes some of that may end up in the gutter. You never know what's going to end up in that gutter. And that's what Leaffilter is for. You go to leaffilter.com they will protect your gutters. Clean out, realign, seal them before they install. They're award winning patents that the technology trusted by over a million homeowners Leaffilter will get you hooked up. You can schedule your free inspection and get up to 30% off your entire purchase at leaffilter.com clay that's L E A F filter.com clay see your representative for warranty details. That's leaffilter.com clay one more time. Leaffilter.com with us now, Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy. He is working through on the big beautiful bill. Let's start there. Senator, appreciate the time. How optimistic are you? I heard or at least saw that Susie Wiles, White House Chief of staff just encouraged everyone to get this thing done before the July 4th holiday. That obviously is very soon. Are you optimistic that things are moving in that direction? Where would you say the bill is right now?
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Clay Travis
You know, I don't care if we get by. Get it done by July 4th. That's kind of an artificial deadline. Can we get it done by July 11? And the world keeps going around? Yeah, it absolutely does. But we will get something done. I just want to get something done right as opposed to something done quickly.
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Colby Ekowitz
All right. What is right about this bill in your mind?
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Clay Travis
Well, let me just talk about what I'm responsible for, which is the health committee. If our goal is to help middle and working America have a better life in the United States of America, we can start with a student loan mess. If the Biden people had said four or five years ago, let's screw up student loans, they couldn't have done a better job than what they did. So we're going to end the scheme that transfers the money that the debt from somebody who willingly took it to go to college to the guy that never went or paid back his loan. I mean, if the truck driver's paying back his truck loan debt, why doesn't the student pay back the student loan debt? We're going to increase affordability. We're going to hold universities accountable. We're going to increase access to things like technical schools so somebody could be a master welder, go out and make six figures working like they want to. So I'll start with that because I think we're going to do a really good job with that.
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Colby Ekowitz
Okay, so the bill you are optimistic is going to pass. We talked with while I've been up here in D.C. rand Paul and Ron Johnson, they seem to think there needs to be more spending cuts. I read the Wall Street Journal editorial this morning. They say that seems to be occurring. But you are optimistic that there will be at least 50 votes on this bill with at a minimum, JD Vance able to break the tie. And things are looking good there.
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Clay Travis
Yes, I do. And some of the spending cuts are going to be things which kind of balloon in the future. So you don't fix a problem with spending right off the bat, but you want to begin to point the ship of state in a direction which begins to lower that debt over time. And if you get greedy, oh, we're going to cut everything all at once. It never happens. But if you say no, we're going to make changes and those changes will grow over time according to the pathway in which we start, then you can actually decrease the spending and that should be the goal. And by the way if it can't pass the Senate or the House, then it's just a debate society. So let's get something that can pass the Senate. In the House.
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Colby Ekowitz
We're talking to Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana. Okay. Obviously tons of discussion about Israel and Iran. The President talked to the media earlier today as he was putting up the new flag poles about the situation in Iran. If the President called you right now, your advice to him would be what?
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Clay Travis
I think the President's handling it pretty well. Israel's been given free reign to go in and attempt to take out their bomb. The Iranians are shooting fewer missiles. You can imagine that the bombing that Israel has done and the sabotage of the Iranian ballistic missile sites is starting to just decrease the number they have to shoot off. Ideally, the Iranians will come to the bargaining table, but by the way, that should not restrain Israel. Israel should be doing everything they can to make sure that hopefully there's regime change from my perspective, but also that they don't have the ability to further develop their nuclear weapon.
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Colby Ekowitz
As you look at the. Well, okay, so all that's super serious. Are you going to be watching LSU play Arkansas tonight in the College World Series?
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Clay Travis
I am. And you know, the crazy thing is Arkansas is favored. I'm thinking, how can Arkansas be favored? We beat him two out of the three during the year and then we just beat him again. But it's going to be a great game and it's two good teams.
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Colby Ekowitz
Is LSU going to have a better baseball team this year or a football team?
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Clay Travis
I think that they are going to win the national championship in baseball and I think they can contend in football. Football is so dependent upon injuries. But we got a great quarterback, fifth year senior Garrett Nussmeier. Some people say he might be a Heisman Trophy candidate. Of course, hope springs eternal. But we've had two in the last six or seven years, so I think we're going to be pretty good. Man. Who's your team? Who's your.
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Colby Ekowitz
Well, I'm a University of Tennessee fan, so born and raised in the state of Tennessee. But I will say this, and I do think this is one of the great things know Buck is not on right now. He's, you know, over in the the French Riviera selling ads for the show. So not a tough job for him. But he had never been to a college football game. I've taken him to multiple SEC games. I love college football. It's probably my favorite thing just for pure entertainment in the country for people who have never been to an LSU night game. People who have never been to Baton Rouge, how would you describe the experience? What would, what would you tell them to expect if they are able to.
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Clay Travis
Go to a game, if it is a big game? LSU played Tennessee and Nick Saban's first or second year when he was at LSU and Tennessee was favored. We won on a last second play. There is no excitement like that. And the crowds stay in. The crowds stay in the stadium and they just, they just cheer and cheer and cheer. It is electrifying, is overused. It is electrifying.
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Colby Ekowitz
It is an incredible experience. And I would say I had buddies and I took them to an LSU Oregon game a few years ago in Jerry World in the Dallas, in the Dallas Cowboy Stadium. And one of my buddies turned to me and he said, I don't understand how these people can still walk given how much alcohol they have consumed at the pregame tailgate. Does anybody throw a better party than LSU fans in your mind before the game?
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Clay Travis
I can tell you our tailgates where they'll put alligator on the barbecue and have jambalaya and etouffee. The food's fantastic and yes, the fans do get pretty spirited and I'm sure that includes the contributes to the atmosphere within the stadium. But they're also very welcoming of others. They see you walking down and yes, if you're wearing, as they said in the blind side, that God awful orange for Tennessee, you may get a jeer or two, but as a rule people are happy to see others.
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Colby Ekowitz
I want to give plaudits. I know we're on all over Louisiana, but I was down for the super bowl and I know the awful terror attack that happened with the Sugar bowl about to happen. But there seems to be in your state of Louisiana, very positive trajectory in terms of safety. You got a Republican governor in, you've been working hard. A lot of others have as well. Do you feel good momentum about the lessening of violence and the return of safety for lots of people who may come to Louisiana, particularly New Orleans, which is one of the top tourist destinations in the entire world?
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Clay Travis
Frankly, absolutely. If you look at the statistics, the rate of crime is going down. They've got systems in place to make it happen. The state and the locals are making it a priority and they understand that people are not going to live in New Orleans or visit New Orleans unless it's safe. And now they've made it a lot safer. There's room to go. That's fine. There's always a way to get better than you Are, but they're making progress. And by the way, Super Bowl. I thought that the city almost had never looked better.
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Colby Ekowitz
It was fabulous.
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Clay Travis
It really was fabulous. And a good time. And of course, it's a great city to have an event because you can walk every place, enjoy yourself that time of year. The weather's pleasant. And along the way, by the way, we're getting lots of good investments with good jobs. So my state's looking up.
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Travis Holloway
Yeah.
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Colby Ekowitz
And let me just point this out, too. We got a lot of history nerds. I'm one of them out there. The World War II Museum in New Orleans is one of the best museums, if not the best museum almost anywhere in the country. I'm sure you've been several times. I have as well. I try to go every time I'm in New Orleans. For people who haven't been there, how spectacular is it?
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Clay Travis
It really is. And it's also for young kids. And when I say young, my grandson is 11 and he's been 15 times.
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Colby Ekowitz
Oh, that's amazing.
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Clay Travis
He's big enough that he see something new every time. Now, granted, once he wanted my phone to take pictures of the airplanes. Then I realized he was taking pictures of the girls on the side of the plane.
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Colby Ekowitz
Oh, I saw the bombers. They had the pretty girls on the side of the plane. Yes, I know exactly who he's talking about. I don't think I took a picture, but I noticed.
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Clay Travis
Yeah, you noticed.
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Colby Ekowitz
Senator, I appreciate the time. And we will talk to you again. Bill Cassidy. Good luck on the big, beautiful Bill. That is Senator Bill Cassidy. That is really funny. The bombers, the guys back in the 40s, they like girls, too. You know, just. Just pointing out they had some pretty girls that they. That they drew on the side of some of those bomber planes they were using to take out. Take out Hitler. And you can go see them if you go to The World War II Museum, which is a fabulous place that I would encourage all of you to check out. These days. You don't need to hire a lawyer to create your own will and trust. You can just go online to trustandwill.com they make the whole process easy and affordable. Only a third of Americans. Crazy stat. Only a third of Americans have a will because it's not something that most people want to think about. But if you have spent your life, as I know many of you have, trying to take care of your family, don't you want to eliminate the uncertainty if something were to happen to you? Keep your family members from fighting and arguing about what you would have wanted. You worked your whole life to take care of them. Why not continue that and take care of your estate? Trustandwill.com Peace of mind and your surviving family members will have clarity in the future. The website is simple. Trustandwill.com I have both. You should too. Trustandwill.com Grand Canyon University, a private Christian university in beautiful Phoenix, Arizona, believes we're endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. GCU believes in equal opportunity and the American Dream starts with purpose. GCU equips you to serve others in ways that promote human flourishing and create a ripple effect of transformation for generations to come. By honoring your career, calling you impact your family, your friends and your community. You can change the world for good by putting others before yourself to glorify God. Whether your pursuit involves a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree, GCU's online, on campus and hybrid learning environments are designed to help you achieve your unique academic, personal and professional goals. With over 340 academic programs as of September 2024, GCU meets you where you are and provides a path to help you fulfill your dreams. The pursuit to serve others is yours. Let it flourish. Find your purpose at Grand Canyon University Private christian affordable visit gcu.edu and here.
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Colby Ekowitz
A lot of you wanting to continue to weigh in. Katie in Dover, Delaware, she's got a feedback for us. Hey, this is Katie in Dover, Delaware. And you should call McGuffeys because that's what Klinger called them in the old MASH series. All right, a lot of you weighing in. And I know there's going to be a bunch of those rolling over Tomorrow as well. I did want to hit. We talked about Trump putting in brand new flags outside of the White House, which are going to be very, very visible going forward. And he also interacted with the media as a part of that endeavor. And there were some fun fireworks in general. Let me pull up a couple of these and let you hear directly Trump answering questions about the situation with Iran. First of all, before we even get into that, this is vintage Trump. Trump turned around and asked whether the construction workers who were building the flag, putting in the flag pole, whether any of them were illegal immigrants or not. Listen to cut 5.
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I
Do we have anybody in here that's a member?
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Colby Ekowitz
I don't think so.
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I
You've known all these people for a long time. Any illegal immigrants in. If they were, they'll find out. They'll be checking you. You won't believe your whole life will be destroyed because of this press conference. They'll destroy these people. I didn't want to tell them that before they stood up. They'll end up being. He's a so and so. This one is from you know where. Don't worry. I think you, I think you're going.
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Jonathan Scrametti
To be okay, sir.
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I
I'll. I'll be right behind you.
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Colby Ekowitz
Thank you.
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I
Far behind you. I'll be right behind you.
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Colby Ekowitz
Trump making jokes about whether the construction workers on the lawn were illegal or not because the media was going to be investigating all of them, by the way, 100% true. And if one of them were illegal, it would lead CNN or MSNBC tonight. Here's Trump, by the way, on the Iranian situation. This is one of those things we talked about a lot. You can criticize Trump and anybody in public for a variety of perspectives. Trump has been absolutely consistent in the fact that Iran cannot be allowed to get a nuclear weapon. And here he is saying for 40 years they've been chanting death to America. And for the moment, from the moment he came down the escalator, he's been consistent. They can't get a nuclear weapon. Here's cut four.
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I
You know, they had bad intentions. You know, the. For 40 years, they've been saying, death to America, death to Israel, death to anybody else that they didn't like. They were bullies, they were schoolyard bullies, and now they're not bullies anymore. But we'll see what happens. Look, nothing's finished until it's finished. You know, war is very complex. A lot of bad things can happen. A lot of turns are made. So I don't know. I wouldn't say that we won anything yet? I would say that we sure as hell made a lot of progress. And we'll see. The next week is going to be very big. Maybe less than a week, Maybe less. And we've been through threatened by Iran for many years. You know, if you go back and look at my history, if you go back 15 years, I was saying we cannot let Iran get a nuclear weapon. I've been saying it for a long time. I mean it more now.
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Colby Ekowitz
All right, so that is Trump earlier today on the latest. All right, I'm going to get to a couple of your calls here to close. But I did want to play this Whitney Cummings comedian, and I saw this circulating on social media and I thought this was funny. She said, hey, I've always been a hardcore liberal, but as soon as I had a kid, things changed. And I think this may be somewhat representative of the path that some of you have had told in comedic fashion. Here's cut six.
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Karen Kilgariff
It's been fascinating because I've been on this sort of journey through motherhood where, you know, I've always been a very liberal person, maybe even a libtard. But once you have a kid, you start like having thoughts that have been characterized as conservative. As soon as I had a kid, I was like, I need a gun now. Not for myself because I've got coyotes in my yard. I've got coyotes everywhere. And before I had a kid, I was like, they coexist with us. Coyotes were here first. Like, I'm in the coyotes home now. I'm like, let's make hats out of them. Let's make hats. Let's make coyote boots, coyote earrings out of their eyeballs.
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Colby Ekowitz
It's really funny. She was on Bill Maher talking about that. And I do think it is comedically representative of what fatherhood and motherhood can lead to sometimes when you're not just responsible for yourself. George in Louisiana, what you got for us?
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J
This is George calling from Louisiana. First off, just I want to thank you for going to be with us on Juneteenth.
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Colby Ekowitz
And I am a, I'm not taking the day off for anybody out there. I will be working on Juneteenth.
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J
But yes, and I'm very happy you're going to be with us. Yes, I, I am a gay male and I have been in involved in the gay community for a very long time, probably about 40 years. I am from Washington, D.C. and that's where I started working in the gay bars and throughout the community. I was did sound and I was a DJ in all of those clubs and in all of that time, and this also involved New York. In all of that time, I have only seen one person that could be considered to be a woman stuck inside of a man's body. Out of all of them. Then when I moved to Louisiana, I did the same thing. I continued the same work in the gay community. I've come across hundreds of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands. I've only seen the one. And when I met my husband 30 years ago, we've been together for 30 years. He was also very actively involved in the gay community in New Orleans. He knew two.
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Colby Ekowitz
Yeah.
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J
Thank you for the, you know, these parents living vicariously through their children.
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Colby Ekowitz
Sorry, we. He had to drop him because we're finishing. But what he's saying is very true. The number of actually trans people that have true gender dysphoria, it's an awful thing. But the gay community, many of them look around and say, this is not our struggle. Many of them are saying, this is not representative of us. That call. I bet you there are a ton of people out there that are gay, that are nodding along. They're all put into the same bucket. But many gay people are saying, look, this is not healthy, particularly for children. We can't be treating people like this. Thank you all.
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Karen Kilgariff
Hey, it's Karen and Georgia from My favorite Murder. Thanks to Hyundai, we got to take a post show drive in the Ionic five.
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Colby Ekowitz
We had snacks, laughs and we even recorded a special episode featuring some unforgettable forgettable car themed stories.
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Karen Kilgariff
Take a listen. I'LL tell you a story today, Karen. It's about a pivotal role that cars played in none other than the Montgomery bus Boycott. Okay.
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Colby Ekowitz
Well, yes. It's right there in the title.
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Karen Kilgariff
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Colby Ekowitz
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Rodney Williams
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Travis Holloway
And I'm Travis Holloway. Welcome to the wealthbreak podcast, a real conversation about finance.
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Rodney Williams
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Colby Ekowitz
I feel like sometimes being broke is a cycle and that we might have.
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Travis Holloway
To revisit that and we're not stopping at success stories.
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Karen Kilgariff
What happens when it doesn't go right?
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Travis Holloway
Right.
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Colby Ekowitz
How do you cope with it?
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Rodney Williams
Because wealth isn't just about money. It's about creating a life where you thrive and help others do the same.
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Travis Holloway
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Karen Kilgariff
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