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August 12, 2026 36 mins

Hour 3 of The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show features Buck Sexton hosting solo and delivering a wide-ranging hour that blends 2026 election analysis, an extended interview with Ann Coulter, discussion of the growing influence of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, coverage of Florida politics, crime policy, and cultural conversations surrounding marriage, relationships, and modern social norms. The hour emphasizes major political developments while also exploring broader cultural issues that have become part of the national conversation.


The hour begins with Buck welcoming Ann Coulter for an extensive discussion about the results of the Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary, where progressive candidate Francesca Hong was defeated despite favorable polling. Coulter and Buck debate whether Democratic voters are genuinely rejecting progressive candidates or whether socialism and far-left policies have effectively become mainstream positions within today’s Democratic Party. The conversation examines the party’s ideological direction, the influence of democratic socialism, and whether recent election outcomes represent substantive change or merely strategic positioning by Democratic leadership. The discussion also touches on voter reactions to controversial statements made by progressive candidates and the broader appeal of identity politics within Democratic coalitions.


The interview then shifts to Michigan politics, where Buck and Coulter discuss Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, the growing prominence of anti-establishment progressive candidates, and the role of pro-Israel political organizations in Democratic primaries. They analyze how debates surrounding Israel, Iran, Middle East policy, and AIPAC’s political influence have become increasingly significant issues among Democratic voters. Both suggest that disagreements over American involvement in Middle East conflicts could play an important role in shaping future Democratic primaries and general-election contests.


Another major theme during the Coulter interview is the rising profile of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and her potential future within the Democratic Party. Buck raises the prospect of AOC emerging as a serious presidential contender in 2028, while Coulter evaluates her strengths and weaknesses compared with other potential Democratic candidates. The two discuss the future of Democratic leadership, the ongoing debate surrounding Kamala Harris, and whether Democratic voters are likely to embrace another female presidential nominee following recent election cycles. They also examine how AOC’s political style and communication skills compare with other high-profile Democratic figures.


The conversation expands into media and cultural controversies, including discussion of a widely reported Wyoming case involving a transgender individual, self-defense claims, gun rights, and media coverage. Coulter critiques what she sees as inconsistencies in how mainstream media organizations apply standards related to self-defense, firearms, and identity politics. The segment explores broader debates over crime reporting, public safety narratives, and ideological biases in national media coverage.


Buck and Coulter also devote time to lighter cultural topics, including a humorous exchange about fashion trends, specifically oversized and baggy jeans that have recently become popular. Both criticize the style and discuss broader fashion cycles, generational trends, and how contemporary culture often embraces styles that later become subjects of ridicule. Their conversation expands into discussion of long engagements, wedding culture, marriage expectations, and changing social norms surrounding relationships and commitment.


Following the Coulter interview, the program shifts focus to Florida politics with an interview featuring Florida Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins, who is running for governor. Collins discusses Florida’s achievement of reaching a 50-year low in violent crime and homicide rates, crediting strong law enforcement policies, accountability measures, and support for police officers. He argues that Florida’s public safety success demonstrates the effectiveness of a tough-on-crime approach and contrasts it with policies adopted in other states. The discussion highlights Florida’s continued population growth and reputation as a destination for Americans relocating from higher-tax and higher-crime states.


A significant portion of the interview focuses on Florida’s insurance market, housing affordability, infrastructure policy, and deregulation. Collins argues that reducing bureaucratic obstacles, improving permitting systems, strengthening storm resilience programs, and increasing transparency within the insurance system are critical to addressing rising costs for homeowners. The conversation examines ong

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the third hour of Clay and Buck and
it's Coulter Time.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Everybody, the one and only and Culter. She joins us.

Speaker 1 (00:08):
Now her sub stack is fantastic Unsafe. Subscribe to check
out the ant culture podcast as well.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
Miss Coulter. So good to see you again. Thank you
for being here.

Speaker 3 (00:20):
Sure anytime, pu'g good to see you.

Speaker 1 (00:22):
Nice to see you. Can you give me I wanted
your reaction to this. Francesca Hong did not win, even
though the polls had her up by most of them
had her up by like double digits. She doesn't win
the Wisconsin Democrat primary for governor, and everyone is saying
it's because she said she wanted to cancel Thanksgiving, which

(00:45):
I feel like in Wisconsin doesn't play very well. But
this Abdul sai ed guy, we got him in Michigan,
saying that, like football, has a lot in common with
slavery and other crazy things.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
Is it that she was too crazy? Is there such
a thing for democrats you view it?

Speaker 4 (01:02):
That's a good question.

Speaker 3 (01:05):
Well, first, I mean, this isn't exactly what you ask me,
But I just find it so weird as I think
a lot of people do that. So many Asians are
so left wing it doesn't make any sense. They are
not helped by it. They get beaten up by the
criminals that the Democratic Party is protecting and refusing to prosecute.

(01:26):
They're getting excluded from the elite universities, and I think
it's just they have to they have to be first
in their class in absolutely everything. And they just hee
wokeness as like a calculus class, and they're going to
be number one in calculus, and they will be number
one in wokeness. And I mean it could be anything.
It could be gay pornography. I will be number one.

(01:48):
Because that attack on Thanksgiving, I mean that's obviously an
attack on America. I get sick of foreigners coming here
and attacking our institutions, on our symbols and our history,
and as or all sayed, and also take a step
back from that. Many of us, like myself, I support Israel.

(02:10):
I definitely opposed the Iran war and sort of resented
being accused of, at least by some nuts. I wouldn't
say this was the general tenor, but you know, being
anti Israel, if you opposed the Iran war, well, it's
turned out I think to be a complete disaster and
part of the disasters. Some of us were saying all along,

(02:31):
this is really bad for Israel and it's really bad
for Jews in America, And I think, what while why
El Sayed? I mean, he didn't he didn't match his polls,
but he did slip through in Michigan. And I think
it's because a PAK became a big issue which never
has been before.

Speaker 1 (02:51):
Yeah, I said this APAC is I understand that it's
planning to spend a lot more money now to stop
Al sayed. Not only do I said on the air
and when play brought this up that I thought that
is unlikely to be definitive or any meaningful way helpful
to defeat him in that race. And it might actually

(03:11):
to what you're saying, it could actually backfire, I think
in some ways because Democrats really lean into this now
where they say, see this organization APAC in particular, is
following all this money against me, and that is playing
into their narrative, which the narrative is, of course that
we're in Iran because of Israel, and this whole thing
is not actually America first, that that is what they're saying.

(03:33):
So I have concerns about how that's going to play out.

Speaker 2 (03:37):
But do you think that.

Speaker 1 (03:38):
The socialism surge is it's being called by many people
with some of these wins and Mamdanism on the rise?
Is this different or is this just what democrats are
and we get reminded every once.

Speaker 2 (03:50):
In a while.

Speaker 3 (03:53):
I think that's much closer to the truth. No, of course,
that's much closer than what they disagree with. They just think.
I mean, I think SDR or one of his associates
just said, you know, the Democratic Party was was you know,
a slow version or communism was the Democratic Party but

(04:14):
just too fast? And yeah, what what public policy positions
do they really strongly disagree with? Is it medicare for
air for all? Abolish ice? I mean, if they had
the chance, they would definitely abolish Thanksgiving.

Speaker 1 (04:34):
Yeah, oh look, this is what I It's always just
a question of what works for them, I think, and
what the limits of their power are, not actually whether
something is too crazy. That was why I found this
thing in Wisconsin interesting because and I've also been pointing
out they love to play this.

Speaker 2 (04:48):
Little game and you've seen this for for the years.

Speaker 1 (04:52):
They've been doing it in they go, oh, I'm not
a socialist I'm a democratic socialist. A lot of them
maybe don't know this, some of them maybe do know this.
The bull Shiviks were initially like, yeah, we should have
an election. They were democratic Bolsheviks and until they weren't
to that point, he's made by FDR.

Speaker 2 (05:08):
So tell me, tell me about that. By this your substack.

Speaker 1 (05:11):
This week New York Times has identity crisis over gunslingers identity.

Speaker 2 (05:17):
Because this is.

Speaker 1 (05:17):
Where this is a bit like the Kamla thing where
she said she was for surgery for trans illegal alien
transgender surgery for illegal alien prisoners, taxpayer funded. Like she
just got everything into the one thing. Now you have
a crossing of the streams, if you will, with the

(05:38):
New York Times having to be pro trans but by
doing so maybe pro gun And how does that work out?

Speaker 2 (05:44):
Tell everybody what's going on here?

Speaker 3 (05:47):
Well, it's pretty hilarious. It's not just the New York Times,
it's all over left wing media that this trans woman
born biological male. She went on confirms this is out
in Wyoming, obviously pro gun safe. She went and confronted
three guys she claimed had used a homophobic slur, but

(06:08):
they deny it, and she's wied to the police, and
they didn't about other things like whether it was a
knife or a gun. Anyway, the video was hilarious. The
three guys are just walking, they're trying to get away
from her. She's stayed blocking their way as they're going
across the crosswalk. Much slighter young what is she pretending

(06:28):
to be? Much slighter young woman? And the second guy,
she's right in front of me, just keeps walking and
he barely taps her, and she collapses and her cowboy
hat goes flying, and then she pulls out a gun.
But the guys are surprisingly just completely unimpressed. They find
a glance back, but they just keep walking. They don't
They aren't even walking faster at that point. The Times

(06:51):
is not clear on why this became an issue, but
she's being prosecuted for brandishing the gun and illegally using
such a weapon, for lying to the lease, and suddenly
all these left wing news outlets are so they are
gun rights extreme us down with the NRA, demanding to
know what happened to to stand your ground laws, And

(07:14):
of course this wouldn't be justified under any states stand
your ground laws. So I compared it to the most
famous stay on your ground case and how the New
York Times treated it, and that was of course George
Zimmerman and tray Von Martin, which was a little bit
different since Zimmon was having his head smashed into the
ground lying on his back. It wasn't a little gentle push.

Speaker 2 (07:38):
Yeah you can't, you can't.

Speaker 1 (07:39):
Actually, I mean, I'm a concealed carry permit holder here
in Florida, which you don't even really need because it's
constitutional carry now, but I have it anyway. And one
thing they're very clear about is you can't walk up
to somebody because you know they took your parking spot
and then you know, like get up in their face
with your spittle and rage. And then if they get
up in your face you pull out a gun. You're

(07:59):
not allowed to in sight of fight because you happen
to have a firearm. But I think it's funny. This
is a trans woman, so this is a guy is
a guy with long hair saying it's a woman who
pulled the gun on people for no apparent reason. But
because it's a guy pretending he's a woman, maybe the
gun you should be justifiable. According to the media. And
we live in a crazy world. Something that might be
easier and it's an am yeah, something analyze And I'm

(08:22):
very curious how you feel about it. First of all,
AOC as you know, maybe maybe single. Now Doug Shoan,
who's been in the game for quite some time. I
think we're having him on later this week. He thinks
she is a a that she must be taken or
the Democrats as a serious presidential contender. What do you think?

(08:45):
And also do you agree that all the anti ginger
hate that we're seeing online because her boyfriend has red
hair is unwarranted?

Speaker 3 (08:54):
There's anti ginger.

Speaker 4 (08:55):
Thank you for learning. That's hilarious.

Speaker 3 (08:58):
Maybe I'll i'm him on my canceled Individuals Worlds tour.
I mean the Democrats, it seems like slim pickens to me.
I did not like when AOC was made famous by conservatives.
I mean, she isn't she does have spunk. I mean

(09:21):
it seems like Kamala running Kamala again. I generally take
the position that we do not want Americans don't want
no matter what they say, they'll say, oh, I have
to see a woman president. Nobody wants a woman president,
so they can run another woman. But I suspect the
Democratic party will put its them on the scale if
it needs to. I don't think they want to run

(09:44):
another woman that hasn't.

Speaker 1 (09:45):
Worked that well or play and I have ongoing debate
about that. I just think I also think that of
a woman to run, or of the women they could run,
Kamala was manifestly horrible, which you ran.

Speaker 2 (10:00):
I understand they can say short campaign.

Speaker 1 (10:01):
I read Kamma's little memoir trying to justify why she
lost and blaming everybody else.

Speaker 2 (10:05):
But she was terrible. I mean, it was unbelievable how
incapable she was.

Speaker 1 (10:10):
But as we know, I think a lot of people
have viewed her as a pinnacle moment of of sort
of DEI hiring, and that's throughout her career, but also
specifically picking her as a vice president just because of
how it looked for Biden's ticket. Something else and much
less serious. But I feel like this may actually get
the people fired up.

Speaker 3 (10:26):
By the way, You're right, AOC may be much better
than Kamala. Now being mentioned that Kamala was so hideously good,
AOC probably would be better than Kamala. And who knows
what's going to happen. I do think Republicans art are
in for a long, hard run after this Ron war.

Speaker 1 (10:44):
I think we're gonna I've been saying it too, and
everyone gets mad at me, so I'm glad they'll get
mad at you two.

Speaker 2 (10:48):
Now we're in for a rude awakening in the midterms.

Speaker 1 (10:51):
We went for a much tougher slog than we realize
in twenty twenty eight because of who is up for
grabs for the votes and what's been done for them.

Speaker 2 (10:59):
It's not about people.

Speaker 1 (11:00):
It's not about my beloved talk radio audience, like we
all know who we're going to vote for. It's about
that middle of the country that says prices are too
darn high. Fifty percent rise in the cost of housing
in six years has not been addressed at all. Groceries
are thirty percent up in that same period. And you
know the Iran War thing. You know, we get in
the Iran War in some detail another time.

Speaker 4 (11:19):
Man.

Speaker 1 (11:19):
I actually want to have you back to talk about that.
But I did want to ask you because AOC in
a video where she's asked about her fiance no longer
perhaps being her fiance. They were affianced and now unaffianced.
She's wearing these big, baggy jeans that are like what
all the cool women are supposed to be wearing. Now,
will you back me up on this end? You are
a stylish lady. Timeless style, I think is something that

(11:43):
you could be a tribute. You go with the classics,
you're fashionable. I think that this is the worst female
fashion trend since capri pants of the early two thousands. Like,
I just think this is horrifying and all these women
should be told to stop.

Speaker 3 (11:57):
Oh my gosh, I'm so glad. Why has no one
ask me about this until now?

Speaker 4 (12:01):
No, it's hideous.

Speaker 3 (12:02):
I think it's a it's a plot by fat ugly
women to make all women look fat and ugly.

Speaker 1 (12:11):
I knew an I was gonna have something blazing on
that one, and sure enough she did.

Speaker 2 (12:15):
Yeah, I'm trying. I'm just trying to help the ladies.
I'm out here an telling them don't cut your hair short.

Speaker 1 (12:20):
I don't know if you saw this at a tweet
go like mega viral a few weeks ago, where I
just said, your your female friend who wants to wants
you to cut your hair short is actually your secret enemy.

Speaker 2 (12:29):
Just always remember that.

Speaker 1 (12:31):
So that's point one, and point two is don't have
big baggy jeans. Oh and do you also agree with
my rule or do you have a different rule, or
do you want to shoot this down that that that
women should have a limit on how long they're willing
to be engaged before they walk.

Speaker 3 (12:49):
Oh and it never occurred to me, but I'd say
about a week as long. Long enough though. I hate weddings,
So the idea that you're going to have a long
engagement to play on floor the most boring, wasteful, stupid event, No,
just go to city hall. Apparently that's getting quite popular.

(13:09):
I've been reading about it in many of our times.
People are giving up on the big, stupid weddings.

Speaker 1 (13:14):
So I mean you were at my engagement party. I've
been popularizing this, and thank you.

Speaker 2 (13:21):
Throw a big.

Speaker 1 (13:21):
Party where everyone has fun and they show up and
you celebrate the thing. And then our wedding was immediate
family at a church and a little dinner afterwards, and
it was beautiful.

Speaker 4 (13:30):
I wouldn't change a thing about it.

Speaker 1 (13:32):
I have friends and who go into debt for their wedding,
like they're buying a home. I'm like, at least get
the mortgage on the house. Don't do the thing where
you're people are spending a hundred two hundred three hundred
thousand dollars on a wedding. And they're not like heirs
and heiresses. These are people I know who are working people.
I'm like, you are insane, So I'm with you on

(13:54):
that one.

Speaker 2 (13:56):
By the way, Clay is jealous.

Speaker 1 (13:57):
He's annoyed because because he's out today is to take
a family day and you're here, So you have to
come back when Clay's on because he wants to ask
you all about the WNBA stuff.

Speaker 2 (14:06):
Will you come back and hang out?

Speaker 3 (14:08):
Excellence absolutely loves to talk about that.

Speaker 1 (14:11):
Guys, go subscribe to and substack Unsafe and check out
Ann's podcast as well.

Speaker 2 (14:16):
And thank you, good to see.

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Welcome back into Clay and Buck.

Speaker 1 (15:45):
We have a Lieutenant Governor of Florida, Ja Collins with
us in just a few minutes. Looking forward to talking
to him. He is running for governor uh and we'll
ask him how he thinks that's going. But also some
great stuff for Florida to be celebrating on the law
enforcement fronts.

Speaker 2 (15:59):
We'll have that discussion. Let's do some talkbacks here.

Speaker 1 (16:02):
This is h on our talkback list podcast listener Thomas
from Albany, New York.

Speaker 5 (16:08):
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Speaker 2 (16:33):
Interesting.

Speaker 1 (16:34):
I've heard of tanning pep tides. I've never experienced it myself.
As you can see. Am I barely get enough sun
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Speaker 6 (16:50):
Hit it, Hey, Buck, I normally agree with you and everything,
and while it may not look good, women have every
right to just let thing breathe down there with baggy jeans,
just like you'd like to be comfortable in your T
shirt and whatever else you wear down there.

Speaker 1 (17:10):
I mean, David, I'm not the Taliban. I'm not saying
women can't wear the jeans they want to wear. I'm
just advising them on the aesthetic portion of this as
a man who appreciates female beauty, and I would just say,
if they want to as you put, if they want
better aerration below the waist, it's called a skirt. There

(17:30):
you go, wear a skirt, nice, open, free flowing, great,
you know what I mean. It's all all good. But
these these jeans, remember they're they're super wide in the leg.
I'm telling you it's a fashion travesty. And in years
to come, people will look back on it. They'll be
like that Buck guy. He may not have been a
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former Green Beret and current Lieutenant governor and gubernatorial candidate
in Florida, Jay Collins, Tana govn appreciate you making the

(19:06):
time for us Earth, Thank you.

Speaker 2 (19:06):
For calling in.

Speaker 4 (19:08):
Hey, good to be on buck Thanks for having me.

Speaker 1 (19:11):
You know, we were taking a moment yesterday and you
are obviously a senior member of the administration where this
is occurring here in Florida, taking a moment to just
be grateful for the work done to bring Florida's violent
crime rate. Howmus i rate down to a fifty year low.
So well done on that, sir, And how has it

(19:32):
gotten to this point? Could you just take us through
some of the process of how do you make a
state with as large of what twenty one twenty two
million people population some major cities and yet things are
going in exactly the right direction. Fifty year low here
in violent crime. How do you get there?

Speaker 4 (19:51):
Well, look, of course, say nearly twenty three point five
million people. It's incredible.

Speaker 7 (19:55):
We've had eight to twelve hundred people a day moving here.
But you know, the solution is often very simple. It
turns out that holding people accountable and being tough on
crime is exactly the right thing to do. We make
sure there are men and women in law enforcement have
the time, tools and training necessary to complete their mission,
but more importantly, get back home to their families safe
and sound. You know, when communities feel safe, they build

(20:18):
great families. Great families, build a great community, grows your economy,
and it just keeps spiraling forward. There's hope and opportunity here.
It's a beautiful state, great beaches, great farmland, great everything,
and there's a lot going right here in the Sunshine
State of Florida. But being tough on prime is exactly
why we do it. It makes sense, it works, and the results, well,

(20:39):
they speak for themselves, I guess.

Speaker 1 (20:41):
Well, yeah, and you mentioned the amount of people. By
the way, I'm one of them. So thank you, Lieutenant
governor moving to Florida. Served to Florida now four years ago.
Absolutely love it and encourage anybody who feels like the
governance in their home state leaves a lot to be desired, which,
certainly along the coast along some other places, is increasingly
the case. Speaking about how things are going with a

(21:04):
lot of people moving here, something that gets much attention
is how the insurance market is going to get balanced
out here because there are two big problems I see
with things going right now in Florida, Lieutenant Governor. One
is the price of housing, which I know that's the
supply and demand issue, but there are a lot of
constraints on supply because of regulation and and things that

(21:29):
are making that harder. But then also the insurance cost here,
which is a heavily regulated market. How do we how
do we get that so that it's more under control
and more aligned with letting people pay their bills while
also being covered when we could have a major weather event.

Speaker 8 (21:47):
Well, I'll tell you what you're walking around one of
my secret love languages here, which is deregulation.

Speaker 4 (21:53):
Right.

Speaker 8 (21:54):
I think it's always important to say a few things
upfront and clear. Our freedoms come from God. They're all
hell better constitution. It's not the government's money. Is the
people's money. And unless government actually works better, when you deregulate,
you get the government out of the process. Things work
well when we talk about insurance. Look, we are this state.
We are a smack dab in the middle of hurricane territory,

(22:14):
and they're going to keep coming.

Speaker 4 (22:15):
If I could put a wall out there and.

Speaker 8 (22:17):
Stop hurricanes, we would, believe me, and there are people
trying to experiment and create ways to do that.

Speaker 4 (22:22):
Until that happens, We've got to make sure of a
few things.

Speaker 8 (22:25):
One, programs like My Safe Florida Home I Save Florida Condo.
We see an average or eight to twelve hundred dollars
drop every time somebody uses that. That makes sure that
so we have to make sure that's funded, available and
ready to use for the people of Florida. We have
to make sure that we continue to invest dollars in resiliency,
making the grid stronger so it will cost less money
to fix a postorm. Two things that we do and

(22:46):
we can do, we need to work on even more
that we probably don't talk enough about. Our impact fees,
which are the economic junk drawer is taxed by any name.
If they can't put a fee anywhere else, they call
it an impact fee. And then permitting is a problem.
There are parts of our state where they are a
half inch away. It feels like I'm using a rock
and chisel to pass their permits. It's got to move faster,

(23:09):
it's got to have a shot clock, and it has
to move to the speed of people's lives. It's very
dangerous when a permit moves slow like this, we know
that it drives up the cost of a build or
a rebuilt by ten to thirty percent because of the
carrying cost. That's very dangerous when we talk about the
theme of fifty percent rule, which is of course when
the damage gets over fifty percent, the home comes down.
It's got to be restarted and rebuilt completely. That adds cost,

(23:32):
that adds volume, and it slows the system down. So
we got to improve that. There's some more work we
can do in towork reform. And then last but not least,
insurance clarity and transparency. We absolutely have to be clear transparent.
So the rate you're quoted is the race you get
and then hold people accountable from there.

Speaker 1 (23:49):
So you are running as a running for governor in Florida,
my home state here, and I certainly know that the
early voting has begun, but the primary is coming up
here on August eighteenth, officially, and you're running as a
DeSantis ally obviously lieutenant governor to Governor DeSantis. You've got
an impressive military background. We thank you for your service.
You've got a great legislative record. How do you differentiate

(24:12):
yourself from according to the polls. The front runner right
now Byron Donald's, who does have President Trump's endorsement. What
are the differences between you two that people should know
as they're going to cast their ballot coming up here,
or if they've already hear you're about to cast their
ballot if they go early voting.

Speaker 8 (24:30):
Yeah, look, that's a great question, and let me give
you a very clear response on that.

Speaker 4 (24:34):
Look, first and foremost.

Speaker 8 (24:36):
Who you are matters when no cameras are on the
ethics and your compass, your moral compass, where I come from,
those are everything. So when I hear people talk about
you got to know the difference between unethical and illegal.

Speaker 4 (24:51):
Look, both of those are unacceptable.

Speaker 8 (24:53):
And somebody wants to be the next governor of Florida,
that's not something to chew on, not now, not ever.

Speaker 4 (24:58):
Two, you want somebody.

Speaker 8 (25:00):
If you're going to give them a job of governor
for the Free State of Florida, who has competency and
has shown success the job they were in. I passed
fifty five bills in three years as a state senator.
I've been one of the most active lieutenant governors are
in a state's history, and it's now a position that
people are taking seriously talking about and it's going to
move forward with no responsibility. And wait, I also qualify

(25:20):
as a Green Beret, not once, but twice, the second
one after losing my leg.

Speaker 4 (25:25):
Three.

Speaker 8 (25:25):
I were asking you to think about where they go
when times are heard when a hurricane hits.

Speaker 4 (25:30):
Do they run the television?

Speaker 8 (25:31):
Do they want to go get in a mic and
they want to get out there and get on an interview?
Do they run a Twitter or do they run the people.
We've seen Governor de Stands leave from the front executive
energy matters. I'm a warrior, not a career politician. I
under the sound of the problem. I get on the
ground where the people are. Like Class June when I
flew over the Middle East and I personally brought home

(25:53):
over two three hundred American citizens who are trapped between
Iran and Israel and the ballistic missiles flying around, fearful
that they were never going to get home. Leadership happens
on the ground of people's lives matter. And the last
thing I'll tell you is this that moral compass is
incredibly important. You start with it, you finished with it.
But I want you to know where my moral compass

(26:14):
got true. It wasn't in politics. It doesn't point towards me,
It points for their people. My moral compass is true
when I talked to moms, wives, children, because they lost
their dad, their husband, or their son, given that last
measure of devotion, over and over and over again. I'll
tell you what, Under my watch, we will be a people,
a state, and a nation worthy of this sacrifice that

(26:37):
made this the greatest nation and the history of our planet.
And we live in the greatest state in that greatest nation,
and of my watch, we're going to keep it that way.

Speaker 1 (26:44):
Sir Jay, appreciate your service. We thank you for your
service and Militaris of Green Beret and also as Lieutenant
Governor of Florida. It has been great and it is
a great state, and I want to wish you best
of luck in the governor's man Here. Where should people
go if they want to learn more, if they want
to help.

Speaker 8 (27:03):
Out, Well, I'll tell you can go to Jay fo
r Florida. That's j fourth Florida dot com. That's our website.
You can follow me in all of the typical social
media platforms. A J. Collins fl And I'm going to
leave you with this now, I'm a kid from a
broken home. I grew up on welfare, adopted, born to
a broken family. And in this state and in this country,

(27:25):
someone like me can rise to the position of being
lieutenant governor running for the next governor of Florida. The
American dream is alive and well, and we're never going
to stop. We're going to fight with lentlessy to make
sure that I can do it.

Speaker 4 (27:36):
Anybody can do it. I appreciate the time.

Speaker 2 (27:38):
Bob, appreciate you.

Speaker 5 (27:39):
Jay.

Speaker 1 (27:40):
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Speaker 2 (28:48):
So I gotta I gotta check this out, guys. Where
was the viral video? Was this new? The viral video
of the woman.

Speaker 1 (29:00):
Who was called by her husband like as the I
guess it is her husband because they finished the ceremony
husband's last name and she corrected the officiant that she
was keeping her own last name.

Speaker 2 (29:13):
Is this See these are the things.

Speaker 1 (29:14):
Some of these things go viral and they're actually old
clips that get resurfaced.

Speaker 2 (29:18):
Was this new? Check this one out for me, guys.

Speaker 1 (29:22):
But it's it's not really worth playing the audio because
you know, you really need to see the video to
understand the full context. But it's the I now pronounce
you man and wife phase with the officiant and there's
a guy, a guy and a girl who are yeah here.
Michael Knowles shared this out on AX. I'm seeing this.

(29:43):
He shared a He shared a quote from Proverbs Proverbs
nineteen thirteen. A quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping
of a leaky roof. I would say, a quarrelsome anyone.
You do not want to go through life being a
quarrelsome person. I think one of the biggest mistakes that
I have seen in relationships, whether professional or personal, with

(30:06):
people over my forty I forget how old I am
sometimes forty four years, is people who don't know what
to let go and what to make an issue of.
To be quarrelsome essentially, you know, let the little things
go so important, to separate the important from the unimportant. Now,

(30:27):
I don't think that taking the last name of your
husband is unimportant, by the way, I yet I'm generally
gonna tell you, I think that as the two bodies
become one in marriage and the soul's merge and the
family is created.

Speaker 2 (30:40):
I think that the tradition exists for a good reason.

Speaker 1 (30:44):
And I think that this guy, as many have pointed out,
this guy is he's going to have a tough one.
He's going to have a tough one. I think with
the wife correct But this is also a perfect example
the official she and here making the mistake. Why correct
him in real time? You know what I'm saying. When

(31:07):
do you let something go? And when do you make
a thing of it? Something else that I have learned
in life. This is different if you're a parent and
you're correcting a child, but correcting people very often not
worth it. Now that's different on radio. I'm in a
role here. I have a professional responsibility to be correct
about things. And of course Clay and I hate being wrong.

(31:29):
We hate it. It's one of the things that we share.
We have our likes and dislikes that are different, but
we'd share the hatred of being factually in error. So
we always try to avoid that. And so even when
you are nitpicking a little bit and you tell us
this or that fact needs to be changed, if we're wrong,
we always want to correct it right away. But I

(31:50):
will tell you that correcting people. Be careful with that one,
because it doesn't matter if you're right or wrong. Do
you need to correct them on a minor thing? There
are This is what I mean by separating important from unimportant.
It is it is. I can't escape the word. One
of the most important life skills you can have. Knowing

(32:10):
when to make a thing of it and when to let.

Speaker 2 (32:12):
It go so critical, you know.

Speaker 1 (32:16):
I mean, I can't even tell you how many times
I've been on TV for exam and this is like
a minor thing and it just goes to my bid.
How many times somebody introduces me as a CIA a
former CIA agent. Now I will tell you so you know.
Of course, you never say a CIA agent. It's a
former CIA officer. Or you could say CIA analyst, which
is a subheading if you will, under officer. I was

(32:38):
a CIA analyst. But I don't correct people usually, uh
if they say it in real time, because you know,
it just makes it awkward. I've experienced so many times
people will because I'll tell you this too, I've seen
people correct someone and then they find out.

Speaker 2 (32:53):
That they're wrong. Oh that's not good. Let it usually
let it go. Let it go.

Speaker 1 (33:00):
Because one thing also that nobody ever likes to feel dumb.
And no matter what somebody says, if you make them
feel dumb in a social setting, in a in a
you know, in your day to day life, they will
remember it and they do not like it. So that's
just I'm taking all this from this officiatet being corrected

(33:21):
by the woman in real time at this wedding ceremony.
I also will tell you, you know, Ann Culter was with us,
and I always enjoyed talking to Anne, and she she
says about about the wedding thing. I do think that
weddings have gotten completely out of control, and all these
people are.

Speaker 2 (33:36):
Like, Hey, come to my wedding.

Speaker 1 (33:38):
That's gonna be in an island in like the middle
of the Indian Ocean that's going to take you twenty
six hours of travel to get to, and you're gonna
stay in this resort that's going to be super expensive,
and we have like three days of activities planning.

Speaker 2 (33:53):
You know, you know what I'm saying, it's a lot.

Speaker 1 (33:56):
I'm happy always to send the gift because I viewed
the yeah, probably should have made this. I view the
gift as my payment to get out of having to go.

Speaker 2 (34:06):
So I love to you know, what is it? Okay?

Speaker 1 (34:09):
I talked to have this conversation with my wife. What
do we have to pay? So I so I feel
okay not going to the wedding.

Speaker 2 (34:15):
Let me tell you.

Speaker 1 (34:16):
I think I bought a I'm not gonna tell you
how expensive it was. I bought an ash tray that
there's no reason for an ashtray to be this expensive.

Speaker 2 (34:25):
That I will tell you.

Speaker 1 (34:26):
First of all, the person doesn't even smoke, but you
know it's like a decorative ash tray from the registry,
worth it, worth it. It's a crazy amount of money
for an ashtray. And I still was like, you know what,
I don't have to I don't have to go and
say it gets hobos. And you always know as well,
you know, if you're a person who should go, and

(34:48):
then you go, immediate family, you go, you know, best friend,
your whole life, you go, you're gonna be in the
wedding party or you're asking me in the wedding party.
You go, like there are those clear rules I think
for everybody, or you know ideas that people have in
their minds. But this thing of of like the bridezillas

(35:09):
and they're freaking out and they got to do this
and that and the toast and the whole thing and
the wedding planner and eugh, guys, gals, I'm telling you
it's it's not worth it. But yeah, I do think
that taking their your husband's last name is a is
a very good thing. And even if a woman is
going to say, well, that feels unequal, and women are
equal in the law and equal in the workplace and

(35:29):
all this stuff, you're putting your husband in a really
weird position because a lot of other guys are going
to go, really, you're lett, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're
creating problems. And like I said, big thing, little thing,
what do you let go? What do you make an
issue of it? Is in a This is true in

(35:49):
marriages that I've observed, including my own. Knowing to just
let things roll, left things slide, and letting as much
slide as you can for the sake of peace and
a friction or a low friction relationship is a life hack.

Speaker 2 (36:08):
It is gonna make everything better.

Speaker 1 (36:10):
Let the little things go, don't correct the officient in
real time.

Speaker 2 (36:15):
If you need to afterwards, you can say, hey, but
why who cares.

Speaker 1 (36:19):
Just take don't ruin the moment because you say, it's
not like he's making a big difference by whether he
says it right or wrong. So that's my, Uh, that's
my we'll talk on that for today, Clay. I'll be
back tomorrow, so that means there'll be a lot of
WNBA talk. Get ready for it. We're gonna dive into
it together. I kind of feel like I want to
declare for the WNBA Draft. You may mock me, but

(36:41):
I used to be a pretty decent shooting guard in
the eighth grade.

Speaker 2 (36:44):
I think I could make a go of it.

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