October 29, 2025 • 36 mins
Hour 3 of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show features a wide-ranging and dynamic conversation that blends national politics, Florida’s gubernatorial race, cultural commentary, and listener interaction. The hour kicks off with a high-profile interview with Florida Congressman Byron Donalds, who is actively campaigning to become Florida’s next governor. Donalds discusses his platform, including support for eliminating property taxes on homesteaded properties, maintaining funding for essential services, and continuing the legacy of Governor Ron DeSantis. He emphasizes Florida’s low-tax, law-and-order appeal and warns New Yorkers considering relocation to Florida to respect the values that make the Sunshine State successful.
Donalds also weighs in on the national implications of Zohran Mamdani potentially becoming New York City’s mayor, calling him a dangerous Marxist whose policies would be disastrous for NYC and the Democratic Party. He predicts Mamdani would become a national face of the progressive left, alongside figures like AOC and Bernie Sanders, and urges other states to follow Florida’s lead in sound governance.
The conversation shifts to college football, with playful banter about Florida State’s recent struggles and speculation on coaching changes at the University of Florida. Donalds diplomatically avoids trash talk, showing his political polish, while Clay and Buck dive into sports picks and betting insights.
The hosts then pivot to cultural and political commentary, highlighting Katie Miller’s viral CNN moment where she criticized DEI hiring practices and Karine Jean-Pierre’s book tour. They argue that identity politics have overtaken meritocracy in the Democratic Party, comparing modern progressive rhetoric to medieval royalty declarations. Clay and Buck dissect the evolution of the Democratic Party platform from 2012 to 2024, noting a dramatic shift away from traditional values like fatherhood and responsibility toward an overwhelming focus on LGBTQ+ rights and land acknowledgments.
Kamala Harris’s political future is also discussed, with skepticism about her viability in 2028 following a controversial book release and perceived lack of political momentum. The hour closes with listener talkbacks on topics ranging from gas station economics and pronunciation debates to humorous critiques of Clay’s foxhole loyalty and Buck’s French language skills.
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Episode Transcript
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome in everybody. Third Hour Play and Buck kicks off
right now, we've got Congressman Byron Donald's with us. Congressman,
appreciate you making the time, sir.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
It's good to be with you. How you doing good.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
We got some national questions for you. We've got some
Florida quo. I have some well, Clay actually is a
fluidy in a sense too kind of honorary because he
has property here. He lives on the Gulf of America
part time. And then we will probably have some sports
questions for you coming from Clay. So we will get
to all of the above here momentarily, Let's start with
the national level one though you're in Congress, Congressman, that
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makes sense. I think everyone figured that part out. What
the heck is the Democrat plan with the shutdown that
now is about to shut off food stamps has already
cut into a cutoff paychecks for military members. I know
we had a Trump donor come in and make that
shortfall disappear temporarily. What is their plan? Like, what's the
endgame here?
Speaker 2 (00:53):
They don't have one. The rest of the country is
coming to this realization very fast. They don't have a plan.
These guys are trying to basically strong arm one of
the toughest negotiators in the history of the planet, and
they're trying to strong arm him. They don't have a plan,
they don't have a strategy. They figured that they just
stood there long enough, holding their breast and everybody would
(01:15):
just buckle and yield to their view. A lot of
these Democrats are using historical political views of how Democrats
always win these shutdown fights. But they're not winning it.
They're losing it by the day. They were given an
opportunity to pay our military, to pay air traffic controllers,
to pay TSA agents, to paint border agents and ice agents,
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and they voted no. They have no plan, They got
no strategy. But the truth is they haven't had a
plan for a long time, and that is because their
policy sets are very radical, and they were totally fine
leaving an auto pen in charge of the country if
it meant that they got their way, and now that
that's gone, if Donald Trump is back, they don't know
what to do. That's why this shut down to it
(02:01):
seems to be a shutdown really about nothing except Chuck
Schumer's leadership position.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
We're talking to Byron Donald's congressman South Florida soon to
be I believe governor state of Florida. Let's talk about
the governor's race right now, because I know you are
on the campaign trail right now. We're basically to Halloween.
Happy Halloween, everybody out there. You don't really have a
valuable challenger, yet that seems to me to be a
very good position to be in. You've raised a lot
(02:27):
of money. What should we know about the campaign and
how it's going. What's the next step.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
We're going county by county and we're seeing the voters
of Florida. And you know, even though we still have
our responsibilities in Washington, when I'm not in Washington, I'm
in some city in Florida, some county in Florida, tucking
to the people. And you know, we're very blessed to
have President Trump's at full endorsement, Rick Scott's full endorsement. Obviously,
fundraising has gone very well, but it's about seeing people
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day and day out, and that's what we're committed to doing.
So you know, whoever else decides that they're going to
run and jump in one, they got a lot of
work to catch up on and it's not going to
be easy. We're going to work hard every single day
to earn the votes of the people of Florida.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Congressman, you're running for governor, and I know that in
many ways you would continue on with the policies and
the legacy of our fantastic Governor Ron DeSantis. He's done
a great job here and as a Floridian I really
appreciate and I get to benefit from the decisions he's made.
Governor DeSantis is very in favor of eliminating for homesteaded properties. Right, So,
(03:37):
people for whom it is their primary residents as Floridians,
property tax Where do you come down on that proposal,
which I believe is being put forward for the people
of Florida to vote on and a ballot initiative this
next fall.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Well, look, I support what the governor's position has been
about removing homestead property taxes on the people of Florida.
The thing we have to make sure we do is
when it comes to essential services that have historically've been
funded by those taxes, talking about sheriffs, deputies, police officers, firefighters,
emergency personnel, road construction, road maintenance. We just want to
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make sure that that stuff continues to be funded because
that's critical to the very fabric of Florida. So I
am fully supportive of it. I look forward to seeing
the governor's proposal. I anticipate that's going to come out
very very soon to talk about not just a repeal,
but then also the details are on how do you
fund some of those key initiatives like law enforcement, firefighters,
(04:35):
emergency personnel. But I'm supportive, looking forward to seeing Tallahassee
get this thing done and get it to the ballots
so voters can make their voices heard next November.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
Congress from barn Donald's with us right now currently in
Congress running for governor of Florida. When you look, we
just been talking a lot about the mayor's race in
New York City. If I remember correctly, you were born
in New Yor York City before you came down to
the Sunshine State and made a life of it there.
How much do you pay attention to the national decisions
(05:07):
that are being made and what their impact could be
on the state of Florida, Because we've seen Governor Ron
DeSantis talk quite a lot about the fact that many
people in New York might decide to relocate to Florida
with the higher taxes coming. Buck is one of them
that's already done it. The President obviously did it. You
did it long before you had any money, probably to
(05:27):
speak of. What would be your message to people listening
to us in New York right now that might be thinking, Hey,
if Mamdannie's going to be coming in, maybe New York's
not for me.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Well, the number one thing is if Mandane becomes the
mayor and you feel you got to come to Florida,
remember why you came here. Our state. We are a
low tax state. We don't have an income tax. Law
and order is the baseline principle of our state and
that's not changing. And so as long as you come
here understanding why you left New York and what Florida
(05:57):
is about, then yeah, we're all Florida. I think when
it brought up level, Yeah, I do pay attention to
what's happening nationally. Obviously my job as a congressman right
now requires it. But the biggest thing we want to
do is make sure that Florida remains the number one
state in the country. And we want we want, we
want to really see happen. Is that policies that are
passing Florida that have become really the bedrock of what's
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made Florida great that other states look at that and say,
you know what, we got to follow Florida's lead, because
if you're looking at New York, Illinois, and California, they're
dumpster fires. I mean, they're awful and their people are
leaving in droves. It's time for other states, with Florida
in the lead, to adopt sound public policy that really
puts people first, allows people to chase the American dream,
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or whether that's Florida or some other state.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
If Mam Donnie wins and he's New York City mayor,
we know AOC is still going to be in Congress,
does Mam Donnie become a national face of the Democrat Party?
Speaker 1 (06:55):
In your mind?
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Is he impactful in next year's mid term election? Buck
and Eye been debating that. To what extent do you
think he is resonant then or relevant if he is
the mayor of New York City?
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Yeah, I do. I think he's gonna be one of
the national faces of that party. I mean, look, they're
really struggling to find out who's in charge anyway, you know,
everybody's trying to jockey for position. I think that he's
gonna you know, obviously, his face and his name and
what he says is going to carry a lot of
weight in the Democrat Party because he's the mayor of
New York. But look, I think from a political standpoint,
(07:28):
I think he's terrible for the for the country. He's
awful for New York, and I think it's bad for
Democrats because the public policy that that these Marxists are
in the radical left wing side of their party led
by AOC and Mamdannie and Bernie Sanders, that stuff is destructive.
I think the policy sets are destructive. I don't know
if somebody's a registered Democrat or registered Republican, that's one thing.
(07:51):
But to be an out and out Marxist and really
subscribing the policies that have never worked anywhere in the
history of the planet, that's terrible for New York City.
I think as a country, it's going to be something
that everybody's going to be looking at and we have
to learn that we cannot let these policies continue to flourish.
And I mean some places like a Los Angeles, like
(08:11):
a Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle. Their people are going to
start demanding I hope that they reverse course on these
terrible policies that do not work for people.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Eve any sense. I know you're still in a primaries
very early on, But what kind of a Democrat do
you think the Florida Democrats are going to run against you?
Given how much this state has gotten more red under DeSantis' tenure.
Are they going to try the head fake moderate or
somebody you think that's going to be a little more
on the Yeah, I'm a Democrat. Let's turn Florida into
(08:44):
California and see what happens. But what's your expectation or
do you just not even have any expectation because it's
too early to know.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
I don't really care. I mean to be honest with you,
Governor DeSantis. During his leadership, he's really put the Florida
Democrat Party on life support. They're in a bad shape
over there, and they know they're in bad shape over there.
I don't really care. We're focused on number one, seeing
the people of Florida. Number two, making sure that the
policy idea is that we're going to bring to build
(09:12):
on top of the great success of Ron DeSantis and
what's happened in Florida, that our state continues to flourish,
and that we prepare Florida for the next generation of growth.
That's what we're focused on. Whatever the Democrats whoever they
choose to throw at us and so be it, well
we'll take care of them too.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
Can you also be one word? Just can you just
make fun of the balls or just say something to
antagonize play on sports place for me, because I would
do it, but I don't know enough.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
No, I'm not going to do it. They actually look okay,
they look better than them, so I gotta be quiet.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
He's definitely look at how look at how diplomatic he is.
Speaker 3 (09:48):
Clay No, I was. I was beat me to it.
I was just gonna say, what's up with your seminoles.
I went and watched them beat Alabama, and then I
went and watched them get smoked by Miami and y'all
lost four games.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
In a row.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
I remember a couple of years ago you came on
and made the case for why you belong in the playoff.
I don't even know that you belong in the top
half of the ACC right now.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
What's up?
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Oh my gosh, here we go. By the way, if
you want to go back two years ago, yeah, we
should have been in that playoff. I'm not going to
bring it up again, but that was two years ago.
Last year was a bad season. Started off great, last
fourth not been good. The only thing I would say
about the team is that games have been close. But
you know, coach Norvel, he's got a lot of pressure
on him. He's got to turn this thing around. That's
(10:31):
just the way it is.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
Really the UF is gonna do. By the way, you
got an open job at UF two. I'm sure you
saw this. The governor basically fired the governor of Louisiana
well after they got whipped by Texas A and M.
This is I don't know if Buck even saw this.
Jeff Landry, we need to get him back on. Jeff
Landry was like, this is ridiculous. Like Brian Kelly's out,
you know, I don't know if you saw this. Byron,
he tried to show up. Brian Kelly did, and his
(10:54):
fingerprint didn't work to let him in the building. That's
not a good side, all right. So the governor just said,
this is a mess. Florida. I know you're a Florida
State fan. But the University of Florida's got an opening
and that's going to be a huge hire too. But
I saw the governor of louisianaway then I was like, Byron,
he's a huge college football fan.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
You got a bunch of big programs there.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
No, we do. I mean, look, there's a lot of
names that are out there. You have to note a
damn coach. He's been He's been very good. He's been
pretty good, very successful. I heard the rumors about Nick Saban.
Is he coming out of retirement. I'm not sure, you know,
I don't know if Nick likes the NIL. I think
that's probably a deal killer.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
I think that's true.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
I don't think he likes it, but we'll see.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
What do you think about Lane Kiffin? How do you
think Lane?
Speaker 2 (11:38):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (11:38):
How do you think Lane would do at UF if
he came?
Speaker 2 (11:41):
Well, look, speaking as speaking as somebody's who's trying to
run for governor, I think Lane would be a very
good choice for the Florida Gators. Speaking of the Florida
State seminole, No, they can do better than him.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
Byron, we appreciate you.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
What should people know who are out there listening all
over Florida as many people do. If they want to
support your campaign, where should they go?
Speaker 2 (12:03):
Just go to Byron Donalds dot com. I'm really excited
for everybody's support so far. But it's all about the
future of our state. We're going to take Florida to
a whole nother level.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
Amen. I love to hear it. Honestly, you got two
guys that own property in Florida, one who yeah, lives
your year round. We got to just keep Florida awesome, Byron,
so I know that's your goal and that's what you're
going to do as well. So God bless it. Thanks
for making the time for us today.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
Thanks guys, appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (12:29):
Look, I want to tell Buck, I've got some picks
coming tomorrow. I think I've already actually given out the picks.
Hold on, let me give you the picks. We've been
on fire. We've been doing really well with price picks,
and you just heard Byron Donald's there, Buck. I think
Byron Donald's gonna win. I think he's gonna win Florida
so comfortably. Remember it wasn't even very long ago. I
(12:50):
do think it's worth mentioning. Remember twenty eighteen when Ron
DeSantis won Florida by fifty thousand votes. I think it
was how far How way does that seem if you
want to question how much a state can change in
the space of eight years. Basically, we're going to go
from Florida as the ultimate toss up state to it's
not even remotely close anymore. And it's really pretty incredible
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Speaker 2 (15:19):
Right.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
You can't just get overrun and end up a prisoner.
Sometimes you got to retreat.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
Look, if you're if you're out for a swim in
the ocean with Clay and you see a shark, just
know that he's gonna start swimming before he even shouts
out shark. No worries, you know, it's it's every man
for himself, right, Clay, No big deal, no big look.
I mean, you don't have to be the fastest swimmer.
You just have to be faster than the one the
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I think I said it today to be fair, I
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I hit it a couple of times today. I do
it in part to control those of you who get
mad at Clay for saying it a lot, but I
have to take the heat on this one.
Speaker 3 (16:16):
I think I might have said it. I think that's right.
But it's also a great word to use. And we're happy.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
Podcast listener, Scott AA, what we got here, Clay?
Speaker 6 (16:27):
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five miles.
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Away, real estate prices and also the price at which
they had to purchase their gas. I mean, this is
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gas is not what they make the money on. I
understand you want to be angry at somebody. By the way,
you shouldn't be angry because gas prices are at four
years lows four year lows thanks to President Trump. But
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they are often a loss leader and they bring people
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to run the business. And it is true that if
you drive around, oftentimes the price of gas is most
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I talked about this in the first hour. I think
I mentioned in the second hour, darnet Clay. It's the
(19:07):
third hour and I'm kicking off the segment and I
want to do this one, all right, So we're gonna
dive into this one. This is a great moment on
television because it involves Katie Miller, wife of Stephen Miller,
and this Trump White House, fantastic architect of so many
Trump particularly immigration policies, but Katie Miller who's launched a podcast,
(19:28):
and we should have her back on. We had her
on already talk about it, but we'll have her back
on if he wants to come hang out with us.
And Jake Tapper scurrying away from the conversation as quickly
as possible. This is about Karine Jean Pierre's abject disaster
of a book tour that she's going on because her
thing is she's an independent now. I'm going to try
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to give a very quick version of her argument, Clay,
because no one knows what it really is. She's an
independent now, but the Democrat Party betrayed Biden, but she
didn't see anything wrong with Biden. But maybe Biden was
too old, but they didn't have to keep him in
the spot, but they weren't nice to him. I mean,
it's I know that that was confusing because she's very
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confused about that. And then also add on, Kamala wasn't
the best candidate, but she wasn't surprised by how it
went for Kamala because she was a black woman, and
unless you're a black woman, you can't even understand how
difficult it is to be a black woman in America today.
Over and over again in response to some of these
(20:33):
questions too. And so uh Katie Miller decided she had
had enough of this. She was with CNN's Jake Tapper
last night and I just want you to listen to this.
This is this is just saying it, just letting it,
letting it be said on the airplay eight.
Speaker 7 (20:47):
She is just another evidence that DEI doesn't work. Whether
that's in the White House in your press secretary role,
or whether that's a you know, an air traffic controller
and air pilot, whether that's your doctor. You know, you don't.
You want to hire the best for the not just
based on skin color.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
Shake.
Speaker 7 (21:02):
Why did she get the job over John Kirby?
Speaker 1 (21:04):
She had the job long before John Kirby.
Speaker 8 (21:06):
I will just say she used to be a commentator
on CNN. Then she was one on MSNBC, and she
was good at that. Like I mean, I'm without getting
into the job I thought she did as Press secretary.
It didn't seem crazy to me because she was eloquence
as a commentator.
Speaker 7 (21:21):
Why she trained every four sentences to say she is
a black, queer LGBTQ woman, because that's how she's been
promoted her entire career.
Speaker 8 (21:28):
Anyway, Katie Miller and Karen Finney, thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (21:32):
Can I just cut it? That is exactly I mean.
She's just saying the thing that we all know, which
is that this woman built a career on being a
black lesbian and that is the primary thing that she
says in every interview, and that now she's independent. She says,
she's not even a Democrat anymore. That has been her
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calling card in the media and in politics, and maybe
she actually wasn't the best person for the job. This
is what Katie Miller is saying. And it's funny to
watch Jake Tapper like, Okay, let's just let's get out
of here.
Speaker 3 (22:07):
Here's what I would say. And once you think about it,
you will not be able to not see it. I've said,
I've said on the show before.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
I think.
Speaker 3 (22:16):
For the Democrat Party, your race and your sexuality, your
identity is sword and shield. But go back in time
and pretend that instead of saying as a black gay
woman or as a you know, trans Hispanic person, like
they all give that to you as a prelude.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
It is the modern day royalty.
Speaker 3 (22:39):
Think about it, Buck, you know, back in the day
when they used to talk about the divine right of kings.
When the king decreed something, he would begin his decree
by saying, as the eighth royal Viscount of the Sheriff
of notting we say viscount.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
I don't think we pronounced the s do we?
Speaker 2 (22:57):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (22:57):
I don't know. I've never actually heard anybody pronounce it.
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (23:00):
Maybe all of the royalty. All of the royalty is
the precedence to the action as a divine right of king.
As your noble background, you use your identity to justify
your opinion.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
That's all that Democrats do.
Speaker 3 (23:16):
Now they start off their opinion as karreem Jean Pierre
is just one of the worst versions of it by saying,
as a black gay woman, I believe, why do I
care about your race or your sex?
Speaker 1 (23:28):
This is reminding me just kid you guys. If people
one of the questions we get a lot, we got up.
We were in a whoo and thank you all in
woo Land Fort in Indiana, and we were out there recently.
But one of the questions we get a lot is
you know, show prep And I always say show prep
is all the time. We're constantly sending our team and
Clay and I are texting each other ideas and thoughts
and everything, and one thing I said to you guys,
I just thought this is amazing. So Josh Barrow is
(23:49):
a journalist. Uh and and he's he's a Democrat, but
he's like one of these guys. He's a little bit
in the who's the guy who's very solid on the
First Amendment wrong a lot of other things. But you know,
I'm talking about Greenwald. He's a little bit like a
green Yeah, we'll actually call balls and strikes on certain
(24:10):
things in the world. That actually did Bill marshow with
Josh Barrow one. So he's a high iq reasonable guy.
You can reason with him, right. And he shared this
and it's the twenty twenty twelve Democrat Party. I'm not
gonna read the whole thing versus the Democrat Party platform. Sorry,
the Democrat Party platform in twenty twelve, versus Clay in
twenty twenty four, twenty twelve. Today, our economy is growing.
(24:33):
Al Kaida is weaker than any point since nine to eleven.
A manufacturing sector is growing. We need to come together
continue what we started, reclaim the basic bargain for the
largest middle class on Earth. YadA YadA YadA. You know,
America is great. We have principles like actually pretty You
can argue with whether that's what the Democrat Party really
stood for that or whatever, but at least you know
(24:53):
they're going through the Democrat Party twenty twenty four platform.
The DNC wishes to acknowledge that we get together to
state our values on lands that have been stewarded through
centuries by the ancestors and descendants of tribal nations who
have been here since time in memorial. Like, we're not
imagining that these people have gone nuts. Okay, they have
(25:14):
gone nuts. This is a real thing, and they no
longer can make coherent arguments. They live in a fantasy land.
I think this is another big story Bill Gates. Bill
Gates is kind of like, well, you know, actually, we
don't think the climate change is an existential threat anymore.
You don't say, mister globalist, extraordinary or climate change is
(25:37):
gonna kill everybody, start eating bugs, doesn't matter if it
gives you man boobs. He is now saying climate change
is not an existential threat. Kind of like you and
me and everybody listening right now was right about this
the whole time. Clay, these people are insane.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
Yeah, when you talked about the land acknowledgment, it reminded
me of the study that came out. Mentions of men
in the twenty twelve versus twenty twenty four Democrat primary.
Democrat platform fell by sixty three percent, fathers fell by
one hundred percent, and responsibility fell by eighty three percent. Meanwhile,
(26:15):
the references to LGBTQ rights increased one thousand and forty
four percent. So they have written out men, they have
written out fathers from the Democrat platform, and they have
ten times the reference to gay people and trans rites.
(26:35):
And so you're not making it up. I mean, the
difference in just twelve years between the actual platform of
Barack Obama twenty twelve and Kamala Harris twenty twenty four
is it's not even in the same ballpark. It's frankly,
a completely different party.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
And also, we're in an era now where you're allowed
to say things without real fear of cancellation, and you're
just allowed to say things that are manifestly and obviously true.
And to bring it back to the Korean Jean Pierre
situation for a minute, here is somebody who we are
told is important because she is black and LGBTQ and
(27:14):
has the following job, and that those were important qualifications
for that job. But you better not say that in
any way she was helped in getting that job because
she is black in lgbt Q. That is an impossible
proposition to square. That makes no sense. This has been
(27:34):
true by the way of all affirmative action plans. This
has been true of all these different racial set asides
and racial entitlement things in America that we've all had
to suffer through for decades, being lied to and told
you have to celebrate this and you can't talk about
it at the same time, or this is why we're
doing it, and you're not allowed to say it out loud.
I know a guy at a law firm almost lost
(27:56):
his job because he said at a diversity hiring event, well,
it's great, we're getting so much diversity going here. Someone
didn't like the way he said it, and he almost
got fired from his job. Now, this is many years ago,
but things like you can't say I like diversity of
the diversity hiring event, Clay, if you're a white guy,
people might think you said it kind of funny. Well,
that was the America that we were living in pre Trump.
Speaker 3 (28:18):
I think we still are because it's the foundation of
the Democrat Party and it's sword and shield. To me,
that's an easy way to distill it because they're allowed
to wield it as a sword to attack you. She
can say I'm black and gay all the time, but
as soon as you say any reference to her being
black and gay, the shield comes up, and that is
(28:38):
not able to be referenced by you. And so you
could both attack and defend based on it, but you
were not allowed to be attacked or in any way
referenced it by others.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
A perfect example of this is Supreme Court Justice Ktanji
Brown Jackson, who we were told by Joe Biden, I'm
definitely hiring. I mean we've talked about this many times
on the show. So definitely hiring and not hiring appointing
a black woman on the Supreme Court. So that cuts down.
That's ninety seven percent of people in America, or not
(29:10):
ninety seven. It's maybe a little less to that, but.
Speaker 3 (29:12):
No, no, it's about ninety seven percent of lawyers. Because only
about three percent of lawyers we got women, thank you,
So it is not so ninety seven percent of people
are out of the pool of possibles right away.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
That's scus in a pretty significant fashion. What you're going
to be looking at in terms of actual legal qualifications,
cognitive abilities, wisdom, career, all that stuff, right, And yet
they'll say we have to give it to a person
with these qualifications, but you're not allowed to say that
those qualifications were necessary for the job. That is cognitive
(29:44):
dissonance that we do not have to live through or
should not have to live through anymore. Yeah, you're right.
The Democrats still are on this play, but the culture
has shifted. You can say these things now. I mean,
listen to what Katie Miller said on CNN. I mean
she was just laying it out there. One more thing
while we have this This is of like the grab bag.
I'm doing a whole bunch of things. The ones where
is the uh uh? It's not going so well for
(30:06):
Kamala Cut which one. Oh, here we go CNN's Abby
Phillip talking to the breakfast club with mister the God
and the rest of the crew. There here it cut five.
Listen to this one.
Speaker 9 (30:18):
What does she do this summer run? Is shes she
even run again? You know I've been talking to a
lot of people about that, because, as you know, this
book was very controversial, and it was even more controversial
than you think in private. In private, I think there's
a lot of controversy around it because I think that
there are a lot of bridges that are burned here,
(30:39):
whether she wanted to or not, and I think it
will be very difficult for her to mend those fences
that she'll need in order to run if she just
decided to run again. I think this book read kind
of like somebody who was kind of done with it,
so I will be interested to see if she decides
(31:00):
to do it reads.
Speaker 1 (31:04):
As a comologist, I can tell you it does read
like someone who is bitter and possibly done with it. Clay,
even though you would think it would be rehabilitate the
image so that there can be around two run for
Kamala Harris in twenty twenty eight.
Speaker 3 (31:19):
Yeah, I think she's gonna run because I did not,
thankfully have to read this book. But there is nothing
else for which she is going to spend time. She
just turned sixty. She is not a mom. I know
she's a stepmom. It's different than being a mom. She's
not a grandma. I don't think she particularly likes her husband, Doug.
(31:40):
I don't think she wants to kick her feet up
and just be a professor. You know, a president of
a university. Better watch would you say there? A Doug
might give you a little chin music there, Clay. You know, look,
Doug's been known to slap around women. I don't think
he's been known to slap around men very much. So
I like my chances with Doug. Let me tell you
we'll come back and play a couple more of your cuts.
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Speaker 3 (33:19):
Welcome back in Clay Travis buck Sexton Show.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
We got a bunch of different talkbacks.
Speaker 3 (33:24):
Also our friend Ryan Gardusky, who's gonna be on later
this week. Remember it was about a year ago that
he was let go for making a beeper joke on CNN.
Speaker 1 (33:34):
Let's play that you don't want to be cooled. Nazis
stop table and people are there no by me? I
never cause you answer. I mean, I'm not saying her
saying I'm some one of the Popestinians. I'm used to it. Yeah, well,
I'm hoping your beeper doesn't go off.
Speaker 5 (33:50):
Oo.
Speaker 3 (33:52):
I still think that's a I still think that's a
funny line, and it's think that's.
Speaker 1 (33:56):
Fair I think that's fair game. I think that's fair game.
But I think it was a funny line. And the
fact that Ryan got banned from CNN and then picked
up and actually like paid a decent wage to do
a podcast on the clan Buck podcast network right afterwards,
because we take care of our people. But you know,
Ryan Gardusky, him and you both banned from CNN.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
That's correct, still banned. Let's play some of these talked
about by the way, we should mention. The FED, as
was expected to be the case, has cut rates by
a quarter point. They are not sure what they're going
to do before the end of the year, whether they
might cut again. Just FYI news wise. Lloyd from Wisconsin, Hh.
Speaker 1 (34:37):
Hey Clay, but Lloyd from Wisconsin.
Speaker 6 (34:42):
Love your show, but could you please explain how you
throw half a touchdown?
Speaker 1 (34:46):
Either do you or don't? If you say now, you
need to explain it, Lloyd.
Speaker 3 (34:52):
You have recognized why they set the line at a half,
because it's more or less If you don't throw a
touchdown pas, you throw less than a half. If you
do throw a touchdown pass, you throw more. So oftentimes
in sports they will set the line on a half
so they guarantee that one or the other is the
side that's going to be the outcome.
Speaker 1 (35:14):
So I don't know.
Speaker 3 (35:15):
Some people sometimes get confused by that. So Boyd called
in and asked, that's the answer. A wade from Raleigh,
Durham place where we're often number one. We love everybody
listening in North Carolina one oh six point one FM
talk radio. He is responding, I can't believe of all
the things that I say that they got upset. One
of a couple of listeners did because I said, people
(35:35):
don't make a lot of money on the gas.
Speaker 1 (35:36):
Boyd has owned a gas stations. Listen this is way
listen to you.
Speaker 10 (35:39):
On one of six to one FM out of Raleigh.
I just heard the guy talking about fifty cents a
gallon spread on gas. I owned a gas station for
eight years. There is very little, if any profiting gas.
Most of the time I was lucky if I could
make three or four cents a gallon, sometimes maybe five
or six. Sometimes maybe lost.
Speaker 1 (35:59):
Two or three.
Speaker 10 (36:00):
Since a gallon. You got to keep your price competitive.
Speaker 3 (36:04):
One more, this is upset with our pronunciation. Police out there,
Doug in Brunswick, Georgia, listen.
Speaker 1 (36:12):
Please start mass occurring in the French language. It's a
French word. It's vicomte. Say it with me, vicomte, You're welcome. Well,
that's not the Americanized way to say it, buddy, And
we got to speak American around here, so we do
have to speak American.
Speaker 3 (36:28):
For instance, in Lexington, Kentucky, there is a great town
called Verseells. It is pronounced Verseells, even though it is
spelled as the French palace Versailles would be. So is
viscount or I don't know how you pronounced it. By
the way, the American version is viscount. Just to be clear,
it is viscount. It is not viscount.
Speaker 1 (36:49):
So Buck nailed it, always, bet On Buck. Who is
this fellow telling me to say it with the French?
To Snoodie? Were you wearing a beret? You wear a
red beret over there, buddy,
Welcome in everybody. Third Hour Play and Buck kicks off
right now, we've got Congressman Byron Donald's with us. Congressman,
appreciate you making the time, sir.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
It's good to be with you. How you doing good.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
We got some national questions for you. We've got some
Florida quo. I have some well, Clay actually is a
fluidy in a sense too kind of honorary because he
has property here. He lives on the Gulf of America
part time. And then we will probably have some sports
questions for you coming from Clay. So we will get
to all of the above here momentarily, Let's start with
the national level one though you're in Congress, Congressman, that
(00:33):
makes sense. I think everyone figured that part out. What
the heck is the Democrat plan with the shutdown that
now is about to shut off food stamps has already
cut into a cutoff paychecks for military members. I know
we had a Trump donor come in and make that
shortfall disappear temporarily. What is their plan? Like, what's the
endgame here?
Speaker 2 (00:53):
They don't have one. The rest of the country is
coming to this realization very fast. They don't have a plan.
These guys are trying to basically strong arm one of
the toughest negotiators in the history of the planet, and
they're trying to strong arm him. They don't have a plan,
they don't have a strategy. They figured that they just
stood there long enough, holding their breast and everybody would
(01:15):
just buckle and yield to their view. A lot of
these Democrats are using historical political views of how Democrats
always win these shutdown fights. But they're not winning it.
They're losing it by the day. They were given an
opportunity to pay our military, to pay air traffic controllers,
to pay TSA agents, to paint border agents and ice agents,
(01:38):
and they voted no. They have no plan, They got
no strategy. But the truth is they haven't had a
plan for a long time, and that is because their
policy sets are very radical, and they were totally fine
leaving an auto pen in charge of the country if
it meant that they got their way, and now that
that's gone, if Donald Trump is back, they don't know
what to do. That's why this shut down to it
(02:01):
seems to be a shutdown really about nothing except Chuck
Schumer's leadership position.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
We're talking to Byron Donald's congressman South Florida soon to
be I believe governor state of Florida. Let's talk about
the governor's race right now, because I know you are
on the campaign trail right now. We're basically to Halloween.
Happy Halloween, everybody out there. You don't really have a
valuable challenger, yet that seems to me to be a
very good position to be in. You've raised a lot
(02:27):
of money. What should we know about the campaign and
how it's going. What's the next step.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
We're going county by county and we're seeing the voters
of Florida. And you know, even though we still have
our responsibilities in Washington, when I'm not in Washington, I'm
in some city in Florida, some county in Florida, tucking
to the people. And you know, we're very blessed to
have President Trump's at full endorsement, Rick Scott's full endorsement. Obviously,
fundraising has gone very well, but it's about seeing people
(02:55):
day and day out, and that's what we're committed to doing.
So you know, whoever else decides that they're going to
run and jump in one, they got a lot of
work to catch up on and it's not going to
be easy. We're going to work hard every single day
to earn the votes of the people of Florida.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Congressman, you're running for governor, and I know that in
many ways you would continue on with the policies and
the legacy of our fantastic Governor Ron DeSantis. He's done
a great job here and as a Floridian I really
appreciate and I get to benefit from the decisions he's made.
Governor DeSantis is very in favor of eliminating for homesteaded properties. Right, So,
(03:37):
people for whom it is their primary residents as Floridians,
property tax Where do you come down on that proposal,
which I believe is being put forward for the people
of Florida to vote on and a ballot initiative this
next fall.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Well, look, I support what the governor's position has been
about removing homestead property taxes on the people of Florida.
The thing we have to make sure we do is
when it comes to essential services that have historically've been
funded by those taxes, talking about sheriffs, deputies, police officers, firefighters,
emergency personnel, road construction, road maintenance. We just want to
(04:14):
make sure that that stuff continues to be funded because
that's critical to the very fabric of Florida. So I
am fully supportive of it. I look forward to seeing
the governor's proposal. I anticipate that's going to come out
very very soon to talk about not just a repeal,
but then also the details are on how do you
fund some of those key initiatives like law enforcement, firefighters,
(04:35):
emergency personnel. But I'm supportive, looking forward to seeing Tallahassee
get this thing done and get it to the ballots
so voters can make their voices heard next November.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
Congress from barn Donald's with us right now currently in
Congress running for governor of Florida. When you look, we
just been talking a lot about the mayor's race in
New York City. If I remember correctly, you were born
in New Yor York City before you came down to
the Sunshine State and made a life of it there.
How much do you pay attention to the national decisions
(05:07):
that are being made and what their impact could be
on the state of Florida, Because we've seen Governor Ron
DeSantis talk quite a lot about the fact that many
people in New York might decide to relocate to Florida
with the higher taxes coming. Buck is one of them
that's already done it. The President obviously did it. You
did it long before you had any money, probably to
(05:27):
speak of. What would be your message to people listening
to us in New York right now that might be thinking, Hey,
if Mamdannie's going to be coming in, maybe New York's
not for me.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Well, the number one thing is if Mandane becomes the
mayor and you feel you got to come to Florida,
remember why you came here. Our state. We are a
low tax state. We don't have an income tax. Law
and order is the baseline principle of our state and
that's not changing. And so as long as you come
here understanding why you left New York and what Florida
(05:57):
is about, then yeah, we're all Florida. I think when
it brought up level, Yeah, I do pay attention to
what's happening nationally. Obviously my job as a congressman right
now requires it. But the biggest thing we want to
do is make sure that Florida remains the number one
state in the country. And we want we want, we
want to really see happen. Is that policies that are
passing Florida that have become really the bedrock of what's
(06:20):
made Florida great that other states look at that and say,
you know what, we got to follow Florida's lead, because
if you're looking at New York, Illinois, and California, they're
dumpster fires. I mean, they're awful and their people are
leaving in droves. It's time for other states, with Florida
in the lead, to adopt sound public policy that really
puts people first, allows people to chase the American dream,
(06:43):
or whether that's Florida or some other state.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
If Mam Donnie wins and he's New York City mayor,
we know AOC is still going to be in Congress,
does Mam Donnie become a national face of the Democrat Party?
Speaker 1 (06:55):
In your mind?
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Is he impactful in next year's mid term election? Buck
and Eye been debating that. To what extent do you
think he is resonant then or relevant if he is
the mayor of New York City?
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Yeah, I do. I think he's gonna be one of
the national faces of that party. I mean, look, they're
really struggling to find out who's in charge anyway, you know,
everybody's trying to jockey for position. I think that he's
gonna you know, obviously, his face and his name and
what he says is going to carry a lot of
weight in the Democrat Party because he's the mayor of
New York. But look, I think from a political standpoint,
(07:28):
I think he's terrible for the for the country. He's
awful for New York, and I think it's bad for
Democrats because the public policy that that these Marxists are
in the radical left wing side of their party led
by AOC and Mamdannie and Bernie Sanders, that stuff is destructive.
I think the policy sets are destructive. I don't know
if somebody's a registered Democrat or registered Republican, that's one thing.
(07:51):
But to be an out and out Marxist and really
subscribing the policies that have never worked anywhere in the
history of the planet, that's terrible for New York City.
I think as a country, it's going to be something
that everybody's going to be looking at and we have
to learn that we cannot let these policies continue to flourish.
And I mean some places like a Los Angeles, like
(08:11):
a Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle. Their people are going to
start demanding I hope that they reverse course on these
terrible policies that do not work for people.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Eve any sense. I know you're still in a primaries
very early on, But what kind of a Democrat do
you think the Florida Democrats are going to run against you?
Given how much this state has gotten more red under DeSantis' tenure.
Are they going to try the head fake moderate or
somebody you think that's going to be a little more
on the Yeah, I'm a Democrat. Let's turn Florida into
(08:44):
California and see what happens. But what's your expectation or
do you just not even have any expectation because it's
too early to know.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
I don't really care. I mean to be honest with you,
Governor DeSantis. During his leadership, he's really put the Florida
Democrat Party on life support. They're in a bad shape
over there, and they know they're in bad shape over there.
I don't really care. We're focused on number one, seeing
the people of Florida. Number two, making sure that the
policy idea is that we're going to bring to build
(09:12):
on top of the great success of Ron DeSantis and
what's happened in Florida, that our state continues to flourish,
and that we prepare Florida for the next generation of growth.
That's what we're focused on. Whatever the Democrats whoever they
choose to throw at us and so be it, well
we'll take care of them too.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
Can you also be one word? Just can you just
make fun of the balls or just say something to
antagonize play on sports place for me, because I would
do it, but I don't know enough.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
No, I'm not going to do it. They actually look okay,
they look better than them, so I gotta be quiet.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
He's definitely look at how look at how diplomatic he is.
Speaker 3 (09:48):
Clay No, I was. I was beat me to it.
I was just gonna say, what's up with your seminoles.
I went and watched them beat Alabama, and then I
went and watched them get smoked by Miami and y'all
lost four games.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
In a row.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
I remember a couple of years ago you came on
and made the case for why you belong in the playoff.
I don't even know that you belong in the top
half of the ACC right now.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
What's up?
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Oh my gosh, here we go. By the way, if
you want to go back two years ago, yeah, we
should have been in that playoff. I'm not going to
bring it up again, but that was two years ago.
Last year was a bad season. Started off great, last
fourth not been good. The only thing I would say
about the team is that games have been close. But
you know, coach Norvel, he's got a lot of pressure
on him. He's got to turn this thing around. That's
(10:31):
just the way it is.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
Really the UF is gonna do. By the way, you
got an open job at UF two. I'm sure you
saw this. The governor basically fired the governor of Louisiana
well after they got whipped by Texas A and M.
This is I don't know if Buck even saw this.
Jeff Landry, we need to get him back on. Jeff
Landry was like, this is ridiculous. Like Brian Kelly's out,
you know, I don't know if you saw this. Byron,
he tried to show up. Brian Kelly did, and his
(10:54):
fingerprint didn't work to let him in the building. That's
not a good side, all right. So the governor just said,
this is a mess. Florida. I know you're a Florida
State fan. But the University of Florida's got an opening
and that's going to be a huge hire too. But
I saw the governor of louisianaway then I was like, Byron,
he's a huge college football fan.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
You got a bunch of big programs there.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
No, we do. I mean, look, there's a lot of
names that are out there. You have to note a
damn coach. He's been He's been very good. He's been
pretty good, very successful. I heard the rumors about Nick Saban.
Is he coming out of retirement. I'm not sure, you know,
I don't know if Nick likes the NIL. I think
that's probably a deal killer.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
I think that's true.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
I don't think he likes it, but we'll see.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
What do you think about Lane Kiffin? How do you
think Lane?
Speaker 2 (11:38):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (11:38):
How do you think Lane would do at UF if
he came?
Speaker 2 (11:41):
Well, look, speaking as speaking as somebody's who's trying to
run for governor, I think Lane would be a very
good choice for the Florida Gators. Speaking of the Florida
State seminole, No, they can do better than him.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
Byron, we appreciate you.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
What should people know who are out there listening all
over Florida as many people do. If they want to
support your campaign, where should they go?
Speaker 2 (12:03):
Just go to Byron Donalds dot com. I'm really excited
for everybody's support so far. But it's all about the
future of our state. We're going to take Florida to
a whole nother level.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
Amen. I love to hear it. Honestly, you got two
guys that own property in Florida, one who yeah, lives
your year round. We got to just keep Florida awesome, Byron,
so I know that's your goal and that's what you're
going to do as well. So God bless it. Thanks
for making the time for us today.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
Thanks guys, appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (12:29):
Look, I want to tell Buck, I've got some picks
coming tomorrow. I think I've already actually given out the picks.
Hold on, let me give you the picks. We've been
on fire. We've been doing really well with price picks,
and you just heard Byron Donald's there, Buck. I think
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so comfortably. Remember it wasn't even very long ago. I
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do think it's worth mentioning. Remember twenty eighteen when Ron
DeSantis won Florida by fifty thousand votes. I think it
was how far How way does that seem if you
want to question how much a state can change in
the space of eight years. Basically, we're going to go
from Florida as the ultimate toss up state to it's
not even remotely close anymore. And it's really pretty incredible
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to see how well that they have been able to
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He's listening on ninety eight point three fire Away Art. Well,
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at least we know now that you don't want Clay
at a foxhole with you because if things get bad,
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hanging out in the wind way to go, buddy.
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I just I mean, look, if you're about to get overrun,
sometimes you treat is the better option of valor.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
Right.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
You can't just get overrun and end up a prisoner.
Sometimes you got to retreat.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
Look, if you're if you're out for a swim in
the ocean with Clay and you see a shark, just
know that he's gonna start swimming before he even shouts
out shark. No worries, you know, it's it's every man
for himself, right, Clay, No big deal, no big look.
I mean, you don't have to be the fastest swimmer.
You just have to be faster than the one the
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Hey, guys, Rob from West Palm love your show. And
as a guy that loves the First Amendment and boobs
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Speaker 1 (16:03):
I think I said it today to be fair, I
think it was on me. I think the fabulous meter
I hit it a couple of times today. I do
it in part to control those of you who get
mad at Clay for saying it a lot, but I
have to take the heat on this one.
Speaker 3 (16:16):
I think I might have said it. I think that's right.
But it's also a great word to use. And we're happy.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
Podcast listener, Scott AA, what we got here, Clay?
Speaker 6 (16:27):
Just like the mayor race in New York, you have
no idea what you're talking about. Gas stations are making
a killing on gas. If not, explain how one station
can be fifty cents a gallon lower than another station
five miles.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
Away, real estate prices and also the price at which
they had to purchase their gas. I mean, this is
one that I'll go to the mat on business for
gas stations. Gas station owners, you can flood us. The
gas is not what they make the money on. I
understand you want to be angry at somebody. By the way,
you shouldn't be angry because gas prices are at four
years lows four year lows thanks to President Trump. But
(17:06):
they are often a loss leader and they bring people
in to make money inside of the storem My favorite
gas station in America is BUCkies. Buckets charges almost nothing
for gas because that.
Speaker 1 (17:17):
You are going to come in AI AI to way
in on this one. Clay net profit per gallon on
average in America is three to seven cents a gallon
for gas stations. There you go, so they do not
make their money. You can't make a living on that
to run the business. And it is true that if
you drive around, oftentimes the price of gas is most
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I talked about this in the first hour. I think
I mentioned in the second hour, darnet Clay. It's the
(19:07):
third hour and I'm kicking off the segment and I
want to do this one, all right, So we're gonna
dive into this one. This is a great moment on
television because it involves Katie Miller, wife of Stephen Miller,
and this Trump White House, fantastic architect of so many
Trump particularly immigration policies, but Katie Miller who's launched a podcast,
(19:28):
and we should have her back on. We had her
on already talk about it, but we'll have her back
on if he wants to come hang out with us.
And Jake Tapper scurrying away from the conversation as quickly
as possible. This is about Karine Jean Pierre's abject disaster
of a book tour that she's going on because her
thing is she's an independent now. I'm going to try
(19:50):
to give a very quick version of her argument, Clay,
because no one knows what it really is. She's an
independent now, but the Democrat Party betrayed Biden, but she
didn't see anything wrong with Biden. But maybe Biden was
too old, but they didn't have to keep him in
the spot, but they weren't nice to him. I mean,
it's I know that that was confusing because she's very
(20:11):
confused about that. And then also add on, Kamala wasn't
the best candidate, but she wasn't surprised by how it
went for Kamala because she was a black woman, and
unless you're a black woman, you can't even understand how
difficult it is to be a black woman in America today.
Over and over again in response to some of these
(20:33):
questions too. And so uh Katie Miller decided she had
had enough of this. She was with CNN's Jake Tapper
last night and I just want you to listen to this.
This is this is just saying it, just letting it,
letting it be said on the airplay eight.
Speaker 7 (20:47):
She is just another evidence that DEI doesn't work. Whether
that's in the White House in your press secretary role,
or whether that's a you know, an air traffic controller
and air pilot, whether that's your doctor. You know, you don't.
You want to hire the best for the not just
based on skin color.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
Shake.
Speaker 7 (21:02):
Why did she get the job over John Kirby?
Speaker 1 (21:04):
She had the job long before John Kirby.
Speaker 8 (21:06):
I will just say she used to be a commentator
on CNN. Then she was one on MSNBC, and she
was good at that. Like I mean, I'm without getting
into the job I thought she did as Press secretary.
It didn't seem crazy to me because she was eloquence
as a commentator.
Speaker 7 (21:21):
Why she trained every four sentences to say she is
a black, queer LGBTQ woman, because that's how she's been
promoted her entire career.
Speaker 8 (21:28):
Anyway, Katie Miller and Karen Finney, thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (21:32):
Can I just cut it? That is exactly I mean.
She's just saying the thing that we all know, which
is that this woman built a career on being a
black lesbian and that is the primary thing that she
says in every interview, and that now she's independent. She says,
she's not even a Democrat anymore. That has been her
(21:54):
calling card in the media and in politics, and maybe
she actually wasn't the best person for the job. This
is what Katie Miller is saying. And it's funny to
watch Jake Tapper like, Okay, let's just let's get out
of here.
Speaker 3 (22:07):
Here's what I would say. And once you think about it,
you will not be able to not see it. I've said,
I've said on the show before.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
I think.
Speaker 3 (22:16):
For the Democrat Party, your race and your sexuality, your
identity is sword and shield. But go back in time
and pretend that instead of saying as a black gay
woman or as a you know, trans Hispanic person, like
they all give that to you as a prelude.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
It is the modern day royalty.
Speaker 3 (22:39):
Think about it, Buck, you know, back in the day
when they used to talk about the divine right of kings.
When the king decreed something, he would begin his decree
by saying, as the eighth royal Viscount of the Sheriff
of notting we say viscount.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
I don't think we pronounced the s do we?
Speaker 2 (22:57):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (22:57):
I don't know. I've never actually heard anybody pronounce it.
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (23:00):
Maybe all of the royalty. All of the royalty is
the precedence to the action as a divine right of king.
As your noble background, you use your identity to justify
your opinion.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
That's all that Democrats do.
Speaker 3 (23:16):
Now they start off their opinion as karreem Jean Pierre
is just one of the worst versions of it by saying,
as a black gay woman, I believe, why do I
care about your race or your sex?
Speaker 1 (23:28):
This is reminding me just kid you guys. If people
one of the questions we get a lot, we got up.
We were in a whoo and thank you all in
woo Land Fort in Indiana, and we were out there recently.
But one of the questions we get a lot is
you know, show prep And I always say show prep
is all the time. We're constantly sending our team and
Clay and I are texting each other ideas and thoughts
and everything, and one thing I said to you guys,
I just thought this is amazing. So Josh Barrow is
(23:49):
a journalist. Uh and and he's he's a Democrat, but
he's like one of these guys. He's a little bit
in the who's the guy who's very solid on the
First Amendment wrong a lot of other things. But you know,
I'm talking about Greenwald. He's a little bit like a
green Yeah, we'll actually call balls and strikes on certain
(24:10):
things in the world. That actually did Bill marshow with
Josh Barrow one. So he's a high iq reasonable guy.
You can reason with him, right. And he shared this
and it's the twenty twenty twelve Democrat Party. I'm not
gonna read the whole thing versus the Democrat Party platform. Sorry,
the Democrat Party platform in twenty twelve, versus Clay in
twenty twenty four, twenty twelve. Today, our economy is growing.
(24:33):
Al Kaida is weaker than any point since nine to eleven.
A manufacturing sector is growing. We need to come together
continue what we started, reclaim the basic bargain for the
largest middle class on Earth. YadA YadA YadA. You know,
America is great. We have principles like actually pretty You
can argue with whether that's what the Democrat Party really
stood for that or whatever, but at least you know
(24:53):
they're going through the Democrat Party twenty twenty four platform.
The DNC wishes to acknowledge that we get together to
state our values on lands that have been stewarded through
centuries by the ancestors and descendants of tribal nations who
have been here since time in memorial. Like, we're not
imagining that these people have gone nuts. Okay, they have
(25:14):
gone nuts. This is a real thing, and they no
longer can make coherent arguments. They live in a fantasy land.
I think this is another big story Bill Gates. Bill
Gates is kind of like, well, you know, actually, we
don't think the climate change is an existential threat anymore.
You don't say, mister globalist, extraordinary or climate change is
(25:37):
gonna kill everybody, start eating bugs, doesn't matter if it
gives you man boobs. He is now saying climate change
is not an existential threat. Kind of like you and
me and everybody listening right now was right about this
the whole time. Clay, these people are insane.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
Yeah, when you talked about the land acknowledgment, it reminded
me of the study that came out. Mentions of men
in the twenty twelve versus twenty twenty four Democrat primary.
Democrat platform fell by sixty three percent, fathers fell by
one hundred percent, and responsibility fell by eighty three percent. Meanwhile,
(26:15):
the references to LGBTQ rights increased one thousand and forty
four percent. So they have written out men, they have
written out fathers from the Democrat platform, and they have
ten times the reference to gay people and trans rites.
(26:35):
And so you're not making it up. I mean, the
difference in just twelve years between the actual platform of
Barack Obama twenty twelve and Kamala Harris twenty twenty four
is it's not even in the same ballpark. It's frankly,
a completely different party.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
And also, we're in an era now where you're allowed
to say things without real fear of cancellation, and you're
just allowed to say things that are manifestly and obviously true.
And to bring it back to the Korean Jean Pierre
situation for a minute, here is somebody who we are
told is important because she is black and LGBTQ and
(27:14):
has the following job, and that those were important qualifications
for that job. But you better not say that in
any way she was helped in getting that job because
she is black in lgbt Q. That is an impossible
proposition to square. That makes no sense. This has been
(27:34):
true by the way of all affirmative action plans. This
has been true of all these different racial set asides
and racial entitlement things in America that we've all had
to suffer through for decades, being lied to and told
you have to celebrate this and you can't talk about
it at the same time, or this is why we're
doing it, and you're not allowed to say it out loud.
I know a guy at a law firm almost lost
(27:56):
his job because he said at a diversity hiring event, well,
it's great, we're getting so much diversity going here. Someone
didn't like the way he said it, and he almost
got fired from his job. Now, this is many years ago,
but things like you can't say I like diversity of
the diversity hiring event, Clay, if you're a white guy,
people might think you said it kind of funny. Well,
that was the America that we were living in pre Trump.
Speaker 3 (28:18):
I think we still are because it's the foundation of
the Democrat Party and it's sword and shield. To me,
that's an easy way to distill it because they're allowed
to wield it as a sword to attack you. She
can say I'm black and gay all the time, but
as soon as you say any reference to her being
black and gay, the shield comes up, and that is
(28:38):
not able to be referenced by you. And so you
could both attack and defend based on it, but you
were not allowed to be attacked or in any way
referenced it by others.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
A perfect example of this is Supreme Court Justice Ktanji
Brown Jackson, who we were told by Joe Biden, I'm
definitely hiring. I mean we've talked about this many times
on the show. So definitely hiring and not hiring appointing
a black woman on the Supreme Court. So that cuts down.
That's ninety seven percent of people in America, or not
(29:10):
ninety seven. It's maybe a little less to that, but.
Speaker 3 (29:12):
No, no, it's about ninety seven percent of lawyers. Because only
about three percent of lawyers we got women, thank you,
So it is not so ninety seven percent of people
are out of the pool of possibles right away.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
That's scus in a pretty significant fashion. What you're going
to be looking at in terms of actual legal qualifications,
cognitive abilities, wisdom, career, all that stuff, right, And yet
they'll say we have to give it to a person
with these qualifications, but you're not allowed to say that
those qualifications were necessary for the job. That is cognitive
(29:44):
dissonance that we do not have to live through or
should not have to live through anymore. Yeah, you're right.
The Democrats still are on this play, but the culture
has shifted. You can say these things now. I mean,
listen to what Katie Miller said on CNN. I mean
she was just laying it out there. One more thing
while we have this This is of like the grab bag.
I'm doing a whole bunch of things. The ones where
is the uh uh? It's not going so well for
(30:06):
Kamala Cut which one. Oh, here we go CNN's Abby
Phillip talking to the breakfast club with mister the God
and the rest of the crew. There here it cut five.
Listen to this one.
Speaker 9 (30:18):
What does she do this summer run? Is shes she
even run again? You know I've been talking to a
lot of people about that, because, as you know, this
book was very controversial, and it was even more controversial
than you think in private. In private, I think there's
a lot of controversy around it because I think that
there are a lot of bridges that are burned here,
(30:39):
whether she wanted to or not, and I think it
will be very difficult for her to mend those fences
that she'll need in order to run if she just
decided to run again. I think this book read kind
of like somebody who was kind of done with it,
so I will be interested to see if she decides
(31:00):
to do it reads.
Speaker 1 (31:04):
As a comologist, I can tell you it does read
like someone who is bitter and possibly done with it. Clay,
even though you would think it would be rehabilitate the
image so that there can be around two run for
Kamala Harris in twenty twenty eight.
Speaker 3 (31:19):
Yeah, I think she's gonna run because I did not,
thankfully have to read this book. But there is nothing
else for which she is going to spend time. She
just turned sixty. She is not a mom. I know
she's a stepmom. It's different than being a mom. She's
not a grandma. I don't think she particularly likes her husband, Doug.
(31:40):
I don't think she wants to kick her feet up
and just be a professor. You know, a president of
a university. Better watch would you say there? A Doug
might give you a little chin music there, Clay. You know, look,
Doug's been known to slap around women. I don't think
he's been known to slap around men very much. So
I like my chances with Doug. Let me tell you
we'll come back and play a couple more of your cuts.
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Welcome back in Clay Travis buck Sexton Show.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
We got a bunch of different talkbacks.
Speaker 3 (33:24):
Also our friend Ryan Gardusky, who's gonna be on later
this week. Remember it was about a year ago that
he was let go for making a beeper joke on CNN.
Speaker 1 (33:34):
Let's play that you don't want to be cooled. Nazis
stop table and people are there no by me? I
never cause you answer. I mean, I'm not saying her
saying I'm some one of the Popestinians. I'm used to it. Yeah, well,
I'm hoping your beeper doesn't go off.
Speaker 5 (33:50):
Oo.
Speaker 3 (33:52):
I still think that's a I still think that's a
funny line, and it's think that's.
Speaker 1 (33:56):
Fair I think that's fair game. I think that's fair game.
But I think it was a funny line. And the
fact that Ryan got banned from CNN and then picked
up and actually like paid a decent wage to do
a podcast on the clan Buck podcast network right afterwards,
because we take care of our people. But you know,
Ryan Gardusky, him and you both banned from CNN.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
That's correct, still banned. Let's play some of these talked
about by the way, we should mention. The FED, as
was expected to be the case, has cut rates by
a quarter point. They are not sure what they're going
to do before the end of the year, whether they
might cut again. Just FYI news wise. Lloyd from Wisconsin, Hh.
Speaker 1 (34:37):
Hey Clay, but Lloyd from Wisconsin.
Speaker 6 (34:42):
Love your show, but could you please explain how you
throw half a touchdown?
Speaker 1 (34:46):
Either do you or don't? If you say now, you
need to explain it, Lloyd.
Speaker 3 (34:52):
You have recognized why they set the line at a half,
because it's more or less If you don't throw a
touchdown pas, you throw less than a half. If you
do throw a touchdown pass, you throw more. So oftentimes
in sports they will set the line on a half
so they guarantee that one or the other is the
side that's going to be the outcome.
Speaker 1 (35:14):
So I don't know.
Speaker 3 (35:15):
Some people sometimes get confused by that. So Boyd called
in and asked, that's the answer. A wade from Raleigh,
Durham place where we're often number one. We love everybody
listening in North Carolina one oh six point one FM
talk radio. He is responding, I can't believe of all
the things that I say that they got upset. One
of a couple of listeners did because I said, people
(35:35):
don't make a lot of money on the gas.
Speaker 1 (35:36):
Boyd has owned a gas stations. Listen this is way
listen to you.
Speaker 10 (35:39):
On one of six to one FM out of Raleigh.
I just heard the guy talking about fifty cents a
gallon spread on gas. I owned a gas station for
eight years. There is very little, if any profiting gas.
Most of the time I was lucky if I could
make three or four cents a gallon, sometimes maybe five
or six. Sometimes maybe lost.
Speaker 1 (35:59):
Two or three.
Speaker 10 (36:00):
Since a gallon. You got to keep your price competitive.
Speaker 3 (36:04):
One more, this is upset with our pronunciation. Police out there,
Doug in Brunswick, Georgia, listen.
Speaker 1 (36:12):
Please start mass occurring in the French language. It's a
French word. It's vicomte. Say it with me, vicomte, You're welcome. Well,
that's not the Americanized way to say it, buddy, And
we got to speak American around here, so we do
have to speak American.
Speaker 3 (36:28):
For instance, in Lexington, Kentucky, there is a great town
called Verseells. It is pronounced Verseells, even though it is
spelled as the French palace Versailles would be. So is
viscount or I don't know how you pronounced it. By
the way, the American version is viscount. Just to be clear,
it is viscount. It is not viscount.
Speaker 1 (36:49):
So Buck nailed it, always, bet On Buck. Who is
this fellow telling me to say it with the French?
To Snoodie? Were you wearing a beret? You wear a
red beret over there, buddy,
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