September 30, 2024 • 36 mins
Caller on the hurricane’s impact on the trucking industry headlines an hour where listeners phone to ask where the Biden-Harris Administration is when they need help. Combined with the looming strike at ports, Helene could have disastrous impacts for shipping up and down the East Coast. Clay’s football stadium interview with Trump, and the former president asking if Biden is napping while North Carolina drowns. Senator Blackburn, who toured storm regions with TN governor, tells Clay and Buck her heart breaks for everyone impacted by the hurricane and gives insights into what the federal government should be doing if Biden can be roused – and what she already helped get in place from FEMA this weekend. Buck’s father-in-law’s walkie-talkie that has been used during the hurricane and its aftermath.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome back in Clay Travis buck Sexton Show.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
We are rolling through.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
We're taking your calls from affected region Hurricane Helene. We've
been talking about it quite a lot. At two thirty
so in about a half hour from now, we'll be
talking with Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Tennessee East Tennessee
in particular, very impacted Western North Carolina, Northern Georgia, Southern Virginia,
Northern South Carolina, the Appalachian Region, many different communities dealing
(00:29):
with an incredibly difficult time since the storm rolled through
on Thursday Friday, very limited federal support. So we are
going to be talking about all this. As we went
to break by the way, we were talking with the
trucker I forty is shut down, and he was telling
(00:52):
us that they I remember this, they had a rock
slide that shut down I forty for many months. And
what I remember then, and I want to hear from him,
is that the route you had to go was just
I mean, it's so difficult to travel in these mountainous areas.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
But big trucks.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
It took forever to try to get around the part
of I forty that was shut down with the potential
strike happening on the East coast with the dock workers.
With now interstates impacted again one on top of the other,
it seems like a bad situation.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
But sir, you're on the road right now.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
I think, Mike the truck driver, you're telling us what
you are seeing on I forty. What is the impact
so far as you can tell, not to mention on
people just trying to travel, but on the trucking industry
in particular when it comes to moving goods.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Well, I'm not seeing a whole lot right now. I
mean I came, I came across through Atlanta yesterday and
through headed toward Augusta, ended in the South Carolina, and
there were a lot of trees down. I mean there
were thousands, literally thousands of trees down. It was slowing
traffic down because of some debris. People of you know,
(02:04):
people you know sight seeing put it that way. But
I just wanted to remind you also I twenty six.
That road basically runs from eighty one just north of
Asheville down through Ashville or whatever and stuff, Hendersonville and
(02:26):
then actually it ends in Charleston, South Carolina. But that
road is impacted also. I think they got that one
shut down too, So we.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Got two major interstates that impact transit massively. In addition
to the storms that have hit and the potential of
an East Coast strike with the dock workers, this has
the potential to be pretty bad.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
I would imagine you would think that rock slide.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
Basically the way we got around it back then over
here and stuff is we just took twenty six up
to eighty one, just a little bit south of Bristol
and then come down eighty one is what we did
toward Knoxville. But eighty one twenty six wasn't impacted by
that slide. Twenty six is impacted by this one. So
if you're running forty, basically, say you pick up in Greensboro,
(03:16):
North Carolina, or a rally, you're gonna basically you're gonna
take it over to Winston Salem, get on US Highway
fifty two, take that up toward Mount Airy, and then
get on I seventy seven north and then take that
up to eighty one and then come south down eighty
one through Bristol down to Knoxville. That's the way that's
gonna be the most direct draft to get around it.
Gonna add a bunch of miles on and stuff like that,
(03:37):
but they got those roads closed through the mountains right now,
you can't get through there.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Thank you for the call and thank you for the update. Buck.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Over the weekend I mentioned this. I was at the
Georgia Alabama game. Incredibly positive response for Donald Trump. As
he came into the Georgia Alabama game. I did an
interview with him in a suite overlooking the field. He
had a bunch to say. He wanted to tell all
of you that he can't wait to talk to you again.
We're going to be with him at mar A Lago
(04:07):
on this show. He wanted me to say that he
loves the show, loves Buck and then he looks forward
to hanging out with all of us, and he appreciates
how many positive things he hears when he comes on
the show. So we had that conversation off air, but
I wanted to play a couple that cuts his responses,
in particular with the news that came out last week
(04:28):
about thirteen thousand murderers who've entered the country, convicted murderers,
sixteen thousand rapists, over four hundred thousand convicted criminals. I
asked him about that the border met that Kamala has
created alongside of Biden cut too over four hundred thousand criminals,
thirteen thousand murderers, fifteen thousand rapists. You know who hasn't
(04:50):
covered it? New York Times, CBS, Washington Post. All the
people who criticized you were even you stunned by how
big those numbers were.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
Well, I knew they were big, but no, but he
thought they could be four hundred and thirty five thousand criminals,
thirteen ninety nine murderers, and nobody's ever had anything. And
they're released into our country. Nobody knows who they are.
They weren't checked, they were invented. You would have done that,
but they they aren't vented or checked or anything else.
And it's so sad to see. And you know what,
(05:19):
this is a disqualifier for her. It's just a disqualifier
for Harris. You know when you say Harris, nobody knows
who she is. It's so but this is a total
disqualifier for a Kamala.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Okay, that's a big deal. Buck.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
We also have a couple of other things here that
I thought were significant.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Tim walls.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
They're really fighting, and this is one reason Trump wanted
to talk to football fans at a football game. A
lot of you out there football fans and Democrats are
trying to peel away football fans by arguing, Oh, Tim Walls,
he's taken back football. He went to the Minnesota Michigan
game and I asked Trump, Hey, what do you think
of democrats are arguing that football fans now are Democrats?
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Tuesday, JD.
Speaker 5 (06:05):
Van's going to take on Tim Walls and the vice
presidential debate.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
I don't know if you saw it, but Tim Wall.
Speaker 5 (06:11):
Said Democrats have taken back football from Republicans this stadium.
I saw him put you on the Jumpbotron. I would
dispute that pretty aggressively. How do you think JD's gonna do?
And what do you think about the argument from Tim
Walls that Democrats are the ones who are football fans?
Speaker 4 (06:29):
Well, first of all, I don't know if you saw it,
but he was at Michigan today. He got booed out
of the stadium, and if you saw the hand that
we got, it was a little bit different. Wouldn't you say,
Now he's this guy that was a big mistake. I
think it was a big mistake. Don We'll see what
happens on November fifth. I think it's going to be
the most important day in the history of our country.
That's going to be the biggest election we've ever had,
(06:50):
because our country's going bad. They have you know, I
used to say, they are destroyed. They've destroyed our country,
and we're going to bring it back.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Okay, So if you can watch that, that'll be up
at clayanbuck dot com. Talk to him for a few
minutes here Buck Trump was great. He's talking to football fans.
I also want to reiterate, as so many people in
so many different parts of the country are dealing with
this storm, So why voting early can make sense?
Speaker 6 (07:19):
Right.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
You just don't know what's going to happen in your life.
You could have a sick kid, you could have a
bad storm, your power could get knocked out. There are
so many uncertainties between now in November fifth, that tomorrow,
starting in October, many of you are going to have
the ability to vote. We keep saying it on this program.
I understand certainly how many of you love to go
(07:42):
vote on election day. It feels particularly American, But there's
so much chaos that could happen between now and then.
I feel like getting out and getting your vote done
early makes an awful lot of sense, and so we're
just going to keep hammering this.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Clay.
Speaker 7 (08:00):
I think that we're at the point where the narratives
are playing for everyone to see of what you get
for both sides here and what the advantages are of
four more years of Biden.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
You know, I don't think we have this, but.
Speaker 7 (08:17):
CNBC, I think it was Gina Raymondo went on CNBC,
you know, from the Biden administration, and one of their guys,
who's a markets guy, was just like, look the Trump
you guys talked this crazy stuff about how terrible Trump
will be for the economy. Trump was president and the
economy was great. Yeah, and your whole thing about oh
but what about the high en employment In twenty twenty,
there was a global pandemic. Libs completely lost their minds,
(08:40):
freaked out, and you know, they basically acted like you
were murdering Grandma if you left your house for six months.
And to act like that is in some way indicative
of what the Trump economy is is insane. I mean,
it's effectively a natural disaster, one magnified by the emotional
instability of the Democrats. On an exponential scale. But this,
(09:02):
this whole idea that we don't know. Oh, no, Trump,
what happens?
Speaker 6 (09:05):
You know?
Speaker 7 (09:05):
The New York Times just did its endorsement of Kamala
Harris and Trump is the least fit president you know ever.
And you sit here, you say, I don't know. I
mean it's really good. No wars, no new wars, great economy.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
We know.
Speaker 7 (09:17):
Yeah, the border wasn't perfect, but when we figured out
what they were doing to scam the border, Trump fixed it.
And that's what we want.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
We want somebody who win.
Speaker 7 (09:24):
There's a problem, they step up and they make the
problem either go away or at least make it much
less of a problem.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
Kamala Harris, Joe By.
Speaker 7 (09:32):
I mean it's funny too. Who's really even been in
charge the last four years? They can't tell you. Certainly
Kamala Harris doesn't want to think that it's her because
it's been so bad. And you say, why is it bad? Okay?
Ten million migrants coming into the country, who include what
is it like, fifteen thousand murderers. Yes, that's as far
(09:52):
as I'm concerned.
Speaker 2 (09:54):
That's it.
Speaker 7 (09:55):
I don't need I need nothing else. I need no
other data. I know, you brought this up to Trump,
to ren that is the absolute destructive avalanche of idiocy
on the policy side to allow this to happen. And
then you add into this you go, okay, well, you know,
inflation's super high. You know who's being hurt by inflation
(10:18):
people that are the most dependent on wages and have
the least financial room to handle an economic shock. That
they talk about the middle class. They've been brutalizing the
middle class because they're socialists. Ultimately, that's what the Democrats
really are at their core, and they want to just
spend more and more money and take more money from
those who are productive and distribute more money to their
buddies and their political constituencies. They want to turn us
(10:41):
into Canada. And even Canada is realizing, oh god, we've
got a problem with this stuff. And you say, why
do we want more of that? Exactly? You know, Roe
v Waite has gone Okay, So Democrat states have abortion
all nine months of a pregnancy or close to it.
Republican states have some restrictions. You know, if you hate
it so much being in a red state, moved to
a blue state, if that's the most important thing to you,
(11:01):
But don't tear down the whole country because you're an
abortion lunatic. I mean, you really break this down into
its core elements. What are we even talking about here,
Kamala Harris, this isn't She's an unseerious person promoted by
unseerious individuals all across the media and the Democrat Party.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
Let me play this for you, Buck, because we're talking
about the disaster in so many different states. Biden is
back in the White House after being away for his
beach vacation, hanging out, chilling on the beach as so
many people in so many different parts of the Appalachian
region struggled to get back on their feet and survive,
and unfortunately a lot of them did not survive an
(11:39):
awful flood. He was asked why both he and Kamala
Harris were not on the scene managing everything.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
Here's what he had to say, And the hurricane is President.
Speaker 5 (11:51):
And Vice President Harris Sharon Washington commanding this this week.
Speaker 6 (11:56):
I was commissioned.
Speaker 4 (11:56):
I was on the finel for at least two hours yesterday,
the day I commend it called telephone, and all my security.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
It's called a telephone.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Biden getting snappy with his uh with the question, but Buck,
I mean he's on multiple I was on the beach
all day chilling. I just I mean, the beach look
is not a good one. He's quiet, quitting. In many ways,
this is embarrassing. Again, I think the who's the commander
in chief?
Speaker 7 (12:27):
Can you imagine any job you've ever had? Okay, and
you've had a bunch of jobs. I've had a bunch
of jobs. If you're like, whoa, whoa, oh, you think
the company? You think there's a five larm fire. I
put in two hours of real serious work yesterday. I mean, like,
can you imagine making more argument? Excuse me, yesterday I
put it in a twenty four hour day, two hours
(12:49):
of really focusing on the issue. My little brother was,
you know, as an investment banker, Clay, Like, eighteen hours
is just called a Tuesday. I mean two hours for
the president. I know, you got to be kidding me.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
I know, and especially when all this chaos is going
on to just say I was on the phone for
two hours. It is kind of embarrassing that we're in
this situation at all, that our quote unquote commander in
chief is unable to fulfill the most basic aspects of
his job. And again I don't want to be alarmist,
but I'm concerned if this strike happens tomorrow on the
(13:22):
East Coast, that we're going to be dealing with major
supply chain crises at the same time that we've got,
as we just heard from one of our one of
our truck drivers out there two different major interstate corridors
that are basically shut down because of this storm. I mean,
we're layering one major problem on top of another, and
(13:43):
that often exacerbates both. And do you feel comfortable that
Transportation Secretary Pete Buddhaje Edge is going to be on
top of this? Do you feel like Kamala is up
to the challenge. We know Biden's not. I just think
this is going to be problem. This is Biden and
Kamalis Katrine, but with potentially layering on an East coast
(14:05):
port stoppage as well, it's not good, not good at all.
Speaker 7 (14:10):
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Speaker 7 (15:37):
Welcome back everybody. I mentioned that I've got a family
up in the Aspil area. They've been using rapid radios
and they got really rough roughest part of this storm
up in their area. Captain Flatley, my father in law, Joe,
he called in and wants to tell us what's going
on up there. I want to hear about how the
(15:57):
Captain gladly good to have you on. Tell us about
the you know what you're seeing on the ground relief efforts.
How's it looking up there in the Ashville area, North Carolina.
Speaker 8 (16:07):
Hey, guys have wandered too far away from home here
Megan Jared's house, but did get him a run up
to Low's. And yeah, today yesterday was not the busy
at all on the roads because nothing was open today.
Grocery stores I know it's Target, CBS, and some gas
(16:27):
stations are opening up, long lines out the door and
down the road. For all of that, there was a
water relief station set up. Not seeing a lot of
crews out working. But right here on White Pine Road
there is a highway crew that has clearing and blown
(16:49):
down all the debris, so this road has clear passage,
but yeah, HiT's a mess some areas.
Speaker 7 (16:55):
Or just have you seen anything from the Feds at
all or heard anything about federal assistance yet not at all.
Speaker 8 (17:01):
There is over by Lows and Target there's a setup
several trailers that look like some sort of medical relief
American medical relief or something. Mr. Yeah, that sounds right.
They're stage, but they're not up and running. I didn't
realize that. I commented, well, that's good news. There's not
(17:22):
a lot of people lined up there, and Jared had mentioned, well,
they're not running. Generators aren't hooked up yet. So other
line crews had did see one line crew staging the problem, though,
I think highway clearage clearing the roads seems to be
the priority because you can't get any of these power
lines until they can get to them.
Speaker 7 (17:45):
So all right, well, Joe big Hoggs, thanks for taking
care of the fam up there. Good to talk to you,
and you know, we'll keep in touches as you continue
to try to get things fixed. Clear there, you have it, man,
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Speaker 1 (19:00):
Welcome back in Glay Travis bock Sexton show. Appreciate all
of you hanging out with us.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
We are joined now.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
We've been talking about the awful results of Hurricane Helene
in Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, parts of Virginia.
We're joined now by Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee. She
has toured East Tennessee and seen some of the damage,
and that's where we want to start with you. Senator,
appreciate the time. What did you see? How bad is it?
(19:28):
And is the federal government doing in your mind everything
that it should be to help people.
Speaker 6 (19:35):
Yes, I tell you my heart breaks for all of
these families and Clake. I have never seen devastation like this,
and the Governor and I were out on Saturday surveilling
this damage. And when those floodwaters have come through, its
raging water. It has completely just washed away firehouses, in schools,
(20:03):
and we have the hospital that was flooded. We have
houses that are gone, we have companies that are gone.
And when I say gone, I mean everything is gone.
Fire trucks have gone down the river and it is
a raging water. And I was just talking with one
of the state senators and they were talking about still
(20:25):
trying to find people. There are a lot of people
that have not been located. I was working with a
company owner this morning. They're still missing five people. They
know there are two that are deceased. I was talking
with someone in banking. They can't open the bank, they
(20:46):
don't have electricity to be able to open. Ent your
service stations, filling stations, can't go to the gas pump
unless you're paying cash. This is what people are dealing
with in the aftermath of this disaster. And Governor Lee
got the disaster declaration request into the White House Friday afternoon,
(21:11):
and I worked with him, My team worked, We got
Senator Hagerby and the rest of the congressional delegation, and
simultaneously our letter of support for the request went to
the White House, and by nine point thirty that night,
everything was done and we had FEMA positioning and moving
(21:32):
in to help people there in Upper East Tennessee. And
if any of your listeners know of someone who's needing help,
we have put a resource page on our website at
Blackburn dot Senate dot gov. Forward slash Helene and all
of the information contacting TEMA, FEMA, the request for help,
(21:57):
everything is there.
Speaker 7 (22:00):
What are the most urgent needs right now that FEMA
is going to be trying to address along with all
the state resources center of Blackburn that you laid out.
I assume is it road closure and getting just food
and water to people? I mean, what does the road
map of what efficient relatively speaking, efficient assistance to people
(22:20):
that are in a desperate situation here?
Speaker 2 (22:22):
What does it look like?
Speaker 6 (22:24):
Yes? And part of what it looks like is this
rescue effort and trying to find people. And TBI Tennessee
Bureau of Investigation set up a one eight hundred number.
We got that done Saturday night and it is one
eight hundred TB I find FI in D. TB I
(22:49):
FI in D and people can place the name if
they're looking for someone that is still missing. And then,
as you said, food and water her that is a
very urgent need that people have and getting that food
and water into places. There are some places that are
(23:10):
isolated and the food and water is having to go
in by helicopter. You have other areas where up in
Kock and Unicoy County, Carter County, your restaurants can't open
because they don't have water, they don't have power, and
some of the water plants are shut down. So having
(23:33):
that water is just vital. And I talked with someone
this morning and they were facilitating a big shipment of
water and food that is going to go up into
Cock County.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
This afternoon, we're talking to Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee.
She's been in East Tennessee, one of the many areas
impacted dramatically by Hurricane Helene. Center Blackburn, politics typically shouldn't
apply in a situation like this. People are hurting, They
need help, whether they're Democrats, Republicans, independents. Donald Trump is
on the ground in Georgia. He brought supplies. He says
(24:11):
he wants to go to North Carolina. So far, Joe
Biden and Kamala Harris have to a large extent been absent.
How do you think they are performing as the commander
in chief and the vice president so far?
Speaker 2 (24:23):
Would you like to see more from.
Speaker 6 (24:24):
Them when something like this happens, you're always wanting more help.
The White House it did reach out to me this
morning to make certain that FEMA was there. FEMA came
immediately as soon as that disaster release was signed. And
(24:46):
I will say this this morning, I spoke to our
emergency management dispatchers and your none one one operators. Our
first responders have been phenomenal. When this happened so quickly
on Friday afternoon, it was just it was so fast,
(25:13):
and it's like with the hospital everything the water rose
so quickly they could not get people out of the hospital,
so they had to go to the roof. And then
the water was so swift they could not bring in boats,
so they had to bring in the helicopters to get
them out. So everything happened so quickly. Those first responders
(25:38):
were the ones that jumped in immediately, and then they
were followed in very short order by TEMA and then
by FEMA and the National Guard in Tennessee. General Ross
and the National Guard have done an unbelievable job. And
(25:58):
I do have to give a shout out out to
Governor Youngkin. He was able to send some helicopters in
to help get people off the roof of the hospital
and that was very much appreciated.
Speaker 7 (26:12):
Speaking of Senator Marshall Blackburn of Tennessee, Senator Blackburn, you
know we spent a lot of today on the show
on the relief efforts after the disaster of Hurricane Helen.
Speaker 2 (26:21):
There is still.
Speaker 7 (26:24):
Not just an election underway, but we're coming down here
to the very final stretch. And I believe you were.
Were you with President Trump recently in Michigan on the
campaign trail? I think you've done some travel with them, Go.
Speaker 6 (26:37):
Ahead, Yes, I was Friday. I was with him in
Michigan and he did a rally with the auto work
or not aroully, a town hall with the auto workers.
And it was such a great afternoon being able to
visit with those auto workers, hearing their questions, hearing the
(26:58):
President answer are their questions. It was exciting. It was
about five thousand people and they were pumped up and
ready to go. And I can guarantee you they are
going to be getting their friends out to early vote.
And what was so interesting I had at one point
I asked people in the audience, I said, raise your
(27:20):
hand if you're an auto worker, and it was hundreds
and hundreds of hands that went up. And there were
a lot of UAW members that were in that audience,
and they are voting for Donald Trump.
Speaker 1 (27:36):
You and I, Senator Blackburn are going to be doing
an event next week in Jackson, Tennessee. I've told you
I'm certainly voting for you. I'm voting on October sixteenth,
which I believe is the first day that you can
vote early in the state of Tennessee. You just mentioned
the number of auto workers that you worked with. We're
going to hammer this every day all the way through
(27:56):
the election, but I want people to hear it from you.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
Why is it so important to vote early.
Speaker 6 (28:02):
It is important to vote early because you never know
what is going to happen on election day. Think about
what happened in Nevada in twenty twenty two. People waited
to vote on election day and then they had They
had a blizzard in the north, they had floods in
the south, and a US seat was lost by fewer
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than four votes per precinct. And this is why it
is vitally important for people to make a plan and
vote early and get out there. October sixteenth is when
that vote opens in Tennessee. As you said, and I'm
going to be right there with you. I'm going to
be voting early, and I'm encouraging everyone not only for
(28:47):
themselves but for their friends, go vote early.
Speaker 2 (28:51):
No doubt.
Speaker 1 (28:52):
Senator Marshall Blackburn, one more time for people out there,
I believe you said if they need help, your website
is tell them that website address again as people are
dealing with East Tennessee, in particular with awfulness with the
hurricane Helen.
Speaker 6 (29:07):
Yes, it is Blackburn dot Senate dot gov forward slash Helene.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Thank you so much, Senator. We appreciate it. Let's know
how we can help going forward.
Speaker 6 (29:19):
Will do.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
Thank you a Senator Marsha Blackburn. She is on the
ballot in Tennessee part of what we believe will be
a Republican majority. But people need to get out and
vote early, like I'm gonna do like she's gonna do. Buck,
You and I were together down in South Florida with
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Speaker 2 (29:54):
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Speaker 1 (29:56):
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afraid maybe that person sneaking in the house or sneaking
out the window. Maybe it's your kid, maybe it's your teenager,
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maybe it's your grandkids.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
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Speaker 1 (30:41):
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Speaker 7 (32:14):
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they'll be that.
Speaker 2 (32:24):
We'll discuss that a bit.
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you got a stake.
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Never mind people for making a prediction months and months
ago that JD was gonna which is suit well, he
was not a favorite. You could have made a lot
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tell everybody that, I mean, it was.
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up tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (34:19):
We've got uh, what else is on the horizon?
Speaker 7 (34:21):
Rount Well, obviously we'll following up on the big story
of the hurricane aftermath with Helene. And we've got oh
are we gonna see starlink where we have? We have,
we've got audio.
Speaker 2 (34:34):
Trump is on the ground in uh, Georgia.
Speaker 1 (34:37):
We still have not seen Kamala or Biden frankly doing
much of anything associated with this storm in terms of
physical on the ground presence. Trump brought his own supplies
to Georgia. Andy said he's reached out to Elon Musk
to try to get Starlink turned on for anyone in
these regions that may need to be able to connect
(34:57):
to the internet. Given so much of the paw our
structure is down, satellite internet to phones would seem to
be a big asset.
Speaker 2 (35:04):
Here's Trump talking about that.
Speaker 9 (35:06):
Spoke to Elon. I'm getting him. We want to get
star Link hooked up because they have no communication whatsoever,
and Elon will always come through and we know that,
and so we're working on that getting them hooked up.
They asked me whether or not that would be possible.
We're going to try and get the starlink in there.
As soon as possible because they have no communication and
(35:27):
throughout the region.
Speaker 4 (35:28):
Our hearts are with you and we are going to
be with you as long.
Speaker 9 (35:33):
As you need.
Speaker 1 (35:35):
Okay, Buck Trump on the ground, I have to say
I saw Trump on the ground Saturday. He's raring for
a fight. I mean he is ready. He's in prime form.
Speaker 2 (35:45):
With thirty five days to go, ish, all of you
need to get out and vote.
Speaker 1 (35:50):
You need to fight the battle as hard as you
possibly can, because this guy is unrelenting in his quest
to ensure that Kamala Harris does not win this race.
Speaker 7 (36:00):
The forces of evil put a bullet through Trump's year
and then tried to ambush him again later on, as
we know, two assassination attempts. And we've never seen Trump
more focused more on mission and on task than at
CMC is right now.
Speaker 1 (36:18):
And we're going to be with him before this election ends.
We're going to be down at Mar A Lago for
a day. We're not sure the day exactly, but he
was with us. He wanted me to tell you that
he can't wait to talk to all of you directly
again and that he desperately needs your help to ensure
that Kamala Harris doesn't win. Vote early, find friends and family,
get them out to the polls. As you see and
(36:39):
what just happened in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina,
and Georgia, anything can happen at any point. You don't
know what the weather's going to be on election day.
As soon as you can get your votes banked, let's
make sure Donald Trump wins in thirty six days from now,
Welcome back in Clay Travis buck Sexton Show.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
We are rolling through.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
We're taking your calls from affected region Hurricane Helene. We've
been talking about it quite a lot. At two thirty
so in about a half hour from now, we'll be
talking with Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Tennessee East Tennessee
in particular, very impacted Western North Carolina, Northern Georgia, Southern Virginia,
Northern South Carolina, the Appalachian Region, many different communities dealing
(00:29):
with an incredibly difficult time since the storm rolled through
on Thursday Friday, very limited federal support. So we are
going to be talking about all this. As we went
to break by the way, we were talking with the
trucker I forty is shut down, and he was telling
(00:52):
us that they I remember this, they had a rock
slide that shut down I forty for many months. And
what I remember then, and I want to hear from him,
is that the route you had to go was just
I mean, it's so difficult to travel in these mountainous areas.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
But big trucks.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
It took forever to try to get around the part
of I forty that was shut down with the potential
strike happening on the East coast with the dock workers.
With now interstates impacted again one on top of the other,
it seems like a bad situation.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
But sir, you're on the road right now.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
I think, Mike the truck driver, you're telling us what
you are seeing on I forty. What is the impact
so far as you can tell, not to mention on
people just trying to travel, but on the trucking industry
in particular when it comes to moving goods.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Well, I'm not seeing a whole lot right now. I
mean I came, I came across through Atlanta yesterday and
through headed toward Augusta, ended in the South Carolina, and
there were a lot of trees down. I mean there
were thousands, literally thousands of trees down. It was slowing
traffic down because of some debris. People of you know,
(02:04):
people you know sight seeing put it that way. But
I just wanted to remind you also I twenty six.
That road basically runs from eighty one just north of
Asheville down through Ashville or whatever and stuff, Hendersonville and
(02:26):
then actually it ends in Charleston, South Carolina. But that
road is impacted also. I think they got that one
shut down too, So we.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Got two major interstates that impact transit massively. In addition
to the storms that have hit and the potential of
an East Coast strike with the dock workers, this has
the potential to be pretty bad.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
I would imagine you would think that rock slide.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
Basically the way we got around it back then over
here and stuff is we just took twenty six up
to eighty one, just a little bit south of Bristol
and then come down eighty one is what we did
toward Knoxville. But eighty one twenty six wasn't impacted by
that slide. Twenty six is impacted by this one. So
if you're running forty, basically, say you pick up in Greensboro,
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North Carolina, or a rally, you're gonna basically you're gonna
take it over to Winston Salem, get on US Highway
fifty two, take that up toward Mount Airy, and then
get on I seventy seven north and then take that
up to eighty one and then come south down eighty
one through Bristol down to Knoxville. That's the way that's
gonna be the most direct draft to get around it.
Gonna add a bunch of miles on and stuff like that,
(03:37):
but they got those roads closed through the mountains right now,
you can't get through there.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Thank you for the call and thank you for the update. Buck.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Over the weekend I mentioned this. I was at the
Georgia Alabama game. Incredibly positive response for Donald Trump. As
he came into the Georgia Alabama game. I did an
interview with him in a suite overlooking the field. He
had a bunch to say. He wanted to tell all
of you that he can't wait to talk to you again.
We're going to be with him at mar A Lago
(04:07):
on this show. He wanted me to say that he
loves the show, loves Buck and then he looks forward
to hanging out with all of us, and he appreciates
how many positive things he hears when he comes on
the show. So we had that conversation off air, but
I wanted to play a couple that cuts his responses,
in particular with the news that came out last week
(04:28):
about thirteen thousand murderers who've entered the country, convicted murderers,
sixteen thousand rapists, over four hundred thousand convicted criminals. I
asked him about that the border met that Kamala has
created alongside of Biden cut too over four hundred thousand criminals,
thirteen thousand murderers, fifteen thousand rapists. You know who hasn't
(04:50):
covered it? New York Times, CBS, Washington Post. All the
people who criticized you were even you stunned by how
big those numbers were.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
Well, I knew they were big, but no, but he
thought they could be four hundred and thirty five thousand criminals,
thirteen ninety nine murderers, and nobody's ever had anything. And
they're released into our country. Nobody knows who they are.
They weren't checked, they were invented. You would have done that,
but they they aren't vented or checked or anything else.
And it's so sad to see. And you know what,
(05:19):
this is a disqualifier for her. It's just a disqualifier
for Harris. You know when you say Harris, nobody knows
who she is. It's so but this is a total
disqualifier for a Kamala.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Okay, that's a big deal. Buck.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
We also have a couple of other things here that
I thought were significant.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Tim walls.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
They're really fighting, and this is one reason Trump wanted
to talk to football fans at a football game. A
lot of you out there football fans and Democrats are
trying to peel away football fans by arguing, Oh, Tim Walls,
he's taken back football. He went to the Minnesota Michigan
game and I asked Trump, Hey, what do you think
of democrats are arguing that football fans now are Democrats?
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Tuesday, JD.
Speaker 5 (06:05):
Van's going to take on Tim Walls and the vice
presidential debate.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
I don't know if you saw it, but Tim Wall.
Speaker 5 (06:11):
Said Democrats have taken back football from Republicans this stadium.
I saw him put you on the Jumpbotron. I would
dispute that pretty aggressively. How do you think JD's gonna do?
And what do you think about the argument from Tim
Walls that Democrats are the ones who are football fans?
Speaker 4 (06:29):
Well, first of all, I don't know if you saw it,
but he was at Michigan today. He got booed out
of the stadium, and if you saw the hand that
we got, it was a little bit different. Wouldn't you say,
Now he's this guy that was a big mistake. I
think it was a big mistake. Don We'll see what
happens on November fifth. I think it's going to be
the most important day in the history of our country.
That's going to be the biggest election we've ever had,
(06:50):
because our country's going bad. They have you know, I
used to say, they are destroyed. They've destroyed our country,
and we're going to bring it back.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Okay, So if you can watch that, that'll be up
at clayanbuck dot com. Talk to him for a few
minutes here Buck Trump was great. He's talking to football fans.
I also want to reiterate, as so many people in
so many different parts of the country are dealing with
this storm, So why voting early can make sense?
Speaker 6 (07:19):
Right.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
You just don't know what's going to happen in your life.
You could have a sick kid, you could have a
bad storm, your power could get knocked out. There are
so many uncertainties between now in November fifth, that tomorrow,
starting in October, many of you are going to have
the ability to vote. We keep saying it on this program.
I understand certainly how many of you love to go
(07:42):
vote on election day. It feels particularly American, But there's
so much chaos that could happen between now and then.
I feel like getting out and getting your vote done
early makes an awful lot of sense, and so we're
just going to keep hammering this.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Clay.
Speaker 7 (08:00):
I think that we're at the point where the narratives
are playing for everyone to see of what you get
for both sides here and what the advantages are of
four more years of Biden.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
You know, I don't think we have this, but.
Speaker 7 (08:17):
CNBC, I think it was Gina Raymondo went on CNBC,
you know, from the Biden administration, and one of their guys,
who's a markets guy, was just like, look the Trump
you guys talked this crazy stuff about how terrible Trump
will be for the economy. Trump was president and the
economy was great. Yeah, and your whole thing about oh
but what about the high en employment In twenty twenty,
there was a global pandemic. Libs completely lost their minds,
(08:40):
freaked out, and you know, they basically acted like you
were murdering Grandma if you left your house for six months.
And to act like that is in some way indicative
of what the Trump economy is is insane. I mean,
it's effectively a natural disaster, one magnified by the emotional
instability of the Democrats. On an exponential scale. But this,
(09:02):
this whole idea that we don't know. Oh, no, Trump,
what happens?
Speaker 6 (09:05):
You know?
Speaker 7 (09:05):
The New York Times just did its endorsement of Kamala
Harris and Trump is the least fit president you know ever.
And you sit here, you say, I don't know. I
mean it's really good. No wars, no new wars, great economy.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
We know.
Speaker 7 (09:17):
Yeah, the border wasn't perfect, but when we figured out
what they were doing to scam the border, Trump fixed it.
And that's what we want.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
We want somebody who win.
Speaker 7 (09:24):
There's a problem, they step up and they make the
problem either go away or at least make it much
less of a problem.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
Kamala Harris, Joe By.
Speaker 7 (09:32):
I mean it's funny too. Who's really even been in
charge the last four years? They can't tell you. Certainly
Kamala Harris doesn't want to think that it's her because
it's been so bad. And you say, why is it bad? Okay?
Ten million migrants coming into the country, who include what
is it like, fifteen thousand murderers. Yes, that's as far
(09:52):
as I'm concerned.
Speaker 2 (09:54):
That's it.
Speaker 7 (09:55):
I don't need I need nothing else. I need no
other data. I know, you brought this up to Trump,
to ren that is the absolute destructive avalanche of idiocy
on the policy side to allow this to happen. And
then you add into this you go, okay, well, you know,
inflation's super high. You know who's being hurt by inflation
(10:18):
people that are the most dependent on wages and have
the least financial room to handle an economic shock. That
they talk about the middle class. They've been brutalizing the
middle class because they're socialists. Ultimately, that's what the Democrats
really are at their core, and they want to just
spend more and more money and take more money from
those who are productive and distribute more money to their
buddies and their political constituencies. They want to turn us
(10:41):
into Canada. And even Canada is realizing, oh god, we've
got a problem with this stuff. And you say, why
do we want more of that? Exactly? You know, Roe
v Waite has gone Okay, So Democrat states have abortion
all nine months of a pregnancy or close to it.
Republican states have some restrictions. You know, if you hate
it so much being in a red state, moved to
a blue state, if that's the most important thing to you,
(11:01):
But don't tear down the whole country because you're an
abortion lunatic. I mean, you really break this down into
its core elements. What are we even talking about here,
Kamala Harris, this isn't She's an unseerious person promoted by
unseerious individuals all across the media and the Democrat Party.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
Let me play this for you, Buck, because we're talking
about the disaster in so many different states. Biden is
back in the White House after being away for his
beach vacation, hanging out, chilling on the beach as so
many people in so many different parts of the Appalachian
region struggled to get back on their feet and survive,
and unfortunately a lot of them did not survive an
(11:39):
awful flood. He was asked why both he and Kamala
Harris were not on the scene managing everything.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
Here's what he had to say, And the hurricane is President.
Speaker 5 (11:51):
And Vice President Harris Sharon Washington commanding this this week.
Speaker 6 (11:56):
I was commissioned.
Speaker 4 (11:56):
I was on the finel for at least two hours yesterday,
the day I commend it called telephone, and all my security.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
It's called a telephone.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Biden getting snappy with his uh with the question, but Buck,
I mean he's on multiple I was on the beach
all day chilling. I just I mean, the beach look
is not a good one. He's quiet, quitting. In many ways,
this is embarrassing. Again, I think the who's the commander
in chief?
Speaker 7 (12:27):
Can you imagine any job you've ever had? Okay, and
you've had a bunch of jobs. I've had a bunch
of jobs. If you're like, whoa, whoa, oh, you think
the company? You think there's a five larm fire. I
put in two hours of real serious work yesterday. I mean, like,
can you imagine making more argument? Excuse me, yesterday I
put it in a twenty four hour day, two hours
(12:49):
of really focusing on the issue. My little brother was,
you know, as an investment banker, Clay, Like, eighteen hours
is just called a Tuesday. I mean two hours for
the president. I know, you got to be kidding me.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
I know, and especially when all this chaos is going
on to just say I was on the phone for
two hours. It is kind of embarrassing that we're in
this situation at all, that our quote unquote commander in
chief is unable to fulfill the most basic aspects of
his job. And again I don't want to be alarmist,
but I'm concerned if this strike happens tomorrow on the
(13:22):
East Coast, that we're going to be dealing with major
supply chain crises at the same time that we've got,
as we just heard from one of our one of
our truck drivers out there two different major interstate corridors
that are basically shut down because of this storm. I mean,
we're layering one major problem on top of another, and
(13:43):
that often exacerbates both. And do you feel comfortable that
Transportation Secretary Pete Buddhaje Edge is going to be on
top of this? Do you feel like Kamala is up
to the challenge. We know Biden's not. I just think
this is going to be problem. This is Biden and
Kamalis Katrine, but with potentially layering on an East coast
(14:05):
port stoppage as well, it's not good, not good at all.
Speaker 7 (14:10):
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Speaker 7 (15:37):
Welcome back everybody. I mentioned that I've got a family
up in the Aspil area. They've been using rapid radios
and they got really rough roughest part of this storm
up in their area. Captain Flatley, my father in law, Joe,
he called in and wants to tell us what's going
on up there. I want to hear about how the
(15:57):
Captain gladly good to have you on. Tell us about
the you know what you're seeing on the ground relief efforts.
How's it looking up there in the Ashville area, North Carolina.
Speaker 8 (16:07):
Hey, guys have wandered too far away from home here
Megan Jared's house, but did get him a run up
to Low's. And yeah, today yesterday was not the busy
at all on the roads because nothing was open today.
Grocery stores I know it's Target, CBS, and some gas
(16:27):
stations are opening up, long lines out the door and
down the road. For all of that, there was a
water relief station set up. Not seeing a lot of
crews out working. But right here on White Pine Road
there is a highway crew that has clearing and blown
(16:49):
down all the debris, so this road has clear passage,
but yeah, HiT's a mess some areas.
Speaker 7 (16:55):
Or just have you seen anything from the Feds at
all or heard anything about federal assistance yet not at all.
Speaker 8 (17:01):
There is over by Lows and Target there's a setup
several trailers that look like some sort of medical relief
American medical relief or something. Mr. Yeah, that sounds right.
They're stage, but they're not up and running. I didn't
realize that. I commented, well, that's good news. There's not
(17:22):
a lot of people lined up there, and Jared had mentioned, well,
they're not running. Generators aren't hooked up yet. So other
line crews had did see one line crew staging the problem, though,
I think highway clearage clearing the roads seems to be
the priority because you can't get any of these power
lines until they can get to them.
Speaker 7 (17:45):
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Speaker 1 (19:00):
Welcome back in Glay Travis bock Sexton show. Appreciate all
of you hanging out with us.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
We are joined now.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
We've been talking about the awful results of Hurricane Helene
in Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, parts of Virginia.
We're joined now by Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee. She
has toured East Tennessee and seen some of the damage,
and that's where we want to start with you. Senator,
appreciate the time. What did you see? How bad is it?
(19:28):
And is the federal government doing in your mind everything
that it should be to help people.
Speaker 6 (19:35):
Yes, I tell you my heart breaks for all of
these families and Clake. I have never seen devastation like this,
and the Governor and I were out on Saturday surveilling
this damage. And when those floodwaters have come through, its
raging water. It has completely just washed away firehouses, in schools,
(20:03):
and we have the hospital that was flooded. We have
houses that are gone, we have companies that are gone.
And when I say gone, I mean everything is gone.
Fire trucks have gone down the river and it is
a raging water. And I was just talking with one
of the state senators and they were talking about still
(20:25):
trying to find people. There are a lot of people
that have not been located. I was working with a
company owner this morning. They're still missing five people. They
know there are two that are deceased. I was talking
with someone in banking. They can't open the bank, they
(20:46):
don't have electricity to be able to open. Ent your
service stations, filling stations, can't go to the gas pump
unless you're paying cash. This is what people are dealing
with in the aftermath of this disaster. And Governor Lee
got the disaster declaration request into the White House Friday afternoon,
(21:11):
and I worked with him, My team worked, We got
Senator Hagerby and the rest of the congressional delegation, and
simultaneously our letter of support for the request went to
the White House, and by nine point thirty that night,
everything was done and we had FEMA positioning and moving
(21:32):
in to help people there in Upper East Tennessee. And
if any of your listeners know of someone who's needing help,
we have put a resource page on our website at
Blackburn dot Senate dot gov. Forward slash Helene and all
of the information contacting TEMA, FEMA, the request for help,
(21:57):
everything is there.
Speaker 7 (22:00):
What are the most urgent needs right now that FEMA
is going to be trying to address along with all
the state resources center of Blackburn that you laid out.
I assume is it road closure and getting just food
and water to people? I mean, what does the road
map of what efficient relatively speaking, efficient assistance to people
(22:20):
that are in a desperate situation here?
Speaker 2 (22:22):
What does it look like?
Speaker 6 (22:24):
Yes? And part of what it looks like is this
rescue effort and trying to find people. And TBI Tennessee
Bureau of Investigation set up a one eight hundred number.
We got that done Saturday night and it is one
eight hundred TB I find FI in D. TB I
(22:49):
FI in D and people can place the name if
they're looking for someone that is still missing. And then,
as you said, food and water her that is a
very urgent need that people have and getting that food
and water into places. There are some places that are
(23:10):
isolated and the food and water is having to go
in by helicopter. You have other areas where up in
Kock and Unicoy County, Carter County, your restaurants can't open
because they don't have water, they don't have power, and
some of the water plants are shut down. So having
(23:33):
that water is just vital. And I talked with someone
this morning and they were facilitating a big shipment of
water and food that is going to go up into
Cock County.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
This afternoon, we're talking to Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee.
She's been in East Tennessee, one of the many areas
impacted dramatically by Hurricane Helene. Center Blackburn, politics typically shouldn't
apply in a situation like this. People are hurting, They
need help, whether they're Democrats, Republicans, independents. Donald Trump is
on the ground in Georgia. He brought supplies. He says
(24:11):
he wants to go to North Carolina. So far, Joe
Biden and Kamala Harris have to a large extent been absent.
How do you think they are performing as the commander
in chief and the vice president so far?
Speaker 2 (24:23):
Would you like to see more from.
Speaker 6 (24:24):
Them when something like this happens, you're always wanting more help.
The White House it did reach out to me this
morning to make certain that FEMA was there. FEMA came
immediately as soon as that disaster release was signed. And
(24:46):
I will say this this morning, I spoke to our
emergency management dispatchers and your none one one operators. Our
first responders have been phenomenal. When this happened so quickly
on Friday afternoon, it was just it was so fast,
(25:13):
and it's like with the hospital everything the water rose
so quickly they could not get people out of the hospital,
so they had to go to the roof. And then
the water was so swift they could not bring in boats,
so they had to bring in the helicopters to get
them out. So everything happened so quickly. Those first responders
(25:38):
were the ones that jumped in immediately, and then they
were followed in very short order by TEMA and then
by FEMA and the National Guard in Tennessee. General Ross
and the National Guard have done an unbelievable job. And
(25:58):
I do have to give a shout out out to
Governor Youngkin. He was able to send some helicopters in
to help get people off the roof of the hospital
and that was very much appreciated.
Speaker 7 (26:12):
Speaking of Senator Marshall Blackburn of Tennessee, Senator Blackburn, you
know we spent a lot of today on the show
on the relief efforts after the disaster of Hurricane Helen.
Speaker 2 (26:21):
There is still.
Speaker 7 (26:24):
Not just an election underway, but we're coming down here
to the very final stretch. And I believe you were.
Were you with President Trump recently in Michigan on the
campaign trail? I think you've done some travel with them, Go.
Speaker 6 (26:37):
Ahead, Yes, I was Friday. I was with him in
Michigan and he did a rally with the auto work
or not aroully, a town hall with the auto workers.
And it was such a great afternoon being able to
visit with those auto workers, hearing their questions, hearing the
(26:58):
President answer are their questions. It was exciting. It was
about five thousand people and they were pumped up and
ready to go. And I can guarantee you they are
going to be getting their friends out to early vote.
And what was so interesting I had at one point
I asked people in the audience, I said, raise your
(27:20):
hand if you're an auto worker, and it was hundreds
and hundreds of hands that went up. And there were
a lot of UAW members that were in that audience,
and they are voting for Donald Trump.
Speaker 1 (27:36):
You and I, Senator Blackburn are going to be doing
an event next week in Jackson, Tennessee. I've told you
I'm certainly voting for you. I'm voting on October sixteenth,
which I believe is the first day that you can
vote early in the state of Tennessee. You just mentioned
the number of auto workers that you worked with. We're
going to hammer this every day all the way through
(27:56):
the election, but I want people to hear it from you.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
Why is it so important to vote early.
Speaker 6 (28:02):
It is important to vote early because you never know
what is going to happen on election day. Think about
what happened in Nevada in twenty twenty two. People waited
to vote on election day and then they had They
had a blizzard in the north, they had floods in
the south, and a US seat was lost by fewer
(28:26):
than four votes per precinct. And this is why it
is vitally important for people to make a plan and
vote early and get out there. October sixteenth is when
that vote opens in Tennessee. As you said, and I'm
going to be right there with you. I'm going to
be voting early, and I'm encouraging everyone not only for
(28:47):
themselves but for their friends, go vote early.
Speaker 2 (28:51):
No doubt.
Speaker 1 (28:52):
Senator Marshall Blackburn, one more time for people out there,
I believe you said if they need help, your website
is tell them that website address again as people are
dealing with East Tennessee, in particular with awfulness with the
hurricane Helen.
Speaker 6 (29:07):
Yes, it is Blackburn dot Senate dot gov forward slash Helene.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Thank you so much, Senator. We appreciate it. Let's know
how we can help going forward.
Speaker 6 (29:19):
Will do.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
Thank you a Senator Marsha Blackburn. She is on the
ballot in Tennessee part of what we believe will be
a Republican majority. But people need to get out and
vote early, like I'm gonna do like she's gonna do. Buck,
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lot going on, a lot of big news, a lot
coming up as you know tomorrow, Vice presidential debate, So
they'll be that.
Speaker 2 (32:24):
We'll discuss that a bit.
Speaker 7 (32:26):
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JD Vance even knew that he was going to be
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ago that JD was gonna which is suit well, he
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company it though, so anyway, but we'll have a JD.
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up tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (34:19):
We've got uh, what else is on the horizon?
Speaker 7 (34:21):
Rount Well, obviously we'll following up on the big story
of the hurricane aftermath with Helene. And we've got oh
are we gonna see starlink where we have? We have,
we've got audio.
Speaker 2 (34:34):
Trump is on the ground in uh, Georgia.
Speaker 1 (34:37):
We still have not seen Kamala or Biden frankly doing
much of anything associated with this storm in terms of
physical on the ground presence. Trump brought his own supplies
to Georgia. Andy said he's reached out to Elon Musk
to try to get Starlink turned on for anyone in
these regions that may need to be able to connect
(34:57):
to the internet. Given so much of the paw our
structure is down, satellite internet to phones would seem to
be a big asset.
Speaker 2 (35:04):
Here's Trump talking about that.
Speaker 9 (35:06):
Spoke to Elon. I'm getting him. We want to get
star Link hooked up because they have no communication whatsoever,
and Elon will always come through and we know that,
and so we're working on that getting them hooked up.
They asked me whether or not that would be possible.
We're going to try and get the starlink in there.
As soon as possible because they have no communication and
(35:27):
throughout the region.
Speaker 4 (35:28):
Our hearts are with you and we are going to
be with you as long.
Speaker 9 (35:33):
As you need.
Speaker 1 (35:35):
Okay, Buck Trump on the ground, I have to say
I saw Trump on the ground Saturday. He's raring for
a fight. I mean he is ready. He's in prime form.
Speaker 2 (35:45):
With thirty five days to go, ish, all of you
need to get out and vote.
Speaker 1 (35:50):
You need to fight the battle as hard as you
possibly can, because this guy is unrelenting in his quest
to ensure that Kamala Harris does not win this race.
Speaker 7 (36:00):
The forces of evil put a bullet through Trump's year
and then tried to ambush him again later on, as
we know, two assassination attempts. And we've never seen Trump
more focused more on mission and on task than at
CMC is right now.
Speaker 1 (36:18):
And we're going to be with him before this election ends.
We're going to be down at Mar A Lago for
a day. We're not sure the day exactly, but he
was with us. He wanted me to tell you that
he can't wait to talk to all of you directly
again and that he desperately needs your help to ensure
that Kamala Harris doesn't win. Vote early, find friends and family,
get them out to the polls. As you see and
(36:39):
what just happened in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina,
and Georgia, anything can happen at any point. You don't
know what the weather's going to be on election day.
As soon as you can get your votes banked, let's
make sure Donald Trump wins in thirty six days from now,
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