January 26, 2025 • 17 mins
A badass version of the National Anthem played on the Sax. Clay still thinks flutes are lame and the audience strikes back with AI memes. Tipping culture backlash. Remembering Bob Uecker. Speaker Newt Gingrich on his new film.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
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Speaker 1 (00:17):
I think that there was something pretty special about the
saxophone in American culture in the eighties and into the
early nineties. Now, don't start telling me about Bill Clinton
and our Senio Hall show. No, no, no, I'm talking much
broader than this, Okay, I'm saying the saxophone was a
(00:38):
pretty cool thing and it has faded, unfortunately from our
great American culture. And it recently it seemed Clay had
a little bit of a moment, a moment in the
sun the Packers versus the Eagles, there was a saxophone
national anthem played. Want to play a little of it
(00:58):
so everyone can hear it. We have go for it,
(01:38):
and I think it's great. Personally, I think we should.
I think we need to bring back the sacks. The
saxophone should be something that we hear more of. Don't
get people are like, oh, Kenny g and all this stuff. No, no,
the saxophone is a great instrument.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Hey, look, this is why all of you who decided
to play the flute made a bad decision.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
I understand.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Back in the day, you know, it was eighteen forty,
saxophone didn't exist. Maybe you got to pull the flute
out and you got to walk around and play it.
I challenge we got a bunch of team owners that
listen to Clay and Buck. I challenge any pro sports
franchise in America bring a dude out to play the
(02:19):
flute for the national anthem.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
Your fan base will revolt.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
I think that you are forgetting about the fife, my friend,
which is a form of flute associated with the revolutionary
period and military drums. I think the fife a small flute, badass,
very patriotic. I think there's a place for the woodwinds
out there too, not just the reeded instruments like the saxophone.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
I'm an anti fife, and I'll tell you why. Alexi Lallis,
our mutual friend, asked about this after I challenged anyone
to bring out a flute player. The fife made sense
back in the day, like a chariot made sense or
a horse drawn carriage. But it has been eclipsed by
finer forms of wind blown instrument, and as much respect
(03:10):
as I have for the Continental Army of George Washington,
maybe no one respects the Continental Army in America more
than yours. Truly, no intentional slight intended here. The fifes
played out much like the flute. But again, if I'm wrong,
there's a.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Bunch I would tell you.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
I think the fife is like the American bagpipe. Like
I think, you hear a fife and you hear the
drugs and you are ready, you are ready to charge
some red coats.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
I'm actually very pro bagpipe. Actually, I do think the
bagpipe is pretty badass.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Something amazing about about a good pair of bagpipes, true.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
I gotta tell you. But challenge out there for any
owner who owns a team. If I'm wrong, you bring
a solo man out to play the flute, and I demand.
I bet by the end of that national anthem, most
of your fan base is going to be demanding that
you sell the team. And the team might not even
take the field. How could you be inspired by a
(04:06):
man playing a flute before the game. I'm not even
sure the team comes out. You might as well just
wave the white flag.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
I think that.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
You know, it depends Jethro Tull. You know, there's some
ways that you could probably make it come together.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
And I gotta tell you, guys this, AI is now
allowing there to be photos of people made doing anything.
Every time I do this now, a lot of you
are sending me pictures of me playing the flute.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
These are all fake. He's pretty good.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
These these are not real. I have never played the flute. There,
I'm a producer. ALI is blowing me up with images
of me playing the flute.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
These are fake, These are not real.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
This is what a look so real. I don't know
what AI does. Would I'm in a suit playing the flute.
What kind of crazy band do you think I am?
But I'm telling you this is what AI is creating.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
It's not me with the flute. They hang with Clay
and Buck.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
I want to see these funny ais. You guys are
I was dying last night when the ais that have
created that make it look like I'm playing the flute.
Some of you then turn me into a w NBA
All Star. I tried. I think I said this a
little bit ago. To have Buck on Buck Island flooded.
(05:23):
There's a lot of fun stuff you can do on
Twitter with the grock AI simulation, and so I want
to see who can make the funniest show inspired AI image.
You can tag at Clay Travis at Buck Sexton challenge
out there. This doesn't happen to happen today, but just
(05:43):
to make people laugh, have some fun with it. And
Buck not being able to fit into a hat potentially
as an.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
I'm just glad there's nobody here to do what they
always do, or they try to pull it down and
I'm like, no, please, don't crush my cranium to try
to fit the hat inside. It's a very large head.
But look at this cool hat. Okay, this is legit.
Crocketcoffee dot com. Go sign up, use codebook to get
a free coffet Clay's American Playbook. The gear though, is
very high quality. Took us months to do it. I
(06:12):
was drinking my Crocket this morning. I think most of
you drink coffee. There is no reason for you to
be drinking any any coffee other than Crockett.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
All right, that's the way it is.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Ten percent of the profits goes to tell All the Towers.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Sundays with Clay and Buss.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Now when you go to a lot of restaurants, they
bring this mobile credit card thing to your seat and
watch as you choose their tip in real time.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Yeah, I think that tipping culture has gotten out of control.
And I read about this and the read I think
the Wall Street Journal had a big piece that said
they can track what rates of tipping are, and rates
of tipping have begun to decline. In other words, people
are getting the sense that they're being harassed far too often.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
And I always overtip because of what we do.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
I think, Hey, this person may be a listener, this
person maybe like I don't want somebody to be like
Clay Travis stiffed me on a tip. But even I
when I pick up food, I'm like, what is the
rate that I should tip somebody for me walking in
and picking up food? Like I feel bad going zero
and just lining through it. But we are way over
(07:20):
tipped right now as a nation, and it has to
be rectified in some form or fashion.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Takeout food for me, I feel like it depends on
the size of the order, if it's more, if it's
one thing, Like if you're getting just like fish and
chips in a little you know, do you really give
a tip on the takeout.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
That strikes me as what's the point of service charges?
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Then well, good point Sunday drop with Clay and Buck. Fuck.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
I know a lot of our listeners up in Milwaukee
are mourning a bit today and certainly all over the
nation as well. Ninety year old Bob Yuker, who was
the voice of the Milwaukee Brewers memorably starred in Major League,
which I think may well be the funniest sports movie
that has ever been made, has passed away today. Buck,
(08:12):
I think you got the team wrong on this show,
much to your brother's chagrin. The Cleveland Indians was that
franchise back in the day. But we pulled a couple
of clips. I had the team pull a couple of
clips of Bob Yuker to memorialize him. And I know
again many of you in the state of Wisconsin, but
(08:33):
everywhere here is probably the most famous line if you
remember the awful Cleveland Indians franchise in that year. He
was the radio announcer and the pitches would be awful,
but in the words of Bob Uker, they were always
just a bit outside. Listen to cut twenty seven.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
On into the lineup.
Speaker 4 (08:53):
In his first offering, Jo the bit outside, he tried
the corner.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
In this.
Speaker 5 (09:01):
All eight.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
Lo man On has walked the bases loaded on twelve
straight pitches. How can these guys lay off pitches that close?
Speaker 3 (09:12):
I mean one wild time.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
Oh he was Charlie Sheen, Charlie Sheen throwing those pitches,
Rick wild Thing Vaughan. Uh And if you watch the video,
it's even funnier. How can these guys lay off these pitches?
Pitches are nowhere near the strike zone. He walks the
bases loaded almost immediately. Here's another one for those of
you who remember. I think it was a miller like commercials.
Back in the day. He would sit in the upper
(09:35):
deck buck and talk about the fact that he was
in the front row.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Listen to this.
Speaker 6 (09:39):
You know, one of the best things about being a
next big leaguers getting previous to the game, call the
front office bingo. And once these fans recognized me, I
probably won't even have to pay for my life here
from pillar. I love them, these fans. No, I'd drink
light because it's less filling and it tastes great good.
Seats sir in the wrong shape, buddy, come on, Oh,
I must.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Be in the front row. Light beer from Miller. Everything
you always wanted in a beer, unless.
Speaker 6 (10:04):
Let's see, say money, he missed the tag.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
He missed the tag.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Just an amazing guy, Buck, and I know you love
Major League. If your kids haven't watched it and they
get to be thirteen or fourteen years old, it's a
great movie from the eighties to go back and watch
with him. But rest in peace, Bob Yucker. We know
a lot of people all over the country are going
to miss him. He's one of the true legends of
his era.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
Sunday Sizzle with Clay and Buck, figure new.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Gingrich, of uh Well, of speaking to Gingrich, fame. He
is with us now. He's got a new documentary, Journey
to America with Newt and Callista Gingrich, which features inspiring
immigrant stories.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Mister speaker, appreciate you being with us.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Before we get into the movie, I'm just wondering, what's
your sense of where we stand historically now, about to
begin the second Trump term and putting an end to
buy four years. What do you see immediately ahead for
the country.
Speaker 5 (11:04):
Well, I think this is an enormous shift. Trump is
a genuine populist. He wants to change the establishment, and
I think that he's going to end up being an
extraordinarily important president. And I think that we're going to
see that a lot of things just didn't work. But
(11:25):
now I think with Trump's leadership, we're going to see
the country turn around very fast. And I would suspect
that we're going to have the not distant future. I'm
a very dynamic country with a lot of economic growth
and with a lot of reforms.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
Speak your new gingers with us. Now we were just
talking on the show. Let's pretend that you had to argue,
and I'm sure you've argued in the past. Debate sometimes
things you don't agree with, but you're a good debater.
Sixty one percent of Americans consider Biden's presidency a failure.
You're according to a CNN poll that just came out.
Can you point to anything in the last four years
(12:05):
that Joe Biden has done that has made America better?
Speaker 5 (12:09):
No, I mean, I'm pretty biased because I'm a conservative,
but it just you know, I mean, maybe it was
drawing for the race.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
It's a great answer.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
The only thing you could think of that made America
better was him not running. You have dealt with getting
things through the House and the Senate a ton When
you look at twenty twenty five, how much time does
Trump have to really implement his policies, knowing that next
year Democrats are going to try to delay and the
(12:40):
House and the Senate races will be up again for midterms.
How imperative is going fast now?
Speaker 5 (12:47):
Well, I think that it depends a large part on
how they approach it. If they do what Reagan did
and what Lincoln and Margaret Thatcher did, and they starred
with the wishes of the American people. And I had
up a project called the America's New Majority Project where
we look for the kind of issues where you can
(13:09):
get seventy to eighty sometimes even ninety percent support. If
they stick to that, they're gonna be able to get
things done all the way through because the American people
will be on their side and the American people will
force it to happen. Now, if, on the other hand,
they forget that and they start getting driven by Washington issues,
(13:31):
then I think you're right, and he may have a
relatively short time horizon to get things done.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
How do you view the timing of the hostage deal
and the cessation the formal cessation of the war between
Israel and Hamas happening just days before Trump takes office.
Speaker 5 (13:50):
Mister speaker, Well, I thought somebody had a very shrewd
common and a former ambassador or two to the to
Jerusalem rather who said, with Trump coming in every day,
the deal was going to get worse for Hamas and
therefore if they didn't move now, they were just going
(14:13):
to be in more and more and more trouble because
ultimately Trump would side with Israel in wiping out Hamas.
It's very different than the situation they were in when
you had Joe Biden lecturing Israel over and over again
about what they should or should.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
Not be doing.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Tell us about the documentary that you've got and what
you've been working on, and what you would encourage our
audience to check out.
Speaker 5 (14:40):
Well, krist and I started in twenty twenty three thinking that,
you know, we need to balance the immigration debate. We're
both very strongly opposed to illegal immigration, but we are
very strongly in favor of legal immigration, and so we
began to think that, you know, maybe we should adopt
position of how can we get across to the American people.
(15:04):
The amazing things that legal immigrants do, and so we
developed a program called Journey to America. We went out
and found nine really interesting people and found that we
were able to tell their story. So the Journey to
America is essentially nine unique human beings who came to
(15:25):
this country and who made it a dramatically better country.
But they all came through the legal process under the Constitution.
They all wanted to work, and they all wanted to
become Americans. And that's very different than somebody who starts
their career by breaking the law.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
Do you have confidence that there's going to be major changes,
mister Speaker in the immigration enforcement and just overall immigration
picture in the next Trump administration.
Speaker 5 (15:52):
I think in the first thirty days you'll be shocked
at how effective they are. He's brought back one of
the great veterans of control. I think they're absolutely going
to first seal off the border, second start deporting criminals.
And there are a lot of people who are here
who are criminals. And I think that whether it's a
(16:13):
Venezuelan gang or a Salvadorian gang or a Mexican cartel,
we have no reason to expose Americans to a murder
or rape or robbery from people who shouldn't even be here.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
We've got the documentary that you've worked on up at
clayanbuck dot com. Where else can people watch, mister speaker.
Speaker 5 (16:32):
Hey, they can go to PBS dot org or PBS
app and they can see it. It's been streaming. It
was on last night on the PBS network and they
now are available to be streamed. If anybody wants to
can go to PBS dot org or a PBS app
and be able to do it.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
Last question for you, mister speaker. We appreciate the time
your wife has been appointed an ambassador. Do you anticipate
what life will be like as the ambassador's husband?
Speaker 3 (17:04):
How much are you looking forward to that?
Speaker 5 (17:05):
Well, look, as she was the ambassador the Vatican in
the first Trump term, I went with her and did
most of my work from Rome. The State Department caused
me a trailing spouse, which is a good term because
it reminds you that's the ambassador who is the personal
representative president you're not. And I'm looking forward to being
(17:25):
with her. And Switzerland is a great country. She has
to be approved by the Senator, of course, but Switzerland's
a great country and it's a wonderful assignment for her.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
Speaker appreciates you being with us. Good luck on the
documentary and we'll get more and more people go check
it out.
Speaker 5 (17:38):
Great thanks
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
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Speaker 1 (00:17):
I think that there was something pretty special about the
saxophone in American culture in the eighties and into the
early nineties. Now, don't start telling me about Bill Clinton
and our Senio Hall show. No, no, no, I'm talking much
broader than this, Okay, I'm saying the saxophone was a
(00:38):
pretty cool thing and it has faded, unfortunately from our
great American culture. And it recently it seemed Clay had
a little bit of a moment, a moment in the
sun the Packers versus the Eagles, there was a saxophone
national anthem played. Want to play a little of it
(00:58):
so everyone can hear it. We have go for it,
(01:38):
and I think it's great. Personally, I think we should.
I think we need to bring back the sacks. The
saxophone should be something that we hear more of. Don't
get people are like, oh, Kenny g and all this stuff. No, no,
the saxophone is a great instrument.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Hey, look, this is why all of you who decided
to play the flute made a bad decision.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
I understand.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Back in the day, you know, it was eighteen forty,
saxophone didn't exist. Maybe you got to pull the flute
out and you got to walk around and play it.
I challenge we got a bunch of team owners that
listen to Clay and Buck. I challenge any pro sports
franchise in America bring a dude out to play the
(02:19):
flute for the national anthem.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
Your fan base will revolt.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
I think that you are forgetting about the fife, my friend,
which is a form of flute associated with the revolutionary
period and military drums. I think the fife a small flute, badass,
very patriotic. I think there's a place for the woodwinds
out there too, not just the reeded instruments like the saxophone.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
I'm an anti fife, and I'll tell you why. Alexi Lallis,
our mutual friend, asked about this after I challenged anyone
to bring out a flute player. The fife made sense
back in the day, like a chariot made sense or
a horse drawn carriage. But it has been eclipsed by
finer forms of wind blown instrument, and as much respect
(03:10):
as I have for the Continental Army of George Washington,
maybe no one respects the Continental Army in America more
than yours. Truly, no intentional slight intended here. The fifes
played out much like the flute. But again, if I'm wrong,
there's a.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Bunch I would tell you.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
I think the fife is like the American bagpipe. Like
I think, you hear a fife and you hear the
drugs and you are ready, you are ready to charge
some red coats.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
I'm actually very pro bagpipe. Actually, I do think the
bagpipe is pretty badass.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Something amazing about about a good pair of bagpipes, true.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
I gotta tell you. But challenge out there for any
owner who owns a team. If I'm wrong, you bring
a solo man out to play the flute, and I demand.
I bet by the end of that national anthem, most
of your fan base is going to be demanding that
you sell the team. And the team might not even
take the field. How could you be inspired by a
(04:06):
man playing a flute before the game. I'm not even
sure the team comes out. You might as well just
wave the white flag.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
I think that.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
You know, it depends Jethro Tull. You know, there's some
ways that you could probably make it come together.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
And I gotta tell you, guys this, AI is now
allowing there to be photos of people made doing anything.
Every time I do this now, a lot of you
are sending me pictures of me playing the flute.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
These are all fake. He's pretty good.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
These these are not real. I have never played the flute. There,
I'm a producer. ALI is blowing me up with images
of me playing the flute.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
These are fake, These are not real.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
This is what a look so real. I don't know
what AI does. Would I'm in a suit playing the flute.
What kind of crazy band do you think I am?
But I'm telling you this is what AI is creating.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
It's not me with the flute. They hang with Clay
and Buck.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
I want to see these funny ais. You guys are
I was dying last night when the ais that have
created that make it look like I'm playing the flute.
Some of you then turn me into a w NBA
All Star. I tried. I think I said this a
little bit ago. To have Buck on Buck Island flooded.
(05:23):
There's a lot of fun stuff you can do on
Twitter with the grock AI simulation, and so I want
to see who can make the funniest show inspired AI image.
You can tag at Clay Travis at Buck Sexton challenge
out there. This doesn't happen to happen today, but just
(05:43):
to make people laugh, have some fun with it. And
Buck not being able to fit into a hat potentially
as an.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
I'm just glad there's nobody here to do what they
always do, or they try to pull it down and
I'm like, no, please, don't crush my cranium to try
to fit the hat inside. It's a very large head.
But look at this cool hat. Okay, this is legit.
Crocketcoffee dot com. Go sign up, use codebook to get
a free coffet Clay's American Playbook. The gear though, is
very high quality. Took us months to do it. I
(06:12):
was drinking my Crocket this morning. I think most of
you drink coffee. There is no reason for you to
be drinking any any coffee other than Crockett.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
All right, that's the way it is.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Ten percent of the profits goes to tell All the Towers.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Sundays with Clay and Buss.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Now when you go to a lot of restaurants, they
bring this mobile credit card thing to your seat and
watch as you choose their tip in real time.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Yeah, I think that tipping culture has gotten out of control.
And I read about this and the read I think
the Wall Street Journal had a big piece that said
they can track what rates of tipping are, and rates
of tipping have begun to decline. In other words, people
are getting the sense that they're being harassed far too often.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
And I always overtip because of what we do.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
I think, Hey, this person may be a listener, this
person maybe like I don't want somebody to be like
Clay Travis stiffed me on a tip. But even I
when I pick up food, I'm like, what is the
rate that I should tip somebody for me walking in
and picking up food? Like I feel bad going zero
and just lining through it. But we are way over
(07:20):
tipped right now as a nation, and it has to
be rectified in some form or fashion.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Takeout food for me, I feel like it depends on
the size of the order, if it's more, if it's
one thing, Like if you're getting just like fish and
chips in a little you know, do you really give
a tip on the takeout.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
That strikes me as what's the point of service charges?
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Then well, good point Sunday drop with Clay and Buck. Fuck.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
I know a lot of our listeners up in Milwaukee
are mourning a bit today and certainly all over the
nation as well. Ninety year old Bob Yuker, who was
the voice of the Milwaukee Brewers memorably starred in Major League,
which I think may well be the funniest sports movie
that has ever been made, has passed away today. Buck,
(08:12):
I think you got the team wrong on this show,
much to your brother's chagrin. The Cleveland Indians was that
franchise back in the day. But we pulled a couple
of clips. I had the team pull a couple of
clips of Bob Yuker to memorialize him. And I know
again many of you in the state of Wisconsin, but
(08:33):
everywhere here is probably the most famous line if you
remember the awful Cleveland Indians franchise in that year. He
was the radio announcer and the pitches would be awful,
but in the words of Bob Uker, they were always
just a bit outside. Listen to cut twenty seven.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
On into the lineup.
Speaker 4 (08:53):
In his first offering, Jo the bit outside, he tried
the corner.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
In this.
Speaker 5 (09:01):
All eight.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
Lo man On has walked the bases loaded on twelve
straight pitches. How can these guys lay off pitches that close?
Speaker 3 (09:12):
I mean one wild time.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
Oh he was Charlie Sheen, Charlie Sheen throwing those pitches,
Rick wild Thing Vaughan. Uh And if you watch the video,
it's even funnier. How can these guys lay off these pitches?
Pitches are nowhere near the strike zone. He walks the
bases loaded almost immediately. Here's another one for those of
you who remember. I think it was a miller like commercials.
Back in the day. He would sit in the upper
(09:35):
deck buck and talk about the fact that he was
in the front row.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Listen to this.
Speaker 6 (09:39):
You know, one of the best things about being a
next big leaguers getting previous to the game, call the
front office bingo. And once these fans recognized me, I
probably won't even have to pay for my life here
from pillar. I love them, these fans. No, I'd drink
light because it's less filling and it tastes great good.
Seats sir in the wrong shape, buddy, come on, Oh,
I must.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Be in the front row. Light beer from Miller. Everything
you always wanted in a beer, unless.
Speaker 6 (10:04):
Let's see, say money, he missed the tag.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
He missed the tag.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Just an amazing guy, Buck, and I know you love
Major League. If your kids haven't watched it and they
get to be thirteen or fourteen years old, it's a
great movie from the eighties to go back and watch
with him. But rest in peace, Bob Yucker. We know
a lot of people all over the country are going
to miss him. He's one of the true legends of
his era.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
Sunday Sizzle with Clay and Buck, figure new.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Gingrich, of uh Well, of speaking to Gingrich, fame. He
is with us now. He's got a new documentary, Journey
to America with Newt and Callista Gingrich, which features inspiring
immigrant stories.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Mister speaker, appreciate you being with us.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Before we get into the movie, I'm just wondering, what's
your sense of where we stand historically now, about to
begin the second Trump term and putting an end to
buy four years. What do you see immediately ahead for
the country.
Speaker 5 (11:04):
Well, I think this is an enormous shift. Trump is
a genuine populist. He wants to change the establishment, and
I think that he's going to end up being an
extraordinarily important president. And I think that we're going to
see that a lot of things just didn't work. But
(11:25):
now I think with Trump's leadership, we're going to see
the country turn around very fast. And I would suspect
that we're going to have the not distant future. I'm
a very dynamic country with a lot of economic growth
and with a lot of reforms.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
Speak your new gingers with us. Now we were just
talking on the show. Let's pretend that you had to argue,
and I'm sure you've argued in the past. Debate sometimes
things you don't agree with, but you're a good debater.
Sixty one percent of Americans consider Biden's presidency a failure.
You're according to a CNN poll that just came out.
Can you point to anything in the last four years
(12:05):
that Joe Biden has done that has made America better?
Speaker 5 (12:09):
No, I mean, I'm pretty biased because I'm a conservative,
but it just you know, I mean, maybe it was
drawing for the race.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
It's a great answer.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
The only thing you could think of that made America
better was him not running. You have dealt with getting
things through the House and the Senate a ton When
you look at twenty twenty five, how much time does
Trump have to really implement his policies, knowing that next
year Democrats are going to try to delay and the
(12:40):
House and the Senate races will be up again for midterms.
How imperative is going fast now?
Speaker 5 (12:47):
Well, I think that it depends a large part on
how they approach it. If they do what Reagan did
and what Lincoln and Margaret Thatcher did, and they starred
with the wishes of the American people. And I had
up a project called the America's New Majority Project where
we look for the kind of issues where you can
(13:09):
get seventy to eighty sometimes even ninety percent support. If
they stick to that, they're gonna be able to get
things done all the way through because the American people
will be on their side and the American people will
force it to happen. Now, if, on the other hand,
they forget that and they start getting driven by Washington issues,
(13:31):
then I think you're right, and he may have a
relatively short time horizon to get things done.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
How do you view the timing of the hostage deal
and the cessation the formal cessation of the war between
Israel and Hamas happening just days before Trump takes office.
Speaker 5 (13:50):
Mister speaker, Well, I thought somebody had a very shrewd
common and a former ambassador or two to the to
Jerusalem rather who said, with Trump coming in every day,
the deal was going to get worse for Hamas and
therefore if they didn't move now, they were just going
(14:13):
to be in more and more and more trouble because
ultimately Trump would side with Israel in wiping out Hamas.
It's very different than the situation they were in when
you had Joe Biden lecturing Israel over and over again
about what they should or should.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
Not be doing.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Tell us about the documentary that you've got and what
you've been working on, and what you would encourage our
audience to check out.
Speaker 5 (14:40):
Well, krist and I started in twenty twenty three thinking that,
you know, we need to balance the immigration debate. We're
both very strongly opposed to illegal immigration, but we are
very strongly in favor of legal immigration, and so we
began to think that, you know, maybe we should adopt
position of how can we get across to the American people.
(15:04):
The amazing things that legal immigrants do, and so we
developed a program called Journey to America. We went out
and found nine really interesting people and found that we
were able to tell their story. So the Journey to
America is essentially nine unique human beings who came to
(15:25):
this country and who made it a dramatically better country.
But they all came through the legal process under the Constitution.
They all wanted to work, and they all wanted to
become Americans. And that's very different than somebody who starts
their career by breaking the law.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
Do you have confidence that there's going to be major changes,
mister Speaker in the immigration enforcement and just overall immigration
picture in the next Trump administration.
Speaker 5 (15:52):
I think in the first thirty days you'll be shocked
at how effective they are. He's brought back one of
the great veterans of control. I think they're absolutely going
to first seal off the border, second start deporting criminals.
And there are a lot of people who are here
who are criminals. And I think that whether it's a
(16:13):
Venezuelan gang or a Salvadorian gang or a Mexican cartel,
we have no reason to expose Americans to a murder
or rape or robbery from people who shouldn't even be here.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
We've got the documentary that you've worked on up at
clayanbuck dot com. Where else can people watch, mister speaker.
Speaker 5 (16:32):
Hey, they can go to PBS dot org or PBS
app and they can see it. It's been streaming. It
was on last night on the PBS network and they
now are available to be streamed. If anybody wants to
can go to PBS dot org or a PBS app
and be able to do it.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
Last question for you, mister speaker. We appreciate the time
your wife has been appointed an ambassador. Do you anticipate
what life will be like as the ambassador's husband?
Speaker 3 (17:04):
How much are you looking forward to that?
Speaker 5 (17:05):
Well, look, as she was the ambassador the Vatican in
the first Trump term, I went with her and did
most of my work from Rome. The State Department caused
me a trailing spouse, which is a good term because
it reminds you that's the ambassador who is the personal
representative president you're not. And I'm looking forward to being
(17:25):
with her. And Switzerland is a great country. She has
to be approved by the Senator, of course, but Switzerland's
a great country and it's a wonderful assignment for her.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
Speaker appreciates you being with us. Good luck on the
documentary and we'll get more and more people go check
it out.
Speaker 5 (17:38):
Great thanks
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