June 19, 2025 • 36 mins
Hour 2 of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show airing on the Juneteenth edition of the program, opens with Clay questioning the prioritization of Juneteenth over D-Day (June 6) as a national holiday, arguing for broader recognition of the sacrifices made by the Greatest Generation during World War II.
Clay then critiques a viral moment from The View, where Whoopi Goldberg controversially compared the experiences of Black Americans to women in Iran. He uses this to highlight the dangers of victimhood narratives and the erosion of national pride in American discourse.
A major focus of this hour is the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision upholding Tennessee’s ban on gender transition procedures for minors. Clay strongly supports the ruling, arguing that children are not mature enough to make irreversible medical decisions. He contrasts this with legal standards that prevent minors from getting tattoos or being held fully accountable for crimes. Clay challenges liberal justices like Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, questioning how they can support juvenile leniency in criminal justice while endorsing life-altering medical procedures for teens.
President Donald Trump’s extension of the TikTok divestment deadline and his pending decision on potential U.S. military action against Iran are also discussed. Clay speculates humorously on the stress faced by Iranian nuclear workers amid the threat of U.S. bunker-buster bombs, underscoring the seriousness of the geopolitical situation.
Mental health among American youth is another key topic, sparked by a listener email from a crisis counselor. Clay explores how social media, fear-based political messaging, and cultural pessimism are contributing to rising anxiety and depression among teenagers.
Urban leadership failures are also in the spotlight. Clay critiques the governance of major cities like Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles, focusing on Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s inflammatory claim that President Trump is trying to “eliminate Black existence.” Clay argues that anti-Trump sentiment is driving irrational voting behavior, leading to a cycle of poor leadership and urban decline.
The hour concludes with a reflection on American exceptionalism. Clay contrasts past presidential messages of hope and opportunity—from Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama—with today’s nihilistic rhetoric. He warns that the belief in a fundamentally broken America is undermining ambition and mental health, especially among young people.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome in Clay Travis buck Sexton show a couple of
news stories that are out there as we are rolling
through the Thursday edition of the program.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
The June teenth edition of the program.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
By the way, am I the only person that thinks
maybe June sixth, D Day should be a national holiday.
If you had to think about what day would better
represent the Greatest Generation and their fight for human rights
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around the world, June sixth, nineteen forty four. Making June
sixth a national holiday would make a great deal of
sense to me, way more than June teenth. Candidly, I
don't think our federal government in general needs a lot
more holidays, but I do think holidays that bring everybody
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together the Greatest Generation being celebrated nationwide on June sixth.
I know we have Memorial Day. I know we have
Veterans Day. I know we have July fourth. There are
a lot of different days of celebration, but June sixth
is such I think an iconic day in American history,
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and while there are still some members of that battle,
some veterans that fought on that day, I think it
would be a really incredibly gratifying and worthwhile day to
make a holiday where everybody can sit around and think
(01:43):
about what those men did on that day, and so
we could see actual bravery, and maybe it would push
back against the idea that unfortunately has taken root in
America where everybody who disagrees with me is a Nazi,
everybody who disagree with me as Adolf Hitler. I think
it would actually be incredibly profoundly symbolic and important statement
(02:08):
that we could make, but we are dealing instead Juneteenth.
We've been talking about National Service, its impacts, just having
perspective gratitude, understanding how fortunate we all are, regardless of
our backgrounds, to be Americans. A lot of you weighing
in with that. We're reacting to the viral clip of
(02:29):
Wiffy Goldberg saying black people in America don't have it
better than they do and than women do in Iran,
which is such a crazy, outlandish, outrageous, indefensible.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Argument to be making that.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
It's staggering to me that that show the view which
basically exists just to have all of those crazy things happen.
But a couple of news stories that are out there
for those of you have kids, grandkids, maybe it's you
as well. Maybe it's buck when he's learning his newest dance.
Donald Trump has extended ninety days a order that he
has put in place that would allow TikTok to be sold.
(03:06):
It has not yet been sold. That has moved off
obviously of the front pages. The story surrounding that, but
that that.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Is going on.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Also there is continued talk about some form of peace
agreement that could be entered into. Earlier this morning, Iran
hit a hospital in Israel. Damage was significant, and the
debate over whether the United States should get involved in
(03:37):
bombing the Iran nuclear site that is built into the
side of a mountain with our big bunker buster bomb.
That is a tough phrase to hit continues with a
variety of different stories surrounding that. But I don't know
how many of you saw this last night, but it
(04:00):
struck me. We talked to yesterday with the Attorney General
of Tennessee about the six' three ruling that came down
allowing The state Of tennessee to not to not permit
minors to be receiving these gender transition.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Treatments.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Right in my, opinion they're, barbaric particularly for young. Children
if you're an adult and you want to have a
cosmetic procedure that makes you happier you think will make you.
HAPPIER i think that is at least a choice you can.
Make but AS i said in that argument, yesterday we
don't even let kids get tattoos because we recognize a
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lot of times kids make choices that they wish they
wouldn't have. Made and probably the tattoo that your average
kid would get when he was fourteen or she would
get when she was fourteen would be very different in
terms of what they might, want even if you'd want
a tattoo at all at twenty, four thirty, four forty.
Four and so we, say, hey you can get tattoos
(05:01):
until you're at least over. Eighteen and so it seems
to me that the logic of, hey you shouldn't be
able to chop your penis off or you shouldn't be
able to chop your boobs, off that that would actually
maintain and have some. Cogency in, FACT i was thinking
about this even more With Judge Elena Supreme Court Justice.
(05:22):
KAGAN i was thinking about it in the context of minor,
crimes meaning minors who commit. Crimes we are so of
the opinion that kids under eighteen shouldn't be responsible for
all the choices that they, make that you can commit
(05:42):
a crime as a juvenile and we wipe it clean
because we basically have decided as a, Society, hey sometimes
you shouldn't be held accountable for the choice you made
when you were sixteen for the rest of your, life
and so we will clear juvenile crime.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Record.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Now sometimes the juvenile crimes can be so significant that
juveniles are tried as. Adults, yes there are varying degrees
of that which, occur but if as a society we
have decided fifteen and sixteen year olds shouldn't even be
held accountable sometimes oftentimes most times for the crimes that they,
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commit and we will wipe them. Clean And Judge kagan
is a strong advocate of that. Perspective how can she
simultaneously argue that fifteen year old should be able to
irreversibly change their body and potentially sterilize. THEMSELVES i would
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love For Judge, kagan WHO i think is actually, intelligent
to try.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
And explain that to me and to all of. You
AND i was thinking about that.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
YESTERDAY i had like a four hour delay on my
flight back FROM, dc SO i was doing a lot of.
READING i was doing a lot of, thinking and some
of you may have seen the tweet THAT i put.
Out it was a six' to three decision yesterday that
the State of tennessee had the ability to restrict miners
from having these gender surgeries which could be so destructive
(07:12):
for them, as adults that were not going to allow
it in my home STATE where i am right Now.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
At tennessee and.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
It was, six' three and a lot of, people were
saying how is this not? Nine to zero and it's
not coincidental that the three liberals were in descent. On
THIS case but i did think it was interesting that
two of, The three Liberals Kagan, and soda mayor, don't
(07:39):
have kids and that if for people who raised kids it,
was six' one these. Decisions SHOULDN'T be made and, i
was thinking About You Remember when judge sata mayor said
maybe we need a Wise Latina. On the supreme court
you remember that when she was arguing that her ideay
(08:00):
in some way was going to make, her a better
JUDGE which in general i think.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Is MOSTLY not.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
True, but i did think isn't that kind of interesting
that the only parent that voted in favor of kids
being able. To Have These Surgeries was katanji brown jackson
that otherwise The Parents on, the, supreme court said yeah
(08:28):
we're not going to. Allow this to happen it was
two oh from women who don't have children saying that
kids should have the right to alter their bodies in
a way that could leave them sterile at fourteen, or
fifteen years old and. It Was Six' one katanji brown
(08:48):
jackson was, The, ONLY parent, who said hey i disagree
and kids shouldn't. Be able TO do this and yesterday
i was kind of having it making a joke about
how my middle Son believed he was a jedi and
dressed Up like he was a jedi, and he had
a braid but we didn't Actually.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Think he was a jedi.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
And probably, at some point in time by the way,
my middle son dressed up he wanted to. Be somebody
different every day some days he. Wanted to be a,
ninja he basically was great super fun, kid when he
was young but every Day. For him was like halloween
some days he. Wanted to be a pirate he would
wake up every Day and be. Like today i'm, a.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
Ninja we're like okay you're gonna.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Go throw some throwing Stars and He'd say today, i'm,
a jedi and say okay well you're Gonna Be.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Dressed up like Luke.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Skywalker and he liked anakin He even had The Fake
anakin scar for. Star wars people out there every day
he dressed up and he wanted to be. A different
kind of person my youngest kid actually, had tons of
imaginary friends and sometimes we want mom and dad to have.
(10:00):
Conversations with the imaginary friends and maybe out there you've
got kids who wanted to be dinosaurs or. Superheroes Or,
Whatever They, Were Hey, Mom I'm. Batman Hey, Mom I'm,
Superman Hey Man. Hey mom i'm tyrannosaurs rex or maybe
you got daughters and they, dressed, Up and they said
hey i'm a princess today or Today I. Want to,
be princess jasmine and Tomorrow, for those of you aladdin
(10:23):
Tomorrow i want to be mona or whatever the, different
princes says. Princesses are it's not real and probably you
had kids who woke up the morning after their, birthday,
party and you said hey what do you? Want to
have for breakfast and, they were, LIKE birthday cake you're
(10:44):
like i don't think you're going to. Get birthday cake
for breakfast kids make choices all the time that, are
NOT rooted in rationality, and i think most Parents Including,
those on the supreme court understand that a huge part
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of being a parent is sometimes protecting kids from the
choices that they would, make when they were young because
they aren't well developed enough mentally to understand the consequences
of some of. The. Choices that they're making, nah In
my own parenting, which i'm far from perfect but we've
(11:25):
tried to keep, our kids off social media and THAT'S partly,
because of what i do until they're at least in
their teenage years and they just want, to chase girls
on there. Which is its own problem, but because so
many kids they go back and they look and see
what they posted when they were, fourteen or fifteen, years
(11:46):
old and, they're like oh my god you QUOTED rap
lyrics with.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
The n word in.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
It when you, were fourteen oh my god you're twenty
four now. And you're a pro athlete, but you've got
to apologize and we, got we don't hold kids by
and large accountable for all. The choices that, they make
when they're, young even if they're criminal because we don't
think their brains are well developed enough to be entirely
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accountable for. The choices that they Made How, can someone
like elena Kagan how can someone like justice sodemyor believe
in that when it comes, to the criminal, justice, system
but simultaneously believe, oh, that fourteen year old well he
should chop his penis off and.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
THE state should allow.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
It i think it is in this particular case somewhat consequential, that,
almost every parent said, yeah we can't allow that BECAUSE
they've lived. Through what i just described the Kid, who
believes he's a jedi the girl who believes, that she
is a princess the imaginary friends that they're treated as
(12:52):
real life but we all. Know are not actually there
What Does It say about katanji brown jackson that she
doubtless has been through this. Because she is a parent
i'm sure that her children have had. All sorts of
imaginative experiences that she's so committed to the crazy gender
cult that she would vote against a basic parental experience that,
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all of, us would acknowledge which is, young kids make
bad choices and our goal as a parent should be,
to protect them from it because she cares more about
being in good standing politically with the crazy people in
her party than she does with. HER responsibilities as a
parent i, do THINK that's not coincidental, and I think
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it's significant and i WAS thinking about it as i
was sitting at the airport with. My three hour plus.
Delay we'll talk about it you guys can weigh in
eight HUNDRED two. TWO two eight a two, i, want
to tell you, though today is a holiday but one
of the days that is continuing to echo throughout. History
is nine To, eleven tone of The Towers the work.
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THAT frank siler is doing i try to help HIM out.
As much, as i can last year they had. A
huge multimillion DOLLAR. FUNDRAISER i was the mc i was happy.
To be involved IN it you may Remember I Was
down in west palm beach. AT his most recent fundraiser
i try to get to as MANY of these EVENTS
as i can because i don't want to forget what
happened on nine to eleven back.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
In two thousand and one.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
It's been twenty five years people are still continuing to
deal with the, ravages Of Nine to eleven and frank
siller and his company and. Everybody that he's brought together
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Speaker 1 (15:55):
Of you weighing in on. A variety Of different, Perspectives
tom sine vip email i'm a. CRISIS counselor mental health
counselor i received calls every day for clients between the.
Ages of eleven and seventeen almost every one of them.
Has talked about, committing suicide reasons are various but usually
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it's a lot of. Times argument with my parents my.
Mom was yelling at me.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
Not one of. Them have any.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
Resiliency whatsoever they're on social. Media with all these influencers
they use words such, as. My parents are narcissistic toxic.
They don't VALIDATE my feelings every. Time i talk to
them i'm Worried about the country because trump. Is going
to kill us all this is. A normal, Day, for
me it's sad honestly it's sad how many people have.
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HAD their fears preyed ON i was stunned As, i WENT.
All over washington d c BY how many young. PEOPLE i,
STILL wearing masks i mean i was in a coffee shop.
Next to our radio station the girl was. Trying to
talk to. Me it's probably twenty three. She had a
mask on what in the world is going on that
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we have created an entire generation of kids that is
so fearful. That they're, still WEARING masks.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
It's crazy and i just feel so SORRY for.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
These people because i can't imagine what it's like to,
go through life that's scared but particularly when you're young
and you should be taking chances and you should be
insanely optimistic to sit around and, hear the argument of oh.
This is an awful country OH there's no way. That
i could ever succeed, there, is a Huge cadre unfortunately
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Speaker 2 (18:54):
Welcome Back In.
Speaker 1 (18:54):
Clay travis buck sexton show appreciate. All of you hanging
out let us as we. ARE rolling through the program
i did want to. Play a couple of CUTS it
is juneteenth and i played. Earlier, To start, The, program whoopee,
goldberg saying Hey, you know people in iran women In
(19:15):
particular black people in america. Have it Basically as bad
that's whoopee goldberg's Argument, as the women of, iran which is.
A outrageous indefensibly bad argument but she's not alone. In
making arguments like that there are a Lot of bad.
Mayors in america right now. Chicago is a fabulous city
(19:37):
chicago Is. The capital of the midwest there is a
good chance that if You grow up in the midwest
and you go away to college, at a big ten school,
At some point in time chicago is the city that
acts as kind of a magnet that either you or
your friends are going to end up in that city
(19:57):
and you are going to. Spend decent amount, of time
good chance again if You, grow up. In the midwest
fabulous city it has made some of the worst governance Decisions,
of any city in America Right up there with los
angeles and everything. That they Have Been doing they had.
Lori Lightfoot as the mayor lori lightfoot was one Of.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
The WORST. Mayors In america during.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
Covid lori Lightfoot was so bad that chicagoans across the
board finally, got fed up with her and they, defeated
her in the primary and they. Replaced her with somebody,
worse this is, my concern By The Way about what
new york. City is going to do a lot of
our Wor listeners know. Exactly What I'm talking about new
(20:44):
york city is in such a Bad spot that the
best democrat option in The City, right now is andrew
cuomo the guy who sent everybody's grandma to go die
in nursing homes and lied about, the tally of death
there the guy who had to design. Because, of sexual
harassment allegations Now To, BE fair to andrew cuomo i
(21:05):
think the sexual, harassment allegations were mostly garbage but he
is going to be in a fight for his political
life to beat a guy who said we should. Replace
police with social workers this is How Crazy Things are in.
New york city right now That Whatever, you THINK about
(21:26):
eric Adams And i do think eric adams has Been a,
better mayor than deblasio was but that's only because.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
A brick might BE. A better mayor than deplausi if you, just.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
Don't make any decisions it's better than, always making the
Worst decision Which is what bill. De BLASIO managed to
do but i.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
Do Think.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
THIS is significant brandon johnson i believe he had most
recently a Six. Percent approval Rating In chicago so like
brandon johnson's Approval rating IS. Narrowly above, syphilisa, and hiv
it's like hey here is like cancer probably has. A
(22:06):
zero percent APPROVAL rating i would imagine i don't think, there's,
anybody out there like hey you know What we need to?
Talk paul positive about cancer, Cancer Zero percent approval rating brandon.
Johnson six percent Approval Rating that means if brandon johnson,
right now ran against cancer it.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
Would.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
BE a tight, race people i don't know? Should we
vote for Cancer Should? We, vote for brandon johnson well
he Is a cancer on the chicago body politic and
he was not saying anything That different. Than what pe, goldberg,
said he was asked hey why are you spending so
much Money on illegal immigrants in Chicago when the citizens
(22:44):
of chicago could use, A lot of these, funds, and
his response is Well Let's talk about how donald trump
wants to eliminate.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
Black people from the country. This is real cut Sixteen.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
Instead of working with congress to, ACTUALLY pass, substantive immigration
reform pol see, they wanted to create division but we're
not going to allow that to Happen. In the city
of chicago much like we fought for, Civil rights sixty
years ago we're going to continue to make Sure, That, Whether, you, are,
black brown asian white young old working. People deserve to
be prioritized in, this misnomer, that there's division you know
(23:18):
in consternation within communities solely based on.
Speaker 2 (23:21):
This issue is just Wrong he's.
Speaker 3 (23:22):
Working to eliminate black history he is trying to eliminate,
black existence from this country BUT he's. Also attacking the
lgbtq point what we're going to do is we're going
to bring people together in this country to make, sure we,
build the safest Most. Affordable big city in America.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
He's trying to Eliminate Black. Existence from The united. States
what is chicago DOING there's a scene and i like
to go back to, it Every now and then and
i'm outing myself here as a watcher of this, Program
some twenty Years. Ago sex in the city there Is
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a scene where the charlotte character gets upset because she's
making all of her choices and they have led, her
to a bad place and she just keeps, saying over
and over again it's. A part of women's. EMPOWERMENT i
choose my. CHOICE i choose my. CHOICE i CHOOSE my
choice i. Think i got that right the scene HAS
(24:22):
stuck with me because i think it's a perfect Analogy in.
Many ways for Democrat voting they're so anti trump that
they can't make rational choices for the politicians that actually
dictate day to. Day Decisions in their city lorie lightfoot
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was the worst Mayor. In the history of chicago they
replaced her with a mayor who is worse than the
worst mayor that has ever Existed, in the history of
chicago a guy who if he Were running Against, cancer
or syphilists or hi it.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
Would be a down. To, THE wire last second hey
i don't know who's. Going to win this, race.
Speaker 1 (25:08):
And as a result these cities are losing many of
the best and brightest that used. To, ASPIRE to, Go
there look i said chicago Is. A magnet for the
Midwest you Graduate, from the university of michigan good chance
you're going to end Up at some point in. Chicago
or your Friends, are you graduate From, purdue you graduate
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From Indiana.
Speaker 2 (25:31):
You graduate from ohio.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
State all these great places there's other cities that Are,
VERY nice, in The midwest i know. But chicago is
the magnet it is the place that, draws your, friends, from, college,
highly educated. Young successful dynamic entrepreneurial spirit that's the. Place
people want to go and they're. Making the worst possible Decisions,
and IT'S not just. Chicago As I just mentioned new
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york city is in such dire straits now From A,
mayoral perspective that Andrew Cuomo who other than gavin Newsom
May have HANDLED. In gretchen whitmer and jb pritzker right
up there with THE worst possible governorships during. Covid that
anybody could create He's Actually The best option new york
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City may. Have on The Democrat, Side And in los
angeles karen bass let the city burn legitimately during the,
wildfires when she wasn't there and then she came back
and she let the. City burn during the riots and
all they can Do Is just point at donald trump
when they are choosing the. Method of their own destruction buckle,
(26:38):
likes to, talk About That you know and ghostbusters ray
stands up on top of, the building, and they say
you know choose the, method of your own destruction and
he can't avoid thinking about the marshmallow man gigantic Walking
Through The.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
Streets of new york.
Speaker 1 (26:54):
City democrats are choosing the method of their own destruction
because of their brain are broken and they aren't making
rational choices that lead to. Better outcomes for their families
and what does it mean when you are stacking one
bad mayor after another things get so bad that finally
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many of these cities Are Going to need a rudy
giuliani like figure in order to just. Return BASIC sanity
to them and i don't. See this as being political
having a well run city is something. That should be
aspired to it Shouldn't Be The case That new YORK
city and chicago and la, are epic political dumpster fires
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because there's lots of great people, who live in those
cities but they keep choosing the choice. That is leading
them astray and then instead of acknowledging that they pick
someone who is a poor representative of the city, and
cannot make rational decisions these guys just come Out And
say things like donald trump's. Trying to eliminate black people?
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What does That Even mean, And, WHAT pee goldberg, says
well i don't know if black People have it better In.
AMERICA then, women in irando i, mean this is crazy
talk but it's also destructive to aspiration and ambition and
all the young kids out there that you should, be
lifting up by saying this is the greatest country in.
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The history of the world the only thing that is
going to keep you from having massive achievement is your own.
Inability to embrace the opportunity they're trying To sell the
idea that america is a fundamentally broken place, and you
can't succeed there and yet. These people keep getting elected what.
(28:46):
DOES it, Say About that I mean ronald reagan said
america is a city on, top of a shining city.
On top of a hill he grew up on the,
sunny side of the mountain. Even back in the day
if you go back and watch the ads and the story,
That they attempt to tell i'm not saying that it.
(29:07):
Is one that is accurate if You Go back and Watch, Bill,
clinton boy from hope Arkansas It's very. Similar To Ronald
reagan's argument even barack, obama two thousand and eight the
big message that he tried to sell and his win
in two THOUSAND and eight was if i can rise
(29:28):
to Become The, president, of the. United states truly anyone, can,
i'm a single parent Raised. Mixed race kid from. Hawaii
people Bought that argument it was american exceptionalism makes it
possible for me. To be, in this situation and Now
(29:48):
If you, contrast say barack obama's message, Whatever you think
about it i'm, just talking about the message not the.
Practical Application of the message barack obama's tag that he
Attempted to sell was that america is such a land
of opportunity that. He's his Rise as, possible same One reagan.
Sold same one Clinton sold. Is a uniquely american story
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And now a lot, of, democrat politicians are saying, oh
you have no hope you. Live In a, Worst country
elon omer says america legitimately is one of the. Worst
countries in the world.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
This is.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
THE message that they're selling i don't know that we
have ever had that level Of Nihilistic. Worldview IN the
united states and i do think it has a consequence
because when people, here there is no hope there is
nothing you can do because of, the color of your
skin you. ARE forever going to fail i, think it
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does get internalized and instead, of moving towards ambitious, goals
you begin to marinate, AS that email or said i, Think,
It happens For white. Black asian and hispanic kids you
begin to marinate in the idea that you live in
such an awful land, that you could never succeed. And
those thoughts become reality whatever, you can convince yourself of to,
(31:15):
a large extent is. Possible both good and bad and
if you convince yourself that you live in an awful
country where, you could never have success that's the reality
in which. You are going to exist and so it
doesn't surprise me that kids who have grown up in
that culture and in that. Worldview would be profoundly sad then.
(31:35):
YOU layer, on, social media i mean heck fact that
thirty percent of teenage girls have thought about killing. Themselves
in the, last year that's pretty scary and that's a
sign that our mental health as a. Country, is not
very high. Uh look much less negative we got a
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Clay travis buck sexton SHOW. Appreciate everybody rolling with us news.
That Has Just Come Down White house press secretary. Caroline
levitt at the rostrum. THIS is cut thirty two i
Believe Reading a statement from president trump saying that he
is going to decide, in the next two weeks which
(33:40):
is obviously a very long time given that we're what
one Week basically Into, attacks from israel on iran about
being Involved At all, from a united states perspective listen.
Speaker 4 (33:53):
Regarding, THE ongoing situation and iran i know there has
been a lot of speculation amongst all of you in
the media regarding the president decision making And Whether or
not the united. States will be directly involved, IN light
of that news i have A, message DIRECTLY from the
president and i quote based on the fact that there's
a substantial chance of negotiations that may or May not
take place with. IRAN in the near future i will
(34:15):
make my decision whether or not to go. Within the
next two weeks that's A quote directly from the president.
Speaker 2 (34:21):
For, all Of You today.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
Okay so president trump. Basically, letting it be known hey,
In the next TWO weeks i'll decide.
Speaker 2 (34:29):
What i want to do.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
Can? YOU imagine living and working i don't know if,
they LIVE there full time but i think it's probably
hard to get in and out of the side Of
the mountain in that iranian nuclear facility in, The SIDE
of the mountain and i don't are they still sending?
Speaker 2 (34:45):
People in there?
Speaker 1 (34:46):
To work do we know can you imagine just going in, every,
day and. You're like well it's possible the whole mountain
is going. To get blown up today you have no.
Control over it at all us might drop. The big
bunker busting bomb now that's somebody who. Should be A
little depressed. You, got americans walking, around.
Speaker 2 (35:05):
Oh, IT'S so sad but black i have no Hope.
Of ever succeeding in america crying.
Speaker 1 (35:11):
MYSELF to sleep at night i make, ninety thousand dollars,
a year six weeks vacation best.
Speaker 2 (35:19):
Medical care in the. World, oh It's so sad.
Speaker 1 (35:22):
Meanwhile some iranian schleps gotta go into the side of
a mountain and wait to see whether the whole thing
is gonna.
Speaker 2 (35:28):
Get blown.
Speaker 1 (35:29):
Up or, Not, that's, stress i'm sorry like yeah that's
probably not a very good way to get out. Of,
bed in the, Morning, hey we don't know hamid you.
Might get blown up today. No control over it all there's.
Literally nothing you can do, Go. Turn the beaker on.
Muhammed let's get, To work at any moment trump, may
(35:51):
drop the big bomb. Blow the whole mountain up.
Speaker 2 (35:55):
YOU got to go in i.
Speaker 1 (35:56):
Would probably be pretty depressed those are guys where if
they were like they called it, right, NOW and they're,
LIKE hey i feel. Oppressed, i would get that yeah
that doesn't sound like a very good. Way to spend the,
day On the one hand the, bunsen burner's not. Working
well that stinks positive we haven't. GOTTEN blown up yet
(36:16):
today i mean that's, basically their life right now assuming
they have.
Speaker 2 (36:20):
Anybody in the nuclear facility can you.
Speaker 1 (36:23):
Ever remember a conversation like this where everybody just talks
about whether? We're going to blow up that got the
place where these guests work and they have to go in.
Speaker 2 (36:29):
There and.
Speaker 1 (36:30):
Work every day that's stress that sounds like something you.
Could legitimately, be depressed about. All right we come back we'll.
Take some of, Your Calls, by the way joey jones,
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Out bottom of the hour he's going to. Join us
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roll in To our. Number three juneteenth thursday edition
Welcome in Clay Travis buck Sexton show a couple of
news stories that are out there as we are rolling
through the Thursday edition of the program.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
The June teenth edition of the program.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
By the way, am I the only person that thinks
maybe June sixth, D Day should be a national holiday.
If you had to think about what day would better
represent the Greatest Generation and their fight for human rights
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around the world, June sixth, nineteen forty four. Making June
sixth a national holiday would make a great deal of
sense to me, way more than June teenth. Candidly, I
don't think our federal government in general needs a lot
more holidays, but I do think holidays that bring everybody
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together the Greatest Generation being celebrated nationwide on June sixth.
I know we have Memorial Day. I know we have
Veterans Day. I know we have July fourth. There are
a lot of different days of celebration, but June sixth
is such I think an iconic day in American history,
(01:20):
and while there are still some members of that battle,
some veterans that fought on that day, I think it
would be a really incredibly gratifying and worthwhile day to
make a holiday where everybody can sit around and think
(01:43):
about what those men did on that day, and so
we could see actual bravery, and maybe it would push
back against the idea that unfortunately has taken root in
America where everybody who disagrees with me is a Nazi,
everybody who disagree with me as Adolf Hitler. I think
it would actually be incredibly profoundly symbolic and important statement
(02:08):
that we could make, but we are dealing instead Juneteenth.
We've been talking about National Service, its impacts, just having
perspective gratitude, understanding how fortunate we all are, regardless of
our backgrounds, to be Americans. A lot of you weighing
in with that. We're reacting to the viral clip of
(02:29):
Wiffy Goldberg saying black people in America don't have it
better than they do and than women do in Iran,
which is such a crazy, outlandish, outrageous, indefensible.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Argument to be making that.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
It's staggering to me that that show the view which
basically exists just to have all of those crazy things happen.
But a couple of news stories that are out there
for those of you have kids, grandkids, maybe it's you
as well. Maybe it's buck when he's learning his newest dance.
Donald Trump has extended ninety days a order that he
has put in place that would allow TikTok to be sold.
(03:06):
It has not yet been sold. That has moved off
obviously of the front pages. The story surrounding that, but
that that.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Is going on.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Also there is continued talk about some form of peace
agreement that could be entered into. Earlier this morning, Iran
hit a hospital in Israel. Damage was significant, and the
debate over whether the United States should get involved in
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bombing the Iran nuclear site that is built into the
side of a mountain with our big bunker buster bomb.
That is a tough phrase to hit continues with a
variety of different stories surrounding that. But I don't know
how many of you saw this last night, but it
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struck me. We talked to yesterday with the Attorney General
of Tennessee about the six' three ruling that came down
allowing The state Of tennessee to not to not permit
minors to be receiving these gender transition.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Treatments.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Right in my, opinion they're, barbaric particularly for young. Children
if you're an adult and you want to have a
cosmetic procedure that makes you happier you think will make you.
HAPPIER i think that is at least a choice you can.
Make but AS i said in that argument, yesterday we
don't even let kids get tattoos because we recognize a
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lot of times kids make choices that they wish they
wouldn't have. Made and probably the tattoo that your average
kid would get when he was fourteen or she would
get when she was fourteen would be very different in
terms of what they might, want even if you'd want
a tattoo at all at twenty, four thirty, four forty.
Four and so we, say, hey you can get tattoos
(05:01):
until you're at least over. Eighteen and so it seems
to me that the logic of, hey you shouldn't be
able to chop your penis off or you shouldn't be
able to chop your boobs, off that that would actually
maintain and have some. Cogency in, FACT i was thinking
about this even more With Judge Elena Supreme Court Justice.
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KAGAN i was thinking about it in the context of minor,
crimes meaning minors who commit. Crimes we are so of
the opinion that kids under eighteen shouldn't be responsible for
all the choices that they, make that you can commit
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a crime as a juvenile and we wipe it clean
because we basically have decided as a, Society, hey sometimes
you shouldn't be held accountable for the choice you made
when you were sixteen for the rest of your, life
and so we will clear juvenile crime.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Record.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Now sometimes the juvenile crimes can be so significant that
juveniles are tried as. Adults, yes there are varying degrees
of that which, occur but if as a society we
have decided fifteen and sixteen year olds shouldn't even be
held accountable sometimes oftentimes most times for the crimes that they,
(06:22):
commit and we will wipe them. Clean And Judge kagan
is a strong advocate of that. Perspective how can she
simultaneously argue that fifteen year old should be able to
irreversibly change their body and potentially sterilize. THEMSELVES i would
(06:43):
love For Judge, kagan WHO i think is actually, intelligent
to try.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
And explain that to me and to all of. You
AND i was thinking about that.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
YESTERDAY i had like a four hour delay on my
flight back FROM, dc SO i was doing a lot of.
READING i was doing a lot of, thinking and some
of you may have seen the tweet THAT i put.
Out it was a six' to three decision yesterday that
the State of tennessee had the ability to restrict miners
from having these gender surgeries which could be so destructive
(07:12):
for them, as adults that were not going to allow
it in my home STATE where i am right Now.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
At tennessee and.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
It was, six' three and a lot of, people were
saying how is this not? Nine to zero and it's
not coincidental that the three liberals were in descent. On
THIS case but i did think it was interesting that
two of, The three Liberals Kagan, and soda mayor, don't
(07:39):
have kids and that if for people who raised kids it,
was six' one these. Decisions SHOULDN'T be made and, i
was thinking About You Remember when judge sata mayor said
maybe we need a Wise Latina. On the supreme court
you remember that when she was arguing that her ideay
(08:00):
in some way was going to make, her a better
JUDGE which in general i think.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Is MOSTLY not.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
True, but i did think isn't that kind of interesting
that the only parent that voted in favor of kids
being able. To Have These Surgeries was katanji brown jackson
that otherwise The Parents on, the, supreme court said yeah
(08:28):
we're not going to. Allow this to happen it was
two oh from women who don't have children saying that
kids should have the right to alter their bodies in
a way that could leave them sterile at fourteen, or
fifteen years old and. It Was Six' one katanji brown
(08:48):
jackson was, The, ONLY parent, who said hey i disagree
and kids shouldn't. Be able TO do this and yesterday
i was kind of having it making a joke about
how my middle Son believed he was a jedi and
dressed Up like he was a jedi, and he had
a braid but we didn't Actually.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Think he was a jedi.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
And probably, at some point in time by the way,
my middle son dressed up he wanted to. Be somebody
different every day some days he. Wanted to be a,
ninja he basically was great super fun, kid when he
was young but every Day. For him was like halloween
some days he. Wanted to be a pirate he would
wake up every Day and be. Like today i'm, a.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
Ninja we're like okay you're gonna.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Go throw some throwing Stars and He'd say today, i'm,
a jedi and say okay well you're Gonna Be.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Dressed up like Luke.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Skywalker and he liked anakin He even had The Fake
anakin scar for. Star wars people out there every day
he dressed up and he wanted to be. A different
kind of person my youngest kid actually, had tons of
imaginary friends and sometimes we want mom and dad to have.
(10:00):
Conversations with the imaginary friends and maybe out there you've
got kids who wanted to be dinosaurs or. Superheroes Or,
Whatever They, Were Hey, Mom I'm. Batman Hey, Mom I'm,
Superman Hey Man. Hey mom i'm tyrannosaurs rex or maybe
you got daughters and they, dressed, Up and they said
hey i'm a princess today or Today I. Want to,
be princess jasmine and Tomorrow, for those of you aladdin
(10:23):
Tomorrow i want to be mona or whatever the, different
princes says. Princesses are it's not real and probably you
had kids who woke up the morning after their, birthday,
party and you said hey what do you? Want to
have for breakfast and, they were, LIKE birthday cake you're
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like i don't think you're going to. Get birthday cake
for breakfast kids make choices all the time that, are
NOT rooted in rationality, and i think most Parents Including,
those on the supreme court understand that a huge part
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of being a parent is sometimes protecting kids from the
choices that they would, make when they were young because
they aren't well developed enough mentally to understand the consequences
of some of. The. Choices that they're making, nah In
my own parenting, which i'm far from perfect but we've
(11:25):
tried to keep, our kids off social media and THAT'S partly,
because of what i do until they're at least in
their teenage years and they just want, to chase girls
on there. Which is its own problem, but because so
many kids they go back and they look and see
what they posted when they were, fourteen or fifteen, years
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old and, they're like oh my god you QUOTED rap
lyrics with.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
The n word in.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
It when you, were fourteen oh my god you're twenty
four now. And you're a pro athlete, but you've got
to apologize and we, got we don't hold kids by
and large accountable for all. The choices that, they make
when they're, young even if they're criminal because we don't
think their brains are well developed enough to be entirely
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accountable for. The choices that they Made How, can someone
like elena Kagan how can someone like justice sodemyor believe
in that when it comes, to the criminal, justice, system
but simultaneously believe, oh, that fourteen year old well he
should chop his penis off and.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
THE state should allow.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
It i think it is in this particular case somewhat consequential, that,
almost every parent said, yeah we can't allow that BECAUSE
they've lived. Through what i just described the Kid, who
believes he's a jedi the girl who believes, that she
is a princess the imaginary friends that they're treated as
(12:52):
real life but we all. Know are not actually there
What Does It say about katanji brown jackson that she
doubtless has been through this. Because she is a parent
i'm sure that her children have had. All sorts of
imaginative experiences that she's so committed to the crazy gender
cult that she would vote against a basic parental experience that,
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all of, us would acknowledge which is, young kids make
bad choices and our goal as a parent should be,
to protect them from it because she cares more about
being in good standing politically with the crazy people in
her party than she does with. HER responsibilities as a
parent i, do THINK that's not coincidental, and I think
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it's significant and i WAS thinking about it as i
was sitting at the airport with. My three hour plus.
Delay we'll talk about it you guys can weigh in
eight HUNDRED two. TWO two eight a two, i, want
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i try to get to as MANY of these EVENTS
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siller and his company and. Everybody that he's brought together
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it's a lot of. Times argument with my parents my.
Mom was yelling at me.
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Not one of. Them have any.
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Resiliency whatsoever they're on social. Media with all these influencers
they use words such, as. My parents are narcissistic toxic.
They don't VALIDATE my feelings every. Time i talk to
them i'm Worried about the country because trump. Is going
to kill us all this is. A normal, Day, for
me it's sad honestly it's sad how many people have.
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HAD their fears preyed ON i was stunned As, i WENT.
All over washington d c BY how many young. PEOPLE i,
STILL wearing masks i mean i was in a coffee shop.
Next to our radio station the girl was. Trying to
talk to. Me it's probably twenty three. She had a
mask on what in the world is going on that
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we have created an entire generation of kids that is
so fearful. That they're, still WEARING masks.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
It's crazy and i just feel so SORRY for.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
These people because i can't imagine what it's like to,
go through life that's scared but particularly when you're young
and you should be taking chances and you should be
insanely optimistic to sit around and, hear the argument of oh.
This is an awful country OH there's no way. That
i could ever succeed, there, is a Huge cadre unfortunately
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Clay travis buck sexton show appreciate. All of you hanging
out let us as we. ARE rolling through the program
i did want to. Play a couple of CUTS it
is juneteenth and i played. Earlier, To start, The, program whoopee,
goldberg saying Hey, you know people in iran women In
(19:15):
particular black people in america. Have it Basically as bad
that's whoopee goldberg's Argument, as the women of, iran which is.
A outrageous indefensibly bad argument but she's not alone. In
making arguments like that there are a Lot of bad.
Mayors in america right now. Chicago is a fabulous city
(19:37):
chicago Is. The capital of the midwest there is a
good chance that if You grow up in the midwest
and you go away to college, at a big ten school,
At some point in time chicago is the city that
acts as kind of a magnet that either you or
your friends are going to end up in that city
(19:57):
and you are going to. Spend decent amount, of time
good chance again if You, grow up. In the midwest
fabulous city it has made some of the worst governance Decisions,
of any city in America Right up there with los
angeles and everything. That they Have Been doing they had.
Lori Lightfoot as the mayor lori lightfoot was one Of.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
The WORST. Mayors In america during.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
Covid lori Lightfoot was so bad that chicagoans across the
board finally, got fed up with her and they, defeated
her in the primary and they. Replaced her with somebody,
worse this is, my concern By The Way about what
new york. City is going to do a lot of
our Wor listeners know. Exactly What I'm talking about new
(20:44):
york city is in such a Bad spot that the
best democrat option in The City, right now is andrew
cuomo the guy who sent everybody's grandma to go die
in nursing homes and lied about, the tally of death
there the guy who had to design. Because, of sexual
harassment allegations Now To, BE fair to andrew cuomo i
(21:05):
think the sexual, harassment allegations were mostly garbage but he
is going to be in a fight for his political
life to beat a guy who said we should. Replace
police with social workers this is How Crazy Things are in.
New york city right now That Whatever, you THINK about
(21:26):
eric Adams And i do think eric adams has Been a,
better mayor than deblasio was but that's only because.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
A brick might BE. A better mayor than deplausi if you, just.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
Don't make any decisions it's better than, always making the
Worst decision Which is what bill. De BLASIO managed to
do but i.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
Do Think.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
THIS is significant brandon johnson i believe he had most
recently a Six. Percent approval Rating In chicago so like
brandon johnson's Approval rating IS. Narrowly above, syphilisa, and hiv
it's like hey here is like cancer probably has. A
(22:06):
zero percent APPROVAL rating i would imagine i don't think, there's,
anybody out there like hey you know What we need to?
Talk paul positive about cancer, Cancer Zero percent approval rating brandon.
Johnson six percent Approval Rating that means if brandon johnson,
right now ran against cancer it.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
Would.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
BE a tight, race people i don't know? Should we
vote for Cancer Should? We, vote for brandon johnson well
he Is a cancer on the chicago body politic and
he was not saying anything That different. Than what pe, goldberg,
said he was asked hey why are you spending so
much Money on illegal immigrants in Chicago when the citizens
(22:44):
of chicago could use, A lot of these, funds, and
his response is Well Let's talk about how donald trump
wants to eliminate.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
Black people from the country. This is real cut Sixteen.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
Instead of working with congress to, ACTUALLY pass, substantive immigration
reform pol see, they wanted to create division but we're
not going to allow that to Happen. In the city
of chicago much like we fought for, Civil rights sixty
years ago we're going to continue to make Sure, That, Whether, you, are,
black brown asian white young old working. People deserve to
be prioritized in, this misnomer, that there's division you know
(23:18):
in consternation within communities solely based on.
Speaker 2 (23:21):
This issue is just Wrong he's.
Speaker 3 (23:22):
Working to eliminate black history he is trying to eliminate,
black existence from this country BUT he's. Also attacking the
lgbtq point what we're going to do is we're going
to bring people together in this country to make, sure we,
build the safest Most. Affordable big city in America.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
He's trying to Eliminate Black. Existence from The united. States
what is chicago DOING there's a scene and i like
to go back to, it Every now and then and
i'm outing myself here as a watcher of this, Program
some twenty Years. Ago sex in the city there Is
(24:00):
a scene where the charlotte character gets upset because she's
making all of her choices and they have led, her
to a bad place and she just keeps, saying over
and over again it's. A part of women's. EMPOWERMENT i
choose my. CHOICE i choose my. CHOICE i CHOOSE my
choice i. Think i got that right the scene HAS
(24:22):
stuck with me because i think it's a perfect Analogy in.
Many ways for Democrat voting they're so anti trump that
they can't make rational choices for the politicians that actually
dictate day to. Day Decisions in their city lorie lightfoot
(24:44):
was the worst Mayor. In the history of chicago they
replaced her with a mayor who is worse than the
worst mayor that has ever Existed, in the history of
chicago a guy who if he Were running Against, cancer
or syphilists or hi it.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
Would be a down. To, THE wire last second hey
i don't know who's. Going to win this, race.
Speaker 1 (25:08):
And as a result these cities are losing many of
the best and brightest that used. To, ASPIRE to, Go
there look i said chicago Is. A magnet for the
Midwest you Graduate, from the university of michigan good chance
you're going to end Up at some point in. Chicago
or your Friends, are you graduate From, purdue you graduate
(25:29):
From Indiana.
Speaker 2 (25:31):
You graduate from ohio.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
State all these great places there's other cities that Are,
VERY nice, in The midwest i know. But chicago is
the magnet it is the place that, draws your, friends, from, college,
highly educated. Young successful dynamic entrepreneurial spirit that's the. Place
people want to go and they're. Making the worst possible Decisions,
and IT'S not just. Chicago As I just mentioned new
(25:54):
york city is in such dire straits now From A,
mayoral perspective that Andrew Cuomo who other than gavin Newsom
May have HANDLED. In gretchen whitmer and jb pritzker right
up there with THE worst possible governorships during. Covid that
anybody could create He's Actually The best option new york
(26:15):
City may. Have on The Democrat, Side And in los
angeles karen bass let the city burn legitimately during the,
wildfires when she wasn't there and then she came back
and she let the. City burn during the riots and
all they can Do Is just point at donald trump
when they are choosing the. Method of their own destruction buckle,
(26:38):
likes to, talk About That you know and ghostbusters ray
stands up on top of, the building, and they say
you know choose the, method of your own destruction and
he can't avoid thinking about the marshmallow man gigantic Walking
Through The.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
Streets of new york.
Speaker 1 (26:54):
City democrats are choosing the method of their own destruction
because of their brain are broken and they aren't making
rational choices that lead to. Better outcomes for their families
and what does it mean when you are stacking one
bad mayor after another things get so bad that finally
(27:17):
many of these cities Are Going to need a rudy
giuliani like figure in order to just. Return BASIC sanity
to them and i don't. See this as being political
having a well run city is something. That should be
aspired to it Shouldn't Be The case That new YORK
city and chicago and la, are epic political dumpster fires
(27:41):
because there's lots of great people, who live in those
cities but they keep choosing the choice. That is leading
them astray and then instead of acknowledging that they pick
someone who is a poor representative of the city, and
cannot make rational decisions these guys just come Out And
say things like donald trump's. Trying to eliminate black people?
(28:03):
What does That Even mean, And, WHAT pee goldberg, says
well i don't know if black People have it better In.
AMERICA then, women in irando i, mean this is crazy
talk but it's also destructive to aspiration and ambition and
all the young kids out there that you should, be
lifting up by saying this is the greatest country in.
(28:24):
The history of the world the only thing that is
going to keep you from having massive achievement is your own.
Inability to embrace the opportunity they're trying To sell the
idea that america is a fundamentally broken place, and you
can't succeed there and yet. These people keep getting elected what.
(28:46):
DOES it, Say About that I mean ronald reagan said
america is a city on, top of a shining city.
On top of a hill he grew up on the,
sunny side of the mountain. Even back in the day
if you go back and watch the ads and the story,
That they attempt to tell i'm not saying that it.
(29:07):
Is one that is accurate if You Go back and Watch, Bill,
clinton boy from hope Arkansas It's very. Similar To Ronald
reagan's argument even barack, obama two thousand and eight the
big message that he tried to sell and his win
in two THOUSAND and eight was if i can rise
(29:28):
to Become The, president, of the. United states truly anyone, can,
i'm a single parent Raised. Mixed race kid from. Hawaii
people Bought that argument it was american exceptionalism makes it
possible for me. To be, in this situation and Now
(29:48):
If you, contrast say barack obama's message, Whatever you think
about it i'm, just talking about the message not the.
Practical Application of the message barack obama's tag that he
Attempted to sell was that america is such a land
of opportunity that. He's his Rise as, possible same One reagan.
Sold same one Clinton sold. Is a uniquely american story
(30:13):
And now a lot, of, democrat politicians are saying, oh
you have no hope you. Live In a, Worst country
elon omer says america legitimately is one of the. Worst
countries in the world.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
This is.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
THE message that they're selling i don't know that we
have ever had that level Of Nihilistic. Worldview IN the
united states and i do think it has a consequence
because when people, here there is no hope there is
nothing you can do because of, the color of your
skin you. ARE forever going to fail i, think it
(30:49):
does get internalized and instead, of moving towards ambitious, goals
you begin to marinate, AS that email or said i, Think,
It happens For white. Black asian and hispanic kids you
begin to marinate in the idea that you live in
such an awful land, that you could never succeed. And
those thoughts become reality whatever, you can convince yourself of to,
(31:15):
a large extent is. Possible both good and bad and
if you convince yourself that you live in an awful
country where, you could never have success that's the reality
in which. You are going to exist and so it
doesn't surprise me that kids who have grown up in
that culture and in that. Worldview would be profoundly sad then.
(31:35):
YOU layer, on, social media i mean heck fact that
thirty percent of teenage girls have thought about killing. Themselves
in the, last year that's pretty scary and that's a
sign that our mental health as a. Country, is not
very high. Uh look much less negative we got a
Basketball game going on in indianapolis tonight which could Herald
(31:58):
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That Has Just Come Down White house press secretary. Caroline
levitt at the rostrum. THIS is cut thirty two i
Believe Reading a statement from president trump saying that he
is going to decide, in the next two weeks which
(33:40):
is obviously a very long time given that we're what
one Week basically Into, attacks from israel on iran about
being Involved At all, from a united states perspective listen.
Speaker 4 (33:53):
Regarding, THE ongoing situation and iran i know there has
been a lot of speculation amongst all of you in
the media regarding the president decision making And Whether or
not the united. States will be directly involved, IN light
of that news i have A, message DIRECTLY from the
president and i quote based on the fact that there's
a substantial chance of negotiations that may or May not
take place with. IRAN in the near future i will
(34:15):
make my decision whether or not to go. Within the
next two weeks that's A quote directly from the president.
Speaker 2 (34:21):
For, all Of You today.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
Okay so president trump. Basically, letting it be known hey,
In the next TWO weeks i'll decide.
Speaker 2 (34:29):
What i want to do.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
Can? YOU imagine living and working i don't know if,
they LIVE there full time but i think it's probably
hard to get in and out of the side Of
the mountain in that iranian nuclear facility in, The SIDE
of the mountain and i don't are they still sending?
Speaker 2 (34:45):
People in there?
Speaker 1 (34:46):
To work do we know can you imagine just going in, every,
day and. You're like well it's possible the whole mountain
is going. To get blown up today you have no.
Control over it at all us might drop. The big
bunker busting bomb now that's somebody who. Should be A
little depressed. You, got americans walking, around.
Speaker 2 (35:05):
Oh, IT'S so sad but black i have no Hope.
Of ever succeeding in america crying.
Speaker 1 (35:11):
MYSELF to sleep at night i make, ninety thousand dollars,
a year six weeks vacation best.
Speaker 2 (35:19):
Medical care in the. World, oh It's so sad.
Speaker 1 (35:22):
Meanwhile some iranian schleps gotta go into the side of
a mountain and wait to see whether the whole thing
is gonna.
Speaker 2 (35:28):
Get blown.
Speaker 1 (35:29):
Up or, Not, that's, stress i'm sorry like yeah that's
probably not a very good way to get out. Of,
bed in the, Morning, hey we don't know hamid you.
Might get blown up today. No control over it all there's.
Literally nothing you can do, Go. Turn the beaker on.
Muhammed let's get, To work at any moment trump, may
(35:51):
drop the big bomb. Blow the whole mountain up.
Speaker 2 (35:55):
YOU got to go in i.
Speaker 1 (35:56):
Would probably be pretty depressed those are guys where if
they were like they called it, right, NOW and they're,
LIKE hey i feel. Oppressed, i would get that yeah
that doesn't sound like a very good. Way to spend the,
day On the one hand the, bunsen burner's not. Working
well that stinks positive we haven't. GOTTEN blown up yet
(36:16):
today i mean that's, basically their life right now assuming
they have.
Speaker 2 (36:20):
Anybody in the nuclear facility can you.
Speaker 1 (36:23):
Ever remember a conversation like this where everybody just talks
about whether? We're going to blow up that got the
place where these guests work and they have to go in.
Speaker 2 (36:29):
There and.
Speaker 1 (36:30):
Work every day that's stress that sounds like something you.
Could legitimately, be depressed about. All right we come back we'll.
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