November 20, 2025 • 36 mins
Hour 3 of the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show delivers hard-hitting political analysis and breaking updates on major national security and policy issues. The hour opens with Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, who discusses alarming revelations about the FBI’s handling of the Thomas Crooks assassination attempt on President Trump. Johnson suggests the Bureau may have withheld critical information about Crooks’ online activity, including radicalization indicators, and criticizes the lack of transparency despite bipartisan efforts to investigate. He confirms his committee is pursuing independent inquiries and warns that more details will surface.
The conversation shifts to the Epstein Transparency Act, which passed Congress with near-unanimous support. Johnson explains why the Senate fast-tracked the measure and outlines concerns about protecting victims while ensuring public disclosure. He predicts the DOJ will release files within 30 days of Trump’s signature, though some material may remain withheld for legal reasons. Buck and Johnson agree this rare bipartisan moment reflects overwhelming public demand for accountability in the Epstein case.
Johnson also tackles FBI abuses under “Operation Arctic Frost,” describing it as a partisan dragnet targeting Trump allies, Republican groups, and even ordinary citizens in Wisconsin. He calls for full exposure of communications between Biden officials and outside legal operatives, framing the probe as an attempt to criminalize lawful political activity. The senator further advocates ending the Senate filibuster, aligning with Trump’s position to secure election integrity, repair Obamacare’s failures, and advance conservative reforms.
Later in the hour, Buck analyzes Karoline Leavitt’s fiery White House briefing, where she announced a major step toward dismantling the Department of Education. Leavitt detailed plans to redistribute its functions across other agencies, moving toward Trump’s campaign promise to return education control to states and eliminate federal overreach. Buck applauds the move, arguing the Department has long served as a progressive policy arm rather than an educational necessity.
The show also previews Trump’s upcoming meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, which Levitt characterized as a stark contrast between Trump’s pragmatic leadership and Mamdani’s far-left agenda. Buck predicts fireworks from the meeting and critiques Mamdani’s socialist proposals, including rent freezes and free public transit, as disastrous for New York’s economy.
Listeners weigh in through calls and talkbacks, blasting Democrats for their PSA urging military personnel to refuse “illegal orders,” which Buck frames as a dangerous attempt to undermine the Commander-in-Chief. The hour closes with cultural commentary on political hypocrisy, AI-driven misinformation risks, and the enduring appeal of Trump’s unfiltered style.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Third hour of Clay Buck gets going right now with
Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin joining us. Senator appreciate you
as always, Sarah, thanks.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
For calling in well, Buck, I hope you're doing well.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Yeah, man, things are great here. Let's let's get right
to it. This revelation that came out, it was a
combination of reporting from Miranda Devine, Tucker Carlson on Thomas Crooks,
the would be assassin of Donald Trump, that really the
first of two would be assassins, but the one who
actually got shots off and managed to shoot the president
(00:35):
in the ear. There seems to be information that maybe
the FBI had but didn't publicly release or first let
me ask you about that. What do you make of
this that there were some accounts online that we weren't
told about that indicated at least at some level, Thomas
(00:55):
Crooks had become a using trans pronouns all this kind
of stuff. What do you make of this? Did the
FBI probably know and just not talk about it, or
did they miss it or what?
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Well, again, I've got a great deal of sympathy for
cast Hotel, Dan Bongino, Daan Bondi going to these agencies
trying to root out the deep state actors that may
are still burrowed in unable to really hire the kind
of staff they need because of the lawfare against good
people like judge troops in Wisconsin and others, they're kind
(01:28):
of reluctant to join the Trump administration during their career
be destroyed. So I've got I want to start there.
I've got a great deal of sympthy these guys come
into office, they've got enormous messes they're trying to clean up,
actually turn these agencies into what they're meant to be
crime fighting units for the standpoint of the FBI. But
(01:48):
at the same time, I'll say I've been frustrating. We
tried to undertake a byparisan investigation and then we did
some work but buying large What we found out about
Butler was pretty well gleaned by my investory staff in
the first week, primarily talking to local law officials. I
issued what I considered a friendly subpoena too the FBI
(02:10):
to help prompt more documents, more information coming forward. A
liaison of the FBI actually thanked this for the subpoena,
But the fact matters, we really have not gotten much.
So We've had to go out and contact phone carriers
and social media companies. We're starting to get information. We're
piecing things together. You know, there are things that are
(02:35):
interesting that we need to kind a complete the investigation
before we start publishing. But no, there's an awful lot
unknown about Thomas Crooks that from my standpoint, we should
have known quite some time ago.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Just so I'm clear on this, Senator, there's an awful
lot that the public should know about that you think
the FBI has and has not made public, or there's
more that the FBI maybe didn't Fine.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
It's just probably both both.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Okay, Yeah, yeah, you.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Know again we yeah, I mean, I'm frustrated. Fuck, there's
no doubt about it. But again, I don't want to
be throwing past Pelo Dan Bonji under the bus, because yeah, we.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Just so you know, Senator, we don't do that. You know,
we know Cash and uh and and Dan here. They're
friends of ours, I am from before they took these jobs.
They took these jobs because they want to help and
they want to reform and they you know, and we
get a lot of heat for standing up for them
here because some people have been very frustrated with even
a lot of Trump voters have been frustrated with a
transparency issue. But I try to remind everybody these are enormous, unwieldy,
(03:42):
bureaucratic institutions that were really left rot from the inside
under previous administrations. There's a lot of work to be done.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
There really is, So we're pursuing this. I'm pretty well
undertaking the investigation now from Santa stan Point just through
my firm, Subcoming Investment Gation kind of walked away from
the BI parison because it just slowed us way down.
But again, all I can say is that there's more
information that will eventually come out and some that we
(04:12):
have not yet discovered. So we're still doing investigation.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Now on the transparency issue. Obviously, you were a yes
vote for releasing the Epstein files because the Senate was
unanimous in this right one member of the House. Everyone
else voted for it. One member of the House is look,
I'm his concern was that he thinks that there are
people that will be tainted who didn't do anything wrong,
but their name is just in some Okay, so that
was his, but everybody else voted to release this thing.
(04:39):
Can you just tell us what your sense is of
where the president has been on this one. I know
you talked to President Trump. He is now in favor
of it, But people keep asking to say, well, why
is he in favor of it now? Why has there
been this delay? And how do you see the release
of the Epstein files from the beginning of this administration
to president in terms of what's going on here, like
(05:01):
why has it been so stop? Start?
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Ker really did a pretty good job laying out his
concerns about, you know, information getting out in the public
domain that really would be harmful to victims, and is
that could be adequately protected and whatever gets released this
time we're concerns. I think President Trump as I would
have similar concerns going is this evidence of these documents untainted?
(05:30):
You know they're in the Biden in the midst of
the Bide administration, Who were I mean bad administration doing
everything they could destroy Donald Trump during their four years.
If there's something damnsey to Trump, you would think that
would have already been released. So I also take the
president's word, I mean, he just he doesn't we have
serious problems facing the station. There are a lot of
(05:52):
things he's addressing. Do we really need this distraction. Having
said all that, I'm as curious as every other American
about what happened bringing people to justice who are pedophiles
that you know, engage this kind of abuse. So again
I'm as curious as anybody. We didn't take a vote,
(06:14):
by the way, we just passed this by unanimous consents,
I think before the bill even got over here. So yeah,
the Senate didn't want to take much time on this.
That was a fight in the House. People who fought
for disclosure won, and now we'll see what we'll get.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Yeah, it's a rare it's a rare moment where things
just fly through and bipartis in fashion in the Congress.
So now we're once the President signs this and everyone
believes it's going to get signed imminently, thirty days for
the release. Is that how this goes?
Speaker 2 (06:47):
That's right here. But yeah, they're still probably need to
do a review and there will be some material with
help and they in the while, they've got I think
four or five very specific reasons things that can be withheld.
But you know, really this reflects with the public wanted
to see this, and so as elected officials, when you
(07:08):
when you for a year that's the number one thing
that people are calling into your office, is you know,
vote to release the Epstein files. You know, in the end,
representive government actually works.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Yeah, what do you have on the on the agenda here?
I know the Senate goes into recess. What next week
sometime for Thanksgiving? What are you hoping can get done
before the end of this year? Is there anything? Are
you going to try to get some judges through? How's
that going? What? What are you looking to get the
Senate to finally push over the finish line here before
(07:44):
we all head out for the holidays.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
Yeah, I'm the Senate's always doing in nominations now that
we had to change rules because the obnoxious obstruction of
Democrats will probably clear another seventy to one hundred nominations
of various types. We are working of healthcare, by the way,
we always have. It's just going to here. Republics have
no plans, you know, we have all kinds of plans.
It's how do we get it passed. Democrats are in
(08:08):
a complete state denial of the miserable failure that Obamacare
has been. The reason people's premiums are increasing is because
of the fault lawed design of Obamacare. So we are
working very diligently on that, you know which Scott is
probably involved in this, probably as knowledgeable an individual on
healthcare in America, if not the world. So we've got
(08:30):
some good people here. I've bought health care for thirty years.
I'm pretty knowledgeable about as well. So we're going to
do this based on, you know, repairing the damage done
by Obamacare properly defined the problem coming up with you know,
what are the principles and prusident Trump tweeted the main
principles Rather than spend hundreds of or spent hundreds of
millions of dollars into these insurance companies, you know, I
(08:51):
help stock price increase seven percent since Obamacare, the slowest
percent increase in stock prices four or four teen percent.
So instead of filling the conference of insurance companies, why
don't we give that money to the American people turn
them in into consumers of health insurance and health care
(09:12):
with things like HSA accounts. So no Republicans have solutions
is how can we overcome you know, the impediment that
the structure of Obamacare is with the current filibuster, which,
by the way, I've very been very public reluctantly, but
I completely agree with Preston Trump. It's time to end
the filibuster. The Democrats will do it. We will look
(09:33):
like schmucks in twenty twenty eight if they have all
the lovers of power and they do this and then
do it to maintain their power, as opposed to We're
going to do it to secure our elections, for the
secure border, hopefully repair the damage done by a biomacare,
transition to a system that works, you know, have a
prosperous economy, make things more affordable. You know, we would
(09:54):
use ending the filibuster for the benef of the American people,
not our own personal power.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
Being an Senator Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin and Senator, I
want to actually circle back if I can, to the
oversight of the FBI for a moment here, because I
know you're very up to speed on the Arctic frost situation. Right.
That was the FBI investigation run under the Biden administration
about January sixth and the twenty twenty election. It looks
(10:22):
like there were abuses there. What can you tell us
about what we're learning about Arctic frost and what's going
to come next?
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Well, I think what has been revealed recently this wasn't
just a mere fishing expedition. This was a massive partisan
dragnet really meant to cripple the Republican Party. Obviously Trump
was the main target. Yeah, we got you know, some
members of Congress got some of our form records scooped up.
But what's maybe the most outrageous is just ordinary citizens.
(10:52):
You know, all these affiliated Republican groups. But for example,
in Wisconsin, thirty eight Wisconsinights, just god fearing, country loving
law enforces. Forty people were on the enemy's lists. So
they are literally trying to destroy the person of unbelievable
terry Judge Troopus, who just represented President Trump for two
(11:12):
months after the election. There were serious problems in Wisconsin.
They're criminalizing that behavior. They're attempting to That's what all
Artie Truss is all about. Criminalizing what basically JFK did
in Hawaii, at least alternate electors. It's just shameful. And
I met with the Jarny General Pam Bondi and Deputy
Tourney General Todd Blanche this week and they are completely
(11:37):
on board with exposure. And one of the things I
point out is get us the communication records between Biden
officials and Wisconsin officials on for example, Judge troopis, you know,
let's see the coordination between the bid administration of these
outside groups. You know, the Mary McCord's, the market alliances,
you know, all these legal groups that the left has
(12:00):
our engagement lawfare across the board. It got again not
just against President Trump, but ordinary Americans. People just have
to support through Publican Party and President Trump. They're trying
to destroy all these people.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
Senator Johnson, one more for you before we let you go.
What is your favorite part of a traditional and I
don't know how you guys do it up in Wisconsin,
but a traditional American Thanksgiving feast? Your favorite dish?
Speaker 2 (12:26):
I mean, it's the turkey, it's the dressing, it's the gravy,
it's the mass potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn. That is
my Thanksgiving dinner. I got to have it all in
the right portions. I start and portion it out and
I end with the exact portions for that final bite.
We just literally had Thanksgiving lunch. John Bosemen provided it,
so I had a pre Thanksgiving dinner. It was fabulous.
(12:49):
Can't wait till Thursday, and I wish all you and
all your listeners are a very happy.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Thanksgiving Sam to you, Senator, thanks so much. I have
a great holiday. We'll talk to you soon.
Speaker 4 (12:58):
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Let's get some palls, let's get some talkbacks.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
Also, Caroline Levitt, the one and only. She has had
quite a press conference today, as she tends to do,
and we have some of the highlights of that for
all of you, and we will get into it. But
we have Matt in Rockville, Maryland live on the line.
(14:47):
What's going on.
Speaker 6 (14:47):
Matt oh reporting from the People's Republic of Montgomery County, Maryland.
One of the things that real quick one of the
things that Governor Desantas said about the people not wanting
the property taxes that we're against it. It seems to
be working out pretty well for not having state income taxes.
But neither here nor there. I didn't hear any of
(15:10):
these Democrats that were saying to ignore orders that were
on law pump. Were they saying anything about when Obama
had the disposition matrix and were droning Americans to death
in the Middle East? Did these Democrats say anything about
how Biden had the military cutting razor wire to allow
illegal immigrants to plug the country. Were they saying anything
(15:33):
about that.
Speaker 4 (15:34):
No.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
I brought up the droning issue with Obama and as
you might have heard madam the show, and I totally agree.
They set this precedent and now they want to act
like they didn't and they did. And also the civilian
casualties that these drone strikes were starting to rack up
over time were considerable, so they didn't have any problem
(15:58):
with this. You know, Code Pink basically disappeared the Obama administration. Right,
the supposedly anti war they're really just anti America and
anti civilization. But the anti war lunatics, the anti war
movement only only seems to have any real hef behind
it when there's a Republican in office. Thank you for
calling in. Matt Ellen in Rocky River, Ohio a new
(16:20):
I learned a new place today.
Speaker 7 (16:21):
What's going on, Ellen, Well, I want to tell you
I watched the entire interview that Martin McCallum had yesterday
with that congressmen from Colorado. She was a lot more
polite than I would have been. I'd have cut his mic.
But he was rude, he was insulting, he was disrespectful,
and he continued to talk over her. He was the
(16:43):
poster boy for man's blaming, and I thought that was
a behavior that the leftist gals got all upset about
and accused the right wing misogynists of engaging. And he
made he did not do himself any favor. It was
a horrible interview.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
Yeah, Well, I think they've made an error with this video.
I think it looked really to anybody who is observing, honestly,
I think it looked very like it kind of a
weird cheap shot against the administration. You're not give going
to say what the order is that you have a
problem with. Ellen, Thank you for calling in. I agree
that guy, Jason Crowe, there's something about him that doesn't
(17:21):
He's never gonna be like a Democrat nominee for president.
I can tell you that he does not come across
as it's certainly in that or other interviews I've seen
to come across as likable as somebody that like you
want to spend time around. And I'm just that's my
impression of him politically. Uh, let's see podcast Little BB
podcast listener, Steve, let's go with this, BB.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
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White House Press Secretary, has been laying down on various
journals leftists, libs reporters, and she's covered a range of topics.
I want to get into some of them right now.
This was interesting. I knew this was coming, and we
(19:15):
maybe at some point we'll be able to have Elenna
mcmahn on. She's the Department of Ed secretary. We've reached
out a little busy see who make that happen. But
looks like the Department of Education could be going bye bye,
or at least parts of it. Play Levitt on Cut
twenty seven.
Speaker 8 (19:32):
President Trump took a significant step towards delivering on a
core campaign promise to finally close the Department of Education
to shrink the bloated federal bureaucracy. The Department of Education
just entered into new interagency agreements with four agencies, the
Departments of Labor, Interior, Health and Human Services, and State.
These agencies will now ensure the delivery of legally required
(19:55):
programs while also refocusing them to better serve students. This
common sense action brings the Trump administration much closer to
finally returning education where it belongs at the state and
local level, not in Washington, DC. The democrats reckless forty
three day government shutdown did manage to do one valuable thing.
(20:15):
It proved that America does not need a federal Department
of Education.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
So they are finding a way within the bureaucratic framework
that currently exists to kind of dismantle the Department of Education.
I think that is the plan here, and that's a
good thing. That's a good thing. There does not need
to be. There should not be a federal Department of Education.
(20:45):
There's no reason for this. So several of its main offices,
as she laid out here, are going to be moved
into other places Labor Interior, so this won't affect the
money that Congress gives eight schools and colleges. So, but
why do we need a huge bureaucratic department as a
(21:07):
pass through for money that goes to state education programs.
You start to thinking about this, you go, hold on
a second. We have a whole agency in the Department
of Education, whole department that seems to exist to be
the pass through, the middleman for federal funds that go
(21:28):
into Why don't we just, if we're going to give
federal money to education, give money to states that are
actually educating kids and running colleges and universities. So I
think I'm all in favor of this. Education Secretary Elenna
McMahon has started a public campaign for the end of
(21:50):
her department. Yes, yes, that's what you like to see
the person running it saying this should not even be
a job, this should go away. But there's been you
know that the Department Education has really just been a
progressive policy arm under the guise of education. But it's
(22:13):
a part of really a lib deep state operation for
a long time. Because Department of Ed is so left wing,
it doesn't really matter what administration is in charge, Republican
or Democrat. The Department of Ed just pushes for policies
that are left wing because that's who works there. It's
a bit like the department or the Environmental Protection Agency
(22:37):
EPA is full of left wing climate change loans. And
so it doesn't matter if you have a Republican administration.
You have idealogues in an agency who are pushing an
agenda and doing so against the wishes of the Republican
in the White House. So you got to clean things up.
(22:58):
You got to deal with the mess. Yeah, I think
this is great. And you ask people what is the
it's always so fun too. I go, okay, I go
into groc as, you know, I like rock a lot.
What does the department a Department of Education do And
let's just see what it says and I'll read.
Speaker 6 (23:17):
This to you.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
A cabinet level federal agency created a nineteen eighty Its
main job is to oversee and support education, but it
does not run public schools. It distributes federal funding, enforces
federal education laws, and collects research and administer student financial aid.
(23:40):
So it's a pass through for a lot of federal dollars.
And it also in terms of the civil rights stuff
with education, that's just pure you know, DEI obsessed left
wing policy stuff. There's no actual need for any no
actual need for any of this. And think about this,
(24:01):
How serious could the Department of Education be about civil
rights when they have been unwilling to stop the madness
of the gender identity disorder stuff going on in all
these schools where they have men pretend to be women.
(24:23):
How can you say you're enforcing Title nine when a
guy can say he's a girl and play on women's sports.
So the Department Education gotta go hope it goes. They're
moving in that direction. Democrats are going to fight because
the Democrats they get to have policy through through agencies
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and departments, even when they lose elections. And that's one
of the incredibly important revelations of the Trump era is
that if you don't actually deal with this, even when
we win elections as Republicans, you end up still with
a lot of Democrat administration or Democrat policy pushed from
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these places. Now. She also spoke Caroline Levitt also spoke
about Zoran Mamdadi meeting with Trump tomorrow. This is cut
twenty eight. Let's hear it.
Speaker 8 (25:19):
It speaks volumes that tomorrow we have a communist coming
to the White House because that's who the Democrat Party
elected as the mayor of the largest city in the country.
I think it's very telling, But I also think it
speaks to the fact that President Trump is willing to
meet with anyone and talk to anyone and to try
to do what's right on behalf of the American people,
whether they live in blue states or red states, or
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blue cities in a city that's becoming much more left
than I think this president ever anticipated in his many
years of living in New York himself.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
You know why they are so touchy about the whole
communist thing because we all know that there's some truth
to it. If it were absurd, if it weren't really
something that bothered them, then they wouldn't always so No,
it's a democratic socialist. He's a democratic socialist. You know,
(26:16):
there was the American I guess it still exists, but
it's kind of a joke now. But the American Communist
Party grew and in the nineteen forties, I think it
was basically about one hundred thousand people. You know what happened,
They all became Democrats. You know what happened to the
communist movement in America got folded into the Democrat Party.
That's a whole other thing. That's a whole other thing.
(26:39):
And there are some great books on this stuff you
can read. Why do they hate Nixon so much? They
really hate Nixon so much because he was a staunch
anti communist and he worked to expose that there were
a lot of Democrats who were willing to play foot
see with communists back in the day. But I digress
on that one. I digress. Look, I think Trump will
be as I said before, he will be himself. He'll
(27:01):
be charming and funny to Mom, Donnie. He'll probably be
some great lines. Uh. And what was the thing? What
did Trump say to the And I don't even know
who he said it to, so I but he was
on Air Force one and some reporter interrupted them and
he said, quiet piggy. And the thing about this is
(27:24):
it's just the Democrats get they get so upset about it.
They're gonna get so angry about it, and it just
encourages them to do more stuff like that. Like they're
not going to make Trump stop being Trump. They can try,
they can try to shame his supporters. It's not gonna work. Yeah,
I never see that. Can you guys pull that ever?
I don't know I've ever it's heard it? Do we
(27:44):
have it? Trump saying, quiet, Piggy, I hope it's not a.
I I don't think it was A. I'm so and
now I have to worry about any clip that I see.
This is the world we're in, my friends, there's stuff
that it can look very real. They have programs now
(28:05):
that can make Trump look like he said things close
to what he said but changed the words a little bit.
This is the world that we are in right now.
So that's why I'm always like, oh, gosh, I hope
that's not AI. But I'm pretty sure he's I'm pretty
sure he said this one, just like I was sure
that he's meaning Mom Donni tomorrow and he is. The
Mamdanni disaster in New York I think is inevitable. I
(28:28):
hope it's not for New York's sake and for my
family that are there. But I think the Mam Donnie
situation is likely to get really get really bad, really bad.
We'll see. Oh and Caroline Levitt also gone into an
exchange with a reporter about that military PSA. Can we
is it really even a PSA? It's just kind of
(28:50):
an underhanded attack. But here she's just cut twenty nine.
Speaker 4 (28:54):
Listen to it, as the President and the Vice President
for that matter, had accused the other side of it
encouraging political violence. Isn't that exactly what the President is
doing when he says that members of Congress should be killed?
Speaker 8 (29:07):
Why aren't you talking about what these members of Congress
are doing to encourage it? In cite violence, they are
literally saying to one point three million active duty service
members not to defy the chain of command, not to
follow lawful orders, every single illegal order, which they are.
But they're suggesting, they're suggesting, Nancy, that the President has
(29:29):
given illegal orders, which he has not. Every single order
that is given to this United States Military by this
Commander in Chief and through this command chain of command,
through the Secretary.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
Of War is lawful.
Speaker 8 (29:39):
And the courts have proven that this administration has an
unparalleled record at the Supreme Court because we are following
the laws. We don't defy court orders. We do things
by the books. And to suggest and encourage that active
duty service members defy the chain of command is a
very dangerous thing for sitting members of Congress to do.
And they should be held accountable, and that's what the
(30:01):
president wants to see.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
She's not messing around. And I think it just based
on the number of you who are veterans yourselves or
even active duty, but veterans who have written in very
unhappy with this. This PSA. It's meant to be. It's
meant to undermine the commander in chief. Let's just be honest.
It's meant to undermine the commander in chief. That is
(30:24):
what they are doing. And it just goes with everything else.
They have to tell stories fables to themselves to justify
their Trump derangement. And that's yet another another example of it.
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Speaker 1 (32:33):
You should take my own advice and always bet on
Buck because I was correct. There was, in fact an
exchange on Air Force one last week where Trump said,
I mean he's so Trump honestly, like, oh man, this guy,
this guy, you know what, let's just he's playing for everybody.
(33:01):
If you hear that, well, he said, quiet piggy. Why
does he called her piggy? Oh man, Trump, You're you're
a what do you guy? She by the way, if
you're curious, she's not U. The reporter is a Bloomberg reporter.
She's not overweight. So I I just he just he
(33:23):
just went with quiet piggy. I don't know that's what
he said. Oh the President of the United States still
like a journalist, quiet piggy this is the this is
the world as it is, my friends, as it is. Uh, now,
let's get in some of your talkback, some of your calls.
I think we have a earl in Raleigh, North Carolina,
wants to talk about that.
Speaker 6 (33:41):
P s A.
Speaker 1 (33:42):
What's going on? Earl? Earl going once, Yeah, we got you, buddy.
Speaker 2 (33:50):
Go for it. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (33:52):
When when these tendators get up there and they say
this kind of stuff, it's like a dog whistle, and
they know that there's just enough disgruntled military members out
there who are gonna hear this message and they're gonna
go out and they're gonna do something crazy, something some bizarre,
maybe illegal or whatever, and and the senators can stay Actually, well,
you know, we'd never told them to do this. All
(34:13):
we said was, hey, you know, don't follow illegal orders.
And this is all it is is. It's a way
for them to incite bad behavior and then think that
they can walk away without any dirt or on their
own hands. Remember that Air Force airman a couple of
years ago burned themselves alive over Palestine. It's the same thing,
you know. They it's it's getting people to do stuff
(34:34):
and then saying, well, you know, we didn't tell them
to do that specific thing.
Speaker 1 (34:39):
I agree with your assessment on the PSA. I didn't
remember about that Air Air Force guy. But if you
that's I don't remember that story. But thank you for
bringing up something that I need to check up on.
But thank you for calling in. Let's get to some
of these talkbacks.
Speaker 9 (34:52):
Here.
Speaker 1 (34:54):
Podcast listener Mark AA in North Carolina.
Speaker 9 (34:59):
Play it, hey, clan bucket. This is Mark in Charlotte,
North Carolina, listening to the podcast. It must be pretty
nice being a bleeding heart liberal. There's no accountability, there's
no precedent, there's no slippery slope, and you can divert
your signal in any way you wish. You get to
enforce any laws that you want, and people will love
you for it already. Thank you very much and have
(35:19):
a great day.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
Hey man, Thank you so much for listening to podcast
and getting on the talkback. For all the podcasts listeners,
talkbacks the way to go, because if you can't call
in live, you can send us a talkback and get
on air just like that. And yeah, I agree. One
of the great one of the great appeals, unfortunately of
being a democrat being a liberal is never having to
face reality. You just want the good things for the
(35:41):
good people. C See Woody from Arizona.
Speaker 10 (35:44):
We'll get to this one, Hey Buck afternoon, it's Woody
in Arizona. This meeting between Trump and mom Domi needs
to be televised because if it's not, you know, mom
DOMI will come out of that meeting and he'll twist
the truth of what was said and outright lie. So
much like the showdown between Zelensky and Trump in the
(36:08):
Oval Office at time was televised, this needs to be televised.
Speaker 1 (36:14):
The Trump Mumdani revolution will be televised. Perhaps we will see,
we will see. Thank you so much for being here
with me.
Speaker 3 (36:22):
Team.
Speaker 1 (36:22):
I'll be back with you tomorrow. Maybe depends on the
I don't know air traffic control or whatever, but maybe
Clay will joined. Maybe not, We're not sure yet, but
I'll definitely be here tomorrow. We'll have a great show.
Talk to you then,
Third hour of Clay Buck gets going right now with
Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin joining us. Senator appreciate you
as always, Sarah, thanks.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
For calling in well, Buck, I hope you're doing well.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Yeah, man, things are great here. Let's let's get right
to it. This revelation that came out, it was a
combination of reporting from Miranda Devine, Tucker Carlson on Thomas Crooks,
the would be assassin of Donald Trump, that really the
first of two would be assassins, but the one who
actually got shots off and managed to shoot the president
(00:35):
in the ear. There seems to be information that maybe
the FBI had but didn't publicly release or first let
me ask you about that. What do you make of
this that there were some accounts online that we weren't
told about that indicated at least at some level, Thomas
(00:55):
Crooks had become a using trans pronouns all this kind
of stuff. What do you make of this? Did the
FBI probably know and just not talk about it, or
did they miss it or what?
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Well, again, I've got a great deal of sympathy for
cast Hotel, Dan Bongino, Daan Bondi going to these agencies
trying to root out the deep state actors that may
are still burrowed in unable to really hire the kind
of staff they need because of the lawfare against good
people like judge troops in Wisconsin and others, they're kind
(01:28):
of reluctant to join the Trump administration during their career
be destroyed. So I've got I want to start there.
I've got a great deal of sympthy these guys come
into office, they've got enormous messes they're trying to clean up,
actually turn these agencies into what they're meant to be
crime fighting units for the standpoint of the FBI. But
(01:48):
at the same time, I'll say I've been frustrating. We
tried to undertake a byparisan investigation and then we did
some work but buying large What we found out about
Butler was pretty well gleaned by my investory staff in
the first week, primarily talking to local law officials. I
issued what I considered a friendly subpoena too the FBI
(02:10):
to help prompt more documents, more information coming forward. A
liaison of the FBI actually thanked this for the subpoena,
But the fact matters, we really have not gotten much.
So We've had to go out and contact phone carriers
and social media companies. We're starting to get information. We're
piecing things together. You know, there are things that are
(02:35):
interesting that we need to kind a complete the investigation
before we start publishing. But no, there's an awful lot
unknown about Thomas Crooks that from my standpoint, we should
have known quite some time ago.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Just so I'm clear on this, Senator, there's an awful
lot that the public should know about that you think
the FBI has and has not made public, or there's
more that the FBI maybe didn't Fine.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
It's just probably both both.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Okay, Yeah, yeah, you.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Know again we yeah, I mean, I'm frustrated. Fuck, there's
no doubt about it. But again, I don't want to
be throwing past Pelo Dan Bonji under the bus, because yeah, we.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Just so you know, Senator, we don't do that. You know,
we know Cash and uh and and Dan here. They're
friends of ours, I am from before they took these jobs.
They took these jobs because they want to help and
they want to reform and they you know, and we
get a lot of heat for standing up for them
here because some people have been very frustrated with even
a lot of Trump voters have been frustrated with a
transparency issue. But I try to remind everybody these are enormous, unwieldy,
(03:42):
bureaucratic institutions that were really left rot from the inside
under previous administrations. There's a lot of work to be done.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
There really is, So we're pursuing this. I'm pretty well
undertaking the investigation now from Santa stan Point just through
my firm, Subcoming Investment Gation kind of walked away from
the BI parison because it just slowed us way down.
But again, all I can say is that there's more
information that will eventually come out and some that we
(04:12):
have not yet discovered. So we're still doing investigation.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Now on the transparency issue. Obviously, you were a yes
vote for releasing the Epstein files because the Senate was
unanimous in this right one member of the House. Everyone
else voted for it. One member of the House is look,
I'm his concern was that he thinks that there are
people that will be tainted who didn't do anything wrong,
but their name is just in some Okay, so that
was his, but everybody else voted to release this thing.
(04:39):
Can you just tell us what your sense is of
where the president has been on this one. I know
you talked to President Trump. He is now in favor
of it, But people keep asking to say, well, why
is he in favor of it now? Why has there
been this delay? And how do you see the release
of the Epstein files from the beginning of this administration
to president in terms of what's going on here, like
(05:01):
why has it been so stop? Start?
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Ker really did a pretty good job laying out his
concerns about, you know, information getting out in the public
domain that really would be harmful to victims, and is
that could be adequately protected and whatever gets released this
time we're concerns. I think President Trump as I would
have similar concerns going is this evidence of these documents untainted?
(05:30):
You know they're in the Biden in the midst of
the Bide administration, Who were I mean bad administration doing
everything they could destroy Donald Trump during their four years.
If there's something damnsey to Trump, you would think that
would have already been released. So I also take the
president's word, I mean, he just he doesn't we have
serious problems facing the station. There are a lot of
(05:52):
things he's addressing. Do we really need this distraction. Having
said all that, I'm as curious as every other American
about what happened bringing people to justice who are pedophiles
that you know, engage this kind of abuse. So again
I'm as curious as anybody. We didn't take a vote,
(06:14):
by the way, we just passed this by unanimous consents,
I think before the bill even got over here. So yeah,
the Senate didn't want to take much time on this.
That was a fight in the House. People who fought
for disclosure won, and now we'll see what we'll get.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Yeah, it's a rare it's a rare moment where things
just fly through and bipartis in fashion in the Congress.
So now we're once the President signs this and everyone
believes it's going to get signed imminently, thirty days for
the release. Is that how this goes?
Speaker 2 (06:47):
That's right here. But yeah, they're still probably need to
do a review and there will be some material with
help and they in the while, they've got I think
four or five very specific reasons things that can be withheld.
But you know, really this reflects with the public wanted
to see this, and so as elected officials, when you
(07:08):
when you for a year that's the number one thing
that people are calling into your office, is you know,
vote to release the Epstein files. You know, in the end,
representive government actually works.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Yeah, what do you have on the on the agenda here?
I know the Senate goes into recess. What next week
sometime for Thanksgiving? What are you hoping can get done
before the end of this year? Is there anything? Are
you going to try to get some judges through? How's
that going? What? What are you looking to get the
Senate to finally push over the finish line here before
(07:44):
we all head out for the holidays.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
Yeah, I'm the Senate's always doing in nominations now that
we had to change rules because the obnoxious obstruction of
Democrats will probably clear another seventy to one hundred nominations
of various types. We are working of healthcare, by the way,
we always have. It's just going to here. Republics have
no plans, you know, we have all kinds of plans.
It's how do we get it passed. Democrats are in
(08:08):
a complete state denial of the miserable failure that Obamacare
has been. The reason people's premiums are increasing is because
of the fault lawed design of Obamacare. So we are
working very diligently on that, you know which Scott is
probably involved in this, probably as knowledgeable an individual on
healthcare in America, if not the world. So we've got
(08:30):
some good people here. I've bought health care for thirty years.
I'm pretty knowledgeable about as well. So we're going to
do this based on, you know, repairing the damage done
by Obamacare properly defined the problem coming up with you know,
what are the principles and prusident Trump tweeted the main
principles Rather than spend hundreds of or spent hundreds of
millions of dollars into these insurance companies, you know, I
(08:51):
help stock price increase seven percent since Obamacare, the slowest
percent increase in stock prices four or four teen percent.
So instead of filling the conference of insurance companies, why
don't we give that money to the American people turn
them in into consumers of health insurance and health care
(09:12):
with things like HSA accounts. So no Republicans have solutions
is how can we overcome you know, the impediment that
the structure of Obamacare is with the current filibuster, which,
by the way, I've very been very public reluctantly, but
I completely agree with Preston Trump. It's time to end
the filibuster. The Democrats will do it. We will look
(09:33):
like schmucks in twenty twenty eight if they have all
the lovers of power and they do this and then
do it to maintain their power, as opposed to We're
going to do it to secure our elections, for the
secure border, hopefully repair the damage done by a biomacare,
transition to a system that works, you know, have a
prosperous economy, make things more affordable. You know, we would
(09:54):
use ending the filibuster for the benef of the American people,
not our own personal power.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
Being an Senator Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin and Senator, I
want to actually circle back if I can, to the
oversight of the FBI for a moment here, because I
know you're very up to speed on the Arctic frost situation. Right.
That was the FBI investigation run under the Biden administration
about January sixth and the twenty twenty election. It looks
(10:22):
like there were abuses there. What can you tell us
about what we're learning about Arctic frost and what's going
to come next?
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Well, I think what has been revealed recently this wasn't
just a mere fishing expedition. This was a massive partisan
dragnet really meant to cripple the Republican Party. Obviously Trump
was the main target. Yeah, we got you know, some
members of Congress got some of our form records scooped up.
But what's maybe the most outrageous is just ordinary citizens.
(10:52):
You know, all these affiliated Republican groups. But for example,
in Wisconsin, thirty eight Wisconsinights, just god fearing, country loving
law enforces. Forty people were on the enemy's lists. So
they are literally trying to destroy the person of unbelievable
terry Judge Troopus, who just represented President Trump for two
(11:12):
months after the election. There were serious problems in Wisconsin.
They're criminalizing that behavior. They're attempting to That's what all
Artie Truss is all about. Criminalizing what basically JFK did
in Hawaii, at least alternate electors. It's just shameful. And
I met with the Jarny General Pam Bondi and Deputy
Tourney General Todd Blanche this week and they are completely
(11:37):
on board with exposure. And one of the things I
point out is get us the communication records between Biden
officials and Wisconsin officials on for example, Judge troopis, you know,
let's see the coordination between the bid administration of these
outside groups. You know, the Mary McCord's, the market alliances,
you know, all these legal groups that the left has
(12:00):
our engagement lawfare across the board. It got again not
just against President Trump, but ordinary Americans. People just have
to support through Publican Party and President Trump. They're trying
to destroy all these people.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
Senator Johnson, one more for you before we let you go.
What is your favorite part of a traditional and I
don't know how you guys do it up in Wisconsin,
but a traditional American Thanksgiving feast? Your favorite dish?
Speaker 2 (12:26):
I mean, it's the turkey, it's the dressing, it's the gravy,
it's the mass potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn. That is
my Thanksgiving dinner. I got to have it all in
the right portions. I start and portion it out and
I end with the exact portions for that final bite.
We just literally had Thanksgiving lunch. John Bosemen provided it,
so I had a pre Thanksgiving dinner. It was fabulous.
(12:49):
Can't wait till Thursday, and I wish all you and
all your listeners are a very happy.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Thanksgiving Sam to you, Senator, thanks so much. I have
a great holiday. We'll talk to you soon.
Speaker 4 (12:58):
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Speaker 1 (14:26):
Also, Caroline Levitt, the one and only. She has had
quite a press conference today, as she tends to do,
and we have some of the highlights of that for
all of you, and we will get into it. But
we have Matt in Rockville, Maryland live on the line.
(14:47):
What's going on.
Speaker 6 (14:47):
Matt oh reporting from the People's Republic of Montgomery County, Maryland.
One of the things that real quick one of the
things that Governor Desantas said about the people not wanting
the property taxes that we're against it. It seems to
be working out pretty well for not having state income taxes.
But neither here nor there. I didn't hear any of
(15:10):
these Democrats that were saying to ignore orders that were
on law pump. Were they saying anything about when Obama
had the disposition matrix and were droning Americans to death
in the Middle East? Did these Democrats say anything about
how Biden had the military cutting razor wire to allow
illegal immigrants to plug the country. Were they saying anything
(15:33):
about that.
Speaker 4 (15:34):
No.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
I brought up the droning issue with Obama and as
you might have heard madam the show, and I totally agree.
They set this precedent and now they want to act
like they didn't and they did. And also the civilian
casualties that these drone strikes were starting to rack up
over time were considerable, so they didn't have any problem
(15:58):
with this. You know, Code Pink basically disappeared the Obama administration. Right,
the supposedly anti war they're really just anti America and
anti civilization. But the anti war lunatics, the anti war
movement only only seems to have any real hef behind
it when there's a Republican in office. Thank you for
calling in. Matt Ellen in Rocky River, Ohio a new
(16:20):
I learned a new place today.
Speaker 7 (16:21):
What's going on, Ellen, Well, I want to tell you
I watched the entire interview that Martin McCallum had yesterday
with that congressmen from Colorado. She was a lot more
polite than I would have been. I'd have cut his mic.
But he was rude, he was insulting, he was disrespectful,
and he continued to talk over her. He was the
(16:43):
poster boy for man's blaming, and I thought that was
a behavior that the leftist gals got all upset about
and accused the right wing misogynists of engaging. And he
made he did not do himself any favor. It was
a horrible interview.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
Yeah, Well, I think they've made an error with this video.
I think it looked really to anybody who is observing, honestly,
I think it looked very like it kind of a
weird cheap shot against the administration. You're not give going
to say what the order is that you have a
problem with. Ellen, Thank you for calling in. I agree
that guy, Jason Crowe, there's something about him that doesn't
(17:21):
He's never gonna be like a Democrat nominee for president.
I can tell you that he does not come across
as it's certainly in that or other interviews I've seen
to come across as likable as somebody that like you
want to spend time around. And I'm just that's my
impression of him politically. Uh, let's see podcast Little BB
podcast listener, Steve, let's go with this, BB.
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This was interesting. I knew this was coming, and we
(19:15):
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twenty seven.
Speaker 8 (19:32):
President Trump took a significant step towards delivering on a
core campaign promise to finally close the Department of Education
to shrink the bloated federal bureaucracy. The Department of Education
just entered into new interagency agreements with four agencies, the
Departments of Labor, Interior, Health and Human Services, and State.
These agencies will now ensure the delivery of legally required
(19:55):
programs while also refocusing them to better serve students. This
common sense action brings the Trump administration much closer to
finally returning education where it belongs at the state and
local level, not in Washington, DC. The democrats reckless forty
three day government shutdown did manage to do one valuable thing.
(20:15):
It proved that America does not need a federal Department
of Education.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
So they are finding a way within the bureaucratic framework
that currently exists to kind of dismantle the Department of Education.
I think that is the plan here, and that's a
good thing. That's a good thing. There does not need
to be. There should not be a federal Department of Education.
(20:45):
There's no reason for this. So several of its main offices,
as she laid out here, are going to be moved
into other places Labor Interior, so this won't affect the
money that Congress gives eight schools and colleges. So, but
why do we need a huge bureaucratic department as a
(21:07):
pass through for money that goes to state education programs.
You start to thinking about this, you go, hold on
a second. We have a whole agency in the Department
of Education, whole department that seems to exist to be
the pass through, the middleman for federal funds that go
(21:28):
into Why don't we just, if we're going to give
federal money to education, give money to states that are
actually educating kids and running colleges and universities. So I
think I'm all in favor of this. Education Secretary Elenna
McMahon has started a public campaign for the end of
(21:50):
her department. Yes, yes, that's what you like to see
the person running it saying this should not even be
a job, this should go away. But there's been you
know that the Department Education has really just been a
progressive policy arm under the guise of education. But it's
(22:13):
a part of really a lib deep state operation for
a long time. Because Department of Ed is so left wing,
it doesn't really matter what administration is in charge, Republican
or Democrat. The Department of Ed just pushes for policies
that are left wing because that's who works there. It's
a bit like the department or the Environmental Protection Agency
(22:37):
EPA is full of left wing climate change loans. And
so it doesn't matter if you have a Republican administration.
You have idealogues in an agency who are pushing an
agenda and doing so against the wishes of the Republican
in the White House. So you got to clean things up.
(22:58):
You got to deal with the mess. Yeah, I think
this is great. And you ask people what is the
it's always so fun too. I go, okay, I go
into groc as, you know, I like rock a lot.
What does the department a Department of Education do And
let's just see what it says and I'll read.
Speaker 6 (23:17):
This to you.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
A cabinet level federal agency created a nineteen eighty Its
main job is to oversee and support education, but it
does not run public schools. It distributes federal funding, enforces
federal education laws, and collects research and administer student financial aid.
(23:40):
So it's a pass through for a lot of federal dollars.
And it also in terms of the civil rights stuff
with education, that's just pure you know, DEI obsessed left
wing policy stuff. There's no actual need for any no
actual need for any of this. And think about this,
(24:01):
How serious could the Department of Education be about civil
rights when they have been unwilling to stop the madness
of the gender identity disorder stuff going on in all
these schools where they have men pretend to be women.
(24:23):
How can you say you're enforcing Title nine when a
guy can say he's a girl and play on women's sports.
So the Department Education gotta go hope it goes. They're
moving in that direction. Democrats are going to fight because
the Democrats they get to have policy through through agencies
(24:45):
and departments, even when they lose elections. And that's one
of the incredibly important revelations of the Trump era is
that if you don't actually deal with this, even when
we win elections as Republicans, you end up still with
a lot of Democrat administration or Democrat policy pushed from
(25:09):
these places. Now. She also spoke Caroline Levitt also spoke
about Zoran Mamdadi meeting with Trump tomorrow. This is cut
twenty eight. Let's hear it.
Speaker 8 (25:19):
It speaks volumes that tomorrow we have a communist coming
to the White House because that's who the Democrat Party
elected as the mayor of the largest city in the country.
I think it's very telling, But I also think it
speaks to the fact that President Trump is willing to
meet with anyone and talk to anyone and to try
to do what's right on behalf of the American people,
whether they live in blue states or red states, or
(25:41):
blue cities in a city that's becoming much more left
than I think this president ever anticipated in his many
years of living in New York himself.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
You know why they are so touchy about the whole
communist thing because we all know that there's some truth
to it. If it were absurd, if it weren't really
something that bothered them, then they wouldn't always so No,
it's a democratic socialist. He's a democratic socialist. You know,
(26:16):
there was the American I guess it still exists, but
it's kind of a joke now. But the American Communist
Party grew and in the nineteen forties, I think it
was basically about one hundred thousand people. You know what happened,
They all became Democrats. You know what happened to the
communist movement in America got folded into the Democrat Party.
That's a whole other thing. That's a whole other thing.
(26:39):
And there are some great books on this stuff you
can read. Why do they hate Nixon so much? They
really hate Nixon so much because he was a staunch
anti communist and he worked to expose that there were
a lot of Democrats who were willing to play foot
see with communists back in the day. But I digress
on that one. I digress. Look, I think Trump will
be as I said before, he will be himself. He'll
(27:01):
be charming and funny to Mom, Donnie. He'll probably be
some great lines. Uh. And what was the thing? What
did Trump say to the And I don't even know
who he said it to, so I but he was
on Air Force one and some reporter interrupted them and
he said, quiet piggy. And the thing about this is
(27:24):
it's just the Democrats get they get so upset about it.
They're gonna get so angry about it, and it just
encourages them to do more stuff like that. Like they're
not going to make Trump stop being Trump. They can try,
they can try to shame his supporters. It's not gonna work. Yeah,
I never see that. Can you guys pull that ever?
I don't know I've ever it's heard it? Do we
(27:44):
have it? Trump saying, quiet, Piggy, I hope it's not a.
I I don't think it was A. I'm so and
now I have to worry about any clip that I see.
This is the world we're in, my friends, there's stuff
that it can look very real. They have programs now
(28:05):
that can make Trump look like he said things close
to what he said but changed the words a little bit.
This is the world that we are in right now.
So that's why I'm always like, oh, gosh, I hope
that's not AI. But I'm pretty sure he's I'm pretty
sure he said this one, just like I was sure
that he's meaning Mom Donni tomorrow and he is. The
Mamdanni disaster in New York I think is inevitable. I
(28:28):
hope it's not for New York's sake and for my
family that are there. But I think the Mam Donnie
situation is likely to get really get really bad, really bad.
We'll see. Oh and Caroline Levitt also gone into an
exchange with a reporter about that military PSA. Can we
is it really even a PSA? It's just kind of
(28:50):
an underhanded attack. But here she's just cut twenty nine.
Speaker 4 (28:54):
Listen to it, as the President and the Vice President
for that matter, had accused the other side of it
encouraging political violence. Isn't that exactly what the President is
doing when he says that members of Congress should be killed?
Speaker 8 (29:07):
Why aren't you talking about what these members of Congress
are doing to encourage it? In cite violence, they are
literally saying to one point three million active duty service
members not to defy the chain of command, not to
follow lawful orders, every single illegal order, which they are.
But they're suggesting, they're suggesting, Nancy, that the President has
(29:29):
given illegal orders, which he has not. Every single order
that is given to this United States Military by this
Commander in Chief and through this command chain of command,
through the Secretary.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
Of War is lawful.
Speaker 8 (29:39):
And the courts have proven that this administration has an
unparalleled record at the Supreme Court because we are following
the laws. We don't defy court orders. We do things
by the books. And to suggest and encourage that active
duty service members defy the chain of command is a
very dangerous thing for sitting members of Congress to do.
And they should be held accountable, and that's what the
(30:01):
president wants to see.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
She's not messing around. And I think it just based
on the number of you who are veterans yourselves or
even active duty, but veterans who have written in very
unhappy with this. This PSA. It's meant to be. It's
meant to undermine the commander in chief. Let's just be honest.
It's meant to undermine the commander in chief. That is
(30:24):
what they are doing. And it just goes with everything else.
They have to tell stories fables to themselves to justify
their Trump derangement. And that's yet another another example of it.
All Right, Christmas is five weeks is that right? Five
weeks from today? My gosh. So for any last minute
(30:46):
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Speaker 2 (30:51):
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Speaker 1 (32:33):
You should take my own advice and always bet on
Buck because I was correct. There was, in fact an
exchange on Air Force one last week where Trump said,
I mean he's so Trump honestly, like, oh man, this guy,
this guy, you know what, let's just he's playing for everybody.
(33:01):
If you hear that, well, he said, quiet piggy. Why
does he called her piggy? Oh man, Trump, You're you're
a what do you guy? She by the way, if
you're curious, she's not U. The reporter is a Bloomberg reporter.
She's not overweight. So I I just he just he
(33:23):
just went with quiet piggy. I don't know that's what
he said. Oh the President of the United States still
like a journalist, quiet piggy this is the this is
the world as it is, my friends, as it is. Uh, now,
let's get in some of your talkback, some of your calls.
I think we have a earl in Raleigh, North Carolina,
wants to talk about that.
Speaker 6 (33:41):
P s A.
Speaker 1 (33:42):
What's going on? Earl? Earl going once, Yeah, we got you, buddy.
Speaker 2 (33:50):
Go for it. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (33:52):
When when these tendators get up there and they say
this kind of stuff, it's like a dog whistle, and
they know that there's just enough disgruntled military members out
there who are gonna hear this message and they're gonna
go out and they're gonna do something crazy, something some bizarre,
maybe illegal or whatever, and and the senators can stay Actually, well,
you know, we'd never told them to do this. All
(34:13):
we said was, hey, you know, don't follow illegal orders.
And this is all it is is. It's a way
for them to incite bad behavior and then think that
they can walk away without any dirt or on their
own hands. Remember that Air Force airman a couple of
years ago burned themselves alive over Palestine. It's the same thing,
you know. They it's it's getting people to do stuff
(34:34):
and then saying, well, you know, we didn't tell them
to do that specific thing.
Speaker 1 (34:39):
I agree with your assessment on the PSA. I didn't
remember about that Air Air Force guy. But if you
that's I don't remember that story. But thank you for
bringing up something that I need to check up on.
But thank you for calling in. Let's get to some
of these talkbacks.
Speaker 9 (34:52):
Here.
Speaker 1 (34:54):
Podcast listener Mark AA in North Carolina.
Speaker 9 (34:59):
Play it, hey, clan bucket. This is Mark in Charlotte,
North Carolina, listening to the podcast. It must be pretty
nice being a bleeding heart liberal. There's no accountability, there's
no precedent, there's no slippery slope, and you can divert
your signal in any way you wish. You get to
enforce any laws that you want, and people will love
you for it already. Thank you very much and have
(35:19):
a great day.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
Hey man, Thank you so much for listening to podcast
and getting on the talkback. For all the podcasts listeners,
talkbacks the way to go, because if you can't call
in live, you can send us a talkback and get
on air just like that. And yeah, I agree. One
of the great one of the great appeals, unfortunately of
being a democrat being a liberal is never having to
face reality. You just want the good things for the
(35:41):
good people. C See Woody from Arizona.
Speaker 10 (35:44):
We'll get to this one, Hey Buck afternoon, it's Woody
in Arizona. This meeting between Trump and mom Domi needs
to be televised because if it's not, you know, mom
DOMI will come out of that meeting and he'll twist
the truth of what was said and outright lie. So
much like the showdown between Zelensky and Trump in the
(36:08):
Oval Office at time was televised, this needs to be televised.
Speaker 1 (36:14):
The Trump Mumdani revolution will be televised. Perhaps we will see,
we will see. Thank you so much for being here
with me.
Speaker 3 (36:22):
Team.
Speaker 1 (36:22):
I'll be back with you tomorrow. Maybe depends on the
I don't know air traffic control or whatever, but maybe
Clay will joined. Maybe not, We're not sure yet, but
I'll definitely be here tomorrow. We'll have a great show.
Talk to you then,
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