November 24, 2025 • 37 mins
Hour 2 of The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show dives into critical political and cultural conversations shaping America today. The hour kicks off with an urgent focus on Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District special election, where candidate Matt Van Epps joins Clay and Buck to discuss early voting deadlines, district confusion, and the stakes of stopping what he calls a “radical left-wing agenda.” Van Epps emphasizes key issues like affordability, inflation, energy independence, and tax cuts, while outlining his vision for supporting veterans, law enforcement, and working families. He also details the district’s geography—from Clarksville and Fort Campbell to Nashville and Franklin—and urges listeners to vote before Thanksgiving or on Election Day, December 2. The discussion then pivots to breaking legal news as former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany analyzes recent judicial rulings dismissing cases against Letitia James and James Comey, explaining why these decisions were procedural rather than merit-based and how the Trump administration can refile. McEnany also weighs in on Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation, the GOP’s messaging on affordability, and innovative housing and tax proposals from President Trump’s administration, including no tax on tips and overtime. She highlights Trump’s economic record, contrasting it with Biden-era inflation, and predicts a political boomerang effect in the midterms. Listeners also hear candid insights on family, career balance, and motherhood from McEnany, followed by a lighter segment on the viral “Whispering Angel” rosé controversy involving Clay Travis. The hour closes with audience calls discussing Trump’s strategic approach to New York’s socialist policies, the impact of federal law enforcement in Memphis, and speculation about future Democratic leadership. Clay and Buck tease upcoming analysis on Venezuela, MTG’s political fallout, and Trump’s diplomatic chess moves with global leaders. Key topics in Hour 2: Tennessee special election, Matt Van Epps interview, early voting deadlines, affordability and inflation, Trump administration policies, judicial rulings on Letitia James and James Comey, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation, energy independence, housing solutions, family and career advice, Whispering Angel viral moment, Trump’s meeting with Momani, Memphis crime reduction, and Venezuela geopolitical developments.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, I'm Clay Travis and I'm Buck Sexton. You know
what we're thankful for this year, all of you. That's right.
We have the best radio audience in the country, hands down.
Sending a big, warm and happy Thanksgiving from the Clay
and Buck Show. Welcome in back in Clay Travis Buck
Sexton Show. Monday edition Thanksgiving Week. We talked about this
(00:21):
in the opening hour. There is a race eight days
from now Tennessee seventh Congressional District. It's going to surprise
a lot of people because Thanksgiving is this week, a
lot of people out in the road. You can go
vote early. This is my congressional district. This is going
to be my congressperson. And there is a crazy left winger,
(00:43):
Afton Vaine who is running on the other side and
on the side of truth justice in the American way.
I want all of you to go vote for him.
He is Matt Van Epps. He is early voting as
underway Tennessee seventh Retional District. If you don't know if
it's your district, go online, you can look. You can
(01:04):
also just show up and just be be honest, say hey,
sometimes this is confusing. Matt Van Epps with us. Now
you know this too, because they redrew the lines. Nashville
has actually now split three different ways. By in my
neighborhood in Franklin, you can be one congressman, different district.
(01:25):
A lot of people still don't know. Tell us why
this race is so important, hopefully soon to be Congressman
Matt Van Epps, and what Democrats are trying to do
by stealing this seat.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Hey Clay, great to be on with you, Matt Man
Epps here and so first and foremost, as you mentioned,
my opponent, Apton Baine is a crazy.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Left wing radical.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
If you don't want higher taxes, defunding a police, gender
surgeries for minors without renal consent, you must vote to
stop this person. And that's the only way to do
it is to vote to stop her. So we're asking everybody.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
To get out and vote.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
I'm a husband, father, combat veteran. I'm a West Point Brad,
serve nine combat tours. I've let small business operations, served
in state government as Commissioner of General Services, where I
like to say we were doing Doge before Doge. And
I'm still serving in a Tennessee Army National Guard today
and excited to fight for Nashville, for Davison County, in
(02:26):
all of our fourteen counties.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
So what is it looking like in terms of awareness
even for this race coming up here? I got to
tell you this is a particularly difficult to sandwich in
this election between Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Year's What
can you do to help this is Buck, by the way,
the other guy. What can you do to help get
(02:50):
the word out? And how are you seeing that actually
in play out? Given that, I think there's been a
total lack of focus, which while the Democrats are so
very honed in on trying to sneak this one.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
That's right, and Buck, thanks for the question. Great to
be with you. We just we've got to get out.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
We're telling everybody right now.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Early voting goes through.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
The twenty sixth through Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
And then the elections on December second, So.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
We just need everyone to get out and vote. You know,
my opponent is she is a crazy radical left winger.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
She supported Mmdonnie and.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Would be lockstep in that socialist agenda. Matter of fact,
she's endorsed by the socialists because she's one of them.
She fought against the largest tax cut in state history,
and proposed new taxes. She will make it more expensive
for working families and farmers. And I think when people
both know that about her and that they can early
(03:51):
vote right now through the twenty sixth and election day
December second, that will turn out the vote and it
will witness decisively on December second.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
For people out there, how much do you think the
Democrat plan is just relying on a lot of traditional
Republican voters not being aware this election is happening. Because
I said in the first hour, their base of crazy
left wing frankly Aftonbane, you know, like mirror image voters,
(04:23):
is going to show up for everything. They're really plugged
in here. That's basically the Democrats strategy, right, is that
people are just going to be busy and not be
aware this is actually going on.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
That's that's right.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
We you know, we had we had a great win
in the primary. We have great momentum endorsed by the President,
back by the Speaker. We have over forty local endorsements
from sheriffs and county mayors, highway superintendents, farmers, business leaders,
and so that that momentum we're carrying forward. What we
(04:56):
can't have happened is people take it for granted. We've
got to have our side to get out there and vote.
The Democrats are hoping that we don't turn out, and
we've got to fight against this just crazy radical left
wing agenda. It's not right for Tennessee, it's not right
for America. And we do that when people show up
with the jersey on, get on the field and vote.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
Affordability is going to be a huge thing that in
the midterms, and you're going to be your race is
certainly going to be if the well Heaven forbid. But
if the Democrats pulled this off, they'll say that it
is indicative of the GOP's lack of focus on the
affordability issue.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Right now, I wanted you to speak to that because
there are a lot of people that are still feeling
that the pinch of high prices at the pump, at
the grocery store. You know, whole discussion here in Florida
about property tax, a lot of things that are making
people feel like they can't get ahead. What do you
think could be done in the congressional side to help
(05:57):
with that, And just as a general philosophical issue, how
do you want to approach affordability if you if in
fact you're successful in this election.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Absolutely, and that is top of mind for so many
of our voters.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
And I agree.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
We stand for battling inflation, secure borders, tax cuts, protecting
our kids, cheaper gas, supporting veterans and law enforcement.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
Ending wars around the globe.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
And the affordability piece here is top of the top
of the agenda.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
And I think I'm pro nuclear.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
I think we need to unleash America's nuclear power and energy.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Tennessee is leading with.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
The first small modular reactor at the Clinch riversite in
East Tennessee that should be online in twenty thirty two.
And so we've got to promote oil and gas in
nuclears so that we drive down the cost of the pump,
we drive down utilities.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
Healthcare is really important.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
I think a good example is in Carstol, Tennessee, when
when government gets out of the way and in the
private sector is put into play. We have we have
two new hospitals going in at Clarksville. That's going to
increase access, increase competition, drive down costs, it ultimately increase outcomes.
And you're absolutely right. At housing, we've got to keep.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
Property facts as low.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
I think from a from a.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
Federal standpoint, that's no unfunded mandates.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
We've got to work with states and local governments to
ensure that we have workforce housing at close proximity to
the workplace. And we've got to we've got to work
continue to work to keep taxes low and to cut
red tape.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
We're talking to who I hope is going to be
my next congressman, Matt Van Epps. Can you tell everybody
out there listening right now, because we have a ton
of affiliates. One of the confusing things is your district
runs from basically all the way at Kentucky all the
way down to Alabama. Can you run through some communities
so people who are out there listening can say, oh,
(07:53):
wait a minute, that's me. Because these district lines are
still new, a lot of people out there listening right
now may not be aware that this race is even
going on. So I'll start with you Fort Campbell area,
Clarksville area, a huge part of you, guys, you are
voting for your congressman now and on December second, Nashville
(08:15):
Franklin Brentwood. Different parts of the Nashville area. Nashville is
split up into three different congressional districts. And then on
down south where else what communities should know they are
in this district that you need them to turn out?
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Absolutely so on the north side, Stuart, Montgomery and Robertson
is really important. Our western boundary, Bet and Decatur, we've
got Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Perry and.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
Wayne Sheeatham County. And then on the on our eastern.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Boundary there, as you mentioned, we've got Davidson County, Williamson County,
it's part of Davidson, it's part of Williamson, it's border
to border, and we need everyone to get out in
and vote. It's just it's so incredibly important. It's really
it's all fourteen counties. We need everyone from every county
on our side to get out and vote.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Don't take it for granted.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
And when we do that, we're going to stop this
radical ideology from trying to come into Tennessee. And we're
going to advance affordability. We're going to support working families, farmers,
military and veterans, and we're going to keep moving America
in the right direction, in the America first direction.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
And you said early voting ends on Wednesday, right before Thanksgiving?
Is that right? And then the actual election day is Tuesday,
December second. Just for people out there, that's right.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
Yeah, absolutely right.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
Early voting through Wednesday to twenty sixth, and then December
second is election day.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
And for people out there who may not even live
in the district, but I hope everybody in the district
is going to go vote. But they want to help
and they just want to ensure that Democrats don't steal
this race. How can they find you online?
Speaker 2 (10:06):
Yeah, so it's Matt FORPN dot com. That's Matt FORPN
dot com. And would be honored to have folks support
and their vote, and together we're going to get this
done and we're going to win decisively on December second.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Amen, thank you. That's Matt Van Epps. Everybody in my district,
everybody listening in the Nashville area, in the Franklin area, Clarksville,
all the way down to the border. You heard all
the different counties that are involved. We got to get out,
We got to show up and make sure that the
Democrats don't steal a c congressman. I hope Matt Van
Epps may have you on election day next week, just
(10:44):
to reinforce again that the election is happening. That is
eight days from now, but you can vote early today,
tomorrow and Wednesday in advance of Thanksgiving. Thank you, thanks, Alem.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
I really appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
Buck, This is a big deal. We'll talk more about it.
Break down some of this news coming out about the
cases being tossed, dealing with Letitia James and James Comy,
and also a lot of breaking news out there. Trump
has announced that there's going to be meetups with China's leader,
and also a lot of drumbeat. I haven't talked about
(11:18):
this with you. I'm curious what you think about Venezuela,
the potential of major action taking place there. We will
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Welcome back into Clay and Buck. All right, so we've
got a bunch of calls coming in here. Another one
of these. We got a fume all taking this perspective.
This is talkback from Richard Listens in Colorado and he
wants to talk about the Mom Donnie Commie summit.
Speaker 6 (13:24):
Play it well, Donald Trump better get his act together
because he's fishing off a lot of people. And I
don't think he's playing his cards right. And I hear
there's our already talk of impeachment.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Period.
Speaker 6 (13:41):
He should have laid into that mayor of New York
and told him where to go, and he didn't. That's
too bad, Clay.
Speaker 4 (13:50):
We have a fair amount of that. We can get
into this. We've got caller Phil in Orange County, California.
He actually thinks that Trump handled Mom Donnie well. Play
or let's hear from him.
Speaker 7 (14:00):
Thanks you guys, hear me.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
Yes, we all can hear you. Ma, man, what's going on?
Speaker 8 (14:04):
Oh that's great, listen. You know, what do you expect
him to do? First of all, I think Trump handled
them well. He can't have an adversarial relationship with him,
God forbid. We need to do something in New York.
He's got to have an open channel of communication and
it's better that he gets along with him. Not only that,
whether we like it or not. Communism is legal in
the United States, and you could be a communist and
(14:25):
he did get elected. So what do you want Trump
to do? Alien and everyone in New York He's gonna
have to work with them sooner or later. And I
don't want to use this word because but he's gonna
have to manipulate him some water or vice versa in
order to make sure the city doesn't go fall into
higher situations. I mean, we look, we can't have New
(14:46):
York fall away for four years. It's bad for the
city and it takes a long time to overcome that,
as we've seen from the past. So let's see if
Trump can work his magic and maybe Mondamo Mond, he'll
come to his head and figure out that, hey, he's
got to work with people, including the president, in order
for the good of the of New York City. What
(15:07):
else can we say? Right, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
I appreciate the call, I think, Buck, and I'm curious
how you would take this perspective. As soon as Trump
agreed to meet with him in the White House, Uh,
And I bet this was your read and you nailed
it before they got there. It was a sign that
Trump was going to be pretty much respectful of Mam
Donnie in the public forum there. I think Trump respects
(15:33):
the fact that Mam Donnie did what he did, which
is come in despite the fact that everybody spent so
much money trying to rip him to shreds, he won
the election. And you and I think that New York
City made an awful choice. We think it was a disaster.
That there were far better options, and it's a sign
(15:55):
that New York City has painted itself into a corner
that a far better option is considered to be Andrew
Cuomo in any respect. But the fact that we ended
up in this situation and Mom Donnie won, Trump's gonna
have to work with the mayor of New York City
on some level. And what I took away from it
was there may be more agreement on the need for
(16:16):
more housing than has gotten a lot of discussion publicly.
You and I have talked about this a lot, and
I think it's basically the essence of supply and demand.
The only way for the cost of living in New
York City to come down is to increase the amount
of housing availability in New York City. The zoning regulations,
(16:38):
the restrictions on building that is actually ensuring that rates
remain high, and the fact that you're going to try
to put in place these restrictions on rent actually means
more units are going to come offline because a lot
of guys and gals who own property you are going
to sit around and say, I can't make money renting
out at this rate based on what it cost me,
(17:00):
and so they pull them off the market completely. So
my take on this is we got to just have
more housing, more availability of housing.
Speaker 4 (17:09):
Keith in Martin, Tennessee wants to weigh in on the
Komi and Letitia James case is being dismissed.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
What's up, Keith, Not.
Speaker 9 (17:16):
Much, guys, Thanks for taking my call. I was just curious.
It seems to me that every time we try to
indict one of these liberal people were trying to get
a hope of, they always wind up getting in front
of a liberal judge. Yeah, and that ways gets dismissed.
Why can't we get them in front of a conservative judge.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
Well, one of the big challenges is when you bring
cases in blue areas, you tend to have blue judges.
And this is what I've been hammering home for a
long time. We're playing it basically a road game. Every
single time. There's a case in New York, in Washington,
DC is.
Speaker 4 (17:50):
This is where the blue slip process, which the leader
Thuon of the Republicans in the Senate has agreed to.
The bluest slip process is asinine and should go away
because Democrats put in ideologues all the time and Republican
and when they're in power, it's so much easier to
(18:12):
get some left wing jurist in. I think we should
get rid of the blue slip process because somehow they're
able to stack the deck a whole lot more than
we ever are, even we're in charge.
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we're all gonna be on our best behavior. Play's halo
is still intact, still intact, might not be intact. I
don't know what just went out over National radio. There
my analysis of the Olivia Nuzzy situation. We'll maybe get
(19:56):
to that with Kaylee too. Kelly, let's start with this
because you also are a Harvard law graduate, So let's
discuss the judicial resistance here. The judge dismissed both of
the indictments against Leticia James and against James Comy.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
What do you make of it?
Speaker 10 (20:18):
Yeah, so they did not reach the subject matter and
that you know tis James. They were not comment commentating
on the seriousness of the mortgage allegations against her and
James Comy on the alleged perjury, so they didn't get
to the heart of the matter, the facts of the case. However,
what they're saying is Lindsay Halligan when she was appointed
to that position of interim attorney. It's complex, but there's
(20:41):
a one hundred and twenty day period. The president can
put someone there, and then a court decides. They say
the manner in which she was appointed was unconstitutional and
therefore any case stemming from her appointment and I was
therefore not dismissed, but dismissed without prejudice, which means that
Trump can refile the case. And I say Trump, but
what I'm is the Trump administration, the DOJ We'll see
(21:02):
if they do that they can reprosecute it, they can
file an appeal, They have all sorts of ways to
go about this. So his James not in the clear,
call me not in the clear just yet. Though they
are celebrating, I've seen some statements out there.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
You nailed it. They are analyzing it, Kaylee. Most people
are not going to get to the essence. They're just
going to see the headline of it being dismissed, and
they're going to think it means that on the merits
there was not a claim that was actionable brought against them,
And so I think that's important to kind of work
through all this. Let's go a little bit of a
(21:37):
different direction with you, and we're going to get to
the Whispering Angel controversy. Don't worry. I appreciate your dad.
What did you make of Marjorie Taylor Green's announcement? How
surprised were you buy it? Where does she go from here?
What is the significance of the video and her resignation?
Speaker 10 (21:56):
Well with unsurprising in that when President Trump was through
his endorsement, look, she was going to face a primary
challenge and she might not have been successful in that endeavor.
We know President Trump has quite some sway with the
Republican base. She knew she was up against that. There
is a trajectory and a history of individuals who have
fallen out with the president getting that primary challenge. It
(22:18):
makes it a lot harder to pass laws through Congress
because there is such a narrow majority. I was reading
reporting and I think punchful that there are some other
frustrated members of Congress on the Republican delegation side that
might consider stepping aside as well, and what a travesty
that would be. Then we could be looking at potentially
you lose enough. See it's just a handful. You could
(22:40):
turn the majority of the House of Representatives over to
the Democrats just by virtue of retirement or people stepping aside.
So let's pray it doesn't come to that, because at
the end of the day, all of these congressman needs
to look in the mirror and realize what's best for
the country, staying on board that people put you there
for a reason, Stay for the long haul, because it's
about the agenda you support and not your personal self.
Speaker 7 (22:59):
Nture risks Keley.
Speaker 4 (23:01):
We have a focus, and I know the administration is
looking at this now more as well on the price
of things. There's real concern out there for people who
are just seeing the price of hamburger meat, the price
of gasoline, their rent, electricity, especially electricity along the East
Eastern Corridor, the East coast because of a lot of
(23:22):
the AI data center stuff that's going up now. So
what do you think that the Republican messaging on this
is where it needs to be? Do you see there
a growing focus on this and how would you assess it?
Speaker 10 (23:37):
I think they're getting there, and I think it's a
really important imperative that they do get to the right spot.
And I've seen Best and others out there saying, look,
we are not denying that there is an issue with affordability.
We're not going to be the Biden administration that say,
you know, oh, there's no problem, move on, you know,
nothing to see here. We're going to acknowledge it, but
also at the same time acknowledge we of the working solution.
(23:58):
Here's the fact President Trump hand President Biden one point
eight percent inflation. Biden took that to nine point one percent.
Trump has since brought it down to in the three
percentage range. Prices are a little bit lagging there but
I love that we have an administration with creative solutions.
I talked to Scott Turner, the head of Housing and
Urban Development. He's like, look, we're looking at these fifty
(24:19):
year mortgages, We're looking at portable mortgages. And I said,
you know, we can debate the efficacy of each of
those things, but you have an administration that's constantly putting
out new ideas, be it on housing or healthcare, sending
money directly to the people. We could debate each and
every one of these, but they're trying. They have solutions
that are working. We see that with gas prices coming down,
and I think we're going to be in a different
(24:39):
place about a year from now. No tax on tips
is in, no tax on overtime will kick in, and
I think Democrats needs may be surprised at what happens
in the midterms. It could boomerang back at them because
people do remember the Biden years, and make no mistake,
Trump's going to remind them of them.
Speaker 1 (24:53):
Kaylee, there's a good article in the Wall Street Journal.
I was reading this morning, and I was curious when
we were going to have you on what your thoughts
are on it. It's about women and the idea of
seasons of life. And you and I both went to
law school. And obviously, if you go to law school
and you start practicing law, that takes a decent amount
(25:14):
of time. You've got young kids. Now, there are a
lot of women that I went to law school with
that went hard into practicing law and they had difficulty
balancing out when to have kids. I know Buck talked
about this last week because it's becoming even more and
more of a big topic. What would you tell young
women out there when it comes to prioritizing career and
(25:38):
balancing it with kids and age and everything that you
have learned, given the fact that you went to law
school too.
Speaker 10 (25:46):
Absolutely, what I say is you can have it all.
Is it a harder path, absolutely to be a working mom,
no doubt about it. But you find a way. And
if God put that desire on your heart to have
a child, it is there for a reason. And if
you put a desire on your heart to be a
working mom, that's there for a reason too. And one
thing I would note a great example is Erica Kirk
and I saw an interview last night she did, and
(26:08):
she noted that her and Charlie Kirk wanted to have
four children, and unfortunately Charlie Kirk was taken away too soon.
She has two children, young children now, and she said
that she was praying to God that she was pregnant
with her third child at the time of his passing,
and opportually she wasn't. And then she went on to say,
this is why, you know, young women out there, nothing
(26:29):
is more important than family, Nothing is more important than
that desire you have on your heart to be a mother.
And if it's there, you just got to go for it.
And I did you know, I got National pres secretary
for the Trump campaign, and I was like, is now
the right time to have a child? And you know, son,
and I tried and got pregnant like in the staff
of the Finger, and baby Blake came and I watched
her little onesies and bathtubs at hotel rooms with my
mom on the campaign trail in New Hampshire and South Carolina,
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everywhere we went in the primary. But it was the
best thing that I ever did. And you find a way,
and if God could sit on your heart that is there,
then he is going to see it through and He's
going to help you in that endeavors nothing more important
in life.
Speaker 4 (27:05):
Now, Kaylee, You're generally not one to court controversy, but
you find yourself in the midst of some controversy.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
As your dad.
Speaker 4 (27:14):
A beloved and appreciated listener, daily listener of this program
has weighed in on a range of facts, a range
of things, including the fireside chadvide you posted in which
he has spoken about the Clay Whispering Angel fiasco. I
think at this point we just have to lead into it, Kaylee,
and Clay and I have to ask for a Whispering
(27:36):
Angel endorsement or something, because there's no escaping from the
fact that when Clay had a whole bar to choose
from at the Fox Patriot Awards, he went for Rose.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
Kaylee, he went for it.
Speaker 10 (27:48):
You noted that Clay had a halo on at the
beginning of this, and indeed he has a halo, a
Whispering Angel halo. I have a whole press rollout plan
for Clay on this, and you know, I'm a former
press secretary, so I'm good at pressbool outs and Jesse's
team came to me and asked for the picture of
Clay drinking Whispering Angel. I told Jesse Waters team. No, no, no, no, no,
I've got a rollout plan for this. It's going to
(28:10):
come out just at the right time. My dad was
so disappointed drinking bourbon by the campfire. I'm actually with
my uh with my brother in law right now, Michael
Bill Martin, and he said, I cannot believe Clay Travis
drinks a whispering angel and his girlfriend Donna said, yeah,
it's pink. It's a woman's drink. He's drinking that. What
is wrong with this man? But my dad has been
your greatest defender, Clay. My dad's walking around the house.
(28:32):
Go when Clay wrote a book called Balls, that man
is a real man. He's not a whispering angel man.
So he's got a great defender in Mike mcadatne.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
I think we have the audio for people who haven't
heard it. Here is Kaylee's fantastic dad. I'm sorry that
I disappointed him. I felt as I was watching him
like the coach found out that I broke curfew or something.
That's like your dad sounds like he's got he's a coach,
and he's just he's not sad, he's not mad. He's
just just pointed. Uh, in the lack of discipline.
Speaker 11 (29:02):
Listen, I've been reading Clay Travis's book Balls, and I'm
telling you, guys, it is. First of all, it's kind
of an autobiography, but he's.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
A great writer. He takes his.
Speaker 11 (29:15):
Facts all the way back and how sports and how
sports became woke, and how the kids, young men really
helped turn this thing around, and so did out kid.
Clay and a few others had fought against you know,
ESPN and all these these these woke uh of the
NBA and all that.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
It's amazing. Book is amazing.
Speaker 10 (29:35):
I got to ask you, what about him drinking whispery angel,
Clay Travis drinks whispering?
Speaker 7 (29:40):
Shocking, shocking, That's that's a that's just a hit, a.
Speaker 1 (29:44):
Bad night, a bad night, like you missed too many
free throws.
Speaker 4 (29:49):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
I felt I felt like he found out I missed
curfew and uh, I wasn't gonna be able to play
in the first quarter of the football game.
Speaker 10 (29:57):
It was hilarious. My dad was a football coach.
Speaker 1 (29:59):
Uh, this perfect.
Speaker 10 (30:01):
This man is your defender. So he's going to like
hang out there to dry in the public, but behind
the scenes, he's like you gotta get Claye Travis is
the best of the best, so he's defending you. But
I've got the pictures, so this isn't going away. You
got a former White House press secretary after you with
a press plan, So watch out Jim Acosta, watch out
Clay Travis.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
He had a bad night. Is such a great immediate
defense line that I'm glad your dad had my back.
That's a good response to you as a press secretary,
have to say, you know what, he kind of took
a little bit of the heat away with that immediate sentence.
By the way, last question for you, and I'm not
pleased about the media campaign attacking my drinking character that
(30:46):
is coming. Were you surprised by the Mom Donnie Trump
interaction in the White House or did you totally anticipate
that based on your experience working with Trump in the
White House.
Speaker 10 (30:58):
So I did not think it would be hostile. I
did not think it would be like the Zelenski meeting.
I was surprised at just how cordial it was. But
then I sat back and I thought about it, and
I have watched this man, Donald Trump play four dimensional
chests constantly. He's not someone who can be you know flattered.
You may think he's been flattered, and you know he's
praising someone. Because of that flattery, he always has a
(31:20):
plan to sit back, hang tight. I was surprised at
how complimentary it was. But you just wait, you just wait.
I noticed. I'll just say this, mom. Donnie was pressed
on whether Trump that I won't send federal troops to
your city, federal law enforcement, I should say, and he
would not say that. President Trump said that, so I
think there might have been some harsher words behind the scenes.
And you just wait see Trump's next chest move.
Speaker 1 (31:42):
Outstanding stuff. Kaylee mcainy, buck that you got all the details.
Speaker 4 (31:47):
I was just going to say, our dad is a great,
great listener of the program, and we very much appreciated Kaylee,
and thank you for being here with us.
Speaker 1 (31:55):
Come back and hang out again soon. Okay. We enjoy
our Kayley visits.
Speaker 10 (31:59):
I'd love it. And Clay go get a nice mid
afternoon cocktail. Rose is a great one, So go enjoy Rose.
Speaker 3 (32:06):
Rose.
Speaker 1 (32:06):
I might go froze. I'm gonna be down at the
beach this weekend for Thanksgiving. I might just start walking
around with pink drinks frozen all the time. Kaylee mcananey
has a great show and evidently has incriminating photos of
me consuming very feminine alcohol, So I've got to be
nice to her. Although it sounds like the campaign's rolling out,
no matter what, I gotta tell you Holiday season, how
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Speaker 1 (33:58):
Welcome back in Play Travis bought Sexton show. We got
a bunch of you who want to weigh in on
a variety of different topics. Let's go. Let's start with
Mike and Memphis. Mike, are you seeing a different safety
wise in Memphis since the President's actions there?
Speaker 7 (34:15):
I'm so glad you asked. Here's what happened. We've lived
in Memphis since two thousand and seven.
Speaker 12 (34:21):
On October seventh, my wife and I left for a
month long driving trip, and that's right when the Feds
came in, when the task Force came in. Well, we
came back in early November I'm telling you, guys, it's
a different city.
Speaker 7 (34:37):
Everything's calmer. And I've checked it. I've asked friends.
Speaker 12 (34:40):
I said, am I just feeling is just what you're feeling,
And everybody's like, absolutely, everything feels much safer, much calmer,
especially on the roads. So absolutely this was the right
thing to do.
Speaker 1 (34:54):
And you have a take on Trump and Mom Donnie
as well. Thank you for that feedback on Memphis.
Speaker 12 (35:00):
Hey, on Friday in the Oval Office, what I think
we saw was the nation being introduced to the presidential
candidate for twenty twenty eight.
Speaker 7 (35:09):
I think I don't can't all right.
Speaker 1 (35:11):
Let me cut you off. I think he's going to
be a big part of the Democrat Party going forward.
He can't run because he was born in Uganda.
Speaker 7 (35:18):
Oh I forgot that. Wow.
Speaker 12 (35:20):
Well, anyway, what he did on Friday I think would
show the rest of the Democratic Party of how to
be statesmen like and you know, I think he and
Josh Fetterman are but the only two Democrats who are.
Speaker 7 (35:33):
Really doing that.
Speaker 12 (35:34):
But he he comported himself really well. And so yeah,
I think he's a model for stationship for the rest
of this you know, the crazy Democrats.
Speaker 1 (35:45):
Thank you Kathy Lichfield the main I believe Kathy, what
you got for us.
Speaker 10 (35:52):
I think Trump knows Mundani's socialist programs are gonna fail
in New York, but he doesn't want anyone to blame him.
He's killing them with kindness, all the while giving them
the rope to hang themselves.
Speaker 4 (36:05):
I actually I want to jump in because I agree
with the sentiment here from our caller Clay, because look,
I mean, Kathy, I think that if he came out,
as I said, guns blazing at Mam Donnie, any failure
that Mam Donnie has, the easiest thing he can do
is to say it's Trump's fault, it's the federal government.
They stood in my way. So I think this He'll
(36:26):
still probably do that, but this makes it a little
bit less effective.
Speaker 1 (36:31):
Yeah. Look, we'll take some more of your calls when
we come back. Well, Catherine and Augusta, you can be fast.
You've got great taste on books.
Speaker 8 (36:40):
Oh I do.
Speaker 10 (36:41):
And I just picked it up, Clay, want to tell you,
I've got to set a ball. Just set it up,
very excited.
Speaker 3 (36:47):
And the bookstore did not have it and stop because
they said they thought it was a sports book.
Speaker 1 (36:57):
Thank you for sometimes bookstores have not had that. You
guys have bought thousands and thousands and thousands of copies.
It's been awesome to see. When we come back, we'll
dive into MTG, We'll dive into the latest in Venezuela
and the legal process.
Speaker 5 (37:12):
Sleeve Travis and Buck Sexton on the front lines of truth.
Hey, I'm Clay Travis and I'm Buck Sexton. You know
what we're thankful for this year, all of you. That's right.
We have the best radio audience in the country, hands down.
Sending a big, warm and happy Thanksgiving from the Clay
and Buck Show. Welcome in back in Clay Travis Buck
Sexton Show. Monday edition Thanksgiving Week. We talked about this
(00:21):
in the opening hour. There is a race eight days
from now Tennessee seventh Congressional District. It's going to surprise
a lot of people because Thanksgiving is this week, a
lot of people out in the road. You can go
vote early. This is my congressional district. This is going
to be my congressperson. And there is a crazy left winger,
(00:43):
Afton Vaine who is running on the other side and
on the side of truth justice in the American way.
I want all of you to go vote for him.
He is Matt Van Epps. He is early voting as
underway Tennessee seventh Retional District. If you don't know if
it's your district, go online, you can look. You can
(01:04):
also just show up and just be be honest, say hey,
sometimes this is confusing. Matt Van Epps with us. Now
you know this too, because they redrew the lines. Nashville
has actually now split three different ways. By in my
neighborhood in Franklin, you can be one congressman, different district.
(01:25):
A lot of people still don't know. Tell us why
this race is so important, hopefully soon to be Congressman
Matt Van Epps, and what Democrats are trying to do
by stealing this seat.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Hey Clay, great to be on with you, Matt Man
Epps here and so first and foremost, as you mentioned,
my opponent, Apton Baine is a crazy.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Left wing radical.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
If you don't want higher taxes, defunding a police, gender
surgeries for minors without renal consent, you must vote to
stop this person. And that's the only way to do
it is to vote to stop her. So we're asking everybody.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
To get out and vote.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
I'm a husband, father, combat veteran. I'm a West Point Brad,
serve nine combat tours. I've let small business operations, served
in state government as Commissioner of General Services, where I
like to say we were doing Doge before Doge. And
I'm still serving in a Tennessee Army National Guard today
and excited to fight for Nashville, for Davison County, in
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all of our fourteen counties.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
So what is it looking like in terms of awareness
even for this race coming up here? I got to
tell you this is a particularly difficult to sandwich in
this election between Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Year's What
can you do to help this is Buck, by the way,
the other guy. What can you do to help get
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the word out? And how are you seeing that actually
in play out? Given that, I think there's been a
total lack of focus, which while the Democrats are so
very honed in on trying to sneak this one.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
That's right, and Buck, thanks for the question. Great to
be with you. We just we've got to get out.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
We're telling everybody right now.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Early voting goes through.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
The twenty sixth through Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
And then the elections on December second, So.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
We just need everyone to get out and vote. You know,
my opponent is she is a crazy radical left winger.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
She supported Mmdonnie and.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Would be lockstep in that socialist agenda. Matter of fact,
she's endorsed by the socialists because she's one of them.
She fought against the largest tax cut in state history,
and proposed new taxes. She will make it more expensive
for working families and farmers. And I think when people
both know that about her and that they can early
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vote right now through the twenty sixth and election day
December second, that will turn out the vote and it
will witness decisively on December second.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
For people out there, how much do you think the
Democrat plan is just relying on a lot of traditional
Republican voters not being aware this election is happening. Because
I said in the first hour, their base of crazy
left wing frankly Aftonbane, you know, like mirror image voters,
(04:23):
is going to show up for everything. They're really plugged
in here. That's basically the Democrats strategy, right, is that
people are just going to be busy and not be
aware this is actually going on.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
That's that's right.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
We you know, we had we had a great win
in the primary. We have great momentum endorsed by the President,
back by the Speaker. We have over forty local endorsements
from sheriffs and county mayors, highway superintendents, farmers, business leaders,
and so that that momentum we're carrying forward. What we
(04:56):
can't have happened is people take it for granted. We've
got to have our side to get out there and vote.
The Democrats are hoping that we don't turn out, and
we've got to fight against this just crazy radical left
wing agenda. It's not right for Tennessee, it's not right
for America. And we do that when people show up
with the jersey on, get on the field and vote.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
Affordability is going to be a huge thing that in
the midterms, and you're going to be your race is
certainly going to be if the well Heaven forbid. But
if the Democrats pulled this off, they'll say that it
is indicative of the GOP's lack of focus on the
affordability issue.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Right now, I wanted you to speak to that because
there are a lot of people that are still feeling
that the pinch of high prices at the pump, at
the grocery store. You know, whole discussion here in Florida
about property tax, a lot of things that are making
people feel like they can't get ahead. What do you
think could be done in the congressional side to help
(05:57):
with that, And just as a general philosophical issue, how
do you want to approach affordability if you if in
fact you're successful in this election.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Absolutely, and that is top of mind for so many
of our voters.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
And I agree.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
We stand for battling inflation, secure borders, tax cuts, protecting
our kids, cheaper gas, supporting veterans and law enforcement.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
Ending wars around the globe.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
And the affordability piece here is top of the top
of the agenda.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
And I think I'm pro nuclear.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
I think we need to unleash America's nuclear power and energy.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Tennessee is leading with.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
The first small modular reactor at the Clinch riversite in
East Tennessee that should be online in twenty thirty two.
And so we've got to promote oil and gas in
nuclears so that we drive down the cost of the pump,
we drive down utilities.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
Healthcare is really important.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
I think a good example is in Carstol, Tennessee, when
when government gets out of the way and in the
private sector is put into play. We have we have
two new hospitals going in at Clarksville. That's going to
increase access, increase competition, drive down costs, it ultimately increase outcomes.
And you're absolutely right. At housing, we've got to keep.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
Property facts as low.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
I think from a from a.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
Federal standpoint, that's no unfunded mandates.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
We've got to work with states and local governments to
ensure that we have workforce housing at close proximity to
the workplace. And we've got to we've got to work
continue to work to keep taxes low and to cut
red tape.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
We're talking to who I hope is going to be
my next congressman, Matt Van Epps. Can you tell everybody
out there listening right now, because we have a ton
of affiliates. One of the confusing things is your district
runs from basically all the way at Kentucky all the
way down to Alabama. Can you run through some communities
so people who are out there listening can say, oh,
(07:53):
wait a minute, that's me. Because these district lines are
still new, a lot of people out there listening right
now may not be aware that this race is even
going on. So I'll start with you Fort Campbell area,
Clarksville area, a huge part of you, guys, you are
voting for your congressman now and on December second, Nashville
(08:15):
Franklin Brentwood. Different parts of the Nashville area. Nashville is
split up into three different congressional districts. And then on
down south where else what communities should know they are
in this district that you need them to turn out?
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Absolutely so on the north side, Stuart, Montgomery and Robertson
is really important. Our western boundary, Bet and Decatur, we've
got Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Perry and.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
Wayne Sheeatham County. And then on the on our eastern.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Boundary there, as you mentioned, we've got Davidson County, Williamson County,
it's part of Davidson, it's part of Williamson, it's border
to border, and we need everyone to get out in
and vote. It's just it's so incredibly important. It's really
it's all fourteen counties. We need everyone from every county
on our side to get out and vote.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Don't take it for granted.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
And when we do that, we're going to stop this
radical ideology from trying to come into Tennessee. And we're
going to advance affordability. We're going to support working families, farmers,
military and veterans, and we're going to keep moving America
in the right direction, in the America first direction.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
And you said early voting ends on Wednesday, right before Thanksgiving?
Is that right? And then the actual election day is Tuesday,
December second. Just for people out there, that's right.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
Yeah, absolutely right.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
Early voting through Wednesday to twenty sixth, and then December
second is election day.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
And for people out there who may not even live
in the district, but I hope everybody in the district
is going to go vote. But they want to help
and they just want to ensure that Democrats don't steal
this race. How can they find you online?
Speaker 2 (10:06):
Yeah, so it's Matt FORPN dot com. That's Matt FORPN
dot com. And would be honored to have folks support
and their vote, and together we're going to get this
done and we're going to win decisively on December second.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Amen, thank you. That's Matt Van Epps. Everybody in my district,
everybody listening in the Nashville area, in the Franklin area, Clarksville,
all the way down to the border. You heard all
the different counties that are involved. We got to get out,
We got to show up and make sure that the
Democrats don't steal a c congressman. I hope Matt Van
Epps may have you on election day next week, just
(10:44):
to reinforce again that the election is happening. That is
eight days from now, but you can vote early today,
tomorrow and Wednesday in advance of Thanksgiving. Thank you, thanks, Alem.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
I really appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
Buck, This is a big deal. We'll talk more about it.
Break down some of this news coming out about the
cases being tossed, dealing with Letitia James and James Comy,
and also a lot of breaking news out there. Trump
has announced that there's going to be meetups with China's leader,
and also a lot of drumbeat. I haven't talked about
(11:18):
this with you. I'm curious what you think about Venezuela,
the potential of major action taking place there. We will
break all that down for you. But I got to
tell you you're trying to save money. I bet many
trying to save money, particularly as we come into this
holiday season. How much difference would an extra thousand dollars
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Speaker 4 (13:08):
Welcome back into Clay and Buck. All right, so we've
got a bunch of calls coming in here. Another one
of these. We got a fume all taking this perspective.
This is talkback from Richard Listens in Colorado and he
wants to talk about the Mom Donnie Commie summit.
Speaker 6 (13:24):
Play it well, Donald Trump better get his act together
because he's fishing off a lot of people. And I
don't think he's playing his cards right. And I hear
there's our already talk of impeachment.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Period.
Speaker 6 (13:41):
He should have laid into that mayor of New York
and told him where to go, and he didn't. That's
too bad, Clay.
Speaker 4 (13:50):
We have a fair amount of that. We can get
into this. We've got caller Phil in Orange County, California.
He actually thinks that Trump handled Mom Donnie well. Play
or let's hear from him.
Speaker 7 (14:00):
Thanks you guys, hear me.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
Yes, we all can hear you. Ma, man, what's going on?
Speaker 8 (14:04):
Oh that's great, listen. You know, what do you expect
him to do? First of all, I think Trump handled
them well. He can't have an adversarial relationship with him,
God forbid. We need to do something in New York.
He's got to have an open channel of communication and
it's better that he gets along with him. Not only that,
whether we like it or not. Communism is legal in
the United States, and you could be a communist and
(14:25):
he did get elected. So what do you want Trump
to do? Alien and everyone in New York He's gonna
have to work with them sooner or later. And I
don't want to use this word because but he's gonna
have to manipulate him some water or vice versa in
order to make sure the city doesn't go fall into
higher situations. I mean, we look, we can't have New
(14:46):
York fall away for four years. It's bad for the
city and it takes a long time to overcome that,
as we've seen from the past. So let's see if
Trump can work his magic and maybe Mondamo Mond, he'll
come to his head and figure out that, hey, he's
got to work with people, including the president, in order
for the good of the of New York City. What
(15:07):
else can we say? Right, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
I appreciate the call, I think, Buck, and I'm curious
how you would take this perspective. As soon as Trump
agreed to meet with him in the White House, Uh,
And I bet this was your read and you nailed
it before they got there. It was a sign that
Trump was going to be pretty much respectful of Mam
Donnie in the public forum there. I think Trump respects
(15:33):
the fact that Mam Donnie did what he did, which
is come in despite the fact that everybody spent so
much money trying to rip him to shreds, he won
the election. And you and I think that New York
City made an awful choice. We think it was a disaster.
That there were far better options, and it's a sign
(15:55):
that New York City has painted itself into a corner
that a far better option is considered to be Andrew
Cuomo in any respect. But the fact that we ended
up in this situation and Mom Donnie won, Trump's gonna
have to work with the mayor of New York City
on some level. And what I took away from it
was there may be more agreement on the need for
(16:16):
more housing than has gotten a lot of discussion publicly.
You and I have talked about this a lot, and
I think it's basically the essence of supply and demand.
The only way for the cost of living in New
York City to come down is to increase the amount
of housing availability in New York City. The zoning regulations,
(16:38):
the restrictions on building that is actually ensuring that rates
remain high, and the fact that you're going to try
to put in place these restrictions on rent actually means
more units are going to come offline because a lot
of guys and gals who own property you are going
to sit around and say, I can't make money renting
out at this rate based on what it cost me,
(17:00):
and so they pull them off the market completely. So
my take on this is we got to just have
more housing, more availability of housing.
Speaker 4 (17:09):
Keith in Martin, Tennessee wants to weigh in on the
Komi and Letitia James case is being dismissed.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
What's up, Keith, Not.
Speaker 9 (17:16):
Much, guys, Thanks for taking my call. I was just curious.
It seems to me that every time we try to
indict one of these liberal people were trying to get
a hope of, they always wind up getting in front
of a liberal judge. Yeah, and that ways gets dismissed.
Why can't we get them in front of a conservative judge.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
Well, one of the big challenges is when you bring
cases in blue areas, you tend to have blue judges.
And this is what I've been hammering home for a
long time. We're playing it basically a road game. Every
single time. There's a case in New York, in Washington,
DC is.
Speaker 4 (17:50):
This is where the blue slip process, which the leader
Thuon of the Republicans in the Senate has agreed to.
The bluest slip process is asinine and should go away
because Democrats put in ideologues all the time and Republican
and when they're in power, it's so much easier to
(18:12):
get some left wing jurist in. I think we should
get rid of the blue slip process because somehow they're
able to stack the deck a whole lot more than
we ever are, even we're in charge.
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is getting spicy in the breaks. He's got to put
his earpiece in. We have Kelly mcanenny with us now
and Kelly Mcannetny is the host of Saturday in America
(19:34):
with Kelley Mcanetti. She's a former White House Press secretary
and she has a family with fantastic taste and radio
because her dad listens to the show every day. So
we're all gonna be on our best behavior. Play's halo
is still intact, still intact, might not be intact. I
don't know what just went out over National radio. There
my analysis of the Olivia Nuzzy situation. We'll maybe get
(19:56):
to that with Kaylee too. Kelly, let's start with this
because you also are a Harvard law graduate, So let's
discuss the judicial resistance here. The judge dismissed both of
the indictments against Leticia James and against James Comy.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
What do you make of it?
Speaker 10 (20:18):
Yeah, so they did not reach the subject matter and
that you know tis James. They were not comment commentating
on the seriousness of the mortgage allegations against her and
James Comy on the alleged perjury, so they didn't get
to the heart of the matter, the facts of the case. However,
what they're saying is Lindsay Halligan when she was appointed
to that position of interim attorney. It's complex, but there's
(20:41):
a one hundred and twenty day period. The president can
put someone there, and then a court decides. They say
the manner in which she was appointed was unconstitutional and
therefore any case stemming from her appointment and I was
therefore not dismissed, but dismissed without prejudice, which means that
Trump can refile the case. And I say Trump, but
what I'm is the Trump administration, the DOJ We'll see
(21:02):
if they do that they can reprosecute it, they can
file an appeal, They have all sorts of ways to
go about this. So his James not in the clear,
call me not in the clear just yet. Though they
are celebrating, I've seen some statements out there.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
You nailed it. They are analyzing it, Kaylee. Most people
are not going to get to the essence. They're just
going to see the headline of it being dismissed, and
they're going to think it means that on the merits
there was not a claim that was actionable brought against them,
And so I think that's important to kind of work
through all this. Let's go a little bit of a
(21:37):
different direction with you, and we're going to get to
the Whispering Angel controversy. Don't worry. I appreciate your dad.
What did you make of Marjorie Taylor Green's announcement? How
surprised were you buy it? Where does she go from here?
What is the significance of the video and her resignation?
Speaker 10 (21:56):
Well with unsurprising in that when President Trump was through
his endorsement, look, she was going to face a primary
challenge and she might not have been successful in that endeavor.
We know President Trump has quite some sway with the
Republican base. She knew she was up against that. There
is a trajectory and a history of individuals who have
fallen out with the president getting that primary challenge. It
(22:18):
makes it a lot harder to pass laws through Congress
because there is such a narrow majority. I was reading
reporting and I think punchful that there are some other
frustrated members of Congress on the Republican delegation side that
might consider stepping aside as well, and what a travesty
that would be. Then we could be looking at potentially
you lose enough. See it's just a handful. You could
(22:40):
turn the majority of the House of Representatives over to
the Democrats just by virtue of retirement or people stepping aside.
So let's pray it doesn't come to that, because at
the end of the day, all of these congressman needs
to look in the mirror and realize what's best for
the country, staying on board that people put you there
for a reason, Stay for the long haul, because it's
about the agenda you support and not your personal self.
Speaker 7 (22:59):
Nture risks Keley.
Speaker 4 (23:01):
We have a focus, and I know the administration is
looking at this now more as well on the price
of things. There's real concern out there for people who
are just seeing the price of hamburger meat, the price
of gasoline, their rent, electricity, especially electricity along the East
Eastern Corridor, the East coast because of a lot of
(23:22):
the AI data center stuff that's going up now. So
what do you think that the Republican messaging on this
is where it needs to be? Do you see there
a growing focus on this and how would you assess it?
Speaker 10 (23:37):
I think they're getting there, and I think it's a
really important imperative that they do get to the right spot.
And I've seen Best and others out there saying, look,
we are not denying that there is an issue with affordability.
We're not going to be the Biden administration that say,
you know, oh, there's no problem, move on, you know,
nothing to see here. We're going to acknowledge it, but
also at the same time acknowledge we of the working solution.
(23:58):
Here's the fact President Trump hand President Biden one point
eight percent inflation. Biden took that to nine point one percent.
Trump has since brought it down to in the three
percentage range. Prices are a little bit lagging there but
I love that we have an administration with creative solutions.
I talked to Scott Turner, the head of Housing and
Urban Development. He's like, look, we're looking at these fifty
(24:19):
year mortgages, We're looking at portable mortgages. And I said,
you know, we can debate the efficacy of each of
those things, but you have an administration that's constantly putting
out new ideas, be it on housing or healthcare, sending
money directly to the people. We could debate each and
every one of these, but they're trying. They have solutions
that are working. We see that with gas prices coming down,
and I think we're going to be in a different
(24:39):
place about a year from now. No tax on tips
is in, no tax on overtime will kick in, and
I think Democrats needs may be surprised at what happens
in the midterms. It could boomerang back at them because
people do remember the Biden years, and make no mistake,
Trump's going to remind them of them.
Speaker 1 (24:53):
Kaylee, there's a good article in the Wall Street Journal.
I was reading this morning, and I was curious when
we were going to have you on what your thoughts
are on it. It's about women and the idea of
seasons of life. And you and I both went to
law school. And obviously, if you go to law school
and you start practicing law, that takes a decent amount
(25:14):
of time. You've got young kids. Now, there are a
lot of women that I went to law school with
that went hard into practicing law and they had difficulty
balancing out when to have kids. I know Buck talked
about this last week because it's becoming even more and
more of a big topic. What would you tell young
women out there when it comes to prioritizing career and
(25:38):
balancing it with kids and age and everything that you
have learned, given the fact that you went to law
school too.
Speaker 10 (25:46):
Absolutely, what I say is you can have it all.
Is it a harder path, absolutely to be a working mom,
no doubt about it. But you find a way. And
if God put that desire on your heart to have
a child, it is there for a reason. And if
you put a desire on your heart to be a
working mom, that's there for a reason too. And one
thing I would note a great example is Erica Kirk
and I saw an interview last night she did, and
(26:08):
she noted that her and Charlie Kirk wanted to have
four children, and unfortunately Charlie Kirk was taken away too soon.
She has two children, young children now, and she said
that she was praying to God that she was pregnant
with her third child at the time of his passing,
and opportually she wasn't. And then she went on to say,
this is why, you know, young women out there, nothing
(26:29):
is more important than family, Nothing is more important than
that desire you have on your heart to be a mother.
And if it's there, you just got to go for it.
And I did you know, I got National pres secretary
for the Trump campaign, and I was like, is now
the right time to have a child? And you know, son,
and I tried and got pregnant like in the staff
of the Finger, and baby Blake came and I watched
her little onesies and bathtubs at hotel rooms with my
mom on the campaign trail in New Hampshire and South Carolina,
(26:52):
everywhere we went in the primary. But it was the
best thing that I ever did. And you find a way,
and if God could sit on your heart that is there,
then he is going to see it through and He's
going to help you in that endeavors nothing more important
in life.
Speaker 4 (27:05):
Now, Kaylee, You're generally not one to court controversy, but
you find yourself in the midst of some controversy.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
As your dad.
Speaker 4 (27:14):
A beloved and appreciated listener, daily listener of this program
has weighed in on a range of facts, a range
of things, including the fireside chadvide you posted in which
he has spoken about the Clay Whispering Angel fiasco. I
think at this point we just have to lead into it, Kaylee,
and Clay and I have to ask for a Whispering
(27:36):
Angel endorsement or something, because there's no escaping from the
fact that when Clay had a whole bar to choose
from at the Fox Patriot Awards, he went for Rose.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
Kaylee, he went for it.
Speaker 10 (27:48):
You noted that Clay had a halo on at the
beginning of this, and indeed he has a halo, a
Whispering Angel halo. I have a whole press rollout plan
for Clay on this, and you know, I'm a former
press secretary, so I'm good at pressbool outs and Jesse's
team came to me and asked for the picture of
Clay drinking Whispering Angel. I told Jesse Waters team. No, no, no, no, no,
I've got a rollout plan for this. It's going to
(28:10):
come out just at the right time. My dad was
so disappointed drinking bourbon by the campfire. I'm actually with
my uh with my brother in law right now, Michael
Bill Martin, and he said, I cannot believe Clay Travis
drinks a whispering angel and his girlfriend Donna said, yeah,
it's pink. It's a woman's drink. He's drinking that. What
is wrong with this man? But my dad has been
your greatest defender, Clay. My dad's walking around the house.
(28:32):
Go when Clay wrote a book called Balls, that man
is a real man. He's not a whispering angel man.
So he's got a great defender in Mike mcadatne.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
I think we have the audio for people who haven't
heard it. Here is Kaylee's fantastic dad. I'm sorry that
I disappointed him. I felt as I was watching him
like the coach found out that I broke curfew or something.
That's like your dad sounds like he's got he's a coach,
and he's just he's not sad, he's not mad. He's
just just pointed. Uh, in the lack of discipline.
Speaker 11 (29:02):
Listen, I've been reading Clay Travis's book Balls, and I'm
telling you, guys, it is. First of all, it's kind
of an autobiography, but he's.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
A great writer. He takes his.
Speaker 11 (29:15):
Facts all the way back and how sports and how
sports became woke, and how the kids, young men really
helped turn this thing around, and so did out kid.
Clay and a few others had fought against you know,
ESPN and all these these these woke uh of the
NBA and all that.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
It's amazing. Book is amazing.
Speaker 10 (29:35):
I got to ask you, what about him drinking whispery angel,
Clay Travis drinks whispering?
Speaker 7 (29:40):
Shocking, shocking, That's that's a that's just a hit, a.
Speaker 1 (29:44):
Bad night, a bad night, like you missed too many
free throws.
Speaker 4 (29:49):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
I felt I felt like he found out I missed
curfew and uh, I wasn't gonna be able to play
in the first quarter of the football game.
Speaker 10 (29:57):
It was hilarious. My dad was a football coach.
Speaker 1 (29:59):
Uh, this perfect.
Speaker 10 (30:01):
This man is your defender. So he's going to like
hang out there to dry in the public, but behind
the scenes, he's like you gotta get Claye Travis is
the best of the best, so he's defending you. But
I've got the pictures, so this isn't going away. You
got a former White House press secretary after you with
a press plan, So watch out Jim Acosta, watch out
Clay Travis.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
He had a bad night. Is such a great immediate
defense line that I'm glad your dad had my back.
That's a good response to you as a press secretary,
have to say, you know what, he kind of took
a little bit of the heat away with that immediate sentence.
By the way, last question for you, and I'm not
pleased about the media campaign attacking my drinking character that
(30:46):
is coming. Were you surprised by the Mom Donnie Trump
interaction in the White House or did you totally anticipate
that based on your experience working with Trump in the
White House.
Speaker 10 (30:58):
So I did not think it would be hostile. I
did not think it would be like the Zelenski meeting.
I was surprised at just how cordial it was. But
then I sat back and I thought about it, and
I have watched this man, Donald Trump play four dimensional
chests constantly. He's not someone who can be you know flattered.
You may think he's been flattered, and you know he's
praising someone. Because of that flattery, he always has a
(31:20):
plan to sit back, hang tight. I was surprised at
how complimentary it was. But you just wait, you just wait.
I noticed. I'll just say this, mom. Donnie was pressed
on whether Trump that I won't send federal troops to
your city, federal law enforcement, I should say, and he
would not say that. President Trump said that, so I
think there might have been some harsher words behind the scenes.
And you just wait see Trump's next chest move.
Speaker 1 (31:42):
Outstanding stuff. Kaylee mcainy, buck that you got all the details.
Speaker 4 (31:47):
I was just going to say, our dad is a great,
great listener of the program, and we very much appreciated Kaylee,
and thank you for being here with us.
Speaker 1 (31:55):
Come back and hang out again soon. Okay. We enjoy
our Kayley visits.
Speaker 10 (31:59):
I'd love it. And Clay go get a nice mid
afternoon cocktail. Rose is a great one, So go enjoy Rose.
Speaker 3 (32:06):
Rose.
Speaker 1 (32:06):
I might go froze. I'm gonna be down at the
beach this weekend for Thanksgiving. I might just start walking
around with pink drinks frozen all the time. Kaylee mcananey
has a great show and evidently has incriminating photos of
me consuming very feminine alcohol, So I've got to be
nice to her. Although it sounds like the campaign's rolling out,
no matter what, I gotta tell you Holiday season, how
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Speaker 1 (33:58):
Welcome back in Play Travis bought Sexton show. We got
a bunch of you who want to weigh in on
a variety of different topics. Let's go. Let's start with
Mike and Memphis. Mike, are you seeing a different safety
wise in Memphis since the President's actions there?
Speaker 7 (34:15):
I'm so glad you asked. Here's what happened. We've lived
in Memphis since two thousand and seven.
Speaker 12 (34:21):
On October seventh, my wife and I left for a
month long driving trip, and that's right when the Feds
came in, when the task Force came in. Well, we
came back in early November I'm telling you, guys, it's
a different city.
Speaker 7 (34:37):
Everything's calmer. And I've checked it. I've asked friends.
Speaker 12 (34:40):
I said, am I just feeling is just what you're feeling,
And everybody's like, absolutely, everything feels much safer, much calmer,
especially on the roads. So absolutely this was the right
thing to do.
Speaker 1 (34:54):
And you have a take on Trump and Mom Donnie
as well. Thank you for that feedback on Memphis.
Speaker 12 (35:00):
Hey, on Friday in the Oval Office, what I think
we saw was the nation being introduced to the presidential
candidate for twenty twenty eight.
Speaker 7 (35:09):
I think I don't can't all right.
Speaker 1 (35:11):
Let me cut you off. I think he's going to
be a big part of the Democrat Party going forward.
He can't run because he was born in Uganda.
Speaker 7 (35:18):
Oh I forgot that. Wow.
Speaker 12 (35:20):
Well, anyway, what he did on Friday I think would
show the rest of the Democratic Party of how to
be statesmen like and you know, I think he and
Josh Fetterman are but the only two Democrats who are.
Speaker 7 (35:33):
Really doing that.
Speaker 12 (35:34):
But he he comported himself really well. And so yeah,
I think he's a model for stationship for the rest
of this you know, the crazy Democrats.
Speaker 1 (35:45):
Thank you Kathy Lichfield the main I believe Kathy, what
you got for us.
Speaker 10 (35:52):
I think Trump knows Mundani's socialist programs are gonna fail
in New York, but he doesn't want anyone to blame him.
He's killing them with kindness, all the while giving them
the rope to hang themselves.
Speaker 4 (36:05):
I actually I want to jump in because I agree
with the sentiment here from our caller Clay, because look,
I mean, Kathy, I think that if he came out,
as I said, guns blazing at Mam Donnie, any failure
that Mam Donnie has, the easiest thing he can do
is to say it's Trump's fault, it's the federal government.
They stood in my way. So I think this He'll
(36:26):
still probably do that, but this makes it a little
bit less effective.
Speaker 1 (36:31):
Yeah. Look, we'll take some more of your calls when
we come back. Well, Catherine and Augusta, you can be fast.
You've got great taste on books.
Speaker 8 (36:40):
Oh I do.
Speaker 10 (36:41):
And I just picked it up, Clay, want to tell you,
I've got to set a ball. Just set it up,
very excited.
Speaker 3 (36:47):
And the bookstore did not have it and stop because
they said they thought it was a sports book.
Speaker 1 (36:57):
Thank you for sometimes bookstores have not had that. You
guys have bought thousands and thousands and thousands of copies.
It's been awesome to see. When we come back, we'll
dive into MTG, We'll dive into the latest in Venezuela
and the legal process.
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