Hour 2 - Sports Media Meltdown

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Mike Lawler, Mike Lawler, I believe. Mike Lawler's district. And he was introduced by New York Giants quarterback Jackson Darts. And if you did not see this story. People have lost their minds in the crazy left-wing sports media ecosystem over the fact that a president would be introduced by an NFL quarterback. And we have a couple of cuts from this that illustrates people losing their mind. Here was cut 14 in Rockland County, New York. Here he is Jackson Dart, Giants quarterback. Former lead, by the way, Jackson Dart of the Ole Miss Rebels down in this great state of Mississippi. Here is Jackson Dart introducing President Trump. What an honor. What a privilege it is to be here. And without further ado, I'm grateful. I'm honored. I'm pleasure to introduce the 45th and 47th president of the United States America, President Donald J. Trump. Okay. That was all he did. Now, I'm going to play some criticism for you here, Buck. People in the sports media lost their minds. I'll give you a little bit of information. Jackson Dart, I did not speak to him, but he was at the beach in North Florida this weekend, did not seem to have a care in the world, was on vacation right after this, traveled down to the same beach that I was at and everybody on the beach of the SEC. which is the area between kind of Destin and Panama City Beach, the 30A area. It's what I would call the Hamptons of the SEC, except we actually have good water, good beach sand, and you would actually want to go there and go swimming in the ocean. So it's vastly superior to any other beach on the East Coast. Sorry, East Coast Beachgoers. But... Here is what Stephen A. Smith said on ESPN, and there are way worse things than this, but listen. That doesn't mean that it was a wise decision for Jackson dot to do this when you have an abundance of players who obviously have the feelings that they have about this particular administration. And when you see some of the things that have happened recently that have. disenfranchised communities like the black communities and others in an uproar over some of the decisions that have been made, particularly pertaining to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and what you have people feeling about that at this particular moment and time. To have that just happened days ago, and for Jackson Dart to show up on the stage to introduce him, of course, Abdul Carter's initial reaction was going to be that. One of his teammates, Buck, lost his mind on social media, Abdul Carter. Are you still in disbelief that this is the world we live in where we played for you what Jackson Dart said in his state where he now plays in a rally with a lot of people in the New York area? Are you stunned that this turns into the story that it is or are you used to it now? I have gotten used to it now. You have educated me.

on how insane the people in the media that talk about nothing, but how good people are at, like, you know, catching a ball or running with it or whatever, how left wing they are. That is a bit of a shock. That was a shock. It's not a shock anymore because, Clay, before you joined me and we were on this program together, I don't think I'd watch ESPN. maybe once in college or something. I have no idea. It doesn't even exist in my world. Now Stephen A was playing a little bit of footsie with running, remember, but now he's not going to run. He's speaking to these sensitivities about the administration. To him, I would just say, it's the president of the United States, guys. Like, people need to stop being babies. It's the president of the United States. Can you imagine being invited to introduce the president of the United States and saying no? He's the president. If you have a problem with that to the point where you think that that's a stain on someone's character or that you need to attack them for that, you are the problem. You're a baby. Grow up. He's the president. So that's the reality of it. If I were a coach in one of these leagues, I know it's easier said than done because I'm sure there's a lot of people that put pressure on these coaches and stuff. But I would just say, guys, you know, if you're going to have... If anyone's allowed to say what they think on social media and people are allowed to have opinions, they're allowed to have opinions you don't like. Deal with it. This is America. And I see this. And to me, it's such a non-story, except that they make such a thing of it. I also think it's interesting because the idea that is fascinating. They used to say, Clay, that Trump was so anti-Latino. because of the immigration stance that he had. Like that was a big thing pushed by in the first term by Democrats by the left. Meanwhile, his numbers with Latinos have actually gone up over time considerably. He won Latino men and narrowly lost Latino women in the 2024 election. But remember, the first term, it was, oh, he's so racist against Latinos because he said like bad hombres and they're not sending us their best for Mexico. A lot of Latino Americans who are here legally, and many have been here for multiple generations legally, look around. They're like, yeah, I actually don't think we should have a wide open border. I actually don't think that we should allow anyone from Mongolia to Uzbekistan to the Cote d'Ivoire to Malaysia to just show up here and be like I'm as American as you. They feel that way, too. So now there's this sensitivity that they go to, the racial sensitivity around Trump with the black community. And it's interesting, they blame Trump, essentially, meaning Stephen A and other commentators, they blame Trump for judicial decisions. They're blaming Trump. I mean, when you're talking about the redistricting, which is now the big thing, this is a Supreme Court issue. And this is people who this is what they're supposed to do is interpret the Constitution, but it's all Trump. I understand they can say, well, Trump appointed these justices. But yeah, but, you know, this makes him a bad guy.

He has represented a white, wealthy district in the Naples area in Congress. And now he's going to get elected to represent the entire state. That's a real great success story. Shouldn't your goal, if it's to become a politician, to represent the largest possible group of people from a variety of backgrounds, arguably racially gerrymandered districts make that less likely? And I don't hear anybody making that argument, but I think it actually, if your goal is to become an elevated politician, someone who represents statewide office, which I would think most politicians would like to do. It's arguably harder to do that when you represent a racially gerrymander district because you represent a group of people that are not actually representative of the larger state. And that seems significant to me too. I see where you're going with that one. I just don't hear anybody arguing. The Obama example is actually a really good one, I think. He couldn't get elected to a majority of them. You know what Obama did that was never, never talked about enough? And is that his... I think it might have been Axelrod who was running his campaign at the time, but I'd have to go check. But you know, he got sealed divorce records of his opponent unsealed by a judge. That was... Yeah, the Republican. Yeah. I remember that. Sealed divorce records. Oh, a powerful Democrat wants them to be unsealed. And the court just goes, yeah, cool, we'll do that. So that was the, that's what it's like when you're running in the Chicago area. That's how it works for you. Did you see, by the, we should get Julie Kelly on this. Speaking of sealed, did you see the Democrat prosecutor? took documents that were never supposed to be public, emailed them to herself. She's now been charged. This is down in the South Florida. But to your point on documents that are supposed to be court protected that somehow end up getting leaked to media that gets the story out for you. Same thing happened just now in South Florida. Julie Kelly's like the only person who is covering it. It was in the classified documents case where one of the prosecutors. took a sealed document, emailed it to herself, tried to disguise it as a, this is true, as a cake recipe, emailed it to her hotmail account. And by the way, a little bit of a chunky prosecutor. Maybe she thought she'd get away with cake recipes, which is very funny in and of itself. And now is being charged with felonies for leaking that information. By the way, Jack Ryan. And it was the judge here and the Chicago Tribune on behalf of Obama got the sealed divorce records unsealed. But, you know, Obama the time was saying it shouldn't be a campaign issue. This is the classic maneuver, by the way. True story. When Stalin at the height of the Stalin cult of personality, they would always put out stuff about how Comrade Stalin doesn't like all this attention.

True thing. They would be like, Comrade Stalin is too humble for any of them. But we have no choice but to have giant statues of him everywhere. But he doesn't want this. It's like Obama, I don't want the seal divorce records out there. But I mean, they're going to be pretty salacious. And so let's go. So yeah. Much of the media, once you recognize, is just laundering stories on behalf of campaigns. The campaign knows they would get attacked if they somehow put out that. But they give it to a reporter. The reporter puts it out there and then they benefit from it. It's just laundering. They're just trying to cleanse their op intel that they get somebody who's their side to use. It's really kind of crazy. There was another guy, Blair Hull, by the way. He also had his sealed divorce records running against Obama. unsealed by the media. And in that case, the Obama camp, like the Obama behind the scenes campaign, they were digging into, just like they were both of them. But I'm just telling you, the ultimate dirty tricks. Have the local media that you're in bed with. Go to judges and demand that they unseal your opponent's sealed divorce records. You can just completely smear them twice, not once, twice. Or I think it's even more nefarious than that, but get somebody to violate the law to get the sealed divorce records from inside. Give it to media. Media then publishes it. They argue, oh, this is privileged because it's news. And meanwhile, they've committed a crime nobody ever gets prosecuted for. and the media can publish what some other individual would be charged for doing. Looking for a Father's Day gift idea. Here's one. Dad's will enjoy Rapid Radio. Radios work coast to coast, no range limits, no monthly bill. They're ready to go right out of the box. Five-day charge. Have you been seeing the weather conditions like crazy? So many different tornadoes. It's been raining all over the place. If you want to make sure that you're always in touch with your friend and family, get hooked up right now with Rapid Radio's. Perfect Father's Day gift, Dads. always hard to shop. Four, they're running a promotion where you get over $300 in free gear with your order, including a tactical radio bag and an EMP Faraday bag. Every order also comes with 30-day money back guarantee so you can buy with confidence, give dad a tool and a toy that he'll use and appreciate. Rapid Radio's, the father's day gift that keeps you connected. Rapid Radio's communication redefined. Pre-centered pals, Clay and Buck on the I-Hard app. Life moves fast. At American Military University, they're ready to help you keep up. AMU's flexible, affordable online programs in cybersecurity, IT, space studies, and more are designed for service members, veterans, and their families. AMU provides the support you need to take the next step, wherever life takes you. American Military University, made for what's next. Learn more at amu.apus.edu.edu. Entertain clients, reward employees, or enjoy a first-class race weekend with VIR's premium MSA hospitality experiences. August 21st through 23rd, enjoy exclusive viewing areas, premium amenities, food and beverage options, and access that puts you close to the action. Whether for business or pleasure, elevate your weekend at Virginia International Raceway. Explore and upgrade your tickets at VIRVIP.net.

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the show. The thing we have to remember, you're talking about all the Obama dirty tricks from, and they were numerous, by the way. That's the way the whole Russian collusion thing started. It was this series of fake stories that Hillary Clinton's campaign was going to launder through the media. When Trump punched back, what happened? They up the ante and escalated and sent it to the FBI and started this investigation. It was supposed to be just... stories that Trump was supposed to answer to and then them commenting on them. But like you said, laundering these negative stories through the media. It's the number one way, I think, dirty tricks happen. It would be one thing if the campaigns themselves just made the accusations, but they know that people won't trust them. So they get the media to write it. Then they can react to the media story and say, well, that's not us. This is just, I mean, it is the number one, I think, dishonest tactic of all dishonest tactics that occurs during the course of campaigns. Yeah, but Russia collusion was the ultimate, the ultimate dirty trick bringing together the Democrat Party, the media, the FBI, the CIA, and the White House at the time. It was Obama White House. All right, here's the question for you. If you're a business owner, how many insurance brokers does it take to ensure your business? If the answer is too many, you're not alone. Super short changes that. There's one broker for all your business insurance backed by a team that works with you year round. not just at renewal. And if you've ever stared at a policy wondering what a cover, SuperShore has a fine print fax tool that translates the legal jargon into plain English so you know what's covered or what's not. Go online to supershore.com slash buck. Go on super sure.com slash buck. Go to supershore.com slash buck. Again, super sure. dot com slash buck paid for by super sure insurance agency LLC a licensed insurance agency welcome back in clay Travis buck sexton show we are rolling through the program a couple of things i wanted to make sure i got this right i did Tim Walz did in fact governor of minnesota buck skip the memorial day event at fort snelling national cemetery he was listed and scheduled to speak at their memorial day ceremony He did not attend. Instead, he visited George Floyd Square for the sixth anniversary of George Floyd's death, where he laid flowers and joined community events. I think that is just kind of a perfect distillation of where Democrats are. That Tim Walz, who was the vice president, came within 240,000 votes away from being a heartbeat from the presidency. had a choice, should I show up at the Memorial Day celebration to honor all Minnesotans who have given their lives to the country? Or should I show up at the George Floyd's sixth anniversary celebration memorial, whatever you want to call it? And he chose the George Floyd. I think that is super significant. A lot of people out there...

reacting to oil and gas prices. Let me reiterate what I said, and I'm surprised it hasn't gotten more attention. The U.S. oil and gas companies have made $50 billion in profits selling oil and gas because the United States is now a net energy exporting country, and the drill baby drill has been so successful. that we now have the ability to make more money off oil and gas than any other country in the world. And in fact, while everybody has focused on many different angles of this story, I think one thing that has been missed is the United States benefits more than any country in the world when oil and gas prices go up because we are a net energy exporting country. And... Again, New York Times, I'll grab this graphic because I thought it was interesting. I tweeted it out, but I want to make sure I get it right. The U.S. has profited more. U.S., Norway, Brazil, Russia, and Kazakhstan have profited more. since the war in Iran started than any other five countries when it comes to additional exports of oil and gas. The countries that have lost the most, Amman, Iran, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Iraq, because they have not been able to get as much of their oil and gas out. And a lot of people have reacted to that. Andrew in New York, W-O-R, has a question. Fire away. Cut B. Long time fan of the show, but I do have one question for Clay. I'd like for you to tell me and the rest of America how oil and gas companies in America making money hand over fist does a damn thing for me. Well, in general, when companies make money... The overall American economy expands and grows and the overall amount of money in the country increases. So take away oil and gas companies. How does Amazon making more money do a damn thing for you? Well, Amazon is able to deliver every product under the sun to you for a cheaper price than otherwise. Walmart being successful. means that you can go buy products more affordably. So in general, capitalism would be the answer to your question. Capitalism elevates the overall economic success of everyone in this country. What you're talking about is being frustrated at oil and gas prices up if you wanted to argue, and maybe some of you would. that there should be a windfall profits tax when wartime situations lead to elevated oil and gas prices. You could argue that. Politically, it may even be a strong argument. Do you know who argues that right now? Elizabeth Warren.

So you, the caller there, and several people have similar takes, I'll hit a couple more of them, actually would agree with Elizabeth Warren on this. I think taxing the profits of corporations at higher levels in general is a bad idea. I would rather taxes be lower for everybody. You, me, every corporation in America, I think the government taking less of our money actually benefits us more. But when people get frustrated, sometimes they make decisions that don't necessarily make the most sense. Buck, what would your reaction to his question? It sounds like Professor Clay is advocating for trickle-down clayomics here. I want low taxes everywhere. Companies, people, everybody, I want paying less tax. I want the government getting less. So I am not in favor of windfall profits taxes. Yes. Well, again, we shall see whether this spike in gas prices matters or not. We will know if it does, based on the results. We have an election coming up where I think it'll be very clear based on not just the exit polling, but the realities of how this plays out, whether this was a political mess for us or not. We have who's next up on the talkback list, Mr. Clay. Frank asked the question here in Michigan that we probably get more than any other. Here is Frank in Michigan. Frank and Michigan wondering why if our oil companies are making so much money, why do we as U.S. citizens have to pay so much more for gas? Why couldn't they keep the gas low for us and higher for other countries? Thank you. This gets complicated again. It goes to there being a global market, right? So take it outside of oil and gas. The way that I've tried to describe it before, Buck, you can see if you do a better job of explaining it. You can't have a price for gold in the United States and a different price in Canada. because if you could buy gold $1,000 cheaper in Canada, you would go to Canada buy gold and then bring it back and sell it here. There used to be inefficiencies in the marketplace like this. And honestly, one inefficiency in the marketplace that would be an example of that has been drug prices, right? Americans have been going across the border into Mexico and buying cheaper drugs. It's crazy that that could be a situation, but that's because Americans get charged more for drugs than they do in Mexico. If in general we sold our oil and gas cheaper in the United States, other entities would buy it cheaper here, and they would take it to other parts around the world, and they would be able to profit on that discrepancy and price. So I'll put it you this way. How many you operate on Facebook marketplace sometimes or remember back in the day Craigslist where there was a lot of shenanigans. So I'm told. But I'm just here. I just hear what I hear. But is Craig's List still a thing? I don't think so. I don't know. I legitimately, it's been over a decade since I've even heard about it, I think. So I don't know. But here's what I'm trying to say. If I am offering right now.

a wooden dresser for somebody in my area, okay? That is not a commodity that somebody on the other side of the world is going to be in a big rush to buy. Right? Let's say I'm going to, I've got a wooden dresser that's, I think it's worth, you know, we'll say a hundred bucks. and you're going to have to ship it to somebody somewhere else, that's going to cost more than the thing is even worth. The point is, Clay, it's only, it's a commodity that has value in the immediate, you know, in a limited marketplace of people can drive to me, throw in the back of their, you know, their SUV or their pickup or whatever, and take it home. If I say, you know what, I have a Rolex Daytona. which is a very popular Daytona, a very popular version of the Rolex watch. And I say, I'm willing to sell this, I think like a Rolex clay, like a Daytona these days, probably goes for like 40 grand. If I said, hey, I'm going to give someone a great deal on this. I'll give it to you at half price. I'll give it to you to a 20 grand. People in Japan, people in Brazil, people all over the world will be, because they all want it, rather the market for it, is so fluid that it's almost like you're selling a cash-like product, and people will jump all over it. My point is with oil, the American domestic production is going to get sold. to the overall market because people will buy, you know, the market is set globally. So it's a commodity that is completely global in nature, and so you don't have a segmented market here. It's not the dresser that only people in my immediate vicinity might want to bid on. People on the other side of the world would love to get American oil. And so that was that, does that kind of make sense for everybody? Yeah, look, I mean, I think people don't, yes. I think the challenge is, I don't make sense, but like, was that a good, I don't know if that was a good version. Maybe I just want to talk about Rolex. I think your, your, your expensive watch analogy would be, like, let me, let me give you one, World Cups coming up. If the United States, and I know Zohran Mamdani's got his ridiculous thousand tickets or whatever, but if they said, hey, in the United States, you can buy tickets for $1,000, but in Europe, the tickets are going to cost $10,000. And everybody would buy the tickets for $1,000 here. And then immediately all the Europeans would come in and buy up and you would end up with an efficient marketplace. Okay, my Rolex is a far better example. Clay, the price of a gold Rolex in New York City, in Dubai, in Tokyo, in Johannesburg is all pretty much the same. That's why I was using it as a, it's basically a cash-like equivalent because there's such a liquid global market for it. I mean, your tickets, yes, that's true, but like...

You know, you got to sell them. You got the middleman. No, no, no. But I mean, like the, what we basically say, I'm fascinated by the ticket market in general. There almost is no sellout now because you can go on whatever you want to go to if you have the money to pay for it. Stubhub is a global marketplace. Now, you might have to pay $20,000 for a ticket to a World Cup match or to the Super Bowl, but it is there and you can buy it. Oil and gas is a global market. You don't have a price that exists in one country and a different one in another country. Your Rolex example is a good one. It's basically gold is the easy standard, right? The price of gold is the reason why it exists as a viable asset. And so you can't artificially restrict the price of a good in the United States when it has a global... uh global sales uh opportunity it used to be the case that you could some of you out there in the commodities business will recall a world where a price in japan may be very much different than a price in another place and you could take people can do arbitrage right and this is this is a way that you could actually make a lot of money but no now if there was if there was a a place in the world where they would sell gold to me at uh a thousand dollars an ounce instead of what the current price is that place would run out of gold in about 30 seconds because anyone anywhere in the world would want to pay you know 20 percent of what the actual the actual prices right now for gold so that's that's the the oil example here It has value everywhere on every market. And so the private companies in the U.S. are selling into that market. Now, people could say, well, maybe they should be forced to sell to Americans at a discount right now, but that, you know, oil companies would fight that. That's also a default wind fault. That's also a default win-fall property tax, right? Like profit tax. It's just a different way. They would take that to the courts and they would win is the point. I mean, I don't think you have basically an unconstitutional seizing of assets that would be going on, although I'm somebody who believes that rent control is actually an unconstitutional seizing of assets. So, you know, I'm pretty radical on some of this stuff. Speaking of things that are like commodities. You think that you should be able to sell your property for the price that you choose and the government shouldn't be able to dictate what you sell your property for? Yeah. Rent control. Because remember, that's also limited to the people that can live in your immediate environments. Like I think rent control in New York City is flatly unconstitutional. People should be able to just rent their home for whatever they want to rent their home for. This is ridiculous. And by the way, this is one of the real reasons why this is getting into the economics of it. But this is one reason why rent is so expensive. It's two things. One, rent control, two, cost of building because they will not allow new units to be built in many different high income neighborhoods. And so you end up with a situation where you can't get your money back if you're rent controlled and you can't afford or be allowed to build. And people say, I don't understand why my rent's so high in New York City.

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