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with Congressman Thomas Massie there. We head now, I believe she is in Georgia. I know she is on with us to talk about the goings-ons in Georgia, one of the chief battlegrounds that exist in the country for the midterm where they're going to have. Jon Ossoff, the existing sitting senator, uh, up for re-election and they're determining who the Republican is going to be challenging him. And Marjorie Taylor Greene is being replaced in her North Georgia district. That primary, I believe just happened yesterday. Ashley Brassfield with us now. Let's start right there. Ashley, thanks for coming on with us. Um, The Marjorie Taylor Greene race is to replace her. They now have Democrat and Republican nominees. How does that look? And what can you tell us overall big picture about the state of Georgia? Yeah, well, that Marjorie Taylor Greene race that you saw yesterday, the primary happened with the GOP, a ton of people in that race. And we saw Trump endorsed candidate Clay Fuller come out on top there. Colton Moore was another name that a lot of people were speculating a state senator in Georgia that's pretty well known. That could have come out in that race. It ended up being Clay Fuller, though. And we'll see him go against the Democrat with the last name Harris in that runoff to see who fills that seat. Of course, Marjorie Taylor Greene's district is actually where I'm from in Georgia. So I know it well, and it's a very rural area in the northwest part of the state. And so I think a GOP stronghold there, even without Taylor Green holding that seat. But like Kentucky, like you were talking about, the state of Georgia is seeing a big Senate race take place, a three-way tie right now with Buddy Carter, Mike Collins, and Derek Dooley. And it's very similar into that Kentucky race. And what we are just now seeing in the Texas GOP Senate primary where there's going to be a runoff, Texas and Georgia, very similar where they both have. that 50% mark that the candidates have to get to in order for there to be no runoff. So that's going to be coming up on May 19th, and it's going to be a big race. Hey, Ashley, it's Buck. Thanks for being here with us. So I know you're covering this, and as you mentioned, it's particularly close to home as your district. You are a Georgian, and your district is one of the ones where there'll be quite an interesting matchup playing out. But what can you tell us about the situation of the governor's race at this point? Obviously, campus term limited, right? He can't run again. Right. So you've got a pretty... big field here of Republicans and Democrats. Can you break down for us what that's looking like at this stage?

Yeah, that governor's race is going to be very intense. And I think there is that dynamic. And I've kind of touched on this in my Senate piece of that dynamic between Trump and Brian Kemp and the Trump endorsed candidate here and who the Brian Kemp endorsed candidates are going to be here. Well, the governor's race, I think you're going to see the lieutenant governor, Bert Jay Jones, get both endorsements from Trump and Brian Kemp on that one. Where it differs in the Senate is that Brian Kemp has already endorsed former football coach at Tennessee, Derek Dooley here in this race. And Trump has not endorsed a Senate candidate. So that's kind of the differences in the races here. Brad Raffensperger, who's also running for governor. That's a familiar name you might remember back from 2022. And the attorney general that, you know, made the call from the president during the election fraud scandal. So there's a long history of feuds happening in the state of Georgia. As many know, it's a purple state. And so I think it's going to be a battleground. It's kind of been this powder keg that's been waiting kind of to explode. It's been kind of the southern charm aspect to it where nothing's quite happened yet. But these primaries coming up, I had my eye on it personally, like we just saw in Texas, it kind of exploded all of a sudden. And we don't know who the Trump guy is, just to be clear, right? They're still angling for a Trump endorsement in that governor's race on the Republican side. Yes, I believe so if not Burr Jay Jones hasn't gotten it yet, but I think they're, Bert Jay Jones is kind of the guy that everybody's looking at. He's, of course, the former Georgia football player. And I will say that football characteristic in Georgia seems to play. I mean, we saw Herschel Walker back in 2022. Burr Jay Jones, I was on the campaign trail back in 2024. He was at the Georgia Tech rally with President Trump on stage. So these are characters that are very familiar. You know, I would say that, you know, when the president was in Rome just about two and a half weeks ago, you saw on the stage very louder. milk, Mike Collins and Brian Jack, and those are kind of the key players here in these races. And if you really want to get into the lore and the deep insider knowledge of Georgia, I mean, you can go back to the dynamic with Governor Brian Kemp and Trump. And people like Steve Witkoff, Lindsey Graham, same characters were kind of seeing in this Iran war stuff, playing those middlemen and making deals in the state. So I think you're going to be seeing more of that possibly as well. Ashley, this primary is May 19. I think you can correct me on the exact date. Yes, that's correct. We just talked yesterday with Michael Whatley, who is running in North Carolina, and he said, and I can't believe this number. Ashley, he said it might cost $600 million. for that Senate race in North Carolina. I would have to think the numbers would be somewhat similar in Georgia, because this is why Georgia is so important for people out there who aren't paying attention to the map. It is by far the best chance for Republicans to take back a Democrat seat. And there is no math. If Republicans could win the Senate seat in Georgia, there's basically no math under which the loss of the Senate could occur.

Assoff's a favorite right now, but that's why so much attention. I know the governor's race is big, but in terms of national politics, that Senate seat is huge. Right. And it's going to be a challenge for Republicans. We've seen that back since 2020 when Kelly Loeffler and Purdue, you know, we're running to replace and, you know, take over those seats. Democrats, Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff took them. We saw Raphael Warnock be challenged in 2022. And that was unsuccessful. So it's going to be a real test for the GOP without Trump's name on the ballot, like in 2024. to see if they'll be successful here. And, you know, to differentiate the candidates, you have the Brian Kemp endorsed, Derek Dooley, and he has that governor's endorsement behind him from the start, nothing from Trump yet. Mike Collins, he's done a great job of getting behind the grassroots support in Georgia, going to, I believe, 159 counties and counting. He was also at that room. Georgia event not too long ago with Trump on stage. And so while we also have Rep. Brady Carter, they, Susan Collins and Carter have been Trump allies for a very long time. Derek Dooley was not voting in those earlier elections for Trump, but still has that support from Brian Kemp. I think that's going to be a very interesting dynamic of who can go up against somebody where. Jon Ossoff is perceived by a lot of people as still a moderate, even though he might not be to a lot, but also in the state where it's purple, but he also has really great constituent affairs, and that's what I'm hearing from my in state people who live there. So I think it's going to be a very big challenge for the GOP in the state, much like North Carolina is. And if you look at Georgia and North Carolina, the situations are flipped with the count, whether it be with the governors and the senators there. So it's very interesting. Ashley Brassfield with us from the Daily Caller, and she's in Georgia, and she's covering that Georgia election as the primary is coming up here very closely. Ashley, what, if you can just refresh my memory, you know, we have to pay attention to a lot of political stories here. I recall Marjorie Taylor Greene was among the most. pro-Trump trumpy members of congress and then there's been some like falling out like a pretty big one what what happened what was the issue or where where did this all go it seems like one of the the crazier turnabouts i've seen on the republican side in a while Right. It felt like I think to a lot of people that weren't following closely for a long time as this big explosion that all of a sudden happened. And, you know, I think a lot of it left everybody in dismay. But this, I mean, can go back all the way to, you know, when Trump got into office in 2024, who was he picking as secretaries? And Marjorie Taylor Greene at one rally in South Carolina voiced that she would not mind taking the DHS position. You follow along.

She became, you know, a big player in that Doge effort on the Oversight Committee. And I think she started to see some things happening within the Trump administration in those first six months that she wasn't exactly pleased with, some policy changes, whether it be immigration, the tariffs that she was heading for a while, but she kind of switched her tune on. And then I do think she wanted to run in that Georgia Senate race. She's made comments about many of the candidates in that race that she's not thrilled about them. So I believe that there was some internal polling shown by the White House to Taylor Green that showed her being, you know, beaten, I guess the general election with Alls off. So I don't think she was pleased with that. And I think that's where things started to take a turn there. She kind of saw where the puck was going. And I think the relationship just continued to sour, especially, you know, she's become this very anti-involvement and war type of individual. And then you saw the big explosion take place back in, you know. December, November time period, and she is no longer in Congress. So now we're seeing this special election. But I don't think people understand the full scope of that story. And I think it was a very interesting one to see happen within the first year of the Trump administration from somebody like Taylor Green, who's been a cheerleader for the president for the last four and a half years. And has there been any effort to reach out? You know, Brian Kemp, a lot of the Trump base nationwide, I think, they've expressed it here on the show and in emails. They're frustrated with Brian Kemp on different things. But Brian Kemp, as I understand it, has been very popular within the state of Georgia. And while he can't run again, is there an effort underway or is there any attempt at a rapprochement between Trump, MAGA, and Brian Kemp, just for the purposes of making sure that we don't lose a third winnable and really should win Senate seed in... the state of Georgia because it's starting to feel like we got a problem in your home state. Yeah, well, you thought there would be some kumbaya after 2024, and it seemed like Brian Kemp got on board. He went on an appearance on Fox News saying he supported the president. But I think it's kind of been this consistent cold war with the governor and the president since then. And you saw this when he decided not to take a run at the Senate in that GOP seat. And instead, he endorsed Eric Dooley, which I don't think it was something that the White House looked fondly upon when he did it. So I'm not sure if it's a total kumbaya moment quite yet going into 2026, which might need to happen here if the GOP wants to secure. the seat in general. So it's a matter of, you know, time to watch how it goes. I think that people probably need to keep an eye on Governor Brian Kemp for higher aspirations of offices in 2028. We'll see there. But I think that's a strategic move by Brian Kemp on purpose. And it seems like in the state, there's big players like the Brian. Brian Kemp's, you know, Mike Collins, Buddy Carter's, Derek Dooley's, and then even in the governor's race, where you're seeing a lot of changing dynamics. And the one name that's not there is, of course, Stacey Abrams anymore. So it's really this inner party war that's happening within the party right now, I'd say. Yeah, I know a little bit about this. Ashley. Brian Kemp, obviously, is a wildly popular governor in Georgia, has done a really good job. He believes Derek Dooley's the best pick, and he had tried to persuade.

the Trump White House to also endorse duly. Instead, they have so far stayed out of this primary, which is about two months away. And hopefully we can wed the turnout the vote of Brian Kemp with the passion of Trump supporters because that might be 100, that's 100 percent necessary, I think, to actually manage to win the Senate race. One question for you, Ashley, on the way out, because I know you're a former athlete, if I remember correctly. As we're talking to you. The Iranian women's soccer team. I think the story deserves way more attention than it's getting. A lot of the girls, women on that team, refused to sing the Iranian national anthem at an event, competition in Australia. Six or seven different reports of those members of that team did not want to go back to Iran afterwards because they were terrified of what might happen to them. So Australia granted asylum to them. They have landed in Malaysia. And reports are that most of the women on the team do not want to continue on to Iran because they are terrified of what is going to happen to them when they land. We have a lot of examples of people like Megan Rapino, as you well know, Ashley, speaking out aggressively against the United States. Why do you think so many women's athletes that are quick to degrade the United States from soccer in particular are not speaking out? to protect these women that actually put their lives legitimately on the line to speak for freedom in their home country feels to me like this story should be way bigger than it is right well it seems only matter to people like megan rapino when she's not getting paid enough in her book is my the way i look at this and of course she's getting on you know this cover of Sports Illustrated in magazines like that, but she doesn't care about the global issues like what those women on the Iranian soccer team are now facing. So I think that's just, you know, first world problems from Megan Rapino, really not paying attention to this. But it is sad to see women, you know, especially women that are well known like Serena Williams. They haven't spoken out on even, you know, men and women's sports. In fact, they've been more supportive of it, if anything. So I think that's the progressive agenda here being seen playing out within sports. And I think. that even in places like Iran where you've seen Khomeini be, you know, taken out by the United States and Israel, now we have his son taking, you know, his spot in leadership at this point. I think that's going to be a problem for these women going back to the country. And luckily, you know, Australia has granted them a place to stay. But I would be also fearful if I were them. I mean, Iran is not a place that's safe for women. And it's, I think it's interesting that they even have a women's soccer team that they've even been granting that in a place like Iran. No doubt. I mean, they didn't allow them to even go watch soccer games for multiple generations since the Mullis came into power. Hey, we appreciate you, Ashley. Keep up the good work. That battlefield in Georgia is going to be significant when it comes to control of the Senate. And we appreciate the update. Yeah, thank you guys. That's Ashley Brestfield. I want to tell you, born on America's darkest day of 9-11, 25 years ago, Tunnel the Towers Foundation, has been helping America's heroes ever since. Heroes like New York City Fire Department, Lieutenant Edward McDonough, Jr. He was a Marine Corps veteran, lifelong public servant. Edward was on the front lines at Ground Zero in the days following 9-11. He cleared debris while serving his city with courage and dedication, rose through the ranks of the New York City Fire Department, ultimately.

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If we strip out food and energy and come up with the core, expect it up two tenths. That's exactly where it comes out, up two tens. Here we go, the year-over-year numbers. And... Zero progress, but not losing any ground. It remains a 2.4 on year-over-year headline. 2.4 really is to find a lower number. You're going back to April of last year at 2.3 to find a higher number here at December of last year at 2.7, just to give you some context there. Now, in my opinion, the most important number year-over-year-core remains at 2.5%. The economy is moving along well. It's not ever going to make everyone happy, but trust me, you'd be hearing a lot more negativity if inflation was still kicking up at 4, 5, 6%, etc. Things are actually in pretty good shape. What matters is growth rate minus inflation. Inflation is not going up despite what everybody told you. And the overall performance of the economy is strong, becoming stronger. And so we'll continue to update you on that. We are scheduled to talk with Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama. He's running for governor as well. about the latest on the Save America Act and more. We'll see if we can get him or not. Obviously, he's a busy guy, and we had him scheduled a little bit earlier, so we will see if we've got him, but we are scheduled to have him when we come out of this next break. And you know what? The truth is, Buck, I hate to admit this. I'm in danger of no longer being the strongest guy in my household. My 15-year-old... He is lifting like crazy. I catch him in the gym all the time. And he's starting to bench press some decent amounts of weight. I actually told my wife last night, I was like, I got to hold this kid off. I've got to stay the strongest Travis male in the household for as long as I can. And if you're battling to remain the strongest man in your household, you got young boys coming up. You might want to check out chalk. All natural formatted to make sure that your testosterone. stays as strong as possible when you're 46 going on 47 like me and you're trying to keep up with your teenage kids. Well, you need a little bit of mental vitality stack. 20% increase in just three months according to studies. That is, this is good at producer Ali. Mogworthy chalk.com. Chalk C-H-O-Q.com. My name, Clay, free $99 bag of lit powder with the best deal on new subscriptions. That's chalk.com code C-L-A-Y.

We are joined now by Senator Tommy Tuberville, the next governor of Alabama. We'll get into a bunch of things with him. But let's go ahead and start with this, Senator, because everybody, every day, we get asked about the Save America Act. I know you've been in meetings all day on Capitol Hill. People are fired up about the fact that this is not necessarily going to be coming up on the floor. What's the latest and what would you tell our audience to do if they're fired up about this, as most of them are? Yeah, call your congressman, call your senator, let everybody know what you feel about the Save America Act because it is exactly what it means. We have to save America by making sure our voting is. true and effective. You know, when I'm in Alabama play, people ask me, coach, is my vote don't count or is it just a false sense of security? And we want to make sure the people across the country know that their vote counts. Now, we have 15 states in this, in the United States of America that are totally crooked. All the blue states, they want to make sure that they get elected, they elect their officials, but we have to give us some kind of opportunity to make these things. as fair as possible, because we have no chance. And if we continue to lose to blue states, eventually we're going to lose the White House, and they are going to open the border up again, no law and order, give money right and left, still from the country, still from the taxpayers, and the country that you and I know will be over with. Let me ask you, Senator Tommy Tuberville. It's Buck. Thanks for being here. Why not get rid of the filibuster if this is really about saving America? Because it feels like this is the game that we end up having to play. United States senators want to do something on the Republican side, but we need 60 votes. We need 60. That's not a constitutional mandate. That's just a self-imposed restriction from the Senate. If it is saving America, then why not at least have the discussion about whether this is the time to do that? Because otherwise, aren't we just hoping for a filibuster, a standing filibuster at best? Well, first of all, you're exactly right. And when the Democrats takeover, they're going to do away with the filibuster immediately. We have talked about 25 or 30 of us have talked to her blue in our face to our colleagues who keep saying, oh, it's about tradition of the Senate. And I tell them, listen. I don't work for the Senate. I work for the people of this country and the people of Alabama. And it's time to understand this country has changed. We are not the same republic that we used to be. We have the enemy is inside the Bill Gates. They are changing our culture, our moral values, changing our religions, just overtaking everything that we're doing. And so now is the time. Don't panic.

Let's just bust a filibuster and vote everything in we possibly can under the best president we've ever had and get this country back where it's going again and do not let them cheat on us in elections again. Senator Somerville, the other big question we're getting is about how to wind down the war in Iran. And I'm sure you're hearing from some of your constituents, price of oil and gas, a major concern. I know Alabama, like Tennessee, fortunately, still has very low gas prices compared to much of the country. But you may have already talked about this with President Trump. If the president asked for your advice on how to handle the wind down in Iran, what would you tell him? Well, first of all, he asked me about three or four weeks ago. What did you think, Coach, about Iran? I said, well, we've got them as weak he's ever been. They're killing their own people. They have a radical group of people running that government. If we're ever going to make sure that the Middle East is safe to take out all these terrorist groups all across the Middle East and in our country now, now is the time to do it. And thank goodness. I truly believe that it was the right thing to do. It will never have this opportunity again. Now, this doesn't need to be one of those forever wars, and it won't be. He's going to do what he needs to do, and it's going to be over with. And, you know, he said four weeks, five weeks, I don't want to put a time limit on it. Let's do the job right and then get out and turn it over to the people in the Middle East where they can, whether they've got Khomeini's son or whatever, they're going to be so weak that they'll get help from the outside and hopefully turn this thing around. But this is the only way we could do it, guys. We couldn't sit back and let them get a nuclear weapon in the future because it's not like some of these other countries that have nuclear weapons. They have a lot more sense than this. These people live off of death. They preach death. They preach death to America. And we were going to get lit up Israel or somebody was going to get lit up with a nuke if we allowed them to get a nuclear weapon. Speaking of Tommy Tuberville, Senator. So you have, I assume, full faith in President Trump, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, the immediate team in the White House, Marco Rubio, to make sure that they know when it's time to bring our assets home from overseas or at least to stop the bombing. That's something that you have a high level of confidence in, you'd say? 100%. And I've been in classified hearings. I've been in non-classified. I talk to them individually quite often, even the president. And this is not one of those where we're going in to try to.

You're going to make money. That's fine, but you're going to go to class. You're going to keep your grade point up like you used to have to. And if you don't fulfill that requirement of going towards a degree every year in school, then you're going to end up losing your scholarship and you're going to end up losing eligibility. Right now there is no penalty for doing anything other than just going to making money and playing. And what's happening is we're losing fans. And fans are the reason college sports are important because they pay money. to go watch these and they're, I'm telling you, they're getting fatigged from all this because of the non-loyalty of the athletes. Last question for you, and this just came down, you probably knew it was coming. Markwayne Mullin, one of your Senate colleagues, is going to have his confirmation hearings to be elevated to run the DHS. What can you tell us about Markwayne Mullin? And do you presume that those will go fairly smoothly? And not only will he get Republican support, but he'll even get, I know John Fetterman has already said, hey, I'll be supporting this. He'll even be getting some, I would imagine, Democrat support. Yeah, perfect choice. He'd make a great head football coach back in the 70s and 80s, walking in the room, demand respect, motivate people to do their job. Work ethic is unbelievable. understands this country, loves this country, and he is for America First, not illegal immigration. And so he's going to be perfect. And he's going to get quite a few Democrat votes. So he will get pushed through nomination next week. That probably might be his toughest, is getting out of committee. Once he gets out of committee, he'll have plenty of votes to get in. We need somebody hard-nose, an offensive line coach basically, go in and say, okay, we're going to put her nose of the grindstone here. and we're going to grind and we're going to get this job done. I don't care about being on TV or doing any of that fancy stuff. We're going to be successful in immigration. Awesome. Good luck, Senator. We appreciate the time. Good luck in that governor's campaign. I'm sure we'll talk to you again soon. All right, guys. Thanks. If you walk around the Sexton household these days, you'll see a lot of toys on the ground for ginger and speed, and they're always fighting over whose toys they are, which is fun. But you'd think maybe Cozy Earth just sponsors our whole house. Because I walk around in Cozy Earth pants. I got Cozy Earth sweatshirts on. We've got Cozy Earth sheets on the bed. I've got a cozy Earth blanket, the bubble blanket on the couch. The products they have are just phenomenal. So they're all over our house. I'm talking clothing, bedding, towels, all kinds of stuff. Cozy earth, sheets towels, and bedding are a great place to start. But once you get those and you have that quality, you're probably going to add maybe even into your first basket when you're buying online even more because the products are just so comfortable, so soft. And look, your product is, I'd rather your purchase is totally risk-free. You get a hundred-day money-back guarantee.

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No doubt. It will be interesting to follow and you will enjoy it. We need to talk about this tomorrow, Buck, because you mentioned it to me, and I know we haven't talked about it a great deal. By the way, President Trump speaking at an Ohio pharmaceutical company in Cincinnati right now as he is on the ground in Cincinnati. But Buck, we were talking about this continued fleeing of the West Coast by super rich people. as property taxes and income tax and billionaire taxes and everything else continues to skyrocket the latest to move to Miami. Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks, who started his company out in Seattle, probably alongside of Microsoft, I would say Boeing maybe, the two or three biggest, most iconic brands in Seattle. He's bailing on the state as they are now going to be taxing wealthy people at much higher rates in the state. And he's going to Florida. Also, Buck, they relocated a ton of their employees to Nashville. They're opening a brand new corporate office in Nashville with thousands of people employed there. So Tennessee and Florida to no state income tax states, more and more people every single day deciding that they want to abandon high tax blue states for low tax, well regulated, well run red states. Yeah, that couldn't be more clear. But I also find that there's some deserved... frustration at what I think is an obvious hypocrisy here of people who support policies in blue states and then continue to support them. It's one thing if you're a convert. If you want to go full Elon Musk and be like, the left is insane, I get it now. Fine. Welcome to the family. But people who want to still be giant libs, Seattle-style libs, and move to Florida so they can enjoy our Floridness or move to Tennessee to enjoy your Tennesseeness and not admit that our way is better that these states. are better. That's the thing that, you know, there should be a mea culpa before they hop on the private jet and come down to the, because they've helped fund. I mean, look at, look at like Steve Jobs' or Steve Jobs' widow, also, what's, Amazon's ex-wife, you know, Amazon founder, McKinsey, Jeff Bezos, Warren Jerome Powell Jobs, if I'm not mistaken. These women are using other men's money or the money made by men to fund the destruction of Western civilization. It's not a good thing. Kay on the Talkbacks is a nice one. Michael, who's a trucker in Arizona. Play it. Afternoon, guys. I just wanted to sincerely thank you guys for all you guys do service to our country. I feel like you guys are my friends. Never met you personally, but you're in my truck with me. Three hours a day. I drive big rig.

26 years now. And I'm a surprise Arizona locally. And I am well informed because of you guys, your gentlemen, are amazing. So God bless you. Keep you safe. Thank you. God bless you, Michael. We love you, too, man. That's awesome. We love it. Clay, isn't it? Anyone who listens three hours a day is like a special sort of family. And our truckers, I love that he started out with a little tutute at the beginning, too. We know you guys roll with us all across this nation for off and three hours at a time. We're very grateful. Jet in Toledo. This is a funny one. H. We appreciate the talkbacks. Yeah, Clay, you can save your man card yet if you just tell us all that you watch the screen movies because of Neff Campbell. That's it. That's why I watched it. Nev Campbell, big fan for 30 years, continuing to do good work. I guess you are a brunette guy. I'm a redhead guy over here. Remember back in the day, Wild Things, Denise Richards, Nev Campbell, incredible work. Great film. We'll be back with you guys. Tomorrow. Speaking truth and having fun. Clay, Travis, and Buck Sexton.

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