Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H3 - FL Rep. Byron Donalds

This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. Welcome in everybody. Third hour of Clay and Buck kicks off right now. We've got Congressman Byron Donalds's with us. Congressman, appreciate you making the time, sir. It's good to be with you. How are you doing? Good. We got some national questions for you. We've got some Florida. Well, Clay actually is a Floridian, in a sense, too, kind of honorary because he has property here. He lives on the Gulf of America part-time. And then we will probably have some sports questions for you coming from Clay. So we will get to all of the above here momentarily. Let's start with the national level one, though. You're in Congress, Congressman. That makes sense. I think everyone figured that part out. What the heck is the Democrat plan with the shutdown that now is about to shut off food stamps has already cut into a cutoff paychecks for military members? I know we had a Trump donor come in and make that shortfall disappear temporarily. What is their plan? Like, what's the end game here? They don't have one. The rest of the country has come into this realization very fast. They don't have a plan. These guys are trying to basically strong arm one of the toughest negotiators in the history of the planet. And they're trying to strong arm him. They don't have a plan. They don't have a strategy. They figured if they just stood there long enough, holding their breath that everybody would just buckle and yield to their view. A lot of these Democrats are using historical, political... of views of how Democrats always win these shutdown fights, but they're not winning it. They're losing it by the day. They were given an opportunity to pay our military, to pay air traffic controllers, to pay TSA agents, to pay border agents and ICE agents, and they voted no. They have no plan. They got no strategy. But the truth is they haven't had a plan for a long time. And that is because their policy sets are very radical. And they were totally fine, leaving an auto pen in charge of the country. if it meant that they got their way. And now that that's gone, if Donald Trump is back, they don't know what to do. That's why this shutdown seems to, it seems to be a shutdown really about nothing except Chuck Schumer's leadership position. We're talking to Byron Donalds's Congressman South Florida, soon to be, I believe, governor, state of Florida. Let's talk about the governor's race right now because I know you are on the campaign trail right now. We're basically to Halloween. Happy Halloween, everybody out there. You don't really have a viable challenger yet. That seems to me to be a very good position to be in. You've raised a lot of money. What should we know about the campaign and how it's going? What's the next step? We're going county by county, and we're seeing the voters of Florida. And, you know, even though we still have our responsibilities in Washington, when I'm not in Washington, I'm in some city in Florida, some county in Florida, talking to the people. And, you know, we're very blessed to have President Trump's full endorsement, Rick Scott's full endorsement. Obviously, fundraising has gone very well, but it's about seeing people day and day out. And that's what we're committed to doing. So, you know, whoever else decides that they're going to run and jump in,

One, they got a lot of work to catch up on, and it's not going to be easy. We're going to work hard every single day to earn the votes of the people of Florida. Congressman, you're running for governor, and I know that in many ways you would continue on with the policies and the legacy of our fantastic Governor Ron DeSantis. He's done a great job here, and as a Floridian, I really appreciate, and I get to benefit from the decisions he's made. Ron DeSantis is very in favor of eliminating for homesteaded properties, right? So people for whom it is their primary residence as Floridians. property tax. Where did you come down on that proposal, which I believe is being put forward for the people of Florida to vote on in a ballot initiative next fall? Well, look, I support what the governor's position has been about removing homestead property taxes on the people of Florida. The thing we have to make sure we do is when it comes to essential services that have historically been funded by those taxes, talking about sheriffs, deputies, police officers, firefighters, emergency personnel, road construction, road maintenance. We just want to make sure that that stuff continues to be funded because that's critical to the very fabric of Florida. I am fully supportive of it. I look forward to seeing the governor's proposal. I anticipate that's going to come out very, very soon to talk about not just the repeal, but then also the details around how do you fund some of those key initiatives like law enforcement, firefighters, emergency personnel. I'm supportive, looking forward to seeing Tallahassee to get this thing done and get it to the ballot so voters can make their voices heard next November. Congress from Byron Donalds's with us right now, currently in Congress, running for governor of Florida. When you look, we just been talking a lot about the mayor's race in New York City. If I remember correctly, you were born in New York City before you came down to the Sunshine State and made a life of it there. How much do you pay attention to the national decisions that are being made and what their impact could be on the state of Florida? Because we've seen Governor Ron DeSantis talk quite a lot about the fact that many people in New York might decide to relocate to Florida with the higher taxes coming. Buck is one of them that's already done it. The president obviously did it. You did it long before you had any money probably to speak of. What would be your message to people listening to us in New York right now that might be thinking? Hey, if Zohran Mamdani's going to be coming in, maybe New York's not for me.

Well, the number one thing is if Zohran Mamdani becomes the mayor and you feel you've got to come to Florida, remember why you came here. Our state, we are a low-tax state. We don't have an income tax. Law and order is the baseline principle of our state, and that's not changing. And so as long as you come here understanding why you left New York and what Florida is about, then, yeah, we're all forward. I think on a broader level, yeah, I do pay attention to what's happening nationally. My job as a congressman right now requires it. But the biggest thing we want to do is make sure that Florida remains the number one state in the country. And what we want to really see happen is that policies that are passed in Florida that have become really the bedrock of what's made Florida great, that other states look at that and say, you know what, we got to follow Florida's lead. Because if you're looking at New York, Illinois, and California, they're dumpster fires. I mean, they're awful. and their people are leaving in droves. It's time for other states with Florida in the lead to adopt sound public policy that really puts people first, allow people to chase the American dream, whether that's Florida or some other state. If Zohran Mamdani wins, and he's New York City mayor, we know Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's still going to be in Congress, does Mom Dany become a national face of the Democrat Party in your mind? Is he impactful in next year's midterm election? Buck and I have been debating that. To what extent do you think he is resonant then or relevant if he is the mayor of New York City? Yeah, I do. I think he's going to be one of the national faces of that party. I mean, look, they're really struggling to find out who's in charge anyway. You know, everybody's trying to jockey for position. I think that he's going to, you know, obviously his face and his name and what he says is going to carry a lot of weight in the Democrat Party because he's the mayor of New York. But, look, I think from a political standpoint, I think he's terrible for the country. He's awful for New York. And I think it's bad for Democrats. because the public policy that these Marxists are in the radical left-wing side of their party, led by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders, that stuff is destructive. I think the policy sets are destructive. I don't know. If somebody's a registered Democrat or registered Republican, that's one thing. But to be an out-and-out Marxist and really subscribing the policies that have never worked anywhere in the history of the planet, that's terrible for New York City. I think as a country. It's going to be something that everybody's going to be looking at, and we have to learn that we cannot let these policies continue to flourish. And I mean, some places like a Los Angeles, like a Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, their people are going to start demanding. I hope that they reverse course on these terrible policies that do not work for people. Do you have any sense? I know you're still in a primary very early on, but... What kind of a Democrat do you think the Florida Democrats are going to run against you, given how much this state has gotten more red under Ron DeSantis' tenure? Are they going to try the head fake moderate or somebody you think that's going to be a little more on the, yeah, I'm a Democrat. Let's turn Florida into California and see what happens. But what's your expectation? Do you just not even have any expectation because it's too early to know?

I don't really care. I mean, to be honest with you, Ron DeSantis, during his leadership, he's really put the Florida Democrat Party on life support. They're in a bad shape over there. They know they're in bad shape over there. I don't really care. We're focused on, number one, seeing the people of Florida, number two, making sure that the policy idea is that we're going to bring to build on top of the great success of Ron DeSantis and what's happened in Florida that our state continues to flourish and that we prepare. Florida for the next generation of growth. That's what we're focused on. Whatever the Democrats, whoever they choose to throw at us, that so be it. We'll take care of them too. Can you also please? One more. Can you just make fun of the Vols or just say something to antagonize Clay on sports, please, for me? Because I would do it, but I don't know enough. No, I'm not going to do it. They actually look okay. They look better than my team, so I've got to be quiet. He's definitely running for governor. Look at how diplomatic he is, Clay. No, I was, I was buck beat me to it. I was just going to say, what's up with your Seminoles? I went and watched them beat Alabama, and then I went and watched them get smoked by Miami, and you all have lost four games in a row. I remember a couple of years ago you came on and made the case for why you belong in the playoff. I don't even know that you belong in the top half of the ACC right now. What's up? Oh, my gosh, here we go. By the way, if you want to go back two years ago, yeah, we should have been in that playoff. I'm not going to bring it up again, but that was two years ago. Last year was a bad season. Started off great. Last fourth, not been good. The only thing I would say about the team is the games have been close. But, you know, Coach Norville, he's got a lot of pressure on him. He's got to turn this thing around. That's just the way it is. What do you think UF's going to do, by the way? You got an open job at UF2. I'm sure you saw this. The governor basically fired, the governor of Louisiana. After they got whipped by Texas A&M, this is just, I don't know if Buck even saw this. Jeff Landry, we need to get him back on. Jeff Landry was like, this is ridiculous. Like, Brian Kelly's out. I don't know if you saw this, Byron. He tried to show up. Brian Kelly did. And his fingerprint didn't work to let him in the building. That's not a good side. All right. So the governor just said this is a mess. Florida, I know you're a Florida state fan, but the University of Florida has got an opening. And that's going to be a huge higher too. But I saw the governor of Louisiana way then. And I was like, Byron, he's a huge college football fan. You got a bunch of big programs there. No, we do. I mean, look, there's a lot of names that are out there. You have the Notre Dame coach. He's been very good. He's been pretty good, very successful. I heard the rumors about Nick Sabin. Is he coming out of retirement? I'm not sure. You know, I don't know if Nick likes the NIL. I think that's probably a deal killer for him. I think that's true. I don't think he likes it. But we'll see. What do you think Lane Kiffin? How do you think Lane would do at UF if he came? Well, look, speaking as somebody who's trying to run for governor, I think Lane would be a very good choice for the Florida State Seminole. No, they can do better than him. Byron, we appreciate you. What should people know who are out there listening all over Florida as many people do? If they want to support your campaign, where should they go?

Just go to Byron Donalds.com. I'm really excited for everybody's support so far, but it's all about the future of our state. We're going to take Florida to a whole other level. Amen. I love to hear it, honestly. You've got two guys that own property in Florida, one who lives year-round. We've got to just keep Florida awesome, Byron. So I know that's your goal, and that's what you're going to do as well. So God bless, and thanks for making the time for us today. Thanks, guys. Appreciate it. Look, I want to tell Buck, I've got some picks coming tomorrow. I think I've already actually given out the picks. Hold on. Let me give you the picks. We've been on fire. We've been doing really well with prize picks. And you just heard Byron Donalds's there. Buck, I think Byron Donalds's going to win. I think he's going to win Florida so comfortably. Remember it wasn't even very long ago? I do think it's worth mentioning. Remember 2018? When Ron DeSantis won Florida by 50,000 votes, I think it was? Yeah. How far away does that seem? If you want to question how much a state can change in the space of eight years, basically, we're going to go from Florida as the ultimate toss-up state to it's not even remotely close anymore. And it's really pretty incredible to see how well that they have been able to build this. I've got a bunch of quarterbacks to throw more than one half of a touchdown for all of you. If you go to prizepicks.com right now, prizepicks.com code clay, you will get $50 when you play $5. You can play it in Florida. You can play it in Georgia. You can play it in Texas, California, Tennessee, 40 plus states out there. 13 million people have signed up. And right now, I am going to give you a pick that I hope is going to be a winner. Jackson Dart to throw more than one half of a touchdown. Jackson Dart, more than one half of a touchdown. I'll give these to you again tomorrow, but I want to make sure that everybody has them to throw more than one half of a touchdown. That is tomorrow night down in South Florida with the game between the Dolphins. and the Baltimore Ravens, Bo Nicks to throw more than one half of a touchdown, and C.J. Stroud to throw more than one half of a touchdown. When that hits, that pays out at nearly three to one. You can play along with us at pricepicks.com, code clay. That is pricepicks.com, code clay, $50 when you play $5. You know them as conservative radio hosts. Now just get to know them as guys. On the Sunday Hang podcast with Clay and Buck. Find it in their podcast feed on the IHartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back in Clay Travis, Buck Sexton show. A lot of people reacting, variety of different perspectives. Let's have some fun. Art and Mansfield, Ohio. He's listening on 98.3. Fire away, Art. Well, at least we know now that you don't want Clay in a foxhole with you because if things get bad, he'll turn on you and leave you eye or your rear end hanging out in the wind. Way to go, buddy. I just, I mean, look, if you're about to get overrun, sometimes your retreat is the better option of valor, right? You can't just get overrun and end up a prisoner. Sometimes you've got to retreat.

Look, if you're out for a swim in the ocean with Clay and you see a shark, just know that he's going to start swimming before he even shouts out shark. No worries. You know, it's every man for himself, right, Clay? No big deal. No big deal. Yeah, look, I mean, you don't have to be the fastest swimmer. You just have to be faster than the one the shark eats. Let's see. Rob in West Palm Beach, WJ&O, what you got for us. Hey guys, Rob from West Palm, love your show. And as a guy that loves the First Amendment and boobs to another guy that loves the First Amendment and boobs, can you guys please stop saying fabulous? I think I said it today, to be fair. I think it was on me. I think the fabulous meter I hit it a couple of times today. I do it in part to troll those of you who get mad at Clay for saying it a lot. But I have to take the heat on this one. I think I might have said it. I think that's right. But it's also a great word to use, and we're happy. Podcast listener Scott, AA, what do we got here? Clay, just like the mayor or race in New York, you have no idea what you're talking about. Gas stations are making a killing on gas. If not, explain how one station can be 50 cents a gallon lower than another station five miles away. Real estate prices and also the price at which they had to purchase their gas. I mean, this is one that I'll go to the mat on. Business for gas stations. Gas station owners, you can flood us. The gas is not what they make the money on. I understand you want to be angry at somebody, by the way, you shouldn't be angry because gas prices are at four years lows, four year lows thanks to President Trump. But they are often a loss leader. And they bring people in to make money inside of the store. My favorite gas station in America is Buckees. Buckees charges almost nothing for gas because they know you're going to come in and buy everything. Do you want AI to weigh in? Do you want AI to weigh in on this one, Clay? Net profit per gallon on average in America is three to seven cents a gallon for gas stations. There you go. So they do not make their money. You can't make a living on that to run the business. And it is true that if you drive around, oftentimes the price of gas is most impacted by the cost of rent and or land for the gas stations, which is why you pay way more for gas in rich parts of town than you do poorer parts of town because the rent's higher. We're talking about ways to do smart things with your money. I've got a really important one for you to consider gold. That's right. Gold is up over 50% over the last year, up 50% plus. Think about that. Gold and silver have been on a run. There's a bunch of reasons for that. You can get into details on it, but the short version is gold has been a store of value for as long as there has been human civilization, and money printing is going to keep happening.

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eloquent as a commentator. Why is she trained every four sentences to say she is a black, queer, LGBTQ woman? Because that's how she's been promoted her entire career. Anyway, Katie Miller and Karen Finney. Thank you so much. Can I just get this joke? That is exactly, I mean, she's just saying the thing that we all know, which is that this woman built a career on being a black lesbian. And that is the primary thing that she says in every interview. And that, now she's an independent. She says she's not even a Democrat anymore. That has been her calling card in the media and in politics. And maybe she actually wasn't the best person for the job. This is what Katie Miller is saying, and it's funny to watch Jake Tapper like, okay, let's just do something else. Yeah, let's get out of here. Here's what I would say, and once you think about it, you will not be able to not see it. I've said on the show before, I think. For the Democrat Party, your race and your sexuality, your identity is sword and shield, but go back in time. And pretend that instead of saying as a black gay woman or as a trans-Hispanic person, like they all give that to you as a prelude, it is the modern day royalty. Think about it, Buck. You know, back in the day when they used to talk about the divine right of kings, when the king decreed something, he would begin his decree by saying as the eighth royal discount of the sheriff of Nottingham. I think we say Viscount. I don't think we pronounce the yes, do we? Oh, I don't know. I've never actually heard anybody pronounce it. I don't know, maybe. All of the royalty, all of the royalty is the precedence to the action as a divine right of king. As your noble background, you use your identity to justify your opinion. That's all the Democrats do now. They start off their opinion as Corrine Jean-Pierre is just one of the worst versions of it by saying, as a black gay woman, I believe, why do I care about your race or your sex? This is reminding me just because you guys, people, one of the questions we get a lot, we got up, we were in a whoa-wo and thank you to all in Wow-W-W-W-Land, Fort Wayne, Indiana, and we were out there recently. But one of the questions we get a lot is, you know, show prep. And I always say, show prep is all the time. We're constantly sending our team and Clay and I are texting each other ideas and thoughts and everything. And one thing I said to you guys, I just thought this is amazing. So Josh Barrow is a journalist. And he's a Democrat, but he's like one of these guys. He's a little bit in the...

who's the guy who's very solid on the First Amendment, wrong a lot of other things. But you know, I'm talking about Greenwald. He's a little bit like a green... He'll actually call balls and strikes on certain things in the world. And I actually did Bill Marshall with Josh Barrow once. So he's a high IQ reasonable guy. You can reason with him, right? And he shared this. And it's the 2012 Democrat Party. I'm not going to read the whole thing. versus the Democrat Party platform, sorry, the Democrat Party platform in 2012 versus Clay in 2024. 2012 today our economy is growing al-Qaeda is weaker than any point since 9-11 a manufacturing sector is growing uh we need to come together continue what we started reclaim the basic bargain for the largest middle class on earth yada yada yada yada you know america is great we have principles like actually pretty you can argue with whether that's what the democrat party really stood for then or whatever but at least you know they're going through the democrat party 2024 platform The DNC wishes to acknowledge that we gather together to state our values on lands that have been stewarded through centuries by the ancestors and descendants of tribal nations who have been here since time in Memorial. Like, we're not imagining that these people have gone nuts, okay? They have gone nuts. This is a real thing. And they no longer can make coherent arguments. They live in a fantasy land. I think this is another big story. Bill Gates. Bill Gates is kind of like, well, you know, actually, we don't think the climate change is an existential threat anymore. You don't say, Mr. Globalist extraordinaire, climate change is going to kill everybody. Start eating bugs. Doesn't matter if it gives you man boobs. He is now saying climate change is not an existential threat. Kind of like you and me and everybody listening right now was right about this the whole time, Clay. These people are insane. Yeah, when you talked about the land acknowledgement, it reminded me of the study that came out. Mentions of men in the 2012 versus 2024 Democrat primary Democrat platform fell by 63%. Fathers fell by 100% and responsibility fell by 83%. Meanwhile, the references to LGBTQ rights increased 1,04%. So they have written out men, they have written out fathers from the Democrat platform, and they have 10 times the reference to gay people and trans rights. And so you're not making it up. I mean, the difference in just 12 years between the actual platform of Barack Obama 2012 and Kamala Harris 2024 is it's not even in the same ballpark. It's frankly a completely different party. And also, we're in an era now where you're allowed to say things without real fear of cancellation. You're just allowed to say things that are manifestly and obviously true. And to bring it back to the Korean-Jean-Pierre situation.

it's not going so well for Kamala Harris cut which one oh here we go CNN's Abby Phillip talking to the breakfast club with Mr. the God and the rest of the crew there. Here is cut five. Listen to this one. What does she do this summer run? Is she even run again? You know, I've been talking to a lot of people about that because, as you know, this book was very controversial. And it was even more controversial than you think. I loved it. In private, in private, I think there's a lot of controversy around it because I think that there are a lot of bridges that are burned here. whether she wanted to or not. And I think it will be very difficult for her to mend those fences that she'll need in order to run if she just decide to run again. I think this book read kind of like somebody who was kind of done with it. So I will be interested to see if she decides to do it. reads, as a comologist, I can tell you, it does read like someone who is bitter and possibly done with it, Clay, even though you would think it would be rehabilitate the image so that there can be a round two run for Kamala Harris in 2028. Yeah, I think she's going to run because I did not, thankfully, have to read this book, but there is nothing else for which she is going to spend time. She just turned 60. she is not a mom i know she's a stepmom it's different than being a mom she's not a grandma i don't think she particularly likes her husband dug I don't think she wants to kick her feet up and just be a professor, you know, a president of a university. You better watch what you say there. Or Doug might give you a little chin music there, Clay. You know what I mean? Yeah, look. Doug's been known to slap around women. I don't think he's been known to slap around men very much. So I like my chances with Doug. Let me tell you, we'll come back and play a couple more of your cuts. But in the meantime... Personal loan company, Prosper, data breach, 17 million users info involved, names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, partial social security numbers. It gets out there. You know it every single week. There's more of them. Cyber threats everywhere, which is why you need LifeLock. LifeLock will monitor hundreds of millions of data point a second for identity threats, which is way more than anyone can do on their own. And Lifelock will alert you right away if anything pops up. If you become a victim of identity theft, you will get your own restoration specialist who will fix that identity theft guaranteed or your money back. Your protection backed by LifeLock's million dollar protection package. Start protecting your identity today with a 30-day free trial at 1-800. LifeLock, you can also go online.

To Lifelock.com, use my name Clay as the promo code for 30 days free. Lifelock.com promo code Clay for 30 days free terms apply. Keep up with the biggest political comeback in world history on the Team 47 podcast. Clay and Buck highlight Trump replays from the week. Sundays at noon Eastern. Find it on the IHeart Radio app or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton's show. We got a bunch of different talkbacks. Also, our friend Ryan Gurdowski, who's going to be on later this week. Remember it was about a year ago that he was let go for making a beeper joke on CNN. Let's play that. You don't want to be called Nazis. Stop doing... You're called an anti-Semite more than Amosus table. Yeah. And people... No, by me. I never called you an Nazi Semite. I mean, I'm not saying or saying... I'm a support of the Palestinians. I'm used to it. Well, I hope your beeper doesn't go off. I still think that's a I still think that's a funny line and it's crazy I think that's fair game I think that's fair game but I think it was a funny line and the fact that Ryan got banned from CNN and then picked up and actually like paid a decent wage to do a podcast on the Klan Buck podcast network right afterwards because we take care of our people but you know Ryan Gurdowski him and you both banned from CNN that's correct Still banned. Let's play some of these talk about. By the way, we should mention the Fed, as was expected to be the case, has cut rates by a quarter point. They are not sure what they're going to do before the end of the year, whether they might cut again, just FYI news-wise. Lloyd from Wisconsin, H.H. Hey, Clay, Buck, Lloyd from Wisconsin. Love your show, but could you please explain how you throw a half a touchdown? Either do or don't. You keep saying it all the time. Now you need to explain it. Lloyd, you have recognized why they set the line at a half. because it's more or less. If you don't throw a touchdown pass, you throw less than a half. If you do throw a touchdown pass, you throw more. So oftentimes in sports, they will set the line on a half, so they guarantee that one or the other is the side that's going to be the outcome. So I don't know. Some people sometimes get confused by that. So Lloyd called in and asked, that's the answer. Wade from Raleigh, Durham. Place where we're often number one. We love everybody listening in North Carolina, 106.1 FM talk radio. He is responding, I can't believe of all the things that I say that they got upset. One of a couple of listeners did because I said people don't make a lot of money on the gas. Lloyd has owned a gas stations. Listen. This is Wade. Listen to you on 106.1 FM out of Raleigh. I just heard the guy talking about 50 cents a gallon spread on gas. I owned a gas station for eight years.

There is very little, if any, profit in gas. Most of the time, I was lucky if I could make three or four cents a gallon, sometimes maybe five or six, sometimes maybe lost two or three cents a gallon. You've got to keep your price competitive. One more, this is upset with our pronunciation police out there. Doug in Brunswick, Georgia, listen. Please stop massacring the French language. It's a French word. It's Vicomte. Say it with me. Vicomte. You're welcome. Well, that's not the Americanized way to say it, buddy. And we've got to speak American around here. We do have to speak American. For instance, in Lexington, Kentucky, there is a great town called... Versailles. It is pronounced Versailles, even though it is spelled as the French palace Versailles would be. So is Viscount or I don't know how you pronounce it. By the way, the American version is Viscount. Just to be clear, it is Viscount. It is Viscount. So Buck nailed it. Always bet on Buck. Who is this fellow telling me to say it with the French, the snooty? You wearing a beret? You wearing a red beret over there, buddy?