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Hour 3 - No Excuses, Go Vote Now! · The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

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  Speaker 1: Welcome in our number three. We are headed out to
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  Speaker 1: Israel where the election right now is taking place.
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  Speaker 2: It is 8 p.m. just after 8 p.m.
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  Speaker 3: In Israel.
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  Speaker 1: And we are joined now by Yael Eckstein, who is
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  Speaker 1: going to give us a live update on that election
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  Speaker 1: process that is underway. Yael is the president, CEO of
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  Speaker 1: the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. OK, record high turnout.
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  Speaker 1: It sounds like things are just in a frenzy there
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  Speaker 1: in terms of the number of people headed to polls today.
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  Speaker 1: For Americans who are not very well apprised of what
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  Speaker 1: is taking place in Israel today, what should we know?
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  Speaker 1: What are the stakes? Who are the candidates and what
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  Speaker 1: are the expectations? Take us into the race.
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  Speaker 3: OK, well, so nice to speak to you and appreciate
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  Speaker 3: you having me with you today. Elections in Israel are
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  Speaker 3: really interesting. It's actually the first time in over 35
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  Speaker 3: years that the current government has served a full term,
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  Speaker 3: which means that there hasn't been elections since before October 7th.
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  Speaker 3: So these are really big elections. There are lots of
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  Speaker 3: new parties on the right and the left and the center.
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  Speaker 3: And Israel is, as you know, a parliamentary system. And
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  Speaker 3: so in the Knesset, which is our parliament, There are
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  Speaker 3: 120 seats, and whoever gets the most votes today will
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  Speaker 3: try to put together a coalition. If they're not able to,
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  Speaker 3: then we'll have either a minority government or the opposition
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  Speaker 3: will have the opportunity to put together a government. But
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  Speaker 3: according to all the polls, no one's going to be
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  Speaker 3: able to put a coalition together, which means we might
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  Speaker 3: be back at the voting station in a few months.
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  Speaker 4: But I think we're going to see some surprises.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, so.
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  Speaker 2: Take us into that for a moment.
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  Speaker 1: There are two leading candidates that everybody is focused on.
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  Speaker 1: I was reading this morning, trying to familiarize myself with
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  Speaker 1: this race, that there is not that much difference necessarily
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  Speaker 1: in what the plans would be as it pertains to Gaza,
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  Speaker 1: for instance, with this race going on. Is that true,
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  Speaker 1: or do you think that this is somewhat similar to
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  Speaker 1: the United States, where Democrats rush towards the middle and
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  Speaker 1: claim that they are not actually that different in the
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  Speaker 1: in the politics and in the policies.
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  Speaker 2: But then they get into office and they're very different.
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  Speaker 2: What do you expect?
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  Speaker 1: What do Israeli voters think when it comes to the
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  Speaker 1: two major candidates?
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  Speaker 4: It's a really good point.
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  Speaker 3: Outside of Israel, everyone's looking at the security situation, which
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  Speaker 3: is a huge point of concern. It's one of the
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  Speaker 3: most important things because for us here in Israel, it
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  Speaker 3: is survival or God forbid, not. We have many enemies
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  Speaker 3: who want to destroy us. We're a tiny country the
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  Speaker 3: size of New Jersey surrounded by enemies. So security is
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  Speaker 3: definitely top of mind for everyone here in Israel. And
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  Speaker 3: like you said, both candidates are very strong on security
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  Speaker 3: and recognize that. And so really what's on the minds
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  Speaker 3: of Israelis as they vote today are many other things
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  Speaker 3: like the education system in Israel that's getting weaker and weaker.
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  Speaker 3: the ultra Orthodox that aren't necessarily contributing to army service.
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  Speaker 3: And so those who aren't ultra Orthodox are doing extra
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  Speaker 3: army service, extra miluim, which is reserve duty. And the
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  Speaker 3: whole idea of strengthening the economy, strengthening society. And I'll
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  Speaker 3: tell you what I see on the ground in Israel
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  Speaker 3: actually is a brotherhood that is unshakable. Everywhere I go
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  Speaker 3: and at the voting station, even today as I waited
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  Speaker 3: in line for over half an hour, you see people
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  Speaker 3: who are on the right, who are on the left,
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  Speaker 3: who are religious or secular, and everyone is just talking
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  Speaker 3: about the same thing that they want, a good future
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  Speaker 3: for their child and their grandchildren. And so what I
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  Speaker 3: really believe is that I have to vote.
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  Speaker 4: I have to do my part.
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  Speaker 3: And I think this is relevant in Israel, in America,
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  Speaker 3: in Europe, and across the world. We have to do
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  Speaker 3: our part, but we have to remember that God can
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  Speaker 3: work miracles and wonders and bring blessings and through anyone
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  Speaker 3: he wants. Sometimes the blessings and the scriptures have come
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  Speaker 3: through the most unexpected people. We remember that King David's
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  Speaker 3: lineage goes back to a prostitute.
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  Speaker 4: You never would have thought that.
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  Speaker 3: So I'm just in prayer that we'll have unity, in
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  Speaker 3: prayer that we'll have holiness, light, joy, and of course,
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  Speaker 3: peace that I believe is possible because God promised it
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  Speaker 3: will happen.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, so.
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  Speaker 1: You said you might have to go back and vote again.
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  Speaker 1: That's very different than what we're used to in the
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  Speaker 1: United States when it comes to our elections. I know
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  Speaker 1: when I was over there a couple of years ago
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  Speaker 1: with you guys, I went to the Knesset. I met
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  Speaker 1: with different people inside of that building. For people who
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  Speaker 1: do not know how Israel's government is organized, can you
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  Speaker 1: give us just a quick primer on that?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, well, I think there were over 30 parties that
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  Speaker 3: were in the election now. And they have to get over,
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  Speaker 3: I believe it's 3.8% of votes in order to enter
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  Speaker 3: the Knesset. So we'll have probably a maximum of 17
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  Speaker 3: different parties who are part of the government that they
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  Speaker 3: have to form the coalition and opposition. The idea of
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  Speaker 3: this is that everyone is represented. Everyone in society has
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  Speaker 3: representation in the government. And so in Israel, for example,
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  Speaker 3: many people don't know this, but around 20% of our
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  Speaker 3: population are Arab and they have full rights to vote,
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  Speaker 3: full representation. And actually, they believe that the Arab party
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  Speaker 3: in Israel that's going to be represented in the government
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  Speaker 3: and always has might even be the kingmakers, meaning they
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  Speaker 3: would be the difference if there's going to be able
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  Speaker 3: to be a coalition formed or not. And so there
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  Speaker 3: are many parties that the idea is that they have
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  Speaker 3: to work together to represent everyone. And what I always
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  Speaker 3: say that you see, especially in the elections here in Israel,
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  Speaker 3: is Israel is good at a lot of things. We're
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  Speaker 3: good at high tech. We're good at life-saving technology. We're
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  Speaker 3: good at trip technology. We're not good at being the
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  Speaker 3: apartheid that the world likes to accuse us of. We
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  Speaker 3: have more Arabs here in Israel, tiny Israel, the size
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  Speaker 3: of New Jersey, then there are Jews in the entire
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  Speaker 3: Arab world and they have full right to vote representation.
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  Speaker 3: So we are going to see, I believe, a lot
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  Speaker 3: of surprises. And my prayer is actually that they'll all
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  Speaker 3: be able to sit together, the right and the left,
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  Speaker 3: representing all the people and they'll be able to find
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  Speaker 3: common bond in this larger community. idea and reality that
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  Speaker 3: we are in a war for our survival right now.
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  Speaker 3: And when we are united, we're able to see miracles
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  Speaker 3: and be a conduit for miracles and blessings to come through.
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  Speaker 3: And when we're divided, even if it's for legitimate reasons,
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  Speaker 3: it sets up the stage for destruction and hardship.
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  Speaker 1: Is President Trump more popular than any current Israeli politician
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  Speaker 1: in the country?
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  Speaker 4: Definitely. People in Israel love President Trump.
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  Speaker 1: So if he were on the ballot, if President Trump
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  Speaker 1: obviously endorsed Benjamin Netanyahu. But this is this is one
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  Speaker 1: of the things that really kind of jumped out to
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  Speaker 1: me was. Democrats here, as you know, because you travel
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  Speaker 1: back and forth quite a lot, have said, oh, President
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  Speaker 1: Trump's a modern day Hitler. And you get to Israel
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  Speaker 1: and Trump is more popular in Israel than he is
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  Speaker 1: in Wyoming or West Virginia, which I think were the
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  Speaker 1: two biggest Trump states in 2024. But just kind of
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  Speaker 1: contextualize for people who might not know how popular is
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  Speaker 1: President Trump among the people of Israel?
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  Speaker 3: Well, President Trump is very popular among the people of Israel,
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  Speaker 3: both right wing and left wing.
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  Speaker 4: And I'll tell you why.
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  Speaker 3: The reason why is because he recognizes the same threats
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  Speaker 3: Israel faces are the threats that America faces. And it
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  Speaker 3: was said after October 7th, Prime Minister Netanyahu said to
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  Speaker 3: the president of Paris, of France, he said, if we
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  Speaker 3: don't fight these terrorists here, they're going to end up
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  Speaker 3: on your doorstep.
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  Speaker 4: And we see what's happening there.
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  Speaker 3: And President Trump realizes Oh, thank God you don't feel
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  Speaker 3: it very intensely in America. And I pray you never will.
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  Speaker 3: But if we don't stop radical Islam from spreading in
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  Speaker 3: Israel and across the Middle East and across Europe, it
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  Speaker 3: is going to get to America and it's ready starting.
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  Speaker 3: And so I think the people of Israel actually appreciate
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  Speaker 3: President Trump because he recognizes that very real threat and
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  Speaker 3: is willing to take very hard, make very hard decisions
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  Speaker 3: to in order to protect not just Israel, but the
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  Speaker 3: American people from God forbid being in a similar situation
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  Speaker 3: that Israel was after October 7th.
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  Speaker 4: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: So, uh, and we appreciate the time we're talking to
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  Speaker 1: yell X team. She does fantastic work trying to help
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  Speaker 1: ensure that people are safe and taken care of all
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  Speaker 1: throughout Israel. Uh, and frankly around the world with the IFCJ.
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  Speaker 1: Let me close with this for you. What is the
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  Speaker 1: feeling on the ground in Israel? Um, When I was
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  Speaker 1: there a couple of years ago, a great deal of trepidation.
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  Speaker 1: The war really felt like it was still going on.
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  Speaker 1: How do people feel today? We just had the three-year
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  Speaker 1: anniversary of October 7th. I've been able to tour many
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  Speaker 1: of those kibbutzes and the Nova Music Festival. It's a sobering,
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  Speaker 1: incredible experience that I think, frankly, many people in America
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  Speaker 1: should take the time to do because Israel is, in
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  Speaker 1: my opinion, on the front-facing edge of Western civilization right now,
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  Speaker 1: standing for basic Western civilization as we are seeing a
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  Speaker 1: lot of it under siege in Europe. Europe and certainly
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  Speaker 1: in the United States, too. What's the feeling on the
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  Speaker 1: ground in Israel now and how has it changed? Hostages
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  Speaker 1: are back over the last three years.
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  Speaker 2: How would you assess it today?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Well, I could tell you that we are just
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  Speaker 3: a few days after huge terror attacks that took place
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  Speaker 3: both in Israel and in Jordan, both on Jews and
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  Speaker 3: on Christians. Last Friday, there were two Jewish people that
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  Speaker 3: were killed in a terror attack in Israel. And on
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  Speaker 3: that very same day, seven Christians were killed in Jordan
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  Speaker 3: by terrorists as they were attending a funeral in a church.
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  Speaker 3: And so in Israel, we are always so aware that
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  Speaker 3: this darkness is They say themselves, first they're going for
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  Speaker 3: the Saturday people and then the Sunday people. And so
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  Speaker 3: the fellowship is helping persecuted Christians in Syria, in Lebanon,
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  Speaker 3: in Jordan. We're building and strengthening the Christian communities in Israel,
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  Speaker 3: in Jerusalem, in Nazareth. And the people on the ground
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  Speaker 3: in Israel are holding both of those realities. On one hand,
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  Speaker 3: a real desire for peace, a real desire three years
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  Speaker 3: after October 7th to rebuild, to be resilient, to be strong,
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  Speaker 3: to make this country better than ever before. but also
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  Speaker 3: recognizing we are facing a real global risk of Islamist extremists,
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  Speaker 3: Christians and Jews. And the most important thing right now
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  Speaker 3: is to stand together as brothers and sisters to recognize
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  Speaker 3: the threat, to stand in love and brotherhood, and to
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  Speaker 3: make sure that we are building and paving the way
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  Speaker 3: for a better future for our children and grandchildren.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Yael.
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  Speaker 1: Good luck with the election there. Hope everyone stays safe.
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  Speaker 1: And we appreciate the report from On the Ground in Israel.
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  Speaker 4: Thanks so much. God bless you.
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  Speaker 1: That's Yael Eckstein of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.
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  Speaker 1: And look, those results are going to be coming out
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  Speaker 1: in the next couple of hours. I'm sure we will
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  Speaker 2: Welcome back in, Clay and Buck.
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  Speaker 1: A bunch of talkbacks pouring in, as one might imagine.
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  Speaker 1: Many different topics under the sun. I couldn't hear earlier.
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  Speaker 1: Buck played this one. I think they wanted to get
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  Speaker 1: me to react. This was talkback seed.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Buck, don't feel too bad, man.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not some fluty Yankee that eats a pistachio custard,
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  Speaker 3: and I've.
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  Speaker 4: Still never been to Olive Garden or Texas Roadhouse.
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  Speaker 1: As much as Clay likes TNA, I'm surprised he hadn't
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  Speaker 1: mentioned Hooters.
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  Speaker 4: He seems like a Hooters guy to me, which I've
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  Speaker 4: only been there once in my life.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not a big, this is going to be blasphemy,
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  Speaker 1: not a big Hooters guy, the restaurant. I just am not,
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  Speaker 1: I don't think the food's that good. I've been there.
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  Speaker 1: I don't mind the scantily clad waitresses. I actually prefer,
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  Speaker 1: in the restaurant category, Twin Peaks. I think Twin Peaks
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  Speaker 1: has colder beer, more updated decor, a little bit higher
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  Speaker 1: end than Hooters. Again, not trying to cast dispersions on Hooters,
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  Speaker 1: but I think their competitor... This is real, if you
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  Speaker 1: don't believe me. Their competitor is called Twin Peaks. And
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  Speaker 1: since we're talking about it, I was laughing the other day.
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  Speaker 1: Has anybody ever thought this is a perfect topic for Buck?
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  Speaker 1: Buck leaves, he goes to pick up his Tesla, and
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  Speaker 1: next thing you know, he's in a car trying to
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  Speaker 1: listen to the show, and he's like, oh no, Clay's
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  Speaker 1: going to get us canceled.
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  Speaker 2: Would we still call.
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  Speaker 1: the mountain range, the Grand Tetons, if it wasn't in French,
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  Speaker 1: if some guy had just called them Big Boobs.
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  Speaker 2: Wouldn't we have changed the name at some point in time?
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  Speaker 1: But because it's French, people are like, oh, the majestic
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  Speaker 1: Grand Tetons, it's just Big Boobs in French. The kind
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  Speaker 1: of thing that I was sitting around thinking about legitimately
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  Speaker 1: the other day because there was an animal attack in
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  Speaker 1: the Grand Tetons, Grand Tetons.
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  Speaker 2: Just the big boobs.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know that we would still call the mountains.
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  Speaker 1: I do love that there was some French explorer. First
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  Speaker 1: time he's ever gazed off into the majestic distance. And
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  Speaker 1: he was like, they just look like a couple of
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  Speaker 1: big boobs. That's what we'll call them.
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  Speaker 2: There you go. This is the kind of thing I
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  Speaker 2: think about. We got a bunch of talkbacks, by the way.
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  Speaker 2: Let's see. Will in New York, 710 WOR.
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  Speaker 1: Listen.
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  Speaker 3: Clay, why are you surprised that Buck has never been
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  Speaker 3: to a Texas roadhouse?
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  Speaker 2: The boy grew up in Manhattan.
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  Speaker 6: He's used to fine dining, you know.
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  Speaker 1: I get it, but there are chain restaurants in New
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  Speaker 1: York City. I've been to them. I've been to, I'm
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  Speaker 1: not sure this is something to brag about. I've been to,
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  Speaker 1: they have huge chain restaurants in Times Square. I've been
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  Speaker 1: into a bunch of them. See, I'm a chain restaurant guy. Now,
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  Speaker 1: podcast listener Chris, he's wrong, but here he is, cut F.
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  Speaker 1: The best restaurant you could go in and sit down
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  Speaker 1: and eat at was Boston Market.
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  Speaker 2: Their mac and cheese was incredible.
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  Speaker 1: And yes, I already voted better American than 90% of
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  Speaker 1: the people listening right now. Go Bucs. Well, I'm glad
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  Speaker 1: Go Bucs, the Milwaukee Bucs, I'm guessing. Go Bucs, probably
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State. I was thinking Brewers.
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  Speaker 2: But he's right about voting, wrong about Boston Market. It's okay.
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  Speaker 1: I think most of those have closed. Very solid. But
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  Speaker 1: I think the best you can go into and sit
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  Speaker 1: down restaurant is Chick-fil-A, clearly.
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  Speaker 2: And let's see.
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  Speaker 1: Jason from Missouri, podcast listener E, we'll listen to him
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  Speaker 1: as well.
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  Speaker 6: How in the world did you guys go straight from
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  Speaker 6: talking to politics to chain restaurants?
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  Speaker 2: That's unbelievable. And you guys kept talking about it.
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  Speaker 1: I love it.
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  Speaker 6: That's why I love the show so much.
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  Speaker 2: Such a random couple people talking.
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  Speaker 7: Love you guys.
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  Speaker 2: Wide range. We have a wide range here.
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  Speaker 1: I just went from discussing the Israeli political situation with
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  Speaker 1: Yael Eckstein and terror attacks to coming back and telling
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  Speaker 1: you why Texas Roadhouse is the best of all the
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  Speaker 1: chain restaurants. And of course, this all started because Barack
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  Speaker 1: Obama tried to make a Cheesecake Factory joke, and I
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  Speaker 1: think it landed flat. And we will continue to take
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  Speaker 1: your talkbacks, and I'm going to dive into... the absolute
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  Speaker 1: latest data on the midterms one week out and tell
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  Speaker 1: you where I think we are across the battleground states.
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  Speaker 2: That is next.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome back in Clay and Buck. Buck has run out
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: to go pick up his Tesla. President Trump on his
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: way to Texas. As I told you earlier, the Trump
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: team wanted everyone to know Johnny Manziel is going to
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: be with him in Corpus Christi and that Danny Amendola
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: is going to be with him in Lubbock. They wanted
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• 19:27
  Speaker 1: is something that matters a great deal in the state
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: of Texas as President Trump prepares for rallies in that state.
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: I told you that I was going to let you
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: know the absolute latest data on the ground right now
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: across the country. So over 33 million of you have
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: early voted. We are hearing from tons of you that
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: my shaming of you has worked. Lots of Republicans getting
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: out and voting early. Now, some of you are saying, Clay,
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: I want to wait till Election Day.
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: That's fine.
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: My concern is there are millions of people every year
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: who say, I'm going to wait till Election Day. And
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: then something happens on Election Day such that your ballot
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: doesn't actually get in.
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: A kid gets sick.
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: I just got a phone call from my son at
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: school because mom's not answering her phone that I had
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: to say, yes, he can come home because he's sick.
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: That's the important role the dad has here. Probably, to
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: be fair, I bet he called dad faster than he
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: called mom because I tend to say yes more frequently, candidly,
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: than mom does. So that is the reality. But I
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: got a phone call from a sick kid. I bet
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: a lot of you, kids, grandkids, there's a lot of
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: things out there that suddenly come up you can't Wake
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: up early in the morning, the phone is ringing, your
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: son or daughter is saying, grandma, grandpa, hey, can you
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: help with this? Aunt, uncle, cousins, get your votes in
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: when you have the ability to do it. I said yesterday,
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: you can drive by, you can do what I did.
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: I saw there was no wait at all. Took me
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: five minutes to get my ballot done. If there had
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: been a 30 or 45 minute wait, I would have
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: just come back another day. That's the advantage that you
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: have out there.
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: Thirty three million people have voted.
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: OK, this is a significant impact out there to get
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: your votes in. And again, the numbers are nearly identical.
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: So no more talking on this program about the polls
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: because once people start voting, there is no more excuses
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: out there. The polls don't matter. What matters is the
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: number of people voting. Now, you guys know I hate
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: to throw people under the bus. Producer Allie promised yesterday
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: that she was going to go vote. She did not
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: actually vote. Why did she not vote? The poll wasn't
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: open late enough for her. She promises that she's going
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: to go vote today.
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: Do we believe her? I don't know.
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: Okay, let me hit you with some actual data on
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: the ground at this point in time. Maine, these are
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: battleground states that I'm going to share with you. Maine,
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: virtually identical numbers to 2022. There is no blue wave.
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: in the early voting in Maine at all. We talked
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: earlier with Roger Marshall, Senator from Kansas, and he was
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: referring to what's going on in Kansas. Right now, there
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: are about 12,000 more Democrats that have voted in 20,
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: there's a 12,000 magnitude Democrat lead in Kansas right now. OK,
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: that is up about 12000 compared to where we were
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: last time in 2022. OK, Republicans in Kansas, listen to me.
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: You guys need to get out and vote early. OK,
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: that is a battleground somewhat state where Democrats are overperforming.
• 23:08
  Speaker 2: Let me give you a positive one. Arizona.
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: Arizona Republicans are doing 32,000 votes better right now in
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: Arizona than they were in 2022. Back in 2022, Democrats
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: had a 25,000 vote advantage. Right now, Republicans have a
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: 7,000 vote advantage. 32,000 votes swing in favor of Republicans. Okay.
• 23:23
  Speaker 3: Florida.
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: I want you all to listen to me carefully in Florida. Now,
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: Ron DeSantis won a 20-point victory in 2022. Florida, we
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: got a red wave in 2022. We did not get
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: this everywhere the rest of the country. Florida is rapidly
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: approaching the same level of Republican support that we got
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: in 2022.
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: Y'all are showing up.
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: In Florida in big numbers, but you need to go
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: ahead and drive those numbers up higher. Again, this is
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: actual data on the ground what is taking place. Those
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: are all positives. I said, hey, let me give you
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: a couple where I'm a little bit more nervous. Nebraska,
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: very similar to last year's voting patterns. If you're listening
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: to me in Nebraska, last year at this time, Republicans
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: had a 9,000 vote advantage. This time, Republicans have a
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: 2,000-vote advantage. We need you guys in Nebraska. Get out
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: and vote. These are the battleground places. North Carolina. This
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: point in time in 2022, Democrats had a 100,000-vote advantage.
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: Right now, Democrats have a 300,000-vote advantage.
• 24:53
  Speaker 7: Okay?
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: So listen to me in North Carolina right now. This
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: is real, on-the-ground data. North Carolina is the state that
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: Republicans are doing the worst in in the entire nation
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: that is a battleground.
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: Okay?
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: I need North Carolina. I need you all to wake up.
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: I need you to get out and vote. This is
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: the place where there is an opportunity for Democrats to
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: run up the score Let me give you a positive.
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: Pennsylvania.
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: I'm not even hearing a lot of people talk about
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: Pennsylvania in earnest. Democrats are doing substantially worse right now
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: in Pennsylvania in the early voting than they did in
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: twenty twenty two. Right now, there are about seventy six
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: thousand more Republicans who have voted early in Pennsylvania than
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: voted early in twenty twenty two. So when I give
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: you all this data, I just want to give you
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: the actual numbers on the ground right now. What are
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: people actually doing? Not are what all these people who
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: are being paid to create polls that give people a
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: result that they want to have. What is the actual
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: data reflecting? And I'm trying to do my part. I
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: am going to be out tonight for a rally with
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: Marsha Blackburn. I am introducing Senator Blackburn, the next governor,
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: I believe, of Tennessee, tonight in Hendersonville, Tennessee. You just
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: heard me earlier in the program. Buck and I had
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: Ennis Cantor Freedom. He's going to be there speaking as well.
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: We're going to have a couple of future congressmen, maybe.
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: Maybe a future senator as well. A little bit of
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: a hint there. And it's going to be great. So
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: if you're in the Nashville area, Hendersonville Christian Academy tonight, uh,
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: doors open at 6 PM. Uh, and we're going to
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: have a big crowd. I want you guys to show
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: up to one of the final rallies of the midterms
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: here in my home state of Tennessee. I'm going to
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: be speaking on behalf of Senator Marsha Blackburn, who I
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: believe will be elected governor one week from today. So
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: all of that is, uh, is something that you should
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: keep in mind. Now, uh, If you're out there and
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: you're saying, OK, well, Clay, give me a little bit
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: of more motivation. Here is the Florida Senate candidate. She
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: is a Democrat socialist. Last night, CBS News did an
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: interview that they posted with her. They asked, is Cuba
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: a dictatorship? Now, listen, I do not claim to be
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: an expert on all issues of foreign affairs. But I
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: think like most of you, if I were asked, hey,
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: is Cuba a dictatorship?
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: I feel pretty confident I would answer yes. In fact,
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: I know I would. And I'm not running for the
• 28:07
  Speaker 2: Senate in Florida where there is.
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: A huge Cuban population that of people that can say, yes, yes,
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: trust us, it is 100% a communist dictatorship. Yet Angie
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: Nixon was asked this yesterday by CBS News.
• 28:26
  Speaker 2: Listen to her answer. Do you consider that Cuba is
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: a dictatorship?
• 28:30
  Speaker 7: You know, that is what people have told me. I
• 28:33
  Speaker 7: have never been to Cuba, and so I will have
• 28:35
  Speaker 7: to take their word for it. And I know you're
• 28:37
  Speaker 7: going to go into this. Where do I how do
• 28:39
  Speaker 7: I feel things need to be handled with Cuban relations
• 28:43
  Speaker 7: right now? These decades long failed embargo has yet to
• 28:48
  Speaker 7: change over the regime.
• 28:50
  Speaker 2: OK.
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: Is Cuba a dictatorship? I wouldn't even have thought to
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: ask a question that basic. I guess CBS News, maybe
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: they knew that she's been refusing to say that it's
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: a dictatorship. Her response was, that's what people have told me.
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: I have never been to Cuba, so I'll have to
• 29:09
  Speaker 1: take their word for it. Is the moon located in space,
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: Angie Nixon? Well, I've never been to the moon, so
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: I'm going to have to take their word for it.
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: You don't have to go to a place to be
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: able to say, yeah, it's a dictatorship. Especially when you're
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: already in Florida. And from Key West to Havana is
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: something like 90 miles.
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: I think most.
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: Floridians are pretty well informed over the last 50 years
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: or so, yeah, Cuba's a dictatorship. And I also don't
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: know that my response would be, and we've been too
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: mean to Cuba, and therefore that's the reason why things
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: are going poorly in Cuba. No, things are going poorly
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: in Cuba because communism ultimately destroys the quality of life
• 30:04
  Speaker 1: of everybody except for the people that happen to be
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: fortunate enough to be a part of the hierarchy running
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: the country. They tend to live really well and be
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: able to afford lots of things that normal people can't. Cuba,
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: almost overnight, would become a jewel of the Caribbean if
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: it were allowed to pursue capitalistic policies.
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: That's just the truth.
• 30:30
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• 30:33
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• 30:36
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• 31:32
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• 31:34
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• 31:38
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• 31:40
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  Speaker 2: Rowling more.
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  Speaker 1: That makes me support the Harry Potter universe more. Pretty cool,
• 35:12
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• 35:40
  Speaker 2: John in Florida, I'm going to try to get to
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  Speaker 6: Restaurants, Longhorns, Carrabba's, and Bonefish.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, those are good. Longhorns Steakhouse, great restaurant.
• 35:55
  Speaker 1: Carrabba's, good Italian restaurant.
• 35:57
  Speaker 2: Solid choices there. Charles in Kentucky.
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  Speaker 6: Who?
• 36:04
  Speaker 2: Are you in Kentucky? Just talk.
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  Speaker 7: Yes, I am.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, I am.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, there are millions of people listening.
• 36:13
  Speaker 5: All right, I'm sorry. Yes, I'm in Kentucky. Kent Taylor
• 36:16
  Speaker 5: was the founder, or he founded the Texas Roadhouse in Kentucky,
• 36:23
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• 36:29
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• 36:32
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• 36:35
  Speaker 2: Did you know him?
• 36:37
  Speaker 5: Yes, I knew him. I've been with him several different times.
• 36:41
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• 36:46
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• 36:50
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• 36:53
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