Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Nov 11 2025
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 11.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Hubris, the Fatal Flaw
A major theme throughout the hour is the fallout from the recent government shutdown, which lasted 40 days and ended with bipartisan Senate action. Clay and Buck dissect the political consequences, particularly the backlash against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. They explore Schumer’s declining popularity, citing polling data and commentary from CNN and David Axelrod, and speculate on the possibility of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez challenging him in 2028. The hosts also discuss the broader implications of internal Democratic Party tensions, including potential challenges to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Incredible Veterans Day Stories
Clay and Buck hear stories from the audience about Veterans. David “Rut” Rutherford, Former Navy SEAL and host of The David Rutherford Show, calls in to share his thoughts on this particular Veterans Day, including the uptick in enlistment under President Trump and Secretary of War Hegseth. The hour also includes a fascinating listener call from a man whose father was reportedly driving the car during General George Patton’s fatal accident, offering a firsthand rebuttal to conspiracy theories surrounding Patton’s death. This leads into a teaser for an upcoming conversation with Bill O’Reilly about the topic.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.9 | Welcome in, happy and thankful Veterans Day to so many people out there as we begin the |
| 0:11.8 | Tuesday edition of the program. |
| 0:14.7 | President Trump live at Arlington National Cemetery right now, speaking in honor of so many of the veterans out there. |
| 0:23.6 | We have a couple of veterans that are going to be on the program with us today. |
| 0:27.3 | David Rutherford, who is a part of the podcast network and Dakota Meyer, should be really |
| 0:34.8 | great stories from those guys. |
| 0:43.4 | Dave Rutherford, a former Navy SEAL with Combat Tours, and Dakota Meyer, a Medal of Honor recipient. |
| 0:45.2 | So, yeah, Veterans Day. |
| 0:48.2 | Yeah, kind of badasses. |
| 0:52.3 | So we will talk about that quite a lot. |
| 0:55.7 | We'll take some of your calls, some of your stories as well. |
| 1:03.6 | The shutdown is officially over, Buck. To the extent that, well, I say officially over, we've got to have the House also ratify the fact that the shutdown is over. But officially the Senate yesterday, |
| 1:10.3 | 60 senators said this is ludicrous, including |
| 1:13.7 | eight different Democrats. And the meltdown is pretty fun to watch. We will dive into that |
| 1:21.3 | meltdown with all of you as Chuck Schumer is now taking fire in basically every direction because so many people are |
| 1:29.6 | asking what was actually achieved here and what was the decision that was made. |
| 1:34.4 | The House is going to vote to lift the shutdown as well. |
| 1:39.2 | Buck, we had, last night, I was one of the guests at a big fundraiser for Senator Haggerty, who's |
| 1:47.7 | going to be reelected to the Senate next year from Tennessee. |
| 1:51.6 | And he wasn't able to attend his own fundraiser because he was back in Washington, D.C., getting |
| 1:59.3 | the government back open on the side of the Senate. |
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