Hour 2 - Purple State Politics
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
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4.5 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Hour 2 of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show continues several of the day's biggest political and cultural conversations while expanding into sports, media criticism, election integrity, and key Republican campaign developments. The hour combines political analysis, listener interaction, and interviews with major Republican figures as Clay Travis and Buck Sexton examine issues likely to shape the upcoming midterm and presidential election cycles.
The hour opens with discussion of recent Republican primary victories, including Arizona congressional and statewide races, before returning to the ongoing debate surrounding election integrity. The hosts revisit reports involving non-citizen voter registrations and votes cast in New Jersey, arguing that even relatively small numbers of improper votes can undermine public confidence in elections. Clay and Buck emphasize the importance of election security, voter roll accuracy, citizenship verification, and public trust in the democratic process. Listener feedback and call-in contributions further reinforce the theme that close elections can be decided by surprisingly small vote margins, making election administration and ballot integrity major topics throughout the hour.
A significant segment focuses on women’s sports, gender identity, and cultural politics. The hosts discuss WNBA player Sophie Cunningham and her public comments opposing biological males competing in women’s sports and using women’s locker rooms. Clay and Buck describe Cunningham’s remarks as noteworthy because she is a current professional athlete willing to speak publicly on a controversial issue. They argue that her comments represent a broader cultural shift and suggest that more athletes may be willing to voice similar opinions in the future. The discussion also expands to ESPN and sports media, with the hosts claiming that sports organizations and media outlets may be moving away from some of the progressive positions they previously embraced.
The conversation broadens into larger debates surrounding gender ideology and transgender issues. Clay and Buck react to recent comments from actor Elliot Page regarding a nature documentary examining gender and sex in the animal kingdom. The hosts strongly criticize the comparisons between animal behavior and human gender identity, arguing that examples from nature are frequently used to justify broader political and cultural arguments about transgenderism. They reject those comparisons and contend that debates over biological sex, gender identity, and social policy remain central issues in American politics and culture.
Election integrity returns as a major theme when the hosts take a call from a former Montana Secretary of State who recounts an extraordinarily close legislative race that was decided by only a handful of votes after a ballot review. Clay and Buck use the example to reinforce their argument that election safeguards, paper ballots, vote verification procedures, and transparency are essential not only for preventing fraud but also for maintaining public confidence in election outcomes. They emphasize that perceptions of fairness are nearly as important as the actual results themselves.
A major political segment features an interview with Congressman Mike Collins, the Republican nominee challenging Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff in Georgia. The discussion centers on what is expected to be one of the most competitive and consequential Senate races in the country. Collins argues that Ossoff is out of step with Georgia voters on issues including taxes, inflation, transgender policies, and social issues. The hosts and Collins discuss the importance of Georgia as a battleground state, the role of out-of-state political donations, and the broader implications that the Senate race could have for control of Congress. Collins also outlines his campaign strategy and efforts to appeal to Georgia voters by emphasizing economic issues, conservative principles, and support for President Trump’s policies.
Later in the program, Clay and Buck examine the media landscape and political messaging, criticizing what they view as increasingly extreme rhetoric from some Democratic politicians. A notable example involves Representative Jasmine Crockett, whose comments during a congressional hearing connected international soccer fandom and historical racial issues. The hosts ridicule the argument and use it as an example of what they see as the Democratic Party’s continued reliance on identity politics and accusations of racism. They speculate about Crockett’s political future and suggest that media opportunities could await her after her congressional career.
The hour also includes lighter moments as Clay and Buck discuss movies, streaming entertainment, sports, personal anecdotes, aging, and social media engagement with listeners. Their review of the recently released film Disclosure Day leads to a broader conversation about modern movie releases and the rapid transition from theaters to streaming platforms.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.9 | Welcome back in hour number two, Clay and Buck. |
| 0:08.4 | By the way, primary yesterday in Arizona. |
| 0:11.0 | I think I said off the top, but congrats to the Republican nominee Andy Biggs |
| 0:16.0 | and also to former NFL kicker who has been on this program a few times, |
| 0:20.6 | Jay Feely, for winning those |
| 0:22.2 | nominations. I'm sure we will talk to those guys soon. The nominee in the Georgia Senate race, |
| 0:27.5 | Mike Collins, going to join us at the bottom of this hour and in the third hour of the program, |
| 0:33.1 | Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles, as voting has begun in the Tennessee primary race. |
| 0:40.4 | I said I was going to go yesterday. |
| 0:41.6 | I'm going to try to go today. |
| 0:42.8 | I promise I'm going to get my early ballot in soon. |
| 0:46.2 | We were talking about the New Hampshire primary poll that is out and its overall impact. |
| 0:52.9 | We were also talking about the 400 illegal voters that are out there that we know of for certain in New Jersey who cast ballots illegally after at least 6,600 illegals were registered to vote. |
| 1:07.2 | Sophia is a Vanderbilt rising junior, I believe. She has been interning some with the program here. |
| 1:15.7 | And she is monitoring the comments on our YouTube page, which I encourage all of you to go subscribe to and check out. |
| 1:22.4 | You can watch all three hours of the YouTube version of this show on video now, |
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| 1:34.8 | we want as many of you to be able to experience this, |
| 1:37.8 | and we are waving at you right now saying hello, |
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