Hour 3 - Shady Lady
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 11.4K Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Hour 3 of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show dives into explosive political and cultural stories shaping the national conversation. The hour begins with a deep look at the New Jersey governor’s race, where Democratic candidate Mikie Sherrill faces scrutiny over allegations of questionable stock trades. Clay and Buck break down reports that Sherrill’s net worth skyrocketed from a few million to roughly $12 million while serving in Congress, despite an annual salary of $174,000. They discuss her awkward response to Charlemagne tha God’s question about making $7 million in trades and explore the broader issue of insider trading in Congress, calling for mandatory blind trusts or index fund requirements to restore public trust.
The conversation then pivots to breaking news: a guilty verdict in the second assassination attempt on President Donald Trump. The hosts detail how the would-be assassin set up a sniper position at Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course just weeks after the Butler, Pennsylvania rally shooting. They highlight the alarming rise in left-wing political violence, citing a new Atlantic report showing far-left attacks now outnumber those by the far right for the first time in decades. Clay and Buck argue that incendiary rhetoric from Democrats—such as Kamala Harris comparing Trump to a “communist dictator” during her Rachel Maddow interview—fuels this dangerous trend.
The hour also covers media and cultural flashpoints, including Disney+ hiking subscription prices amid ongoing backlash over Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension and return. Clay and Buck note how streaming costs now rival or exceed traditional cable bills, undermining the original promise of savings. They also tackle the bizarre downfall of former media star Keith Olbermann, who issued an apology after a tweet interpreted as a violent threat against CNN’s Scott Jennings.
The hosts reflect on Olbermann’s trajectory from ESPN icon to MSNBC anchor to controversial figure, contrasting his past influence with his current controversies.
Listener calls and talkbacks close out the hour, featuring reactions to congressional stock trading scandals, Trump’s salary donation, and the tightening New Jersey governor’s race, where Republican Jack Ciattarelli is polling neck-and-neck with Sherrill. The segment ends with shocking courtroom drama: the convicted Trump assassin reportedly attempted self-harm after the verdict.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.3 | Welcome in, everybody. |
| 0:05.4 | Third hour of play. |
| 0:06.6 | Ann Buck kicks off right now. |
| 0:08.1 | We've had Trump at the UN this morning saying the Trumpy things. |
| 0:13.6 | Very, very good stuff from our commander-in-chief. |
| 0:16.8 | We shall get into some of that here momentarily. |
| 0:21.4 | But I would ask for a moment here. |
| 0:25.6 | I just wanted to throw this in the mix before too much time has passed play |
| 0:29.7 | and put out maybe a call for any of our New Jersey listeners to email us or VIPs email us or send in some talkbacks in New Jersey |
| 0:39.8 | and we'll get some of them later on about this because there are gubernatorial races that are |
| 0:46.0 | underway. Some of them are going to be hotly contested in important states, places like Virginia. |
| 0:50.8 | We had Winston Sears on. She's Lieutenant Governor, very impressive woman. But in New Jersey, remember, New Jersey was a much closer election. What was it, Clay? |
| 1:02.8 | It was not this, but it was in the off year that Glenn Young had. It was a point or two in |
| 1:10.2 | 2021. |
| 1:11.4 | And remember Trump only lost New Jersey by five last year. |
| 1:14.6 | And they think the Trump team does if they had had Kamala level money that they could have flipped New Jersey into their column. |
| 1:22.8 | So New Jersey is still blue, but it's more interesting than they wanted to be, for sure. |
| 1:30.0 | And this might help a bit more. |
| 1:32.9 | This is just one of the great moments on Charlemagne, the God, on the Breakfast Club. |
| 1:38.3 | Mr. the God was sitting down with Democrat candidate, New Jersey Governor Mikey Cheryl. |
| 1:47.0 | So the Democrat candidate for governor, Mikey Cheryl. |
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