Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H1 - Another Big Win
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
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4.3 • 11.1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Hour 1 of The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show dives into the aftermath of Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District special election, where Republican Matt Van Epps secured a decisive nine-point victory over Democrat Afton Bain. Clay and Buck break down why this off-calendar election mattered, emphasizing low turnout—roughly half of a typical congressional race—and how Democrats hoped to flip a Trump-leaning district but failed. The hosts credit grassroots awareness and strong support from President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson for the win, reinforcing a key takeaway: “Running with Trump is how you win.” Van Epps himself echoed this sentiment in his victory speech, signaling the GOP’s strategy heading into 2026.
The discussion also explores voter behavior in special elections, contrasting Republican voters’ busy family lives with Democrats’ identity-driven activism. Clay shares personal insights on living in Williamson County, Tennessee, and why he refuses to support Davidson County after its COVID policies. Buck adds humor about avoiding a “communist dystopia” in Clay’s district, while callers from Alabama, Florida, and Michigan weigh in on the race’s significance and the broader political landscape, including battleground states like Michigan.
Beyond politics, Hour 1 touches on cultural and economic trends. Clay highlights American Eagle Outfitters’ stock surge following its controversial Sidney Sweeney ad campaign, arguing that traditional advertising resonates more than “woke” marketing. The hosts also tease upcoming stories, including President Trump’s comments on Somali fraud in Minnesota, and share lighthearted banter about holiday gift ideas, cozy blankets, and nostalgic tech like walkie-talkies.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.4 | Welcome in Clay Travis Buck Sexton show. |
| 0:09.1 | We appreciate all of you, especially those of you who heard the Clarion call to show up yesterday in the final election of 2025 in Tennessee's 7th congressional district, |
| 0:24.7 | where you guys got out to vote and comfortably helped Matt Van Epps become my congressman. |
| 0:34.0 | He won by around 9 point in a, frankly, turnout that was roughly half of what |
| 0:42.9 | typically happens in congressional races. This was, you're going to hear a lot of spin, although |
| 0:49.4 | it seems to me that they have already kind of dropped this story in the legacy media. |
| 0:56.8 | And as a result, they are not paying a lot of attention to this because the result was a |
| 1:03.1 | very comfortable win for Matt Van Epps, nine points. |
| 1:06.7 | They initially tried to say, well, Trump won this district by 22 points in 2024. |
| 1:13.2 | And yeah, that's true. |
| 1:15.1 | Way less people showed up to vote. |
| 1:17.5 | The Democrat crazy base shows up to vote in all of these special elections. |
| 1:24.5 | This was their best opportunity to get a steal in this seat and they lost by nine |
| 1:31.3 | points. So congrats to Matt Van Epps. It took a lot of effort to make people aware that this race |
| 1:39.1 | was happening yesterday in the middle of the holiday season, the week after Thanksgiving, we had him on this show twice. |
| 1:46.9 | President Trump, Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson. |
| 1:50.1 | They all got out. |
| 1:51.4 | And I want to say thank you to everybody who showed up for this race. |
| 1:56.3 | And frankly, Buck, I think there are a lot of people out there who would have been voting Van Epps that still had no idea this race was taking place because it was a December |
| 2:06.5 | election, the week after Thanksgiving, special election, new congressional districts, |
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