Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H3 - Bring the Best to America
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 11.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Hour 3 of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show delivers a fiery and thought-provoking discussion centered on immigration, race politics, and media hypocrisy, with a spotlight on the controversy surrounding President Donald Trump’s decision to welcome approximately 50 white South African migrants into the United States. This hour dives deep into the cultural and political backlash from the left, exposing what the hosts describe as the Democratic Party’s selective outrage and racial double standards.
Clay and Buck begin by highlighting the stark contrast between the left’s outrage over a small group of legal, white South African immigrants and their years-long support for millions of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border. They argue that the backlash reveals a deeper issue within the Democratic Party—what they call an entrenched anti-white sentiment and a fractured identity politics coalition that is increasingly alienating working-class and minority voters.
The hosts explore the deteriorating conditions in South Africa, including racially motivated land seizures, violence against white farmers, and political rhetoric from South African leaders that openly threatens the white minority. They play clips from South African political figures and U.S. media pundits, including a controversial MSNBC segment defending land redistribution and CNN commentary suggesting white South Africans should “go back to Germany or Holland.” Clay and Buck challenge this logic, questioning how long someone must live in a country to be considered native and drawing parallels to American immigration debates.
The conversation expands into a broader critique of the left’s immigration policies, arguing for a merit-based system that prioritizes skilled, English-speaking immigrants who can contribute to the U.S. economy. They compare immigration to a professional sports draft, advocating for America to “draft” the best and brightest from around the world rather than importing unskilled labor.
The hour also features listener reactions, including calls for CNN’s Jake Tapper to appear on the show and answer for his past coverage of President Biden’s cognitive decline. Clay and Buck debate whether Tapper should be held accountable for what they see as media complicity in covering up Biden’s unfitness for office.
In a lighter segment, the hosts celebrate the New York Knicks’ playoff success and share a humorous anecdote about Clay’s wife defending King Henry VIII’s legacy—aside from the beheadings.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | Why should you listen to Armstrong and Getty on demand? |
| 0:08.6 | We're not boring. |
| 0:09.7 | A lot of news is boring. |
| 0:10.6 | And tedious. |
| 0:11.5 | And depressing. |
| 0:12.1 | And makes you angry. |
| 0:13.5 | You don't want to live your life like that. |
| 0:15.8 | Hey, I'm Jack Armstrong. |
| 0:16.9 | He's Joe Getty. |
| 0:17.5 | We're Armstrong and Getty. |
| 0:18.6 | We try to bring you the truth. |
| 0:19.7 | And help you figure out this crazy modern world. |
| 0:22.2 | How about something about a comedic tone? |
| 0:26.6 | We have a winner. Yes. Listen to Armstrong and Getty on demand on the I Heart Radio app. Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:35.0 | In the fall of 1986, Ronald Reagan found himself |
| 0:38.8 | at the center of a massive scandal |
| 0:40.5 | that looked like it might bring down his presidency. |
| 0:43.8 | It became known as the Iran-Contra affair. |
| 0:47.5 | The things that happened were so bizarre and insane, |
| 0:50.5 | I can't begin to tell you. |
| 0:52.8 | Please do. |
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