Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Nov 5 2026

Clay Travis (0:00)

Welcome back in Clay and Buck. Continuing to track what's going on in Mississippi and Alaska, as all of that remains very, very close. I will point out for those of you who pay attention to the rhetoric, how many No Kings Day protests have we had, Buck? A lot, right? This idea that Trump is a king and he's gonna be a dictator, and we're not gonna have elections anymore, and if Trump is elected, democracy is over.

Buck, Trump just took one of the biggest losses for the Republican Party since Watergate, and his response the day after that defeat was for all the press to come look at the new ballroom that he's building.

They have sold their base, and it's worked, and it's motivated them to turn out for a long time on the idea that Trump is a unique threat to democracy. And if you actually look at the results that happened in 2026, Trump has said, yep, too big to rig, come look at my ballroom. Meanwhile, Democrats actually directly attacked the Alaska Senate race to the extent that they may well have stolen that seat. And almost no one is even talking about it, but the fake Dan Sullivan has 3,600 votes, and right now there are 637 votes that separate the two candidates in Alaska. Not only do they do it, Buck, but everybody just has moved on, and we're probably the only people talking about it.

Buck Sexton (1:39)

Well, here's the other aspect of this.

They know that, first of all, it looks like they've gotten away with it in the way that matters, which is with the election. And for anyone who's going to say, there should be an investigation, there'll be charges, even if Trump's DOJ were to find a statute that they have violated. Now, Clay brought up correctly that they may have lied to the court. There may be some things. You and I both know that the way that the system works, they're not even seeing the inside of a courtroom on that for a year or 18 months.

Clay Travis (2:17)

And now that Democrats control seating, they're going to put her in as the senator from Alaska if she ends up with more votes.

Buck Sexton (2:27)

If it had been even a far weaker result for the Democrats, I think that this little game would be more precarious for them.

Clay Travis (2:34)

Oh, it would be a huge story.

Buck Sexton (2:37)

Let me just take stock of this for a second. We've told you on the show, we told you that Hunter Biden is going to get a pardon, he's not going to prison. You said it, I said it, we agreed on that obviously, even though Joe Biden was like, never, I would never pardon my own son even though I'm president. Of course, he was going to and he did. But the media was so funny, they're like, he would never, he said he won't.

There's some other things too. We told you Comey is not going to prison, guys, Comey is not going to prison, just so you know, it's not going to happen. So you can get mad at me, that's fine. I promise you, James Comey is not going to prison. So there's that. And you can, I think he's a scumbag, to be clear. I think what he did is gross, but it's a waste of time at some point to just continue. Or let's, to be fair, the process is the punishment, but you know, there's also some limitations on that. You create a martyr and you make somebody more powerful in some ways by bringing prosecutions that fail. This is all to say, Clay, I don't know that they're not going to get away with stealing the Senate seat in Alaska, which is very frustrating, but we're in the, this is, put it all out on the table week, everybody, for the GOP, so no holds barred and yeah.

Clay Travis (3:48)

All right, let me hit you with a provocative thesis in a little bit different direction and see if you buy in. We're looking forward. We've played Ron DeSantis audio.

Ron DeSantis over under announces for president by March 1 of next year. I think, and let me tell you why I think the answer is going to be.

Buck Sexton (4:11)

Wait, can we just hold why you think and I'll hold why I think. We actually have him asked last night about this, I think.

SPEAKER_5 (4:19)

On the sheet.

Buck Sexton (4:20)

Let's just hear what he said and then you and I will give our takes on this. Okay, guys, Ron DeSantis, I think it's cut three.