Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H2 - It's Not Time to Panic

Buck Sexton (0:00)

Second hour of Clay and Buck, post-election day edition starts right now.

And yeah, we are sifting through the wreckage. No question about it. We got crushed. Truth is, GOP, the Republican Party, got their asses kicked and deserved it. That's not to say that Democrats are not insane. It's not to say that they were a better option. Of course, they weren't.

But we have to win.

We have to win, or else we don't have the ability within our system to pursue the policies, to make America as great as it can be. And that is all reality. We live in reality. We're not some deluge. We're not MSNBC. And I'm gonna be changing our name to MSNOW. We're not gonna just jump around and be some weird propaganda mirage for what may make some people feel good in one moment, even though they're not being told the truth. We will always tell you the truth. And the truth is today is tough. And I will remind you that I reminded you many times, as did Clay, particularly in 2025, take it in, enjoy it, enjoy the victory, enjoy Trump's incredible comeback, enjoy what good policy looks like, and remember it. Remember what that felt like, that it's possible. And we will get back there again. It will happen. We just have to put in the work and not lose faith and to help in that end. Here's a voice from the past that I know absolutely all of you will trust. Here's what Rush would have to say. Play it.

Rush Limbaugh (1:42)

I'm never going to run away from the United States of America. I'm not going to give up. I am not going to tell you to give up. I'm not going to tell you to walk away. I'm not going to tell you it's time to panic. You can keep asking if you want, but I'm always going to tell you no. Even though I've told you, I'll tell you when it's time to panic, it's never going to be time to panic. You know why?

Panic never accomplished anything. So if you're thinking that we've gotten to a point where even I might tell you that we've reached the last draw, no way, never, ever. Not going to happen, folks. There will never be panic. There will never be walking away.

There will never be abandoning the country. And there sure as hell isn't going to be me telling you to. That was always designed as a humorous point, like a rhetorical question. I'll tell you when it's time to panic, but it's never going to be.

Buck Sexton (2:33)

I will tell you when it's time to panic, it is never going to be. Clay, we can sit here, and I think with the words of El Rushbo himself, reiterate that.

It is not time to panic. It is not time to panic on the show, and it never will be.

Last night was a tough night. There are better nights ahead. We learn from it. We pick ourselves up. We continue the fight, because what else is there?

Clay Travis (2:59)

Yeah, I think that's all very well said. Also, historically, ass-kickings happen.

I just, I mean, is it frustrating? To me, the most frustrating part about this is, in 2024, a great coalition came together to put Trump into office. And if that coalition could have been cultivated, it had the opportunity to really grow into something special. And maybe it needs to be cultivated by someone new, because regardless of how good Trump did in this term, he's going to be term-limited out. President Trump is, let's be honest, a lame duck.

At this point in time, Congress is going to do nothing. He is still in an incredibly important role, obviously. But Republicans have to figure out. Here, if you want to know what I think is the most salient question here, the most important question, it is we know that Trump voters, and we have found this to be true over a decade, do not show up anywhere near in the same magnitude when Trump himself is not on the ballot. Who is the Republican leader going forward who can mobilize the Trump base and hopefully expand it? That's the question Republicans should be asking, I think, now as we look forward. This is already in the past. Maybe I'm used to this buck because of the sports world. You get whipped. You lose a game 62 to 3 I've been there. I've coached some of them. And you say, OK, we got our ass kicked. What do we do now? I don't spend like you look at the data. I was up last night looking at the data.