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The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Sep 18 2026
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Clay Travis and Buck Sexton discuss Gavin Newsom, Ron DeSantis and COVID-era lockdown policies. They play Newsom discussing the need for a comprehensive examination of what government got right and wrong during COVID and acknowledging that California beach closures look misguided in hindsight. Clay and Buck strongly criticize Newsom’s retrospective framing, arguing that objections to extended lockdowns and beach closures existed in real time rather than emerging only years later. Clay recalls moving his family to Florida in May 2020, going to restaurants and beaches as Florida reopened, while Buck remembers advocating a return toward normal life early in the pandemic. Their broader…