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“If Roy Cooper wins this open Senate seat, Roy Cooper might be the Biden of 28. Everybody's talking about Andy Beshear, and, oh, he's the governor of Kentucky, and he's Bill Clinton.”

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show · US Politics · October 2026

“If Roy Cooper wins this open Senate seat, Roy Cooper might be the Biden of 28. Everybody's talking about Andy Beshear, and, oh, he's the governor of Kentucky, and he's Bill Clinton.” — Clay Travis on Roy Cooper, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Context

Clay Travis speculated about Cooper's national prospects if he wins the North Carolina Senate race, as part of a rundown of the 2026 Senate map on The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show.

Transcript

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show Around 04:20 into the episode
Clay Travis

…North Carolina, Roy Cooper is a likely Democrat win in North Carolina. Let me and Michael Watley, we want you to go visit for Michael. Vote from Michael Watley. To be fair, North Carolina has typically not polled well for Republicans. and then Republicans end up winning in North Carolina a lot.

Speaker 1

Let me tell you this, Buck.

Clay Travis

If Roy Cooper wins this open Senate seat, Roy Cooper might be the Biden of 28. Everybody's talking about Andy Beshear, and, oh, he's the governor of Kentucky, and he's Bill Clinton.

Buck Sexton

Roy Cooper is way more formidable, Clay, from a far more, I'm not trying to throw any shade at Kentucky, but more important electoral state. Roy Cooper could be the default, the Biden-esque candidate the next time around.

Speaker 1

That's real.

Clay Travis

I'm not hearing anybody talk about that, but if Roy Cooper wins this battleground Senate seat and he can argue, hey, if I run for president, certainly he's a vice presidential candidate, but if he can argue, I'm going to run for president and North Carolinians will vote for me, then that is a hell…

Speaker names come from our own diarization. The position is estimated from where the line sits in the episode.

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