Clay Travis, the Fox Sports dude who offended CNN by expressing his love of the First Amendment and boobs…
…is floating a Senate run.
During his radio show “Outkick the Coverage,” Travis said he’d consider running as an Independent in Tennessee. That is, if incumbent Sen. Corker decides not to run.
“I think I could get elected,” Travis said. “There has to be no incumbent and Peyton Manning has to not run. Other than that I think I could beat anyone in the state,” he added.
One reason for that? Name recognition.
“If you went and walked around with me at a [University of Tennessee football] tailgate, let’s say next week when they’re playing Georgia next weekend, if I went around with a camera crew … we’d have 100 percent name recognition of people under the age of 50,” Travis said. “It’s positive name recognition … if you walked around with a camera, we’d make the Democrats and Republicans both incredibly nervous. They’d kill to have the recognition in the state. I think I could win as an independent.”
The Daily Wire double checked with Travis, and he provided them with a pretty definitive statement:
“I’m 100% running for Senate if Bob Corker doesn’t run for reelection and Peyton Manning doesn’t run.”
Yep. This could actually happen, and if it did, it would be incredibly entertaining. We’d get more of this. All the time.
Hey @cnn, when I get elected to the Senate will I still be banned from coming on air for saying boobs?
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) September 20, 2017
HA!
NFL ratings tank, TN senate campaign, CFB gambling picks https://t.co/aimGTYjrtJ
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) September 20, 2017
How much do you wanna bet Clay Travis running for office on the sole platform of 1A and boobs can get him elected
— Pardes Seleh (@PardesSeleh) September 20, 2017
I’d win Senate in Tennessee on this platform. Zero doubt. https://t.co/GNMqhvB3gi
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) September 20, 2017
I believe he could get elected on that platform alone too. Because AMERICA.
We’ll keep you posted on this.