Buck Sexton
Mainstream conservative talk radio, Trump-supportive· 1.3M followers · tracked by RisingPolitics
40.3Credibility Score (0–100) · ranked #99 of the creators we track
Buck Sexton ranks #99 by credibility versus #111 by raw follower count — they reach a more credible audience than their follower total alone would suggest.
Buck Sexton is a conservative talk-radio host, author, and former CIA officer who co-hosts the nationally syndicated The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, which took over the time slot long held by Rush Limbaugh. A former CNN commentator who often draws on his national-security background, he also hosts the program Hold the Line on The First TV.
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Is Buck Sexton left or right?
Sexton is a mainstream movement conservative and consistent Trump supporter who co-hosts The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, the Premiere Networks program that took over Rush Limbaugh's midday slot in 2021 and reached 550 affiliate stations by March 2025. A former CIA counterterrorism analyst and NYPD intelligence officer, he came up through Glenn Beck's TheBlaze and worked as a CNN political commentator before returning to conservative talk full-time. His current positioning is squarely inside the Republican coalition's talk-radio mainstream — pro-Trump, hawkish on crime and immigration, culture-war-focused — rather than any dissident faction; in early 2025 the Trump administration's Pentagon spokesman publicly invited the show to broadcast from the Pentagon. He remains one of the highest-distribution voices in syndicated conservative radio as of 2026.
Positioning as of July 2026 · descriptive, not an endorsement. How we label lean
How credible is Buck Sexton's audience?
Buck Sexton scores 40.3 out of 100 on the RisingPolitics Credibility Score, ranking #99 among the political creators we track. The score starts with audience size, subtracts accounts that look fake, and weighs how strongly the audience actually engages.
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