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All righty, so, I'm not sure how Donald 10 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,200 Trump is able to do it except simply benefiting from 11 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:40,399 the TDS, the Trump derangement syndrome that has afflicted so 12 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:44,200 many people in the Democrat Party in the media. But 13 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:48,799 I repeat myself now, for some reason, they are defending crime. 14 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,079 I'm as shocked as you. I did not see this 15 00:00:53,119 --> 00:00:57,359 one coming. Yeah, apparently now they are coming out as 16 00:00:57,479 --> 00:01:04,400 pro crime and thanks to the placing of federal authorities 17 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,959 troops if you will, from the National Guard in Washington, 18 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:13,359 d C. Yesterday we talked about the sub attack. It's 19 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,920 a sandwich. It was a sandwich that was thrown at 20 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:21,200 a federal agent and the guy who did the sub 21 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:25,920 chucking was quickly apprehended. And slapped with a felony charge. 22 00:01:26,239 --> 00:01:29,319 A judge let him go on personal recognizance and suggested 23 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:31,879 that the felony may be too high of a charge. 24 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,040 But we'll see how that one turns out. But what's 25 00:01:34,079 --> 00:01:38,840 interesting is the political dynamics going on now around this issue, 26 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:42,120 right and at the beginning of it, I was watching 27 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,719 Mark Halpern and he does a podcast now called Next Up, 28 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,280 and he was talking about this, and I think he's 29 00:01:51,359 --> 00:01:55,200 correct in that the Oh, hang on a second, No, 30 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,079 it might have actually been Rich Lowry from National Review 31 00:01:58,079 --> 00:02:01,920 appearing on Megan Kelly's podcast. Anyway, it doesn't matter either 32 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,719 Rich Lowry or Mark Alburn. Now I'm thinking this actually 33 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:10,280 was Rich that the original approach by the mayor of Washington, 34 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:15,879 d C. Seemed to be sort of a more politically 35 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,919 savvy approach, which was initially it was, hey, you know what, 36 00:02:19,439 --> 00:02:21,520 you know, we are still trying to fight crime. The 37 00:02:21,599 --> 00:02:24,680 numbers have come down, you know, citing these stats. I'm 38 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:26,080 going to get into that a little bit more today. 39 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,719 But the the stats, you know, the crime numbers have 40 00:02:28,759 --> 00:02:31,520 come down, and but you know, look there's still work 41 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,120 to be done, and so we welcome any support, any help, 42 00:02:34,319 --> 00:02:37,280 that we can get and so that's fine. And so 43 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,759 that was a more sort of politically savvy, but more 44 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,800 moderate approach rather than the god, get out of here 45 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:49,199 fascist you know. So the National Guard started actually ramping 46 00:02:49,319 --> 00:02:54,479 up its presence yesterday. Okay, so the troops have been 47 00:02:54,479 --> 00:02:58,000 deployed now to the National Mall and to metro stations 48 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:02,360 as President Trump's takeover of city crime fighting begins to 49 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,520 take shape. This is according to a piece at The 50 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:09,280 Hill dot com. I saw somebody posting onto the Twitter 51 00:03:09,319 --> 00:03:13,599 machine you can follow me there at Pete Callaner, and 52 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,680 they have a picture of these two young women standing 53 00:03:16,719 --> 00:03:20,039 outside of Union station. They've got some luggage that they 54 00:03:20,039 --> 00:03:21,960 were obviously traveling, and they got off of the train 55 00:03:22,479 --> 00:03:24,680 and they're outside, I guess, you know, on their phones 56 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:28,120 and they're i'll be charitable say they're not just checking 57 00:03:28,159 --> 00:03:31,240 TikTok and messages, but probably you know, maybe getting an uber, 58 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:34,319 waiting for an uber or something. And as they're standing there, 59 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,840 you see behind them rolling past in the video are 60 00:03:38,919 --> 00:03:43,039 a bunch of these, you know, large National Guard armored 61 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:45,319 vehicles rolling past. And they're like, oh my gosh, I 62 00:03:45,319 --> 00:03:48,599 can't believe this scene. I'm like well, would you prefer 63 00:03:49,159 --> 00:03:52,479 like video of them, you know, being physically attacked or 64 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:55,599 their phones swiped from their hands or something, because that's 65 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,960 that's the point, is you got to make you got 66 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,919 you show the strength and force, and that then leads 67 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:08,719 to the criminals not going into those areas because they 68 00:04:08,759 --> 00:04:12,719 don't want to be confronted with that level of force, Right, 69 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:17,839 that's the point. Overnight, the first signs of on the 70 00:04:17,879 --> 00:04:21,959 ground resistance to federal forces popped up in response to 71 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,319 a checkpoint that halted traffic on one of the city's 72 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,519 main streets. There was also a video, by the way 73 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:32,240 I saw of a woman. She posted it onto the TikTok, 74 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:38,720 the Chikom's agit prop platform that is infecting the minds 75 00:04:38,759 --> 00:04:41,199 of way too many Americans. But anyway, this is not 76 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,040 about TikTok. But she posted a video talking about how 77 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:48,639 it's her inner car driving through DC and she's celebrating. 78 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,439 She's so happy. She's like, I'm able to drive through 79 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:57,079 with my windows down. Think about that. She could not 80 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:01,160 drive through Washington, d C. With her windows down before 81 00:05:01,399 --> 00:05:07,079 last night because she didn't want to get robbed or carjacked. 82 00:05:09,959 --> 00:05:12,879 The White House said more than sixteen hundred personnel were 83 00:05:12,879 --> 00:05:16,360 involved in operations across the city yesterday or sorry Wednesday, 84 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:22,439 making forty five arrests, mostly of immigrants who lacked permanent 85 00:05:22,519 --> 00:05:27,399 legal status. While the Guard had a relatively small footprint 86 00:05:28,199 --> 00:05:31,800 earlier this week, by yesterday all of the roughly eight 87 00:05:31,959 --> 00:05:35,360 hundred Army and Air National Guard troops that Trump ordered 88 00:05:35,399 --> 00:05:39,079 to the streets had now mobilized for duty. That's according 89 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:44,680 to the Pentagon. The Defense Department of Defense Press Secretary 90 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,319 Kingsley Wilson said that the Guard members will assist the 91 00:05:48,399 --> 00:05:52,120 DC Metro Police Department and federal law enforcement officers with 92 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:57,759 quote community safety patrols, protecting monuments, federal facilities, and traffic 93 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:02,839 control posts, as well as area beautification. Not really sure 94 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:08,040 what that means, but National Guard Bureau spokesperson Major Micah 95 00:06:08,319 --> 00:06:12,759 Maxwell said the Guard members were part of two teams 96 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:16,160 sent to the National Mall and nearby Metro stations for 97 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,759 a continuous presence of twenty four hours, with plans to 98 00:06:19,959 --> 00:06:24,160 increase locations in the days ahead. So this is important 99 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:26,800 to keep in mind. These people are on these guards, 100 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:28,839 the guardsmen and the troops, and what they are on 101 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,399 usually like a twelve hour rotation or something like that, 102 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:35,720 And so just a heads up. If you're a lefty 103 00:06:35,759 --> 00:06:38,399 and you're in like a local market and somebody in 104 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,000 camouflage walks in, you know, first off, you probably can't 105 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,639 see them because they're camo. But if you do see them, 106 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,639 probably not a great idea to try to publicly shame 107 00:06:47,759 --> 00:06:51,240 them with a TikTok video as they buy their twelve 108 00:06:51,439 --> 00:06:57,040 pack of you know, white claws, saying why are they 109 00:06:57,079 --> 00:06:59,879 buying alcohol at ten am? What's up with that? Like, yeah, 110 00:06:59,879 --> 00:07:02,319 they probably just got done with a twelve hour shift. 111 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:08,879 You know, that's not the own that you think it is, 112 00:07:09,439 --> 00:07:13,079 Lefty Anyway, back to the Hill. Part of the National 113 00:07:13,079 --> 00:07:16,000 Guard's mission is to support law enforcement, which has also 114 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,319 been expanding its presence across the district. Though they will 115 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:22,199 not be armed and cannot make arrests, the troops are 116 00:07:22,199 --> 00:07:26,680 allowed to detain people temporarily in certain circumstances until federal 117 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:30,120 agents arrive, much like the Guard members who were deployed 118 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:33,959 to Los Angeles in June to help quell the protests 119 00:07:34,439 --> 00:07:41,120 over the immigration rates. Right, so similar mission. Now about 120 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:45,879 that protest, A mix of federal officers set up a 121 00:07:45,959 --> 00:07:49,639 vehicle checkpoint on fourteenth Street Northwest Corridor in downtown DC 122 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:53,759 Wednesday night, drawing some of the first public protests since 123 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:59,319 the announcement from Trump on Monday. A group of protesters 124 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:03,199 shout it out or held up signs with phrases such 125 00:08:03,199 --> 00:08:10,560 as go home, fascists, and get off our streets. Okay, 126 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:17,920 so first off, they are home. The District of Columbia 127 00:08:18,079 --> 00:08:21,759 is all of our homes. That's our property, right, That's 128 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:25,360 a district of the federal government. It is under federal control. 129 00:08:25,439 --> 00:08:29,920 So that is all Americans property. Number one. Number two 130 00:08:29,959 --> 00:08:33,080 when you say get off our streets again, not just 131 00:08:33,159 --> 00:08:37,039 your streets. You do not own that street alone. It's 132 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:42,200 communal property, which is odd because I thought leftists were 133 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:46,279 all about communal property. See. And the thing about communal 134 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:50,480 property or public property is that whoever is in charge 135 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:55,200 of that property, do you know, through elections and such, 136 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:59,120 they get to make those types of decisions under the law. 137 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:04,159 That's how that works. So if you don't like political 138 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:08,919 decisions being made, then reduce the size of the government 139 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:12,519 and then politics doesn't really factor so much into it. 140 00:09:12,639 --> 00:09:15,039 Right if this, because one thing we could do is 141 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:18,960 just get rid of the District of Columbia altogether. And 142 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:24,960 just recede instead of sised, but recede it back to Maryland, Virginia, 143 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:26,519 give them you carve it up, give it back to 144 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:29,480 those states and let them deal with it. That I mean, 145 00:09:29,519 --> 00:09:33,639 we could do that. The group also encouraged drivers to 146 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,960 take other routes to avoid the officers. But the National 147 00:09:38,039 --> 00:09:40,679 Guard actually was not involved in that checkpoint at all, 148 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:48,399 So your protest was wrong. 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Meanwhile, like, 175 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:22,840 I've got a list of like simply government workers who 176 00:11:22,879 --> 00:11:26,799 have been attacked and or killed just in the last 177 00:11:26,799 --> 00:11:31,960 few months. So yeah, it's a problem. And when when 178 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:35,639 someone says, hey, I'm gonna I'm gonna surge some personnel 179 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:39,519 to the area in order to tamp down on the crime, 180 00:11:39,879 --> 00:11:43,399 and you say, no, we don't want your troops here 181 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:47,600 to help us tamp down the crime, then yes, you 182 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:51,799 are positioning yourself as the this is all fine position 183 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:57,159 pro crime. Look, I don't make these rules. This is 184 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:01,639 your This is your standard, lefties, your standard. I'm sorry 185 00:12:01,639 --> 00:12:03,600 if you don't like it being applied to you. But 186 00:12:03,879 --> 00:12:07,120 you know, when all these years people say, hey, you 187 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:09,320 know what, maybe we need to reform social security, and 188 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,799 your response is you want to kill old people? Or hey, 189 00:12:12,879 --> 00:12:15,360 you know we need to reform these entitlements like medicare, 190 00:12:15,639 --> 00:12:19,080 then you want to kill grandma Like okay, So if 191 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:23,399 you're going to ascribe me motives for a different policy approach, 192 00:12:23,639 --> 00:12:27,360 then I too shall ascribe your motives. Again, I don't 193 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:31,759 make the rules, but I do play by them. The 194 00:12:31,799 --> 00:12:36,200 text goes on to say, remember, if it weren't for disingenuousness, 195 00:12:36,519 --> 00:12:40,039 Republicans wouldn't have a leg to stand on in an argument. 196 00:12:40,159 --> 00:12:42,879 Thanks for confirming this. Dude, You are free, or lady, 197 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,840 you are free to call in, and I'm happy to 198 00:12:45,919 --> 00:12:49,600 have the discussion with you. We can talk policy positions, 199 00:12:49,639 --> 00:12:54,240 we can talk about that kind of topic, or if 200 00:12:54,279 --> 00:12:56,799 you would prefer to just do the name calling, I'm 201 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:00,360 perfectly willing and able to get down to that level 202 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:01,960 with you as well. So you can call in. You 203 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,000 know the number because you texted it, so you can 204 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,240 call that number and I can have this debate with you. 205 00:13:06,519 --> 00:13:10,360 Happy to. In fact, I prefer taking those phone calls 206 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:16,840 as yesterday's hour two and hour three should should be indicative, right, 207 00:13:16,919 --> 00:13:20,840 like you should understand like I actually enjoy those conversations 208 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:25,919 more so, again, your choice if you would like to 209 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,320 have the argument and find out whether or not this 210 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:32,600 actually unaffiliated voter has a leg to stand on in this, 211 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,679 I'm happy to have it out with you, or you 212 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:39,399 can just text and you know, scream into the void. 213 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,600 Todd says, Oh, hang on a second, No, let me 214 00:13:43,639 --> 00:13:47,200 go to Danny because this is related. Trump's non traditional 215 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:52,120 approach has so many positive ripple effects TDS. Trump derangement 216 00:13:52,159 --> 00:13:55,840 syndrome has resulted in the left's insistence on an either 217 00:13:56,159 --> 00:14:00,279 or position on everything. You're either against Trump no matter 218 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:03,720 what the issue, or you're for him in total. Case 219 00:14:03,759 --> 00:14:07,519 in point is the Washington crime issue. Most normal Americans, 220 00:14:07,639 --> 00:14:12,080 regardless of party, recognize this as insane and well will 221 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:15,519 help greatly with their undoing Thank you, TDS. That's from 222 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,639 Danny and Waxhaw. Yes, and that's exactly right. When you 223 00:14:18,799 --> 00:14:24,080 view everything through the prism of Donald Trump, you are 224 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,720 going to see things in a warped way. And by 225 00:14:26,759 --> 00:14:30,600 the way, that's not just for people who are on 226 00:14:30,639 --> 00:14:34,120 the left and hate Trump. It's also people who are 227 00:14:34,279 --> 00:14:39,039 so far in Trump's camp that anything he does or 228 00:14:39,039 --> 00:14:43,600 says warps their vision. Right, if you're viewing everything through 229 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:49,039 him as a person, right, then you're going to see 230 00:14:49,039 --> 00:14:52,360 things in a warped way. And I've been advising people 231 00:14:52,399 --> 00:14:55,960 on this for the last decade. Right, just look at 232 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,799 the issue itself, right, what is the issue itself? And 233 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:03,320 the the issue itself is crime has gotten out of control, 234 00:15:04,799 --> 00:15:07,600 and Donald Trump is sick of it. And this is 235 00:15:07,639 --> 00:15:11,200 one area where he has the power to actually try 236 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:13,600 to make a difference. And who he's making a difference 237 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:19,080 for predominantly working in, middle class people, because those are 238 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:23,559 the people that are usually the most affected by crime. 239 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,600 I've been talking about this since Trump made the announcement. 240 00:15:26,679 --> 00:15:29,639 We've been talking about it for years at the local 241 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:34,639 level here in Charlotte, right, national examples as well. I've 242 00:15:34,639 --> 00:15:39,759 talked about the high trust society that we all enjoy, 243 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,600 but like fish, we don't know, we're wet. And so 244 00:15:42,639 --> 00:15:45,480 when people think like, oh, we should just you know, 245 00:15:45,759 --> 00:15:49,720 have a more coddling approach to criminals and such. You 246 00:15:49,919 --> 00:15:54,639 fray that trust. And when a society loses that high trust, 247 00:15:54,639 --> 00:15:57,000 now it can no longer engage in the very commerce 248 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:00,519 that is used to lift all the boats in a 249 00:16:00,559 --> 00:16:04,639 free market. Right. That's why you don't get business investment 250 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:10,320 into areas with high crime. Business is flee. Residents flee 251 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:14,080 no economic activity except for drug dealing and prostitution. Like 252 00:16:14,159 --> 00:16:16,240 that's not where people want to live. And when you, 253 00:16:16,639 --> 00:16:21,320 as a local government, when you sentence a population to 254 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:24,240 live like that, I don't find that to be a 255 00:16:24,399 --> 00:16:28,200 morally superior position for you to take. 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And I think this is 290 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:22,039 bigger than DC because if Trump is able to think 291 00:18:22,079 --> 00:18:24,359 about it and in a short order, if he improves 292 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:27,440 things in DC and turns things around and has a 293 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:31,079 sustainable plan to keep it going, look at the pressure 294 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:33,480 it puts on all these other cities with high crime rates. 295 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:37,519 And if Trump offers the same National Guard and federal 296 00:18:37,519 --> 00:18:39,039 agents to come in and clean up, you know. 297 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 3: Pick a city. There's plenty to choose from. You know, 298 00:18:43,079 --> 00:18:45,359 the leaders in those cities are gonna look really stupid 299 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,079 if they don't say yes, and maybe they'll set themselves 300 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,880 up to get voted out. I really think Trump is 301 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:55,119 thinking about beyond DC on this because it's really gonna 302 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:57,680 put the spot on city leaders and other cities to 303 00:18:57,759 --> 00:18:59,680 do the same thing, or to at least accept the 304 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:02,400 government help in turning their own cities around. And if 305 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:03,920 they don't do it, they're really going to look bad. 306 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:08,440 Speaker 1: So, and part of this is that, like I don't 307 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,839 know how much of the political calculation he is making 308 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:15,920 on any given topic, he just I think has a 309 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:20,440 has a sense, a very good sense of where people 310 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:23,279 are on things. Remember Donald Trump is a lifelong Democrat, 311 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:27,000 and these are issues that Democrats used to agree with 312 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:31,599 Republicans on until about, I don't know, ten years ago, right, 313 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:37,039 And so the crime problem most effects people in the 314 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:40,480 lower income brackets and then the middle income brackets because 315 00:19:40,519 --> 00:19:43,839 they can't afford to have the private security and the 316 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:47,359 gates around their compounds and stuff. And so I think 317 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,640 he talks to people all the time, regular people all 318 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:53,480 the time, and he listens to them as they talk 319 00:19:53,559 --> 00:19:55,519 to him, and I think he gets a sense of 320 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,839 these issues that are affecting them. And I think this 321 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,359 is why he says, like this is crazy, this is 322 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:07,279 out of control crime. And being from New York from 323 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:10,720 the time period he was in New York and working 324 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,680 in New York, he saw how bad it can get 325 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:16,279 and he saw what work to fix it and to 326 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:20,119 clean it up. And it's just a common sense approach, 327 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:23,119 which is you put more law enforcement on the ground 328 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,400 and you prevent these people from feeling like they have 329 00:20:26,559 --> 00:20:30,200 the run of the roost and like this is again 330 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:33,920 like community policing is based on this same idea that 331 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,400 you show people that the cops are out on the 332 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:39,440 beat and they are walking around, and it then creates 333 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:42,079 this sense of security and criminals are less likely to 334 00:20:42,079 --> 00:20:44,119 be active in an area where there's law enforcement. And 335 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,319 Yet to your point, if you hate Trump so much 336 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,359 that you're like, no, we don't want any help, well 337 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:52,640 then you're saying that you're satisfied with this status quo 338 00:20:53,319 --> 00:20:55,599 and just give us more time and somehow or another 339 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:58,640 will you know, will drive down the crime in some 340 00:20:58,759 --> 00:21:01,240 other way. Now, there's another component here, which is the 341 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:06,319 judicial aspect, which is are these judges letting the criminals go? 342 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:08,440 Like that's the other component here. 343 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:11,759 Speaker 3: That's a big one. And I think liberals have got 344 00:21:11,759 --> 00:21:14,240 to stop feeling guilty about locking up bad guys. They 345 00:21:14,319 --> 00:21:16,480 got to get over that because it just it has 346 00:21:16,559 --> 00:21:20,400 such horrible consequences for everyone else. Yeah, and no, no 347 00:21:20,519 --> 00:21:22,160 one wants to see an the human being locked up. 348 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:24,720 But I mean, given the choice of living with them 349 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:26,880 or locking them up, I'm taking the letter. 350 00:21:27,039 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 1: Right and right. If they are destroying a high trust society, 351 00:21:31,559 --> 00:21:35,079 and not allowing the free movement of people and commerce. 352 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:39,039 Then you are destroying your society by allowing them to 353 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:45,680 victimize the law abiding population. Yeah, this is civilization one 354 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:46,640 oh one type stuff. 355 00:21:47,319 --> 00:21:48,119 Speaker 3: Yep, you're spot on. 356 00:21:48,279 --> 00:21:50,279 Speaker 1: Thank you, Yeah, James, I appreciate the call, Buddy, good 357 00:21:50,319 --> 00:21:54,519 hear from you. I did get a text, did you 358 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:57,720 from this? I almost started to read it before, but 359 00:21:57,759 --> 00:22:01,640 I'll read it now. Todd says, did you know that 360 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:06,440 demand for paid crowds has gone up four hundred percent 361 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:10,759 in the DC area since the since the FED control happened. 362 00:22:10,759 --> 00:22:14,200 It's not a grassroots protest. A company called Crowds on 363 00:22:14,279 --> 00:22:17,400 Demand was talking about it. I saw it on Fox News. Indeed, 364 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:19,200 I have that story. It's in the stack of stuff 365 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:21,400 right here, so I will do it right now. A 366 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:25,039 crowd rental company has seen a massive uptick in inquiries 367 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:30,319 regarding its services in DC. This is after Trump's move 368 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:35,559 to federalize the police force. Quote right now, DC inquiries 369 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,799 are up roughly four hundred percent compared to the same 370 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:42,920 period in twenty twenty four. According to Crowds on Demand 371 00:22:43,079 --> 00:22:48,039 CEO Adam Swart, the company always sees a spike in 372 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:52,599 requests during what he calls high stakes political moments. He says, 373 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:56,559 quote A large share are focused on opposing Trump's policies 374 00:22:56,599 --> 00:23:00,680 in Washington and raising alarms about government overreach. We are 375 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:04,400 weighing those offers carefully because while there's truth in saying 376 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,599 DC's local government has been an abject failure in keeping 377 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:10,480 citizens safe, there's also a real danger in putting too 378 00:23:10,559 --> 00:23:14,000 much power in federal hands. That balance of power matters, 379 00:23:14,519 --> 00:23:17,319 he said. The vast majority of people at political or 380 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:23,640 advocacy events in Washington are paid. The vast majority are paid, 381 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:27,519 he said, quote most people don't know this, but many 382 00:23:27,559 --> 00:23:31,759 protesters are literally on the payroll. And he goes on 383 00:23:31,839 --> 00:23:35,640 to note Capitol Hill staffers from both parties are often 384 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,599 expected to show up at rallies and protests on their 385 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:43,400 own time. So yes, most attendees are being paid or 386 00:23:43,519 --> 00:23:46,039 are there because it's part of their job. That doesn't 387 00:23:46,039 --> 00:23:48,359 mean they don't support the cause, but it does mean 388 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:53,160 these crowds are not as organic as they may appear 389 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:59,599 on TV. No, something I saw on television isn't correct, 390 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:05,119 My goodness, what's next? Is the internet lying to me 391 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:10,079 as well? So Trump has already said that he intends 392 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:13,079 to extend the federal takeover of DC police, setting up 393 00:24:13,079 --> 00:24:16,359 a fight in Congress, which has to authorize any extension 394 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:20,559 beyond thirty days. So in so, what like in another 395 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,200 three and a half weeks or so, Congress is going 396 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,319 to have to authorize this if it's going to continue. 397 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:30,799 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schuma on Wednesday declared Democrats will 398 00:24:30,839 --> 00:24:35,640 not go along with that request, no bleeping way. Schumer said, 399 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,960 we'll fight him tooth and nail. So good to hear 400 00:24:40,079 --> 00:24:43,000 Schumer dropping the F bomb in there, because that's how 401 00:24:43,039 --> 00:24:46,119 you prove to your base that you're you're down to fight. 402 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,119 You know that you're that you're not going to just 403 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:53,920 cave in. Look at me, I'm cussing, you know. Still, 404 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,559 according to the Hill dot com, the vote could put 405 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:00,519 vulnerable Democrats in an awkward spot on the cry issue, 406 00:25:00,839 --> 00:25:03,599 which has this is what they say has long been 407 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:08,640 a bugaboo for the party, which is definitely one way 408 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:14,480 to characterize that it's a bugaboo. Crime is a bugaboo 409 00:25:14,519 --> 00:25:18,240 for the party. Yeah, because they suck at it. They do. 410 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:24,799 They're terrible on crime. Trump has also teased an expansion 411 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:29,000 of his federal interventions into major US cities, and, as 412 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:37,599 the Hill notes, particularly those governed by black Democrats, including Chicago, Oakland, 413 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:39,559 New York City, and Baltimore. 414 00:25:39,799 --> 00:25:40,079 Speaker 2: Ah. 415 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:44,799 Speaker 1: Yes, the proverbial race card now being played. All right, 416 00:25:44,799 --> 00:25:46,640 if you're listening to this show, you know I try 417 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:48,440 to keep up with all sorts of current events, and 418 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:50,519 I know you do too. And you've probably heard me 419 00:25:50,559 --> 00:25:54,799 say get your news from multiple sources. Why well, because 420 00:25:54,799 --> 00:25:57,480 it's how you detect media bias, which is why I've 421 00:25:57,519 --> 00:26:00,839 been so impressed with ground News. It's an app, and 422 00:26:01,079 --> 00:26:03,960 it's a website and it combines news from around the 423 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,680 world in one place so you can compare coverage and 424 00:26:06,799 --> 00:26:10,599 verify information. You can check it out at check dot ground, 425 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,960 dot news slash pete. I put the link in the 426 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:17,200 podcast description too. I started using ground News a few 427 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:19,960 months ago and more recently chose to work with them 428 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,759 as an affiliate because it lets me see clearly how 429 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:26,279 stories get covered and by whom. The blind spot feature 430 00:26:26,319 --> 00:26:29,000 shows you which stories get ignored by the left and 431 00:26:29,079 --> 00:26:33,079 the right. See for yourself check dot ground, dot news 432 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,559 slash pete. Subscribe through that link and you'll get fifteen 433 00:26:36,599 --> 00:26:39,680 percent off any subscription. I use the Vantage plan to 434 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:43,160 get unlimited access to every feature. Your subscription then not 435 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,160 only helps my podcast, but it also supports ground News 436 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:50,039 as they make the media landscape more transparent. Got a 437 00:26:50,039 --> 00:26:55,519 message from Russ. It's a Pete tweet. Russ says, Pete, 438 00:26:55,680 --> 00:27:01,599 my DC resident sister in law will tell me that 439 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:06,720 this takeover of her town is unnecessary and fascist. But 440 00:27:06,799 --> 00:27:11,160 she also carries a mini bat in her car when driving, 441 00:27:11,839 --> 00:27:16,480 and she carries knitting needles when she bikes, walks, or 442 00:27:16,599 --> 00:27:27,119 takes public transit, which is the perfect illustration another Pete tweet. 443 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:29,599 Your analysis is right on point, and that is why 444 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:32,680 Chuck Schumer ranting and gaslighting of the public that he 445 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,720 feels safe as he walks around DC is way beyond 446 00:27:35,759 --> 00:27:39,440 the pail as he walks with his four armed guards. 447 00:27:40,039 --> 00:27:42,960 Give everybody armed guards and let him walk alone. And 448 00:27:43,039 --> 00:27:51,279 let's see, that's a tweet from dead Hey Dad. The 449 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:55,799 Hill has this story that I've been reading from and 450 00:27:55,839 --> 00:27:57,720 now it goes to the race card, because of course 451 00:27:57,759 --> 00:28:00,000 there's going to be a racial component wherever the left 452 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,039 or the media can find one or make one up. 453 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:06,440 And that's what they're now doing is quoting the Baltimore 454 00:28:06,519 --> 00:28:11,519 mayor Brandon Scott telling CNN quote, I think it's very 455 00:28:11,559 --> 00:28:14,319 notable that each and every one of the cities called 456 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:17,240 out by the President has a black mayor, and most 457 00:28:17,279 --> 00:28:20,720 of those cities are seeing historic lows in violent crime. 458 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,000 The President could learn from us instead of throwing things 459 00:28:24,079 --> 00:28:32,079 at us like sandwiches. Okay, the black leadership in cities 460 00:28:33,599 --> 00:28:40,960 is a result of Democrat Party demographics. Okay, that's not 461 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:46,640 racial targeting. Virtually all of the major American cities with 462 00:28:46,759 --> 00:28:49,559 crime problems are I mean, all of the major cities 463 00:28:49,599 --> 00:28:52,640 are run and controlled by Democrats and have been for decades, 464 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:57,079 and because of the Democrat Party demographics and because of 465 00:28:57,079 --> 00:29:03,519 their politics, right, you have a lot of black representatives 466 00:29:03,799 --> 00:29:09,319 in those offices. The only one that is somehow suggesting 467 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:14,640 that black leadership is responsible for high crime are people 468 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:19,440 on the left. Okay, I don't care who's in charge. 469 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,200 If you're a Democrat and Democrat controlled city, chances are 470 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:25,799 you've got high crime. You drive up the crime rates 471 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:29,119 and the numbers for all the rest of the state 472 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:34,559 that is by and large rural, suburban, and Republican like. 473 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:39,599 Those are facts, that's the data. So yeah, the problem 474 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,480 is in the urban areas. It doesn't matter to me 475 00:29:42,519 --> 00:29:45,400 what the racial demographic makeup of the representation is. It 476 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:50,240 doesn't matter. What matters is the crime. That's all. Do 477 00:29:50,319 --> 00:29:51,799 what you need to do to get the crime down 478 00:29:52,079 --> 00:29:54,960 and this goes away. This issue goes away for you, 479 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,440 but it's not going away in DC I mentioned earlier. 480 00:29:59,519 --> 00:30:06,880 This is from John Hassen at National Review. He says 481 00:30:07,079 --> 00:30:10,559 the fears of crime are hardly unfounded in Washington, and 482 00:30:10,599 --> 00:30:13,559 then he gives the following list. March twenty twenty three, 483 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,599 Philip Todd, a staffer for Senator Ran Paul, stabbed in 484 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:20,400 broad daylight by Glenn Neil, a repeat offender who was 485 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:23,480 hearing voices in his head. Neil was released from prison 486 00:30:23,519 --> 00:30:26,559 one day before he attacked Todd, who suffered a punctured 487 00:30:26,599 --> 00:30:31,359 lung and suspected brain bleed. A couple months later, June 488 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:35,440 twenty twenty three, a staffer for Congressman Brad Finstead from Minnesota, 489 00:30:35,519 --> 00:30:40,000 Republican is attacked at gunpoint by two hooded suspects after 490 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:45,279 the annual Congressional charity baseball game. October twenty twenty three, 491 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:50,680 Representative Henry Quaar, Democrat from Texas, is carjacked at gunpoint 492 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:55,720 outside his Navy Yard home. November twenty three, Naomi Biden's 493 00:30:55,759 --> 00:30:58,720 Secret Service detail opens fire at three people trying to 494 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,960 break into a secret Service suv parked in front of 495 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:07,599 her home in Georgetown. January twenty four, Congressman Eric Swalwell, Democrat, 496 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:11,319 representative of Fangfeng tweets that he and his wife rehearse 497 00:31:11,559 --> 00:31:15,000 carjacking scenarios with their young kids to ensure that his 498 00:31:15,119 --> 00:31:20,799 kids are not abducted. February twenty four, carjacker shoots and 499 00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:24,599 kills Mike Gill, a former Trump official, killed him in 500 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:29,759 broad daylight on K Street. September twenty four. A homeless 501 00:31:29,799 --> 00:31:33,480 man armed with a razor lunges at three female congressional 502 00:31:33,519 --> 00:31:38,119 staffers at midday on Capitol Hill. June twenty four. A 503 00:31:38,279 --> 00:31:42,359 staffer for Representative Mike Collins, Republican from Georgia, as well 504 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,680 as an intern or sorry, she's also an intern. She's 505 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:50,200 a staffer and an intern. Robbed at gunpoint in Navy 506 00:31:50,319 --> 00:31:54,960 Yard December twenty twenty four. Secret Service agents shoot at 507 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:59,519 several carjackers outside the home of Biden. Energy Secretary Janet 508 00:31:59,599 --> 00:32:04,759 Yellen April twenty twenty five to illegal immigrants Steel Department 509 00:32:04,799 --> 00:32:08,920 of Homeland Security Secretary Christy Nomes purse while she dines 510 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:12,680 at the Capitol Burger in downtown DC. This past May, 511 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:17,480 a gunman murdered to Israeli embassy staffers. This past June, 512 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:22,440 Eric Tarpinian Jachim, a college student and congressional intern, is 513 00:32:22,519 --> 00:32:26,119 gunned down at the Mount Vernon Square metro stop. And 514 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:30,880 then just this month, a group of teenagers attacks Edward Korstein, 515 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:38,480 a former DOGE staffer, in an attempted carjacking. That's just 516 00:32:38,599 --> 00:32:42,839 over the course of what two years. This is why 517 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:47,359 people in the government at the federal level believe there 518 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:53,359 is a crime problem. It's because they are being targeted too. See, 519 00:32:53,559 --> 00:32:57,640 crime does not really care. Criminals do not care. If 520 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:02,200 you're going to allow criminals to run the streets with impunity, 521 00:33:03,319 --> 00:33:07,880 mugging people, carjacking people, murdering people, if you are going 522 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:12,759 to incentivize that kind of behavior with little punishment and 523 00:33:13,319 --> 00:33:16,799 little investigation, then you're going to get more of it, 524 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:21,680 and it's going to spread beyond the lower income neighborhoods 525 00:33:21,839 --> 00:33:24,559 where it's much easier for you to ignore this stuff 526 00:33:24,599 --> 00:33:27,319 because you're over here in the high class Navy yard 527 00:33:27,359 --> 00:33:29,680 part of town. You're in Georgetown. I have no crime 528 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:31,640 in Georgetown. I don't know where they're talking about this 529 00:33:31,759 --> 00:33:36,599 crime problem. The lesson here, according to Hassen, is not 530 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:40,119 that government workers' lives are more valuable than others, but 531 00:33:40,319 --> 00:33:42,559 he points out a lot of government work is critical 532 00:33:42,599 --> 00:33:47,119 and DC's crime rate threatens that work. In the example 533 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:50,799 of Henry Quaar, he was serving on subcommittees for Defense 534 00:33:50,839 --> 00:33:54,599 and Homeland Security when carjackers stole his iPhone and iPad 535 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:57,640 and like that has a lot of important information on it, 536 00:33:57,680 --> 00:33:59,440 so probably not a great idea to have a lot 537 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:04,480 of rampant All right, that'll do it for this episode. 538 00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,559 Thank you so much for listening. 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