Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H2 - Saving Black Lives

Summary

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The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Episode: Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H2 - Saving Black Lives
Date: August 23, 2025
Podcast Host: iHeartPodcasts

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton focus on violent crime in American cities, most notably in Washington D.C., and examine the political and cultural debates shaping policies around policing and public safety. Featured guest Heather Mac Donald, Manhattan Institute fellow and author of When Race Trumps Merit and The War on Cops, provides a data-driven analysis of crime trends, critiques of Democratic policies, and thoughts on law enforcement’s role in protecting vulnerable communities. The discussion connects crime statistics, attitudes toward policing, and the real-world impact of "soft on crime" approaches, especially as they relate to protecting black lives.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The D.C. Crime Debate and National Democratic Response

[03:20 - 05:32]

• Buck Sexton asks Heather Mac Donald if she’s surprised by national Democrats’ defense of D.C.'s high crime rates.
• Heather Mac Donald asserts this is a moment of reckoning for Democrats, arguing Trump has "broken fully with the dominant ideology in America, which is to normalize the unacceptable, to define deviancy down" (04:00).
  • She claims Democrats over decades have excused urban crime, too often attributing negative statistics to systemic causes or racial bias instead of personal accountability.
  • She dismisses claims that small year-over-year drops in crime stats are meaningful amid ongoing violence:

    "Are you defending three year olds being shot fatally in the head sitting in their car, as has happened over the last couple of years regularly? You cannot defend that. And yet that's what the Democrats are doing." (05:19)

2. Shifting Narratives: The New York Times and Policing

[05:32 - 08:44]

• Clay Travis points to a recent New York Times editorial admitting fault in the "defund the police" movement, essentially vindicating Mac Donald's past warnings.
• Mac Donald notes a divide within even progressive circles: though the editorial board’s position has shifted, most coverage still frames police reform or tough-on-crime moves as racist or fascist.
  • Emphasizes that effective policing saves black lives, drawing from years attending community meetings in high-crime areas:

    "All I hear from the good law abiding black residents there, especially the elderly ladies in these fantastic hats, is the police are our friends. Please, Jesus, send more police." (08:17)

3. Crime Statistics: Challenges and Realities

[08:44 - 13:46]

• Buck Sexton asks whether recent reported drops in crime might be due to statistical “fudging.”
• Mac Donald acknowledges the possibility, explaining how police departments under pressure to reduce stats may miscategorize incidents, though the national trend broadly matches D.C. numbers.
  • She urges conservatives not to get trapped in technicalities over percent drops:

    "You can concede that crime has dropped in the last two years ... and still say, so what? Is it acceptable that every single day in Washington D.C. there were 10 violent crimes, 14 car thefts, six, three juveniles shot a day?" (12:11)

  • Details shocking youth crimes and lack of punishment ("five girls ages 12 to 15 ... beat to death a 64 year old cancer victim ... most are serving time only until they're 21" – 12:56).
  • Provides data on racial disparities in homicide offenders and victims in D.C.

4. Best Practices in Combating Urban Crime

[13:46 - 16:44]

• Clay Travis asks if any city or state stands out as a model for crime reduction.
• Heather Mac Donald cites New York City’s "Compstat revolution" under police chiefs William Bratton, Howard Safir, and Ray Kelly, bringing about an 80% drop in crime and homicides by prioritizing law enforcement and combating public disorder.
  • Stresses the importance of proactive policing, especially regarding public order and encampments.

5. Policing, Politics, and the Impact on Black Communities

[23:21 - 26:44]

• The hosts discuss the importance of comparing the murder rate in D.C. to cities like London – "You are 30 times as likely to be murdered in Washington D.C. as you are in London" (23:41).
• Buck Sexton asserts the Republican position is ensuring safety for everyone, countering the notion that high crime is simply a "normal" urban fact of life.
• Both critique sanctuary city policies for undermining public safety, referencing comments by Stephen Miller & J.D. Vance:

  Stephen Miller: "Instead, these sanctuary mayors will order the police department to ignore the federal request to set them free out of the jail... ICE has to spend weeks trying to scour the community to find this public safety threat. What they're doing is evil." (28:29)

6. Cultural and Structural Origins of Crime

[37:16 - 43:41]

• The discussion shifts to the debate around racial disparities in arrest rates, with the recognition that most black murder victims are killed by black offenders.
• Clay Travis:

  "Why are rates of violent crime so much higher for black and brown people such that they end up being arrested... at rates outside of the percentage of their overall population? That's a real conversation that an adult country would have..." (37:16)

• Both argue that family breakdown, specifically the absence of fathers in the home, is a root cause of many social ills and the driver of crime, invoking arguments by Thomas Sowell.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Heather Mac Donald on Normalizing Crime:

  "Trump is saying, we are no longer going to make excuses for crime. This is something we can control." (04:20)

• On Community Sentiment:

  "All I hear from the good law abiding black residents there...is the police are our friends. Please, Jesus, send more police." (08:17)

• Buck Sexton on Law Enforcement and Race**:

  "You enforce the law to protect the law abiding, not to protect the criminals." (13:46)

• On Statistical Disparities:

  "In D.C. blacks commit about 96% of all homicides, even though they're 43% of the population... Whiteness commit just under over one percent." (13:30)

• Clay Travis on Public Safety**:

  "Has there ever been a time in your life where you thought, 'I wish there were way fewer police officers here'... The only people who want less crime are two people. One is criminals. The only other group...is rich left wing activists." (31:21)

• J.D. Vance at Union Station:

  "...Let's free D.C. from lawlessness. Let's free Washington D.C. from one of the highest murder rates in the entire world. Let's free Washington D.C. so that young families can walk around and feel safe and secure." (32:32)

• Clay Travis on Family and Crime:

  "I think that we could cure 90% of our social ills in this country if dads were at home. This is my soapbox issue...girls do better in homes without dads than young boys do, and that is where I think a huge percentage of this violence comes from." (39:36)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [03:18] Guest introduction: Heather Mac Donald, and initial debate framing (D.C. crime stats)
• [05:32] New York Times editorial & the shifting narrative on policing
• [08:44] Statistical integrity and real-world crime consequences
• [13:46] Models for reducing crime (New York City's Compstat, proactive policing)
• [23:21] D.C. vs. London murder rate; cultural normalization of urban violence
• [28:29] Stephen Miller's criticism of sanctuary cities and their impact on crime
• [32:32] J.D. Vance’s speech at Union Station: "freeing D.C. from lawlessness"
• [37:16] Underlying causes of racial disparities in crime rates/framing of mature national debate
• [39:36] The role of fatherless homes in perpetuating urban crime rates

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Tone and Style

Throughout, the tone is direct, urgent, and often combative—reflecting Clay and Buck’s signature blend of data-centric argument, cultural critique, and political commentary. Their conversation with Heather Mac Donald is marked by straightforward, candid language as they challenge prevailing progressive attitudes toward policing and public safety.

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Final Takeaways

• The episode fiercely critiques what the hosts see as Democratic normalization of urban crime.
• They argue that effective policing saves black lives, and that leniency toward offenders disproportionately harms black communities.
• Persistent social problems, especially violent crime, are linked not just to policy but to deeper cultural and familial issues—most notably father absence.
• Political leadership, police accountability, and restoring public order are identified as crucial to stemming urban violence and ensuring safety for all.

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Transcript

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[Heather McDonald]

Thank you so much, Buck. It's great to be with you guys.

[Buck Sexton]

So you must be watching this debate play out over specifically the D.C. crime rate, but more broadly, obviously this brings in a lot of arguments that you've heard from the other side in the past and counterarguments that you've been making. Are you surprised that it seems that so many national level Democrats have fallen into the trap of defending the indefensible, which is the D.C. crime rate. What's your perspective on this?

[Heather McDonald]

Well, I think this is one of the greatest moments of the Trump presidency. His Aug. 11 Liberation Day speech just sent chills down my spine. And I mean in a good way. Words like we are not going to let it happen anymore. We're not going to take it. We're not going to lose our cities, we're taking our capital back. He has finally broken fully with the dominant ideology in America, which is to normalize the unacceptable, to define deviancy down. And Trump is saying, we are no longer going to make excuses for crime. This is something we can control. The Democrats have spent decades trying to write this off to say, well, it's just kind of a normal aspect of cities. A lot of this almost entirety of the criminal justice discourse on the Democratic side is driven by race considerations. They've of course, played the race card here. So no, I'm not surprised. It has just brought out their innate tendencies to normalize crime in an extraordinarily vivid way. And they are going to lose the debate. There's just no question. You cannot, as you say, they are defending the indefensible. Their argument is a set of non sequiturs. They say, well, crime isn't bad in D.C. because it went down somewhat last year. That's a. So what? The fact is, are you defending 3 year olds being shot fatally in the head sitting in their car, as has happened over the last couple of years regularly? You cannot defend that. And yet that's what the Democrats are doing.

[Clay Travis]

Heather, I actually thought about you on Sunday when I read the New York Times editorial which basically said, hey, Heather McDonald was right about everything, without saying Heather McDonald was right about everything. I don't know if you officially read that editorial, but let me just read to you from the New York Times Sunday and I want to just get your thoughts on the cultural winds shifting that would allow this to occur during the. This is the New York Times. During the 2020 protests, many progressives embrace calls to, quote, defund the police, including prominent Democrats, Kamala Harris, AOC, Eric Garcetti, then mayor of Los Angeles. And the protesters had an effect. Officers were disheartened by public criticisms, quit their jobs, police departments had staffing shortages. Overall, crime surged and Democrats have to recognize that they were responsible for it and their arguments created this. Did you ever think the New York Times would say this when it came to policing? And what is the significance of them completely abandoning the cultural arguments they were making certainly five years ago?

[Heather McDonald]

Well, the editorial board would appear to be a little tiny island of sanity in the paper, large because their news coverage is continuing to harp on the theme that Trump is a fascist by daring to talk about crime in D.C. and worse, daring to do something about it. And this is all just a race based ploy to try and go after black cities. So there's an absolute split in sensibility there. But it is a good thing. I'll take every win I can get. It is a good thing that the editorial board has put out a little strand of sanity there that says that the police are not the problem in high crime communities. Criminals are. And when you demoralize the police, police, when you delegitimate prosecution and arrests, there's only one thing that's going to happen. You're not going to get peace, you're going to get more criminal victimization. And if your claim is, and this is of course a complete hypocritical pose, but if your claim is to care about black lives, you have to support the police because they are the strongest agency in any city in any state that is dedicated to saving black lives. They make arrests, they deter crime. The National Guard there is there now just to deter crime. Further, it is not there as some kind of occupying force. It is using its command presence and when the cops back off, criminals take over. I have spent years going to police community meetings in high crime areas like the south side of Chicago or, or Central Harlem or Brooklyn. And all I hear from the good law abiding black residents there, especially the elderly ladies in these fantastic hats, is the police are our friends. Please, Jesus, send more police.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah. Heather McDonald with us here from the Manhattan Institute. War on Cops is her excellent book. Heather, you are somebody who also not just looks at the narratives, but looks at the stats, the numbers. And have you been able to. I know it's hard at some level because you have to rely on the DC crime stats from dc, Right. Meaning that the police, if they're cooking the books, it might be a little tough to see that because you have to rely on the frontline numbers at some level that they're putting out there. But have you looked into that at all? Do you think it is possible and, or likely that this 30% crime drop, which as you pointed out isn't even really significant, but that that 30% crime drop may be the result of some fudging of the numbers?

[Heather McDonald]

I haven't looked into that personally. It is in line with the crime drop that we're seeing in the rest of the country. So if it were like twice as much, that would be a real red flag. But I can say, you know, there's constant pressure and ironically, in the police departments that are the best run, which means the ones that are most aggressive towards their own police commanders, that are demanding accountability, that are demanding that those commanders have a plan for lowering crime. And the top brass should be monitoring their numbers on a daily, if not hourly basis. So those precinct commanders are in the hot seat under what was known in New York city as the CompStat system. They're going to feel the most pressure to get their crime statistics down. And if they do don't have 100% integrity, they're the more likely to possibly declassify things, muck around with how you categorize crime. The police departments that are lackadaisical, that don't have a strong command structure, their precinct commanders are under less pressure. So it's a weird thing and it's something that departments have to fight. The New York Police Department has a whole unit dedicated to police integrity and going after corruption. And it's not well loved in the department, but this is a constant battle. I can't say in this case, but again, I would say that conservatives should not be pulled into this game that the liberals are playing, which is that well, because crime dropped 27% last year compared to its overwhelmingly high post George Floyd race riots thing, that everything is okay and conservatives saying, well, it's still bad. Is that a true crime drop or not? The fact is you can concede that crime has dropped in the last two years in Washington D.C. and still say, so what? I don't care. Is it acceptable that every single day in Washington D.C. there were 10 violent crimes, 14 car thefts, six, three juveniles shot a day? Is that acceptable? Is it acceptable that our homicide rate is 27 times that of London's and 60 times that of Switzerland's? The only possible response is none of that is acceptable. And that is what is so thrilling about Trump's instincts. It's not even the details of the plan, it's that he has instincts that are correct, which is that any level of crime is not compatible with a civilized society. Children being shot, cars being stolen, mass looting going on, the carjackings. And it's overwhelmingly juvenile. 60% of all carjackings in D.C. are juveniles. TRUMP is correct. They are not punished. In 2023, there were five girls ages 12 to 15 who beat to death a 64 year old cancer victim weighing 110 pounds. They filmed themselves laughing as they stomped and beat him to death. None of them had long sentences. The most they're serving time Is until they're 21. Most of them will be out long before that. Trump is absolutely right. D.C. has a soft on crime approach that must change. Just as every progressive prosecutor. It's all driven by not wanting it to have a racially disparate impact on black criminals. All law enforcement will. Simply because the black crime rate is so high. In D.C. blacks commit about 96% of all homicides, even though there are only 43% of the population. Or whites commit just under over 1% of the homicides, though they're 39%. You do not. That should not affect how you enforce the law. You enforce the law to protect the law abiding, not to protect the criminals.

[Clay Travis]

Not only that, Heather, and the people who are the victims overwhelmingly would be black too. So when you say, oh, we're arresting people disproportionately for, for based on race, you're also disproportionately protecting people who are race. Right, because most black murder victims are going to be killed by black murderers. But last question for you here, and I love all the data you provide. Is there a city or a state based on the data that you have seen that is handling violent crime better? Than any others. And do they have policies that should be replicated nationwide? We're fortunate because we have these 50 different federal systems so we can try experiments. And the idea is somebody in a state does something good, hopefully it spreads. Is there any one city or state that you would point to and say, boy, from a violent crime perspective, these guys and gals are doing great. We should be copying more of what they're doing nationwide. Any positive out there?

[Heather McDonald]

Well, until recently I would have said New York City because of the Compstat revolution, the accountability revolution, where Police Chief William Bratton followed up by William with.

[Buck Sexton]

Sapphire.

[Heather McDonald]

We are going. Go ahead.

[Buck Sexton]

No, no, I just. Safer. Kelly, I was trying to give you the next commissioner, but go ahead.

[Heather McDonald]

Right, right. Kelly said we are going to bring this down. They brought crime and homicides down 80% by enforcing the law and above all by paying attention to public disorder. That's why also the Trump initiative against the encampments is so important because this is something else that simply should not be tolerated in a city. You cannot have public space overcome by people urinating, defecating, shooting up drugs in public. This is not acceptable. We cannot define deviancy down. So New York was very good in paying attention to public order, in using its officers proactively to use their powers of observation to stop people suspected of carrying guns. It had an enormous effect. They backslid in recent years. Now they've got a pretty good commissioner, Jessica Tisch. So that's good. But it's a constant battle and, you know, we need politicians to have the basic expectation that crime is not normal. And again, it just cannot be stated enough by Trump's Liberation Day speech could be epic changing if people get rid of the idea that they should just accept squalor, disorder and violence as the normal part and also mass looting, mass shoplifting as simply normal parts of American cities.

[Buck Sexton]

Heather McDonald, everybody, always excellent. Heather, thank you so much.

[Heather McDonald]

Thanks so much. Mike and Clark.

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Welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton show. Our thanks to Heather McDonald and the reason I love Heather and we've had her on a lot in the past years is data tells a story. And a lot of people don't want to look at the tape, the data and what she said. And I think whoever created this graphic the first time, I think it really cut through the noise. She reinforced it here. Basically, if you're in London, you have and you're comparing London, which obviously is the capital of England, and you're comparing it to D.C. which is capital of the United States, you are 30 times as likely to be murdered in Washington D.C. as you are in London. I think that's a stat that it's hard to not have your eyebrows raised by. And I think Trump saw this data and I think a lot of the people have seen it. And what it tells us is we have just come to accept very, very high rates of violent crime as standard. And what Trump did in D.C. is actually seen as revolutionary. But it's just basic common sense. We shouldn't have to live like this. Any of us in danger that we're going to be murdered at any moment.

[Buck Sexton]

And I do like to compare these things because I think it, it's important for us to see that with the right political leadership, you can just do things and you can just fix things. We were led to believe by the Democrats and the Democrat aligned media that the border was there was no way to fix this. Oh, asylum. Oh, there's all the. Oh, too many people. Trump fixed it in 30 days, 60 days. I mean, you know, whatever timeline you want to look at, guess what? It doesn't have to be that way at the border. It does not have to be that way with crime in major American cities. We do not have to live like this. And that is the, that is the mental shift that is so important. And it affects everything by the way. It affects business investment, it affects, you know, people's, how they feel about where they live and walking down the streets. And it truly is the Republican position. We want everybody to be safe in every neighborhood in America and to feel good about where they live in terms of safety, you know, no question. Amen. You know, more schools are banning cell phones in class. Teachers are thrilled because they're gaining control of the classroom again. Parents are happy and they're deciding to put off giving their kids phones at younger ages. But how do you stay in touch with them? You give them a rapid radio. These are modern day walkie talkies. So easy to use with just the press of a button. Rapid Radios operate on a nationwide LTE network so they cover great distances, not just a couple of miles. No setup is required. Just pull them out of the box, press a button and Talk. It's a one touch connection, perfect for busy families. Visit rapidradios.com Save up to 60%. Get free UPS shipping from Michigan. Use code radio for an extra 5% off. That's code radio. So just go check this out. And by the way, as part of your preparation plan in your home, when things get crazy out there, when the flood waters are rising, when the trees are falling, when the power's going down, Rapid Radios can be there for you. Visit rapid radios.com use code radio for a total of 65% off. All right, welcome back into Clay and Buck. Definitely want to get to your talk backs and your calls and your emails at the back of this end of this hour. So please light us up with all of that. We always appreciate it. And I wanted to note something. We're talking about crime and trying to clean up street crime in these major cities. What's going on in D.C. i'm certainly very hopeful. I am optimistic, beyond hopeful. I'm optimistic that what Trump is doing is going to bear fruit there. But I would also note on the Clay, I talked about this a bit yesterday when you stepped away to go visit our friends at Legacy box on the sanctuary city situation. It's not just about illegal status. They are willing, think about this everyone. They are willing to, to obstruct federal law. Enforcement efforts to get individuals off the streets who are not just here illegally, but who are real public safety threats because they are so devoted to we cannot, meaning we, the police in Boston, the police in la, the police in New York, you know, we cannot be a part of immigration stuff like, like we can't be anywhere near. So they would rather a, a child predator who is an illegal alien be back out in circulation to possibly. And this is, this has happened, by the way. You know, there was a woman raped and murdered Lake and Riley, who was in custody. They had the guy in custody. They could have deported him, but they would rather not do that. And this is where Stephen Miller of the White House, one of the fantastic members of this Trump White House team, this is where I think his point is so critical. He was speaking about this. This is cut three, and I think this really brings it home for everybody to understand just exactly what the Democrat, open Democrat sanctuary policies do.

[Stephen Miller]

Play three, you'll have a situation where local police in Boston will arrest an illegal alien who is a child predator, and ICE will then send what's called a detainer request or a hold request, and we'll say, don't release this, hand them over to ice and we'll remove this child predator from our community. Instead, these sanctuary mayors will order the police department to ignore the federal request to set them free out of the jail, out of the prison, and they will go back into the community and then they will reoffend. They will hurt another little girl, they will hurt another little boy. And then ICE has to spend weeks trying to scouring the community to find this public safety threat. What they're doing, Sean, is evil. And President Trump will see that they are held to account for their crimes.

[Buck Sexton]

It's, it is just totally true. And I think everyone needs this. But, Clay, that goes to the point of it's not just, oh, we don't want people who are, oh, they're doing the jobs Americans won't do. And all the propaganda about how everybody who comes here illegally is about to start Google and is always volunteering at their church, you know, baked goods day on Sunday or something. I mean, that's what they're always saying. No, there are people who are truly public safety threats. Murderers, gang members, rapists, child rapists, who ICE is saying, hey, that guy's not even supposed. Guys, when we're talking about that stuff. That guy's not even supposed to be in the country. Can you hold them for us for a minute? And the policy, the open and stated policy of These cities is no, let the child rapist go. We can't let immigration enforcement have him.

[Clay Travis]

This is where again, I think Trump sometimes just innately hits on things because they're basic common sense. They have got right now at Union Station, the main train depot in Washington D.C. stephen Miller is there and J.D. vance is there. They are shaking hands with the National Guard troops who are deployed in D.C. right now. There are protesters outside of Union Station demanding that there be less security in Washington D.C. and I just come back to a very basic question. Unless you are a criminal, can you ever remember a time in your life where you thought, I wish there were way fewer police officers here. I'll tell you, I do a lot of public events, sporting, sporting events in particular. There's never been a time in my life where I have been at a big college football game and I've thought, you know what, I wish there were fewer cops here. I wish there were fewer campus security officials. The only people who want less crime are two people. Buck one is criminals. Because remember, producer Ali can come up on this. The last time we were in D.C. i was going to get in a van to do a Piers Morgan hit and producer Ali was getting nervous because it was getting too close to our showtime. Ali can pull her mic up. What did we see in an alley as we were walking to get into the, into that van at 11:50am we.

[Buck Sexton]

Saw a full on drug deal going.

[Clay Travis]

Down, legit drug deal guy standing guard. We walk by the alley, they see that we are not threats, right? We're not cops. Middle of the day, drug deals going on. Those guys don't want more cops around. And the only other group that does not want more cops around is rich left wing activists who live in areas where they feel no crime and have so reflexively adopted anti Trump sentiment that they are just very comfortable screaming about this. And in fact, J.D. vance just spoke about this cut 30. This just happened at Union Station. J.D. vance addressing this issue directly. Play it.

[J.D. Vance]

The DC has a terrible crime problem. You just got to look around. Obviously D.C. has a terrible crime problem. The Department of Justice statistics back it up. The FBI statistics back it up. Just talk to a resident of this city, this beautiful, great American city, don't they deserve, I mean we talk about human rights. We hear these people outside screaming, Free D.C. let's free D.C. from lawlessness. Let's free Washington D.C. from one of the highest murder rates in the entire world. Let's free Washington D.C. so that young families can walk around and feel safe and secure. That's what, what we're trying to free DC From. And as Stephen said, it's kind of bizarre that we have a bunch of old, primarily white people who are out there protesting the policies that keep people safe when they've never felt danger in their entire lives.

[Buck Sexton]

This is the, this is the delusional purple haired wannabe civil rights marchers of the left. I mean, that's, that's what this is. They think anytime they can stand against Trump and also anytime they can stand against police. So unless it's January 6th related, then they want SWAT teams. Isn't that amazing? Anyone who was involved at January six, the Democrats across the board, they wanted to send in SWAT teams, you know, flashbangs, grab them. That old lady, she walked into the open doors and she was in there for three minutes. Let's throw flashbangs into her house and ruin the rest of her life and try to lock her up for years and put her in solitary confinement. No concerns from the Democrats about police state tactics there. But if you're part of a, of a, you know, feral mob that murders somebody on the streets of D.C. oh, we don't want, we don't want to hurt your, you know, your future prospects in life. Like, let's go, let's go easy on these individuals. What's going on here? It's, it's nonsense.

[Clay Travis]

I just, I don't understand. First of all, we talk about this a lot and I do think it's important politics. Oftentimes there's two different tracks. One is, is it good politically? Another is, is it good for the country? Right. I think this is an, a great example of Trump nailing it on two fronts. It is good politically to be against violent crime. It has been good politically, whether you're a Democrat, Republican or an Independent to historically have been opposed to violent crime. So it is a political benefit. Also, fewer victims of violent crime is a good thing there. I, there are so many things we can sit around and have nuanced debate about. Should. I'll give you an example. How should food stamps deal with sugary sodas and potato chips? Like, okay, we can have a real debate about that.

[Buck Sexton]

There's some arguments on both sides of that. I actually think that the cutting the sugar thing is probably the better.

[Clay Travis]

I think you and I are probably going to be somewhat aligned on that. But there are reasonable arguments, arguments out there about what you should be able to buy with your SNAP funds. Right. Like that. Whether or not you should have fewer murders is not a debatable thing to Me, hey, I'm in favor of people being alive for as long as they possibly can. Seems like something that should be beyond politics.

[Buck Sexton]

Well, the mayor of Los Angeles.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah.

[Buck Sexton]

Very explicitly laid out that this is, this is essentially a function of the desire not to enforce the law more. Here is a prominent Democrat, a black woman who is the mayor of Los Angeles, saying that cracking down on crime in D.C. is. Well, you know what, I'll let her say it. Here she is. This is cut to play it.

[Heather McDonald]

I'm concerned about the way he is rolling that out in Washington D.C. which is essentially calling, essentially going after young black and brown youth in Washington D.C.

[Big Three Basketball Promoter]

Imposing a curfew, saying that if they.

[Heather McDonald]

Violate the curfew the parents could be be charged $500, saying that the kids could be detained and arrested. We've tried those policies before, they do not work. And it's my understanding that crime was.

[Big Three Basketball Promoter]

Going down in Washington D.C. so what is the purpose of this?

[Buck Sexton]

Okay, well that's the irrelevancy we keep hearing. Oh, crime is going down. Put that aside. We all know it's too dangerous.

[Clay Travis]

From his all time highs, it's worth mentioning too. So FYI.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, it's essentially going after black and brown youth is the quote that she puts out there. Okay, so now we get to why Democrats take this very, you know, very emotional position. And as you pointed out, a lot of them are middle aged and retiree aged. You know, white Democrats.

[Clay Travis]

Yes.

[Buck Sexton]

But they view this, they view enforcement of the law as inherently racist. Well, what does that say about their perspective? Like she's the one saying this. That's interesting.

[Clay Travis]

Well, I think just at a very baseline level that actually leads to a conversation we should be having. Why are rates of violent crime so much higher for black and brown people such that they end up being arrested for rates of violent crime outside of the percentage of their overall population? That's a real conversation that an adult country would have and we would try to figure out adult solutions. I would also point out that a very easy, and I mentioned it with Heather McDonald, but a very easy counterpoint to this is why should non criminal black and brown citizens be held hostage effectively in their neighborhoods by criminal black and brown people? Well, you're actually, they're the victims of the violence that you're not willing to end.

[Buck Sexton]

And there's a tremendous sensitivity on the left about, for example, in New York City, Asian is such a large. Asia is. Here's a, here's a statement for everybody. A very large place. So when you say Asian and In the context of. If you watch any, like, uk, you know, shows, you know, scripted drama, they're always like, oh, these are Asian males. When they say Asian, they mean South Asian, overwhelmingly.

[Clay Travis]

Right?

[Buck Sexton]

I mean, when they're talking about South Asians in Britain, they're talking of people from India, from Pakistan. So to say Asian is such a broad thing. I bring this up, though, Clay, because the left would like you to believe that poverty and lack of opportunity is what leads to crime. Problem is, in New York City, they have very good data on this. And the subgroup within Asia of Pakistani and Bangladeshi individuals, for example, have higher poverty rates, higher poverty rates than black or Latino New York City residents and. And exponentially lower crime rates. This is just the data. So it's not about just. It's not just a poverty thing. And now we get into family formation. Now we get into cultural influences. Now we get into dads being home or not. If you control. You know what I mean? I don't have this data. If you control for households where there's a dad in the home, I get. I bet the crime disparity between all these different groups evaporates.

[Clay Travis]

I think that we could cure 90% of our social ills in this country if dads were at home. This is my soapbox issue. If you want to go to where it comes from at its most baseline level, this is one of the things that I think Thomas Sowell has done such a good job of arguing about, because they've tried to say, hey, racism is what causes this crime discrepancy, this poverty issue. Everything else, you go back and you look before the civil rights movement almost, I think it's like 75%, 80% of young black kids in America grew up with a dad at home. Think about that 1950s America. Black men were at home with their families, raising their kids. Now, I believe it's 25% of black households have a dad at home. And if you go and overlay that data, as Buck just said, and you look at crime rates, I think you would see overwhelmingly, dad, not home crime happens. Dad home crime comes down. Because these young men, they're acting out. They have no role models. They don't have a culture of male growth. Sometimes granddads try to do it, uncles try to do it, but that void in the household of the dad. And I'm not taking shots at single moms, because I know a lot of y' all out there are trying to do both jobs. Young girls do better in homes without dads than young boys do. And that is where I think a huge percentage of this violence comes from. That's the reality. And that's a conversation that a grown, healthy country would have instead of what you got there. Karen Bass saying, I'm concerned that if we enforce the law, too many people who are black and brown are going to be arrested. So it's racist to enforce the law. What about all the black and brown people who are going to be victimized when you don't enforce the law? Do they have rights? I think they do. In fact, I think they should be protected. We should protect the people who don't break the law. Yesterday had an incredible day. Left the show a little bit early, went down to Chattanooga, spoke to the Hamilton County Young Republican group. Awesome crowd, Great event. And before that, I went and toured Legacy Box. And if you're watching on the live stream right now, and I'm sure we'll clip this and we will share it on YouTube, you can see some of my tour. We had somebody walking around taking footage as I toured the factory at Legacy Box. And so you can see how they digitally transfer old media. More VCRs than I've seen ever took me back in time. I felt like it was 1985. Super 8 film, photos, audio tapes, 19 different media they can turn into digital files. That's why Legacy Box exists, to help you preserve and relive your family's history. I even got to help a little bit with some of the transfers, very little bit. But it was awesome just to see how this happens. They've done it for a million and a half families to date. When they take on your project, they stay in touch with you every step of the way. Then they'll send everything back. You get back all of your originals with a digital link. Allows you to see your stored memories up in the cloud as well and also on a digital file so that you can share it easily with your friends and family. This business really is about preserving your family's history and your family's legacy. And it is incredible to see in person. Go check them out. Legacybox.com clay For 50% off your order, that is legacybox.com clay, Adam and Nick. They're doing an incredible job. Everybody there. I had an awesome day touring it. Legacybox.com/clay news and politics, but also a little comic relief. Clay, Travis and Buck Sexton. Find them on the free iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

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[Clay Travis]

When we come back, we will take some of your talk back, some of your calls, no guests 3rd hour 800-282-2882 you3 can react to a variety of different topics that we have discussed in the first couple of hours. The Trump administration in D.C. accelerating their push to lower the rates of violent crime and we'll give you a little bit of an update on the Ukraine and Russia situation. Plus Mississippi. Now maybe we can have some more fun with that. I really do like Buck's idea earlier on Scarborough. I got a Kaepernick story and Superman story for you too. Not connected those two. What else you got for us, Buck?

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It's going to be a great third hour. Just stick around with us and you'll see some people are saying fabulous iheart.

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