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The Chris Plante Show

8-19-25 Hour 1 - DC Crime: Ward 8 Wants Humvees

The Chris Plante Show

WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington

News, Government, Politics

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In hour 1, Chris talks DC Crime as Trump's crackdown enters a second week. Local news interviews help paint the picture For more coverage on the issues that matter to you, download the WMAL app, visit WMAL.com or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 9:00am-12:00pm Monday-Friday  To join the conversation, check us out on X @WMAL and @ChrisPlanteShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You can't end the world about talking. President Trump has gotten people talking. Why did Putin come to Alaska?

0:09.4

Because he was rattled by the 50 percent tariff on India, the second largest customer. So strength gets you a dialogue.

0:17.3

Weakness gets you a war. Ah, yes, Senator Lindsey Graham, stating the obvious, which even the obvious is in short

0:27.5

supply in Washington these days, is it not?

0:31.1

Like people shooting people.

0:33.1

Isn't that a song?

0:35.1

People shooting people?

0:37.1

Not the luckiest people in the world. Isn't that a song? People Shooting People?

0:40.6

Not the luckiest people in the world.

0:45.9

And they're very upset that there are National Guard members in Washington, D.C., including the mayor of Washington, D.C., bow, wow, wowser.

0:51.7

She very upset.

0:53.4

You can't.

0:54.0

And you got the Washington Post saying, oh, look, the National Guard, they're not where the crime is.

0:59.5

That's because they're not here to arrest people and they're not here to fight crime.

1:03.5

But they are freeing up the police from the tidal basin and the mall so that the U.S.

1:09.2

Park Police can get out and fight crime,

1:11.7

federal law enforcement officers. Democrats are assaulting the police, naturally, as you might

1:17.5

expect. And amazing. Very upset about the National Guard. I, you know, I have access to the

1:23.1

internet. I think most of these people don't have access to the internet.

1:39.3

On August 11th of 2025, Trump will deploy 800 National Guard troops to Washington and take direct control of the Capitol City police.

1:40.0

How dare they?

1:42.5

Then I went and I looked up Joe Biden.

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