Chicago Crime, Failed Leadership - September 4th, Hour 2
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Sean Hannity
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🗓️ 5 September 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Sean zeroes in on Chicago’s violent crime crisis, blasting Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson for prioritizing politics over public safety while Congresswoman Mary Miller outlines the devastating toll of no-cash bail and soft-on-crime policies. Callers share first-hand stories of living under failed Democratic leadership, including fears for family members in crime-ridden Chicago. Sean then takes aim at California Gov. Gavin Newsom, pressing him with unanswered questions about high taxes, homelessness, wildfires, and sanctuary state policies that put citizens at risk. From Illinois to California, Sean exposes how radical policies are undermining safety, security, and prosperity across America.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.1 | Well, we're coming to your city. |
| 0:09.5 | Gonna play our guitars and sing you a country sound. |
| 0:13.8 | We'll all be flying higher than a jail liner. |
| 0:19.0 | And if you want a little bang in your yin-yang, come along. That's where you should be focused. Don't take the bait in talking about migrant crime or carjacking or the things that actually don't matter to that many Americans. |
| 0:30.9 | Lots of Republican cities in town struggling with crime. Everybody is across the country. Always. Crime has always been part of our history. |
| 0:40.9 | I want to say to all of them, every genocide enabler. Look at this room's mother, |
| 0:46.3 | we ain't going anywhere. Freedom is back in style. Welcome to the revolution. |
| 1:02.8 | Yeah, we're coming to your city. Going to play our guitars and sing you a country sound. |
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| 1:21.5 | the program well you know chicago clearly brandon johnson the mayor and governor the idiot j b pritzker uh care more about hating |
| 1:30.5 | donald trump than they do about keeping the residents and citizens law abiding citizens in |
| 1:36.7 | their state safe and secure by enforcing law and order uh it's worked in our nation's capital |
| 1:43.1 | a 48 percent decrease in violent crime there, although a day |
| 1:47.0 | after Muriel Bowser, the mayor of D.C., praised Donald Trump and the use of the National Guard, |
| 1:54.6 | the city's pro-crime attorney general is moving to send the guard back home. He can't make it |
| 2:00.0 | up. We have new data out. |
| 2:02.9 | You know, Gavin Newsom, J.B. Pritzker, have complained that the president, you know, want to target |
| 2:08.8 | Democratic-run cities for National Guard deployment as part of the crackdown on crime |
| 2:13.5 | while ignoring the scores of crime-ridden cities that are currently run by Republican mayors. |
| 2:20.1 | Well, it turns out issues and insights, they did a little investigation of the 20 cities |
| 2:26.0 | with the highest homicide rates in the country. |
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