Hour 1 - Expanding the Crime Crackdown
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
iHeartPodcasts
4.3 • 11.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Hour 1 of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show dives deep into the escalating debate over urban crime, federal intervention, and political accountability. The hosts spotlight Washington, DC’s unprecedented streak of 11–12 days without a murder, attributing the drop in violent crime to President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and increased police presence. Trump’s remarks from the Oval Office emphasize his commitment to restoring safety in America’s cities, while criticizing media bias and Democratic leadership.
The conversation expands to Trump’s proposed crime cleanups in Chicago, Baltimore, and Memphis, cities plagued by high murder rates. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s opposition to federal intervention is sharply criticized, with commentators citing his low approval rating and ineffective policies. Memphis is highlighted for having more murders than New York City despite its smaller population, reinforcing the urgency of Trump’s crime strategy.
Drawing comparisons to El Salvador, the hosts praise President Nayib Bukele’s aggressive anti-crime policies that transformed the country from the murder capital of the world to the safest in Latin America. This case study is presented as a potential model for U.S. cities.
The episode also covers immigration enforcement, focusing on the controversial case of Kmar Abrego Garcia, an alleged MS-13 member and human smuggler. Debate surrounds his potential deportation to Uganda or Costa Rica, with legal and human rights implications discussed. The hosts challenge the narrative surrounding Garcia’s defense and highlight inconsistencies in the legal arguments.
Political commentary continues with critiques of Democratic governors like Gavin Newsom and J.B. Pritzker, comparing their leadership to historical authoritarian figures. The hosts argue that Democratic policies have failed to address urban violence and public safety, while Trump’s initiatives are gaining traction among everyday Americans.
The hour wraps with reflections on the symbolism and psychological impact of law enforcement visibility, the importance of federalism in crime policy, and humorous anecdotes about urban life, including scooter theft and dating during COVID.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.8 | Welcome in Clay Travis Buck Sexton's show. |
| 0:08.0 | Appreciate all of you hanging out with us as we are rolling through the Monday edition of the program. |
| 0:13.8 | Many different stories afoot that we will dive into during the course of today's program after a weekend where crime |
| 0:24.4 | continues to plummet in Washington, D.C., and where sanity continues to prevail across |
| 0:32.4 | most of the landscape of this nation. Trump saying that he may go into Chicago, Baltimore, |
| 0:41.6 | and other cities with high violent crime rates, |
| 0:45.3 | including getting into a war of words with the governor of Maryland, |
| 0:50.4 | Wes Moore. |
| 0:52.3 | We are talking also about D.C. in particular, having gone, now I believe it is either 11 or |
| 1:01.5 | 12 days depending on who is counting and where exactly the definition of the beginning |
| 1:08.0 | of the mobilization in D.C. is going. Our friend at CNN, Harry |
| 1:12.9 | Enton, says Democrat branding is about as popular as the Cracker Barrel branding. We got |
| 1:18.6 | Jelaine Maxwell Audio, American Flag Burning, a new executive order from Trump. maybe one of the first things that i've actually |
| 1:28.7 | disagreed with them we'll see what buck's take is on this as well and i'm getting attacked |
| 1:34.2 | for my take on the air and space museum which is probably not a sentence that you expected would |
| 1:40.5 | happen all that and more but we began trump Trump in the Oval Office, the president of |
| 1:45.3 | South Korea, scheduled to visit with him. And this is what Trump said just a few moments ago |
| 1:52.0 | about the crime situation in Washington, D.C. This is cut three. |
| 1:57.5 | Everybody before me is happy what I'm doing. Most of you won't say that because |
| 2:00.8 | your radical left. The newspapers are so dishonest. The press is totally dishonest, but that's |
| 2:06.4 | all right. We've gotten used to it, and we wanted a landslide. So they obviously lost their |
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