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The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

The Truth with Lisa Boothe: D.C. in Crisis: The Federalization Debate and the Fight Against Crime with Hans von Spakovsky

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

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Politics, Daily News, Society & Culture, News Commentary, News

4.311.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Lisa interviews Hans von Spakovsky of the Heritage Foundation about Washington D.C.’s governance, rising crime, and nationwide redistricting battles. They highlight how Democrat-led policies—like cash bail elimination and “defund the police”—have fueled D.C.’s crime crisis.

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:05.2

Welcome to The Truth with Lisa Booth, where we get to the heart of the issues that matter to you.

0:11.1

Today, we're diving into some of the critical issues surrounding Washington, D.C.,'s governance, crime, and the nationwide redistricting battles shaping our political future.

0:21.3

Joining us for that legal discussion is Hans von Spakovsky.

0:25.2

He is a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation.

0:28.3

We're going to explore the president's authority to federalize Washington, D.C.,

0:32.4

the debate over the D.C. Homeroll Act.

0:34.6

Is it time for Congress to get rid of that?

0:36.8

Also, we're going to dive into the

0:38.1

truth about what's really going on in Washington, D.C. Democrats keep making the argument that

0:43.2

crime is down, but is it? What should you know about that? And why more broadly has the Democrat

0:49.2

Party become the party of crime and disorder? Why are they embracing lawlessness? Plus, we'll unpack the high

0:56.0

stakes redistricting fights. It's really a redistricting arms race that we're seeing in the country

1:01.0

with Texas, California, and beyond. We'll talk about the legal basis behind all of that.

1:06.8

Also, these conversations about the need to do a new census, it's never been done before.

1:13.2

Should we do it?

1:14.4

What does the law say?

1:16.3

So stay tuned for a honest and truthful conversation to get to the bottom of all of these big legal fights with Hans von Spikovsky.

1:30.6

Well, Hans, I appreciate you coming on this show.

1:33.4

Looking forward to, obviously, this is getting a lot of attention, what President

1:37.2

Trump's trying to do in Washington, D.C., so I look forward to your legal expertise and breaking

1:42.8

it all down for us.

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