Podbit · The Dan Bongino Show
When asked about Chicago's ongoing violence, Mayor Brandon Johnson cited missed policy opportunities from Lyndon Johnson's presidency 60 years ago. Bongino points out the absurdity: the people committing crimes today don't know who Lyndon Johnson was, and Johnson's excuse lets real killers off the hook.
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The question put to Brandon Johnson was simple: why is Chicago still a killing field? His answer: society failed Black Americans 60 years ago when it didn't support Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs, and that's what you're seeing now. Bongino responds with unconcealed fury, noting that the people committing crimes today don't know who Lyndon Johnson is. He pivots to his own FBI record, describing Operation Summer Heat — a federal violent crime initiative focused on large cities with high minority populations — which he says produced the largest homicide rate drop in modern American history. The argument: what saves Black lives is competent, supported law enforcement, not the blame deflection of a mayor who campaigned on defunding the police.
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