1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: So we won't just re elect our majorities this November. 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:08,479 Speaker 1: We'll expose the corruption and radicalism of the Democrat Party. 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:11,480 Speaker 1: It's a lunatic, it's a party of lunatics. Will defeat 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: the forces of national destruction, will complete our mission of 5 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 1: national renewal, and the Republican Party will grow larger, stronger, 6 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:22,240 Speaker 1: and more dominant than ever before. We have a chance 7 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: to do that because we're competing against lunatics and the 8 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: public knows it, and they're seeing it every single day. 9 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 2: If you're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with 10 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 2: Ben ferguson. 11 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,559 Speaker 3: Good Saturday morning. So nice to have you with us 12 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 3: on the forty seven Morning Update. And we've got a 13 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 3: big story for you. President Donald Trump goes to Memphis, 14 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 3: Tennessee to talk about a massive reduction in that liberal 15 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 3: city with crime statistics literally saving countless lives. So why 16 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 3: did the mayor in Memphis not show up? And why 17 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 3: are Democrats angry? The crime is being lowered all over 18 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 3: the country. President Trump gets involved. It's forty seven Morning 19 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 3: Update and it starts right now. Story number one crime 20 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 3: in America. It is dropping and it's not happening by accident. 21 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 3: It's happening because for the first time in years, there 22 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,759 Speaker 3: is a present in the White House who made one 23 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 3: thing clear from day one. We're going to go back 24 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 3: to policing. We are going to enforce the laws that 25 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 3: we have on the books, and we're going to take 26 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 3: our streets back so that all Americans can feel safe. Now, 27 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 3: let's talk facts, because the numbers are truly incredible and 28 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 3: they don't lie. Across the country, major cities are reporting 29 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 3: double digit drops and violent crime in many liberal metro areas. 30 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 3: Homicides are down significantly from their recent peaks, property crime 31 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 3: stabilizing after years of spikes in some cities. We're seeing 32 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 3: murder rates down ten to twenty percent year over year. 33 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 3: Shootings are declining as targeted enforcement is ramped up under 34 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 3: Trump's leadership, and law enforcement officials are pointing to some 35 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 3: very specific things that are allowing for all this to happen. 36 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 3: Number one, a shift in federal posture that all because 37 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 3: of the President. Also a shift in priorities from federal 38 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:27,639 Speaker 3: law enforcement. And then the biggest part, a shift in 39 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 3: leadership from the White House all the way down. Now, 40 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:35,239 Speaker 3: let's be honest, this didn't start in a vacuum for years, 41 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 3: we were told police should be cut back, enforcement should 42 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 3: be reduced, and criminals should be given more leniency and 43 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:46,679 Speaker 3: more second, third, fourth, fifth, and six chances. What happened 44 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 3: under the Democrats plan. Crime surged, cities became less safe, 45 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:56,959 Speaker 3: communities paid the price, and Americans lost their lives. Then 46 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 3: President Trump came in and flipped the script. From day one, 47 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 3: the Trump administration said we will always back the Blue. 48 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 3: That wasn't just a slogan, it literally became their policy. 49 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 3: Federal support for local police departments has increased. Prosecutors were 50 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 3: encouraged to pursue violent offenders aggressively, and repeat offenders were 51 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 3: targeted instead of being released. And just as important, police 52 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 3: morales started going back up in this country. When officers 53 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 3: know the White House had their back, they got to 54 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 3: do their jobs more efficiently and criminals knew it now. 55 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 3: Targeting the worst offenders was also part of the plan. 56 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 3: It was another major shift going after the most dangerous 57 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 3: criminals first, violent repeat offenders, gang members, drug traffickers, illegal 58 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 3: immigrants with hardcore criminal records. That is where ICE operations 59 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 3: and federal partnerships came into play. Instead of ignoring the problem, 60 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 3: the administration leaned in arresting thousands of high risk individuals, 61 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 3: removing threats from communities, sending a message that lawlessness will 62 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 3: not be tolerated. Now, Trump's message had always been simple 63 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 3: law and order. He ran on it, and President Trump 64 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 3: has been consistent saying we will not allow our cities 65 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,280 Speaker 3: to be taken over by crime. And he's emphasized that 66 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 3: safety is not political, it's fundamental to a great country, 67 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:29,039 Speaker 3: saying every American deserves to live in a safe community. 68 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 3: And that message is clearly resonating with many Americans who 69 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:38,040 Speaker 3: are living in really high crime neighborhoods. To law enforcement, 70 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,799 Speaker 3: the President said, hey, I got you, do your job. 71 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 3: We support you. And to the criminals, the President said, 72 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 3: the rules are being enforced again, so get ready because 73 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 3: we're coming for you. So is it working. Yes, crime 74 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 3: rates have dropped significantly. And if you want to look 75 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,679 Speaker 3: at one example of that, look at what the President 76 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 3: did in Memphis, Tennessee on Monday. He said, we've fixed 77 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 3: the Memphis crime problem. That obviously is my hometown. And 78 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 3: President Trump declared on Monday that the crime problem has 79 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 3: been solved through the Memphis Safe Task Force. Now, Trump's 80 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 3: comments came during a Memphis Task Force roundtable, where he 81 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 3: highlighted high levels of crime in the city the year 82 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 3: he returned to the Oval office. Here's part of what 83 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 3: the President had to say. 84 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:31,359 Speaker 1: But for years prior to our involvement, Memphis had become 85 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: known for something else, being the murder capital of the USA. 86 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 1: Then not a good title. It was averaging far more 87 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 1: than one murder per day, with a crime rate higher 88 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 1: than Columbia, Mexico City, or Baghdad in the year I 89 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 1: shouldn't be saying this because but here's the good news. 90 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:52,160 Speaker 1: It's been fixed, all right. I hate to say this 91 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:56,839 Speaker 1: because it's so negative. That's so negative. In the year 92 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: before I took off his Memphis so more than twelve thousand, 93 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:04,040 Speaker 1: five hundred violent assaults, four hundred and twenty nine rapes, 94 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: and seven thousand, six hundred burglaries and armed romney roberts. 95 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: And I mean, it was and getting worse. This catastrophe 96 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: was a result of years of local politicians, judges, and 97 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 1: prosecutors who sided with violent criminals over law abiding citizens. 98 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 3: Over law abiding citizens. It was an average far more 99 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 3: than one murder per day. That is what the people 100 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 3: at Memphis were dealing with. With a crime rate higher 101 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 3: than Columbia, Mexico City, or even Baghdad. That's something that 102 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:42,719 Speaker 3: the media never wanted you to know. He said. Crime 103 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 3: levels were the products of years of local politicians, judges, 104 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 3: and prosecutors who sided with the violent criminals over the 105 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 3: law abiding citizens. Fox thirteen Memphis report on March eighteenth 106 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 3: that overall crime in the city is down forty three 107 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:03,839 Speaker 3: percent compared to the same period in twenty twenty five, 108 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 3: before Trump instituted the Task Force. Meanwhile, the White House 109 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 3: shared figures Monday underscoring the stark drop in specific crime categories. 110 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 3: Motor vehicle thefts down sixty seven percent, robberies in Memphis 111 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 3: down fifty one percent, sexual assaults down thirty eight percent, 112 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 3: homicides are down thirty five percent, burglaries are down thirty 113 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 3: two percent, and aggravate assaults are down thirty one percent. Now, 114 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 3: Trump announced back in September efforts to crack down on 115 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 3: crime in Memphis on the heels of his immediate success 116 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 3: in dealing with crime in Washington, d c. On September fifteenth, 117 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 3: he signed a memo establishing the Memphis Task Force. And 118 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 3: what happened, well, it's truly incredible. The numbers don't lie. 119 00:07:57,360 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 3: Here's what the President had to say from the Oval 120 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 3: Office when he started this back in September. 121 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 4: Today, at the request of Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee, 122 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 4: who's standing with us, as you know, I'm signing a 123 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 4: Presidential memorandum to establish the Memphis Safe Task Force. And 124 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 4: it's very important because of the crime that's going on 125 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 4: not only in Memphis in many cities that we're going 126 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 4: to take care of all of them step by step, 127 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 4: just like we did in DC. We have virtually no 128 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 4: crime in DC right now, and we're going to keep 129 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 4: it that way. It's our nation's capital. We're going to 130 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 4: keep it that way. Or we're going to federalize it 131 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:35,199 Speaker 4: if we had to, but we don't have to anymore 132 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 4: because it's in such great share. This task force will 133 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 4: be a replica of our extraordinarily successful efforts here, and 134 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 4: you'll see it's a lot of the same thing. Although 135 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 4: the numbers here are really something, they're really bad. 136 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:49,319 Speaker 3: Now. 137 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:51,679 Speaker 4: We did send FBI in about four months ago to 138 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 4: work and it brought some of the numbers down and 139 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 4: they did a great job, and we're sending in the 140 00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 4: big force. Now. 141 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 3: You got to ask yourself this question. Why would the 142 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 3: President of United States of America do something like this 143 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 3: in liberal cities. It's because he truly believes that every 144 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 3: American has the right to be safe. He said. It's 145 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 3: very important because the crime that's going on not only 146 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 3: in Memphis, in many cities, and we're going to take 147 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 3: care of all of them step by step, just like 148 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 3: we did in DC. Trump said all of this as 149 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,960 Speaker 3: he was standing by the Governor of Tennessee, Bill Lee, 150 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 3: Senator Marsha Blackburn, and Bill Haggerty. Making it clear that 151 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 3: we are moving forward. We have virtually no crime in 152 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:35,959 Speaker 3: DC right now, the President reminded the country, and we're 153 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 3: going to keep it that way. He added, it's our 154 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 3: nation's capital. We're going to keep it that way, or 155 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 3: we're going to federalize it if we had to, but 156 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 3: we don't have to anymore because it's in such great 157 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 3: shape now. If you're an American and it doesn't matter 158 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 3: where you live right now, you should be proud of 159 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 3: the President United States of America pulling this off so 160 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 3: quickly from a meeting in the Oval Office in September 161 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 3: to massive reductions in crime come March. That is truly historic. 162 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 3: Usually this is something politicians say take years or multiple 163 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 3: election cycles. The President's doing it in a matter of months. 164 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 3: Why because the President said to law enforcement, we have 165 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 3: your back, do your job. And the President also made 166 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 3: it clear we're not leaving. We're going to continue to 167 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 3: be involved in Memphis and other cities, and there are 168 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 3: more cities that we're going to be targeting soon. So 169 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 3: Democrats can say all they want to that they hate 170 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 3: President Trump, but the American people, it's pretty clear they're 171 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 3: happy with what the President's doing right now. 172 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,680 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 173 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 2: with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever 174 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 2: you're listening to this podcast right now and for more 175 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 2: in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast 176 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 2: and we will see you back here on Monday morning.