September 3, 2025 • 8 mins
Brendan Steinhauser on Chicago's resistance to the Federal Crime Enforcement Operation
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
On the Legacy Retirement Group dot com phone line. Let's
welcome in Brendan Steinhauser, CEO of the Alliance for Secure AI.
Brendon well versed in the world of public relations, government affairs,
political consultant, consulting.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Brendan, Good morning, How are you, sir?
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Good morning. I'm doing well, but as a Texas Longhorns fan,
and you see, Grad, I'm still a little bit recovering
from last week's game.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
I no one told me that Brendan I would have
I would have started in a different manner.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
I didn't. I didn't know. So what's are you in Texas?
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Then?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Now I am?
Speaker 3 (00:30):
I spent my time between Austin, Texas and Washington, DC.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
So what's the What was the feeling in Austin on
Saturday night after the loss to Ohio State.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Look, you're never upset when you lose to a great team,
a great program if you play well. I don't We've
played very well. I think obviously people felt bad about
arch Manning's performance and hope he'll pick it up. But
we have nothing but respect for the buck guys, and
it's a you know, we hope to be able to
play you guys again.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Out road well, and I think that was We talked
about that a little bit last half hour of the
one of our experts that with the way the playoff
works now, Brendan, you just never know how that's going
to shape up. The top twelve teams get in and
there could be another a re rematch, if you will,
later this year.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
So yeah, it's good. I didn't know that you were
at Texas. Guy.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
It's good to a little two for one with Brendan
this morning. What I did want to talk about with
you is officials in Chicago. This is one of the
top stories now today, bracing for a major federal crime
enforcement operation that could start sometime this week. City officials there,
including the mayor and Illinois governor, are resisting. They're calling
it an invasion to send federal troops in there to
(01:36):
crack down on crime, despite the fact that that whole
plan hugely successful.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
In Washington, DC.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
It really was, and I saw that firsthand, and a
lot of friends and colleagues who live in DC experienced that.
It was really quite amazing to watch the crime drop
and also just the psychology incidents change almost overnight. There
was a sense of security and safety that they had
not felt in a long time. So I think the
(02:04):
presence of boots on the grounds, whether they're federal or
state or local, definitely has an impact not only the
way people feel, but in the numbers. We saw carjacking
plummet by more than eighty percent. We saw bolent time decline.
We had a number of days without any homicide. So
I think people are feeling pretty good about that. And
so it does boggle the mind a little bit why
local officials in Chicago would take this stance, and given
(02:28):
what happened in DC.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Yeah, they've signed and I mentioned this earlier, they've signed
executive orders there to prohibit local law enforcement from working
with the FEDS on patrols, on arrests. So essentially they've
signed executive orders there Brendan to keep crime rates high.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
I just can't.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
I mean, that's all political, right, It's just anything that
Trump wants to do there against even if it's going
to benefit then they still take the other side.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Absolutely. It is the very definition of kind of Trump
arrangement syndrome. And look, any we can all be critical
of his policies or him as a person if if
he does something we don't like, sure, but when you
start to just oppose every single thing he does or says,
it does sort of indicate that you've got the TBS.
(03:16):
Take the win. You know, if law enforcement shows up
and helps make your city safer, it helps make your
state safer, and you know, based on what happened in
d C, I think that's very likely. Take the win
and say, look, we welcome the support, and we want
to make our residents more safe. I think the Democrats
have to find ways to do that. They've got to
put not just their politics aside. It's kind of in
(03:38):
their own interests. I think if they act as if
everything's okay, and you know, the president is the problem,
and they try and you know, build this up into
something it's not, I just don't think that's going to
help them nationally long term.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Couldn't it wouldn't it benefit them and you know, their
legacy in their city and potentially the possibility of reelection
to to say, hey, you know what, we're not crazy
about this. We want to learn more though, we want
to work with the administration. We want to work with
the National Guard or ICE or whomever they're sending in.
(04:10):
So let's sit down, let's have a meeting. You can
bring your troops here. Let's do it the right way.
We want to be involved, we want to help, we
want to answer. Wouldn't that go a long way to
at least hearing out the administration of what their plans are.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
I think so. And I think it would help the Democrats,
not only you know, locally where they have a pretty
solid lock on government there, but it would help them nationwide.
It would help their brand to be seen as a
party that does care about law enforcement, that does care
about protecting their citizens. And I think from a practical standpoint,
the troops would be there, like their whole purpose is
to support local law enforcement with logistics and vehicles and
(04:47):
just having a presence patrolling the streets and having a
visible presence to deter crime and go after some of
those hot spots. So, you know, I think that they
would be much better off kind of politically nation if
they were to take that approach. And I think instead
they're just letting their ideology get in the way. They're
letting their most radical activists drive their public policy decisions.
(05:10):
And it's a real shame because ultimately this is about
the people of Chicago, the average residents, especially in certain
areas of the city. They are the ones that have
been suffering for decades under under terrible violent crime rates
and property crime rates. And so I really feel for
those folks that I think are quietly cheering on the
President and this effort and they just feel like they
(05:30):
can't get any help in their local officials.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Yeah, and there's plenty of them.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Brendan Steinhauser, our guest, and my only question, Brendan, my
only question in this is, so, you bring in the Feds,
you bring in the troops, they clean it up. You
see thousands of arrests over a couple of weeks at
crime goes down by double digit percentage points. And then
what and I'm sure you've thought about this, and then
what how do you keep crime down? Because you can't
(05:54):
keep the National Guard in major cities in this country
in perpetuity.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
You've got to You've got to at.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Some point pull them out, and in my view, during
the time that there, you got to have a policy change.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
Absolutely, you have to change the incentive for criminals. You
have to change the incentives through policy. I think the
other thing that might happen, and the thing that I'm
hoping does happen is that the people there in the
city experience what it could be like over those thirty
or sixty or ninety days, and they realize, hey, this
is what we want, that this is a choice to
(06:28):
not have good policing in the cities. And so perhaps
by experiencing what it could be like for thirty or
ninety days, so put a little more pressure on local
officials and say, actually we want this. We want you
guys to put more cops on the streets. We want
you to go after the bad guys and prosecute the
people to the fullest extent of the law. And perhaps
that will kind of be a seed change if people
(06:50):
experience what life could be like in a city of
law and order.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Well, and you just touched on something, and I'll let
you fly here in a second, Brendan Steinhauser. Our guests
that prosecute them to the extent of the law, because
that you see, you know, the police on the streets
doing their job. But then they get in front of
a judge or a prosecutor who just slaps them on
the risk that's twelve months probation, go have a nice day.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Or if they're under age, if they're miners.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
They just get released back to their parents who don't
care about them and are one of the reasons that
they're committing crimes anyway. But you got to what an
opportunity if you were running for a prosecutor's office, or
you're running for mayor in any city and you are
a tough on crime candidate that seems like a shoe
in What an amazing opportunity to create a platform to
(07:37):
be tough on crime and get elected to office.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
Absolutely, Yeah, this is a great opportunity to do that.
I think our cities are crying out for that. They're
desperate for that. The people in the cities, I think,
regardless of their politics, want to see that. We see
what a lack of prosecution does, especially in a place
like San Francisco and the Bay Area. It's been absolutely
horrendous and it just creates incentives for criminals to create
more or to commit more crimes. They have an incentive
(08:02):
to do it, and so we've got to change those
incentives and prosecution is a major.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Part of that. Brendan, I appreciate the conversation very much.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
I appreciate your perspective and listen, if Texas and Ohio
state go for a re rematch at some point this year.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
We'll have you back on. We'll talk about that.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
That sounds like a plan in look of horns and
go buck.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Guys, all right. Brendan Steinhauser six' ten DO wtv
On the Legacy Retirement Group dot com phone line. Let's
welcome in Brendan Steinhauser, CEO of the Alliance for Secure AI.
Brendon well versed in the world of public relations, government affairs,
political consultant, consulting.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Brendan, Good morning, How are you, sir?
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Good morning. I'm doing well, but as a Texas Longhorns fan,
and you see, Grad, I'm still a little bit recovering
from last week's game.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
I no one told me that Brendan I would have
I would have started in a different manner.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
I didn't. I didn't know. So what's are you in Texas?
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Then?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Now I am?
Speaker 3 (00:30):
I spent my time between Austin, Texas and Washington, DC.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
So what's the What was the feeling in Austin on
Saturday night after the loss to Ohio State.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Look, you're never upset when you lose to a great team,
a great program if you play well. I don't We've
played very well. I think obviously people felt bad about
arch Manning's performance and hope he'll pick it up. But
we have nothing but respect for the buck guys, and
it's a you know, we hope to be able to
play you guys again.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Out road well, and I think that was We talked
about that a little bit last half hour of the
one of our experts that with the way the playoff
works now, Brendan, you just never know how that's going
to shape up. The top twelve teams get in and
there could be another a re rematch, if you will,
later this year.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
So yeah, it's good. I didn't know that you were
at Texas. Guy.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
It's good to a little two for one with Brendan
this morning. What I did want to talk about with
you is officials in Chicago. This is one of the
top stories now today, bracing for a major federal crime
enforcement operation that could start sometime this week. City officials there,
including the mayor and Illinois governor, are resisting. They're calling
it an invasion to send federal troops in there to
(01:36):
crack down on crime, despite the fact that that whole
plan hugely successful.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
In Washington, DC.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
It really was, and I saw that firsthand, and a
lot of friends and colleagues who live in DC experienced that.
It was really quite amazing to watch the crime drop
and also just the psychology incidents change almost overnight. There
was a sense of security and safety that they had
not felt in a long time. So I think the
(02:04):
presence of boots on the grounds, whether they're federal or
state or local, definitely has an impact not only the
way people feel, but in the numbers. We saw carjacking
plummet by more than eighty percent. We saw bolent time decline.
We had a number of days without any homicide. So
I think people are feeling pretty good about that. And
so it does boggle the mind a little bit why
local officials in Chicago would take this stance, and given
(02:28):
what happened in DC.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Yeah, they've signed and I mentioned this earlier, they've signed
executive orders there to prohibit local law enforcement from working
with the FEDS on patrols, on arrests. So essentially they've
signed executive orders there Brendan to keep crime rates high.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
I just can't.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
I mean, that's all political, right, It's just anything that
Trump wants to do there against even if it's going
to benefit then they still take the other side.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Absolutely. It is the very definition of kind of Trump
arrangement syndrome. And look, any we can all be critical
of his policies or him as a person if if
he does something we don't like, sure, but when you
start to just oppose every single thing he does or says,
it does sort of indicate that you've got the TBS.
(03:16):
Take the win. You know, if law enforcement shows up
and helps make your city safer, it helps make your
state safer, and you know, based on what happened in
d C, I think that's very likely. Take the win
and say, look, we welcome the support, and we want
to make our residents more safe. I think the Democrats
have to find ways to do that. They've got to
put not just their politics aside. It's kind of in
(03:38):
their own interests. I think if they act as if
everything's okay, and you know, the president is the problem,
and they try and you know, build this up into
something it's not, I just don't think that's going to
help them nationally long term.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Couldn't it wouldn't it benefit them and you know, their
legacy in their city and potentially the possibility of reelection
to to say, hey, you know what, we're not crazy
about this. We want to learn more though, we want
to work with the administration. We want to work with
the National Guard or ICE or whomever they're sending in.
(04:10):
So let's sit down, let's have a meeting. You can
bring your troops here. Let's do it the right way.
We want to be involved, we want to help, we
want to answer. Wouldn't that go a long way to
at least hearing out the administration of what their plans are.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
I think so. And I think it would help the Democrats,
not only you know, locally where they have a pretty
solid lock on government there, but it would help them nationwide.
It would help their brand to be seen as a
party that does care about law enforcement, that does care
about protecting their citizens. And I think from a practical standpoint,
the troops would be there, like their whole purpose is
to support local law enforcement with logistics and vehicles and
(04:47):
just having a presence patrolling the streets and having a
visible presence to deter crime and go after some of
those hot spots. So, you know, I think that they
would be much better off kind of politically nation if
they were to take that approach. And I think instead
they're just letting their ideology get in the way. They're
letting their most radical activists drive their public policy decisions.
(05:10):
And it's a real shame because ultimately this is about
the people of Chicago, the average residents, especially in certain
areas of the city. They are the ones that have
been suffering for decades under under terrible violent crime rates
and property crime rates. And so I really feel for
those folks that I think are quietly cheering on the
President and this effort and they just feel like they
(05:30):
can't get any help in their local officials.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Yeah, and there's plenty of them.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Brendan Steinhauser, our guest, and my only question, Brendan, my
only question in this is, so, you bring in the Feds,
you bring in the troops, they clean it up. You
see thousands of arrests over a couple of weeks at
crime goes down by double digit percentage points. And then
what and I'm sure you've thought about this, and then
what how do you keep crime down? Because you can't
(05:54):
keep the National Guard in major cities in this country
in perpetuity.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
You've got to You've got to at.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Some point pull them out, and in my view, during
the time that there, you got to have a policy change.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
Absolutely, you have to change the incentive for criminals. You
have to change the incentives through policy. I think the
other thing that might happen, and the thing that I'm
hoping does happen is that the people there in the
city experience what it could be like over those thirty
or sixty or ninety days, and they realize, hey, this
is what we want, that this is a choice to
(06:28):
not have good policing in the cities. And so perhaps
by experiencing what it could be like for thirty or
ninety days, so put a little more pressure on local
officials and say, actually we want this. We want you
guys to put more cops on the streets. We want
you to go after the bad guys and prosecute the
people to the fullest extent of the law. And perhaps
that will kind of be a seed change if people
(06:50):
experience what life could be like in a city of
law and order.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Well, and you just touched on something, and I'll let
you fly here in a second, Brendan Steinhauser. Our guests
that prosecute them to the extent of the law, because
that you see, you know, the police on the streets
doing their job. But then they get in front of
a judge or a prosecutor who just slaps them on
the risk that's twelve months probation, go have a nice day.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Or if they're under age, if they're miners.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
They just get released back to their parents who don't
care about them and are one of the reasons that
they're committing crimes anyway. But you got to what an
opportunity if you were running for a prosecutor's office, or
you're running for mayor in any city and you are
a tough on crime candidate that seems like a shoe
in What an amazing opportunity to create a platform to
(07:37):
be tough on crime and get elected to office.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
Absolutely, Yeah, this is a great opportunity to do that.
I think our cities are crying out for that. They're
desperate for that. The people in the cities, I think,
regardless of their politics, want to see that. We see
what a lack of prosecution does, especially in a place
like San Francisco and the Bay Area. It's been absolutely
horrendous and it just creates incentives for criminals to create
more or to commit more crimes. They have an incentive
(08:02):
to do it, and so we've got to change those
incentives and prosecution is a major.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Part of that. Brendan, I appreciate the conversation very much.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
I appreciate your perspective and listen, if Texas and Ohio
state go for a re rematch at some point this year.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
We'll have you back on. We'll talk about that.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
That sounds like a plan in look of horns and
go buck.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Guys, all right. Brendan Steinhauser six' ten DO wtv
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