WATCH: Ben Shapiro Squabbles With CNN’s Abby Phillip Over Trump’s Crime Crackdown

Sean James Sep 3rd, 2025, 1:02 pm

Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro verbally jousted with CNN host Abby Phillip over President Donald Trump’s push to crack down on crime in Washington, D.C., and other major cities, arguing it is a key topic the president is trouncing Democrats on in the court of public opinion.

“If the position you end up taking is that there is no serious crime emergency in Chicago, on a rhetorical level — not on a legal level, on a rhetorical level — or you make the case that ‘Actually, crime in Chicago just isn’t that big of a deal,’ — which seems to be the mistake that many Democratic politicians are making right now, Trump is going to win that battle all day long,” Shapir

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