BUCK: We are ripping through the biggest stories of the day, and one of them that we mentioned earlier in the show had to do with defund the police, which Democrats are now trying to convince us they didn’t say or didn’t want and maybe even Republicans wanted it — which is, of course, completely absurd. We have memories.

We know that that’s a lie, but sometimes the most effective lies as far as the left is concerned are the ones that are the most obvious. It kind of unbalances you. It makes you think that maybe you’re missing something. But there’s something else, and that is you’re not supposed to talk about crime in some of these cities.

They’d much rather discuss — ’cause they’re Democrat-controlled cities — the social justice concerns. They’d much rather talk about what statues are where and things like that. Here’s Rush talking about how, when Trump was in office, discussing Chicago, oh, that was a no-no when it comes to the gun violence or the violence in that city.

RUSH: What are you not supposed to mention? You’re not supposed to go to Chicago, and you’re not supposed to talk about all the murders, 530 murders last year. You’re not supposed to do it. You’re not supposed to mention it. You’re not supposed to talk about the inept Chicago Police Department. You’re not supposed to talk about Chicago as a sanctuary city where they treat criminals in Chicago better than they treat law-abiding citizens.

Trump just called them out on it and he’s getting practically standing ovations for it, in Chicago. He’s standing up for the cops. He’s standing up for the beat cops, the patrol cops, the detectives. He’s standing up for everybody on the street doing their jobs who are handcuffed by bureaucrats who, of course, are obsessed by political correctness.

You’re not supposed to go to a Democrat stronghold like Chicago and you’re not supposed to call ’em out for their incompetence and you’re not supposed to call ’em out for their ineptitude, and you sure as heck are not supposed to talk about all the murders. And you’re not supposed to say that Chicago has some of the most stringent gun control laws in the country, which are not working, you’re not supposed to do that.

Why are you not supposed to talk about the murders in Chicago? Why are you not supposed to talk about the neighborhoods those murders happen in? Why are you not supposed to mention this? Because you’re not supposed to call out the left. You’re not supposed to call out liberals. He is jamming political correctness down their throats. This has been fabulous.

BUCK: And it’s true. You’re not supposed to say these things, as Rush pointed out, Clay. The narrative will focus on whatever is best for the left and the Democrat Party. And so that’s how, even today, that big, above-the-fold story on the “insurrection” instead of what’s actually happening in major cities across the country. You know, AOC, who often gets away with…

I mean, you could even say that her brand is essentially saying incredibly stupid things and getting away with it over and over again; in fact, having many leftists cheer for her. She’s out with the “it’s hysteria to talk about crime in these cities.” That didn’t go over well. The Democrats are realizing this is a liability for their political aspirations of continued control of Congress, and their continued control of the narrative overall.

CLAY: There’s no doubt.