ANDREW BAILEY: Amendment 3, Amendment 6, & Federal Crime Grants

Former Missouri Attorney General and former FBI co-deputy director Andrew Bailey joins the program on Election Day morning to assess conservative voter turnout and the statewide ballot. Bailey highlights the critical importance of passing Amendment 3 and defeating Amendment 6, warning that the latter undermines representative governance by barring the Missouri General Assembly from amending citizen-initiated constitutional measures. The conversation turns to national and urban crime trends, where Bailey attributes significant drops in violent crime to interagency law enforcement task forces, southern border enforcement, and cartel designations. Bailey also evaluates a recent $300 million Department of Justice violent crime grant awarded across four major cities, including St. Louis, emphasizing the need for targeted police recruitment, retention, and competitive officer pay across the metropolitan area. The segment wraps with Bailey reflecting on the primary election disconnect between grassroots voters and Jefferson City lawmakers, while addressing speculation regarding his own political future.
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