Overview

• On Chris Jansing Reports, former Ohio governor and MSNBC contributor John Kasich argued that urban violence is not manufactured and said people are at risk.
• Kasich pointed to personal experiences in Chicago and Baltimore to claim some neighborhoods feel unsafe.
• He said any federal involvement should have a narrowly defined mission and clearly articulated legal authority.
• MSNBC analyst Basil Smilke countered that high rents and strong demand for city living contradict crisis narratives and highlighted resident–police partnerships and nonprofit violence interrupter programs.
• Smilke criticized the president’s described approach as deploying heavily armed officers in largely Black-led cities, and no new federal policy or deployment was reported.