citizenship and the ideals associated with it are disappearing. >> host: well, it was in 2004 that victor davis hanson was first on this program. since that time he's written an additional seven books, so we invited him back to speak about those. his most recent book is called "the dying citizen," and, dr. hanson, in this book you write that, quote, history is not static. civilizations experience descents, detours and regressions and abrupt implosion. can you give us a sense of how you view our current situation? historically? >> guest: well, yeah. a lot of barometers or maybe indices of what makes a civilization successful i'm very worried about because they're all predicated -- i guess i would clarify that by saying constitutional governments, sizable middle class. it has to be larger in aggregate than the wealthy and the poor combined. and we're starting to see, we've seen for 12 years until 2017 a steady erosion in the income, 1.7 trillion in student department largely accrued by the middle class, the age of home ownership falling, the age of marriage, age when people get married lengthening, firs

so this is in the democratic party that a lot of us knew. >> host: victor davis hanson's most recent book is called "the dying citizen of progressive deletes tribalism and globalization are destroying the ideas of america." doctor hanson, thank you for re- joining us on "in depth" on it e disappearing. >> host: well, it was in 2004 that victor davis hanson was first on this program. since that time he's written an additional seven books, so we invited him back to speak

so that's what i mean by culturally, i suppose. >> host: and victor davis >> host: and victor davis hanson is joining us from his farm in zell mark california -- selma, california, which is where and tell us about the area. >> guest: well, it's almost the geographical center of california. i'm about 180 miles from san francisco and 180 miles from los angeles. the closest town is fresno which is about a million people now, greater fresno. it's about 18 miles away, and then i'm -- my town that the i identify as selma used to be the 6,000, it's the about 25,000. it was, fresno county is the rich arest agricultural county in the united states, and i wrote about that in fields without dreams my last talk with you guys in the '90s. but during globalization project, farms had to be vertically integrated to survive. and because so much of s it was now export and imported find coming in, and so -- food coming in, and so to be efficient in the global sense, you needed a scale, large scale economy. and that meant you had to be the integrated with at least a thousand but preferly 2-3,000 acres and int

so this is in the democratic party that a lot of us knew. >> host: victor davis hanson's most recent book is called "the dying citizen of progressive deletes tribalism and globalization are destroying the ideas of america." doctor hanson, thank you for re- joining us on "in depth" on the programs anytime a booktv.org. >> it's an honor to welcome everybody to the 72nd national book award. i'm coming in life from the random house building.

. >> sunday, on in-depth, historian and conservative commentator victor davis hanson joins us live to talk about war, politics, and citizenship in the united states. his book titled include the father of us all, the case for trump. and latest the dying citizen. in which he says the idea of american citizenship and the ideals associated with it are disappearing. join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets for victor davis hanson, sunday at noon eastern on in-depth on book tv. before the program, visit c-spanshop.org to get your copies of his books. ♪ >> fcc nominee gigi sohn and others testified at a confirmation hearing. the nominees took several questions on the infrastructure bill and its impact on broadband service around the country.

victor davis hanson we have him joining us tonight to assess.n they are cracking down again on the covid stuff. why? >> well, it was too serious of a crisis to go to waste for the left. joe biden said he was the president dr. fauci, he is more like a monarch. he has legislative, judicial and executive power all in one. fauci is mad and so is biden. they feel they were not treated right but they didn't treat the american people right. dr. fauci could not talk about the damage the lockdowns were inflicting. he could not say natural immunity from prior infections might be as effective as the vaccines. florida and texas and new york and california, let's look at them. he could not do that. when he got to the vaccinations, he jumped the chart. he remember they weaponized that issue with kamala harris and joe biden on the left saying they want nothing to do with it if donald trump's fingerprints were on and then came parentage of it. joe biden said no one was vaccined until i came even though 17 million were. we have a ridiculous situation. we have 4.

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recently author historian victor davis hanson joined booktv for our monthly call in program.me on to talk about american political history and his many books. in case you missed it, here is a bit of that program. >> today that you cancel somebody else because you don't agree or you tear down the statues with a city council or rename things without consistency. we are washing away people and ideas and things. where the constitutional means or we are suspending free speech or the due process on campus so this isn't the democratic party we knew. >> host: author and historian victor davis hanson on booktv's in-depth program. a reminder that in-depth is live the first sunday every month at noon we invite a prominent author to talk about his or her body of work and to take your phone calls. in january another historian will be the guest and he will talk about the intellectual history in the united states reconstruction era, abraham lincoln, robert e lee et cetera and he will be taking your calls as well. in february, georgetown university will be our guest. finally, here on about b

recently author historian victor davis hanson joined booktv for our monthly call in program. he came on to talk about american political history and his many books. in case you missed it, here is a bit of that program. >> today that you cancel somebody else because you don't agree or you tear down the statues with a city council or rename things without consistency. we are washing away people and ideas and things. where the constitutional means or we are suspending free speech or the due process on campus so this isn't the democratic party we knew. >> host: author and historian victor davis hanson on booktv's in-depth program. a reminder that in-depth is live the first sunday every month at noon we invite a prominent author to talk about his or her body of work and to take your phone calls. in january another historian will be the guest and he will talk about the intellectual history in the united states reconstruction era, abraham lincoln, robert e lee et cetera and he will be taking your calls as well. in february, georgetown university will be our guest. finally, here on a

recently author historian victor davis hanson joined booktv for our monthly call in program. he came on to talk about american political history and his many books. in case you missed it, here is a bit of that program. >> today that you cancel somebody else because you don't agree or you tear down the statues with a city council or rename things without consistency. we are washing away people and ideas and things. where the constitutional means or we are suspending free speech or the due process on campus so this isn't the democratic party we knew. >> host: author and historian victor davis hanson on booktv's in-depth program. a reminder that in-depth is live the first sunday every month at noon we invite a prominent author to talk about his or her body of work and to take your phone calls. in january another historian will be the guest and he will talk about the intellectual history in the united states reconstruction era, abraham lincoln, robert e lee et cetera and he will be taking your calls as well. in february, georgetown university will be our guest. finally, here on a

victor davis hanson joins us for a look back on this last year.ve and i live in austin, texas. i work as a personal assistant to the owner of a large manufacturing firm. i've got anywhere from 10 to 50 projects going at any given time. i absolutely have to be sharp. let me tell ya, i was struggling with my memory. it was going downhill. my friend recommended that i try prevagen and over time, it made a very significant difference in my memory and in my cognitive ability. i started to feel a much better sense of well-being. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. ♪ ♪ >> jason: 2021 brought us a free britney, a space for billionaires, and it turned laura and raymond into tiktok stars, but it also brought us completely unhinged and discredited media. if we had listened to them instead of doing our own research and questioning those in charge, things would be really different. here's just a few examples of what they tried to get us to believe this year. >> critical race theory. it's a bogeyman. it's not even taught in most k-12 schools. >> january 6th

and so this isn't the democratic party that a lot of this new. >> was author and historian victor davis hanson on indent program and i'm reminded that jeff is live personally and we invite one prominent author on to talk about his or her body of work, it is take your phone calls in january, another historian will be our guest, and he will talk about the earliest intellectual history of the united states civil war, three construction area, abraham lincoln, robert e. lee, etc. and he'll be taking your calls as well and in february, torsion university, will be our guest cheryl and finally here on about, here's a look at the best-selling nonfiction books, according to the los angeles times. topping the list isrt pulitzer prize winning reporter and creator of the 16th 19 project, i look at american and slavery and his legacy and followed by these precious days question of essays a novelist and after that, musician memoir, the storyteller and wrapping up our look at the los angeles times best-selling nonfiction books, two more memoirs, carnies, and stanley - my life with who and look at this week's

. ♪♪ >> sunday on in-depth, historian and conservative commentator victor davis hanson joins us liveut war, politics and citizenship in the united states. the public about how, the case for trump at his latest, the dying citizen. the idea of american citizenship, i guess associated with it are disappearing. joining with your phone calls, facebook, sematech sent tweets victor davis hanson sunday noon eastern on in-depth book tv before the program from a physics c-span shop work to get your copies of his books. >> fcc nominee and others testified at her confirmation hearing before the senate commerce committee. they took several questions on the infrastructure bill impact on broadband service around the country.

victor davis hanson, thank you very much. >> thank you.it into perspective. >> will: south africa is reporting lower hospitalizations with the omicron variant. is there something we can learn with how they handled it? that's next. ♪ ♪n >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> will: let's be real. all of the data on the omicron variant is the most mild variant today. in south africa risk of hospitalization was 80% less than other variants. dr. marc siegel says we should follow their example and how they handled omicron and joins us now. always enjoy speaking with you. what should we learn from south africa? >> we should learn what transparency and science is like. we hear about science here but see politics.ha science they said this is a ticking time bomb. then came out in november and said we have a new variant and it's milder. it's leading to much less hospitalizations. i interviewed the doctor who is a shining example of what science means. listen to this: i talked to her about why it's mild. she said vaccines are helping and priorng immunities from othr variants.

. >> will: victor davis hanson joins us live. i see your smile. i spoke to you a week ago.ed about the verbal ticks that take over the human mind want the mind of the left. now insurrection is the most frequent and recent mental tick. >> yes. if saying "let's go brandon" is insurrection, what would be a cnn contributor holding up donald's decapitated head? what was night after night in central park having a look alike donald trump as caesar being stabbed to death and hillary clinton said the president was not legitimate and urged joe biden not to concede under any circumstance? what was the obama pentagon lawyer writing we should consider removing trump by the 25th amendment, impeachment or a military coup? a military coup was on the minds of a lot of retired generals. two wrote letters and other said that trump should leave the sooner the better. we know what it's really about. donald trump has been beaten to death. so has january 6th. they are afraid of democracy and afraid the people will speak. a month ago we would talk about the theme democracy is broken in 2022 and th

. ♪ >> sunday on in-depth, historian and conservative commentator victor davis hanson joins us to talkut war, politics and citizenship in the united states. his book titles include "the father of us all," "the case for trump," and "the dying citizen." join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets. before the program, visit c-span shop.org to get your copies of his books. ♪ >> yesterday was world aids day. president biden announced his administration's strategy to end the hiv epidemic in the united states.

joining me now is victor davis hanson hoover institution senior fellow and author of dying citizen.s what democrats consider a successful year we are in for a wild ride in 2022 but looking back we're in year 2 of the covid year. i don't think i've ever seen the government use this spirit to reshape our society, look at the role government has played shutting down businesses denying people the ability to go to church, we've seen societal division as well, the blaming of the unvaccinated. what do you think the damage is long-term from what we've seen over the last couple years for all this? >> it is considerable because i don't think it is going to cease. we recite the economies of disasters from afghanistan to the border, inflation but people who and acted them are ideologues, they would rather see their agendas and accident fails and they would go corrective for the offices of the antithesis so they are going to go full speed ahead. you have to be insane to think that you can ask for million federal workers or soldiers many of them who have had covid and have natural immunity that t

jason: victor davis hanson, hoover institution senior fellow and author of dying citizen.ow said it, it must be true. if you've gotten vaccinated, no chance. it stops right there. >> don't want to be too cynical but i don't think the media exists as we once knew it, with the left-wing movement of the democratic party, that is why trump is not been office more than 80 days and harvard said 93% of the coverage was biased against him. we had prominent journalists, christian on board, joe rittenhouse who said they couldn't be disinterested because of the trump phenomenon. if you believe the media then we heard andrew cuomo was a professional and gifted governor, quote as a professional journalist. there was no relation between the one on level 4 b origins of covid, the chinese were sober and judicious in the way they handled the outbreak. we were told in waukesha there was an autopilot suv that killed six people and injured 62 but didn't know much about the driver, we were told the rittenhouse trial was white violence, simply about race and i could go on. they don't file have

conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, tax and tweets for victor davis -- texts and tweets for victor davis hanson shop.org to get your copies of victor davis hanson's books. >> "washington journal" continues. host: suzanne bonamici joins us. thank you for giving us your time this morning. guest: glad to be with you. good morning. host: with the build back better act in the senate and maybe undergoing changes, how much of those changes do you think would impact the climate provisions within it? guest: i hope we can keep the strong provisions of the build back better act. as a member of the committee on science and technology and as a member of the select committee on climate crisis i have been listening for a long time to scientists. we know it is with us now. we need to listen to the red alert the scientists are telling us. i'm hopeful the provisions stay in the senate bill. people are feeling the effects of climate change across the country. host: our previous guest talked about fossil fuels. as of now the main force for america's energy needs. what would you say about the alternatives that can

victor davis hanson is here on that, you're not going to want to miss it. we also have a special appearance by laura, stay tuned for that as well. but first, it's truly been a long year of constantly changing restrictions, new mandates and of course hypocrisy from democrat leaders. >> president biden: if you've been fully vaccinated, you know longer need to wear a mask. >> it is important for everyone, regardless of vaccination status to wear a mask. >> we are implementing the strongest vaccine mandate in the country. >> i'm leaving my mask down while i'm enjoying my food. i'm not putting it on and taking it off, putting it on. the fact that this is even a story is sad. >> lisa: let's not forget the year of deception after we were promised this promised this. >> president biden: i'm not going to shutdown the economy. i'm not going to shutdown the country, but i'm going to shut down the virus. >> lisa: but instead we got this. of >> president biden: there is no federal solution. this gets solved state-level. >> lisa: and of course this gem. >> president bide

historian and conservative commentator victor davis hanson will be our guest. join our to our conversation as he talks about his books and thoughts on war, politics and citizenship in the united states. at 10:00, former georgia republican congresswoman doug collins reflect on the events leading up to the first of each minute former president donald trump in his book the clock and the calendar, a front roll look at the democrats's obsession with donald trump. watch book tv every sunday on c-span two. watch online anytime it book tv.org. >> download c-span's new mobile app and stay up-to-date with live video coverage of the day's biggest political events from live streams of the house and senate floor and key congressional hearings to white house events and supreme court oral arguments. cer live morning interactive program washington journal. c-span now has you covered. download the app for free today. >> white house press secretary jen sakae says

let's bring in victor davis hanson from the hoover institute. let's start with this. surge is clearly a national scale, nationwide. take a look at this map. 12 cities where homicides were hitting record numbers this year coast to coast. rural areas, cities. it's happening everywhere. where is the federal government in this? where is the department of justice, for example? >> well, they're under the influence of the summer of 2020 when we have the 120 days of looting, arson, assault, murder. $2 billion in property damage. it's not justified by understandable. chris cuomo said since when is riot or protests been peaceful? so there was this sense that we have redefined crime in the heart of the inequity or lack of equity in the justice system, et cetera, et cetera. yes, all of these people were staunch defunders of the police and our political system on the left. joe biden -- they're being inexact because joe biden was not a forceful critic of defunding the police. he wanted it both ways in the campaign of 2020. the left has been sort of -- their trademark is not to be s

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today were alive with author and historian victor davis hanson. he'll answer your questions on war, politics and citizenship in the united states. beginning at noon eastern. today on our interview program "after words" former republican congressman doug collins of georgia reflects on the events leading up to the first impeachment of donald trump. you can find a full schedule on author programs airing today in your program guide or by visiting booktv.org. starting now the cia officer douglas london provides an inside look on how he recruited foreign service agents prior and after the september 11, 2001 terrorist attack. >> welcome to the institute event. my name is charles lister and i direct the program on counterterrorism. today's event marks the release of an excellent new book of nonresident colleague a retired decorated 34 year veteran of an intelligence agency and distant service. his experience is the intelligent community leader created effective positions and multiple field assignments as cia chief of station and director of national intel

. ♪♪ >> sunday on in-depth, historian and conservative commentator victor davis hanson joins us to talkpolitics and citizenship in the united states. book titles include the father of us all, the case for trump and his latest the dying citizen in which he says the idea of american citizenship and ideals associated with our disappearing. join in with facebook comments from architects and tweets sunday noon eastern on in-depth on book tv. visit cspanshop.org to get your copies of his books. ♪♪ >> how exactly did america get up? >> we are striving to provide equal opportunity for all students. >> documentary competition 2022. students across the country are giving us behind the scenes look as they work on their entries using # student can. if you are a middle or high school student, joined by entering c-span student camp competition created a five to six documentary. how does the federal government impact your life? >> express your you no matter how large or small think the audience was to see but to be. the greatest country in the history of the earth, your youth does matter. >> remember

. >> host: author and historian victor davis hanson on booktv's in-depth program. a reminder that in-depth is live the first sunday every month at noon we invite a prominent author to talk about his or her body of work and to take your phone calls. in january another historian will be the guest and he will talk about the intellectual history in the united states reconstruction era, abraham lincoln, robert e lee et cetera and he will be taking your calls as well. in february, georgetown university will be our guest. finally, here on about books, here's a look at the best-selling nonfiction books according to the los angeles times. topping the list is pulitzer prize winning reporter and creator of the 1619 project, a look at american history and slavery and its legacy. that's followed by these precious days a collection of essays by novelist. after that, musician dave grohl the storyteller and the best-selling nonfiction books are two more memoirs, paul mccartney the lyrics and stanley, wife through food. that's the latest nonfiction books. thanks for joining us on a

joining me, victor davis hanson. victor, lives if you like them drums of war are being beaten once again? >> yeah. i think we are forgetting the lessons of dealing with booted in the last 20 years. it was pretty simple. whether it was the soviet union or russia, we always have this, everybody agreed on this policy that neither russia nor china would be friendlier to one another than they were to us so we would balance one against the other. the russian collusion hoax, the that destroyed that tactic. we had the idea that you don't gratuitously insult putin. you don't say, is joe biden, that i looked in his eyes and he has no soul. and yet we saw in the obama administration. biden and obama said tell vladimir to ease up and then they dismantled missile defense and there was a reset and what do we get for all that? the invasion of crimea and eastern ukraine. when donald trump came in, he didn't attack gratuitously biden by name or say he is a killer, as biden has called him. but what did he do? he killed 200 mercenaries

course is beside the 40th anniversary and please feel free to take a magazine, is the launch of victor davis hanson's important new book the dying citizen. the publisher which to my great sorrow but is another lesser publisher, so they lucked out with this one. this might be the most important books and you know he's written a strange. victor has written what i think is going to be one of the good books of the year if not one of the books of this new decade, so please feel free i also want to do some thank youse. there are several people in this room who support the new criterion wouldn't exist but i want to single out to help make the evening possible i'm delighted i think we are going to be joined at any moment by megyn kelly who will do the interview. she certainly will introduce an element of candor that is foreign to the halls of any institution whose activities take place under the name but we are delighted that she could do this. the copy that isn't signed the second thing is i expect this interview to be an entirely illuminating but it's conceivable that it will be so illuminating that there

at noon eastern, live an in-depth, historian and conservative commentator victor davis hanson will be guest. join our to our conversation as he talks about his books and thought on war, politics and citizenship in the united states. at 10:00, former georgia republican congressman doug collins reflects on the events leading up to the first impeachment of former president donald trump in his book the clock and the calendar, a front row look at the democrat seco obsession with donald trump. he is interviewed by ken buck. watch book tv every sunday on c-span2. watch online anytime at book tv.org. >> the house returns tuesday at 2:00 eastern as they take up legislation later in the week to raise the nation seco debt ceiling to avoid a default. numbers will also debate a bill to prevent abusive residential power and prevent foreign influence in elections. the senate is back monday at 3:00. the they vote next week to approve several executive nominations. senators may also consider the president's climate and social spending plan. watch live coverage of the house on c-span, the sign on c-spa

at noon eastern, live on in-depth, historian victor davis hanson will be our guest. our conversation as we talk about his books and talk on war, politics and citizenship in the united states. republics can congressman -- republican congressman collins in his book the clock in the colander -- the clock and the calendar. then ken buck, watch book tv every sunday on c-span two and find the full schedule on the program guide or watch online anytime at book tv.org. >> up next, white house covid-19 response team officials will debriefing on the administration's efforts to combat the pandemic. dr. fauci gives an update on that new omicron variant. >> good afternoon and thanks for joining us. today we will focus on the omicron variant rate we will start with doctors found she and will let she -- will aki -- before i turned over to dr. fauci dr. fauci, i want to underscore what the president said yesterday. this new variance is a cause for concern, but not panic. be

victor davis hanson is here on that, you're not going to want to miss it.special appearance by laura, stay tuned for that as well.

here is kayleigh mcenany and victor davis hanson reporting on turmoil in the white house. >> it is notstaff or to leave, you need a team that is rolling forward for the american people. i hate to see this happening for biden like it did for trump but it does indicate something going on here. talking the politico playbook, a lot of the staffers feel left out and marginalized. >> then there is covid. they were stable and improving when trump left office and biden unwisely said they are terrible and i'm going to change things. he didn't just leave them alone and backed off a former policies that were working. benjamin: that politico playbook goes on to say the staff in the white house lining up there in for the year one anniversary looking for other jobs. one of them said it is hypocritical the president who built his brand on empathy has policies that fly in the face of that. we are learning more from inside the white house. it doesn't sound good and think back to kamala harris's departure. her comms director and a couple others, not good news out of the white house. >> reporter: it is n

. >>> sunday on in depth, historian and conservative commentator victor davis hanson joins us live to talk about war, politics, and citizenship in the united states. his book titles include the father of us all, the case for trump, and his latest, the dying citizen. in which he says the idea of american citizenship and the ideals associated with it are disappearing. join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets for victor davis hanson, sunday at noon eastern on in depth on book tv. and before the program, visit c-spanshop.org to get your copies of his books. >> at least six presidents recorded conversations while in office. hear many of those conversations on c-span's new podcast, presidential recordings. >> season one focuses on lyndon johnson. you'll hear about the 1964 civil rights act, the 1964 presidential campaign, the gulf of tonkin incident, the march on selma, and the war in vietnam. not everyone knew they were being recorded. >> certainly, johnson's secretaries knew because they were tasked with transkrieping many of those conversations

todd: victor davis hanson, we appreciate your time on the day after christmas.ty job start micro is asking why sony americans are taking out those loans in the first place. we will talk about the good high paying jobs that do not require a degree with larry kudlow he's a still ahead. ♪♪ i'm james corden and i'm here to tell people that ww is getting even more personal. keep on shopping. ignore us. i've lost, like, 28 pounds. you look great! wow. i love that my clothes fit better. but i just love ice cream a little bit more than that. the new ww personalpoints program is particular to you. so what kind of foods do you like? avocado. ice cream. sandwiches. no food is off limits. when can i start? join today for 50% off at ww.com. hurry, offer ends december 27th. and >> for shortages in so many of these essential industries-- look, it's mind boggling. i have never seen it this crazy. 11 million open positions, most of which don't require a four-year degree and here we are telling kids the same old thing over and over, without your degree you are screwed. will: mike

louisiana congressman jim banks, republican study committee chairman and victor davis hanson, seniorlow, good to see you tonight. your reaction to big news in the last 24 hours the president biden and nancy pelosi are both going to be holding on. >> if you think about this has been a pretty lucrative career for nancy pelosi, she was worth $3 million when she started out in congress, today she is worth $200 million so why not keep doing it. it is awfully lucrative but effective matters nancy pelosi is older than michael brown. joe biden is the same age as my grandma. i don't believe my grandma is capable of leading this country, not capable of filing my taxes but if that is the future of the democratic party it tells you everything you need to know about where they want to drive this country. a very wise businessman in my district tells me they shouldn't put 80-year-old people in a position to make 20, 40, 50 year decisions for the business or for our country and that is what the democrats are trying to do. >> speaking of grandmothers. here was hillary yesterday. >> the republican par

course is beside the 40th anniversary and please feel free to take a magazine, is the launch of victor davis hanson's important new book the dying citizen. the publisher which to my great sorrow but is another lesser publisher, so they lucked out with this one. this might be the most important books and you know he's written a strange. victor has written what i think is going to be one of the good books of the year if not one of the books of this new decade, so please feel free i also want to do some thank youse. there are several people in this room who support the new criterion wouldn't exist but i want to single out to help make the evening possible i'm delighted i think we are going to be joined at any moment by megyn kelly who will do the interview. she certainly will introduce an element of candor that is foreign to the halls of any institution whose activities take place under the name but we are delighted that she could do this. the copy that isn't signed the second thing is i expect this interview to be an entirely illuminating but it's conceivable that it will be so illuminating that there

joining me is victor davis hanson, senior fellow at the institution and kurt selector, senior columnisttownhall.com. i want to start with you, it is dramatic to say the least, what these people are saying happen after the 2024 election. >> put it in context, this follows two weeks of democratic talking points the 2022, 2024 may see the end of democracy, they are not worried democracy is not working. they are worried it is working too well and they've lost the confidence of the american people and there will be a big push back in both those years in the congress and the presidency so they are preempting, that's one thing at least weekly generals are very ironic because donald trump was not president more than 11 days and we had an influential obama legal counsel right in foreign-policy there are three ways to get rid of this new president and one of them would be considered was a military coup. we have two distinguished retired officers, lieutenant colonel, who a letter urging millie to remove trump if there was a contested election. we had people like president biden bragging that the f

joining me now is victor davis hanson, senior fellow at the hoover institution, and kurt schlichter groupnior columnist at townhall.com. thank you so much for joining us tonight. victor, when to start with you, because it is dramatic, and to say the least, avoid these people are saying what happened after the 2024 election. >> we have to put it in the context, jason, this follows two weeks of democratic talking points that 2022 or 2024 they see the end of democracy. and they are not worried that democracy is not working, but they are worried it is working too well and they have lost the confidence of the american people and there is going be a big push back in both of those years in congress and the presidency. so they are preempting. that is one thing. these three generals are very ironic least donald trump was not president more than 11 days and we had an influential obama legal counsel write in foreign policy that there were three ways to get rid of the new president and one of them should be considered as a military coup. we had two distinguish retired officers, a colonel and lieutena

victor davis hanson is a seniort fellow at the hoover institution and he joins us now.we watching the machinery of the democratic party, even biden's team, the media, warm the country up to getting use to biden not being there, kind of already in the process of putting him out to pasture? >> yeah, it sure seems like it, jesse. i think what they did and realizes they thought they could run the country the way they ran a campaign, with a virtual candidate in the basement, and covid would hide that, and then when he was elected, they thought, well, he will be a virtual president like he was aa virtual candidate, but they are not the same, a candidate at a president, and now we are in the 11th month and everybody knows it. the question is, what are they going to do about it? they are in an existential dilemma because all these issues that you talk about that are polling even lower than biden himself, about 38%-39%, and they're only three or four of them that people are really worried about, one his crime, and it is seeping into the upscale neighborhoods. and then there is t

here to respond to him victor davis hanson, senior feller don mike fellow of hoover institution thank you so much for being here. when you look at the about-face that's not really an about-face, but it turns out that they are responsible for some voters, what you make of this? >> if i were to paraphrase reverend jeremiah, the woke chickens have come to roost. never in my time have we seen the rhetoric so it odds with reality. remember what the rhetoric was, coming from general milley, cnn, the left in general. the dangerous profile in america was a white angry male. right wing people, people that were vigilantes. if but they are not appearing in the news as committing any of the crimes. the kenosha waukesha dichotomy was the metaphor for the whole thing. we had a case of self-defense that had nothing to do with race, it was white on white violence, and the media turned it into race and then we have something that clearly may have been involved with race when we had mr. brooks with a history of anti-semitic and anti-whites expression and media then he kills six people and injured 62. a

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