‘Get A Grip’: Victor Davis Hanson Pushes Back On Dems’ Trump Hysteria, Reminds Listeners Of Obama And Biden Pick

Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Victor Davis Hanson criticized the hysteria from Democrats over President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks during a podcast on Friday, reminding listeners of the appointees under the Obama and Biden administrations.

Since Trump began announcing his Cabinet appointees after winning the 2024 presidential election on Nov. 5, Democrats have pushed back against some of his nominations. On “The Victor Davis Hanson Show,” Hanson acknowledged that while some of Trump’s nominees may not have traditional bureaucratic resumes, appointees under former President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden had the credentials but were still ineffective.

“The left is going hysterical, almost all of them, because they’re so non-traditional. So can I just have a little excursus and remind our listeners, who are probably as informed or better informed than I am?” Hanson asked. “But I would like to remind everybody of the Obama and the Biden appointees. They had little letters after their name.”

“They had resumes, but John Brennan the CIA director lied twice under oath. He was spying on Senate staffers of the United States Senate. James Clapper lied under oath, and when he was caught he said I gave the least untruthful answer,” Hanson said. “Anthony Blinken the secretary of state was the architect of the 51 intelligence authorities. Remember them? That lied and lied and said that the laptop was a product of Russian disinformation, and that affected the election.”

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Hanson continued to criticize U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Biden’s National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, highlighting how Sullivan