
Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Victor Davis Hanson told SiriusXMās Megyn Kelly on Friday that Democrats remain on the āwrong sideā of every issue and, despite their attacks on President Donald Trump, there is no one left to āsabotageā him.
Since Trumpās November victory, Democrats have struggled to unify around a clear message to voters ahead of the midterm elections. On āThe Megyn Kelly Show,ā Hanson criticized his home state of California for its preparations for the Olympics, adding that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom ābent the kneeā for Trumpās federal money when meeting over the disastrous fires, despite the state lawmakers approving millions in a lawsuit against Trump and for immigrant aid.
āHere in California, weāve got about a $100 billion bill minimum to get Los Angeles ready for the Olympics, and theyāre going to need a massive infusion of federal money. You can see Gavin Newsom, he bent the knee almost immediately when he saw Trump. They understand that Trump doesnāt have to make a big deal of it,ā Hanson said.Ā āHe just has to say, āIf Iām going to give you this federal money, Iām going to send Rick Grinnell out, and heās going to watch over it,āā Hanson said.
āHeās got public support. Thereās such a backlash right now about the DEI and what happened in Los Angeles,ā Hanson added. āI donāt want to prejudge what happened at Reagan Airport, but thereās enough information to suggest that there was non-meritocratic hiring in the FAA. Theyāre on the wrong side of every one of these issues. Now people are starting to get really angry about it.ā
During her campaign against Trump in 2024, Vice President Kamala Harris was warned by pundits about her lack of connection with voters, with polls consistently showing that the top concerns for voters were the economy, immigration, and inflation. Despite these worries, Harris struggled to explain her economic plans should she win and instead appeared to highlight policies like small business loans based on race.
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Hanson went on to say that Democrats had once been āvery confidentā in attacking Trump, noting that they believed āthey could infiltrate the administrative state.ā However, he added, they are no longer able to do so.
āTrump got wise, and he said, āYou know what? Iām not going to have any of them. Iām going to have people that are more MAGA than I am, and Iām going to turn them loose.ā They canāt handle that,ā Hanson said. āTheyāre looking for some interior person. Maybe the secretary of State, maybe the secretary of Defense can sabotage it like we used to do. But thereās no one there.ā
āSo they donāt have any power now. Iāve never seen such asymmetry. Theyāre just getting angrier, because theyāre used to being coddled. Theyāre losing the media now. They donāt know what to do with your podcast, Joe Roganās,ā Hanson said. āThey have no idea how to compete with that. Theyāre losing lawsuits for the first time, big lawsuits. Itās like that whole revolution is now meeting a counter revolution, cultural, social, economic, political.ā
Polls show that the majority of Americans agree on issues such as not allowing biological males in womenās sports and supporting a federal ban on sex-change procedures, including puberty blockers and gender reassignment surgeries for minors ā issues that Democrats have strongly opposed.
In an attempt to unite on Feb. 2, Democratic National Committee (DNC) members gathered to finalize their selection of the new DNC chair, choosing Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chairman Ken Martin. After his win, Martin told The New York Times that the partyās main problem isnāt the policies themselves but rather a āmessagingā and ābrand problem.ā
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