Victor Davis Hanson on Democratic Opposition to Honoring Charlie Kirk

Bipartisan Resolution Contrast

• 🏛️ The House of Representatives recently passed a resolution honoring the late Charlie Kirk, but unlike a previous unanimous resolution commemorating a shooting victim, this one saw significant Democratic opposition.
• ❌ 118 Democratic members either voted no, voted present, or abstained, indicating a lack of bipartisanship where it was previously present.

Reasons for Democratic Opposition

• 🗣️ Representatives like Ilhan Omar, AOC, and Jasmine Crockett cited reasons such as labeling Kirk a "racist," though the speaker suggests these claims are inaccurate and unsubstantiated.
• 🧠 Victor Davis Hanson posits that Democrats are angry because Kirk successfully channeled the rebelliousness of youth against what he termed "baby boomer leftists" and establishment figures.
• 🎯 Kirk also targeted "racialists" and "tribalists" who, according to Hanson, self-identify by skin color, a characteristic he associates with the opposing representatives.

Broader Political Climate and Violence

• ⚠️ The refusal to honor Kirk is contextualized within a period of increased political violence and harsh rhetoric, including the assassinations of a health executive and a state legislature speaker, and threats from political figures.
• 📈 Hanson questions whether the left's embrace of violence and ideological purity is a top-down phenomenon originating from political leaders or a bottom-up movement from groups like BLM and Antifa.
• 🔥 Regardless of the origin, Hanson concludes that something is fundamentally wrong with the left, as they have embraced and justified violence, believing their moral superiority permits any means necessary.