VDH: Democrats Betray Democracy to Stop Trump

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🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Democrats have pushed some of the most brazen political scandals in modern history—from the Russia collusion hoax, to burying the Hunter Biden laptop, to hiding President Biden’s cognitive decline—all in the name of stopping Trump. Victor Davis Hanson exposes how the Left has undermined democracy in the very process of claiming to defend it on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “ The problem, James Carville and Democrats, is that you have sabotaged democracy. And you’ve done things that no one has ever done before to an oppositional candidate, presidential transition, and president. And now you’re furious because you’re on the 40% side of every issue that’s dear to you—from the trans issue to the border issue, to the crime issue, to the Green New Deal issue, to foreign policy. And you have no political power. You don’t have the White House, you don’t have the Congress, you don’t have the Supreme Court. And your institutional power—the media, academia, the foundation—they are under assault.” 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1 👉If you can’t get enough of Victor Davis Hanson from The Daily Signal, subscribe to his official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273 👉He’s also the host of “The Victor Davis Hanson Show,” available wherever you prefer to watch or listen. Links to the show and exclusive content are available on his website: https://victorhanson.com (0:00) The New Narrative (0:22) The ‘Tougher’ Mantra (1:25) Gerrymandering and Redistricting (3:01) The Three Great Scandals (4:54) Unprecedented Actions Against Trump (6:15) Democratic Frustration and False Narratives (8:09) Conclusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.7	The Democrats have a new narrative the left in general does. There are saving democracy from
0:35.5	Donald Trump.
0:44.7	That justifies almost any means necessary to achieve the end of destroying or preventing Donald Trump from governing effectively.
0:47.2	The problem with all of this is they are destroying democracy to destroy Donald Trump.
0:52.2	James Carville said that they have to get tougher. That's the new
0:55.5	man. We've got to get tougher, got to get meaner. Hikim Jeffries picks up his baseball bat.
0:59.9	Corey Booker screams and yells and throws a fit about every three weeks in the Senate. But you can see
1:04.9	the anger. And now the new idea is that they haven't been tough enough. In fact, the opposite is true
1:10.1	everybody. You have been
1:11.1	the most vicious and the most abject subverters of democracy, all for the short-term gain of
1:17.2	destroying Donald Trump.
1:32.1	Hello, this is Victor Davis-Hanson for the Daily Signal.
1:39.3	The Democrats have a new narrative the left in general does, that there are saving democracy from Donald Trump.
1:46.3	And that justifies almost any means necessary to achieve the end of destroying or preventing Donald Trump from governing effectively.
1:49.3	The problem with all of this is they are destroying democracy to destroy Donald Trump.
1:54.7	What do I mean?
1:55.4	One of the issues that they are agitating is the redistricting of congressional districts. And Texas, in California now,
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