Victor Davis Hanson: Democrats Want to Distract You From This Before Midterms

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🗓️ 2 December 2025

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It’s common knowledge that good performance in midterm elections hinges on one key issue: the economy. The Left knows this, and it knows that Trump’s economy is not only doing better than last year at this time during the Biden administration, but it’s doing better than any time in history. Victor Davis Hanson explains the strategy behind the Democrats’ attempt to distract Americans from booming growth before the 2026 midterms on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.” “The economy is going to boom in 2026 and the Left knows that. So, what is their strategy? Don't talk about the Trump economy. And we've seen what? Go after Tesla. Firebomb Tesla dealerships. Drive Tesla off, automobiles off the road because Elon Musk was the prince of darkness and he was involved in DOGE. Demonize DOGE. Go after ICE. Have street theater. Have riots. Call them Gestapo. Say they're worse than Hitler. Go after the National Guard that has cleaned up Washington, D.C. Encourage massive resistance. Call it illegal. Shut down the government.” 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest short 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 👉Want more VDH? Watch Victor’s weekly, hour-long podcast, “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” now! Subscribe to his YouTube channel, and enabling notifications: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273?sub_confirmation=1⁠ 👉More exclusive content is available on Victor’s website: ⁠https://victorhanson.com⁠ 👉The Daily Signal cannot continue to tell stories, like this one, without the support of our viewers: ⁠https://secured.dailysignal.com/⁠ (0:00) Introduction and Overview (0:12) Economic Outlook for 2026 (1:40) Strategies of the Left (2:57) Disruptive Tactics and Epstein Files (4:56) Focus on the Economy (5:28) Conclusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Victor Davis Hansen for the Daily Signal.
0:11.8	The November 2006 elections will be determined fairly or not, largely on the status
0:18.2	of the economy.
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1:15.9	even if that's maybe only half of what's promised, but that's an enormous amount,
1:20.1	seven or eight times more than Biden received in his last year of office.
1:24.9	You add all of that up in economy right now that is doing well and Black
1:30.5	Friday following Thanksgiving had almost $11 billion in online sales. That was a record,
1:36.8	not just better than last year at this time under the Biden administration, but better than
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