Victor Davis Hanson: Meet the 'New Confederates' in America’s Blue Cities

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🗓️ 9 October 2025

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Across the country, a new confederacy is rising—built not on states’ rights, but on resistance to federal immigration law. As cities like Portland, Los Angeles, and Chicago openly defy federal immigration laws, Victor Davis Hanson argues we’re seeing the rise of a “neo-Confederate secessionist ideology” where local officials act as if they’re above the law on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “Sometimes it's sponsored or encouraged by the Democratic Party: Gavin Newsom in California, our governor, or Karen Bass, the mayor of Los Angeles, openly calling for resistance, or Gov. Pritzker of Chicago. “What's really disturbing is we're starting to see a new—I would call it—a neo-Confederate successionist ideology in these cities. In these blue cities, the officials who run them, the mayors or the police chiefs, believe they are a law unto themselves. In other words, within the confines of Chicago or within the confines of Portland, they can nullify all federal laws, just in the way that South Carolina said it could on the eve of the Civil War: The Union does not apply to us. We are morally superior.” 👉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) Border Patrol and ICE Efforts (0:42) Neo-Confederate Ideology (2:35) Incidents of Resistance (6:00) Historical Parallels Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There's been a lot of news lately about the efforts of the Border Patrol and the immigration customs enforcement ICE.
0:08.0	I want to remind everybody how that works out in reality.
0:12.0	In many cities, there is organized resistance.
0:15.0	But what's really disturbing is we're starting to see a new, I would call it, a neo-confederate, successionist ideology in these cities.
0:24.1	The officials who run them, the mayors or the police chiefs, believe there are a law onto themselves.
0:30.2	Sometimes it's very violent by Antifa, are encouraged by the Democratic Party in California.
0:36.2	Governor Gavin Newsom or Governor Pritzer of Chicago.
0:40.3	They can nullify all federal laws.
0:42.3	And when we get to that point, we're really on the verge of civil insurrection,
0:46.3	just in the way that South Carolina,Hansson for the Daily Signal.
1:04.4	There's been a lot of news lately about the efforts of the Border Patrol and the immigration customs enforcement ICE, their efforts
1:15.3	to round up illegal aliens, and they are prioritizing two groups, those who have criminal
1:20.8	records and those who have already been processed for deportation and have evaded apprehension. But in many cities, in blue states, or at least
1:32.1	in blue cities, there is organized resistance. Sometimes it's very violent by Antifa. Sometimes it's
1:39.5	sponsored or encouraged by the Democratic Party. Gavin Newsom in California, our governor, or Karen Bass,
1:47.6	a mayor of Los Angeles, openly calling for resistance, our Governor Pritzer of Chicago.
1:54.1	But what's really disturbing is we're starting to see a new, I would call it a neo-confederate,
2:01.5	successionist ideology in these cities.
2:04.4	In these blue cities, the officials who run them, the mayors or the police chiefs,
2:10.2	believe there are a law onto themselves.
2:12.8	In other words, within the confines of Chicago or within the confines of Portland, they can nullify all federal laws
2:20.1	just in the way that South Carolina said it could on the eve of the Civil War.
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