VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: No Congress, No Coherence—The Left’s Post-Trump Identity Crisis

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🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Why aren't Democrats offering serious alternatives to Donald Trump's agenda? From trade deficits to foreign policy, Victor Davis Hanson points out that many on the Left once held views that mirrored Trump’s—yet now, they offer little more than resistance for resistance’s sake on today’s episode of “ Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “ I see these people in their late 60s and early 70s, mostly white people, and they seem to have the same signs, the same agenda, and they leave at the same time. … And you were doing that when you were 18, 19, and 20, and you haven’t changed. You’ve learned nothing and forgotten nothing. “ And so, when they wonder why the Harvard/Harris Poll or other polls don’t show Trump dropping … they look for alternatives. And they see nothing but street theater. Maybe they think that’s going to win them the midterms.” 00:00 Introduction: The Democratic Party's Lack of Constructive Criticism 00:09 Performance Art and Street Theater 00:20 A Call for Constructive Alternatives 02:00 Revisiting Past Democratic Leaders' Stances 02:34 Economic Perspectives and Trade Deficits 04:43 The Need for Concrete Proposals 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.8	I've mentioned in other videos that there's been a poverty among the Democratic Party of constructive
0:36.3	criticism, alternate agendas to Donald Trump.
0:39.3	Without power in the Congress or the White House or the Supreme Court,
0:42.3	they've turned to theatrics or performance art, street violence,
0:46.3	haughty-mouthed senators, profanity, trying to disrupt Congress.
0:50.3	My point is, why don't they offer a constructive, I don't know, alternative? There's just Donald Trump's proposal on everybody who's blasting, blasting, blasting them,
0:59.0	and no constructive alternative.
1:01.0	Just give us some concrete counter proposal. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal.
1:19.7	I've mentioned in other videos that there's been a poverty among the Democratic Party
1:25.4	of constructive criticism,
1:29.5	alternate agendas to Donald Trump.
1:35.1	In other words, without power in the Congress or the White House or the Supreme Court,
1:38.5	they've turned to theatrics or performance art,
1:43.8	street violence, the Tesla's, cutting videos with potty-mouth, profanity, trying to disrupt Congress, keen Teslas, threatening people.
1:49.3	There's huge, 1400 protests.
1:51.7	I shouldn't say they're huge.
1:52.7	They were actually quite small.
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