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Victor Davis Hanson: No Politicking at a Funeral? Not for Obama

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🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Former President Barack Obama has a tendency to turn funeral eulogies into political messages. It’s not just Obama either. The Democrat party as a whole tends to attack President Donald Trump and promote Democratic policy positions whenever there’s an opportunity, explains Victor Davis Hanson in today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “The Democrats have a long history of using the venue of the funeral memorial service to hijack it and use it for political purposes… In 2002, they did that with the late Sen. Paul Wellstone. What should have been a memorial service turned into a four-hour campaign harangue.”(00:00) Funerals as Politics (02:12) McCain Funeral Flashback (03:38) John Lewis and Voting Agenda (05:24) Jesse Jackson and Hypocrisy Claims (09:47) Bigger Picture and Sign Off 👉 The Daily Signal cannot continue to tell stories, like this one, without the support of our viewers: http://dailysignal.com/donate 👉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  Also on Spotify: https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL9753340027  👉Want more VDH? Watch Victor’s weekly, hour-long podcast, “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” now! Subscribe to his YouTube channel, and enable notifications:  https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273?sub_confirmation=1👉More exclusive content is available on Victor’s website: https://victorhanson.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Now, are all the traitors present? Let's get started, shall we? From rags to riches. I'm so sick of this.

0:07.0

Working like a dog and being treated worse. Yorkshire to New York. Poor climbers, you and me.

0:12.4

A life dedicated to revenge. Let's make this an occasion to remember. A woman of substance on Channel 4,

0:19.1

stream now. I'd like to comment recently on the politicking of Barack Obama.

0:24.1

The Democrats have a long history of using the venue of the funeral memorial service

0:29.1

to hijack it and use it for political purposes.

0:32.0

Once again, Barack Obama hijacked a funeral.

0:34.7

It's really disturbing to see this former president who, when he was president,

0:40.0

not only used government, but he also divided the country. In 2002, they did that with the late

0:45.3

Senator Paul Wellstone. What should have been a memorial service turned into a four-hour campaign

0:50.7

harass. It was sort of the same way when Barack Obama went to the funeral of John

0:55.6

McCain. The next occasion came in 2020 for Barack Obama. That was at John Lewis's funeral.

1:01.6

I would drop it there, but he did it again. He just went to the funeral of Jesse Jackson.

1:06.2

All of these speeches at these funnels that Obama presents are basically about himself.

1:21.5

Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. I'd like to comment recently on the politicking of Barack Obama. He's been in the

1:30.8

news recently speaking at the Jesse Jackson funeral. What he did there, I'll get to in a second,

1:40.3

but he has had a habit of talking down to black Americans as if they were

1:48.0

naive, stupid, not lacked his sophistication. You remember most poignantly when he told supporters

1:57.4

of Kamala Harris, don't dare, you don't know what's good for you, don't dare vote for

2:02.4

basically a white racist like Trump when you could empower a black woman. That didn't go over very

2:08.5

well. But he has a long history of that. Before I continue, though, the Democrats have a long

2:14.6

history of using the venue of the funeral memorial service to hijack it and use it for political purposes.

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