Victor Davis Hanson on the Crisis at the Border, the Liberal Elite's "Abstract Empathy," and What He Loves About America | Ep. 76

The Megyn Kelly Show

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🗓️ 15 March 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Megyn Kelly is joined by Victor Davis Hanson, Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, to talk about the crisis at the border and current immigration policy, the effects of immigration policy on California and throughout the country, President Biden and the potential for a President Harris, the Biden administration agenda so far, the forthcoming Derek Chauvin trial for the killing of George Floyd, the Silicon Valley elite's "abstract empathy," the "progressive imaginarium," what Hanson loves about America and what worries him the most, and more. Follow The Megyn Kelly Show on all social platforms: Twitter: http://Twitter.com/MegynKellyShow Instagram: http://Instagram.com/MegynKellyShow Facebook: http://Facebook.com/MegynKellyShow Find out more information at: https://www.devilmaycaremedia.com/megynkellyshow

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly show your home for open, honest and provocative conversations.
0:07.0	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly. Welcome to the Megan Kelly show. I've been waiting for
0:16.0	today's interview. I've wanted this from the beginning from the launch and we finally
0:19.4	got him. It's Victor Davis Hanson. Good luck finding a bigger brain. He is brilliant
0:26.0	and all you need to do is tee it up and sit back and listen. Right? It made my job very
0:29.9	easy. I have to tell you Victor, he's at the Hoover institution. He's the Martin and
0:35.4	Ely Anderson senior fellow out there. And he's this great combination of citizen farmer
0:43.3	and professor and overall teacher of us all. He's the fifth success of generation in the
0:51.2	same house just to give you a feel for how his life has been. He grew up on a raising
0:55.0	farm. He's an almond farmer now. He's a professor of the classics. Got a BA from the University
1:00.7	of California Santa Cruz back in 75. Went on to the American School of Classical Studies
1:05.5	and Athens, then a PhD in classics from Stanford 1980. Registered independent, those certainly
1:11.4	he sounds conservative. And he's still in California doing his thing and prolific in
1:17.0	his writing of books and his podcast is amazing. You can download. I listen to his podcast
1:21.8	all the time. And if you're even if you're liberal, if you're looking for a smart conservative
1:26.1	view and somebody who's married to facts, you should listen to him. Right? He's a very
1:31.5	smart guy to learn from. I also took expertise in warfare in the classics and so on. So you
1:38.2	should you should check out his podcast, but you should listen to this one because this
1:41.5	is an overview of America 2021 and you're welcome. Stand by.
1:55.6	Victor Davis Hanson, what a pleasure to have you here. Thank you for doing this.
2:01.0	Thank you for having me, Megan. I'm thrilled. So I read everything that you write. I listened
2:06.4	to your podcast. I listened to both of them and I just love what you have to say because
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