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The Ben Shapiro Show

Victor Davis Hanson | The Ben Shapiro Show Sunday Special Ep. 106

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

News, News Commentary

4.4152.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In the wake of the 2020 election, many Americans are left searching for answers, and for any kind of sign as to what the future holds. Our guest today will hopefully be able to bring some insights to the questions that loom over us all. Dr. Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, pundit, renowned classicist and military historian, has studied enough history to have some ideas of what might come next. Where will the Republican party go from here, and what could the next four years look like for conservatives with the strong likelihood of an incoming Biden administration? Professor Hanson and I discuss all this and more. Hear our bonus questions by becoming a Daily Wire member at dailywire.com/Shapiro Check out more Victor Davis Hanson here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/VDHanson Website: http://victorhanson.com  His latest book: https://www.amazon.com/Case-Trump-Victor-Davis-Hanson/dp/1541673549 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

There's an opportunity here to recalibrate not only race in America, but the entire Republican Party is the party of the middle class of minorities fighting against a party of the very wealthy and the very poor.

0:16.0

And that's what the Democratic Party is.

0:19.1

In the wake of the 2020 election, many Americans are left searching for answers and for

0:23.4

any kind of sign as to what the future holds.

0:26.3

Our guest today will hopefully be able to bring some insight to that question.

0:30.0

Dr. Victor Davis-Hanssen, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, pundit, renowned

0:33.7

classicist and military historian, has studied enough history to have some idea of what

0:37.8

might come next. A prolific author, Dr. Hansen, has written acclaimed history books ranging from

0:42.8

ancient Greece to the Iraq War. Although he's a student of the past, he has notably used history

0:47.3

as a lens to address policy and conflicts in the present. As unprecedented, as our current

0:51.6

politics may seem, a historical perspective might just be the most salient.

0:55.5

The outcome of the election is still uncertain and in bitter dispute. Not only that, many have

1:00.0

questions for the future of the Republican Party itself. Without President Trump, will there be a

1:04.3

reversion back to the party some have said we've lost? Would that party be one that would even

1:08.0

be accepted by the coalition Trump has built? Will so-called never-trumper's return an attempt to pick up the mantle of the party?

1:14.7

But the strong possibility of an incoming Biden administration,

1:17.5

where do the liberties conservatives have fought so hard to maintain, now stand?

1:21.5

Professor Hansen joined me to discuss all of this and more.

1:24.4

I think you'll enjoy it.

1:35.3

Thank you. this and more. I think you'll enjoy it. Professor Victor Davis-Hanson, thanks so much for joining the program. I really appreciate

1:38.8

you being here. Thank you.

1:41.0

So let's start with your overview of the 2020 election and how it went. As we're

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