Victor Davis Hanson: The Left Goes Neo-Confederate on Immigration

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🗓️ 31 October 2025

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America has seen this before—and it didn’t end well. Liberal governors across the nation, from California to Illinois, are defying federal immigration law and challenging the very authority of the Constitution itself. Victor Davis Hanson sounds the alarm on a “neo-Confederate nullification movement” emerging among the Left with its approach to resisting the Trump administration’s deportation efforts on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words." “This has a neo-Confederate pedigree. And we know where Bleeding Kansas led to. Once you nullify federal law and once you glorify violence—and by the way, the Left has glorified almost every major left-wing assassin, whether it was Mr. Hodgkinson that tried to take out the House leadership, or Tyler Robinson, who took out Charlie Kirk, or Luigi Mangione, who killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, or Mr. Crooks and Mr. Routh, who tried to kill Donald Trump on two occasions. When you have glorification of that type of violence and political assassination, we know where it's going to lead. It leads from Bleeding Kansas to Harpers Ferry to Fort Sumter. And they're playing with fire. And it's very dangerous for the republic. And it's time for the Left to stop.” 👉 This episode is sponsored by the Pepperdine School of Public Policy. Learn more: https://go.pepperdine.edu/dailysignal 👉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 👉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 👉The Daily Signal cannot continue to tell stories, like this one, without the support of our viewers: https://secured.dailysignal.com/ 00:00 Neo-Confederate Nullification 04:34 Double Standards 05:26 Escalation and Consequences 07:24 Conclusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sean has had some good ideas over the years.
0:05.0	But using Canva was a really good one.
0:08.0	Sean designed some social posts to promote his friend's car boot sale.
0:13.0	They looked good.
0:15.0	Really, really good.
0:17.0	Next thing he knows, someone came and bought the lot, including the car.
0:23.6	Now Sean doesn't know how he's going to get home.
0:27.6	Thanks, Canva.
0:29.6	We're starting to see a neo-confederate nullification movement among the contemporary left,
0:35.6	in general, in particular the Democratic Party. There are
0:38.5	governors who openly, literally, candidly says that federal immigration law shall not be enforced
0:45.9	in their state, county, and local municipal jurisdiction. They haven't read Article 6 of the
0:51.3	Constitution, and they're completely ignorant of history and where nullification
0:55.8	of federal law leads to. When federal law died, each side nullified it, and they began to carry on
1:02.5	violence against one another. What we're seeing now is open street violence. Once you nullify federal
1:08.4	law, and once you glorify violence, we know where it's going to lead.
1:12.6	It leads from Bleeding Kansas to Harpers Ferry to Fort Sumner.
1:16.6	And they're playing with fire and it's very dangerous for the Republic,
1:19.6	and it's time for the left to stop. America is going through a higher education transformation where students are realizing that what they want and need is a place that doesn't stifle their intellectual freedom.
1:41.3	Standing out among the few graduate programs that value viewpoint diversity
1:45.6	is Pepperdine's University School of Public Policy, where I've taught the last two years. Their
1:50.6	masters of public policy is both applied and practical, preparing the next generation of leaders
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