Victor Davis Hanson: The Left’s Disturbing Defense of Violent Criminals

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🗓️ 27 August 2025

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“Crime apologist” is not a strong enough term to describe the hysteria and vitriol that’s infected the modern-day Left. For the sake of ideology, left-wing leaders and activists are willing to sacrifice public safety and justice—from sanctuary cities releasing violent offenders to outrage over federal intervention that actually reduced crime in Washington, D.C. Victor Davis Hanson warns of the dire consequences of this mindset if left unchecked on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “ Do you remember the UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson? He was a person from the middle class, was born without status or advantages or money, and he worked himself up to the leadership position of one of the largest health care concerns in the United States. And Luigi Mangione—a 25- or 26-year-old wealthy, well-educated kid, high status, privileged—decided that he was an enemy of the people because health care was not universal and UnitedHealthcare may have refused coverage to certain people in need. So, he decided he was going to kill him. And he did kill him. He murdered him. It's on tape. And what was the reaction of the Left? Some on the left canonized him. 👉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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0:27.2	that because I work here. Get started today at banta.com. Recently, there's been an almost an
0:33.0	epidemic of left-wing hysteria about violence. It's more than just hysteria.
0:38.3	There's been an effort to defend people who commit violent crimes, or almost glorify them,
0:43.3	or just neglect the severity of their crimes on innocent people.
0:48.3	It's sort of Stalinistic.
0:49.3	It basically says, for the greater good of the revolution, there are enemies of the people.
0:55.0	We don't really care if they're moms, they're nice people, they're bad people.
0:58.7	All we know in our Marxist binary, they're on the wrong side.
1:02.5	They're the victimizers and the poor people who were murderers or thugs and assaulted them.
1:08.0	They're the victimized.
1:09.1	It takes various manifestations, but it does reveal and illustrate this element of leftism that it's heartless, it's cruel, it's cold.
1:16.6	Hello, this is Victor Davis Hansen for The Daily Signal.
1:31.9	Recently, there's been an almost an epidemic of left-wing hysteria about violence, murder,
1:40.9	and people who commit violent crimes.
1:43.1	And it's more than just hysteria. there's been an effort to defend people that commit
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