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Victor Davis Hanson: Why 118 Congressional Democrats Snubbed Charlie Kirk

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🗓️ 25 September 2025

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The House of Representatives recently passed a resolution to honor the late Charlie Kirk—no thanks to 118 Democrats who voted against the measure, including Reps. Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jasmine Crockett, and more. Why did they snub Kirk, especially after the House unanimously passed a resolution commemorating the shooting of the Democrat speaker of the Minnesota State Legislature? Victor Davis Hanson breaks down how this refusal to honor a man who was just assassinated reflects a troubling shift in our politics where basic decency, civility, and bipartisanship are being replaced by ideological purity tests on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “ If you listen to what Ilhan Omar said about him, that he was a racist and he was a racist every day of his life. And AOC said she was not going to honor him. And Jasmine Crockett said Caucasians, only two Caucasians—that was not true, by the way, as everything she says is almost not true.  “What they're angry about was—what was Charlie Kirk? I said in an earlier video, he was very successful in channeling the natural rebelliousness of youth to focus against the establishment. He's saying to young people: The establishment are baby boomer leftists and these are the people who are responsible for a lot of our unhappiness. And that's why they're angry. And he was also angry at racialists, tribalists—like Jasmine Crockett, like AOC, like Ilhan Omar—who self-identify, essentially, by their skin color or appearance rather than incidentally.” 👉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    The Daily Signal cannot continue to tell stories, like this one, without the support of our viewers: https://secured.dailysignal.com/  (0:00) Introduction (0:45) Democratic Opposition to Charlie Kirk Resolution (3:42) Charlie Kirk's Youth Influence (4:26) Current Political Climate (6:08) Final Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Not long ago, the House of Representatives passed a resolution commemorating the tragic shooting of the

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Speaker of the Minnesota State Legislature

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and her husband and the wounding of another representative and his spouse.

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It was unanimous.

0:44.9

All I think it was 425 votes voted unanimously.

0:48.3

It was nonpartisan.

0:49.6

So this time there was another resolution to honor the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk. But this time

0:55.9

there was no such bipartisanship. 118 of the Democratic members either voted no or voted

1:03.6

present or just wouldn't vote or didn't show up. It did pass, but 118 Democrats wished that

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it hadn't. And this brings up a greater question. Why? What's the answer that it hadn't.

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And this brings up a greater question.

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Why? What's the answer?

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I don't care.

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Something is very wrong with the left.

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Hello, this is Victor Davis Hansen for the Daily Signal.

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Not long ago, the House of Representatives passed a resolution commemorating the tragic shooting of the Speaker of the Minnesota State Legislature and her husband and the wounding of another representative and his spouse.

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And it was unanimous. All, I think it was 425 votes of the 436 or 7 representatives that were present voted unanimously.

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