The Daily Signal - Victor Davis Hanson: Don’t Look Away—These Are the Democrat Party’s True Colors

Episode Date: September 26, 2025

Democrats have failed the test of basic human empathy once again, from spreading falsehoods about who Charlie Kirk was to speaking ill of the dead. With 118 Democrat House members refusing to honor Kirk's life, their response to his assassination has exposed their true colors. On today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Hanson examines the reactions of key Democrat figures—Reps. Ilhan Omar, AOC, and Jasmine Crockett—following this tragic event. “ The House has a tradition, when major figures—political or in the media or in the popular culture—are gunned down, to express empathy. One of the more horrific things that happened, recently, was in Minnesota, when the speaker of the Minnesota Legislature and her husband were gunned down by a—he was a private citizen, angry over abortion. … Every single Republican went on record saying this is atrocious, that a gunman shot these very liberal, Democratic legislators in the state of liberal Minnesota.  “ So, all people were trying to do after the death of Charlie Kirk, Representative Crockett, Representative Omar, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, just show a little sympathy, just put away the politics. And you failed that basic human test.” 👉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 (1:43) Debunking False Narratives (2:54) Congressional Responses (7:30) Final Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We'd love to talk. Business. The house has a tradition when major figures are gunned down to express empathy. I didn't quite anticipate what we saw the last week when Ilyan Omar went on national TV. She was asked about some of her comments saying that he's sort of deserved what he got. She doubled down on it just as I'd expected. Of course, had the ubiquitous Jasmine Crockett. Like everything Jasmine Crockett says, you have to double check because she is a chronic liar.

AOC came in and basically said, I'm not going to be in a position where I have to support Charlie Kirk's legacy. Nobody was asking her to. All people were trying to do after the death of Charlie Kirk, Representative Crockett, Representative Omar, Representative Ocasio-Cortez. Just show a little sympathy. And you failed that basic human test. Hello, this is Victor Davis-Hansson for The Daily Signal. In the past, I've talked about all the narratives that the Democratic Party elite and the left in general have floated to sort of confuse us about who or what was responsible for the horrific shooting of Charlie Kirk.

We've been told there was no motive. That was crazy. Or we've been told that MAGA people did it. That was shot down very quickly when evidence proved otherwise. We were told that Trump himself was the catalyst. That was shot down. We were told it was a love story between the shooter and as trans boyfriend, girlfriend. And that explained the emotional turmoil.

That was shot down. And finally, I suggested to you that they came to what they most naturally felt comfortable with. They were going to be unapologetic. They were going to attack Charlie Kirk as a disruptive, racist, horrible human being, and then things happen, meaning he asked for it. I didn't quite anticipate what we saw the last week when Ily and Omar went on national TV and when she was asked about some of her comments saying that he's sort of deserved what he got. She doubled down on it just as I expected, but I didn't think she would do it to that degree of vehemence. She said that he was a racist and that he every day of his life had been espousing hatred for groups such as herself.

AOC tried to top that, and she said that AOC came in, and there's sort of a rival we remember among members of the squad. So she was obviously thinking, how do I out gross, how can I gross out Ili and Omar by coming up with my own exegesis that is even more heartless and mean? And she did. She basically said, I'm not going to be in a position where I have to support Charlie Kirk's legacy. Nobody was asking her to. They were just asking her with other members of Congress to express their sympathies for his family in a memorial vote of remembrance. And then we, of course, had the ubiquitous Jasmine Crockett. She came on national news, and she said that she was really up.

upset because the House had voted for this formal declaration of remembrance and commemoration for Charlie Kirk. And then she said she was really angry because, in her view, there were only two Caucasians. I haven't heard that word for the Russian caucus in a long time. It's sort of been relegated to the dustbin. She's used the word, or Ilyan Omar, used. use the word dustbin, but in this case it's apt. It's kind of has the same fossilized, anachronistic sound as Negro does, Caucasian, but she used it nevertheless. And she said only two.

But like everything Jasmine Crockett says, you have to double check because she is a chronic liar. And in this case, there was 95 house members voted not to sign that. moment, that letter of commemoration and sympathy. And she says only two, excuse me, 95 chose not to sign it. And she says only two Caucasian. That's false because included in that group were the people who voted against it. And she may mean that applied to those who voted against it. But there was a greater number that never showed up by intent or voted present.

You add them all together, represented Crockett. There was 118 House members who said they were not going to put their name or not show up or not vote on anything that expressed sympathy for the passing of Charlie Kirk. And in that 118, there were plenty of people of so-called white legacies. But here's the point. The House has a tradition when major figures political or in the media. or in the popular culture are gunned down to express empathy. One of the more horrific things that happened recently was in Minnesota when the Speaker of the Minnesota Legislature and her husband were gunned down by a profession.

He was a private citizen angry over abortion, and he shot both of them, and he also wounded another legislator and his spouse. And the point I'm making is the House got together almost immediately and expressed their sympathy and outrage and condemn that shooting. And 424 to zero was the vote. So every single Republican went on record that's saying this is atrocious that a gunman shot these very liberal Democratic legislators in the state of liberal Minnesota. Nobody argued and said, well, the shooter was against abortion. Or, well, maybe he wasn't right wing because Tim Walts seemed to have appointed. It was none of that.

All it mattered was this was a horrific act and everybody felt bad for the families, but more importantly, outrage that anybody would use violence for political purposes. So all people were trying to do after the death of Charlie Kirk, Representative Crockett, Representative Omar, our representative Ocasio-Cortez, just show a little sympathy. Just put away the politics. And you failed that basic human test. And you not only failed it, you did something even worse. You kept saying that he was a racist and he was a racist every day and he was mean-spirited, et cetera, et cetera.

And then you did not give one shred of evidence. You didn't produce a written document. And when we have seen people who have quoted him, they misconstrued. quoted him. Why don't you just watch his videos and see what he says when he encountered racist of either side? And he always opposed that. But for all of these representatives that represent the new face of the Democratic Party, the more we get to know you, the more we're not going to like you or support you. Thank you very much. This is Victor Davis Hansen for the Daily Signal. Thank you for tuning in to the Daily Signal. Please like, share, and subscribe.

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