The Daily Signal - Victor Davis Hanson: Why 118 Congressional Democrats Snubbed Charlie Kirk

Episode Date: September 25, 2025

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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We'd love to talk, business. 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. It was unanimous. All, I think it was 425 votes voted unanimously. It was nonpartisan. So this time, there was another resolution to honor the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk.

But this time, there was no such bipartisanship. 118 of the Democratic members either voted no or voted present or just wouldn't vote or didn't show up. It did pass, but 118 Democrats wished that it hadn't. And this brings up a greater question. Why? What's the answer? I don't care. Something is very wrong with the left. Hello, this is Victor Davis-Hanson for the Daily Signal. Not long ago, the House of Representatives passed a... 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. And it was unanimous. All, I think it was 425 votes of the 436 or 7 representatives that were present voted unanimously. It was nonpartisan. The shooter was a fanatic anti-abortionist, but he also had been appointed to, I think, a board by Tim Walt, so nobody really quite knew what his politics were than he was violent. So this time there was another resolution to honor the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk. But this time there was no such bipartisanship.

A hundred and eighteen of the Democratic members of the House either voted no or voted to abstain from voting yes by a voting present or just wouldn't vote or did. show up. That was a majority of all the Democrats. It did pass, but 118 Democrats wished that it hadn't. In other words, they didn't even want to have the courtesy after a man had been an assassinated who had such a wide influence on youth of this country to honor what he had done. And this brings up a greater question, why? Well, if you listen to what Elon, on almost 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 grokett said calcassians only two Caucasians that was not true by the way

everything she says is almost not true had only she was angry because only two Caucasian she said had voted no in fact if you conclude the presence and who didn't vote there were quite a lot of proverbial white people that did not want to honor him but all three of those representatives that are often mentioned as the future of the new Democratic Party had one thing in common. They either did not quote or cite evidence that Charlie Kirk was a racist or to the degree they tried to quote or refer to something they said they did it inaccurately because he was not a racist. In fact, there are plenty of clips when he is in the master of ceremonies and someone in the audience says he is a racist. A one.

white supremacist Charlie Kirk gets very angry and debates him and refutes him. So it was just the opposite. What they're angry about was, what was Charlie Kirk? I said on the 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 leptus. 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 Ileon Omar, who self-identify essentially by their skin color or appearance rather than incidentally. You've got to collate what this event, this callousness took place. This is at a time when Tyler Robinson just simply killed Charlie Kirk murdered him and was a hardcore leftist and had trans issues. This was at a time when we talked about earlier, Irina Zerutzka had been murdered by a 14-time release felon. This was a time when Luigi Mangione assassinated the United Care Health Executive and was canonized by the left. This is a time when my governor, Gavin Newsom, in a series of tweets, just recently said to Christy Knoam, the Homeland Security Secretary, who oversees the Border Patrol and ICE, that you're going to have a bad day. And in fact, just today, as I am speaking, a left-wing gunman who engraved his bullets with get ice or hate ice or something to that effect, started shooting at an ICE detention center in Dallas, Texas, killed one and severely injured, too.

And these were probably detainees. So in addition to that, Gavin Newsom in August had said that he wants to take on the bully. president and beat him up, smash him in the mouth. Then he said to half the country, I want to take these SOBs and hit them in the mouth. This is the governor of a state. Co-laid at all. I have a final question for all of us. Does this hatred that manifests itself among the left? Is it top down? Does it trickle down from Gavin Newsom? Does it trickle down from Jasmine Crockett? And it goes all the way down and then we see people like Tyler Robinson absorb it or Luigi Mangione absorb it or Antifa absorb it. Is that what's happening? Or is it bottom up? In other words,

the BLMs of the world, the antifas of the world, the shooters of the world, the crazy trans shooters lately, they are the shock troops and their attack on Tesla or they, they're, they're their attack on ice facilities. That filters up, and then the politicians in panic start to reflect those views and amplify them so that they don't feel they've lost their base. What's the answer? I don't care. I don't care if it's top down or bottom up or both or neither.

Something is very wrong with the left. They have embraced violence. They have justified it. They feel that their superiority in terms of morality and wisdom justify any means necessary. and they become very dangerous people. Thank you very much. This is Victor Davis-Hansson for The Daily Signal. Thank you for tuning in to The Daily Signal.

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