Victor Davis Hanson: A Cardinal Rule in American Politics Is To Never Compare Yourself to Abraham Lincoln

Carlson Do you think ░░░░░░░░ elections don t go ░░░░░░░░ way CNN wants them ░░░░░░░░ go that that s ░░░░░░░░ threat to democracy Davis ░░░░░░░░ Yeah they have a ░░░░░░░░ term for it Democracy ░░░░░░░░ in darkness The Washington ░░░░░░░░ that s what they ░░░░░░░░ say Or they say ░░░░░░░░ s a Civil War ░░░░░░░░ is an insurrection on ░░░░░░░░ horizon anytime they think ░░░░░░░░ re going to lose ░░░░░░░░ because I don t ░░░░░░░░ they believe in democracy ░░░░░░░░ Liz Cheney Tucker is ░░░░░░░░ of a riddle to ░░░░░░░░ Churchill wrapped in a ░░░░░░░░ because she voted 93 ░░░░░░░░ her two terms with ░░░░░░░░ Trump agenda that s ░░░░░░░░ catapulted her from a ░░░░░░░░ term congresswoman to the ░░░░░░░░ ranking Republican her rock ░░░░░░░░ support for Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ then you know that ░░░░░░░░ why they put her ░░░░░░░░ three So she had ░░░░░░░░ years three years to ░░░░░░░░ what Donald Trump was ░░░░░░░░ knew his strengths and ░░░░░░░░ he didn t bother ░░░░░░░░ his personality or his ░░░░░░░░ because she rode that ░░░░░░░░ wave And now to ░░░░░░░░ funded by or to ░░░░░░░░ in company with or ░░░░░░░░ be lauded by the ░░░░░░░░ people who come in ░░░░░░░░ and 2008 they destroyed ░░░░░░░░ Cheney name Dick Cheney ░░░░░░░░ rendered a Nazi Darth ░░░░░░░░ a Halliburton stooge they ░░░░░░░░ him destroyed his character ░░░░░░░░ made a movie Vice ░░░░░░░░ him and how she ░░░░░░░░ associate with those people ░░░░░░░░ inexplicable He left office ░░░░░░░░ with a lower rating ░░░░░░░░ vice president than Donald ░░░░░░░░ did He was despised ░░░░░░░░ destroyed him And then ░░░░░░░░ you think it was ░░░░░░░░ Trump s personality that ░░░░░░░░ her off and made ░░░░░░░░ radical change well then ░░░░░░░░ d think she would ░░░░░░░░ somebody like DeSantis who ░░░░░░░░ embodied the same platform ░░░░░░░░ agenda that she voted ░░░░░░░░ for in her career ░░░░░░░░ then when asked that ░░░░░░░░ can have the agenda ░░░░░░░░ you rode to your ░░░░░░░░ ranking position she didn ░░░░░░░░ say she was going ░░░░░░░░ support him So what ░░░░░░░░ the act of Jesus ░░░░░░░░ s the explanation I ░░░░░░░░ that just as Trump ░░░░░░░░ that MAGA wave fueled ░░░░░░░░ ascendance she felt that ░░░░░░░░ January 6th that she ░░░░░░░░ going to be on ░░░░░░░░ cutting edge of the ░░░░░░░░ of Donald Trump but ░░░░░░░░ more people learned about ░░░░░░░░ committee that she was ░░░░░░░░ vice chair and the ░░░░░░░░ Chamber nature of it ░░░░░░░░ the lack of true ░░░░░░░░ examination and some disturbing ░░░░░░░░ then they started to ░░░░░░░░ questions and it wasn ░░░░░░░░ so resonant anymore It ░░░░░░░░ kind of like the ░░░░░░░░ said Whomever the gods ░░░░░░░░ to destroy they make ░░░░░░░░ So then she doubled ░░░░░░░░ and doubled down in ░░░░░░░░ way that John Bolton ░░░░░░░░ Bill Kristol have To ░░░░░░░░ two examples they think ░░░░░░░░ My Washington fides and ░░░░░░░░ will finally will convince ░░░░░░░░ people out there the ░░░░░░░░ that I m right ░░░░░░░░ they get radical they ░░░░░░░░ excessive and then they ░░░░░░░░ up comparing themselves that ░░░░░░░░ a cardinal rule in ░░░░░░░░ politics you never compare ░░░░░░░░ to Abraham Lincoln Obama ░░░░░░░░ he started his campaign ░░░░░░░░ Springfield and it was ░░░░░░░░ And yet here she ░░░░░░░░ not just Lincoln but ░░░░░░░░ the general of the ░░░░░░░░ Campaign So it s ░░░░░░░░ sad and tragic in ░░░░░░░░ way but it s ░░░░░░░░ to a lot of ░░░░░░░░ Carlson I must say ░░░░░░░░ feel sorry for her ░░░░░░░░ turns out American voters ░░░░░░░░ harder to deal with ░░░░░░░░ Iraqi civilians You can ░░░░░░░░ just drone them to ░░░░░░░░ Laughs You have to ░░░░░░░░ them It s so ░░░░░░░░ This is Liz Cheney ░░░░░░░░ at my house Victor ░░░░░░░░ Hanson great to see ░░░░░░░░ Thank you Davis Hanson ░░░░░░░░ you.”