Why are Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris suddenly praising Joe Biden’s presidency? Victor Davis Hanson breaks down the political theater behind the Democrats’ about-face — and what it reveals about their panic over Donald Trump’s comeback. Also: French intellectuals, the influence of the Classical tradition on the Founders, Trump’s Latin American strategy, and more.
I choose to use “Democrat” as opposed to “Democratic” for the Party. (I sometimes simply refer to it as just “The Party” as a nod to its uniparty goals) I believe that demanding VDH use “Democrat” is a behaviour learned from those same Democrats. We see their enforced uniformity and confuse it for a good thing.
Mamdami is the Democrat that Democrats deserve. I am very happy to be a continent away from the blast radius of what he says he intends to do to New York. New Yorkers should hope that his incompetence and likely corruption get the better of his ambition, or at least his rehtoric.