{"id":12438,"date":"2020-06-22T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T17:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=12438"},"modified":"2020-06-21T18:02:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T01:02:18","slug":"victor-davis-hanson-says-the-left-has-used-george-floyds-death-to-stage-cultural-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/victor-davis-hanson-says-the-left-has-used-george-floyds-death-to-stage-cultural-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Davis Hanson says &#8216;the left has used&#8217; George Floyd&#8217;s death to stage cultural revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Author and Hoover Institution senior fellow&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/https\/\/www.foxnews.com\/person\/d\/victor-davis-hanson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Victor Davis Hanson<\/a>&nbsp;told \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/radio.foxnews.com\/fox-news-talk\/brian-kilmeade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Brian Kilmeade Show<\/a>\u201d on Wednesday that the left has \u201chijacked\u201d the protests over the death of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/george-floyd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">George Floyd<\/a>&nbsp;in order to stage a cultural revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/victor-davis-hanson-left-using-george-floyd\">Watch the video here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author and Hoover Institution senior fellow&nbsp;Victor Davis Hanson&nbsp;told \u201cThe Brian Kilmeade Show\u201d on Wednesday that the left has \u201chijacked\u201d the protests over the death of&nbsp;George Floyd&nbsp;in order to stage a cultural revolution. 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