Special Thanks to Victor Davis Hanson: https://www.hoover.org/profiles/victo... Victor Davis Hanson issues a chilling warning: when political violence becomes normalized, no one is safe. From the Scalise shooting to the attempts on Donald Trump — and now the shocking targeting of Charlie Kirk — America has crossed into dangerous new territory. The left justifies it all under a cloak of moral superiority, convinced that Trump and his supporters are an “existential evil.” That logic breeds a culture where assassins are canonized, where journalists become fair game, and where even attempted murder sparks applause across social media. Hanson calls this what it is: the corrosion of the republic. Elites preach tolerance while fueling hatred, branding millions of Americans as “deplorables,” “garbage,” and “chumps.” That language isn’t harmless—it filters down into action, emboldening those who see violence as virtue. Charlie Kirk’s targeting shows the spiral is no longer hypothetical. If words matter, then so does the rhetoric of a ruling class that demonizes its political opponents. The question Hanson leaves us with: how far will this go before America finally says enough?

Victor Davis Hanson: The ‘4 Horsemen of the Western Civilization Apocalypse’ Have Arrived

Europe, the United States, and other like-minded Western countries are facing four “self-inflicted wounds.” These “Four Horsemen of the Western Civilization Apocalypse” didn’t arrive overnight. At the turn of the 20th century, Western elites thought that they could create "heaven on Earth” by moving away from fossil fuels, allowing open borders, and embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion. Results? Skyrocketing fuel costs, which have in turn destroyed the “ viability of the middle classes that are now in revolt,” millions of unassimilated Islamic refugees, plummeting fertility rates, and the beginnings of tribalism, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”

Victor Davis Hanson and Hugh react to the assassination of Charlie Kirk in Utah

Charlie Kirk had many friends and admirers, among them Victor Davis Hanson, who joined me today to talk about Charlie, what moved him, and what his assassination could portend for the U.S. Victor’s new book “The End of Everything” is the somber backdrop to yesterday tragedy.