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Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson. I’d like to talk today, if I could, about the changing of the Democratic guard. There was some news lately that Sen. Dick Durbin from Illinois—he was the author, remember, of the DREAM Act. He was a hardcore liberal. You could even say he was left of center. He’s stepping down. He’s in his 70s.
And there’s a changing of the guard.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, in some polls, is running—I cannot believe it—behind Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for his upcoming senatorial bid by 20 points and more in a primary.
And then, as a force multiplier, I just saw Rep. Nancy Pelosi, she was at a public event. I think she’s 85,…
