Victor Davis Hanson: Western Civilization Has Reached Its Turning Point After Charlie Kirk's Assassination

Victor Davis Hanson: Western Civilization Has Reached Its Turning Point After Charlie Kirk's Assassination

Charlie Kirk’s death ignited a fire within Western civilization, and it is sending a message to the Left: No more.

It’s been one week since Kirk was shot dead while debating on a college campus, and the Right is reacting more viscerally than we’ve seen from it in recent memory. Not only that, but we’re seeing worldwide support for Kirk, mass demonstrations against illegal immigration in Europe, the fall of France’s government, and a grassroots movement saying, “Enough is enough,” here in America. Victor Davis Hanson analyzes the events that pushed the West to its boiling point and where we go from here on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”

“What is this moment? We're seeing it in the United States with thousands of people are commemorating the death of Charlie Kirk. There's no tolerance for the usual left-wing, socialist craziness, the abhorrent violent smears of conservatives who've died. And you don't see major bureaucrats, or generals, or Hollywood figures—increasingly, they're not coming out and rejoicing because they feel that they're going to get a big pushback.

Victor Davis Hanson: Western Civilization Has Reached Its Turning Point After Charlie Kirk's Assassination

Charlie Kirk’s death ignited a fire within Western civilization, and it is sending a message to the Left: No more.

It’s been one week since Kirk was shot dead while… pic.twitter.com/n1atyR3Bjk

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