"If you are running in fear of your own voters, there is nothing America can do for you." -
JD Vance, Vice President of the United States
Some of you may have missed Vice President JD Vance addressing the Munich, Germany, Security Conference. The attendees were the security officials from the countries in the European Union. Vance was there to support the conference's concerns about the Trump Administration's support of Europe and Ukraine during the war in Ukraine and the issue of migration in Europe.
This speech was one of the best I have ever heard. Vance was on his game and was taking no prisoners. If you watch the video you hear the generous applause when Vance is introduced. You will note the applause becomes tepid or nonexistent as these power brokers get spanked for their refusal to listen to their voters.
If you prefer to read the speech, this is the link: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/02/14/full_speech_vice_president_jd_vance_addresses_munich_security_conference.html
Below you will find a critique of the speech by Victor David Hanson, interviewed by Charlie Hurt. VDH is spot-on in his assessment of Vance's remarks.
Victor Davis Hanson: VP Vance Was Telling The European Silent Majority The Elite Has Failed And When They Fail, They Censor
Posted By Ian Schwartz
On Date February 17, 2025
Victor Davis Hanson reacts to Vice President J.D. Vance's recent speech at the Munich Security Conference.
CHARLIE HURT: Victor, why should Americans be concerned about what's going on with free speech in Europe?
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Well, they're our partner in Western civilization, and they're our ally, and we have 70,000 troops there. But more importantly, we're losing Europe. And J.D. Vance's speech wasn't just directed at the ministers, nor even the MAGA crowd at home. It was really to the silent majority in Europe. And what he was saying was this elite has failed. And any time you fail, that's when you start to censor.
They failed on the border, on the economy, on energy, on immigration, on defense. And so in their failure, they tried to stifle all forms of dissent and free expression. And he was trying to give encouragement to all the people of Europe who know that and want to rise up.
And that's why they hate him so much. You know, Ms. Brennan didn't understand that when the Nazis came to power and they started to outlaw free speech, one of the mechanisms they used was to say it was the German equivalent of disinformation or hate speech or misinformation. That's how it always happens.
Usually censorship is the twin of failure. When you're failing, you cannot stand the light of, you know, criticism.
HURT: And it's so remarkable to me that so many members of the media don't understand the basics of what you just said right there. Listen to Brian Stelzer from CNN talking about this.
BRIAN STELTER: It's not really about free speech. It's about speech that is favored versus disfavored. And in the case of the president now, it's kind of like old speak versus new speak, to borrow a phrase from George Orwell's 1984
He wants to do away with old speak. He's trying to erase certain language. He's trying to promote and favor other language.
HURT: Do you think he actually read 1984?
HANSON: No. You know, the problem with all that rhetoric is they never give a single example. Why don't they just tell us this is exactly what Donald Trump did?
He used the government to do what? Case, point, time, location. They never do.
It's just all blowhard megaphone. And they can't. And they don't realize, again, that Joe Biden did more to harm free speech than almost anybody.
And he did it because he had a failed agenda, and people were speaking out against it. And that's why the FBI began to partner with Facebook. That's why 51 intelligence authorities started to lie on national TV to suppress dissent about the authenticity of the laptop.
That was the whole point about the Russian collusion hoax. They wanted to suppress free speech because their agenda was failing.
And that's what's happening in Europe.And they know that there's a populist nationalist blowback coming. And J.D. Vance wants to assure people that we are the friend of the real Europe, not the pseudo-Europe, not the pseudo-elite that's hijacked the continent the last 20 years. 1
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