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The Cry-Baby Leftist Mind

Victor Davis Hanson/@VDHanson/June 30, 2022

Former President Barack Obama—seen here campaigning on Nov. 2, 2020, in Miami for President-to-be Joe Biden—was against the filibuster until he was for it. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Victor Davis Hanson@VDHanson

Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and author of the book “The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won.” You can reach him by e-mailing authorvdh@gmail.com.

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