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Victor Davis Hanson cut through the noise on Finnerty this week when he called out what every patriotic American already suspects: the Democratic Party’s agenda is, at its core, a chaos strategy. Hanson, a sober voice from the Hoover Institution, reminded viewers that when ideology replaces competence the result is deliberate disorder—policy by scandal, distraction, and emotional theater rather than sober governance. It’s a hard truth for comfortable elites, but working families feel the consequences every time gas prices spike, schools fail, or crime rises in their neighborhoods.
Conservatives should stop pretending that high-minded lectures will win the day and instead take Hanson’s pragmatic advice to heart: win on bread-and-butter issues. Voters didn’t reject Democrats because of abstract grievances; they rejected them because the economy, security, and basic public order were allowed to deteriorate. Republicans who recapture these tangible concerns—lower costs, safer streets, secure borders—will reconnect with the men and women who get up early, pay their bills, and want a government that works.
Hanson’s point about chaos as deliberate strategy is an uncomfortable reality for pundits who prefer moral equivalence. When a party uses cultural chaos to dominate headlines, it buys cover for failing policies and shields elite interests from scrutiny. Conservatives must call this out plainly and refuse to be baited into fights that only serve as smokescreens for the other side’s record of mismanagement.
That means messaging must be disciplined and relentless: remind voters how inflation eats paychecks, how supply chains and energy policies made life harder, and how bureaucratic misrule created instability at home and weakness abroad. The right does not need to apologize for standing for order, prosperity, and common-sense institutions; those are the American principles that built this country. Republicans should make the case that steady governance and sound economic policy are not radical— they are the essence of responsible leadership.
Politically, the GOP can’t afford internecine fights over personality and purity when families are choosing between groceries and rent. Hanson’s counsel to prioritize economic issues is also a strategy for unity: when candidates from every wing of the party promise real relief, voters focus on results rather than rhetoric. Smart conservatives will fuse fiscal sanity with authentic cultural confidence, offering voters a package that delivers both security and dignity.
Finally, the moment demands courage at the ballot box and clarity in the messaging. If Republicans heed Hanson’s warning and present a clear alternative—less chaos, more competence, lower costs, stronger borders—they will earn the trust of undecided Americans tired of turmoil. This is not about revenge or theatrical posturing; it is about restoring the everyday American bargain: a government that protects liberty, encourages prosperity, and preserves the peace.
