CONSERVING CONSERVATISM MOST CONSERVATIVELY: Bulwark Crew Wishes Biden Would’ve Been More Authoritarian to Prevent Authoritarianism.

Anyone catch this? At the end of last night's @BulwarkOnline's election coverage, the hosts, agitated at Democrats' impending demise, said the Biden Admin should have gotten even more extreme to prevent this from occurring.

Jonathan Last (JVL): "[The Biden Admin] should have… pic.twitter.com/o0BaClnj6b

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) November 6, 2024

And don’t get them started on how much they appreciate the common sense of the average voter:

We witnessed a total meltdown on The Bulwark's election stream last night.

"Voters are too stupid to even, like, exist in the world…they're just morons who can't understand anything." pic.twitter.com/1VqsWnyj9n

— America 2100 (@America_2100) November 6, 2024

Or ask them for their thoughts on illegal immigration:

One of the panelists on The Bulwark election stream last night declared that he was "prepared" to hide illegal immigrants in his attic—to protect them from being deported. https://t.co/XPsa0bg3xe pic.twitter.com/SzMfXRtK9k

— Nate Hochman (@njhochman) November 7, 2024

YES! Shelley Luther, former Dallas salon owner jailed during COVID-19, wins in TX House Dist. 62.

Flashback to May of 2020: A Look At The Democrat Dallas Judge Who Jailed A Salon Owner.

Luther was released on Thursday however by the Texas Supreme Court which came just after the state’s Republican Governor, Greg Abbott issued an executive order retroactively suspending local ordinances that throw citizens in detention for noncompliance with local stay home orders.

“Throwing Texans in jail who have had their businesses shut down through no fault of their own is nonsensical, and I will not allow it to happen,” Abbott said the day after Luther was given jail time.

Abbott Spokesman John Whitaker made clear in a statement to The Federalist however, that the governor’s executive order still allows local fines and other penalties such as license suspensions to be handed down to those who open without authorization, implying Luther may still have to pay $7,000.

Moye condemned Luther’s defiance as “selfish,” charging Luther with “putting your own interests ahead of the community in which you live.

“You disrespected the orders of the state, the county, and this city,” Moye told Luther.

The episode has become a rallying cry for opening up, where many on the Left supporting the lockdowns have flocked to Moye’s defense, while conservatives characterize the ruling as an authoritarian power-grab from the Democratic judge and prop up Luther as a heroine fighting to preserve civil liberties under stress from the pandemic. Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz went to the salon for a haircut on Friday and Abbott discussed the matter with the president at the White House.

Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton also charged Moye’s ruling as “outrageous,” a view which was echoed across Republican state leaders and earned backlash from an array of district judges in Dallas County labeling the criticism “inappropriate” for an independent judiciary.

As Glenn wrote back then, “Don’t miss the importance of this. The left/media (but I repeat myself) used to be able to make people so radioactive that even serious right politicians would shy away. Not anymore. This, and her half-million-dollar GoFundMe account, are serious blows to its power. Or maybe signs that that power is shrinking. Or both.”

DISPATCHES FROM THE ONCE GOLDEN STATE:

● Recalls of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and DA Pamela Price Appear to Be Passing.

Flashback: Defiant Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao denies any wrongdoing in 1st comments following FBI raid; “I have done nothing wrong.”

● Daniel Lurie Poised to Be Next Mayor of San Francisco After Spending Record Sum In Election. “Lurie, the billionaire heir to a Levi’s jeans fortune who, with the help of his mother’s wealth, launched a campaign to become mayor of San Francisco, is well ahead of incumbent London Breed in ranked-choice votes.”

● Gascon Loses, Price is Recalled and Criminal Justice Reform Takes a Beating in California. “California voters on Tuesday approved a November ballot measure that will impose stricter penalties for repeat theft and crimes involving fentanyl, steering away from recent progressive policies that critics blamed for increased lawlessness…Proposition 36 will make it a felony for someone to steal merchandise of any value after two previous offenses and can lead to longer jail or prison sentences.”

Meanwhile, with Kamala Harris, a leftist Bay Area machine politician soundly thrashed last night by Trump, the San Francisco Chronicle yells, next batter up! The Democratic Party is now Gavin Newsom’s to lead. Does he have what it takes?

UPDATE:

ROGER KIMBALL: The three reasons Trump won.

“Why Trump won.” That is my assignment. I shall treat it as a declaration, not a question. And even though I write before the returns are in, I can give you the reasons. After all, I have been predicting that Donald Trump would win “in a landslide” at least since July.

As has become increasingly clear over the past several weeks, there are three basic reasons that Trump won.

The first two are interwoven. Kamala Harris was a horrible candidate. Trump, on the contrary, was superb.

As to Kamala, her inarticulacy was a major stumbling block. So was her choice of running mate: Tim Walz may be the left-most governor in the country. Certainly, he is the weirdest. Harris’s 60 Minutes interview was a disaster, as was her interview with Bret Baier.

Often, Harris’s mistakes were fodder for Trump’s triumphs. Harris said she had worked the fry station at McDonald’s. There was no record of that, so Trump made hay of the apparent lie. He picked a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania, made French fries and handed out food at the drive-through window. A publicity coup.

Then there was the Garbage Gambit. Joe Biden called Trump supporters “garbage.” The White House tried and failed to walk back the remark. But Trump’s team came up with the splendid idea of having a garbage truck emblazoned with the campaign logo meet his plane in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They topped that by slinging a neon orange and yellow maintenance vest over the president. He emerged from the plane wearing it, conducted a brief interview from the cab of the truck and then proceeded to his rally where he explained to the adoring crowd why he was wearing the vest. Brilliant.

The media were furious in October that Trump was doing Retail Politics 101, because it simultaneously undermined all of their efforts to portray him as Orange Hitler, and because it demonstrated that Kamala couldn’t or wouldn’t do these sorts of basic campaign stunts. Biden never thought he’d get called on his plagiarism by the media in the 1980s, and curiously, in the 21st century, Kamala never thought anyone would call her on inventing a job at McDonald’s to grab some populist street cred, as the Washington Free Beacon did in late August. Even so, it’s a safe bet that numerous local Mickey D owners, particularly in California, would have been thrilled to have her spend an hour or two posing at making fries. That she couldn’t be bothered to do so speaks volumes about her overall failure as a presidential candidate.

CLAIRE LEHMANN: Revenge of the Silent Male Voter.

In the coming days, much will be written about working class concerns—issues that have become familiar focal points for those seeking to understand Trump’s support. But while inflation and border policies will have no doubt played a role in the Republicans’ landslide victory, we might also want to look at the sentiments expressed by young male voters—voters who represent a new and emerging contingent in American politics. Nothing about the young men I spoke to appeared particularly conservative or “right-wing.” Yet it was easy for them to explain why they voted for Trump. And if we zoom out and look at broader cultural trends, it should be easy for us to understand too.

If we take a macro perspective, we see that such young men have never known a culture in which males are not routinely described as “problematic,” “toxic,” or “oppressive.” Going to university, and working at modern companies, they live in a world of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies—many of which promote an insidious and pervasive form of anti-male discrimination. Yet to talk about it in public invites social ostracism. To criticise DEI is to risk being called a Nazi.

These young male voters know about theories of patriarchy and white supremacy, but they have never known a culture which celebrates the Great Man Theory of history. Thomas Carlyle’s nineteenth-century framework for understanding the past is seen as an anachronism, not worthy of serious thought. Today we acknowledge historical figures not for their feats, but for their crimes. Whether it is due to slavery, colonisation, racism, or sexism, we tear down the monuments of our past, while building no new heroes for our future.

The problem with this way of viewing the world is that it is alienating and self-defeating. It is also wrong. By any objective standards, Elon Musk is a great man of history, who is influencing the course of human civilisation for generations to come. As one party-goer told me, “He caught a fucking rocket with mechanical chopsticks.” Yet despite his achievements, Musk is more likely to be scorned than celebrated by the Democratic establishment.

This tension between achievement and resentment explains much about our current moment. The young men I met that night in Manhattan weren’t just voting for Trump’s policies. They were voting for a different view of history and human nature. In their world, individual greatness matters. Male ambition serves a purpose. Risk-taking and defiance create progress.

Related:

Even Bernie Sanders can figure it out: “‘It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them,’ the 83-year-old senator from Vermont wrote on social media.”

KEY DEMOCRAT CONSTITUENCY NOT TAKING KAMALA’S LOSS VERY WELL: Hollywood Seethes and Mourns Donald Trump’s Reelection: ‘America Is Done.’

Following Donald Trump’s reelection on Tuesday night, those who voted against him in Hollywood both mourned and raged on Wednesday morning, worrying for the future of the country.

In some cases, like that of “Dead to Me” star Christina Applegate, confusion reigned over everything else, as she encouraged anyone who voted for Trump to unfollow her.

“Why? Give me your reasons why????? My child is sobbing because her rights as a woman may be taken away,” she wrote. “Why?And if you disagree , please unfollow me.”

Of course, that may be a moot point, as in a separate post, the actress noted that she’ll be shutting down her account “because this is sick.”

Meanwhile, others mourned the future of the Supreme Court, which has the potential to swing even more conservative under Trump’s second term.

“Supreme Court gone for the rest of my lifetime,” Kevin McHale, former star of “Glee” posted. “Ultra-conservative evangelical bigotry, xenophobia, racism is the mandate.”

“The Wire” star Wendell Pierce wrote several posts, similarly lamenting the future of the court in one as well.

“Elections have consequences. The Supreme Court will be changed for a generation. I’ll never see a moderate court again in my lifetime,” he wrote. “Alito and Thomas will step down and Trump will appoint 40 year old partisans to the bench. The damage he is about to inflict on our institutions the next 2 years will be irreparable.”

Trump’s victory has even forced at least one celebrity into hiding — or worse: Disney Star Bette Midler Deletes Her X/Twitter Account After Trump Trounces Kamala.

Disney’s Hocus Pocus 2 star Bette Midler deleted her X/Twitter account after President-elect Donald Trump trounced Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.

On Election Day, before deleting her account, Midler appeared to be coping poorly, suggesting drinking Drano in the event that Trump wins.

The actress had posted a photo to X showing a bottle of Drano clog remover with a Post-It sticker reading “Trump Wins.” next to it was a bottle of what looked to be Korbel champagne, with a sticker reading “Kamala Wins.”

Do we need a wellness check on Midler?

As for other celebrities, when do they start packing their bags? Hollywood Exodus? Stars Threaten to Leave U.S. After Trump Victory, Vowing Dramatic Farewells if He Takes Office.

QUESTION ASKED AND ANSWERED: GOP Seizes Senate — But What About the House?

Right now, the GOP has a possible range of 52-55 Senate seats, and a probable range of 53-54. That’s a good night for Republicans, although perhaps a bit disappointing given Donald Trump’s apparent popular-vote victory.

That brings us to the House, where … nothing much has changed at all. Republicans went into last night with a narrow 0.3-point lead in the generic ballot in RCP’s aggregation. Anything better than a D+5 usually signals a shift of a significant number of seats to the GOP. And yet, in an environment where the House is as evenly split as any in recent history, we still didn’t see a red wave to match Trump’s momentum. CNN reports a net 5-seat gain for the GOP; our partners at DecisionDesk HQ put it at two. A number of races are still left to be resolved, and Republicans lead in most of them — but those are in GOP-held districts.

Politico reports this morning that Republicans are “bullish” on maintaining their majority in the House, but it’s gonna be close[.]

Ed Morrissey’s post from 11:20 am this morning included a tweet quoting Decision Desk HQ stating that there was a “79.4% probability of GOP control” of the next Congress. Those numbers have significantly improved:

UNBURDENED BY WHAT HAS BEEN: WaPo reporter: “Vice President Kamala Harris has called President-Elect Trump to concede and congratulate him, per a Harris aide.“

‘TRUMP SHOCK:’ European Media in Meltdown Over Trump’s Victory. Guardian columnist: “The thought of a Trump presidency is eating me alive.”

The European mainstream media is in a meltdown this morning after President Donald Trump’s historic victory in the U.S. election.

“Why do they vote for Trump?” the leading German news Tageszeitung asked. How could the majority of American voters “support a man like Trump, who insults political opponents, offends allied countries, questions the electoral system, and also advocates anti-worker policies?” the newspaper wondered.

“On paper, the Democrats’ program for the middle class is better than the Republicans’. But why are the Democrats receiving less and less support from this group?” the clueless German daily asked.

German magazine Der Spiegel covered the news with the headline “The Trump Shock.”

“After Donald Trump’s election victory, the U.S. is facing a political turning point,” the weekly added.

The German establishment fears that Trump will make them pay more for their own defense and raise tariffs to drive down the massive trade deficit. “What will happen” when Trump enters the White House?” the German weekly Der Stern asked Wednesday.

“Why do they vote for Trump?” the German Website asked:

● “We are now experiencing first-hand climate policy threatening the basis of our prosperity.”

● Are young people poised to slam the brake on endless economic growth?

● Volkswagen considers first closure of a German auto plant.

● Greta Thunberg: Germany Complicit in Genocide over Israel Support.

● Germany Vows ‘Knife Control’ After ISIS Refugee Slashes Throats at Diversity Festival.

● How German multiculturalism has fuelled anti-Semitism.

● Germany’s disastrous embrace of gender self-ID.

NBC: Trump wins Michigan, flipping a key battleground for the GOP.

QUESTION ASKED:

Flashback: The ‘cabal’ that bragged of foisting Joe Biden on us must answer for his failed presidency.

Related:

JIM GERAGHTY: Democrats Get a Wake-Up Call about How Unpopular Their Agenda Really Is.

Trump is either going to win the national popular vote or come pretty darn close to winning it, and I suspect that is a scenario that a lot of Democrats are just not psychologically or emotionally prepared to confront. Break out the Legos, cookies, and coloring books.

Don’t underestimate the emotional value of Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote back in 2016. It allowed Democrats to convince themselves, and others, that Trump’s 2016 was a quirk of the Electoral College, a fluke, a reflection of Clinton never visiting Wisconsin and Russians buying ads on Facebook and FBI director James Comey’s late announcement and a million other excuses. Think about how many times you were reminded that Clinton won the popular vote by 2.9 million votes.

Democrats believed that progressivism was still popular — and the traditional midterm backlash of 2018 convinced them that Trump had proven to be so unpopular, they could move as far to the left as they wanted, and the electorate would still always pick them over Trump and his MAGA candidates.

They thought wrong.

Progressivism, liberalism, woke-ism — they will never be the same. They won’t wither away completely. But the Democrats just learned the hardest of hard lessons: The electorate — not just straight white males — doesn’t want their brand of deeply divisive identity politics, deliberate conflation of legal immigration and illegal immigration, policies that reflexively recommend and enact permanent bodily changes for teenagers questioning their gender identity, and basically the entire agenda of the 2019 Kamala Harris presidential campaign.

At the Bradley Impact Fund conference last month, I told the joke about the advertising genius who’s brought in to revitalize the sales of a brand of dog food. He redesigns the packaging, runs a whole bunch of appealing commercials, and gets a bright, vibrant display for the brand right in the front of the supermarket. But as he’s shopping for groceries, he watches a customer walking a dog reach down to buy the other leading brand. Exasperated, the advertising genius goes up to the man and asks why, despite the new packaging, commercials, and display, he bought the other leading brand and not the ad man’s client’s brand of dog food. The customer shrugs and points to his dog, saying “He won’t eat it.”

Democrats, the electorate is just not going to eat your dog food. It doesn’t matter if you raise more money and spend more on ads and have more campaign offices and have more doorknockers and volunteers. The sales pitch isn’t really the problem; the product is.

The zombie version of Henry Luce’s Time magazine is taking it well:

So I guess Trump isn’t getting photoshopped onto the cover as FDR declaring the “New New Deal,” or (as Newsweek did in November of 2012) in a Napoleonic admiral’s jacket and sword huh?

Flashback: Time buries Trump assassination attempt. While their article’s lede from July 27th is “Trump’s ear wound from an assassination attempt at a rally on July 13 quickly became a symbol of solidarity for many of his supporters, and a grim reminder of political violence in the U.S.,” the story’s headline is a dull-as-dishwater, “What We Do and Don’t Know About Trump’s Ear Wound.”

Evergreen:

PAULA BOLYARD: Breaking: Trump Clinches With 270 Electoral Votes!

JOHN PODHORETZ: Trump the ‘colossus’ is the comeback king of American politics.

Think of it. This is a man who was impeached (for a second time) two weeks before leaving office in 2021. In the years that followed that second impeachment, he was pursued by a state attorney general, two local prosecutors and a federal special prosecutor.

He was indicted 91 times in three different criminal courts and found liable in two civil courts. He has been convicted (ludicrously, in my view) of 34 (ludicrous, again) felonies.

He has had his home raided by federal agents. He has seen his eponymous business effectively shut down by a Manhattan judge.

He has been the subject of relentless and limitless hostile press coverage that dwarfs any negative characterizations of any other human being of our time.

And yet here he is, on the cusp of becoming president of the United States for a second go-round.

His utter refusal to be bent or broken by his enemies and his critics and his determination to redeem himself by recapturing the office he lost has no parallel that I can think of — not in American history, anyway.

And he did it fair and square. He declared again in a Republican primary contest, bested his rivals, secured his party’s nomination and then just went about doing whatever the thing is that he does.

He let the GOP choose and on Election Day he let the American people choose.

Exit quote:

This is the most staggering political comeback in American history. Period. Nixon held the comeback trophy for nearly 60 years. No longer.

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) November 6, 2024

FOX REPORTING THAT TRUMP HAS WON PENNSYLVANIA:

The Fox News Decision Desk can now project that former President Trump will win Pennsylvania.

This is the most important victory for Trump so far. He is now three electoral votes away from winning the presidency.

The Harris campaign identified Pennsylvania as one of three Rust…

— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) November 6, 2024

Decision Desk HQ declaring Trump the winner in 2024:

Decision Desk HQ projects that former President Donald Trump (R) has won enough electoral votes to win the Presidency.#DecisionMade: 1:21am ET

Follow live results here: https://t.co/KhbXnlljiu pic.twitter.com/8NH5YdjqkR

— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) November 6, 2024

America’s Newspaper of Record weighs in:

America Unburdens Itself From What Has Been https://t.co/MElsQSK1sE pic.twitter.com/8OpkkqK9Jc

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) November 6, 2024

Brett Baier calls the election for Trump:

#BREAKING: Fox News has called the 2024 presidential election for @realDonaldTrump after projecting he will win the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania@BretBaier: "The biggest political phoenix from the ashes story that we have ever seen ever." pic.twitter.com/n56VBIrvuT

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 6, 2024

QUESTION ASKED: If this holds up…

…How will those states who chose to be part of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact award their Electoral College votes?

OLD AND BUSTED: Joy and Vibes!

The New Hotness (at least for the moment):

CNN: Kamala Harris' campaign HQ has gone silent as her chances of winning are fading fast pic.twitter.com/iw1upnQveN

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) November 6, 2024

Update (11:28 PM): More joy and vibes spotted here:

That's also my response to watching MSNBC https://t.co/M4ucvsfLnI

— Daniel Greenfield – "Hang Together or Separately" (@Sultanknish) November 6, 2024

UPDATE (12:50 AM):

Former Biden @WhiteHouse official Cedric Richmond tells the crowd @HowardU to go home, that they will hear from @VP tomorrow. Thousands of supporters stood for eight hours straight for…that. pic.twitter.com/6UU00hTpBt

— James Rosen (@JamesRosenTV) November 6, 2024

DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz Fends Off Challenger Colin Allred.

NATHAN HOCHMAN SURGES TO LEAD OVER LOS ANGELES COUNTY D.A. GEORGE GASCÓN:

A tumultuous first term in office for Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón seems likely to end in a failed reelection bid, as he trails challenger Nathan Hochman by more than 20 percentage points in early returns.

Gascón swept into office in 2020 on a promise of reform and restorative justice, but Hochman — a former federal prosecutor and defense attorney — has spent months painting the incumbent as responsible for increases in crime and homelessness around L.A.

Gascón’s supporters and criminologists dispute that link, but Hochman’s message resonated with voters, with polls consistently forecasting his victory ahead of election day.

Earlier: Stick It to Soros: Los Angeles, stop street chaos and vote out woke DA George Gascón.

UPDATE:

BREAKING: AP projects Prop 36 will pass overwhelmingly in California, reversing the soft on crime Prop 47, and reimposing stiff consequences for drug & theft crimes.

One of Prop 47’s architects, LA DA George Gascon, is currently losing his race by 22 points to @NathanHochmanDA

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) November 6, 2024

REPUBLICANS FLIP GOVERNOR’S MANSION IN PUERTO RICO, DESPITE JOKE CONTROVERSY.

WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY:

Joy Reid calls Florida an "extreme right-wing fascist state" pic.twitter.com/IZGsGSDNOj

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 6, 2024

DAVID HARSANYI: If one election can destroy the republic, it’s already dead.

I’ve hated nearly everything about the 2024 race: The incoherence of the candidates. The arms race in economic pandering. The violence. The nutjobs who’ve wormed their way into positions of influence. The lawfare. The unprecedented corruption and mendacity of the mass media. But there will be another election in two years that will matter very much to millions of people. And another one two years after that. Most of the same people, on experts, will be out there campaigning, raising money, and warning you that the end is near.

Modern elections do not put us out of our misery — they merely degrade our rights and decency in incremental two-year chunks.

And though I have no idea who will win the presidency in 2024, I’m quite comfortable predicting that Democrats won’t be carted off to concentration camps if Harris loses the election. Not one journalist, not even Joe Scarborough, is going to face a firing squad for saying critical things about the president. Indeed, there probably hasn’t been a public figure in America’s history who has faced as much scorn and scrutiny (some of it earned, much of it slander). Never has anyone been censored.

The unhinged, hysterical meltdown of the Left over former President Donald Trump’s candidacy is unparalleled in modern history. Women who walk around cosplaying The Handmaid’s Tale are living in the wealthiest and freest place women have ever known. They will continue to do so, even if Trump finds his way back into the White House for four years. The very notion that “democracy” hinges on the unfettered availability of third-trimester abortions is a kind of corrosive delusion only partisanship can whip up in otherwise rational people. Then again, we already know if Trump wins, every innocuous tax cut will be treated like the Reichstag fire.

And: One Last Whiff of the ‘If Trump Wins’ Psychosis: He Will Ban the Writing of History Books.

More from Harsanyi:

Last night, Oprah Winfrey told women assembled at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris that if they “don’t show up tomorrow, it is entirely possible that we will not have the opportunity to ever cast a ballot again.” On the same day, Trump booster Elon Musk told Joe Rogan that if “Trump doesn’t win, this is the last election.”

Still though, you can never be too sure…

It's true, Chapter 18 of Project 2025 is literally just "Oprah never gets to vote again." https://t.co/JDNYuf3ogw

— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) November 5, 2024

BIG, IF TRUE:

Early Exit Polls Show Peanut The Squirrel With Commanding Lead https://t.co/hlAjn6bJeI pic.twitter.com/34P0BaUncn

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) November 5, 2024

STACY MCCAIN: Election Results 2024: Prepared for a Night of Agony … But for Whom?

WELL, MARXIST-ADJACENT: Is Kamala Harris truly a Marxist? Understanding Marxism With Ben Shapiro and Paul Kengor.

Shapiro asked Kengor if he agrees with identifying Harris as a Marxist, and Kengor expressed caution about simply labeling all leftists as Marxists. (READ MORE: Kamala Harris Borrows From Karl Marx)

“I want to call a Marxist a Marxist only if we’re dealing with a legitimate Marxist,” Kengor responded. Kengor proceeded to explain the different classifications of Marxism that have developed throughout history — from proletariat against bourgeoisie and oppressed against oppressor to pitting the sexes against each other.

“I’d stay away from saying in a national debate [that] she’s a Marxist unless you can really defend it and explain it,” Kengor said. Shapiro agreed with Kengor’s sentiment, elaborating that baseless name-calling “waters down what Marxism is and makes it more palatable for the masses.”

Kengor, who is a political science professor and teaches about Marxism at Grove City College, told Shapiro that the best definition of Marxism was already given by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in their Communist Manifesto.

“I would argue — others have too — that the primary virtue in Marxism is envy,” Kengor added.

Related: Her Father’s Daughter: Donald Harris’ Hidden Influence on Kamala.