Mark Levin trashed populism and nationalism at CPAC 2022 on Saturday, which was interesting considering how Donald Trump has been widely branded as a populist and many of his supporters identify as populists. But Levin insisted that “populism is progressivism” and “progressivism is American Marxism.”

“Your declaration of Independence is not about populism, and it’s not about nationalism; it’s about Americanism,” he said. “Americanism is unique. It’s about unalienable rights, given by whom? The voters? Given by a majority of voters? Given by God almighty!”

“This nation was founded on Judeo-Christian principles,” he continued. “It wasn’t founded on mob rule and the majority wins all the time. What if the majority votes to disarm you? What if the majority votes to take your property away? What if the majority votes the Bill of Rights out of the Constitution? No, this isn’t about populism. Populism is progressivism. Progressivism is American Marxism. That’s the way it is.”