A new poll shows Americans aren't that proud of their country. The Supreme Court race heats up,

and President Trump goes to war on trade. I'm Ben Shapiro. This is The Ben Shapiro Show.

Well, it's the day before 4th of July. My favorite holiday of the year, Fourth of July is just

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legislature or any single Speaker of the House or any single Supreme Court justice,

I would suggest that you don't have a valuable view of America in and of itself.

You just think of America as what it is today, as opposed to America as a manifestation of

certain ideals. And maybe those ideals are being imperfectly implemented

but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be proud of the ideals themselves or the history of America

which has freed more people from tyranny than any country in the history of the globe

Republicans have consistently said they're extremely proud to be American at a significantly

high rate than Democrats according to media. This new number that less than half of all Americans

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