New calls emerge for Republicans to abandon their party. Tom Perez says the wave of the future is socialism and Supreme Court talk gets even dumber. I'm Ben Shapiro. This is The Ben Shapiro Show.

Well, believe it or not, even though it's the day after Independence Day, there's still a lot of news going on. I know everybody's groggy. I know everybody's just getting back to work and everybody's depressed about it. But don't worry. We'll get through it together. First, I have to remind you that this August I'm taking the Ben Shapiro show live to audiences in Dallas and Phoenix. You'll be able to see me in person and join in an audience Q&A. Tickets are going fast. We're nearly sold out in Dallas and we are approaching near sold out in Phoenix. visit dailywired.com slash events to get your seats and additional info. So go check that out. Dailywire.com slash events. I look forward to seeing you there. It should be a blast. We have all sorts of fun and games plan for you. So check that out. Also, before we begin, I want to remind you that it is time for you to make sure that all of your most precious memories are preserved.

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So the left has decided that everything is political up to and including Independence Day itself.

July 4th is a time for political protest. We now know that a vast majority of Democrats

are not extremely proud of their

country. This led Britt Hume of Fox News to tweet out that Democrats don't love their country.

I think that's a little much. I think Britt Hume deleted the tweet because it was a little

much as well. But there's no question that the inherent patriotism of Democrats is very different

from the inherent patriotism of Republicans. We discussed this a little bit earlier in the week.

The idea that for Democrats, they're only proud of their country when their country is doing stuff that Democrats like. For Republicans, they are proud of their country because of the foundational principles upon which the country stands. And so the president can change, but those foundational principles never do. And that means that you're proud of your country, whether Obama is president or whether Donald Trump is president. And indeed, that's what the Gallup polls show. They show that over 70% of Republicans

were proud of America when Obama was president and over 70% of Republicans are proud of America

when Trump is president. When Obama was president by contrast, 56% of Democrats were proud of America.

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