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The Brian Lehrer Show

Your Progressive Patriotism

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

Bryan, Daily News, Media, New, Nyc, Public, York, News, Lerer, Politics, Wnyc, Npr, Arts, News Commentary, Radio

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Democrats and progressives call in to describe their versions of patriotism.

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0:00.0

Brian Lera on WNYC.

0:10.2

We've just got about 10 minutes left in the show today.

0:12.9

And I want to use them to just open up the phones again on one of the themes of the DNC this week

0:19.4

and hear your own take for yourself or for the world.

0:22.8

And the question is, if Harris and the convention were largely about projecting a progressive

0:28.5

version of patriotism, did that resonate with you? And if it did, how would you describe

0:35.4

progressive patriotism as opposed to the kind that might make you

0:40.2

cringe when you hear it from the right? So 212-433 W-N-YC, 212-433-9692. Again, if you consider yourself a

0:51.8

progressive patriot, what does that mean for you?

0:56.6

And how is that different from the kind of expressions of patriotism that might make you cringe

1:02.9

when you hear them from the right?

1:04.8

212-433 WNYC, for those of you who would consider yourself progressive patriots, put it into more than two words.

1:13.6

212-433-9692 and did the convention, which that was one of the big themes of, one of the big messages of, resonate with you in that respect.

1:27.3

And as your calls are coming in, here's another

1:28.9

example. In addition to the one we played earlier in the show of Harris waxing patriotic,

1:34.5

in this case referring to the U.S. inspiring the world. Here we go.

1:39.4

I love our country with all my heart. Everywhere I go, everywhere I go in everyone I meet, I see a nation that is ready to move

1:54.0

forward, ready for the next step in the incredible journey that is America.

2:01.6

I see an America where we hold fast to the fearless belief that built our nation

2:11.6

and inspired the world, that here, in this country, anything is possible, that nothing is out of reach.

2:24.4

And America, where we care for one another, look out for one another, and recognize that

2:34.0

we have so much more in common than what separates

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