Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha criticized Democrats for their lack of patriotism and collectively holding on to bad views of America “because of who’s in the Oval Office.”
Concha argued that Democrats’ American pride cannot be based on one person, such as President Donald Trump, but needs to be based on the last 250 years of America.
Democrats’ pride has “dropped like a stone,” Concha said on Fox News’s America Reports Friday.
Concha said the phenomenon is due to the rise in socialism and where it’s taking the Democratic Party.
“I think it’s because they’re embracing more of the free stuff fantasy that comes with socialism, and that’s based on a culture that’s growing in terms of victimhood, in terms of anger, and therefore, they blame the system, and that’s why more and more socialists are being elected,” Concha said.
“They [socialists] want to blow up the system and recreate what our founders put forward 250 years ago.”
Concha said even tourists have recognized what makes America great, as seen in viral posts and videos from World Cup travelers, and that people in the United States’ legislative branch don’t even see its worth.
“You think of even all the millions that sometimes risked their lives to come to the United States, and some that even got in here have run for Congress and have since talked about how horrible this country is,” Concha said.
Concha said Democrats’ constant bashing of the United States is “not going to win.”
“In the end, if we just look forward to 2028, I think the positive message wins: The one who talks about ‘our best days are ahead’ and ‘we can accomplish this because we’ve overcome so many things in the past.’”
Concha said part of the messaging is to remember “hope and change” and “Make America Great Again.”
“Positive messages work, and to be this sour on such a great country is something that ultimately will not win over the voters [Democrats] need to win elections,” Concha said.
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Concha related American pride to his own journey and personal life in relation to Fox News. He emphasized the importance of hard work and its connection to the American dream.
“Look at this background that we have. Look at this set that we’re on. Look at this network that we get to work for. So to have that feeling of reward after all that hard work, I would think more people would embrace that. But some folks just fall in love with the free stuff and being mediocre, and that’s a whole bowl of wrong,” Concha said.