know mark when some ways trumps major messages on there's a long history of this idea of american exceptionalism we are better than everyone else we're the greatest they're still the up to the job i'd say that even today you could have brought the bubble here we could i mean there and then he's clear message is i think i'm going to american message we are the best of the other american exceptionalism so he's sticking with my to that message which is very uncomfortable issue amongst democrats and republicans say we are the best that's why we can go around the can go to different countries and invade them that's why we can do whatever we want you know republicans and democrats say that so this isn't the controversial speech or the crowd here that in any way i mean he's being received rapturously because this is where the v.i.p.'s republican national committee people are trying dana's and 5000 members of the military has made a pretty respectable turn out as far as we can see down but how many of those are trump supporters i don't there how the speech is being received i don't know but somebody dow

seems, larra, that under obama, we had a sort of cleavage between the people who affirmed american exceptionalismwhat makes america unique, and obama himself, who led the movement to say that there is nothing exceptional about america, a denial of american exceptionalism. i think today, the debate has moved so that in a strange way, both sides, the right and the left, embrace american exceptionalism, except that the right, led by trump affirms that what makes america unique is good, america is uniquely good. whereas the left picks the opposite view, they except america's exceptionalism, but america is exceptionally evil but we are worse than other countries because we are more capitalist, more evil, more guns, the most racist. in a strange way, there is an agreement on the uniqueness of america, the disagreement is over whether we are uniquely good or uniquely bad. >> laura: chris, today nancy pelosi reacted to alexandria ocasio-cortez in an interview because she's always being asked about one of the freshman congresswoman because they are out there a lot on social media. they have quite a follow

it is the opinion me of the ultimate example of american exceptionalism in the heart of the cold war. as proximity is decreasing baby boomers die off. younger people enter the adult population, our proximity has increased. 91% of 65+ or baby boomers have watched the date of the lunar landing. 69% of millennials and really .eflecting on this point at least in my mind, lived through it -- that image is burned in my memory, my imagination. younger people don't have that experience or proximity. i think that is telling for a polarized travel world we live in today. we don't have those symbols that unite and bind. host: for folks who want to learn more about the apollo 11 lunar landing, c-span will be focusing on it next weekend on book tv and history tv. you can go to our website for more information. remi in texas. good morning. caller: good morning. i agree with the woman from michigan who said that we could better use that money for infrastructure to help our own country first. donald trump said he was going to give a break to the middle class, he never did. he just want -- i believe t

american exceptionalism from george washington. and i wouldn't of the white house like i said as we discussed but you got the sense of perhaps he's going to go away with it so there will be outrage this is not as often does. presidency continues and he even had a big crowd i'm sorry for the event response we can see a big crowd now to the end of the matter how many of the top supporters i have no idea but you know it's seems about despite all the outrageous is another thing the troubles by the. charge yeah that's something i want to talk a little bit more about it's a long with a cast of sesame street that seen the big inflatable baby made also made an appearance and there were concerns whether turnout they could get the turnout that they wanted to tell us why there were there was so much worry and so much talk around this part in particular trump speech. well the one about turnout was based on several reasons this was such a hastily hastily organized event there are the other events happening on the other side of the world like se

that giant leap meant to benefit all mankind as a prime example of american exceptionalism and helped cement america's status as the best, most powerful and most influential nation in world history. when neil armstrong and buzz aled run planted america's flag on the moon's surface on july 20, 1969, there was no doubt that america's space program had passed the russians and become the preeminent leader in space exploration, a position america maintains today. this week, america not only reflects on the miraculous achievements of the apollo 11 mission, but we also honor those who played a critical role in its ultimate success. the tennessee valley is immensely proud of our pivotal role in landing a man on the moon and equally importantly returning them alive to earth. reflecting our pride in america's achievement, there are up your dancing slippers. end quote. mankind's greatest achievements are yet to come. america will continue to accomplish the unimaginable and space for the benefit of all umanity. huntsville where we say the sky is not the limit will be instrumental in carrying amer

argument the tribes are making in the way he's doing is extending the history of america the american exceptionalism paying tribute to the military he's not talking about campaign issues in his political opponents he did stick to the script and this is a group that will make sense in the coming days as there was a contrast i was asked wait a 2nd went on the left and we just see it's true that speech itself is pretty remarkable i can imagine a democrat or republican to make a bad speech a mainstream one anyway because they are wrapped themselves up in american exceptionalism and the military doing just that i'm delighted the federal surrounded by a couple of objects with constant fly past so don't trumpet the sense of know what exactly did we just see i mean that's going to be after me after he discusses this how does all this cost a $17.00 of us how about this a cost that passed those billions of dollars it's like each of these claims it's actually been said as a sign of the other way sort of the government to save the best image the sets of these claims the financial often come to types of airplane

saidter: in the past, you america is a laughingstock in the world, you don't believe american exceptionalism. why is it ok for you to criticize america? pres. trump: i believe everyone is great, but i love our country, and i'm representing our country. people cannot go around speaking about our country and saying garbage. this is the greatest country in the world. we have the strongest military by far. we had a depleted military when i took over. year,nt $716 billion last $7 billion the year before. military.powerful more powerful than before. we have the greatest economy on earth. you can't speak about our country the way those -- they said -- they said say garbage, they say things about israel that is so bad i will not repeat them. they can't get away with that. [indiscernible] pres. trump: these women have said horrible things about our country and the people of our country. nobody should be able to do that. if they wanted to do that, that's up to them. i can't imagine they will do very well as the polls. if the democrats want to embrace people who hate our country, people that are so far

. >> it was an ode to american exceptionalism.here were no politics discussed in the speech but there was an unmistakable political subtext at a time when leading presidential candidates are dwelling on america's fault through history. you had nike take the original betsy ross flag off of one of its shoes and the protest from colin kaepernick. this was in contrast to that, to american exceptionalism and attributes to america. he didn't bring up politics but it was unmistakable. todd: we want to know your thoughts on the salute to america. carley: it wasn't a campaign rally but it does prove that trump is and will be the potus we needed and should support. carley: instagram user posting amazing and very proud american. carley: the event was the perfect way to honor america and american history with all the constant complaining in this country he showed who the real patriot is. i posted about his speech last night, my most liked -- todd: a lot of people responded to that. carley: charged in a fiery crash that killed a tennessee poli

in the salute to america on this 4th of july. >> donald trump praising american exceptionalism, menforces in his loot to america in the fourth of july, a huge crowd was entertained by the army band, spectacular as always but we leave you with a look at how the rest of the country celebrated. ♪ oh beautiful ♪ for sacred spacious skies ♪ >> happy independence day, great day to celebrate our great nation. ♪ for purple mountains majesties ♪ above the fruited plain ♪ >> a great opportunity to spend time together and enjoy our freedoms. ♪ america america ♪ god shed his grace on thee, being one and representing america. on 4 july. >> love of the country. >> free to do a lot of things like free to have fun and enjoy everything and you are free to just go play. ♪ america ♪ america ♪ >> strength and patriotism. it honors the people who serve for us so we can have our freedom. >> we need to support our country, support our troops and support everything about america. ♪ with brotherhood ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ >> we all share the same heroes, the same home, the same heart and we are all mad

this was american exceptionalism at its best. my brother and sister and i never missed an apollo liftoff. we all became very familiar with that countdown. 10 9 -- ignition sequence 6 5 fire the retrorockets 3 2 - -- 1 liftoff. we have liftoff. the rocket has cleared the tower. we sat there in amazement as we sat in front of that rca black and white tv. it was like the whole room was shaking and we would sit there until we saw the rocket finally leave out of sight. apollo 11 was a 36-story high rocket. it started it's eight day, 953,000-mile journey to the moon and back. we all had toy rockets back in the day and would repeat that liftoff sequence over and over. my brother and i would climb to our garage and launched our toy rockets. in cub squouts we built rockets. our high school physics classes we built rockets. we had contests to see who could fly their rockets the highest and furthest. i have no idea how many boys and girls were inspired to go into identifiens -- science because of the joy of watching rockets being launched t

i think clemens thought of american exceptionalism, it was the breadth of people here in the breadthf thoughts and ideas and one idea of basically white man exceptionalism was not his cup of tea. hay was very comfortable with that. hay was not comfortable with the idea of god. one reason i really liked writing about these two men is that they seemed very modern to me. they were talking about god's plan of of what god wanted for the american people. they were-- god didn't really enter the equation much for them. the most john hay would ever talk about was the cosmic tendency, so that's as close as he got to god talk. clemens was more than skeptical, quite angry about the use of religion and race in our foreign policy. >> president mckinley was sort of a reluctant imperialist at first, although he comes around to the inspiration of god as well, but he's assassinated. teddy roosevelt, by some interesting circumstances, some of them self-made and some of them accidental, he succeeds and becomes president of the united states and again, both twain and hay have interesting relationships wi

colorful in running down the country. >> laura: he didn't say there was no such thing as american exceptionalismhink he was trying to say things have gotten out of control and we're going to try to get them back under control.i it's a lofty goal. the economy is doing pretty well. we have a lot of other issues. i think that's going to try toy get at. i want to get to a second example. here's president trump today defending the betsy ross flag after the backlash against nike earlier this month. >> how about the betsy ross -- isn't it terrible? they try to take your heritage away. then you see the picture of president obama with the same exact flag. it's very unfair what they do. they try to demean and belittle and they are very good at it. they are better at that than they are at politics. they are better at that than they are at policy. >> when he runs against colin kaepernick for president he'll have a great issue. i don't hear any democratic presidential candidate talking about the betsy ross flag. they are talking about -- truly we are talking about health care. they're talking aboutng infrast

military something that we see democratic politicians do all the time too as they talk about american exceptionalism how the us is better than the other nations will do the mainstream politicians in the us do that the differences don't stop was doing it here at the lincoln memorial home today the fruit fly by 2 armored personnel carriers and that's about 70 people but this base nabbed it and you can bet that attempt will be using this is part of his campaign even though this isn't explicitly a campaign event all of it presses will still be asked whether this is secret a campaign event dressed up as a national event western congress may expect and there's still the question how much of this cost how much of this cost the taxpayers but all attempts to salute america and be seen saluting america. and steve clemons is editor at large for us political publication the hell he says trump's speech would have made many americans an easy. i think the only thing that was unexpected is that anyone would have thought this would have been anything but just pure donald trump this is this is a president of the unit

. >> you don't believe in american exceptionalism.y for you to criticize america but not democratic congress women. >> i believe everybody is great. i love our country. people can't go around speaking about our country and saying garbage, this is the greatest country in the world, we now have the strongest military by far. we had a depleted military when i took over. we spent $716 billion last year, $700 billion the year before, we have a great powerful military. more powerful than we've ever had before. we have the greatest economy on earth, not even close. you can't speak about our country the way those four congressmen -- they said garbage. they say things about israel that's so bad, i'm not going to repeat them right now. they can't get away with that act. not the right thing. these women have said horrible things about our country. and the people of our country. nobody should be able to do that, and if they want to do that, that's up to them, but i can't imagine they're going to do very well at the polls, and i say this, if the d

military might is certainly part of american exceptionalism. i'm not antimilitary. far from it.ught our way to freedom. the issue is not what the president wants to show off. it is what will not be present. we don't see displays of military here often because we are more than that. our greatest point that compels others is our compassion. sweet strength. coming to the aid of the weak. helping those in crisis. that is how america made her mark. yes, we fought. remember what we fought for. of the chance to live and believe and look and love as you like. a kind of freedom the world continues to envy. america has many tanks but the power that distinguishes her is that truth. not the tank. the bigger problem is this president is shortchanging america by featuring just one aspect. he's making us like look the guy with big arms in the gym but no legs. america must show the strongest muscle is her heart. that is the source of our pride. so, the ugly talk the divisiveness the attacks and us versus them. international embarrassment. this potus may pack an arena with tens of thousands but

one thing the speech was about which is important he talked a lot about american exceptionalism. the president. >> nearly 250 years ago a volunteer army or farmers and shop keepers, blacksmith, merchants and militia men risked life and limb to secure american liberty and self-government. this evening we have witnessed the noble might of the warriors who continue that legacy. they guard our birth right with vigilance and fierce devotion to the flag and to our great country. now we must go forward as a nation with that same unity of purpose. as long as we stay true to our course, as long as we remember our great history, as long as we never ever stop fighting for a better future, then there will be nothing that america cannot do. [cheers and applause] ed: kind of left people like the new york city pflum mucks. flyover and flags as the president plays emcee which is innocuous. emcee of this great party on the national mall. you built it up as if it was the worse thing in the world and going to be political it. didn't turn out that way. pete: criticize it as eighth grade i think we n

it is the opinion me of the ultimate example of american exceptionalism in the heart of the cold war.s proximity is decreasing baby boomers die off. younger people enter the adult population, our proximity has increased. 91% of 65+ or baby boomers have watched the date of the lunar landing. 69% of millennials and really .eflecting on this point at least in my mind, lived through it -- that image is burned in my memory, my imagination. younger people don't have that experience or proximity. i think that is telling for a polarized travel world we live in today. we don't have those symbols that unite and bind. host: for folks who want to learn more about the apollo 11 lunar landing, c-span will be focusing on it next weekend on book tv and history tv. you can go to our website for more information. remi in texas. good morning. caller: good morning. i agree with the woman from michigan who said that we could better use that money for infrastructure to help our own country first. donald trump said he was going to give a break to the middle class, he never did. he just want -- i believe tha

this was american exceptionalism at its best. my brother and sister and i never missed an apollo liftoff. we all became very familiar with that countdown. 10 9 -- ignition sequence 6 5 fire the retrorockets 3 2 - -- 1 liftoff. we have liftoff. the rocket has cleared the tower. we sat there in amazement as we sat in front of that rca black and white tv. it was like the whole room was shaking and we would sit there until we saw the rocket finally leave out of sight. apollo 11 was a 36-story high rocket. it started it's eight day, 953,000-mile journey to the moon and back. we all had toy rockets back in the day and would repeat that liftoff sequence over and over. my brother and i would climb to our garage and launched our toy rockets. in cub squouts we built rockets. our high school physics classes we built rockets. we had contests to see who could fly their rockets the highest and furthest. i have no idea how many boys and girls were inspired to go into identifiens -- science because of the joy of watching rockets being launched t

and he focused generally on american exceptionalism, not only in the military, which was the theme of all of this, but in general as well. >> that same american spirit that emboldened our founders has kept us strong throughout our history. to this day, that spirit runs through the veins of every american patriot. it lives on in each and every one of you here today. it is the spirit daring and defines, excellence and adventure, courage and confidence, loyalty and love that built this country into the most exceptional nation in the history of the world and our nation is stronger today than it ever was before. it is its strongest now. >> reporter: despite a lot of fears the president did not focus on partisan issues, but instead talked about americans as a whole, never really mentioning democrats or republicans and talking about as a group how americans can move forward. an important message, no doubt, on this fourth of july when his very actions in holding this rally caused a lot of division. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> joining me now to talk about it is political analyst peter mat

many people on the left think american exceptionalism is fading, pete buttigieg saying america isn'ttimes had a video saying when it comes to america it is just okay and even the notion that america is the greatest nation on earth is outdated at best and at worst completely inaccurate. if you have a country pride you must be zeno phobic or racist because it is based on the idea that for america to be exceptional, it has to be flawless in every area. it is okay to say america's history has problems, doesn't mean it isn't exceptional. rob: we got a tutorial on the betsy ross flag. let's talk about the shoe that started this conversation, nike shoe they were going to bring out and release and colin kaepernick said no, he pulls a lot of weight around there now and here's the statement from nike who made the decision to halt distribution of the air max one based on concerns that it could then intentionally offend and detract from the nation's patriotic holiday. let's look at a picture from not long ago, 6 years ago, barack obama's second inaugural address, the first black president in the

the ongoing policy debate across the country will continue to be socialism versus american exceptionalism. the people will decide our direction. what has happened is the president and supporters have been forced to endure months of allegations of racism and concentration camp accusations. i yield back. reserves.an >> i will give the >> >> gentleman 30 more seconds. an additional 30 seconds. >> thank you mr. collins. does adiculous slander disservice to our nation and the american people. i, like many, are tired. i urge a no vote at the resolution aimed at harassing the president of the united states and i yield back. york, gentleman from new mr. >> nadler is recognized. >>i yield one minute to the distinguished gentlelady from texas, miss jackson lee. >> misle is recognized. i thank the gentleman. i said earlier today that i wish we were not here but we are here and now i wish to indicate that i am appalled at any commentary a fellowans or hurts human being or fellow american or world citizen. it so the recounting of various statements i realize and recognize that comments were made about

usnow the left does not like talking about american exceptionalism. we are not supposed to talk about being a unique country with a unique history, and a unique purpose. all of those things are true, we are unique country with a unique history and purpose in the world. [applause] and that purpose is not yet farshed, and our history is from being written. we have much work to do yet as a nation, so it is time that we renewed the sources of our strength and we face with confidence this new era, because i am confident that this next century is going to be amazing and america will lead the way. thank you so much for having me. god bless you. [applause] >> good afternoon everyone, how are you doing? director of this conference. thank you. so happy to meet all of you. if you do not get to ask a question, we will meet with them later today. >> the federal reserve meeting in washington this week, and jerome powell will hold a news conference, and is expected to announce a change in interest rates. live coverage begins at 2:30 p.m. eastern, and you can follow

this was a peon to american exceptionalism and attribute to america and even though he didn't bring ae has inspired heroes who defined our national character, from george washington, john adams, and betsy ross, to douglas, you know, frederick douglass. the great trick douglass. harriet tubman, emelia ehrhardt, douglas macarthur, dwight eisenhower, jackie robinson, and of course, john glenn. >> mike: reference to a number of great americans, but betsy ross was included in that. your thoughts? >> i love the allusion to frederick douglass, who had written and spoken as beautifully, and abraham lincoln. people who knew that our country did have problems, but the solution to america's problem was in america herself. and this is a noted contrast of people were talking about the flag is being a symbol of hate for the founding as being this irredeemable situation. america is a great country and it's great and it's one of these things were great americans throughout time have known that it is great that when we have problems, we seek to improve them. i loved the call out civil rights heroes an

it does seem only fitting to start off with one of the opening monologues on what is american exceptionalismnd how it is being threatened today. take a look. we tell you every night on this program that we are so blessed, we live in the greatest best country that god ever gave man. never in the history of mankind, good friend of mine every farmer said, has a country acquired more power and abused it less then our country. the united states. never as a country used its country and resources for the advancement of the human convention. not only our citizens but around the globe. we are not perfect muted beings and not perfect, but what makes this country so special so unique, it starts with our founding documents. our constitution, bill of rights, the human rights, they are not government given. but endowed by our creator and inalienable rights for every american, life, liberty, pursuit of happiness. ronald reagan reminded us and pointed out many decades ago that freedom is never more than one generation from extinction. from world war ii, to the rise of communism to the fight of radical islam

the ongoing policy debate across the country will continue to be socialism versus american exceptionalism. the people decide our direction. what has really happened here is that the president and his supporters have been forced to endure months of allegations of racism and concentration camp accusations. i yield back. >> the german reserves. -- gentleman reserves. >> this ridiculous slander does a disservice to our nation and to the american people. i urge a no vote on the resolution aimed purely at harassing the president of the united states. i yield back. >> the german reserves. >> the gentleman from the -- the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. >> i yield one minute to the distinguished gentlelady from texas. >> mislead is recognized -- lee is recognized for one minute. >> i said earlier today that i wish we were not here. but we are here and now i wish to indicate that i am appalled at any commentary that demeans or hurts a fellow human being or fellow american or fellow world citizen. the recounting of various andements, i realize recognize that comments

reporter: de1350i9spite a lo fears, the president steered away and talked about american people, american exceptionalism and including, according to him, a trip to mars. >> dave, michelle? thanks, tom. today is the deadline for the justice department to tell a federal judge whether it does plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. doing so would defy the supreme court. earlier this week president trump ordered the doj to find a way after the administration had conceded the census would be printed without the question. a source familiar with the discussion tells cnn there are limited paths forward. one option would be an executive order that would likely be challenged in the lower courts. there's also the possibility of an addendum to the census. some are considering going back to the area. >>> former vice president joe biden trying to move on. biden was asked about school bussing again on the campaign trail in iowa. the question coming one day after democratic rival kamala harris said local school districts should be able to decide the issue for themselves. that's the same argument biden ma

. >> the president believes in american exceptionalism.ieve in that and yet democrats are embarrassed about the country, there embarrassed of the flag, there embarrassed this president has wrapped himself in the flag. i think that's why the overwhelming majority of americans love this president because it's the one thing that supposed to draw together, a flag of the united states of america. it shouldn't be a partisan issue but there choosing to make it a partisan issue. i think they do so with their own political peril. i like the sum of what you're saying. the rule of law does give us the liberty and we do believe in limited government and there is a fundamental difference between what the democrats believe in which is more eager government and what president trump is fighting for to increase our liberty by giving more chances, more opportunity. >> you could say that debate which is a framework which is different than anywhere in the world. anywhere else in the world that would be a really weird thing to say. [inaudible] it's just fundam

and don't believe in american exceptionalism. why can you criticize america but not democrats? >> i believe everyone is great. i love our country. i'm representing the country. people can't go around speaking ability the country and saying garbage. these women said horrible things. about our country and the people of the country. nobody should be able to do that and if they want to do that. that's up to them. i can't imagine they'll do well at the polls. and i say this, if the democrats want to embrace people that hate the country, people that are so far left that nobody has ever seen it. that's up to them. >> didn't really answer the question. why is it okay for you to criticize the country but not okay for the congresswomen to criticize the country? he never answered that. and kept saying they have said this called the country garbage. that is not true. that's a fact check. did you hear what he said? he admitted this is about politics for the president. 2020 is looming. all about branding democrats as far left. adds socialists. and extremists. a party that embraces hate. when

hardware being brought in as the president wished for the white house, this is a big display of american exceptionalism, for the president's critics it is instead an awful lot of fuss about him. the iconic fireworks over the national mall will be moved to a new spot, all flights will be grounded at reagan national airport for more than two hours. and three tis time three times number of guard will be deployed for security. all for the fourth of july celebration, giving an unprecedented speech at the lincoln memorial. >> it will be like no other. >> reporter: for all the costly changes, it is still not precisely what he wanted early on, a grand military parade as seen in some other countries such as france, russia and north korea. but cost estimates for that plan quickly ran into tens of millions of dollars. the d.c. city council mindful of expensive street damage said no tanks. the park service has remained quiet about how much it will cost to take on the additional requirements and the pentagon is not discussing the price tag for a flyover by the blue angels, a plane that serves as air force one, othe

. >> mike: president trump tonight praising american exceptionalism and men and women of the armed sourcesa on this 4th of july. huge crowd entertained by the band and army chorus, spectacular as always. we leave you with a look at how the rest of the country celebrated. ♪ >> happy independence day. a great day to be here and celebrate our great nation. ♪ ♪ for purple mountains majest majesty ♪ ♪ above the fruited plains >> a great family opportunity to spend time together and enjoy our freedoms. >> ♪ america, america ♪ god shed his grace on thee >> getting together. being one. just representing america on the 4th of july. >> for the love of the country. love of the country. >> you're free. you're free to do a lot of things. you are free to have fun, enjoy and enjoy everything. free to go play. >> ♪ america, america >> it shows our strength and our patriotism. it honors the people who served for us so we can have our freedom. >> we need to make sure we support our country, we support our troops. and we support everything about america. >> ♪ with brotherhood ♪ from sea to shining, shining s

american people reminding them a full throated delivery of our great american history, our american exceptionalism we have had as a country and the fact that we should be proud of those accomplishments. i think one of the problems is the left has such a low thing lr who we are as a people, that it blinds them. what donald trump was doing yesterday was celebrating who we are, celebrating our great military, and i'm sorry, there's something wrong with you if you didn't think that the b2 bomber flying over the mall wasn't a really cool visual. i'll say this about mayor pete. when you're running for office you have to compare and contrast yourself against the person you're running against. the problem is, what are they going to talk about, the fact they want to give healthcare to illegals, they want open borders, their full-throated crazy socialist ideas. that's the real problem they have. cheryl: you brought up pete buttigieg. i want to bring up an interesting thing. he raised 2 a $5 million in the second -- $25 million in the second quarter. president trump raised over 60. that's a good chunk of cha

an overly militaryistic, as well as a plurality, they don't subscribe to the notions and american exceptionalismrally pro-peace platform. that's while you'll see candidates like buttigieg and elizabeth warren gain traction. they're running against the establishment and bipartisan existence that's existed that focuses on military intervention on the world. >> setting aside the substance of that, how do you sell a subject like that politically? you look at hot spots around the world and you have someone like donald trump who sucks up all of the oxygen in the room when it comes to making arguments like that. you can imagine how he would use that. >> but i'm also wondering where the president is considering where he is iran. as he rachets up the tension with iran. >> sure, i think the president knows there's a lot of political appeal in the message and in fact, actually ran on getting us out of the wars in the middle east. once in office, president trump like president obama ran against the national security establishment. ran on drawing down the troop presence in afghanistan. even george w. bush ra

. >> american exceptionalism is people coming from other places to make this country special.is the birth of this -- >> kaylee, what's your response? >> jennifer, since i had to be asked this absurd hypothetical, will you condemn ilhan omar for not condemning al qaeda. apparently not >> you wouldn't even answer my question, kaylee. you have no high ground. continue. >> who are you asking? >> i'm saying continue the banter. >> she criticizes the country. >> i have no idea what she has said or not said about al qaeda. but i do know she's an american citizen and she has a representative district and she's sent to washington to serve her district. that woman is an american and you can't say send her home. >> she says we are responsible for 9/11. >> wait, wait, wait. >> she says america is responsible for 9/11 and terrorism, we're responsible for that and she won't condemn al qaeda, that is un-american. >> do you think she should be sent back to somalia? answer my question. >> jennifer, i'll answer it, all right. if you hate this country so much -- >> she doesn't hate it. >> let me

it does seem only fitting to start off with one of the opening monologues on what is american exceptionalism it is being threatened today. take a look. we tell you every night on this program that we are so blessed, we live in the greatest best country that god ever gave man. never in the history of mankind, good friend of mine every farmer said, has a country acquired more power and abu

he disagreed with the term american exceptionalism. at that time he was arguing i have a policy disagreement with the leaders of america. i'll make it better. now these four young congress woman are in effect effect saying we disagree with your leadership and he's saying you have to leave the country. >> david jolly while good people everywhere pray that your brand of optimism carries the day, i have to say as a southerner, you are also familiar with the playbook of the old-time segregationists and what has bothered so many people in week is that so many of these talking points are way too familiar, given our past couple decades of history in this country. >> yeah, i'm glad you asked that. it's why the moment with lindsey graham was such a disgusting one today on capitol hill, kevin mccarthy, as well. they are intentionally shifting this from center back to love it or leave it, if you don't love the country go home. to peter's point love to them is suggesting agreement. if you don't agree with republicans you must go home. love it or l

i think that racial and ethnic diversity is the source of american exceptionalism.he fact that we are a country that -- we were not descended from one ethnic group as european countries were. our immigration laws have created a place where there is someone here in the united states with ties to every single community in the globe it is the thing that makes us exceptional and extraordinary. yes, diversity is good. and yes, privilege that is based on skin color is not democratic, it is not egalitarian. yes, it has been baked into the fabric -- brian: is there privilege? are most whites white supremacists? heather: those are two very different questions. brian: here is another way of asking it -- what do black people say about white people when we are not around? heather: that is a good question. so -- i am trying to think of an actual example. brian: there has to be things you say. heather: sure. i mean listen, our country -- we have this very strange, kind of double consciousness in this country, where we admit -- and on martin luther king day our country was legally

. >> we export american exceptionalism. the great america. the land of liberty and justice that is, you know, you ask anybody in walking on the side of the street somewhere in the middle of the world, they will tell you, america the grade. but don't live those values here. >> hannity: this is not one isolated comment.. omar routinely trashes this country and sometimes resorting to the conspiracy theory as well to do so. she onceon claimed that a mic ad soldiers slaughtered thousands of somalians during a black hawk down crisis. the truth? the reality? american soldiers were killed hundreds of militants literally during a clash with w a violent warlord who had attacked u.n. peacekeepers. and that's not all. omar also claimed that the u.s. was to blame for the terrorist attack in kenya. and she said the u.s. bullying not socialism, led to the devastation in venezuela. she also called former president obama even a pretty face who got away with murder because of his use of drones. and today, she accused president trump of causing the deaths of mi

the ongoing policy debate across this country will be socialism versus american exceptionalism. the people will decide our direction. what has really happened here is that the president and his supporters have been forced to endure months of allegations of racism and concentration camp accusations. . i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from -- mr. collins: i give the gentleman 30 more seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has an additional 30 seconds. mr. muser: thank you, mr. collins. this ridiculous slander does a disservice to our nation and the american people, and i, like many, am tired of it. i urge a no vote on the resolution aimed purely at harassing the president of the united states. i yield back. mr. collins: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler, is recognized. mr. nadler: mr. speaker, i now yield one minute to the distinguished gentlelady from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas, ms. lee, is recognized for one minute. i thank the e: gentleman

trump also delivered a fairly straightforward speech about american exceptionalism, on a day in which that's totally appropriate, with only one minor historical revision. just to set the record straight, no, there were no airports in the time of the american revolution. trump also refrained from using the majestic washington mall backdrop and patriotic occasion to lob insults at his political opponents, real or imagined. all in all, it was a pretty traditional affair. i'm not really mad at any of it. the f-22 and stealth bomber flyovers, the bradleys on display. i think we can celebrate our ideals and values while also celebrating our military, the men and women who defend them. i don't even mind that he's already turned the whole thing into b-roll and tweeted out a snazzy video of the event. you know, for his scrapbook. but here's what made me sad this fourth of july. i'm usually one of those gals who likes to gear up for independence day. i love this country and i want to show it. i like to put on my america tank top, throw a patriotic ko iic kn an adult beverage and post funny meme

they themselves have said that american exceptionalism is exporting abroad but not practiced here in america. >> the president has said very similar things. >> george, what's so beautiful about america is the fact that we do have freedom of speech, that we're able to have this political discourse and so, for them to be able to just go and attack the president, for them to be able to basically make these comments where they say, let's be compassionate, omar wrote a letter to judge, let's show compassion to those individuals who are going to join isis. that's disturbing to me. when they push forward a government-controlled agenda which we know can be incredibly destructive to our democracy. that's problematic, george. >> that's your view. you and the president says if you criticize the united states while he's president that's unpatriotic. >> no -- look, it's not -- this is their fundamentally criticizing the united states when they're pushing forward policies that are basically anti-semitic, that they're attacking our law enforcement. that to us is very concerning. we are pushing poli