On Monday’s episode of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” Shapiro talks about the decline in patriotism among younger generations in the aftermath of the Soviet Union’s collapse. Video and partial transcript below:
Over 80 percent of Republicans say patriotism is important, compared to just over 40 percent of Democrats. Part of this, by the way, has to do with who’s the president. There have been polls that show that Democratic feelings about patriotism vary with the president’s. When Obama was president, Democrats were super patriotic — but Republicans, by the way, didn’t become unpatriotic. Like 70 percent of Republicans felt they were patriotic. Then Trump became president, and that jumped about five to 10 points for Republicans and it dropped off like 40 percent for Democrats. If you’re patriotic based on who the president is, you’re doing patriotism wrong.
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