Friends,
It is profoundly sobering to witness the sacred symbols of our republic reduced to cheap props for personal grievances and corporate counter-culture. Today, as we mark Flag Day, we find ourselves at a crossroads that our ancestors would have recognized with a collective shudder. We are living through an era where the American flag hasn’t just been commercialized; it has been hijacked.
The Stars and Stripes were never meant to be a brand logo for an autocrat or a shield for white supremacy. It is a sacred trust. Historically, that flag represented our collective greatness—it was the beacon that welcomed generations of immigrants passing the Statue of Liberty, the standard carried into battle to defeat fascism, and the emblem of freedom that accompanied humanity to the surface of the moon. It belongs to the civil rights marchers who carried it across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to demand the basic promises of democracy.
Today, that grand history is under siege by a MAGA movement that has twisted the flag into a symbol of exclusion, grievance, and fear.
We watch with disgust as our national symbol is cheapened by the likes of Kid Rock wearing it like a costume while frolicking with RFK Jr., or draped over the shoulders of racist rioters and extremists who stand against everything the flag actually represents. Even tonight, turning the White House into a backdrop for a raucous UFC fight night is a profound disgrace to the flag and the dignity it demands, reducing the citadel of our democracy into a cheap octagon for toxic spectacle. They treat patriotism like a country club membership meant only for those who look like them, talk like them, and swear fealty to a singular, corrupt political figure.
But waving a flag doesn’t make you a patriot.
True patriotism is not blind obedience to a leader; it is an unyielding commitment to our democratic principles. True patriots do not demand conformity; they defend the right to dissent. They protect free speech, uphold the rule of law, and believe in the vision of an America that is open to the oppressed and persecuted of all nations.
We in the pro-democracy movement are the real patriots. And it is time we start acting like it.
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Together, we can reclaim the American flag from those who use it to promote hate. Consider the giants who came before:
Thomas Jefferson believed the flag represented the “inherent and inalienable rights of man,” not a license to consolidate power for personal grievance.
Theodore Roosevelt reminded us that patriotism means loyalty to the country, not the officeholder: “The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower understood that true national strength lies in adherence to our values, warning that “A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.”
We believe in the “electric cord” Abraham Lincoln spoke of—the moral sentiment that links the hearts of all who love freedom. To restore our country, we must first restore our shared values: Country Over Party, the Guardrails of Democracy, and a return to the vision of a free, pluralistic society.
The MAGA movement wants you to believe that the flag belongs to them. We are here to remind the world that the flag belongs to the Constitution, and the Constitution belongs to “We the People.”
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