About this episode

Bridget Phetasy explores what people love about America, highlighting responses from immigrants and others who appreciate the country's freedoms.

A new CNN poll says only 29% of Democrats are proud to be American. Bridget Phetasy asked her audience what they love about this country — and got hundreds of responses. The four things that came up most: free speech, the founding documents, guns, and the freedom to build your own life. The people who felt it most weren't born here. They were immigrants, refugees, and World Cup tourists who showed up expecting the country the media described and found something completely different. This is D...

People in this episode

Host: Bridget Phetasy

Topics covered

• American pride
• immigration
• freedom
• free speech
• cultural identity

Keywords

• CNN poll
• pride in America
• free speech
• founding documents
• immigrants

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CNN

Places: America, United States

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