, Columnist
Democrats Are Trying to Reclaim Patriotism From the Right
American flags everywhere.
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Democrats wouldn’t be trying so hard to embrace the American flag if they didn’t have something to prove to voters.
In the wake of the deadly coronavirus pandemic and George Floyd’s killing, many prominent figures on the political left — activists, commentators, politicians and scholars — have reexamined US history, focusing on the flaws of the country’s founding and society over the past nearly 250 years. Republicans, led by President Donald Trump, have used this introspection to paint Democrats with a broad brush as reflexively anti-American, sometimes to devastating effect.