RACHEL: EVEN THOUGH WE’RE
CELEBRATING THE INDEPENDENCE DAY
WEEKEND, PATRIOTISM SEEMS TO BE
TAKING A HIT.
WILL: TAKE A LOOK AT THIS NEW
FOX NEWS POLL SHOWING ONLY 39%
OF AMERICANS ARE PROUD OF THEIR
COUNTRY TODAY, A DROP FROM MORE
THAN 50% WHO WAS PROUD BACK
IN --
PETE: AND IT WAS 69% THIS MANY
2011.
HERE TO REACT, RETIRED MARINE
BOMB EC JOEY JONES. -- TECH.
>> GUYS, YOU’RE DOING A
FANTASTIC JOB MORNING.
LOOK AT BACKDROP.
PETE: CAN’T BEAT IT.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS NUMBER,
JOEY?
>> IT’S NOT SURPRISING.
BE THE MOST JUDICIOUS PERSON YOU
CAN.
YOU HAVE A GROUP ON THE LEFT,
PROGRESSIVES, AND THEIR IDEA OF
NATIONALISM IS ROOTED IN
GRIEVANCE, AND YOU HAVE A GROUP
ON THE RIGHT, CONSERVATIVES, AND
THEIR IDEA IS ROOTED IN
RESPONSIBILITY.
AND NEITHER ONE OF THOSE GROUPS
ARE BEING FULFILLED RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU’RE A PROGRESSIVE, YOU
LOOK AT THE PROSPERITY OF THIS
COUNTRY AND YOU GO, YEAH, IT’S
BECAUSE WE’RE OPPRESSED.
THAT THAT’S MILLENNIA OF
OPPRESSION OR CENTURIES OF
OPPRESSION THAT HAS RESULTED IN
PROSPERITY.
ON THE RIGHT YOU’RE DOING, MAN,
YOU’RE ATTACKING EVERYTHING THAT
MAKES US PROSPEROUS.
THOSE TWO GROUPS ARE INCREDIBLY
UNHAPPY RIGHT NOW.
THE PROBLEM IS THERE’S SO MUCH
MORE TO THIS COUNTRY --
PETE: PRIDE IS SOMETHING DEEPER
THAN, OH, I DON’T LIKE WHAT THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S DOING,
YOU KNOW?
I CAN STILL SAY I’M PROUD OF MY
COUNTRY.
>> IF YOU’RE A CONSERVATIVE AND
YOU SEE THE CORPORATE MEDIA
WITH, CORPORATIONS TAKING IN THE
WOKISM, CRT AND ALL OF THAT,
WHAT YOU THINK IS IT’S BECOMING
MAINSTREAM.
THAT’S WHAT MOST AMERICANS ARE
THINKING BECAUSE THAT’S ALL WE
SEE EVERY DAY.
THAT’S DISHEARTENING.
YOU’RE ON THE LEFT AND YOU SEE
THESE THREE MAJOR SUPREME COURT
RULINGS, THAT ATTACKS WHAT YOU
THINK.
SO I’M BEING JUDICIOUS, SO BOTH
SIDES ARE COULD BE HEARTED OVER
THESE FRINGE -- DOWN HEARTED
OVER THESE FRINGE ISSUES.
WILL: THE POLL SHOWS THAT
PEOPLEN ON THE LEFT AND THE
RIGHT ARE POLLING IN LOWER
NUMBERS HAND IN THE PAST WHICH
IS DISAPPOINTING BECAUSE OF WHAT
I AGREE AGREE WITH WHAT YOU
SAID, PETE, YOU CAN BE
DISAPPOINTED IN THE MOMENT, BUT
YOU WOULD HOPE THAT WOULDN’T
SACRIFICE PRIDE OVER THE IDEAS.
>> BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THE
SOLUTION IS?
PEOPLE LIKE US TELLING THE
APPROPRIATE STORY, COMING TO
WEST POINT.
A LIVING, BREATHING, MUSEUM,
MEMORIAL OF WHAT IT TAKES FOR
FIGHTING FOR THOSE FREE COMES.
PEOPLE LIKE US BRAGGING ON THE
AMAZING TRAJECTORY OF THIS
COUNTRY.
THERE’S NOWHERE ELSE IN THE
WORLD WE COULD SAY WHATEVER WE
WANT TO ABOUT OUR LEADERSHIP.
THERE’S NOWHERE ELSE IN THE
WORLD WE COULD GO OUT IN
NOVEMBER AND CHANGE IT THE WAY
WE CAN.
RACHEL: THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
I WILL SAY YESTERDAY IT WAS
INTERESTING WHEN I WAS ON FOX
FRIENDS, I WAS WITH STEVE DOOCY,
AND HE SAID, RACHEL, THERE WAS
SO MUCH -- HE SAID, I FELT LIKE
THE ANTI-AMERICANISM IN THE
’70s WAS WORSE.
AND I ARGUED WITH HIM BACK AND
FORTH, AND THEN DAVID ASMAN WAS
TEXTING ME SAYING, YOU KNOW,
HE’S RIGHT.
>> I COULDN’T TELL YOU --
RACHEL: AND I COULDN’T TELL YOU
EITHER, RIGHT?
BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS
INTERESTING, AND IT ACTUALLY
GAVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE --
>> YEAH.
RAY -- IN THAT MAYBE THIS ISN’T
THIS PERMANENT TRAJECTORY
DOWNWARDS, MAYBE WE CAN RENEW
OURSELVES.
BECAUSE REMEMBER, AFTER THE
’70s CAME THE ’80s.
>> IT’S HUMAN NATURE.
YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURS AND
BUSINESS LEADERS, THOUGHT
LEADERS, WE ARE AT OUR BEST WHEN
OUR BACKS ARE AGAINST THE WALL.
WE’RE A COMFORTABLE COUNTRY.
WE LOOK FOR THINGS TO COMPLAIN
ABOUT.
[LAUGHTER]
THE POVERTY LEVEL COMES WITH
MEALS AND A CELL PHONE.
WE DON’T KNOW HOW TO APPRECIATE
IT ANYMORE, AND YOU KNOW WHAT,
PETE?
WE WENT TO WAR TO MAKE SURE IT
STAYED THAT WAY.
WE JUST HAVE TO COME BACK AND
SING THE RIGHT SONG.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I MOW ABOUT
THIS COUNTRY.
IT DOESN’T MATTER YOUR
ETHNICITY, HOW YOU PRAY, WHO YOU
VOTE FOR.
WHEN SOMEBODY WALKS OUT THEIR
FRONT DOOR EVERY MORNING EVEN IN
NEW YORK CITY, ESPECIALLY IN NEW
YORK CITY, IF THEY STUMBLE AND
FALL DOWN, ANYONE THAT PASSES
THEM IS THERE TO PICK THEM UP.
I KNOW THAT BECAUSE WHEN I WAS
KNOCKED DOWN AT THE KNEES, MY
WHOLE COUNTRY PICKED ME BACK UP.
THAT’S WHO WE ARE, AND I THINK
IT’S STILL PART OF OUR DNA.
I HATE TO BE AN ANNOYING
OPTIMIST BECAUSE I GET MAD TOO,
BUT I’M SO THANKFUL.
THIS COUNTRY MEANS SO MUCH TO
ME.
AND I’M SO GRATEFUL TO BE A PART
OF IT.
THIS POLL MAY BE DISHEARTENING,
BUT LET’S LOOK AT IT AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO FIX IT.
WILL: WONDERFUL INDEPENDENCE DAY
MESSAGE.
PETE: WHICH IS WHY YOU’RE THE
PERFECT PERSON TO BE HOSTING --
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?
WE’RE ON THE CHANNEL SUNDAY
NIGHT, AND YOU’LL BE ON MONDAY
NIGHT.
>> 8-10 I’VE GOT CARLEY SHIMKUS,
CAYLEE McE NAPENY AND LAWRENCE
JONES LEADING THE WAY, I’M JUST
PROVIDING SUPPORT.
WE DID SOME FUN THINGS TO
HIGHLIGHT THE AMAZING CULTURE IN
THIS COUNTRY.
TUNE IN AND HAVE FUN WITH US.
RACHEL: YEAH, WE’RE DEFINITELY
TUBING IN FOR THAT -- TUNING IN
FOR THAT.
PETE: I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT.
>> I WAS OUT WITH YOUR HUSBAND