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WE CANNOT WAIT TO HEAR YOUR
RESPONSES.
IT’S BECOME GOING TO HAVE TO
THINK ABOUT MINE.
AS AMERICAN CELEBRATE OUR
NATION’S BIRTHDAY, THE CITY OF
ORLANDO IS APOLOGIZING AFTER
FACING BACKLASH OVER A
CONTROVERSIAL POST ABOUT ITS OWN
FIREWORKS DISPLAY.
THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT CLAIMED A
LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY DON’T
WANT TO CELEBRATE OUR NATION
RIGHT NOW AND WE CAN’T BLAME
THEM.
HERE TO REACT G.O.P.
CONGRESSWOMAN AND GUARD
MICHAEL WALTZ.
CONGRESSMAN WHAT YOU MAKE OF
THAT?
NOT VERY PATRIOTIC.
>> THE CITY OFFICIALS FOR A LAND
IMMEDIATELY BACKTRACKED BECAUSE
THE FREEDOM LOVING PEOPLE OF
FLORIDA ROSE UP INSIDE THE EYE
WE WANT TO CELEBRATE THE
FOURTH OF JULY.
WE LOVE AMERICA AND HAPPY
BIRTHDAY AMERICA.
YOU KNOW, RACHEL, JOE SHOWS A LEVEL OF CYNICISM THAT WE SEE IN
LEVEL OF CYNICISM THAT WE SEE IN
SO MANY OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS
OFFICIALS.
WE CAN’T LEAVE THE HOUSE ANYMORE
OVER TO HONG KONG WHERE PEOPLE
ARE DISAPPEARING IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE NIGHT IF THEY DARE TO
CRITICIZE THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY.
IT JUST GOES TO SHOW A TOTAL
LACK OF PERSPECTIVE OF HOW GREAT
WE HAVE IT HERE.
WE MAY NOT BE PERFECT BUT WE
WORKED THINGS OUT THROUGH OUR
ELECTIONS AND COURTS AND DEBATE
AND WE ARE ALWAYS SEEKING TO
IMPROVE.
I’M GLAD THEY BACKTRACKED.
I’M GLAD THEY APOLOGIZED.
BUT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH OF THIS
KIND OF NONSENSE ABOUT OUR GREAT
NATION.
>> I ALWAYS CONSIDER IT SUCH A
BLESSING I GREW UP IN A FAMILY
THAT SERVED IN THE MILITARY AND
I GOT TO LIVE IN SO MANY THIRD
WORLD COUNTRIES AND OTHER
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND SEE HOW
THEY LIVED.
I ALWAYS WAS SO GRATEFUL TO BE
IN AMERICAN.
I THINK BECAUSE I HAVE THAT
PERSPECTIVE.
YOU’RE RIGHT, MAYBE WE SHOULD
GIVE THEM A TRIP TO HONG KONG
AND THEY WOULD MAYBE COME BACK A
LITTLE MORE GRATEFUL.
HERE’S WHAT THE CITY OF ORLANDO
HAD TO SAY.
THIS WILL WE UNDERSTAND THESE
WORDS OFFENDED SOME OF OUR
RESIDENTS, WHICH WAS NOT OUR
INTENT.
WE VALUE THE FREEDOM TO HAVE IN
THIS COUNTRY AND WE ARE THANKFUL
TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO FOUGHT
AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THOSE.
WE TAKE PRIDE IN CELEBRATING THE
FOURTH OF JULY THIS SET EXPRESS
OUR GRATITUDE TO THOSE MEN AND
WOMEN IN HONOR OF THE COUNTRY
THAT WE LIVE IN.
ALSO JUST A MISUNDERSTANDING OF
OUR HISTORY.
WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE PROUD OF
CONGRESSMAN.
>> YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
IN 1776 THE ENTIRE SPAN OF
HISTORY BEFORE THEN, THE WORLD
WAS LED BY KINGS, QUEENS, AND
EMPERORS.
THEY DECIDED WHAT RIGHTS YOU HAD
HAD, WHERE YOU LIVE, WHAT YOUR
OCCUPATION WAS.
OUR FOUNDERS TURNED THAT ON HIS
HEAD.
WE THE PEOPLE DECIDE WHAT THE
GOVERNMENT CAN AND CAN’T DO AND
THAT WAS A SEISMIC SHIFT IN
HISTORY THAT LED TO AN EXPLOSION
OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY OVER
THE WORLD.
NEVER PERFECT, ALWAYS SEEKING TO
IMPROVE.
WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO.
BUT WE HAVE TO APPRECIATE HOW
GREAT THOSE MEN WERE THAT SIGN
THAT DOCUMENT.
THEY WERE LITERARILY HUNTED DOWN
FOR SIGNING IT AND THEN WHERE
THAT HAS SET THE WORLD IN TERMS
OF ITS HISTORY AND FREEDOM AND
INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES.
BUT IT’S NOT BEING TAUGHT NOW
AND OUR SCHOOLS, NOT NEARLY
ENOUGH, RACHEL.
THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO GET US
BACK TO CIVICS.
I HAVE A BILL TO PUT IT IN
NATIONAL SCHOOLS.
THE TEACHERS AND THE WAY TO BE
TAUGHT.
LIKE SO MANY VETERANS THERE WILL
BE KIDS IN THE GROUND WE WALK IN
WHEN WE LAND TO GET BACK TO THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
>> Rachel: A MAN, CONGRESSMAN.
FORT IS LEADING THE WAY WITH
THOSE CIVICS CLASSES AND ALSO
HAVING THE NATIONAL REMEMBERING
VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM DAY.
JUST REALLY MAKING SURE THAT
STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE, UNDERSTAND THE TRUE
HISTORY OF AMERICA AND ALSO THE
HISTORY OF COMMUNISM AND
SOCIALISM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
ME.
I’M VERY HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY TO
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
>> HAPPY FOURTH, RACHEL.
WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE GRATEFUL
FOR AND THAT’S MY MESSAGE TO
ALL-AMERICANS, BE GRATEFUL WE
ARE SO BLESSED TO WAKE UP
BREATHING FREE AIR AND A FREE
NATION.
>> THINKS THE PEOPLE LIKE YOU