On July 4, prominent Democrats sent messages of despair instead of joy, angering those who were critical of them. Numerous texts contained dire warnings about impending dangers supposedly presented by the Trump administration.
On this Fourth of July, I’d like to pause and think. Currently, things are challenging. The situation will likely worsen before it improves, ex-VP Kamala Harris said in an X post that featured a photo of herself and ex-second gentleman Doug Emhoff at the White House. However, I am willing to battle for our nation because I love it. We shall stand together in our defense of our nation’s values.
A large number of online commenters pointed out that Harris removed Joe Biden and Jill Biden, the former president and first wife, from the shot. Some mocked Harris by using one of her famous statements, claiming that the nation was “unburdened by what has been.”
Joe Biden, who was Harris’ supervisor in the Obama administration, released a kinder statement in which he urged Americans to “fight to maintain” democracy.
As if that weren’t enough, former President Obama added his voice to the chorus, stating that “core democratic principles seem to be continuously under attack.” In support of his claim that “we” is the “single most powerful word in our democracy,” he cited his inaugural platform motto.
America was never the brainchild of a single individual, and that much is underscored by Independence Day. In our democratic system, the term “we” is the most influential word. “Our Numbers Speak.” “We Will Conquer.” “I Believe We Can.” Nobody owns the United States of America. Every person has a right to it. “Now is the time to ask ourselves tough questions about how we can build our democracies and make them work in meaningful and practical ways for ordinary people,” Obama wrote, referring to the current historical moment in which fundamental democratic principles appear to be constantly under attack and when a large portion of the global population has grown cynical and disengaged.
A veteran of Mao’s Cultural Revolution, Xi Van Fleet, shot out, “We the People are taking our country back from those like you who despise America and work tirelessly to dismantle everything it stands for.”
Bernie Sanders, the senator from Vermont, seems to back the “No Kings” anti-Trump campaign in his tweet from July 4.
The American people proclaimed their opposition to despotism and kings on July 4, 1776. “No to Kings, No to Despotism,” the American people will once again proclaim on July 4, 2025, Sanders wrote.
Some online commenters countered by saying that Trump was elected, unlike kings.
