U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Huntsville) is hoping his bill will reignite a wave of patriotism among young students across the country.
On Sunday, Strong appeared on Newsmax’s “Conversations With Nancy Brinker” to discuss the Promoting American Patriotism in Our Schools Act and why patriotism appears to be on the decline.
“My grandmother taught second grade for 38 years at Monrovia Elementary School in Huntsville, Alabama. And I remember starting our day off with prayer and a pledge of allegiance. I can tell you right now, that's something that's not going on all over our country. And I think that one of the things that we're offering in this legislation would be where we start the day off in every classroom with a pledge of allegiance to our country. And then also we would have a flag in every classroom and even in the gymnasiums, in every school.”
Strong added, “What we've got to do is re-emphasize patriotism. And I think it starts at a young age. I think we failed in many cases of doing that, and it's time to take it back to the forefront.”
He said leftist ideology and rampant immigration have caused the country to stray from its founding values.
“When you see what's going on in our country today — socialism, Marxism. I can only imagine if my grandfather and my great-grandfather were here today to see this,” Strong said. “This is absolutely against the principles of America. You think about it. This country was based on Christian principles. And what we've done is we've allowed others to come into this country, and in many cases, they've failed to assimilate. They want to wave a flag of another country. We want them to wave the American flag. We're the most generous country this world has ever seen. Somewhere between 800,000 to 1.2 million people are allowed to come into America legally every year. But I can tell you this right here: when the last administration allowed 15 million to cross the southern border, it's totally unsustainable. And this is against everything America stands for.”
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