Congressman Hakeem Jeffries is chair of the House Democratic caucus. He was joined by congresswoman Katherine Clark at a briefing early. The talked about the weeks legislate agenda and call for additional coronavirus aid. Good morning, everyone. We had a very emotional caucus call today, dedicated largely to remembrances and reflections on the life and legacy of john robert lewis, our dearly departed colleague and american hero, civil rights icon, friend to everyone, friend to truth and justice here in america and throughout the world. We had two special presentations. Professor meachum as well as don porter. Professor meachum of course is working on a biography of the life journey of john lewis, and don porter is documentarian produce the recently released documentary, john lewis, good trouble. Keep the faith, keep our eyes on the prize and continue the countrys long, necessary and majestic march toward a more perfect union. That is what we will continue to do as House Democrats in hi
Patriots such as fanning joining me to discuss the nature of patriotism is danny surgeon a former army major who did combat tours in iraq and afghanistan and is the author of the book patriotic descent so you break. Patriotism down into 3 different forms but you lay those out for us yeah absolutely you know i like to litter a sion but they all start with p. And the 1st one the one that you just described that that you know rory fanning moment is the pageantry patriotism and the vast majority of americans especially on but not exclusively on the right if youre to this thats you know thank you for your service its percenters its maybe pick up your tab at t. G. I. Fridays the airport on your way to the next appointment it does not really deal with the reality of the experience of war or why were fighting them and what theyre actually like then the 2nd type i call you know passive principle patriotism but really could just be called passive resistance this is the polite imperial stuff this
The rally down fanning one of the demonstrators pulled out a flag that read vets against racism war and empire immediately someone threw a drink on me he told me i got hit from behind in the head 3 or 4 times it was quite a switch quite pivotal on me questioning the narrative questioning Donald Trumps narrative and i was suddenly out of their good graces nationalists who claim to be patriots do not really venerate veterans they only venerate veterans who read from the approved patriotic script americas the greatest the most powerful country on earth those we fight are to prayed to barbarians our enemies deserve death god is on our side victory is assured our soldiers and marines are heroes. Deviate from this cant no matter how many milli military tours you have served in you become despicable the vaunted patriotism of the right is about self adulation it is a raw lust for racism and violence it is blind subservience to the power of the state and it works to censor the reality of war an
Ethical foundation to really doesnt fuse all of the other types this is the rarest form but it it is out there and its funny because it is one of the most quickly denigrated of the dissents and folks will you know obviously make fun of people who think of themselves as citizens of humanity rather than a nation. When rory fanning the burly veteran who served in the 2nd Army Ranger Battalion and was deployed in afghanistan in 20022004 appeared at a donald trump rally in chicago it was wearing the top half of his combat fatigues as he moved through the crowd dozens of trucks supporter shouted greetings such as welcome home brother and thank you for your service then came the protest that shut the rally down fanning one of the demonstrators pulled out a flag that read vets against race. Ism war and empire immediately someone threw a drink on me he told me i got hit from behind in the head 3 or 4 times it was quite a switch quite pivotal on me questioning the narrative questioning Donald Tr
Slavery reparations, the protests and police reform. This event commemorated juneteenth, marking the end of slavery in 1865. Ma advisor valerie jarrett. Hey, everyone, thank you so much for joining us, and welcome to axios. Im coming to you from new york, new york, my home here, as most of us are sheltering in place from home, im doing the same. If you are watching us from facebook, twitter, one of the axios websites, thank you for being with us. We have an Incredible Program honoring juneteenth. I want to say thank you to our sponsor, bank of america, for this event. If you are on twitter or instagram, follow us with axios events or on the axios twitter axios account. Check news on axios. Com. Joining us right now, i want to get right to it, the man who i am very excited to talk to and i hope you are excited to hear from, coming to us from ofhesda, maine, founder like in a timid television, Robert Johnsonblack entertainment television, Robert Johnson. How are you . Robert im doing wel