welcome back to outnumbered. secretary of state john kerry getting a lot of flak for remarks he made about american exceptionalism while overseas, telling a group of embassy staffers in vienna, quote, i always get a little up tight when i hear politicians say now exceptional we are, not that we re kind of exceptional but it is in your face. a lot of other people are exceptional. a lot of other people do exceptional things. but from there he seems to shift gears but at same event he says this, we re exceptional in certain way no other nation is. the idea was expressed in the declaration of independence and in our constitution. the idea people are created equal and all people have a chance to aspire for greatness for anything they want. pretty amazing, right. but kerry s earlier remarks getting a blistering response on the house floor where republican louie gohmert could barely contain his aingeer. america is an exceptional nation and we re losing that expect al status.