served as national strategist for bernie sanders campaign. he is a proud holder of a green card. also charlie hurt, washington times editor. how is it nativist and white supremacist the pledge that we all just watched? its historical fact, not a political opinion. minister bellamy when he created the pledge of allegiance he meant to define the true americanism as someone that excluded being african-american, being latino, being any person of color especially immigrants. those were the people who were coming in early to the 20th century eastern europeans who were supposedly invading the country, it s a historical fact this pledge of allegiance, the original one that we have excluded people including my own family coming here. and i don t hear any of that in the language we just heard from all those different people but here is your proposed