Children wave American flags during a 4th of July celebration in Bristol, R. I., July 5, 2021.(Quinn Glabicki/Reuters)
According to NBC News, “America at 250 is riven with doubt and pessimism.” The assessment is fueled by the outlet’s latest poll, which found that a “record-low number” of respondents “are extremely proud to be Americans.”
The NBC-sponsored survey found that just one-third of poll takers said they were “extremely proud” to be American. Another 23 percent are “very proud,” while an additional 22 percent say they’re merely “moderately proud.” By contrast, just 11 percent said they were “only a little proud.” One in ten respondents said they were “not proud at all.”
While being “extremely” or “very proud” to be an
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