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Pete Hegseth: “We're a constitutional republic.”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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The Rise and Fall of American Patriotism Pete Hegseth The Way I Heard It

Published | Video Starts at 28:13

We gave away standing when women entered the room or saluting the flag, standing for the anthem, teaching kids about our founding generation, the brilliance of what a republic is. Instead of casually saying, we're a democracy, which of course we're not, We're a constitutional republic. What does that mean? What are those differences? Why do they matter? Why did the founders care? Why did the founders know so much about their Bible? (28:13–28:15)

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Asserts that the United States is a constitutional republic, not a democracy.

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