Republican Party's exclusive 'patriotic freedom' Democratic Party's 'freedom of life' Harris candidate's 'freedom' issue

Republican Party's exclusive 'patriotic freedom' Democratic Party's 'freedom of life' Harris candidate's 'freedom' issue

 

The US Republican Party's 'patriotic freedom', which was exclusive to the East-West Cold War system in the 1980s, changed to 'freedom of life' at the Democratic National Convention, becoming an issue in this presidential election.
At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, singer Jason Isbell's country hit song "Something More Than Free" was played, and many attendees appeared holding "(Freedom)Freedom" signs.
ABC TV reported on the 21st, "The word 'freedom' was on the lips of all attendees and speakers, and this Democratic National Convention represented the culmination of decades of Democratic efforts to regain patriotism after decades of Republicans owning patriotic messages about 'freedom' and the American flag," and "'Freedom' became Harris' unifying slogan, and the culmination of the movement that Harris and the entire party pushed forward." “In the ’80s and ’90s, there was a Republican Party that took over the mantle of liberty with guns, but the Second Amendment was America’s first freedom,” Jim Kessler, co-founder of the center-left think tank Third Way, told ABC at the convention. “The right to life was a version of liberty. Where Democrats stood for liberty, they had a license to do bad things like burn the flag.” “I think it’s largely been about taking back the flag and taking back freedom and democracy,” Harris’ Democratic strategist told ABC. “But I think over the last few cycles, it’s become clearer how to make it broadly appealing and resonate with people.” “Democrats have been shut out of patriotism for decades, but they’ve been given an opportunity by their sworn enemy, former President Donald Trump,” ABC reported. “Now, Democrats are saying, ‘Democracy is faltering,’ and women’s bodily autonomy is at risk from abortion rights being taken away.” And the battle for ‘freedom’ continues,” it reported that day.
The Jan. 6, 2021, riot by Republicans in the Capitol, sparked by Trump’s conspiracy theory about the 2020 election results and led by his supporters, shocked the transition of power from former President Trump to his successor. The subsequent Supreme Court decision to strike down constitutional abortion protections now gives Democrats room to continue their assault on the culture war that has long been a defensive stance on patriotism and freedom.
“Democrats have been concerned for some time that the Republican Party is taking over a quintessentially American word: ‘freedom,’ ‘liberty,’” Jamal Simmons, Harris’s communications director, told ABC. “They’ve been trying to figure that out, and the vice president has been very focused on how they can change that word.” Vice President Harris has used this “freedom” message to push for everything from access to reproductive health care and democratic processes to the freedom for students to attend school without being shot, to the freedom to “get ahead” economically. “Are we fighting for freedom? I thought so,” Liz Schuller, president of the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest labor union, told a Democratic National Committee Women’s Caucus meeting. “Freedom is not drowning in health care debt. Freedom is getting paid the same as a man for doing the same job. Freedom is making decisions about our own bodies.” ABC said, “To be clear, Democrats are not dominating the battle over ‘freedom,’” adding, “Republicans still rely heavily on patriotism, decorating their rallies and suit jacket lapels with American flags and turning Lee Greenwood’s ‘Proud to be an American’ into a conservative anthem.”
ABC continued, “Democrats sometimes say they want more military funding than their Democratic counterparts in Congress, who still insist that increased Pentagon spending should be matched by increased funding for other domestic priorities.” “Still, for Democrats, simply joining the fight for one of the most powerful symbols in electoral politics is a breath of fresh air.”
President Yoon Seok-yeol repeated the word ‘freedom’ 16 times in his Liberation Day speech, and changed ‘free unification’ to ‘liberation’ on the 15th.
On the 21st, President Yoon told ROK-US soldiers at the ROK-US joint military exercise headquarters, “All soldiers must be armed with the conviction to protect the lives and safety of our people and the free democratic system,” and “Dreaming of communist unification He said, "We must make it clear to the North Korean regime, which is eyeing South Korea, that 'invasion will mean the end of the regime.'"