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WaPo Columnist Capehart Says ‘USA’ Chants at GOP Rallies ‘Felt Menacing’ But Gushes Over Chants at DNC

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During PBS News Hour coverage of night three of the Democratic National Convention,  Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart shared that hearing the “USA! USA!” chants at Republican rallies felt “menacing.”

Yet somehow, those same chants were just fine when they came from an arena of America-hating Democrats at the DNC, and Capehart gushed over ‘USA’ chants, flags, and signs at the DNC.

Newsbusters shared a transcript of Capehart’s remarks.

“[Maryland] Governor Wes Moore did not mention it in his speech, but in his run for governor, he made his mission to reclaim the word patriotism for Democrats. Because for too long, Republicans had owned it, treated it as their own property.”

“We’ve been,

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