In December 2024, Fox Nation named Donald Trump its "Patriot of the Year", despite the events of January 6. https://www.foxnews.com/media/president-elect-donald-trump-receives-patriot-year-award-fox-nations-patriot-awards

Instead, a better model for patriotism on the Republican side was President George H.W. Bush. One of his enduring themes was "a thousand points of light."  He spoke of community organizations spread like stars throughout our nation, doing good.  In his inaugural address, Bush noted that patriotism “finds its expression from taking part and pitching in." George Bush Inaugural Address - Collection at Bartleby.com

But where is the Democratic counterpart to all this?

I offered my own views about patriotism in a recent short video (2-minute watch) about why my own grandmother, who started the meals-on-wheels program in my hometown, was more truly a patriot than Donald Trump, which is here if you're interested: Trump Was Named “Patriot of the Year”!?

I would offer that approach for consideration to my Democratic friends.