{"id":1537514,"date":"2022-07-03T17:04:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T21:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1537514"},"modified":"2022-07-03T18:35:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T22:35:59","slug":"city-of-orlando-scrambles-to-recover-after-asking-why-on-earth-anyone-would-celebrate-the-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/city-of-orlando-scrambles-to-recover-after-asking-why-on-earth-anyone-would-celebrate-the-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"City Of Orlando Scrambles To Recover After Asking \u2018Why On Earth\u2019 Anyone Would Celebrate The USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcity-of-orlando-scrambles-to-recover-after-asking-why-on-earth-anyone-would-celebrate-the-usa%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1537514&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The city of Orlando, Florida, scrambled to do damage control after a City News post questioned \u201cwhy on earth\u201d anyone would want to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/and-to-the-republic-for-which-it-stands-why-flag-day-is-more-important-than-you-think\/\">celebrate<\/a> the United States of America amid \u201cdivision, hate, and unrest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Christina Pushaw, press secretary for Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/if-i-had-my-druthers-ron-desantis-knows-exactly-what-hed-do-with-dr-anthony-fauci\/\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R-FL) shared a screenshot on Sunday of the post \u2014 which invited people out to enjoy the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/last-year-biden-bragged-about-16-cents-in-fourth-of-july-cookout-savings-this-year-prices-rose-by-double-digits\/\">fireworks<\/a> even if they didn\u2019t feel like celebrating America \u2014 via her own Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people probably don\u2019t want to celebrate our nation right now, and we can\u2019t blame them. When there is so much division, hate and unrest, why on earth would you want to have a party celebrating any of it?\u201d the original post queried.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut in all seriousness, you know in your heart, Fourth of July fireworks are amazing, especially when you are standing in 90\u00b0 heat, 100% humidity, next to 100,000 of your closest friends. In that moment, something takes over and we all become united in an inexplicable bond. Yes, America is in strife right now, but you know what \u2026 we already bought the fireworks,\u201d the post continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYikes. City of Orlando, is this your official position on our country and on 4th of July?\u201d Pushaw asked in response to the post.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yikes. City of Orlando, is this your official position on our country and on 4th of July? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/citybeautiful?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@citybeautiful<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DJBfaJBGxC\">pic.twitter.com\/DJBfaJBGxC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christina Pushaw \ud83d\udc0a \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw\/status\/1543607596980076545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yikes. City of Orlando, is this your official position on our country and on 4th of July? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/citybeautiful?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@citybeautiful<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DJBfaJBGxC\">pic.twitter.com\/DJBfaJBGxC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christina Pushaw \ud83d\udc0a \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw\/status\/1543607596980076545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The city of Orlando released a second statement later, apparently attempting to clean up the mess made by the first one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe city of Orlando sincerely regrets the negative impact our words have had on some in our community. We understand these words offended some of our residents, which was not our intent. We value the freedoms we have in this country and are thankful to the men and women who fought and continue to fight for those. We take pride in celebrating the 4th of July to express our gratitude to those men and women and honor the country we live in,\u201d the new statement read \u2014 and Pushaw had some thoughts on that one as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, here we go,\u201d she began. \u201cThe City of Orlando apologizes if you were offended by their attack on the 4th of July. This is what happens when you elect Democrats, you guys \u2026 they do not have the same view of America as we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christina Pushaw \ud83d\udc0a \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw\/status\/1543607951214133249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh, here we go. The City of Orlando apologizes if you were offended by their attack on 4th of July. This is what happens when you elect Democrats, you guys\u2026 they do not have the same view of America as we do. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dwIgUoZrKZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/dwIgUoZrKZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christina Pushaw \ud83d\udc0a \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw\/status\/1543607951214133249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pushaw then went on to highlight a response from Florida State House member Anna Eskamani (D), who argued that Orlando had been right the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cY\u2019all do not need to apologize \u2014 your first email captured the tone of how many Americans (and Orlandoans) are feeling right now. It\u2019s ok not to be ok,\u201d she tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Anna V. Eskamani \ud83d\udd28 (@AnnaForFlorida) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnaForFlorida\/status\/1543322684632846341?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Y\u2019all do not need to apologize \u2014 your first email captured the tone of how many Americans (and Orlandoans) are feeling right now. It\u2019s ok not to be ok.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, PhD \ud83d\udd28 (@AnnaForFlorida) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnaForFlorida\/status\/1543322684632846341?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Orlando, Florida, scrambled to do damage control after a City News post questioned \u201cwhy on earth\u201d anyone would want to celebrate the United States of America amid \u201cdivision, hate, and unrest.\u201d Christina Pushaw, press secretary for Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) shared a screenshot on Sunday of the post \u2014 which invited people &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1537587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1537514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1537514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1537587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1537514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1537514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1537514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}