{"id":2607704,"date":"2026-05-28T07:19:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-does-all-american-patriotism-look-like-rachel-campos-duffy-asked-her-coworkers\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T07:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:19:50","slug":"what-does-all-american-patriotism-look-like-rachel-campos-duffy-asked-her-coworkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-does-all-american-patriotism-look-like-rachel-campos-duffy-asked-her-coworkers\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does All-American Patriotism Look Like? Rachel Campos-Duffy Asked Her Coworkers &#8211; The Federalist"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fwhat-does-all-american-patriotism-look-like-rachel-campos-duffy-asked-her-coworkers%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=2607704&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-committed-the-worst-media-malfeasance-during-the-brett-kavanaugh-smear-campaign\/\" title=\"WaPo Committed The Worst Media Malfeasance During The Brett Kavanaugh Smear Campaign\">article reflects<\/a> on George Washington\u2019s role in stopping a mutiny during the Revolutionary War-after he paused to put on his glasses while reading a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youre-a-fraud-dem-senator-who-wants-filibuster-nuked-gets-raked-for-hypocrisy\/\" title=\"\u2018You...re A Fraud...: Dem Senator Who Wants Filibuster Nuked Gets Raked for Hypocrisy\">letter supporting<\/a> the soldiers\u2019 demands-and says the moment sparks the author\u2019s own emotional sense of patriotic pride.<\/p>\n<p>It then argues that many younger Americans, especially Gen Z, feel less pride in being American than previous generations, citing a 2025 Gallup poll showing only about four in ten Gen Z adults are \u201cextremely proud\u201d to be American.<\/p>\n<p>that decline in pride is presented as a central theme of Rachel Campos-Duffy\u2019s book *all American Patriotism*, which features Fox News hosts describing how they were raised. The article includes examples from Campos-Duffy\u2019s life: her Spanish-immigrant mother and her father\u2019s embrace of American culture, her family\u2019s assimilation efforts (including pushing for English-learning and cultural connection), and a belief that patriotism should be taught and passed down to children.<\/p>\n<p>it frames a broader debate about what it means to be \u201cAmerican,\u201d suggesting that while <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >people define<\/a> it differently, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-biden-heads-to-uk-for-king-charles-ii-coronation-president-biden-not-attending\/\" title=\"Jill Biden travels to UK for King Charles II coronation, President Biden absent.\">contributors share<\/a> the idea that America is something to love and take pride in.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span>Photo Credit: FOX News       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/28\/what-does-all-american-patriotism-look-like-rachel-campos-duffy-asked-her-coworkers\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=What Does All-American Patriotism Look Like? 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Rachel Campos-Duffy Asked Her Coworkers&#038;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/28\/what-does-all-american-patriotism-look-like-rachel-campos-duffy-asked-her-coworkers\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &#038; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>I was recently sitting on a waterfront in the Hudson Valley, staring across at Orange County, New York \u2014 where George Washington spent more than a year encamped during the Revolutionary War. It was also the site of the Newburgh Conspiracy, when Continental soldiers, angered over lack of pay, planned to stage a mutiny. But the revolt ended when Washington, while reading a letter supporting the army\u2019s demands, paused to put on his glasses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGentlemen, you must pardon me. I have grown gray in your service and now find myself growing blind,\u201d Washington <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountvernon.org\/library\/digitalhistory\/digital-encyclopedia\/article\/new-windsor-cantonment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>, moving the men to tears and ending the mutiny right there.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1061123876\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 fdrlst__b89e9-entity-placement\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It sounds silly (and believe me, I was made fun of), but I started crying too just thinking about it. My heart swells with a patriotic pride every time I\u2019m surrounded by the living inheritance of our ancestors and forefathers and think of the sacrifices they made for this great country. But apparently, I\u2019m in the minority in Gen Z when it comes to feeling this way about America. A 2025 Gallup poll <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/692150\/american-pride-slips-new-low.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">found<\/a> just four in 10 Gen Z adults were \u201cextremely proud\u201d to be American.<\/p>\n<p>That decline in patriotism is one of the themes running through Rachel Campos-Duffy\u2019s new book, <em>All American Patriotism, <\/em>in which Fox News hosts share their own experiences growing up when Americans were far more confident in their country than they are today.<\/p>\n<p>Erika Kirk writes in the book\u2019s foreword that many young Americans have been raised to feel ashamed of their country. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many young people today have been raised under a quiet weight, taught to feel embarrassed instead of thankful for being an American,\u201d Kirk writes. \u201cThey\u2019ve been handed fragments of their country\u2019s story, stripped of context and hope. And unfortunately, they\u2019ve seen more things torn down than built up, more apologies than celebrations. They\u2019re told the American story and dream is diluted, or, worse, that it was never worth telling at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several of the stories in Campos-Duffy\u2019s new book contrast the upbringing of today\u2019s youth with the patriotism of yesteryear.<\/p>\n<p>Campos-Duffy\u2019s mother was an immigrant from Spain, and her father was the son of immigrants and grew up in a Spanish-speaking house. Nonetheless, he \u201cembraced and loved American culture. He played Little League, went to prom, and loved Elvis Presley. He even tried to dress and do his hair like Elvis.\u201d Her father later joined the U.S. Air Force.<\/p>\n<p>Campos-Duffy explained how she \u201crecently asked him, \u2018Papi, do you describe yourself as Mexican-American or American?\u2019 He said without hesitation, \u2018I\u2019m American. It\u2019s where I was born. It\u2019s where I\u2019ll die. America is my home.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Campos-Duffy says her mother used her first paycheck to take Campos-Duffy and her siblings to California\u2019s Great America, \u201can American-themed amusement park.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy parents were insistent on having fully Americanized children. When bilingual education was en vogue in the 1970s, and school administrators signed us up without our parents\u2019 approval, my mom marched down to the principal\u2019s office and told him to take us out. \u2018If you want to talk to someone with an accent,\u2019 she told them, \u2018you can talk to me! My children will be learning in English in this school.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Campos-Duffy said her parents made it a priority to speak English at home and that her parents  were \u201cintentional about assimilating their children and connecting us with the culture and history of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That kind of thinking used to be normal in this country. Parents and communities saw it as their responsibility to pass down love of country to the next generation. In other words, patriotism was part of growing up American. <\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest debates of our time centers on what it means to be an American. Is America just an office park for H1-B workers to frequent, knit together by a love for free markets? Is it a heritage founded by settlers for their children, set apart as a nation by a shared history and culture? Each chapter in Campos-Duffy\u2019s book, written by various Fox News authors, takes on that question differently.<\/p>\n<p>Though the contributors in <em>All American Patriotism<\/em> all approach that question from varying perspectives, in each story is found the common idea: America is something to love and be proud of.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can order a copy of All American Patriotism <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/books\/all-american-patriotism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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