{"id":2619462,"date":"2026-06-26T10:14:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politico-dems-patriotism-problems-so-bad-they-have-issues-rooting-for-us-world-cup-success\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T10:15:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:15:40","slug":"politico-dems-patriotism-problems-so-bad-they-have-issues-rooting-for-us-world-cup-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politico-dems-patriotism-problems-so-bad-they-have-issues-rooting-for-us-world-cup-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Politico: Dems Patriotism Problems So Bad They Have Issues Rooting for US World Cup Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fpolitico-dems-patriotism-problems-so-bad-they-have-issues-rooting-for-us-world-cup-success%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=2619462&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 provided content discusses the notable success of this year&#8217;s World Cup hosted jointly by the United States, Canada, and Mexico.It highlights how the tournament has surpassed expectations, with increased enthusiasm for soccer in the U.S., positive perceptions of America among Europeans, and improved relations among North American neighbors. The article also touches on political reactions, noting that some Democrats are hesitant to openly praise the event due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teachers-union-triggered-after-republican-lawmaker-brings-educators-donuts\/\" title=\"Teachers&#039; Union Upset Over GOP Lawmaker&#039;s Donut Gesture.\">potential political implications<\/a>, such as President Trump\u2019s perceived gains from the event\u2019s success. It features comments from Democratic Congressman Brendan Boyle, who <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >supports hosting future tournaments<\/a> in the U.S., and discusses the Scottish fans, known as the Tartan Army, who are likely out of the tournament after a loss. The piece criticizes the tendency of some Democrats to interpret the tournament\u2019s success through partisan lenses, rather than appreciating the event\u2019s accomplishments, and argues that patriotic support for america should transcend political divides. it portrays the World Cup as a monumental achievement for the U.S. on the global stage, with political narratives attempting to diminish its meaning.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The World Cup \u2014 hosted jointly this year by the United States, Canada, and Mexico \u2014 has wildly exceeded expectations.<\/p>\n<p>By just how much has it exceeded expectations? Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/entire-us-soccer-team-huddles-prayer-historic-world-cup-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suddenly love soccer<\/a> \u2014 which has usually been cast as a liberal-coded sport, much to the dismay of this soccer fan. Europeans suddenly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/look-world-cup-fans-visiting-first-time-fall-love-america-go-viral-blessings-take-granted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">love America<\/a>. And the United States, Canada, and Mexico, three oft-squabbling siblings that are uneasy with each other at the best of times, have gotten along thus far.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s not to like, especially if you\u2019re American? Well, if you\u2019re a <em>Democrat<\/em> American, the very fact that it\u2019s gone well \u2014 because that could theoretically make President Donald Trump look good.<\/p>\n<p>In more evidence that the only patriotic impulse the American left has is to the Democratic Party, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2026\/06\/25\/world-cup-2026\/zeldin-driscoll-grenell-00977701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> reported that the Democrats are trying to \u201cgrapple uncomfortably with\u201d the success of the event because it \u201chas forced Democrats who had criticized President Donald Trump\u2019s role in preparations to grudgingly reconsider.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact, says Democratic digital strategist Rob Flaherty, they wanted this to go horribly because the United States looking awful on the world stage was a <em>good<\/em> thing, so long as Trump went down with the ship we\u2019re supposed to all be sailing on together as Americans. Leftist \u201cpatriotism\u201d in action, ladies and gents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that there was a little bit of like liberal wishcasting that this would maybe be a disaster to sort of stick it to Trump,\u201d Flaherty, a soccer fan himself, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt hasn\u2019t yet been.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are outliers, like Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Brendan Boyle, who represents Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will do everything I can to get the World Cup back here as soon as possible. It\u2019s been a remarkable success,\u201d he said in an X post, adding, \u201cI will also do everything I can to get the Tartan Army based in Philly. Their fans have won over America. (Though selfishly I also hope Ireland finally makes it too).\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I will do everything I can to get the World Cup back here as soon as possible. It\u2019s been a remarkable success.<\/p>\n<p>I will also do everything I can to get the Tartan Army based in Philly. Their fans have won over America. (Though selfishly I also hope Ireland finally makes it too).<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congressman Brendan Boyle (@RepBrendanBoyle) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepBrendanBoyle\/status\/2069521445114306878?\">June 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Tartan Army, for those not initiated, is the moniker for the fan base of the Scottish national soccer team, which, after a 3-0 loss to Brazil on Wednesday, is likely out of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>(The new rules of the 48-team World Cup group stage do allow third-place teams in the group stage, like Scotland, to qualify for the round of 32 \u2014 but as <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/world-cup-live-scotland-brazil-england-three-lions-bellingham-latest-13535760\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky News<\/a> notes, the side has played all of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fifa-womens-world-cup-everything-you-need-to-know\/\" title=\"FIFA Women&#039;s ...: Essential info\">group stage matches<\/a> and finished with only three points and a negative-three goal differential, and they\u2019d basically need an absurd number of things to go right for them in five separate unplayed matches to move on.)<\/p>\n<p>The Republic of Ireland hasn\u2019t been in the World Cup, meanwhile, since 2002. But you know what country is in this year\u2019s tournament? The United States, which won consecutive games in the World Cup for the first time since 1930 and also won their group, despite a 3-2 loss to T\u00fcrkiye\/Turkey\/whatever on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, even in praising the way the World Cup has gone off, a Democrat <em>still<\/em> can\u2019t openly root for his own country. Words fail me.<\/p>\n<p>And still, at least he\u2019s kinda-okay when you consider the rest of his ilk. From Politico\u2019s report:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Before the tournament, attitudes about the World Cup were polarizing, like so much else, along partisan lines, with Democrats confronting FIFA and the Trump administration over high ticket prices, shortfalls in public funding, and the government\u2019s posture to foreign visitors. As the tournament approached, local officials in areas hosting matches, including New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill, turned from critics to cheerleaders. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Boyle\u2019s enthusiasm places him in rare territory. Though other prominent Democrats including California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, along with Mamdani and Sherrill, have all attended games, few among them have been willing to articulate anything that sounds like praise for the authorities putting on the event.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Actually, I\u2019ll be forced to agree with Boyle again here: \u201cThe credit goes to the local host committees.\u201d Which is why this shouldn\u2019t be a political <em>f\u00fatbol<\/em>. (Sorry, couldn\u2019t help myself.)<\/p>\n<p>The World Cup does not just happen overnight, and it\u2019s not like the president of the United States \u2014 who holds the most exigent job in the free world \u2014 has time to plan the biggest non-Olympic sporting event on the planet, either. Not only that, I don\u2019t know anyone dumb enough to believe Trump does \u2014 but I\u2019ll concede I don\u2019t know as many Democrats as Republicans, which could perhaps have something to do with it.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wh-s-viral-world-cup-montage-europeans-falling-love-us-america-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump will brag about the success of the World Cup<\/a>. Why wouldn\u2019t he? I don\u2019t recall anyone bemoaning Bill Clinton basking in the success of the only other men\u2019s World Cup America hosted, the 1994 affair \u2014 and bask in the success of it he still does, considering the event occupies a not-inconsiderable chunk of content on his presidential library <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clintonlibrary.gov\/museum\/online-exhibits\/nation-nation-1994-and-1999-fifa-world-cups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> \u2014 and this time around makes that first U.S. World Cup look positively quaint.<\/p>\n<p>But, alas, here\u2019s where we are \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-tuckers-deceitful-antichrist-hoax-provably-false-case-trump-derangement-syndrome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump Derangement Syndrome<\/a> really does spoil everything. At a moment of unalloyed glory for the United States, not just as a competing nation but as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/power-sports-americans-adopt-german-soccer-fan-travels-south-2026-world-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">country on display to a world<\/a> that has become accustomed to hearing how terrible we were from international (and also American, to be frank) media, Democrats can only think of one thing: How can this be spun into Orange Man Bad?<\/p>\n<p>Voters, remember one thing this November, and every November hence: If the left can\u2019t pull for America now, they\u2019ll never be able to bring themselves to do so.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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How much? Americans are now embracing soccer-traditionally seen as a liberal sport, much to this fan&#8217;s dismay. 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