What NYPD Ex-Cop and 9/11 First Responder Says About Patriotism, July 4th

Published: July 2, 2021, 7 a.m.

b'Rob O\\u2019Donnell is a former New York City Police Department detective who was involved with the response to, and rescue efforts in, the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, as well as the response to 9/11. \\nHe joins "The Daily Signal Podcast\\u201d to talk about the 4th of July, patriotism, the contempt some show for the American flag, and how he would encourage Americans to embrace patriotism.\\xa0\\n"We promised on the 4th of July to become a more perfect union, and each American owes it to this nation to do their part to make this country a better union, to make us a better nation, to make us a better people, to make us the shining light of the world, which we are," O\'Donnell says.\\n"There\'s no doubt we are. It falls on dark times lately with all the rhetoric that goes on, but it\'s up to the individual citizen of America, the person who lives here, the people who came here to make this their country, to pay into that philosophy that we are a more perfect union and we strive to be more perfect union."\\nWe also cover these stories:\\n\\n\\nThe Supreme Court upholds two of Arizona\\u2019s election-integrity laws.\\n\\nThe high court also rules in favor of charities against California\'s attempt to compel them to disclose their donors to the state\'s attorney general.\\n\\nPresident Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit the site of the Miami condo collapse.\\xa0\\n\\n\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.'