What Heather Cox Richardson has said about Patriotism in American politics
2 quotes · 1 episode · Jun 21, 2026
Heather Cox Richardson, American historian and author of the Substack newsletter Letters from an American, has been quoted on Patriotism in American politics 2 times in 1 episode of Pod Save America, most recently on June 21, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Richardson argues that since the Vietnam War, Democrats and centrists have ceded patriotism to the radical right.
“since the Vietnam War, People who are not part of the radical right, who are either Democrats or centrists, have tended to cede the idea of patriotism”
Pod Save America: Heather Cox Richardson on Trump’s 250th Celebrations (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 44:53
Richardson claims there is no documented instance of Vietnam veterans being spat on, calling it a construction of the radical right.
“There is no documented instance of that happening. That was a construction of the radical right”
Pod Save America: Heather Cox Richardson on Trump’s 250th Celebrations (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 44:53
Episodes
Heather Cox Richardson on Trump’s 250th CelebrationsPod Save America · Jun 21, 2026 · 1 h 4 min
Historian Heather Cox Richardson and Alex Wagner discuss Trump's 250th-anniversary celebrations, his Washington building projects, patriotism, and JD Vance's blood-and-soil nationalism.
Heather Cox Richardson on other topics
- White House ballroom project · 3 quotes
- United States Semiquincentennial · 3 quotes
- Voting Rights Act of 1965 · 1 quote
- Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution · 1 quote
- United States Declaration of Independence · 1 quote
- JD Vance Claremont Institute speech · 1 quote
- 250 to 250 · 1 quote
- Architecture of Washington, D.C. · 1 quote