{"id":383142,"date":"2026-07-02T04:41:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T04:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/383142\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T04:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T04:41:17","slug":"dont-forget-san-diegos-july-4-fiasco-then-vote-the-bums-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/383142\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t forget San Diego\u2019s July 4 fiasco \u2014 then vote the bums out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ripped from the headlines of the satirical Babylon Bee:<\/p>\n

A DEI extravaganza to mark the 250th birthday of the USA!<\/p>\n

Oh wait.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not the Bee; it\u2019s actually a thing: San Diego County plans an identity-politics spectacular<\/a> this July 4.<\/p>\n

Wanna go?<\/p>\n

\"That\u2019s<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not the Bee; it\u2019s actually a thing: San Diego County plans an identity-politics spectacular this July 4. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted this year to align the county\u2019s Independence Day event with \u201cequity and racial justice\u201d goals. SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted this year to align the county\u2019s Independence Day event with \u201cequity and racial justice\u201d goals.<\/p>\n

Per a social media post from the mayor of El Cajon, the three-hour program will feature: a \u201ctribal intimate blessing welcoming to land\u201d; a tribal invocation; the American and black national anthems; local tribal community stories; Latino community stories; Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community stories; LGBTQIA+ community stories; and black and African community stories.<\/p>\n

Whew. It\u2019s exhausting just to read about.<\/p>\n

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But more to the point: all of this \u2026 on July 4 of America\u2019s 250th year? What message does the county of San Diego mean to send?<\/p>\n

Not one that elevates fun, family, unity, respect, gratitude and patriotism \u2014 traditional Independence Day fare.<\/p>\n

Instead, the county stoops to woke pandering.<\/p>\n

\"But<\/p>\n

But more to the point: all of this \u2026 on July 4 of America\u2019s 250th year? What message does the county of San Diego mean to send? Getty Images<\/p>\n

Extolling favored groups on the nation\u2019s birthday is e pluribus unum in reverse: ex uno, plura.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s divisive. It\u2019s ill-timed. And it\u2019s disrespectful to the nation, to its founding values and to the US Armed Forces who have fought and sometimes died to guard the rights the grievance crowd takes for granted.<\/p>\n

In the very recent past, Americans of all stars and stripes could agree on some things, including the Fourth of July and its fun family patriotic fare.<\/p>\n

Remember the iconic jingle, \u201cWe love baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet?\u201d<\/p>\n

Those were days when Americans united around major holidays, around a shared heritage of freedom and around pride in a country that\u2019s the freest in the world.<\/p>\n

No longer.<\/p>\n

\"Getty<\/p>\n

Getty Images<\/p>\n

These days, the scolds can\u2019t be satisfied, the socialists win elections from New York to Colorado (unthinkable not long ago) and divisive Fourth of July programs emerge in once-moderate places like San Diego County.<\/p>\n

Increasingly, elected officials want to shove a thumb in the eye of the nation, its founding, its traditions and its glory.<\/p>\n

Enough.<\/p>\n

Note to the radicals who rush to tear America down on perhaps its most cherished holiday:<\/p>\n

Stop being petulant about losing national elections.<\/p>\n

\"Note<\/p>\n

Note to the radicals who rush to tear America down on perhaps its most cherished holiday: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Love your country even if you don\u2019t love its current leader.<\/p>\n

Teach, respect and appreciate the values of 1776: liberty, individual rights, equality, limited government and the rule of law.<\/p>\n

Ditch the woke bilge and restore the picnics, US flags and fireworks.<\/p>\n

Restore e pluribus unum.<\/p>\n

Skip the lecture series and let the people have fun.<\/p>\n

And a bonus memo to San Diego County voters: Remember this farce next election.<\/p>\n

Just maybe, in another grand American tradition, you\u2019ll do this:<\/p>\n

Throw the bums out.<\/p>\n