MSNBC Guest Brags About DNC’s ‘USA’ Chants, Remarkably Claims ‘You’re Not Seeing That From The Other Side’

The Lincoln Project’s Tara Setmayer claimed on Saturday that the Democratic convention in Chicago had more chants of “USA” and other signs of patriotism than anything she’s seen in “a very long time” and, remarkably, that such chants and flag waving are not something you see on the right.

The political commentator joined an MSNBC panel hosted by Symone Sanders-Townsend where she claimed that the latest DNC gathering demonstrated that the DNC this week proved Republicans do not have “ownership” over patriotism and flags.

Earlier this week at the DNC , Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the party’s presidential nomination in front of a large crowd of Democrats chanting “USA” and waving U.S. flags.

Setmayer went on to claim that most Americans disagree with the platform of the Republican party and that Democrats should continue embracing patriotism. Moreover, she said not only were there more flags and patriotism than she’s seen in “a very long time,” but that such flag-waving isn’t something you see “from the other side.”

However, chants of “USA! USA!” are ubiquitous at Donald Trump events, including defiantly after he was injured by a would-be assassin, and in fact the chants have been repeatedly criticized by Democrats.

Still, many outlets have written this week that Democrats are trying to “ take patriotism back ” from Republicans, with the chants and flag-saving now back in style.

They show us who they are every day, repeatedly they show us and they tell us. And that vision for America is one that I don’t think most Americans are okay with. They don’t want the chaos. They don’t want the corruption. They don’t want the felonies. They don’t want the insults, the petulance, the constant denigrating of America. Michael knows this.

You know, when you’re at a Republican convention, Republicans are always the rah rah USA patriotic flag people. Let me tell you, they don’t have ownership over that. They don’t. And this DNC demonstrated that there were more cheers of USA and America and all of that than I have seen in a very long time, where people embrace America and what makes America great. Even with our flaws, you’re not seeing that from the other side.

And Kamala Harris is really embodying that now, which is why you’re seeing her do so well in the polls. People want that again. It’s hopeful. It’s joyful. That’s what we want for a future.

Watch the clip above via MSNBC .