‘Only 28% of Democrats say they’re proud of America’s 250-year history’
By Joseph Buff, The Daily Signal
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Matt Van Epps, R-Tenn., told the Daily Signal he will introduce a bill on the House floor Thursday to reaffirm the values of the Declaration of Independence in honor of its 250th anniversary and in response to the sweeping rise of socialism.
“Socialism is antithetical to the principles of the Declaration of Independence,” Van Epps told the Daily Signal in a statement Wednesday. “The idea of private property and entrepreneurship is intrinsic in the Founders’ idea of inalienable rights. In reality, a socialist regime would undermine—not protect—Americans’ rights to ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.'”
The Declaration of Independence Reaffirmation Act seeks to “reaffirm and re-adopt the Declaration of Independence as an Organic Law of the United States.”