President Trump purposely started this feud based on a calculation that Americans largely see the old love it or leave it phrase as nationalist, NOT racist.
Leftist politicians and pundits dont have a correct reading on how normal Americans feel about this and many other issues, because they are too arrogant and closed-minded to set foot outside of their echo chamber.
POTUS has (yet again) sparked a media controversy that will trigger Democrats to foolishly embrace wildly unpopular and dysfunctional America Last positions, while he gets to embrace America First positions, which are both popular and principled.
We are actually hearing Democrat politicians utter things like America was never that great, just so they can distance themselves from Donald Trump!
A very clever man, to say the least.
Leftists believe all opposition to them is based on racism.....or something.