And so, clearly, that's what he was referring to. And we hear this all the time. The Statue of Liberty poem is quoted all the time as though it represents some fundamental American value.

A little over a year ago, while trying to secure votes to pass a $1.2 trillion spending package, House Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly told the fiscal conservative members of his party to vote for the ...

"No one, of course, will come and steal the Statue of Liberty. The statue is yours. But what it embodies belongs to everyone. And if the free world no longer interests your government, then we ...

Leavitt, 27, was responding to a reporter who read a quote from French member of ... that the U.S. represents the values of the Statue of Liberty anymore.” ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Trump ...

Hey, America: Give the Statue of Liberty back to France. So says a French politician who is making headlines in his country for suggesting that the U.S. is no longer worthy of the monument ...

French politician Raphaël Glucksmann suggested the US return the Statue of Liberty due to their stance on Ukraine. This has sparked controversy. The statue, a gift from France in 1886 ...

A French politician has called on the US to give the Statue of Liberty back after suggesting that some Americans “have chosen to switch to the side of the tyrants.” Raphael Glucksmann ...

Hey, America: Give the Statue of Liberty back to France. So says a French politician who is making headlines in his country for suggesting that the U.S. is no longer worthy of the monument ...

“Give us back the Statue of Liberty,” he said, according to Agence France-Presse. “We’re going to say to the Americans who have chosen to side with the tyrants, to the Americans who fired ...

Raphaël Glucksmann, a center-left French politician, slammed the Trump administration as “shameful” after it pushed back against his call for the Statue of Liberty to be returned to France.