His own words give him away - take this speech given when visiting Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. An excerpt:
You think about the United States of America. We have a really good story called the Declaration of Independence. “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal; that we're endowed with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” That's a wonderful story. There’s no -- when the Declaration was made, there really was not United States. It was just a good story that they were telling about what could be. And then people were attracted to that story. And it led to independence, and it led to immigrants from around the world who wanted that vision for themselves -- it led Ho Chi Minh to adapt it when Vietnam was trying to declare independence. It inspired movements around the world.
Emphasis mine - the Declaration of Independence is not a "story". It is the cultural DNA of the United States of America. It is what we stand for.
Barry also misquotes the Declaration - the correct text reads:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Missed that pesky Creator part - were you absent from school when they were teaching that?
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