LOL ... you sound like you’re drawing lines around the geography of the country and saying whomever is on this side of the street is an American, but if you’re on “that side of the street” you’re not an American. I think that’s what they do in drawing lines for Congressional districts.
The bottom line here is if you’re in the country and living here, and spend money and voice opinions, you’re part of that entire network that causes the country as a whole to move one way or another, no matter how you want to define the word “American”.
Progressive elitists no more speak for america than does the tcpc speak for christiandom.