American people
From Conservapedia
The American people refers to the legal citizens of the United States of America. The people of the fifty-state democracy of North America. By law, it can refer to the children of illegal immigrants born in the USA.
Politics
In politics, it is rhetoric that is used most often by liberal Democrats in their general speeches to the public. This is an attempt to proclaim that they know what their constituents want and are doing what the citizens ask of them.
- "The American people are feeling a great deal of pain." Nancy Pelosi talking Stimulus
- "The American people didn't buy it.." Barack Obama talking Hugo Chavez
- "The American people deserve an open and honest debate on this war..." Harry Reid talking Iraq