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July 17, 2024 - The Benny Show - Benny Johnson

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🚨RNC Convention LIVE Right Now with Vivek Ramaswamy, Lara Trump, Kari Lake, DeSantis and more

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07:13

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15:50

marco rubio

07:04

mike johnson

06:05

nikki haley

10:21

ron desantis

07:00

sarah huckabee sanders

10:22

ted cruz

06:48

vivek ramaswamy

07:12

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03:45

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01:36

tom cotton

04:56

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Speaker	Time	Text
unidentified		Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the majority leader of the United States House of Representatives, Congressman Steve Scalise of Louisiana.
		God bless you.
		Each and every one of you.
		I'm House Majority Leader Steve Scalise from the great state of Louisiana.
		And I was born in New Orleans, so I've seen some crazy things in my time.
		But New Orleans has nothing on Washington, D.C. these past four years.
		Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have spent your tax dollars Trashing America's finances in ways no sane or sober-minded person ever would.
		Let's talk energy.
		They've eroded the American energy dominance that President Trump delivered.
		Joe Biden approved the Nord Stream pipeline for Russia, but he killed the Keystone pipeline here at home.
		Thousands.
		Thousands of American jobs gone.
		It doesn't end there.
		Biden let Iran and Venezuela export their oil, but he stopped liquefied natural gas exports here in America.
		President Biden's not done.
		President Biden waived taxes on Chinese solar panels, but he raised taxes on Americans.
		When we elect Donald Trump as our next president and expand our Republican House majority...
		We will end the Democrats' assault on American energy once and for all.
		Now let's look at taxes.
		Biden and Harris want a $5 trillion tax hike.
		In our first hundred days, President Trump and a Republican majority will make the Trump tax cuts permanent.
		And yes, We will end taxes on tips and deliver another tax cut for working families.
		On the border, Biden and Harris opened it up to the entire world.
		Prisons are being emptied.
		President Trump and a Republican majority will repass HR2, the strongest border security bill in decades.
		We will lock down the border.
		And yes, we will finish building the wall.
		On voting!
		The most sacred right as citizens voting.
		Biden and Harris want illegals to vote now that they've opened up the border.
		Republicans will repass the SAVE Act to block illegal aliens from voting in our elections.
		On foreign policy, Biden and Harris brought us weakness and war.
		President Trump and a Republican majority will begin rebuilding our military and will end the woke indoctrination in its ranks.
		We will restore American power and peace.
		On education, Biden and Harris opposed school choice.
		They actually investigated parents at school boards.
		President Trump and a Republican majority will pass legislation.
		Expanding school choice and will repass the Parents' Bill of Rights.
		Parents should be free to choose what their children are taught and where.
		Now lastly, I need to say something about Saturday's attempt on President Trump's life.
		Many of you know I was the survivor.
		of a politically motivated shooting in 2017.
		Not many know that while I was fighting for my life, Donald Trump was one of the first to come console my family at the hospital.
		Thank you.
		That's the kind of leader he is.
		Courageous under fire.
		Compassionate towards others.
		Let's put Donald Trump back in the White House this November so we can make America great again.
		God bless you.
		Make Donald Trump continue to receive God's blessing and God bless these great United States of America.
		Ladies and gentlemen, Please welcome the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Mike Johnson of Louisiana.
mike johnson ▲ ● ▼		Good evening, my friends.
		What an amazing crowd and what a great time it is to unite our party and to send President Donald Trump back to the White House.
		That's what we're going to do.
		But we're not just uniting as Republicans.
		We're uniting today as Americans in the wake of the assassination attempt on the life of President Trump.
		Everyone hear me clearly and listen to me at home and make no mistake.
		The House is conducting an immediate and thorough investigation of these tragic events.
unidentified		Thank you.
mike johnson ▲ ● ▼		And that work has already begun.
		The American people deserve to know the truth and we will ensure accountability.
		I promise you that.
		I promise you that.
		This has always been an important principle to us.
		We in the Republican Party are the law and order team.
		We always have been and we always will be the advocates for the rule of law.
		And we all know that that principle as well as many others is in serious jeopardy today.
		See, we've come to a moment in America where the basic things that we once took for granted are being openly challenged like never before.
		My friends, we are no longer just in a battle between two opposing political parties.
		We are, but it's not just ours versus these anymore.
		We're now in the midst of a struggle between two completely different visions of who we are as Americans and what our country will be.
		The Republican Party stands for the foundational truths that made America the greatest nation in the history of the world.
		We are the most free, the most powerful, the most benevolent nation that has ever been.
		It's not even close.
		It's not even close.
		But we have no guarantee that this grand experiment in self-governance can endure unless we respond to the call to keep it.
		248 years ago, We boldly proclaimed in our declaration that all men are created equal, not born equal, created equal, and that we're endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights.
		See, we understand that our rights do not come from government.
unidentified		They come from God.
mike johnson ▲ ● ▼		There's another thing that we recognize.
		We recognize that we are made in His image.
		And because of that, every single person has inestimable dignity and value.
		And your value is not related in any way to the color of your skin, what zip code you live in, where you come from, what your talents are, or what you can contribute to society.
		Your value is inherent because it is given to you by your Creator.
		That's what we stand for.
unidentified		Thank you.
mike johnson ▲ ● ▼		I speak a lot about what I call the seven core principles of American conservatism.
		What do we stand for as Republicans, they want to know.
		I think it boils down to a few things.
		Individual freedom, limited government, the rule of law, peace through strength, fiscal responsibility, free markets, and human dignity.
		Indeed, those are the seven core principles of American conservatism, but they're actually the core principles of our republic itself.
		And while they resonate in our hearts and in the hearts of most Americans, listen to me, the radical, woke, progressive left has disdain for those principles, all right?
		They have a very different vision for what America should become.
		They want to tear down those foundations and remold us into some sort of borderless, lawless, Marxist, socialist utopia.
		We're here to say, not on our watch.
		We will not allow that to happen.
unidentified		Thank you.
mike johnson ▲ ● ▼		It was just three weeks ago that Kelly and I dropped off our oldest son at the Naval Academy.
		That's right.
		In four years, he'll graduate and he'll join the 1.3 million active duty service members who bravely defend our country.
		We're so proud of Jack and all our children, but like most parents today, we're concerned about their future.
		America can't risk four more years of Joe Biden's weakness that has invited so much aggression by our enemies.
		We can't survive the dramatic increases in violence, crime and drugs that the Democrats' policies have brought upon our communities.
		And we cannot allow the many millions of illegal aliens they've allowed to cross our borders to harm our citizens, drain our resources or disrupt our elections.
		We will not allow it.
		My friends, we're watching the principles of faith, family, and freedom that once defined our nation, now being trampled underfoot by the radical left.
		As President Trump raised his fist and gave a rally cry on Saturday, now is our time to fight and we will.
		We're in a fateful battle of ideas, my friends, and we have to recognize that.
		But in this battle, and in November, the American people will reject the party of self-destruction, and they will elect the party of peace and prosperity and opportunity.
		The GOP will grow our House majority, we will take back the Senate, and we will return Donald J. Trump to the White House.
		Standing arm in arm, we will make America safe again.
		Listen, we reach out tonight to everyone watching at home.
		We invite all Americans who believe in the promise of our great nation to join us in this fateful battle.
		We can and we will reverse this current decline.
		We can restore our founding principles.
		And we can preserve this exceptional nation that God has entrusted to us.
		And what Abraham Lincoln referred to as the last best hope of man on the earth.
		Thank you so much.
		God bless you.
		God bless our troops.
		and God bless America.
unidentified		Thank you.
unidentified		Ladies and gentlemen, now please welcome businessman Vivek Ramaswamy of Ohio.
vivek ramaswamy ▲ ● ▼		Love it.
		Thank you guys.
		Thank you for the warm welcome.
		It's good to be back in Milwaukee.
		This time last year I was a candidate for US president and I'm proud to say that I achieved the impossible, which is that most of you actually know how to say my name by now.
		So thank you for that.
		It's good to be back.
		We're in the middle of a national identity crisis right now.
		Faith.
		Patriotism, hard work, and family have disappeared, only to be replaced by race, gender, sexuality, and climate.
		But we're not gonna win this election just by criticizing the other side.
		We're gonna win this by standing for our own vision of who we really are.
		What does it mean to be a Republican in the year 2024?
		What does it mean to be an American in the year 2024?
		It means we believe in the ideals of 1776.
		It means we believe in merit, that you get ahead in this country, not on the color of your skin, but on the content of your character and your contributions.
		It means we believe in the rule of law.
		And I say this as the kid of legal immigrants to this country.
		That means your first act of entering this country cannot break the law.
		That is why we will seal the southern border on day one.
		It means the people who we elect to run the government ought to be the ones who actually run the government, not unelected bureaucrats in the deep state.
		These are not black ideas or white ideas.
		They are not even Democrat ideas or Republican ideas.
		They are American ideas that we fought a revolution to secure.
		And the man who will revive these ideals in the United States of America is your next president, the 47th president of the United States, Donald J. Trump.
		APPLAUSE If you want to seal the border, vote Trump.
		If you want to restore law and order in this country, vote Trump.
		If you want to reignite the economy in this country, vote Trump.
		If you want to revive national pride in this country, vote Trump.
		If you want to make America great again, vote Trump.
		But there is one more reason I'm going to ask you to vote Trump, and it's the most important one.
		It's the one the media won't talk about, but it's the truth.
		Donald Trump is the president who will actually unite this country.
		Not through empty words, but through action.
		Because you know what?
		Success is unifying.
		Excellence is unifying.
		That's who we are as Americans.
		That's who we've always been.
		To those of you watching this at home tonight, I'd like to deliver a message that the media doesn't want you to hear from the Republican Party.
		Our message to black Americans is this.
		The media has tried to convince you for decades that Republicans don't care about your communities, but we do.
		We want for you what we want for every American: safe neighborhoods, clean streets, good jobs, a better life for your children, and a justice system that treats everyone equally, regardless of your skin color and regardless of your political beliefs.
unidentified		Thank you.
vivek ramaswamy ▲ ● ▼		Our message to every legal immigrant in this country is this.
		You're like my parents.
		You deserve the opportunity to secure a better life for your children in America.
		But our message to illegal immigrants is also this.
		We will return you to your country of origin.
		Not because you're all bad people, but because you broke the law.
		and the United States of America was founded on the rule of law.
		Our message to millennials, speaking as one myself, yes, it's true.
		Our government sold us a false bill of goods with the Iraq War and the 2008 financial crisis.
		Loading up our national debt that falls on our generation's shoulders, telling us that if we took out college loans, we'd somehow get a head start on the American dream when it hasn't worked out that way.
		But we can't just be cynical about our country because the United States of America is still the last best hope that we have, and we deserve a better class of politician, one who actually tells us the truth, even if it comes with some mean tweets from time to time.
unidentified		time.
vivek ramaswamy ▲ ● ▼		And our message to Gen Z is this.
		You're going to be the generation that actually saves this country.
		You want to be a rebel?
		You want to be a hippie?
		You want to stick it to the man?
		Show up on your college campus and try calling yourself a conservative.
		Say you want to get married, have kids, teach them to believe in God and pledge allegiance to their country.
		Because you know what?
		Fear has been infectious in this country, but courage can be contagious too.
		That too is what it means to be an American.
		And you know what?
		If you're at home and you disagree with everything I just said, our message to you is this.
		We will still defend to the death your right to say it, because that is who we are as Americans.
		We are the country.
		Where we can disagree like hell and still get together at the dinner table at the end of it.
		That is the America I know.
		That is the America we miss.
		We do not have to be ancient Rome.
		We don't have to be this nation in decline.
		We can still be a nation in our ascent.
		A nation whose best days, not in some fake politician way, but in a true way, a nation whose best days are actually still ahead of us.
		Still on our way to that shining city on a hill, that country where no matter who you are or where your parents came from or what your skin color is or how long your last name is, that you will still get ahead in this country with your own hard work, your own commitment.
		Your own dedication.
		And that you know what?
		You are free to speak your mind at every step of the way.
		That is the American dream.
		That is what won us the American Revolution.
		That is what reunited us after the Civil War.
		That is what won us two World Wars and the Cold War.
		That is what still gives hope to the free world.
		And if we can revive that dream...
		Over group identity and victimhood and grievance, then nobody in the world, not a nation, not a corporation, not a virus, not China, is going to defeat us.
		That is what American exceptionalism is all about.
		And that is what we will revive this November when we send Donald J. Trump back to the White House.
		Thank you all.
		God bless you and your families.
unidentified		And may God bless our United States of America.
vivek ramaswamy ▲ ● ▼		Thank you!
unidentified		Thank you.
unidentified		Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome...
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Is there anywhere higher we can go in the hotel?
unidentified		We do have the roof.
unidentified		It's so windy out there, I don't know.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Can we go off to the rooftop?
unidentified		Bye.
		Thank you.
		No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		You are looking down on every building in Chicago.
unidentified		Pretty much.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Yo, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the top of the Trump Tower in Chicago.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Greatest view in the world.
unidentified		Check this out.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Yep, that's me.
		You may be wondering how I ended up in this situation.
		It all started with a guy named Donald Trump.
		You know Donald Trump?
		Trump builds buildings.
		You've probably heard of Trump Tower in New York City, maybe even Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
		But did you know that the Trump Organization owns a massive portfolio of iconic properties around the world?
		Today we're launching a new series called Trump, To explore the most famous and exclusive Trump properties on Earth.
		This series began with a text message to Eric Trump, the executive vice president of the Trump Organization.
		What's up, man?
		Very few people have seen inside your most iconic properties.
		Could we do a video?
		Shy Tomboy, roll through to Trump Tower, Chicago.
		As soon as we got to the airport, there was a member of the Trump Hotel staff there to pick us up.
		Trump Chi-Town Cribs.
		Let's go.
		Nothing compares to the Trump Tower in downtown Chicago.
		As you pull up to it, it is just a massive skyscraper, a monster property.
		Cannot wait to see inside.
		At 1,388 feet, the Trump Tower is the seventh tallest building in America.
		You can see five states from its rooftop.
		The original architectural design for Trump Tower Chicago would have made it the tallest building on Earth.
		But due to multiple challenging variables, those plans had to be scaled back.
		Once completed, Trump Tower held the title as the building with the highest private residence in the world, and that penthouse sold last year.
		Today, the hotel has 339 rooms, 2.6 million square feet, houses 450.
		and 86 luxury residential condominiums.
		The Trump sign on the front of the building is 20 feet tall.
		The penthouse sold for $20 million in 2022, and the cost to build it was $800.
unidentified		Savannah Chrisley.
		Go!
		Good evening.
		726-00019 and 726-01019.
		These may be just numbers to you, but to me, they're my whole heart.
		These numbers are my parents' identification numbers in our federal prison system.
		My name is Savannah Chrisley, and you may have seen my family on TV, but...
		For the past decade, we've been consumed with a different kind of drama.
		My family was persecuted by rogue prosecutors in Fulton County due to our public profile.
		I know, Fulton County.
		They know how to do it, don't they?
		Due to our public profile and conservative beliefs, they accused my parents of fraud when really?
		We were defrauded by a dishonest business partner who, let's not forget, the government gave full immunity to.
		We suffered warrantless raids and harassment.
		One of the officials even had my father's face on a dartboard in his office.
		My parents were sentenced to a combined 19 years.
		I know.
		And let me tell you, I got custody of my brother and sister, 10 and 16 at the time.
		And you don't know heartache until you look two children in the eyes and say, I don't know when mom and dad are coming home.
		I'll never forget what the prosecutor said in the most heavily Democrat county in the state before an Obama-appointed judge.
		He called us the Trumps of the South.
		He meant it as an insult, but let me tell you, boy, do I wear it as a badge of honor.
		We live in a nation founded on freedom, liberty, and justice for all.
		Justice, it's supposed to be blind, but today we have a two-faced justice system.
		Just look at what they're doing to President Trump.
		All while, let's face it, Hunter Biden is roaming around free and attending classified meetings.
		And, let's face it, look at what they're doing to countless Christians and conservatives that the government has labeled extremist or even worse.
		Meanwhile, the Democrats are releasing actual violent offenders who have hurt innocent people.
		A lawyer of mine, Brett Tolman, who's a former U.S. attorney, he told me about a plaque that hangs in the Department of Justice, and it reads, The hallmark of fairness in the administration of justice is consistency.
		The only thing consistent about Democrat justice is how they consistently punish their enemies.
		That's not justice.
		Look at what they've done to Steve Bannon.
		I mean...
		The man should be at home.
		Proverbs 24:16 says, "For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again.
		But the wicked stumble when calamity strikes." It's about time we start seeing people stumble.
		We need to rise above the persecution.
		We need to hold rogue prosecutors accountable.
		There should be no immunity.
		We need to expose the Democrats' corruption, and better yet, the Biden family's corruption.
		And guess what?
		I know just the man for that job.
		Donald J. Trump has only one conviction that matters, and that is his conviction to make America great again.
		Thank you and God bless America.
		Thank you.
		Ladies and gentlemen, the mayor of Dallas, Texas, Eric Johnson.
		Four years ago, progressive activists stood on my front lawn with the stated goal.
		Of intimidating my family.
		They wanted me to defund the police.
		I said, "No." Folks, I grew up in high-crime neighborhoods.
		What we wanted was more and better policing, not less.
		As mayor, I knew we needed to increase support for our police department and prioritize violent crime reduction.
		I've been a Democrat my entire life, albeit a conservative one.
		But when those activists tried to scare my kids, my fellow Democrats were silent.
		It was Republicans who offered their support both privately and...
		Publicly.
		Party affiliation didn't matter.
		They cared about doing what was right.
		Today, I'm the proud Republican mayor of Dallas, Texas.
		The largest, the largest city in the United States led by a Republican.
		I wanted to say I didn't leave the Democrat Party because they left me first, but the truth is, on matters of public safety, the Democrats were never actually there for me, for Dallas families, or for the American people.
		With their words and their actions, and sometimes with their silence and their inaction, Democrats in power demonstrate they don't care about stopping the killers or the thieves who terrorize black and brown communities.
		They don't care about securing our border.
		And they don't care about dangerous homeless encampments.
	No.
	The heart of today's woke Democrat Party is with the criminals, not with their victims.
	Democrats are good at using safe words, but terrible at building safe neighborhoods and safe cities.
	But there is a better way.
	Dallas bucked national trends and achieved a remarkable three straight years of violent crime reduction.
	Today, Dallas is viewed as America's safest large city and Republicans lead 11 of the top 15 safest cities.
	And that's because Republicans won't be silent about public safety.
	Folks, let's make our city safe again by supporting Republicans who will stand up and fight for our safety.
	That's my focus as chairman of the Republican Mayor's Association.
	And you know what else?
	Together, let's make America safe again by retiring Joe Biden and electing Donald J. Trump.
	Thank you.
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	choose Patriot Mobile Alright guys, so Benny He's getting a massage right now.
	Golf ball massage or something.
	Something weird is going on.
	But we're going to get breakfast because we have not had food at all today.
	And we are starving.
	So let's hit it.
	Donald Trump used these mini ketchup bottles when I had dinner with him.
	I had monkeys.
	Look at all this cheese.
	You guys want to go to the pool?
	I'm down.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		You want to do the blue skis?
unidentified		Let's go.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		The pool and cabana area at the Trump Doral is absolutely massive.
		It has everything you could ever want.
		Multiple pools, water slide, cabanas.
unidentified		Look at that.
		Incredible.
		Who's that behind you?
		Oh, no.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Drinks out of coconuts and swag.
unidentified		That's great.
		I would have people feed me this 24 /7 if I could.
		Feed it to you?
		Yes.
		45 out of 10. Oh,
		boys!
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Let me tell you what.
		Let me recommend a ball massage.
		After my relaxing massage, I was starving, so I texted Mikael if I could get some lunch, specifically Donald Trump's lunch.
		Mikael!
		What's going on, man?
unidentified		How'd you enjoy yourself?
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		We are starving.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		And I'm looking here at this beautiful painting, and I'm thinking, Donald Trump has to eat here, right?
unidentified		It's been here a few times.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Here's a question I have.
		You can tell me if it's inappropriate or out of line.
		I would like to eat.
unidentified		I was able to sit in Donald Trump's chair, where he sits when he's on the property.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		And this is the Trump chair?
ron desantis ▲ ● ▼		That's the seat.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		And order his exact Meal.
		Shrimp!
		This is awesome!
unidentified		Look at this!
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		It's a massive shrimp.
		Look at the size of these things.
		The size of...
		I don't know.
		Chris Christie's fingers.
		Diet Coke.
		I was inside of the Oval Office interviewing the president and I saw him hit the button.
		I saw it myself.
		I didn't believe it.
		I didn't believe the reports until I actually saw it happen.
		And he hit the button and a Coke was brought in.
		and a Trump Burger, named after the man himself.
unidentified		Trump Burger is a house blend, chuck and brisket, then Martin's potato roll.
		They actually do not sell that roll in the stores.
		It's only custom made for us.
		American cheese, red American cheese, shredded lettuce, bread and butter pickles.
		Music When you hear that Trump comes in to get a Trump burger, is it a little stressful?
		It's always a little bit of stress.
		There's no life, but this is what we do.
		So we enjoy it, and we enjoy that he enjoys the burger.
		The best ever.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		When you see him order McDonald's, does it hurt your feelings a little bit?
unidentified		I have never seen it more than a gun.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		Hits all the protein marks, and that is a perfect burger.
		The Trump burger.
		A+.
unidentified		Probably one of the best burgers I've ever had.
		That was actually amazing.
		I've had plenty of good burgers.
		That was probably one of the top of the list.
		I'm not usually a fan of well-done meat, but how to take Trump's advice to get the well-done belongs.
		It wasn't bad.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		You know, boys, we've seen a lot, but we haven't seen the actual golf course.
		Does anybody hear golf?
		We're gonna spend some time at the golf course.
		You gotta look the part.
		I don't have any golfing clothes.
		Don't look particularly good in pastels.
		But the Trump Club shop got me.
unidentified		Alright.
tom cotton ▲ ● ▼		You look good.
unidentified		This is so weird not seeing a black team shirt.
unidentified		Very comfortable shirt.
benny johnson ▲ ● ▼		I like the vibe.
		Very comfy.
		We get to ride in Donald Trump's personal golf cart with his golf clubs.
		These are the Trump clubs.
		Golf is a sincere passion for the president.
		Donald Trump owns multiple golf courses around.
unidentified		The End
joe biden ▲ ● ▼		I would, in fact, make sure that there is, we immediately surged to the border.
unidentified		And surged they did.
		10 million, more than the population of 40 U.S. states.
		And Biden's open border became an open invitation for violent Venezuelan gang members, sex traffickers, and now confirmed.
		ISIS terrorists entered through Biden's wide open southern border, putting America on high alert for an attack.
		And your family at great risk.
joe biden ▲ ● ▼		We immediately surged to the border.
unidentified		But it gets even worse.
		Biden's incompetence has led to a horrific 300,000 Americans now dead.
		Not from a nuclear bomb, but from lethal fentanyl brought in through Biden's wide open border.
		And on Biden's watch, enough illegal fentanyl has crossed our borders to kill every single American.
		That's terrifying.
		This weak man has been great for the Mexican drug cartels, while being a death sentence for over 300,000 Americans, including young children.
		That's approaching the number of soldiers that were killed in World War II.
		Yet what's Biden's message?
joe biden ▲ ● ▼		Surge to the border.
unidentified		The Biden surge has also led to a surge in violent crimes committed by illegal migrants.
		Horrific crimes.
		Murders.
		Gang attacks against our police.
		Child sex crimes.
		And the brutal killing of a nursing student on her college campus.
		Countless families will never forget the pain and tragedy.
		And America should never forget who was responsible.
		Joe Biden.
joe biden ▲ ● ▼		Surge, surge to the border.
unidentified		And America's border czar.
		President Trump had our borders secure, our families safe, and he'll do it again.
		Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome United States Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.
ted cruz ▲ ● ▼		God bless Donald J. Trump.
		And let me start by giving thanks to God Almighty for protecting President Trump and for turning his head on Saturday as the shot was fired.
		Together we lift up in prayer all of our leaders for protection.
		And our prayers are in particular with the family of Fire Chief Corey Comparatore and the others injured on Saturday.
		Never before has an election mattered so much.
		We are facing an invasion on our southern border.
		Not figuratively, a literal invasion.
		11.5 million people have crossed our border illegally under Joe Biden.
		Look around you.
		This arena holds about 18,000 souls.
		Now imagine 639 arenas.
		Just like this, filled to the brim.
		That is 11.5 million people, larger than all but eight states in the nation.
		But the numbers don't show us the true price that our country is paying.
		Every day, Americans are dying, murdered, assaulted, raped.
		By illegal immigrants that the Democrats have released.
		Teenage girls and boys wearing colored wristbands are being sold into a life of sex slavery.
		This is evil and it's wrong.
		And it is happening every day.
		Think of Kate Steinle.
		She was 32, walking with her father on a San Francisco pier when a bullet tore through her heart.
		The man who fired that gun, he'd been deported five times.
		Every damn day.
		Think of Lake and Riley.
		Just 22 years old, a nursing student with dreams of healing others.
		She went for a jog and never came home.
		Her life taken by someone who should have never been here.
		Every damn day.
		Or Rachel Morin, a beautiful mother of five, raped and murdered in suburban Maryland by an illegal immigrant.
		The Democrats released every damn day.
		Or Jocelyn Nungary, only 12 years old.
		It was just one month ago today that she was brutally raped and murdered in Houston by two men who were supposed to be detained and monitored, but instead released and allowed to roam free.
		Every damn day.
		These aren't just stories or statistics.
		They're our daughters, our sisters, our friends.
		The families don't care about the empty numbers.
		They care about the empty chairs at the dinner table.
		About the voices.
		They'll never hear again about the laughter lost and about the dreams that will never be fulfilled.
		I've sat with these families in living rooms where the silence is so loud that it hurts, where photo albums are opened with trembling hands.
		How did we get here?
		It happened because Democrats cynically decided they wanted votes from illegals more than they wanted to protect our children.
unidentified		Thank you.
ted cruz ▲ ● ▼		Today, as a result of Joe Biden's presidency, your family is less safe.
		Your children are less safe.
		The country is less safe.
		But here's the good news.
		We can fix it.
		And when Donald Trump is president, we will fix it.
		We know this.
		Because he's done it before.
		I know this because I worked hand in hand with President Trump to secure our border and we achieved the lowest rate of illegal immigration in 45 years.
unidentified		the next year.
ted cruz ▲ ● ▼		It's real simple.
		He's done it before and he'll do it again.
		So tonight, I speak for Kate and Lakin and Rachel.
		Tonight, I speak for Jocelyn.
		And let us go forward together and keep our sacred oath to defend the Constitution and to protect the American people.
		Let us secure our borders, enforce our laws.
		protect our children, and restore the future.
		Because when we do that, when we remember who we are and who we love and we act to protect them, then and only then will we truly make America great again.
unidentified		applause
ted cruz ▲ ● ▼		Thank you.
ted cruz ▲ ● ▼		God bless Texas and God bless the United States of America.
unidentified		Ladies and gentlemen, Please welcome former law enforcement officer Randy Sutton.
		Thank you.
		Thank you.
		Thank you for that.
		Thank you for that.
		Hello, America.
		My name is Randy Sutton, a police lieutenant.
		I was a police officer for 34 years.
		I was one of the most highly decorated officers in the history of my department.
		The Wounded Blue, an organization dedicated to helping injured and disabled law enforcement officers.
		I've dedicated my life to law enforcement, and I'm here to tell you one thing, America: Donald Trump is the best friend we will ever have.
		Thank you.
		Ladies and gentlemen, we're experiencing a plague of crime across America.
		The endless tsunami of illegal aliens.
		No consequences for violent crime.
		The abuse of our criminal justice system.
		It's all made America more dangerous than ever before.
		Police are the thin blue line between criminal predators and The last few years have
		been devastating for our police.
		The war on cops.
		It's very real, and it's getting Americans killed.
		Last year alone, more than 70,000 law enforcement officers were physically assaulted.
		They were shot.
		They were stabbed.
		They were beaten.
		They were hit with bricks.
		And in the last five years, 1,834 made the ultimate sacrifice and gave their lives in the line of duty.
		But all of this will end on the day we elect Donald J. Trump president.
		But my friends, it's not just the physical violence.
		It's the relentless effort to divide the people from the police.
		This is about the soul of America.
		Make no mistakes.
		If the radical left succeeds in defunding and destroying policing as we know it, they will break apart the cornerstone of our system, law and order.
		Well, amazing.
		Thank you.
		But I'm going to tell you, there's one man that these pro-criminal, anti-police extremists fear most.
		And that is the once and future President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.
		Before
		Before I finish my remarks, I want to do one thing, and that is salute our President.
		America, I make this promise.
		Our police will never waver.
		From their mission to serve and protect even at the risk of their own lives.
		But they need a true leader who will have their backs.
		Donald J. Trump is that leader.
		Thank you.
		May God bless you.
		May God bless those that walk the line.
		and may God bless America.
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼		From the very first day that we take back the White House from crooked Joe Biden, the worst president in the history of our country, I believe that we're going to have four of the greatest years in the history of our country.
		I will once and for all secure our elections.
		We're going to go to paper ballots.
		We're going to have same-day voting, voter ID.
		We're going to do it properly.
		We're going to have good, secure, beautiful elections.
		We never want what happened in 2020 to happen again.
		But until then, Republicans must win.
		And we must use every appropriate tool available to beat the Democrats.
		They are destroying our country.
		Whether you vote early, absentee, by mail, or in person, we are going to protect the vote.
		That's the most important thing we have to do, is protect the vote.
		Keep your eyes open, because these people want to cheat, and they do cheat, and frankly, it's the only thing they do well.
		We will make sure your ballot is secure and your voice is heard.
		Many Republicans like to vote on Election Day, and we must swamp the radical Democrats with massive turnout on Tuesday, November 5th.
		The way you win is to swamp them.
		If we swamp them, they can't cheat.
		It just doesn't work out.
		But if you can't make it, you need to make a plan, register, and vote any way possible.
		We've got to get your vote.
		So with your vote, we will win a victory the likes of which no one has ever seen before.
		We will evict crooked Joe Biden from the White House, and we will take back our country on November 5th, 2024, the most important day in the history of our country.
		That's what it's going to go down as.
		Thank you.
unidentified		Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Iowa Attorney General Brenna Byrd.
		Yeah, good evening, Milwaukee.
		My name is Brenna Byrd, and I am the Attorney General of the great state of Iowa.
		A few years ago, I was a local prosecutor, locking up bad guys.
		But in 2022, I ran for Attorney General and beat the incumbent Democrat who was first elected when I was just two years old.
		We won because Iowans were ready for an Attorney General who would protect them, not the criminals.
		An Attorney General who would stand up to Joe Biden and the Radical Democrats.
		And an Attorney General who would defend our constitutional freedoms.
		But perhaps more than anything, Iowa voters wanted an attorney general who would back the blue.
		Unfortunately, Democrats like Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have made life miserable for law enforcement.
		They treat police like criminals and criminals like victims.
		And tragically, many crime victims feel abandoned by a justice system that doesn't seem to put their interests first.
		They deserve better than what these defund-the-police Democrats deliver.
		He believes in handouts, not handcuffs.
		Democrats like Harris use words like reimagine the police.
		They're probably imagining more DEI programs for the police.
		Harris even said that putting more cops on the street wouldn't make communities safer.
		American families disagree.
		Never forget.
		The Democratic Party is the party of defunding the police.
		They said it, they mean it, and they can't wiggle out of it.
		Republicans get justice for victims, and we put criminals where they belong: in jail.
		That's why we need to elect President Donald J. Trump.
		President Trump knows that keeping Americans safe isn't a 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. job.
		And rank and file cops know that President Trump, he has their back.
		It touched our hearts when earlier this year, President Trump attended the wake of a fallen New York City police officer.
		We all owe heroes, like Officer Jonathan Diller, a debt we can never repay.
		President Trump knows this, and he shows his gratitude.
		Joe Biden was also in New York City that day, but instead of honoring our heroes, he attended a glitzy fundraiser with Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.
		none of them went to pay their respects.
		That day we saw Democrat priorities and we saw Donald Trump's priorities and we saw that Trump's values are our values.
		I urge everyone listening to stand with law enforcement and vote to make America safe again.
		I urge you to vote for Donald Trump on November 5th.
		Thank you Milwaukee and God bless you.
		Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former governor of South Carolina and ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley.
		Thank you.
		Thank you.
nikki haley ▲ ● ▼		My fellow Republicans, President Trump asked me to speak to this convention in the name of unity.
		It was a gracious invitation and I was happy to accept.
		I'll start by making one thing perfectly clear.
		Donald Trump has my strong endorsement, period.
		Our country is at a critical moment.
		We have a choice to make.
		For more than a year, I said a vote for Joe Biden is a vote for President Kamala Harris.
		After seeing the debate, everyone knows it's true.
		If we have four more years of Biden, or a single day of Harris, our country Will be badly worse off.
		For the sake of our nation, we have to go with Donald Trump.
		But there's more to it than that.
		We should acknowledge that there are some Americans Who don't agree with Donald Trump 100% of the time.
		I happen to know some of them.
		And I want to speak to them tonight.
		My message to them is simple.
		You don't have to agree with Trump 100% of the time to vote for him.
		Take it from me, I haven't always agreed with President Trump.
		But we agree more often than we disagree.
		We agree on keeping America strong.
		We agree on keeping America safe.
		And we agree that Democrats have moved so far to the left that they're putting our freedoms in danger.
		I'm here tonight because we have a country to save.
		And a unified Republican Party is essential for saving her.
		For those who have I have some doubts about President Trump.
		I want to tell you a few things about the commander-in-chief I know and worked with.
		As ambassador to the United Nations, I had a front-row seat to his national security policies.
		We sure could use those again.
		Think about it.
		When Barack Obama was president, Vladimir Putin invaded Crimea.
		With Joe Biden as president, Putin invaded all of Ukraine.
		But when Donald Trump was president, Putin did nothing.
		No invasions, no wars.
		That was no accident.
		Putin didn't attack Ukraine.
		Because he knew Donald Trump was tough.
		A strong president doesn't start wars.
		a strong president prevents wars.
		Look at the Middle East.
		Every problem in that part of the world can be laid at the feet of Iran.
		The dictators who chant "Death to America" are the bankrollers and weapons suppliers for Hamas and Hezbollah.
		They're behind the barbaric massacres and the hostage-taking.
		Once again, compare Trump and Biden.
		Trump got us out of the insane Iran nuclear deal.
		He imposed the toughest sanctions ever on Iran and he eliminated the arch-terrorist Qasem Soleimani.
unidentified		Iran was too weak.
nikki haley ▲ ● ▼		to start any wars.
		They knew Trump meant business and they were afraid.
		And then there's Joe Biden.
		He lifted the sanctions.
		He begged them to get back into the nuclear deal.
		He surrendered in Afghanistan.
		He sent every possible sign of weakness.
		Even now, while Hamas is still holding Americans hostage, Biden is pressuring Israel instead of the terrorists.
		Between Israel and Hamas, Donald Trump is clear about who is our friend and who is our enemy.
		Then look at the border.
		It's the single biggest threat Americans face.
		Under Joe Biden, migrants are coming into our country by the thousands every day.
		We have no idea who they are, where they end up, or what they plan to do.
		And let me remind you, Kamala had one job, one job, and that was to fix the border.
		Now imagine her in charge of the entire country.
		Under Donald Trump, we didn't have the border disaster we have today, and we won't when he is president again.
unidentified		I was proud.
nikki haley ▲ ● ▼		He was proud to serve America in President Trump's cabinet, and I'll tell you something you won't hear from the critics.
		He appreciated advice and input.
		Americans were well served by his presidency, even if they didn't agree with him on all things.
		Now, to my fellow Republicans, we must not only be a unified party.
		we must also expand our party.
		We are so much better when we are bigger.
		We are stronger when we welcome people into our party who have different backgrounds and experiences.
		And right now, we need to be strong to save America.
		This is a defining moment, not only for our party, But for our country, our fellow Americans are fearful right now.
		Families are suffering from inflation and wages that don't keep up with prices.
		Young people are being indoctrinated to think our country is racist and evil.
		The Jewish community is facing an obscene rise in antisemitism.
		Too many minorities are trapped in communities devastated by crime.
		Our foreign enemies win when they see Americans hate each other.
		They see that today, whether it's on college campuses or in a field in Butler, Pennsylvania.
		But we can conquer those fears with strength and unity.
		No president can fix all of our problems alone.
		We have to do this together.
		America has an amazing ability to self-correct.
		In this moment, we have a chance to put aside our differences and focus on what unites us and strengthens our country.
		Let us join together as a party.
		Let us come together as a people, as one country, strong and proud.
		Let us show our children and the world that even on our worst day, we are blessed to live in America.
		God bless you.
		Thank you.
		God bless the United States of America.
unidentified		Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis.
ron desantis ▲ ● ▼		My fellow Republicans, let's send Joe Biden back to his basement and let's send Donald Trump back to the White House.
		Life was more affordable than We were affordable when Donald Trump was president.
		Our border was safer under the Trump administration and our country was respected when Donald Trump was our commander-in-chief.
		Joe Biden has failed this nation.
		As a veteran, I was appalled when 13 of our service members were killed in Afghanistan due to Joe Biden's dereliction of duty.
		As a citizen, as a husband, and as a father, I am alarmed that the current President of the United States lacks the capability to discharge the duties of his office.
		Our enemies do not confine their designs to between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
		We need a Commander-in-Chief who can lead 24 hours a day.
		And seven days a week, America cannot afford four more years of a weekend at Bernie's presidency.
unidentified		But let's be honest.
ron desantis ▲ ● ▼		Let's be honest here.
		Biden is just a figurehead.
		He's a tool for imposing a leftist agenda on the American people.
		They support open borders, allowing millions and millions of illegal aliens to pour into our country and to burden our communities, but just don't send any to Martha's Vineyard, then they get really upset.
unidentified		I'm going to go ahead.
ron desantis ▲ ● ▼		They have unleashed progressive prosecutors across our nation.
		Who care more about coddling criminals than about protecting their own communities.
		They use the unelected bureaucracy to impose their will on us without our consent, and they weaponize political power to target their political opponents like they've done to our own nominee.
		They want to ban gas automobiles, eliminate Second Amendment rights, and impose gender ideology on everyone from our infantrymen to kindergartners.
		They stand for DEI, which really means division, exclusion, and indoctrination, and it is wrong.
unidentified		Thank you.
ron desantis ▲ ● ▼		They mandated that you show proof of a COVID vaccine to go to a restaurant, but they oppose requiring proof of citizenship to cast a vote.
		They We can't even define what a woman is.
		Now Donald Trump stands in their way and he stands up for America.
		Donald Trump has been demonized, he's been sued, he's been prosecuted, and he nearly lost his life.
		We cannot let him down and we cannot let America down.
		It is the values of this Republican Party that reflect our nation's founding principles.
		We believe schools should educate, not indoctrinate.
		We stand for parents' rights, including universal school choice.
		We support law and order, not rioting and disorder.
		Focused United States military, not one distracted by a social agenda.
		We reject entrenched political class and we demand term limits for members of Congress.
		We stand for fiscal sanity, for low taxes, and for reduced debt.
		We seek to reclaim the constitutional government.
		As envisioned by our founding fathers by bringing the administrative state to heel once and for all.
		We believe that you must be a citizen in order to vote and that photo ID should be required before casting a ballot.
		We stand for strong borders and believe that our nation must have a shared civic culture, and we oppose any immigration that stands apart or in contrast to our American values.
		We believe in the principles articulated in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of the Almighty, including the right to life.
unidentified		liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
ron desantis ▲ ● ▼		Now, none of this is easy, but it can be done.
		For decades, my home state saw elections determined by razor-thin margins.
		Today, due to bold leadership, the Democratic Party lies in ruins.
		The left is in retreat.
		Freedom reigns supreme.
		The woke mind virus is dead and Florida is a solid Republican state.
		Now, electing Donald Trump gives us the chance to do this all across America.
		And we have a responsibility to step up and make it happen.
		We have a responsibility to preserve what George Washington called the sacred fire of liberty.
		This was a fire that burned in Independence Hall in 1776 when 56 men pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to establish this nation.
		It's a fire that burned at a cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania when our nation's first Republican president pledged this nation to a new birth of freedom.
		It's a fire that burned at the foot of the Berlin Wall in 1987 when our nation's 40th president stood in front of that wall and said, "Mr.
		Kravitchov tear down this wall.
		This is not a responsibility we should fear.
		It's a responsibility we should welcome.
		After all, if not us, who?
		And if not now, when?
		Let's make the 45th President of the United States the 47th President of the United States.
		Let's elect Republicans up and down the ballot.
		And let's heed the call of our party's nominee to fight, fight, fight for these United States.
		Thank you.
		God bless you.
		Let's win in November.
		Thank you so much.
unidentified		We're here to defend democracy.
unidentified		The misinformation poses a threat to our nation's health.
joe biden ▲ ● ▼		Climate change is in emergency.
unidentified		Democratic socialism.
joe biden ▲ ● ▼		How to find one's right to choose.
unidentified		Hell yes!
joe biden ▲ ● ▼		We're going to take your AR-15.
unidentified		AR-15.
		AR-15.
		And the fact of the matter is, look, we're all going to answer to Him.
		But I live by that faith.
		And if we work together, lift each other up, we will build this red wave and red conservative movement that will benefit all of us.
		One of my favorite Bible verses came to mind.
		It's Joshua 1-9.
		God commands us to only be strong and to be of good courage.
		Yes, we're a wireless provider.
		We're a cell phone company.
		We have great coverage, nationwide coverage on 4G, 5G networks.
		We have 100% U.S.-based customer support.
		We check all the boxes that say that we're a cell phone company.
		But here's the deal.
		Our mission has nothing to do with cell phones.
		Our mission is to relentlessly defend our God-given constitutional rights and freedoms and to do so in a way that glorifies our God.
		Eric Schmidt of Missouri.
		Hello, Milwaukee.
		Hello, America.
		I'm Eric Schmidt from the great state of Missouri, the Show Me State.
		It's not lost on me how unlikely my presence is on this stage.
		As the grandson of a butcher, the son of a man who worked seven days a week in the midnight shift, my blue collar roots run deep.
		And I'm proud the Republican Party is the party of working families.
		Missouri is home to cities named liberty and independence and towns called freedom and defiance.
		So it should come as no surprise that we are sick and tired of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
		And I am here with a simple message.
		Enough is enough.
		We're ready to take our country back.
		Under Joe Biden, the rule of law has disintegrated.
		Crime is rampant.
		Our communities are under siege.
		And our brave law enforcement officers are constantly being vilified.
		He stood idly by as liberal DAs and mayors pushed to defund the police agenda and empowered criminals, all while endangering law-abiding citizens.
		Kamala Harris shares in these failures she campaigned as a progressive prosecutor and even called for us to reimagine public safety.
		Americans don't need to reimagine safety.
		We know exactly what safe communities look like.
		But the weakness and the wokeness of the Biden-Harris administration has made us less safe.
		Biden and Harris opened our border to terrorists, to criminals.
		They allowed drug cartels to flood our communities with Chinese fentanyl that's killing more than 200 Americans each and every day.
		It doesn't have to be this way.
		As Missouri's former Attorney General, I went toe to toe with the radical defund the police crowd and had the backs of our men and women in blue.
		When Soros-backed officials refused to prosecute violent criminals, I stepped in and put those dangerous felons beyond bars.
		And I know President Trump will do the same.
		He'll restore law and order.
		He'll unapologetically back the blue.
		and President Trump will secure the border once and for all.
		I believe in an America where our best days are ahead of us.
		I believe in an America where moms and dads can raise their kids in safe communities.
		And I believe in an America where we defend the police, not defund the police.
		President Trump will make that dream a reality.
		And that's why we need him back in the White House.
		Ladies and gentlemen, a vote for President Trump is a vote.
		To make America safe again.
		Thank you.
		God bless you.
		and God bless the United States of America.
		Thank you.
		Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome United States Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas.
tom cotton ▲ ● ▼		I want to share Two stories about immigration and two presidents.
		Manuel was a house painter in Arkansas and a green card holder from Mexico.
		He couldn't vote in 2020 yet, but his family could.
		Manuel proudly told his contractor that they had just cast their first votes for president.
		For whom?
unidentified		Donald Trump, of course.
tom cotton ▲ ● ▼		When asked why, Manuel gestured to the parking lot and responded, "Have you seen my new pickup?" And did you know that my brother and sister both have full-time jobs?
tom cotton ▲ ● ▼		With Trump, we've had more work than ever.
unidentified		things are good.
tom cotton ▲ ● ▼		Manuel became a citizen last year, and he's excited to vote for the first time for Donald Trump.
unidentified		Thank you.
tom cotton ▲ ● ▼		By contrast, after Joe Biden and the border czar Kamala Harris reversed President Trump's immigration policies and welcomed the third world invasion, I traveled to our border.
		What did I see?
		The body of a migrant drowned in the Rio Grande.
		Human traffickers on the southern bank taunting the Border Patrol.
		Migrants huddled under a bridge.
unidentified		I asked them why they came.
tom cotton ▲ ● ▼		None said persecution.
		Most said for a job.
		A few admitted because they could get in.
		Another answered with one simple word.
		Biden.
		My flight home the next day was full of these migrants.
		And you, all of you, paid for their tickets.
		That's our choice.
		A secure border and an immigration system that works for all of our citizens.
		Whether your ancestors bled with George Washington or, like Manuel in Arkansas, you just took the oath of citizenship or Joe Biden's chaos.
		Donald Trump said you can't have a nation without borders and he defended those borders.
		Joe Biden thinks borders are racist.
		Donald Trump will secure our border once again.
		Donald Trump banned travel to America from terrorist-infested countries.
		Joe Biden allowed ISIS to smuggle terrorists in.
		Donald Trump will protect America once again.
		Donald Trump insisted that immigrants must stand on their own two feet, the oldest principle of American immigration.
		Joe Biden gave migrants welfare, free hotels, and more.
		Donald Trump will stop migrant welfare once again.
		Donald Trump ended.
		Bogus asylum claims.
		Joe Biden created an app to let illegals schedule their arrival.
		Seriously.
		Donald Trump will stop this migrant fraud once again.
		Donald Trump cracked down on hiring illegals.
		Joe Biden let illegals take American jobs.
		Donald Trump will protect America's workers once again.
		So what choice will we make?
		Will we choose Joe Biden, open borders, amnesty and chaos?
		No, of course not.
		We'll choose Donald Trump and his record of security, prosperity, and stability.
		As Manuel said, things were good with Donald Trump.
		But everything has gone to hell under Joe Biden.
		But this Biden chaos will end soon.
		Because it's time for us to elect President Trump to secure our border and to make America great again.
		Thank you all.
		God bless you.
		God bless the United States of America.
unidentified		Thank you.
		Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Michael Coyle from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
		Thank you.
		Good evening, Milwaukee.
		My name is Michael Coyle.
		I'm from Philadelphia in an area of Kensington, one of the worst neighborhoods in America.
		Kensington has long struggled.
		But in the last few years, things have gotten much worse.
		Our streets are plagued by drugs.
		You'll find human feces in front of your business or someone lying dead on your front steps.
		Politicians say nice things or clean up the streets for a couple weeks in an election year or when someone famous visits or even when there's bad news.
		But as soon as the politicians are no longer afraid for their jobs, We are no longer afraid for our lives.
		Our children grow up seeing this, thinking it's normal.
		But there is nothing normal about this.
		This should not be the norm happening in the gracious nation on earth.
		As a dad and small business owner, I had to do something.
		I started a non-profit to improve the neighborhood I love and shared videos online of the horror we live with.
		In just one day, in one park, where our kids passed to reach the public library, we picked up over 1,000 needles.
		1,000.
		This is unacceptable.
		Philadelphia is not just my home, but the birthplace of the nation, where our founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence.
		This is not a tragedy for just my city, but for our nation.
		My city and all cities deserve better.
		Thank you.
		Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are the ones who opened our southern border and allowed Chinese fentanyl to pour in unconditionally.
		And life is only getting worse.
		Philadelphians aren't dying off fentanyl.
		They are dying off fentanyl as well.
		They are now using something called Trank.
		Which is literally rots the flesh of the users.
		Do you know what the smell of rotting flesh smells like?
		The people of my city do.
		In Donald Trump I see a leader who will end the urban nightmare.
		I ask you to join me in supporting him this fall because a vote for President Trump It's a vote to restore our cities and to make America safe again.
		Thank you.
		Kensington beats for Trump.
		Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Erin Kopper from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
		Good evening.
		My name is Erin Coper.
		I'm a grassroots organizer, a proud Republican woman, and a longtime resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
		I'm here to urge Americans to reelect President Trump and make America safe again.
		But I'm also here with a warning because in recent years I've had a front row seat to the chaos caused by Democrats and their soft on crime policies.
		Democrat Mayor Ed Ganey, Congresswoman Summer Lee, and especially Socialist County Executive Sarah Enamorato have demoralized and disrespected our police while unleashing criminals into our communities.
		The Pittsburgh Police Department has shrunk from 991 officers in 2020 to 750 at the end of last year.
		Response times are soaring.
		One city worker got mugged at gunpoint and raced to a police station, but no one was there to help.
		The Democrats have given Pittsburgh defund the police on steroids.
		The result is crime and chaos.
		There were 122 murders in my county in 2022, one of the deadliest years on record.
		Drug deaths are also near record highs.
		But statistics don't tell the full story.
		I've been chased by drug dealers on my own street.
		I've seen filthy tent cities pop up on my block.
		I've talked to business owners who find human waste, use needles, and shell casings outside their shops.
		I've felt the chill of fear as a woman when I'm alone in a parking garage or on the street.
		What the Democrats did to San Francisco, they're doing to my city.
		But law-abiding citizens are fighting back and saying No more.
		I saw this when Pittsburgh Republicans, Independents, even Democrats, came together to beat Soros Prosecutor last November.
		It can happen again this November.
		If we stand together, we will beat the soft on crime Democrats and make our streets safe again.
		We can reelect President Trump and we can Can save our cities!
		Thank you.
		Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome American Mom, Ann Funder.
		Hi.
	My name is Ann Fundner, and I am the wife and mother of four children.
	I'm standing here today to share the tragic reality of open borders.
	I'm here to share the story of my firstborn son, my everything, my Westin.
	My family and I were living in Southern California when President Biden took office and opened our borders.
	My Weston was 15. He was an amazing big brother to his three younger siblings.
	Weston attended church twice a week, played football and hockey, and he loved to surf.
	He had a big heart, and he lived to make people laugh.
	He had so many good friends.
	And I was always vigilant to be the best mother that I could be.
	It was room mom, school ambassador.
	And I attended all of his sports.
	We had family dinners and barbecues at the beach.
	And like most teenagers, Weston wanted to fit in.
	And in a moment of peer pressure, he tried something that someone gave to him, and it took my baby's life.
	We did everything right.
	I had those conversations with him, and fentanyl still found my son.
	And on February 27, 2022, our lives were shattered and our baby was gone.
	This was not an overdose.
	It was a poisoning.
	His whole future, everything we ever wanted for him was ripped away in an instant.
	And Joe Biden does nothing.
	I hold Joe Biden.
	What a joke.
	and Gavin Newsom and every Democrat who supports open borders responsible for the death of my son.
	Thank you.
	And the tens of thousands of American innocent children.
	For that alone, they should be voted out of office.
	Yes, Joe must go.
	Yes, he must.
	Go must go.
	Absolutely.
	Go must go.
	Go must go.
	We have seen the highest number of families Fentanyl deaths during the Biden-Harris administration and fentanyl is now the number one killer of Americans ages 18 to 45 and it is quickly becoming the leading cause of death for teens with 14 and under being the fastest growing demographic.
	We need President Trump back in office.
	We need a president who will seal the border aggressively prosecute drug dealers and stop communist China from poisoning our children.
	This is not a red or blue issue.
	This is a red, white, and blue issue.
	Fentanyl doesn't care if you're black or white.
	It does not discriminate.
	This is an American issue.
	We need a president who will call the drug cartels what they are: terrorist organizations.
	This fight is not for me.
	My son is gone.
	This fight is for your children.
	We owe it to our children to elect a president who will win the war against fentanyl once and for all.
	It's too late for my son, Weston.
	Say his name, Joe Biden.
	Weston.
	Thank you.
	But we can change this for your children.
	We need President Trump back to save the lives of our kids.
	Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Morin family from Maryland.
	Last year, we lost my beloved sister Rachel.
	She went for a walk in one of our family's favorite places.
	This beautiful trail was to us a safe place.
	Where we pushed our babies in strollers, where we walked together as a family, where my wife and I got married, near what would later become the spot where my sister's body was found.
	Rachel, a joyful, accomplished athlete and mother of five, was raped And murdered by a suspected illegal immigrant.
	This was described as among the most brutal and violent offenses that has ever occurred in Harford County, Maryland history.
	Open borders are often portrayed As compassionate and virtuous.
	But there is nothing compassionate about allowing violent criminals into our country and robbing children of their mother.
	there.
	My sister's death The monster arrested for killing Rachel entered the U.S. unlawfully after killing a woman in El Salvador.
	Joe Biden and his designated border czar, Kamala Harris, opened our borders to him and others like him, empowering them to victimize the innocent.
	Yet, to this day, we have not heard from Joe Biden or Kamala Harris.
	They never apologized.
	But when Rachel was killed, President Trump called my family to offer his condolences.
	He wanted to meet with us.
	He cared.
	That is leadership.
	And we need real leadership back in the White House.
	What has gotten us through this unthinkable loss is our faith in Jesus Christ.
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	And as brutal as the murder of my sister was, I pray that her killer will find Jesus Christ.
	For all the affected by senseless tragedy, I pray for peace, knowing that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
	I pray that we hold worldly leaders accountable for safety and justice for innocent people.
	I pray that we make our country safe and secure in the memory of my sister Rachel who loved life.
	Thank you.
	God bless America.
	Good night.
	Thank you.
	Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Madeline Brain from New York.
	Good evening, everyone.
	My son, Sergeant Hassan Correa, an Afghanistan war retired veteran.
	He received enemy fire.
	Only to be murdered with a knife on the streets of New York City.
	The four assailants responsible for his death initially were facing justice, but that changed when District Attorney Alvin Bragg was elected.
	Suddenly, two of the homicidal maniacs responsible for my son's death had their gang assault and murder charges completely dismissed.
	One of them received 14 months time served.
	Alvin Bragg charged her with assault with a shoe.
	And another one was sentenced to seven years.
	I later learned that Alvin Bragg often He dismisses and reduces dangerous criminals.
	He wants to clear the jails and return violent felonies onto our streets every day.
	The injustice was devastating for me and my family.
	I don't want anyone else to experience the senseless pain that many other victims across this United States of America have to live with every day.
	So I decided to use the voice that God gave me to be the voice for the voiceless across America.
	We need justice for victims.
	And we need accountability for prosecutors who failed in their duty.
	Soft-on crime prosecutors like Alvin Bragg in New York, Kim Fox in Chicago, and George Gascon in Los Angeles have turned our great country and cities into war zones.
	Poor and neglected communities like mine are suffering.
	And who else in here is sick and tired of being sick and tired?
	The Democratic Party that poor minorities have been loyal to for decades, including myself, all right?
	They betrayed us.
	They stabbed us in the back.
	Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, who claimed to represent us, have abandoned us.
	They neglected the poor minority communities across America.
	But my eyes have been opened.
	Just like so many other poor minorities across America.
	Donald Trump shares our values, love of God and family and country.
	He's been a victim of the same corrupt system that I have been and my family has been.
	He is committed to providing economic opportunities.
	Helping those suffering from addiction with long-term, impatient drug programs.
	Rolling back deadly bail reform policies that are getting our children killed every single day.
	And supporting our police.
	We back the NYPD.
	We back the blue.
	Back the blue.
	We back the blue.
	NYPD.
	Black the blue.
	Trump was right when he said, they're after us.
	He's just standing in the way.
	And guess what?
	He always will.
	That's why I'm standing with him today.
	Let's make America safe again.
	Let's make America safe again.
	And real it.
	Our Donald J. Trump.
	Our Donald J. Trump.
	Thank you.
	Thank you.
	And good night.
	Thank you.
	Thank you and good night.
	And good night.
	Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
sarah huckabee sanders ▲ ● ▼		Thank you.
		What a powerful story to follow.
		Good evening.
		I'm Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
		And before I get started, I want to say I have always been proud to stand with President Trump, but never have I been more proud than to stand with him right now, tonight.
		Bye.
unidentified		Thank you.
sarah huckabee sanders ▲ ● ▼		Not even an assassin's bullet could stop him.
		God Almighty intervened because America is one nation under God and he is certainly not finished with President Trump.
		Our country is better for it.
		I am here tonight as America's youngest governor, the first woman to lead the great state of Arkansas.
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sarah huckabee sanders ▲ ● ▼		And most importantly, A mom to three amazing kids.
		Scarlett, Huck, George.
		When I was President Trump's White House Press Secretary, the best job, I got the chance to take my four-year-old son, Huck, to bring your kid to work day.
		Much like...
		Jill now drags Joe to bring your husband to work there.
		And while I was briefing the president on the upcoming event in the Oval Office, all of the kids who were attending that day gathered in the Rose Garden, getting ready to meet him.
		And we were walking out onto that beautiful, perfect colonnade.
		And I saw out of the corner of my eye that my son, Huck, was running full speed directly at the President of the United States.
		Being the gracious person he is, President Trump bent down to give him a big hug.
		And right in front of everyone, Huck sidestepped the President.
		completely ignoring him in front of everyone and ran straight into my arms.
		For my four-year-old son, the most powerful man in the world had nothing on his mom.
		But because he's the amazing man he is, President Trump didn't mind at all.
		After all, he's a dad to five unbelievable kids and a grandfather to ten.
		And while that story is certainly a special memory for my family, It's an even greater reminder why I support President Trump.
		Not for me, not for him, but for my kids and for yours.
		Under President Trump, America was safer.
		The world was safer.
		And it felt like the next generation would have a chance at the American dream.
		President Trump did the job that Kamala won't and Joe Biden simply can't.
		When we're honest, every American knows that we were so much better off under President Trump.
		So tonight I don't want to just speak about President Trump's successful policies.
		While there are many, I want to talk about the man that I know.
		When the president hired me, I was the first mom and only the third woman to ever serve as the White House press secretary.
		And in that role, I endured relentless attacks from the left.
		I was insulted as a guest at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
		My family was denied service and kicked out of a restaurant.
		And a parent at my three-year-old son's preschool spit on my car.
		And in those moments, it was President Trump who defended me.
		And when an MSNBC host the offer of several books on empowering women said I was unfit to be a mother, and another MSNBC host said I was vile, not even human, and that I should be choked, MSNBC again did nothing.
		But our president pulled me aside, looked me in the eye, and said, Sarah, you're smart, you're beautiful, you're tough, and they attack you because you're good at your job.
		Never let them stop fighting.
		Thank you, Mr. President.
unidentified		Thank you.
unidentified		Thank you.
sarah huckabee sanders ▲ ● ▼		That's the Donald Trump that I know.
		And that's the Donald J. Trump I will always respect.
		The left doesn't care about empowering women.
		Biden and Harris can't even tell you what a woman is.
		They only care about empowering themselves.
		But we have a president who believes in empowering every American and that our country is worth fighting for.
		For the last four years, Republican governors have been leading that fight and doing what Joe Biden refuses to do.
		We've deployed the National Guard to the border.
		We've cracked down on crime and drugs.
		We cut taxes to give hardworking Americans a break from Bidenflation.
		and we empowered parents with universal school choice across the country Donald Trump was the very first president in my lifetime to take a hard line against China, and I'm proud to be the first and only governor in the country to kick communist China off our farmland and out of my state.
unidentified		Thank you.
sarah huckabee sanders ▲ ● ▼		President Trump is a leader, and he's the leader our country needs.
sarah huckabee sanders ▲ ● ▼		And if ever there was a doubt, earlier this week, we saw just how tough, resilient, courageous, and daring this man is, and we can't get him back in the White House fast enough.
unidentified		Thank you.
sarah huckabee sanders ▲ ● ▼		Ladies and gentlemen, we are not called to stand still in the face of great danger.
		You and I were put on this earth at a moment in time to charge boldly ahead.
		We cannot know what the future holds, but we know damn sure who holds the future in his hands.
		spared President Trump from that assassin because God is not finished with him yet.
		And he most certainly is not finished with America yet either.
		With God as our guide and President Trump back in the White House, we will show the world that America is the place where freedom reigns and liberty will never die.
unidentified		Thank you.
sarah huckabee sanders ▲ ● ▼		Ladies and gentlemen, Tonight,
		let us not leave here just excited about a great few days, but let us leave here energized and committed to making sure that we protect our freedom and we have the ability to pass it on to the next generation because America is the greatest country that the world has ever known and our kids and our grandkids deserve to enjoy it the way each of us did.
		And we will with President Trump back in the White House.
		Thank you so much.
		God bless the great state of Arkansas and the amazing United States of America.
		Thank you very much.
unidentified		Thank you.
		Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson.
		Thank you.
dr ben carson ▲ ● ▼		Thank you so much.
unidentified		Thank you.
dr ben carson ▲ ● ▼		You know, Sarah Huckabee always says to me, I hate to follow you, but I think she turned the table on me tonight.
		I want to thank you all for being here and for being involved.
		Like many of you last week, I watched with horror as the events unfolded in that Pennsylvania field.
		I saw President Trump A dear friend escaped death by mere inches, and my thoughts immediately turned to the book of Isaiah that says, "No weapon formed against you shall prosper." Well, let me tell you the weapons that they used.
		First, they tried to ruin his reputation, and he's more popular now than ever.
		And then they tried to bankrupt him, and he's got more money now than he had before.
		And then they tried to put him in prison, and he's freer and has made other people free with him.
		And then, and then last weekend they tried to kill him and there he is over there alive and well.
		You know, I have no doubt that God lowered a shield of protection over President Trump.
		And I join millions of Americas in thanksgiving for President Trump's safety.
		And I encourage you to join me in praying each day for his continued protection.
		You know, our hearts, our hearts go out to the victims in the audience.
		Let's also pray for them and their families.
		Have brought unusual clarity to the times we are living in.
		We have all harbored the nagging feeling that everything we love is slipping away.
		All you have to do is turn on the television.
		The free press, a pillar of any free society, has abused the public trust and resorted to lies, deception, and disinformation.
		They divide us along lines of race, class, and gender, rather than uniting us around our shared bond as Americans.
		Our government has been no better shredding our Constitution and upending the rule of law.
		We have a wide open border, a broken education system, and chaos breaking out around the world.
		And on top of it all, we have a president who Well, if you can't say anything good, don't say anything at all.
		But ask anyone around the world, what does it mean to be an American?
		Most will tell you that it means unlimited opportunity.
		That where you begin in life doesn't dictate where you will end.
		That's the America I grew up in, in no other country.
		Could a poor inner-city kid raised by a single mom make it to an Ivy League school, then to medical school, become a successful neurosurgeon, run for president, and eventually become a member of the president's cabinet?
		You know, and as a member of his cabinet...
		I had a chance to work closely with him.
		And I've got to tell you, this is a man who is a gift to us as a nation.
		He is very gifted.
		He is very smart.
		He is very compassionate.
		He cares about people.
		And I'll tell you, the first time I met him, it was before either of us got into the political arena.
		And we were at Mar-a-Lago, and someone came up to him and said, Mr. Trump, Rod Stewart just walked in.
		And he said, "I don't care.
		This is Ben Carson." But I feel blessed that I've been able to live the American dream.
		But my story is moving further out of reach in America today.
		The lessons my mother taught me, like hard work and the value of...
		Well-rounded, patriotic education and faith in God above all else are being forced out of the public square.
		But we're all here today because we know we can bring these things back.
		By God's grace, we live in a country where the people rule.
		We have the power to choose the kind of nation we will be and the kind of men and women that will lead us.
		And today the choice could not be more clear.
		The most repeated phrase in the Bible is this: Do not be afraid or fear not.
		It appears 365 times in Scripture.
		reminder to live each day with faith hope and joy as joyful warriors for Christ and And when God is with us, nobody can stand against us.
		With this assurance from the Almighty, even the face of evil itself cannot shake our resolve.
		We will keep fighting.
		We will keep praying.
		And by the grace of God, we will save our country and re-elect President Trump together with Vice President Vance this November.
		And I want you to remember this.
		In 1831, Alexis of Duckville came to America to study our nation because the Europeans were fascinated.
		They wanted to know how could a nation, barely 50 years old, already compete with them on virtually every level.
		So he looked at our government.
		He was duly impressed by our checks and balances and separation of powers.
		And then he looked at our business environment.
		He was duly impressed by how we encourage entrepreneurship and innovation.
		And he looked at our educational system.
		And he was blown away by the fact that he could find a mountain man in the middle of the woods who could read, who could tell him about the Declaration of Independence.
		But the thing that impressed him the most was when he went to our churches.
		And he heard those inspirational sermons from the pulpits that inspired a ragtag bunch of militiamen to defeat the most powerful army in the world and gave the American people a moral base.
unidentified		And...
dr ben carson ▲ ● ▼		And he concluded his two-volume set, Democracy in America, with these words.
		He said, America is great because America is good.
		And if America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great.
		It is our job to make America good.
		And let's do this by re-electing President Trump so we can make America great.
		Thank you very much.
unidentified		Thank you.
		Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome United States Senator of Florida, Marco Rubio.
		Thank you.
marco rubio ▲ ● ▼		Don't say polo.
marco rubio ▲ ● ▼		Don't say polo.
unidentified		Thank you.
marco rubio ▲ ● ▼		The last few days remind us that the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind is in the hands of God.
unidentified		Thank you.
unidentified		We were brought to the precipice of the abyss.
marco rubio ▲ ● ▼		And by the hand of God, reminded of what truly matters in our lives and in our country.
		This thing we do called politics, it matters.
		It's not unimportant.
		but it is our people who must always matter the most in everything we do.
		By giving voice, To everyday Americans, President Trump has not just transformed our party.
		He has inspired a movement.
		A movement of the people who grow our food and drive our trucks.
		The people who make our cars and build our homes.
		The people whose taxes fund our government.
		And whose children fight our wars.
		Americans like Cory Comparatori.
		He was a former fire chief and a loving husband.
		He was described as the best dad a girl could ever ask for.
		As a man of God who loved Jesus fiercely and looked after members of his church.
		Cory was one of the millions of everyday Americans who make our country great.
		He wasn't rich.
		He wasn't famous.
		And the only reason why we know his name and story now is because last Saturday he shielded his wife and daughter from an assassin's bullet and lost his life the way he lived it: a hero.
unidentified		Thank you.
marco rubio ▲ ● ▼		For those still wondering who are in the press and many watching at home, these are the Americans who wear the red hats and wait for hours under a blazing sun to hear Trump speak.
		And what they want, what they ask for, it is not hateful or extreme.
		What they want is good jobs and lower prices.
		They want borders that are secure.
		And for those who come here to do so legally.
		They want to be safe from criminals and from terrorists.
		And they want for our leaders to care more about our problems here at home than about the problems of other countries far away.
unidentified		Thank you.
marco rubio ▲ ● ▼		There is absolutely nothing dangerous or anything divisive about putting Americans first.
unidentified		USA!
unidentified		USA!
marco rubio ▲ ● ▼		Those who are offended, anyone who is offended, about putting America first has forgotten what American is and what American means.
		American isn't the color of our skin or our ethnicity.
		Americans are people as diverse as humanity itself.
		But out of many, we are one.
		Because as the life story of our next Vice President J.D. Vance reminds us, we are all descendants of ordinary people.
unidentified		who achieved extraordinary things.
marco rubio ▲ ● ▼		Who do we come from?
		We come from pioneers who ventured west to chase their dreams, and slaves who overcame bondage to claim their right to the promise of America.
		We come from exiles who fled tyranny in search of freedom.
		And of immigrants who left behind all they had and knew because they could not be or achieve God's purpose for their life in the nation of their birth.
		That is an American.
		And putting Americans first must be what this election is about.
		When President Trump was in the White House, Americans had more money and lower prices.
		Our borders were secure and our laws were enforced.
		Iran was broke, the Taliban stopped killing Americans, and Putin didn't invade anyone.
		Now under Biden, High prices devour paychecks.
		Criminals and drugs are allowed to flood into our country and terrorize our people.
		And Iran has money to support terrorists.
		The Taliban humiliated us in Afghanistan.
		And not one, but two major wars have broken out.
		My fellow Americans, the only way to make America wealthy and safe and strong again is to make Donald J. Trump our president.
unidentified		again.
marco rubio ▲ ● ▼		Our country has been injured, injured by the bad decisions of weak leaders.
		But now, though bloodied by our wounds, we must stand up.
		And we must fight.
		Fight not with violence or destruction, but with our voices and our votes.
		Fight not against each other, but for the hopes and dreams we share in common and make us one.
		And fight for an America where we are safe from those who seek to harm us on our streets and from abroad.
		And we will not be alone in this fight.
		For leading us in this fight will be a man who, although wounded and facing danger, he stood up and raised his fist and reminded us that our people and our country are always worth fighting for.
unidentified		It is time
marco rubio ▲ ● ▼		It is time to put our country and our people first again.
		And if we do, together we will make our people wealthy again.
		If we do, together we will make our country safe again.
		Together, we will make Donald Trump our president again.
		And together, we will not just make America great again.
		We will make America greater than it has ever been.
		Thank you.
		God bless you.
unidentified		God bless you.
		Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Laura Trump.
		Whoa!
lara trump ▲ ● ▼		I don't feel like I actually I actually have to ask this question, but is anybody in this room ready to send Donald Trump back to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?
		Well, it may not be a surprise that I actually had a very different speech that I was prepared to give up here tonight.
		That all changed.
		At 6.11 on Saturday evening.
		Nothing prepares you for a moment like that.
		Our family has faced our fair share of death threats, mysterious powders sent to our homes, tasteless and violent comments directed towards us on social media.
		But none of that prepares you as a daughter-in-law to watch in real time someone try to kill None of that prepares you as a mother to quickly reach for the remote and turn your young children away from the screen so that they're not witness to something that scars the memory of their grandpa for the rest of their lives.
		The prayers and well wishes we've received over the last 72 hours have been overwhelming, to say the least.
unidentified		Thank you.
lara trump ▲ ● ▼		And my heart goes out to the family who lost a husband and a father because of this senseless act.
		All of you here tonight and watching at home mean the world to all of us in the Trump family.
		If Donald Trump has shown us anything, it's that when it feels impossible to keep going, those are the times we must.
unidentified		keep going.
lara trump ▲ ● ▼		I don't know how many people here watching at home have ever been to a Trump rally, but if you've never been, let me tell you about them.
unidentified		Oh, some of you have been.
lara trump ▲ ● ▼		Regardless of how the media have painted these rallies, you would be hard-pressed.
lara trump ▲ ● ▼		To find and to join a happier group of people coming together over their love for the greatest country on earth, the United States of America.
unidentified		Thank you.
lara trump ▲ ● ▼		I dare anyone trying to leave a Trump rally without leaving with some new friends.
		You always make friends at a Trump rally, right?
		Veterans, teachers, blue collar workers, white collar workers, active duty military, police officers, firefighters, small business owners, Latino supporters, Christian supporters, Jewish Black supporters, Asian supporters, gay supporters, Republicans, independents, and yes, even Democrats.
unidentified		Democrats.
lara trump ▲ ● ▼		Last rally, you're not viewed as your profession, your religion, or the color of your skin.
		You're viewed as one thing: an American.
		Last Saturday was a jarring reminder that we, as Americans, must always remember: there is more that unites us than divides us.
		We all want this country to be great, even if we don't always agree on the best way of doing that.
		And with every bone in my body, I can tell you that all Donald Trump wants to do and has ever wanted to do is make this country great again for all of us.
unidentified		Thank you.
lara trump ▲ ● ▼		Proverbs 28 reads, "The wicked flee, though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion." And that truly epitomizes Donald Trump.
lara trump ▲ ● ▼		He is a lion.
unidentified		He is bold.
lara trump ▲ ● ▼		He is strong.
		He is fearless.
		And he is exactly what this country needs.
		right now.
		Let's not forget what life actually looked like under President Donald Trump.
		Trade deals across the world that benefited our economy.
		Allied countries paying their fair share.
		A safe and secure southern border.
		Record low unemployment rates for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans and women.
		Record investment in historically black colleges and universities.
		The creation of the United States Space Force.
		The most comprehensive prison reform in decades.
unidentified		How about the peace agreements in the Middle East that they said would never happen?
lara trump ▲ ● ▼		The largest tax cuts in American history, our energy independence, massive amounts of red tape cut, and no new wars when Donald J. Trump was president.
unidentified		Next.
lara trump ▲ ● ▼		Maybe, most importantly though, You could actually feel it in your everyday life.
		Now, you didn't have to love everything that he tweeted, but you cannot deny you were better off when Donald Trump was in office.
		Americans were finally able to start saving money.
		Home prices were affordable, and gas hit a low of $1.87 a gallon.
unidentified		Thank you.
lara trump ▲ ● ▼		As I speak here tonight, many of our fellow Americans don't know how they'll pay for their next trip to the grocery store, new clothes for their children, or this month's rent.
		Many of our fellow Americans worry that we are on the verge of a major terror attack here on American soil.
		Many of our fellow Americans don't think their own children will be able to establish a better life than they themselves currently have.
		Many of our fellow Americans are right now sitting and wondering how on earth this country could have moved in the wrong direction and so quickly.
		The Democrats and the media know that they cannot convince you, the American people, that your life is better off now because it's not.
		So what will they do?
		They'll try to sell you on some outrageous narrative about the terrible things that Donald Trump will do if he becomes president.
		But you don't have to imagine what it would be like.
		All you have to do is remember what it was like.
unidentified		I know.
lara trump ▲ ● ▼		Oh, yeah.
		I know what you hear out there about Donald Trump.
		I know what you read, what the media tells you, and what out-of-touch celebrities on the left say about this man.
		But when I look at Donald Trump, I see a wonderful father, father-in-law and, of course, grandfather to my two young children, Luke and Carolina.
unidentified		Thank you.
lara trump ▲ ● ▼		I know that I'm lucky enough to get to call him my father-in-law and see him a little differently than all of you.
		But it's through that lens that I sometimes wish more people could see him.
		This is a man who has sacrificed for his family and a man who has truly sacrificed for his country.
		Donald Trump didn't need to run for president for fame or money.
		Trust me, we all know he already had plenty of that.
		I'll tell you why he did it and why he continues on, even in the face of the unthinkable.
		because he loves this country.
unidentified		USA!
lara trump ▲ ● ▼		He did it for his grandchildren, for your children and grandchildren, and for the generations to come.
		I have seen this man dragged through hell and back, in and out of courtrooms, indictments, impeachments, mugshots, and even an assassination attempt.
		yet he has never backed down.
unidentified		The President of the United States has been on the streets of the United States.
unidentified		The President of the United States has been on the streets of the United States.
lara trump ▲ ● ▼		I'll never forget watching my two children run up to him with their drawings and hugs for Grandpa just moments before he took the elevator down in Trump Tower to address the media the day after his wrongful conviction.
		Despite everything else he had going on, he had no other focus in the entire world.
		Just a man relishing time with his grandchildren.
		It's a side of Donald Trump that not enough people get to see.
		Maybe you got to see a side of Donald Trump on Saturday that you were not sure existed until you saw it with your own eyes.
		Martin Luther King Jr. once famously said, "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience and comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Mercy.
		There's no doubt that Saturday was one of the most frightening moments of my father-in-law's life.
		Millimeters separated him from life and certain death.
		And yet, it was in the midst of it all, as he was jostled offstage by Secret Service, that he knew how defining that moment would be for our country.
unidentified		and he hoisted his fist in the air.
lara trump ▲ ● ▼		It was not just for the audience at the rally, not just for his supporters tuning in, but for all of America.
		And as a signal to the world that no matter what, America will always prevail.
		Though it's been strained and attacked, no enemy, no force, not even a bullet is strong enough to break our American grit and our American soul.
		We are the country whose founders gave their fortunes, freedom, and lives to pursue the dream of a free society.
		We are the country of Thomas Edison, Susan B. Anthony, Henry Ford, and Harriet Tubman.
		We are the country who fought and won two world wars.
		And we are the country Who always rises to meet the moment, no matter how insurmountable the task.
		And in that split second on Saturday, Donald Trump reminded us all of that very history and who we are at our core as a nation.
		That is the Donald Trump that I know.
		He is an American.
		An American who conquered the business world.
		An American who made himself a household name.
		An American who was beloved by politicians and fellow celebrities for decades until he ran for office with an R next to his name.
		An American whom even Barack Obama admits people consider the American dream.
		And instead of sailing off into the sunset after an illustrious real estate and television career, he decided to give back.
		He decided to bring some of the things that had made him so successful in life to all of you in order to improve the lives of all Americans.
		Black, white, brown, gay, straight, all Americans, because that's the man that Donald Trump is.
		I can tell you that my personal experience with Donald Trump has shown me his heart.
		There wasn't a second that he made this small-town girl who was way out of her element in New York City feel anything but welcomed and part of the family.
		And if not for the support and encouragement of my father-in-law, I wouldn't be where I am today.
		It's been said by many that Donald Trump sees things in people that they don't even recognize in themselves.
		In 2016, when he asked me to help him win my home state of North Carolina, I'll be honest, I was terrified.
		I had no idea how I would make it happen.
		But he knew I would.
		And I did.
		When I was given an opportunity to join a television network as a commentator, it was the push and support of my father-in-law that gave me the confidence to take that job.
		Always the first one to call or text me after a TV hit and tell me, great job, keep going.
		Not bad, right?
		Or even a few months ago, when he called and asked me to be the co-chair of our party, he showed me potential in myself.
		that I couldn't yet see.
		So tonight, to my father-in-law, Thank you for your resilience.
		Thank you for continuing on.
		Thank you for raising wonderful kids.
		Thank you for being an amazing grandfather.
		Thank you for never giving up on me, and thank you for never giving up on our country.
		Tonight, I come to you not as the co-chair of the RNC, not as the daughter-in-law of the candidate.
		Tonight, I come to you as a mom and as a citizen of this country.
		For those of you watching who have never voted for Donald Trump, I know what the media and his political opponents have tried to tell you about this man.
		Believe me, I have seen and heard it all.
		But I have also seen the truth.
		I am proud to know Donald Trump, to campaign for him, to vote for him, and to raise his grandchildren.
		He will do what is necessary to protect you, protect your family, and protect this country.
		because Donald Trump wants us all to be successful, to be safe, to be happy, to be strong, and to be great again.
		Tonight, I'm asking you to vote.
		Not for the Donald Trump you see flashed on your TV every day, splashed across the headlines.
		Tonight, I'm asking you to vote for the Donald Trump that Luke and Carolina call Grandpa.
		I'm asking you to vote for the Donald Trump that my husband, Eric, I'm asking you to vote for the Donald Trump that I call my father-in-law.
		I'm asking you to vote for the Donald Trump who can and will make America great once again for all of us.
unidentified		Thank you.
lara trump ▲ ● ▼		God bless you.
		God bless the United States of America.
		We love you.
unidentified		Thank you, guys.
		Thank you.
		Thank you.
		Bye.
		Yeah!
		Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Michael Watley of North Carolina.
		Thank you.
		For tonight's benediction, Please welcome Pastor Corey Brooks, Senior Pastor of the New Beginnings Church in Chicago and founder of Project Hood, an organization committed to fighting violence and poverty.
		Thank you.
		All right.
		If you wanted to end on a boring note tonight, With no emotion on a benediction or a powerless benediction, then you probably shouldn't have invited a black pastor from the south side of Chicago.
		Before I pray, let me say three things real quick.
		Number one, let me thank President Trump and the Republican National Convention for giving me a platform to lift up the name of Jesus and to pray for our great nation.
		Number two, I'd be remiss if I did not give the great state of Illinois and Chicago on the south side a shout out.
		O Block, Opportunity Block.
		And number three, I want you to make the biggest noise in just a second.
		I want you to raise your signs, blow your whistles.
		And give God the loudest shout of praise on the count of three.
		And somebody may say why.
		Because this week we could be having a week of mourning.
		But because God did not let any of those things be.
		This is a week of celebration and a week of life.
		A week of democracy and liberty.
		So I want to ask you on the count of three to make the loudest noise you can and let the world know that we serve an awesome God.
		Are you ready?
		Come on, are you really ready tonight?
		One, two, three.
		Yes, yes, yes.
		Are you ready to call on God tonight?
		Heavenly Father, we come be with you.
		I stand before you today with grateful hearts as we gather for this Republican National Convention.
		We thank you for this moment to seek your guidance.
		As I stand before you, many believe America is in trying, divisive times and has not been her best.
		We know this to be true.
		We have not been steady, firm, resolute.
		Have forgotten how to be Americans.
		I see this on the south side of Chicago where I'm from.
		But I refuse to give up.
		Why?
		Because I still see the yearning fire within us to be better Americans.
		Lord, we ask for your divine presence to bless every heart and mind.
		Grant us wisdom and courage and discernment as we chart the path of our beloved country.
		May our deeds reflect your will and bring glory to your name.
		We pray for strength to better our individual selves so that we may bless those around us.
		Let us be reminded that we are one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
		Father, we lift up our citizens and leaders to you.
		Let them be guided by your truth.
		And may their actions honor the values upon which this great nation was founded.
		Let us remember the words of Isaiah chapter 40 verse 31. But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.
		They will soar on wings like eagles.
		They will run and not grow weary.
		They will walk and not faint.
		Empower us to rise, persevere, and to pursue excellence.
		Lord, bless our great nation.
		From Project Hood on the south side of Chicago to all four corners of the great nation, from the hills of West Virginia and Tennessee to Beverly Hills in California, all the way to the homies in Los Angeles and the homies on the west side of Chicago.
		May we renew our Americanness and strive to uphold your word.
		With you, Lord, all things are possible.
		I said all things are possible.
		All things are possible.
		In your mighty and matchless name, Jesus, we pray.
		Let everybody say amen.
		God bless you and God bless America.
		Delegates and alternates, ladies and gentlemen, Senator Vance, President Trump, what a night.
		We have heard from the best of the Republican Party, members of the House, members of the Senate, governors, and candidates.
	But more importantly, we have heard from real Americans who understand that America needs to do better and will do better when Donald J. Trump is our 47th President of the United States.
	I would like to ask every single one of you to please Raise your voice in thanks to all of those real Americans who spoke tonight about their families and their world and their vision for a better America.
	At this time, The chair recognizes the delegate from the state of Indiana for the purpose of offering a motion.
	Mr. Chairman, my name is Victor Smith from the great state of Indiana.
	And I make the motion that the convention now adjourns.
	The question now occurs on the motion to adjourn.
	All those in favor, signify by saying aye.
	All those opposed signify by saying no.
	In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the motion is adopted.

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