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July 17, 2024 - Triggered - Donald Trump Jr
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MY RNC SPEECH LIVE | TRIGGERED
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yeah when a mob tried to take down the American flag on our
campus we knew we couldn't let that happen.
We stood guard, we held it up, and we did not let it fall.
It was all about respect.
Not just for the cloth, but for everything that the flag stands for.
Too many people have sacrificed everything for it.
The least we can do is keep it flying.
And tonight, we are proud to honor our flag again.
It's the very first day that we take back the White House from crooking 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 gotta 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.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome recent Harvard University graduate, Shabbes Kestenbaum.
My name is Shabbes Kestenbaum.
I am a proud first-generation American.
I am a proud Orthodox Jew.
And as of five months ago, I am the proud plaintiff suing Harvard University for its failure to combat anti-Semitism.
I came to Harvard to study religion, the foundation of Western civilization.
What I found was not theology, but a contempt for it.
My problem with Harvard is not its liberalism, but its e-liberalism.
Too often students at Harvard are taught not how to think, but what to think.
I found myself immersed in a culture that is anti-Western, that is anti-American, and
that is anti-Semitic.
After October 7th, the world finally saw what I and so many Jewish students across this
country experienced almost every day.
I love you.
When I planted 1,200 Israeli and American flags on campus, they were all vandalized within 24 hours.
I was harassed by my peers merely for being a Jew and have received countless death threats online.
Students and professors have openly called for new Hamas-style attacks against the United States.
And perhaps most damning, When Hamas terrorists butchered 45 American citizens on October 7th, when they took 12 Americans hostage, Harvard refused to immediately and unequivocally condemn this atrocity.
My fellow Americans, the anti-Semitic bigotry, unfortunately, extends far beyond the universities.
Although I once voted for Bernie Sanders, I now recognize that the far left has not
only abandoned the Jewish people, but the American people.
The Democratic Party, the party I registered to vote for the day I turned 18, has become
ideologically poisoned.
and And it is this poison, it is this corruption that is infecting far too many young American students.
Let's be clear.
The far-left, anti-Semitic extremism has no virtue, and the radicalism on our campuses and on our streets has
no moral legitimacy.
**Applause** Sadly...
Sadly, the far left-wing tide of anti-Semitism is rising.
But tonight, tonight we fight back.
I am proud.
I am proud to support President Trump's policies to expel foreign students who violate our
laws, harass our Jewish classmates, and desecrate our freedoms.
Let's elect a president who will instill patriotism in our school once again.
Let's elect a president who will confront terrorism and its supporters once again.
Let's elect a president who recognizes that although Harvard and the Ivy Leagues have long abandoned the United States of America, the Jewish people never will.
Because Jewish values are American values, and American values Jewish values. God bless the United States. God bless the
land of Israel. God bless, protect, and return the American hostages in Gaza now.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the parents of an American hostage held in
Gaza, Orna and Ronan Nutra.
Prove them home to the owners!
We want her! We want her!
Our son, Omer, is an American citizen.
All right, yeah.
For 285 long days and nights, Hamas terrorists have been holding Omer imprisoned in tunnels underneath Gaza.
Omer, which is a biblical name and means in Hebrew, the first crop, is our firstborn.
He was born in New York City one month after 9-11.
Eight months pregnant, I walked across the Queensborough Bridge towards home that day.
And here we are, 23 years later, and he's the victim of another vile terrorist attack.
Let me tell you a little bit about my son.
He's a connector.
He's an extremely social person.
He loves sports.
In high school, he was captain of the soccer ball, volleyball, and basketball teams.
He's a natural leader.
And he cares deeply about others and about helping them grow.
Bye!
He turned 22 on October 14, 2023.
And instead of celebrating with us and with his friends, he spent his birthday as the hostage of Hamas terrorists.
Imagine.
Over nine months, not knowing whether your son is alive, waking up every morning, praying that he, too, is still waking up every morning, that he is strong and is surviving.
I recite Psalm 23 in his merit every single day.
Gam ki elech begei tzalmavet, lo erara ki ata imadi.
I walk through the valley of the shadow of the death, I will fear no evil.
Thank you, Bill.
For thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
Bring them home.
Yeah!
Bring them home.
During the brutal October 7 attack on Israel, over 1,200 people were slaughtered.
Of them, 45 were American citizens.
Where is the outrage?
Where is it?
This was not merely an attack on Israel.
This was and remains an attack on Americans.
Omer is one of eight American hostages and one of 120 hostages still left in Gaza.
Citizens of 24 countries and 5 different religions, still held by Hamas, denied basic human needs, their lives threatened every day.
President Trump called us, personally, right after the attack, when Omer was taken captive.
We know he stands with the American hostages.
We need our beautiful son back.
And we need your support.
We need your support to end this crisis and bring all the hostages back home.
Bring them home.
Bring them home. Bring them home. Bring them home.
Bring them home.
Bring them home.
Omar!
We love you!
We won't stop fighting for you!
Stay with us!
Bring them home!
Thank you everybody!
God bless Israel and God bless America.
Ladies and gentlemen, former paratrooper, congressman, and New York State gubernatorial
candidate Lee Zeldin.
God bless you.
Hello, Wisconsin!
I'm Lee Zeldin from New York.
A nation led by President Trump is a nation stronger, safer,
and more secure.
As a former 82nd Airborne paratrooper, I want a military focused on being the world's greatest
fighting force, not its biggest social experiment.
I'm in.
Thank you.
We need a president treating our friends as friends and our adversaries as our adversaries,
understanding they only respect strength, not weakness.
I was on the House Foreign Affairs Committee under three presidents,
but only one ended wars without starting new ones.
President Donald Trump.
As one of two Jewish Republicans in Congress, It was amazing to witness history making progress.
Strengthening the US-Israel relationship under President Trump.
Moving our embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
Recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
and launching the Abraham Accords, which no one said was possible.
Applause Soleimani and the ISIS caliphate were eliminated.
Thank you.
President Trump withdrew from the Iran deal.
stop those insane ransom payments and crippled Iran with maximum pressure.
But then everything went downhill under Biden.
Yeah.
Yes, the guy who advised Obama not to take out Osama, Joe Biden advised against the mission that killed Osama bin
Laden.
As an American, and especially as a New Yorker, that's unforgivable.
EWTN.com Even in his prime, he had bad judgment.
And it's only gotten worse with age.
We cannot count on Biden to make this kind of crucial 3 a.m.
decision.
Heck, we can't rely on him at 3 in the afternoon.
He has refilled Iran's coffers.
you.
Since October 7th, Biden has pandered to anti-Semites who cheer Hamas's attack.
All while Americans are still being held hostage in Gaza.
Biden turned 13 blue star families into gold star families with his fatal withdrawal from Afghanistan.
And then he lied about it during last month's debate, claiming that no service members had died under his watch.
We must elect President Trump.
Thank you.
Whether building an Iron Dome defense shield at home, countering China and other bad actors abroad, or securing our borders, he will make America strong and respected again.
President Trump risks everything for us.
We need him back in the White House now more than ever before.
We need him back.
Thank you.
To make America great again, we must first, and God willing, we will, expand the Republican majority in the United States House of Representatives.
We will flip the United States Senate.
We are going to elect J.D.
Vance our next vice president.
And we will make Donald J. Trump the 47th president of these United States.
Thank you.
God bless you.
God bless President Trump and his family.
And God bless America.
We are gathered here on Freedom's Altar, on these shores, on these bluffs, on these shores,
on these bluffs, on these shores, on these bluffs, on these shores, on these bluffs,
On this day, 75 years ago, 10,000 men shed their blood and thousands sacrificed their lives for their brothers, for their countries, and for the survival of liberty.
Those who fought here won a future for our nation.
They won the survival of our civilization.
These men ran through the fires of hell Moved by a force no weapon could destroy.
The fierce patriotism of a free, proud, and sovereign people.
And they showed us the way to love, cherish, and defend our way of life for many centuries to come.
And our children and their children will forever and always be free.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome World War II hero, William Peckrell.
Thank you.
The President्'s Afghanistan Audience Thank you very much.
My name is Bill Peckrell.
I'm a proud Wisconsinite.
I'm a proud husband of 76 years old and my wife Rosemary.
I'm a father of 11 children.
6 girls, 5 boys.
Thank you.
Our family across five generations and a proud World War II veteran.
I'm 98 years old.
Don't call us the greatest generation.
That's an honor, considering America is the greatest nation in the history of the world.
I will never forget and witness the horror of the Nazis' war camps.
and I'll see you next time.
In the Battle of the Bulge, my friends and I fought to stop the Nazis' last major push in the Western Front.
Applause A few months later, Hitler was dead.
The Nazis were defeated.
And we gave thanks to Almighty God for delivering us from evil.
God's love.
But not many of us came home.
I still miss a lot of my friends on that beach.
And there were many of us left.
There aren't many of us left today.
But for us, those of us who are here, that America is still worth fighting for.
It hurts my heart to see what our current president and vice president have done
to the country I love so well.
Oh.
They humiliated us in Afghanistan.
We pushed around in China.
Terrorists run wild in the Middle East.
and they let our own southern border get overrun.
America, people say, America is an idea.
America, people say, people is, is an idea, America is an idea.
But I believe America is much more than that.
America is our home.
USA! USA! USA! USA!
You know, when I was fighting in Europe, And I came back home.
I kiss the ground thanking God that I'm back home in my country.
And where I come from When somebody comes for me, for my home, you dig in your
boots and the ground and never look back.
Applause That's the attitude that saved the free world and those
years ago.
And President Trump, back in Commander-in-Chief, I would go back to re-enlist today.
And I would storm whatever beach my country wanted me to.
Thank you.
Nice to meet you.
Thank you.
God bless you.
God bless our home and the United States of America.
Applause.
Music.
Good evening, America.
Before I begin my remarks, I'm going to do something a little uncharacteristic.
A Trump is going to give up the microphone.
Doesn't happen often.
You may never see it again.
But I got a call on Monday morning from a young lady who said,
Dad, I want to speak at the RNC.
I want to speak at the RNC because I want America to know what my grandpa is actually like.
Thank you.
So for the first time ever on a stage, first time ever giving a speech, I want to bring out my eldest daughter and
the eldest granddaughter of the President of the United States, your favorite President, Kai Madison Trump.
Hi everyone, my name is Kai Madison Trump.
I am the granddaughter of Donald Trump.
I'm speaking today to share the side of my grandpa that people don't often see.
To me, he's just a normal grandpa.
He gives us candy and soda when our parents aren't looking.
He always wants to know how we're doing in school.
When I made the high honor roll, he printed it out to show his friends how proud he was of me.
I know.
He calls me during the middle of the school day to ask how my golf game is going and tells me all about his.
But then I have to remind him that I'm in school and I'll have to call him back later.
When we play golf together, if I'm not on his team, he'll try to get inside of my head.
I know.
And he's always surprised that I don't let him get to me.
But I have to remind him, I'm a Trump too.
Even when he's going through all these court cases, he always asks me how I'm doing.
He always encourages me to push myself to be the most successful person I can be.
Obviously he sets the bar pretty high, but who knows maybe one day I'll catch him
On Saturday, I was shocked when I heard that he has been shot and I just want to know if he was okay
Bye.
It was heartbreaking that someone would do that to another person.
A lot of people have put my grandpa through hell, and he's still standing.
Grandpa, you are such an inspiration, and I love you.
Thank you.
The media makes my grandpa seem like a different person, but I know him for who he is.
He's very caring and loving.
He truly wants the best for this country, and he will fight every single day to make America great again.
Thank you very much.
A lot of proud moments this week for my family.
Thank you.
Thank you again, guys.
Really appreciate that.
That's not easy.
That's the first time.
I mean, this is what we call a large crowd for a speech.
So incredible work, Kai.
Now, back to business.
Thank you, sir.
Tonight we gather here in Milwaukee at one of the most crucial moments in American history.
Just days ago, something that once seemed unimaginable became a terrifying reality.
My father came under literal fire as an incredible patriotic rally turned into a tragedy.
On a field in Butler, Pennsylvania, a brave firefighter died.
Others were injured.
And as those bullets rained down, we came millimeters away from one of the darkest moments in our nation's history.
But we did lose an American hero that day.
We wish that he were with us tonight.
but his memory will live on forever in the hearts of his family, his community, and the nation that he loved.
So I would like to take just a moment tonight to express our gratitude for the life and service of American hero,
Cory Comparator.
Applause.
Chanting.
They say you can't truly know how you'll respond in a moment of danger until you're actually confronted with it.
So what was my father's instinct as his life was on the line?
not to cower, not to surrender, but to show for all the world to see that the next American
president has the heart of a lion.
That the next American president has the courage to put the American people first once again.
Thank you.
Thank you.
And in that moment, my father didn't just show his character.
He showed America's character.
When he stood up with blood on his face and the flag at his back, the world saw a spirit
that could never be broken.
And that is the true spirit of America.
Amen.
America knows what it's like to be down.
We know what it's like to be confused and to be afraid.
Long before the attempt on my father's life, every American I met was filled with fear and anxiety.
They were afraid our country was being torn apart.
They were anxious about the massive and chaotic invasion of illegal aliens across our border.
They were deeply concerned about partisan lawfare, education indoctrination, and attacks on freedom of speech.
Most terrifying of all, they saw that our leaders didn't care.
Or worse, that they joyfully aided and abetted the erosion of our rights.
And the lies.
Oh yeah, the lies.
We won't ever forget the lies.
From left-wing politicians, from their allies in the media.
When you hear them in a row, you fully understand the extent they have gone to divide this great nation.
They lied about Russia collusion.
They lied about Hunter's laptop.
They lied about Joe Biden's fitness for office.
They lied about the border being secure.
They lied about inflation being transitory.
They lied about how they would safely withdraw from Afghanistan.
They lied about Biden being a quote moderate.
And they told one nonstop lie after another about my father.
But they could only run away from reality for so long.
All hell has broken loose in America, and it's impossible to hide anymore.
Remember Build Back Better?
Instead, we got broke bumbling Biden.
Nothing is built, nothing is back, and nothing is better.
Bridges are collapsing, our credibility is crumbling, and our money is worth less and less every single day.
It was just one giant bait-and-switch, and normal Americans are the ones left holding the bag.
Housing costs, gasoline prices, grocery bills just keep going up.
Wave after wave of illegal aliens, deadly drugs keep pouring across our border.
Meanwhile, pro-crime district attorneys have turned our cities into giant crime zones.
They've turned criminals into victims, prosecutors into criminal defense attorneys, and police into public enemies.
Left-wing activists are pretending to be educators, teaching our kids that there are 57 genders, but they can't even define what a woman is.
On one hand, they think free speech protects their right to expose your children to explicit drag shows.
On the other hand, they want to put you in jail for making a meme.
It's like the entire world has been turned upside down.
Does any of this sound like a country that's going in the right direction?
And honestly, who is actually running the country anyway?
It's obviously not Joe Biden.
So who are they asking us to elect?
Seriously, who's running things?
Does anyone really know?
It's a good thing we're all in this together.
Is it Jill?
Is it Hunter?
Barack Obama?
Maybe it's the ghost of Corn Pop.
Yeah!
Woo!
Woo!
Whoever is running the show, the only thing they are effective at
is persecuting my father.
Thank you.
They twisted, contorted, and corrupted the criminal code to turn bookkeeping errors into fennelies.
They concocted new legal theories out of thin air.
They imposed gag orders on my father because the last thing a defendant should be able to do is defend himself, right?
They punished him for merely speaking the truth.
They say they hate Vladimir Putin, but it sure seems like they've spent a lot of time copying his playbook.
In this country, we don't criminalize political differences.
We debate them.
We vote on them.
But we don't make you choose between picking a party or picking a jail cell.
There was a time when the Democrats really wanted what was best for America, even if
they had a different way of getting there.
It was the party of Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr.
You may have disagreed with that party, but at least you could respect it.
But this new, extreme Democrat party, they want us to somehow believe that the only way forward is going backwards, where hiring decisions are based solely on race, Where justice is only for those with the right opinions.
Where streets are a luxury only for the elite.
Where economic opportunity exists only when you know the right people.
Right now, the America we all grew up with, the America that we love, feels like an old photograph.
Where you sit down with your children and tell them what life used to be like.
You look back at that America and remember a country that was confident and proud.
An America that knew who it was and what it stood for.
And it can all feel like a distant memory.
Somewhere along the way we stumbled.
Somewhere along the way we lost ourselves.
But we can't live on nostalgia.
Yes, America was great.
but our greatest days are yet to come.
Because no matter how far off that old photo may feel, it's not the end of our story.
Thank you.
We're like that man who stood on that platform and felt the bullet pierce his flesh just days ago in Pennsylvania.
he may have moved to the ground, but he stood back up.
And when he did, my father raised his fist into the air.
He looked out at the crowd.
And what did he say?
And we will fight.
Thank you.
We will fight.
We will fight with our voices.
We will fight with our ideas.
And on November 5th, we will fight with our vote.
I've always been proud of him, but I've never been prouder of my father than I was in that
moment.
Yeah!
That's when the world found out that there is tough, and then there's Trump tough.
And the good news is, America is Trump tough.
Trump! Trump! Trump!
In 1912, more than a century ago, another legendary Republican president came right here to Milwaukee.
At a political rally less than one mile from where we stand tonight, Teddy Roosevelt was struck by a would-be assassin's bullet.
But he didn't quit either.
he finished his speech and he kept fighting.
My friends, I'm going to end my speech now.
I don't believe in coincidences, but I do believe in God's plan.
Today, Teddy Roosevelt's man in the arena has a name, and it's Donald J. Trump.
Remember.
Remember, my father didn't have to run for re-election this year.
He doesn't need the money, the fame, the power.
Frankly, he doesn't need the witch hunts, the phony investigations, or the political prosecutions either.
But he knew he had to run if there was any chance at saving America.
He's not doing it for himself.
He's doing it for everyone here tonight, for everyone watching at home.
No matter who you are, you can be a part of this movement to make America great again.
Look at me.
And my friend J.D.
Vance, a kid from Appalachia and a kid from Trump Tower in Manhattan.
We grew up worlds apart, yet now we're both fighting side by side to save the country we love.
And by the way, J.D.
Vance is going to make one hell of a vice president.
Crowd cheers.
Crowd chants, Haley, Haley, Haley.
For those of you who have tuned out politics or have never even voted,
I want you to know if you're looking for a better life, a more prosperous future,
a safer, more wholesome and patriotic place to call home, there's room for you in this party and in this movement.
In fact, you're the ones who matter most of all.
all.
My father has always said that the people he gets along with best are the people who really work for a living.
It's because of his background as a builder in construction.
In construction, it doesn't matter how smart your architect is if you don't have the best guys laying the bricks.
People with grit.
People who get their hands dirty.
That's a big problem with Washington, D.C.
Most of the bureaucrats who rule over us have never built anything in their lives.
It's time to build something real.
Something tangible.
Something that will last and leave this country better off for our children.
That's my father's mission.
This November, we have a choice.
It's a choice between one team that wants to build this country up and another that wants to tear this country down.
It's a choice between people who are proud of America and people who are ashamed of America.
And ultimately, it's a choice between America last and America first.
So if you love this country from the bottom of your heart, if you want to bring back common
sense, if you want to save the American dream, if you want to stand up and fight for the
future of our nation, you must reelect my father, Donald J.
Trump.
Thank you.
Together, we will make America great once again.
Thank you.
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