Good evening I'm Senator Rand
Paul from Kentucky Donald Trump
and I met many years ago before
he was running for anything when
I first met him,
I recall being struck by how
down to earth he was he seemed
like just a normal guy OK
a normal guy with his own plane
and helicopter
but who's counting I was
planning a medical mission trip
to Guatemala to perform charity
eye surgeries and we needed
money to fund the trip Donald
Trump offered to help
and immediately came through
for us not only did he support
my medical mission to Guatemala
but he also contributed
to another mission trip to Haiti
a year later we performed
hundreds of cataract surgeries
in both countries nothing is
more amazing than removing
the bandages from a person dies
and watching them as they see
their loved ones again Donald
Trump
helped me make that happen a few
years later, we were opponents
both running for president
and we all know how that turned
out but I'm proud of the job.
Donald Trump has done
as president I don't always
agree with him
but our occasional policy
differences are far outweighed
by our significant agreements
but more important than simple
agreement is accomplishment
President Trump gets things done
when some in Congress wanted
a so-called revenue neutral tax
plan Donald Trump and I worked
together to make sure that it
was the true tax cut I brought
President Trump an idea
for better less expensive health
insurance called association
health plans Donald Trump
overturned two years of red tape
and bureaucrats and he made it
happen while others talked about
criminal justice reform
President Trump actually signed
the First Step Act.
The first real reform
in a generation and one that
sought to undo the harm that
others like Joe Biden have done
for those of us who lament
the Biden crime bill that locked
up a generation of young black
men remember that Biden bragged
about a bill that still wreaks
havoc among people of color
I'm supporting President Trump
because he believes, as I do,
that a strong America cannot
fight endless wars we must not
continue to leave our blood
and treasure in Middle East
quagmires I flew with him
to Dover Air Force base to honor
two soldiers whose remains were
coming home from Afghanistan
I'll never forget that evening I
can tell you the president not
only felt the pain of these
families but that President is
committed to ending this war
President Trump is the first
president in a generation
to seek to end war rather than
start one he intends to end
the war in Afghanistan.
He is bringing our men and women
home Madison once wrote no
nation can preserve its freedom
in the midst of continuous
warfare I'm proud to finally see
a president who agrees with that
compare President Trump with
the disastrous record of Joe
Biden who has consistently
called for more war Joe Biden
voted for the Iraq war which
President Trump has long called
the worst geopolitical mistake
of our generation I fear Biden
will choose war again he
supported the war in Serbia
Syria Libya Joe Biden will
continue to spill our blood
and treasure President Trump
will bring our heroes home
if you hate war like I hate war
if you want us to quit sending
50 billion
every year to Afghanistan
to build their roads and bridges
instead of building them here
at home you need to support
President Trump for another
term.
So to our soldiers
and their families join me
in supporting President Trump
to those of you who want lower
taxes and better less expensive
health care join me
in supporting President Trump
to those of you who want
to stand up and fight this
socialist poisoning our schools
and burning our cities join me
in supporting President Trump.
Let's rebuild America together.
