>> GOOD EVENING, I’M MADISON
HAWTHORNE, RUNNING TO REPRESENT
NORTH CAROLINA’S 11ED
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
THIS IS A TIME OF GREAT
ADVERSITY FOR OUR COUNTRY AND I
KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT ADVERSITY.
AT 18 YEARS OLD, I WAS IN A
HORRIFIC CAR ACCIDENT THAT’S
LEFT ME PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST
DOWN.
INSTANTLY, MY HOPES AND DREAMS
WERE SEEMINGLY DESTROYED.
I WAS GIVEN A 1% CHANCE OF
SURVIVING.
BUT THANKS TO THE POWER OF
PRAYER, VERY LOVING COMMUNITY
AND MANY SKILLED DOCTORS, I MADE
IT.
IT TACK ME OVER A YEAR TO
RECOVER.
MY FIRST PUBLIC OUTING IN A
WHEELCHAIR WAS TO A PROFESSIONAL
BASEBALL GAME.
YOU KNOW, BEFORE MY ACCIDENT I
WAS 6’3".
I STOOD OUT IN A CROWD.
BUT AS I WHEELED THROUGH THE
STADIUM I FELT INVISIBLE.
AT 20, I THOUGHT ABOUT GIVING
UP.
HOWEVER, I KNEW I COULD STILL
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
MY ACCIDENT HAS GIVEN ME NEW
EYES TO SEE AND NEW EARS TO
HEAR.
GOD PROTECTED MY MIND AND MY
ABILITY TO SPEAK.
SO I SAY TO PEOPLE WHO FEEL
FORGOTTEN, IGNORED AND
INVISIBLE, I SEE YOU.
I HEAR YOU.
AT 20, I MADE A CHOICE AND 2020
OUR COUNTRY HAS A CHOICE.
WE CAN GIVE UP ON THE AMERICAN
IDEAL OR WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO
MAKE OUR IMPERFECT UNION MORE
PERFECT.
I CHOOSE TO FIGHT FOR THE
FUTURE, TO CREED THE HIGH GROUND
AND RETAKE THE SHINY CITY ON A
HALL.
WHILE THE RADICAL LEFT WANTS TO
DISMANTLE THE FUND AND DESTROY,
REPUBLICANS UNDER PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S LEADERSHIP WANT TO
REBUILD, RESTORE AND RENEW.
I JUST TURNED 25.
WHEN I’M ELECTED THIS NOVEMBER I
WILL BE THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF
CONGRESS IN OVER 200 YEARS.
AND IF YOU DON’T THINK YOUNG
PEOPLE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD,
THEN YOU JUST DON’T KNOW
AMERICAN HISTORY.
GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS 21 WHEN HE
RECEIVED HIS FIRST MILITARY
COMMISSION.
ABE LINCOLN, 22 WHEN HE FIRST
RAN FOR OFFICE.
MY PERSONAL FAVORITE, JAMES
MADISON, 25 YEARS OLD WHEN HE
SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE.
IN TIMES OF PERIL, YOUNG PEOPLE
HAVE STEPPED UP AND SAVED THIS
COUNTRY, ABROAD AND AT HOME.
WE HELD THE LINE, SCALED THE
CLIFFS, CROSSED OCEANS,
LIBERATED CAMPS, AND CRACKED
CODES.
YET TODAY, POLITICAL FORCES WANT
TO USHER IN THE DIGITAL DARK
AGES.
A TIME OF INFORMATION WITHOUT
WISDOM.
AND TRIBALISM WITHOUT TRUTH.
NATIONAL LEADERS ON THE LEFT
HAVE NORMALIZED EMOTION-BASED
VOTING AND RADICALIZED IDENTITY
POLITICS THAT REJECTS MARTIN
LUTHER KING’S DREAM.
MLK’S DREAM IS OUR DREAM.
FOR ALL AMERICANS TO BE JUDGED
SOLELY ON THEIR CHARACTER.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE RISK THEIR
LIVES EVERY YEAR TO COME HERE,
THEY BELIEVE IN THE TEAM OF MLK
AND THE AMERICAN DREAM.
JOIN US AS WE, THE PARTY OF
FREEDOM, DOUBLE DOWN ON ENSURING
THE AMERICAN DREAM FOR ALL
PEOPLE.
COMMITTED TO BUILDING A NEW TOWN
SQUARE, WELCOMING ALL IDEAS AND
ALL PEOPLE.
HERE WE WILL HAVE FREEDOM OF
SPEECH NOT FREEDOM FRO SPEECH.
TO LIBERALS, HAVE A
CONVERSATION.
BE A TRUE LIBERAL, LISTEN TO
OTHER IDEAS AND LET THE BEST ONE
PREVAIL.
TO CONSERVATIVES, I SAY LET’S
DEFINE WHAT WE SUPPORT AND WIN
THE ARGUMENT.
AREAS LIKE HEALTHCARE, ON THE
ENVIRONMENT.
AND THIS NEW TOWN SQUARE, YOU
DON’T TO HAVE APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR
BELIEFS.
OR COULD YOUER TO A MOB.
YOU KNEEL BEFORE GOD BUT STAND
FOR THE FLAG.
THE AMERICAN IDEA, MY ANCESTORS
FOUGHT FOR DURING THE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR, IS JUST AS
EXCITING AND REVOLUTIONARY TODAY
AS IT WAS 250 YEARS AGO.
I SAY TO AMERICANS WHO LOVE OUR
COUNTRY, YOUNG AND OLD, BE A
RADICAL FOR FREEDOM.
BE A RADICAL FOR LIBERTY.
BE A RADICAL FOR OUR REPUBLIC,
FOR WHICH I STAND.
ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, WITH
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU AND MAY GOD BLESS
THANK YOU AND MAY GOD BLESS
