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Well, no doubt, you've
been watching, well,
at least part of the
Republican National Convention
on television.
I certainly hope you have,
what a contrast from last week.
The news media have,
well, they have outdone themselves
trying to tell you how
dark and dour it is.
They must be watching something else,
maybe a rerun of last week's rather dark
and gloomy picture of America
as presented by the
Democratic National Committee.
This week, I think it's been anything but.
Let's take Tuesday
night as a great example
and go through some of the
highlights that we saw.
First of all,
I don't know that I've
ever seen a more powerful
presentation of the
pro-life issue than we saw
with Abby Johnson,
who once was director of a
Planned Parenthood center.
I won't call it a clinic, there's
nothing clinical about it.
Her description of what she
saw in that abortion center
was absolutely riveting.
She started out simply in
an administrative capacity.
She thought she was helping women,
that's why she was recruited.
And she thought it was a
wonderful way to help women,
young women like her.
Then one day a doctor asked her to come in
and assist in an abortion
because a staff member wasn't there.
Even though Abby had been a part of
the Planned Parenthood
center for quite some time,
she'd never actually witnessed
what her efforts were leading to.
In other words,
she'd never witnessed the actual abortion.
That day changed her life.
It was a day that she recalls of having
such an incredible impact upon
her, that she walked away.
And now it's one of the
leading pro-life activists
in the country.
In the course of her very
powerful story, last night,
one thing that stood
out, maybe more than any,
was when she said she still
can remember the smell
of abortion.
- I was expected to sell
double the abortions performed
the previous year.
When I pushed back,
underscoring Planned
Parenthood's public facing goal
of decreasing abortions.
I was reprimanded and told abortion
is how we make our money.
You see, for me, abortion is real.
I know what it sounds like, I,
I, know what abortion smells like.
Did you know abortion even had a smell?
- Another one of my favorite evenings,
our favorite parts of the evening
was when the young student
from Covington, Kentucky,
Nick Sandman got up to speak.
Now this is the kid who had 17 years old,
had gone to the March
for Life in Washington.
And with his schoolmates were
there to stand up for life.
When a native American approached him
and began to beat a drum
directly in his face
and speak to him, then yell at him.
The video that was taken made
it appear that Nick Sandman
was the aggressor later video
revealed that wasn't the case,
but that didn't stop the
national news media from trashing
the 17 year old kid.
The good news.
It didn't stop the 17 year old kid
from getting a good lawyer
and suing the New York times,
The Washington compost
as I like to call them
and good old CNN, as well as NBC
and other news media outlets as well.
Last night, I couldn't help but think
what a wonderful moment.
When CNN, in carrying the
Republican National Committee
had to carry Nick Sandman's
wonderful description
of what happened to
him and his admonition,
that if we allow these
kinds of things to happen,
we really are selling out
to the cancel culture.
- Looking back now,
how could I possibly
imagine that the simple act
of putting on that red hat
would unleash hate from the left
and make myself the target of network
and cable news networks nationwide.
I learned what was
happening to me had a name,
it was called being canceled.
I believe we must all embrace
our first amendment rights
and not hide in fear of the
media or from the tech companies
or from the outrage mob either.
- Now, interestingly, after that,
former White House Press
Secretary under Bill Clinton,
Joe Lockhart sent out a disgusting
tweet attacking the kid.
I tweeted out in response.
Boy, that's real grownup
stuff. Joe bullying a kid.
I know you're gotta be
real proud of yourself.
Unbelievable!
Highlight of the night was the first lady,
Melania Trump, who spoke
from the Rose Garden
that she's just renovated
for which he's been roundly criticized
for what, it's beautiful.
I was just there last week.
It's gorgeous.
Now, interestingly enough,
some of the criticism
came because Melania Trump
was speaking at a political convention
from a federal property and
many people on the left,
just, their heads were exploding.
And I thought, let me
see if I get this right.
These are the same people
who have been absolutely 100%
silent as federal
properties have been burned,
looted, destroyed, statues torn down.
Not a peep out of the
Democratic Convention over that,
not a peep from Chuck Schumer,
Nancy Pelosi, Jerry Nadler.
In fact, he called it a myth
that these things really
weren't happening after all.
But we've seen it with our own eyes
and the people on the left seem more upset
that Melania Trump, an elegant
and charming First Lady
delivered her speech
from the federal property
of the White House, where
she does live by the way,
then they did about mobs
of thugs and anarchists
tearing down federal
property all across America.
If that doesn't tell you
what you need to know
about this year's election,
I'm not sure I can help you.
And when it was over, Bette
Midler, you know Bette Midler?
Well, you used to, she
used to be somebody.
She had a classless comment and
because of Melania's accent,
she said, oh my, can Melania
not even speak English?
Actually Bette, she can.
In fact, she speaks seven languages.
How many do you speak?
I thought her message was wonderful.
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