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>>> IT ALL STARTED AT A TEA 
PARTY.
13 YEARS BEFORE THE AMERICAN 
CIVIL WAR, CIVIL UNREST AND 
DIVISION SEPARATED COUNTRYMEN 
INTO TWO OPPOSING CAMPS.
ONE DETERMINED TO KEEP 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN PEOPLE 
ENSLAVED.
THE OTHER DETERMINED TO SEE ALL 
PEOPLE FREE.
ELIZABETH KATIE STANTON WAS 
SELECTED AS A DELEGATE BUT WERE 
TOLD THEY COULD NOT SPEAK AT THE
MALE-DOMINATED EVENT.
SHE AND FOUR OTHER WOMEN MET FOR
TEA.
THEY STARTED A COALITION TO GAIN
FOR WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
WOMEN ACROSS AMERICA UNITED AND 
FORMED ACTIVIST GROUPS WORKING 
TIRELESSLY TO WIN THE VOTE FOR 
AMERICAN WOMEN.
THE UNCONQUERABLE SUSAN B. 
ANTHONY BECAME ONE OF THE MOST 
VISIBLE LEADERS OF WOMEN'S 
SUFFRAGE WHEN IN 1872 SHE 
REGISTERED AND VOTED FOR EVERY 
REPUBLICAN ON THE BALLOT.
AS PUNISHMENT FOR HER ACTIONS 
SHE WAS ARRESTED FOR ILLEGAL 
VOTING.
AT THE REQUEST OF SUSAN B. 
ANTHONY, SENATOR A.A. SERGEANT 
INTRODUCED THE 19th AMENDMENT IN
1
1878.
IT WAS DEFEATED FOUR TIMES BUT 
WOMEN CONTINUED TO FIGHT.
SOJOURNER TRUTH AND OTHERS 
FOUGHT FOR WOMEN'S VOICES TO BE 
HEARD AND ALLOWED TO VOTE.
THE SILENT SENTINELS QUIETLY 
PICKETED THE WHITE HOUSE.
WHEN REPUBLICANS REGAINED 
CONTROL OF CONGRESS IN 1920, THE
EQUAL SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT WAS 
SIGNED INTO LAW.
THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT 
TOOK 72 YEARS AND WOULD CHANGE 
THE LIVES OF WOMEN FOREVER.
THE VICTORY WAS ACHIEVED 
PEACEFULLY THROUGH THE VALEANT 
EFFORTS OF WOMEN PATRIOTS AND 
THE DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS.
IN A BOLD DECLARATION OF RIGHTS 
FOR WOMEN, PRESIDENT TRUMP 
GRANTED A FULL PARDON TO SUSAN 
B. ANTHONY ON THE 100th 
ANNIVERSARY OF THE 19th 
AMENDMENT'S RATIFICATION.
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE WAS BORN FROM A
DESIRE TO FIGHT FOR THE FREEDOM 
OF OTHERS.
NOW WE, THE GREAT PATRIOTS OF 
AMERICA, WILL BAND TOGETHER ONCE
AGAIN AND WITH ONE UNIFIED 
VOICE, WE WILL VOTE FOR FREEDOM.
>>> I'M CKAYLEIGH McENANY.
YOU MAY KNOW ME AS A SUPPORTER 
OF PRESIDENT TRUMP BUT TONIGHT 
I'M HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU HOW 
HE SUPPORTED ME.
BOTH AS A NEW MOM AND AS AN 
AMERICAN WITH A PREEXISTING 
CONDITION.
WHEN I WAS 21 YEARS OLD, I GOT A
CALL THAT CHANGED MY LIFE.
IT WAS MY DOCTOR INFORMING ME 
THAT I HAD TESTED POSITIVE FOR 
THE BRACA 2 GENERTIC MUTATION 
THAT PUT MY CHANCES OF BREAST 
CANCER AT 84%.
IT WAS THE SAME MUTATION THAT MY
MOM HAD, COMPELLING HER TO GET A
COMPETITIVE DOUBLE MASTECTOMY, 
REMOVING HER BREAST TISSUE BUT 
PROTECTING HER FROM A DISEASE 
THAT HAS TAKEN FAR TOO MANY OF 
OUR MOTHERS, OUR SISTERS, OUR 
FRIENDS.
IN MY FAMILY, EIGHT WOMEN ALONE 
WERE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST 
CANCER, SEVERAL IN THEIR YOUNG 
20s.
I NOW FACED THE SAME PROSPECT.
FOR NEARLY A DECADE, I WAS 
ROUTINELY AT MOFFAT CANCER 
CENTER GETTING MRIs, ULTRASOUNDS
AND NECESSARY SURVEILLANCE.
DURING THESE VISITS I CROSSED 
PATHS WITH BRAVE WOMEN BATTLING 
CANCER AND FIGHTING THROUGH 
CHEMOTHERAPY.
THEY WERE A TESTAMENT TO 
AMERICAN STRENGTH.
THEY ARE AMERICAN HEROES.
ON MAY 1, 2018, I FOLLOWED IN MY
MOTHER'S FOOTSTEPS, CHOOSING TO 
GET A PREVENT MASTECTOMY.
I WAS SCARED.
THE NIGHT BEFORE, I FOUGHT BACK 
TEARS AS A PREPARED TO LOSE A 
PIECE OF MYSELF FOREVER.
BUT THE NEXT DAY, WITH MY MOM, 
DAD, HUSBAND, AND JESUS CHRIST 
BY MY SIDE, I UNDERWENT A 
MASTECTOMY.
ALMOST ELIMINATING MY CHANCE OF 
BREAST CANCER.
A DECISION I NOW CELEBRATE.
BREAST RECONSTRUCTION HAS 
ADVANCED REMARKABLY.
WHILE IT IS AN INDIVIDUAL'S 
DECISION, MY DOCTOR AND I CHOSE 
A COURSE OF SURGERY THAT LEFT ME
VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.
BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN PHYSICAL
RESULTS, I DEVELOPED A STRENGTH 
AND A CONFIDENCE THAT I CARRY 
WITH ME.
DURING ONE OF MY MOST DIFFICULT 
TIMES, I EXPECTED TO HAVE THE 
SUPPORT OF MY FAMILY.
BUT I HAD MORE SUPPORT THAN I 
KNEW.
AS I CAME OUT OF ANESTHESIA, ONE
OF THE FIRST CALLS I RECEIVED 
WAS FROM IVANKA TRUMP.
AS I RECOVERED, MY PHONE RANG 
AGAIN.
IT WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP, CALLING 
TO CHECK ON ME.
I WAS BLOWN AWAY.
HERE WAS THE LEADER OF THE FREE 
WORLD CARING ABOUT MY 
CIRCUMSTANCE.
AT THE TIME, I HAD ONLY MET 
PRESIDENT TRUMP ON A FEW 
OCCASIONS.
BUT NOW, I KNOW HIM WELL, AND I 
CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS PRESIDENT
STANDS BY AMERICANS WITH 
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS.
IN FACT, PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED 
ME THIS MORNING.
I SPOKE WITH HIM SEVERAL TIMES 
TODAY.
AND HE TOLD ME HOW PROUD HE WAS 
OF ME FOR SHARING THIS STORY.
THE SAME WAY PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
SUPPORTED ME, HE SUPPORTS YOU.
I SEE IT EVERY DAY.
I'VE HEARD HIM SAY THE HARDEST 
PART OF HIS JOB IS WRITING TO 
LOVED ONES OF FALLEN SOLDIERS.
I'VE SEEN HIM OFFER HEARTFELT 
OUTREACH TO GRIEVING PARENTS WHO
LOST THEIR CHILDREN TO CRIME IN 
THE STREETS.
AND I'VE WATCHED HIM FIGHT FOR 
AMERICANS WHO LOST THEIR JOBS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP FIGHTS FOR THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE BECAUSE HE CARES
ABOUT STORIES LIKE THESE.
I HAVE A 9-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER.
SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL, SWEET LITTLE 
GIRL.
AND I CHOOSE TO WORK FOR THIS 
PRESIDENT FOR HER.
WHEN I LOOK INTO MY BABY'S EYES,
I SEE A NEW LIFE.
A MIRACLE FOR WHICH I HAVE A 
SOLEMN RESPONSIBILITY TO 
PROTECT.
THAT MEANS PROTECTING AMERICA'S 
FUTURE.
A FUTURE PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL 
FIGHT FOR, WHERE OUR 
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE PROTECTED, 
WHERE LIFE IS SACRED, WHERE GOD 
IS CHERISHED, NOT TAKEN OUT OF 
OUR SCHOOLS, REMOVED FROM OUR 
PLEDGE, AND ERASED FROM OUR 
HISTORY.
I WANT MY DAUGHTER TO GROW UP IN
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP'S 
AMERICA.
CHOOSING TO HAVE A PREVENT 
MASTECTOMY WAS THE HARDEST 
DECISION I EVER HAD TO MAKE.
BUT SUPPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
WHO WILL PROTECT MY DAUGHTER AND
OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE, WAS THE 
EASIEST.
♪
>>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M KAREN PENCE.
MY HUSBAND IS VICE PRESIDENT 
MIKE PENCE.
100 YEARS AGO TODAY, THE 19th 
AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED INTO THE 
UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, 
GUARANTEEING WOMEN THE RIGHT TO 
VOTE.
BECAUSE OF HEROES LIKE SUSAN B. 
ANTHONY AND LUCY STONE, WOMEN 
TODAY, LIKE OUR DAUGHTERS AUDREY
AND CHARLOTTE, AND FUTURE 
GENERATIONS, WILL HAVE THEIR 
VOICES HEARD AND THEIR VOTES 
COUNT.
THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT 
WAS THE GATEWAY THAT LED TO 
WOMEN HAVING THE OPPORTUNITIES 
TO ACHIEVE MONUMENTAL MILESTONES
AND ACCOMPLISH SIGNIFICANT 
ACHIEVEMENTS IN BOTH CIVIC AND 
GOVERNMENTAL ROLES.
THIS EVENING, WE LOOK AT HEROES 
IN OUR LAND.
A SECOND LADY OF THE UNITED 
STATES FOR THE PAST 3 1/2 YEARS,
I HAVE HAD THE HONOR OF MEETING 
MANY HEROES ACROSS THIS GREAT 
COUNTRY.
THE PENCES ARE A MILITARY 
FAMILY.
OUR SON MICHAEL SERVES IN THE 
UNITED STATES MARINES AND OUR 
SON-IN-LAW HENRY SERVES IN THE 
U.S. NAVY.
AND ONE OF MY KEY INITIATIVES IS
TO ELEVATE AND ENCOURAGE 
MILITARY SPOUSES.
THESE MEN AND WOMEN, LIKE OUR 
DAUGHTER CHARLOTTE AND OUR 
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW SARAH, ARE THE 
HOME FRONT HEROES.
I HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO HEAR 
SO MANY STORIES OF SELFLESS 
SUPPORT, VOLUNTEER SPIRIT, AND 
GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ARMED
FORCES AND OUR COMMUNITIES.
YOU KNOW, MILITARY SPOUSES MAY 
EXPERIENCE FREQUENT MOVES AND 
JOB CHANGES, PERIODS OF BEING A 
SINGLE PARENT WHILE THEIR LOVED 
ONE IS DEPLOYED, ALL WHILE 
EXHIBITING PRIDE, STRENGTH, AND 
DETERMINATION, AND BEING A PART 
OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN 
THEMSELVES.
TO ALL OF THE MILITARY SPOUSES, 
THANK YOU.
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VICE 
PRESIDENT PENCE HAVE BEEN 
SUPPORTING OUR UNITED STATES 
ARMED FORCES, INCLUDING OUR 
MILITARY FAMILIES, ON A 
SIGNIFICANT SCALE.
WHILE TRAVELING THROUGHOUT OUR 
NATION TO EDUCATE MILITARY 
SPOUSES ABOUT POLICY SOLUTIONS 
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS 
PROMOTED INVOLVING REAL, 
TANGIBLE PROGRESS IN MILITARY 
SPOUSE EMPLOYMENT, I HAVE BEEN 
INSPIRED TO MEET HEROES LIKE 
LISA BRADLEY AND CAMERON CRUZ.
THESE MILITARY SPOUSES DECIDED 
TO START THEIR OWN BUSINESS, R. 
RIVETER, NAMED AFTER THE ROSY 
THE RIVETER CAMPAIGN FROM WORLD 
WAR II.
R. RIVETER MAKES HANDBAGS MADE 
EXCLUSIVELY BY MILITARY SPOUSES 
WHO LIVE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
THEY PREPARE AND SEND THEIR 
SECTION OF THE BAGS TO THE 
COMPANY LOCATED IN NORTH 
CAROLINA WHERE THE FINAL PRODUCT
IS ASSEMBLED.
MILITARY SPOUSE HERO JILANN HALL
JOHNSON IN BILLINGS, MONTANA HAD
A CULINARY ARTIST WHO HAD 
DREAMED OF STARTING HER OWN 
RESTAURANT.
WORKING WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION'S DEVELOPMENT 
CENTER, JILANN STARTED HER 
RESTAURANT, THE SASSY BISCUIT.
AND SHE JUST OPENED A SECOND 
RESTAURANT IN DOVER, NEW 
HAMPSHIRE.
AND AS THE SECOND LADY, I'VE 
ALSO BEEN ABLE TO BRING 
AWARENESS TO A FORM OF THERAPY 
FOR OUR HEROIC VETERANS 
SUFFERING FROM PTSD.
ART THERAPY FACILITATED BY A 
PROFESSIONAL ART THERAPIST IS 
ESPECIALLY EFFECTIVE WITH POST 
TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.
A MARINE VETERAN I MET IN TAMPA 
WHO DEPLOYED FOR COMBAT IN IRAQ 
AND AFGHANISTAN SAID NOTHING 
HELPED HIM DEAL WITH HIS TRAUMA 
FROM HIS SERVICE IN THE MARINES 
UNTIL HE FINALLY AGREED TO MEET 
WITH THE ART THERAPIST AT WALTER
REED MEDICAL CENTER.
CHRIS CREDITS ART THERAPY WITH 
SAVING HIS MARRIAGE AND HIS 
LIFE.
AND CHRIS WENT ON TO ESTABLISH A
GLASS BLOWING WORKSHOP TO HELP 
OTHER VETS.
MANY OF OUR VETERAN HEROES 
STRUGGLE AS THEY TRANSITION BACK
INTO CIVILIAN LIFE.
AND SOMETIMES THE STRESS IS TOO 
DIFFICULT TO MANAGE ALONE.
A FEW WEEKS AGO I HAD THE HONOR 
OF SPEAKING WITH SOME AMAZING 
AMERICANS WHO ANSWER THE 
VETERANS CRISIS LINE.
ONE IN PARTICULAR, SIDNEY 
MORGAN, ESPECIALLY IMPACTED ME.
A VETERAN HERSELF, SYDNEY SAID 
IT IS THE HIGHEST HONOR OF HER 
LIFE UNTIL THEY PHYSICALLY WALK 
INTO A CLINIC TO RECEIVE HELP 
THEY DESERVE AND SHE CAN PASS 
THEIR HAND TO SOMEONE READY TO 
HELP.
IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES, WE'VE 
ALL SEEN SO MANY EXAMPLES OF 
EVERYDAY AMERICANS REACHING OUT 
A HAND TO THOSE TO NEED, THOSE 
WHO IN HUMILITY HAVE CONSIDERED 
OTHERS MORE IMPORTANT THAN 
THEMSELVES.
WE'VE SEEN HEALTH CARE WORKERS, 
TEACHERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, 
MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, LAW 
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, GROCERY 
AND DELIVERY WORKERS, AND 
FARMERS, AND SO MANY OTHERS.
HEROES ALL.
100 YEARS AGO, WOMEN SECURED THE
RIGHT TO VOTE.
SO LET'S VOTE, AMERICA.
LET'S HONOR OUR HEROES.
LET'S REELECT PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AND VICE PRESIDENT PENCE FOR 
FOUR MORE YEARS.
GOD BLESS OUR HEROES AND GOD 
BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA.
>>> WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE 
SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE 
CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE 
ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH 
CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS.
AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY, 
AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
>>> GOOD EVENING, I'M KELLYANNE 
CONWAY.
100 YEARS AGO, COURAGEOUS 
WARRIORS HELPED WOMEN SECURE THE
RIGHT TO VOTE.
THIS HAS BEEN A CENTURY WORTH 
CELEBRATING.
BUT ALSO A REMINDER THAT OUR 
DEMOCRACY IS YOUNG AND FRAGILE.
A WOMAN IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE CAN
STILL SEEM NOVEL.
NOT SO FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP.
FOR DECADES HE HAS ELEVATED 
WOMEN TO SENIOR POSITIONS IN 
BUSINESS AND IN GOVERNMENT.
HE CONFIDES IN AND CONSULTS US, 
RESPECTS OUR OPINIONS, AND 
INSISTS THAT WE ARE ON EQUAL 
FOOTING WITH THE MEN.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HELPED ME 
SHATTER A BARRIER IN THE WORLD 
OF POLITICS BY EMPOWERING ME TO 
MANAGE HIS CAMPAIGN TO ITS 
SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION.
WITH THE HELP OF MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS, OUR TEAM DEFIED THE 
CRITICS, THE NAYSAYERS, THE 
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM, AND WE WON.
FOR MANY OF US WOMEN'S 
EMPOWERMENT IS NOT A SLOGAN.
IT COMES NOT FROM STRANGERS ON 
SOCIAL MEDIA OR SANITIZED 
LANGUAGE IN A CORPORATE 
HANDBOOK.
IT COMES FROM THE EVERYDAY 
HEROES WHO NURTURE US, WHO SHAPE
US, AND WHO BELIEVE IN US.
I WAS RAISED IN A HOUSEHOLD OF 
ALL WOMEN.
THEY WERE SELF-RELIANT AND 
RESILIENT.
THEIR LIVES WERE NOT EASY.
BUT THEY NEVER COMPLAINED.
MONEY WAS TIGHT.
BUT WE HAD AN ABUNDANCE OF WHAT 
MATTERED MOST, FAMILY, FAITH, 
AND FREEDOM.
I LEARNED THAT IN AMERICA, 
LIMITED MEANS DOES NOT MAKE FOR 
LIMITED DREAMS.
THE PROMISE OF AMERICA BELONGS 
TO US ALL.
THIS IS A LAND OF INVENTORS AND 
INNOVATORS, OF ENTREPRENEURS AND
EDUCATORS, OF PIONEERS AND 
PARENTS, EACH CONTRIBUTING TO 
THE SUCCESS AND THE FUTURE OF A 
GREAT NATION AND HER PEOPLE.
THESE EVERYDAY HEROES HAVE A 
CHAMPION IN PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THE TEACHER WHO TOOK EXTRA TIME 
TO HELP STUDENTS ADJUST TO 
MONTHS OF VIRTUAL LEARNING.
THE NURSE WHO FINISHED A 12-HOUR
CVID SHIFT AND THEN TOOK A 
BRIEF BREAK ONLY TO CHANGE HER 
MASK, GOWN, AND GLOVES TO DO IT 
ALL OVER AGAIN.
THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, 
STRIVING TO REOPEN AFTER THE 
LOCKDOWN WAS LIFTED AND THEN 
AGAIN AFTER HER STORE WAS 
VANDALIZED AND LOOTED.
THE SINGLE MOM WITH TWO KIDS, 
TWO JOBS, TWO COMMUTES, WHO TEN 
YEARS AFTER THAT EMPTY PROMISE, 
FINALLY HAS HEALTH INSURANCE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VICE 
PRESIDENT PENCE HAVE LIFTED 
AMERICANS, PROVIDED THEM WITH 
DIGNITY, OPPORTUNITY, AND 
RESULTS.
I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND MANY TIMES
THE PRESIDENT COMFORTING AND 
ENCOURAGING A CHILD WHO HAS LOST
A PARENT, A PARENT WHO HAS LOST 
A CHILD, A WORKER WHO LOST HIS 
JOB, AN ADOLESCENT WHO LOST HER 
WAY TO DRUGS.
DON'T LOSE HOPE, HE HAS TOLD 
THEM.
ASSURING THEM THAT THEY ARE NOT 
ALONE.
AND THAT THEY MATTER.
THERE ALWAYS WILL BE PEOPLE WHO 
HAVE FAR MORE THAN US.
OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO FOCUS 
ON THOSE WHO HAVE FAR LESS THAN 
US.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DONE 
PRECISELY THAT IN TAKING 
UNPRECEDENTED ACTION TO COMBAT 
THIS NATION'S DRUG CRISIS.
HE TOLD ME, THIS IS SO 
IMPORTANT, KELLYANNE.
SO MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN RUINED 
BY ADDICTION AND WE'LL NEVER 
EVEN KNOW IT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE 
ASHAMED TO REACH OUT FOR HELP 
AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN SURE WHO TO
TURN TO IN THEIR TOUGHEST HOUR.
RATHER THAN LOOK THE OTHER WAY, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP STARED DIRECTLY 
AT THIS DRUG CRISIS NEXT DOOR 
AND THROUGH LANDMARK BIPARTISAN 
LEGISLATION HAS HELPED SECURE 
HISTORIC INVESTMENTS IN 
SURVEILLANCE, INTERDICTION, 
EDUCATION, PREVENTION, 
TREATMENT, AND RECOVERY.
WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.
BUT THE POLITICAL INERTIA THAT 
COST LIVES AND THE SILENCE AND 
THE STIGMA THAT PREVENTS PEOPLE 
IN NEED FROM COMING FORWARD IS 
MELTING AWAY.
THIS IS THE MAN I KNOW AND THE 
PRESIDENT WE NEED FOR FOUR MORE 
YEARS.
HE PICKS THE TOUGHEST FIGHTS AND
TACKLES THE MOST COMPLEX 
PROBLEMS.
HE HAS STOOD BY ME AND HE WILL 
STAND UP FOR YOU.
IN HONOR OF THE WOMEN WHO 
EMPOWERED ME, AND FOR THE FUTURE
OF THE CHILDREN WE ALL CHERISH, 
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU 
ALWAYS.
♪
>>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M SISTER DEDE BYRNE AND I 
BELONG TO THE COMMUNITY OF THE 
LITTLE WORKERS OF THE SACRED 
HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY.
LAST FOURTH OF JULY I WAS 
HONORED TO BE ONE OF THE 
PRESIDENT'S GUESTS AT HIS SALUTE
TO AMERICA CELEBRATION.
I MUST CONFESS THAT I RECENTLY 
PRAYED WHILE IN CHAPEL, BEGGING 
GOD TO ALLOW ME TO BE A VOICE, 
AN INSTRUMENT FOR HUMAN LIFE.
AND NOW HERE I AM, SPEAKING AT 
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION.
I GUESS YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL 
FOR WHAT YOU PRAY FOR.
MY JOURNEY TO A RELIGIOUS LIFE 
WAS NOT A TRADITIONAL ROUTE, IF 
THERE IS SUCH A THING.
IN 1978, AS A MEDICAL SCHOOL 
STUDENT AT GEORGETOWN 
UNIVERSITY, I JOINED THE ARMY TO
HELP PAY FOR MY TUITION, AND 
ENDED UP DEVOTING 29 YEARS TO 
THE MILITARY, SERVING AS A 
DOCTOR AND A SURGEON IN PLACES 
LIKE AFGHANISTAN AND EGYPT'S 
SINAI PENINSULA.
AFTER MUCH PRAYER AND 
CONTEMPLATION, I ENTERED MY 
RELIGIOUS ORDER IN 2002, WORKING
TO SERVE THE POOR AND THE SICK 
IN HAITI, SUEDDAN, KENYA, IRAQ, 
AND IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
HUMILITY IS AT THE FOUNDATION OF
OUR ORDER WHICH MAKES IT VERY 
DIFFICULT TO TALK ABOUT MYSELF.
BUT I CAN SPEAK ABOUT MY 
EXPERIENCE WORKING FOR THOSE 
FLEEING WAR-TORN AND 
IMPOVERISHED COUNTRIES AROUND 
THE WORLD.
THOSE REFUGEES ALL SHARE A 
COMMON EXPERIENCE.
THEY HAVE BEEN ALL MARGINALIZED,
VIEWED AS INSIGNIFICANT, 
POWERLESS AND VOICELESS.
AND WHILE WE TEND TO THINK OF 
THE MARGINALIZED AS LIVING 
BEYOND OUR BORDERS, THE TRUTH IS
THE LARGEST MARGINALIZED GROUP 
IN THE WORLD CAN BE FOUND HERE 
IN THE UNITED STATES.
THEY ARE THE UNBORN.
AS CHRISTIANS, WE FIRST MET 
JESUS AS A STIRRING EMBRYO IN 
THE WOMB OF AN UNWED MOTHER AND 
SAW HIM BORN NINE MONTHS LATER 
IN THE POVERTY OF THE CAREFUL.
IT'S NO COINCIDENCE THAT JESUS 
STOOD UP FOR WHAT WAS JUST AND 
WAS ULTIMATELY CRUCIFIED BECAUSE
WHAT HE SAID WASN'T POLITICALLY 
CORRECT OR FASHIONABLE.
AS FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST, WE ARE 
CALLED TO STAND UP FOR LIFE 
AGAINST THE POLITICALLY CORRECT 
OR FASHIONABLE OF TODAY.
WE MUST FIGHT AGAINST A 
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT SUPPORTS
AND EVEN CELEBRATES DESTROYING 
LIFE IN THE WOMB.
KEEP IN MIND THE LAWS WE CREATE 
DEFINE HOW WE SEE OUR HUMANITY.
AND WE MUST ASK OURSELVES WHAT 
ARE WE SAYING WHEN WE GO INTO A 
WOMB AND SNUFF OUT AN INNOCENT, 
POWERLESS VOICE'S LIFE?
AS A PHYSICIAN, I CAN SAY 
WITHOUT HESITATION, LIFE BEGINS 
AT CONCEPTION.
WHILE WHAT I HAVE TO SAY MAY BE 
DIFFICULT FOR SOME TO HEAR, I AM
SAYING IT BECAUSE I'M NOT JUST 
PRO-LIFE.
I'M PRO ETERNAL LIFE.
AND I WANT ALL OF US TO END UP 
IN HEAVEN TOGETHER SOME DAY.
WHICH BRINGS ME TO WHY I'M HERE 
TODAY.
DONALD TRUMP IS THE MOST 
PRO-LIFE PRESIDENT THAT THIS 
NATION HAS EVER HAD, DEFENDING 
LIFE AT ALL STAGES.
HIS BELIEF IN THE SANCTITY OF 
LIFE TRANSCENDS ALL POLITICS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL STAND UP 
AGAINST BIDEN/HARRIS WHO ARE THE
MOST ANTILIFE PRESIDENTIAL 
TICKET EVER, EVEN SUPPORTING THE
HORRORS OF LATE TERM ABORTION 
AND INFANTICIDE.
BECAUSE OF HIS COURAGE AND 
CONVICTION, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS 
EARNED THE SUPPORT OF AMERICA'S 
PRO-LIFE COMMUNITY.
MOREOVER, HE HAS A NATIONWIDE 
RELIGIOUS STANDING BEHIND HIM.
YOU'LL FIND US HERE WITH OUR 
WEAPON OF CHOICE, THE ROSARY.
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
WE ARE ALL PRAYING FOR YOU.
♪
>>> I'M LOU HOLTZ.
MANY OF YOU MIGHT KNOW ME AS 
COACH HOLTZ OR MAYBE THAT 
FOOTBALL GUY.
IT IS A PLEASURE, A BLESSING AND
AN HONOR FOR ME TO EXPLAIN WHY I
BELIEVE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS 
A CONSISTENT WINNER.
AN OUTSTANDING LEADER.
AND DESERVES TO BE REELECTED AS 
OUR PRESIDENT.
FIRST, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I
GREW UP IN A ONE-BEDROOM HOUSE 
IN WEST VIRGINIA.
I MAY HAVE BEEN POOR, BUT THE 
LESSONS MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME 
WERE PRICELESS.
THEY TAUGHT ME THAT LIFE IS 
ABOUT MAKING CHOICES.
WHEREVER YOU ARE, GOOD OR BAD, 
DON'T BLAME ANYONE ELSE.
GO GET AN EDUCATION.
GET TO WORK.
YOU CAN OVERCOME ANY OBSTACLES.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER, THAT IN 
THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS, 
ANYONE CAN AMOUNT TO SOMETHING 
SPECIAL.
I LIVE BY THOSE PRINCIPLES WITH 
HARD WORK AND RESPONSIBILITY MY 
WHOLE LIFE.
LIVING OUT THE AMERICAN STORY.
AND IT WORKS.
BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE TODAY LIKE 
POLITICIANS, PROFESSORS, 
PROTESTERS, AND OF COURSE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NAYSAYERS IN 
THE MEDIA WHO LIKE TO BLAME 
OTHERS FOR PROBLEMS.
THEY DON'T HAVE PRIDE IN OUR 
COUNTRY.
AND BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER ASK 
WHAT CAN I DO FOR MY COUNTRY, 
ONLY WHAT THEIR COUNTRY SHOULD 
BE DOING FOR THEM, THEY DON'T 
HAVE PRIDE IN THEMSELVES.
THAT'S WRONG.
WHEN I WAS AN OFFICER IN THE 
ARMY, I SERVED WITH SO MANY 
GREAT AMERICANS WHO EMBRACED 
THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR 
COUNTRY.
I'M SO PROUD OF THEIR SACRIFICES
AND THE OPPORTUNITIES IT HAS 
PROVIDED FOR SO MANY MILLIONS.
AMERICA REMAINS A LAND OF 
OPPORTUNITY, NO MATTER WHAT THE 
OTHER SIDE SAYS OR BELIEVES.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A STATUE AT 
NOTRE DAME.
I GUESS THEY NEEDED A PLACE FOR 
THE PIGEONS TO LAND.
IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU'LL SEE 
THESE THREE WORDS THERE.
TRUST, COMMITMENT, AND LOVE.
ALL MY LIFE I'VE MADE MY CHOICES
BASED ON THESE THREE WORDS.
I USED THESE THREE RULES TO MAKE
CHOICES ABOUT EVERYTHING.
ABLY BELOVED WIFE OF 59 YEARS.
ATHLETES I COACHED.
AND OF COURSE, POLITICIANS.
EVEN PRESIDENT TRUMP.
I ASKED MYSELF THREE THINGS.
ONE, CAN I TRUST THEM.
WHEN A LEADER TELLS YOU 
SOMETHING, YOU'VE GOT BE ABLE TO
COUNT ON IT.
THAT'S PRESIDENT TRUMP.
HE SAYS WHAT HE MEANS, HE MEANS 
WHAT HE SAYS.
AND HE'S DONE WHAT HE SAID HE 
WOULD DO AT EVERY SINGLE TURN.
ONE OF THE IMPORTANT REASONS HE 
HAS MY TRUST IS BECAUSE NOBODY 
HAS BEEN A STRONGER ADVOCATE FOR
THE UNBORN THAN PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THE BIDEN/HARRIS TICKET IS THE 
MOST RADICALLY PRO ABORTION 
CAMPAIGN IN HISTORY.
THEY AND OTHER POLITICIANS ARE 
CATHOLICS IN NAME ONLY AND 
ABANDON INNOCENT LIVES.
PRESIDENT TRUMP PROTECTS THOSE 
LIVES.
I TRUST PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THE SECOND QUESTION I ASK IS, 
ARE THEY COMMITTED TO DOING 
THEIR VERY BEST.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ALWAYS FINDS A 
WAY TO GET SOMETHING DONE.
IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING BAD 
ENOUGH, YOU'LL FIND A WAY.
IF NOT, YOU'LL FIND AN EXCUSE, 
AND EXCUSES ARE A LOT EASIER TO 
FIND THAN SOLUTIONS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP FINDS SOLUTIONS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS COMMITTED.
AND A THIRD QUESTION I ASK IS DO
THEY LOVE PEOPLE.
DO THEY CARE ABOUT OTHERS.
TO ME, THIS IS VERY CLEAR.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DEMONSTRATED
THROUGH HIS PRISON REFORM, 
ADVOCATING FOR SCHOOL CHOICE, 
AND WELFARE REFORM, THAT HE 
WANTS AMERICANS FROM ALL WALKS 
OF LIFE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY 
TO SUCCEED AND LIVE THE AMERICAN
DREAM.
PRESIDENT TRUMP LOVES OUR 
COUNTRY AND OUR GREAT PEOPLE.
TRUST, COMMITMENT, AND LOVE.
IN PRESIDENT TRUMP, WE HAVE A 
PRESIDENT WE CAN TRUST, WHO 
WORKS HARD AT MAKING AMERICA 
GREATER AND WHO GENUINELY CARES 
ABOUT PEOPLE.
IF I APPLY THIS TEST TO JOE 
BIDEN, I CAN'T SAY YES TO ANY OF
THESE THREE QUESTIONS.
I USED TO ASK OUR ATHLETES AT 
NOTRE DAME, IF YOU DID NOT SHOW 
UP, WHO WOULD MISS YOU AND WHY?
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT WOULD 
HAPPEN TO US IF PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAD NOT SHOWN UP IN 2016 TO RUN 
FOR PRESIDENT?
I'M SO GLAD HE SHOWED UP.
THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP, MR. 
PRESIDENT.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO LOVES 
THIS COUNTRY, WHO LOVES AMERICA,
TO SHOW UP IN NOVEMBER FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THANK YOU.
>>> HI.
I'M MICHAEL McHALE BUT MY FRIEND
CALL ME MICK.
I'M A 30-YEAR ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER
OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE 
STATE OF FLORIDA.
I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POLICE 
ORGANIZATIONS, NAPO.
OUR ORGANIZATION RECENTLY 
ENDORSED DONALD TRUMP FOR 
REELECTION AS PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES.
OUR ENDORSEMENT RECOGNIZED HIS 
STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE MEN AND 
WOMEN ON THE FRONT LINES, 
PARTICULARLY DURING THESE 
CHALLENGING TIMES.
WE VALUE HIS SUPPORT OF 
AGGRESSIVE FEDERAL PROSECUTION 
OF THOSE WHO ATTACK OUR POLICE 
OFFICERS.
HIS SIGNING OF THE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT MENTAL HEALTH AND 
WELLNESS ACT AND HIS SUPPORT FOR
PERMANENTLY AUTHORIZING FUNDS TO
SUPPORT 9/11 FIRST RESPONDERS 
AND THEIR FAMILIES.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ACROSS 
THE NATION TAKE AN OATH TO RUN 
TOWARDS DANGER WHEN EVERYONE 
ELSE IS RUNNING AWAY.
THEY DO SO WILLINGLY TO PROTECT 
OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.
I'M PROUD THAT THE OVERWHELMING 
MAJORITY OF AMERICAN POLICE 
OFFICERS ARE THE BEST OF THE 
BEST AND PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE 
LINE WITHOUT HESITATION.
AND GOOD OFFICERS NEED TO KNOW 
THEIR ELECTED LEADERS AND THE 
DEPARTMENT BRASS HAVE THEIR 
BACKS.
UNFORTUNATELY, CHAOS RESULTS 
WHEN FAILED OFFICIALS IN CITIES 
LIKE PORTLAND, MINNEAPOLIS, 
CHICAGO, AND NEW YORK MAKE THE 
CONSCIOUS DECISION NOT TO 
SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SHOOTINGS, MURDERS, LOOTING, AND
RIOTING OCCUR UNABATED.
THE VIOLENCE AND BLOODSHED WE 
ARE SEEING IN THESE AND OTHER 
CITIES ISN'T HAPPENING BY 
CHANCE.
IT'S THE DIRECT RESULT OF 
REFUSING TO ALLOW LAW 
ENFORCEMENT TO PROTECT OUR 
COMMUNITIES.
JOE BIDEN HAS TURNED HIS 
CANDIDACY OVER TO THE FAR LEFT 
ANTILAW ENFORCEMENT RADICALS AND
AS A SENATOR, KAMALA HARRIS 
PUSHED TO FURTHER RESTRICT 
POLICE, CUT THEIR TRAINING, AND 
MAKE OUR AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 
AND STREETS EVEN MORE DANGEROUS 
THAN THEY ALREADY ARE.
CONVERSELY, PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SUPPORTS THE CREATION OF A 
NATIONAL STANDARD FOR TRAINING 
ON DE-ESCALATION AND 
COMMUNICATION TO GIVE OFFICERS 
MORE TOOLS TO RESOLVE CONFLICT 
WITHOUT VIOLENCE.
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TRUMP, 
PENCE, AND BIDEN/HARRIS ARE 
CRYSTAL CLEAR.
YOUR CHOICES ARE THE MOST 
PRO-LAW-ENFORCEMENT PRESIDENT 
WE'VE EVER HAD OR THE MOST 
RADICAL ANTIPOLICE TICKET IN 
HISTORY.
WE INVITE THOSE WHO VALUE THE 
SAFETY OF THEIR FAMILY AND LOVED
ONES TO JOIN THE HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS OF THE 
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POLICE 
ORGANIZATIONS AND SUPPORT THE 
REELECTION OF PRESIDENT DONALD 
J. TRUMP.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.
♪
>>> I'M CONGRESSWOMAN ELISE 
STEFANIK AND I AM HONORED TO 
REPRESENT NEW YORK'S 21st 
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
THE CRADLE OF THE AMERICAN 
REVOLUTION.
IT'S WHERE ALMOST 250 YEARS AGO,
BRAVE PATRIOTS FOUGHT IN THE 
BATTLES OF SARATOGA TO TURN THE 
TIDE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
IT'S WHERE 40 YEARS AGO IN LAKE 
PLACID, A TEAM OF AMATEUR HOCKEY
PLAYERS OUTHUSTLED, OUTSKATED 
AND DEFEATED THE SOVIET UNION, 
STUNNING THE WORLD AND GIVING US
THE UNFORGETTABLE MIRACLE ON 
ICE.
AND TODAY IT'S HOME TO FT. DRUM 
AND THE HISTORIC TENTH MOUNTAIN 
DIVISION, THE MOST DEPLOYED 
UNITS IN THE U.S. ARMY SINCE 
9/11, WHERE I SAW FIRSTHAND 
TRUMP GRACIOUSLY THANK AND HONOR
OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM AND
SIGN THE LARGEST PAY RAISE FOR 
OUR TROOPS IN A DECADE.
SINCE OUR NATION'S FOUNDING, 
GENERATION AFTER GENERATION OF 
EVERYDAY AMERICANS SERVED AND 
SACRIFICED TO PRESERVE AND 
STRENGTHEN THE AMERICAN DREAM.
THE VISION OF LIFE, LIBERTY, AND
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS AND THE
IDEA THAT IF YOU WORK HARD AND 
DREAM BIG, YOU CAN ACHIEVE 
ANYTHING YOU IMAGINE.
I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICAN DREAM 
BECAUSE I'VE LIVED IT.
LIKE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, I 
GREW UP IN A SMALL BUSINESS 
FAMILY WHERE I LEARNED THE 
VALUES OF HARD WORK AND 
DETERMINATION.
I WAS THE FIRST PERSON IN MY 
IMMEDIATE FAMILY TO GRADUATE 
FROM COLLEGE, RAN FOR CONGRESS 
TO SERVE UPSTATE NEW YORK, AND 
AM PROUDLY THE YOUNGEST 
REPUBLICAN WOMAN ELECTED TO 
CONGRESS IN HISTORY.
I AM HONORED TO SUPPORT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR REELECTION 
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HE IS THE 
ONLY CANDIDATE WHO WILL STAND UP
FOR HARD WORKING FAMILIES AND 
PROTECT THE AMERICAN DREAM FOR 
FUTURE GENERATIONS.
SINCE HIS FIRST DAY IN OFFICE, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS FOUGHT 
TIRELESSLY TO DELIVER RESULTS 
FOR ALL AMERICANS DESPITE THE 
DEMOCRATS' BASELESS AND ILLEGAL 
IMPEACHMENT SHAM AND THE MEDIA'S
ENDLESS OBSESSION WITH IT.
I WAS PROUD TO LEAD THE EFFORT 
STANDING UP FOR THE 
CONSTITUTION, PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THIS ATTACK WAS NOT JUST ON THE 
PRESIDENT.
IT WAS AN ATTACK ON YOU.
YOUR VOICE AND YOUR VOTE.
BUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE NOT
SWAYED BY THESE PARTISAN 
ATTACKS.
OUR SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE.
WE KNOW WHAT'S AT STAKE IN THIS 
HISTORIC ELECTION.
AMERICANS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE
ARE UNIFIED IN SUPPORT OF OUR 
PRESIDENT.
IT'S WHY MORE REPUBLICAN WOMEN 
THAN EVER ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE
THIS YEAR.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ELECTION
IS A CHOICE BETWEEN THE FAR LEFT
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST AGENDA 
VERSUS PROTECTING AND PRESERVING
THE AMERICAN DREAM.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS WORKING TO 
SAFELY REOPEN OUR MAIN STREET 
ECONOMY.
HE UNDERSTANDS THAT THE ENGINE 
OF OUR COUNTRY IS FUELED BY THE 
INGENUITY AND DETERMINATION OF 
AMERICAN WORKERS, ENTREPRENEURS,
AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
JOE BIDEN WANTS TO KEEP THEM 
LOCKED UP IN THE BASEMENT AND 
CRUSH THEM WITH $4 TRILLION IN 
NEW TAXES.
WE FACE A CRITICAL CHOICE.
JOE BIDEN'S FAR LEFT FAILED 
POLICIES OF THE PAST 47 YEARS OR
PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO WILL STAND 
UP FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND 
THE CONSTITUTION.
I BELIEVE IN THE WISDOM AND 
SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO
ELECT THE ONLY CANDIDATE WHO IS 
CAPABLE OF PROTECTING THE 
AMERICAN DREAM.
PRESIDENT TRUMP DONALD J. TRUMP.
THANK YOU TO THE NORTH COUNTRY 
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS 
YOUR VOICE, SUPPORTING HIS 
REELECTION.
GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA, THE GREATEST COUNTRY ON
EARTH.
♪
>>> GOOD EVENING, I'M MADISON 
CAWTHORN AND I REPRESENT NORTH 
CAROLINA'S 11th 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, A VERY LOVING COMMUNITY,
AND MANY SKILLED DOCTORS, I MADE
IT.
IT TOOK 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.
IN 2020, OUR COUNTRY HAS A 
CHOICE.
WE CAN GIVE UP ON THE AMERICAN 
IDEA OR WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO 
MAKE OUR IMPERFECT UNION MORE 
PERFECT.
I CHOOSE TO FIGHT FOR THE 
FUTURE, TO SEE THE HIGH GROUND 
AND SEE TAKE THE SHINING CITY ON
A HILL.
WHILE THE RADICAL LEFT WANTS TO 
DISMANTLE AND DESTROY, 
REPUBLICANS UNDER PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S LEADERSHIP WAS TO BUILD,
RESTORE AND RENEW.
I JUST TURNED 25.
WHEN I'M ELECTED THIS NOVEMBER 
I'LL 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, WAS JUST 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 
NATIONAL LEADERS ON THE LEFT 
HAVE NORMALIZED EMOTION BASED 
VOTING AND A RADICALIZED 
IDENTITY POLITICS THAT INJECTS 
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 
BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN THE 
DREAM OF MLK AND THE AMERICAN 
DREAM.
JOIN US AS WE, THE PARTY OF 
FREEDOM, DOUBLE DOWN ON ENSURING
THE AMERICAN DREAM FOR ALL 
PEOPLE.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING A 
NEW TOWN SQUARE.
IT WELCOMES ALL IDEAS AND ALL 
PEOPLE.
HERE WE WILL HAVE FREEDOM OF 
SPEECH, NOT FREEDOM FROM SPEECH.
TO LIBERALS I SAY LET'S HAVE A 
CONVERSATION.
BE A TRUE LIBERAL, LISTEN TO 
OTHER IDEAS AND LET THE BEST 
ONES PREVAIL.
AND TO CONSERVATIVES I SAY LET'S
DEFINE WHAT WE SUPPORT AND WIN 
THE ARGUMENT IN AREAS LIKE 
HEALTH CARE, ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
IN THIS NEW TOWN SQUARE YOU 
DON'T HAVE TO APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR
BELIEFS OR COWER TO A MOB.
YOU CAN KNEEL BEFORE GOD BUT 
STAND FOR OUR FLAG.
THE AMERICAN IDEA MY ANCESTORS 
FOUGHT FOR DURING THE 
REVOLUTIONARY WAR IS JUST AS 
EXCITING AND REVOLUTIONARY IDEA 
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.
AND 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 
AMERICA.
♪
>>> I'M JACK BREWER, A FORMER 
THREE-TIME NFL TEEN CAPTEAM 
CAPTAIN, COLLEGE PROFESSOR.
I USED TO BE A DEMOCRAT BUT NOW 
I SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
I'M HERE AS A SERVANT TO GOD, A 
SERVANT TO THE PEOPLE OF OUR 
NATION, AND A SERVANT TO OUR 
PRESIDENT.
I GREW UP IN TEXAS IN A TOWN MY 
GREAT-GRANDFATHER WAS THE FIRST 
BLACK MAN TO SETTLE AS A 
SHARECROPPER IN 1896.
MY EARLY HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE 
INCLUDED FIGHTING WITH SKINHEADS
AND BEING A WITNESS IN AN 
ATTEMPTED MURDER TRIAL AFTER A 
FRIEND SHOT A SKINHEAD IN 
SELF-DEFENSE.
I REMEMBER MY DAD'S BRAVERY WHEN
HE PERSONALLY STOOD UP AGAINST A
KKK RALLY IN MY TOWN.
IN MY HOUSE, MY FATHER TAUGHT ME
TO BACK DOWN FROM NO ONE.
I KNOW WHAT RACISM LOOKS LIKE.
I'VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND.
IN AMERICA, IT HAS NO 
RESEMBLANCE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP.
AND I'M FED UP WITH THE WAY HE'S
PORTRAYED IN THE MEDIA, WHO 
REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT HE'S 
ACTUALLY DONE FOR THE BLACK 
COMMUNITY.
IT'S CONFUSING THE MINDS OF OUR 
INNOCENT CHILDREN.
BEFORE I LEFT TO COME DELIVER 
THIS MESSAGE, MY ENERGETIC 
-YEAR-OLD SON JACKSON STOPPED ME
AND SAID, DAD, CAN YOU PLEASE 
JUST TELL EVERYONE THAT ALL 
LIVES NEED TO MATTER IN THAT GOD
LOVES EVERYONE?
IN THAT MOMENT, I REALIZED THAT 
MY 8-YEAR-OLD HAD FIGURED OUT 
WHAT SO MANY ADULTS HAVE SEEMED 
TO FORGET.
WE ARE NOT AS DIVIDED AS OUR 
POLITICS SUGGEST.
AT SOME POINT, FOR THE SAKE OF 
OUR CHILDREN, THE POLICIES MUST 
TAKE PRIORITY OVER THE 
PERSONALITIES.
SO BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN ISSUE 
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TONE, 
YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW BIDEN AND 
HARRIS TO DENY OUR UNDERSERVED 
BACK AND BROWN CHILDREN SCHOOL 
CHOICE?
ARE WE SO OFFENDED BY THE 
PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN SLOGAN, 
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, THAT 
WE'RE GOING TO IGNORE THAT JOE 
BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS HAVE 
COLLECTIVELY BEEN RESPONSIBLE 
FOR LOCKING UP COUNTLESS BLACK 
MEN FOR NONVIOLENT CRIMES?
ARE YOU GOING TO ALLOW THE MEDIA
TO LIE TO YOU BY FALSELY 
CLAIMING THAT HE SAID THERE ARE 
VERY FINE WHITE SUPREMACISTS IN 
CHARLOTTESVILLE?
HE DIDN'T SAY THAT.
IT'S A LIE.
AND IGNORE THE SO-CALLED BLACK 
LIVES MATTER ORGANIZATION THAT 
OPENLY ON THEIR WEBSITE CALLS 
FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE 
NUCLEAR FAMILY.
MY FELLOW AMERICANS, OUR 
FAMILIES NEED EACH OTHER.
WE NEED BLACK FATHERS IN THE 
HOMES WITH THEIR WIVES AND 
CHILDREN.
THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITIES 
DEPEND ON IT.
I'M BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO RUN 
INNER CITY YOUTH PROGRAMS AND TO
ALSO TEACH IN PRISONS ACROSS 
AMERICA.
THE INMATES IN MY FEDERAL PRISON
PROGRAM LITERALLY RECEIVE DAYS 
OFF THEIR SENTENCE JUST FOR 
ATTENDING MY CLASS.
AND THAT'S THANKS TO PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP CARED ABOUT 
THESE AMERICANS AND THEIR 
FAMILIES, EVEN WHEN SO MANY 
OTHERS HAD LEFT THEM BEHIND AND 
HAD WRITTEN THEM OFF.
I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR THAT.
HE ENDURES RELENTLESS ATTACKS 
AND SO DO MANY OF US LIKE MYSELF
WHO SUPPORT HIM.
BUT MY MAMA ALWAYS TOLD ME, WHEN
THE LORD STARTS BLESSING, THE 
DEVIL STARTS MESSIN'.
THIS CONVENTION MARKS A TIME TO 
CELEBRATE OUR HISTORY.
REPUBLICANS ARE THE PARTY THAT 
FREED THE SLAVES.
AND THE PARTY THAT PUT THE FIRST
BLACK MEN AND WOMEN IN CONGRESS.
IT'S THE PARTY OF FREDERICK 
DOUGLASS AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND
NOW TIM SCOTT AND DONALD TRUMP.
OUR PRESIDENT HAS MADE 
INCREDIBLE STRIDES TO END MASS 
INCARCERATION AND GIVE 
UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITIES FOR 
BLACKS IN AMERICA TO RISE.
AMERICA, LET THIS ELECTION BE A 
CALL FOR ALL GOD'S PEOPLE WHO 
ARE CALLED BY HIS NAME TO HUMBLE
OURSELVES AND PRAY TOGETHER AND 
TO SEEK HIS FACE AND TO TURN 
FROM OUR WICKED WAYS.
THEN HE WILL HEAR US FROM HEAVEN
AND HE WILL FORGIVE OUR SINS AND
HE WILL HEAL OUR LAND.
AMEN AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.
♪
>>> GREETINGS.
MY NAME IS CHANGE GWAN CHEN.
STANDING UP TO TYRANNY IS NOT 
EASY.
I KNOW.
WHEN I SPOKE OUT AGAINST CHINA'S
ONE CHILD POLICY, I WAS 
PROSECUTED, BEATEN, SENT TO 
PRISON, AND PUT UNDER HOUSE 
ARREST BY THE CHINESE COMMUNIST 
PA
PARTY, THE CCP.
IN APRIL 2005, I ESCAPED AND WAS
GIVEN SHELTER IN THE AMERICAN 
EMBASSY IN BEIJING.
I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL TO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR WELCOMING ME
AND MY FAMILY TO THE UNITED 
STATES WHERE WE ARE NOW FREE.
THE CCP IS AN ENEMY OF HUMANITY.
IT TERRORIZES ITS OWN PEOPLE AND
IT IS THREATENING THE WELLBEING 
OF THE WORLD.
IN CHINA, EXPRESSING BELIEFS OR 
IDEAS NOT APPROVED BY THE CCP, 
RELIGION, DEMOCRACY, HUMAN 
RIGHTS, CAN LEAD TO PRISON.
THE NATION LIVES UNDER MASS 
SURVEILLANCE AND CENSORSHIP.
THE U.S. MUST USE ITS VALUES OF 
FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY, AND THE RULE
OF LAW TO GATHER A COALITION OF 
OTHER DEMOCRACIES TO STOP CCP'S 
AGGRESSION.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS LED ON THESE
AND WE NEED THE OTHER COUNTRIES 
TO JOIN HIM IN THIS FIGHT, A 
FIGHT FOR OUR FUTURE.
STAND UP TO FIGHT.
UNFAIRNESS ISN'T EASY.
I KNOW.
SO DOES PRESIDENT TRUMP.
BUT HE HAS SHOWN THE COURAGE TO 
WAGE THAT FIGHT.
WE NEED TO SUPPORT, VOTE, AND 
FIGHT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR 
THE SAKE OF THE WORLD.
THANK YOU.
♪
>>> I'M CONGRESSMAN LEE ZELDIN.
TONIGHT AS WE CELEBRATE AMERICA 
AS A LAND OF HEROES, I'M HERE AT
A VFW POST OF HEROES IN 
WESTHAMPTON BEACH, NEW YORK.
I'VE SEEN AMAZING AMERICANS IN 
ACTION.
RAISED IN A LAW ENFORCEMENT 
FAMILY, DEPLOYED TO IRAQ AS AN 
82nd AIRBORNE PARATROOPER AND 
SERVING TODAY IN THE RESERVE, MY
POST HAS HUGE ISSUES TO FILL.
FOLLOWING OUR GREATEST 
GENERATION THAT FOUGHT TYRANNY 
AND SAVED THE WORLD.
ALL OVER OUR COUNTRY, EVERYDAY 
HEROES SERVE AND SACRIFICE FOR 
THE GREATER GOOD.
FARMERS, TRUCKERS, CRAFTSMEN.
THESE HEROES KEEP AMERICA 
RUNNING AND PRESIDENT TRUMP 
FIGHTS FOR THEM EVERY DAY.
THIS YEAR, WE'VE ESPECIALLY 
RELIED ON ONE PARTICULAR GROUP 
OF HEROES, FRONT LINE MEDICAL 
WORKERS.
MY TWIN DAUGHTERS MILCHAELA AND 
ARIANNA WERE BORN EARLY.
THEY WEIGHED JUST 1 1/2 POUNDS.
AT TWO WEEKS, MICHAELA HAD 
SEPTIC SHOCK AND A STROKE, AND 
HAD BRAIN SURGERY.
HER DOCTORS DIDN'T BELIEVE SHE 
WOULD SURVIVE.
FEARING DIRE PERMANENT 
CONSEQUENCES EVEN IF SHE DID.
THROUGH THE MIRACLES OF MODERN 
MEDICINE, THE POWER OF PRAYER, 
AND HER WILL TO LIVE, MY 
DAUGHTERS ARE NOW STARTING HIGH 
SCHOOL AND DOING GREAT WITH NO 
LONG TERM EFFECTS FROM THOSE 
FRIGHTFUL MONTHS IN THE NICU.
SO WHEN I LEARNED MY COUNTY'S 
PPE STOCKPILE WAS DEPLETED, I 
IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT OF THOSE 
HEALTH CARE WORKERS WHO SAVED MY
BABY GIRLS.
JARED KUSHNER AND I WERE ON THE 
PHONE LATE INTO THAT SATURDAY 
NIGHT.
THE VERY NEXT DAY, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP ANNOUNCED HE WAS SENDING 
US 200,000 N95 MASKS.
HE ACTUALLY DELIVERED ALMOST 
400,000.
THAT NUMBER QUICKLY GREW TO 1.2 
MILLION MASKS, GOWNS, AND MORE.
THE PRESIDENT SENT THOUSANDS OF 
VENTILATORS TO NEW YORK.
HE DEPLOYED THE "USS COMFORT" 
AND CONVERTED THE JAVITS CENTER 
TO A FIELD HOSPITAL.
DURING A ONCE IN A CENTURY 
PANDEMIC, AN UNFORESEEABLE 
CRISIS SENT TO US FROM A FARAWAY
LAND, THE PRESIDENT'S EFFORT FOR
NEW YORK WAS PHENOMENAL.
FOR OUR NATION TO EMERGE EVEN 
STRONGER, MORE PROSPEROUS, 
FREER, AND MORE SECURE THAN 
EVER, TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY 
GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE, WE 
MUST REELECT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
WE ARE THE LAND OF THE FREE 
BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE.
AND WE ARE THE LAND OF 
OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE HAVE A 
PRESIDENT WHO WANTS TO EMPOWER 
THE BEST OF WHO WE ARE TO BE THE
BEST WHAT HAVE WE CAN BE.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A NATION 
GREATER THAN OURS, NEVER A 
PEOPLE MORE RESILIENT THAN OURS,
AND NEVER A FUTURE FOR AMERICA 
MORE PROMISING THAN OURS RIGHT 
NOW.
KEEPING AMERICA GREAT IS UP TO 
US AND LOSING IS NOT AN OPTION.
>>> I'M VERY PROUD, VERY PROUD 
TO HAVE PRESIDENT TRUMP IN 
OFFICE HERE BECAUSE HE'S THE 
BEST WE'VE EVER HAD.
IT'S DONE THE MOST THAT ANY 
PRESIDENT HAS EVER DONE.
>> HE'S ALWAYS THERE TRYING TO 
TAKE CARE OF VETERANS, GIVING 
THEM WHAT THEY NEED.
TURNAROUND TIMES HAVE INCREASED 
SINCE TRUMP HAS TAKEN OVER.
WE HAD TO FIGHT FOR BENEFITS BUT
ONCE HE CAME INTO OFFICE, YOU 
TURNED YOUR PAPERWORK IN AND AT 
LEAST YOU HAD SOME KIND OF 
ANSWER.
>> I WAITED MONTHS FOR A PIECE 
OF PAPER TO GET A PROSTHETIC LEG
FIXED AND NOW IT'S A LOT BETTER 
TURNAROUND.
BEFORE IT WAS A FIVE-YEAR 
WAITING PROCESS TO APPEAL.
SO HOW LONG DO WE HAVE TO WAIT 
FOR BENEFITS?
>> I WAITED 20 YEARS TO FILE, 
RAPIDLY WAS APPROVED FOR 
MEDICAL, AND THEN TURNED AROUND 
AND GOT DISABILITY.
I WAS THINKING IT WAS GOING TO 
BE SEVERAL YEARS WORTH OF 
WAITING TO HEAR.
>> HE'S ACCOMPLISHED A LOT IN 3 
1/2 YEARS.
AND IT HELPS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
AND HE HAS DONE A LOT FOR 
VETERANS, FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS.
>> I CHOSE TO SERVE MY COUNTRY.
IF I COULD DO IT, I WOULD DO IT 
ALL OVER AGAIN.
>> ESPECIALLY FOR THIS 
PRESIDENT, I MEAN, HE'S THE KIND
OF PRESIDENT YOU WOULD RUN 
THROUGH A BRICK WALL IF HE ASKED
YOU TO.
>> WENT THROUGH MANY PRESIDENTS,
BUT THIS ONE I CAN SAY IS THE 
BEST PRESIDENT WE'VE EVER HAD 
AND EVER WILL HAVE, I BELIEVE.
♪
>>> HELLO EVERYONE, AND THANK 
YOU FOR INVITING ME INTO YOUR 
HOME THIS EVENING.
IT'S TRULY A PRIVILEGE.
MY NAME IS JONI ERNST.
I WAS RAISED ON A SMALL FAMILY 
FARM HERE IN IOWA WHERE I 
LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF FAITH,
HARD WORK, AND SERVICE.
I WORKED MY WAY THROUGH COLLEGE,
THEN DEDICATED MY LIFE TO 
SERVING MY COUNTRY.
AS A LOCAL OFFICIAL OF I, IN TH 
MILITARY, AND AS A U.S. SENATOR.
SERVICE.
IT'S MORE THAN A WORD TO ME.
IT'S A MISSION, A WAY OF LIFE.
IT'S WHAT BROUGHT ME TO CEDAR 
RAPIDS, IOWA IN 2008 WHEN I WAS 
IN THE NATIONAL GUARD.
WE SAW HISTORIC FLOODS THAT 
SWEPT THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES.
WE LENT A HELPING HAND TO OUR 
FELLOW IOWANS WHO WERE LITERALLY
UNDERWATER.
WE THOUGHT WE HAD SEEN THE 
WORST.
BUT 12 YEARS LATER, THESE SAME 
COMMUNITIES HAVE FACED AN EVEN 
MORE DEVASTATING DISASTER.
THE RECENT DERECHO STORM.
IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN IOWA, YOU 
MAY NOT HAVE HEARD MUCH ABOUT IT
AT FIRST.
WHILE REPORTERS HERE IN THE 
STATE WERE IN THE TRENCHES 
COVERING THE EQUIVALENT OF A 
CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE, MOST OF 
THE NATIONAL MEDIA LOOKED THE 
OTHER WAY.
TO THEM, IOWA IS STILL JUST 
FLYOVER COUNTRY.
HOUSES, FARMS WERE DESTROYED.
ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF OUR CROPS 
HERE WERE DAMAGED.
IN SOME CASES, THESE STORMS 
WIPED OUT A LIFETIME OF WORK.
AND YET IOWA FARMERS DIDN'T 
HESITATE TO GRAB THEIR CHAIN 
SAUC
SAWS AND CHECK ON THEIR 
NEIGHBORS.
OUR FARMERS LIVE EVERY DAY WITH 
THAT SENSE OF SERVICE.
THE STEWARDS OF THE LAND, THE 
ONES WHO FUEL AND FEED THE 
WORLD.
PRESIDENT TRUMP QUICKLY SIGNED 
AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION FOR 
IOWA TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY 
RELIEF.
OF COURSE WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP 
CAME TO CEDAR RAPIDS, THE 
NATIONAL MEDIA FINALLY DID TOO.
FOR YEARS I'VE WORKED CLOSELY 
WITH THE PRESIDENT FOR FARMERS 
IN IOWA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE SCRAPPED OBAMA AND BIDEN'S 
PUNISHING WATERS OF THE UNITED 
STATES RULE WHICH WOULD HAVE 
REGULATED ABOUT 97% OF LAND IN 
IOWA.
IN SOME CASES, EVEN POTHOLES.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A NIGHTMARE 
FOR FARMERS.
THE PRESIDENT DELIVERED ON MAJOR
TRADE DEALS WITH JAPAN AND THE 
UNITED STATES/MEXICO/CANADA 
AGREEMENT AND HE IMPLEMENTED THE
SALE OF E-15 FUEL YEAR-ROUND.
THAT MEANS MORE CHOICES FOR YOU 
AT THE PUMP AND MORE JOBS FOR 
FARMERS IN THE HEARTLAND.
THIS IS SOMETHING THE 
OBAMA/BIDEN ADMINISTRATION 
FAILED TO DO IN EIGHT YEARS.
IN FACT, I CAN'T RECALL AN 
ADMINISTRATION MORE HOSTILE TO 
FARMERS THAN OBAMA/BIDEN, UNLESS
YOU COUNT THE BIDEN/HARRIS 
TICKET.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF JOE 
BIDEN IS PUSHING THIS SO-CALLED 
GREEN NEW DEAL.
IF GIVEN POWER, THEY WOULD 
ESSENTIALLY BAN ANIMAL 
AGRICULTURAL AND ELIMINATE GAS 
POWERED CARS.
IT WOULD DESTROY THE AGRICULTURE
INDUSTRY NOT JUST HERE IN IOWA 
BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, PRESIDENT
TRUMP HEARD US AND OUR CALL FOR 
ASSISTANCE FOR OUR FARMERS.
KNOWING WE HAVE AN ALLY IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE IS IMPORTANT.
FOLKS, THIS ELECTION IS A CHOICE
BETWEEN TWO VERY DIFFERENT 
PATHS.
FREEDOM, PROSPERITY, AND 
ECONOMIC GROWTH UNDER A TR
TRUMP/PENCE ADMINISTRATION OR 
THE BIDEN/HARRIS PATH, AN 
AMERICA WERE FARMERS ARE 
PUNISHED, JOBS ARE DESTROYED, 
AND TAXES CRUSH THE MIDDLE 
CLASS.
THAT IS OUR CHOICE.
AND IT'S A CLEAR ONE.
THANK YOU.
AND GOD BLESS.
♪
>>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M 
BURGESS OWENS.
SHACKLED IN THE BELLY OF A SLAVE
SHIP, AN 8-YEAR-OLD BOY CAME TO 
AMERICA TO BE SOLD ON AN AUCTION
BLOCK.
BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND THE 
COURAGE OF SLAVES WHO BELIEVED 
IN FREEDOM, HE ESCAPED THROUGH 
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD AND 
SETTLED IN THE GREAT STATE OF 
TEXAS.
HE WENT ON TO BECOME A 
SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR.
HE BUILT HIS COMMUNITY'S FIRST 
CHURCH, FIRST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
AND PURCHASED 102 ACRES OF 
FARMLAND WHICH PAID OFF IN TWO 
YEARS.
I'M HERE TODAY, A CANDIDATE FOR 
CONGRESS, BECAUSE OF MY 
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER.
I WAS RAISED IN THE SOUTH IN THE
DAYS OF JIM CROW AND THE KKK.
HE WENT THROUGH THE CHALLENGES 
OF SEGREGATION.
WE WERE TAUGHT THAT ANYTHING IS 
POSSIBLE IN AMERICA.
WHEN I WAS 22 YEARS OLD, I 
THOUGHT ALL MY DREAMS HAD COME 
TRUE WHEN I WAS DRAFTED BY THE 
NEW YORK JETS.
TEN YEARS LATER, WITH A PRO BOWL
NOD AND A SUPER BOWL 
CHAMPIONSHIP UNDER MY BELT, I 
LEFT THE NFL TO START A 
BUSINESS.
YOU THOUGHT I COULD NEVER FAIL.
BUT YEARS LATER, I DID.
AND I LOST EVERYTHING.
AS I MISUNDOVED MY FAMILY OF SIO
A BASEMENT APARTMENT IN 
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, I HAD A 
CHOICE TO MAKE, EITHER STARVE 
MYSELF OR GET TO WORK.
I WORKED AS A CHIMNEY SWEEP BY 
DAY AND SECURITY GUARD BY NIGHT.
IT WAS HUMBLING TO BE RECOGNIZED
BY SOMEONE WHO CHEERED ME AS A 
NFL FAN.
BUT THOSE HARD DAYS WOULD PAY 
OFF AND EVENTUALLY I STARTED A 
CAREER, REWARDING CAREER IN THE 
CORPORATE WORLD.
WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE WE'RE
ENCOURAGED TO DREAM BIG, WHERE 
SECOND CHANCES ARE AT THE CORE 
OF OUR DNA.
WE DON'T HEAR THAT SAME MASSAGE 
FROM NANCY PELOSI'S CONGRESS, 
C
CAREER POLITICIANS, ELITISTS.
THEY WANT US TO BELIEVE THAT 
WHAT I DID, WHAT MY 
GREAT-GREAT-
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER DID, IS 
IMPOSSIBLE FOR ORDINARY 
AMERICANS.
AS PATRIOTS WE KNOW BETTER.
MOBS TO ANY OUR CITIES WHILE 
POLITICIANS PROMOTE THE SAME 
SORT OF SOCIALISM THAT MY FATHER
FOUGHT AGAINST IN WORLD WAR II.
NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED 
LEADERS WHO STAND BY THEIR 
PRINCIPLES AND WON'T COMPROMISE 
THEIR VALUES FOR POLITICAL 
OPPORTUNITIES.
NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED 
LEADERS WHO WILL STAND UP TO THE
LAWLESSNESS SUPPORTED BY THE 
RADICAL LEFT.
THIS NOVEMBER, WE HAVE AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO REJECT THE MOB 
MENTALITY AND ONCE AGAIN BE THE 
AMERICA THAT MY 
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER BELIEVED
IN.
DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION,
BUSINESS OWNERSHIP AMONG BLACKS,
HISPANICS, AND FEMALES HAVE 
REACHED ALL TIME HIGHS.
THOSE SAME GROUPS ENJOYED RECORD
LOW UNEMPLOYMENT AND 
UNPRECEDENTED PROSPERITY AND 
WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.
I RAN FOR CONGRESS BECAUSE WE 
DON'T NEED MORE CAREER 
POLI
POLITICIANS.
WE NEED A FEW MORE CHIMNEY 
SWEEPS.
WE NEED MORE LEADERS LIKE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT UNDERSTAND 
THE LEADERS THAT MAKE YOU WANT 
FABRIC OF AMERICA.
MY FELLOW AMERICANS, 
SPECIFICALLY MY DEMOCRAT AND 
INDEPENDENT FRIENDS, IT IS NOW 
TIME FOR US TO UNITE AND PUT 
ASIDE PARTISAN BARRIERS.
HELP US WIN BACK THE HOUSE.
KEEP THE SENATE.
AND GIVE OUR PRESIDENT FOUR MORE
YEARS AND I PROMISE YOU, WE WILL
MAKE YOU PROUD.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
♪
>>> STANDING GUARD OVER 
BALTIMORE HARBOR, A RELIC OF 
TIME PAST.
IT RECALLS A TIME WHEN THE 
SPIRIT OF LIBERTY STOOD IN THE 
GAP AGAINST THE MOST POWERFUL 
FORCE IN THE WORLD, 27 HOURS, A 
THOUSAND MEN, LOW ON AMMUNITION,
FIRING SCRAP METAL.
THE BATTLE RAGED.
UNSURMOUNTABLE ODDS.
A DARKNESS FELL UPON THIS NEW 
NATION.
IN THE MIDST OF THE FIGHT, THE 
HEROES OF FT. McHENRY WERE 
UNMOVED.
THE LIGHT OF DAWN OVERCAME THE 
DARKNESS.
THE GALLANT FLAG HOISTED ABOVE 
FT. McHENRY TORN AND BATTERED, 
STOOD VICTORIOUSLY OBSERVING A 
DEJECTED ENEMY, SLOWLY 
RETREATING INTO THE RISING SUN, 
INSPIRING THE ANTHEM OF OUR 
NATION.
THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY, NOT TO BE
DENIED, THE EARTHEN STAR, FT. 
McHENRY, THE REMINDER OF THOSE 
BRAVE PATRIOTS WHO HAVING DONE 
ALL, STOOD AND PREVAILED.
IT IS WHY WE STAND TODAY, 
HONORING PAST, PRESENT, AND 
FUTURE GENERATIONS OF 
FREEDOM-LOVING AMERICANS WHEN WE
HEAR THE ANTHEM AND RAISE THE 
STAR SPANGLED BANNER.
>>> GOOD EVENING, AMERICA.
I'M LARA TRUMP.
DAUGHTER OF BOB AND LINDA 
UNESKA, SISTER TO KYLE, MOTHER 
TO LUKE AND CAROLINA, AND THE 
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OF OUR 45th 
PRESIDENT, DONALD J. TRUMP.
BUT TONIGHT I COME TO YOU SIMPLY
AS AN AMERICAN.
MY LIFE BEGAN LIKE MANY IN OUR 
COUNTRY.
I GREW UP IN WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH,
NORTH CAROLINA.
MY PARENTS WERE SMALL BUSINESS 
OWNERS AND WORKED HARD TO MAKE 
SURE THAT MY BROTHER AND I HAD 
EVERYTHING WE NEEDED BUT NOT 
EVERYTHING WE WANTED.
MY PARENTS RAISED ME TO BELIEVE 
THAT IN AMERICA, I COULD ACHIEVE
ANYTHING WITH HARD WORK AND 
DETERMINATION.
THAT THE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
TO ME WERE LIMITED ONLY BY THE 
SIZE OF MY AMBITION, THAT I 
SHOULD DREAM BIG.
AND I DID.
THOSE VERY DREAMS ARE WHAT LED 
ME TO NEW YORK CITY.
I HAD HEARD THE ADAGE, IF I CAN 
MAKE IT THERE, I CAN MAKE IT 
ANYWHERE, AND I INTENDED TO DO 
JUST THAT.
NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS DID I 
THINK THAT I WOULD BE ON THIS 
STAGE TONIGHT.
AND I CERTAINLY NEVER THOUGHT 
THAT I WOULD END UP WITH THE 
LAST NAME TRUMP.
MY SEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH TEACHER
MRS. BEE USED TO TELL US, 
BELIEVE NONE OF WHAT YOU HEAR, 
HALF OF WHAT YOU READ, AND ONLY 
WHAT YOU'RE THERE TO WITNESS 
FIRSTHAND.
THE MEANING OF THOSE WORDS NEVER
FULLY WEIGHED ON ME UNTIL I MET 
MY HUSBAND IN THE TRUMP FAMILY.
ANY PRECONCEIVED NOTION I HAD OF
THIS FAMILY DISAPPEARED 
IMMEDIATELY.
THEY WERE WARM AND CARING.
THEY WERE HARD WORKERS.
AND THEY WERE DOWN TO EARTH.
THEY REMINDED ME OF MY OWN 
FAMILY.
THEY MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS 
HOME.
WALKING THE HALLS OF THE TRUMP 
ORGANIZATION, I SAW THE SAME 
FAMILY ENVIRONMENT.
I ALSO SAW THE COUNTLESS WOMEN 
EXECUTIVES WHO THRIVED THERE 
YEAR AFTER YEAR.
GENDER DIDN'T MATTER.
WHAT MATTERED WAS THE ABILITY TO
GET THE JOB DONE.
I LEARNED THIS DIRECTLY WHEN IN 
2016, MY FATHER-IN-LAW ASKED ME 
TO HELP HIM WIN MY CHERISHED 
HOME STATE AND MY DAUGHTER'S 
NAMESAKE, NORTH CAROLINA.
THOUGH I HAD NO POLITICAL 
EXPERIENCE, HE BELIEVED IN ME.
HE KNEW I WAS CAPABLE EVEN IF I 
DIDN'T.
SO IT MEANS SURPRISE ME WHEN 
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP APPOINTED
SO MANY WOMEN TO SENIOR LEVEL 
POSITIONS IN HIS ADMINISTRATION.
SECRETARY OF THE UNITED NATIONS.
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE.
THE FIRST FEMALE CIA DIRECTOR.
THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE DIRECTOR 
OF THE FISH AND WILDLIFE 
SERVICE.
AND COUNTLESS AMBASSADORS JUST 
TO NAME A FEW.
UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
LEADERSHIP, WOMEN'S UNEMPLOYMENT
HIT THE LOWEST LEVEL SINCE WORLD
WAR II.
4.2 MILLION JOBS WERE CREATED 
FOR WOMEN.
WOMEN TOOK 70% OF ALL NEW JOBS.
FEMALE BUSINESS OWNERSHIP 
REMAINS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH AND 
600,000 WOMEN HAVE BEEN LIFTED 
OUT OF POVERTY ALL SINCE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK OFFICE.
HE DIDN'T DO THESE THINGS TO 
GAIN A VOTE OR CHECK A BOX.
HE DID THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE THE 
RIGHT THINGS TO DO.
100 YEARS AGO TODAY, THE 19th 
AMENDMENT WAS RATIFIED GRANTING 
THE RIGHT TO VOTE TO EVERY 
AMERICAN WOMAN.
AND SINCE THAT DAY, INCREDIBLE 
STRIDES HAVE BEEN MADE BY WOMEN 
IN AMERICA.
FROM AMELIA EARHART TO ROSA 
PARKS TO SALLY RIDE, WOMEN HAVE 
MADE OUR COUNTRY THE MOST 
EXCEPTIONAL NATION IN THE WORLD.
I OFTEN THINK BACK TO MY 
24-YEAR-OLD SELF, DRIVING ALONE 
IN MY CAR FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO
NEW YORK CITY.
AND I THINK ABOUT WHAT I TELL 
MYSELF OUT AS WE HEAD TOWARDS 
THE MOST CRITICAL ELECTION IN 
MODERN HISTORY.
THIS IS NOT JUST A CHOICE 
BETWEEN REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT 
OR LEFT AND RIGHT.
THIS IS AN ELECTION THAT WILL 
DECIDE IF WE KEEP AMERICA 
AMERICA OR IF WE HEAD DOWN AN 
UNCHARTED, FRIGHTENING PATH 
TOWARDS SOCIALISM.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN ONCE FAMOUSLY 
SAID, AMERICA WILL NEVER BE 
DESTROYED FROM THE OUTSIDE.
IF WE FALTER AND LOSE OUR 
FREEDOMS, IT WILL BE BECAUSE WE 
DESTROYED OURSELVES.
WHILE THOSE WORDS WERE SPOKEN 
OVER 150 YEARS AGO, NEVER HAVE 
THEY BEEN MORE RELEVANT.
WILL WE CHOOSE THE RIGHT PATH 
AND MAINTAIN THE UNIQUE FREEDOMS
AND BOUNDLESS OPPORTUNITIES THAT
MAKE THIS COUNTRY THE GREATEST 
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD?
WILL WE REMAIN THE BEACON OF 
HOPE FOR THOSE AROUND THE WORLD 
FIGHTING OPPRESSION, COMMUNISM 
AND TYRANNY?
THE CHOICE IS OURS.
I KNOW THE PROMISE OF AMERICA 
BECAUSE I'VE LIVED IT.
NOT JUST AS A MEMBER OF THE 
TRUMP FAMILY BUT AS A WOMAN WHO 
KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WORK IN 
BLUE COLLAR JOBS, TO SERVE 
CUSTOMERS FOR TIPS, AND TO 
ASPIRE TO RISE.
WHEN I LOOK AT MY SON LUKE AND 
MY DAUGHTER CAROLINA I WONDER, 
WHAT SORT OF COUNTRY WILL I BE 
LEADING FOR THEM, FOR FUTURE 
GENERATIONS?
IN RECENT MONTHS WE'VE SEEN 
WEAK, SPINELESS POLITICIANS SEEK
CONTROL OF OUR GREAT AMERICAN 
CITIES TO VIOLENT MOBS.
DEFUND THE POLICE IS THE 
RALLYING CRY FOR THE NEW RADICAL
DEMOCRAT PARTY.
JOE BIDEN WILL NOT DO WHAT IT 
TAKES TO MAINTAIN ORDER.
TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS AND IN THEIR 
SCHOOLS.
TO RESTORE OUR AMERICAN WAY OF 
LIFE.
WE CANNOT DARE TO DREAM OUR 
BIGGEST DREAMS FOR OURSELVES OR 
FOR OUR CHILDREN WHILE CONSUMED 
BY WORRY ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR
FAMILIES.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THE LAW AND 
ORDER PRESIDENT, FROM OUR 
BORDERS TO OUR BACKYARDS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL KEEP 
AMERICA SAFE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL KEEP 
AMERICA PROSPEROUS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL KEEP 
AMERICA AMERICA.
IF YOU'RE WATCHING TONIGHT AND 
WRESTLING WITH YOUR VOTE ON 
NOVEMBER 3, I DEPLORE, YOU TUNE 
OUT THE DISTORTED NEWS AND 
BIASED COMMENTARY AND HEAR IT 
STRAIGHT FROM SOMEONE WHO KNOWS.
I WASN'T BORN A TRUMP.
I'M FROM THE SOUTH.
I WAS RAISED A CAROLINA GIRL.
I WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND 
WORKED MY WAY THROUGH A STATE 
UNIVERSITY.
MRS. BEE FROM MY SEVENTH GRADE 
ENGLISH CLASS WAS RIGHT.
WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT OUR 
PRESIDENT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT
YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD.
I LEARNED THAT HE'S A GOOD MAN, 
THAT HE LOVES HIS FAMILY, THAT 
HE DIDN'T NEED THIS JOB, THAT NO
ONE ON EARTH WORKS HARDER FOR 
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THAT HE'S 
WILLING TO FIGHT FOR HIS BELIEFS
AND FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE 
COUNTRY THAT HE LOVES.
HE IS A PERSON OF CONVICTION.
HE IS A FIGHTER AND WILL NEVER 
STOP FIGHTING FOR AMERICA.
HE WILL UPHOLD OUR VALUES.
HE WILL PRESERVE OUR FAMILIES.
AND HE WILL BUILD UPON THE GREAT
AMERICAN EDICT THAT OUR UNION 
WILL NEVER BE PERFECT UNTIL 
OPPORTUNITY IS EQUAL FOR ALL, 
INCLUDING AND ESPECIALLY FOR 
WOMEN.
OUR 40th PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
SAID IT BEST.
THE DREAMS OF PEOPLE MAY DIFFER 
BUT EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR DREAMS
TO COME TRUE.
AND AMERICA, ABOVE ALL PLACES, 
GIVES US THE FREEDOM TO DO THAT.
I'S UP TO US TO KEEP THIS 
COUNTRY A PLACE WHERE NO DREAM 
IS OUT OF REACH FOR OUR 
CHILDREN, AND GENERATIONS 
BEYOND.
TO MY FATHER-IN-LAW, THANK YOU 
FOR BELIEVING IN ME.
THANK YOU FOR BRAVELY LEADING 
THIS COUNTRY AND THANK YOU FOR 
CONTINUING TO FIGHT EVERY DAY 
FOR AMERICA.
MAY GOD BLESS AND PROTECT THE 
GULF STATES IN THE PATH OF THE 
HURRICANE.
MY GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND MAY 
GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS 
INCREDIBLE COUNTRY.
♪
>>> GOOD EVENING.
THERE IS A HOLE IN MY HEART 
SINCE MY BELOVED JACKIE WAS 
TAKEN FROM ME.
THIS IS HER STORY.
THERE WERE TWO THINGS THAT 
JACKIE LOVED TO DO EVERY DAY.
ONE WAS TO GO TO THE GYM AND PUT
OUT BIBLE VERSUS AND PRAYERS TO 
HER FRIENDS.
ON NOVEMBER 19, THE TWEETS 
STOPPED.
THAT DAY STARTED OUT LIKE ANY 
OTHER DAY.
SHE LEFT FOR THE GYM EARLY IN 
THE MORNING.
I HEARD THE GARAGE DOOR OPEN.
SECONDS LATER I HEARD THE CAR 
HORN.
I WENT OUTSIDE TO SEE IF SHE HAD
FORGOTTEN SOMETHING.
WHAT I SAW WAS A JEEP BLOCKING 
HER CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY.
I NOTICED THE BULLET HOLE IN 
JACKIE'S WINDOW.
I SAW SOMEONE JUMPING INTO THE 
JEEP AND SPEEDING AWAY.
JACKIE HAD JUST BEEN SHOT AND 
KILLED IN COLD BLOOD.
WE THINK THIS WAS A CARJACKING 
GONE WRONG, VERY WRONG.
EVERY TIME I OPEN THE GARAGE 
DOOR OR STAND IN THE DRIVEWAY, I
HEAR THAT HORN.
I SEE HER SLUMPED IN THE SEAT.
WHEN I GO TO BED AT NIGHT, THAT 
SOUND AND IMAGE HAUNT ME.
THAT'S MY LIFE SENTENCE.
IT'S A SENTENCE BEING SERVED BY 
TOO MANY FAMILIES LEFT BEHIND BY
SENSELESS KILLINGS.
ALBUQUERQUE, WHERE I LIVE, IS 
ONE OF THE MOST VIOLENT CITIES 
IN THE COUNTRY.
IT IS A SAD IRONY THAT JACKIE 
IMMIGRATED TO THE U.S. FOR A 
BETTER LIFE THAN HER NATE I HAVE
COLUMBIA ONLY TO BE GUNNED DOWN 
IN HOUR DRIVEWAY.
THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE WERE 
OVERWHELMED.
THEY NEEDED HELP.
HELP ARRIVED FROM PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WHO LAUNCHED OPERATION 
LEGEND IN JULY OF THIS YEAR.
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, THE FBI TOOK
OVER JACKIE'S CASE.
IN A MATTER OF DAYS, THEY 
ARRESTED FOUR PEOPLE.
THE FIFTH SUSPECT, THE KILLER, 
WAS ARRESTED IN TEXAS ON 
UNRELATED CHARGES.
HE IS AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WITH 
A LONG CRIMINAL RECORD.
HE HAD BEEN DEPORTED IN 
SEPTEMBER AND HAD COME BACK IN 
OCTOBER TO TERRORIZE OUR 
COMMUNITY.
I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE FBI FOR 
THEIR EFFORTS TO DELIVER JUSTICE
FOR JACKIE AND ALL THE OTHER 
INNOCENT VICTIMS OF VIOLENT 
CRIME.
I AM HONORED TO SUPPORT THE 
PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE IS 
SUPPORTING US.
I KNOW HE WILL NEVER STOP 
FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE, FOR LAW 
AND ORDER, FOR PEACE, SECURITY, 
AND IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
>>> GREETINGS, MY FELLOW 
AMERICANS.
I AM CLARENCE HENDERSON.
THERE HAVE BEEN MOVEMENTS THAT 
HAVE CHANGED THE COURSE OF 
HISTORY.
AMONG THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY WAS
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
60 YEARS AGO, SEGREGATION WAS 
LEGAL AND IN FORCE.
THE SIMPLE ACT OF SITTING AT A 
LUNCH COUNTER COULD LEAD TO 
PHYSICAL HARM, JAIL TIME, OR 
WORSE.
I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
WALKING INTO WOOLWORTH'S 
DEPARTMENT STORE IN 1960, I KNEW
IT WAS UNLIKE ANY DAY I HAD 
EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
MY FRIENDS HAD BEEN DENIED 
SERVICE THE DAY BEFORE BECAUSE 
OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.
WE KNEW IT WASN'T RIGHT.
BUT WHEN WE WENT BACK THE NEXT 
DAY, I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER I WAS
GOING TO COME OUT IN A VERTICAL 
OR PRONE POSITION, IN HANDCUFFS 
OR ON A STRETCHER, OR EVEN IN A 
BODY BAG.
BY SITTING DOWN TO ORDER A CUP 
OF COFFEE, WE CHALLENGED 
INJUSTICE.
WE KNEW IT WAS NECESSARY.
BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WOULD 
HAPPEN.
WE FACED DOWN THE KKK.
WE WERE CURSED AT AND CALLED ALL
KINDS OF NAMES.
THEY THREATENED TO KILL US.
AND SOME OF US WERE ARRESTED.
BUT IT WAS WORTH IT.
OUR ACTIONS INSPIRED SIMILAR 
PROTESTS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH 
AGAINST RACIAL INJUSTICE.
AND IN THE END, SEGREGATION WAS 
ABOLISHED AND OUR COUNTRY MOVED 
A STEP CLOSER TO TRUE EQUALITY 
FOR ALL.
THAT'S WHAT ACTUAL PEACEFUL 
PROTEST CAN ACCOMPLISH.
AMERICA ISN'T PERFECT.
WE'RE ALWAYS IMPROVING.
BUT THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS 
COUNTRY IS THAT IT'S NOT WHERE 
YOU COME FROM, IT'S WHERE YOU'RE
GOING.
I WAS BORN ON WHAT SOME WOULD 
CALL THE WRONG SIDE OF THE 
TRACKS.
I DON'T EVEN HAVE A BIRTH 
CERTIFICATE.
I NEVER ATTEND AN INTEGRATED 
SCHOOL AND AM THE ONLY ONE OUT 
OF MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY WHO 
GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE, AN HBCU.
I'M A MILITARY VETERAN AND A 
CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE?
I'M A REPUBLICAN.
AND I SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP.
IF THAT SOUNDS STRANGE, YOU 
DON'T KNOW YOUR HISTORY.
IT WAS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT
PASSED THE 13th AMENDMENT 
ABOLISHING SLAVERY.
IT WAS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT
PASSED THE 14th AMENDMENT GIVING
BLACK MEN CITIZENSHIP.
IT WAS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT
PASSED THE 15th AMENDMENT GIVING
BLACK MEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
FREEDOM OF THOUGHT IS A POWERFUL
THING.
THERE ARE AMERICANS, VOTERS ALL 
OVER THE COUNTRY, WHO THE MEDIA 
IS TRYING TO CONVINCE TO CONFORM
TO THE SAME OLD DEMOCRATIC 
TALKING POINTS.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WILL GET YOU?
THE SAME OLD RESULTS.
JOE BIDEN HAD THE AUDACITY TO 
SAY IF YOU DON'T VOTE FOR HIM, 
YOU AIN'T BLACK.
WELL, TO THAT I SAY, IF YOU DO 
VOTE FOR BIDEN, YOU DON'T KNOW 
HISTORY.
DONALD TRUMP IS NOT A 
POLITICIAN.
HE'S A LEADER.
POLITICIANS ARE A DIME A DOZEN.
LEADERS ARE PRICELESS.
THE RECORD FUNDING TRUMP GAVE 
HBCUs IS PRICELESS TO ME.
SO ARE THE RECORD NUMBER OF JOBS
HE CREATED FOR THE BLACK 
COMMUNITY AND THE INVESTMENT HE 
DROVE INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS 
WITH TAX INCENTIVES AND 
OPPORTUNITY ZONES.
AND SO ARE THE LIVES HE RESTORED
BY PASSING CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
REFORM WHERE 91% OF THE INMATES 
RELEASED ARE BLACK.
THESE ACHIEVEMENTS DEMONSTRATE 
THAT DONALD TRUMP TRULY CARES 
ABOUT BLACK LIVES.
HIS POLICIES SHOW HIS HEART.
HE HAS DONE MORE FOR BLACK 
AMERICANS IN FOUR YEARS THAN JOE
BIDEN HAS DONE IN 50.
DONALD TRUMP IS OFFERING REAL 
AND LASTING CHANGE, AN 
UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY TO 
RISE.
A COUNTRY THAT EMBRACES THE 
SPIRIT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS 
MOVEMENT OF THE '60s.
A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE JUDGED 
BY THE CONTENT OF THEIR 
CHARACTER, THEIR TALENTS AND 
ABILITIES, NOT BY THE COLOR OF 
THEIR SKIN.
THIS IS THE AMERICA I WAS 
FIGHTING FOR 60 YEARS AGO.
THIS IS THE AMERICA DONALD TRUMP
IS FIGHTING FOR TODAY.
LET'S ALL JOIN IN THIS FIGHT BY 
REELECTING PRESIDENT TRUMP ON 
NOVEMBER 3.
THANK YOU.
♪
>>> DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL 
PRIMARY DEBATES FOUR YEARS AGO, 
ONE OUTSIDER STOOD ALONE AND 
SID IN PUBLIC WHAT MOST 
AMERICANS THOUGHT IN PRIVATE.
IT WAS 14 YEARS AFTER THE START 
OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN AND 12
YEARS AFTER THE INVASION OF IRAQ
WHERE THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN 
TROOPS HAD DIED AND TRILLIONS IN
TAXPAYER DOLLARS HAD BEEN SPENT.
AND YET NO CANDIDATE COULD BRING
THEMSELVES TO ADMIT THAT 
SOMETHING HAD GONE BADLY WRONG 
WITH AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY.
THAT THE AMERICAN VOTER, THE 
AMERICAN SOLDIER, AND THE 
AMERICAN TAXPAYER HAD ALL BEEN 
LET DOWN.
EXCEPT FOR ONE.
DONALD TRUMP.
HE CALLED AMERICA'S ENDLESS WARS
WHAT THEY WERE.
A DISASTER.
THE MEDIA WAS SHOCKED BECAUSE 
DONALD TRUMP WAS RUNNING AS A 
REPUBLICAN.
AND YET HE SAID OUT LOUD WHAT WE
ALL KNEW, THAT AMERICAN FOREIGN 
POLICY WAS FAILING TO MAKE 
AMERICANS SAFER.
AFTER THE END OF THE COLD WAR, 
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN 
WASHINGTON BOUGHT INTO THE 
ILLUSION THAT THE WHOLE WORLD 
WOULD START TO RESEMBLE AMERICA.
AND SO THEY STARTED TO PURSUE 
UNLIMITED GLOBALIZATION.
THEY WELCOMED CHINA INTO THE 
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION.
THEY ENGAGED IN NATION BUILDING 
IN AFGHANISTAN AND TRIED TO 
EXPORT DEMOCRACY TO IRAQ.
THEY SIGNED A NUCLEAR DEAL WITH 
IRAN AND A GLOBAL CLIMATE 
AGREEMENT IN PARIS.
BUT THEY DIDN'T GROUND ANY OF IT
IN THE INTERESTS OF THE AVERAGE 
AMERICAN.
SO FOR DECADES, WHAT WASHINGTON 
POLITICIANS BUILT A GLOBAL 
SYSTEM, AMERICAN WAGES 
STAGNATED.
OUR GREAT CITIES AND INDUSTRIES 
WERE HOLLOWED OUT.
ENTIRE COMMUNITIES WERE 
DEVASTATED.
AND OUR MANUFACTURING PLANTS 
WERE SHIPPED OFF TO CHINA.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WHEN 
WASHINGTON STOPPED BEING THE 
CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES AND
STARTED BEING THE CAPITAL OF THE
WORLD.
AS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY, I
HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT TO DONALD 
TRUMP'S AMERICA FIRST FOREIGN 
POLICY.
I WISH EVERY AMERICAN COULD SEE 
HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP NEGOTIATES 
ON THEIR BEHALF.
I'VE WATCHED PRESIDENT TRUMP 
CHARM THE CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY 
WHILE INSISTING THAT GERMANY PAY
ITS NATO OBLIGATIONS.
I WAS PROUD TO WITNESS PRESIDENT
TRUMP SAY TO FOREIGN LEADERS, I 
DON'T BLAME YOU FOR WANTING 
AMERICA TO PAY FOR YOUR 
SECURITY, I ACTUALLY RESPECT YOU
FOR OUTNEGOTIATING THE 
PRESIDENTS BEFORE ME.
BUT IT STOPS WITH ME.
I WON'T LET THE AMERICAN 
TAXPAYER BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF.
DONALD TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION 
HAS ALWAYS MADE CLEAR THAT OUR 
PRIORITY IS THE AMERICN 
PEOPLE'S SECURITY.
THAT'S THE JOB OF ALL LEADERS, 
TO PUT THEIR PEOPLE FIRST.
AND WE'VE SEEN HOW THIS STRATEGY
HAS SUCCEEDED.
IN FOUR SHORT YEARS, DONALD 
TRUMP HAS LED EVEN SOME 
WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS TO AGREE ON
THE CHINESE THREAT.
ON TRADE DEALS THAT BENEFIT 
AMERICA FIRST.
ON ALLIANCES THAT SHARE 
RESPONSIBILITY.
IN FOUR YEARS, DONALD TRUMP 
DIDN'T START ANY NEW WARS.
HE BROUGHT TROOPS HOME.
HE REBUILT THE MILITARY.
AND SIGNED PEACE DEALS THAT MAKE
AMERICANS SAFER.
THE WASHINGTON ELITES WANT YOU 
TO THINK THIS KIND OF FOREIGN 
POLICY IS IMMORAL.
AND SO THEY CALL IT NATIONALIST.
THAT TELLS YOU ALL YOU NEED TO 
KNOW.
THE D.C. CROWD THINKS WHEN THEY 
CALL DONALD TRUMP A NATIONALIST,
THEY'RE INSULTING HIM, AS IF THE
AMERICAN PRESIDENT ISN'T 
SUPPOSED TO BE BASE FOREIGN 
POLICY ON AMERICA'S NATIONAL 
INTERESTS.
A RETURN TO THE BIDEN WAY OF 
THINKING MEANS AMERICA GIVES THE
RADICAL TERRORIST REGIME IN 
TEHRAN A PLANE LOAD OF CASH IN 
THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
WELL, YOU SEE, PRESIDENT TRUMP 
ALSO SENT AN AIRCRAFT IN THE 
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO DEAL WITH
IRAN BUT THAT PLANE WAS ON A 
DIFFERENT MISSION.
AN AIR STRIKE TO TAKE OUT THE 
HEAD OF IRAN'S TERROR MACHINE 
WHO PLOTTED THE DEATHS OF 
AMERICANS.
BUT WE ALSO MUST BE CLEAR THAT 
WHEN THOSE WHO SEEK FREEDOM TAKE
TREMENDOUS PERSONAL RISK IN 
PLACES LIKE HONG KONG, TEHRAN, 
OR MINSK, THERE IS NO DOUBT WHO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION
SUPPORTS.
WE WILL ALWAYS STAND WITH THE 
PEOPLE WHO FIGHT FOR THEIR GOD 
GIVEN FREEDOMS.
DON'T BE FOOLED.
THE WASHINGTON ESTABLISHMENT IS 
TRYING TO SELL YOU ON THEIR 
CANDIDATE.
JOE BIDEN WAS FIRST ELECTED TO 
THE SENATE IN 1972.
48 YEARS AGO.
WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY THE TYPICAL 
WASHINGTON STORY.
JUST THIS YEAR, 22 DEMOCRATS RAN
FOR PRESIDENT.
THEY REJECTED ALL OF THE 
OUTSIDERS AND NOMINATED THE 
ULTIMATE WASHINGTON INSIDER.
SOMEONE THEY HAD TO PULL OUT OF 
RETIREMENT.
EVERY TIME JOE BIDEN OFFERS A 
NEW IDEA, YOU SHOULD ASK 
YOURSELF, WHY DIDN'T HE TRY THAT
OVER THE LAST 48 YEARS?
TODAY, THE DEMOCRATS BLAME A 
GLOBAL PANDEMIC THAT STARTED IN 
CHINA ON PRESIDENT TRUMP.
AND THEY STILL BLAME RUSSIA FOR 
HILLARY CLINTON'S LOSS IN 2016.
AS ACTING DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL 
INTELLIGENCE, I SAW THE 
DEMOCRATS' ENTIRE CASE FOR 
RUSSIAN COLLUSION.
AND WHAT I SAW MADE ME SICK TO 
MY STOMACH.
THE OBAMA/BIDEN ADMINISTRATION 
SECRETLY LAUNCHED A SURVEILLANCE
OPERATION ON THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
AND SILENCED THE MANY BRAVE 
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS WHO SPOKE
UP AGAINST IT.
THEY PRESENTED BOGUS INFORMATION
AS FACTS.
THEY LIED TO JUDGES.
THEN THEY CLASSIFIED ANYTHING 
THAT UNDERMINED THEIR CASE.
AND AFTER DONALD TRUMP WON THE 
ELECTION, WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE 
CONTINUED THE AMERICAN TRADITION
OF HELPING THE PRESIDENT-ELECT 
TRANSITION INTO THE WHITE HOUSE,
THEY TRIED INSTEAD TO UNDERCUT 
HIM EVEN MORE.
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN 
ASKED INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS TO 
UNCOVER THE HIDDEN INFORMATION 
ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S INCOMING 
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER THREE 
WEEKS BEFORE THE INAUGURATION.
THAT'S THE DEMOCRATS.
BETWEEN SURVEILLANCE, 
CLASSIFICATIONS, LEAKS, AND 
PUPPET CANDIDATES, THEY NEVER 
WANT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO KNOW
WHO IS ACTUALLY CALLING THE 
SHOTS.
BUT WITH DONALD TRUMP, YOU 
ALWAYS KNOW EXACTLY WHO IS IN 
CHARGE, BECAUSE THE ANSWER IS 
YOU.
YOU'RE IN CHARGE.
NOT LOBBYISTS, NOT SPECIAL 
INTERESTS, NOT WAR MONGERS OR 
CHINA SYMPATHIZERS OR 
GLOBALIZATION FANATICS.
WITH DONALD TRUMP AND MIKE PENCE
IN THE WHITE HOUSE, THE BOSS IS 
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP RIGHTLY CALLS 
HIS FOREIGN POLICY AMERICA 
FIRST.
AMERICA FIRST DOES NOT ADVANCE 
THE INTERESTS OF ONE GROUP OF 
AMERICANS AT THE EXPENSE OF 
ANOTHER.
IT HAS NO BIAS ABOUT RED OR 
BLUE, EDUCATED OR NONEDUCATED, 
URBAN OR RURAL.
AMERICA FIRST IS SIMPLY THE 
BELIEF THAT POLITICIANS SHOULD 
FOCUS ON THE EQUALITY AND 
DIGNITY OF EVERY AMERICAN.
AND THAT THIS DUTY IS FULFILLED 
BY PROMOTING THE SAFETY AND 
WEALTH OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 
ABOVE ALL ELSE.
THAT'S AMERICA FIRST.
THAT'S THE TRUMP DOCTRINE.
AND THAT, MY FRIENDS, IS FOUR 
MORE YEARS.
♪
>>> BY DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT, 
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS GIVE 
THANKS FOR THIS LAND, OUR 
LIBERTIES, AND THOSE WHO DEFEND 
IT.
THAT SAME PRIDE INSPIRED THE 
WORDS OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM, 
PENNED HERE AS THE SMOKE OF 
BATTLE LIFTED OVER TWO CENTURIES
AGO.
WHEN THOSE AMERICAN SOLDIERS 
BRAVELY FOUGHT AND DIED 
REPELLING THE BRITISH ONSLAUGHT,
THEY DID SO NOT ONLY FOR OUR 
PEOPLE WHICH THAT FLAG 
REPRESENTED BUT FOR OUR 
PRINCIPLES FOR WHICH THE FLAG 
STOOD.
OUR GOD GIVEN FREEDOMS, THE 
RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE 
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW.
GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE.
THESE ARE THE THREADS THAT BIND 
US TOGETHER AS AMERICANS.
FOR WE ARE NOT A NATION BORN OF 
BLOOD BUT OF BELIEF.
AND EVEN THOUGH THAT OLD FLAG 
HAS SOMETIMES BEEN BATTERED AND 
BEATEN, FADED AND FORGOTTEN, 
FIRED UPON AND SET ABLAZE, THERE
ARE HEROES THROUGHOUT OUR 
HISTORY WHO HAVE PICKED UP THOSE
TATTERED STRANDS, MENDED THEM, 
AND RAISED OUR FLAG ANEW.
JUST AS THE SOLDIERS AT FT. 
McHENRY FOUGHT IN DEFENSE OF THE
BELIEFS THAT BIND US TODAY, 
THERE ARE NEW LEADERS WHO HAVE 
DEVOTED THEIR LIFE TO DO THE 
SAME.
>>> GREETINGS ACROSS THE AMBER 
WAVES OF GRAIN.
THIS IS MIKE PENCE.
>> ACROSS INDIANA HIGHWAYS AND 
HOMES, HIS VOICE WARMLY WELCOMED
HOOSIERS EACH MORNING.
MIKE PENCE FILLED THE RADIO 
WAVES WITH CONSERVATIVE 
COMMENTARY, GUARDING OUR 
AMERICAN IDEALS.
BUT MUCH LIKE THE MAN WHO 
INSPIRED HIM, MIKE DIDN'T GROW 
UP A REPUBLICAN.
>> AS PRESIDENT REAGAN SAID, 
FREEDOM IS NEVER MORE THAN ONE 
GENERATION AWAY FROM EXTINCTION.
>> HIS GRANDFATHER WAS A HARD 
WORKING IRISH IMMIGRANT WHO 
DROVE A BUS TO PROVIDE FOR HIS 
FAMILY.
HIS FATHER SERVED OUR NATION 
BRAVELY IN THE KOREAN WAR AND 
EARNED A BRONZE STAR.
MIKE WAS THE THIRD OF SIX 
CHILDREN RAISED HERE IN 
COLUMBUS, INDIANA, WITH A 
CORNFIELD IN HIS BACKYARD.
>> THE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA IS 
FREEDOM AND THE FOUNDATION OF 
FREEDOM IS FAITH.
>> IT WAS IN THIS SMALL INDIANA 
TOWN, HIS FOUNDATION OF FAITH IN
JESUS CHRIST WAS LAID.
AND FROM THAT CONVICTION SPRUNG 
HIS LOVE OF PEOPLE AND SERVICE 
TO OTHERS.
IT WAS AT A CHURCH SERVICE WHERE
MIKE MET THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, 
KAREN.
THEY MARRIED AND HAVE THREE 
CHILDREN, MICHAEL, CHARLOTTE, 
AND AUDREY.
>> I'M A CHRISTIAN, A 
CONSERVATIVE, AND A REPUBLICAN, 
IN THAT ORDER.
>> MIKE BECAME THE PRESIDENT OF 
A FREE MARKET THINK TANK, THE 
HOST OF A STATEWIDE CONSERVATIVE
RADIO SHOW, AND THEN A 
CONGRESSMAN.
IN WASHINGTON, MIKE QUICKLY 
BECAME KNOWN AS A FOREMOST 
DEFENDER OF FREEDOM.
HE LED CONSERVATIVES TO PROTECT 
OUR TIME HONORED VALUES OF 
FAMILY, FAITH, LIFE, LIBERTY, 
AND LIMITED GOVERNMENT.
>> OUR NATION'S STRENGTH BEGINS 
AT HOME BECAUSE STRONG FAMILIES 
MAKE A STRONG AMERICA.
>> MIKE EARNED THE TRUST OF THE 
PEOPLE OF HIS STATE AND BECAME 
THE 50th GOVERNOR OF INDIANA.
HE DELIVERED THE LARGEST STATE 
TAX CUT IN INDIANA HISTORY, 
EXPANDED SCHOOL CHOICE, LED THE 
COUNTRY IN MANUFACTURING, AND 
HELPED MORE HOOSIERS GET TO WORK
THAN EVER BEFORE.
BUT HE WASN'T THROUGH.
>> ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT 
DONALD TRUMP WILL CHOOSE INDIANA
GOVERNOR MIKE PENCE TO BE HIS 
RUNNING MATE.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE A 
MAN WHO I TRULY BELIEVE WILL BE 
THE NEXT VICE PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES, GOVERNOR MIKE 
PENCE.
>> AS OUR VICE PRESIDENT, MIKE 
PENCE HAS HELD TIGHTLY TO THOSE 
THREADS OF FREEDOM WOVEN THROUGH
OUR HISTORY, LEADING WITH THOSE 
PRINCIPLES ALONGSIDE PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, OUR NATION EXPERIENCED 
PROSPERITY LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
>> HE IS SOLID AS A ROCK.
HE HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC VICE 
PRESIDENT.
>> AND NOW IN THESE UNCERTAIN 
DAYS, WE ARE EQUIPPED TO 
OVERCOME.
IN TIMES OF TROUBLE, SOME CALL 
TO RETREAT FROM THOSE IDEALS.
BUT AMERICANS THROUGHOUT HISTORY
HAVE LIFTED THEM IN TRIUMPH, 
HOPE, AND RESILIENCE.
MIKE PENCE KNOWS THOSE STARS AND
STRIPES DO NOT MERELY REPRESENT 
WHO WE ARE BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,
WHAT WE CAN BE.
AS THE SUN RISES AGAIN ON 
AMERICA, WE LIFT OUR EYES TO 
THOSE LOFTY TRUTHS, TO GUIDE OUR
COUNTRY AND EVERY ONE OF US TO 
GREATER HEIGHTS.
IN THIS LAND OF THE FREE AND 
HOME OF THE BRAVE.
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
♪
>>> PLEASE WELCOME THE VICE 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 
MIKE PENCE.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECOND LADY, 
MRS. KAREN PENCE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
[ AUDIENCE CHANTS "FOUR MORE 
YEARS" ]
>> GOOD EVENING, AMERICA.
IT'S AN HONOR TO SPEAK TO YOU 
TONIGHT FROM THE HALLOWED GROUND
OF FT. McHENRY, THE SITE OF THE 
VERY BATTLE THAT INSPIRED THE 
WORDS OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.
THOSE WORDS HAVE INSPIRED THIS 
LAND OF HEROES IN EVERY 
GENERATION SINCE.
IT WAS ON THIS SITE 206 YEARS 
AGO, WHEN OUR YOUNG REPUBLIC 
HEROICALLY WITHSTOOD A FEROCIOUS
NAVAL BOMBARDMENT FROM THE MOST 
POWERFUL EMPIRE ON EARTH.
THEY CAME TO CRUSH OUR 
REVOLUTION, TO DIVIDE OUR 
NATION, AND TO END THE AMERICAN 
EXPERIMENT.
THE HEROES WHO HELD THIS FORT 
TOOK THEIR STAND FOR LIFE, 
LIBERTY, FREEDOM, AND THE 
AMERICAN FLAG.
AND THOSE IDEALS HAVE DEFINED 
OUR NATION.
BUT THEY WERE HARDLY EVER 
MENTIONED AT LAST WEEK'S 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
INSTEAD, DEMOCRATS SPENT FOUR 
DAYS ATTACKING AMERICA.
JOE BIDEN SAID THAT WE WERE 
LIVING THROUGH A SEASON OF 
DARKNESS.
BUT AS PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID, 
WHERE JOE BIDEN SEES AMERICAN 
DARKNESS, WE SEE AMERICAN 
GREATNESS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
IN THESE CHALLENGING TIMES, OUR 
COUNTRY NEEDS A PRESIDENT WHO 
BELIEVES IN AMERICA, WHO 
BELIEVES IN THE BOUNDLESS 
CAPACITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
TO MEET ANY CHALLENGE, DEFEAT 
ANY FOE, AND DEFEND THE FREEDOMS
WE HOLD DEAR.
AMERICA NEEDS FOUR MORE YEARS OF
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
BEFORE I GO FURTHER, ALLOW ME TO
SAY A WORD TO THE FAMILIES AND 
COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF 
HURRICANE LAURA.
OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU TONIGHT
AND OUR ADMINISTRATION IS 
WORKING CLOSELY WITH AUTHORITIES
IN THE STATES THAT WILL BE 
IMPACTED.
FEMA HAS MOBILIZED RESOURCES AND
SUPPLIES FOR THOSE IN HARM'S 
WAY.
THIS IS A SERIOUS STORM AND WE 
URGE ALL THOSE IN THE AFFECTED 
AREAS TO HEED STATE AND LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES.
STAY SAFE AND KNOW THAT WE'LL BE
WITH YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, 
TO SUPPORT, RESCUE, RESPOND, AND
RECOVER IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS 
AHEAD.
THAT'S WHAT AMERICANS DO.
[ APPLAUSE ]
FOUR YEARS AGO, I ANSWERED THE 
CALL TO JOIN THIS TICKET, 
BECAUSE I KNEW THAT DONALD TRUMP
HAD THE LEADERSHIP AND THE 
VISION TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT 
AGAIN.
AND FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, 
I'VE WATCHED THIS PRESIDENT 
ENDURE UNRELENTING ATTACKS BUT 
GET UP EVERY DAY AND FIGHT TO 
KEEP THE PROMISES THAT HE MADE 
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
SO WITH GRATITUDE FOR THE 
CONFIDENCE PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP HAS PLACED IN ME, THE 
SUPPORT OF OUR REPUBLICAN PARTY,
AND THE GRACE OF GOD, I HUMBLY 
ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION TO RUN 
AND SERVE AS VICE PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED STATES.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
SERVING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN 
THIS OFFICE HAS BEEN A JOURNEY I
NEVER EXPECTED.
IT'S A JOURNEY THAT WOULD NOT 
HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE 
SUPPORT OF MY FAMILY.
BEGINNING WITH MY WONDERFUL WIFE
KAREN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
SHE'S A LIFELONG SCHOOLTEACHER, 
AN INCREDIBLE MOTHER TO OUR 
THREE CHILDREN, AND SHE IS ONE 
OUTSTANDING SECOND LADY OF THE 
UNITED STATES.
I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.
AND WE DIDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF 
OUR THREE CHILDREN.
MARINE CORPS CAPTAIN MICHAEL J. 
PENCE AND HIS WIFE SARAH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
OUR DAUGHTER, CHARLOTTE PENCE 
VAUGHN, AN AUTHOR AND THE WIFE 
TO LIEUTENANT HENRY BOND WHO IS 
CURRENTLY DEPLOYED AND SERVING 
OUR NATION IN THE UNITED STATES 
NAVY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AND OUR YOUNGEST, A RECENT LAW 
SCHOOL GRAD, OUR DAUGHTER AUDREY
AND HER FIANCE WHO, LIKE SO MANY
OTHER AMERICANS, HAD TO DELAY 
THEIR WEDDING THIS SUMMER.
BUT WE CAN'T WAIT FOR DAN TO BE 
A PART OF OUR FAMILY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
IN ADDITION, MY WIFE AND KIDS, 
THE PERSON WHO SHAPED MY LIFE 
THE MOST, IS ALSO WITH US 
TONIGHT.
MY MOM, NANCY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF AN IRISH 
IMMIGRANT, 87 YEARS YOUNG.
AND MOM FOLLOWS POLITICS VERY 
CLOSELY.
THE TRUTH BE TOLD, SOMETIMES I 
THINK I'M ACTUALLY HER SECOND 
FAVORITE CANDIDATE ON THE 
TRUMP/PENCE TICKET.
THANK YOU, MOM.
I LOVE YOU.
OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, I'VE 
HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK 
CLOSELY WITH OUR PRESIDENT.
I'VE SEEN HIM WHEN THE CAMERAS 
ARE OFF.
AMERICANS SEE PRESIDENT TRUMP IN
LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
BUT THERE'S NO DOUBT HOW 
PRESIDENT TRUMP SEES AMERICA.
HE SEES AMERICA FOR WHAT IT IS, 
A NATION THAT HAS DONE MORE GOOD
IN THIS WORLD THAN ANY OTHER.
A NATION THAT DESERVES FAR MORE 
GRATITUDE THAN GRIEVANCE.
AND IF YOU WANT A PRESIDENT WHO 
FALLS SILENT WHEN OUR HERITAGE 
IS DEMEANED OR INSULTED, HE'S 
NOT YOUR MAN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
NOW, WE CAME BY VERY DIFFERENT 
ROUTES TO THIS PARTNERSHIP.
AND SOME PEOPLE THINK WE'RE A 
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
BUT YOU KNOW, I'VE LEARNED A FEW
THINGS WATCHING HIM.
WATCHING HIM DEAL WITH THAT 
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH OVER THE PAST
FOUR YEARS.
HE DOES THINGS IN HIS OWN WAY, 
ON HIS OWN TERMS.
NOT MUCH GETS PAST HIM.
AND WHEN HE HAS AN OPINION, HE'S
LIABLE TO SHARE IT.
HE CERTAINLY KEPT THINGS 
INTERESTING.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP HAS KEPT HIS WORD 
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
IN A CITY KNOWN FOR TALKERS, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A DOER.
AND FEW PRESIDENTS HAVE BROUGHT 
MORE INDEPENDENTS, ENERGY, OR 
DETERMINATION TO THAT OFFICE.
FOUR YEARS AGO, WE INHERITED A 
MILITARY HOLLOWED OUT BY 
DEVASTATING BUDGET CUTS, AN 
ECONOMY STRUGGLING TO BREAK OUT 
OF THE SLOWEST RECOVERY SINCE 
THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
ISIS CONTROLLED A LANDMASS TWICE
THE SIZE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
AND WE WITNESSED A STEADY 
ASSAULT ON OUR MOST CHERISHED 
VALUES, FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND 
THE RIGHT TO LIFE.
THAT'S WHEN PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP STEPPED IN.
AND FROM DAY ONE, HE KEPT HIS 
WORD.
WE REBUILT OUR MILITARY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THIS PRESIDENT SIGNED THE 
LARGEST INCREASE IN OUR NATIONAL
DEFENSE SINCE THE DAYS OF RONALD
REAGAN AND CREATED THE FIRST NEW
BRANCH OF OUR ARMED FORCES IN 70
YEARS, THE UNITED STATES SPACE 
FORCE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AND WITH THAT RENEWED ENERGY WE 
ALSO RETURNED AMERICAN 
ASTRONAUTS TO SPACE ON AN 
AMERICAN ROCKET FOR THE FIRST 
TIME IN NEARLY TEN YEAS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AND AFTER YEARS OF SCANDAL THAT 
ROBBED OUR VETERANS OF THE CARE 
THAT YOU EARNED IN THE UNIFORM 
OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP KEPT HIS WORD AGAIN.
WE REFORMED THE VA AND VETERANS 
CHOICE IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR 
EVERY VETERAN IN AMERICA.
[ APPLAUSE ]
OUR ARMED FORCES AND OUR 
VETERANS FILL THIS LAND OF 
HEROES AND MANY JOIN US TONIGHT 
IN THIS HISTORIC FORUM.
RECIPIENTS OF THE MEDAL OF UR -
HONOR.
[ APPLAUSE ]
SIX RECIPIENTS OF THE PURPLE 
HEART.
[ APPLAUSE ]
A GOLD STAR MOTHER OF A GALLANT 
NAVY S.E.A.L.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AND WOUNDED WARRIORS FROM 
SOLDIER STRONG, A GROUP THAT 
SERVES OUR INJURED VETERANS 
EVERY DAY.
WE ARE HONORED BY YOUR PRESENCE 
AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
SERVICE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
WITH HEROES JUST LIKE THESE, WE 
DEFEND THIS NATION EVERY DAY.
BUT UNDER THIS COMMANDER IN 
CHIEF, WE'VE TAKEN THE FIGHT TO 
RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISTS ON 
OUR TERMS ON THEIR SOIL.
LAST YEAR, AMERICAN ARMED FORCES
TOOK THE LAST INCH OF ISIS 
TERRITORY, CRUSHED THEIR 
CALIPHATE, AND TOOK DOWN THEIR 
LEADER WITHOUT ONE AMERICAN 
CASUALTY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AND I WAS THERE.
WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP GAVE THE 
ORDER TO TAKE OUT THE WORLD'S 
MOST DANGEROUS TERRORIST, IRAN'S
TOP GENERAL WILL NEVER HARM 
ANOTHER AMERICAN BECAUSE QASSEM 
SOLEIMANI IS GONE.
MY FELLOW AMERICANS, YOU DESERVE
TO KNOW, JOE BIDEN CRITICIZED 
PRESIDENT TRUMP FOLLOWING THOSE 
DECISIONS.
DECISIONS TO RID THE WORLD OF 
TWO TERRORIST LEADERS.
BUT IT'S NOT SURPRISING.
BECAUSE HISTORY RECORDS THAT JOE
BIDEN EVEN OPPOSED THE OPERATION
THAT TOOK DOWN OSAMA BIN LADEN.
IT'S NO WONDER THAT THE 
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE UNDER THE 
OBAMA/BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ONCE 
SAID THAT JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN, 
AND I QUOTE, WRONG ON NEARLY 
EVERY MAJOR FOREIGN POLICY AND 
NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE OVER THE
PAST FOUR DECADES.
SO WE'VE STOOD UP TO OUR ENEMIES
AND WE'VE STOOD WITH OUR ALLIES.
LIKE WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP KEPT 
HIS WORD AND MOVED THE AMERICAN 
EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM, THE 
CAPITAL OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE FIRST 
ARAB COUNTRY TO RECOGNIZE ISRAEL
IN 26 YEARS.
CLOSER TO HOME, WE APPOINTED 
MORE THAN 200 CONSERVATIVE 
JUDGES TO OUR FEDERAL COURTS.
WE SUPPORTED THE RIGHT TO LIFE 
AND ALL THE GOD GIVEN LIBERTIES 
ENSHRINED IN OUR CONSTITUTION 
INCLUDING THE SECOND AMENDMENT 
RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS.
AND WHEN IT CAME TO THE ECONOMY,
PRESIDENT TRUMP KEPT HIS WORD 
AND THEN SOME.
WE PASSED THE LARGEST TAX CUT 
AND REFORM IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
WE ROLLED BACK MORE FEDERAL RED 
TAPE THAN ANY ADMINISTRATION 
EVER HAD.
WE UNLEASHED AMERICAN ENERGY AND
FOUGHT FOR FREE AND FAIR TRADE.
AND IN OUR FIRST THREE YEARS, 
BUSINESSES LARGE AND SMALL 
CREATED MORE THAN 7 MILLION GOOD
PAYING JOBS INCLUDING 500,000 
MANUFACTURING JOBS ALL ACROSS 
AMERICA.
[ APPLAUSE ]
OUR COUNTRY BECAME A NET 
EXPORTER OF EMERGENCY FOR THE 
FIRST TIME IN 70 YEARS.
AND ON THIS 100th ANNIVERSARY OF
THE WOMEN'S RIGHT TO VOTE, I'M 
PROUD TO REPORT THAT UNDER 
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WE 
ACHIEVED THE LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE FOR WOMEN IN 65 YEARS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AND MORE AMERICANS WORKING THAN 
EVER BEFORE.
IN OUR FIRST THREE YEARS, WE 
BUILT THE GREATEST ECONOMY IN 
THE WORLD.
WE MADE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AND THEN THE CORONAVIRUS STRUCK 
FROM CHINA.
BEFORE THE FIRST CASE OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS SPREAD WITHIN THE 
UNITED STATES, THE PRESIDENT 
TOOK UNPRECEDENTED ACTION AND 
SUSPENDED ALL TRAVEL FROM CHINA,
THE SECOND LARGEST ECONOMY IN 
THE WORLD.
NOW, THAT ACTION SAVED UNTOLD 
AMERICAN LIVES.
AND I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND, IT
BOUGHT US INVALUABLE TIME TO 
LAUNCH THE GREATEST NATIONAL 
MOBILIZATION SINCE WORLD WAR II.
PRESIDENT TRUMP MARSHALLED THE 
FULL RESOURCES OF OUR FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT FROM THE OUTSET.
HE DIRECTED US TO FORGE A 
SEAMLESS PARTNERSHIP WITH 
GOVERNORS ACROSS AMERICA.
IN BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES.
WE PARTNERED WITH PRIVATE 
INDUSTRY TO REINVENT TESTING AND
PRODUCE SUPPLIES THAT WERE 
DISTRIBUTED TO HOSPITALS AROUND 
THE LAND.
TODAY WE'RE CONDUCTING MORE THAN
800,000 TESTS A DAY.
AND WE HAVE COORDINATED THE 
DELIVERY OF BILLIONS OF PIECES 
OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
FOR OUR AMAZING DOCTORS, NURSES,
AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
WE SAW TO THE.
OF 100,000 VENTILATORS IN 100 
DAYS.
AND NO ONE WHO REQUIRED A 
VENTILATOR WAS EVER DENIED A 
VENTILATOR IN THE UNITED STATES.
[ APPLAUSE ]
WE BUILT HOSPITALS, SURGED 
MILITARY MEDICAL PERSONNEL, AND 
ENACTED AN ECONOMIC RESCUE 
PACKAGE THAT SAVED 50 MILLION 
AMERICAN JOBS.
AS WE SPEAK, WE'RE DEVELOPING A 
GROWING NUMBER OF TREATMENTS 
KNOWN AS THERAPEUTICS INCLUDING 
CONVALESCENT PLASMA THAT ARE 
SAVING LIVES ALL ACROSS AMERICA.
NOW, LAST WEEK JOE BIDEN SAID 
THAT NO MIRACLE IS COMING.
WELL, WHAT JOE DOESN'T SEEM TO 
UNDERSTAND IS THAT AMERICA IS A 
NATION OF MIRACLES.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AND I'M PROUD TO REPORT THAT 
WE'RE ON TRACK TO HAVE THE 
WORLD'S FIRST SAFE, EFFECTIVE 
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE BY THE END 
OF THIS YEAR.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AFTER ALL THE SACRIFICE IN THIS 
YEAR LIKE NO OTHER, ALL THE 
HARDSHIP, WE'RE FINDING OUR WAY 
FORWARD AGAIN.
BUT TONIGHT, OUR HEARTS ARE WITH
ALL THE FAMILIES WHO LOST LOVED 
ONES AND HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS 
STILL STRUGGLING WITH SERIOUS 
ILLNESS.
IN THIS COUNTRY, WE MOURN WITH 
THOSE WHO MOURN, WE GRIEVE WITH 
THOSE WHO GRIEVE.
ON THIS NIGHT I KNOW THAT 
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WILL PAUSE
AND PRAY FOR GOD'S COMFORT FOR 
EACH OF YOU.
YOU KNOW, OUR COUNTRY DOESN'T 
GET THROUGH SUCH A TIME UNLESS 
ITS PEOPLE FIND STRENGTH WITHIN.
THE RESPONSE OF DOCTORS, NURSES,
FIRST RESPONDERS, FARMERS, 
FACTORY WORKERS, TRUCKERS, AND 
EVERYDAY AMERICANS WHO PUT THE 
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THEIR 
NEIGHBORS FIRST HAS BEEN NOTHING
SHORT OF HEROIC.
[ APPLAUSE ]
VERONICA SAYEZ PUT ON HER SCRUBS
EVERY DAY, DAY IN AND DAY OUT, 
WENT TO WORK IN ONE OF NEW YORK 
CITY'S BUSIEST HOSPITALS.
SHE STAYED ON THE JOB, PUT IN 
THE LONG HOURS, UNTIL IT WAS 
DONE, AND THEN GOT BACK IN HER 
NEIGHBORHOOD AND HELPED 
NEIGHBORS AND FRIEND STRUGGLING.
HER BROTHER WILLIAM IS A NEW 
YORK CITY FIREFIGHTER.
AND THEY'RE BOTH EMBLEMATIC OF 
HEROES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THEY'RE WITH US TONIGHT.
AND I SAY TO THEM AND TO ALL OF 
YOU, YOU HAVE EARNED THE 
ADMIRATION OF THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE AND WE WILL ALWAYS BE 
GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND 
CARE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THANKS TO THE COURAGE AND 
COMPASSION OF THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE, WE'RE SLOWING THE 
SPREAD.
WE'RE PROTECTING THE VULNERABLE.
AND WE'RE SAVING LIVES.
AND WE'RE OPENING UP AMERICA 
AGAIN.
BECAUSE OF THE STRONG FOUNDATION
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP POURED IN 
OUR FIRST THREE YEARS WE'VE 
ALREADY GAINED BACK MORE THAN 
9.3 MILLION JOBS IN THE LAST 
THREE MONTHS ALONE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AND WE'RE NOT JUST OPENING UP 
AMERICA AGAIN.
WE'RE OPENING UP AMERICA'S 
SCHOOLS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AND I'M PROUD TO REPORT THAT MY 
WIFE KAREN, THAT SCHOOLTEACHER 
I'VE BEEN MARRIED TO, WILL BE 
RETURNING TO HER CLASSROOM NEXT 
WEEK.
AND SO TO ALL OF OUR HEROIC 
TEACHERS AND FACULTY AND STAFF, 
THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR 
OUR KIDS.
WE'RE GOING TO STAY WITH YOU 
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
IN THE DAYS AHEAD, AS WE OPEN UP
AMERICA AGAIN, I PROMISE YOU, 
WE'LL CONTINUE TO PUT THE HEALTH
OF AMERICA FIRST.
AND AS WE WORK TO BRING THIS 
ECONOMY BACK, WE ALL HAVE A ROLE
TO PLAY.
AND WE ALL HAVE A CHOICE TO 
MAKE.
ON NOVEMBER 3, YOU NEED TO ASK 
YOURSELF, WHO DO YOU TRUST TO 
REBUILD THIS ECONOMY?
A CAREER POLITICIAN WHO PRESIDED
OVER THE SLOWEST ECONOMIC 
RECOVERY SINCE THE GREAT 
DEPRESSION?
OR A PROVEN LEADER WHO CREATED 
THE GREATEST ECONOMY IN THE 
WORLD?
THE CHOICE IS CLEAR.
TO BRING AMERICA ALL THE WAY 
BACK, WE NEED FOUR MORE YEARS OF
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
[ AUDIENCE CHANTS "FOUR MORE 
YEARS" ]
MY FELLOW AMERICANS, WE'RE 
PASSING THROUGH A TIME OF 
TESTING.
IN THE MIDST OF THIS GLOBAL 
PANDEMIC, JUST AS OUR NATION HAD
BEGUN TO RECOVER, WE'VE SEEN 
VIOLENCE AND CHAOS IN THE 
STREETS OF OUR MAJOR CITIES.
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND I WILL 
ALWAYS SUPPORT THE RIGHT OF 
AMERICANS TO PEACEFUL PROTEST.
BUT RIOTING AND LOOTING IS NOT 
PEACEFUL PROTEST.
TEARING DOWN STATUES IS NOT FREE
SPEECH.
AND THOSE WHO DO SO WILL BE 
PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
OF THE LAW.
[ APPLAUSE ]
LAST WEEK, JOE BIDEN DIDN'T SAY 
ONE WORD ABOUT THE VIOLENCE AND 
CHAOS ENGULFING CITIES ACROSS 
THIS COUNTRY.
SO LET ME BE CLEAR.
THE VIOLENCE MUST STOP, WHETHER 
IN MINNEAPOLIS, PORTLAND, OR 
KENOSHA.
TOO MANY HEROES HAVE DIED 
DEFENDING OUR FREEDOM TO SEE 
AMERICANS STRIKE EACH OTHER 
DOWN.
WE WILL HAVE LAW AND ORDER ON 
THE STREETS OF THIS COUNTRY FOR 
EVERY AMERICAN OF EVERY RACE AND
CREED AND COLOR.
[ APPLAUSE ]
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND I KNOW THAT 
THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT PUT ON 
THE UNIFORM OF LAW ENFORCEMENT 
ARE THE BEST OF US.
EVERY DAY, WHEN THEY WALK OUT 
THAT DOOR, THEY CONSIDER OUR 
LIVES MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT 
ARE OWN.
PEOPLE LIKE DAVE PATRICK 
UNDERWOOD, AN OFFICER IN THE 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY'S FEDERAL PROTECTIVE 
SERVICE, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED
DURING THE RIOTS IN OAKLAND, 
CALIFORNIA.
DAVE'S HEROISM IS EMBLEMATIC OF 
THE HEROES THAT SERVE IN BLUE 
EVERY DAY.
AND WE'RE PRIVILEGED TONIGHT TO 
BE JOINED BY HIS SISTER ANGELA.
ANGELA, WE SAY TO YOU, WE GRIEVE
WITH YOUR FAMILY.
AND AMERICA WILL NEVER FORGET OR
FAIL TO HONOR OFFICER DAVE 
PATRICK UNDERWOOD.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW, WE 
DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN 
SUPPORTING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND 
STANDING WITH OUR 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORS.
TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THEIR 
LIVES.
EDUCATION, JOBS, AND SAFETY.
AND FROM THE FIRST DAYS OF THIS 
ADMINISTRATION, WE'VE DONE BOTH.
AND WE WILL KEEP SUPPORTING LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND KEEP SUPPORTING 
OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND 
MINORITY COMMUNITIES ACROSS THIS
LAND FOR FOUR MORE YEARS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
JOE BIDEN SAYS THAT AMERICA IS 
SYSTEMICALLY RACIST AND THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT IN AMERICA HAS, AND 
I QUOTE, AN IMPLICIT BIAS 
AGAINST MINORITIES.
WHEN ASKED WHETHER HE WOULD 
SUPPORT CUTTING FUNDING TO LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, JOE BIDEN REPLIED 
YES, ABSOLUTELY.
JOE BIDEN WOULD DOUBLE DOWN ON 
THE VERY POLICIES THAT ARE 
LEADING TO VIOLENCE IN AMERICA'S
CITIES.
THE HARD TRUTH IS, YOU WON' BE 
SAFE IN JOE BIDEN'S AMERICA.
UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP, WE WILL 
ALWAYS STAND WITH THOSE WHO 
STAND ON THE THIN BLUE LINE AND 
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DEFUND THE 
POLICE, NOT NOW, NOT EVER.
[ APPLAUSE ]
MY FELLOW AMERICANS, WE'RE 
PASSING THROUGH A TIME OF 
TESTING.
BUT SOON WE WILL CME TO A TIME 
FOR CHOOSING.
JOE BIDEN HAS REFERRED TO 
HIMSELF AS A TRANSITION 
CANDIDATE, AND MANY ARE ASKING, 
TRANSITION TO WHAT?
LAST WEEK, DEMOCRATS DIDN'T TALK
VERY MUCH ABOUT THEIR AGENDA.
AND IF I WERE THEM, I WOULDN'T 
EITHER.
BERNIE SANDERS DID TELL HIS 
FOLLOWERS THAT JOE BIDEN WOULD 
BE THE MOST LIBERAL PRESIDENT IN
MODERN TIMES.
IN FACT, HE SAID, AND I QUOTE, 
THAT MANY OF THE IDEAS HE FOUGHT
FOR THAT JUST A FEW YEARS AGO 
WERE CONSIDERED RADICAL ARE NOW 
MAINSTREAM IN THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY.
AT THE ROOT OF THEIR AGENDA IS 
THE BELIEF THAT AMERICA IS 
DRIVEN BY ENVY, NOT ASPIRATION.
THAT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS 
HARBOR ILL WILL TOWARD OUR 
NEIGHBORS INSTEAD OF LOVING OUR 
NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES.
THE RADICAL LEFT BELIEVES THAT 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST BE 
INVOLVED IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR 
LIVES TO CORRECT THOSE AMERICAN 
WRONGS.
THEY BELIEVE THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO DICTATE HOW 
AMERICANS LIVE, HOW WE SHOULD 
WORK, HOW WE SHOULD RAISE OUR 
CHILDREN, AND IN THE PROCESS 
DEPRIVE OUR PEOPLE OF FREEDOM 
AND PROSPERITY AND SECURITY.
THEIR AGENDA IS BASED ON 
GOVERNMENT CONTROL.
OUR AGENDA IS BASED ON FREEDOM.
[ APPLAUSE ]
WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP CUT TAXES,
JOE BIDEN WANTS TO RAISE TAXES 
BY NEARLY $4 TRILLION.
WHERE THIS PRESIDENT ACHIEVED 
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE FOR THE 
UNITED STATES, JOE BIDEN WOULD 
ABOLISH FOSSIL FUELS, END 
FRACKING, AND IMPOSE A REGIME OF
CLIMATE CHANGE REGULATIONS THAT 
WOULD DRASTICALLY INCREASE THE 
COST OF LIVING FOR WORKING 
FAMILIES.
WHERE WE FOUGHT FOR FREE AND 
FAIR TRADE AND THIS PRESIDENT 
STOOD UP TO CHINA AND ENDED THE 
ERA OF ECONOMIC SURRENDER, JOE 
BIDEN HAS BEEN A CHEERLEADER FOR
COMMUNIST CHINA.
HE WANTS TO REPEAL ALL THE 
TARIFFS THAT ARE LEVELING THE 
PLAYING FIELD FOR AMERICAN 
WORKERS.
AND HE ACTUALLY CRITICIZED 
PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR SUSPENDING 
ALL TRAVEL TO CHINA AT THE 
OUTSET OF THIS PANDEMIC.
JOE BIDEN IS FOR OPEN BORDERS, 
SANCTUARY CITIES, FREE LAWYERS  
IMMIGRANTS.
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE SECURED 
OUR BORDER AND BUILT NEARLY 300 
MILES OF THAT BORDER WALL.
[ APPLAUSE ]
JOE BIDEN WANTS TO END SCHOOL 
CHOICE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP BELIEVES THAT 
EVERY PARENT SHOULD HAVE THE 
RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHERE THEIR 
CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL REGARDLESS
OF THEIR INCOME OR AREA CODE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
PRESIDENT TRUMP, PRESIDENT TRUMP
HAS STOOD WITHOUT APOLOGY FOR 
THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE, 
EVERY DAY OF THIS 
ADMINISTRATION.
JOE BIDEN, HE SUPPORTS TAXPAYER 
FUNDING OF ABORTION, RIGHT UP TO
THE MOMENT OF BIRTH.
WHEN YOU CONSIDER THEIR AGENDA, 
IT'S CLEAR.
JOE BIDEN WOULD BE NOTHING MORE 
THAN A TROJAN HORSE FOR THE 
RADICAL LEFT.
THE CHOICE IN THIS ELECTION HAS 
NEVER BEEN CLEARER.
AND THE STAKES HAVE NEVER BEEN 
HIGHER.
LAST WEEK, JOE BIDEN SAID 
DEMOCRACY IS ON THE BALLOT.
AND THE TRUTH IS OUR ECONOMIC 
RECOVERY IS ON THE BALLOT.
LAW AND ORDER ARE ON THE BALLOT.
BUT SO ARE THINGS FAR MORE 
FUNDAMENTAL AND FOUNDATIONAL TO 
OUR COUNTRY.
IN THIS ELECTION, IT'S NOT SO 
MUCH WHETHER AMERICA WILL BE 
MORE CONSERVATIVE OR MORE 
LIBERAL, MORE REPUBLICAN OR MORE
DEMOCRAT.
THE CHOICE IN THIS ELECTION IS 
WHETHER AMERICA REMAINS AMERICA.
IT'S WHETHER WE WILL LEAVE TO 
OUR CHILDREN AND OUR 
GRANDCHILDREN A COUNTRY GROUNDED
IN OUR HIGHEST IDEALS OF 
FREEDOM, FREE MARKETS, AND THE 
UNALIENABLE RIGHT TO LIFE AND 
LIBERTY, OR WHETHER WE WILL 
LEAVE THEM A COUNTRY THAT'S 
FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMED INTO 
SOMETHING ELSE.
WE STAND AT A CROSSROADS, 
AMERICA.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SET OUR 
NATION ON A PATH OF FREEDOM AND 
OPPORTUNITY.
JOE BIDEN WOULD SET AMERICA ON A
PATH OF SOCIALISM AND DECLINE.
BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA LET IT 
HAPPEN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BELIEVES 
IN AMERICA AND IN THE GOODNESS 
OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THE BOUNDLESS POTENTIAL OF EVERY
AMERICAN TO LIVE OUT THEIR 
DREAMS IN FREEDOM.
EVERY DAY PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS 
BEEN FIGHTING TO PROTECT THE 
PROMISE OF AMERICA.
EVERY DAY OUR PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
FIGHTING TO EXPAND THE REACH OF 
THE AMERICAN DREAM.
EVERY DAY PRESIDENT TRUMP DONALD
TRUMP HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR YOU.
AND NOW IT'S OUR TURN TO FIGHT 
FOR HIM.
[ APPLAUSE ]
ON THIS NIGHT IN THE COMPANY OF 
HEROES, I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL, 
DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE 
PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS VICE 
PRESIDENT OF THIS GREAT NATION.
AND TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 
SERVE AGAIN.
I PRAY TO BE WORTHY OF IT AND I 
WILL GIVE THAT DUTY ALL THAT'S 
IN ME.
IN THE YEAR 2020, THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE HAVE HAD MORE THAN OUR 
SHARE OF CHALLENGES.
BUT THANKFULLY, WE HAVE A 
PRESIDENT WITH THE TOUGHNESS, 
ENERGY, AND RESOLVE TO SEE US 
THROUGH.
THOSE TRAITS ACTUALLY RUN IN OUR
NATIONAL CHARACTER.
AS THE INVADING FORCE LEARNED ON
APPROACH TO THIS FORT IN 
SEPTEMBER OF 1814, AGAINST 
FIERCE AND SUSTAINED 
BOMBARDMENT, OUR YOUNG COUNTRY 
WAS DEFENDED BY HEROES.
NOT SO DIFFERENT FROM THOSE WHO 
ARE WITH US TONIGHT.
THE ENEMY WAS COUNTING ON THEM 
TO QUIT.
BUT THEY NEVER DID.
FT. McHENRY HELD.
AND WHEN MORNING CAME, OUR FLAG 
WAS STILL HERE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
MY FELLOW AMERICANS, WE'RE GOING
THROUGH A TIME OF TESTING.
BUT IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE FOG 
OF THESE CHALLENGING TIMES, YOU 
WILL SEE OUR FLAG IS STILL THERE
TODAY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THAT STAR SPANGLED BANNER STILL 
WAVES OVER THE LAND OF THE FREE 
AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
FROM THESE HALLOWED GROUND, 
AMERICAN PATRIOTS IN GENERATIONS
GONE BY DID THEIR PART TO DEFEND
FREEDOM.
NOW IT'S OUR TURN.
SO LET'S RUN THE RACE MARKED OUT
FOR US.
LET'S FIX OUR EYES ON OLD GLORY.
AND ALL SHE REPRESENTS.
LET'S FIX OUR EYES ON THIS LAND 
OF HEROES.
AND LET THEIR COURAGE INSPIRE.
AND LET'S FIX OUR EYES ON THE 
AUTHOR AND PERFECTER OF OUR 
FAITH AND OUR FREEDOM AND NEVER 
FORGET THAT WHERE THE SPIRIT OF 
THE LORD IS, THERE IS FREEDOM.
THAT MEANS FREEDOM ALWAYS WINS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
MY FELLOW AMERICANS, THANK YOU 
FOR THE HONOR OF ADDRESSING YOU 
TONIGHT.
AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN AND 
SERVE AGAIN AS YOUR VICE 
PRESIDENT.
I LEAVE HERE TODAY INSPIRED.
AND I LEAVE HERE TODAY MORE 
CONVINCED THAN EVER THAT WE WILL
DO IN OUR TIME AS AMERICANS HAVE
DONE THROUGHOUT OUR LONG AND 
STORIED PAST.
WE WILL DEFEND OUR FREEDOM AND 
OUR WAY OF LIFE.
WE WILL REELECT OUR PRESIDENT 
AND PRINCIPLED REPUBLICAN 
LEADERS ACROSS THE LAND AND WITH
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE FOR FOUR MORE YEARS,
AND WITH GOD'S HELP, WE WILL 
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, AGAIN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU, AND 
GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA.
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