 
CAN'T BE ENBOUGHT 
OR INTIMIDATED. 
>> ECONOMY, THE 
WALL, THE 
MILITARY, TAX 
CUTS, SUPREME 
COURT JUSTICES. 
>> PROMISES MADE 
AND PROMISES THE 
FIRST TIME KEPT. 
>> FOR 
OPPORTUNITY 
VERSUS 
STAGNATION, A OP
FIGHT TO KEEP 
AMERICA TRUE TO 
AMERICA. 
>> AS VICE ER
PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE, KELLYANNE 
CONWAY AND MORE 
TOP TRUMP 
SUPPORTERS 
PREPARE TO SPEAK TR
ON THE THIRD 
NIGHT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL BL
CONVENTION. 
>> HE LOVES THIS 
COUNTRY AND HE 
KNOWS HOW TO GET 
THINGS DONE. 
>> GOOD EVENING. 
I AM CHUCK TOD, 
WELCOME TO NBC'S 
COVERAGE OF THE 
2020 REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION ON PU
NBC NEWS NOW. 
WE ARE 30 
MINUTES FROM THE 
30 NIGHT OF THE 
CONVENTION. 
WHATEVER MESSAGE %
TONIGHT AND 
TOMORROW, IT IS 
GOING TO BE 
COMPLICATED BY A 
HURRICANE 
HITTING THE 
TEXAS-LOUISIANA 
BORDER, A 
CATASTROPHIC 
ONE, AND THEN 
THE PROTESTS IN 
WISCONSIN 
FOLLOWING A E 
POLICE SHOOTING. 
WE WILL HAVE 
MORE ON THOSE IN 
A MOMENT. 
TONIGHT THE KEY 
NOTE ADDRESSED 
WILL BE 
DELIVERED BY 
VICE PRESIDENT 
MIKE PENCE.
WE NOW KNOW THE 
PRESIDENT WILL 
BE ATTENDING THE 
SPEECH. 
OF COURSE, WE 
HAVE SEEN 
REPUBLICANS USE 
THE CONVENTION 
TO BLEND SYMBOLS 
OF PATRIOTISM, 
PRESIDENTIAL 
POWER WITH 
CAMPAIGN 
POLITICS LIKE NO 
CAMPAIGN HAS 
NEVER DONE 
BEFORE. 
EXPECT MORE OF 
THAT . TONIGHT AND 
TOMORROW WHEN 
THE PRESIDENT 
DELIVERS HIS 
PRIME TIME 
ADDRESS FROM THE 
GROUNDS OF ESRS%THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
THIS CONVENTION 
IS NOW ON THE 
BACK BURNER OF 
AMERICA'S 
ATTENTION AS 
HURRICANE LAURA 
IS EXPECTED TO 
TAKE LANDFALL, 
FORECASTERS ARE 
WARNING THIS 
CATEGORY 4 STORM 
WILL CAUSE 
CATASTROPHIC US
DAMAGE AND 
METEOROLOGIST 
USE THIS TERM, 
UNSURVIVABLE 
STORM SURGE. 
30 MILES INLAND 
STORM SURGE 
HERE. 
DON'T MESS 
AROUND HEWITH THIS 
HURRICANE, 
FOLKS. 
AND RRAS THE 
COUNTRIES 
GRAPPLES WITH 
RACIAL JUSTICE 
THERE IS UNREST 
IN WISCONSIN 
AFTER JACOB 
BLAKE WAS SHOT 
MULTIPLE TIMES 
IN THE BACK BY 
POLICE. 
PLAYERSIN THE 
NBA SAID ENOUGH 
IS ENOUGH. 
THEY POSTPONED H.
ALL OF TONIGHT'S 
PLAYOFF GAMES 
AFTER THE 
MILWAUKEE BUCKS 
DECIDED NOT TO 
TAKE THE FLOOR 
IN PROTEST OF 
THE SHOOTING AND 
EVERY OTHER NBA 
TEAM JOINED THE 
MILWAUKEE BUCKS 
AS WELL. 
SO JOINING ME 
NOW FROM 
MARYLAND WHERE 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT WILL 
SPEAK TONIGHT, 
THIS IS THE 
THIRD REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION IN 
THE LAST PUFOUR 
THAT HAD A NIGHT 
POTENTIALLY 
DISRUPTED BY A 
MAJOR HURRICANE, 
BUT THAT IS NOT 
THE MOST 
IMPORTANT STORY 
IMPACTING THIS 
CONVENTION. 
MAY BE WISCONSIN 
CONSIDERING HOW 
IMPORTANT THAT 
STATE IS. 
WHAT DO WE 
EXPECT FROM THE 
VICE PRESIDENT 
TODAY? 
WE KNOW  PHE DOES 
USUALLY HAVE A 
NOD TOWARD THE 
NEWS. 
WHAT DO WE 
EXPECT? 
Reporter: HE 
DOES. 
YEAH. 
YOU ARE NOT 
WRONG ABOUT 
THAT. 
HERE IS WHAT I 
TELL YOU 
BASED ON A 
CONVERSATION 
FAMILIAR WITH 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT'S 
SPEECH, HE WILL 
SPEAK ABOUT 
POLICE SHOOTINGS 
AND THE 
HURRICANE. 
WE WOULDN'T BE 
SURPRISED AN TO 
HEAR IT. 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT OFTEN 
WORKS NEWS OF 
THE DAY INTO HIS 
SPEECH. 
IT WILL BE HEAVY 
ON PATRIOTISM 
AND POLICY AS 
WELL. 
IT IS A 
BEAUTIFUL NIGHT 
HERE IN 
BALTIMORE. 
WE SPOKE LAST 
NIGHT ON HETHE 
ROSE GARDEN AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
GROUNDS, RAIN 
STORM, THAT IS 
NOT THE CASE 
HERE. 
IT IS A HISTORIC 
SITE. 
YOU CAN SEE 
PEOPLE STARTING 
TO GATHER HERE. 
NOT A LOT OF 
MASKS AS IT 
RELATES TO COVID 
BUT THE VICE 
PRESIDENT WILL 
TALK ABOUT WHAT 
THIS COUNTRY 
MEANS, WHAT THIS 
PELLAGMEANS AND 
IT WILL ALSO 
DRAW POLICY 
CONTRASTS WITH 
JOE BIDEN. 
YOU KNOW THE 
POSITION MIKE 
PENCE HAS, A 
UNIQUE POSITION 
COMPARED TO HIS 
BOSS DONALD 
TRUMP. 
HE WILL MAKE LDTHE 
CASE HERE 
TONIGHT AS WELL 
AND THEN THE 
WORD WE HAVE 
HEARD SO FAR, 
OPTIMISM. 
HE WILL PRESENT 
A NIGHTER -- WE 
WILL SEE WHAT 
NIGHT THREE 
HOLDS. 
AND THE VICE NIS.
PRESIDENT WILL 
SPEAK HERE, 
THERE IS STILL 
PLEASANT OF 
ACTION IN 
WASHINGTON WHERE 
WE HAVE SEEN THE 
SPEECHES. 
YOU WILL SEE 
STAFF MEMBERS 
SPEAK. 
SHE IS AFGOING TO 
BE MORE 
PERSONAL, SHARE 
STORIES OF HER 
PERSONAL 
RELATIONSHIP AL
WITH THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
NOT BE 
COMBATIVE. 
AND THEN 
KELLYANNE CONWAY ATW
A FEW DAYS 
BEFORE SHE IS 
SET TO LEAVE THE 
ADMINISTRATION, %
SHE WILL FOCUS 
ON HER FAMILY. 
>> YEAH. 
THE PUBLIC, FORT 
MCHENRY HAS BEEN 
CLOSED SINCE THE 
START OF THE 
PANDEMIC AND 
ONLY FORCED TO 
OPEN TWICE FOR 
POLITICAL EVENTS 
BY THE PRESIDENT 
HERE. 
>> Reporter: 
RIGHT. 
>> IS THERE -- 
THEY DON'T CARE 
IF THEY ARE 
PUSHING THIS 
ENVELOPE. 
DOES ANYBODY 
TELL THEM PEKNOW 
IN THE 
GOVERNMENT? 
DOES ANYBODY 
TELL THEM KNOW NT%
IN THE LEGAL 
OFFICE? 
>> Reporter: WHO 
WOULD DO THAT? 
WE HEARD FROM 
ADVISERS WHO 
SAID COUNSEL 
SIGNED OFF ON 
THIS. 
>> THAT DOESN'T 
MAKE IT LEGAL. 
>> Reporter: I 
HEAR YOU. 
THAT IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
WILL BE DECIDED 
IN THE S MONTHS TO  
COME. 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
IS DOING WHAT IT 
IS GOING TO DO. 
AND FOR ALL THE 
DISCUSSION ABOUT 
WHAT YOU ARE 
POINTING OUT, 
OPENING CLOSED 
HISTORICAL 
SITES, THE 
PRESIDENT FEELS 
LIKE IT IS WHAT OR
HE WANTS TO DO. 
WE TALKED ABOUT 
RATINGS, WHERE 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
HEAD IS AT. 
I HAVE BEEN 
TALKING TO FOLKS 
CLOSE TO THE 
PRESIDENT AND I 
AM TOLD IT IS A 
GOOD PRODUCTION 
SO FAR. 
>> VERY 
INTERESTING. 
AND NOW TO ST
FLORIDA, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS LOOKING TO 
REACH VOTERS 
THIS WEEK. 
WE WILL SEE IFVO 
HE IS REACHING 
THEM. 
>> Reporter: 
PASCO COUNTY IS 
HOME TO A LARGE 
POPULATION OF 
VOTERS OVER THE 
AGE OF 65 AND 
THEY GAVE HIM A 
MAJOR VICTORY IN 
2016. 
HE PRETTY MUCH 
BLEW IT . OUT OF 
THE WATER, WON TH
BY 21 POINTS. 
COMPARED THAT TO 
2012 WHEN MITT 
ROMNEY WON BY 
27. 
IF YOU WANT TO 
TALK TO 
RETIREES, YOU 
HAVE TO BOOK IT 
TO THE NEAREST 
SWIMMING POOL SO 
THAT IS WHAT WE 
DID TO CATCH UP 
WITH SOME 
VOTERS. 
THE QUESTION WAS 
DOES THE 
ENTHUSIASM FROM 
2016 STILL HOLD 
PARTICULARLY IN 
A STATE THAT IS 
SO HARD HIT BY 
THE PANDEMIC AND 
A DEMOGRAPHIC 
THAT HAS BEEN 
HARD HIT AND THE 
ANSWER THAT I 
HEARD WAS YES. 
AND WHEN I ASKED 
THE WHY 
QUESTION, WHAT 
IS IT WHTHAT THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
DONE TO IMPROVE 
THEIR LIVES OVER 
THE LAST THREE 
AND A HALF 
YEARS, TAKE A 
LISTEN TO WHAT I 
HEARD. 
>> IS THERE 
ANYTHING YOU CAN 
POINT %TO THAT HE 
HAD SAID HE 
WOULD DO AND HAS 
DONE THAT YOU 
ARE HAPPY WITH? 
>> NOT THAT I 
CAN THINK OF. 
I AM JUST GLAD 
HE IS THERE. 
LIKE I SAID, I 
FEEL SECURE. 
>> HE HASN'T 
REALLY DONE 
ANYTHING FOR MY 
LIFE BUT THE 
JOBS HE 
INCREASED. 
STUFF BSLIKE THAT. 
YOU KNOW, I JUST 
-- I FEEL 
COMFORTABLE WITH 
HIM. 
I DON'T TATRUST 
JOE BIDEN. 
I JUST DON'T. 
>> HE IS NOT THE 
TYPICAL GUY FROM 
THE SWAMP UP 
THERE. 
>> Reporter: 
CHUCK, E.I 
COULDN'T GET A 
LOT OF SPECIFICS 
ON THAT QUESTION 
ON WHAT HE HAS 
DONE FOR THESE 
FOLKS BUT THE 
MESSAGE THAT HE 
HAS BEEN 
HAMMERING THE 
LAW AND ORDER 
MESSAGE, WHO IS 
THIS WORKING 
WITH, WELL, THIS 
IS A GROUP THAT 
IT IS 
RESULGEINATING. 
MORE THAN THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC, THE 
BIGGEST CONCERN 
WAS LAWLESSNESS 
IN AMERICAN 
CITIES. 
ONE MAN TOLD ME 
HE WAS WORRIED 
THE RIOTS MIGHT 
BE COMING TO HIS 
COMMUNITY SO 
THAT DOES SEEM 
TO HIT HOME WITH 
THIS DEMOGRAPHIC 
HERE. 
>> SOUNDS LIKE 
HE IS . SEEING A 
LOT OF VIDEOS 
PIPED IN FROM 
OTHER PLACES. 
BOY, THE TURN 
OUT IN PASCO 
COUNTY HELPED 
DONALD TRUMP IN 
2016.
THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
JOINING ME NOW, 
CASSEY HUNT, AND 
LONNY CHEN, 
FORMER ADVISER 
TO MITT ROMNEY. 
I THINK TONIGHT 
IS A CHALLENGE 
FOR THE 
CONVENTION AND I 
AM GOING TO BE 
CURIOUS TO WATCH 
HOW IN TOUCH AND 
IN TUNE ARE THEY 
WITH WHAT'S 
HAPPENING IN 
AMERICA TONIGHT, 
RIGHT? 
THAT IS OF 
INTEREST TO ME  
AS WE WATCH THE 
NIGHT GO ON. 
>> I WILL START 
WITH WATCHING 
THE  SCENE AT 
FORT MCMANY ARE 
AND MELANIA 
TRUMP LAST 
NIGHT, TO TRY 
AND ELEVATE 
HIMSELF, HE IS 
FACING THE FLIP 
SIDE NOW, WHICH 
IS AS THE 
INCUMBENT HE IS 
RESPONSIBLE FOR 
TRYING TO HELP 
AMERICANS THAT 
ARE IN LPTHE PATH 
OF THIS STORM 
WE ARE 
HEARING, YOU 
KNOW, TERRIBLE 
WARNINGS ABOUT 
WHAT LETHIS COULD 
BE LIKE FOR SO 
MANY AMERICANS 
LIVING IN ITS 
PATH AND THIS IS 
NOT SOMETHING HE 
HAS A GREAT 
TRACK RECORD IN 
THE PAST. 
SO YOU KNOW, I 
THINK THAT IS A 
CHALLENGE HERE, 
ESPECIALLY ON A 
NIGHT WHEN THEY 
ARE TRYING TO 
APPEAL, SEEMS TO 
THE BURN WOMEN 
WHO ABANDON HIS 
CAMPAIGN AT THIS 
POINT. 
>> EVERY ONE OF  
THE UNEXPECTED 
EVENTS PUT ON 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
DESK, THE 
PANDEMIC, 
HURRICANE 
RESPONSES, AND 
THE RACIAL 
JUSTICE 
PROTESTS, HIS 
INITIAL HANDLING 
HAS NOT GONE 
OVER WELL WITH 
THE PUBLIC. 
COVID WAS ONE 
THING, IT WAS 
THE MISHANDLING 
OF THE PROTESTS 
THAT ADDED TO 
SECOND DIP 
HE GOT IN THE 
LATE SPRING. 
I THINK THERE IS 
A RISK TONIGHT 
IF IT LOOKS LIKE 
HE IS MORE 
WORRIED ABOUT 
PUFFING HIMSELF 
UP, HE HAS A JOB 
TO DO RIGHT NOW, 
REAL WORK, WHICH 
IS HURRICANE 
RELIEF. 
WE HAVE GOT THIS 
-- A LOT %OF -- A 
LOT OF UNREST IN 
THE STREETS, AND 
WHETHER YOU WANT 
TO SAY HE 
IMPACTED IT OR 
NOT, HE IS THE 
LEADER OF THIS 
COUNTRY. 
>> THE BUCK 
STOPS WITH THE 
PRESIDENT. 
REGARDLESS OF 
WHO THE 
PRESIDENT IS. 
NATURAL 
DISASSERS ARE  
DISASTERS ARE 
ONE THING -- 
>> YOU REMEMBER, 
WE HAD TO BLOW 
OUT THE FIRST 
DAY OF THE 
CONVENTION 
BECAUSE THE 
HURRICANE CAME 
THROUGH. 
SO, YOU KNOW --IC 
>> REFUSED -- 
>> ONE THING -- 
>> ARE YOU SURE 
-- BECAUSE 
DONALD TRUMP WAS 
SUPPOSED TO 
SPEAK THAT NIGHT 
-- 
>> WELL, IT WAS  
A HURRICANE -- 
HAD I WAS -- 
THAT WAS WITH -- 
>> 2020 -- 
>> I WAS ON THAT 
PLANE. 
>> SO I MEAN, 
YOU KNOW, THIS 
IS ALWAYS BEEN 
THE BIG 
CHALLENGE FOR 
THIS 
ADMINISTRATION, 
WHICH IS HOW 
THEY TIBALANCE THE 
IMAGERY OF WHAT 
THEY ARE TRYING 
TO PORTRAY WITH 
THE REALITY OF 
WHAT IS OUT 
THERE. 
THE BIG THING 
WITH COVID, YOU 
ARE RIGHT, THE 
INITIAL RESPONSE 
WAS ONE THING 
BUT WHAT 
HAPPENED POST 
MEMORIAL DAY 
WHEN  PYOU SAW THE 
CASES BEGIN TO 
SPIKE IN THE 
SOUTHWEST AND 
THROUGHOUT THE 
COUNTRY, THAT 
WAS THE BIGGER 
CHALLENGE. 
AND IN THIS CASE BI
WE HAD ONE ROUND 
OF REAL GUT-
WRENCHING 
PROTESTS ON THE 
RACIAL INJUSTICE 
ISSUES, NOW WE 
SEEM TO BE 
COMING INTO 
ANOTHER AND THE 
QUESTION IS WHAT 
IS THE 
ADMINISTRATION'S 
RESPONSE GOING  
TO LOOK LIKE AND 
I THINK TRYING 
TO MANAGE ALL 
THAT WHILE AT 
THE SAME TIME 
DEALING WITH 
PUTTING ON A 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION, YOU 
KNOW, IT IS A 
BIG CHALLENGE, 
IT IS A 
CHALLENGE FOR 
ANY 
ADMINISTRATION. 
BUT THE 
ADVANTAGE 
SOMETHING 
USUALLY THE 
PRESIDENT WANTS 
TO USE TO HIS 
ADVANTAGE. 
THE PROBLEM IS 
THAT THE 
INCUMBENT ALSO 
BRINGS 
RESPONSIBILITY 
AND IS GSTHE 
PRESIDENT GOING 
TO LIVE UP TO 
THE MOMENT? 
>> IF -- YOU 
KNOW -- EVERY 
CONVENTION 
CAMPAIGN HAS 
THIS TEAM OF -- 
SOMETIMES THEY 
WRITE SPEECHES, 
IT SEEMS TO ME 
THEY BETTER BE 
EXTRA CAREFUL 
TONIGHT TO MAKE 
SURE THERE ISN'T 
STRAY LANGUAGE 
THAT MAY WORK 
WITH A FOX NEWS 
AUDIENCE THAT 
WILL LOOK REALLY 
OFF PUTTING ON A 
NIGHT LIKE 
TONIGHT. 
>> WELL, THAT IS T 
A HUGE CHALLENGE 
HERE BECAUSE WE 
HAVE SEEN THEM 
TRY TO DO BOTH 
THINGS. 
WE BE SEEN 
SPEECHES THAT 
PLAYED TO THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
BASE, TO THE 
AUDIENCE 
WATCHING FOX 
NEWS OR THE 
OTHER 
CONSERVATIVE 
CHALLENGES AND OT
WE HAVE SEEN 
THEM TRY REACH 
OUT TO A BROADER 
AUDIENCE, NIKKI 
HALEY, MELANIA 
TRUMP, WHOSE AN
SPEECH HAD A 
DIFFERENT TONE 
THAN OTHERS, BUT 
YOU ARE RIGHT, 
THEY ARE TRYING 
TO PUSH THIS LAW 
AND ORDER 
MESSAGE AND IN 
SOME WAYS THAT 
COULD WORK 
BETTER IN THE 
AFTERMATH, YOU 
KNOW, WE ARE A 
COUPLE MONTHS 
AWAY FROM THE 
GEORGE FLOYD 
PROTESTS BUT 
WHEN THIS FLARED 
UP THERE IS 
ANOTHER NEW 
HORRIFYING VIDEO 
WITH A MAN WHOSE 
CHILDREN WERE IN 
THE CAR, SHOT IN 
THE BACK, MAY BE 
PARALYZED. 
IT IS RIGHT 
THERE FOR 
EVERYBODY TO SEE 
AND DONALD TRUMP 
IS THE PRESIDENT 
AND WHILE ON THE 
ONE HAND YOU 
WANT TO ARGUE, 
YOU KNOW, WE 
WANT TO ENFORCE 
THE LAWS, YOU 
HAVE TO HAVE THE 
LAW BEFORE  YOU 
HAVE THE ORDER 
AND CASAUCE NOT 
SOMETHING YOU 
WANT ON YOUR 
WATCH IF YOU ARE 
THE PRESIDENT. 
>> I AM CURIOUS, 
YOUR  YOU KNOW, 
WAS AN ATTEMPT 
TO ROUND THE 
EDGES OF HIS 
IMAGE, BUT THEN 
YOU SEE HIS 
TWITTER FEED 
DURING THE DAY 
AND YOU SEE -- 
DO YOU THINK 
THIS STUFF ENDS 
UP RINGING -- 
YOU KNOW, ALMOST 
LOOKS -- OH, 
THEY ARE TRYING 
TO DO SOMETHING 
BUT OH, THAT IS 
THE REAL TRUMP 
OVER HERE. 
>> THIS IS THE 
ISSUE, THE 
PEOPLE AROUND 
THE PRESIDENT 
ARE NOT GOING TO 
BE ABLE TO 
CONTROL WHAT HE 
DOES. 
IF HE IS GOING 
TO TWEET IN A 
WAY THAT 
POTENTIALLY 
UNDERMINES THE 
MESSAGE OF Y LAST 
NIGHT'S 
CONVENTION, 
SPEAKERS, THERE 
IS NOTHING THEY 
CAN DO SO THE 
BEST THEY CAN DO 
IS PUT ON A 
CONVENTION AND 
DO AS YOU SAID, 
ROUND THE EDGES, 
MAKE THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
TOUGHER PARTS 
AND THE THINGS 
LESS ATTRACTIVE, 
MORE ATTRACTIVE, 
ESPECIALLY TO 
THE AUDIENCES 
THEY ARE TRYING 
TO SPEAK TO. 
THERE IS NO 
OTHER WAY TO DO 
IT BUT PUT  ON A 
PROGRAM LIKE 
THEY DID LAST 
NIGHT. 
THE RISK IS THE 
PRESIDENT TAKES 
IT OFF MESSAGE 
AND THERE IS 
NOTHING NO ONE 
CAN DO ABOUT THE 
PRESIDENT. 
HE IS HIS OWN 
BEST FRIEND AND 
WORST ENEMY IN 
THIS REGARD. 
>> YEAH. 
IT IS GOING TO 
HAPPEN, YOU JUST 
DON'T KNOW WHAT 
TIME IT HITS. 
COMING UP, WHY 
REPUBLICAN 
SENATORS DECIDED 
NOT TO SHOW %UP 
FOR THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
FIRST A 
MEMORABLE MOMENT PU
FROM A PAST 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
BACK TO 2008 PU. 
WHEN A CERTAIN 
RUNNING MATE 
BECAME THE PRIME 
TIME SPEAKER OF 
A CONVENTION AND 
THEN SARAH 
PALIN. 
>> I WAS YOUR 
AVERAGE HOCKEY 
MOM AND SIGNED 
UP FOR THE PTA. 
THE DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN A HOCKEY 
MOM AND A 
PITBULL, 
LIPSTICK. 
HERE IS A LITTLE 
NEWS FLASH, I AM 
NOT GOING TO 
WASHINGTON TO 
SEEK THEIR GOOD 
OPINION, I AM 
GOING TO 
WASHINGTON TO 
SERVE THE PEOPLE 
OF THIS GREAT 
COUNTRY. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
WHAT THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> TEACHERS LEFT 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOBS THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
>> THIS IS A 
MOMENT WE SHOULD 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVE. 
S. 
>> HOW DO THEY 
FEEL ABOUT 
RETURNING TO 
SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
IT IS NEWS MADE 
FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEK DAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS. 
>> THE STORY. 
>> THE U.S. 
SHATTERING THE 
RECORD FOR THE 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
AND IN DEPTH. 
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS 
WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> A COUNTRY 
REELING FROM A 
PANDEMIC AND 
RACIAL 
INJUSTICE. 
THE STORY 
CHANGES HOURLY. 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
PUSH TO GET 
CHILDREN BACK 
INTO SCHOOL IS 
SINKING IN AMONG 
FAMILIES WHO ARE 
DEBATING THE 
SAFETY OF IT. 
>> THE 11th 
HOUR. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STAGE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT 
FROM THE POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE BACK 
DROP HOW TO KEEP 
VOTERS SAFE AMID 
A 
PANDEMIC. 
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
THE STORY. 
FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
ON THE GROUND. 
AND IN DEPTH. 
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS 
WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> THIS YEAR'S 
ELECTION IS 
GOING TO BE A 
LITTLE BIT 
DIFFERENT. 
>> WE HAVE A 
VOTING SEASON. 
>> WHEN POLLS 
CAN OPEN WEEKS 
BEFORE ELECTION 
DAY. 
>> WHEN YOUR 
MAILBOX CAN 
BECOME A VOTING 
BOTH. 
>> WHEN HOW YOU 
VOTE IS JUST AS 
IMPORTANT AS WHO 
YOU VOTE FOR. 
>> THIS YEAR 
PLAN YOUR VOTE. 
>>> I FIRST GOT 
TO KNOW 
PRESIDENT GEORGE 
W. BUSH WHEN WE 
SERVED AS 
GOVERNORS 
TOGETHER. 
I ADMIRE THIS 
MAN AND I LIKE 
HE IS THE SAME 
MAN ON SATURDAY 
NIGHT AS HE IS 
ON SUNDAY 
MORNING. 
HE IS A STRAIGHT 
SHOOTER. 
AND WHERE I COME 
FROM, THESE MEAN 
A LOT MORE THAN 
WORDS. 
>>> THAT WAS 
THEN DEMOCRATIC 
GEORGIA SENATOR 
SPEAKING TO 
REPUBLICANS AT 
THE 2004 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
HE ENDED UP 
JOINING THE 
PARTY FOUR YEARS 
LATER. 
SIX REPUBLICAN 
SENATORS ARE 
TAKING PART IN 
THIS YEAR'S 
CONVENTION. 
THE ONLY ONE IN 
A REELECTION 
FIGHT TONIGHT IS 
SPEAKING. NBC 
BREAKS DOWN THIS 
SENATE MAP. 
ON ONE HAND NOT 
SURPRISE BUT 
LOOK, ON THE 
OTHER SIDE OF 
THE AISLE, MORE 
DEMOCRATIC 
SENATORS DID 
PARTICIPATE IN 
THEIR 
CONVENTION. 
>> Reporter: 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
PLAYING OFFENSE. 
THEY GOT 47 NOW, 
ASSUMING IF JOE 
BIDEN WINS, 
ASSUME THAT FROM 
THE STANDPOINT 
OF DEMOCRATS 
TRYING TO GET 
THE PRESIDENCY, 
DEMOCRATS NEED 
THREE SEATS. 
THEY NEED A NET 
GAIN OF THREE. 
THESE ARE ALL 
THE SEATS THAT 
RUP THIS YEAR. 
A LOT OF THESE 
ARE NOT 
COMPETITIVE 
RACES. 
LET'S TAKE A 
LOOK. 
START RIGHT 
HERE. 
THE FIRST THING 
YOU SEE, WHEN WE 
SAY THE 
DEMOCRATS NEED 
THREE, IT MIGHT 
BE FOUR. 
THIS IS A TOP 
REPUBLICAN 
TARGET, IN 
ALABAMA, WON THE 
SPECIAL ELECTION 
A FEW YEARS AGO, 
POLLING HAS 
JONES BEHIND. 
IF REPUBLICANS 
GET THAT, 
DEMOCRATS NEED A 
NET GAIN OF FOUR 
SEATS. 
THAT IS THE BAD 
NEWS. 
THE GOOD NEWS, 
THERE ARE FOUR 
ACES RIGHT NOW. 
FOUR REPUBLICAN 
INCUMBENTS WHO 
IN THE POLLING 
ARE TRAILING. 
THESE ARE TOP 
DEMOCRATIC 
TARGETS. 
NORTH CAROLINA, 
TRAILING BY 8. 
THE MOST OF ANY 
OF THESE. 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
LOSE ALABAMA, 
THEY NEED A NET 
GAIN OF FOUR. 
LET'S TAKE A 
LOOK AT WHAT 
THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
THESE ARE THE 
STATES I SHOWED 
YOU, IF ALABAMA 
GOES TO THE 
REPUBLICANS, THE 
DEMOCRATS CAN 
PICK UP THESE 
FOUR, PUTS THEM 
AT 50, THAT 
WOULD PUT THEM 
IN CONTROL. 
SAY SOMETHING 
GOES WRONG, FOR 
INSTANCE, SAY HE 
WINS NORTH 
CAROLINA, 
REPUBLICANS, 
THERE IT IS, 
THEY HAVE THE 
MAJORITY. 
THAT IS WHERE 
IOWA COMES IN TO 
PLAY. 
TAKE A LOOK AT 
THIS, THERE ARE 
OTHER REPUBLICAN 
SEATS HERE. 
SOUTH CAROLINA, 
TWO SEATS IN 
GEORGIA. 
IOWA, MONTANA. 
THESE ARE ALSO 
TO VARYING 
DEGREES 
POTENTIAL 
TARGETS FOR 
DEMOCRATS. 
IOWA, THE 
POLLING IS CLOSE 
IN IOWA. 
DEMOCRATS 
OPTIMISTIC 
THERE. 
NORTH CAROLINA. 
JOE BIDEN 
WINNING THE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
RACE, THAT WOULD 
GET THEM 50. 
GEORGIA COULD 
HAVE A SPECIAL 
ELECTION -- 
THERE ARE 
OPTIONS FOR 
DEMOCRATS. 
MORE OPTIONS FOR 
DEMOCRATS. 
>> THERE ARE TWO 
OTHER STATES 
THEY MIGHT 
TARGET, KANSAS 
AND ALASKA. 
>> YEP. 
>> WE ARE NOT 
BRINGING UP 
TEXAS. 
YOU DON'T KNOW 
IF THAT POPS IN. 
WE ARE NOT 
COUNTING TEXAS. 
ALASKA AND 
KANSAS, IN FACT, 
DON'T BE 
SURPRISED IF 
ALASKA ENDS UP 
MORE COMPETITIVE 
IN THE NEXT TWO 
MONTHS OF ALL 
THOSE POTENTIAL 
RED STATES. 
ANYWAY, IT IS 
EXCITING. 
>> YEP. 
>> A LOT OF 
COMPETITIVE 
RACES. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> THANK YOU. 
MITCH MCCONNELL 
IS GOING TO BE 
SPEAKING 
TOMORROW. 
AT FIRST HE 
WASN'T GOING TO 
SPEAK AT THE 
CONVENTION, YOU 
WERE LIKE WOW, 
HE DOESN'T WANT 
TO BE THERE TOO, 
HOW NERVOUS ARE 
THEY? 
>> YOU KNOW, I 
THINK THEY ARE 
PRETTY NERVOUS. 
THAT WAS A RARE 
MISTAKE BY THE 
CAMPAIGN. 
THEY ARE USUALLY 
FLAWLESS AND 
INITIALLY THEY 
SAID NO, AND 
THEN A COUPLE 
HOURS BACK THEY 
SAID ACTUALLY WE 
ARE TAPING 
SOMETHING THAT 
WILL AIR ON 
THURSDAY NIGHT. 
THIS MAP CHANGED 
AND AS YOU KNOW, 
AND I ALSO AM 
FASCINATED BY 
THE SENATE MAP, 
IT IS DRIVING 
THE DECISION-
MAKING IN 
WASHINGTON, THEY 
ARE RUNNING 
BEHIND, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
IN A LOT OF THE 
STATES. 
SO THAT IS WHY 
THEY ARE IN A 
DIFFICULT 
DECISION IN 
TERMS OF HOW 
THEY INTERACT 
WITH AND TREAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
BECAUSE THEY ARE 
AFRAID IF THEY 
ANGER THE VOTERS 
THAT ARE -- YOU 
KNOW, HIS BASE 
THAT IS COMING 
OUT FOR THEM AND 
LIKELY TO VOTE 
FOR THEM AS 
WELL, THEY DON'T 
HAVE OPTIONS 
BECAUSE SWING 
VOTERS AND 
INDEPENDENTS ARE 
TRAILING AWAY -- 
TRAILING AWAY 
FROM THEM. 
NOT FROM TRUMP. 
THE QUESTION IS, 
IS THERE A SET 
OF VOTERS THAT 
ARE ONLY TRUMP 
VOTERS. 
TO ONLY VOTE FOR 
DONALD TRUMP. 
IGNORING THE 
SENATE RACES, ET 
CETERA, ET 
CETERA. 
IOWA IS A RACE 
TO WATCH. 
KEEP AN EYE ON 
MONTANA. 
THAT WAS ONE 
THAT WAS NOT ON 
THE RADAR AND 
SUDDENLY POPPED 
UP AND AT LEAST. 
I THINK THE 
SENSE IS, ONE OF 
THESE GOES, THEY 
ALL GO. 
>> IT IS 
INTERESTING, 
THERE IS THAT 
FIRST TIER, THE 
BLUE OR PURPLE 
STATES. 
THEY ARE LOSING 
SWING VOTERS. 
YOU COULD SEE 
THAT TRUMP IS A 
PROBLEM. 
BUT THEN YOU 
HAVE PEOPLE LIKE 
SOUTH CAROLINA, 
OR THE SITUATION 
IN MONTANA WHERE 
THEY ARE ALL 
UNDERPERFORMING 
TRUMP AND 
LINDSEY GRAHAM 
ON ONE HAND, IF 
HE GETS THE 
TRUMP NUMBER HE 
WINS BUT THAT IS 
ONE OF HIS 
PROBLEMS. 
THERE IS WEIRD 
POLITICAL 
PROBLEMS SOME OF 
THE REPUBLICAN 
SENATORS HAVE IN 
THE RED LEANING 
STATES. 
>> WELL, AND 
THAT IS WHY YOU 
SEE THEM HOLDING 
ON SO TIGHTLY TO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AND YOU SEE THEM 
TRYING TO 
ASSOCIATE 
THEMSELVES SO 
CLOSELY. 
LINDSEY GRAHAM, 
SOMEONE WHO 
CAMPAIGNED 
AGAINST DONALD 
TRUMP IS NOW ONE 
OF HIS CLOSEST 
PARTNERS IN 
CRIME AND I 
THINK YOU SEE 
THAT 
ASSOCIATION, 
THAT CLOSE 
ASSOCIATION 
BECAUSE THERE IS 
A RECOGNITION 
THAT THEY GOT TO 
TURN OUT THE 
TRUMP BASE IF 
THEY HAVE A 
CHANCE OF 
WINNING, THEY 
WILL NEED THAT 
SUPPORT AND IT 
IS ABOUT MORE 
THAN GETTING THE 
SUPPORT, IT IS 
ABOUT TRYING TO 
REACH THE SAME 
LEVEL OF 
ENTHUSIASM. 
WHEN YOU TALK 
ABOUT LOOKING 
HOW LIKELY A 
VOTER IS TO TURN 
OUT, FROM THE 
CAMPAIGN 
PERSPECTIVE, YOU 
DON'T JUST CARE 
SOMEONE TURNS 
OUT, YOU WANT 
THEM VERY LIKELY 
TO TURN OUT. 
AND THE ONLY WAY 
YOU GET THERE IF 
YOU ARE LINDSEY 
GRAHAM IS BY 
EMBRACING THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
TRYING TO TAKE 
EVERYTHING FROM 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
BRAND YOU CAN TO 
GET HIS VOTERS 
EXCITED ABOUT 
YOU. 
>> I WILL ADMIT 
TO BEING 
SURPRISED SHE 
AGREED TO SPEAK 
BECAUSE SHE IS 
IN A CLOSE RACE 
BUT THERE MIGHT 
BE FEWER 
PERSUADABLE 
VOTERS. 
IT MIGHT BE A 
TURN OUT GAME. 
>> I THINK THAT 
IS POSSIBLE. 
SHE REALLY HAS 
-- I AM WITH YOU 
IN MY SURPRISE 
AS WELL BECAUSE 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
SOME AREAS IN 
WHICH SHE IS 
WILLING TO BE 
INDEPENDENT BUT 
I THINK IN 
PUBLIC SHE HAS 
BEEN ONE OF THE 
SENATORS WHO HAS 
BEEN THE MOST 
SUPPORTIVE ABOUT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
EVEN AS 
PRIVATELY, THERE 
HAS BEEN 
FRUSTRATION WITH 
TRADE POLICIES, 
RESPONSES TO 
DISASTERS AND 
OTHER POTENTIAL 
ISSUES. 
SO, YOU KNOW, 
SHE IS REALLY 
MAKING A BET 
THAT, YEAH, SHE 
NEEDS 
REPUBLICANS TO 
GET OUT. 
THE QUESTION, 
THE FLIP SIDE OF 
THIS, IF I AM 
LINDSEY GRAHAM, 
HE TWEETED 
THINGS THAT 
DIDN'T SOUND 
LIKE PRIMARY 
LINDSEY GRAHAM 
TO ME OVER THE 
LAST COUPLE 
MONTHS SINCE HE 
WON THE PRIMARY, 
I WONDER IF 
HARRISON ISN'T 
ABLE TO GET 
VOTERS EXCITED 
TO TURN OUT 
AGAINST LINDSEY 
GRAHAM THE MORE 
HE EMBRACES 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> I WILL ADMIT 
THAT IS PROBABLY 
MY FAVORITE RACE 
TO WATCH BECAUSE 
THERE IS SO MANY 
INTERESTING 
DYNAMICS. 
INCLUDING A 
DEMOGRAPHIC 
CHANGE AS WELL. 
THANK YOU FOR 
BEING WITH US 
THIS HOUR. 
THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 
STARTS RIGHT 
NOW. 
>>> LONG BEFORE 
THE SHOTS FIRED 
WERE MEN AND 
WOMEN OF 
REMARKABLE 
CHARACTER AND 
FORTITUDE. 
AN EXTRAORDINARY 
SPIRIT FUELED 
THE DREAMS THEY 
HELD, THAT 
SPIRIT LIVED ON 
TO WIN LIBERTY 
IN THE 
REVOLUTION, 
EMBOLDENED THE 
UNDERGROUND 
RAILROADS, 
STRENGTHENED THE 
BRAVE SOULS AT 
NORMANDY, AND ON 
9/11, THE SAME 
SPIRIT FOUND IN 
THE MEN AND 
WOMEN STORMING 
THE CAPES OF 
DEATH TO SAVE 
PRECIOUS LIVES, 
THE SPIRIT OF 
HEROISM THRIVES 
IN THE PRESENCE 
OF TYRANNY, 
DISASTER, IT IS 
STRONGER THAN 
ANY VIRUS, YET 
THERE ARE THOSE 
WHO CONDEMN OUR 
HEROES, SEEK TO 
ERASE HISTORY, 
REMAKE AMERICA 
INTO SOMETHING 
IT WAS NEVER 
INTENDED TO BE, 
BUT THE SPIRIT 
OF HEROISM 
STANDS IN THE 
BREACH, IT LIVES 
IN THE HEART, IT 
BREATHES IN THE 
SOUL, AND IS 
OVWOVEN INTO THE 
FABRIC OF 
AMERICANS LIKE 
YOU. 
IT PRESERVES 
LIBERTY, 
STRENGTHENS 
FAMILIES, 
EMPOWERS THE 
EXTRAORDINARY. 
THE SPIRIT OF 
HEROISM INSPIRES 
US TO ACT WHEN 
OTHERS ARE IN 
NEED. 
TO DO THE RIGHT 
THING, JOIN US 
TONIGHT, DREAM 
HEROIC DREAMS, 
CELEBRATE 
AMERICA, LAND OF 
THE FREE, HOME 
OF THE BRAVE. 
FROM WASHINGTON, 
D.C., WELCOME TO 
THE 2020 
REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
TONIGHT 
CELEBRATING 
AMERICA AS THE 
LAND OF HEROES.
LORD, ALMIGHTY 
GOD, WE COME 
BEFORE YOU THIS 
EVENING AND PRAY 
FOR YOUR DIVINE 
PROTECTION OVER 
OUR BROTHERS AND 
SISTERS IN THE 
PATH OF STORMS 
ALONG OUR GULF 
COAST, YOU ARE 
OUR ROCK AND OUR 
SHELTER IN THE 
MIDST OF THE 
STORMS OF LIFE. 
YOU ARE THE GOD 
WHO COMMANDS THE 
WINDS AND THE 
WAVES AND WE 
PRAY THAT YOU 
WILL PROVIDE 
REFUGE TO OUR 
PEOPLE. 
OH, LORD, YOU 
HAVE GRANTED US 
CERTAIN NAPERAL 
RIGHTS,S SUCH AS 
THE RIGHT TO 
SPEAK FREELY, 
LIFE, LIBERTY, 
THE PURSUIT OF 
HAPPINESS, AS 
WELL AS 
RELIGIOUS 
FREEDOM, THE 
RIGHT TO 
ASSEMBLE AND THE 
RIGHT TO SELF-
DEFENSE. 
ONLY IN AMERICA 
HAVE THESE GOD 
GIVEN RIGHTS SO 
FLOURISHED AND 
CATEGORIZED AS 
BELONGING TO THE 
PEOPLE, 
EMBODYING THE 
VERY ESSENCE OF 
OUR GOVERNMENT. 
FATHER, WE PRAY 
THAT THIS 
OUTLOOK AND MIND 
SET, THIS FORM 
OF GOVERNMENT 
CONTINUES AS HAS 
BEEN OUR 
HISTORY, 
ESPECIALLY NOW 
WHEN TO OUR 
HORTER IS BEING 
CHALLENGED AND 
SO WE PRAY THAT 
GOD GIVES 
STRENGTH AND 
HEALTH TO OUR 
PRESIDENT WHO 
HAS DEMONSTRATED 
DAILY HIS 
DETERMINATION TO 
DEFEND AND 
MAINTAIN THE GOD 
GIVEN RIGHTS OF 
OUR CITIZENS AS 
ENSHRINED IN OUR 
CONSTITUTION AND 
DECLARATION, 
PASSED DOWN 
THROUGH OUR 
CHRISTIAN 
TRADITION. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS STOOD UP 
FEARLESSLY 
AGAINST THOSE 
WHO ARE 
CORRUPTING THE 
TERM SOCIAL 
JUSTICE SO AS TO 
DENY AMERICANS 
THEIR BROTHER 
RIGHT AND THESE 
DIVINE GIFTS MAY 
GOD PROTECT HIM, 
MAY GOD BLESS 
ALL THOSE IN 
GOVERNMENT AND 
AMONG OUR 
CITIZENS WHO 
SEEK TO HONOR, 
DEFEND AND 
PRESERVE OUR 
HERITAGE. 
THIS LAND WAS 
FOUNDED IN AN 
EPIC MOMENT. 
LIKE THE 
REVELATION OF 
SINAI, IT WAS 
THE MOMENT WHEN 
THE VISION OF 
GOD RENDEZVOUSED 
WITH THE NOBLE 
PLANS OF 
APPOINTED MEN, 
YET, EVERY SO 
OFTEN 
GENERATIONS WE 
ARE COMPELLED TO 
RESURRECT AND 
GIVE REBIRTH TO 
OUR BEGINNING, 
TO RENEW OUR 
PRESENT DAYS 
WITH THE 
EXUBERANCE OF 
THOSE FOUNDING 
DAYS. 
PERHAPS, THAT IS 
WHAT IS MEANT 
WHEN WE SAY MAKE 
AMERICA GREAT 
AGAIN. 
WE PLEDGE TO 
PROTECT AND TEND 
THE GARDEN SO AS 
TO -- BLESS 
UDFRUITS. 
MAY GOD CONTINUE 
TO MAKE AMERICA 
GREAT AND MAY WE 
CONTINUE TO BE 
HIS PEOPLE, ONE 
NATION, 
UNDERGOD, AND 
LET US SAY AMEN.
>> I PLEDGE 
ALLEGIANCE TO 
THE FLAG OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA, AND TO 
THE REPUBLIC FOR 
WHICH IT STANDS, 
ONE NATION UNDER 
GOD, 
INDIVISIBLE, 
WITH LIBERTY AND 
JUSTICE FOR ALL.
,
GOOD EVENING. 
I AM HERE 
TONIGHT BECAUSE 
I BELIEVE 
AMERICA IS AN 
EXCEPTIONAL 
NATION. 
FOUNDED ON THREE 
PRINCIPLES, 
EQUALITY, 
FREEDOM AND 
OPPORTUNITY. 
BUT TODAY OUR 
FOUNDING 
PRINCIPLES ARE 
UNDER ATTACK. 
THIS YEAR THE 
CHOICE FOR 
AMERICANS IS 
BETWEEN A MAN 
WHO VALUES THESE 
IDEALS AND ALL 
THAT CAN BE 
BUILT BECAUSE OF 
THEM AND A MAN 
WHO ISN'T GUIDED 
BY THESE IDEALS 
AND HAS BUILT 
NOTHING. 
REMEMBER, 
AMERICA'S BATTLE 
FOR INDEPENDENCE 
AND FIGHT FOR 
SELF-GOVERNANCE 
WAS SOMETHING 
THAT HAD NEVER 
BEEN DONE 
BEFORE. 
MEN OF GREAT 
WISDOM, LIKE 
JAMES MADISON, 
THE FATHER OF 
OUR 
CONSTITUTION, 
HOPED OUR 
CONSTITUTIONAL 
REPUBLIC WOULD 
LAST FOR AGES. 
MITIGATE THE 
PROBLEMS FROM 
POLITICAL 
FACTIONS AND 
PREVENT TYRANNY. 
MADISON AUTHORED 
MUCH OF THE BILL 
OF RIGHTS 
BECAUSE HE 
UNDERSTOOD THE 
TENDENCY OF 
GOVERNMENT TO 
ENCROACH ON THE 
PEOPLE'S CONSENT 
AND THUS OUR 
FREEDOM. 
HE URGED HIS 
COLLEAGUES TO 
ENSHRINE IN OUR 
CONSTITUTION THE 
IDEALS IN THE 
DECLARATION OF 
INDEPENDENCE, 
THAT ALL POWER 
COMES FROM THE 
PEOPLE. 
THAT THE 
GOVERNMENT IS 
CREATED AND 
OUGHT TO BE 
EXERCISED FOR 
THE BENEFIT OF 
THE PEOPLE. 
OUR CONSTITUTION 
GUARANTEES THE 
RIGHT TO SPEAK, 
TO ASSEMBLE AND 
TO WORSHIP. 
THE RIGHT TO ARM 
OURSELVES, AND 
THE RIGHT TO A 
FAIR AND 
EQUITABLE 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
SYSTEM. 
WE MUST FIGHT TO 
PROTECT THESE 
RIGHTS FROM 
GOVERNMENT 
INTERFERENCE AND 
INDIFFERENCE. 
AMERICA IS 
UNIQUE IN THE 
WORLD. 
GOVERNMENT'S 
POWER AT ALL 
LEVELS IS 
LIMITED TO THE 
CONFINES OF OUR 
CONSTITUTION 
WHICH PROTECTS 
OUR LIBERTIES 
AND CIVIL 
RIGHTS. 
WE ARE NOT AND 
WILL NOT BE THE 
SUBJECTS OF AN 
ELITE CLASS OF 
SO-CALLED 
EXPERTS. 
WE THE PEOPLE 
ARE THE 
GOVERNMENT. 
NOW, AT TIMES 
OUR COUNTRY 
STRUGGLED TO 
LIVE UP TO OUR 
FOUNDING 
PRINCIPLES. 
ANOTHER GREAT 
AMERICA, ABRAHAM 
LINCOLN KNEW 
THAT STRUGGLE 
BETTER THAN 
ANYBODY. 
WHEN HE WAS 28-
YEARS-OLD HE SAW 
WILD AND FURIOUS 
PASSIONS, TAKING 
THE PLACE OF 
REASON AND 
JUDGMENT. 
HE WAS ALARMED 
BY THE DISREGARD 
FOR THE RULE OF 
LAW THROUGHOUT 
THE COUNTRY. 
HE WAS CONCERNED 
FOR THE PEOPLE 
THAT HAD SEEN 
THEIR PROPERTY 
DESTROYED, THEIR 
FAMILIES 
ATTACKED AND 
THEIR LIVES 
THREATENED OR 
EVEN TAKEN AWAY. 
THESE GOOD 
PEOPLE WERE 
BECOMING TIRED 
OF AND DISGUSTED 
WITH A 
GOVERNMENT THAT 
OFFERED THEM NO 
PROTECTION, 
SOUND FAMILIAR? 
IT TOOK 244 
YEARS TO BUILD 
THIS GREAT 
NATION. 
FLAWS AND ALL. 
BUT WE STAND TO 
LOSE IT IN A 
TINY FRACTION OF 
THAT TIME IF WE 
CONTINUE DOWN 
THE PATH TAKEN 
BY THE DEMOCRATS 
AND THEIR 
RADICAL 
SUPPORTERS. 
FROM SEATTLE AND 
PORTLAND TO 
WASHINGTON AND 
NEW YORK. 
CITIES ARE BEING 
OVERRUN BY 
VIOLENT MOBS. 
THERE IS LOOTS, 
CHAOS, 
DESTRUCTION, 
MURDER.
THE REPUBLICAN 
PARTY'S 
COMMITMENT TO 
INDIVIDUAL 
RIGHTS AND SELF-
GOVERNMENT IS AS 
NECESSARY TODAY 
AS IT WAS IN 
1860 WHEN WE WON 
OUR FIRST 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION. 
OUR PARTY 
RESPECTS 
INDIVIDUALS 
BASED ON WHO 
THEY ARE. 
WE DON'T DIVIDE 
PEOPLE BASED ON 
THEIR BELIEFS. 
WE DON'T SHUN 
PEOPLE WHO THINK 
FOR THEMSELVES. 
WE RESPECT 
EVERYONE, 
EQUALLY UNDER 
THE CONSTITUTION 
AND WE TREAT 
THEM AS MARTIN 
LUTHER KING, JR. 
WISHED ACCORDING 
TO THE CONTENT 
OF THEIR 
CHARACTER, NOT 
THE COLOR OF 
THEIR SKIN. 
IN JUST FOUR 
YEARS PRESIDENT 
TRUMP HAS LIFTED 
PEOPLE OF ALL 
RACES AND 
BACKGROUNDS OUT 
OF POVERTY. 
HE PUT MONEY 
BACK INTO THE 
POCKETS OF 
AMERICANS. 
HE PROTECTED THE 
SECOND 
AMENDMENT. 
YOU CAN LOOK 
BACK 50 YEARS, 
YOU WON'T FIND 
ANYONE WHO 
SURPASSED 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
ON THESE FOUR 
ISSUES. 
AT OUR FOUNDING, 
MADISON WAS ONE 
OF THE CHOSEN, 
WHEN THE 
NATION'S 
EXISTENCE WAS 
CHALLENGED, IT 
WAS LINCOLN'S 
TURN. 
THANKS TO THESE 
MEN, AMERICA IS 
A LAND OF HOPE. 
THEIR EXAMPLES 
HAVE BEEN 
REPEATED IN 
COUNTLESS WAYS 
BY SIMPLE 
AMERICANS 
FOLLOWING THEIR 
CONSCIOUS. 
BUT THERE IS 
ANOTHER AMERICAN 
HERO TO BE 
RECOGNIZED. 
AND THAT IS THE 
COMMON AMERICAN. 
THIS IS WHO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS FIGHTING FOR. 
HE IS FIGHTING 
FOR YOU.
>>> I REPRESENT 
LOGGERS AND 
TRUCKERS IN 
MINNESOTA BUT I 
ALSO REPRESENT A 
WAY OF LIFE. 
LOGGING HAS BEEN 
A PART OF THE 
GREAT AMERICAN 
STORY FROM THE 
BEGINNING. 
IN FACT, IF YOU 
GO TO THE 
CAPITOL ROTUNDA, 
YOU CAN SEE 
LOGGERS ON ONE 
OF THE PANELS. 
NEW ENGLAND 
SETTLERS CARVING 
OUT A NEW WORLD 
BUT LOGGING IS 
THE MOST 
DANGEROUS JOB IN 
THE COUNTRY BUT 
WE EMBRACE THAT 
RISK BECAUSE WE 
KNOW AMERICA WAS 
BUILT BY STRONG 
PEOPLE, BUILDING 
THINGS TOGETHER. 
AMERICA NEEDS US 
TO KEEP BUILDING 
AND WE CAN'T 
WAIT TO BE A 
PART OF IT. 
BUT LAST TIME 
JOE BIDEN WAS UP 
THE WHITE HOUSE, 
MINNESOTA LOST 
HALF OF ITS 
MILLS, THOUSANDS 
OF JOBS AND 
EXPERIENCED A 
DECADE OF 
DECLINE. 
IT WAS A SIMILAR 
STORY IN OTHER 
PARTS OF THE 
COUNTRY. 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
JUST DIDN'T SEEM 
TO CARE. 
AND 47 YEARS IN 
WASHINGTON, JOE 
BIDEN HASN'T 
DONE ANYTHING 
FOR THE TIMBER 
INDUSTRY. 
WHEN PLANTS 
CLOSED IN 
DULUTH, COOK, 
BEMIDJI, THEY 
WERE JUST 
NUMBERS ON A 
PAPER. 
TO ME, THEY WERE 
PEOPLE AND JOBS 
AND FAMILIES. 
UNDER OBAMA-
BIDEN THEY WERE 
ALLOWED TO KILL 
THE FOREST. 
MANAGED FORESTS 
ARE HEALTHY 
FORESTS. 
UNDER PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, WE HAVE 
SEEN A NEW 
RECOGNITION OF 
THE VALUE OF 
FOREST 
MANAGEMENT IN 
REDUCING 
WILDFIRES. 
AND WE HAVE SEEN 
NEW SUPPORT FOR 
OUR WAY OF LIFE 
WHERE A STRONG 
BACK AND A 
STRONG WORK 
ETHIC CAN BUILD 
A STRONG MIDDLE 
CLASS. 
WE WANT TO BUILD 
FAMILIES WHERE 
WE WERE RAISED 
AND STAND BY 
COMMUNITIES WHO 
STOOD BY US. 
WE WANT THAT WAY 
OF LIFE 
AVAILABLE FOR 
THE NEXT 
GENERATION AND 
WE WANT OUR 
FOREST THERE 
TOO. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
THANK YOU FOR 
HELPING US DO 
JUST THAT. 
JUST THAT. ,
>>> HI. 
I AM U.S. 
SENATOR MARCIA 
BLACKBURN FROM 
TENNESSEE. 
AMERICA IS A 
NATION OF 
HEROES. 
IN TIMES OF 
DIFFICULTY WE 
ARE REMINDED 
THEY ARE ALL 
AROUND US. 
THEY ARE IN THE 
LINE WITH US AT 
THE GROCERY 
STORE, IN THE 
PEW AT CHURCH, 
THEY ARE THE 
AMERICANS WHO 
STEP UP TO 
VOLUNTEER WHEN 
WE NEED THEM 
MOST. 
THEY STEAD AT 
THE FOREFRONT 
THROUGHOUT THE 
PANDEMIC. 
EMERGENCY ROOM 
NURSES WHO GO 
BACK SHIFT AFTER 
SHIFT. 
THE MEDICAL 
RESEARCHERS 
DEVELOPING A 
VACCINE AND 
THERAPIES TO 
COMBAT WHAT THE 
CHINESE 
COMMUNIST REGIME 
RELEASED ON THE 
WORLD. 
COOKVILLE'S 
DOUBLE SPRINGS 
CHURCH MEMBERS, 
LIFTING OUR 
COUNTRY UP IN 
PRAYER AND 
PROVIDING FOR 
THOSE IMPACTED 
BY TRAGEDY. 
BUT TONIGHT I 
WANT TO TALK TO 
YOU ABOUT 
ANOTHER KIND OF 
HERO, THE KIND 
DEMOCRATS DON'T 
RECOGNIZE 
BECAUSE THEY 
DON'T FIT INTO 
THEIR NARRATIVE. 
I AM TALKING 
ABOUT THE HEROES 
OF OUR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND 
ARMED SERVICES. 
LEFTISTS TRY TO 
TURN THEM INTO 
VILLAINS. 
THEY WANT TO 
CANCEL THEM. 
BUT I AM HERE TO 
TELL YOU, THESE 
HEROES CAN'T BE 
CANCELED. 
TENNESSEE IS 
FULL OF THEM. 
AFTERALL, WE ARE 
THE VOLUNTEER 
STATE. 
MY DAD SERVED IN 
THE ARMY IN 
WORLD WAR II. 
WHEN HE CAME 
HOME HE PUT ON 
ANOTHER UNIFORM 
AND FOR 30 YEARS 
VOLUNTEERED TO 
HELP OUR 
UNDERFUNDED 
SHERIFF'S 
DEPARTMENT. 
I AM REMINDED OF 
HIM WHENEVER I 
SEE COMPASSION 
AND SELFLESSNESS 
IN OTHERS. 
WHEN I SEE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICERS PUT 
THEIR LIVES ON 
THE LINE EVERY 
SINGLE DAY TO 
KEEP OUR 
COMMUNITY SAFE, 
IN SPITE OF THE 
HATRED THROWN AT 
THEM. 
WHEN I SEE THE 
HEROES WHO 
VOLUNTEER TO 
SERVE OUR 
COUNTRY PUTTING 
THEIR LIVES ON 
THE LINE FOR OUR 
FREEDOM, MAYBE 
OF THESE HEROES 
CALL TENNESSEE 
HOME AND WE 
COULD NOT BE 
MORE PROUD OF 
THE BRAVE MEN 
AND WOMEN OF THE 
101st  AIR BORN 
DIVISION AT FORT 
CAMPBELL. 
THE COMMON 
THREAT BETWEEN 
THEM IS A DEEP 
SEEDED DESIRE TO 
SERVE A CAUSE 
LARGER THAN 
THEMSELVES. 
THEY DON'T 
BELIEVE THEIR 
COUNTRY OWES 
THEM ANYTHING. 
THEY BELIEVE 
THEY OWE THEIR 
COUNTRY AND 
THEIR FELLOW 
MAN. 
AS HARD AS THE 
DEMOCRATS TRY, 
THEY CAN'T 
CANCEL OUR 
HEROES. 
THEY CAN'T 
CONTEST THEIR 
BRAVERY AND THEY 
CAN'T DISMISS 
THE POWERFUL 
SENSE OF SERVICE 
THAT LIVES DEEP 
IN THEIR SOULS. 
SO THEY TRY TO 
DEFUND THEM. 
OUR MILITARY, 
OUR POLICE, EVEN 
I.C.E., TO TAKE 
AWAY THEIR TOOLS 
TO KEEP US SAFE. 
JOE BIDEN, 
KAMALA HARRIS 
AND THEIR 
RADICAL ALLIES 
TRY TO DESTROY 
THESE HEROES 
BECAUSE IF THERE 
ARE NO HEROES TO 
INSPIRE US, 
GOVERNMENT CAN 
CONTROL US. 
THEY CLOSE OUR 
CHURCHES BUT 
KEEP THE LIQUOR 
STORES AND 
ABORTION CLINICS 
OPEN. 
THEY SAY WE 
CAN'T GATHER IN 
COMMUNITY GROUPS 
BUT ENCOURAGE 
PROTESTS, RIOTS 
AND LOOTING IN 
THE STREETS. 
IF THE DEMOCRATS 
HAD THEIR WAY, 
THEY WOULD KEEP 
YOU LOCKED IN 
YOUR HOUSE UNTIL 
YOU BECOME 
DEPENDENT ON THE 
GOVERNMENT FOR 
EVERYTHING. 
THAT IS SOUNDS 
LIKE COMMUNIST 
CHINA FOR ME. 
MAYBE THAT IS 
WHY JOE BIDEN IS 
SO SOFT ON THEM, 
WHY NANCY PELOSI 
SAYS CHINA WOULD 
PREFER JOE 
BIDEN. 
YEP. 
I BET THEY 
WOULD. 
BUT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP HAS STOOD 
UP FOR OUR 
HEROES EVERY 
DAY. 
HE STOOD BY OUR 
LAW ENFORCEMENT, 
OUR MILITARY, 
AND THE FREEDOMS 
WE HOLD DEAR. 
HE MADE GOOD ON 
HIS PROMISE TO 
PUT AMERICA 
FIRST. 
AND I HOPE YOU 
WILL STAND WITH 
ME AS WE SEND 
HIM BACK FOR 
FOUR MORE YEARS. 
WITH A CLEAR 
MESSAGE TO THE 
DEMOCRATS, YOU 
WILL NEVER 
CANCEL OUR 
HEROES. 
%
HEROES. ,
>>> 8 YEARS AGO 
IN AFGHANISTAN A 
CLOSE FRIEND AND 
TEAMMATE LAYED 
DOWN SO I COULD 
WALK, BLIND AND 
BLOODIED TO THE 
MEDEVAC 
HELICOPTER AND 
SURVIVE. 
BUT HE DIDN'T. 
DAVE WAS KILLED 
TWO MONTHS 
LATER. 
HE DIED HERO TO 
THIS GREAT 
COUNTRY. 
HERE IS THE 
TRUTH ABOUT 
AMERICA, WE ARE 
A COUNTRY OF 
HEROES. 
BELIEVE THAT. 
WE ARE PEOPLE 
WITH A COMMON 
SET OF IDEALS 
CONCEIVED IN 
LIBERTY. 
PEOPLE THAT 
SACRIFICED FOR 
OUR FREEDOM AND 
THE FREEDOM OF 
OTHERS. 
THAT IS 
SOMETHING NO 
OTHER COUNTRY 
EVER ANYWHERE 
CAN CLAIM. 
SINCE 9/11 I 
HAVE SEEN 
AMERICA'S HEROES 
UP CLOSE. 
SOME OF THEM 
SAVED MY LIFE, 
SOME SAVES OTHER 
LIVES, MANY 
NEVER MADE IT 
HOME. 
AS IF ANY 
WEAKNESS ON 
THEIR PART WOULD 
BE A REFLECTION 
OF THE NATION. 
THAT IS CALLED 
DUTY. 
AMERICA HAS A 
LONG HISTORY OF 
IT. 
OUR ENEMIES FEAR 
US BECAUSE 
AMERICANS FIGHT 
FOR GOOD AND WE 
KNOW IT, IT 
GIVES US 
STRENGTH. 
WHEN OUR HEROS 
ARE TRUSTED AND 
EQUIPPED, THEN 
FREEDOM 
PREVAILS. 
THE DEFEAT OF 
ISIS WAS THE 
RESULT OF 
AMERICA 
BELIEVING IN OUR 
HEROES. 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAVING OUR BACKS 
AND REBUILDING 
THE MILITARY. 
THE COWERING OF 
THE IRANIAN 
REGIME IS THE 
RESULT OF 
AMERICA 
BELIEVING IN HER 
OWN MIGHT AGAIN. 
AMERICA'S 
HAIRRISM ISN'T 
RELEGATED TO THE 
BATTLEFIELD. 
EVERY DAY WE SEE 
THEM. 
THE NURSE WHO 
VOLUNTEERS FOR 
BACK TO BACK 
SHIFTS CARING 
FOR COVID 
PATIENTS BECAUSE 
SHE FEELS THAT 
IS HER DUTY. 
THE PARENT WHO 
WILL 
RELEARNALGIA BRA 
BECAUSE THEY ARE 
NOT LETTING 
THEIR KIDS FALL 
BEHIND BECAUSE 
SCHOOLS ARE 
CLOSED AND THE 
COP THAT GETS 
SPIT ON ONE DAY 
AND SAVES A 
CHILD'S LIFE THE 
NEXT. 
AMERICA IS THE 
COUNTRY WITH A 
YOUNG MILITARY 
WIFE WITH TWO 
YOUNG CHILDREN 
ANSWERS THE 
UNEXPECTED KNOCK 
AT THE DOOR AND 
EVEN AS HER 
WORLD COMES 
CRASHING DOWN, 
SHE STANDS UP 
STRAIGHT, HOLDS 
BACK TEARS AND 
TAKES CARE OF 
HER FAMILY, 
BECAUSE SHE 
MUST. 
THIS IS WHAT 
HEROISM LOOKS 
LIKE. 
IT IS WHO WE 
ARE. 
NAPS OF HEROES. 
WE NEED YOU NOW 
MORE THAN EVERY. 
WE NEED TO 
REMIND OURSELVES 
WHAT HEROISM IS. 
IT IS SELF-
SACRIFICE. 
NOT LECTURING 
OVER OTHERS WHEN 
THEY DISAGREE. 
HEROISM IS 
GRACE, NOT 
OUTRAGE. 
HEROISM IS 
REBUILDING OUR 
COMMUNITIES, NOT 
DESTROYING THEM. 
HEROISM IS 
RENEWING FAITH 
IN THE SYMBOLS 
THAT UNITE US, 
NOT TEARING THEM 
DOWN. 
AMERICA IS A 
FABRIC, WOVEN 
FROM THE THREATS 
OF HISTORY'S 
BEST STORIES AND 
GREATEST IDEAS. 
AMERICA SPIRIT 
REFLECTS THE 
OLDEST AND MOST 
IMPORTANT 
VIRTUES, SELF-
SACRIFICE, 
SURGE, 
TOLERANCE, LOVE 
OF COUNTRY, 
PASSION FOR 
HUMAN 
ACHIEVEMENT. 
WE CAN DECIDE 
RIGHT NOW THAT 
AMERICAN 
GREATNESS WILL 
NOT BE REJECTED. 
AMERICA FOUNDING 
WAS GROUNDED IN 
INDIVIDUAL 
LIBERTY, SO WILL 
BE OUR FUTURE. 
BUT IF WE ARE TO 
REDISCOVER OUR 
STRENGTH, IT 
MUST BE AN 
UNDERDERVE 
UNDERTAKEN BY 
EACH AND EVERY 
ONE OF US. 
WE MUST BECOME 
THE HEROES THAT 
WE ADMIRE. 
AMERICA WAS 
BUILT BY THEM 
AND OUR FUTURE 
WILL BE 
PROTECTED BY 
THEM. 
IT WILL BE 
PROTECTED BY 
YOU. 
SO GOD BLESS 
AMERICA. 
%
AMERICA. ,
. 
>>> GOOD 
EVENING. 
I AM RETIRED 
LIEUTENANT 
GENERAL KEITH 
KELLOGG. 
IN 1967 AT THE 
AGE OF 22 I 
VOLUNTEERED TO 
SERVE MY COUNTRY 
IN VIETNAM. 
I HAVE GONE 
WHERE MY NATION 
ASKED. 
I HAVE BORNE 
WITNESS TO 
SOLDIERS' LAST 
MOMENTS ON 
EARTH, THEIR 
LIVES SPENT IN 
HOPE AND PROMISE 
OF A BETTER 
FUTURE FOR ALL 
AMERICANS, I WAS 
IN THE FIGURE ON 
SEPTEMBER 11, 
2001, I LOST 
FRIENDS THERE 
THAT DAY. 
IN THE YEARS 
THAT FOLLOWED, I 
WATCHED MY 
DAUGHTER, SON, 
AND SON-IN-LAW 
DEPLOY TO 
AFGHANISTAN. 
I HAVE LOOKED 
INTO THE EYES OF 
MY GRANDCHILDREN 
AS THEY SAID 
GOODBYE TO THEIR 
FATHERS AND 
HUGGED THEM ONE 
LAST TIME. 
I LIVE TO 
SERVICE. 
I UNDERSTAND 
SACRIFICE. 
I KNOW 
LEADERSHIP. 
OVER THE PAST 
THREE AND A HALF 
YEARS, I 
WITNESSED EVERY 
MAJOR FOREIGN 
POLICY AND 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY 
DECISION BY THE 
PRESIDENT. 
I HAVE BEEN IN 
THE ROOM WHERE 
IT HAPPENED. 
I SAW ONLY ONE 
AGENDA AND ONE 
GUIDING 
QUESTION, WHEN 
TOUGH CALLS HAD 
TO BE MADE, IS 
THIS DECISION 
RIGHT FOR 
AMERICA. 
WHEN PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP 
TOOK OFFICE, 
DECADES OF 
FAILED FOREIGN 
POLICY CRIPPLED 
US. 
HE FACED WARS 
WITHOUT END IN 
SIGHT, CREATION 
OF FAILED STATES 
LIKE LIBYA AND 
SYRIA, AND 
LEADERSHIP IN 
WASHINGTON THAT 
ALLOWED OUR 
MILITARY TO 
ATROPHY WHILE WE 
SPEND TRILLIONS 
OF DOLLARS 
ABROAD INSTEAD 
OF INVESTING AT 
HOME. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
REVERSED THE 
DECLINE OF OUR 
MILITARY AND 
RESTRUCTURED OUR 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY 
STRATEGY. 
WITH HISTORIC 
INVESTMENT AND 
VISION, OUR 
MILITARY IS NOW 
BETTER EQUIPPED, 
BETTER RESOURCED 
AND BETTER 
MANNED THAN ANY 
MILITARY IN THE 
WORLD. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
DEMOLISHED ISIS 
IN THE MIDDLE 
EAST AND 
ELIMINATED ITS 
LEADER, ONE OF 
THE WORLD'S MOST 
BRUTAL 
TERRORIST, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
TOOK ACTION 
AGAINST IRANIAN 
TERRORIST MASTER 
MIND, A MAN 
RESPONSIBLE FOR 
DEATHS OF 
HUNDREDS OF 
AMERICAN SERVICE 
MEN IN IRAQ, 
WHEN OUR NATO 
ALLIES FAILED TO 
MEET THEIR 
EQUIPMENTS AS WE 
UPHELD OURS, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
DEMANDED PARODY, 
NATO MEMBERS 
HAVE NOW 
INCREASED THEIR 
CONTRIBUTIONS 
OVER $100 
BILLION THIS 
YEAR AND NATO'S 
SECRETARY 
GENERAL CREDITS 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
CHALLENGED AND 
CONTINUES TO 
CHALLENGE IN 
CHINA BUT MAKE 
NO MISTAKE, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS NO HAWK, HE 
WISELY WIELDS 
THE SWORD WHEN 
REQUIRED, BUT 
BELIEVES IN 
SEEKING PEACE 
INSTEAD OF 
CONFLICT. 
JUST OVER A WEEK 
AGO, OUR 
PRESIDENT 
BROKERED A PEACE 
AGREEMENT 
BETWEEN THE 
UNITED EMIRATES 
AND THIS WEEK, 
AFGHAN NEGOTIATE 
ITERS WITH HELP 
FROM AMERICAN 
OFFICIALS WILL 
START PEACE 
NEGOTIATIONS 
BETWEEN THE 
TALIBAN AND THE 
AFGHAN 
GOVERNMENT TO 
END AMERICA'S 
LONGEST WAR. 
ASK YOURSELF, 
HAS THIS 
PRESIDENT KEPT 
HIS PROMISES TO 
KEEP US OUT OF 
NEEDLESS 
CONFLICTS, HAS 
HE DEFENDED YOUR 
INTEREST IN 
RENEGOTIATING 
TRADE DEALS THAT 
PREVIOUS HURT 
AMERICANS IN OUR 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY, HAS HE 
FULFILLED HIS 
COMMANDER IN 
CHIEF ROLL BY 
GOING AFTER OUR 
NATION'S 
ENEMIES? 
YOU AND I KNOW 
THE ANSWER IS 
YES. 
THE CHOICE IS 
CLEAR. 
THIS IS THE MOST 
IMPORTANT 
ELECTION OF OUR 
LIFETIME. 
THE NEXT FOUR 
YEARS WILL 
DECIDE THE 
COURSE OF OUR 
COUNTRY FOR 
DECADES TO COME. 
I AM ASKING YOU 
TO STAND UP AND 
BE COUNTED SO WE 
NEVER HAVE TO 
LOOK BACK AND 
RECALL WHAT IT 
WAS ONCE LIKE IN 
AMERICA WHEN MEN 
AND WOMEN WERE 
FREE, OUR 
FAMILIES WERE 
SECURE, AND WE 
HAD A PRESIDENT 
WHO SERVED THE 
PEOPLE. 
GOD BLESS 
AMERICA. 
THANK YOU AND 
GOOD NIGHT.
>>> GOOD 
EVENING. 
MY NAME IS TERA 
MYERS. 
TONIGHT I AM 
HERE AS A WIFE 
AND MOTHER TO 
SHARE HOW 
EDUCATION 
FREEDOM HAS 
PERSONALLY 
IMPACTED MY 
FAMILY, 
ESPECIALLY THE 
LIFE OF MY SON 
SAMUEL. 
BEFORE SAMUEL 
WAS EVEN BORN I 
WAS TOLD HIS 
LIFE WOULDN'T BE 
WORTH LIVING. 
WHEN EARLY TESTS 
REVEALED HE HAD 
DOWN'S SYNDROME, 
OUR DOCTOR 
ENCOURAGED ME TO 
TERMINATE THE 
PREGNANCY. 
HE SAID IF YOU 
DO NOT YOU WILL 
BURDEN YOUR 
LIFE, YOUR 
FAMILY AND YOUR 
COMMUNITY. 
I KNEW MY BABY 
WAS A HUMAN 
BEING CREATED BY 
GOD AND THAT 
MADE HIM WORTHY 
OF LIFE. 
I AM THANKFUL 
THAT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP VALUES THE 
LIFE OF THE 
UNBORN. 
WHEN WE WENT TO 
REGISTER SAMUEL 
FOR 
KINDERGARTEN, WE 
TOLD PUT HIM 
WHERE HE WOULD 
BE COMFORTABLE. 
DON'T STRESS HIM 
OUT TRYING TO 
TEACH HIM. 
WHEN WE PUSHED 
HIM TO ATTEND 
THE NEIGHBORHOOD 
SCHOOL, WE WERE 
TOLD JUST GO 
HOME AND LET US 
DO WHAT WE DO. 
I WAS TOLD THIS 
IS ALL YOU GET, 
LIKE IT OR NOT. 
I DID NOT LIKE 
IT. 
ONE SIZE DID NOT 
FIT ALL. 
SO I HELPED 
FIGHT TO PASS 
LEGISLATION IN 
OHIO FOR A 
SPECIAL NEEDS 
SCHOLARSHIP SO 
THAT ALL 
STUDENTS COULD 
CHOOSE THE RIGHT 
PROGRAM FOR 
THEIR NEEDS. 
I WORKED TO 
START A NEW 
FUNCTIONAL 
LEARNING PROGRAM 
AT OUR NEW 
PRIVATE SCHOOL. 
LAST DECEMBER, 
SAMUEL WAS 
INVITED TO THE 
WHITE HOUSE TO 
MEET OUR 
PRESIDENT AND 
SHARE HIS 
THOUGHTS ON 
EDUCATION 
FREEDOM. 
HE SAID SCHOOL 
CHOICE HELPED MY 
DREAMS COME 
TRUE. 
MY SCHOOL TAUGHT 
ME THE WAY I 
LEARN BEST. 
I WAS ABLE TO 
FIT IN. 
I MADE MANY 
FRIENDS. 
I BECAME A PART 
OF MY COMMUNITY. 
MY TEACHERS 
HELPED ME BECOME 
THE BEST I COULD 
BE. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SHOOK MY HAND 
AND SAID, 
WONDERFUL JOB, 
MOM. 
YOUR SON IS 
AMAZING. 
I  UNLIKE THE 
DOCTOR WHO TOLD 
ME TO END 
SAMUEL'S LIFE 
BEFORE IT BEGUN. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SHOWED SAMUEL HE 
VALUED HIM AND 
WAS PROUD OF 
WHAT HE 
ACCOMPLISHED. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
GAVE SAMUEL AN 
EQUAL SEAT AT 
THE TABLE. 
,
MEANINGFUL 
EDUCATION A 
REALITY. 
AND FIGHTING TO 
ENSURE THAT 
EVERY CHILD IN 
AMERICA HAS 
AN 
EQUAL SEAT AT 
THE TABLE OF 
EDUCATION 
FREEDOM AND AN 
EQUAL 
OPPORTUNITY IN 
LIFE. L 
THANK YOU. 
MAY GOD BLESS 
AMERICA. 
,
♪
>>> 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 CADY 
STANTON FELT THE 
CALL WHEN THEY 
WERE SELECTED AS 
DELEGATES FOR 
ANTI-SLAVERY 
CONVENTION. 
UPON ARRIVAL, 
THEY WERE TOLD 
THEY COULD NOT 
SPEAK OR VOTE 
FOR MALE-
DOMINATED EVENT. 
IN 1948, BY THE 
END OF THE DAY 
THEY FORMED A 
COALITION WITH 
THE SOLE PURPOSE 
OF GAINING THE 
RIGHT FOR WOMEN 
TO VOTE TODAY, 
IN TURN, WOULD 
BE FREE TO FIGHT 
FOR THE FREEDOM 
OF OTHERS. 
WOMEN ACROSS 
AMERICA UNITED, 
WORKING 
TIRELESSLY TO 
WIN THE VOTE FOR 
AMERICAN WOMEN. 
THE 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 
AA SERGEANT 
INTRODUCED THE 
18th AMENDMENT. 
THE SUSAN B 
ANTHONY AMENDMENT
WAS SUBMITTED 
AND DEFEATED 
FOUR TIMES, BUT 
WOMEN CONTINUED 
TO FIGHT. 
MANY BLACK 
SUFFRAGETTES 
DIVIDE 
SEGREGATION, 
FIGHTING FOR ALL 
WOMEN'S VOICES 
TO BE HEARD AND 
ALLOWED TO VOTE. 
FOR THE TWO 
YEARS BEFORE 
RATIFICATION, 
THEY PICKETED 
THE WHITE HOUSE. 
FINALLY, THE 
REPUBLICANS 
REGAINED CONTROL 
OF CONGRESS. 
THE EQUAL 
SUFFRAGE 
AMENDMENT WAS 
SIGNED INTO LAW. 
THE WOMEN'S 
SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT
TOOK 72 YEARS 
AND WOULD CHANGE 
THE LIVES OF 
WOMEN FOR EVER. 
VICTORY WAS 
ACHIEVED 
PEACEFULLY 
THROUGH THE 
VALIANT EFFORTS 
OF WOMEN 
PATRIOTS AND THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PROCESS. 
100 YEARS LATER 
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 
RATIFICATION. 
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE 
WAS BORN FROM 
THE DESIRE TO 
FIGHT FOR THE 
FREEDOM FOR 
OTHERS. 
NOW, THE GREAT 
PATRIOTS IN 
AMERICA WILL 
BAND TOGETHER 
ONCE AGAIN AND 
WITH ONE UNIFIED 
VOICE, WE WILL 
VOTE FOR FREEDOM.
,
>>> I'M KAYLEIGH 
McENANY. 
YOU MAY KNOW ME 
AS A SUPPORTER OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
TONIGHT, I'M 
HERE TO SHARE 
WITH YOU HOW HE 
SUPPORTED ME. 
BOTH AS A NEW 
MOM AND AS AN 
AMERICAN WITH A 
PRE-EXISTING 
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 A GENETIC 
ROTATION, A 
MUTATION THAT 
PUT MY CHANCES 
OF BREAST CANCER 
AT 84%. 
IT WAS THE SAME 
MUTATION THAT MY 
MOM HAD, 
COMPELLING HER 
TO GET A 
PREVENTATIVE 
DOUBLE MASTECTOMY
, REMOVING HER 
BREAST TISSUE, 
PROTECTING HER 
FROM A DISEASE 
THAT HAS TAKEN 
FAR TOO MANY OF 
OUR MOTHERS ARE 
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 A 
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 PREVENTATIVE 
MASTECTOMY. I 
WAS SCARED. THE 
NIGHT BEFORE I 
FOUGHT BACK 
TEARS, PREPARED 
TO LOSE A PIECE 
OF MYSELF FOR 
EVER. 
THE NEXT DAY, 
WITH MY MOM, 
DAD, HUSBAND, 
AND JESUS CHRIST 
BY MY SIDE, I 
UNDERWENT A 
VASECTOMY, ALMOST
ELIMINATING MY 
CHANCE OF BREAST 
CANCER, A 
DECISION I NOW 
CELEBRATE. 
BREAST 
RECONSTRUCTION 
HAS ADVANCED 
REMARKABLY. 
WHILE IT IS AN 
INDIVIDUAL 
DECISION, MY 
DOCTOR AND I 
THROUGH THE 
COURSE OF 
SURGERY LET ME 
VIRTUALLY 
UNCHANGED. 
MORE IMPORTANT, 
I DEVELOPED A 
STRENGTH AND 
CONFIDENCE 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. 
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 
PRE-EXISTING 
CONDITIONS. IN 
FACT, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP CALLED ME 
THIS MORNING AND 
SPOKE SEVERAL 
TIMES. YOU TELL 
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 HAVE 
WATCHED HIM 
FIGHT FOR 
AMERICANS WHO 
LOST THEIR JOBS. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
FIGHT FOR THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE 
BECAUSE HE CARES 
ABOUT STORIES 
LIKE THESE. I 
HAVE A NINE-
MONTH-OLD 
DAUGHTER. 
SHE IS 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 
AMERICAN 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 
ERASE OUR 
HISTORY. 
I WANT MY 
DAUGHTER TO GROW 
UP IN PRESIDENT 
DONALD J TRUMP'S 
AMERICA. TO 
THINK YOU HAVE A 
PREVENTATIVE 
MASTECTOMY WAS 
THE HARDEST 
DECISION I EVER 
HAD TO MAKE. 
BUT SUPPORTING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WILL PROTECT MY 
DAUGHTER AND OUR 
CHILDREN'S FUTURE
WAS THE EASIEST. 
,
>>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M KAREN PENCE. 
MY HUSBAND'S 
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 STERN, 
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 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
ACHIEVE 
MONUMENTAL 
MILESTONES AND 
ACCOMPLISH 
SIGNIFICANT 
ACHIEVEMENTS IN 
BOTH CIVIC AND 
GOVERNMENTAL 
ROLES. 
THIS EVENING, WE 
LOOK AT HEROES 
IN OUR LAND. 
AS SECOND LADY 
OF THE UNITED 
STATES FOR THE 
PAST 3 1/2 
YEARS, I HAVE 
HAD THE HONOR OF 
MEETING MANY KEY 
ROWS ACROSS THIS 
GREAT COUNTRY. 
WE ARE A MILITARY
FAMILY. 
OUR SON, 
MICHAEL, SERVES 
IN THE UNITED 
STATES MARINES. 
OUR SON-IN-LAW, 
HENRY, SERVES IN 
THE U.S. NAVY. 
ONE OF MY KEY 
INITIATIVES IS 
TO 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. 
MILITARY SPOUSES 
MAY EXPERIENCE 
FREQUENT MOVES 
AND STOP 
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 YOU 
MILITARY 
SPOUSES, THANK 
YOU. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IN A 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 CREWS. 
THESE MILITARY 
SPOUSES DECIDED 
TO START THEIR 
OWN BUSINESS, 
NAMED AFTER THE 
ROSIE WITH THE 
RIVETER 
CAMPAIGNED USED 
TO OUR RIVETER 
MAKES HANDBAGS 
MANUFACTURED BY 
MILITARY 
SPOUSES. 
MANY OF THE 
SPOUSES LIVE ALL 
OVER THE 
COUNTRY. 
THEY PREPARE AND 
SEND THEIR 
SECTION OF THE 
BAGS TO THE 
COMPANY LOCATED 
IN NORTH CAROLINA
FOR THE FINAL 
PRODUCT IS 
ASSEMBLED. 
MILITARY SPOUSE 
HEROES JOHNSON 
AND BILLINGS, 
MONTANA, IS A 
CULINARY ARTIST 
WHO HAD DREAMED 
OF STARTING HER 
OWN RESTAURANT. 
WORKING WITH A 
SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
DEVELOPMENT 
CENTER, SHE 
STARTED HER 
RESTAURANT, THE 
SASSY BISCUIT. 
SHE JUST OPENED 
A SECOND 
RESTAURANT IN GO 
DOVER, NEW 
HAMPSHIRE. 
AS THE SECOND 
LADY, I AM ABLE 
TO BRING 
AWARENESS TO A 
FORM OF THERAPY 
FOR OUR HEROIC 
VETERANS 
SUFFERING FROM 
PTSD. 
ART THERAPY, 
FACILITATED BY A 
ART THERAPIST, 
IS ESPECIALLY 
EFFECTIVE WITH 
POSTTRAUMATIC 
STRESS DISORDER. 
MASTER GUNNERY 
SERGEANT CHRIS 
STUM, A MARINE 
VETERAN WHO 
DEPLOYED FROM 
COMBAT IN IRAQ 
AND AFGHANISTAN'S
, TO HELP THEM 
DEAL WITH THE 
TRAUMA UNTIL HE 
FINALLY AGREED 
TO MEET WITH AN 
ART THERAPIST AT 
WALTER REED 
MEDICAL CENTER. 
CHRIS CREDITS 
ARE THERAPY WITH 
SAVING HIS 
MARRIAGE AND HIS 
LIFE. 
CHRIS WENT ON TO 
ESTABLISH A 
GLASSBLOWING 
WORKSHOP TO HELP 
OTHERS. 
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 
ANSWERED THE 
VETERANS CRISIS 
LINE. 
ONE IN PARTICULAR
, SIDNEY MORGAN, 
ESPECIALLY 
IMPACTED ME. A 
VETERAN HERSELF, 
SIDNEY SAID, IT 
IS THE HIGHEST 
HONOR OF HER LIFE
, UNTIL THEY 
PHYSICALLY WALK 
INTO A CLINIC TO 
RECEIVE THE HELP 
THEY DESERVE, 
AND SHE CAN PASS 
THEIR HAND TO 
SOMEONE READY TO 
HELP. 
IN THESE 
DIFFICULT TIMES, 
WE HAVE ALL SEEN 
FAR MANY 
EXAMPLES OF 
EVERYDAY 
AMERICANS 
REACHING OUT A 
HAND TO THOSE IN 
NEED, THOSE WHO, 
IN HUMILITY, 
HAVE CONSIDERED 
OTHERS MORE 
IMPORTANT THAN 
THEMSELVES. 
WE HAVE SEEN 
HEALTHCARE 
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. 
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 
AMERICAN. 
,
>>> WE HOLD 
THESE TRUTHS TO 
BE SELF-EVIDENT, 
THAT ALL MEN ARE 
CREATED EQUAL. 
THAT THEY ARE 
ENDOWED BY THEIR 
CREATOR, CERTAIN 
UNALIENABLE 
RIGHTS. AMONG 
THESE ARE LIFE, 
LIBERTY, AND THE 
PURSUIT OF 
HAPPINESS. 
>>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M KELLYANNE 
CONWAY. 
100 YEARS AGO, 
COURAGEOUS 
LAWYERS HELPED 
WOMEN SECURE THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
THIS HAS BEEN A 
CENTURY WHERE WE 
CELEBRATE. 
BUT ALSO A 
REMINDER THAT 
OUR DEMOCRACY IS 
FRAGILE. 
A WOMAN IN A 
LEADERSHIP ROLE 
CAN STILL SEEM 
NOVEL. 
NOT SO FAR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
FOR DECADES, HE 
HAD CELEBRATED 
WOMEN TO SENIOR 
POSITIONS IN 
BUSINESS AND IN 
GOVERNMENT. 
HE CONFIDES IN 
AND CONSULT US, 
RESPECT 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 THE 
CORPORATE 
HANDBOOK. 
IT COMES FROM 
THE EVERYDAY 
HEROES WHO 
NURTURE US, WHO 
SHAPED US, AND 
WHO BELIEVE IN 
US. 
I WAS RAISED IN 
A HOUSEHOLD OF 
ALL WOMEN. 
THEY WERE SELF-
RELIANCE 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 MEAN 
LIMITED DREAMS. 
THE PROMISE OF 
AMERICA BELONGS 
TO US ALL. THIS 
IS A LAND OF 
INVENTORS AND 
INTEGRATORS, BY 
TO THE NORTH AND 
EDUCATORS, 
PIONEERS AND 
PARENTS, EACH 
CONTRIBUTING TO 
THE SUCCESS AND 
THE FUTURE OF A 
GREAT NATION AND 
HER PEOPLE. 
THESE EVERYDAY 
HEROES HAD A 
CHAMPION IN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
THE TEACHER WHO 
TOOK EXTRA TIME 
TO HELP STUDENTS 
ADJUST TO MENSA 
VIRTUAL 
LEARNING. 
THE NURSE WHO 
FINISHED A 12-
HOUR COVID SHIFT 
AND THEN TOOK A 
BRIEF BREAK, 
ONLY TO CHANGE 
HER MASK, DOWN, 
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 GOD JOBS, TWO
COMMUTES, WHO 
TWO 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, AND 
ADOLESCENT WHO 
LOST HER WAY TO 
DRUGS. DON'T 
LOSE HOPE, HE 
HAS TOLD THEM. 
ASSURING THEM 
THEY ARE NOT 
ALONE IN THIS A 
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 WILL 
NEVER EVEN KNOW 
IT BECAUSE 
PEOPLE ARE 
ASHAMED TO REACH 
OUT FOR HELP, 
AND THEY ARE NOT 
EVEN SURE WHO TO 
TURN TO WHEN 
THEIR TOUGHEST 
HOUR. 
RATHER THAN LOOK 
THE OTHER WAY, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
STARED DIRECTLY 
AT THIS DRUG 
CRISIS NEXT-DOOR 
INTO LANDMARK 
BIPARTISAN 
LEGISLATION, 
HELPED RESTORE 
INVESTMENTS IN 
SURVEILLANCE, 
INTERVENTION, 
TREATMENT, AND 
RECOVERY. 
WE HAVE A LONG 
WAY TO GO. 
BUT THE 
POLITICAL 
INERTIA THAT 
COSTS LIVES AND 
THE SILENCE AND 
STIGMA THAT 
PREVENTS PEOPLE 
IN NEED FROM 
COMING FORWARD 
IS MELTING AWAY. 
THIS IS THE MAN 
I KNOW IN THE 
PRESIDENT YOU 
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 DIDI 
BURNS. 
OBLONG TO THE 
COMMUNITY OF THE 
-- LAST FOURTH 
OF JULY, I WAS 
HONORED TO BE 
ONE OF THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
GUEST AT HIS 
SALUTE TO 
AMERICA 
CELEBRATION. 
I MUST CONFESS 
THAT I RECENTLY 
PRAYED, BEGGING 
GOD TO LET ME BE 
A VOICE FOR 
HUMAN RIGHTS. 
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 
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. 
I ENDED UP 
DEVOTING 29 
YEARS TO THE 
MILITARY, 
SERVING AS A 
DOCTOR AND A 
SURGEON IN 
PLACES LIKE 
AFGHANISTAN AND 
EGYPT. 
AFTER MUCH 
PRAYER AND 
CONTEMPLATION, I 
ENTERED MY 
RELIGIOUS ORDER 
IN 2002, WORKING 
TO SERVE THE 
POOR AND THE 
SICK IN HAITI, 
SUDAN, KENYA, 
IRAQ, AND IN 
WASHINGTON, DC. 
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 ALL 
AROUND THE WORLD.
THOSE REFUGEES 
ALL SHARE A 
COMMON 
EXPERIENCE. 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
ALL 
MARGINALIZED, 
VIEWED AS 
INSIGNIFICANT, 
POWERLESS, AND 
VOICELESS. 
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 MEET JESUS 
IN THE STIRRING 
EMBRYO OF AN 
UNWED MOTHER. 
IT IS NO 
COINCIDENCE THAT 
JESUS STOOD UP 
FOR WHAT WAS 
JUST AND 
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 
THE LEGISLATE 
AGENDA THAT 
SUPPORTS AND 
EVEN CELEBRATES 
DESTROYING LIFE 
IN THE WOMB. 
KEEP IN MIND, 
THE LAWS WE 
CREATE DEFINE 
HOW WE SEE OUR 
HUMANITY. WE 
MUST ASK 
OURSELVES, WHAT 
ARE WE SAYING 
WHEN WE GO INTO A
WOMB AND SNUFF 
OUT A VOICELESS 
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 AM PRO-ETERNAL 
LIFE. 
I WANT ALL OF US 
TO END UP IN 
HEAVEN TOGETHER 
SOMEDAY. 
WHICH BRINGS ME 
TO WHY I'M HERE 
TODAY. 
DONALD TRUMP IS 
THE MOST PRO-
LIFE PRESIDENT 
THAT THIS NATION 
HAS EVER HAD, 
DEPENDING LIFE 
AT ALL STAGES.'S 
BELIEF IN THE 
SANCTITY OF LIFE 
TRANSCENDS 
POLITICS. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WILL STAND UP 
AGAINST 
BIDEN/HARRIS, 
WHO OF THE MOST 
ANTILIFE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
TICKET OTHER, 
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. 
HE HAS THE 
RELIGIOUS 
STANDING BEHIND 
HIM. 
YOU WILL FIND IS 
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 
A FOOTBALL GUY. 
IT IS A 
PLEASURE, 
BLESSING, AND AN 
HONOR FOR ME TO 
EXPLAIN WHY I 
BELIEVE WHITE 
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
. I MAY HAVE 
BEEN POOR, BUT 
THE LESSONS MY 
PARENTS TAUGHT 
ME WERE 
PRICELESS. 
THEY TAUGHT ME 
THAT LIFE IS 
ABOUT MAKING 
CHOICES. 
WHETHER YOU ARE 
GOOD OR BAD, 
DON'T BLAME 
ANYONE ELSE. 
GET AN EDUCATION.
IT TO WORK. 
YOU CAN OVERCOME 
ANY OBSTACLE. 
AND ALWAYS 
REMEMBER, IN 
THIS GREAT 
COUNTRY OF OURS, 
ANYONE CAN 
AMOUNT TO 
SOMETHING 
SPECIAL. 
I LIVE BY THOSE 
PRINCIPLES OF 
HARD WORK AND 
RESPONSIBILITY. 
LIVING OUT THE 
AMERICAN STORY, 
AND IT WORKS. 
BUT THERE ARE 
PEOPLE TODAY, 
POLITICIANS, 
PROTESTERS, AND 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S 
NAYSAYERS IN THE 
MEDIA WHO LIKE 
TO BLAME OTHERS 
FOR PROBLEMS. 
THEY DON'T HAVE 
PRIDE IN OUR 
COUNTRY. 
THEY NO LONGER 
ASK, WHAT CAN I 
DO FOR MY COUNTRY
. ONLY WHAT'S 
THE 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 
RESPONSIBILITY 
TO OUR COUNTRY. 
I AM PROUD OF 
THE VERY 
SACRIFICES AND 
THE OPPORTUNITY 
THAT WAS PROVIDED
FOR SO MANY 
MILLIONS. AMERICA
REMAINS THE LAND 
OF OPPORTUNITY, 
NO MATTER WHAT 
THE OTHER SIDE 
SAYS OR 
BELIEVES. 
YOU KNOW, 
THERE'S A STATUE 
-- IF YOU LOOK 
CLOSELY, YOU 
WILL SEE THESE 
THREE WORDS. 
TRUST, COMMITMENT
, AND LOVE. ALL 
MY LIFE, I HAVE 
MADE MY CHOICE 
IN FAITH ON 
THESE THREE 
WORDS. 
I USE THE FREE 
WILL TO MAKE 
CHOICES ABOUT 
EVERYTHING. 
MY BELOVED WIFE 
OF 59 YEARS, 
ATHLETES I 
COACHED, AND OF 
COURSE, 
POLITICIANS. 
EVEN PRESIDENT 
TRUMP. I ASK 
MYSELF THREE 
THINGS. 
ONE, CAN I TRUST 
THEM? 
WHEN A LEADER 
TELLS YOU 
SOMETHING, 
YOU'VE GOT TO BE 
ABLE TO COUNT ON 
IT. 
THAT'S PRESIDENT 
TRUMP. 
HE MEANS WHAT HE 
SAYS. 
HE HAS DONE WHAT 
HE SAID HE WOULD 
DO AT EVERY 
SINGLE TURN. 
HE HAS MY TRUST. 
NOBODY HAS BEEN 
A STRONGER 
ADVOCATE FOR THE 
UNBORN AND 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
THE BIDEN/HARRIS 
TICKET IS THE 
MOST RADICALLY 
PRO-ABORTION 
CAMPAIGN IN 
HISTORY. 
THEY AND OTHER 
POLITICIANS ARE 
CATHOLIC IN NAME 
ONLY AND BANDIT 
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 WILL 
FIND A WAY. 
IF NOT, YOU WILL 
FIND AN EXCUSE. 
EXCUSES ARE A 
LOT EASIER TO 
FIND THAN 
SOLUTIONS. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
FINDS SOLUTIONS. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS COMMITTED. 
AND THE 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. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
WE HAVE A 
PRESIDENT WE CAN 
TRUST, WHO WORKS 
HARD AT MAKING 
AMERICA GREATER 
AND WHO 
GENERALLY CARES 
ABOUT PEOPLE. 
IF I APPLY THIS 
TEST TO JOE 
BIDEN, I CAN'T 
SAY YES TO ANY 
OF THESE THREE 
QUESTIONS. 
YOU CAN ASK OUR 
ATHLETES AT 
NOTRE DAME. 
IF YOU DIDN'T 
SHOW UP, WHO 
WOULD MISS YOU, 
AND WHY? 
CAN YOU IMAGINE 
WHAT WOULD 
HAPPEN 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. 
,
>>> I'M MICHAEL 
McCARROLL. 
I'M A 30 YEAR 
ACTIVE DUTY 
MEMBER OF LAW 
ENFORCEMENT IN 
THE STATE OF 
FLORIDA. 
I AM ALSO THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
NATIONAL 
ASSOCIATION OF 
POLICE 
ORGANIZATIONS. 
OUR ORGANIZATION 
RECENTLY 
ENDORSED DONALD 
TRUMP FOR 
REELECTION AS 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
OUR ENDORSES 
RECOGNIZE 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 TEND 
TO RUN TOWARD 
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. 
GOOD OFFICERS 
NEED TO KNOW 
THEIR ELECTED 
LEADERS AND THE 
DEPARTMENT BRASS 
HAD 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. 
THE VIOLENCE AND 
BLOODSHED WE ARE 
SEEING IN THESE 
AND OTHER CITIES 
ISN'T HAPPENING 
BY CHANCE. 
IT'S A DIRECT 
RESULT OF 
REFUSING TO ALLOW
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
TO PROTECT OUR 
COMMUNITIES. 
JOE BIDEN HAS 
TURNED HIS 
CANDIDACY OVER 
TO THE FAR LEFT, 
ANTI-LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
RADICALS. 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 OR 
THE MOST 
RADICAL. 
WE INVITE THOSE 
WHO VALUE SAVING 
YOUR FAMILY 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 AM HONORED 
TO REPRESENT NEW 
YORK'S 21st 
CONGRESSIONAL 
DISTRICT, THE 
CRADLE OF THE 
AMERICAN 
REVOLUTION. 
250 YEARS AGO, 
BRAVE PATRIOTS 
BOUGHT IN THE 
BATTLE OF 
SARATOGA TO TURN 
THE TIDE OF THE 
REVOLUTIONARY 
WAR. 
40 YEARS AGO IN 
LAKE PLACID, A 
TEAM OF AMATEUR 
HOCKEY PLAYERS 
OUTHUSTLED, 
ALLOCATED, AND 
DEPLETED THE 
SOVIET UNION, 
STUNNING THE 
WORLD AND GIVING 
US THE 
UNFORGETTABLE 
MIRACLE ON ICE. 
AND TODAY, IT'S 
HOME TO FORT DRUM
, THE MOST 
DEPLOYED UNITS 
IN THE U.S. ARMY 
SINCE 9/11, 
WHERE I SAW 
FIRSTHAND 
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
GRACIOUSLY THANK 
AND HONOR OUR 
MEN AND WOMEN IN 
UNIFORM AND 
SIGNED THE 
LARGEST PAY 
RAISE FOR OUR 
TROOPS IN A 
DECADE. 
SINCE OUR NATION 
IS COMPOUNDING, 
GENERATION AFTER 
GENERATION OF 
EVERYDAY 
AMERICANS SERVED 
AND SACRIFICED 
TO PRESERVE AND 
STRENGTHEN THE 
AMERICAN DREAM. 
DIVISION OF 
LIFE, LIBERTY, 
AND PURSUIT OF 
HAPPINESS, AND 
THE IDEA IF YOU 
WORK HARD AND 
DREAM BIG, YOU 
CAN ACHIEVE 
ANYTHING YOU 
IMAGINE. 
I BELIEVE IN THE 
AMERICAN DREAM 
BECAUSE I HAVE 
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 AMWAY 
TO GRADUATE FROM 
COLLEGE, RAN FOR 
CONGRESS, AND 
I'M PROBABLY 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 
OF SESSION WITH 
IT. 
I WAS PROUD TO 
LEAD THE EFFORT 
STANDING UP FOR 
THE CONSTITUTION
, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, AND MOST 
IMPORTANTLY, THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
THIS IS NOT JUST 
AN ATTACK ON THE 
PRESENT. 
IT IS AN ATTACK 
ON YOU, YOUR 
VOICE, AND YOUR 
VOTE. 
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 
LAST 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 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 
HAWTHORNE. 
I REPRESENT 
NORTH CAROLINA'S 
11th 
CONGRESSIONAL 
DISTRICT. 
THIS IS A TIME 
OF GREAT 
ADVERSITY FOR 
OUR COUNTRY. 
I KNOW SOMETHING 
ABOUT ADVERSITY. 
AT 18 YEARS OLD, 
I WAS IN A 
HORRIFIC CAR 
ACCIDENT THAT 
HAS 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 
AND A VERY 
LOVING COMMUNITY 
OF 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. 
BEFORE MY 
ACCIDENT, I WAS 
6'3", I STOOD 
OUT IN A CROWD. 
I THINK 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 IN MY 
ABILITY TO 
SPEAK. 
I SAY TO PEOPLE 
WHO FEEL 
FORGOTTEN, 
IGNORED, AND 
INVISIBLE, ICU. 
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 
RETAKE THE 
SHINING CITY ON 
THE HILL. 
WHILE THE LEFT 
WANTS TO 
DISMANTLE AND 
DESTROY, 
REPUBLICANS, AND 
OR PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S 
LEADERSHIP, WANT 
TO REBUILD, 
RESTORE, AND 
RENEW. 
I JUST TURNED 25.
IF I AM ELECTED 
THIS NOVEMBER, I 
WILL BE THE 
YOUNGEST MEMBER 
OF CONGRESS IN 
OVER 200 YEARS. 
IF YOU DON'T 
THINK YOUNG 
PEOPLE CAN 
CHANGE THE WORLD,
YOU 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 
THE OCEANS, AND 
CRACKED CODES. 
YET, TODAY 
POLITICAL FORCES 
WANT TO USHER IN 
THE DIGITAL DARK 
AGES, TIME OF 
INFORMATION 
WITHOUT WISDOM 
AND TRIBALISM 
WITHOUT TRUTH. 
NATIONAL LEADERS 
ON THE LEFT HAVE 
NORMALIZED 
EMOTION-BASED 
VOTING AND 
RATIONALIZED THAT
-- MLK'S DREAM 
IS OUR DREAM, 
FOR ALL 
AMERICANS TO BE 
JUDGED SOLELY ON 
THEIR 
CHARACTERS. 
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. 
TO CONSERVATIVES,
I SAY, LET'S 
DEFINE WHAT WE 
SUPPORT AND WIN 
THE ARGUMENT. IN 
AREAS LIKE 
HEALTHCARE AND 
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
, AND SISTERS 
FOUR DURING THE 
REVOLUTIONARY 
WAR, IS JUST AS 
EXCITING AND 
REVOLUTIONARY 
TODAY AS IT WAS 
250 YEARS AGO. 
I SAY TO 
AMERICANS WHO 
LOVE OUR 
COUNTRY, YOUNG 
AND OLD, BE A 
RADICAL FOR 
FREEDOM. 
BE A RADICAL FOR 
LIBERTY. 
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 AM A FORMER
THREE-TIME NFL 
TEAM CAPTAIN, 
COACH, HUSBAND, 
SON, AND FATHER. 
I'M ALSO A 
LIFELONG DEMOCRAT
, BUT I SUPPORT 
DONALD TRUMP. 
LET ME BE CLEAR. 
I DIDN'T COME 
HERE FOR THE 
POPULARITY OR 
THE PRAISE, THE 
LIKES ARE THE 
RETREATS. 
I AM HERE AS A 
SERVANT TO GOD, 
SERVANT TO THE 
PEOPLE OF OUR 
NATION, AND A 
SERVANT TO OUR 
PRESIDENT THAT I 
GREW UP IN 
TEXAS, A TOWN 
THAT 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. 
I REMEMBER MY 
DAD'S BRAVERY 
WHEN THE 
PRESIDENT STOOD 
UP AGAINST THE 
RALLY IN MY 
TOWN.  
IN MY HOUSE, MY 
FATHER TAUGHT ME 
TO BACK DOWN 
FROM NO ONE. 
I KNOW WHAT 
RACISM LOOKS 
LIKE. 
I HAVE SEEN IT 
FIRSTHAND. 
IN AMERICA, IT 
HAS NO 
RESEMBLANCE TO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
I AM FED UP WITH 
THE WAY HE IS 
PORTRAYED IN THE 
MEDIA, REFUSED 
TO ACKNOWLEDGE 
WHAT HE HAS DONE 
FOR THE BLACK 
COMMUNITY. 
IT IS CONFUSING 
THE MINDS OF OUR 
INNOCENT 
CHILDREN. 
BEFORE I LEFT TO 
COME DELIVER THIS
MESSAGE, MY 
ENERGETIC 8-YEAR-
OLD SON STOPPED 
ME AND SAID DAD, 
CAN YOU PLEASE 
JUST TELL 
EVERYONE THAT 
ALL LIVES NEED 
TO MATTER AND 
THAT GOD LOVES 
EVERYONE? 
IN THAT MOMENT, 
I REALIZED THAT 
MY 8-YEAR-OLD 
HAS FIGURED OUT 
WHAT SO MANY 
ADULTS HAVE 
SEEMED TO FORGET.
WE ARE NOT AS 
DIVIDED AS OUR 
POLITICS SUGGESTS
. AT SOME POINT, 
FOR THE SAKE OF 
OUR CHILDREN, 
THE POLICIES MUST
TAKE PRIORITY 
OVER 
PERSONALITIES. 
BECAUSE YOU HAVE 
AN ISSUE WITH 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S TONE, 
YOU ARE GOING TO 
ALLOW BIDEN AND 
HARRIS TO DENY 
HER UNDERSERVED 
BLACK AND BROWN 
CHILDREN SCHOOL 
CHOICE? 
ARE WE SO 
OFFENDED ABOUT 
THE PRESENT'S 
CAMPAIGN SLOGAN, 
MAKE AMERICA 
GREAT AGAIN, 
THAT WE ARE 
GOING TO IGNORE 
THAT JOE BIDEN 
AND KAMALA 
HARRIS HAVE 
COLLECTIVELY 
BEEN RESPONSIBLE 
FOR THE LIKING 
OF COUNTLESS 
BLACK MEN FOR 
NONVIOLENT 
CRIMES. 
ARE YOU GOING TO 
ALLOW THE MEDIA 
TO LIE TO YOU, 
AND FALSELY 
CLAIMED THAT HE 
SAID THERE ARE 
VERY FINE WHITE 
SUPREMACIST IN 
CHARLOTTESVILLE? 
HE DIDN'T SAY 
THAT. 
IT'S A LIE. 
AND IGNORE THE 
SO-CALLED BLACK 
LIVES MATTER 
ORGANIZATION 
THAT OPENLY COME 
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. 
TO BE ABLE TO 
RUN INNER-CITY 
YOUTH PROGRAMS 
AND TEACH IN 
PRISONS ACROSS 
AMERICA, FOR 
INMATES IN MY 
FEDERAL PRISON 
PROGRAM, THEY 
RECEIVED DAYS 
OFF THEIR 
ATTENDANCE JUST 
FOR ATTENDING MY 
CLASS. 
THAT IS THANKS 
TO PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP IN 
HIS FIRST STEP 
ACT. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
CARED ABOUT 
THESE AMERICANS 
AND THEIR 
FAMILIES, EVEN 
WHEN SO MANY 
OTHERS HAVE LEFT 
THEM BEHIND AND 
HAVE WRITTEN 
THEM OFF. 
I'M FOREVER 
GRATEFUL FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
FOR THAT. 
HE INDOORS 
RELENTLESS 
ATTACKS, AND SO 
DO MANY OF US, 
LIKE MYSELF, WHO 
SUPPORT HIM. 
AS MY MAMA 
ALWAYS TOLD ME, 
WHEN THE LORD 
STARTS BLESSING, 
THE DEVIL STARTS 
MISSING. 
THIS CONVENTION 
MARKS A TIME TO 
CELEBRATE OUR 
HISTORY. 
REPUBLICANS ARE 
THE PARTY THAT 
FREED THE  AND 
THE PARTY THAT 
PUT THE FIRST 
BLACK MEN AND 
WOMEN IN 
CONGRESS. 
IS THE PARTY 
PRESIDENT 
DOUGLAS AND 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 
AND NOW TIM 
SCOTT AND DONALD 
TRUMP. 
OUR PRESIDENT HAS
MADE MASSIVE 
STRIDES AND GAVE 
UNPRECEDENTED 
OPPORTUNITIES 
FOR BLACK IN 
AMERICA TO RISE. 
AMERICA, LET THE 
SELECTION 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. 
BY BLESS AMERICA.
GOD BLESS 
AMERICA. 
,
>>> GREAT NEWS. 
STANDING UP TO 
TYRANNY IS NOT 
EASY. 
I KNOW. 
[ INAUDIBLE ]  I 
WAS PERSECUTED, 
BEATEN, SENT TO 
PRISON, AND PUT 
UNDER HOUSE 
ARREST BY THE 
CHINESE 
COMMUNIST PARTY. 
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 IS THREATENING
THE WELL-BEING 
OF THE WORLD. 
IN CHINA, 
EXPRESSING BELIEF
OR IDEAS NOT 
APPROVED BY THE 
CCP, RELIGION, 
DEMOCRACY, HUMAN 
RIGHTS, CAN LENS 
TO PRISON. 
[ INAUDIBLE ]  
THE U.S. MUST USE
ITS VALUES OF 
FREEDOM, 
DEMOCRACY, AND 
THE RULE OF LAW 
TO FOSTER A 
COALITION OF 
OTHER DEMOCRACIES
TO STOP CCP'S 
AGGRESSION. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS LED ON THIS. 
WE NEED THE 
OTHER COUNTRIES 
TO JOIN HIM IN 
THIS FIGHT, A 
FIGHT FOR OUR 
FUTURE. STANDING 
UP TO FIGHT 
ISN'T EASY. 
I KNOW. 
SODAS PRESIDENT 
TRUMP. 
BUT HE HAS THE 
COURAGE TO LEAVE 
THAT FIGHT. 
WE NEED TO 
SUPPORT, VOTE, 
AND FIGHT FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
FOR THE SAKE OF 
THE WORLD. 
THANK YOU. 
,
>>> TONIGHT, AS 
WE CELEBRATE 
AMERICA AS A 
LAND OF HEROES, 
I AM HERE AT A 
VFW POST OF 
HEROES IN 
WESTHAMPTON 
BEACH, NEW YORK. 
I HAVE SEEN 
AMAZING 
AMERICANS IN 
ACTION. RAISED 
IN A LAW-
ENFORCEMENT 
FAMILY, DEPLOYED 
TO IRAQ AS AN 
82nd AIRBORNE 
PARATROOPER, AND 
SERVING TODAY IN 
THE ARMY 
RESERVES, MY 
GENERATION OF 
POST-9/11 
VETERANS HAS 
HUGE ISSUES TO 
FILL. FALLING OUR
GREATEST 
GENERATION THAT 
FOUGHT TYRANNY 
AND SAVE THE 
WORLD. 
ALL OVER OUR 
COUNTRY, EVERY 
DAY HE ROSE 
SERVE AND 
SACRIFICE FOR 
THE GREATER GOOD.
FARMERS, 
TRUCKERS, 
CRAFTSMEN, THESE 
HEROES KEEP 
AMERICA RUNNING. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
FIGHTS FOR THE 
EVERY DAY. 
THIS YEAR, WE 
HAVE ESPECIALLY 
RELIED ON ONE 
PARTICULAR GROUP 
OF HEROES, 
FRONTLINE 
RADICAL WORKERS. 
MY TWIN DAUGHTERS
WERE BORN OVER 
14 WEEKS EARLY. 
THEY WAIT JUST A 
POUND AND A 
HALF. 
AT TWO WEEKS, 
MICHAELA WENT 
INTO SEPTIC 
SHOCK, HAD A 
STROKE, AND 
UNDERWENT BRAIN 
SURGERY, LEAVING 
A THIRD OF THE 
LEFT SIDE OF HER 
BRAIN A WHOLE. 
HER DOCTORS 
DIDN'T BELIEVE 
MICHAELA WOULD 
SURVIVE, FEARING 
DYER PERMANENT 
CONSEQUENCES, 
EVEN IF SHE DID. 
FOR THE MIRACLES 
OF MODERN 
MEDICINE, 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 PP 
STOCKPILE WAS 
DEPLETED, I 
IMMEDIATELY 
THOUGHT OF THOSE 
HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS WHO SAVED
MY BABY GIRLS. 
JARED KUSHNER 
AND I WERE ON 
THE PHONE LATE 
INTO THAT 
SATURDAY NIGHT. 
THE VERY NEXT DAY
THE PRESIDENT 
TRUMP ANNOUNCED 
HE WAS SENDING 
US 200,000 N95 
MASKS. HE 
ACTUALLY 
DELIVERED ALMOST 
400,000. 
THE NUMBER 
QUICKLY GREW TO 
1.2 MILLION. 
MASKS, GOWNS, 
AND MORE. THE 
PRESIDENT SENT 
THOUSANDS OF 
VENTILATORS TO 
NEW YORK. 
HE DEPLOYED THE 
USNS COMFORT AND 
CONVERTED THE 
JAVITS CENTER TO 
A FIELD 
HOSPITAL. 
HIS 
ADMINISTRATION 
AUTHORIZED OUR 
LAB TESTING 
REQUESTS AT 
BLINDING SPEED. 
DURING A ONCE IN 
A CENTURY 
PANDEMIC, AND 
UNFORESEEABLE 
CRISIS, SENT US 
FROM A FARAWAY 
LAND, THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
EFFORTS 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 OF WHAT WE 
CAN BE. THERE'S 
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 TO HAVE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IN OFFICE HERE. 
HE IS THE BEST 
WE HAVE EVER 
HAD. 
HE'S DONE THE 
MOST THAN ANY 
PRESIDENT HAS 
EVER DONE. 
>> HE IS ALWAYS 
THERE TRYING TO 
TAKE CARE OF 
VETERANS. 
>> TURNAROUND 
TIMES HAVE 
INCREASED SINCE 
TRUMP HAS TAKEN 
OVER. 
>> WE HAD TO 
FIGHT 15 YEARS 
FOR BENEFITS. 
ONCE HE TOOK 
OFFICE, IT TOOK 
90 DAYS, AND WE 
HAD AN ANSWER. 
>> A LOT BETTER 
TURNAROUND. 
>> BEFORE, IT 
WAS A FIVE HAVE 
IN YOUR WAITING 
PROCESS. 
HOW LONG DO WE 
HAVE TO WAIT FOR 
BENEFITS? 
>> I WAITED 20 
YEARS. 
I WAS APPROVED 
FOR MEDICAL. 
I TURNED AROUND 
AND GOT 
DISABILITY. 
SEVERAL YEARS 
WORTH OF WAITING
. 
>> HE HAS 
ACCOMPLISHED A 
LOT IN 3 1/2 
YEARS. 
IT HELPS 
AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
HE HAS DONE A 
LOT FOR 
VETERANS, FOR 
THE MIDDLE 
CLASS. 
>> I CHOSE TO 
DEFEND MY 
COUNTRY. 
I WOULD DO IT 
ALL OVER AGAIN. 
HE IS THE KIND 
OF PRESIDENT 
THAT YOU WOULD 
RUN THROUGH A 
BRICK WALL IF HE 
ASK YOU TO. 
>> THIS ONE, I 
CAN SAY, IS THE 
BEST PRESIDENT 
WE HAVE EVER HAD 
AND NEVER WILL 
HAVE. 
,
>>> 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 HEAR ANY 
IOWA WHERE I 
LEARNED THE 
IMPORTANCE OF 
FAITH, HARD 
WORK, AND 
SERVICE. 
I WORKED MY WAY 
THROUGH COLLEGE 
AND DEDICATED MY 
LIFE TO SERVING 
MY COUNTRY AS A 
LOCAL OFFICIAL 
OF ITALIAN 
COMMANDER IN THE 
MILITARY AND AS 
A U.S. SENATOR. 
SERVICE. IT'S 
MORE THAN A WORD 
TO ME. 
IT'S A MISSION, 
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 
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 STORMS
. IF YOU DON'T 
LIVE IN IOWA, 
YOU MAY NOT HAVE 
HEARD MUCH ABOUT 
IT AT FIRST. 
WHILE REPORTERS 
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, 
STORMS WIPED OUT 
A LIFETIME OF 
WORK, AND IT 
IOWA FARMERS 
DIDN'T HESITATE 
TO GRAB THEIR 
CHAINSAWS AND 
CHECK ON THEIR 
NEIGHBORS. OUR 
FARMERS LIVE 
EVERY DAY WITH 
THAT SENSE OF 
SERVICE, THE 
STEWARDS OF THE 
LAND, THE ONES 
WHO FEED AND 
FUEL THE WORLD. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
QUICKLY SIGNED 
AN EMERGENCY 
DECLARATION FOR 
IOWA TO PROVIDE 
RELIEF. 
AND OF COURSE, 
WHEN PRESIDENT 
TRUMP CAME TO 
CEDAR RAPIDS, 
THE NATIONAL 
MEDIA FINALLY 
DID, TOO. 
FOR YEARS, I 
HAVE WORKED 
CLOSELY WITH THE 
PRESIDENT FOR 
FARMERS IN IOWA 
AND ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
WE SCRAPPED 
OBAMA AND BIDEN'S
PUNISHING RULE 
WHICH WOULD HAVE 
REGULATED ABOUT 
97% OF LAND IN 
IOWA, IN SOME 
CASES EVEN 
PUDDLES. 
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 AND 
ADMINISTRATION 
MORE HOSTILE TO 
FARMERS THAN 
OBAMA/BIDEN, 
UNLESS YOU COUNT 
THE BIDEN/HARRIS 
TICKETS. 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY OF JOE 
BIDEN IS PUSHING 
THE SO-CALLED 
GREEN NEW DEAL. 
IT HAS GIVEN 
POWER THAT WOULD 
ESSENTIALLY BAN 
ANIMAL 
AGRICULTURE 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 
HURT US AND OUR 
CALL FOR 
ASSISTANCE FOR 
OUR FARMERS. 
KNOWINGLY 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 
TRUMP/PENCE 
ADMINISTRATION OR
THE BIDEN/HARRIS 
PATH, PAVED BY 
LIBERAL ELITES 
AND RADICAL 
ENVIRONMENTALISTS
, AND AMERICA 
WHERE FARMERS 
ARE PUNISHED, 
JOBS ARE 
DESTROYED, AND 
TAXES CRUSHED 
THE MIDDLE CLASS.
THAT IS OUR 
CHOICE, AND IT'S 
A CLEAR ONE. 
THANK YOU. 
GOD BLESS. 
,
>>> LADIES AND 
GENTLEMEN. 
SHACKLED IN THE 
BELLY OF A  
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 THAT 
BELIEVE IN 
FREEDOM , HE 
ESCAPED THROUGH 
THE UNDERGROUND 
RAILROAD AND 
SETTLED IN THE 
GREAT STATE OF 
TEXAS. 
HE WANTED TO 
BECOME A 
SUCCESSFUL 
ENTREPRENEUR. 
HE BUILT HIS 
COMMUNITY'S 
FIRSTERS, FIRST 
ELEMENTARY 
SCHOOL, AND 
PURCHASED 
FARMLAND WHICH 
PAID OFF IN TWO 
YEARS. 
I AM HERE TODAY, 
CANDIDATE FOR 
CONGRESS, 
BECAUSE OF MY 
GREAT-GREAT-
GRANDFATHER 
BURGESS. 
I WAS RAISED IN 
THE SOUTH IN THE 
DAYS OF JIM CROW 
AND THE KKK. 
WE WERE TAUGHT 
THAT ANYTHING 
WAS POSSIBLE IN 
AMERICA. 
WHEN I WAS 22 
YEARS OLD, I 
THOUGHT ALL MY 
DREAMS HAD COME 
TRUE I WAS 
DRAFTED BY THE 
NEW YORK JETS. 
10 YEARS LATER 
WITH A SUPER 
BOWL 
CHAMPIONSHIP 
UNDER MY BELT TO 
MY LEFT THE NFL 
TO START A 
BUSINESS. 
I THOUGHT I 
COULD NEVER 
FAIL. 
BUT YEARS LATER, 
I DID. 
I LOST 
EVERYTHING. 
AS I MOVED MY 
FAMILY OF SIX 
INTO A ONE-
BEDROOM BASEMENT 
APARTMENT IN 
BROOKLYN NEW 
YORK, I HAD A 
CHOICE TO MAKE. 
I COULD FEEL 
SORRY FOR MYSELF 
OR GET TO WORK. 
I WORKED AS A 
SECURITY GUARD 
AT NIGHT. 
,
SUSPENDED AS 
WELL AS MAJOR-
LEAGUE BASEBALL 
GAMES POSTPONED 
FOR THE NIGHT. 
>>> THE COVERED 
PANDEMIC CROSS 
180,000 DEATHS 
ACCORDING TO THE 
LATEST COUNT BY 
NBC NEWS. 
WE WILL HEAR 
MORE ABOUT THESE 
TOPICS TONIGHT, 
AND OUR TEAMS 
WILL DIG INTO 
HOW ALL OF THESE 
ISSUES COULD 
SHIP THIS 
ELECTION. 
>>> THE 
COMMISSION HAS 
BEEN UNDERWAY 
TONIGHT FOR 
ABOUT 90 
MINUTES. 
WE ARE AWAITING 
ANY MOMENT NOW. 
LAURA TRUMP, THE 
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
BUT THE MAIN W 
EVENT, VICE 
PRESIDENT PENCE, 
AND HALLIE 
JACKSON IS AT 
FORT McHENRY, 
WHERE THE VICE 
PRESIDENT WAS 
SPEAKING.% 
>> Reporter: YOU 
TALKED ABOUT ALL 
THAT E NEWS 
IS HAPPENING OFAS 
WE COME %ON THE 
AIR TONIGHT. 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT IS 
AWARE OF ALL 
 CEOF 
THAT, AND OFI JUST 
SPOKE WITH A 
SOURCE FAMILIAR 
WITH THE VICE 
PRESIDENT'S 
SPEECH, WHO SAID 
EVEN LATE INTO 
THE NIGHT, 
TWEAKS ARE BEING 
MADE BECAUSE OF 
THE AVALANCHE OF 
NEWS, EVERYTHING 
FROM THE 
HURRICANE, WHICH 
I AM TOLD THE 
VICE PRESIDENT 
IS LIKELY TO 
ADDRESS CURRENT 
ISSUES 
SURROUNDING 
RACE, AND THE 
POLICE SHOOTING 
THAT WE HAVE 
BEEN TALKING 
ABOUT, WHICH I CU
AM TOLD THE
 VICE 
PRESIDENT WAS 
BIG ONLY ABOUT. 
EXPECT THIS  T
SPEECH TO HIT 
HEAVILY ON 
THEMES OF 
PATRIOTISM. 
WE ARE HERE AT 
FORT McHENRY, 
THE SITE THAT 
INSPIRED FRANCIS 
SCOTT PETE TO 
WRITE THE STAR-
SPANGLED BANNER. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
ALSO TALK 
POLICY. 
HE WILL TRY TO 
DRAW CONTRASTED 
BE MORE POLICY 
HEAVY AND WE 
HAVE SEEN WITH 
PREVIOUS 
SPEAKERS, AND 
TALK ABOUT THE 
PERILS OF A JOE 
BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION 
FROM THAT N POLICY 
PERSPECTIVE. 
WE HAVE SEEN 
SEVERAL STAFF 
MEMBERS OF THE 
ADMINISTRATION, 
INCLUDING MANY 
WHO TALKED ABOUT 
THEIR EXPERIENCE 
AS A , 
WOMAN 
WORKING WITH 
DONALD TRUMP. 
THAT IS IF YOU 
WE ARE GOING TO 
HEAR AS WELL 
WHEN LAURA TRUMP 
TAKES THE STAGE. 
I AM TOLD BY A 
SOURCE FAMILIAR 
WITH HER SPEECH 
THAT SHE  WAS TO 
HER PERSONAL 
STORIES ABOUT 
JOINING THE 
TRUMP FAMILY, 
AND GETTING TO 
SEE A DIFFERENT 
SIDE OF 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>>> WE ARE JUST 
MOMENTS AWAY 
FROM THAT AND 
WOMEN HAVE 
DEFINITELY BEEN 
A THEME OF THE 
NIGHT WITH KAREN 
PENCE, THE 
SECOND LADY OF 
THE UNITED 
STATES, TALKING. 
SEVERAL STAFFERS 
REALLY VOUCHING 
FOR HIS PERSONAL 
CHARACTER. 
LET'S TURN TO 
ANDREA MITCHELL 
ON THIS. 
IT SEEMS LIKE ON %
ANNIVERSARY 
OF WOMEN'S 
SUFFRAGE, IT IS ELVE
LADIES NIGHT AT 
THE REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION. 
>> Reporter: IS 
ACTUALLY BEEN 
SOMETHING OF 
GREAT FOCUS FOR 
SEVERAL NIGHTS 
NOW, AND 
CERTAINLY 
TONIGHT. 
LAURA TRUMP IS A 
GREAT EXAMPLE. 
SHE MARRIED INTO 
THE FAMILY. 
SHE IS FROM NINL
NORTH CAROLINA. 
SHE HAS A 
WORKING CLASS 
BACKGROUND. 
SHE IS CERTAINLY 
PART OF THE 
APPEAL TO THE 
SUBURBAN WOMEN 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
ABANDONING THE %
PRESIDENT IN  
DROVES. 
THE GENDER GAP 
IS ES21 POINTS. 
THERE IS A 
GENDER GRAND 
CANYON, NOT JUST 
A GAP. 
WITH THAT, SHE 
IS GOING TO BE 
TALKING ABOUT HER
ROUTE AS A 
SPOUSE OF A 
WORKING-CLASS 
RSON. 
>>> IT SHOULD BE 
NOTED THE NUMBER 
OF NEWS TEEVENTS 
HAPPENING AROUND 
THE COUNTRY 
RIGHT NOW, 
SOMETHINGS WILL 
BE ON TAPE AND TR
SOME THINGS WILL 
BE LIVE. 
REFERENCES ARE 
GOING TO BE 
TAKING WITH THAT 
IN MIND. 
LAURA TRUMP'S 
REMARKS ON TAPE, 
SO WE WILL SEE 
WHAT SHE HAS TO 
SAY, AND LET'S 
GO RIGHT NOW TO 
THE RNC THEATER. 
>>> GOOD 
EVENING, 
AMERICA. 
I'M LAURA TRUMP, 
SISTER TO R.EN
KYLE, 
MOTHER TO LOOK 
AT CAROLINA, AND 
THE DAUGHTER-IN-
LAW OF OUR 45th 
PRESIDENT, 
DONALD J TRUMP. 
I COME TO YOU 
SIMPLY AS AN 
AMERICAN. 
MY LIFE BEGAN AS 
MANY IN OUR 
COUNTRY. 
I GREW UP IN 
NORTH CAROLINA. 
MY PARENTS WERE 
SMALL BUSINESS %
OWNERS AND TO 
MAKE SURE MY 
BROTHER AND I 
HAD ORIGINALLY 
NEEDED, BUT NOT 
EVERYTHING WE 
WANTED. 
IN AMERICA, I 
COULD ACHIEVE 
ANYTHING WITH 
HARD WORK AND 
DETERMINATION.
, AND THE 
OPPORTUNITIES 
AVAILABLE TO ME 
WERE LIMITED 
ONLY BY THE SIZE E 
OF MY AMBITION, 
THAT I SHOULD 
DREAM BIG, AND I 
DID. 
THOSE DREAMS ARE 
WHAT LET ME TO 
GO NECK CITY, 
AND I HEARD THE 
ADAGE THAT IF I 
COULD MAKE IT 
THERE, I CAN 
MAKE IT 
ANYWHERE, AND I 
INTENDED TO DO 
JUST THAT. 
NEVER IN 1 
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, 
MISSES B, USED 
TO TELL US,  
BELIEVE NONE OF 
WHAT YOU HEAR, 
HALF OF WHAT YOU 
READ, AND ONLY 
WHAT YOU ARE 
THERE TO WITNESS 
FIRSTHAND. 
THE MEANING OF 
THOSE WORDS 
NEVER FULLY WAIT 
ON ME UNTIL I 
MET MY HUSBAND 
IN THE TRUMP 
FAMILY. 
ANY PRECONCEIVED 
NOTION I HAD AT 
THIS FAMILY 
DISAPPEARED 
IMMEDIATELY. 
THEY WERE WARM 
AND CARING. 
WITH A HARD EA 
WORKER, AND THEY 
WERE HARD TO 
WORK. 
THEY REMINDED ME 
OF MY OWN FAMILY.
THAT MADE ME 
FEEL LIKE I WAS 
HOME. 
WALKING THE 
HALLS OF THE 
TRUMP 
ORGANIZATION, I 
SAID THE SAME 
FAMILY 
ENVIRONMENT. 
I ALSO SAW HE%THE 
COUNTLESS WOMEN 
EXECUTIVES WHO 
THRIVE 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 WHEN 
MY CHERISHED 
HOME STATE, AND 
MY DAUGHTER'S 
NAMESAKE, NORTH 
CAROLINA. 
THOUGH I HAD NO 
POLITICAL 
EXPERIENCE, HE 
INL  ME. 
HE KNEW I WAS 
CAPABLE, EVEN IF 
I DIDN'T. 
SO, IT DIDN'T 
SURPRISE ME WHEN 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP APPOINTED 
SO MANY WOMEN TO 
SENIOR LEVEL 
POSITIONS AND 
HIS 
MINISTRATION. 
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. 
I DO PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S 
LEADERSHIP, ANFE% A
WOMEN'S 
UNEMPLOYMENT IS 
THE LOWEST LEVEL 
SINCE WORLD WAR 
II. 
4.3 MILLION NEW 
JOBS HAVE BEEN 
CREATED FOR 
WOMEN IN 2019 
ALONE. WOMEN 
TOOK OVER 70% OF 
ALL NEW JOBS. 
FEMALE SMALL 
BUSINESS 
OWNERSHIP 
REMAINS AT AN LE
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 THERE HEIS 
THE RIGHT %THING 
TO DO. 
100 YEARS AGO 
TODAY, THE 19th 
AMENDMENT WAS 
RATIFIED, 
GRANTING THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE TO 
EVERY , 
AMERICAN 
WOMAN. SINCE 
THAT DAY, 
INCREDIBLE 
STRIDES HAVE 
BEEN MADE FOR 
WOMEN LEIN AMERICA.
FROM AMELIA 
EARHART TO ROSA 
PARKS AND SALLY 
RIDE, WOMEN 
SHAPED OUR 
HISTORY AND ARE 
PART OF WOWHAT 
OUR  MADE 
COUNTRY THE MOST 
EXCEPTIONAL 
NATION IN THE 
WORLD. 
I OFTEN THINK 
BACK TO MY 24-
YEAR-OLD CELLS, 
DRIVING ALONE IN 
MY CAR FROM 
NORTH CAROLINA 
TO NEW YORK 
CITY. 
I THINK ABOUT %
WHAT I TELL 
MYSELF NOW, AS 
WE HEAD TOWARDS 
THE MOST 
CRITICAL 
ELECTION IN ST
MODERN HISTORY. 
THIS IS NOT JUST 
A CHOICE BETWEEN 
REPUBLICAN AND 
DEMOCRAT, OR 
LEFT NDAND RIGHT. 
THIS IS AN 
ELECTION THAT 
WILL DECIDE IF 
WE KEEP AMERICA 
AMERICA, OR IF 
WE HAD KNOWN 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 
FREEDOM, IT WILL 
BE BECAUSE WE 
DESTROYED 
OURSELVES. 
ALL THOSE WORDS 
WERE SPOKEN OVER 
150 YEARS AGO, 
NEVER HAVE THEY S 
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 A 
BEACON OF HOPE 
FOR THOSE AROUND 
THE WORLD, 
FIGHTING 
OPPRESSION, 
COMMUNISM, AND 
TO TYRANNY? 
THE CHOICE IS ARWO
OURS. 
I KNOW THE 
PROMISE OF 
AMERICA, BECAUSE 
I HAVE %LIVED IT, 
NOT JUST AS A 
MEMBER OF THE 
TRUMP FAMILY, 
BUT AS A WOMAN 
WHO KNOWS WHAT 
IS LIKE TO 
WORK IN BLUE-
COLLAR JOBS, TO WO
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 
LEAVING FOR 
THEM, FOR OUR 
FUTURE 
GENERATIONS? 
IN RECENT 
MONTHS, WE HAVE 
SEEN WEAK, 
SPINELESS 
POLITICIANS TAKE 
CONTROL OF OUR 
GREAT AMERICAN 
CITIES TO S  %
VIOLENT MOBS. 
DEFUND THE 
POLICE IS THE 
RALLYING CRY FOR 
THE NEW RADICAL 
DEMOCRAT PARTY. 
JOE BIDEN WILL L 
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 S OF 
LIFE. WE CANNOT 
DARE TO DREAM 
OUR BIGGEST 
DREAMS FROM 
OURSELVES, OR 
FOR OUR CHILDREN 
WHILE CONSUMED 
BY WORRY ABOUT 
THE SAFETY OF ED
OUR FAMILIES. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS THE LAW AND 
ORDER RESIDENT, 
FROM OUR BORDERS 
TO OUR BACKYARD. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WILL KEEP AMERICA
SAFE. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WILL KEEP 
AMERICA 
PROSPEROUS. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WILL KEEP 
AMERICA AMERICA. 
IF YOU ARE 
WATCHING TONIGHT 
AND WRESTLING 
WITH YOUR VOTE 
ON NOVEMBER 3rd, %
I IMPLORE YOU, 
TUNE OUT THE 
DISTORTED NEWS 
AND BIASED 
COMMENTARY, AND 
HEAR IT STRAIGHT 
FROM SOMEONE WHO %
KNOWS. 
I WASN'T BORN A 
TRUMP. 
I AM FROM THE 
SOUTH. 
I WAS RAISED A 
CAROLINA GIRL. 
I WENT TO PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS AND 
WORKED MY WAY 
THROUGH A STATE 
UNIVERSITY. 
THIS IS B FROM 
MY SEVENTH GRADE 
ENGLISH CLASS 
WAS RIGHT. 
WHAT I LEARNED 
ABOUT OUR 
PRESIDENT IS 
DIFFERENT THAN 
WHAT YOU MIGHT R 
HAVE HEARD. 
I LEARNED THAT 
HE IS A GOOD 
MAN. 
THAT HE LOVES 
HIS FAMILY. 
THAT HE DIDN'T 
NEED THIS JOB. 
THAT NO ONE ON 
EARTH WORKED 
HARD UP FOR THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
THAT HE IS 
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. 
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 
RESIDENT, RONALD 
REAGAN, SAID IT 
BEST. 
THE DREAMS OF 
PEOPLE MAY 
DIFFER, BUT 
EVERYBODY WANTS 
THEIR DREAMS TO 
COME TRUE. 
AT AMERICA ABOVE 
ALL PLACES GIVES 
US THE FREEDOM 
TO DO THAT. 
IT IS 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 
HURRICANE. 
MAY GOD BLESS 
OUR TROOPS, AND 
MAY GOD CONTINUE 
TO BLESS THIS 
INCREDIBLE 
COUNTRY. 
>>> LAURA TRUMP 
CONCLUDING HER 
REMARKS, THE 
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW 
OF THE PRESIDENT 
IS ALSO A W LS
CAMPAIGN ADVISOR.
AS WE SAID ON 
THE OUTSET THERE 
IS A LOT GOING 
ON TONIGHT THAT 
IS REVERBERATING 
IN THE 
CONVENTION. 
YOU HEARD HER 
MENTION OF THE RB
HURRICANE. 
THERE IS ALSO 
FALLOUT OF THE 
SHOOTING ON 
SUNDAY OF A 
BLACK MAN, JACOB 
BLAKE IN KENOSHA 
WISCONSIN. 
IT HAS TRIGGERED 
THE SAME %GRIEF 
AND OUTRAGE THAT 
WE SAW AFTER THE 
KILLING OF 
GEORGE FLOYD 
THREE G MONTHS AGO.
>>> MILWAUKEE 
BUCKS PLAYERS 
BOYCOTTED A 
SCHEDULED NBA 
GAME IN PROTEST. 
THAT PROMPTED 
THE NBA 
TO 
POSTPONE THREE 
GAMES. 
THERE IS A 
CURFEW IN EFFECT 
IN KENOSHA. NE
THE S.ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICIALS, SPOKE 
TODAY FOR THE 
FIRST TIME, 
GIVING 
INFORMATION 
ABOUT WHAT 
HAPPENED. 
WE WANT TO GO TO 
THE GROUND THERE CT
IN% KENOSHA 
TONIGHT. 
HOW IS THE MEN GH
EVENING LOOKING 
SO FAR? 
>> Reporter: HI, 
SAVANNA. 
YOU MENTIONED 
THAT THIS 
SHOOTING IS 
RICOCHETING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY AND THE 
SPORTS WORLD. 
HERE IN KENOSHA, IN
THIS IS A CITY 
IN VIRTUAL 
LOCKDOWN AND IT 
HAS BEEN FOR THE 
LAST SEVERAL 
DAYS. 
THIS IS THE 
FOURTH NIGHT OF 
PROTESTS. 
SEVERAL HUNDRED 
PROTESTERS ARE 
GATHERED ONCE 
AGAIN IN FRONT 
OF THE COUNTY RE%
COURTHOUSE, 
IGNORING THE 
CURFEW. 
SO FAR THINGS 
TONIGHT HAVE 
REMAINED 
PEACEFUL SO FAR. 
IT IS WHEN YOU SE
%PE
GET DEEPER INTO 
THE NIGHT THAT 
THESE PROTESTS 
HAVE OFTEN 
TURNED VIOLENT. 
SAVANNA, YOU 
MENTIONED THAT 
AUTHORITIES DID 
SPEAK TODAY FOR 
THE FIRST TIME. 
WE REALLY HAD LE 
NOT HEARD A LOT 
FROM LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES. 
TODAY, THE U.S. 
DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE 
CONFIRMED THAT 
IT IS OPENING A %
FEDERAL CIVIL 
RIGHTS 
INVESTIGATION 
INTO THIS 
SHOOTING. 
ALSO, THE 
WISCONSIN STATE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
IDENTIFIED THE 
OFFICER WHO SHOTRAT 
JACOB BLAKE FOR 
THE FIRST TIME 
TODAY, AND HE 
ALSO REVEALED  
THAT 
INVESTIGATORS 
HAD FOUND A 
KNIFE INSIDE OF 
BLAKE'S CAR. 
HOWEVER, MANY OF 
THESE PROTESTERS 
SAY THAT THAT 
SHOULD NOT MAKE 
ANY DIFFERENCE. 
THEY SEE THIS AS 
PART OF A LONG 
HISTORY OF 
MISTRUST BETWEEN 
POLICE AND 
COMMUNITIES OF 
COLOR. 
OF COURSE, AS IT
YOU MENTIONED, 
SAVANNA, AND 
LESTER, THIS 
COMES JUST 
MONTHS AFTER THE 
DEATH OF NENDISGEOR 
FLOYD. 
THERE HAVE BEEN 
SEVERAL 
FLASHPOINTS OVER 
THE PAST SEVERAL 
MONTHS, 
INCLUDING %IN 
PORTLAND, AND 
NOW HERE IN 
WISCONSIN. 
IT'S A CRITICAL 
SWING SUITE 
STATE. 
YOU HEARD ABOUT 
A VIOLENT MOB, 
THAT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WOULD 
PROTECT 
AMERICANS FROM. 
SHE SAID THAT 
ID
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WOULD BE THE 
PRESIDENT THAT 
KEEPS AMERICAN  
CITIES SAFE. 
CLEARLY IT'S A 
CENTRAL PART OF 
THEIR REELECTION 
STRATEGY, BUT 
AGAIN, RIGHT 
HERE IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, THIS 
IS ANOTHER NIGHT T 
OF PROTESTS. 
LAST NIGHT 
TURNED VIOLENT. 
TWO PEOPLE SHOT 
AND KILLED. 
THIS COMMUNITY 
IS WONDERING 
WHAT IS NEXT. 
>>> THANK YOU. 
>>> WE ARE 
FORTUNATE TO 
HAVE WITH US NOW 
TONIGHT EUGENE 
ROBINSON, 
WASHINGTON POST 
COLUMNIST, 
ASSOCIATE EDITOR 
NEWS %C 
CONTRIBUTOR. 
GOOD TO HAVE YOU 
WITH US. 
WE HAVE HEARD 
OVER THE LAST 
COUPLE 
OF DAYS 
THIS CONVENTION 
TALK ABOUT 
DANGER IN THE 
STREETS AND 
RIOTS IN VETHE 
STREETS, AND THE 
FUTURE UNDER THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
CAN YOU FRAME 
WHAT IS 
HAPPENING THERE 
WITH WHAT IS 
HAPPENING ON THE DE
GROUND WHERE 
GABE IS?
>> THERE IS A 
TOTAL 
DISCONNECT, 
LESTER. 
I SUSPECT WE 
WILL HEAR MORE 
ABOUT VIOLENT 
MOBS AND ABOUT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
BEING THE ONLY 
THING STANDING 
BETWEEN THE 
UNITED STATES 
AND ANARCHY. 
WE HEARD NOT A 
WORD AND LAURA'S 
JOBS SPEECH ABOUT
JACOB BLAKE, WHO 
WAS SHOT  SEVEN 
TIME IN THE BACK.
WE HAVE POLICE 
RESPONDING TO A 
DOMESTIC CALL, 
AND HE WAS SHOT 
SEVEN TIMES IN 
THE BACK, AND 
APPARENTLY 
PARALYZED FOR 
LIFE. 
WE HEARD NOT A D 
WORD ABOUT THE 
TWO PROTESTERS 
WHO WERE SHOT, 
APPARENTLY BY A 
YOUNG WHITE 
VIGILANTE WHO 
CAME FROM 
ILLINOIS TO 
PATROL THE 
STREETS OF 
KENOSHA, SELF-
APPOINTED, AND 
ENDED UP KILLING OLN
TWO PEOPLE, AND 
GRIEVOUSLY 
INJURING ONE. 
WE HEARD NOTHING 
ABOUT 
RACIAL 
JUSTICE, AND THE 
RECKONING WITH 
400 YEARS OF OF
SYSTEMIC RACISM. 
A MAJORITY OF 
AMERICANS, 
ACCORDING TO 
POLLS, ARE READY 
TO UNDERTAKE 
THAT, ARE READY 
TO TALK ABOUT S,
%
AND GRAPPLE WITH 
THIS. 
THIS CONVENTION 
IS NOT READY TO 
GRAPPLE WITH WIANY 
OF THAT. 
THIS CONVENTION 
IS READY TO 
FRIGHTEN VOTERS, 
HOPEFULLY TRUMP 
VOTERS, FROM 
THEIR POINT P OF 
VIEW, INTO GOING 
TO THE POLLS, 
AND THEY ARE 
TRYING TO 
FRIGHTEN THEM 
WITH WHAT THEY 
DESCRIBE AS 
ANARCHY AND 
VIOLENT MOBS IN 
THE STREETS FOR 
NO GIVEN REASON. 
WE HAVE NO IDEA, 
NO CONTEXT, NO 
SENSE OF WHAT IS 
THE ENING IN 
COUNTRY. 
>> I JUST WANT 
TO POINT OUT 
WHAT PEOPLE ARE 
SAYING ON THE 
TOP RIGHT OF 
THEIR SCREEN IS 
THE EIRNC FEET, 
AND THEY ARE 
LISTENING NOW TO 
CLARENCE 
HENDERSON WHO 
WAS AT THAT 
WOOLWORTH'S 
LUNCH COUNTER ON 
FEBRUARY 2nd, 
1960, PROTESTING 
SEGREGATION. 
HE IS SPEAKING 
TONIGHT AS A 
SUPPORTER OF 
DONALD TRUMP. 
WE HAVE %
SEEN 
SEVERAL AFRICAN-
AMERICAN 
SPEAKERS WHO 
HAVE COME OUT, 
SOME DEMOCRATS 
ARE SAYING I 
SUPPORT TRUMP 
AND THIS AN%%%IS WH 
WE WILL SHOW YOU 
A PORTION OF 
WHAT HAS BEEN 
SAID TONIGHT IN 
THE LAST COUPLE 
OF NIGHTS. 
>>> GROWING UP 
IN THE DEEP 
SOUTH, I HAVE 
SEEN RACISM UP 
CLOSE. 
I KNOW WHAT IT 
IT ISN'T 
DONALD TRUMP. 
JUST BECAUSE 
SOMEONE LOVES 
AND RESPECTS MPTHE 
FLAG, OUR 
NATIONAL ANTHEM, 
AND OUR COUNTRY, 
DOESN'T MEAN 
THEY DON'T CARE 
ABOUT SOCIAL 
JUSTICE. 
I AM PART OF A 
LARGE AND 
GROWING SEGMENT 
OF THE BLACK 
COMMUNITY WHO 
ARE INDEPENDENT 
THINKERS, AND WE 
BELIEVE THAT 
DONALD TRUMP IS 
THE PRESIDENT 
THAT AMERICA 
US DS TO LEAD 
FORWARD. 
>> I THINK OFTEN 
ABOUT MY 
ANCESTORS WHO 
STRUGGLED FOR 
FREEDOM. 
AND AS I THINK 
OF THOSE GIANTS 
AND THEIR BROAD 
SHOULDERS, I 
ALSO THINK ABOUT 
JOE BIDEN, WHO 
SAYS IF YOU ARE 
DEVOTING FOR ME, 
YOU AIN'T BLACK. 
THEY ARGUED THAT 
REPUBLICANS 
WOULD PUT US 
BACK ANIN CHAINS, 
WHO SAYS THERE 
IS NO DIVERSITY 
OF THOUGHT IN 
THE BLACK 
COMMUNITY. 
>> I MIRROR MY 
DAD'S BRAVERY 
WHEN HE 
PERSONALLY STOOD 
UP AGAINST A 
RALLY IN %MY 
TOWN. 
IN MY HOUSE, MY 
FATHER TAUGHT ME 
TO BACK DOWN 
ONE. NO 
I KNOW WHAT 
RACISM LOOKS 
LIKE. 
I HAVE SEEN IT 
FIRSTHAND. 
IN AMERICA, IT 
HAS NO 
RESEMBLANCE TO  
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
I AM FED UP WITH 
THE WAY HE IS 
PORTRAYED IN E THE 
MEDIA, WHO 
REFUSED TO 
ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT 
HE IS ACTUALLY 
DONE FOR THE 
BLACK COMMUNITY. 
>>> THIS IS BEEN 
ONE OF THE MOST 
STRIKING ASPECTS 
OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION SO  AHE
FAR, AN ARRAY OF 
BLACK SPEAKERS 
WHO ARE COMING 
IN AND SAYING WE 
SUPPORT TRUMP  A
AND THE 
DEMOCRATS HAVE 
TAKEN YOU FOR 
GRANTED ALL 
THESE YEARS. 
TALK ABOUT THE 
STRATEGY HERE. 
I WILL REMIND 
OUR VIEWERS THAT 
BLACK MEN WERE 
THE KEY TO THAT 
HELICALLY 
CLINTON LOTS IN 
MICHIGAN AND 
WISCONSIN IN 
2016, THEY DID 
NOT SHOW  IND%UP IN 
THE NUMBERS THEY N 
HAD BEFORE. 
>> THAT IS A 
REALLY IMPORTANT 
POINT, SAVANNA, 
AND IT HAS JUST 
BEEN STRIKING TO 
HEAR FROM ALL OF 
THESE BLACK 
SPEAKERS AND 
BLACK MEN, IN 
PARTICULAR. 
TO BREAK DOWN A 
COUPLE OF 
POINTS, ONE, 
THEY ARE TRYING 
TO MAKE THE CASE 
THAT DEMOCRATS 
DO NOT OWN THE 
BLACK VOTE, THAT 
IT IS STILL UP 
FOR GRABS, AND 
SHOULD NOT BE 
TAKEN FOR 
GRANTED. 
THEY ARE ALSO LS
TRYING TO BLEND 
ALL THE 
CRITICISM THAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS GOTTEN, 
PARTICULARLY 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF 
THESE NATIONWIDE 
PROTESTS, THAT 
HE HAS BEEN TONE 
DEAF WHEN IT 
COMES TO WHAT 
THE %PROTESTERS THPS
ARE CALLING FOR, AF
WHICH IS RACIAL 
JUSTICE, AND 
EQUALITY. 
THEN, TO BREAK 
DOWN THAT ROAD 
THAT YOU JUST 
TALKED ABOUT, 
SAVANNA, BLACK 
MEN HAVE MADE  UP 
ABOUT 5% OF THE 
VOTE, GOING BACK 
TO 2008, AND 
INCREASINGLY 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
GETTING LESS OF 
THAT SHARE. 
THE STRATEGY TO 
TRY TO PEEL AWAY 
SOME OF THOSE 
VOTES FROM JOE 
BIDEN WILL HAVE 
TO SEE HOW MUCH 
IT IS WORTH 
NOTING THAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HE  SAID THAT 
IS SENDING IN 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD TO 
KENOSHA, BUT HAS 
NOT TICOMMENTED ON 
THAT SHOOTING 
THAT TOOK PLACE 
THERE YET, 
SAVANNA. 
>>> IT WILL  E BE 
CURIOUS TO SEE 
IF WE ACTUALLY 
HEAR THE NAME 
JACOB BLAKE 
MENTIONED AS WE HE
GO FORWARD.  
LET'S BRING IN 
POLITICAL 
DIRECTOR AND 
MODERATOR OF 
MEET THE PRESS, CA
CHUCK TODD. 
REAL-WORLD  
EVENTS HAVE A 
WAY OF 
DISRUPTING THE 
BEST LIGHT 
POLITICAL PLANS. 
WHAT DO YOU 
THINK %SO FAR? 
>> I THINK IN 
YOU WEEKS, 
KNOW, IT IS VERY 
POSSIBLE WE ARE 
STILL TALKING 
ABOUT WISCONSIN 
AND HURRICANE 
RECOVERY AND WE 
ARE NOT TALKING 
ABOUT THIS 
CONVENTION. 
LET'S BE 
REALISTIC. 
THAT COULD VERY 
WELL BE THE 
CASE. 
I THINK WHAT IS 
HAPPENING ON THE 
GROUND AND 
KENOSHA, AND 
PERHAPS WHAT IS 
GOING TO HAPPEN 
WITH THE STORM, 
IT IS SOMETHING 
THAT IS GOING TO 
LINGER. 
THERE HAS BEEN . 
ANOTHER THING 
THAT HAS BEEN 
STRIKING ABOUT 
THIS SORT OF 
ATTEMPT TO 
REMAKE THE T 
PRESIDENT'S 
IMAGE 
PARTICULARLY 
WHEN IT COMES TO AG
HIS VIEWS ON 
AFRICAN-
AMERICANS AND ON 
POLICE REFORM 
AND THINGS LIKE 
THAT. 
ONE OF THE %
THINGS THAT HAS 
NOT HAPPENED 
DURING THIS 
CONVENTION IS 
NOT A SINGLE 
SPEAKER COMES UP 
CENSUS, YOU 
KNOW, DONALD 
TRUMP THOUGHT 
THIS AND HE DID 
THIS, BUT HE HAS 
EVOLVED, HE IS 
CHANGING, OR YOU 
DON'T HERE, YOU 
KNOW, HE HAS 
BECOME A MORE 
COMPASSIONATE 
THIS, OR HE %IS 
MORE EMPATHETIC 
ON THAT. 
IT REALLY IS A 
MESSAGE OF TAKE 
IT OR LEAVE IT. 
THIS IS WHO 
DONALD TRUMP IS, 
TAKE IT OR LEAVE 
IT. 
I JUST WONDER, 
NOT SHOWING SOME 
WILLINGNESS TO 
CHANGE, IT'S NOT 
GOING TO SIT 
WELL WITH SWING 
VOTERS. 
>>> WHEN WE COME 
BACK, MIKE PENCE 
ACCEPTS THE 
REPUBLICAN VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINATION LIFE 
FORT McHENRY. 
FIRST, WE WANT 
TO SHARE THIS 
MOMENT FROM THE 
LAST HOUR. 
>> YOUNG AND OLD,
BE A RADICAL FOR 
FREEDOM. 
BE A RADICAL FOR 
LIBERTY. 
THE CAA 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. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, WITH 
THE NEW NORMAL 
FOR SCHOOL LOOK 
LIKE. 
>>> TEACHERS 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOBS THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
>>> IF I DO 
DECIDE TO TAKE 
CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN AND 
HAVE A JOB. 
>>> THIS IS A 
MOMENT WE SHOULD 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
OUR COMMUNITY. 
>>> LET'S TURN 
IT OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL. 
>>> WHAT I 
MISSES MY 
TEACHERS. 
>>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW.  
WE HAVE SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>>> WE SAW A 
LARGE CONVOY OF 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD COME 
THROUGH HERE. 
>>> IT IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIFE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>>> TONIGHT THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVERED 
CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>>> WHAT IS THE 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
ARE GOING TO BE 
HOME 
INDEFINITELY. 
>>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>>> DO YOU THINK 
THAT THIS IS 
GOING TO BRING 
ABOUT CHANGE 
SOON. 
>>> IN-DEPTH. 
>>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>>> USING POLICE 
IN THIS COUNTRY 
ARE UNDER 
ATTACK. 
>>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> A COUNTRY 
REELING FROM A 
PANDEMIC AND 
RACIAL 
INJUSTICE. 
THE STORY 
CHANGES HOURLY. 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
PUSH TO GET 
CHILDREN BACK 
INTO SCHOOL IS 
SINKING IN AMONG 
FAMILIES WHO ARE 
DEBATING THE 
SAFETY OF IT. 
IT'S THE 11th 
HOUR. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT FROM
THE PORTLAND 
POLICE. 
>>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
IS SAFE AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
>>> THE MOMENT 
WE TRULY 
UNDERSTAND WHO 
WE ARE AND WHO 
WE SAY WE ARE IS 
RIGHT HERE. 
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>>> THE STORY. 
>>> TONIGHT THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST CORONAVIRUS 
CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
STORMING FROM 
EVERY ANGLE. 
>>> ON THE 
GROUND 
>>> DO YOU THINK 
THAT THIS IS 
GOING TO BRING 
ABOUT CHANGE 
SOON? 
>>> AND IN DEPTH.
DRAMATIC MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>>> DO YOU THINK 
THE POLICE IN 
THIS COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> THIS YEAR'S 
ELECTION IS 
GOING TO BE A 
LITTLE 
DIFFERENT. 
INSTEAD OF ON 
ELECTION DAY, WE 
NOW HAVE A 
VOTING SEASON. 
IS THAT SPECIAL 
TIME OF YEAR 
WHEN POLLS CAN 
OPEN WEEKS 
BEFORE ELECTION 
DAY, WHEN YOUR 
MAILBOX CAN 
BECOME A VOTING 
BOOTH. 
WHEN HOW YOU 
VOTE IS JUST AS 
IMPORTANT AS WHO 
YOU VOTE FOR. 
HOW, WHEN, AND 
WHERE TO CAST 
YOUR BALLOT 
DEPENDS ON YOUR 
STATE. 
IS THE SEASON TO 
BE PREPARED. 
THIS YEAR YOU 
PLAN YOUR VOTE. 
>>> FOR BREAKING 
NEWS IN OUR 
CHANGING WORLD, 
DOWNLOAD THE NBC 
NEWS APP. 
>>> WELCOME 
BACK, AS WE 
AWAIT MIKE PENCE 
SPEAKING TONIGHT 
FROM BALTIMORE'S 
HISTORIC FORT 
McHENRY, LET'S 
GO AGAIN TO 
HALLIE JACKSON 
WHO IS THERE 
TONIGHT. 
HOW WE, WHAT ARE 
YOU SEEING? 
>> Reporter: 
THERE IS SAID TO 
BE AN APPEARANCE 
BY PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, WE 
UNDERSTAND. 
THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
IS GOING TO 
HAPPEN AT SOME 
POINT, EITHER 
DURING OR AFTER 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT'S 
REMARKS. 
WE HEARD THE 
SOUNDS WHICH 
SOUNDED LIKE 
MARINE ONE 
LANDING, AND I 
RAN INTO MARK 
MEADOWS IN THE 
AUDIENCE HERE 
ALONG WITH A 
NUMBER OF 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S OTHER 
ADVISORS, ALLIES 
TO THE VICE 
PRESIDENT AS 
WELL. 
THE CHIEF OF 
STAFF, ABOUT 
TOMORROW NIGHT'S 
SPEECH, AND 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
TOMORROW WOULD 
BE COMPREHENSIVE 
AND STRAIGHT 
FORWARD. BUT 
TONIGHT DOES 
BELONG TO VICE 
PRESIDENT PENCE. 
I WANT TO GIVE 
YOU A SENSE OF I 
WOULD SAY THE 
ROOM, BUT IT IS 
ACTUALLY, AGAIN, 
THIS HISTORIC 
SITE, 
ADMINISTERED BY 
THE NATIONAL 
PARK SERVICE. 
YOU HAVE A 
NUMBER OF 
GOLDSTAR 
FAMILIES. 
YOU HAVE MEMBERS 
WHOSE FAMILIES 
WERE KILLED IN 
MILITARY 
SERVICE, AND 
COMBAT SERVICE. 
YOU HAVE PEOPLE 
WHO WORK WITH A 
TERRIBLE GROUP 
THAT CREATES A 
ESSENTIALLY 
EXOSKELETONS FOR 
FORMER MEMBERS 
OF THE MILITARY 
AS WELL. 
WE ARE WAITING 
FOR THE VICE 
PRESIDENT 
SPEECH. 
HE WILL DRAW 
CONTRAST WITH 
JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS. 
>>> LET'S TURN 
TO KRISTIN 
WALKER AS WE 
AWAIT THE VICE 
PRESIDENT 
SPEECH. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
SHOWING THIS 
WRITER OFF OF 
THE GULF COAST 
BECAUSE THE 
STORM IS BEARING 
DOWN AND IS VERY 
MUCH ON THE 
MINDS OF THE 
PRESIDENT, AND 
ALSO, BY THE 
WAY, HIS SPEECH 
TOMORROW NIGHT, 
PLANS ARE FOR 
THIS BEACH TO GO 
FORWARD. 
IS THE PRESIDENT 
WATCHING THIS 
SITUATION? 
>> Reporter: 
HE'S WATCHING 
THE SITUATION 
VERY CLOSELY, 
AND I CAN TELL 
YOU THAT 
OFFICIALS AT THE 
WHITE HOUSE 
THROUGHOUT THE 
DAY HAVE SAID 
THAT AT THIS 
POINT IN TIME, 
THERE ARE NO 
PLANS TO DELAY 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
SPEECH TOMORROW 
NIGHT. 
I JUST GOT OFF 
THE PHONE WITH A 
SOURCE WHO 
REITERATED THAT. 
AT THIS POINT IN 
TIME THEY ARE 
PLANNING TO HAVE 
THE PRESIDENT 
SPEECH TOMORROW 
NIGHT, BUT 
OBVIOUSLY THIS 
IS A VERY FLUID 
SITUATION, AND 
IT IS WORTH 
NOTING THAT IN 
THE PAST, IF YOU 
GO BACK TO 2012, 
THEY ACTUALLY 
DELAYED THE 
START OF THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION DUE 
TO A HURRICANE 
THEN. 
SO, THIS IS A 
SITUATION THAT 
CAN BE QUITE 
FLUID, BUT, 
BOTTOM LINE, AT 
THIS POINT IN 
TIME, THE PLANS 
ARE MOVING 
FORWARD AS 
INITIALLY 
PLANNED FOR. 
>>> THERE ARE SO 
MANY THINGS WE 
ARE WATCHING 
RIGHT NOW AND WE 
ARE WAITING FOR 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
HE IS MOMENTS 
AWAY FROM MAKING 
HIS LIVE 
APPEARANCE THERE 
AT FORT 
MacQUARIE IN 
BALTIMORE. 
HE HAS BEEN AT 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
SIDE SINCE THE 
BEGINNING. BY 
ALL ACCOUNTS, 
THEY HAVE A VERY 
STRONG 
RELATIONSHIP. 
>>> HE IS GOING 
TO GIVE AN 
IMPASSIONED 
DEFENSE OF THE 
FIRST FOUR 
YEARS, AND A 
PLEA FOR THE 
NEXT FOUR. 
LET'S A VISIT TO 
VICE PRESIDENT 
PENCE AS THE 
TAPE STARTS AND 
HIS PRESENTATION 
BEGINS. 
>>> BY DAWN'S 
EARLY LIGHT, 
MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS GIVE 
THANKS FOR THIS 
LAND, OUR 
LIBERTIES, AND 
THOSE WHO 
DEFENDED. 
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 
PROPELLING THE 
BRITISH 
ONSLAUGHT, THEY 
DID SO NOT ONLY 
FOR OUR PEOPLE, 
WHICH THE 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. 
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, AMENDED 
THEM, AND RAISED 
OUR FLAG ANEW. 
JUST AS THE 
SOLDIERS AT FORT 
McHENRY FOUGHT 
IN DEFENSE OF 
THE BELIEFS THAT 
BIND US TODAY, 
THERE ARE NEW 
LEADERS WHO HAVE 
DEVOTED THEIR 
LIFE TO DO THE 
SAME. 
>> GREETING 
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 DID NOT 
GROW UP A 
REPUBLICAN. 
>> IS 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 
LATE, AND FROM 
THAT CONVICTION 
SPRUNG HIS LOVE 
OF PEOPLE AND 
SERVICE TO 
OTHERS. 
IT WAS AT A 
CHURCH SERVICE 
WHERE MICHAEL 
MET THE LOVE OF 
HIS LIFE, KAREN. 
THEY MARRIED AND 
HAS THREE 
CHILDREN, 
MICHAEL, 
CHARLOTTE, AND 
AUDREY. 
>> I AM A 
CHRISTIAN, A 
CONSERVATIVE, 
AND A 
REPUBLICAN, IN 
THAT ORDER. 
>> HE BECAME THE 
PRESIDENT OF A 
FREE-MARKET 
THINK TANK, 
THOSE OF THE 
SEPARATIVE RADIO 
SHOW, AND THEN A 
CONGRESSMAN. 
IN WASHINGTON, 
HE QUICKLY 
BECAME KNOWN AS 
THE FOREMOST 
DEFENDER OF 
FREEDOM. 
HE LED 
CONSERVATIVES IN 
THE FIGHT TO 
PROTECT OUR TIME-
HONORED VALUES 
OF FAMILY, LIFE, 
LIBERTY, AND 
LIMITED 
GOVERNMENT. 
>> OUR NATIONS 
FAITH STRENGTH 
BEGINS AT HOME, 
BECAUSE STRONG 
FAMILIES MAKE A 
STRONG AMERICA. 
>> AIRED THE 
TRUST OF THE 
PEOPLE OF THE 
STATE OF BECAME 
THE 50th 
GOVERNOR OF 
INDIANA. 
HE EXPANDED 
SCHOOL CHOICE, 
BUT THE COUNTRY 
AND 
MANUFACTURING, 
AND HELPED HER 
HOOSIERS GET TO 
WORK THAN EVER 
BEFORE. 
BUT HE WASN'T 
THROUGH. 
>> ABC NEWS HAS 
LEARNED 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 THE 
THREADS OF 
FREEDOM WOVEN 
THROUGHOUT 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 AND 
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. 
,
>>> THE VICE 
PRESIDENT WILL 
WALK OUT IN 
FRONT OF A LIVE 
AUDIENCE AT FORT 
McHENRY.  
WE SHOULD SEE 
HIM WALKING IN 
MUCH THE SAME 
STYLE WE SAW THE 
FIRST LADY. 
>> MIKE PENCE, 
ACCOMPANIED BY 
THE SECOND LADY, 
MISSES KAREN 
PENCE. 
>>> IT IS A 
SOCIALLY 
DISTANCED CROWD, 
ONE THAT IS 
COVID SAFE AT 
FORT McHENRY, A 
HISTORIC SITE, 
CONNECTED TO THE 
WRITING  OF THE 
STAR-SPANGLED 
BANNER. 
WE MAY HEAR IT 
TONIGHT. 
>> I THINK SO. 
,
>>> FOUR YEARS 
AGO I ANSWERED 
THE CALL TO JOIN 
THIS TICKET. 
I KNEW THAT 
DONALD TRUMP, 
HAVE THE 
LEADERSHIP IN 
THE VISION TO 
MAKE AMERICA 
GREAT AGAIN. 
FOR THE LAST 
FOUR YEARS, I 
WATCHED THIS 
PRESIDENT AND/OR 
UNRELENTING 
ATTACKS, BUT GET 
UP EVERY DAY AND 
FIGHT TO KEEP 
THE PROMISES 
THAT HE MADE TO 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE. 
SO, WITH 
GRATITUDE, WITH 
THE CONFIDENCE 
DONALD TRUMP IS 
PLACED IN MAY, 
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. 
,
>> SERVING THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE 
IN THIS OFFICE 
HAS BEEN A 
JOURNEY I NEVER 
EXPECTED. 
IT IS A JOURNEY 
THAT WOULD NOT 
HAVE BEEN 
POSSIBLE WITHOUT 
THE SUPPORT OF 
MY FAMILY. 
THIS BEGINS WITH 
MY WONDERFUL 
WIFE, KAREN. 
SHE IS A 
LIFELONG 
SCHOOLTEACHER. 
SHE'S AN 
INCREDIBLE 
MOTHER TO OUR 
THREE CHILDREN, 
AND SHE IS ONE 
OUTSTANDING 
SECOND LADY OF 
THE UNITED 
STATES. 
I AM SO PROUD OF 
YOU. 
WE COULDN'T BE 
MORE PROUD OF 
OUR THREE 
CHILDREN, GREEN 
CORE CAPTAIN 
MICHAEL J PENCE, 
AND HIS WIFE, 
SARAH. 
OUR DAUGHTER, 
CHARLOTTE PENCE-
VAUGHN, AN 
AUTHOR AND A 
WIFE TO 
LIEUTENANT HENRY 
VAUGHN, WHO IS 
CURRENTLY 
DEPLOYED AND 
SERVING OUR 
NATION IN THE 
UNITED STATES 
NAVY. 
AND OUR YOUNGEST
, A RECENT LAW 
SCHOOL GRADUATE, 
OUR DAUGHTER, 
AUDREY, AND HER 
FIANCE, WHO LIKE 
SO MANY OTHER 
AMERICANS HAD TO 
DELAY THEIR 
WEDDING THIS 
SUMMER. 
WE CANNOT WAIT 
FOR DAN TO BE A 
PART OF OUR 
FAMILY. 
IN ADDITION, WHY 
WIFE AND KIDS, 
THE PERSON WHO 
SHAPED MY LIFE 
THE MOST IS ALSO 
WITH US TONIGHT, 
MY MOM, NANCY. 
SHE IS THE 
DAUGHTER OF AN 
IRISH IMMIGRANT, 
87 YEARS YOUNG. 
MOM FOLLOWS 
POLITICS VERY 
CLOSELY. TRUTH 
BE TOLD, 
SOMETIMES I 
THINK I AM 
ACTUALLY HER 
SECOND FAVORITE 
CANDIDATE ON THE 
TRUMP/PENCE  
TICKET. THANK 
YOU MOM. 
I LOVE YOU. 
OVER THE PAST 4 
YEARS, I HAVE 
HAD THE 
PRIVILEGE TO 
WORK CLOSELY 
WITH OUR 
PRESIDENT. I 
HAVE SEEN HIM 
WHEN THE CAMERAS 
ARE OFF. 
AMERICANS SEE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AND LOTS OF 
DIFFERENT WAYS. 
THERE IS 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 A 
FARMER GRATITUDE 
THEN GRIEVANCE. 
IF YOU WANT A 
PRESIDENT WHO 
FALLS SILENT 
WHEN OUR 
HERITAGE IS 
DEMEANED OR 
INSULTED, HE IS 
NOT YOUR MAN. 
NOW, WE CAME BY 
VERY DIFFERENT 
ROUTES TO THIS 
PARTNERSHIP. 
SOME PEOPLE 
THINK WE ARE A 
LITTLE BIT 
DIFFERENT. 
YOU KNOW, I HAVE 
LEARNED A FEW 
THINGS WATCHING 
HIM. 
WATCHING HIM 
DEAL WITH ALL 
THAT WE HAVE 
BEEN THROUGH 
OVER THE PAST 4 
YEARS. 
HE DOES THINGS 
IN HIS OWN WAY. 
ON HIS OWN TERMS.
NOT MUCH GETS 
PAST HIM. 
WHEN HE HAS AN 
OPINION, HE IS 
LIABLE TO SHARE 
IT. 
HE HAS CERTAINLY 
KEPT THINGS 
INTERESTING. 
MORE IMPORTANTLY
, PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP HAS 
KEPT HIS WORD TO 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE. 
IN A CITY KNOWN 
FOR TALKERS, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS A DOER. FEW 
PRESIDENTS HAVE 
BROUGHT MORE 
INDEPENDENCE, 
ENERGY, OR 
DETERMINATION TO 
THAT OFFICE. 
4 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. 
WE WITNESSED A 
STEADY ASSAULT 
ON OUR MOST 
CHERISHED VALUES.
FREEDOM OF 
RELIGION, AND 
THE RIGHT TO 
LIFE. 
THAT IS WHEN 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP STEPPED IN
. FROM DAY ONE, 
HE KEPT HIS WORD.
WE REBUILT OUR 
MILITARY. 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. 
WITH THAT 
RENEWED ENERGY, 
WE ALSO RETURNED 
AMERICAN 
ASTRONAUTS TO 
SPACE ON AN 
AMERICAN ROCKET 
FOR THE FIRST 
TIME IN NEARLY 
10 YEARS. 
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 
CHOICES NOW 
AVAILABLE FOR 
EVERY VETERAN IN 
AMERICA. 
OUR ARMED FORCES 
AND OUR VETERANS,
STILL THIS LAND 
OF HEROES, AND 
MANY JOIN US 
TONIGHT IN THIS 
HISTORIC FORT. 
TONIGHT WE HAVE 
AMONG US 4 
RECIPIENTS OF 
THE MEDAL OF 
HONOR. 
6 RECIPIENTS OF 
THE PURPLE HEART,
A GOLD STAR 
MOTHER OF A 
GALLANT NAVY 
S.E.A.L.
, 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. 
,
>> WITH HEROES 
JUST LIKE THESE, 
WE DEFEND THIS 
NATION EVERY 
DAY. 
UNDER THIS 
COMMANDER IN 
CHIEF, WE HAVE 
TAKEN THE FIGHT 
TO RADICAL 
EXOTIC 
TERRORISTS ON 
OUR TERMS ON 
THEIR SOIL. 
LAST YEAR, 
AMERICAN ARMED 
FORCES TOOK THE 
LAST INCH OF 
ISIS TERRITORY, 
CRUSH THEIR 
CALIPHATE, AND 
IT TOOK DOWN 
THEIR LEADER 
WITHOUT ONE 
AMERICAN 
CASUALTY. 
I WAS THERE. 
WHEN PRESIDENT 
TRUMP GAVE THE 
ORDER TO TAKE 
OUT THE WORLD'S 
MOST DANGEROUS 
TERRORIST, 
ADVANCED TOP 
GENERAL WILL 
NEVER HARM 
ANOTHER AMERICAN 
BECAUSE HE 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 IS NOT 
SURPRISING. 
HISTORY RECORDS 
THAT JOE BIDEN 
EVEN OPPOSED TO 
THE OPERATION 
THAT TOOK DOWN 
OSAMA BIN LADEN. 
IT IS NO WONDER 
THAT THE 
SECRETARY OF 
DEFENSE UNDER 
THE OBAMA/BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION 
ONCE SAID THAT 
JOE BIDEN HAS 
BEEN, AND A 
QUOTE, WRONG ON 
NEARLY EVERY 
MAJOR FOREIGN 
POLICY AND 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY ISSUE 
OVER THE PAST 4 
DECADES. SO, WE 
HAVE STOOD UP TO 
OUR ENEMIES, AND 
WE HOSTED WITH 
OUR ALLIES. 
LIKE WHEN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
KEPT HIS WORD, 
AND MOVE TO 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 OF THE 
GOD-GIVEN 
LIBERTIES 
ENSHRINED IN OUR 
CONSTITUTION, 
INCLUDING THE 
SECOND AMENDMENT 
RIGHT TO KEEP 
AND BEAR ARMS. 
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 
REDTAPE THAN ANY 
ADMINISTRATION 
EVER HAD. 
WE UNLEASHED 
AMERICAN ENERGY, 
AND FOUGHT FOR 
FREE AND FAIR 
TRADE. 
IN OUR FIRST 3 
YEARS, 
BUSINESSES LARGE 
AND SMALL 
CREATED MORE 
THAN 7 MILLION 
GOOD PAYING 
JOBS, INCLUDING 
500,000 
MANUFACTURING 
JOBS ALL ACROSS 
AMERICA. 
OUR COUNTRY 
BECAME AND 
EXPORTER OF 
ENERGY FOR THE 
FIRST TIME IN 70 
YEARS. 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
RATES FOR 
AFRICAN-
AMERICANS AND 
HISPANIC 
AMERICANS HAD 
THE LOWEST LEVEL 
EVER RECORDED. 
ON THIS ONE 
HUNDREDTH 
ANNIVERSARY OF 
THE WOMEN'S 
RIGHT TO VOTE, I 
AM PROUD TO 
REPORT THAT 
UNDER PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP, WE 
ACHIEVED THE 
LOWEST 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
RATE FOR WOMEN 
IN 65 YEARS. 
MORE AMERICANS 
ARE WORKING THAN 
EVER BEFORE. 
IN OUR FIRST 
THREE YEARS, WE 
BUILT THE 
GREATEST ECONOMY 
IN THE WORLD. 
WE MADE AGARIC A 
GREAT AGAIN. 
AND THEN THE 
CORONAVIRUS 
STRUCK FROM 
CHINA. 
BEFORE THE FIRST 
CASE OF 
CORONAVIRUS 
SPREAD WITHIN 
THE UNITED STATES
, THE PRESIDENT 
TOOK 
UNPRECEDENTED 
ACTION. 
HE SUSPENDED ALL 
TRAVEL FROM 
CHINA, THE 
SECOND LARGEST 
ECONOMY IN THE 
WORLD. 
THAT ACTION 
SAVED UNTOLD 
AMERICAN LIVES. 
I CAN TELL YOU 
FIRSTHAND, AND 
MODEST AND 
VALUABLE TIME TO 
LAUNCH THE 
GREATEST 
NATIONAL 
MOBILIZATION 
SINCE WORLD WAR 
II. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
MARSHALED THE 
FULL RESOURCES 
OF OUR FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT FROM 
THE OFFSET. 
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 ARE 
CONDUCTING MORE 
THAN 800,000 
TESTS PER DAY. 
WE HAVE 
COORDINATED THE 
DELIVERY OF 
BILLIONS OF 
PIECES OF 
PERSONAL 
PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT FOR 
OUR AMAZING 
DOCTORS, NURSES, 
AND HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS. 
WE SOUGHT TO THE 
MANUFACTURER OF 
100,000 
VENTILATORS IN 
100 DAYS. 
NO ONE WHO 
REQUIRED A 
VENTILATOR WAS 
EVER DENIED A 
VENTILATOR IN 
THE UNITED 
STATES. 
WE FILL 
HOSPITALS, FOUR 
MILITARY 
PERSONNEL, AND 
ENACTED AN 
ECONOMIC AID 
PACKAGE TO SAVE 
50 MILLION 
AMERICAN JOBS. 
AS WE SPEAK, WE 
ARE 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. WHAT 
JOE DOESN'T SEEM 
TO UNDERSTAND IS 
THAT AMERICA IS 
A NATION OF 
MIRACLES. 
I AM PROUD TO 
REPORT THAT WE 
ARE ON TRACK TO 
HAVE THE WORLD'S 
FIRST SAFE 
AFFECTIVE 
CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE BY THE 
END OF THIS YEAR.
AFTER ALL THE 
SACRIFICE IN 
THIS YEAR LIKE 
NO OTHER, ALL 
THE HARDSHIP, WE 
ARE FINDING OUR 
WAY FORWARD 
AGAIN. 
SO, TONIGHT, OUR 
HEARTS ARE WITH 
ALL THE FAMILIES 
WHO HAVE LOST 
LOVED ONES. 
AND HAVE FAMILY 
MEMBERS IS STILL 
STRUGGLING WITH 
SERIOUS ILLNESS. 
IN THIS COUNTRY, 
WE MOURN WITH 
THOSE WHO MOURN, 
WE GRIEVE WITH 
THOSE WHO GRIEVE.
AND 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 
IT'S PEOPLE FIND 
STRENGTH WITHIN. 
THE RESPONSE OF 
DOCTORS, NURSES, 
FIRST 
RESPONDERS, 
FARMERS, FACTORY 
WORKERS, 
TRUCKERS, AND 
EVERY DAY 
AMERICANS, WHO 
PUT THE HEALTH 
AND SAFETY OF 
THEIR NEIGHBORS 
FIRST HAS BEEN 
NOTHING SHORT OF 
HEROIC. 
VERONICA 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. 
SHE PUT IN THE 
LONG HOURS UNTIL 
IT WAS DONE, AND 
THEN GOT BACK IN 
HER NEIGHBORHOOD 
AND HELPED 
NEIGHBORS AND 
FRIENDS 
STRUGGLING. 
HER BROTHER, 
WILLIAM, IS A 
NEW YORK CITY 
FIREFIGHTER. 
THEY ARE BOTH 
EMBLEMATIC OF 
HEROES ALL 
ACROSS THIS 
COUNTRY. 
THEY ARE 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. 
,
>> THANKS TO THE 
COURAGE AND 
COMPASSION OF 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE, WE ARE 
SLOWING THE 
SPREAD. 
WE ARE 
PROTECTING THE 
VULNERABLE. 
WE ARE SAVING 
LIVES. 
WE ARE OPENING 
UP AMERICA AGAIN.
BECAUSE OF THE 
STRONG 
FOUNDATION THAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
POURED IN HER 
FIRST 3 YEARS, 
WE HAVE ALREADY 
GAINED BACK 9.3 
MILLION JOBS IN 
THE LAST 3 ONCE 
ALONE. 
WE ARE NOT JUST 
OPENING UP 
AMERICA AGAIN. 
WE ARE OPENING 
UP AMERICA'S 
SCHOOLS. 
I AM PROUD TO 
REPORT THAT MY 
WIFE, KAREN, 
THAT 
SCHOOLTEACHER I 
HAVE BEEN 
MARRIED TO, WILL 
BE RETURNING TO 
HER CLASSROOM 
NEXT WEEK. SO, 
TO ALL OF OUR 
HEROIC TEACHERS 
AND FACULTY AND 
STAFF, THANK YOU 
FOR BEING THERE 
FOR OUR KIDS. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
STAY WITH YOU 
EVERY STEP OF 
THE WAY. 
IN THE DAYS 
AHEAD, AS WE 
OPEN UP AMERICA 
AGAIN, I PROMISE 
YOU, WE WILL 
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 3rd, 
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? OF 
THE CHOICE IS 
CLEAR, TO BRING 
AMERICA ALL THE 
WAY BACK, WE 
NEED 4 MORE 
YEARS OF 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
,
>> MY FELLOW 
AMERICANS, WE 
ARE PASSING 
THROUGH A TIME 
OF TESTING, BUT 
IN THE MIDST OF 
THIS GLOBAL 
PANDEMIC, JUST 
AS OUR NATION 
HAVE BEGUN TO 
RECOVER, WE HAVE 
SEEN VIOLENCE 
AND CHAOS IN THE 
STREETS OF OUR 
MAJOR CITIES. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AND I WILL 
ALWAYS A SUPPORT 
THE RIGHT OF 
AMERICANS TO 
PEACEFUL PROTEST
, BUT RIOTING 
AND LOOTING IS 
NOT PEACEFUL 
PROTESTING. 
TEARING DOWN 
STATUES IS NOT 
FREE SPEECH. 
THOSE WHO DO SO 
WILL BE 
PROSECUTED TO 
THE FULLEST 
EXTENT OF THE 
LAW. 
LAST WEEK, JOE 
BIDEN DIDN'T SAY 
ONE WORD ABOUT 
THE VIOLENCE AND 
CHAOS IN GOLFING 
CITIES ACROSS 
THIS COUNTRY, SO 
LET ME BE CLEAR. 
THE VIOLENCE 
MUST STOP. 
WEATHER 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 CREATE, AND 
COLOR. 
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 
THE DOOR, THEY 
CONSIDER OUR 
LIVES MORE 
IMPORTANT THAN 
THEIR 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. 
WE ARE 
PRIVILEGED TO 
TONIGHT TO BE 
JOINED BY HIS 
SISTER, ANGELA. 
ANGELA WHAT WE 
SAY TO YOU, WE 
GRIEVE WITH YOUR 
FAMILY, AND 
AMERICA WILL 
NEVER FORGET, OR 
FAILED TO HONOR 
OFFICER DAVE 
PATRICK UNDERWOOD
. 
,
>> 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. 
FROM THE FIRST 
DAYS OF THIS 
ADMINISTRATION, 
WE HAVE DONE BOTH
, AND WE WILL 
KEEP SUPPORTING 
LAW ENFORCEMENT, 
AND KEEP 
SUPPORTING OUR 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
AND MINORITY 
COMMUNITIES 
ACROSS THIS LAND 
FOR 4 MORE YEARS.
,
>> JOE BIDEN 
SAYS THAT AMERICA
IS SYSTEMICALLY 
RACIST. 
AND THAT LAW 
ENFORCEMENT IN 
AMERICA HAS, AND 
I QUOTE, AND 
IMPLICIT BIAS 
AGAINST 
MINORITIES. WHEN 
ASKED WHAT HE 
WOULD SUPPORT 
CUTTING FUNDING 
FOR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, JOE 
BIDEN REPLIED 
YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
JOE BIDEN WOULD 
DOUBLE DOWN ON 
THE VERY POLICIES
THAT ARE LEADING 
TO VIOLENCE IN 
AMERICA CITIES. 
THE HARD TRUTH IS
YOU WON'T BE 
SAFE IN JOE 
BIDEN'S AMERICA. 
UNDER PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, WE WILL 
ALWAYS STAND FOR 
THOSE WHO STAND 
ON THE THIN BLUE 
LINE, AND WE ARE 
NOT GOING TO 
DEFUND THE 
POLICE, NOT NOW, 
NOT EVER.
,
>> IF I WERE 
THEM, I WOULDN'T 
EITHER. 
AND BERNIE 
SAILORS SANDERS 
HE TOLD 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 
TO BELIEVE THAT 
AMERICA IS 
DRIVEN BY ENVY, 
NOT DESPERATION. 
THAT MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS HARBOR 
ILL WILL TOWARD 
OUR NEIGHBORS 
INSTEAD OF 
LOVING OUR 
NEIGHBORS AS 
OURSELVES. 
THE RADICAL LEFT 
BELIEVE 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, 
PROSPERITY AND 
SECURITY. 
THEIR AGENDAS 
BASED ON 
GOVERNMENT 
CONTROL. 
OUR GENDERS 
BASED ON FREEDOM.
WHERE PRESIDENT 
CUT TRACKS IS 
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, 
AND FRACKING AND 
IMPOSE A REGIME 
OF CLIMATE 
CHANGE 
REGULATION THAT 
WOULD 
DRASTICALLY 
INCREASE THE 
COST OF LIVING 
FOR WORKING 
FAMILIES. 
WHERE WE FOUGHT 
FOR FREE AND 
FAIR TRADE AND 
THIS PRESIDENT 
STU 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 
TERRORISTS 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, 
CENTURY CITIES, 
FREE LAWYERS AND 
HEALTHCARE FOR 
ILLEGAL 
IMMIGRANTS. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
HE SECURED OUR 
BORDER AND 
BILLED NEARLY 
300 MILES OF 
THAT BORDER WALL.
JOE BIDEN WANTS 
TO END SCHOOL 
CHOICE AND 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
BELIEVES EVERY 
PARENT SHOULD 
HAVE THE RIGHT 
TO CHOOSE WHERE 
THEIR CHILDREN 
GO TO SCHOOL 
REGARDLESS OF 
THEIR INCOME OR 
AREA CODE. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS STOOD WITH 
THAT APOLOGY TO 
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 
BELIEVE 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 SAID 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 
GOING TO LET IT 
HAPPEN. 
[ APPLAUSE ] 
PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP BELIEVES 
IN AMERICA AND 
IN THE GOODNESS 
OF THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE. 
THE POTENTIAL OF 
VERY 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 
DONALD TRUMP HAS 
BEEN FIGHTING 
FOR YOU. AND NOW 
IT'S OUR TURN TO 
FIGHT FOR HIM.
,
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. 
NOW, THOSE TRAITS
ACTUALLY RUN IN 
OUR NATIONAL 
CHARACTER. AS THE
INVADING FORCE 
LEARNED AN 
APPROACH TO THIS 
PORT 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. FORT 
McHENRY HELD AND 
WHEN MORNING CAME
, OUR FLAG WAS 
STILL HERE. 
,
MY FELLOW 
AMERICANS, WE 
ARE 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. 
THAT STAR-
SPANGLED BANNER 
STILL WAVES OVER 
THE LAND OF THE 
FREE AND THE 
HOME OF THE BRAVE
. FROM THESE 
HALLOWED GROUND 
AMERICAN 
PATRIOTS AND 
GENERATION GONE 
BY TO DEPART 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, AND OUR 
TIME, AS 
AMERICANS HAVE 
DONE THROUGHOUT 
OUR LONG AND 
STORIED PAST, WE 
WILL DEFEND OUR 
FREEDOM AND OUR 
WAY OF LIFE. WE 
WILL WE ELECT 
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. AND 
GOD BLESS THE 
UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
%
AMERICA. ,
>> VICE 
PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE WITH A 
LIVE CREDIT FORT 
McHENRY 
COMPLETING HIS 
REMARKS MAKING 
THE CASE FOR 
ANOTHER FOUR 
YEARS OF A TRUMP
/PANTS 
ADMINISTRATION. 
>> HE SPOKE FOR 
ABOUT 37 MINUTES 
AND TOOK THE 
TRADITIONAL ROLE 
OF THE VICE 
PRESIDENT AND 
WENT ON THE 
ATTACK AGAINST 
JOE BIDEN ON A 
VARIETY OF 
ISSUES AND AS WE 
WATCH, I BELIEVE 
WE ARE GOING TO, 
LET'S SEE, LET 
ME SQUINT MY 
EYES. 
MY EYES ARE 
ACTUALLY NOT 
WHAT THEY USED 
TO BE. 
MY EARS SHOULD 
SERVE ME BETTER. 
IT'S THE 
PRESIDENT WITH A 
SURVIVE SURPRISE 
VISIT AT FORT 
McHENRY. 
>> MIKE PENCE 
WAS THE HEAD OF 
THE PRESENT'S 
CORONAVIRUS TASK 
FORCE ALTHOUGH 
BECAME OFTEN 
OVERSHADOWED BY 
THE PRESIDENT 
HIMSELF OF THOSE 
EARLY DAYS. 
BUT HERE IS THE 
FIRST COUPLE 
ABOUT TO CREATE 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT AND 
KAREN PENCE. 
,
>> HE IS THE 
MOST POLISHED 
AND DISCIPLINES 
MESSENGER ON THE 
TRUMP TEAM AND 
FOR MANY 
REPUBLICANS, HE 
IS THE MOST 
TRADITIONAL 
CONSERVATIVE IN 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
AND YOU SAW 
THAT. 
I AM WITH YOU, 
SAVANNA, I 
THOUGHT HE DID 
PLAY A 
TRADITIONAL WALL 
AND HE WEAVED IN 
HIS BIDEN 
ATTACKS WITH A 
SUNNIER WAY 
ABOUT HIM. 
AND SO, WHEN HE 
DOES IT I THINK 
THERE'S A 
TOUGHNESS TO IT 
THAT IT LANDS 
WITHOUT AN EDGE 
WHICH COULD 
ACTUALLY BE 
QUITE EFFECTIVE, 
IF IT'S, YOU 
KNOW, SOMEONE IN 
THE MIDDLE. 
>> TRACE ADKINS 
WILL LEAD THE 
NATIONAL ANTHEM. 
>>OH, SAY, CAN 
YOU SEE, BY THE 
DAWN'S EARLY 
LIGHT, WHAT SO 
PROUDLY WE 
HAIL'D AT THE 
TWILIGHT'S LAST 
GLEAMING? 
WHOSE BROAD 
STRIPES AND 
BRIGHT STARS, 
THRO' THE 
PERILOUS FIGHT, 
O'ER THE 
RAMPARTS WE 
WATCH'D, WERE SO 
GALLANTLY 
STREAMING? 
AND THE ROCKETS' 
RED GLARE, THE 
BOMBS BURSTING 
IN AIR, GAVE 
PROOF THRO' THE 
NIGHT THAT OUR 
FLAG WAS STILL 
THERE. 
O SAY, DOES THAT 
STAR-SPANGLED 
BANNER YET WAVE 
O'ER THE LAND OF 
THE FREE AND THE 
HOME OF THE 
BRAVE? 
,
>> STAR-SPANGLED 
BANNER AND THE 
PLACE HE WAS 
INSPIRED AT FORT 
McHENRY. 
TRACE ADKINS. 
>> PRESIDENT, 
FIRST LADY, VICE 
PRESIDENT AND 
SECOND LADY LOOK 
ON AT THIS 
HISTORIC PLACE. 
WE WILL LOOK 
AHEAD TO 
TOMORROW, DONALD 
TRUMP'S BIG 
NIGHT WHEN WE 
CONTINUE IN JUST 
A MOMENT.
>>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY WITH THE 
NEW NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS LOOK 
LIKE. 
>> TEACHES 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOBS THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR 
FAMILY. 
>> DO I DECIDE 
TO TAKE CARE MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB? 
>> YOU ARE 
COMMITTING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO STUDENTS.
>> HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE HAVE BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> WE SAW A 
LARGE CONWAY OF 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD COMING 
THROUGH. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> A SURGEON 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> THE U.S. 
SHATTERING THE 
RECORD FOR MOST 
COVID CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>> WHAT YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
TO KIDS WHO WERE 
TOLD WOULD BE 
HOME AND 
DEFINITELY WON'T 
BE ABLE TO CATCH 
IT ON THE 
GROUND? 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THIS WILL 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE? 
>> IN PORTLAND 
MORE PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
BELIEVE IN THIS 
COUNTRY IS UNDER 
ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> COUNTRY 
REELING FROM A 
PANDEMIC AND 
RACIAL 
INJUSTICE. 
THE STORY 
CHANGES HOURLY. 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
PUSH TO GET 
CHILDREN BACK 
INTO SCHOOL IS 
THINKING AND 
AMONG FAMILIES 
WHO WERE 
DEBATING THE 
SAFETY OF IT. 
IT'S THE 11th 
HOUR. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS F 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THE NEED TO 
COME OUT IN FULL 
FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THE 
COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT 
FROM THE POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF 
VOTERS AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT WE 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE IN OUR 
PEOPLE. 
>> THIS YEAR'S 
ELECTION IS 
GOING TO BE A 
LITTLE 
DIFFERENT. 
INSTEAD OF ONE 
ELECTION DAY WE 
HAVE A VOTING 
DAY WHEN POLLS 
CAN OPEN WEEKS 
BEFORE ELECTION 
DAY. 
>> WHEN YOUR 
VEHICLE CAN'T 
BECOME A VOTING 
BOOTH. 
>> HOW WHEN AND 
WHERE TO CATCH A 
BALLOT DEPENDS 
ON YOUR STAY. 
>> 'TIS THE 
SEASON TO BE 
PREPARED. 
THIS YEAR PLAN 
YOUR VOTE. 
>>> BREAKING 
NEWS IN A 
CHANGING WORLD. 
DOWNLOAD THE NBC 
NEWS APP. 
>>> LIVE LOOK AT 
FORT McHENRY. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
STILL GREETING 
SOME OF THE CROWD
THAT WAS THERE 
FOR THE VICE 
PRESIDENT'S 
SPEECH. 
NOT ANXIOUS TO 
LEAVE. 
ONE OF THE FEW 
MOMENTS THEY CAN 
HAVE A LIVE 
AUDIENCE DURING 
THIS CONVENTION. 
WE WILL CONTINUE 
TO WATCH THE 
ADVANCE OF 
HURRICANE LAURA, 
THE CATEGORY 
FOUR STORM ABOUT 
TO MAKE LANDFALL 
ALONG THE TEXAS 
LOUISIANA GULF 
COAST BRINGING 
WITH IT A 
MASSIVE AND 
POTENTIALLY 
DEADLY STORM 
SURGE. 
>> COVERAGE 
TEAMS ARE IN 
PLACE ALREADY AND
WILL BE BACK ON 
THE YARD 6:00 
A.M. 
WE A SPECIAL 
REPORT HURRICANE 
LAURA AS A COMES 
TO SHORE AND WE 
WILL FILE EVENTS 
WITH KENOSHA. 
>>> THE THE 
FINAL NIGHT OF 
THE REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION AND 
DONALD TRUMP 
WILL ACCEPT HIS 
PARTY BY VESTRY 
NOMINATION FOR 
PRESIDENT AND WE 
WILL BE THERE. 
>> DO WE HAVE 
ENOUGH TO COVER 
THESE DAYS? 
>> I THINK WE 
DO. 
WE WILL BE RIGHT 
BACK HERE TO 
BRING IT ALL TO 
YOU. 
I'M LESTER HOLT, 
THANK YOU FOR 
JOINING US. 
GOOD NIGHT, 
EVERYONE. 
