The Young Turks - Part 2: Day 1 of 2020 RNC

Episode Date: October 7, 2020

Part 2: Cenk Uygur and Jayar Jackson breakdown day 1 of the 2020 RNC.  Speakers: Sen. Tim Scott, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, Rep. Matt Gaetz, Rep. Jim Jordan, Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel, Mark and Patricia McCloskey, Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, Charlie Kirk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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His name isn't worth saying. one of the seniors walking in the hallways that day was my beautiful daughter meadow she was just months away from graduating and beginning a new life we were so proud of the woman she had become but in the hallway on that third floor the gunman saw meadow and shot her down the hallway hitting her four times after she was shot and on the floor she crawled over to another student a freshman girl to protect her. She draped her body over her, and then the scumbag gunman shot my daughter at point-blank range five more times, killing Meadow and the girl she was shielding. She had a whole life ahead of her,

and in that life, she could have done anything and been anything. So many moments that I waited so long for were taken from me. I didn't get to drop her off at college I didn't get to walk her down the aisle but every moment was taken from her and for what? I never wanted this to become a political spectacle

but it did. I never wanted to meet the president like this but I did. I was invited to the White House. The truth is, I had just buried my daughter that week I really wasn't interested in public events like a tour or a photo op. I was interested in answers and solutions. So if the president wanted to meet me personally, I said I'd go. They said, of course,

that was his plan. At the White House, my family and I sat with the president in the Oval Office and told him about Meadow. I told them what we knew. I told them that his administration needed to take a closer look at what went wrong and why. And I got to see who President Trump really is. He's a good man and a great listener, and he cuts through the BS. Then the president did what he said he would do. He took action. He formed the School Safety Commission that issued dozens of recommendations to make schools safer. But I'll bet you never heard about that.

Instead, the media turned my daughter's murder, went to a coordinated attack on President Trump, Republicans, and our Second Amendment. In fact, when President Trump asked me and other parents of children that were murdered in school shootings to join him, as he announced the commission's findings, the media's first question wasn't about protecting kids. Shockingly, they asked about the government shutdown. President Trump turned to me appalled and said, Andy, can you believe these people? We're trying to talk about school safety, and this is what they do.

But I could believe it. After my daughter's murder, the media didn't seem interested in the facts. So I found them myself. I learned that gun control laws didn't fail, my daughter. People did. The gunmen had threatened to kill his classmates before. He had threatened to rape them. He had threatened to shoot up the school.

Every red flag you could imagine. But the school didn't just miss these red flags. They knowingly ignored them. Far left Democrats in our school district made this shooting possible because they implemented something they called restorative justice. This policy, which really just blames teachers for students' failures, puts kids and teachers at risk and make shootings more likely. But it was billed as a pioneering approach to discipline and safety. I was just fine with the old approach to discipline and safety.

It was called discipline and safety. But the Obama-Biden administration took Parklands bad policies and forced them into schools across America. When President Trump rescinded Obama's guidance on restorative justice policies, he put an end to that. And that meant the world to me. It's hard to tell how much Mr. Biden understands about what happened at Parkland. Mr. Biden has campaigned on bringing back restorative justice as part of his unity platform with Bernie Sanders and has pledged to implement in school districts across America. But he doesn't even seem to know when the shooting happened. He said that he was vice president when it happened, but he wasn't.

Mr. Biden may not know when my daughter was murdered, but I do. February 14th, 2018. Mr. Biden may not know that these policies make shootings more likely, but I do. Mr. Biden may not know who was vice president that day, but I do. It wasn't Joe Biden. It was Mike Pence. Thank God. And I know who the president was, too.

It wasn't Barack Obama, it was President Donald J. Trump, and he took action. I truly believe the safety of our kids depends on whether this man is reelected. I hope you'll join me in helping to make that happen. Mr. President, myself and millions of Americans appreciate you and love you. God bless America, and God bless our president, Donald J. Trump. Thank you. A curfew not in effect for the city of St. Louis. Protests in St. Louis turned violent.

You're a hate that. You're a child. You're going to be in. You're going to be it. Mark McCloskey says he and his family have been threatened with violence. Under Missouri law, you have a right to defend your home and the lives of your family. Research warrant has been executed at the home of Mark and Patricia McCleskey. The husband and wife attorneys charged with pointing guns at protesters.

They were simply trying to protect their home. Good evening, America. We are Mark and Patty McCloskey. We're speaking to you tonight from St. Louis, Missouri, where just weeks ago you may have seen us defending our home as a mob of protesters descended on our neighborhood. America is such a great country that not only do you have the right to own a gun and use it to defend yourself,

but thousands of Americans will offer you free advice on how to use. it. At least that's what we experienced. What you saw happen to us could just as easily happen to any of you who are watching from quiet neighborhoods around our country. And that's what we want to speak to you about tonight. That's exactly right. Whether it's the defunding of police, ending cash bail so criminals can be released back out on the streets the same day to riot again or encouraging anarchy and chaos on our streets. It seems as if the Democrats no longer view the government's job as protecting honest citizens from criminals, but rather protecting criminals from honest citizens.

Not a single person in the out-of-control mob you saw in our house was charged with a crime. But you know who was? We were. They've actually charged us with felonies for daring to defend our home. On top of that, consider this, the Marxist liberal activist, leading the mob to our neighborhood, stood outside our home with a bullhorn screaming, you can't stop the revolution. Just weeks later, that same Marxist activist won the Democrat nomination to hold a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. In the city of St. Louis, that's the same as winning the general election, that Marxist revolutionary is now going to be, the congresswoman from the first district of Missouri.

These radicals are not content with marching in the streets. They want to walk the halls of Congress. They want to take over. They want power. This is Joe Biden's party. These are the people who will be in charge of your future and the future of your children. They're not satisfied with spreading the chaos and violence into our communities. They want to abolish the suburbs altogether.

by ending single-family home zoning. This forestry zoning would bring crime, lawlessness, and low-quality apartments into now-thriving suburban neighborhoods. President Trump smartly ended this government overreach, but Joe Biden wants to bring it back. These are the policies that are coming to a neighborhood near you. So make no mistake, no matter where you live, your family will not be safe in the radical Democrats America. At this moment in history, if you stand up for yourself and for the values our country was founded on, the mob spurred on by their allies and the media will try to destroy you. You've seen us on your TV screens and Twitter feeds. You know that we're not the kind of people who back down.

Thankfully, neither is Donald Trump. President Trump will defend the God-given right of every American to protect their homes and their families. But more than that, Trump's vision for America is a country where you have an opportunity to work hard and build the life you dream of with a job you love, with your children being educated in great schools, in a community where your family can play in the backyard without fear, worship in a church without shame, and express your beliefs without retribution. Trump brought us the greatest economy our country had ever seen the Democrats have brought us nothing but destruction when we don't have basic safety and security

in our communities we'll never be free to build a brighter future for ourselves, for our children or for our country that's what's at stake in this election and that's why we must re-elect Donald Trump God bless you God bless the president

And God bless the United States. Good evening, America. I'm Kimberly Gilfoyle. I speak to you tonight as a mother, a former prosecutor, a Latina and a proud American. And yes, a proud supporter of President Donald J. Trump. Why? Because he is the president who delivers for America. He built the greatest economy the world has ever known for the strivers, the working class, and middle class.

As commander-in-chief, he always puts America first. President Trump is the law and order president. Now presidential leadership is not guaranteed. It is a choice. Biden, Harris, and the rest of the socialists will fundamentally change this nation. They want open borders, closed schools, dangerous amnesty and will selfishly send your jobs back to China while they get rich. They will defund, dismantle and destroy America's law enforcement.

When you are in trouble and need police, don't count on the Democrats. As a first-generation American, I know how dangerous their socialist agenda is. My mother, Mercedes, was a special education teacher from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. My father, also an immigrant, came to this nation in pursuit of the American dream. Now I consider it my duty to fight to protect that dream. Rioters must not be allowed to destroy our cities. Human sex drug traffickers should not be allowed to cross our border. The same socialist policies which destroyed place.

like Cuba and Venezuela must not take root in our cities and our schools. If you want to see the socialist Biden-Harris future for our country, just take a look at California. It is a place of immense wealth, immeasurable innovation, an immaculate environment, and the Democrats turned it into a land of discarded heroin needles and parks, riots and streets and blackouts in homes. In President Trump's America, we light things up.

We don't dim them down. We build things up. We don't burn them down. We kneel in prayer and we stand for our flag. This election is a battle for the soul of America. Your choice is clear. Do you support the cancel culture, the cosmopolitan elites of Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and Joe Biden, who blame America first? Do you think America is to blame?

Or do you believe in American greatness? Believe in yourself, in President Trump, in individual and personal responsibility? They want to destroy this country. and everything that we have fought for and hold dear. They want to steal your liberty, your freedom, they want to control what you see and think and believe so that they can control how you live. They want to enslave you to the weak, dependent, liberal, victim ideology

to the point that you will not recognize this country or yourself. From the beginning, when President Trump spoke about making America great again. He was speaking about that shining city on a hill and restoring the beacon of light that once shined so bright. His promise was to put America first and he has. When President Trump cut middle class taxes, putting tens of thousands of dollars back in the pockets of working class Americans,

That beacon began to flicker once again. When President Trump commanded the defeat of ISIS, took out al-Baghdadi and Soleimani, and paved the way for peace in the Middle East, that beacon started to glow. When he negotiated historic trade deals with Canada, Mexico, Japan, and China, bringing back thousands of manufacturing jobs to America, that beacon shined bright once again for the world to see. America. It's all on the line. President Trump believes in you. He emancipates and lifts you up to live your American dream. You are capable. You are qualified. You are powerful and you have the ability to choose your life and determine your destiny. Don't let the Democrats take you for granted. Don't let them step on you. your families, your lives, and your future. Don't let them kill future generations because they

told you and brainwash you and fed you lies that you weren't good enough. Like my parents, you can achieve your American dream. You can be that shiny example to the world. Manifest and be the change in this country that you dream, that you hope that you believe in. Stand for an American president who is fearless, who believes in you, and who loves this country and will fight for her. President Trump is the leader who will rebuild the promise of America and ensure that every citizen can realize their American dream. Ladies and gentlemen, leaders and fighters for freedom and liberty and the American dream, the best is yet to come. I'm Congressman Steve Scalise. We're facing some tough challenges in America. This isn't the first time we've been here.

I've worked closely with Donald Trump over the last few years, and if there's one constant theme to how he approaches problems, it's how much he cares about the hardworking people that Washington left behind. I've seen this firsthand. After I was shot on a baseball field by a leftist gunman, first responders rushed me to a hospital where I battled for my life. That same night, Donald Trump came to the hospital along with First Lady Melania Trump. They consoled my wife, Jennifer. were there for my family and my darkest hours. Donald Trump would call to check on me throughout the following weeks just to see how I was doing. That's the kind of person he is.

That's the side of Donald Trump that the media will never show you. Look, there's a lot at stake. This is an election between a party that wants to burn down the foundations of our country to the ground and a party that wants to rebuild and protect our great nation. The left wants to defund the police. This is personal to me. I wouldn't be here without the bravery and heroism of the men and women and law enforcement who saved my life. President Trump stands with those brave men and women. Joe Biden has embraced the left's insane mission to defund them. There won't be in America to leave to our children and grandchildren without those brave law enforcement officers and first responders.

Joe Biden's made a career in Washington for 47 years, promising things he's never delivered. In just three short years, President Trump has delivered. huge wins for American families. While Joe Biden made hollow promises when he chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee, Donald Trump took action and delivered criminal justice reform. Joe Biden claims to care about the working man, but millions of good manufacturing jobs were shipped overseas during the Obama-Biden years to countries like China. Donald Trump brought those jobs back.

I've seen how deeply President Trump cares about rebuilding our evaporating middle class. President Trump pledged to give the forgotten men and women of America a real shot at the American dream. And again, he delivered. The lowest unemployment rate in over 50 years? Women creating small businesses at record pace. Wages rising, the fastest, by the way, for lowest income levels. What can Joe Biden say to that? What has Joe Biden done in his 47 years in Washington that can compare to that?

President Trump has delivered for the hardworking people of this great nation. It's going to take that kind of bold leadership to get us out of this COVID crisis. After President Trump saved lives by shutting down flights from China and Europe, he's now focusing the full weight of the government on a revolutionary plan to cure this virus by cutting red tape and empowering scientists to create a vaccine. This is visionary leadership and action at a time when we can't afford another 47 years of hollow promises. America's been through tough times before. who better to lead us out of these times than the president who already built the strongest economy

our country has ever seen. Donald Trump did it before. Donald Trump will deliver for us again. God bless you and God bless these United States of America. I'm Sean Parnell, and it is an honor to be here. In 2006, the Army sent me to Afghanistan as a young platoon leader, placed in command of Americans from every corner of our planet. Our platoon reflected the diversity of our nation, every race, creed, and religion. Despite those differences, we were bound together as brothers from the same American family. On June 10th...

Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Where do you begin? Okay. So first of all, I couldn't hear Steve Scalise because my ears are still bleeding from Kimberly Gilfoyle speech. I've never heard a more shouted speech in my life.

And I mean, and that's me saying it. I give fairly shouted speeches. She put me to shame. I love to tell you something else. All right, all right, I got it. cheese and Lord mercy. No, look, we're going to find out who America is because this is deeply hateful convention, deeply hateful. And so if America says, yeah, I like this. This is music to my bleeding ears, then okay, then we found out who America is and Canada better

build a wall. Yeah, before you get the details, before you go to details, I, on that point of is this what America is lacking or even Republican voters. I need to sit down with a Republican that's watching this and ask them, what do you think of each of these points? Because none of these things seem like they should even connect to them. Continue. Yeah, so to your point, even the good speakers, they, it's full of fluff and nothing, right? So look, Andrew Pollock, the father of the poor girl who was shot in Parkland, look, he's got his own opinion. Everybody that's a survivor has their opinion. And I don't begrise him that. Poor guy lost his daughter. You know, he says he was comforted by Trump.

Okay, I'll take his word for it, no problem. And I don't agree with his solutions. But he says Donald Trump, then thank God he was president. president because he fixed it. Fix what? Fix what? Nothing. Nothing. Literally nothing was fast. Nothing happened. So you're allowed to have your own emotions and you're allowed to have your own opinions, but you're not allowed to have your own facts. Nothing at all changed. Okay, sorry. Oh my God, it's the list is is extensive. So I guess we'll talk about the shooting because I only had one thing about the five. Stormand Douglas, a kid that was murdered.

He pointed how the shooter was threatening people before. He doesn't want his daughter's murder to be political. I get all those things. But you know what? The people that are fighting for the other solution, which are all these many other kids from that school that have gone on this countrywide tour to try and do something about this,

they didn't want this to be political either. So I feel like that point is kind of null and void. No one says, hey, you know what, I wish my classmates and my kids, if your parents are kids, sisters, brothers get murdered so I can make something political. This is not political. This is cut and dry 2 plus 2. What are we going to do about the fact that we're losing students at school that people, when they send their kids to school, they don't know if they're going to come back because someone might murder them.

That has nothing to do with politics. Same thing with the Black Lives Matter stuff, same thing with police aggression and murderous behaviors. has nothing to do with politics. Let's stop saying his politics just because politicians won't do anything about it. That's where it became political when you decided to start glumming on to a politician that's done nothing about it and then cover for him so that you can continue to exalt him for some reason because you liked what he said about it. Now, if a politician that I agree with or that I like does nothing about school shootings, which is 100% of all the rest of them, there's been many Democrats in power that have done nothing about this.

I'm not going to say, hey, you know what, I'm going to support this guy because of his gun policy that actually did nothing for the fact that my daughter was murdered. Don't associate with any of them then. Because how many have done something for your daughter? None of them. The people that have done the most for your daughter are her classmates. They went on this tour where they get a targeted and they get death threats. Someone lived through a murderous former classmate and then these grown men and women come around threatening their. lives. But this is politics? What did Trump do again? Throughout every speech that's gone

through in these past seven that we haven't been able to talk about, it's exalting him about all the things he's done. He's changed this, he's changed that, he's changed that, and he's changed the next thing. There isn't a second sentence behind any of these that says, with this policy, with this declaration, Trump is talking, or something. I don't know, I'm sorry. This is a video. Yeah, okay. Yeah, go, go. So look, there's one point that I want to make before we run out of time. There's so many speeches I want to get to. And remember, we're going to do a summary at the end at 8 o'clock when the speeches are done.

And then we got a post game, so we've got a lot to talk about. But I got to talk about the McCloskeys. The McCloskeys, that might have the most racist speech I've ever heard of the convention. This mob, this mob that was out to get us. It was so dangerous and led by this Marxist revolutionary who is now a congresswoman. That's Cory Bush. She's a nurse and a pastor. That's the Marxist Revolutionary that was threatening your lives.

Now mind you, at that point, they're pointing a gun at Cory Bush and the other protesters. The protesters brought no weapons, had no violence, okay, those particular protesters. Now before the McCloskey's came on, they did a misleading audio tape of people screaming obscenities. Not from that protest, from other random protests. And they made it seem like that's what they were yelling at the McCloskey's. And then they show, oh, we have poor white people in the suburbs. I mean, we're incredibly rich lawyers in the suburbs in a mansion. But still, poor us, I mean, just because we pointed our weapons threatening to murder

peaceful protesters who are using their First Amendment rights, that mob, did you see them? They were all black, or almost all black. God that scared us and that is so dangerous and it might come to a neighborhood near you. Imagine black people in your street and you can't even shoot them. That's what I heard from the McCloskey's speech. So if I was allowed to curse, alright, anyway, if America sees that speech and they vote for Donald Trump, then America is deeply, deeply racist. So I'm the McCloskey's, oh my God, okay. So I'm looking, because I'm looking, because I'm I'm looking, because I used to live in St. Louis.

Everyone knows that. I grew up there. I don't, I need to double check because it's been a very long time since I've been there. Maybe the community has changed. I don't really know they live in the suburbs. What do you even consider the suburbs? A gated community in the middle of the city that keeps the ruffians out because you're in the middle of the city. This happens in a lot of places. This happens in L.A. too.

There's gated communities in the middle of the city. That's not the suburbs, at least my definition of the suburbs. Or if the suburbs become a suburb because the walls come up and the gates have been implemented. So once people walk along the sidewalk, the sidewalk in your gated community, they have infiltrated your home, according to the McCloskey's. And they're coming to a home near you. That's the message. And you went over all this.

But there's plenty of times that people start assuming, hey, I came in this community. I bought this big mansion in this gated community because I'm afraid of the citizens that live nearby. So therefore, this is mine. If you get anywhere near it, I can come out and shoot you and then claim that you're coming to attack me. That's all that happened. And, oh, we got charged. Woe was me. What happened to these way Republicans make fun of people in libs and snowflake libs for assuming victimhood all the time?

Are you a victim? Are you a victim all the time? What's his name? Mark, Patty. Are you guys victims? Oh, you victims in your own neighborhood. Hey, you know what? Maybe you should move out of that God-forsaken neighborhood where they're letting minorities walk through it

and then go somewhere else. Go way far out. Get pushed out the way you're pushing other folks out with every time you move into a new community and say, hey, did you know that we can take over this community and actually pay lower prices for these homes, renovate everything and shove people way out? Why don't you go ahead and take advantage of this chance to get away from more black people? No, are you a victim? It's a constant hypocrisy, a speech after speech, after speech.

They say what has actually happened to the other folks and claim it's theirs. Who's talking? So it's Trump, but hold on one second. I just got to say one last thing about the McCloskey's. So it was the picture of entitlement. I'm allowed to point weapons at people because I'm a God-fearing, wonderful, white, rich person. They're not allowed to do their most central First Amendment right. Amendment right, okay, the peacefully protest.

The Bundys are allowed to point weapons at cops because they're good patriots who believe in the First Amendment and the Second Amendment. Peaceful protesters are not allowed to exercise their First Amendment rights because they bother rich people in the suburbs. And we're allowed to point weapons at them. They are deeply racist. They've exposed themselves. They sicken me.

All right, speaking of sickening me, let's go to Trump. This is the guns. You still appreciate the people of Turkey, I understand, right? We love the Turkish people. That's great. It's great to have you back, Andrew. Thank you. Please.

Mr. President, thank you for having me. My name is Sam Goodwin. I'm from St. Louis, Missouri. I was held in Syria for 63 days. And I think I speak for my fellow former hostages and detainees here when I say I'm as grateful as I've ever been for anything to be home safely. And thank you for the invitation and opportunity to be here. particularly Ambassador O'Brien

was incredibly supportive and helpful to my family and I can't say enough nice things about him thank you for promoting him and just really happy to be here so thank you. We got you back you got me back yeah we got you all back and we have some more that we're working on right now to get back

that we better do, please go ahead my name is Michael White Mr. President I do once again it's an honor to be here, honor to meet you in person basically what had happened with me is I went to travel over to the country of Iran. It turned out to it was a major, major trap, and I was apprehended there. I went through a lot in their injustice system, and the Iranian injustice system. Iran is an oppressive, extortionist,

terrorist regime. You know what I'm talking about. But what you did, sir, is you were able to get me out of that prison record time. It was amazing. Thank you very much. Well, thank you. Your Honor's all my. Please. Yeah, my name is Josh Holt. This is my wife, Tammy. Yes. We were held hostage in Venezuela for two years. I know very well. And you helped us get out. Senator Hatch worked with you very well on that as well. And it was a great honor to be able to meet you right when we got back. I remember a lot of people asked me, what was it like me in President Trump?

And I just said I was blown away. I just got released after two years. Then I'm shaking the hand of the president in the Oval Office. I don't really remember a whole lot of it. So it's nice to meet you again. And it's been great. It's been great to be back, helping people through situations that they've gone through. And now we have started our family.

Well, the great people of Utah really wanted. me to do something about the two of you, and we were able to do it. And a little bit of a miracle, I think, frankly. It was. Because it was a very hostile period. And we appreciate everybody working so hard with us, but we were able to get you both back. And are you living in Utah now, I hope? We're still in Utah. That's good. We'll say hello to the folks in Utah because they're great people. Thank you very much. Congratulations. Thank you. Please. I'm Brian there. Spent an unexpected trip there in India. I was not going to India. I was going through India to Nepal. I've been working for the last 18 years. But on behalf of my family,

myself, thank you, President Trump, for getting us out and getting us home. The darkest moment of our whole time together, your letter to my wife came. And it really gave it the hope and the peace. And from that time forward, as more people got involved, especially the ambassador there in India, things became more peaceful. And the hope was there for the last four months. We really wouldn't get to come home because they had planned on keeping me for three to five years. The original charge thing was three to five years. And that was cleared. And then they came up with new charges to do a seven-year term. India responded very well to my request. So we appreciate that.

I appreciate everything y'all did. Thank you all for being with us. We have a few more people. We want to get back and we will get them back and they'll be back very soon. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Great stories. Hello. My name is Maximo Alvarez. I live in Miami, Florida, not far from the state of Florida, which is in just a 90-mile, white, blue strip on a map for me. It divides freedom from fear. It divides the past from the press, from the future. I know all about the past. I'll never forget my own. my family has fled totalitarianism and communism more than once first my dad from Spain then from Cuba

but my families don't run away by the grace of God I live the American dream the greatest blessing I ever had my dad only had a six-rate education told me Don't lose this place. You'll never be as well as well as me. I'm speaking to you today

because my family is done abandoning what we rightfully earned. There's no place to hide. Speaking to you today because President Trump may not always be politically correct. He's in fact a successful businessman. You know your average career politician. our president is just another family man

a friend and most important our elected commander-in-chief who puts America first keep in mind the other guy long bendy Twizzler's candy keeps the fun going keep the fun

Going. Twizzlers, keep the fun going. Running for president is mostly concerned about power. Yes, yes, power for them, but not for the benefit of all Americans. I'm speaking to you today because I have seen people like this before. I've seen movements like this before. I've seen ideas like this before. And I am here to tell you. We cannot let them take over our country.

I heard the promises of Fidel Castro, and I can never forget all those who grew up around me, who look like me, who suffer and starve and died because they believe those empty promises. They swallow the communist poison pill. If you have a chance, go to the Freedom Tower. in Miami. Stop and listen.

You can still hear the sounds of those broken promises. It is the sound of waves in the ocean carrying families clinging to pieces of wood. Families with children who can swim, but willing to risk everything to reach

this blessed land. It is the sound of tears hitting the paper of an application to become an American citizen. most heard and liked the promises but soon after they experience the reality look at them

listen to them learn the truth those four promises spread the wealth free education free health care defund the police trust the social estate more than

your family and your community, they don't sound radical to my ears. They sound familiar. And Fidel Castro was asked if he was a communist. He said he was a Roman Catholic. He knew he had to hide the truth. But the country I was born in is gone, totally destroyed. When I watch the news in Seattle, Chicago, Portland, and other cities, when I see the history being rewritten,

when I hear the promises, I've heard echoes of the former life I never wanted to hear it again. I see shadows. I thought I had outrun. My parents only wanted one person. person to decide my fate, me. Not some party member, not some government official, not some bureaucrat. In America, I would decide my own future. I am so grateful to America, the place where I was able to build my American dream through hard work and determination. President Trump knows

that the American story was written by people just like you and I who love our country and take risks to build a future for our families and neighbors. I may be a Cuban-born, but I am 100% American. This is the greatest country in the world. And I said this before. if I gave away everything that I have today

it would not equal 1% of what I was given when I came to this great country of ours the gift of freedom right now it is up to us to decide our fate and to choose

freedom over oppression President Trump he's fighting the forces of anarchy and communism and I know he will continue to do just that and what about his opponent and the rest of the city swamp I have no doubt

they will hand the country over to those dangerous forces you and I will decide and here's what I've decided my decision is very easy I choose President Trump because I choose America I choose freedom I still hear my dad

there is no other place to go thank you I made the good Lord Bless America The Democrats are just going more and more left Look, I got to give them credit, man Whoever did the makeup and the voice for Joe Pesci deserves an Oscar Okay

I don't know if that was some Irishman aging thing that they did on Peschi. All right, I got to be honest, I'm stealing that joke from Mark Thompson who texted it to me. You're going to throw Mark under the bus like that?

No, he is Joe. Either way he delivered it, it was better than mine. Anyway, look, this country is super divided, J.R. Because that guy sounds like a lovely guy.

He probably isn't. But, you know, sure, his dad, the whole thing, I could relate to it as an immigrant. blah, blah, blah. We can't stand it. Can't the whole thing of like, Donald Jones is going to protect me from the communist Joe Biden.

Oh, piss off. It doesn't believe. No. Go ahead. Yeah, no, I just, every speech is nonsense. Every speech is insanity. And so I can't stand it anymore. So here comes in Kihei.

Everything is a lot. It's constant. Yeah, we can't. It's about an American ambassador to the United Nations, and it's about a speech she gave to this convention. She called for the re-election of the Republican president she served, and she called out his Democratic opponent, a former vice president from a failed administration. That ambassador said, and I quote, Democrats always blame America first. The year was 1984. The president was Ronald Reagan, and Ambassador Jean Carpatrick's words are just as true today.

Joe Biden and the Democrats are still blaming America first. Donald Trump has always put America first, and he has earned four more years as president. It was an honor of a lifetime to serve as the United States ambassador to the United Nations. Now, the U.N. is not for the faint of heart. It's a place where dictators, murderers, and thieves denounce America and then put their hands out and demand that we pay their bills. Well, President Trump put an end to all of that. With his leadership, we did what Barack Obama and Joe Biden refused to do.

We stood up for America, and we stood against our enemies. Obama and Biden let North Korea threaten America. President Trump rejected that weakness, and we passed the toughest sanctions on North Korea in history. Obama and Biden let Iran get away with murder and literally sent them a plane full of cash. President Trump did the right thing and ripped up the Iran nuclear deal. Obama and Biden led the United Nations to denounce our friend and ally, Israel. President Trump moved our embassy to Jerusalem, and when the UN tried to condemn us, I was proud to cast the American veto.

This president has a record of strength and success. The former vice president has a record of weakness and failure. Joe Biden is good for Iran and ISIS, great for communist China. China, and he's a godsend to everyone who wants America to apologize, abstain, and abandon our values. Donald Trump takes a different approach. He's tough on China, and he took on ISIS and won, and he tells the world what it needs to hear. At home, the president is the clear choice on jobs in the economy. He's moved America forward, while Joe Biden has held America back. When Joe was VP, I was governor of the great state of South Carolina. We had a pretty good

run. Manufacturers of all kinds flocked to our state from overseas, creating tens of thousands of American jobs. People were referring to South Carolina as the beast of the southeast, which I loved. Everything we did happened in spite of Joe Biden and his old boss. We cut tax. We cut tax. taxes, they raised them. We slashed red tape. They piled on more mandates. And when we brought in good paying jobs, Biden and Obama sued us. I fought back, and they gave up. A Biden-Harris administration would be much, much worse. Last time, Joe's boss was Obama. This time, it would be Pelosi, Sanders, and the squad. Vision for America is socialism, and we know that socialism has failed everywhere.

They want to tell Americans how to live and what to think. They want a government takeover of health care. They want to ban fracking and kill millions of jobs. They want massive tax hikes on working families. Joe Biden and the Socialist Left would be a disaster for our economy. But President Trump is leading a new era. of opportunity. Before Communist China gave us the coronavirus, we were breaking economic records left and right. The pandemic has set us back, but not for long. President Trump brought our economy

back before, and he will bring it back again. There's one more important area where our president is right. He knows that political correctness and cancel culture are dangerous and just plain wrong. In much of the Democratic Party, it's now fashionable to say that America is racist. That is a lie. America is not a racist country. This is personal for me. I am the proud daughter of Indian immigrants. They came to America and settled in a small southern town. My father wore a turban. My mother wore a sari. I was a brown girl in a black and white world.

We faced discrimination and hardship, but my parents never gave in to grievance and hate. My mom built a successful business. My dad taught 30 years at a historically black college, and the people of South Carolina chose me as their first minority and first female governor. America is a story that's a work in progress. Now is the time to build on that progress and make America even freer, fairer, and better for everyone. That's why it's so tragic to see so much of the Democratic Party, turning a blind eye towards riots and rage. The American people know we can do better. And of course we value and respect every black life.

The black cops who've been shot in the line of duty, They matter. The black small business owners who've watched their lice work go up in flames. They matter. The black kids who've been gunned down on the playground, their lives matter too. And their lives are being ruined and stolen by the violence on our streets. It doesn't have to be like this. It wasn't like this in South Carolina five years ago. Our state came face to face with evil. A white supremacist walked into Mother Emanuel Church during Bible study. Twelve African Americans pulled up a chair and prayed with him for an hour. Then he began to shoot. After that horrific tragedy, we didn't turn against each other. We came together, black and white, Democrat and Republican. Together we made the hard choices needed to heal.

and removed a divisive symbol peacefully and respectfully. What happened then should give us hope now. America isn't perfect, but the principles we hold dear are perfect. There's one thing I've learned. It's that even on our worst day, we are blessed to live in America. It's time to keep that blessing alive for the next generation.

This president and this party are concerned. committed to that noble task. We seek a nation that rises together, not falls apart in anarchy and anger. We know that the only way to overcome America's challenges is to embrace America's strengths. We are striving to reach a brighter future where every child goes to a world-class school chosen by their parents, where every family lives in a safe community with good jobs, where every entrepreneur has the freedom to achieve and inspire, where every believer can worship without fear and every life is protected, where every girl and boy, every woman and man of every race and religion has

the best shot at the best life. In this election, we must choose the only candidate who has and who will continue delivering on that vision. President Trump and Vice President Pence have my support. And America has our promise. We will build on the progress of our past and unlock the promise of our future. That future starts when the American people reelect President Donald Trump. Thank you. Good night. And may God always bless America. Good evening, America. I'm Donald Trump, Jr. We're here tonight to talk about the great American story. To talk about this country we all love, this land of promise and opportunity, of heroes and greatness.

Just a few short months ago, we were seeing the American dream become a reality. for more of our citizens than ever before. The greatest prolonged economic expansion in American history. The lowest unemployment rate in nearly 50 years. The lowest unemployment rates ever for black Americans, Hispanic Americans, women, and pretty much every other demographic group. And then, courtesy of the Chinese Communist Party, the virus struck. The president quickly took action and shut down travel from China.

Joe Biden and his Democrat allies called my father a racist and a xenophobe for doing it. They put political correctness ahead of the safety and security of the American people. Fortunately, as the virus began to spread, the president acted quickly and ensured ventilators got to hospitals that needed them most. He delivered PPE to our brave frontline workers, and he rallied the mighty American private sector to tackle this new challenge. There's more work to do, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Job gains are outpacing what the so-called experts expected. But Biden's radical left-wing policies would stop our economic recovery cold. He's already talking about shutting the country down again.

It's madness. Democrats claim to be for workers, but they've spent the entire pandemic trying to sneak a tax break for millionaires in Democrat states into the COVID-release. bill. Then they attacked my father for suspending the payroll tax for middle-class workers. In fact, if you think about it, Joe Biden's entire economic platform seems designed to crush the working man and woman. He supported the worst trade deals in the history of the planet. He voted for the NAFTA nightmare. Down the tubes went our auto industry. He pushed for TPP. Goodbye manufacturing jobs.

Beijing Biden is so weak on China that the intelligence community recently assessed that the Chinese Communist Party favors Biden. They know he'll weaken us both economically and on a world stage. Biden also wants to bring in more illegal immigrants to take jobs from American citizens. His open border policies would drive wages down for Americans at a time when low-income workers were getting real wage increases for the first time in modern history. He's pledged to repeal the Trump tax cuts, which were the biggest in our country. After eight years of Obama and Biden's slow growth, Trump's policies have been like rocket fuel to the economy and especially to the middle class. Biden has promised to take that money back out of your pocket and keep it in the swamp. That makes sense, though, considering Joe Biden is basically the Loch Ness monster of the swamp.

for the past half century he's been lurking around in there he sticks his head up every now and then to run for president then he disappears and doesn't do much in between so if you're looking for hope look to the man who did what the failed Obama Biden administration never could do

and built the greatest economy our country has ever seen and President Trump will do it again we will be stronger than ever because when we put our mind to it there is no obstacle that America can't surmount. Except there's a difference this time. In the past, both parties believed in the goodness of America.

We agreed on where we wanted to go. We just disagreed on how to get there. This time, the other party is attacking the very principles on which our nation was founded. Freedom of thought, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the rule of law. Thomas Jefferson famously said I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny

over the mind of man our founders believed there was nothing more important than protecting our God-given right to think for ourselves now the left they're trying to cancel all of those founders they don't seem to understand

this important principle in order to improve in the future we must learn from our past not erase it. So we're not going to tear down monuments and forget the people who built our great nation. Instead, we will learn from our past so we don't repeat any mistakes. And we will work tirelessly to improve the lives of all Americans. Joe Biden and the radical left are now coming for our freedom of speech.

They want to bully us into submission. If they get their way, it will no longer be the silent majority. it will be the silenced majority. This has to stop. Freedom of expression used to be a liberal value, at least before the radical left took over. Now the Republican Party is the home of free speech, the place where anyone from any background can speak their mind

and may the best ideas win. People of faith are under attack. You're not allowed to go to church, but mass chaos in the streets gets a pass. It's almost like this election is shaping up to be church, work, in school, versus rioting, looting, and vandalism. Or, in the words of Biden and the Democrats, peaceful protesting. Anarchists have been flooding our streets, and Democrat mayors are ordering the police to stand down. Small businesses across America, many of the minority owned, are being torched by mobs.

The Democrat mayors pretend it's not happening. They actually called it a summer of love. And that brings me to another important principle. Every American must be free to live without fear of violence in your country, in your communities, and in your homes. All men and women are created equal and must be treated equally under the law. That's why we must put an end to racism. And we must ensure that any police officer who abuses their powers is held accountable. What happened to George Floyd is a disgrace, and if you know a police officer, you know they agree with that too.

But we cannot lose sight of the fact that our police are American heroes. They deserve our deepest appreciation. Because no matter what the Democrats say, you and I both know, when we dial 911, we don't want it going to voicemail. So defunding the police is not an option. Everything starts with safety and security. have anything else without it. You can't focus on building a better future for your children without the peace of mind that they can study safely in their classrooms, play safely in their neighborhoods, and sleep safely in their beds. But safety is only the beginning. Trump's America is a land

of opportunity, a place of promise. I was fortunate enough to grow up in a family that could afford the best schools and the finest universities. But a great education cannot be the exclusive right of the rich and powerful. It must be accessible to all. And that's why my dad is pro-school choice. That's why he's called education access the civil rights issue, not just of our time, but of all time. It is unacceptable that too many African American and Hispanic American children are stuck in bad schools just because of their zip code. Donald Trump will not stand for it. If Democrats really wanted to help minorities and underserved communities, instead of bowing to big money union bosses, they'd let parents choose what school is best for their kids. They'd limit immigration to protect American workers.

They'd support the police who protect our neighborhoods. They'd learn how to negotiate trade deals that prioritize America's interest for a change. They'd end the endless wars and quit sending our young people to solve problems and foreign. and lands. They'd cut taxes for families and workers. They'd create opportunity zones that drive investment into inner cities. In other words, if Democrats cared for the forgotten men and women of our country, they'd do exactly what President Trump is doing. America is the greatest country on earth, but my father's entire worldview revolves around the idea that we can always do even better. Imagine the life you want to have, one with a great job, a beautiful home, a perfect family.

You can have it. Imagine the country you want to live in, one with true equal opportunity, where hard work pays off and justice is served with compassion and without partiality. You can have it. Imagine a world where there are evils of communism and radical Islamic terrorism are not given a chance to spread where heroes are celebrated and there are, good guys win, you can have it. That is the life. That is the country. That is the world that Donald Trump and the Republican Party are after. And yes, you can have it. Because unlike Joe Biden and the radical left Democrats, our party is open to everyone. It starts by rejecting radicals who want to drag us into the dark and embracing the man who represents a bright,

and beautiful future for all. It starts by re-electing Donald J. Trump, presidents of the United States. Thank you, and God bless America. Thanks for listening to the full episode of the Young Turks. Support our work, listen ad-free, access members-only bonus content, and more by subscribing to Apple Podcasts at apple.com slash t-y-t. I'm your host, Shank Huger, and I'll see you soon.

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