Trump Gave a Great Speech on Race and Democrats, But Will
Anyone See It? 8/17/16
BEGIN TRANSCRIPTRUSH: As you know, Trump had a campaign --
it's not right to call it a shakeup, 'cause nobody was fired. A couple of
people have been added to the campaign. The executive chairman of
Trumpbart, Incorporated, Stephen Bannon, is now the executive chairman of
the campaign. And the pollster Kellyanne Conway has been named the campaign
manager. So she's gonna have the day-to-day run of the campaign operation. That's
all well and good, that's fine and dandy, except Trump gave a good speech last
night in Milwaukee. He said some things that need to be said. But
by announcing this campaign change eight hours later, he gave the media every
excuse in the world to ignore covering his speech, and they have ignored
it. They've spent the whole day theorizing, discussing, analyzing
whatever these campaign changes mean in terms of the stability and the strength
of the Trump operation. So since a lot of what Trump said hasn't
been given a lot of attention, I want you to hear some. We're gonna start with
just a few of these sound bites to give you a flavor. It was a
teleprompter speech. Among those people that heard it, it was heralded,
it was on point. It was fearless and it tackled some issues that many
Republicans ought to be tackling but don't. So let's get started with
some of the bites.
TRUMP: Law and order must be restored. The main
victims of these riots are law-abiding African-American citizens living in
these neighborhoods. It's their job, it's their homes, it's their schools
and communities which will suffer the most as a result. There's no
compassion in tolerating lawless conduct. (cheers) Crime and violence is
an attack on the poor and will never be accepted in a Trump administration. The
narrative has been pushed aggressively for years, and now, by our current
administration and pushed by my opponent, Hillary Clinton -- (crowd boos) --
you know is a totally false one. The problem in our poorest communities
is not that there are too many police. The problem is that there are not
enough police.
RUSH: See what I mean. Anybody else even getting
anywhere close to saying that other than people talking about it on TV where of
course these things are never solved -- ahem -- that speech was given just 45
minutes north of Milwaukee. I mean, he may as well have been in the
backyard. Here is the next one.
TRUMP: Those peddling the narrative of cops as a
racist force in our society, a narrative supported with a nod by my opponent,
share directly in the responsibility for the unrest in Milwaukee and many other
places within our country. They have fostered the dangerous anti-police
atmosphere in America. Every time we rush to judgment with false facts
and narratives, whether in Ferguson or in Baltimore, and foment further unrest,
we do a direct disservice to poor African-American residents who are hurt by
the high crime in their community. The war on our police must end, and it
must end now. (applause) (Crowd chanting: Trump, Trump,
Trump).
RUSH: Now, look. Look, look, look, look. I
know, I know that the Trumpster needs some practice reading the prompter.
But this is still pretty powerful stuff. Nobody else is saying this and
to have it said in the presidential campaign is very, very powerful
stuff. But, again, they undermine themselves by announcing this campaign
switchup the very morning this should have been what anybody was talking about
on the morning news shows. But it wasn't. The media didn't want to
talk about this, as you'll hear in just a moment. One more Trump sound
bite here from, again, West Bend, Wisconsin, just 45 minutes outside of
Milwaukee.
TRUMP: Hillary Clinton-backed policies are responsible
for the problems in the inner cities today. The Democratic Party as failed and
betrayed the African-American community. Democratic crime policies,
education policies, and economic policies have produced only more crime, more
broken homes, and more poverty. I'm running to offer you a much better
future. The Democratic Party has taken the votes of African-Americans for
granted. They've just assumed they'll get your support and done nothing
in return for it.
RUSH: Right damn on. That is exactly
right. For 50 years nothing but carrots and promises, and not one bit of
progress, not real. Again, just good intentions. The Democrats have
done a great job of scaring African-Americans into thinking the Republicans are
-- take your pick -- not helpful, do not care about them, whatever. But
Trump called 'em out. Now, there is much more to that, but you've
gotta hear the reaction on CNN. Last night after this speech they went
nuts, a couple of people did. Up first is Jason Carroll, a CNN
national correspondent. Don Lemon is hosting this roundtable, where, of
course, nothing ever gets solved. And Don Lemon says, "Jason, that
was a tough law-and-order speech. How did supporters respond in the
hall? How did they take it in there, Jason."
CARROLL: There's something that's very striking to me
here in Washington County where we are now, Don. This is a community that
is overwhelming white. I mean, when you look at their recent census
report, I would say some 96% of the people who live in this county are
white. Only about 1% are African-American.
RUSH: Okay. So after the speech, Don Lemon goes
to the African-American reporter Jason Carroll to get the spin that they would
use and that became the spin that Trump gave a speech to a white crowd. He
copped out. He didn't take anybody on. He was in the safety of a white crowd,
big deal. Next up was Van Jones. Now, when you listen to Van
Jones, if you know how to listen to this guy as a communist, slash, progressive.
I mean, he's an admitted communist, it's why Obama threw him out of the
Regime. If he hadn't admitted it, he'd still be in the Regime, but they
threw him out. And you can hear trepidation. You can hear the
anger, especially the link that Trump had between illegal immigration and
African-American poverty. The Democrats do not want black -- you
didn't hear that in the sound bite, but Trump connected illegal immigration to
African-American poverty by claiming, by pointing out that illegal immigrants
take jobs away from African-Americans, leaving them unemployed and poor.
You're not supposed to say that. Nobody's supposed to say it. So here's Van
Jones reacting to it.
JONES: That message tonight was so shocking in its
divisiveness, trying to pit blacks against Latinos, which is the worst thing
that you can do. Acting as if the only reason that we have problems in our
community is because of Democrats. I watched this speech with alarm in my heart
that an American leader would walk into a situation like this with so little
grace. You've gotta talk about both sides of the problem and bring us
together, not talk about one side of the problem and trying to divide us
against Latinos with rhetoric that was very, very, I think,
disrespectful. The African-American community has other things going on
than just crime.
RUSH: I'm telling you, if you know how to listen to
this guy -- and I do -- that speech that Trump gave bugged him precisely
because that's the stuff you're not supposed to say because it'll work. It's effective.
In other words, you're not supposed to tell the truth to African-Americans.
You're not supposed to tell 'em how the Democrat Party's failed them. You're
not supposed to tell them how the Democrat Party has chosen Latinos and illegal
immigrants over them. Because they already take the African-Americans for
granted. They don't think African-Americans are ever gonna abandon 'em so
they can treat 'em like nothing and go focus on Latinos. Trump said all
that. Van Jones (impression): "You can't say that! That's divisive!
You can't say it." Then later Don Lemon brings on Kellyanne Conway,
and he badgers her in a demeaning tone here, and... Well, here, just listen
'cause time is at a premium now.
CONWAY: He didn't say that. LEMON: I didn't
hear him mention any other group but African-Americans and crime. CONWAY:
(chuckles) LEMON: Did you hear him mention any other group besides
African-Americans? CONWAY: What I heard him do tonight, which is incredibly
important, is answer the call of all the complainers that he's never
-- LEMON: You can say that, Kellyanne, but I want you to answer my
question first: Did you hear him mention any other group besides
African-Americans when it comes to crime, in this particular
speech? CONWAY: What I heard of him say is that
-- LEMON: Yes or no, Kellyanne! CONWAY: I don't
recall. LEMON: Okay. CONWAY: But why are you badgering
me? LEMON: I'm not badgering you! CONWAY: You
are. LEMON: I'm trying to get a straight answer out from you
-- CONWAY: You are badgering me. LEMON: -- and then you
can go on and answer the question. You're not answering my
-- CONWAY: You allowed three people to criticize his
speech. LEMON: Answer my question. CONWAY: People who
want to talk about his style and his this and his that don't want to give him
his due. They're going to continue to insult him, lie about him if they
want. But there are people out there listening to his speeches.
He's bringing the message directly to them through all the noise and through
all the silence, and they will hear him.
RUSH: So they think that Trump was only attacking
African-Americans when it came to crime. "Why didn't he talk about
Latino crime? Why didn't he talk about white crime and so forth?"
Well, what was on the table? There are actual events here that are being
discussed! Anyway, they were upset by it. This speech turns some of
these people on the left upside down. And they went and made this announcement of
the campaign change, and nobody today even knows any of this happened. END
TRANSCRIPT
\THE FULL TEXT OF THE SPEECH
Remarks as prepared for delivery according to a draft
obtained by POLITICO Tuesday.
It’s so great to be here tonight. I am honored to also be
joined this evening by Governor Scott Walker, Chairman Reince Priebus, and
Mayor Rudy Giuliani. We are at a decisive moment in this election.
Last week, I laid out my plan to bring jobs back to our
country. Yesterday, I laid out my plan to defeat Radical Islamic Terrorism. Tonight,
I am going to talk about how to make our communities safe again from crime and
lawlessness.
Let me begin by thanking the law enforcement officers here
in this city, and across this country, for their service and sacrifice in
difficult times. The violence, riots and destruction that have taken place in
Milwaukee is an assault on the right of all citizens to live in security and
peace.
Law and order must be restored. It must be restored for the
sake of all, but most especially the sake of those living in the affected
communities. The main victims of these riots are law-abiding African-American
citizens living in these neighborhoods. It is their jobs, their homes, their
schools and communities which will suffer as a result.
There is no compassion in tolerating lawless conduct. Crime
and violence is an attack on the poor, and will never be accepted in a Trump
Administration. The narrative that has been pushed aggressively for years now
by our current Administration, and pushed by my opponent Hillary Clinton, is a
false one. The problem in our poorest communities is not that there are too
many police, the problem is that there are not enough police.
More law enforcement, more community engagement, more
effective policing is what our country needs. Just like Hillary Clinton is
against the miners, she is against the police. You know it, and I know it.
Trump accuses Clinton of 'bigotry' toward African-Americans
By SHANE GOLDMACHER Those peddling the narrative of
cops as a racist force in our society – a narrative supported with a nod by my
opponent – share directly in the responsibility for the unrest in Milwaukee,
and many other places within our country. They have fostered the dangerous
anti-police atmosphere in America. Everytime we rush to judgment with false
facts and narratives – whether in Ferguson or in Baltimore – and foment further
unrest, we do a direct disservice to poor African-American residents who are
hurt by the high crime in their communities.
During the last 72 hours, while protestors have raged
against the police here in Milwaukee, another 9 were killed in Chicago and
another 46 were wounded. More than 2,600 people have been shot in Chicago since
the beginning of the year, and almost 4,000 killed in President Obama’s
hometown area since his presidency began.
How are we serving these American victims by attacking law
enforcement officers? The war on our police must end. It must end now. The war
on our police is a war on all peaceful citizens who want to be able to work and
live and send their kids to school in safety.
Our job is not to make life more comfortable for the rioter,
the looter, the violent disruptor. Our job is to make life more comfortable for
the African-American parent who wants their kids to be able to safely walk the
streets. Or the senior citizen waiting for a bus. Or the young child walking
home from school.
For every one violent protestor, there are a hundred moms
and dads and kids on that same city block who just want to be able to sleep
safely at night. My opponent would rather protect the offender than the victim.
Hillary Clinton-backed policies are responsible for the
problems in the inner cities today, and a vote for her is a vote for another
generation of poverty, high crime, and lost opportunities. I care too much
about my country to let that happen.
We all care too much about our country to let that happen. Good policing saves lives. My dear friend, Rudy Giuliani,
knows a thing or two about this. The policies put into place by Rudy ultimately
brought down crime by 76 percent and murder by 84 percent. Think of how many
families were saved, how much heartache was prevented, when police were put
into communities and criminals were removed. Imagine how many lives could have been saved, all across
this country, if Democratic politicians hadn’t blocked in their cities what
Rudy did in New York City? I’ll make sure we deliver safe neighborhoods here in
Milwaukee, and all across this country.
It’s easy for Hillary Clinton to turn a blind eye to crime
when she has her own private security force. I believe all Americans, not just
the powerful, are entitled to security.
Hillary Clinton has had her chance. She failed. Now it’s
time for new leadership.The Hillary Clinton agenda hurts poor people the most.
There is no compassion in allowing drug dealers, gang
members, and felons to prey on innocent people. It is the first duty of
government to keep the innocent safe, and when I am President I will fight for
the safety of every American – and especially those Americans who have not
known safety for a very, very long time.
I am asking for the vote of every African-American citizen
struggling in our country today who wants a different future. It is time for our society to address some honest and very
difficult truths.
The Democratic Party has failed and betrayed the
African-American community. Democratic crime policies, education policies, and
economic policies have produced only more crime, more broken homes, and more
poverty.
Let us look at the situation right here in Milwaukee, a city
run by Democrats for decade after decade. Last year, killings in this city
increased by 69 percent, plus another 634 victims of non-fatal shootings.
18-29-year-olds accounted for nearly half of the homicide victims. The poverty
rate here is nearly double the national average. Almost 4 in 10
African-American men in Milwaukee between the ages of 25-54 do not have a job.
Nearly four in 10 single mother households are living in poverty. 55 public
schools in this city have been rated as failing to meet expectations, despite
ten thousand dollars in funding per-pupil. There is only a 60% graduation rate,
and it’s one of the worst public school systems in the country.
1 in 5 manufacturing jobs has disappeared in Milwaukee since
we fully opened our markets to China, and many African-American neighborhoods
have borne the brunt of this hit. To every voter in Milwaukee, to every voter
living in every inner city, or every forgotten stretch of our society, I am
running to offer you a better future.
The Democratic Party has taken the votes of
African-Americans for granted. They’ve just assumed they’ll get your support
and done nothing in return for it. It’s time to give the Democrats some
competition for these votes, and it’s time to rebuild the inner cities of
America – and to reject the failed leadership of a rigged political system.
I’m not part of the corrupt system. In fact, the corrupt
system is trying to stop me. I’ve been paying my own way. The voters in the
Republican Party this year defied the donors, the consultants, the power
brokers, and choose a nominee from outside our failed and corrupt and broken
system.
The other party – the Democratic Party – nominated the
personification of special interest corruption. The Democratic Party rigged the
nomination to give it to Hillary Clinton, thus giving the soul of their party
this year to the special interests. I am running to listen to your voice, to hear your cries for
help. The quiet voices in our society, not the loudest demonstrators, need to
have their demands heard. Jobs. Safety. Opportunity. Fair and equal representation.
We reject the bigotry of Hillary Clinton which panders to
and talks down to communities of color and sees them only as votes, not as
individual human beings worthy of a better future. She doesn’t care at all
about the hurting people of this country, or the suffering she has caused them.
The African-American community has been taken for granted
for decades by the Democratic Party. It’s time to break with the failures of
the past – I want to offer Americans a new future. It is time for rule by the
people, not rule by special interests.
Every insider, getting rich off of our broken system, is
throwing money at Hillary Clinton. The hedge fund managers, the Wall Street
investors, the professional political class. It’s the powerful protecting the
powerful. Insiders fighting for insiders. I am fighting for you.
When we talk about the insider, who are we talking about?
It’s the comfortable politicians looking out for their own interests. It’s the
lobbyists who know how to insert that perfect loophole into every bill. It’s
the financial industry that knows how to regulate their competition out of
existence. The insiders also include the media executives, anchors and
journalists in Washington, Los Angeles, and New York City, who are part of the
same failed status quo and want nothing to change.
Every day you pick up a newspaper, or turn on the nightly
news, and you hear about some self-interest banker or some discredited
Washington insider says they oppose our campaign. Or some encrusted old
politician says they oppose our campaign. Or some big time lobbyist says they
oppose our campaign.
I wear their opposition as a badge of honor. Because it
means I am fighting for REAL change, not just partisan change. I am fighting –
all of us across the country are fighting – for peaceful regime change in our
own country. The media-donor-political complex that’s bled this country dry has
to be replaced with a new government of, by and for the people.
The leadership class in Washington D.C., of which Hillary
Clinton has been a member for thirty years, has abandoned the people of this
country. I am going to give the people their voice back.
Think about it. The people opposing our campaign are the
same people who have left our border open and let innocent people suffer as a
result.
The people opposing our campaign are the same people who
have led us into one disastrous foreign war after another. The people opposing our campaign are the same people who lied
to us about one trade deal after another.
Aren’t you tired of a system that gets rich at your expense? Aren’t you tired of big media, big businesses, and big
donors rigging the system to keep your voice from being heard? Are you ready for change? Are you ready for leadership that
puts you, the American people, first? That puts your country first? That puts
your family first?
Let’s talk about what this means for the inner cities of
America. It’s time to break through the television noise, the entrenched
interests. I understand that a lot of powerful people in our political system –
a lot of people who’ve created our problems – will lose a lot of their
contracts, and their special gigs, if African-American voters, and all minority
voters, support my campaign. It’s time to stop making the special interests rich. It’s
time to make the American people rich. I am going to Make America Wealthy
Again.
The Democratic Party has run nearly every inner city in this
country for 50 years, and run them into financial ruin. They’ve ruined the schools. They’ve driven out the jobs. They’ve tolerated a level of crime no American should
consider acceptable.
Violent crime has risen 17% in America’s 50 largest cities
last year. Killings of police officers this year is up nearly 50 percent.
Homicides are up more than 60% in Baltimore. They are up more than 50% in
Washington, D.C.
This is the future offered by Hillary Clinton. More poverty,
more crime, and more of the same. The future she offers is the most pessimistic
thing I can possibly imagine.
It is time for a different future. Here is what I am
proposing.
First, on immigration. No community in this country has been
hurt worse by Hillary Clinton’s immigration policies than the African-American
community. Now she is proposing to print instant work permits for millions of
illegal immigrants, taking jobs directly from low-income Americans. I will
secure our border, protect our workers, and improve jobs and wages in your
community. We will only invite people to join our country who share our
tolerant values, who support our Constitution, and who love all of our people.
On trade, I am going to renegotiate NAFTA, stand up to
China, withdraw from the TPP, and protect every last American job.
On taxes, I am going to give a massive tax cut to every
worker and small business in this country, bring thousands of new companies and
millions of new jobs onto our shores – and make it very difficult for our
businesses to leave.
I am going to reform our regulations so jobs stay in America,
and new businesses come to America to hire workers right here in Milwaukee.
Every policy my opponent has sends jobs overseas. I am going to bring trillions
in new wealth back to the United States.
On education, it is time to have school choice, merit pay
for teachers, and to end the tenure policies that hurt good teachers and reward
bad teachers. We are going to put students and parents first.
Hillary Clinton would rather deny opportunities to millions
of young African-American children, just so she can curry favor with the
education bureaucracy.
I am going to allow charter schools to thrive, and help
young kids get on the American ladder of success: a good education, and a
good-paying job.
On crime, I am going to support more police in our communities,
appoint the best prosecutors and judges in the country, pursue strong
enforcement of federal laws, and I am going to break up the gangs, the cartels
and criminal syndicates terrorizing our neighborhoods. To every lawbreaker
hurting innocent people in this country, I say: your free reign will soon come
crashing to an end.
On healthcare, we are going to get rid of Obamacare – which
has caused soaring double-digit premium increases – and give choice to patients
and consumers. Aetna, just today, announced they are dropping out – as are many
of the major insurance companies.
On government corruption, I am going to restore honor to our
government. We’ve seen the corruption of Hillary Clinton, the mass email
deletions, the pay-for-play at the State Department, the profiteering, the
favors given to foreign corporations and governments at your expense. We’ve
seen a former Secretary of State lie to Congress about her illegal email
scheme, risk innocent American lives, and bring dishonor onto our government.
In my Administration, I am going to enforce all laws
concerning the protection of classified information. No one will be above the
law.
I am going to forbid senior officials from trading favors
for cash by preventing them from collecting lavish speaking fees through their
spouses when they serve.
I am going to ask my senior officials to sign an agreement
not to accept speaking fees from corporations with a registered lobbyist for
five years after leaving office, or from any entity tied to a foreign government.
This is all just the beginning.
We are going to make this a government of the people once
again. This is our chance to take back power from all the people who’ve taken
it from you. The reason you see the establishment media lining up behind my
opponent is because they are scared that you, with your vote, can take away
their power and return it to your family and community. These are tough times. But I know we can make American
Greater Than Ever Before.
To do this, we are going to need a fighter in the White
House. I will be your fighter. To defeat crime and Radical Islamic Terrorism in
our country, to win trade in our country, you need tremendous physical and
mental strength and stamina.
Hillary Clinton doesn’t have that strength and stamina. She
cannot win for you. Most importantly, she has bad judgment. Bad judgment on
terrorism, bad judgement on foreign policy, bad judgment on trade. The only individuals she’s ever delivered for is her donors
– not the people. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. My opponent asks
her supporters to repeat a three-word pledge. Her pledge reads: “I’m With Her”
I choose to recite a different pledge. My pledge reads: “I’m
With You – the American people. ”I will fight to ensure that every American is
treated equally, protected equally, and honored equally. We will reject bigotry
and hatred and oppression in all of its forms, and seek a new future of
security, prosperity and opportunity – a future built on our common culture and
values as one American people. I am asking for your vote so I can be your champion in the
White House. We will once again be a country of law and order, and a country of
great success.
To every parent who dreams for their children, and to every
child who dreams for their future, I say these words to you tonight: I’m with
you, I will fight for you, and I will win for you. Together, We Will Make America Strong Again. We Will Make
American Safe Again. And We Will Make America Great Again. Thank you, and God
Bless.
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