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presidential nominee, is responsible for the situation at the southern border. this is about half an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage the next vice president and second lady of the united states, senator j.d. vance and lucia vance -- u sha vance. [applause] ♪ sen. vance: all right. thank you all. thank you. please.

wow. thank you. thank you, guys. i think we have more people in las vegas then kamala harris did for her announcement. that's pretty good. well, my friends, in 97 days we are going to take our country back and elect donald j. trump president of the united states. god bless you. it is going to start in the great state of nevada. god bless you all. now, it feels like time is standing still here. politics has -- a lot has happened in the last month.

just over a month ago president trump white the floor with joe biden on the debate stage, exposed a massive cover-up of biden's mental incapacity, and saved america from four more years of disaster that is the joe biden presidency. and during that same time president trump excepted our party's nomination with overwhelming support. he held one of the most successful conventions in history. he took a bullet for the country he loves that he did not miss a single day of work. that is a hell of a president, isn't it? and just imagine, my friends. just imagine what he is going to do with four more years, right? and that is what we are going to give him. now, i know we have some friends in the media back there.

not all of them are bad, just most of them. that is ok. but after covering up for joe biden's mental incapacity and incompetence for 3.5 years, now the media is at it again. this time gas lighting also on kamala harris' record and achievements. the same media told us for 3.5 years joe did -- joe biden was albert einstein, is now trying to tell us that kamala harris is abraham lincoln. well, we know the media loves a good fact-check, so here's one for you. kamala harris was the most liberal member of the united states senate. she is a san francisco liberal. she is dangerously liberal, and thanks to the perp -- the people in this room, she is never going to be the president of the united states.

we are not going to listen to the media's lies any longer, and there is nothing they can do about the fact that kamala harris owns every failure of the biden administration over the last four years. she didn't know what was going on until somebody was calling the shots, and we know it was kamala harris. let's pick through the list. as america's borders are kamala harris -- border czar, 10 millions illegal -- 10 million illegal aliens have invaded our country. you know what was by design. during her first failed run for president she told everyone exactly what she wanted. the decriminalize illegal immigration, to tear down immigrations, customs, and enforcement, and open up the floodgates while giving everybody who came here free health care at your expense.

then on kamala harris' first day in office she went to work not for you, but for them. we should never let her live it down. they suspended deportations. they stopped building the wall. they reinstated catch and release, and that is how every state from ohio to nevada, to california to michigan, became a border state. they just release people into our country. sometimes they fly them first class and put them up in fancy hotel rooms, and you are paying for that too, trust me. and after bringing them all here their proposed amnesty for millions of illegal aliens. she might as well have invited them personally to break our laws and come into our country. now, here is a crazy fact.

the chief of border patrol was appointed over a year ago, but do you think our border czar has ever spoken to that person? not once. i served in the marine corps. semper fi. my brothers and i would have called got a dereliction of duty. after all of that, my friends, she has the nerve to question our loyalty to this country. mine and yours. did you see that? here is what president trump and i believe about loyalty. loyalty to this country is closing the border, not opening it up. loyalty is safeguarding medicare for american citizens, not bankrupting it by giving it to illegal aliens. loyalty is protecting lake and

riley, not allowing an illegal immigrant to take her life. loyalty is protecting children from fentanyl, not inviting the curtails into an unarmed playground. loyalty is serving your country in the marine corps, which is something i did. loyalty is taking a bullet for this country, which is something donald trump did. if kamala harris wants to see the face of disloyalty, she might as well look in the damn mirror. thank you all. this administration handed out work permits to 3 million -- 3 million illegal aliens who lied to claim asylum. they turn a blind eye while -- while those fraudsters steal american job and undercut american wages. if the failed border czar wins,

she is not going to stop until every illegal immigrant has a right to vote, which is going to destroy your voice in your own country, to make way for people that should not even be here. you guys are fired up. what did they put in the water in las vegas? but, to all illegal aliens, president trump and i have a different message. if you are here against the laws of this country, pack your bags, because you are going home in six months.

it sounds so simple, my friends, but it is time to put the interests of american citizens first. that is what our leaders should do, is care about their own people. now, i want to recognize a few incredible, great republican leaders who join us today. all the way from florida. the great congresswoman. a great public servant. love to have her here. we have got nevada gop chairman michael mcdonald. where are you? thank you, michael. we are going to reno after this. i think michael is going to come on the plane with us. we have our nc national committee woman -- rnc national committee woman. our nominee for congress, john lee.

we have a lot of great memories of the state senate and assembly. i want to give a special shout out to a true american patriot. we talk about loyalty, someone who has sacrificed more for this country than anyone i more, and next senator from state of nevada, sam brown. sam? maybe we could get sam to come up here? -- maybe the secret service, open up? give it up for sam. [applause] sam: right, nevada, we are fired up for j.d. vance and president trump. look, i gotta tell you, senator, you are a happy warrior.

have you ever seen somebody smile so much? does this man love his country or what? when i see president trump and j.d. vance on the trail or on the tv, sacrificing, serving this country, this is what leadership looks like, and this is why i am endorsing j.d. vance as our next vice president of the united states of america. you heard me say this before. words that took me from that place on the battlefield as i was engulfed in flames were simple but powerful. sir, i've got you. i have tried to live with that in mind as my message to you, and i can tell you, as a look at president trump, and as i look at j.d. vance and what they are going to do for this country, their message resonates in our

hearts as they tell us, they have got us. they have got us, nevada. [applause] sen. vance: we are going to get this guy elected, right? he is a good one. i want to talk about politicians in this country that have sold out our country. this is what i think is fundamentally broken and what donald trump can fix. when multinational corporations call the politicians offices, they traded american jobs for campaign cash. that is the story of my entire life. i am almost 40 years old. they would never admit that, of course. they brag about trade deals and promised cheap consumer products. they call it globalization, and that is what it was. american jobs went to some other

part of the globe and if it was up to kamala harris it is going to keep happening. she voted, even after it was obvious it was a mistake she voted to preserve the very trade deal that sent american jobs to mexico and turned american dreams into nightmares. and now she wants a promotion? i say we ought to fire kamala harris and replace her with donald trump. now, my friends, i want the american dream as a goal for our children and get -- and grandchildren. you never hear people talk about the american dream anymore. four years ago you did, because things were going well. and just as donald trump brought it back when he ran for president before and served as president, is going to bring it back. you just have to send him to the white house, right? so, let's talk a little bit

about what we believe in the republican party. we believe that one million cheap knockoff toasters are not worth the price of a single american manufacturing job. he believe in rebuilding american factories and rebuilding the american dream, and we are going to stamp more and more products with that beautiful label -- made in the usa. now, i have seen in my own life the consequences of electing dale politicians like kamala harris. when democrat leaders fail our citizens it is what the bible calls the least of these that suffer the most. i know that because of where i came from and how i grew up.

now, i stand here as your next vice president of the united states, and i am proud to do it. but it was not supposed to work out like that. i grew up in a family that struggled with addiction. that is why my grandmother raised me. i grew up in a family that sometimes struggle to put food on the table. i grew up in a family where things were tight and tough, but i made it, because this is a country that provides opportunities to its citizens, and we are grateful for it. now, i also made it a point i was raised by a tough old bird i called mamaw. i have heard so many stories about mamaw that you forget, but one of my favorite stories is when i am listed in the

marine corps she was very proud of me. member, this was 2003, a time of war. and she was scared for me. she was pissed off at the marine corps recruiter. he came over to talk to her about what boot camp would mean for the family, she stood on the porch and said, if you put one foot on my porch i'm going to blow it off. and that was the woman who gave me all of the opportunities i have had, and i'm so grateful for all of the strong women out there, especially the strong grandmas and moms. so, i have lived the american dream. in fact, i'm leaving it right now with you all. getting to spend a great time and have a lot of fun here in nevada. but, friends, the dreams we have for our country and our families, you had better believe it, they are on the ballot in

november. and the way to preserve that dream, the way to fight for that american dream, the way to build upon that american dream is to elect donald trump the next president of the united states. now, let's talk about the contrast between kamala harris and donald trump. kamala harris' decision is for open borders and closed factories. kamala harris wants the government to tell you how to live your life, and she wants smaller family bank accounts. kamala harris's promising widespread war, while american citizens pray for peace. remember, trump delivered peace. wasn't it amazing? kamala harris pledged to ban fracking, which would destroy the energy economy in this

country. she vowed to and offshore drilling. she cosponsored the green new scam. maybe we should send kamala harris the bill? i don't think she would pay it, but we could try. that's right. make no mistake. the terrible affordability crisis -- higher groceries, higher energy prices, higher housing prices -- it is destroying the american dream and it is kamala harris' fault. now, president trump, of course, build the strongest economy in the history of our country. i am 40 years old, almost. i am sad about that, by the way. i turned 40, i think, on friday. thank you all.

[crowd singing "happy birthday"] no, no, no. [applause] beautiful singing voices. you have everything here in las vegas. but, remember, for 40 years we had declining wages for workers. in the trump administration we had rising wages for workers. how did he do it? he delivered a giant tax cut for hard-working families. he rewarded companies that delta jobs and factories in the united states of america. and penalized the guys who were shipping jobs overseas. he released the entrepreneurial spirit that drives american innovation. he inspired us all to believe

once again in the promise of america. that if you work hard and play by the rules, no height is beyond your reach. and kamala harris has broken, i think, that foundational promise that if you play hard -- work hard and play by the rules who ought to deliver a good life in this country. that is why so many americans no longer believe their children will be better off than they are. i hate to say, but if we elect kamala harris they might be right. so if you are scraping by instead of thriving, if your hope is dwindling just as fast as your bank account, help is on the way, and its name is donald j. trump. we need a president who is going to make this country wealthy

again. we need a president who is going to make life affordable again. we need a president who is going to tell our great american energy workers, drill, baby, drill. [applause] we do not need a president who has fantasized about closing immigrations and customs enforcement. would make the border crisis even worse. we do not want to president who wants to turn our cities into sanctuaries and defund the police so there is no one to stop them. but the clock is ticking on kamala harris. six months from now president trump will launch the largest deportation program in american history. we are going to end catch and release, we are going to ban

sanctuary cities, and then we are going to finish building that trump border wall. ain't that right? now, when rioters and looters -- remember that in 2020 -- burned american cities to the ground, kamala harris was trying to bail them all out of jail. the criminals she helped free included an alleged knife murder, a convicted rapist, a domestic abuser who shot and killed a man, -- ain't that crazy? now she wants to end cash bail so that if you assault a police officer you can be out the next day. she also wants to confiscate firearms from law-abiding american citizens. in other words, she wants to abolish your second amendment

rights even as she lets more and more dangerous criminals on the street. and we are not going to let her, ladies and gentlemen. we are going to put her out of office. i guarantee you, if kamala harris is president, law-abiding citizens are going to struggle, they're going to be sitting ducks. but we are not going to let it happen. everyman's home is his castle and he should be able to defend it against anyone who threatens his family. it is a simple american principal and we are going to fight for it. and we know the truth, by the way, that our police are heroes and we are always going to have their backs. a vote for donald trump is a vote back to blue, and the communities who depend on their safety.

now, we've got to save a little energy, because i want to introduce two of this community's finest. nicholas populace. where is nicholas? stand up, sir. and michael good one of the police officers association. let's give them a round of applause for everything they do and all of us who help them. now, together, we are going to save this country for every american of every race, color, and creed. and it all starts with strength. strong borders. strong families. a strong economy. and a strong president.

and of all kamala harris' faults, the most is that she has left this country weak and vulnerable. the entire world now knows that she helped cover up joe biden's declining mental capacity for years. and now our country is saddled with a president who cannot do the job. and if you think it is bad, my friends, we have seen only what is happening when the cameras are on. what do you think joe biden is like when he is sitting in a room with world leaders? our adversaries are licking their chops, and the world is in disarray because of the week american leadership. now, anyone who is too blind to see biden's incompetence, or too dishonest to admit it, is not fit to serve as commander-in-chief of this country. and the democratic bosses,

without democratic voters casting a single vote, have installed, law as their new nominee. or at least they are trying to. we will see if they give her the boot in a few weeks too. the media, which for years has said the republicans are a threat to democracy, they are calling it a coronation. i have a different word for it. i call it a coup. in america, my friends, we do not crown our leaders, we vote for them. remember, in the 2020 democratic primary harris dropped out a month before the first vote was even cast. she was so unpopular she pulled in the single digits, even among democrats, her entire campaign. she was not in the top three in california. we have to give credit where it is due. maybe we are not democrats, but the democrats were right in 2020. we do not want a wacky san

francisco liberal serving as commander-in-chief. we don't want kamala harris. her record of disaster is clear. 500,000 kids have been trafficked by the cartels things to her policies. hundreds of thousands of our citizens are dead from fentanyl, thanks to her policies. hard-working americans cannot afford groceries or rents because of her policies. and my question to the american people is, do you want a president who is disloyal to this country, or do you want one who was willing to take a bullet for it? i think i know the answer. [applause] sen. vance: i will ask you a simple question. do we want open borders?

do we want to bankrupt medicare by giving it to illegal aliens? do you want to defund the police? do you want to ban fracking? do we want kamala harris? hell no. instead, in just a few short months we are going to lead a great american restoration. we are going to bring strength back. we are going to bring prosperity back to the american people, and it is starting in nevada. god bless you all. let's go elect donald j. trump president of the united states. [applause] ♪

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