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>> bernie moreno is the 2024 republican nominee to represent ohio in the u.s. senate. he gave a victory speech from westlake, ohio, winning against incumbent democratic senator sherrod brown. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the next senator of the great state of ohio -- [applause]

>> ok, i need to get this off the microphone. thank you, by the way. thank you. [applause] look, today starts a new wave. we talked about wanting a red wave. i think what we have tonight is a red, white, and blue wave in this country. because what we need in the

united states of america is leaders in washington, d.c., that actually put the interest of american citizens above all else. we are tired of being treated like second-class citizens in our own country. we are tired of leaders that think we are garbage, and we are tired of being treated like garbage. you know, my opponent talked a lot about helping the working man. and i will agree with him on the need to help working americans. but the difference is talk without action is nothing. so what we are going to do, thanks to now having a republican majority, by the way, how about that, in the united states senate. [cheering and applause] and chuck schumer, if you're watching, thanks for the help in the primary, but you're fired, buddy. [cheering and applause]

this is a new dawn of republican leadership. with president trump and jd vance in the white house, we are going to advance an agenda that is an american agenda. an agenda that says we are pro-immigration but not pro-invasion. we are going to make certain that the people who come to this country are invited here. are invited here, like i was, like my family was, on our terms. we are going to make this country an energy-dominant nation, so that my kids do not grow up in a country where we ever rely on a foreign nation for energy ever, ever again. and we have that energy right here in ohio. that means coal, that means natural gas, it means oil, it means nuclear. and in terms of ev mandates, they need to be gone first thing in january. [cheering and applause]

and we are going to make certain that we tell california you don't get to dictate to the whole country what our emissions standards are. we are going to dictate that at the federal level, and we are going to allow consumers to pick the kind of car they want. look, the other piece that i want to talk about is what president trump is brought to this country, which is peace and stability around the world. america will be a leader in the world. we will always be a leader in the world. american leadership has made the planet safer, more prosperous, and more secure than any point in human history. but it means that we ensure peace through strength. the weakness of joe biden and kamala harris is rejected, and i know that whether it is in jerusalem or kyiv or anywhere else on earth, or taiwan, they are cheering this election because they know american strength will ensure peace, peace around the world. [applause] and if you are a police officer

, if you are a police officer in this country, just know you have a senator in me and a republican party that will always have your back. [cheering and applause] and we got rid of chuck schumer tonight, but pretty soon we are going to get rid of another couple of people that need to be gone. first among them, randy weingarten should start packing her bags. because what we need in this country is school choice for all americans. and as i look at my children, i'm blessed with four kids -- and by the way, can we give my wife an amazing round of applause? [applause] thank you, bridget. bridget. look, we need to make certain

that we honor teachers. that we honor teachers. they are doing great work in every corner of the country. teachers are our front line. unfortunately, they have a teachers union that doesn't care about them. we are going to make sure we empower teachers to teach our kids what they need to do, and that means getting the federal government out of the way and allowing states to take on that responsibility. [applause] and finally, i'm going to say this. we are $36 trillion in debt. this is not sustainable. we cannot continue on this fiscal path. what we are going to do is massively reduce the size and scale of the federal government, and we are going to do it from congress, because it is congress that has the power of the purse. that starts by getting rid of agencies that we don't need, relocating them out of washington, d.c. we are going to have a bold and

ambitious agenda for the republican party, and i know that president trump is going to bring greatness back to this country unlike anything we've ever seen. [applause] so president trump, if you're watching, thank you. thank you for being decisive in my primary. thank you for being the greatest president of my generation. and thank you for the sacrifices that you've made for this country. this country owes donald j. trump a debt of gratitude. [cheering and applause] and to senator jd vance -- [cheering and applause] ohio loves you, man. ohio loves you. i love you. look, i cannot think of a more brilliant pick then when president trump selected jd vance. i know jd, and let me just tell you, he's a great man. he's going to be incredible vice president. i can't wait to have him leave

his office so i can be the senior senator from ohio. [cheering and applause] i also just got off the phone with my friend jim jordan. jim is a great human being, a great power here in ohio. jim jordan, thank you so much for what you've done. [applause] i'd also like to thank my campaign team. we built the greatest campaign team out there, and if you are watching this and you want to go to washington, d.c., and you are from ohio and you want to go down there to make a difference, let's talk tomorrow. let's talk tomorrow. because we are going to build an incredible campaign -- an incredible senate operation, an incredible constituent services operation, because i believe that people who pay taxes deserve a government that works for them. [applause] and then finally, let me just say to my kids, thank you so

much for being on this journey with us. i have absolutely been blessed by god almighty with an amazing wife, amazing kids, three amazing grandkids. but i want to introduce you to my extended family, so as i like to say, we are overperforming catholics. i'm going to bring my siblings up on stage. where are they, they are all there. let's give them a round of applause. [applause] i'm going to say one last thing. you know, my mom and dad left the safety and security of knowing what they had when they left colombia, south america. they didn't know what america would mean to them, they didn't know what it would mean to the

seven of us, but they did it anyway because they knew that in america, whatever dream you have, whatever ideas you have, you can make come true if you are willing to work hard enough and persevere. and my mom and dad are not alive to watch this moment, but i know they are up in heaven watching down upon us and thinking this is a great country. and they made the right decision. [applause] and i know one person my mom and dad would be looking down and saying this is an amazing thing is my sister vicki. they would be so proud of you for everything that you've done. you've been kind of our substitute mom along the way. look, i -- vicki, you were almost like my mom growing up. both my parents worked really, really hard, so vicki was the one who would make sure that i always stayed true to myself.

my brother luis, thank you for your leadership and guidance. i think sherrod brown and chuck schumer owe you a little bit of an apology. i don't think it will come. i don't think it will come. [applause] and to jose and alex and richie, thank you so much for kicking the crap out of me when i was younger. i appreciate it. [laughter] you made me tough. you made me tough. hey, look, to all of you, we celebrate tonight not as republicans. we celebrate tonight as americans. and if there is -- and to the people out there in ohio who didn't vote for me, just know that i will always advocate for you, i will always have your back, and i will work for the next six years to win you over, because my responsibility is to the entirety of ohio. i will always work tirelessly to

make certain that we do everything possible, that i work my tail off to make your lives better. so to ohio, for all the people i've met on the campaign trail, to the thousands and thousands of people who prayed for me, prayed for bridget, and kept us in your prayers, i can't tell you what this means. it's the greatest honor of my life to represent you in washington, d.c., and i will not let you down. thank you so much. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024]

♪ >> thank you, thank you. thank you. we may -- thank you.

we may be tempted to say hope was not enough. we might be tempted to second-guess ourselves and question whether we worked hard enough or long enough. that is not our story tonight. we believe that all work has dignity, we always will. we believe in the power of people over corporate special interests, we always will. we believe if you love this country, you fight for the people who make it work, we always will. this is a disappointment, but it is not a failure. it will never be wrong, it will never be wrong to fight for organized labor. it will never be wrong to fight for the freedom of women to make her health care decisions. [applause] it surely will never be wrong to fight for civil rights and human rights. [cheering and applause]

tonight i'm sad, but i'm never giving up. neither is connie. in the light of day, i know most of you are never giving up, either. i will close the same way i closed pretty much every speech in my career, fighting for ohio, because the values i fight for have not changed, they will never change. in my lapel i wear this pin. you might have heard this before. [laughter] it was given to me decades ago by a steelworker at a workers memorial day rally -- you know the story. the turn of the century coal , miners took the canary down in the mines with them to warn them of poisonous gas. the workers in those days knew they didn't have a union strong enough or a government that cared enough to look out for him. he was on his own. over the last century and a half we have done so much to change that. all of those fights required going up against powerful special interests. i think about the lesson that any union organizer knows. they don't just give you fair

wages, safe workplaces, good benefits. they don't just give it to you, you go out and take it. [cheering and applause] that's how progress has always worked in this country. wall street and corporations didn't just say one day, you know, people work so hard out there we ought to have social security and we ought to have an eight-hour day and time and a half and a ban on child labor. no, we fought for it, we demanded it, and we got it. [applause] the big insurance companies didn't all of a sudden say a lot of people are sick, we ought to provide seniors health care. no, we fought for it, we demanded and we got medicare. [applause] and in the 1960's, a bunch of segregationist southern senators didn't just decide one day everybody ought to be able to vote in this country. no, we fought for it, we demanded it, and we got voting

rights. [applause] and then last year, politicians didn't all of a sudden say, you know, we really ought to stop interfering in women's personal health care decisions. of course not. we fought for abortion rights in ohio, we demanded it, and we got it. [applause] and all those fights, progress didn't happen on its own. we know there are so many fights still ahead. when i first came to the senate, like all new senators, they gave me one of those really expensive, fancy pieces of jewelry. you can kind of walk around, i am a senator, i'm a big deal. i wore it for a couple days, but it just in feel right, so i took it off and i put my canary pin back on. [applause] and i've worn that canary pin every day since. so tonight, nothing changes.

i don't take off this pin, i'm not giving up on our fight for workers, and i know you won't, either. thank you. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] >> incumbent republican senator ted cruz of