BAND WILL
KEEP THE FLAVOR AND THERE COULD
BE SOME OTHER ENTERTAINMENT.
WE MENTIONED THE LIGHTING GRID.
[APPLAUSE] MR. TRUMP: THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
A GREAT HONOR.
A GREAT HONOR, THANK YOU.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL DAY.
ON A SATURDAY MORNING.
ISN'T THAT NICE?
THANK YOU, AND WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE AN INCREDIBLE CONVENTION.
IT IS GOING REALLY WELL.
WE ARE GOING TO GET THINGS
SOLVED AND DO LOTS OF WONDERFUL
THINGS FOR OUR COUNTRY, MOST
IMPORTANTLY.
I AM HERE TO INTRODUCE THE MAN
WHO WILL BE MY PARTNER IN THIS
CAMPAIGN AND THE WHITE HOUSE, TO
FIX OUR RIGGED SYSTEM.
WE ARE IN A RIGGED SYSTEM, AND
TO MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN AND
TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.
[APPLAUSE]
MR. TRUMP: I WANT TO ALSO
ADDRESS THE ISLAMIC TERROR
ATTACK IN FRANCE.
WE HAVE WITNESSED HORROR THE ON
BELIEF -- BEYOND LEAF, NO MATTER
WHERE YOU LOOK AND IT IS
HAPPENING MORE AND MORE AND IT IS NEVER GOING TO STOP.
WE NEED NEW LEADERSHIP.
WE NEED NEW THINKING.
WE NEED STRENGTH.
WE NEED IN OUR COUNTRY LAW AND
ORDER.
IF I AM ELECTED PRESIDENT, THAT
WILL HAPPEN.
[APPLAUSE]
MR. TRUMP: I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR
UNYIELDING SUPPORT FOR THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE, AND WE MOURN
THEIR LOSS AS A NATION.
AS FAR AS TURKEY IS CONCERNED
SO MANY FRIENDS IN TURKEY, GREAT
PEOPLE, AMAZING PEOPLE.
WE WISH THEM WELL.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE RESOLVING THE DIFFICULTY BUT WE WISH THEM
WELL.
A LOT OF ANGUISH LAST NIGHT BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL ALL WORK OUT.
NOW AS HOPEFULLY AS THE NEXT
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
I WANT TO REFER BACK TO WHAT HAS
HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS.
THE MIDDLE EAST TODAY IS MORE
UNSTABLE THAN EVER BEFORE.
IT HAS NEVER BEEN LIKE THIS, OUT
OF CONTROL.
AFTER FOUR YEARS OF CLINTON WHO
REALLY LIKE THE WAY AND LET
OBAMA DOWN A HORRIBLE PATH, AS I
DO NOT EVEN THINK HE COULD HAVE
MADE THESE DECISIONS SO BADLY
HE LED HIM RIGHT DOWN A HORRIBLE
PASS.
HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE WAS
DOING.
IRAQ SYRIA, ALL INTO CHAOS AND
IRAN IS ON A PATH TO NUCLEAR
WEAPONS.
WE GAVE THEM BACK $150 BILLION
AND DID NOT GET OUR HOSTAGES
UNTIL THE END.
NOW WE ARE SEEING UNREST IN
TURKEY, A FURTHER DEMONSTRATION
OF THE FAILURES OF
OBAMA-CLINTON.
YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK, EVERY
SINGLE THING THEY TOUCHED HAS
TURNED TO HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE
DEATH-DEFYING PROBLEMS.
WE ALSO NEED TO BRING BACK IN
THIS COUNTRY, AS WE SEE WHAT
HAPPENED, OUR INDUSTRY, OUR
MANUFACTURING, OUR JOBS.
THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY LIKE WE ARE BABIES, TAKEN AWAY.
WE ARE GOING TO BRING THEM BACK.
I HAVE FOUND THE LEADER WHO WILL
HELP US DELIVER A SAFE SOCIETY
AND PROSPEROUS, REALLY
PROSPEROUS SOCIETY FOR ALL OF
AMERICA, INDIANA GOVERNOR MIKE
PENCE WAS MY FIRST CHOICE.
I HAVE ADMIRED THE WORK HE HAS
DONE ESPECIALLY IN THE STATE OF
INDIANA.
I AM GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN JUST A
MINUTE.
BUT I ALSO ADMIRE THE FACT THAT
HE FIGHTS FOR THE PEOPLE AND HE
IS GOING TO FIGHT FOR YOU.
HE IS A SOLID SOLID PERSON.
[APPLAUSE]
MR. TRUMP: GOVERNOR PENCE SERVED
INDIANA WITH DISTINCTION IN
CONGRESS.
HE ROSE TO LEADERSHIP AND SERVED
AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENTIRE
HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE,
NUMBER ONE.
HE HAS REALLY GOT THE SKILLS OF
A HIGHLY TALENTED EXECUTIVE
LEADING THE STATE OF INDIANA TO
JOBS, GROWTH, AND OPPORTUNITY IN
SPITE OF THE RELENTLESS
OBSTACLES PUT IN HIS WAY AT
EVERY -- AND EVERY STATE'S WAY
BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
HIGH TAXES AND REGULATIONS, AND
IT IS OUT OF CONTROL.
MIKE PENCE IS A MAN OF HONOR,
CHARACTER, AND HONESTY.
HILLARY CLINTON IS THE
EMBODIMENT OF CORRUPTION.
SHE IS A CORRUPT PERSON.
WHAT SHE HAS DONE WITH HER
E-MAILS, WITH SO MANY THINGS,
AND I SEE THE ADS UP ALL OF THE
TIME.
SHE IS TOTALLY BOUGHT AND PAY
FOR -- PAID FOR BY WALL STREET,
SPECIAL INTERESTS, AND THE
LOBBYISTS, 100%.
SHE IS CROOKED HILLARY.
[APPLAUSE]
MR. TRUMP: AND I THINK THAT
WHILE SHE GOT AWAY WITH MURDER
IN FACT I THINK IT MIGHT BE HER
GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT
ESCAPING THE RECENT SCANDAL AND
HER LIES AND THE LOSS OF 33,000
E-MAILS.
BUT IT WAS NOT A LOSS.
THAT IN ITSELF IS A MAJOR CRIME.
OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PAYING
TREMENDOUS PRICES FOR WHAT THEY
HAVE DONE, WHICH IS PEANUTS
COMPARED TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH
HILLARY CLINTON.
33,000 E-MAILS ARE MISSING AND
THAT IS OK?
DID NOT GIVE THEM TO THE FBI.
DID NOT GIVE THEM TO THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND THAT IS OK?
WIPES HER SERVER CLEAN, THAT IS
OK?
THESE ARE CRIMES.
AND HOW SHE GOT AWAY WITH IT, I
THINK I UNDERSTAND IT BUT I
THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT.
WHILE I BELIEVE SHE DID NOT PAY
THE PRICE SHE SHOULD HAVE PAID,
SHE IS GOING TO PAY THAT PRICE
WHEN NOVEMBER 8 ROLLS AROUND.
SHE IS GOING TO PAY IT AT THE
POLLS. I BELIEVE IT.
[APPLAUSE] MR. TRUMP: ON TOP OF EVERYTHING
ELSE HILLARY MAY 21 $.6 MILLION
GIVING SPEECHES TO SPECIAL
INTERESTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME.
SHE IS TOTALLY OWNED BY WALL
STREET.
SHE BELIEVES IN GLOBALISM AND IT
IS NOT THAT SHE BELIEVES IN IT.
THE PEOPLE THAT GIVE HER ALL OF
THIS MONEY BELIEVES IN IT AND
SHE WILL BELIEVE WHATEVER THEY
WANT HER TO BELIEVE.
BELIEVE ME.
THAT IS IT.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
CROOKED HILLARY CLINTON AND MIKE
PENCE. [APPLAUSE]
MR. TRUMP: MIKE PENCE WILL NEVER
BE AFRAID TO SPEAK THE NAME OF
OUR ENEMY, RADICAL ISLAM
RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM.
YOU SAW AT THE OTHER DAY WITH
THE TRUCK, SCREAMING OUT THE
WINDOW.
YOU HEARD WHAT HE WAS SCREAMING
OUT THE WINDOW.
YOU SAW IT IN SAN BERNARDINO.
YOU SAW IT AT THE WORLD TRADE
CENTER.
YOU SAW IT IN ORLANDO, HOW
HORRIBLE WAS THAT?
YOU SAW IT IN PARIS.
YOU SEE IT ALL OVER.
HILLARY IS A WEAK PERSON.
WE ARE THE LAW AND ORDER
CANDIDATES, AND WITH THE LAW AND
ORDER PARTY, WE ARE GOING TO
CHANGE THINGS AROUND.
THERE IS GOING TO BE RESPECT
AGAIN FOR LAW AND ORDER.
[APPLAUSE]
MR. TRUMP: HILLARY CLINTON'S
FOREIGN POLICY HELPED LAUNCH
ISIS.
I SEE THE ADS SHE PUTS ON.
IF I MAKE ONE STATEMENT -- WHICH
IS FINE -- SHE WILL TAKE THAT
STATEMENT AND PUT ON A TOTALLY
DISHONEST -- BECAUSE SHE HAS A
LOT OF MONEY GIVEN TO HER BY THE
LOBBYISTS AND THE SPECIAL.
I SEE THE ADS ON FOREIGN POLICY,
SHE IS TALKING ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP DOES NOT HAVE
FOREIGN-POLICY EXPERIENCE.
OF COURSE NOT.
I HAVE BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PERSON, BUT IF YOU LOOK
AT MY GOALS, I SAID DO NOT GO
INTO IRAQ AND NOBODY CARED.
TAKE THE OIL, MANY CALLS I HAVE
MADE.
I SAID THAT IN SCOTLAND AND THE
U.K., THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
I WAS THE ONE THAT PREDICTED IT
AND EVERYBODY SAID, HE IS WRONG.
PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID, IF THAT
HAPPENS THEY WILL GET TO THE
BACK OF THE LINE WHICH IS
PROBABLY WHY THEY LOST.
I CONSIDER IT A WIN FOR THEM
ACTUALLY BECAUSE THEY DO NOT
WANT TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO AND
BE TOLD WHEN PEOPLE POUR INTO
THE COUNTRY TO HAVE TO TAKE THEM
EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT QUALIFIED
EVEN IF THEY DO NOT HAVE
PAPERWORK, EVEN IF THEY HAVE NO
IDEA WHERE THEY COME FROM.
I SAID THAT BREXIT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN, I SAID THEY ARE GOING TO
BREAK AWAY AND EVERYBODY LAUGHED
AT ME.
THE ODDS WERE 20%.
THEN WHEN IT HAPPENED, SHE TOOK
AN AD SAYING DONALD TRUMP SAID
THIS OR THAT, WHAT I AM THE ONE
WHO SAID THAT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
SOME OF THE MORE FAIR REPORTERS,
ABOUT 30% OF THEM, SAID, HE IS
RIGHT.
SO MIKE PENCE WILL NEVER BE
AFRAID TO SPEAK THE NAME OF OUR
ENEMY, SO IMPORTANT.
NOW I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT ONE
OF THE BIG REASONS THAT I CHOSE
MIKE AND ONE OF THE REASONS AS
PART OF UNITY, HAVE TO BE HONEST
. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE SAID PARTY
UNITY BECAUSE I AM AN OUTSIDER.
I WANT TO BE AN OUTSIDER.
I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE
REASONS I WON IN A LANDSLIDE.
THIS WAS NOT CLOSE.
[APPLAUSE]
MR. TRUMP: THIS WAS NOT CLOSE.
THE HISTORY OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY, WITH 17 PEOPLE RUNNING
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, OTHER
PEOPLE RAN AGAINST 1, 2, AND
THREE, WE GOT -- I SAY ME -- "WE
" BECAUSE I AM A MESSENGER -- WE
GOT ALMOST 14 MILLION VOTES
ALMOST MORE THAN ANY OTHER
PERSON IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
SYSTEM RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. THINK OF IT.
THAT IS MORE THAN RONALD REAGAN,
MORE THAN RICHARD NIXON, MORE
THAN DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.
MORE THAN THE BUSHES, BUT I MEAN
BY A LOT.
THAT IS WITH 17 PEOPLE.
THAT MEANS OUR MESSAGE IS
UNBELIEVABLE.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE LOYAL
PEOPLE BECAUSE I HAVE SUCH
LOYAL, UNBELIEVABLE PEOPLE AND THEY DISPLAYED THAT JUST
YESTERDAY IN CLEVELAND, WHERE
WHAT IS GOING TO BE SO AMAZING.
IT WAS ON DISPLAY WHERE WE HAD
THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE, MANY OF
WHOM I HAVE KNOWN AND I WILL NOT
SAY BECAUSE FOR PARTY UNITY, I
WILL SAY THEY ARE WONDERFUL
PEOPLE. NEVER TRUMP.
THEY GOT CRUSHED AND THEY GOT
CRUSHED IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE
PEOPLE WANT WHAT WE ARE SAYING
TO HAPPEN.
THEY ARE TIRED OF A COUNTRY THAT
HAS HORRIBLE TRADE DEALS, THAT
HAS NO BORDERS, THAT HAS TAXES
THAT ARE THROUGH THE ROOF,
HIGHEST TAXED NATION JUST ABOUT
IN THE WORLD THAT HAS
REGULATIONS THAT DO NOT ALLOW
YOU TO START A BUSINESS AND
DESTROY YOUR BUSINESS IF YOU DO
SO.
TO BEGIN OF DESTROYING
BUSINESSES, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE
CARE OF THE MINERS AND
STEELWORKERS AND PUT THEM BACK
TO WORK. [APPLAUSE]
MR. TRUMP: THEY ARE VERY TIRED
OF IT, WHAT I WANT TO THANK ALL
OF THOSE PEOPLE, THE DELEGATES
ON THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES
BECAUSE WAY, WAS THAT SOMETHING?
UNFORTUNATELY THE VOTE WAS VERY
LATE BUT ESSENTIALLY WE HAD 112
-- THIS WAS THE VOTE THAT WAS
GOING TO PUT IT ON THE FLOOR AND
WE WOULD HAVE A BIG FIGHT --
PEOPLE AGREE.
THEY WANT THE WALL, THEY WANT
THE BORDERS, THEY WANT THESE
THINGS TO HAPPEN.
AND WHAT WE ARE DOING THAT I'M
SO PROUD OF, AND NOBODY ELSE
WOULD EVEN THINK ABOUT DOING, I
HAVE FOUGHT VERY HARD FOR IT.
WE WILL CALL THE JOHNSON
AMENDMENT WHERE HE TOOK AWAY
FROM THE EVANGELICALS -- AND I
WANT TO THANK THE EVANGELICALS
BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM I COULD NOT HAVE WON THIS NOMINATION.
THE EVANGELICALS HAVE BEEN
UNBELIEVABLE.
I DOMINATED WITH THE
EVANGELICALS. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SURPRISED.
THEY SAY HE IS NOT PERFECT BUT
THEY KNOW I'M GOING TO GET THE
JOB DONE, AND THEY ARE REALLY
SMART.
[APPLAUSE] MR. TRUMP: AND I SAID FOR THE
EVANGELICALS THAT, WE ARE GOING
TO DO SOMETHING THAT NOBODY HAS
EVEN TRIED TO DO.
IT WAS PASSED BY LYNDON JOHNSON
AND HIS GROUP. HE WAS A POWERFUL PRESIDENT THAT
GOT BOGGED DOWN IN A WAR THAT
DESTROYED HIM.
BUT HE WAS A POWERFUL PRESIDENT
AND WE CALL IT THE JOHNSON
AMENDMENT.
YOU ARE SHUNNED IF YOU ARE
EVANGELICAL AND YOU WANT TO TALK
RELIGION, YOU LOSE YOUR
TAX-EXEMPT STATUS.
WE PUT INTO THE PLATFORM, WE ARE
GOING TO GET RID OF THAT HORRIBLE JOHNSON AMENDMENT.
WE ARE GOING TO LET EVANGELICALS
, WE ARE GOING TO LET CHRISTIANS
AND JEWS AND PEOPLE OF RELIGION
TALK WITHOUT BEING AFRAID TO TALK.
I SAW THIS, I HAD SO MANY GREAT
LEADERS UP TO MY OFFICE.
THE ABSOLUTE TOP EVANGELICAL
LEADERS, CHRISTIAN LEADERS
JEWISH LEADERS.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SOME MUSLIM
LEADERS.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE SURPRISED
TO HEAR THAT.
I HAD THE TOP LEADERS UP TO MY
OFFICE AND I SAID, WHY IS IT
THAT YOU ARE SO POWERFUL AS AN
INDIVIDUAL AND YET WHEN YOU GET
OUT THERE YOU ARE SORT OF TIMID?
THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW TO ANSWER
THE QUESTION.
IT TOOK TWO OR THREE MEETINGS
BEFORE I FIGURED IT OUT.
ONE GREAT GENTLEMAN THAT
EVERYBODY KNOWS BUT WHOSE NAME I
WILL NOT REVEAL SAID, ESTHER
TRUMP, WE LIVE IN FEAR IN OUR
CHURCHES AND SYNAGOGUES.
WE LIVE IN FEAR THAT WE ARE
GOING TO LOSE OUR TAX-EXEMPT
STATUS IF WE SAY ANYTHING THAT
IS EVEN SLIGHTLY POLITICAL.
AND I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW IN
TRUMP TOWER AND POINTED TO
PEOPLE WALKING DOWN THE STREET.
I SAID, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK AND YOU DON'T.
THAT MEANS THEY ARE MORE
POWERFUL THAN YOU ARE.
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
IT.
HOW DID IT START?
THEY SAID IT STARTED BECAUSE OF
LYNDON JOHNSON.
HE HAD A PROBLEM IN TEXAS WITH A
CERTAIN RELIGIOUS LEADER AND HE
DID THIS AND GOT IT DONE, AND WE
ARE GOING TO UNDO IT SO THAT
RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN THIS
COUNTRY AND IS UNBELIEVABLE
PEOPLE -- AND NOT BECAUSE THEY
BACKED ME IN SUCH LARGE NUMBERS
-- BUT SO RELIGION CAN AGAIN
HAVE A VOICE.
RELIGION'S VOICE HAS BEEN TAKEN
AWAY AND WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE
THAT. [APPLAUSE] MR. TRUMP: BACK TO MIKE PENCE.
SO, ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS I
CHOSE MIKE WAS, I LOOKED AT
INDIANA AND I WON INDIANA BIG.
INDIANA WAS GOING TO BE THE
FIREWALL, THAT IS WHERE TRUMP
WAS GOING DOWN.
INDIANA WAS GOING TO BE THE
FIREWALL SO I GOT TO STUDY
INDIANA AND I GOT TO STUDY NEW
YORK AND A LOT OF OTHER PLACES,
AND I SAW HOW NAFTA, SIGNED BY
BILL CLINTON HAS DRAINED OUR
MANUFACTURING JOBS.
DRAINED US LIKE WE HAVE NEVER
BEEN DRAINED BEFORE.
NAFTA, SIGNED BY BILL CLINTON.
NAFTA IS THE WORST ECONOMIC DEAL
IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
MANUFACTURING DOWN IN SUMS DATES
-- IN SOME STATES 65%.
I HAVE A FRIEND WHO IS A GREAT
BUILDER.
WHAT HE BUILDS HIS PLANS.
HE DOES NOT BUILD BUILDINGS, HE
BUILDS PLANS, THE BIGGEST IN THE
WORLD FROM WHAT I HEAR.
I SAID, HOW IS BUSINESS?
I WAS WITH HIM THE OTHER DAY.
HE GOES, UNBELIEVABLE.
I AM SURPRISED.
WHY IS IT UNBELIEVABLE?
HE SAID, DONALD, WHAT WE ARE
DOING IN MEXICO YOU WILL NEVER
BELIEVE.
WE ARE BUILDING PLANTS IN MEXICO
THE LIKES OF WHICH WE HAVE NEVER
SEEN. WHAT ABOUT THIS COUNTRY?
NOT MUCH, THAT WAS THE
EXPRESSION.
HE SAID, NOT MUCH.
BUT MEXICO?
HE SAID, I HAVE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE IT.
I AM GOING TO REVERSE IT.
WE ARE GOING TO BRING OUR JOBS
BACK TO OUR COUNTRY.
AND HE WAS BETTER THAN A
POLLSTER, BETTER THAN A
CONSULTANT.
I SAY HOW ARE YOU DOING AND YOU
GET A BIG REPORT THAT COSTS YOU
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
THAT DOES NOT COST ME MILLIONS.
I GIVE THEM $10,000.
IT COSTS OTHER CAMPAIGNS
MILLION.
A GUY LIKE THIS IS BETTER THAN
ANYBODY YOU CAN HIRE TO DO A
REPORT, AND HE DID NOT SAY IT
FROM THE STANDPOINT OF HE IS
UPSET ABOUT IT, JUST FACT.
HOW ARE WE DOING?
UNBELIEVABLE IN MEXICO.
HE SAID, I HAVE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE IT.
FORD IS BUILDING MASSIVE PLANTS
THERE INSTEAD OF IN MICHIGAN.
AND YOU KNOW THAT I KNOW HOW TO DO THAT, SO EASY.
BUT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO AND
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF US WITHOUT
RETRIBUTION.
THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES WHEN YOU
FIRE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND
MOVE TO ANOTHER COUNTRY AND
THINK YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE YOUR
PRODUCT AND SELL IT HERE.
THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES HERE AT
THOSE CONSEQUENCES ARE GOING TO
KEEP COMPANIES IN OUR COUNTRY.
EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THE
CONSEQUENCES ARE BUT I WILL NOT
SAY THAT BECAUSE I AM MUCH MORE
INTERESTED IN MIKE.
INDIANA'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE --
THIS WAS THE PRIMARY REASON I
WANTED MIKE OTHER THAN HE LOOKS
VERY GOOD, HE HAS GOT AN
INCREDIBLE FAMILY, INCREDIBLE
WIFE AND FAMILY, KAREN IS
AMAZING.
[APPLAUSE]
MR. TRUMP: HIGHLY RESPECTED
EXPECTED TO GO FOR ANOTHER FOUR
YEARS.
I THINK HE WOULD HAVE ONE VERY
EASILY IN INDIANA.
THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS
FALLEN WHEN HE WAS THERE 8.4%
WHEN HE WAS GOVERNOR TO LESS
THAN 5% IN MAY OF 2016.
SINCE JANUARY 2013, INDIANA'S
LABOR FORCE HAS INCREASED BY
MORE THAN 186,000 JOBS.
I HAVE GONE TO ALL OF THESE
THINGS.
EVERY TIME I HAVE STATISTICIANS,
I SAY GIVE ME THE STATS, AND IT
IS ALWAYS BAD.
DOWN DOWN, DOWN, DOWN 40%, 50%,
60% IN SOME CASES.
HERE IS WHERE IT HAS GONE UP.
PRIVATE-SECTOR JOB GROWTH IS UP
BY MORE THAN 147,000 JOBS SINCE
2013.
THAT IS VERY UNUSUAL.
GOVERNOR PENCE TALENTS THE
BUDGET.
-- BALANCED THE BUDGET.
HE BALANCED THE BUDGET.
THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THAT
MEANS.
GOVERNOR PENCE BALANCED THE
BUDGET AND MAINTAINS A $2
MILLION RESERVE FUND.
IT IS ALSO RATED AAA, THEIR BONDS.
VERY FEW STATES HAVE THAT, AAA.
THAT IS AS GOOD AS YOU CAN GET
WHETHER YOU ARE A COMPANY OR A
STATE.
INDIANA WAS RECENTLY RECOGNIZED
BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE MAGAZINE AS
THE NUMBER ONE STATE IN THE
MIDWEST FOR BUSINESS NUMBER
ONE.
AND IT IS NOT EVEN CLOSE.
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 34,000
FEWER HOOSIERS ON UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE NOW THAN THERE WERE
WHEN MIKE PENCE TOOK OFFICE.
SO YOU HAVE FEWER HOOSIERS,
FEWER PEOPLE FROM INDIANA.
BESIDES THAT, BOBBY KNIGHT, A
FRIEND WHO REALLY DID HELP ME.
IF YOU WANT A REFERENCE, BOBBY
KNIGHT AND INDIANA, WE LOVE
BOBBY KNIGHT.
INDIANA HAS THE SECOND LOWEST
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE NATION
FOR VETERANS, WHERE NOBODY IS
FIGHTING FOR THE VETERANS LIKE I AM FIGHTING FOR THEM.
THE VETERANS HAVE BEEN LEFT BEHIND.
[APPLAUSE]
MR. TRUMP: IF YOU REMEMBER A FEW
MONTHS AGO HILLARY CLINTON SAID,
THE V.A. IS MUCH BETTER.
THEY ARE DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB
THAN PEOPLE GIVE IT CREDIT FOR.
PEOPLE ARE DYING IN LINE,
WAITING FIVE OR SIX DAYS FOR
DOCTORS.
IT IS A SCANDAL.
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING
WITH THE V.A. IN ARIZONA.
JUST THE VETERANS
ADMINISTRATION, IT IS A SCANDAL.
IT IS CORRUPT, IT IS
INCOMPETENT, IT IS A SCANDAL.
AND HILLARY CLINTON THOUGHT IT WAS JUST FINE.
AND BOY, AM I GOING TO WIN BIG WITH THE VETERANS.
WE KNOW THAT FOR A FACT.
[APPLAUSE]
MR. TRUMP: SO IT IS NOW 2.4% FOR
VETERANS IN 2013 WHEN MIKE PENCE
TOOK OFFICE -- SO IT IS NOW 2.4%
FOR VETERANS.
IN 2013 WHEN MIKE PENCE TOOK
OFFICE IT WAS ONE OF THE WORST.
INDIANAPOLIS IS RANKED SECOND IN
TOP 10 METRO AREAS FOR YOUNG
COLLEGE GRADUATES.
THAT IS A GREAT THING.
AND MIKE WORKED HARD ON THAT.
HE WAS TELLING ME THAT WAS NOT
EASY.
UNDER GOVERNOR PENCE'S
LEADERSHIP INDIANA AND ACTED THE
BIGGEST K-12 GRANT INDUSTRY.
ISN'T THAT A GREAT THING?
INDIANA HAS JUST ABOUT THE
LARGEST SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAM IN
AMERICA.
SCHOOL CHOICE IS WHERE IT IS AT.
IF YOU WANT TO GET YOUR SCHOOLS
BETTER YOU HAVE GOT TO GET RID
OF COMMON CORE FAST.
GOVERNOR PENCE AND ACTED THE
LARGEST INCOME TAX CUT AND THE
STATE.
CUTTING TAXES AND BALANCING THE
BUDGET.
ALONG WITH CORPORATE TAX REFORM,
JUST ABOUT NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY.
CNBC RANKED INDIANA FIRST IN THE
NATION FOR ITS INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO WITH ALL OF THESE CUTS AND
BALANCING BUDGETS AND SPENDING
MORE MONEY ON EDUCATION AND
INFRASTRUCTURE IS KEPT UP.
THAT HAD SO MUCH -- LOOK, AS A
BUILDER, NOBODY IN THE HISTORY
OF THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER KNOWN
SO MUCH ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AS
DONALD TRUMP.
DO I KNOW HOW TO BUILD A WALL.
DO I KNOW HOW TO BUILD
INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT IS VERY INTERESTING, WE ARE
BUILDING -- I WON THE RIGHT TO
HAVE THE OLD POST OFFICE
BUILDING ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
RIGHT YOU'RE THE WHITE HOUSE.
IT IS AMAZING, PROBABLY THE BEST
LOCATION, ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT
AFTER PROJECTS BY THE GSA.
I LIKE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN
AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN
OPENING VERY SOON.
I THOUGHT THE OTHER DAY I WAS
GOING OVER THE NUMBERS, WE ARE UNDER BUDGET AND ABOUT A YEAR,
ACTUALLY MORE THAN A YEAR, WE
ARE A YEAR AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND
UNDER BUDGET SUBSTANTIALLY AND
THE QUALITY OF THE WORK IS EVEN
BETTER THAN WE WERE ORIGINALLY
GOING TO DO.
[APPLAUSE]
MR. TRUMP: WHEN I EXPLAINED TO A
GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE THAT
WE ARE UNDER BUDGET AND AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE THEY'LL MOST ALL OFF
BECAUSE THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD
THOSE WORDS BEFORE.
SO WHEN I SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO
INDIANA, WHICH WAS HAVING
TREMENDOUS PROBLEM, WHEN I SEE
WHAT HAPPENED TO INDIANA UNDER
MIKE'S WORK, AND HIS PREDECESSOR
DID A GREAT JOB, WHEN I SEE WHAT
HAPPENED WITH RESPECT TO THE
NUMBERS, THE STATE, AND
EVERYTHING ELSE, THAT TO ME WAS
PROBABLY THE SINGLE MOST
IMPORTANT ONE.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT
HAPPENED, ALMOST HAS NOT
HAPPENED IN THIS WHOLE COUNTRY.
THE TURNAROUND AND STRENGTH OF
INDIANA HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE, AND
I LEARNED THAT WHEN I CAMPAIGNED
AND I LEARNED THAT WHEN I WON
THAT STATE IN A LANDSLIDE, AND I
LEARNED THAT WHEN GOVERNOR PENCE
UNDER TREMENDOUS PRESSURE FROM
ESTABLISHMENT PEOPLE, ENDORSED
SOMEBODY ELSE BUT IT WAS MORE OF
AN ENDORSEMENT FOR ME, IF YOU
REMEMBER.
HE TALKED ABOUT TRUMP AND THEN
HE TALKED ABOUT TED, WHO IS A
GOOD GUY, BY THE WAY, TED CRUZ
GOOD GUY.
BUT HE TALKED ABOUT TED AND THEN
BACK TO TRUMP.
SO EVEN THOUGH HE WAS UNDER
PRESSURE, SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF THE
ESTABLISHMENT, IT WAS THE SINGLE
GREATEST NON-ENDORSEMENT I HAVE
EVER HAD.
[APPLAUSE] MR. TRUMP: SO WITH THAT, I WOULD
LIKE TO INTRODUCE A MAN WHO I
TRULY BELIEVE WILL BE
OUTSTANDING IN EVERY WAY AND
WILL BE THE NEXT VICE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
GOVERNOR MIKE PENCE.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
GOV. PENCE: ON BEHALF OF MY
FAMILY HERE AND LOOKING ON
WOULD YOU JOIN ME IN THANKING
DONALD TRUMP, MELANIE A, AND HIS
ENTIRE FAMILY FOR THE SACRIFICES
THEY ARE MAKING TO MAKE AMERICA
GREAT AGAIN?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
GOV. PENCE: AND I THINK DONALD
TRUMP, THE CONFIDENCE YOU HAVE
PLACED IN US AND I ACCEPT YOUR
INVITATION TO RUN AND SERVED AS
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
[APPLAUSE]
GOV. PENCE: I COME TO THIS
MOMENT DEEPLY HUMBLED OVER THE
GRATEFUL HEART.
GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR HIS AMAZING
GRACE.
GRATEFUL TO MY WONDERFUL WIFE,
KAREN, AND OUR THREE INCREDIBLE
KIDS, MICHAEL, CHARLOTTE, AND
AUDREY.
AND GRATEFUL TO THIS FIGHTER, IS
PATRIOTIC AMERICAN WHO HAS SET
ASIDE A LEGENDARY CAREER IN
BUSINESS TO BUILD A STRONGER
AMERICA.
DONALD J TRUMP.
[APPLAUSE]
GOV. PENCE: AND LET ME SAY
HAVING HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO
SPEND TIME WITH THIS MAN AND HIS
FAMILY OUT OF THE LIMELIGHT I
KNOW WHAT ALL OF AMERICA WILL
SOON NOW EVEN BETTER.
THESE ARE GOOD PEOPLE.
DONALD TRUMP IS A GOOD MAN AND
HE WILL MAKE A GREAT PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
[APPLAUSE]
GOV. PENCE: DONALD TRUMP
UNDERSTANDS THE FRUSTRATIONS AND
HOPES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
LIKE NO LEADER SINCE RONALD REAGAN.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE TIRED.
WE ARE TIRED OF BEING TOLD.
WE ARE TIRED OF BEING TOLD THAT
THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS.
WE ARE TIRED OF HAVING
POLITICIANS IN BOTH PARTIES IN
WASHINGTON D.C. TELL US THEY
WILL GET TO THOSE PROBLEMS
TOMORROW.
AS RONALD REAGAN SAID, WE ARE
TIRED OF BEING TOLD THAT A
LITTLE INTELLECTUAL ELITE IN A
FAR DISTANT CAPITAL CAN PLAN OUR
LIVES BETTER FOR US THAN WE CAN
PLAN THEM OURSELVES.
DONALD TRUMP GETS IT AND UNDERSTAND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
[APPLAUSE]
GOV. PENCE: I TRULY AM DEEPLY
HUMBLED TO BE AT HIS SIDE TODAY.
WHEN I GOT THIS CALL LAST
WEDNESDAY I COULD ONLY THINK OF
AN ANCIENT QUESTION.
WHO AM I, THE LORD?
WHO IS MY FAMILY THAT YOU HAVE
BROUGHT US THIS FAR?
LET ME EACH RIDE AND ANSWER THAT
QUESTION FOR A FEW MINUTES.
THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME WELL KNOW
I AM A PRETTY BASIC GUY.
I AM A CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVE,
AND REPUBLICAN, IN THAT ORDER.
[APPLAUSE]
GOV. PENCE: WHILE I AM CURRENTLY
, I CURRENTLY HAVE THE PRIVILEGE
OF SERVING THE STATE THAT I LOVE
I AM REALLY JUST A SMALL TOWN
BOY WHO GREW UP IN SOUTHERN
INDIANA WITH A BIG FAMILY AND A
CORNFIELD IN THE BACKYARD.
LIKE DONALD TRUMP, MY
GRANDFATHER IMMIGRATED TO THIS
COUNTRY AND IN MANY WAYS I GREW
UP WITH A FRONT ROW SEAT TO THE AMERICAN DREAM.
I WATCHED MY MOM AND DAD HELD
EVERYTHING THAT MATTERS -- A
FAMILY BUSINESS, -- I STARTED
IN POLITICS IN THE OTHER PARTY
BUT WHEN I CAME OF AGE, I WAS
INSPIRED BY THE IDEALS AND THE
ELOQUENCE OF OUR 40TH PRESIDENT
AND I BECAME A REPUBLICAN.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN MY
LIFE IS THAT 31 YEARS AGO I
MARRIED THE GIRL OF MY DREAM
KAREN PENCE WHO WILL MAKE A
GREAT SECOND LADY OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA. [APPLAUSE]
GOV. PENCE: AND WHILE THIS
OFFICE IS AN EXTRAORDINARY
OFFICE TO WHICH TO ASK --
ASPIRE, THE HIGHEST ROLE I WILL
EVER PLAY IS DAD.
I AM A PROUD FATHER OF THE COLLEGE STUDENT, A GRADUATE
TURNED WRITER, AND A UNITED
STATES MARINE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
GOV. PENCE: YOU KNOW, MY CAREER,
I RAN FOR CONGRESS BEFORE THE
REPUBLICAN REVOLUTION LED BY
NEWT GINGRICH IN 1994.
BY THE TIME I GOT ELECTED TO WASHINGTON D.C., SOMETIMES I
FELT LIKE I WAS ELECTED AFTER IT
WAS OVER.
FOR MY FIRST DAY IN CONGRESS I
FOUND MYSELF BATTLING THE BIG
SPENDERS IN BOTH POLITICAL
PARTIES, WHETHER OPPOSING NO
CHILD LEFT BEHIND, THE WALL
STREET BAILOUT, I FOUGHT EVERY
SINGLE DAY FOR TAXPAYERS AND
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY WHEN I WAS
A MEMBER OF THE CONGRESS OF THE
UNITED STATES.
AFTER THE REPUBLICANS LOST THE
CONGRESS IN 2006 I WAS ACTUALLY
UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED TO SERVE IN
LEADERSHIP, AND WE FOUGHT BACK
AGAINST THE NANCY PELOSI
CONGRESS.
WE OPPOSED OBAMACARE AND THEIR
TAX INCREASES AND THEIR TRADE
AND I WAS PART OF THE TEAM THAT
WON THE CONGRESS BACK FROM DEMOCRATIC CONTROL IN 2010.
[APPLAUSE]
GOV. PENCE: ALL THAT HAPPENED
BEFORE I WENT BACK HOME AGAIN TO
INDIANA.
BUT I WANT TO SAY I ANSWERED
THIS CALL FOR TWO REASONS.
FIRST, BECAUSE I KNOW FROM
FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE THAT
STRONG REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP CAN
BRING ABOUT REAL CHANGE JUST
LIKE WE HAVE SEEN IN THE HOOSIER
STATE.
AND SECONDLY, BECAUSE HILLARY
CLINTON MUST NEVER BECOME
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
GOV. PENCE: NOW ON THE FIRST
POINT I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT.
IN INDIANA WE PROVE EVERY DAY
THAT YOU CAN BUILD A GROWING
ECONOMY ON BALANCED BUDGET, LOW
TAXES WHILE MAKING RECORD
INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION ROADS
AND HEALTH CARE.
WE LIKE TO SAY INDIANA IS A
STATE THAT WORKS, AND IT DOES.
INDIANA WORKS BECAUSE REPUBLICAN
PRINCIPLES WORK EVERY TIME YOU PUT THEM INTO PRACTICE.
WE HAVE A $2 BILLION SURPLUS AND
THE HIGHEST CREDIT RATING.
HOOSIER BUSINESSES HAVE CREATED
NEARLY 150,000 NET NEW JOBS, AND
WE HAVE MORE HOOSIERS GOING TO
WORK THAN EVER BEFORE IN THE 200
YEAR HISTORY OF THE GREAT STATE OF INDIANA.
THAT IS WHAT REPUBLICAN
LEADERSHIP GETS YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
GOV. PENCE: AND LET ME SAY FOR
MY HEART THAT IS WHAT THE
NO-NONSENSE LEADERSHIP OF DONALD J TRUMP WILL BRING TO
WASHINGTON D.C.
[APPLAUSE]
GOV. PENCE: ELECTIONS ARE ABOUT
CHOICES.
ELECTIONS ARE ABOUT CHOICES, AND
I ALSO JOINED THIS TICKET
BECAUSE THE CHOICE COULD NOT BE MORE CLEAR.
THE STAKES COULD NOT BE HIGHER.
AMERICANS CAN CHOOSE A LEADER
WHO WILL FIGHT TO MAKE AMERICA
SAFE AND PROSPEROUS AGAIN, AND
BRING REAL CHANGE, OR WE CAN
ELECT SOMEONE WHO LITERALLY
PERSONIFIES THE FAILED ESTABLISHMENT IN WASHINGTON,
D.C.
SEVEN BEEN A HALF YEARS OF
BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY
CLINTON'S POLICIES HAVE WEAKENED
AMERICA'S PLACE IN THE WORLD AND
STIFLED OUR NATION'S ECONOMY.
TERRORIST ATTACKS AT HOME AND
ABROAD, GRAHAM AND HEARTBREAKING
SCENES FROM FRANCE JUST A FEW
SHORT DAYS AGO.
THE ATTEMPTED COUP IN TURKEY ALL A TEST TO A WORLD SPINNING
APART.
HISTORY TEACHES US THAT WEAKNESS
AROUSES EVIL.
HILLARY CLINTON AND BARACK
OBAMA'S FOREIGN-POLICY OF
LEADING FROM BEHIND, MOVING
REDLINES FEIGNING RESETS WITH A
RESURGENT RUSSIA, AND THE RISE
OF ISIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THIS
TRUTH OF HISTORY, AND WE MUST
WRING A CHANGE TO AMERICA'S
STAND IN THE WORLD.
[APPLAUSE] GOV. PENCE: WE CANNOT HAVE FOUR
MORE YEARS APOLOGIZING TO OUR
ENEMIES AND ABANDONING OUR
FRIENDS.
AMERICA NEEDS TO BE STRONG FOR
THE WORLD TO BE SAFE.
ON THE WORLD STAGE, DONALD TRUMP
WILL LEAD FROM STRENGTH.
HE WILL REBUILD THE ARSENAL OF
DEMOCRACY, STAND WITH OUR ALLIES
, AND HUNT DOWN AND DESTROY THE
ENEMIES OF OUR FREEDOM.
[APPLAUSE]
GOV. PENCE: AND AT HOME, THE
CHOICE IS JUST AS CLEAR.
WHERE DONALD TRUMP WANTS TO CUT
TAXES, HILLARY CLINTON PLANS TO RAISE TAXES ON SMALL BUSINESSES
AND FAMILY FARMS.
DONALD TRUMP IS COMMITTED TO
REPEAL OBAMA CARE LOCK STOCK
AND BARREL, HILLARY CLINTON
LOOKS AT OBAMA CARE AS A GOOD
START AND WANTS TO TAKE BERNIE
SANDERS' PATH TO SINGLE-PAYER
SOCIALIZED MEDICINE.
DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTS AND ALL OF
THE ABOVE STRATEGY AND WILL AND
THE WAR ON COAL.
HILLARY CLINTON PROMISED AN
ENERGY PLAN THAT WOULD CLOSE ON
AMERICAN COAL MINES AND PUT COAL
MINERS OUT OF WORK.
WHERE DONALD TRUMP WANTS TO
BUILD A WALL AND TEMPORARILY
SUSPEND IMMIGRATION FROM
COUNTRIES COMPROMISED BY
TERRORISM, HILLARY CLINTON PLANS
TO IGNORE THE SUPREME COURT
REIMPOSE EXECUTIVE AMNESTY, AND
WOULD INCREASE OUR REFUGEE
PROGRAM BY MORE THAN 500%.
AND WHERE DONALD TRUMP WILL
APPOINT JUSTICES LIKE THE LATE
ANTONIN SCALIA WHO WILL UPHOLD
OUR CONSTITUTION, HILLARY
CLINTON WILL SUPPORT SUPREME
COURT JUSTICES WHO WILL
LEGISLATE FROM THE BENCH, AND
REWRITE OUR SECOND AMENDMENT.
TO EVERY AMERICAN WHO SHARES OUR
CONVICTIONS, I SAY TO YOU, JOIN US.
FOR THE SAKE OF OUR SECURITY,
FOR THE SAKE OF OUR PROSPERITY,
FOR THE SAKE OF A SUPREME COURT
THAT WILL NEVER TURN ITS BACK ON
OUR GOD-GIVEN LIBERTIES, LET'S
COME TOGETHER.
AS A PARTY AND A PEOPLE AND A
MOVEMENT TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT
AGAIN, AND THAT DAY BEGINS WHEN
DONALD TRUMP WEEKENDS -- BECOMES
THE 45TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND
GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪
>> DONALD TRUMP AND GOVERNOR
MIKE PENCE OF INDIANA, AS THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCES THE
SELECTION OF GOVERNOR PENCE AS
DONALD TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE.
WE HEARD REMARKS FROM BOTH THEIR
PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE, DONALD
TRUMP, AND HIS SELECTION TO BE
HIS VICE PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING
MATE, INDIANA GOVERNOR MIKE
PENCE.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE YOUR CALLS
AND GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS SELECTION OF GOVERNOR PENCE.
THE NUMBERS ON YOUR SCREEN.
FOR THOSE OF YOU LISTENING ON
C-SPAN RADIO, AS A DEMOCRAT, IT
IS 202-748-8920.
DEMOCRATS, 202-748-8921.
INDEPENDENCE AND OTHERS, 202-748
-8922.
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAS REDESIGNED A WEBSITE ALREADY.
THE NEW TRUMP-PENCE CAMPAIGN
WITH A NEW LOGO AND A NEW PAGE
SHOWING BOTH THE REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, DONALD
TRUMP, AND HIS RUNNING MATE