Wednesday, January 27, 2021

This Woman Needs To Be In a Mental Institution - Or Jail, NOT Congress!

 Article from The Washington Post :  https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/27/gops-marjorie-taylor-greene-problem-is-spinning-out-control/

The GOP's Marjorie Taylor Greene Problem Is Spinning Out Of Control
  Written by Aaron Blake; published at 7:03 a.m. EST on 27 January 2021

   Republicans knew they had a Marjorie Taylor Greene problem back in the summer of 2020 when she was running for Congress.  House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) called the QAnon supporter's comments about Black people and Muslims "disgusting," while a spokesman for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) called them "appalling."  Scalise backed her primary opponent.
   Then she won, and Republicans tried to put a good face on it - even falsely claiming she had disavowed QAnon and suggesting the country should move on.
   That posture is looking increasingly untenable.
   Now that Greene is in Congress, the situation has spun further out of control for the GOP, with a steady stream of revelations about her extreme views and advocacy for fringe causes and baseless claims.  That stream combined with Greene's puzzling defense of herself should make Republicans wonder how long they can put up with this.
   Tuesday's revelation is particularly pertinent - and ugly.  CNN's KFile reported that Greene's Facebook feed featured several endorsements of violence against Democrats and federal agents.  In one case, she liked a comment that said "a bullet to the head would be quicker" than removing Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) from her speakership.  She also liked a comment about Pelosi that said "through removal or death, doesn't matter, as long as she goes."  She responded to another commenter who suggested hanging former president Barack Obama and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton by saying: "Stage is being set.  Players are being put in place.  We must be patient.  This must be done perfectly or liberal judges would let them off."  She also liked comments suggesting execution for FBI agents who were viewed as working with the "deep state" against then-president Donald Trump.
   Greene's comments on these matters come to light just three weeks after Trump supporters, including many QAnon subscribers, stormed the U.S. Capitol.  Some indicated they intended to harm lawmakers, with chants of "Hang Mike Pence" for Vice President Pence's refusal to take extraordinary action to overturn the 2020 election results.  In other words, we have evidence that a member of Congress promoted the kind of extremism and even bloodlust that led to an attempted insurrection at the Capitol.
   The development comes on top of many others, including:
*  Supporting the false QAnon claims that hold there is a global pedophile cabal involving top U.S. political figures.
*  In another Facebook post revealed this week, promoting the false "Frazzledrip" claim about Clinton and a top aide, Huma Abedin, supposedly engaging in a satanic ritual involving the murder and mutilation of a child.
*  Liking a comment suggesting the 2018 massacre of students in Parkland, Fla., was a "false flag" and calling a student gun-control activist who attended the school "little Hitler."
Still photo from phone video  showing Greene following and yelling
harassing comments at David Hogg, a Parkland massacre survivor.

*  Claiming much the same thing about the 2012 school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newton, Conn.  Greene responded to a user who said it was a "STAGGED [sic] SHOOTING" by saying, "that's all true."
*  Baselessly claiming Pelosi cited the need for monthly school shootings to pass gun legislation.
*  Suggesting another mass shooting, in Las Vegas, was part of a plot to abolish the Second Amendment.
*  Saying the 2018 midterms, in which Democrats won the House, represented "an Islamic invasion of our government."
*  Comparing Black Lives Matter activists to neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan.
*  Claiming George Soros, a Holocaust survivor, collaborated with Nazis.
   Confronted with that final one last year, a Greene spokesman was unapologetic.  "Thank[s] for the reminder about Soros.  We forgot to put him in our newest ad.  We're fixing that now," he told Politico.
   The responses to the latest revelations are arguably worse.  Greene suggested the comments weren't actually from her, saying she had "teams" of people who managed her Facebook account.  She also suggested the revelations aren't pertinent because they came before she ran for Congress.
   The latter is particularly bad.  The newly revealed comments are from 2018 and 2019 - not exactly decades or even several years ago.  She is a 46-year-old woman essentially arguing that comments she made when she was 44 don't reflect upon her today or aren't relevant.  Has she really evolved that much in two years?
   As for the idea that this wasn't actually  her:  Did she really have "teams" of people working on her social media accounts when she was a private citizen?  That would make sense as a candidate for Congress, but it seems a puzzling thing for someone in private life to delegate people not just to manage your accounts but also to post such incendiary things.
  * On 26 January 2021 Marjorie Taylor Greene Tweeted from her @mtgreenee account: "Fake News CNN is writing yet another hit piece on me focused on my time before running for political office.  I will never back down to the enemy of the American people and neither should you.  pic.twitter.com/K3JuvqrDGS " *
   What's more, the comments are in keeping with everything we have come to learn about Greene.  She has spoken publicly on video, for example, about the possibility of Democrats including Pelosi being executed for treason.  And even after the revelations on Tuesday, she responded to criticism from Senator Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA) by calling him a "heretic," a crime for which many societies have used the death penalty.
   Given all of that, even if Republicans think this will pass, they need to ask themselves how much more there  is to come.  This is clearly someone who has engaged in some of the ugliest political rhetoric that exists in modern discourse, often explicitly endorsing it.
   McCarthy's office told Axios that the comments are "deeply disturbing" and said he "plans to have a conversation with the Congresswoman about them."  At some point, Republicans need to ask themselves whether such conversations and touch words are enough - especially considering how little remorse Greene has demonstrated.
This photo is of Greene on the Capitol steps on 4 January.  She wore the 
same mask on 5 and 6 January - the 6th being the day of the "Stop the
Steal" rally on the Ellipse and the Capitol riot she supported.

   Among the options for GOP leadership: (1) more explicitly disowning Greene and her brand of politics, as GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger (IL) did.  They could also take formal actions up to and including (2) censure (a symbolic one) or (3) expulsion from committees or (4) Congress as a whole.  The GOP has kicked several members off committees in recent years, including now-former congressman Steve King (R-IA) for his comments about white supremacy.
   We tend to overestimate how much a politician like that can drag down their national party, but Greene's lack of remorse and candor reinforces how much of a loose cannon she could be moving forward.

****** Note from BND: Greene graduated from high school in 1992 in Georgia, and received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Georgia.  She is married to Perry Greene.  Prior to politics, Greene founded and then sold a CrossFit gym business.
   Greene was sworn in on 3 January 2021, as the Representative for Georgia's 14th Congressional District; on her first day in office she wore a face mask onto the House floor reading "Trump Won." On January 4th, 5th and 6th, she wore a mask on the steps leading into the Capitol Building with the words "Stop the Steal" on them.  The Stop the Steal rally was held on the Ellipse in front of the White House on January 6, with Donald Trump Jr., professor John Eastman, lawyer Rudy Giuliani, and then-President Trump (among others) who told rally attenders that the Republicans had won the November Presidential election "by a landslide" and that they had to stop the Electoral College vote count, because then Trump would be declared the winner.  If Vice President Mike Pence refused to send the Electoral College votes back to the states, then Trump would be "very disappointed."
   While sheltering in place during the riot that caused all members of Congress to hide, and most to fear for their lives, she refused to wear a face mask.  During the storming of the Capitol, she called for an end to violence and for support for President Trump.  Once the Electoral Vote counting restarted, Greene raised an objection to counting Michigan's electors.  The objection, however, was not signed by a member of the Senate, and therefore was invalid.
   During the debate to impeach Trump a second time on 13 January, Greene tweeted: "Democrats must be held accountable for the political violence inspired by their rhetoric."  This prompted Democratic Congressman Jason Crow (CO), a former Army Ranger, to call Greene "morally bankrupt," "depraved," and "frankly dangerous."
   Greene filed articles of impeachment against Joe Biden alleging abuse of power on 21 January 2021, the day after Biden's inauguration.  In an interview with Greg Kelly of Newsmax, Greene claimed that Biden is "willing to abuse the power of the office of the presidency and be easily bought off by foreign governments, foreign Chinese energy companies, [and] Ukrainian energy companies."
  Today, 27 January 2021, Representative Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) announced he had drafted a resolution to expel Greene from the House of Representatives following reports that she had previously called for violence against Democrats online.
   And, sometime in the past 3 weeks, Green was appointed to represent Republicans on the House Education and Labor Committee....  ******

Sunday, January 24, 2021

Pegasus World Cup Invitational Results and Payouts

 Hmmm...  Just thinking...  The Pegasus World Cup Invitational decided a couple of years ago to not allow any competitors to use Lasix.  Suddenly, in 2019, the purse between the two races, which was then $16 million altogether, was reduced tremendously.  This year the races were for a combined $4 million.  There were no international horses that ran - if you count Say the Word, bred in Ontario, as a North American entry, and not a separate country, even though Canada is most definitely a separate country.  What caused the sudden downturn in purses and international horses?  Not allowing the use of Lasix?  Or some other esoteric factor?  -  Or is it just that the races are run in January?
   Anyway, whoever set the morning line betting was spot on assigning the favorites lower odds.  Both morning line betting favorites, Colonel Liam and Knicks Go won their races.
  In the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational, Colonel Liam covered the 1 3/8 miles in 1:53.09, winning by an outstretched neck over Largent.  Largent was  two lengths in front of Cross Border, who finished a half-length before Social Paranoia. Colonel Liam's pay packet was $549,000; Largent took back a check for $183,000; Cross Border added $91,500 to his income; and Social Paranoia took home $45,750.  The rest of the field finished in this order: 5th was Pixelate; 6th, Next Shares; 7th, Storm the Court; 8th, Aquaphobia; 9th, Breaking the Rules; 10th, North Dakota; 11th, Say the Word; 12th, Anothertwistafate.
  In betting payouts, Colonel Liam paid $7 to win; Largent paid $5.00 to place; and Cross Border paid $6.40 to show.  As always, I report payouts on a $2 bet.  The Exacta paid $24.20; the Trifecta paid $384.20; and the Superfecta paid $2,286.40.
Colonel Liam defeats Largent yesterday.

   In the Pegasus World Cup Invitational, the betting favorite Knicks Go ran the 1 1/8 miles in 1:47.89 and finished the race 2 3/4 lengths ahead of Jesus' Team.  Jesus' Team was a neck in front of Independence Hall, who was 6 1/4 lengths before Sleepy Eyes Todd.  Knicks Go was rewarded with $1,740,000; Jesus' Team took home $580,000; Independence Hall upped his earnings by $290,000; and Sleepy Eyes Todd added $145,000 to his bankroll.  The rest of the field crossed the line in this order: 5th, Code of Honor; 6th, Coastal Defense; 7th, Kiss Today Goodbye; 8th, Last Judgment; 9th, Math Wizard; 10th, Tax; 11th, Mr Freeze; 12th, Harper's First Ride.
   Knicks Go paid $4.60 to win; Jesus' Team paid $8.60 place; and Independence Hall paid $10 for a show bet.  The Exacta paid $43; the Trifecta paid $700.20; and the Superfecta paid $4,868.  
Knicks Go crosses the finish line in the PWCI.

I hope your day at the races went well!

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Pegasus World Cup Invitational Races at Gulfstream Park on 23 January

On Saturday, 23 January, the "big money" thoroughbred races return with the two Pegasus World Cup Invitationals; one at 1 3/16 miles on the Turf, one at 1 1/8 miles on the dirt.  These races are for race horses aged 4 and up, whom the Pegasus Cup Board feel are worthy of an invitation.  The races will be held at Gulfstream Park and Casino in Hallandale, Florida.  NBC will cover the races live on television.  Several horses who would have been invited have retired due to an injury or for stud duty.
   The first of the two races has a Post Time of 4:59 p.m. EST.  This is the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational, run at 9.5 furlongs (1 3/16 miles), for a purse of $1 million.  There are 12 entries, all male, and all will carry 123 pounds.  They range in age from 4 to 8 years; 10 were bred in Kentucky, with Cross Border from New York, and Say the Word from Ontario.  Nine of the boys are intact, although Cross Border is a ridgling; while Next Shares, Largent, and Say the Word are geldings.  All of the horses are bays, except the morning-line betting favorite, Colonel Liam, who is a gray or roan.
  For these races, I will list the Post Position, entry name (with age), morning line betting odds, sire, and dam. 
 
   Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational         9.5 furlongs        $1 million purse     equal weights
1.   Next Shares (8)               20 to 1        ArchArchArch        Two Dot Slew
2.   Breaking the Rules (6)    10 to 1        War Front        Protesting
3.   Storm the Court (4)        12 to 1         Court Vision        My Tejana Storm
4.   North Dakota (5)            10 to 1         Medaglia d'Oro        Starry Dreamer
5.   Colonel Liam (4)            7 to 2           Liam's Map        Amazement
6.   Largent (5)                      9 to 2           Into Mischief        Life in Seattle
7.   Aquaphobia (8)              20 to 1          Giant's Causeway        Pussycat Doll
8.   Anothertwistafate (5)      5 to 1           Scat Daddy        Imprecation
9.   Cross Border (7)            15 to 1          English Channel        Empress Josephine
10.  Pixelate (4)                   15 to 1           City Zip        Speckled
11.  Say the Word (6)            6 to1            More Than Ready        Danceforthecause
12.  Social Paranoia (5)        8 to 1            Street Boss        Shutterbug
Colonel Liam, the PWCTI morning line betting favorite
   
   The Post Time for the Pegasus World Cup Invitational is listed as 5:44 p.m. EST.  The race covers 9 furlongs (or 1 1/8 miles) on the main dirt track, and has a purse of $3 million.  All entries are males, ranging in age from 4 to 6 years, and all will carry 123 pounds.  Three of the entries are geldings: Tax, Harper's First Ride, and Last Judgment.  Nine of the twelve were bred in Kentucky, with Last Judgment bred in Florida, and  Knicks Go and Harper's First Ride in Maryland.  There are 6 bays, 4 chestnuts and 2 grays or roans.  Mr Freeze is the eldest at age 6.  Paynter is the sire of two entries in this race.

   Pegasus World Cup Invitational           9 furlongs         $3 million purse    equal weights
1.   Sleepy Eyes Todd (5)            8 to 1          Paddy O'Prado        Pledge Mom
2.   Coastal Defense (5)             20 to 1          Curlin        Trensa
3.   Independence Hall (4)         20 to 1          Constitution        Kalahari Cat
4.   Knicks Go (5)                       5 to 2           Paynter        Kosmo's Buddy
5.   Jesus' Team (4)                     8 to 1           Tapiture        Golden Memories
6.   Kiss Today Goodbye (4)     10 to 1          Cairo Prince        Savvy Hester
7.   Tax (5)                                  5 to 1           Arch        Toll
8.   Harper's First Ride (5)        10 to 1           Paynter        Polyester
9.   Last Judgment (5)               20 to 1           Congrats        Fantasy Forest
10.  Code of Honor (5)              9 to 2             Noble Mission (GB)       Reunited
11.  Mr Freeze (6)                    15 to 1            To Honor and Serve       Heavenly Cat
12.  Math Wizard (5)               20 to 1             Algorithms        Minister's Baby
Knicks Go is the morning line betting favorite for the PWCI

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Transcript of Trump's Farewell Address To the Nation (OMG, So MANY Lies!) Plus A Fact Check

 Having incited a mob to riot and break into the Capitol building building to overturn the election results of 3 November 2020 on 6 January, Donald Trump made his video-taped Farewell Address to the American people on 19 January.  He encouraged his followers to seek out Mike Pence, his own Vice President, and other "traitors" to his cause on 6 January, and they chanted "Hang Mike Pence" and "Kill Nancy Pelosi" as they broke into and stormed through the Capitol.  Joe Biden was confirmed as the duly-elected 46th President late in the morning on 7 January, after the Capitol was shut down by rioters for nearly 6 hours.  Neither the Donald, nor his ex-pornography-film-star wife, Melania, chose to invite the Bidens for the traditional walk-through tour of the Presidential living spaces.  
   Late in the afternoon of Tuesday, 19 January, the White House released a video of Trump's Farewell Address.  I am pretty sure this will be fact-checked, as the out-going resident of 1600 Pennsylvania has spoken and/or Tweeted more than 30,000 lies while in office.  This is the White House transcript:

   "My fellow Americans:  Four years ago, we launched a great national effort to rebuild our country, to renew its spirit, and to restore the allegiance of this government to its citizens.  In short, we embarked on a mission to make America great again - for all Americans.
   As I conclude my term as the 45th President of the United States, I stand before you truly proud of what we have achieved together.  We did what we came here to do - and so much more.
   This week, we inaugurate a new administration and pray for its success in keeping America safe and prosperous.  We extend our best wishes, and we also want them to have luck - a very important word.
   I'd like to begin by thanking just a few of the amazing people who made our remarkable journey possible.
   First, let me express my overwhelming gratitude for the love and support of our spectacular First Lady, Melania.  Let me also share my deepest appreciation to my daughter Ivanka, my son-in-law Jared, and to Barron, Don, Eric, Tiffany, and Lara.  You fill my world with light nd with joy.
   I also want to thank Vice President Mike Pence, his wonderful wife Karen, and the entire Pence family.
   Thank you as well to my Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows; the dedicated members of the White House Staff and the Cabinet; and all the incredible people across our administration who poured out their heart and soul to fight for America.
   I also want to take a moment to thank a truly exceptional group of people: the United States Secret Service.  My family and I will forever be in your debt.  My profound gratitude as well to everyone in the White House Military Office, the teams of Marine One and Aire Force One, every member of the Armed Forces, and state and local law enforcement all across our country.
   Most  of all, I want to thank the American people.  To serve as your President has been an honor beyond description.  Thank you for this extraordinary privilege.  And that's what it is - a great privilege and a great honor.
   We must never forget that while Americans will always have our disagreements, we are a nation of incredible, decent, faithful, and peace-loving citizens who all want our country to thrive and flourish and be very, very successful and good.  We are a truly magnificent nation.
   All Americans were horrified by the assault on our Capitol.  Political violence is an attack on everything we cherish as Americans.  It can never be tolerated.
   Now more than ever, we must unify around our shared values and rise above the partisan rancor, and forge our common destiny.
   Four years ago, I came to Washington as the only true outsider ever to win the presidency.  I had not spent my career as a politician, but as a builder looking at open skylines and imagining infinite possibilities.  I ran for President because I knew there were towering new summits for America just waiting to be scaled.  I knew the potential for our nation was boundless as long as we put America first.
   So I left behind my former life and stepped into a very difficult arena, but an arena nevertheless, with all sorts of potential if properly done.  America had given me so much, and I wanted to give something back.
   Together with millions of hardworking patriots across this land, we built the greatest political movement in the history of our country.  We also built the greatest economy in the history of the world.  It was about "America First" because we all wanted to make America great again.  We restored the principle that a nation exists to serve its citizens.  Our agenda was not about right or left, it wasn't about Republican or Democrat, but about the good of a nation, and that means the whole nation.
   With the support and prayers of the American people, we achieved more than anyone thought possible.  Nobody thought we could even come close.
   We passed the largest package of tax cuts and reforms in American history.  We slashed more job-killing regulations than any administration had ever done before.  We fixed our broken trade deals, withdrew from the horrible Trans-Pacific Partnership and the impossible Paris Climate Accord, renegotiated the one-sided South Korea deal, and we replaced NAFTA with the groundbreaking USMCA - that's Mexico and Canada - a deal that's worked out very, very well.
   Also, and very importantly, we imposed historic and monumental tariffs on China; made a great new deal with China.  But before the ink was even dry, we and the whole world got hit with the China virus.  Our trade relationship was rapidly changing, billions and billions of dollars were pouring into the U.S., but the virus forced us to go in a different direction.
   The whole world suffered, but America outperformed other countries economically because of our incredible economy and the economy that we built.  Without the foundations and footings, it wouldn't have worked out this way.  We wouldn't have some of the best numbers we've ever had.
   We also unlocked our energy resources and became the world's number-one producer of oil and natural gas by far.  Powered by these policies, we built the greatest economy in the history of the world.  We reignited America's job creation and achieved record-low unemployment for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, women - almost everyone.
   Incomes soared, wages boomed, the American Dream was restored, and millions were lifted from poverty in just a few short years.  It was a miracle.  The stock market set one records after another, with 148 stock market highs during this short period of time, and boosted the retirements and pensions of hardworking citizens all across our nation.  401(k)s are at a level they've been at before.  We've never seen numbers like we've seen, and that's before the pandemic and after the pandemic.
   We rebuilt the American manufacturing base, opened up thousands of new factories, and brought back the beautiful phrase: "Made in the USA." 

Peter Navarro, assistant to Trump, Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy,
national Defense Production Act policy coordinator, and a man well-known for 
inventing "acknowledged experts" using anagrams of his own name for books and
other reference materials, carries a photo of the First Lady out of the White House.

   To make life better for working families, we doubled the child tax credit and signed the largest-ever expansion of funding for childcare and development.  We joined with the private sector to secure commitments to train more than 16 million American workers for the jobs of tomorrow.
   When the nation was hit with the terrible pandemic, we produced not one, but two vaccines with record-breaking speed, and more will quickly follow.  They said it couldn't be done, but we did it.  They call it a "medical miracle," and that's what they're calling it right now: a "medical miracle."
   Another administration would have taken 3, 4, 5, maybe even up to 10 years to develop a vaccine.  We did in nine months.
   We grieve for every life lost, and we pledge in their memory to wipe out this horrible pandemic once and for all.
   When the virus took its brutal toll on the world's economy, we launched the fastest economic recovery our country has ever seen.  We passed nearly $4 trillion in economic relief, saved or supported over 50 million jobs, and slashed the unemployment rate in half.  These are numbers that our country has never seen before.
  We created choice and transparency in healthcare, stood up to big pharma in so many ways, but especially in our effort to get favored-nations clauses added, which will give us the lowest prescription drug prices anywhere in the world.
   We passed VA Choice, VA Accountability, Right to Try, and landmark criminal justice reform.
   We confirmed three new justices of the United States Supreme Court.  We appointed nearly 300 federal judges to interpret our Constitution as written.
   For years, the American people pleaded with Washington to finally secure the nation's borders.  I am pleased to say we answered that plea and achieved the most secure border in U.S. history.  We have given our brave border agents and heroic ICE officers the tools they need to do their jobs better than they have ever done before, and to enforce our laws and keep America safe.
   We proudly leave the next administration with the strongest and most robust border security measures ever put into place.  This includes historic agreements with Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, along with more than 450 miles of powerful new wall.
   We restored American strength at home and American leadership abroad.  The world respects us again.  Please don't lose that respect.
   We reclaimed our sovereignty by standing up for America at the United Nations and withdrawing from the one-sided global deals that never served our interests.  And NATO countries are now paying hundreds of billions of dollars more than when I arrived just a few years ago.  It was very unfair.  We were paying the cost for the world.  Now the world is helping us.
   And perhaps most importantly of all, with nearly $3 trillion, we fully rebuilt the American military - all made in the USA.  We launched the first new branch of the United States Armed Forces in 75 years: the Space Force.  And last spring, I stood at Kennedy Space Center in Florida and watched as American astronauts returned to space on American rockets for the first time in many, many years.
   We revitalized our alliances and rallied the nations of the world to stand up to China like never before.
   We obliterated the ISIS caliphate  and ended the wretched life of its founder and leader, al Baghdadi.  We stood up to the oppressive Iranian regime and killed the world's top terrorist, Iranian butcher Qasem Soleimani.
   We recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
   As a result of our bold diplomacy and principled realism, we achieved a series of historic peace deals in the Middle East.  Nobody believed it could happen.  The Abraham Accords opened the doors to a future of peace and harmony, not violence and bloodshed.  It is the dawn of a new Middle East, and we are bringing our soldiers home.
   I am especially proud to be the first President in decades who has started no new wars.
   Above all, we have reasserted the sacred idea that, in America, the government answers to the people.  Our guiding light, our North Star, our unwavering conviction has been that we are here to serve the noble everyday citizens of America.  Our allegiance is not to the special interests, corporations, or global entities; it's to our children, our citizens, and to our nation itself.
   As President, my top priority, my constant concern, has always been the best interests of American workers and American families.  I did not seek the easiest course; by far, it was actually the most difficult.  I did not seek the path that would get the least criticism.  I took on the tough battles, the hardest fights, the most difficult choices because that's what you elected me to do.  Your needs were my first and last unyielding focus.
   This, I hope, will be our greatest legacy: Together, we put the American people back in charge of their country.  We restored self-government.  We restored the idea that in America, no one is forgotten, because every citizen matters and everyone has a voice.  We fought for the principle that every citizen is entitled to equal dignity, equal treatment, and equal rights because we are all made equal by God.  Everyone is entitled to be treated with respect, to have their voice heard, and to have their government listen.  You are loyal to your country, and my administration was always loyal to you.
   We worked to build a country in which every citizen could find a great job and support their wonderful families.  We fought for communities where every American could be safe and schools where every child could learn.  We promoted a culture where our laws would be upheld, our heroes honored, our history preserved, and law-abiding citizens are never taken for granted.  Americans should take tremendous satisfaction in all that we have achieved together.  It's incredible.
   Now, as I leave the White House, I have been reflecting on the dangers that threaten the priceless inheritance we all share.  As the world's most powerful nation, America faces constant threats and challenges from abroad.  But the greatest danger we face is the loss of confidence in ourselves, a loss of confidence in our national greatness.  A nation is only as strong as its spirit.  We are only as dynamic as our pride.  We are only as vibrant as the faith that beats in the hearts of our people.
   No nation can long thrive that loses faith in its own values, history and heroes, for these are the very sources of our unity and our vitality.
   What has always allowed America to prevail and triumph over the great challenges of the past has been an unyielding and unashamed conviction in the nobility of our country and its unique purpose in history.  We must never lose this conviction.  We must never forsake our belief in America.
   The key to national greatness lies in sustaining and instilling our shared national identity.  That means focusing on what we have in common; the heritage that we all share.
   At the center of this heritage is also a robust belief in free expression, free speech, and open debate.  Only if we forget who we are, and how we got here, could we ever allow political censorship and blacklisting to take place in America.  It's not even thinkable.  Shutting down free and open debate violates our core values and most enduring traditions.
   In America, we don't insist on absolute conformity or enforce rigid orthodoxies and punitive speech codes.  We just don't do that.  America is not a timid nation of tame souls who need to be sheltered and protected from those with whom we disagree.  That's not who we are.  It will never be who we are.
   For nearly 250 years, in the face of every challenge, Americans have always summoned our unmatched courage, confidence, and fierce independence.  These are the miraculous traits that once led millions of everyday citizens to set out across a wild continent and carve out a new life in the great West.  It was the same profound love of our God-given freedom that willed our soldiers into battle and our astronauts into space.
   As I think back on the past four years, one image rises in my mind above all others.  Whenever I traveled all along the motorcade route, there were thousands and thousands of people.  They came out with their families so that they could stand as we passed, and proudly wave our great American flag.  It never failed to deeply move me.  I knew that they did not just come out to show their support of me; they came out to show me their support and love for our country.
   This is a republic of proud citizens who are united by our common conviction that America is the greatest nation in all of history.  We are, and must always be, a land of hope, of light, and of glory to all the world.  This is the precious inheritance that we must safeguard at every single turn.
   For the past four years, I have worked to do just that.  From a great hall of Muslim leaders in Riyadh to a great square of Polish people in Warsaw; from the floor of the Korean Assembly to the podium at the United Nations General Assembly; and from the Forbidden City in Beijing to the shadow of Mount Rushmore, I fought for you, I fought for your family, I fought for our country.  Above all, I fought for America and all it stands for - and that is safe, strong, proud, and free.
   Now, as I prepare to hand power over to a new administration at noon on Wednesday, I want you to know that the movement we started is only just beginning.  There's never been anything like it.  The belief that a nation must serve its citizens will not dwindle but instead grow stronger by the day.
   As long as the American people hold in their hearts deep and devoted love of country, then there is nothing that this nation cannot achieve.  Our communities will flourish.  Our people will be prosperous.  Our traditions will be cherished.  Our faith will be strong.  And our future will be brighter than ever before.
   I go from this majestic place with a loyal and joyful heart, an optimistic spirit, and a supreme confidence that for our country and for our children, the best is yet to come.
   Thank you, and farewell.  God bless you.  God bless the United States of America."

   Whew!!!  Definitely concocted by a speech-writer, with a few of Trump's own sentences thrown in (try parsing "They came out with their families so that they could stand as we passed, and proudly wave our great American flag.").  -  And containing so many blatant lies.  I laughed hysterically multiple times with transcribing the above...   And he's still using the royal "we" instead of  "I," or "my administration"...
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Katie Lobosco was the CNN reporter who got to detail the lies and facts in trump's last two public speeches - well, the video farewell address and his off-the-cuff speech at Andrews before he boarded Air Force Once for the last time.
  She wrote:
President Donald Trump made false claims from the first hours of his term to the last.
   Trump repeated some of his favorite falsehoods in both his farewell video address, which was released Tuesday, and in his final speech on Wednesday morning at Joint Base Andrews.
   One more time, here  is a fact check roundup.
Judges
   In the video address, Trump said he appointed "nearly 300 federal judges."  In his final speech, similarly, Trump said he got "almost 300 federal judges and three great Supreme Court justices."  He added in the speech: "That's a record-setting number."
   Facts First -  Trump was incorrect, both with his number and with his claim to have set a record.  He got 234 total judges confirmed to the Supreme Court, district courts ad appeals courts, according to figures from Brookings Institution visiting fellow Russell Wheeler; even if you round up generously, that qualify as almost 300.  And President Jimmy Carter appointed 261 total judges, according to Wheeler - 39% of the judgeships available at the time compared to Trump's 27%.
Veteran's Choice
   Trump claimed in the video address, for more than the 160th time as President, that  he is responsible for the creation of the Veteran's Choice health care program: "We passed VA Choice."  (He made a less explicit version of the claim in his final speech.)
   Fact First - Trump was wrong again.  Former President Barack Obama signed the Veterans Choice program into law in 2014.  What Trump signed was a 2018 law, the VA Mission Act, that modified and expanded the eligibility criteria of the Choice program.
   The 2014 law Obama signed, which allowed certain veterans to be covered by the government for health care provided by doctors outside the VA system, was a bipartisan initiative spearheaded by two Senators Trump repeatedly criticized, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and John McCain of Arizona.
   * We've called Trump's claim that he got Veteran's Choice one of his 15 most notable lies in office.
Oil & Gas Production
   Trump claimed in the video address: "We also unlocked our energy resources and became the world's No. 1 producer of oil and natural gas by far."
   Facts First - While US energy production did indeed increase under Trump, Trump does not deserve credit for the US reaching the number-one spot in overall energy production.  The US actually became the world's top total producer of oil and natural gas under President Barack Obama in 2012, according to data published by the government's Energy Information Administration.  It was crude oil in particular in which the US became the world's top producer during Trump's tenure.
   "The United States has been the world's top producer of natural gas since 2009, when US natural gas production surpassed that of Russia, and it has been the world's top producer of petroleum hydrocarbons since 2013, when its production exceeded Saudi Arabia's," the Energy Information Administration says.
The Border Wall
   Trump claimed in the video address that, under him, the US had built "more than 450 miles of powerful new wall."
   Facts First - This needs context.  It is true that more than 450 miles of border barriers were built under Trump - 453 miles as of 8 January 2021, according to official US Customs and Border Protection statistics provided to CNN's Priscilla Alvarez.  However, just 47 of these 453 miles were erected where no barriers had existed before.
   Of the other 406 miles: 351 miles replaced previously existing primary barriers that the government describes as dilapidated or outdated; 22 miles replaced previously existing dilapidated or outdated secondary barriers; 33 miles were new secondary barriers where there had only been primary barriers.
   We shouldn't dismiss the significance of even replacement barriers, since many of the Trump-era barriers are significantly bigger, more expensive and more controversial than the barriers they replaced.  But it's worth  noting that Trump did not put 450 miles of barriers on terrain that previously had no defenses whatsoever.  ****** Note from BND:  Considering the US-Mexico border is 1,954 miles long, 453 miles of wall is only about 1/4 of the needed length; and Trump spent $15 billion of the US tax payers money for this idiocy. ******
Trump's 2020 Vote Total
   Trump claimed in his final speech that "we just got 75 million votes," a record for a sitting president.
   Facts First - This is another little exaggeration.  Trump received 74.2 million votes in the 2020 election, which does not round up to 75 million.  Trump's total is indeed a record for a sitting president, but Trump also did not acknowledge that Joe Biden received over 7 million more votes than he did.  
Unemployment Rates
   Trump boasted in the video address that he "achieved record low unemployment for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, women..."
   Facts First - There are two inaccuracies here.  First, the unemployment rate for women never hit a record low under Trump.  Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, it was among the lowest in US history, but not the very lowest. - Second, the unemployment rates for all of these groups are no longer anywhere near record levels; Trump's boast ignores the fact that unemployment rates skyrocketed early in the pandemic and remain elevated today.
   The December 2020 unemployment rate for African Americans was 9.9%.  That is well above the 8% of Trump's first full month in office, February 2017, and the record of 5.2% of August 2019.
   The December 2020 unemployment rate for Hispanic Americans was 9.3%.  That is well above the 5.6% of February 2017 and the record 4% of September 2019.
   The December 2020 unemployment rate for women was 6.7%.  That is well above the 4.6% of February 2017 and the record 2.7 of May 1953.
   The December 2020 unemployment rate for Asian Americans was was 5.8%.  (This rate is not seasonally adjusted; the rates for the other groups in this fact check are seasonally adjusted.)  That is well above the 3.5% of February 2017 and the record 2% of May 2018.
Trump's Jobs Record
   In his final speech, Trump boasted about his record on jobs, saying that we "have such good -and have had - such good job numbers.  The job numbers have been absolutely incredible."  He continued: "When we started, had we not been hit by the pandemic, we would have had numbers that would never have been seen - already our numbers are the best ever."
   Facts First - Trump's grammar makes this claim a little hard to fact check - he seemed to go back and forth from boasting about the past to boasting about the present - but he obviously does not "already" have the best jobs record of any president.  In fact, thanks to the steep job losses of the pandemic era, he leaves office with the US at about 3 million fewer jobs than when he took office.  No other president in the post-World War II era, the period for which we have good official data, has had a negative jobs record.
   Trump's record on jobs creation lagged behind that of several other presidents even before the pandemic.
Trump's Tax Cuts
   Trump claimed in both the farewell video and his final speech to have passed the largest tax cuts in US history.
   Facts First - Trump's 2017 tax cuts were not the largest in American history.  There have been bigger tax cuts whether you measure in inflation-adjusted dollars or as a share of the national economy.
   Tax cuts in 1981, 2010, and 2013 were larger, both in inflation-adjusted dollars or as a share of the economy.  As a share of the economy, there were even others that were bigger, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a think tank focused on fiscal policies.
   The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed in 2017 under Trump, provided for cuts that are among the largest in nominal terms, but even then they are still smaller than tax cuts passed in 2013.
   

Friday, January 15, 2021

Transcript Of Trump's Speech Before the Capitol Riot On 6 January 2021

This is a word for word transcript of the 45th President at the "Save America" rally, also known as the "Stop the Steal" rally on 6 January 2021 that took place on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C.  There were several speakers before the 45th President spoke - Donald Trump, Jr; Republican Representative Mo Brooks of Alabama; Professor of Law John Eastman; and 45's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, saying it was time for "trial by combat" ....
  ****** Please note, too, that the capitalizations are from REV, who did the transcript.  Several times Mr. Trump misspoke, or just plain used the wrong word.  If you find some of the words used to be odd, rest assured that I listened to the speech as I was reading the transcript, and the transcript words are correct.  He did, for instance, state that ex-Senators Perdue and Loeffler deserved "a special head..." and that some group, it's not clear whether he was referring to the Rs or the Ds, "took four years to devise history."    Some entences have odd words thrown into them, some seem to be missing a word or two.  Some sentences are just random thoughts, apparently, and are partial statements, with no real ending. ******

"The media will not show the magnitude of this crowd.  Even I, when I turned on today, I looked, and I saw thousands of people here, but you don't see hundreds of thousands behind you because they don't want to show that.  We have hundreds of thousands of people here, and I just want them to be  recognized by the fake news media.  Turn your cameras please and show what's really happening out here because these people are not going to take it any longer.  They're not going to take it any longer. Go ahead.  Turn your cameras, please.  Would you show?  They came from all over the world, actually, but they came from all over our country.  I just really want to see what they do.  I just want to see how they covered.  I've never seen anything like it.  But it would be really great if we could be covered fairly by the media.  The media is the biggest problem we have as far as I'm concerned, single biggest problem, the fake news and the big tech.  Big tech is now coming into their own.  We beat them four years ago.  We surprised them.  We took them by surprise and this year, they rigged an election.  They rigged it like they've never rigged an election before.  By the way, last night, they didn't do a bad job either, if you notice.  I'm honest.  I just, again, I want to thank you.  It's just a great honor to have this kind of crowd and to be before you.  Hundreds of thousands of American patriots are committed to the honesty of our elections and the integrity of our glorious Republic.  All of us here today do not want to see our election victory stolen by emboldened radical left Democrats, which is what they're doing and stolen by the fake news media.  That's what they've done and what they're doing.  We will never give up.  We will never concede, it doesn't happen.  You don't concede when there's theft involved.
   Our country has had enough.  We will not take it anymore and that's what this is all about.  To use a favorite term that all of you people really came up with, we will stop the steal.  Today I will lay out just some of the evidence proving that we won this election, and we won it by a landslide.  This was not a close election.  I say sometimes jokingly, but there's no joke about it, I've been in two elections.  I won them both and the second one, I won much bigger than the first.  Almost 75 million people voted for our campaign, the most of any incumbent president by far in the history of our country, 12 million more people than four years ago.  I was told by the real pollsters, we do have real pollsters.  They know that we were going to do well, and we were going to win.  What I was told, if I went from 63 million, which we had four years ago to 66 million, there was no chance of losing.  Well, we didn't go to 66.  We went to 75 million and they say we lost.  We didn't lose.
   By the way, does anybody believe that Joe had 80 million votes?  Does anybody believe that?  He had 80 million computer votes. It's a disgrace.  There's never been anything like that.  You could take third world countries.  Just take a look, take third world countries.  Their elections are more honest than what we've been going through in this country.  It's a disgrace.  It's a disgrace.  Even when you look at last night, they're all running around like chickens with their heads cut off in boxes.  Nobody knows what the hell is going on.  There's never been anything like this.  We will not let them silence your voices.  We're not going to let it happen.  Not going to let it happen.
  *  Crowd chanting:  Fight for Trump!  Fight for Trump!  Fight for Trump!
   Thank you.  I'd love to have, if those tens of thousands of people would be allowed, the military, the secret service, and we want to thank you, and the police law enforcement.  Great.  You're doing a great job, but I'd love it if they could be allowed to come up here with us.  Is that possible?  Can you just let them come up, please?  Rudy, you did a great job.  He's got guts.  You know what?  He's got guts, unlike a lot of people in the Republican party.  He's got guts, he fights.  He fights, and I'll tell you.  Thank you very much, John.  Fantastic job.  I watched.  That's a tough act to follow, those two.  John is one of the most brilliant lawyers in the country, and he looked at this and he said, "What an absolute disgrace, that this could be happening to our constitution."  He looked at Mike Pence, and I hope Mike is going to do the right thing.
   I hope so.  I hope so because if Mike Pence does the right thing, we win the election.  All he has to do.  This is from the number one or certainly one of the top constitutional lawyers in our country.  He has the absolute right to do it.  We're supposed to protect our country, support our country, support our constitution, and protect our constitution.  States want to revote.  The States got defrauded.  They were given false information.  They voted on it.  Now they want to recertify.  They want it back.  All Vice President Pence has to do is send it back to the States to recertify, and we become president, and you are the happiest people.
   I just spoke to Mike.  I said, "Mike, that doesn't take courage.  What takes courage is to do nothing.  That takes courage," and then we're stuck with a president who lost the election by a lot, and we have to live with that for four more years.  We're just not going to let that happen.  Many of you have traveled from all across the nation to be here, and I want to thank you for the extraordinary love.  That's what it is.  There's never been a movement like this ever, ever for the extraordinary love for this amazing country and this amazing movement.  Thank you.
 *  Crowd chants:  We love Trump!  We love Trump!  We love Trump!
   By the way, this goes all the way back past the Washington monument.  Do you believe this?  Look at this.  Unfortunately, they gave the press the prime seats.  I can't stand that.  No, but look at that behind.  I wish they'd flip those cameras and look behind you.  That is the most amazing sight.  When they make a mistake, you get to see it on television.  Amazing, amazing, all the way back.  Don't worry.  We will not take the name off the Washington monument.  We will not.  Cancel culture.  They wanted to get rid of the Jefferson memorial, either take it down or just put somebody else in there.  I don't think that's going to happen.  It damn well better not.  Although with this administration, if this happens, it could happen.  You'll see some really bad things happen.
   They'll knock  out Lincoln too, by the way.  They've been taking his statue down, but then we signed a little law.  You hurt our monuments, you hurt our heroes, you go to jail for 10 years and everything stopped.  Did you notice that?  It stopped.  It all stopped.  They could use Rudy back in New York City.  Rudy, they could use you.  Your city is going to hell.  They want Rudy Giuliani back in New York.  We'll get a little younger version of Rudy.  Is that okay, Rudy?
   We're gathered together in the heart of our nation's Capitol for one very, very basic and simple reason, to save our democracy.  Most candidates on election evening, and of course this thing goes on so long, they still don't  have any idea of what the votes are.  We still have congressional seats under reviews.  They have no idea.  They've totally lost control.  They've used the pandemic as a way of defrauding the people in a proper election.  But when you see this and when you see what's happening, number one, they all say, "Sir, we'll never let it happen again."  I said, "That's good, but what about eight weeks ago?"  They try and get yo to go.  They say, "Sir, in four years, you're guaranteed."  I said, "I'm not interested right now.  Do me a favor, go back eight weeks.  I want to go back eight weeks.  Let's go back eight week."  We want to go back, and we want to get this right because we're going to have somebody in there that should not be in there and our country will be destroyed, and we're not going to stand for that.
   For years, Democrats have gotten away with election fraud and weak Republicans, and that's what they are.  There's so many weak Republicans.  We have great ones, Jim Jordan, and some of these guys.  They're out there fighting the House.  Guys are fighting, but it's incredible.  Many of the Republicans, I helped them get in.  I helped them get elected.  I helped Mitch get elected.  I could name 24 of them, let's say.  I won't bore you with it, and the all of a sudden you have something to say like this.  It's like, "Gee, maybe I'll talk to the president sometime later."  No, it's amazing.  The weak Republicans, they're pathetic Republicans and that's what happens.  If this happened to the Democrats, there's be hell all over the country going on.  There'd be hell all over the country.  But just remember this.  You're stronger, you're smarter.  You've got more going than anybody, and they try and demean everybody having to do with us, and you're the real people.  You're the people that built this nation.  You're not the people that tore down our nation.
   The weak Republicans, and that's it.  I really believe it.  I think I'm going to use the term, the weak Republicans.  You got a lot of them, and you got a lot of great ones, but you got a lot of weak ones.  They've turned a blind eye even as Democrats enacted policies that chipped away our jobs, weakened our military, threw open our borders and put America last.  Did you see the other day where Joe Biden said, "I want to get rid of the America first policy."  What's that all about, get rid of ...?  How do you say, "I want to get rid of America first?"  Even if you're going to do it, don't talk about it.  Unbelievable, what we have to go through, what we have to go through and you have to get your people to fight.  If they don't fight, we have to primary the hell out of the ones that don't fight.  You primary them.  We're going to let you know who they are.  I can already tell you, frankly. 
   But this year using the pretext of the China virus and the scam of mail-in ballots, Democrats attempted the most brazen and outrageous election theft.  There's never been anything like this.  It's a pure theft in American history, everybody knows it.  That election, our election was over at 10:00 in the evening.  We're leading Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia by hundreds  of thousands of votes, and then late evening or early in the morning, boom, these explosions of and bullshit, and all of a sudden.  All of a sudden it started to happen.
 *  Crowd yelling different things; inaudible.
   Don't forget when Romney got beat.  Romney.  I wonder if he enjoyed his flight in last night?  But when Romney got beaten, he stands up like your more typical.  Well, I'd like to congratulate the victor, the victor.  Who was the victor, Mitt?  I'd like to congratulate.  They don't go and look at the facts.  Now I don't know.  He got slaughtered probably, maybe it was okay.  Maybe it was that's what happened.  But we look at the facts and our lecture was so corrupt that in the history of this country, we've never seen anything like it.  You can go all the way back.  America is blessed with elections all over the world.  They talk about our elections.  You know what the world says about us now?  They said we don't  have free and fair elections and you know what else?  We don't have a free and fair press.
   Our media is not free.  It's not fair.  It suppresses thought.  It suppresses speech, and it's become the enemy of the people.  It's become the enemy of the people.  It's the biggest problem we have in this country.  No third world countries would even attempt to do what we caught them doing and you'll hear about that in just a few minutes.  Republicans are constantly fighting like a boxer with his hands tied behind his back.  It's like a boxer, and we want to be so nice.  We want to be respectful of everybody, including bad people.  We're going to have to fight much harder and Mike Pence is going to have to come through for us.  If he doesn't, that will be a sad day for our country because you're sworn to uphold our constitution.  Now it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy.  After this, we're going to walk down and I'll be there with you.  We're going to walk down.  We're going to walk down any one you want, but I think right here.  We're going walk down to the Capitol, and we're going to cheer on our brave senators, and congressmen and women.  We're probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them because you'll never take back our country with weakness.  You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.
   We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated, lawfully slated.  I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.  Today we will see whether Republicans stand strong for integrity of our elections, but whether or not they stand strong for our country, our country.  Our country has been under siege for a long time, far longer than this four-year period.  We've set it on a much straighter course, a much....  I thought four more years.  I thought it would be easy.  We created  -  [pause]
   Four more years, I thought it would be easy.  We created the greatest economy in history.  We rebuilt our military.  We get you the biggest tax cuts in history.  We got you the biggest regulation cuts.  There's no president, whether it's four years, eight years, or in one case more, got anywhere near the regulation cuts.  It used to take 20 years to get a highway approved.  Now we're down to two.  I want to cut it down to one, but we're down to two.  And it may be rejected for environmental or safety reasons, but we got it down the safety.  We created Space Force.  Look at what we did.  Our military has been totally rebuilt.  So we create Space Force, which by in of itself is a major achievement for an administration.  And with us, it's one of so many different things.
   Right to try.  Everybody know about right to try.  We did things that nobody ever thought possible.  We took care of our vets.  Our vets, the VA now has the highest rating, 91%, the highest rating that's it's had from the beginning, 91% approval rating.  Always you watch the VA, when  it was on television.  Every night people living in a horrible, horrible manner.  We got that done.  We got accountability done.  We got it so that now in the VA, you don't  have to wait for four weeks, six weeks, eight weeks, four months to see a doctor.  If you can't get a doctor, you go outside you get the doctor, you have them taken care of.  And we pay the doctor.  And we've not only made life wonderful for so many people, we've saved tremendous amounts of money, far secondarily, but we've saved a lot of money.
   And now we have the right to fire bad people in the VA.  We had 9,000 people that treated our veterans horribly.  In prime time, they would not have treated our veterans badly.  But they treated our veterans horribly.  And we have what's called the VA Accountability Act.  And the accountability says if we see somebody in there that doesn't treat our vets well, or they steal, they rob, they do things badly.  We say, "Joe, you're fired.  Get out of here."  Before you couldn't do that.  You couldn't do that before.
   So we've taken care of things.  We've done things like nobody's ever thought possible.  And that's part of the reason that may people don't like us, because we've done too much, but we've done it quickly.  And we were going to sit home and watch a big victory.  And everybody had us down for a victory.  It was going to be great.  And now we're out here fighting.  I said to somebody, I was going to take a few days and relax after our big electoral victory.  Ten o'clock, it was over.  But I was going to take a few days.
   And I can say this, since our election, I believe, which was a catastrophe when I watch and even those guys knew what happened, they know what happened.  They're saying, "Wow, Pennsylvania's insurmountable.  Wow, Wisconsin, look at the big leads we had."  Even though the press said we were going to lose Wisconsin by 17 points.  Even though the press said Ohio is going to be close, we set a record.  Florida's going to be close, we set a record.  Texas is going to be close.  Texas is going to be close, we set a record.  And we set a record with Hispanic, with the Black community.  We set a record with everybody.
   Today, we see a very important event though, because right over there, right there, we see the event going to take place.  And I'm going to be watching, because history is going to be made.  We're going to see whether or not we have great and courageous leaders or whether or not we have leaders that should be ashamed of themselves throughout history, throughout eternity, they'll be ashamed.  And you know what?  If they do the wrong thing, we should never ever forget what they did.  Never forget.  We should never ever forget.  With only three of the seven states in question, we win the presidency of the United States.
   And by the way, it's much more important today than it was 24 hours ago.  Because I spoke to David Perdue, what a great person, what a great person, and Kelly Loeffler, two great people, but it was a setup.  And I said, "We have no backline anymore."  The only back line, the only line of demarcation, the only line that we have is the veto of the president of the United States.  So this is now what we're doing, a far more important election than it was two days ago.
   I wan to thank the more than 140 members of the House.  Those are warriors.  They're over there working like you've never seen before, studying, talking, actually going all the way back, studying the roots of the Constitution, because they know we have the right to send a bad vote that was illegally got, they gave these people bad things to vote for and they voted, because what did they know?  And then when they found out a few weeks later...  Again, it took them four years to devise history.  And the only unhappy person in the United States, single most unhappy, is Hillary Clinton because she said, "Why didn't you do this for me four years ago?  Why didn't you do this for me four years ago?  Change the votes!  10,000 in Michigan.  You could have changed the whole thing!"  But she's not too happy.  You notice you don't see her anymore.  What happened?  Where is Hillary?  Where is she?
   But I want to thank all of those congressmen and women.  I also want to thank our 13 most courageous members of the US Senate, Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Ron Johnson, Senator Shadowless, Kelly Loeffler.  And Kelly Loeffler, I'll tell you, she's been so great.  She works so hard.  So let's give her and David a little special head, because it was rigged against them.  Let's give her and David.  Kelly Loeffler, David Perdue.  They fought a good race.  They never had a shot.  That equipment should never have been allowed to be used, and I was telling these people don't let them use this stuff.  Marsha Blackburn, terrific person.  Mike Braun, Indiana.  Disinvested, great guy.  Bill Hagerty, John Kennedy, James Lankford, Cynthia Lummis.  Tommy Tuberville, to the coach.  And Roger Marshall.  We want to thank the, senators that stepped up, we want to thank them.
   I actually think though it takes, again, more courage not to step up.  And I think a lot of those people are going to find that out, and you better start looking at your leadership because the leadership has led you down the tubes.  "We don't want to give $2000 to people.  We want to give them $600."  Oh, great.  How does that play politically?  Pretty good?  And this has nothing to do with politics.  But how does it play politically?  China destroyed these people.  We didn't destroy.  China destroyed them, totally destroyed them.  We want to give them $600, and they just wouldn't change.  I said, "Give them $2,000.  We'll pay it back.  We'll pay it back fast.  You already owe 26 trillion.  Give them a couple of bucks.  Let them live.  Give them a couple of bucks!"  And some of the people here disagree with me  on that.  But I just say, look, you got to let people live.  And how does that play though?  Okay, number one, it's the right thing to do.  But how does that play politically?  I think it's the primary reason, one of the primary reasons, the other was just pure cheating.  That was the super primary reason.  But you can't do that.  You got to use your head.
   As you know the media is constantly asserted the outrageous lie that there was no evidence of widespread fraud.  You ever see these people?  "While there is no evidence of fraud..."  Oh, really?  Well, I'm going to read you pages.  I hope you don't  get bored listening to it.  Promise?  Don't get bored listening to it, all those hundreds of thousands of people back there.  Move them up, please.  Yeah.  All these people don't get bored.  Don't  get angry at me because you're going to get bored because it's so much.  The American people do not believe the corrupt fake news anymore.  They have ruined their reputation.
   But it used to be that they'd argue with me, I'd fight.  So I'd fight, they'd fight.  I'd fight, they'd fight.  Boop-boop.  You'd believe me, you'd believe them.  Somebody comes out.  They had their point of view, I had my point of view.  But you'd have an argument.  Now what they do is they go silent.  It's called suppression.  And that's what happens in a communist country.  That's what they do.  They suppress.  You don't fight with them anymore, unless it's a bad.  They have a little bad story about me, they'll make it 10 times worse and it's a major headline.  But Hunter Biden, they don't talk about him.  What happened to Hunter?  Where's Hunter?  Where is Hunter?  They don't talk about him.  
   Now watch all the sets will go off.  Well, they can't do that because they get good ratings.  The ratings are too good.  Now where is Hunter?  And how come Joe was allowed to give a billion dollars of money to get rid of the prosecutor in Ukraine?  How does that happen?  I'd ask you that question.  How does that  happen?  Can you imagine if I said that?  If I said that it would be a whole different ball  game.  And how come Hunter gets three and a half million dollars from the Mayor of Moscow's wife, and gets hundreds of thousands of dollars to sit on an energy board even though he admits he has no knowledge of energy, and millions of dollars up front, and how come they go into China and they leave with billions of dollars to manage?  "Have you managed Money before?"  "No, I haven't."  "Oh, that's good.  Here's about 3 billion."
   No, they don't talk about that.  No, we have a corrupt media.  They've gone silent.  They've gone dead.  I now realize how good it was if you go back 10 years.  I realized how good, even though I didn't necessarily love him, I realized how good it was like a cleansing motion.  But we don't  have that anymore.  We don't have a fair media anymore.  It's suppression and you have to be careful with that.  And they've lost all credibility in this country.  We will not be intimidated into accepting the hoaxes and the lies that we've been forced to believe over the past several weeks.  We've amasses overwhelming evidence about a fake election.  This is the presidential election.  Last night was a little bit better because of the fact that we had a lot of eyes watching one specific state, but they cheated like hell anyway.
   You have one of the dumbest governors in the United States.  And when I endorsed him, I didn't know this guy.  At the request of David Perdue.  He said, "A friend of mine is running for Governor, what's his name."  And you know the rest.  He was in fourth place, fifth place.  I don't know.  He was way ...  He was doing poorly.  I endorsed him.  He went like a rocket ship and he won.  And then I had to beat Stacey Abrams and I had to beat Oprah, used to be a friend of mine.  I was on her last show.  Her last week she picked the five outstanding people.  I don't think she thinks that anymore.  Once I ran for president, I didn't notice there were too many calls coming in from Oprah.  Believe it or not, she used to like me, but I was one of the five outstanding people.  And I had a campaign against Michelle Obama and Barack Hussein Obama against Stacey.  And I had Brian Kemp, he weighs 130 pounds.  He said he played offensive line in football.  I'm trying to figure that.  I'm still trying to figure that out.  He said that the other night, "I was an offensive lineman."  I'm saying, "Really?  That must've been a really small team."  But I look at that and I look at what's happened, and he turned out to be a disaster.  This stuff happens. 
   Look, I'm not happy with the Supreme Court.  They love to rule against me.  I picked three people.  I fought like hell for them one in particular I fought.  They all said, "Sir, cut him loose.  He's killing us."  The senators, very loyal senators.  They're very loyal people.  "Sir, cut him loose.  He's killing us, sir.  Cut him loose, sir."  I must've gotten half the senators.  I said, "No, I can't do that. It's unfair to him.  And it's unfair to the family.  He didn't do anything wrong.  They're made up stories."  They were all made up stories.  He didn't do anything wrong.  "Cut him loose, sir."  I said, "No, I won't do that."  We got him through.  And you know what?  They couldn't give a damn.  They couldn't give a damn.  Let them rule the right way, but it almost seems that they're all going out of their way to hurt all of us, and to hurt our country.  To hurt our country.   
   I read a story in one of the newspapers recently how I control the three Supreme Court justices.  I control them.  They're puppets.  I read it about Bill Barr, that he's my personal attorney.  That he'll do anything for me.  And I said, "It really is genius," because what they do is that, and it makes it really impossible for them to ever give you a victory, because all of a sudden Bill Barr changed, if you hadn't noticed.  I like Bill Barr, but he changed, because he didn't want to be considered my personal attorney.  And the Supreme Court, they rule against me so much.  You know why?  Because the story is that I haven't spoken to any of them any of them, since virtually they got in.  But the story is that they're my puppet.  That they're puppets.  And now that the only way they can get out of that, because they hate that, it's not good on the social circuit.  And the only way they get out is to rule against Trump.  So let's rule against Trump, and they do that.  So I want to congratulate them.
   But it show's you the media's genius.  In fact, probably, if I was the media, I'd do it the same way.  I hate to say it.  But we got to get them straightened out.  Today, for the sake of our democracy, for the sake of our Constitution, and for the sake of our children, we lay out our case for the entire world to hear.  You want to hear it?
 * Crowd yells: Yes!
   In every single swing state, local officials, state officials, almost all Democrats made illegal and unconstitutional changes to election procedures without the mandated approvals by the state legislatures, that these changes paved the way for fraud on a scale never seen before.  And I think we'd go a long way outside of our country when I say that.
   So just in a nutshell, you can't make a change on voting for a federal election unless the state legislature approves it.  No judge can do it.  Nobody can do it, only a legislature.  So as an example in Pennsylvania or whatever, you have a Republican legislature, you have a Democrat mayor, and you have a lot of Democrats all over the place.  They go to the legislature, the legislature laughs at them.  Says, "We're not going to do that."  They say, "Thank you very much."  And they go and make the changes themselves.  They do it anyway.  And that's totally illegal.  That's totally illegal.  You can't do that.
   In Pennsylvania, the Democrat Secretary of State and the Democrat State Supreme Court justices illegally abolished the signature verification requirements just 11 days prior to the election.  So think of what they did.  No longer is there signature verification.  Oh, that's okay.  We want voter ID by the way.  But no longer is there signature verification, 11 days before the election!  They say, "We don't want it."  You know why they don't want it?  Because they want to cheat.  That's the only reason.  Who would even think of that?  We don't want to verify a signature?  There were over 205,000 more ballots counted in Pennsylvania.  Now think of this.  You had 205,000 more ballots than you had voters.  That means you had 200...  Where did they come from?  You know where they came from?  Somebody's imagination.  Whatever they needed.  So in Pennsylvania you had 205,000 more votes than you had voters!  And it's the number is actually greater than that now.  That was as of a week ago.  And this is a mathematical impossibility, unless you want to say it's a total fraud.  So Pennsylvania was defrauded.
   Over 8,000 ballots in Pennsylvania were cast by people whose names and dates of birth match individuals who died in 2020 and prior to the election.  Think of that.  Dead people!  Lots of dead people, thousands.  And some dead people actually requested an application.  That bothers me even. Not only are they voting, they want an application to vote.  One of them was 29 years ago died.  It's incredible.
   Over 14,000 ballots were cast by out-of-state voters.  So these are voters that don't live in the state.  And by the way, these numbers are what they call outcome determinative.  Meaning these numbers fare surpass...   I lost by a very little bit.  These numbers are massive.  Massive.  More than 10,000 votes in Pennsylvania were illegally counted, even though they were received after Election Day.  In other words, "They were received after Election Day, let's count them anyway!"  And what they did in many cases is they did fraud.  They took the date and they moved it back, so that it no longer is after Election Day.  And more than 60,000 ballots in Pennsylvania were reported received back.  They got back before they were ever supposedly mailed out.  In other words, you got the ballot back before you mailed it!  ... they were supposedly mailed out, in other words, you got the ballot back before you mailed it, which is also logically and logistically impossible.  Think of that one.  You got the ballot back.  Let's send the ballots.  Oh, they've already been sent.  But we got the ballot back before they were sent.  I don't think that's too good.
   Twenty-five thousand ballots in Pennsylvania were requested by nursing home residents, all in a single giant batch, not legal.  Indicating an enormous illegal ballot harvesting operation.  You're not allowed to do it.  It's against the law.  The day before the election, the STate of Pennsylvania reported the number of absentee ballots that had been sent out.  Yet this number was suddenly and drastically increased by 400,000 people.  It was increased.  Nobody knows where it came from by 400,000 ballots.  One day after the election, it remains totally unexplained.  They said, "Well, we can't figure that."  Now that's many, many times what it would take to overthrow the state.  Just that one element.  400,000 ballots appeared from nowhere, right after the election.
   By the way, Pennsylvania has now seen all of this.  They didn't know because it was all so quick.  They had a vote, they voted, but now they see all this stuff.  It's all come to light.  Doesn't happen that fast.  And they want to recertify their votes.  They want to recertify.  But the only way that can happen is if Mike Pence agrees to send it back.
   Mike Pence has to agree to send it back.  And many people in Congress want it sent back, and take care of what you're doing.  Let's say you don't do it.  Somebody says, "Well, we have to obey the constitution."  And you are, because you're protecting our country and you're protecting the constitution, so you are.  But think of what happens.  Let's say they're stiffs and they're stupid people.  And they say, "Well, we really have no choice."  Even though Pennsylvania and other states want to redo their votes, they want to see the numbers.  They already have the numbers.  Go very quickly and they want to redo their legislature because many of these votes were taken as I said, because it wasn't approved by their legislature.  That in itself is illegal and then you have the scam and that's all of the things that we're talking about.  But think of this: if you don't do that, that means you will have a president of the United States for four years, with his wonderful son.
   You will have a president who lost all of these states, or you will have a president to put it another way, who was voted on by a bunch of stupid people who lost all of these things.  You will have an illegitimate president, that's what you'll have.  And we can't let that  happen.  These are the facts that you won't hear from the fake news media.  It's all a part of the suppression effort.  They don't want to talk about it.  They don't want to talk about it.  In fact, when I started talking about that, I guarantee you a lot of the television sets and a lot of those cameras went off and that's how a lot of cameras back there.  But a lot of them went off, but these are the things you don't hear about.  You don't hear what you just heard.  And I'm going to go over a few more states, but you don't hear it by the people who want to deceive you and demoralize you and control you, big tech, media.
   Just like the suppression polls that said, we're going to lose Wisconsin by 17 points, well we won Wisconsin.  They don't have it that way because they lose just by a little sliver.  But they had me down the day before, Washington Post, ABC poll, down 17 points.  I called up a real pollster.  I said, "What is that?"  "Sir, that's called a suppression poll.  I think you're going to win Wisconsin, sir."  I said, "But why do they make it four or five points?"  "Because then people vote.  But when you're down 17, they say, 'Hey, I'm not going to waste my time.  I love the president, but there's no way.'"  Despite that, we won Wisconsin, you'll see.  But that's called suppression because a lot of people, when they see that, it's very interesting.  This pollster said, "Sir, if you're down three, foue, or five people vote.  When you go down 17, they say, 'Let's save, let's go and have dinner, and let's watch the presidential defeat tonight on television darling.'"
   And just like the radical left tries to blacklist you on social media, every time I put out a tweet, even if it's totally correct, totally correct, I get a flag.  I get a flag.  And they also don't let you get out.  On Twitter, it's very hard to come on to my account.  It's very hard to get out a message.  They don't let the message get out nearly like they should, but I've had many people say, "I can't get on you Twitter."  I don't care about Twitter.  Twitter is bad news.  They're all bad news.  But you know what?  If you want to get out of message.  And if you want to go through big tech, social media, they are really, if you're a conservative, if you're a Republican, if you have a big voice, I guess they call it a shadow ban.  Shadow ban.  They shadow ban you and it should be illegal.  I've been telling these Republicans get rid of Section 230.
   And for some reason, Mitch and the group, they don't want to put it there.  And they don't realize that that's going to be the end of the Republican party as we know it, but it's never going to be the end of us, never.  Let them get out.  Let the weak ones get out.  This is a time for strength.  They also want to indoctrinate your children in school by teaching them things that aren't so.  They want to indoctrinate your children.  It's all part of the comprehensive assault on our democracy and the American people to finally standing up and saying, "No."   This crowd is a testament to it.  I did no advertising.  I did nothing.  You do have some groups that are big supporters.  I want  to thank that Army and everybody, we have some incredible supporters, incredible, but we didn't do anything.  This just happened.
   Two months ago, we had a massive crowd come down to Washington.  I said, "What are they here for."  "Sir, they're here for you."  We have nothing to do with it.  These groups, they're forming all over the United States.  And we got to remember, in a year from now, you're going to start working on Congress.  And we got to get rid of weak congress people, the ones that aren't any good, the Liz Cheneys of the world, we got to get rid of them.  We got to get rid of them.  She never wants a soldier brought home.  I've brought a lot of our soldiers home.  I don't know, some like it.  They're in countries that nobody even knows the name.  Nobody knows where they are.  They're dying.  They're great, but they're dying.  They're losing their arms, their legs, their face.  I brought them back home, largely back home, Afghanistan, Iraq.  Remember I used to say in the old days, "Don't go into Iraq.  But if you go in, keep the oil."  We didn't keep the oil.  So Stupid.  So stupid, these people.  And Iraq has billions and billions of dollars now in the bank.  And what did we do?  We get nothing.  We never get.  But we do actually, we kept oil here.  We did good.  We got rid of the ISIS caliphate.  We got rid of plenty of different things that everybody knows and the rebuilding of our military in three years, people said it couldn't be done.  And it was all made in the USA, all made in the USA.  Best equipment in the world.     In Wisconsin, corrupt Democrat run cities deployed more than 500 illegal unmanned, unsecured drop boxes, which collected a minimum of 91,000 unlawful votes.  It was razor thin the loss.  This one thing alone is much more than we would need, but there are many things.  They have these lockboxes and they pick them up and they disappear for two days.  People would say, "Where's that box?"  They disappeared.  Nobody even knew where the hell it was.  In addition, over 17,000 absentee votes were counted in Wisconsin without a valid absentee ballot application.  So they had a vote, but they had no application.  And that's illegal in Wisconsin.  Meaning those votes were blatantly done in opposition to state law.  And they came 100% from Democrat areas, such as Milwaukee and Madison, 100%.  In Madison, 17,000 votes were deposited in so-called human drop boxes.  You know what that is, right?  Where operatives stuff thousands of unsecured ballots into duffel bags on park benches across the city in complete defiance of cease and desist letters from state legislature.  The state legislature said, "Don't do it."  They're the only ones that could approve it.  They gave tens of thousands of votes.  They came in duffel bags.  Where the hell did they come from?  According to eyewitness testimony, postal service workers in Wisconsin were also instructed to illegally backdate approximately 100,000 ballots.  The margin of difference in Wisconsin was less than 20,000 votes.  Each one of these things alone wins us the state.  Great state, we love the state, we won the state.
   In Georgia, your secretary of state, I can't believe this guy's a Republican.  He loves recording telephone conversations.  I thought it was a great conversation personally, so did a lot of other  ...  people love that conversation, because it says what's going on.  These people are crooked.  They're 100% in my opinion, one of the most corrupt.  Between your governor and your secretary of state.  And now you have it again last night, just take a look at what happened, what a mess and the Democrat party operatives entered into an illegal and unconstitutional settlement agreement that drastically weakened signature verification and other election security procedures.
   Stacey Abrams, she took them to lunch and I beat her two years ago with a bad candidate, Brian Kemp.  But the Democrats took the Republicans to lunch because the secretary of state had no clue what the hell was happening, unless he did have a clue.  That's interesting.  Maybe he was with the other side, but we've been trying to get verifications of signatures in Fulton County.  They won't let us do it.  The only reason they won't  is because we'll find things in the hundreds of thousands.  Why wouldn't they let us verify signatures in Fulton County?  Which is known for being very corrupt.  They won't do it.  They go to some other county where you would live.  I said, "That's not the problem.  The problem is Fulton County."  Home of Stacey Abrams.  She did a good job.  I congratulate her, but it was done in such a way that we can't let this stuff happen.
   We won't have a country if it happens.  As a result Georgia's absentee ballot rejection rate was more than 10 times lower than previous levels; because the criteria was so off, 48 counties in Georgia with thousands and thousands of votes rejected zero ballots.  There wasn't one ballot.  In other words, in a year in which more mail-in ballots were sent than ever before, and more people were voting by mail for the first time, the rejection rate was drastically lower than it had ever been before.  The only way this can be explained is if tens of thousands of illegitimate votes were added to the tally, that's the only way you could explain it.  By the way, you're talking about tens of thousands.  If Georgia had merely rejected the same number of unlawful ballots, as in other years, there should have been approximately 45,000 ballots rejected, far more than what we needed to win, just over 11,000.
   They should find those votes.  They should absolutely find that just over 11,000 votes, that's all we need.  They defrauded us out of a win in Georgia, and we're not going to forget it.  There's only one reason the Democrats could possibly want to eliminate signature matching, oppose voter ID and stop citizenship confirmation.  Are you in citizenship?  You're not allowed to ask that question.  Because they want to steal the election.  The radical left knows exactly what they're doing.  They're ruthless and it's time somebody did something about it.  And Mike Pence, I hope you're going to stand up for the good of our constitution and for the good of our country.  And if you're not, I'm going to be very disappointed in you.  I will tell you right now, I'm not hearing good stories.
   In Fulton County, Republican poll watchers were ejected, in some cases, physically, from the room under the false pretense of a pipe burst.  Water main burst, everybody leave.  Which we now know was a total lie.  Then election officials pull boxes, Democrats and suitcases of ballots out from under a table.  You all saw it on television, totally fraudulent.  And illegally scanned them for nearly two hours totally unsupervised.  Tens of thousands of votes, as that coincided with a mysterious vote dump of up to 100,000 votes for Joe Biden, almost none for Trump.  Oh, that sounds fair.  That was at 1:34 a.m.  The Georgia secretary of state and pathetic governor of Georgia ... although he says, I'm a great president.  I sort of maybe have to change.  He said the other day, "Yes, I disagree with the president, but he's been a great president."  Oh, good.  Thanks.  Thank you very much.  Because of him and others.  Brian Kemp, vote him the hell out of office, please.  Well, his rates are so low, his approval rating now, I think just reached a record low.
   They've rejected five separate appeals for an independent and comprehensive audit of signatures in Fulton County.  Even without an audit, the number of fraudulent ballots that we've identified across the state is staggering.  Over 10,300 ballots in Georgia were cast by individuals whose names and dates of birth match Georgia residents who died in 2020 and prior to the election.  More than 2,500 ballots were cast by individuals whose names and dates of birth match incarcerated felons in Georgia prison.  People who are not allowed to vote.  More than ,500 illegal ballots were cast by individuals who do not appear on the state's own voter rolls.  Over 18,000 illegal ballots were cast by individuals who registered to vote using an address listed as vacant, according to the postal service.  At least 88,000 ballots in Georgia were cast by people whose registrations were illegally backdated.  Each one of these is far more than we need.  66,000 votes in Georgia were cast by individuals under the legal voting age.  And at least 15,000 ballots were cast by individuals who moved out of the state prior to November 3rd election.  They say they moved right back.  They move right back.  Oh, they moved out.  They moved right back.  Okay.  They miss Georgia that much.  I do.  I love Georgia, but it's a corrupt system.  Despite all of this, the margin in Georgia is only 11,779 votes.  Each and every one of these issues is enough to give us a victory in Georgia, a big, beautiful victory.  Make no mistake, this election's stolen from you, from me and from the country.  And not a single swing state has conducted a comprehensive audit to remove the illegal ballots.  This should absolutely occur in every single contestant state before the election is certified.
   In the State of Arizona, over 36,000 ballots were illegally cast by non-citizens.  2000 ballots were returned with no address.  More than 22,000 ballots were returned before they were ever supposedly mailed out.  They returned, but we haven't mailed them yet.  11,600 more ballots and votes were counted more than there were actual voters.  You see that?  So you have more votes again than you have voters.  150,000 people registered in Maya Copa County after the registration deadline.  103,000 ballots in the county were sent for electronic adjudication with no Republican observers.
   In Clark County, Nevada, the accuracy settings on signature verification machines were purposely lowered before they were used to count over 130,000 ballots.  If you signed your name as Santa Claus, it would go through.  There were also more than 42,000 double votes in Nevada.  Over 150,000 people were hurt so badly by what took place.  And 1500 ballots were cast by individuals whose names and dates of birth match Nevada residents who died in 2020, prior to November 3rd election.  More than 8,000 votes were cast by individuals who had no address and probably didn't live there.  The margin in Nevada is down at a very low number.  Any of these things would have taken care of the situation.  We would have won -  Any of these things would have taken care of the situation.  We would have won Nevada also.  Every one of these we're going over, we win.
   In Michigan quickly, the secretary of state, a real great one, flooded the state with unsolicited mail-in-ballot applications, sent to every person on the rolls, in direct violation of the state law.  More than 17,000 Michigan ballots were cast by individuals whose names and dates of birth matched people who were deceased.  In Wayne County, that's a great one.  That's Detroit.  174,000 ballots were counted without being tied to an actual registered voter.  Nobody knows where they came from.  Also in Wayne County, poll watchers observed canvassers re-scanning batches of ballots over and over again, up to three or four or five times.  In Detroit, turnout was 139% of registered voters.  Think of that.  So you had 139% of the people in Detroit voting.  This is in Michigan; Detroit, Michigan.
   A career employee of the Detroit, City of Detroit, testified under penalty of perjury that she witnessed city workers coaching voters to vote straight Democrat, while accompanying them to watch who they voted for.  When a Republican came in, they wouldn't talk to him.  The same worker was instructed not to aske for voter ID and not to attempt to validate any signatures if they were Democrats.  She also told to illegally, and was told backdate ballots received after the deadline and reports that thousands and thousands of ballots were improperly backdated.  That's Michigan.  Four witness have testified under penalty of perjury that after officials in Detroit announced the last votes had been counted, tens of thousands of additional ballots arrived without required envelopes.  Every single one was for a Democrat.  I got no votes.
   At 6:31 AM, in the early morning hours after voting had ended, Michigan suddenly reported 147,000 votes.  An astounding 94% went to Joe Biden, who campaigned brilliantly from his basement.  Only a couple of percentage points went to Trump.  Such gigantic and one-sided vote dumps were only observed in a few swing states and they were observed in the states where it was necessary.  You know what's interesting, President Obama beat Biden in every state other than the swing states where Biden killed him.  But the swing states were the ones that mattered.  There were always just enough to push Joe Biden barely into the lead.  We were ahead by a lot and within the number of hours we were losing by a little.
   In addition, there is the highly troubling matter of Dominion voting systems.  In one Michigan county alone, 6,000 votes were switched from Trump to Biden and the same systems are used in the majority of states in our country.  Senator William Ligon, a great gentleman, chairman of Georgia Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, Senator Ligon, highly respected on elections has written a letter describing his concerns with Dominion in Georgia.
   He wrote, and I quote, "The Dominion voting machines employed in Fulton County had an astronomical and astounding 93.67% error rate."  It's only wrong 93% of the time.  "In the scanning of ballots requiring a review panel to adjudicate or determine the voter's interest, in over 106,000 ballots out of a total of 113,000."  Think of it, you go in and you vote and then they tell people who you're supposed to be voting for.  They make up whatever they want.  Nobody's ever even heard.  They adjudicate your vote.  They say, "Well, we don't think Trump wants to vote for Trump.  We think he wants to vote for Biden.  Put it down for Biden."  The national average for such an error rate is far less than 1% and yet you're at 93%.  "The source of this astronomical error rate must be identified to determine if these machines were set up or destroyed to allow for a third party to disregard the actual ballot cast by the registered voter."
   The letter continues, "There is clear evidence that tens of thousands of votes were switched from President Trump to former Vice President Biden in several counties in Georgia.  For example, in Bibb County, President Trump was reported to have 29,391 votes at 9:11 PM Eastern time.  While simultaneously Vice President Joe Biden was reported to have 17,213.  Minutes later, just minutes, at the next update, these vote numbers switched with President Trump going way down to 17,000 and Biden going way up to 29,391."  And that was very quick, a 12,000 vote switch, all in Mr. Biden's favor.
   So, I mean, I could go on and on about this fraud that took place in every state and all of these legislatures want this back.  I don't want to do it to you because I love you and it's freezing out here, but I could just go on forever.  I can tell you this...
 * Crowd chants:   We love you.  We love you.  We love you.  We love you.  We love you.  We love you.  We love you.  We love you.  
   So when you hear, when you hear, "While there is no evidence to prove any wrongdoing," this is the most fraudulent thing anybody's.....  This is a criminal enterprise.  This is a criminal enterprise and the press will say, and I'm sure they won't put any of that on there because it's no good, do you ever see, "While there is no evidence to back the President's assertion," I could go on for another hour reading this stuff to you and telling you about it.  There's never been anything like it.  Think about it.  Detroit had more votes than it had voters.  Pennsylvania had 205,000 more votes than it had more, but you don't have to go any ....  Between that, I think that's almost better than dead people, if you think, right?  More votes than they had voters, and many other states are also.
   It's a disgrace that the United States of America, tens of millions of people are allowed to go vote without so much as even showing identification.  In no state is there any question or effort made to verify the identity, citizenship, residency, or eligibility of the votes cast.  The Republicans have to get tougher.  You're not going to have a Republican party if you don't get tougher.  They want to play so straight, they want to play so, "Sir, yes, the United States, the  Constitution doesn't allow me to send them back to the states."  Well, I say, "Yes, it does because the constitution says you have to protect our country and you have to protect our constitution and you can't vote on fraud," and fraud breaks up everything, doesn't it?  When you catch somebody in a fraud, you're allowed to go by very different rules.  So I hope Mike has the courage to do what he has to do.  And I hope he doesn't listen to the RINOs and he stupid people that he's listening to.  It is also widely understood that the voter rolls are crammed full of non-citizens, felons and people who have moved out of state and individuals who are otherwise ineligible to vote.  Yet Democrats oppose every effort to clean up their voter rolls.  They don't want to clean them up, they are loaded.  And how many people here know other people that when the hundreds of thousands and then millions of ballots got sent out, got three, four, five, six, and I heard one who got seven ballots.  And then they say, "You didn't quite make it, sir."  We won.  We won in a landslide.  This was a landslide.
   They said, "It's not American to challenge the election."  This is the most corrupt election in the history, maybe of the world.  You know, you could go to third world countries, but I don't think they had hundreds of thousands of votes and they don't have voters for them.  I mean, no matter where you go, nobody would think this.  In fact, it's so egregious, it's so bad, that a lot of people don't even believe it.  It's so crazy that people don't even believe it.  It can't be true.  So they don't believe it.  This is not just a matter of domestic politics, this is a matter of national security.  So today, in addition to challenging the certification of the election, I'm calling on Congress and the state legislatures to quickly pass sweeping election reforms, and you better do it before we have no country left.  Today is not the end.  It's just the beginning.
   With your help over the last four years, we built the greatest political movement in the history of our country and nobody even challenges that.  I say that over and over, and I never get challenged by the fake news, and they challenge almost everything we say.  But our fight against the big donors, big media, big tech and others is just getting started.  This is the greatest in history.  There's never been a movement like that.  You look back there all the way to the Washington Monument.  It's hard to believe.  We must stop the steal and then we must ensure that such outrageous election fraud never happens again, can never be allowed to happen again, but we're going forward.  We'll take care of going forward.  We got to take care of going back.  Don't let them talk, "Okay, well we promise," I've had a lot of people, "Sir, you're at 96% for four years."  I said, "I'm not interested right now.  I'm interested in right here."
   With your help we will finally pass powerful requirements for voter ID.  You need an ID to cash your check.  You need an ID to go to a bank, to buy alcohol, to drive a car.  Every person should need to show an ID in order to cast your most important thing, a vote.  We will also require proof of American citizenship in order to vote in American elections.  We just had a good victory in court on that one, actually.  We will ban ballot harvesting and prohibit the use of unsecured drop boxes to commit rampant fraud.  These drop boxes are fraudulent.  There for, they get ....  They disappear and then all of a sudden they show up.  It's fraudulent.  We will stop the practice of universal, unsolicited mail-in balloting.  We will clean up the voter rolls that ensure that every single person who casts vote is a citizen of our country, a resident of the state in which they vote and their vote is cast in a lawful and honest manner.  We will restore the vital civic tradition of in-person voting on election day so that voters can be fully informed when they make their choice.  We will finally hold big tech accountable and if these people had courage and guts, they would get rid of Section 230, something that no other company, no other person in America, in the world, has.
   All of these tech monopolies are going to abuse their power and interfere in our elections and it has to be stopped and the Republicans have to get a lot tougher and so should the Democrats.  They should be regulated, investigated and brought to justice under the fullest extent of the law.  They're totally breaking the law.  Together we will drain the Washington swamp and we will clean up the corruption in our nation's capitol.  We have done a big job on it, but  you think it's easy, it's a dirty business.  It's a dirty business.  You have a lot of bad people out there.  Despite everything we've been through, looking out all over this country and seeing fantastic crowds, although this I think is our all time record.  I think you have 250,000 people.  250,000....
   Looking out at all the amazing patriots here today, I have never been more confident in our nation's future.  Well, I have to say we have to be a little bit careful.  That's a nice statement, but we have to be a little bit careful with that statement.  If we allow this group of people to illegally take over our country, because it's illegal when the votes are illegal, when the way they got there is illegal, when the states that vote are given false and fraudulent information.  We are the greatest country on earth and we are headed, and were headed, in the right direction.  You know, the wall is built, we're doing record numbers at the wall.  Now they want to take down the wall.  Let's let everyone flow in.  Let's let everybody flow in.  We did a great job with the wall.  Remember the wall?  They said it could never be done.  One of the largest infrastructure projects we've ever had in this country and it's had a tremendous impact and we got rid of catch and release, we got rid of all of the stuff that we had to live with.  But now the caravans, they think Biden's getting in, the caravans are forming again.  They want to come in and rip off our country.  Can't let it happen.
   As this enormous crowd shows, we have truth and justice on our side.  We have a deep and enduring love for America in our hearts.  We love our country.  We have overwhelming pride in this great country, and we have it deep in our souls.  Together we are determined to defend and preserve government of the people, by the people and for the people.  Our brightest days are before us, our greatest achievements still wait.  I think one of our great achievements will be election security because nobody, until I came along, had any idea how corrupt our elections were.  And again, most people would stand there at 9:00 in the evening and say, " I want to thank you very much," and they go off to some other life, but I said, "Something's wrong here.  Something's really wrong.  Can't have happened."  And we fight.  We fight like Hell and if you don't fight like Hell, you're not going to have a country anymore.
   Our exciting adventures and boldest endeavors have not yet begun.  My fellow Americans, for our movement, for our children and for our beloved country and I say this, despite all that's happened, the best is yet to come.
   So we're going to, we're going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, I love Pennsylvania Avenue, and we're going to the Capitol and we're going to try and give....  The Democrats are hopeless.  They're never voting for anything, not even one vote.  But we're going to try and give our Republicans, the weak ones, because the strong ones don't need any of our help, we're going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.
   So let's walk down Pennsylvania Avenue.  I want to thank you all.  God bless you and God bless America.  Thank you all for being here, this is incredible.  Thank you very much.  Thank you."



****** Note from BND:  Just trying to make sense of this nonsense has given me a headache.  All of his so-called facts regarding election fraud have been swiftly and easily proven as lies by each state.  The Dominion voting machines are, and were, working without changing any votes. The voting change in Georgia was a reporter's error.  Mr Trump has succeeded in building all of 15 miles of new border wall along the Mexico border, and 5 miles are falling down because of an unstable base; he did re-enforce about 150 previously built miles of the wall.  He lives in his own narcissistic fantasy world inside his brain.  -  Please notice, when he's quoting a response to his questions or statements, there is a "sir" in ever sentence.  He uses the autocratic and majestic "We" most frequently, and occasionally speaks of himself in the third person, referring to "Trump."  -  Due to the 5-plus-hour riot he incited with this speech, he has been impeached a second time during his Presidency.  The Impeachment trial will take place after he's out of office, and while Joe Biden is President.   -  He says he will live at mar-a Lago, but when he turned that property into a golf resort, it lost its' residency status.  According  to a contract with Palm Beach County, no one can stay at Mar-a-Lago for more than 7 days in a row, and no more than 3 times in one year.  So Mar-a-Largo will become a residence, or trump and his family will not reside there. ******