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>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME IVANKA TRUMP.
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>> GOOD EVENING.
BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANT TO SEND A
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO EVERYONE
WHO’S BEEN AFFECTED BY HURRICANE
LAURA.
OUR HEARTS ARE WITH YOU.
THE PRESIDENT WILL CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT YOU EVERY STEP OF THE
WAY.
JUST LIKE AMERICANS ALWAYS DO,
THE NATION WILL COME TOGETHER TO
HELP YOU REBUILD YOUR HOME,
BUSINESSES, AND COMMUNITIES STRONGER AND MORE RESILIENT THAN
STRONGER AND MORE RESILIENT THAN
EVER BEFORE.
FOUR YEARS AGO I INTRODUCED TO
YOU A BUILDER, AN ENTREPRENEUR,
AN OUTSIDER, AND THE PEOPLE’S
NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
TONIGHT, I STAND BEFORE YOU AS THE PROUD DAUGHTER OF THE
THE PROUD DAUGHTER OF THE
PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT.
HE IS OUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, CHAMPION OF
THE AMERICAN WORKER, DEFENDER OF
COMMON SENSE, AND A VOICE FOR
THE FORGOTTEN MEN AND WOMEN OF
THIS COUNTRY.
HE IS OUR PRESIDENT AND MY FATHER, DONALD J TRUMP.
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THIS EVENING I WANT TO TELL YOU
ABOUT THE LEADER I KNOW AND THE
MOMENTS I WISH EVERY AMERICAN
COULD SEE.
WANT TO TELL YOU THE STORY OF A
PRESIDENT WHO IS FIGHTING FOR
YOU FROM DAWN UNTIL MIDNIGHT
WHEN THE CAMERAS HAVE LEFT, THE
MICROPHONES ARE OFF, AND THE
DECISIONS REALLY COUNT.
WHEN WE MOVED WITH HER THREE
YOUNG CHILDREN TO WASHINGTON, WE
DIDN’T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT WE WERE
IN FOR, BUT OUR KIDS, OUR KIDS
LOVED IT FROM THE START.
MY SON JOSEPH PROMPTLY BUILT
GRANDPA A LEGO REPLICA OF THE
WHITE HOUSE.
THE PRESIDENT STILL DISPLAYS IT
ON THE MANTLE OF THE OVAL OFFICE
OVER THERE SO HE CAN SHOW WORLD
LEADERS JUST SO THEY KNOW HE HAS
THE GREATEST GRANDCHILDREN ON
EARTH.
I AGREE.
OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE
HAVE LEARNED A LOT.
I HAVE SEEN IN WASHINGTON IT’S
EASY FOR POLITICIANS TO SURVIVE
IF THEY SKIP THE HARD FIGHTS.
I COULDN’T BELIEVE SO MANY
POLITICIANS ACTUALLY PREFER TO
COMPLAIN ABOUT A PROBLEM RATHER
THAN FIX IT.
I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE PEOPLE
LEAVE MAJOR CHALLENGES UNSOLVED
SO THEY CAN BLAME THE OTHER
SIDE, CAMPAIGN ON THE SAME ISSUE
IN THE NEXT ELECTION.
BUT DONALD TRUMP DID NOT COME TO
WASHINGTON TO WIN PRAISE FROM
THE ELITE.
HE CAME TO WASHINGTON FOR ONE
REASON, AND ONE REASON ALONE, TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.
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MICE FATHER HAS STRONG
CONVICTIONS, BUT HE KNOWS WHAT HE BELIEVES, AND HE SAYS WHAT HE
HE BELIEVES, AND HE SAYS WHAT HE
THINKS.
I RECOGNIZE MY FATHER’S
COMMUNICATION STYLE IS NOT TO
EVERYONE’S TASTE, AND I KNOW HIS
TWEETS CAN FEEL A BIT
UNFILTERED. BUT THE RESULTS, THE RESULTS
BUT THE RESULTS, THE RESULTS
SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
HE IS SO UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT HIS
BELIEFS, THAT HE HAS CALLED ME
AND COUNTLESS AMERICANS TO TAKE
A HARD LOOK AT OUR OWN
CONVICTIONS AND ASK OURSELVES
WHAT DO WE STAND FOR.
WHAT KIND OF AMERICA DO WE WANT
TO LEAVE FOR OUR CHILDREN.
I AM MORE CERTAIN THAN EVER
BEFORE WE WANT A FUTURE WHERE
OUR KIDS CAN BELIEVE IN AMERICAN
GREATNESS.
WE WANT A SOCIETY WHERE EVERY
CHILD CAN LIVE IN A SAFE
COMMUNITY AND GO TO A GREAT
SCHOOL OF THEIR CHOICE.
WE WANT A CULTURE WHERE
DIFFERENCES OF OPINION AND
DEBATES ARE ENCOURAGED, NOT
CANCELED.
WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS
RESPECTED, WHERE OUR COUNTRY’S
RICH DIVERSITY IS CELEBRATED,
AND WERE PEOPLE OF ALL
BACKGROUNDS, RACES, GENDERS, AND
CREEDS HAVE THE CHANCE TO
ACHIEVE THEIR GOD-GIVEN
POTENTIAL.
THIS IS THE FUTURE MY FATHER IS
WORKING TO BUILD EACH AND EVERY
DAY.
BUILDING AFTER ALL, IS WHAT HE’S
DONE HIS WHOLE LIFE.
HE HAS A MIRED IN BRIEF RENTED
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON
COUNTLESS JOBSITES, BUT IT HAS
BEEN A NEW AND PROFOUND
EXPERIENCE FOR HIM AND FOR ME TO
SEE THESE STOIC MACHINISTS AND
STEELWORKERS COME TO HIM WITH A
TEAR IN THEIR EYE AND THANK HIM
FOR BEING THE ONLY PERSON
WILLING TO GO TO THE MAT FOR
THEM, FOR THEIR JOBS, FOR THEIR
FAMILIES, AND FOR THEIR FUTURE.
TO THE HARD-WORKING MEN AND
WOMEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
HERE TONIGHT, YOU ARE THE REASON
MY FATHER FIGHTS WITH ALL OF HIS
HEART AND ALL HAVE HIS MIGHT.
YOU ARE THE REASON HE RAN FOR
PRESIDENT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND YOU ARE THE REASON HE’S GOING TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR FOUR
GOING TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR FOUR MORE YEARS.
I REMEMBER EARLY ONE EVENING IN
2017 WE WERE IN THE OVAL OFFICE
AND THE PRESIDENT WAS PUSHING TO
KEEP THE PROMISE HE MADE TO
RENEGOTIATE THE BAD TRADE DEALS
THAT HAD GUTTED MILLIONS OF
MIDDLE-CLASS JOBS.
MOST OF HIS ADVISERS ARGUED THAT
THE ECONOMY WAS SO STRONG
FOLLOWING OUR HISTORIC TAX AND
REGULATORY CUTS THAT IT DIDN’T
MAKE SENSE TO RISK ROCKING THE
BOAT.
AFTER THE MEETING, AS I WALKED
WITH MY FATHER BACK TOWARDS THE
RESIDENCE, HE SAID YOU KNOW, THE
REASON THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE
BEFORE IS BECAUSE OUR LEADERS
HAVEN’T HAD THE GUTS.
WHEN THE ECONOMY IS GOOD THEY
SETTLE FOR GOOD AND WHEN THINGS
ARE BAD, THEY DON’T HAVE THE
WILL OR ABILITY SO THEY KICK THE
CAN UNTIL IT SOMEBODY ELSE’S
PROBLEM.
HE WAS RIGHT.
IF MY FATHER DIDN’T TAKE ON
THESE FIGHTS, NO ONE WOULD.
IN THE MONTHS THAT FOLLOWED,
PRESIDENT TRUMP REFUSED TO
SETTLE FOR A GOOD DEAL, HE
WANTED A GREAT DEAL AND ULTIMATELY, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT
ULTIMATELY, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT
WE GOT.
I REMEMBER EACH TIME HE WAS
UPDATED ON THE PROGRESS OF THE
NEW TRADE DEAL WITH MEXICO AND
CANADA.
HE WOULD SAY DON’T LET DOWN
THOSE DAIRY FARMERS I MET IN
WISCONSIN. I DON’T WANT THEM TO LIKE THIS
I DON’T WANT THEM TO LIKE THIS
DEAL, I WANT THEM TO LOVE IT.
TODAY, IN THE MIDST OF THIS
UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL PANDEMIC,
IT’S MORE CLEAR THAN EVER THAT
OUR PRESIDENT IS ACTUALLY A LEAK
CORRECTED TAKE ON TRADE WHEN HE
DID AND BRING OUR JOBS, OUR FACTORIES AND ARE SAVING
FACTORIES AND ARE SAVING
MEDICINE BACK TO THE USA.
AS OUR NATION INDOORS THIS GREAT
TRIAL, I PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES
MOURNING THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE
FOR THOSE WHO ARE BATTLING COVID
19 AND FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE
HEALTHCARE HEROES WHO REMAIN ON
THE FRONT LINE OF THIS FIGHT. FOR GRIEF, SORROW AND ANXIETY
FOR GRIEF, SORROW AND ANXIETY
DURING THIS TIME AS FELT BY ALL.
I HAVE BEEN WITH MY FATHER AND
I’VE SEEN THE PAIN IN HIS EYES
WHEN HE RECEIVES UPDATES ON THE
LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN STOLEN BY
THIS PLAGUE.
I’VE WITNESSED HIM MAKE SOME OF
THE MOST DIFFICULT DECISIONS OF
HIS LIFE.
I SAT WITH HIM IN THE OVAL
OFFICE AS HE STOPPED TRAVELED TO
EUROPE.
I WATCHED HIM TAKE THE STRONGEST
MOST INCLUSIVE ECONOMY IN THE
LIFETIME, THE LOWEST
UNEMPLOYMENT AND A HALF CENTURY
AND THE HIGHEST WAGE INCREASE OF
WORKING FAMILIES AND DECADES AND
CLOSE IT DOWN TO SAVE AMERICAN
LIVES.
IT IS WHY OUR PRESIDENT RAPIDLY
MOBILIZED A FULL FORCE OF
GOVERNMENT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR
TO PRODUCE VENTILATORS WITHIN
WEEKS, BUILD THE MOST ROBUST
TESTING SYSTEM IN THE WORLD AND
TO DEVELOP SAFE AND EFFECTIVE
TREATMENTS AND VERY VERY SOON, A
VACCINE.
MY FATHER ISN’T DETERRED BY THE
THINKERS, THE WORD IMPOSSIBLE,
WELL IT ONLY MOTIVATES HIM.
DONALD TRUMP REJECTS THE CYNICAL
NOTION THAT THIS COUNTRY’S
GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS ARE BEHIND
US.
HE BELIEVES THAT NOTHING IS
BEYOND OUR REACH. AND THAT THE BEST IS YET TO
AND THAT THE BEST IS YET TO
COME.
I HAVE SEEN ALL OF MY LIFE HOW
MY DAD BELIEVES IN THE POTENTIAL
OF EACH INDIVIDUAL.
EARLIER THIS EVENING, WE WERE
ALL INSPIRED BY THE INCREDIBLE
TESTIMONY OF ALICE JOHNSON.
A GREAT-GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS
SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR
A FIRST TIME NONVIOLENT DRUG
OFFENSE.
I WAS WITH MY FATHER WHEN HE
DECIDED TO COMMUTE HER LIFE
SENTENCE.
TOGETHER WE WATCHED HER LEAVE
PRISON AFTER NEARLY 22 YEARS.
AS SHE RAN INTO THE ARMS OF HER
FAMILY AND THEY CELEBRATED A
JOYFUL REUNION, MY FATHER GOT
VERY QUIET.
I COULD SEE THE EMOTION ON HIS
FACE.
AFTER A LONG TIME HE LOOKED AT
ME AND SAID, IMAGINE HOW MANY
PEOPLE THERE ARE JUST LIKE
ALICE.
FROM THAT POINT ON HE BECAME A
VOICE FOR THOSE WHO HAD BEEN
UNFAIRLY SILENCED IN OUR PRISON
SYSTEM.
PRESIDENT TRUMP RECTIFIED THE
DISPARITIES OF THE 1994 BIDEN
CRIME BILL THAT
DISPROPORTIONATELY HURT
AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
AGAINST ALL ODDS, HE BROUGHT
TOGETHER REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS WITH THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM OF OUR GENERATION AND WE
ARE JUST GETTING STARTED.
MY FATHER DID NOT CAMPAIGN ON
THIS ISSUE.
HE TACKLED THIS INJUSTICE
BECAUSE HE HAS A DEEP COMPASSION
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TREATED
UNFAIRLY.
MORE THAN RHETORIC AND POLITICAL
PROSE, THE ABILITY TO BUILD
CONSENSUS AND ACHIEVE BIPARTISAN
SUCCESS WILL HELP HEAL OUR
COUNTRY’S COUNTRIES RACIAL
INEQUITIES AND BRING US FORWARD
TOGETHER.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ADVANCING THE
AMERICAN VALUES OF WORK, AND
FAMILY.
FOUR YEARS AGO IN CLEVELAND I
SAID PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD
DELIVER FOR WORKING WOMEN.
LAST YEAR, OVER 70 PERCENT OF
ALL NEW JOBS WERE SECURED WHAT BY WOMEN.
FOUR YEARS AGO, I TOLD YOU MY
FATHER WOULD FOCUS ON MAKING
CHILDCARE AFFORDABLE AND
ACCESSIBLE.
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FIRST
TERM, WE SECURED THE LARGEST
EVER INCREASE FOR CHILDCARE
FUNDING GIVING MORE THAN 800,000
LOW INCOME FAMILIES GREAT
CHILDCARE AT A COST THEY CAN
AFFORD.
AS PART OF REPUBLICAN TAX CUTS,
IN 2019 ALONE ARE CHILD TAX
CREDIT PUT OVER $2,000 INTO THE POCKETS OF 40 MILLION AMERICAN
POCKETS OF 40 MILLION AMERICAN
FAMILIES.
DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS RECENTLY
INTRODUCED A PLAN TO INCREASE
THE CHILD TAX CREDIT, YET BUT
WHEN I WAS FIGHTING LESS THAN
THREE YEARS AGO AT THE
PRESIDENT’S DIRECTION TO GET
CONGRESS TO DOUBLE THE CHILD TAX
CREDIT, NOT A SINGLE DEMOCRAT VOTED TO PASS THE LAW.
VOTED TO PASS THE LAW. WE GOT IT DONE ANYWAY.
FOUR YEARS AGO I PROMISED THE
PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD SUPPORT
MOTHERS IN THE WORKFORCE.
IN HIS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE HE
SIGNED INTO LAW THE FIRST EVER
NATIONAL PAID LEAVE TAX CREDIT
TODAY, 8 MILLION MORE AMERICANS
HAVE ACCESS TO THIS BENEFIT.
FOUR YEARS AGO I SAID AMERICANS
NEEDED AN ECONOMY THAT PERMITS
PEOPLE TO RISE AGAIN.
DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FIRST
THREE YEARS IN OFFICE,
72 PERCENT OF ALL NEW JOBS WENT
TO AMERICANS WHO HAD BEEN
OUTSIDE OF THE WORKFORCE.
FOUR YEARS AGO I TOLD YOU I WOULD FIGHT ALONGSIDE MY FATHER
WOULD FIGHT ALONGSIDE MY FATHER
AND FOUR YEARS LATER, HERE I AM.
MANY OF THE ISSUE MY FATHER HAS
CHAMPIONS ARE NOT HISTORICALLY
REPUBLICAN PRIORITIES.
YET WHERE WASHINGTON INSIDES,
OUR PRESIDENT CHOOSES
COMMONSENSE. WHERE POLITICIANS CHOOSE PARTY,
WHERE POLITICIANS CHOOSE PARTY,
OUR PRESIDENT CHOOSES PEOPLE.
SINCE THE DAY HE TOOK THE OATH
OF OFFICE, I WATCHED MY FATHER
TAKE ON THE FAILED POLICIES OF
THE PAST AND DO WHAT NO LEADER
HAS DONE BEFORE.
RECENTLY, HE TOOK DRAMATIC
ACTION TO CUT THE COST OF
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
DESPITE FIELDING ANGRY CALLS
FROM THE CEOS OF NEARLY EVERY
MAJOR PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY.
NOW, WHEN WE SEE ATTACK ADS PAID
FOR BY BIG PHARMA, MY DAD SMILES
AND SAYS TO ME, YOU KNOW, WE ARE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT IF THEY
DOING SOMETHING RIGHT IF THEY ARE HITTING US SO HARD.
THIS SPRING, OUR PRESIDENT SAW
THAT AMERICAN CROPS WE’RE GOING
TO WASTE BECAUSE THE FOOD SUPPLY
CHAINS WERE DISRUPTED BY THE
VIRUS BRADY DIRECTED SECRETARY
PERDUE AND ME TO FIND A WAY TO
GET THIS NUTRITIOUS FOOD, FRESH
FRUITS, VEGETABLES, MEAT, AND
DAIRIES TO FAMILIES MOST IN
NEED.
WITHIN A MATTER OF DAYS WE
LAUNCHED THE FARMERS TO FAMILIES
FOOD BOX PROGRAM WHICH IS NOW
DELIVERED OVER 100 MILLION MEALS
INTO THE HANDS OF AMERICAN
FAMILIES.
TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE
AMONG US, I HAVE WORKED
ALONGSIDE THE PRESIDENT AS HE
SIGNED INTO LAW NINE PIECES OF LEGISLATION TO COMBAT THE EVIL
LEGISLATION TO COMBAT THE EVIL
OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
I HAVE STOOD BY MY FATHER’S SIDE
AT DOVER AIR FORCE BASE WHEN
HE’S RECEIVED OUR FALLEN HEROES,
AND EACH TIME IT HAS STEELED HIS RESOLVE TO FINALLY STOP FINALLY
RESOLVE TO FINALLY STOP FINALLY
STOP THE ENDLESS FOREIGN WARS.
TO CHANGE THE PARADIGM IN THE
MIDDLE EAST HE TOOK A FRESH
APPROACH, I HEARD FOREIGN
LEADERS BEGGED HIM NOT TO MOVE
THE AMERICAN BUSY TO JERUSALEM,
YET HE DELIVERED ON A PROMISE
ALSO MADE AND UNFULFILLED BY
PAST PRESIDENTS BECAUSE MY
FATHER KNEW IT WAS THE RIGHT
THING TO DO.
DEFYING ALL EXPECTATIONS JUST
WEEKS AGO, HE REWROTE HISTORY
AGAIN BY MAKING A PEACE
AGREEMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE BIGGEST BREAKTHROUGH IN A
THE BIGGEST BREAKTHROUGH IN A QUARTER-CENTURY.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG
TIME, WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO
HAS CALLED OUT WATCHING TIN
HYPOCRISY AND THEY HATE HIM FOR
IT.
DAD, PEOPLE ATTACK YOU FOR BEING
UNCONVENTIONAL, BUT I LOVE YOU
FOR BEING REAL, AND I RESPECT
YOU FOR BEING EFFECTIVE.
OUR PRESIDENT REFUSES TO
SURRENDER HIS BELIEVES TO SCORE
POINTS WITH THE BIG POLITICAL
ELITE.
TO MY FATHER, YOU ARE THE ELITE,
EU ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE HE CARES
ABOUT SCORING POINTS WITH.
IF THESE PROBLEMS WERE EASY TO
SOLVE, PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS WOULD
HAVE DONE SO.
BUT YOU DON’T ACHIEVE DIFFERENT
RESULTS BY DOING THINGS THE SAME
WAY.
WASHINGTON HAS NOT CHANGED DONALD TRUMP, DONALD TRUMP HAS
DONALD TRUMP, DONALD TRUMP HAS CHANGED WASHINGTON.
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AMERICA DOESN’T NEED ANOTHER
EMPTY VESSEL THAT WILL DO
WHATEVER THE MEDIA AND THE
FRINGE OF THE PARTY DEMAND.
NOW MORE THAN EVER, AMERICA NEEDS FOUR MORE YEARS OF A
NEEDS FOUR MORE YEARS OF A