WEBVTT - Conservatives Can Win it All! | The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor

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<v Speaker 1>Going to seize this moment, which I happen to think

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<v Speaker 1>is providential.

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<v Speaker 2>Then we have to have a plan. So if you

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<v Speaker 2>will permit it, I will walk you through the plan chronologically.

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<v Speaker 1>It's so great to be back in the Rocky Mountain West.

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<v Speaker 1>My family and I lived out here years ago. And

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<v Speaker 1>it isn't just the air and the scenery that are beautiful.

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<v Speaker 1>The best part of the West in spite of the

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<v Speaker 1>physical scenery, the physical beauty is its people. Because you

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<v Speaker 1>want to take your states back, and you want to

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<v Speaker 1>take America back, and I'm here to give you the

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<v Speaker 1>plan today.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go.

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<v Speaker 1>You got that right, I happen to think, in spite

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<v Speaker 1>of everything the media tells us that we should believe,

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<v Speaker 1>which is, of course that we're supposed to according to them,

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<v Speaker 1>hate America be discouraged, that it is the best time

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<v Speaker 1>in the history of our country to be alive. And

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<v Speaker 1>the reason for that is that we get the opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>not just in this year of America two fifty, but

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<v Speaker 1>in this upcoming week of America two fifty, to honor

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<v Speaker 1>our history, to be sure, but most importantly, to think

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<v Speaker 1>about the steps we need to take in order to

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<v Speaker 1>secure the blessings of liberty for the next two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and fifty years. And I thought, given that I know

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<v Speaker 1>something about what each of you does to help secure

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<v Speaker 1>great policy and liberty in your respective states and counties,

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<v Speaker 1>that I would come here and tell you the truth.

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<v Speaker 1>And the truth is that our history is beautiful. There

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<v Speaker 1>are many things for us to be celebrating, all of

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<v Speaker 1>the different highlights, from the Revolution to the two World Wars.

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<v Speaker 1>Who the great leaders we've been blessed with, including Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>But there's this problem that we have, and it is

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<v Speaker 1>that there are three sources of obstacles to us achieving

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<v Speaker 1>this renewed American dream, this revitalized American spirit.

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<v Speaker 2>The first one is obvious to you. It's the American left.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, the best way that I can summarize this

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<v Speaker 1>for you, even more effective, I think, than talking about

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<v Speaker 1>the policy agenda of the Democratic Socialists of America. If

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<v Speaker 1>you live in Colorado, you have a taste of that already.

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<v Speaker 1>The best way that I can summarize this for you

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<v Speaker 1>is to cite a recent public opinion survey which asked

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<v Speaker 1>Americans across the political spectrum.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you, in fact very proud of your country?

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<v Speaker 1>What percentage of Democrats said that they were very or

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<v Speaker 1>extremely proud of their country, a mere twenty nine percent

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<v Speaker 1>to only twenty nine percent of the American left have

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<v Speaker 1>said that they're very or extremely proud of living in

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<v Speaker 1>this country. Contrasts that to those of us on the right,

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<v Speaker 1>who said ninety ninety percent of us are very proud

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<v Speaker 1>or extremely proud of the United States.

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<v Speaker 2>Doesn't that explain their entire project?

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<v Speaker 1>Doesn't it explain everything they've done in our politics in Washington,

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<v Speaker 1>in Denver state capitals around this country. Doesn't it explain

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<v Speaker 1>what they've done with election integrity? Doesn't it explain what

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<v Speaker 1>they've done with immigration? They don't know, or at least

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<v Speaker 1>they don't want to accept that. As we convene here

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<v Speaker 1>just days away from literally our two hundred and fiftieth anniversary,

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<v Speaker 1>America is, because of Donald Trump and conservatives, the freest, strongest, fairest,

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<v Speaker 1>best country.

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<v Speaker 2>Still in the history of the world.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's part of this is But it's sort of

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<v Speaker 1>sad that Europeans, of all people traveling to the United

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<v Speaker 1>States to cheer on their respective World Cup teams, have

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<v Speaker 1>come to love America more than the American left. Europeans

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<v Speaker 1>have gone to places like Target and Costco.

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<v Speaker 2>And they've said, you know, America is an amazing place.

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<v Speaker 1>There's this great variety of things, and these things are

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<v Speaker 1>really cheap, and there's even air conditioning in American buildings,

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<v Speaker 1>and ranch dressing so much ranch dressing. TSA had to

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<v Speaker 1>issue a warning about putting that in their suitcases as

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<v Speaker 1>they travel back home. And let me just observe it

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<v Speaker 1>is official Heritage Foundation policy that ranch dressing is awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>But the best of.

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<v Speaker 1>These places they've visited, if you asked me, was Walmart,

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<v Speaker 1>because it's at Walmart that you can find pajamas, hamburgers,

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<v Speaker 1>and shotguns. These Europeans who think that we like our

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<v Speaker 1>guns too much sort of get an understanding that we

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<v Speaker 1>like our guns because they are a reminder of the right,

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<v Speaker 1>the natural right that citizens have against government tyranny. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes asked by the Washington media, Kevin, you're the leader

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<v Speaker 1>of the largest conservative public policy organization in the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Surely you can tell us how many guns you have.

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<v Speaker 1>And I said, yes, too many for you to count,

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<v Speaker 1>and definitely enough to scare you.

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<v Speaker 2>But I do have to tell you.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a second source of challenge of obstacles that we

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<v Speaker 1>have to confront and my great friend Mike Davis, how about.

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<v Speaker 2>Another round of applause for that patriot.

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<v Speaker 1>Said it well, and it's the established Republican uniparty in Washington.

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<v Speaker 1>While we have made progress, we have sent an increasing

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<v Speaker 1>number of Conservatives into the US House, into the US Senate,

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<v Speaker 1>there remain a handful of problems. So much so, none

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<v Speaker 1>other than Senate leadership John Thune and John Cornyn said

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<v Speaker 1>yesterday that we at Heritage and our allies who are

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<v Speaker 1>advocating for the Save America Act were demoralizing the conservative base.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what they said yesterday publicly, We were demoralizing

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<v Speaker 1>the conservative base for the midterms because we were advocating

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<v Speaker 1>for the Save America Act. And when we ask through

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<v Speaker 1>various channels for them to explain that to us, because

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<v Speaker 1>that isn't exactly logical. This is their argument, the Save

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<v Speaker 1>America Act doesn't have the votes to get passed, and

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<v Speaker 1>therefore you were leading the conservative base astray by telling

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<v Speaker 1>them that they should go fight for it. My response was, so,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I just went to Louisiana public schools, so

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<v Speaker 1>maybe my logic is a little limited.

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<v Speaker 2>But an eighty twenty issue supported.

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<v Speaker 1>By a majority of Black Democrats is something we shouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>insist that Republican senators advocate for. You know, you start

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<v Speaker 1>to wonder what is it that prevents the uniparty, the

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<v Speaker 1>Republican establishment from getting with the program, And it doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>take long to realize that it probably has something to

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<v Speaker 1>do with more than the fact that they don't like

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<v Speaker 1>to work.

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<v Speaker 2>They will be.

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<v Speaker 1>Out of session for the next eighteen days. Their average

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<v Speaker 1>work week is two and a half days. They left

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<v Speaker 1>town yesterday not just failing to take action on the

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<v Speaker 1>Save America Act, but failing to take action on a

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<v Speaker 1>state of nominations, including important judicial nominations by the president.

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<v Speaker 1>It actually makes you wonder if, in fact they're prom

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<v Speaker 1>is to prevent not only the success of President Trump himself,

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<v Speaker 1>but of the MAGA movement more generally. And so as

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<v Speaker 1>we garner our energy for the plan which I will

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<v Speaker 1>lay out here for you, momentarily, we have to keep

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<v Speaker 1>in mind that while we're making progress against the establishment,

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<v Speaker 1>it is still too influential, especially the United States Senate,

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<v Speaker 1>which leads me to the third source of obstacles, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's ourselves. Not that we're wrongheaded, not that you aren't

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<v Speaker 1>working hard, enough.

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<v Speaker 2>But when I tell stories and unfortunately.

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<v Speaker 1>They're true about the Republican Senate leadership for example, and

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<v Speaker 1>other examples of the uniparty in Washington, it comes with

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<v Speaker 1>a risk, right, It comes with a risk of maybe

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<v Speaker 1>discouraging you from digging a little bit deeper, knocking on

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<v Speaker 1>more doors, recruiting more people.

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<v Speaker 2>To run for office, as so many of you in

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<v Speaker 2>this audience have done.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I just want to I want to encourage us,

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<v Speaker 1>myself included all our staff at Heritage, from being discouraged

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<v Speaker 1>and certainly from being complacent. I know that you probably

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<v Speaker 1>don't need me to remind you of what's at stake,

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<v Speaker 1>but maybe what you might enjoy is just a quick

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<v Speaker 1>enumeration of everything we've achieved in the first couple of

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<v Speaker 1>years of Trump's presidency. For four years under Joe Biden,

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<v Speaker 1>more than two hundred thousand illegal immigrants entered the country

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<v Speaker 1>every month. Within weeks after his inauguration, as you know,

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<v Speaker 1>President Trump.

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<v Speaker 2>Lowered that number to zero, literally zero.

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<v Speaker 1>A member of the elite Washington press corps pressed me

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<v Speaker 1>on that fact and said, surely, Roberts, it's not zero,

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<v Speaker 1>it's literally zero.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know that you can count that high, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's zero.

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<v Speaker 1>Secondly, hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants have been deported,

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<v Speaker 1>and of course, whether the right the accurate number is

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<v Speaker 1>eleven million illegals, are twenty two million illegal aliens that

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<v Speaker 1>came here under Biden. We happen to think it's the latter.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever the number is, every single one of them broke

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<v Speaker 1>the law and needs to be deported back to their countries,

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<v Speaker 1>every single one.

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<v Speaker 2>And for the.

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<v Speaker 1>Washington media and the Republican Uniparty, which hate it when

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<v Speaker 1>we say that at Heritage, every single one. Why Because

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<v Speaker 1>if you're going to protect the rule of law, if

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to protect the very thing that motivates people

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<v Speaker 1>to migrate here, then you have to import, you have

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<v Speaker 1>to impose justice, and we have to make it possible

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<v Speaker 1>for legal immigrants to be here.

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<v Speaker 2>But the achievements continue.

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<v Speaker 1>The media likes to make fun of Doze and Elon Musk,

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<v Speaker 1>but keep in mind that as we sit here, that

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<v Speaker 1>effort cut two hundred billion dollars in wasteful spending in

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<v Speaker 1>a single year.

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<v Speaker 2>That's one thousand dollars per taxpayer.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe that's not a lot of money to people on

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<v Speaker 1>the left, but I certainly will take it. He cut

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<v Speaker 1>the deep state by more than three hundred thousand employees

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<v Speaker 1>in a mere fifteen months.

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<v Speaker 2>He's eliminated entire.

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<v Speaker 1>Agencies, starting with the US Department of Education. He's canceled

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<v Speaker 1>corrupt programs like USAID. He's defunded public broadcasting, one of

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<v Speaker 1>my favorites. And he has defunded Planned Parenthood, but only

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<v Speaker 1>until July fourth, which is why we need record conciliation

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<v Speaker 1>three point zero. He do dei and woke insanity from

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<v Speaker 1>the federal government and federally funded universities and school districts.

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<v Speaker 1>He created the first national school choice program and seed

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<v Speaker 1>funded Trump accounts. He unlocked domestic energy production, and he

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<v Speaker 1>removed a tyrant from power in Venezuela in a matter

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<v Speaker 1>of hours, resetting geopolitics so that Americans in the future

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<v Speaker 1>will reap the benefits of what he's done. He's deployed

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<v Speaker 1>the National Guard to blue cities to get the Biden

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<v Speaker 1>crime wave under.

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<v Speaker 2>Control for the first time.

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<v Speaker 1>For the first time in my life, first visiting Washington

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<v Speaker 1>and now working in Washington every day. It's a city

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<v Speaker 1>that is actually clean and where you won't automatically get stabbed.

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<v Speaker 2>Or shot when you walk on the sidewalk, He stood

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<v Speaker 2>up to China.

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<v Speaker 1>He's rebalancing global trade to benefit whom US workers forgot

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<v Speaker 1>people that the elites have run roughshot over and all

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<v Speaker 1>the while the economy has hummed along, withstanding even the

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<v Speaker 1>economic costs of doing what needed to be done in Iran.

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<v Speaker 1>And praise God that President Trump and Vice President Vance

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<v Speaker 1>and Secretary of Rubio are bringing that justified, successful.

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<v Speaker 2>Conflict to a very quick conclusion.

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<v Speaker 1>You see, friends, in this two hundred and fiftieth year

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States, there's much to be grateful for.

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<v Speaker 1>Do not let the left tell us that we need

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<v Speaker 1>to be discouraged, that we need to give up. And

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<v Speaker 1>if you need any reminder, think about what the left

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<v Speaker 1>has done and wants to do. Think about, if you

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<v Speaker 1>really want to be convinced of the lunacy of the left, what.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of their programs are.

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<v Speaker 1>Open borders, defunding the police, men and women's sports and

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<v Speaker 1>women's prisons, sanctuary cities which you know all two more

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<v Speaker 1>much about here, and Colorado censorship, racial and religious discrimination.

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<v Speaker 2>And they excuse and even celebrate political violence.

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<v Speaker 1>Every public opinion poll since our great friend Charlie Kirk's

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<v Speaker 1>assassination shows that Americans on the left are eight or

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<v Speaker 1>nine times more likely to say that political violence is

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<v Speaker 1>okay to achieve their ends. That is the rotten fruit

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<v Speaker 1>of the miseducation, of the indoctrination that the left is

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<v Speaker 1>imposed on the American people. Thank goodness, the Trump administration

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<v Speaker 1>is beginning.

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<v Speaker 2>To fix it.

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<v Speaker 1>The Democrat mayor of New York City wants to get

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<v Speaker 1>rid of all prisons and ban all guns.

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<v Speaker 2>If he succeeds in doing so.

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<v Speaker 1>All of New York will be much more like the

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<v Speaker 1>Third World than one of the greatest cities in the

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<v Speaker 1>history of the world. Their senate candidate in Texas is

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<v Speaker 1>a walking meme. He said just recently that he's a

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<v Speaker 1>faithful Christian who hates Christianity.

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<v Speaker 2>See these are the kinds of things that are perplexing

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<v Speaker 2>to some of us.

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<v Speaker 1>But I've known about this fellow for a while, having

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<v Speaker 1>done some work in Texas over the years, and probably

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<v Speaker 1>the worst thing.

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<v Speaker 2>He says is that God is non binary.

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<v Speaker 1>Their last vice presidential candidate put tampons in boys' bathrooms

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<v Speaker 1>in his state's elementary schools. Their presidential front runner for

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty eight signed a law allowing public schools to

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<v Speaker 1>hide students gender transitioning from their parents.

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<v Speaker 2>The list goes on and on. You know it very well.

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<v Speaker 1>I won't discourage you too much by continuing with that,

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<v Speaker 1>because the main thing that I wanted to drive home

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<v Speaker 1>for you today is that we shouldn't be discouraged. We

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<v Speaker 1>have many reasons to be grateful for the current administration

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<v Speaker 1>and other conservative leaders in the country, but ultimately, if

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to seize this moment, which I happened to

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<v Speaker 1>is providential, then we have to have a plan. So

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<v Speaker 1>if you will permit me, I will walk you through

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<v Speaker 1>the plan chronologically.

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<v Speaker 2>The first thing that needs to happen is.

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<v Speaker 1>That the Senate should go back to Washington and pass

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<v Speaker 1>the Save America Act, and they should stay in town

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<v Speaker 1>because this fancy little term called reconciliation three point zero,

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<v Speaker 1>which is just a way of saying passing an additional budget,

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<v Speaker 1>should be passed by the Senate in the House signed

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<v Speaker 1>by the President, so we can be focused on domestic policy,

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<v Speaker 1>like revitalizing the American economy. And then when that happens,

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<v Speaker 1>we ought to be optimistic about the midterms because if

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<v Speaker 1>you're like the friends, you know, the people sitting at

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<v Speaker 1>your table, like our grassroots activists.

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<v Speaker 2>At Heritage Acson we call sentinels. Some of you are

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<v Speaker 2>in this room.

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<v Speaker 1>You know that that's a very powerful message to deliver

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<v Speaker 1>when you're knocking on doors, when you're calling friends, when

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<v Speaker 1>you're having you know, those debates we're probably not supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to have on social media, but it's very important to have.

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<v Speaker 1>We have a story to tell which isn't just about

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<v Speaker 1>the absurdity of the left's agenda.

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<v Speaker 2>It's about what we are for a very precise agenda.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I happen to think that if those things happen,

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<v Speaker 1>the midterms go well, conservatives hold not just the Senate,

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<v Speaker 1>but hold the House, maybe expanding the majority by a

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<v Speaker 1>handful of seats, that not only do we avoid what

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<v Speaker 1>the left would do if they win the House, which

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<v Speaker 1>is to shut down the entire Trump agenda with impeachment,

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<v Speaker 1>but we actually get to continue doing the work of

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<v Speaker 1>the American people.

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<v Speaker 2>Imagine that.

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<v Speaker 1>And if we do that in twenty twenty seven, then

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<v Speaker 1>I have no doubt that whoever our nominee is in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty eight will be elected. And the other thing

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<v Speaker 1>I know about whoever the nominee will be in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty eight it won't be someone who represents the absurd,

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<v Speaker 1>never Trump class. And so just take a moment to

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<v Speaker 1>think about that. If those things happen, and conservatives continue

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<v Speaker 1>to control all three branches of government and we get

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<v Speaker 1>to the twenty thirty census and we're actually able to

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<v Speaker 1>count only citizens, imagine the possibility. This is why at

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<v Speaker 1>Heritage we have been talking about America's golden Age for years.

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<v Speaker 1>We have been saying for years that the twenty twenties

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<v Speaker 1>is the decade for the United States to experience a

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<v Speaker 1>renewed patriotism, but a renewed patriotism for a purpose, not

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<v Speaker 1>just honoring our history and our heroes, which we need

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<v Speaker 1>to be doing, don't get me wrong, but using their

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<v Speaker 1>examples as motivations.

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<v Speaker 2>For what we need to do next.

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<v Speaker 1>And so, if in fact those events happen, then it

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<v Speaker 1>isn't just the twenty twenties.

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<v Speaker 2>It probably isn't just the twenty thirties. It might be

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<v Speaker 2>the twenty forties and the rest of this century where

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<v Speaker 2>we get to dream about policy agendas that under leftist

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<v Speaker 2>rule just.

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<v Speaker 1>Seem like fantasy. And so I want to leave you

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<v Speaker 1>with some encouragement. But before I do that, I want

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<v Speaker 1>to commend you. I say at every staff meeting at

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<v Speaker 1>Heritage every month that gratitude is the heart of the

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<v Speaker 1>Conservative Why the reason we labor the way we labor

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<v Speaker 1>for not just good policy, but for eternal values, for

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<v Speaker 1>God's truth is because we happen to be privileged to

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<v Speaker 1>wake up in the greatest country and the history of

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<v Speaker 1>the world. We've inherited that from our families, sure, but

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<v Speaker 1>also from the generations of men and women who form

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<v Speaker 1>this country. And if you think about it, what was

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<v Speaker 1>going on two hundred and fifty years ago this day,

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<v Speaker 1>June twenty sixth, seventeen seventy six.

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<v Speaker 2>You know the.

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<v Speaker 1>Dates that came later July fourth, to be sure, July second,

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<v Speaker 1>which was the actual date that the declaration was signed.

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<v Speaker 1>But what about a week prior, what were the representatives

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<v Speaker 1>at the Congress talking about and doing. They knew on

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<v Speaker 1>June twenty sixth, seventeen seventy six that they were going

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<v Speaker 1>to sign the Declaration of Independence, and so they were preparing,

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<v Speaker 1>not unlike the way all of you and we at

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<v Speaker 1>Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action are preparing for the mid

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<v Speaker 1>terms for twenty twenty eight, maybe for governing for a

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<v Speaker 1>long time and there are two famous letters dated that day,

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<v Speaker 1>one from jan John Hancock, who as you know, was

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<v Speaker 1>the first to sign the declaration in really large font

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<v Speaker 1>and the other from George Washington. And if you read

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<v Speaker 1>those letters, I reread them this morning because it's June

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<v Speaker 1>twenty sixth, it's telling the connection between the two. John Hancock,

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<v Speaker 1>on the one hand, was talking about the need for

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<v Speaker 1>more American military resources in the northern colonies, the Northern

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<v Speaker 1>States to offset the advancing British army in Canada.

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<v Speaker 2>George Washington, on the other hand.

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<v Speaker 1>Was talking about the need for more military resources to

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<v Speaker 1>offset the advancing British army and the mid Atlantic, particularly

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<v Speaker 1>Philadelphia and New York. What were they doing on June

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<v Speaker 1>twenty sixth, seventeen seventy six. They weren't talking about the

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<v Speaker 1>great ideas, the great principles that went into the Declaration

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<v Speaker 1>of Independence.

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<v Speaker 2>Those have been settled. Those weren't worth questioning at this point.

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<v Speaker 2>They were planned.

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<v Speaker 1>They were accepting reality for what it was, which is

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<v Speaker 1>that declaring independence is one thing. Defeating the greatest army

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<v Speaker 1>and navy in the world at the time is another.

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<v Speaker 1>But they're doing what we must do as a conservative movement.

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<v Speaker 1>And I happen to think that while George Washington is

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<v Speaker 1>in a category of his own of great presidents and

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<v Speaker 1>great Americans, that we are blessed with a great president,

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<v Speaker 1>truly historically, who is so willing to disrupt the status

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<v Speaker 1>quo that it's incumbent upon us in this year, in

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<v Speaker 1>next year, in twenty twenty eight, in twenty thirty, and

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<v Speaker 1>twenty thirty two, to plan to implement that plan in

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<v Speaker 1>the way that John Hancock and George Washington were doing

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred and fifty years ago at this moment. And

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<v Speaker 1>as we do that, we'll win some and we'll lose some.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the nature of politics. They through a policy. But

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<v Speaker 1>as we go about that, do not let the left

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<v Speaker 1>discourage you. Do not let the media and their leftist

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<v Speaker 1>allies tell you that there.

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<v Speaker 2>Is no hope. That isn't just inaccurate, It isn't just propaganda.

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<v Speaker 2>Those are the words of Satan. Get behind me, Satan,

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<v Speaker 2>because we are here to take our country back.

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<v Speaker 1>There is no doubt in my mind, There is no

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<v Speaker 1>doubt in the minds of all of us inherited.

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<v Speaker 2>It's very clear to us that God is not done

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<v Speaker 2>with the greatest country in the history of the world.

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<v Speaker 1>It's incumbent upon us this generation, as it is every

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<v Speaker 1>generation of Americans, to go secure the.

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<v Speaker 2>Blessings of liberty.

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<v Speaker 1>May God bless you as you do that, and we

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<v Speaker 1>look forward to when it