Interactive Election Game: 2016 (TURN 5)

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Rubio/Pearcy 2016
A New American Century

Schedule July 3-July 16 2016, Part 2

July 5
-Space policy speech at the Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida :
In the last eight years, American space industry and space exploration have declined, mostly because of this economic sluggish we are living, the increase of our national debt at over 20 trillion $, the increase of big government spending, tax increases and the government's intrusion in the economy, thus bringing more deficit and more job losses. I want our country to make progress in space and relaunch space exploration before other nations like China, Russia or India do. I believe in a manned and very strong and dynamic space program. And I promise you that we will send a man on Mars by 2030.

If we want to grow our space industry and relaunch U.S. space exploration, we have to incentivize the private sector to develop space technology by promoting partnership between NASA and private spaceflight companies like SpaceX, Shackleton Energy Company, Space Adventures, Ltd., Planetary Resources, Deep Space Industries, etc., and by extending tax credits and exemptions for those businesses investing in research and development, equipment and other capital (a plan similar to the AGREE Act that I co-sponsored to the Senate in 2011) in order not only to create new jobs in the space industry but also to develop a plan that will keep our space program alive, dynamic and competitive. That's how we'll be able to innovate and develop our space technologies and equipment and to exploit volatiles, minerals and other raw materials from asteroids, comets, moons, near-Earth objects and other space objects to grow our economy. Some of these resources will be taken back to Earth to grow our economy and create jobs (especially gold, silver, iridium, platinum, osmium, palladium, rhodium, rhenium, tungsten and ruthenium) or used to construct rockets and spacecrafts that will be committed for spatial missions (iron, aluminium, titanium, nickel, manganese, molybdenum and cobalt), to ensure our astronauts' self-sufficiency (oxygen and water) and to be utilized as rocket propellant (hydrogen, oxygen and ammonia). That's what we can call in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) that provides all the required materials and energy for a space mission. That way, thanks to ISRU, we will successfully conduct a manned space mission and reclaim our status as world leaders in space exploration while reducing the mass and cost of space exploration architectures as well as the amount of payload that must be launched from Earth in order to explore a given planetary-body.

That's how we're going to revive our space program and make space exploration successful.

[Crowd applauds]

-Flight to Denver, Colorado
-Meet with voters in Denver, Colorado with Cory Gardner
-Energy policy speech at the Noble Energy facility in Denver, Colorado :


Oil drilling and production is an important contributor to America's energy independence. Energy independence is not only a tool for America's economic prosperity but also for America's national security. Why? Because it will deprive terrorists of funds from America's energy dependence and from our imports of oil barrels that come from unstable middle-eastern countries. Without this money, terrorist groups' ability to organize and prepare terrorist attacks will decrease, thus reinforcing international security. That's why we have to reduce taxes and regulations on America's energy industry in order to ensure oil drilling, to approve oil drilling in ANWR, to approve the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline as well as the Dakota Access Pipeline and then invest a part of revenues from oil drilling to develop renewable energies.

So if you want a candidate who will fight for America's energy independence prosperity and security, I am your man.

[Crowd applauds]

-Speech at Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Denver, Colorado with Cory Gardner in an effort to attract Hispanic voters
-Fundraising event at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver, Colorado with Cory Gardner
-Rally with voters at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado with Cory Gardner

-Foreign policy speech at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado with Cory Gardner
-Meet with college voters at the University of Colorado in Denver, Colorado with Cory Gardner in an effort to win among young voters
-Meet with voters in Colorado Springs, Colorado with Cory Gardner and Mike Coffman
-Speech at the United States Olympic Committee headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado where the Florida Senator gives a speech that shows optimism about the eventuality that the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be held in Los Angeles
-Foreign policy speech at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado with Cory Gardner and Mike Coffman
-Dinner with voters at Antlers hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado
-Meet with voters in Aurora, Colorado with Cory Gardner and Mike Coffman
-Counter-terrorism policy speech at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colorado with Cory Gardner and Mike Coffman
-Fundraising event at the Radisson Hotel Denver Southeast in Aurora, Colorado

July 6
-Flight to Carson City, Nevada
-Meet with voters in Carson City, Nevada with Brian Sandoval
-Meet with voters in Reno, Nevada with Brian Sandoval
- Speech in Reno, Nevada in reaction to Comey's decision not to charge Hillary Clinton's emails :

Recently, FBI Director James Comey has called Hillary Clinton's handling of her emails extremely careless. And yet he decided not to charge Clinton and gave up on his responsibility and allowed her to pass. And we also got Elizabeth Warren who refused to condemn Clinton's handling of her emails. She has proven to be a pure partisan hack. We can't afford to allow America's foes to hack these emails and to put innocent lives in danger. All the members of my administration, including my Secretary of State, will follow the rules of integrity and have a governmental email account. That way, we can promote integrity and national security.

-Fundraising event at Atlantis Casino Resort Spa in Reno, Nevada with Brian Sandoval
-Immigration reform policy speech in Reno, Nevada in an effort to attract Hispanic voters
-Economic policy speech at the National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada with Brian Sandoval
-Meet with voters in Sparks, Nevada with Brian Sandoval
-Meet with voters in Las Vegas, Nevada with Brian Sandoval
-Immigration policy speech in Las Vegas, Nevada :

Immigration reform requires security in our borders, which is why we need to increase the number of border agents. I want to reform our immigration system in order to reinforce security in our borders, to make our country more welcoming and inclusive than ever before towards immigrants and to restore the American Dream as well as to reinforce our country's reputation as the land of opportunity. As President, I will promote school choice, which will give positive results for lower-income Americans : lower education costs for families, including immigrant families living paycheck to paycheck, production of higher outcomes, in contrast to public education. It will help parents to guide their children out of poorly-performing schools assigned by zip code and grant them better education elsewhere. It will expand opportunities for low-income students—especially minorities—to attend high-quality schools that would otherwise be accessible only to high-income families, thus giving them a fair chance of succeeding and entering the workforce.

July 7
-Flight to Hampton, Virginia
-Meet with voters in Hampton, Virginia with Jim Webb
-Counter-terrorism policy speech at the Air Power Park in Hampton, Virginia with Jim Webb
-Agriculture policy speech at Bluebird Gap Farm in Hampton, Virginia with Jim Webb
-Veteran policy speech at Hampton National Cemetery in Hampton, Virginia with Jim Webb
-Rally with voters at Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia
-Meet with voters in Newport News, Virginia with Jim Webb
-Foreign policy speech in Newport News, Virginia with Jim Webb
-Counter-terrorism policy speech at the Mariners' Museum and Park in Newport News, Virginia with Jim Webb
-Meet with voters in Cumberland, Virginia with Jim Webb
-Meet with voters in Farmville, Virginia with Jim Webb
-Rally with undecided voters in Farmville, Virginia in response to Elizabeth Warren's attacks :

Senator Warren does not understand the cause of the Pulse shooting that occured one month ago in Orlando, Florida. Instead of denouncing radical Islamic terrorism for this terrible event, she blamed the NRA. Stricter gun control would not have changed anything. In fact, Omar Mateen could still have killed people at Pulse nightclub with a knife, an axe, a grenade, a car bomb, etc. So the right answer to what have caused the Pulse shooting is radical Islamic terrorism. Senator Warren has selected the wrong target. In addition, she is still afraid to define our enemy, which is radical Islamic terrorism. How can she win a war if she doesn't know who the enemy is? How can she win a war if she doesn't know the cause of such an event like the Pulse shooting? Among the reasons why this tragedy happened is because the FBI had not been able to keep Mateen on their watch list, because the Obama administration has weakened our security measures and our military through drastic cuts in defense budget and in the FBI's counter-terrorism budget (all policies that are supported by Senator Warren) and also because the Democrats, including Senator Warren, voted « No » on authorizing the Attorney General to delay transfer of firearms to suspected terrorists.

As President of the United States, I will give the Attorney General the mandate to delay the transfer of firearms to suspected terrorists, because that's the right way to save innocent lives, to defend our liberty, to reinforce our national security, to stop terrorist attacks from occurring and to defend the American people's right to own firearms and to ensure their self-defense.

[Crowd loudly applauds]

July 8-9

-Senate duties in Washington D.C.

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Marco Rubio Campaign Ad

In an effort to win among voters who are concerned about Barack Obama's disastrous foreign policy that contributed to ISIS' rise and to further radical Islamic terrorist attacks around the world, Marco Rubio's presidential campaign broadcasts an ad attacking Elizabeth Warren for her support to the Iran nuclear deal and narrating Rubio's plan to stop the Iranian nuclear threat.

The ad titled « Concession » airs in Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Maine, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, California, Oregon and the state of Washington

« Concession » advertisement narration :    


Narrator : Exactly one year ago, Elizabeth Warren has joined Barack Obama and the Democrats by supporting the Iran nuclear deal that lifted sanctions against Iran, thus giving them a ransom and giving them the necessary capitals to keep sponsoring international terrorism and to keep developing its nuclear program.





If Iran gets nuclear weapons, they will be able to attack the United States and our allies, including Israel and to trigger a nuclear war that will cost millions of lives. We can't let this happen.


As President, Marco Rubio will repeal this so-called deal and restore diplomatic and economic sanctions against Iran to make sure they will never have the necessary money to develop nuclear weapons and to sponsor international terrorism. He will put in place a comprehensive missile defense program that will create an anti-missile shield that will intercept and destroy any nuclear missile launched by Iran. He will make sure that Iran will use its nuclear energy not for military purposes but for economic purposes. Nuclear energy should be used for Iran's economic growth. That way, there will be no war against Iran and international peace and security will be preserved and reinforced.

A vote for Marco Rubio is a vote for international peace and stability.

Marco Rubio : I'm Marco Rubio and I approve this message.

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I think I will need a 30 minute extension.

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Rubio/Pearcy 2016
A New American Century

Schedule July 3-July 16 2016, Part 3

July 10
-Meet with voters in Farmville, Virginia with John Warner
-Meet with college voters at the Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia with John Warner in an effort to win among young voters
-Meet with voters in Richmond, Virginia with John Warner
-Foreign policy speech in Richmond, Virginia with John Warner
-Rally with voters at the Carpenter Theatre in Richmond, Virginia with John Warner
-Innovation policy speech at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia with John Warner
-Meet with college voters at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia with John Warner
-Economic policy speech in Richmond, Virginia with John Warner
-Meet with voters in Winchester, Virginia with John Warner
-Meet with college voters at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia with John Warner
-Meet with voters in Orange, Virginia with John Warner
-Meet with voters in Dumfries, Virginia with John Warner
-Meet with voters in Manassas, Virginia with John Warner

July 11
-Flight to Cincinnati, Ohio
-Meet with voters in Cincinnati, Ohio with John Kasich and Rob Portman
-Economic policy speech at Kroger headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio with John Kasich and Rob Portman
-Rally with undecided voters at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio in response to Sherrod Brown's attacks :


Sherrod Brown is trying to distort the facts about me and my economic agenda. He claimed that I don't care about workers, which is absolutely not true. Brown's statement is a blunt lie. I care deeply about workers, about their families while Barack Obama's big government policies that Senator Brown is supporting are crushing the middle class through higher taxes and regulations. The reason why we are losing jobs that are shipping overseas is because of high taxes and regulations, because Obama made America a harder place to do business and because we have the highest corporate tax rate in the developed world, which is 40 %. While the corporate tax rate among our partners around the Pacific is between 20 % and 30 %, that's what gives them the advantage in trade deals, which is attracting American jobs overseas. So we have to reduce our corporate tax rate from 40 % to 20 %, which will make America an easier place to do business and bring our jobs back here in the United States while ensuring America's competitiveness. By cutting taxes and regulations on our nation's manufacturing industry, we're going to bring American jobs back in our country and help creating more jobs in this sector. This is putting our workers' needs first. This is putting America first.

[Crowd applauds]

And I've got to remind Senator Brown that most of the jobs that Ohio lost in the last ten years were lost under the governorship of Ted Strickland under whom Ohio lost 350 000 good-paying jobs due to tax increases and under whom the Buckeye state's unemployment rate raised above 10 %. If Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown are elected, Ohians will suffer the equivalent of a second term of Ted Strickland who, by the way, is running for Senate here in Ohio. While they're seeking to take on Wall Street and to be the champions of the workers, Senator Warren and Senator Brown have records that tell the contrast. Warren's 2012 senatorial campaign has collected more than $630,000 from Wall Street individuals in the securities and investment industry, making it the sixth highest industry in political donations to her campaigns. In addition, $2.3 million in contributions have poured from Wall Street lawyers and law firms to her campaign’s coffers. Warren and Brown are supporting Dodd-Frank, a policy that made big banks bigger because the government made them big by imposing thousands of pages of regulations. Unlike small banks, big banks are able to deal with all these regulations because they have an army of lawyers and compliance officers. As a consequence, big banks got bigger and small banks are struggling to lend or to exist. We have actually created a category of systemically important institutions, and these banks go around bragging about it. You know what they say to people with a wink and a nod? We are so big, we are so important that if we get in trouble, the government has to bail us out. Most of jobs come from small businesses. By supporting Dodd-Frank, the Democratic ticket is running against the interests of workers because it is eviscerating small businesses and small banks. Over 40 % of small and mid-size banks that loan money to small businesses have been wiped out since Dodd-Frank has passed in 2010, which bankrupted small businesses, killed tens of thousands of jobs and drastically raised the unemployment rate. We need to repeal Dodd-Frank in order to restore integrity in Wall Street, to promote free market and to get small businesses growing again to hire people who are working hard for opportunity and for a better future here on the land of opportunity. Senator Brown is actually the one who played against the interests of America's workers since he voted against the Small Business Tax Fairness Act of 2000 that reduced taxes on small businesses and increased the minimum wage.

[Crowd boos]

As President, I will fight for workers and for their rights. I will fight for America's economic prosperity as well for opportunity, liberty and justice for all. Thank you. God bless America.

[Crowd applauds]

-Energy policy speech at Duke Energy facility in Cincinnati, Ohio with John Kasich and Rob Portman
-Rally with voters at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio with John Kasich and Rob Portman
-Meet with college voters at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio in an effort to win among young voters
-Meet with voters in Evandale, Ohio with John Kasich and Rob Portman
-Manufacturing policy speech at GE Aviation headquarters in Evandale, Ohio with John Kasich and Rob Portman
-Meet with voters in Fairfield, Ohio with John Kasich and Rob Portman
-Meet with voters in Loveland, Ohio with John Kasich and Rob Portman
-Meet with voters in Sharonville, Ohio with John Kasich and Rob Portman
-Economic policy speech at Sharonville Transmission in Sharonville, Ohio with John Kasich and Rob Portman
-Meet with voters in Mason, Ohio with John Kasich and Rob Portman
-Meet with voters in Dayton, Ohio with John Kasich and Rob Portman
-Counter-terrorism policy speech at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center in Dayton, Ohio with John Kasich and Rob Portman
-Manufacturing policy speech at Behr Dayton Thermal Products headquarters in Dayton, Ohio with John Kasich and Rob Portman
-Rally with voters at Fifth Third Field in Dayton, Ohio with John Kasich and Rob Portman

July 12
-Meet with voters in Brookville, Ohio with John Kasich and Rob Portman
-Meet with voters in Clayton, Ohio with John Kasich and Rob Portman
-Meet with voters in Englewood, Ohio with John Kasich and Rob Portman
-Meet with voters in Centerville, Ohio with John Kasich and Rob Portman
-Meet with voters in Beavercreek, Ohio with John Kasich and Rob Portman
-Meet with voters in Xenia, Ohio with John Kasich and Rob Portman
-Town hall in Xenia, Ohio
-Meet with voters in Springfield, Ohio
-Meet with voters in Delaware, Ohio
-Meet with voters in Columbus, Ohio
-Rally with voters at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio for a speech given by John Kasich :

   
When I became Governor of Ohio in 2011, we were the 48th state in terms of job creation. After one term of Ted Strickland's disastrous governorship, which saw no economic growth in our state, many jobs lost, and a deficit rise up to $8 billion, I ran for governor. After a tough race, we won. While in office, I took the state from an 8 billion dollar hole to a 2 billion dollar surplus, and eliminated the state's estate tax. During my time in office, Ohio also saw a 9.3% increase in private sector jobs.

Right now, we are living one of the slowest economic growths in American history. Barack Obama's big government policies that taxes and regulates our people and our businesses, made us dependent on foreign energy and got the deficit to almost 20 trillion $ made our economy less dynamic. If we elect Elizabeth Warren, the worst will be yet to come. We need a President who understands the economy and knows how to create jobs.

Just like I did during my governorship, Marco Rubio will diversify our economy by increasing oil drilling and production and use a part of revenues from oil drilling to develop renewable energies, thus ensuring the environment's protection while encouraging job creation. He will promote free trade so our products will be less expensive with lower tariffs and our companies will be much more competitive around the world by getting us new consumers internationally. Marco Rubio will reform our education system by promoting school choice. He will cut taxes and regulations on businesses and reduce the cost of doing business in America, which will make our country the best place in the world to make business. He will reform our immigration system, balance our budget and he will use a part of future budget surpluses to develop our infrastructures so our economic activities will be facilitated.

-Meet with voters in Toledo, Ohio

July 13
-Flight to Battle Creek, Michigan
-Meet with voters in Battle Creek, Michigan with Rick Snyder
-Economic policy speech at Kellogg's headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan with Rick Snyder
-Small government policy speech in Battle Creek, Michigan with Rick Snyder
-Rally with voters at C.O. Brown Stadium in Battle Creek, Michigan with Rick Snyder
-Meet with voters in Springfield, Michigan with Rick Snyder
-Meet with voters in Marshall, Michigan with Rick Snyder
-Meet with voters in Hudsonville, Michigan with Rick Snyder
-Meet with voters in Albion, Michigan with Rick Snyder
-Meet with voters in Holland, Michigan with Rick Snyder
-Meet with voters in Holland, Michigan with Rick Snyder
-Meet with voters in Grand Rapids, Michigan with Rick Snyder
-Meet with voters in Kalamazoo, Michigan with Rick Snyder
-Meet with college voters at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan in an effort to win among young voters
-Town hall meeting with voters at Waldo Library in Kalamazoo, Michigan
-Rally with voters at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan
-Meet with voters in Lansing, Michigan with Rick Snyder

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Marco Rubio's speech in Arlington, Virginia in reaction to the terrorist attacks in Nice

In the last few years, ISIS committed two terrorist attacks in Paris in 2015 and expanded its operations around the world through further terrorist attacks, threatening our values of liberty, gender equality, justice, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.

Today, while the French people was celebrating Bastille Day, a basic element of freedom, liberty and democracy, ISIS committed a new attack against our French allies in Nice, killing 86 people. This is another attack against freedom and integrity. I offer the victims' families my condolences on their loved ones. We are Nice!

Barack Obama has neglected the fight for freedom by cutting defense spending needed to fight radical Islamic terrorism and prevent further terrorist attacks. We have to stand with our allies, including France and together, we will defeat ISIS and international terrorism like the evil it is just like we won the American Revolution together and won the two world wars together. As President, I will not only increase defense budget and our military's readiness but also strengthen our military alliances because we have common goals with our allies : reinforcing security and defending liberty, justice and integrity. By deploying ground troops and expanding our military alliances, we will destroy radical Islamic terrorists, whether it's ISIS, Al Qaida, Hezbollah, Al-Nusra Front, Al-Shabaab or Boko Haram, then assist countries in the throes of terrorism in their reconstruction by training new armed forces, building houses, schools, groceries, markets, hospitals and police stations as well as by creating democratic institutions to reinforce security, freedom, democracy and justice, which will reinforce peace and save many innocent lives around the world as well as liberty and justice.

Thank you. God bless you all, God bless Nice and God bless America.

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Rubio/Pearcy 2016
A New American Century

Schedule July 14-July 21 2016, Part 1

July 14
-Flight to Nashua, New Hampshire
-Meet with voters in Nashua, New Hampshire with Mitt Romney and Kelly Ayotte
-Meet with voters in Manchester, New Hampshire with Mitt Romney and Kelly Ayotte
-Economic policy speech in Manchester, New Hampshire with Mitt Romney and Kelly Ayotte
-Meet with voters in Concord, New Hampshire with Mitt Romney and Kelly Ayotte
-Town hall meeting with voters in Concord, New Hampshire with Mitt Romney and Kelly Ayotte
-Meet with voters in Goffstown, New Hampshire with Mitt Romney and Kelly Ayotte

July 15
-Flight to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
-Meet with voters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
-Energy policy speech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
-Manufacturing policy speech at the United States Steel Corporation headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
-Economic policy speech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
-Meet with college voters at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
-Fundraising event at Benedum Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
-Rally with voters at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in response to Barack Obama's statements :

Once again, President Obama has demonstrated his arrogance and naivety by describing our foreign policy agenda as extreme. These statements are not presidential at all. Actually, through cuts in the FBI's counterterrorism budget and in defense budget and through your withdrawal from the fight against terror, your weak foreign policy has allowed Islamic extremist terrorists, including those fighting for ISIS, to rise, to control a large territory and to kill thousands of innocent people around the world, including here in the United States of America. And even today, as ISIS has killed over 86 people in Nice, France, last night, President Obama wants to put our military at its smallest size since World War I, which will encourage terrorists to persist, to prevail and to trigger further terrorist attacks. He has no plan to defeat ISIS so President Obama is the one who is out of ideas in addition of not having the courage to define our enemy like it is : Islamic extremist terrorism. That's how we differ them from mainstream Muslims who are defending the real values of Islam. And radical Islamic terrorists are killing these Muslims for what they believe. So if we defeat terrorism, we will defend not only international security but also freedom of religion as well as freedom of speech.

By the way, while we agree with the Obama administration's policy to arm Syrian rebels, they are arming rebels who are, in reality, fighting for Islamic extremist terrorist groups like ISIS, Al Qaida and Al-Nosra even though we know nothing about these so-called rebels. As if things were not bad enough already, the Iran nuclear deal, one of the worst deals the Obama administration has ever made and that Senator Warren is supporting, is giving Iran the money they need to sponsor and fund Islamic extremist terrorist groups such as the Hezbollah. As President, I will put in place background checks on Syrian rebels before arming them, that way we will be able to learn more about them, their ties and their backgrounds. That way, we're going to make sure that we will arm the right rebels, that we will arm anti-terrorist forces and that we will deprive Islamic extremist terrorists of weapons. When I'm President, we're going to defeat Islamic extremist terrorism by defining them by its name, by increasing the FBI's antiterrorism budget, by reinforcing our defense budget, by modernizing our military, strengthening our alliances, striking terrorists on their territory through military force and by abolishing the Iran nuclear deal in order to deprive Iran of the necessary revenues to sponsor terrorist groups. That's how we're going to defeat ISIS and international terrorism and to restore peace, freedom and security, which requires putting terrorists on defense and requires unconditional victory against them.

[Crowd loudly applauds]

-Meet with voters in Kittanning, Pennsylvania
-Meet with voters in Murrysville, Pennsylvania
-Meet with voters in Greensburg, Pennsylvania
-Meet with voters in Indiana, Pennsylvania
-Flight to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
-Meet with voters in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with Pat Toomey
-Rally with voters at the Holocaust Memorial in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with Pat Toomey
-Rally with voters at Giant Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with Pat Toomey

July 16
-Meet with voters in Moon Township, Pennsylvania with Pat Toomey
-Flight to Washington D.C.
-Senate duties in Washington D.C.
-In reaction to the terrorist attack in Nice, France, Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Virginia Democratic Senator Mark Warner co-sponsored a bipartisan legislation called Bipartisan Counterterrorist Coalition Act that would reinforce defence ties with Turkey, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India in order to create a greater collaboration with these countries to fight terrorism in the Middle East through military strength and deter Iran from getting nuclear weapons.

-Marco Rubio's speech in the U.S. Senate introducing his Bipartisan Counterterrorist Coalition Act

One month ago, we suffered the worst terrorist attack on the U.S. soil since 9/11. The day before yesterday, ISIS killed 86 innocent people in Nice, France, one of our greatest allies. We have to make sure that this kind of tragedy never happens again here in America and abroad. That requires fighting international terrorism, especially in the Middle East. But if we want to make our antiterrorist fight successful, we have to reinforce and expand our strategic alliances and then, through military strength, we will defeat ISIS and Al Qaida. Such stronger alliances will, through stronger pressure on Tehran, make sure that Iran never gets nuclear weapons. It will make sure that Iran will use its nuclear energy not for military purposes but for economic purposes. Nuclear energy should be used for Iran's economic growth. And as long as Iran acts like this, there will be no need to intervene militarily against Iran, which will reinforce international security and peace. That's why Senator Warner and I are co-sponsoring and introducing the Bipartisan Counterterrorist Coalition Act.

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Marco Rubio's resonse to Andrew Napolitano in Las Cruces, New Mexico

I want to thank Andrew Napolitano for his arrogance. Calling your opponent a robot has nothing presidential. And one of the main reasons why I selected Stephen Pearcy as my running mate is to shake up Washington, to make clear that power belongs to all the people, to send a message of change and unity for all the American people, whether they are conservatives, liberals, independents, libertarians, etc. and to send a message of economic freedom through small government and promotion of free market.

When it comes to the countries that you mentionned, Mr. Napolitano seems not to have listened. I said that we have to make sure that Pakistan is on our side and ensure full Pakistani cooperation with the United States in the War on Terror and our broader counterterrorism efforts in the region. Pakistan must fulfill its obligations to deny safe haven to all terrorist groups and take action against those who aid, support and abet them. Continued U.S. security assistance should be conditioned on Pakistan’s actions against militants that seek to destabilize Afghanistan and the Middle East and threaten the U.S., as well as steps Islamabad takes to support accountable, civilian governance. One sign of Pakistan’s seriousness is its handling of the case of Shakil Afridi who was arrested by the Pakistani authorities while he assisted U.S. efforts to locate Osama Bin Laden.

And yes, fighting terrorism allows protection of our Constitution because terrorists are killing Americans and innocent people around the world because we believe in democracy, freedom of press, freedom of speech, freedom of religion and gender equity. And we fight terrorism in order to defend these values.

Just like Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown, Ron Paul and Andrew Napolitano are unable to listen to the people in this time of war against radical Islamic terrorism. Our people is concerned about our country's future, about it's security and it's freedom. Terrorists are the enemies of freedom and liberty. The recent terrorist attacks in Brussels, Orlando and Nice have proven that Barack Obama's weak foreign policy of isolationism, of withdrawal from the fight against terror and of size reduction of our military has failed. From September 11 2001 to the Obama area, there has been no major terrorist attack on the U.S. soil. You know why? Because of our strong security measures, our strong homeland security, our strong military and our strong alliances.

When Barack Obama came in office, all of that has changed. He imposed cuts in our security measures, in the FBI's counter-terrorism budget and in our military, which made America an easier target for terrorists and gave them great opportunities to attack us. And that's exactly what they did in Garland (Texas) on May 2015, in San Bernardino (California) on December 2 2015, in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) on January 2016 and in Orlando (Florida). So I think Napolitano has no idea of what he's talking about when he says that my foreign policy has failed. By claiming this, he has proven that he and Ron Paul don't know anything about foreign policy. No Wonder that they have no plan to defeat radical Islamic terrorism. A vote for Ron Paul is a vote for four more years like the last eight years.

We can't afford four more years of Barack Obama's weak foreign policy that helped creating radical Islamic terrorist groups. We need a President who has the experience to do that job. As a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and of the U.S. Senate Committee on Intelligence, I know what it takes to defeat radical Islamic terrorism. I know it requires stronger security measures, a stronger and modernized U.S. military and stronger alliances. That's why I'm introducing the Bipartisan Counterterrorist Coalition Act and that's why I call my colleagues in the Senate to support that bill for the sake of America's victory against radical Islamic terrorism and for the sake of the restoration and preservation of international freedom, security and peace.

Thank you. God bless you all. God bless America.

[Crowd applauds and chants USA! USA! USA!]

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Marco Rubio Campaign Ad

In an effort to win among working-class voters who are most concerned about economic issues, Marco Rubio's presidential campaign broadcasts an ad narrating Rubio's plan to keep American jobs in the United States while pursuing America's quest for open markets.

The ad titled « Fairness, Freedom and Competition » airs in Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Maine, Oregon and the state of Washington

« Fairness, Freedom and Competition » advertisement narration :



Narrator : Do you know why America is losing jobs through Barack Obama's trade policy? Because of his big government policies that increased taxes and regulations on all the American people, our business owners and our industries, including the manufacturing industry, on which 12 % of the U.S. economy is based.


It is also because we have the highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized world, which is 40 %, which is making America a hard place to do business. while Singapore is at the lowest rate among this same category of countries, which is 17 %. In addition, the United States are among the rare OECD countries that did not cut their corporate tax rates since 2000. This explains why Singapore and other countries in the Pacific-Asia region are beating us in Obama's version of the TPP and have the upper hand. But we also have to understand that we are 5 percent of the world's population. If all we do is sell things to each other, we can only sell to 5 percent of the people on Earth. We have to have access to the hundreds of millions of people in the world today who can afford to buy things. That's how our economy will be competitive and dynamic. We need to find common grounds between America's economic competitiveness and the interests of our workers as Marco Rubio did.




As the next President of the United States, Marco Rubio will make sure that America will keep its jobs by making the best place in the world to do business, which requires cutting taxes and regulations for all Americans and our businesses, including our manufacturing businesses in order to increase their competitiveness, their survival, their expansion, their productivity and their ability to create jobs, which will ensure that we will bring manufacturing jobs back here in the United States. President Rubio will reduce our corporate tax rate to 20 %, which will make our trade deals fairer and make America more competitive in the world economy by making our country the best business-friendly environment in the world, thus making us able to keep our jobs while pursuing our quest for open markets in the world and reducing the cost of exporting and importing. The more consumers we get in the world, the more we ensure job creation since consumption is one of the greatest elements of America's economic strength and prosperity.




If you want fair and free trade deals, if you want more freedom and rights for our workers, if you want a leader who demonstrated his ability to find common grounds on trade in order to help our country to reclaim and keep its jobs while encouraging trade as well as our competition in the world economy, Marco Rubio is your candidate.

Marco Rubio : I'm Marco Rubio and I approve this message.

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Rubio/Pearcy 2016
A New American Century

Schedule July 14-July 21 2016, Part 2

July 17
-Flight to Warren, Michigan
-Meet with voters in Warren, Michigan with Stephen Pearcy
-Trade policy speech in Warren, Michigan with Stephen Pearcy
-Tax policy speech in Warren, Michigan with Stephen Pearcy
-Meet with voters in Auburn Hills, Michigan with Stephen Pearcy
-Economic policy speech at Guardian Industries headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan with Stephen Pearcy :

One week ago, a poll showed that 59 % of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction and feel the economy will get worse before it gets better. That is so very understandable. No wonder that we are living the weakest economic recovery in America's history due to Barack Obama's big government policies that increased taxes, regulations and government spending, took taxpayers' money away from them, crushed the middle class, made us more dependent on foreign oil and less competitive in the world economy, increased the deficit and made our country a harder place to start a business. Unless we reverse that situation, our country will be heading to a recession.

Under a Rubio administration, we will reduce the size of government, cut taxes and regulations for all the American people, including the middle class, abolish the IRS and replace it with a 15 % flat tax, increase oil production and invest a part of revenues from oil drilling in the development of renewable energies in order to clinch energy independence and America's energy revolution. We will make America competitive and make our trade deals fairer by cutting taxes for our manufacturing industry and by reducing our corporate tax rate to 20 %, which will protect our workers and our jobs while ensuring the continuation of our quest for open markets. This will also make America the best business-friendly environment in the world and ensure massive job creation because most of the jobs come from small business, something Elizabeth Warren doesn't understand. At the very beginning of the New American Century that will start on January 20th 2017, the economy will shine again and will be fair for all our people, including the middle class and lower income Americans.

-Meet with voters in Troy, Michigan with Stephen Pearcy
-Meet with voters in Detroit, Michigan with Stephen Pearcy
-Manufacturing policy speech in Detroit, Michigan with Stephen Pearcy
-Economic policy speech at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan with Stephen Pearcy
-Speech at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, Michigan with Stephen Pearcy in an effort to attract African American voters
-Speech at the Michigan Black Chamber-Commerce in Detroit, Michigan with Stephen Pearcy in an effort to win among African American voters
-Flight to Raleigh, North Carolina
-Meet with voters in Raleigh, North Carolina with Nikki Haley, Thom Tillis and Bob Dole
-Meet with voters in Cary, North Carolina with Nikki Haley, Thom Tillis and Bob Dole
-Meet with voters in Siler City, North Carolina with Nikki Haley, Thom Tillis and Bob Dole
-Meet with voters in Pittsboro, North Carolina with Nikki Haley, Thom Tillis and Bob Dole
-Meet with voters in Durham, North Carolina with Nikki Haley, Thom Tillis and Bob Dole
-Counter-terrorism policy speech in Durham, North Carolina where Senator Rubio slams his opponents for not understanding that the main reason why the terrorist attack in San Bernardino happened because we did not have access to records, information and other items under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that would have allowed us to identify terrorists before they attacked, which explains why America needs stronger security measures and a stronger counter-terrorism budget for the FBI.
-Meet with voters in Charlotte, North Carolina with Nikki Haley, Thom Tillis and Bob Dole
-Flight to Albuquerque, New Mexico
-Meet with voters in Albuquerque, New Mexico with Suana Martinez and Gary Johnson
-Agriculture policy speech at Albuquerque Botanical Gardens in Albuquerque, New Mexico with Susana Martinez and Gary Johnson
-Foreign policy speech at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico with Susana Martinez and Gary Johnson
-Rally with voters at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico with Susana Martinez and Gary Johnson
-Speech in Spanish at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico with Susana Martinez and Gary Johnson in an effort to win among undecided Hispanic voters :


Como defensora del sueño americano, y quiero agradecer a la Cámara de Comercio Hispana de los Estados Unidos por apoyar a ma campaña. Yo soy el mejor candidato para mejore condiciones de vida del hispanos.

Tenemos que dar a los hispanos un justo camino a la ciudadanía mediante reforma migratoria y mayor protección de nuestras fronteras. Tenemos que dar a los hispanos la oportunidad de aprender Inglés, manteniendo su lengua y su patrimonio cultural con el fin de abrir nuevas oportunidades económicas para ellos, porque creo que no debemos cerrar estas oportunidades para cualquiera de nuestros conciudadanos, ya que su primer idioma es otro que Inglés. La elección de escuela dará resultados positivos a los hispanos : los costos de educación más bajos para las familias, incluyendo las familias de inmigrantes de cheque a cheque, la producción de los resultados más altos, por el contrario viven a la educación pública. Se permite a los padres a guiar a sus hijos de las escuelas-funcionando mal asignados por el código postal y les otorgan una mejor educación en otros lugares. Se ampliará las oportunidades para los estudiantes -en particular las minorías de bajos ingresos, para asistir a escuelas de alta calidad que de otro modo sólo será accesible a las familias de altos ingresos, lo que les da una oportunidad razonable de éxito y un camino más fácil a la fuerza de trabajo. Al promover el libre comercio con América Latina, vamos a dar a nuestros negocios, incluyendo las pequeñas empresas hispanas en los Estados Unidos gracias a las oportunidades de idiomas y su fluidez en español e inglés, nuevas oportunidades para innovar, para aumentar su competitividad, para llegar a nuevos consumidores, dando a tener acceso a los productos estadounidenses, para crear puestos de trabajo en nuestro país y garantizar su expansión. Gracias a su bilingüismo, los hispanos será dominante entre los importadores, los exportadores, los traductores y los ejecutivos que garanticen un intercambio, cultural y comercial. Y como he dicho, nuestra capacidad de innovación y la competencia proviene de nuestros mercados abiertos, así como nuestra constante búsqueda de nuevos mercados.

Amigos, gracias al libre mercado y a la libertad empresarial, 8 de noviembre 2016 constituirá un nuevo amanecer para todos el pueblo americano, incluso los hispanos. América será el mejor lugar del mundo para abrir un nuevo negocio, para prosperar y para cumplir todo lo que habría sido impossible extranjero. Yo comprende esto como hijo de immigrantes, como hijo de uno barman y una casero.

El 20 de enero 2017, será Mañana de nuevo en América para un futuro más brillante, prosperidad, igual y seguro.

On January 20th 2017, it's going to be Morning Again in America.

Gracias, amigos. Que Dios bendiga los Estados Unidos de America.

-Meet with voters in Rio Rancho, New Mexico with Susana Martinez and Gary Johnson
-Energy policy speech in Rio Rancho, New Mexico with Susana Martinez and Gary Johnson
-Rally with voters at Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico with Susana Martinez and Gary Johnson
-Small government policy speech in Rio Rancho, New Mexico with Susana Martinez and Gary Johnson
-Economic policy speech in Rio Rancho, New Mexico with Susana Martinez and Gary Johnson in an effort to attract Libertarian voters :

I am proud to be a fiscal conservative. This election matters too much to let Elizabeth Warren win and give us four more years of Barack Obama's big government policies. I'm the only one who can stop this, and I will do so with my experience as member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. As the son of a bartender and a housekeeper, I know that hardworking, not big government, is the source of America's prosperity. As President, I will cut taxes for all the American people, from the bottom to the top, I will abolish the IRS and replace it by a 15 % flat tax. I will reduce government spending and promote free market solutions to our problems. I will oppose all government intervention and regulation on wages, prices, rents, profits, production and interest rates and advocate the repeal of all laws banning or restricting the advertising of prices, products or services. I believe that free markets will stimulate the technological innovations and behavioral changes required to protect the environment and ecosystem. I will put in place a balanced budget amendment and will make America the best place in the world to do business, which requires cutting taxes for American business owners, reducing the cost of doing business in America and reducing America's corporate tax rate from 40 % to 20 %.

By putting aside the problem represented by government, we will make sure that our workers and our business owners will succeed and make our society fairer and more prosperous.

-Meet with voters in Santa Fe, New Mexico with Susana Martinez and Gary Johnson
-Free trade policy speech in Santa Fe, New Mexico with Susana Martinez and Gary Johnson
-Immigration policy speech in Santa Fe, New Mexico with Susana Martinez and Gary Johnson
-School choice policy speech in Santa Fe, New Mexico with Susana Martinez and Gary Johnson
-Meet with voters in Las Cruces, New Mexico with Susana Martinez and Gary Johnson
-Fundraising event at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library in Las Cruces, New Mexico with Susana Martinez and Gary Johnson
-Infrastructure policy speech in Las Cruces, New Mexico with Susana Martinez and Gary Johnson
-Meet with college voters at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico with Susana Martinez and Gary Johnson in an effort to attract young voters

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Rubio/Pearcy 2016
A New American Century

Schedule July 14-July 21 2016, Part 3

July 18-21
-Flight to Cleveland, Ohio
-Watch the Republican National Convention at television
-Florida Senator Marco Rubio accepts the Republican nomination for President of the United States during the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio

[UWS]

Anyway, the turn lasts until Friday night at 10 pm, which already gives 4 days.

Just to be clear, the bill didn't refer to the homeland security, but only America's military and alliances.

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Marco Rubio's response to Ron Paul in Houston, Texas

If the majority of the American people was really opposing my counter-terrorism agenda, then your son Rand Paul would have won the nomination, but he did not. Congressman Paul, the reason why your election would be a continuation of Obama's foreign policy is because you will weaken our military withdraw America from the fight against terrorism, which was exactly the mistake committed by Obama that contributed to ISIS' rise and to multiplied terrorist attacks around the world. These policies will hand a massive victory to ISIS. Victory against terrorism requires American leadership and strength. The world is freer, safer, more peaceful and better when America is the strongest military power in the world. And you know why ISIS has raised and has expanded?  Because of our early withdrawal from Iraq while our job to fight and defeat terrorism and to train the Iraqi army was not over and because of a schism from Al Qaida. That's why we have to finish our job to defeat radical Islamic terrorism, including ISIS and Al Qaida, through stronger military and stronger alliances.

You think that I will keep arming groups we know nothing about? This is just another lie. My plan is to put background checks on Syrian rebels before arming them because it will help us to determine which of these rebels are terrorists and don't deserve to be armed. That way, we will only arm anti-terrorist forces. As long as we don't know who these rebels are, they will not get weapons.

And you know why we were attacked in San Bernardino, because some Senators, including your son Rand, have voted in favor of weakening our security measures on June 2015, which is six months before the San Bernardino attacks. As a consequence, we did not have access to records, information and other items under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that would have allowed us to identify these killers before they attacked. That's why we need to reinforce our security measures and to increase the FBI's counter-terrorism budget.

So let me tell you this, Congressman : falsely accusing someone of lying is itself a lie and that's something you did.

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Marco Rubio Campaign Ad

In reaction to the recent terrorist attacks in Nice, Marco Rubio's presidential campaign broadcasts, in an effort to win among voters who selected foreign policy and terrorism as the most important issue of this election, an ad echoing Ronald Reagan's 1984 ad titled There is a Bear in the Woods that was, at the time, promoting a strong national security against the Soviet Union symbolized by a bear. This ad is also similar to George W. Bush's 2004 T.V. ad titled Wolves that called for stronger national security against Al Qaida and international terrorism that were represented by wolves in this ad. It also reminds Ted Cruz's 2015 ad titled Scorpion that called to define radical Islamic terrorism represented by a scorpion in this ad. Marco Rubio's T.V. ad features an alligator, comparing this predator to ISIS and international radical Islamic terrorism. This ad attacks Elizabeth Warren and Ron Paul on their weak foreign policy and national security agenda that promotes further cuts in the military and in security measures, which would encourage terrorists to commit more attacks against the United States and their allies. This commercial's main goal is to call on the American people to stay vigilant against the threat posed to the United States by radical Islamic terrorism (especially ISIS, Al Qaida, the Hezbollah, Boko Haram, Al Nosra, etc.) and to promote a strong national defense to eradicate this threat.

The ad titled « Alligator » airs in Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Maine, New Jersey, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Texas, Montana, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, California, Oregon and the state of Washington

« Alligator » advertisement narration :

Narrator : In this time of growing terrorist threat, there is an alligator roaming in the rivers of the South just like jihadists are preparing to attack at anytime around the world. It is one of the most dangerous and deadly predators in America. But some refuse to speak its name.


On the alligator's territory, we can't afford to lack vigilance just like we can't afford to lower our guard against radical Islamic terrorism by cutting in security measures, in the budget defense, in military spending, in our military's modernization and readiness and in America's counter-terrorist intelligence operations like Elizabeth Warren and the liberals in Congress as well as Ron Paul are seeking to do even after the worst terrorist attack in America since 9/11 (referring to the terrorist attack in Orlando), which will make our country an easier target for terrorists and give them opportunities to keep attacking us and our allies.


The alligator is preparing to attack his next defenceless prey.



But if we increase security on this territory, this threat can be removed, thus saving this kayak hiker's life, just like we can eradicate the threat posed to the United States and their allies by ISIS and international radical Islamic terrorism if we stand with our allies, reinforce our security measures, increase defense budget, reinforce and modernize our military, arm forces that we know are anti-terrorist and deploy all the necessary military arsenal to defeat radical Islamic terrorism, thus ensuring our victory against terrorists, saving innocent lives and protecting democracy, freedom, justice, integrity, security and peace.




Marco Rubio : I'm Marco Rubio and I approve this message.

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(Time for some comedy)

Interview with Jimmy Fallon at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in New York City, New York



Jimmy Fallon : Ladies and gentlemen please welcome the Republican nominee for President of the United States Marco Rubio.

Marco Rubio : Thank you Jimmy.

Jimmy Fallon : How are you doing?

Marco Rubio : Fine. Our campaign is making progress in most of the battleground states and my lead over Elizabeth Warren is largely increasing. I think that means that we've shown the American people that we are the clear alternative to eight years of economic sluggish, growing terrorist threat, corruption and national division. By the way, I can't wait to debate with Elizabeth Warren in two and a half months, on September 26.



Jimmy Fallon : Of course. That's understandable. During the Republican presidential primary, you won 47 states on 50, except for New Hampshire, Vermont and Alaska, which is, in the recent history of the Republican Party, one of the strongest performances for a frontrunner who went on to become the Republican nominee. That's why many media referred to a « Rubioslide ». What do you think of it?

Marco Rubio : At the beginning of this campaign, I didn't expect such a strong performance, but that demonstrated that we are a united party, which is one of the reasons why I selected Stephen Pearcy as my running mate, that we are uniting the American people behind a comprehensive agenda that will bring this country to a new Amercan century through a stronger economy with the promotion of free market and free enterprise, through stronger national unity and through a stronger national security with a stronger military and stronger alliances. When it comes to the 3 states I lost during the primary race, well, we all know that Alaska is a Republican stronghold so I will win it in November as I hope we will win New Hampshire on Election Day. If not, New Hampshire and Vermont would be nice gifts for Christmas, which would complete the map and make it look as if I won all the 50 states during the primaries. [Laughs]



Jimmy Fallon : Nice ideas for Christmas. It's a few like what Ronald Reagan said for Minnesota in 1984 when he was re-elected after winning 49 states on 50 except for Minnesota. He said that this state would be a good gift for Christmas 1984.

Marco Rubio : Really? I didn't know that.

Jimmy Fallon : Throughout this campaign, you and your party have slammed Elizabeth Warren and the Democrats for not using the term, I quote, « radical Islamic terrorism ». Why?

Marco Rubio : Well, seriously, we are not in Harry Potter in which we should be afraid to call the enemy by his name (comparing radical Islamic terrorism to Voldemort). [Laughs]

[Laughs and applause from the audience]

Marco Rubio : But that enemy, which is terrorism, is worse because this enemy is existing in real life and it's very evil. And by knowing who the enemy is, we can defeat this enemy, win this war against radical Islamic terrorism and restore national security and peace. That's why we must be able to define them.

Jimmy Fallon : Senator Rubio, your nomination resulted that your party is led by a quadragenarian for the first time in decades. So do you think the Republican Party's nickname should be changed : from Grand Old Party (GOP) to Grand Young Party (GYP)?

[Laughs and applause from the audience]

Marco Rubio : [Laughs] Maybe! And maybe our party could even be nicknamed the Grand Diverse Young Party (GDYP).

[Laughs and applause from the audience]

Jimmy Fallon : In addition, you would become the 45th President at 45 years old. Such a coincidence, isn't it with the number 45?

Marco Rubio : And when it comes to GOP, in my opinion it means « Grand Opportunity Party ».

[Applause from the audience]

Jimmy Fallon : As we all know, the Republican National Convention in Cleveland is coming very soon. Did you start writing your Acceptance speech and how optimistic are you about this upcoming event?

Marco Rubio : First of all, yes I started writing my Acceptance Speech for the Republican National Convention and, believe me, it will be a great speech for all the American people. I feel very optimistic about this convention because it will represent a great opportunity for us to deliver our message for the American people to call them to turn the page on the last eight dark years and to follow the bright future we are proposing for the sake of our prosperity, our unity and our security.

Jimmy Fallon : Senator Rubio, thank you and we wish you good campaign.

Marco Rubio : Thank you Jimmy.

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2016 Republican National Convention
Day 1, Part 1

Location : Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
Date : July 18 2016-July 21 2016

2016 Republican National Convention results

Marco Rubio : 2466 delegates, 99,75 % of the vote ✔
Rand Paul : 4 delegates, 0,16 % of the vote
Stephen Pearcy : 2 delegates, 0,09 % of the vote

2472 delegates in total
1237 delegates needed to win the nomination

Monday, July 18

Theme : A New American Security

Speakers :
-Bob Taft, former Ohio Governor
-David Clarke, Sheriff from Wisconsin
-Matt Borges, Chairman of the Ohio Republican Party
-Mark Burns, televangelist and pastor


Hello Republicans!

Are you ready to elect the next President of the United States of America?

[Crowd cheers]

It is so important that we come together to defeat Elizabeth Warren and those race-baiting Democrats. And those Democrats will do whatever it takes to keep us Americans focusing on the colors that divide us and not the colors that unite us. And you know why? Because she's afraid that together we will never allow Elizabeth Warren to become the next President of the United States of America.

[Crowd applauds]

And let me declare to the whole world, to the Republican Party and to the American people, that under Marco Rubio and under a Rubio Administration, All Lives Matter!

[Crowd applauds]

And that means black lives, white lives, Hispanic lives, Asian lives, Christian lives, Muslim lives, Jewish lives, etc. Shout with me : All Lives Matter!

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

I know that hopelessness and lack of opportunity brings racial divisions and tensions. All the American people, including communities, are sick and tired of this kind of desperation. But the thing is the way that we can solve the problem and to eliminate this kind of desperation is to create good jobs, urban revitalization and opportunities for job training. And we, Republicans, are declaring right now today that we are determined more than ever to listen to the cries of the franchise, the low income Americans, etc. And I know, without the shadow of a doubt, that Marco Rubio will make sure that all Americans will have jobs.

[Crowd applauds]

You know why? Because he knows, from the bottom of his heart, that we deserve better than division and together, not as black Americans, white Americans, yellow Americans, but as Americans, we will get to the Promised Land. And the Promised Land is a place where jobs return back to this country, is the best place in the world to do business thanks to free enterprise, small government and lower taxes and where colors put aside their differences. And no matter where terrorist groups that try to destroy our freedom, we will rise from the ashes. We will never die! We will always prevail! We will always win! Why? Because we are the United States of America! E Pluribus Unum!

[Crowd applauds and chants USA! USA! USA!]

In addition of Elizabeth Warren, we've got Ron Paul as one of our opponents. And this man has a record of arrogance, hypocrisy, intolerance and divisiveness. Here's a proof of this matter of fact : he defended racist newsletters when he said, I quote, that « jury verdicts, basketball games and music are enough to set off black rage » and that « 95 % of the black males in Washington D.C. are semi-criminal or entirely criminal ».

[Crowd boos]

Congressman Paul has proven to be unworthy of any form of credibility, integrity, tolerance and inclusiveness. With such record, he cannot pretend to be the candidate of change. Because such behavior will bring much more divisiveness and make the next four years look like the last ten years. No wonder that he lost the party of Abraham Lincoln's nomination not only once, but twice. So, my fellow Americans, I call all of you to join us in our fight for America and to work together to defeat Ron Paul and get rid of any form of arrogance that is ripping our country apart and that is the source of the tensions among our people. Finally, at last, we have the chance to elect as President a man of heart, honor and integrity who is proud to be a member of the party of Abraham Lincoln and who said, I quote, « If you are white in America, you cannot fully understand what it means to be black in America. » And this man is Marco Rubio.

[Crowd applauds]

We need a reformed criminal code, which criminal regulations and laws are easier to understand, a reform of civil forfeiture by which people suspected of crimes will be deprived of private property. We need economic growth for all the American people, including African-Americans and we need to promote school choice to give African Americans an easier access to education. That's exactly what Marco Rubio will do. I am proud of Senator Rubio's support to Governor Nikki Haley's efforts to remove the Confederate flag from Capitol Hill in my home state of South Carolina after the shooting that killed 9 of my fellow African Americans. Because he knows that All Lives Matter. That's why I became a Republican.

So for the sake of a fair, prosperous, safe, free and united country, I, from the bottom of my heart, invite everyone of you to come together in this American fight and to elect the next President of the United States of America, Marco Antonio Rubio.

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2016 Republican National Convention
Day 1, Part 2

Location : Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
Date : July 18 2016-July 21 2016






Monday, July 18

Theme : A New American Security

Speakers :
-Ted Yoho, U.S. Representative from Florida
-Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, U.S. Representative from Florida
-Mark Geist, Benghazi veteran
-Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Senator and Senate Majority Leader


Thank you my fellow conservatives, my fellow Republicans and my fellow Americans.

A couple of years ago, the Democrats camped out in my state, telling anyone who'd listen, why they ought to vote against me. Tonight, I'm here to return the favor.

I'm here to tell you Elizabeth Warren will say anything, do anything, and be anything to get elected president, and we cannot allow it. The American people are tired of hearing about the bounty of government while the cost of caring for a family, or meeting daily expenses grows out of reach. Over the past few years they've seen government abuse their office and get rewarded for it. They've seen the middle class actually shrink. And, in the midst of this, they've raised a very simply complaint.

Elizabeth Warren lied about her pretended native American origins. She lied about our determination make this economy fair and dynamic and to cut taxes for all Americans, including the middle class and lower income people. She refused to denounce Hillary Clinton's lies about Benghazi and her emails and that is in defense of corruption and insecurity. So, I ask you a simple question, at a moment when so many feel betrayed by their government, why in the world would Democrats put forward such a candidate. Senator Warren has changed her positions so many times it's impossible to tell where the conviction ends and the ambition begins. In 2012, she received millions of dollars from Wall Street individuals to fund her senatorial campaign and now she seeks to take on Wall Street. She used to be against charter school expansion, now she's in favor of it. Now, we're not sure where she is.

Fortunately there's a clear choice before us, and it's not Warren. You know what the next four years will look like with Elizabeth Warren : more government, less jobs, more division and more terrorist threats.

Two years ago, voters delivered a clear verdict on the Obama years by sending a freshman class of rock-star Republicans to the Senate, and delivering us a majority that I promise to make you proud of. We never hesitate to confront the President, but we also do the hard work of tackling urgent problems head on. And, we delivered on that promise.

We put Obamacare repeal on the President's desk, he vetoed it. Marco Rubio will sign it. We passed a bill to finally build a Keystone Pipeline, Obama vetoed it. Marco Rubio will sign it. We passed a bill to defund Planned Parenthood, Obama vetoed it. Marco Rubio will sign it. And, on that sad day when we lost Justice Scalia, I made another pledge that Obama would not fill his seat. That honor will go to Marco Rubio next year. So, with Marco Rubio in the White House Senate Republicans will build on the work we've done and pass more bills into law than any Senate in years. We've already passed the first major education reform in more than a decade, and ended Common Core. We made the first significant reforms to Social Security in three decades. We passed a crucial cybersecurity bill, we imposed sanctions on North Korea, we passed the first major highway bill in more than a decade, we passed a bill to combat the scourge of human trafficking, and just last week we passed the first major law aimed at confronting the heart breaking explosion of heroin and opioid abuse.

So, my friends, let's keep the Senate in Republican hands and we'll continue this work and the remarkable public servants that I'm proud to lead in the Senate will not let you down. But, put Elizabeth Warren in the White House and I promise you this, she will double down on the cynical approach that Senate Democrats seem to revel in these days. As we sit here tonight, a terrifying mosquito born illness threatens expectant mothers and their babies along our southern coast. And, just last week, just last week, the Democrats in the Senate, including Elizabeth Warren, blocked a bill aimed at eradicating that virus before it can spread. And, they weren't finished. Last month, after the Pulse shooting in Orlando, they blocked a bill aimed at authorizing the Attorney General to delay transfer of firearms to suspected terrorists, which would have stopped terrorist attacks and massive shootings without violating the Second Amendment and the right to self-defense. They blocked the Defense Funding bill, a bill that would support the brave men and women in uniform who are right now defending us overseas against ISIS and international terrorism. That's why we need Marco Rubio and Stephen Pearcy at the White House.

[Crowd applauds, cheers and chants USA! USA! USA!]

Marco Rubio is a great and trusted leader and a strong legislator with great accomplishments : in the U.S. Senate, he cosponsored the AGREE Act, a bill that gave tax credits for veterans opening a business franchise, so it helps them to find a good paying job and to prosper after their military service. He co-sponsored the 2014 VA reform law by introducing a measure empowering the VA secretary to hold managers accountable for incompetence, negligence and corruption and to care more about veterans than bureaucrats. He successfully introduced a bill that increased sanctions against Hezbollah. Six months ago, after North Korea's first hydrogen bomb test, Marco Rubio successfully co-sponsored the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 that increased sanctions against North Korea and against companies or banks that transfer dollars to the regime of Kim Jong-un who would have used these capitals to fund the development of its nuclear arsenal. And a few days ago, after the terrorist attack in Nice, he introduced the Bipartisan Counterterrorist Coalition Act that would reinforce defence ties with Turkey, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India in order to create a greater collaboration with these countries to fight terrorism in the Middle East through military strength. This bill will also deter Iran from getting nuclear weapons by increasing sanctions against Iran unless Tehran uses its nuclear energy not for military purposes but for economic purposes. Nuclear energy should be used for Iran's economic growth. That's how we're going to ensure peace without a war against Iran. During all his current career in the Senate, Marco Rubio demonstrated his ability to bring Republicans and Democrats together in order to get things done for the sake of America's future. I am proud of Marco Rubio's accomplishments. That's exactly the kind of leadership we need in the White House.

Stephen Pearcy is a man who, just like Marco Rubio, challenged the establishment as well as special interests and status quo and seek to put taxes and government at their lowest rate in our nation's history and to promote economic freedom and fairness through free market solutions

Thanks to Marco Rubio's membership among the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, our nominees will form a formidable team in terms of job creation.

Together, President Rubio and Vice-President Pearcy will use their leadership to get things done and America's future will be bright and that's how we're going give our country and our people a path to a New American Century that will give us stronger economic prosperity, stronger freedom, stronger national unity, stronger integrity and stronger national security.

Thank you. God bless you all. God bless the United States of America.

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2016 Republican National Convention
Day 1, Part 3

Location : Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
Date : July 18 2016-July 21 2016



Hello, Cleveland.

You know, back in 2006, my wife and I, we had this extraordinary experience, this great pleasure of touring a naval base in San Diego. Our guy that day happened to be this big old drink of water Navy SEAL who is recovering from combat-related injuries. Now, he is a Texas boy. He was pretty plain spoken, and respectful and his love for America came through loud and clear.

As we departed that day, I just told him kind of in passing if you're ever in Austin, come by and see us. Now, you know, some people might say that that meeting was just blind chance or a twist of fate. I will tell you it was by the grace of God. He and I kept in touch over the course of the months, through a tour he had in Iraq and in his return to Texas, and darned if he didn't just show up on our doorstep at the governor's mansion unannounced, with nowhere else to go. We welcomed him in our home. We helped him get the care that he needed. And today, he's like a second son.

Now, many of you know the battles he fought in Afghanistan, but too few of you know the battles that he and thousands of veterans just like him face when they come home. Tonight, our commitment is this. Restoring America's greatness starts by taking care of our veterans.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

That's what our nominee Marco Rubio has done by sponsoring the 2014 VA reform law that empowered the VA secretary to hold managers accountable for incompetence, negligence and corruption and to care more about veterans than bureaucrats. He is a man of gratitude and pride who will fight for our veterans' needs against corrupted bureaucrats. He is the most qualified to be our next commander-in-chief. He will be a great President.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome an American hero, the lone survivor, Marcus Luttrell.

-Marcus Luttrell, former Navy SEAL and author of Lone Survivor


Cleveland! I love coming down here. Thank you.

I was fortunate enough in life to be born from a patriotic family. Taught me to love this country and people who make her up unconditionally. To die for any woman and to fight beside any man without hesitation or hopes of individual achievement. That's the way I was raised and the way I still walk my life. For generations, the men and women in my family have served this country proudly, both at home and abroad. My father served in Vietnam. And although he was shamed out of his uniform, it only solidified his resolve to raise his boys, me and my twin brother, to be patriotic and love this country and its people more than we loved ourselves.

[Crowd applauds]

The past ten years of my Navy SEAL career, first ten was in combat. Next part of it I was traveling around the country, state to state, city to city, town to town. Armed only with the memories of your bravest fighters and the story of how hard they fought to protect our way of life. And because I was willing to completely open up my life and speak about the worst week of it, I was blessed with meeting and seeing one of the greatest people America has to offer. I think it's important to say that we have to make sure that the hell the veterans return from is not the hell they come home to.

[Crowd cheers applauds]

That's what was promised and that's what's deserved, period. It also speaks volume about my generation and how I love my generation. Generation X, the X men. It was wonderful to fight alongside of you.

Even when our system doesn't take care of our boys, the citizens step up, start foundations and programs to help the wounded and families of the fallen. So, from the bottom of my heart and, literally, please know I end every day on my knees for thanking God for y'all and what you do and how you cut it. My generation of veterans coming home.

Those of you who know me, I only talk about stuff that I experienced. Usually on the worst side of it and the best side of it. I had a chance to actually spend time with Senator Rubio. I know he understands what it's going to take to fix this. The only way we're going to keep America safe is have an elite military.

[Crowd cheers applauds]

Made up of the warriors and prepared by the toughest training that we have to offer, supported by the best equipment and backed up by the nation, to put those people in the harm's way. Every one of us has to step up in some way. We need our leaders to lead by example and show the American public that each and every life under the flag should be considered family and treated accordingly.

[Crowd cheers applauds]

Those of us in here, we're all family. And we back them up, too, and we hold them accountable for every position and office that they hold. The only way we survive this is together, not apart. In order for any life to matter, we all have to matter. To my generation, that was for y'all. To the next generation, this is for you. Your war is here. You don't have to go searching for it. Your people are afraid. I stand among you, walking. I was allowed to walk with giants, all right? Now we're looking for the next generation of giants. Who among you will love something more than you love yourself?  Who among you are going to step up and take the fight to the enemy? Because it's here! We must fight for this country and for each and every one of us. In these dark times of increasingly dangerous world through growing terrorist threat, America is the light and will always be worth fighting for and it was my greatest honor to fight for this country every day of my adult life.

[Crowd cheers applauds]

And I just wanted to come up here and thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart for allowing me to serve you for 20 years. And I swear to God, I'm going to spend the next 20 paying you back.

So, thank you again. God bless!

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2016 Republican National Convention
Day 1, Part 4

Location : Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
Date : July 18 2016-July 21 2016






Monday, July 18

Theme : A New American Security

Speakers :
-Eric Greitens, former Governor of Missouri
-Liz Cheney, U.S. Representative from Wyoming and Dick Cheney's daughter
-Richard Burr, North Carolina Senator
-Rob O'Neill, former Navy SEAL

Thank you so very much!

Almost 15 years ago, on September 11 2001, America suffered the worst terrorist attack in all its history. This day, Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaida killed over 3000 Americans. Many families suffered and cried from the loss of their beloved ones. They attacked us for what we believe. These terrorist attacks were an offense committed against the American Dream, democracy, justice and freedom.

But after 9/11, we fought back by declaring war on international terror, by reinforcing our security measures, by reinforcing our military and our partnerships with our allies and by intervening militarily in Afghanistan, thus toppling the tyrannical Taliban regime and destroying Al Qaida's bases. Then, in 2011, it was with great honor and patriotism that I participated at the Operation Neptune's Spear in Abbottabad, Pakistan, an operation during which I killed Osama Bin Laden. Justice is done!

[Crowd cheers, applauds and chants USA! USA! USA!]

Right now, the Obama Administration committed a serious mistake by withdrawing our troops from Iraq too early, thus allowing the rise ISIS who is controlling an important part of the Iraqi and Syrian territories and is committing many waves of terrorist attacks against allies and against us. Over last year, we saw it in Garland, Texas. We saw it in San Bernardino, California. And we saw it in Orlando, Florida. I'm here to say « that's enough! »

[Crowd cheers, applauds]

Marco Rubio will reverse this situation. He has the best foreign policy experience and judgement to keep America safe and that's why I support Marco Rubio. He will increase defense spending, modernize our military, ensure our military's readiness and he will strengthen and reinforce our alliances. That's how we're going to defeat international terrorism. Marco Rubio will destroy ISIS by sending all the necessary military arsenal and by reinforcing our military alliances, especially in the Middle East, and we will surround ISIS. They will have no chance to escape, they will be attacked from all sides and that's how we're going to defeat Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and bring him to justice, the same way we did to Osama Bin Laden the day we killed him. We will then rebuild Syria and Iraq to make sure that terrorism will never rise again in this region. That's the agenda adopted by Marco Rubio and Stephen Pearcy agenda and that's how they will establish a new American Security, one of the main keys to make America great again and to get us to a New American Century.

Thank you. God bless the United States of America.

-Michael McCaul, U.S. Representative from Texas and Chairman of House Homeland Security Committee
-Ron De Santis, U.S. Representative from Florida
-Joe Lieberman, former Connecticut Senator and 2000 Democratic vice-presidential nominee
-Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Senator
-John McCain, Arizona Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee

Thank you my friends, thank you my fellow Americans.

It's an honor, as always, my fellow Republicans, to join you at our national convention as we unanimously nominate my friend Senator Marco Rubio to be the next President of the United States.

[Crowd applauds]

As a Vietnam War veteran and POW who refused early release in order not to encourage communist propaganda, I've been blessed for so long to play a role in our nation's affairs that I'm conscious only of the debt I owe America because I always put America first before my own interests, and I thank you for the honor.

Over the last few years, terrorism has grown around the world. If we disengage in our fight against terrorism like the Obama administration did by withdrawing in Iraq, ISIS will follow us home just like terrorists followed us home and killed innocent Americans in Garland, San Bernardino and Orlando. ISIS wants Iraq and Syria to be a heaven and a base for radical Islamic extremism to launch further attacks against the United States and its allies. The Middle East is not their ultimate destination. Their ultimate destination is New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago, Dallas, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, and Phoenix.

We can't allow terrorists to pursue their attacks against us just like Elizabeth Warren and the Democrats did by voting in favor of weakening our homeland security last year, by voting against giving America the necessary tools to stop and defeat terrorists, by blocking the Defense Funding bill and by supporting President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran.

Elizabeth Warren and Ron Paul seek to lower our security measures as well as our military readiness, which will allow terrorists to destroy freedom, democracy, justice and integrity and reinforce the fear they are triggering by killing more innocent people.

[Crowd boos]

But Marco Rubio will do the exact opposite. He has the right foreign policy experience, knowledge, judgement and leadership to lead our nation and make it safer than ever before. Marco Rubio knows that we need stronger American leadership and that's why I trust him to be the next commander-in-chief.

[Crowd applauds]

He will increase our defense budget, modernize and reinforce our military. He will expand our alliances and partnerships, he will strike terrorists on their turf, provide the Kurds in weapons and establish background checks on Syrian rebels before arming them, which will help us to avoid giving weapons to terrorists disguised as moderate Syrian rebels and help us getting as many anti-terrorist forces as possible. That's how we're going to defeat ISIS, Al Qaida, Hezbollah and international terrorism.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

The so-called nuclear deal with Iran that this administration signed lifted economic and diplomatic sanctions against Iran, which allowed Iran to get the necessary revenues to keep sponsoring international terrorism and developing its nuclear program and made them able to build nuclear missiles to strike us and our allies, especially Israel. If Israel is annihilated by Iran, this will be not only a disaster but also a genocide that will be committed by Iran. As President of the United States, Marco Rubio will have the courage to take action and keep Iran from taking further money aimed at developping nuclear weapons, at supporting terrorism and at pursuing its insanity. Marco Rubio will make sure that Iran never gets nuclear weapons. He will do it by abolishing this anti-American deal made by Obama. He will make sure that Iran will use its nuclear energy not for military purposes but for economic purposes. He will make sure that Iranian nuclear energy will be used for Iran's economic growth. And as long as Iran acts like this, there will be no need to strike Iran, which will reinforce international security and peace.

[Crowd applauds]

Russia has violated international territorial integrity over the last few years, especially by invading Georgia in 2008 while I was the Republican nominee, by invading Ukraine and annexing Crimea in 2014 while providing weapons to a pro-Russian insurgency there and by supporting the dictatorial Syrian regime of Bachar al-Assad. We need to stand with our allies and stop Vladimir Putin's madness and insanity. Marco Rubio will do so by reinforcing our local alliances, including Ukraine, Turkey and Poland, reinforcing our military presence on the Black Sea and by providing American weapons to Ukrainian troops. Thanks to military arsenal from the United States, the greatest military power in the world, Ukraine will win and Russia will lose. Democracy will win and tyranny will lose. Our Ukrainian allies will defeat these pro-Russian terrorist groups and give Ukraine back to the Ukrainian people. Syria is led by a terrorist named Bachar al-Assad who is slaying his own people in order to reinforce his power. Assad's tyranny and oppressive leadership pushed many people in Syria to become radicalized and to convert to radical Islamic terrorism. Assad is responsible of terrorist rise in Syria and all this mess in the Middle East. And yet Russia is supporting Assad diplomatically and militarily for economic purposes. Russia should put the fight against ISIS ahead of its own ambitions through defending the Assad regime. As long as Assad remains in power, our fight against radical Islamic terrorism will be difficult and ineffective. After wiping ISIS and other radical Islamic terrorist groups off the map, President Marco Rubio and our allies  will help Syria to establish a democratic government, which will ensure Syria's freedom. That way, Syria will be given back to the Syrian people an Syrians will finally be masters of their own destiny. Our fight for security and stability will be much easier because the Syrian people will have finally regained trust in their government due to integrity and freedom. Democracy, freedom and integrity are elements required to ensure security.

Only together, we will defeat our enemies and keep America as well as all the rest of the world safe, free and peaceful. Because as Marco Rubio said : United we stand, divided we fall.

Thank you. God bless you, God bless our allies and God bless the United States of America.

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2016 Republican National Convention
Day 1, Part 5

Location : Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
Date : July 18 2016-July 21 2016






Monday, July 18

Theme : A New American Security

Speakers :
-Karen Vaughn, mother of a Navy SEAL who was killed in Afghanistan
-Chuck Norris, Actor
-Jeff Sessions, Alabama Senator
-Rudy Giuliani, former New York City Mayor and candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008


Thank you Cleveland! Thank you my fellow Republicans!

I am here to speak to you about a very serious subject : how to make America safe. Today, the vast majority of the American people do not feel safe. They fear for their children and they fear for themselves. Time has come for us to get our country to a New American Security.

[Crowd applauds]

We reach out our arms with understanding and compassion to those who have lost loved ones because of unjustified police shootings that must be punished. It's time to make America safe again. It's time to make America one again. One America! What happened to Barack Obama's « there's no white America, there's no black America, there is just America »? What happened to it? How did it float away?

I know we can bring America together and make it safe against crime and terrorism because I did it by changing New York City from the « crime capital of America » to the safest large city in the United States, including after we suffered the worst terrorist attack on the U.S. soil in our country's history on September 11 2001. Marco Rubio will keep us safe and free and he will help us to achieve and embrace our greatness.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

In the last seven months, there have been five major Islamic extremist terrorist attacks on us and our allies. We must not be afraid to define our enemy. It is Islamic extremist terrorism!

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

I did not say all of Islam. I did not say most of Islam. I said Islamic extremist terrorism. We know who you are! And we're coming to get you!

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

Failing to identify them properly maligns all those good Muslims around the world that are killed by them. They are killing more Muslims than anyone else. It also sets up a fear of being politically incorrect that can have serious consequences. It did in San Bernardino. It did it with Major Nidal. The only person who couldn't figure out this was an Islamic extremist terrorist attack was Barack Obama, who called it workplace violence. This is why our enemies see us as weak and vulnerable.

Marco Rubio has said that one of the steps we must follow in order to defeat our enemies is to identify them properly and see the connections between them so we can find them and catch them. To defeat Islamic extremist terrorism we must put them on defense. If they are at war against us, which they have declared, we must commit ourselves to unconditional victory against them.

[Crowd cheers, applauds and chants USA! USA! USA!]

This includes increasing the FBI's counter-terrorism budget and our budget and defense, reinforcing and modernizing our homeland security and our military, expanding our alliances, striking Islamic extremist terrorists on their territory through military strength and arming the right groups through background checks on them.

This includes undoing one of the worst deals America ever made : Obama’s Nuclear Agreement with Iran that will eventually let them become a nuclear power, that put billions of dollars back into a country that is the world’s biggest state sponsor of terrorism, that is supported by Elizabeth Warren and Ron Paul who seek to make this anti-American deal permanent. This administration is actually giving the money to fund the terrorists who are killing us and our allies and to fund Iran's military nuclear program . If Elizabeth Warren is elected, we will see much stronger terrorist threat because of that so-called deal and the beginning of a nuclear war triggered by Iran and their nuclear weapons will be able to strike us and our allies, including Israel.

Marco Rubio will make sure that any agreement with Iran meets the original goals of the U.N and our allies : a non-nuclear Iran. By abolishing that deal, he will deprive Iran of the necessary money to fund terrorists and get nuclear weapons. He will put in place an anti-missile shield that will intercept and destroy any nuclear missile launched by Iran against us and our allies. That's how we can win against Iran without any war.

Marco Rubio is a leader. He will reassert America’s position as the nation with the best values to lead the world.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

Barack Obama has failed to restore freedom and security in Libya after Gaddafi's fall. Libya is in chaos. His Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is accountable for this and much more. Her dereliction of duty and failure to keep her people safe played a major role in the horrific Islamic extremist terrorist murders on September 11-12, 2012 in Benghazi which claimed the lives of four brave Americans. And Clinton and the Obama administration, for political reasons, lied about the purpose of the attacks including her lying directly to the families of those who were killed. Hillary Clinton's answer to Congress about the death of these four brave Americans because of her failures as Secretary of State was, I quote, « What difference at this point does it make? »

[Crowd boos]

What difference does it make? Watch the video for yourself and see the arrogant disregard for American lives lost unnecessarily. No wonder that Hillary Clinton is not running. However, she is supporting Elizabeth Warren in order to make sure that Barack Obama's failed and weak foreign policy, that contributed to ISIS' rise and to multiplied terrorist attacks against us and our allies and that cost several American lives through diminishing our military and withdrawing our nation from the fight against terrorism, will continue for the years to come. We can't let that happen. Marco Rubio will change all of that. In short he will lead by leading, not by following.

[Crowd cheers, applauds and chants USA! USA! USA!]

Now is our last chance to get this country back in the right direction. There is no more time left for us to revive our great country. No more time to repeat the mistakes of the Obama years. Washington needs a complete turnaround and Marco Rubio is the agent of change and he will be leader of the change we need. Unlike Elizabeth Warren, Marco Rubio has, as a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and of the U.S. Senate Committee on Intelligence, all the right experience, knowledge and leadership to defeat Islamic extremist terrorism and to keep America safe and free.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

He has a clear and proven leadership in terms of keeping us safe due to his efforts for stronger sanctions against the Hezbollah, his co-sponsored North Korea Sanctions and Enhancement Policy Act and his co-sponsored Bipartisan Counter-Terrorism Coalition Act. Marco Rubio is ready to be the next commander-in-chief, he will fight Islamic extremist terrorism until we obtain total, complete and unconditional victory against this evil and America will be safe under Marco Rubio's presidential leadership.

He will make America once again, just like the President I worked for, Ronald Reagan, the shining city on the hill.

Vote for Marco Rubio and Stephen Pearcy for a safer and freer America and for an America headed in a different, better and brighter direction : greatness.

Thank you. God bless our next President Marco Rubio and God bless the United States of America. USA!

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2016 Republican National Convention
Day 1, Part 6

Location : Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
Date : July 18 2016-July 21 2016






Monday, July 18

Theme : A New American Security

Speakers :
-Robert McFarlane, former National Security Advisor under Ronald Reagan's presidency
-Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State
-Joni Ernst, Iowa Senator

Thank you, Iowa. It's an honor to be with you in Cleveland and to be on this stage with fellow Veterans; among them are Navy SEAL Rob O'Neill, Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, Special Operations Master Sergeant Jason Beardsley and my colleague, Congressman and Navy SEAL., Ryan Zinke.

I never would have imagined a farm girl like me, from Montgomery County, would have the opportunity to serve as the first woman elected to federal office from Iowa. However, my parents always said to my brother, sister and me, that if we worked hard, anything was possible.

I've had the great privilege of serving my state and our country while working alongside some of our nation's finest soldiers. For 14 months, I served as a company commander during Operation Iraqi Freedom, where my unit was tasked with running convoys through Kuwait and southern Iraq. Last November, after more than 23 years of service, I retired as a lieutenant colonel in the Iowa Army National Guard.

As I travel across Iowa and around our great country, I hear from folks who are worried America is no longer leading but rather following from behind. Those concerns are echoed by our allies around the world and rightfully so. The question I hear time and time again is, where is America's leadership? There's a void in the world, a deficit that cannot be filled by others. Our country and the world of which we are a part simply cannot afford four more years of this lack of leadership under Elizabeth Warren. Our allies see us shrinking from our place as a leader in the world, as we have failed time and again to address threats. They are looking for American leaders, leaders who are willing to stand up and say, enough is enough. Unfortunately, Elizabeth Warren cannot be trusted. Her judgment and leadership are not suited to be sitting in the most powerful office in the world. She has already failed us too many times before by voting for cutting in our military and in our homeland security, by supporting the Iran nuclear deal and by voting against allowing the Attorney General to delay the transfer of firearms to suspected terrorists. She and Barack Obama have failed to stop the expansion of terrorism. The Obama administration's policies in Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria have created more safe havens for terrorism. Shockingly, Senator Warren continues to support a policy that brings captured terrorists into our backyards.

The Democrats have failed to support our allies. Obama's Iran Nuclear Deal puts in peril our longtime friends and allies in the region, especially Israel. They have continued to threaten to destroy Israel, both directly and indirectly, through its terrorist proxies such as Hezbollah. They remain the top sponsor of terrorism which endangers not just Israel, but Europe and the United States.

And look, just take a look, folks, at the pathetic track record Senator Warren and President Obama have in the war on ISIS. This Administration has called them "junior varsity adversaries", ignoring some of the best advice they were given. They represent a threat that is not limited to the Middle East and is spreading rapidly. In fact, according to the FBI, ISIS is present in all 50 states. They will use whatever weapons they have: guns, trucks, knives, poisons, and bombs to kill innocent people. Under this current Administration's wayward policies, ISIS continues to spread, while the President fails to put forward a comprehensive strategy to defeat and destroy them.

Marco Rubio will not hesitate to call radical Islamic terrorism by its name and he will not hesitate to destroy those that wish to harm our great nation. USA!

[Crowd applauds and chants USA! USA! USA!]

He will support our allies because it's in America's national security interests. Together, we will win. Unlike Barack Obama and Elizabeth Warren, Marco Rubio will make sure that we will remain the strongest military power in the world, which requires stronger defense budget and modernization of our military. That's how we're going to defeat ISIS and defend freedom and justice.

For too long, Americans have felt abandoned and their warnings unheard. Marco Rubio has heard these voices loud and clear. We cannot afford four more years of the same failed policies. If that is not enough, the Veterans Administration has been failing those who have served, alongside those of us here on the stage, with scandal after scandal at the highest levels: inferior care, long wait times, extraordinary inefficiency, and a bureaucracy that has gone wild still continues. We need a commander-in-chief who will stand up to our enemies, support our allies, and have our veterans' backs.

We need a leader who will ensure America remains a strong, stabilizing force around the globe and who will keep us safe here at home. Marco Rubio will be that leader. He and Stephen Pearcy have a clear and decent record when it comes to taking care about our veterans. Marco Rubio has been tested over and over again on foreign policy challenges and every time he succeeded like he will do as President of the United States.

Our country cannot take another four years like the eight we've just had. It's time to stand up and fight for the security of our children, our grandchildren and ourselves.

With Elizabeth Warren it's always about her; it should be about you. Marco Rubio is focused on you. He gave a voice to a movement of millions of Americans who are tired of politics as usual. I know as president, he will work tirelessly to keep our nation safe. Now is the time to make America safe again.

Thank you, and may god bless all of you, the wonderful state of Iowa, the brave men and women in uniform and these great United States of America. God bless you. God bless you. Thank you.

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2016 Republican National Convention
Day 1, Part 7

Location : Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
Date : July 18 2016-July 21 2016






Monday, July 18

Theme : A New American Security

Speakers :
-Michael T. Flynn, retired U.S. Army lieutanant general
-Amanda Rubio, Marco Rubio's oldest daughter

Thank you everybody.

Even though I'm not yet eligible to vote, but close from it, I call all of you, including Millennials that are eligible to vote to elect my father Marco Rubio to be the next President of the United States.

During his childhood, he was raised paycheck to paycheck, my grand parents were not speaking English and they struggled to adapt in this new society. But thanks to the hard work of a bartender and a housekeeper, they prevailed and they made their children better off than they were, just like my dad seeks, as President, to make sure that our generation and the next generations to come will be the most prosperous Americans that ever lived. He knows that free enterprise is the only economic system where this goal is possible.

Like my father said, if we can get our economy healthy again, our generation, our children, our grand children and beyond will be the most prosperous Americans ever. Thanks to energy independence, lower fiscal burden for all Americans, open trade, education reform, infrastructure development and cost reduction of doing business in America, everything will be possible. My dad knows how to get our economy working again and with his experience as a member of the  U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, he will bring America to full-employment and ensure permanent brightness for America's future and permanent prosperity for all Americans, including young people and immigrants coming here in America, the hope of the Earth, the land of opportunity and the land where everything is possible. That's why he is asking for your vote. So I encourage you to go to the polls on November 8 and to accomplish your duty as citizens for the good of your future.

Thank you. God bless and God bless America.

-Jason Beardsley, Special Operations Advisor for Concerned Veterans for America
-Mario Rubio, brother of Marco Rubio and military veteran

Thank you.

I'm so glad and proud to be here at the Republican National Convention to talk about my brother Marco Rubio's gratitude, patriotism and faith for our country.

I proudly served my country in the U.S. military and I'm so proud of my brother Marco Rubio for his service to our country and to veterans, including me, in their post military career. He is the best man to take care of our brave men and women in uniform. Like all of us, Marco is grateful of our veterans' service for America, a strong and beautiful country. cosponsored the AGREE Act, a bill that gave tax credits for veterans opening a business franchise, so it helps them to find a good paying job and to prosper after their military service. He co-sponsored the 2014 VA reform law by introducing a measure empowering the VA secretary to hold managers accountable for incompetence, negligence and corruption and to care more about veterans than bureaucrats because it's another way to reward our veterans for their military service and their sacrifices for America.

After serving their country and fighting tyranny and terrorism, our men and women in uniform need something in return and Marco Rubio knows it. That's why President Marco Rubio will always thank them for their courage and service not only through medals of honour but also through social services and health care services by using the same leadership he adopted in the Senate when it comes to take care of our veterans.

Marco is the most qualified candidate to lead this great and beautiful nation and defend it against terrorists who offended our people in our home state of Florida. As President of the United States, Marco will make our military stronger, make our alliances stronger and make America's security stronger. That's the steps we need to follow to destroy terrorism and save innocent lives.

Like my brother said, if our fellow Americans' American Dreams succeed the 21st Century will be a new American century. This will be the purpose of his presidency. The final verdict on young generations will be written by Americans not yet born. Let us make sure they record that we made the right choice. That in the early years of this century, faced with a rapidly changing and uncertain world, our youth rose to face the great challenges of our time. And because we did, there was still one place in the world where who you come from does not determine how far you can go. Because we did, we kept American miracle alive. And because we did, our children and theirs lived in a new American Century.

Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.

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2016 Republican National Convention
Day 1, Part 8

Location : Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
Date : July 18 2016-July 21 2016






Monday, July 18

Theme : A New American Security

Speakers :
-Jim Webb, former Virginia Senator and former U.S. Secretary of the Navy
-Joe Heck, Nevada Congressman and candidate for Nevada Senator

Thank you, Cleveland. Thank you, my fellow Americans.

I'm proud to have served this great and beautiful country called America through my military service. I am proud to be serving the great state of Nevada at the United States House of Representatives. And I'm proud to be running for the senatorial seat held by Harry Reid, one of the worst Senate leaders and one of the most ineffective legislators America has ever known. I am ready to reverse his record as the next Senator of Nevada just like Marco Rubio is ready to reverse Barack Obama's disastrous record as the next President of the United States.

[Crowd applauds]

Senator Reid put partisanship ahead of the American people's needs and interests by siding with President Obama on every issue. Just like Elizabeth Warren, he voted to make Obamacare permanent, which allows further regulations and higher costs for our people's access to healthcare. Just like Elizabeth Warren, he voted against the Keystone XL pipeline, which kept America from getting to energy independence, from creating good jobs and from depriving terrorists of revenues from our energy dependence on foreign oil to plan terrorist attacks. Harry Reid voted against a bill to defund Planned Parenthood that is costing millions and millions of dollars every year and is taking away from unborn children the right to live. But don't worry, my friends, after this election, we will accomplish all the Senate efforts I just mentioned and that were blocked by the Democrats led by Barack Obama and Harry Reid and you know why, because we took the majority in both houses of the Congress last year. But what is yet to be done to put in place this agenda is to elect Marco Rubio at the Presidency of the United States of America.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

Marco Rubio will cut taxes for all the American people, allow the building of Keystone XL, promote trade partnerships to ensure our competitiveness, reform our education system, balance the budget, champion businesses and repeal and replace Obamacare. That's how America will finally reclaim its prosperity.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

Nine years ago, Harry Reid has demonstrated his pessimism and was ready for America's surrender to terrorism. He said : « The War on Terror is lost. We can't win. »

[Crowd boos]

If America lost, who won? Al Qaida? ISIS? Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?

[Crowd boos]

We can't afford to accept terrorism's victory. But if we don't take action, if we don't stand with our allies, all things that the Obama administration don't have the courage to do, we risk to see terrorism's victory, a potential that will be reinforced if Elizabeth Warren is elected and then pursues Obama's cuts in our military and in our security. But as President of the United States, Marco Rubio will modernize our military, ensure our troops' readiness, reinforce and expand our alliances and deploy the necessary arsenal to defeat radical Islamic terrorism.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

Do you remember, in 2010, when Marco Rubio was running for the Senate, Harry Reid showed arrogance and disregard when he said, I quote « I don't know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican. »

[Crowd boos]

How dare he say that? Como él atreven digo esa?

But remember what Marco Rubio responded, I quote, « You know, Americans of Hispanic descent, you know the strongest issue there is? That is economic empowerment upward mobility. My parents worked every single day to work to give me and my siblings opportunities that they didn't have. There's only one economic system in the world that that's possible in time and again and that's the American free enterprise system. And the reason why Americans of Hispanic descent should be Republicans is because the Democratic leadership is trying to dismantle the American free enterprise system, the only system in the world where parents like mine, who work hard and play by the rules, can give their children the opportunities they themselves did not have. »

So, despite Reid's comments, Marco Rubio, a son of Cuban immigrants, won the Florida senatorial election by a landslide and is elected Senator of Florida and now he is running for President. In the last few months, he adopted a plan to create economic opportunities for Hispanics. As the nominee of our party, he will expand our party by growing Hispanic support, he will lead all the American people to victory by listening to their concerns and bringing the right solutions and then we will finally get America back on track. We are the party of Lincoln, we are the party of diversity, we are the party of all Americans, we are the Grand Opportunity Party.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

Fortunately, Harry Reid is not running again. But if I'm elected at the Senate, I will reverse his record of failure and lack of leadership and stop Elizabeth Warren and Chuck Schumer from pursuing Barack Obama's big government policies and foreign policy that brought more terrorist threat and I'm ready to pass President Marco Rubio's laws and policies for the sake of America's prosperity, security, freedom and unity.

Thank you. God bless the United States of America.

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2016 Republican National Convention
Day 1, Part 9

Location : Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
Date : July 18 2016-July 21 2016






Monday, July 18

Theme : A New American Security

Speakers :
-Scott Brown, former Massachusetts Senator
-Reince Priebus, Republican National Committee Chairman


Thank you.

To the people of Cleveland, we say thank you for your hospitality.

I stand before this Convention tonight as the Chairman of a Party that is carrying the torch of liberty. We are the party of the open door.

To some people and some presidents, America is just another country. To Republicans, America is the greatest nation on Earth. We don't apologize for America. We celebrate America.

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At every level, Republicans stand for aspiration and achievement. We stand for peace and prosperity. We stand for freedom and fairness. These values have inspired people the world-over, ever since we won our freedom over two centuries ago. These values fueled the sacrifices for freedom at Gettysburg and Normandy and Fallujah. These values spurred the fight for equality in Birmingham and Selma.It is clear the Republican Party is the only party willing to fight for these values and lead America to greatness in the 21st century, the New American Century.

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You see, the dirty little secret Democrats don't want you to know is that they are the party of the same old thing. Next week they are going to trot out the same old Democrats with the same old message running the same old candidate. We are the party of new ideas in a world changing faster than ever.

Democrats depend on super delegates and bureaucrats to sneak their agenda through the backdoor. We are the party of the grassroots. We honor what the voters say.

Democrats want to put labor union bosses in charge of our schools, limit our choices, and feed our kids a steady diet of left-wing propaganda. We know every child matters and the classroom is not an assembly line. It's time to give power back to parents, embrace school choice, and equip our children with the skills they need for college, career and life.

Democrats want healthcare choices in the hands of politicians. We want healthcare choices in the hands of patients. Democrats want Washington to impose a one-size-fits-all policy on everybody. We say an independent people deserves individual solutions.

What separates Republicans from Democrats is our belief in better. We believe in better schools. A better healthcare system. A better economy which rewards hard work no matter where or when you punch the clock. And most of all, we believe in a better chance at the American Dream for everyone. The Republican Party will not stop this fight until all of this becomes a reality. And that's why we need to stop Elizabeth Warren.

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A Warren presidency only means more debt, more Obamacare, and more hard-working families never seeing a raise.

If given the chance, Elizabeth Warren will stack the Supreme Court with left-wing judges who will treat the Constitution like a doormat. You can kiss your gun rights goodbye if she ever finds her way into the White House.

In foreign policy, a Warren presidency means forgetting our friends and enabling our enemies.

Well, I have one word for all this hypocrisy and corruption. Enough.

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Americans have had enough of a government that plays favorites with the well-connected.

This election is our chance to stop it and Marco Rubio is the right man to lead that charge. He brought and he's bringing millions of new voters into our party and united this party because he's listening to Americans who are anxious about a country which has lost its way. That's why he won 47 states on 50 during the race for the nomination.

Marco Rubio wants to bring jobs back from overseas and help our country to create more jobs through tax cuts for manufacturing businesses and through reduction of our corporate tax rate, thus allowing us to pursue job creation while pursuing our quest for open markets, thus further reinforcing our country's economic prosperity.

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Working families are the lifeblood of our country, and we can't thrive as a nation unless they are thriving. A lot of them haven't seen a bigger paycheck in a long time.

Marco Rubio wants to make sure you can pay the mortgage, put gas in the car, and buy new clothes for the first day of school.

Marco Rubio is committed to hitting terrorists hard and making the safety of every man, woman, and child in America his number one priority.

No more negotiating with terrorists. If they want to take us down, we will take them down.

And, he will protect the Second Amendment, and every other right guaranteed in the Constitution, by appointing conservative justices to the Supreme Court.

And he's going to protect the lives of the unborn. So I have a message to America : hold on. Help is coming. With Marco Rubio and Stephen Pearcy, America is ready for a comeback after almost a decade of Obama's failures.

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Let me tell you a little-known story of American greatness. William Nudesen was a Danish immigrant who started out working in a shipyard and living in a boardinghouse. He knew America promised limitless opportunity, and was determined to make the most of it. He developed his talents for industrial engineering and worked his way up at General Motors. By 1937, he had become the President of the company. In 1940, the government asked him to get America's factories on a wartime footing. Instead of cars and trucks, America's great manufacturers were now proudly making tanks and planes. For this enormous responsibility, Nudesen was paid $1 per year.

He didn't do the job for the money. He was motivated by a duty to keep America free from tyranny. He set aside the job of leading one of the largest companies in America so he could help save the world. At the end of the war, a war department official told him, "You have never done anything for yourself, only for your country. You have never spared yourself."

Like William Nudesen, we cannot spare ourselves either. Economic freedom. Belief in the American Dream. A strong national defense. Putting country first.

Those values are under assault from Elizabeth Warren and the rest of the Democrat party. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is not just a tagline for a bumper sticker. It is our American legacy, and it is our responsibility to save it and strengthen it for our children and grandchildren. God put us here not by accident. This is our moment to set a new course for an America as strong and confident as we've ever been.

Let's stand united as Republicans! Let's stop Elizabeth Warren! Let's get to work, expand our Republican majorities, and elect Marco Rubio President!

Thank you and God bless America!

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2016 Republican National Convention
Day 1, Part 10

Location : Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
Date : July 18 2016-July 21 2016






Monday, July 18

Theme : A New American Security

Speakers :
-Ryan Zinke, U.S. Representative from Montana
-Tom Cotton, Arkansas Senator (Keynote Speaker)

Thank you Cleveland. Thank you my friends. Thank you my fellow Americans.

For 8 years, we’ve seen what happens when America leads from behind. Leading from behind that’s not what the Army taught me. To everyone who agrees that America should lead the way, let me say loud and clear : help is on the way. And help will go on, which requires electing Marco Rubio.

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Let me tell you a story about an Arkansas farm boy. When America was at war, he was in school and then in a comfortable job. But he sacrificed that comfort, against the wishes of his father, who himself had served. He volunteered for the Army. He became an infantryman. That farm boy was my dad. He went to Vietnam in 1969.

Thirty-five years later, I did the same. Against the wishes of my family, I gave up my legal career and I volunteered for the Army. I became an infantryman. I went to Iraq and Afghanistan. My dad said he felt like God was punishing him for what he did to his dad. But God wasn’t punishing them; God had called us to serve. Just as he calls so many of you.

My family isn’t extraordinary; in fact, we’re very ordinary. From farms in Arkansas to fire stations in New York, many families could tell the same story. The defense of this country is a family affair.

We don’t fight because we hate our enemies, but because we love our country. We love its freedom. We love that we’re born equal and live free, that no one rules without consent. We know these things are worth fighting and dying for because they make life worth living for. Our warriors and their families don’t ask for much. But there are a few things we’d like.

We need a commander-in-chief who speaks of winning wars and not merely ending wars, calls the enemy by its name, and draws red lines carefully, but enforces them ruthlessly. Marco Rubio will be this kind of commander-in-chief and he knows what it takes to defeat terrorism and tyranny and to keep our country safe. We also need politicians who treat our common defense as the chief responsibility of our federal government, not just another government program.

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This isn’t much to ask for, but eight years without it is more than enough. So I say again : with a Rubio/Pearcy administration and with a Republican Congress, help is on the way.

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No man wants more war if he’s planned memorial services for fallen comrades, carried their flag-draped caskets off a plane, and buried them at Arlington National Cemetery.

But as George Washington said: “ To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. ”

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The purpose of our common defense, after all, is to protect our people so that we can enjoy the blessings of peacefaith, freedom, family, prosperity. My father and his father were willing to fight so that their children and grandchildren might live in peace. That wasn’t to be. But my generation is willing to fight so that our children might live in peace.

And for that cause, I speak tonight not only to Republicans, but to the millions of Independents and Democrats who share that dream and who wish to establish a new American safety.

Thank you. God bless you. May God bless this great and beautiful nation called America. Thank you.

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2016 Republican National Convention
Day 2, Part 1

Location : Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
Date : July 18 2016-July 21 2016






Tuesday, July 19

Theme : A New American Prosperity

Speakers :
-Sharon Day, co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee
-Asa Hutchinson, Arkansas Governor
-Herman Cain, CEO of Godfather's Pizza and candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012
-Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia Senator
-Rob Portman, Ohio Senator

Thank you ladies and gentlemen, delegates, fellow Republicans and fellow Americans for being here tonight. And thank you Cleveland for hosting this great Republican National Convention here in the great state of Ohio, the state that always determined the winner of every presidential election and the state that will make Marco Rubio the next President of the United States of America.

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I'm glad to be here to talk about the basic differences between Marco Rubio and Elizabeth Warren when it comes to understanding the economy and how to create jobs. Recently, we've seen that over 60 % of the Americans think the economy is heading in the wrong direction and will get worse before getting better. That's what will happen if Elizabeth Warren is elected, but not if Marco Rubio is elected President of the United States.

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Senator Warren is trying to fool the American people by pretending that our economy is strong because of big government. Let me tell you, Senator Warren, that we are a nation that celebrate success and embrace free market. Because businesses, including small businesses, create jobs, not the government.

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It's no wonder that Elizabeth Warren is running for Barack Obama's third term, which would be a very a bad path to follow for America. Under a Warren Administration, taxes and regulations will get higher, our consumers' purchasing power will diminish, American businesses will offshore overseas, America's dependence on foreign oïl will be deeper, which will not only kill American jobs but also provide funding for terrorists and help them to commit further attacks. The budget will remain unbalanced, the deficit will hit 20 trillion $. America will be less competitive in the world economy, which will make American products more expansive through higher tariffs and make less international consumers for America.

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Energy independence is a basic element of prosperity because it will allow America to take advantage of all of its sources of energies (oil, gas, coal, ethanol, nuclear, solar, wind, etc.) and boost America's automobile manufacturing while keeping funds from falling between the hands of terrorists. By opening more markets and look for new ones, we will increase our ability to innovate and compete in this world economy. Goods and services crossing borders ensure the development of new ideas and models and allow our producers to learn about the market through the failure and success of traded products. By learning more, they will be favored to innovate and keep their competitiveness. I know this as a former U.S. Trade Representative and as a former Director of the Office of Management and Budget and Marco Rubio knows it as a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

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Marco Rubio has a great knowledge and record in terms of job creation : in the U.S. Senate, he cosponsored the AGREE Act alongside Democratic Senator Chris Coons. This bill increased tax credits and exemptions for companies investing in R & D, equipment and other capital, gave tax credits for veterans opening a business franchise and raised immigration for some types of work visas, which helped our country to boost economic growth, job creation and innovation. He co-sponsored the Regulation Costs to Small Businesses Act which required the Small Business Administration to conduct an annual study to estimate the total cost of regulations on small businesses. Every chance he got, he voted in favor of the passage of the Keystone XL pipeline for the sake of energy independence. He voted in favor of the Trans-Pacific Partnership to make our country economically competitive around the world.

Marco Rubio will lower taxes so our consumers will reinforce their purchasing power and get out of poverty and our economy can grow. He'll reduce government to strengthen our dollar. He'll expand free trade so we can be more competitive. And he will lead us to energy independence so we can be free of foreign oil.

Senator Rubio selected one of the best partners a nominee could have ever found : Stephen Pearcy, a man who has sweared for all his short political career to put taxes at their lowest rates in history. Marco Rubio and Stephen Pearcy will accomplish that goal, they will challenge the status quo and bring the change that America needs at all costs.

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So now even though we are witnessing one of the slowest economic growths in decades, our people can rise again and we can restore the American Dream, a principle which Marco Rubio is one of the greatest defenders we've ever known.

Right now, I'm running for Senate re-election here in the state of Ohio in order to make sure tht we will succeed in lowering taxes and government spending. But do you know who I'm running against : former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, whose governorship has been disastrous for Ohio and its economy through higher taxes and populism while Ohio's largest sector is trade/transportation/utilities, which employs 1,010,000 Ohioans, or 19.4% of Ohio's workforce. So Strickland's big government liberal leadership cost Ohio 350 000 good-paying jobs in four years (2006-2010).

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We can't afford to go back to the Strickland years. We need a New American Century, which requires a New American Prosperity, which requires defeating Elizabeth Warren and Ted Strickland in order to get the government out of the way of the American people. Marco Rubio will do it by reducing the cost of doing business in America, by cutting taxes and regulations for our manufacturing industry and by lowering our corporate tax rate to 20 %, which will make our trade deals fair for our nation and our workers, help us to promote trade and America's worldwide economic competitiveness while keeping our jobs, bringing American manufacturing jobs not only back here in Ohio but also back here in America. The right solution to our economic challenges is to make America the best place in the world to do business.

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Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown, my Ohioan colleague in the Senate, can't be trusted to defend the middle class. Because they don't understand one of the most basic elements of economic prosperity : most of the jobs come from small businesses. And yet, they both support Dodd-Frank, a big government policy that made big banks bigger because the government made them big by imposing thousands of pages of regulations. Unlike small banks, big banks are able to deal with all these regulations because they have an army of lawyers and compliance officers. As a consequence, big banks got bigger and small banks are struggling to lend or to exist. We have actually created a category of systemically important institutions, and these banks go around bragging about it. You know what they say to people with a wink and a nod? We are so big, we are so important that if we get in trouble, the government has to bail us out. This anti-growth law is eviscerating small businesses and small banks. Over 40 % of small and mid-size banks that loan money to small businesses have been wiped out since Dodd-Frank has passed in 2010, which bankrupted small businesses, killed tens of thousands of jobs and drastically raised the unemployment rate.

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So the bottom line is that Dodd-Frank is putting the special interests of Wall Street individuals ahead of the needs of the middle class and our workers. Marco Rubio will repeal Dodd-Frank in order to make the middle class stronger and to get small businesses working again to hire people, to increase their productivity and their competitiveness and he will reform Wall Street. When small business win, when the middle class wins, all America wins.

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Here's another example why the Democratic ticket can't be trusted to defend our workers : when we were both lawmakers at the United States House of Representatives, my colleague Sherrod Brown voted against the Small Business Tax Fairness Act of 2000 while it was aimed at reducing taxes on small businesses and increasing the minimum wage.

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And I'm proud to have supported this pro-growth law at that time, thus which helped us to pass that bill that brought the goals I just mentionned. Marco Rubio will defend the interests of our workers by promoting free market and free enterprise solutions, by promoting tax reform, by reducing the size of government, repealing the IRS and replacing it by a flat tax and by championing small businesses through making America a friendlier place for small businesses.

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When I was a kid, my father started his own business selling forklift trucks. He had to borrow money from my mother's uncle because the bank wouldn’t give him a loan. He lost money for the first few years, but he never lost his dream. And by the time he retired and my brother took over, the business had 200 employees – supporting 200 families in Southwest Ohio.

To renew America's promise, we need to make America the best place in the world to open, grow and expand a business so we can ensure permanent job creation and prosperity. Marco Rubio and Stephen Pearcy will follow that path and that's how they will establish a New American Prosperity for all.

Thank you and God bless our great country.