Interactive Election Game: 2016 (TURN 5)

[UWS]

I think I will need a 30 minute extension.

[UWS]

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

[NHI]

UPDATE: July 14-21

This round will cover the lead up and full Republican Convention in Ohio.

The general Election is in full swing. Senator Rubio is going after Senator Warren on the issues of terrorism and American security. Rubio has been blasting Warren on the air in many of the crucial battleground states, including the key states in the midwest.

For her part Senator Warren has been staying above the fray, leaving the attacking to her Vice Presidential pick Sherrod Brown, who is proving to be quite the effective spokesman for Warren and her campaign.

Congressman Paul is continuing to run a libertarian campaign, hoping to pickup Republicans disaffected by Rubio. However, the pick of Stephen Pearcy seems to have united much of the Republican Party; with many who remain undecided waiting to hear the Florida Senator accept the GOP nomination on July 21. Nevertheless Paul is campaigning across the country, specifically hitting states of New Hampshire, Montana, Pennsylvania and Texas. So far his impact is being felt the most in the Live Free or Die State of New Hampshire. Polls show Warren building a comfortable lead over Warren.

Mark Cuban, the other independent candidate in the race appears to be for the moment not much of a factor. His polling has dropped to low single digits nationally and across the states. Many pundits see the race as still a two person race, with Paul potentially serving as a spoiler in a few places.

All the candidates commented on the FBI's decision to not formally prosecute Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, over her use of a private email server, during her tenure at the State Department. Both Republican candidates and Congressman Paul and Judge Napolitano blasted the decision by FBI Director James Comey. Public Opinion continues to be mixed. 43% believe it was wrong for Clinton to use a public server, while 46% say it is no big deal. Public opinion of the former Secy. of State is 53% 43%.

Now all eyes are on the Republicans as they meet in Cleveland to nominate Rubio and Pearcy for President and Vice President of the United States.

Breaking News:

Terrorist Attack in Nice


Pres. Obama Blasts Rubio and Pearcy as "Out of Ideas and Too Extreme for America"


BREAKING NEWS: EDWARD SNOWDEN ENDORSES RON PAUL IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Candidates Favorability

Senator Marco Rubio:

Favorable: 49%
Unfavorable: 40%

Senator Elizabeth Warren:

Favorable: 47%
Unfavorable: 42%

Congressman Ron Paul:

Favorable: 48%
Unfavorable: 32%

State Polling:

Ohio:
Rubio: 44%
Warren: 42%
Paul: 3%
Cuban: <1%

Wisconsin:
Rubio: 46%
Warren: 44%
Paul: 2%
Cuban: <1%

Michigan:
Warren: 47%
Rubio: 44%
Paul: 2%
Cuban: <1%

Iowa:
Rubio: 47%
Warren: 44%
Paul: 2%
Cuban: <1%

Pennsylvania:
Warren: 46%
Rubio: 44%
Paul: 4%
Cuban: 1%

New Hampshire:
Warren: 38%
Rubio: 33%
Paul: 17%
Cuban: 1%

Maine:
Warren: 44%
Rubio: 38%
Paul: 10%
Cuban: 1%

New Mexico:
Warren: 44%
Rubio: 43%
Paul: 5%
Cuban: 1%

Virginia:
Rubio: 47%
Warren: 46%
Paul: 2%
Cuban: 1%

Colorado:
Warren: 41%
Rubio: 39%
Paul: 9%
Cuban: <1%

Nevada:
Rubio: 41%
Warren: 40%
Paul: 9%
Cuban: 1%

Arizona:
Rubio: 50%
Warren: 38%
Paul: 5%
Cuban: 1%

Texas:
Rubio: 50%
Warren: 30%
Paul: 14%
Cuban: 1%

Georgia:
Rubio: 49%
Warren: 43%
Paul: 2%
Cuban: <1%

North Carolina:
Rubio: 47%
Warren: 44%
Paul: 3%
Cuban: <1%

Missouri:
Rubio: 50%
Warren: 40%
Paul: 4%
Cuban: <1%

Montana:
Rubio: 48%
Warren: 36%
Paul: 9%
Cuban: <1%

Illinois:
Warren: 50%
Rubio: 39%
Paul: 4%
Cuban: 1%

Minnesota:
Warren: 50%
Rubio: 37%
Paul: 3%
Cuban: <1%

Alaska:
Rubio: 47%
Warren: 34%
Paul: 14%
Cuban: <1%

Maine CD 2:
Rubio: 46%
Warren: 40%
Paul: 9%
Cuban: 0%

Nebraska CD 2:
Rubio: 48%
Warren: 46%
Paul: 1%
Cuban: 0%


Endorsements:
Libertarian activist Adam Kokesh - Kokesh endorses Paul due to their shared views on the economy and a non interventionist foreign policy.

Congressman Justin Amash - Justin Amash  endorses Paul due to their shared views in areas like the economy, less government intervention and a less interventionist foreign policy

Former representative from Alaska Andre Marrou - Marrou endorses Paul because he was Paul's running mate in 1988 and they have many similar views in both the economy and in the social issues.

Edward Snowden - Snowden endorses Paul because he is the only candidate in the race that is proposing ending the PATRIOT Act and the NSA Surveillance and bringing him (Snowden) back home.

Rubio:

Wayne Root, economist

Roger Stone

United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Colin Powell, former Secretary of State

William Weld, former Governor of Massachusetts

Bob Barr, 2008 Libertarian presidential nominee

James P. Gray, 2012 Libertarian vice-presidential nominee

Mindy Finn, businesswoman and president of Empowered Women

50 Cent, singer


This round will last until FRIDAY and close at 11 PM EST

[UWS]

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.

[Jaguar4life]

Pearcy responds to President Obama attack on Rubio's foreign policy in Virginia

So Obama attacked Senator Rubio's foreign policy and called me a "Aging rock star"

First off Obama that's not very Presidental of you. You can attack our polices all you want call but you attack me not Senator Rubio's policies that is a shame to the office of the presidency!

Also calling our place not safe and this is coming from the same guy who lied about ending the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. He said while campaigning in 2008 that he would in his first term but what it did at most was just do a 1,000 troop withdrawal and said yeah we are done.

His weak foreign policy has created even more terrorists and terror groups in the Middle East like ISIS.

As President Marco Rubio will end the war in the Middle East once and for all!!

[Jaguar4life]

Pearcy campaigns in Harrisburg Pennsylvania


Now President Obama's TPP was a disaster and will not work because the corporate tax rate that we are dealing to these countries in this deal are not as high as ours.  Hong Kong is going to kill us in trade deals in Obama's version of the deal!


When Marco Rubio is elected he will cut the corporate taxes by 30% and he will make the TPP fairer and more competitive and will also make sure that you don't lose your job!!

[UWS]

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.

[GoTfan]

Sanders initiates filibuster of Counterterrorist Coalition Act

This bill will only increase our violation of the Fourth Amendment, increase our pointless wars in the Middle East and continue to violate other countries, give huge tax breaks to the military-industrial complex and push us closer to the brink of another World War.

Therefore, Senators Merkley, Baldwin, Leahy and I are taking the floor and will not stop speaking until we collapse from exhaustion or the bill is killed; whichever comes first.

[UWS]

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!]

[GoTfan]

Seven hours into the filibuster . . .

  . . . and this is without mentioning the grave violations of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. This bIll expands domestic spying and warrentless wiretapping of American citizens. Doing so will only increase government overreach in the area of domestic defense. Spying on legal American citizens does notjing fo make us safer. In fact, I would argue it makes us less safe, which leads me to my next point . . . 

[UWS]

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.

[UWS]

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

[UWS]

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

[GoTfan]

23 hours into the filibuster  . . .

. . . moreover, we are directly abandoning our own personal freedoms in the name of a policy that won't even ensure thd safety of our people. We are pushing a draconian police state policy that will only further destory the people's faith in Congress. You are all aware of course, that Congress has a 9% approval rating according to the public? I hope you are. This brings me to my next point on the concept of government by consent . . .






As a side note, I'll need a 24 hour extension. I've been posting these to alleviate boredom with Uni work.

[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.

[Different Republican]

Ron Paul's response to Marco Rubio in Billings, Montana

I was not going to talk about this... but then Marco just started telling lies, big lies...

Marco was answering Judge Napolitano, nothing wrong there, but during his answer, he said that people like me and Napolitano can't hear the people! Now Marco, I'm not sure if you seen polls, and similar things like the people's opinion, but if there is someone who is not hearing the people, this person is you! I am not the person who is supporting the TPP to continue! You are, I am not the person who is supporting sending ground troops to Syria, something a majority of the people think we shouldn't do! You are! I am not the person who is supporting to continue the NSA Surveillance and the PATRIOT Act! You are!

He also said that I know nothing about foreing policy and that a vote for me is a vote for four more years of Obama's foreing policy, now answer me this Rubio... Would I have done what Obama and Hillary done in Syria!? NO! Would I have financed the groups Obama financed!? NO! Would I have deployed the military squads to fight a war about drugs in Latin America!? NO!

So Marco, just a reality check to you, Obama is a liberal hawk! And your foreing policy isn't any better than his, your foreign policy is basically the same what people like Bush supported, he's foreign policy created ISIS! The invasion of Iraq was an important thing that helped ISIS to become what it is today! And I was one of the six republicans who voted against the Iraq War in 2002 and I was right to do it, this war helped ISIS to become a threat how it is, it was a bad thing to our economy, and killed a lot of people who just didn't have to die!

He also claimed I have no plan to defeat Islamic terrorism! Once again! A LIE! I already said that I will work with countries like Russia, who you don't seem very enthusiastic about working with, even because you want a no fly zone in Syria... I will work with this countries like Russia and also our European allies like Britain to continue doing air strikes, I will stop financing groups we don't know who they are and instead we will fund groups we really know what they are doing like the Kurds! To stop terrorism here I will make it clear that if you are going to fight with them, you aren't an american citizen anymore, I will make it clear that you can only enter this country if we know who are you!

And by the way... You might be protecting the constitution by fighting terrorists, but you aren't following it! You are following parts of it, because if you were following the whole constitution you wouldn't support the PATRIOT Act and the NSA surveillance, because they do exactly what the fourth amendment says you can't do, searches and seizures without a warrant!

[GoTfan]

31 hours into the filibuster  . . .

. . . not to mention the fact that Saudi Arabia is responsible, largely on their own, for spreading this ideology of Wahabbism, the driving force behind much Islamic terrorism in the modern world. We should be reviewing our ties with Saudi Arabia, not enhancing them. How can we claim to be fighting terrorism when we back the Saudis unconditionally. Furthermore, we need to discuss our commitment to aiding nations that spread this ideology. This brings me to the idea of a non-interventionist foreign policy . . .

[UWS]

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.

[Jaguar4life]

(Time for some comedy)
STEPHEN PEARCY ON BETWEEN TWO FERNS



Zack:So Stephen Pearcy the lead singer of Poison

Umm no that's Brett Michaels he is the singer of Poison

Zack:Oh yeah and your big hit of course Dr Feelgood

Ummm that was Motley Crue our big hit was Round and Round

Zack:Ok fine well anyways first question you said some things about Marco Rubio during our Presidental run that seem well negative

Well I always respected him I was just playing the game of political primaries and trying to get my party's nomination which I failed at but at least I got a good constellation prize.

Zack:How does it feel knowing that whille you praise his work on many things especially him parodying you on Saturday Night Live that Will Arnet says you are more fit to be the White House docatcher

Well I knew of his well political views after all he endorsed Elizabeth Warren on Twitter.  I like these actors in Hollywood per say for entertainment not for political advice.

Zack:Ronald Reagan who seems to be a GOP Jesus of some sorts was a famous Hollywood actor

Well he had experience of being the Screen Actor's Guild and Govenor of California before being President.

And I feel like he was born to lead you know.

Zack:Anyways how would it feel if you became Vice President aka the the official do nothing position of the United States.

It's a very hard do nothing job. You basically gotta watch over the senate and basically be the President's assistant. I've seen VEEP you know

Zack:Fair Enough before we go I just wanted to ask will you make Round and Round a official song of the United States.

*He laughs* Uhh I will try I don't know how it will go over congress

[UWS]

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.

[NHI]

DNC HACK: Sen. Sanders 'Not Happy' with what was found

Vermont Senator was made aware of the hacking of the Democratic National Committee's Emails. He did not offer much comment, only that he was unhappy with the findings.

[UWS]

(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.

[UWS]

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.

[UWS]

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.

[UWS]

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!