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00:00:07.000But as soon as people start playing games, I stop.
00:06:30.000This country is being ripped apart and raped and looted.
00:06:34.000We're being slowly poisoned and in some cases quickly murdered and assassinated.
00:06:41.000And we're killing ourselves every day.
00:06:43.000Inadvertently, with the kinds of things that we eat and breathe and drink and see.
00:06:48.000People have got to start to radically begin to obey their conscience and tell the truth and do the right thing.
00:06:56.000People have got to start to get courageous.
00:06:59.000And this is the time for everybody to turn and look to God and to pray and to ask for strength and to ask for wisdom to get through this time and to transform and sanctify this country.
00:07:13.000And the alternative is that there will be no country.
00:07:17.000Is it really only as big as low gas prices?
00:07:21.000Is it really only so big as bringing inflation and gas prices and the corporate tax rate back down?
00:07:27.000It's not about waiting for someone to come in and change the policy and make it better.
00:07:31.000It's a personal decision that we all have to make to become soldiers of Christ.
00:09:38.000that america was different because we are different palantir is an ai data analytics company
00:10:02.000They use artificial intelligence to look at vast amounts of data and create insights.
00:10:09.000If the government has an amount of data which is kind of unimaginable, if you've got every phone call, every email, every transaction, every photograph of a license plate on the highway, satellite data, it's too much data for a bureaucracy to sift through.
00:10:26.000Palantir comes in and interprets the data using algorithms, using artificial intelligence, using software to make vast amounts of data usable.
00:16:57.000And I'm on my buttons like the phone of yard.
00:17:00.000You can simply get your finger on a beat.
00:17:04.000Went from one and four to one and three.
00:17:06.000Thirty people in the cattle and it just be a new commander and a chief.
00:17:13.000Definitely I fear and never when you can move the fear above God you create fear above everything else You're talking to somebody right now that only fears God victory, bro This is a Christian nation.
00:24:33.000Mind and senses purify, freed from desire.
00:24:37.000Mind and senses purified, freed from desire.
00:24:53.000If we don't have freedom on the Internet in the age of AI, we are going to be mind raped every day forever.
00:25:01.000Think about anything you've ever said or done in the vicinity of your phone's camera or microphone, everything you've ever put into your phone, and even things that are not necessarily so scandalous, but even things like your favorite restaurants, your geolocation, because your phone also has a GPS.
00:25:23.000They have access to your bank account.
00:25:25.000AI will literally know everything about you.
00:25:29.000Everyone you know, your relationship to them, your tastes, your preferences, your habits, your whereabouts, your routines, your schedule, when you asleep.
00:25:39.000They know how much REM sleep you're getting.
00:25:43.000They know how many calories you consume.
00:25:45.000Think about the ways that they can manipulate you.
00:25:48.000You have a computer in your refrigerator, computer in your car, computer in your home security system, computer in your everything, computer in your clothes, your watch, your glasses, your VR headset, your alarm clock.
00:26:00.000You have a smart home, economy of things.
00:26:02.000It's like total, like, rape of everybody by the system forever.
00:26:19.000My life is like a first-person video game, you know?
00:27:18.000These material appetites, they will never be satisfied.
00:27:23.000And even if they are, it'll never be an adequate substitute for communion with our Holy Father, with somebody, with the author of the world.
00:27:32.000And every mother and father understands the love for a child.
00:36:16.000I want that shot of myself onto a job that I have.
00:36:27.000My voice says nothing when I scream off our head.
00:36:33.000I stretch my hand on my car just cause I know When I get home,
00:36:59.000I want you Hello, I got places to be watching America First, my name is Nicholas Jay Fuentes.
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00:54:34.000There's not a lot to show for it after just a year.
00:54:37.000And this is going to be a very important speech tonight because we are headed into the midterms in just about eight months, just a little bit over eight months, actually.
00:54:48.000And as you know, the Democrats are projected to take over the House, maybe even the Senate.
00:54:54.000Not likely they'll take the Senate, but it's actually becoming increasingly likely that they'll win the House.
00:54:59.000If you look at the odds on polymarket, they're actually up.
00:55:03.000They were at 83% for most of the year so far.
00:55:16.000So this is a pivotal moment in the Trump administration.
00:55:20.000He's going to have to make the case getting into primary season, getting into the midterms about his record in the hopes that maybe he could get it back on track.
00:55:32.000Either he can get his administration back on track, salvage the approval rating, regain some of the initiative for his agenda, try and finish strong here.
00:55:48.000But the other reason, of course, is you then have to go out and make the case in the general election, in the midterms, so that you can salvage Congress.
00:55:58.000And if you can't salvage Congress, then you have a really difficult time, as we've talked about on this show, actually for years now, in the final two years of his second term.
00:56:09.000What's going to happen when the Democrats take the House, which is a certainty at this point, all but inevitable, is that you are going to have throughout 2027 and 2028, it's going to be subpoenas, depositions, investigations.
00:56:24.000Surely there will be at least one impeachment.
00:56:26.000I think there'll probably be multiple.
00:56:29.000There will be articles of impeachment against not just Trump, but maybe other members of the cabinet too.
00:56:34.000And that goes with the oversight power of the House.
00:56:38.000Democrats take the House and they don't just create gridlock in the legislature and shut down any major legislation and things like that, but they also exercise the oversight power and that's going to be the real problem.
00:56:52.000Convening subcommittees, subpoena, compelling the release of documents, forcing deposition, deposing government officials.
00:57:01.000And with that oversight power, they then can get the evidence they need, get the paperwork for articles of impeachment.
00:57:09.000And a lot of people don't realize, again, it's not just against Trump.
00:57:12.000It could be against Vance, who's pictured here.
00:57:15.000He's coming into the Capitol building.
00:57:18.000It could be against Pete Hegseth, who had a major scandal last year around this time.
00:57:23.000SignalGate could be against Christy Noam if she's still in the job.
00:57:27.000There's a lot of corruption in Homeland Security over these border wall contracts not being widely reported.
00:57:34.000A lot of corruption about a lot of the appropriations and the acquisitions processes in some of these bigger departments and agencies.
00:57:42.000So you're staring down the barrel of the gun here.
00:57:45.000It's not just about losing the House and you shut down the agenda.
00:57:48.000It's also about shutting down the executive branch.
00:57:51.000And then, of course, that is going to flood into 2028.
00:57:56.000And it's going to affect that presidential primary, which will certainly start early in 2027 and then bleed into 28.
00:58:04.000So it's really a lot is on the line here.
00:58:27.000We had really, realistically, really one year, maybe a year and a half at most.
00:58:34.000You had January 20th until right about now, and maybe a few more months until the summer, which is when all the primaries are finished, right around July.
00:58:45.000You have realistically until now, at the earliest, July at the latest, to get it together for that very reason.
00:59:05.000Because if you don't have momentum going into 2026, if you don't have something to show for it, if you're figuring it out on the fly, if it is like it was in the first term, where you don't really have a solid agenda, where you don't know what you're doing, you're going to be caught with your pants around your ankles in 2026.
00:59:25.000You're going to get utterly destroyed because the media, which is liberal and in the pocket of the Democrats, you're going to have them breathing down your neck.
00:59:33.000You're going to have already you have the effect that the incumbent administration does poorly in the House and the midterms.
00:59:40.000So you have these historic factors working against you.
00:59:43.000And if you don't pull it out in the midterms, you're done.
00:59:48.000And if you couldn't get it done in the first year, you're definitely not going to get it done working uphill with a gridlock, with a divided government, with Democrats in the House, Republicans in the Senate.
01:00:01.000So I said this a long time ago that you're going to know very early on whether the administration is going to succeed because you'll be able to tell in the first year if they did enough, if they have the stuff, if they have what it takes, if they have the right people, if they're doing the right things.
01:00:18.000And if you don't have that, then forget it.
01:01:29.000A year ago, people were talking about building new cities and we were going to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours and the mass deportations start on day one and it's going to be different this time.
01:01:42.000It's going to be a golden age, as they say.
01:01:45.000And now we have crashed into the rocks.
01:01:51.000The waves have broken on the shore of reality.
01:02:20.000People argue with this, but the deportations are not what were promised and they're not where they need to be and they're just not sufficient.
01:05:07.000But I think what you've seen already two months in is they just cannot overcome.
01:05:12.000Unfortunately, I think it's just too late.
01:05:16.000And so they're just getting beaten back by the tide, which is too powerful, by the media, by the Democrats, by the courts, the Supreme Court, which just handed down the decision striking down the tariffs, by the personnel, which doesn't even know what they're doing.
01:05:34.000And I think it's just a little too late.
01:05:36.000And, you know, the reason that I'm so pessimistic about all of it and why I was pessimistic from the jump in 2024 is because we saw all of this happen back in the first term.
01:05:48.000We saw this whole story play out, which is that Trump is disorganized, incompetent, hires all the wrong people.
01:06:08.000He's big on American power, but used in a restrained way and using all the tools at our disposal, using trade, using the economy, using diplomacy, using the deterrent force of the military.
01:06:23.000Even as far as immigration is concerned, in the first term, he tried 100 different things to reel in H-1B visas, literally 100 things, and they tried to get the funding.
01:06:33.000The intentions arguably are right, but that's really just not enough.
01:06:39.000Unless paired with the right team and the right approach and a sustained long-term effort and focus, it's not enough.
01:07:12.000You don't have all the time in the world and you don't have all the energy in the world.
01:07:17.000And so the way that the permanent bureaucracy in Washington and the interests have beaten the MAGA agenda over the course of the first and the second term is they deny it by delaying it.
01:07:30.000Procedural obstacles, court challenges, simply some people just drag their feet in the administration.
01:08:14.000So unless you have the energy and the vigor, unless you have the right personnel, unless you have that sustained effort, the organizational prowess, you are going to get beat.
01:08:27.000And the way that I like to think about it is that Washington is like the casino.
01:08:33.000And the casino, as you know, is a place where the House always wins.
01:09:17.000We didn't have a chance to cover the tariffs yet.
01:09:20.000On Friday, the Supreme Court, they've been adjudicating this for a long time.
01:09:24.000They finally struck down Trump's emergency tariffs, which he has invoked using this emergency economic law, the IEEPA.
01:09:34.000And now, not only are all the tariffs canceled and null and void, but the government has to give a refund of $150 billion to all the firms that they collected the tariffs from.
01:09:48.000This is a huge pain in the ass, huge problem.
01:09:52.000The government now has to find not just $150 billion, but interest on the $150 billion.
01:09:58.000They're going to be adjudicating that in the courts, how they pay it, who they pay it to, how much they owe.
01:10:06.000And you want to know what's so disgusting about this?
01:10:10.000Obviously, I disagree with the Supreme Court decision.
01:10:13.000But this, like Epstein, like everything else, who do you blame for this?
01:10:24.000In Trump's first term, they considered using these emergency economic powers to levy the tariffs.
01:10:32.000That was a consideration in the first term.
01:10:35.000They ultimately decided against it because their trade representative, Robert Lighthiser, told them, if you use this law, they will get challenged and then struck down.
01:15:01.000You guys really need to steal yourselves because the speech is going to start and then it is just going to grind down and it's going to get slow.
01:20:51.000I should say, before we get into it, the biggest thing that I'm looking out for, it's going to be a fairly typical State of the Union, I think.
01:21:00.000Here is my prediction, if I can give you, if I can offer you one.
01:21:06.000I think that the bulk of the State of the Union, he's going to focus on border security.
01:21:13.000That's really one of the biggest accomplishments.
01:21:15.000And in terms of favorability, that is what his voters approve of the most, the handling of the border in particular, which I separate from deportations, which is technically a separate policy.
01:21:28.000He's going to talk about border security.
01:21:30.000They say he will introduce another tax cut.
01:21:34.000He has another chance to use the budget reconciliation process for the year 2026.
01:21:40.000And I don't know how that would be possible.
01:21:44.000These budget reconciliation bills, they have to at least be revenue neutral.
01:21:48.000So if you cut taxes, you need to come up with a revenue increase or a spending cut somewhere else.
01:21:54.000You remember the big, beautiful bill, that was utilizing the budget reconciliation process.
01:22:35.000So whatever you cut, and they say that Trump is going to introduce another tax cut, he got to pay for it somehow in order to unlock budget reconciliation.
01:22:44.000Budget reconciliation is the once-per-year process where you can pass a far-reaching bill with a simple majority in the Senate as long as it relates to revenue increase, spending cuts, or the debt ceiling.
01:22:59.000And it has to be at least revenue neutral.
01:23:02.000You cannot increase the deficit with this.
01:23:05.000So if they introduce the tax cut, they'll have to find a way to make the math work.
01:23:09.000They say that he's going to do that tonight.
01:23:14.000And of course, the other big thing, this is maybe the biggest thing that's on my radar.
01:23:19.000As we speak, there is a massive presence of U.S. force in the Middle East.
01:23:25.000We're looking down the barrel of a war with Iran coming up very soon.
01:23:29.000There is a scheduled third round of negotiations on Thursday in Geneva, Switzerland.
01:23:36.000They say that the Omani representative has given Iran's position to the United States, and we are still at an impasse.
01:23:45.000So as it stands, as of this afternoon, and this afternoon, there was a closed-door hearing with Marco Rubio and the Gang of Eight in the Senate.
01:23:54.000As of this afternoon, it is said that Iran has not agreed to give up their nuclear centrifuges, and the United States is not budging on this.
01:24:03.000What's interesting, though, is that there seems to be a little asymmetry here because the deputy foreign minister of Iran said that we're very close to a deal and they're going to be able to get it across the finish line on Thursday.
01:24:15.000On the U.S. side, we do not share that assessment at all.
01:24:20.000Trump says Iran wants to make a deal, but they're not willing to do what it takes.
01:24:26.000And so how Trump approaches that subject tonight may be very interesting.
01:24:31.000Some say that he may declare war on Iran, that he may make the case to the American people for a war with Iran, or maybe there will be some new innovation in the Iran policy.
01:24:45.000But that might be the single biggest thing to watch tonight is what he has to say about this situation.
01:32:30.000Less than five months from now, our country will celebrate an epic milestone in American history, the 250th anniversary of our glorious American independence.
01:32:43.000This July 4th, we will mark two and a half centuries of liberty and triumph, progress and freedom in the most incredible and exceptional nation ever to exist on the face of the earth.
01:33:16.000When I last spoke in this chamber 12 months ago, I had just inherited a nation in crisis with a stagnant economy, inflation at record levels, a wide open border.
01:33:30.000horrendous recruitment for military and police, rampant crime at home, and wars and chaos all over the world.
01:33:39.000But tonight, after just one year, I can say with dignity and pride that we have achieved a transformation like no one has ever seen before and a turnaround for the ages.
01:33:51.000It is indeed a turnaround for the ages.
01:35:18.000After four years in which millions and millions of illegal aliens poured across our borders totally unvetted and unchecked, we now have the strongest and most secure border in American history by far.
01:35:43.000In the past nine months, zero illegal aliens have been admitted to the United States.
01:36:03.000But we will always allow people to come in legally, people that will love our country and will work hard to maintain our country.
01:37:10.000He wouldn't like me to say that, but that's a long time ago.
01:37:13.000The Biden administration and its allies in Congress gave us the worst inflation in the history of our country.
01:37:22.000But in 12 months, my administration has driven core inflation down to the lowest level in more than five years.
01:37:28.000And in the last three months of 2025, it was down to 1.7%.
01:37:49.000Gasoline, which reached a peak of over $6 a gallon in some states, under my predecessor, it was quite honestly a disaster, is now below $2.30 a gallon in most states and in some places.
01:38:43.000And low interest rates will solve the Biden-created housing problem while at the same time protecting the values of those people who already own a house that really feel rich for the first time in their lives.
01:40:26.000As thousands of new businesses are forming in factories, plants, and laboratories are being built.
01:40:32.000We have added 70,000 new construction jobs in just a very short period of time.
01:40:38.000It's getting bigger and bigger and stronger.
01:40:40.000Nobody can believe what they're watching.
01:40:43.000American oil production is up by more than 600,000 barrels a day, and we just received from our new friend and partner, Venezuela, more than 80 million barrels of oil.
01:47:23.000But I just want to tell you that the members of this great hockey squad will be very happy to hear, based on their vote and my vote, and in this case, my vote was more important, that I will soon be presenting Connor with our highest civilian honor, which we will be given and which has been given to many athletes over the years.
01:47:45.000But when I say many, not too many, like 12.
01:47:49.000It's called the highest civilian honor in our country, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
01:49:01.000I'm also pleased to say that the next time the Olympic torch is lit, it will be here in America for the 2028 Olympics.
01:49:11.000And it's the summer version right in Los Angeles.
01:49:14.000going to do a good job in Los Angeles and Los Angeles is going to be safe just like Washington D.C. is now one of the safest cities in the country.
01:49:46.000And this year, and I must say I got them both.
01:50:38.000At age 17, Buddy volunteered to defend America in World War II, serving in the Pacific under the great General Douglas MacArthur.
01:50:49.000He fought bravely in the famous Battle of Manila, worked so hard.
01:50:54.000He was badly wounded and almost killed by enemy machine guns in Luzon.
01:51:00.000And 81 years ago this month, he liberated the largest internment camp in the Philippines, one of the largest anywhere in the world.
01:51:09.000But he earned many honors, including a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star, came home, started a family, and tonight he is in the gallery looking forward to July 4th, 2026, his 100th birthday.
01:51:25.000Okay, what does that have to do with anything?
01:54:22.000And Petty Officer Ruskin, I'm pleased to inform you that I am now awarding you the Legion of Merit for extraordinary heroism, which is what it was, extraordinary heroism.
01:55:22.000Together, we're building a nation where every child has the chance to reach higher and go further, where government answers to the people, not the powerful, and where the interests of hardworking American citizens are always our first and ultimate concern.
01:55:39.000That is the debt we owe to the heroes who came before us, and that is the promise we must keep to America for our 250th year.
01:55:50.000Last year, I urged this Congress to begin the mission by passing the largest tax cuts in American history, and our Republican majorities delivered so beautifully.
01:56:34.000They wanted large-scale tax increases to hurt the people instead.
01:56:42.000But we held strong, and with the great, big, beautiful bill, we gave you no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and no tax on Social Security for our great city.
01:57:03.000They didn't vote for the tax cuts that were necessary.
01:57:08.000That's kind of Interest on auto loans tax deductible the first time, but only if the car is made in America.
01:57:28.000Recently in Pennsylvania, I met Megan Hemhauser, a devoted mom whose homeschools her children, beautiful, two children, during the day while waiting tables at night as her husband works overtime operating very heavy equipment.
01:57:47.000Megan is here this evening and she's happy to tell you that she is so, so much richer because with no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and her expanded child tax credit done again by Republicans, Megan and her husband will take home more than $5,000 extra just for the year, cutting her tax bill in more than half.
01:59:00.000Tax-free investment accounts for every American child.
01:59:04.000This is something that's so special and has taken off and gone through the roof.
01:59:08.000Millions will be pre-funded courtesy of the U.S. Treasury and private individuals like Michael and Susan Dell, who have donated $6,250,000,000 to fund the Trump accounts for 25 million American children.
02:01:02.000One of the primary reasons for our country's stunning economic turnaround.
02:01:07.000The biggest in history where the Dow Jones broke 50,000 four years ahead of schedule and the S ⁇ P hit 7,000 where it wasn't supposed to do it for many years were tariffs.
02:01:22.000I used these tariffs, took in hundreds of billions of dollars to make great deals for our country, both economically and on a national security basis.
02:02:26.000But the good news is that almost all countries and corporations want to keep the deal that they already made, right, Scott?
02:02:35.000Knowing that the legal power that I, as president, have to make a new deal could be far worse for them, and therefore they will continue to work along the same successful path that we had negotiated before the Supreme Court's unfortunate involvement.
02:02:54.000So despite the disappointing ruling, these powerful countries saving, it's saving our country, the kind of money we're taking in.
02:03:04.000Peace protecting many of the wars I settled was because of the threat of tariffs.
02:03:09.000I wouldn't have been able to settle them without.
02:03:11.000We'll remain in place under fully approved and tested alternative legal statutes.
02:03:17.000And they have been tested for a long time.
02:03:19.000They're a little more complex, but they're actually probably better, leading to a solution that will be even stronger than before.
02:03:29.000Congressional action will not be necessary.
02:03:31.000It's already time-tested and approved.
02:03:34.000And as time goes by, I believe the tariffs paid for by foreign countries will, like in the past, substantially replace the modern-day system of income tax, taking a great financial burden off the people that I love.
02:03:55.000that was all over the place this guy just can't give a speech anymore moving forward factories jobs investment and trillions and trillions of dollars will continue pouring into the united states of america because we finally have a president who puts america first I put America first.
02:04:29.000For decades before I came along, we had the exact opposite.
02:04:35.000From trade to health care, from energy to immigration, everything was stolen and rigged in order to drain the wealth out of the productive, hardworking people who make our country great, who make our country run.
02:04:48.000Under Biden and his corrupt partners in Congress and beyond, it reached a breaking point with the Green News scam, opened borders for everyone.
02:04:58.000They poured in by the millions and millions from prisons, from mental institutions.
02:06:47.000And soon you will see numbers that few people would think were possible to achieve just a short time ago.
02:06:56.000Nobody can believe when they see the kind of numbers, and especially energy, when they see energy going down to numbers like that, they cannot believe it.
02:07:34.000Their stock prices soared 1,1200, 1,400, and even 1,700 percent, like nothing else.
02:07:43.000That's why I introduced the great health care plan.
02:07:47.000I want to stop all payments to big insurance companies and instead give that money directly to the people so they can buy their own health care, which will be better health care at a much lower cost.
02:08:26.000And I did that in my first term, and the Democrats immediately terminated it with full knowledge that they were doing a very bad thing for the people.
02:08:34.000Costs were going to go way up, and that's what happened.
02:08:36.000And now I'm bringing them way down on health care and everything else.
02:08:40.000I'm also ending the wildly inflated cost of prescription drugs like has never happened before.
02:08:56.000Other presidents tried to do it, but they never could.
02:09:12.000Under my just enacted most favored nation agreements, Americans, who have for decades paid by far the highest prices of any nation anywhere in the world for prescription drugs will now pay the lowest price anywhere in the world for drugs, Anywhere the lowest price
02:09:41.000so in my first year of the second term Should be my third term, but strange things happen I took prescription drugs, a very big part of health care, from the highest price in the entire world to the lowest.
02:10:32.000For five years, she and her husband have struggled with infertility, and they turned to IVF.
02:10:39.000One drug has been costing Catherine $4,000 to purchase.
02:10:44.000But a few weeks ago, she logged onto the TrumpRX website and got that same drug that cost $4,000, got it for under $500, a reduction of much more, actually, than $3,500.
02:10:59.000Catherine, we are all praying for you and you're going to be a great mom.
02:11:23.000So now I'm calling on Congress to codify my most favored nation program into law.
02:11:30.000Now, the one thing I'm not sure it matters because it's going to be very hard for somebody that comes along after me to say, let's raise drug prices by 700 or 800 percent.
02:11:42.000But John and Mike, if you don't mind, codify it anyway.
02:12:29.000It could never handle the kind of numbers, the amount of electricity that's needed.
02:12:33.000So I'm telling them they can build their own plant.
02:12:36.000They're going to produce their own electricity.
02:12:38.000It will ensure the company's ability to get electricity while at the same time lowering prices of electricity for you and could be very substantial for all of you cities and towns.
02:12:49.000You're going to see some good things happen over the next number of years.
02:12:53.000Another pillar of the American dream that has been under attack is homeownership.
02:12:59.000With us tonight is Race O'Wiggins, a mom of two from Houston.
02:13:03.000She placed bids on 20 homes and lost all of those bids to gigantic investment firms that bypassed inspection, paid all cash, and turned those houses into rentals, stealing away her American dreams.
02:13:18.000Stories like this are why last month I signed executive order to ban large Wall Street investment firms from buying up in the thousands single-family homes.
02:13:36.000I feel like some of this is good stuff, but just the way he's delivering it is not good.
02:13:41.000And now I'm asking Congress to make that ban permanent because homes for people, really, that's what we want.
02:13:49.000We want homes for people, not for corporations.
02:14:48.000Yet half of all of working Americans still do not have access to a retirement plan with matching contributions from an employer.
02:14:56.000To remedy this gross disparity, I'm announcing that next year my administration will give these oft-forgotten American workers, great people, the people that built our country, access to the same type of retirement plan offered to every federal worker.
02:15:11.000We will match your contribution with up to $1,000 each year.
02:15:16.000As we ensure that all Americans can profit from a rising stock market, let's also ensure that members of Congress cannot corruptly profit from using insider information.
02:15:49.000They stood up for that I can't believe.
02:16:28.000But when it comes to the corruption that is really, it's plundering America.
02:16:34.000There's been no more stunning example than Minnesota, where members of the Somali pillaged an estimated $19 billion from the American taxpayer.
02:16:50.000And in actuality, the number is much higher than that.
02:16:53.000And California, Massachusetts, Maine, and many other states are even worse.
02:16:59.000This is the kind of corruption that shreds the fabric of a nation, and we are working on it like you wouldn't believe.
02:17:06.000So, tonight, although started four months ago, I am officially announcing the war on fraud to be led by our great Vice President, JD Vance.
02:17:51.000The Somali pirates who ransacked Minnesota remind us that there are large parts of the world where bribery, corruption, and not the exception.
02:18:03.000Importing these cultures through unrestricted immigration and open borders brings those problems right here to the USA.
02:18:11.000And it is the American people who pay the price in higher medical bills, car insurance rates, rent, taxes, and most importantly, crime.
02:18:42.000Delilah Colton was only five years old in June 2024 when a 18-wheel tractor trailer plowed into her stopped car, traveling at 60 miles an hour or more.
02:18:56.000The driver was an illegal alien, led in by Joe Biden and given a commercial driver's license by open borders politicians in California.
02:19:06.000Doctors said Delilah would never be able to walk or talk, have a good life.
02:19:12.000She wouldn't even be able to eat again.
02:19:15.000But against all odds, she is now in the first grade learning to walk.
02:19:20.000And she's here this evening with her dad, Marcus, a fantastic man.
02:19:24.000Delilah, please, you are a great inspiration.
02:20:00.000Many, if not most illegal aliens, do not speak English and cannot read even the most basic road signs as to direction, speed, danger, or location.
02:20:10.000That's why tonight I'm calling on Congress to pass what we will call the Delilah law barring any state from granting commercial driver's licenses to illegal aliens.
02:20:22.000The way that he said that, he goes, many illegals can't even speak English or read even the most basic science.
02:20:35.000And yesterday, as you probably saw at the White House, I hosted a ceremony with Americans who lost their treasured loved ones to the scourge of illegal immigration.
02:20:48.000People came into our country, how we allowed this to happen with our open borders.
02:20:52.000These are the angel moms and families that for decades our government betrayed and our media totally ignored.
02:21:03.000In 2023, a 16-year-old high school cheerleader named Lisbeth Medina was supposed to perform in her town's Christmas parade, but she never arrived.
02:21:15.000Her mother, Jacqueline, went home to look for her and she found her lying dead in a bathtub, bleeding profusely after being stabbed 25 times.
02:21:26.000Lisbeth's killer was a previously arrested illegal alien who had broken in and just brutally extinguished the brightest light in her family's life violently and viciously.
02:21:42.000Her heartbroken mother is in the gallery to remind everyone in this chamber exactly why we are deporting illegal alien criminals for our country at record numbers, and we're getting them the hell out of here fast.
02:22:23.000We can never forget that many in this room not only allowed the border invasion to happen before I got involved, but indeed they would do it all over again if they ever had the chance.
02:22:38.000If they ever got elected, they would open up those borders to some of the worst criminals anywhere in the world.
02:22:44.000The only thing standing between Americans and a wide open border right now is President Donald J. Trump and our great Republican patriots in Congress.
02:22:54.000As we speak, Democrats in this chamber have cut off all funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
02:23:17.000They have instituted another Democrat shutdown, the first one costing us two points on GDP.
02:23:24.000Two points we lost on GDP, which probably made them quite happy, actually.
02:23:29.000Now they have closed the agency responsible for protecting Americans from terrorists and murderers.
02:23:36.000Tonight I'm demanding the full and immediate restoration of all funding for the border security, homeland security of the United States, and also for helping people clean up their snow.
02:23:50.000We have no money because of the Democrats, and it would be nice.
02:23:54.000We'd love to give you a hand at cleaning it up, but you gave no money.
02:24:01.000We have, in case you didn't know, pretty large snowstorm out there.
02:24:05.000One of the great things about the state of the union is how it gives Americans the chance to see clearly what their representatives really believe.
02:24:15.000So tonight I'm inviting every legislature to join with my administration in reaffirming a fundamental principle.
02:24:23.000If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support.
02:24:28.000The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.
02:26:33.000That is why I'm also asking you to end deadly sanctuary cities that protect the criminals and enact serious penalties for public officials who block the removal of criminal aliens.
02:26:47.000In many cases, drug lords, murderers all over our country.
02:26:51.000They are blocking the removal of these people out of our country.
02:26:56.000And you should be ashamed of yourself.
02:27:25.000And perhaps most importantly, I'm asking you to approve the Save America Act to stop illegal aliens and others who are unpermitted persons from voting in our sacred American elections.
02:27:50.000That cheating is rampant in our elections.
02:29:28.000Both Republicans and Democrats overwhelmingly agree on the policy that we just enunciated.
02:29:37.000And Congress should unite and enact this common sense, country-saving legislation right now, and it should be before anything else happens.
02:30:47.000One more opportunity to show common sense in government.
02:30:52.000In the gallery tonight are Sage Blair and her mother, Michelle.
02:30:57.000In 2021, Sage was 14 when school officials in Virginia sought to socially transition her to a new gender, treating her as a boy and hiding it from her parents.
02:31:15.000Sage ran away from home after she was found in a horrific situation in Maryland.
02:31:22.000A left-wing judge refused to return Sage to her parents because they did not immediately state that their daughter was their son.
02:31:33.000Sage was thrown into an all-boys state home and suffered terribly for a long time.
02:31:39.000But today, all of that is behind them because Sage is a proud and wonderful young woman with a full ride scholarship to Liberty University.
02:32:16.000Who can believe that we're even speaking about things like this?
02:32:19.00015 years ago, if somebody was up here and said that, they'd say, what's wrong with him?
02:32:26.000But now we have to say it because it's going on all over numerous states without even telling the parents.
02:32:33.000But surely we can all agree no state can be allowed to rip children from their parents' arms and transition them to a new gender against the parents' will.
02:32:42.000Who would believe that we've been talking about that?
02:33:51.000This year, she has had an incredible impact.
02:33:56.000Legislation, advancing a landmark executive order on foster care, and helping secure $30 million to launch the Melania Trump Force and Youth Independence Initiative.
02:34:08.000It's a tremendous, really a tremendous thing that happened and had a lot of bipartisan support.
02:34:15.000She gets much better bipartisan support than I do.
02:34:25.000And students and educators in every state have joined the First Lady's efforts in the presidential AI challenge, keeping America's next generation positioned to succeed and strongly succeed in the future.
02:34:40.000Tonight we welcome two young people whose lives reflect the First Lady's impact: Sierra Burns and Everest Nevermont.
02:34:49.000Thank you both, and Melania, thank you.
02:35:18.000I'm very proud to say that during my time in office, both the first four years and in particular this last year, there has been a tremendous renewal in religion, faith, Christianity, and belief in God.
02:35:47.000This is especially true among young people.
02:35:50.000And a big part of that had to do with my great friend, Charlie Kirk, a great guy.
02:36:07.000So last year, Charlie was violently murdered by an assassin and martyred, really, martyred for his beliefs.
02:36:16.000His wonderful wife, Erica, is with us tonight.
02:36:45.000In Charlie's memory, we must all come together to reaffirm that America is one nation under God, and we must totally reject political violence of any kind.
02:37:08.000We love religion and we love bringing it back and it's coming back at levels that nobody actually thought possible It's really a beautiful thing to see.
02:37:19.000Above all, at least America's promise requires keeping our communities safe.
02:37:23.000We have made incredible strides, yet dangerous repeat offenders continue to be released by pro-crime Democrat politicians again and again.
02:37:33.000We are honored to be joined tonight by a woman who's been through hell, Anya Zaretzka.
02:37:41.000In 2022, she and her beautiful daughter, so beautiful, what a beautiful young woman.
02:37:47.000Irina fled war-turn, war-torn Ukraine to live with relatives near Charlotte, North Carolina.
02:37:56.000And by the way, what's going on with Charlotte?
02:37:59.000Last summer, 23-year-old Irena was riding home on the train when a deranged monster who had been arrested over a dozen times and was released through no cash bail stood up and viciously slashed a knife through her neck and body.
02:38:17.000No one will ever forget there were people on that train.
02:38:22.000No one will ever forget the expression of terror on Irena's face as she looked up at her attacker in the last seconds of her life.
02:39:15.000I'm asking this Congress to pass tough legislation to ensure that violent and dangerous repeat offenders are put behind bars and importantly, that they stay there.
02:39:39.000Starting last summer, I deployed our National Guard and federal law enforcement to restore law and order to our most dangerous cities, including Memphis, Tennessee, big success.
02:40:43.000One of the sick people, one of the brave service members who helped achieve this stunning turnaround was 20-year-old West Virginia Army National Guard specialist Sarah Beckstrom.
02:40:56.000After a four-month deployment, she voluntarily extended her service and her rank was going to be lifted.
02:41:08.000But the very next day, she was on patrol near the White House when she was ambushed and shot in the head by a terrorist monster from Afghanistan.
02:45:14.000So, Andrew, while you're up, now I'm going to ask a highly respected General James Seward to present Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe and the great family of Sarah Beckstrom with the award created by our late, great President George Washington himself.
02:46:54.00035 million people said the Prime Minister of Pakistan would have died if it were not for my involvement.
02:47:00.000Kosovo and Serbia, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Congo and Rwanda, and of course the war in Gaza, which proceeds at a very low level.
02:49:23.000And they came back, and when we got all of the living hostages back, and many, many before then, but I always said those last 20 are going to be very tough.
02:50:50.000And we're working very hard to end the ninth war, the killing and slaughter between Russia and Ukraine, where 25,000 soldiers are dying each and every month.
02:51:01.000Think of that, 25,000 soldiers are dying a month.
02:51:07.000A war which would have never happened if I were president.
02:51:21.000That's why in a brave collaboration last June, the United States military obliterated Iran's nuclear weapons program with an attack on Iranian soil known as Operation Midnight Hammer.
02:51:35.000Let's see if the Democrats clap for that.
02:51:41.000We're working into the Iran development.
02:51:44.000I wonder if they'll say anything about it.
02:51:48.000For decades, it had been the policy of the United States never to allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon.
02:51:57.000Since they seized control of that proud nation 47 years ago, the regime and its murderous proxies have spread nothing but terrorism and death and hate.
02:52:08.000They've killed and maimed thousands of American service members and hundreds of thousands and even millions of people with what's called roadside bombs.
02:52:18.000They were the kings of the roadside bomb.
02:53:06.000They've already developed missiles that can threaten Europe and our bases overseas, and they're working to build missiles that will soon reach the United States of America.
02:53:17.000After Midnight Hammer, they were warned to make no future attempts to rebuild their weapons program, in particular nuclear weapons.
02:53:28.000Yet they continue to start it all over.
02:53:31.000We wiped it out and they want to start all over again and are at this moment again pursuing their sinister ambitions.
02:54:53.000Because hopefully we will seldom have to use this great power that we built together.
02:54:59.000It's really called peace through strength, and it's been very, very effective.
02:55:16.000So thanks to Republicans in Congress, we're investing that record number of dollars, have no choice, in the United States Armed Forces.
02:55:27.000Also creating a lot of jobs, but we're not even doing it for that reason.
02:55:31.000Because as I said, we have more jobs, more people working today than ever before in the history of our country.
02:55:37.000And NATO countries, our friends and allies, they are.
02:55:40.000They're our friends and they're our allies have just agreed at my very strong request to pay 5% of GDP for military defense rather than the 2% which they weren't paying.
02:55:53.000We were paying for almost all of them.
02:57:46.000And I'll tell you what, our military, that was four months ago, our military, I never see a person in the military that doesn't thank me for it, so we're honored to do it.
02:58:08.000We're also restoring American security and dominance in the Western Hemisphere, acting to secure our national interests and defend our country from violence, drugs, terrorism, and foreign interference.
02:58:37.000For years, large swaths of territory in our region, including large parts of Mexico, really large parts of Mexico, have been controlled by murderous drug cartels.
02:58:50.000That's why I designated these cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, and I declared illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.
02:59:11.000And with our new military campaign, we have stopped record amounts of drugs coming into our country and virtually stopped it completely coming in by water or sea.
02:59:39.000In January, in January, elite American warriors carried out one of the most complex, spectacular feats of military competence and power in world history.
03:00:53.000All defenses are not only defeated, enemy, good fighters, to end the reign of outlawed dictator Nicolas Maduro and bring him to face American justice.
03:01:14.000And this was an absolutely colossal victory for the security of the United States, and it also opens up a bright new beginning for the people of Venezuela.
03:01:25.000We're working closely with the new president of Venezuela, Del Codriguez, to unleash extraordinary economic gains for both of our countries and to bring new hope to those who have suffered so terribly.
03:01:39.000With us tonight is Alejandro Gonzalez.
03:01:43.000She grew up in a tight-knit Venezuelan family and was especially close to her beloved uncle Enrique.
03:01:51.000But after Enrique ran for office and opposed Maduro, he was kidnapped by Maduro security forces and thrown into the regime's really infamous prison in Caracas.
03:02:03.000Alejandro feared she would never see her uncle again.
03:02:09.000But since the raid, we have worked with the new leadership and they have ordered the closure of that vile prison and released hundreds of political prisoners already.
03:02:19.000With more to come, Alejandro, I'm pleased to inform you that not only has your uncle been released, but he is here tonight.
03:02:29.000We brought him over to celebrate his freedom with you in person.
03:03:34.000But the deeds of one warrior that night will live forever in the eternal chronicles of military valor.
03:03:42.000Chief Warrant Officer 5, Eric Slover, planned the mission and was the flight lead in the cockpit of the first helicopter, a big, beautiful, powerful helicopter.
03:03:58.000It was a massive Chinook carrying, as you can imagine, many, many American warfighters.
03:04:07.000Wearing the dog tags his wife Amy had blessed with holy water before he left.
03:04:12.000She knew it was going to be a rough one.
03:04:15.000Eric steered the Chinook under the cover of night and descended swiftly upon Maduro's heavily protected military fortress.
03:04:22.000This was a major military installation protected by thousands of soldiers and guarded by Russian and Chinese military technology.
03:04:38.000While preparing to land, enemy machine guns fired from every angle, and Eric was hit very badly in the leg and hip, one bullet after another.
03:04:48.000He absorbed four agonizing shots, shredding his leg into numerous pieces.
03:04:55.000And yet, despite the fact that the use of his legs was vital to successful helicopter flight, legs are the most important part of flying a helicopter.
03:05:06.000To deliver the many commandos who would capture and detain Maduro was the only thing Eric was thinking about.
03:05:15.000Then even as he was gushing blood, which was flowing back down the aisle, helicopter lands at a steep angle.
03:05:22.000The machine guns stood right in front of him.
03:05:24.000They were right in front of him, two machine gunners who escaped the wrath of the previous planes.
03:05:31.000Eric maneuvered his helicopter with all of those lives and souls to face the enemy and let his gunners eliminate the threat.
03:05:39.000Turn the helicopter around so the gunners could take care of business, saving the lives of his fellow warriors from what could have been a catastrophic crash deep in enemy territory.
03:05:52.000Only after safely landing the helicopter with all the warriors aboard in the exact right spot, which was vital to the mission, probably would have had to maybe cancel the mission if that didn't happen.
03:06:06.000Eric told his co-pilot, also wounded, but not as gravely, to take over.
03:06:37.000Everybody in the back of the helicopter knew because they saw the blood pouring down the aisle.
03:06:43.000Chief Warrant Officer Slover is still recovering from his serious wounds, but I'm thrilled to say that he is here tonight with his wife Amy, Eric, and Amy, come on in.
03:07:46.000So we have a surprise, Farrakh and Amy.
03:07:51.000In recognition of Eric's actions above and beyond the call of duty, I would now like to ask General Jonathan Braga to present Chief Warrant Officer Slover with our nation's highest military award, the Congressional Medal of Honor.
03:09:24.000Well, thank you very much, Eric and Amy.
03:09:49.000And ten of Eric's fellow warriors from that incredible night of victory will also be receiving medals at a private ceremony that will soon be held at the White House.
03:11:01.000Flying through blizzard conditions, his squadron was ambushed by seven Soviet fighter planes.
03:11:08.000It was his first aerial combat of the war, and despite being massively outnumbered and outgunned, Royce led the takedown of four enemy jets and almost destroyed the others, vanquishing his adversaries while taking 263 bullets to his own plane and being seriously hurt.
03:11:28.000His story was secret for over 50 years.
03:11:30.000He didn't even want to tell his wife, but the legend grew and grew.
03:11:35.000But tonight, at 100 years old, this brave Navy captain is finally getting the recognition he deserves.
03:11:44.000He was a legend long before this evening.
03:11:47.000Royce, please stand up, and I will ask the First Lady of the United States to present Captain Royce Williams with his Congressional Medal of Honor.
03:14:09.000I've always wanted the Congressional Medal of Honor, but I was informed I'm not allowed to give it to myself, and I wouldn't know why I'd be taking it, but if they ever open up that law, I will be there with you someday.
03:14:23.000But you know, that's our highest honor, Congressional Medal of Honor, and that's a big thing.
03:14:26.000And it's an honor to be in the same room with you.
03:14:52.000250 years is a long time in the life of a nation, but in another sense, it's really a mere moment in the eye of history.
03:15:02.000Two of the gentlemen we met in the gallery this evening took their first breaths one century ago, 100 years before that on July 4th, 1826, the author of the Declaration of Independence, brilliant, Thomas Jefferson, drew his last breath.
03:15:22.000Just a single long human lifespan separates the giants who declared and won our independence from the heroes who stand among us tonight.
03:15:32.000Everything our nation has done, everything we have achieved, has been the work of those few great lifetimes.
03:15:39.000In those brief chapters, Americans built this nation from 13 humble colonies into the pinnacle of human civilization and human freedom, the strongest, wealthiest, most powerful, most successful nation in all of history.
03:15:55.000Americans ventured out across the daunting and dangerous continent.
03:16:00.000We carved paths through an unforgiving wilderness, settled a boundless frontier, and tamed the beautiful but very, very dangerous wild west.
03:16:13.000From empty marshes and wide open plains, we raised up the world's greatest cities.
03:16:19.000Together, we mastered the world's mightiest industries and shattered histories, monstrous tyrannies.
03:16:27.000And we liberated millions from the chains of fascism, communism, oppression, and terror.
03:16:33.000Americans lifted humanity into the skies on the wings of aluminum and steel.
03:16:39.000And then we launched mankind into the stars on rockets powered by sheer American will and unyielding American pride.
03:16:48.000We wired the globe with our ingenuity.
03:16:52.000We captivated the planet with American culture.
03:16:56.000And now we are pioneering the next great American breakthroughs that will change the entire world.
03:17:03.000All of this and so much more is the enduring legacy, unmatched glory of the hardworking patriots who built and defended this country and who still carry the hopes and freedoms on all of humanity's backs.
03:17:20.000For years they were forgotten, betrayed, and cast aside, but that great betrayal is over and they will never be forgotten again.
03:17:29.000Because when the world needs courage, daring, vision, and inspiration, it is still turning to America.
03:17:37.000And when God needs a nation to work his miracles, he knows exactly who to ask.
03:17:44.000There is no challenge Americans cannot overcome, no frontier too vast for us to conquer, no dream too bold for us to chase, no horizon too distant for us to claim.
03:17:58.000For our destiny is written by the hand of Providence, and these first 250 years were just the beginning.
03:18:08.000From the rugged border towns of Texas to the heartland villages of Michigan, from the sun-kissed shores of Florida to the endless fields of the Dakotas, and from the historic streets of Philadelphia to right here in our nation's capital, Washington, D.C., the golden age of America is upon us.
03:18:30.000The revolution that began in 1776 has not ended.
03:18:35.000It still continues because the flame of liberty and independence still burns in the heart of every American patriot.
03:18:44.000And our future will be bigger, better, brighter, bolder, and more glorious than ever before.
03:21:57.000And Trump in the State of the Union, if you've been with us for years and years, you know he loves the veterans, loves, and especially for the state of the union, he looks at it as a TV spot.
03:22:11.000So in his mind, this is a variety show.
03:22:14.000And so there's drama and there's tension, and he likes telling these stories and bringing out the guests, and he likes the medal ceremony.
03:22:24.000He loves to load it up with stuff like that.
03:22:39.000He wants the drama, the reunion with the Venezuelan dissident, the Medal of Honor recognition, all that sort of stuff.
03:22:47.000And of course, every state of the union, they'll bring out the guests, but he really likes to load it up.
03:22:53.000And he loves those little dramatic moments.
03:22:55.000And then, of course, he loves the American history stuff.
03:22:59.000All of his rallies, all the speeches, they always end in the same way, which is to tell the story of America, all that kind of stuff, which honestly, for me, at this point, it's take it or leave it.
03:23:11.000It's not particularly profound, well-written, well-executed.
03:25:26.000However, I think most people, especially older people and middle-of-the-road people, I think they're going to look at it as maybe too antagonistic, maybe too provocative, unsettling.
03:25:39.000So I don't know how much play you're going to get with that.
03:25:43.000I don't know if that's going to be well received.
03:25:46.000And so if the pitch is this is supposed to be some kind of midterm reset, this is supposed to get everybody back on track.
03:25:55.000I think if anything, this is just the same old Trump, same old Trump, holding on to grudges, kind of delusional assessment of where the country is, these totally impotent calls to action.
03:26:39.000The big surprise is no announcement on the situation with Iran.
03:26:43.000People were expecting and people said that maybe there'd be a declaration of war or maybe there'd be some new development there, but we really just got the drive-by on Iran, really didn't talk much about it.
03:26:55.000Nothing about Epstein was not mentioned at all.
03:26:58.000I thought I heard that Epstein victims were guests.
03:27:01.000They must have been guests of other people because obviously he didn't even mention, he didn't even name Epstein.
03:27:07.000Didn't talk about the DOJ really at all.
03:27:11.000And talked about the National Guard deployments, but only the ones to Memphis and New Orleans because the other ones were a flop.
03:27:17.000Chicago, Minneapolis, LA were a total joke.
03:27:20.000So we only brought out, and the reason being is because Memphis and New Orleans are in Republican states where the Republican governor requested the guard.
03:27:29.000In the blue states, Trump had to activate the guard against the wishes of the governor and ultimately pulled them out.
03:28:31.000We are gathered here in the chambers of the House of Burgesses.
03:28:35.000In 1705, the people of the Virginia colony gathered here to take on the extraordinary task of governing themselves.
03:28:43.000Before there was a Declaration of Independence, a Constitution, or a Bill of Rights, there were people in this room.
03:28:51.000The people who served here ultimately dreamed of what a new nation, unlike anything the world had ever seen, could be.
03:29:00.000The United States was founded on the idea that ordinary people could reject the unacceptable excesses of poor leadership, band together to demand better of their government, and create a nation that would be an example for the world.
03:29:21.000And this year, as we celebrate 250 years since America declared our independence from tyranny, I can think of no better place to speak to you as we reflect on the current state of our union.
03:29:37.000Tonight, as we watched our nation's lawmakers gather for a joint session of Congress, we did not hear the truth from our president.
03:30:10.000As I campaigned for governor last year, I traveled to every corner of Virginia and I heard the same pressing concern everywhere.
03:30:19.000Costs are too high in housing, health care, energy, and child care.
03:30:25.000And I know these same conversations are being had all across this country.
03:30:32.000Because since this president took office last year, his reckless trade policies have forced American families to pay more than $1,700 each in tariff costs.
03:30:44.000Small businesses have suffered, farmers have suffered, some losing entire markets.
03:30:49.000Every day, Americans are paying the price.
03:30:53.000And even though the Supreme Court struck these tariffs down four days ago, the damage to us, the American people, has already been done.
03:31:03.000Meanwhile, the president is planning for new tariffs, another massive tax hike on you and your family.
03:31:11.000And Republicans in Congress, they remain unwilling to assert their constitutional authority to stop him.
03:31:21.000They're making your life more expensive.
03:31:23.000They're even making it more difficult to see a doctor.
03:31:27.000Rural health clinics in Virginia and across the country are already closing their doors thanks to the so-called One Big Beautiful bill, championed by the President and Republicans in Congress.
03:31:40.000And tonight, the President celebrated this law, the one threatening rural hospitals, stripping health care for millions of Americans and driving up costs in energy and housing, all while cutting food programs for hungry kids.
03:31:55.000But here in Virginia, I am working with our state legislature to lower costs and make the Commonwealth more affordable.
03:32:09.000Democrats across the country are laser focused on affordability in our nation's capital and in state capitals and communities across America.
03:32:18.000In the most innovative and exceptional nation in the history of the world, Americans deserve to know that their leaders are focused on addressing the problems that keep them up at night.
03:32:30.000Problems that dictate where you live, whether you can afford to start a business, or whether you have to skip a prescription in order to buy groceries.
03:32:40.000So I'll ask again, is the president working to make life more affordable for you and your family?
03:32:54.000My mother was a nurse and my father was a career law enforcement officer.
03:32:58.000I began my career by following in my father's footsteps as a federal agent working money laundering and narcotics cases.
03:33:06.000I work side by side with local and state police to keep our community safe and to uphold and enforce the law.
03:33:14.000Law enforcement officers across the country know that it is a unique responsibility to do the serious work of investigating crimes, comforting victims, and making arrests.
03:33:26.000It's about building trust, and that requires an abiding sense of duty and commitment to community.
03:33:34.000And yet, our president has sent poorly trained federal agents into our cities, where they have arrested and detained American citizens and people who aspire to be Americans.
03:33:47.000And they have done it without a warrant.
03:33:49.000They have ripped nursing mothers away from their babies.
03:33:53.000They have sent children, a little boy in a blue bunny hat, children to far-off detention centers.
03:34:01.000And they have killed American citizens in our streets.
03:34:05.000And they have done it all with their faces masked from accountability.
03:34:11.000Every minute spent sowing fear is a minute not spent investigating murders, crimes against children, or the criminals defrauding seniors of their life savings.
03:34:21.000Our president told us tonight that we are safer.
03:34:25.000Because these agents arrest mothers and detain children?
03:34:30.000Our broken immigration system is something to be fixed, not an excuse for unaccountable agents to terrorize our communities.
03:34:45.000After working in law enforcement, I continued my career of service as a CIA officer, working undercover to protect the United States and our allies from global threats, terrorism, nuclear weapons.
03:34:57.000and the aggression of adversarial nations around the globe.
03:35:02.000But as the President spoke of his perceived successes tonight, he continues to cede economic power and technological strength to Russia, bow down to China, bow down to a Russian dictator, and make plans for war with Iran.
03:35:20.000Over the last year, through doge, mass firings, and the appointment of deeply unserious people to our nation's most serious positions, our president has endangered the long and storied history of the United States of America being a force for good.
03:35:39.000So I'll ask again, is the president working to keep Americans safe, both at home and abroad?
03:36:16.000And so you have to ask, who benefits from his rhetoric, his policies, his actions, the short list of laws he's pushed through this Republican Congress.
03:36:29.000He's enriching himself, his family, his friends.
03:36:33.000The scale of the corruption is unprecedented.
03:36:37.000There's the cover-up of the Epstein files, the crypto scams, posing up to foreign princes for airplanes and billionaires for ballrooms, putting his name and face on buildings all over our nation's capital.
03:36:51.000This is not what our founders envisioned, not by a long shot.
03:37:09.000But here's the special thing about America.
03:37:13.000On our 250th anniversary, we know better than any nation what is possible when ordinary citizens like those who once dreamed right here in this room reject the unacceptable and demand more of their government.
03:37:30.000We see it in the determination of students organizing school walkouts all across the country, whose voices are becoming so powerful that the governor of Texas seeks to silence them.
03:37:44.000We see it in the bravery of Americans in Minnesota standing up for their communities, from peacefully protesting in sub-zero temperatures to carpooling children to school so that their immigrant parents are not ripped away from them in the parking lot.
03:38:01.000As a mother of three school-aged daughters, I am inspired by their bravery.
03:38:07.000But I am sickened that it is necessary.
03:38:10.000And Americans across the country are taking action.
03:38:14.000They are going to the ballot box to reject this chaos.
03:38:18.000With their votes, they are writing a new story, a more hopeful story.
03:38:24.000In November, I won my election by 15 points.
03:38:32.000And we won 13 new seats in our state legislature because voters decided they wanted something different.
03:38:44.000Our campaign earned votes from Democrats, Republicans, Independents, and everyone in between because they knew as citizens they could demand more, that they could vote for what they believe matters, and that they didn't need to be constrained by a party or political affiliation.
03:39:36.000I first ran for office in 2018 alongside dozens of other Democrats who did the seemingly impossible, flipping 41 seats in Congress.
03:39:48.000In my case, I was the first Democrat elected in 50 years, swinging our district 17 points.
03:39:55.000Those who are stepping up now to run will win in November because Americans, you at home, know you can demand more and that we are working to lower costs.
03:40:08.000We are working to keep our communities and our country safe, and we are working for you.
03:40:19.000In his farewell address, George Washington warned us about the possibility of, quote, cunning, ambitious and unprincipled men rising to power.
03:40:30.000But he also encouraged us, all Americans, to unite in a common cause, to move this nation forward.
03:40:39.000That is our charge once more, and that is what we are seeing across the country.
03:40:45.000It is deeply American and patriotic to do so, and it is how we ensure that the state of our union remains strong, not just this year, but for the next 250 years as well, because we, the people, have the power to make change, the power to stand up for what is right, the power to demand more of our nation.
03:42:20.000You know, it's a little bit clarifying once you see the Democrat response because they actually have a message.
03:42:27.000And you can tell from that whole, I don't know what that was, maybe five, 10 minutes.
03:42:32.000From the Democrat response, they are running on the affordability issue.
03:42:36.000And that's the same thing they used to hammer Republicans last year.
03:42:40.000And for those that don't know, she is this, well, she's considered a center-left Democrat.
03:42:47.000She won in Virginia, flipped it from red to blue, carried all those delegates in the state legislature in a major upset.
03:42:56.000Like she said, she carried the state by 15 points.
03:42:58.000It was at one time considered a purple state, and they did have a Republican governor there before, Greg Youngkin or Glenn Youngkin.
03:43:07.000And so this is seen as a sign of things to come, that Virginia is a blue state, and the center-left Democrats talking about affordability are going to be very competitive.
03:43:18.000This was in November of 2025, so just a few months ago.
03:43:23.000And the story of that election was the same, which is that it's the economy.
03:43:27.000The economy is not doing as well as it should be.
03:43:31.000And at the minimum, perceptions of the economy are still not good.
03:43:35.000The public's perception of prices and the long-term economic outlook is not good.
03:43:43.000And so whether that's real or not, it's really immaterial.
03:44:37.000But maybe the most memorable thing he said about it is that he basically hand-waved away and dismissed the idea that affordability is a real concern.
03:44:46.000So he talked about some of the main issues concerning affordability, like the no tax on tips and mortgage rates and housing prices.
03:44:56.000And so he actually did weigh in on a few of those things for a little bit of time.
03:45:01.000But to me, the memorable part is when he said, oh, the Democrats are running on affordability.
03:45:05.000Well, I don't know where they got that idea from.
03:45:09.000And I think that comes across as so out of touch, especially considering the political defeat that Republicans were dealt in November, because it was all about affordability.
03:47:02.000Lately, they're also playing up, though, the anti-corruption angle.
03:47:06.000And that's a powerful argument because these things are actually also related.
03:47:11.000Hitting affordability while also hitting on the so-called oligarchy, the billionaires, the Epstein class, that whole thing, it's a class warfare playbook.
03:47:22.000And so it's, hey, we are the working class.
03:48:22.000But for everybody else, look, if you're one of the average people tuning in and you're not aligned or not affiliated and you think the economy's not doing well, what do you get from that state of the union versus what you get from the Democrat response?
03:48:59.000So playing up this angle about the Fourth Amendment and they don't have a warrant and this kind of stuff, you can see how, you know, maybe that's not, I don't know that people are so ideologically into that, but it's, it gets the job done pushing back against Trump on illegal aliens.
03:49:21.000So, you know, I don't think this was a really successful state of the union.
03:49:25.000I don't know how many people that's really winning over.
03:50:04.000And you need every trick that you have.
03:50:07.000I don't think they really attacked the affordability issue effectively.
03:50:12.000I don't even know that there was a coherent vision there.
03:50:15.000And I don't even think it was very likable.
03:50:17.000This culture war stuff, I think, is wearing thin on a lot of people.
03:50:20.000The partisan political stuff, it seems that as time goes on, whoever plays more into that, maybe it's more of a weakness now than it was a few years ago.
03:58:06.000He wants to fight in Yemen with his brown-oid friends.
03:58:10.000He wants to go fight in the Middle East with all the fucking towelheads and third worlders to cheer him on because he's not even allowed in the country because he's a fucking traitor.
03:59:04.000The bastardization of Plato's system was implemented to save their race from hellenization, which was popular amongst the Jewish youth at the time.
03:59:08.000They changed from polytheist to monotheist and aimed to become the guardian clause.
04:00:00.000You should learn about the Albanian Highlander tribes who remain Catholic and about Jared Castro with the Pope called the athlete of Christ instead of calling us non-white and mislabeling us Slavs.
04:00:58.000One's perspective on Epstein changes when they find out Virginia Jufri, Haley Robson, and other self-anointed victims did what they accused Gaylene Maxwell of doing.
04:01:52.000Yeah, they're not going to hit civilians.
04:01:56.000They will likely hit military targets, but it all depends on what kind of attack it is, if they're even capable of retaliating.
04:02:04.000And if they are, then they will bomb American military sites and they will bomb military and government sites in Israel.
04:02:12.000I don't think that they will, you know, they'll target the population centers, but I don't think they're going necessarily for civilian casualties.
04:03:41.000But if you're going to do that, it's going to cost more money.
04:03:43.000When I say we want to bring back American manufacturing, I mean we should make steel and we should make ships and we should make auto parts and we should have workshops and factories.
04:03:57.000I don't necessarily mean we'd need to make every t-shirt, every graphic t-shirt.
04:04:03.000Because the whole idea of industrial policy is that some industries are better to have than others.
04:04:11.000And it's obvious which ones are better.
04:04:12.000If you make missiles, well, that's a good industry to have.
04:04:16.000If you make cars, that's a good industry to have.
04:04:19.000Semiconductors, chips, these are good industries to have.
04:04:22.000These are important industries and they are superior to other industries.
04:04:36.000Most of it, I believe we almost did all made in America for many years, but then people complain about the cost and it's like, okay, well, you can't have it always.
04:06:17.000The problem with Trump is that he's been so disappointing, but he produces good at moments like Donite Soda where he gives you just a little bit of hope.
04:08:54.000Just as zero MS Base Cowboy sent $20 talking about the cost of living is rich coming from the spook bitch who put a tax on all forms of delivery, raised the capital gains tax, and added around 15 other state taxes.
04:11:00.000The Democrat response to the Sota last year was Elissa Slotkin, another Jewish female first-year politician from a purple state who worked in the CIA.
04:11:05.000I thought it was the same person at first.
04:11:46.000Would you rather have Easter European immigrants to assimilate and become fully Americanized law-abiding citizens, ultimately increasing the white population?
04:11:51.000Or would you rather have Pajits invade America and shit everywhere?
04:13:20.000Our side is the most easily rage-baited side ever about fucking everything, about the Super Bowl, about Epstein, about it's just not even fun anymore.
04:13:29.000It's that people just want to hear abuse directed in one place and they don't want to hear anything even that's funny.
04:13:35.000They just want to hear the same thing, which is kind of irritating.
04:13:39.000Since Nuss sent $20, an upset in the VA governor race, what do you expect when the GOP runs an incompetent black woman, Winston Earl Sears?