Learn English with Rick Perry. Rick Perry is a former governor of Florida and is now running for president in 2022. In this speech, Rick talks about the need for a new generation of leaders who reflect the values and principles of our founding fathers.
00:02:39.000They were simply exceptional in every way.
00:02:42.000They were the absolute, very best that the world had ever seen.
00:02:47.000And in America today, we need leaders who possess and display before all the world that very same enthusiasm, confidence, pride, and patriotism that was fully embedded in the very essence of our founding fathers.
00:03:03.000And I believe we're going to have that in Laura Lumer.
00:03:16.000Belt on their conviction of belief, confidence, and courage that permanates to everyone.
00:03:33.000You know, when we discuss America, we should reflect upon our Constitution.
00:03:38.000Those in power in the media do everything they can to dismiss it.
00:03:42.000You know, the United States is not a parliamentary democracy like much of the, where political opponents can remove a newly elected president on the basis of some vague, made-up, lacking material substance lies.
00:03:56.000We are a constitutional republic, and that drives the liberals' nuts.
00:04:04.000That's one reason they don't want our children saying the Pledge of Allegiance in our schools.
00:04:08.000Mike Bell said, I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.
00:04:17.000And we are no longer going to tolerate liberal socialists destroying this great nation.
00:04:26.000The Constitution of the United States was the greatest blueprint ever written.
00:04:30.000Its intent was to ensure the liberty of its citizens, we the people.
00:04:35.000And it was established as the law of the land.
00:04:49.000By the way, what we need to do is fire Nancy Pelosi out of Charles.
00:04:57.000Get Harrison Biden out on the unemployment program.
00:05:02.000You know, listen to everybody talking all this BS about what's wrong with Americans and American patriots.
00:05:08.000But let me tell you something, my friends.
00:05:10.000And don't ever have any doubt about it.
00:05:12.000As an American, you need never go anywhere on this planet and hang your head.
00:05:18.000This great nation and its proud people have saved the entire free world as we know it today on more than one occasion and with our most precious blood.
00:05:44.000It was you and your parents and your grandparents and your great-grandparents that made this the greatest nation in the world.
00:05:54.000My friends, you truly are one of a kind.
00:05:57.000You are what all the others long to be.
00:06:00.000You're Americans, and always wear it brown.
00:06:04.000Let's never forget, America was established as a nation under God.
00:06:13.000And we have the left saying, well, what does that mean exactly?
00:06:16.000And there's those that are determined to take God out of America.
00:06:19.000They want to take the word God off our government buildings.
00:06:22.000They want to take the word God off our shrines.
00:06:25.000And now some even want to take the word God out of our Pledge of Allegiance.
00:06:30.000Well, let's take a quick look at some history.
00:06:32.000America's official history concerning this.
00:06:35.000In 1864, the U.S. government starts stamping the words, In God We Trust on our currency.
00:06:42.000In 1954, my lifetime, and two or three of you, some of the words under God were indeed added to our nation's Pledge of Allegiance by an act of Congress.
00:06:53.000And these words are still in the statutes today under U.S. Code Title IV, Chapter 1.
00:07:00.000And in 1956, during the Cold War, America wanted to clearly distinguish ourselves from the state of atheism of the Soviet Union.
00:07:08.000So the 84th U.S. Congress, in a joint resolution, declared, In God We Trust, to be the official model of the United States of America.
00:07:18.000And on July 30th, 1956, President Dwight Eisenhower signed it into law, and it's still there.
00:07:27.000I'm glad we started looking at why we're here tonight.
00:07:33.000Yeah, we're having fun, and we're going to have more.
00:07:35.000And we're going to get energized and we're going to let everybody know.
00:07:38.000But we have serious threats facing our country.
00:07:41.000Inflation, rapidly approaching double digits for the first time in 40 years, that's robbing Americans of their way of life and retirement dreams.
00:07:50.000No border security and massive waves of illegal immigration that's creating a huge burden on our infrastructure, our schools, our health care, and our services that's being paid for by you, hardworking Americans.
00:08:05.000A lack of election integrity and mass voter fraud is disenfranchising American citizens in their right to elect their officials.
00:08:13.000A suppression of freedom of speech by big tech and the federal government.
00:08:18.000Disinformation of the facts and suppression of the truths by big stream media.
00:08:22.000We desperately need to restore law and order in our cities and on our streets.
00:08:27.000And we need a fair and just judicial system that holds government officials accountable.
00:08:32.000And come on, Mr. Durham, bring this home.
00:08:48.000What's going on in our schools and in the class on the parish watch list by the end?
00:09:01.000And we need to continue to have a strong military that protects our interests and our citizens.
00:09:07.000And people say, well, what do they need to be able to do?
00:09:10.000Well, we need a military policy, first of all, that represents our soldiers because they are the very best of who and we and who and what we are as a nation and a people.
00:09:23.000We need to maintain the absolute best military in the world and fulfill all commitments to our veterans and their families.
00:09:31.000And our fine, proud military should only be used as a last resort.
00:09:36.000Only after all other options have been exhausted.
00:09:40.000Only after a clear and present danger to U.S. national security has been confirmed.
00:09:44.000And only after the instrument force is the only option left in the toolbox.
00:09:49.000And only after a complete and accurate analysis of the enemy.
00:09:58.000And then we need to have a clear in-state vision of what this victory will look like with well-defined military objectives so the commanders and the troops know their job and establish rules of engagement that take away what has been the past, unfair enemy advantages against our guys.
00:10:32.000We want to integrate all assets and resources of national power into a fully joint operation that dominates the entire battle space at all levels, strategic, operationally, and tactically, in all environments, land, sea, air, and cyber.
00:10:47.000We keep our troops under the command of American leaders, let them shape the battlefield, command the combat tempo, and dictate the outcome, and complete the victory with swift and thorough action.
00:11:01.000And then we get the troops out, but we protect that victory with a well-designed exit strategy, unlike what we saw in Afghanistan, where we just and here at home, we must protect the rights and interests of our troops and their families and no home foreclosures for these heroes that are out putting their names and face and their bodies on the line for us.
00:11:26.000So I got asked, why would you support Laura Loohr for Congress?
00:11:38.000So we always hear this phrase, this is the most important election of our life.
00:11:44.000Folks, I think we all know this time it is, this is for the hope and end.
00:11:49.000Well, for all those reasons I laid out about our national threats, just one reason I went through them.
00:11:56.000I truly believe this election will impact our country, our lives, and our future generations.
00:12:01.000And it takes more than just an R behind your name on a ballot to be the right fit for America.
00:12:08.000the right republicans elected and that starts in the primary these critical issues facing americans today and she gave the right answers She will work to secure the border and stop illegal immigration.
00:12:36.000She will work to lower this inflation and cut reckless spending.
00:12:41.000She'll protect our Medicare and our Social Security.
00:12:46.000She'll support a strong national defense and make sure that those veterans' benefits and promises are fulfilled.
00:12:53.000And she will show up in the community and stand up in D.C. and fight to return America to being the great nation that it was.
00:13:21.000So for these reasons, I'm proud to endorse Laura Loomer for your time.
00:13:55.000Well, we must continue this fight to take our country back from the enemy's liberal giveaways.
00:14:00.000You know, as a commissioned officer of the military, and many of us here did, we took that oath of protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
00:14:09.000That word domestic didn't seem much way back in those days, but boy, it certainly does today.
00:14:15.000And we need our judges and our Congress and our president to respect and defend the Constitution, and we're going to replace the ones that don't do what's right for America and future generations.
00:14:29.000We must stop this legislating from the Oval Office and courtrooms and elect real conservatives that are going to protect our interests and our families.
00:14:39.000Now, I get asked, where do I stand on the Second and Tenth Amendment, and Liberal and Democrat don't even know what those are.
00:14:46.000I used to have a saying when I ran for office.
00:14:49.000I think we need a sign at every harbor and every airport and every road enter in the state.
00:14:54.000This is a 10th Amendment owned and operated state.
00:15:49.000My fellow Americans, we are a community of American patriots.
00:15:54.000We are aligned and connected together by common bonds and shared values, and we need not stand alone.
00:16:00.000Let us stand together, proud, brave, and strong, as our heritage demands to our families, to each other, and our nations, a republic unlike any the world has ever seen.
00:16:12.000And let us proclaim our divine destiny as one nation under God, indivisible, and liberty with justice for all.
00:16:23.000And my friends, for those that don't believe freedom has to be fought for and protected, I like to refer to former President Reagan.
00:16:30.000Freedom is never more than one generation away from the freedom of the freedom.
00:16:34.000We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream, and it must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
00:16:41.000My friends, this is still the land of the free and the home of the brave.
00:16:46.000When we look at that tonight, those crowds, stars, and stripes have never run scared from anyone or anything.
00:17:25.000You and you and you and Laura Loomer and the General and Roger and me are going to reach out and we're going to lock arms and we're going to bring this home and get this done.