Remarks by President Trump at a Peaceful Protest for Law and Order - October 10, 2020 | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Another thing is school choice. (Applause.) You have to have school choice. Charter schools, school choice.

    So I make this statement every once in a while, and people think it's a little bit on the bold side, but we've achieved a historic reduction in violent crime. We signed a landmark criminal justice reform bill that nobody thought was possible to even think about. (Applause.) I did that. I did that. I got that done. And I worked with a lot of people, but we got it done. The Obama administration couldn't get it done. Biden couldn't even think about it. He doesn't even know what it is. (Laughter.)

    We have a - we have prison reform. We achieved the lowest black and Hispanic unemployment rate in the history of our country. (Applause.) The black youth unemployment rate reached the lowest ever, again, in the history of our country.

    And last year, black and Hispanic American poverty reached the lowest ever in the history of our country. It's all building back up so quickly. (Applause.)

    And if you look at what we've done with criminal justice reform, if you look at what we've done with historically black colleges and universities, where we funded them; they couldn't get funded. Nobody was funding them. For years and years and decades, nobody was funding them.

    And if you look at what we've done with Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, Opportunity Zones and the jobs created - and I've said it very strongly, and perhaps - I don't know, criminal justice reform, people say maybe that's the best of all, but the fact is they're all great. Every one of them is great. And I say the fact is that I've done more for the black community than any president since Abraham Lincoln. I say it. Nobody can dispute it. (Applause.) Nobody can dispute it. It's true. Nobody can dispute it.

    So we are now beginning the fastest economic recovery in history. We created a record 11.4 million jobs just in the last four months. That's the fastest ever. The U.S. has seen the smallest economic contraction of any major nation anywhere in the world. So we've seen the smallest going down. If you look at it, that's an incredible statement.

    Our opponents will crush the comeback with unscientific lockdowns. They want to lock everything down. Here we go again. They want to lock it down. No.

    AUDIENCE: Booo -

    THE PRESIDENT: We're not going to let it happen. We're not going to let it happen. So important you get out and vote. You got to get out and vote.

    So we got a great poll in Florida, got a great poll in North Carolina, got a great poll in Arizona. (Applause.) Got a great poll in Nevada. Actually got it. Just got a great poll in Nevada. I think we're doing really well. I mean, this is in addition to states that we're going to win. Georgia is looking fantastic. Texas is looking fantastic. (Applause.)

HbAD0

    Well, think about Texas: They have no oil. They don't want oil, they don't want guns, they don't want religion. I don't think you're going to win Texas very well. (Applause.)

    No, we got a great poll in Texas. We're getting great polls all over the place, and they understand it. It's driving them crazy. And you know why though? And, Candace, it is - it's because of the spirit. There's a spirit the likes of which this country hasn't seen in a very, very long time.

    So I just want to thank you all for being on the White House lawn, this beautiful great lawn. (Applause.) And I'm very proud of this country. I'm very, very proud.

    I want to thank all of the doctors and labs and scientists and all of the people that are working so hard, because we're way ahead of everybody. But I just want to thank most particularly you, because you people come out and you come out, and you cheer and you love your country, and you get it. You're way, way ahead of many, many people in this country.

    But the country is getting it. The country is seeing something now.

    AUDIENCE: We love you! We love you! We love you!

    THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. I love you too. Thank you.

    AUDIENCE: We love you! We love you! We love you!

    THE PRESIDENT: The people of our country - and the whole world is watching - are seeing things now that they haven't seen in this country for decades. They're seeing a spirit and a resilience like they haven't seen.

HbAD1

    I just want to thank you. And get out and vote. We got to make this bigger than even four years ago. It's more important. This is the most important election we've ever had. This is more important than even four years ago. I used to say "the most important," and it was true at the time. This is the single-most important election in the history of our country.

    Get out and vote. And I love you. Thank you. Thank you very much. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you, Candace.

You can visit a collection of all White House posts by clicking here.


Go Back



Leave a Guest Comment

Your Name or Alias
Your Email Address ( your email address will not be published)
Enter Your Comment ( no code or urls allowed, text only please )




Text of a Letter to the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate News Services, Government, State and Federal Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding the Signing of Savanna's Act and the Not Invisible Act

HbAD2

 
Back to Top