Former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) slams Democrats and urges voters to support Republicans at yesterday's session of Turning Point Action's Conference in Detroit, Michigan.
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00:0080 years ago today, our nation's greatest generation, many made up of teenagers, risked
00:14everything to save the world.
00:18It was the ultimate battle of good versus evil.
00:23We defeated Hitler and the Nazis, we liberated concentration camps, we preserved freedom.
00:32We live in a country that is worth fighting and dying for.
00:37We are the greatest country in the history of the world, but there still are great challenges,
00:46many from within, with every fiber in our body, with every ounce of energy harnessed
00:57to achieve the extraordinary.
01:00In this moment, we have to work harder than ever to be able to save America.
01:09The stakes have never been higher.
01:12I'm here today with my 17-year-old daughter.
01:16My wife Diana and I have identical twin girls, Michaela and Ariana.
01:22They were born in their second trimester.
01:25They weighed just a pound and a half.
01:28And now, two weeks from today, they'll be graduating high school.
01:34Protecting life and education and family is as personal as it gets.
01:45Also this month, I started proudly my 22nd year of service in the United States military.
01:51And if I had to go back and do it again, I would sign off in a heartbeat.
01:56Because defending this country and defending freedom is as personal as it gets.
02:04For Americans like us here in this room, this election in 2024 is as personal as it gets.
02:19We can't fail in this mission.
02:26If we do our part in January, we'll get to watch Trump force wine.
02:32Wheels up from Palm Beach, carrying our next president back to Washington, D.C.
02:39to get sworn back into office again.
02:43On that plane, our plea is to America's future.
02:48To have a more secure border, a stronger economy, less crime and more freedom.
02:53To have a government again that believes and insists to serve the people rather than the other way around.
03:02This is a campaign about restoring American greatness and redeeming the American spirit.
03:11If it all goes well, there will be historic events that are going on on both sides of the Capitol on January 20th, 2025.
03:22I'm not talking about Republicans and Democrats or House and Senate.
03:27I'm talking East and West.
03:29On the East side of the Capitol that day, Joe Biden will board Marine One for a final time to leave office for good.
03:41The Biden administration can't get out of that discussion.
03:47James Madison wrote in Federalist 10,
03:50Manifest tempers of local prejudices or sinister designs made by intrigue, by corruption or by other means.
04:01First obtain the suffragists and then betray the interests of the people.
04:07Under Biden, our country has been heading downhill.
04:11Open borders, high inflation, rising crime, exploding anti-Semitism,
04:17a disastrous foreign policy and a weaponization of the government against its people.
04:23It's up to all of us to turn it around.
04:29On the West side of the Capitol, on January 20th, God willing,
04:36Donald J. Trump will be sworn into office as the 47th President of the United States.
04:47The Trump administration can't come back fast enough.
04:52James Madison also wrote in Federalist 39,
04:57To ascertain the real character of the government, it may be considered in relation to the foundation on which it is to be established,
05:05to the sources from which its extraordinary powers are to be drawn,
05:10to the operation of those powers,
05:13to the extent of them,
05:15and to the authority by which future changes in the government are to be introduced.
05:21We are in a campaign to make our country the best version of itself.
05:26Unlike Democrats who are trying to change our country into being like some other country somewhere else,
05:32we just want to make America great again.
05:35I remember just before COVID hit, it felt like the strongest economy we ever had.
05:42The borders were secure, foreign wars were ending,
05:48parental rights were being defended,
05:52America was back.
05:55Finally, now it is once again within reach.
06:00Finally, now it is once again within reach.
06:05We have to work as hard as we possibly can to make sure that we do not come up short.
06:13After eight years in Congress, in 2022, I ran for governor in the blue state of New York,
06:20where New York is only 22% Republican,
06:24but we're able to get just under half the vote.
06:28And importantly, we were able to flip several House seats
06:33and end a one-party Democrat rule in Washington
06:38and get rid of Speaker Pelosi and Chairman Adam Schiff and Maxine Waters
06:43and Jeremy Madler.
06:48There's so much that was going so wrong at the time in New York.
06:52The Democrats were prioritizing criminals over law-abiding citizens,
06:56passing laws like cashless bail,
06:58electing prosecutors who were refusing to prosecute.
07:01I said on day one, my first act after getting sworn into office
07:05would be to turn to the Manhattan District Attorney, Dr. Bragg,
07:08to let him know that he is being removed for his refusal to enforce the laws of the books.
07:14Raising taxes, crushing freedoms.
07:18We've seen disastrous one-party Democratic rule in Washington
07:23and inside state capitals and inside their blue cities.
07:28But there are two things to take away from my remarks here.
07:33I would share that one of the reasons why we did as well as we did
07:37wasn't by our campaign against everything that was wrong with the Democrats.
07:44In order for us to have that next level of movement and momentum
07:48to get Americans to open up their heart and have trust and faith in us
07:52for them to know what they are investing in
07:55and to provide their time and their energy
07:57maybe as a longtime Democrat voter who has never voted Republican before
08:02we need to tell them not just what we are against
08:05but what we stand for as conservatives.
08:08What the America First movement means for them as Americans.
08:13And on top of letting voters know what we are against
08:24instead of letting them know what we are for
08:28it is the time now as we are here today in Detroit
08:34and as we recently saw with the President in the South Bronx
08:38I'm telling all Democrats everywhere
08:41we are coming to blue cities near you
08:44to talk to longtime disenfranchised voters
08:47who have been excluded by Democratic policies
08:50ready to vote for something different
08:53to save their families and their future
08:56prioritizing family and prosperity and security above all else.
09:02We need to bring our message to the cities.
09:06President Trump is now polling better than ever
09:10and we've seen anyone do with black voters
09:13and Hispanic voters and Asian voters and others
09:16longtime Democratic voters who have decided
09:19that they want to vote for President Trump
09:22for the first time in 2024
09:24they too want to make America great again.
09:27Welcome to the Make America Great Again Movement.
09:35I'm grateful to Turning Point Action
09:38and Charlie Kirk for the invitation to be here.
09:42As chairman of the Pathway to 2025 project of America First Works
09:47I've been working with Turning Point Action
09:50on this year's campaign.
09:52See, we all have to work together.
09:55We can't have everybody in their own individual thoughts
09:58all aspiring in different directions.
10:01We see the left for a long time working together
10:04as one ecosystem while we fight amongst ourselves.
10:10The military we call force multiplication.
10:14Working together to be able to accomplish our shared dreams and goals
10:18to be sure that we do not come up short.
10:22We need all of you to be out there knocking on doors
10:24no matter how short you will
10:26to sign up as poll workers to donate $5 or $10
10:30or make phone calls.
10:32We all need to be doing everything in our power
10:34all day, every day
10:36understanding that the stakes have never been higher
10:39to ensure that we do not come up short.
10:44And if we win
10:48then we better win
10:5280 years from now
10:56Americans will be looking back at this time
10:59when we all faced great threats from within
11:07combined with great threats from beyond
11:12with an eroding border that is needed in order to have a nation at all
11:18with an eroding rule of law which is needed for our country
11:22to have a backbone at all
11:24great patriots rose up in this moment to save the republic
11:29History
11:33calls on all of us
11:36to meet this moment
11:38and save our country
11:41and on November 5th
11:44we'll be on the victory
11:47when standing on that stage once again
11:51our 45th President of the United States
11:54gives a great victory speech
11:56not for himself, but for us
11:58for our future, for this flag
12:00for our country, for our constitution
12:02and our liberties
12:04on to victory on January 20th
12:0825th when this President gets sworn into office
12:12and we will be on track to once again
12:15making America great again
12:17thank you for your fight
12:19thank you for being all in for America
12:21for this flag, this country
12:23our families, our military
12:25thank you all for the sacrifice
12:27we will not win
12:29we will not lose
12:31we are the states
12:33and we are the citizens
12:35God bless