Medal Of Honor Recipient David Bellavia Accuses Biden Of Undermining 'American Security' During RNC

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Medal of Honor recipient David Bellavia spoke at the RNC on Wednesday about President Biden.

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00:00Please welcome Medal of Honor recipient, David Bella-Villa.

00:16Thank you. In 2019, President Donald Trump awarded me the Medal of Honor for my

00:24service in Fallujah during the Iraq War. Thank you. Today, I speak across the country on behalf

00:35of our military services, and I ask parents, I look them right in the eye, like I'm looking at

00:41you, and I ask them, will you give America your sons and daughters to serve in the greatest force

00:51for good this world has ever seen? The United States military. I tell them what I learned when

00:59I was in combat. Your sons and daughters will be loved. They'll be our family, and that bond,

01:09that commitment, is for a lifetime. Their response? Well, it's changed in the last couple of years.

01:20Now they say, what about the 13 heroes we lost at Abbey Gate in Afghanistan?

01:29Now they say, what about the desperate civilians falling off the transport airplanes?

01:37Now they ask, what about the American citizens we left behind for the enemy?

01:45They say to me, under Biden-Harris, we don't believe you. They no longer see their sacrifice

01:55as worthwhile, that their service makes us all better off. Are you better off than you were four

02:05years ago? I'll tell you what, we're all going to answer that question in November.

02:10Here's something for you. Let's ask it the other way around. Let's ask, are our enemies better off

02:16than they were four years ago? Iran and its proxies, Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, China,

02:26Russia, well, Iran is richer. Russia is bigger, and China is stronger. And their unchecked

02:37aggression proves that the answer is a resounding yes. The Biden-Harris foreign policy undermines

02:46American security, and watching their administration lose the gains President Donald Trump made

02:54overseas not only destroys our morale, it empowers our enemies abroad. Under their watch,

03:02a record number of American embassies have been forced to evacuate, and military recruitment

03:08has plunged, and confidence in the armed forces has reached a 20-year low. Under President Donald

03:18Trump, our enemies will know that American power is as decisive as it is overwhelming.

03:35And if you provoke the United States of America, we will hurt you.

03:41And if you threaten citizens of the United States of America,

03:47we will hurt you for generations to come, so help me God.

03:58Donald Trump is a commander-in-chief that I am confident to tell parents is at the helm.

04:05Donald Trump loves America. He, too, has bled for the nation that he loves.

04:14May God bless America. May God bless our Gold Star families. Thank you for what you've given

04:21May God bless our Gold Star families. Thank you for what you've given this country.

04:31And may God keep President Donald Trump safe and in his hands. May God make America strong.

04:42May God make America great again. Join me in voting for Commander-in-Chief

04:53Donald J. Trump for President of the United States. Thank you very much.

Medal Of Honor Recipient David Bellavia Accuses Biden Of Undermining 'American Security' During RNC

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