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it and then we're going to talk to the American Media afterwards so we'll take some questions from the Press because whether they're hostile or friendly if you want to be the people's president or vice president you ought to talk to the Press you ought to make your case to the American people and not run from them and I'm sure because president Trump and I are the only candidates in this race who will actually talk to the press that they'll only ask us friendly and nice questions right don't don't hold your breath and by the way it's good to be here in in Arizona even in early September I will tell you though we we brought the whole crew to Arizona I got my lovely wife Usha Usha where they where' they put [Applause] you but we we we brought our three kids they're 74 and two and we even brought our dog and I'll tell you after about after about 15 minutes this morning in the Arizona heat they were all tapped out you guys are a lot tougher in Arizona than we are in the state of Ohio I have I have never seen three kids who were anxious to get out of a hotel room Wilt in 15 minutes they were ready for the AC after about 15 minutes and and uh we're so thrilled with the welcome that you guys have given them and we're so thrilled with what this state could be with better leadership at the federal level I mean think about this y'all so so KLA Harris is an interesting is an interesting candidate yeah we should we should boo her cuz she deserves it I will't stop you from doing that but think about this this is a this is a person who became the vice president of the United States on a promise of open borders and she actually delivered on day one kamla Harris said we're going to suspend deportations on day one KLA Harris said we're going to stop Donald Trump's remain in Mexico policy and and remember what that does is if you come into this country and you claim Asylum you got to wait in Mexico while your claim is being adjudicated we're not going to release you into the country give you a work per permit and health care benefits you got to remain in Mexico she stopped that policy on day one and then also on day one she reimplemented the terrible Catch and Release policy that allows people to take advantage of our system she stopped the border wall you go to the border wall of course all across the State of Arizona you see it sitting there on the ground and she did this crazy thing where they did parole for Millions upon millions of illegal aliens that is the record of kamla Harris well I bring a message from Donald J Trump if you were in this country illegally in 6 months pack your bags cuz you're going home now the and and and here's here's what we're going to do on top of it we are going to reimplement deportations in this country we are going we're going to finish that beautiful border wall along the State of Arizona and everywhere else we are going to stop catching release and we're going to stop giving Medicare benefits and health care benefits to illegal aliens they deserve to go to American citizens not the people who have no right to now that's that is the Donald Trump agenda and its simple common sense and it's Donald Trump has gotten indorsements from a you know we've got on the Trump team we've got people like Nikki Haley and Brian km and we've also got RFK and Tulsi gabber you know why Common Sense common sense is what unites the Republican ticket in 2024 you don't have to agree with me or Donald Trump on every single issue but you know we are united in some basic Common Sense we're going to close down that Citizens We're going to try to persuade our fellow Americans instead of censoring them and we're going to fire that crazy person kamla Harris we're not going to give her a promotion that's the common sense Unity view of the United States of America now let's just talk about some of the wages some of the costs of KLA Harris's policies I believe just last month we had the largest fentanyl uh bust in the history of this country $12.6 million of Fentanyl and let let's talk just a little bit about the human cost of this because this is not just this these are not just statistics $12.6 million that's a lot of money of course and that's a lot of fit and all but let let me tell you just a personal story you you know a lot of you know where I came from and and how I grew up but some of you don't I was raised by my grandmother a a workingclass Appalachian woman from Eastern Kentucky she was she was a Spitfire God bless you guys thank you now manal was was an interesting study in contrast you know mamal uh she was a woman of very deep Christian faith and she was even though she didn't graduate from high school school she thought very seriously about what her her Christian faith required of her M also loved the fword my friend she was a she and and and I'll tell you my my wife will attest to this she gets mad at me from time to time because you know sometimes I talk like mamal and that means sometimes our four-year-old talks like MMA and nobody wants a four-year-old who talks like Mama um I won't even repeat some of the things that she said I know we've got cameras here and we've got some kids too but you know Ma MMA because she was tough but because she was loving and because she was firm and disciplined but also because she gave me a home when I needed one I was able to live the American dream and I think the American dream is worth fighting for and worth preserving for isn't [Applause] it but you know the the reason mamal took such good care of me the reason she had to take such good care of me is because my mom struggled with f with with opioid abuse for a big chunk of my early life and I'm very proud to say by the way that my mom is now right on the cusp of 10 years clean and sober and we're grateful to God for that and and for all of you who have a loved one struggling with addiction there is hope on the other side of addiction there is hope in recovery and there is Grace out there but only if we make our streets safe enough to give people Second Chances because one of the things that I I really do believe is that if the poison that KLA Harris has invited into this country in 2024 if it was coming across when my mom was still struggling with addiction I don't think I would have gotten that second chance with my mom I don't think that she'd be on the cus for 10 years clean and sober and I don't think our three kids would have gotten to build a great relationship with with my mom and their grandmother and if we believe in anything in this country in the America first movement we believe in second chances and KLA Harris has taken it away from our Citizens We're going to fight to rebuild it we're going to fight to rebuild the American dream and that is why we've got to close down that southern border you know I was in valdasta Georgia about about as far away from here as you could be and and the weather's a little bit more temperate in valasa Georgia even in August but you know they showed me something the sheriff showed me their interdiction room and that's where they all the drugs that they catch on I 10 or on I75 it sort of sits at the in section of two two major highways and they showed me the stuff that they they they got and you know there's big bags of marijuana there's Coke pills there's a whole host of things they showed me and you know what they showed me I was confused by it they showed me a big box of candy and you know it's like Nerds candy which I think to myself well I don't like nerds very much I I'm more of a chocolate guy but it doesn't belong in the sheriff's interdiction room and you know why it's there because the drug cartels have figured out that if they disguise this stuff as candy it's easy easier to get it into this country and by the way what's sick people what sick people who use children's candy as a disguise for deadly drugs and what a sick person we have as vice president who invites these people into our country to do business instead of throwing them out but but you know it's it makes me realize that you've got kids who are going to get into a packet of candy on a playground or in their school and it's going to take their lives and the reason it's going to take their lives is not because any kid should suffer for picking up a bag of candy but because their leadership our children's leadership has failed them what kind of a person lets drug cartels do business in their country what kind of a person allows the drug cartels to disguise fit andol as candy and what kind of a person invites these people to get rich off of our country while our own citizens die I don't want to answer that question what kind of a person but she sure as hell shouldn't be president of the United States which is why we need to say you are fire kamla Harris is fire now it's interesting though because you know the media loves to cover that kamla Harris is is running a campaign on Joy they say this all the time have you heard this the Democratic National Convention was all about joy and I thought to myself well you know what what does kamla Harris have to be especially joyful about she's been the vice president for three and a half years Americans can't afford groceries Americans can't afford to buy a home especially young families 65% of Young Americans are not going to be able to buy a home because of KLA Harris's policies we talked about the fentol coming into our country now what KLA Harris is joyful about is that she got promoted to the presidential nomination without earning a single vote but you know what I'd like I'd like a president or a vice president who's joyful because they did a good job for the American people and that is Donald Trump by the way because as as much as the media loves to lie about him Donald Trump has got the best sense of humor and he's having a lot of fun out there on the campaign Trail right we all we all know it we see it we watch it every day but here's the thing you know why president Trump is excited and happy about the future it's not that he got a promotion he didn't earn he's excited about the future because he knows this is the greatest country in the world and the only thing that's broken about it is our failed leadership he's excited about delivering lower grocery prices for Americans he's excited about closing down that southern border he's excited about making our streets safe again and he's excited because the people of Arizona are about to elect him president of the United States to make all of us better off not just him all of us together so here's what we're going to do we're going to in Catcher lease we're going to close down that border we're going to wage war against the American or excuse me against the Mexican drug cartels not against the American citizens who are suffering because of those drug cartels and we are going to make this country great again now I I I I want to offer one final one final Point here Donald Trump gave a speech today and it's the first time I've commented on it publicly but I think it's one of the most interesting speeches I've ever heard an American president give because you know kamla has this slogan she talks about you know we're not going to go back and I always ask myself KLA what are you talking about we're not going back to what to low inflation Rising take-home pay we're not going back to a secure Southern border I'd like to go back to all those things because the American people were doing a lot better but I re I realize my friends that when she says we're not going back we we are going back to a very ancient and dark time in human history we're going back kamla Harris wants to send us back to a place where you have to be rich to enjoy Public Safety where you have to be wealthy to afford to buy a home in this country where if you want to have a nice stake on a Friday night you've got to make a lot of money I happen to believe that middle class Americans ought to be able to afford a nice steak on a Friday night isn't that just simple so you know CA Harris wants to take us back to a point where the country and the world don't actually work unless you've got connections and unless you've got a lot of money but the promise of this country the promise of liberty and justice for all is that whether you're rich or poor you get to live in a safe Community whether you're rich or poor you get to afford a nice meal for your family whether you're rich or poor you live in a country where your leaders protect the Border instead of tearing it down kamla Harris wants to take us back to a time when America didn't even exist because in America every citizen controls his own destiny Every Woman controls her own future K Harris wants to take us back to a broken time in world history Donald Trump wants to rebuild the American promise where everybody we all believe in liberty and justice for all and every single citizen gets access to it that's what Donald Trump's trying to bring us back to and and you know he he said something at this speech that I i' I've just never heard anything like it from a person who wants to be president the United States because for 30 years there has been a broken consisten in this country that we don't need to make our own stuff we don't need to employ our own workers we'd rather buy energy from pot dictators in the Middle East and from our own workers and from our own territory and Donald Trump just ripped all that up today and he said something that I think is going to live on in this country it's going to it's going to dominate this country's policy for the Next Generation he said that we want to reward American workers we want to cut taxes on American workers and penalize companies that are shipping jobs overseas think about that because what C Harris has been doing and what our broken leaders have been doing for a generation not just her but for 30 years has been exactly the opposite they've been raising taxes on American citizens to give health care benefits to illegal aliens and people who shouldn't be here they've been raising your taxes and sending it overseas to Chinese companies that are building electric vehicles and Donald Trump says that is bogus that is garbage we're not doing anymore so if America First means anything it means we're prioritizing the American worker we're prioritizing the American citizen and we are rebuilding a country where wherever you came from whatever your background is whoever your parents were liberty and justice for all not just for the well-connected and not just for KLA Harris's donors God bless you all thank you for having me let's make this country great again Donald Trump's going to do it we just got to get him across the Finish Line God bless you sir all righty now this is uh this is for the less friendly part of our festivities here we're going to take some questions from the media and let me let me just say this what I would like to do is start out with local reporters we'll take a few questions from the local folks and then if we have time afterwards we'll take some questions from the national the National Pool as well so if you're a local Arizona reporter let's start with you yes man hi um I'm Rachel Alexander with the Arizona Sun Times and I also used to work as the Maricopa County elections attorney uh when it was under some better leadership and my question for you is I know that we've got people going to the polls as observers in mass and we've got Republican attorneys in Mass um to stop any possible election fraud is there anything else that you know of that is being done well actually yes yes um and and not just in Arizona by the way but all across the country the Republican National Committee has filed over a 100 lawsuits for the basic principle the basic principle that we want every legal vote to count and we want every illegal vote to be thrown out it's very simple if you shouldn't be voting in our elections you should not have your your ballots counted if you should be voting in our elections we should make it easier for you to vote and not harder and unfortunately the Democrats seem to want to turn this on their head we've we got a bill right now in the US Congress the save act that would make it so that only legal American citizens can vote in our elections and and and the Democrats are fighting it and it occurred to me that there is a logic to what the Democrats are trying to do it's disgusting but there's a logic to it they want IL legal aliens job and now they want illegal aliens to steal everybody's vote and if the Democrats have their way American citizens aren't going to have a stake in the future of this country we're not going to allow it president Trump and I are going to fight for people who deserve to be here and have the right to be here but here here's what I know that we're doing in Arizona I know that we're doing a lot to try to get poll workers to the polls and pole Watchers to the polls and all of you if you're able to volunteer please go out and do it because we know that sunlight is the best disinfectant and if we've got people there observing what's going on that's the best way to secure elections in Arizona the other thing that I know the other thing I know the Republican party is working hard on is making sure that you don't have a bunch of broken machines on the day of the election how wouldn't that be nice to have the machines wouldn't it be nice to have the machines actually work on Election Day we're going to do everything that we can to make sure that happened but if you see something go go out and say something talk to your local Republican party officials talk to the RNC send a note to me and to the campaign we want to make sure that every legal ballot counts in this country and if you're seeing something that's broken let us know cuz we want to fight for that next question hi B over stoles KTR news uh why do you think that poll so show such a close race between your campaign and the Harris walls campaign even with high frustration regarding the Border thank you you know I don't put much stock in polls the only poll that really matters to me is the one on Election Day and you know and I was actually talking to president Trump just before I I I came out here and you know he reminded me remember when he won the presidency back in 2016 one of the closest States was Wisconsin and there were polls out there that said he was going to lose Wisconsin by 17 points okay and he won Wisconsin so I think a lot of times the polls are out there most people aren't talking to the polls and look right now we're at a stage in the campaign where there are a lot of good polls for the Trump campaign ignore them when if you see a a bad Poll for the Trump campaign ignore them the good polls the bad polls who cares let's get out there and work our hind ends off and let's win this race so Dennis wels CBS 5 News um recently John McCain's son endorsed the other side on the other campaign over there I wanted to get your [Applause] take well look I I I I do have a question I recently read that uh in a college newspaper you were quote as praising John McCain so kind of a two-part get your thoughts on McCain's son endorsing the other team and what do you think about John McCain and his legacy because as you know Donald Trump and McCain's Legacy is complicated at best well look one of the one of the things I love about Donald Trump and I never knew John McCain but I suspect that one of the things that I would have loved about John McCain is that they didn't let their personal grievances get in the way of serving the country okay so John McCain I'm sure disagreed with Donald Trump on a whole host of issues and yes Donald Trump disagreed with John McCain on a whole host of issues I do not believe for a second that if John McCain were alive today and he sees what's going on at the American southern border that he would support kamla Harris and all the destruction that she's wrough I really don't believe that now look I I I I think I mean look who cares what somebody's family thinks about a presidential race I care about what these people care about the presidential race I I I really couldn't I mean look John McCain has been what what John McCain died what what five six seven years ago and the media is turning into a story what John McCain's family says about Donald Trump I don't know if anybody noticed but pretty much every single me member of Tim walls' family came out and endorsed Donald Trump is that a bigger story than what John McCain's son said I think so so sir whatever John McCain's family thinks whatever John McCain would have ultimately thought about kamla Harris's policies my goal here is to persuade every single person in this room and every single person in the state of Arizona that their lives will be better if they elect Donald J Trump I believe that in my heart and I'm going to keep on fighting for that basic idea next question hi Senor uh Stephanie Murray with the Arizona rep public my question is what [Music] should it's okay it's okay I'm sure she's one of the good ones right uh my question is what should arizonans expect to hear from Trump and Harris in the debate next week well I think that what you're going to hear from K Harris is that despite all evidence to the contrary she agrees with Donald Trump on everything now I yeah we we we have to remember she's on video saying she wanted to fund the police and now she says well she didn't mean it she's on video saying that she wanted to open the southern border now she says she didn't mean it she's on video saying she wanted to uh end fracking in this country now she says she doesn't believe it she cast the deciding vote on the inflation explosion act that made houses and groceries unaffordable and now she says that she wants to lower prices for American citizens KLA Harris if you want to do all these things you ought to drop out and endorse Donald J Trump because he's already done him it's that simple now I now I I I I I joked with the president a few days ago and I said sir I think I figured it out I think I figured out why K Harris is running from every single position that she once held it's because she realizes that we're going to win and she wants my job she must really like living in the Naval Observatory and now she wants Trump to switch me out for KLA Harris I don't think that he's going to do that by the way but look I I really hope I really hope that KLA Harris actually just answers some questions about why she allegedly is running away from every single position that she had and most importantly if she wants to close down the border and she wants to lower the cost of energy and she wants to make housing more affordable why doesn't she do it now she's the vice president today she doesn't need it it's it's so funny to hear Democrat politicians talk about Donald Trump and they say well we want to close the border well Donald Trump already did it well we want to lower we want to get inflation below 2% well Donald Trump already did it well we want Rising take-home pay for the middle class Donald Trump already did it these guys I hope with the debate that KLA Harris answers for her record because I sure as hell know Donald Trump will proudly answer for his because it's a record that we can all be proud of and I I say one one more thing on K Harris you know they agreed to this debate mon they they agreed to this debate months ago and over the last few weeks and I've seen this from the inside of the campaign over the last few weeks KLA Harris has been trying to change the rules on the debate she wants to change everything because she knows that unless she gets the rules that she wants unless she has a bias setup the American people are going to reject her but you know you know what she really wants to do and look out for this on September the 10th she really wants a moment where she can interrupt Donald Trump and say I'm speaking because you know KLA Harris sometimes I think she she she doesn't want to be the vice president she wants to be the vice principal she really likes she really likes to just tell people what to do and she really wants that moment where she says I'm speaking right and that's exactly what she watch for it on September the 10th and then you can come back and say you heard it here first that kamla Harris what what what I'd like her to actually do again is just explain her record because I think the American people deserve to have a president who explains their record and doesn't run from it next question hi Senator kit Maher CNN wanted to ask in the way thank now kit I I honestly she's going to hate me saying this Kit's one of the good good ones but she won't be able to go back to CNN after I just said that so take it or leave it kit ask your question please thanks Senator uh for taking my question I appreciate it um in the wake of the Georgia school shooting yesterday I wanted to ask you what specific policies do you support to end school shootings like this and if you allow a second one specifically on the debate has Trump consulted you for any advice have you participated in the policy discussions that he has held with tulsey gabard and and what advice have you offered him yeah so just on the debate I mean look the president and I talk every day and you know we're constantly talking about what are we seeing out there what are people that we're talking to saying to us because we do unlike the kamla Harris campaign get out there and talk to people we don't just stand in front of a teleprompter and try to talk at them we we often let them say things too and so we're we're constantly trading ideas and and and trading you know War Stories from the campaign Trail about what we're hearing and what we're understand but no I I you know we're not going to have some formal debate prep session because Donald Trump doesn't need it Donald Trump actually knows what he believes and he knows his record and that's all he really has to talk about so so so whether it's with Tulsi or with RFK or with Nikki Haley or with anybody else I think the president will keep on doing what he does which is talk to people hear what hear what they're seeing uh actually go out there and and try to understand what they're seeing on the campaign Trail and just try to incorporate that into a message that works for the American people that's what he's done that's what he'll continue to do now on on on the first question look first of all what happened in Georgia is just an awful tragedy and I know we've got a lot of parents and a lot of grandparents in this room I mean I I cannot imagine you know little kids so excited to go back to school God love them and they're at their first week back from the summer and an absolute Barbarian decides to open fire and take their lives and also a couple teachers we got a we we got to think about these people if you're the praying type and I know I am we got to hold them up in prayer we got to be we got to be hoping for the best for these for this incredible Community because no parent should have to deal with this no child should have to deal with this and yes after holding these folks up in prayer and giving them our sympathies because that's what people deserve in a time of tragedy then we have to think about how to make this less common now look the comma Harris answer to this is to take law-abiding American citizens guns away from them that is what Comm wants to do but we have to ask ourselves we actually have have been able to run an experiment on this because you've got some states with very strict gun laws and you've got some states that don't have strict gun laws at all and the states with strict gun laws they have a lot of school shootings and the states without strict gun laws some of them have school shootings too so clearly strict gun laws is not the thing that is going to solve this problem what is going to solve this problem and I really do believe this is look I I don't like this I don't like to admit this I don't like that this is a fact of life but if you're you're if you are a psycho and you want to make headlines you realize that our schools are soft targets and we have got to bolster security at our schools so that a person who walks through the front door we we've got to bolster security so that if a psycho wants to walk through the front door and kill a bunch of children they're not able to and again as a parent do I want my kids school to have additional security no of course I don't I don't want my kids to go to school in a place where they feel like you've got to have additional security but that is increasingly the reality that we live in and and a bunch of my colleagues in the Senate we actually worked on legislation that would give schools more resources to bolster their security because if these psychos are going to go after our kids we've got to be prepared for it we don't have to like the reality that we live in but it is the the reality that we live in we got to deal with it that's right next question hi Senator Vance thank you for coming back to Arizona my name is Christy Kelly and I'm with the Arizona Sun Times we are your conservative newspaper just about it here thank you I was speaking with an older woman she was very sweet she was gushing over you gushing over your book she was saying how great you were and then she was like but I heard he doesn't respect women in Arizona you're going to have to reach the Independence that are believing the lies of mainstream media so what would you say directly to Independents that are buying into that well I guess the first thing that I'd say is I was raised by strong women I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for a strong grandmother and thank you and a strong mother who despite her struggles made sure every single day that I had what I needed and fought for me even when sometimes she couldn't fought for herself uh I I I I wouldn't be here and there are a lot of kids in this country who wouldn't be here without strong women so first of all what I what I think we got to say is that anybody who believes the lies of the media is this is a kid who loves strong women because he wouldn't be here without him and he knows this country wouldn't be here without him so we got to fight for them and make their lives easier now look the there there of course are comments that I made sometimes even before I was running for Senate that were sarcastic where the mainstream media has repeated them instead of repeating the policy failures of the comma har campaign in the kamla Harris presidency and I just ask all Independents all Democrats all Republican whether you're a man or a woman or just what what whatever your your political station whatever your background is what do you think is more important a sarcastic comment that I made four years ago or the fact that kamla Harris has opened the southern border a sarcastic comment that I made four years ago or the fact that kamla Harris has made it hard to for for strong women to send their kids to schools that actually teach them instead of indoctrinate them I think that the reason I think that the reason the media and the Harris campaign are lying about me is because they can't tell the truth about their own record and I happen to think that we ought to be led by somebody who believes in the American people enough to level with them to tell them the truth and to run on their record instead of on lies and KLA Harris ought to be ashamed of ourselves and if you're an independent a Democrat or a Republican voter I just ask you look at the real record look at the real context and what you'd find I think is that Donald Trump and I are the only ticket for strong women and strong families in this country Senator Vance tan small with CBS News uh Donald Trump last week announced that he wanted either private insurance companies or for the federal government to cover the cost of ibf for families how would a trump Vance administration pay for that well look there are a lot of things that we could pay for in this country if we focused on American citizens instead of on illegal aliens right this is not I think it's so funny when the Democrats say well you're not going to be able to pay for that well we're not going to be able to pay for anything if you keep on giving a half a trillion dollars to illegal alien every single year instead of booting them out of this country and focusing on our own citizens I mean we have to think about this K Harris wants to give Medicare to illegal aliens which would bankrupt that program and throw a generation of our elderly Americans into poverty think about all the housing benefits think about the fact that we are jailing thousands maybe hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens in this country right now think about the fact that Municipal budgets have to pay for the health care costs and the schooling expenses of millions and millions ions of people who shouldn't be in this country in the first place we have got the richest and most Bountiful country in the world what we need is a leadership that puts American citizens first instead of putting the interest of illegal aliens first and if we do that there's a whole lot we can do and do a lot better so I I want to be mindful of time let me take one more question and then we're going to have to get out of here hi Senator thank you for taking my question um my question is RFK Jr is working right now to get his name off several B ballots including law of the Battleground States um could we see the Trump campaign joined him in that effort especially given how um Kennedy and Trump have shared values and do you think he dropped out too late given everything that's happening right now well look I'm not going to make rfk's decisions for him I'm glad that RFK is on the team and I think it sends a great signal to Americans and especially I think it sends a great message especially to Kennedy Democrats who feel left behind by the Democrat Party you were welcome in Donald J Trump's Republican party and RFK is I think leading the Vanguard there it's a great thing but yeah I mean look if if RFK took more from kamla Harris than from Donald Trump do I think a lot of these Democratic officials would be rushian to get him off the ballot yes I do but we look we don't choose the deck of card s that we're playing with here we can only control how we're actually playing the hand that was dealt we are going to do everything that we can to persuade voters we're going to do everything that we can to get RFK off the ballot in states where he wants to come off the ballot and we're going to win this race regardless because the American people need better leadership Donald J Trump is going to give it to them so on that note thanks to the reporters for the questions but most of all thank you all for being here I want to make one request one request of you and it's it's very simple look we lost Arizona 10,000 votes was the difference between Arizona going for Donald Trump and and 10,000 going for Joe Biden yeah there were a lot of problems there were a lot of problems but 10,000 votes stand between us and getting those those Arizona electoral votes and we got a lot of people just in this room today and so I'm going to make a very special request and that request is is this I want you to all get out there and vote 10 10 [Applause] times now no no no no I know y all a little uncomfortable to the media yeah that that will be the headline of the New York Times JD Vance promotes voter fraud in Arizona but I want us to vote 10 times the legal way and you know what that means that means take yourself and take nine of your friends and family and get them to the polls by November the 5th we had over 2,000 people at a church in Mesa last night we've got a great crowd here today if just the people in that crowd and this crowd get 10 people to the polls we are going to win the State of Arizona we're going to take back the White House and we're going to give this country a president it deserves NES God bless you all let's get Donald Trump over the finish line and let's do it together in Arizona and in 60 short days we are going to take back this country and it's going to start right here in the state of Arizona now I got to say I've been in politics all of two years and you meet some really good people and you meet some some real scumbags and you in Arizona are absolutely you have some of the best people representing [Applause] I I I want to I want to shout out one of the very best and that's representative Paul gosar where's Paul at thank you Paul for being a good guy I want to call out the chair of the Arizona Republican party Gina where is Gina we go we've got pedal County Sheriff Mark Lamb where's Mark Mark and we've got Karen Taylor with Karen than you Karen we've also got debie wi here where's Debbie at Debbie thank you again some great leaders here in Arizona and this campaign my friends is about a very simple thing it's about taking this country [Applause] leadership Francisco liberal kamla Harris and promote Donald Trump to president of United States now we're we're here here and and I want to talk a little bit about the Border my friends cuz you the American southern border is a disaster it and then we're going to talk to the American Media afterwards so we'll take some questions from the Press because whether they're hostile or friendly if you want to be the people's president or vice president you ought to talk to the Press you ought to make your case to the American people and not run from them and I'm sure because president Trump and I are the only candidates in this race who will actually talk to the press that they'll only ask us friendly and nice questions right don't don't hold your breath and by the way it's good to be here in in Arizona even in early September I will tell you though we we brought the whole crew to Arizona I got my lovely wife Usha Usha where they where' they put you but we we we brought our three kids they're 74 and two and we even brought our dog and I'll tell you after about after about 15 minutes this morning in the Arizona heat they were all tapped out you guys are a lot tougher in Arizona than we are in the state of Ohio I have I have never seen three kids who were anxious to get out of a hotel room Wilt in 15 minutes they were ready for the AC after about 15 minutes and and uh we're so thrilled with the welcome that you guys have given them and we're so thrilled with what this state could be with better leadership at the federal level I mean think about this y'all so KLA Harris is an interesting is an interesting candidate yeah we should we should boo her cuz she deserves it I will stop you from doing that but think about this this is a this is a person who became the vice president of the United States on a promise of open borders and she actually delivered on day one kamla Harris said we're going to suspend deportations on day one Kam Harris said we're going to stop Donald Trump's remain in Mexico policy and and remember what that does is if you come into this country and you claim Asylum you got to wait in Mexico while your claim is being adjudicated we're not going to release you into the country give you a work per permit and health care benefits you got to remain in Mexico she stopped that policy on day one and then also on day one she reimplemented the terrible Catch and Release policy that allows people to take advantage of our system she stopped the border wall you go to the border wall of course all across the State of Arizona you see it sitting there on the ground and she did this crazy thing where they did parole for Millions upon millions of illegal aliens that is the record of commala Harris well I bring a message from Donald J Trump if you were in this country illegally and 6 months pack your bags cuz you're going home now the and and and here's here's what we're going to do on top of it we are going to reimplement deportations in this country we are going we're going to finish that beautiful border wall along the State of Arizona and everywhere else we are going to stop catching release and we're going to stop giving Medicare benefits and Healthcare benefits to illegal aliens they deserve to go to American citizens not the people who have no right to now that's that is the Donald Trump agenda and its simple common sense and it's Donald Trump has gotten endorsements from a you know we've got on the Trump team we've got people like Nikki Haley and Brian km and we've also got RFK and Tulsi gabber you know why Common Sense common sense is what unites the Republican ticket in 2024 you don't have to agree with me or Donald Trump on every single issue but you know we are united in some basic Common Sense we're going to close down that we're going to bring down the ofing Citizens We're going to try to persuade our fellow Americans instead of censoring them and we're going to fire that crazy person KLA Harris we're not going to give her a promotion that's the common sense Unity view of the United States of America now let's just talk about some of the wages some of the costs of KLA Harris's policies I believe just last month we had the largest fit and all uh bust in the history of this country $12.6 million of Fentanyl and let let's talk just a little bit about the human cost of this cuz this is not just this these are not just statistics $12.6 million that's a lot of money of course and that's a lot of Fint andol but let let me tell you just a personal story you you know a lot of you know where I came from and and how I grew up but some of you don't I was raised by my grandmother a a workingclass Appalachian woman from Eastern Kentucky she was she was a Spitfire God bless you guys thank you now mmal was was an interesting study in contrast you know manal uh she was a woman of very deep Christian faith and she was even though she didn't graduate from high school she thought very seriously about what her her Christian faith required of her MMA also loved the FW my friend she was a she and and and I'll tell you my my wife will attests to this she gets mad at me from time to time because you know sometimes I talk like mamal and that means sometimes our four-year-old talks like mamal and nobody wants a four-year-old who talks like Mama um I won't even repeat some of the things that she said I know we've got cameras here and we've got some kids too but you know Ma MMA because she was tough but because she was loving and because she was firm and disciplined but also because she gave me a home when I needed one I was able to live the American dream and I think the American dream is worth fighting for and worth preserving for isn't it but you know the the reason M all took such good care of me the reason she had to take such good care of me is because my mom struggled with f with with opioid abuse for a big chunk of my early life and I'm very proud to say by the way that my mom is now right on the cusp of 10 years clean and sober and we're grateful to God for that and and for all of you who have a loved one struggling with addiction there is hope on the other side of addiction there is hope in recovery and there is Grace out there but only if we make our streets safe enough to give people Second Chances because one of the things that I I really do believe is that if the poison that kamla Harris has invited into this country in 2024 if it was coming across when my mom was still struggling with addiction I don't think I would have gotten that second chance with my mom I don't think that she'd be on the cus for 10 years clean and sober and I don't think our three kids would have gotten to build a great relationship with with my mom and their grandmother and if we believe in anything in this country in the America first movement we believe in second chances and kamla Harris has taken it away from our Citizens We're going to fight to rebuild it we're going to fight to rebuild the American dream and that is why we've got to close down that southern border you know I was in valdosa Georgia about about as far away from here as you could be and and the weather's a little bit more temperate in valasa Georgia even in August but you know they showed me something the sheriff showed me their interdiction room and that's where they all the drugs that they catch on I 10 or on I75 it sort of sits at the intersection of two two major highways and they showed me the stuff that they they they got and you know there's big bags of marijuana there's cocaine there's pills there's a whole host of things they showed me and you know what they showed me I was confused by it they showed me a big box of candy and you know it's like Nerds candy which I think to myself well I don't like nerds very much I'm more of a chocolate guy but it doesn't belong in the sheriff's interdiction room and you know why it's there because the drug cartels have figured out that if they disguise this stuff as candy it's easier to get it into this country and by the way what sick people what sick people who use children's candy as a disguise for deadly drugs and what a sick person we have as vice president who invites these people into our country to do business instead of throwing them out but but you know it's it makes me realize that you've got kids who are going to get into a packet of candy on a playground or in their school and it's going to take their lives and the reason it's going to take their lives is not because any kid should suffer for picking up a bag of candy but because their leadership our children's leadership has failed them what kind of a person lets drug cartels do business in their country what kind of a person allows the drug cartels to disguise fanol as candy and what kind of a person invites these people to get rich off of our country while our own citizens die I don't want to answer that question what kind of a person but she sure as hell shouldn't be president of the United States which is why we need to say you are fired KLA Harris is fired now it's interesting though because you know the media loves to cover that KLA Harris is is running a campaign on Joy they say this all the time have you heard this the Democratic National Convention was all about joy and I thought to myself well you know what what does KLA Harris have to be especially joyful about she's been the vice president for three and a half years Americans can't afford groceries Americans can't afford to buy a home especially young families 65% of Young Americans are not going to be able to buy a home because of KLA Harris's policies we talked about the the fentol coming into our country now what KLA Harris is joyful about is that she got promoted to the presidential nomination without earning a single vote but you know what I'd like I'd like a president or a vice president who's joyful because they did a good job for the American people and that is Donald Trump by the way because as as much as the media loves to lie about him Donald Trump has got the best sense of humor and he's having a lot of fun out there on the campaign Trail right we all we all know it we see it we watch it every day but here's the thing you know why president Trump is excited and happy about the future it's not that he got a promotion he didn't earn he's excited about the future because he knows this is the greatest country in the world and the only thing that's broken about it is our failed leadership he's excited about delivering lower grocery prices for Americans he's excited about closing down that southern border he's excited about making our streets safe again and he's excited because the people of Arizona are about to elect him president of the United States to make all of us better off not just him all of us together so here's what we're going to do we're going to in Catcher elase we're going to close down that border we're going to wage war against the American or excuse me excuse me against the Mexican drug cartels not against the American citizens who are suffering because of those drug cartels and we are going to make this country great again now I I I I want to offer one final one final Point here uh Donald Trump gave a speech today and it's the first time I've commented on it publicly but I think it's one of the most interesting speeches I've ever heard an American president give because you know kamla has this slogan she talks about you know we're not going to go back and I always ask myself KLA what are you talking about we're not going back to what to low inflation Rising take-home pay we're not going back to a secure Southern border I'd like to go back to all those things because the American people were doing a lot better but I I realize my friends that when she says we're not going back we we are going back to a very ancient and dark time in human history we're going back comma Harris wants to send us back to a place where you have to be rich to enjoy Public Safety where you have have to be wealthy to afford to buy a home in this country where if you want to have a nice stake on a Friday night you've got to make a lot of money I happen to believe that middleclass Americans ought to be able to afford a nice steak on a Friday night isn't that just simple so you know K Harris wants to take us back to a point where the country and the world don't actually work unless you've got connections unless you've got a lot of money but the promise of this country the promise of liberty and justice for all is that whether you're rich or poor you get to live in a safe Community whether you're rich or poor you get to afford a nice meal for your family whether you're rich or poor you live in a country where your leaders protect the Border instead of tearing it down kamla Harris wants to take us back to a time when America didn't even exist because in America every citizen controls his own destiny Every Woman controls her own future KLA Harris wants to take us back to a broken time in world history Donald Trump wants to rebuild the American promise where everybody we all believe in liberty and justice for all and every single citizen gets access to it that's what Donald Trump's trying to bring us back to and and you know he he said something at this speech that I I I've just never heard anything like it from a person who wants to be president of the United States because for 30 years there has been a broken consisten in this country that we don't need to make our own stuff we don't need to employ our own workers we'd rather buy energy from tinpot dictators in the Middle East than from our own workers and from our own territory and Donald Trump just ripped all that up today and he said something that I think is going to live on in this country it's going to it's going to dominate this country's policy for the Next Generation he said that we want to reward American workers we want to cut taxes on American workers and penalize companies that are shipping jobs overseas think about that because what CA Harris has been doing and what our broken leaders have been doing for a generation not just her but for 30 years has been exactly the opposite they've been raising taxes on American citizens to give health care benefits to illegal aliens and people who shouldn't be here they've been raising your taxes and sending it overseas to Chin companies that are building electric vehicles and Donald Trump says that is bogus that is garbage we're not doing it anymore so if America First means anything it means we're prioritizing the American worker we're prioritizing the American citizen and we are rebuilding a country where wherever you came from whatever your background is whoever your parents were liberty and justice for all not just for the well-connected and not just for kamla Harris's donors God bless you all thank you for having me let's make this country great again Donald Trump's going to do it we just got to get him across the Finish Line I bless you sir all righty now this is uh this is for the less friendly part of our festivities here we're going to take some questions from the media and let me let me just say this what I would like to do is start out with local reporters we'll take a few questions from the local folks and then if we have time afterwards we'll take some questions from the national the National Pool as well so if you're a local Arizona reporter let's start with you yes ma'am hi um I'm Rachel Alexander with the Arizona Sun Times and I also used to work as the Maricopa County elections attorney uh when it was under some better leadership and my question for you is I know that we've got people going to the polls as observers in mass and we we've got Republican attorneys in Mass um to stop any possible election fraud is there anything else that you know of that is being done well actually yes um and not just in Arizona by the way but all across the country the Republican National Committee has filed over a hundred lawsuits for the basic principle the basic principle that we want every legal vote to count and we want every illegal vote to be thrown out it's very simple if you shouldn't be voting in our elections you should not have your your ballots counted if you should be voting in our elections we should make it easier for you to vote and not harder and unfortunately the Democrats seem to want to turn this on their head we've got a bill right now in the US Congress the save act that would make it so that only legal American citizens can vote in our elections and and and the Democrats are fighting it and it occurs to me that there is a logic to what the Democrats are trying to do it's disgusting but there's a logic to it they want a legal aliens job and now they want illegal aliens to steal everybody's vote and if the Democrats have their way American citizens aren't going to have a stake in the future of this country we're not going to allow it president Trump and I are going to fight for people who deserve to be here and have the right to be here but here here's what I know that we're doing in Arizona I know that we're doing a lot to try to get poll workers to the polls and poll Watchers to the polls and all of you if you're able to volunteer please go and do it cuz we know that sunlight is the best disinfectant and if we've got people there observing what's going on that's the best way to secure elections in Arizona the other thing that I know the other thing I know the Republican party is working hard on is making sure that you don't have a bunch of broken machines on the day of the election how wouldn't that be nice to have the machines wouldn't it be nice to have the machines actually work on Election Day we're going to do everything that we can to make sure that happened but if you see something go go out and say something talk to your local Republican party officials talk to the RNC send a note to me and to the campaign we want to make sure that every legal ballot counts in this country and if you're seeing something that's broken let us know because we want to fight for that next question hi B over stols KTR news uh why do you think that poll so show such a close race between your campaign and the Harris walls campaign even with high frustration regarding the Border thank you you know I don't put much stock in polls the only poll that really matters to me is the one on Election Day and you know and I was actually talking to president Trump just before I I I came out here and you know he reminded me remember when he won the presidency back in 2016 one of the closest States was Wisconsin and there were polls out there that said he was going to lose Wisconsin by 17 points okay and he won Wisconsin so I think a lot of times the polls are out there most people are talking to the polls and look right now we're at a stage in the campaign where there are a lot of good polls for the Trump campaign ignore them well if you see a bad Poll for the Trump campaign ignore them the good polls the bad polls who cares let's get out there and work our hind ends off and let's win this race sir Dennis Wells CBS 5 News um recently John McCain's son endorsed the other side on the other campaign over there I wanted to your [Applause] take well look I I I I do have a question I recently read that uh in a college newspaper you were quoted as praising John McCain so kind of a two-part get your thoughts on McCain's son endorsing the other team and what do you think about John McCain and his legacy because as you know Donald Trump and McCain's Legacy is complicated at best well look one of the one of the things I love about Donald Trump and I never knew John McCain but I suspect that one of the things that I would have loved about John McCain is that they didn't let their personal grievances get in the way of serving the country okay so John McCain I'm sure disagreed with Donald Trump on a whole host of issues and yes Donald Trump disagreed with John McCain on a whole host of issues I do not believe for a second that if John McCain were alive today and he sees what's going on at the American southern border that he would support KLA Harris and all the destruction that she's rough I really don't believe that now look I I I I think I mean look who cares what somebody's family thinks about a presidential race I care about what these people care about the presidential race I I I really couldn't I mean look John McCain has been what what John McCain died what what five six seven years ago and the media is turning into a story what John McCain's family says about Donald Trump I don't know if anybody notice but pretty much every single me member of Tim walls' family came out and endorsed Donald Trump is that a bigger story than what John McCain son said I think so so sir whatever John McCain's family thinks whatever John McCain would have ultimately thought about KLA Harris's policies my goal here is to persuade every single person in this room and every single person in the state of Arizona that their lives will be better if they elect Donald J Trump I believe that in my heart and I'm going to keep on fighting for that basic idea next question hi Senator uh Stephanie Murray with the Arizona Republic my question is what [Music] should it's okay it's okay I'm sure she's one of the good ones right uh my question is what should arizonans expect to hear from Trump and Harris in the debate next week well I think that what you're going to hear from kamla Harris is that despite all evidence to the contrary she agrees with Donald Trump on everything now I yeah we we we we have to remember she's on video saying she wanted to fund the police and now she says well she didn't mean it she's on video saying that she wanted to open the southern border now she says she didn't mean it she she's on video saying she wanted to uh end fracking in this country now she says she doesn't believe it she cast the deciding vote on the inflation explosion act that made houses and groceries unaffordable and now she says that she wants to lower prices for American citizens K Harris if you want to do all these things you ought to drop out and endorse Donald J Trump because he's already done them it's that simple now I now I I I I I joked with the president a few days ago and I said sir I think I figured it out I think I figured out why KLA Harris is running from every single position that she wants held it's because she realizes that we're going to win and she wants my job she must really like living in the Naval Observatory and now she wants Trump to switch me out for KLA Harris I don't think that he's going to do that by the way but look I I really hope I really hope that kamla Harris actually just answers some questions about why she allegedly is running away from every single position that she had and most importantly if she wants to close down the border and she wants wants to lower the cost of energy and she wants to make housing more affordable why doesn't she do it now she's the vice president today she doesn't need it it's it's so funny to hear Democrat politicians talk about Donald Trump and they say well we want to close the border well Donald Trump already did it well we want to lower we want to get inflation below 2% well Donald Trump already did it well we want Rising take-home pay for the middle class Donald Trump already did it these guys I hope with the debate that KLA Harris answers for her record because I sure as hell know Donald Trump will proudly answer for his because it's a record that we can all be proud of and I I to say one one more thing on K Harris you know they agreed to this debate mon they they agreed to this debate months ago and over the last few weeks and I've seen this from the inside of the campaign over the last few weeks KLA Harris has been trying to change the rules on the debate I she wants to change everything because she knows that unless she gets the rules that she wants unless she has a bias setup the American people are going to reject her but you know you know what she really wants to do and look out for this on September the 10th she really wants a moment where she can interrupt Donald Trump and say I'm speaking because you know KLA Harris sometimes I think she she she doesn't want to be the vice president she wants to be the vice principal she really likes she really likes to just tell people what to do and she really wants that moment where she says I'm speaking right and that's exactly what she'll watch for it on September the 10th and then you can come back and say you heard it here first that KLA Harris what what what I'd like her to actually do again is just explain her record because I think the American people deserve to have a president who explains their record and doesn't run from it next question hi Senator kit Maher CNN Wonder to ask in the way thank now kid I I honestly she's going to hate me saying this Kit's one of the good ones but she won't be able to go back to CNN after I just said that so take it or leave it kit ask your question please thanks Senator uh for taking my question I appreciate it um in the wake of the Georgia school shooting yesterday I wanted to ask you what specific policies do you support to end school shootings like this and if you allow a second one specifically on the debate has Trump consulted you for any advice have you participated in the policy discussions that he has held with Tulsi gabard and and what advice have you offered him yes so just on the debate I mean look the president and I talk every day and you know we're constantly talking about what are we seeing out there what are people that we're talking too saying to us cuz we do unlike the comma Harris campaign get out there and talk to people we don't just stand in front of a tele and try to talk at them we we often let them say things too and so we're we're constantly trading ideas and and and trading you War Stories from the campaign Trail about what we're hearing and what we're seeing but no I I you know we're not going to have some formal debate prep session because Donald Trump doesn't need it Donald Trump actually knows what he believes and he knows his record and that's all he really has to talk about so so so whether it's with Tuli or with RFK or with Nikki Haley or with anybody else I think the president will keep on doing what he does which is talk to people hear what hear what they're seeing uh actually go out there and and try to understand what they're seeing on the campaign Trail and just try to incorporate that into a message that works for the American people that's what he's done that's what he'll continue to do now on on on the first question look first of all what happened in Georgia is just an awful tragedy and I know we've got a lot of parents and a lot of grandparents in this room I mean I I cannot imagine you know little kids so excited to go back to school God love them and and they're at their first week back from the summer and an absolute Barbarian decides to open fire and take their lives and also a couple teachers we got to we got to think about these people if you're the praying type and I know I am we got to hold them up in prayer we got to be we got to be hoping for the best for these for this incredible Community because no parent should have to deal with this no child should have to deal with this and yes after holding these folks up in prayer and giving them our sympathies because that's what people deserve in a time of tragedy then we have to think about how to make this less common now look the comma Harris answer to this is to take law- abiding American citizens guns away from them that is what kamla Harris wants to do but we have to ask ourselves we actually have have been able to run an experiment on this because you've got some states with very strict gun laws and you've got some states that don't have strict gun laws at all and the states with strict gun laws they have a lot of school shootings and the states without strict gun laws some of them have school shootings too so clearly strict gun laws laws is not the thing that is going to solve this problem what is going to solve this problem I and I really do believe this is look I I don't like this I don't like to admit this I don't like that this is a fact of life but if you're if you are a psycho and you want to make headlines you realize that our schools are soft targets and we have got to bolster security at our schools so that a person who walks through the front door we we've got a bolster security so that if a psycho wants to walk through the front door and kill a bunch of children they're not able to and again as a parent do I want my kids school to have additional security no of course I don't I don't want my kids to go to school in a place where they feel like you've got to have additional security but that is increasingly the reality that we live in and and a bunch of my colleagues in the Senate we actually worked on legislation that would give schools more resources to bolster their security because if these psychos are going to go after our kids we've got to be prepared for it we don't have to like the reality that we live in but it is the the reality that we live in and we got to deal with it right next question hi Senator Vance thank you for coming back to Arizona my name is Christy Kelly and I'm with the Arizona Sun Times we are your conservative newspaper just about it here thank you I was speaking with an older woman she was very sweet she was gushing over you gushing over your book she was saying how great you were and then she was like but I heard he doesn't respect women in Arizona you're going to have to reach The Independents that are believing the lies of mainstream media so what would you say directly to Independents that are buying into that well I guess the first thing that I'd say is I was raised by strong women I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for a strong grandmother and thank you and a strong mother who despite her struggles made sure every single day that I had what I needed and fought for me even when sometimes she couldn't fought for herself uh I I I I wouldn't be here and there are a lot of kids in this country who wouldn't be here without strong women so first of all what I what I think we got to say is that anybody who believes the lies of the media is this is a kid who loves strong women because he wouldn't be here without them and he knows this country wouldn't be here without him so we got to fight for them and make their lives easier now look the there there of course are comments that made sometimes even before I was running for Senate that were sarcastic where the mainstream media has repeated them instead of repeating the policy failures of the kamla Harris campaign and the kamla Harris presidency and I just ask all independence all Democrats all Republican whether you're a man or a woman or just what what whatever your your political station whatever your background is what do you think is more important a sarcastic comment that I made four years ago or the fact that KLA Harris has opened the southern border a sarcastic comment that I made four years ago or the fact that kamla Harris has made it hard to for for strong women to send their kids to schools that actually teach them instead of indoctrinate them I think that the reason I think that the reason the media and the Harris campaign are lying about me is because they can't tell the truth about their own record and I happen to think that we ought to be led by somebody who believes and the American people enough to level with them to tell them the truth and to run on their record instead of on lies and KLA Harris ought to be ashamed of ourselves and if you're an independent a democrat or a republican voter I just ask you look at the real record look at the real context and what you'd find I think is that Donald Trump and I are the only ticket for strong women and strong families in this country Senator Vance tooran small with CBS News uh Donald Trump last week announced that he wanted either private insurance companies or the federal government to cover the cost of IVF for families how would a trump Vance administration pay for that well look there are a lot of things that we could pay for in this country if we focused on American citizens instead of on a Leal aliens right this is not I think it's so funny when the Democrats say well you're not going to be able to pay for that well we're not going to be able to pay for anything if you keep on giving a half a trillion dollars to illegal aliens every single year instead of booting them out of this country and focusing on our own citizens I mean we have to think about this KLA Harris wants to give Medicare to illegal aliens which would bankrupt that program and throw a generation of our elderly Americans into poverty think about all the housing benefits think about the fact that we are jailing thousands maybe hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens in this country right now think about the fact that Municipal budgets have to pay for the health care costs and the schooling expenses of millions and millions of people who shouldn't be in this country in the first place we have got the richest and most Bountiful country in the world what we need is a leadership that puts American citizens first instead of putting the interest of illegal aliens first and if we do that there's a whole lot we can do and do a lot better so so I I want to be mindful of time let me take one more question and then we're going to have to get out of here hi Senator thank you for taking my question um my question is RFK Jr is working right now to get his name off several B ballots including L of the ballground states um could we see the Trump campaign joining him in that effort especially given how um Kennedy and Trump have shared values and do you think he dropped out too late given everything that's happening right now well look I'm not going to make rfk's decisions for him I'm glad that RFK is on the team and I think it sends a great signal to Americans and especially I think it sends a great message especially to Kennedy Democrats who feel left behind by the Democrat Party you are welcome in Donald J Trump's Republican party and RFK is I think leading the Vanguard there it's a great thing but yeah I mean look if if RF he took more from kamla Harris than from Donald Trump do I think a lot of these Democratic officials would be rushing to get him off the ballot yes I do but we look we don't choose the deck of cards that we're playing with here we can only control how we're actually playing the hand that was dealt we're going to do everything that we can to persuade voters we're going to do everything that we can to get RFK off the ballot in states where he wants to come off the ballot and we're going to win this race regardless because the American people need better leadership Donald J Trump is going to give it to them so on that note thanks to the reporters for the questions but most of all thank you all for being here I want to make one request one request of you and it's it's very simple look we lost Arizona 10,000 votes was the difference between Arizona going for Donald Trump and and 10,000 going for Joe Biden yeah they were a lot of problems there were a lot of problems but 10,000 votes stand between us and getting those those Arizona electoral votes and we got a lot of people just in this room today and so I'm going to make a very special request and that request is is this I want you to all get out there and vote 10 [Applause] times now no no no I know you all a little uncomfortable to the media yeah that that will be the headline in the New York Times JD Vance promotes voter fraud in Arizona but I want us to vote 10 times the legal way and you know what that means that means take yourself and take nine of your friends and family and get them to the polls by November the 5th we had over 2,000 people at a church in Mesa last night we've got a great crowd here today if just the people in that crowd and this crowd get 10 people to the polls we are going to win the State of Arizona we're going to take back the White House and we're going to give this country a president it deserves God bless you all let's get Donald Trump over the finish line and let's do it together in Arizona and in 60 short days we're going to take back this country and it's going to start right here in the state of Arizona now I got to say I've been in politics all of two years and you meet some really good people and you meet some some real scumbags and you in Arizona are absolutely you have some of the best people representing [Applause] the I I I want to I want to shout out one of the very best and that's representative Paul gosar where's Paul at thank you for being a good guy I want to call out the chair of the Arizona Republican party Gina where is Gina we go Gina we've got penal County Sheriff Mark Lamb where's Mark Mark and we've got Karen Taylor where Karen than you K we've also got Debbie Weiss here where's Debbie at deby thank you again some great leaders here in Arizona and this campaign my friends is about a very simple thing it's about taking this country leadership [Applause] Francisco liberal kamla Harris and promote Donald Trump to president of the United States now we're we're here and and I want to talk a little bit about the Border my friends because you the American southern border is a disaster it and then we're going to talk to the American Media afterwards so we'll take some questions from the Press because whether they're hostile or friendly if you want to be the people's president or vice president you ought to talk to the Press you ought to make your case to the American people and not run from them and I'm sure because president Trump and I are the only candidates in this race who will actually talk to the press that they'll only ask us friendly and nice questions right don't don't hold your breath and by the way it's good to be here in in Arizona even in early September I will tell you though we we brought the whole crew to Arizona I got my lovely wife Usha Usha where they where did they put [Applause] you but we we we brought our three kids there're 74 and 2 and we even brought our dog and I'll tell you after about after about 15 minutes this morning in the Arizona heat they were all tapped out you guys are a lot tougher in Arizona than we are in the state of Ohio I have I have never never seen three kids who were anxious to get out of a hotel room Wilt in 15 minutes they were ready for the AC after about 15 minutes and and uh we're so thrilled with the welcome that you guys have given them and we're so thrilled with what this state could be with better leadership at the federal level I mean think about this y'all so K Harris is an interesting is an interesting candidate yeah we should we should boo her cuz she deserves it I won't stop you from doing that but think about this this is a this is a person who became the vice president of the United States on a promise of open borders and she actually delivered on day one Kam Hera said we're going to suspend deportations on day one Kam Hera said we're going to stop Donald Trump's remain in Mexico policy and and remember what that does is if you come into this country and you claim Asylum you got to wait in Mexico while your claim is being adjudicated we're not going to release you into the country give you a work per permit and health care benefits you got to remain in Mexico she stopped that policy on day one and then also on day one she reimplemented the terrible Catch and Release policy that allows people to take advantage of our system she stopped the border wall you go to the border wall of course all across the State of Arizona you see it sitting there on the ground and she did this crazy thing where they did parole for Millions upon millions of illegal aliens that is the record of kamla Harris well I bring a message from Donald J Trump if you were in this country illegally in 6 months pack your bags cuz you're going home now the and and and here's here's what we're going to do on top of it we are going to reimplement deportations in this country we are going we're going to finish that beautiful border wall along the State of Arizona and everywhere else we are going to stop catching release and we're going to stop giving Medicare benefits and health care benefits to illegal aliens they deserve to go to American citizens not the people who have no right to now that's that is the Donald Trump agenda and its simple common sense and it's Donald Trump has gotten endorsements from a you know we've got on the Trump team we've got people like Nikki Haley and Brian km and we've also got RFK and Tulsi gabber you know why Common Sense common sense is what unites the Republican ticket in 2024 you don't have to agree with me or Donald Trump on every single issue but you know we are united in some basic Common Sense we're going to close down that Citizens We're going to try to persuade our fellow Americans instead of censoring them and we're going to fire that crazy person kamla Harris we're not going to give her a promotion that's the common sense Unity view of the United States of America now let's just talk about some of the wages some of the costs of KLA Harris's policies I believe just last month we had the largest fentanyl uh bust in the history of this country 12.6 million of Fentanyl and let let's talk just a little bit about the human cost of this because this is not just this these are not just statistics $12.6 million that's a lot of money of course and that's a lot of fit and all but let let me tell you just a personal story you you know a lot of you know where I came from and and how I grew up but some of you don't I was raised by my grandmother a a workingclass Appalachian woman from Eastern Kentucky she was she was a Spitfire God bless you guys thank you now manal was was an interesting study in contrast you know mmal uh she was a woman of very deep Christian faith and she was even though she didn't graduate from high school she thought very seriously about what her her Christian faith required of her mama also loved the fword my friend she was a she and and and I'll tell you my my wife will attest to this she gets mad at me from time to time because you know sometimes I talk like mamal and that means sometimes our four-year-old talks like Mama and nobody wants a four-year-old who talks like Mama um I won't even repeat some of the things that she said I know we've got cameras here and we've got some kids too but you know Ma MMA because she was tough but because she was loving and because she was firm and disciplined but also because she gave me a home when I needed one I I was able to live the American dream and I think the American dream is worth fighting for and worth preserving for isn't [Applause] it but you know the the reason M all took such good care of me the reason she had to take such good care of me is because my mom struggled with f with with opioid abuse for a big chunk of my early life and I'm very proud to say by the way that my mom is now right on the cusp of 10 years clean and sober and we're grateful to God for that and and for all of you who have a loved one struggling with addiction there is hope on the other side of addiction there is hope in recovery and there is Grace out there but only if we make our streets safe enough to give people Second Chances because one of the things that I I really do believe is that if the poison that kamla Harris has invited into this country in 2024 if it was coming across when my mom was still struggling with addiction I don't think I would have gotten that second chance with my mom I don't think that she'd be on the cus for 10 years clean and sober and I don't think our three kids would have gotten to build a great relationship with with my mom and their grandmother and if we believe in anything in this country in the America first movement we believe in second chances and KLA Harris has taken it away from our Citizens We're going to fight to rebuild it we're going to fight to rebuild the American dream and that is why we've got to close down that southern border you know I was in valdasta Georgia about about as far away from here as you could be and and the weather's a little bit more temperate in valasa Georgia even in August but you know they showed me something the sheriff showed me their interdiction room and that's where they all the drugs that they catch on I 10 or on I75 it sort of sits at the intersection of two two major highways and they showed me the stuff that they they they got and you know there's big bags of marijuana there's cocaine there's pills there's a whole host of things they showed me and you know what they showed me I was confused by it they showed me a big box of candy and you know it's like Nerds candy which I think to myself well I don't like nerds very much I I'm more of a chocolate guy but it doesn't belong in the sheriff's interdiction room and you know why it's there because the drug cartels have figured out that if they disguise this stuff as candy it's easier to get it into this country and by the way what sick people what sick people who use children's candy as a disguise for deadly drugs and what a sick person we have as vice president who invites these people into our country to do business instead of throwing them out but but you know it's it makes me realize that you've got kids who are going to get into a packet of candy on a playground or in their school and it's going to take their lives and the reason it's going to take their lives is not because any kid should suffer for picking up a bag of C but because their leadership our children's leadership has failed them what kind of a person lets drug cartels do business in their country what kind of a person allows the drug cartels to disguise fit and all as candy and what kind of a person invites these people to get rich off of our country while our own citizens die I don't want to answer that question what kind of a person but she sure as hell shouldn't be president of the United States which is why we need to say are fired kamla Harris is fired now it's interesting though because you know the media loves to cover that kamla Harris is is running a campaign on Joy they say this all the time have you heard this the Democratic National Convention was all about joy and I thought to myself well you know what what does commala Harris have to be especially joyful about she's been the vice president for three and a half years Americans can't afford groceries Americans can't afford to buy a home especially young families 65% of Young Americans are not going to be able to buy a home because of KLA Harris's policies we talked about the fentol coming into our country now what kamla Harris is joyful about is that she got promoted to the presidential nomination without earning a single vote but you know what I'd like I'd like a president or a vice president who's joyful because they did a good job for the American people and that is Donald Trump by the way because as as much as the media loves to lie about him Donald Trump has got the best sense of humor and he's having a lot of fun out there on the campaign Trail right we all we all know it we see it we watch it every day but here's the thing you know why president Trump is excited and happy about the future it's not that he got a promotion he didn't earn he's excited about the future because he knows this is the greatest country in the world and the only thing that's broken about it is our failed leadership he's excited about delivering lower grocery prices for Americans he's excited about closing down that southern border he's excited about making our streets safe again and he's excited because the people of Arizona are about to elect him president of the United States to make all of us better off not just him all of us together so here's what we're going to do we're going to in Catcher lease we're going to close down that border we're going to wage war against the American or excuse me against the Mexican drug cartels not against the American citizens who are suffering because those drug cartels and we are going to make this country great again now I I I I want to offer one final one final Point here uh Donald Trump gave a speech today and it's the first time I've commented on it publicly but I think it's one of the most interesting speeches I've ever heard an American president give because you know KLA has this slogan she talks about you know we're not going to go back and I always ask myself KLA what are you talking about we're not going back to what to low inflation Rising take-home pay we're not going back to a secure Southern border I'd like to go back to all those things because the American people were doing a lot better but I re I realize my friends that when she says we're not going back we we are going back to a very ancient and dark time in human history we're going back kamla Harris wants to send us back to a place where you have to be rich to enjoy Public Safety where you have to be wealthy to afford to buy a home in this country where if you want to have a nice stake on a Friday night you've got to make a lot of money I happen to believe that middle class Americans ought to be able to afford a nice steak on a Friday night isn't that just simple so you know K Harris wants to take us back to a point where the country and the world don't actually work unless you've got connections and unless you've got a lot of money but the promise of this country the promise of liberty and justice for all is that whether you're rich or poor you get to live in a safe Community whether you're rich or poor you get to afford a nice meal for your family whether you're rich or poor you live in a country where your leaders protect the Border instead of tearing it down Kam Harris wants to take us back to a time when America didn't even exist because in America every citizen controls his own destiny Every Woman controls her own future KLA Harris wants to take us back to a broken time in world history Donald Trump wants to rebuild the American promise where everybody we all believe in liberty and justice for all and every single citizen gets access to it that's what Donald Trump's trying to bring us back to and and you know he he said something at this speech that I I I've just never heard anything like it from a person who wants to be president of United States because for 30 years there has been a broken consisten in this country that we don't need to make our own stuff we don't need to employ our own workers we'd rather buy energy from tinpot dictators in the Middle East than from our own workers and from our own territory and Donald Trump just ripped all that up today and he said something that I think is going to live on in this country it's going to it's going to dominate this country's policy for the Next Generation he said that we want to reward American workers we want to cut taxes on American workers and penalize companies that are shipping jobs overseas think about that because what K Harris has been doing and what our broken leaders have been doing for a generation not just her but for 30 years has been exactly the opposite they've been raising taxes on American citizens to give health care benefits to illegal aliens and people who shouldn't be here they've been raising your taxes and sending it overseas to Chinese companies that are building electric vehicles and Donald Trump says that is bogus that is garbage we're not doing it anymore so if America First means anything it means we're prioritizing the American worker we're prioritizing the American citizen and we are rebuilding a country where wherever you came from whatever your background is whoever your parent were liberty and justice for all not just for the well-connected and not just for kamla Harris's donors God bless you all thank you for having me let's make this country great again Donald Trump's going to do it we just got to get him across the Finish Line God bless you sir all righty now this is uh this is for the less friendly part of our festivities here we're going to take some questions from the media and let me let me just say this what I would like to do is start out with local reporters we'll take a few questions from the local folks and then if we have time afterwards we'll take some questions from the national the National Pool as well so if you're a local Arizona reporter let's start with you yes ma'am hi um I'm Rachel Alexander with the Arizona Sun Times and I also used to work as the Maricopa County elections attorney uh when it was under some better leadership and my question for you is I know that we've got people going to the polls as observers in mass and we've got Republican attorneys in Mass um to stop any possible election fraud is there anything else that you know of that is being done well actually yes um and not just Arizona by the way but all across the country the Republican National Committee has filed over a hundred lawsuits for the basic principle the basic principle that we want every legal vote to count and we want every illegal vote to be thrown out it's very simple if you shouldn't be voting in our elections you should not have your your ballots counted if you should be voting in our elections we should make it easier for you to vote and not harder and unfortunately the Democrats seem to want to turn this on their head we've got a bill right now in the US Congress the save act that would make it so that only legal American citizens can vote in our elections and and and the Democrats are fighting it and it occurred to me that there is a logic to what the Democrats are trying to do it's disgusting but there's a logic to it they want illegal aliens job and now they want illegal aliens to steal everybody's vote and if the Democrats have their way American citizens aren't going to have a stake in the future of this country we're not going to allow it president Trump and I are going to fight for people who deserve to be here and have the right to be here but here here's what I know that we're doing in Arizona I know that we're doing a lot to try to get poll workers to the polls and pole Watchers to the polls and all of you if you're able to volunteer please go out and do it because we know that sunlight is the best disinfectant and if we've got people there observing what's going on that's the best way to secure elections in Arizona the other thing that I know the other thing I know the Republican party is working hard on is making sure that you don't have a bunch of broken machines on the day of the election how wouldn't that be nice to have the machines wouldn't it be nice to have the machines actually work on Election Day we're going to do everything that we can to make sure that happened but if you see something go go out and say something talk to your local Republican party officials talk to the RNC send a note to me and to the campaign we want to make sure that every legal ballot counts in this country and if you're seeing something that's broken let us know cuz we want to fight for that next question hi B over stols KTR news uh why do you think that poll so show such a close race between your campaign and the Harris walls campaign even with high frustration regarding the Border thank you you know I don't put much stock in polls the only poll that really matters to me is the one on Election Day and you know and I was actually talking to president Trump just before I I I came out here and you know he reminded me remember when he won the presidency back in 2016 one of the closest States was Wisconsin and there were polls out there that said he was going to lose Wisconsin by 17 points okay and he won Wisconsin so I think a lot of times the polls are out there most people aren't talking to the polls and look right now we're at a stage in the campaign where there are a lot of good polls for the Trump campaign ignore them if you see a bad Poll for the Trump campaign ignore them the good polls the bad polls who cares let's get out there and work our hends off and let's win this race so Dennis wels CBS 5 News um recently John McCain's son endorsed the other side on the other campaign over there I wanted to get your [Applause] take well look I I I do have a question I recently read that uh in a college newspaper you were quoted as praising John McCain so kind of a two-part get your thoughts on McCain Sun endorsing the other team and what do you think about John McCain and his legacy because as you know Donald Trump and McCain's Legacy is complicated at best well look one of the one of the things I love about Donald Trump and I never knew John McCain but I suspect that one of the things that I would have loved about John McCain is that they didn't let their personal grievances get in the way of serving the country okay so John McCain I'm sure disagreed with Donald Trump on a whole host of issues and yes Donald Trump disagreed with John McCain on a whole host of issues I do not believe for a second that if John McCain were alive today and he sees what's going on at the American southern border that he would support kamla Harris and all the destruction that she's wrought I really don't believe that now look I I I I think I mean look who cares what somebody's family thinks about a presidential race I care about what these people care about the presidential race I I I really couldn't I mean look John McCain has been you what what John McCain died what what five six seven years ago and the media is turning into a story what John McCain's family says about Donald Trump I don't know if anybody noticed but pretty much every single me member of Tim walls' family came out and endorsed Donald Trump is that a bigger story than what John McCain's son said I think so so sir whatever John McCain's family thinks whatever John McCain would have ultimately thought about KLA Harris's policies my goal here is to persuade every single person in this room and every single person in the state of Arizona that their lives will be better if they elect Donald J Trump I believe that in my heart and I'm going to keep on fighting for that basic idea next question hi Senator uh Stephanie Murray with the Arizona Republic my question is what [Music] should it's okay it's okay I'm sure she's one of the good ones right uh my question is what should arizonans expect to hear from Trump and Harris in the debate next week well I think that what you're going to hear from Kel Harris is that despite all evidence to the contrary she agrees with Donald Trump on everything now I yeah we we we we have to remember she's on video saying she wanted to fund the police and now she says well she didn't mean it she's on video saying that she wanted to open the southern border now she says she didn't mean it she's on video saying she wanted to uh end fracking in this country now she says she doesn't believe it she cast the deciding vote on the inflation explosion act that made houses and groceries unaffordable and now she says that she wants to lower prices for American citizens KLA Harris if you want to do all these things you ought to drop out and endorse Donald J Trump because he's already done him it's that simple now I now I I I I I joked with the president a few days ago and I said sir I think I figured it out I think I figured out why KL Harris is running from every single position that she once held it's because she realizes that we're going to win and she wants my job she must really like living in the Naval Observatory and now she wants Trump to switch me out for kamla Harris I don't think that he's going to do that by the way but look I I really hope I really hope that KLA Harris actually just answers some questions about why she allegedly is running away from every single position that she had and most importantly if she wants to close down the border and she wants to lower the cost of energy and she wants to make housing more affordable why doesn't she do it now she's the vice president today she doesn't need it it's it's so funny to hear Democrat politicians talk about Donald Trump and they say well we want to close the border well Donald Trump are already did it well we want to lower we want to get inflation below 2% well Donald Trump already did it well we want Rising take-home pay for the middle class Donald Trump already did it these guys I hope with the debate that KLA Harris answers for her record because I sure as hell know Donald Trump will proudly answer for his because it's a record that we can all be proud of and I I say one one more thing on K Harris you know they agreed to this debate they they agreed to this debate months ago and over the last few weeks and I've seen this from the inside of the campaign over the last few weeks KLA Harris has been trying to change the rules on the debate she wants to change everything because she knows that unless she gets the rules that she wants unless she has a bu a setup the American people are going to reject her but you know you know what she really wants to do and look out for this on September the 10th she really wants a moment where she can interrupt Donald Trump and say I'm speaking because you know KLA Harris sometimes I think she she she doesn't want to be the vice president she wants to be the vice principal she really likes she really likes to just tell people what to do and she really wants that moment where she says I'm speaking right and that's exactly what she said watch for it on September the 10th and then you can come back and say you heard it here first that KLA Harris what what what I'd like her to actually do again is just explain exp her record because I think the American people deserve to have a president who explains their record and doesn't run from it next question hi Senator kit Maher CNN wanted to ask in the way thank now kit I I honestly she's going to hate me saying this Kit's one of the good ones but she won't be able to go back to CNN after I just said that so take it or leave it kit ask your question please thanks Senator uh taking my question I appreciate it um in the wake of the Georgia school shooting yesterday I wanted to ask you what specific policies do you support to end school shootings like this and if you allowed a second one specifically on the debate has Trump consulted you for any advice have you participated in the policy discussions that he has held with Tulsi gabard and and what advice have you offered him yes so just on the debate I mean look the president I talk every day and you know we're constantly talking about what are we seeing out there what are people that we're talking to saying to us cuz we do unlike the KLA Harris campaign get out there and talk to people we don't just stand in front of a teleprompter and try to talk at them we we often let them say things too and so we're we're constantly trading ideas and and and trading you know War Stories from the campaign Trail about what we're hearing and what we're seeing but no I I you know we're not going to have some formal debate prep session because Donald Trump doesn't need it Donald Trump actually knows what he believes and he knows his record and that's all he really has to talk about so so so whether it's with Tulsi or with RFK or with Nikki Haley or with anybody else I think the president will keep on doing what he does which is talk to people hear what hear what they're seeing uh actually go out there and and try to understand what they're seeing on the campaign Trail and just try to incorporate that into a message that works for the American people that's what he's done that's what he'll continue to do now on on on the first question look first of all what happened in Georgia is just an awful tragedy and I know we've got a lot of parents and a lot of grandparents in this room I mean I I cannot imagine you know little kids so excited to go back to school God love them and they're at their first week back from the summer and an absolute Barbarian decides to open fire and take their lives and also a couple teachers we got to we got to think about these people if you're the praying type and I know I am we got to hold them up in prayer we got to be we got to be hoping for the best for these for this incredible Community because no parent should have to deal with this no child should have to deal with this and yes after holding these folks up in prayer and given them our sympathies because that's what people deserve in a time of tragedy then we have to think about how to make this less common now look the comma Harris answer to this is to take law-abiding American citizens guns away from them that is what comma Harris wants to do but we have to ask ourselves we actually have have been able to run an experiment on this because you've got some states with very strict gun laws and you've got some states that don't have strict gun laws at all and the states with strict gun laws they have a lot of school shootings and the states without strict gun laws some of them have school shootings too so clearly strict gun laws is not the thing that is going to solve this problem what is going to solve this problem and I really do believe this is look I I don't like this I don't like to admit this I don't like that this is a fact of life but if you're if you are a psycho and you want to make headlines you realize that our schools are soft targets and we have got to bolster security at our schools so that a person who walks through the front door we we've got to bolster security so that if a psycho wants to walk through the front door and kill a bunch of children they're not able to and again as a parent do I want my kids school to have additional security no of course I don't I don't want my kids to go to school in a place where they feel like you've got to have additional security but that is increasingly the reality that we live in and and a bunch of my colleagues in the Senate we actually work on legislation that would give schools more resources to bolster their security because if these psychos are going to go after our kids we've got to be prepared for it we don't have to like the reality that we live in but it is the the reality that we live in we got to deal with it right next question hi Senator Vance thank you for coming back to Arizona my name is Christy Kelly and I'm with the Arizona Sun Times we are your conservative newspaper just about it here thank you I was speaking with an older woman she was very sweet she was gushing over you gushing over your book she was saying how great you were and then she was like but I heard he doesn't respect women in Arizona you're going to have to reach the Independence that are believing the lies of mainstream media so what would you say directly to Independence that are buying into that well I guess the first thing that I'd say is I was raised by strong women I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for a strong grandmother and thank you and a strong mother who despite her struggles made sure every single day that I had what I needed and fought for me even when sometimes she couldn't fought for herself uh I I I I wouldn't be here and there are a lot of kids in this country who wouldn't be here without strong women so first of all what I what I think we got to say is that anybody who believes the lies of the media is this is a kid who loves strong women because he wouldn't be here without him and he knows this country wouldn't be here without him so we got to fight for them and make their lives easier now look the there there of course are comments that I made sometimes even before I was running for Senate that were sarcastic where the mainstream media has repeated them instead of repeating the policy failures of the kamla Harris campaign and the kamla Harris presidency and I just ask all Independents all Democrats all Republican whether you're a man or a woman or just what what whatever your your political station whatever your background is what do you think is more important a sarcastic comment that I made four years ago or the fact that kamla Harris has opened the southern border a sarcastic comment that I made four years ago or the fact that kamla Harris has made it hard to for for strong women to send their kids to schools that actually teach them instead of indoctrinate them I think that the reason I think that the reason the media and the Harris campaign are lying about me is because they can't tell the truth about their own record and I happen to think that we ought to be led by somebody who believes in the American people enough to level with them to tell them the truth and to run on their record instead of on lies and KLA Harris ought to be ashamed of ourselves and if you're an independent a democrat or a republican voter I just ask you look at the real record look at the real context and what you'd find I think is that Donald Trump and I are the only ticket for strong women and strong families in this country Senator Vance tan small with CBS News uh Donald Trump last week announced that he wanted either private insurance companies or the federal government to cover the cost of ibf for families how would a trump Vance administration pay for that well look there are a lot of things that we could pay for in this country if we focused on American citizens instead of on illegal aliens right this is not I think it's so funny when the Democrats say well you're not going to be able to pay for that well we're not going to be able to pay for anything if you keep on giving a half a trillion dollars to illegal aliens every single year instead of booting them out of this country and focusing on our own citizens I mean we have to think about this KLA Harris wants to give Medicare to illegal aliens which would bankrupt that program and throw a generation of our elderly Americans into poverty think about all the housing benefits think about the fact that we are jailing thousands maybe hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens in this country right now think about the fact that Municipal budgets have to pay for the health care costs and the schooling expenses of millions and millions of people who shouldn't be in this country in the first place we have got the richest and most Bountiful country in the world what we need is a leadership that puts a American citizens first instead of putting the interest of illegal aliens first and if we do that there's a whole lot we can do and do a lot better so I I want to be mindful of time let me take one more question and then we're going to have to get out of here hi Senator thank you for taking my question um my question is RFK Jr is working right now to get his name off several B ballots including law of the Battleground States um could we see the Trump campaign joined him in that effort especially given how um Kennedy and Trump have shared values and do you think he dropped out too late given everything that's happening right now well look I'm not going to make rfk's decisions for him I'm glad that RFK is on the team and I think it sends a great signal to Americans and especially I think it sends a great message especially to Kennedy Democrats who feel left behind behind by the Democrat Party you were welcome in Donald J Trump's Republican party and RFK is I think leading the Vanguard there that's a great thing but yeah I mean look if if RFK took more from kamla Harris than from Donald Trump do I think a lot of these Democratic officials would be Russian to get him off the ballot yes I do but we look we don't choose the deck of cards that we're playing with here we can only control how we're actually playing the hand that was dealt we are going to do everything that we can to persuade voters we're going to do everything that we can to get RFK off the ballot in states where he wants to come off the ballot and we're going to win this race regardless because the American people need better leadership Donald J Trump is going to give it to them so on that note thanks to the reporters for the questions but most of all thank you all for being here I want to make one request one request of you and it's it's very simple look we lost Arizona 10,000 votes was the difference between Arizona going for Donald Trump and and 10,000 going for Joe Biden yeah there were a lot of problems there were a lot of problems but 10,000 votes stand between us and getting those those Arizona electoral votes and we got a lot of people just in this room today and so I'm going to make a very special request and that request is is this I want you to all get out there and vote 10 times [Applause] no no I know you all a little uncomfortable to the media yeah that that will be the headline of the New York Times JD Vance promotes voter fraud in Arizona but I want us to vote 10 times the legal way and you know what that means that means take yourself and take nine of your friends and family and get them to the polls by November the 5th we had over 2,000 people at a church in Mesa last night we've got a great crowd here today if just the people in that crowd and this crowd get 10 people to the polls we are going to win the State of Arizona we're going to take back the White House and we're going to give this country a president it deserves God bless you all let's get Donald Trump over the finish line and let's do it together in Arizona and in 60 short days we're you're going to take back this country and it's going to start right here in the state of Arizona now I got to say I've been in politics all of two years and you meet some really good people and you meet some some real scumbags and you in Arizona are absolutely you have some of the best people representing this [Applause] I I I want to I want to shout out one of the very best and that's representative Paul gosar where's Paul at thank you Paul for being a good guy I want to call out the chair of the Arizona Republican party Gina where is Gina we go Gina we've got p County Sheriff Mark Lamb where's Mark Mark and we've got Karen Taylor where Karen than you Karen we've also got Debbie wi here where's Debbie at Debbie thank you again some great leaders here in Arizona and this campaign my friends is about a very simple thing it's about taking this country [Applause] leadership Francisco liberal kamla Harris and promote Donald Trump to president United States now we're we're here and and I want to talk a little bit about the Border my friends cuz you the American southern border is a disaster it and then we're going to talk to the American Media afterwards so we'll take some questions from the Press because whether they're hostile or friendly if you want to be the people's president or vice president you ought to talk to the press you