(19 May 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
POOL
Dallas – 18 May 2024
1. Trump arriving on stage
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Former President, (R) Presidential Candidate:
"It’s a true honor to be here today to receive the endorsement of the proud American patriots at the NRA (National Rifle Association). These are great patriots, these are great people."
3. Trump on stage
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Former President, (R) Presidential Candidate:
"But one thing I’ll say, and I say it as friends, we’ve got to get gun owners to vote. Because you know what? I don’t know what it is. Perhaps it’s a form of rebellion because you’re rebellious people, aren’t you? But gun owners don’t vote. What is that all about? I’ve heard that. I heard it a few weeks ago, that if the gun owners voted, we would swamp them at levels that nobody’s ever seen before. So I think you’re a rebellious bunch. But let’s be rebellious and vote this time, okay? If you go out and vote, I understand exactly why you don’t. But we have to win this election. This is the most important election in the history of our country. You’ve got to get all your friends and all the gun owners. They have to go and they have to vote. If they vote, there’s nobody that can beat us."
5. Trump on stage
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Former President, (R) Presidential Candidate:
"And let there be no doubt, the survival of our Second Amendment is very much on the ballot. You know what they want to do. They’re going to oh, if they get in, our country is going to be destroyed in so many ways, but the Second Amendment will be, it’s under siege. But with me, they never get anywhere. And we need that Second Amendment for safety, forgetting about even going hunting and all of the things that you do. We need it for safety."
7. Trump on stage
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Former President, (R) Presidential Candidate:
"If the Biden regime gets four more years, they are coming for your guns 100% certain. Crooked Joe (Biden) has a 40-year record of trying to rip firearms out of the hands of law abiding citizens."
9. Trump on stage
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Former President, (R) Presidential Candidate:
"But under Crooked Joe Biden, everything you stand for is under threat like never before. Our Second Amendment, which is largely why you’re here. I mean, that’s the biggest statement for you. You know, when I go and make speeches at different places, it’s always important. But today, this is the big statement. It’s under siege. (The) Second Amendment is under siege."
11. Trump on stage
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Former President, (R) Presidential Candidate:
"And I’m meeting, I don’t know if you read, but I’m meeting next week, very soon, with the Libertarians (Libertarian Party) because largely they have so much of what we have. You know, they are also people of common sense, generally speaking. They have a couple of things that are a little different. But we have to join with them because they get their 3% every year no matter who’s running. And we have to get that 3% because we can’t take a chance on Joe Biden winning. He’s the worst president in the history of our country by far. We can’t have it. But RFK Jr. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr.) says bad, bad things. He calls you a terrorist group, and I call you the backbone of America. That’s a big difference wouldn’t you say?"
13. Trump on stage
STORYLINE:
“We’ve got to get gun owners to vote," Trump said. “I think you’re a rebellious bunch. But let’s be rebellious and vote this time."
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