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Donald Trump Speaks At MAGA Rally In Pennsylvania (Transcript)

Here is the full transcript of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s speech at MAGA rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, just weeks after the assassination attempt in Butler.

Listen to the audio version here:

TRANSCRIPT:

Donald Trump – Former US President

Well, thank you very much, everybody. It’s a great crowd. There’s a lot of people, over 20,000 people couldn’t get in. And we didn’t need anybody to get the people here. We didn’t need a star. We didn’t need a star. We didn’t need some entertainer to fill it up. Then she goes on last night, in about six minutes, everyone was leaving. They were pouring out. We don’t need that. We’ve got our star.

You know who the star is? All of you people are the star. You’re the star. And I mean that.

Greeting Pennsylvania

Hello, Harrisburg. A very special hello to Pennsylvania. I’m thrilled to be back in this beautiful Commonwealth with thousands of proud, hard-working American patriots. Thank you very much.

As you know, this is my first return to Pennsylvania since our rally in Butler. We’re going back to Butler, too, by the way. People said to me, “Are you serious?” I said, “I’m serious. We’re going back.” It’s a great place.

Eighteen days ago, where we had a very terrible day, we had a rough day, I will tell you, by all accounts, I should not be with you today. I shouldn’t be with you, but I am. I want to thank all of the people of Pennsylvania for their extraordinary love and support. It is incredible.

We’re going to win this thing so big. We’re going to win it big, including everyone at Butler Memorial Hospital. They were fantastic. Wow. They saw some pretty bad things. Thank you. Thank you very much. No, they did an amazing job. And we have, by the way, we have the doctor. One of the great doctors was there. They worked on Corey, actually, because Corey had a hard time. Corey is special. Thank you, doctor. Appreciate it very much.

Great, great doctors. Great doctors. The job they did on David Dutch and James Copenhagen was just incredible. And as you know, they brought him back from very, very seriously wounded. They were going to be maybe not with us. It was a group of us, but they are doing really well now. They’re making it. They’re going to be fine.

Not going to be perfect, maybe. But who is? Who is, as we get older, who is perfect? But the doctors were so great. They had two great doctors also.

And most of all, we lift the memory, our memory to the brave firefighter who was so cruelly taken from us: Corey Comperatore, a very brave guy, loved by his family and his friends. He was really loved. In his last act on this earth, Corey threw himself over his wife and daughters and died shielding them from the bullets, the bullets of a very disturbed guy. Corey is a hero to all of us, to all of us.

I want to thank a friend of mine, too. I’m not going to mention his name because he’s pretty well known. And he came up to me. He said, “Would it be okay if I presented Corey’s wife and family with a check?” And I said, “Yeah, it would be okay with me. It’s certainly okay.” And he handed me a check for one million dollars. One million dollars. Think of that.

Thank you, Dan. So he was very generous. In addition, we have a GoFundMe that’s really been great. I think we’re at six million dollar mark for the three of them, plus some other people. So, but you know what? Corey’s wife said, “I’d rather have my husband.” Isn’t that good? I know a lot of wives that would not say that. I’m sorry. They would not say that.

But no, it’s a great family. He was a great man. He was a brave man. He saw what was happening and he jumped on top and he got hit.

Moment of Silence

But we will carry Corey’s spirit of love and devotion and patriotism with us for all time. And we will never forget Corey or his beautiful family. And maybe let’s have a brief moment of silence in memory of Corey. Great Pennsylvanian.

Thank you very much. Thank you, everybody. Beautiful. That is the most quiet I have ever heard. An arena I have never heard. You could hear a pin drop. No, it’s amazing. It’s a beautiful thing.

In the wake of this heinous attack, we gather tonight more determined than ever. Our resolve is unbroken and our will is undeterred. Nothing will stop us on our mission to make America great again. Nothing’s going to stop us. The country is doing badly.

Front row Joe’s over here. Front row Joe’s look at them. They’ve been to two hundred and twelve events. You know, I’m pretty sure we have their vote. I’m not sure you can never be sure of anything. You’re voting for Trump. Front row Joe’s. They love us and we love them. Thank you very much.

Criticizing the Opposition

Thanks, everybody. But as we’re fighting to bring back the American dream for you and your family, the radical left Democrat Party bosses have installed a puppet candidate to fight only for themselves. Kamala Harris got zero votes. She’s totally scripted, owned and controlled by the donors and the power brokers who created her campaign and who rip off our government and make billions and billions of dollars. They want to call them up and they want to deal with her. And I didn’t deal like that.

I never dealt like that. I didn’t need the money. I said, “I don’t want to do that.” I told a lot of guys that I like and some guys that I don’t like, but very rich people. I just can’t do that. I can’t do it.