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FULL TRANSCRIPT: Trump Addresses Fraternal Order of Police Meeting

Read here the full transcript of former president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s speech at a Fraternal Order of Police meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina on Friday, September 6, 2024.

Listen to the audio version here:

TRANSCRIPT:

Thank you very much. It’s an honor to be here. Sit down, please. Go ahead, we’ll stay together for a little while. This is a big endorsement for me. This is like 373,077 – boy, that’s a lot of protection. That’s big protection, and we appreciate it very much.

It’s an honor, and I’m thrilled to be back with the incredible heroes and patriots of the Fraternal Order of Police, an incredible group and a group that’s highly respected all over the country. You don’t hear it, but I will tell you it’s true. To all of the law enforcement men and women here today, I respect you so much. I admire you, and as your president, I will always back the blue as I did. I back the blue more than any other president.

I was not a defunder like Kamala. She was a defunder. She was a 10-year defunder. When you want to defund for 10 years, that’s the end of that one. I think I could leave right now, and you’d say there’s no way that we’re not voting for that guy. That’s the ultimate, isn’t it?

Manhattan DA Case Update

Before we begin, big news today is that the Manhattan DA witch hunt against me has been postponed because everyone realizes that there was no case because I did nothing wrong. It’s a witch hunt. It’s an attack by my political opponents in Washington DC and Comrade Kamala Harris and radical left opponents for purposes of election interference. That’s all that was, and it’s a case that should have never been brought.

Nothing like that has ever really happened in the United States that we know of, at least. It’s strictly third-world banana republic stuff. Importantly, the public understands this, and so does every legal scholar, expert, and luminary, including highly respected people like Andy McCarthy, Jonathan Turley, Alan Dershowitz, Mark Levin, Stephen Calabrese, David Rivkin, Gregg Jarrett, Katie and Andrew Kierkowski, and even from CNN, Elie Honig. I appreciate that, Elie, because he’s been great. They all said it’s a case that is not a case, shouldn’t even be brought – politics.

I greatly appreciate the words in the letter today from the judge. He said, “If necessary,” being utilized in the decision. But there should be no “if necessary.” This case should rightfully be terminated immediately.

The Importance of the Upcoming Election

As we prepare for the most important election in the history of our country – it’s the most important election we’ve ever had because our country is going bad. You may have noticed. You take a look at some of the people pouring into our country by the millions.

North Carolina Victory and Family Mentions

In addition, there was a big political victory today in a certain place called North Carolina. Has anybody heard of North Carolina? I even have a grandchild, a very beautiful grandchild named Carolina. And Laura’s here today. Where is Laura? Right there, right there. Carolina is a beauty. She’s beautiful, and Eric came. He doesn’t come too often for this. You know, he’d rather do his own speeches. People would rather hear him. So it’s a great couple, beautiful children.

You know, she loves this state so much, and she said, “Oh, don’t worry, you’re gonna win. They love you here.” And she grew up here and had a great life here. I don’t know if her life is as good now, frankly. She loves this place, and she says, “Don’t worry.” I said, “Well, if anything bad happens, I’m blaming you.” That’ll be the end. But we’ve won it four times. We won the primaries, we won everything. We’ve won the primaries, and then we won just another big one. We won by a lot, and we have to win one more election, and we’ll be 6-0 in North Carolina. We love North Carolina.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Endorsement

Your appeals court ruled today that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name should be taken off the ballot. And that sounds like a bad thing for him – it’s not. It’s actually a great thing. He’s an incredible team player, and he didn’t want anybody to be voting his name because, as you know, he fully endorsed us. He’s with us. He’s gonna be watching out for women’s health and everybody’s health and got a lot of great things to say. He’s very smart, very good, great person, very popular.

Respect for Law Enforcement

When I grew up, we revered the men and women that we knew. As I grew up in New York, and you’ve all heard of New York’s Finest. Who’s from New York? Oh, there they are. You guys have been – you guys, you know New York’s Finest endorsed me, and they’re not supposed to. They said, “We don’t care, we’re endorsing you anyway,” right? But I appreciate it. Thank you very much.

I think we’ve been endorsed by every police group or slightly related. Even if they’re slightly related, we’ve gotten every one of them, and I appreciate it. Just nobody we can respect more. But we also, when we look around and we see, because I consider you in this room to be America’s Finest. You’re all over the country, all over from the country, all over the place, and we really appreciate you being here.

Crime and Public Safety

American cities, suburbs, and towns are totally under siege. Kamala Harris and the communist left have unleashed a brutal plague of bloodshed, crime, chaos, misery, and death upon our land. Other than that, they’re doing actually quite well, thank you.

Yesterday, three police officers were shot in Milwaukee, very tragically. 31 people were shot and five were killed in Chicago over Labor Day weekend. Can you imagine that? It’s worse than in Afghanistan.