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FULL TRANSCRIPT: Trump Holds MAGA Rally In Long Island

Read here the full transcript of former president Donald Trump’s address at a rally in Uniondale, New York on Wednesday, September 18, 2024.

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TRANSCRIPT:

Opening Remarks

Wow, this is a big crowd. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you very much, everybody, and a very big hello to New York and a place called Long Island, which I know very well. I’m thrilled to be back in the state I love, where thousands of proud, patriotic New Yorkers who are really the heart and soul of America. We know that.

The reason I’m here is because it hasn’t been done in many decades. It hasn’t been done for a long time. But we are going to win New York. We will win New York. And it’s the first time in many, many years that a Republican can honestly say it, and we’re going to do it. We have to do it. We do it, and the election nationwide is over. We take over the White House, and we fix up our country, okay? We fix up our country.

Recent Assassination Attempt

As you know, three days ago, there was yet another assassination attempt on my life. I didn’t know I was going to say that. It was the second one in eight weeks by a violent, radical-left mobster. This evil would-be assassin got within a few hundred yards of where I stood, but thankfully, our outstanding Secret Service agent, and they are outstanding, spotted the barrel of his rifle in the bushes. Can you believe that? Can you believe that?

He saw a barrel of a big—this is a big barrel. This is a big—this you don’t want to even talk about—AK-47. But he saw the barrel coming out a little bit out of the very lush bushes, and he took fast action to stop the gunman before I even entered the line of sight.

Gratitude to Law Enforcement

I want to express my thanks to the U.S.