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FULL TRANSCRIPT: Trump Hosts MAGA Rally In Pennsylvania

Read here the full transcript of Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech at a MAGA rally held at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. This event took place on Friday, August 30, 2024.

Listen to the audio version here:

TRANSCRIPT:

Opening Remarks

Wow, thank you very much, everybody. I love this place. I love it. We’ve had great luck here.

So just to everybody, hello, Pennsylvania. How are we doing, Pennsylvania? I’m thrilled to be back in this beautiful commonwealth with thousands of proud, hardworking American patriots. That’s what you are.

It’s coming. It’s coming. Listen to this. Sixty-seven days. Wow. Sixty-seven days from now, we’re going to win Pennsylvania. We’re going to defeat Comrade Kamala Harris. Did you see her? Did you see her last night? Did you see her last night? I don’t know. You think she’s going to be able to handle President Xi? I don’t know. I don’t think so. China, North Korea, Russia, I don’t know. But we’re going to win back Pennsylvania, and we’re going to win back Pennsylvania.

Making America Great Again

We’re going to win back the White House, and we’re going to make this country greater than it’s ever been. Everyone here today is part of the greatest political movement in the history of our country. You know that. Make America Great Again. MAGA.

Whoa, look at all of the fake news. They got a lot of fake news back there. That’s a lot of fake news, David. That’s a lot of people. Some I like, about 7 percent, and some I don’t like. Now, that’s a lot. But, you know, when I say the greatest political movement in the history of our country, if I say something even slightly wrong, they give me 12 Pinocchios, right? 12 Pinocchios.

Now, we can’t say anything even a little bit wrong. I can’t even joke. When I used to show Biden couldn’t find the stairs off the stairway, they’d say Trump couldn’t find it. They’d say they took it. And they would say I couldn’t. And different things. The worst thing you can do with them is sarcasm, because it doesn’t work with the fake news. So we won’t have any fun, but we will have fun. We’re going to have a lot of fun.

The Growing Movement

And I recognize you. How are you? And I recognize you. But, no, it’s amazing what we built all together and started eight years ago, maybe a little before that. Who knows? It probably started 40 years ago in our soul, but it started eight years ago, and nobody would have thought anything like this could have happened. And it represents a tremendous piece of the Republican Party, and, more importantly, it represents a tremendous piece of this country, tremendous piece, a lot more than 50 percent.

Therefore, we have to get out and vote. This past week, I was honored to receive two endorsements of former Democrats for President: Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And they’re both great people. They were Democrats, as you probably know, and they felt very strongly about the endorsement. And I feel very happy to get it.

Welcoming New Supporters

Every day, we are welcoming more Republicans, independents, traditional Democrats, and old-fashioned liberals. You know, they don’t use that term anymore. They use progressive. We don’t use that term. We like liberal better. Progressive sounds so good. It sounds progressive. They’re not progressive. They’re the opposite.

Together, we’re fighting to secure our borders, end the endless foreign wars, and defend the working people of America. And coming in, I heard some of the most beautiful speeches. I heard just beautiful, beautiful speeches. I want to thank all of the speakers that preceded me. Beautiful speeches.

Our Agenda

We’re joining forces to defeat government corruption, restore free speech, and make America healthy again. We’re going to make America healthy again, you know? We’re a nation that is not doing well in a lot of ways, and we’re not doing so well with health, but we’re going to solve a lot of those problems, I think, over the next short period of time. A lot of it’s common. A lot of that’s common sense, too. It’s all common sense when you get right down to it.

We’re going to get toxic chemicals out of our environment, and we’re going to get them out of our food supply. We’re going to get them out of our bodies. We’ll get them out of our body, right? Right? With victory this fall, we will enact this pro-family agenda, and we will bring back the American Dream bigger, better, and stronger than ever before. They never talk about the American Dream. They never mention it. They don’t talk about the American flag.

Protecting American Symbols

By the way, the American flag, we got some of the greatest congressmen warriors here that you have anywhere. And congressmen, go to Congress soon, like, immediately. But soon, we should give a one-year sentence in jail to anybody that burns the American flag. We should do that. Mike, do it, Mike. Right? Do it.

[Audience chants “USA! USA! USA!”]

That looks so bad at the Democrat National. I always call it Democrat. You know, they want it to be called Democratic. I said, then change your name. They don’t change their name. Mine’s worse, so I use it. But at the Democrat National Convention, I watched those American flags burning all over the place. I think it’s a disgrace. And they said it’s unconstitutional to stop it, like hell it is, okay? Like hell it is. It’s not unconstitutional.

Protecting Monuments

It’s like when I stopped the riots in Washington. They were going, they were taking down statues. They were having a lot of fun. They didn’t know what they were doing. They were having a lot of fun. And I pulled out an old law from 1907, because we don’t pass laws like that that are tough. And it said if you touch a monument, if you touch it, even touch it against the will of authority, if you take it down, but if you even touch it, you go to jail for 10 years.