President Elect Donald Trump VICTORY SPEECH 2016 POTUS
What a great day in AMERICA!
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>> AND HERE IS DONALD TRUMP, THE 45TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
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[CROWD CHANTING "USA"].
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>> THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.
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SORRY TO KEEP YOU WAITING.
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COMPLICATED BUSINESS,
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COMPLICATED.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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I'VE JUST RECEIVED A CALL FROM
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SECRETARY CLINTON.
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SHE CONGRATULATED US.
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IT IS ABOUT US.
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ON OUR VICTORY, AND I
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CONGRATULATED HER AND HER FAMILY
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ON A VERY, VERY HARD-FOUGHT
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CAMPAIGN.
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I MEAN SHE FOUGHT VERY HARD.
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HILLARY HAS WORKED VERY LONG AND
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VERY HARD OVER A LONG PERIOD OF
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TIME, AND WE OWE HER A MAJOR
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DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR HER
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SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.
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I MEAN THAT VERY SINCERELY.
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NOW IT IS TIME FOR AMERICA TO
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BIND THE WOUNDS OF DIVISION,
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HAVE TO GET TOGETHER, TO ALL
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REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS AND
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INDEPENDENTS ACROSS THIS NATION
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I SAY IT IS TIME FOR US TO COME
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TOGETHER AS ONE UNITED PEOPLE.
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IT IS TIME.
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I PLEDGE TO EVERY CITIZEN OF OUR
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LAND THAT I WILL BE PRESIDENT
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FOR ALL OF AMERICANS, AND THIS
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IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME.
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FOR THOSE WHO HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO
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SUPPORT ME IN THE PAST, OF WHICH
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THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE, I'M
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REACHING OUT TO YOU FOR YOUR
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GUIDANCE AND YOUR HELP SO THAT
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WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND UNIFY
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OUR GREAT COUNTRY.
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AS I'VE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING,
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OURS WAS NOT A CAMPAIGN BUT
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RATHER AN INCREDIBLE AND GREAT
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MOVEMENT, MADE UP OF MILLIONS OF
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HARD-WORKING MEN AND WOMEN WHO
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LOVE THEIR COUNTRY AND WANT A
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BETTER, BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR
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THEMSELVES AND FOR THEIR FAMILY.
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IT IS A MOVEMENT COMPRISED OF
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AMERICANS FROM ALL RACES,
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RELIGIONS, BACKGROUNDS AND
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BELIEFS, WHO WANT AND EXPECT OUR
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GOVERNMENT TO SERVE THE PEOPLE,
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AND SERVE THE PEOPLE IT WILL.
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WORKING TOGETHER WE WILL BEGIN
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THE URGENT TASK OF REBUILDING
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OUR NATION AND RENEWING THE
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AMERICAN DREAM.
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I'VE SPENT MY ENTIRE LIFE IN
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BUSINESS, LOOKING AT THE
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UNTAPPED POTENTIAL IN PROJECTS
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AND IN PEOPLE ALL OVER THE
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WORLD.
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THAT IS NOW WHAT I WANT TO DO
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FOR OUR COUNTRY.
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TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL.
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I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW OUR COUNTRY
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SO WELL.
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TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL.
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IT IS GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL
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THING.
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EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN WILL HAVE
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THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALIZE HIS
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OR HER FULLEST POTENTIAL.
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THE FORGOTTEN MEN AND WOMEN OF
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OUR COUNTRY WILL BE FORGOTTEN NO
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LONGER.
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WE ARE GOING TO FIX OUR INNER
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CITIES AND REBUILD OUR HIGHWAYS,
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BRIDGES, TUNNELS, AIRPORTS,
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SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS.
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WE'RE GOING TO REBUILD OUR
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INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH WILL
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BECOME, BY THE WAY, SECOND TO
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NONE, AND WE WILL PUT MILLIONS
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OF OUR PEOPLE TO WORK AS WE
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REBUILD IT.
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WE WILL ALSO FINALLY TAKE CARE
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OF OUR GREAT VETERANS WHO HAVE
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BEEN SO LOYAL, AND I'VE GOTTEN
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TO KNOW SO MANY OVER THIS
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18-MONTH JOURNEY.
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THE TIME I'VE SPENT WITH THEM
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DURING THIS CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN
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AMONG MY GREATEST HONORS.
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OUR VETERANS ARE INCREDIBLE
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PEOPLE.
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WE WILL EMBARK UPON A PROJECT OF
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NATIONAL GROWTH AND RENEWAL.
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I WILL HARNESS THE CREATIVE
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TALENTS OF OUR PEOPLE AND WE
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WILL CALL UPON THE BEST AND
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BRIGHTEST TO LEVERAGE THEIR
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TREMENDOUS TALENT FOR THE
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BENEFIT OF ALL.
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IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
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WE HAVE A GREAT ECONOMIC PLAN.
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WE WILL DOUBLE OUR GROWTH AND
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HAVE THE STRONGEST ECONOMY
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ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
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AT THE SAME TIME WE WILL GET
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ALONG WITH ALL OTHER NATIONS,
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WILLING TO GET ALONG WITH US.
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WE WILL BE.
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WE WILL HAVE GREAT
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RELATIONSHIPS.
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WE EXPECT TO HAVE GREAT, GREAT
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RELATIONSHIPS.
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NO DREAM IS TOO BIG, NO
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CHALLENGE IS TOO GREAT.
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NOTHING WE WANT FOR OUR FUTURE
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IS BEYOND OUR REACH.
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AMERICA WILL NO LONGER SETTLE
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FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN THE BEST.
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WE MUST RECLAIM OUR COUNTRY'S
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DESTINY AND DREAM BIG AND BOLD
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AND DARING.
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WE HAVE TO DO THAT.
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WE'RE GOING TO DREAM OF THINGS
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FOR OUR COUNTRY, AND BEAUTIFUL
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THINGS AND SUCCESSFUL THINGS
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ONCE AGAIN.
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I WANT TO TELL THE WORLD
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COMMUNITY THAT WHILE WE WILL
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ALWAYS PUT AMERICA'S INTERESTS
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FIRST, WE WILL DEAL FAIRLY WITH
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EVERYONE, WITH EVERYONE.
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ALL PEOPLE AND ALL OTHER
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NATIONS.
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WE WILL SEEK COMMON GROUND, NOT
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HOSTILITY, PARTNERSHIP, NOT
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CONFLICT.
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AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE
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THIS MOMENT TO THANK SOME OF THE
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PEOPLE WHO REALLY HELPED ME WITH
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THIS, WHAT THEY ARE CALLING
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TONIGHT VERY, VERY HISTORIC
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VICTORY.
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FIRST I WANT TO THANK MY
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PARENTS, WHO I KNOW ARE LOOKING
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DOWN ON ME RIGHT NOW.
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GREAT PEOPLE.
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I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM THEM.
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THEY WERE WONDERFUL IN EVERY
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REGARD.
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I ARE TRULY GREAT PARENTS.
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I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY SISTERS,
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MARIANNE AND ELIZABETH WHO ARE
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HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
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WHERE ARE THEY?
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THEY'RE HERE SOMEPLACE.
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THEY'RE VERY SHY ACTUALLY.
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AND MY BROTHER ROBERT, MY GREAT
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FRIEND.
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WHERE IS ROBERT?
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WHERE IS ROBERT?
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MY BROTHER ROBERT, AND THEY
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SHOULD BE ON THIS STAGE BUT
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THAT'S OKAY.
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THEY'RE GREAT.
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AND ALSO MY LATE BROTHER FRED,
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GREAT GUY.
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FANTASTIC GUY.
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FANTASTIC FAMILY.
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I WAS VERY LUCKY.
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GREAT BROTHERS, SISTERS, GREAT,
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UNBELIEVABLE PARENTS.
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TO MELANIA AND DON AND IVANKA
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AND ERIC AND TIFFANY AND BARRON,
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I LOVE YOU AND I THANK YOU, AND
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ESPECIALLY FOR PUTTING UP WITH
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ALL OF THOSE HOURS.
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THIS WAS TOUGH.
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THIS WAS TOUGH.
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THIS POLITICAL STUFF IS NASTY
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AND IT IS TOUGH.
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SO I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY
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VERY MUCH.
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REALLY FANTASTIC.
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THANK YOU ALL.
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THANK YOU ALL.
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LARA, UNBELIEVABLE JOB.
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UNBELIEVABLE.
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VANESSA, THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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WHAT A GREAT GROUP.
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YOU'VE ALL GIVEN ME SUCH
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INCREDIBLE SUPPORT, AND I WILL
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TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE A LARGE
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GROUP OF PEOPLE.
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YOU KNOW, THEY KEPT SAYING WE
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HAVE A SMALL STAFF.
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NOT SO SMALL.
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LOOK AT ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT
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WE HAVE.
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LOOK AT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE.
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AND KELLYANNE AND CHRIS AND RUDY
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AND STEVE AND DAVID.
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WE HAVE GOT TREMENDOUSLY
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TALENTED PEOPLE UP HERE, AND I
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WANT TO TELL YOU IT'S BEEN VERY,
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VERY SPECIAL.
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I WANT TO GIVE A VERY SPECIAL
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THANKS TO OUR FORMER MAYOR, RUDY
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GIULIANI.
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HE'S UNBELIEVABLE.
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UNBELIEVABLE.
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HE TRAVELED WITH US AND HE WENT
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THROUGH MEETINGS, AND RUDY NEVER
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CHANGES.
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WHERE IS RUDY.
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WHERE IS HE?
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[CHANTING "RUDY"].
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>> GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE,
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FOLKS, WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
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THANK YOU, CHRIS.
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THE FIRST MAN, FIRST SENATOR,
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FIRST MAJOR, MAJOR POLITICIAN --
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LET ME TELL YOU, HE IS HIGHLY
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RESPECTED IN WASHINGTON BECAUSE
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HE IS AS SMART AS YOU GET,
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SENATOR JEFF SESSIONS.
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WHERE IS JEFF?
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A GREAT MAN.
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ANOTHER GREAT MAN, VERY TOUGH
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COMPETITOR.
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HE WAS NOT EASY.
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HE WAS NOT EASY.
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WHO IS THAT?
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IS THAT THE MAYOR THAT SHOWED
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UP?
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IS THAT RUDY?
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OH, RUDY GOT UP HERE.
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ANOTHER GREAT MAN WHO HAS BEEN
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REALLY A FRIEND TO ME, BUT I'LL
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TELL YOU, I GOT TO KNOW HIM AS A
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COMPETITOR, DR. BEN CARSON.
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WHERE IS BEN?
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WHERE IS BEN?
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BY THE WAY, MIKE HUCKABEE IS
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HERE SOMEPLACE, AND HE IS
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FANTASTIC.
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MIKE AND HIS FAMILY, SARAH,
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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GENERAL MIKE FLYNN.
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WHERE IS MIKE?
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AND GENERAL KELLOGG.
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WE HAVE OVER 200 GENERALS AND
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ADMIRALS THAT HAVE ENDORSED OUR
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CAMPAIGN, AND THEY'RE SPECIAL
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PEOPLE AND IT IS REALLY AN
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HONOR.
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WE HAVE 22 CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL
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OF HONOR RECIPIENTS.
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WE HAVE JUST TREMENDOUS PEOPLE.
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A VERY SPECIAL PERSON WHO
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BELIEVED ME, AND, YOU KNOW, I
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WOULD READ REPORTS THAT I WASN'T
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GETTING ALONG WITH HIM.
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I NEVER HAD A BAD SECOND WITH
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HIM.
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HE'S AN UNBELIEVABLE STAR.
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HE IS -- THAT'S RIGHT, HOW DID
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YOU POSSIBLY GUESS?
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SO LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT REINCE,
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AND I HAVE SAID THIS.
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I SAID, REINCE -- AND I KNOW IT,
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I KNOW IT.
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LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE OVER
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THERE.
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I KNOW IT.
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REINCE IS A SUPERSTAR, BUT I
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SAID THEY CAN'T CALL YOU A
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SUPERSTAR, REINCE, UNLESS WE
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WIN.
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BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BE CALLED A
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SUPERSTAR, LIKE SECRETARIAT, IF
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SECRETARIAT CAME IN SECOND,
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WOULD NOT HAVE THE BEAUTIFUL
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BRONZE BUST AT THE TRACK AT BELL
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MONTH.
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BUT I WILL TELL YOU REINCE IS
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REALLY A STAR.
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HE IS THE HARDEST WORKING GUY.
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IN A CERTAIN WAY I DID THIS --
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WHERE IS REINCE?
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GET UP HERE, REINCE.
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BOY, OH BOY.
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IT IS ABOUT TIME YOU DID THIS,
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REINCE.
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SAY A FEW WORDS.
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NO, COME ON, SAY SOMETHING.
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>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE
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NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
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STATES, DONALD TRUMP!
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THANK YOU.
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IT'S BEEN AN HONOR.
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GOD BLESS.
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THANK GOD.
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>> AMAZING GUY.
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OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RNC WAS
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SO IMPORTANT TO THE SUCCESS IN
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WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
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SO I ALSO HAVE TO SAY I'VE
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GOTTEN TO KNOW SOME INCREDIBLE
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PEOPLE, THE SECRET SERVICE
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PEOPLE.
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THEY'RE TOUGH AND THEY'RE SMART
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AND THEY'RE SHARP, AND I DON'T
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WANT TO MESS AROUND WITH THEM, I
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CAN TELL YOU.
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AND WHEN I WANT TO GO AND WAVE
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TO A BIG GROUP OF PEOPLE AND
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THEY RIP ME DOWN AND PUT ME BACK
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DOWN IN THE SEAT, BUT THEY ARE
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FANTASTIC PEOPLE.
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SO I WANT TO THANK THE SECRET
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SERVICE.
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AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN NEW YORK
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CITY, THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT.
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THESE ARE SPECTACULAR PEOPLE,
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SOMETIMES UNDERAPPRECIATED
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UNFORTUNATELY, BUT WE APPRECIATE
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THEM.
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WE KNOW WHAT THEY GO THROUGH.
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SO IT HAS BEEN WHAT THEY CALL AN
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HISTORIC EVENT, BUT TO BE REALLY
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HISTORIC WE HAVE TO DO A GREAT
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JOB.
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I PROMISE YOU THAT I WILL NOT
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LET YOU DOWN.
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WE WILL DO A GREAT JOB.
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WE WILL DO A GREAT JOB.
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I LOOK VERY MUCH FORWARD TO
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BEING YOUR PRESIDENT, AND
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HOPEFULLY AT THE END OF TWO
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YEARS OR THREE YEARS OR FOUR
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YEARS, OR MAYBE EVEN EIGHT
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YEARS, YOU WILL SAY, SO MANY OF
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YOU WORKED SO HARD FOR US, BUT
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YOU WILL SAY THAT THAT WAS
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SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY WERE
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VERY PROUD TO DO, AND I CAN
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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I CAN ONLY SAY THAT WHILE THE
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CAMPAIGN IS OVER, OUR WORK ON
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THIS MOVEMENT IS NOW REALLY JUST
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BEGINNING.
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WE'RE GOING TO GET TO WORK
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IMMEDIATELY FOR THE AMERICAN
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PEOPLE, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE
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DOING A JOB THAT, HOPEFULLY, YOU
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WILL BE SO PROUD OF YOUR
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PRESIDENT, YOU WILL BE SO
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PRODUCE.
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AGAIN, IT IS MY HONOR.
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IT WAS AN AMAZING EVENING.
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IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING TWO-YEAR
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PERIOD, AND I LOVE THIS COUNTRY.
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THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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