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Last. Its a great place. Went to school here. Went to college here. Its a great place. Three days from now, we are going to win the commonwealth of pennsylvania, and we are going to won four more great years in the white house. And with your vote, we will continue to bring back your jobs, cut your taxes, cut regulations, support our great military, take care of our veterans, and nobody has done it better than we have. Officers our police and ensure that more products are proudly stamped with that beautiful phrase, made in the usa, right . Next year will be the greatest economic year in the history of our country, on the assumption you do not quadruple your taxes, ok . Hes the only guy ive ever seen, his whole campaign says, we will raise your taxes. What the hell kind of a campaign . [boos] my whole life i have seen people campaign. I never heard that one before. A little bit of a different kind of campaign, wouldnt you say . Sleepy joe biden will shut down the economy, ship your jobs to china, where hes very well taken care of. You would never hear it from them, a lot of the media. You will never hear it from the fake media. Raise your taxes 4 trillion, destroy the suburbs. We are saving the suburbs. I hope the people of the suburbs know that. I have ended regulation. If they reenact, it you will not have suburbs anymore. And send your state into a deep and crippling depression. Biden has vowed to abolish oil and natural gas. [boos] no fracking, no coal. Gas prices. Vans, cars, trucks you drive around because you like that better and i think id be one of those people. Dont you like 2. 00 gasoline . It will go to six dollars and seven dollars. You will be telling your family, lets buy one of those compacts we used to buy. Bidens plan is an economic death sentence for pennsylvania. He will outlaw fracking. We are going to stop it. We have a little thing up there. Where is it . Right there. That cost a lot of money to get. You are going to see a little bit about fracking, but all of that great stuff, your natural gas in pennsylvania, they will obliterate and extinguish your economy, sure, as sure as you are standing and or sitting. You have chairs . Everybody is standing. Thats very nice. Today i signed an order. This is semibreaking news, but i did say that the last stop, but i wont tell you that. But today i signed an order to strongly protect your States Energy and fracking industry. I just signed it. Ive just signed it. We have in order so that people cannot play with your fracking industry. Your biggest, you have one million people, and you are a big contributor to the rest of the country. A tremendous contributor to the rest of the country. Biden said for a year there will be no fracking, no fracking. He mustve said it 100 times. And then he lucks out because Elizabeth Warren refuses to get off of the race. Bernie, that is the second time. Is bernie running again, fake news . Can you tell us, is bernie . [laughter] bernie is going to run again in four years. He is going to get it. We thought it might be bernie. More intelligence, though with a policy like that, i do not call that great intelligence, right. If biden and harris get in, they will implement the Green New Deal. [crowd boos] conceived and dedicated by aoc, who probably never took a course on the environment. You think that she took one little course, environment 101 . I doubt it. Change our country around. That is not going to happen. So ridiculous. 100 trillion. I dont think so. A vote for biden and harris is a vote to ban fracking, ban mining, and destroy pennsylvania. Not going to happen. First of all, we are going to win. You have got to get out and vote. A vote for me is a vote to remain, we are Energy Independent now. Think of it. Energy independent. Our economy is now growing at the fastest rate ever recorded, 33. 1 . And the fake news does not want to talk about it. A friend called up and he said, hey how you doing . This is the greatest number ever put out economically. Gdp 33. 1. Nobody has ever heard of it. He said, i cant believe this is not a much bigger story. I said, thats the way it is. They do not want that kind of thing to get out. It is one of the greatest numbers ever revealed in the history of our country. The second number, i think it was 1952, it was less than half the 33. 1 . So we have not a v anymore, we have a super v, and that is where we are going. And says, lets quadruple taxes. In the past five months we created a record 11. 4 million american jobs. That is another, think of it, it has never been done before. While foreign nations are in a freefall, you see that. We do not want that but you see what is going. Covid, the china virus, the china plague, 21 different names. We are creating the worlds greatest economic powerhouse. Next year will be one of the greatest years, maybe the best your we ever had based on what is happening. A recent gallup poll found that 56 of americans say they are better off today than they were four years ago with obama. And thats rounding the turn, but that is during a pandemic. 56 . That is a Record Number. 56. You are better off today than you were four years ago under obama. They both lie. I thought maybe they would put them together. They draw a couple of horns. Most of them are our people that are taunting. Did anybody see the picture of their crazy bus driving, hundreds of cars . There are trump flags all over the place. [cheers and applause] its like, a hot thing. See, thats really number one trending. They will not put that. That is number one trending. They come up with number one trending. It is not a trend. It is whatever they want to do. You look at big tech. You look at what has been happening, lately. You look at the media, they refuse to cover one of the biggest scandals, but the biggest scandal we called them spying on our campaign, right . We caught them trying to overthrow a duly elected, commonly known as me, president of the United States. Lets see what happens. Lets see what happens. Very dishonest people. Lock them up lock them up pres. Trump on that youre right. There are a lot of people that call that treason. Ok . Thats treason. Lets see what happens. If biden gets in, the economy will collapse. Joe biden is a diehard globalist who spent the last 47 years outsourcing your jobs, opening your borders to sacrificing american blood and treasure in endless foreign wars and countries that many of you have never even heard of. I didnt hear of too many of them, either, if you want to know the truth. Biden is a washington vulture who decimated your steel mills, annihilated your coal jobs, and supported every disastrous trade deal for half a century. You know whats happened. You know what i had to deal with, they are dumping still all over the place. I put tariffs on them. All of a sudden the steel mills started doing really good. It was a beautiful thing. And we took some of that money. 28 billion. We gave it to our farmers because they were targeted by china. And the farmers like me. [cheers and applause] farmers like me. In fact, they just came out with the Des Moines Register poll, did you see . Were way ahead in iowa. We are way ahead in florida. We are way ahead in ohio. Way ahead in ohio. We are doing great in georgia. Texas, dont talk about it. Texas is in play, the same thing four years ago. Here is a guy, is he against oil, he is against guns, and he is against god. I dont think that plays well in texas. And you know where else it doesnt play too well . In a place called pennsylvania. [cheers and applause] think of it. Ok, you have texas, oil, guns, religion. God, religion. Hes against. Think of this. And then they say it is too close to call. We are leading by a lot. Same thing happened four years ago. It is too close to call. It was not too close to call. Then the polls close, the doors close, the polls close, and they say, texas, the polls are closed in texas, donald trump has won the state of texas by a lot. I had many of them. I had many of them. I have them now, but actually they are better now than they were four years ago. Four years ago was hopeless except for one thing, nobody believed it. They went out and they voted, and all of a sudden, they took this thing. Did you ever see the new york times, they had a column, the chance of winning, and it started at 4 . And as the evening went by, we won state after state. Donald trump has won the state of florida, donald trump has won georgia, donald trump has won South Carolina, donald trump has won north carolina. We were just running. It goes 3 , 6 , 9 . Right . The chance is 15 . Then it started getting into the 50s. Then the 60s. That is when they started to go totally crazy. Remember the Convention Hall . And then you had a couple of nonbiased news anchors that started to cry. Did anybody see the debate . No, nobody, right . The last debate that we had. Did you all watch . [cheers and applause] it felt like perry mason, because the last question, i said, you mean you want to get rid of the oil and gas industry . No, we would like to transition this is the biggest moment. It was like perry mason, always that last question, right . I didnt do it. Yes, i did it. That was sleepy joe. I said this is the biggest moment. And even the anchor, kristin, she looks up at him, she goes, why did you say that . She cant believe that you said it, but that is because he is not too smart. Biden was a cheerleader for nafta and chinas entry into the world trade organization, which is one of the worst things that ever happened to us. Eliminating half of your manufacturing jobs, many of them came from right here. At every turn, biden twisted his knife into the back of pennsylvania workers. During that debate, they would say, why did you do this . You just left. Why didnt you do that . That was the easiest debate ive ever had. While biden was giving china your jobs, his family was raking in millions and millions of dollars from the Chinese Communist party. [crowd boos] joe biden is a corrupt politician, ok . When his son considered a board of burisma and got 183,000 a month. Think of this. If biden wins, china wins. When we win, america wins. That is what we are here for. You do not have to take my word for it. I like this group and i like this estate. I spent a lot of lot of money on that crazy board up there. We love you vice pres. Biden i never said i oppose fracking. Pres. Trump you said it on tape. Vice pres. Biden show the tape. Put it on the website. Put it on the website. Could there be any place for fossil fuels in a Biden Administration . Vice pres. Biden no, we would work it out. We would make sure its eliminated. I guarantee we are going to end fossil fuels. No more fracking, and gradually move away from fracking. Sen. Harris and i think it is critically important on day one that we end any fossil fuel leases what about stopping fracking . Sen. Harris im in favor of banning fracking. I have one final pres. Trump would you close down the oil industry . Vice pres. Biden i would transition from it, yes. It was a business, that is the biggest savings. The final question. Pres. Trump hes going to destroy the oil industry. Will you remember that, pennsylvania . [cheers] vice pres. Biden you know, we have to come together. That is why im running. Im running as a proud democrat. So, vote vote biden. Com ohio. God bless you can somebody tell joe, by the way, its not a real website and joe, youre running for president and not senator, by the way, the senator, the mormon guy, is mitt romney, not some mormon governor. Sadly, what we showed you is just from a couple of hours today. Every time that joe leaves the bunker and stays out past 10 00 a. M. , disaster ensues. Here is a quick reminder. Vice pres. Biden i want to thank you all. Im rushing ahead, arent i . We hold these truths to be selfevident. All men and women are created by you know the thing. You agree with me. 30330. We choose truth over facts. Play the radio. Make sure the television excuse me, make sure you have the record player on at night. Make sure the kids hear words. For kids are just as talented and bright as right kids poor kids are just as talented and bright as white kids. Donald trump does pose an existential it is not hypothetical. Sean this is pretty serious. By the way, these are way beyond an occasional campaign gaffe. I am more than a little worried that this man could represent a clear and present danger to this country. Hes obviously not capable of leading. Hes been hiding the entire campaign and the corrupt media mob is covering for him. Joe wants to be the president of the United States of america. That would be the toughest job of the world and, at times, joe does not seem to remember he is even running for president or what state he is in or what day of the week it is. Does anyone really believe if elected joe biden will actually be in control of anything . What kind of country are we going to be . Four more years of george, george, we will find ourselves in a position where if trump gets elected, we will be in a different world. Vice pres. Biden i will lead an effective strategy. Under pressure. Blah blah. Trickortreat. What do we have here . Spooky, spooky, spooky. Creepy. Joe. Oh, its funny. Joe. Come on, man. Candy for the kids. Maybe he is a nut. 20 minute wait a minute. You look familiar. Who are you . [laughter] are we going to let him get away with it . [crowd cheers] pres. Trump be careful. Oh, joe. This could only happen to me. This could only happen to me. [crowd chanting four more years] thank you. In 2016, pennsylvania voted to fire this corrupt political establishment, and you elected an outsider as president who is finally putting america first. Thats ok, right . [cheers] and if i dont sound like a typical washington politician, its because im not a politician. I guess thats why i got elected. [cheers] if i do not always play by the rules of washington and the washington establishment, it is because i was elected to fight for you, and i fight harder for you than any president has ever fought. One of the most important issues in this election is law and order. You know about it well. You see what is going on in your large city. Its not good. You have great police but they are not allowed to do their job. This week, violent mobs of biden supporters ransacked philadelphia. Now four members of the city council are pushing very hard to defund the philadelphia police. They are defunding the police. [crowd boos] theyre pushing very hard. And it could happen. It could happen. We are watching. I do not think we will let it happen. At some point, we cannot let it happen. If biden and harris are elected, they will pass legislation to slash police funding. They are already trying to do it all over the country. Except in republican cities and states, which are running beautifully without crime. With theent said, rioters and the anarchists and with the heroes of Law Enforcement. Weve been endorsed by almost every major Law Enforcement group in the country, florida, texas, new yorks finest endorsed us. The first time they have ever endorsed a president ial candidate. The chicago police. That is not easy to do. They endorsed. We have endorsements from everybody. During the debate, i said, joe what law group, any police group, anybody looking for law and order, did anybody endorse you . He could not answer the question he was bailed out by the anchor. I said joe, say the words law and order. He would not do it. He would did not want to lose the radical left. I am not just running against joe biden, i am running against the left, the rhinos. You know what they are. Republicans in name only. There are not too many of those left. They are on respirators, actually. And the washington swamp which is much deeper and much more vicious than we thought possible. On tuesday, november 3, maybe you do it sooner but i think this group wants november 3. Of course, now that our United States Supreme Court has delayed everything, it is going to be a very interesting evening, and i wonder what happens during that period of delay, with the ballots. I wonder what happens. Are they going to mysteriously find more ballots, mr. Congressman . Can you imagine what happened, can you imagine . Just be very careful, be vigilant and watch and report whatever you see, because, you know, this state we love it. Went to school here, right . Went to college. We love it. But strange things have been known to happen. Especially in philadelphia. So, send them a message that they will never forget. This election is a choice between a biden depression and a trump super boom. We are going to have a boom. We are going to have the greatest economy ever. It is a choice between a deadly why didnt lock down. And by the way, tell your it is a choice between a deadly biden lotckdown. And by the way, tell your governor to open up your state, please. [cheers] pres. Trump can you believe it . And open up your schools and get it going. Its terrible. This one, michigan. How about her . The only one that is allowed to roam free in michigan is her husband he can do whatever the hell he wants. Nobody else can. And north carolina, great state, great people. They have it locked down. It is just crazy. By the way, on november 4, hell announce, ladies and gentlemen, we have decided to open up your he thinks he hurt us politically and then we have a number like 33. 1. It might have been 34. 1. I do not think that would have made which of a different spirit he is hurting a lot of people. It is a choice between a deadly lockdown in a safe vaccine that ends the pandemic with or without the vaccine, we will have the vaccine, one of the greatest companies in the world, pfizer, johnson johnson, moderna, and others, and were weeks away from a vaccine. And we are going to give the vaccine, we are going to have it transported by our military all over, logistics all over the country. And it is going to be great. It is going to be given to our seniors first. I think they have to get it first and then our frontline workers. Free, free. You know why it is free . Because it was not their fault. It was chinas fault. And it will quickly eradicate the china virus. And, but with or without it, it is going to go away. Driving them crazy, the fake news media, its going away. And if you look at europe, you look at what is happening in europe, they use that, look at europe. Take a look at europe. They have a big problem, and we dont want that to happen. Thanks to our groundbreaking therapies, our excess mortality rate is 40 lower than europes. Right now cases are surging in europe despite draconian measures in their lockdowns. They have been locking down and it did not help them much. Spreading misery and suffering and destroying this nations spirit for months, democrats celebrated as leftwing rioters took to the streets by the thousands. You are allowed to riot, they do not ask about masks. Youre allowed to riot, loot, and burn down your main streets and burn down the greatest, the most beautiful shopping streets. They can do whatever, they can walk out with televisions. Did you see the guy walking out with dishwashers . He is pushing it along the pavement. And the police are told, dont do anything. Stand back. Stand back. Our opponents do not believe in science. They want Unlimited Power over you and your family. They got to open it up. The socalled experts advising joe biden to call for slowing down the vaccine, can you believe this . Now, if it were not in my opinion so political, they just did not want to have it come out before the election. But Everybody Knows its right there, and were ready to go. It became a big political thing. They were actually trying to discourage people from taking it. So bad, and so stupid and so dangerous. And these are the greatest companies in the world. They are not listening to anybody but their people, and we do, we have a great very soon be distributed, this great vaccine. But they are willing to hurt our country in order to try to make sure it doesnt, because we are not looking for credit. Were looking to save lives. We are looking to help our country. Help your state. Help our country. That is what we are looking to do. Denying priority to elderly patients. Imposing crippling lockdowns that will cause really serious pain. He said, one of the politicians said it, really serious pain, the biden lockdown will imprison you with your home while looters roam free. You have gone through it right now. They do not open up the state could congressman, you got a get going on this, ill tell you. We have a great congressman here. We have to get going. Under biden, there will be no school, no graduations, no weddings, no thanksgivings, no easter, no christmas and no fourth of july. Other than that, you are going to have a wonderful life. This guy ruin american youth. It has been shown that telehealth has been amazing with the computers on the laptops, has been great. Up 8000 to the truth is its great. But, you know, children, this has been proven because we had the ultimate test, children have to go to school. They have to be with others. They have to be with other kids, they have to be with classmates. And they do not catch it. Barron trump, my very tall son, hes strong and hes young. The doctor sayd, yes, sir. He tested positive. Tested positive for what . He said, the covid. He used the covid word. Couldve used 21 other words but he used covid. I said, oh, ok. 12 minutes later the doctor called and said barrons ok. They have great immune systems that is stronger than you or you. That guy. Definitely stronger than him. They have to go back to school, ok . Open up pennsylvania, governor. If you want a vaccine to kill the jobs to support your family and freedom to live your life the way you want to live your lives. Vote for a person named president donald j. Trump. Have you ever heard of him . So joining us today are some really great warriors, some really great warriors, and they are congressman fred keller. Thank you. Central casting. Doing a great job. Thank you. And congressman dan muser. Dan, thank you. Very much, thank you. Great people. Great people. They worked with us on the impeachment hoax. They found out that i was right when i spoke to the president. I told them, if you see anything wrong, please call the attorney general of the United States and they had plenty wrong. You look at biden, he got caught. They call that the laptop from hell. Wheres hunter. Remember the tshirt we made . Wheres hunter . Oh, boy, hunter. We also have a fantastic person who is running for congressional seat and who is doing very well. I understand, jim where is jim . Jim . I hear its going well. Get out and vote for this guy. Going to be great. And a former congressman whos been an early supporter, a great one, tom marino. What a great, when are you getting back . Come on back, ok . And we have another great one. No one ever heard of him. Lou barletta. These are great people. They are incredible people. You, both. That is great that you are here. And the state treasurer, stacy garrity. Stacy. Thank you, stacy. I think the Republican Party is doing very well. They are really worried because florida through the roof. Ohio, through the roof. George is looking phenomenal. Texas, i told you, forget it, its like texas is so good. The iowa is looking great. They are all looking good. North carolina. You know whats looking really good . Pennsylvania. Get out and vote maybe i should say it is going to be no, its very close. Looks like we are one or two points behind. It is always good to think you are a point or two behind, these professionals. Lets just say it is very close. Get out and vote on tuesday. Get out and vote. But its true. You never know . I dont want you to think that. I want you to think it is going to get close. Darling, we do not have to vote today. Is looking great. Joe biden has been a disaster for africanamericans and hispanic americans. I am fighting for citizens of every race, color, and creed. We received record low we achieved record low africanamerican, hispanic american and Asian American unemployment rates. Record low unemployment rates for everybody. With a diploma, without a diploma, number one in your class at m. I. T. , women, everything. We have historic rates. Then we had to close it up. And understand the disease and what they have done is incredible. The ventilators, all the things we did. Then were opening it up now and it is going to be a super v. They are saying, it will not be a v. Now 33. 1, a super v. We are going to have the best economic year in the history of our country next year. Unless you elect someone that quadrupling of your taxes. I dont know. I dont think thats going to happen. I signed landmark criminal Justice Reform and i announced a platinum plan which will create 3 million new jobs for africanamericans and also deliver School Choice to any parent that wants it. Important. They have been looking to do that for a long time. To protect our security, i suspended the entry of foreign refugees from terrorist if thats ok with you dont mind. We do not want people from terror infected. Think of this. Biden in the manifesto, that is the agreement he made with crazy Bernie Sanders. We get a lot of the sanders people. People dont realize, four years ago we got a big percentage of Bernie Sanders because they agree with me on trade. They know everyone takes advantage of the United States on trade, and we are doing greater on trade right now. Biden wants a 700 increase in refugees from the most violent terrorist hotspots on earth, including syria, somalia, and yemen. No thanks, joe. Thank you, very much. We appreciate it, joe. No, thank you. The people of pennsylvania are not thrilled with that. Who the hell is going to vote for that . Y keep saying it is close is close. Nk it it will be extremely close. Trump wins by 44 points. No, its close. Think of it. He wants to raise your, the highest. He wants people in from we want to have safety and security, and that is what, when you talk about suburbia, they were saying, women of suburbia. Good, thank you. Because they want safety, they want security and they want the regulation, you know what, i do not want to go into it, the regulation is a disaster for suburbia. You know who is going to head up the regulation project is cory booker of all people. Cory . You, too, can have a development right alongside of your wonderful house. Now, its no good. Going to bring a lot of problems. It is already done. If you take a look at throughout the country, think of where it done. And i terminated it. They wanted to amend it. Ben carson is a wonderful guy. Ben, hes a wonderful guy. He is. He ran a good race. He is a great guy and he has done a beautiful job here he came and we said that we can amend it and make it tougher. I said, no, ben, we got a terminate it. Then i hear the women of suburbia dont like me. Think they love me. I think they do. And, when i said that the other day, women of suburbia, i hope you love me. 60 minutes she said, you are begging for the love of women. No, i wasnt. Women of suburbia you must love me after what i did. I cut the regulation. You know what the regulation was . We love you we love you pres. Trump i love you, too. Go out and vote properly. Do whats right. If you do what is right, we will have a big victory. What did biden do . This guy had so many years. You just left three and a half years ago. The biden plan will open the floodgates to radical islamic terrorism, take a look. I called president macron of france. It was terrible what is been happening over there the last week. Youve seen what has been happening. If you dont mind, i would rather not have it happen over here. Is that ok . Do i have everybodys approval of that, huh . Even these two two veterans are saying, we agree with that. Terrorists out of our country, and when they come back in, were getting them the hell out of our country, ok . We invested 2. 5 trillion with a t in the u. S. Military when i took over, almost four years ago our military was depleted from all of these wars and all of the stuff and places so far away. We were depleted in a very highly overrated general, extraordinary overrated, he came extraordinarily overrated, he came into our office and he said at the beginning, sir, we have no ammunition. I said, no president should ever have that said to him again. And we built a brandnew military with new planes and new rockets right . Hyper sonic. That is seven times faster than our very fast one. So fast you cannot see it, cannot do anything with it. If it is aimed in the wrong direction, you got problems, i tell you. And submarines and all of the things, we have never had anything like it. We already envy of the world. Russia, china, north korea. We are the envy of the world. We have the greatest equipment on the world. We have planes, fire jets, they go to the desert where we have the plane graveyard and they take parts of this one, now we have brandnew f35s. It is amazing. We are our military. We have never had equipment like this. The best equipment anywhere in the world by far. And we saved a place called the philadelphia shipyard. I do not think you have ever heard of that. And biden if he comes in will shut it down. He will shut down a lot of the stuff. We also passed v. A. Choice and v. A. Accountability. Thats pretty great. We have been trying to get that done for 40 some odd years. Last night at my direction, the United States military conducted a Successful Operation to rescue an american hostage who was kidnapped just a short while ago. U. S. Special forces brilliantly executed a daring nighttime movement. It was incredible. I have seen it. It was incredible. And we had no casualties, no injuries. Usa usa usa usa usa usa pres. Trump thats good. No, we had no casualties, no injuries. Incredible. These are incredible people. These are incredible people and they love our country but they went in. The other side did have a lot of casualties. And we got our citizen, our american citizen out, and on our way here. It was an incredible operation. People said that cant be done. Sir, this is easy. It is a different kind of person, right . Different kind of person. We owe a lot to special forces. Over the past four years, we have rescued 55 detainees. In more than 24 countries. And we dont pay. Once you pay it will go up one hundredfold. You cannot pay. You have to go get them. Yesterdays operation should serve as a stark warning to terrorists and thugs who try to kidnap our citizens. You cannot escape the long reach of american justice. And thats what happens. [cheering] we killed the leader of isis, albaghdadi. They have been looking for, for 18 years. We took out the mass murder of we took out the mass murderer of u. S. Troops and many troops and a lot of people, salameh is dead. Number one terrorist. I withdrew from the last administrations disastrous iran nuclear deal, 150 billion. Know what we got . Nothing. We got nothing. I recognized the capital of israel and opened the American Embassy in jerusalem, and i also recognized israeli sovereignty over the golan heights. 52 years they have been negotiating that. I did it in two hours. And it was a good thing. Every president wanted to do it. Every president wanted to do this stuff. Every president. Jerusalem, they all wanted to do it. They all said they wanted to do it. They got into office, they have never had the guts to pull the trigger. I got the building built, too. For a tiny fraction of what people thought it would cost. Its too cold to be talking about it. The heck with it, right . And, instead of endless wars, we are forging peace in the middle east. We have already three countries and many more lined up. No more blood in the sand, no more crazy money spent all over the place. No, we did it the opposite way that john kerry and his people that were not smart in fact they were grossly incompetent. I said, how did kerry do it . This way. Ok whatever he did, do the , opposite. And it worked. We have a lot of them all lined up. Peace in the middle east for nothing, and no blood, no blood in the sand. There is blood all over the sand. There is no blood in the sand. I am proud to be the first president in decades who has started no new wars, no new wars. But, if we do ever start a war, we will finish it and we will finish it victoriously. We wont be playing. A vote for me and the Republican Party is a vote to save our beautiful American Dream, an American Dream. Weve lost sight of that. Over a long period of years. Remember i came out and d and i said you will say Merry Christmas again. They were saying, happy new year, everybody. The snow and the red and the white, everything perfect. Now they are all saying Merry Christmas again. And we remember the late great abraham lincoln, right . The late great abraham lincoln. Over the next four years, in conclusion, we will make america into the manufacturing superpower of the world and we will end our reliance on china and we will hire more police, increase the penalty for assaults on Law Enforcement and we will ban deadly sanctuary cities. [cheering] we will defend the right to life, religious liberty, free speech, and the right to keep and bear arms, our second amendment. [cheering] we will maintain americas unrivaled military might, and we will ensure peace through strength. We will end surprise medical billing, require price transparency, already signed january 1, goes into effect, bigger than health care you watch. Lower drug prices even more. Favored nations clause. We paid for years and years the most expensive by far in the world. Now we will pay the same as the lowest. And the Drug Companies do not like me too much, i will tell you. They are not a big fan of your president. I cannot even believe i did it. Favored nations. We paid the lowest price in the world. Protect Social Security and medicare, and we will always protect patients with preexisting conditions, always, always. Its protected. America will land the first woman on the moon, and the United States will be the first nation to land an astronaut on mars. And nasa is now again the talk of the world, space center. The talk of the world. It was boarded up, shut up. The runways, they had grass growing through the cracks. Its an amazing place. And you know, we let very rich people they like sending up rockets. I said let them send up all the rockets they want. Let them pay for it. We will leave them there. And have a lot of fun. They become a little less wealthy and thats ok, they dont mind, but they love sending up rockets, and we are doing things that nobody can even believe, and the space force and the space force is so necessary, we are very proud of it. And mike pence has done a fantastic job on it. Really done a fantastic job. We will stop the radical indoctrination of our students and restore patriotic education. We will teach our children to love our country, honor our history, and always respect our Great American flag. And we live by the timeless words of our National Motto in god we trust. In god we trust. Pres. Trump for years, you had a president who apologized for america. Now you have a president who is standing up for america, and standing up for the great people of pennsylvania who i know very well. [cheering] pres. Trump and, you know, if we win pennsylvania, its over, you know that, right . Im freezing up here. U. S. Better get out and vote. Sir, you lost by a few votes in pennsylvania. What the hell did i make that trip for . They said, we can cancel. It has been a long day. I started this day very early. I said, no, i do not have the kurds to tell these people not only did we not, we are no, i do not have the courage to tell these people not only did we not, we are giving you the full treatment. I could have done one of those, hey, folks, what are you doing . Everybody good . See ya later. You get out there and vote, because your country is at stake. You have the power with your vote to save the American Dream for your children, for your grandchildren, but you have to get out and vote on november 3. We must finish the job and drain the swamp. Weve done a lot of work on it, but it is deeper and more vicious than anybody thought. More vicious. Look at what is happening with these big tech companies. Nobody told me this. But, you know what . They cant believe what we have done. We have come through situations, its amazing, you know . They cannot believe. One of the reasons i also came is i wanted them to stand there all night. In this freezing wind. No. But it is an honor. I will tell you what. I know this part of the state. And you have just incredible people. There is no way i wouldve had lets noto say do it today. Lets do it some other day. We do not do that stuff. Especially to you. For generations america was for generations, the american destiny was made and forged and won in places like johnstown and pittsburgh, erie and altoona, bethlehem and montoursville. A nice name. Our american ancestors gave the sweat, andir blood, tears to defend our country and our freedom. We stand on the shoulders of american heroes who crossed the oceans, settled the continent, tamed the wilderness, laid down the railroads, raised up those great beautiful skyscrapers, won two world wars, defeated fascism and communism, and made america into the single greatest nation in the history of the world. And the best is yet to come. Best is yet to come. I mean that, really. The potential we have. Unless we blow it by putting people that have no clue in charge. No clue. Hes shot. Lets face it. Proud citizens like you have built this country, and together we are taking back our country. We are returning power to you, the American People. Thats whats happening. With your help, your devotion, and your drive, we are going to keep on working. Keep on fighting and we are going to keep on winning, winning. Winning. [cheering] we are one movement, one people, one family, and one glorious nation under god. And, together with the incredible people of pennsylvania, we have made america powerful again, our military, our military. We have made america wealthy again. Look at what is happening with your 401 k s. In the midst of a problem. Look at those 401 k s. With somebody else, you wouldve had nothing. You wouldve had a piece of paper, you would have been throwing it away. Its gone up a lot. Our headwind is joe biden. That is the only headwind we that is the only headwind we have. Hes a headwind. Lets call him, we have a great new name. Joe headwind. He is a headwind in the stock market because if he gets in, the market will crash. That is not what the market wants to hear. Were going to quadruple taxes, drive out every company that is come back into this land. No, hes a headwind, he really is. We have made america strong again. We have made america proud again. We have made america safe again. And we will make America Great again. Thank you, pennsylvania. Get out and vote thank you very much. Thank you. [ymca playing] young man theres no need to feel down, i said young man pick yourself off the ground, i said young men cauyse youre in a new town theres no need to be unhappy young man theres a place you can go, i said young man [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] its fun to stay at the ymca its fun to stay at the ymca you can get yourself clean you can have a good meal you can do whatever you feel young man are you listening to me i said, young men what do you want to be i said, young man but youve got to know this one thing young man does it all by himself i said, young man put your pride on the shelf and just go there to the ymca they can help you today its fun to stay at the ymca its fun to stay at the ymca to enjoy everything you can hang out with all the boys its fun to stay at the ymca its fun to stay at the ymca you can get yourself clean you can have a good meal you can do whatever you feel young man some information about how pennsylvania will count mailin ballots, according to a recent cnn article. Pennsylvania, unlike most states, does not allow officials to start processing early ballots until 7 00 a. M. On election day. Philadelphia and other areas plan to start work on their mail in votes at 7 00 a. M. Sharp, but swing counties like erie and cumberland are intending to wait until after the polls close or even until the next morning to begin. Wisconsin is the only other state that does not allow mailin counting until election day. President trump heads to hickory, north carolina, for a Campaign Rally sunday, one of five such rallies he is holding just two days left before election day. Watch live coverage at 5 30 p. M. Eastern on cspan. The white house did not release a weekly address this weekend. Ofresentative jason crow colorado delivered the weekly address talking about the importance of voting. Rep. Crow hi, im jason crow, husband, dad, former paratrooper and army ranger, and the congressman from colorados sixth district. In america, nothing is more sacred than the right to vote. With the first tuesday in november just days away, americans are voting in Record Numbers. More than 75 million have already voted early. If you have not yet, now is your chance to make your voice heard by dropping off your ballot or voting in person on election day. This is our democracy at work, and we can never take it for granted. Our men and women in uniform fought and died defending it. Generations of heroes, from suffragettes and civil rights icons like john lewis to ordinary americans whose names we will never know, risked everything to make our countrys promise real for everybody. That is not over. Today there are plenty of politicians trying to make voting harder instead of easier, but its not going to work, because thanks to the heroes who came before us, we all have a say in our future. All we have to do is vote. In this election you will choose the kind of country you want for yourself and your family. Do you want leaders who unite us or divide us . This is america. You get to decide. Do not let anyone try to tell you otherwise. 2020 is not a typical year, and it is not going to be a typical Election Night either. Because of the pandemic, we may not know every result right away. It might take some time and extra patience. You may see some people complaining or even tweeting about that, especially if they think they are going to lose, but no amount of disinformation spread by a few blustery individuals is going to drown out the voices and votes of the American People. There is a simple truth here. For all the ways this year is different, our basic voting process is the same as it has always been. So straightforward, any child in america can tell you how it works. We vote, we count all the votes, and we figure out who got the most. Politicians can say what they want but they do not get to change that, take away your voice. In this election just like we have for hundreds of years, we will reaffirm the revolutionary idea at the heart of our founding. Power does not belong to elected officials. It belongs to the people, and those of us who hold elected office do not work for ourselves or our political party. We work for you. When i lead a platoon in iraq, the paratroopers i served with came from every part of this country, different races, religions, economic backgrounds, but when we came under fire none of that stuff mattered. We took on the threat together as americans, and our diverse backgrounds made us stronger, not weaker. When we are united there is nothing we cannot do. Ultimately, more than any one issue, that is what this election is about. We can tackle our collective challenges and to make our country better, but it will require working together. Our democracy is not inevitable. It does not sustain itself. We have to protect it. And the single most effective way to protect our democracy is by participating in it, so make a plan to vote. Remind your friends to vote. Take nothing for granted. Too many people have sacrificed too much to bring us to this moment. So lets get to work. Lindsey graham is running for reelection for a fourth term in South Carolina against democrat jamie harrison. Next, therefore ordinal up next, their final formal debate. Good evening and welcome to the 2020 United States Senate Debate live good evening and welcome. With just four days until election day, South Carolina has already seen a Record Number of early voters, but there are still more ballots to be cast. The candidates looking for your vote republican incumbent Lindsey Graham and democrat jamie harrison. Our people from the columbia career and npr. Have 90didate will seconds to answer questions and, if necessary, i will allow a 62nd rebuttal. Mr. Harrison, we begin with your opening statement. Our motto is while i breathe, i hope. That might as well be the theme of my life. I grew up in a mobile home. Son of 18 mom. En mom. I was able to go to georgetown law school. Clyburn,rked with jim and the private sector, and now im running for senate. That only happens in america. That is why this country is so great. In that time, we had senator Lindsey Graham, who i respected, who admired, because he could rise above the political fray, but senator graham has changed. That is not the senator graham of today. We need a senator who can bring us all together, who can unite this state regardless of whether you are a democrat or republican or a progressive or a conservative. We need to fight for what is in the best interests of the state and we will do that. Thank you, mr. Harrison. Senator graham. Sen. Graham thank you for the honor. 2020 has been a tough year, but we are going to get through this. I believe that South Carolina is the best place in the world to raise kids and start a business and, as your senator, i intend to keep it that way. That is why i am asking for your vote tonight. This is a big choice. Is on the the Senate Ballot here in South Carolina. I am a proud conservative republican come but i will work across the aisle. I have a record to prove it. Mr. Harrison is a good men, but Barack Obamaon and are his political mentors. Borders,orders, secure private health care versus socialized medicine, conservative judges versus liberal judges. I am proud of the fact that i got amy bear on the court. Amy barrett on the court. Mr. Harrison would not have voted for barrett. Than 3600ow, more people have died from covid19, our positive rate is consistently in the double digits. We will talk about the economy in a moment, but i want to hear explicitly about your Public Health perspective on how to address this crisis and what needs to be done. Sen. Graham we are not going to lock the state down again. Many peoplence, but are going to work tomorrow. You have to feed your family. At the end of the day, common sense will take us a long way until be get a vaccine. Europe is going through a problem but a vaccine is around the corner. We are going to defeat this virus. Just use common sense, it vaccine is on the way. What will america look like after . That is what is on the ballot. We are going to get through the crisis but if i am in the senate, im not going to change the Supreme Court and pack it with liberals. Im not going to destroy the legislative filibuster. Im not going to change the Electoral College that would take South Carolinas voice away. To democraticgo hands and they have the house, senates, and white house, we will see the multimedical change in our country. They are going to do away with the Border Security we have achieved and go to open borders and health care for Illegal Immigrants. They are going to change the structure of the Supreme Court to make it liberal. I cannot stress what high taxes would do to destroy this recovery. Increase in gdp, we are on the way back. The worst thing to do is tax and regulates. I will not do that. I will be a conservative that will move us forward safely. Mr. Harrison, your perspective and making sure it does not get worse in the state. Mr. Harrison the coronavirus has dramatically impacted South Carolina. We have had 755,000 people lose their jobs, 400,000 lost Health Insurance because they lost their jobs. 160,000 have been infected. 3600 have lost their lives, including my aunt. What we needed was real leadership to address this issue at hand. What you heard from senator graham is what we get, the discussion of washington, d. C. I dont care what is going on in washington, d. C. Because right now, rome is on fire in South Carolina. The families that are at the hospitals dont care about courts, they dont care about that, they care about their loved ones that they cant hold their hands as they are losing their lives. They care that they cant make ends meet, they cant put food on the table. In the greatest time of need, they needed a senator to say, it would be better and i will work to do better, but we did not get that from senator graham. We need that type of leadership. Not the food fight in washington, d. C. , democrats did this, republicans did that. We care about the lives of the people in South Carolina in the lives that have been lost. Your response . Sen. Graham people care about whether the senate isnt conservative or liberal hands. People care about whether you are going to change the Supreme Court and pack it with liberals. People care about whether they are going to lose their private health care and live under socialism when it comes to medicine. People care about when it comes to getting Illegal Immigrants Free Health Care and going back to an open border policy. People care about that. As to the covid crisis, i know it has been tough, but businesses are struggling. ,hey have lost customers occupancy rates are down. We need another round of assistance. I want to get the 1200 check to have a south carolinian but not illegal americans. Im for a package that will help you get back to school safely. Im not for ballot harvesting which is in nancy pelosi package. The package has a lot to do with things other than covid. We are going to get through this virus but not shut the economy down and not turned South Carolina into california politically. It is right on this topic. I appreciate the segway. It was Just Announced that the Third Quarter gdp increased by a record 7. 4 thanks in part to federal stimulus. The economy remains 3. 5 percent smaller than it was at the end of 2019 and money become its say that recovery is slowing down. Almost 200,000 south carolinians are seeking weekly unemployment benefits, businesses and investors face unknowns, yet there has been gridlock from washington on another round of relief. What do you believe must be included in a new package to keep the economy growing safely . Graham,ison senator this is what people care about. They care about their senator saying, over our dead bodies will be allow an extension of the unemployment benefits. Why do they care about that . If you are unemployed in South Carolina, the maximum you can get is 320 a week. Imagine if you are a family of four and the husband or wife is the only breadwinner. All they can bring in is 320 a week. They need that unemployment benefit from the federal government because it was making them make ends meet. They are on the verge of being evicted. I know what it is like to be evicted. They needed their senator to hold their hand and help them up when they fall down. They did not get that. We got, over our dead bodies will be allow went on up limit extension. Our senator did not fight for Small Businesses. South carolina is not first in terms of ppp dollars, we are 50th. I know you like to tout your relationship with President Trump but if i were in the senate and i was friends with the president , i would have said, mr. President , i need more money for Small Businesses, and you did not do that. We need a senator who is going to work for us and not fight against us. That is what we have. Sen. Graham we need a senator who understands business. We need a campaign where you dont manipulate and deceive people. You are asking people to vote undermineessio to conservatism. What i said is if you have a sick hundred dollar federal benefits on top of the state benefit, that us when he three dollars an hour, you will be paying people more not to work then work. I want to help people but if you own a business, you cant compete with that. I want a federal benefit that does not encourage people to stay unemployed. When it comes to the ppp program, we need another round. The house bill, your mentor nancy pelosi, does not have a dime for ppp. There are businesses along the coast and upstate that need another forgivable loan, count me in for that. We need money for school so we can go back to school safely. Im not going to vote for a package that bails out california and new york. Im not going to vote for a package that gets 1200 to Illegal Immigrants. Im not going to vote for a package that requires ballot harvesting as a National Ball that has nothing to do with covid. I grew up in a Small Business family. My family owned a restaurant and liquor store and if you get sick, you go to work because you cant afford to be out of work. I grew up in the back of the liquor store until we got a mobile home. I know what it is like to run a business and i know how hard it is to be successful. The government should help you. Not only as chair of the party did i have appeal, but as coo of a small nonprofit. You are very young about washington, d. C. You are worrying about washington, d. C. And not the people who need help now. Nettie pelosi this nobody cares about you and nancy pelosi. All they want is some relief from the anxiety that they are dealing with. Nobody cares about what you and Chuck Schumer are debating about, the question is are you delivering for the people of South Carolina . The answer is no. Time months since the last we have had a relief bail. You and the senate took a vacation in august and i wish he would have put the urgency of the Supreme Court nomination into getting the bill done for the people of South Carolina. They dont want to hear excuses about who is to blame, they want action. Question, we start with mr. Graham. Judicial confirmations have become partisan over the past few years. Senators basing their votes on how they predict nominees will rule on certain issues in addition to the qualifications. Do you think you should be taking more than just qualifications into consideration when deciding on any judicial nominee and if so, what would you look for . Sen. Graham i will answer that i would like to tell mr. Harrison, why dont you call nancy pelosi and say, take out of your relief package a benefit for Illegal Immigrants, call her up and say, dont give 900 billion to blue states who are in debt, lets focus on the coronavirus . Im not the problem when it comes to finding a deal. As to judges, im not the problem. Likeerybody behaved senator graham, we would not have the mess we have today. I voted for sotomayor and kagan. Democratic nominees by president obama because i thought they were qualified. It used to be not this way. When they tried to destroy mr. Opponent,s life, my mr. Harrison, cheered them on. Mr. Gorsuch, but he was appointed, mr. Harrison supported the filibuster. I supported democratic nominees because they were qualified. Mr. Harrison has opposed kavanaugh and gorsuch and wont say how he would have voted on barrett. If they followed my lead, the world would be better off. Im not going to support democratic nominees and watch people like judge kavanaugh have their life destroyed. Mr. Harrison said the reason he ran against me was how i behaved in kavanaugh. I still up for a friend. For sohe courage to vote meyer and kagan and the determination to stand up for a conservative judge barrett how would you vote on judge barrett . Please tell us. Mr. Harrison wasnt Merrick Garland qualify . You voted for him before, why not again . You talked about the president having the power to nominate and it is up to the senate to pass them through and you failed to do it. That is the problem. You have a job that the people of South Carolina pay you for and you only do it when you feel it is in your power, the right to do it instead of doing it when you are supposed to. A week ago, we talked about qualifications. For nowhe nomination justice barrett, and congratulations to her. Senator graham was the chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, also passed through a young woman, i think she is 32 years old, she was at some law , american bar association, which has always deemed whether someone was qualified to sit on the bench, and under democratic and geordies, we followed what the aba recommended, and you would not pass them on for a lifetime up women when they are. They deemed that woman on qualify. That is not the first nominee that has gone through his committee that they deemed unqualified. We need to have standards and not just because it is politically expedient, but because it is the right thing to do. Would you have voted for judge barrett or not . We will be asking the questions, gentlemen. Sen. Graham at the judge garland, scalia dies in an election year, president obama is a democrat, the senate is in republican hands, we have not field a they under that scenario in 140 years. What happened here is you have the republican president and republican senate. You may not think people care about the Supreme Courts, i do. What i hate is the way conservatives have been treated over the years. Why is it always our people, clarence thomas, alito, kavanaugh, the left has declared war on all things conservative when it comes to the courts. As chairman of the committee, i have shepherded 220 nominations 135 nominations, judge barrett is on the court, im chairman and i was proud to do it. I have worked with democrats but they seem intent on destroying our nominees and would you vote for judge barretts, yes or no . This next question is for mr. Harrison. Can you tell us whether there should be more than nine judges on the Supreme Court, would you support adding more justices . In terms of this im going to respond to him and then go to your question. What i hate is that you are talking about liberal judges and conservative judges. Why should they be fair and impartial . Waytics is getting in the i thought justices were supposed to be blind, not conservative you can see conservative but you can see liberal . That is why people hate politics. As it relates to packing the court i have been clear on this and i will be clear again. This is the stuff i pushed back on on my own party, we cant do the political expediency thing to do. I have said this on the issue of the filibuster. You you open pandoras box, have to be willing to live with the consequences of opening that box. I believe folks are hungry for r aside andhe d and focus on the right thing. Thats what im going to do as senator. Im always going to fight for what i believe is in the best interest of the state. Im not going to talk about if you are conservative you can do this and you are liberal you can do that, we are not dealing with that. What we are dealing with is, can we build a country where everybody can live the American Dream . Would you support adding what justices . Mr. Harrison i thought i was clear, no, i dont believe i see any reason why we should do that. Sen. Graham let me say this. About judges and mr. Harrison. He uploaded me along with every liberal when i voted for sotomayor and kagan, the only member of the publican Senate Judiciary committee to do so. It you not to be this way. Senator thurman voted for justice ginsburg. She was qualified. Senator holland voted for justice scalia, one of the conservative justices in history, a great man. Senator holland said he was qualified. I felt the same characteristics in sotomayor and kagan. Mr. Harrison, when it was his turn to speak up, he said, bring out the kites, encouraging the filibuster of gorsuch, the first partisan filibuster in the history of the senate led by senator schumer, who has been the worst advocate when it comes for judges. When it came to kavanaugh, who i have known for 20 years, mr. Harrison cheered on the destruction of this good man. He has said publicly, one of the main reasons he got into the race was because of the way i behaved. One of the main reasons im going to get reelected is because i stood up for justice kavanaugh. People in this state are fairminded. We are a bite of centerstage, we dont want a little Supreme Court, no matter what he says tonight. The people in charge of the Democratic Party he is the associate chairman of the national Democratic Party have in mind changing the court to make it liberal. Dont be fooled. Mr. Harrison senator graham, for im a democrat i am a democrat before im a democrat, im a selfcare lien. Before that, im an american. I believe in the constitution, in this entity of the building you work in. When i see that dome lit up at night, i get goosebumps because i know the power that that place has to improve the lives of folks. It can give the American Dream to so many and it has. This is the thing. Justice is supposed to be blind. This is part of the reason we are in the gridlock now and you say you are not part of it but you are. You are a cause of it. You said, this person is qualified, i applaud you, thank you for voting for so tamayo and taken, i would have voted for john roberts because i thought he is a good guy. I dont agree with him on everything, but i would have voted for him. You did not vote for Merrick Garland. He is a good guy, and you voted for him in the past. Why . We are turning to the environments. Experiencinga is some of the effects of Climate Change such as flooding, increase heat and humidity, and extreme weather events and scientists expect those problems to worsen over the coming years. Do you believe humaninduced Climate Change represents an existential threat and if so, would you support phasing out fossil fuel Carbon Emissions and using federal government incentives to transition to Clean Energy Sources . Sen. Graham i believe Climate Change is real, that is why im one of the members of the Climate Solutions caucus. I think the Green New Deal will destroy our economy. This war against oil and gas waged by joe biden and his allies will destroy millions of jobs and make russia and iran stronger. If we get out of those businesses, our enemies become stronger, we become energy dependent again. You dont have to destroy the economy to save the environments. I hope we stay Energy Independent but if we go out of the oil and gas businesses, we are in a world of hurt. Clean energy, taught me in. South carolina could be a winner in the Clean Energy Economy that is going to come, but you have to have india and china in the mix. We are been using Carbon Emissions, good for us, but we have done nothing with india and china, the paris accords give them a pass. I understand the beauty of our states. Im in the Climate Solutions caucus. I have worked to set aside lands across the state for future generations can enjoy it but in the name of saving the environments, im not going to go down the aoc road who supports my opponents come out this radical agenda coming out of the house. If im in the senate, we will work for solutions to help the economy and god knows if democrats get it all we are in trouble. Mr. Harrison i believe the greatest treasure the lord has given us is this green earth and i believe it is our legacy that we pass on to future generations. I have two boys and i want to make sure that i leave this earth better than i inherited. We are on a course to leave it worse. It is not good enough now to just say that you believe Climate Change is real. Folks are tired of the talk. They are looking for action and we need action to save the green earth that we live on. The senator said he is a member of the Climate Solutions caucus that has no solutions. Where is the bail . How are we producing Carbon Emissions . I dont see it. That is the think they do and the senate, they do the press conferences and come back home and there is no solution. Where are the solutions . Here is senator grahams solution, the South Carolina offshore drilling act, lets drill off the shore of South Carolina, lets destroy the environment that we have in South Carolina and the economy. Nobody want to look out their window to see oil rigs off the coast. But our senator is the one waving the flag, here, oil and gas companies, you can drill off our coats. Not on debbie harrisons watch. Sen. Graham i have had a consistent view of South Carolina offshore drilling, South Carolina will decide and nobody else. We have achieved Energy Independence under President Trump, i dont want to go back where there were go backward. I dont want to be depended on middle east folks to supply energy, i dont want to make russia and iran stronger. Protecting the coast, i am for that. On the one who went to president to extend the moratorium that he was planning for florida to include South Carolina. Let me say this. Aoc has endorsed your campaign. She is the author of the Green New Deal. I understand that South Carolina could benefit from clean energy, nuclear power, i proponent of marginal reactors, i am a proponent of wind, solar, not of the Green New Deal and when you look at it, you said, that is something i think i could support, until you understood where South Carolina is at. The one think you can do is trust me not to go down the aoc road. We turn to race and policing. Erupted in, protests response to incidents of alleged Police Brutality and racial inequality. Did you believe systemic racism exists in america and if so, what would you do to start dismantling that system . Mr. Harrison thank you for this. This is a big issue. As a black man who grew up in South Carolina, a place that had seen that has seen its share of racism, i grew up learning about the massacre with three young folks and 28 college students, three lost their lives and 28 where shots because they were protesting and trying to desegregate a bowling alley. I have lived my life with these scars, its historical pain that has been passed on from generation to generation. Familyhave grown up in a of Law Enforcement officers. My grandpa serve in the Detroit Police department for 30 years. Got fbi training, oversaw homicides. I know police are good. But there are some bad apples as well. Part of what we have to do is fix that. We have to bring accountability to the system, root out the bad apples, the people who take this power that we give them, because it is the American People giving them this power, and the abuse it and use it for negative things. We have to change that. We have to establish use of force standards that are national so you know if you are in chicago or charleston, it is the same standard by which that force will be used. There is so much we can do. I applaud tim scott for his legislation but it does not go far enough. Mr. Graham . Sen. Graham this is an important topic. Im a little older than mr. Harrison. I grew up in central South Carolina, the first in my family to go to college. My dad was a world war ii veteran. He started a restaurant, bar. A liquor store on the other side. When i was a kid, after the americans would buy beer to go, i remember asking my parents why was that and they said, that is why it is that is the way it is. That is not the way it is anymore and im glad. Act,ported the first steps working with senator booker to make sure young africanamerican who arelatino men imposed long sentences under three strikes offered by joe biden get a second chance. He scott is a dear friend, has a Police Reform bill that i support. He supports the policy bail, he pelosi bill over tim scotts. Tim scott understands the difference between supporting committees a color and supporting cops, you can and i will and i have. This election does matter. If you want somebody who will be with the cops and this is the hardest time to be a police i will be there for them, but im also for reform. Tim scott got it right, not nancy pelosi. Mr. Harrison again, with Lindsey Graham, it is the nancy pelosi show. Maybe you should call the speaker to be here next to you, because im not nancy pelosi. I dont look like her, i dont believe everything she believes. If you want to debate her, please do that. You have not been telling the truth on all this. You said i was for defunding the police, i dont believe in defunding police. I have two members right now in my family who are serving in the police. Who go in and put their lives on the line every day. You need to be careful with your language. You are supporting defunding the holy spirit the police. Because you have not passed this covid believe bill, we have had to reduce the budget of police. So senator, you need to do better. Graham, we are sticking with police. Police officers are forced to handle many issues, including that of being Mental Health workers, essentially. This is due to decades of deinstitutionalization. Yelling a quarter of people killedi police since by police since 2016 had a Mental Health issue. Sen. Graham you dont take money away from Police Officers, you may plus up Mental Health services. Got to be for that. Senator scott bail was bipartisan. He took the best ideas in the senate and brought them to the floor and Chuck Schumer, the guy who is supporting you, filibustered the bail because they do not want to give any wind to tim scott or President Trump erin the reason we dont have a desperate to jump. Tim scott or President Trump. I believe this bill coming out of the house is a bad deal for South Carolina. It gives 1200 to Illegal Immigrants. That is not the solution. It has money to bail out blue states, not helping businesses in South Carolina. There is not a dime for Small Businesses that need it in South Carolina. When it comes to Police Reform, count me in, more transparency, hiring officers of color, body cameras so we can see what happened. One thing i want to do, i have been a prosecutor, a defense attorney, a military judge, i have been around about enforcement all my life, moveon. Defund thech want to police, he is one of their chosen candidates. Planned parenthood want to defund the police, they are supporting him. Can you tell me how we would just how you would help Police Officers as Mental Health mr. Harrison we put too much on the docket for police. We are asking them to wear too many hats. They cant be a drug treatment person, Mental Health specialist, also do the job of protecting and serving. I believe we need to fund policing in a different manner and plus up in areas so they can get additional assistance when they go to Domestic Abuse situations so they have counselors who can direct folks in the right place. They cant wear all of those hats, that burden is too much. We need to look at how we fund them and make sure there is funding to handle that. Isdont need to say, it Chuck Schumers fault, Nancy Pelosis fault. Sometimes i sit in this debate, this is our second debate, and it reminds me of my son. Last night, he woke up and said something was spooky under his bed. I wonder if Nettie Pelosi is under senator grahams bed because every time, he is talking about her. I know it is halloween, but lets talk about South Carolina and how we can improve the states. If he was serious about senator scotts bill, he is the senate of the judiciary committee, why didnt he bring that bill up . He could have allowed senators, democrats and republicans, to debate that. He didnt do it. If youre serious, dont just talk about it, act on it. He just wants an issue for this campaign. Sen. Graham i am serious about this. Deadly serious. Deadly serious making sure our Police Officers have an ally in senator graham. We waived the bill out of the committee so it could go to the floor so we can expedite its passage. You talk about washington in terms that are good for you but not reality. The reason senator scott bail never got a vote is Chuck Schumer would not let it happen. That was a low point. Here is what we do with mentalhealth issues. Guns,republican, i own 50 but i believe we need a system that if somebody is a danger to themselves or others in Police Interact with them, there is a way to get guns out of the hands able, test ally mentally ill. The guy who shot up a school, they had 30 visit with him and nobody could do anything. I believe in common sense. Lets turn to health care. We are going to dig into the details of each of your plans. You have called for expanding the Affordable Care act by adding a government run Health Insurance option for the public. How much do you anticipate that would cost, how do you plan to pay for it, and why do you believe the federal government to take a larger role . Mr. Harrison i believe in a system because health care is personal. I believe in a system that allows the private option through employers but also a public fullback. Health care is personal to many of us and we see right now how important it was to have some form of public assistance. In a pandemic, when 750 thousand people in South Carolina lost their jobs, 400,000 lost their health care. The question is, what do they do . We are in a pandemic. What do they do . If there is no public option was something that is a safety net . System why we need some that will allow and cover those folks who did not get coverage through their employer. Passed a 1am just trillion tax bill where the bulk of the money went to the largest companies. Top 100 companies in this country did not pay taxes. Thanks to senator graham, that is why they contribute money to his campaign. To pass the needed bill to contribute to his campaign. We need to make the Affordable Care act more robust, and we dont need what senator graham is proposing. I dont want to get into the Graham Cassidy bill now. You wanted to replace the Affordable Care act with a proposal to block grant money to the states to design their own health care programs. Nonpartisan analysts that examined your bill in 2017 found people with preexisting conditions that see a spike in premiums. Millions would lose Health Insurance they have today and Medicaid Enrollment would decrease. How would that help South Carolina . Sen. Graham i dont buy that. Lets talk about Bernie Sanders. Appetizer, thee main meal is bernie care. There is a commercial with mr. Harrison talking to Bernie Sanders and he says, with champions like you, we will be in good shape. Ofnie sanders is in charge health care with aoc and they have in mind to destroy private health care, medicare for all means medicare for nobody. If you have insurance through your employer, it is going to go away if democrats are in charge. Obamacare has been a disaster for South Carolina. Premiums went up 30 in this state. We started with five choices, your down to one. I was on obamacare for a while. It was not a good deal for me. Almost no coverage. What they want to do . I wanted to take the obamacare dollars and send them to South Carolina. Here is the secret about obamacare. Three states, new york, california, massachusetts, at 35 of the money, 22 of the population. Nancy pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren wrote this bill. If we got a fair allocation met a regular if, it would be a 1 billion increase. That is my proposal. Preexisting conditions have to be covered but we can do it differently. Innovation is the key to health care. The money is South Carolina, in control of people you can vote for, not a democrat he never meet. Mr. Harrison this is not fairytale our. You need to be honest. Getdo South Carolina not its fair share of the Affordable Care act . It is because of folks like you who said, we will not allow Medicaid Expansion. That is why we are not getting the money. We would cover 250,000 people in this stage right now if we had the Medicaid Expansion. ,8 other states have said Medicaid Expansion is a good thing, we should do it. You know the reason our hospitals have closing under your watch . Medicaid has not been extended. Thetalk to the head of hospital association, i have talked to him, he said the two reasons, we dont have Medicaid Expansion and we dont have broadband, which is an important component of telehealth. Both of those things come out you have failed to act on. Lets call a spade a spade. We have not under job. You have not done your job. Broadband is important that really important announced the infant mortality rate dropped 2. 4 but Racial Disparities remain. The infant mortality rate remains relatively unchanged along nonwhite women at 11. 2 . That is 2. 4 times higher than the mortality rate of infants born to white women. How would your Health Care Plan improve the Health Outcomes for all south carolinians and andres these Racial Disparities . Replaceham i would obamacare with something better. Telemedicine is important. 5g, highspeed internet. If your kids get go to school and you are doing Distance Learning and dont have internet , you are disadvantaged. Carolinians,h particulate africanamericans, there is doubt when it comes to innovation. Putting money into telemedicine, count me in. Congressman clyburn has a bill. Toave a 10 billion bill to cover upmoney the dead spots. There is a reason these hospitals closed, because obamacare, a 30 increase in premiums and we are down to one choice, Medicaid Expansion. The second largest expense in this country. It is bureaucratic. I dont blame the governor and statehouse for rejecting what 100 federal government for five years, then it goes away. It is not going to be 100 free. We are broke. We have to save medicare and medicaid and reform Social Security. His idea that everything is free, it sounds too good, it is. Taking federal money all the it comes out of your wallets. When it comes to mr. Harrison, there is no limits. How would your health plan improve Health Outcomes for south carolinians . In harrison i grew up orangeburg, i grew up on medicaid. I know the importance of having health care. I would not have had classes in school had not been for medicaid. Would not have done as well as i did if not for that. It is important to understand that everybody does not have the goldplated Health Insurance that Lindsey Graham does. But everybody in this country should have health care. It should be affordable and it should be accessible for all. Two years ago, 14 of our counties had no ob gyns. 46, not oneout of ob gyn in the county. Whatnder our maternal tally rates are high. That happened under Lindsey Grahams watch because he has this monstrosity of a bill that everyone believes is a bad thing. That youys taught me cant beat something with nothing. His bill is nothing. He cameoke and mirrors. Up with the idea in a barbershop with rick santorum. How serious are you in terms of a Health Care Bill . The aarp has condemned his bill because of the age tax. It does not cover people with preexisting conditions. He supports ripping Health Care Away from millions of americans with this case in front of the Supreme Courts. We will do better once we have better leadership. Your response . Sen. Graham if you dont like the way obamacare is set up, we are not getting our fair share, who wrote it . Nancy pelosi about it. The three states that get the most money happened to be california, new york, massachusetts. Im trying to get a better deal for us. Obamacare is appetizer, Bernie Sanders is in charge, his champion. Socialized medicine is one vote away. Control of the senate is on the ballots. If they get control of the house, synods, and white house, your health care will go away. We will be under the government banner of socialized medicine. You will have less toys and the quality will go down. My goal is to help people who are struggling, i dont need a lecture, i lost my parents 15 months apart, i know what is the like to wake up and have your life doing to be ready the answer is not to have your life the wind life ruined. Harrison, the fbi director said that the greatest threats we face in the homeland is that posed by loan actors radicalize online would to attack soft targets with easily accessible weapons. The fbi disrupted a plot to kidnap michigans governor and there were plans to do the same to our own governor. What you believe is fueling this and how do you combat such terrorism . This stuff is hard. It is personal to many of us. Ago, five years ago, we remember what happened in mother emmanuel. Friend. Good i remember the call clearly. Me up at night and says, there was a shooting at the church and we have not heard back from him. Wifeember praying with my that everything was ok. Then i got another call saying clem was in the church that had been shut up. We were devastated as a community, i was devastated as an individual. Fastforward, that young man got that gun because of a loophole. The charleston loophole. Jim clyburn, Joe Cunningham passed legislation, bipartisan legislation, and not much passes bipartisan these days. That bill is sitting in the senate. You know whos desk it is sitting on . The chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee. He lost nine lives and the families are still in South Carolina. The question is, who do you represent . Do you represent the people in South Carolina or do you represent the special interests outside of the state . What do you believe is doing this and how do you combat such terrorism . Sen. Graham the first thing you need to understand about being a senator is you need to understand all the threats we face. This is one. The fbi could you have balls on the books. Laws on the books. People who have been adjudicated a danger to themselves or others are not able to buy a gun, put them in the background system so they pop up. We need to do better but not a national gun but history. One thing i wanted to know is you may be tired of talking about radical islam, we have been in this campaign and only has asked about national security. Got me in for common sense red flag laws. Kathy in for expanding background checks, count me in for expanding background checks and going after racist groups. I have been to iraq and afghanistan 56 times, i never heard you say anything about what is going on in the world when it comes to our military. The budget cuts under obama decimated our military. Donald trump has rebuilt our military, he has destroyed the caliphate. We are safer but still at risk. Radical islam is on the march. The next president , and i hope it is donald trump, needs to understand the threat we face. What joe biden did hurt us but as long as i go senator, i will never take the eye off the ball. Mr. Harrison im sure you are aware of general Stanley Mcchrystal who was our commander under both president bush and president obama. Our commander in afghanistan. Im proud to announce that i have the endorsement of general mcchrystal and i know you know him well because he believes that our better days are hot of us are ahead of us and we need someone who not only understands peace, but understands how precious our forces are. Im going to get back to the issue at hand as it relates to the guns as well. , nobody isn is asking for you to vote for the charleston loophole bill, but the indifference to our citizens who lost their lives, why dont you bring the bill up for a debate and consideration in the committee . You are the chairman. The most powerful person on the issue of judicial issues. Your constituents lost their lives. About the weight each of you have conducted your campaigns. After the confirmation hearings that you said would not have been two years ago before an election, you did an interview with reporters in the halls of a Congressional Office building and asked you where to donate to garvey election campaign. The former debbie counsel said defy rules. You repeatedly referenced the campaign during those hearings. Do you believe you have youth your platform as chairman of the committee to unfairly benefits your Reelection Campaign . Sen. Graham not at all. I believe that the Senate Judiciary hearings where ,ellrun, they were respectful although the public and incumbents were mentioned by my democratic colleague. Myself onoke, i pride taking my job seriously. I have had my words cuts. I had been accused of supporting segregation because they took a line and stuffed it. I have been accused of things im not. What is going on in this campaign, it started hopeful, now it is desperate. Tv urging an ad on people to vote for dr. Calypso. Why . You know if conservatives vote for me, you are going to lose. This is the most deceptive ad i have seen in South Carolina. The doctor is supporting me, he wrote you a letter said quit using his image. You and your liberal allies to drive both to him there at a vote for the doctor is a conservative vote that helps jamie harrison. I dont need a lecture about ethics, i dont need a lecture about how to bun a campaign. I have done this for a while. This effort by mr. Harrison to treat conservatives trick conservatives into voting against conservatism will not work. This is going to be rejected. Mr. Harrison, you have accused senator harris and up playing political games, accusednator graham senator graham of playing political games. The doctor has dropped out and supported senator graham. I you not playing political games with those ads . Mr. Harrison not at all. He has not officially withdrawn his name. Ask him. Know what Lindsey Graham said in terms of using his words against him. We know his word does not mean much. I dont know what the doctors word means but i can guarantee if he got more votes than you and more votes then b, he will be on a plane going to washington, d. C. At the next senator. Candidate toas a let folks know where folks stand in terms of who is on the ballots. You can vote tomorrow in south , first is the doctor, then Lindsey Graham, then jamie harrison. The doctor is more conservative than Lindsey Graham. I want folks to vote for me. Let me tell you this, but for jamie harrison, dont vote for Lindsey Graham, dont vote for the doctor, but for jamie harrison. Im trying to build a bridge to the future. Our graham if this is future, god help us all. [cross talk] sen. Graham it is nancy pelosi and Hillary Clinton are your political mentors, you are probably not conservative. They understand that if bernie is a champion, you are not conservative. What conservatives need to understand, this matters, the control of the senate is on the ballot. Mr. Harrison is playing a game with the ballots. The doctor is technically on the ballots, but he has asked his supporters to vote for me because he wants conservative judges. He has never answered the question, would he vote for justice barretts, one of the most qualified women to be nominated in the history of the Supreme Courts. He opposed cavanaugh and gorsuch. God be with him when it comes to the big stuff. I think it is one of the most radical agendas coming out of Nancy Pelosis house. If republicans keep the senate, im the budget chairman, if democrats take it, Bernie Sanders is the chairman. This stuff matters. Dont be fooled. If nancy pelosi is on the drinking game tonight, get a designated driver. You are the man who said, use my words against me. You have constantly lied to the people in South Carolina. You like about term limits. You have lied about the Supreme Courts. We are coming up on time. A quick question to end this on a bright note. I will give you 45 seconds a piece. We live in divided times. Before we leave, can you tell us something positive about your candidate and likewise, senator graham, 45 seconds. Have greatn i did admiration for senator graham because i believe he was someone who could rise above the political fray. Senator graham, i appreciate your work you have done on behalf of South Carolina in the past. I dont agree with you now, but i do appreciate you on that. Closing let me say this. Recently, i went to vote with my son. That was emotional for me. Ive named my first son after my grandfather. My grandfather could not always vote in South Carolina. We have made great progress as a nation. We have lived up to South Carolinas motto, but there is so much more we need to do. Proud of this moment. Im proud of the kids that i see coming to our events, smiling and inspired by this campaign. Regardless of what happens on tuesday, i have already one. Conversely clyburn he is very smart. He comes from difficult circumstances and you have made your life a success. The difference is not personal. It is about where we will take the country and the states. That as associate chairman, the Democratic National committee, you buy into what they are doing. I think you are in a ticketed spokesman for their cause but South Carolina is not where you want to take it. We dont want Chuck Schumer running the Senate Whether you agree with him or not, they are going to pack the courts. We want to judge barrett, you want to tell us. That is the kind of judges we want in South Carolina. We are coming up on time. Sen. Graham it is not personal between us, it is about you and your family. Thank you all for watching with three days left until election day on november 3 when Voters Decide who will control congress and occupy the white house next year, stay with cspan. Watch campaign 2020 coverage every day on cspan. Stream or ondemand at cspan. Org, or listen on the cspan radio app. Your place for an unfiltered view of politics. Cspans washington journal. 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