we re going to make america great again. i love you. thank you. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 45th president of the united states of america, donald j. trump! and i m proud to be an american where at least i know i m free and i won t forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today yes, that actually did happen last night in tampa, florida. but unlike the lyrics to that lee greenwood song, trump did not gladly stand up to defend the country on january 6. he sat as the testimony was laid out watching television for 187 minutes while the insurrection unfolded and even last night he wasn t letting go of his big election lies. if i stayed home, if i announced i was not going to run for office, the persecution of donald trump would immediately stop. we know that. everybody knows that. but that s what they want me to do. and you know what, there s no chance i do that. there s just no chan