Well now show you tonights entire event. Truths to beese selfevident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed with their creator certain unalienable rights. Among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of y. Without liberty, there is no happiness. Without equality, there is no opportunity. America has strived since its founding to promote equality under the law, to correct injustices, and to ensure opportunity for all. It is a work in progress, not always perfect. Some look at American Opportunity and see only problems. They want equal outcome, not equal opportunities. They criticize without solutions , demand wealth without work. Historicalare failures evidenced by tyranny and poverty, a prevailing darkness in every country that it has been tried. Inspired by dream, American Opportunity, is the engine of entrepreneurship. With theration greatest intentions, the highest achievements, establishing a none,y of life second to finding jobs, creating futures, fulfilling dreams. Deservesa, opportunity individual freedom. It leads to exceptionalism. It is a bright, shining light, an example for all to see. Tonight, we explore together america. Land of opportunity. From washington, d. C. , welcome to the 2020 Republican National committee and. Tonight, celebrating america as the land of opportunity. I am going to invite you to join your faith with mine and lets pray in agreement. Lord, we come before you to ask for your spirit of peace, to come over hurting communities in wisconsin tonight. We pray for healing and comfort to jacob blake and his family. We pray for your protection over those who put their lives in harms way, to bring safety and security to our streets. We pray that the truth and justice will be at the heart of all decisions that are made by our leaders. People willas a seek reconciliation with you as we do the same with each other. Thank you, lord, for your goodness over our lives, for your blessing over our nation, for your guiding hand over every person that calls the United States of america their home. Lord, we thank you for all that have gone before us and have sacrificed for our freedom, for our prosperity, and for our peace. Those that gave their lives so that we could live and achieve the American Dream. Declared in second corinthians, the spirit of the lord is where there is freedom. This country was founded by the liberty,r their god, freedom, equality. It is what we want in our country. Lord, we invite you into our. Omes, into our lives give us revelations that will overthrow enemies that stand against us so that we will be victorious in this next season. We need you. Let your kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. We surrender to your plans and purpose for our lives. We ask, bring heaven down to earth over every person here and all those watching today, as we move into this next chapter in our journey to greatness, we ask for your presence to be with us. Lead us, lord. Give us strategies from heaven. I decree the words of isaiah 11 2 over our president , Vice President , and all government authorities from every state in our nation. May the spirit of the lord rest on him. The spirit of wisdom and understanding. The spirit of counsel and might. The spirit of knowledge in the fear of the lord. I release a blessing over every person and every home. Lord, release health, healing, peace, strength, and courage. Let us stand together in unity as we embrace another chapter on our journey to greatness. America,and declare the best has yet to come. And i ask all this in the name of jesus. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which is dans, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I am the Vice President of the navajo nation. I give this address from the majestic rock spires of shiprock, rock with rings. It is here as well that many of our ancestral leaders sought to govern and lead the nation within a nation. They sought to lead their people into the promises of a better way of life for their childrens children. It is also where they have not been as successful as the rest of america. Our First Nations people, the host people of the land, we are still here. Our creator placed us here and knew we would have an opportunity for an appeal to heaven. Our people have never been invited into the American Dream. Battlest congressional with past congressman and senators that were part of a broken system that ignored us. That is until President Trump took office. President trump delivered the largest Financial Funding package ever to Indian Country. The 8 billion in cares act funding to Indian Country was a great start in alleviating the devastating effects that the covid19 pandemic has inflicted on our indian tribes. Thenavajo nation once led nation in cases because of the Health Disparities that previous administrations failed to improve. Whenever we meet with President Trump, he has always made it a priority to repair the relationship with our federal family. Recently, President Trump signed the first ever president ial proclamation officially recognizing missing and murdered American Indians and alaska natives. He established a task force to address the problem. The president provided 273 million to improve Public Safety and support victims of crime in the native american community. As a result, the Cold Case Office was recently opened. The president has reactivated the White House Council on native American Affairs to promote Economic Development and prosperity in Indian Country. President trump also strengthened the Supreme Court by nominating strong conservative judges like neil gorsuch, who supports native american rights. Thank you for the opportunity to be here tonight. I am excited to endorse President Trumps reelection. Mr. President , we look forward to hosting you very soon. Come visit our land. Thank you very much. I had always had this unshakable sense that i know that i know that life has to be more than what it was i have been living. Very first felony at 16tion conviction years old and that kind of behavior led me to more and more arrests, getting into trouble. I was arrested for a string of bank robberies, and based off of my, history, there is a potential that a federal judge could sentence me up to 23 years in a maximum security and attention area. In that moment, i got to climb into the robes of that judge. Im going to invest the rest of my life serving you. I stood before that federal judge. He took his glasses off and said i dont know why im going to do this, but he said im not going to give you what you deserve. And he gave me a lesser sentence. That, i heard god utter into my spirit, my son, i honored what you asked me to do. Promisenever forget the that you made to me. Ever since that day, i got up my life wentr, and in a 180 degree turn in the other direction. Pres. Trump i shook my head. I said you are destined for bigger things than prison. I was in fbi special agent for 25. 5 years. It was something about his demeanor. I had this feeling like everything is going to be ok. When he got out, he gave me a call and said lets have lunch. I met him at mcdonalds and he has got a bible with him. I have seen before where guys used a bible as a prop. It took me 30 seconds to understand he was a changed guy from the man i arrested several years before. When i saw the way he treated me fairly, you know, i saw the man behind the suit. I started thinking, man, if it were not for me, how can i multiply that and get more Law Enforcement officers involved so we can impact this on a larger scale . President trump, he had made a bunch of promises. Let me be transparent. When he first started talking about the things he would do, im sitting here going, wait a minute. Everything here is saying that he wanted to do was stuff that needs to be done. Before he walked out of that meeting that day, i promised i would make it out there to come speak at one of your graduations. I heard they were phenomenal. When he stood there in that graduation, and he went out of his way to shake the hand of every one of those 29 graduates, it set them on a whole other vista of life because they had the office of the president of the United States, the promises that he made were promises that he kept. Two years ago, i was honored to tell his story of transformation in the rose garden on the national day of prayer. Today, i am thrilled to welcome him back to the white house. Johns life is a beautiful testament to the power of redemption. John grew up without his father. As he tells it, my mother was strong, but she was not able to keep us out of the gangs and off of the streets, and they were violent streets. At the age of 38, he was arrested for bank robbery. While john was in prison, he began reading the bible and listening to christian radio. Heard reverend billy graham on the radio proclaim jesus have to be lord of your life. On that day, john dedicated his life to christ. He spent the rest of his time in prison, studying the bible. When he was released, he heard a knock at his door. It was the officer who put him in jail. Youard beasley said i want to know that i have been praying for you. Richard and john are best friends and we are grateful richard is here with us today. The mosteated one of successful Reentry Programs, hope for prisoners in las vegas. Hope for prisoners is a movement that began as a dream. It is making a difference in the lives of thousands, truly bringing hope that there is an opportunity and a community that is waiting and willing to offer them a second chance. Devotion toor your show returning citizens they are not forgotten. Each person is made by god for a purpose. I will continue to give all americans, including former inmate, the best chance to build a new life and achieve their own American Dream, and a Great American dream is. Now, i would like to ask john and richard to say a few words. Cannot tell you how grateful i am to have the opportunity to speak to you today. Life wasng ago, my running from the police, fearing the police, and avoiding the police, not because of anything the police have done to me personally, but due to the animosity i had allowed to grow inside of me, making me believe that they were my enemy. But today, praise god, i am still with hope. A proud american citizen who has been given a second chance. My transformation began in a prison cell where i found myself a threetime convicted felon facing yet another sentence. I gave my life to jesus and made him a promise that i would spend the rest of my days helping others like me. My first help and support came from the unlikeliest of places, the fbi agent who arrested me, richard beasley. He is now a dear friend and has been a source of encouragement to me throughout my entire journey. I am grateful for the men and women of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police department who volunteered their time to people who are returning to our local communitys after incarceration. These are the real life heroes who put their lives on the line every day, armed with the promise they made to protect and to serve, have made a tremendous impact in the lives of men and women we are integrating back into our society. My hope for america is that formerly incarcerated people will be afforded the opportunity to take advantage of the fact that we live in a nation of second chances. My hope for america is that Law Enforcement and people in the communities across our country can come together and realize that as americans, we have more in common than we have differences. My hope for our great nation is to continue on this path we are on of being the most prosperous country in the world. I am so proud of john with his life turnaround and all the lives he has helped to change. It may be hard to believe that as a retired fbi agent, one of my best friends is a person i arrested for bank robbery. When i met him, he was angry, scared, frustrated, and anxious about his future. On the drive to prison, i stopped at a Convenience Store and bought him a coffee and doughnut. After he was sentenced, he sent me a necktie and a note, thanking me for treating him like a gentleman. Five years later, when he got out of prison, he called me and wanted to meet for lunch. He was a different man. He talked about starting a Reentry Program for men and women coming out of prison. Over time, he earned the trust and respect of the Law Enforcement community, many of whom volunteered in his hope for prisoners program. I am grateful for President Trumps commitment to criminal justice reform. This year, he was the guest speaker of the graduation. He stayed much longer than scheduled to hand out diplomas to the 29 men and women who graduated that day. What a sight. The most important man in the free world shaking hands and pledging his administrations support to exoffenders. The families were there, the community was there. What a great second chance. I also appreciate President Trumps support from enforcement. I always felt like i had strong support as an fbi agent but there is nothing worse than knowing you are being secondguessed when you are doing your job. In certain parts of our country right now, Law Enforcement does not like they have support from their local leaders. They are being painted with a broad brush, unfairly, with calls for defunding. As President Trump knows, the overblown percentage of Law Enforcement offices are good, smart people are doing their jobs very well and they can change the world working with people like john. Thank you. Pres. Trump now, i would like to invite johns wife, jamie, to join us as a grant john im not sure you know this a full pardon. I dont know if you know that, jamie. Come on over here. This is just an honor. You have done incredible work. Thank you, sir. Pres. Trump all of las vegas, all of nevada, all of everyplace in this country is very proud of you, the job you have done bringing people back here. I stayed for one hour. It was so interesting. Congratulations to you both. Thank you very much for the job you do. Thank you. Ok. Pres. Trump i think i will give it to jamie. What do you think . [laughter] [applause] good evening. I am senator rand paul from kentucky. Donald trump and i met many years ago before he was running for anything. When i first met him, i recall being struck by how downtoearth he was. He seemed like a normal guy. His ownnormal guy with plane and helicopter. I was planning a trip to guatemala to perform charity eye surgeries. We needed money to fund the trip. Donald trump offered to help and immediately came through for us. Not only did he support my medical mission to guatemala but he also contributed to another mission trip to haiti a year later. We performed hundreds of cataract surgeries in both countries. Nothing is more amazing than removing the bandages from a persons eyes and watching them as they see their loved ones again. Donald trump helped me make that happen. A few years later, we were opponents both running for president and we all know how that turned out. I am proud of the job donald trump has done as president. I dont always agree with him. There are occasional policy issues that are far outweighed by significant agreements. More important is accomplishment. President trump gets things done. Some in congress wanting a socalled revenue neutral tax plan. Donald trump and i worked together to make sure that it was a true tax cut. Forought president an idea better, less Expensive Health insurance, called Association Health plans. Donald trump overturned years of red tape and bureaucrats, and he made it happen. While others talked about criminal justice reform, signednt trump actually the first step back. The first real reform in a generation. And one that sought to undo the harm that others, like joe biden, have done. For those of us who lament the biden crime bill that locked up a generation of young black men, remember, biden bragged about a bill that still wreaks havoc among people of color. Trumpupporting president because he believes, as i do, that a Strong America cannot fight endless wars. We must not continue to leave our blood and treasure in middle east quagmires. I flew with him to Dover Air Force base to honor two soldiers whose remains are coming home from afghanistan. I will never forget that evening. I can tell you the president not only felt the pain of these families but that a president is committed to ending this war. President trump is the first president in a generation to seek to end the war rather than start one. He intends to end the war in afghanistan. Hes bringing our men and women home. Wrote, no nation can preserve its freedom in the midst of continuous warfare. I am proud to finally see a president who agrees with that. Compare President Trump with the disastrous record of joe biden, who has consistently called for more war. Joe biden voted for the iraq war , which President Trump has long called the worst geopolitical mistake of our generation. I fear biden will choose war again. He supported the war in serbia, syria, libya. Joe biden will continue to spill our blood and treasure. President