What an honor to be with you today. It is so great to be with you. Thank you for being true patriots and loving america. You had met me before and you know my background and history. I am a farmer, ranger from south dakota who is blessed to be the 33rd governor of the great state of south dakota. [applause] i was raised by a family who worked very hard. They solved problems, believed in personal responsibility and not waiting for the government to be the answer. I love the outdoors. Most of the time working in the dirt and being comfortable in my jeans and wearing of all caps. As governor, my hours are often filled with something different. I am here today to let you know 2024 should not be a year where we get hung up on dirty politics. Where one disagreement were picking our leaders on how long theyve been in the senate or how many speeches they give each year. The choice is clear. Two kinds of people in this country right now. There are people who love america and there are those who hate america. [applause] those who hate america working every day to destroy it. Joe biden is destroying america and taking away your freedom. We cant just sit around complaining about it anymore. We need to do more. I was recently asked an interesting question by group at a chance to speak to cut a Leadership Class and they asked me a question from the audience is said, governor, how do you make your hard decisions . I thought, you know what . It is not hard. It is easy because i know the foundation i need to start from with every single decision i make as governor. I told them a little how when i first started to run for governor of our state it was clear it was going to be a different race than i had ever run before. It was showing up in my pole and it was going to be an issue i was a woman. South dakota has seen women lead before a business and state legislature and congress that we had never had a female governor before. We never had a woman as a ceo of our state. I had spent my entire life in a mans world. My dad was my best friend. I was usually one of the very few women driving semis hauling grain, serving and leadership in our state legislature, even during my time in congress i was one of just a couple of women on the Leadership Team making decisions on policy. It was normal for me to be one of the few women in the world in the room and nothing out of the ordinary. I remember the day i was being sworn in to office as the first female governor of south dakota. Much of that ceremony that day was dedicated to the historical nature of that event. I was being sworn in to office on the 100th anniversary of women getting the right to vote in our state for the first time. [applause] as the ceremony went on and the speakers continued to point out the significance of this anniversary and me taking the oath of office, started to hit me. For the first time i thought, wow, this is kind of a big deal. I looked around the Capitol Rotunda and saw it filled with hundreds of people. For the first time i started to notice all of the little girls and the women. I realized this was going to be a part of history. They were getting to see someone who looked like them take on a different role. For the first time i started to get nervous. I thought, i better not screw this up. As i sat to be sworn in by our chief justice, placed my hand on my dads bible and raised my right hand, i realized i was only making two promises. I was promising to uphold the constitution of the great state of south dakota and uphold the constitution of the United States of america. Two promises. I can do that. From that moment on, every decision i make starts with asking the question, is this constitutional . Do i have the authority as governor . What authority do i not have . What is the responsibility of the people . I think you all know little bit about the decisions ive made. The last several years we saw government leaders in other states use fear to control people, promote their agenda of socialism and control. That has not been our story in south dakota. They took away in other places peoples freedom of assembly. They took away their freedom of religion and freedom of speech. But now they are threatening our states right to protect our people. I was only governor in this country that never once closed a single business. [applause] i never mandated anything from my people, never told anyone they could not go to church. We were the only stager turned on the elevated Unemployment Benefits because our people wanted to work. We trusted each other and got three challenges together. We are stronger because of it. Today south dakota is thriving. Because of the decisions we have made, we broke the record for the lowest state Unemployment Rate in the history of america at 1. 8 percent. [applause] we have unprecedented population growth, historic revenues, aaa credit rating, fully funded pension system, and paid off debt. We were the first state to eliminate fees for concealed carry permits and we will even pay for your federal background check. [applause] when the federal government tried to push the Central Bank Digital currency, we were the first state in the nation to veto that and say no way, not here. [applause] we have built roads, bridges, dams, and even a railroad. Who built railroads anymore . We do. We put high state internet across the entire state. We have the highest birthrate rate in the nation. People are having babies. I love it. We do not have an income tax. We have no personal property tax. Last year we pass the largest tax cut in our States History by lowering our sales tax to 4. 2 . We are one of the few states with Mental Health challenges going down. We have the lowest drop in overdoses the last couple of years as well. What does this say . This says our people are happier. They are happier because they are free. Leadership matters. Im just going to say it, joe biden and kamala harris, they suck. [applause] to be honest with you, we should not look to congress for the answers, either. The gridlock on capitol hill is not going to break in time to save americas. We need a president who will. 50 is believed in support affect our next president needs to be President Trump. We have incredible cash two years ago, i was at the southern border. I was the first governor to Deploy National Guard troops down to the southern border to protect our country. Other states are following our lead and sending their National Guard as well. Innovation of our country is happening. Our border is a an invasion in our country is happening. Our border is a war zone. I was alarmed recently to hear democrats encouraging biden to federalize the National Guard under title x to take them away from the control of governors and take away my ability to be their commanderinchief of the National Guard. I recognized them easily the danger in the threat. If the president took that action to remove me as commanderinchief of my south dakota National Guard, it would be the first time in American History that a president paid soldiers to stand down, to not protect our country. I went to the board at the next day. I offered to bring razor wire so texas would know south dakota stands with them and i would and i wanted them to know we will defend our states rights to protect our people, protect them from a corrupt federal government. When i came home, i gave a joint address to my legislative session and that very day, our state Legislature Passed a resolution in support of securing our border and standing with texas. South dakota was the very First State Legislature in this nation to take such an aggressive action and i am so proud of them for doing that. [applause] this week, i announced we will Deploy National Guard soldiers to the border for the fifth time. This time they will be constructing a wall, a barrier [applause] a barrier to keep those who want to come to this country illegally out and to stop them from trafficking drugs, from proliferating sex trafficking over women and children and stop the human the inhumanity of joe biden for policy. My people are affected by the open border every day. I will do all i can in south dakota to bring back peace and stability where joe biden has brought destruction and death. We note that china is taking advantage of the situation. They are funneling men and women enter our country and many dangerous criminals and terrorism other countries who hate us are making their way here, too. Some countries are renting out their prisons and Mental Health institutions to send their responsibility to us to handle. These countries are infiltrating us to destroy us and they are doing it from the inside. I saw this coming. I was the first governor in the country to ban tiktok for State Government devices. [applause] i know how china is using that to collect our data, spy and manipulate our opinions and our ideas. Since then, dozens of states and even the federal government followed my lead and took action. Apparently, joe biden gets a pass for his campaign but whatever, joe. We need to face the fact joe biden is not fit to be president and kamala is no backup plan. They have facilitated communist policies, socialist programs into our american democracy. It is not the governments job to simply do everything for people. It is the job of the government to empower people to do things for themselves. [applause] we have a clear choice i was one of the first people to endorse donald j. Trump to be our next president. Last year, when everyone was asking me if i was going to consider running for president , i said no, why would you run for president if you cant win . [laughter] i didnt say that to be nice. I said it because it was a fact. No one we knew could be donald j. Trump. Weve known that for over a year that hes the only person who has the support to be the republican nominee. [applause] why did all these other people in and candidates get into the race . For themselves . For personal benefit . For a spotlight for a period of time . It did not and it does not strengthen her country if conservatives are not united enough to recognize we need to win. We need a fighter. We need someone who doesnt give up, who has never quit on us so dont you quit on him. President trump [applause] President Trump, he broke politics in 2016. He just did. I think thats a good thing. Because he is real. He is not perfect, none of us are but he cares about you. What i love about him the most is he doesnt think hes better than you. Luckily, we are not going back to the good old days of the romneys and the cheneys [applause] the Republican Party is much bigger than that now. We are filled with bluecollar workers, many cultures, perspectives and viewpoints. But most importantly, we all love america and we realize what a gift this country is. This country is the greatest experiment in humankind. If we lose it on our watch, where will we go . Where is there another country that is better or offers us more opportunity . It just doesnt exist. For me, there is no going back. I am all in. And you need to be, too. [applause] we need to look for our leaders outside of the swamp. Nobody turns to d. C. For the solutions. Nothing meaningful gets accomplished here. Governors have had to leave and i have seen governors make bad decisions in devon eight their states and we have governors that did the right thing. For me personally, i put my foot on the gas and promoted freedom, personal responsibility and our constitution. Today, south dakota and are happy. They are making decisions for the jones education and pursuing the american dream. There is a famous quote from Margaret Thatcher where she said god needs no faint hearts for his investors. With your help, we can always do more. If america wants to be great again, i suggest you take a look at south dakota and see all that we have achieved and then vote for President Trump. [applause] i want to thank you for your dedication to freedom. You are inspirational. I want you to leave here and go be hopeful and be happy. May god bless you and may god bless the United States of america. [applause] thank you. [indiscernible] our families are being crushed [indiscernible] we are standing we are fighting back. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] america is exactly on track. Moms for america is going to be a part of the issue. We are honored to join moms for america [indiscernible] with a National Network of over half a million voters, moms for america is one of the Fastest Growing movements in the country. [indiscernible] we are the change. No matter what, no matter where, and matter how difficult the obstacles are facing us and our families, we will not give up and we [indiscernible] thank you again for joining us at cpac 2024. If you have questions, look for the blue tshirt and they will come to you right away. We hope you have a great time at this years conference. [indiscernible] ladies and gentlemen, this is what you are talking about, willis. Please welcome the chairman of the u. S. House committee, jim jordan and cpac chairman matt schlab. Hey guys. I get to ask chairman jim jordan questions. Hes usually the one. Lets start off with whats on a lot of peoples minds. Does he not understand we can still be friends . But the love is over . Does nikki haley not get what we are saying . [laughter] i didnt know that was going to be a question. President trump will be our nominee and i think he will win. He is the one per person in my lifetime who did more of what he said he would do than any president have ever seen. I love the line we talk about the weapon they sent government but look at President Trump and the escalation that the left and the government have taken going after this guy. It started with his campaign and it was the muller investigation and then impeachment and then a raid on his home and then it the 14th amendment. He has two state cases and two federal cases and all the indictments, its gotten ridiculous but he has a great line he says they are coming after me because inviting for you and that is so true. Thats why i appreciate President Trump. Lets get behind President Trump. [applause] he actually changed it. When we were in iowa, we had this nice rally which was 20 degrees but he change the line and said they are coming after my freedom because im fighting for yours. I told him i said i like that even better because it is so true and so accurate, what we see with the federal government and these agencies are what they are doing to we the people and he is fighting for us. Lets get behind him and make sure he wins in november. Im not sure of Jimmy Kimmel Live understood what the title of this conversation is. What are you talking about, willis . Did she get back to you today . Not yet. Is she supposed to get back to you today . Did you hear from her boyfriend . [laughter] i said, fani willis and nathan wade. We havent heard back from her yet we will see what we get from her but there is a whistleblower in her office who we have talked to on her committee staff. [applause] the whistleblower i think she is like four foot 11 but Bonnie Willis had Police Escort her out when she fired his lady because this lady raise the concern that ms. Willis was not spending federal funds, not following the rules of the grant dollars in the appropriate manner. She raised this concern and is now talking with our office. We will see where that goes and thats why we subpoenaed for records and documents related to this. We will see what we get. She was also interesting. Instead of accepting service on the subpoena, she met us at the u. S. Marshals. We had correspondence back and forth and she made the u. S. Marshals take the subpoena there. Go figure, this is fani willis and we also her at it and we also her attitude on display. I thought it was a skit but an act we was reallife. It was real. We sent out a tweet that said we didnt invite fani willis to cpac but there is a bonnie sandwich with a chaser of grey goose vodka. If you have enough cash in your pocket. The comedy routine from this coming out today, thats awesome. [laughter] its been a long year. We appreciate what you do them we appreciate what cpac is meant for conservative principles for a long, long time. [applause] thanks a lot. You are a hero to a lot of us for a lot of reasons. You have 100 rating in our scorecard, youve had positions of importance and big titles and you always do the right thing and you always vote right. How come you dont wander off and get potomac fever like everone else gets . Because youre not a senator . Because there is lots of good senators. I appreciate that. I say this all the time, i think we make the job too complicated. Youre in Public Office and its really your objective which is basic. What did you tell the voters you were going to do when you ran for the office . If they elect you, do what you said. Go fight for the things you told them. Thats how this compact works between the elected officials and the people we get the privilege of representing. I try to remember that when i think about the people in North Central ohio in the fourth district. Anybody here from ohio . There we go. The room is pretty full. I wonder why. I think you are like. D. Mercy and i work for President Trump and the white house and we worked in the Bush White House which is another story to the white House Counsel is one of the most important jobs in that white house. Whenever you are the white House Counsel come if you work for a republican, everyone knows who you are in their stories constantly about the legal turmoil about every republican preside