Subject: travel pool report 5
WiFi was extremely unreliable for me, so here are some key bits of the speech, with thanks for help from Eliana Johnson @Politico. For full remarks please see the transcript that will come from the White House.
The first lady came on first, speaking for less than three minutes.
Key quotes from Melania Trump:
“As first lady, much of my focus has been on addressing the terrible toll.”
“I have seen first hand boththe medical and the personal results of this crisis.”
“Replace the bond of addiction with the bond of love.”
“My husband is here today because he cares deeply about what you are doing to help the millions of Americans affected by the opioid epidemic.”
Then she introduced President Trump who came on stage to his MAGA campaign rally intro song “God Bless the USA.”
Key quotes from Trump:
“Today I’m honored to join the thousands of leaders, that’s what you are — leaders.”
“Everyone here today is united by the same vital goal: to liberate our fellow Americans from the grip of drug addiction and to end the opioid crisis once and for all.”
“We will never stop until our job is done”
“we’re making tremendous progress.”
I think this page belongs to Isaiah J Peoples’s brother.
his message “Life is never gonna be the same now”
but other messages are about cops stopping them etc.