Report on MAGA rally, El Paso
Delayed start, warm-up music: Stones “Time is on my side”, Elton’s “Candle”, “Simply the Best”, Stones “Sympathy” (cut-off?), and the lead-in “Proud to be an American.” Lotsa red hats, MAGA and USA. Flippable signs: Build the Wall/Finish theWall. A T-shirt read “It’s a human life not a choice.”
He said this wasn’t a SOTU, Texans expected more. T’was red-meat tonight.
The D’s colluded with Russia and the MSM. “And they know it.” He took a shot at the “fact-checkers.”
“They are coming for your money. They are coming for your freedom.” “They” being “the far left, I call them the radical left.”
He noted the value of the shut-down, it exposed the issues at the border. He promoted merit-based immigration. “Chain migration, that’s another beauty.”
“Walls are not immoral. Child trafficking is immoral. Drug smuggling is immoral. Sanctuary cities are immoral.” “A wall would pay for itself in a matter of weeks.”
Obstruction is the delay in confirmations. Tariffs are leading to (re)negotiations. He took a shot at the WTO.
A message for the world: “America will never be a socialist country.”
“We will always be born free. We will always live free. We will always die free.”
“We believe in the dignity of work, the sanctity of life.”
“We are never going to change this: In God we trust.”
And, of course, he wouldn’t forget the Alamo. “Facing a foreign army, with one cannon, they declared, ‘Come and take it.’ Here we make our stand.”
“We will make America wealthy again. We will make America strong again. We will make America safe again. And we will MAGA.”
END cue “You can’t always get what you want”
It was difficult watching and taking notes. I got distracted cheering and toasting, mea culpa. He hit on the Green New Deal. He spent some time on infanticide. He likes Xi but slammed China’s trade policies. NK is still under sanctions but we got our people back, we’re getting the war remains back. He mocked Beto. I should have watched it again before reporting, but decided to make another drink and try to read my notes.
I recommend watching. He was primed.
>> He likes Xi but slammed China’s trade policies.
When POTUS talks about other world leaders, I listen to it with the idea in mind that POTUS looks out for our interests and other leaders look out for their countries’ interests instead of globalists scratching each other’s backs and looking out only for the interests of the global elite.
I believe that is one of his subtexts when he praises other world leaders.
That was at Gonzales, not at the Alamo. GONZALES COME AND TAKE IT CANNON
Now what could that seeming faux pas actually mean?
Still happened at Gonzalez.
Great notes on the rally speech. I also like your liquid note-taking methodology!