Donald Trump in Speeches at 2015=2016 Values Voters Summit
On Civil Rights:
Minorities in disaster cities: what do you have to lose?
I have outlined a new civil rights agenda for our time--the right to a safe community, a great education and a secure job. And I say to African-American parents, I say to Hispanic American parents--and I say it with great respect--our inner cities are a
disaster--crime, no jobs, education is the worst, in many cases almost worldwide bad and in many cases actually worldwide bad. I say, with great respect, what do you have to lose? It can't get any worse. You choose Donald Trump,
I'm going to fix the problem. You're going to have safety. You're going to have good education. We're going to get jobs, because we're going to bring our jobs back. Mexico's taking our jobs. So many other places, they're taking our jobs.
What China's doing to us is horrible. We're going to have jobs. What do you have to lose? I'm going to fix this. I'm going to fix it.
Source: 11th Annual Value Voters Summit - 2016
Sep 9, 2016
On Education:
Disadvantaged students are trapped in failing schools
I have outlined a new civil rights agenda for our time--the right to a safe community, a great education & a secure job. School choice is at the center of this civil rights agenda, and my goal is to provide every single inner-city child in America that
is trapped in a failing government school the freedom to attend the school of their choice. Competition--the schools the schools will get better and better. And that means a private school, a religious school, a charter school or a magnet school.
School choice also means that parents can home-school their children.Hillary Clinton opposes school choice--her policies will force millions of African-American and Hispanic children to remain stuck in failed government schools, leading to higher
unemployment and more poverty. My plan will break the government monopoly and make schools compete to provide the best services for our children including every African-American and Hispanic child in this country, every single one of them.
Source: 11th Annual Value Voters Summit - 2016
Sep 9, 2016
On Education:
Money follows student to public, private or religious school
This proposal [for competition to improve public schools] begins with a $20 billion block grant from the federal government for states to pursue school choice programs. However, because 90% of education spending is at the state level, I will campaign to
get the states to reallocate another $110 billion of their education budgets to school choice programs.If we do this, that would mean $12,000 in school choice funds for every disadvantaged student in America. The money will follow the student to the
public, private or religious school that is best for them and their family. In so many ways, you're going to have choice.
My administration will partner with anybody in the inner cities of America willing to run a pilot program--to provide school
choice to every child in that community. As your president, I will be the biggest cheerleader for school choice you've ever seen, because I know it can turn things around. Common Core--we're going to end it. We're bringing education local.
Source: 11th Annual Value Voters Summit - 2016
Sep 9, 2016
On Foreign Policy:
Obama paid $1.7 billion cash ransom to Iran for hostages
Hillary Clinton's policies have put Iran onto a path of nuclear weapons. They were dying 3 years ago. The sanctions were choking them. They would have fallen.But remember the ransom payments. Remember, it was $400 million two weeks ago. But then they
made a mistake. This is cash. They said they paid cash because they couldn't open a bank account. There was no way of sending it into a checking account.
The $400 million turned out to be $1.7 billion in cash--cash! They said, "oh, that money's going
to be used for terror." I said they don't need it. This is going into their Swiss accounts. They have plenty of money for terror.
Think of it--$1.7 billion in cash--massive, big vats of cash. You saw them--cartons. I never saw anything like it.
I've seen a lot of cash. Hey, never saw anything like this. They wouldn't give back the hostages, and Obama kept saying, "no, no, this has nothing to do [with ransom]"--even the hostages said they kept us waiting for a certain plane to come in.
Source: 11th Annual Value Voters Summit - 2016
Sep 9, 2016
On Health Care:
ObamaCare is government control over our everyday lives
We're going to repeal and replace disastrous ObamaCare which gives the government control over the lives of everyday citizens. And the numbers are horrendous. Your premiums are going up by 50, 60, 70 percent. The deductible is so high you never get to
use it unless you are going to lead a very long and very complex bad period--very, very long. It is a disaster. It's a disaster, and everybody knows it. And it's going to die of its own weight anyway, but we're going to get rid of it and we're going to
replace it with some great, great alternatives--much better health care at a much lower price.Hillary Clinton wants to have completely government-run health care, which would be a disaster for the liberties and freedoms of all America.
That's what she wants. That's what she's aiming at. That's what Obama wanted. He didn't quite get there, but he got this, and you see how bad this has been.
Source: 11th Annual Value Voters Summit - 2016
Sep 9, 2016
On Principles & Values:
Our media culture often mocks and demeans people of faith
One of the greatest privileges of my journey has been the time I've spent with the evangelical community. And the support they gave me in those primaries was absolutely incredible, I have to tell you. All across the nation. A lot of people said: "I
wonder if Donald will get the evangelicals." I got the evangelicals.There are no more decent, devoted, or selfless people than our Christians brothers and sisters here in the US. I've witnessed that incredible generosity all across this land.
I saw it during my trip to Louisiana, where Christian volunteers raced to help their fellow citizens in need. It's that spirit of giving that we will need to rebuild Louisiana and to rebuild this country, which is in serious, serious trouble.
Yet, our media culture often mocks and demeans people of faith. And you understand that. All the time I hear from concerned parents how much harder it is for a Christian family to raise their children in today's media environment.
Source: 11th Annual Value Voters Summit - 2016
Sep 9, 2016
On Principles & Values:
Cherish and defend our Christian heritage
In a Trump administration, our Christian heritage will be cherished, protected, defended, like you've never seen before. Believe me. I believe it. And you believe it. And you know it. And that includes religious liberty.I recently had a chance to
visit a church in Detroit, Great Faith Ministries International. I spoke about how African American churches--and this is all across the country--for centuries have been the conscience of our nation.
Their unbreakable faith and sprit overcame some of the most difficult periods in our history, leading us all to a better future. This is the power of faith. It's the power to heal. It's the power to unite. It's the power to make all of us
live better lives--all of us.
Our nation today is divided. Nobody likes to say it, but we're living in a very, very divided nation. It will be our faith in God and his teachings, in each other, that will lead us back to unity.
Source: 11th Annual Value Voters Summit - 2016
Sep 9, 2016
On Principles & Values:
Repeal LBJ law: let preachers talk politics, tax-exempt
To create the American future for everybody--not just a certain group of people, but for everybody--the first thing we have to do is give our churches their voice back. It's been taken away. The Johnson amendment has blocked our pastors and ministers
and others from speaking their minds from their own pulpits. If they want to talk about Christianity, if they want to preach, if they want to talk about politics, they're unable to do so. If they want to do it, they take a tremendous risk that they lose
their tax-exempt status.All religious leaders should be able to freely express their thoughts and feelings on religious matters. And I will repeal the Johnson amendment if I am elected your president, I promise. So important. When did it happen?
1954 or so. Lyndon Johnson was having problems with churches. And he put in an amendment that basically stopped our great pastors and ministers and others from talking, under the penalty of losing their tax-exempt status.
Source: 11th Annual Value Voters Summit - 2016
Sep 9, 2016
On War & Peace:
Military and cyberwar to prevent ISIS genocide of Christians
ISIS is hunting down and exterminating what it calls the nation of the cross. ISIS is carrying out a genocide against Christians in the Middle East. We cannot let this evil continue--can't let it. ISIS must be destroyed--have to; have no choice.To
defeat ISIS, we must use military warfare, but also cyber warfare, financial warfare and ideological warfare. It's a whole different ballgame today than it was 50 years ago.
We must also establish an international goal with our allies of defeating
radical Islamic terrorism--words that our president won't use and that Hillary Clinton won't use. Just like we won the Cold War by identifying our enemy and building a consensus to guide a long-term strategy, so too must we do the same with Islamic
terrorism.
By the way, President Obama has allowed Syrian refugees to pour into our country at unbelievable rates, but it's almost impossible to get a Christian in from Syria. They take others, but they don't take Christians--very, very, very rare.
Source: 11th Annual Value Voters Summit - 2016
Sep 9, 2016
On Welfare & Poverty:
Help those in need by massive tax cuts & cutting regulations
I want to discuss the economy, and helping those in ne