Donald Trump in First GOP presidential debate
On Crime:
In Republican-run cities they arrest people for crimes
When I look at San Francisco, what's happened to that incredible city, that was one of the greatest cities in the world just a short while ago and now it's very sad when you look at it, Los Angeles. Every city practically, all the Democrat run cities.
Republican run cities are doing very nicely because they arrest people when you have crimes and they don't go after political candidates because they think it's good. I mean, it's been amazing.
Source: Tucker on X interview opposite 2023 GOP debate in Milwaukee
Aug 23, 2023
On Environment:
They have sinks where no water comes out; I ended that
Q: What about EPA rules on electric cars & water usage?TRUMP: They want you to use a heating system that will cost you at least $10,000 to buy and won't work very well. None of the stuff works as well. One of the things I did with the EPA is most of
the states have so much water. It's not like a big problem. Now in some states they have a problem, and for that it's okay. But they have sinks where no water comes out. You turn it on, no water comes out. No water comes out of the shower. When I
say "no water," [I mean] "very little water." You want to wash your hands, and you turn on the sink, and there's very little. Or you want to wash your beautiful hair and you're standing under a shower, and the suds never go. The water comes out very
slowly. I'm sure you've seen this.
Q: Yeah, you take a drill & take the limiter out.
TRUMP: Well, you can, but now they make it so you can't do that so easily. They have a restrictor, and it restricts the water from coming out. So I ended all of that.
Source: Tucker on X interview opposite 2023 GOP debate in Milwaukee
Aug 23, 2023
On Foreign Policy:
We can't let China run the Panama Canal
Q: Why is China allowed to conduct imperialism in our hemisphere?TRUMP: Yeah, and it's far beyond Cuba. We built a thing called the Panama Canal. We lost 35,000 people to the mosquito, malaria. The Panama Canal was such an incredible engineering
marvel. We sold it under Jimmy Carter. We sold it to Panama for $1. The following day they quadrupled the amount of money that ships had to pay to get across. It's one of the most profitable things. We gave it away for $1. China now controls it.
They actually control the Panama Canal. They run it, they control it, and we shouldn't let that happen. We can't let China be in Cuba. They'll get out. If I'm president, they'll get out. Because I had a very good relationship with President Xi.
He respected this country. He respected me and he'll get out. We can't let them run the Panama Canal. We built the Panama Canal. Should have never been given to Panama. We should have had it, but we gave it for $1. Think of it.
Source: Tucker on X interview opposite 2023 GOP debate in Milwaukee
Aug 23, 2023
On Government Reform:
Anytime you have mail-in ballots there's massive cheating
Q: Don't you think it's racist to have to show your ID [to vote]?TRUMP: They use anything not to show ID because voter ID is pretty simple. And we could go back and we should go back to all paper ballots, voter ID, same day voting. France did it.
France had mail-in ballots and it was terrible. Anytime you have mail-in ballots, you're going to have massive cheating on your elections. Anytime. Not just the presidential election.
Q: Isn't that the whole point of them, so you can cheat?
TRUMP:
Oh yeah, sure. It's the whole point. That's the whole point. They want to cheat. Yeah, they have to cheat because their policies are so bad that if they didn't cheat, they couldn't get elected.
Who wants open borders? Who wants high taxes? Who wants high interest rates?
Source: Tucker on X interview opposite 2023 GOP debate in Milwaukee
Aug 23, 2023
On Immigration:
The first thing I would do is seal the border good and tight
I had the strongest border in the history of our country, and I built almost 500 miles of wall. I had another 200 that I was going to build. It's like water, it seeks. We're going to build another 200. We built it, it was all set to go, all they
had to do is install it. That's when I found out, I said, "I think these people actually want open borders." The first thing I would do would be, I would seal up the border good and tight, except for people that want to come in legally.
Source: Tucker on X interview opposite 2023 GOP debate in Milwaukee
Aug 23, 2023
On Principles & Values:
"Fake news" isn't tough enough anymore; it's "corrupt news"
I think cable's down because it's lost credibility. MSNBC, or as they say, "MSDNC," is so bad. It's so wrong. What they write and what they do and what they say. It's fake news, as I said. I think I came up with that term. I hope I did.
It's a good one. It's not tough enough anymore. It's corrupt news. Really, what you do is called corrupt news. But somehow that doesn't play as nicely. But it is corrupt news.
Source: Tucker on X interview opposite 2023 GOP debate in Milwaukee
Aug 23, 2023
On Principles & Values:
Jan. 6: There was love in that crowd; love and unity
But people that were in that crowd that day, a very small group of people went down there. Then there are a lot of scenarios that we can talk about, but people in that crowd said it was the most beautiful day they've ever experienced.
There was love in that crowd. There was love and unity. I have never seen such spirit, and such passion, and such love, and I've also never seen, simultaneously and from the same people, such hatred of what they've done to our country.
Source: Tucker on X interview opposite 2023 GOP debate in Milwaukee
Aug 23, 2023
On Foreign Policy:
FactCheck: US never had right to sell Panama Canal
Trump said in his interview, "We built a thing called the Panama Canal. Jimmy Carter sold it to Panama for $1. China now controls it." Is all that true? FactCheck by U-S-History.com: China is the primary source of products going
through the Colon Free Trade Zone and its increasing presence around the Canal has made the waterway a flashpoint for US-China competition. China's influence in Panama has only grown since 2017 when then-president Varela severed diplomatic ties with
Taiwan and recognized China.
[On the "sale" of the Canal to Panama]: In 1903, the U.S. offered to pay Colombia the sum of $10 million plus an annual payment of $250,000 for a perpetual lease. The U.S. Senate ratified the Treaty, but Colombia Senate
defeated it. President Teddy Roosevelt [then recognized a rebellion creating] independent Panama, and gave the new government the same deal. [Conclusion: The U.S. never "owned" the Panama Canal and Pres. Carter's Panama treaty acknowledged that].
Source: Fox News 2023 Republican primary debate in Milwaukee
Aug 23, 2023
On Government Reform:
AdWatch: Encourages voting early and mail-in ballots
Video: [Each person appears individually with a patriotic backdrop and speaks to the camera, with their name and title appearing on screen with the BankYourVote logo]:- RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel: When Republicans vote early, we win.
- Former
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- Former President Donald Trump: Go to BankYourVote.com to sign up and commit to
voting early
- Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN): That's how we're going to beat the Democrats at their own game.
- Rep. Byron Daniels (R-FL): Go to BankYourVote.com.
- Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX):
And please, take the pledge to bank your vote to beat Biden.
- Narration text: Sign up at BankYourVote.com today to enter to win a chance to go to a future Republican Presidential Primary debate.
Source: AdWatch on 2023 GOP debate in Milwaukee
Aug 23, 2023
On Principles & Values:
AdWatch: Nominating Trump is Biden's ticket to re-election
[On ads aired before & during the first GOP primary debate]: - The political arm of the network backed by billionaire Charles Koch is releasing a slate of digital ads in key states aimed at former President Donald Trump.
- The ads argue a Trump
nomination in 2024 would effectively give President Joe Biden a second term.
- The digital ads are targeted at voters in IA, SC, NH, and NV, all key primary and caucus states.
[Transcription of 15-second ad]: "What's Biden's secret weapon? Donald
Trump as the GOP nominee. Then Biden wins the White House, and gets the House and Senate too. It's easy to see why Democrats want Trump: it's Biden's ticket to re-election."[Transcription of second 15-second ad]: "Trump did a lot of good things as
President. But this time, Trump can't win. Swing voters say no: 60% of Americans don't want Trump. In 2024, Biden will beat Trump. We need new leadership."
[Ads tagged, "Paid for by Americans for Prosperity Action. Not authorized by any candidate."]
Source: AdWatch "Prosperity Action" on 2023 GOP debate in Milwaukee
Aug 23, 2023
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