Remarks by President Trump at the 2020 Council for National Policy Meeting

whitehouse.gov | August 21, 2020 | President Donald J Trump

But the more success that we’ve achieved, the more unhinged the radical left has become.  Anarchists and violent mobs have rioted in our Democrat-run cities, attacking our police, and tearing down statues. 

And I remember there was a big march on Washington.  They were coming in to knock a lot of statues down.  And they had a — they even had Thomas Jefferson planned.  That was in their planning.  No, thanks.  George Washington.  They were even thinking about Lincoln.  You know, Lincoln did sort of a pretty good job, right?  (Laughter.)  But they were talking about anybody.  I don’t even know if they knew what they were doing.  They were just wild and out of control.

But, if you remember, that was a big thing two and a half months ago.  You know when I signed it?  Two and a half months ago.  (Laughter.)  Two and a half months ago, I signed it.  We haven’t had a problem since.  They say, “You know, we want to knock down that statue, but, you know, 10 years — let’s see.  Ten years.  That’s a lot of time.  That’s a lot of time.”  (Applause.)  Which tells you that, you know, laws, if properly utilized, can stop all of this madness.  And that’s why we have to give our great police back their dignity and their power.  (Applause.)

I’ve been endorsed by almost every police organization in the country.  We just got, the other day — Pat Lynch, the head of New York City Police, endorsed me.  First endorsement — he said, to the best of his knowledge, which is a lot of knowledge, the first time they’ve ever endorsed a candidate for President.  That’s good.  They don’t endorse.  The first time ever.  (Applause.)

And the radical left spent four years trying to illegally overturn the last election; they’re still trying to overturn.  Hillary Clinton — remember the — Hillary Clinton: “Will you honor the election?”  (Laughter.)  Right?  The results of the election.  That was Hillary Clinton.  And she should have asked that question to herself.  (Laughter.)  She’s like a crazed lunatic.  She’s a lunatic.  (Applause.)  She is something, I’ll tell you.

But somebody said, “What’s the difference between Clinton and Biden?”  Should I say?  Should I tell you?  Well, Clinton is much smarter, but not a likable person.  Joe is not nearly as smart, but he’s more likable.

So, you know, I don’t know, maybe I’d rather have the smarter person. 

… they want to abolish voter ID.  They want to abolish voter ID.

To get into the DNC convention last night, you needed an ID with your picture on it.  Now, what does that tell you about — (laughter) — no, to get in last night, a friend of mine was saying — a friend of mine who happened to be there.  I said, “Why were you there?”  (Laughter.)  And — no, a very political person.  But he shows me — he said, “Here’s the ID.  It’s got my picture.  It’s like the most incredible…”  It’s a disgrace.

There’s only one reason they don’t want voter ID, and that’s because they want to cheat.  That’s all.  It cannot be anything else.  (Applause.)

I mean, you have it on everything.  You have it on driver’s licenses.  You have it on everything, just about.  And the only thing — the only one they don’t want it on is a vote, which is your most important — the most important thing you have is your vote.  And they don’t want it.

Now Americans must rally to turn back the radical-left socialists and Marxists right here at home.  And you see that when you see these people rioting in Portland, where you see the anger, the craziness.  These people are crazy.  They’re crazy.

And the radical left will bring him [Biden] along so quickly.  I don’t know if you saw the congresswoman the other day, where she said, “He will do whatever I tell him to do.  He’s perfect.  He will do whatever I tell him to do.”  This is a congresswoman.

And Bernie Sanders was saying the same thing.  Bernie Sanders was saying, “Look, we’ll just let him be in there, and then we’ll — when he gets in, we’ll take it over.”  That’s what’s going to happen, because that’s where their party is.  It’s — it’s become a sick ideology.  And we have to win.  We will solve the problem very quickly, very easily.  We have to win.

How about all these people?  How about Kamala?  Kamala runs.  She’s sort of one of the favorites.  And she goes from 15 to 13 to 12 to 9 to 7, 5, 4.  About 1, she got out.  She didn’t even get to Iowa.  She never got there.  She didn’t want to take a vote.  That’s how bad she was.  Don’t you want to pick a person that’s gone in the opposite direction?  (Applause.)  I mean, seriously.  That’s like a free poll.

So, I guess, 1492 — Columbus discovered America.  (Applause)  Fourteen- — you know, and that’s what we all — 1492, Columbus discovered America, right?  That’s what it was, right?  Now they want to sort of get that — and poor Columbus.  They’re ripping those — (laughter) — poor Christopher.

Except in one tough, Italian neighborhood in New York, they didn’t get away with it.  (Applause.)  Did you see that?  Did you see it?  The anarchists said, “Let’s get the hell out of here.  This is dangerous.  This is…”  The anarchists left.  No, that was one very tough, great area.  We love — we love that area.  I know it very well.  They started surrounding it.  They were all set.  They had the ropes going, the whole deal.  And all of a sudden, they said, “Let’s get out of here.”  (Laughter.)  Great.  Christopher Columbus.  Can you believe it?  Christopher Columbus.