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tv   Historic Campaign Speeches Mitt Romney 2012 Nevada Caucus Speech  CSPAN  February 11, 2024 1:31am-2:00am EST

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veterans will go to sleep under bridges and on grates. over 4000 right here in las vegas. we're better than this. and enough is enough. it's time for us to stand up. it's time for us to speak out. it is time for us say we want an america where everybody gets a chance. where everybody gets a real opportunity. that's what this election is about. that's what we're fighting for. that's all of us are fighting for. and together, we're going to create that kind of america. god bless you all. thank you for being here.
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oh, no, i. i guess we got to. it looks like we're missing a few of our kids. thank you. nevada. i. i once again, i'm here to. to make sure that you listen to me this time and obey when i tell you.
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don't clap until i'm finished. nobody listened to me last time, but i do have to give special thanks to all the people that made this happen. and by the way, the most people i need to thank are all the volunteers. so a big thank you to all of you that volunteered. our nevada co-chairs, lieutenant governor brian crowley and congressman joe heck. i want to also thank congressman mark amodei, our nevada finance chair, steve fellows and mark hutchinson. and the many nevada elected officials throughout the state who have been so crucial to our success. here we are so appreciative. and of course, nevada state director sarah nelson, nevada senior adviser, advisory ryan irwin, nevada state finance director. corey christiansen. and you know, i want to give a special a special shout out to jim again.
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you're first lady of nevada from a few years ago, and she and i served together as first ladies together. and she became a very good friend of mine. and she's been helpful in this effort, too. and we so miss her sweet husband, kenny. so a shout out to my friend dema to thank you all. and you know, as i've as i've just been observing things, as i tend to do, i've noticed that mitt has started to win in states that are so important for the general action he won in new hampshire that is going to be a very important state in the general election. it's a swing state in the general. he did the same thing in florida. that's going to be a very important state for us to win in the general. we appreciate that. but also this state is going to be an important state in the general. and you guys.
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now that we have all of you excited and energized and volunteer, and we're going to need you again next november. so we appreciate that. maybe some of you are all waking up to figure out that our country is in trouble. we're heading in the wrong direction, and we're looking for a guy that can fix it and turn this economy around and create jobs. so we're excited to introduce the next president of the united states, mitt romney. oh.
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thank you. thanks, you guys. well, what a great showing. thank you. nevada. you know, this is not the first time you gave me your vote of confidence. in this time. i got to take it to the white house. four years ago, candidate obama came to nevada promising to help. but after he was elected, his help was telling people to skip coming here for conventions and meetings. today, nevada unemployment is over 12%. home values have plummeted. and nevada's foreclosure rate is the highest in the nation. i've walked in nevada neighborhoods blighted by abandoned homes where people wonder why barack obama failed
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them. well, mr. president, nevada has had enough of your kind of help. three years ago, a newly elected president obama told america that if congress approved his plan to borrow nearly $1,000,000,000,000, he would hold unemployment below 8%. it hasn't been below 8% since the. this week he's been trying to take a bow. for 8.3% unemployment. not so fast, mr. president. this is the 36th straight month with unemployment above the red line. your own administra nation, drew. and if you take into account all the people who are struggling for work or have just stopped looking. the real unemployment rate is over 15%. mr. president, america has also had enough of your kind of help.
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let me. let me ask you let me ask you here a question. go. did obamacare encourage businesses to hire more people? did dodd-frank get banks to renegotiate to make more loans? did the and nlrb, the national labor relations boards, attack on boeing and south carolina encourage employers to expand here? did efforts to block the domestic production of energy and the keystone pipeline speed, job creation? and did those billions of dollars the president sent to his green energy buddies give anyone here a job? mr. president, we welcome any good news on the jobs front, but it is thanks to the innovation
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of the american people in the private sector. and not to you, mr. president. oh. oh, oh. okay. oh, oh. this president's misguided policies made these tough times last longer. earlier in the week, he spoke with a woman from texas during an online event. she told him that her husband has been out of work for three years. president obama said that he found that interesting. and interesting. really? i've got a better word. tragic. america needs a president who can fix the economy because he understands the economy. and i do. and i will.
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this president began his presidency by apologizing for america. he should now be apologizing to america. we're not going to settle. we're not going to settle for a president who tells us it could be worse. what defines us as americans is our conviction that things must be better. that conviction guides this campaign. it's rallied millions of americans to our cause, including tens of thousands of nevadans who gave me their support here today. and i thank them. nevadans know that our future is brighter and better than these troubled times. it's better than 15% real unemployment. it's better than $15 trillion in debt.
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it's better than the misguided policies and broken promises of the last three years and the failed leadership of one man. our campaign is about more than just replacing the president. however. this is really a campaign about saving the soul of america. president obama says he wants to fund the mentally transform america. we want to restore to america the founding principles that made this country great. our our vision for the future could not be more different than his. president obama will grow government and amass more trillion dollar deficits. i will not just slow the growth of government. i will cut it. i will not just freeze. i will not just freeze. government share the total economy. i will reduce it. and without raising taxes, i
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will finally balance the american budget. president obama's brand of capitalism is your money. to his friends, companies. my vision for free enterprise is to return entrepreneurship to the genius of consumer markets and to the creativity of the american people. now, like his colleagues in the faculty lounge, you think they know better. president obama demonizes and denigrates almost every sector of our economy. i will instead make america the most attractive place in the world for entrepreneurs, for innovators, and for job creators. and get america working again. and by the way, unlike the other people running for president, i know just how to do that.
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if i'm elected president, my priority will be worrying about your job, not saving my own. now, as you know, one of the most simple, important and personal matters of our lives are health care is our health care. president obama would turn the decision making over to government bureaucrats. he forced through obamacare. i will repeal obamacare. president just this week, president obama orders religious organizations to violate their conscience. i will defend religious liberty and overturn any regulation that tramples on our first freedom, our right to worship as we choose.
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president. president obama is shrinking our military and hollowing out our national defense. i will insist on a military so powerful that no one in the world would ever think of challenging it. president obama seems to believe that america's role as leader in the world is a thing of the past. i believe the 21st century will be and must be an american century. oh. oh. oh. oh. okay. oh. our mission. our mission is to increase the freedom and opportunity of the american people and our blueprint is the constitution of the united states. we're going to.
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we're going to build an america where hope is a new job with a paycheck, not a faded word. and an old bumper sticker. and i will not attempt to bribe the voters with promises of new programs and new subsidies and ever increasing checks from government. if this election is a bidding war, verheugen promised the most benefits that i'm not your president. you have that president today. but if you want to make this election about restoring american greatness. then i hope you'll join with us. if you believe the disappointments of the last few years are a detour and not our destiny. then i'm asking for your vote. i'm asking. i'm asking each of you. i'm asking each of you to remember how special it is to be an american. i want you to remember why it was you or your ancestor or us who sacrificed to come to america and to overcome the challenges of life in a new
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country. why they came here. it was not for a free ticket. it was for freedom. it was not for the pursuit of government benefits. it was for the pursuit of happiness. we still believe in that, america. we still believe in the america. that is a land of opportunity and a beacon of freedom. we believe in the america that challenges each of us to be bigger and better than ourselves. this election, we must fight for the america we love. we believe in america. thank you so much. and god bless us for. thank you. guys. oh, you're the best. thank you.
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all. and god.
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yeah. it's been three.
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give me your card. oh. yeah. so.
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yeah.
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i just. know. you're just. watching. you can't. pay me.
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funny games to. game. i'll get jesus games. scott can. get this.
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fantasy. down. for netflix.
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