Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Midterm Political Rally in Chillicothe, Ohio - October 28, 2026

Well, thank you very much. Thank you very much, everybody. Wow, you should have seen -- you should have seen the ride in from the airport. Every block, every inch, every everything, there's so many people -- thousands and thousands. And hello, Ohio. You know I love this place. People don't know I worked in Ohio for a big, beautiful summer when I was a young guy, Cincinnati, Ohio, Swifton Village -- Cincinnati.

It was a great experience, so I loved it. But I'm thrilled to be back in this beautiful state, which I won all three times with the most votes ever gotten. Not even close. I even beat Bernie Moreno. But Jon Husted's going to beat me. And Vivek, I hope you beat me too. I don't care. I'm not proud. I'm not proud. [Audience chants "Husted"]

Boy, oh, boy. Since I explained to people that he was a phenomenal -- not a good, a phenomenal football player, you have really taken on new life. You are something. You know, I always thought of -- as this really solid guy. He's a solid rock, but I didn't see this. And it was actually Jon Gruden, the great coach -- great coach, and I guess a very good quarterback, right?

But he was a great coach and is a great coach. And he explained to me, he said, "No, I'm here to see my -- I'm here to see my teammate." "Who the hell is your teammate, Jon?" Because I saw him a couple of weeks ago at the rally. We had a big rally, another one. And I said, "Who's your teammate?" He said, "Jon Husted."

Oh, I didn't know he played football. And then he said, no, he was great. We had the championship team. We won the championship. He was the best player on the team. He was the fastest player. He was an All-American. And the thing that really impressed me, he said, and when he tackled people, he'd rip their heads off. [Laughter] And I've known Jon.

You know, he's been my friend for a long time. But -- you know, see, if I were him, I would have said I was one of the greatest players ever to come out of Ohio. He doesn't do that. He's a humble guy, so he didn't talk about it. It took Jon -- took a great coach to brag about you, and I thought it was great.

And then I got myself in trouble because after -- after they told me that damn story, I got myself in big trouble. Because I always ask somebody to come up and say a few words, right, say a few words. And I said, Jon, come -- come on up. But Jon Gruden just told me about his football prowess. They won the championship, by the way, the whole championship, and he was the best.

And he set the NCAA record -- he's a safety -- for interceptions, 17. I said, "You gotta be kidding." This guy? And I looked at him sort of, like, you know, he's always dressed up and nice. And he was a great lieutenant governor, but low-key, very low-key. And -- but he was the guy. But I looked at him as being a very high-quality, nice man that, if I got into a fight with him, I'd rip his heart out. [Laughter] And it would have been just the opposite.

It would. This would not -- that's the kind of guy, you know, you say, come on, let's go at it, and then it doesn't end well for you, right, Jon? So, he came up and he said a few words. I said, Jon, say a -- we had a tremendous crowd. And then I got up and I made this terrible mistake. So, you know, the way they speak, and I'll stand usually over here, or maybe over here or maybe over here.

[A protester calls out, interrupting the event.]

[Audience chants "USA"] Oh, these people. You know, there's a guy, not a young guy -- [Audience member calls out obscenely]

They gave him $250. Paid protesters, paid protesters. [Audience chants "USA"]

Such -- such losers, boy. You look at that guy. So, that guy, he's right out of the radical left playbook. He's right out of the radical -- and this guy -- this guy was very nondescript. But I will say this. You know, he mentioned Epstein. So, I threw Jeffrey Epstein out of a club like 20 years ago because I thought he was a whack job.

That was a great -- by the way, that was a great thing I did, I must tell you. And he never came up with me. You know who he came up with? All of the friends of the Democrats. He was a Democrat. He had all friends. And whenever they bring his name, you know, like the guy who was the head of Harvard who can't -- you got thrown off the board and all his friends know, I threw Jeffrey Epstein the hell out of Mar-a-Lago.

And I was the one that was totally exonerated from him. But, you know, they use it because that's what they do. They're sick, weak people. And these guys are paid protesters. Think of a guy -- that guy is probably 45, 50 years old. They give him $250. We have it traced now, $250. And he screws up his life.

And now he goes home, and his boyfriend gets upset with him. [Audience boos]

[Audience chants "USA"] No, they're professional protesters. They get money. They get money. We have them all the time. And, you know, what happens is their poll numbers just keep going up when that happens, because everybody gets it. They get paid $250. They then get booked and they screw up their whole lives.

It's a crazy thing. It's a crazy thing. So, I was about to tell you a story, and they always hit me right in the middle of the punch line. [Laughter] Because I was about to say that I was examining that man for his physical prowess, and I got it. When he stood up, I looked at him. I looked him all over the place, and I should have never said what I said.

But I said I started by looking at his ass, and it was strong as hell. [Laughter] And the problem is the fake news. Look at all that fake news back there. [Audience boos]

The fake news, they didn't wait for this -- they said I looked at his ass, and they cut. And then they -- all night long they say, why did he say that? In other words, they just went cut, and it didn't look good for me now. No, unfortunately, it was only 5% of them, but 5%'s a lot -- [Audience member calls out "We love you, Mr. President"]

When -- when you don't like those things, 5% -- no, but I did, I looked -- I looked at Jon. I studied his physique because I wanted to find out that man -- who I've known for a long time, who is one of the most respected people, I would say, in the country, in Washington, everybody respects him. But I didn't see him as a physical person.

And when Jon Gruden said he rips their heads off when he tackles, in -- in football, that's a coach's dream. He said he was the best player on the team, so I did. I studied him. Not only what I just said. I studied the feet, the legs, the shoulders. I tapped him on the shoulder and it was like a piece -- was like my hand -- it was like hitting a piece of steel.

And he took on a whole -- I explained this, and he took on a whole new persona. He went from sort of like Clark Kent, if you think about it, and he became Superman. And a number of -- you know, but a number -- it's very interesting. A number of people when I said that, did you know he was a football player, like, there were 10,000 people, more, and a few of them, sir, he was an All-American.

And these were -- he was an All-American, sir. So, some people knew, but most didn't. And when I explained how great he was, he wins the championship, he was an NCAA champion, he was All-American, think of it, and I had no idea. And he took on a whole new persona. You did. I respect greatness. I respect athletes. I respect, you know, there's something special.

And, you know, we have some in the -- in the audience tonight that are great but this guy's one of the best football players and I never thought it. And what's nice about it, he doesn't brag about it. He had his football career. It was great. He finished strong. I would have never known if it wasn't for a tremendous coach named Gruden who came up here.

He said, I want to be with my teammate, and that's when I learned about it. And he went from being somewhat down to somewhat up in one day, and I mean a lot of points, I have to tell you. I saved his ass, OK? I saved his ass. I saved your -- no, he was down and now he's up and I don't -- I just hope he stays there because he, uh, he's an amazing guy.

He really is. And he is. He was a great athlete, and he doesn't talk about it. I'd talk about I was a great athlete. I was a great, great athlete, but not really that great. But who the hell is going to know, so I'll say it anyway. No, he was a fantastic -- and he's a fantastic -- he's even better now, as far as I'm concerned.

Six days from now, the people of Ohio are going to elect Vivek Ramaswamy as your governor. And we're going to elect America First Republicans up and down the line. [Audience chants "Vivek"]

And we're going to defeat radical left loser Sherrod Brown, who was badly defeated by a man who happens to be -- who's turning out and turned out, in my opinion, to be one of our greatest senators, Bernie Moreno. Thank you, Bernie. Yeah, I was here on a beautiful night, right, with -- Bernie's great. He's been great.

But I was here. The worst night I've ever had to give -- here we have a nice, confined, beautiful space. It's packed with thousands of people outside. We have the teleprompters or whatever they are, the -- the jumbotrons. They call them jumbotrons. But I was here a few years ago, right, Bernie? And the worst, I would say -- what was that noise, Bernie?

I didn't like that. When I hear those noises, I say, I wonder what that was. One of the reasons we confine ourselves to indoors, it's a little bit safer. But I was here with Bernie and we gave a -- really, an unbelievable -- it was an unbelievable rally. It was the worst weather I've ever spoken in. And I stood up before a huge crowd.

We had 30,000, 40,000 people. It was outside. And I started to speak. As I was speaking, the teleprompters got blown 50 yards down the road and I was up there all by myself. I didn't have any notes. I just had to talk. And -- but isn't it nice to have a president who doesn't need a teleprompter? Isn't that nice, huh?

And Bernie was a little down. And by the end of that night, he was way up. And the same thing is happening with Jon. I see it. It's amazing. It's really an amazing story, and I'm very proud of you, because you've been -- he's gone to Washington. And in a short period of time, he's become one of the most -- Bernie, right?

He's become one of the most respected senators down there. And the two of them, really the two of them. Ohio produces good people. That's what it's all about. You produce good people. But there -- there are only six days left until Election Day, so every single person in this arena, and all the people, thousands of people outside that I've never seen.

You know, you rarely see where you have almost from airport to here, and the fake news saw it. They -- they saw it. [Audience member calls out "We love you"]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. But if you could get out to vote, we're going to have a tremendous -- we're going to have a tremendous victory. Early voting is underway. It ends this Sunday, November 1st. And I'm asking you to pretend that I'm on the ballot. So when I'm on the ballot -- when I'm on the ballot, I get 49.2% more votes.

So when I'm not on the ballot, therefore, I don't get that, but I really am on the ballot if you think, because all of those tax cuts, all of the things that we've got and all of the victories that we've had with Venezuela, soon Iran, we'll close that one out too. All of the success we've had, you know, your state has the best numbers in history.

And that's because of what we've done -- our economic policy. You have the most jobs you've ever had -- you've had, the most success, the most income per individual. But if you get out and vote, we're going to have two great victories and lots of other Republican victories up and down the line and that's what we have to have.

And also, Ohio has a major ballot referendum to amend your state constitution to finally require voter identification and voter ID. Get out and vote. I don't know, fellas, that might be just as important as you guys getting elected. Think of it, voter -- they don't want voter ID, the Democrats, the Dumocrats, because their policies are so -- but they don't want voter ID. Why?

Because they want to cheat. They don't want proof of citizenship. Think of it, because they want to cheat. They don't want it. I talked to -- you know, I know a lot of them. Some are very friendly. I have good relationships with some. I said, why don't you want voter ID? Well, I'd rather not talk about that.

There's nothing they can say. They want to cheat. It's very simple. So get out and vote yes on Issue 3 to require photo voter ID. And the phony Democrat Sherrod Brown is totally opposed to voter ID. He's totally opposed to proof of citizenship. Why would you be opposed? Well, uh, let me see. I saw him the other day.

He was trying to explain why he's opposed to voter ID. You know why he said? He said in the end, I don't know uh, could I answer -- guy's only been doing this for 53 years, couldn't answer the question. But he backstabbed Ohio. You know, until I came around, Ohio was not a successful state. We really turned things around in 2016. Which was a bigger election, 2016 or 2024? And by the way, we won in 2022, but let's -- we won in 2020 also.

We won in '20. We had -- we won three times, but in 2020 -- in 2020, it was a rigged election, and we have to stop that. That's why we won SAVE America and all that. But Sherrod Brown voted for every single Dumocrat bill that gave you the worst inflation in American history, the highest energy prices in American history, the worst trade deficit in American history, and totally open borders.

How about the open borders, with 25 million illegal aliens pouring in? It was an invasion. It was an invasion. And Ohio was right when you threw Sherrod Brown out and you threw him out and you threw him out in a decided landslide. And we got lucky with Bernie Moreno. He ran a great race. And Jon Husted is running.

Jon is running a great race. And on Tuesday, Ohio is going to end Sherrod Brown -- look, you threw the guy out. He's down in the polls. That means -- he wasn't good. And everything -- he doesn't want you to have a gun. He wants open borders. He wants men playing in women's sports. [Audience boos]

Jon, as a great football player, would you ever be afraid of playing against a really well-conditioned woman? No. He's -- like to talk to them, like to -- can you imagine this? And they're serious. I watched a Democrat the other day on television, on a show, explaining why men should be allowed to play in women's sports.

He didn't do well, and this was like a leaning left. Why -- why anybody leans left, I have no idea. I've never. But he was leaning left and he didn't understand it either. Under Sherrod Brown, Ohio lost more than 300,000 manufacturing jobs. I watched it. I used to talk. I wasn't in politics at that point.

Who the hell? I have not been doing this -- I'll tell you what, to become a three-time winner of the presidency, I have not been doing this very long. Let's face it. You know, 10 years. Not long. I was doing great. I had the greatest television show, but I had a great company. It was really good at real estate.

You know, I get criticized because the White House, it has to be beautiful outside, right? It has to -- need that exterior plaster. The bricks were falling. The stone was broken. The monuments were coming off. The -- the beautiful windows were cracked. It looked terrible. And I fixed it very inexpensively.

I paid for it myself. I fixed it. And now -- and now it's more beautiful and in better shape. You know, you'd have a window, or have a -- what they call a monument, and that would have a -- beautiful stone on one side. The other side, it was half broken and falling probably 25 years ago. And I notice those things.

I came to the White House 20 years ago. I said to -- I don't know, maybe like a fundraiser for a president, another beautiful president. And I said, "This place is in bad shape, man." And I decided to make it beautiful and pristine, and I did. And -- and, you know, some of the stone on the outside was badly broken from a truck that hit it 30 years ago and it never got fixed.

You know, you'd have a big chunk of stone at the entrance. There's a -- there was one piece of stone, it drove me -- I'd walk out and I'd see this stone. And it was just, like, a big hole in the wall, and we fixed it all. It's beautiful. Beautiful exterior plaster, it's so beautiful, hasn't been that way since 1792, better than it was in 17 -- and President Obama, who doesn't understand -- [Audience boos]

Who doesn't understand cleanliness, who doesn't understand broken, cracked stone and sidewalk, who doesn't understand that having asphalt going to your main entrance is not the right thing. We'd like to have granites and marbles. We'd like to have it look nice. You don't use asphalt. Use asphalt for a street.

Use asphalt to patch -- to patch up your streets, but you don't use asphalt to go into the White House. Anyway, we made it unbelievable. And I took heat because Obama, who is -- I mean, I always worry when he campaigns against me because he got involved with Hillary Clinton. He was really the -- oh. [Audience boos]

And he lost. He then got involved with Kamala and he lost. [Audience boos]

And he lost. They said, "Obama's coming." I said that's good because, you know -- but no, he -- he took -- he said, "Why is he spending so much time fixing up the White House? Why is he doing that?" You know why? Because the White House, I think, is the No. 1 symbol of our country. And we can't have -- a White House with broken windows, with broken stone that hasn't been painted in 30 years.

And now the other day I left -- I left -- where did I leave? Mississippi, and I was coming home very late. I got home very late. I've been getting home late every single night. My wife thinks I'm crazy. [Laughter] And we were riding up that drive and the lights were on. You know, the lights were different colors before.

They'd have a light one, a little darker one, another light one, now a -- one that was broken. It was terrible. And now they're magnificent light, all the best you can get. The exterior lighting is so beautiful. And -- and I was driving up, and I said, "Does that look beautiful?" So, I'd just say that, you know, I do it out of my back pocket.

I fix it and I do it naturally. In fact, for me, it relaxes -- for some people, that kind of thing is, you know, traumatizing. They can't -- for me, it relaxes me. I make it look beautiful. I fixed it. It's so beautiful right now, more beautiful than it's ever looked. And I consider that a great honor to have the chance to do it. You know, every 200 years -- a real estate developer will come along -- that knows how to do these things.

But it's never looked more beautiful. And I'd just say, you know, when these people criticize us for whatever we may be doing, we're doing it because we love our country. We're doing it because, in the case of the White House, it's one of the symbols -- but maybe to me, it's like the No. 1 symbol. You know, you look at different logos.

To me, it's like the No. 1 symbol of our country, the White House. It represents our country. And you can't have a White House with cracked and broken stone and bad joints and bad paint and filth all over the place, and bad stone going up to it and cracked sidewalks. What a terrible situation. But it's now all finished.

So -- so, I'll just have to now just -- now -- now I just have to finish up. Now I just have to finish up, which I'll do very quickly. The war with Iran, where they've gotten beaten very badly, we'll finish that up -- now that the White House is completed. But no, the White House is beautiful. And by the way, Venezuela, they don't like talking about we just got a million barrels of oil delivered to us free of charge.

We had a little war with Venezuela. We -- we finished it in one day with nobody -- they don't talk about that, nobody killed, nobody killed. We did Venezuela. And now we're doing bigger country but doing equally as well. They have no navy. They have no air force. You know where their navy is? 159 ships, all at the bottom of the sea.

You know how many ships they have? They had 159. Every single ship is at the bottom of the sea. 268 airplanes, you know where they are? They're scattered all over the runways of the Islamic Republic of Iran, thank you, in little pieces, pieces of them. Their radar is gone. Their anti-aircraft is all gone.

Their missiles are still there, but not -- we -- much less. Their drones that they make, they're having a hard time because they can't get electricity anymore. But -- and they've been -- they've -- you know, this war started -- I was listening to a very good congressman last week, and he said Trump didn't start this war.

This war was started in 1979 by Iran -- killed many, many Americans. And their favorite weapon was the roadside bomb. That was Soleimani. He's dead, by the way. That was Soleimani, General Soleimani. He loved -- he loved killing our soldiers. He loved blowing off the legs of our soldiers, the arms, the face of our soldiers.

I've seen so many at Walter Reed Hospital, the soldiers. And so, we didn't start this war. This war -- and it should have been taken care of long before I came here. Other presidents -- or other countries, but other presidents should have taken care of it. And Iran will never, ever have a nuclear weapon, that I can tell you.

Right? So, Sherrod Brown voted 10 times for deadly sanctuary cities that release illegal alien criminals to rape and kill and plunder into our country. He voted to dump tens of thousands of third-world migrants into communities like Springfield, Ohio. By the way, they're being moved out. [Audience boos]

I heard about that. A little before our time, but Springfield, Ohio, where -- a beautiful, idyllic place, I mean, even the name Springfield, Ohio. It was known for no crime, no problems, beautiful. And they decided to put -- so, it had 32,000 people, I would say, Bernie, right? And they decided to put 35,000 Haitians in that came into our country illegally. [Audience boos]

And the town went to hell. Boy, it went to hell. But you know what? The Haitians have moved out now. We moved them out. We had to move them out. Had to move them out. [Audience chants "Deport"]

Thank you. Thank you. Don't get carried away. You know -- so, no, but it went from a town with no crime to a town with the highest crime by far in the state. And we took care of things, and we're in the process of finishing that up. They were here on a temporary basis. It's -- you just can't do this. You're destroying -- we don't want to be France.

Look what happened. That's all an immigrant -- you know, they say it's education. We weren't cleaning the classrooms properly. No, it's not. It's -- it was immigration. It was all immigration. But Sherrod Brown was giving them welfare, free health care at the expense of our own people, and free housing, all while he voted to raise your taxes more than 50 times.

He voted for 50 -- and the great big beautiful bill is the biggest tax decrease in the history of our country. And just in case anyone forgets Sherrod Brown's treasonous betrayal on the border, take a look at the carnage and chaos his policies unleashed, and he was all for it. He was -- he was a terrible senator.

He was a terrible representative of our country, and we cannot let him back. He was a stone-cold loser for Ohio. Take a look.

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[Video clip] There is a growing problem at the border. A record 1.7 million undocumented immigrants were apprehended last year. The numbers so far this year are dramatically higher. 12,000 people in a single day crossing the border illegally, that's an all-time record. It is quite a remarkable moment to see the DHS secretary insisting that the border is closed.

[Video clip] This is killing us and it's destroying our country. They've turned their back on not only the Border Patrol agents, but they've sent a clear message to us in law enforcement, they're not interested in solving this. I mean, as far as I'm concerned, the Biden administration has the blood of Rachel Morin on their hands.

[Video clip] Rafael Govea Romero, he's accused of attacking 16-year-old Lizbeth Medina by repeatedly hitting her head and stabbing her. A Honduran migrant accused of raping at knifepoint a 14-year-old teenage girl. Nilson Granados-Trejo accused of murdering, killing a 2-year-old infant. They confirmed MS-13 gang member, a registered sex offender, and he's got a lengthy criminal history, including kidnapping, abduction and sexually violent crimes.

[Video clip] Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, he brutally attacked a 9-year-old girl and her mother. The tragic murder of Laken Riley killed at the hands of Jose Ibarra, the Venezuelan who crossed in El Paso in 2022 and was released. Two men injured, one died. The two suspects, who authorities say are both in the country illegally.

[Video clip] Migrants believe there's an open border. It's open, not closed. The border is open. There was people there that traveled 8,000 miles with no water because they're hearing that the border is open. They believed that when the administration changed, that the law changed and policy changed. We heard the sheriff say it, the governor say it, and the migrants I spoke to say it, they are coming across because they believe they will be welcomed under the Biden administration.

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And that's what you have. You remember that dark period? That was a dark period. But Sherrod Brown, when he was senator, your state was doing the worst it ever did and you had that scene for years, and we're never going to let that happen to our country again. Sherrod Brown and Amy Acton will take your money to fund unlimited benefits for illegal aliens who kill and steal, loot.

Jon Husted and Vivek Ramaswamy will stop the state of Ohio from being invaded, plundered, ransacked. He'll stop -- they'll stop it from being, quite honestly, destroyed. They were -- they were -- this state, I'll tell you something, I don't think I've said this during any one of these rallies, and it's been so incredible to see the spirit.

But if I didn't win the presidency, this country would be gone. I really believe it. It couldn't have withstood. And guys like Sherrod Brown, he was an automatic vote, and nobody respected him in Washington. Nobody respected him. He was just a vote. All he was was a vote, but he always voted in the most radical fashion.

Can you imagine if a Republican stole, as an example, the money that Tim Walz stole from Minnesota, billions and billions of dollars? You know what would happen to the -- they'd give them the -- they'd give them the electric chair. This guy is going to retire, nothing happens. Although I must say, I understand there are lots of investigations going on, you know?

No, the money they stole, that crooked attorney general, where we have them all over the country, that crooked attorney general that's up there, he didn't see anything. They stole billions and billions of dollars. Many of them came from the lovely, lovely country of Somalia. That's what Brown and Acton want to do to Ohio.

They'll let that happen to Ohio. You'd be no different. Sherrod Brown also voted more than a dozen times to gut your Second Amendment. So he voted more than a dozen times to terminate your Second Amendment and he just got -- [Audience boos]

And he just got like, for many years in a row, an F rating from the NRA. F means take away. Nobody gets an F. You get D's and C's. He got an F. These guys have A's, by the way, A's. And Amy Acton also just had the privilege of getting an F rating from the NRA. I mean, look right there. I mean, you're not going to stand for that. Brown and Acton will take away your guns.

Jon and Vivek will always defend your right to keep and bear arms. And they'll be 100%. There'll be 100. [Audience chants "USA"]

And whether you like it or not, and I asked a couple of people, I'd like to say it. I'd like to talk about things, because Vivek was treated very unfairly. He had the mother of his opponent say that her daughter was a liar. I said, why can't I have an opponent like that? She said, worse than that, horrible things about her own daughter.

And the press, the fake news criticized him. And -- and I was just saying -- and I was just saying to some people, my mother was named Mary MacLeod. She met my father as a young girl from Scotland. She came over from Scotland, and she met my father. They were married for forever, one thing I will never beat my father at. I can never -- there aren't enough years left.

There aren't -- 67 years or some crazy number, but they had a great marriage. But Mary MacLeod from Scotland, if Mary MacLeod ever said, my son Donald is a liar, and he lied about his opponent and other things. I would say the press would be getting Pulitzer Prizes if they reported. But with Vivek, how dare he put that information.

What's to put out? There's nothing to put out. The mother said that Amy Acton, the daughter, is a liar, that she's no good, that she lied about the opponent. How the hell is that his problem? Very unfair. And if he were a Democrat, they would have gone the other way. Believe me, it's a very unfair situation.

Hard to believe we went -- you know, I get a lot of unfair news and I always say I got treated so unfairly, I get treated very unfairly. I'll be sitting in the Oval Office with my people, I said, you know, I straighten out the border. I created the most successful country we've ever had. Every state like Ohio, the best year you've ever had, everybody's having the best year. $22.2 trillion we invested.

We have the lowest crime numbers, best crime numbers we've ever had, and a hundred other things, and a hundred other things and I'm sitting in the oval and I'm saying to my people, they don't treat me properly. They don't give me the credit I'm due. And then I look up at the ceiling, I say, oh, is this the Oval Office?

Yes, it is. Oh. I said, well, maybe they do, maybe they do. It's the Oval Office. I don't know. But, you know, that's one of the things we did. You know, one of the reasons I got elected was the border. We closed up the border, best numbers we've ever had. Nobody in 17 -- nobody came in. And I tell my people, I want to talk about the border.

I mean, I got elected really twice in a way. In 2016 it was bad, but nothing like this. It was really bad in 2016. But this was the worst in the world. This was probably the worst in the history of the world, any country. No third-world country. 25 million people coming in from prisons, jails all over the world.

They came in from the Congo. They came in from Venezuela. They came in from all over the world, from Asia, from Europe, from South America. They came in from all over. But think of it, they released their prison populations into our country. They released their mental institutions, those people released into our country and we've gotten tremendous amounts of them out.

We're going to get them all out but we got tremendous -- the hardest job that we have. And then we run into these, we run into these radical left judges. And they -- it's okay for them to have murderers walking on the street. It's crazy. But I said -- tonight I said I want to talk about the border. They said, sir, nobody cares about the border.

I said what do you mean nobody cares? Nobody cares, sir. You've solved that problem. It's 100%. Zero people were admitted into our country illegally in the last seven -- sir, nobody cares. I said, well, I care about it. I care about it. [Audience chants "USA"]

Thank you. Thank you. This is an energetic group. This is a -- this is a very energetic group. I'll tell you, Jon, this is -- this is a very energetic group you got here, Jon. You know, it's very interesting, because when you watch the fake news, the Democrats are very energized. No, we're energized. The Democrats are saying -- bad crap is happening right now because they're seeing these rallies.

And every rally totally sold out with thousands of people that can't get in, and they're saying this could be a problem for us. No, we're the ones that are energized. We're the ones that are energized. We're energized because we don't want to go back to where we were two years ago. We don't want to go back to where we were two years ago.

That's why. So, it's -- it's amazing. No, you hear it. It's like -- you know, they have a rally. Bernie Sanders had 300 people. Bernie Sanders had a very big crowd of people tonight. I have 42,000 people. Donald Trump showed up tonight. I have 42,000 people. Donald Trump showed up. Bernie Sanders had 312 people.

We counted. Bernie Sanders had a very active crowd, tremendous crowd. I have 42,000 people. They refuse to acknowledge it. That's why I came with -- I came up with the name a long time ago, fake news. They're fake. We have a lot of good names. [Audience boos]

But in breaking news, just happened -- I don't know if you've seen this, Vivek, I don't know if you take a look at this, Jon, it's incredible -- it was also just determined that Democrats -- I want to be respectful here because I don't want to call them Dumocrats, because this is a very serious charge. Democrats in Alaska, despite their sworn statements to the contrary, put a man named Dan Sullivan on the ballot in order to continue the public with highly -- think of it, they wanted to continue the public dialogue.

They wanted to say that there was a man named Dan Sullivan on the ballot. He's a great, esteemed senator. So, they found a man named Dan Sullivan and they put him on the ballot. And nobody can tell the difference. This is voter fraud at the highest level. And the Democrat candidate who is involved in this scheme, Mary Peltola, who said she didn't know anything about it in court, she should be removed from the ballot and prosecuted, and so should the fake Dan Sullivan.

Just kidding. That's what they're good at, cheating. No, but think of it. We have a very good senator, great senator, great guy, Dan Sullivan, Senator Dan Sullivan. He's on the ballot, doing well, going to win. They find a guy in Alaska named Dan Sullivan. Ours is Dan S. Sullivan. Theirs is Dan J. Sullivan.

He actually goes and tries to change the J to an S. But he had no intention of this ever happening, in other words, even though he tried to change his middle name to an S to make it perfect. So, they find a guy named Dan. So, we have Dan Sullivan, and they put a Dan Sullivan on the ballot in order to confuse, in order to split up the vote.

And the way it is -- I'm a very high-IQ person. Don't forget I'm the only president to pass without exception -- I passed three cognitive tests. I'm the only president that agreed to take them. And they're hard, you know? Obama -- Obama couldn't have passed it. Biden we don't even talk about. [Laughter] Republicans wouldn't have passed them.

I won't mention names because I'm supposed to be a nice Republican. But I passed them. I got three of them all -- and by the way, you know what they do with the cognitive tests? The first one is easy. They have a lion, a bear, a snake, and a camel. They say which one is the snake, OK? [Laughter] That's question one.

Question two is a little bit -- by the time you get up to 14, 15, 16, you gotta be freaking smart to answer. [Laughter] I could go and I'd give them to you, but we don't have time for that. We gotta get these guys elected. But I passed them. So, no other presidents agreed to take them. It's a very powerful test, very highly respected test, very well-known test. 30 questions, very hard, some of them.

After you get to 15 -- oh, after you get to 20, 25, very few people. I'm one of the only persons. I passed it all three times. I aced it, zero mistakes all three times. But, no, that's -- that's the good news. So, I said to the doctor -- I think one of the doctors is here tonight. They have a whole team of doctors standing there watching you.

Mr. President, take the number 64, multiply it times seven, divide by three, add 1,019, subtract 74, multiply by nine. Sir, what do you have? Now, I know the number to that. Does anybody else know the number to that -- it is? That was as you got to the end. And that wasn't as hard as some of them. So -- anyway, so I aced it all three times.

And they're so smart. They really are. They're genius in the evil -- the fake news. So, I said to the doctor when I first -- first term, I said, Doc -- because they had me first as an evil genius, then they had me as a total moron. They've tried everything, and nothing was really working. But I said, you know, I'm gonna take one of those tests, I think.

I said what's the story on the test? I said, well, sir, you know, it's Walter Reed Hospital. It's a big deal. And, you know, it's public, sort of public. It's a military-grade hospital, by the way. Great doctor. It's a -- one of the greatest hospitals to me. I see -- I've seen them do things, but they're great.

I said so what's the story, Doc? He said, well, if you do well, it's fine, but if you do badly, it's probably going to get out. I said, well, it's different than that. If I do well, nobody's going to talk about it. If I do badly, it's going to be headlines all over the world. I said, what do you think, Doc?

He said it's a tough test, sir. Really, it is. You know, when the New York Times took it, they put only the first question up, the snake. They -- no, they put -- so, everyone thinks, oh, this is an easy -- and, no, it's not easy. It's just the opposite, very high aptitude, very high level IQ you have to have when you get through that.

You have to be Dr. John Trump, the longest-serving professor in the history of MIT, my uncle, who just got named -- I think just got named the number one professor in the history of MIT. Can you believe that? He's very -- good -- you know, we have -- like, he's got athletic genetics, and he's also got smart genetics.

Otherwise, I guess we wouldn't be here. But, you know, it's all about a lot of genes. So, I went in three times. So, I got three perfect scores. So, here's what they did. Nobody ever took it before. Nobody ever consented to take it. Nobody would have ever taken it. If they took it, they would have done badly.

I passed it twice in my first term. I passed it once a few months ago. So, here's what they came up with. Why is the president taking so many cognitive tests? There must be something wrong with him. That's brilliant. Can you imagine that? These people are sick. So, just last week it was also revealed that Ilhan Omar's name is not Ilhan Omar, the one who she used to get elected and sworn into Congress, but rather it's an entirely different name, Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a lovely name.

And that last name is incredibly also the exact name of her wonderful brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, the person she married and had beautiful children with. It's such a lovely event. When asked whether or not she married her brother, she said not to my knowledge -- [Laughter] which is a term a good lawyer will tell you to use if you're going to lie.

They say if they ask you a certain question, just say not to my knowledge. That way you don't get in trouble. You get -- you get in political trouble, you know, legal trouble. Therefore, because she used the fake name to be sworn in, I assume she must immediately resign from Congress. [Audience chants "Lock her up"]

So she comes from Somalia, which isn't even really a country. They have no government, they have -- all they have is crime and killing people, kill each other. People walk around killing each other all day. They don't even have a country. Then she comes over to our country, fresh little thing, and she comes over to our country, "My Constitution allows me the right."

She comes from a place where they don't even have laws, they don't have anything. And she comes over and tells us how to run the United States of America. It's a disgrace. The Constitution. Please inform the speaker of the House of Representatives, James Michael Johnson, that the Dumocrat Party has just conceded her seat, Ilhan Nur Saeed Elmi, her real name, has openly admitted to fraud, and she will not be legally allowed to be a member of that august body.

What do you think, Congressman? What do you think of that? What a great congressman. Stand up, Mr. Congressman. What a great congressman. He's a warrior. He's a warrior. He's my guy. He's always there when I need him. Less than two years ago, the radical left Dumocrats handed us the dark age of America, but we quickly turned it into what is now the golden age.

And no other president has ever accomplished so much in such a short period of time. We have. Not even -- it's not even close to two years if you think. We achieved the most secure border in American history. In the past 17 months, zero illegal aliens have been admitted into the United States of America.

We've achieved the largest drop in violent crime ever recorded. Think of that. Think of these points that we're making, the largest drop in violent crime ever recorded. And that's despite the fact that 25 million people came in, some of whom are not exactly perfect, murderers, drug dealers. 11,888 murderers, half of whom committed more than one murder and yet we achieved the best numbers in 125 years in murder.

So we've had, not since 125, that's 1900, year 1900, best numbers. In much less than two years, we secured commitments for $22.2 trillion of new investments into the United States of America, the greatest amount of money ever invested in any country at any time. Pretty good. [Audience chants "USA"]

I like that group. And thanks to my tariffs, I always say it's my favorite word but I don't say that anymore, because I get -- I get just decimated by the fake news. Look, there's a lot of fake news back there. But they said, what about God, what about wife, family, relationship, children? So I made it my fifth favorite word, tariff.

Tariffs have made us rich. They brought all these companies in because if they come in, they don't have to pay tariffs. So instead of making it and selling it through and taking all our jobs and destroying our country, like has happened under all of these really stupid politicians, we are making a fortune in this country.

And you'll see it happening. We have more factories and plants being built in the United States right now than ever before in the history of our country. The US Paper Mill Company is bringing paper manufacturing back to this very town. And also, right here, it's a great truck, Kenworth truck plant, because of our tariffs -- because of our tariffs, they're expanding their incredible place where they make these magnificent -- they build a beautiful truck.

And they've just added 1,000 jobs this year alone, 1,000. General Motors, Honda and Stellantis are spending more than $1 billion to expand auto manufacturing in Ohio and hundreds of billions of dollars of auto plants are being built right now all over the United States. Auto plants. Uh, you know, what we're doing great with is pharmaceuticals, hundreds of billions.

Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Merck, hundreds -- and by the way, I'll get to it in a second, but I love it. You should win just on this, everybody running. We have the lowest drug prices anywhere in the world. We went from the highest drug prices, we now have the lowest drug prices, favored nations, anywhere in the world.

And speaking of drugs, Bayer just announced that $2.2 billion investment in New Albany. SoftBank -- SoftBank is building one of the world's largest natural gas power plants in nearby Pike County, Ohio, $33 billion, $33 billion. That's great. $33 billion. That's big. And Cleveland-Cliffs is investing $500 million to make steel in Ohio.

Steel was dead. Before I came along, steel was dead. And frankly, less than two years ago, our country was dead. We had a dead country. Every -- every leader all over the world, they said to me in one form or another, sir, I must say, just a short time ago your country was dead. We never thought it could survive.

And now you have the hottest country anywhere in the world, and it's true. And since the election, again, much less than two years ago, we've hit 88 all-time record highs on the stock market. And from your standpoint, and before you go out and vote, you have to check your 401(k)s, because there's 60%, 70%, 77%, 59. They're so up. In history, you've never had anything like it. You know, with Biden, they were 25% down.

With us, they're close to 70% up. So before you leave to vote -- oh, my favorite -- will you two guys stand up, please. Look. Everyone thinks they're my best friends. I don't know them. Blacks for Trump. Everyone thinks they're my best friends. Right? Everyone thinks that these guys -- and they have a whole group of them, Blacks for Trump.

I love you guys. I don't know who the hell they are, but they're -- thank you. They know. They know. That's really cool. Thank you. That's nice. I just saw you out there. No, people think, oh, it's some kind of a game. It's not a game. And they have a whole group. Say hello to all your friends. How come there's only two tonight?

What's going on? Ah. Thank you. Thank you, friend. Thank you, man. Big progress, big progress. Thank you very much. It's an honor. No, they've come to a lot of rallies. And up here, we have the Front Row Joes. They've been to like 800 -- crazy. Smart guys. And we have Mr. Wall. He's become quite a celebrity.

Stand up, Mr. Wall. Stand up. You know why he does that? He's a very smart guy. I watched him do an interview tonight. They interviewed him. He knows more about what we're doing than we do, I must be honest. But Mr. Wall is great. And the reason he does it, because we built 2,000 miles of wall and if we didn't have that, the number of zero would be tens of thousands of people, if we did a good job.

But they let in 25 million. And under my leadership, income for hardworking Americans has soared to the highest level ever recorded. Remember that number, the highest level of income ever recorded for individuals. More Americans are working today than at any time in the history of our country. The poverty rate has just reached its best and lowest level in American history.

So, think of those three things. We have more people working today by far than we've ever had, our level of income per individual is the highest rate it's ever been, and the poverty rate is the best it's ever been, the best. Look, poverty is terrible, but they're doing better than ever before. African American poverty, Hispanic American poverty, Asian American poverty, Native American poverty rates are their best and lowest levels ever recorded.

And here's the best. Exports have soared to the highest level in American history. Good night, everybody. No, think of it. No, I caused problems. You know what happened? Secret Service runs -- he's leaving early. [Laughter] So, I -- I have to be a little bit -- look, what do you have? You have a little crown.

Are you a beauty queen? Look at that. That's very nice, the crown. Wow, that looks great. You know, I owned the Miss Universe contest long ago. I decided I had to sell it when I became a politician. Owning the Miss Universe was not good when you're being president. As -- how would it be -- Bernie, how would it be owning Miss Universe and being president of the United States?

I could -- but I had a great time. I had -- 22 years I owned it, and it was great. But you look every bit as beautiful as any Miss Universe. Thank you. And just yesterday -- so, I -- I went over those big-picture things, and then sometimes I'd have a little fun and I'll just say, all right, I'm leaving. Because honestly, what am I going to say beyond that?

Everything is the best it's ever been. So, I say, OK, good night, everybody, but I can't do that because I have to call these guys up. I have to introduce a couple of people that are here. But think of it. You don't have to say much more. Just yesterday it was announced that consumer confidence is up 7.5%, one of the biggest increases in year.

And very importantly, with our Republican Congress, I signed the great big beautiful bill delivering the largest tax cuts in American history, and these guys helped me a lot -- including no tax on tips, no tax on overtime and no tax on Social Security for our great seniors. And we made interest on car loans tax-deductible, but only if the car is made in America, OK? That's a big thing, because we're setting record business with cars.

You know, they're -- all the car companies are moving back into the United States. You know why? They don't want to pay a 25% tariff. It's very simple. They're all coming in from South Korea, from Japan, from Germany, from every -- from Mexico, and from a place called O Canada. O Canada has been ripping us off for many, many years.

They're not ripping us off anymore. We made the largest ever investment in the United States armed forces, $1 trillion. And this month, I announced -- because of Jon Husted, really, this was his baby -- the Department of War has selected the new home of the Navy's Future Component Repair Center, which is a big deal, to work on all new and existing submarines right here in Ohio.

That was Jon. [Audience chants "Ohio"]

That was Jon. That was Bernie, too. They'd call. Sir, can we speak to you like two times, three times a day? I said these guys keep calling. What the hell? They wanted it, and I gave it to you. I gave it to you. Just leave me alone. [Laughter] No, but no other senator would have been able to do that. And I wanted you to know that, if Jon Husted wins, I am going to consider putting the Space Academy right here in Ohio.

Right? If you win. If you don't win -- you don't win -- [Audience chants "Ohio"]

And everybody wants it. Every state, they all want it. We captured and brought to justice the outlaw dictator of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, who is now awaiting trial. And we won the war in Venezuela in one day, and we're now working with them to produce millions and millions of barrels of oil a week. I terminated Barack Hussein Obama's JCPOA, or the Iran nuclear deal, which was a road to a nuclear weapon for Iran and one of the dumbest deals I've ever seen in my life.

We obliterated Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity with Operation Midnight Hammer and Operation Epic Fury and defeated them, military, financially and otherwise. And remember that Iran is the world's No. 1 sponsor of terror, killed thousands and thousands of our people and wounded thousands more, many missing arms, legs, limbs, worse.

Past leaders should have done it. They should have settled this. They should have settled this long ago, but we're doing it. We're doing what a lot of people in a lot of ways would not have had the courage or the -- you had no choice. You can't, you just can't, because Iran can never, ever have a nuclear weapon, never -- can't have a nuclear weapon.

And I don't know if you saw the Wall Street Journal a couple of days ago, more oil is flowing out of the Hormone Strait, which I think we're going to rename the Trump Strait, than -- than it was seven months -- we're going to call it the Trump Strait. Well, we -- we named a gulf known the Gulf of Mexico into the Gulf of America.

We named a lovely lake named like Lake Ontario, Lake Ontario. It's now called Lake America. So, we're going to name -- I think the Hormone Strait, we're going to name that the Trump Strait at some point because -- because I think the jihadists will be extremely thrilled by that. Where are you taking the oil?

We're going up the Trump Strait. [Laughter] They may have a problem. Wouldn't you think they'll have a problem with that, Jon? I don't know. No, so we have a gulf, we have a lake. We might have a -- a strait. We might do that. They think I'm kidding. You know, they thought I was kidding when I named the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of -- everybody's -- oh, that's so funny.

No, I said, I'm going to do it. [Laughter] And the president of Mexico is really a lovely woman, beautiful woman who's -- with a beautiful voice. And it was announced that we just named it the Gulf of America, signed all the papers, got everything -- Google Maps accepted it totally, very important. And we -- it was named, and the president of Mexico, this woman with this beautiful way about her, no, no, President.

No, no. Please tell me, sir, it's not true. I said, oh, yes, it is true. I'm sorry. It's true. It's actually true. So -- but she is a good woman. You know, it was Gulf of Mexico -- they're a hundred years older. Did you know that? Mexico is 100 -- they're 350. We're 250. It's been named the Gulf of Mexico for 350 years.

So, now it's called the Gulf of America. I loved it. We have more frontage. Look, we have 93% of the frontage. They had seven, so it never really made sense to me. And just yesterday -- she found that funny, this one. Who's that woman with that hearty laugh? Look at her. Somebody found that very funny.

Where is she? Oh, look at her. She's a young, beautiful woman. I'm not allowed to say beautiful as a politician. I will never say it. I refuse to call you beautiful, but you have a very hearty laugh. And just yesterday, I announced that we are terminating Sleepy Joe Biden's burdensome and unnecessary methane rule targeting small oil and gas producers, which will save consumers and energy producers $45 billion in costs -- unlike -- unlike what -- nobody's ever done this kind of stuff.

We're going to unlock vast quantities of Ohio energy and unleash 210 million barrels at a minimum because of what we've done. But don't even think about that. When the war ends, the price of gasoline and the price of oil is going to go down, and when you reelect Jon Husted, one of the best, one of the most respected senators in Washington, Jon Husted, I will sign Jon's Ratepayer Protection Act to lower utility costs for the consumer by ensuring that big tech companies pay the cost of their own electricity production.

Right? [Audience chants "USA"]

Thank you, fellas. Starting on day one of my administration, we abolished all discriminatory diversity, equity and inclusion policies throughout the federal government. We got critical race theory and transgender insanity out of our schools. We made English the official language of the United States. And our country is doing so well, making so much, but it's doing so well under Republican leadership that only I can make this promise to you.

If Republicans win the House of Representatives and the Senate, I am going to give all adult citizens in the United States $5,000. [Audience chants "USA"]

And only Republicans can do it, because we're taking in massive amounts of money through tariffs and record-setting economic success. But the Democrat policies won't allow this to happen. In fact, the opposite. If the Democrats win, their policies are just as crazy as open borders and men playing in women's sports and transgender for everybody.

They're just as crazy. You will have a 1929-style economic depression. And I only hope that's not so, but if you want to make it not so, don't vote for them. If the Republicans win, you'll each have $5,000 in your pocket and economic success for our country like we have never seen before. And remember, just recently, I gave all members of the military $1,776. And everyone said that it couldn't be done, but I did it. It was actually $1,775, and I said, "$1 more, you have $1,776," and we did it. And the military is very happy about it. It was less than a year ago. The $5,000 -- call it a Trump dividend -- is approximately $1 trillion in costs, but we have a record-setting $22.2 trillion pouring into our country.

The only caveat that I say with this money is that you spend the money in the United States of America. We don't want you spending it in France, lovely place. That's what happens to a country when you lose control of your borders. The choice in this election is very simple. You can vote for the radical left Dumocrat communist to loot your wealth, raise your taxes by $5 trillion, annihilate your borders, decimate Ohio jobs and factories, mutilate your children and give 25 million illegal aliens amnesty and the right to vote.

That's what they're looking to do by letting these people in. They want to give them amnesty. They want to keep them here, let them vote. That's all they're doing. Or you can defeat the Democrat communists and vote for more money in your pocket, bigger paychecks for your families, lower taxes, less crime, a booming Ohio economy, no amnesty for illegal aliens, but you must vote Republican.

Every single Dumocrat in Congress voted against our tax cuts. Every single Democrat, every single one, I think, Bernie, right? They voted against no tax and tips. They voted against no tax on overtime. They voted against no tax on Social Security for our seniors. They voted against voter ID because they want to cheat.

They voted against proof of citizenship because they want to cheat. They voted against securing the border. They wanted open borders. They voted in favor of the worst inflation and highest energy costs in American history, in favor of the transgender mutilization of your children, in favor of men in women's sports.

And they want to take away your guns. Other than that, they're quite good. They're quite good. On election night in Ohio, you're going to prove that America does not belong to those who hate it. America belongs to those like you, who love it. So to me, this is one of the most important elections. You have a tremendous man as your representative, as your senator, respected by everybody so much for many, many reasons.

I didn't know he was a great athlete, but now I'll add that to him, but it's less important in many ways. But being as great at something, whether it's in sports or anything, means something, but it's less important than his other qualities. His qualities are incredible. He's a brilliant guy. He's a great guy.

He's a humble man, and he loves your state. Jon Husted, please come up. [Audience chants "Husted"]

Thank you, Mr. President, for caring about Ohio and coming back again and again and again to help us win this election on Tuesday. Is that right? I have to tell a story about the president because one day I got a call from the president and the plant manager from Kenworth. And they said, "Hey, our plants are in trouble."

They said, "We need a fair trade deal." "Foreign companies are assembling trucks in Mexico, avoiding the costs and undermining our plant here in Chillicothe, and if we don't get a good trade deal, our plants are going to have to close and all of those jobs will go away." They said, "Can we come see you and can we talk to you quickly?"

I said, "Sure, let's go have a conversation. Let's get this done. I want to know." And so they told me about their plight, and I called the president and I called his team and I explained to them that this plant in Chillicothe, one of the great iconic brands in our nation, Kenworth, had the -- was in jeopardy of going under if we didn't get them a fair trade deal from people who are trying to undermine it. And immediately, the president and his team took action, saved the plant and added 1,000 jobs right here in Chillicothe.

And this is a -- this is a great thing to remember. When Barack Obama was president, he said, "All of those manufacturing jobs are going to go away. Let's get used to it." Since Donald Trump has been president, in the last 20 months, we've added 10,000 manufacturing jobs right here in Ohio. Mr. President, you have not let Ohio down.

Ohio will not let you down. We will win on Tuesday, won't we, folks? Let's go get 'em.

This guy is a great guy. Get out and vote. You got to get out and vote. We can't -- we can't take chances. We also need to elect your next governor, Vivek Ramaswamy, running against Amy Acton, and she wants to double your taxes. You know, she compares law enforcement to white supremacists. That's what she said.

And she'll be a disaster in every way, aside from the fact that she absolutely wants to take your guns away. We can't have her be elected. Vivek, please come up.

Thank you, Mr. President. This election actually comes down to something very simple, same thing as the 2024 election: Who's actually going to make your life better? And if you think about that just honestly, not even the people who are in this room, even the independents watching at home, who do you actually think is going to make your life better?

The answer is so clear. In 2024, Donald Trump, you voted for him to do that. You know what he did? He passed the biggest tax relief package we've ever seen in our history, and I'm proud of that for our country. And you know what I'm going to do after I'm elected? I'm going to pass the biggest property tax relief package Ohio has ever seen -- in our history. Who's going to make your life better? President Trump sealed the border to keep illegal immigrants out of the United States of America.

And when I'm your next governor, we're going to end the sanctuary cities to keep illegal immigrants out of the state of Ohio. It's that simple. We could go on all night, but it comes down to a very simple premise. President Trump puts Americans first. I'm going to put Ohioans first. We're going to fight for you, and we're going to win this election next Tuesday night.

God bless you and your families. Get out and vote. Let's get the job done. And we're taking America and Ohio to the next level. Thank you, Mr. President.

Thank you, fellas. Two great people. I want to also thank my friend, Senator Bernie Moreno. He's been a fantastic senator -- and Rep. Dave Taylor. Thank you, Dave. Great job. Fantastic man. Nominee for attorney general, Keith Faber. Keith, thank you. You're going to win. I hear you're doing good.

Nominee for secretary of state, Robert Sprague. Thank you. Nominee for state treasurer Jay Edwards. Thank you, Jay. [Audience chants "Jay"]

Nominee for state auditor, a friend of mine, Frank LaRose. Thank you. Thank you. And a special envoy who's done a phenomenal job, Mr. Steve Witkoff. He's here someplace. Thank you, Steve. Thank you, Steve. And the great Dan Scavino, of course, is here. And very important, Dan, is a person that's with you, deputy from Marysville, Ohio.

Do you know Marysville, Ohio, anyone? Her name is Morgan DeWitt, and she is phenomenal. She works with us in the office. Thank you, Morgan. Thank you very much. Thank you, Dan. Another great friend of mine, co-chair -- he was with me in Ohio from day one -- Bob Paduchik. Bob? Where are you, Bob? What a great -- what a great guy.

And we have one of the world's greatest fighters -- UFC fighters, Hall of Famer, Rich Franklin. Where is Rich? Thank you, Rich. That guy -- I've seen you fight. We're not going to fight you. Great job. Thank you. Congrats. Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame. Fantastic. A lot of fights, a lot of wins. Everyone here today is part of the greatest movement in the history of our country, and our spirit is stronger than it's ever been before.

We have the greatest spirit. There's never been a movement like this. Before closing up, I'd like to just show you a couple of charts that CNN produced, and you'll find them very interesting.

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[Video clip] Okay. MAGA GOP on Trump. In the 2024 election versus Kamala Harris, he got 99% of the MAGA GOP vote. Perhaps surprisingly, I might have thought it'd be 100%, but it was 99%. Compare that to his approval rating now with the MAGA GOP. It's 98%. That is, there's been no real decline in MAGA support.

[Video clip] These folks say that they're gonna vote for congressional Republicans come the midterm elections. Again, that's the 99% that Trump got against Kamala Harris. Look now, in terms of the congressional vote, 98% of them say they're gonna be voting for House Republican candidates. So that support is actually really holding up strong.

[Video clip] It's really, really strong when it comes to MAGA GOP and the Republicans holding onto that vote. This one. Okay, the president Republicans most admire, it's Donald Trump. This is a historic comparison. A majority of Republicans say, 53% say he's the Republican president they most admire. Ronald Reagan, who traditionally has won that much, Donald Trump nearly triples up on this, Reagan at just 18%, and then Abraham Lincoln, who, by most historic accounts, is the greatest president of all time.

[Video clip] But Republicans say that the president that they most admire by, what is this, is this is six, seven times as many, Donald John Trump at 53%, easily crushing Abe Lincoln at 8%. And the Elon Poll showed that he was the greatest president as well, Donald Trump.

[Video clip] I feel like this slide might end up on a printout on his desk.

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Thank you. What an honor that is. Thank you, CNN. So, in conclusion, if you elect a Republican House and a Republican Senate on November 3rd, we will continue to put America first every single day. We will win the war on corruption and fraud, led by our great vice president, JD Vance. You happen to know him.

He comes from these parts. He loves -- he loves your state. We will pass the No Invasion of Our Country Act, prohibiting any future president from ever opening our borders to illegal immigrants again. We will ban sanctuary cities and pass the death penalty for large-scale drug dealers, human traffickers and anyone who kills a police officer or a member of law enforcement.

We will pass voter identification, proof of citizenship and the SAVE America Act to defend our sacred American elections. We will save them. Made a lot of progress. And we will enshrine in permanent law no men in women's sports and no transgender mutilization of your children. So, ladies and gentlemen of Ohio, it's an honor to be with you.

The golden age of America is upon us, but you must get out and vote. You have to vote Republican and vote for Jon Husted and Vivek Ramaswamy, two great people. Be very proud of that vote. You're going to look back and you're going to be very proud of those votes. Early voting ends this Sunday, November 1st. Go out and vote as soon as possible.

And you know what you have to do November -- November 3rd. You go out and vote. We've already made unbelievable progress, and now we will reach new levels of greatness, greatness that nobody thought even possible. We're already there, but I'm talking about greatness that nobody thought would even be possible for a country.

It's my honor to be your president during such an exciting time in the life of our country. And we've been doing this for 11 years together, and there's never been anything like it and there probably never will be anything like it. So, let's get out and do what we do best, which is to win. We know how to win.

So, on November 3rd, go out, vote properly. We're going to win like nobody's ever seen before. And let's make the next two years bigger, better and stronger than ever before, because together we will make America powerful again, wealthy again -- healthy again, strong again, proud again, safe again. And most importantly, we will make America great again.

Thank you, Ohio. Thank you. God bless you. God bless you all.