'Weakness And Wokeness': Eric Schmitt Lays Into The Biden-Harris Platform In Fiery RNC Remarks

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Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) ripped into President Biden, while lauding praise on former President Donald Trump in a speech at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, WI.

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00:00Hello, Milwaukee. Hello, America. I'm Eric Schmidt from the great state of Missouri,

00:22the Show-Me State. It's not lost on me how unlikely my presence is on this stage. As

00:37the grandson of a butcher, the son of a man who worked seven days a week in the midnight

00:43shift, my blue-collar roots run deep. And I'm proud the Republican Party is the party

00:50of working families. Missouri is home to cities named Liberty and Independence, and

01:03towns called Freedom and Defiance. So it should come as no surprise that we are sick and tired

01:12of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. And I am here with a simple message. Enough is enough. We're

01:24ready to take our country back. Under Joe Biden, the rule of law has disintegrated. Crime is

01:36rampant, our communities are under siege, and our brave law enforcement officers are constantly

01:44being vilified. He stood idly by as liberal DAs and mayors pushed to defund the police agenda

01:52and empowered criminals, all while endangering law-abiding citizens. Kamala Harris shares in

02:00these failures. She campaigned as a progressive prosecutor and even called for us to reimagine

02:08public safety. Americans don't need to reimagine safety. We know exactly what safe communities

02:14look like. But the weakness and the wokeness of the Biden-Harris administration has made

02:23us less safe. Biden and Harris opened our border to terrorists, to criminals. They allowed

02:33drug cartels to flood our communities with Chinese fentanyl that's killing more than

02:38200 Americans each and every day. It doesn't have to be this way. As Missouri's former

02:48Attorney General, I went toe-to-toe with the radical to defund the police crowd and had

02:53the backs of our men and women in blue. When Soros-backed officials refused to prosecute

03:02violent criminals, I stepped in and put those dangerous felons beyond bars. And I know President

03:14Trump will do the same. He'll restore law and order. He'll unapologetically back the

03:20blue. And President Trump will secure the border once and for all. I believe in an America

03:35where our best days are ahead of us. I believe in an America where moms and dads can raise

03:42their kids in safe communities. And I believe in an America where we defend the police,

03:48not defund the police. President Trump will make that dream a reality. And that's why

03:59we need him back in the White House. Ladies and gentlemen, a vote for President Trump

04:10is a vote to make America safe again. Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United

04:18States of America.

'Weakness And Wokeness': Eric Schmitt Lays Into The Biden-Harris Platform In Fiery RNC Remarks

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