Troops. Its not an endorsement of Donald Trumps candidacy. Im still running for president. We have the caucus since monday night. Im delighted to join donald trump in an effort to salute veterans. And you know what i didnt have anything going on at 8 00 tonight. Ill be done. So i figured why not. Lets show the veterans our support. 8 00 central, 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Was there a phone call from donald trump, or one of his aides to you . Did you make the phone call to them . Walk us through how this decision came about. Well i didnt talk to him. I dont know if some of our folks maybe mentioned to him or their folks reached out to us. I know that there were some conversations over the past day or so. And, you know we said we would love to come and be part of an event that honors our veterans. Theyre some of the most underappreciated undersupported people in the country. And when we found out that donald was going to be having an event for them sure were ready to come and be part of that. A
I now feel like the luckiest Police Officer in the history of this country, because its my honor to introduce our next speaker. Mr. President , its a great privilege to honor and to have you here to honor the families of our fallen heroes. It has been a difficult time for Law Enforcement in our country, as you know. More officers are being targeted for violence, simply because of their uniform. In pledging to serve and protect, they willingly placed themselves in harms way but now, all too often, harm is seeking them out and they find themselves in the crosshairs of individuals consumed with hatred for police and who are determined to kill them. Mr. President , on the campaign trail, you often spoke of your support for Law Enforcement officers and you made a commitment to help us make america and our officers on the beat safe again. In your first days of office, you began to deliver on that promise, demonstrating that youll be a partner and not a critic of our nations Law Enforcement o