to be because it was an echo of their desire. let s debate it. rick santorum and jennifer. in especially valued guest. a former u.s. senator. you were not asked to sign this letter. would you have? no. i think it tells you something. i within the asked to sign the letter. if you look at the ten republicans who signed. all good people friends of mine. they are not i would say conservative republicans or supporters of the president. so that is number one. number two the fact they didn t reach out beyond a group of folks who were antitrump. gives you more perspective on this. and the other thing what s the letter saying? it looks like a letter that maybe was put together or the idea was put together to call on the senate to go after trump or do something. but it looks like a letter written by committee they couldn t really come up with anything other than stand for god and country. it says nothing.
history and culture, so important. for generations now the american legion has taught our young people the principles of americaamericanism. you emphasize the need to preserve the nation s cultural, moral and patriotic values. you encourage the observation of patriotic holidays. you stress the need tone force our laws including our immigration laws. [ applause ] president: you teach the responsibilities of citizenship and the importance of the pledge of allegiance. [ applause ] president: so important. you do it all as your motto says for god and country.
says, for god and country. that s why we re here today, for america, and for god. but to fulfill our patriotic duties, we must take care of our great veterans. one year ago, at this gathering, and i remember so many of you so well, i promised you that i would make it my priority to fix the broken va and deliver our veterans the care they so richly deserve. and you see what s been happening. now you have a true reformer in
threatened, you know, he d shut the government down if that didn t happen. when we talk about the good blood, bad blood, whatever it is between him and the senate majority leader and other republicans that nia alluded to, how are they supposed to get things done? do you think the president truly understands how washington works. the answer is no, he doesn t have any clue but to continue the sports metaphor you started with, if he s the coach of the team, he s lost the locker room, as they say in football and baseball. so, i think it s pretty clear it s mighty early on in the game to lose the locker room. well, nevertheless, that s where i think we are right now. and remember, all this has gone on while the members are disbursed throughout the country for august recess. god only knows what will happen when they get back together again after labor day and they re chatting again at the official lunches and what have you, when this stuff can begin to build, and i think it s going
[cheers and applause] president: that s why we re here today, for america and god. to fulfill our patriotic duties we must take care of our great veterans. [ applause ] president: one year ago at this gathering, i remember so many of you so well, i promised you that i would make it my priority to fix the broken va and deliver our veterans the care they so richly deserve. [ applause ] you see what has been happening. now you have a true reformer in secretary david, he has done a