our focus is on helping the folks who work in the mailrooms and machine shops of america. the plumbers, carpenters, cops, teachers, pipe fitters, the people that like me best. actually, the rich people actually don t like me which is interesting. n that s fine. i like that trade. but, really, the people that like me best are those people, the workers. they re the people i understand the best. those are the people i grew up with. those are the people i worked on construction sites with. [ applause ] all of the people who give their best each and every day to take care of their family and the country that they love. these are incredible people. they came out to vote for me. they came out to vote for us. people that worked hard, two jobs, three jobs. that hadn t voted in many years because they never had anybody they wanted to vote for.
folks who work in the mail rooms and the machine shops of america, the plumbers, the carpenters, the cops, the teachers, the truck drivers, the pipe fitters. the people that like me best. actually, the rich people don t like me, which is interesting. that s fine. i like that trade. really, the people that like me best are those people, the workers. they re the people that i understand the best. those are the people that i grew up with. those are the people i worked on construction sites with. [applause] all of the people that give their best each and every day to take care of their family and the country that they love, these are incredible people. they came out to vote for me, they came out to vote for us. people that worked hard, two jobs, three jobs, that hadn t voted in many years because they never had anybody they wanted to vote for. they came out i ll never
the biggest since ronald reagan. [applause] the pipe fitters and plumbers and nurses and police officers, all the people like you that pour their hearts to every penny earned, in both the officers and oil fields of america, you re the ones that carry this nation on your back, and it s time for you to get the relief that you deserve. it s enough. it s enough. that s why our tax plan will reduce taxes for our middle class and allow them to keep more of their own money, keep that hard-earned money where you can spend it the way you want to spend it or guess what? you can also save it. nothing wrong with that. it s your money, not the government s money. [applause] so we will provide tax relief to
doris put her finger on it. two weeks after barack obama was inaugurated and i m sitting at the rnc thinking what do i do with this? i have a base that s dysfunctional and the message is all over the place. you have to figure out where you came from and where we came from was the desert. 06, 08. so the messaging is critical. right now those who are running for the chairmanship of the party don t have a galvanizing message. they don t have a way to animate the base. the base is going in one direction. right. the party leadership is standing still, and then those other democrats who are kind of watching this whole episode and going okay. we ll just wait and see. that is not a good space for the democrats right now. single most important moment this week politically which was largely overlooked was the meeting that donald trump had with union leaders on monday. the bricks the trades. the pipe fitters. the sheet metal workers and you didn t see a single aflcio member there
single most important moment this week politically was the meeting that donald trump had with union leaders on monday. yeah. the trades. yes. the pipe fitters, the sheet metal workers. and you didn t see a single member there. he is trying to steal that base. by the way, those union members came out hugely enthusiastic from that meeting. if democrats don t remember those are the people they need to keep on board. part of the problem is the policies. why are they thrilled with donald trump? because he signed executive orders on the keystone pipeline and on the dakota pipeline. okay. well, this is important to guys like howard dean. the ted kennedy, the old labor guys, they would have loved that stuff. right. i m a big believer of people don t listen through their ears.