this country. those are the values that made this country great. those are the values. i understand those values. i understand those but as you know, these values have been under attack for many years in washington. and that s why we need a person like luther strange. we need him. you ve got to get out and vote. . [ cheers ] . president trump: you know i think if everybody in this room gets out and votes, luther, youa win, easily. [ cheers ] . president trump: you ve got to voechlt just get out and vote. got to get out and vote. vote. got to get out and v so luther it is not in washington to serve the special interests like a lot of people, even the way he handled that thing with me, he didn t ask me, you ve got to do this and that.
but when you hear all this nonsense, when you re a golfer and you have match play or you re a golfer and you have stroke play, different tournament you train differently, same with runners and different things, they havew to learn their lesson, they have to campaign in areas that really matter. but we had such a great victory, it was just something that was ah inspiring. and something that i think everybody in this room will never ever forget. i appreciate the fact that the people of alabama were with me right from the first day. they said to me don t come back, go to those other states that you have to work. i appreciate it. states that you have to work. i appreciate it. by the way, folks, just in case you re like curious, no, russia did not help me. okay? retu
recently been ravaged by storms and by floods. and i called the other day, i spoke to your governor.ed i said how you doing? sheow said, well, we have about7 million people that just a ented alabama, a shelter. and the you took such great care of those people, you really did. i said you know governor you re the fastest growing state anywhere in the world this week. but it was you really did, you did a great job. and your governor is doing a great job, too, by the way. when one part of america hurts, we all hurt. we grief over all that s been lost but we re also inspired by the incredible strength and spirit and resilience of our people. together we will recover, rebuild and return bigger, better, stronger than ever before.
so all of a sudden i see he s down in the race by a lot. and i said, man that s really unfair. they were giving him a bum rap because he happened to be in the senate they were giving him a bum rap. and i remember the call, by the way the other people that i called and therm all fine, but you don t even remember, the dinners, the this, you don t even remember any of it, you remember the one sentence, sir don t even waste your time n talking any more, you have a lot of business to do, you have my vote. this was a definite no. that s the cool left thing. i called him. he was down because of being saddled with stuff he was down by quite a bit. and i said i m gonna endorse you. and he didn t believe it. hehe said, you would doll that? i said, yeah, i m gonna do that. i shouldn t be doing it. the last thing i want to do is be involved in a primary, okay? i could be sitting home right now getting to watch some of the
[ crowd chanting lock her up ] [ crowd chanting lock her up ]. president trump: you ve got to speak to jeff sessions about that. [ cheers ] . president trump: so, here s what happened with luther. so luther, i get this list, ten names of people that are absolute total nos, and there were good people, a lot of them. by the way, in all fairness, rand paul was on that list, they said don t even waste your time calling him. he voted twice yes. okay? he was very good. and i haven t given up on him. because i think he may come around. okay? wouldn t it it be ironic if he took john mccain s place? and they definitely do not like