We must also ensure our economic resurgence continues at a rapid
pace. No one has benefited more from our thriving economy than women,
who have filled 58 percent of the newly created jobs last year.
All Americans can be proud that we have more women in the workforce than ever before.
Don’t sit yet. You’re going to like this. (Laughter.)
And exactly one century after Congress passed the constitutional
amendment giving women the right to vote, we also have more women
serving in Congress than at any time before.
As part of our commitment to improving opportunity for women
everywhere, this Thursday we are launching the first-ever
government-wide initiative focused on economic empowerment for women in
developing countries.~President Trump, SOTU 2019
~I eagerly watched and did blog posts on all of President George W. Bush's SOTU addresses that he delivered after I started my blog. I did a couple on Obama's, only because one year the Kansas City Star wanted a quote from me about it.
~As I have made clear, I wasn't a Trump fan for the first 2 years of his presidency, so I missed his first 2 SOTU. I came
on board last August at around the same time that Ben Shapiro did (great minds think alike). The Brett Kavanaugh hearings really got me fired up.
This is our future, our fate, and our choice to make. I am asking you to choose greatness.~SOTU 2019
~For numerous reasons, I wanted to tune in this year. I didn't necessarily have high expectations, but wow, he really blew my socks off. I was so impressed with the content of his speech. I would love to know who were the speechwriters that helped him write it.
We will not avert our eyes from a regime that chants “Death to America”
and threatens genocide against the Jewish people. We must
never ignore the vile poison of anti-Semitism, or those who spread its
venomous creed. With one voice, we must confront this hatred anywhere
and everywhere it occurs.~SOTU 2019
~I would encourage everyone to read the
transcript of the actual address. I watched it live and took notes, but I missed a lot and I was impressed with the topics he chose to focus on, and the eloquence of his words.
~I thought his description/explanation of the legal and illegal immigration debate was the best I've ever heard. The left constantly tries to imply that Republicans are cold-hearted people against all immigrants. That couldn't be further from the truth. We want lots of people to come here, we just want them to come in legally.
~I also thought he was a genius to include certain parts that even the liberal women would have to stand up and cheer for.
~I have lots of favorite quotes that I would love to include in this post, but there isn't room. Below are the quotes that had me literally standing up, clapping and cheering:
Two weeks ago, the United States officially recognized the legitimate
government of Venezuela — and it's new president, Juan Guaido.
We stand with the Venezuelan people in their noble quest for freedom,
and we condemn the brutality of the Maduro regime, whose socialist
policies have turned that nation from being the wealthiest in South
America into a state of abject poverty and despair.
Here in the United States, we are alarmed by the new calls to adopt socialism in our country.America was founded on liberty and independence, and
not government coercion, domination, and control.
We are
born free and we will stay free.
Tonight, we renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country.
A second Holocaust survivor who is here tonight, Joshua Kaufman, was a
prisoner at Dachau. He remembers watching through a hole in the wall
of a cattle car as American soldiers rolled in with tanks. “To me,”
Joshua recalls, “the American soldiers were proof that God exists, and
they came down from the sky.” They came down from Heaven.
I began this evening by honoring three soldiers who fought on D-Day
in the Second World War. One of them was Herman Zeitchik. But there is
more to Herman’s story. A year after he stormed the beaches of
Normandy, Herman was one of the American soldiers who helped liberate
Dachau. He was one of the Americans who helped rescue
Joshua from that hell on Earth.
Almost 75 years later, Herman and Joshua are both together in the
gallery tonight, seated side-by-side, here in the home of American
freedom.
~I also loved the above part where he talked about the two holocaust survivors, Judah Samet and Joshua Kaufman (a prisoner at Dachau), and the D-Day soldier who helped liberate Dachau, Sergeant Herman Zeitchik. Amazing!!
~I'm going to end with the conclusion of Trump's address because it's so good:
When American soldiers set out beneath the dark skies over the
English Channel in the early hours of D-Day, 1944, they were just young
men of 18 and 19, hurtling on fragile landing craft toward the most
momentous battle in the history of war.
They did not know if they would survive the hour. They did not know
if they would grow old. But they knew that America had to prevail.
Their cause was this nation and generations yet unborn.Why did they do it? They did it for America. They did it for us.
Everything that has come since — our triumph over communism, our
giant leaps of science and discovery, our unrivaled progress towards
equality and justice — all of it is possible thanks to the blood and
tears and courage and vision of the Americans who came before.
Think of this Capitol. Think of this very Chamber, where lawmakers
before you voted to end slavery, to build the railroads and the
highways, and defeat fascism, to secure civil rights, and to face down
evil empires.
Here tonight, we have legislators from across this magnificent
republic. You have come from the rocky shores of Maine and the volcanic
peaks of Hawaii; from the snowy woods of Wisconsin and the red deserts
of Arizona; from the green farms of Kentucky and the golden beaches of
California.
Together, we represent the most extraordinary nation in all
of history. What will we do with this moment? How will we be remembered?
I ask the men and women of this Congress: Look at the opportunities
before us. Our most thrilling achievements are still ahead. Our most
exciting journeys still await. Our biggest victories are still to
come.
We have not yet begun to dream. We must choose whether we are defined by our differences or whether we dare to transcend them.
We must choose whether we squander our great inheritance or whether we proudly declare that we are Americans.
We do the incredible. We defy the impossible. We conquer the unknown.
This is the time to reignite the American imagination. This is the
time to search for the tallest summit and set our sights on the
brightest star. This is the time to rekindle the bonds of love and
loyalty and memory that link us together as citizens, as neighbors, as
patriots.
This is our future, our fate, and our choice to make. I am asking you to choose greatness.
We must keep America first in our hearts. We must keep freedom alive
in our souls. And we must always keep faith in America’s destiny that
one nation, under God, must be the hope and the promise, and the light
and the glory, among all the nations of the world.
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless America.
Previously:
President George W. Bush's 2006 SOTU
President George W. Bush's 2007 SOTU
President Bush's 2008 SOTU
President Obama's 2010 SOTU
President Obama's 2015 SOTU
