
Illinois Delegate on Trump, Day 2 RNC Speakers
Clip: 7/16/2024 | 3m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
Aaron Del Mar, Palatine Township Republican chairman, joins Amanda Vinicky.
Aaron Del Mar, Palatine Township Republican chairman, joins Amanda Vinicky inside the Fiserv Forum on Day 2 of the Republican National Convention.
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Illinois Delegate on Trump, Day 2 RNC Speakers
Clip: 7/16/2024 | 3m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
Aaron Del Mar, Palatine Township Republican chairman, joins Amanda Vinicky inside the Fiserv Forum on Day 2 of the Republican National Convention.
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WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN JUST A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PROGRAM.
BUT NEXT, AMANDA BEEN A KEY HAS BEEN INSIDE MILWAUKEE'S PFIZER FORUM THIS EVENING.
AMANDA JOINS US NOW WITH A MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION.
AMANDA.
YES, I'M HERE WITH A MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS ACTUALLY ALSO THE CHAIR OF THE PALATINE TOWNSHIP OR REPUBLICAN PARTIES.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, ERIN DAMAR.
WE WERE A BIT SURPRISED AT LEAST HAVE TALKED TO SOME OF YOUR FELLOW DELEGATES GET CHICAGO DIDN'T COME UP MORE OFTEN.
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP A LOT OF REPUBLICANS SPEAK ABOUT VIOLENT SUMMER.
DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE WRONG GIVING CITIES LIKE CHICAGO AS EVIDENCE RE RE YOU SURPRISED BY THAT AS WELL?
A LITTLE SURPRISED ABOUT IT.
BUT SEEING THAT THE DELEGATION FROM THE GREAT STATE OF THE WE CAME 126 PEOPLE STRONG, RIGHT CLOSE TO STAGE.
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DON'T WANT SEE SO MUCH ABOUT THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, A CRIME BEEN EMERGING ISSUE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SERIOUSLY HAS INTEREST IN CHICAGO.
AS YOU KNOW, DURING THE RECENT 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND, YOU KNOW, OVER 100 PEOPLE SHOT.
SO THAT IS A TOP ISSUE FOR THE PRESIDENT.
AND WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT KIND POINTS AND VISION HAS PRODUCED COME CONSTITUTION.
WHAT DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THAT TONIGHT?
THAT WAS THE THE ENTIRE FOCUS MAKING AMERICA SAFE ONCE AGAIN.
I THINK THEY GIVE A LOT OF GREAT EXAMPLES OF HOW THERE HAS BEEN REAL LIFE ISSUES RUNNING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY CRIME.
I THINK THEY NEED TO LOOK AT IT FROM HOLISTIC APPROACH AND WITH ARE GOING TO BE ABLE ALLOCATE DIFFERENT FEDERAL FUNDS TO SOME OF THE CITIES AND DESPERATELY NEEDED THOSE FUNDS.
NOW WE'RE GOING STEM SOME OF THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE THAT SEEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN ALSO.
AND NOW YOU MIGHT CREATE HOLISTIC APPROACH, GIVING PEOPLE THEIR DEFENSIVE DUTIES FOR DRUG ABUSE AND PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES IN THE TOP.
YOU FEEL LIKE THE UNOFFICIAL THEME OF TONIGHT WAS HEARING FROM SOME OF TRUMP'S RIVALS IN THE PRIMARY IF THERE WAS A SOMEWHAT MUTED RESPONSE, WHAT WAS YOUR TAKE?
WHAT DID YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM GOVERNOR DESANTIS FROM AMBASSADOR HALEY KIND OF FEEL LIKE FAMILY REUNION A LITTLE BIT DIDN'T.
WE'RE TRYING TO BRING EVERYONE BACK INTO THE FOLD.
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
WE WANT TO SHOW UNITY.
WE WANT TO SHOW RESILIENCE THAT WE GET ALL THE OTHER DETRACTORS NRA BOARD.
LISTEN FOR.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE.
YOU KNOW, ME KNOW THOUSANDS HERE, NOT A LOT OF THEM WERE ON BOARD IN 2016 AND THERE'S BEEN EVOLUTION OF PEOPLE GETTING MORE AND SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP.
A LOT OF IT HAD TO DO THE PROGRESS DID DURING HIS ELECTION PRESIDENT.
DID ANY OF THAT RING HOLLOW, THOUGH?
YOU HAD SO MUCH CRITICISM, EVEN FRANKLY, HIS VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK BEING A QUOTE, UNQUOTE, NEVER TRUMPER ONES ON TIME.
DID THAT.
IT IS THIS A SIGN THAT YOU HAVE TO BE WITH TRUMP OR YOU'RE NOT WELCOME IN THE PARTY?
I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY OPPOSITE.
YOU THINK THAT THAT SHOWS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND, YOU KNOW, JD VANCE OR TO BRING PEOPLE IN THAT WERE DETRACTORS AS LONG AS THEY'VE COME ALONG NOW BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT WE NEED EVERY REPUBLICAN ON BOARD.
WE NEVER EVERY PERSON EVERY VOTER THAT OUTING TO GET ON BOARD WITH CAN TAKE IT BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE ARE BEATING JOE BIDEN BY OVER 6 POINTS, IT'S GOING TO BE A TIGHT RACE IN NOVEMBER.
AND WE JUST HAVE A IF YOU A LITTLE BIT LEFT, BUT YOU PUT YOUR HAT IN THE RING TO BE THE NEXT CHAIR OF THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY.
YOU TOOK YOUR NAME OUT, BUT WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH?
THE MINGO THAT WAS MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE GRASS ROOTS PEOPLE WHEN I SAY GRASSROOTS, I MEAN, THE VOLUNTEERS THAT COME TO PARADES, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WAS LAWN SIGNS ON THE GROUND GO TO MONTHLY MEETINGS AGO TO LINCOLN DAY DINNERS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD A VOICE FOR PART TOO LONG.
THE ESTABLISHMENT AND A LOT OF THE DONOR CLASS AND TURNED A DEAF EAR TO THAT GROUP AND BY RUNNING TO GETTING A LOT OF DRESSES SUPPORT FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.
THERE'S 102 COUNTIES, 32 OF THEM OR DURING THIS RACE.
I GAVE BUT ULTIMATELY THE MOST WERE BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEIR VOICES WERE WELL, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR VOICE.
THAT OUR VIEWERS THIS EVENING.
ONCE
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