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Good evening, everyone. My name is Bobby Bartels. I'm a proud member of Steamforters Local Union 638. And like many of my fellow union members, I've been a Democrat my whole life. And like so many of my fellow union members, we have come to expect empty promises from Democratic politicians. In 1986, after a decade of Democratic politicians mismanagement, Central Park's iconic Wollman ice rink had fallen into an unusable state of disrepair. Politicians made promise after promise to fix the rink. And yet they did nothing. That's when Donald Trump stepped up. He wasn't mayor. He wasn't running for anything. But he was a guy who cared about people. And he knew how to get a job done. He put his money and his reputation on the line and committed to getting it built. He did it using skilled local union labor like the men of Local 638. Together, we worked tirelessly on that project, completing it on time and ensuring kids would be skating that fall on that rink. And a quick note to President Biden. That involved working outside the hours of 10 AM and 4 PM. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Early one hot summer morning on that job, I saw Donald Trump visiting the site. I yelled out, "Are you here to buy us coffee?" President walked right over. He wasn't the president at the time. But he walked right over, renting, and handed me some cash, and told us it was too hot for coffee. Go buy sandwiches and drinks for everyone. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Now, more than ever, we need a president who knows how to get things done. We have an open border inviting illegal immigrants to take our American jobs and lower our wages. Out of control inflation is squeezing budgets. And both violent crime and drug epidemic are pushing people out of our cities, all while Democrats do nothing. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] That's why this Union Democrat will be voting Trump along. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] So that's why this Union Democrat, along with many of my local Union members, will be voting Trump this November. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] So that we can take back the middle class-- take back the country and rebuild the middle class that my union has helped build over so many years. God bless America. Thank you. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
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