SHERIFF DAVID CLARKE SPEECH AT THE 2015 NRA NASHVILLE CONFERENCE

SHERIFF DAVID CLARKE SPEECH AT THE 2015 NRA NASHVILLE CONFERENCE

Sheriff David A. Clarke, Jr is the 64th Sheriff of Milwaukee County. In 2002, Clarke was appointed to a vacancy by Governor Scott McCallum, and later elected that same year to his first four-year term.

Transcript English (Automatic Captions) 0:00 the 0:11 thank you so much what a pleasure it is to be here and I really mean that 0:15 a just listen to Rick Santorum on a guy I've met him on several occasions 0:22 among them reasons I like your viewers cowboy boots like I do 0:26 one of the reasons I do is because 0:33 great americans work oh boy boots some white heroes John Wayne 0:38 who ronald reagan 0:43 the 0:48 but I want to correct senator Santorum on something he said 0:53 you mention havent but twenty two thousand dollars to run a race and he 0:57 said you can hardly 0:58 when a dog catchers race with that much money 1:02 and I thought if you have the NRA behind you 1:05 it's doable 1:15 what a pleasure it is to be here with you in Nashville Tennessee 1:19 the National Rifle Association's annual meeting we are after all fresh 1:24 of a bar defeated Michael Bloomberg and his second amendment 1:28 force the mayor's against guns 1:36 Bloomberg tried to take me out with his wallet and my reelection a share for 1:40 Milwaukee County 1:41 and only because I'm your help was I able to 1:45 check him out of Dodge so to speak with his tail between his legs 1:51 leaving him still in search of a signature win 1:55 to rally around together 2:03 you when I told him not today 2:06 not here nice try 2:10 and again I wanna thank you because 2:14 if not for your efforts and help with the NRA Michael Bloomberg probably 2:18 prevails 2:19 he 2:27 I think I was strategically placed 2:29 in the lineup here many the people here today 2:33 political speeches I don't have a political speech 2:36 but this is where I want to be 2:40 standing shoulder to shoulder with you 2:43 God loving freedom-loving patriots who support the United States Constitution 2:49 which includes 2:50 the right to keep and bear arms 3:04 or as President Barack Obama calls those 3:07 better clinger's he says that when things don't feel right 3:12 that we cling to our guns in our religion to which I replied 3:16 damn right we do mister president don't you forget it 3:20 the 3:34 and to the liberal media will become the propaganda wing a 3:38 leftist politics don't tell me that I can't say that about the president 3:44 yes I can yes i'd 3:47 did and yes I will probably do it again 3:50 the 4:00 now let me say this about being one of those 4:03 better clinger's there's nothing else I would rather hold in my hand when 4:08 fighting government tyranny 4:10 been a Bible in my left hand that I used to swear to uphold the Constitution 4:15 and in my right hand a Winchester rifle a symbol of freedom and liberty 4:20 and the United States of America 4:31 in fact I propose that we change the Great Seal of the United States you know 4:37 the one 4:38 with the American bald eagle holding an olive branch in one cloth 4:42 and arrows in the other which you take those payrolls though the Eagles claws 4:49 and replace them 4:50 with a semi-automatic rightful in 5:02 preferably one that shoots am 855 ammunition 5:13 what do you think is the most in on the floor all in favor say aye 5:16 commotion carries 5:24 90 that many the speakers invited you today 5:26 a running for something they want something from you 5:29 not all of them but most me on the other hand I don't want anything from 5:34 I came to give you my thanks 5:40 it's on now running for anything right now 5:45 Co 5:50 the 5:53 that's to keep the left undertows 5:57 in fact I'm here simply wanting to be a foot soldier 6:00 in the fight to beat back the anti-gun anti second-amendment forces 6:05 these tyrants are well-organized 6:09 well-funded and have a never-say-die attitude 6:13 we have to match that in fact we have to be 6:17 EE prepared to preserve our god-given right to keep and bear arms 6:22 that's why we're here for the next couple days to send a message to that 6:27 anti second-amendment force that we too 6:30 are well-organized and we true we'll fight 6:34 as I like to say with the ferocious this about junk yard dog to preserve that 6:40 which they have no white to take from us the 6:53 to the American Left hate to disappoint you 6:57 but you are not gotten that include you Michael Bloomberg he so how do we do 7:06 this what's the plan 7:07 first have to stay together 7:12 may have to stay organized just because the republicans 7:16 control congress we shouldn't take a breather 7:19 political class unfortunately has let us down before 7:24 look at how some achieved on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in 7:29 Indiana and Arizona 7:30 was highly disappointed in that want to remind you 7:36 don't trust politicians trust the National Rifle Association 7:50 number question on this 7:52 topic when it comes to congress 7:55 the constitutional cherry reciprocity act has been introduced that would allow 8:01 anybody with a concealed carry license and once the 8:05 to have that honored in any other state 8:09 I think about this for a moment a crook 8:15 to commit a crime in one state cross into another state and all of his 8:20 constitutional freedoms 8:21 follow him right Fourth Amendment 8:25 fifth amendment 6 the moment 14th amendment we want that 8:29 but I also want the same for you law-abiding folks 8:34 when you cross out your state line the jerk constitutional freedoms 8:40 follow you as well and that includes the second amendment to the constitution 8:55 so I wanna know and I need your help on this to keep the pressure on Congress to 9:00 get this thing done 9:10 they started this new session in January removing and April 9:14 how much longer 9:21 you when I finance the NRA because the NRA 9:24 spends 24/7 attention to what is going on on capitol hill 9:29 an in-state legislatures you and I also know that the Second Amendment forces 9:36 are sneaky and they work behind the scenes like they did trying to ban AR 15 9:40 ammunition 9:41 to protect our 2nd Amendment freedom 9:45 cost money big-money keep reminding Michael Bloomberg has committed 9:51 fifty million dollars have his personal wealth to 9:54 chill of the second amendment as for the Bullet Band 10:00 the anti-gun frauds tried to slip it past us another disingenuous 10:05 effort to protect law enforcement officers let me say this 10:10 last week I met with Boston Police Officer John morning hand 10:16 at the rehab center in the Boston area that he'll spend 10:20 some time trying to recover in please keep them in your prayers 10:24 for speedy recovery officer morning and took a shot 10:29 to the right cheek at point-blank range from a suspect 10:33 armed with the 357 handgun 10:36 any bullet 10:41 can kill a law enforcement officer not just an ar-15 ROM 10:46 I don't blame the gun 10:49 I blame the subhuman behavior of someone who would shoot another human being 10:54 without legal justification 11:08 in closing here's my challenge to you 11:11 make a commitment to 11:14 upgrade your NRA membership do it here 11:19 I know you're busy human nature being what it is 11:24 as we go home we get back into our routine in our lives and starts to 11:28 slip away from us our best intentions start to slip away from us 11:33 so do it before you leave Nashville I recently upgraded my own 11:39 membership from a life membership to an endowment membership because I believe 11:44 in putting my money where my mouth is 11:54 will do it while you're here and when you go back home 11:57 get a new member to join as I like to say at the end of all my 12:04 personal safety announcements back in Milwaukee 12:07 can I count on you here 12:18 ladies and gentlemen thanks so much for being in Nashville Tennessee 12:21 thank you again can't say it enough for your help because without you are 12:27 probably not prevail 12:28 against Michael Bloomberg don't have is kinda wealth 12:32 but I had the NRA behind me and I remember conversation I had 12:36 with Chris Cox as my 12:39 election protein we found out Michael Bloomberg Bloomberg was getting involved 12:45 in any 12:45 sheriff's primary Milwaukee Wisconsin 12:48 with six figures I couldn't match 12:52 and I remember that conversation I had with Chris Cox 12:57 usage share of we do not leave our friends behind 13:02 and he proved it 13:12 so again thank you god bless you and may God continue to bless the United States 13:18 of America