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President Bill Clinton Remarks at HFA Fundraiser Canton, Ohio November 19, 201
PRESIDENT CLINTON:
 !o "irst, thank #ou, Pastor$ %hank #ou, Bru&e '(h)$ %hank #ou, Ror# '(h), Ron '(h), and Ale* '(h)$ + literall#  this is the third time +-ve &ome to an event here$But + love #ou$ +-m  + &ame throu.h here on one o" m# bus tours "rom 1992 /hen + /as runnin. "or (resident, and + literall# ran into a /eddin.$
PARTICIPANT:
'O""mike$)
PRESIDENT CLINTON:
ou remember that 3e ran into the /eddin.$ !o + thou.ht, 4Oh m# .osh, there .oes Ohio$5 '6au.hter$) + o(ened the door o" the bus, ran out, and /e brou.ht the ha((# &ou(le into the bus and took a (i&ture, saved the /hole deal$ '6au.hter$)%hen + /as ba&k on 7ul# 8th in 199: some o" #ou /ere there$ ;uess /ho (rovided the "ire/orks '6au.hter$) +-m the onl# thin. standin. bet/een #ou and the "ire/orks  'lau.hter)  and it /on-t be lon.$ + /ant to thank the Pastor <a&klin '(h), as + said$ + admire him ver# mu&h$ And + think %im R#an is a .reat &on.ressman$ 'A((lause$) + /ant to thank the other &ohosts, =ave Betras '(h), 7anet Carson '(h), >ath# =e&hista"aro '(h)$ <ar# 3ilson '(h) +-ve loved "or a lon. time, and she does still have it, doesn-t she 'A((lause$) !he looks #oun. and beauti"ul$ 'A((lause$) %hank #ou Chis ;illes(ie "or (la#in.$ %hank #ou, Ra# <an&ini$ %hank #ou, 7im %ressel "or  bein. here and "or /hat #ou-ve done$ + /as so .lad to see 7im Bro/n '(h)$ And + /as reall# .lad to see ?d O-Neill$ And +  #ou kno/ ho/ #ou like somebod# on %@ and #ou see them and #ou al/a#s think #ou kno/ /hat #ou-re .oin. to ask them$ And + lost m# .uts$ '6au.hter$) Be&ause + /ant to kno/ i" it-s true that he a&tuall# (aid to (la# !o(hia @er.ara-s husband on <odern Famil#$ '6au.hter$)
PARTICIPANT:
 A lot o" mone#$ '6au.hter$)
PRESIDENT CLINTON:
+ mean, + &ertainl# /ould have, and +  no, it /as .reat$ 6ook, be"ore this a/"ul event in Paris, + /as tr#in. to hel( Hillar#, .oin. to events like this and sa#in. that + had &on&luded that + had be&ome utterl# /orthless in (oliti&s$ +-m kind o" like an old horse$ Our host kno/s somethin. about horse ra&in.$ And the# leave me in a barn: the# (ut me out in the meado/ ever# da#$ %hen, on&e ever# "our #ears, the# brin. me a little e*tra ha#, load me out on the tra&k, sla( me on the rum(, and see i" + &an .et around ust one more time$ '6au.hter$) And + thou.ht, 4+-m ust not .oin. to be .ood, be&ause look at /hat-s .oin. on$5 + /at&hed those"irst t/o debates the Re(ubli&ans had and + thou.ht, 4+ am /orthless, be&ause +-m not mad at
 
FOR +N%?RNA6 !? ON611192012an#bod#$5 '6au.hter$) + mean, /e-ve been married 80 #ears this #ear: as "ar as + kno/, /e-re  both health#$ Our dau.hter and soninla/ are doin. /ell$ 6i"e is .or.eous: .randdau.hter that /e .et to see on&e or t/i&e a /eek$ + love m# "oundation /ork$ +-m not mad$ + am mad about this thin. in Fran&e and heartbroken$ But that-s not the lar.er (oint$ %he  (ur(ose o" (oliti&s is to em(o/er (eo(le to live u( to the "ullest o" their abilit#, to enable our &ountr# to live u( to the "ullest o" its abilit#, and to be a res(onsible "or&e "or (ea&e and "reedom and se&urit# and (ros(erit# in the lar.er /orld$ +t is serious business, and a lot o" /hat /e hear toda# &an-t (ossibl# be serious$ + "eel hal" the time like +-m in a bad realit# %@ (ro.ram$ Hillar# /ent throu.h 11 hours o" that &on.ressional hearin.$ + mean, + kne/ /hat /as .oin. to ha((en$ And >evin <&Carth#, the !enate Re(ubli&an  House Re(ubli&an leader, /ho said the#  ust did it to drive her numbers do/n, /hi&h the# /ere su&&ess"ul in doin. "or 0 da#s, a&tuall# &ould no lon.er be s(eaker o" the House$ He-s the "irst .u# + ever kne/ /ho lost a bi. ob  be&ause he told the truth$ 3h# am + tellin. #ou all this Be&ause /hat /e sa/ ha((en in Fran&e reiterates that this is a serious time$ But it-s a serious time in /a#s that even sometimes the =emo&rats don-t noti&e$ +-ll .ive #ou another e*am(le$ 3e had a debate a "e/ da#s a.o, ri.ht$ And + /as (roud o" ho/ Hillar# and ;overnor O-<alle# and !enator !anders did, be&ause their di""eren&es /ere about ho/ best to a&&om(lish thin.s that need to be done$ And the# treated us all like /e had hal" .ood sense and the# said /hat the# thou.ht should be done$ But even there, the number one stor# o" the /eek, /hi&h #ou /ill identi"# /ith in Ohio, in a =emo&rati& debate /as never mentionedD E8 (er&ent o" the Ameri&an (eo(le, a"ter in"lation, had not had a raise o" 1 &ent sin&e the "inan&ial &rash$ 3e have in&redible debates all over Ameri&a that shouldn-t e*ist bet/een (eo(le in di""erent ra&ial .rou(s be&ause the# don-t trust la/ en"or&ement an#more$ And in the middle o" all this /e learned, breathtakin.l#, that middlea.ed, non&olle.eedu&ated /hite Ameri&ans- li"e e*(e&tan&# is .oin. do/n and is no/ lo/er than His(ani&s, even thou.h the# make less mone#$ And the .a( bet/een A"ri&an Ameri&ans and /hites is &losin., but un"ortunatel# not be&ause the death rate amon. A"ri&an Ameri&ans is dro((in. but be&ause the death rate amon. /hite Ameri&ans is risin.$ 3h# Be&ause the# don-t have an#thin. to look "or/ard to /hen the# .et u( in the mornin.$ Be&ause their lives are sort o" stu&k in neutral$3h# am + tellin. #ou all this Be&ause an# obe&tive observer that looks at Ameri&a looks at our relative #outh, looks at our diversit#, looks at our universities, looks at our resear&h &a(a&it#, looks at our &a(a&it# to .enerate unlimited ener.# "rom the sun, the /ind, "rom .eothermal,  biomass, looks at the "a&t that /e have a .ood entre(reneurial environment  an#bod# /ould sa#,4+-d rather be in Ameri&a than an# other bi. &ountr# on ?arth over the ne*t 20 to 0 #ears$5 And #et, /e are stu&k /ith these serious &hallen.es$ %he .ood ne/s is there-s nothin. /ron. /ith this &ountr# /e &an-t "i*$ %he bad ne/s is /e &an-t "i* it i" /e kee( a&tin. like /e-re in a .rade s&hool "ood "i.ht$ 'A((lause$)
 
FOR +N%?RNA6 !? ON61119201!o let me ust sa# a /ord about the +!+! and the /hole international thin.$ + "irst don-t need to tr# to (ut an# /ords in m# /i"e-s mouth: she .ave a .reat s(ee&h toda# about /hat /e should do about this$ And #ou &an  it-s on the internet, and + ur.e #ou to read it i" #ou &are$ But let me ust .ive #ou the settin. here$ 3e have unlimited (otential in Ameri&a to .ro/ our e&onom# i" /e do a "e/ thin.s ri.ht, and not a lot$ Five or si* or seven thin.s, reall# /e-ll see  obs start "ormin. a.ain: /e-ll see business "ormation .oin. u( a.ain: /e-ll see /a.es risin. a.ain$ And + believe she-s outlined reasonable res(onses to all the thin.s that /ill do that$ And + ou.ht to have some &redibilit# on that, be&ause the onl# time in 0 #ears /hen all se&tions o" the Ameri&an e&onom# have .ro/n to.ether /ere in the ei.ht #ears + had the (rivile.e to serve$ 'A((lause$) And +-m sa#in. that to .et &redibilit# "or m# &laim, not be&ause  #ou-re sa#in. he-ssa#in. that be&ause he-s married to her, be&ause it-s not true$ + think that she reall# has a .ri( on this$ On the international "ront, here-s the (roblem  /e live in the most interde(endent a.e in histor#$?ver#/here in the /orld, the borders look more like nets than /alls$ And <r$ %rum( &an (ut a  bri&k /all all a&ross the Rio ;rande, and the#-ll still look more like bri&ks than /alls$ +n s(ite o" that, most (eo(le /ould rather live at home i" the# &an make a livin.$ !o ever# time + hear all this "ranti& talk in  on their side about ille.al immi.ration, + think, 43h# doesn-t one (erson sa#, G=id #ou kno/ that in 2018 there /ere 80,000 "e/er undo&umented immi.rants "rom <e*i&o in the nited !tates than there /ere in 2010-5 =id #ou kno/ that No$ Be&ause o" the&overa.e$ 3h# did that ha((en Be&ause the nited !tates had been a .ood (artner and /e tried to hel( them dra/ their e&onom#, be&ause on their o/n the# had a (resident /ho established 180 tuition"ree universities and the# (rodu&e 11,000 en.ineers ever# #ear no/$ 3e (rodu&e 120,000: our (o(ulation is three times theirs$ +n other /ords, i" the# &an make a livin., the#-ll sta# home$ %he (eo(le that are sho/in. u( at our borders are "rom Central Ameri&a$ And /e (assed a  bi(artisan bill that ;eor.e 3$ Bush si.ned that said i" (eo(le are s&ared and their &hildren are at risk at home and the# make it to our borders, /e have a moral obli.ation to tr# to .ive them some san&tuar#$ ?ven so, /e-re tr#in. to .et them to sta# home and (ro&ess them so the# /on-t  be taken over b# human tra""i&kers$ 3h# am + tellin. #ou this Be&ause the .reat &hallen.e o" the &urrent moments$ ou have to re&o.nie that this +!+6 thin. is real$ 3e-ve .ot ,000 #oun. (eo(le /ho /ent to ?uro(e to !#ria: as man# as 1,00 o" them ma# have &ome ba&k$ 6et-s assume 90 (er&ent o" them /ere horri"ied b# /hat the# sa/$ %hat leaves 10$ %hat-s ten times as man# (eo(le as /ere involved in the &arna.e in Paris$ %hat-s /h# the ?uro(eans are s&ared$On the other hand, #ou should also kno/ that !#rian immi.rants have made a massive &ontribution to the Ameri&an e&onom#, mostl# around =earborn, <i&hi.an and Cleveland, Ohio$ 'A((lause$) And made a massive &ontribution$ And that /e &an-t be a"raid o" our shado/$ +" the# are, the# /ill have /on$ 3e shouldn-t be stu(id$ 3e should stren.then our revie/
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