Trump Outlines First Hundred Days Of Administration If Elected
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GETTYSBURG, Pa. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Speaking at Gettysburg, republican presidential candidate Donald Trump used the time to play out his first 100 days of office if he was elected.
Trump began his speech by addressing the sexual assault allegations, and by saying he would sue the women who have come out and accused him of unwanted sexual advances.
After addressing the allegations, Trump continued his speech that sought to weave the many policy ideas he has put forward into a single, cohesive agenda that he said he would pursue aggressively during his first three months in office.
The Republican nominee vowed to lift restrictions on domestic energy production, label China as a currency manipulator and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, familiar themes to supporters who attended his rallies this year.
"This is my pledge to you, and if we follow these steps, we will once again have a government of, by and for the people," Trump said, invoking a phrase from President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Though mostly a recap of policies he's proposed before, Trump's speech included a few new elements, such as a freeze on hiring new federal workers and a two-year mandatory minimum sentence for immigrants who re-enter the U.S. illegally after being deported a first time.
In a pledge, he also said he'd block a potential merger between AT&T and media conglomerate Time Warner. AT&T announced it was buying Time Warner for $85.4 billion Saturday night.
Translating his proposals into bullet points, he offered to-the-point titles for the legislative vehicles he'd need Congress to approve to accomplish his goals, such as the "End Illegal Immigration Act" and the "Repeal and Replace Obamacare Act."
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