Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2026
June 11, 2026
Thank you very much, Burt. And hello to all of the great patriots—and that's what you are—in the wonderful, beautiful State of Georgia, where we had a tremendous victory just recently.
And we have—throughout the years, you've been with me, and I've been with you.
There's a very important election going on in your State, as you know, and that's why I'm doing this. I don't do it often, but I am in this case. And I'm asking you to get out and vote for Burt Jones, a terrific person, for your next Governor.
Early voting concludes tomorrow, June 12, so go out tomorrow right away. You get out there and vote, or you vote in your polls on Tuesday, June 16. And either way, it doesn't matter—although, you know, probably a lot of people would rather see you vote on Tuesday because, you know, we have a lot of rigged elections going on in this country, which is why we want to pass the SAVE America Act.
The polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. And many Republicans did not vote in the primary, and despite the popularity of Burt, a lot of people thought that maybe they didn't have to. And—but Burt won by quite a margin anyway, but very important that you get out and vote for Burt.
He's a person that's been with me from the very beginning. He was the first member of the Georgia Assembly to endorse me for President. And he battled very strongly—tooth and nail, frankly—for the election integrity in your State. He never backed down, and he became a fanatic and a fantastic—he was—he was fantastic. He was a fanatic when it came to election fraud. He believed it, and he knows it, and we've been proven right. We have been. There's been a big group of us. Now there's a group of probably 70 percent of the country.
But he was a fantastic Lieutenant Governor. Burt has my complete and total endorsement for this position of Governor. Going to be a great Governor.
As you probably know, Burt is not only a leader of courage, he's also a Georgia football legend. He's actually a legend, and he was one of the best players on the SEC Championship team. He is a winner at everything he does, and he's going to be a winner as Governor, and the people are going to really love him. He's a very special man, and his father is likewise.
There's been no one better than Burt to keep the radical-left Democrats and these lunatics out of government and out of the Governor's mansion. He'll keep "transgender for everyone" out of your schools, and he'll crack down on sanctuary cities that release criminals into your communities.
Under the Biden administration, it was crazy. Twenty-five million people were allowed to come into our country. They were horrible. Some horrible drug dealers—think of it—people from mental institutions, murderers—11,888 murderers. And 50 percent—more than 50 percent killed more than—they murdered more than one person. One murdered seven people. This is what we have. We've gotten them out of here, a lot of them. We're looking for the rest. Not easy. Not easy. Should have never happened.
Burt also really has what it takes to keep Georgia's economy growing. He was a very successful businessman—and I knew him then too—with a plan to bring jobs and factories pouring into your State. We right now have $11 trillion being invested—whoop—$18 trillion being invested and—
into our country, the most ever in the history of the entire world. There's never been anything like it. It's the tariffs that we charge to people that have—that make their product outside of our country. They come in, they build, and they don't have to pay any tariffs. So it's $18 trillion, and there's never been anything close. It was 7 years ago, China, at $3 trillion.
As an example, the Biden administration, in 4 years, had much less than $1 trillion. We have
$18 trillion in 11 months. There's never been anything like it. And much of that's coming in—a big chunk is coming into Georgia. That's why you see all those plants and factories and jobs happening in Georgia.
But Burt will protect our veterans and police, and he'll defend our always-under-siege Second Amendment. And it is always under siege. I've been saving it for many years.
And no one will fight harder than Burt Jones to defend election integrity, one of my big things, because our elections are corrupt. You see that in California with what's happening, where they voted and they still don't know what's going on with the elections. They took the one away from a young guy who was running, and he was—looks like he was in first place. All of a sudden, he's out of it.
And they started that with Steve Hilton, and I got on it. And all of a sudden, they said, "We'll know in 2 weeks," and I got on it very hard, and all of a sudden—got on it hard enough, obviously; in fact, calling law enforcement. And all of a sudden, almost immediately, they announced that Steve Hilton won. They were going to take that away from him too.
So we've got to do something with it. We've got to pass the SAVE America Act.
But, once again, you can vote early tomorrow. You can go out and vote on election day, Tuesday, June 16. It's a big day and an important day for Georgia, because I know that Burt is going to do such a fantastic job. And if you have any questions, you can go to swampthevoteUSA.com—swampthevoteUSA.com.
And, Georgia, I just want to thank you for voting for me, frankly. We had a great election. We won by a lot, and then we won the whole thing by a lot, by landslides. And it's an honor, and our country is doing really well.
I don't know if you heard, but we ended the war with Iran today, and they have agreed never to have a nuclear weapon, something that we—we insisted on. That was the whole purpose. That was the—95 percent of it. And they've done it in the most powerful way you can do it.
So I just want to thank everybody for your support. And go out and vote for Burt. And I really appreciate—he's an outstanding guy.
And, Burt, I'll give it back to you. Thank you very much.
NOTE: The President spoke at 7:05 p.m. via teleconference from the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Bill Jones, father of Lt. Gov Jones; Los Angeles, CA, mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt; and California Republican gubernatorial candidate Stephen G.C. Hilton. He also referred to
S. 1383.
Categories: Addresses and Remarks : Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. W. Burton "Burt" Jones, telerally remarks.
Names: Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Hilton, Stephen G.C.; Jones, Bill; Jones, W. Burton "Burt"; Pratt, Spencer.
Subjects: 2024 Presidential election; California, gubernatorial election; Economic improvement; Election security and integrity, strengthening efforts; Football; Georgia, gubernatorial election;
Georgia, Lieutenant Governor; Iran, diplomatic engagement with U.S.; Iran, nuclear weapons program; Iran, U.S. military operations; Manufacturing industry, domestic investment; Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act; Tariffs; Undocumented immigrants, deportation of criminals; Voter participation.
DCPD Number: DCPD202600398.