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Almost Forty-five Years After My Parents First Became Americans, I Stand Before You And Them Tonight As The Proud Governor Of The State Of South Carolina.

Protests Are Fine. But In South Carolina We Believe In The Rule Of Law, And The People Of This State Should Never Doubt That As Governor, I Will Enforce It.

South Carolinians Are Strong, Independently-minded People. At The End Of The Day, They Make Their Own Decisions. And I Respect Them For That. And I Welcome That. And I Told Him That From The Very Beginning.

My Parents Didn't Want Us On The Streets Or In Trouble, So They Thought The Best Thing Was To Have Us Work. I Saw How We Had To, During Bad Times, Stretch The Dollar. And During Good Times, We Couldn't Spend It, Because You Never Knew When The Bad Times Were Going To Happen Again. It Gave Me A Great Respect For How Hard It Is To Make Money.

When You're Offered A Job To Serve Your Country, You Step Back And Assess. And Once I Spoke With President Trump And Told Him What I Thought I Needed To Be Successful - Which Was To Be A Cabinet Member; To Be On The National Security Council, Where I Could Be A Part Of The Policy Decisions; And To Be Able To Say What I Wanted To Say - How Do You Not Do That Job? He Was Incredibly Supportive. He's Continued To Be. I Love A Good Challenge, And This Certainly Has Been That.