Tucker Carlson: To them, this is not an election, it's much bigger than that

"It's the weak ones you have to be afraid of, but it's the strong ones they're afraid of, because they know that what they've done and have been doing for decades could be exposed. And this is existential for them, so I would just say, without putting too fine a point on it, but every person in this room senses what I'm talking about, do not underestimate what they are capable of."

"To them, this is not an election, it's much bigger than that. These are people who think they have a moral right to rule. and that you were born in the surf class and there you will stay. They believe that. These same people lecturing us about democracy. They think it is their right to be in charge, as if anyone in a democracy has a right to be in charge."

"People serve at the pleasure of the population for the benefit of the population. It's literally that simple. But they don't believe that. Donald Trump has stood in the face of that group, which includes every power center, not simply in the United States, but in the world, almost since the day he called me in the car in the winter of 2015 and said he was dead serious about running."

"And he has faced them off and he has endured more punishment, graver trials than any politician in the history of this country. And he didn't need to. He didn't need to. At any point, he could have said, you know what? I've got a lot of grandchildren, some of whom I enjoy playing golf with. I'm pretty rich, actually. You may have heard that. And I don't need this. And he has bulled forward with energy and cheerfulness from beginning to end."

"And I would submit, since AOC raised the question of what a real man looks like, let me just tell you my view of what a real man looks like. A real man is a cheerful man. And he's cheerful because he's brave. Brave people have hope. because they have a mission and they're strong inside. And they know because they are living for something greater than themselves that even if they die, they don't die. The mission lives on."

"And that's what gives them heart and cheerfulness. They are not morose. They are not self-pitying. They are bright, bright-eyed, cheerful, energetic, and in command. And that is exactly what Trump has proven to be, including on the day he was shot in the face. And I know because I talked to him that night."