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Bragi

(7,650 posts)
Sun May 22, 2016, 08:14 AM May 2016

Question: Where to find full transcipts of Trump rally speeches?

Serious question: Anyone know where I can go online to view full transcripts of Trump speeches at his rallies and appearances? Google search has failed me on this one. (Or I've failed google...) Thanks in advance for any guidance on this.

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Question: Where to find full transcipts of Trump rally speeches? (Original Post) Bragi May 2016 OP
Micropedia. Kip Humphrey May 2016 #1
I would say (and it applies to the other candidates as well) 1939 May 2016 #2
Quite so Bragi May 2016 #4
The press is only interested in "gotchas" 1939 May 2016 #11
+++ Bragi May 2016 #15
On a Google search of (transcripts trump archive) ... 66 dmhlt May 2016 #3
Sadly, I visited that site Bragi May 2016 #5
Mein Kampf Depaysement May 2016 #6
No transcripts on Trump site Bragi May 2016 #7
Here's a start Depaysement May 2016 #8
It looks like the only transcripts are those made by someone else... JHB May 2016 #9
I can't see anything collected, but here's one stump speech muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #10
Thanks for that! Bragi May 2016 #13
Update: A Final Thought Bragi May 2016 #12
"Great", "Best people", "Really Rich"... Whiskeytide May 2016 #14

1939

(1,683 posts)
2. I would say (and it applies to the other candidates as well)
Sun May 22, 2016, 08:26 AM
May 2016

that unless the text of the speech was given to the press, the only things you might find on the innertubz are "sound bites".

Bragi

(7,650 posts)
4. Quite so
Sun May 22, 2016, 08:45 AM
May 2016

The only full text transcript I see is of his "foreign policy speech" in April. (I find it noteworthy that of all the daily geopbytes of news on the primaries, that not a single media outlet actually publishes transcripts of the actual wirds of the candidates. What's that mean? Spoken words don't matter? No reason to parse language?)

66 dmhlt

(1,941 posts)
3. On a Google search of (transcripts trump archive) ...
Sun May 22, 2016, 08:37 AM
May 2016

I didn't have much luck.
There was one that MIGHT be useful, but Norton gave it a questionable reliability - so I didn't open it:


transcript Archives - Donald Trump Polls - Live Poll
www.donaldjtrumppolls.com/tag/transcript


Otherwise it looks like you have to search for specific events.

Bragi

(7,650 posts)
5. Sadly, I visited that site
Sun May 22, 2016, 08:54 AM
May 2016

It offered daily updates of all polls favorable to Trump plus the usual InfoWars type political civerage, No transcripts though.

So, it appears at present that, despite our unprecedented low-cost access to massive info dumps online via the magic of the interweb, no-one anywhere feels it might be useful to post actual transcripts of what the candidates are saying in their public speeches. Ponder that.

JHB

(37,159 posts)
9. It looks like the only transcripts are those made by someone else...
Sun May 22, 2016, 09:26 AM
May 2016

And those are usually for his (somewhat) more scripted speeches in more "establishment" settings, or TV interviews, not a typical stump speech.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,311 posts)
10. I can't see anything collected, but here's one stump speech
Sun May 22, 2016, 09:48 AM
May 2016
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/the-buzz/article55604115.html

Those who teach grammar or public speaking probably should not read this after a meal. Or anyone, I suppose.

Bragi

(7,650 posts)
12. Update: A Final Thought
Tue May 24, 2016, 04:15 PM
May 2016

Thanks to everyone who responded, but sadly, they ultimately confirmed that, among the billions of bytes of online information, a person simply cannot find a library of Donald Trump's speeches at his rallies. This means that most of what the GOP candidate, and possible future President (sigh), has said in the campaign so far, is simply available to the public. In this day and age, how the fuck can that be? Seriously.

Whiskeytide

(4,461 posts)
14. "Great", "Best people", "Really Rich"...
Tue May 24, 2016, 04:25 PM
May 2016

..."Kick (insert applicable country)'s ass", "I have big junk", "I have beautiful women", "throw 'em out", "What a loser (insert applicable opponent) is", "I make the best deals", "Did I mention I'm rich?"

Rearrange as necessary.

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