Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2026
Remarks During a Telerally for Tennessee Republican Congressional Candidate Representative Andrew Ogles
July 28, 2026
Well, thank you very much, Andy. I appreciate it.
And hello, Tennessee. We won it six times in a row, including primaries. We won it all the time, and we won by record. We have the largest vote in the history of Tennessee. And that's a great honor. As far as I'm concerned, that's the ultimate honor. But I love this State, as you know.
And you have an incredibly important primary election coming up in your State next week on Thursday, August 6. And early voting is currently underway until Saturday, August 1, so you can do a little early voting or just show up on Thursday, August 6.
And I'm asking all of you to get out and vote for Andy Ogles. He's been a friend of mine.
He's been a terrific guy. I gave him a very early endorsement. And it's Tennessee's Fifth Congressional District. Polls open at 7 a.m., and they close at 7 p.m. So go out and vote for Andy Ogles.
And he has my complete and total endorsement. He's been, as you know, born and raised in Tennessee. He loves the State. And Andy has a tremendously successful career as a businessman before deciding to enter public life, where he's done very well.
And he ran for his local mayoral office, and he won, and he served 4 years and did a great job. And during that time, he was recognized as Tennessee's most conservative mayor. That's not bad.
For the past 3 years, he proudly represented the Fifth District in Congress, and he has continued to be a fearless warrior for the people of Tennessee. Andy fights tirelessly to grow the economy, cut taxes—all of the things that we do—cut taxes and regulations. We gave you the biggest tax cut in history.
And the "Great Big Beautiful Bill," as you know, is no tax on tips; no tax on—you look at the no tax for Social Security, our great seniors; no tax on overtime. And those are things that alone should give us a tremendous victory in the midterms. We've got to win the midterms and keep—and they really, literally, have turned out to be Communists—keep the Communists out.
But Andy is very big on American energy dominance, where I've excelled, because we're—the numbers are—wait till you see the numbers start to drop as soon as the Iran situation is over.
And by the way, I do Iran because we cannot allow them to have a nuclear weapon. Very simple. They are somewhat crazy. I'm being nice. You cannot let them have a nuclear weapon, and they will never have a nuclear weapon, and they understand it. We've taken them—we've hit them very hard, and they want to make a deal so badly.
But Andy also safeguards elections, and he wants to do that, and I've been doing it for a long time now. We've got our point along. And also, you know, we have something called the SAVE America Act, and that's about saving America. Very simply, we have to have great elections, proof of citizenship, and voter ID.
Andy is strong on crime, strengthens our military, and defends our Second Amendment, which is under siege. But nobody has done a thing. In all the years I've been there, nobody has touched our Second Amendment. They want to. It is truly—and when I say "under siege," it really is.
Andy has always been there when we needed him and when I needed him. He cast the pivotal votes to help us achieve the strongest and most secure border in history. We have the most secure border in the history of our country.
He was an essential vote in passing the "Great Big Beautiful Bill," the largest tax cuts in American history. And as you know, in the first term, where we had the best economy up until now—the best economy we've ever had in my first term—Andy was with me all the way in getting the bill.
I believe we're going to blow the first term away in terms of the economy. I think we'll have the strongest. I think it will beat even the first term. We had the most successful first term, in terms of economy, in history. I think this is going to blow it away. We'll get the war over with.
We will, when we get them to sign on the dotted line, "No nuclear weapons."
So Andy also made interest on auto loans tax deductible. He was very helpful on that. And we're doing that, but only if you have your car made in America, because we have car factories being built all over the country, more than ever built in history. I did that through tariffs, and the tariffs are—you don't have to pay tariffs if you build your—if you manufacture your cars in the United States.
As your Representative in Congress, Andy has also been a champion of Tennessee's incredible farmers, who I love. I get their vote by massive numbers, and we love our farmers.
And he stood strong for our veterans, our military, our law enforcement officers, our great heroes of ICE and Border Patrol, who are also—you talk about the Second Amendment. They're under siege and unfairly. They're incredible, great American patriots, and they do a job that's very, very tough: getting some of the criminals—getting all of the criminals out that Biden allowed in through the open borders.
And very importantly, he—Andy strongly supports all of the things that we mentioned, but he really is going to town on the SAVE America Act. So important. Andy will be really enshrined as one of the best Congressmen that you'll ever see. He's just fantastic.
And as you also understand, no men in women's sports and no transgender mutilization of your children. The transgender surgery is absolutely ridiculous, and we're stopping it. And we've got it pretty well stopped. We have to go all the way. Andy is going to do that. No men in women's sports. No transgender surgery on children.
So, once again, vote early on August—remember this: August 1, get out and vote. And on Thursday, August 6, that's your day. And Andy Ogles. The polls open 7 a.m. They close at 7 p.m.
For more information, you can go swampthevoteUSA.com—swampthevoteUSA.com.
So I just—I'll turn it back over to Andy. I just want to say he's been a great guy. He's been a great help. He's been a source of inspiration to a lot of people in Congress. They really respect him, and I respect him.
And go out and vote, Tennessee. I love Tennessee. I'm always going to love Tennessee.
Even if you don't vote for Andy, I'm going to love Tennessee. I'll be honest with you, I love that place. And it's been good for me, and I've been good for it.
And have a good time. Get out and vote for Andy Ogles. And thank you very much. And I'll hand it back to Andy. Thank you, everybody.
NOTE: The President spoke at 6:37 p.m. via teleconference from the White House. In his remarks, he referred to former President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. He also referred to S. 1383.
Categories: Addresses and Remarks : Tennessee Republican congressional candidate Rep. Andrew Ogles, telerally remarks.
Locations: Washington, DC.
Names: Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Ogles, Andrew.
Subjects: 2026 midterm elections; Election security and integrity, strengthening efforts; Iran, nuclear weapons development; Iran, U.S. military operations; Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act; Tax Code reform; Voter participation.
DCPD Number: DCPD202600499.